Board of Supervisors Agenda: December 17, 2001

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, December 17, 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. Receipt of the Official Statement of Vote for the November 6, 2001 Election, from the Director of Elections. 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 3 Recommendations of the Rules Committee Present:Supervisors Gonzalez, Hall, Ammiano 1. 011718 [Appointment] Resolution appointing Diane Robinson, term ending September 2, 2002, to the Assessment Appeals Board No. 1. Diane Robinson, succeeding Ermelinda Trevino, seat 3, resigned, must meet the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 1624.05 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term expiring September 2, 2002. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 2. 012082 [Appointment] Resolution appointing Robert Dougherty, term to be determined, to the Golden Gate Park Stables Working Group, residency requirement waived. Robert Dougherty (residency requirement waived), new position, seat 6, must be a licensed professional engineer with experience in the construction and/or the rehabilitation of horse stables, term to be determined. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 3. 012121 [Appointment] Resolution appointing Susuan Garbuio, term ending September 30, 2003, and Rose Lou Randolph, Carole Kilgariff, and Darrick Lam, terms ending September 30, 2004, to the Adult Day Health Care Planning Council, residency requirement waived. Rose Lou Randolph, succeeding herself, term expired, seat 2, must represent age group, for a new three-year term ending September 30, 2004; Carole Kilgariff, succeeding herself, term expired, seat 3, must represent age group, for a new three-year term ending September 30, 2004; Susuan Garbuio, succeeding Carole Kilgariff, term expired, seat 7, must represent age group, for a new three-year term ending September 30, 2003; Darrick Lam (residency requirement waived), succeeding himself, term expired, seat 10, must represent the Commission on the Aging, for a new three-year term ending September 30, 2004. 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 Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee Present:Supervisors McGoldrick, Daly, Peskin 4. 011050 [Tour Buses on El Camino del Mar, and portions of 25th Avenue] Supervisor Newsom Ordinance adding Police Code Section 1183.31 to prohibit the driving of tour buses on El Camino del Mar between the Presidio and Legion of Honor Drive, and on 25th Avenue between Lake Street and El Camino del Mar, through December 31, 2002. 12/10/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? 5. 011898 [Speed Limit - 16th Street, between 3rd and 7th Streets] Supervisor Daly Ordinance adding Section 175.34 to the San Francisco Traffic Code, establishing a 30-MPH speed limit for 16th Street, between 3rd and 7th Streets. (Parking and Traffic Department) 12/10/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? 6. 011931 [Double Parking on Municipal Railway Bus Routes Prohibit; Fines] Supervisors Newsom, McGoldrick, Daly Ordinance amending Article 3, Chapter XI, Part II, Section 53(a) of the San Francisco Traffic Code removing sunset clause. (Parking and Traffic Department) 12/10/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? 7. 011932 [Speed Limit - Clarendon Avenue] Supervisor Hall Ordinance amending Section 176.18 of the San Francisco Traffic Code clarifying the boundaries for the 35-MPH speed limit along Clarendon Avenue (Parks and Recreation Committee) 12/10/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? 8. 011933 [Special Traffic Permit Violation Penalties] Supervisor McGoldrick Ordinance amending San Francisco Traffic Code Section 194.3. to provide a graduated penalty schedule for violation of the Special Traffic Permit or for obstructing traffic without a Special Traffic Permit. (Parking and Traffic Department) 12/10/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? NEW BUSINESS Recommendation of Finance Committee Present:Supervisors Leno, Peskin, Maxwell 9. 012116 [Approval of Amendment(s) to Design Agreement for the Laguna Honda Hospital Replacement Program] Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute amendment(s) to a design agreement for the Laguna Honda Hospital Replacement Program from $7,599,717 to $29,900,000. (Public Works Department) Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? Recommendations of the Public Health and Environment Committee Present:Supervisors Maxwell, Leno 10. 010491 [Expanding the authority of the Department of Animal Care and Control to issue dog licenses and enter into agreements with pet-related businesses and animal welfare organizations to issue Supervisors Leno, Maxwell Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by amending sections 41, 41.2, 41.4, 41.5, 41.15, 41.19, 41.20 and 41.22 to: (1) expand the authority of the Department of Animal Care and Control to issue dog licenses; (2) authorize the Director of Animal Care and Control to enter into agreements with persons and entities, including but not limited to, veterinarians, retailers of pet supplies and pet services and animal welfare organizations, to accept applications for, and issue dog licenses; and (3) make miscellaneous technical corrections and delete references to obsolete code sections and terms; and amending the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending section 221.3 to specify that dog license fees collected by the Department of Animal Care and Control be delivered to the San Francisco Animal Control and Welfare Fund. Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? 11. 011796 [Transportation of Aggregate Materials] Supervisors Maxwell, Leno Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding a new Chapter 12T to require City Departments and contractors operating vehicles carrying dirt and other aggregate material to cover the load to prevent the entrainment of particulate material into the air during the transportation of such materials within San Francisco. Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? Recommendations of the Rules Committee Present:Supervisors Gonzalez, Hall, Ammiano 12. 011909 [Municipal Election] Supervisor Peskin Ordinance amending Municipal Code by adding Section 970 to prohibit the giving or receiving of anything of value in consideration of voting, refraining from voting, or voting for or against a candidate or measure at a municipal election. Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? 13. 011686 [Elections Task Force use the principle of "maximum continuity"] Supervisors Gonzalez, Maxwell Resolution urging the Elections Task Force use the principle of "maximum continuity" in redrawing supervisorial districts. 10/1/2001, REFERRED to Rules Committee. Supervisor Yee moved to sever so that the item could be considered separately. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 14. 012139 [Appointment - Chantel L. Walker] Mayor Resolution confirming the appointment of Chantel L. Walker to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, vice Michael Settles, for the remainder of a four-year term ending September 2, 2003. (Mayor) Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 15. 012170 [Ballot Argument - Elective Officials] Supervisor Gonzalez Motion authorizing proponent’s ballot argument in favor of Proposition A, a Charter Amendment regarding Elective Officials. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 16. 012176 [Ballot Argument - Cost of Living Benefits for Retirees] Supervisor McGoldrick Motion authorizing proponent’s ballot argument in favor of Proposition B, a Charter Amendment regarding Cost of Living Benefits for Retirees. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 17. 012168 [Ballot Argument - Noncitizens on City Boards, Commissions, and Advisory Bodies.] Supervisor Gonzalez Motion authorizing proponent’s ballot argument in favor of Proposition C, a Charter Amendment regarding Noncitizens on City Boards, Commissions, and Advisory Bodies. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 18. 012174 [Ballot Argument - Planning Commission and Board of Appeals] Supervisor McGoldrick Motion authorizing proponent’s ballot argument in favor of Proposition D, a Charter Amendment regarding Appointments to the Planning Commission and the Board of Appeals. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 19. 012172 [Ballot Argument - Domestic Partners Benefits] Motion authorizing proponent’s argument in favor of Proposition E, a Charter Amendment regarding Domestic Partner Benefits. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? COMMITTEE REPORTS Reports from committees, if any, recommending emergency or urgent measures. The following item will be considered by the committee at a regular Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee meeting on Thursday, December 13, at 10:00 AM.The Chair intends to request the committee to send the following item to the Board as a committee report. 20. 011999 [Muni Buses for Olympic Games of 2002] Resolution approving an agreement between the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games of 2002, Inc. and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Municipal Transportation Agency, lending up to fifty (50) of City’s standard Neoplan buses to the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games of 2002, Inc., from no later than January 1, 2002 to no later than April 1, 2002 for the 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Municipal Transportation Agency) Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 21. ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS Roll call for introduction of ordinances, resolutions, charter amendments, requests for hearings, letters of inquiry, and letters of request to the City Attorney. 22. PUBLIC COMMENT An opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, including items being considered today which have not been considered by a Board committee and excluding items which have been considered by a Board committee.Members of the public may address the Board for up to three minutes.Each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak, 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. 23. 012214 [Legislative Analyst Request] Supervisor Sandoval Motion asking the Legislative Analyst to conduct general research and review of 2000 census data, analyzing both the economic and social demographics for the City of San Francisco by supervisorial district and for the City as a whole. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 24. 012215 [Legislative Analyst Request] Supervisor Yee Motion asking the Legislative Analyst to produce a report that identifies persons nominated and appointed to City Boards and Commissions. The report should include: (1) data on gender, age, ethnicity, and term of appointment; and (2) all persons whether current or past from January 1, 1999 to the present. 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 25 through 42 25. 012046 [Instant Runoff Voting] Supervisor Gonzalez Resolution supporting legislation recently introduced in the United States Congress by Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. regarding Instant Runoff Voting. 11/13/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 26. 012147 [Law Library] Supervisor Leno Resolution increasing civil filing and appearance fees provided in Business and Professions Code Sections 6321, 6322 and 6322.1 for operation of the Law Library. 12/3/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 12/10/2001, CONTINUED. Supervisor Hall requested this matter be severed so it could be considered separately. Supervisor Gonzalez moved to continue to December 17, 2001. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 27. 012191 [Definition of Homelessness] Supervisor Ammiano Resolution establishing an official citywide definition of homelessness for San Francisco to enable all City Departments and community based organizations to communicate and share information on the homeless population using the same terms and parameters. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 28. 012192 [Recount of November 7, 2000 Election] Supervisor Gonzalez Resolution urging the California Secretary of State to use its authority under California Government Code Section 12172.5 to conduct a full and public recount of the November 7, 2000 San Francisco Municipal election. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 29. 012193 [Recount of November 6, 2001 Election] Supervisor Gonzalez Resolution urging the California Secretary of State to use its authority under California Government Code Section 12172.5 to conduct a full and public recount of the November 6, 2001 San Francisco Municipal election. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 30. 012194 [Grant - Planning Department] Supervisor Maxwell Resolution authorizing the Director of the Planning Department to accept and expend $45,000 in Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds programmed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to undertake a community planning process to result in a Visitacion Valley Strategy Plan in the City and County of San Francisco. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 31. 012195 [Grant - Department of Parking and Traffic] Supervisor Maxwell Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Executive Director of the Department of Parking and Traffic to accept and expend up to $9,034,000 in state Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) Funds for various transportation capital projects in the City and County of San Francisco. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 32. 012196 [Matthew H. Hymel Day] Supervisor Peskin Resolution recognizing Matthew H. Hymel’s dedicated service to our City, and declaring December 21, 2001, to be "Matthew H. Hymel Day" in San Francisco. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 33. 012197 [Name West Sunset Playground Soccer Field in honor of James Lucey] Supervisors Yee, Hall Resolution urging the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission to name the West Sunset Playground Soccer Field in honor of James Lucey. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 34. 012198 [Commend - Circus Center] Supervisor Gonzalez Resolution commending the Circus Center and declaring Wednesday December 19, 2001 to be Circus Center Day in San Francisco. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 35. 012199 [Commend - Al Evans] Supervisor Leno Resolution commending Al Evans for his historic preservationist work in the Alamo Square Neighborhood of San Francisco. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 36. 012200 [Commend - Norlean Bee] Supervisor Maxwell Resolution commending and celebrating the life of Norlean Bee for her lifelong commitment to protect, inspire and unite the community which she calls home. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 37. 012201 [Commend- City College of SF Football Team] Supervisor Sandoval Resolution commending the City College of San Francisco football team for winning its third consecutive state and national division championship. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 38. 012202 [Commend - City College of SF Football Team] Supervisor Hall Resolution commending the City College of San Francisco football Rams for winning their third consecutive national Junior College football championship. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 39. 012203 [Anti-Terrorism Block Grant Fund] Supervisor Leno Resolution urging the United States Congress to adopt the National Association of Counties (NACo) Homeland Security Task Force Recommendation for a county specific Anti-terrorism Block Grant Fund. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 40. 012213 [Rebuttal Ballot Arguments] Supervisor Ammiano Motion authorizing Supervisor Gonzalez to submit a rebuttal ballot argument in favor of Proposition A, Supervisor McGoldrick to submit a rebuttal ballot argument in favor of Proposition B, Supervisor Gonzalez to submit a rebuttal ballot argument in favor of Proposition C, Supervisor McGoldrick to submit a rebuttal ballot argument in favor of Proposition D and Supervisor Leno to submit a rebuttal ballot argument in favor of Propositon E on the March 2002 ballot. 12/10/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? 41. 012219 [Declaration of November 6, 2001 Election Results] Resolution declaring the results of the November 6, 2001 Consolidated Municipal Election. (Elections Department) 12/12/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 42. 012216 [Needle Exchange Emrgency] Supervisors Ammiano, Newsom, Yee, 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. 12/10/2001, 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:_________________________________________ 43. 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 December 6 through noon on December 12, for reference by President to appropriate committee on December 17, 2001. 012222 [Permit Expediters] Supervisor Daly Ordinance amending the San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code by adding Article V, sections 5.100 to 5.135 to impose registration and disclosure requirements on permit expediters, prohibit making gifts to City officers and employees aggregating more than $50 within one year of communicating with the officer or employee regarding a permit application, prohibit former City and County officers and employees from working as permit expediters for certain periods of time after termination of service or employment with the City and County, prohibit permit expediters from entering employee-only areas of City and County departments, and prohibit City officers and employees from granting preferential treatment to any permit expediter during permitting processes. 12/12/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS Proposed resolutions received from December 6 through noon on December 12, for reference by President to appropriate committee on December 17, 2001. 