# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 15, 2020 - Meeting date: 2020-12-15 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 45 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/730/2020-12-15-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=825838&GUID=93EAED2C-E1F7-467B-9D31-24662F3EE4FF) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 201328: Emergency Ordinance - Limiting COVID-19 Impacts by Not Moving People Experiencing Homelessness Currently Placed in Shelter-in-Place Hotel Rooms - Pages: 7-8 - Vote 1: referral - Action: days of the effective date of this emergency ordinance, the Department shall submit to the Board of Supervisors a report designed to inform planning for a possible expansion of the SIP Program consistent with the City’s COVID-19 public health response and FEMA guidelines for non-congregate sheltering, along with a proposed resolution to accept the report. The report shall include, at a minimum: (1) an estimate of the number of unhoused individuals and households who are vulnerable to COVID-19, as such vulnerability is defined by the CDC, and who are not temporarily housed in a SIP Hotel; (2) the number of Housing Referral Status households in the Adult, Transitional Age Youth, and Family shelter systems who are City and County of San Francisco Page 1148 Printed at 2:36 pm on 1/22/21 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/15/2020 not temporarily residing in a SIP Hotel; (3) a detailed update on available exits from SIP Hotels, including the timeframe in which each type of exit is expected to be made available and the current and planned sources of funding for each; and (4) proposals for ways in which the costs of SIP Hotels may be reduced.’ The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Vote 2: rescission - Action: ncy Management Agency (“FEMA”) provides written notification that FEMA funding available for SIP Hotel rooms is terminated or not extended or modified in a way that no longer reimburses any costs of these rooms, or people experiencing homelessness housed in SIP Hotel rooms obtain a stable housing placement; for every ten SIP Hotel rooms vacated, six SIP Hotel rooms shall be available to shelter people experiencing homelessness at risk of COVID-19 infection, until the County Health Officer’s Stay Safer At Home Order is rescinded or expires; and requiring the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to prepare publicly available reports on the progress of placements from SIP Hotels into stable housing. (Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.107, this matter requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Board of Supervisors (8 votes) for passage.) (Fiscal Impact) (Supervisor Mandelman dissented in Committee.) Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Fewer, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED AS AMENDED ON FINAL PASSAGE to a Board of Supervisors Special Meeting, with the Board sitting as a Committee of the Whole, on December 22, 2020. The motion FAILED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Peskin - Noes: Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Vote 3: final-passage, likely final - Action: Supervisor Walton, seconded by Supervisors Peskin and Ronen, moved to terminate the debate and call the question. Before the vote was taken, President Yee indicated a vote was not necessary as discussions on the matter had concluded. FINALLY PASSED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 201278: Amendments to Airport Concessions Leases - Forgive Tenant Rent During COVID-19 Pandemic - Pages: 8-9 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 201278 [Amendments to Airport Concessions Leases - Forgive Tenant Rent During COVID-19 Pandemic] Ordinance authorizing the Airport Commission, under the San Francisco International Airport’s COVID-19 Emergency Rent Relief Program, to amend certain leases with Airport concession tenants without Board of Supervisors approval under Charter, Section 9.118, and waiving Administrative Code and Environment Code requirements enacted after the most recent modification of each lease for such lease amendments, to allow for expeditious rent forgiveness necessitated by Airport tenants’ financial hardships caused by the public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Airport Commission) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 200245: Variable Rate Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds - Transbay Block 8 - Not to Exceed $211,920,000 - Pages: 9 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 200245 [Variable Rate Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds - Transbay Block 8 - Not to Exceed $211,920,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution authorizing certain amendments to the Indenture of Trust and the Loan Agreement relating to the City’s variable rate multifamily housing revenue bonds, currently outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of $211,920,000 issued in 2016 for the purpose of providing financing for the acquisition, development, and construction of a 350-unit multifamily rental housing project located at 450 Folsom Street (originally known as the “Transbay Block 8 Tower Apartments” and also now known as “Avery 450”); authorizing the collection of certain fees; ratifying and approving any action heretofore taken in connection with the bonds, the notes, and the projects, as defined herein; granting general authority to City officials to take actions necessary to implement this Resolution, as defined herein, subject to the terms of this Resolution, as defined herein; and related matters, as defined herein. Resolution No. 574-20 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 200969: Agreement Amendment - Retroactive - California Independent System Operator - Scheduling Electrical Transmissions - Not to Exceed $100,000 - Pages: 9-10 