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Board of Supervisors
City and County of San Francisco
Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
AGENDA - DRAFT
Monday, July 30, 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 8
Recommendations
of the Audit, Labor and Government Efficiency Committee
Present:
Supervisors Newsom, Daly, McGoldrick
1.
011131
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing
settlement of the lawsuit filed by Plaintiffs Vicki Rooker, et al. against
the City and County of San Francisco for $114,054.77; the lawsuit was
filed on March 9, 1999 in United States District Court, Case No. C99-1095;
entitled Rooker, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al; other
material terms of said settlement are: (1) settlement pertains only to
plaintiffs’ claims that the city improperly computed plaintiffs’ wages
during the time period plaintiffs worked as classification 2532 paramedics;
and (2) settlement proceeds to be broken out as follows: (i) $62,703.18
in back overtime wages; (ii) $31,351.59 in liquidated damages; and (iii)
$20,000 in attorneys’ fees. (City Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
2.
011132
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing
settlement of the lawsuit filed by CARMEN LeFRANC against the City and
County of San Francisco for $51,000.00; the lawsuit was filed on August
5, 1999 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 305440; entitled Carmen
LeFranc, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
3.
011302
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing
settlement of the lawsuit filed by Romulo Fontanilla against the City
and County of San Francisco for $95,000.00 as back pay, with the Court
to decide the amount of attorney’s fees and costs with a floor of $70,000.00
and a ceiling of $120,000.00; the lawsuit was filed on October 28, 1996
in the U.S. District Court, Case No. C96-3916 JCS; entitled Romulo Fontanilla,
et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
4.
011193
[Settlement of Claim]
Resolution approving
the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Knickerbocker Properties
XXXIII against San Francisco for $44,284.24; claim was filed on 04-06-2001;
additional material terms of said settlement is the signing of full and
final release of the City and County of San Francisco. (City Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
5.
011221
[Settlement of Claim]
Resolution approving
the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Christine Dean against
San Francisco for $32,000; claim was filed on October 30, 2000; additional
material term of said settlement is the signing of liability against the
City and County of San Francisco. (City Attorney)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations
of the Finance Committee
Present:
Supervisors Leno, Peskin, Gonzalez
6.
011229
[Contracting out facility security
services]
Resolution concurring
with the Controller’s certification that facility security services for
the Municipal Transportation Agency can be practically performed by a
private contractor at a lower cost than by City and County Employees.
(Municipal Transportation Agency)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
7.
011230
[Contracting out Convention
Facilities management, operation and maintenance services]
Resolution concurring
with the Controller’s certification that Convention Facilities management,
operation and maintenance services can be practically performed at Bill
Graham Civic Auditorium and the Moscone Center by private contractor for
a lower cost than similar work services performed by City and County employees.
(Administrative Services Department)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendation
of the Rules Committee
Present:
Supervisors Gonzalez, Hall, Ammiano
8.
011319
[Appointment]
Resolution appointing
Holli Thier, term ending November 30, 2002, to the Ballot Simplification
Committee.
Holli Thier, succeeding
Mary Hilton, term expired, seat 3, must represent the League of Women
Voters, for a new two-year term ending November 30, 2002.
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
9.
011041
[Government Funding for Fiscal
Year 2001-2002]
Mayor
Annual Appropriation
Ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures
for the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year ending June 30,
2002. (Mayor)
(Fiscal impact; Companion
Files Companion to Files 011040, 011042.)
7/16/2001, AMENDED. 7/16/01 - Supervisor
McGoldrick moved a pending amendment to amend by adding a Section 25 to
read: "Quarterly Report of Departments to Board of Supervisors. Each and
every department shall be required to report to the Board of Supervisors
within two weeks after the end of each quarter of the fiscal year, those
items appropriated where the rate of expenditure by the department during
that quarter for that appropriated item on an annualized basis would exceed
the total appropriation for the fiscal year for that appropriated item."
7/16/2001, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
Supervisor Newsom, seconded by Supervisor Yee moved to sit as a Committee
of the Whole on July 23, 2001.
7/23/2001, AMENDED.
7/23/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING
AS AMENDED.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
10.
