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Agenda & Minutes Archive
Board of Supervisors
City and County of San Francisco
Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
AGENDA
Monday, August 7, 2000
2:00 PM
Regular Meeting
TOM AMMIANO, PRESIDENT
ALICIA BECERRIL, SUE BIERMAN, AMOS BROWN, LESLIE KATZ,
BARBARA KAUFMAN, MARK LENO, GAVIN NEWSOM,
MABEL TENG, MICHAEL YAKI, LELAND Y. YEE
Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board
ROLL
CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL
OF MEETING MINUTES
Motion to APPROVE the
June 19, 2000 Meeting Minutes.
AGENDA
CHANGES
COMMUNICATIONS
Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following
documents:
1) Legislation
2) Budget Analyst report
3) Legislative Analyst report
4) Department or Agency cover letter and/or report
5) Public correspondence
These items will be available for review at City Hall, Room 244, Reception
Desk.
CONSENT
AGENDA
All matters listed hereunder
constitute a Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine by the Board of
Supervisors and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Board.
There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the
Board so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent
Agenda and considered as a separate item.
Items
1 through 16
Recommendations
of the Audit and Government Efficiency Committee
Present:
Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Katz
1.
001233
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing settlement
of the lawsuit filed by Vincent Bigiolli and Regina Estella against the
City and County of San Francisco for $162,500. The lawsuit was filed on
November 25, 1998 in the Superior Court of San Francisco, Case No. 999512
entitled Vincent Bigiolli and Regina Estella v. City and County of San Francisco.
(City Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
2.
001294
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing settlement
of litigation of City and County of San Francisco against Michael and Aine
Cafferkey for $342,500.00. (City Attorney)
(Superior Court No. 305-058;
date filed: July 21, 1999.)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
3.
001295
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing settlement
of litigation of Najah Rabah and the City and County of San Francisco, San
Francisco Department of Public Health, et al. for $33,000.00. (City Attorney)
(Superior Court No. 304867;
date filed: July 13, 1999.)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
4.
001296
[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.
(City Attorney)
(Date filed: October 9,
1997.)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
5.
001297
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing settlement
of litigation of People of the State of California, et al. v. Pacific Gas
& Electric Company for the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000). (City Attorney)
(Case Number: Not yet assigned
(complaint and stipulated judgment to be filed upon settlement); date filed:
October 13, 1998.)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
6.
001292
[Accepting a gift of utility construction
costs for an accessible public bathroom at Pioneer Park]
Resolution accepting a
gift of $20,000 from the DeCaux Corporation for utility construction costs
at Pioneer Park. (Public Works Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations
of the Finance and Labor Committee
Present:
Supervisors Yee, Ammiano
7.
001156
[Debt Limit Information]
Supervisor Yee
Ordinance amending Article
V of the San Francisco Municipal Elections Code, by amending Section 520
to require the Controller’s financial analysis of any general obligation
Bond measure to include an explanation of the City’s legal debt limit, as
well as the impact of the proposed Bond measure on that limit.
(Amends Section 520.)
7/31/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
8.
001231
[Building Code - Apartment House
and Hotel License Fees]
Ordinance amending Part
II, Chapter 1, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Building Code) by amending
Table 1-P of Section 110 to change the method of calculating the annual
apartment house fees from number of rooms to number of units. (Building
Inspection Department)
(Amends Table 1-P of Section
110.)
7/31/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
Present:
Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano
9.
001289
[Lease of Property at 10th and
Bryant Street]
Resolution authorizing
the lease of real property at 10th and Bryant Street for the Department
of Parking and Traffic. (Real Estate Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendation
of the Housing and Social Policy Committee
Present:
Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
10.
001306
[Accept and Expend Grant - DHS
project to fund four community based organizations providing targeted outreach
to increase Medi-Cal enrollment]
Supervisor Leno
Resolution authorizing
the Department of Human Services to accept and expend a grant in the amount
of $231,565 for the period from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001 from the California
State Department of Health Services for a targeted Medi-Cal Outreach Project.
(Human Services Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations
of the Rules Committee
Present:
Supervisors Leno, Kaufman
11.
991248
[Appointments]
Resolution appointing Alvin
Alvarez, Robert Schmitt, term ending December 31, 2002, and Shawn Maurice
Richard, term ending June 30, 2003, to the Delinquency Prevention Commission;
residency waived. (Rules Committee)
Alvin Alvarez (residency
requirement waived), Seat 4, succeeding Ted Frazier, must have interest
in and be knowledgeable regarding juvenile delinquency prevention; unexpired
portion of four-year term ending December 31, 2002;
Robert Schmitt, Seat 5, succeeding Ollie Bryant, Jr., must have interest
in and be knowledgeable regarding juvenile delinquency prevention; unexpired
portion of four-year term ending December 31, 2002;
Shawn Maurice Richard, Seat 18, succeeding Alan Oliver, must have interest
in and be knowledgeable of juvenile delinquency prevention; for unexpired
portion of four-year term ending June 30, 2003.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
12.
