Transcripts For SFGTV SF Full Board Of Supervisors 20240713

The San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk okay. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov or sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The record will reflect that since the declaration of local Health Emergency as a result of the covid19 disease, the members of the board of supervisors are participating in the Board Meeting through Video Conference and to the same extent as if they were physically present in their legislative chamber. Provisions have also been made for the public with and without the internet to be able to participate remotely in the following ways. For those who do not have the access to the internet, the u. S. Postal service will deliver your written correspondence. Please address the envelope to the San Francisco board of supervisors, city hall, room 244, San Francisco, california, 94102. If you are interested in listening to the meeting, you can, on your telephone, by dialing 8882045984, and when prompted, end the access code 3501008, and press pound twice. Youll have joined and can listen to the meeting in progress. And if were staying with access by phone, if you would like to provide general Public Comment, which is item 25 on todays agenda, dial that same number thats crawling across sfgovtv and across your screen if youre having the meeting streamed live on the computer. 8882045984, and when prompted, enter the access code 3501008, press pound twice to join the meeting. Once you wish to enter the queue to speak, dial one, and then zero. Youll be moved into the speaker line, and youll be prompted when it is your turn to provide comment. You can get in line early or wait until item 25 is called. The key is to only press one and zero one timed. Otherwise, pressing it twice, youll be moved out of commenting mode and back out of the queue to speak. While people are calling in, please call from a quiet location. That means mute your television and your radio. Speak clearly and slowly. Each speaker will be allowed up to two minutes to speak on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. Elections are always around the corner, but please, no electioneering at the Board Meeting during your general Public Comment. Address the board as a whole and not to individual members of the board. Two points. The office of Civic Engagement director has assigned three interpreters and are standing by to assist the public in their Public Comment. I would like them to know that they are here for them. Agnes lee. Miss lee . [speaking chinese language] interpreter thank you. Clerk thank you, miss lee. Thank you. And now, mr. Arturo cosenza. Interpreter hi there. [speaking spanish language] clerk thank you, mr. Cosenza. Miss lau . [speaking tagalog language] interpreter thank you, miss clerk. Thats all for me. Clerk thank you. And finally, if members of the public have statements and theyd like to submit statements to the board, board. Of. Supervisors sf. Gov. If youd like to watch it on cable, its cable channel 26. Thank you for your patience with the length of my communication. Mr. President . President yee thank you, madam clerk. Before me get started, just a friendly reminder to all the supervisors to mute your microphones when youre not speaking to avoid audio feedback, and welcome, supervisor safai. Colleagues, today, we are approving the minutes from april 7, 2020, regular Board Meeting, and the april 1, 2020 special meeting at the budget and finance committee, and april 1, 2020, special meeting at the budget and appropriations committee, which constituted quorums of the board of supervisors. Are there any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Okay. Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Supervisor peskin so moved. Peskin. President yee okay. Seconded . Supervisor ronen second, ronen. President yee okay. So its been moved and seconded. Without objection, then. Will you please call the roll . Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, they will be moved as presented. Madam clerk, will you call items 1 through 5 on the conseco Consent Agenda . Clerk these items lifted hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda and are considered to be routine by the board. President yee okay. Do any members of the board wish to sever any items . Okay. Madam clerk, lets call the roll. [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. The ordinances are passed on First Reading, and finally passed unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to our new business. Please call items 6 and 7 together. Clerk items 6 and 7 are two Airport Commission items. Item 6 is a resolution to approve modification number 6 to an airport contract, Airport Shuttle bus services with sfo hotel shuttle, inc. To address the not to exceed amount of 120 million approximately its actually 116 million, and to extend exercise the final twoyear option to extend the term from july 1, 2020 pursuant to charter section 9. 1189. Item 7 is a resolution authorizing the San Francisco Airport Commission to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 2,746,298 and any additional amounts up to 15 of the original grant that may be offered from the California Air Resources Board for the carl moyer memorial air quality standards Attainment Program grant to purchase and install Electrical Ground Service Equipment charging stations and supporting infrastructure for the proposed project erred period of june 2020 twlu june 2021 and affirming the planning departments determine under ceqa. President yee okay. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Then without any objection, the items are adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to the next item. Clerk item 8, resolution retroactively authorizing the department of elections to accept and expend funds allocated by the california secret of state in an amount not to exceed approximately 2 million to fund Voting System and election Management System replacement for the period february 1, 2019 through june 30, 2022. President yee madam clerk, call the roll on item 8. Clerk on item 8 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Then without objection, the item is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, please go to item number 9. Clerk item 9 is a resolution to authorize designated city and county officials to execute and file, on behalf of the city, actions necessary to obtain state and federal financial assistance, including the federal fisk the year 2020 urban Areas Security Initiative grant, the management performance grant, the 2020 locate will Government Oil spill contingency plan grant, and the 2020 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. President yee supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer yes, colleagues. I am introducing a technical amendment today to this item as a request of the department of Emergency Management. On page 2, lines 19 to 20, the language should include the 2020 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program as it is also listed in the long title but was left out of the body of the resolution. President yee theres been a motion made by supervisor fewer to amend. Is there a second . Supervisor peskin second, peskin. President yee seconded by peskin. Madam clerk, please call the roll on the amendment. Clerk on the amendment [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Then, without objection, the amendments are accepted. Madam clerk, please call the roll on the amended resolution. Clerk on item 9 as amended [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the amended resolution is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to item 10. Clerk item 10 is a resolution approving modification number 14 to airport Contract Program Management Support Services for the airport, terminal 1, boarding area b redevelopment program, with t1 partners, a joint venture, to increase the contract amount by 6 million for a new not to exceed amount of 38 million for services and extend being the term. President yee okay. Supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin thank you, mr. Chair. Supervisor fewer, i was just wondering why the committee chose to continue this item from may 6 . Supervisor fewer yes. I believe we just through the chair, i believe we just wanted more information. This was more information in light of covid19 and economic downturn. We had not seen a plan that the airport actually had to how they were going to balance their budget and what kind of cost savings they were investigating. They have sent a memo to us and the Budget Committee that us at the Budget Committee that answered all of our questions. Supervisor peskin thank you, supervisor fewer, through president yee. That answered my question and im prepared to vote in the affirmative. President yee okay. I dont see any other speaker, then, madam clerk, call the roll on this item. Clerk on item 10 [roll call] voters act in 2016 which allows communities to expand mail in ballot and early voting. San francisco has not at this point opted in, and at this point, we dont have time to implement the voters choice act by november. Whatever the status of shelter in place orders by the time election day comes, we cant leave voters with the impossible choice of deciding between their health and casting a ballot. Governor newsom issued an executive order on may 8 requiring that all counties must send mail in ballots to registered voters. We do not have from the state any standard minimums or best practices for how to provide for safe and accessible inperson voting sites for voters who dont have access to mail delivery, for people with limited english, or simply with the thousands of potential voters who dont have experience with mail in ballots or who are afraid their votes wont be counted. We need an emergency plan for november and a timeline to prepare for future elections, and we need transparency so the public can participate in designing and implementing a successful election. Specifically, the legislation before you directs the San Francisco department of elections to mail a ballot to every registered voter for the november election and to notify all households of the option to register. It directs the department to implement inperson voting and early voting in ways that use space and extended duration to participate and keep election voters safe. It highlights the role of the office of Racial Equity and communitybased organizations in outreach, organization and participation in communities with historically low turnout, and it requires a submittal to the board of supervisors an election plan no later than june 30. I want to thank San Francisco Democratic Party chair david campos and aclu northern california. Thank you