Board continues key land-use hearings, approves airport contract modifications and routine grants

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Feb. 26 moved or approved a range of procedural and routine items, and continued two high-profile matters to later dates.

CEQA hearing continued: The board opened a public hearing on the Planning Department's categorical-exemption determination for a project at 2831–2833 Pierce Street (a three-story two-unit building remodel with a proposed fourth-floor addition) and approved a one-week continuance to March 5, 2019 at the request of Supervisor Catherine Stefani. Supervisor Stefani asked for the continuance after last-minute conversations; Supervisor Aaron Peskin seconded. The board approved the continuance after no public commenters opposed the procedural change.

Outside Lands permit amendment continued: The board also moved to continue consideration of a proposed amendment to the Outside Lands Music Festival permit to April 2, 2019, because of a pending CEQA appeal. Supervisor Julie Christensen Feuer (appearing as Supervisor Feuer in the transcript) moved the continuance and Supervisor Safaie seconded; the board approved the continuance without objection.

Airport contract modifications approved: The board adopted two resolutions, on the consent calendar, approving contract modifications for airport projects. Item 11 extended a contract (modification no. 4) with PGH Wong Engineering Inc. for AirTrain extension program project-management support: term extended by 555 calendar days and an increase to the contract amount by $6,300,000 for a new not-to-exceed amount of $16,300,000. Item 12 approved modification no. 9 for the Terminal 1 Center renovation project with ACJV for project-management support services: term extended through Dec. 31, 2023 and an increase to a not-to-exceed $61,000,000.

Other routine approvals: The board adopted multiple routine items on the consent and adoption-without-committee calendars, including an emergency declaration to repair a damaged sewer system (cost not to exceed $700,000), U.S. Department of Justice grants for crime-gun evidence and DNA capacity (an $800,000 award and a $61,000 increase to an existing grant for a new total of $367,000), and an amendment to a Human Services grant with the San Francisco Marin Food Bank (new total not to exceed approximately $11,300,000). The board also adopted three resolutions authorizing application materials for residential mortgage revenue bonds for housing projects (items 18–20), authorized the Office of Cannabis to apply for state equity grants (item 21), and approved two workers’ compensation alternative dispute-resolution labor-management agreements for the fire and police associations.

Why it matters: The continuance on the Pierce Street CEQA question keeps reconsideration of the Planning Department’s exemption determination on an active schedule. The Outside Lands continuance ties a festival amendment to a pending environmental appeal. The airport contract increases reflect multi‑million-dollar changes to major airport projects that will shape timing and costs at San Francisco International Airport.

Votes at a glance (select items recorded in the transcript): - Items 1–10 (consent): approved unanimously on roll call. - Items 11–12 (airport contract modifications): adopted unanimously; Item 11 adds $6,300,000 to PGH Wong Engineering contract (total not to exceed $16,300,000); Item 12 increases Terminal 1 contract ceiling to a not-to-exceed $61,000,000 and extends term to 12/31/2023. - Item 13 (emergency sewer repair): approved (cost not to exceed $700,000). - Items 14–15 (DOJ grants for crime-gun evidence and DNA capacity): adopted unanimously; one grant start date was retroactive to Oct. 1, 2018 per the grants manager’s explanation that award notices used that start date. - Item 16 (SF Marin Food Bank grant amendment): approved (new total ~ $11,300,000). - Items 18–20 (resolutions to permit bond/reimbursement filings for three housing projects): approved unanimously. - Item 21 (Office of Cannabis application for California Cannabis Equity Act grants): approved unanimously.

What the transcript shows: Board business proceeded through consent and adoption-without-committee calendars with few roll-call objections. Multiple supervisors requested continuances for items involving pending appeals or last-minute coordination with appellants and project sponsors, and the board accommodated those requests.

Sources: San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting transcript, Feb. 26, 2019 (continuance and consent items).