# Board of Supervisors Agenda: March 8, 2011

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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, March 8, 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 Chu, Mirkarimi, Kim, Wiener, Chiu 1:00 PM

Budget and Finance Sub-Committee Wednesday
Supervisors Chu, Mirkarimi, Kim 10:00 AM

City and School District Select Committee 2nd and 4th Thursday
Supervisors Cohen, Avalos, Chu, Commissioners Fewer, Maufas, Norton 3:30 PM

City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee 2nd and 4th Monday
Supervisors Avalos, Mar, Elsbernd 10:00 AM

Government Audit and Oversight Committee 2nd and 4th Thursday
Supervisors Campos, Farrell, Chiu 10:00 AM

Land Use and Economic Development Committee Monday
Supervisors Mar, Cohen, Wiener 1:00 PM

Public Safety Committee 1st and 3rd Thursday
Supervisors Mirkarimi, Cohen, Campos 10:30 AM

Rules Committee 1st and 3rd Thursday
Supervisors Kim, Elsbernd, Farrell 1:30 PM

 First-named Supervisor is Chair, Second-named Supervisor is Vice-Chair of the Committee.

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Meeting Procedures

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Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

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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)
554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at sotf@sfgov.org
Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by printing Chapter 67 of the San
Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfbos.org/sunshine

 Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action
may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct
Code Sec. 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist
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 Agenda Item Information

Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents:
 1) Legislation
 2) Budget and Legislative Analyst report
 3) Department or Agency cover letter and/or report
 4) Public correspondence
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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Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Tuesday, March 8, 2011

 ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 AGENDA CHANGES

 APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
 Approval of the January 25, 2011, and February 1, 2011, Board Meeting Minutes.

 COMMUNICATIONS

 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.

 Items 1 through 16

 Recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee
 Present: Supervisors Chu, Mirkarimi, Kim

1. 101483 [Park Code - Kezar Parking Fees]
 Ordinance amending the San Francisco Park Code, Article 12, by amending Section
 12.08, to increase the parking fees at the Kezar Parking lot, and making environmental
 findings. (Recreation and Park Department)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

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 Recommendations of the Public Safety Committee
 Present: Supervisors Mirkarimi, Cohen, Campos

2. 101120 [Police Code - Discharge of Firearms; Fireworks]
 Sponsor: Mayor
 Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending Sections 1290, 4502,
 and 4506 to consolidate the prohibitions on the discharge of firearms within the City and
 to re-state the exceptions to those prohibitions.
 02/15/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 03/01/2011; CONTINUED ON FINAL PASSAGE.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

3. 101480 [Administrative Code - Reentry Council; Composition of Membership, Powers
 and Duties, and Sunset Date]
 Sponsor: Mirkarimi
 Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code Sections 5.1-1, 5.1-3,
 5.1-4, and 5.1-6 to amend the membership, powers and duties, and sunset date of the
 Reentry Council.
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

4. 110011 [Administrative Code - Composition - Justice Tracking Information System
 Committee Governance Council]
 Sponsors: Mayor; Mirkarimi
 Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code Section 2A.85 to add the
 City Administrator as a member of the Justice Tracking Information System (JUSTIS)
 Committee Governance Council and to designate the City Administrator as the Chair of
 the Council.
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 Recommendations of the Rules Committee
 Present: Supervisors Kim, Elsbernd, Farrell

5. 101585 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Kevin Montague - $60,000]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the portion of the lawsuit filed by Kevin Montague
 against the City and County of San Francisco for $60,000; the lawsuit was filed on
 January 31, 2005, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 436930; entitled Jane
 Martin, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

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6. 101586 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Vladimar Belfor/Victor Kanevsky - $34,000]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the portion of the lawsuit filed by Vladimar Belfor and
 Victor Kanevsky against the City and County of San Francisco for $34,000; the lawsuit
 was filed on January 31, 2005, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 436930;
 entitled Jane Martin, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

7. 101587 [Settlement of Lawsuit - David Cheung, dba Kwok Shing Hong - $350,000]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the portion of the lawsuit filed by David Cheung,
 individually, and dba Kwok Shing Hong, against the City and County of San Francisco for
 $350,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 31, 2005, in San Francisco Superior Court,
 Case No. 436930; entitled Jane Martin, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.
 (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

8. 101588 [Settlement of Lawsuit - KLW, LLC - $210,000]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the portion of the lawsuit filed by KLW, LLC, against
 the City and County of San Francisco for $210,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 31,
 2005, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 436930; entitled Jane Martin, et al. v.
 City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

9. 101589 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Sunday Bazaar/2170 Folson, LLC - $127,372]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the portion of the lawsuit filed by Sunday
 Bazaar/2170 Folson, LLC, against the City and County of San Francisco for $127,372;
 the lawsuit was filed on January 31, 2005, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No.
 436930; entitled Jane Martin, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City
 Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

10. 101590 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Kroll Furniture - $65,000]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the portion of the lawsuit filed by Kroll Furniture
 against the City and County of San Francisco for $65,000; the lawsuit was filed on
 January 31, 2005, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 436930; entitled Jane
 Martin, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

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11. 101591 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Alphonso Oliphant/Bruce Woodard - $55,000]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the claims made by Alphonso Oliphant and Bruce
 Woodard in a lawsuit filed against the City and County of San Francisco and William
 Siffermann for $55,000; the lawsuit was filed on November 5, 2008, in the United States
 District Court, Case No. CV08-5048 MMC; entitled Alphonso Oliphant, Roger Gainey and
 Bruce Woodard v. City and County of San Francisco, Juvenile Probation Department and
 William Siffermann. (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

12. 101600 [Settlement of Lawsuit - National Union - Receipt of $925,000]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit entitled City and County of San Francisco
 v. National Union, etc., et al., United States District Court, N.D. Cal., Case No:
 CV-103385-SI, arising from an insurance dispute involving policies issued by National
 Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh and sister company Chartis Specialty
 Insurance Company to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, calling for
 payment of $925,000 from National Union to the City and County of San Francisco and
 including other material terms of said settlement; and appropriating settlement proceeds.
 (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

13. 101608 [Settlement of Lawsuit - AboveNet Communications, Inc. - $183,479.00]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by AboveNet Communications, Inc.,
 formerly known as Metromedia Fiber Network Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
 against the City and County of San Francisco for $183,479.00; the lawsuit was filed on
 December 10, 2007, in Sacramento Superior Court, Case No. 34-2007-00882854;
 entitled Metromedia Fiber Network Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, v. City and
 County of San Francisco, et al.; the complaint was amended on August 20, 2009, to
 correct the plaintiff's name to AboveNet Communications, Inc. (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

14. 110048 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Timothy J. Chamberlain - $65,000]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of a lawsuit filed by Timothy J. Chamberlain against the
 City and County of San Francisco, alleging slander of title and entitlement to declaratory
 relief; filed June 9, 2009, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-09-489245;
 entitled Chamberlain v. San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing; City of San Francisco;
 and Does 1-100; other material terms of said settlement are set forth in the Settlement
 Agreement and Release of Claims contained in Board of Supervisors File No. 110048.
 (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

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15. 110049 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Garcia, et al. - $191,000]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of a lawsuit filed by the City and County of San
 Francisco against Carolyn Marie Garcia, Successor Trustee of the Garcia Family Trust
 Dated October 11, 1994; Bank of America, N.A.; and Does 1 through 100; to condemn
 and take by right of eminent domain a permanent sub-surface soil nail easement of 492
 sq ft. and a 51-month temporary construction easement (TCE) over portions of real
 property located in Sunol, California, APN 096-0080-004; filed May 24, 2010, in Alameda
 County Superior Court, Case No. RG-10516576; entitled City of San Francisco v. Stanley
 A. Garcia and Carolyn Marie Garcia, Trustees of the Garcia Family Trust Dated October
 11, 1994; Bank of America, N.A.; and Does 1 through 100. (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

16. 110107 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Paul Graham - $34,271.51]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Paul Graham against the City and
 County of San Francisco for $34,271.51; the lawsuit was filed on March 12, 2009, in San
 Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-09-486068; entitled Paul Graham, et al. v. City
 and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
 03/01/2011; 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:______________________________________________

 REGULAR AGENDA

 UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 From the Land Use and Economic Development Committee Without
 Recommendation
 Present: Supervisors Mar, Cohen, Wiener

