City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
March 27, 2007
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Ordinances
| 070405 |
[Changes to the Payroll Expense Tax exclusion for clean energy technology businesses] |
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Ordinance amending San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending Section 906.2 to eliminate minimum number of employees required to be eligible for clean energy technology business exclusion. Supervisor Jew presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070407 |
[Appropriating $27,550,000 of FY 2006-2007 General Fund Balance for Affordable Housing projects, Real Ownership Opportunities for Tenants, and housing services for Fiscal Year 2007-2008] |
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Ordinance appropriating $27,550,000 of General Fund Balance from Fiscal Year 2006-2007, including $20,000,000 to the Mayor's Office of Housing for the acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of affordable family housing, housing for seniors and persons with disabilities, and housing for persons who are currently homeless or who at risk of being homeless; $5,000,000 to the Department of Public Works for repairs at public housing developments; $2,000,000 for the Real Ownership Opportunities for Tenants project (ROOTS); $550,000 for the Mayor's Office of Housing for the Acquisition a site for a Housing Services Collaborative in the Mission District/Dolores Park Area for Fiscal Year 2007-2008 and reserving the funds pending review of expenditure plans by the Finance Committee. Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070408 |
[Public Employment - Administrative Services (ADM), Department of Public Health (DPH), Department of Public Works (DPW) and Emergency Communications Department (ECD)] |
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Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2006-2007) to reflect the proposed changes to Administrative Services (ADM), Department of Public Health (DPH), Department of Public Works (DPW) and Emergency Communications Department (ECD) staffing by decreasing total staffing by 8.00 FTEs. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070409 |
[Authorizing penalties for misuse of disabled parking privileges; establishing administrative fee for cancelled disabled parking citations; creating panel to review eligibility for disabled parking privileges; updating Traffic Code provisions] |
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Ordinance adding Article 20A to the Traffic Code prohibiting the misuse of parking placards and special license plates issued to disabled persons and disabled veterans; establishing penalties for violations; adopting administrative fee for cancelled disabled parking citations; amending Traffic Code sections 12, 38F, 130 and 132 to update statutory references and parking citation fine amounts consistent with state law; authorizing review panel to review eligibility for disabled parking privileges; and repealing Traffic Code sections 38K and 202B. Mayor, Supervisor Peskin presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070410 |
[San Francisco Bonding Program] |
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Ordinance adding Article VIII to Article 20 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to create the San Francisco Bonding Program and to authorize the City to purchase bonds for employers who agree to hire hard-to-place employees. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 070411 |
[Requiring the City to give public notice of the termination or expiration of a lease from the School District to the City, when the City has used the leased property in a manner directly serving the public] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 23.28, to require the City to give public notice of the termination or expiration of a lease of property from the San Francisco Unified School District to the City, when the City has used the property under the lease in a manner directly serving the public. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 070269 |
[Closing specified streets in Golden Gate Park on Saturdays on a trial basis for six months beginning May 5, 2007] |
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Ordinance adding Section 6.13 to the San Francisco Park Code to prohibit, on a trial basis from Saturday May 5, 2007 and continuing for six months to Saturday November 3, 2007, motor vehicle traffic on Saturdays in Golden Gate Park on John F. Kennedy Drive between Kezar Drive and Transverse Drive; Arguello Boulevard; Conservatory Drive East and Conservatory Drive West; 8th Avenue; Bowling Green Drive between John F. Kennedy Drive and Middle Drive East; and Stow Lake Drive between Stow Lake Drive East and John F. Kennedy Drive; requiring reports from the Recreation and Park Department and Department of Parking and Traffic pertaining to the Saturday road closures; requiring the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority to share its own data and reports that are relevant to the Saturday road closures with the aforementioned departments; requiring a hearing on the Saturday road closures before the Board of Supervisors or a Board committee; and making environmental findings. Supervisors McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Ammiano presented. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review, Youth Commission and Small Business Commission. RESPONSE RECEIVED. Certificate of Determination of Exemption/Exclusion from Environmental review. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests that the item be referred to Land Use Committee. SUBSTITUTED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Supervisor McGoldrick submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. |
Resolutions
| 070406 |
[Parking Regulations] |
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Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 070412 |
[Public Works - Encroachment under 23rd Street between Illinois Street and the SF Bay] |
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Resolution granting revocable permission to Trans Bay Cable LLC to occupy a portion of the public right-of-way to install underground DC cable under 23rd Street, east of Illinois Street, to allow transmission of electrical power from Trans Bay Cable's Pittsburg Converter Station to its San Francisco Converter Station, which is proposed to be located at 435 23rd Street (Assessor's Block 4232, Lot 010), conditioned on payment of an annual assessment fee in an amount to be determined pursuant to Public Works Code section 786.7, and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. Supervisors Peskin, Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070414 |
