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Committee moves multiple grants and loans to full Board, including $30M Treasure Island award and several resiliency and park grants

Budget and Finance Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (City and County of San Francisco) · July 28, 2021

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Summary

The Budget and Finance Committee recommended that the full Board accept several grants and loans: $30 million HCD infill grant for Treasure Island, FEMA Port Security grant to SFPD ($1.1M), PSPS/community resiliency grants ($378K and $189K), and park grants for McLaren Park (two awards totaling $457K), plus a $550K OEWD loan program expansion.

The Budget and Finance Committee on July 28 forwarded a package of grant and loan resolutions to the full Board with positive recommendations.

Key items recommended:

- Treasure Island Development Authority: authorization to accept a $30,000,000 infill infrastructure grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development to fund streets, retaining walls, bicycle and pedestrian improvements and a transit lane on Yerba Buena Island (Bob Beck, TIDA). "This proposed accept and expend resolution would authorize ... to accept and expend the $30,000,000 award from the IIG program," Beck said.

- San Francisco Police Department: retroactive acceptance and expenditure of a $1,100,000 FEMA Port Security Grant for marine unit equipment, vessel upgrades, training and a new response vessel (Patrick Leung, SFPD). The department said FEMA approved a waiver for the cost‑match requirement.

- Department of Emergency Management: two Governor's Office of Emergency Services awards — about $378,000 for PSPS resiliency projects spread across six city departments and about $189,000 for community power resiliency (community education campaigns and microgrid/solar for the Marin Food Bank). Adrienne Bechelli (DEM) said roughly $39,000 would fund community education and $150,000 would fund microgrid/solar work.

- Recreation & Park Department: two retroactive grants for McLaren Park — a $250,000 Outdoor Environmental Education Facilities grant to maintain trail improvements (contract period through 2047) and a $207,000 Habitat Conservation Fund grant to construct a multi‑use trail adjacent to Visitation Avenue (contract period through 2039). BLA noted the Habitat grant requires a 1:1 city match for a total budget of $414,000.

- Office of Economic and Workforce Development: acceptance of a $550,000 Economic Development Administration CARES Act recovery assistance revolving loan fund to provide small business loans and related technical assistance (Angel Cardoz, OEWD).

All items were presented by department staff, had no speakers from the public during their hearings, and were moved to the full Board with unanimous committee recommendations (3–0). The committee's action is a recommendation and each award requires final Board approval and any further conditions, matches or reporting the grant agreements require.