Board of Supervisors Minutes: April 24, 2000

Agenda & Minutes Archive City and County of San Francisco City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA94102-4689 MEETING MINUTES Monday, April 24, 2000 2:00 PM Legislative Chamber - Second Floor Regular Meeting Board of Supervisors TOM AMMIANO, PRESIDENT ALICIA BECERRIL, SUE BIERMAN, AMOS BROWN, LESLIE KATZ, BARBARA KAUFMAN, MARK LENO, GAVIN NEWSOM, MABEL TENG, MICHAEL YAKI, LELAND Y. YEE Members Present: Tom Ammiano, Alicia Becerril, Sue Bierman, Amos Brown, Leslie Katz, Barbara Kaufman, Mark Leno, Gavin Newsom, Mabel Teng, Michael Yaki, Leland Y. Yee. Members Excused: None. Members Absent: None. ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco met in regular session on the above date with President Tom Ammiano presiding. The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. On call of the roll, the following Supervisors were noted absent: Supervisors Becerril, Katz, Teng - 3. Quorum present. Supervisor Becerril was noted present at 2:02 p.m. Supervisor Katz was noted present at 2:28 p.m. Supervisor Teng was noted present at 2:01 p.m. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES Supervisor Kaufman, seconded by Supervisor Leno, moved to approve the minutes of the Board of Supervisors of March 27, 2000, there being no errors, corrections or omissions. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Ammiano, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Yaki, Yee Absent: 3 - Becerril, Katz, Teng AGENDA CHANGES President Ammiano announced that the appellants requested the Special Order Public Hearing of the Conditional Use Appeal, 2361 Lombard Street, and related files including File 000577, 000616, 000578, 000579, and 000580 be continued, when the matter is called before the Board today. (See infra.) CONSENT AGENDA Recommendations of the Finance and Labor Committee 000568 [Lease of PUC land to Koret Foundation at an annual rental of $13,211.00] Resolution authorizing a 20-year lease of Public Utilities Commission land between the City and County of San Francisco and Koret Foundation, in San Mateo County. (Public Utilities Commission) Enacted Number: 352-00 ADOPTED Recommendations of Public Health and Environment Committee 000453 [Grant funds to enable the Metropolitan Medical Response System to address chemical and biological threats or attacks more effectively] Supervisors Newsom, Becerril Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, Community Health and Safety Services, to accept and expend a grant of $23,210 from the State Department of Health Services for the public health preparedness and response to bioterrorism grant and to enter into an agreement which does not include intellectual property indemnification and false claims clauses; waiving indirect costs. (Public Health Department) Supervisors Newsom, Becerril requested to be added as co-sponsors. Enacted Number: 345-00 ADOPTED 000454 [Grant funds to increase detoxification capacity from a current total of 10 beds to 22 beds to meet high demands for substance abuse services] Supervisors Newsom, Becerril Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, Community Substance Abuse Services, to accept retroactively and expend grant funds of $475,000 from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the Community Based Medically Managed Detoxification Program pursuant to the terms and conditions of the grant award. (Public Health Department) Supervisors Newsom, Becerril requested to be added as co-sponsors. Enacted Number: 346-00 ADOPTED 000526 [Grant for the HIV/AIDS intervention prevention and care services for three State Department of Corrections facilities and the San Francisco City and County jail system] Supervisor Newsom Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, HIV Health Services, to accept retroactively and expend grant funds of $1,099,869 from the California HIV Education and Prevention Services Branch, Office of AIDS, for demonstration project for incarcerated individuals within correctional settings and the community to enter into an agreement which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses. (Public Health Department) Supervisors Newsom, Becerril requested to be added as co-sponsors. Enacted Number: 351-00 ADOPTED Recommendations of the Rules Committee 981965 [Appointments] Resolution appointing Linda Salas and Neil Gendel, for a four year term ending December 22, 2003, to the Lead Hazard Reduction Citizens Advisory Committee. (Clerk of the Board) Linda Salas, Seat 6, succeeding Catherine Drayton, must represent the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, new 4-year term ending December 22, 2003; Neil Gendel, Seat 8, succeeding himself, must represent a public interest organization, new 4-year term ending December 22, 2003. Enacted Number: 342-00 ADOPTED 000570 [Appointment] Resolution appointing Steve Gold to the Long Term Care Pilot Project Task Force; residency waived. Steve Gold(residency requirement waived), Seat 2, succeeding Joanne Handy, must represent long term care services. Enacted Number: 353-00 ADOPTED 992145 [Appointments] Resolution appointing Suresh Patel and Deborah Raucher, with waiver of residency, for one year terms ending October 8, 2000, to the SRO Hotel Safety and Stabilization Task Force. Suresh Patel, Seat 10, must be SRO Hotel Owner or Manager; new one-year term ending October 8, 2000; Deborah Raucher, Seat 15, must be Tenderloin SRO Tenant or representative from a community based organization with a significant focus on educating SRO tenants about the risk of fire, waiver of residency. Enacted Number: 343-00 ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz Severed from Consent Agenda 000484 [Lease - Hotel Le Nain] Supervisors Newsom, Brown Resolution authorizing and approving the master lease by and between the City and County of San Francisco, for the Department of Public Health, as tenant and Hotel Le Nain, LLC, as landlord, for the "Hotel Le Nain" located at 730 Eddy Street. Supervisor Leno requested this matter be severed so it could be considered separately. SEVERED FROM CONSENT AGENDA. Continued to May 1, 2000. Supervisor Newsom, seconded by Supervisor Brown, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz REGULAR AGENDA UNFINISHED BUSINESS Recommendation of the Finance and Labor Committee 992317 [Establishing Courthouse Children’s Waiting Rooms Fund] Supervisors Katz, Teng Ordinance amending Administrative Code by adding Section 10.117-125 to impose a surcharge of four dollars for the filing in Superior Court of specified initial pleadings and to appropriate the surcharge to pay costs, excluding capital outlay, related to the maintenance of children’s waiting rooms at the Hall of Justice and Civic Center Courthouse. (Adds Section 10.117-125.) Enacted Number: 80-00 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz Recommendation of the Parks and Recreation Committee 981556 [Park Code] Supervisor