011042
[Public Employment for Fiscal
Year 2001-2002]
Annual Salary Ordinance
enumerating positions in the Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance
for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2002, continuing, creating or establishing
these positions; enumerating and including therein all positions created
by Charter or State law for which compensations are paid from City and
County funds and appropriated in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance; authorizing
appointments or continuation of appointments thereto; specifying and fixing
the compensations and work schedules thereof; and authorizing appointments
to temporary positions and fixing compensations therefor. (Human Resources
Department)
(Fiscal impact; Companion
Files Companion to Files 011040, 011041.)
7/16/2001, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.
Supervisor Newsom, seconded by Supervisor Yee moved to sit as a Committee
of the Whole on July 23, 2001.
7/23/2001, AMENDED.
7/23/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING
AS AMENDED.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
11.
011220
[Fiscal Year 2001-2002 Patient
Rates for the Department of Public Health]
Ordinance amending the
San Francisco Health Code by amending Section 128 thereof, to fix Patient
Rates for services furnished by Department of Public Health, retroactive
to July 1, 2001. (Public Health Department)
7/23/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
Recommendation
of the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee
Present:
Supervisors McGoldrick, Peskin, Daly
12.
010883
[Bicycle Lane]
Supervisors McGoldrick, Peskin,
Leno, Gonzalez, Maxwell
Ordinance establishing
a permanent bicycle lane on Arguello Boulevard beginning at Fulton Street
and ending at Jackson Street.
7/23/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Supervisors Leno and Gonzalez requested to be added as co-sponsors.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
Recommendation
of the Rules Committee
Present:
Supervisors Hall, Ammiano
13.
011165
[Citizens Advisory Committee
on Elections]
Supervisors Hall, Gonzalez,
Sandoval, Newsom, Daly, Leno, Peskin, Maxwell
Ordinance reconstituting
the Citizens Advisory Committee on Elections by changing procedures and
requirements for appointment of its members and prohibiting certain office-holding
and campaign and lobbying activities by its members.
7/9/2001, CONTINUED. Supervisor Hall
moved to continue to July 16, 2001.
7/16/2001, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT
OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Supervisor Hall, seconded by Supervisor
Yee moved an amendment of the whole bearing same title.
7/16/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING
AS AMENDED.
7/23/2001, AMENDED. 7/23/01 - Supervisor
Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Newsom moved to amend on Page 4, line 6
by replacing "endorse" with "support". Supervisors Leno and Peskin requested
to be added as co-sponsors.
7/23/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING
AS AMENDED.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
CALLED
FROM COMMITTEE by Supervisor Daly
14.
010845
[Dancehall Permits]
Supervisor Daly
Ordinance amending San
Francisco Police Code Section 1023 to exempt permitted places of entertainment
and locations holding public assembly permits from the dancehall permit
requirement.
7/23/2001, CONTINUED. Supervisor
Daly, seconded by Supervisor Leno moved to continued to July 30, 2001.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
NEW
BUSINESS
Recommendations
of the Audit, Labor and Government Efficiency Committee
Present:
Supervisors Newsom, Daly, McGoldrick
15.
010941
[Superior Court employees, Deferred
Compensation Plan]
Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance extending to
employees of the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco,
certain benefits which ordinarily accrue from participation in the City’s
Deferred Compensation Plan.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
16.
010942
[Superior Court, Retirement
System]
Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance extending to
employees of the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco,
certain benefits which ordinarily accrue from participation in the Retirement
System.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
17.
011093
[Pension Buy-Backs - Rollovers]
Ordinance amending the
Administrative Code by adding Section 16.61-5 authorizing the Retirement
System to accept rollovers from other tax qualified plans for buy-backs.
(Retirement System)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
Recommendations
of the Finance Committee
Present:
Supervisors Leno, Peskin, Gonzalez
18.
010059
[Catastrophic Sick Leave Program]
Supervisors Ammiano, Peskin
Ordinance repealing Section
16.9-29 of the San Francisco Administrative Code and replacing it with
new Section 16.9-29A to authorize the transfer of vacation and sick leave
credits to a pool of catastrophically ill employees and to individual
catastrophically ill employees, and adding new Section 16.9-29B to authorize
the transfer of vacation credits to individual employees with catastrophically
ill family members.
