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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, November 6, 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
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 12
Recommendations
of the Finance and Labor Committee
Present:
Supervisors Yee, Ammiano
1.
001723
[Government Funding, $29,605,000,
Educational Facility Bond Proceeds]
Mayor
Ordinance appropriating
$29,605,000 of Educational Facility Bond proceeds for general renovation
of City College structures, adding health and safety features that bring
structures into ADA compliance, and telecommunications facilities, for
fiscal year 2000-2001.
(Fiscal impact.)
10/30/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
2.
001849
[Lease of property at 30 Van
Ness Avenue for the Sheriff’s Department Backgrounds Unit currently located
at 555-7th Street]
Resolution authorizing
the lease of 1439 sq. ft. at 30 Van Ness Avenue for the Sheriff’s Department.
(Real Estate Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations
of the Public Health and Environment Committee
Present:
Supervisors Bierman, Yaki
3.
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)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
4.
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)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations
of the Rules Committee
Present:
Supervisors Leno, Teng
5.
001768
[Appointment, San Francisco
Redevelopment Agency]
Mayor
Resolution confirming
the appointment of Michal Settles to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency,
succeeding Lynette Sweet, to complete the remainder of a four year term
ending September 3, 2003.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
6.
001814
[Appointment, San Francisco
Redevelopment Agency]
Mayor
Resolution confirming
the reappointment of Mark Dunlop to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency,
succeeding himself, for a four year term ending September 3, 2004. (Mayor)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendation
of the Small Business, Economic Vitality and Consumer Services Committee
Present:
Supervisors Newsom, Leno, Becerril
7.
001546
[Police Code - Liquor License]
Supervisor Newsom
Ordinance amending Part
II, Chapter VIII, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Police Code), by
adding Section 1298 to Article 17 to authorize the Chief of Police, on
behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to make recommendations
to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regarding the
imposition, removal or modification of liquor license conditions.
10/30/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
Recommendations
of the Transportation and Land Use Committee
Present:
Supervisors Yaki, Yee
8.
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.)
10/30/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
9.
001424
[Liquor Store Use Category]
Supervisor Leno
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.)
10/30/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
10.
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.)
10/30/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
11.
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.)
10/30/2000, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
12.
001621
[Zoning Map Amendment, Inner
Sunset Neighborhood Commercial District]
Ordinance adopting changes
in property use classification by amending the Zoning Map of the City
and County of San Francisco for three Neighborhood Commercial District
parcels in the area of 10th Avenue and Irving Street. (Planning Department)
(Categorically exempt
from Environmental Review; Planning Commission Resolution No. 15972 adopted
September 7, 2000, recommending approval of the proposed amendments to
the Zoning Maps; Planning Department Case No. 2000.742Z; companion measure
to Files 001425 and 001246.)
10/30/2000, 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
Recommendation
of the Audit and Government Efficiency Committee
Present:
Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Katz
13.
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.
10/16/2000, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
Supervisor Newsom moved that this matter be continued to November 6, 2000.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
Recommendations
of the Finance and Labor Committee
Present:
Supervisors Yee, Ammiano
14.
001810
[Government funding for rent
subsidies to non-profit arts organizations that are in immediate danger
of being evicted or displaced by rent increases]
Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman,
Leno
Ordinance appropriating
$1,500,000 from the General Fund Reserve to provide rent subsidies to
non-profit art organizations that are in immediate danger of being evicted
or displaced by rent increases, through the Art Commission for fiscal
year 2000-2001.
(Fiscal impact; Companion
measure to File 001811.)
10/30/2000, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
15.
001811
[Providing rent subsidies to
nonprofit arts organizations]
Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman,
Leno
Ordinance establishing
terms and conditions for the expenditure of an appropriation of 1.5 million
dollars from the general fund to provide a grant to California Lawyers
for the Arts to give rent subsidies to nonprofit arts organizations that
are in immediate danger of being evicted or displaced by rent increases.
(Fiscal impact.)
10/30/2000, AMENDED. Supervisor Ammiano
moved to amend page three, line 18, after "period" by inserting "or whatever
amount is less than $80,000".
