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Board adopts a run of ordinances and resolutions in first‑reading and committee reports; multiple items passed unanimously
Summary
At the meeting the Board approved a series of routine ordinances and resolutions — including items to support airport terminal events, federal transportation funding acceptance, public health grants and easements — most by unanimous consent or roll call. A subset of items was continued or tabled for committee action.
The Board of Supervisors rapidly considered a large consent calendar and a series of committee reports on Tuesday, approving a suite of ordinances and resolutions by unanimous consent or roll call. Most items were noncontroversial and advanced routine city business, grant acceptances and contract authorizations.
Key actions taken include: - Item 2: An ordinance establishing a special fund to receive donations and authorize expenditures to promote the opening of the newly renovated Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport — passed on first reading after a roll‑call vote with 11 ayes. - Item 3: An ordinance authorizing a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest — passed in first reading by unanimous consent. - Item 4: A resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept and expand approximately $11.5 million in federal surface transportation and CMAQ funds awarded through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission — adopted by unanimous consent. - Item 5: Resolution approving three bicycle facility program grant agreements with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District — adopted. - Item 6: Resolution approving a contract to replace an air traffic control tower terminal with an approximate contract amount of $11.7 million and a contingency of roughly $1.6 million — adopted. - Item 7: Resolution approving the International Terminal Museum Gallery store lease between the Museum of Modern Art and the Airport Commission — adopted. - Item 8: Resolution authorizing purchase of a 2.16‑acre permanent access road easement in Stanislaus County for $13,000 — adopted. - Item 9: Resolution authorizing a master lease of the Hotel Lehi Nain at 730 Eddy Street for the Department of Public Health — adopted. - Item 10: Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept approximately $75,000 from the U.S. EPA for a green cleaning pilot project — adopted. - Item 11: Resolution receiving and approving the Fillmore Jazz Community Benefit District annual reports and proposed budget — adopted. - Item 12–13: Licenses of space and services at 200 Paul Street for technology vendors (United Layer and Telex) — adopted.
Committee reports and appointments (Items 18–22): the Rules Committee forwarded several nominations and reappointments. Motions approving reappointment of Andrew Wolfram and Carl Haas to the Historic Preservation Commission and approving the appointment of Richard Johns (approved after a separate contested vote, see separate article) were forwarded and acted upon. Resolutions confirming appointments to the Relocation Appeals Board and City Hall Preservation Advisory Commission were adopted.
Other adopted items included liquor license determinations (Items 23–24); grant acceptances for public health programs, Recreation and Parks donations, and authorizations for pipeline easements tied to the Water System Improvement Program (Items 25–27); and adoption without committee reference of resolutions commemorating Fred Korematsu Day and 100 years of women’s suffrage in California (Items 30–31).
Tabling and procedural actions: the board continued a public hearing and tabled some land‑use appeal items (Items 14–17) to allow parties to finalize a settlement. The board also severed Items 30 and 31 for separate consideration and otherwise approved the remainder of the consent calendar by roll call.
What it means: The meeting advanced routine city business and several grant and procurement actions that will allow departments to accept federal funds, finalize contracts and continue ongoing capital projects. A handful of contested or complex items were deferred for committee consideration or handled in separate debate.
