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Full Board Agendas
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 - FINAL
Tuesday, February 20, 2001
2:00 PM
Regular Meeting
TOM AMMIANO, PRESIDENT
CHRIS DALY, MATT GONZALEZ, TONY HALL, MARK LENO,
SOPHIE MAXWELL, JAKE McGOLDRICK, GAVIN NEWSOM
AARON PESKIN, GERARDO SANDOVAL, LELAND Y. YEE
Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board
ROLL
CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL
OF MEETING MINUTES
Motion to APPROVE
the January 2, and January 8, 2001 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 9
Recommendations
of the Audit, Labor and Government Efficiency Committee
Present:
Supervisors Newsom, Daly, McGoldrick
1.
010006
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing
settlement of the lawsuit filed by Lesha Taylor and Melanie Vaughn against
the City and County of San Francisco for $100,000; the lawsuit was filed
on March 24, 1999 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 302210;
entitled Taylor et al. v. City and Couny of San Francisco, et al. (City
Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
2.
010028
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing
settlement of the lawsuit filed by David L. Birkholz, An Incompetent,
et al. versus the City the County of San Francisco for $50,000.00; the
lawsuit was filed on 6/22/95 in Superior Court of San Francisco, Case
No. 970-567; entitled David L. Birkholz, An Incompetent, et al. v. State
of California, City and County of San Francisco, et al; material terms
of said settlement are: in consideration of City making payment of $50,000.00
to the plaintiff, the plaintiff agrees to dismiss the suit against the
City and County of San Francisco and all the individually named City
employee defendants. (City Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
3.
010160
[Settlement of Litigation]
Ordinance authorizing
settlement of the lawsuits filed by Golden Eagle Insurance Co. and Martha
Johnson against the City and County of San Francisco for the total amount
of $150,000; the lawsuits were filed on August 17, 1998 and August 25,
1998 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case Nos. 997-242 and 997-465;
entitled Golden Eagle Insurance Co. v. City and County of San Francisco,
et al. and Martha Johnson v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.
(City Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
Recommendations
of the Finance Committee
Present:
Supervisors Leno, Peskin, Gonzalez
4.
002146
[Grant to develop a green
building tool kit and support green building practices through training
workshops]
Supervisors Leno, Newsom
Resolution authorizing
the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the
amount of $72,450 from the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
(Environment)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
5.
010110
[Lease of City-owned property
at 850 Bryant Street]
Resolution authorizing
and approving lease of City-owned property located on the first floor
of the Hall of Justice, 850 Bryant Street, to the Northern California
Service League. (Real Estate Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
6.
010111
[Lease of City-owned property
at 400 McAllister Street]
Resolution authorizing
and approving lease of City-owned property located on the first floor
of the Civic Center Courthouse, 400 McAllister Street, to the Northern
California Service League. (Real Estate Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations
of the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee
Present:
Supervisors McGoldrick, Daly, Peskin
7.
010003
[Regional Transportation Improvement
Program (RTIP) grant funds for various transportation capital projects]
Supervisor Newsom
Resolution authorizing
the Director of the Department of Public Works to accept and expend
a grant in the amount of $7,630,000 in Regional Transportation Improvement
Program funds for various transportation capital projects. (Public Works
Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
8.
010029
[Grant funds from Bay Area
Air Quality Management District for bicycle racks]
Supervisors Leno, Newsom
Resolution retroactively
authorizing the Executive Director of the Department of Parking and
Traffic or his designee to accept and expend $97,600 from the Transportation
Fund for Clean Air in the Bay Area to install bicycle racks in various
locations and waiving indirect costs. (Parking and Traffic Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendation
of the Public Health and Environment Committee
Present:
Supervisors Maxwell, Yee, Leno
9.
010049
[Grant funds from the Bay
Area Air Quality Management District for the purpose of supporting efforts
to improve air quality]
Resolution authorizing
the City Administrator and the Director of the Department of the Environment
to accept and expend $900,000 from the Bay Area Quality Management District’s
Transportation Fund for Clean Air and authorizing the City Administrator
and the Director of the Department of the Environment to execute agreements
with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, whereby, the City
would indemnify the District from claims resulting from the City’s performance
of said agreements. (City Administrator)
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 Finance Committee
Present:
Supervisors Leno, Peskin, Gonzalez
10.
