Board adopts consent calendar and multiple ordinances, approves several grants and contract amendments

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Jan. 29 adopted multiple ordinances and resolutions on a single‑vote adoption calendar and approved several funding and contract actions affecting city departments.

The board approved items 1–18 (the consent calendar) by roll call; the clerk recorded 11 ayes and the chair declared the ordinances finally passed, resolutions adopted and motions approved. Later in the meeting the board approved a package of additional items (36–47) by single roll call with 11 ayes.

Key approvals and actions recorded on Jan. 29 included:

- An ordinance amending the health and transportation codes to prohibit smoking at certain outdoor events on city‑owned property (item 22). The board adopted the ordinance by unanimous “same house, same call.”

- An ordinance requiring electronic filing of campaign statements to the Ethics Commission (item 23), adopted by unanimous consent.

- An ordinance establishing the Public Utilities Water Enterprise Capital Cost Recovery Payment Surcharge Fund (item 24), passed in first reading.

- An appropriation of approximately $2,600,000 from the general fund reserve to the Treasurer–Tax Collector for gross receipts tax implementation planning for FY 2012–13, and an ordinance adding five positions to the Treasurer–Tax Collector’s office to implement the gross receipts tax (items 25–26); both passed in first reading.

- A resolution fixing prevailing wage rates for workers performing work under city contracts (item 27), adopted by unanimous consent.

- A resolution approving the fourth amendment to the contract with ICF Resources for renewable energy and climate‑change professional services, increasing the contract by approximately $12,400,000 for a total of about $31,400,000 (item 28), adopted by unanimous consent.

- A resolution approving a prepayment and collection agreement between the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) and the Public Utilities Commission with a term ending July 1, 2036 (item 29), adopted by unanimous consent.

- A resolution authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to retroactively accept and expend an Emergency Management Performance Grant of about $289,600 for July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013 (item 30), adopted by unanimous consent.

- A resolution authorizing contract modifications (numbers 7 and 10) to the architectural and engineering design services agreement with Fong & Chan Architects for the San Francisco General Hospital rebuild program pursuant to Charter Section 9.118 (item 31). This resolution was adopted after supervisors expressed concern about retroactive contract modifications greater than $500,000 and asked the Department of Public Works (DPW) to develop mechanisms to flag large modifications earlier.

- A resolution authorizing the Planning Department to apply for, accept and expend approximately $2,300,000 for Priority Development Area planning and implementation for FY 2012–2016 (item 32), adopted by unanimous consent.

- An ordinance amending the building code to address permit expirations and extensions, modify various fees and make related environmental findings (item 33), passed in first reading.

Notes on discussion and oversight: Supervisor Christina Kim (identified in the record as Supervisor Kim) said she had not attended the budget committee where contract modifications came forward and expressed concern that contract modifications exceeding $500,000 can be routed retroactively without timely board notification. Supervisor Mar said he had raised the issue with DPW at a meeting and that DPW had pledged to work to prevent repeat occurrences. Supervisors Campos and Mar associated with Kim’s concern; the resolution authorizing the Fong & Chan modifications was adopted after that exchange.

The board’s clerk recorded unanimous votes on multiple items, and the meeting moved numerous other routine matters on a single roll‑call adoption.

The meeting also included introductions, in‑memoriams and several proclamations and commendations.