Brown Ordinance amending Park Code Section 4.12 to correct erroneous reference and to clarify that park employees and police officers may exclude persons from parks who are consuming alcohol in certain parks and areas of parks in violation of the code. (Amends Section 4.12.) Enacted Number: 79-00 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz Recommendation of the Small Business, Economic Vitality and Consumer Services Committee 000390 [Use of calls for emergency medical services in suspension hearings for place of entertainment and extended hours premises permits] Supervisors Leno, Bierman, Becerril Ordinance amending Police Code Article 15.1, Section 1060.20 and Article 15.2 Section 1070.17 to prohibit the Chief of Police from using calls for ambulances or other emergency medical services in permit suspension hearings for places of entertainment and extended hours premises. (Amends Article 15.1, Section 1060.20 and Article 15.2 Section 1070.17.) Supervisor Becerril requested to be added as co-sponsor. Enacted Number: 81-00 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz Recommendation of the Transportation and Land Use Committee 000532 [Public Works Code - Banners on Market Street] Supervisors Katz, Brown Ordinance amending Part II, Chapter X of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Public Works Code) by amending Article 5.7, Section 184.78 to recognize that banners may be posted, subject to specified conditions, on the historic lamp posts lining Market Street, an area known as the "Path of Gold." Supervisor Brown requested to be added as co-sponsor. Enacted Number: 82-00 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Finance and Labor Committee Appointment of President Pro Tempore At the request of the President, Supervisor Yaki assumed the Chair so the President could participate in the debate from the floor concerning the following three items. 000328 [Public Financing and Disclosure for Campaigns] Supervisor Ammiano Ordinance amending Administrative Code by adding Sections 16.549-1 through 16.549.18 to provide for public financing of election campaigns and to add Sections 16.550.1 through 16.550-6; 16.550-8 through 16.550-10, to provide for increased disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures. (Fiscal impact; Adds Sections 16.549-1 through 16.549.18;and Sections 16.550-1 through 16.550-6; 16.550-8 through 16.550.10.) NOT PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 1 - Ammiano Noes: 10 - Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee 000685 [Public Financing of Election Campaigns] Supervisor Ammiano Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to add Sections 16.549-1 through 16.549-18 to provide for public financing of election campaigns. (Fiscal Impact; Adds Section 16.549-1 through 16.549-18) Supervisor Yee requested this item be divided to remove Section 16.549-11(b) providing for timely disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures. See File 000743. DIVIDED. The roll was then called on the passage of the Ordinance on First Reading as Divided. NOT PASSED ON FIRST READING AS DIVIDED by the following vote: Ayes: 1 - Ammiano Noes: 10 - Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee 000743 [Disclosure of Contributions and Expenditures] Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to add Section 16.549-1 to provide for the timely disclosure of contributions and expenditures for election campaigns. The roll was called on the Ordinance as divided amending the Administrative Code to add new Section 16.549-1, previously stated as Section 16.549-11(b) in File 000685. NOT PASSED ON FIRST READING AS DIVIDED by the following vote: Ayes: 3 - Ammiano, Leno, Yee Noes: 8 - Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Newsom, Teng, Yaki 000687 [Public Matching Funds and Disclosure of Campaigns] Supervisor Ammiano Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to add Sections 16.549-1 through 16.549-18 to provide for public matching funds to candidates for local office who are targeted by large independent expenditure campaigns and to add Sections 16.550.1 through 16.550-6; 16.550-8 through 16.550-10, to provide for increased disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures. (Fiscal Impact; Adds Section 16.549-1 through 16.549-18 and adds Section 16.550.1 through 16.550-6; 16.550-8 through 16.550-10) President Ammiano presented an Amendment of the Whole, new title to amend the Administrative Code to add Article 12F, Sections 16.550-1 through 16.550-10, relating to the disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures. President Ammiano, seconded by Supervisor Leno, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to add Article XIIF, Sections 16.550-1 through 16.550-10 to provide for the timely disclosure of contributions and expenditures for election campaigns. (Fiscal Impact; Adds Sections 16.550-1 through 16.550-10) NOT PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 2 - Ammiano, Leno Noes: 9 - Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee The President resumed the Chair. 000424 [Food Service - Application and Permit Fees] Ordinance amending Part III of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Business and Tax Regulation Code) by amending Section 249.11 to revise permit fees for temporary food operations at special events; amending Part II of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Traffic Code) by amending Section 806 to revise Department of Public Health permit fees for food operations at street fairs; amending Part II of the Municipal Code (Health Code) by amending Sections 451 and 452, to reorganize the section on applying for permits to operate a food establishment, modify the definition of "special events," change the deadline for applications for temporary food permits for special events; and impose an extra fee for late applications for temporary permits. (Public Health Department) (Amends Business and Tax Regulation Code Section 249.11; amends Traffic Code Section 806; amends Health Code Sections 451 and 452.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Ammiano, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Noes: 1 - Becerril Absent: 1 - Katz 000565 [Fixing compensation for unrepresented employees, fiscal year 2000-2001.] Ordinance fixing compensation for persons employed by the City and County of San Francisco whose compensations are subject to the provisions of Section A8.409 of the Charter, in classes not represented by an employee organization and establishing working schedules and conditions of employment and methods of payment, effective July 1, 2000. (Human Resources Department) (Fiscal impact.