Board of Supervisors
Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
AGENDA
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
2:00 PM
Regular Meeting
Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board
ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE |
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES | |||
Motion to approve the April 27, 2004 Meeting Minutes. | |||
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. |
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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 12 |
Recommendations of the City Services Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Dufty, Ma | |||
1. | 040394 | [Liquor License Transfer, Bay and Mason Streets, San Francisco] | |
Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 21 off-sale general alcoholic beverage control license from Trader Joe's Market located at 555 Ninth Street, Suite 2, to its new Trader Joe's Store located in the southeast corner of Bay and Mason Streets, San Francisco, will serve the convenience 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. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Present: Supervisors Dufty, Ma, Hall | |||
2. | 040412 | [Accept-Expend State Grant] | Supervisors Dufty, Ma |
Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco to accept and expend grant funds made available through the California Office of Traffic Safety for a project entitled OTS - "Avoid the 2". | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
3. | 040388 | [Liquor License Transfer, 543 Divisadero Street] | |
Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 48 on-sale general public premises license from 700 Geary Street to 543 Divisadero Street (District 5), to Ms. Tesfazgi and Mr. Beshue dba Club Waziema, in exchange for its current Type 42 beer and wine license at the same premises, will serve the convenience of the people of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business and Professions Code, in accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business and Professions Code. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Present: Supervisors Dufty, Ma | |||
4. | 040429 | [Liquor License Transfer, 510 Brannan Street] | |
Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 48 on-sale general public premises license from 1028 Geary Street to 510 Brannan Street (District 6) to Mark Landregan for M & M Assets, Inc. dba The Gallery Lounge on Brannan, will serve the convenience 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. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
5. | 040635 | [Increase patient access to care by removing physical, linguistic and other barriers to care] | Supervisor Dufty |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $426,085 from the San Francisco Health Plan Access Enhancement Fund (SFHPAEF) to increase patient access to health care services and to enter into an agreement, which includes an indemnification clause, for the use of these funds; for the period of January 1, 2004, to June 30, 2006. (Public Health Department) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Recommendation of the Finance and Audits Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Daly, Peskin, Ammiano | |||
6. | 040594 | [Board approval for contracting out personal services] | Supervisors Maxwell, Ammiano, Peskin, Daly |
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code, by adding Sections 2.15, 2.16, and 2.17 to require a supplemental report from departments seeking Board approval to contract out personal services under Charter Section 10.104(15), to require the Controller to prepare an annual report on such contracts, and to set deadlines for departmental submission of requests to the Controller and the Board of Supervisors for certification to enter into such contracts. | |||
5/25/2004, PASSED ON FIRST READING. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? |
Recommendations of the Land Use Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Peskin, Maxwell | |||
7. | 040442 | [Designating 1305 18th Avenue, the Carnegie Sunset Library, as a Landmark Under Planning Code Article 10] | Supervisors Peskin, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Ma, Gonzalez |
Ordinance designating 1305 18th Avenue, the Carnegie Sunset Branch Library as Landmark No. 239 Pursuant To Article 10, Sections 1004 And 1004.4 Of The Planning Code. (Planning Department) | |||
5/25/2004, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Supervisors Ma and Gonzalez requested to be added as co-sponsors. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? |
8. | 040450 | [Designating 3150 Sacramento Street, the Carnegie Presidio Library, as a Landmark Under Planning Code Article 10] | Supervisors Peskin, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Gonzalez |
Ordinance designating 3150 Sacramento Street, the Carnegie Presidio Branch Library as Landmark No. 240 Pursuant To Article 10, Sections 1004 And 1004.4 Of The Planning Code. (Planning Department) | |||
5/25/2004, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Gonzalez requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? |
Recommendations of the Rules Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Alioto-Pier, Gonzalez | |||
9. | 040434 | [Settlement of Claim - State Farm Insurance Company as Subrogee for Ginny Pizzardi] | |
Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by State Farm Insurance Company as Subrogee for Ginny Pizzardi against San Francisco for $27,904.60; Claim No. 04-01488 was filed on November 25, 2003. (City Attorney) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
10. | 040494 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Novoa-Huf, et al.] | |
Ordinance authorizing the settlement of lawsuit filed by Linda Novoa-Huf, Ayanda Lumpkin and LaKreisha Crawford against the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, Michael Rodman, and McCoy's Patrol Services for $175,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 3, 2002, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 415266, entitled Novoa-Huf, et al. v. Department of Building Inspection, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
11. | 040572 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Doug Barkus] | |
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Doug Barkus against the City and County of San Francisco for $57,500; the lawsuit was filed on March 4, 2003 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 502-539; entitled Doug Barkus v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Alioto-Pier | |||
12. | 040627 | [Appointment-Immigrant Rights Commission] | |
Resolution appointing Phu Nguyen, term ending June 6, 2005, to the Immigrant Rights Commission. | |||
Phu Nguyen, succeeding himself, term expired, seat 8, must be an immigrant to the United States who is appointed in accordance with Section 4.101 of the Charter. In addition, members shall have a demonstrated knowledge of and interest in the health, human service, educational, or employment issues that affect immigrants residing in San Francisco; for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending June 6, 2005. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Questions on the Consent Agenda are on final passage, first reading, or adoption, as indicated:______________________________________________ | |||
REGULAR AGENDA | |||
NEW BUSINESS | |||
Recommendation of the City Services Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Dufty, Ma | |||
13. | 040552 | [Urging the Transfer and Relocation of the Elephants at the San Francisco Zoo] | Supervisors Ma, Dufty |
Resolution urging the San Francisco Zoological Society to transfer ownership of and relocate elephants Lulu and Tinkerbelle to a credible sanctuary and to make the move in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations, and to immediately bring into the zoo representatives of the sanctuary to begin the transfer process. | |||
5/11/2004, AMENDED. | |||
5/11/2004, REFERRED to City Services Committee. Supervisor Hall requested that this matter be referred to Committee as amended. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Recommendations of the Finance and Audits Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Daly, Peskin, Ammiano | |||
14. | 040493 | [Real Property Transfer Tax] | Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano, Daly |
Ordinance amending Article 12-C of the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code (Real Property Transfer Tax Ordinance) to conform and clarify exemptions for transfers of real property between spouses and domestic partners, and to divide assets upon dissolution of marriage or domestic partnership. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
15. | 040598 | [Neighborhood Historic Resources Preservation Bonds] | Supervisors Peskin, McGoldrick, Ammiano, Sandoval |
Resolution determining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demand improvements in the City and County of San Francisco consisting of financing the acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, improvement, construction or preservation of certain historical resources, and structures benefiting historical resources, owned, or to be owned, by the City and County of San Francisco and/or the San Francisco Unified School District and paying all other costs necessary and convenient for effectuating those purposes, that the estimated cost for the improvements described above is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require incurring bonded indebtedness of $60,000,000; finding that the proposed project is excluded from the California Environmental Quality Act, and is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and the General Plan consistency requirement of Administrative Code Section 2A.53. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
SPECIAL ORDER 3:30 P.M - Recognition of Commendations | |||
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. | |||
16. | 040616 | [Public Hearing - Appeal, FEIR for the proposed Transbay Terminal/Extension of Caltrain /Redevelopment Project at 425 Mission Street] | |
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the Planning Commission certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 2000.048E, dated April 22, 2004, for the proposed Transbay Terminal/Extension of Caltrain/ Redevelopment Plan generally bounded by Mission, Main, Spear, Folsom, Essex, I-80, Second and Minna Streets; and the track alignment is under Townsend and Second Streets located at 425 Mission Street. (Appellants: Timothy A.Tosta on behalf of Myers Natoma Venture, LLC and Myers Development Company; Oliver L. Holmes; and Joseph J. Brecher representing 14 appellants). | |||
(Dates Filed: 5/10/04 and 5/12/04; companion measure to Files 040629, 040630, 040631.) | |||
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.) | |||
17. | 040629 | [Affirming certification of the final environmental impact report for the Transbay Terminal] | |
Motion affirming the Planning Commission certification of the final environmental impact report for the Transbay Terminal/Caltrain Downtown Extension/Redevelopment Project. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
18. | 040630 | [Reversing certification of the final environmental impact report for the Transbay Terminal] | |
Motion reversing the Planning Commission certification of the final environmental impact report for the Transbay Terminal/Caltrain Downtown Extension/Redevelopment Project. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
19. | 040631 | [Preparation of findings for the final environmental impact report for the Transbay Terminal] | |
Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings concerning the Board of Supervisors' action on the Planning Commission certification of the final environmental impact report for the Transbay Terminal/Caltrain Downtown Extension/Redevelopment Project. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
20. | 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. | |||
21. | 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 | |||
Recommendation of the Rules Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Alioto-Pier, Gonzalez |
22. | 040721 | [Payment of Attorneys Fees] | |
Ordinance authorizing payment of attorneys fees and costs incurred by the City in lawsuits and administrative proceedings arising from Tammy Haygood's employment and removal as Director of the San Francisco Department of Elections. (City Attorney) | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
From Rules Committee with Recommendation "Do Not Pass" | |||
Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Alioto-Pier, Gonzalez | |||
23. | 040573 | [Settlement of Lawsuits] | |
