City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
May 23, 2006
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
Ordinances
| 060668 |
[Landmark Designation of 557 Ashbury Street/1500-1512 Haight Street (the Richard P. Doolan/Norman T. Larson Residence and Storefronts)] |
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Ordinance Designating 557 Ashbury Street/1500-1512 Haight Street, the Richard P. Doolan/Norman T. Larson Residence and Storefronts, as a Landmark under Planning Code Article 10; and adopting General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and environmental findings (Planning Department) Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 060697 |
[Fee Adjustments for Planning Department Services] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 31.22 and 31.23 to adjust fees for Planning Department services; and making environmental findings. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 060698 |
[Downtown Plan Monitoring] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Chapter 10E to delete some of the data currently required in the Planning Department's annual Downtown Plan Monitoring report that details the effects of downtown growth, to change the date for submittal of the annual report to the Board of Supervisors, and to include additional data in the required five-year report. Supervisor Peskin presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 060699 |
[Fee Adjustments for Planning Department Services] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Article 3.5 to adjust fees for Planning Department services; and making environmental findings. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 060700 |
[Police Foot Patrols] |
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Ordinance adopting Section 10A.1 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to establish a one-year pilot program requiring foot patrols in crime-impacted areas within the boundaries of Northern and Park Police District Stations, and require reporting and review on the effectiveness of the foot patrols. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 060701 |
[Adopting disability access standards for the Sunday closure of JFK Drive] |
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Ordinance amending the Park Code by adding Section 6.12 to adopt disability access standards and authorized vehicular traffic use for the Sunday closure of John F. Kennedy Drive and related roads in Golden Gate Park and making environmental findings. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 060702 |
[Written Informed Consent and Pre-Test Counseling for HIV Testing] |
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Draft Ordinance amending the Health Code to require written informed consent and pre-test counseling before an individual receives an HIV antibody test. Supervisor Ma presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
Resolutions
| 060690 |
[Grant to supplement on-call physician coverage for trauma services at San Francisco General Hospital Trauma Center and add one new position] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), to accept retroactively and expend a new grant in the amount of $240,860 from the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (CEMSA) to supplement on-call physician coverage at San Francisco General Hospital Trauma Center, to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds, and to add one (1.0) new position funded through this grant agreement; for the period of July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be calendared as soon as possible. |
| 060691 |
[Commending Supervisor Tom Ammiano] |
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Resolution commending Supervisor Tom Ammiano on his enshrinement to the San Francisco State's Allumni Wall of Fame. Supervisors Dufty, Alioto-Pier, Daly, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval presented. ADOPTED. |
| 060692 |
[S.F. Child Care Planning and Advisory Council Priorities for General Child Care and Development Expansion] |
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Resolution approving the San Francisco Child Care Planning and Advisory Council Priorities for General Child Care and Development Expansion. Supervisor Daly presented. ADOPTED. |
| 060711 |
[Encouraging churches, synagogues and temples in San Francisco to engage in a coordinated tolling of bells to call attention to the need for an effective suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge.] |
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Resolution encouraging churches, synagogues and temples in San Francisco to engage in a coordinated tolling of bells to call attention to the need for an effective suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 060712 |
[Commending the heroism of Marlin Coats and urging the US Government to grant permanent residence to Jacqueline Coats] |
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Resolution commending the heroism of Marlin Coats and urging the US Government to grant permanent residence to Jacqueline Coats. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 060713 |
[California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006] |
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Resolution urging the California Legislature to adopt Assembly Bill 32-The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 060714 |
[South of Market Project Area Committee] |
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Resolution confirming the election results of members to the Project Area Committee for the South of Market Redevelopment Project Area and finding that the Procedures for the Election of Members to Redevelopment Project Area Committees were followed. Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 060715 |
[National Hunger Awareness Day in San Francisco] |
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Resolution commending the San Francisco Food Bank, St. Anthony Foundation and Project Open Hand as well as more than 500 programs citywide that distribute food in recognizing June 6, 2006 as National Hunger Awareness Day in San Francisco. Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 060716 |
[Declaring June 1, 2006 as Silence the Violence Day] |
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Resolution declaring June 1, 2006 as Silence the Violence Day in commemoration of those who have died or have been victimized by violence in San Francisco. Supervisors Daly, Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 060717 |
[Acknowledging the leadership and social services provided by Project Families In Need to the people of the City and County of San Francisco] |
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Resolution acknowledging Project Families In Need this 23rd day of May 2006 and thank Project F.I.N. for providing social services to create a better quality of life for the community of San Francisco. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 060718 |
[Honoring the memory of Deborah Gibbon] |
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Resolution honoring the life, spirit, community activism and contributions to the local artistic community of Deborah Gibbon. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 060719 |
[Honoring the Joe Goode Performance Group] |
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Resolution honoring the Joe Goode Performance Group on the occasion of their twentieth anniversary. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 060720 |
[Expansion of community policing in San Francisco Housing Authority-owned developments] |
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Resolution urging the San Francisco Housing Authority to renew beyond June 30, 2006, and expand the size and geographical scope of its MOU with the San Francisco Police Department for supplemental law enforcement services dedicated to community policing in Housing Authority-owned developments. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Requests for Hearing