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz 000576 [Appropriating funds for landscape improvements to the Mid-Embarcadero Music Concourse located south of Justin Herman Plaza] Supervisors Newsom, Bierman, Brown, Leno, Becerril Ordinance appropriating $981,553 of the Downtown Park Fund balance to fund the proposed Mid-Embarcadero Music Concourse, for the Department of Recreation and Park for fiscal year 1999-2000; placing $309,000 on reserve. (Fiscal impact.) Supervisors Leno, Becerril requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee 000486 [Grant - Emergency Shelter Grant Program] Mayor Resolution approving the 2000 Emergency Shelter Grants Program and Expenditure Schedule and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco to apply for, accept, and expend a $890,000 entitlement under the Emergency Shelter Grants Program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; placing $113,700 on reserve. Supervisor Teng, seconded by Supervisor Yaki, moved to excuse Supervisor Brown from voting on this matter. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Excused: 1 - Brown 000487 [Grant - HOME Program] Mayor Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco to apply for, accept and administer a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a total amount not to exceed $7,115,000 for the HOME Program authorized under Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, Public Law Number 101-625, and approving the HOME program description as described in the 2000 action plan for San Francisco’s consolidated plan. Indirect costs associated with the acceptance of these grant funds will be paid by Community Development Block Grant funds. Enacted Number: 348-00 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee 000488 [Grant - 2000 CDBG] Mayor Resolution approving the 2000 Community Development Program authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to accept and expend the City’s 2000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and program income generated by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency up to $33,734,275 which include indirect costs of $160,000; and approving expenditure schedules for recipient departments and agencies for indirect costs; placing $533,581 on reserve. Supervisor Kaufman moved to amend by "placing $100,000 for Asian Inc. on Board reserve". Supervisor Kaufman, seconded by Supervisor Becerril, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Resolution approving the 2000 Community Development Program authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to accept and expend the City’s 2000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and program income generated by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency up to $33,734,275 which include indirect costs of $160,000; and approving expenditure schedules for recipient departments and agencies for indirect costs; placing $533,581 on reserve; and placing $100,000 for Asian Inc. on Board reserve. ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee 000186 [Annual Joint Fundraising Drive] Resolution designating those agencies qualified to participate in the 2000 Annual Joint Fundraising Drive for officers and employees of the City and County of San Francisco. (Finance and Labor Committee) Enacted Number: 344-00 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz Recommendation of the Housing and Social Policy Committee 000611 [Grant funds to prevent and mitigate the impact of violence on young children] Supervisors Newsom, Becerril Resolution authorizing the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families to accept and expend a planning grant in the amount of $250,000 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop a demonstration initiative that prevents and reduces the impact of family and community violence on young children (primarily from birth to 6 years of age). (Mayor) Supervisors Newsom, Becerril requested to be added as co-sponsors. Enacted Number: 354-00 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz Recommendations of the Public Health and Environment Committee 000392 [Resource Conservation and Recycling Practices] Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman, Newsom, Becerril Ordinance amending Administrative Code by adding Chapter 21A, imposing requirements on City departments to plan for and improve resource conservation and recycling practices. (Adds Chapter 21A.) Supervisors Newsom, Becerril requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz 000520 [Authorizing DPH to enter into an agreement with UCSF to evaluate treatment on demand for substance abuse and to support the research activities of this project] Supervisor Newsom Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Community Substance Abuse Services, to enter into a subcontract with the University of California San Francisco Institute of Health Policy Studies, the primary contractor, in the amount of $246,500 to evaluate treatment on demand policies which includes rights in data clauses and does not include intellectual property indemnification and false claims clauses; retroactive to September 28, 1999. (Public Health Department) Supervisor Leno, seconded by Supervisor Kaufman, moved to excuse Supervisor Becerril due to a possible conflict of interest. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz Supervisor Newsom requested to be added as co-sponsor. ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Ammiano, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki, Yee Absent: 1 - Katz Excused: 1 - Becerril SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M. 000577 [Appeal, Conditional Use, 2361 Lombard Street] Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 15001 dated March 2, 2000, approving Conditional Use Application No. 98.599C authorizing the demolition of an existing motel (the Lanai Motel) and the construction of a four-story, approximately 80,000 square feet, 40 feet tall, tourist hotel containing 128 guest rooms, approximately 2,800 square feet of retail/commercial space on the ground floor, and 102 parking spaces. Parking for the 102 spaces would be at the basement level and at the ground level. The vehicular entrance to the hotel would be from Lombard Street while exiting would occur on Scott Street. Landscaping and street trees would be planted along both street frontages, per Sections 121.1, 121.2, 303 and 712.55 of the Planning Code, in an NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial District) District with a 40-X Height and Bulk District, on property located at 2361 Lombard Street, south side between Scott and Pierce Streets; Lots 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26 and 30, Assessor’s Block 512. (Appeal filed April 3, 2000; a Preliminary Negative Declaration for the project was published on February 20, 1999. The Planning Commission upheld the Negative Declaration finding of the Planning Department and the document became final on March 2, 2000; companion measure to Files 000578, 000579, 000580, 000616.) Supervisor Yaki, seconded by Supervisor Leno, moved to excuse Supervisor Newsom due to a possible conflict of interest from voting on File Nos. 000577, 000616, 000578, 000579, and 000580. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Yaki, Yee Absent: 2 - Katz, Teng The appellants requested the Special Order Public Hearing of the Conditional Use Appeal, 2361 Lombard Street, and related files including File 000577, 000616, 000578, 000579, and 000580 be continued. Continued to May 1, 2000. CONTINUED by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Yaki, Yee Absent: 2 - Katz, Teng Excused: 1 - Newsom Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, notice is hereby given: If you challenge the above matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described above, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors, (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244; San Francisco, CA 94102-4689) at, or prior to, the public hearing. 000616 [Environmental Review - 2361 Lombard Street] Motion certifying review of Final Negative Declaration relating to proposed Conditional Use Application No. 98.599C on property located at 2361 Lombard Street, south side between Scott and Pierce Streets, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board) Continued to May 1, 2000. CONTINUED by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Yaki, Yee Absent: 2 - Katz, Teng Excused: 1 - Newsom From the Clerk (Only one of the following two motions should be adopted.) 000578 [Appeal, Conditional Use, 2361 Lombard Street] Motion approving decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 15001 approving Conditional Use Application No. 98.599C on property located at 2361 Lombard Street, south side between Scott and Pierce Streets, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board) Continued to May 1, 2000. CONTINUED by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Yaki, Yee Absent: 2 - Katz, Teng Excused: 1 - Newsom 000579 [Appeal, Conditional, 2361 Lombard Street] Motion disapproving decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 15001 approving Conditional Use Application No. 98.599C on property located at 2361 Lombard Street, south side between Scott and Pierce Streets, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board) Continued to May 1, 2000. CONTINUED by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Yaki, Yee Absent: 2 - Katz, Teng Excused: 1 - Newsom 000580 [Findings - 2361 Lombard Street] Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to proposed Conditional Use Application No. 98.599C on property located at 2361 Lombard Street, south side between Scott and Pierce Streets, for action by the Board at its next meeting. (Clerk of the Board) Continued to May 1, 2000. CONTINUED by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Yaki, Yee Absent: 2 - Katz, Teng Excused: 1 - Newsom PUBLIC COMMENT Abdalla Megahed, requesting support for helping the homeless; Karen Blair, San Francisco Tree Council opposing re-opening of Davis Street; Ernestine Weiss, opposing re-opening of Davis Street; James Chaffey, Public Library privatized computer system; Robert O’Malley, request for support of veteran causes and organizations that need office space; Warren Brown, support Attorney General Reno and actions of INS. FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE These measures are introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution today. Any Supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee. 000700 [Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000] Supervisor Becerril Resolution endorsing the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, a California voter initiative for the November 2000 ballot. Enacted Number: 355-00 ADOPTED 000701 [Commendation] Supervisors Bierman, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Katz, Becerril Resolution commending Carmen Clark, departing Executive Director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. Supervisors Katz, Becerril requested to be added as co-sponsors. Enacted Number: 356-00 ADOPTED 000702 [Commendation] Supervisors Brown, Katz Resolution commending the African American Community Entrustment for honoring local grandmothers. Supervisor Katz requested to be added as co-sponsor. Enacted Number: 357-00 ADOPTED 000703 [Commendation] Supervisor Brown Resolution commending Evelina Carolina Campbell on her 100th birthday and declaring Wednesday, April 19, 2000, "Evelina Carolina Campbell Day" in San Francisco. Enacted Number: 358-00 ADOPTED 000704 [Urging Amicable Resolution of Teamsters Local 890 Strike] Supervisors Katz, Leno, Bierman Resolution urging Basic Vegetable and Teamsters Local 890 to work quickly and collaboratively to come to an amicable resolution of the current strike at Basic’s King City, California Plant. Enacted Number: 359-00 ADOPTED 000706 [Urging Reauthorization of Ryan White CARE Act] Supervisors Leno, Ammiano, Katz, Bierman, Newsom Resolution urging Congress and President Clinton to swiftly reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act and support the passage of U.S. Senate Bill 2311. Supervisor Newsom requested to be added as co-sponsor. Enacted Number: 361-00 ADOPTED 000707 [Commendation] Supervisors Leno, Newsom, Becerril Resolution commending San Francisco Muralist Tom Mogensen for his extraordinary work on the large murals displayed at Pacific Bell Park and on other murals throughout the state. Supervisors Newsom, Becerril requested to be added as co-sponsors. Enacted Number: 362-00 ADOPTED 000708 [Joe DiMaggio North Beach Playground] Supervisors Newsom, Yaki, Brown, Becerril, Bierman Resolution changing the name of North Beach Playground to Joe DiMaggio North Beach Playground. Enacted Number: 363-00 ADOPTED 000709 [Supporting AB 2070 - Teachers Homebuying Assistance] Supervisors Newsom, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Leno Resolution supporting AB 2070, which enacts the Teachers Homebuyer Assistance Program to provide home loan assistance for teachers employed in low performing challenged schools and would enact provisions known as the reinvesting in our communities through Housing Development Homebuyer Assistance Program. Supervisors Brown, Katz, Leno requested to be added as co-sponsors. Enacted Number: 364-00 ADOPTED 000710 [Supporting Clinton Initiative for Public Awareness of Japanese Internment] Supervisors Yaki, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Leno, Newsom Resolution in support of the White House initiative to increase public awareness of the incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and to preserve the internment camps of World War II. Supervisors Brown, Katz, Leno, Newsom requested to be added as co-sponsors. Enacted Number: 365-00 ADOPTED 000711 [Vanpools and Shuttle Buses to the Airport Expansion Job Fair] Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman, Katz Resolution urging the San Francisco Airport Commission to consider providing vanpools and shuttle buses from the Bayview Hunter’s Point District in San Francisco to the San Francisco