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Board adopts wide slate of budget, bond and administrative ordinances; several measures pass unanimously
Summary
San FranciscoBoard of Supervisors approved multiple revenue-bond appropriations, administrative-code changes and contract authorizations on June 14, 2016, mostly by unanimous consent. A few items drew recorded dissents and will be worked further in committee.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on June 14 adopted a series of ordinances and resolutions covering revenue bonds, capital appropriations, contract limits and administrative-code changes, most by unanimous voice or roll-call vote.
The measures approved on the consent calendar included large appropriations for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), amendments to the administrative code to require telematics systems in city vehicles, and multiple contract-authority increases for technology vendors. The board also approved routine interim budgets, an increased federal-education grant for the Children and Families Commission, and contracting authority for paratransit services.
Why it matters: The bond and appropriation items authorize financing and reappropriation of hundreds of millions of dollars for water, wastewater and power enterprise projects and for transportation equipment in fiscal years 20162017 and 20172018. The telematics ordinance requires the installation and use of vehicle-tracking systems citywide (except law-enforcement vehicles), which supervisors later discussed while considering paratransit safety equipment.
Key outcomes (selected): - Item 3: Ordinance appropriating $207,000,000 of revenue bond proceeds to the Municipal Transportation Agency for transportation projects and equipment in FY20162017 — finally passed unanimously. (Roll call recorded.) - Items 62011: A series of SFPUC appropriation and bond-authority ordinances (water, wastewater and power enterprise projects) describing aggregate principal limits from hundreds of millions up to $1.1 billion; passed unanimously on first reading. - Item 12: Ordinance amending the administrative code to require telematic vehicle-tracking systems in all city-owned or leased motor vehicles (except law enforcement) and an annual data report — finally passed unanimously. - Items 2128: Resolutions authorizing amendments or new contracts with multiple technology marketplace vendors and generalist/specialist contractors, increasing contract limits (e.g., Extech JV, Computerland of Silicon Valley) — resolutions adopted unanimously. - Item 29: Resolution authorizing city officials to execute grant applications for federal homeland-security and emergency-preparedness grants including the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI); adopted 10ayes, 1no (Supervisor Avalos dissented). - Item 30: Resolution authorizing the city to execute an option to a ground lease for Potrero Housing Associates for parcels at Connecticut and Fifth Streets (no cost option; initial expiration 6/30/2017 with a six-month extension) — adopted unanimously. - Item 33: Retroactive authorization for the Children and Families Commission to accept and expend an increased U.S. Department of Education grant (about $2,000,000) for early-learning quality improvement — adopted unanimously. - Item 34: Contract approval for paratransit brokerage and operating services with Transdev Services for up to $143,000,000 for five years with five-year options; adopted unanimously. During debate Supervisor London N. Yi asked about vehicle telematics and collision sensors; agency staff said paratransit vehicles have GPS-enabled mobile data computers and drivecams but are not currently equipped with forward collision sensor systems. - Item 35: Ordinance extending rent-protection coverage to recipients of tenant-based HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS) subsidies; passed unanimously on first reading.
Votes and recorded tallies are reflected in the Board27s roll-call excerpts. A number of high-dollar SFPUC bond items and multi-contract increases were taken together and passed on the first reading without individual debate.
What the board directed next: A small number of items were continued or flagged for later committee consideration (see separate items on housing-streamlining legislation). Several contracts approved on the consent calendar include reporting and oversight provisions spelled out in the resolutions.
Ending: The Board moved through a lengthy consent calendar to clear items for further committee work and to allow staff to proceed with contract execution and bond issuance processes. Full text of the ordinances and resolution documents are available in the city clerk27s file for June 14, 2016.
