April 12, 2007

City and County of San Francisco

City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Thursday, April 12, 2007
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting

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Members: Jake McGoldrick, Michela Alioto-Pier, Ed Jew

Clerk: Deborah Muccino (415) 554-4447

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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.

	CONSENT AGENDA
		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.

1.	070230	[Reducing the speed limit on Third Street between Kirkwood and Shafter Streets from 30 to 25 miles per hour and increasing the speed limit on Third Street between Jamestown Avenue and
		Ordinance amending Section 175.29 of the Traffic Code to lower the speed limit on Third Street between Kirkwood and Shafter Streets from 30 to 25 miles per hour, and establishing a 30 mile per hour speed limit on Third Street between Jamestown Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard.
		2/23/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. 3/19/07 -Referred to Parking and Traffic for posting of hearing scheduled for April 12, 2007.

2.	070231	[Removing tour bus restrictions on portions of Panorama Drive and Olympia Way]
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by repealing sections 1183.6 and 1183.7 to remove restrictions on operating commercial buses on Panorama Drive, between Clarendon Avenue and Twin Peaks Boulevard and on Olympia Way, between Clarendon Avenue and Panorama Drive. (Municipal Transportation Agency)
		2/23/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. 3/19/07 -Referred to Parking and Traffic for posting of hearing scheduled for April 12, 2007.

3.	070232	[STOP Intersections]
		Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS – ESTABLISH Castenada and Magellan Avenues, stopping Magellan Avenue; Stillings, Detroit and Vista Verde, stopping Detroit Street and Vista Verde Court, making this uncontrolled intersection a two-way STOP; 19th Street and Caselli Avenue, stopping 19th Street, making this uncontrolled intersection a two-way STOP; Hermann and Webster Streets, stopping Hermann Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; 21st and Florida Streets, stopping 21st Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP.; Chestnut and Avila Street, stopping Avila Street; and, Mallorca and Chestnut Street, stopping Mallorca Street. (Parking and Traffic Department) (2/22/07: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3317.)
		2/23/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. 3/19/07 -Referred to Parking and Traffic for posting of hearing scheduled for April 12, 2007.

4.	070243	[Traffic Regulations]
		Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. TRANSIT LANE, 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY- ESTABLISH Clay Street, south side, between Davis and Drumm Streets (Parking and Traffic Department) (2/22/07: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3317.)
		2/23/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. 3/19/07 -Referred to Parking and Traffic for posting of hearing scheduled for April 12, 2007.

5.	070244	[Parking Regulations]
		Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH 2971 21st Street, south side, between the driveways for #2965 - and #2971- 21st Street (establishes three motorcycle parking spaces); and, Octavia Boulevard, east side, from Linden Street to 14 feet northerly (accommodating 4 motorcycle parking spaces) TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 3 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 3 PM TO 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Pine Street, south side, from Polk Street to Larkin Street. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 7 PM EVERYDAY- RESCIND TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Clay Street, south side, from Stockton Street to 84 feet westerly. TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 6 AM TO 6 PM EVERYDAY - RESCIND TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 7 PM, EVERYDAY - ESTABLISH Sacramento Street, north side, between Powell and Mason Streets TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND Clay Street, north side, between Davis and Drumm Streets NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Clay Street, north side, between Davis Street and 18 feet easterly RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "X" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Pennsylvania Avenue, west side, from 20th Street to 127 feet north of 22nd Street (500 and 600 blocks up and including address #672) (legislating existing conditions) (Parking and Traffic Department) (2/22/07: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3317.)
		2/23/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. 3/19/07 -Referred to Parking and Traffic for posting of hearing scheduled for April 12, 2007.

6.	070312	[Accept-Expend Federal and State Grants - Municipal Transportation Agency]	Supervisor Jew
		Resolution authorizing the Director of Transportation or his designee to accept and expend a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration/California Office of Traffic Safety grant in the amount of $496,885 for a School Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Project.
		3/6/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

7.	070324	[Gift of Equipment to Fire Department]
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Fire Department to accept a gift of a custom firefighter air system to be installed within the Folsom Street training tower valued at $15,000 from Rescue Air Systems for training, emergency preparedness, high rise safety, and related purposes. (Fire Department)
		3/8/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

8.	070307	[Grant for California Pandemic Influenza Preparedness funds]	Supervisor Dufty
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Section to accept and expend retroactively a new grant in the amount of $133,662, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), to fund pandemic influenza emergency preparedness activities and to enter into an agreement with the CDHS for the use of these funds; for the period of August 31, 2006 through August 30, 2007.
		3/6/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

9.	070395	[Contract funds to support participation in an international HIV/AIDS study]
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) – AIDS Office, to enter into an agreement with Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI) and to retroactively accept and expend funds in the amount of $12,192 for a project entitled Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study – II (REDS-II) – International; for the period of January 1, 2007 through April 30, 2007. (Public Health Department)
		3/23/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

10.	070348	[Accept-Expend Federal Grant - SF Department of the Environment]	Mayor, Supervisor Dufty
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $24,365 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency Collaborative Diesel Emission Reduction Program through City College of San Francisco to conduct public outreach and develop training materials to promote  renewable biodiesel fuel use in San Francisco.
		3/13/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

	REGULAR AGENDA

11.	070306	[Landmark tree designation of Coast Live Oak at 20-26 Rosemont Place]	Supervisor Dufty
		Ordinance designating the Coast Live Oak at 20-26 Rosemont Place (Assessor's Block 3534, Lot 22) as a landmark tree, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation.
		3/6/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

12.	070382	[Landmark tree designation of California buckeye at 730 28th Avenue]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance designating the California buckeye at 730 28th Avenue (Assessor's Block 1617, Lot 030) as a landmark tree, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation.
		3/20/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

13.	070250	[Installation of speed bumps, speed humps and other traffic calming devices]	Supervisor Sandoval
		Hearing before the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee to discuss City policy regarding the installation of speed bumps, speed humps and other traffic calming devices including signs and electronic devices with the Department of Parking and Traffic, the Department of Public Works and the Municipal Transportation Agency. Also requesting the departments present policies that have been established by any City commissions or bodies regarding this matter.
		2/27/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

14.	070347	[Apply for State Re-Use Assistance Grant - Department of Telecommunications and Information Services]	Mayor
		Resolution authorizing the Department of Telecommunications and Information Services to apply for annual grants from the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the purpose of conducting activities leading to an increase of the re-use of materials that might otherwise go into the landfill.
		3/13/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item to Board as a Committee Report for consideration on April 17, 2007.

15.	070384	[Waiving fees for banners to be placed by the Mayor's Memorial Day Citizens Committee to publicize an event or events to commemorate Memorial Day 2007 in San Francisco]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance waiving banner fees under San Francisco Public Works Code Section 184.78 for up to 100 banners to be placed by the Mayor's Memorial Day Citizens Committee to publicize an event or events commemorating Memorial Day 2007 in San Francisco.
		3/20/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

	ADJOURNMENT

	IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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	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.

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