10/30/2000, PASSED ON FIRST READING
AS AMENDED.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
NEW
BUSINESS
Recommendations
of the Finance and Labor Committee
Present:
Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano
16.
001851
[Sheriff’s Cash Revolving Fund]
Ordinance amending Section
10.164 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to increase the Sheriff’s
Cash Revolving Fund from $3,000 to $8,000. (Sheriff)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
17.
001852
[Sheriff Inmate Welfare Fund]
Ordinance amending Section
10.164-1 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to decrease the Sheriff
Inmate Welfare Fund from $10,000 to $5,000. (Sheriff)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
18.
001853
[Sheriff Transportation Funds]
Ordinance amending Section
10.164-2 of the San Francisco Administrative Code, thereby eliminating
the Cash Revolving Fund of $20,000 for Sheriff Transportation. (Sheriff)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
19.
001854
[MOU, Amendment No. 1 - Building
Inspectors Association, Local 22]
Ordinance implementing
Amendment No. 1 to the 1997-2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the
Building Inspectors Association, Local 22 and the City and County of San
Francisco by appending the following list of past practices pursuant to
Article V.C. of the Memorandum of Understanding. (Human Resources Department)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
20.
001855
[MOU, Amendment No. 1 - Pile
Drivers, Divers, Carpenters, Bridge Wharf & Dock Buildings, Local Union
No. 34]
Ordinance implementing
Amendment No. 1 to the 1997-2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the
Pile Drivers, Divers, Carpenters, Bridge, Wharf & Dock Builders, Local
Union No. 34 and the City and County of San Francisco by appending the
following list of past practices pursuant to Article V.C. of the Memorandum
of Understanding. (Human Resources Department)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
21.
001856
[MOU, Amendment No. 1 - United
Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, Local No. 40]
Ordinance implementing
Amendment No. 1 to the 1997-2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the
United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, Local Union
No. 40 and the City and County of San Francisco by appending the following
list of past practices pursuant to Article V.C. of the Memorandum of Understanding.
(Human Resources Department)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
22.
001857
[MOU, Amendment No. 2 - Glaziers,
Local Union No. 718]
Ordinance implementing
Amendment No. 2 to the 1997-2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the
Glaziers, Local Union No. 718 and the City and County of San Francisco
by appending the following list of past practices pursuant to Article
V.C. of the Memorandum of Understanding. (Human Resources Department)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
23.
001858
[MOU, Amendment No. 1 - Supervising
Probation Officers, Local Union No. 3]
Ordinance implementing
Amendment No. 1 to the 1997-2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the
Supervising Probation Officers, Local Union No. 3 and the City and County
of San Francisco by appending the following list of past practices pursuant
to Article V.C. of the Memorandum of Understanding. (Human Resources Department)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
24.
001859
[MOU, Amendment No. 2 - Automotive
Machinists, Local 1414]
Ordinance implementing
Amendment No. 2 to the 1997-2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the
Automotive Machinists, Local 414 and the City and County of San Francisco
by appending the following list of past practices pursuant to Article
V.C. of the Memorandum of Understanding. (Human Resources Department)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
25.
001860
[MOU, Amendment No. 3 - Laborers,
Local Union No. 261]
Ordinance implementing
Amendment No. 3 to the 1997-2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the
Laborers, Local Union No. 261 and the City and County of San Francisco
by appending the following list of past practices pursuant to Article
V.C. of the Memorandum of Understanding. (Human Resources Department)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
26.
001557
[Visitacion Valley Interim Controls]
Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman,
Yee
Resolution imposing Interim
Zoning Controls for a period of twelve months (12) by applying the zoning
controls applicable in NC-3 Districts that are contained in Municipal
Code Part II, Chapter II (Planning Code) Section 712 to Assessor’s Blocks
5087, 5100, and 5101, and Block 5099, Lot 14, by limiting the maximum
non-residential use size to sixty-five thousand (65,000) square feet on
Assessor’s Blocks 5087, 5100 and 5101 and Block 5099, Lot 14, and in the
adjacent NC-3 District located on Bayshore Boulevard and bounded by Arleta
Avenue on the north and the terminus of the City and County of San Francisco
to the south; and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section
101.1
10/16/2000, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor
Ammiano submitted a substitute resolution bearing new title.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
27.
