To view graphic version of this page, refresh this page (F5)

Skip to page body

November 13, 2001

Full Board Agendas

Board of Supervisors

City and County of San Francisco

Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
City Hall,1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

seal of the city and county of sf

AGENDA
Tuesday, November 13, 2001
2:00 PM

Regular Meeting


TOM AMMIANO, PRESIDENT
CHRIS DALY, MATT GONZALEZ, TONY HALL, MARK LENO,
SOPHIE MAXWELL, JAKE McGOLDRICK, GAVIN NEWSOM,
AARON PESKIN, GERARDO SANDOVAL, LELAND Y. YEE

Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board

ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

AGENDA CHANGES

COMMUNICATIONS

Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents:
1) Legislation
2) Budget Analyst report
3) Legislative Analyst report
4) Department or Agency cover letter and/or report
5) Public correspondence
These items will be available for review at City Hall, Room 244, Reception Desk.

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 2

Recommendations of the Economic Vitality, Small Business and Social Policy Committee
Present:Supervisors Sandoval, Maxwell

1. 011736 [Accept-Expend Federal Grant] Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution authorizing the Sheriff’s Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $25,818 for the year 2000 and $15,318 for the year 2001 from the U.S. Department of Justice under the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act to equip law enforcement officers in the Sheriff’s Department and the Office of the District Attorney with armor vests. (Sheriff)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Present: Supervisors Sandoval, Newsom, Maxwell

2. 011900 [Accept and Expend State Grant - Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program]
Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $120,000 from the California Department of Justice for a program entitled "Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program". (District Attorney)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Questions on the Consent Agenda are on final passage, first reading, or adoption, as indicated:______________________________________________

REGULAR AGENDA

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Recommendation of the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee
Present:Supervisors McGoldrick, Daly, Peskin

3. 011102 [Amending the Jobs Housing Linkage Program Ordinance] Supervisors Gonzalez, Daly
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 313.5 to change the formula used in the Jobs Housing Linkage Program to determine the number of affordable housing units a housing developer is required to build if an office developer elects to comply with the Jobs Housing Linkage Program Ordinance by payment of money or land to a housing developer.
(Planning Commission Resolution #16255 adopted 9/6/01 recommending approval)
(Fiscal impact.)

11/5/2001, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendations of the Rules Committee
Present:Supervisors Gonzalez, Hall, Ammiano

4. 010907 [Charter Amendment - Noncitizens on City Boards, Commissions, and Advisory Bodies] Supervisors Gonzalez, Daly
Charter amendment (Second Draft) to amend Section 4.101 to permit noncitizens to serve on appointive boards, commissions, and advisory bodies, and to clarify existing provisions allowing nonelectors to serve on appointive boards, commissions, and advisory bodies.
11/5/2001, CONTINUED. Continued to November 13, 2001.
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED?

5. 010964 [Appointments to the Planning Commission and the Board of Appeals] Supervisors McGoldrick, Gonzalez, Ammiano, Hall, Daly, Leno, Maxwell, Sandoval
Charter amendment (Second Draft) to amend Section 4.105 and 4.106 to provide that appointments to the Planning Commission and the Board of Appeals shall be shared by the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors.
11/5/2001, CONTINUED. Continued to November 13, 2001.
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED?

6. 010968 [Mayor’s Budget deadline] Supervisors McGoldrick, Daly
Charter amendment (Second Draft) to amend Section 9.100 to require the Mayor, beginning in 2003, to submit the proposed budget to the Board of Supervisors not later than April 15 of each year.
(Supervisor Ammiano dissenting in Committee.)

11/5/2001, CONTINUED. Continued to November 13, 2001.
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED?

7. 011657 [Charter Amendment - Domestic Partner Benefits] Supervisors Leno, Daly
Charter amendment (Second Draft) to amend Appendix 8.500-2, relating to domestic partner benefits.
11/5/2001, CONTINUED. Continued to November 13, 2001.
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED?

8. 011659 [Charter Amendment - Cost of Living Benefits for Retirees] Supervisors McGoldrick, Hall, Daly
Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend Appendix A8.526-1, relating to supplemental cost of living benefits for retirees and their survivors.
(Fiscal impact.)