Ordinance authorizing settlement of federal and state lawsuits and administrative proceedings between the City and County of San Francisco and Tammy Haygood filed in connection with her employment and removal as Director of the Department of Elections including a lawsuit filed on July 17, 2002 in Superior Court, State of California, Case No. CPF 02-501387, entitled City and County of San Francisco, Petitioner v. Civil Service Commission of the City and County of San Francisco, Respondent, Tammy B. Haygood, Real Party in Interest, and a lawsuit filed on July 17, 2002 in United States District Court, Case No. C02-3433 WHA, entitled Tammy B. Haygood v. Michael Mendelson, et al. The material terms of the settlement are Haygood will dismiss with prejudice all claims against San Francisco in these lawsuits and all complaints filed with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Department of Labor and any other administrative action, and Haygood will reimburse the City for payments of certain wages and benefits if she returns to City employment on or before January 17, 2007. (City Attorney) | |||
Supervisor Maxwell dissented in Committee. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
CLOSED SESSION | |||
24. | 040711 | [Closed Session - Existing Lawsuits and Unlitigated Claims, City as Defendant and as Petitioner] | |
Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding the following claims and/or potential litigation filed against the City and County of San Francisco and by the City and County of San Francisco in connection with the employment and removal of Tammy Haygood as Director of the Department of Elections; and authorizing payment of attorneys fees and costs incurred by the City. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, PETITIONER V. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, RESPONDENT, TAMMY B. HAYGOOD, REAL PARTY IN INTEREST, filed on July 17, 2002 in Superior Court, State of California, Case No. CPF 02-501387; TAMMY B. HAYGOOD V. MICHAEL MENDELSON, ET AL., filed on July 17, 2002 in United States District Court, Case No. C02-3433 WHA; and UNLITIGATED CLAIMS FILED WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. The Closed Session is permitted by California Government Code Section 54956.9 (b) and Administrative Code (Sunshine Ordinance) Section 67.10 (d) (1), and discussion in open session concerning this matter would likely and unavoidably prejudice the position of the City in the pending claim and/or potential litigation. (City Attorney) | |||
Action: _____________________________________________ | |||
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 34 | |||
25. | 040679 | [Committee of the Whole - Health service reductions (Bielenson Hearing)] | Supervisor Sandoval |
Motion scheduling a Committee of the Whole to consider health service reductions (Bielenson Hearing), to be held on June 15, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. | |||
5/25/2004, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
26. | 040691 | [Commending Public Utilities Commission General Manager Patricia E. Martel] | Supervisor Dufty |
Resolution commending Public Utilities Commission General Manager Ms. Patricia E. Martel. | |||
5/25/2004, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
27. | 040692 | [Commending City Librarian Susan Hildreth] | Supervisor Dufty |
Resolution commending City Librarian Susan Hildreth upon her departure from San Francisco to be the Director of the Tucson-Pima Public Library in Tucson, Arizona. | |||
5/25/2004, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
28. | 040693 | [Gift-in-Place to the Recreation and Park Department] | Supervisor Ma |
Resolution accepting and expending a gift-in-place, valued at up to $12,000,000, from the Stern Grove Festival Association to the Recreation and Park Department to fund construction for the renovation of Concert Meadow facilities in Sigmund Stern Grove and Pine Lake Park. | |||
5/25/2004, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
29. | 040694 | [Commending Reclaim the Commons Mobilization] | Supervisor Ammiano |
Resolution commending Reclaim the Commons Mobilization for their concern for the health, safety, and well-being of the public and the environment, upholding San Francisco resolution no. 012-00-COE and the Precautionary Principle ordinance of 2003. | |||
5/25/2004, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
30. | 040695 | [Opposing State Budget cuts to Child Care, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, and In Home Support Services] | Supervisor Daly |
Resolution urging the State Legislature to oppose Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts to Child Care, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), and In Home Support Services (IHSS), urging the San Francisco's state legislative delegation to lead the way in finding additional resources, and urging Mayor Gavin Newsom to mitigate impending cuts. | |||
5/25/2004, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
31. | 040768 | [Commending Human Resources Director Andrea Gourdine] | Supervisor Dufty |
Resolution commending Human Resources Director Andrea Gourdine upon the occasion of her retirement. | |||
6/2/2004, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
32. | 040769 | [Waiving deadlines pursuant to Section 2.34 of the Administrative Code - Housing Bond Resolution of Public Interest and Necessity] | Supervisor Gonzalez |
Resolution waiving deadlines pursuant to Section 2.34 of the Administrative Code, allowing the Housing Bond Resolution of Public Interest and Necessity (Board File No. 040658) to be adopted less than 141 days before the November 2, 2004 Election. | |||
6/2/2004, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
33. | 040662 | [Final Map for a 12 Unit Residential Condominium Project] | |
Motion approving Final Map of 348 Hyde Street, A Residential Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 20 in Assessor's Block No. 334, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. | |||
(DPW Order No. 174,809; District 6.) | |||
5/21/2004, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
34. | 040678 | [Needle Exchange Emergency] | Supervisors Ammiano, Daly, Peskin, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Dufty |
Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program. | |||
5/25/2004, 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:_________________________________________ | |||
35. | 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." |
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[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. | |||
[Imperative Resolutions, if any] | |||
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES | |||
Proposed ordinances received from May 18, 2004 through May 28, 2004, for reference by President to appropriate committee on June 8, 2004. | |||
040664 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Joyce Vanman] | ||
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Joyce Vanman against the City and County of San Francisco for $175,000; the lawsuit was filed on February 8, 2001 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 318-756; entitled Joyce Vanman v. City and County of San Francisco. (City Attorney) | |||
