Liaison flags delays on firefighter training facility and updates multiple bond programs
February 28, 2022 | San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
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Lauren Post, the committee’s liaison for earthquake safety and emergency-response bond programs, summarized the status of the 2010, 2014 and 2020 bond issuances and flagged an active management dispute affecting a key 2020 project.
Post said the 2010 tranche (approximately $415 million) has been largely issued and appropriated, funding Mission Bay public‑safety facilities and various neighborhood fire‑station upgrades. The 2014 tranche (about $397 million) likewise has been issued and is 92% appropriated, with major projects such as a traffic company and forensic services facility in Bayview and upgrades to multiple fire stations delivered on schedule or nearing completion.
On the 2020 bond (about $629 million), Post said sales to date total about $167 million and that the bond will fund major pieces of emergency infrastructure, including a new firefighter training facility. She told the committee she was dismayed to learn the training‑facility project had been suspended because of a dispute between the Department of Public Works (DPW) and San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) over project management and an outstanding memorandum of understanding (MOU). Post said the suspension has produced at least a year’s delay and will raise costs and urged DPW and SFFD to resolve the issues quickly.
Charles Agares (acting DPW project‑management director and program manager for the 2010/2014/2020 programs) confirmed the MOU had been submitted to SFFD in April 2021 and said DPW expects to meet with key parties to break the logjam; he said supply‑chain and material costs also have contributed to cost escalation across several projects. Committee members suggested the controller and other offices be alerted to the dispute; a controller representative offered to raise the issue internally.
Post also described other 2020 projects — including the Ingleside/Police Station project, upgrades to the 911 call center, a disaster response facility, and a new or renovated Ingleside police facility — noting some projects require additional temporary surge facilities or reallocation of funds when priorities shift.
Post said the 2010 tranche (approximately $415 million) has been largely issued and appropriated, funding Mission Bay public‑safety facilities and various neighborhood fire‑station upgrades. The 2014 tranche (about $397 million) likewise has been issued and is 92% appropriated, with major projects such as a traffic company and forensic services facility in Bayview and upgrades to multiple fire stations delivered on schedule or nearing completion.
On the 2020 bond (about $629 million), Post said sales to date total about $167 million and that the bond will fund major pieces of emergency infrastructure, including a new firefighter training facility. She told the committee she was dismayed to learn the training‑facility project had been suspended because of a dispute between the Department of Public Works (DPW) and San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) over project management and an outstanding memorandum of understanding (MOU). Post said the suspension has produced at least a year’s delay and will raise costs and urged DPW and SFFD to resolve the issues quickly.
Charles Agares (acting DPW project‑management director and program manager for the 2010/2014/2020 programs) confirmed the MOU had been submitted to SFFD in April 2021 and said DPW expects to meet with key parties to break the logjam; he said supply‑chain and material costs also have contributed to cost escalation across several projects. Committee members suggested the controller and other offices be alerted to the dispute; a controller representative offered to raise the issue internally.
Post also described other 2020 projects — including the Ingleside/Police Station project, upgrades to the 911 call center, a disaster response facility, and a new or renovated Ingleside police facility — noting some projects require additional temporary surge facilities or reallocation of funds when priorities shift.
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