# Board of Supervisors Agenda: April 23, 2001 - Meeting date: 2001-04-23 - Document type: agenda - Source format: HTML - Extracted pages: 1 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1544/2001-04-23-agenda) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfbos.archive.sf.gov/ftp/meetingarchive/full_board/index.aspx-page=2435.html) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Extracted text ### [Page 1](https://sfbos.info/documents/1544/2001-04-23-agenda#page-1) 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 Monday, April 23, 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 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 6 Recommendation of the Audit, Labor and Government Efficiency Committee Present: Supervisors Newsom, Daly, McGoldrick 1. 010514 [Settlement of Lawsuit] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Sarona Collins and James Dannenberg against the City and County of San Francisco for $125,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 26, 2000 in Superior Court, Case No. 309-463; entitled Sarona Collins and James Dannenberg, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the City agrees that it will attempt to expedite the payment of this settlement. (City Attorney) 4/16/2001, PASSED, ON FIRST READING. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? Recommendation of the Economic Vitality, Small Business and Social Policy Committee Present: Supervisors Sandoval, Newsom, Maxwell 2. 010493 [State Grant] Mayor Resolution authorizing the Mayor’s Criminal Justice Council (MCJC) to retroactively accept and expend funds in the amount of $592,198 from the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP), State of California, from funds made available under the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) Program. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? Recommendations of the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Daly, Peskin 3. 010446 [Stop Intersections] Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Griffith and Quesada Streets, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Quesada Street (makes this uncontrolled intersection a two-way STOP) Rutland Street and Tucker Avenue, northwest and southeast corners, stopping Rutland Street (makes this an all-way STOP) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 2181.) Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 4. 010447 [Parking Regulations, Various Locations] Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 5 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH 9th Avenue, both sides, between Judah and Kirkham Streets (1400 block) Kirkham Street, both sides, between 9th and 10th Avenues (500 block) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "O" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH 16th Avenue, both sides, between Santiago Street and Cecilia Avenue (northern portion of 2300 block) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "W" (1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH 26th Street, both sides, between Hampshire and York Streets (2800 block) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 2181.) Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 5. 010448 [Traffic Regulations, Various Streets] Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. MULTIPLE RIGHT TURN LANES - ESTABLISH 4th Street, southbound, at King Street NO RIGHT TURN ON RED - ESTABLISH Powell Street, southbound, at Jackson Street NO RIGHT TURN ON RED, 3 PM - 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Fremont Street, southbound, at Harrison Street Main Street, southbound, at Harrison Street Spear Street, southbound, at Harrison Street NO RIGHT TURNS - RESCIND NO RIGHT TURNS, 3 PM - 8 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Harrison Street, eastbound, at 1st Street NO LEFT TURNS, 3 PM - 7 PM - RESCIND NO LEFT TURNS, 3 PM - 8 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Harrison Street, westbound, at Essex Street NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND NO STOPPING, EXCEPT 5 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Mission Street, south side, from 218 feet to 328 feet east of 5th Street (110-foot zone) STREET CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, 11 AM - 2 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Shaw Alley, between Mission and Minna Streets NO TURN ON RED - ESTABLISH Stockton Street, both directions, at Clay Street Stockton Street, both directions, at Jackson Street Stockton Street, both directions, at Pacific Avenue Stockton Street, both directions, at Washington Street Clay Street, eastbound, at Stockton Street Jackson Street, eastbound, at Stockton Street Pacific Avenue, westbound, at Stockton Street Washington Street, westbound, at Stockton Street (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 2181.) Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 6. 010479 [Grant funds for Traffic Collision Records Management System] Resolution authorizing the Department of Parking and Traffic to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $60,000 from the State of California-Office of Traffic Safety for implementation of a comprehensive traffic collision records management system. (Parking and Traffic Department) 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 Recommendations of the Finance Committee Present: Supervisors Leno, Peskin, Gonzalez 7. 010249 [Government Funding, Department of Elections] Ordinance appropriating $2,411,887 from the General Fund Reserve to fund salaries, fringe benefits, other current expenses, materials and supplies, and equipment for the Department of Elections for fiscal year 2000-2001; placing funds in the amount of $800,000 on reserve; placing an additional $251,000 of previously appropriated Fiscal Year 2000-2001 funds for the Department on reserve; providing for ratification of action previously taken. (Controller) (Fiscal impact.) 4/16/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? 8. 