City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
April 15, 2008
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
Ordinances
| 080519 |
[Accept-Expend Sidney E. Frank Foundation Grant and Amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2007-2008] |
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Ordinance authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $200,000 from the Sidney E. Frank Foundation to carry out the critical task of engaging key stakeholders and interest groups to solicit input for a wave energy project and amending Ordinance Number 175-07 to reflect the addition of one (1) grant-funded position at the Department of the Environment. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 080520 |
[Below Market Rate Condominium Conversion Program] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Subdivision Code by adding Section 1344 to update and clarify the provisions relating to Below Market Rate Units under the Condominium Conversion Program including provisions related to the calculation of sales price, renting, capital improvements, duration and monitoring of affordability, marketing, and ongoing regulations; and amending Sections 1308, 1309, 1341, 1341B, 1343, 1359, and 1385 to make conforming changes, and making findings including findings under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Supervisor McGoldrick presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 080521 |
[Citywide Affordable Housing Preference for Certificate of Preference Holders] |
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Ordinance providing that all City affordable housing programs give preference in those programs to Certificate of Preference Holders under the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency's Property Owner and Occupant Preference Program by adding Administrative Code Section 24.8 to provide that all City affordable housing programs administered by the Mayor's Office of Housing or other City Department give preference in those programs to Certificate of Preference holders; and amending Administrative Code Sections 43.3.4 to provide for preference in the affordable housing and home ownership bond program; Section 10.100-110 to provide for preference in the expenditure of funds from the Mayor's Housing Affordability Fund; 10-100-370 to provide for preference in the use of HOPE SF funds; and amending Planning Code Sections 313.12, 315.4, 315.5, and 315.6 to provide for preference in the Citywide Affordable Housing funds generated by the Jobs-Housing Linkage Program and the Residential Inclusionary Affordable Housing program and in the allocation of all on- and off-site inclusionary housing units in those programs. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 080523 |
[Approving agreements for the development of the City Combustion Turbine Projects at San Francisco International Airport and at 25th and Maryland Streets and adopting environmental findings] |
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Ordinance approving agreements necessary for the development of the City Combustion Turbine Projects to be located at North Access Road and Clearwater Drive, San Francisco International Airport, and at Property Adjacent to the MTA Metro East Facility at 25th and Maryland Streets in San Francisco, including a design-build agreement, a power purchase agreement, a turbine upgrade agreement, electric and gas interconnection agreements and granting specified waivers; and approving a jurisdictional transfer of property and a lease modification to accommodate the proposed projects, subject to further agreements among the affected City departments; and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty, McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
| 080525 |
[Planning Code Enforcement] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 10.100-166 to expand the Planning Department's Code Enforcement Fund beyond general advertising signs and authorize the Fund to receive revenues from all types of code enforcement activities, including monetary judgments, and authorize expenditure of the funds for administration and enforcement of all Planning Code violations; amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 303(l) concerning relocation of general advertising signs to delete the requirement to submit a site map, clarify that wall signs are included in the requirements and make technical changes to the language of the section, by amending Section 358 to increase the annual inventory maintenance fee from $48 to $75 and to clarify use of the general advertising sign inventory fees and that wall signs are included in the requirements, by amending Section 604.2 to provide that violation of the Code's general advertising sign inventory requirements is a public nuisance, to clarify that the definition of the term "general advertising sign company" includes the operator of the sign and that wall signs are included in the requirements, to modify language required to be in the affidavit submitted with the sign inventory, to delete the requirement to submit a site map, to conform the penalty and appeal procedure with Section 610, and to make other clarifying and technical changes to the language of the section; adopting CEQA and Planning Code Section 302 findings. Supervisor Peskin presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 080526 |
[Public Employment - Police Department] |
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Draft ordinance amending Ordinance No. 175-07 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2007-2008) to reflect the deletion of three Command Staff positions at the Police Department for FY 2007-08. Supervisor Peskin presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 080527 |
[Requiring Assessor to report reductions of real property assessments] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 10.2-9, to require the Assessor to post monthly reports of any reductions of assessed values of real properties. Supervisors Sandoval, Peskin, Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 080529 |
[Requiring Activation of Closed Captions on Television Receivers] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by adding Article 44, Sections 4400 to 4407 to require the activation of closed captioning on television receivers intended for use by the general public and authorizing the imposition of civil penalties and/or criminal fines for violations of this requirement. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. |
Resolutions
| 080524 |
[Authorizing the execution and delivery of certificates of participation to finance the San Francisco Combustion Turbine Projects and approving property leases, project leases and a trust agreement in connection therewith] |
