# Board of Supervisors Minutes: February 23, 2010 - Meeting date: 2010-02-23 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 31 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1976/2010-02-23-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfbos.archive.sf.gov/ftp/meetingarchive/full_board/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/minutes/2010/m022310.pdf) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 100173: Committee of the Whole - Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response General Obligation Bonds - $412,300,000 - Pages: 8-9 ### File 091457: Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response General Obligation Bonds - $412,300,000 - Pages: 9-10 - Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu, Avalos, Campos, Dufty, Mirkarimi, Mar and Maxwell - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: nterest and necessity demand the construction, acquisition, improvement, and retrofitting of Neighborhood Fire and Police Stations, the Auxiliary Water Supply System, and a Public Safety Building, and other critical infrastructure and facilities for earthquake safety and the payment of related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; finding that the estimated cost of $412,300,000 for such improvements is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require incurring bonded indebtedness; finding that a portion of the proposed bond is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and adopting findings under CEQA, CEQA Guidelines, and San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 31 for the remaining portion of the proposed bond; finding the proposed bond is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and with the General Plan consistency requirement of Charter Section 4.105 and Administrative Code Section 2A.53; and waiving the time limits set forth in Administrative Code Section 2.34. (Fiscal Impact.) Resolution No. 47-10 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Noes: Daly - Excused: Alioto-Pier ### File 091458: Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response General Obligation Bond Election - $412,300,000 - Pages: 10 - Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu, Avalos, Campos, Dufty, Mirkarimi, Mar and Maxwell - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: pay both principal and interest; prescribing notice to be given of such election; finding that a portion of the proposed bond is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and adopting findings under CEQA, CEQA Guidelines, and San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 31 for the remaining portion of the proposed bond; finding that the proposed bond is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and with the General Plan consistency requirement of Charter Section 4.105 and Administrative Code Section 2A.53; consolidating the special election with the general election; establishing the election precincts, voting places and officers for the election; waiving the word limitation on ballot propositions imposed by San Francisco Municipal Elections Code Section 510; complying with the restrictions on the use of bond proceeds specified in Section 53410 of the California Government Code; incorporating the provisions of the San Francisco Administrative Code, Sections 5.30 - 5.36; and waiving the time requirements specified in Section 2.34 of the San Francisco Administrative Code. Ordinance No. 40-10 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Noes: Daly - Excused: Alioto-Pier ### File 100171: Committee of the Whole - Mandated Reduction of Expenditures to Programs for City Services, Designated by the Board of Supervisors - Pages: 10-11 ## Extracted text ### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/1976/2010-02-23-minutes#page-9) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee Privilege of the floor was granted to Starr Terrell, the Mayor's Liaison to the Board of Supervisors, Edwin Lee, City Administrator, Joanne Hayes-White, Fire Chief, Charles Higueras, Project Manager, Ben Rosenfield, Controller, and Brian Strong, Capital Planning Program Coordinator, who provided an overview of File Nos. 091457 and 091458 and responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. 091457 [Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response General Obligation Bonds - $412,300,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu, Avalos, Campos, Dufty, Mirkarimi, Mar and Maxwell Resolution determining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the construction, acquisition, improvement, and retrofitting of Neighborhood Fire and Police Stations, the Auxiliary Water Supply System, and a Public Safety Building, and other critical infrastructure and facilities for earthquake safety and the payment of related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; finding that the estimated cost of $412,300,000 for such improvements is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require incurring bonded indebtedness; finding that a portion of the proposed bond is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and adopting findings under CEQA, CEQA Guidelines, and San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 31 for the remaining portion of the proposed bond; finding the proposed bond is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and with the General Plan consistency requirement of Charter Section 4.105 and Administrative Code Section 2A.53; and waiving the time limits set forth in Administrative Code Section 2.34. (Fiscal Impact.) Resolution No. 47-10 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Noes: 1 - Daly Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier City and County of San Francisco Page 145 Printed at 3:28 pm on 3/31/10 ### [Page 10](https://sfbos.info/documents/1976/2010-02-23-minutes#page-10) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes Tuesday, February 23, 2010 091458 [Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response General Obligation Bond Election - $412,300,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu, Avalos, Campos, Dufty, Mirkarimi, Mar and Maxwell Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, for the purpose of submitting to San Francisco voters a proposition to incur the following bonded debt of the City and County: $412,300,000 to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, and retrofitting of Neighborhood Fire and Police Stations, the Auxiliary Water Supply System, a Public Safety Building, and other critical infrastructure and facilities for earthquake safety and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants in accordance with Chapter 37 of the San Francisco Administrative Code; finding that the estimated cost of such proposed project is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require expenditures greater than the amount allowed therefor by the annual tax levy; reciting the estimated cost of such proposed project; fixing the date of election and the manner of holding such election and the procedure for voting for or against the proposition; fixing the maximum rate of interest on such bonds and providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest; prescribing notice to be given of such election; finding that a portion of the proposed bond is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and adopting findings under CEQA, CEQA Guidelines, and San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 31 for the remaining portion of the proposed bond; finding that the proposed bond is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and with the General Plan consistency requirement of Charter Section 4.105 and Administrative Code Section 2A.53; consolidating the special election with the general election; establishing the election precincts, voting places and officers for the election; waiving the word limitation on ballot propositions imposed by San Francisco Municipal Elections Code Section 510; complying with the restrictions on the use of bond proceeds specified in Section 53410 of the California Government Code; incorporating the provisions of the San Francisco Administrative Code, Sections 5.30 - 5.36; and waiving the time requirements specified in Section 2.34 of the San Francisco Administrative Code. Ordinance No. 40-10 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Noes: 1 - Daly Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole 100171 [Committee of the Whole - Mandated Reduction of Expenditures to Programs for City Services, Designated by the Board of Supervisors] Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to proposed Charter Amendment relating to the mandated reduction of expenditures to programs for City services, designated by the Board of Supervisors (Clerk of the Board) The President inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Board relating Mandated Reductions of Expenditures to Programs for City Services referenced in File No. 091430. There were no speakers. The President declared public comment closed and adjourned as the Committee of the Whole, reconvening as the Board of Supervisors. HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING City and County of San Francisco Page 146 Printed at 3:28 pm on 3/31/10