(Fiscal impact.)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
19.
010826
[Business Tax and Regulations
Code Amendment]
Supervisor Leno
Ordinance amending the
Business Tax and Regulations Code by:
(1) amending Sections 6.12-1, 6.18-1, and 6.18-3, and repealing Section
6.19-3, to clarify general administrative provisions of Article 6;
(2) adding Sections 6.19-3 through 6.19-11, to establish a system of administrative
penalties for specified violations of the Business Tax and Regulations
Code;
(3) adding new Sections 852.8 and 852.9, re-numbering existing Sections
852.8 and 852.9 as Sections 852.10 and 852.11, respectively, and amending
Section 856, to consolidate the deadlines for renewing business registration
certificates and filing annual tax returns;
(4) amending Section 905-A, to create a graduated system of fines for
persons who qualify for the small business exemption but fail to file
a timely return; and,
(5) amending Section 6.6-1, to provide that a parking lot operator is
considered liable for collection of parking taxes at a location covered
by his or her certificate of authority unless and until the certificate
is surrendered to the Tax Collector. (Treasurer-Tax Collector)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
20.
011163
[Property-related Subsidies
to Nonprofit Arts Organizations]
Supervisors Ammiano, Leno,
Peskin
Ordinance revising the
terms and conditions for the expenditure of an earlier appropriation of
1.5 million dollars to give rent, relocation, capital improvement and
real property acquisition assistance to nonprofit arts organizations that
are in immediate danger of being evicted or displaced by rent increases,
and otherwise amending the terms of the assistance program.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
21.
011174
[Hotel Tax Funds]
Mayor
Ordinance amending San
Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code Section 515.01 to revise the
portion of Hotel Tax Funds allocated for rent supplements for low-income
households. (Mayor)
7/16/2001, SUBSTITUTED. The Mayor
submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
22.
011084
[Emergency Repair, Hetch Hetchy
San Joaquin Pipeline No. 1]
Resolution authorizing
expenditure of funds for emergency repair of corrosion in San Joaquin
Pipeline No. 1 of the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct. (Public Utilities Commission)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
23.
011227
[Children’s Council of San Francisco]
Resolution urging the
Board of Supervisors to authorize continuing the service level and enrollment
for CalWORKS child care by renewal of the existing contract with the Children’s
Council of San Francisco, a California corporation, to continue with said
contract in enrollment, program costs and number of capacity building
initiatives. (Human Services Department)
(Fiscal impact.)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
24.
011322
[Grant - Department of the Environment]
Mayor
Resolution authorizing
the Department of the Environment to accept a grant in the amount of $7,800,000
from the California Public Utilities Commission for a small business lighting
retrofit program. (Mayor)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations
of the Rules Committee
Present:
Supervisors Gonzalez, Hall, Ammiano
25.
011312
[Appointment]
Resolution appointing
Supervisor Mark Leno, term ending June 30, 2003, as an alternate member
to the Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Board.
Supervisor Mark Leno,
succeeding himself, Seat No. 3, must be a member of the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors (alternate), for a new two-year term ending June
30, 2003.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
26.
011313
[Appointment]
Resolution appointing
Supervisor Jake McGoldrick, term ending June 30, 2003, to the Association
of Bay Area Governments Executive Board.
Supervisor Jake McGoldrick,
succeeding himself, Seat No. 2, must be a member of the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors, for a new two-year term ending June 30, 2003.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
27.
011314
[Appointment]
Resolution appointing
Supervisor Chris Daly, term ending June 30, 2003, to the Association of
Bay Area Governments Executive Board.
Supervisor Chris Daly,
succeeding Supervisor Tony Hall, resigned, Seat No. 1, must be a member
of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, for a new two-year term ending
June 30, 2003.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
SPECIAL
ORDER 3:00 P.M.
28.
010882
[Hearing - Street Vacation of
a Portion of The Embarcadero]
Hearing of persons interested
in or objecting to proposed ordinance ordering the vacation of a portion
of The Embarcadero just north of Mission Street; establishing conditions
for the effectiveness of the vacation; adopting findings pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act; and adopting findings that the vacation
is consistent with the City’s General Plan and Eight Priority Policies
of Planning Code Section 101.1; and ratifying acts and authorizing actions
in furtherance of the ordinance. (Clerk of the Board)
(Pursuant to Board of
supervisors Resolution No. 519-01, approved July 6, 2001.)