[Proclaiming December 30, 2006 as Tomasa Perez Day in San Francisco.] |
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Resolution proclaiming December 30, 2006 as Tomasa Perez Day in San Francisco Supervisor Sandoval presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 070415 |
[Proclaiming April 10, 2007 as Wayne Hemer Day in San Francisco] |
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Resolution proclaiming April 10, 2007 as Wayne Hemer Day in San Francisco. Supervisor Sandoval presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 070417 |
[Issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds - Drew School.] |
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Resolution approving the issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $11,000,000 to finance and/or refinance various capital facilities owned by Drew School or an affiliate. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Motions
| 070416 |
[City and School District Special Meeting] |
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Motion calling special meetings of the City and School District Select Committee of the Board of Supervisors to be held on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 3:30 P.M. and Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 3:30 P.M.; and directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare the proper notices and postings. Supervisor Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Hearings
| 070400 |
[Status of the MTA and Controller's Offices' Transit Effectiveness Project] |
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Hearing request on the status of the MTA and Controller's Offices' Transit Effectiveness Project. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
| 070401 |
[San Francisco's Participation in the "Focusing Our Vision" Program of the Regional Agencies] |
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Hearing to explore San Francisco's Participation in the "Focusing Our Vision" Program of the Regional Agencies--Association of Bay Area Governments, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 070402 |
[Vocational Education in San Francisco Public Schools] |
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Hearing to consider best practices in Vocational Education/School to Career programs as outlined in the report by the Office of the Legislative Analyst. Discussion will also include San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) programs, possible partnership with City-funded Workforce programs and the possible partnership with labor organizations, especially the San Francisco Building Trades Council to develop outstanding and effective School to Career and Vocational Education initiatives. Also consider the potential that such programs can have a positive impact on problems such as truancy and incidences of students dropping out of school. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. Sponsor requests that the item be referred to City and School District Select Committee. |
| 070403 |
[Public Education Fund (Proposition H)] |
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Hearing to consider the Public Education Fund planning process, including definition of in-kind services, appointments to the Community Advisory Committee, and update of the Public Education Fund 2007-08 proposal, as submitted to the City. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. Sponsor requests that the item be referred to the City and School District Select Committee (on behalf of School Board Commissioner Jane Kim) and calendar for the meeting scheduled on April 12, 2007. |
| 070404 |
[Laguna Honda Hospital Patient Admission, Care and Discharge Policies and Procedures] |
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Hearing to determine whether recent changes in Laguna Honda patient policies have adversely affected patient care; to determine if the frail and elderly patient population is being displaced by other patients; and to determine whether the Hospital's response to accidental death(s) is appropriate and in conformance with State standards and local Sunshine requirements. Supervisor Jew presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 070358 |
[Extending to October 1, 2007 the Cooperative Agreement between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the U.S. Navy through which the Authority provides caretaker services at former Naval Station Treasure Island] |
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Resolution approving and authorizing the Treasure Island Development Authority to enter into a modification to the Cooperative Agreement with the Navy to extend the Cooperative Agreement retroactively from September 30, 2006 to October 1, 2007. (Treasure Island Development Authority) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070359 |
[Approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the City and County of San Francisco relating to staffing and oversight of the Treasure Island Project Office] |
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Resolution approving and authorizing the Treasure Island Development Authority to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding appointing the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through the Office of the City Administrator, as its agent to provide services to carry out the day-to-day operations of the Treasure Island Development Authority and to provide oversight to the Treasure Island Project Office for the term beginning retroactively on July 1, 2006. (Treasure Island Development Authority) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 070360 |
[Board of Supervisors Resolution re Refunding Bond and Swaps Authorization] |
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Resolution approving the issuance of up to $1,400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of San Francisco International Airport second series revenue refunding bonds for the purpose of refinancing bonds and subordinate bonds of the Airport Commission; Approving the maximum interest rate, notional amount and term of certain interest rate swap transactions in connection with such refunding bonds; Approving Assured Guaranty Corp. and CIFG Assurance North America, Inc. as providers of reserve fund surety bonds and the forms of reimbursement agreement relating thereto; and approving certain related matters. (Airport Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
Clerk to Act – March 27, 2007
Board Minutes for March 6, 2007 approved.
