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City updates status of 2010, 2014 and 2020 earthquake-safety bonds; cites construction milestones and supply-chain delays
Summary
City staff reported milestones on multiple earthquake-safety bond programs — completed 911 call center work, network modernization at fire stations, and ongoing design and procurement for larger projects — while flagging generator lead-time delays and increased community engagement demands as risks.
San Francisco project managers briefed the committee on the status of the 2010, 2014 and 2020 earthquake safety and emergency-response bond programs, reporting a mix of completed work, ongoing construction, and schedule risks driven largely by long lead times for equipment and expanding community engagement.
Magdalena Ryer, bureau manager for the Bureau of Project Management, said the 2010 program is in financial closeout and identified the 2010 authorization at approximately $421 million and the 2014 authorization at roughly $415 million; the 2020 authorization stands at about $628.5 million and remains in active delivery with major projects in design and construction. "The 2020 bond is in progress; projects are in design," Ryer told the committee.
Highlights reported by multiple project managers included the completion of the 911 call-center renovation and early completion of network modernization work at several fire stations. Fireboat security upgrades and other smaller fire-station projects were reported complete or in closeout.
Large projects in active phases include the Ingleside Police Station replacement and the Department of Emergency Management’s batch-replacement work at the 911 facility. Sherry Katz, project manager for SFPD projects, said the Ingleside replacement has reached 50 percent construction documents and the Civic Design Review Phase 2 and CEQA milestones have been completed for key elements of the project. Katz said the surge facility at 1828 Egbert — temporary space for police staff while Ingleside is rebuilt — is permitted and Clark Construction has received notice to proceed for pre-construction; a generator in that enabling project has affected procurement timing.
Project managers said industry-wide lead times for generators and associated electrical components have grown from the historic 7–8 months to 12–14 months in some cases, forcing non-compensable time extensions and schedule monitoring. Michael Roseto, project manager for 2014 projects, said one generator shipment previously pushed to May 2026 now looks likely to arrive in February, an improvement but still a delay.
The Presidio Trust’s intake process has held up a permit for Fire Station 51; project staff said the delay centers on amendment language to the agreement with the Presidio Trust and requires city attorney and fire-department coordination to proceed.
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission project manager Josh Andresen described progress on the potable emergency firefighting water system, including near-complete designs for pipeline segments from Lake Merced toward third-and-Sloat and work to make other segments shovel-ready for future bond funding rounds. Andresen said three fireboat manifold projects are proceeding at differing paces and some are being scheduled to coordinate with Port-led sea-level-rise work.
Public-works and Rec & Park project managers told the committee that community involvement — including increased requests for monthly progress reports and more frequent meetings on high-profile projects such as Chinatown work and Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza — has become a program-level workload risk and contributes to staff time and costs.
Ending: Staff said they will continue to monitor long-lead procurement, schedule impacts from partner-agency permitting (Presidio Trust), and community-engagement workload as the largest bonds move toward construction and closeout phases.
