City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
March 6, 2007
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Ordinances
| 070297 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - San Francisco Bay Area Transit District] |
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Ordinance authorizing revised settlement of litigation brought by the San Francisco Bay Area Transit District against City and County of San Francisco in the eminent domain action entitled San Francisco Bay Area Transit District v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (Alameda County Superior Court No. HG03-099024, filed July 7, 2003), for the principal amount of $2,367,570. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 070306 |
[Landmark tree designation of Coast Live Oak at 20-28 Rosemont Terrace] |
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Ordinance designating the Coast Live Oak at 20-28 Rosemont Terrace (Assessor's Block 3534, Lot 22) as a landmark tree, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070316 |
[Requiring Board of Supervisors approval of spending plans for specified Proposition 1B funds] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 10.170-1 to require departments to develop spending plans for the use of any funds received by the City and County under California Government Code Section 8879.23(l), the Local Streets and Road Improvement, Congestion Relief and Traffic Safety Account of 2006, to require departments to obtain approval by the Board of Supervisors of these spending plans prior to appropriation of the funds, to report back to the Board of Supervisors at six-month intervals following appropriation of the funds, and requiring the Controller to conduct an audit of the funds on a biannual basis. Supervisors Sandoval, Ammiano, Daly, Jew, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070317 |
[Appropriating $10,549,123 of current project funding and fund balance to revise the Five-Year Capital Plan in the San Francisco International Airport for Fiscal Year 2006-2007] |
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Ordinance appropriating $10,549,123, including the de-appropriation of $8,547,251 in current project funding and appropriating $2,001,872 of Airport's contingency fund balance, for various San Francisco International Airport (SFIA) capital projects to reflect the updated SFIA Five-Year Capital Plan for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 through Fiscal Year 2008-2009. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
Resolutions
| 070305 |
[Urging the United States Congress to Secure the Immediate and Safe Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraq] |
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Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to exercise its constitutional authority to revoke the United States' commitment of military forces in Iraq and to secure the immediate, safe and orderly withdrawal of all our troops from Iraq. Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Dufty, Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. Sponsor requests that the item be referred to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070307 |
[Grant for California Pandemic Influenza Preparedness funds] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Section to accept and expend retroactively a new grant in the amount of $133,662, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), to fund pandemic influenza emergency preparedness activities and to enter into an agreement with the CDHS for the use of these funds; for the period of August 31, 2006 through August 30, 2007. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070308 |
[TEFRA Approval for the Execution and Delivery of Tax-Exempt Certificates of Participation (City Office Buildings - Multiple Properties Project)] |
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Resolution approving the issuance and sale of tax-exempt certificates of participation in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $162,000,000 to finance the acquisition and/or improvement of the portions of the buildings known as One South Van Ness Avenue, 1650 Mission Street and 30 Van Ness Avenue that are currently leased to nonprofit corporations. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070309 |
[Department of Elections Amendment to Current Voting Systems Contract] |
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Resolution approving the award and execution of a two-year amendment to an existing contract by the City and County of San Francisco, through its Department of Elections (Department), with Elections Systems & Software (ES&S), for the provision of voting services and the maintenance of the current voting system. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070311 |
[Confirming the appointment of Linda Cheu to the Redevelopment Agency, term ending March 1, 2011] |
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Resolution confirming the appointment of Linda Cheu to the Board of Directors of the Redevelopment Agency, term ending March 1, 2011. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 070312 |
[Accept-Expend Federal and State Grants - Municipal Transportation Agency] |
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Resolution authorizing the Director of Transportation or his designee to accept and expend a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration/California Office of Traffic Safety grant in the amount of $496,885 for a School Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Project. Supervisor Jew presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070313 |
[Grant of Federal Funds - Municipal Transportation Agency] |
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Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend $3,887,113 of federal Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities funding for design and construction of Muni's Islais Creek Facility. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070314 |
[CEQA Findings in Connection with the Trans Bay Cable Project] |
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Resolution of the Board of Supervisors, acting as responsible agency with respect to the Trans Bay Cable Project Final Environmental Impact Report, adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines in connection with the proposed Trans Bay Cable Project, portions of which would be located within submerged lands and a portion of 23rd Street that are in the City and County of San Francisco and under the Port of San Francisco's jurisdiction. Supervisors Peskin, Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070315 |
[Trans Bay Cable Project Non-Exclusive Licenses] |
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Resolution approving Port Commission License No. 14324, a non-exclusive four (4) year license and Port Commission License No. 14325, a non-exclusive twenty-five year license with four (4) options to renew for ten (10) years each for the first three (3) options and seven (7) years for the last option, both between the San Francisco Port Commission (the "Port Commission"), the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development ( MOEWD ) and Trans Bay Cable LLC ("Licensee"), for the use of approximately 9.4 miles of submerged lands and a small portion of shoreline along 23rd Street under Port Commission jurisdiction in connection with the Trans Bay Cable Project. Supervisors Peskin, Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070318 |
[Master Agreement for Federal Aid Transportation Funds] |
