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Votes at a glance: Board approves multiple ordinances and resolutions on consent calendar and planning items (May 2, 2017)
Summary
At the May 2 board meeting the supervisors passed a series of consent calendar items, bond and planning ordinances on first reading, and several department contracts and resolutions; several items were adopted unanimously and certain contested items were continued or amended as noted elsewhere.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors conducted roll-call and passed multiple items, many on the consent calendar or on first reading. This roundup lists formal actions and recorded tallies for items acted on during the May 2, 2017 meeting.
Key votes recorded on May 2, 2017
- Consent calendar (Items 1'3): Items 1 through 3 were adopted by a single roll call; the clerk recorded the votes as 10 ayes and the items passed unanimously.
- Item 4 (airport appropriation ordinance): An ordinance appropriating approximately $4,800,000,000 of proceeds from sale of revenue bonds or commercial paper for airport capital improvement projects was amended on the floor to place the total appropriation on the Board of Supervisors' reserve rather than the Controller's reserve; Supervisor Peskin moved the amendment, seconded and adopted without objection. On the amended item the ordinance passed unanimously on first reading (recorded as unanimous).
- Item 5 (municipal fleet zero-emission ordinance): Amendments were adopted (see separate article). The item was later continued to May 9 for additional cost analysis.
- Item 6 (airport revenue bonds resolution): Resolution to authorize issuance of up to approximately $4,400,000,000 in airport revenue bonds and related commercial paper was adopted unanimously without objection.
- Item 7 (Irvington Tunnel contract amendment): Resolution authorizing amendment No. 5 for construction management services with Mott MacDonald in an amount not to exceed $21,000,000 was adopted unanimously without objection.
- Items 8 and 9 (DPH substance use disorder contracts): Two resolutions authorizing amendments and new intergovernmental agreements with the State Department of Health Care Services for substance use disorder services (approx. $59,000,000 and $129,000,000, respectively, for specified terms) were adopted unanimously without objection.
- Items 10'12 (planning code amendments): Ordinances amending the planning code on dwelling-unit mixes, parking/loading calculations, and conditional use authorization in specified neighborhood commercial districts all passed unanimously on first reading without objection.
- Item 13 (appointment to Municipal Transportation Agency board): The board approved the mayor's nomination to appoint Art Torres to the MTA Board for a term ending March 2021; the motion was approved unanimously after a Rules Committee dissent was withdrawn.
- Item 14 (Bay Conservation and Development Commission appointment): The board appointed Supervisor Aaron Peskin to the Bay Conservation and Development Commission; the roll call recorded 9 ayes and motion approved (Supervisor Peskin excused himself from the vote).
- Item 20 (1515 South Van Ness navigation center ordinance): Approved unanimously on first reading (see separate article for detail); earlier the board temporarily rescinded and then reapproved the vote to permit more discussion.
- Items 16'19 (sidewalk inspection and repair reports): Committee of the Whole hearings considered objections to assessment reports for sidewalk and curb repairs. The board adopted items 17 and 19 (corresponding sidewalk assessment resolutions) as amended and recorded adoption votes (9 ayes recorded for those items). The Department of Public Works submitted corrections and the board accepted amended lists for assessment.
- Item 23 (Day of Inclusion resolution): A resolution declaring May 6, 2017 a day of inclusion and recognizing harm caused by the Chinese Exclusion Act was adopted unanimously (10 ayes recorded).
Summary: The board approved a broad set of routine and policy items by unanimous or near-unanimous votes; a small number of items were amended or continued for further analysis, notably the municipal fleet ordinance (continued to 05/09) and the Committee of the Whole on police accountability (continued to 05/16). Detailed actions and debate for several items are reported in separate articles.