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 200969 [Agreement Amendment - Retroactive - California Independent System Operator - Scheduling Electrical Transmissions - Not to Exceed $100,000] Resolution retroactively approving a First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the California Independent System Operator establishing the terms and conditions for scheduling the City’s electrical transmissions for a term in excess of fifteen years, beginning on March 2, 2018, and ending ten years after the effective date of this Resolution, with a not to exceed amount of $100,000 pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118. (Public Utilities Commission) Resolution No. 575-20 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ## Extracted text ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/730/2020-12-15-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/15/2020 not temporarily residing in a SIP Hotel; (3) a detailed update on available exits from SIP Hotels, including the timeframe in which each type of exit is expected to be made available and the current and planned sources of funding for each; and (4) proposals for ways in which the costs of SIP Hotels may be reduced.’ The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Emergency ordinance to prohibit the City from requiring people experiencing homelessness currently housed in approximately 2,000 Shelter-in-Place (“SIP”) Hotel rooms to move from those rooms until the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) provides written notification that FEMA funding available for SIP Hotel rooms is terminated or not extended or modified in a way that no longer reimburses any costs of these rooms, or people experiencing homelessness housed in SIP Hotel rooms obtain a stable housing placement; for every ten SIP Hotel rooms vacated, six SIP Hotel rooms shall be available to shelter people experiencing homelessness at risk of COVID-19 infection, until the County Health Officer’s Stay Safer At Home Order is rescinded or expires; and requiring the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to prepare publicly available reports on the progress of placements from SIP Hotels into stable housing. (Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.107, this matter requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Board of Supervisors (8 votes) for passage.) (Fiscal Impact) (Supervisor Mandelman dissented in Committee.) Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Fewer, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED AS AMENDED ON FINAL PASSAGE to a Board of Supervisors Special Meeting, with the Board sitting as a Committee of the Whole, on December 22, 2020. The motion FAILED by the following vote: Ayes: 2 - Fewer, Peskin Noes: 9 - Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Supervisor Walton, seconded by Supervisors Peskin and Ronen, moved to terminate the debate and call the question. Before the vote was taken, President Yee indicated a vote was not necessary as discussions on the matter had concluded. FINALLY PASSED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee 201278 [Amendments to Airport Concessions Leases - Forgive Tenant Rent During COVID-19 Pandemic] Ordinance authorizing the Airport Commission, under the San Francisco International Airport’s COVID-19 Emergency Rent Relief Program, to amend certain leases with Airport concession tenants without Board of Supervisors approval under Charter, Section 9.118, and waiving Administrative Code and Environment Code requirements enacted after the most recent modification of each lease for such lease amendments, to allow for expeditious rent forgiveness necessitated by Airport tenants’ financial hardships caused by the public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Airport Commission) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 1149 Printed at 2:36 pm on 1/22/21 ### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/730/2020-12-15-minutes#page-9) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/15/2020 200245 [Variable Rate Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds - Transbay Block 8 - Not to Exceed $211,920,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution authorizing certain amendments to the Indenture of Trust and the Loan Agreement relating to the City’s variable rate multifamily housing revenue bonds, currently outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of $211,920,000 issued in 2016 for the purpose of providing financing for the acquisition, development, and construction of a 350-unit multifamily rental housing project located at 450 Folsom Street (originally known as the “Transbay Block 8 Tower Apartments” and also now known as “Avery 450”); authorizing the collection of certain fees; ratifying and approving any action heretofore taken in connection with the bonds, the notes, and the projects, as defined herein; granting general authority to City officials to take actions necessary to implement this Resolution, as defined herein, subject to the terms of this Resolution, as defined herein; and related matters, as defined herein. Resolution No. 574-20 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee 200969 [Agreement Amendment - Retroactive - California Independent System Operator - Scheduling Electrical Transmissions - Not to Exceed $100,000] Resolution retroactively approving a First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the California Independent System Operator establishing the terms and conditions for scheduling the City’s electrical transmissions for a term in excess of fifteen years, beginning on March 2, 2018, and ending ten years after the effective date of this Resolution, with a not to exceed amount of $100,000 pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118. (Public Utilities Commission) Resolution No. 575-20 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 1150 Printed at 2:36 pm on 1/22/21