# Board of Supervisors Agenda: October 16, 2000

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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 - DRAFT

 Monday, October 16, 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
 August 21, 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 21

 Recommendations
 of the Audit and Government Efficiency Committee

 Present:
 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom

 1.
 001309
 [Administrative Code Revision,
 Chapter 24A, Rent Supplement Program Administration]
 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom

 Ordinance amending Administrative
 Code Chapter 24A "Administrative Structure Local Rent Supplement Program
 in the Office of the Mayor" by amending Sections 24A.01 through 24A.21:
 to reflect prior conversion of "City Administrative Officer" to "City Administrator
 in the Charter and Codes"; to reflect prior Municipal Code changes regarding
 funding allocations under Business and Tax Regulations Code Article 7 ("Tax
 on Transient Occupancy of Hotel Rooms"); to use the HUD definition of low
 income households; to set a maximum rent supplement contract term of 10
 years, which can be renewed; to provide for discontinuation of rent supplement
 payments when 30 percent of a tenant’s income is sufficient to pay the full
 rent payment (increased from 25 percent in the current code); to reflect
 the relationship of this Chapter with Federal and State relocation statutes
 and regulations, and with United States District Court orders and agreements
 in Case No. C-69 324 SAW, and technical changes including renumbering as
 required.

 (Amends Sections 24A.01
 through 24A.21.)

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 2.
 001354
 [Minor Sidewalk Encroachment Permit
 Appeals]
 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom

 Ordinance amending Section
 723.2 of the San Francisco Public Works Code to provide that the Board of
 Supervisors shall make a decision regarding a minor sidewalk encroachment
 permit appeal within 30 days of the time set for the hearing on the appeal,
 or the decision of the Director of Public Works shall stand as the final
 decision; providing procedures for considering and deciding the appeal.

 7/31/2000, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor
 Kaufman submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 Present:
 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Katz

 3.
 001378
 [Settlement of Lawsuit]

 Ordinance authorizing settlement
 of the lawsuit filed by Wae Son Jensen, individually and as administratrix
 of the Estate of Mi Pun Kim against the City and County of San Francisco
 for $30,000.00; the lawsuit was filed on September 24, 1999 in Superior
 Court, Case No. 306-739; entitled Wae Son Jensen, Individually and as Administratrix
 of the Estate of Mi Pun Kim, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco,
 et al.; other material terms of said settlement are plaintiff shall be responsible
 for any and all liens related to this action. (City Attorney)

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 4.
 001436
 [Official City Bird]
 Supervisor Katz

 Ordinance amending Chapter
 1, Part I of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Administrative Code) by adding
 Section 1.5-3, designating the California Quail as the official City bird.

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 5.
 001470
 [Settlement of Lawsuit]

 Ordinance authorizing settlement
 of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco and the Environmental
 Law Foundation against Matco-Norca for $10,000, which will be divided as
 follows: $5,000 as partial reimbursement to the Environmental Law Foundation
 for its costs in prosecuting this action, $2,500 as partial reimbursement
 to the City and County of San Francisco for its costs in prosecuting this
 action, and $2,500 into a Cy Pres fund to support projects to improve water
 quality in the State of California; the lawsuit was filed on December 28,
 1999 in the Superior Court of California for the City and County of San
 Francisco, Case No. 308832; entitled the people of the State of California
 by and through San Francisco City Attorney Louise H. Renne, et al., v. Matco-Norca,
 et al.; other material terms of said settlement are: (1) prior to August
 1, 2000, Matco-Norca shall provide a Proposition 65 "Hand Tag" warning sign
 securely affixed on all brass ball shut off valves it manufactures and intended
 for sale or use in California whose NSF test statistic Q for lead leached
 into water is greater than 5 micorgrams per liter; (2) as of August 1, 2000,
 all brass ball shut off valves manufactured by a Matco-Norca and intended
 for sale or use in California shall have a NSF test statistic Q for lead
 leached into water that is less than or equal to 5 micrograms per liter;
 (3) by August 1, 2000, Matco-Norca shall submit a certificate of compliance
 to the Environmental Law Foundation that brass ball shut off valves it manufactures
 and intended for sale or use in California are in compliance with the terms
 of this agreement; (4) Matco-Norca shall submit an amended certificate of
 compliance to the Environmental Law Foundation within three days of shipment
 for sale or use of brass ball shut off valves that are not covered by the
 original certificate of compliance. (City Attorney)