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Resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of certificates of participation to finance the acquisition, construction, installation and equipping of natural gas-fired combustion turbine generation facilities on City-owned property located at 25th and Maryland Street in the Potrero neighborhood and at the San Francisco International Airport at the corner of North Access Road and Clearwater Drive; approving the form of a trust agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and a trustee (including certain indemnities contained therein); authorizing the selection of a trustee; approving the forms of property leases between the City and the trustee relating to the Potrero site and to the San Francisco International Airport site; approving the forms of project leases between the trustee and the City (including certain indemnities contained therein) relating to each of the two Projects; approving the form of a Memorandum of Understanding between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the City; approving the form of an official notice of sale and notice of intention to sell for the certificates of participation; approving the form of an official statement in preliminary and final form; approving the form of a continuing disclosure certificate; and ratifying previous actions taken in connection therewith. Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty, McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
| 080528 |
[Official City policy that no new set-asides be added to the City Charter without a funding source] |
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Resolution declaring it to be official City policy that no new set-asides or other mandatory appropriations be added to the City Charter unless the measure also identifies or provides a specific, adequate new source of funds. Mayor presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 080530 |
[Commending the Neighborhood Arts Program and proclaiming May 3, 2008 Neighborhood Arts Day in San Francisco] |
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Resolution commending the Neighborhood Arts Program on the occasion of its 40th anniversary and proclaiming May 3, 2008 Neighborhood Arts Day in San Francisco. Supervisors Mirkarimi, Dufty presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080531 |
[Supporting the Arts in California State Assembly Bill AB 2728] |
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Resolution supporting the Arts in California State Assembly Bill AB 2728 to fully fund the California Arts Council. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080532 |
[Proclaiming May 1, 2008 to be International Workers' Day, affirming San Francisco as a Sanctuary City, and urging the Congress of the United States to repeal the REAL ID Act of 2005] |
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Resolution proclaiming May 1, 2008 to be International Workers' Day, affirming San Francisco as a Sanctuary City, and urging the Congress of the United States to repeal the REAL ID Act of 2005. Supervisors Sandoval, Ammiano presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080533 |
[Requesting the Mayor, Chief of Police and the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the homicide of Luis Salari on April 9, 2008] |
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Resolution requesting the Mayor, Chief of Police and the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the homicide of Luis Salari on April 9, 2008. Supervisors Sandoval, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080534 |
[Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day - April 24, 2008] |
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Resolution declaring April 24, 2008 as Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day in San Francisco. Supervisors Peskin, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Ammiano, Elsbernd, Alioto-Pier, Mirkarimi, Daly, Dufty, Sandoval, Chu presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080535 |
[San Francisco Symphony Adventures in Music Day - April 18, 2008] |
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Resolution declaring April 18, 2008 "Adventures in Music Day" in San Francisco. Supervisor Dufty presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080536 |
[Authorizing application to State Infill Infrastructure Grant Program] |
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Resolution authorizing the submittal of an application to the California State Department of Housing and Community Development for funding under the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program; the execution of a Standard Agreement if selected for such funding and any amendments thereto; and any related documents necessary to participate in the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program. Supervisor McGoldrick presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080537 |
[Declaring May 4, 2008 "People Paddle for AIDS Day"] |
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Resolution commending People Paddle for their efforts in raising awareness, funding, and offering services to those with AIDS and hereby declare May 4, 2008, "People Paddle for AIDS Day." Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080538 |
[Opposition to California State Initiative 07-0094, the Runner Initiative] |
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Resolution expressing opposition to Initiative 07-0094, the Runner Initiative, a proposed ballot measure that would shift state resources from education, crime and violence prevention toward increased incarceration of youth and young adults from low income communities of color with limited opportunities for education, employment and rehabilitation. Supervisors Daly, Peskin, Ammiano, Mirkarimi presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080539 |
[Approval of a second 120-day extension for Planning Commission review] |
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Resolution extending by an additional 120 days the prescribed time within which the Planning Commission may render its decision on a proposed Ordinance that would amend the Planning Code by repealing Section 825.1 and amend Planning Code Sections 135, 309.1, 318.3, 809, 825 and 827 to apply many of the provisions of Rincon Hill Downtown Mixed Use Zoning District to all Downtown Residential Districts and to add design requirements to enhance the pedestrian environment. Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Motions
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[Authorizing the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to provide clerical, administrative, and logistical assistance to the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission] |