000276
[Planning Code amendment to
rename "Office Affordable Housing Production Program" as the "Jobs-Housing
Linkage Program" and to apply the program to hotel, entertainment, and
retail space
Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman,
Peskin, Daly
Ordinance amending
Article III, Chapter II, Part II of the San Francisco Municipal Code
(Planning Code) by amending Sections 313, 313.1, 313.2, 313.3, 313.4,
313.5, 313.6, 313.7, 313.8, 313.9, 313.10, 313.11, 313.12, 313.13, and
313.14, to rename the "Office Affordable Housing Production Program"
as the "Jobs-Housing Linkage Program," to apply the program to all new
and expanded hotel space of at least 25,000 square feet, to all new
and expanded entertainment space of at least 25,000 square feet, to
all new and expanded retail space of at least 25,000 square feet, and
to all new and expanded research and development space of at least 25,000
square feet; to set forth the number of housing units to be constructed
for each type of development subject to this Ordinance; to increase
the number of housing units and fees for office developments; and by
adding Section 313.15 to require a study every five years determining
the demand for housing created by commercial development.
2/12/2001, MOTION to excuse Supervisor
Newsom from voting on this matter, at his request.
2/12/2001, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT
OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Supervisor Ammiano submitted an amendment
of the whole, bearing same title.
2/12/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING
AS AMENDED.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
Recommendation
of the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee
Present:
Supervisors McGoldrick, Daly, Peskin
11.
010060
[Rent passthrough]
Supervisors Gonzalez, Peskin,
Daly
Ordinance amending
Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration
Ordinance" by adding a new Section 37.8C "Temporary Moratorium on Rent
Board processing or approval of landlord petitions for certification
and passthrough of non-seismic capital improvement, rehabilitation and
energy conservation costs to tenants, during pendency of the Superior
Court’s preliminary injunction staying implementation of November 2000
Proposition H."
2/12/2001, MOTION to excuse Supervisor
Newsom from voting on this matter, at his request.
2/12/2001, MOTION to excuse Supervisor
Maxwell from voting on this matter, at her request.
2/12/2001, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT
OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Supervisor Peskin submitted an amendment
of the whole, bearing new title.
2/12/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING
AS AMENDED.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
Recommendation
of the Rules Committee
Present:
Supervisors Gonzalez, Hall, Ammiano
12.
002151
[Appointment]
Resolution appointing
Mark Heinzelman, Russell Keil, and Stephen Brett to the Union Square
Business Improvement District Advisory Board, terms ending June 30,
2004; waiving residency requirement.
Mark Heinzelman, Seat
3, succeeding Jordan Meisner, must be property owner within the business
improvement district, for unexpired portion of a five-year term ending
June 30, 2004;
Russell Keil (residency requirement waived), Seat 5, succeeding James
Flood, must be property owner within the business improvement district,
for unexpired portion of a five-year term ending June 30, 2004;
Stephen Brett (residency requirement waived), Seat 6, succeeding Ann
Paolini, must be property owner within the business improvement district,
for unexpired portion of a five-year term ending June 30, 2004.
2/12/2001, SEVERED FROM CONSENT
AGENDA. Supervisor Daly requested this matter be severed so it could
be considered separately.
2/12/2001, CONTINUED. Supervisor
Daly requested this matter be continued to February 20, 2001.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
NEW
BUSINESS
Recommendations
of the Audit, Labor and Government Efficiency Committee
Present:
Supervisors Newsom, Daly, McGoldrick
13.
010107
[Memorandum of Understanding,
Local 790 Fire Rescue Paramedics]
Ordinance adopting
and implementing the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding between
the Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, Local 790, and the
City and County of San Francisco for the H-1 Fire Rescue Paramedics
to be effective for the period July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2001. (Human
Resources Department)
(Fiscal impact.)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
14.
002190
[Reimbursement to Employees
- Fourth Quarter, 2000]
Resolution authorizing
reimbursement for cost of personal property of City and County employees
damaged/stolen in the line of duty.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
15.
