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Board of Supervisors

City and County of San Francisco

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San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

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AGENDA
 Tuesday, May 16, 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 Board Meeting Minutes for April 11, 2006 and April 18, 2006 and Special Board of Supervisors Meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee and April 12, 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

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

 
1. 060476 [Cash Revolving Funds - Commission on the Environment] Mayor
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code by deleting Section 10.169-12.
5/9/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

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

 
2. 060203 [Tunnel Avenue Weight Restrictions]
Ordinance amending Section 28.2 of the San Francisco Traffic Code to extend restrictions on certain vehicles over 18,000 pounds for two blocks of Tunnel Avenue south of Blanken Avenue. (Parking and Traffic Department)
5/9/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Dufty, Ma

 
3. 060162 [Amending the Traffic Code to establish a single consolidated list of weight-restricted streets] Supervisor Maxwell
Ordinance amending the Traffic Code by repealing Sections 28.4 and 28.5, amending Sections 28.1 and 28.1.19, renumbering Sections 28.5.1 through 28.5.59 as 28.1.110 through 28.1.165, and adding new Sections 28.1.166 through 28.1.170 to: correct obsolete references to Army Street; establish a consolidated list of weight-restricted streets on which vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 6000 pounds or more are, with specified exceptions, prohibited; add Ledyard Street between Silver Avenue and Thornton Avenue, Vesta Street between Thornton Avenue and Williams Avenue, Scotia Avenue between Silver Avenue and Thornton Avenue and Thornton Avenue between Bayshore Boulevard and 3rd Street to the list of restricted streets; and clarify the exceptions applicable to weight restricted-street requirements. (Parking and Traffic Department)
5/9/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee
Present: Supervisors Ammiano, Alioto-Pier, Peskin

 
4. 060593 [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 2006 in San Francisco] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance waiving banner fees under San Francisco Public Works Code Section 184.78 for up to 60 banners to be placed by the Mayor's Memorial Day Citizens Committee to publicize an event or events commemorating Memorial Day 2006 in San Francisco.
5/9/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty

 
5. 060354 [Approving General Plan amendments to South Bayshore Area Plan] Supervisor Maxwell
Ordinance approving General Plan amendments to the South Bayshore Area Plan; making environmental findings and findings that the proposed amendments are consistent with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of the Planning Code Section 101.1.
5/9/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

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

REGULAR AGENDA

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

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

 
6. 060393 [Prohibiting Smoking on Golf Courses] Supervisors McGoldrick, Ammiano
Ordinance amending Section 1009.81 of the Health Code to prohibit smoking on golf courses.
(Fiscal impact.)
(Supervisors Peskin and Elsbernd dissented in Committee.)

4/4/2006, REFERRED to Budget and Finance Committee.
5/2/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to May 9, 2006.
5/9/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

From the Budget and Finance Committee Without Recommendation
Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Peskin, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd

 
7. 060474 [Appropriating $3,187,130 of Hetch Hetchy Unappropriated Fund Balance to defend the City and County of San Francisco's rights for services it receives from PG&E] Mayor
Ordinance appropriating $3,187,130 of Unappropriated Fund Balance to support Legal Services in Hetch Hetchy Water & Power Department for Fiscal Year 2005-06.
5/2/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to May 9, 2006.
5/9/2006, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE.
5/9/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

From the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee Without Recommendation
Present: Supervisors Dufty, Ma

 
8. 060013 [Amending the Police Code to allow pawnbrokers to operate on Mondays following a holiday] Supervisor Ma
Ordinance amending Section 2809 of the San Francisco Police Code to allow pawnbrokers to operate on Mondays following a holiday, and to make clerical corrections.
4/25/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to May 9, 2006
5/9/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Question allowing pawnbrokers to operate on Sundays was divided and considered separately under File No. 060672.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 
9. 060672 [Amending the Police Code to allow pawnbrokers to operate on Sundays]
Ordinance amending Section 2809 of the San Francisco Police Code to allow pawnbrokers to operate on Sundays and to make clerical corrections.
5/9/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

