# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 11, 2018 - Meeting date: 2018-12-11 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 41 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/556/2018-12-11-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=656389&GUID=64882278-6AC7-4954-85F5-088236AA5629) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 181095: Lease of City Property - Volunteers in Medicine - dba Clinic By the Bay - 35 Onondaga Avenue - $47,520 Per Year Rent - Pages: 12-13 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 181095 [Lease of City Property - Volunteers in Medicine - dba Clinic By the Bay - 35 Onondaga Avenue - $47,520 Per Year Rent] Sponsor: Safai Resolution authorizing the Director of Property to execute a commercial lease, between the City and County of San Francisco and Volunteers in Medicine dba Clinic By the Bay, for the City-owned property located at 35 Onondaga Avenue for $47,520 per year; authorizing the reimbursement of up to $410,000 for tenant improvements; for a term of ten years with two five-year options to extend, finding the proposed transaction is in conformance with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and adopting California Environmental Quality Act findings. (Real Estate Department) Resolution No. 431-18 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 181060: Settlement of Lawsuit - Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company - $760,000 - Pages: 13 - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 181060 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company - $760,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by City and County of San Francisco against the Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company for $780,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 2, 2015, in United States District Court, Case No. 15-cv-04557; entitled City and County of San Francisco v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company; the lawsuit involves a dispute over whether the City is covered under the terms of a commercial liability insurance policy. (City Attorney) Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Stefani, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, by reducing the settlement amount from '$780,000' to '$760,000.' The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by City and County of San Francisco against the Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company for $760,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 2, 2015, in United States District Court, Case No. 15-cv-04557; entitled City and County of San Francisco v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company; the lawsuit involves a dispute over whether the City is covered under the terms of a commercial liability insurance policy. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 181090: Resolution of Intention - SoMa West Community Benefit District - Pages: 13-14 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 181090 [Resolution of Intention - SoMa West Community Benefit District] Sponsor: Kim Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to establish a property-based business improvement district known as the “SoMa West Community Benefit District” and levy a multi-year assessment on all parcels in the district; approving the management district plan and engineer’s report and proposed boundaries map for the district; ordering and setting a time and place for a public hearing of the Board of Supervisors, sitting as a Committee of the Whole, on February 5, 2019, at 3:00 p.m.; approving the form of the Notice of Public Hearing and Assessment Ballot Proceeding, and Assessment Ballot; directing environmental findings; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to give notice of the public hearing and balloting, as required by law. ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Absent: Safai - Vote 2: rescission - Action: Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Vote 3: adoption, likely final - Action: Resolution No. 421-18 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 181091: Assessment Ballots for City Parcels - SoMa West Community Benefit District - Pages: 14 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 181091 [Assessment Ballots for City Parcels - SoMa West Community Benefit District] Sponsor: Kim Resolution authorizing the Mayor or their designee(s) to cast an assessment ballot in the affirmative for the proposed formation of a property and business improvement district to be named the SoMa West Community Benefit District, with respect to certain parcels of real property owned by the City that would be subject to assessment in said district. ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Absent: Safai - Vote 2: rescission - Action: Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Vote 3: adoption, likely final - Action: Resolution No. 422-18 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 181055: Budget and Legislative Analyst Performance Audit - San Francisco Housing Authority and Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development - Pages: 14 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 181055 [Budget and Legislative Analyst Performance Audit - San Francisco Housing Authority and Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development] Sponsor: Peskin Motion directing the Budget and Legislative Analyst to conduct a performance audit of the San Francisco Housing Authority’s reported financial shortfall that includes a prospective analysis of the City’s assumption of all responsibilities for the San Francisco Housing Authority’s essential functions, including the role currently performed by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and related oversight. Motion No. M18-163 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 180090: Building Code - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - Expedited Permit Process - Pages: 14-15 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 180090 [Building Code - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - Expedited Permit Process] Sponsors: Tang; Peskin, Safai, Ronen and Brown Ordinance amending the Building Code to enact an expedited and streamlined permit process for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and directing the Clerk to forward this Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission upon final passage. Supervisor Brown requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ## Extracted text ### [Page 13](https://sfbos.info/documents/556/2018-12-11-minutes#page-13) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/11/2018 Recommendations of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 181060 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company - $760,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by City and County of San Francisco against the Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company for $780,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 2, 2015, in United States District Court, Case No. 15-cv-04557; entitled City and County of San Francisco v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company; the lawsuit involves a dispute over whether the City is covered under the terms of a commercial liability insurance policy. (City Attorney) Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Stefani, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, by reducing the settlement amount from '$780,000' to '$760,000.' The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by City and County of San Francisco against the Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company for $760,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 2, 2015, in United States District Court, Case No. 15-cv-04557; entitled City and County of San Francisco v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company; the lawsuit involves a dispute over whether the City is covered under the terms of a commercial liability insurance policy. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee Supervisor Safai was noted absent at 3:08 p.m. President Cohen requested File Nos. 181090 and 181091 be called together. 181090 [Resolution of Intention - SoMa West Community Benefit District] Sponsor: Kim Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to establish a property-based business improvement district known as the “SoMa West Community Benefit District” and levy a multi-year assessment on all parcels in the district; approving the management district plan and engineer’s report and proposed boundaries map for the district; ordering and setting a time and place for a public hearing of the Board of Supervisors, sitting as a Committee of the Whole, on February 5, 2019, at 3:00 p.m.; approving the form of the Notice of Public Hearing and Assessment Ballot Proceeding, and Assessment Ballot; directing environmental findings; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to give notice of the public hearing and balloting, as required by law. ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Stefani, Tang, Yee Absent: 1 - Safai Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee Resolution No. 421-18 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 952 Printed at 3:58 pm on 1/18/19 ### [Page 14](https://sfbos.info/documents/556/2018-12-11-minutes#page-14) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/11/2018 181091 [Assessment Ballots for City Parcels - SoMa West Community Benefit District] Sponsor: Kim Resolution authorizing the Mayor or their designee(s) to cast an assessment ballot in the affirmative for the proposed formation of a property and business improvement district to be named the SoMa West Community Benefit District, with respect to certain parcels of real property owned by the City that would be subject to assessment in said district. ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Stefani, Tang, Yee Absent: 1 - Safai Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee Resolution No. 422-18 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee Supervisor Safai was noted present at 3:10 p.m. 181055 [Budget and Legislative Analyst Performance Audit - San Francisco Housing Authority and Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development] Sponsor: Peskin Motion directing the Budget and Legislative Analyst to conduct a performance audit of the San Francisco Housing Authority’s reported financial shortfall that includes a prospective analysis of the City’s assumption of all responsibilities for the San Francisco Housing Authority’s essential functions, including the role currently performed by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and related oversight. Motion No. M18-163 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee Recommendation of the Land Use and Transportation Committee 180090 [Building Code - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - Expedited Permit Process] Sponsors: Tang; Peskin, Safai, Ronen and Brown Ordinance amending the Building Code to enact an expedited and streamlined permit process for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and directing the Clerk to forward this Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission upon final passage. Supervisor Brown requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 953 Printed at 3:58 pm on 1/18/19