November 20, 2008

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

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Thursday, November 20, 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.	081204	[Liquor license transfer - 289 Eighth Street]
		Hearing to consider that the transfer of a Type 48 on-sale general public premises liquor license from 170 O'Farrell Street to 289 Eighth Street (District 6), to John I. Luna for The 289 Bar will serve the public convenience and necessity of the people of the City and County of San Francisco.
		9/5/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. (Sent referral letter to the Planning and Police Departments.)
		10/22/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department approved liquor license request.

2.	081219	[Gift - private, Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services - $800,000]
		Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services to retroactively accept a gift of Buprenorphine medication from Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals with a monetary value of up to $800,000 for the period of October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009 for ongoing and new patients receiving Opiate Replacement Treatment in San Francisco. (Public Health Department)
		10/17/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

3.	080323	[Place of Entertainment Permits and Board of Appeals procedures]	Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending Sections 2.26, 1060, 1060.1, 1060.2, 1060.3, 1060.5, 1060.24, 1060.25 and 1060.29, by adding Sections 1060.20.1, 1060.20.2, 1060.20.3, 1060.20.4, 1060.24.1, 1060.24.2, 1060.30, 1060.31, 1060.32 and 1060.33, by repealing Sections 1060.4, 1060.20 and 1060.22, and by adding new Sections 1060.4 and 1060.20, relating to the application, approval, amendment, suspension, revocation, and transfer of Place of Entertainment Permits and One Night Event Permits (now called "One Time Event Permits"), including changes in penalties, and amending the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending Sections 8 and 26 to provide the time for appealing to the Board of Appeals, to provide an additional category of permit suspension and revocation actions that are not suspended pending a decision by the Board of Appeals, and to clarify the standards governing the review of permits.
		3/4/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 4/7/2008. (Referred to Entertainment Commission for informational purposes.) (Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.)
		6/3/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. The Small Business Commission unanimously approved the proposed ordinance.
		6/5/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Bob Davis, Director, Entertainment Commission; Kevin Ryan, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Inspector Varja Granelli, Police Department; Captain T. Jimenez, Commander, Tenderloin Station, Police Department; Officer Fred Crisp, Permit Officer, Central Station, Police Department; Harold Johnson, Johnson Security; Ray Bobbitt; Sean; Andrew Boggs.
		10/28/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
		10/28/08, ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

4.	080324	[Entertainment Commission - Extended-Hours Premises Permits]	Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending Sections 1070, 1070.1, 1070.2, 1070.3, 1070.5, 1070.7, 1070.8, 1070.19, 1070.22, and 1070.24, by adding Sections 1070.28, 1070.29, 1070.30, 1070.31 and 1070.32; by repealing Sections 1070.4, 1070.12, 1070.17, 1070.20, 1070.20-1, 1070.21, and 1070.26; and by adding new Sections 1070.4, 1070.17, and 1070.20, relating to the application, approval, amendment, suspension, revocation, and transfer of Extended-Hours Premises Permits, including changes in penalties.
		3/4/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 4/7/2008. (Referred to Entertainment Commission for informational purposes.) (Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.)
		6/3/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. The Small Business Commission unanimously approved the proposed ordinance.
		6/5/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Bob Davis, Director, Entertainment Commission; Kevin Ryan, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Inspector Varja Granelli, Police Department; Captain T. Jimenez, Commander, Tenderloin Station, Police Department; Officer Fred Crisp, Permit Officer, Central Station, Police Department; Harold Johnson, Johnson Security; Ray Bobbitt; Sean; Andrew Boggs.
		10/28/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
		10/28/08, ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

5.	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 Aide 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.
		10/16/08, CONTINUED. Speakers: None. Continued to November 20, 2008.

6.	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.
		10/16/08, CONTINUED. Speakers: None. Continued to November 20, 2008.

7.	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.

8.	081405	[2008 Hazard Mitigation Plan]	Mayor, Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Resolution adopting the 2008 City and County of San Francisco Hazard Mitigation Plan.
		11/4/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

9.	081224	[San Francisco Zoo - Office of the Legislative Analyst Report]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Hearing to discuss the report written by the Office of the Legislative Analyst which compares the San Francisco Zoo's current practices in the areas of animal welfare, education and conservation against standards and policies promulgated by the USCA and various zoo associations.
		9/16/08, RECEIVED AND 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.

10.	081400	[Recreation and Park Department - Water Use Efficiency and Recycled Water]	Supervisor Mirkarimi
		Ordinance making environmental findings and amending San Francisco Park Code Article 3 by adding Section 3.19, to require the Recreation and Park Department to maximize water use efficiency and to use Recycled Water where available for Park irrigation needs. (Fiscal Impact.)
		11/4/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 12/4/2008.

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