(a) There shall be a Street Design Review Committee ("the Committee") to advise the Mayor on the design of proposed improvements to the public right of way, and to facilitate the resolution at a high administrative level of policy conflicts and project-specific conflicts in the design and engineering phase of an individual project.
(b) The Committee shall consist of the following officials, or their designees:
(1) The Mayor, who shall act as chair;
(2) The Director of Public Works;
(3) The Director of Transportation for the Municipal Transportation Agency ("the MTA");
(4) The Director of Planning;
(5) The General Manager of the Public Utilities Commission;
(6) The Director of the Department of Economic and Workforce Development;
(7) The San Francisco Fire Chief; and,
(8) Other agencies that are involved in a specific project considered by the Committee may participate in the review of their projects, as necessary.
(c) The Committee shall review any proposed improvement to the public right of way submitted by a Committee member, including projects that are under the jurisdiction of the MTA, where the Committee member concludes that the proposed improvement, or a department's interpretation of or proposed modifications to the proposed improvement, may conflict with one or more of the policies referenced in subsection (d). The Committee shall provide its assessment to the Mayor, with a copy to the department proposing the improvement.
(d) In conducting its review, the Committee shall examine whether proposed improvements are consistent with the City's Better Streets Plan, Transit First Policy, Complete Streets Policy, the Mayor's Pedestrian Strategy, the MTA Bicycle Strategy, and other relevant policy documents relating to the design of public streets, as applicable. The Committee may recommend changes to departmental standards and procedures necessary or appropriate to make those standards and procedures better conform to the City policies identified above.
(e) To the extent feasible, the Committee shall review projects submitted under subsection (c) at the 30 percent and final design stages, and prior to any final board or commission approvals, for compliance with the policies referenced in subsection (d). The Committee, in its discretion, may review proposed improvements at other design stages.
(f) All City departments shall cooperate with the Committee in its operations.
(g) The Committee shall submit a report on its activities to the Board of Supervisors once a year. Such report shall include, at minimum, a list of projects reviewed any conflicts between competing policies identified during the review process, and how the conflicts were resolved.
(h) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit or interfere with any power or duty conferred on any officer or department under the Charter, the Municipal Code, or State law. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require the Municipal Transportation Agency to spend money from the Municipal Transportation Fund not budgeted for that purpose by the Agency.