001850
[Establishing trial parking
rates as permanent parking rates for City administered garages and metered
facilities]
Resolution approving
trial parking rates as permanent parking rates at the Civic Center Garage,
the Fifth & Mission Garage, the Golden Gateway Garage, the Moscone Center
Garage, the Performing Arts Garage, the Polk-Bush Garage, the St. Mary’s
Square Garage, the Sutter-Stockton Garage, the Union Square Garage, the
Pierce Street Garage, the California & Steiner Lot and the 22nd & Geary
Lot (the "Garages"). (Parking and Traffic Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendation
of the Housing and Social Policy Committee
Present:
Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
28.
001762
[Notice of Permit Applications
for Sutro Tower]
Supervisors Teng, Bierman,
Becerril
Ordinance amending Part
II, Chapter II, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by
adding Section 306.9 thereto, requiring notice of applications for building
permits for Sutro Tower to be sent to all property owners within a 1,000
foot radius of the Tower’s site.
If the
Planning Commission has not acted by Monday, November 6, 2000, this matter
must be continued.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
Recommendation
of the Public Health and Environment Committee
Present:
Supervisors Bierman, Yaki
29.
001440
[Plastic Beverage Bottles]
Supervisor Bierman
Resolution urging the
City and County of San Francisco to increase the recycling of plastic
beverage bottles and promote the use of recycled content in order to meet
state mandate AB 939.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations
of the Rules Committee
Present:
Supervisors Bierman, Yaki
30.
001701
[Appointment - California State
Association of Counties (CSAC)]
Resolution appointing
Supervisor Michael Yaki, term ending November 28, 2001, as member to the
California State Association of Counties (CSAC) for the year 2001. (Clerk
of the Board)
Supervisor Michael Yaki,
Seat 1, succeeding himself, must be a member of the Board of Supervisors,
new one-year term ending November 28, 2001.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
31.
001705
[Appointment - California State
Association of Counties (CSAC)]
Resolution appointing
Supervisor Leland Yee, term ending November 28, 2001, as alternate member
to the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) for the year 2001.
(Clerk of the Board)
Supervisor Leland Yee,
Seat 2, vacant seat, must be a member of the Board of Supervisors who
will be an alternate member, new one-year term ending November 28, 2001.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
32.
001377
[Certificates of Honor]
Motion amending Rule
2.21.2 of the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors to allow the
Board of Supervisors more discretion in issuing Certificates of Honor.
(Clerk of the Board)
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
33.
001837
[Rules of Order Amendment, Land
Use Appeal Hearings]
Motion amending Rule
1.9 of the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors of the City and
County of San Francisco to provide time limits for testimony that are
"up to" a specified number of minutes. (Clerk of the Board)
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
34.
001838
[Rules of Order Amendment, Bonding
Requirements and Election Fees]
Motion amending the Rules
of Order of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco
to delete Rules 2.23 (Bonding Requirements) and 2.27 (Election Fees),
which are no longer necessary. (Clerk of the Board)
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
35.
001839
[Rules of Order Amendment, Introducing
Charter Amendments]
Motion amending the Rules
of Order of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco
by amending Rule 2.28.1 to require that a proposed charter amendment be
introduced by a Supervisor at a regular meeting held not less than 169
days prior to the election, rather than the current requirement of 168
days prior to the election. (Clerk of the Board)
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
36.
001840
[Rules of Order Amendment, Election
of Board President]
Motion amending the Rules
of Order of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco
by amending Rule 6.1 to provide that, beginning in 2001, the President
of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected for a two-year term by a
majority vote of the Board of Supervisors on the eighth day of January
in odd-numbered years. (Clerk of the Board)
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
37.
