City and County of San Francisco
City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
City Hall, Room 263
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, February 28, 2008
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting
Members: Jake McGoldrick, Michela Alioto-Pier, Carmen Chu
Clerk: Gail Johnson (415) 554-4445
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Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents: 1) Legislation 2) Budget Analyst report 3) Legislative Analyst report |
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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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CONSENT AGENDA |
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All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Committee. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Committee or the public so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item. |
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| 1. |
080181 |
[Gift - Private, Department of Public Health - $104,538] |
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Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health to retroactively accept a gift from the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation with a monetary value of $104,538 to back fill-staff attending training designed to decrease the risk of cardiovascular events (heart attacks and strokes) for the period of January 1, 2008 though December 31, 2010. (Public Health Department)
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2/6/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080222 |
[Gift - Private, Public Health Department - Data Center and Electronic Medication Administration Record System] |
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Resolution authorizing the Public Health Department to accept a gift of a Data Center and an Electronic Medication Administration Record System for the San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) from the San Francisco Hospital Foundation (SFGH Foundation). (Public Health Department)
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2/6/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080224 |
[Gift of Equipment to Fire Department] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Fire Department to accept a gift of a fifteen Porto2Vent Continuous Positive Air Pressure Devices and Backpacks valued at $19,050 from Emergent Technologies for use by Fire Department employees who provide ambulance services in the City. (Fire Department)
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2/11/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080227 |
[Grant to support SFGHMC's Quality Improvement Initiative] |
Supervisor Alioto-Pier |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center (DPH-SFGHMC) to accept and expend retroactively a two-year grant from Kaiser Permanente's Community Benefits Program in the amount of $150,000, to fund SFGHMC's Quality Improvement Initiative; for the period of October 1, 2007 through October 1, 2009.
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2/12/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080228 |
[Funds to support nutrition services] |
Supervisor Alioto-Pier |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $11,927 from FACET, BAART Programs Turk Street Clinic for a project entitled FACET – SFDPH Nutrition Services, for the period of January 1, 2008 through December 30, 2008.
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2/12/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080226 |
[Budget Analyst's report regarding the total budgetary impact of the Mayor's staff changes and budget announcements] |
Supervisors McGoldrick, Elsbernd |
Hearing to discuss the Budget Analyst's report regarding the total budgetary impact of the Mayor's staff changes and budget announcements, including the appointment of 17 directors, ten Mayor's Office staff members and other senior staff members. The hearing will include a review of salary increases, decreases, fringe benefits, severance packages and related funding sources, as well as the 1,670 positions that were requisitioned citywide.
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2/12/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
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2/21/08, TRANSFERRED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080039 |
[Landmark Tree Designation of Blue Elderberry located in the Bernal Heights Natural Area at Folsom Street and Bernal Heights Boulevard] |
Supervisor Ammiano |
Ordinance designating the Blue Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) in the Bernal Heights Natural Area (Assessor's Block 5548, Lot 002) at Folsom Street and Bernal Heights Boulevard as a landmark tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080040 |
[Landmark Tree Designation of Moreton Bay Fig at 3555 Cesar Chavez Street, facing Valencia Street] |
Supervisor Ammiano |
Ordinance designating the Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) at 3555 Cesar Chavez Street (Assessor's Block 6575, Lot 002), facing Valencia Street as a landmark tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080041 |
[Landmark Tree Designation of Flowering Ash tree no. 1 at 500 Cortland Avenue] |
Supervisor Ammiano |
Ordinance designating the Flowering Ash (Fraxinus ornus) tree no. 1 at 500 Cortland Avenue, in front of the Bernal Heights Library, which flanks the eastern side of the main doors to the library on Cortland Avenue (Assessor's Block 5707, Lot 027) as a landmark tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080042 |
[Landmark Tree Designation of Flowering Ash tree no. 2 at 500 Cortland Avenue] |
Supervisor Ammiano |
Ordinance designating the Flowering Ash (Fraxinus ornus) tree no. 2 at 500 Cortland Avenue, in front of the Bernal Heights Library, which flanks the western side of the main doors to the library on Cortland Avenue (Assessor's Block 5707, Lot 027) as a landmark tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080043 |
[Endorsing the recommendations of the Healthcare Action Team regarding the discharge of homeless patients in San Francisco] |
Supervisors Ammiano, Daly, Mirkarimi |
Resolution endorsing the Healthcare Action Team's recommendations for procedures on homeless patients hospital discharge, including more respite beds, a streamlined discharge process, distribution of information sheets, utilization of transitional care programs, expansion of the Ombudsman office and providing written discharge verification.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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1/24/08, CONTINUED. Speakers: None. Continued to February 14, 2008. |
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080145 |
[Employment Violations, Racial Harassment and Discrimination at Bayview/Hunters Point Construction Site] |
Supervisor Daly |
Hearing to consider charges of employment violations, racial harassment and discrimination related to City and State funded housing development in Bayview/Hunter's Point, developed by the Apartment Investment Management Company (AIMCO) and its general contractor, Fortney and Weingendt.
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1/29/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services 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 City Operations and Neighborhood Services 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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080231 |
[Driving-experience requirements for taxi medallion applicants] |
Supervisor Daly |
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending Section 1121, to adjust the driving-experience requirements for taxi medallion applicants.
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2/12/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 3/13/2008. |
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2/26/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 3/13/2008. |
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2/26/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. |
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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/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. |
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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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