# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 9, 2010 - Meeting date: 2010-11-09 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 27 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/2035/2010-11-09-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfbos.archive.sf.gov/ftp/meetingarchive/full_board/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/minutes/2010/m110910.pdf) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 101246: Administrative Code - Medical Cannabis Task Force Membership, Powers, and Duties - Pages: 7-8 - Sponsors: Campos - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 101246 [Administrative Code - Medical Cannabis Task Force Membership, Powers, and Duties] Sponsor: Campos Ordinance amending San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 5.2-3 and 5.2-5 to: (1) increase the number of members of the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Task Force (Task Force) from 13 to 15; (2) establish qualifications for the two members added to the Task Force; and (3) expand powers and duties of the Task Force to include developing and making recommendations to the Board of Supervisors about local regulation of medical cannabis in the event that State Proposition 19 is approved by the voters in the election held on November 2, 2010. Ordinance No. 287-10 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Daly, Dufty, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Noes: Chu, Elsbernd ### File 101099: Business and Tax Regulations Code - Common Administrative Provisions; Parking Tax; Business Registration - Pages: 8 - Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Dufty - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: ss and Tax Regulations Code - Common Administrative Provisions; Parking Tax; Business Registration] Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Dufty Ordinance amending the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code by: (1) amending Article 6 (Common Administrative Provisions) to revise provisions relating to: certificates of authority to collect third-party taxes; prepayment and remittance requirements for hotel and parking operators; enforcement procedures and penalties; and to otherwise clarify and update the provisions of Article 6; (2) amending Article 9 (Tax on Occupancy of Parking Space in Parking Stations), Article 10 (Utility Users Tax), and Article 12 (Business Registration), to lengthen the time period that service suppliers must preserve records from 4 years to 5 years and to extend the payment date of the registration certificate; (3) repealing Sections 608 through 608.8 of Article 9 (Tax on Occupancy of Parking Space in Parking Stations); and (4) amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Article XIII (Funds), Chapter 10 (Finance, Taxation, and Other Fiscal Matters), to correct references to the California Government Code. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi ### File 101100: Business and Tax Regulations Code - Adding to the Definition of "Control," Revising the Enforcement Authority, and Making Other Nonsubstantive Changes - Pages: 8 - Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Dufty - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 101100 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Adding to the Definition of "Control," Revising the Enforcement Authority, and Making Other Nonsubstantive Changes] Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Dufty Ordinance amending Article 22 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending Sections 2201 through 2210, 2215, 2216, 2218, 2220, 2225, 2226, 2229, 2230, 2232, and 2233 and repealing Sections 2217, 2223, 2224, and 2237, to establish a presumption that certain operators, signatories and owners control the business affairs of the parking station, revise the Enforcing Agency's authority to permit the use of all authority granted by law and by Article 6 of this Code, and make other nonsubstantive changes. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi ### File 101356: Assessment Ballots for City-Owned Parcels for Proposed Ocean Avenue Community Benefits District - Pages: 8-9 - Sponsors: Avalos - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 101356 [Assessment Ballots for City-Owned Parcels for Proposed Ocean Avenue Community Benefits District] Sponsor: Avalos Resolution authorizing the Mayor to cast assessment ballots in the affirmative on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco as the owner of two parcels and part of a third parcel of real property over which the Board of Supervisors has jurisdiction, where those two parcels and the partial parcel would be subject to assessment in the proposed property and business improvement district to be named the Ocean Avenue Community Benefits District. Resolution No. 528-10 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Noes: Daly ### File 101302: Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant Improvements Project Findings - Pages: 9 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 101302 [Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant Improvements Project Findings] Resolution adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and a statement of overriding considerations related to the Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant Long-Term Improvements Project No. CUW36701, part of the Water System Improvement Program, for the improvements to the regional water supply system and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to notify the Controller of this action. (Public Utilities Commission) Resolution No. 531-10 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi ### File 101357: Settlement of Unlitigated Claims - Skyline Stables Corporation - $650,000 - Pages: 9 - Sponsors: Avalos - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 101357 [Settlement of Unlitigated Claims - Skyline Stables Corporation - $650,000] Sponsor: Avalos Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claims by and between Skyline Stables Corporation (Skyline) and City and County of San Francisco, related to the lease between Skyline and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) of a portion of the