# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 8, 2015 - Meeting date: 2015-12-08 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 37 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/312/2015-12-08-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=447754&GUID=7C8F0328-D0EE-4556-86AA-3F217CFCF363) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 151146: Accept and Expend Grant - Federal Emergency Management Agency - Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response - $8,221,860 - Pages: 18-19 - Sponsors: Mayor; Farrell - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 151146 [Accept and Expend Grant - Federal Emergency Management Agency - Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response - $8,221,860] Sponsors: Mayor; Farrell Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Fire Department to accept and expend Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant in the amount of $8,221,860 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to hire thirty-six new firefighters for the period of January 23, 2016, through January 22, 2018. Supervisor Farrell requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 504-15 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee, Peskin ### File 151182: Sale of City Property - 30 Van Ness Holdings, LLC - 30 Van Ness Avenue - $80,000,000 - Pages: 19 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 151182 [Sale of City Property - 30 Van Ness Holdings, LLC - 30 Van Ness Avenue - $80,000,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution ratifying the purchase and sale agreement by and between the City and 30 Van Ness Holdings, LLC, for the sale of City-owned property located at 30 Van Ness Avenue for $80,000,000. (Fiscal Impact) (Supervisor Mar dissented in Committee) Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to John Updike, Director (Real Estate Division), and Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. NOT ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Cohen, Farrell, Tang, Wiener - Noes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Kim, Mar, Yee, Peskin ### File 151186: Accept and Expend Grant - Gilead Sciences, Inc. - Curing HCV in Incarcerated Patients - $517,119.17 - Pages: 19 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 151186 [Accept and Expend Grant - Gilead Sciences, Inc. - Curing HCV in Incarcerated Patients - $517,119.17] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $517,119.17 from Gilead Sciences, Inc., to participate in a program entitled Curing HCV in Incarcerated Patients for the period of October 1, 2015, through March 31, 2017, waiving indirect costs. Resolution No. 505-15 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee, Peskin ### File 151126: Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District - Pages: 19-20 - Sponsors: Breed; Mar, Peskin, Campos and Farrell - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 151126 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District] Sponsors: Breed; Mar, Peskin, Campos and Farrell Ordinance amending the Planning Code to establish the Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD) for the area between Geary Boulevard and Post Street from Fillmore Street to Laguna Street, the north side of Post Street from Webster Street to Laguna Street, and Buchanan Street from Post Street to mid-way between Sutter Street and Bush Street; revising various Planning Code sections to make conforming and other technical changes; revising the Zoning Map to add the Japantown NCD; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. Supervisors Mar, Peskin, and Campos requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee, Peskin ## Extracted text ### [Page 19](https://sfbos.info/documents/312/2015-12-08-minutes#page-19) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/8/2015 151182 [Sale of City Property - 30 Van Ness Holdings, LLC - 30 Van Ness Avenue - $80,000,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution ratifying the purchase and sale agreement by and between the City and 30 Van Ness Holdings, LLC, for the sale of City-owned property located at 30 Van Ness Avenue for $80,000,000. (Fiscal Impact) (Supervisor Mar dissented in Committee) Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to John Updike, Director (Real Estate Division), and Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. NOT ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 4 - Cohen, Farrell, Tang, Wiener Noes: 7 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Kim, Mar, Yee, Peskin 151186 [Accept and Expend Grant - Gilead Sciences, Inc. - Curing HCV in Incarcerated Patients - $517,119.17] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $517,119.17 from Gilead Sciences, Inc., to participate in a program entitled Curing HCV in Incarcerated Patients for the period of October 1, 2015, through March 31, 2017, waiving indirect costs. Resolution No. 505-15 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee, Peskin Recommendations of the Land Use and Transportation Committee 151126 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District] Sponsors: Breed; Mar, Peskin, Campos and Farrell Ordinance amending the Planning Code to establish the Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD) for the area between Geary Boulevard and Post Street from Fillmore Street to Laguna Street, the north side of Post Street from Webster Street to Laguna Street, and Buchanan Street from Post Street to mid-way between Sutter Street and Bush Street; revising various Planning Code sections to make conforming and other technical changes; revising the Zoning Map to add the Japantown NCD; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. Supervisors Mar, Peskin, and Campos requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee, Peskin City and County of San Francisco Page 868 Printed at 4:03 pm on 1/29/16