>> good afternoon, and welcome to the january 14th, 2020 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madame clerk, please call roll call. >> thank you, mr. president. [roll call] mr. president, you have a quorum >> thank you. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] okay. on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of the san francisco government tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcript available to the public online. madame clerk, are there any communications? >> i have known to report, mr. president. >> great. colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the november 21st, 2019 special board meeting and a november 21 st, 2019 regular meeting minutes to the budget and finance committee meeting which constitutes a quorum of the board of supervisors. are there any changes for these meeting minutes? seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? motion made by supervisor mandelman and seconded by supervisor preston. to approve -- motion to approve. okay. without objection, those minutes will be approved after public comment. madame clerk, please call the 2:00 p.m. special order. >> special order at 2:00 p.m. is a mayor's appearance before the board. we are welcoming the honorable mayor london breed here today. there being no questions submitted from supervisors representing district nine, 10, and 11, the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes >> okay. welcome, madame mayor. mayor breed, there were no topics submitted by supervisors today. we welcome you to share your remarks. >> thank you, president yee and members of the board. today earlier i spent some time in the embarcadero talking to people who are struggling with homelessness. today was a good day because we had the opportunity to help three people into the navigation center on a bark -- on embarcadero. for the three people we helped, there are still dozens more who turned us down for service. including one particular woman who clearly needed help, it was clearly in distress, who was hungry, refutes service, who had a lot of items with her, -- refused service, who had a lot of items with her, and there's nothing we could do. addressing homelessness is a real challenge in our city. along with making sure that we meet the goals to have 1,002 shelter beds open by this year, we also have to look at what happens in the future for those who refuse services. we have to make sure that there are places for people to go. many of you know that i am committed to opening sobering centers, safe injection sites, and other places that we so desperately need, but ultimately , the hard conversations around making sure that we are able to get people off the streets, whether they agree with us or not, will be a critical conversation that we need to have on a local level, but on a state level. dealing with these challenges, you can't just be about grand ideas and headlines that have some substance. we know that we focus on policy, good policy. we can put forward the kind of change that really will address this crisis. just take one avista horseman. we knew when it opened it was just for the students at that school. and hardly being used. once we opened it to all san francisco unified school district students, we know that a lot of them use the shelter. we have been able to help people , families in particular, exit homelessness. it has been a real challenge, but thank you, supervisor ronen, for your leadership on this particular shelter. but more importantly, for your willingness to make adjustments one something isn't working, and that is what we have to be prepared to do. there is no numerical fix that will fall out of the sky that will help us deal with this problem. it will take shelter, it will take hard work, it will take some changes or adjustments to policy, but at the end of the day, what matters most is it will be housing. housing will be critical to making sure that we can help address what we know is a serious challenge that we all face. most recently today, i'm excited about 1939 market street and identifying an opportunity to build 100% affordable housing in supervisor mandelman's district. thank you for being a real partner on this particular issue where 80 seniors will hopefully have an opportunity to be permanently housed in a place that they can afford and a place that they can call home. we know that we have a number of other units that we've broken ground on all over the city and we need to get those places build sooner rather than later. today, along with supervisor walton, the potrero power station, the legislation is being announced. 2600 units, and that is the kind of work that we have to do. we have to focus on building more housing, building more housing faster, and not allowing our policies to obstruct our ability to do so. i am looking forward to a great 2020. it will be a challenging year, but we were able to make magic happen last year, in particular with the housing bond, and so many other anticipated revenues. let's be clear, folks. we have a 500 million-dollar budget deficit. we have a number of other challenges that we face, and its importance that we work together -- and it is important that we work together and be responsible as possible and focus on dealing with the challenges that we all face because we know and have proven that when we work together we can get great things done for the residents of san francisco. thank you for the opportunity to address you today. >> thank you, madame mayor for joining us today and thank you for your comments. i am hoping for my last year that this will be a banner year and i'm anxious to work with everybody to get things done. i think we are in -- taking the right steps -- we have been taking the right steps last year it felt like we did and a norma his amount of work in collaboration. thank you very much -- it felt like we did an enormous amount of work in collaboration. >> thank you. >> this item shall be filed. madame clerk, let's go to the regular agenda. please call items one and two together. >> one and two are two ordinances that pertain to the academy of art settlements. item one authorizes the settlement of the lawsuit filed by the city and the state of california against the stevenson his -- against the stevens institute and against their liability companies that own properties in san francisco. item two his approve the developed agreement which provides for various public benefits and waves