December 9, 2002

Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
December 9, 2002

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor

Ordinances

021995

[Revising administration of Police Emergency Alarm Ordinance]

Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending Sections 3702, 3707 through 3710, and 3711 through 3720, by adding Sections 3710.1 through 3710.9 and a new Section 3721, and by re-numbering current Section 3721 as Section 3722, to give the Director of Emergency Communications responsibility for administering the substantive provisions of the Police Emergency Alarm Ordinance and to provide for billing and collection of license and license renewal fees by alarm companies. (Mayor) Mayor presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Finance Committee.

021996

[Voter Information Pamphlet Amendments]

Ordinance amending sections 500, 530 and 550 of the San Francisco Municipal Elections Code to require the Director of Elections to publish in the Voter Information Pamphlet: (1) a description of every elector"s right to seek a writ of mandate or an injunction requiring any or all of the materials in the Voter Information Pamphlet to be amended or deleted, and (2) a disclaimer at the beginning of each ballot measure argument and rebuttal authorized by the Board of Supervisors explaining which members of the Board of Supervisors endorse, oppose or have taken no position on the measure; and to clarify that when the Board of Supervisors authorizes a member or members of that body to submit a ballot measure argument or rebuttal, it shall do so by motion, and it need not take any further action, including voting on or otherwise approving the actual text of the argument or rebuttal. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules and Audits Committee. Refer this item to Ethics Commission.

021997	[Authorizing the transfer of Institutional Police from the Department of Public Health to the Sheriff]
	Ordinance amending the Administrative Code by adding a new Section 1.59 to authorize the transfer of the Institutional Police Department from the Department of Public Health to the Sheriff. Supervisor Peskin presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules and Audits Committee.

021338

[Third Street Alcohol Restricted Use District]

Ordinance adding Section 782 to the Planning Code to create a Third Street Alcohol Restricted Use District prohibiting liquor establishments and regulating existing non-conforming liquor establishments; amending Section 249.14 of the Planning Code to remove inconsistent regulations regarding liquor establishments; amending Zoning Map Sheet 8SU and 10SU of the City and County of San Francisco to indicate the boundaries of the Third Street Alcohol Restricted Use District, and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan. Supervisor Maxwell presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Transportation and Commerce Committee. 8/6/02 - Transmitted to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Transportation and Commerce Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title. ASSIGNED to Transportation and Commerce Committee. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Substitute ordinance transmitted to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation; referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title. ASSIGNED to Transportation and Commerce Committee.

020550

[Zoning Map Amendment]

Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco to change the use classification and the height and bulk designation of the property zoned Service Light Industrial and bounded by Fourth Street, Freelon Street, Zoe Street and Welsh Street. Supervisor Daly presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Transportation and Commerce Committee. 4/12/02 - Transmitted to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation. TRANSFERRED to Finance Committee. RESPONSE RECEIVED. (From Planning Department, Addendum to Final Environmental Impact Report, dated November 7, 2002) CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Sue Hestor; Theodore Lakey, Deputy City Attorney; Supervisor McGoldrick; Gabriel Metcalf, Deputy Director, SPUR and Housing Action Coalition; Antoinetta Stadlman; Randy Shaw, Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Joe O"Donohue; Alice Barkley, Attorney for Property Owner; Sam Dodge, Central City SRO Collaborative; Ernest Bush; Mark Ellinger, Central City SRO Collaborative; Oscar McKinney; Joanna Hagerty; Delphine Brody, Tenant Advocate, Mental Health Association; Otto Duffy, Tom Waddell Health Center Advisory Board; Orville Luster, Executive Director, Youth for Service; Thomas LeRoux, President of Board, Youth for Service; Samuel Devore, Metropolitan Fresh Start Drug Rehab. Project; Mary Rogers; Lucian Blazej, Strategic Solutions; Joe Cassidy, Project Sponsor; Manny Flores, Carpenters Union, Local 22;

020549

[Fourth and Freelon Streets Special Use District]

Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding Section 249.23 to create the Fourth and Freelon Streets Special Use District encompassing the property zoned Service Light Industrial and bounded by Fourth Street, Freelon Street, Zoe Street and Welsh Street and by adding Section 263.16 to create special height and bulk exceptions for the Fourth and Freelon Streets Special Use District, which would allow previously approved but unbuilt live/work units to convert to market-rate residential units and additional market-rate residential units to be constructed with an allowable increase in height from 50" to 85" and a dwelling unit density governed by the permissible building envelope; provided that (i) the developer shall construct at the developer"s sole expense, on land owned or purchased by the developer in either the South of Market Area or the North of Market Residential Special Use District, off-site affordable rental housing with square footage equal to 15% of the total residential units to be constructed offset by the cost of land acquisition, with a minimum of 56 units constructed of no less than 400 square feet each, (ii) the units shall be rental units affordable to low- and lower income households with income not exceeding 40% of San Francisco"s median income, which shall remain affordable for 55 years or for the life of the building whichever is longer, and (iii) upon completion, the affordable housing development shall be owned, managed and operated by a nonprofit housing organization with reversion to the City if the nonprofit housing organization is dissolved. Supervisor Daly presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Transportation and Commerce Committee. 4/12/02 - Transmitted to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation. TRANSFERRED to Finance Committee. RESPONSE RECEIVED. (From Planning Department, Addendum to Final Environmental Impact Report, dated November 7, 2002) CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Sue Hestor; Theodore Lakey, Deputy City Attorney; Supervisor McGoldrick; Gabriel Metcalf, Deputy Director, SPUR and Housing Action Coalition; Antoinetta Stadlman; Randy Shaw, Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Joe O"Donohue; Alice Barkley, Attorney for Property Owner; Sam Dodge, Central City SRO Collaborative; Ernest Bush; Mark Ellinger, Central City SRO Collaborative; Oscar McKinney; Joanna Hagerty; Delphine Brody, Tenant Advocate, Mental Health Association; Otto Duffy, Tom Waddell Health Center Advisory Board; Orville Luster, Executive Director, Youth for Service; Thomas LeRoux, President of Board, Youth for Service; Samuel Devore, Metropolitan Fresh Start Drug Rehab. Project; Mary Rogers; Lucian Blazej, Strategic Solutions; Joe Cassidy, Project Sponsor; Manny Flores, Carpenters Union, Local 22;

020716

[Settlement of lawsuit and, as part of the settlement, amending the Rent Control Ordinance]

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by residential landlords against the City and County of San Francisco to invalidate Proposition H passed in the November 2000 general election, concerning the pass through of capital improvement costs by landlords to tenants; the lawsuit was filed on November 22, 2000, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 316-928 entitled Quigg v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; and, as part of the settlement, amending the Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance (Administrative Code Chapter 37) regarding permissible passthrough of bond costs from landlords to tenants by providing for 50% passthrough of the change in the landlord"s property tax resulting from the repayment of general obligation bonds of the City and County of San Francisco approved by the voters in the future; and regarding permissible passthrough from landlords to residential tenants of certain costs for capital improvements, rehabilitation, energy conservation improvements, and renewable energy improvements, by codifying and expanding existing amortization schedules, by establishing specified maximum annual passthroughs at 5% of a tenant"s base rent for properties with five or fewer units and at 10% of a tenant"s base rent for properties with six or more units, by capping certification for work and improvements on properties with six or more residential units at 50% of landlord costs unless the tenant elects 100% passthrough of costs with a lifetime rent increase cap of 15% of base rent, by lengthening the amortization period from 10 years to 20 years for certain improvements required by law (including certain seismic improvements to unreinforced masonry buildings), by providing tenants and the Rent Board with pre-application notice of large projects, by providing that each petition totaling more than $25,000 must pay the cost of an estimator hired by the Rent Board unless the applicant provides copies of competitive bids received or copies of time and materials billing, by providing for the Commission on the Environment to conduct hearings and recommend new passthrough provisions encouraging energy conservation improvements and renewable energy improvements, and by expanding the provisions for tenant hardship applications for relief from such passthroughs by providing that a tenant can file such an application at any time instead of only at the time the passthrough is originally approved. This Ordinance amends Sections 37.2, 37.3, and 37.7, and 37.8B, with most provisions operative May 1, 2002 or 60 days prior to passage of this Ordinance on Second Reading by the Board of Supervisors, whichever is later. Supervisor Ammiano presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Health and Human Services Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Ammiano submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Health and Human Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the 10:00 a.m. Special Meeting on December 16, 2002, with a Committee Report to the Board of Supervisors.

