# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 17, 2015 - Meeting date: 2015-11-17 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 29 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/308/2015-11-17-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=444247&GUID=395627F8-AD8A-4248-9A89-93313248C918) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 150790: Planning Code - Establishing a New Citywide Transportation Sustainability Fee - Pages: 4-5 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 150790 [Planning Code - Establishing a New Citywide Transportation Sustainability Fee] Sponsors: Mayor; Wiener, Breed, Christensen and Cohen Ordinance amending the Planning Code by establishing a new citywide Transportation Sustainability Fee and suspending application of the existing Transit Impact Development Fee, with some exceptions, as long as the Transportation Sustainability Fee remains operative; amending Section 401 to add definitions reflecting these changes; amending Section 406 to clarify affordable housing and homeless shelter exemptions from the Transportation Sustainability Fee; making conforming amendments to the Area Plan fees in Planning Code, Article 4; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, and making findings, including general findings, findings of public necessity, convenience and welfare, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. Ordinance No. 200-15 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 150935: Apply for, Accept, and Expend Grant - Board of State and Community Corrections - Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant Program - $950,000 - Pages: 5 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 150935 [Apply for, Accept, and Expend Grant - Board of State and Community Corrections - Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant Program - $950,000] Resolution retroactively authorizing the Sheriff’s Department to apply for, accept, and expend $950,000 of Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant Program funds administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections through the State Recidivism Fund for the period of July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2018. (Sheriff) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 419-15 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 150946: Accept and Expend Gift - Renovate-HERO - Mayor Ed Lee’s Earth Day Climate Action Tour and Dialogs - $12,500 - Pages: 5 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 150946 [Accept and Expend Gift - Renovate-HERO - Mayor Ed Lee’s Earth Day Climate Action Tour and Dialogs - $12,500] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a gift in the amount of $12,500 from Renovate-HERO to sponsor Mayor Ed Lee’s Climate Action Tour and Dialogues on April 22, 2015, and June 18, 2015. Resolution No. 420-15 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 151088: Commercial Paper Notes Program - Authorization to Issue Power Revenue Bonds and Commercial Paper Notes (Power Series) - Water Facilities, Electric Power Facilities, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation - Not to Exceed $90,000,000 - Pages: 5-6 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 151088 [Commercial Paper Notes Program - Authorization to Issue Power Revenue Bonds and Commercial Paper Notes (Power Series) - Water Facilities, Electric Power Facilities, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation - Not to Exceed $90,000,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution approving the establishment by the Public Utilities Commission of its Commercial Paper Notes (Power Series) program in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $90,000,000 pursuant to Charter, Article IX, and Administrative Code, Sections 43.5, et seq., as amended, and pursuant to Charter, Section 9.107(6), for the purpose of the reconstruction or replacement of existing water facilities and electric power facilities or combinations thereof under the jurisdiction of the Power Enterprise and, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.107(8), for the purpose of the acquisition, construction, installation, equipping, improvement or rehabilitation of equipment or facilities for renewable energy and energy conservation. (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 427-15 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ## Extracted text ### [Page 5](https://sfbos.info/documents/308/2015-11-17-minutes#page-5) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/17/2015 NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 150935 [Apply for, Accept, and Expend Grant - Board of State and Community Corrections - Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant Program - $950,000] Resolution retroactively authorizing the Sheriff’s Department to apply for, accept, and expend $950,000 of Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant Program funds administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections through the State Recidivism Fund for the period of July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2018. (Sheriff) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 419-15 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee 150946 [Accept and Expend Gift - Renovate-HERO - Mayor Ed Lee’s Earth Day Climate Action Tour and Dialogs - $12,500] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a gift in the amount of $12,500 from Renovate-HERO to sponsor Mayor Ed Lee’s Climate Action Tour and Dialogues on April 22, 2015, and June 18, 2015. Resolution No. 420-15 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee 151088 [Commercial Paper Notes Program - Authorization to Issue Power Revenue Bonds and Commercial Paper Notes (Power Series) - Water Facilities, Electric Power Facilities, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation - Not to Exceed $90,000,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution approving the establishment by the Public Utilities Commission of its Commercial Paper Notes (Power Series) program in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $90,000,000 pursuant to Charter, Article IX, and Administrative Code, Sections 43.5, et seq., as amended, and pursuant to Charter, Section 9.107(6), for the purpose of the reconstruction or replacement of existing water facilities and electric power facilities or combinations thereof under the jurisdiction of the Power Enterprise and, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.107(8), for the purpose of the acquisition, construction, installation, equipping, improvement or rehabilitation of equipment or facilities for renewable energy and energy conservation. (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 427-15 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 783 Printed at 1:20 pm on 1/15/16