Board of Supervisors Minutes: April 6, 2010

100182 [Settlement of Class Action Lawsuit - Western Regional Advocacy Project, et al.] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the class action lawsuit entitled Western Regional Advocacy Project et al. v. Mayor Gavin Newsom et al., filed on August 27, 2008, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. CV 08-4087-MMC. Pursuant to the proposed settlement, the City will make revisions to current policies of its single adult emergency shelter system in order to improve services to homeless people with disabilities. (City Attorney) FINALLY PASSED 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

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.) FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

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

Noes: Elsbernd

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100269 [Approving Commercial Paper Reimbursement Agreement and Dealer Agreements] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution of the City and County of San Francisco approving the form of Reimbursement Agreement or Reimbursement Agreements and the form of Dealer Agreement in connection with its Tax-Exempt and Taxable Lease Revenue Commercial Paper Certificates of Participation, authorizing the execution and delivery of one or more of such Reimbursement Agreement and the execution and delivery of one or more Dealer Agreements and authorizing other related actions. (Fiscal Impact.) (Supervisor Mirkarimi dissented in Committee.) ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: Mirkarimi

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100329 [Off-Site Budget and Finance Committee Meeting on April 14, 2010, 4:00 p.m. at Horace Mann Middle School] Sponsor: Avalos Motion ordering the April 14, 2010, meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee be held at Horace Mann Middle School, 3351 - 23rd Street, auditorium in the Mission district of San Francisco; and ordering a meeting of the full Board of Supervisors be convened for the same date, time, and place should a quorum of the full Board be present. APPROVED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100368 [Off-Site Budget and Finance Committee Meeting on April 21, 2010, 4:00 p.m. at the Hall of Flowers] Sponsor: Avalos Motion ordering the April 21, 2010, meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee be held at the Hall of Flowers, 9th Avenue at Lincoln Way, in the Inner Sunset district of San Francisco; and ordering a meeting of the full Board of Supervisors be convened for the same date, time, and place should a quorum of the full Board be present. APPROVED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

091476 [Zoning Map Amendments - Market and Octavia Area Plan Historic Resource Survey Integration] Ordinance amending the Zoning Map Sheets 7 and 7H of the City and County of San Francisco Planning Code to amend certain height and bulk districts within the Market and Octavia Area Plan to increase, decrease, or retain the heights of certain parcels, consistent with the findings of the Market and Octavia Area Plan Historic Resources Survey, specifically increasing or decreasing heights on some parcels in the Upper Market Street Historic District (an area generally described as Market Street between Church and Noe Streets) and decreasing heights on two parcels at the corner of Guerrero and Duboce Streets (also known as Assessors block and lot numbers 3501004 and 3501003); and adopting environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100093 [Housing Code – Residential Hotel Notice Posting Requirement] Sponsors: Campos; Chiu and Maxwell Ordinance amending the San Francisco Housing Code by amending Section 1002 to add subsection (f) requiring residential hotel owners/operators to post a notice advising hotel occupants that they may telephone the City's Customer Service Center at 311 to report alleged violations of the Housing Code; adopting findings, including environmental findings. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100102 [Requiring the Development and Maintenance of Stormwater Management Controls] Sponsors: Mayor; Maxwell, Mar, Chiu, Dufty and Mirkarimi Ordinance amending the San Francisco Public Works Code by repealing Article 4.2, Sections 140 - 149.4, and adding Article 4.2, Sections 147 - 147.6, requiring the development and maintenance of stormwater management controls for specified activities that disturb 5,000 square feet or more of the ground surface, and are subject to building, planning and subdivision approvals. Supervisor Dufty 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

100303 [Reappointment, Small Business Commission – Luke O’Brien] Motion approving the Mayor’s reappointment of Luke O’Brien to the Small Business Commission, for the term ending January 6, 2014. (Clerk of the Board) (Charter Section 3.100-17 provides that the Board of Supervisors has the authority to reject the reappointment by two-thirds vote of the Board (eight votes) within 30 days following transmittal of the Mayor's Notice of Reappointment, and that failure of the Board to reject the reappointment by two-thirds vote within the thirty day period shall result in the reappointee continuing to serve as reappointed. Transmittal date - March 12, 2010.) APPROVED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chiu, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell

Noes: Avalos, Campos, Daly, Mirkarimi

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100305 [Reappointment, Small Business Commission – Richard Ventura] Motion approving the Mayor’s reappointment of Richard Ventura to the Small Business Commission, for the term ending January 6, 2014. (Clerk of the Board) APPROVED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100307 [Reappointment, Juvenile Probation Commission – Dirk Beijen] Motion approving the Mayor’s reappointment of Dirk Beijen to the Juvenile Probation Commission, for the term ending January 14, 2014. (Clerk of the Board) APPROVED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100308 [Reappointment, Juvenile Probation Commission – Dirk Beijen] Motion rejecting the Mayor’s reappointment of Dirk Beijen to the Juvenile Probation Commission, for the term ending January 14, 2014. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisor Campos, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved that this Motion be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

091453 [Planning Code Amendment – Green Landscaping Ordinance] Sponsors: Mayor; Chu, Dufty, Mar and Maxwell Ordinance amending various sections of the Planning Code to address screening, greening, street tree, and permeability requirements; creating definitions for “vehicle use area,” “ornamental fencing,” and “permeable surface;” amending the Public Works Code Sections 805, 806 and 807 to create requirements for the establishment of new street trees, replacement of dead street trees, and removal of street trees and adding Section 802.1 to define climate appropriate standards for plantings in the public right-of-way; and adopting findings, including environmental findings, Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100412 [Supporting Senate Bill 1108 Regarding Annual Small Business Participation Goal for State Funded Contracts] Sponsor: Chiu Resolution supporting Senate Bill 1108 to codify Governor Schwarzenegger's Executive Order S-02-06 to ensure that the State continues to meet or exceed the 25 percent overall annual small business participation goal for state funded contracts. ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Absent: Daly

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100408 [MUNI Youth Lifeline Discount Pass] Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Maxwell, Chiu, Dufty and Mar Resolution requesting the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to create a Youth Lifeline Discount Fast Pass for qualified low-income youth. Supervisor Mar requested to be added as a co-sponsor. ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Absent: Daly

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100413 [Meat-Free Mondays] Sponsors: Maxwell; Mar Resolution declaring every Monday as “Vegetarian Day” to urge all restaurants, grocery stores, and schools to offer a variety of plant based options to improve the health of San Francisco residents. Supervisor Mar requested to be added as a co-sponsor. ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Absent: Daly

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100414 [Commending San Francisco Businesses that Use Only Cage-Free Eggs] Sponsors: Maxwell; Mar Resolution commending businesses in San Francisco that use only cage-free eggs, and encouraging all businesses to join them in going cage-free. Supervisor Mar requested to be added as a co-sponsor. ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Absent: Daly

Excused: Alioto-Pier

100425 [Declaring April 6, 2010, as Laura Spanjian Day in the City and County of San Francisco] Sponsor: Dufty Resolution declaring April 6, 2010, as Laura Spanjian Day in the City and County of San Francisco and congratulating Laura Spanjian for her service and dedication to the City and County of San Francisco. The President inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Board relating to Laura Spanjian Day referenced in File No. 100425. Ed Harrington, General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, shared in congratulating Laura for her service to the City and County of San Francisco. Abdullah Megaheed, shared in congratulating Laura for her dedication. There were no other speakers. The President declared public comment closed. ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

Excused: Alioto-Pier