Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John L. Maltbie, County Manager
Subject: Amendment to Intergovernmental Agreement with SFO Airport Commission
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board to execute an amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Airport Commission of the City and County of San Francisco relating to the reimbursement of services and the sharing of Hotel Transient Occupancy Tax.
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BACKGROUND:
In April 2016, this Board approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Airport Commission, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, with respect to two issues. The first issue concerned SFO's plan to build and operate a new 350- room hotel and the approval of a revenue sharing arrangement with the County for a portion of the new hotel's Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) in its first five years of operation. The second issue concerned SFO's reimbursement to the San Mateo County Emergency Services Council Joint Powers Authority (JPA) for certain services provided by the JPA to the airport without SFO becoming a member of the JPA. SFO has long held that they can't become a JPA member for two reasons: one, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires that SFO only reimburse agencies for activities that happen on airport property and two, SFO cannot enter into a mutual aid agreement, as on-duty emergency personnel and vehicles at SFO are not permitted to leave airport property.
DISCUSSION:
While administering the quarterly billings to SFO for emergency response services, County staff realized that the basis for those billings, that being the definition of "Dispatch Calls", included law enforcement and fire response calls. The County does not dispatch law enforcement or fire services to SFO, only emergency medical services. The County and Airport staff met to discuss the definition and both parties agree th...
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