 
10. 060443 [Prohibition on condominium conversion for buildings where specified evictions occurred] Supervisors Peskin, Ammiano, Daly, Maxwell
Ordinance amending the Subdivision Code to add Section 1396.2 to prohibit condominium conversion for a building where specified evictions occurred and making findings, including environmental findings.
5/2/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to May 9, 2006.
5/9/2006, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Supervisor Mirkarimi was previously excused from voting on this matter. Supervisors Ammiano, Daly and Maxwell requested to be added as co-sponsors.
5/9/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

NEW BUSINESS

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

 
11. 060334 [Child Care Services Contract Approval - Children's Council of San Francisco]
Resolution approving the contract between the City and County of San Francisco and the Children's Council of San Francisco to provide child care services, for the period from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2012, in the amount of $269,624,515. (Human Services Department)
(Fiscal impact.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 
12. 060566 [Eliminating the Trial Courts Cash Revolving Fund]
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by repealing Section 10.140, to eliminate the Trial Court Cash Revolving Fund. (Controller)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

Recommendation of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee
Present: Supervisors Peskin, Elsbernd, Mirkarimi

 
13. 051519 [Grants for the Arts in charge of administration of Nonprofit Performing Arts Loan Program] Mayor
Ordinance amending Sections 50.2, 50.10, 50.11 and 50.21 of the San Francisco Administrative Code concerning the Nonprofit Performing Arts Loan Program to transfer administration of the program from the Mayor's Office of Housing to the Grants for the Arts and allowing Grants for the Arts to establish criteria for loan forgiveness and issue other related regulations and agreements and amending Section 10.100-119 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to clarify that the Fund shall be used for construction project management, capital improvement and acquisition loans to nonprofit performing arts organizations under Chapter 50 of the Administrative Code.
(Fiscal impact.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

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

 
14. 060224 [Requirement to provide minimum information for environmental evaluation application and initial study] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 31.10 to require certain minimum information to be provided in an environmental evaluation application and an initial study under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M.

Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole

 
15. 060559 [Public Hearing - May 9, 2006 Amendments Redevelopment Plan - Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Project]
Hearing to consider amendments to the Redevelopment Plan for the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Project area presented by the Redevelopment Agency at the May 9, 2006 Board of Supervisors meeting.
Action:___________________________

Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report Without Recommendation

 
16. 060343 [Adopting the Redevelopment Plan for the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Project] Supervisor Maxwell
Ordinance approving and adopting the Redevelopment Plan for the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Project area; adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; adopting findings that the Redevelopment Plan is consistent with the City's General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; adopting other findings pursuant to the California Community Redevelopment Law.
(Fiscal impact.)
(4/26/06 - Recommended subject to the following issues being resolved: periodic audit, timing of funding, historic resource survey issue, delegation agreement, longevity of the project area committee, appealing decisions from the Commission related to land use entitlement to the Board of Supervisors.)

5/9/2006, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE.
5/9/2006, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued as amended to May 16, 2006
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

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

SPECIAL ORDER 4:00 P.M.

Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole
(Pending Approval of File No. 060661)

 
17. 060638 [Hearing - Emergency ordinance reenacting a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program]
Hearing to consider the possible adoption of an emergency ordinance reenacting a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program set forth in Chapter 14A of the San Francisco Administrative Code; suspending Chapter 12D.A; providing for data collection to ensure nondiscrimination in City contracting; and adopting a declaration of emergency. (Clerk of the Board)
Action:___________________________

Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report Without Recommendation

 
18. 060637 [Reenacting a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program] Supervisor Ma
Emergency ordinance reenacting a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program set forth in Chapter 14A of the San Francisco Administrative Code; suspending Chapter 12D.A; providing for data collection to ensure nondiscrimination in City contracting; and adopting a declaration of emergency.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

SPECIAL ORDER 4:00 P.M.
APPEAL PROCEDURES
Board Rule 4.29 provides that public hearings on appeals shall be scheduled for 4pm. If more than one public hearing is scheduled, then the Clerk, in consultation with the President, may determine the order in which the appeals will be scheduled. Second and later appeals may be scheduled at specified times later than 4 pm. An appeal shall not be heard prior to its scheduled time on the calendar, and it may not be called until the Board's consideration of appeals scheduled earlier on the calendar is completed. It is the policy of the Clerk of the Board to schedule multiple appeals in the following order at 4pm:
1. Appeals where all parties have agreed to request a continuance or a tabling of the appeal.
2.

 
19. 060550 [Public Hearing - Appeal of Final Environmental Impact Report for Sunol/Niles Dam Removal Project at Alameda County]
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the Planning Commission's April 6, 2006, certification of a Final Environmental Impact Report identified as Planning File No. 2001.1149E, through its Motion 17217, for a proposed Sunol/Niles Dam Removal Project, located in unincorporated S.F.Public Utilities Commission property, Alameda County, at the Niles Canyon Reach of Alameda Creek at River Mile 16.2 (Sunol Dam) and River Mile 12.8 (Niles Dam). (Appellant: Audrey A. Beaman, Deputy County Counsel, County of Alameda, California.)
(Date Filed: 4/26/06; companion measure to Files 060551, 060552, 060553.)

Action:___________________________

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the Final Environmental Impact Report described above, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

(Only one of the following two motions should be adopted.)

 
20. 060551 [Affirm certification of Sunol/Niles Dam Removal Project FEIR]
Motion affirming the certification by the Planning Commission of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Sunol/Niles Dam Removal Project. (Clerk of the Board)
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

 
21. 060552 [Disapprove certification of Sunol/Niles Dam Removal Project FEIR]
Motion disapproving the certification by the Planning Commission of the Final Environmental Impact Report for Sunol/Niles Dam Removal Project. (Clerk of the Board)
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

 
22. 060553 [Preparation of findings to disapprove certification of Sunol/Niles Dam Removal Project FEIR]
Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings disapproving the certification by the Planning Commission of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Sunol/Niles Dam Removal FEIR. (Clerk of the Board)
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

23. 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.

24. 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

APPROVAL OF REQUESTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
These items may be introduced by any Supervisor seeking analysis from the Office of the Legislative Analyst on introduced legislation and for the purpose of providing assistance to Board of Supervisors' task forces and advisory committees. Requests to the Legislative Analyst shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board.

CLOSED SESSION

CONFERENCE WITH CITY LABOR NEGOTIATORS

 
25. 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, CONTINUED. Continued to March 28, 2006
3/28/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to April 11, 2006
4/11/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to April 18, 2006
4/18/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to May 2, 2006
5/2/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to May 16, 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 26 through 37

 
26. 060661 [Emergency Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program - May 16, 2006, Committee of the Whole] Supervisor Ma
Motion for the Board of Supervisors to convene as a committee of the whole on May 16, 2006, at 4:00 p.m. to accept public testimony concerning the possible adoption of an emergency ordinance reenacting a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program set forth in Chapter 14A of the San Francisco Administrative Code; suspending Chapter 12D.A; providing for data collection to ensure nondiscrimination in City contracting; and adopting a declaration of emergency.
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

 
27. 060655 [Committee of the Whole-May 23, 2006 - 3:30 p.m. Interim Zoning Moratorium on New Check Cashing and Payday Lender Uses] Supervisor Ammiano
Motion for the Board of Supervisors to convene as a committee of the whole on May 23, 2006, at 3:30 p.m. to accept public testimony concerning the possible adoption of an urgency ordinance extending the interim zoning moratorium for three months on new check cashing and payday lender uses and making required findings, including findings related to the imposition of an interim zoning moratorium, findings of consistency with the priority planning policies of Planning Code Section 101.1, and environmental findings.
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

 
28. 060656 [Urging the San Francisco Unified School District Board meetings be televised on SFGTV Channel 26] Supervisors Ammiano, Alioto-Pier
Resolution urging the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, DTIS and the Mayor's Office collaborate to finalize a plan and the funding necessary to televise the SFUSD Board Meetings on SFGTV Channel 26.
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 
29. 060657 [Reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act] Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty
Resolution affirming that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors endorses "The Consolidated Statement on Key Principles for Reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act as proposed by Health and Human Services (HHS)."
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 
30. 060658 [Authorizing Application for BEGIN Funds] Supervisors Daly, Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the submittal of applications to the California State Department of Housing and Community Development for funding under the BEGIN Program; the execution of one or more standard agreements if selected for such funding and any amendments thereto; the execution of one or more designation agreements if selected for such funding and any amendments thereto; the execution of any related documents necessary to participate in the BEGIN Program.
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 
31. 060659 [Commending Marty Pulvers] Supervisor Elsbernd
Resolution commending Marty Pulvers on his contribution to the small business community of the City and County of San Francisco.
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 
32. 060662 [Declaring May 2006 Foster Care Month] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution declaring May 2006 Foster Care Month and urges all community members to volunteer their talents and energies to honor children and youth in foster care and foster care alumni during this month and throughout the year.
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 
33. 060663 [Commending Seamus Heaney] Supervisor McGoldrick
Resolution commending Seamus Heaney and declaring May 15, 2006 "Seamus Heaney Day" in San Francisco.
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 
34. 060664 [Urging the FDA to document their press release stating marijuana has no medical use] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution urging the Food and Drug Administration to fully explain and support with scientific facts the agency's April 20, 2006 press release, which stated "no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use."
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 
35. 060665 [Designating Japantown as a Preserve America Neighborhood] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution supporting the application for the designation of San Francisco's Japantown as a Preserve America Neighborhood.
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 
36. 060666 [Urging the U.S. Attorney General and the California Attorney General to consider the antitrust implications of the proposed acquisition of Knight Ridder Inc. by the McClatchy Company] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution urging the U.S. Attorney General and the California Attorney General to consider the antitrust implications of the proposed acquisition of Knight Ridder Inc. by the McClatchy Company.
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

 
37. 060660 [Call from Committee-Child Product Safety, File Number 060107]
Motion to Call File Number 060107, Child Product Safety, from the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee and setting a Committee of the Whole for May 23, 2006
at 4:00 PM.
5/9/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________

38. 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 May 3, 2006 through May 8, 2006, for reference by President to appropriate committee on May 16, 2006.

 
060611 [Settlement of Lawsuit - ARCO et al.]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission, against PS Trading for the payment to the Airport of environmental clean-up costs with regard to City and County of San Francisco v. ARCO et al., Case No. C-97-2965 MMC (N.D. Cal). (City Attorney)
5/4/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
Proposed resolutions received from May 3, 2006 through May 8, 2006, for reference by President to appropriate committee on May 16, 2006.

 
060615 [Parking Regulations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND
South Van Ness Avenue, east side, from 92 to 122 feet south of Market Street.

TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND
Bush Street, south side, from Grant Avenue to 130 feet westerly.

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Ellsworth Street, both sides, between 70 and 100 feet south of the south property line of 755 Ellsworth Street.

PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - RESCIND
Sanchez Street, east side, from 17th Street to 91 feet northerly.

2-HOUR TIME-LIMIT, 7 AM TO 6 PM, EXCEPT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY - ESTABLISH
Kansas Street, both sides, between 15th and 16th Streets (200 block).

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Oak Street, south side, from Octavia Boulevard to 56 feet westerly (existing conditions).

RED (NO PARKING ANYTIME) ZONES - ESTABLISH
Hampshire Street, west side, from 26th Street to 15 feet northerly.

UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH
2718 Bryant Street, west side, between the driveways for #2718 - 2722 and 2724 - 2726 Bryant Street, (12-foot section of curb between the driveways for these addresses, accommodating two motorcycle parking spaces).

NO PARKING ANYTIME - EXTEND
Ocean Avenue, south side, from 100 feet to 142 feet west of San Leandro Way (extends the "No Parking Anytime" regulation by 42 feet, eliminating parking meter # 591-24130). (Parking and Traffic Department)
(5/4/06: 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. 3178).

5/4/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

 
060616 [STOP Intersections]
Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections.