11/5/2001, CONTINUED. Continued to November 13, 2001.
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED?

Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole

9. 012001 [Appointments of members to the Planning Commission, the Board of Appeals and the Building Inspection Commission] Supervisor McGoldrick
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend Sections 4.105, 4.106, 4.121 and 15.105 to provide that appointments of members to the Planning Commission, the Board of Appeals and the Building Inspection Commission shall be shared by the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors, and to provide that these appointed members may only be removed for official misconduct.
11/5/2001, CONTINUED. Prepared in Board as a Charter amendment.Continued to November 13, 2001.Board to sit as a "Committee of the Whole". COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RISE AND REPORT WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED?

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendation of the Economic Vitality, Small Business and Social PolicyCommittee
Present:Supervisors Sandoval, Newsom, Maxwell

10. 011849 [Street Artists - Temporary Spaces] Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution designating temporary selling spaces in the Downtown area and at Harvey Milk Plaza for street artists certified by the Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco, for the winter holiday season, 2001, beginning on November 15, 2001 and ending on January 15, 2002.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendation of the Finance Committee
Present:Supervisors Leno, Peskin, McGoldrick

11. 011800 [Reviewing Annual Budget] Supervisor McGoldrick
Resolution setting priorities and amending processes of the Board of Supervisors in reviewing the annual budget of City departments submitted by the Mayor.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Neighborhood Services and Parks Committee
Present:Supervisors Yee, Hall, Sandoval

12. 010589 [Prohibit alcohol consumption on park property without a permit] Supervisor Maxwell
Ordinance amending Article 4 of the San Francisco Parks Code, by amending Section 4.10 to add Alice Chalmers Playground, Bayview Playground, Bernal Playground, Buchanan Street Mall, Cayuga Playground, Franklin Square, Gilman Playground, Holly Park, Juri Commons Mini Park, Lessing Sears Mini Park, McKinley Square, Mission Dolores Park, Silver Terrace Park, Sunnyside Conservatory, Upper Noe Recreation Center, Wawona Clubhouse and Youngblood Coleman Playground to the locations in which alcohol consumption is prohibited without a permit.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

13. 011450 [Restructuring Delinquency Prevention Commission] Supervisor Yee
Ordinance amending San Francisco Administrative Code Sections 20.50, 20.51, and 20.52 to restructure the Delinquency Prevention Commission to reduce the number of members, provide for one commissioner appointment by each individual Supervisor on the Board of Supervisors, establish minimum educational background or experience criteria for appointment, provide for two members between the ages of 14 and 21 years of age, and require that the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families provide staff and administrative support.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

14. 011782 [Underground District in the Mission Bay Area]
Ordinance creating Underground District No. 358 in the Mission Bay Area. (Public Works Department)
(District 10)
(Supervisor Sandoval dissenting in Committee.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

15. 011783 [Modifying Underground District No. 355]
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 333-99 to redefine Underground District No. 355 in the Third Street and Bayshore Boulevard area by adding certain property thereto. (Public Works Department)
(District 10)
(Supervisor Sandoval dissenting in Committee.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

16. 011801 [2012 Olympic Games to San Francisco] Supervisors Yee, Hall
Resolution supporting the efforts of the Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee (BASOC) to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to San Francisco Bay Area and encouraging the United States Olympic Committee to select San Francisco as the official U.S. Candidate City for the 2012 Olympic Games; authorizing the Mayor to execute the Joinder Undertaking Agreement with the United States Olympic Committee subject to certain conditions; and authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with BASOC.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

17. ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS
Roll call for introduction of ordinances, resolutions, charter amendments, requests for hearings, letters of inquiry, and letters of request to the City Attorney.

18. 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

APPROVAL OF REQUESTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
These items may be introduced by any Supervisor seeking analysis from the Office of the Legislative Analyst on introduced legislation and for the purpose of providing assistance to Board of Supervisors’ task forces and advisory committees.Requests to the Legislative Analyst shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board.

