Walton, present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk , do we have any communications . Yes, mr. President. The San Francisco board of surprisers welcomes interested persons to attend the meeting in city hall. Second floor room 250 or watch the proceeding on sfgovtv channel 26 or view the live stream at www. Sfgovtv. Org. To submit Public Comment in writing, send your comment to the email address bos sfgov. Org or use the post office, San Francisco board of supervisors, 1 dr. Carlton b goodlett place, city hall, room 244 San Francisco california 94102. To make reasonable accommodation request under the ada or request language assistance please call the Clerks Office at least two Business Days in advns calling 4155545184. Thank you mr. President. Thank you madam clerk. Colleagues, do we have a motion to approve the minutes of january 23, 2024 . Motion by supervisor walton and second by supervisor mandelman. On that motion, a roll call, please. [roll call] there are 11 ayes. The motion is approved. Madam clerk, please call the Consent Agenda . Items 19 are on consent and considered to be routine. If a member objects a item my be removed and considered separately . Anybody like a item or items severed . Supervisor walton. I like to sever item 6. Well sever item 6, on the balance of the Consent Agenda we take same house same call, those ordinances are finally passed. Passed First Reading and resolutions adopted. Madam clerk, please read item number 6 . Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claims filed by amazon. Com sales, inc. Against the city and county of San Francisco for 448,119. 86; the claims were filed on june 26, 2023; the claims involve a refund of payroll expense, gross receipts, and homelessness gross receipts taxes. Supervisor walton. Thank you, i need to recuse to the item due to publishing relationship with amazon. Madam clerk, i need to also recuse myself from this item as i have with regard two items that specifically involve amazon as my selfemployed pension plan as amazon stock. Is there a motion to recuse myself and supervisor walton . Made by supervisor mandelman and seconded by supervisor safai, and why dont we take the roll on that and then i will hand the gavel over to supervisor mandelman who will conduct the vote on item 6. Madam clerk, roll call, please. Motion to excuse supervisor walton and peskin from item 6 [roll call] there are 9 ayes. Hello madam clerk. Please call the roll on item 6. On item 6, stefani, aye. Chan, aye. Dorsey, aye. Engardio, aye. Mandelman, aye. Melgar, aye. Preston, aye. Ronan, aye. Safai, aye. There are 9 ayes. The item passes. Madam clerk, please read the next item. Item 10, ordinance deappropriating 3,500,000 from general city responsibility gen and reappropriating 500,000 to the Municipal Transportation Agency mta to support free twohour parking in the portsmouth square garages, Ambassador Services and transit fares for the Lunar New Year parade in february 2024, and 3,000,000 to the office of economic and Workforce Development ecn to support a relief fund for soma Area Business and organizations from direct apec impacts and for a Small Business transit Impact Relief Fund in the fiscal year fy 20232024. Roll call. Sorry, supervisor engardio. My apologies. Thank you mr. President. I want to thank supervisor chan, the budget chair for working with me to secure 1 million in relief funds for Small Businesses struggling on taraval due to muni track reconstruction. I want to thank supervisor mandelman and melgar for the support oen the Budget Committee. Most of taraval is in my District Supervisor melgar shares a section and we know how much the merchants have been hurting. The replacement of the train tracks and utilities has been a major disruption. Ripping the street is a business killer. Many reported huge loss in sales. When the construction is complete it will benefit taraval and the Small Businesses for the next hundred years, but we cant give up on todays merchants. We need them to be around when the train comes back. That is why the relief funds are so important. Funds should have been set aside years ago when this project was first planned but that didnt happen and money is tight in the current budget deficit. We are fortunate to have unspent funds from apec conference of World Leaders in isf. There were Small Businesses who were harmed by no fault of their own. The merchants suffered from decisions and actions of city agencies. Taraval merchants have a similar experience. We are one city. We can help businesses who suffer during apec last fall and those who continue to suffer today. This is about saving businesses which benefits the whole city because if people stop shopping along San Francisco merchant corridors and go to daly city that is lestz tax revenue for us all. The help we are giving to soma and taraval merchants today is just the beginning. We must plan ahead for every construction project we know is coming. We need dedicated relief funds to offer Small Businesses a lifeline to get through the disruption wherever it happens in San Francisco and i like to be added as cosponsor and would appreciate all of my colleagues support for this important legislation. Thank you. Supervisor melgar. I just like to be added as a cosponsor please. Thank you president peskin. Supervisor safai. Please add me as a cosponsor. Okay. On the item, a roll call, please. On item 10, stefani, aye. Walton, aye. Chan, aye. Dorsey, aye. Engardio, aye. Mandelman, aye. Melgar, aye. Peskin, aye. Preston, aye. Ronan, aye. Safai, aye. There are 11 ayes. The ordinance is passed First Reading. Next item. Please. Item 11 is resolution to octerize the Tax Collector to sell at public auction certain parcels of taxdefaulted Real Property, as defined herein. Seeing no names on the roster, same house same call, the resolutionsupervisor safai. Sorry, didnt hit quick enough. I like to make a motion to remove three of the occupied properties on the list mr. President from the tax default and if you like i can name those properties into the record, but these are individuals that havethese are properties that have individuals living in them and we reached out to them and talked with them and like more time to try and work out completing their applications with the california mortgage relief program. They are great candidates for the program and think with more time they will be successful paying delinquent property taxes so i like to thank the treasurer Tax Collector staff with their tremendous effort to connect these Property Owners with these services. They consistently exceeded their legal mandate and outreach and want to thank them for that. Non profit Legal Service from hera, Home Ownership sf, balance Legal Assistance for the elderly and connecting them with state programs like cal mortgage relief and hsh. If we can amend and removeshould i read the property addresses . Yes, please. 