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
Park Hill at Roosevelt Way, stopping Park Hill;
Laguna and Waller Streets, stopping Waller Street;
Second Street extension at King Street, stopping the northbound leg of Second Street at King Street;
26th and Hampshire Streets, stopping eastbound 26th Street, making this intersection a one-way STOP;
McKinnon Avenue and Lane Street, stopping eastbound McKinnon Avenue and northbound and southbound Lane Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP;
22nd and Mississippi Streets, stopping southbound Mississippi Street; and,
19th and Pennsylvania Streets, stopping Pennsylvania at 19th Street, making this an All-Way STOP. (Parking and Traffic Department)
(5/4/06: 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. 3178).

5/4/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

 
060617 [Traffic Regulations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets.

ONE-WAY STREET (WESTBOUND) - ESTABLISH
Cleveland Street, between Sherman and 7th Streets

NO LEFT TURN OR NO U-TURNS - ESTABLISH
Cesar Chavez Street, westbound traffic at South Van Ness Avenue

ONE-WAY STREET (NORTHBOUND) - ESTABLISH
Ellsworth Street, from Crescent Avenue to a point approximately 890 feet southerly (extends the existing one-way regulation by 160 feet southerly)

STREET CLOSURE EXCEPT DURING SCHOOL SUMMER RECESS - ESTABLISH
Sherman Street, from Cleveland Street to 100 feet north of Harrison Street (250 feet). (City Attorney)
(5/4/06: 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. 3178).

5/4/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

 
060618 [Official Advertising - Type 1 consecutive day official advertising]
Resolution designating the Examiner to be the official newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the category of Type 1 consecutive day official advertising, for the period commencing July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007. (Purchaser)
5/5/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

 
060619 [Official Advertising - Type 2 non-consecutive day official advertising]
Resolution designating the Examiner to be the official newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the category of Type 2 non-consecutive day official advertising, for the period commencing July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007. (Purchaser)
5/5/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

 
060626 [Outreach Advertising - Outreach newspapers]
Resolution designating El Latino to be the outreach newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the Hispanic community; San Francisco Bay View to be the outreach newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the African
American community; and, the San Francisco Bay Times to be the outreach newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community, to provide outreach advertising services for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007.
5/5/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

 
060667 [Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and Communications received from May 2, 2006 through May 8, 2006, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on May 16, 2006.

From Department of Public Health, submitting Grant Budget Revision for HMM012-05 Cultural Competency Training. (1)

From Department of the Environment, submitting report listing options for maximizing the City's purchases of Organic or Fair Trade-Certified products. File No. 051268. (2)

From Office of the Controller, submitting report concerning its audit of HomeBase, The Center for Common Concerns and its compliance with the City's ordinance prohibiting the use of city funds for political activity. (3)

From Office of the Controller, submitting report concerning its audit of RISE Institute and its compliance with the City's ordinance prohibiting the use of city funds for political activity. (4)

From Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Section, submitting hazardous waste release disclosure form. (5)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for Proposed ten-year capital expenditure plan for Fiscal Year 2007-2016 to fund critical infrastructure needs throughout the City. File No. 060585, Approximately 51 letters. (6)

From Janette Biagini Barroca, submitting petition for landmark status for the interior and exterior of St. Brigid Church. File No. 051772, Copy: Each Supervisor (7)

From Office of the City Attorney, submitting revised Transbay Terminal Project Option Agreement. Copy: Each Supervisor (8)

From Economic and Workforce Development submitting request for hearing in the Budget & Finance Committee regarding release of reserves to fund violence prevention programs. File No. 060412, Copy: Supervisor Daly (9)

From Office of the Controller, submitting FY 2005-06 Nine-Month Budget Status Report. Copy: Each Supervisor (10)

From San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, submitting revised Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan. File No. 060343 (11)

From Office of the Controller, submitting response to Moss-Adams report on Primary Clinic Revenue Maximization and report on Revenue Maximization Opportunities in the City's Department of Public Health Primary Care Clinics. Copy: Each Supervisor (12)

From Municipal Transportation Agency, submitting Overtime Justification Report. Copy: Each Supervisor (13)

From Department of Public Works, submitting request for Release of Reserve for Chinatown Alleyway Improvements: Phase 4, Jack Kerouac Alley. File No. 060614, Copy: Budget and Finance Committee Members. (14)

From Supervisor Daly, submitting support for Betty Robinson-Harris for a seat on the San Francisco Children and Families (First Five) Commission. Copy: Rules Committee Members. (15)

From Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector, submitting Bureau of Delinquent Revenue Quarterly Report. (16)

From Comcast, submitting Equipment and Installation Price Adjustment effective June 1, 2006. (17)

From Office of the City Administrator, submitting proposed ten-year capital expenditure plan. Copy: Each Supervisor and Budget Analyst. File No. 060585 (18)

From Election Commission, submitting current Elections Commission Bylaws. (19)

From Law Offices of Stephen M. Williams, submitting Appeal of Categorical Exemption from Environmental review for 1 Belgrave Street. (20)

From San Francisco Association of Realtors, submitting opposition to proposed ordinance to prohibit condominium conversion for a building where specified evictions occurred. File No. 060443, Copy: Each Supervisor (21)

From San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, submitting request for release of reserved funds for six SFPUC positions. (22)

From Office of the City Attorney, submitting response for Appeal of Determination of Exemption from Environmental Review for 1 Belgrave. (23)

From Department of Public Works, regarding status of graffiti removal at various locations in District 5. (Reference Nos. 20060418-005, 20060418-009, 20060404-006, 20060228-006, 20060502-009, 20060314-010, 20060411-006, 20060328-002, 20060418-007, 20060418-012, 20060214-006, 20060418-014, 20060502-002, and 20060418-007. Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi (24)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding status of graffiti removal at various locations in District 5. (Reference Nos. 20060321-006 and 20060404-003), Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi (25)

From Department of Public Works, regarding status of repairing potholes at various locations in District 5. Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi (26)

From San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, regarding graffiti removal and repair of street lights at various locations in District 5. Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi (27)

From Police Department, responding to inquiry regarding staffing levels at the Taraval Police Station. Reference No. 20060328-015, Copy: Supervisor Sandoval (28)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for the closure of Golden Gate Park to traffic on Saturdays. File No. 060250, Copy: Each Supervisor, Approximately 5 letters. (29)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition for the closure of Golden Gate Park to traffic on Saturdays. File No. 060250, Copy: Each Supervisor, Approximately 9 letters. (30)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the recently passed resolution which urged Cardinal Levada to withdraw his directive to Catholic Charities forbidding the placement of children in need of adoption with same-sex couples. File No. 060356, 2 letters received. (31)

From Michael Langley, expressing opinions regarding fines for traffic violations. Copy: Each Supervisor. (32)

From John Micklewright, seeking assistance from the Board of Supervisors regarding the current system of Hotel Tax collection. Copy: Each Supervisor (33)

From Robert Planthold, expressing concerns with the City's compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Copy: Each Supervisor (34)

From Board of Appeals, submitting response to Board inquiry regarding Building Permit Application No. 200312021446. Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi, (Reference No. 20060307-003). (35)

From Rent Stabilization Board, submitting response to inquiry regarding how the Rent Board has interpreted Ordinance #66-05, which dealt with the requirement placed upon a landlord to provide additional keys/key sets within 14 days of receiving written request. Copy: Supervisor Daly (36)

From City Planning, submitting response to Supervisor Mirkarimi's inquiry. (Reference No. 20060307-002) (37)

From Department of Public Works, submitting response to inquiry regarding the feasibility of installing a JC Decaux toilet in Crocker-Amazon Playground. (Reference No. 20060314-002), Copy: Supervisor Sandoval (38)

From Kjell Hallstrom, expressing support for BART to run later hours. (39)

From Susan Tuohy, submitting support for the NERT training program. (40)

From Ahimsa Sumchai, submitting a copy of appeal to the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights urging an investigation into the violations of the 1503 Procedures of the Commission on Human Rights and Procedures under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination documented in the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Project. File No. 060343, Copy: Each Supervisor. (41)

From William Colucci, submitting support for recently passed legislation which appropriating $15,000,000 to support street resurfacing projects for DPH. File No. 060246, Approximately 6 letters. (42)

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting Procedures
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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.
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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
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