Board of Supervisors Minutes: January 23, 2007

City and County of San Francisco City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:00 PM Legislative Chamber - Second Floor Regular Meeting Board of Supervisors AARON PESKIN, PRESIDENT MICHELA ALIOTO-PIER, TOM AMMIANO, CHRIS DALY, BEVAN DUFTY, SEAN ELSBERND, ED JEW, SOPHIE MAXWELL, JAKE McGOLDRICK, ROSS MIRKARIMI, GERARDO SANDOVAL Members Present: Michela Alioto-Pier, Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, Sean Elsbernd, Ed Jew, Sophie Maxwell, Jake McGoldrick, Ross Mirkarimi, Aaron Peskin, Gerardo Sandoval. Members Excused: None. Members Absent: None. ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The meeting was called to order at 2:01 p.m. On the call of the roll Supervisors Maxwell, McGoldrick, and Sandoval were noted absent. There was a quorum. Supervisors Maxwell, McGoldrick, and Sandoval were noted present at 2:03 p.m. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES Supervisor Jew, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved to approve the January 8, 2007 Board Meeting Minutes. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Jew, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval SPECIAL ORDER 2:00 P.M. - Mayor's Appearance Before The Board Mayor's Appearance Before The Board Supervisor Elsbernd, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved to continue the Mayor's Appearance before the Board to January 30, 2007. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Jew, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 1 - Alioto-Pier CONSENT AGENDA Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee 061683 [Amending the Open Video System Franchise Granted to RCN Telecom Services, Inc.] Mayor Ordinance amending the Open Video System Franchise Granted to RCN Telecom Services, Inc. in Ordinance No. 210-04 as a condition of the transfer of the franchise to Astound Broadband, LLC by amending Sections 1, 34, 46, and 92. Enacted Number: 9-07 FINALLY PASSED 061671 [Parking Regulations] Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. ONE-HOUR PARKING METER TIME LIMIT - RESCIND TWO-HOUR PARKING METER TIME LIMIT - ESTABLISH Haight Street, between Masonic Avenue and Stanyan Street (Note: Does not change time limits of green and yellow meters). ONE-HOUR PARKING METER TIME LIMIT - RESCIND TWO-HOUR PARKING METER TIME LIMIT - ESTABLISH Masonic Avenue, Ashbury Street, Clayton Street, Belvedere Street, Cole Street and Shrader Street, approximately 100 feet north and south of Haight Street (Note: does not change time limits of green and yellow meters). TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Potrero Avenue, west side, from 24th Street to 16 feet northerly; and, Potrero Avenue, east side, from 24th Street to 16 feet southerly. NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Edgehill Way both sides, between 16 Edgehill Way and 40 Edgehill Way (for fire engine vehicle clearance). UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH Oak Street, south side, between the driveways of 1165-69 and 1171 Oak Street (9.5 foot space, accommodating 2 unmetered motorcycle spaces). PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH McCoppin Street, south side, from Valencia Street to the western terminus of street. UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH 7th Street, west side, from 93 to 112 feet north of Townsend Street (adds 5 more motorcycle spaces). TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Mission Street, north side, from Farragut Avenue to 40 feet easterly. NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Whittier Street, east side, from Mission Street to 76 feet southerly. (Parking and Traffic Department) (11/30/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3274.) Enacted Number: 31-07 ADOPTED 061672 [STOP Intersections] Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Avalon Avenue at Moscow Street, stopping westbound Avalon Avenue, making this Y-intersection an All-Way STOP; Sierra and Texas Streets, stopping Sierra Street, the stem of this T-intersection; Persia Avenue at Prague Street, stopping Persia Avenue, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; Devonshire Way and Oak Park Drive, stopping Devonshire Way, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; and, Kenwood Way and Keystone Way, stopping all approaches to this T-Intersection, making this intersection an All-Way STOP. (Parking and Traffic Department) (11/30/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3274.) Enacted Number: 32-07 ADOPTED 061673 [Traffic Regulations] Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. TOW-AWAY LANE MUST TURN RIGHT - ESTABLISH Broadway, south side, between Grant Avenue and Columbus Avenue. (Parking and Traffic Department) (12/18/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3274.) Enacted Number: 29-07 ADOPTED 061691 [Grant of Federal Funds - Municipal Transportation Agency] Supervisor Maxwell Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend $25 million of State Transit Assistance funding for construction and construction support of Muni's Third Street Initial Operating Segment and Metro East facility. Enacted Number: 30-07 ADOPTED 061692 [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Department of Public Works] Supervisor Maxwell Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $342,000 from the California Department of Transportation to construct a new bus pad at Ingerson Avenue and Griffith Street. Enacted Number: 33-07 ADOPTED 061697 [Accept-Expend State Grant - San Francisco Port Commission] Supervisor Peskin Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Port Commission to accept and expend $1,800,000 in Proposition 40, Clean Beaches Initiative grant funds from the State Water Resources Control Board to fund utility infrastructure improvements at the Pier 45 fish processing facility. Enacted Number: 43-07 ADOPTED 061669 [Liquor License Transfer, 1302 Fulton Street] Resolution determining that the reactivation and transfer of a Type 20 off-sale beer and wine license from 1306 Fulton Street to 1302 Fulton Street, to Khaled S. Dajani, for Caf