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 6.
 001472
 [Settlement of Lawsuit]

 Ordinance authorizing settlement
 of litigation of San Mateo County Transit District against City and County
 of San Francisco for $3,500.00. (City Attorney)

 (San Mateo County Superior
 Court No. 405-958; date filed: August 18, 1998.)

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 7.
 001477
 [Settlement of Lawsuit]

 Ordinance authorizing settlement
 of the lawsuit filed by Craig Banks against the City and County of San Francisco
 for $125,000; the lawsuit was filed on April 3, 1998 in San Francisco Superior
 Court, Case No. 994-115; entitled Craig Banks v. City and County of San
 Francisco; other material terms of said settlement are as follows: (a) the
 City will pay $89,258 as back pay for fiscal years 1997-1998, 1998-1999
 and for half of fiscal year 1999-2000; (b) the City shall pay $7,742 to
 plaintiff as general damages; and (c) the City will pay $28,000 in Attorney’s
 fees to Banks, his attorney, Thomas F. Doyle, and the law firm of Ross &
 Linneball, to be held in escrow by Thomas Doyle pending the resolution of
 the Attorney’s fees lien held by Ross & Linneball. (City Attorney)

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 Present:
 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom

 8.
 001489
 [Workers’ Compensation Council]

 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom

 Ordinance amending Chapter
 16, Article VIII-A of Part I of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Administrative
 Code), by amending Sections 16.121-1 through 16.121-5, to replace the Central
 Safety Committee with a Workers’ Compensation Council, to be chaired by
 the Human Resources Director, and making other conforming amendments, and
 amending Chapter 2A, Article II, of Part I of the San Francisco Municipal
 Code (Administrative Code), by amending Section 2A.31, to coordinate departmental
 responsibility for Workers’ Compensation costs with the Workers’ Compensation
 Council.

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 9.
 001491
 [Administrative Code Revision
 - Medical Exams]
 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom

 Ordinance amending Chapter
 16, Article IV, of Part I of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Administrative
 Code), by repealing Sections 16.89, 16.89-1, and 16.89-2, dealing with medical
 examinations for certain City employees.

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 Present:
 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Katz

 10.
 001512
 [Settlement of Lawsuit]

 Ordinance authorizing settlement
 of litigation of City and County of San Francisco against Frank and Maureen
 Cafferkey for $400,000.00. (City Attorney)

 (S.F. Superior Court No.
 305-404; date filed: August 3, 1999.)

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 Present:
 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom

 11.
 001548
 [Administrative Code Revision,
 Chapter 34]
 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom

 Ordinance amending Chapter
 34 of Part I of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Administrative Code),
 by amending Sections 34.1 through 34.6, regarding giving notice to the Assessor
 when a variance or conditional use is granted.

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 Recommendations
 of the Finance and Labor Committee

 Present:
 Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

 12.
 001492
 [Marina Yacht Harbor Fees]
 Supervisor Brown

 Ordinance amending Part
 II, Chapter VI of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Park Code) to set fees
 at the San Francisco Marina Small Craft Harbor for services, including towing
 boats berthed illegally, removing berthholders’ hazardous waste, and pumping
 out boats that have taken on water, and materials, including additional
 keys, harbor lines and keys and electrical adapters for temporary use.