001204
[Appointment]
Resolution appointing Kiran
Patel, term ending October 8, 2000, to the SRO Hotel Safety and Stabilization
Task Force. (Rules Committee)
Kiran Patel, Seat 11, vacant
seat, must be SRO Hotel Owner or Manager, for one-year term ending October
8, 2000.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations
of the Transportation and Land Use Committee
Present:
Supervisors Katz, Yaki, Yee
13.
992321
[Zoning, Castro Street NCD]
Supervisors Leno, Newsom
Ordinance amending Part
II, Chapter II of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by amending
Sections 178 and 186.1 to require uses that exceed specified use size provisions
in the Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District to be preserved or
obtain conditional use authorization prior to a change in use and to reduce
the period of abandonment for conditional and nonconforming uses in this
district from three (3) years to 18 (eighteen) months; by amending Section
121.2 to reduce the size limit of nonresidential uses located in this district
to two thousand (2,000) square feet for conditional use authorization and
four thousand (4,000) square feet for the maximum size; and by amending
Section 715.21 in the Castro Neighborhood Commercial District Zoning control
table to reflect the use size modifications.
(Amends Sections 178, 186.1,
121.2 and 715.21.)
5/1/2000, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Leno
submitted a substitute ordinance in Board, bearing new title.
7/31/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
14.
001102
[Automated Parking Garages]
Supervisors Yaki, Becerril
Ordinance amending San
Francisco Planning Code Section 155 by adding Section 155(C)(1) to allow
the use of automatic garages or car elevators to meet the requirement for
independent accessibility for parking spaces required by residential uses.
(Adds Section 155(C)(1).)
7/31/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
15.
001144
[Parking Meters for Motorcycles]
Ordinance amending Section
219.1 of the San Francisco Traffic Code, regarding All-Day Parking Meters
for Motorcycles. (Parking and Traffic Department)
(Amends Section 219.1.)
7/31/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
16.
001145
[Traffic Regulations on Marina
Boulevard]
Supervisor Newsom
Ordinance amending the
Traffic Code by repealing Section 176.32 and adding Section 174.10 to reduce
the speed limit on Marina Boulevard from 35 MPH to 25 MPH. (Parking and
Traffic Department)
(Repeals Section 176.32;
adds Section 174.10.)
7/31/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
Questions
on the Consent Agenda are on final passage, first reading, or adoption,
as indicated:______________________________________________
REGULAR
AGENDA
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
Recommendations
of the Finance and Labor Committee
Present:
Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano
17.
992281
[Subdivision Code, Conversion]
Supervisor Bierman
Ordinance amending Subdivision
Code Articles 1, 2, 3 and 9, by amending Sections 1302, 1308, 1388, and
1396, and by adding Section 1316, to prohibit tenancies-in-common where
an exclusive right of occupancy exists but is not specified in the deed,
to amend the annual condominium conversion requirements pertaining to tenants
and owner occupants, to amend the definition of tenant, to exempt certain
tenancies-in-common from the annual limit on condominium conversions, to
create a special lottery process for purchasing tenants; and to amend other
definitions to implement these measures.
(Amends Sections 1302,
1308, 1388, and 1396; adds Section 1316.)
(Supervisor Yee excused from voting in committee.)
3/6/2000, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
President Ammiano indicated Supervisor Bierman requested this matter be
continued to March 27, 2000.
3/27/2000, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
President Ammiano stated Supervisor Bierman requested this matter be continued
to April 17, 2000.
4/17/2000, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
Supervisor Bierman requested this matter be continued to May 8, 2000.
5/8/2000, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
Continued to June 5, 2000.
6/5/2000, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
Supervisor Bierman requested this matter be continued to June 26, 2000.
6/26/2000, MOTION to excuse Supervisor
Yee from voting on this matter, at his request.
6/26/2000, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
Supervisor Bierman requested this matter be continued to July 17, 2000.
7/17/2000, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
Supervisor Bierman requested this matter be continued to August 7, 2000.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
From
Committee of the Whole
18.
001153
[Street Vacation Order - Jessie
Street]
Supervisor Yaki
Ordinance ordering the
vacation of Jessie Street between Seventh and Eighth Streets in connection
with the proposed development of a new Federal Office Building by the General
Services Administration (GSA) and conveyance of the street area to the Redevelopment
Agency of the City and County of San Francisco (Agency) at no cost; establishing
conditions for the effectiveness of the vacation; and adopting findings
that the vacation and conveyance are consistent with the city’s General
Plan and Eight Priority Policies of the City Planning Code Section 101.1.
(Supervisor Becerril excused
from voting.)
7/31/2000, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
NEW
BUSINESS
Recommendations
of the Audit and Government Efficiency Committee
Present:
Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Katz
19.
