Board adopts multiple ordinances and resolutions on consent and new business; settlements approved

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors took a number of routine and substantive actions on Sept. 16, including final passage of ordinances, adoption of resolutions, contract modifications and appointments. The following is a brief summary of items recorded on the transcript; where the transcript does not include further detail, the text notes that information as "not specified." All items below reflect the transcript record for the Sept. 16 meeting.

Settlements and final-passage ordinances - Items 11 and 12: Two settlement ordinances were described during unfinished business. Item 11: ordinance to authorize partial settlement of a lawsuit on behalf of the city against a trust for the benefit of members of the Raymond Sackler family for abatement funds in the range of $8 million to $12 million to be paid over 15 years (transcript language). Item 12: ordinance filed by the City and County of San Francisco against AT&T Corp. and Pacific Bell Telephone Company for approximately $15,400,000 alleging under-collected access line tax amounts (transcript language). The transcript records that, "without objection, the ordinances are finally passed." (Details in transcript; official documents should be consulted for final settlement terms.)

Consent and first-reading actions (selected) - Items 1–10: Consent agenda items were taken together and approved as routine (details not specified in transcript). - Item 13: (See separate article) Planning Code amendment to waive certain Market & Octavia impact fees for 26 pipeline projects; passed on first reading (8–2). - Item 14: Ordinance…