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 Present:
 Supervisors Yee, Bierman

 13.
 001669
 [Moscone Center Expansion Project
 Financing]
 Supervisor Newsom

 Ordinance approving the
 issuance of Lease Revenue Bonds of the City and County of San Francisco
 Finance Corporation; approving the execution and delivery of a site lease
 between the City and County of San Francisco, as lessor, and the City and
 County of San Francisco Finance Corporation, as lessee; approving the execution
 and delivery of a project lease between the Corporation, as lessor, and
 the City, as lessee; ratifying previous actions taken in connection with
 the foregoing matters; and authorizing the taking of appropriate actions
 in connection therewith. (Mayor)

 (Fiscal impact.)

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 14.
 001675
 [Government Funding, Moscone Center
 Expansion Project]
 Mayor, Supervisor Newsom

 Ordinance appropriating
 $157,500,000 of proceeds from Lease Revenue Bonds to fund the Moscone Center
 Expansion Project for the Department of Administrative Services for fiscal
 year 2000-2001.

 (Fiscal impact.)

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 Recommendation
 of the Housing and Social Policy Committee

 Present:
 Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril

 15.
 000950
 [Restricting Access to Firearms
 Dealers]
 Supervisors Becerril, Bierman,
 Teng, Brown

 Ordinance amending Article
 9 of the San Francisco Police Code by amending Section 613.1 by adding a
 definition of "firearm capable of being concealed upon the person," amending
 Section 613.10 to require licensed firearms dealers to post notices prohibiting
 entry by persons barred from purchasing or possessing firearms pursuant
 to State law, and adding a new Section 613.10-3 to prevent persons barred
 from purchasing or possessing firearms under State law from entering the
 premises of licensed firearm dealers.

 (Amends Sections 613.1
 and 613.10; adds Section 613.10-3.)

 10/10/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 Recommendations
 of the Transportation and Land Use Committee

 Present:
 Supervisors Yaki, Yee

 16.
 001666
 [Stop Intersections]

 Resolution designating
 certain intersections as "STOP" intersections:

 STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH

 17th and Shrader Streets, northeast and southwest corners, stopping 17th
 Street (makes this an all-way STOP)

 Dartmouth and Woolsey Streets, southeast corner, stopping northbound Dartmouth
 Street (stops the stem of this uncontrolled T-intersection)

 Marina Boulevard and Mason Street/Yacht Road, northeast corner, stopping
 westbound Marina Boulevard (channelized right turn onto Yacht Road) (Parking
 and Traffic Department)

 (DPT Order No. 2068.)

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 17.
 001667
 [Parking Regulations, Various
 Locations]

 Resolution enacting and
 rescinding parking regulations at various locations:

 NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND

 Freelon Street, south side, from 4th Street to west terminus

 Welsh Street, south side, from 4th Street to west terminus

 PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH

 23rd Street, north side, from Illinois Street to 760 feet easterly (760-foot
 zone)

 Hollister Avenue, north side, from 3rd Street to 56 feet easterly (56-foot
 zone) (Parking and Traffic Department)

 (DPT Order No. 2068.)

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 18.
 001668
 [Traffic Regulations, Various
 Streets]

 Resolution enacting and
 rescinding traffic regulations on various streets:

 TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH

 Freelon Street, south side, from 4th Street to west terminus

 Welsh Street, south side, from 4th Street to west terminus (Parking and
 Traffic Department)

 (DPT Order No. 2068.)

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 19.
 001670
 [Federal grant to pay for the
 contractor specializing in preservation of fragile documents including the
 entire S.F. Voter Handbook Collection dating from 1907 to the present]

 Resolution authorizing
 the Department of Public Library to accept and expend a grant in the amount
 of $44,500 including indirect costs from the California State Library through
 the Library Services and Technology Act for the preservation of the library’s
 collection of the City and County of San Francisco’s Voter Handbook. (Public
 Library)

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 20.
 001671
 [State grant (in collaboration
 with Unified School District) to help teachers, school librarians, students
 and their parents to develop skills in using electronic resources]

 Resolution authorizing
 the Department of Public Library to accept and expend a grant in the amount
 of $135,469 from the California State Library as part of the Federal Library
 Services and Technology Act (LSTA) for establishing a School Services Corps
 in cooperation with San Francisco Unified School District. (Public Library)