001841
[Rules of Order Amendment, Board
Seniority]
Motion amending the Rules
of Order of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco
by adding Rule 6.21, which will establish a seniority system to be used
in determining priority among Supervisors in the selection of City Hall
office space, City Hall parking, seating in the Board Chamber; and the
appointment of Supervisors to compensated commission positions. (Clerk
of the Board)
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
SPECIAL
ORDER 3:00 P.M.
38.
001702
[Public Hearing - Appeal, 66-68
Fountain Street Subdivision Map]
Hearing of persons interested
in or objecting to the decision the Department of Public Works dated September
22, 2000, affirming approval of Tentative/Parcel Map to create two (2)
unit new condominiums in Lot 11, Assessor’s Block 6501 at 66-68 Fountain
Street.
(Companion measure to
Files 001703, 001704, 001705; filed September 27, 2000.)
Action:___________________________
From
Clerk of the Board
(Only
one of the following two motions should be adopted.)
39.
001703
[Appeal, 66-68 Fountain Street
Subdivision Map]
Motion approving the
decision of the Department of Public Works, approving Tentative/Parcel
Map to create two unit new condominiums in Lot 11, Assessor’s Block 6501,
at 66-68 Fountain Street. (Clerk of the Board)
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
40.
001704
[Appeal, 66-68 Fountain Street
Subdivision Map]
Motion disapproving the
decision of the Department of Public Works, approving Tentative/Parcel
Map to create two unit new condominiums in Lot 11, Assessor’s Block 6501,
at 66-68 Fountain Street. (Clerk of the Board)
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
41.
001706
[Findings - 66-68 Fountain Street
Subdivision Map]
Motion directing the
Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to Tentative/Parcel Map
to create two unit new condominiums in Lot 11, Assessor’s Block 6501,
at 66-68 Fountain Street, for consideration by the Board at its next meeting.
(Clerk of the Board)
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
Pursuant to Government
Code Section 65009, notice is hereby given: If you challenge the above
matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or
someone else raised at the public hearing described above, or in written
correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors, (1 Dr. Carlton B.
Goodlett Place, Room 244; San Francisco, CA 94102-4689) at, or prior to,
the public hearing.
42.
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.
43.
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.
CALLED
FROM FINANCE COMMITTEE BY THE BOARD
44.
001809
[Government funding for rent
subsidies to non-profit arts organizations at risk of being evicted or
displaced by rent increases]
Supervisor Yaki
Ordinance appropriating
$3,000,000 from the General Fund Reserve to fund a grant program in the
amount of $500,000 for rent subsidies to non-profit arts organizations
at risk of being evicted or displaced by rent increases, and a capital
project in the amount of $2,500,000 to acquire or develop rental space
for arts organizations, through the Mayor’s Office of Community Development
and the Department of Economic Development, for fiscal year 2000-2001;
placing $500,000 on reserve.
(Fiscal impact.)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
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
45 through 57
45.
001928
[Fort Funston Closures]
Supervisor Yee
Resolution requesting
the City Attorney to contact the National Park Service reminding the National
Park Service of its obligation to submit its construction plans to the
City for review, seeking an explanation of how the past and proposed closures
serve a recreation or park purpose and inquiring how the National Park
Service will provide disability access in light of its removal of a paved
path.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
46.
001931
[Transbay Terminal]
Supervisor Katz
Resolution declaring
that it is the policy of the City and County of San Francisco to develop
housing as a key component of any redevelopment of the Transbay Terminal
area.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
47.
001932
[Amicus Letter]
Supervisors Leno, Bierman
Resolution urging the
San Francisco City Attorney’s Office to file an amicus letter with the
California State Supreme Court urging the court not to review the decisions
of the California Public Utilities Commission as requested by PG&E and
urging the California State Supreme Court to respect the decisions of
the California Public Utilities Commission.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
48.
001933
[Annual Inspections of Residential
Buildings]
Supervisor Becerril
Resolution urging the
San Francisco Department of Building Inspection to perform annual routine
inspections of SROs and all residential buildings with six or more units
built prior to 1960 and to prioritize inspections in the Chinatown, Mission,
Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
49.
