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San Francisco committee reviews $190M in IT projects and $411M capital proposal
Summary
COIT and capital planning presented FY2016‑18 recommendations to the Board of Supervisors budget committee on May 11, 2016, including about $190 million in IT projects over two years and a two‑year capital investment of approximately $411 million; both items were continued to the call of the chair.
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee on May 11 heard a two‑part budget briefing on technology and capital spending that laid out large multi‑year investments and left final action to later meetings.
Chandy Keta, director of the Committee on Information Technology (COIT), told the committee COIT had evaluated department IT project requests against its five‑year information and communications technology plan and recommended a high funding scenario for FY2016‑17 and a medium scenario for FY2017‑18. "There are nearly $190,000,000 in projects over the 2 year period," Keta said, identifying the financial systems replacement project as COIT's highest priority and noting public‑safety radio and property‑tax system replacements are scheduled to ramp up.
Why it matters: The COIT recommendations direct citywide IT priorities — including a financial‑systems replacement expected to complete in FY2018 — and aim to sequence large legacy upgrades so departments can modernize without overwhelming one year of spending.
Ryan Strong, presenting the capital planning committee's overview, said departments submitted roughly $716,000,000 in capital requests. Strong said capital planning recommends the high scenario in year one and a lower scenario in year two to preserve flexibility. He reported first‑year pay‑as‑you‑go funding in the plan and a two‑year total investment of about $411,000,000, a stated 7% increase over the prior year.
Strong highlighted several program details: a target pavement condition index of 7; increased plan‑fee revenue tied to growth in eastern neighborhoods that he said produced about $95–96 million for enhancements; $4,000,000 proposed for seawall predevelopment and study work; facility renewal funded at roughly 90% of recommended levels; and federal funding of about $22,000,000 for the Third Street Bridge with a roughly $2,000,000 city contribution.
On enterprise projects not included in PAYGO totals, Strong cited ongoing work at San Francisco International Airport, Mission Bay ferry improvements, Central Subway, Muni Forward initiatives, PUC wastewater upgrades and the BioCelis digester project.
Questions from the committee were brief and no public speakers addressed item 2. Supervisor Katie Tang moved to continue item 2 to the call of the chair; the motion was seconded by "Supervisor E." and taken without objection.
What to watch next: The presentations set funding priorities but did not finalize allocations. Committee members will review department budget materials when individual department budgets are considered and the committee will return to these items at a later date.
