Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 18, 2014

140178 [Appointment, Commission on the Aging Advisory Council - Margie Ramirez] Motion appointing Margie Ramirez, term ending March 31, 2015, to the Commission on the Aging Advisory Council. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M14-033 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140090 [Administrative Code - Local Hiring Policy - Jurisdictional Boundary for Mandatory Participation] Sponsors: Avalos; Mar and Campos Ordinance amending the Administrative Code, to provide that the residents of the Public Utilities Commission service area are considered “local” for purposes of mandatory participation for the City’s Local Hiring Policy, on certain projects located within 70 miles of the jurisdictional boundary of the City and County of San Francisco. Ordinance No. 032-14 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140065 [Shaw Alley Public Improvements - Gift Acceptance and Permit for Maintenance] Sponsor: Kim Ordinance accepting the Shaw Alley public improvements and maintenance of same as a gift to the City; approving a major street encroachment permit for the construction and maintenance of the public improvements; deferring a portion of the additional street space occupancy permit fees associated with the permit and adjacent development; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; adopting findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and directing official acts in furtherance of this Ordinance. Ordinance No. 031-14 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140008 [Appropriating $4,515,000 from the General Fund Reserve for Nonprofit Rent Stabilization Program - Mayor’s Office of Housing and the Arts Commission - FY2013-2014] Sponsors: Chiu; Kim, Avalos and Mar Ordinance appropriating $4,515,000 from the general fund reserve to the Mayor’s Office of Housing in the amount of $2,515,000 and to the Arts Commission in the amount of $2,000,000 for FY2013-2014, establishing the Nonprofit Rent Stabilization Program, and placing these funds on Budget and Finance Committee reserve pending a report from the Nonprofit Displacement Work Group to the Board of Supervisors. (Fiscal Impact) Privilege of the floor was granted to Tom DeCaigny (Arts Commission), Ben Rosenfield, Controller, and Brian Cheu, Director, Mayor's Office of Coummunity Development, who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Yee, seconded by Supervisor Cohen, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

Ordinance appropriating $4,515,000 from the general fund reserve to the Mayor’s Office of Housing in the amount of $2,515,000 and to the Arts Commission in the amount of $2,000,000 for FY2013-2014, establishing the Nonprofit Rent Stabilization Program, and placing these funds on Board of Supervisors reserve pending a report from the Nonprofit Displacement Work Group to the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Campos requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140189 [Accept and Expend Grant - Rockefeller Foundation - Chief Resilience Officer - Amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance - $440,000] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance authorizing the Office of the City Administrator to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $440,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation to hire a Chief Resilience Officer for San Francisco, and amending Ordinance No. 160-13 (Annual Salary Ordinance, FYs 2013-2014 and 2014-2015) to reflect the addition of one grant-funded position (.25 FTE) in Class 0933, Manager V, at the Office of the City Administrator, for the period of April 1, 2014, through March 31, 2016. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

131209 [Accept Gift - Department of Technology - Wi-Fi Equipment - $701,894] Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Technology to accept a gift of equipment, software, and services from Ruckus Wireless, Inc., with a total value of $701,894 in order to provide free wireless access to the Internet along Market Street. Resolution No. 087-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

131216 [Accept and Expend Gift - Park Wi-Fi Project - $608,000] Sponsor: Farrell Resolution authorizing the Department of Technology to accept and expend a gift of $608,000 in cash from San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation in order to provide free, wireless Internet access to the public in certain parks and recreational facilities in San Francisco; and making environmental findings. Resolution No. 088-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