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 21.
 001672
 [State grant for the Public Library’s
 Project Read, assisting parents and children to improve literacy skills]

 Resolution authorizing
 the Department of Public Library to accept and expend a grant in the amount
 of $69,000 from the California State Library for enhancing family literacy
 programming as part of Project Read. (Public Library)

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 Questions
 on the Consent Agenda are on final passage, first reading, or adoption,
 as indicated:______________________________________________

 REGULAR
 AGENDA

 UNFINISHED
 BUSINESS

 Recommendation
 of the Audit and Government Efficiency Committee

 Present:
 Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom

 22.
 001355
 [Repealing regulations prohibiting
 the City from doing business with Burma]
 Supervisor Newsom

 Ordinance amending Part
 I of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Administrative Code), by repealing
 Chapter 12J (Sections 12J.1 through 12J.9), regarding doing business with
 Burma.

 (Amends Chapter 12J, Sections
 12J.1 through 12J.9.)

 10/10/2000, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
 Supervisor Newsom moved to continue consideration to October 16, 2000.

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

 NEW
 BUSINESS

 Recommendations
 of the Finance and Labor Committee

 Present:
 Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

 23.
 001700
 [Airport Equipment Maintenance
 and Operating Agreement]

 Resolution approving Equipment
 Maintenance and Operating Agreement between San Francisco Terminal Equipment
 Company LLC and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through
 its Airport Commission. (Airport Commission)

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 24.
 001734
 [Chinatown Youth Center Release
 of Reserve (Fiscal Year 2000-2001 Budget)]
 Supervisor Yee

 Motion releasing $100,000
 placed on Board of Supervisors reserve for the Chinatown Youth Center.

 Question:
 Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

 Recommendations
 of the Small Business, Economic Vitality and Consumer Services Committee

 Present:
 Supervisors Newsom, Leno, Becerril

 25.
 001353
 [Bonding and Financial Assistance
 Program]
 Supervisor Brown

 Ordinance amending Subsection
 12D.A.10(C) of the San Francisco Administrative Code effective July 1, 2001
 to authorize additional funding sources for the Bonding and Financial Assistance
 Program, to limit the term of the program to June 30, 2005, and to provide
 for decertification in the event of default.

 (Amends Subsection 12D.A.10(C).)

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

 26.
 001352
 [Liquor License, 3032-3038 Clement
 Street]

 Resolution determining
 that the issuance of a Type 21 off-sale general alcoholic beverage control
 license to Vladimir Verkholaz, Rimma Verkholaz, and Gary Verkholaz for "European
 Food Wholesale Market" located at 3032-3038 Clement Street, will serve the
 public convenience and necessity of the people of the City and County of
 San Francisco in accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business
 and Professions Code; with conditions.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 27.
 001539
 [Liquor License Transfer, 213
 Sutter Street]

 Resolution determining
 that the transfer of a Type 21 off-sale general alcoholic beverage control
 license to Nassir A. Zughayer for "Sammy’s Smoke & Snacks" from 1451 Church
 Street to 213 Sutter Street, to upgrade its current Type 20 beer and wine
 license, will serve the public convenience and necessity of the people of
 the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with Section 23958.4
 of the California Business and Professions Code; with conditions.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 Recommendations
 of the Transportation and Land Use Committee

 Present:
 Supervisors Yaki, Yee

 28.
 001711
 [Condominium Conversion Limitation]

 Ordinance amending Part
 II, Chapter XIII of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Subdivision Code)
 by amending Article 9, Section 1396 to extend the Annual Condominium Conversion
 Limitation for two additional years. (Public Works Department)

 Question:
 Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

 29.
 001460
 [Revocable permit for placement
 of underground telecommunications link to the GAP Headquarters at 250 Embarcadero
 with an existing building at 345 Spear Street]

 Resolution granting revocable
 permission to GPS Management Services (The GAP), Inc. to excavate and install
 three (3) 4" telecommunication conduits across Folsom Street for an underground
 telecommunications system to interlink the new GAP Headquarters Building
 at 250 Embarcadero (Block 3741, Lot 35) with an existing building at 345
 Spear Street (Block 3744, Lot 3) and adopting findings pursuant to Planning
 Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 30.
 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.

