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Committee forwards array of grants, lease renewals and airport items to full board
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee advanced multiple routine but substantive items — including a $447,370 ABAG grant for energy retrofits, a $110,000 Parks Alliance grant for Rec & Parks scholarships, DPH lease renewal at 1380 Howard, SFO concession MAG amendments and museum gift acceptances — all with positive recommendations.
The Budget and Finance Committee moved a package of grants, lease actions and airport items to the full Board with positive recommendations or as committee reports.
Key actions taken and advanced to the Board include:
• A Rec & Parks request to accept and spend a $110,000 Parks Alliance grant to support recreation scholarship programs (presented by Nathan; forwarded without objection). • A $447,370 grant from the Association of Bay Area Governments to the Department of the Environment to develop software and provide energy technical assistance for deep energy retrofits in small commercial buildings (presented by Peter Golata; forwarded). • A five‑year lease renewal/clean‑up for Department of Public Health occupancy at 1380 Howard Street (~79,000 sq ft) with an initial annual rent of approximately $3.4 million; BLA noted initial rent is ~80% of appraised fair market value and recommended approval. • Airport items approving amendments to food & beverage leases to increase minimum annual guarantees for two SSP America locations and approval of SFO Museum high‑value gifts to the museum collection. • Retroactive authorizations and routine contract acceptances for DPH community behavioral health performance contracts and Healthy Kids/County Children's Health Initiative (C‑CHIP) agreements to preserve federal drawdown eligibility.
Budget Legislative Analyst recommendations and department explanations accompanied each item where appropriate. Motions were made to forward each item as a committee report or with positive recommendation to the full Board; most actions were taken without objection.