010529 [Cesar Chavez City Holiday] Supervisors Sandoval, Gonzalez, Daly, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Ammiano Ordinance amending Chapter 16, Article 1 of the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 16.5 to create an official holiday for March 31st, the birthday of Cesar Chavez. 4/16/2001, AMENDED. Supervisor Gonzalez moved to amend by adding subparagraph (c) as follows: (c) The process for establishing a paid holiday for City employees is the following: (1) For employees represented by an employee organization whose labor contract (Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU) contains the following, or a similar, provision "[A]ny day declared to be a holiday by proclamation of the Mayor after such day has heretofore been declared a holiday by the Governor...or the President..." the Mayor may, by proclamation, provide a paid holiday for those employees covered by the MOU. (2) For employees represented by an employee organization whose MOU does not contain the language included in subparagraph (1) above, or if the Mayor does not exercise her or his authority under the language in subparagraph (1) above, the Mayor, through the Department of Human Resources, may meet and confer with employee representatives and propose an amendment to 4/16/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? 9. 010437 [Settlement of business tax lawsuits; authorization to make binding settlement offers; authorization to settle unlitigated claims] Supervisors Peskin, Leno, Hall, Maxwell, Yee Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuits filed by Eastman Kodak Company and General Motors Corporation versus the City and County of San Francisco by payment of a total amount not to exceed $102,628.10 plus interest; the Eastman Kodak lawsuit was filed on April 22, 1999 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 302983 (Court of Appeal No. A091910), entitled Eastman Kodak Company v. City and County of San Francisco; the General Motors lawsuit was filed on February 24, 1999 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 301510 (Court of Appeal A091914), entitled General Motors Corporation v. City and County of San Francisco; the other material terms of the settlements are that the settlements shall include any claims for the 2000 tax year, plaintiffs shall not file any claims for refunds otherwise due pursuant to any repeal of the gross receipts tax ordinance for the 2000 tax year, the plaintiffs shall agree to join in an application for a stipulated reversal of the trial court decisions pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 128; authorizing the City Attorney to make offers to allow judgment pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 998 in various business tax cases, for a total amount not to exceed $58,164,317.15; and further authorizing settlement of unlitigated claims, for a total amount not to exceed $345,981.79. (Supervisor Gonzalez dissenting in Committee.) 3/12/2001, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Peskin submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. 4/2/2001, MOTION to excuse Supervisor Newsom from voting on this matter. 4/2/2001, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor McGoldrick requested his name be removed as co-sponsor. 4/9/2001, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Ammiano moved to continue consideration to April 16, 2001. 4/16/2001, AMENDED. April 2, 2001 - Supervisor Newsom excused from voting in Board. Supervisor Ammiano moved to amend as follows: Page 1, line 5: reduce $112,889.78 by 9.09% to $102,628.10; Page 1, line 18: reduce $63,980,109.06 by 9.09% to $58,164,317.15; Page 1, line 19: reduce $380,576.16 by 9.09% to $345,981.79; Page 2, line 5: reduce $112,889.78 by 9.09% to $102,628.10; 4/16/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? From Finance Committtee Without Recommendation Present: Supervisors Leno, Peskin, Gonzalez 10. 010274 [Business Tax Gross Receipts] Supervisors Gonzalez, Peskin, Maxwell, Hall, Sandoval, Daly, McGoldrick Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to (1) repeal Section 917.1 of Article 12-A and all of Article 12-B to eliminate the gross receipts method of calculating the tax on businesses; (2) enact a new Article 12 to amend business registration requirements consistent with the repeal of Article 12-B; and (3) enact a new Article 12-B to refund gross receipts-based tax payments for the 2000 tax year to the extent that such payments exceeded businesses’ tax liability for such year as measured by their payroll expense. (Fiscal impact.) 4/2/2001, MOTION to excuse Supervisor Newsom from voting on this matter. 4/2/2001, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Ammiano moved to continue consideration to April 9, 2001. 4/9/2001, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Ammiano moved to continue consideration to April 16, 2001. 4/16/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING. April 2, 2001 - Supervisor Newsom excused from voting in Board. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? NEW BUSINESS Recommendation of the Economic Vitality, Small Business and Social Policy Committee Present: Supervisors Sandoval, Newsom 11. 010539 [State Grant] Mayor, Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval Resolution authorizing the Mayor’s Criminal Justice Council (MCJC) to accept and expend funds in the amount of $2,831,068 from the State Board of Corrections, from funds made available under Assembly Bill 1913 - known as the Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (CPA 2000), for programs and approaches that have been demonstrated to be effective in reducing delinquency, as amended by the Board. 4/2/2001, SEVERED FROM FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA. Supervisor Gonzalez requested this matter be severed so it could be considered separately. 4/2/2001, REFERRED to Economic Vitality, Small Business and Social Policy Committee. Supervisor Gonzalez requested this matter be sent to committee. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? Recommendations of the Finance Committee Present: Supervisors Leno, Peskin, Gonzalez 12. 010454 [Health Service System] Supervisor Leno Ordinance amending Chapter 16, Article XV, of Part I of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Administrative Code) by amending Section 16.703 regarding Board approval of Health Service System Plans and Contribution Rates. (Fiscal impact.) Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? 13. 010466 [Appropriation, funding for the increase of expenditures on the Indigent Defense Program] Ordinance appropriating $1,200,000 from the General Fund Reserve for the projected shortfall in the Indigent Defense Program at the Trial Court for fiscal year 2000-01; providing for ratification of action previously taken. (Controller) (Fiscal impact.) Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? 14. 010471 [Appropriation, funding the Octavia Boulevard Construction Project] Supervisor Leno Ordinance appropriating $348,196 of lease revenues from former Central Freeway right-of-way parcels currently used as parking lots to fund design, construction, development and maintenance of road improvements on Octavia Boulevard by Public Works in fiscal year 2000-01. (Controller) (Fiscal impact.) Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? 15. 010546 [Prevailing Wage] Resolution fixing the highest general prevailing rate of wages, including wages for overtime and holiday work, for various crafts and kinds of labor as paid for similar work in private employment in the City and County of San Francisco at the rates certified to the Board by the Civil Service Commission on December 4, 2000, as modified by the Garage and Parking Lot Attendant Agreement (December 1, 2000 - November 30, 2003). (City Attorney) Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? Recommendations of the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Daly, Peskin 16. 010256 [Speed Limit on Chestnut between Hyde/Leavenworth Streets] Supervisor Newsom 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) Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? 17. 010487 [Double Parking] Supervisor Newsom Ordinance amending Traffic Code Section 53 to extend the ordinance to October 31, 2001. 3/26/2001, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Newsom submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? 18. 010361 [Street Vacation Intent, Mid-Embarcadero Roadway Project] Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to vacate portions of the Embarcadero and Folsom Streets between Howard and Harrison Streets in connection with the Mid-Embarcadero Roadway Project; setting the hearing date for May 14, 2001, at 3:00 P.M. for all persons interested in the proposed vacation of the street areas; and adopting findings that the vacation is consistent with the City’s General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1 and the applicable Redevelopment Plan Area. (Port) Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? Recommendation of the Public Utilities and Deregulation Committee Present: Supervisors Daly, Gonzalez 19. 010373 [Sunol Quarry] Supervisor Daly Resolution urging the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to discontinue plans for a quarry in Sunol that will result in safety and health impacts to students of Sunol Glen School and environmental desecration. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M. Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole 20. 010651 [Public Hearing] Hearing to examine the process of re-drawing the district lines within San Francisco. (April 9, 2001: Pursuant to motion adopted by the Board of Supervisors.) 4/16/2001, CONTINUED. Supervisor Sandoval moved to continue this matter to April 23, 2001. Action:___________________________ SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M. 21. 010661 [Public Hearing - Appeal, 692-696 De Haro St. Tentative Subdivision Map] Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Department of Public Works dated March 28, 2001, affirming approval of Tentative/Parcel Map to legalize the proposed subdivision of Lot 26 in Assessor’s Block 4031 into a three lot subdivision at 692-696 De Haro Street. (Companion measure to Files 010662, 010663, 010664; Filed on April 6, 2001) Action:___________________________ Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, notice is hereby given: If you challenge the above matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described above, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors, (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244; San Francisco, CA 94102-4689) at, or prior to, the public hearing. (Only one of the following two motions should be adopted.) 22. 010662 [692-696 De Haro Street Tentative Subdivision Map] Motion approving decision of the Director of Public Works, approving Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the proposed subdivision creating three lots in Assessor’s Block 4031, Lot 26, at 692-696 De Haro Street. (Clerk of the Board) Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 23. 010663 [692-696 De Haro Street Tentative Subdivision Map] Motion disapproving decision of the Director of Public Works, approving Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the proposed subdivision creating three lots in Assessor’s Block 4031, Lot 26, at 692-696 De Haro Street. (Clerk of the Board) Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 24. 010664 [Findings] Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the proposed subdivision creating three lots in Assessor’s Block 4031, Lot 26, at 692-696 De Haro Street, for consideration by the Board at its next meeting. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. 010719 [Legislative Analyst Request] Supervisor Daly Motion asking the Legislative Analyst to study and report on mortgage assistance programs used in other jurisdictions and the necessary steps and feasibility of establishing such as program in San Francisco. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 28. 010720 [Legislative Analyst Request] Supervisor Daly Motion asking the Legislative Analyst to report on the number of baked goods that San Francisco’s seniors would have to sell to earn $36 million for affordable housing, if these baked goods are sold for $0.25 each. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 29. 010712 [Legislative Analyst Request] Supervisor Sandoval Motion asking the Legislative Analyst to provide general research and analysis on San Francisco policy requiring limousine operators and owners to adhere to laws pertaining to commercial vehicles, including but not limited to overnight parking in residential areas; and to provide comparative information on other cities’ laws and policies regarding limousines as commercial vehicles. 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 30 through 52 30. 010683 [Business and Payroll Tax] Supervisor Gonzalez Resolution declaring the Board of Supervisors’ intent that if the courts strike down the "alternative tax" aspect of the City’s business tax, only the payroll expense measure of the tax should be applied, and relief should be limited to granting claimants a refund of the difference between any amount actually paid under the gross receipts measure of the business tax and what they would have paid under the payroll expense measure. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 31. 010684 [Business Tax Litigation Funds] Supervisors Leno, Maxwell Resolution urging, in the case of settlement, the businesses included in the proposed settlement of the "Business Tax Litigation" to return settlement monies to the San Francisco General Fund for discretionary spending, and that the City Controller track these funds which are returned to the General Fund, reporting to the Finance Committee on a regular basis. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 32. 010685 [Carbon dioxide emissions] Supervisor Gonzalez Resolution urging the governor and state legislature of California to direct state agencies and departments to implement a program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, in recognition of the tremendous environmental, economic, and public health threats posed by global warming. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 33. 010686 [Lease amendment, Theatre Bay Area] Supervisor Leno Resolution approving and authorizing a First Amendment to Lease with Theatre Bay Area, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, related to certain ticket kiosk premises located on Union Square, San Francisco, allowing for the lessee to vacate the original ticket kiosk premises, relocate temporarily to other premises and consent to the demolition of the original kiosk improvements; and authorizing and ratifying the execution and delivery by the General Manager of the Recreation and Parks Department of the First Amendment and any related documents, and the taking of such actions by said General Manager as may be necessary in furtherance of this resolution. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 34. 010687 [AB 1649, Fair Employment and Housing Act] Supervisors Leno, McGoldrick, Gonzalez Resolution urging the Assembly to pass AB 1649 authored by Jackie Goldberg to include "gender" in the Fair Employment and Housing Act. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 35. 010688 [SB 308, Child Care for Eligible Children Act] Supervisors Leno, Newsom, McGoldrick, Maxwell Resolution urging the California State Legislature to adopt and Governor Davis to sign SB 308 the Child Care for Eligible Children Act. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 36. 010689 [Inflammatory use of negative Chinese stereotypes] Supervisors McGoldrick, Yee, Leno Resolution condemning the inflammatory use of negative Chinese stereotypes by news media and calling on news media to institute measure to improve relations with Chinese-Americans. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 37. 010690 [Electric Service review] Supervisor Newsom Resolution instructing the Public Utilities Commission, the Board of Supervisors Budget Analyst and the Controller’s Office to assist the Board of Supervisors in determining the most effective means of providing electric service to the people of San Francisco by developing the following: 1) An analysis of the current book value of all assets of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E); and 2) The creation of a task force to determine what are the next steps necessary in order to acquire PG&E assets. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 38. 010713 [Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)] Supervisor Newsom Resolution instructing the Board of Supervisors Budget Analyst and the Controller’s Office to assist the Board of Supervisors in determining the most effective means of providing electric service to the people of San Francisco by developing the following: 1) An analysis of the current book value of all assets of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E); and 2) The creation of a task force to determine what are the next steps necessary in order to acquire PG&E assets. 4/18/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 39. 010691 [Analysis of electric service options] Supervisors Newsom, Hall Resolution requesting the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission to assist the Board of Supervisors with a full analysis of public power options and conservation/energy efficiency measures so that the Board may use this information to determine the best way of providing reliable, cost effective, environmentally responsible electric service to San Francisco. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 40. 010692 [Development Fees] Supervisors Peskin, Daly Resolution urging the Planning Commission to certify existing studies calculating the Average Area Purchase Price commissioned by the Mayor’s Office of Housing from 1997 through 2001, adjust the in lieu development fees during this time period accordingly, and collect from developers the sum of adjusted in lieu development fees to the maximum extent legally permissible. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 41. 010693 [HR 1487, tax relief for high tech workers] Supervisor Daly Resolution supporting H.R. 1487, which would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options, thereby changing the taxable event from the exercise of stock to the sale of stock. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 42. 010694 [Holocaust-era lawsuits] Supervisors Daly, Leno, Peskin Resolution urging the United States Department of Justice, Eastman Kodak Company, Standard Oil Corporation, International Telephone and Telegraph Company, International Business Machines, and Ford Motor Corporation to release documents related to Holocaust-era lawsuits. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 43. 010695 [Grant, Public Utilities] Supervisor McGoldrick Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $75,840 from the California Energy Commission to reduce peak load at Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 44. 010696 [Commendation] Supervisors Hall, Yee Resolution commending the Institute for Student Achievement for working in partnership with schools and school districts, in particular McAteer High School, to enable at-risk middle and high school students to stay in school, graduate, and go on to college or other post-secondary education, job training, or work. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 45. 010697 [Proclamation] Supervisors Leno, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Newsom Resolution declaring May 13 through 19, 2001, Juror Appreciation Week. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 46. 010698 [Proclamation] Supervisor Newsom Resolution ratifying that the Board of Supervisors declares the period between May 13th and June 17th, 2001 as "Elder Abuse Awareness Month" in the City and County of San Francisco. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 47. 010702 [Commendation] Supervisors Newsom, Sandoval Resolution commending the significant efforts of the San Francisco Veterans Equity Center (SFVEC), for providing social, educational, legal, recreational and other services to over 800 Filipino veterans and urging the Mayor to allocate $250,000 an annual budget line item beginning with the Fiscal Year 2001-02 to support the continued operations of the Filipino Veterans Equity Center. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 48. 010703 [Commendation] Supervisor Sandoval Resolution commending the organizations and individuals who spoke up for the youth of San Francisco on ’Speak Up for Kids Day’ at City Hall. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 49. 010704 [Commendation] Supervisor Yee Resolution commending Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron for being awarded the 2001 Pritzker Architecture Prize. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 50. 010700 [Special off site meetings of the Finance] Motion setting special off site meetings of the Finance Committee for the purpose of receiving community input on the City and County of San Francisco’s 2001-2002 budget. (Clerk of the Board) (Saturday, May 12, 2001, 10:00 a.m., James Denman Middle School Auditorium, 241 Oneida Street; Wednesday, May 16, 2001, 7:00 p.m., Stonestown YMCA, Lane Senior Annex 3150 20th Avenue; Thursday, May 17, 2001, 7 p.m., Everett Middle School, 450 Church Street; Saturday, May 19, 2001, 12:00 p.m., Southeast Community Facility, 1800 Oakdale Avenue; Wednesday, May 23, 2001, 7 p.m., George Moscone Elementary School, 2576 Harrison Street; Wednesday, May 30, 2001, 5:30 p.m., Tenderloin Police Station, 301 Eddy Street; Thursday, May 31, 2001, 6:30 p.m., Newcomer High School, 2340 Jackson Street.) 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 51. 010727 [Final Map for a 12 Unit Live/Work Condominium Project] Motion approving Final Map of 370 7th Street, a Live/Work Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 198, Assessor’s Block No. 3755, and adopting findings pursuant to City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department) (DPW Order No. 172,903.) 4/18/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 52. 010721 [Needle Exchange Emergency] Supervisors Ammiano, Newsom, Yee, Leno, Daly, Peskin, McGoldrick, Maxwell Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program. 4/16/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________ 53. 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 April 12 through noon on April 18, for reference by President to appropriate committee on April 23, 2001. 010675 [Parking Regulations on Turk Street, between Gough and Laguna Streets] Ordinance amending Section 32.6.24 of the San Francisco Traffic Code, regarding parking regulations on Turk Street, between Gough and Laguna Streets. (Parking and Traffic Department) 4/16/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee. 010711 [Appropriation, funding the Sheriff’s Department shortfalls in salary, overtime, holiday pay and workers compensation] Ordinance appropriating $2,971,186 from the General Fund Reserve to cover the shortfalls on salaries, overtime, holiday pay and workers compensation at the Sheriff’s Department for fiscal year 2000-01. (Controller) 4/16/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS Proposed resolutions received from April 12 through noon on April 18, for reference by President to appropriate committee on April 23, 2001. 010672 [STOP Intersections] Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH 20th and Minnesota Streets, northeast corner, stopping westbound 20th Street (makes this a one-way STOP) Bacon and Princeton Streets (east), northeast corner, stopping westbound Bacon Street (makes this T-intersection a two-way STOP) Bacon and Princeton Streets (west), southwest corner, stopping eastbound Bacon Street (makes this T-intersection a two-way STOP) Pierce and Sacramento Streets, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Sacramento Street (makes this an all-way STOP) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 2204.) 