012217 [Accept-Expend Federal/State Pass Through Grant] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Library to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $17,894 from the California State Library as part of the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) for reimbursing tuition expenses of library employees pursuing a degree or certificate in library science at an institution of higher education. (Public Library) 12/11/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Neighborhood Services and Parks Committee. 012218 [HIV care and related services for women and minorities] Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) AIDS Office (AO) to accept and expend retroactively a one year grant in the amount of $1,105,000 from the DHHS Office of Minority Health (DHHS OMH) to improve AIDS related health outcomes for women and minorities and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of September 30, 2001 to September 29, 2002. (Public Health Department) 12/11/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. 012221 [Approval of Lease with the United States Department of Agriculture at West Field Cargo Building 1] Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a Lease with the United States Department of Agriculture for space in West Field Cargo Building 1. (Airport Commission) 12/12/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. 012224 [State Department of Rehabilitation Program Agreement] Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health to enter into a cooperative program agreement with the State Department of Rehabilitation, San Francisco District, including a required match of $289,163, to provide vocational services to mentally-ill psychiatric clients in San Francisco; for the period of July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2004. (Public Health Department) 12/7/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. 012225 [Grant - Seven Principles (REACH 2010) Project] Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $900,000 for the first year of a three year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the Seven Principles (REACH 2010) project and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of September 30, 2001 to September 29, 2002. (Public Health Department) 12/7/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. 012226 [Supplemental Grant for projects funded under the CDC Seroepidemiology and Surveillance Cooperative Agreement] Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept and expend retroactively supplemental grant funds in the amount of $361,547 for projects funded under the Seroepidemiology and Surveillance Cooperative Agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to analyze and disseminate results of ongoing HIV studies and support new research relating to AIDS/HIV in San Francisco; for the period of January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001. (Public Health Department) 12/7/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. 012227 [Petitions and Communications] Petitions and Communications received from December 6 through noon on December 12, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on December 17, 2001. From Office of the Controller, submitting report concerning the audit of the County Clerk’s Office revolving fund for the period January 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001 for the period December 4, 2000 through June 30, 2001.(1) From Office of the Controller, Audits Division, submitting report concerning the concession audit of Fung Lum Express LLC. (2) From Office of Contract Administration, submitting copy of the final Rules and Regulations implementing the San Francisco Minimum Compensation Ordinance. (3) From Office of the Controller, Audits Division, submitting report concerning the investigation of an allegation that the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation misused grant funds from the City and County of San Francisco. (4) From Department of Public Works, regarding minor sidewalk encroachment for 1259 Dolores Street. (5) From John Jenkel, submitting newsletter entitled "Abuse News" dated December 7, 2001. (6) From Elizabeth Johnson, commenting on newspaper article in the SF Chronicle regarding the lack of heat at Redding Elementary and other schools in San Francisco.(7) From Shannon Seaberg, commenting on proposal by the Planning Department regarding limiting the number of residential parking permits for each neighborhood to the amount of spaces that are actually available and/or charging "market" rates for these permits.Copy: Each Supervisor(8) From Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector, regarding request to investigate and report on the practice of charging a $34 fee to pay taxes by credit card.(Reference No. 20011105-005)Copy: Supervisor Yee (9) From San Francisco International Airport, regarding the Airport Communications training program.Copy: Each Supervisor (10) From San Francisco International Airport, submitting notice that the Regional Director of Immigration and Naturalization Services has reported that he will cooperate in expediting citizenship applications for security screeners.Copy: Each Supervisor (11) From MUNI, submitting request for release of reserved funds ($250,000) to support direct contractual needs to purchase equipment for a locally controlled traffic signal priority system on MUNI buses. (12) From concerned citizens, submitting support for proposed resolution that gives the community more control over Big Box stores in San Francisco.File 011798 (13) From Harry Moss, submitting support to keep Cole Hardware Store on Mission Street open.Copy: Supervisor Ammiano (14) From Jeff Hirsch, submitting support for a bicycle lane on Howard Street between 5th and 11th Street.Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee (15) From Tim Tumbleson, submitting support for the elimination of motorcycle tolls on the Golden Gate Bridge. 