19. 012024 [Legislative Analyst Request - Biotechnology] Supervisor Maxwell
Motion requesting the Legislative Analysts to research and report on biotechnology (or life sciences) industry, particularly as it relates to:

(1) Business attraction and retention, including the economic conditions and incentives that attract biotechnology companies to localities.

(2) Planning, including how other jurisdictions:Define the industry; Incorporate the industry into the Planning Code; Treat different uses with the general category of biotechnology", specifically the office use and wet lab uses;Incorporate the industry into local land use planning, including its proximity and relationship to nearby land uses; Address building design issues, including rooftop equipment, exhaust systems, and seismic safety.

(3) Health and Safety, including: Which federal, state and local health regulations are applicable; Have other jurisdictions adopted further health and safety controls.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE
These measures are introduced for adoption without committee reference.A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution today.Any Supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee.

Items 20 through 32

20. 012007 [Revenue Bonds - ABAG Finance Authority] Supervisor Hall
Resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of revenue bonds by ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $ 20,000,000 for the California School of Mechanical Arts, or an affiliate.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

21. 012008 [Proclamation] Supervisor Hall
Resolution proclaiming December 3-9, 2001 as Operation Self-Reliance Week in San Francisco during which volunteers will conduct a door-to-door enrolment campaign for the Disaster Registry.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

22. 012010 [Native American Month] Supervisor Newsom
Resolution declaring the month of November as "Native American" Month in the City and County of San Francisco.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

23. 012011 [Assembly Bill 25] Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution urging the California Legislature to support the efforts to introduce an amendment to AB 25.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

24. 012012 [Commend - Mrs. Doris Neumann] Supervisor Hall
Resolution commending Mrs. Doris Neumann for her 43 years of consecutive service to the Department of Elections and to the voters of San Francisco as a poll worker at 50 Allston Way.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

25. 012013 [Commend - Kathleen Connell and Michael Valerio] Supervisor Leno
Resolution commending Kathleen Connell and Michael Valerio, founders of the Folsom Street Fair.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

26. 012014 [Commend - Reverend Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani] Supervisors Maxwell, Leno
Resolution commending Reverend Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani for their exemplary services and dedication to San Francisco and proclaiming Friday, November 16, 2001 Cecil Williams and JaniceMirikitani day.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

27. 012015 [Commend - Potrero Hill Neighborhood House] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution commending the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House for their commitment and dedication to serving the Potrero Hill community and for their relentless efforts to improve the quality of life for the residents in San Francisco.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

28. 012016 [Commend - Irish American Democratic Club] Supervisor Newsom
Resolution commending the Irish American Democratic Club San Francisco for raising their voice on issues critical to San Francisco voters, in particular for advocating for the creation of a special day in memory of the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy by making it a memorial (unpaid) holiday.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

29. 012017 [Commend - Green Patrol] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution commending the Green Patrol for launching its innovative pilot cleaning program in North Beach.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

30. 012018 [Commend - Youth Vote Coalition] Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution commending the Youth Vote Coalition for creating a forum for students to register their opinion on current candidates and propositions, and the election of a student delegate to the Board of Education.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

31. 011961 [Final Map for a 5 Unit Residential Condominium Project]
Motion approving Final Map of 1034 Filbert Street, a Residential Condominium Project, being a merger and resubdivision of Lots 58, 59, 60, and 61 and all of the Common Area of 1034 Filbert Street, Assessor’s Block No. 93, and adopting findings pursuant to City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Purchaser)
(DPW Order No. 173,242; District 3.)

10/31/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

32. 012025 [Needle Exchange Emergency] Supervisors Ammiano, Newsom, Yee, Leno, Daly, Peskin, McGoldrick, Maxwell
Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program.
11/5/2001, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________

33. 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 8 votes or a unanimous 6 or 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 resolutions being considered at this time there is a need to take immediate action and the need to take action came to the attention of the City and County of San Francisco after the agenda was posted.

[Imperative Resolutions, if any]

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

PROPOSED ORDINANCES
Proposed ordinances received from November 1 through noon on November 7, for reference by President to appropriate committee on November 13, 2001.

