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Supervisors concur with airport emergency after boiler failures; airport staff says replacement was planned but misjudged timing
Summary
The Board of Supervisors unanimously concurred with an Airport Commission declaration of emergency after two boilers failed at the airport. Airport staff told the board the replacements were planned as part of the capital program but failed sooner than expected, limiting competitive procurement options.
The City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 2009 adopted a resolution concurring with an Airport Commission declaration of emergency after failures of multiple boilers at the San Francisco airport, clearing a procedural step the airport said it needed to proceed with emergency replacement work.
Supervisor Campos pressed airport staff on why the city waited until equipment failed to act. "Is there a plan to address this issue differently, to be proactive so that we don't find ourselves in a situation where something like this doesn't happen again?" he asked.
Peter Nardoza, government affairs officer at the San Francisco Airport, told the board: "We misjudged. To be very honest with you, we made a mistake. We had planned to replace these boilers two years from now." He said the…
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