010201
[Contingent Fee Agreement
in Electric Power Litigation]
Resolution approving
contingency fee agreement in People of the State of California by and
through San Francisco City Attorney Louise H. Renne v. Dynegy Power
Marketing, Inc., et al.; requiring reports from the City Attorney. (City
Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
16.
010202
[Lead Litigation Contingency
Fee Agreement]
Resolution approving
contingency fee agreement in County of Santa Clara, et al. v. Atlantic
Richfield Company, et al.; requiring report from the City Attorney.
(City Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendation
of the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee
Present:
Supervisors McGoldrick, Daly, Peskin
17.
010054
[Termination of existing sewer
easement and acceptance of replacement sewer easement between Tandang
Sora Street and 4th Street]
Ordinance authorizing
the termination of an existing sewer easement and the acceptance of
the grant of a replacement sewer easement between Tandang Sora Street
and 4th Street, and adopting findings pursuant to City Planning Code
Section 101.1. (Real Estate Department)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
Recommendations
of the Public Health and Environment Committee
Present:
Supervisors Maxwell, Yee, Leno
18.
010001
[Contract funds to assist
in a study of social movements and HIV/AIDS in Brazil]
Resolution authorizing
the Department of Public Health (Subgrantee) to enter retroactively
into an agreement in the amount of $16,431 with the Trustees of Columbia
University (CU) for Charles H. Klein as Co-Principal Investigator and
Subgrantee employee to assist in coordination, developing data collection
instruments, maintaining data quality assurance, and coordinating data
analysis for a study of social movements and HIV/AIDS in Brazil; retroactively
to March 1, 2000. (Public Health Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
19.
010002
[Contract funds from YMCA
of San Francisco to provide health services to OMI/Excelsior Neighborhood
Beacon Center participants]
Resolution authorizing
the Department of Public Health, Balboa Teen Health Center (the "Contractor"),
to enter retroactively into an independent contractor services agreement
in the amount of $19,302 with the OMI/Excelsior Neighborhood Beacon
Center/Urban Services YMCA of San Francisco (the "Client") to provide
health services to Beacon Center participants; retroactive to July 1,
2000. (Public Health Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Reports from committees,
if any, recommending emergency or urgent measures.
From
Rules Committee
The
following item will be considered by the Rules Committee at a Regular
meeting on Thursday, February 15, 2001, at 1 p.m. The Chair intends
to request the committee to send the following item to the Board as
a committee report.
20.
010209
[Appointment to San Francisco
LAFCO]
Motion appointing Supervisor
Ammiano, Supervisor Maxwell, Supervisor Daly, and Supervisor McGoldrick,
to the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission, and appointing
Supervisor Gonzalez as an alternate member. (Clerk of the Board)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
21.
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.
22.
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.
APPROVAL
OF REQUESTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
These items may
be introduced by any Supervisor seeking analysis from the Office of
the Legislative Analyst on introduced legislation and for the purpose
of providing assistance to Board of Supervisors’ task forces and advisory
committees. Requests to the Legislative Analyst shall require the affirmative
vote of a majority of the members of the Board.
23.
010309
[Legislative Analyst Request]
Supervisor Ammiano
Motion asking the Legislative
Analyst to provide staff support for the Potrero Plant Citizens Advisory
Task Force by providing policy analyses research.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
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
24 through 43
24.
010281
[Transfer of PG&E Revenues]
Supervisors Leno, Maxwell,
Peskin, McGoldrick
Resolution urging the
California Public Utilities Commission to clarify its order establishing
PG&E Corp. as the holding corporation of PG&E to require that PG&E Corp.
provide cash to PG&E to allow it to meet its obligations to provide
reliable electricity service at reasonable rates and further urging
the Federal Energy Regulation Commission to reverse its ruling to allow
ring fencing of PG&E’s NEG Group.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
25.
010282
[Renovate, repair and maintenance
of HUD Subsidized apartment complexes]
Supervisors Maxwell, Ammiano,
Leno, Gonzalez, Newsom
Resolution urging AIMCO
to renovate, repair and maintain the Bayview Apartments, LaSalle Apartments,
Shoreview Apartments, and All Hallows Gardens to the fullest extent
possible.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
26.