International Airport expansion job fair. Supervisor Katz requested to be added as co-sponsor. Enacted Number: 370-00 ADOPTED 000712 [Supporting Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi in Maintaining Ryan White Funding] Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman, Katz, Leno, Newsom Resolution supporting Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s efforts to maintain current levels of Ryan White funding to the City and County of San Francisco and further supporting Congresswoman Pelosi’s proposal to introduce amendments to freeze the revenue stream of Ryan White funds to San Francisco at within two percent of the current $3.3 Million and further opposing Oklahoma Congressman Tom Coburn’s amendment to revise the funding formula for the disbursement of Ryan White funds to state and local county governments because of the potentially severe disruption of services to HIV/AIDS patients. Supervisors Katz, Leno, Newsom requested to be added as co-sponsors. Enacted Number: 366-00 ADOPTED 000726 [A 3-year grant , renewable annually, for an attorney to represent serious felony defendants in a limited number of cases] Supervisors Yee, Katz Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office to accept and expend $98,857 awarded by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) as part of the ongoing Vertical Defense of Indigents Program to help create a separate unit to handle major felony cases in San Francisco. Supervisor Katz requested to be added as co-sponsor. Enacted Number: 367-00 ADOPTED 000720 [Finance and Labor Committee Closed Session] Motion to convene a special closed session hearing in the Finance and Labor Committee to hear litigation between the City and County of San Francisco and Hubert, Hunt and Nichols and further requesting the Clerk of the board notify, by letter, the Office of the City Attorney. Enacted Number: M00-31 APPROVED 000721 [Needle Exchange Emergency] Supervisors Bierman, Teng, Ammiano, Yaki, Kaufman, Katz, Brown, Newsom, Yee, Leno, Becerril Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program. Enacted Number: M00-32 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki Absent: 1 - Yee Severed from For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda 000705 [Urging $1.5 Million in State Funding for UCSF] Supervisors Leno, Bierman, Brown, Katz Resolution urging Governor Davis to allocate $1.5 million in the May revision of the state budget for eight critical initiatives that will help the UCSF AIDS Research Institute meet its strategic scientific and community objectives. Supervisor Becerril requested this matter be severed so it could be considered separately. SEVERED FROM FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA. Supervisor Kaufman, seconded by Supervisor Newsom, moved Supervisor Becerril be excused from voting on this matter. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki Absent: 1 - Yee Supervisors Brown, Katz requested to be added as co-sponsors. ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Ammiano, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki Absent: 1 - Yee Excused: 1 - Becerril IMPERATIVE AGENDA Resolution(s), if any, to be adopted within limits imposed by the Sunshine Ordinance and the Ralph M. Brown Act, introduced today, not on the printed agenda. For such resolutions to be considered, the Board must first adopt the Serious Injury Finding or the Purely Commendatory Finding and the Brown Act Finding. Each motion requires 8 votes or a unanimous 6 or 7. A unanimous vote is required for the resolution(s). For such resolutions to be considered, the Board must first adopt the following two motions. [Purely Commendatory Finding] Motion that the Board find that the resolution(s) being considered at this time are purely commendatory. Supervisor Yaki, seconded by Supervisor Becerril, moved ADOPTION of the commendatory finding. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki Absent: 1 - Yee [Brown Act Finding] Motion that the Board find by roll call vote that for the resolutions being considered at this time there is a need to take immediate action and the need to take action came to the attention of the City and County of San Francisco after the agenda was posted. Supervisor Yaki, seconded by Supervisor Becerril, moved ADOPTION of the Brown Act finding. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki Absent: 1 - Yee Imperative Resolution 000746 [Commending Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center] Supervisors Leno, Yaki, Katz, Becerril, Kaufman, Teng, Bierman Resolution commending the Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center upon its 10th Anniversary and declaring April 27, 2000 "Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center Day" in the City and County of San Francisco. Enacted Number: 368-00 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yaki Absent: 1 - Yee OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor Ordinances 000744 [Non Profit Theaters - Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use District] Supervisors Becerril, Yaki, Katz, Yee Ordinance amending Part II, Chapter II of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by amending Section 781.8 to permit non-profit theaters to serve alcohol beverages in the Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use Subdistrict, and to define the term Non-Profit Theater. (Amends Section 781.8.) 4/24/00, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Transportation and Land Use Committee, expires on 5/24/2000. 000745 [Appropriating $1.4 million in 1994 Parking Meter Revenue Bond proceeds to begin construction of the North Beach Garage] Mayor, Supervisor Newsom Ordinance appropriating $1,400,000 from interest earnings and project balances in the 1994 Parking Meter Revenue Bond Fund to fund Phase 1 construction of the North Beach Garage Project, for the Department of Parking and Traffic, for fiscal year 1999-2000. (Fiscal impact.) 4/24/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee. Resolutions 000747 [Commendation] Supervisors Brown, Yaki, Bierman, Kaufman, Katz, Newsom, Becerril Resolution commending Juma Ventures for providing at-risk youth with jobs and other services. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000748 [Supporting restoration of sexual orientation employment practices at Exxon Mobil Corp.] Supervisors Katz, Bierman, Leno, Teng Resolution supporting the shareholder resolution submitted to Exxon Mobil requesting the Board of Directors to restore sexual orientation employment protections that were in place at Mobil Corporation prior to its merger with Exxon. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000749 [Commendation] Supervisors Katz, Kaufman, Bierman, Newsom, Teng Resolution honoring Captain Susan Manheimer for her 16 years of service to the people of San Francisco. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000750 [Accept and Expend State Grant - Sheriff] Supervisors Katz, Newsom Resolution authorizing the Sheriff’s Department of the City and County of San Francisco to apply for, accept and expend $22,112.30 in funds from the State of California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for the purchase of 10 multimedia computer systems to be used to supply mandated training to deputy sheriffs, waiving any indirect costs. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000751 [Commendation] Supervisors Leno, Kaufman, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Newsom, Teng Resolution commending the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of San Francisco on its 25th Anniversary and declaring May 5, 2000 "Fromm Institute Day" in the City and County of San Francisco. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000752 [Declaring Juror Appreciation Week] Supervisors Leno, Bierman, Katz, Newsom, Teng, Becerril Resolution declaring May 7-13, 2000 "Juror Appreciation Week" in the City and County of San Francisco. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000753 [Supporting SB 1926 - Electric Vehicle Incentive] Supervisors Newsom, Bierman, Katz, Leno, Teng, Becerril Resolution supporting SB 1726, which allows a credit in an amount up to $3,000 of the amount used to lease or buy a zero-emission vehicle whose original lease or purchase begins between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2002. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000754 [Newcomer High School] Supervisors Newsom, Bierman, Yee, Katz, Teng, Ammiano Resolution urging the San Francisco Unified School District to retain Newcomer High School at its current location. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000755 [Commenting on Vehicle Incentives Program] Supervisors Newsom, Bierman, Katz Resolution commenting on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s proposal for its 2000/01 light duty clean air vehicle grant program known as the Vehicle Incentives Program, by asking consideration of raising the 10% cap in funds that can be granted to any single agency and asking that funds be set aside or given priority for high mileage vehicles. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000756 [Supporting AB 2285 - Expanding Eligible Participation for PERS] Supervisors Newsom, Bierman, Katz, Teng Resolution supporting AB 2285, which would allow nonprofits who provide rehabilitation services for developmentally disabled persons to participate in the State Public Employees’ Retirement System upon receipt of an advisory opinion from the United Stated Department of Labor. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000757 [Take Our Daughters to Work] Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Katz, Newsom, Becerril Resolution commending the "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" and urging all City Departments to encourage their staff to bring their daughters to work, to set up educational seminars for young women with departmental staff, and provide meaningful tasks for young women who come to work on April 27, 2000. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000758 [Opposing AB 2809 - HIV Testing of Pregnant Women] Supervisors Yaki, Katz, Teng Resolution opposing California Assembly Bill 2809 (Robert Pacheco) (AB "2809"), which would make routine the HIV testing of pregnant women. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000759 [Commendation] Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman, Kaufman, Katz, Newsom, Teng Resolution commending Bank of America for creating the Teacher Flex Home Loan Program for California’s school teachers and administrators and as well for contributing to the recruitment and retention of California teachers and assisting in improving the quality of education for California’s schoolchildren. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000760 [Supporting SB 984 - Amended Cesar Chavez State Holiday] Supervisors Becerril, Bierman, Katz, Teng, Ammiano Resolution urging the California State Legislature and Governor Gray Davis to approve the amended State Senate Bill 984 designating a State holiday in memory of Cesar E. Chavez. 4/24/00, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 000761 [Supporting Creation of Treasure Island Wetlands] Supervisors Leno, Yaki, Katz, Bierman Resolution supporting the creation of wetlands on Treasure Island and urging the incorporation of the wetlands creation concept into any Requests for Qualifications for a master developer, the Environmental Impact Statement/Report, and Redevelopment Plan for Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island. 4/24/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee. 000762 [Supporting Alternative Site for 1970 Carroll Avenue State Parole Office] Supervisors Teng, Yaki, Brown, Becerril, Katz, Kaufman, Newsom, Yee, Ammiano Resolution supporting the Bayview/Visitacion Valley community and urging the State Department of Corrections to seek alternate sites for the location of the State Parole Office. 4/24/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing and Social Policy Committee. 000763 [Accept and Expend Federal Grant - Mayor’ s Summer Food Service Program] Mayor Resolution authorizing the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $528,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Mayor’s Summer Food Service Program. 4/24/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee. Requests for Hearing 000764 [Bechtel Corporation] Supervisors Leno, Bierman Hearing to investigate alleged inconsistent representations of Bechtel made by company representatives applying for a contract for program management services for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission capital improvement program and to evaluate the actual applying entity’s compliance with the City’s equal benefits ordinance. 4/24/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee. Sponsor requests this matter be scheduled for consideration at the May 3, 2000 meeting. 