The ordinance reallocates funds totaling $399,950 from the General City Responsibility and $150,000 from the Municipal Transportation Agency to various projects, including mural artwork, playground improvements, park maintenance, digital literacy courses, and traffic calming measures. It aims to enhance community spaces and services across several neighborhoods in San Francisco.
Ordinance de-appropriating $399,950 from General City Responsibility and $150,000 from Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) and re-appropriating $50,000 to the Arts Commission (ART) for mural artwork in West Portal; $125,000 to Children, Youth and Their Families (CHF) for picnic tables at Commodore Sloat Elementary, Playground improvements and seating at Sunnyside Elementary, and a new playground at Jefferson Elementary; $162,750 to the Department of Public Works (DPW) for maintenance of Westwood Park pillars, benches at Monterey and Gennessee, parklet planting in Inner Sunset, median planting on Marietta Drive, and fence repairs at Edgehill Way; $13,200 to the San Francisco Public Library (LIB) for Digital Literacy courses; $49,000 to the Department of Recreation and Parks (REC) for renovation of the Marview Way Trail; and $150,000 to the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) for traffic calming on Yerba Buena Avenue, Ulloa Street, Laguna Honda Boulevard, Rockaway Avenue, and Monterey Boulevard and a Public Parklet on Slow Hearst in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025.
How it got here
This legislation originated from the District 7 participatory budgeting process, which involved community input on local projects.
Residents of District 7 were invited to submit project proposals for funding, with a deadline of March 29, 2024.
A Review Committee composed of District residents and community members evaluated the submitted proposals.
A resident of District 7 submitted a letter urging the Budget and Finance Committee to support the ordinance for funding the approved projects.
The Budget and Finance Committee amended and recommended the ordinance for approval.
The Board of Supervisors passed the ordinance on first reading.
The ordinance was finally passed by the Board of Supervisors.
The Mayor approved the ordinance, finalizing the funding allocations for various District 7 projects.
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