Action:___________________________
From
the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee Without Recommendation
Present:
Supervisors McGoldrick, Daly, Peskin
29.
010812
[Street Vacation of a Portion
of The Embarcadero]
Ordinance ordering the
vacation of a portion of The Embarcadero just north of Mission Street;
establishing conditions for the effectiveness of the vacation; adopting
findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; and adopting
findings that the vacation is consistent with the City’s General Plan
and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1; and ratifying
acts and authorizing actions in furtherance of the ordinance. (Public
Works Department)
Question:
Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
SPECIAL
ORDER 3:00 P.M.
Board
of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole
30.
011347
[Hearing - Disposition and Development
of Redevelopment Agency Land to Asian Inc.]
Hearing of persons interested
in or objecting to proposed resolution approving the Redevelopment Agency
of the City and County of San Francisco’s disposition of land at Assessor’s
Block 3725, Lot 101, commonly known as 474 Natoma Street, to Asian, Incorporated,
a California non-profit public benefit corporation, for the purpose of
developing housing for low and moderate income households. (Clerk of the
Board)
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.
Committee
of the Whole Rise and Report Without Recommendation
31.
011323
[Disposition and Development
of Redevelopment Agency Land to Asian Inc.]
Mayor
Resolution approving
the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco’s disposition
of land at Assessor’s Block 3725, Lot 101, commonly known as 474 Natoma
Street, to Asian, Incorporated, a California non-profit public benefit
corporation, for the purpose of developing housing for low and moderate
income households. (Mayor)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
SPECIAL
ORDER 3:00 P.M.
Board
of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole
32.
011348
[Hearing - Ground Lease , Redevelopment
Agency Land to Ocean Beach Apartments, L.P.]
Hearing of persons interested
in or objecting to proposed resolution approving the Redevelopment Agency
of the City and County of San Francisco’s lease of land at Assessor’s
Block 1596, Lot 42, commonly known as 720 La Playa Street, to Ocean Beach
Apartments, L.P., for 50 years for the purpose of preserving a housing
development for very low and low income households.
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.
Committee
of the Whole Rise and Report Without Recommendation
33.
011324
[Ground Lease , Redevelopment
Agency Land to Ocean Beach Apartments, L.P.]
Mayor
Resolution approving
the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco’s lease
of land at Assessor’s Block 1596, Lot 42, commonly known as 720 La Playa
Street, to Ocean Beach Apartments, L.P., for 50 years for the purpose
of preserving a housing development for very low and low income households.
(Mayor)
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
34.
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.
35.
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, except that public speakers using translation
assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public
testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers
will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to
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.
36.
011382
[Legislative Analyst Request]
Supervisor McGoldrick
Motion asking the Legislative
Analyst to prepare a report concerning the diversity of appointments made
to Board, Commissions, and to heads of City Departments, including all
such appointments made by local officials (City officials, as well as
judges of the Superior Courts). This report should be broken down by age,
gender, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation,
and disability, to the extent such data is known, and should report the
composition of each board, commission, etc. according to such criteria.
This report should be completed by September 15, 2001.
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.
IItems
37 through 45
37.
011364
[Golden Gate Park Stables Funding]
Supervisor Hall
Resolution urging the
Recreation and Park Department to consider the option of reallocating
existing funds sufficient to repair and improve the Golden Gate Park Stables,
and then repay these funds by soliciting funds from the Golden Gate Park
Concourse Authority.
7/23/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
38.
011365
[Golden Gate Park Stables Working
Group]
Supervisor Hall
Resolution establishing
a Golden Gate Park Stables Working Group to be compromised of one boarder
at the Stables, one veterinarian, one person with equestrian competition
experience or one person with equestrian riding teaching experience, one
member of the public with a background in boarding horses or managing
a horse stable, and a representative of the Recreation and Park Department.