011598 [Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Teddy Querubin against the City and County of San Francisco for $200,000.00; the lawsuit was filed on 6/30/98 in United States District Court, Northern District, Case No. C98-04414 JL; entitled Teddy Querubin v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
11/7/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Audit, Labor and Government Efficiency Committee. Confidential letter dated October 18, 2001 is on file with the Clerk of the Board.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
Proposed resolutions received from November 1 through noon on November 7, for reference by President to appropriate committee on November 13, 2001.

011595 [Grant - Public Library Project Read]
Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Library to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $22,000 from the California State Library for continuing family literacy programming as part of Project Read. (Public Library)
11/5/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Neighborhood Services and Parks Committee.

011596 [Grant - Library Statewide Data Base Program]
Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Library to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $10,000 from the California State Library for coverting circulation records for inclusion in the statewide library database. (Public Library)
11/5/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Neighborhood Services and Parks Committee.

011597 [Grant - School Services Corps, Year 2]
Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Library to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $185,558 from the California State Library as part of the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) for continuing a School Services Corps in cooperation with San Francisco Unified School District. (Public Library)
11/5/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Neighborhood Services and Parks Committee.

011665 [Proposed expenditure of California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) funds for Fiscal Year 2001-02]
Resolution authorizing adoption of the County Description of Proposed Expenditure of California Healthcare for Indigents (CHIP) funds for Fiscal Year 2001-02 and that the President or duly authorized representative of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco can certify the County Description of Proposed Expenditure of CHIP funds for the Fiscal Year 2001-02. (Public Health Department)
11/7/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. Department requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the November 21, 2001 meeting.

011952 [Grant - Criminal Restitution Program]
Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to contract for, accept and expend $128,567 allocated from the California State Board of Control Victims of Crime and Restitution Program, for a project entitled "Criminal Restitution Compact" for the period of July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002. (District Attorney)

011954 [STOP Intersections]
Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections.

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
9th Avenue and Balboa Street, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Balboa Street (makes this an all-way STOP) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2336.)

11/6/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.

011955 [Parking Regulations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.

NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND
TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Clementina Street, north side, between 1st and 2nd Streets
Tehama Street, south side, between 1st and 2nd Streets

PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
Alabama Street, both sides, between Mariposa and 19th Streets (500 and 600 blocks)
Alabama Street, east side, between 16th and 17th Streets (300 block)
Alabama Street, west side, between 17th and Mariposa Streets (400 block)
Florida Street, both sides, between 18th and 20th Streets (600 and 700 blocks)
Florida Street, west side, between 16th and 17th Streets (300 block)

DIAGONAL (45-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
Florida Street, west side, from Mariposa Street to 150 feet northerly (150-foot zone, 400 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "Z" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
28th Street, both sides, between Guerrero and DOlores Streets (unit block)
Cesar Chavez Street, both sides, between Church and Sanchez Street (3900 block)
Clipper Street, both sides, between Church and Sanchez Street (100 block) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2336.)

11/6/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.

011956 [Traffic Regulations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets.

DIAMOND LANE - ESTABLISH
Bush Street, second lane from east curb (southbound), between Battery and Market Streets

BICYCLE LANE - ESTABLISH
4th Street, southbound, between King Street and Mission Creek

NO LEFT TURN - ESTABLISH
3rd Street, both directions, at Rincon Street
3rd Street, northbound, at South Common
3rd Street, soutbound, at North Common

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
3rd Street, east side, from 320 feet to 345 feet north of 20th Street (25-foot zone)
3rd Street, west side, between Phelps and Davidson Streets
3rd Street, west side, from Arthur Avenue to 65 feet southerly (65-foot zone)

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND
3rd Street, east side, from 18th Street to 25 feet northerly (25-foot zone)
3rd Street, east side, from 358 feet to 400 feet south of 20th Street (42-foot zone)
3rd Street, west side, from 109 feet to 235 feet south of 16th Street (126-foot zone)
3rd Street, west side, from 325 feet to 380 feet north of Mariposa Street (55-foot zone) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 2336.)

11/6/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.

011999 [Muni Buses for Olympic Games of 2002]
Resolution approving an agreement between the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games of 2002, Inc. and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Municipal Transportation Agency, lending up to fifty (50) of City’s standard Neoplan buses to the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games of 2002, Inc., from no later than January 1, 2002 to no later than April 1, 2002 for the 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Municipal Transportation Agency)
11/5/2001, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.