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Resolution approving the execution of a Master Agreement for Federal-Aid Projects between the City and County of San Francisco, through its Municipal Transportation Agency (for the Department of Parking and Traffic), and the California Department of Transportation. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070319 |
[Resolution endorsing the United Nations principle of the responsibility to protect.] |
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Resolution endorsing the United Nations principle of the responsibility to protect. Supervisors Dufty, Peskin, Mirkarimi, Alioto-Pier, Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 070320 |
[Supporting AB43 - Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Act] |
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Resolution urging the California Assembly and Senate and the Governor of California to support Assembly Bill 43 (AB43), the "Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Act", which defines marriage as a civil contract between two people. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 070321 |
[Resolution of the City and County of San Francisco supporting a Federal Department of Peace and Nonviolence.] |
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Resolution supporting the establishment of a Federal Department of Peace and Nonviolence. Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Dufty, Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Hearings
| 070300 |
[Marina Boulevard seawall] |
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Hearing to evaluate the potential for liquefaction and lateral spreading to occur behind the Marina seawall in the event of a major seismic event. The hearing would also explore potential funding and methods to reinforce the seawall. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070301 |
[San Francisco Bay Trail] |
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Hearing to seek information on methods to improve the trail in light of the increased activity in the area as a result of the proposed Marina renovation project and will also examine the current state of the trail, including safety and aesthetic issues. The hearing will also explore proposed timelines for the implementation of improvements. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070302 |
[Prevalence and increase of gunshot victims in the City and County San Francisco] |
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Hearing to seek information on the prevalence of gunshot victims (over the past four years) who have become permanently disabled and will also explore our current capacity to respond to their short-term and long-term vocational care. The hearing will also examine what efforts are being made to support independent living for these victims of gun violence and what strategies are being utilized by the Department of Public Health to facilitate independent living and non-traditional convalescent care. The hearing will also seek information on the feasibility of an outpatient pilot program to treat these victims of gun violence. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee. |
| 070303 |
[Seismic retrofit and accompanying development and renovation of the California Pacific Medical Center] |
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Hearing to seek information regarding California Pacific Medical Center's revised development plans and the impact of those plans on the surrounding neighborhoods including: parking, traffic circulations, the wind and shadow effects associated with high-rise buildings, and the impact of the mass and density of the proposed buildings on the character of the neighborhood. The hearing will also seek information regarding the benefits to the City of San Francisco due to the presence of a first-class seismically sound California Medical Center. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 070304 |
[Privatization of the City's golf courses] |
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Hearing to discuss the Recreation and Park Department's reports regarding privatization of the City's golf courses. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070310 |
[SF SAFE, Community Response Network (CRN), and Safety Network] |
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Hearing before the Public Safety Committee of the Board of Supervisors to discuss SF SAFE, Community Response Network (CRN) and Safety Network. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
| 070229 |
[Amending certain Traffic Code penalty provisions to delete outdated penalties and provisions that are repetitive of state law] |
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Ordinance amending the Traffic Code by amending Sections 33.5, 37(c) and 56, and repealing Sections 38.F, 58 ½, and 130 to eliminate provisions that are repetitive of state law and remove outdated penalty provisions for school bus loading zone violations, violations of parking prohibitions for street cleaning, red, green white and blue zone violations, and parking violations on median dividers and traffic islands. (Municipal Transportation Agency) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070230 |
[Reducing the speed limit on Third Street between Kirkwood and Shafter Streets from 30 to 25 miles per hour and increasing the speed limit on Third Street between Jamestown Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard from 25 to 30 miles per hour] |
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Ordinance amending Section 175.29 of the Traffic Code to lower the speed limit on Third Street between Kirkwood and Shafter Streets from 30 to 25 miles per hour, and establishing a 30 mile per hour speed limit on Third Street between Jamestown Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard. . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070231 |
[Removing tour bus restrictions on portions of Panorama Drive and Olympia Way] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by repealing sections 1183.6 and 1183.7 to remove restrictions on operating commercial buses on Panorama Drive, between Clarendon Avenue and Twin Peaks Boulevard and on Olympia Way, between Clarendon Avenue and Panorama Drive. (Municipal Transportation Agency) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 070225 |
[Gift - Private, Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services] |
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Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services to retroactively accept a gift of Buprenorphine medication from Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals with an estimated monetary value of up to $300,000 for the period of January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009 to expand Opiate Replacement Therapy services in San Francisco. (Public Health Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070227 |
[Airport Professional Services Agreement] |
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Resolution approving the Professional Services Agreement for the Management and Operation of the Airport's Public and Employee Parking Facilities between New South Parking - California and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission. (Airport Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070228 |
[County Refugee Services Plan] |
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Resolution approving the City and County of San Francisco's Refugee Services Annual Plan for federal fiscal year 2006-2007. (Human Services Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070232 |
[STOP Intersections] |
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Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections.
STOP SIGNS – ESTABLISH
Castenada and Magellan Avenues, making this T-intersection an All-Way STOP;
Stillings, Detroit and Vista Verde, stopping Detroit Street and Vista Verde Court, making this uncontrolled intersection a two-way STOP;
19th Street and Caselli Avenue, stopping 19th Street, making this uncontrolled intersection a two-way STOP;
Hermann and Webster Streets, stopping Hermann Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP;
21st and Florida Streets, stopping 21st Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP.;
Chestnut and Avila Street, stopping Avila Street; and,
Mallorca and Chestnut Street, stopping Mallorca Street. (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070243 |
[Traffic Regulations] |
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Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets.
TRANSIT LANE, 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY- ESTABLISH
Clay Street, south side, between Davis and Drumm Streets (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070244 |
[Parking Regulations] |
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Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.
UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH
2971 21st Street, south side, between the driveways for #2965 - and #2971- 21st Street (establishes three motorcycle parking spaces); and,
Octavia Boulevard, east side, from Linden Street to 14 feet northerly (accommodating 4 motorcycle parking spaces)
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 3 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 3 PM TO 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH
Pine Street, south side, from Polk Street to Larkin Street.
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 7 PM EVERYDAY- RESCIND
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Clay Street, south side, from Stockton Street to 84 feet westerly.
TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 6 AM TO 6 PM EVERYDAY - RESCIND
TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 7 PM, EVERYDAY - ESTABLISH
Sacramento Street, north side, between Powell and Mason Streets
TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND
Clay Street, north side, between Davis and Drumm Streets
NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Clay Street, north side, between Davis Street and 18 feet easterly
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "X" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Pennsylvania Avenue, west side, from 20th Street to 127 feet north of 22nd Street (500 and 600 blocks up and including address #672) (legislating existing conditions) (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
Clerk to Act – March 6, 2007
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 repairing or replacing the green street name signs for Grove Street and Laguna Streets at the intersections of Grove and Laguna and Grove and Buchanan and Laguna and McAllister.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the feasibility of:
- Creating angled parking in the Inner Sunset at the corners of street intersecting with Irving Street from 6th Avenue to 15th Avenue.
- Reducing the size of the parallel parking space along Irving Street.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Mayor's Budget Office
To: Controller
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Mayor's Budget Office and the Controller to provide a letter of inquiry responding to the following question: Aside from social service contracts that support City nonprofits, what is the exact number of contracts that the City currently has, and what is the dollar amount of all contracts that go outside of the City? This would include general fund dollars and most importantly all enterprise funded contacts.
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 feasibility of creating a "No Right Turn" onto Octavia Street from Haight Street and Page Street from the hours of 7AM to 9AM.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the feasibility of a crosswalk at the south end of the intersection of Buchanan and Rose Street. Many children cross at this intersection to go to Koshland Park.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Public Utilities Commission
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Public Works to report on the status of removing graffiti from utility pole at the following locations:
Metal Poles
- Multiple poles on Divisadero between Geary and California
- Southwest corner of Fell and Buchanan
- Multiple poles on Grove from Franklin to Webster
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of removing the graffiti from light boxes at the following locations:
- Northeast corner of Grove and Gough
- Northwest corner of Divisadero and Eddy
- Northeast corner of Fulton and Laguna
- Southeast corner of Post and Scott
- Southwest corner of Geary and Steiner
In Memoriams
Gloria Dumas – Supervisor Dufty
Willie Robinson – Supervisors Maxwell and Dufty
Bob Hattoy – Supervisor Ammiano
Alfred R. Elizares – Supervisor Ammiano
Abla Sulieman – Supervisor Peskin
Robert Burdette – Supervisor Mirkarimi
Mary Ann Budds – Supervisor Elsbernd