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Committee advances $17.4 billion 10-year capital plan emphasizing seismic safety and ADA work
Summary
City Administrator and staff presented a 10-year capital plan totaling about $17.4 billion, prioritizing seismic upgrades (notably San Francisco General and Hall of Justice), ADA transitions, deferred maintenance, and a proposed library baseline renewal; the committee forwarded the plan to the full Board with recommendation.
City Administrator Ed Lee and Ben Rosenfield presented the city's 10-year capital expenditure plan for fiscal years 2008 through 2017 to the Budget and Finance Committee, describing a framework intended to coordinate major projects, debt issuances and voter measures over a decade.
Rosenfield said the plan totals approximately $17.4 billion: about $3.7 billion for general fund departments and approximately $13.7 billion for enterprise projects, led by the Public Utilities Commission's water and clean-water programs. He said roughly $2 billion of general-fund capital needs are for earthquake safety at critical facilities (naming San Francisco General Hospital and the Hall of Justice), and that the plan includes roughly $97 million to complete the ADA transition plan (buildings and curb cuts). The document also sets a financial constraint and models major debt issuances and voter measures to avoid simultaneous large bond asks.
Supervisors asked how the Board retains oversight and how prioritization will be handled if spending priorities change. Rosenfield stressed that the plan is a nonbinding planning tool and that the annual capital budget remains the legal appropriation subject to Board approval; general obligation bonds and other issuances still require separate Board resolutions and voter approvals. Supervisors pressed for clearer prioritization criteria and more centralized data-sharing among agencies (planning department, school district, Rec & Park) to avoid siloed capital decisions.
Rosenfield also noted specific proposals in the plan, including a possible renewal of the Branch Library Improvement Program baseline to close a $35—70M shortfall, and a proposal to sell transferable development rights to accelerate a Veterans Building seismic retrofit. Following discussion, the committee moved the plan to the full Board with recommendation; the clerk called the roll as part of the committee record.