 31.
 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
 32 through 43

 32.
 001725
 [Controller’s Audit on Marina
 Yacht Harbor]
 Supervisor Newsom

 Resolution urging the Recreation
 and Park Department to implement, with all due haste, most of the recommendations
 stemming from the Controller’s 2000 San Francisco Marina Small Craft Harbor
 report.

 10/2/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 10/10/2000, SEVERED FROM FOR ADOPTION
 WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA. Supervisor Newsom requested that this
 matter be severed so it could be considered separately.

 10/10/2000, AMENDED. Supervisor Newsom
 moved to amend page 1 as follows: On title, line 3, after "haste," by adding
 "most of." On line 7 by adding: "Whereas, Interested stakeholders had an
 opportunity to examine and comment upon the audit during a community forum
 held at the Golden Gate Yacht Club on June 13, 2000; and." By deleting lines
 14 and 15. On line 17, by

 10/10/2000, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Supervisor
 Newsom moved to continue consideration to October 16, 2000.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 33.
 001769
 [Removal of MTBE from gasoline
 in Northern California]
 Supervisor Ammiano

 Resolution urging Governor
 Gray Davis to take all possible action to ensure that MTBE is removed immediately
 from gasoline in all areas of Northern California not required by the Federal
 Clean Air Act to use a fuel oxygenate, including the entire San Francisco
 Bay Area.

 10/10/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 34.
 001770
 [Electric Rate Increases]
 Supervisor Becerril

 Resolution opposing electric
 rate increases for low-income customers, urging the California Public Utilities
 Commission to seek greater community input and urging the California Public
 Utilities to enhance its low-income programs.

 10/10/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 35.
 001771
 [Suspension of fees at the North
 Beach Pool]
 Supervisor Newsom

 Resolution establishing
 a policy of non collection of fees for children under the age of seventeen
 at North Beach Pool for a period of three years, beginning January 1, 2001.

 10/10/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 36.
 001772
 [Commendation]
 Supervisor Becerril

 Resolution commemorating
 National Hispanic Heritage Month and honoring the many contributions that
 Hispanic Americans have made to the San Francisco community.

 10/10/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 37.
 001773
 [Commendation]
 Supervisors Leno, Bierman

 Resolution commending the
 First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco upon its 150th anniversary.

 10/10/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 38.
 001774
 [Commendation]
 Supervisors Leno, Bierman

 Resolution commending Luke
 Cottrill for being a Good Samaritan.

 10/10/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 39.
 001775
 [Commendation]
 Supervisors Leno, Bierman

 Resolution commending Ljubica
 Radulovich on the occasion of her 98th birthday.

 10/10/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 40.
 001776
 [Commendation]
 Supervisors Teng, Kaufman, Bierman

 Resolution commending Robert
 C. Friese for his contributions and dedicated service to San Francisco Beautiful
 and the community, wishing him the best in his future endeavors, and declaring
 October 26, 2000 to be "Robert C. Friese Day" in San Francisco.

 10/10/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 Question:
 Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 41.
 001781
 [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.

 10/10/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 Question:
 Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

 42.
 001782
 [Suspend 30 Day Rule - Planning
 Code Amendment]
 Supervisor Teng

 Motion suspending Rule
 5.40 of the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors to allow the Board
 of Supervisors to consider, without waiting 30 days after its introduction,
 notice of permit applications for Sutro Tower.

 10/10/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

 Question:
 Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

 43.
 001790
 [Final map for a 6 unit condominium
 project]

 Motion approving final
 map of 1266 Chestnut Street, a Residential Condominium Project, being a
 subdivision of Lot 10A, Assessor’s Block No. 478, and adopting findings
 pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)

 (DPW Order No. 172,598.)

 10/11/2000, 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:_________________________________________

 44.
 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 October 5 through noon on October 11, for reference
 by President to appropriate committee on October 16, 2000.