4/16/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee. 010673 [Parking Regulations at Various Locations] Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "L" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - RESCIND RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "BB" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 8 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Annapolis Terrace, both sides, between Golden Gate Avenue and Turk Street (unit block) Chabot Terrace, both sides, between Golden Gate Avenue and Turk Street (unit block) Golden Gate Avenue, north side, between Masonic and Parker Avenues (2200 through 2500 blocks) Kittredge Terrace, both sides, between Golden Gate Avenue and Turk Street (unit block) Masonic Avenue, west side, between Golden Gate Avenue and Turk Street (300 block) Parker Avenue, east side, between Golden Gate Avenue and Turk Street (500 block) Roselyn Terrace, both sides, between Golden Gate Avenue and Turk Street (unit block) Tamalpais Terrace, both sides, between Golden Gate Avenue and Turk Street (unit block) Temescal Terrace, both sides, between Golden Gate Avenue and Turk Street (unit block) Turk Street, south side, between Masonic and Parker Avenues (2300 through 2800 blocks) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "U" - ESTABLISH 920 Harrison Street, north side, between 5th and 6th Streets (adds specified address only) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "X" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - RESCIND Pennsylvania Street, both sides, between 18th and 19th Streets (300 block) DIAGONAL (60-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH 25th Street, south side, from 45 feet to 321 feet east of Illinois Street (276-foot zone) 25th Street, south side, from 580 feet to 792 feet east of Illinois Street (212-foot zone) PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - RESCIND Hollister Avenue, north side, from 3rd Street to 56 feet easterly (56-foot zone) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 2204.) 4/16/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee. 010674 [Traffic Regulations on Various Streets] Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH 25th Street, both sides, between 3rd and Illinois Streets 25th Street, south side, from Illinois Street to 41 feet easterly (41-foot zone, along sidewalk bulb) Cesar Chavez Street, north side, between 3rd and Illinois Streets Cesar Chavez Street, north side, between Illinois and Michigan Streets Cesar Chavez Street, north side, from Illinois Street to 37 feet easterly (37-foot zone, along sidewalk bulb) Cesar Chavez Street, south side, from Illinois Street to 105 feet westerly (105-foot zone) Cesar Chavez Street, south side, from Illinois Street to 32 feet easterly (32-foot zone, along sidewalk bulb) Illinois Street, both sides, from Cesar Chavez Street to 53 feet northerly (53-foot zone, along sidewalk bulb) Illinois Street, east side, from 25th Street to 64 feet southerly (64-foot zone, along sidewalk bulb) Illinois Street, west side, from 25th Street to 23 feet northerly (23-foot zone, along sidewalk bulb) Illinois Street, west side, from 25th Street to 63 feet southerly (63-foot zone, along sidewalk bulb) NO TURN ON RED - ESTABLISH Lombard Street, eastbound, at The Embarcadero ONE-WAY STREET - ESTABLISH 20th Street, westbound, between Minnesota and Indiana Streets (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 2204.) 4/16/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee. 010723 [Branch Library General Obligation Bond Issuance] Resolution providing the issuance of not to exceed $105,865,000 aggregate principal amount of City and County of San Francisco General Obligation Bonds (Branch Library Facilities Improvement Bonds, 2000); authorizing the execution, authentication and registration of said Bonds; providing for the levy of a tax to pay the principal and interest thereof; providing for the appointment of depositories and other agents for said Bonds; providing for the establishment of accounts related thereto; ratifying certain actions previously taken; and granting general authority to City officials to take necessary actions in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of said bonds. (Mayor) 4/18/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. 010724 [Branch Library General Obligation Bond Sale] Resolution authorizing and directing the sale of not to exceed $17,665,000 City and County of San Francisco General Obligation Bonds (Branch Library Facilities Improvement Bonds, 2000) Series 2001E; prescribing the form and terms of said Bonds, authorizing the execution, authentication and registration of said Bonds; providing for the appointment of depositories and other agents for said Bonds; providing for the establishment of accounts related thereto; approving the forms of Official Notice of Sale and Notice of Intention to Sell Bonds; directing the publication of the Notice of Intention to Sell Bonds; approving the form and execution of the official statement relating thereto; approving the form of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate; approving modifications to documents; ratifying certain actions previously taken; and granting general authority to City officials to take necessary actions in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of said Bonds. (Mayor) 4/18/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. 010725 [Federal grant for seven (7) Municipal Railway capital projects and activities] Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency Board to accept and expend $14,392,697 of federal formula and earmarked Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ), Surface Transportation Program (STP) capital assistance for seven Municipal Railway capital projects and activities, and including $1,327,174 for administrative overhead costs. (Public Utilities Commission) 4/18/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee. 010726 [Bicycle Plan] Resolution readopting the San Francisco Bicycle Plan. (Parking and Traffic Department) (San Francisco Bicycle Plan dated March 10, 1997 prepared by Wilbur Smith Associates for Department of Parking and Traffic.) 