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Board of Supervisors
City and County of San Francisco

Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

AGENDA
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
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 July 26, 2005 and August 2, 2005.

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 6

Recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee

Present: Supervisors Ammiano, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd

1. 051257 [Sweatfree Ordinance] Mayor, Supervisors Ammiano, Alioto-Pier, Daly, Mirkarimi, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Dufty, Ma, Sandoval
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Chapter 12U, finding that the City would benefit by spending its funds in a manner that would support safe and humane working conditions; requiring contractors and subcontractors providing goods to the City and County to comply with laws and standards affecting labor and employment conditions for employees performing work under the contract and subcontracts, including: not engaging in abusive forms of child labor, foreign convict or forced labor, or slave labor; and compliance with all human and labor rights and labor standards imposed by law or treaty law on the country where the goods are being made or assembled; paying wages that are not less than a minimum wage established by the Director of the Office of Contract Administration; compliance with all applicable laws governing wages, employee benefits, health and safety, labor, environmental conditions, nondiscrimination, freedom of association; creating the Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group to make recommendations on the implementation, administration or enforcement of this Chapter to the Director of the Office of Contract Administration and the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement; targeting the procurement of garments for enforcement of this Chapter during the first full fiscal year following the effective date of the Chapter, and, thereafter, targeting other goods for enforcement based on recommendations of the Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group submitted by the Director of the Office of Contract Administration to the Board of Supervisors and approved by ordinance.

(Fiscal impact.)

8/16/2005, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Sandoval requested to be added as a co-sponsor.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee

Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Dufty, Ma

2. 051294 [Fillmore and Grove "STOP" Intersection] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution designating Fillmore and Grove as a "STOP" intersection.

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
Fillmore and Grove, stopping northbound and southbound Fillmore, making this intersection an All-Way STOP.

(7/11/05: 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.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendation of the Land Use Committee

Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval

3. 050739 [SLI Zoning District - Allowing Certain Financial Services] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Table 817 to add Section 817.32 allowing a financial service use in an SLI (Service/Light Industrial) Zoning District under certain circumstances; adopting findings.

8/16/2005, PASSED ON FIRST READING.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendations of the Rules Committee

Present: Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Mirkarimi, Peskin

4. 051349 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Shao Xi Tan]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Shao Xi Tan against the City and County of San Francisco for $80,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 22, 2003 in the United States District Court, Case No. C03-3907 MMC; entitled Shao Xi Tan, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)

8/16/2005, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

5. 051350 [Settlement of Lawsuit - San Francisco Bay Area Transit District]
Ordinance approving settlement of litigation brought by the San Francisco Bay Area Transit District against City and County of San Francisco in the eminent domain action entitled San Francisco Bay Area Transit District v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (Alameda County Superior Court No. HG03-099024, filed July 7, 2003), for a total value of $2,750,000. (City Attorney)

8/16/2005, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

6. 051377 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Daniel Curiel]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Daniel Curiel against the City and County of San Francisco for $31,420.11; the lawsuit was filed on April 14, 2003 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 419-362; entitled Daniel Curiel, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)

8/16/2005, 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

From the Clerk

7. 051441 [Motion adopting findings related to the categorical exemption issued for 39 Chattanooga Street]
Motion adopting findings related to the determination by the Planning Department that the 39 Chattanooga Street project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board)

(Companion measure to Files 051320, 051321, 051311, 051323.)

8/12/2005, REFERRED to Board of Supervisors.

Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

Called From the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee

8. 051034 [Prohibiting the display of human remains without appropriate written authorization from the deceased or the deceased's next-of-kin] Supervisors Ma, Dufty, Daly, Sandoval
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code, by adding a new Article 11.1, beginning with Section 788, to prohibit the display of human remains without appropriate written authorization from the deceased or the deceased's next-of-kin.

8/2/2005, CALLED FROM COMMITTEE. Pursuant to Rule 5.31, Supervisor Daly called this measure from City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

8/9/2005, CONTINUED. Continued to August 16, 2005 Supervisor Sandoval requested to be added as a co-sponsor.

8/16/2005, PASSED ON FIRST READING.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

NEW BUSINESS

From the Land Use Committee Without Recommendation

Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval

9. 051129 [General Plan Amendment in connection with the Executive Park -- Candlestick Cove Project]
Ordinance amending the San Francisco General Plan in connection with approvals for the proposed Executive Park - Candlestick Cove Project; adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; and adopting findings that the General Plan amendment is consistent with the General Plan and the eight Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

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.

