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October 15, 2008

City and County of San Francisco
Budget and Finance Committee

Legislative Chamber, City Hall, Room 250

seal of the city and county of sf

Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting


Members: Jake McGoldrick, Sean Elsbernd, Ross Mirkarimi

Clerk: Victor Young (415) 554-7723


Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents: 1) Legislation 2) Budget Analyst report 3) Legislative Analyst report

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.


AGENDA CHANGES


REGULAR AGENDA

1. 081086 [Public Works Code - annual right-of-way occupancy assessment fee for driveways] Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance amending the Public Works Code by amending Section 716 to establish an annual public right-of-way occupancy assessment fee for the portion of an automobile runway (driveway) that requires modification to the public right-of-way; and making environmental findings

8/5/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee, expires on 9/4/2008. 08/12/08 - Referred to Planning for determination of environmental impact. 08/18/08 - Response received from Planning, exempt from CEQA. Fee ads placed in the 10/4/08 and 10/11/08 edition of the SF Chronicle for the Budget and Finance meeting of 10/15/08.
8/12/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor McGoldrick submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
8/12/08, ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

2. 081188 [Approval of Port Lease for Portco, Inc. at 360 Jefferson Street, Fisherman's Wharf] Mayor
Resolution approving Port Commission Lease No. L-14564 with Portco, Inc, for a ten (10) year term and one five (5) year extension option for certain real property located at 360 Jefferson in the Fisherman's Wharf area of the City and County of San Francisco.

9/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

3. 081168 [Agreement with PRWT Services, Inc. for Citation Processing Services]
Resolution authorizing a five year agreement, with option to renew for up to an additional five years, with PRWT Services, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $53.5 million. (Municipal Transportation Agency)

(Fiscal Impact.)

9/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

4. 081201 [Contract between the Department of Public Health and SF Community Health Authority to provide universal health insurance services for SF children and young adults - $19,486,273] Mayor
Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Health and the Director of the Office of Contract Administration/Purchaser to enter into a contract amendment between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Community Health Authority to provide universal health insurance services for San Francisco children and young adults aged 0 through 18 and young parents aged 19 through 24 for the new period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009 in the amount of $19,486,273.

(Fiscal Impact.)

9/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

5. 081186 [Accept-Expend Regional Grant, Airport Commission - $1,399,709.57] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to accept and expend three (3) grants totaling $1,399,709.57 from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) for acquisition of clean air vehicles and emissions control equipment by Airport transportation operators.

9/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

6. 081194 [Supporting Goals for Federal Funding-Community Development Block Grant] Supervisor McGoldrick
Resolution supporting Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Action Plan Goals.

9/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

7. 081198 [Transfer of Real Property - 400 McAllister Street] Mayor
Ordinance authorizing the transfer of responsibilities and the future transfer of fee interest in the court facility located at 400 McAllister Street and the agreement to make ongoing payments of fixed court facility payments equal to $955,022.00 per year, adjusted by an inflation index, to the State of California pursuant to such transfer.

9/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 9/17/08 - Referred to Planning for determination of environmental impact. 09/23/08 - Response Received, Non-physical exemption per section 15060(c)(2) of the CEAQ guidelines.

8. 081197 [Transfer of Real Property - 575 Polk Street] Mayor
Ordinance authorizing the transfer of responsibilities for the court facilities at 575 Polk Street and the agreement to make ongoing payments of fixed court facility payments equal to $323,132.00 per year, adjusted by an inflation index, to the State of California pursuant to such transfer.

9/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 9/17/08 - Referred to Planning for determination of environmental impact. 09/23/08 - Response Received, Non-physical exemption per section 15060(c)(2) of the CEAQ guidelines.

9. 081151 [Easement Deed and findings related to the SFPUC's New Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel water infrastructure project]
Resolution adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), CEQA Guidelines and San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 31, including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and a statement of overriding considerations related to the New Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel Project; making findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and acceptance of an Easement Deed from the County of San Mateo granting to City certain easement rights in real property located beneath and adjacent to portions of Polhemus Road in San Mateo County. (Public Utilities Commission)

(Fiscal Impact.)

8/22/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

10. 081160 [Appropriating $86,367,000 of Bond revenue and adopting environmental findings for Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel at the Public Utilities Commission for Fiscal Year 2008-2009]
Ordinance appropriating $86,367,000 of Proceeds from Sale of Bonds for the Water System Improvement Program's (WSIP) construction of the Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel Project at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for Fiscal Year 2008-2009, placing the entire appropriation on Controller's reserve pending the sale of bonds, and adopting environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Mayor)

(Fiscal Impact.)

8/28/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

11. 081110 [Authorizing the Sheriff's Department to amend its contract with ARAMARK Correctional Services, LLC, for Jail Food Services]
Resolution authorizing the Sheriff's Department to enter into a second amendment to the agreement between the City and County and ARAMARK Correctional Services, LLC, to increase the contract amount from $15.2 million to an amount not to exceed $27.0 million and to extend the contract term to June 30, 2010. (Sheriff)

(Fiscal Impact.)

8/5/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

12. 081226 [Accept-Expend Metropolitan Transportation Commission Grant and Amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2008-2009] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Ordinance authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant up to the amount of $210,000 over the next three fiscal years from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to provide Transportation Demand Management services to employers on behalf of the 511 Regional Rideshare Program, with the City providing 11.47% of the project costs, and amending Annual Salary Ordinance Number 141-08 to reflect the addition of one (1) grant funded position at the Department of the Environment.

9/16/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

13. 081253 [Single Family Housing Bond REO and Refinance program] Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing an application by the Mayor's Office of Housing to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee to permit the issuance of Single Family Housing Bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,115,243 to enable the purchase of Real Estate Owned (REO) single family units by low and moderate income households and the refinance of subprime and adjustable rate mortgages (ARM) to 30- and 40-year amortized fixed mortgages for low and moderate income households in single family homes.

9/23/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

14. 081085 [Public Employment - Office of the Public Defender] Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 141-08 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2008-2009) to reflect the addition of two positions (2.0 FTE) Class 8177 Attorneys (Civil/Criminal) in the Office of the Public Defender (PDR).

(Fiscal Impact.)

8/5/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

15. 081256 [Accept and Expend Grant - Office of Language Services - $40,000] Supervisor McGoldrick
Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of Language Services to accept and expend grant funds in the amount of $40,000 from the Zellerbach Family Foundation to create a pilot program to expand the organizational capacity of the City's law enforcement, criminal justice, and emergency management agencies to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of limited English proficient victims of domestic violence.

9/23/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

ADJOURNMENT

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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


LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE


(Not to be considered at this meeting)
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.

There are no items currently pending under the 30 day rule.

Meeting Procedures
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/bos_meetings
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.


Translation: request at least 48 hours before the meeting. Please call: (415) 554-7701

Disability Access
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.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance
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

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements
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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