Resolutions

021998	[Appointment to Telecommunications Commission]
	Resolution approving the Mayor"s appointment of Michael Rouan to the Telecommunications Commission for the term ending July 1, 2004. (Mayor) Mayor presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules and Audits Committee.

021999	[Biosciences Task Force]
	Resolution establishing a Biosciences Task Force to make policy recommendations to the Board of Supervisors and setting forth the membership and duties of the Task Force. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules and Audits Committee.

022000	[Authorize to accept and expend gift of $1,000.00 from First Baptist Church]
	Resolution authorizing the City and County to accept and expend a gift in the amount of $1,000.00 from the first Baptist Church for Emergency Services. Supervisor Newsom presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022001	[Urge City of Sacramento to overturn decision regarding sidewalks]
	Resolution urging the City of Sacramento to withdraw its petition to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to overturn a decision finding that access to sidewalks is within the program access requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Supervisor Peskin presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022002

[Urge DPT and SF County Transportation Authority to work in collaboration for the installation of pedestrian countdown signals]

Resolution urging the Department of Parking and Traffic and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority to work in collaboration in order to secure new funding streams necessary to jointly contribute toward the long-term safety gains by installing pedestrian countdown signals at the remaining 500 signalized intersections in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Newsom presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022003	[Authorize application to permit Mortgage Credit Certificates and Mortgage Revenue Bonds]
	Resolution authorizing an application to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee to permit the issuance of Mortgage Certificates and Mortgage Revenue Bonds. Supervisor Newsom presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022004	[Commending participants of Crocker Amazon Playground Build Day]
	Resolution commending all of the community members, organizations, and businesses who helped make the November 2, 2002 Crocker Amazon Playground Build Day a success. Supervisor Sandoval presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022005	[Authorizing Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board to increase Grant Anticipation Note Program]
	Resolution authorizing the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board to increase the Grant Anticipation Note Program by $231,000,000 in principal amount resulting in a total authorized aggregate principal amount of $453,500,000 outstanding at any one time. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022006	[Urge Pretrial Diversion Program 50 hours of community service for first time graffiti offenders]
	Resolution urging the Executive Director of the Pretrial Diversion program to recommend to the courts at least 50 hours of community service for first time graffiti vandalism offenders. Supervisor Hall presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022007	[Wishing Stan Warren well in his recovery]
	Resolution wishing Stan Warren well in his recovery from surgery. Supervisors Ammiano, Newsom presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022008

[Urge Pacific Bell to contract with responsible janitorial contractor]

Resolution urging SBC Pacific Bell to join the rest of San Francisco"s responsible corporations by contracting with a responsible corporations by contracting with a responsible janitorial contractor immediately in order to ensure their cleaning companies pay decent wages, provide affordable family health coverage, and respect workers" freedom to form a union. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022009

[MOU between CCSF and US Department of Energy for the implementation of the City"s renewable energy]

Resolution approving the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) and the United States Department of Energy Seattle Office (DOE) to obtain support from DOE for the implementation of the City"s renewable energy, energy efficiency and distributed generation goals, and to authorize the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and the San Francisco Department of the Environment (SFE) to administer and act co-leads for this agreement between CCSF and DOE. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022010	[Commending UCSF]
	Resolution commending UCSF for its leadership, innovation, and commitment to removing mercury from our environment. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Request for Hearings

022011	[State of California Budget Cuts]
	Hearing to receive a briefing from the Mayor"s Budget Director on recent information on State of California budget cuts and their impact on City and County of San Francisco"s budget. Supervisor Peskin presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. Sponsor requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the December 18, 2002 meeting.