10. 051435 [Public Hearing - Appeal of Tentative Subdivision Map for 858 Duncan Street]
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to from the decision of the Department of Public Works dated August 1, 2005, approving Tentative/Parcel Map to legalize the proposed subdivision of Lot 015 in Assessor's Block 7518 located at 858 Duncan Street, San Francisco. The Duncan parcel is approximately 67.92 feet wide and 1140 feet deep, proposed to be split in half lengthwise into 2 parcels. (Appellant: Greg Turner on behalf of the Safira Court Homeowner's Association Board of Directors.)

Action:___________________________

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the Tentative Subdivision Map 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.)

11. 051436 [Approving decision of the Director of Public Works and approving Tentative Subdivision Map for 858 Duncan Street]
Motion approving decision of the Director of Public Works, and approving Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the proposed subdivision of Lot 015 in Assessor's Block 7518, located at 858 Duncan Street. (Clerk of the Board)

Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

12. 051437 [Disapproving decision of the Director of Public Works and disapproving Tentative Subdivision Map for 858 Duncan Street]
Motion disapproving decision of the Director of Public Works, and disapproving Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the proposed subdivision of Lot 015 in Assessor's Block 7518, located at 858 Duncan Street. (Clerk of the Board)

Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

13. 051438 [Findings - 858 Duncan Street]
Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the proposed subdivision of Lot 015 in Assessor's Block 7518, located at 858 Duncan Street. (Clerk of the Board)

Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Reports from committees, if any, recommending emergency or urgent measures.

14. 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.

15. 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

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 16 through 27

16. 051476 [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Port Commission] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Port Commission to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $100,000 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the San Francisco Bay Cruise Liner Emissions Reductions Incentives Grant (SF Bay CLEARING) Program.

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

17. 051477 [50th Anniversary Celebration of CSI] Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution recognizing the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the San Francisco Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute and commending that Chapter and its many volunteers on this 17th day of September, 2005, for contributing to the advancement of construction technology and education in the City and County of San Francisco.

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

18. 051478 [Opposing federal legislation that unduly restricts the local role in telecommunications and video policy] Supervisors Ammiano, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Maxwell, Daly, Dufty, Alioto-Pier
Resolution urging the United States Congress to reject legislation that would unduly restrict the role of local governments in providing broadband Internet access, managing public rights of way, or awarding franchises to video providers and to approve legislation that would preserve the option for local governments to participate in the provision of communications services.

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

19. 051479 [Continuing the Ongoing work of the Utility Undergrounding Task Force] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution continuing the ongoing work of the Utility Undergrounding Task Force to advise the City and County of San Francisco on the future of the utility undergrounding process in San Francisco and to complete its work by June 1, 2006.

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

20. 051480 [Honoring Trevor Hailey] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution honoring Trevor Hailey upon her retirement, for 16 years leading the "Cruisin' the Castro" walking tour, using her gift for storytelling to inspire and educate both tourists and native San Franciscans on the history of the world-famous Castro District.

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

21. 051481 [Commending the 85th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment] Supervisor Ma
Resolution commending the 85th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, extending the right of suffrage to women.

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

22. 051482 [Homeland Security Grants] Supervisor Ma
Resolution amending Resolution No. 385-04 to authorize designated City and County officials to execute and file on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco applications for federal and state financial assistance under the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program, the renamed State Homeland Security Grant Program, Public Law 107-206 and any other federal funding programs that are passed through the State of California.

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

23. 051483 [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Office of Emergency Services] Supervisor Ma
Resolution authorizing the Office of Emergency Services to retroactively accept and expend a Federal Grant in the amount of $280,000 from the United States Department of Homeland Security for the purpose of providing financial assistance to San Francisco's Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS).

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

24. 051484 [Supporting the Amendment of the Million Solar Roofs Initiative Program] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution urging the California Assembly Appropriations Committee, the Assembly and the Senate to amend SB1 in order to allow a Community Choice Aggregator the option to administer its own solar roofs program, and to receive solar incentives that will be funded by their ratepayers under SB1; to guarantee the right of Community Choice Aggregators to use existing lawful financing instruments, such as H bonds and government-owned solar as is required for the City and County's 31 Megawatt Community Choice photovoltaic program pursuant to Ordinance 86-04.

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

25. 051488 [Consolidation of Special Statewide Election and special Community College District election with the Consolidated Municipal Election scheduled for November 8, 2005] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution consolidating the Special Statewide Election and special Community College District election, to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on November 8, 2005, with the Consolidated Municipal Election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on the same date, and providing that the election precincts, voting places and officers for the Special Statewide Election and special Community College District election shall be the same as for the Consolidated Municipal Election.

