# Board of Supervisors Agenda: February 20, 2001

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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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo; 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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo; Retirement System, submitting Certification of the Employees&rsquo;
 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&rsquo;s
 analysis of Muni&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;s Office of Homelessness, regarding participation in the
 2001 Combined Charities Drive. (59)

 From concerned citizens, submitting a Valentine&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;s business. This ordinance assures that
 deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations
 are open to the people&rsquo;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