000800
[Board of Appeals - Business Tax
Code]
Supervisor Kaufman
Ordinance amending Article
1, Section 14, of the Business and Tax Regulations Code to provide that
any immediately adjacent property owner or owners who requested discretionary
review of a permit by the Planning Commission and prevailed, in whole or
in part, shall have the status of a party in any appeal of the permit to
the Board of Appeals.
5/15/2000, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor
Kaufman submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title. Sponsor requests
this item be scheduled for the June 6, 2000 meeting.
6/12/2000, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor
Kaufman submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
20.
001007
[Administrative Code Chapter 31]
Supervisor Kaufman
Ordinance rescinding Administrative
Code Chapter 31 and enacting new Administrative Code Chapter 31 to adopt
procedures and fees to implement the California Environmental Quality Act.
(Rescinds and enacts new
Administrative Code Chapter 31.)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
21.
001331
[Refunding Bonds]
Supervisor Kaufman
Ordinance amending Chapter
43 of Part I of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Administrative Code),
by amending Section 43.1.26, to clarify and correct the City’s authorization
to issue Refunding Bonds.
(Amends Section 43.1.26.)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
Recommendations
of the Finance and Labor Committee
Present:
Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano
22.
001229
[Police Code - Penalties for Non-compliance
with Orders of the Port Commission]
Ordinance amending Article
23, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Police Code), by amending Article
23, Regulation for Port Area, Section 1612, non-compliance with orders of
the Commission as misdemeanor to allow violations to be charged either as
a misdemeanor or an infraction with monetary fines. (Port)
(Amends Article 23, Section
1612.)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
23.
001254
[Prop J, Contracting out Airport
Information Booth Services]
Resolution approving the
Controller’s certification that Airport Information Booth Services can practically
be performed by private contractor at a lower cost than if work were performed
by City and County employees at presently budgeted levels. (Airport Commission)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
24.
001298
[Post Street Towers Multifamily
Housing Revenue Refunding Bonds]
Resolution authorizing
the issuance and delivery of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (as defined
herein) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $17,000,000 for the
purpose of refunding Bonds previously issued to provide financing for a
Multifamily Rental Housing Project; authorizing the sale of the Bonds; approving
the form of and authorizing the execution of an indenture providing the
terms and conditions of the Bonds; approving the form of and authorizing
the execution of the Bond purchase agreement providing the terms and conditions
for the sale of the Bonds; approving the form of and authorizing the execution
of an amended and restated regulatory agreement and declaration of restrictive
covenants; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a financing
agreement; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a remarketing
agreement; approving the form of and authorizing the preparation and distribution
of a preliminary official statement and the preparation, execution and distribution
of an official statement relating to the Bonds; approving the form of and
authorizing the execution of an intercreditor agreement; approving and authorizing
the execution and delivery of any document necessary to implement this Resolution;
ratifying and approving any action heretofore taken in connection with the
Bonds, the project and the refunding of the prior Bonds; and related matters.
(Mayor)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendation
of the Public Health and Environment Committee
Present:
Supervisors Bierman, Brown
25.
001054
[DPH agreement with the State
Dept. of Rehabilitation to provide vocational assessment, job support and
counseling for mentally ill]
Supervisor Katz
Resolution authorizing
the Department of Public Health, Public Health Division, Community Health
Services to retroactively enter into a Cooperative Program Agreement with
the Department of Rehabilitation San Francisco District, including a required
match of $264,477 and which does not include intellectual property indemnification
and false claims clauses, to provide vocational services to mentally-ill
psychiatric clients. (Public Health Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations
of the Public Utilities and Deregulation Committee
Present:
Supervisors Ammiano, Becerril
26.
991521
[RCN Cable Franchise]
Supervisors Katz, Leno, Yaki
Ordinance granting a fifteen
year franchise, with a five year extension option, to RCN Telecom Services
of California, Inc. for use of the public rights of way within the City
and County of San Francisco to provide cable services, cable Internet services
and other services upon payment of five percent of gross revenues to the
City and County of San Francisco.
(Filed July 30, 1999.)
5/15/2000, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor
Katz submitted a draft ordinance in Board.
7/10/2000, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor
Yaki submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
27.
001271
[RCN Franchise Letter Agreement]
Supervisor Yaki
Resolution approving a
Letter Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and RCN Telecom
Services of California, Inc., relating to the provision of free equipment
and services to City designees in accordance with a program to be developed
by the City’s Department of Telecommunications and Information Services.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
28.
ROLL
CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS
Roll call for introduction
of ordinances, resolutions, charter amendments, requests for hearings, letters
of inquiry, and letters of request to the City Attorney.
29.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
An opportunity for members
of the public to directly address the Board on items of interest to the
public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, including
items being considered today which have not been considered by a Board committee
and excluding items which have been considered by a Board committee. Members
of the public may address the Board for up to three minutes. Each member
of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak. The
President or the Board may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes.
