Board of Supervisors Agenda: January 11, 2011

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, January 11, 2011 - 2:00 PM Regular Meeting DAVID CHIU, PRESIDENT JOHN AVALOS, DAVID CAMPOS, CARMEN CHU, MALIA COHEN, SEAN ELSBERND, MARK FARRELL, JANE KIM, ERIC MAR, ROSS MIRKARIMI, SCOTT WIENER Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board Agendas of the Board of Supervisors are available on the internet at www.sfbos.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 3:30 PM City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee 2nd and 4th Monday Supervisors Chu, Avalos 10:30 AM Government Audit and Oversight Committee 2nd and 4th Thursday Supervisors Mar, Chu 10:30 AM Land Use and Economic Development Committee Monday Supervisors Mar, Chiu 1:00 PM Public Safety Committee 1st and 3rd Monday Supervisors Chiu, Elsbernd 10:00 AM Rules Committee 1st and 3rd Thursday Supervisors Campos, Mar 10:00 AM First-named Supervisor is Chair, Second-named Supervisor is Vice-Chair of the Committee.

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Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 11, 2011 ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AGENDA CHANGES COMMUNICATIONS CONSENT AGENDA There are no items. REGULAR AGENDA UNFINISHED BUSINESS From the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee Without Recommendation Present: Supervisors Chu, Avalos 1. 101445 [Public Works Code - Banners on the Path of Gold] Sponsor: Dufty Ordinance amending Public Works Code Section 184.78 to allow city neighborhood banners, as defined in Section 184.78, to be posted on the Path of Gold lamp posts lining Market Street, and adopting environmental findings. 01/04/2011; AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. 01/04/2011; PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? NEW BUSINESS There are no items. City and County of San Francisco Page 4 Printed at 5:14 pm on 1/6/11

Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 11, 2011 SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M. (Pending action on January 7, 2011, and pursuant to Charter Section 13.101(5)(b).) Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole (The public comment legally required under California Government Code Section 54954.3 and Administrative Code Section 67.15(a) was closed on January 4, 2011.) 2. 101467 [Appointment of a Successor Mayor] Sponsor: Daly Motion to take nominations and appoint a successor Mayor in the event of a vacancy in the Office of the Mayor. 01/04/2011; RECESSED. Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED? Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report (This item will only be acted upon in the event of a vacancy in the Office of the Mayor.) 3. 110007 [Ratifying the Appointment of a Successor Mayor] Motion to ratify the appointment of a successor Mayor due to the occurrence of a vacancy in the Office of the Mayor for a term expiring January 8, 2012. (Clerk of the Board) Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED? SPECIAL ORDER 3:30 P.M. - Recognition of Commendations

Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 11, 2011 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. 4. 101543 [Public Hearing - Appeal of Determination of Exemption from Environmental Review - 10 Lundys Lane] Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Department dated November 16, 2010, that a project located at 10 Lundys Lane (Building Permit Application No. 2010-08-27-9763) is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The proposed work involves interior and exterior renovation of an existing single family home, Lot No. 029A in Assessor's Block No. 5610. (District 9) (Appellant: John de Soto) (Filed December 2, 2010; Companion Measure to File Nos. 101544, 101545, 101546.) Question: Shall this Hearing be HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING? 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. (Only one of the following two motions should be approved.) 5. 101544 [Affirming the Exemption Determination - 10 Lundys Lane] Motion affirming the determination by the Planning Department that the project located at 10 Lundys Lane is exempt from environmental review. (Clerk of the Board) Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED? 6. 101545 [Reversing the Exemption Determination - 10 Lundys Lane] Motion reversing the determination by the Planning Department that the 10 Lundys Lane project is exempt from environmental review. (Clerk of the Board) Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED? City and County of San Francisco Page 6 Printed at 5:14 pm on 1/6/11

Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7. 101546 [Preparation of Findings to Reverse the Exemption Determination - 10 Lundys Lane] Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings reversing the exemption determination by the Planning Department that the project located at 10 Lundys Lane is exempt from environmental review. (Clerk of the Board) Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED? SPECIAL ORDER 4:00 P.M. 8. 101547 [Public Hearing - Appeal of Determination of Exemption from Environmental Review - 134-136 Ord Street] Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Department dated April 8, 2010, Case No. 2009.1124DDV, that a project located 134-136 Ord Street is exempt from environmental review under Categorically Exemption, Class 1 (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301). The proposed project involves construction of a new single-family home at the front of the subject lot, which new building would be located in front of an existing building on the lot, Lot No. 004 in Assessor's Block No. 2657. (District 8) (Appellant: Corbett Heights Neighbors) (Filed December 9, 2010; Companion Measure to File Nos. 101548, 101549, 101550.) Question: Shall this Hearing be HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING? 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. (Only one of the following two motions should be approved.) 9. 101548 [Affirming the Exemption Determination - 134-136 Ord Street] Motion affirming the determination by the Planning Department that the project located at 134-136 Ord Street is exempt from environmental review. Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED? 10. 101549 [Reversing the Exemption Determination - 134-136 Ord Street] Motion reversing the determination by the Planning Department that the 134-136 Ord Street project is exempt from environmental review. Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED? 11. 101550 [Preparation of Findings to Reverse the Exemption Determination - 134-136 Ord Street] Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings reversing the exemption determination by the Planning Department that the project located at 134-136 Ord Street is exempt from environmental review. Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED? City and County of San Francisco Page 7 Printed at 5:14 pm on 1/6/11

Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 11, 2011 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. 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 12 through 14 12. 110015 [Accept and Expend Grant - With Open Arms - $12,500] Sponsor: Mirkarimi Resolution authorizing the Office of the Public Defender to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $12,500 from van Löben Sels/RembeRock Foundation for mentoring and enrichment programming for participants in the With Open Arms initiative. 01/04/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? 13. 110016 [Authorization to Apply for CalFire State Grant - Urban Forest Enhancement] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment for the City and County of San Francisco to apply for funding from the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) for a project to plant fruit bearing trees on appropriate City land. 01/04/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? City and County of San Francisco Page 8 Printed at 5:14 pm on 1/6/11

Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 11, 2011 14. 101601 [Appointment, Health Officer - Tomás Javier Aragón] Sponsor: Chiu Motion appointing Tomás Javier Aragón, effective on December 15, 2010, to the position of Health Officer for the City and County of San Francisco. 12/29/2010; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED? Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________ 15. 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). [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. City and County of San Francisco Page 9 Printed at 5:14 pm on 1/6/11

Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 11, 2011 LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AT ROLL CALL PROPOSED ORDINANCE Proposed ordinance received from December 28, 2010, through January 3, 2011, for reference by President to appropriate committee on January 11, 2011. 110019 [Street Vacation Order - Transbay Transit Center] Ordinance ordering the vacation of portions of the public right-of-way below and/or above Natoma Street, Minna Street, First Street, Fremont Street, Beale Street, Harrison Street, Folsom Street, Clementina Street, Tehama Street, Howard Street, Second Street, and Oscar Alley within the Transit Center Project area; quitclaiming the City's interest in the vacation areas to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority; accepting Department of Public Works pending Order No.; making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the City's General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing official acts in connection with this Ordinance. 01/03/2011; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Land Use and Economic Development Committee. PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS Proposed resolutions received from December 28, 2010, through January 3, 2011, for reference by President to appropriate committee on January 11, 2011. 110001 [Agreement to Acquire Easement in Connection with the Bay Division Pipeline Reliability Upgrade Project - Bay Tunnel] Resolution approving and authorizing acceptance of a Right of Way Easement deed for a 50-year, exclusive, subsurface easement, at no charge, from United States Department of the Interior, 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) 12/28/2010; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Land Use and Economic Development Committee. 110002 [Exchange of Quitclaim Deeds - San Francisco Unified School District] Resolution (1) authorizing and directing execution of a quitclaim deed from the City and County of San Francisco to the San Francisco Unified School District, a political subdivision of the State of California, for 110 public school properties; (2) authorizing and directing the acceptance of a quitclaim deed by the City and County of San Francisco from the San Francisco Unified School District for five properties owned in fee by the City and County of San Francisco; and (3) adopting findings pursuant to City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Real Estate Department) 12/30/2010; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Land Use and Economic Development Committee. City and County of San Francisco Page 10 Printed at 5:14 pm on 1/6/11

Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 11, 2011 110017 [Street Vacation - Resolution of Intent - Transbay Transit Center] Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to vacate portions of the public right-of-way below and/or above Natoma Street, Minna Street, First Street, Fremont Street, Beale Street, Harrison Street, Folsom Street, Clementina Street, Tehama Street, Howard Street, Second Street, and Oscar Alley within the Transit Center Project area; and setting the hearing date for all persons interested in the proposed vacation of said public right-of-way areas and public service easements. (Real Estate Department) 01/03/2011; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Land Use and Economic Development Committee. 110030 [Petitions and Communications] Petitions and Communications received from December 28, 2010, through January 3, 2011, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters, or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on January 11, 2011. From Sue Vaughan, submitting support for the declining fossil fuel report. (1) From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to proposed legislation to implement a Civic Center Community Benefit District. File No. 101526, 9 letters (2) From concerned citizens, submitting support for the Parkmerced Project. 2 letters (3) From Voy Wiederhold, submitting additional petitioners opposing the Civic Center Community Benefit District. File No. 101526, Copy: Each Supervisor (4) From various organizations, submitting support for Vince Courtney to SFPUC. File No. 101507, Copy: Rules Committee Clerk, 5 letters (5) From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to Richard Johns to HPC. File No. 101512, 7 letters (6) From concerned citizens, submitting support for the reappointment of Andrew Wolfram and Karl Hasz, and opposition to the appointment of Richard Johns to HPC. File Nos. 101513 and 101509 (7) From Sandra Ferreira, regarding sidewalk sitting ban. (8) From State Fish and Game Commission, submitting notice of regulations. (9) From Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector, submitting the November 2010 investment report. (10) ADJOURNMENT City and County of San Francisco Page 11 Printed at 5:14 pm on 1/6/11