17. 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 Order No. 179,054; 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.
 03/01/2011; PASSED ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

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 Recommendation of the Public Safety Committee
 Present: Supervisors Mirkarimi, Cohen

18. 101422 [Transportation Code, Police Code - Motor Vehicles for Hire and Enforcing
 Parking Laws]
 Sponsor: Chiu
 Ordinance amending the San Francisco Transportation Code Article 3, Division I, to allow
 certain Municipal Transportation Agency employees to enforce specified parking laws
 and order removal of vehicles, and amending the Transportation Code Article 7, Division
 I, to make it a misdemeanor to operate a taxi, a dispatch service, or a color scheme, or
 to drive a motor vehicle for hire, without a permit, to solicit or accept payment for referral
 of passengers to a motor vehicle for hire, to solicit or accept payment for motor vehicle
 for hire shifts, assignments or dispatch calls, to knowingly make false or misleading
 representations in connection with application for, renewal of, possible revocation of, or
 operation of a vehicle pursuant to a permit issued under Transportation Code Article
 1100, to refuse to pay the legal fare to a driver of a motor vehicle for hire, and to charge
 excessive rates for transport in a motor vehicle for hire; and amending the San Francisco
 Police Code by deleting Sections 1078, 1089, 1105, 1110, 1132, 1135, and 1145.
 03/01/2011; AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE.

 03/01/2011; PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 Recommendation of the Rules Committee
 Present: Supervisors Kim, Elsbernd, Farrell

19. 110150 [Administrative Code - Process for Mayoral Appearance at the Board of
 Supervisors]
 Sponsors: Chiu; Mar
 Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 2.11 to
 establish a process for the Mayor to appear at the Board of Supervisors for a question
 and answer session.
 03/01/2011; CONTINUED ON FIRST READING.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

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 NEW BUSINESS

 Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Sub-Committee
 Present: Supervisors Chu, Mirkarimi

20. 110068 [Administrative Code - Rewards to Informants for Information Related to the
 Detection of Underpayment of Property Tax]
 Sponsor: Chiu
 Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Chapter 10,
 Sections 10.177-2 and 10.177-3, authorizing the Assessor to recommend rewards for
 information related to the detection of underpayment of tax owed to the City and County
 of San Francisco.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

21. 110183 [Accept and Expend Grant - Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
 and Amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance, FY2010-2011 - $7,931,632]
 Sponsors: Mayor; Chiu
 Ordinance authorizing the Department of Technology to accept and expend a grant in
 the amount of $7,931,632 from the U.S. Department of Commerce through the American
 Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5) Broadband Technology
 Opportunities Program for Sustainable Broadband Adoption Training and Services, and
 amending Ordinance No. 191-10 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2010-2011 ) to reflect the
 addition of two (2) grant-funded positions for the Department of Aging and Adult Services
 in Class 1823 Senior Administrative Analyst, and four (4) grant-funded positions for the
 Department of Technology as follows: one (1) position in Class 1823 Senior
 Administrative Analyst; one (1) position in Class 1844 Senior Management Assistant; one
 (1) position in Class 1766 Media Production Technician; and one (1) position in Class
 1769 Media Production Supervisor.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

 Recommendation of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
 Present: Supervisors Avalos, Mar, Elsbernd

22. 110186 [Establishing a Comprehensive Recycling Program]
 Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Avalos, Mar and Campos
 Resolution requesting the Recreation and Parks Department and the Department of the
 Environment collaborate to establish a comprehensive Parks recycling program utilizing
 the expertise, volunteer base, and facilities of the HANC Recycling Center in Golden
 Gate Park, for the Department of the Environment, to establish an Independent
 Recycling Center Master Plan, and requesting the Recreation and Parks Department to
 rescind the eviction of the HANC Recycling Center from Golden Gate Park.

 (Supervisor Elsbernd dissented in Committee.)

