# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 21, 2015 - Meeting date: 2015-07-21 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 34 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/284/2015-07-21-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=415663&GUID=23A87C6C-4245-4C89-9A11-52BAF81A87CE) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 150625: Business and Tax Regulations, Police Codes - Exempting Certain Parking Stations and Hotels - Pages: 15-16 - Sponsors: Wiener - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 150625 [Business and Tax Regulations, Police Codes - Exempting Certain Parking Stations and Hotels] Sponsor: Wiener Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to exempt parking stations and hotels earning less than $40,000 in gross annual rental revenue from the requirements to obtain a certificate of authority and to make monthly remittances, and to exempt such parking stations from the requirement to obtain a parking tax bond. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Campos ### File 150728: Sale of City Property - 30 Van Ness Avenue - Not Less Than $87,000,000; Appropriation to Defease Certificates of Participation - Up to $31,770,000 - Pages: 16 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: rejection - Action: ce and conditions of sale in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. As soon as practical thereafter, the Director of Property shall submit a Resolution to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors seeking ratification of the negotiated agreement. Notwithstanding Sections 3 and 4 of this Ordinance, the Director of Property shall not be authorized to effect the sale of Property, and this Ordinance shall be of no further force and effect, unless, within 30 days of the date such Resolution is introduced the Board of Supervisors finally adopts such Resolution. For the purpose of this Ordinance "finally adopts" means either (i) the Board of Supervisors adopts such a Resolution and the Mayor signs such Resolution or returns it unsigned, or (ii) the Board of Supervisors adopts such a Resolution and the Mayor vetoes such Resolution, but the Board overrides the Mayor's veto of the Resolution. Consistent with Charter, Section 2.114, the Board may reject or accept the negotiated agreement by following the process described in this Section, but the Board shall not change the terms of the agreement'; and on Page 5, Line 7, by changing '9' to '10'. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Campos - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: (Fiscal Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Noes: Avalos, Mar - Excused: Campos ### File 150730: Business and Tax Regulations Code - Procedural Rules for Refunds of Business Taxes and Real Property Transfer Taxes - Pages: 16-17 - Sponsors: Farrell; Cohen - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 150730 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Procedural Rules for Refunds of Business Taxes and Real Property Transfer Taxes] Sponsors: Farrell; Cohen Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to conform the City’s business tax and real property transfer tax refund provisions to State law, expand the circumstances and extend the time in which the Tax Collector can issue refunds of business taxes, extend the date on which a claim accrues for purposes of filing a claim for refund of business taxes, and make other revisions to the City’s rules regarding refunds of business taxes and real property transfer taxes. Supervisor Cohen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Campos ## Extracted text ### [Page 16](https://sfbos.info/documents/284/2015-07-21-minutes#page-16) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/21/2015 150728 [Sale of City Property - 30 Van Ness Avenue - Not Less Than $87,000,000; Appropriation to Defease Certificates of Participation - Up to $31,770,000] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance authorizing the sale, by public competitive bid, of City-owned property located at 30 Van Ness Avenue for not less than $87,000,000; authorizing the use of a portion of the proceeds from the sale for the defeasance of up to $25,870,000 outstanding principal amount of Certificates of Participation (30 Van Ness Property) Series 2001A, up to $5,900,000 outstanding principal amount of Certificates of Participation (City Office Buildings-Multiple Properties Project) Series 2007A, and appropriating funds for such defeasance; excluding the sale from the requirements of the Surplus Property Ordinance; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and adopting findings that the sale is consistent with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Tang, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED on Page 4, beginning on Line 17, by adding 'Section 9. Board of Supervisors Ratification of Negotiated Agreement. Within 5 days after reaching agreement with a purchaser, the Director of Property shall report the final sales price and conditions of sale in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. As soon as practical thereafter, the Director of Property shall submit a Resolution to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors seeking ratification of the negotiated agreement. Notwithstanding Sections 3 and 4 of this Ordinance, the Director of Property shall not be authorized to effect the sale of Property, and this Ordinance shall be of no further force and effect, unless, within 30 days of the date such Resolution is introduced the Board of Supervisors finally adopts such Resolution. For the purpose of this Ordinance "finally adopts" means either (i) the Board of Supervisors adopts such a Resolution and the Mayor signs such Resolution or returns it unsigned, or (ii) the Board of Supervisors adopts such a Resolution and the Mayor vetoes such Resolution, but the Board overrides the Mayor's veto of the Resolution. Consistent with Charter, Section 2.114, the Board may reject or accept the negotiated agreement by following the process described in this Section, but the Board shall not change the terms of the agreement'; and on Page 5, Line 7, by changing '9' to '10'. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Campos (Fiscal Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee Noes: 2 - Avalos, Mar Excused: 1 - Campos 150730 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Procedural Rules for Refunds of Business Taxes and Real Property Transfer Taxes] Sponsors: Farrell; Cohen Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to conform the City’s business tax and real property transfer tax refund provisions to State law, expand the circumstances and extend the time in which the Tax Collector can issue refunds of business taxes, extend the date on which a claim accrues for purposes of filing a claim for refund of business taxes, and make other revisions to the City’s rules regarding refunds of business taxes and real property transfer taxes. Supervisor Cohen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Campos City and County of San Francisco Page 525 Printed at 11:22 am on 9/14/15