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Committee authorizes city to cast ballots in favor of two community benefit district renewals and expansions
Summary
The committee voted June 5 to authorize the mayor or designee to cast the city's assessment ballots in the affirmative for parcels in two proposed community benefit district renewals: the Dogpatch & Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District and the Ocean Avenue Community Benefit District.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on June 5 voted to forward two resolutions that would authorize the mayor or his designee to cast assessment ballots in the affirmative on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco for parcels the city owns that would be subject to assessments in two proposed community benefit districts.
Acting executive director Donovan Lacey and Esther Lee, government affairs liaison with San Francisco Public Works, presented the renewal and expansion of the Dogpatch and Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District (GBD). The department said the city owns nine parcels subject to assessment there, representing approximately 0.07% of the weighted vote and about $5,983.66 in annual assessments. Staff noted a clerical error in the department chart and clarified on the record that the parcels under MTA jurisdiction total 4% of the weighted vote; the committee accepted a non‑substantive correction.
Jackie Hazelwood, community benefit district program director at OEWD, presented the Ocean Avenue Community Benefit District renewal and expansion. The city owns seven parcels in that proposed district with a combined annual assessment of $19,512.20, approximately 4% of the weighted vote, and the Department of Elections had mailed ballots to property owners on May 22.
Presenters said authorizing the mayor or designee to cast ballots on those parcels would allow the city to register an affirmative vote in the parcel-level balloting process if the Board chooses to do so; the committee noted the city may still decline to cast the ballots at the Board level. Both items were forwarded to the full Board as committee reports with positive recommendations after recorded committee votes.
The committee also approved a clerical amendment in the Dogpatch item to correct the weighted‑vote total for MTA parcels. The committee vote to forward both items with recommendations was recorded as three ayes (Vice Chair Danny Sauter; Member Sherrill; Chair Jackie Fielder). The items will appear on the Board agenda for further consideration.
