City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
June 24, 2008
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
Ordinances
| 071009 |
[Construction Dust Control] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Building Code by adding Section 106.3.2.6 to require that all site preparation work, demolition, or other construction activities within the City and County of San Francisco that have the potential to create dust or will expose or disturb more than 10 cubic yards or 500 square feet of soil must comply with specified dust control measures whether or not the activity requires a permit from the Department of Building Inspection, with provision for waiver by the Director for activities on sites less than one half acre that are unlikely to result in any visible windblown dust; amending the San Francisco Health Code by adding Article 22B to require, for projects over one half acre, that the project sponsor obtain approval of a dust control plan from the Director of Public Health unless the Director waives these requirements or the project qualifies for an interior only tenant improvement project exemption, and enacting fees to defray the costs of implementation; adopting environmental and general findings. Supervisors Maxwell, Peskin, Ammiano, Dufty presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to City Attorney to be approved as to form. ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Building Inspection Commission, Planning Department and Department of Public Health for review and comment. RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department, categorically exempt from environmental review. RESPONSE RECEIVED. Building Inspection Commission voted not to support this ordinance. RESPONSE RECEIVED. Health Commission Resolution No. 05-08 with recommendation supporting the dust control ordinance. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. 6/27/08, 7/4/08 Publication of fee ad. |
| 080844 |
[Prohibiting New Overhead Utility Facilities] |
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Ordinance amending Sections 913 and 914 of the San Francisco Public Works Code to prohibit the installation of new surface and overhead utility facilities on any City streets where there are no existing overhead utility facilities; and further amending Section 914 to establish exemptions to this requirement. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 080846 |
[Limit on non-profit executive director salaries funded by City grants or contracts] |
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Ordinance limiting the use of City funds for non-profit executive director salaries. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 080847 |
[Requiring recyclable/compostable bags for newspapers and handbills] |
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Ordinance amending Article 5.7 of the San Francisco Public Works Code by adding Section 184.77, to require any person who distributes newspapers or handbills that are packaged in bags or other wrapping to or upon private property to use only recyclable or compostable materials for such packaging and to impose penalties; and making environmental findings. Supervisors Mirkarimi, Peskin presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 080849 |
[Temporary Prohibition of Smart Meters Pending Cost and Climate Review] |
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Draft ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on the installation of Smart Meter equipment and requiring a joint Department of the Environment and San Francisco Public Utilities Commission review of proposed Smart Meter technology. Supervisors Peskin, Dufty, Ammiano, Maxwell, Mirkarimi, Daly, McGoldrick, Sandoval presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
| 080850 |
[Zoning - 901 Bush Street Special Use District] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding Section 249.36 and amending Sheet SU01 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco to establish the 901 Bush Street Special Use District in the area generally bounded by Bush Street to the north, Taylor Street to the East, and Assessor's Block 0282 Lots 017 and 022 to the west and south, respectively; and adopting environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b). Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 080883 |
[Zoning - Creating the New Mission-Harrington Special Use District] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding new Section 780.3, creating the Mission-Harrington Special Use District, located at 4550 Mission Street at the intersection with Harrington Street; amending the Table at Section 712, to refer to this new Special Use District; amending the Special Use District Map SU11 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, to refer to this new Special Use District; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. Supervisor Sandoval presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
Resolutions
| 080910 |
[State grant to support environmental health pest exclusion activities - $47,694.36] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $47,694.36 from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to support the Light Brown Apple Moth Program; for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Supervisor Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080911 |
[Grant to support HIV research study - $31,724] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $31,724 from the Public Health Foundation Enterprises (PHFE), to support a research project entitled Chemoprophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Men; for the period of February 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009. Supervisor Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080912 |
[Urging a Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act that includes gender identity protections] |
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Resolution urging a Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act that includes gender identity protections. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 080914 |
[Resolution to establish the Broadway Entertainment Corridor Community Benefit District] |
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Resolution establishing a property-based business improvement district to be known as the Broadway Entertainment Corridor Community Benefit District (CBD), ordering the levy and collection of assessments against property located in that district for ten years, commencing with fiscal year 2008-2009, subject to conditions as specified, and making environmental findings. Supervisor Peskin presented. ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors. Scheduled for July 29, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. |
| 080915 |