Requests Granted
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of repairing multiple potholes located on the west side of Divisadero between Haight and Waller.
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 at the following property locations:
- 1098 Page
- 701 Shrader
- 1663 Waller
From: Supervisor Alioto-Pier
To: Director, Planning Department
To: Director, Department of Public Health
To: Director, Department of Building Inspection
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Planning Department, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Building Inspection to provide the following:
- An assessment of the permitting process and timelines for Medical Cannabis Dispensaries.
- An assessment of any delays in the process, including whether the deadline of July 1, 2007 is a realistic deadline given the current permitting process.
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 mailboxes at the following locations:
- Northeast corner of 17th St. and Cole
- Northeast corner of Gratten and Cole
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 switch and phone switch boxes at the following locations:
Light Switch Box
- Southeast corner of Frederick and Stanyan
Phone Switch Box
- Northeast corner of Waller and Stanyan
- Southwest corner of Masonic and Oak
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 and or replacing faded signs located on both sides the street (unless otherwise noted), at the following locations:
No Parking for Street Cleaning Signs
- Near 1450 Shrader (sign missing)
- Northwest corner of Parnassus and Shrader (sign missing)
- Near 715 Buena Vista West (need new sign)
- Near 757 Buena Vista West (need new sign)
- Near 852 Clayton (need new sign)
Street Identification Sign
- Sign identifying "17th" Street at the northwest corner of 17th and Shrader
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 on the STOP signs and other Traffic signs at the following locations:
- Northwest and Southwest corner of Waller and Central
- All four STOP signs at Waller and Clayton
- Need a new STOP sign at the Northwest corner of Page and Central
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Chief, Fire Department
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Fire Department and/or the Department of Public Works to report on the status of removing graffiti from the following locations:
Fire Hydrant
- Southeast corner & Northeast corner of Cole and Rivoli
- Southwest corner of Fulton and Fillmore
Emergency Box
- Northwest corner of Belgrave and Shrader
- Northwest corner of Rivoli and Belvedere
- 165 Gratten (in front of the Gratten school entrance, green box)
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 on the parking signs located on both sides of the street (unless otherwise noted), at the following locations:
- Stanyan between Parnassus and Oak
- Frederick between Cole and Ashbury
- Downey between Frederick and Carl
- Central between Haight and Buena Vista West
- Waller between Masonic and Clayton
- Waller between Shrader and Stanyan
- Clayton between Frederick and Haight
- Beulha between Shrader and Stanyan
- Baker between Haight and Oak
- Northwest corner of Waller and Buena Vista West (No Parking At Any Time sign)
- School Crossing Sign at the Southeast corner of Rivoli and Cole
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 installing STOP signs on Webster at the north and south bound intersection at Ellis.
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 on the parking signs located on both sides of the street (unless otherwise noted), at the following locations:
- Carmel between Shrader and Clayton (black frames)
- Cole between Carmel and Frederick
- Shrader between Belgrave and Carmel
- East end of Belgrave at Tank Hill (Red dead end diamond and No Parking Any Time)
- 17th Street between Stanyan and Shrader
- Belvedere between Rivoli and Parnassus
- Rivoli between Cole and Shrader
- Shrader between Carl and Rivoli
- Shrader between Frederick and Haight
- Alma between Stanyan and Belvedere
- Gratten between Belvedere and Stanyan
- Parnassus between Stanyan and Clayton
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: City Attorney
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the City Attorney to draft three charter amendments to modify the retirement benefits for Miscellaneous Employees. The charter amendments should identify the following information:
- Charter sections and plan provisions to be amended
- Date the proposed benefit enhancements would take effect
- Populations to be covered by the proposed amendment
- A separate charter amendment for each of these benefit improvements:
- 2.5% of salary at age 60
- 3.0% of salary at age 65
- 3.0% of salary at age 60
In Memoriams
Mario Roman Ordonez-Perez – Supervisor Daly
Ellen J. Elliot – Supervisor Maxwell
Enrique Roman – Supervisor Ammiano