131217 [Accept Gift - Department of Technology - Wi-Fi Equipment - $270,000] Sponsor: Farrell Resolution authorizing the Department of Technology to accept a gift of equipment, software, and services from Cisco, Inc., with a total value of $270,000 in order to provide free, wireless internet access at various locations in San Francisco. Resolution No. 089-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140068 [Accept and Expend Grant - HIV Transmission Cluster Analysis to Inform Prevention - $108,366] Sponsor: Wiener Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $108,366 from The Regents of the University of California to participate in a program, entitled "HIV Transmission Cluster Analysis to Inform Prevention," for the period of July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. Resolution No. 092-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140092 [Agreement - Itron, Inc. - Meter Reading and Forecasting Software Maintenance - $171,000] Resolution authorizing the General Manager of the Public Utilities Commission to enter into an agreement with Itron, Inc., for meter reading and forecasting software maintenance, for a term of five and one-half years, from March 30, 2014, to September 30, 2019, in the amount of $171,000 pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118(b). (Public Utilities Commission) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 093-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140099 [Accept and Expend Grant - San Francisco Family Intervention, Reentry and Supportive Transitions Program - $749,967] Sponsor: Breed Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $749,967 from U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and Second Chance Act Juvenile Reentry Program, to participate in a program entitled, “San Francisco Family Intervention, Reentry, and Supportive Transitions Program,” for the period of October 1, 2013, through September 30, 2014. Resolution No. 094-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140124 [Authorizing Expenditures - South of Market Community Stabilization Fund - $105,000] Sponsor: Kim Resolution authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to expend South of Market Community Stabilization Fund dollars in the amount of $105,000 for capacity building and tenant counseling services. Resolution No. 097-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140039 [Pedestrian Safety Public Awareness Working Group] Sponsors: Yee; Avalos, Kim and Campos Resolution urging the Transportation Authority to convene and coordinate a Pedestrian Safety Public Awareness Working Group and to develop an action plan within 90 days of their first meeting. Supervisor Campos requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 090-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140047 [Implement a VISION ZERO Three Point Plan: Engineering, Education and Enforcement] Sponsors: Kim; Avalos, Yee, Chiu, Mar, Breed and Campos Resolution urging the Mayor, the Chief of Police, and Director of the Municipal Transportation Agency to adopt a VISION ZERO Three Point Plan to expedite the goals of San Francisco’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Strategies and implement an action plan to reduce traffic fatalities to zero in the next ten years through better engineering, education, and enforcement. Resolution No. 091-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

131208 [Health Code - Restrictions on Sale and Use of Electronic Cigarettes] Sponsors: Mar; Avalos, Chiu, Yee and Cohen Ordinance amending the Health Code to prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes where smoking is otherwise prohibited; require a tobacco permit for the sale of electronic cigarettes; prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes where the sale of tobacco products is otherwise prohibited; and making environmental findings. Supervisor Cohen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Privilege of the floor was granted to Tomas Aragon (Department of Public Health) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140081 [Administrative Code - Dissolving the Community Oversight Committee Regarding Enforcement of Marijuana Offenses] Ordinance amending the Administrative Code, by deleting Section 12X.6, to dissolve the Community Oversight Committee Regarding Enforcement of Marijuana Offenses. (Clerk of the Board) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140031 [Street Vacation Order - Hunters View Phase 2 - West Point Road] Ordinance ordering the vacation of a portion of West Point Road and various public service easements for the Hunters View Phase 2 development; quitclaiming the City's interest in the vacation areas to the San Francisco Housing Authority; reserving easement rights for the benefit of the City for its utilities; accepting a Department of Public Works Order concerning the street vacation; authorizing official acts in connection with this Ordinance; and making environmental findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Public Works Department) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: Avalos

Supervisor Campos, seconded by Supervisor Breed, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion passed by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Breed, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: Avalos, Campos

131121 [Planning Code - Amending the Third Street Alcohol Restricted Use District] Sponsor: Cohen Ordinance amending the Planning Code, to amend the Third Street Alcohol Restricted Use District, to allow Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Type 2, “Winegrower” licenses; and making environmental findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

may exist within the Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II Redevelopment Plan area, generally bounded the 1948 Bulkhead Line to the north, the 1941 Bulkhead Line to the east, Bancroft Avenue to the south, and Griffith Street to the west, including submerged areas; order the vacation of portions of streets along with public service easements that may exist within the Candlestick Point Redevelopment Plan area, generally bounded by Underwood Avenue, Arelious Walker Drive, Gilman Avenue, Donahue Street, Carroll Avenue, Alvord Street, Fitzgerald Avenue, the City and County of San Francisco County Line, Harney Way, Ingerson Avenue, and Hawes Street, including submerged areas; order the conditional vacation of portions of Griffith Street, Nichols Way, Cameron Way, Doublerock Street, Giants Drive, Hunters Point Expressway, Jamestown Avenue, Gilman Avenue, and Crisp Road for various purposes; reserve various easement rights in favor of the City and third party utilities, subject to conditions specified in this Ordinance; and setting a hearing date of April 8, 2014, for all persons interested in the proposed vacation of said street areas and public service easements. ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee, Supervisor Farrell

Noes: None

motion passed by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

Resolution No. 073-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Breed, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: Avalos, Campos

140192 [Committee of the Whole - Fifth Amendment to Mission Bay North Owner Participation Agreement - April 8, 2014] Sponsor: Kim Motion scheduling the Board of Supervisors to sit as a Committee of the Whole acting in its capacity as the Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco on April 8, 2014, at 3:00 p.m., to hold a public hearing to conditionally approve a Fifth Amendment to the Mission Bay North Owner Participation Agreement and to permit a feasible rental project with market rate and affordable moderate-income units available to households earning no more than 90% of the area median income on Block No. N4P3, bound by Berry Street to the south and the I-280 off-ramp to the north, in the Mission Bay North Redevelopment Project Area; and making environmental findings under the California Environmental Quality Act. Motion No. M14-034 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None