001937
[Chinatown Community and Visitor
Center]
Supervisors Teng, Ammiano,
Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Leno, Katz, Kaufman, Newsom, Yaki
Resolution commending
the joint efforts of the Mayor’s Office and the Chinatown Economic Development
Group to work toward establishing a Chinatown Community and Visitors Center.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
50.
001938
[Commendation]
Supervisor Katz
Resolution commending
the Department of Public Health for reducing the use of pesticides and
toxic chemicals on City property.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
51.
001939
[Commendation]
Supervisor Katz
Resolution commending
the Airport Commission at San Francisco International Airport for reducing
the use of pesticides and toxic chemicals on City property.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
52.
001940
[Commendation]
Supervisors Leno, Bierman
Resolution commending
the Utility Reform Network for petitioning the California Public Utilities
Commission to require utilities to change their accounting methods and
commending the California Public Utilities Commission for requiring PG&E
and Southern California Edison to review the TURN proposal.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
53.
001946
[Storm Water Management Measures
for Fish Handling and Processing Operations]
Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution urging the
Port of San Francisco to submit, by November 15, 2000, a preliminary report
to the Executive Officer of the California Regional Water Quality Control
Board (RWQCB) regarding storm water management measures for fish handling
and processing operations on Port property and further urging the Port
to submit, by July 31, 2000, a final comprehensive survey and proposed
storm water management measures.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
54.
001950
[Bay Area Discovery Museum]
Supervisor Newsom
Resolution endorsing
the Bay Area Discovery Museum’s plans to complete site improvements, add
new facilities to house the Centers for Creative Arts and Early Learning
and improve amenities for families.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
55.
001786
[Parcel map for a 2 lot subdivision,
Mission Bay]
Motion approving Parcel
Map, Planned Unit Development, Mission Bay (Blocks S26a and S28), a 2
Lot Subdivision Project, being Phase I of a subdivision of Lot 1 in Assessor’s
Block 8721, and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan and City
Planning Code Section 101.1 and the Mission Bay South Redevelopment Plan
and Plan Documents. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 172,629.)
11/1/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
56.
001948
[Suspend Thirty Day Rule - Lease
to Mission Valley Rock]
Supervisor Becerril
Motion suspending Rule
5.43 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,
a resolution adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental
Quality Act and authorizing the Public Utilities Commission to enter into
a forty-year lease with Mission Rock Valley Rock Company for mining certain
real property located in Alameda County, California.
10/30/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
57.
001949
[Calling lease of land in Sunol
matter from committee]
Supervisor Becerril
Motion to call from the
Finance and Labor Committee File Number 001890 a resolution adopting findings
pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and authorizing the
Public Utilities Commission to enter into a forty-year lease with Mission
Valley Rock Company for mining certain real property located in Alameda
County, California.
10/30/2000, 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:_________________________________________
58.
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 26 through noon on November 2, for reference
by President to appropriate committee on November 6, 2000.
001901
[Speed limit reduction, portion
of Brazil and Persia Avenues]
Ordinance amending the
San Francisco Traffic Code, lowering the speed limit on portions of Brazil
and Persia Avenue, from 30 MPH to 25 MPH. (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2096.)
10/27/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001902
[Parking Regulations, portions
of Jones, McAllister and Eddy Streets]
Ordinance amending the
Traffic Code by amending Section 32.6.7 and adding Section 32.6.28, regarding
parking regulations on portions of Jones, McAllister and Eddy Streets.
(Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2097.)
10/27/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001903
[Commercial vehicle weight restriction
on portion of Mendell Street]
Ordinance adding Section
28.5.52 to the San Francisco Traffic Code, establishing a commercial vehicle
weight restriction on a portion of Mendell Street. (Parking and Traffic
Department)
(DPT Order No. 2095.)
10/27/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001936
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing
settlement of litigation of Pacific Gas & Electric Company against all
persons, filed July 12, 1999, $553,783.58. (City Attorney)
(McEnerney action entitled
"Pacific Gas & Electric Company v. All Persons," S.F. Superior Court No.
44536.)
10/30/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Audit and Government Efficiency Committee. Confidential letter dated
October 25, 2000 is on file with the Clerk of the Board.