The Golden Gate Park Stables Working Group shall evaluate possible funding
opportunities for capital improvement needs at the Golden Gate Park stables,
and shall evaluate the most efficient and effective manner to repair and
improve the stables.
7/23/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
39.
011367
[Declaration of Policy - Proposition
P]
Supervisors Maxwell, Leno,
Peskin, Newsom, McGoldrick
Resolution adopting the
voter approved Declaration of Policy known as Proposition P as the official
policy of the City and County of San Francisco, urging the United States
Navy, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the California
Environmental Protection Agency to take all actions necessary to implement
Proposition P.
7/23/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
40.
011368
[Reform of Prison Gang Validation
Policy]
Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution urging the
California Department of Corrections to reform a prison gang validation
policy, which led 900 prisoners to participate in a hunger strike earlier
this month.
7/23/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
41.
011369
[Commend - Sonia Reyes]
Supervisors Maxwell, Leno
Resolution commending
Sonia Reyes who has faithfully served the City and County of San Francisco
for thirty-one years.
7/23/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
42.
011370
[Commend - S.F. Bicycle Coalition
and Susan Silber]
Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution commending
the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and educator Susan Silber for opening
up new worlds to SFUSD students through teaching them how to operate a
bicycle safely in San Francisco.
7/23/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
43.
011360
[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.
7/23/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
44.
011379
[Final Map for a 7 Unit Commercial
Condominium Project]
Motion approving the
Final Map of The Millennium Market Street Center Commercial Condominium,
747-767 Market Street, San Francisco, A Commercial Condominium Project,
being a subdivision of Lot 125, Assessor’s Block No. 3706, and adopting
findings pursuant to City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 173,088;
District 6.)
7/24/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION
WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question:
Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
45.
011383
[Municipal Utility District
Covenant Not to Sue]
Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution approving
the Municipal Utility District Covenant Not to Sue.
7/25/2001, ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors.
Scheduled for consideration July 30, 2001.
Question:
Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Questions
on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________
46.
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 July 19 through noon on July 25, for reference
by President to appropriate committee on July 30, 2001.
011359
[Street Artists Program]
Ordinance amending Article
24 of the San Francisco Police Code by amending Section 2402 to remove
provision establishing the maximum annual amount paid to each member of
the Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Craftsmen Examiners for meetings
and studio visits. (Arts Commission)
011377
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing
settlement of the lawsuit filed by Brenda Sgamba against the City and
County of San Francisco for one hundred sixty-two thousand, seven hundred
and fifty dollars and no cents ($162,750.00), and to Sgamba’s attorney
Christopher Dolan (payable to The Dolan Law Firm) the total lump sum for
costs and fees of one hundred sixty-two thousand, two hundred and fifty
dollars and no cents ($162,250.00) (for a TOTAL SUM of $325,000.00); the
lawsuit was filed on March 16, 1999 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case
No. 302-011; entitled Brenda Sgamba v. City and County of San Francisco,
et al. (City Attorney)
7/25/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Audit, Labor and Government Efficiency Committee.
011378
[Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing
settlement of the lawsuit filed by Robert Weidman against the City and
County of San Francisco for $27,500, plus an amount not to exceed $20,000
for additional attorney’s fee and cost; the lawsuit was filed on May 24,
2001, in the United States District Court, Case No. C99-4442 TEH; entitled
Robert Weidman v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
7/25/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Audit, Labor and Government Efficiency Committee.
PROPOSED
RESOLUTIONS
Proposed
resolutions received from July 19 through noon on July 25, for reference
by President to appropriate committee on July 30, 2001.
011349
[Accept and Expend State Grant
- Career Criminal Prosecution]
Resolution authorizing
retroactively the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco
to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $197,178 made available
through The Office of Criminal Justice Planning for a project entitled
"Career Criminal Prosecution" to fund vertical prosecution of career criminals.
(District Attorney)
7/20/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Economic Vitality, Small Business and Social Policy Committee.
011354
[Accept and Expend State Grant
- Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution]
Resolution retroactively
authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to accept and expend a
grant in the amount of $150,000 from the California Office of Criminal
Justice Planning for the operation of the Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution
Program. (District Attorney)
7/20/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Economic Vitality, Small Business and Social Policy Committee.
