City and County of San Francisco
Budget and Finance Committee
Legislative Chamber, City Hall, Room 250
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
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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071228 |
[Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks General Obligation Bond Election] |
Mayor, Supervisors Peskin, Elsbernd, Dufty |
Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, February 5th 2008, for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the City and County of San Francisco a proposition to incur the following bonded debt of the City and County: One Hundred and Eighty-Five Million Dollars ($185,000,000) for the construction, reconstruction, purchase, and/or improvement of park, and recreation facilities within the City and County of San Francisco and all other structures, and improvements, and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes and paying all other costs necessary and convenient for effectuating those purposes; authorizing landlords to pass-through fifty percent (50%) of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants in accordance with Chapter 37 of the San Francisco Administrative Code; 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 therefore 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 a portion of the proposed project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, and the remainder of 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; consolidating the special election with the general election; 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 the San Francisco Administrative Code, Sections 5.30 – 5.36; and waiving the time requirements specified in Section 2.34 of the San Francisco Administrative Code.
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8/14/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 09/05/07 - Referred to Planning for review. 09/07/07- Response received from Planning, exempt from CEQA. |
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9/26/07, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Dawn Cominati, Recreation and Park; Dan Frudan, Recreation and Park; Yomi Agunbiade, General Manager, Recreation and Park Dept.; Harvey Rose, Budget Analyst; Guss Mascofian; Dan Leaver; female speaker, Jerry Leaber; Stan Coffman; male speaker; Tony Patch; Peter Brasco; Andrea O'Leary; Ernestine Weiss; Andrea O'Leary; Ernestine Weiss; Arthur Feinstein; Mr. Sified; Cheryl Adams, Deputy City Attorney. 9/26/07 - Amendment of the whole bearing a new title. Supervisors Elsbernd and Dufty requested to be added as a co-sponsor. |
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9/26/07, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to October 3, 2007. |
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071360 |
[Reserved Funds, Mayor's Office of Housing] |
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Hearing to consider release of reserved funds, Mayor's Office of Housing fiscal year 2007-2008 HOPE SF Fund, in the amount of $5 million to be used for the repair and rebuilding of distressed public housing. (Mayor)
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9/18/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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071373 |
[HOPE SF Criteria and Procedures] |
Supervisor Maxwell |
Resolution approving criteria and procedures for allocating and expending HOPE SF Funds and authorizing expenditure of HOPE SF Funds consistent with the approved criteria and procedures.
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9/25/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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071280 |
[Sale of Surplus Real Property Located in the City of South San Francisco] |
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Resolution approving an Agreement For Sale of Real Estate between the City and County of San Francisco and The Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco pertaining to approximately 13.64 acres of land located in the vicinity of Chestnut Avenue and El Camino Real in the City of South San Francisco; adopting findings that the transaction is categorically exempt from environmental review and is consistent with the City's General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing the Director of Property and/or the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this Resolution. (Real Estate Department)
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9/7/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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071296 |
[Appropriating $100,000 of General Fund Reserve to General City Responsibility for Hurricane Relief in Nicaragua] |
Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Sandoval |
Ordinance appropriating $100,000 from the General Fund Reserve to General City Responsibility for hurricane relief in Nicaragua for Fiscal Year 2007-2008.
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9/11/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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9/19/07, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Harvey Rose, Budget Analyst. Continued to October 3, 2007. |
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071293 |
[Delegate authority to execute Solar Plant Generating Facility Interconnection Agreements] |
Supervisor Mirkarimi |
Ordinance authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute a Generating Facility Interconnection Agreement (GFIA), and Export Addendum, with Pacific Gas and Electric Company for solar projects on City property without seeking prior Board of Supervisors' authorization pursuant to Charter Section 9.118 for each GFIA, subject to limitations on the terms of the GFIA.
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9/11/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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071295 |
[Solar Power Projects Long Term Interconnection Agreements] |
Supervisor Mirkarimi |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager to enter into long term interconnection agreements for photovoltaic power plants projects on City buildings, pursuant to San Francisco Charter Section 9.118.
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9/11/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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071298 |
[Approval of Modification No. 6 to Lease and Use Agreement L-82-0134 with Alaska Airlines, Inc. at San Francisco International Airport] |
Supervisor Dufty |
Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of Modification No. 6 to the Lease and Use Agreement L-82-0134 with Alaska Airlines, Inc., to realign terminal space in Terminal 1 of San Francisco International Airport.
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9/11/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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071310 |
[Approval of Addendum to Port Lease for Living Classroom at Heron's Head Park] |
Supervisor Maxwell |
Resolution approving an Addendum to Lease No. 13816 with Literacy for Environmental Justice for Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of a Living Classroom Building at Heron's Head Park.
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9/11/07, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
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9/18/07, REFERRED to Budget and Finance Committee. Supervisor Peskin requested that this matter be referred to Committee. |
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071281 |
[Procurement of Construction Management and General Contractor services for the new Public Utilities Commission administrative building at 525 Golden Gate] |
Supervisor McGoldrick |
Ordinance approving an Integrated Project Delivery Plan for the early procurement of a Construction Manager/General Contractor for the new Public Utilities Commission administrative building at 525 Golden Gate Avenue and modifying the competitive bid requirements of Administrative Code Chapter 6 to require an alternative competitive process based on experience, qualifications, and price. (Public Utilities Commission)
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9/10/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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9/24/07, SUBSTITUTED. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. |
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9/24/07, ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
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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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