001951
[Proposed Conflict of Interest
Code Amendments]
Ordinance amending Article
II, Chapter 1 of the San Francisco Campaign and Government Conduct Code
by adding Sections 3.1-109, 3.1-242, 3.1-252, 3.1-268, and 3.1-422, and
amending Sections 3.1-120, 3.1-150, 3.1-155, 3.1-170, 3.1-175, 3.1-190,
3.1-195, 3.1-205, 3.1-215, 3.1-230, 3.1-235, 3.1-245, 3.1-250, 3.1-270,
3.1-275, 3.1-280, 3.1-285, 3.1-310, 3.1-320, 3.1-335, 3.1-345, 3.1-350,
3.1-355, 3.1-365, 3.1-375, 3.1-395, 3.1-410, 3.1-430, 3.1-440, and 3.1-445,
and repealing Sections 3.1-115, 3.1-125, 3.1-200, 3.10225, 3.1-370, 3.1-380,
and3.1-385 to update the list of designated employees who must file financial
disclosure statements and to modify the applicable disclosure requirements.
(City Attorney)
10/31/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Rules Committee.
001958
[Government funding, Public
Utilities Commission, for water pollution control plant remediation projects]
Ordinance appropriating
a total of $5,000,000 from the Mission Bay project and the San Francisco
Clean Water Department fund balance to fund the construction of odor control
remediation projects at the southeast water pollution control plant, for
the Public Utilities Commission, for fiscal year 2000-01. (Controller)
11/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Finance and Labor Committee.
001959
[Government funding, Airport
capital improvement projects]
Ordinance appropriating
$671,165,000 of San Francisco International Airport infrastructure Bond
proceeds to fund various capital improvement projects for fiscal year
2000-2001. (Controller)
11/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Finance and Labor Committee.
001960
[Government funding, Airport
capital improvement projects]
Ordinance appropriating
$39,690,612 of various Bond fund balances to capital improvement projects
at the Airport Commission for fiscal year 2000-2001. (Controller)
11/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Finance and Labor Committee.
PROPOSED
RESOLUTIONS
Proposed
resolutions received from October 26 through noon on November 2, for reference
by President to appropriate committee on November 6, 2000.
001904
[Parking Regulations, Various
Locations]
Resolution enacting and
rescinding parking regulations at various locations.
UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH
Jackson Street, north side, between driveways for #3003 and #3005 Jackson
Street (13-foot zone, accommodating 2 motorcycles)
TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
3rd Street, east side, from Jerrold Avenue to 145 feet southerly (145-foot
zone) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2098.)
11/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001905
[Parking Regulations, Various
Streets]
Resolution enacting and
rescinding traffic regulations on various streets.
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND
Lucky Street, west side, from 171.5 feet to 404 feet north of 26th Street
(232.5-foot zone)
Lucky Street, west side, from 59 feet to 151.5 feet north of 26th Street
(92.5-foot zone)
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Lucky Street, west side, from 198 feet to 445 feet north of 26th Street
(247-foot zone)
Lucky Street, west side, from 75 feet to 178 feet north of 26th Street
(103-foot zone)
NO LEFT TURN - ESTABLISH
3rd Street, both directions, at Custer Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Fairfax Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Galvez Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Innes Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Kirkwood Avenue
3rd Street, northbound, at Arthur Avenue / Cargo Way
3rd Street, northbound, at Burke Avenue
3rd Street, northbound, at Davidson Avenue
3rd Street, northbound, at Hudson Avenue
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
3rd Street, east side, between Burke and Evans Avenues
3rd Street, east side, between Cargo Way and Burke Avenue
3rd Street, east side, between Hudson and Innes Avenues
3rd Street, east side, from Fairfax Avenue to 90 feet southerly (90-foot
zone)
3rd Street, east side, from Hudson Avenue to 80 feet northerly (80-foot
zone)
3rd Street, east side, from Jerrold Avenue to 35 feet northerly (35-foot
zone)
3rd Street, west side, between Evans and Davidson Avenues
3rd Street, west side, between Fairfax and Galvez Avenues
3rd Street, west side, between Galvez and Hudson Avenues
3rd Street, west side, between Innes and Jerrold Avenues
3rd Street, west side, from Hudson Avenue to 75 feet southerly (75-foot
zone)
3rd Street, west side, from Innes Avenue to 60 feet northerly (60-foot
zone) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2098.)