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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 Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
 Present: Supervisors Mar, Cohen, Wiener

23. 110009 [Planning Code - Amending Area Plan Fee Waiver Criteria for Affordable
 Housing]
 Sponsor: Cohen
 Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 406 to
 revise the criteria for waiver of Area Plan fees, including the Rincon Hill Community
 Infrastructure Impact Fee, the Market and Octavia Community Improvements Impact
 Fee, the Eastern Neighborhoods Infrastructure Impact Fee, the Balboa Park Impact Fee,
 and the Visitacion Valley Community Facilities and Infrastructure Impact Fee, for
 affordable housing projects; and making findings, including environmental findings.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

24. 110115 [Summary Vacation, Jurisdictional Transfer, and Sale of City Property - Ocean
 Avenue and Phelan Avenue]
 Sponsors: Elsbernd; Avalos
 Ordinance: (1) ordering the summary vacation of an approximately 17,050 square foot
 portion of City property located near Ocean Avenue and Phelan Avenue pursuant to the
 California Streets and Highways Code Sections 8330 et seq.; (2) authorizing the
 jurisdictional transfer of such portion of City property from the Department of Public
 Works to the Municipal Transportation Agency; (3) authorizing the sale of an
 approximately 25,772 square foot portion of City property located near Ocean Avenue
 and Phelan Avenue to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency for $4,056,580 and the
 grant of a pedestrian access easement and an emergency fire apparatus access
 easement over a portion of adjacent City property; (4) adopting environmental findings
 and other findings that the actions set forth in this Ordinance are consistent with the
 City’s General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; (5)
 adopting findings that Administrative Code Chapter 23A does not apply to the sale of
 such portion of City property; and (6) authorizing other actions in furtherance of this
 Ordinance.

 Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

 SPECIAL ORDER 3:30 P.M. - Recognition of Commendations

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 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.

 COMMITTEE REPORTS
 Reports from committees, if any, recommending emergency or urgent measures.

 The following item will be considered by the Rules Committee at a Regular Meeting on
 Thursday, March 3, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. The Chair intends to request the Committee to
 send the following item to the Board as a committee report on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.

25. 110211 [Appointments, Citizen's Committee on Community Development - Utuma
 Belfrey, Peter Cohen, and Nicole Rivera]
 Motion appointing Utuma Belfrey, Peter Cohen, terms ending February 23, 2013, and
 Nicole Rivera, term ending February 23, 2012, to the Citizen's Committee on Community
 Development. (Clerk of the Board)

 Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

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 CLOSED SESSION

26. 110245 [Closed Session - Pension, Health Care, and Retiree Health Care Reform]
 Sponsor: Elsbernd
 Motion for the Board of Supervisors to convene in closed session to consult with the
 City's Labor Relations Negotiators: Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Steve Kawa, Mayor's Chief of
 Staff, Micki Callahan, Director, Department of Human Resources, and Martin Gran,
 Director, Employee Relations Division, for the purpose of reviewing the City's positions
 and the Mayor's instructions to the Negotiators relating to: (a) pension, health care, and
 retiree health care reform proposals, and the meet and confer process regarding wages,
 hours, benefits, and working conditions currently underway between the City and City
 employee bargaining units to address the costs associated with providing these benefits;
 and (b) pending labor negotiations with organizations representing employees in the two
 MOUs expiring June 30, 2011 (e.g., District Attorney Investigators Association and
 Committee on Interns and Residents), as well as the Unrepresented Ordinance.

 This closed session is held pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6, and San
 Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(e).

 (Employee Organizations:

 Automotive Machinists, Local 1414
 Committee on Interns and Residents
 Crafts Coalition
 District Attorney Investigators Association
 Deputy Probation Officers' Assoc.
 District Attorneys' Investigators Assoc.
 Deputy Sheriffs Association
 Electricians, Local 6
 Fire Fighters, Local 798
 International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21
 Institutional Probation Officers' Assoc.
 Laborers, Local 261
 Local 1414
 Local 21
 Municipal Attorneys' Association
 Municipal Executives' Association
 Operating Engineers Local 3
 Plumbers, Local 38
 Police Officers' Association
 Service Employees International Union, Local 1021
 Stationary Engineers, Local 39
 Supervising Probation Officers' Assoc.
 Supervising Registered Nurses
 Teamsters Local 350
 Teamsters Local 856
 Union of American Physician and Dentists.)

 These organizations represent police officers, firefighters, airport police, transit workers,
 nurses, miscellaneous employees, and other City employees.

 Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

 After a closed session, if one occurs, the President shall (1) request the Deputy City Attorney to
 identify the subjects discussed in the closed session, and (2) direct the Clerk of the Board to report the
 vote taken on any motion in the closed session.
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 [Elect To Disclose]
 Motion that the Board finds it is in the public interest to disclose information discussed in closed
 session, and directs the President immediately to disclose that information.

 [Elect Not to Disclose]
 Motion that the Board finds that it is in the best interest of the public that the Board elect at this time
 not to disclose its closed session deliberations.

 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 27 through 37

27. 110248 [Celebrating Governor Brown’s Appointment of Julie Su, California Labor
 Commission]
 Sponsors: Campos; Mar
 Resolution commending Governor Brown for appointing Julie Su as Chief of the
 California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, also known as the California Labor
 Commissioner, and encouraging San Francisco’s Office of Labor Standards
 Enforcement to collaborate with Commissioner Su to protect the labor and employment
 rights of low-wage workers in San Francisco.
 03/01/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
 BOARD MEETING.

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

28. 110249 [Accept and Expend Grant - PSI/Myanmar Collaborative Impact Study
 Planning - $25,578]
 Sponsor: Campos
 Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health to retroactively accept and
 expend a grant from the Regents of the University of California in the amount of $25,578
 to participate in a program entitled “PSI/Myanmar Collaborative Impact Study Planning”
 for the period of July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011.
 03/01/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
 BOARD MEETING.

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

29. 110250 [Supporting Governor Brown’s Proposal to Eliminate the California
 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities]
 Sponsors: Campos; Kim, Mar and Avalos
 Resolution supporting Governor Brown’s proposal to eliminate the California Department
 of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, and affirming San
 Francisco’s moratorium against sending youth to State run detention facilities for youth.
 03/01/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
 BOARD MEETING.

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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30. 110251 [Accept and Expend Grant - Program Collaboration and Service Integration -
 $72,962]
 Sponsor: Campos
 Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health to retroactively accept and
 expend a grant from the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc., in the amount of
 $72,962 to participate in a program entitled “Addressing Syndemics through Program
 Collaboration and Service Integration” for the period of September 30, 2010, through
 September 29, 2011.
 03/01/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
 BOARD MEETING.

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

31. 110252 [Accept and Expend Grant - Implementing New Directions in HIV Prevention in
 San Francisco - $26,634]
 Sponsor: Chu
 Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health to retroactively
 accept and expend a grant from the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc., in the
 amount of $26,634 to participate in a program entitled “Implementing New Directions in
 HIV Prevention in San Francisco: A Comprehensive” for the period of September 30,
 2010, through September 29, 2011.
 03/01/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
 BOARD MEETING.

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

32. 110253 [Accept and Expend Grant - WritersCorp - $10,000]
 Sponsor: Cohen
 Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Arts Commission to retroactively accept and
 expend a grant from the Friends of the San Francisco Library in the amount of $10,000 a
 federal pass-through grant from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities’
 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award (formerly Coming Up Taller) for
 general operating support for WritersCorp.
 03/01/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
 BOARD MEETING.

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

33. 110254 [Supporting Mental Health Crisis Intervention Team]
 Sponsor: Mirkarimi
 Resolution commending the San Francisco Police Commission for implementing Mental
 Health Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) based on the “Memphis Model” urging stakeholder
 City departments and community based organizations to collaborate to provide adequate
 mental health services in order to facilitate the mission of the CIT and to ensure the CIT
 has the tools and resources necessary to achieve similar results to that of the Memphis
 Model.
 03/02/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
 BOARD MEETING.

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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34. 110255 [Endorsing Community Concerns of Surveillance, Racial, and Religious
 Profiling]
 Sponsor: Mirkarimi
 Resolution endorsing “Community Concerns of Surveillance, Racial, and Religious
 Profiling of Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Communities (AMEMSA) and
 Potential Reactivation of Police Department’s Intelligence Gathering,” a report published
 by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.
 03/01/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
 BOARD MEETING.

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

35. 110256 [Opposing Elimination of Adult Day Health Center Programs]
 Sponsors: Kim; Avalos
 Resolution opposing the proposed elimination of Medi-Cal funding for Adult Day Health
 Center programs in the State of California.
 03/01/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
 BOARD MEETING.

