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Committee advances series of leases, grants and contracts including TSA funding, DPH grants and IHSS contract
Summary
The committee advanced multiple routine and substantive items — including a TSA‑funded Terminal 1 baggage modernization ($59.4M), NIH and Blue Shield grants to DPH, a Bayview Plaza lease for DPH, IHSS and CalWIN contracting, and a port lease — generally moving items to the full board or approving them in committee.
The Budget and Finance Committee advanced a package of departmental requests that included grants, lease renewals and contract approvals across city departments.
Key actions and presentations included:
- A Department of Public Health NIH grant of $140,827 to fund a probability‑based study of HIV risk among trans men; Willie McFarland said the study will support staff and overhead and is, "as far as I know, the first study of its kind ever to be funded by the National Institutes of Health." (Committee moved item forward.)
- San Francisco Airport requested approval to execute an other‑transaction agreement with the Transportation Security Administration for Terminal 1 checked‑baggage modernization for up to $59,429,406; Kathy Weidner said the funds are 100 percent reimbursable by TSA with no local match.
- The airport also proposed a seven‑year lease with Skyline Concessions for a Terminal 3 newsstand with a minimum annual guarantee of $192,000 or percentage rent; the budget analyst recommended approval.
- Department of Public Health sought retroactive approval of a five‑year lease for office space at Bayview Plaza (Suite 400, 14,825 sq ft) at a monthly cost of $38,545 for crisis and foster‑care mental‑health services; the lease includes landlord improvements and CPI‑collared rent escalations.
- DPH asked to accept a $225,000 Blue Shield of California Foundation grant to assist SFPath participants’ transition into Medi‑Cal; Emily Riggs said the work will be coordinated with San Mateo and Alameda counties.
- Human Services Agency requested continued participation in the CSAC CalWIN consortium and a two‑year contract extension for CalWIN (county share ~$10.49 million over two years) and asked to expand expenditure authority to approximately $53 million; analysts said roughly 92 percent is state and federal funding.
- The committee approved a retroactive contract with the In‑Home Supportive Services Consortium (IHSS) for 07/01/2013–06/30/2017 not‑to‑exceed $87,321,540 to provide contract‑mode in‑home supportive services; the budget analyst recommended amendments clarifying the not‑to‑exceed amount.
- The Port sought approval of a 15‑year lease with E Street Ventures for a restaurant at 295 Terre Francois Boulevard with rent equal to the greater of $10,011.81 per month or 7 percent of gross receipts, anticipated tenant improvements of about $2 million and a $380,000 rent credit; budget analysis presented projected revenues.
- The committee also moved forward a cleanup ordinance removing references to the sunsetted Transfer Tax Review Board and approved the property tax levy ordinance establishing a combined rate of 1.188 percent for FY2013‑14 and a residential tenant pass‑through rate of $0.088 per $100 of assessed value.
Most items were moved forward or approved by the committee without recorded opposition; several contained budget analyst recommendations that were adopted as amendments and will be reflected in final contracts and ordinance language when the items go to the full Board of Supervisors.
