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Supervisors amend funding sources, continue Geneva Avenue car barn and Alemany greening appropriations for one week
Summary
An amendment shifted most of the $1.344 million appropriation away from the general fund reserve to rainy‑day capital reserves and Recreation & Parks savings; the board continued three related items one week for further committee review.
The Board of Supervisors on Feb. 27 considered a set of related items that tie proceeds and appropriations to a mix of capital repairs and neighborhood greening. Members debated funding sources before adopting an amendment that changes how the recommended $1,344,490 is sourced and then agreeing to continue the package for one week to allow additional review.
Supervisor Daley moved an amendment to item 16 (appropriation for the Geneva Avenue Car Barn repairs and the Alemany Boulevard greening project) to reduce reliance on the general fund reserve. The amendment — adopted without objection as an “amendment of the whole” — redirected $1,074,490 to rainy‑day capital reserves (one‑time spending) and $270,000 from Recreation and Park savings incentives instead of taking the full amount from the general fund reserve.
The amendment affects an ordinance that, as presented, would have appropriated $1,344,490 to support repairs to the Geneva Avenue Car Barn ($1,044,490) and $300,000 for the Alemany Boulevard Greening Project (Department of Public Works) for fiscal year 2006–2007. A companion item (item 19) proposed appropriating $850,000 from surplus‑property sale proceeds for homeless and very low‑income housing in the Mayor’s Office of Housing.
After adopting the amendment, Supervisor Daley moved — and colleagues adopted without objection — a one‑week continuance of the three linked items (the assessor’s block sale/related item, the Geneva Avenue appropriation and the surplus‑property housing allocation) to allow a committee‑of‑the‑whole review and to give staff time to circulate amended language to supervisors and stakeholders.
Why it matters: The items tie capital repairs for an historic Recreation & Parks asset to neighborhood greening and to proceeds from surplus property sales earmarked for housing. The amended funding sources reduce immediate pressure on general fund reserves and instead rely partly on rainy‑day/capital reserve balances and department savings.
Key details and next steps: The amendment was distributed for board review; the items were continued to the board calendar one week later and a committee‑of‑the‑whole session was scheduled to further vet the package and community benefits negotiated as part of an associated land sale discussion.