4/18/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee. 010728 [Petitions and Communications] Petitions and Communications received from April 12 through noon on April 18, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on April 23, 2001. From various City departments, regarding documents distributed by department which would require translation into Spanish and Chinese in order to meet the provisions of the Equal Access to Services Ordinance. Copy: Supervisor Leno (1) Police Department (Reference No. 20010305-018) Department of Elections (Reference No. 20010409-032) From Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority, regarding projects under the management of the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority. (2) From Office of Citizen Complaints, submitting annual report for 2000. (3) From various City departments, providing a list of all city contracts that currently exist with the following companies: Eastman Kodak, Chevron, Costco, Levi Strauss & Co., The Hearst Corporation, Nieman Marcus, Salomon Smith Barney, Charles Schwab, Walgreens Co., The San Francisco Giants, Macy’s, General Motors, PG&E, Pacific Bell, Safeway, Hewlett-Packard, Nordstrom, Providan Financial, Xerox, the Gap, Shorenstein, Bechtel. (Reference No. 20010402-001) Copy: Supervisor Sandoval (4) Police Department Ethics Commission Law Library From Department of Public Health, regarding proposed regulations for the reporting of persons with HIV infection using a non-name Code. (5) From Youth Commission, submitting support for the following proposed legislation in support of Assembly Bill 869 strengthening arts and education in California’s Public Schools; and resolution requesting that businesses included in the settlement of the "Business Tax Litigation" spend settlement monies, other than those needed to pay for legal fees, on programs for San Francisco youth. Files 0105324, 010536 (6) From District Attorney, regarding the number of arrests and convictions for malicious mischief due to vandalism of bus shelters over the last three years. (Reference No. 20010326-017) Copy: Supervisor Newsom (7) From Youth Commission, submitting the following resolutions: supporting the "One Land, One People" Ethnic Studies Conference on March 30, 2001; urging the Department of Parking and Traffic to make an extensive effort to enhance pedestrian safety at the end of Phelan Avenue, especially in front of Archbishop Riordan High School, by adding flashing crosswalk lights; urging the Mayor, Board of Supervisors, City departments, as well as the citizens of San Francisco to recognize the numerous positive contributions youth make to our city, state and country; commending Assemblyman Shelley for amending section 836 of the penal code, relating to arrests; honoring the United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO for it’s efforts in educating youth about the life of Cesar Chavez, and it’s work in the Cesar Chavez holiday parade, as well as officially supporting the 2001 Cesar Chavez parade to be held on March 31, 2001; urging the Board of Supervisors to waive all fees to minors 17 and under at swimming pools throughout the City and County of San Francisco; requesting sanitary conditions (restrooms) be improved at San Francisco Middle and High Schools. (8) From Department of Building Inspection, submitting ten cellular antenna permit applications filed for the following addresses: 55 Francisco Street, 1689-1693 Folsom Street, 800 Sutter/801 Jones Street, 1633 Fillmore Street, 375 Alabama Street, 532 Market Street, 3080 California Street, 4200 Balboa Street, 5339-5351 Geary Boulevard, 1177 Harrison Street. (Reference No. 20000403-002) Copy: Supervisor Yee (9) From Planning Department, submitting background material on the gating of Meacham Place. Copy: Each Supervisor (10) From various City departments, regarding performance audits in the past ten years. Copy: Supervisor McGoldrick (11) Department of Telecommunications and Information Services (Reference No. 20010226-107) Ethics Commission (Reference No. 20010226-065) Department of Convention Facilities Management (Reference No. 20010226-100) Employees’ Retirement System (Reference No. 20010226-092) Law Library (Reference No. 20010226-104) Department of Public Works (Reference No. 20010226-109) From Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector, submitting Bureau of Delinquent Revenue Quarterly Report for the period January 1, 2001 through March 31, 2001. (12) From Juvenile Probation Department, submitting information regarding the Department’s fair and equitable treatment and needed programs and resources for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. (Reference No. 20010312-002) Copy: Supervisor Ammiano (13) From Office of the City Attorney, submitting monthly claims report settled by Department from March 1, 2001 through March 31, 2001. (14) From AT&T, submitting information as to why there is an observed rate disparity for AT&T/TCI Cable customers between the different neighborhoods in San Francisco. (Reference Nos. 20010305-002, 20010305-003) Copy: Supervisor Ammiano (15) From State Department of Child Support Services, regarding job search orders for non-custodial parents receiving CalWORKS benefits. (16) From Department of Building Inspection, submitting notice of violations issued (3,586), among the various divisions within the Department during the period of January 1 through December 31, 2000. (Reference No. 20010220-03) Copy: Supervisor Newsom (17) From Beverly Corbin, requesting the Board’s assistance regarding the health and safety conditions at the Department of Human Services Building at 1235 Mission Street. Copy: Audit, Labor and Government Efficiency Committee members (18) From San Francisco Small Business Advocates, expressing appreciation for a productive meeting with Board of Supervisors staff. Copy: Supervisor Daly (19) From Western Water Company, submitting petitions for approval from the State Water Resources Control Board for temporary transfers of water made available through on-farm conservation practices undertaken by agricultural water users located in Northern California. (20) From AT&T Broadband, submitting payment for AT&T’s Quarterly CTPC Fee for the first quarter of 2001. 