 001754
 [Zoning Map Amendment, 185 Berry
 Street]

 Ordinance amending Part
 II, Chapter II of the San Francisco Municipal Code (City Planning Code)
 by amending Zoning Map 8H to change the property height and bulk classifications
 for the property generally bounded by Berry to the south, Third Street to
 the East, Fourth Street to the west and China Basin Channel to the north,
 and specifically, Lot 5 in Assessor’s Block 3803 from a 60-X (60 foot) Height
 and Bulk District to a 90-X (90 foot) Height and Bulk District, and adopting
 findings concerning priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning
 Department)

 (Planning Commission Resolution
 No. 15973 adopted September 7, 2000, recommending adoption of proposed amendment;
 Final Environmental Report (FEIR) for the zoning map amendment approved
 on February 17, 2000; Addendum to the FEIR dated September 1, 2000, Case
 No. 98.281E.

 10/6/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
 Transportation and Land Use Committee.

 001786
 [Settlement of Lawsuit]

 Ordinance authorizing settlement
 of litigation of Pacific Gas and Electric Company against the City and County
 of San Francisco. (Real Estate Department)

 (McEnerney Action filed
 by PG&E claiming ownership of portions of former Georgia/Michigan Streets
 within PG&E’s Potrero Power Plant site; PG&E shall pay the City the sum
 of $553,783.58 for the City’s claimed interest in these former street areas.)

 10/6/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
 Audit and Government Efficiency Committee.

 PROPOSED
 RESOLUTIONS

 Proposed
 resolutions received from October 5 through noon on October 11, for reference
 by President to appropriate committee on October 16, 2000.

 001751
 [Federal grant funds for Laguna
 Honda Hospital Power Replacement Project]

 Resolution authorizing
 the Department of Public Health, Community Health Network, Laguna Honda
 Hospital, to accept and expend grant funds of $453,098 from the Health Resources
 and Services Administration (HRSA) for the Laguna Honda Hospital power plant
 replacement project and to enter into an agreement for the use of those
 funds. (Public Health Department)

 10/4/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
 Public Health and Environment Committee. Department requests this item be
 calendared at the October 26, 2000 meeting.

 001755
 [State grant for the renovation/restoration
 of Golden Gate Park facilities]

 Resolution authorizing
 the Recreation and Park Department to apply, accept and expend a $13,524,000
 grant from the State 2000 Bond Act for the renovation and rehabilitation
 of Golden Gate Park. (Recreation and Parks Department)

 10/5/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
 Parks and Recreation Committee.

 001756
 [State grant, Port Bicycle Facilities
 Improvement Project]

 Resolution authorizing
 the Port of San Francisco to accept and expend a grant in the amount of
 $85,000 from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Transportation
 fund for clean air for the installation of bicycle parking facilities. (Port)

 10/5/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
 Transportation and Land Use Committee.

 001757
 [Federal grant for extending school-to
 career opportunities to at-risk youth in the Mission District]

 Resolution authorizing
 the Mayor’s Office of Community Development to accept and expend a grant
 in the amount of $468,750 from the U.S. Department of Labor for the Mission
 District School-to-Career program. (Mayor)

 10/6/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
 Housing and Social Policy Committee.

 001787
 [Parking Regulations, Various
 Locations]

 Resolution enacting and
 rescinding parking regulations at various locations:

 NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH

 Acton Street, north side, from Mission Street to 80 feet easterly (80-foot
 zone)

 Whittier Street, north side, from Mission Street to 80 feet easterly (80-foot
 zone)

 Addison Street, east side, from Digby Street to 47 feet southerly (47-foot
 zone, within traffic circle)

 Houston Street, west terminus, west of Columbus Avenue (at the base of the
 stairway leading to Jones Street)

 NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND

 Alemany Boulevard, east side, from Foote Avenue to 40 feet southerly (40-foot
 zone)

 Alemany Boulevard, west side, from Foote Avenue to 40 feet northerly (40-foot
 zone)