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.
Items
30 through 48
30.
001317
[Japantown Bowl Closure]
Supervisors Ammiano, Newsom,
Bierman, Katz
Resolution urging the Kintetsu
Enterprises Co. of America, the owners of Japantown Bowl, to reconsider
their proposed closing of Japantown Bowl and further urging them to begin
negotiations with the Japanese Cultural and Community Center, the Japantown
Planning, Preservation and Development Task Force, as well as the greater
community to investigate the possibilities of preserving the Japantown Bowl
at its current site.
7/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
7/24/2000, SEVERED FROM FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA. Supervisor Ammiano requested this matter
be severed so it could be considered separately.
7/24/2000, CONTINUED. Supervisor Ammiano
requested this matter be continued to July 31, 2000.
7/31/2000, SEVERED FROM FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA. Supervisor Ammiano requested this matter
be severed so it could be considered separately.
7/31/2000, CONTINUED. Supervisor Ammiano
requested this matter be continued to August 7, 2000.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
31.
001395
[Integrated Pest Management Compliance]
Supervisors Katz, Teng
Resolution urging the Department
of Environment, the Planning Department and Arnold Palmer Golf Management
to follow the detailed procedures outlined in San Francisco’s landmark Integrated
Pest Management Program for reducing the use of pesticides and toxic chemicals
on City property.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
32.
001396
[Appointment]
Supervisor Kaufman
Resolution appointing Mayor
Willie L. Brown, Jr. as the representative of the City and County of San
Francisco to the Governing Board of Association of Bay Area Government’s
Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
33.
001397
[Voter Registration Assistance]
Supervisor Leno
Resolution urging all San
Francisco City Departments and Commissions to help state-funded non-profit
organizations that provide services to people with disabilities register
their clients to vote in accordance with the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
34.
001398
[Floating Power Plant]
Supervisor Newsom
Resolution opposing the
placement of a floating power plant on San Francisco Bay.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
35.
001399
[Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate]
Supervisor Newsom
Resolution encouraging
California Governor Gray Davis to uphold the existing California Air Resources
Board zero emission vehicle mandate, which requires that at least four percent
of the 2003 model year passenger cars and light duty trucks offered for
sale in California be zero emission vehicles.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
36.
001400
[Pedestrian Safety Summit Report]
Supervisors Teng, Brown, Kaufman,
Katz, Becerril, Leno, Bierman, Newsom
Resolution accepting the
report from San Francisco’s first-ever Pedestrian Safety Summit.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
37.
001401
[Pedestrian Safety Summit Ten
Proposals]
Supervisors Teng, Brown, Kaufman,
Katz, Becerril, Leno, Bierman
Resolution urging the City
and County of San Francisco through the Pedestrian Safety Interdepartmental
Working Group to take immediate action on the top ten proposals generated
by San Francisco’s first-ever Pedestrian Safety Summit.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
38.
001402
[Spanish language broadcast of
Giants games]
Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution urging Hispanic
Sports Marketing to expeditiously finalize negotiations with KZSF 1370 AM
so that Spanish language broadcast of the Giants games can continue.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
39.
001403
[Commendation]
Supervisors Katz, Ammiano, Kaufman
Resolution congratulating
the San Francisco Food Bank on their innovative partnerships with state
and federal relief programs in their effort to end hunger in the city.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
40.
001404
[Commendation]
Supervisors Leno, Becerril, Katz,
Bierman, Kaufman
Resolution commending Arriba
Juntos upon its 35th anniversary and declaring August 18, 2000 "Arriba Juntos
Day" in the City and County of San Francisco.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
41.
001405
[Commendation]
Supervisors Newsom, Ammiano,
Katz, Bierman, Leno
Resolution commending EV
Rental Cars on the occasion of its August 8 launch of the San Francisco
Bay Area’s first-ever natural gas and hybrid electric vehicle rental fleet.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
42.
001406
[China Disabled People’s Performing
Art Troupe]
Supervisor Yee
Resolution welcoming the
China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe to the City and County of
San Francisco for their visiting tour.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
43.
001407
[Commendation]
Supervisor Yee
Resolution commending Priscila
S. Feniquito for more than 18 years of service to the City and County of
San Francisco.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
44.
001408
[Commendation]
Supervisors Becerril, Bierman,
Kaufman
Resolution commending the
North Beach Jazz Festival for its exhibition and preservation of San Francisco’s
jazz history and culture.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
45.
001414
[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.
7/31/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
46.
001418
[Final Map for a 5 unit residential
and commercial condominium project]
Motion approving final
map of 631 Divisadero Street, a Residential and Commercial Condominium Project,
being a subdivision of Lot 5, Assessor’s Block No. 1201, and adopting findings
pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 172,437.)
8/2/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
47.