000765 [Budget Workshop - May 31, 2000] Supervisor Yee Hearing to consider a budget workshop on the Department of Public Health on Wednesday, May 31st, at 10:00 a.m. 4/24/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee. 000767 [Budget Workshop - June 1, 2000] Supervisor Yee Hearing to consider a budget workshop on the Department of Human Services on Thursday, June 1st, at 10:00 a.m. 4/24/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee. 000768 [Budget Workshop - June 7, 2000] Supervisor Yee Hearing to consider a budget workshop on the Fire Department, the Police Department, and the Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday June 7th at 10:00 a.m. 4/24/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee. 000769 [Budget Workshop - June 8, 2000] Supervisor Yee Hearing to consider a budget workshop on the Department of Children, Youth and Families and Juvenile Probation Department on Thursday, June 8th at 10:00 a.m. 4/24/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee. 000770 [Missing Grand Jury Reports] Supervisor Ammiano Hearing to inquire into the non-compliance by various City Departments regarding the filing of Civil Grand Jury to include the following parameters: (1) Why over 50 percent of City departments have not filed Grand Jury Reports at the Main Library and at the Office of the Board of Supervisors; (2) Why were the types of reports that were not filed related primarily to the following subject matters: sexual harassment, claims, lead poisoning studies, jail conditions, whistleblower complaints as well as financial and annual reports; (3) Why are City department management staff not more knowledgeable about filing requirements as stipulated in the City’s Administrative Code; (4) Are there reporting requirements that are obsolete and need to be eliminated. 4/24/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee. Introduced by the President at the Request of Departments PROPOSED ORDINANCES 000669 [Taxi Industry Account] Ordinance amending Article XIII of Chapter 10 of Part I of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Administrative Code) by adding Section 10.117-28, to create a Taxi Industry Account. (Taxi Commission) (Adds Section 10.117-28.) 4/12/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee. 4/18/00, SUBSTITUTED. Substituted by City Attorney 4/18/00, bearing new title. 4/18/00, ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee. 000732 [Medical Cannabis Identification Cards] Supervisors Leno, Brown Ordinance amending Article 28, Part II, Chapter V, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Health Code), which authorized the Department of Public Health to issue medical cannabis identification cards, by amending Section 1805 to fix rates for identification cards furnished by the Department of Public Health, effective upon approval. (Public Health Department) (Amends Article 28, Section 1805.) 4/19/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. 000733 [Settlement of Lawsuit, Amending Ordinance 262-98] Ordinance amending Ordinance 262-98 which approved a settlement of the lawsuit in Commercial Interiors Construction, Inc., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al., San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 990-209, relating to the Chinatown Branch Library Project for $285,016.13 and release of the City’s claims to contract retention conditioned on T.E. Joo’s approval of the settlement agreement, by approving modifications to the settlement that will delete the condition that T.E. Joo must approve the settlement. (City Attorney) (Filed on October 9, 1997.) 4/19/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Audit and Government Efficiency Committee. Confidential letter dated April 5, 2000 is on file with the Clerk of the Board. 000736 [Golden Gate Family Residence] Ordinance exempting the 260 Golden Gate Family Residence from the competitive bidding requirements of the San Francisco Administrative Code. (Human Services Department) 4/19/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing and Social Policy Committee. PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS 000511 [Parking Regulations, Various Locations] Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations: ONE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - ESTABLISH Bayshore Boulevard, west side, between Cortland Avenue and Alemany Boulevard TWO-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 7 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY; 9 AM TO 6 PM, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY - RESCIND ONE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER, 9 AM TO 10 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY; 9 AM TO 6 PM, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY - ESTABLISH ONE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, NOVEMBER THROUGH MARCH, 7 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - ESTABLISH 3rd Street, east side, between Townsend and King Streets RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "C" - ESTABLISH 513 Bush Street, west side, between Grant Avenue and Stockton Street (adds specified address only) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 7 AM - 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Clayton Street, both sides, between Frederick and Waller Streets (700 block) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 5 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Kirkham Street, both sides, 8th and 9th Avenues (400 block) Lawton Street, both sides, between 10th and 11th Avenues (400 block) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "P" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Pierce Street, east side, between Ellis and O’Farrell Streets (1300 block) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "S" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 8 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Hayes Street, both sides, between Buchanan and Laguna Streets (600 block) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "S" - ESTABLISH Hayes Street, both sides, between Laguna and Octavia Streets (500 block) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "W" (1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH 23rd Street, south side, between Potrero Avenue and Utah Street (2600 block) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "W" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Utah Street, west side, between 16th and 17th Streets (300 block, even-numbered addresses only) Utah Street, both sides, between 17th and 18th Streets (400 and 500 blocks) PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH Utah Street, west side, between 16th and 18th Streets (300, 400, and 500 blocks) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1955) 3/21/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee. 4/19/00, SUBSTITUTED. Substituted by Parking and Traffic Department 4/19/00, bearing same title. 4/19/00, ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee. 000692 [Grant funds to be used in collecting data to develop a State policy that will be distributed to medical care providers working with survivors of sexual assault] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Urban Community Health, to accept retroactively and expend grant funds of $30,000 from the State Office of AIDS, for the HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Project and to enter into an agreement which includes an indemnification clause and does not include intellectual property indemnification and false claims clauses. (Public Health Department) 4/14/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. 