010283
[Embarcadero Task Force]
Supervisor Peskin
Resolution urging representatives
of the Department of Parking and Traffic, the Transportation Authority,
the Municipal Transportation Authority, the Department of Public Works,
the Port of San Francisco, the Municipal Railway, the Fire Department
and the Police Department in consultation with members of the public
to form a Task Force to monitor existing and planned transportation
improvements in the area and to asses the impacts of planned projects
on traffic, parking, public transportation, and additional forms of
transportation such as bicycles and pedestrians in the Embarcadero area.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
27.
010284
[MIOCR Demonstration Program]
Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution authorizing
the Sheriff’s Department to apply for a three-year grant in an amount
not to exceed $5,000,000 from the State Board of Corrections for Mentally
Ill Offenders Crime Reduction (MIOCR) Demonstration Program; and approving
the membership of the MIOCR Strategy Committee.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
28.
010285
[Child care initiative funding]
Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution urging the
Mayor to commit full funding for SF CARES and WAGES + in the baseline
of the proposed budget for the 2001-2002 fiscal year.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
29.
010286
[State legislation, AB 106]
Supervisor Yee
Resolution supporting
Assembly Bill 106, the Refundable Earned Income Tax Credit and urging
the local delegation to the California State Assembly to support the
bill.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
30.
010287
[363rd Infantry Regiment Battle
Flags]
Supervisor Yee
Resolution urging the
Mayor to work with the San Francisco Veterans Community to identify
an appropriate place of prominence in City Hall for the 363rd Infantry
Regiment Battle Flags, and place the flags in this location as soon
as possible.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
31.
010288
[Potrero Power Plant Task
Force Membership]
Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution adding one
(1) additional member to the Potrero Power Plant Citizen Advisory Task
Force to represent Supervisorial District 10 and who shall be appointed
by the Board of Supervisors.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
32.
010289
[School of the Americas]
Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution urging President
George Bush and Congress of the United States to support the closure
of the United States Army School of the Americas.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
33.
010290
[Reduced risk pest management]
Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution endorsing
the Reduced Risk Pest Management Ordinance proposed by Pesticide
Alternatives of Santa Clara County.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
34.
010291
[Standard Code of Conduct]
Supervisors Ammiano, Leno,
McGoldrick
Resolution urging all
City Commissions to adopt and/or enforce a standard code of conduct
which discourages and reprimands City officials, City Department Directors
and City Commissioners from utilizing regularly scheduled public meetings
to willfully attack, defame and/or slander fellow colleagues with disrespectful
comments that are disparaging of one’s sexual orientation, race, ethnic
background, religion, gender, age or physical ability and further urging
all City Commissions to adopt and/or enforce policy which discourages
and reprimands individuals, who during the public comment portion of
regularly scheduled meetings, issue comments that are disparaging of
anyone’s sexual orientation, race ethnic background, religion, gender,
age or physical ability; and further urging all City Commissions to
proactively discourage, reprimand and remove individuals from public
meetings who verbally abuse and physically threaten members of the general
public or City officials from attempting to exercise their first amendment.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
35.
010293
[Labor issue]
Supervisors Daly, Peskin
Resolution urging the
Departments of Public Health and Human Services, and the Mayor’s Office
on Homelessness to protect workers at MSC-North and MSC-South.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
36.
010294
[Commendation]
Supervisors Leno, Daly, Maxwell,
McGoldrick, Gonzalez, Sandoval, Ammiano
Resolution commending
the Health Services System Board for including transsexual care and
treatment in San Francisco health plans.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
37.
010295
[Commendation]
Supervisors Leno, Daly, McGoldrick,
Gonzalez, Sandoval, Ammiano
Resolution commending
Theresa Sparks for her appointment to the Human Rights Commission.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
38.
010296
[Commendation]
Supervisors Maxwell, Ammiano,
Daly, Gonzalez, Hall, Leno, McGoldrick, Newsom, Peskin, Sandoval, Yee
Resolution commending
the recognition of Black History Month.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
39.
010297
[Commendation]
Supervisors Daly, Gonzalez
Resolution commending
senior and tenant advocate Maurice Dopp.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
40.