001419
[Final Map for a 24 unit new live/work
and commercial condominium project]
Motion approving final
map of 1233, 1235A, 1235B, 1235C, 1235D Howard Street and 714-716 Tehama
Street, a Live/Work and Commercial Condominium Project, being a subdivision
of Lots 70 and 88, Assessor’s Block No. 3729, and adopting findings pursuant
to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 172,438.)
8/2/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
48.
001420
[Final map of an 18 unit new live/work
condominium project.]
Motion approving final
map of 725 Florida Street, a Live/Work Condominium Project, being a subdivision
of Lot 53, Assessor’s Block No. 4081, and adopting findings pursuant to
Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 172,422.)
8/2/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
Questions
on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________
49.
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).
[Serious Injury Finding]
Motion that the Board find that for the resolution(s) being considered at
this time "the need to take action is so imperative as to threaten serious
injury to the public interest if action is deferred to a later meeting."
[Purely Commendatory
Finding]
Motion that the Board find that the resolution(s) being considered at this
time are purely commendatory.
[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.
[Imperative Resolutions,
if any]
OFF-AGENDA
LEGISLATION
PROPOSED
ORDINANCES
Proposed
ordinances received from July 27 through noon on August 2, for reference
by President to appropriate committee on August 7, 2000.
001417
[Amendment to Lease of property
between CCSF and Kira Mikazon for Pier 33, South (The Embarcadero at Bay
Street)]
Ordinance approving fourth
amendment to lease agreement with Kira Mikazon and the City and County of
San Francisco operating by and through the San Francisco Port Commission
for Pier 33 South, at Bay Street and the Embarcadero, San Francisco, California.
(Port)
8/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Finance and Labor Committee.
001421
[Dwelling Unit Parking Reduction
in Neighborhood Commercial Districts]
Ordinance amending Part
II, Chapter II, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by amending
Section 161(j) to additional compatibility findings for the consideration
of conditional use applications for off-street parking reductions for dwelling
units in Neighborhood Commercial Districts, adopting findings pursuant to
Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)
(Exempt from environmental
review, not a project per CEQA Statutes, Public Resources Code Section 21065;
Planning Commission Resolution No. 15905 adopted July 6, 2000, recommending
approval of the proposed amendments to the Planning Code associated with
the above Ordinance; Planning Case No. 2000.378T.)
7/28/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001422
[Additional Conditional Use Criteria
for Certain Uses in Neighborhood Commercial Districts]
Ordinance amending Part
II, Chapter II, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by amending
Section 303(c)(5)(A) to require consideration of the conditional use findings
of Section 303(c)(1-4) in addition to those of Section 303(c)(5)(A) when
making findings on a conditional use application for movie theaters, adult
entertainment and other entertainment uses in Neighborhood Commercial Districts,
adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)
(Exempt from environmental
review, not a project per CEQA Statutes, Public Resources Code Section 21065;
Planning Commission Resolution No. 15906 adopted July 6, 2000, recommending
approval of the proposed amendments to the Planning Code associated with
the above Ordinance; Planning Case No. 2000.379T.)
7/28/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001423
[Neighborhood Commercial District
Permit Notification]
Ordinance amending Part
II, Chapter II, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by adding
Section 312 to establish a 30-day mailing and posting notification requirement
for building permit applications proposing demolition, new construction,
alterations expanding the exterior dimensions of a building or changes of
use in Neighborhood Commercial Districts, various amendments to Section
311 providing flexibility in the scheduling of discretionary review hearings
and assigning the administration of Residential Design Guidelines and General
Plan policies to the Director of Planning, adopting findings pursuant to
Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)
(Exempt from environmental
review, not a project per CEQA Statutes, Public Resources Code Section 21065;
Planning Commission Resolution No. 15907 adopted July 6, 2000, recommending
approval of the proposed amendments to the Planning Code associated with
the above Ordinance; Planning Case No. 2000.380T.)
7/28/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001424
[Liquor Store Use Category]
Ordinance amending Part
II, Chapter II, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by amending
Article Seven to create "Liquor Store" as a new use category in the Neighborhood
Commercial Districts, by adding Section 790.55 to define the use and designating
the new use as either a permitted use, a conditional use or not permitted
in the various Neighborhood Commercial Districts by amending Section 703.2
and each of the Neighborhood Commercial District Zoning Control Tables in
Article 7; adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning
Department)
(Exempt from environmental
review, not a project per CEQA Statutes, Public Resources Code Section 21065;
Planning Commission Resolution No. 15920 adopted July 13, 2000, recommending
approval of the proposed amendments to the Planning Code associated with
the above Ordinance; Planning Case No. 2000.426ET.)
