# Board of Supervisors Minutes: April 5, 2011

- Meeting date: 2011-04-05
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 21
- [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/2073/2011-04-05-minutes)
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## Structured legislative records

### File 110352: Disproportionate Federal Cuts to the Community Development Block Grant Program

- Pages: 4-5
- Sponsors: Mayor; Chu, Avalos, Chiu, Mirkarimi, Kim and Mar
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 110352 [Disproportionate Federal Cuts to the Community Development Block Grant Program] Sponsors: Mayor; Chu, Avalos, Chiu, Mirkarimi, Kim and Mar Resolution urging the Federal government to minimize the cuts to the Community Development Block Grant Program proposed by the President and the United States Congress. Supervisor Mar requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 157-11 ADOPTED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener

### File 110210: Airline/Airport Lease and Use Agreements - Various Airlines

- Pages: 5
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 110210 [Airline/Airport Lease and Use Agreements - Various Airlines] Resolution approving leases to the terms of eight (8) new Airline/Airport Lease and Use Agreements between the City and various airlines, effective July 1, 2011, to allow such Airlines to conduct domestic and international flight operations at San Francisco International Airport. (Airport Commission) Resolution No. 156-11 ADOPTED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener

### File 110318: Accept and Expend Grant - Used Motor Oil Recycling - $114,138

- Pages: 5
- Sponsors: Mar
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 110318 [Accept and Expend Grant - Used Motor Oil Recycling - $114,138] Sponsor: Mar Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $114,138 from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for the purpose of increasing Used Motor Oil Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste Management. Resolution No. 158-11 ADOPTED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener

### File 110155: Business and Tax Regulations Code - Payroll Expense Tax Exclusion in Central Market Street and Tenderloin Area

- Pages: 5-6
- Sponsors: Mayor; Kim, Chiu, Farrell, Cohen, Wiener and Chu
- Vote 1: amendment
  - Action: 110155 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Payroll Expense Tax Exclusion in Central Market Street and Tenderloin Area] Sponsors: Mayor; Kim, Chiu, Farrell, Cohen, Wiener and Chu Ordinance amending Article 12-A of the Business and Tax Regulations Code by adding Section 906.3 to establish a payroll expense tax exclusion for businesses located in the Central Market Street and Tenderloin Area and requiring persons with an annual payroll expense of over $1,000,000 to enter into a Community Benefits Agreement with the Office of Economic and Welfare Development. (Fiscal Impact; Economic Impact.) Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
- Vote 2: first-reading
  - Action: Ordinance amending Article 12-A of the Business and Tax Regulations Code by adding Section 906.3 to establish a payroll expense tax exclusion for businesses located in the Central Market Street and Tenderloin Area and requiring persons with an annual payroll expense of over $1,000,000 to enter into a Community Benefits Agreement with the City Administrator. PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Wiener
  - Noes: Avalos, Campos, Mirkarimi

### File 110255: Endorsing Community Concerns of Surveillance, Racial, and Religious Profiling

- Pages: 6
- Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Mar, Avalos, Campos and Chiu
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 110255 [Endorsing Community Concerns of Surveillance, Racial, and Religious Profiling] Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Mar, Avalos, Campos and Chiu Resolution endorsing “Community Concerns of Surveillance, Racial, and Religious Profiling of Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Communities (AMEMSA) and Potential Reactivation of Police Department’s Intelligence Gathering,” a report published by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. Supervisor Chiu requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 160-11 ADOPTED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
  - Absent: Kim

### File 101537: Planning Code - Urban Agriculture

- Pages: 6
- Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu, Cohen, Mirkarimi and Mar
- Vote 1: amendment
  - Action: 101537 [Planning Code - Urban Agriculture] Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu, Cohen, Mirkarimi and Mar Ordinance amending the Planning Code to update controls related to urban agricultural uses by adding Section 102.34 to define urban agriculture, including neighborhood agriculture and large-scale urban agriculture, and amending Sections 204.1, 209.5, 227, 234.1, 234.2, and Articles 7 and 8 to regulate such uses in various zoning districts; and making findings including environmental findings and findings of consistency with General Plan and Section 101.1. Supervisors Mirkarimi and Mar requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Chiu, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
  - Absent: Kim
- Vote 2: first-reading
  - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
  - Absent: Kim