022012	[Current Financial State of San Francisco Airport]
	Hearing to review the current financial state of San Francisco Airport and contingencies that it will implement as a result of the recently declared bankruptcy of its major tenant, United Airlines. Supervisor Peskin presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. Sponsor requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the December 18, 2002 meeting.

022013	[San Francisco Unified School District Bicycle Rack]
	Hearing at the Joint City and School District Committee Meeting on January 15th, 2003, at 555 Franklin Street, San Francisco, regarding San Francisco Unified School District Bicycle Racks. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Committee.

Motions

021994	[Needle Exchange Emergency]
	Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisors Ammiano, Newsom, Daly, Peskin, McGoldrick, Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022014

[Directing Clerk of the Board to provide public notice of budgetary decisions]

Motion directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to take specified actions to facilitate public notice of budgetary decisions by the Board of Supervisors causing the closure of, or affecting the level of medical service provided at, health care facilities of the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

022015	[Amend Rule 3.9 - Roll Call Requests]
	Motion amending Rule 3.9 of the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors to allow Supervisors to make Roll Call requests for introduction at alternate Board meetings beginning in February of 2003. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules and Audits Committee.

Reports

021993	[Board of Supervisors Seniority]
	Lottery to determine the seniority of the new members of the Board of Supervisors. (Clerk of the Board) .ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors. Scheduled for consideration on December 16, 2002; Special Order at 3:00 p.m.

PROPOSED ORDINANCES

020663

[Extension of Sunset Clause - Utilization of Bid/RFP Process for Awarding of Parking Authority Leases and Management Contracts]

Ordinance amending Section 17.11 (a) of the San Francisco Administrative Code to extend the authorization of the Parking Authority and the Municipal Transportation Agency to utilize a Bid/RFP process for the awarding of all leases and management agreements for the use or operation of parking facilities; the Department shall report to the Board by June 1, 2003, on the development and use of performance measures. (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Speakers: None. ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Parking and Traffic Department submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. AMENDED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Scott Ruble, Parking Authority, Department of Parking and Traffic; Ron Szeto, Parking Authority; Harvey Rose, Budget Analyst. Amended by adding "the Department shall report to the Board by June 1, 2003, on the development and use of performance measures." Further amended by adding the following Section 2: "The Department shall Develop and Utilize quantitative, outcome-based performance measures to aid in the measurement of garage operator performance. The department will report these measres in writing to the Board by June 1, 2003." RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED. PASSED ON FIRST READING.

021885	[Repealing Police Code Section 1159 - Sightseeing Vehicle Stands]
	Ordinance repealing Police Code Section 1159, which authorizes the Department of Parking and Traffic to issue to a single entity or person a permit for a sightseeing stand on Powell Street, for the purpose of selling tickets for sightseeing tours and providing sightseeing information. (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Works and Public Protection Committee.

021886	[Parking Regulations, portions of Hyde Street]
	Ordinance adding Section 32.6.34 to the San Francisco Traffic Code, regarding parking regulations on portions of Hyde Street. (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Commerce Committee.

021937

[Settlement of Lawsuit]

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by plaintiff the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and intervening plaintiff Alane Bernadette Baca against the City and County of San Francisco and Andrew Blackwell for (1) payment of $100,000.00, including all damages, attorneys" fees and costs, (2) a credit of six (6) weeks of sick leave to intervening plaintiff Baca, and (3) the Police Department issuing a specified Department Bulletin, incorporating that Bulletin into specified EEO trainings, and beginning the process of reviewing and, where applicable, revising Department General Order 11.07; the lawsuit was filed on October 4, 2001, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 325-126; entitled Department of Fair Employment and Housing, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al (Real Party in Interest: Alane Bernadette Baca). (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules and Audits Committee.

021938

[Settlement of Lawsuit]

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuits filed by William J. Sepatis against the City and County of San Francisco for $100,000; the lawsuit under US District Court Case No. C00-2299 MHP filed on May 31, 2000 and the lawsuit under US District Court Case No. C00-1626 MHP filed on May 8, 2000 were consolidated, entitled William James Sepatis v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules and Audits Committee.