constricting provisions in the planning and administrative codes under the california environmental quality act and makes the appropriate findings. >> okay. madame clerk, please call. [roll call] -- please call roll call. [roll call] there are 11 aye. >> without objection, these ordinances are passed unanimously. please call item three. >> item three is an ordinance to amend the regulation of sidewalk widths to reduce the official sidewalk with a certain locations along the westerly side of pearse street between o'farrell and ellis street to adopt the sequel determination and make the appropriate findings. >> can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this is finally passed. madame clerk, next item, please. >> item four is an ordinance to amend the environment code to require new construction and major renovations of the municipal buildings to include natural gas and include exclusively all electric energy sources and to affirm the sequel determination. >> supervisor stefani? >> thank you. colleagues, i ask for your support today on this ordinance to require all electric sources of energy in new construction and major renovations of municipal buildings. this legislation fills an important gap in our current network of climate resiliency plans. natural gas combustion in buildings currently comprises approximately 38% of san francisco's greenhouse gas emissions. currently 100% of greenhouse gas emissions from municipal building operations are due to the use of natural gas. we can't ignore that we are seeing the consequences of the climate crisis every day. whether it's the impact at sea level rise on our seawall or the wildfires that are devastating communities locally, and around the globe, we will be paying for the consequences of climate decisions for a very long time. this legislation is an important first step. i look forward to working with the department, out communities and my colleagues as we find new additional ways to limit the use of natural gas in our buildings. it is important for the city to lead the way on electrification because it is increasingly necessary that all buildings begin down this path. i want to thank former supervisor vallie brown, the original sponsor of this legislation, and supervisors mandelman, peskin, ronen, fewer, and preston for cosponsoring. i urge your support. thank you. >> supervisor mar? >> i just would like to be added as a cosponsor. >> did you hear that? >> yes. >> okay. okay, colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. please call item five and item 39 out of order. >> items five is a resolution to approve and authorize a 50 year lease with a 16 year option to extend between the port commission and broadway l.l.c. for a mixed-use hotel entertainment venue and a public open space development, with an annual minimum base rent equal to no less than $1 million to affirm the sequel determination and make the appropriate findings. for item 39, this item was considered by the land use and transportation committee at a regular meeting on monday, january 13th and was forwarded as a committee report. item 39 is a resolution to declare the intention of the board of supervisors to order the vacation of the vallejo street right-of-way between davis street and the embarcadero , and a portion of the davis street right-of-way generally located between broadway street and the embarcadero as part of the improvement for the tea natural hotel theatre in public part development project on seawell lodge 323 and 324, and to set the hearing date for all persons interested in the proposed vacation public right-of-way. >> colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call the next item. >> item six is a resolution to authorize the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to execute a contract with cdm smith incorporated for planning and design services and possibly engineering support during construction for the proposed valley water treatment plant ozonation project for a not to exceed amount of $15 million and a six year term march 2020 through march 2026. >> can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call the next item. >> seven is a resolution to declare the intent of the city to reimburse certain expenditures and proceeds of future bonded indebtedness to authorize the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development to submit an application and related -- and related documents to the california debt limit allocation committee to permit the issuance of a not to exceed amount of $24 million in residential mortgage revenue bonds for 1223 webster street. >> can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call items eight and nine together. >> item eight and nine call together pertain to turks 500 l.p. this is a resolution to authorize the execution and delivery of a multifamily housing revenue note in a not to exceed amount of $53 million to provide financing for the construction of a 108 unit multifamily rental housing project. item nine is a resolution to approve and authorize the director of property to acquire real property located at 500 through 520 turk street in exchange for a $12.2 million credit to construct affordable housing and to also approve a loan agreement in an amount not to exceed $32 million for a 57 year term to finance the construction of a 100% affordable, 108 unit multifamily housing development on the property for low-income households with ancillary commercial space for public benefit or community serving purposes for an annual base rent of $15,000 to construct the project. >> okay. can we take these items same house, same call? without objections, his resolutions are adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call items 10 and 11 together. >> these items together pertain to the apartments. item 10 is a resolution to authorize the issuance and delivery of multifamily housing revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed approximately $45 million to provide financing for the acquisition, development, construction, and equipping of a 105 unit affordable multifamily residential rental housing project located on parcel c3 .2 in the treasure island master plan currently assigned to the street address of 401 avenue of the poems. item 11 is improving the loan agreement with the may apartments l.p. in an amount not to exceed $24.2 million for a 57 year term to finance 100% affordable, 105 unit multifamily rental housing development for low and moderate income