7/28/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001425
[Zoning Map Amendment, Inner Sunset
Neighborhood Commercial District Controls - Use Property Description]
Ordinance adopting changes
in property use classification by amending the Zoning Map of the City and
County of San Francisco for the area generally bounded by Fifth Avenue,
Nineteenth Avenue, Kirkham Street and Lincoln Way. (Planning Department)
(Exempt from environmental
review; Planning Commission Resolution No. 15921 adopted July 13, 2000,
recommending approval of the proposed amendments to the Planning Code; Planning
Case No. 2000.407ETZ.)
7/28/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001426
[Zoning - Inner Sunset Neighborhood
Commercial District]
Ordinance amending Part
II, Chapter II, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by adding
Section 730.1 to create the Inner Sunset Neighborhood Commercial District,
consisting of the NC-2 District bounded by Fifth Avenue, Nineteenth Avenue,
Kirkham Street and Lincoln Way; by amending Section 121.1 (Development of
Large Lots), Section 121.2 (Use Size Limits), Section 124 (Basic Floor Area
Ratio), Section 135 (Usable Open Space), Section 201 (Classes of Use Districts),
Section 207.4 (Density of Dwelling Units), Section 208 (Density Limitation
for Group Housing), Section 607.1 (Neighborhood Commercial Districts) and
Section 702.1 (Neighborhood Commercial Districts); adopting findings pursuant
to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Commission)
(Certificate of Determination
of Exemption/Exclusion from Environmental Review dated June 29, 2000; Planning
Commission Resolution No. 15921 adopted July 13, 2000, recommending approval
of the proposed amendments to the Planning Code; Planning Case No. 2000.407ETZ.)
7/28/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001428
[Government Funding - Rent Arbitration
Board]
Ordinance appropriating
$388,412 of Rent Arbitration Board Special Revenue Funds for salaries, fringe
benefits, training and professional services to improve customer service
to the public and eliminate work backlog for the Rent Arbitration Board
for fiscal year 2000-2001. Placing $104,079 on reserve. (Controller)
7/31/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Finance and Labor Committee.
PROPOSED
RESOLUTIONS
Proposed
resolutions received from July 27 through noon on August 2, for reference
by President to appropriate committee on August 7, 2000.
001382
[Stop Intersections]
Supervisor Newsom
Resolution designating
certain intersections as "STOP" intersections:
STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
3rd Avenue and Balboa Street, northeast and southwest corners, stopping
Balboa Street (makes this an all-way STOP) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2038.)
7/31/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001383
[Parking Regulations, Various
Locations]
Resolution enacting and
rescinding parking regulations at various locations:
DIAGONAL (60-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
Beale Street, east side, from 555 feet to 613 feet north of Bryant Street
(58-foot zone, accommodating 6 angled parking stalls)
Beale Street, east side, from Bryant Street to 410 feet northerly (410-foot
zone, accommodating 32 angled parking stalls)
Beale Street, east side, from Folsom Street to 223 feet southerly (223-foot
zone, accommodating 19 angled parking stalls)
Beale Street, west side, from 200 feet to 625 feet north of Bryant Street
(425-foot zone, accommodating 39 angled parking stalls)
Beale Street, west side, from Folsom Street to 371 feet southerly (371-foot
zone, accommodating 31 angled parking stalls)
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "D" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 7 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Arlington Street, south side, between Roanoke and Natick Streets (500 block)
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "I" (1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH
20th Street, both sides, between Harrison and Folsom Streets (3200 block)
21st Street, both sides, between Harrison and Folsom Streets (2900 block)
Treat Avenue, both sides, between 20th and 21st Streets (700 block)
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 5 PM, MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Grattan Street, both sides, between Cole and Belvedere Streets (unit block)
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "S" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 9 PM, MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Roosevelt Way, both sides, between 17th Street and Lower Terrace (500 block)
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "V" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Elmwood Way, both sides, between Faxon Avenue and Westwood Drive
Elmwood Way, both sides, between Faxon Avenue and west terminus (Parking
and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2038.)
8/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001384
[Traffic Regulations, Various
Streets]
Resolution enacting and
rescinding traffic regulations on various streets:
ONE-WAY STREET - ESTABLISH
Orizaba Street, northbound, between Sagamore and Broad Streets
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
San Bruno Avenue, west side, at Mansell Street (51-foot zone between north
and south sections of Mansell Street)
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 4 PM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND
Sutter Street, north side, between Gough and Octavia Streets
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS - ESTABLISH
4th Street, west side, from 3rd Street to 600 feet northerly (600-foot zone)
MULTIPLE RIGHT TURN LANES - ESTABLISH
4th Street, southbound, at 3rd Street (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2038.)