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

36. 110257 [Support of Peak-Hour Taxi Permits]
 Sponsor: Wiener
 Resolution in support of peak-hour taxi permits, and world-class taxi service in San
 Francisco.
 03/01/2011; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
 BOARD MEETING.

 Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

37. 110258 [Gift Acceptance - ArtCare Program - $10,000]
 Sponsor: Chiu
 Resolution authorizing the Arts Commission to accept and expend a donation from the
 Arnhold Foundation in the amount of $10,000 for general operating support of the
 ArtCare Program.
 03/01/2011; 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:_________________________________________

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38. 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.

 LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AT ROLL CALL

 PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
 Proposed resolutions received from February 22, 2011, to February 28, 2011, for
 reference by President to appropriate committee on March 8, 2011.

 110120 [2011 Annual Fundraising Drive]
 Resolution designating those agencies qualified to participate in the 2011 Annual Joint
 Fundraising Drive for officers and employees of the City and County of San Francisco.
 02/17/2011; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Budget and Finance Sub-Committee.

 110201 [Agreement - Use of Fast Pass on BART]
 Resolution approving the Special Transit Fare (Fast Pass) Agreement between the City
 and the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, with a term from January 1, 2010, to June 30,
 2018. (Municipal Transportation Agency)
 02/28/2011; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Budget and Finance Sub-Committee.

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 110259 [Petitions and Communications]
 Petitions and Communications received from February 22, 2011, through February 28,
 2011, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters, or to be
 ordered filed by the Clerk on March 8, 2011.

 From concerned citizens, regarding the Parkmerced Project. 21 letters (1)

 *From State Fish and Game Commission, submitting notice of proposed regulatory
 action relating to Central Valley sport fishing. (2)

 From State Department of Transportation, submitting the DEIR/EIS for Yerba Buena
 Island Ramps Improvement Project. Copy: Each Supervisor (3)

 From Clerk of the Board, the following individual has submitted a Form 700 Statement:
 Una Fannon, Legislative Aide - Assuming (4)

 *From concerned citizens, submitting support for proposed legislation that bans the
 delivery of unwanted Yellow Pages in San Francisco. File No. 110114, 72 letters (5)

 From Lauren Iannacone, regarding the sidewalk sitting ban. (6)

 From Barry Weir, concerning an economical and environmentally superior way to treat
 sewer odor. (7)

 From Sam Singer, regarding Local 2 refusing to extend restaurant contracts at SFO
 Airport. (8)

 From Department of Real Estate, regarding the pending sale of the former fire station at
 909 Tennessee Street. File No. 101479 (9)

 From Recreation and Park Department, submitting a letter from their General Manager
 about their budget. (10)

 From concerned citizens, regarding shark fin soup. 16 postcards (11)

 The following departments have submitted their FY2011-2012 Efficiency Plans: (12)
 Department of Child Support Services (revised)
 *Human Resources
 Planning

 *From concerned citizens, submitting support for keeping the Haight Ashbury
 Neighborhood Council's Recycling Center open. File No. 101490, 60 letters (13)

 *From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to keeping the Haight Ashbury
 Neighborhood Council's Recycling Center open. File No. 101490, 25 letters (14)

 From State Public Utilities Commission, submitting notice that PG&E has filed an
 application for recovery costs for the Market Redesign and Technology Upgrade
 Initiative. (15)

 From Educate Our State Team, regarding the “Let Us Vote” campaign to save public
 education funding. (16)

 From concerned citizens, thanking the Mayor and Board of Supervisors for their support
 to keep Teatro ZinZanni in San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor (17)

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 From State Attorney General’s Office, notifying the Board of Supervisors of a complaint
 received concerning the illegal discharge of hazardous waste. Copy: Each Supervisor
 (18)

 From concerned citizens, regarding updated technology infrastructure for San Francisco.
 5 letters (19)

 From Library Commission, urging the elected officials in the California Legislature to
 restore library funding to the State budget. (20)

 *(Note: An asterisked item represents the cover sheet to a document that exceeds 25
 pages. The complete document is available at the Clerk’s Office, Room 244, City Hall.)

 ADJOURNMENT

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