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Motion authorizing the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, consistent with past practice, to provide clerical, administrative, and logistical assistance to the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission for the purpose of instituting its Advice and Monitoring Project with respect to CCA Program Implementation as requested by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and for the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to seek reimbursement from San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
Hearings
| 080516 |
[Status of School District Eligibility to access Rainy Day Reserves] |
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Hearing to receive an update from the Controller and San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) on School District's eligibility to access Rainy Day Reserve funds. Supervisor Dufty presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. |
| 080517 |
[Status of Public Education Enrichment Fund (PEEF) Plan] |
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Hearing to consider the Public Education Enrichment Fund Expenditure Plan for Fiscal Year 2008-2009. Supervisor Dufty presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. |
| 080518 |
[Municipal Transportation Agency Quality Review] |
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Hearing to consider the recently completed biennial review of the Municipal Transportation Agency's progress toward its adopted goals, objectives, and performance standards as required under Charter Section 8A.107. Supervisor Peskin presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
| 080453 |
[Amending San Francisco Fire Code to add Express Plan Review service and fee] |
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Ordinance making environmental findings and amending Appendix Chapter 1, Section 112.9 of the San Francisco Fire Code to add an Express Plan Review service at the Fire Department and to establish a fee for that service. (Fire Department) . ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. 04/15/08 - Referred to Planning for dermination of environmental impact. |
| 080454 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - John Weatherspoon III] |
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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by John Weatherspoon III, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Barbara Weatherspoon against the City and County of San Francisco for $5,150,000.00; the lawsuit was filed on May 9, 2006 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 452-083; entitled John Weatherspoon III, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Barbara Weatherspoon v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 080455 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - Marnix Van Ammers and Jean Walker] |
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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Marnix Van Ammers and Jean Walker against the City and County of San Francisco for $70,000.00; the lawsuit was filed on April 9, 2007 in the San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 462-146; entitled Van Ammers, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 080456 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - Jane Martin] |
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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the portion of the lawsuit filed by Aristides Cisneros and Shirley Kollman against the City and County of San Francisco for $75,000; 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) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 080457 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - Margarita Hill] |
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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Margarita Hill against the City and County of San Francisco for $55,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 12, 2006 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 458664; entitled Margarita Hill v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 080464 |
[Implementing a Deferred Retirement Option Program for certain members of the Police Department] |
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Ordinance adding Sections 16.63 through 16.63-10 to the Administrative Code to implement the Deferred Retirement Option Program approved by the San Francisco voters. (Retirement System) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 080452 |
[Gift of up to $300,000 - private, Department of Public Health] |
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Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services to retroactively accept a gift of Buprenorphine medication from Reckitt Benkiser Pharmaceuticals with a monetary value of up to $300,000 for the period of March 1, 2008 through August 31, 2008 for ongoing and new patients receiving Opiate Replacement Treatment in San Francisco. (Public Health Department) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 080458 |
[Settlement of Claim - Christopher L. Blackstock] |
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Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Christopher L. Blackstock against San Francisco for $40,000; claim was filed on September 13, 2007. (City Attorney) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 080467 |
[Lease of Real Property at 68 12th Street, Suite 200B] |
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Resolution authorizing the Director of Property to exercise a three-year extension option for a lease of real property located at 68 12th Street, Suite 200B, for the Department of Public Health, Emergency Medical Services, effective retroactively to July 1, 2007. (Real Estate Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 080468 |
[Lease of Real Property at 1360 Mission Street, Suite 401] |
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Resolution authorizing the Director of Property to exercise an Extension Option for a three-year term for the lease of real property located at 1360 Misison Street, Suite 401, for the Department of Public Health retroactively to January 1, 2008. (Real Estate Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
Clerk to Act – April 15, 2008
Board Minutes for March 25, 2008 approved.
Requests Granted
From: Supervisor McGoldrick
To: Controller
Requesting/Inquiring: Submitting a request that the Controller's office surveys the salaries of non-profit organizations executive director salaries, in cases where more than fifty percent of the organizations' budget is funded through city funds.
From: Supervisor Elsbernd
To: Director, Municipal Transportation Agency
Requesting/Inquiring: Please study the feasibility of reducing the speed limit on Lake Merced Blvd. between Winston Avenue and Higuera Street from 45 mph to 35 mph.