5/24/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040665 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Jerry Cheng and Le Quan Phung] | ||
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Jerry Cheng and Le Quan Phung against the City and County of San Francisco for $29,000; the lawsuit was filed on March 24, 2003 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 418-620; entitled Jerry Cheng and Le Quan Phung, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al; other material terms of said settlement are each party to bear their own fees and expenses. (City Attorney) | |||
5/24/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040697 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Caleb Mather] | ||
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Caleb Mather against the City and County of San Francisco for $45,000; the lawsuit was filed on July 10, 2002 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 410-262; entitled Caleb Mather, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
5/20/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040709 | [Dismissal of Lawsuit - Scott Co. of California, et al.] | ||
Ordinance authorizing dismissal of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco against Scott Co. of California, Al Norman Plumbing Company, Inc., Scott-Norman Mechanical, Inc., Richard W. Davis, Joseph A. Guglielmo, Alvin P. Norman, Jaqueline Norman and Robert T. Nurisso; the lawsuit was filed on September 23, 1999 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 306-623; entitled City and County of San Francisco, et al., v. Scott Co. of California, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
5/28/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040723 | [Interim Government Funding, Fiscal Year 2004-05] | ||
Interim Annual Appropriation Ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures for the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040724 | [Interim Public Employment, Fiscal Year 2004-2005] | ||
Interim Annual Salary Ordinance enumerating positions in the Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2005, continuing, creating or establishing these positions; enumerating and including therein all positions created by Charter or State law for which compensations are paid from City and County funds and appropriated in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance; authorizing appointments or continuation of appointments thereto; specifying and fixing the compensations and work schedules thereof; and authorizing appointments to temporary positions and fixing compensations therefor. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040725 | [Government Funding for Fiscal Year 2004-2005] | ||
Annual Appropriation Ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures for the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040726 | [Public Employment, Fiscal Year 2004-2005] | ||
Annual Salary Ordinance enumerating positions in the Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2005, continuing, creating or establishing these positions; enumerating and including therein all positions created by Charter or State law for which compensations are paid from City and County funds and appropriated in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance; authorizing appointments or continuation of appointments thereto; specifying and fixing the compensations and work schedules thereof; and authorizing appointments to temporary positions and fixing compensations therefor. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040729 | [Waiver of storage fees for stolen vehicles owned by residents] | ||
Ordinance repealing San Francisco Municipal Administrative Code Section 10C.8-1, providing for waiver of vehicle storage fees for vehicles reported stolen, which are owned by residents of the City and County of San Francisco. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040730 | [Establishing Arts Commission Civic Design Review Fees] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding a new section 3.19A establishing administrative fees for Arts Commission civic design review and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040731 | [Conduct a Nexus Study On Imposition of the Park Fee on Uses Other Than Office On Geographic Areas of the City Other than C-3 Use Districts] | ||
Ordinance amending Planning Code Section 139 to provide that $100,000 of Downtown Special Park Fund monies shall be used to fund a nexus study, under the direction of the General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department, to examine whether the Downtown Park Fee should be imposed on uses other than office and on geographic areas of the City other than C-3 use districts and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040732 | [Chlorofluorocarbon Recovery and Recycling Fees] | ||
Ordinance amending Sections 1406 and 1412 of San Francisco Health Code Article 24 to change the term of a permit for Chlorofluorocarbon Recovery and Recycling operations from two years to one year; to increase fees for permitting and inspections by the Department of Public Health; and to provide for subsequent fee adjustments to ensure that such fees cover program costs; and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040733 | [Hazardous Waste Management Fees] | ||
Ordinance amending Section 1204 of San Francisco Health Code Article 22 to increase fees for hazardous waste generators and inspections by the Department of Public Health and to provide for subsequent fee adjustments to ensure that such fees cover program costs; and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040734 | [Medical Waste Generator Registration, Permitting, Inspections Fees] | ||
Ordinance amending Sections 1504 through 1509, 1513, and 1514 and adding 1515 to San Francisco Health Code Article 25 to increase registration and permit fees for persons who generate, store, haul and treat medical waste and for inspections by the Department of Public Health; and to provide for subsequent fee adjustments to ensure that such fees cover program costs; and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040735 | [Risk Management Program Fees] | ||
Ordinance amending Section 1191 of San Francisco Health Code Article 21A to increase fees for Risk Management Plans and inspections of stationary sources by the Department of Public Health and to provide for subsequent fee adjustments to ensure that such fees cover program costs; and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040736 | [Reducing the number of false fire alarms before the City charges a response fee, and reducing the number of false fire alarms before the City increases the response fee] | ||
Ordinance amending Section 106.4 of the San Francisco Fire Code to reduce from five to two the number of false fire alarms allowed before the City assesses a response fee, and reducing from ten to five the number of false alarms before the response fee increases from $250 to $500. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040737 | [Creating Working Families Credit Program and Fund] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 12S.1, to establish the Working Families Credit Program, and by adding Section 10.100-347, to create the Working Families Credit Program Fund. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040738 | [Amending the San Francisco Fire Code to Increase Fees for Service] | ||
Ordinance amending Section 106.8 and Table 106-B of the San Francisco Fire Code to adjust fees for Fire Department Services. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040739 | [Revising Annual Fire Department Permit Fees] | ||
Ordinance amending Sections 90, 93, 93.1, 94, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241,242, 242.1, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code to increase certain annual licensing fees for permits from the Fire Department such that all annual licensing fees for permits from the Fire Department are set at $240 per year, to become operative on January 1, 2005. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040740 | [Minimum Compensation and Health Care Accountability Ordinances] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 12P.5, 12Q.4, and 12Q.5 to give contracting departments the authority to conduct audits of contractors with respect to the Minimum Compensation Ordinance and the Health Care Accountability Ordinance. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040741 | [Eligibility of boards and commissions for health benefits] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 16.700 to: (1) conform to prior amendments to the Charter and Administrative Code that made members of certain additional boards and commissions eligible for membership in the Health Service System, and (2) authorize the governing board of the Treasure Island Development Authority to enroll its employees in the Health Service System. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040742 | [Creating fee for investigating the sealing of Juvenile Court records and sealing of Juvenile Court records] | ||
Ordinance adding Section 8.36-2 to the San Francisco Administrative Code to create fee for investigating the sealing of juvenile court records and for the sealing of such records, and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040743 | [Setting parking fees for City parking facilities] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code, by adding Section 4.24 to set parking fees for City parking facilities, and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040744 | [Interdepartmental jurisdictional transfer of surplus property] | ||
Ordinance transferring jurisdiction from the Public Utilities Commission to the Real Estate Division of the Administrative Services Department over certain portions of former municipal railway right-of-way property located in San Mateo County for the purpose of disposing of such property at fair market value and transferring the net proceeds to the City's General Fund. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040745 | [Reducing the maximum Annual Residential Rent Ordinance Fee from $27 to $26 per unit, and eliminating the 2002 two-year sunset provision] | ||
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37A "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Fee" by amending Section 37A.2 to reduce the maximum Annual Residential Rent Ordinance Fee from $27 per unit to $26 per unit, and to eliminate the two-year sunset provision enacted in 2002 so that an owner may continue to recover up to $21.50 per unit from tenants; and, making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040746 | [Economic and Workforce Development Department] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 2A to add Article XVI, section 2A.240 to establish and describe the responsibilities of the Economic and Workforce Development Department. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040747 | [Hazardous Materials Fees] | ||
Ordinance amending Section 1176 of San Francisco Health Code Article 21 to increase fees for hazardous materials registration, storage, handling and inspections by the Department of Public Health; to add new fees for oversight of voluntary cleanups; and to provide for subsequent fee adjustments to ensure that such fees cover program costs; and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040748 | [Patient Rates] | ||
Ordinance amending Section 128 of the San Francisco Health Code to set patient rates and charges for other services provided by the Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 2004; and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040749 | [Mayor's Fund for the Homeless] | ||
Ordinance amending San Francisco Administrative Code section 10.100-106 to transfer administration of the Mayor's Fund for the Homeless to the director of the Department of Human Services. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040750 | [Setting fees for certain services provided by the Medical Examiner and increasing fees for other services] | ||
Ordinance amending San Francisco Administrative Code Section 8.14, by raising the fee for removal of remains and adding fees for direct cremation of remains; preparing of toxicology specimen for shipment for retest by private lab; and specimen storage; and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040751 | [Transactions and Use Tax] | ||
Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to add Article 16-A to impose a transactions and use tax at the rate of one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) in accordance with Parts 1.6 and 1.7 of Division 2 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040752 | [Dissolving the Telecommunications Commission] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 11.84, 11.85, and 11.86, and repealing Sections 11.87, 11.88, and 11.89, to dissolve the Telecommunications Commission. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040753 | [Transferring administration of Publicity and Advertising Funds to the Arts Commission] | ||