010299
[Board Off-site Meeting]
Supervisors Ammiano, Maxwell
Motion ordering the
City and School District Committee meeting of the Board of Supervisors
to be held at the Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room, Board of Education,
555 Franklin Street, First Floor, San Francisco, on March 14, 2001,
at 3:00 P.M. and directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare notices
and postings.
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING to Board
of Supervisors. Scheduled for consideration on February 20, 2001.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
41.
010310
[Municipality Utility District
Formation]
Supervisor Gonzalez
Motion declaring that
in the Board’s opinion the public interest or necessity demands the
creation and maintenance of a municipal utility district with the same
exterior boundaries as the City and County of San Francisco and the
City of Brisbane, to be known as the "San Francisco-Brisbane Municipal
Utility District," and directing the Clerk to refer this request to
the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission with certain information
2/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
42.
010313
[Final map for an 11 unit
Mixed Use Condominium Project]
Motion approving final
map of 826 Folsom Street, a Mixed-Use Condominium Project, being a subdivision
of Lot 16, Assessor’s Block No. 3733, and adopting findings pursuant
to City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 172,790.)
2/14/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
43.
010317
[Senate Bill 71, which expands
Workers Compensation benefits for California employees]
Supervisor Peskin
Resolution urging the
California State Legislature pass, and Governor Davis sign, Senate Bill
71.
2/14/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution 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 February 8 through noon on February 14, for
reference by President to appropriate committee on February 20, 2001.
010256
[Speed Limit on Chestnut between
Hyde/Leavenworth Streets]
Ordinance amending
the San Francisco Traffic Code, establishing a 20-MPH speed limit on
Chestnut Street, between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets. (Parking and
Traffic Department)
2/8/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.
010315
[Appropriation, funding for
the emergency physician services to indigent persons]
Ordinance appropriating
$1,203,319 of Emergency Medical Services Appropriation (EMSA) funds
to provide emergency physician services to indigent persons to the Department
of Public Health for fiscal year 2000-01. (Public Health Department)
2/14/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Finance Committee.
PROPOSED
RESOLUTIONS
Proposed
resolutions received from February 8 through noon on February 14, for
reference by President to appropriate committee on February 20, 2001.
010203
[Contracting out Facility
Security Services]
Resolution concurring
with the Controller’s certification that facility security services
for the Municipal Transportation Agency can be practically performed
by a private contractor at a lower cost than by City and County employees.
(Public Transportation Commission)
2/14/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Finance Committee.
010204
[Lease of Property for the
Portola Branch Library]
Resolution authorizing
the lease of real property at 45 Leland Avenue for the Library. (Real
Estate Department)
2/12/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Finance Committee.
010253
[Stop Intersections]
Resolution designating
certain intersections as "STOP" intersections.
STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
Duncan and Sanchez Streets, northwest and southeast corners, stopping
Sanchez Street (makes this an all-way STOP)
Ingalls Street and Carroll Avenue, northeast and southwest corners,
stopping Ingalls Street (makes this an all-way STOP)
Jennings Street and Egbert Avenue, northeast and southwest corners,
stopping Jennings Street (makes this an all-way STOP)
Sunnydale and Garrison Avenues, northeast corner, stopping westbound
Sunnydale Avenue (makes this T-intersection an all-way STOP) (Parking
and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No.2159.)
2/8/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.
010255
[Traffic Regulations, Various
Streets]
Resolution enacting
and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets.