veteran households. >> can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call items 12 through 22 together. >> twelve through 22 are resolutions that authorize the mayor's office of community development on behalf of the city to execute certain grant applications. item 12 authorizes the mayor's office of housing and community development with a joint applicant with sunnydale block block iiia housing partners l.p. for 100% affordable housing as identified as sunnydale block iiia in the sunnydale hope s.f. development agreements. item 13 is a joint applicant with the city and sunnydale block iiia housing partners l.p. for 100% affordable housing known as sunnydale block iiia in the sunnydale hope s.f. development. fight -- for item 14, joint applicants with sunnydale block three b. housing partners, 100% affordable housing identified as sunnydale block three b., in the hope s.f. development agreement, authorizing the city to assume joint and several liability for completion of the projects required by the terms of the grant awarded under the program. item 15 is joint applicants with the city, sunnydale block three b. housing partners l.p. for 100% affordable housing identified as sunnydale block three b. in the hope s.f. development agreement. for item 16, joint applicants of the city with fourth and full some associates l.p. for 100% affordable housing project at 2,664th street to authorize the city to assume joint and several liability. item 17 is a city with a joint applicant as potrero housing associates for 100% affordable housing. potrero block be in the hope s.f. development agreement. for item 18, the city as a joint applicant with potrero housing associates, again for 100% affordable housing, identified as potrero block be in the potrero hope s.f. develop met agreement. item 19, the city as joint applicants with the balboa park housing partners l.p. for 100% affordable housing at 2340 san jose avenue. for item 20, the city as a joint applicant with balboa park housing partners l.p. for 100% affordable housing at 2347 -- 2340 san jose avenue. for 21, this is a resolution which authorizes the mayor's office of housing and community development to submit a grant application to the state of california for funding in the amount of $5 million under the cal home program and any other related documents necessary to participate in the program. for item 22, a resolution to authorize the treasure island develop met authority to execute a grant application under the department of housing and community development infill infrastructure program. with the san francisco county transportation authority and/or the public utilities commission for qualifying infrastructure projects within the treasure island major sub- phase one and if successful, authorizing the city to assume joint and several liability for completion of the projects. >> okay. colleagues, can we take all these items same house, same call? without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call the next item. >> item 23 is a resolution to authorize the planning department to apply on behalf of the city to confirm existing and to create new and revised designations of priority development areas, priority conservation areas, and priority production areas by the association of the area government and metropolitan transportation commission as part of the plan bay area 2050 update. >> supervisor mar? >> thank you. colleagues, i am proud to sponsor this legislation to expand priority development areas citywide alongside supervisor fewer. this resolution designates areas in all supervisorial districts as p.d.a., which play a positive role in our efforts to expand sustainable transit-oriented development through comprehensive community-based planning throughout our city, and especially on the west side. currently, they are mostly limited to the east side. this expansion represents a more balanced distribution of p.d.a. and more equitable resource allocations. we are proposing four new p.d.a. , namely lombard street, the richmond district, the sunset corridor, and the west portal. the resolution proposes boundary changes for existing p.d.a. age new areas for environmental conservation and proposes the first priority production area in district 10 to support the preservation of these areas. p.d.a.s provide resources to expedite our community planning goal and have already unlocked tens of millions of dollars in planning, capital, and transportation funds. sfpd 14° have previously received $4.3 million in p.d.a. planning grants and $87.5 million in p.d.a. transportation funding for local improvements, not including major transit products -- projects also allocated. other cities and counties throughout the bay area are also currently updating their designated p.d.a.s is a key step towards updating a plan for the bay area. our long-range 30 year land use plan. want san francisco to demonstrate leadership in this process. in the west side and citywide, expanding p.d.a.s will allow us to access regional funds to enhance and expedite important planning efforts that we already have underway. in district four, for example,, we are proactively engaging sunset residents in organizations and planning for the future of our neighborhoods. and my first year in office, we hired a new westside planner three citywide add back. with supervisor fewer, we invested in building capacity to develop westside affordable housing and we commissioned a sense it transit immobility study with the county transportation authority. today, i'm very proud to also announce the award of a new contract to conduct a community needs assessment to a coalition of sunset nonprofits. the district four youth and families network because good planning starts at the grassroots level. and next month i will be launching sunset forward, a comprehensive community planning framework to bring all of our neighborhood planning efforts together, making sure we center the people on the ground and their needs. however, planning and development will require additional resources, even though we are off to a great start. the regional funds provided for p.d.a.s will support our comprehensive community planning for increased housing density alongside transportation and infrastructure improvements and other neighborhood needs in the sunset and other neighborhoods throughout our city. there is a false narrative out there claiming we don't want to development or change in our own backyard. unfortunately, this