012037 [Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and Communications received from November 1 through noon on November 7, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on November 12, 2001.

From concerned citizens, submitting support for proposed Charter Amendment regarding the Cost of Living Benefits for Retirees on the November 2001 San Francisco ballot.File 011659,3 Letters (1)

From various signators submitting Form 700, Statement of Economic Interests: (2)
Emily Drennen
Julia Lin

From AT&T Broadband & Internet Services, submitting national press release regarding January 2002 price adjustments. (3)

Number not used. (4)

From Corinne de Ciofalo-Guell, commenting on the unacceptable service she has received from MV Lift Vans and Paratransit Brokers. (5)

From Board of Appeals, submitting opposition to proposed legislation that requires all meetings of the Board of Appeals be videotaped for broadcast on the City’s television station.File 011406Copy:Supervisors Leno, McGoldrick (6)

From Planning Department, submitting Certificate of Determination of Exemption/Exclusion from Environmental Review for proposed resolution that would extend for a period of six months the Interim Zoning Controls for Internet service exchanges set forth in Board Resolution 405-01.File 011967Copy: Each Supervisor (7)

From Office of the Mayor, Treasurer Island Project, submitting request for a one-year extension of the Cooperative Agreement between the Treasurer Island Development Authority and U.S. Navy that would provide $145,000 to the Authority to perform caretaker services on former naval station Treasurer Island on behalf of the Navy.Copy: Supervisor Leno (8)

From State Department of Health Services, submitting copy of the Emergency Medical Services Appropriation Standard Agreement for fiscal year 2001/02. (9)

From Rick Thurber, commenting on the increase in litter and graffiti in San Francisco. 15 Letters (10)

From Mayor’s Office of Housing, regarding Proposition A (1996) Affordable Housing Bonds (known as the Affordable Housing and Home Ownership Bond Program).(Reference No. 2001101-003)Copy: Supervisors Hall, Newsom (11)

From Department of Human Services, regarding the Department of Human Services’ spending on homeless services in fiscal year 2000-01.Copy: supervisor Hall (12)

From State Department of Child Support Services, submitting the new repayment sharing ratios for the Federal Medical Assistance Percentages for Federal Fiscal Year 2002. (13)

From Erik Beckjord, suggesting that the media stop reporting stories about anthrax, and bring back stories about Gary Condit. (14)

From Airport, submitting list of all sole source contracts entered into during the past fiscal year.(15)




From Planning Department, regarding Interim Controls regulating certain uses in the Showplace Square/Potrero Hill Area.File 011580 (16)

From concerned citizens, commenting on the homeless situation in San Francisco.3 Letters(17)

From Redevelopment Agency, commenting on the Redevelopment Agency’s authority to regulate the development of properties in the former Western Addition Redevelopment Project Area A-1 at 1031 Franklin Street, known as the Martin Luther Tower.File 011894Copy: Each Supervisor (18)

From the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco, submitting support to return the Conditional Use Permit for St. Mark’s Tower at 1101 O’Farrell Street to the Planning Commission because it is not clear as to what portions of Lot 36 have been re-zoned from 80 feet to 240 feet in height.Files 011894 - 011897,Copy: Each Supervisor (19)

From concerned citizens, commenting on the proposed construction of 240 units of senior housing for St. Mark’s Church at 1101 O’Farrell Street (a.k.a. Starr King Way). File 011894,3 Letters (20)

From Tys Sniffen, regarding the inconvenience of closing Fulton/Masonic Street for construction. File 011781,Copy: Each Supervisor (21)

From Law Office of Christopher Cole, regarding appeal of tentative/parcel map for 692-696 De Haro Street; into a three lot subdivision lot project.(22)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, submitting notice that proposed items calendared for the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee have been posted. Files 011872, 011873, 011874 (23)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding what steps the Department is taking or planning to take to improve traffic and pedestrian safety for the Fell and Oak Streets corridor.(Reference No. 20011001-001)Copy: Supervisor Gonzalez (24)