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

26. 051489 [Meeting Schedule] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution revising the regular meeting schedule of the Board of Supervisors by canceling the October 4, 2005 meeting and scheduling a Board Meeting on October 11, 2005.

8/16/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

27. 051450 [Needle Exchange Emergency] Supervisors Ammiano, Daly, Peskin, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Dufty, Mirkarimi
Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program.

8/16/2005, 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:_________________________________________

28. 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 August 9, 2005 through August 29, 2005, for reference by President to appropriate committee on September 6, 2005.

051439 [Campaign Finance Reform Amendments of 2005]]
Ordinance amending the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code by adding a new Section 1.103, amending Sections 1.100, 1.104, 1.112, 1.114, 1.120, 1.128, 1.130, 1.134, 1.144, 1.152, 1.168, and 1.170, repealing Section 1.118, and repealing Chapter 3 of Article 1, Sections 1.300, 1.305, 1.310, 1.312, 1.315 and 1.320 to: (1) make technical changes including the correction of grammatical or reference errors and the reordering of Sections; (2) conform the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance to the adoption of Ranked Choice Voting; (3) move the Electronic Filing Ordinance from Chapter 3 of Article 1 of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance; and (4) expressly set forth a statute of limitations for criminal, civil, administrative and collection actions brought under the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance. (Ethics Commission)

8/11/2005, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 10/6/2005.

051442 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Anna Maria Olmedo]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Anna Maria Olmedo against the City and County of San Francisco for $62,500; the lawsuit was filed on August 15, 1999 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 314-031.

8/15/2005, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

051443 [Amending the Electrical Code regarding headroom requirements for panelboards, entrances for 1200 amp rated equipment, use of non-metallic sheathed cable in multifamily dwellings, and
Ordinance amending Articles 89, 100, 110, 210, 215, 220, 230, 250, 300, 333, 334, 336, 340, 348, 350, 352, 351, 348, 378, 331, 362, 384, 410, 411, 645, 700, 760, and 800 of the Electrical Code to make minor clerical changes for greater clarity, to extend the general requirement for headroom about panelboards to residential panelboards rated not more than 200 amps, to provide that equipment rated 1200 amps or more, regardless of width, requires an entrance to each end of the working space, to allow for non-metallic sheathed cable to be installed in multifamily dwellings with Type III, IV and V construction up to 4 stories in height, and to make findings in accordance with California Health and Safety Code Section 17958.5 as to the local climatic, topological and geological reasons for amending the State Building Code. (Building Inspection Department)

8/16/2005, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee, expires on 10/6/2005.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS

Proposed resolutions received from August 9, 2005 through August 29, 2005, for reference by President to appropriate committee on September 6, 2005.

051440 [Airport Food and Beverage Lease]
Resolution approving the Terminal 1 Casual Dining & Bar Lease between WSE Group, Inc., and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission. (Airport Commission)

8/10/2005, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

051485 [Parking Regulations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.

DIAGONAL (60-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
Ulloa Street, south side, from 33rd Avenue to 98 feet easterly (nine 60-degree parking spaces).

NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Harriet Street, east side, from Ahern Way to Harrison Street.

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 4 PM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY -RESCIND
Masonic Avenue, west side, from Grove to Hayes Streets.

NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Warren Drive, north side, from Blairwood Lane to 60 feet easterly.

PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
Gilman Avenue, north side, between Griffith and Hawes Streets.

TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Carolina Street, west side, from 23rd Street to 90 feet southerly.

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Cambridge Street, south side, from Stoneyford Avenue to 20 feet westerly (replacing the existing visibility red zone).

PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
201 Telegraph Hill Boulevard (formally establishes perpendicular parking in front of this building);
275 to 285 Telegraph Hill Boulevard, along east side of Kearny Street right-of-way, from Telegraph Hill Boulevard to 39 feet northerly (5 perpendicular parking spaces); and,
18th Street, north side, between Potrero Avenue and Utah Street.

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "S" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 9 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Gough Street, east side, between Colton and Otis Streets (Unit block).

YELLOW (COMMERCIAL LOADING) ZONES, 7 AM - 6 PM, EVERYDAY, TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ALL OTHER TIMES - ESTABLISH
7th Street, east side, between Market and Stevenson Streets.

1-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 7 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - RESCIND
GENERAL METERED PARKING AREA 1 (1-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 7 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH
Stevenson Street, south side, between 5th and 6th Streets (400 block).

NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Noriega Street, north side, from the western edge of the #616 Noriega Street driveway to the western edge of the #624 property line.

MUNI BUS ZONE - EXTEND
Bayshore Boulevard at Marengo Street, east side, from 60 feet to 100 feet north of Marengo Street (extend existing bus zone by 40 feet). (Parking and Traffic Department)

(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. 3044.)

8/15/2005, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

051486 [STOP Intersections]
Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections.

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
Buena Vista Avenue East at Duboce Avenue, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; and,
Teresita Boulevard and Stillings Avenue, stopping Teresita Boulevard, making this intersection an All-Way STOP. (Parking and Traffic Department)

(8/11/05: 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. 3044.)

8/15/2005, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

051487 [Traffic Regulations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets.

ONE-WAY STREET - ESTABLISH
Flora Street, northbound, between Bayview and Thornton Streets; and,
Pomona Street, southbound, between Bayview and Thornton Streets.

MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK - ESTABLISH
Alabama Street, between 24th and 25th Streets. (Parking and Traffic Department)

(8/11/05: 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. 3044.)

8/15/2005, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

051496 [Recurring FY2005-2006 State grant funds to the Department of Public Health from the California Department of Health Services]
Resolution authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of State grant funds by the San Francisco Department of Public Health for FY 2005-2006. (Public Health Department)

8/19/2005, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

051539 [Confirming the appointment of the Director of Transportation to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority]
Resolution confirming the appointment of the Director of Transportation to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority as the representative of the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, effective August 16, 2005. (Municipal Transportation Agency)

8/29/2005, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

051536 [Petitions and Communications (A)]
Petitions and Communications received from August 9, 2005 through
August 29, 2005, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on September 6, 2005.
Part A

From Ken McDonald, submitting request for a type 42 on sale beer and wine public premises license for "Friendly Spirits" located at 572 Castro Street.(1)

From concerned citizens, urging the Board to grant appeal for property at 800 Brotherhood Way, and direct the Planning Department to prepare an EIR for this project.Files 051226, 051234, Copy: Each Supervisor(2)

From Ethics Commission, submitting regulations adopted by the Ethics Commission regarding the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance.(3)

From Department of Public Works, regarding cleaning the sidewalks from Fulton Street and Golden Gate Avenue to Laguna and Webster Streets. (Reference No. 20050719-003) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(4)

From Department of Public Works, responding to request to repave Linden Street. (Reference No. 20050719-003) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(5)

From Office of the Controller, responding to the 2004-05 Civil Grand Jury report entitled New Chief of the Juvenile Probation Department: An Opportunity for Reform.File 050870(6)

From Clerk of the Board, submitting notice that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board. Copy: Each Supervisor(7)

From John Peake, submitting opposition to any development of the open space hillside and stairway at Henry Street and Roosevelt Way.(8)

From Office of the Treasurer, submitting investment activity (for fiscal year to date) of the portfolios under management.(9)

From Lucian Robert Blazej, submitting opposition to appeal of Planning Commission approval for the Categorical Exemption for property located at 3350 20th Street. File 051402, Copy: Each Supervisor(10)

From Enhua Yu, submitting clarification to some people's concern about human body specimens "The Universe Within" at Masonic Center in San Francisco. File 051034, Copy: Each Supervisor(11)

From Patrick Monette-Shaw, regarding the City Controller's options for the Laguna Honda Hospital Replacement Project. File 050939, Copy: Each Supervisor(12)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the increase in parking fines in San Francisco.(13)

From Joe Piscitelli, submitting copy of letter sent to Bishop Webster and Bishop Levada concerning the number of accused and convicted sex abuser clergy that are presently at the Provincial House at 1100 Franklin Street and at St. Peter and Paul's Church at 666 Filbert Street.(14)

From concerned citizens, urging the Board to enact a Community Choice Energy plan that will bring San Francisco 360 megawatts of renewable energy generation in the next three years. File 050916, Copy: Each Supervisor(15)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the proposed Comcast Cable settlement. File 051006, Copy: Each Supervisor(16)

From concerned citizens, concerning homeownership in San Francisco.(17)

From concerned citizens, regarding the unrest between labor and management in the City's hotels.(18)

From Sue Vaughan, commenting on the proposed Rincon Hill Area Plan.(19)

From Erica Byrne, regarding the cost of parking permits in the Tenderloin. Copy: Supervisor Daly(20)