### File 110313: Settlement Agreement and Lease Amendment - Forty Niners, Ltd.

- Pages: 6-7
- Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu, Cohen and Farrell
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 110313 [Settlement Agreement and Lease Amendment - Forty Niners, Ltd.] Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu, Cohen and Farrell Ordinance authorizing a settlement agreement and related lease amendment with the San Francisco Forty Niners, Ltd. (the 49ers) to settle a claim made by the 49ers on June 18, 2010, against the City and County of San Francisco relating to the condition of Candlestick Stadium; exempting any new City policy requirements that the City's Administrative Code would otherwise require for a material amendment to the lease. Supervisor Farrell requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
  - Absent: Kim

## Extracted text

### [Page 5](https://sfbos.info/documents/2073/2011-04-05-minutes#page-5)

Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 4/5/2011

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Sub-Committee

110210 [Airline/Airport Lease and Use Agreements - Various Airlines]
 Resolution approving leases to the terms of eight (8) new Airline/Airport Lease and Use
 Agreements between the City and various airlines, effective July 1, 2011, to allow such Airlines to
 conduct domestic and international flight operations at San Francisco International Airport. (Airport
 Commission)
 Resolution No. 156-11
 ADOPTED by the following vote:
 Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener

110318 [Accept and Expend Grant - Used Motor Oil Recycling - $114,138]
 Sponsor: Mar
 Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to retroactively accept and expend a
 grant in the amount of $114,138 from the California Department of Resources Recycling and
 Recovery for the purpose of increasing Used Motor Oil Recycling and Household Hazardous
 Waste Management.
 Resolution No. 158-11
 ADOPTED by the following vote:
 Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener

From the Budget and Finance Sub-Committee Without Recommendation

110155 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Payroll Expense Tax Exclusion in Central
 Market Street and Tenderloin Area]
 Sponsors: Mayor; Kim, Chiu, Farrell, Cohen, Wiener and Chu
 Ordinance amending Article 12-A of the Business and Tax Regulations Code by adding Section
 906.3 to establish a payroll expense tax exclusion for businesses located in the Central Market
 Street and Tenderloin Area and requiring persons with an annual payroll expense of over
 $1,000,000 to enter into a Community Benefits Agreement with the Office of Economic and
 Welfare Development.
 (Fiscal Impact; Economic Impact.)
 Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN
 AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:
 Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
 Ordinance amending Article 12-A of the Business and Tax Regulations Code by adding Section
 906.3 to establish a payroll expense tax exclusion for businesses located in the Central Market
 Street and Tenderloin Area and requiring persons with an annual payroll expense of over
 $1,000,000 to enter into a Community Benefits Agreement with the City Administrator.
 PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:
 Ayes: 8 - Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Wiener
 Noes: 3 - Avalos, Campos, Mirkarimi

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Recommendation of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
 Supervisor Kim was noted absent at 3:15 p.m.

110255 [Endorsing Community Concerns of Surveillance, Racial, and Religious Profiling]
 Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Mar, Avalos, Campos and Chiu
 Resolution endorsing “Community Concerns of Surveillance, Racial, and Religious Profiling of
 Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Communities (AMEMSA) and Potential
 Reactivation of Police Department’s Intelligence Gathering,” a report published by the San
 Francisco Human Rights Commission.
 Supervisor Chiu requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
 Resolution No. 160-11
 ADOPTED by the following vote:
 Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
 Absent: 1 - Kim

Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee

101537 [Planning Code - Urban Agriculture]
 Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu, Cohen, Mirkarimi and Mar
 Ordinance amending the Planning Code to update controls related to urban agricultural uses by
 adding Section 102.34 to define urban agriculture, including neighborhood agriculture and
 large-scale urban agriculture, and amending Sections 204.1, 209.5, 227, 234.1, 234.2, and Articles
 7 and 8 to regulate such uses in various zoning districts; and making findings including
 environmental findings and findings of consistency with General Plan and Section 101.1.
 Supervisors Mirkarimi and Mar requested to be added as co-sponsors.
 Supervisor Chiu, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN
 AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:
 Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
 Absent: 1 - Kim
 PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:
 Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
 Absent: 1 - Kim

110313 [Settlement Agreement and Lease Amendment - Forty Niners, Ltd.]
 Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu, Cohen and Farrell
 Ordinance authorizing a settlement agreement and related lease amendment with the San
 Francisco Forty Niners, Ltd. (the 49ers) to settle a claim made by the 49ers on June 18, 2010,
 against the City and County of San Francisco relating to the condition of Candlestick Stadium;
 exempting any new City policy requirements that the City's Administrative Code would otherwise
 require for a material amendment to the lease.
 Supervisor Farrell requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
 PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
 Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
 Absent: 1 - Kim

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