City and County of San Francisco
Budget and Finance Committee
Legislative Chamber, City Hall, Room 250
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting
Members: Aaron Peskin, Tom Ammiano, Bevan Dufty
Clerk: Victor Young (415) 554-7723
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Each member of the public will be allotted the same maximum number of minutes to speak as set by the Chair at the beginning of each item, excluding City representatives, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. |
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080151 |
[Accept-Expend Regional Grant - Airport Commission] |
Supervisor Chu |
Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to accept and expend two (2) grants totaling $298,000 from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) for acquisition of clean air vehicles by Airport transportation operators.
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1/29/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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080137 |
[Amending a contract with anticipated expenditures in excess of $10 million] |
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Resolution approving the Tenth Amendment to the Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco (Purchaser) and Sunset Scavenger Company (Contractor) for sludge hauling, extending the term of the contract by three (3) months to May 31, 2008 and increasing the total compensation to the Contractor by seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) to thirteen million six hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($13,615,000), pursuant to San Francisco Charter Section 9.118(b). (Office of Contract Administration)
(Fiscal Impact.)
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1/28/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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080167 |
[Approval of Amendment No. 4 to architectural design agreement for the new Public Utilities Commission administration building located at 525 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco] |
Mayor |
Resolution authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute Amendment No. 4 to architectural design agreement for the new San Francisco Public Utilities Commission administration building project located at 525 Golden Gate Avenue to increase the contract value by $7,090,000 to bring the total contract value to $11,550,000, and extend the contract duration by 26 months for a total duration of 44 months.
(Fiscal Impact.)
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1/29/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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080166 |
[Authorizing the execution and delivery of certificates of participation to finance the acquisition, demolition, improvement, installation, equipping, rehabilitation, construction and/or |
Mayor |
Resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of certificates of participation to finance the acquisition, demolition, improvement, installation, equipping, rehabilitation, construction and/or reconstruction of an office building and related property located at 525 Golden Gate Avenue; approving the form of a trust agreement between the City and County of San Francisco (the "City") and a trustee (including certain indemnities contained therein); authorizing the selection of a trustee; approving the form of a property lease between the City and a trustee relating to 525 Golden Gate Avenue; approving the form of a project lease between the City and a trustee (including certain indemnities contained therein); approving the form of a Memorandum of Understanding between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the City; approving the form of an official notice of sale and notice of intention to sell for the certificates of participation; approving the form of an official statement in preliminary and final form; approving the form of a continuing disclosure certificate; adopting environmental findings under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), CEQA Guidelines, and Administrative Code Chapter 31 and findings pursuant to the City Planning Code Section 101.1; and ratifying previous actions taken in connection therewith.
(Fiscal Impact.)
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1/29/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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071552 |
[Approving Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) Agreement] |
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Resolution approving Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. CS-765 of the San Francisco Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) - Program/Project/Pre-Construction Management Services with Parsons Water and Infrastructure. (Public Utilities Commission)
(Supervisor Daly dissented in committee)
(Fiscal Impact.)
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11/9/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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2/13/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Mr. Kelly, PUC; Ken Bruce, Budget Analyst's Office. Continued to February 20, 2008. |
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080122 |
[Approval of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Agreement and authorization to designate the Director of Community Behavioral Health Services (CBHS) to sign said agreement] |
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Resolution retroactively approving the Mental Health Services Act Contract No. 07-77338-000, incorporating Community Program Planning Funds in FY04-05 and Community Services and Supports Funds for Fiscal Years 05-08, with the Department of Mental Health for $18,922,386 and authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) - CBHS Director to sign said agreement and any and all amendments in the future, including increases to add other components of MHSA. (Public Health Department)
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1/15/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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080229 |
[Shelter Monitoring Committee] |
Supervisors Ammiano, Peskin, Maxwell |
Ordinance amending section 20.302 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to require the Department of Public Health to assign two full-time employees to staff the Shelter Monitoring Committee, subject to the fiscal and budgetary provisions of the Charter.
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2/12/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. Sponsor requests that the item be agendized at the February 20, 2008 meeting of the Finance Committee. |
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071518 |
[Standards of Care for City Shelters] |
Supervisors Ammiano, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Daly, Maxwell |
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding a new Article 13 to Chapter 20 to: 1) mandate certain provisions in all contracts for City funded shelters, 2) require the City to take corrective enforcement measures against City-funded shelter contractors who fail to comply with contractual provisions that this Article requires; 3) require the Shelter Monitoring Committee to investigate complaints against City funded-shelters, and 4) require the Director of the Department of Public Health to determine if the imposition of liquidated damages is warranted against shelters who fail to comply with a corrective action plan.
(Fiscal Impact.)