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Folsom Street, both sides, from 6th Street to 30 feet westerly (30-foot
zone, along 18-foot wide sidewalk bulb)
NO LEFT TURN - ESTABLISH
3rd Street, both directions, at Armstrong Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Bancroft Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Donner Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Egbert Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Fitzgerald Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Le Conte Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Underwood Avenue
3rd Street, both directions, at Wallace Avenue
3rd Street, northbound, at Key Avenue
3rd Street, northbound, at Salinas Avenue
3rd Street, northbound, at Yosemite Avenue
3rd Street, southbound, at Hollister Avenue
3rd Street, southbound, at Ingerson Avenue
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
3rd Street, both sides, between Bancroft and Carroll Avenues
3rd Street, both sides, between Carroll and Donner Avenues
3rd Street, east side, between Gilman and Hollister Avenues
3rd Street, east side, between Jamestown and Key Avenues
3rd Street, east side, between Key and Le Conte Avenues
3rd Street, east side, between Le Conte and Meade Avenues
3rd Street, east side, between Underwood and Van Dyke Avenues
3rd Street, east side, between Van Dyke and Wallace Avenues
3rd Street, east side, from Bancroft Avenue to 80 feet northerly (80-foot
zone)
3rd Street, east side, from Donner Avenue to 60 feet southerly (60-foot
zone)
3rd Street, east side, from Fitzgerald Avenue to 65 feet southerly (65-foot
zone, along traffic island)
3rd Street, east side, from Fitzgerald Avenue to 82 feet northerly (82-foot
zone)
3rd Street, east side, from Gilman Avenue to 52 feet northerly (52-foot
zone)
3rd Street, east side, from Gilman Avenue to 60 feet northerly (60-foot
zone)
3rd Street, east side, from Hollister Avenue to 80 feet southerly (80-foot
zone)
3rd Street, east side, from Jamestown Avenue to 65 feet northerly (65-foot
zone)
3rd Street, east side, from Underwood Avenue to 42 feet northerly (42-foot
zone)
3rd Street, west side, between Lane Street and Yosemite Avenue (traffic
island)
3rd Street, west side, between Le Conte and Keith Avenues
3rd Street, west side, between Salinas and Jamestown Avenues
3rd Street, west side, between Underwood and Williams Avenues
3rd Street, west side, between Williams and Wallace Avenues
3rd Street, west side, from Donner Avenue to 72 feet southerly (72-foot
zone)
3rd Street, west side, from Paul Avenue to 368 feet southerly (368-foot
zone)
3rd Street, west side, from Paul Avenue to 374 feet northerly (374-foot
zone)
3rd Street, west side, from Salinas Avenue to 172 feet northerly (172-foot
zone)
3rd Street, west side, from Underwood Avenue to 70 feet northerly (70-foot
zone)
3rd Street, west side, from Yosemite Avenue to 110 feet southerly (110-foot
zone)
LEFT TURN ONLY - ESTABLISH
Hickory Street, eastbound, at Franklin Street
RIGHT TURN ONLY - ESTABLISH
Ritch Street, northbound, at Brannan Street
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Kearny Street, west side, from Francisco Street to 30 feet southerly
(30-foot zone) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2159.)
2/8/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.
010254
[Parking Regulations, Various
Locations]
Resolution enacting
and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.
NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND
San Bruno Avenue, west side, from north terminus north of 18th Street
to 32 feet southerly (32-foot zone to replaced with a longer zone)
NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
San Bruno Avenue, west side, from north terminus north of 18th Street
to 50 feet southerly (50-foot zone, replacing and extending existing
zone)
UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH
16th Street, north side, from 8th Street to 35 feet easterly (35-foot
zone, accommodating 10 motorcycle spaces) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2159.)
2/8/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.
010318
[Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and communications
received from February 8 through noon on February 14, for reference
by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered
filed by the Clerk on February 20, 2001.
From Office of the Legislative Analyst, submitting report regarding
non-budgeted overtime, both current and from the last five years. (1)
From Administrative Services, submitting reasons for the "no taping/posting
guidelines on walls in City Hall. Copy: Supervisor Yee, Deputy Clerk
(2)
From Public Utilities Commission, submitting request for release of
reserved funds ($2.5 million) to fund phase one (Gravity Belt Thickener
Project) of the construction of odor control remediation at the Southeast
Water Pollution Control Plant. (3)
From Supervisor Ammiano, submitting appointment of Jeanne Darrah as
member to the Park and Recreation Open Space Advisory Committee. Copy:
Rules Committee (4)
From Gebo Jera, submitting support to keep "protective, guard, and aggressive"
dogs muzzled and leashed at all times when out of their living units.
(5)
From Shannon Seaberg, submitting opposition to proposal to keep "large
dogs" muzzled in public. (6)
From Reva Bhatia, submitting support for proposal to keep dogs on leash
in San Francisco parks. (7)
From Office of the Controller, submitting six-month status report based
on revenues received and appropriations expended through December 31,
2000. (8)
From Iconoclast Productions, submitting press release announcing the
2001 African American Multimedia Conference, February 17-19, at the
Center for African American Art and Culture, located at 762 Fulton Street.
