# Board of Supervisors Minutes: June 23, 2015 - Meeting date: 2015-06-23 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 23 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/278/2015-06-23-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=411679&GUID=4D4C29BA-0DA1-4C76-8A33-A0C6B6A7E2F8) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 150492: General Obligation Bond Election - Affordable Housing - Not to Exceed $350,000,000 - Pages: 6-7 - Sponsors: Avalos; Campos and Mar - Vote 1: continuance - Action: 150492 [General Obligation Bond Election - Affordable Housing - Not to Exceed $350,000,000] Sponsors: Avalos; Campos and Mar Resolution determining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the construction, acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, preservation, and repair of affordable housing improvements and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes, to be financed through bonded indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $350,000,000; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants under Administrative Code, Chapter 37; providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest on such bonds; setting certain procedures and requirements for the election; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and finding that the proposed bond is in conformity with the General Plan, and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b). Supervisor Mar, seconded by Supervisor Yee, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED to July 7, 2015. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 150175: Administrative Code - Chapter 6 Public Works Contracting - Pages: 7 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: order, and allow for performance and payment bonds to incrementally increase throughout the term of the contracts for Job Order Contracts and as-needed contracts; 5) authorize execution of master as-needed construction contracts; 6) increase the limit of the amount of a task order from $400,000 to $600,000 by linking it to the Threshold Amount in master as-needed contracts on an if-and-as-needed basis for services that the Department of Public Health and the Division of Real Estate are authorized to procure; 7) provide greater flexibility and clarify requirements for the design-build and construction manager/general contractor project delivery methods; 8) authorize the Director of Transportation to procure rail grinding and related services through a negotiated project delivery method; 9) allow departments to advertise bids on a public website and/or in a local newspaper or periodical; 10) add procedure upon rejection or failure of professional services proposals and upon professional services contractor’s failure to deliver; and 11) make various other changes and clarifications in Chapter 6. (Public Works) (Fiscal Impact) Ordinance No. 108-15 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Noes: Avalos, Campos, Mar ### File 150350: Health, Public Works Codes - Mandatory Use of Alternate Water Supplies in New Construction - Pages: 7-8 - Sponsors: Wiener; Breed, Avalos, Christensen, Cohen, Kim and Mar - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 150350 [Health, Public Works Codes - Mandatory Use of Alternate Water Supplies in New Construction] Sponsors: Wiener; Breed, Avalos, Christensen, Cohen, Kim and Mar Ordinance amending Health Code, Article 12C, to require that new buildings of 250,000 square feet or more of gross floor area be constructed, operated, and maintained using available alternate water sources for toilet and urinal flushing and irrigation; that new buildings of 40,000 square feet or more of gross floor area prepare water budget calculations; and that subdivision approval requirements include compliance with Article 12C; amending the Public Works Code to provide that pipelines and other facilities constructed in accordance with Article 12C and located in public rights-of-way are subject to approval as minor encroachments and exempt from payment of public right-of-way occupancy assessment fees; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Ordinance No. 109-15 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ## Extracted text ### [Page 7](https://sfbos.info/documents/278/2015-06-23-minutes#page-7) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 6/23/2015 Recommendation of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 150175 [Administrative Code - Chapter 6 Public Works Contracting] Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to comprehensively revise Chapter 6 Public Works Contracting Policies and Procedures to: 1) increase the Threshold Amount from $400,000 to $600,000; 2) authorize sole source contracts under certain conditions; 3) allow procurement of public works construction contracts under $10,000 with no competitive solicitation; 4) increase the amount of time allowed to issue a task order from three to four years, increase the limit of the amount of a task order from $400,000 to $600,000 by linking it to the Threshold Amount, allow subcontractors to be listed at time of bid or at time of issuance of a task order, and allow for performance and payment bonds to incrementally increase throughout the term of the contracts for Job Order Contracts and as-needed contracts; 5) authorize execution of master as-needed construction contracts; 6) increase the limit of the amount of a task order from $400,000 to $600,000 by linking it to the Threshold Amount in master as-needed contracts on an if-and-as-needed basis for services that the Department of Public Health and the Division of Real Estate are authorized to procure; 7) provide greater flexibility and clarify requirements for the design-build and construction manager/general contractor project delivery methods; 8) authorize the Director of Transportation to procure rail grinding and related services through a negotiated project delivery method; 9) allow departments to advertise bids on a public website and/or in a local newspaper or periodical; 10) add procedure upon rejection or failure of professional services proposals and upon professional services contractor’s failure to deliver; and 11) make various other changes and clarifications in Chapter 6. (Public Works) (Fiscal Impact) Ordinance No. 108-15 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee Noes: 3 - Avalos, Campos, Mar Recommendation of the Land Use and Transportation Committee 150350 [Health, Public Works Codes - Mandatory Use of Alternate Water Supplies in New Construction] Sponsors: Wiener; Breed, Avalos, Christensen, Cohen, Kim and Mar Ordinance amending Health Code, Article 12C, to require that new buildings of 250,000 square feet or more of gross floor area be constructed, operated, and maintained using available alternate water sources for toilet and urinal flushing and irrigation; that new buildings of 40,000 square feet or more of gross floor area prepare water budget calculations; and that subdivision approval requirements include compliance with Article 12C; amending the Public Works Code to provide that pipelines and other facilities constructed in accordance with Article 12C and located in public rights-of-way are subject to approval as minor encroachments and exempt from payment of public right-of-way occupancy assessment fees; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Ordinance No. 109-15 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 448 Printed at 10:48 am on 9/14/15