 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "P" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY
 THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH

 McAllister Street, both sides, between Baker and Lyon Streets (1800 block)

 UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH

 London Street, east side, from 13 feet to 23.5 feet south of the north property
 line of #335-#337 London Street (10.5-foot zone, between north and south
 driveways, accommodating 3 motorcycles)

 Pine Street, north side, from 67 feet to 77.5 feet west of Franklin Street
 (10.5-foot zone accommodating 3 motorcycles)

 Ritch Street, west side, from 25 feet to 35.5 feet south of the north property
 line of #230-#236 Ritch Street (10.5-foot zone, between north and south
 driveways, accommodating 3 motorcycles)

 Taylor Street, east side, from driveway for #1328 Taylor Street to 7 feet
 southerly (7-foot zone between driveways, accommodating 2 motorcycles) (Parking
 and Traffic Department)

 (DPT Order No. 2083.)

 10/10/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
 Transportation and Land Use Committee.

 001788
 [Traffic Regulations, Various
 Streets]

 Resolution enacting and
 rescinding traffic regulations on various streets:

 BICYCLE LANES - RESCIND

 Francisco Street, westbound, between Laguna and Polk Street

 BICYCLE LANES - ESTABLISH

 Francisco Street, eastbound, between Laguna and Polk Street

 Baker Street, both directions, between Golden Gate Avenue and McAllister
 Street

 Golden Gate Avenue, both directions, between Masonic Avenue and Baker Street

 Golden Gate Avenue, eastbound, between Baker and Divisadero Streets

 Geneva Avenue, eastbound, between Brookdale and Carrizal Streets

 Geneva Avenue, eastbound, between Paris and Edinburgh Streets

 Geneva Avenue, eastbound, between Vienna and Prague Streets

 Geneva Avenue, westbound, between Carter Street and Brookdale Avenue

 Geneva Avenue, westbound, between Cielito and Parque Drives

 Geneva Avenue, westbound, between Prague and Vienna Streets

 Geneva Avenue, westbound, between Santos Street and Esquina Drive

 Geneva Avenue, westbound, from Edinburgh Street to a point 100 feet east
 of Paris Street

 NO TURN ON RED, 7 AM - 7 PM, EVERYDAY - ESTABLISH

 Ellis Street, westbound, at Franklin Street

 Franklin Street, northbound, at Ellis Street

 ONE-WAY STREETS - ESTABLISH

 Connecticut Street, northbound/westbound, between 25th and Wisconsin Streets

 West Point Road, southbound, between north and south intersections with
 Middle Point Road

 Freelon Street, eastbound, between 4th and Zoe Streets

 Welsh Street, westbound, between Zoe and 4th Streets

 Zoe Street, southbound, between Freelon and Brannan Streets

 TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH

 Alemany Boulevard, east side, from Foote Avenue to 40 feet southerly (40-foot
 zone)

 Alemany Boulevard, west side, from Foote Avenue to 40 feet northerly (40-foot
 zone)

 Fremont Street, west side, from 146 feet to 193 feet south of Market Street
 (47-foot zone, extending existing tow-away zone to a total of 193 feet)

 Hyde Street, east side, from Vallejo Street to 25 feet southerly (25-foot
 zone)

 Rowland Street, both sides, from Broadway to south terminus

 TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 3 PM - 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH

 Fell Street, north side, from Gough Street to 79 feet easterly (79-foot
 zone) (Parking and Traffic Department)

 (DPT Order No. 2083.)

 10/10/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
 Transportation and Land Use Committee.

 001789
 [PUC Commercial Paper Issuance]

 Resolution approving the
 expansion of the Public Utilities Commission Commercial Paper Program by
 increasing the aggregate principal amount which may be outstanding at any
 one time of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Commercial Paper Notes
 (Water Series) from $150,000,000 to $250,000,000 pursuant to Article V of
 Chapter 43 of Part I of the San Francisco Municipal Code for the purpose
 of financing and refinancing certain capital improvements related to the
 water enterprise; approving the maximum interest rate thereon; and related
 matters. (Public Utilities Commission)

 10/11/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
 Finance and Labor Committee.