8/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001416
[Special Assessment Liens for
Assessment of Costs - Building Inspection]
Resolution confirming report
of delinquent charges for code enforcement cases with delinquent assessment
of costs, emergency order fees, reinspection fees, and penalties for failure
to file the annual unit usage report and or fees pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 102.17, 102.18, 102.19 et seq., 108 and Section 110 Table 1-K,
of the San Francisco Building Code, and Sections 41.10 and 41.20 of Chapter
41 of the San Francisco Administrative Code submitted by the Director of
the Department of Building Inspection for services rendered by said Department
the costs thereof having accrued pursuant to the Code violations referenced
above. (Building Inspection Department)
8/1/2000, SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
Scheduled for August 14, 2000, at 3:00 p.m.
001429
[Sprint Spectrum Transmitter Lease
at the Performing Arts Garage]
Resolution authorizing
and approving a lease of cellular transmitter space at the Performing Arts
Garage to Sprint Spectrum Limited Partnership. (Real Estate Department)
8/2/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Finance and Labor Committee.
001430
[Sprint Spectrum Transmitter Lease
at Pierce Street Garage]
Resolution authorizing
and approving a lease of cellular transmitter space at the Pierce Street
Garage to Sprint Spectrum Limited Partnership. (Real Estate Department)
8/2/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Finance and Labor Committee.
001431
[Sprint Spectrum Transmitter Lease
at the Fire Station No. 43]
Resolution authorizing
and approving a lease of cellular transmitter space at the Fire Station
43 to Sprint Spectrum Limited Partnership. (Real Estate Department)
8/2/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Finance and Labor Committee.
001432
[Nextel Communications Transmitter
Lease at the S.F. General Hospital Garage]
Resolution authorizing
and approving a lease of cellular transmitter space at the San Francisco
General Hospital Garage to Nextel Communications. (Real Estate Department)
8/2/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
Finance and Labor Committee.
001433
[Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and communications
received from July 27 through noon on August 2, for reference by the President
to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk
on August 7, 2000.
From Office of the Controller, submitting report concerning the financial
audit of the Statement of Cash and Investments for the Office of the Treasurer
and Tax Collector for the quarter ended March 31, 2000. (1)
From various City departments, submitting list of sole source contracts
entered into for fiscal year 1999-2000, as required by the Sunshine Ordinance
Section 67.24(e). (2)
Board of Appeals
Civil Service Commission
From concerned citizens, submitting petition opposing the extension of Davis
Street between Clay and Washington Streets (Ferry Park) to accommodate automobile
traffic. File 981523, Copy: Each Supervisor (3)
From Fire Department, submitting request for release of reserved funds ($21,026)
for emergency repairs of the Auxiliary Water Supply System (AWSS) facilities,
to fund the construction and construction management associated with the
repair of an AWSS leak at Cargo and Amador Streets. (4)
From Catholic Charities, regarding Catholic Charities and the Department
of Human Services working together to search for sources of funding to keep
Guerrero House open as a transitional living program for young adults. File
001117 (5)
From concerned citizens, submitting support for the proposed "bump-outs"
as a part of the overall 6th Street Improvement Plan. File 001132, 2 Letters
(6)
From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding traffic study to determine
the need for a signal at the intersection of 22nd Avenue and Fulton Street.
(7)
From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the expansion of "Touchless
Car Wash" at 444 Divisadero. 2 Letters (8)
From concerned citizens, submitting support for the "Taxi Rider Bill of
Rights." 2 Letters (9)
From Department of Building Inspection, submitting five cellular antenna
permit applications filed for the following addresses: 8 Montgomery Street,
3555 Geary Boulevard, 466 Townsend Street, 1300 Columbus Avenue, 114 Seventh
Street. (Reference No. 20000403-002) Copy: Each Supervisor (10)
From Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, submitting
report on the completeness of Western Integrated Networks (WIN) franchise
proposal. File 001242, Copy: Each Supervisor (11)
From Lloyd Schloegel, submitting comments on affordable housing issues before
the Planning Commission. (12)
From Lona Dallessandro, regarding hearing on brutality against parking control
officers. File 000881 (13)
From Department of Public Health, submitting an agreement between the Department
of Public Health-Community Substance Abuse Services and the State of California
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs for fiscal year 1999-00. File 000997
(14)
From Department of Human Services, submitting report on the status of the
Family Eviction Defense Fund (Family Eviction Prevention Consortium-FEPCo)
and the Rental Assistance Disbursement Component (RADCo) of the Eviction
Defense Collaborative. (Reference Nos. 20000724-005, 20000724-006) File
001379, Copy: Each Supervisor (15)
From GCA Strategies (Community and Government Relations), submitting documents
regarding the Sutro Tower Discretionary Review Hearing. File 000058, Copy:
Each Supervisor (16)
From Department of Human Services (Medi-Cal Division) submitting Disability
Access Checklist for a grant project ($231,565) to fund four community based
organizations providing targeted outreach to increase Medi-Cal enrollment.