011380
[Grant for non-custodial parents
program for prisoners]
Resolution authorizing
the Sheriff’s Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of
$91,000 from the Private Industry Council of San Francisco for providing
a non-custodial parents program for prisoners in the county jail. (Sheriff)
7/25/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Economic Vitality, Small Business and Social Policy Committee.
011381
[Tolling Agreement Extension
with Irrigation District]
Resolution approving
Tolling Agreement Extension with Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts.
(City Attorney)
7/24/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Audit, Labor and Government Efficiency Committee. A confidential letter
dated July 23, 2001 is on file with the Clerk of the Board.
011384
[Contracting out Shuttle Bus
Services]
Resolution approving
the Controller’s certification that shuttle bus services for San Francisco
International Airport’s Long-Term Parking lot, the employee garage and
surface Lot DD can practically be performed by private contractor at a
lower cost than if work were performed by City and County employees. (Airport
Commission)
7/25/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
to Finance Committee.
011400
[Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and Communications
received from July 19 through noon on July 25, for reference by the President
to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the
Clerk on July 30, 2001.
From Mary Russo McAfee, appealing decision of the Director of Public Works
affirming the approval of Tentative/Parcel Map for 107 24th Avenue, formerly
known as "Land of Billman". (1)
From Emergency Communications Department, regarding Graduation and Oath
of Allegiance Ceremony of the POST 24 Public Safety Dispatch Course, August
22, 2001, 5:30 P.M, the Koret Auditorium (SF Library) 100 Larkin Street.
Copy: Each Supervisor (2)
From Department of Public Health, regarding access to the 2000 HIV/AIDS
Epidemiology Annual Report on their web site at (www.dph.sf.ca.us/PHP/AIDSSurvUnit.htm)
or by contacting the Department. (3)
From Roy Adams, submitting request for transfer of a Type 21 liquor license
from 105 Broad Street to 98 Broad Street for "R.C.Package House". Copy:
Economic Vitality, Small Business and Social Policy Committee (4)
From Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector, submitting list of sole
source contracts for fiscal year 1999/2000. (5)
From Rick Thurber, commenting on the negative impact that abuse, vandalism
and neglect of property has on the quality of life, especially in the
inner city. 5 Letters (6)
From concerned citizens, submitting support to place the statues of King
Carlos III and Juan Bautista de Anza on the medial strip in front of Mission
Dolores. File 011225, 24 Letters (7)
From Ingleside Terraces Home Association, submitting newsletter dated
summer 2001. Copy: Each Supervisor (8)
From concerned citizens, submitting support to ban the sale of fur in
San Francisco. 23 Letters (9)
From David Renroth, submitting various comments. 4 letters (10)
From Department of Public Health, submitting budget revision for the University
of California, Universitywide AIDS Research Program grants. File 991767,
Copy: Finance Committee (11)
From Department of Public Works, submitting quarterly report for the Defective
Sidewalk Repair Revolving Account for the period April 1, 2001 through
June 30, 2001. (12)
From Office of the Legislative Analyst, submitting report regarding "Municipal
Golf Courses" dated July 6, 2001. File 011081 (13)
From various signators, submitting Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests:
(14)
Michele Olson
Monica Lim
From James Barnes, commenting on proposal to place a replica of "the arm
and torch" of the Statue of Liberty on Treasure Island. (15)
From concerned citizens, commenting on article by Rob Morse (Chronicle,
July 16, 2001) entitled "The cesspool that is the streets of San Francisco".
