# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 20, 2010 - Meeting date: 2010-07-20 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 39 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/2013/2010-07-20-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfbos.archive.sf.gov/ftp/meetingarchive/full_board/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/minutes/2010/m072010.pdf) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 100267: Election Day Voter Registration - Pages: 17-18 - Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Mar and Chiu - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 100267 [Election Day Voter Registration] Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Mar and Chiu Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 13.112 and amending Article XVII to establish Election Day Voter Registration for exclusively municipal elections. Supervisors Mar and Chiu requested to be added as co-sponsors. ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Noes: Alioto-Pier, Elsbernd ### File 100944: Committee of the Whole - Earthquake Safety Retrofit Deferred Loan and Grant Program General Obligation Bonds - Pages: 18-19 - Vote 1: continuance - Action: nds] Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the amendments to the proposed Resolution and Ordinance relating to the Earthquake Safety Retrofit Deferred Loan and Grant Program General Obligation Bonds. (Clerk of the Board) The President inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Board relating to the amendments to the Earthquake Safety Retrofit Deferred Loan and Grant Program General Obligation Bonds referenced in File Nos. 100581 and 100580. Mary Lou Zoback; Heidi Sieck; Walter Paulson; Ami Anderson-Alden; Bob Pekelnicky; Gabriel Metcalf; Patrick O'Tellini; Kay Vasilyeva; Barbara Schultheis; Joe Berron; David Bonowitz; Male Speaker; expressed various concerns relating to seismic safety. There were no other 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 Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report Supervisor Maxwell was noted absent at 3:46 p.m., and noted present at 4:16 p.m. Supervisor Avalos, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved to continue File Nos. 100581 and 100580 to later in the meeting. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Mar, Mirkarimi - Noes: Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd - Absent: Maxwell ### File 100581: General Obligation Bonds - Earthquake Safety Retrofit Deferred Loan and Grant Program General Obligation Bonds 2010 - Estimated Cost $46,150,000 - Pages: 19 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: c interest and necessity demand the construction, improvement and seismic retrofitting of multi-story wood framed affordable housing soft-story buildings for earthquake safety funded by the City or other qualified governmental housing finance agency, or owned by private third-parties and the payment of related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; finding that the estimated cost of $46,150,000 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. Resolution No. 311-10 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi ### File 100580: General Obligation Bond - Earthquake Safety Retrofit Deferred Loan and Grant Program General Obligation Bond - November 2, 2010, Election - Pages: 19-20 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 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 thereof; prescribing notice to be given of such election; finding that the proposed bond is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act; finding that the proposed project is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and with the General Plan consistency requirement of Administrative Code Section 2A.53; consolidating the special election with the general election on the same date; 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 Section 53410 of the California Government Code; incorporating the provisions of Article V of Chapter V of the San Francisco Administrative Code; and waiving the time requirements specified in Section 2.34 of the San Francisco Administrative Code. Ordinance No. 167-10 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi ## Extracted text ### [Page 18](https://sfbos.info/documents/2013/2010-07-20-minutes#page-18) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Final 7/20/2010 SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M. Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole 100944 [Committee of the Whole - Earthquake Safety Retrofit Deferred Loan and Grant Program General Obligation Bonds] Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the amendments to the proposed Resolution and Ordinance relating to the Earthquake Safety Retrofit Deferred Loan and Grant Program General Obligation Bonds. (Clerk of the Board) The President inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Board relating to the amendments to the Earthquake Safety Retrofit Deferred Loan and Grant Program General Obligation Bonds referenced in File Nos. 100581 and 100580. Mary Lou Zoback; Heidi Sieck; Walter Paulson; Ami Anderson-Alden; Bob Pekelnicky; Gabriel Metcalf; Patrick O'Tellini; Kay Vasilyeva; Barbara Schultheis; Joe Berron; David Bonowitz; Male Speaker; expressed various concerns relating to seismic safety. There were no other 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 Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report Supervisor Maxwell was noted absent at 3:46 p.m., and noted present at 4:16 p.m. Supervisor Avalos, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved to continue File Nos. 100581 and 100580 to later in the meeting. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 6 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Mar, Mirkarimi Noes: 4 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd Absent: 1 - Maxwell City and County of San Francisco Page 662 Printed at 4:53 pm on 9/14/10 ### [Page 19](https://sfbos.info/documents/2013/2010-07-20-minutes#page-19) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Final 7/20/2010 100581 [General Obligation Bonds - Earthquake Safety Retrofit Deferred Loan and Grant Program General Obligation Bonds 2010 - Estimated Cost $46,150,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution determining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the construction, improvement and seismic retrofitting of multi-story wood framed affordable housing soft-story buildings for earthquake safety funded by the City or other qualified governmental housing finance agency, or owned by private third-parties and the payment of related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; finding that the estimated cost of $46,150,000 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. Resolution No. 311-10 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi 100580 [General Obligation Bond - Earthquake Safety Retrofit Deferred Loan and Grant Program General Obligation Bond - November 2, 2010, Election] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance calling and providing for a consolidated general election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the City and County of San Francisco a proposition to authorize general obligation bonded indebtedness of the City and County in the Amount of Forty Six Million One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($46,150,000) to provide deferred loans and/or grants to pay the costs of seismic retrofits to multi-story wood structures that are at significant risk of substantial damage and collapse during an earthquake; 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 thereof; prescribing notice to be given of such election; finding that the proposed bond is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act; finding that the proposed project is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and with the General Plan consistency requirement of Administrative Code Section 2A.53; consolidating the special election with the general election on the same date; 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 Section 53410 of the California Government Code; incorporating the provisions of Article V of Chapter V of the San Francisco Administrative Code; and waiving the time requirements specified in Section 2.34 of the San Francisco Administrative Code. Ordinance No. 167-10 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi City and County of San Francisco Page 663 Printed at 4:53 pm on 9/14/10