(9)
From Arthur Zanello, submitting opposition to the proposed temporary
moratorium on Rent Board processing or approval of landlord petitions
for certification and passthrough of capital improvement, rehabilitation
and energy conservation costs to tenants, during pendency of the Superior
Court’s preliminary injunction staying implementation of November 2000
Proposition H. 3 Letters (10)
From Public Utilities Commission, submitting Declaration of a Sewer
Emergency on Himmelmann Place at Broadway. Copy: Finance Committee (11)
From Office of the Mayor, submitting record of proceedings from the
State Legislation Committee meeting of February 7, 2001. (12)
From Senate Rules Committee, submitting notice of appointment of Jack
Clarke of Apple Valley as a member of the California Regional Water
Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region. (13)
From Gary Wesley, regarding proposed new fluoridation facility in the
East Bay. 3 Letters (14)
From Health Commission, regarding universal healthcare coverage for
uninsured San Franciscans. Copy: Each Supervisor (15)
From Civil Service Commission, submitting annual report for fiscal year
1999/00. (16)
From Real Estate, commenting that information requested by Supervisor
Newsom was provided verbally to his staff January 4, 2001, with the
understanding that a verbal response satisfied his inquiry. (Reference
No. 20001218-001) (17)
From Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector, regarding information
relevant to the number of server farms or telecom hotels located in
the City. (Reference No. 20010129-007) Copy: Supervisor Maxwell (18)
From California Legislature, submitting notice of hearing addressing
the question of how California should respond to the challenge of rapid
growth (housing and transportation) to be held in the City of Mountain
View, City Hall on February 28 from 3 to 6 p.m. Copy: Each Supervisor
(19)
From Department of Building Inspection, submitting request for an increase
in salaries and benefits package for all engineers and inspectors in
San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor (20)
From Raymond Willis, submitting a brief summary regarding the Sunshine
Ordinance Task Force referral to the Board of Supervisors requesting
Attorney General’s advisory opinion on termination of Dawn Clements
from the MBE/WBE/LBE Special Advisory Committee. (21)
From Youth Commission, submitting support for proposed legislation urging
the Department of Public Health to calculate the amount of money spent
annually on uninsured children residing in the City of San Francisco.
File 010169 (22)
From Youth Commission, submitting support for proposed legislation urging
the San Francisco Unified School District to consider every alternative
to using Eucalyptus Drive and 25th Avenue as routes of entrance and
exit for construction and delivery vehicles during the construction
of the new Science/Academic wing at Lowell High School. File 010165
(23)
From Youth Commission, submitting support for proposed legislation urging
the San Francisco Unified School District to make the rebuilding of
Parkside School a top priority. File 010172 (24)
From Department of Human Services, submitting second report regarding
the activities of the CalWORKS Oversight Committee. (25)
From Office of the Controller, submitting report concerning the financial
audit of the Statement of Cash and Investments of the Office of the
Treasurer and Tax Collector for the quarter ended September 30, 2000.
(26)
From Employees’ Retirement System, submitting Certification of the Employees’
Retirement Board Election held from January 17 - 31, 2001. 2 letters
(27)
From Port, submitting the monthly Storm Water Management Report submitted
on January 31, 2001 to the Regional Water Quality Control Board. (28)
From SF Environment, submitting an amended version of the Department’s
analysis of Muni’s staff report on California Air Resources Board transit
bus emissions regulations. Copy: Each Supervisor (29)
From Delinquency Prevention Commission, submitting notice that Trina
De Joya is now delinquent in her duties as Commissioner for Seat No.