From Jason Shurte, submitting support for a moratorium on wireless communications antennas in San Francisco.File 011277 (25)

From Public Utilities Commission, regarding placing of Type 1 advertisements in the newspaper. (Reference No. 20010924-059)Copy: Supervisor Leno (26)

From Office of the Treasurer, submitting correspondence and attachments that show the investment activity (for fiscal year to date) of the portfolios under management. (27)

From Office of the Treasurer, submitting report on the Cash Difference and Overage Funds for the period ending October 31, 2001. (28)

From Public Library Commission, submitting notice of regular meeting on Wednesday, November 7, 2001, 4:00 p.m. at the Koret Auditorium, Main Library, lower level. (29)

From Senator John Burton, submitting press release on Senate and Joint Committee Interim Hearings for November and December 2001. (30)

From US Army Corps of Engineers, submitting public notice regarding summary of permit actions for the months of July through end of September 2001. (31)

From State Department of Child Support Services, submitting information from the August 2001 Statewide Complaint Resolution hearing that provides all the questions submitted by local staff and responses developed by the State Department of Child Support Services. (32)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for free tolls on the Golden Gate Bridge for motorcycles.4 Letters(33)

From Harold Brooks, submitting "Government Update" regarding the recent events surrounding the tragedy of September 11th and the subsequent announcement of Dr. Healy’s departure from the Red Cross later this year. (34)

From Mayor’s Office of Housing, regarding the feasibility of using vacant City owned property at 5199 Mission Street as temporary or interim parking pending the development of that property.(Reference No. 20011001-014)Copy: Supervisor Sandoval (35)

From John Jenkel, submitting newsletter entitled "Abuse News from the Center of the Preservation of Horses". (36)

From Telecommunications Commission, submitting notice of meeting to adopt the proposed Telecommunications Plan for the City and County of San Francisco on November 16, 2001, 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, Room 416.(37)

From Michael Petrelis, submitting San Francisco Examiner newspaper article (8/26/99) entitled "New syphilis issue spurs hate mail". (38)

From Fire Department, regarding the budget process for fiscal year 2002, Section 25 of the 2002 Annual Appropriation Ordinance.Copy: Each Supervisor (39)

From Mayor’s Criminal Justice Council, submitting the completed audited financial statements of San Francisco’s Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant program. (40)

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting Procedures
The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco.The Board considers ordinances and resolutions, most of which have been the subject of hearings before the standing committees of the board at which members of the public are urged to testify.The full Board does not hold a second public hearing on measures which have been heard in committee.
Board procedures do not permit: 1) persons in the audience to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other persons testifying; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices,(Violators may be removed from the meeting room.)3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; and 4) standing in the Legislative Chamber.
Citizens are encouraged to testify at Board hearings and to write letters to the Board and to its members, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA94102.
Agenda are available on the internet at www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs.bos.htm.
THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK.
Board meetings are televised on channel 26.For video tape copies and scheduling call (415) 557-4293.
Results of each Board meeting can be obtained about a half hour after the end of the meeting by telephoning (415) 554-5555.
Requests for language translation at a meeting must be received no later than noon the Friday before the meeting.
AVISO EN ESPA¥OL:La solicitud para un traductor en una reunion debe recibirse antes de mediodia de el viernes anterior a la reunion. Llame a Erasmo Vazquez (415) 554-4909.

Translation: request at least 48 hours before the meeting. Please call: (415) 554-7701

Disability access
The Legislative Chamber of the Board of Supervisors is in Room 250 of City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place.The Chamber is wheelchair accessible.
The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall.Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are:#47 Van Ness, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 923-6142.
There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.
The following services are available when requests are made by 4:00 p.m. of the Friday before the Board meeting:
For American Sign Language interpreters, use of a reader during a meeting, or sound enhancement system, contact Violeta Mosuela at (415) 554-7704.
For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats,contact Annette Lonich at (415) 554-7706.The Clerk of the Board’s Office TTY number for speech-hearing impaired is (415) 554-5227.
In order to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.

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 Donna Hall by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-5784 or by email at Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us
Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm


© 2000-02 City & County of San Francisco. All rights reserved.

Last updated: 8/18/2009 1:46:34 PM