2 Letters (21) From Bruce Harris, submitting opposition to the proposed Sunol Quarry expansion in Alameda County. File 010373 (22) From State Department of Child Support Services, submitting name of new contact for updating any county information for the State Department of Child Support Services, such as address, new staff, phone numbers. (23) From Department of Public Works, regarding the feasibility of Great Highway beautification. (Reference No. 20010220-009) Copy: Supervisors Hall, Newsom, McGoldrick (24) From Maria Matson, submitting support for proposed legislation transferring jurisdiction over certain real property located at Drumm Street, between Clay and Washington Streets, (Assessor’s Block 202 and 203) from the Department of Public Works to the Recreation and Park Commission; and providing that no building, improvement or structure may be constructed on the surfaces of such parcels and adjoining Assessor’s Block 202. File 010620 (25) From Peter Warfield, submitting two editorials praising the Board’s work in cutting out the collection agency from the library’s fines and fees measure, and providing a library fine amnesty. File 010452 (26) From Animal Control and Welfare Commission, recommending that fares for animals accompanying their guardians on the Municipal Railway system (MUNI) be eliminated effective August 2001. Copy: Each Supervisor (27) From Frederick Hobson, submitting copy of letter sent to the State Attorney General requesting approval of the proposed affiliation between St. Luke’s Hospital and Sutter Health. (28) From San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission, (LAFCO), submitting copy of "Procedures for Evaluation of Proposals for the Formation of Districts Initiated by Government Entities" which was adopted by LAFCO at its April 5, 2001 meeting. File 010310, Copy: Each Supervisor (29) From Police Department, regarding how the Department keeps domestic violence statistics. (Reference No. 20010319-016) (30) From United States Senator Feinstein, submitting copy of letter to a constituent regarding her asbestos case. (31) From Suzanne Martin, submitting support for proposal to ban the sale of fur in San Francisco. (32) From Office of the Controller, submitting changes to the Children’s Fund as a result of passage of Proposition D, adopted by the voters on November 7, 2000, amending Charter Section 16.108. (33) From Department of Parking and Traffic, submitting report on the activities of the Pedestrian Safety Interdepartmental Working Group. File 001219 (34) From concerned citizens, submitting support for the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) program given by the Fire Department. 3 Letters (35) From State Rules Committee, submitting reappointment of Linda Moulton-Patterson of Sacramento as a member of the California Integrated Waste Management Board, term ending January 1, 2005. (36) From State Department of Health Services, regarding the Emergency Medical Services Appropriation agreement for fiscal year 2000/01 has been signed. (37) From State Commission on the Status of Women, submitting notice of an informational forum on Gender Equity in Education, May 7, 2001 at 1500 11th Street, Sacramento, CA. (38) Michael Nulty, regarding dismissal by Superior Court Judge Regan for four temporary Restraining Orders and an Order to Show Cause that were filed and signed by a judge on behalf of Rent Board Commissioner Frederick Hobson. (39) From Phyllis Hunt, submitting opposition to the proposed sports facility for Piers 27-31. (40) Number not used. (41) From Comite Mexicano Civico Patriotico, submitting invitation to Cinco de Mayo event, May 6, at the Band Shell in Golden Gate Park at 12:30 p.m. Copy: Each Supervisor (42) From Robert Strauss, submitting support for proposed legislation to prohibit tenancies-in-common where an exclusive right of occupancy exists but is not specified in the deed. File 010226 (43) From Vincent Poy, regarding his experience with the San Francisco Housing Authority. (44) From Frontlines Newspaper, regarding the energy crises in California. 3 Letters (45) From Frontlines Newspaper, submitting notice of rally and march against the Free Trade Across the Americas on April 21 starting at noon at 24th and Mission Streets. (46) From Lombard Place Tenants Association, regarding capital improvement Case Nos. L980258 through L980260. (47) From Governor’s Communications Office, submitting update newsletter dated April 11, 2001. (48) From Merchants of Upper Market and Castro Streets, submitting donation of the "Rainbow Banners" that are on Market Street from Dolores to Castro Streets. Copy: Each Supervisor (49) From Jocelyn Cohen, regarding the development at King Street and our urban forest. (50) From Mike Shriver, regarding HIV pharmaceutical ads and their impact on new HIV infections and risk-taking. File 010345 Copy: Each Supervisor (51) From Jeff Becerra, regarding the nomination of a Clean Air Champion. (52) From Jackie Kious, regarding the dog leash policy at Fort Funston. (53) From CALFED Bay-Delta Program, submitting newsletter dated March 2001. (54) From Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, submitting request for a letter of support for a technical assistance grant from the National League of Cities for expanding learning opportunities during after school hours. (55) 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. 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