The Budget and Finance Committee, chaired by Supervisor Connie Chang with Vice Chair Matt Dorsey and member Xian Chin, convened on September 10, 2025. The committee reviewed and voted on five items related to appropriations, contract modifications, lease amendments, development impact fee waivers, and grant acceptance. Most items were approved unanimously with minimal discussion, while the fee waiver ordinance prompted extensive debate and public testimony.
Good morning. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the September 10th meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee. I'm Supervisor Connie Chang, Chair of the Committee. I'm joined by Vice Chair, Supervisor Matt Dorsey, and Supervisor Member Supervisor Xian Chin, who uh who is sitting for Supervisor Joan Guardio uh today. Uh and our clerk is Brent Halipa. I would like to thank James Kawana uh from SFGov TV for broadcasting this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcement? Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a friendly reminder to those in attendance to please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices to prevent interruptions or proceedings. Should you have any documents to be included as part of the file, it should be submitted to myself, the clerk. Public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. When your item of interest comes up in public comment is called. Please line up to speak on the west side of the chamber to your right, my left along those curtains. And while not required to provide public comment, we do invite you to fill out a comment card and leave them on the trade by the television to your left by the doors if we wish to be accurately recorded for the minutes. Alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways. Email them to myself, the budget and finance committee clerk at B R E N T. A L I P A Hat S F G-O-V.org. If you submit a few if you submit public comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and also included as part of the official file. You may also send your written comments via U.S. Postal Service to our office uh in City Hall. Hat one, Dr. Carlton B. Good place. Room 244, San Francisco, California 94102. And finally, Madam Chair, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda of September 16th, unless otherwise stated. Madam Chair. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. And before we call item number one, I would first like to make a motion to excuse Supervisor Joan Guardio. A roll call, please. And on the motion to excuse Supervisor and Guardio from attending today's meeting. Vice Chair Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, aye. Member Chen. Chen, I. Chair Chan. Aye. Chan, I. We have three eyes. The motion passes. And I would like to remind everybody that for items that have budget and legislative analysts report on our agenda. Typically, we will go to department presentation and then budget and legislative analysts report, and then we will have comments and questions. Then we'll go to public comments. So with that, Mr. Clerk, please call item number one. Yes, item number one is an ordinance deappropriating 400,000 from General City Responsibility and approximately 14,000 from the Department of Public Works. And appropriating for District 7 projects in the amount of approximately 164,000 to DPW for median uh improvements and Monterey Heights, new curb ramps in Westwood Park, sidewalk repair in Engleside Terraces, and for Westwood Park Pillars.