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Supervisors amend and pass first reading of Transportation Sustainability Fee increase, exempt Mission Bay and Pier 70 development agreements
Summary
The board on June 5 approved on first reading an increase to the Transportation Sustainability Fee (TSF), adding an exemption for projects governed by previously approved development agreements (Mission Bay and Pier 70). The amendment was added at the meeting on advice of the city attorney.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Board of Supervisors passed on first reading an amendment to the Planning Code on June 5 that increases the Transportation Sustainability Fee (TSF) by $5 to $24.04 for qualifying nonresidential projects, with a different adjusted rate in Central SOMA, and added an exemption for projects covered by certain previously approved development agreements.
Supervisor Peskin introduced the ordinance and asked for an oral amendment to clarify that development agreements the board already approved — specifically those covering Mission Bay and Pier 70 — would not be subject to the new fee. Deputy City Attorney John Givner told the board that an uncodified section could be added to the ordinance recording that exemption and that the board could authorize the change verbally at the meeting.
Supervisor Tang said she ultimately would support the measure on the floor but repeated concerns raised in committee about adjusting the fee before the Controller's office completes its five-year impact-fees analysis; Tang estimated the increase would raise about $11 million in additional revenue. On the advice of legal counsel the exemption's effective cut-off date was set to June 5, 2018 for clarity; the board approved the amendment and the ordinance as amended passed its first reading unanimously.
Action summary
- Motion to amend ordinance to exempt projects with development agreements approved prior to June 5, 2018: moved by Supervisor Peskin; seconded by Supervisor Ronan; amendment adopted without objection on the floor. - Ordinance as amended passed on first reading unanimously.
Ending
The city attorney was directed to incorporate the exemption language into the ordinance text. The Controller's office will include the fee in its regular five-year impact-fee analysis; supervisors asked that future feasibility analysis inform any further TSF changes.