4 Letters(16) From State Department of Child Support Services, regarding county monthly advances to operate their child support program. (17) From Department of Parking and Traffic, submitting notice that items on the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee’s agenda for December 13, 2001 have been posted.(18) From Ms. Collins, commenting on proposed plans for the Van Ness Avenue corridor. Copy: Each Supervisor (19) From Manisha Patel, submitting support to create sustainable artist’s communities in San Francisco.Copy: Each Supervisor (20) From Treasurer Island Project, submitting request for release of reserved funds from payroll reserve in the amount of $$406,290.Copy: Finance Committee (21) From Rick Thurber, commenting on the increase in litter and graffiti in San Francisco.10 Letters (22) From Thomas Wickline, submitting opposition to the City and County of San Francisco making IBM pay $120,000 in fines for spraying Linux Ads on the streets of San Francisco. (23) From James Earl Jewell, submitting support for the decision of the Department of Public Works affirming approval of a tentative/parcel map to legalize the proposed subdivision of Lot 26 in Assessor’s Block 4301 into a three lot subdivision at 692-696 De Haro Street. File 011995 (24) From concerned citizens, supporting a ban on the sale of all fur in San Francisco as proposed by the S.F. Commission on Animal Welfare and Control in September 2000. 2 Letters (25) From Mickie Winkler, commenting on the dirty streets in San Francisco. (26) From Jeffrey Small, submitting opposition to proposed legislation regarding moratorium on new cell sites.File 011277 (27) From Jimmy Loyce, regarding the District Attorney and the Director of the Department of Public Health working together to create a working group to revisit and update the health warnings on Amyl Nitrate also known as "poppers". Copy: Supervisor Ammiano (28) From Office of the Controller, submitting a set of high level financial reports for the month of November 2001 showing fiscal year 2001-2002 status and year-end figures for the prior year (2000-2001). (29) From Secretary of State, submitting notice that the Easy Reading Voter Guide will be available once again for the March 5, 2002, Primary Election. (30) From Department of Public Health, regarding the Direct Services and Programs Survey on the Homeless Population for fiscal year 2001-2002. (31) From San Francisco Transportation Authority, regarding operating plan for the Caltrain Downtown extension/Transbay Terminal. (32) From Police Department, submitting survey of alleged illegal activity at automated public toilets and kiosks.(Reference No. 20011015-003)Copy: Supervisors Newsom, McGoldrick (33) From State Department of Health Services, regarding the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program plan and budget approval for fiscal year 2001-2002. (34) From State Board of Equalization, submitting the 2002 Calendar for the Valuation of Public Utilities and Railroads in California. (35) From Department of Human Services, submitting request for extension of inquiry for information regarding various homeless services provided by the City and County of San Francisco.Copy: Supervisor Newsom (36) From State Department of Child Support Services, submitting revised copy of the Child/Family and Spousal Support Payments and Assistance related Distribution/Disbursement summary form.(37) From Department of Public Health, submitting report of illegal discharges of hazardous waste sites in San Francisco.Copy: Public Health and Environment Committee (38) From Innovation Wines, LLC, submitting request for a Type 17 Beer and Wine Wholesale license and a Type 20 Off-Sale Beer and Wine license for Eric H. Greenberg a.k.a. Innovation Wines, LLC.Offices will be located at 1 Montgomery Street, Suite 3700 and the warehouse for shipping and storage will be located at Pier 21 at the Embarcadero. Copy: Economic Vitality, Small Business and Social Policy Committee (39) From Department of Human Services, submitting annual report on sexual harassment complaints for fiscal year 2000 - 2001.Copy: Each Supervisor (40) From Steven Hill, submitting request for volunteers for the final mobilization of the Instant Runoff Voting precinct walk. (41) From Terrie Frye, submitting opposition to the Board of Supervisors adopting issues that the voters have turned down. (42) From Judicial Council of California, submitting Superior Court deposit statements for September and October 2001. (43) From Department of Public Works, submitting decision affirming approval of a tentative/parcel map for a 2 Lot Subdivision Project at 8 Miguel Street. (44) From San Francisco Black Leadership Forum, submitting support for naming the new main library the "Margery Stern Library". (45) From Mayor’s Office of Housing, regarding inquiry for information on homeless services.(Reference No. 20011119-016)Copy: Supervisor Newsom (46) From San Francisco Tomorrow, submitting support for exclusive bus lanes in the median of Van Ness Avenue.Copy: Each Supervisor (47) From State Department of Child Support Services, regarding child support orders based on presumed income. (48) From Judith Blankman, submitting notice that her polling place wasn’t open on the morning of December 11, 2001 at 8:00 a.m.Copy: Each Supervisor (49) From US Army Corps, submitting public notice regarding permit to place fill material into approximately 0.71 acres of jurisdictional wetlands to facilitate construction of the Traditions Residential Development.The residential development would be constructed on a 19-acre infill parcel located at 360 Corona Road, just south of Sonoma Mountain Parkway, and east of Corona Road in the City of Petaluma. (50) 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, CA94102. 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 Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, 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 © 2000-02 City & County of San Francisco. All rights reserved.