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Committee approves transfer of Mission Miracle Mile BID management to nonprofit
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee approved a resolution to allow the Nonprofit Owners Association (Mission Miracle Mile Inc.) to manage the Mission Miracle Mile Business Improvement District and receive special assessments; the agreement will be forwarded to the full Board on Feb. 15 as a committee report.
The Board of Supervisors Government Audit and Oversight Committee on a February meeting approved a resolution authorizing an agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the Nonprofit Owners Association, Mission Miracle Mile Inc., to administer the Mission Miracle Mile Business Improvement District.
Lisa Pagan of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development told the committee the management agreement allows the nonprofit management corporation to receive special assessments collected on behalf of the district, run the services those assessments fund, and report annually to the city about expenditures. "This management agreement is required so that the city can transfer the special assessments that were collected on behalf of the district to the nonprofit management corporation," Pagan said, and she added the contract term is for "five and a half years" while the district is scheduled to last "until 12/31/2015."
Chair David Campos said he had introduced the item and asked staff to consider accessibility improvements for viewers, including providing agenda item text in Chinese characters. The committee clerk reminded participants that items acted upon by the committee will appear on the Feb. 15 Board of Supervisors agenda as a committee report.
During public comment, long-time resident Douglas Yap said he supported the resolution and raised broader oversight concerns. "I would like to speak in favor of, item number 1," Yap said, and later described safety problems on Mission Street: "I can't afford to be an innocent victim during the nighttime." Yap urged the committee to take on additional oversight projects, citing Laguna Honda Hospital and San Francisco General Hospital, and raised allegations about human trafficking and child exploitation in the city; he said he commended the police department for completing an investigation into a serious allegation connected to San Francisco General Hospital.
Supervisor David Chu moved to approve the resolution; Supervisor Mark Farrell seconded. Chair Campos asked to take the motion "without objection," and the item was advanced as a committee action to be placed on the board agenda on Feb. 15 as a committee report. The committee did not record a roll-call vote in the transcript.
The committee adjourned after noting a light agenda and previewing upcoming items.