11/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001935
[Establishing penalty for violating
Tour Bus Loading Zones]
Resolution establishing
a $100 penalty for violating Traffic Code Section 66 (Tour Bus Loading
Zones). (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2096.)
10/30/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001953
[Grant funds for surveillance
cameras on Municipal Railway vehicles]
Resolution authorizing
the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend $1,800,000 of
State assistance for surveillance cameras on Municipal Railway transit
vehicles. (Public Transportation Commission)
11/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001954
[Grant funds for replacing aged
motor coaches serving the Municipal Railway]
Resolution authorizing
the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend $3,203,169 of
regional asistance for one Municipal Railway transit project. (Public
Transportation Commission)
10/30/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001955
[Grant funds for the construction
of the K-Ingleside light rail line and Ocean Avenue serving the Municipal
Railway]
Resolution authorizing
the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend $7,000,000 of
State assistance for Ocean Avenue and K-Ingleside Street, sidewalk, and
transit improvements. (Public Transportation Commission)
11/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Transportation and Land Use Committee.
001956
[Gift acceptance of a red carpet]
Resolution authorizing
the Director of Administrative Services to accept, on behalf of the Department
Administrative Services ("Department"), a gift of a red carpet from Brian
and Dolores Stein for use in connection with the Department’s administration
of City Hall. (Administrative Services Department)
10/31/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Audit and Government Efficiency Committee.
001957
[Healtcare for Indigents Program]
Resolution authorizing
adoption of the County description of proposed expenditure of California
Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) funds for fiscal year 2000-01
and that the President or duly authorized representative of the Board
of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco can certify the
County Description of Proposed Expenditure of CHIP funds for fiscal year
2000-01. (Public Health Department)
11/1/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Finance and Labor Committee. Department requests this item be calendared
at the November at the November 15, 2000 meeting.
001961
[Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and communications
received from October 26 through noon on November 2, for reference by
the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered
filed by the Clerk on November 6, 2000.
From Office of the Controller, submitting report concerning the concession
audit of the City Parking Company, operator of the Vallejo Street Garage.
(1)
From Office of the Controller, submitting report concerning the audit
of National Airlines, Inc. (2)
From Police Department, regarding information concerning the number of
injuries attributed to scooters. Copy: Supervisor Brown (3)
From Ethics Commission, submitting release report on lobbyist activity
for period covering July 1 through September 30, 2000 (third quarter).
Copy: Each Supervisor (4)
From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding updating the "San Francisco
Transportation Fact Sheet" located on the Department of Parking and Traffic’s
website. (Reference No. 20000918-008) (5)
From Mayor’s Office of Community Development, regarding the use of CABG
funds to subsidize development of performance spaces for musicians and
dancers. (Reference No. 20000925-003) (6)
From Administrative Services Department, submitting notice that City property
located in the vicinity of Twin Peaks Vista Point is under the jurisdiction
of several City departments. (Reference No. 20000925-018) (7)
From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding public parking during
non-business hours at the Ocean Park Health Center at 1351 24th Avenue.