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11/6/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee, expires on 12/6/2007. 11/13/07 - Referred to the Small Business Commission for review and comment. |
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1/9/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: none. |
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071677 |
[Affordable Energy Improvement Loan Program General Obligation Bond Election] |
Mayor |
Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, June 3rd 2008, for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the City and County of San Francisco a proposition to restructure the City's previously approved Seismic Safety Loan Program to authorize the following bonded debt of the City and County: Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) for a loan program seeking to finance privately-owned renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, subject to loan repayments from the borrowers in amounts necessary to pay debt service on such bonded indebtedness; amending the previously approved Seismic Safety Loan Program bonding authority to reflect such reallocation; finding that the estimated cost of such proposed project is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require expenditures greater than the amount allowed therefor by the annual tax levy; reciting the estimated cost of such proposed project; fixing the date of election and the manner of holding such election and the procedure for voting for or against the proposition; fixing the maximum rate of interest on such bonds and providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest thereof; prescribing notice to be given of such election; finding that the proposed project is excluded from the California Environmental Quality Act; finding that the proposed project is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and with the General Plan consistency requirement of Administrative Code Section 2A.53; authorizing landlords to passthrough to residential tenants in units subject to Chapter 37 of the San Francisco Administrative Code (the "Residential Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance") 50% of the increase in the real property taxes attributable to the cost of the repayment of the bonds; consolidating the special election with the general election on the same date; establishing the election precincts, voting places and officers for the election; waiving the word limitation on ballot propositions imposed by San Francisco Municipal Elections Code Section 510; complying with Section 53410 of the California Government Code; incorporating the provisions of Article V of Chapter V of the San Francisco Administrative Code; and waiving the time requirements specified in Section 2.34 of the San Francisco Administrative Code.
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12/11/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 01/03/08 - Referred to Planning for determination of environmental impact.01/11/08 - Response received from Planning - exempt from CEQA. |
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071678 |
[Affordable Energy Improvement Loan Program General Obligation Bonds] |
Mayor |
Resolution determining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the restructuring of the City's previously approved Seismic Safety Loan Program to allow for the establishment of a loan program financing privately-owned improvements to real property that will result in a reduction in the use of energy generated from nonrenewable sources; finding that the estimated cost of $50,000,000 for such loan program is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of said City and County and will require the incurring of a bonded indebtedness; finding the proposed project is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and with the General Plan consistency requirement of Administrative Code Section 2A.53; stating that the ordinance submitting such proposal to the voters shall comply with Section 2.40 of the Administrative Code; and waiving the time limits set forth in Administrative Code Section 2.34.
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12/11/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 2/19/08 - Response received from Planning, exempt from CEQA. |
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080209 |
[FY 2008-09 Draft Budget for the Board of Supervisors] |
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Hearing on the Draft FY 2008-09 Board of Supervisors Budget. (Clerk of the Board)
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2/5/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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2/13/08, CONTINUED. Continued to February 20, 2008. |
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION |
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NOTE: Persons unable to attend the meeting may submit to the City, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding the agenda items above. These comments will be made a part of the official public record and shall be brought to the attention of the Board of Supervisors. Any written comments should be sent to: Committee Clerk of the Budget and Finance Committee, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102 by 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the hearing. Comments which cannot be delivered to the committee clerk by that time may be taken directly to the hearing at the location above |
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LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE |
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(Not to be considered at this meeting) |
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Rule 5.40 provides that when an ordinance or resolution is introduced which would CREATE OR REVISE MAJOR CITY POLICY, the committee to which the legislation is assigned shall not consider the legislation until at least thirty days after the date of introduction. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the routine operations of the departments of the City or when a legal time limit controls the hearing timing. In general, the rule shall not apply to hearings to consider subject matter when no legislation has been presented, nor shall the rule apply to resolutions which simply URGE action to be taken. |
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There are no items currently pending under the 30 day rule. |
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| Meeting Procedures |
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The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board has several standing Committees where ordinances and resolutions are the subject of hearings at which members of the public are urged to testify. The full Board does not hold a second public hearing on measures which have been heard in committee.
Board procedures do not permit: 1) persons in the audience at a Committee meeting to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other persons testifying;2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices; 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; 4) standing in the meeting room.
Citizens are encouraged to testify at Committee meetings and to write letters to the Clerk of a Committee or to its members, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102.
USING LAPTOP COMPUTERS FOR PRESENTATIONS: Please contact City Hall Media Services at (415) 554-4933 to coordinate the use of laptop computers for presentations at the meeting. Computers to be used are required to be tested in advance. The presenter should arrive 30 minutes prior to the meeting to connect and test their computer.
THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK. Agendas are available on the internet at www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=4383
Board meetings are cablecast on SF Cable 26. For video tape copies and scheduling call (415) 554-4188.
Requests for language interpreters at a meeting must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting to help ensure availability. Contact Madeleine Licavoli at (415) 554-7722.
AVISO EN ESPA¥OL: La solicitud para un traductor en una reunion debe recibirse antes de mediodia de el viernes anterior a la reunion. Llame a Erasmo Vazquez (415) 554-4909. |
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| Disability Access |
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The Legislative Chamber (Room 250) and the Committee Room (Room 263) in City Hall are wheelchair accessible.
Meetings are real-time captioned and are cablecast open-captioned on SF Cable 26. Assistive listening devices for the Legislative Chamber are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244. Assistive listening devices for the Committee Room are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244 or in the Committee Room. To request sign language interpreters, readers, large print agendas or other accommodations, please contact Madeleine Licavoli at (415) 554-7722 or (415) 554-5227 (TTY). Requests made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting will help to ensure availability.
The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center (Market/Grove/Hyde Streets). Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, N, and T (Civic Center or Van Ness Stations). MUNI bus lines serving the area are the 47 Van Ness, 9 San Bruno, and the 6, 7, 71 Haight/Noriega. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.
There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex. Accessible curbside parking is available on Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place and Grove Street.
In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to perfumes and various other chemical-based scented products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals. |
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| Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance |
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Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. The Sunshine Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102 by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at sotf@sfgov.org
Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine |
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| Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements |
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| Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code Sec. 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; web site www.sfgov.org/ethics |
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