[Assessment Ballots for City Parcels, for proposed Yerba Buena Community Benefit District] |
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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 nine parcels of real property that would be subject to assessment in the proposed property and business improvement district to be named the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
| 080917 |
[Resolution to establish the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District] |
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Resolution establishing a property-based business improvement district to be known as the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District (CBD), ordering the levy and collection of assessments against property located in that district for seven years, commencing with fiscal year 2008-2009, subject to conditions as specified, and making environmental findings. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors. Scheduled for July 29, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. |
Requests for Hearing
| 080842 |
[Funding the Guarantee Pool for the Local Business Enterprise Bonding and Financing Assistance Program] |
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Hearing on the status and future plans for agency coordination and funding the Guarantee Pool of the Local Business Enterprise Bonding and Financing Assistance Program. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
| 080843 |
[City's external auditors Comprehensive Annual Financial Report related to the City audit for Fiscal Year 2006-2007 and audit plans for Fiscal Year 2007-2008] |
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Hearing for the City's external auditors (Macias Gini & O'Connell, KPMG, Hood and Strong, and Williams Adley & Co.) to present the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), Single Audit, and their Management Letters, if any, related to the City audit for Fiscal Year 2006-2007. They will also present their audit plans for Fiscal Year 2007-2008. This hearing is required under Charter Section 9.117. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
| 080856 |
[Mission Bay South-Acceptance of Land and Improvements on Third Street for Blocks 17, 20 and 23] |
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Ordinance accepting the Mission Bay Blocks 17, 20, 23 Public Improvements-Phase 1; approving the dedication of the strip of land 5.00 feet in width, along the west side of Third Street for right-of-way purposes; designating street grades and sidewalk widths; accepting the irrevocable offer for the acquisition facilities for public use and maintenance purposes; adopting environmental findings and findings that such actions are consistent with the City's General Plan, eight priority policy findings of City's Planning Code section 101.1, and the Mission Bay South Redevelopment Plan; accepting Department of Public Works Order No. 177,603; and authorizing official acts in connection with this ordinance. (Public Works Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 080857 |
[Mission Bay South-Acceptance of Land and Improvements for the 7th and16th Street Intersection] |
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Ordinance accepting the dedication for public street and roadway purposes of the two (2) portions of properties adjacent to 16th Street and accepting the irrevocable offer for the 7th and 16th Street Intersection Infrastructure Improvements; designating street grades and accepting the irrevocable offer for the acquisition facilities for public use and maintenance purposes; adopting environmental findings and findings that such actions are consistent with the City's General Plan, eight priority policy findings of City's Planning Code section 101.1, and the Mission Bay South Redevelopment Plan; accepting Department of Public Works Order No. 177,604; and authorizing official acts in connection with this ordinance. (Public Works Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 080854 |
[Amendment to Contract with Geomatrix Consultants, Inc.] |
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Resolution approving an amendment to the contract with Geomatrix Consultants, Inc. to extend the term through June 30, 2009, to modify the scope of services, and to increase the contract by an amount not to exceed $180,000 for a new total amount not to exceed $1,439,000 for environmental consulting services. (Treasure Island Development Authority) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
Clerk to Act – June 24, 2008
Board Minutes for May 13, 2008 and Special Budget and Finance Committee Minutes for May 14, 2008 approved.
Requests Granted
From: Supervisor Chu
To: Director, Public Utilities Commission
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting that the PUC report on the status of replacing broken light bulbs on two street lights located on 37th Avenue (West side of 37th Ave) between Noriega and Moraga. Also requesting that the PUC examine why there is only one street light on the entire block of 37th Avenue between Noriega and Moraga on the east side of the street and inform us of the possibility of installing at least one more street light on that block.
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
Southeast corner of Page and Divisadero
Trash Cans
Fulton and Pierce
Bus Shelters
Eastside of Oak and Stanyan
Fire Alarm Box
Northeast of Page and Steiner
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 private property locations:
333 Haight
295 Buchanan, the windows on the Haight Street side
299 Webster
501 Fillmore
1591 Page
2400 Fulton
710 Fillmore
661 Divisadero
Divisadero Theatre, on Divisadero between Hayes and Grove
799 Haight
782 Haight
681 Haight
546 Haight
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 Fillmore and Post
Southwest corner of Divisadero and Sutter
9th Avenue and Judah (near bus stops)
7th Avenue and Irving (near bus stops)
Northwest corner of Hayes and Fillmore
Southeast corner of Fillmore and Haight
San Francisco Chronicle
Northwest corner of Fillmore and Hayes
Southeast corner of Haight and Fillmore
Irving and 9th Avenue
Irving and 7th Avenue
Southwest corner of Haight and Clayton
Southeast corner of Haight and Masonic
Examiner
Northwest corner of Fillmore and Hayes
Southeast corner of Haight and Fillmore
SF Daily
Northwest corner of Hayes and Gough
City Star
Northwest corner of Hayes and Gough
Southeast corner of Fillmore and Haight
SF Weekly
Southeast corner of Masonic and Haight
Southeast corner of Haight and Fillmore
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
Southeast corner of Fillmore and Oak
Northwest corner of Hermann and Fillmore
In Memoriams:
Anthony Sacco – Entire Board
Anthony, Michael, and Matthew Bologna – Supervisors Sandoval & Daly
Cecilia Marie Muschi Dawydiak – Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Harry Aleo – Supervisor Dufty