021941	[Creating Underground District No. 359 on Octavia Street]
	Ordinance approving Underground District No. 359 On Octavia Street. (Public Works Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Commerce Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS

021796

[Port Security Services Civil Service Exclusion]

Resolution approving the Controller"s certification that Port Area Security Services for the Port of San Francisco can be practically performed by a private contractor at a lower cost than if the work were performed by City employees at budgeted levels. (Port) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Port submitted a substitute resolution bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. RECOMMENDED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Joel Robinson, Port. ADOPTED.

021830	[Grant Funds to Develop Vulnerability Assessments]
	Resolution authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to apply for, accept and expend grants amounting to $230,000 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for vulnerability assessment. (Public Utilities Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Health and Human Services Committee.

021884

[Public Access Cable Television]

Resolution renewing designation of the San Francisco Community Television Corporation (SFCTC) as the non-profit responsible for the management and operation of the City"s public access cable television channel, Access San Francisco, coterminous with the public access grant awarded to SFCTC by the Department of Telecommunications and Information Services (DTIS) on October 28, 2002. (Telecommunications and Information Services) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Works and Public Protection Committee.

021936

[Medical services for prison inmates referred from institutions of the California Department of Corrections]

Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Community Health Network of San Francisco (CHNSF), to enter retroactively into an agreement, which includes an indemnification clause, with The State of California, Department of Corrections (CDC), and accept reimbursement in the amount of $225,000 for medical services provided to inmates referred from the Correctional Training Facility (CTF) and the California Medical Facility (CMF); for the period of March 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003. (Public Health Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Health and Human Services Committee.

021939	[Extension of Agreement with City Carshare]
	Resolution authorizing a six month extension to the existing grant agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and City Carshare. (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Commerce Committee. TRANSFERRED to Finance Committee.

021967	[Accept-Expend Foundation Grant]
	Resolution authorizing the Department of Human Services to accept and expend a two-year grant in the amount of $95,000 from the CalWORKs/Child Welfare Partnership Project for improving coordination between the department"s Child Welfare and Welfare-To-Work programs. (Human Services Department) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Health and Human Services Committee.

021973

[Consultant Contract for New Central Subway phase of Third St. Light Rail Transit Project]

Resolution approving the award of Municipal Railway Contract No. CS-138, Professional Engineering and Other Support Services for Muni Metro Third Street Light Rail Project: New Central Subway, with the Joint Venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. and PGH Wong Engineering, Inc., to provide necessary professional engineering and other support services in an amount not to exceed $29,800,000, and for a term not to exceed five years. (Municipal Transportation Agency) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Commerce Committee.

021974

[Issuance of Clean Water Revenue Bonds, 2003 Refunding Series A]

Resolution approving the issuance of not to exceed $462,660,000 aggregate principal amount of Clean Water Revenue Bonds, 2003 Refunding Series A to be issued by the Public Utilities Commission of the City and County of San Francisco; provided that issuance of the bonds would result in net debt service savings of at least 3 percent or $12,028,350; and authorizing the taking of appropriate actions in connection therewith and related matters. (Public Utilities Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee. Department requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the December 11, 2002 meeting.

021975	[Accept-Expend Regional Grant]
	Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to accept and expend five (5) grants totaling $1,089,000 from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) for acquisition of clean air vehicles by Airport transportation operators. (Airport Commission) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee.

021976

[Accept-Expend Federal/State Pass Through Grant]

Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Library to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $13,815 from the California State Library as part of the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) for reimbursing tuition expenses of library employees pursuing a degree or certificate in library science at an institution of higher education. (Public Library) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Neighborhood Services and Recreation Committee.

021978

[California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) funds for Fiscal Year 2002-03]

Resolution authorizing adoption of the County Description of Proposed Expenditure of California Healthcare for Indigents (CHIP) funds for Fiscal Year 2002-03 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 2002-03. (Public Health Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Health and Human Services Committee.