# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 22, 2014 - Meeting date: 2014-07-22 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 32 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/204/2014-07-22-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=325580&GUID=60557F4A-1F16-4F29-9177-5C2C6CEDDA17) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 140455: Administrative Code - Cancer Presumption for Fire and Police Retirement Benefits - Pages: 15-16 - Sponsors: Chiu; Wiener, Breed, Farrell, Cohen and Campos - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 140455 [Administrative Code - Cancer Presumption for Fire and Police Retirement Benefits] Sponsors: Chiu; Wiener, Breed, Farrell, Cohen and Campos Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to create a cancer presumption for firefighter and police officer industrial disability and death as a result of duty retirement benefits. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Farrell, Cohen, and Campos requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos ### File 140734: Assessment Ballots for City Parcels - Lower Polk Community Benefit District - Pages: 16 - Sponsors: Chiu - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 140734 [Assessment Ballots for City Parcels - Lower Polk Community Benefit District] Sponsor: Chiu Resolution authorizing the Mayor, or his designees, to cast assessment ballots in the affirmative on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, as the owner of three parcels of real property over which the Board of Supervisors has jurisdiction, that would be subject to assessment in the proposed property and business improvement district to be the Lower Polk Community Benefit District for an election to be held on July 29, 2014. Resolution No. 245-14 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos ### File 140284: Building Code - Vacant or Abandoned Commercial Storefronts and Registration Fee - Pages: 16 - Sponsors: Tang; Chiu, Yee and Mar - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 140284 [Building Code - Vacant or Abandoned Commercial Storefronts and Registration Fee] Sponsors: Tang; Chiu, Yee and Mar Ordinance amending the Building Code to establish a procedure for maintaining and registering vacant or abandoned commercial storefronts, including imposition of a registration fee. Supevisors Chiu, Yee, and Mar requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Tang, seconded by Supervisor Wiener, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED on Page 3, Line 16, by adding 'unless the Department, in its sole discretion, determines that the owner needs additional time to complete the repair, rehabilitation, or construction of the Commercial Storefront.' The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos ### File 140700: Modification of Design-Build Requirements - Airport’s Terminal 1 Center Renovation and the Boarding Area B Reconstruction Projects - Pages: 16-17 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 140700 [Modification of Design-Build Requirements - Airport’s Terminal 1 Center Renovation and the Boarding Area B Reconstruction Projects] Ordinance modifying or waiving certain required contracting procedures in the Administrative Code, as applied to the design-build of two Airport projects in the Terminal 1 Program (the Terminal 1 Center Renovation and the Boarding Area B Reconstruction Projects). (Airport Commission) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos ### File 140692: Appointment, Entertainment Commission - Liam Frost - Pages: 17 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 140692 [Appointment, Entertainment Commission - Liam Frost] Motion approving the Mayor’s nomination of Liam Frost to the Entertainment Commission, for a term ending July 1, 2018. (Charter, Section 4.117, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk, then the nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date: June 10, 2014.) Motion No. M14-125 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos ### File 140693: Reappointment, Board of Appeals - Ann Blumlein Lazarus - Pages: 17 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 140693 [Reappointment, Board of Appeals - Ann Blumlein Lazarus] Motion approving the Mayor’s reappointment of Ann Blumlein Lazarus to the Board of Appeals, for a term ending July 1, 2018. (Charter, Section 4.106, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk, then the nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date: June 10, 2014.) Motion No. M14-126 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos ### File 140751: Appointment, Entertainment Commission - Steven Lee - Pages: 17-18 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 140751 [Appointment, Entertainment Commission - Steven Lee] Motion appointing Steven Lee, term ending July 1, 2018, to the Entertainment Commission. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M14-127 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos ## Extracted text ### [Page 16](https://sfbos.info/documents/204/2014-07-22-minutes#page-16) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/22/2014 140734 [Assessment Ballots for City Parcels - Lower Polk Community Benefit District] Sponsor: Chiu Resolution authorizing the Mayor, or his designees, to cast assessment ballots in the affirmative on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, as the owner of three parcels of real property over which the Board of Supervisors has jurisdiction, that would be subject to assessment in the proposed property and business improvement district to be the Lower Polk Community Benefit District for an election to be held on July 29, 2014. Resolution No. 245-14 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Avalos Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee 140284 [Building Code - Vacant or Abandoned Commercial Storefronts and Registration Fee] Sponsors: Tang; Chiu, Yee and Mar Ordinance amending the Building Code to establish a procedure for maintaining and registering vacant or abandoned commercial storefronts, including imposition of a registration fee. Supevisors Chiu, Yee, and Mar requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Tang, seconded by Supervisor Wiener, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED on Page 3, Line 16, by adding 'unless the Department, in its sole discretion, determines that the owner needs additional time to complete the repair, rehabilitation, or construction of the Commercial Storefront.' The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Avalos PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Avalos 140700 [Modification of Design-Build Requirements - Airport’s Terminal 1 Center Renovation and the Boarding Area B Reconstruction Projects] Ordinance modifying or waiving certain required contracting procedures in the Administrative Code, as applied to the design-build of two Airport projects in the Terminal 1 Program (the Terminal 1 Center Renovation and the Boarding Area B Reconstruction Projects). (Airport Commission) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Avalos City and County of San Francisco Page 573 Printed at 2:14 pm on 9/3/14 ### [Page 17](https://sfbos.info/documents/204/2014-07-22-minutes#page-17) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/22/2014 Recommendations of the Rules Committee 140692 [Appointment, Entertainment Commission - Liam Frost] Motion approving the Mayor’s nomination of Liam Frost to the Entertainment Commission, for a term ending July 1, 2018. (Charter, Section 4.117, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk, then the nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date: June 10, 2014.) Motion No. M14-125 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Avalos 140693 [Reappointment, Board of Appeals - Ann Blumlein Lazarus] Motion approving the Mayor’s reappointment of Ann Blumlein Lazarus to the Board of Appeals, for a term ending July 1, 2018. (Charter, Section 4.106, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk, then the nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date: June 10, 2014.) Motion No. M14-126 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Avalos 140751 [Appointment, Entertainment Commission - Steven Lee] Motion appointing Steven Lee, term ending July 1, 2018, to the Entertainment Commission. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M14-127 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Avalos City and County of San Francisco Page 574 Printed at 2:14 pm on 9/3/14