October 16, 2008

City and County of San Francisco
City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Thursday, October 16, 2008
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting

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Members: Carmen Chu, Jake McGoldrick, Sean Elsbernd

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

		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.	081009	[Prohibiting smoking in taxicabs and motor vehicles for hire and free distribution of tobacco products and accessories in places open to the public]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by amending Section 1009.22 and amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending Section 1143 and repealing Sections 53, 53.1, and 1098, to prohibit smoking in taxicabs and other motor vehicles for hire, and amending San Francisco Police Code Section 95, to prohibit the free distribution of tobacco products and accessories in places open to the public.
		7/16/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 8/15/2008. (Referred to Taxi and Small Business Commissions for informational purposes.)
		10/2/08, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Emily Rogers, Legislative Assistant to Supervisor Maxwell; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney; Liz Williams, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights; Jordanna Thigpen, Executive Director, San Francisco Taxicab Commission; Brian Davis, Breathe California; Bob Gordon, San Francisco Tobacco Free Coalition; Walter Johnson, Communities Under Seige; Julie Walters, Communities Under Siege; Vera Harrell, Communities Under Siege; Carol McGruder, Project Director, Communities Under Siege. Continued to October 16, 2008.
		10/2/08, CONTINUED AS AMENDED.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to continue consideration of this item, File 081009, to November 20, 2008.

2.	080847	[Requiring recyclable/compostable bags for newspapers and handbills]	Supervisors Mirkarimi, Peskin
		Ordinance amending Article 5.7 of the San Francisco Public Works Code by adding Section 184.77, to require any person who distributes newspapers or handbills that are packaged in bags or other wrapping to or upon private property to use only recyclable or compostable materials for such packaging and to impose penalties; and making environmental findings.
		6/24/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 7/24/2008. (Referred to Planning Department for environmental review.)
		9/18/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speaker: Rob Black, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Continued to October 16, 2008.

3.	081233	[Urging the Department of Public Works to revisit the street sweeping reductions]	Supervisors McGoldrick, Alioto-Pier
		Resolution urging the Department of Public Works to revisit the current Mechanical Sweeping Program improvements program, in order to perform thorough public outreach to community groups and integrate public feedback from those who live in affected neighborhoods into the citywide plan to reduce the mechanical street sweeping schedule.
		9/16/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

4.	081240	[30 day halt to Department of Public Works' mechanical street sweeping changes]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Resolution urging the Department of Public Works to immediately halt the implementation of the changes to the mechanical street sweeping program for 30 days.
		9/16/08, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
		9/23/08, REFERRED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Supervisor Elsernd requested that this matter be severed so that it might be considered separately.

5.	081193	[Prohibiting sale of tobacco products on property owned by or under the control of the City and County of San Francisco]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by adding Article 19K, Sections 1010 through 1010.4, to prohibit sales of tobacco products on property owned by or under the control of the City and County of San Francisco.
		9/9/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 10/9/2008.

6.	080990	[Municipal Transportation Agency's processes and procedures around enforcement of disability placards]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Informational hearing on the Municipal Transportation Agency's processes and procedures around enforcement of disability placards. Requesting information on the number of false or misused placards that have been confiscated and how the MTA plans to continue an aggressive enforcement program.
		7/29/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

7.	081184	[Urging the State of California to amend the Vehicle Code regarding disabled parking placards]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Resolution urging the State of California to amend the Vehicle Code to raise fines for counterfeit or misuse of disabled parking placards, strengthen criteria for disabled parking placards eligibility, and requiring photo identification of disabled placard user on placard.
		8/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

8.	080658	[General advertising on City buildings and street furniture]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 4.20-1 to prohibit any new general advertising signs on street furniture over the number authorized as of July 1, 2007 and to prohibit new general advertising signs visible to the public on the exterior of City-owned buildings; adopting environmental and other findings. (9/16/08 - Supervisor McGoldrick submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.)
		5/13/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 6/12/2008.
		9/16/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor McGoldrick submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
		9/16/08, ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services 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 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.

	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.

9.	081250	[Massage practitioner requirements]	Supervisor Dufty
		Ordinance amending Section 1902 of the San Francisco Health Code by changing the requirement that massage practitioners obtain a certificate of graduation to a certificate of completion verifying at least 100 hours of massage instruction.
		9/23/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 10/23/2008.

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