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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
AGENDA
Legislative Chamber, Room 250
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 2:00 PM
Regular Meeting
DAVID CHIU, PRESIDENT
MICHELA ALIOTO-PIER, JOHN AVALOS, DAVID CAMPOS, CARMEN CHU, CHRIS DALY,
BEVAN DUFTY, SEAN ELSBERND, ERIC MAR, SOPHIE MAXWELL, ROSS MIRKARIMI
Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board
Agendas of the Board of Supervisors are available on the internet at www.sfgbos.org
BOARD COMMITTEES
Committee Membership Meeting Days
Budget and Finance Committee Wednesday
Supervisors Avalos, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd 11:00 AM
City and School District Select Committee 2nd and 4th Thursday
Supervisors Dufty, Alioto-Pier, Daly, Fewer, Kim, Mendoza 3:30 PM
City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee 2nd and 4th Monday
Supervisors Chu, Avalos, Dufty 10:30 AM
Government Audit and Oversight Committee 2nd and 4th Thursday
Supervisors Mar, Chu, Maxwell 10:30 AM
Land Use and Economic Development Committee Monday
Supervisors Maxwell, Mar, Chiu 1:00 PM
Public Safety Committee 1st and 3rd Monday
Supervisors Chiu, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd 10:00 AM
Rules Committee 1st and 3rd Thursday
Supervisors Campos, Alioto-Pier, Mar 10:00 AM
First-named Supervisor is Chair, Second-named Supervisor is Vice-Chair of the Committee.
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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 by mail Sunshine Ordinance
Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102, by phone at (415)
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These items will be available for review at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, City Hall, Room 244,
Reception Desk on the Friday preceding a regularly scheduled Board meeting.
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ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
AGENDA CHANGES
COMMUNICATIONS
SPECIAL ORDER 2:00 P.M. - Mayor's Appearance Before The Board
(This item will be read at the Board Meeting on the third Tuesday of each month.)
The following is a time dedicated for the Mayor to discuss with the Board of Supervisors issues pertaining
to the governance of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board of Supervisors offers this time for
dialogue on the third regularly scheduled Board meeting of every month pursuant to the will of the voters
as expressed in Proposition I in November of 2006.
Should the Mayor fail to appear after five minutes of the item being called, the Clerk shall remove the item
from the Board's agenda, and the item shall not be considered by the Board. Should the Mayor appear
and the Board therefore consider this item, public comment for this item will take place during general
public comment.
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.
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Items 1 through 12
Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee
Present: Supervisors Avalos, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd
1. 101058 [Setting San Francisco’s Property Tax Rate and Establishing Pass-Through
Rate for Residential Tenants - FY2010-2011]
Sponsor: Avalos
Ordinance providing revenue and levying property taxes for City and County purposes
and establishing a pass-through rate for residential tenants pursuant to Chapter 37 of the
Administrative Code for the FY ending June 30, 2011.
(Fiscal Impact)
09/14/2010; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
2. 101059 [Setting San Francisco Community College District’s Property Tax Rate to be
Included in the City’s Overall Property Tax Rate - FY2010-2011]
Sponsor: Avalos
Ordinance providing revenue and levying property taxes for San Francisco Community
College District purposes for the FY ending June 30, 2011.
(Fiscal Impact)
09/14/2010; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
3. 101060 [Setting San Francisco Unified School District’s Property Tax Rate to be
Included in the City’s Overall Property Tax Rate - FY2010-2011]
Sponsor: Avalos
Ordinance providing revenue and levying property taxes for San Francisco Unified
School District purposes for the FY ending June 30, 2011.
(Fiscal Impact)
09/14/2010; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
4. 101061 [Setting San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District’s Property Tax Rate to
be Included in the City’s Overall Property Tax Rate - FY2010-2011]
Sponsor: Avalos
Ordinance providing revenue and levying property taxes for San Francisco Bay Area
Rapid Transit District purposes for the FY ending June 30, 2011.
