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Board approves multiple ordinances, financing and contract amendments in unanimous consent
Summary
At its March 19, 2024 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and contract amendments on consent, including a $645 million bond appropriation, planning-code changes, community benefit district reports, and contract increases for the city's computer-aided dispatch systems.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a package of ordinances, resolutions and contract amendments on consent at its March 19, 2024 regular meeting, advancing funding, planning code changes and several contract amendments recommended by committees.
The items taken on unanimous consent included: an ordinance appropriating approximately $645,000,000 from the issuance of refunding general obligation bonds (item 1); amendments to city codes to clarify ministerial approval for certain accessory dwelling units (item 2); designation of the Sacred Heart Parish Complex in the planning code (item 3); a waiver of conditional use authorization for removal of unauthorized units in single-family homes under specified criteria (item 4); creation of a legacy business assistance program (item 5); and multiple planning and development items including the Potrero Power Station development agreement and an enhanced infrastructure financing district (items 6 and 7).
The board also approved two contract amendments for the city’s public safety computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems: an amendment with Motorola Solutions, Inc., increasing the agreement and extending the term through Nov. 30, 2038 (item 8), and an amendment with Central Square Technologies, LLC, to increase software maintenance funding and extend the term through Nov. 30, 2027 (item 9). A third amendment to a grant for home-delivered meal nutrition services to Self-Help for the Elderly was approved (item 10).
The board received and approved fiscal year 2021–2022 annual reports for four community benefit districts (Yerba Buena; Japan; North of Market/Tenderloin; and East Cut) (items 11–14) and approved a management agreement for the Excelsior Community Benefit District (item 15). The board passed on first reading several planning-code ordinances, including modifications in the Bridal Heights Special Use District, and creation of the 900 Kearny Street Special Use District (items 16 and 17).
Several items were characterized as passed “same house, same call” or “passed on first reading” without extended debate. Item 18, to establish a permanent Homeward Bound program administered by the Human Services Agency and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, was passed on first reading after committee referral and discussion (see separate article).
Votes and procedural notes: when the clerk called roll on multiple consent items the clerk recorded that there were 10 ayes on several measures and reported items adopted. Some items were taken together (for example items 6 and 7; items 8 and 9; and items 11–14). Several agenda items were submitted for introduction and committee referral later in the meeting.
Why it matters: the package includes large-scale financing, planning-code changes and multi-year public-safety technology contracts that set funding, regulatory and procurement trajectories for the city in the months ahead. The bond appropriation and development agreements in particular are fiscal actions that will affect capital reserves and development timelines.
Provenance: transcript excerpts for each listed item appear in the board record for March 19, 2024, as noted in city clerk roll calls and the clerk’s item readouts.