000693 [Grant funds to support the Transitions Program which will prepare 5th grader students for multiple transitions to adolescence] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, Community Health Promotion and Prevention, to accept retroactively and expend grant funds of $25,000 from the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund to provide the transitions program and to enter into an agreement which does not include intellectual property indemnification and false claims clauses. (Public Health Department) 4/14/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. Department requests this matter be calendared at the April 27, 2000 meeting. 000724 [Establishing a revolving loan fund to pay for verified funeral/burial expenses and emergency relocation for victims of domestic violence] Resolution authorizing the District Attorney to retroactively accept and expend funds in the amount of $30,000 which have been allocated from the State Board of Control Victims of Crime Program, an agent of the State of California, for a revolving loan fund to be used to pay for verified funeral/burial expenses and emergency relocation for victims of domestic violence. (District Attorney) 4/19/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing and Social Policy Committee. 000725 [Grant funds to be used to increase beverage container recycling] Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept and expend a $231,063 payment from the Department of Conservation (DOC) for fiscal year 1999/2000 and continue to accept and expend similar annually recurring payments. (City Administrator) 4/19/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. 000727 [Stop Intersections] Supervisor Newsom Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections: STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH 17th and Mississippi Streets, northwest and southeast corners, stopping Mississippi Street (makes this an all-way STOP) 18th and York Streets, northeast and southwest corners, stopping 18th Street (makes this an all-way STOP) 20th Avenue and Anza Street, northwest and southeast corners, stopping 20th Avenue (makes this an all-way STOP) 26th Avenue and Taraval Street, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Taraval Street (makes this an all-way STOP) 26th Street and San Jose Avenue, northwest corner, stopping southbound San Jose Avenue (stops the stem of this uncontrolled T-intersection) Joost Avenue and Congo Street, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Joost Avenue (makes this an all-way STOP) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1973.) 4/19/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee. 000728 [Parking Regulations, Various Locations] Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations: RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "I" (1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - RESCIND RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "I" (1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH 20th Street, both sides, between Folsom and Shotwell Streets (3300 block, change in effective hours only) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "R" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH Laguna Street, east side, between Eddy and Ellis Streets (even-numbered side of 1200 block) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1973.) 4/19/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee. 000734 [Settlement of Lawsuit] Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Ann Sekulich against San Francisco for $50,000; claim was filed on 09-03-99; additional material terms of said settlement is the signing of a release of liability against the City and County of San Francisco. (City Attorney) (Unlitigated Claim No. 98T1355-1.) 4/19/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Audit and Government Efficiency Committee. Confidential letter dated April 5, 2000 is on file with the Clerk of the Board. 000729 [Traffic Regulations, Various Streets] Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets: NO LEFT TURNS AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS - ESTABLISH 4th Street, southbound, at 3rd Street NO RIGHT TURNS AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS, EXCEPT BUSES - ESTABLISH Terry Francois Boulevard, southbound, at Mission Rock Street TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS - ESTABLISH Berry Street, both sides, between 4th and 5th Streets (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1973.) 4/19/00, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee. Requests Granted Requests Granted From: Supervisors Katz, Ammiano To: Public Utilities Commission, Human Rights Commission and City Attorney Requesting/Inquiring: To provide information regarding Bechtel Corporation’s compliance with the Equal Benefits Ordinance in the contract with the Public Utilities Commission and any irregularities in the certification process. (See also File 000764-Hearing, Bechtel Corporation) From: Supervisor Newsom To: General Manager, Municipal Transportation Agency Requesting/Inquiring: To provide the number of MUNI drivers that have been warned or suspended due to violation of the rules barring cell phone usage while driving. From: Supervisor Ammiano To: Budget Analyst and the Controller Requesting/Inquiring: To consider submission of the Annual Budget of the City and County of San Francisco in March rather than May in order to allow sufficient time for members of the Finance and Labor Committee to analyze the budget documents. From: Supervisor Ammiano To: Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi Requesting/Inquiring: The current progress of Federal assistance and augmentation of programs for San Francisco’s homeless population such as substance abuse, location of affordable housing, social services, counseling, and employment readiness programs. Due From: Supervisor Becerril To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic Requesting/Inquiring: Review and report on whether the level of activity for the proposed Walgreens at the corner of Broadway and Polk Street was included and considered in the plan for the bicycle land along Polk Street. From: Supervisor Becerril To: City Treasurer Requesting/Inquiring: To report on the existence of a City and County of San Francisco In Memoriams Ms. Julia Schneider Leavitt (Supervisor Brown) Mrs. Violeta "Bullet" Marasigan (By the entire Board) Mr. Marshall Naify (Supervisor Newsom) ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the Board at the hour of 5:18 p.m.adjourned. Gloria L. Young, Clerk N.B. The Minutes of this meeting set forth all actions taken by the Board of Supervisors on the matters stated, but not necessarily the chronological sequence in which the matters were taken up. Approved by the Board of Supervisors on June 5, 2000. I, Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Minutes of said Board on the date stated and was approved as recited. Meeting Procedures The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. 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