(Fiscal Impact)
09/14/2010; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
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5. 101102 [Accept and Expend Grant - 2010 Disaster Corps Grant and Amendment to the
Annual Salary Ordinance FY2010-2011 - $231,000]
Sponsor: Mayor
Ordinance authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to retroactively
accept and expend a grant in the amount of $231,000 from California Volunteers for the
grant period of 18 months following passage of the FY2010-2011 California State Budget
for volunteer management and training; amending Ordinance No. 191-10 (Annual Salary
Ordinance FY2010-2011) to reflect the addition of one Class 5277 Planner I at the San
Francisco Fire Department.
09/14/2010; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
Present: Supervisors Chu, Avalos, Dufty
6. 100294 [Liquor License Transfer - 715 Market Street]
Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 21 off-sale general license from 50-3rd
Street to 715 Market Street (District 6) to Zain H. Azzghayer for Zain's Fine Wine &
Spirits will serve the public convenience or necessity of the people of the City and County
of San Francisco, in accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business and
Professions Code, with conditions.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
7. 100685 [Liquor License - 450-460 Powell Street]
Resolution determining that the issuance of a Type 21 off-sale general license to Dean
Zain Azzghayer for Dean's, located at 450-460 Powell Street (District 3), will serve the
public convenience or necessity of the people of the City and County of San Francisco, in
accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business and Professions Code, with
conditions.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
8. 100834 [Liquor License Transfer - 101-6th Street]
Resolution determining that the premise to premise transfer of a Type 48 on-sale general
public premises liquor license from 101-6th Street to expansion of public occupancy into
basement storage at 101-6th Street (District 6), to Mark E. Rennie for Playbar, Inc., dba
The Room, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the people of the City and
County of San Francisco, in accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business
and Professions Code, with conditions.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
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9. 100915 [Liquor License Transfer - 1530 Haight Street]
Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 20 off-sale beer and wine liquor
license from 2 Harrison Street to 1530 Haight Street (District 5) to Bobby Vardakastanis
for Haight Street Market, Inc., dba Haight Street Market, will serve the public
convenience or necessity of the people of the City and County of San Francisco, in
accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business and Professions Code, with
conditions.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
10. 100916 [Liquor License Transfer - 447 Battery Street]
Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 42 on-sale beer and wine public
premises liquor license from 620 Post Street to 447 Battery Street (District 3) to Alberto
De Almeida, Jr., for Magellan Wine, LLC, dba The Hidden Vine Wine Bar, will serve the
public convenience or necessity of the people of the City and County of San Francisco, in
accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business and Professions Code, with
conditions.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Mar, Chiu
11. 100880 [Landmark Tree Designation of Redwood Tree Located at 46 Stillings Avenue]
Sponsors: Dufty; Daly
Ordinance designating the redwood tree (sequoia sempervirens) located at 46 Stillings
Avenue (Assessor’s Block No. 6734, Lot No. 023) as a landmark tree pursuant to Public
Works Code Section 810, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting
official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation.
09/14/2010; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
12. 101005 [Exceptions to Seismic Safety Loan Program Requirements to Allow for a
$15,000,000 Loan to Arlington Residence - 480 Ellis Street]
Sponsors: Chu; Alioto-Pier
Ordinance approving exceptions to requirements of the Seismic Safety Loan Program
pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Sections 66 and 66A and the Program
Regulations, dated May 2006, adopted by the Board of Supervisors through Ordinance
No. 122-06, to allow for a $15,000,000 Seismic Safety Loan Program loan for an existing
affordable housing project at the Arlington Residence, 480 Ellis Street, San Francisco,
California.
09/14/2010; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
Questions on the Consent Agenda are on final passage, first reading, adoption, or approved, as
indicated:______________________________________________
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REGULAR AGENDA
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee
Present: Supervisors Avalos, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd
13. 101004 [Lease and License of Real Property at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place,
Ground Floor Café and North Light Court]
Resolution authorizing the lease of 1,426 square feet of space, a license of 2,400 square
feet and the shared use space of 1,360 square feet to the Elias M. Nasra and Family
Partnership, a California general partnership, in City Hall located at 1 Dr. Carlton B.