From: Supervisor Elsbernd
To: Director, Municipal Transportation Agency
Requesting/Inquiring: Please study the feasibility of making 16th Avenue a one-way street between Funston and Noriega Streets.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting that the Department of Public Works report on the status of removing graffiti at the following private property locations:
333 Haight
406-408 Buchanan
536 Fell
406 Buchanan
400 Haight
Haight and Scott (the Vangard Real Estate Business)
546 Haight
799 Haight
498 Haight
428 Haight
226 Haight
104 Haight
696 Haight
839 Haight
425-431 Buchanan
383 Grove
385 Grove
432 Grove
200 Octavia
626 Fell
Geary and Steiner (the wall on the southwest corner of the walking bride)
451 Hayes
525 Gough
355 Laguna
425-427 Laguna
600 Fell
636 Laguna
363-365 Grove
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting that the Department of Public Works report on the status of repairing potholes at the following locations:
Crosswalk collapsing on Fillmore and Waller (south side of Fillmore Street)
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting that the Department of Public Works report on the status of removing graffiti from the public property located at the following locations:
Emergency Boxes:
Northeast corner of Page and Buchanan
Southeast corner of Page and Fillmore
Southeast corner of Page and Steiner
Southwest corner of Steiner and Hayes
Southwest corner of Divisadero and Oak
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting that the Department of Public Works report on the status of removing graffiti from the following locations:
Phone Switch Boxes:
Northwest corner of Haight and Steiner
Northeast corner of Octavia and Ivy
Southeast corner of Scott and Haight
Southeast corner of Buchanan and Fell
City Trash Cans:
Southwest corner of Buchanan and Hayes
Buchanan and Haight
Mailboxes:
Hayes and Laguna
Eddy and Steiner
Haight and Octavia
Southwest corner of Fell and Buchanan
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting that the Department of Public Works report on the status of removing graffiti from newsstands at the following locations:
San Francisco Bay Guardian:
Southeast corner of Laguna and Page
9th Avenue and Judah (near bus stops)
7th Avenue and Irving (near bus stops)
Northwest corner of Fillmore and Geary
Southeast corner of Fillmore and Haight
In front of 497 Oak Street
San Francisco Chronicle:
Southeast corner of Laguna and Page
Northwest corner of Fillmore and Hayes
Southeast corner of Haight and Fillmore
Irving and 9th Avenue
Irving and 7th Avenue
Examiner:
Northwest corner of Fillmore and Hayes
Northwest corner of Hayes and Gough
Southeast corner of Haight and Fillmore
SF Daily:
Northwest corner of Hayes and Gough
City Star:
Northwest corner of Hayes and Gough
Onion:
Northeast corner of Fillmore and Waller
Northwest corner of Hayes and Gough
Southeast corner of Divisadero and Page
SF Weekly:
Southwest corner of Hayes and Webster
Southeast corner of Masonic and Haight
Southeast corner of Haight and Filmore
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting that the Department of Public Works report on the status of removing graffiti from utility poles at the following locations:
Wood:
Northwest corner of Oak and Buchanan
432 Buchanan
Southwest corner of Ivy and Gough
Southeast corner of Octavia and Gough
Southeast corner of Fell and Buchanan
Northeast corner of Laguna and Lily
Tree on corner of Fell and Grove
490 Hayes
8th and Irving
Metal:
406 Buchanan
300 Buchanan
Southeast corner of Linden and Buchanan
Southeast corner of Fell and Buchanan
Bus Shelters:
Northeast corner of Buena Vista and Haight
Haight and Divisadero, two shelters
Stanyan and Oak
One-way signs at Lily and Buchanan
Fillmore and McAllister
Oak and Hayes
Haight and Fillmore
Haight and Buchanan
Crosswalks and Stop Signs:
Fillmore and Waller (crosswalk and stop signs)
Southeast and Southwest corners of Fillmore and Haight (stop signs)
From: Supervisor Dufty
To: Director, Department of Planning
Requesting/Inquiring: Inquiring about the feasibility of creating an "Upper Noe Valley Residential Character District" with it unique design guidelines based on the "Westwood Park Residential Character District," section 224.1 of the planning code.
From: Supervisor Dufty
To: Controller
To: Purchaser
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting that the City Controller and City Purchaser assess the potential benefit of the California Strategic Sourcing Initiative (CSSI) as a mechanism to reduce contracting costs and this and other means to improve and streamline our purchasing process while adhering to important social policies such as Equal Benefits and Local Business Enterprise and Enviromentally (Green) Preferred Purchasing, among others. (Attachment will be sent in separate cover)
In Memoriams:
Kathleen Bolton – Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano, Chu
Ken Emery – Supervisor Dufty
Luis "Al" Solari – Entire Board