| 060704 |
[Office of Citizen Complaints] |
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Hearing on the status of the Office of Citizen Complaints. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. Sponsor requests this matter be heard before the Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
| 060705 |
[Status of labor affairs at San Francisco's Sutter/CPMC] |
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Hearing to be updated on the status of labor affairs at San Francisco's Sutter/CPMC, including the impact, if any, of the situation on the City's health care system, economy and City budget. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. Sponsor requests this matter be heard before the government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
| 060706 |
[Landmark Tree Implementation and Removal Criteria] |
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Hearing to adopt the Landmark Tree Implementation and Removal Criteria prepared b the Urban Forest Council. This criteria has been created by the Urban Forest Council in accordance with File No. 051458, Ordinance No. 17-06. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
Motions
| 060693 |
[Appointment, Planning Commission - Katherine Moore] |
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Motion approving the Board of Supervisors President Peskin's nomination of Katherine Moore to the Planning Commission term ending July 1, 2010. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 060694 |
[Appointment, Planning Commission - Katherine Moore] |
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Motion rejecting the Board of Supervisors President's appointment of Katherine Moore to the Planning Commission, term ending July 1, 2010. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 060703 |
[Rules of Order - Establishing Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness] |
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Motion establishing a Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness, pursuant to Board Rule 5.26. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. Sponsor requested verbally to calendar this item at the June 8, 2006 meeting. |
| 060721 |
[Waiver permitting City employees to assist the Department of Elections with the June 6, 2006 election] |
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Motion granting a waiver from the prohibition imposed by Charter section 13.104.5, to permit City employees to assist the Department of Elections with the June 6, 2006 election. Supervisor Peskin presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Charter Amendments
| 060695 |
[Charter Amendment - Setting minimum qualifications for City officer or employee designated to manage the City's emergency planning and response] |
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Charter amenment (First Draft) to add Section 3.106 to set minimum qualifications for the City officer or employee designated to manage the City's emergency planning and response. Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Peskin, Mirkarimi presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. |
| 060696 |
[Charter Amendment - Setting the salary of the Mayor, City Attorney, District Attorney, Public Defender, Assessor-Recorder, Treasurer, and Sheriff] |
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Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend Section A8.409-1 to provide that the Civil Service Commission shall set the salary of the Mayor, City Attorney, District Attorney, Public Defender, Assessor-Recorder, Treasurer, and Sheriff every five years, with annual cost-of-living adjustments during the five-year salary cycle. Supervisors Peskin, Alioto-Pier, Mirkarimi, Dufty presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. |
| 060707 |
[Charter Amendment - City Elections In Even-Numbered Years] |
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Charter amendment (Firs Draft) to amend Section 13.101 and Article XVII to change the election cycle for the offices of Mayor, Sheriff and District Attorney so that these offices will be elected in even-numbered years; and to amend the definition of general municipal election so that such elections occur only in even-numbered years. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. |
| 060710 |
[Charter Amendment - Creating an Open Space Acquisitions and Park Renovation Fund and to fix a base annual level of funding for the Recreation and Park Department] |
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Charter amendment (First Draft) to repeal and adopt a new Section 16.107, to create an Open Space Acquisitions and Park Renovation Fund and to fix a base annual level of funding for the Recreation and Park Department. Supervisor Maxwell presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
| 060670 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - Fire & Casualty Insurance Compan] |
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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by The Fire & Casualty Insurance Company against the City and County of San Francisco for $700,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 14, 2002 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 411-478; entitled The Fire & Casualty Insurance Company v. City and County of San Francisco. (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 060671 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - Yekaterina Ramirez] |
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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the matter of Yekaterina Ramirez v. City and County of San Francisco for $140,000. The lawsuit was filed on August 26, 2004, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 434181; entitled Yekaterina Ramirez v. City and County of San Francisco, Public Utilities Commission, and Does 1 through 25. (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 060634 |
[Authorize payment of performance fees for Year 5 of the Water Infrastructure Partners contract for an amount not to exceed $246,944] |
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Resolution authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to pay performance fees for Contract Year No. 5 of the Agreement with the Water Infrastructure Partners for an amount not to exceed $246,944. (Public Utilities Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
Clerk to Act – May 23, 2006
Requests Granted
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the status of removing graffiti at the following locations: Street sign – Grove and Divisadero.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of removing graffiti from the Department of Motor Vehicles building and sign at the intersection of Fell Street and Baker Street.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the status of removing graffiti at the following locations: Light Box – Baker and Fulton and Light Box – Gough and Fulton.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of removing graffiti from newspaper vending boxes at the following locations: Baker and Hayes, Haight and Pierce, Haight and Steiner, Haight and Fillmore, and Haight and Divisadero.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of removing graffiti from the following locations: Phone Box – Broderick and Golden Gate, Mail Box – Haight and Baker, and Emergency Box – Broderick and Golden Gate.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of removing graffiti from the following locations: Muir School – Corner Webster and Page, Sidewalk along Page, Painted tree boxes, New Traditions School – Ashbury and Hayes, Property located at 773 to 873 Divisadero.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of repairing the potholes at the following locations: Street – 132 Baker St. and Sidewalk – Pierce and Fulton.