 001791
 [Grant funds will be used to support
 the first year of a 2-year study of health care among homeless HIV-infected
 persons]

 Resolution authorizing
 the Department of Public Health, Central Administration, to accept retroactively
 and expend a grant in the amount of $101,976 from the University of California
 Universitywide Aids Research Program (UARP) to study the impact of care
 coordination on health care access and health status in San Francisco and
 to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; providing for ratification
 of action previously taken. (Public Health Department)

 10/11/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to
 Public Health and Environment Committee.

 001793
 [Petitions and Communications]

 Petitions and communications
 received from October 5 through noon on October 11, for reference by the
 President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed
 by the Clerk on October 16, 2000

 From Department of Human Resources, submitting Quarterly Report of Economic
 Grievance Settlements, between July 1, 2000 and September 30, 2000. (1)

 From Budget Analyst, submitting Budget Analyst Status Report for the Quarter
 ending September 30, 2000. (2)

 From Office of the Treasurer, submitting investment activity (for fiscal
 year to date) of the portfolios under management. (3)

 From Therese Koller, regarding Mayor Willie L. Brown. 4 Letters (4)

 From Compliance Service of America, LLC, submitting request to change liquor
 license Type 47 and Type 23 to Type 75, because of a technicality in California
 liquor law, to replace those licenses with a restaurant brewpub. Small Business,
 Economic Vitality and Consumer Services Committee (5)

 From Civil Service Commission, submitting restatement notice regarding Civil
 Service Commission Policy on Training and Advancement. (6)

 From Department of Parking and Traffic, submitting notice that all proposed
 items for the October 10, 2000 Transportation and Land Use Committee have
 been posted. File 001666, Copy: Supervisors Katz, Yaki, Yee (7)

 From Maryanne Canaparo, submitting opposition to proposal of a private developer,
 Mission Valley Rock Company, to turn a 66 acre San Francisco Water Department
 site near Sunol Water Temple off Interstate 680, into a 140 feet deep quarry
 pit. File 000312 (8)

 From Nick Porcaro, submitting notice of a joint event for Rock Out and Critical
 Mass on Friday, October 27th, about 6 pm near the foot of Market Street.
 (9)

 From Veterans’ Affairs Commission, submitting response to final Civil Grand
 Jury Report "Neglect of Reporting Requirements," including copy of annual
 report for 1999. (10)

 From Asian American Contractors Association, regarding amendment to the
 Prevailing Wage Ordinance. File 001207, Copy: Each Supervisor (11)

 From Bonnie Steiger, submitting support for proposed legislation that would
 ban the sale or purchase of any item made of fur. (12)

 From Mabel Ng, submitting her resignation from the Parks, Recreation and
 Open Space Advisory Committee, effective immediately. Rules Committee (13)

 From Frederick Hobson, submitting copy of letter sent to Director of Public
 Health regarding appointment of Bob Planthold as the public-at-large member
 to the Quality Improvement Committee. (14)

 From Planning Department, submitting Environmental Review of Interim Zoning
 Controls affecting Assessor’s Blocks 5087, 5099, 5100 and 5101, located
 on Bayshore Boulevard and bounded by Arleta Avenue on the north and the
 San Francisco city limit on the south. File 001557 (15)

 From Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector, submitting quarterly report
 for the Bureau of Delinquent Revenue, for the period July 1, 2000 through
 September 30, 2000. (16)

 From Astrid Lacitis, submitting suggestion that the city purchase some buildings
 which can then be leased at a below market rent to those endeavors the city
 wishes to support (artist, non-profits, etc.) (17)

 From Stephen Santamaria, submitting opposition to the closure of music rehearsal
 studios, clubs, art studios, etc., in San Francisco. (18)

 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.

 Board meetings are televised on channel 26. For video tape copies and scheduling
 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) 554-5784 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