2 Letters (16)
From Ethics Commission, submitting support for proposed legislation to
amend the San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to require
candidates who pay for mass mailings to identify themselves on the mailings
with a "paid for by" designation, and to file a copy of the mass mailing
along with an itemized disclosure statement with the San Francisco Ethics
Commission. File 010778 Copy: Supervisors Leno, Peskin (17)
From State Department of Health Services, submitting fiscal year 2000/01
"revised" California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) allocation
tables. (18)
From Ethics Commission, submitting notice that the Executive Director
is authorized to sign letters on behalf of the Chairperson of the Ethics
Commission as to legislation that the Ethics Commission has considered
or will consider. (19)
From State Department of Fish and Game, regarding California Fish and
Game Commission’s acceptance of petition to add the coho salmon, north
of San Francisco, to the Official State list of endangered and threatened
species. (20)
From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the proposed "Dance
Hall Permits" legislation and suggesting it be sent back to Committee
for further discussion and amendments. File 010845, Copy: Each Supervisor,
3 Letters (21)
From Recreation and Park Department, regarding lease negotiations for
the Golden Gate Park Stables. File 011173, Copy: Each Supervisor (22)
From Ethics Commission, submitting opposition to proposed Charter amendments
regarding elections, ethics, outside council and redistricting as it relates
to the Ethics Commission. File 010956, Copy: Each Supervisor (23)
From Department of Public Health, submitting report of illegal discharges
of hazardous waste dated March 1, 2001. Copy: Public Health and Environment
Committee (24)
From S.F. Children and Families Commission, submitting annual report with
the Department’s summation of accomplishments for fiscal year 2000/01.
(25)
From Office of the Sheriff, regarding the steps taken to remove protesters
from the Board Chambers on July 16, 2001. Copy: Each Supervisor (26)
From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to proposal to rename a
portion of Phelan Avenue to Marasigan Avenue. File 011245, 2 Letters (27)
From Office of the City Attorney, submitting an update on Pacific Gas
and Electric Company’s Bankruptcy Case. Copy: Each Supervisor (28)
From Mayor’s Office of Community Development, submitting request for release
of reserved funds ($9,256) for proposed reclassifications of four Special
Assistant positions. File 010621 (29)
From Office of the Controller, Audits Division, regarding review of agreement
the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has with the San Francisco
Water Alliance, to procure program management and construction management
services, in support of the Public Utilities Commission’s water, power
and sewer capital improvement program. (30)
From District Attorney, submitting list of sole source contracts for fiscal
year 1999/2000. (31)
From Senate Rules Committee, submitting appointment of Richard Katz of
Sylmar as a member of the State Water Resources Control Board, term ending
January 15, 2002. (32)
From Urban Counties Caucus, submitting legislative update dated July 23,
2001. (33)
From Treasurer Island Tenants, submitting request to receive the same
neighborhood services as any other neighborhood in San Francisco. Copy:
Each Supervisor (34)
From Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, submitting support
for proposed Charter amendment regarding landfill in San Francisco Bay.
File 010970 (35)
From John Jenkel, Center for the Preservation of Horses, requesting the
Board of Supervisors urge the City Attorney’s Office to withdraw by July
27, 2001, its motion to lift the court order protecting Hera as evidence
in State vs Knoller and Noel. Copies: Each Supervisor, 2 Letters (36)
From concerned citizens, submitting support for proposed ordinance reconstituting
the Citizens Advisory Committee on Elections by changing procedures and
requirements for appointment of its members and prohibiting certain office-holding
and campaign and lobbying activities by its members. File 011165, Copy:
Each Supervisor (37)
From Department of Public Health, submitting notice that the Long Term
Care Pilot Project Task Force is no longer in operation. (Reference No.
20010611-018) (38)
From California Department of Child Support Services, submitting revised
federal order/notice to withhold income child support form, dated July
11, 2001. (39)
From David Bell, commenting on the results and process of granting rate
increases to local municipal monopolies. (40)
From California Common Cause, suggesting that proposed Charter amendments
regarding elections, ethics, outside counsel and redistricting should
be considered as separate amendments. Files 010956, 011315, 011316 Copy:
Each Supervisor (41)
From Virginia Velez, commenting on the deplorable conditions in and around
the BART Station at 16th and Mission Street. Copy: Each Supervisor (42)
From Office of the Treasurer, submitting report on the Cash Difference
and Overage Funds, period ending June 30, 2001. (43)
From Brian Neville, suggesting that the SF Giants should pay for police
security and parking control costs on property within their leased area,
including public sidewalks. Copy: Each Supervisor (44)
From Paul Platt, submitting support for proposed Charter amendment regarding
Revenue Bonds, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Projects. File
010983, Copy: Each Supervisor, 2 Letters (45)
From Action for Animals, submitting support for the establishment of a
Special Prosecution Unit in the District Attorney’s Office. (46)
From Ethics Commission, submitting Lobbyist Report (Summary of Earnings
and Expenses) registered with the City for the second quarter (April 1
through June 30, 2001). (47)
From A T&T Broadband, submitting payment for AT&T’s Quarterly Franchise
Fee for the second quarter (April 1 through June 30, 2001). Copy: Each
Supervisor (48)
From A T&T Broadband, submitting payment for AT&T’s Quarterly CTPC Fee
for the second quarter (April 1 through June 30, 2001). Copy: Each Supervisor
(49)
From State Water Resources Control Board, regarding two public meetings
to consider the legal classification of groundwater, August 20 and August
23, 2001 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Central Valley Auditorium
of the Cal/EPA Headquarters Building located at 1001 I Street in Sacramento.
