(a) Municipal Green Building Task Force.
(1) Establishment and purpose. The Municipal Green Building Task Force (the “Task Force”) is hereby established to oversee and assist in enhancing the environmental performance of Municipal Construction Projects pursuant to this Chapter 7. The Task Force shall assist the Director in providing green building advice, assistance, outreach, and education to City Departments. The Task Force shall advise the Department of the Environment on matters of policy related to this Chapter and may review Municipal Construction Projects subject to this Chapter during their design and construction to ensure that the responsible City Departments are complying with the Chapter’s requirements. The Task Force shall hear waiver requests from City Departments and propose recommended actions to the Director (or to the Executive Director of the Port of San Francisco for projects located on property owned or managed by the Port of San Francisco). The Task Force shall facilitate interdepartmental communication and cooperation, and act as an educational forum to increase green building knowledge and share project-related successes and lessons learned.
(2) Membership. The Task Force shall consist of one member of the public appointed by the Mayor, and a representative with building design, construction, and/or finance experience from each of the following City Departments and divisions, or their successor agencies:
(A) Department of the Environment;
(B) Building Design and Construction Division within San Francisco Public Works;
(C) Design and Engineering Division within San Francisco Public Works;
(D) Landscape Architecture Division within San Francisco Public Works;
(E) San Francisco Public Works Buildings - Project Management;
(F) Bureau of Building Repair within San Francisco Public Works;
(G) Power Enterprise within San Francisco Public Utilities Commission;
(H) Water Enterprise within San Francisco Public Utilities Commission;
(I) Wastewater Enterprise within San Francisco Public Utilities Commission;
(J) Infrastructure within San Francisco Public Utilities Commission;
(K) Capital and Planning Division within Recreation and Park Department;
(L) Capital Programs and Construction Division within San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency;
(M) Office of Resilience and Capital Planning within Office of City Administrator;
(N) Department of Building Inspection;
(O) Citywide Planning Division within Planning Department;
(P) Port of San Francisco;
(Q) San Francisco International Airport;
(R) Facilities Division within San Francisco Public Library;
(S) Fire Department;
(T) Department of Public Health; and,
(U) Real Estate Division within Office of the City Administrator.
Membership on the Task Force is intended, to the extent applicable, to be a continuation of membership on the similar task force established in an earlier iteration of this Section 702, repealed by the ordinance in Board File No. 221223, except to the extent an appointing authority decides to make a change in membership.
(3) Governance. The Task Force shall adopt bylaws to govern its operations.
(b) Department of the Environment.
(1) General duties under this Chapter 7. The Department of the Environment shall:
(A) Develop goals, strategies, and criteria for optimizing the design, construction, renovation, operation, reuse, and dismantling of Municipal Construction Projects and Buildings, and make related policy recommendations to the Board of Supervisors;
(B) Develop and oversee trainings in green building practices for City staff to aid the implementation of policies adopted by the Board of Supervisors;
(C) Chair the Task Force, and coordinate City Departments having responsibility for compliance with the requirements of this Chapter;
(D) Provide technical oversight and assistance directly to Municipal Construction Project teams or through green building technical assistance contracts; and
(E) Develop forms and materials necessary for compliance with this Chapter.
(2) Guidance, rules and regulations. After a public hearing, the Director may promulgate such guidance, forms, performance procedures, rules, and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate from time to time to implement the provisions of this Chapter 7. The Director is authorized to call upon the Task Force and other City Departments as necessary and appropriate to assist in developing such guidance, forms, performance procedures, rules, and regulations. Such guidance, forms, performance procedures, rules, and regulations may include adopting or modifying locally required measures for Municipal Construction Projects, as documented in Section 704.
(3) Implementation costs. The Director shall determine the costs to implement the provisions of this Chapter 7 and shall request that relevant City Departments provide work orders to the Department to cover the costs of implementing and maintaining the programs required by this Chapter.
(c) City Departments.
(1) General Duties Under This Chapter 7. Each City Department, board, and commission subject to this Chapter shall:
(A) Administer its Municipal Construction Projects in accordance with this Chapter;
(B) Cooperate with the Department, and supply in writing all information necessary for the Department to carry out its duties under this Chapter;
(C) Assist the Director in providing advice, assistance, outreach, and education to other City Departments concerning municipal green building practices;
(D) Provide project reports and presentations to the Task Force upon request;
(E) Attend green building related trainings offered by the Department, as appropriate;
(F) Give the Department access to LEED Online and other Green Building Rating System web-based platforms for each Municipal Construction Project registered for certification; and
(G) Designate an employee to represent the interest of, and provide the expertise of, that City Department or division on the Task Force, if listed in Section 702(a)(2).
(Added by Ord. 38-23, File No. 221223, App. 3/24/2023, Eff. 4/24/2023)
(Former Sec. 702 added and former Sec. 702 repealed by Ord. 88-04, File No. 030679, App. 5/27/2004; amended by Ord. 204-11, File No. 110854, App. 10/11/2011, Eff. 11/10/2011; Ord. 52-17, File No. 161287, App. 3/17/2017, Eff. 4/16/2017; repealed by Ord. 38-23, File No. 221223, App. 3/24/2023, Eff. 4/24/2023)