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Board approves arboretum and botanical garden fee ordinances to first reading after separate roll call (8-3)
Summary
After severing botanical garden and arboretum items from the main budget package, the Board advanced ordinances on a first reading changing a lease/management agreement and updating park fees, with an 8-3 recorded vote.
The Board of Supervisors separated two park-related ordinances from the consolidated budget package and took a separate roll-call vote, advancing both to a first reading by an 8-3 margin.
Item 20 authorizes a lease and management agreement between the city and the Botanical Garden Society for the botanical garden in Golden Gate Park, including a 10-year term and two 10-year renewal options and waivers of certain nonresident admissions in the park code. Item 31 amends the park code to update various park fees, reauthorize a nonresident entrance fee to the Botanical Garden, and establish a facility rental fee for the Lake Merced boathouse.
The items had been severed from the larger budget package for separate consideration. On the roll call for items 20 and 31, Supervisors Yee, Yi, Breed, Chu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang and Weiner voted aye. Supervisors Avalos, Campos and Mar voted no. The clerk recorded 8 ayes and 3 noes. The measures passed to first reading and will return for required next steps.
Why it matters: the ordinances change how the city manages and charges for certain park facilities and formalize a long-term management arrangement for the Botanical Garden. Supporters framed the lease and fee changes as necessary for stable operation; opponents (three no votes) did not elaborate in the roll-call sequence captured in the record.
Next steps: both ordinances will return for second reading and further administrative and community review as required by city procedures.
