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April 22, 2009

City and County of San Francisco
Budget and Finance Subcommittee

Legislative Chamber, City Hall, Room 250

Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
11:00 AM
Regular Meeting


Members: John Avalos, Ross Mirkarimi, Carmen Chu

Clerk: Gail Johnson (415) 554-4445


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. 090093 [Solar Energy Agreements with Recurrent Energy] Mayor, Supervisor Chu
Ordinance approving a 25-Year Power Purchase Agreement and Site Lease Agreement with RE-SFCITY1, LP (Recurrent), a wholly owned subsidiary of Recurrent Energy, to finance, construct, own, operate, and maintain a solar photovoltaic power plant on the rooftop of the North Storage Basin Reservoir and certain adjacent land on the Sunset Reservoir property located at the intersection of 24th Avenue and Ortega Street, San Francisco, and to sell all electricity generated by the project to the City acting through its Public Utilities Commission.

(Fiscal Impact.)

1/27/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 02/02/09 - Referred to the Small Business Commission for review and comment. 02/26/09 - Response received from SBC.
3/18/09, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Barbara Hale, Assistant General Manager for Power, Public Utilities Commission; Debra Newman, Budget Analyst's Office; Todd Rydstrom, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant General Manager, Public Utilities Commission; Joseph Bryant; Joe Hobble, San Francisco Electricians Union, Local 6; Adam Browning, Go Solar; Judith Terasino; Ray Balveron; Adam, Project Manager, Bask Electric; Jesse Mason, Arc Ecology, Southeast Jobs Coalition; Walter Paulsen; Joshua Arsay. Continued to April 22, 2009.
4/16/09, TRANSFERRED to Budget and Finance Subcommittee.

2. 090404 [Certificates of Participation for Street Improvements - $42,000,000] Mayor
Ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of Certificates of Participation in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $42,000,000 to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement and installation of certain street improvements; approving the form of a First Supplement to Trust Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the Trustee named therein (including certain indemnities contained therein); approving the form of a First Supplement to Project Lease between the City and the Trustee relating to the real property and improvements located at 375 Laguna Honda Boulevard; approving the form of an Official Notice of Sale and Notice of Intention to Sell for the Certificates of Participation, if sold by competitive sale; authorizing certain actions relating to the Certificates of Participation, if sold by negotiated sale; approving the form of an official statement in preliminary and final form; approving the form of a Continuing Disclosure Certificate; granting general authority to City officials to take necessary actions in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Certificates of Participation; approving modifications to documents; and ratifying previous actions taken in connection therewith.

(Fiscal Impact.)

3/31/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.
4/9/09, TRANSFERRED to Budget and Finance Subcommittee.
4/15/09, CONTINUED. Speakers: None. Continued to April 22, 2009.

3. 090418 [Waiver of fee for temporary farmers' market in Noe Valley from April 14, 2009, through September 29, 2009] Supervisor Dufty
Ordinance waiving the fees in San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code Sections 35 and 248, San Francisco Planning Code Section 355(d), and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 1.10-1 for a farmers' market to be held at 3950 24th Street from April 14, 2009 through September 29, 2009.

4/7/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.
4/14/09, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Dufty submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
4/14/09, ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.
4/16/09, TRANSFERRED to Budget and Finance Subcommittee.

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 Subcommittee, 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.
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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.
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Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance
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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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