From: Supervisor Elsbernd
To: Director, Municipal Transportation Agency
Requesting/Inquiring: Inquiring into an alternative location for the bus stop at the foot of the Bengal Alley staircase, on Miraloma Street. Access to bus stop is limited by the closure of the Bengal Alley staircase.
From: Supervisor Elsbernd
To: Director, Department of Public Works
To: Director, Municipal Transportation Agency
Requesting/Inquiring: Please investigate the following concerns related to bicyclist safety throughout the City:
- Will the department include bicycle planning in the design phase process of the Portola Drive street resurfacing project?
- Can the dept stencil more sharrows and repair existing surface defects that could trap a bike wheel on Market from Portola to Castro?
- Can sharrows be installed on Ocean Avenue between Alemany and I-280?
- Can existing rail grooves be covered on Illinois from 16th to Cesar Chavez?
- Can the department reevaluate safety at Cesar Chavez, Illinois and the I-280 interchange?
- Please check the pedestrian/cyclist crosswalk northbound from Bayshore to Potrero which does not appear to work.
To: Chief, Police Department
From: Supervisor Daly
Requesting/Inquiring: Police Overtime - Please provide the Budget Committee by June 14, 2006 details on all overtime within the San Francisco Police Department for each employee as follows: How much was paid to each officer (by name or unique identifier)? How much overtime was paid to each employee according to the following 6 categories: court, investigations, arrests, miscellaneous, extended work week and holiday as well as any subcategories within these categories (e.g. both regular and standby for court OT)? How much OT has been incurred by each district station? How much OT each bureau within the department (e.g. field operations) has incurred? How much OT each section within a bureau (e.g. robbery and homicide within the investigation bureau has incurred)?
Patrol Staffing Levels – Please provide a breakdown to the Budget Committee members by June 14, 2006 of the current staffing levels and current assignments at each of the ten district stations and at each bureau within the department and each section of each bureau including: How many officers are currently assigned to patrol per district station? How many officers are currently assigned to the administration bureau? How many officers are currently assigned to investigations bureau? How many officers have reassigned this fiscal year from patrol to other duties and from what stations they came and what duties they are fulfilling?
To: Director, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services
From: Supervisor Daly
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting information within 30 days from the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services regarding:
- How many constituent issues were received in MONS during 2005-2006?
- How many constituent issues were resolved in MONS during 2005-2006?
- What was the length of time each issue took to resolve?
- What type of outreach services are constituents referred to from MONS?
- What are MONS policies for coordinated efforts to assist constituent issues between City and County departments.
- MONS policies on "follow-up" on constituent issues and information on all follow-up constituent issues from MONS.
- How many events have been planned through MONS into City Hall from 2005-2006?
- What type of events were brought into City all through MONS from 2005-2006
- What City and County resources, i.e. City Departments, personnel, and city equipment was used to set-up or execute these events from MONS from 2005-2006.
- Please provide a list of common MONS referrals.
- Please provide a budget for MONS.
- What referrals did MONS make to members of the Board of Supervisors?
To: City Attorney
From: Supervisor Ma
Requesting/Inquiring: Please draft legislation to establish a Grandparent Caregiver Pilot Program in line with the efforts of the District of Columbia AARP (see attached).
To: Director, Human Services Agency
From: Supervisor Ma
Requesting/Inquiring: Please comment on the feasibility of establishing a Grandparent Caregiver Pilot Program in line with the efforts of the District of Columbia AARP (see attached).
To: Director, Rent Board
From: Supervisor Ma
Requesting/Inquiring: Please comment on language access at the Rent Board in light of last year's funding for translation of materials and additional services. Specifically, requesting whether the services continue in the 2006-2007 Fiscal Year.
In Memoriams
Frederic Lee Carver – Entire Board
Lawrence "Ramrod" Shurtliff – Supervisor Mirkarimi
Andrew Martinez – Supervisor Mirkarimi
Katherine Dunham – Supervisor Mirkarimi
Deborah Gibbon – Supervisor Mirkarimi