Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 30, 2010

100293 [Appointments, Shelter Monitoring Committee - Mary Howe and Robert Weber] Motion appointing Mary Howe and Robert Weber, terms ending November 23, 2010, to the Shelter Monitoring Committee, residency requirement waived. (Clerk of the Board) APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

091475 [General Plan Amendment - Market and Octavia Area Plan] Sponsor: Mirkarimi Ordinance amending the Market and Octavia Area Plan of the General Plan (an Area generally described as approximately one square mile surrounding the Market Street and Octavia Boulevard intersection) to amend the historic resource provisions of the Plan to integrate the results of the Historic Resource Survey by removing language calling for the Area Plan Level Survey, calling out new historic districts, replacing interim procedures for the review of projects that may affect historic resources with permanent review procedures for projects in historic districts; and adding a new design principle; amending the provisions related to alleys to include terminology consistent with other Area Plans; and making environmental findings and findings that the proposed amendments are consistent with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department) FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty

100263 [Authorizing the Filing of an Application for Section 190 Grade Separation Grant Funds - $5,000,000] Sponsor: Elsbernd Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to file an application seeking state Section 190 Grade Separation funds, in the amount of $5,000,000 from the California Department of Transportation for the reconstruction of the Jerrold Avenue railroad bridge grade separation and to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding to pass through the funds to the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100206 [Appropriating $157,500 of General Fund Reserve for a Loan to the Community Center Project of San Francisco in the City Administrator's Budget for FY2009-2010] Sponsors: Dufty; Campos Ordinance appropriating $157,500 of General Fund Reserve for a loan to the Community Center Project of San Francisco, Inc., a California nonprofit public corporation, in the City Administrator's Budget for FY2009-2010. (Fiscal Impact.) (Supervisor Elsbernd dissented in Committee.) Privilege of the floor was granted to Rebecca Rolfe, LGBT Center Executive Director, and Roberto Ordeñana, LGBT Center Director of Community Development, who provided an overview of the organization and future plans for the LGBT Center as referenced in File Nos. 100206 and 100133. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: Elsbernd

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100133 [Loan to the Community Center Project of San Francisco, Inc., at 1800 Market Street - $157,500] Sponsors: Dufty; Campos Resolution authorizing the City to make a $157,500 loan to the Community Center Project of San Francisco, Inc., a California nonprofit public corporation, located at 1800 Market Street, and authorizing actions in the furtherance of this Resolution. See File No. 100206. ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: Elsbernd

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100277 [Reallocation of Grant - Capital Projects in Golden Gate Park - $2,067,663] Sponsor: Mar Resolution authorizing the reallocation of $2,067,663 in Proposition 40 grant funds among two capital projects in Golden Gate Park. ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

091444 [Creating an Energy Efficiency Steering Committee] Sponsors: Mar; Campos and Mirkarimi Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Article II to Chapter 5, Sections 5.2-1 through 5.2-8, to: (1) create an Energy Efficiency Steering Committee to advise the Board of Supervisors on planning and decision-making regarding energy efficiency projects; (2) provide for the Committee's membership, organization, and duties; and (3) set a sunset date for the Committee. Supervisor Mirkarimi requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100374 [Making Certain Findings for the Use of Tax Increment for the Newcomb Avenue Model Block Streetscape Improvements Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445] Sponsor: Maxwell Resolution making certain findings pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445 for the use of tax increment funds for the completion of construction documents, capital improvement costs and construction costs for the Newcomb Avenue Model Block Streetscape Improvements on the 1700 block of Newcomb Avenue in the Bayview Hunter's Point Redevelopment Project Area. ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100334 [Approving Submission of a Design-Build Application to the California State Public Works Board Under California Public Contract Code Section 20688.6] Sponsor: Maxwell Resolution making findings and authorizing the submission of a design-build application to the California State Public Works Board to permit construction of a Community Facilities Demonstration Project at Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Project Area. Supervisor Maxwell, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED on Page 3, Lines 23-24, replacing 'Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File No. 12-2009' with 'Secretary of the Agency Commission in File No. 15-2009.' The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

l - North Beach Residential Special Use District, and the Chinatown Mixed-Use Districts; amending Section 155 to add Columbus Avenue between Washington and North Point Streets, Broadway from the Embarcadero on the east to Mason Street on the west, and all alleyways in the Chinatown Mixed-Use Districts to the list of streets where garage entries, driveways or other vehicular access to off-street parking or loading are prohibited; amending Section 161 to require mandatory discretionary review by the Planning Commission to install a garage in an existing residential building of four or more units and Section 311 notice for a building of less than four units; amending the Public Works Code by amending Section 723.2 to prohibit the issuance of minor sidewalk encroachment permit that would facilitate the installation of parking in a residential structure of four or more units without prior authorization by the Planning Commission; adopting findings, including environmental findings, Planning Code Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Fiscal Impact.) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100282 [Initiative Constitutional Amendment - Opposing Proposition 16, the "New Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Local Public Electricity Providers"] Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Maxwell, Mar, Avalos, Campos and Dufty Resolution opposing Proposition 16, an Initiative Constitutional Amendment, the "New Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Local Public Electricity Providers." ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100379 [Supporting Senate Bill 4 Banning Smoking at State Parks and Beaches] Sponsor: Mar Resolution supporting Senate Bill 4 Banning Smoking at State Parks and Beaches. ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100377 [Rejecting the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Proposed Fare Changes to Create New Premium Monthly MUNI Passes] Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Chiu, Campos, Dufty and Mar Motion rejecting the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s proposed fare changes to create Premium Monthly San Francisco Municipal Railway Passes for express bus routes and cable cars. Supervisor Mar requested to be added as a co-sponsor. APPROVED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier