June 14, 2007

City and County of San Francisco

City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Thursday, June 14, 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.

	AGENDA CHANGES

	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.	070529	[Gift of Equipment to Fire Department]
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Fire Department to accept a gift of a 1988 GMC flatbed truck with a lift hoist valued at $14,779 from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for emergency preparedness, training, public safety and related purposes. (Fire Department)
		4/20/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

2.	070624	[Apply for, Accept and Expend State Grant - Department of the Environment]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to apply for, accept and expend grant funds, available only for public agencies in California, in the amount of $361,553 from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the purpose of purchasing low-polluting construction equipment and retrofitting existing construction equipment with pollution control devices.
		5/8/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

3.	070626	[Grant to support the Public Health Laboratory Director Training Program]	Supervisor Mirkarimi
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), to retroactively accept and expend funds from the California Department of Health Services, Division of Communicable Disease Control for the Public Health Laboratory Director Training Program, in the amount of $300,655, for the period of April 1, 2007 through March 31, 2009.
		5/8/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

4.	070629	[Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ)]	Mayor, Supervisor Ammiano
		Resolution authorizing the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to accept and expend funds in the amount of $2,550,932 from the State Corrections Standards Authority (CSA), from funds made available under Senate Bill 736 – known as the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) – for programs and approaches that have been demonstrated to be effective in reducing delinquency, for the period of July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008.
		5/8/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

5.	070723	[State contract funds for substance abuse treatment]	Mayor
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services (DPH-CBHS) to enter into a Combined Net Negotiated Amount and Drug Medi-Cal Agreement with the State of California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (DADP) for the term of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2010 in the amount of $55,825,476 and for the term of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 in the amount of $18,608,492 as a condition of receiving state funds and Drug Medi-Cal reimbursement for substance abuse treatment and prevention; holding DADP harmless from any and all claims resulting from the agreement; authorizing and designating the Director of CBHS to sign said Agreement and to approve amendments for less than ten percent (10%) of the contracted amount.
		5/22/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

6.	070850	[Accept and Expend State Grant - Department of the Environment]	Mayor
		Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend grant funds, available only for public agencies in California, in the amount of $110,880 from the California Air Resources Board for the purpose of upgrading Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling stations at Cesar Chavez and Golden Gate Park.
		6/5/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

	REGULAR AGENDA

7.	070452	[Minor Sidewalk Encroachments - Public right-of-way occupancy assessment fee]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Ordinance amending Public Works Code Section 723.2 to clarify that the public right-of-way occupancy assessment fee for minor sidewalk encroachments applies to specified building permits and to all subsidewalk basements.
		4/10/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 5/10/2007.

8.	070508	[Banning alcohol in children's play areas]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Ordinance amending Section 4.10 of the Park Code to ban consumption of alcohol in children's play areas.
		4/17/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

9.	070667	[Medical Cannabis Dispensary Permits]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Ordinance amending Sections 3301, 3304, 3305, 3307, and 3308 of the San Francisco Health Code and Sections 209.3, 217, 790.141 and 890.133 of the San Francisco Planning Code to (a) require the Director of Public Health to certify that applicants for Medical Cannabis Dispensary permits have not been convicted of certain felony offenses, (b) require Dispensaries to provide security measures, including lighting and alarms, (c) establish minimum disability access standards; (d) extend the time period for Dispensaries to obtain a Medical Cannabis Dispensary permit to March 1, 2008; (e) authorize the sale and delivery of medical cannabis to qualified patients with a verifiable, written recommendation from a physician for medical cannabis; (f) clarify the definition of  medical cannabis dispensary; and (g) adopting General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and environmental findings."
		5/15/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 6/14/2007. June 12, 2007 - Referred to Planning Department for review. June 15, 2007 - Referred amended copy to Planning Department for review.

10.	070676	[Landmark tree designation of holly at 733 27th Avenue]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance designating the holly at 733 27th Avenue (Assessor's Block 1617, Lot 003) 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.
		5/15/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
		5/24/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Grace Ma, Department of the Environment; Caroline Blair, SFTC; Steve Williams; Ron Miguel, PAR; Lisa Liou; Stefano Cassolato, Garland Public Relations; Tony Lu; Cheryl Schultz; Doug Schultz; Valerie Louie; Laurie, Mark, Taylor & Family Quach; Jean Barish; Supervisor Alioto-Pier.

11.	070042	[Liquor License Transfer, 1369 Folsom Street]
		Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 48 on-sale general public premises license from 289 8th Street to 1369 Folsom Street (District 6) to John Gardiner and Joseph Banks for the Hole in the Wall Saloon will will serve the public convenience and necessity of the people of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business and Professions Code, with conditions.
		1/18/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
		1/24/07, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning and Police Depts. for review and comment. 6/1/07 - Received response from Planning Department.

12.	070497	[Geneva Office Building]	Supervisor Sandoval
		Hearing with the Department of Recreation and Park to discuss the status of the project to renovate the Geneva Office Building.
		4/17/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
		5/10/07, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Yomi Agunbiade, General Manager, Recreation and Park; Mary Hobson, Recreation and Park; Male speaker, Friends of Geneva Office Building; Steve Currier, Outer Mission Residents Assoc.; Tony Sacco; Douglas Yep. Continued to June 7, 2007.

13.	070575	[Micro-Loan Programs]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Hearing to explore the feasibility of establishing a micro-loan program in the City and County of San Francisco and will examine the existing non-profit programs available to San Francisco residents.
		5/1/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
		5/24/07, CONTINUED. Continued to June 14, 2007. Heard in Committee. Speaker: Richard Robinson.

14.	070846	[Traffic Regulation for Marina Farmers' Market]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Resolution enacting temporary  Street Closed to Vehicular Traffic regulation on Steiner Street between Lombard and Chestnut Streets from 10:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. on every Tuesday between July 17, 2007 through October 30, 2007.
		6/5/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

	ADJOURNMENT

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	LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE

	There are no items pending under the thirty day rule.

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