(8)
From various City departments, submitting list of services to senior citizens
in San Francisco: Copy: Supervisor Becerril, Clerk of the Board (9)
Recreation and Park Department, (Reference No. 20000925-010)
Police Department, (Reference No. 20000925-013)
Department of Human Services, (Reference No. 20000925-009)
Fire Department, (Reference No. 20000925-014)
From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding the use of Davis Street
(between Washington and Clay Streets) as a one-way street. Copy: Supervisor
Becerril (10)
From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding the feasibility of reducing
traffic congestion in the Mid-Embarcadero area by adding an extra traffic
lane southbound on the Embarcadero and removing the parking meters on
that side of the street. (Reference No. 20000731-006) (11)
From Public Utilities Commission, regarding the proposed quarry lease
between San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Mission Valley Rock
Company. File 001834, Copy: Supervisor Ammiano, Clerk of the Board, 14
Letters (12)
From various City departments, indicating that funding provided for in
the budget for fiscal year 2000-01 is adequate for the department: (13)
Office of the Mayor
Superior Court
Fire Department
From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding various traffic related
issues: Fulton Street Speed Limit, Castro and Jersey Streets and 24th
and Chattanooga Streets, Ocean and Otsego Avenues. (14)
From Office of the Mayor, regarding the proposed Fillmore Jazz Preservation
District anchor project. (Reference No. 20000828-002), Copy: Supervisor
Newsom (15)
From Therese Koller, regarding Mayor Willie L. Brown. 3 Letters (16)
From concerned citizens, submitting support for the proposed Butterfly
Discovery Museum. File 001412, 60 letters (17)
From Community Substance Abuse Services, submitting federal grant line
item budget revision in excess of 15 percent (Community Based Medically
Managed Detoxification Program), in accordance with Administrative Code
Section 10.170-1(F). (18)
From Department of Public Health, submitting request for release of reserved
funds ($1,098,463) for overtime for San Francisco General Hospital and
Laguna Honda Hospital. Copy: Clerk of the Board (19)
From US Army Corps of Engineers, submitting public notice dated November
1, 2000 regarding removal up to 250,000 cubic yards of sand annually from
Middle Ground Island Shoal, 100,000 cubic yards annually from Alcatraz
Island Shoal, and 50,000 cubic yards annually from Benica Shoal by hydraulic
suction, and transport dredged material by barge to existing upland sand
yards. (20)
From CALFED Bay-Delta Program, submitting newsletter for October 2000.
(21)
From Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, submitting
annual report for 1999/00. (22)
From Toby Shier, regarding his experience with taxi service in San Francisco.
Copy: Police Department, Taxi Division (23)
From Pat Base, submitting opposition to Sunset Scavengers proposal to
increase garbage fees up to 55% due to the cost of recycling since they
do not meet the State mandated 50%. (24)
From Betty, regarding her daily unpleasant experience with some homeless
people while waiting for the 16A Express bus at Cyril Magnin & Hallidie
Plaza. Copy: Each Supervisor (25)
From Roberto Apodaca, commenting on the lack of street sweeping on Mississippi
Street due to parking violators. (26)
From Rick McCormack, commenting on the need for a new home for the AIDS
Quilt by year 2003. Copy: Each Supervisor (27)
From David Anderson, regarding pets as guardians. (28)
From Lucretia Rauh, submitting support for legislation that would put
an end to the traffic congestion on the crooked part of Lombard Street.
(29
From Planning Department, submitting resolution proposing changes to Administrative
Code Chapter 31. Copy: Supervisor Kaufman (30)
From Gladstone & Associates, regarding appeal of the Bed and Breakfast
Inn, at 2, 4 and 5 Charlton Court. File 001586 (31)
From Nick Porcaro, commenting on unanimous vote of support for legislation
that releases $1.5 million from the General Fund to the Arts Commission,
for granting process administrated by California Lawyers for the Arts.
File 001811, Copy: Each Supervisor (32)
From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding an evaluation of off-street
parking for the Ocean Avenue Commercial Corridor. (Reference No. 200001002-04)
Copy: Supervisors Teng, Brown (33)
From Citizens for Open Space and to Retain the Vaillancourt Fountain,
submitting support for Supervisor Becerril as Supervisor for District
3. Copy: Each Supervisor (34)
From Judicial Council of California, submitting Superior Court deposit
statement for the month ending September 2000. (35)
From Bing Dionida, submitting request that the Department of Public Works
initiate a study of the hillside of Mt. Davidson on the portion bordered
by Bella Vista Way to determine the extent of the soil erosion that has
taken place. (36)
From Pilar Mejia, regarding reception for new Unified School District
Superintendent Arlene Ackerman. (37)
From Mayor’s Office of Community Development, submitting the Consolidated
Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for 1999. (38)
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting Procedures
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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.
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to the Board and to its members, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett
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