as well to supervisors haney, walton, preston, and mar, for cosponsoring. Colleagues, i hope you will vote today to approve the legislation, and i look forward to working with you on clean, safe, fair, and accessible elections in november. President yee thank you, supervisor ronen. Please add me as a cosponsor, if you dont mind. Supervisor ronen thank you. Thank you. President yee madam clerk, lets call the roll. Clerk on item 11 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk, lets call items 12 through 15 together. Clerk items 12 through 15 are four resolutions that approve lease agreements with the Airport Commission and the following entities. For item 12, approves the on airport rental car operations lease between the city and Avis Budget Car Rental with a minimum mag of 11 million for the first year of the lease. Item 13 is a resolution approving the aairport rental car operations between enter price and the city and county of San Francisco, for a mag of 16 million for the first year of the lease. Item 14 is a resolution proofing the on airport rental car operations lease between the Hertz Corporation for a term of five years with two twoyear options to extend and a mag of 16 million for the first year of the lease, and item 15, resolution approving the on airport rental car operations between sixt rent a car, for a term of five years with two two year options to extend, and a mag of 3. 5 million for the first year of the lease. President yee okay. Supervisor mar . Supervisor mar thank you, president yee. I move to continue items 12 through 15 for one week to allow these items to be heard with item 3. President yee okay. Is there a second . Supervisor ronen second. President yee okay. There is a motion and a second. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Clerk on the continuance of items 12 through 15 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Then without objection, these resolutions will be continued to the meeting of tuesday, june 2, 2020. Madam clerk, please call items 16 and 17 together. Clerk items 16 and 17 are two resolutions that declare the intention of the board of supervisors to renew and expand property based Business Improvement districts and to levy multiyear assessments on all parcels in the district, approving the management district plan and engineers report and proposed boundaries map for the supervisors, sitting as a committee of the whole. For item 16, its a committee of the whole on july 14, 2020, at 3 00 p. M. , approving the north of public hearing and assessme assessment. And for item 17, its committing as a committee of the whole on joule 14, 2020, as 3 00 p. M. , approving the form of the notice of public hearing and assessment ballot proceeding and assessment ballot, directing environmental findings, and directing the clerk of the board of supervisors to give notice of the public hearing and balloting. President yee okay. Madam clerk, lets call the roll. Clerk on items 16 and 17 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, lets please call the next item. Clerk item 18 is a motion to appoint the following individuals to the Soma Community Stabilization Fund Community Advisory committee for terms ending december 21, 2023, marke bieschke and lorenzo l lorenzo listana. Sorry if i didnt say those names correctly. President yee okay. I dont see any names on the roster, so madam clerk, please call the roll. Clerk on item 18 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the item is approved unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to item 19. Clerk item 19 is a motion to approve the president of the board of supervisors norman yees nomination of deland chan to the Planning Commission for a term ending july 1, 2022. President yee okay. Colleagues, i want to thank all of you for taking the time to meet with deland chan, and to chair ronen and the rules committee for their support. As i previously mentioned, nominating for this vacancy was one i took very seriously, and while we had a number of very strong candidates, deland stood out as someone who not only had experience in urban planning but a unique perspective as an educator and a participant Participatory Community planner. Our city will be facing even more challenging with the use with land use and housing issues given the compounded economic crisis that were facing today. We need to bring people together. We will need to build on the Publics Trust that government is not meant for only a few but for the masses, and we have to be creative about equitable humancentered solutions. We heard so many testimonies about how the land inspired her students to become the next generation of planners and transportation and housing, and now, she lit a fire in them to become more engaged in local politics that dictate the world around them. That is the type of passion we need on the Planning Commission. I look forward to delands added voice to the commission and hope that i can count on your support today. Madam clerk, can you supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin thank you, president yee. I want to thank you for your careful, deliberative process as you worked through a number of very qualified candidates. I knew miss chan since early in her career when she was a planning developer at the chinese Neighborhood Community center and when she was a student at stanford. Shes always been based in the comm