9, to the Delinquency Prevention Commission due to excess absences as
outlined in the bylaws. Rules Committee (30)
From William Martorana, submitting support for the enactment of Proposition
N, controls on rental conversions, on the November 2000 General Election
in San Francisco. (31)
From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding installation of a
Stop sign at 17th Avenue and Rivera Street. File 002113 (32)
From Gail Lindlow, submitting support for continued funding of the Neighborhood
Emergency Response Team (NERT) program conducted by the San Francisco
Fire Department. (33)
From various signators, submitting Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests:
(34)
Nichole Truax
William Barnes
Harvey Rose
Frank Darby
Erasmo Vazquez
Jenny Lam
From Helen’s Family Day Care, submitting valentines to all the Board
of Supervisors in appreciation of all their support. Copy: Each Supervisor
(35)
From San Francisco Tomorrow, submitting support for passage of "Santa
Clara BART Buy In" (Geary Street light rail line). File 010228 Copy:
Each Supervisor (36)
From State Department of Health Services, submitting forms and instructions
necessary for completing the NDSHR Fund Balance Report for fiscal year
1999/00. (37)
From State Department of Health Services, submitting guidelines and
forms for the submission of the County Health Services Report of Actual
Financial Data for fiscal year 1999/00. (38)
From Jazherah MacMornna, commenting on the serious crime problems in
the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. (39)
From District Six Coalition, submitting notice of press conference regarding
deferred maintenance that many tenants have endured for years living
in four AIMCO-owned developments, on February 13, at 2:15 p.m. at 35
Lillian Street, (business office of AIMCO properties). Copy: Each Supervisor
(40)
From Sandy Close, submitting notice of "EXPO of Ethnic Media" at the
Masonic Auditorium, on February 15th, starting at 9 a.m. Copy: Each
Supervisor (41)
From Steven Bayt, submitting support for the national print media to
make February 17th Randy Shilts Memorial AIDS test day. 2 letters (42)
From SF Gate News, regarding the energy crisis in California. (43)
From Fire Department, submitting annual inspection of Sheriff’s Department,
County Jail #9 at 425 7th Street. (44)
From Recreation and Park Department, regarding illegal employment procedures
at the Recreation and Park Department. Copy: Mayor, City Attorney, Department
of Human Resources (45)
From Keith Saggers, submitting suggestions for the improvement of Market
Street. (46)
From Tish Brown, submitting press release announcing the "celebration
of the genius of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec" at California Palace of the
Legion of Honor, April 21st from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (47)
From St. Brigid’s Catholic School, submitting appreciation to the many
people who work to make our city and their school better. Copy: Each
Supervisor (48)
From Commission of Animal Control and Welfare, regarding aggressive
dogs in public areas of San Francisco and in the common areas of privately
or commercially owned properties in San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor
(49)
From Joseph Porcoro, submitting opposition to the proposal to locate
the Day Labor Program in the facilities at 3120 Mission Street. (50)
From Department of Public Works, submitting request for release of reserved
funds for overtime and a portion of the funding for 60 new general laborer
positions. (51)
From BART, regarding BART/MUNI Fast Pass reliability in BART faregate
machines. (Reference No. 20000925-002) Copy: Supervisor Ammiano (52)
From Fredrick Hobson, submitting copy of letter sent to the Chair of
the Animal Control and Welfare Commission encouraging her to obtain
a copy of the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance of 1999 and the Ralph
Brown Public Meetings and Records Act of the State of California. (parcel
fax received) (53)
From Department of Public Health, submitting names of the San Francisco
participants for the one-day Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act
workshop scheduled for March 2001. (54)
From Office of the Treasurer, submitting activities of portfolio during
the past seven months, the results reflect earnings of pooled and the
total funds, some of which have been severely restricted by arbitrage
regulations. (55)
From United States Department of the Interior, responding to inquiries
regarding discretionary enforcement of the existing federal regulation
requiring all pets to be on leash where permitted in national park areas
and that the park would explore options for managing off-leash use in
a more formal manner, and would consult with stakeholder groups involved
in this issue. Files 20010129-005 and 200101116-006, Copy: Supervisors
Leno, Newsom (56)
From concerned citizens, commenting on different ways to control dogs
in public places. 6 Letters (57)
From concerned citizens, regarding the Municipal Utility District proposal.
Files 002110, 002111 (58)
From Mayor’s Office of Homelessness, regarding participation in the
2001 Combined Charities Drive. (59)
From concerned citizens, submitting a Valentine’s Day greeting to the
Board of Supervisors. 4 cards (60)
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 ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing
electronic devices is prohibited. Violators may be removed from the
meeting room. 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 AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK.
Board meetings are televised on channel 26. For video tape copies and
scheduling call (415) 557-4293.
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