SFPUC Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant (HTWTP) site in San Mateo County, the SFPUC approval of the HTWTP Long Term Improvement Project to improve water service reliability and seismic stability of the HTWTP, the SFPUC termination of Skyline's lease and Skyline's vacation of the lease premises, and SFPUC's offer to acquire the leasehold interest, calling for SFPUC to pay $650,000 to Skyline, and including other material terms and conditions in a settlement and release agreement. Resolution No. 530-10 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi ### File 101155: Administrative Code - Open Data Policy - Pages: 9-10 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 101155 [Administrative Code - Open Data Policy] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to add Section 22D to establish the City's Open Data Policy and require City departments to make appropriate data available to the public. Privilege of the floor was granted to Jason Elliott (Mayor's Office) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi ## Extracted text ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/2035/2010-11-09-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/9/2010 NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 101099 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Common Administrative Provisions; Parking Tax; Business Registration] Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Dufty Ordinance amending the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code by: (1) amending Article 6 (Common Administrative Provisions) to revise provisions relating to: certificates of authority to collect third-party taxes; prepayment and remittance requirements for hotel and parking operators; enforcement procedures and penalties; and to otherwise clarify and update the provisions of Article 6; (2) amending Article 9 (Tax on Occupancy of Parking Space in Parking Stations), Article 10 (Utility Users Tax), and Article 12 (Business Registration), to lengthen the time period that service suppliers must preserve records from 4 years to 5 years and to extend the payment date of the registration certificate; (3) repealing Sections 608 through 608.8 of Article 9 (Tax on Occupancy of Parking Space in Parking Stations); and (4) amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Article XIII (Funds), Chapter 10 (Finance, Taxation, and Other Fiscal Matters), to correct references to the California Government Code. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi 101100 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Adding to the Definition of "Control," Revising the Enforcement Authority, and Making Other Nonsubstantive Changes] Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Dufty Ordinance amending Article 22 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending Sections 2201 through 2210, 2215, 2216, 2218, 2220, 2225, 2226, 2229, 2230, 2232, and 2233 and repealing Sections 2217, 2223, 2224, and 2237, to establish a presumption that certain operators, signatories and owners control the business affairs of the parking station, revise the Enforcing Agency's authority to permit the use of all authority granted by law and by Article 6 of this Code, and make other nonsubstantive changes. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi 101356 [Assessment Ballots for City-Owned Parcels for Proposed Ocean Avenue Community Benefits District] Sponsor: Avalos Resolution authorizing the Mayor to cast assessment ballots in the affirmative on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco as the owner of two parcels and part of a third parcel of real property over which the Board of Supervisors has jurisdiction, where those two parcels and the partial parcel would be subject to assessment in the proposed property and business improvement district to be named the Ocean Avenue Community Benefits District. Resolution No. 528-10 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Noes: 1 - Daly City and County of San Francisco Page 982 Printed at 4:13 pm on 12/14/10 ### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/2035/2010-11-09-minutes#page-9) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/9/2010 101302 [Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant Improvements Project Findings] Resolution adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and a statement of overriding considerations related to the Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant Long-Term Improvements Project No. CUW36701, part of the Water System Improvement Program, for the improvements to the regional water supply system and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to notify the Controller of this action. (Public Utilities Commission) Resolution No. 531-10 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi 101357 [Settlement of Unlitigated Claims - Skyline Stables Corporation - $650,000] Sponsor: Avalos Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claims by and between Skyline Stables Corporation (Skyline) and City and County of San Francisco, related to the lease between Skyline and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) of a portion of the SFPUC Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant (HTWTP) site in San Mateo County, the SFPUC approval of the HTWTP Long Term Improvement Project to improve water service reliability and seismic stability of the HTWTP, the SFPUC termination of Skyline's lease and Skyline's vacation of the lease premises, and SFPUC's offer to acquire the leasehold interest, calling for SFPUC to pay $650,000 to Skyline, and including other material terms and conditions in a settlement and release agreement. Resolution No. 530-10 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Recommendations of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 101155 [Administrative Code - Open Data Policy] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to add Section 22D to establish the City's Open Data Policy and require City departments to make appropriate data available to the public. Privilege of the floor was granted to Jason Elliott (Mayor's Office) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi City and County of San Francisco Page 983 Printed at 4:13 pm on 12/14/10