Goodlett Place. (Real Estate Department)
09/14/2010; CONTINUED.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
From the Budget and Finance Committee Without Recommendation
Present: Supervisors Avalos, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd
14. 100865 [Establishing an Alcohol Cost Recovery Fee]
Sponsors: Avalos; Mirkarimi, Maxwell, Mar, Daly and Campos
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 106, by adding
Sections 106 through 106.28, to impose a fee on alcoholic beverage wholesalers and
certain other persons who distribute or sell alcoholic beverages in San Francisco to: 1)
recover a portion of San Francisco's alcohol-attributable unreimbursed health costs, and;
2) fund administration costs.
09/14/2010; AMENDED.
09/14/2010; AMENDED.
09/14/2010; PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
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NEW BUSINESS
Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee
Present: Supervisors Avalos, Elsbernd
15. 101051 [Approval to Implement Alternative Bid Process for Construction Trade
Packages for the Renovation and Construction of the George S. Moscone
Convention Center]
Ordinance authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Works to implement an
alternative bid process for construction trade packages and to award contracts for
construction services, for the renovation of and capital improvements to the Moscone
Convention Center. (Public Works Department)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
16. 101140 [Cigarette Litter Abatement Fee - Timing and Standards for Controller's
Review and Adjustment]
Sponsor: Mayor
Ordinance amending Section 105.3 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to change
the timelines and standards under which the Controller is directed to review and adjust
the Cigarette Litter Abatement Fee.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
.
Present: Supervisors Avalos, Elsbernd, Maxwell
17. 101107 [Management Agreement for the Harding Park Golf Course]
Sponsor: Elsbernd
Resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department General Manager to enter
into an agreement with Tournament Players Club of California, Inc., for management of
clubhouse and golf operations at the Harding Park and Fleming Golf Courses, excluding
course maintenance operations (Management Agreement), from October 1, 2010, to
December 31, 2019, pursuant to San Francisco Charter Section 9.118, with the right to
extend the term to coincide with any extension of the Master Tournament Agreement
between the City and County of San Francisco and PGA Tour, Inc.
(Fiscal Impact.)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
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Recommendation of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
Present: Supervisors Chu, Avalos, Dufty
18. 100922 [Authorizing the Department of Public Health to Enter Into Contracts for
Out-of-County Behavioral Health Services in the Foster Care System]
Sponsor: Mayor
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 21.42
to authorize the Department of Public Health to contract for behavioral health services to
children in the foster care system under the jurisdiction of the City and County of San
Francisco and located outside of San Francisco, utilizing contracting language and forms
mandated by the State of California under California Welfare and Institutions Code
Section 5777.7.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Mar, Chiu
19. 100851 [Planning Code - Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Transfer Lots After Sale
of Transferable Development Rights; Zoning Map and General Plan Map
Amendments - 680 California Street (Old St. Mary's Cathedral)]
Sponsors: Chiu; Maxwell
Ordinance amending Section 128 of the San Francisco Planning Code to require that
proceeds from the sale of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) be spent on
rehabilitation and maintenance of the Transfer Lot property, to establish reporting
procedures regarding the rehabilitation and maintenance, and to allow the sale of TDR
from an individually landmarked building to any lot in a C-3 zoned district except
Redevelopment Areas; amending the San Francisco Zoning Map by amending Zoning
Use District Map ZN01 to change the use classification of 680 California Street (Old St.
Mary's Cathedral), Block No. 0241, Lot Nos. 011 and 012, from Chinatown Visitor Retail
District to C-3-0 District and making conforming amendments to the Chinatown and
Downtown Area Plans of the San Francisco General Plan; adopting findings, including
environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority
Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
20. 101056 [Banning the Sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies]
Sponsors: Mar; Dufty and Maxwell
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by amending Sections 1009.91 and
1009.92, by repealing Section 1009.93, and by re-numbering Sections 1009.94, 1009.95,
1009.96, 1009.97, 1009.98, and 1009.99, as Sections 1009.93, 1009.94, 1009.95,
1009.96, 1009.97, and 1009.98, respectively, all to eliminate the exemptions for general
grocery stores and big box stores from the general ban on the sale of tobacco products
in pharmacies.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
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21. 101070 [Gift Acceptance - Building Bocce Courts in Justin Herman Plaza - $61,000]
Sponsor: Chiu
Resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept a gift of labor and
construction materials with a value of $61,000 from the Laborers Local 261 Community
and Training Foundation to build two bocce courts on the lawn in Justin Herman Plaza.
08/10/2010; REFERRED to the Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
SPECIAL ORDER 3:30 P.M. - Recognition of Commendations
SPECIAL ORDER 4:00 P.M.
APPEAL PROCEDURES
Board Rule 4.29 provides that public hearings on appeals shall be scheduled for 4pm. If more than one public
hearing is scheduled, then the Clerk, in consultation with the President, may determine the order in which the
appeals will be scheduled. Second and later appeals may be scheduled at specified times later than 4 pm. An
appeal shall not be heard prior to its scheduled time on the calendar, and it may not be called until the Board's
consideration of appeals scheduled earlier on the calendar is completed. It is the policy of the Clerk of the Board to
schedule multiple appeals in the following order at 4pm:
1. Appeals where all parties have agreed to request a continuance or a tabling of the appeal.
2. Continued appeals from previous Board meetings (continued appeals will be listed in order of those closest to
deadlines for Board decision).
3. Appeals appearing on the calendar for the first time, in chronological order of receipt by the Clerk.
4. Multiple appeals appearing on the calendar may be staggered at times specific, beginning at 4pm.
5. Appeals involving participants who have ADA considerations may be set for specific times beginning at 4pm.
22. 101083 [Appeal of Determination of Exemption from Environmental Review for a
Project Located at 2514-23rd Avenue]
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning
Department’s May 5, 2010, Determination of Exemption from Environmental Review,
Building Permit No. 2010/05/05/1781, that a project located at 2514-23rd Avenue is
exempt from environmental review under Categorical Exemption, Class 3. The proposal
would involve structural work to the foundation, roof framing, and the addition of roof
dormers, window replacement, and interior work to the building, which is a single-family
residence, Lot No. 37, in Assessor’s Block No. 2423. (District 4) (Appellant: Nancy
Wuerfel, on behalf of the Sunset Parkside Education and Action Committee (SPEAK)).
Action:___________________________
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in
court, the Categorical Exemption from Environmental Review described above, you may be limited to
raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or
in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.
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(Only one of the following two motions should be approved.)
23. 101084 [Affirming the Exemption Determination for 2514-23rd Avenue]
Motion affirming the determination by the Planning Department that the project located at
2514-23rd Avenue is exempt from environmental review.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?
24. 101085 [Reversing the Exemption Determination Issued for 2514-23rd Avenue]
Motion reversing the determination by the Planning Department that the 2514-23rd
Avenue project is exempt from environmental review.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?
25. 101086 [Preparation of Findings to Reverse the Exemption Determination for the
2514-23rd Avenue Project]
Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings reversing the exemption
determination by the Planning Department that the project located at 2514-23rd Avenue
is exempt from environmental review.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?
ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS
Roll call for introduction of ordinances, resolutions, charter amendments, requests for hearings, letters of
inquiry, letters of request to the City Attorney and Board Members' reports on their regional body activities.
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 speakers not requesting translation assistance. The President or the Board may limit the total
testimony to 30 minutes.
Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such
and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the
meeting.
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FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE
These measures were introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is
required for adoption of these resolutions today. Any Supervisor may require any resolution to go
to committee.
Items 26 through 31
26. 101153 [Commending Caesar Caiati]
Sponsor: Alioto-Pier
Resolution commending Caesar Caiati on his 100th Birthday and declaring September
19, 2010, "Caesar Caiati Day" in San Francisco.
09/14/2010; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
27. 101168 [Urging Pacific Gas and Electric to Cooperate with the City’s Request for
Infrastructure Information]
Sponsors: Chu; Maxwell and Mirkarimi
Resolution urging Pacific Gas and Electric Company to cooperate completely and swiftly
with all requests from the City Administrator and Fire Chief in a Utility Infrastructure
Safety Review, and to provide all relevant City Departments with risk level and
maintenance plan information for existing pipelines in San Francisco.
09/14/2010; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
28. 101169 [Recognizing September 22, 2010, as “Please Don’t Jump” Day to Promote
Suicide Prevention]
Sponsors: Campos; Chiu and Dufty
Resolution recognizing September 22, 2010, as “Please Don’t Jump” Day and urging the
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District staff and Board of Directors to
continue its efforts to expeditiously construct a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge.
09/14/2010; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
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29. 101170 [Accept and Expend Grant - Susceptibility to Smoking Among Migrants in
China - $4,901]
Sponsor: Mar
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health to accept and
expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $4,901 from the San Diego State University
Research Foundation to support a project that will establish a Handheld Assisted
Personal Interview system, including training and consultation for the period of
September 17, 2009, through June 30, 2010. (Public Health Department)
09/14/2010; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
30. 101171 [Local Support for Congestion Management Agency Block Grant Projects]
Sponsor: Mayor
Resolution of local support for four projects to be funded by $11,553,000 in federal
Surface Transportation Program and/or Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
Improvement funds through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Congestion
Management Agency Block Grant Program; committing the necessary non-federal match
of $1,876,000; and stating assurance to complete the projects.
09/14/2010; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
31. 101172 [Apply for Strategic Growth Council Sustainable Communities Planning
Grant]
Sponsor: Mayor
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Planning Department, in cooperation with the
Mayor’s Office of Housing, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the San
Francisco County Transportation Authority, and other Bay Area entities, to apply for a
planning grant from the State of California Sustainable Communities Planning Grant and
Incentives Program under the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood
Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84) to develop a
Multi-City Bay Area Core Regional Growth and Investment Strategy.
09/14/2010; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference
Agenda:_________________________________________
32. 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 eight (8) votes or a unanimous six (6) or seven (7). A unanimous vote is
required for the resolution(s).
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[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 resolution(s) being considered at this time, there
is a need to take immediate action. The need to take action came to the attention of the City and
County of San Francisco after the agenda was posted.
LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AT ROLL CALL
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
Proposed resolution received from September 7, 2010, to September 13, 2010, for
reference by President to appropriate committee on September 21, 2010.
101150 [Agreement to Exchange Easements in Connection with the Bay Division
Pipeline Reliability Upgrade Project - Bay Tunnel]
Resolution approving and authorizing an Agreement to Exchange Interests in Real
Property to obtain an exclusive, subsurface easement from the Midpeninsula Regional
Open Space District in exchange for a non-exclusive open space easement over real
property owned by the City and County of San Francisco, for the purpose of constructing
the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Water System Improvement
Program-Funded Project CUW36801, Bay Division Pipeline Reliability Upgrade - Bay
Tunnel; adopting environmental findings under the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA), CEQA Guidelines, and Administrative Code Chapter 31; adopting findings of
consistency with City Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing the General
Manager of SFPUC to execute documents, make certain modifications, and take certain
actions in furtherance of this resolution. (Real Estate Department)
09/10/2010; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Budget and Finance Committee.
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101141 [Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and Communications received from September 7, 2010, through September
13, 2010, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters, or to
be ordered filed by the Clerk on September 21, 2010.
From Planning Department, regarding the initial study notice of availability for the
Broadway Sansome Family Housing project located at 235 Broadway. (1)
From Local Homeless Coordinating Board, regarding the San Francisco Rental Subsidy
Program for Families. Copy: Each Supervisor (2)
From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to proposed legislation concerning the
alcohol mitigation fee. File No. 100865, 70 letters and postcards (3)
From Health Commission, submitting resolution in support of the alcohol mitigation fee
program. File No. 100865 (4)
From Ethics Commission, submitting their annual report for FY2009-2010. (5)
From Office of the City Attorney, submitting memorandum entitled “Political Activity by
City Employees” from City Attorney Dennis Herrera. (6)
From Abdalla Megahed, submitting copy of letter sent to the In-Home Supportive
Services Consortium. Copy: Each Supervisor (7)
From Abdalla Megahed, concerning Terry Jones and his plans to burn 200 Korans at an
anti-Muslim rally to remember 9-11. (8)
From Dr. Amos Brown, regarding the San Francisco Branch of the NAACP looking
forward to collaborating with California Pacific Medical Center’s community-based
programs and clinics to provide health care services to the whole community, with an
emphasis on disadvantaged residents. (9)
From James Chaffee, regarding the North Beach branch public library. (10)
From Planning Department, regarding the Westside Recycled Water Project. Copy:
Each Supervisor (11)
From Verizon Wireless, submitting notification of three cellular antennas to be installed at
1600 El Camino Real. (12)
From Robin Mackey, Bernal Heights Community Action, agreeing to Clearwire’s request
for a continuance of the public hearing on the appeal for property located at 10 Bernal
Heights Boulevard. File Nos. 101041 and 101045, Copy: Each Supervisor (13)
From SPCA, commenting that Pet Food Express has been an eager and loyal supporter
of the animal welfare community in San Francisco. File No. 101087, Copy: Each
Supervisor (14)
From Office of the Controller, submitting an audit report of San Francisco’s Public
Utilities Commission Wastewater Enterprise warehouse and inventory controls. (15)
From Office of the Controller, submitting an audit report of the Police Department’s need
to improve its controls over premium pay and overtime. (16)
From Office of the Controller, submitting a compliance audit report of JetBlue Airways
Corporation. (17)
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From Office of the Controller, submitting a report on the procedures and internal controls
over operations and protection of assets held as part of the Asset Forfeiture Program.
(18)
From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the decision of the Planning
Commission by its Motion No. 18139, approving Conditional Use Application 2010.0357C
for Pet Food Express located at 3150 California Street. File No. 101087, Copy: Each
Supervisor, 5 letters (19)
From Employees’ Retirement System, regarding the 2009-2010 Civil Grand Jury Report
entitled Pension Tsunami, The Billion Dollar Bubble. Copy: Government Audit and
Oversight Committee Clerk (20)
From Municipal Transportation Agency, submitting an update on SFMTA’s fare collection
initiatives. (21)
From Arthur Evans, regarding the McDonald’s store in the Haight-Ashbury District
increasing prices of some of their food items. (22)
From Kim Malcheski, regarding MUNI reform. Copy: Each Supervisor (23)
From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to expanding parking meter hours/and or
Sunday metering. 4 letters (24)
From Bob Larive, commenting on the “street people” that hang out in the Fisherman’s
Wharf and North Beach areas day and night. (25)
From Mary Bull, regarding several issues in the Haight-Ashbury District. (26)
From Jennifer Henerlau, thanking the Board of Supervisors for the great exhibition at the
State Fair in Sacramento. (27)
From Nick Pasquariello, urging the Board of Supervisors to reject the allocation and
transfer of $375,000 in the Comcast settlement to the Bay Area Video Coalition. File No.
091408, Copy: Each Supervisor, 3 letters (28)
From Office of the Controller, submitting a corrected audit report of the agreement
between TEGSCO, LLC, dba San Francisco Auto Return and the Municipal
Transportation Agency. (29)
From Coalition of Agencies Serving the Elderly, submitting petition urging the Board of
Supervisors to restore the $2,100,000 cut from senior services in the Department of
Aging and Adult Services budget. (30)
From Jay Sath, regarding panhandling in the downtown area of San Francisco. (31)
From Kimo Crossman, concerning web posting requirements for all city departments of
the City and County of San Francisco. 4 letters (32)
From State Office of Historic Preservation, regarding the nomination of the Rialto
Building to the National Register of Historic Places. Copy: Each Supervisor (33)
From State Office of Historic Preservation, regarding the nomination of San Francisco
Juvenile Court and Detention Home to the National Register of Historic Places. Copy:
Each Supervisor (34)
From Department of Public Health, submitting the quarterly AIDS surveillance report for
cases reported through June 2010. (35)
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From State Fish and Game Commission, submitting notice of proposed regulatory action
relating to recreational and commercial fishing regulations for federal groundfish and
associated species for consistency with federal rules. (36)
ADJOURNMENT
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