92 elington avenue. What page . I think page 3 of the auction list. Page 3 41 sears. I see it. And 26 stanley street. Okay. Mrs. Amanda freed from treasurer Tax Collectors office. Good afternoon. Amanda freed from the treasurer Tax Collector office. We have no objuckzs. Thank you. A motion made by supervisor safai to remove the three mentioned properties, seconded by supervisor stefani. Colleagues can we take the amendment without objection . Without objection the amendment is passed and on the item as amended, we will pass it same house same call. The resolution is adopted as amended. Next item, please. Item 12, resolution authorizing the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development to expend Soma CommunityStabilization Fund dollars in the amount of 200,000 to address various impacts of destabilization on residents and businesses in soma for a term to commence effective upon approval of this resolution through june 30, 2026. Same house same call the resolution is adopted. Next item. Item 13, resolution approving and authorizing 1 the execution of a First Amendment to the amended and restated Loan Agreement with octavia rsu associates, l. P. , a california limited partnership, to increase the loan amount by up to 8,559,766 for a new total loan amount not to exceed 35,306,233 to finance additional costs related to a 100 affordable, 63unit multifamily rental Housing Development affordable to lowincome households, including 32 units for transitional age youth who are homeless or atrisk of homelessness, and including up to 3,200 square feet of commercial space located at 78 haight Street Project ; and 2 the mayor and the director of Mayors Office of housing and Community Development, to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution, as defined herein. Seeing no names on the roster, same house same call, the resolution is adopted. Next item. Item 14, resolution approving and authorizing the execution, delivery, and performance of amended and restated lease no. 17134 for building 49, located at 701 illinois street within crane cove park between the port of San Francisco and the Young Mens Christian Association of San Francisco ymca sf that would, among other things, reduce the seismic improvements described in the existing lease, eliminate all rent credits for any seismic work performed by the ymca sf, require the ymca sf to open the Public Restrooms no later than july 1, 2024, and delay the rent commencement date to no later than october 1, 2024, as defined in the amended and restated lease; with no change to the initial term of 10 years, retroactive to august 1, 2023, plus options to extend for a total term of up to 34 years and 11 months, with an initial annual base rent of 92,809. 80; affirming prior findings under the California Environmental quality act; and authorizing the executive director of the port to enter into any additions, amendments or other modifications to the amended and restated lease that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities of the city or port and are necessary or advisable to complete the transactions which this resolution contemplates and effectuate the purpose and intent of this resolution. Seeing no names on the roster, well take same house same call, the resolution is adopted. I like to recognize and acknowledge the student visiting from [indiscernible] university observing the board of supervisor for civic and government course. Welcome. Madam clerk, will you please read the next item. Item 15 is referred without recommendation from budget and finance committee. Ordinance amending the administrative code to extend by five years, from may 5, 2024, through may 5, 2029, the sunset date of the provisions authorizing the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing hsh to enter into and amend contracts without requiring Competitive Bidding for services relating to sites and programs for people experiencing homelessness projects addressing homelessness , and the department of public works to enter into and amend contracts without adhering to the environment code or to provisions relating to Competitive Bidding, equal benefits, local Business Enterprise utilization, and other requirements, for construction work and services relating to projects addressing homelessness; and affirming the Planning Departments determination under the California Environmental quality act. Roll call. On item 15, stefani, aye. Walton, aye. Chan, no. Dorsey, no. Engardio, aye. Mandelman, aye. Melgar, aye. Peskin, no. Preston, aye. Ronan, aye. Safai, no. There are 7 ayes and 4 noes with supervisors, chan, dorsey, peskin and safai voting no. The ordinance pass First Reading. Next item, please. Item 16. Ordinance amending the public works code to waive the banner and inspection fees for nonprofit organizations in certain neighborhood commercial districts ncds and neighborhood commercial transit districts nctds through december 31, 2026; and affirming the Planning Departments determination under the California Environmental quality act. Roll call. On item 16, stefani, aye. Walton, aye. Chan, aye. Dorsey, aye. Engardio, aye. Mandelman, aye. Melgar, aye. Peskin, aye. Preston, aye. Ronan, aye. Safai, aye. There are 11 ayes. The ordinance passed First Reading. Supervisor walton. Next item, please. Item 17, resolution apologizing on behalf of the board of supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco to African Americans and their descendants for systemic and structural discrimination, targeted acts of violence, and atrocities; and committing to the rectification and redress of past policies and misdeeds. Supervisor walton. Thank you so much chair peskin. I just want to take the time first to thank all my colleagues for cosponsorship of this historic resolution and entire African AmericanReparations Advisory Committee, the community including all our allies and everyone who wants to right the wrong of past harms. This resolution apologizes on behalf of San Francisco to the African American community and their descendants for decades of discrimination targeted acts of violence, atrocities and exiting to rect fiication and redress of past policies and misdeeds. We have much more work to do but this apology most certainly is a important step and one of the over hundred recommendation made by the African American reparations and Advisory Committee. Thank you. Thank you supervisor walton. Supervisor preston. Thank you president peskin and supervisor walton i want to thank you for your leadership on the resolution. As well as your steadfast commitment to Racial Justice and specifically to making reparations a realty here in city county of San Francisco. I also want to join with you in thanking chairmic daunl, vice chair holland and Reparations Advisory Committee and Human Rights Commission facilitating the work of the Reparations Advisory Committee and as you noticed, this fomal apology was a recommendation of the Reparations Advisory Committee. I fully support it and proudly cosponsored it at introduction. I did want to comment and we had a interest hearing in gao and appreciated a lot of the public testimony. Chair mcdonald note