File 001306 (17)
From Office of the Controller, submitting an update on the HIV Prevention
Activities program (CFDA 93.940) being inadvertently charged $1,678; and
that an entry was recorded in the city’s financial system to move the questioned
costs out of the grant. (18)
From Judicial Council of California, submitting Superior Court deposit statement
for the month ending June 2000. (19)
From Mirna Escibar, regarding the alleged abuse at Municipal Railway by
two long-term employees for the past 21/2 years and requesting a response
from the Board as soon as possible. Copy: Each Supervisor (20)
From William Bradshaw, submitting disappointment that no San Francisco officials
were present to greet the Missouri Ship and its crew. (21)
From Disability Rights, Enforcement, Education, Services (D.R.E.E.S.), submitting
concerns that Medicare guidelines set forth in Title R-5-99E will create
hardships for the disabled. (22)
From Sumalee Montano, regarding newspaper article in the SF Examiner, dated
July 23, 2000 entitled: "A father’s San Francisco mourning." (23)
From Senate Rules Committee, submitting appointment of Clifford Waldeck
of Mill Valley as a member of the California Regional Water Quality Control
Board, San Francisco Bay Region. (24)
From California Assemblyman Kevin Shelley, submitting notice that the new
State Budget for fiscal year 2000-01, includes funding for the following
San Francisco projects: eight million dollars for the Pedestrian Safety
Account, $500,000 for the San Francisco Neighborhood Resource Community
Center, and $400,000 for the restoration of the John Muir Fishing Pier at
Lake Merced. (25)
From Richard Risemberg, submitting comments on the following subjects: the
introduction of Wireless Tunnels; "Denver light-rail lots" victim of success;
poverty-stricken New Jersey City hosts Republican Bash; nearby San Francisco
County tightens growth limit; Illinois Planners want to renew downtown.
(26)
From Center for the Preservation of Horses, John Jenkel, submitting comments
on the lack of compliance with the Burton Act and the Port of San Francisco.
(27)
From Therese Koller, regarding Mayor Willie L. Brown. 4 Letters (28)
From Frederick Hobson, regarding removal of Bob Planthold, as member of
the Beneficiary Committee of the San Francisco Health Authority. 2 Letters
(29)
From various signators, submitting Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests:
(30)
Jenny Lam, Constituent Liaison to Supervisor Yee
From various signators, submitting Annual Economic Statement for Community
Development Block Grant/Emergency Shelter Grant funding for 2000 Program.
File 000488, Finance and Labor Committee (31)
Hunter’s Point Boys’ and Girls’ Club
From Office of the Public Defender, submitting annual report, 2000. (32)
From Union Square Business Improvement District, submitting annual report,
2000. File 98-1927 (33)
From Alberta Romanni, concerning the recent and proposed closures of Fort
Funston Recreational Park. (34)
From various City departments and other agencies, submitting Conflict of
Interest Code Review Reports (Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code, Article
III, Chapter 1). Copy: City Attorney’s Office (35)
Public Utilities Commission
Fine Arts Museums
MAYOR’S APPOINTMENT
Recreation and Park Commission
Lawrence Martin
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting Procedures
The Board of Supervisors
is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board
considers ordinances and resolutions, most of which have been the subject
of hearings before the standing committees of the board at which members
of the public are urged to testify. The full Board does not hold a second
public hearing on measures which have been heard in committee.
Board procedures do not permit persons in the audience to vocally express
support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other persons testifying.
Thus applause and booing are both contrary to Board requirements. The Board
does not permit signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the
room.
Citizens are encouraged to testify at Board hearings and to write letters
to the Board and to its members, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place,
Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Agenda are available on the internet at www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs.bos.htm.
THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION
DESK.
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call (415) 557-4293.
Cell phones and pagers are not allowed in the room during a meeting.
Results of each Board meeting can be obtained about a half hour after the
end of the meeting by telephoning (415) 554-5555.
Requests for language translation at a meeting must be received by the Clerk
of the Board of Supervisors at least 48 hours before the meeting. For meetings
on a Monday or a Tuesday, the request must be made by noon of the last business
day of the preceding week.
Disability access
The Legislative Chamber
of the Board of Supervisors is in Room 250 of City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B.
Goodlett Place. The Chamber is wheelchair accessible.
The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City
Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #42 Downtown Loop,
and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the
Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information
about MUNI accessible services, call 923-6142.
There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center
Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.
The following services are available when requests are made by 4:00 p.m.
of the Friday before the Board meeting:
For American Sign Language interpreters, use of a reader during a meeting,
or sound enhancement system, contact Violeta Mosuela at (415) 554-7704.
For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats, contact
Annette Lonich at (415) 554-7706.
In order to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness,
multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public
meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical
based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.
Know Your Rights
Under the Sunshine Ordinance
Government’s duty is to
serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions,
boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct
the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted
before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.
For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter
67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of
the ordinance, contact Donna Hall by mail to Clerk of the Board of Supervisors,
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by
fax at (415) 554-5163 or by email at Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us
Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can
request a copy from Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco
Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm