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Board of Supervisors

City and County of San Francisco

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AGENDA
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
2:00 PM

Regular Meeting



AARON PESKIN, PRESIDENT
MICHELA ALIOTO-PIER, TOM AMMIANO, CHRIS DALY,
BEVAN DUFTY, SEAN ELSBERND, FIONA MA, SOPHIE MAXWELL,
JAKE McGOLDRICK, ROSS MIRKARIMI, GERARDO SANDOVAL

Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board


ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Motion to approve the Board Meeting Minutes for March 21, 2006 and Special Board Meeting Minutes for the Budget and Finance Committee Meeting of March 22, 2006 and Board Meeting Minutes for March 28, 2006.

AGENDA CHANGES

COMMUNICATIONS

Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents:
1) Legislation
2) Budget Analyst report
3) Legislative Analyst report
4) Department or Agency cover letter and/or report
5) Public correspondence
These items will be available for review at City Hall, Room 244, Reception Desk.

CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine by the Board of Supervisors and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Board. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Board so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.

Items 1 through 5

Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Ma

1. 051985 [Deletion of a street flower market location on Market Street at Fifth Street]
Ordinance amending Public Works Code Article 5, Section 155 to delete the street flower market location on the south side of Market Street within 100 feet of the west line of 5th Street. (Public Works Department)
4/11/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Dufty, Ma

2. 060255 [Accepting a gift to the Recreation and Park Department of synthetic turf athletic fields valued at approximately $4.5 million from the City Fields Foundation] Supervisors Ammiano, Alioto-Pier, Maxwell, Ma, Dufty
Ordinance accepting a gift to the Recreation and Park Department (RPD) of synthetic turf athletic fields at Garfield Square and Silver Terrace Playground and a maintenance contract for those fields, valued at approximately $4.5 million, from the City Fields Foundation (Foundation); approving an agreement between RPD and the Foundation which specifies how RPD and the Foundation will work together to implement the gift; and authorizing the RPD General Manager to accept future donations of Turf fields from the Foundation; and requiring the RPD General Manager to submit an annual report to the Board that describes actions taken in furtherance of the agreement.
4/11/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendations of the Rules Committee
Present: Supervisors Mirkarimi, Elsbernd, Ammiano

3. 060332 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Mirvat Harb]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Mirvat Harb against the City and County of San Francisco for $200,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 23, 2004 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 437-254; entitled Mirvat Harb, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

4. 060335 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Reliant Energy, Inc.]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco, on behalf of the People of California, against Reliant Energy, Inc. and other Reliant Companies; the lawsuit entitled People v. Dynegy, et al. was filed on January 18, 2001, and has been coordinated as Wholesale Electricity Antitrust Cases I & II in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Diego, JCCP Nos. 4204 and 4205; the settlement provides $666,666.66 to San Francisco and $430 million in benefits to California electric ratepayers, among other provisions. (City Attorney)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

5. 060034 [Expanding the Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force] Supervisor Daly
Resolution expanding the Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force and re-defining the Task Force's quorum.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Questions on the Consent Agenda are on final passage, first reading, or adoption, as indicated:______________________________________________

REGULAR AGENDA

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee
Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Peskin, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd

6. 060253 [Appropriating $10,415,682 capital project funding at the Recreation and Parks department for the funding of Phase I projects with significant forecasted shortfalls] Supervisors Peskin, Maxwell, Mirkarimi, Ammiano, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma
Ordinance appropriating $10,415,682 of Unappropriated General Fund for the Recreation and Parks department to fund the following Phase I projects with significant forecasted shortfalls: Junipera Serra Playground and Clubhouse for $840,000, Lake Merced - Overlook and Trail for $145,860, Sunnyside Conservatory for $3,039,468, Rolph Playground & Clubhouse for $817,712, Kelloch - Velasco Park for $617,507, Visitacion Valley Greenway (Raceway) - Tioga Lot for $1,246,463, Joseph Lee Recreation Center $701,000 and Sava Pool for $3,007,672 for fiscal year 2005-06.
(Fiscal impact.)

4/4/2006, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE.
4/4/2006, CONTINUED AS AMENDED ON FIRST READING.
4/11/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

7. 060394 [Appropriating $660,000 to the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families to support the John Swett Alternative School in Department Fiscal Year 2005-06] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Daly
Ordinance appropriating $330,000 of Unappropriated General Fund and $330,000 of Children's Baseline Reserve to maintain operations of the John Swett Alternative School through the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families for Fiscal Year 2005-06.
(Fiscal impact.)(Supervisor Elsbernd dissenting in committee)

4/11/2006, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE.
4/11/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Present: Supervisors Daly, Peskin, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd

8. 060341 [Appropriating $250,000 to the General Services Agency, Administrative Services, Grants for the Arts for Fiscal Year 2005-2006] Supervisor Ma
Ordinance appropriating $250,000 of Unappropriated General Fund Revenue to the Arts Commission, Cultural Equity Endowment Grants for Fiscal Year 2005-2006; and reserving the appropriation pending receipt of additional information from the Arts Commission.
(Fiscal impact.)

4/11/2006, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE.
4/11/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Peskin, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd, Ammiano

A quorum of the Board of Supervisors was present and a Special Board of Supervisors meeting was held for File 060166.

9. 060166 [First Source Hiring Ordinance - Expanding the Chapter to apply to contract modifications; increasing FSHA reporting requirements, liquidated damages, and penalty sections; amending Supervisors Mirkarimi, Ammiano
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending sections 83.2, 83.4, 83.6, 83.7, 83.9, 83.10, 83.11, 83.12, and 83.18 of the First Source Hiring Program to: 1) correct erroneous grammar and subsection references; 2) change "Department of Human Services (DHS)" to "Human Services Agency (HSA);" 3) define OLSE; 4) include the OLSE in making the final administrative determination regarding compliance with this Chapter; 5) include contract modifications under the definition of contracts; 6) increase reporting requirements by the FSHA to include data reflecting the length of time qualified individuals remain employed under this Chapter; 7) increase liquidated damages from up to $2,070.00 to up to $5,000.00 against contractors for initial violations of this Chapter, add provision of liquidated damages of up to $10,000.00 against contractors for each violation discovered during second investigation by FSHA and to provide for administrative review; and 8) increase penalties against permittees and contractors engaged in non-City work performed in San Francisco from up to $2,070.00 to up to $5,000.00 who fail to comply with this Chapter and to provide for administrative review.
4/11/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee
Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Peskin, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd

10. 051917 [Amending Community Court Program Administrative Fee] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 10.183 to authorize the District Attorney to collect Administrative Fees from persons who are determined by the District Attorney to be eligible for the community courts program.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

11. 060412 [Appropriating $6,371,327 to fund violence prevention programs in communities disproportionately impacted by violence at various departments for Fiscal Year 2005-2006] Supervisors Ma, Daly, Mirkarimi
Ordinance appropriating $6,371,327 to fund violence prevention programming and investments in the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, Public Defender, Juvenile Probation, Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, Mayor's Office of Community Development, Sheriff's Department, and Department on the Status of Women. Sources of funds include $4,200,000 from the Unappropriated General Fund Balance, $991,327 from the Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Children's Baseline Growth, $1,180,000 from the Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Children's Baseline Reserve. Uses of funds includes $1,731,327 for Children, Youth and Their Families, $200,000 for the Public Defender, $1,390,000 for the Juvenile Probation Department, $1,300,000 for the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, $100,000 for the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, $450,000 for the Mayor's Office of Community Development, $400,000 for the Sheriff's Department, and $800,000 for the Department on the Status of Women; and reserving $931,327 appropriated to the Department of Children, Youth and their Families for community outreach and street level intervention and $1,300,000 appropriated to the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

12. 060209 [2006 Annual Fundraising Drive]
Resolution designating those agencies qualified to participate in the 2006 Annual Joint Fundraising Drive for officers and employees of the City and County of San Francisco.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

13. 060365 [Proposition J Certification, Bad Checks Restitution Program Services] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution concurring with the Controller's certification that the Bad Checks Restitution Program can be practically performed by a private contractor for a lower cost than similar services performed by city and county employees.
(Supervisors Daly and Mirkarimi dissented in committee.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Present: Supervisors Dufty, Peskin, Elsbernd

14. 060397 [Adopting Board of Supervisors' 2006 Budget Policy Priorities] Supervisor Daly
Resolution adopting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' 2006 Budget Policy Priorities.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

15. 060401 [Board review and approval of 2006 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Programs Application] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution approving the City and County of San Francisco 2006 grant application for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Programs and fulfilling the San Francisco Board of Supervisors review and approval process for all annual or otherwise recurring grants of $5,000,000 or more. (Human Services Department)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

From the Government Audit and Oversight Committee Without Recommendation
Present: Supervisors Ammiano, Peskin

16. 051724 [Personal Services Minimum Contractual Rate Ordinance] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Chapter 12V, Sections 12V.1 through 12V.5, to: require entities that contract for personal services to compensate the providers of those services at a rate per hour of no less than the City's Minimum Wage rate and maintain records, designate the City's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement as the enforcement agency, and establish investigation, enforcement and administrative appeals procedures.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

Recommendation of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
Present: Supervisors Sandoval, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi

17. 051964 [Urging Planning Commission to Update Transportation Analyses under CEQA] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution urging the Planning Commission to set policy directing the Environmental Review Officer to modify local environmental review criteria to assess transportation impacts more accurately in conformance with updated analytical methods.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

SPECIAL ORDER 3:30 P.M - Recognition of Commendations

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Reports from committees, if any, recommending emergency or urgent measures.
The following items will be considered by the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee at a Regular Meeting on Monday, April 17, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. The Chair intends to request the Committee to send the following items to the Board as a committee report on Tuesday, April 18, 2006.

18. 060321 [Fillmore Street Farmers Market] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Resolution allowing for occupancy of a portion of the sidewalk and the parking lane on the east side of Fillmore between Chestnut and Bay Street from 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. on every Saturday between May 6, 2006 through October 28, 2006.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

19. 060342 [Traffic Regulation - Mendell Street between Palou Avenue] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution enacting temporary "Street Closed to Vehicular Traffic" regulation on Mendell Street between Palou Avenue and 70 linear feet southwest of Oakdale Avenue from 6:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. on every Saturday between April 29, 2006 through December 9, 2006.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

20. 060352 [Traffic Regulations] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Dufty
Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets.

BICYCLE LANES - ESTABLISH
Market Street, westbound, from Van Ness Avenue to Octavia Boulevard, and eastbound, from Gough Street to 12th Street.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

21. 060353 [Parking Regulations] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 4PM - 7PM - RESCIND
Market Street, north side, from Gough Street to Octavia Boulevard.

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 7AM - 9AM - RESCIND
Market Street, south side, from Gough Street to 12th Street.

TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Market Street, north side, from Gough Street to Octavia Boulevard.

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Market Street, south side, from Gough Street to 12th Street.

PERPENDICULAR PARKING - ESTABLISH
12th Street, west side, from Market Street to 400 feet southerly.

DIAGONAL PARKING (45-DEGREE ANGLED) - ESTABLISH
Gough Street, east side, from Market Street to 104 feet southerly, and from Stevenson Street to Colton Street.

PARKING METER AREA NO. 3 (1-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9AM - 6PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - ESTABLISH
Gough Street, east side, from Market Street to Colton Street, and west side, from Market Street to McCoppin Street.

ONE-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 7AM - 6PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - RESCIND
Gough Street, east side, from Market Street to Stevenson Street, and west side, from Market Street to McCoppin Street.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

22. ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS
Roll call for introduction of ordinances, resolutions, charter amendments, requests for hearings, letters of inquiry, letters of request to the City Attorney and Board Members' reports on their regional body activities.

23. PUBLIC COMMENT
An opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, including items being considered today which have not been considered by a Board committee and excluding items which have been considered by a Board committee. Members of the public may address the Board for up to three minutes. Each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak, 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

CLOSED SESSION

CONFERENCE WITH CITY LABOR NEGOTIATORS

24. 060288 [Closed Session - Conference with City's Labor Negotiators (Collective Bargaining)]
Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City's Labor Relations Negotiators, the Mayor and the Director of Human Resources, for the purpose of reviewing the City's positions in the pending labor negotiations with organizations representing the City employee groups.

This closed session is permitted by Government Code Section 54957.6, and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.8.
3/7/2006, MOTION to convene in Closed Session.
3/7/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to March 28, 2006
3/28/2006, MOTION to convene in Closed Session.
3/28/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to April 11, 2006
4/11/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to April 18, 2006
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

[Elect To Disclose]
Motion that the Board finds it is in the public interest to disclose information discussed in closed session, and directs the President immediately to disclose that information.

[Elect Not to Disclose]
Motion that the Board finds that it is in the best interest of the public that the Board elect at this time not to disclose its closed session deliberations concerning the pending City Labor Negotiations. (Collective Bargaining)

FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE
These measures are introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution today. Any Supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee.

Items 25 through 29

25. 060485 [Recognizing the remarkable career of Sensei Keiko Fukuda and honoring her on the occasion of her 93rd birthday] Supervisors Dufty, Maxwell
Resolution recognizing the remarkable career of Sensei Keiko Fukuda and honoring her on the occasion of her 93rd birthday.
4/11/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

26. 060486 [Commending Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter] Supervisor Elsbernd
Resolution commending Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter, recipient of the San Francisco Aeronautical Society's Achievement in Aviation Award for 2005.
4/11/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

27. 060487 [Landmark Tree Program Criteria and Procedures] Supervisor McGoldrick
Resolution in support of the Urban Forestry Council's landmark tree criteria and procedure created in accordance with Ordinance Number 17-06.
4/11/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

28. 060488 [Department of Elections Outreach Program] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution declaring April 2006 "Voter Education and Participation Month".
4/11/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

29. 060489 [Supporting AB-2161, AB-2193, AB-2481, AB-2488, and AB-2489] Supervisors Ma, Dufty
Resolution in support of the passage of AB 2161(Hancock), AB 2193 (Bass), AB 2481 (Evans), AB 2488 (Leno) and AB 2489 (Leno) to improve and enhance the State's Child Welfare Services to promote successful outcomes for California's, and San Francisco's, foster youth.
4/11/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________

30. IMPERATIVE AGENDA
Resolution(s), if any, to be adopted within limits imposed by the Sunshine Ordinance and the Ralph M. Brown Act, introduced today, not on the printed agenda. For such resolutions to be considered, the Board must first adopt the Serious Injury Finding or the Purely Commendatory Finding and the Brown Act Finding.Each motion requires 8 votes or a unanimous 6 or 7. A unanimous vote is required for the resolution(s).

[Serious Injury Finding]
Motion that the Board find that for the resolution(s) being considered at this time "the need to take action is so imperative as to threaten serious injury to the public interest if action is deferred to a later meeting."

[Purely Commendatory Finding]
Motion that the Board find that the resolution(s) being considered at this time are purely commendatory.

[Brown Act Finding]
Motion that the Board find by roll call vote that for the resolutions being considered at this time there is a need to take immediate action and the need to take action came to the attention of the City and County of San Francisco after the agenda was posted.

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

PROPOSED ORDINANCES
Proposed ordinances received from April 4, 2006 through April 10, 2006, for reference by President to appropriate committee on April 18, 2006.
None.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
Proposed resolutions received from April 4, 2006 through April 10, 2006, for reference by President to appropriate committee on April 18, 2006.

060460 [John Elberling Reappointment to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors] Mayor
Resolution confirming the reappointment of John Elberling to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors, term ending February 26, 2010.
3/23/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

060461 [Appointment - Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors]
Resolution confirming the appointment of Ted Dienstfrey to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors, term ending April 28, 2010.
3/23/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

060507 [Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and Communications received from April 4, 2006 through April 10, 2006, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on April 18, 2006.

From Clerk of the Board, submitting Form 700 Statement of Economic Interest for the following:(1)
Christopher Daly, Member of the Board of Supervisors
Tom Ammiano, Member of the Board of Supervisors and Local Agency Formation Commissioner
Michela Alioto-Pier, Member of the Board of Supervisors
Bevan Dufty, Member of the Board of Supervisors
Jake McGoldrick, Member of the Board of Supervisors and Local Agency
Formation Commissioner
Ross Mirkarimi, Member of the Board of Supervisors and Local Agency Formation Commissioner
Thomas Lee, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Tom Ammiano
Rose Chung, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Aaron Peskin
Betty Chan, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Jake McGoldrick
Sarah Ballard, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier
Amanda Kahn, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Bevan Dufty
John Avalos, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Chris Daly
Angela Calvillo, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Tom Ammiano
Rachel Redonidez, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Chris Daly
Regina Dick-Endrizzi, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
Boris Delepine, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
Connie Chan, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Sophie Maxwell
Jaynry Mak, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Fiona Ma
Olivia Scanlon, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Sean Elsbernd
Andrew Hayward, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Bevan Dufty
Cassandra Costello, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Jake McGoldrick
Rob Black, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier
Frank Darby, Jr., Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Administrator/Records Manager
Kathleen Gulbengay, Deputy Clerk
Pedro Rodriguez, Budget Analyst
Harvey Rose, Budget Analyst
Arthur Louis, Budget Analyst
Peter Fatooh, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Alec Lambie, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Diane Robinson, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Carol Ruth Silver, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Gordon Huseby, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Hayes D. Miles, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Steve Wasserman, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
David Wilbur, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Adrienne Lacau, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Margaret Ruxton, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Mervin Conlan, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Richard Lee, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
John McGary, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Donna Crowder, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Calvin Abe, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Joseph Tham, Assessment Appeals Board Commissioner
Hope Schmeltzer, Local Agency Formation Commissioner
Marjorie Williams, Member of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
Hanley Chan, Member of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
Nicholas Mueller, Member of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
Heather Sterner, Member of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force

From Public Utilities Commission, submitting request for release of reserved funds in the amount of $30,602.50 to fund the Director of Laboratories position through June 30, 2006.(2)

From Department of Public Health, submitting request for release of reserved funds in the amount of $39,026 for outreach and case management services to Filipino youth and their families. Copy: Supervisor Daly(3)

From Department of Human Resources, submitting quarterly report for the MEA Management Classification and Compensation Plan. Copy: Each Supervisor(4)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to proposed resolution urging the Planning Commission to update transportation analyses under CEQA. File 051964, 2 letters(5)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, reporting that the street sign at the northwest corner of Carl and Willard Streets has been replaced. (Reference No. 20060228-005), Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(6)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding remedies to the new traffic patterns and congestion associated with the Octavia Boulevard.(Reference No. 20060328-006) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(7)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, responding to request to install a convex mirror at the intersection of Webster and Wilmot Streets. (Reference No. 20060328-003) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(8)

From the Rent Stabilization Board, regarding how the Rent Board has interpreted Ordinance 041688, requiring a landlord to provide additional keys/key sets within fourteen days of a tenant's written request. (Reference No. 20060314-011) Copy: Supervisor Daly(9)

From Department of Public Works, regarding request to repair the sidewalk at 1289 Webster Street.(Reference No. 20060214-002) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(10)

From Planning Department, responding to inquiry regarding the SRO Health and Safety Task Force. (Reference No. 20060228-011) Copy: Supervisor Ammiano(11)

From Juvenile Probation Department, submitting response to the Controller's Office regarding the Juvenile Probation Department's response to the Civil Grand Jury recommendations issued one year ago.(12)

From Golden Gate Hotel Association, urging the Board to refer proposed legislation regarding tenant mail receptacles back to committee. File 060188, Copy: Each Supervisor(13)

From Department on the Status of Women, submitting the annual report and the six-month report for the Department on the Status of Women.(14)

From Cushman & Wakefield, submitting notice of termination for Cushman & Wakefield West Corp. at 100 California Street, Suite 800 on May 30, 2006. Copy: Mayor(15)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for the Film Rebate Program. File 06065, Copy: Each Supervisor, 25 letters(16)

From Mayor's Office of Housing, submitting request for release of reserved funds in the amount of $200,000 to fund enhancements to a loan and asset management database for the Mayor's Office of Housing and the Redevelopment Agency.(17)

From Office of the Controller, submitting an audit report for China Airlines, Ltd.(18)

From San Francisco Community College District, submitting notice that San Francisco Community College District is selling at fair market value all of its right, title, and interest in and to the property at 1960 Carroll Avenue. Copy: Assessor & Recorder's Office(19)

From BART, submitting an explanation of the BART service disruption on Monday, March 27 and Wednesday, March 29, 2006. Copy: Each Supervisor(20)

From Public Utilities Commission, submitting report on San Francisco's Water Revenue Bonds, 2006 Series A and 2006 Refunding Series B.File 051982, Budget and Finance Committee, Harvey Rose, Committee Clerk(21)

From California Pacific Herring Fishery Manager, submitting notice of preparation of a draft supplemental environmental document for commercial herring fishing in ocean waters.(22)

From concerned citizens, expressing appreciation and support for the N.E.R.T. program taught by the Fire Department.2 letters(23)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, responding to request to increase the stop sign visibility and install ladder-style crosswalks at the intersection of Grove and Scott Streets. (Reference No. 20060328-006) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(24)

From concerned citizens, expressing their views on restructuring the Arts Task Force. File 060468, approximately 60 letters(25)

From concerned citizens, submitting various comments against the recently passed resolution urging Cardinal Levada to withdraw his directive to Catholic Charities forbidding the placement of children in need of adoption with same-sex couples. File 060356, Copy: Each Supervisor, 6 letters(26)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to closing JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park to motor vehicles on Saturdays. File 060250, Copy: Each Supervisor, 5 letters (27)

From Natalie Saylor, submitting support for closing JFK in Golden Gate Park to motor vehicles on Saturdays. File 060250, Copy: Each Supervisor(28)

From Anne Steele, suggesting closing a stretch of road on the west end of Golden Gate Park instead of JFK Drive on Saturdays. File 060250, Copy: Each Supervisor(29)

From concerned citizens, regarding various comments made by Supervisor Sandoval on the Hannity and Combs talk show. Copy: Supervisor Sandoval, 20 letters(30)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for the Planning Commission's decision, approving Conditional Use Application for property located at 2660 Harrison Street. File 051991, 2 letters(31)

From Gino Montesinos, urging the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to urge the Los Angeles Mayor and City Council to be proactive in defending its constituents from the effects of the Ellis Act. Copy: Each Supervisor(32)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for paying the public school teachers a fair wage and giving them priority enrollment for their own children at the schools in which they teach. Copy: Each Supervisor, 3 letters(33)

From Susan Shors, urging the Board to repeal the access fee now required to participate in the Community Courts. Copy: Mayor(34)

From Jessie Audette, submitting support for the Community Choice program.(35)

From Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, submitting notice that the first analytical report prepared as part of the San Francisco Development Strategy can be viewed at www.sfeconomicstrategy.org and on the MOEWD website.(36)

From Williams County Oversight Coordinator for SFUSD, regarding the requirements to conduct oversight visits to District schools; and reporting the findings from those visits to the Board of Education and Board of Supervisors.(37)

From Department of Public Works, submitting the Capital Planning Committee's recommendations for Capital Projects in San Francisco.(38)

From concerned citizens, regarding the treatment of the anti-abortion protestors at City Hall on March 24, 2006. File 060371, 2 letters(39)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to legislation that would eliminate the felony conviction disclosure requirement for prospective City employees.2 letters(40)

From Jonathan Pearlman, submitting opposition to the "Better Neighborhoods Planning and Implementation Process" measure currently before the Land Use and Economic Development Committee. File 050601(41)

From Marin County, Registrar of Voters, submitting the full text of Measure A passed by the voters of Marin County on June 7, 1988.Copy: Each Supervisor(42)

From Ahimsa Asumchai, regarding the draft Environmental Impact Report for Hunters Point Redevelopment Projects and Zoning documents. File 060343(43)

From Police Department, submitting the 2005 Compliance Plan for the "Equal Access to City Services for Limited English Speakers" as required by Administrative Code Section 89.9.(44)

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting Procedures
The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board considers ordinances and resolutions, most of which have been the subject of hearings before the standing committees of the board 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 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, (Violators may be removed from the meeting room.) 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; and 4)standing in the Legislative Chamber.
Citizens are encouraged to testify at Board hearings and to write letters to the Board and 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 AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK. Agendas are available on the internet at www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=4383
Board meetings are cablecast on SF Cable 26. For video tape copies and scheduling call (415) 557-4293.
Results of each Board meeting can be obtained about a half hour after the end of the meeting by telephoning (415) 554-5555.
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.

Translation: request at least 48 hours before the meeting. Please call: (415) 554-7701

Disability access
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, and N (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.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance
Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This 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

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements
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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