Ordinance amending San Francisco Business & Tax Regulations Code sections 515.01(6) and (7) and amending San Francisco Administrative Code section 2A.150 to transfer administration of publicity and advertising funds for cultural and promotional organizations, parades, celebrations and street fairs to the Arts Commission. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
040754 | [Office of the City Administrator] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 2A.25 and amending Section 2A.30 to establish the Office of the City Administrator as a City department. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040755 | [Department of Convention Facilities] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 2A to add Article XVIII, section 2A.260 to establish and describe the responsibilities of the Department of Convention Facilities. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040756 | [Permitting the City to offer services to governmental entities that it offers to private parties and to offer services to utilities] | ||
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 10B to add Section 10B.21 to permit the City to offer services to governmental entities that it offers to private parties and to offer services to utilities. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040757 | [Increasing the Emergency Response Fee imposed on telephone subscribers] | ||
Ordinance amending Article 10A of the Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending Sections 753 and 755 to increase the per-line Emergency Response Fee imposed on telephone subscribers, as well as the maximum total fee that may be imposed on a subscriber, and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040758 | [Business Tax] | ||
Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to: (1) enact a new Article 12-A-1 (Business Tax Ordinance), as specified, to impose a business tax for five years on all persons engaging in business in San Francisco measured by the gross receipts of the business at the rate of one tenth of one percent (0.1%); (2) amend Article 12-A (Payroll Expense Tax Ordinance), as specified, to: (i) conform Article 12-A with the enactment of the Business Tax Ordinance, (ii) clarify the payroll expense of partnerships, Subchapter S corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships and other persons or entities not subject to federal income tax or which are allowed a deduction in computing such tax for distributions to the owners or beneficiaries of such persons or entities ("pass-through entities"), and (iii) promote development of the biotechnology industry by excluding from the payroll expense of persons subject to the Payroll Expense Tax compensation paid to employees and owners or beneficiaries of a pass-through entity for work performed and services rendered in connection with the person's biotechnology business; and (3) amend Article 6 (Common Administrative Provisions), as specified, to add definitions and conform common administrative provisions with the enactment of the Business Tax Ordinance and amendments to the Payroll Expense Tax Ordinance. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040759 | [Eliminating the Dept. of Consumer Assurance, Regulatory Compliance and Agricultural Standards, and transferring the office of County Agricultural Commissioner and Sealer of Weights and | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending the title of Article XIII, repealing section 2A.220 and amending sections 2A.221 and 91.2, and amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending sections 4903, 4904, 4905, 4908 and 4910 to eliminate the Department of Consumer Assurance, Regulatory Compliance and Agricultural Standards, give the Director of the Department of Public Health power to appoint the County Agricultural Commissioner and Sealer of Weights and Measures, and make conforming changes to the Equal Access to Services ordinance. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040760 | [Department of the Medical Examiner] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 2A to add Article XVII, section 2A.250 to establish and describe the responsibilities of the Department of the Medical Examiner. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040761 | [Neighborhood beautification] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by deleting section 10.100-114 to remove duplicative language. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040762 | [Salary and Wage Deductions] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 16, Article V by amending Section 16.93 to allow deductions and collections to be made for San Francisco City Services Preservation Fund. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
040763 | [Requiring City departments to offer members of the public the opportunity to request notices by electronic mail] | ||
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code by adding a new Section 1.57 to require City departments to offer members of the public the opportunity to request notices by electronic mail. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
040764 | [Board of Appeals surcharge for certain permit renewals issued by the Police Department, the Entertainment Commission, and the Taxi Commission] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code, by amending Section 10G.1, to apply the Board of Appeals surcharge to certain permits renewals issued by the Police Department, the Entertainment Commission, and the Taxi Commission under Police Code Sections 2.27 and 2.27.1, and making environmental findings. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040766 | [Ordinance prohibiting the grant of permits and licenses to those more than 90 days in arrears in making the payments required by Chapter 10B] | ||
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 10B to add Section 10B.20 to prohibit granting permits and licenses to those more than 90 days in arrears in making the payments required by Chapter 10B. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
040767 | [Making environmental findings and amending, effective July 1, 2004, Section 9A.7 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to increase Farmers' Market vendor fees for certified and | ||
Ordinance making environmental findings and amending, effective July 1, 2004, Section 9A.7 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to increase Farmers' Market vendor fees for certified and non-certified producers. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS | |||
Proposed resolutions received from May 18, 2004 through May 28, 2004, for reference by President to appropriate committee on June 8, 2004. | |||
040663 | [Contracting out Parking Meter Management System] | ||
Resolution concurring with Controller's certification that parking meter management services, including collection and coin counting can be practically performed by a private contractor at a lower cost than by City and County employees. (Parking and Traffic Department) | |||
5/24/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
040699 | [Design-Build Agreement for a Solar Power Plant at Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant] | ||
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's General Manager to sign a Design-Build Agreement (DBA) for $1.8 million between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Sierra Electric, for the turnkey design and construction of a solar power plant at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant (SEWPCP). (Public Utilities Commission) | |||
5/28/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. | |||
040708 | [Contracting our Services - Interim Emergency Towing, Storage and Disposal of Abandoned and Illegally parked Vehicles] | ||
Resolution concurring with Controller's certification that it is more economical to contract for an Interim Emergency Service Agreement for Towing, Storage and Disposal of Abandoned and Illegally parked Vehicles than to provide the same services with City and County Employees. (Parking and Traffic Department) | |||
5/28/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
040710 | [Contracting Out City Services] | ||
Resolution concurring with the Controller's certification that assistance to certain victims of crime and education in community anti-street violence can be practically performed for the District Attorney's Victim Witness Assistance Program by a private contract at a lower cost than similar work services performed by City and County employees. (District Attorney) | |||
5/25/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
040727 | [Redevelopment Agency Budget, Fiscal Year 2004-2005] | ||
Resolution approving an Interim Budget of the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year 2004-2005. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040728 | [Redevelopment Agency Budget and Bonds, Fiscal Year 2004-2005] | ||
Resolution approving the Budget of the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year 2004-2005; and approving the Issuance by the Agency of Bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $68,000,000 for the purpose of financing redevelopment activities in fiscal year 2004-2005. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040765 | [Making Environmental Findings and Approving Department of Consumer Assurance's schedule of fees for weighing and measuring devices] | ||
Resolution making environmental findings and approving a schedule of fees to be charged by the Department of Consumer Assurance for testing of weighing and measuring devices initiated by written request and for reinspecting, retesting and recertifying weighing and measuring devices found to be outside the tolerances of specifications set by the California Department of Food and Agriculture upon an initial inspection prescribed by California Business and Professions Code Section 12210(a). (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040727 | [Redevelopment Agency Budget, Fiscal Year 2004-2005] | ||
Resolution approving an Interim Budget of the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year 2004-2005. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040728 | [Redevelopment Agency Budget and Bonds, Fiscal Year 2004-2005] | ||
Resolution approving the Budget of the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year 2004-2005; and approving the Issuance by the Agency of Bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $68,000,000 for the purpose of financing redevelopment activities in fiscal year 2004-2005. (Mayor) | |||
6/1/2004, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. | |||
040773 | [Petitions and Communications] | ||
Petitions and Communications received from May 18, 2004 through May 28, 2004, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on June 8, 2004. From Robert Damron, submitting several suggestions on transportation alternatives in San Francisco. (1) From Civil Service Commission, submitting response to newspaper article in the May 19, 2004 S.F. Chronicle regarding the Board of Supervisors salaries.(2) From Department of Elections, regarding the cost and options for using Direct Recording Electronic voting machines in San Francisco. Copy: Supervisor Alioto-Pier(3) From Office of the Controller, submitting high level financial reports for April 2004.(4) From Department of Public Health, responding to questions about primary care staffing budget cuts.(Reference No. 20040330-001) Copy: Supervisor Ammiano(5) From Office of the Controller, submitting report regarding the Economic Opportunity Council's governance and administration of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.(6) From AC Transit, submitting support for the Planning Commission's certification of the FEIS/FEIR for the Transbay Terminal/Caltrain Downtown Extension/Redevelopment Project. File 040619, Copy: Supervisor Gonzalez(7) From S.F. War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, submitting revised list of all sole source contracts entered into during fiscal year 2003-04.(8) From Redevelopment Agency, submitting authorization for the Navy Conveyance Agreement for Hunters Point Shipyard. Copy: Each Supervisor(9) From Office of the Controller, submitting report on the review of the Recreation and Park Department's Aquatics Program.(10) From Department of Parking and Traffic, responding to request for a three-way stop sign at Olmstead Street at University Street. (Reference No. 20040413-002) Copy: Supervisor Maxwell(11) From Carol Opotow, submitting opposition to the Department of Public Work's issuance of a Minor Sidewalk Encroachment permit at 32 Rivoli Street.File 040566(12) From Toni Jung, urging the Board of Supervisors not to eliminate the only Spanish speaking social worker (classification 2922) in the Mission District site office of the Child/Family Therapy Center.(13) From Fire Department, submitting notice that an annual inspection relating to fire and life safety was conducted at Northern Police Station at 1125 Fillmore Street.(14) From Fire Department, submitting notice that an annual inspection relating to fire and life safety was conducted at S.F. Youth Guidance Center Juvenile Hall at 375 Woodside Avenue.(15) From Fire Department, submitting notice that an annual inspection relating to fire and life safety was conducted at Park Police Station at 550 Kezar Drive.(16) From San Francisco Tomorrow, urging the Board to initiate proceedings to acquire the property known as 80 Natoma Street.File 040616(17) From San Francisco Tomorrow, urging the Board to uphold the certification of the EIS/EIR for Transbay Terminal, Caltrain Downtown Extension and Transbay Redevelopment Area.File 04616(18) From Mayor's Office of Community Development, submitting request for release of reserved CDBG grant funds in the amount of $120,400 for MOCD/MOH Administration expenditures and $250,000 in reserved CDBG Capital Pool Funds for the African American Cultural Center. File 040448(19) From Immigrant Rights Commission, submitting copy of letter sent to the Juvenile Probation Department requesting they forward their annual compliance plan for review and approval as soon as possible. Copy: Each Supervisor(20) From Immigrant Rights Commission, submitting copy of letter sent to the Department of Public Transportation requesting they forward their annual compliance plan for review and approval as soon as possible. Copy: Each Supervisor(21) From Immigrant Rights Commission, submitting copy of letter sent to the District Attorney's Office requesting they forward their annual compliance plan for review and approval as soon as possible. Copy: Each Supervisor(22) From Elections Commission, requesting the National Television Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to submit an appointment to the Ballot Simplification Committee.(23) From Elections Commission, requesting the League of Women Voters of San Francisco submit an appointment to the Ballot Simplification Committee.(24) From Department of Parking and Traffic, responding to request to install a stop sign at Olmstead Street at University Street. (Reference No. 20040413-002) Copy: Supervisor Maxwell(25) From Planning Department, submitting comments regarding the General Plan findings regarding proposed legislation to reduce the Floor Area Ratio in C-M Zoning Districts from 9 to 1 to 3 to 1.File 040144(26) From Office of the District Attorney, submitting the annual update report of the Equal Access to Services ordinance. (Reference No. 20040427-009) Copy: Supervisors Dufty, Ma(27) From Office of the Controller, submitting report concerning the audit of the revolving fund maintained by the Department of Human Services.(28) From Public Utilities Commission, submitting request for waiver of Chapter 12B of the Administrative Code for Chemco Systems, for commodity equipment.(29) From Department of Administrative Services, submitting the results of an investigation of Tartan Textile, now known as Angelica Textile being in compliance with the Minimum Compensation Ordinance, Health Care Accountability Ordinance and Minimum Wage Ordinance. (Reference No. 20040518-005) Copy: Supervisor Dufty(30) From Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board, submitting the annual update report of the Equal Access to Services ordinance. (Reference No. 20040427-016) Copy: Supervisors Ma, Dufty(31) From Police Department, submitting the annual update report of the Equal Access to Services ordinance. (Reference No. 20040427-013) Copy: Supervisors Ma, Dufty(32) From Public Utilities Commission, submitting an estimate of how much it cost to operate the Vaillancourt Fountain.(33) From Deborah Wald, requesting that no further trees be removed from the area behind the Dellbrook Avenue homes (Laguna Honda Hospital) until the homeowners meet with both Hospital and City officials to discuss the reason for the devastation of the landscape that has taken place and to look for alternatives.(34) From David Tornheim, submitting support for proposed legislation regarding the new Transit Development Fee. File 040141(35) From Martin Lyon, submitting copy of 3 letters sent to the Department of Parking and Traffic suggesting several traffic improvements in San Francisco.(36) From Margaret Sand, urging the Board to draft legislation that will attract jobs and businesses to San Francisco. File 031463(37) From Martin Lyon, submitting copy of letter sent to the Recreation and Parks Department regarding the Kennedy-Kezar Street intersection in Golden Gate Park.(38) From Paul Heim, submitting opposition to proposed closure of the Central City Older Adults Clinic and the Southeast Mission Geriatrics Clinic.(39) From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to proposed sale of the Oak Street Firehouse. Copy Each Supervisor(40) From David Blumberg, submitting support for the proposed sale of the Oak Street Firehouse. (41) From State Water Resources Control Board, submitting notice of public hearing on July 7, 2004, to receive comments on the proposed exception to the California Ocean Plan.(42) From Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector, submitting the Tax Collector's annual report of tax credits for calendar year 2003.(43) From Department of Public Health, regarding compensation for the Technologists (also known as Diagnostic Imaging Technologists) employed by the City and County of San Francisco. (Reference No. 20040511-001) Copy: Supervisor Peskin(44) From Department of Elections, submitting the annual update report of the Equal Access to Services ordinance. (Reference No. 20040427-004) Copy: Supervisors Ma, Dufty(45) From Office of the District Attorney, submitting information on several areas related to the Aggressive Solicitation Ban, a proposition approved by the voters on November 4, 2003. (Reference No. 20040427-001) Copy: Supervisor Gonzalez(46) From Comcast Communications Inc., submitting notice that effective May 28, 2004 Tech TV, currently broadcasting on channel 294 will no longer be available to San Francisco cable subscribers.(47) From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the new "Housing Element" offered by the Planning Department for the City's Master Plan.(48) From Kate Moses, regarding harassment, citation and arrests of individuals at Crissy Field, Ocean Beach and Ft. Funston under the Federal Leash Law.(49) From Rose-Marie Ullman, submitting opposition to proposed plan to transfer the operation of the Junior Museum to the "Randall Museum Friends".(50) From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to proposed closure of the Sunset Mental Health Services Center.200 letters(51) From Controller's Office, submitting Departmental Fee Reports for fiscal year 2004-05. Copy: Each Supervisor(52) | |||
ADJOURNMENT |
Meeting Procedures |
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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
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