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Board adopts multiple infrastructure, housing and procurement measures; several items re-referred to committee
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a package of ordinances, resolutions and contracts at its Aug. 12, 2008 meeting, including financing and construction-management approvals for utilities projects, grant applications and several procurement contracts. A handful of measures were re‑referred or tabled for further committee review.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Aug. 12 approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and contracts covering utility projects, housing financing, public works and administrative code changes.
The board adopted measures on a single roll call or by unanimous “same house, same call” procedure for routine items. Major approvals enacted included authorization for the Public Utilities Commission general manager to execute a professional services agreement with Jacobs Engineering not to exceed $18,000,000 for construction management on the Bay Tunnel project; a resolution approving the city’s 2008 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care grant application (for recurring grants of $5,000,000 or more); and a three‑year agreement (with options) with Cyprus Security not to exceed $15,800,000.
Other adopted items included the issuance of multifamily housing revenue bonds (principal not to exceed $10,500,000) to finance a rental project identified in the agenda as the Zigmund Rent House; acceptance and expansion of $450,000 in State Transportation Development Act Article 3 funds for pedestrian projects; and a one‑year extension for a professional services contract to allow the Treasurer/Tax Collector to continue interactive voice response credit‑card payment processing services. The board also approved ordinances creating the Hunters View Special Use District and related planning code and zoning map changes, and an administrative-code name change renaming the Department of Telecommunications and Information Services to the Department of Technology (first reading where noted on the record).
A number of items were re‑referred to committee or tabled without substantive floor debate. Supervisor Maxwell moved to re‑refer combustion turbine financing and related project lease approvals to committee based on actions by the Public Utilities Commission; that motion was seconded and approved without objection. Other items were recorded as forwarded or not forwarded by the relevant committees per the clerk’s readout.
Why it matters: The measures approved on Aug. 12 authorize significant city expenditures, contracts, and grant applications that will affect capital projects, housing finance options and downtown planning. Several items will move to implementation by city departments or require further committee review before final administrative steps.
