# Board of Supervisors Agenda: December 17, 2001

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Full Board Agendas

 Board of Supervisors

 City and County of San Francisco

 Legislative Chamber - Second Floor

 City Hall,1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

 San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

 AGENDA

 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

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