(50)
From Steve Zimmermann, regarding Standard & Poor’s rating of San Francisco
Public Utilities Commission, Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2001 A, due November
1, 2031. Copy: Each Supervisor (51)
From Larry Griffin, Black American Political Association of California,
requesting proposed legislation reconstituting the Citizens Advisory Committee
on Elections be sent back to Committee. File 011165, Copy: Each Supervisor,
2 Letters (52)
From Public Utilities Commission, submitting list of sole source contracts
for fiscal year 1999/2000. (53)
From Department of California Highway Patrol, regarding the Department’s
effort to address the escalating problem of congestion by implementing
"Clear Lanes Efficiently and Rapidly" (CLEAR), that deploys additional
officers working in concert with other traffic management resources, to
specific roadway segments for the purpose of quickly identifying and removing
highway impediments. Copy: Each Supervisor (54)
From Mr. & Mrs. Hillson, submitting support for Traffic Code amendment
that would limit the number of Residential Permit Parking permits to three
(3) parking stickers per household; and suggesting stricter enforcement
of this law, especially in the areas bounded by Palm, Masonic, Euclid,
and Anza Streets in the inner Richmond District of San Francisco. (55)
From Senior Action Network, submitting support for proposed Charter amendment
regarding the "Livable Street Fund" on the November 2001 ballot. File
010967, Copy: Each Supervisor (56)
From John DuBois, commenting on his recent visit to San Francisco. Copy:
Each Supervisor (57)
From concerned citizens, submitting support for adequate funding for the
Public Health system in the city of San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor,
2 Letters (58)
From Association of Bay Area Governments, submitting report entitled "Regional
Housing Needs Determination" for the San Francisco Bay Area, for 2001
through 2006. (59)
From Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, submitting annual report for
Fall/Winter 2000 and Spring/Summer 2001 for fiscal year ending June 30,
2001. (60)
From Department of Building Inspection, submitting annual report highlighting
the Department’s permit and inspection accomplishments for fiscal year
1999/2000 as well as their goals for fiscal year 2000/01. (61)
From Keala Barnes, submitting support for increase wages plus education
and retention of teachers and providers for childcare providers. (62)
From Kaygey Mosk, submitting appreciation for the Board of Supervisors
words of tribute to her late husband, Justice Mosk. (63)
From San Francisco International Airport, submitting resolution concurring
with the Controller’s certification that Shuttle Bus Service for San Francisco
International Airport can be performed by a private contractor at a lower
cost than if the services were performed by City and County employees,
for fiscal year 2001/02. (64)
From concerned citizens, submitting support for proposed Charter amendment
regarding landfill in San Francisco Bay. File 010970 Copy: Each Supervisor
(65)
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: 1) persons in the audience to vocally
express support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other
persons testifying; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar
sound-producing electronic devices, (Violators may be removed from the
meeting room.) 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in
the room; and 4) standing in the Legislative Chamber.
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 no later
than noon the Friday before the meeting.
AVISO EN ESPA¥OL: La solicitud para un traductor en una reunion debe recibirse
antes de mediodia de el viernes anterior a la reunion. Llame a Erasmo
Vazquez (415) 554-4909.
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: #47 Van Ness,
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. The Clerk of the Board’s Office TTY
number for speech-hearing impaired is (415) 554-5227.
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.
Know Your Rights
Under the Sunshine Ordinance
Government’s duty is
to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public.
Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County
exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations
are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the
people’s review.
For 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 may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting
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