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Board forwards ordinance to secure long-term access to Bay Bridge and Pacific Bell fiber; subcommittee vote 8-0
Summary
A Budget and Finance Subcommittee recommendation to approve two long-term agreements to access fiber optic facilities on San Francisco, Oak and Bay bridges and with Pacific Bell advanced; the subcommittee voted 8-0 to forward the ordinance, and the board recorded the ordinance as passing first reading.
The Board of Supervisors received a Budget and Finance Subcommittee report and advanced an ordinance to permit the city to obtain access to fiber optic facilities owned by Pacific Bell on San Francisco, Oak and Bay bridges and to enter an agreement with the Bay Bridge consortium. The reported agreements could run for more than 10 years and would waive administrative code restrictions against automatic-renewal contract provisions.
At the subcommittee meeting on July 27, Supervisors Marr, Peskin, Chang, Weiner, Avalos, Breed, Campos and Cohen voted "aye" to forward the ordinance; Supervisor Kim was recorded as absent. The transcript records the subcommittee roll call as yielding eight ayes. The ordinance was reported as passing on first reading; the subcommittee report indicated the item will be sent to the board's Aug. 2 regular meeting for further consideration.
The July 28 record did not include the full text of the agreements, the specific financial terms, or details about the city's operational use of the fiber. The board's action at the July 28 meeting was procedural acceptance of the subcommittee report and scheduling for the full board meeting on Aug. 2, 2016.
During roll call proceedings at the July 28 meeting, the board affirmed other procedural motions related to charter amendment scheduling and continued hearings for charter measures; those items were handled separately from the fiber-access ordinance.