From The Archdiocese of San Francisco, submitting news release announcing the Archdiocese of San Francisco has signed a letter of intent to sell the Saint Brigid Church to the Academy of Art University.(21)

From Animal Care and Control Department, submitting request for waiver of Chapters 12B and 12C of the Administrative Code for Safeway Corporation.(22)

From Lorri Ungaretti, thanking the Board for their work in trying to save St. Brigid Church. Copy: Each Supervisor(23)

From Department of Public Works, reporting that the fencing surrounding the Hayes Green was removed on July 1, 2005. (Reference No. 20050621-003) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(24)

From Employees' Retirement System, submitting notice announcing the Retirement Board's Election, and that the period for nomination is from Friday, August 12, 2005 through Monday, September 12, 2005.(25)

From James Chaffee, submitting letter entitled City Librarian: "Next Steps in terms of implementing Radio Frequency Identification" in library books. Copy: Each Supervisor(26)

From Jeffrey Kwong, submitting his resignation as member of District 3, Library Citizens Advisory Committee, effective August 17, 2005.(27)

From Department of Public Works, reporting that the paving of Linden Street was completed in the last week of July 2005. (Reference No. 20050719-002) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(28)

From Sue Hestor, filing notice of appeal for 491 Bayshore Boulevard (Home Depot) from action of the Planning Commission. File 051445(29)

From Joyce Lavey, urging the Board of Supervisors to proclaim November 2005 as Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Copy: Each Supervisor(30)

From D.S., urging the Board of Supervisors to increase funding for the Neighborhood Emergency Response Training program.(31)

From Phil Priolo, submitting request to transfer a type 21 and type 42 liquor license for the Jug Shop, Inc. from 1567 Pacific Avenue to 1590 Pacific Avenue.(32)

From Daniel Davila, thanking the Board of Supervisors for the in memoriam honoring Richard Aagaard at the August 9, 2005 Board meeting. Copy: Supervisor Daly(33)

From Department of Elections, regarding disclaimer requirements for local ballot measures: endorse, oppose or take no position on a measure (Municipal Election Code (MEC) Section 500(c)(8)).(34)

From Erica Byrne, submitting her suggestions on improving emergency medical responses and ameliorating the problem of alleged drunken firefighters. Copy: Each Supervisor(35)

From California Senate Rules Committee, submitting appointment of Richard B. Rogers of Carpinteria as a member of the Fish and Game Commission for term ending January 15, 2011.(36)

From the Outer Mission Residents Association, submitting support for more surveillance cameras throughout San Francisco, including the Outer Mission and Ingleside Police District. File 050826(37)

From Arts Commission, submitting notice that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board. Copy: Each Supervisor(38)

From James Miller, commenting on the Mayor's plan to "green" the streets of San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor(39)

From Office of the Controller, submitting an audit of the revolving fund maintained by the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center.(40)

From Sue Hestor, filing notice of appeal for 3350 20th Street from action of Planning Commission.File 051402(41)

From Denise D'Anne, submitting copy of letter sent to the Director of the Department of Elections concerning the fact that the texts of ballot measures are not immediately put on the Internet.(42)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, submitting request for waiver of Administrative Code Chapters 12B and 12C for 3M Opticom.(43)

From Peter Glikshtern, submitting request for the expansion of a bar with a Type 48 on-sale general public premises license currently issued at 2925 16th Street to include the location at 2923 16th Street (District 6), for Aljoy, Inc. (44)

From concerned citizens, urging the Board of Supervisors to do what it can to help Susan Cervantes from being evicted from her rented family home of 35 years, located at 398 Precita Avenue, by the new owners of that property.(45)

From Matti Kivio, concerning the Mayor's search for economical ways of building citywide Wi-Fi in San Francisco. Copy: Mayor(46)

From Public Defender, submitting request for waiver of Administrative Code Chapters 12B and 12C for unleaded gasoline from Chevron USA, Inc.(47)

From Department of Child Support Services, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(48)

From Adult Probation Department, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(49)

From Chief Medical Examiner, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(50)

051537 [Petitions and Communictions (B)]
Petitions and Communications received from August 9, 2005 through
August 29, 2005, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on September 6, 2005. Part B

From Health Service System, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(51)

From Department of Human Resources, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(52)

From Human Services Agency, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(53)

From Juvenile Probation Department, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(54)

From the Port, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(55)

From Department of Public Works, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(56)

From Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(57)

From Office of the Sheriff, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board; with exceptions as stated in this letter.(58)

From Department on the Status of Women, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board. (59)

From Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(60)

From Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(61)

From War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(62)

From Department of Public Works, reporting that the pothole located at 1285 - 2nd Avenue has been filled. (Reference No. 20050809-002) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(63)

From Department of Public Works, reporting that the pothole located at the intersection of Hugo Street and 2nd Avenue has been filled. (Reference No. 20050809-003) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(64)

From Department of Public Works, reporting that the pothole located at 126 Hugo Street has been filled. (Reference No. 20050809-004) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(65)

From Bechtel Telecommunications, submitting notification letter of Cingular Wireless's intent to construct a cellular facility at 1099 Powell Street.(66)

From Bechtel Telecommunications, submitting notification letter of Cingular Wireless's intent to construct a cellular facility at 250 Clay Street.(67)

From Jason Walthall, submitting request to transfer a Type 20 Beer and Wine license from 3699 17th Street to 2339 Third Street for Taste, Inc.(68)

From F. Loy Fong, submitting support for the decision of the Department of Public Works approving tentative/parcel map to legalize the proposed subdivision at 858 Duncan Street. File 051435(69)

From Office of Citizens Complaints, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(70)

From Office of Economic and Workforce Development, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(71)

From Ethics Commission, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(72)

From Municipal Transportation Agency, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(73)

From Planning Department, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(74)

From Office of the Controller, submitting response to the 2004-05 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled: "Employee or Independent Contractor?"(75)

From S.F. Democratic County Central Committee, submitting resolution urging the Board of Supervisors not to approve the Mills project at Piers 27-31 or any Waterfront development projects that do not comply with voter mandate of Proposition H.(76)

From Office of the Controller, submitting additional budget information on City tree planting and maintenance services.(77)

From Office of the Controller, regarding the performance evaluation of the J-Church streetcar line. (Reference No. 20050628-002) Copy: Supervisor Dufty(78)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the Board of Supervisors refusal to dock the U.S.S. Iowa in San Francisco. File 051113, Copy: Each Supervisor(79)

From concerned citizens, concerning Supervisor Daly alleging accusing Pat Murphy, the founder of the San Francisco Sentinel, of running an online political action committee.(80)

From Michelle Sparrow, concerning home ownership in San Francisco.(81)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for the Pacific Heights Ski Jump competition to take place on August 27, 2005.(82)

From Warren Hirsch, submitting opposition to holding the ski jump in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.(83)

From Dan Tuttle, commenting on the alleged corruption in the Planning and Building Departments of San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor (84)

From Julian Lagos, urging the Board of Supervisors to grant the appeal for 800 Brotherhood Way and direct the Planning Department to prepare an Environmental Impact Report for the proposed project at 800 Brotherhood Way. Files 051226, 051227, 051228, 051229(85)

From James Chionsini, submitting official reports that have been approved by the Shelter Monitoring Committee.(86)

From Ronald Schoenberg, concerning the non-performance of penalties for removing guns from the streets of the Bayview neighborhood in San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor(87)

From State Department of Fair Employment and Housing, submitting their new address: 1515 Clay Street, Suite 701, Oakland, CA 95612.(88)

From Seth Peterson, concerning his frustration with the Citation Review Center at the Department of Parking and Traffic.(89)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to proposal to initiate a fee for driving downtown in San Francisco.(90)

Number not used. (91)

From San Francisco County Transportation Authority, submitting a copy of the San Francisco Countywide Transportation Plan, as adopted by the Authority Board.(92)

From Public Utilities Commission, submitting notice of scoping meetings for the Environmental Impact Report for the Public Utilities Commission's proposed Water System Improvement Program.(93)

From the Airport, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(94)

From Office of the District Attorney, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(95)

From Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(96)

From Public Library, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(97)

From Recreation and Park Department, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(98)

From Treasure Island Development Authority, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(99)

From PUC Purchasing, submitting request for waiver of Administrative Code Chapters 12B and 12C for ABB, Inc. to purchase Medium Voltage Switch Gear.(100)

051538 [Petitions and Communications (C)]
Petitions and Communications received from August 9, 2005 through
August 29, 2005, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on September 6, 2005. Part C.

From Planning Department, concerning the two alleged illegal billboards recently erected at the AA Market at 667 Broderick Street.(Reference No. 20050719-001) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(101)

From Gregory Murphy, commenting on the City Controller's 2005 City Survey giving San Francisco a C+ for city services.(102)

From Fire Department, submitting request for waiver of Administrative Code Chapters 12B and 12C to purchase TVI Corporation decontamination systems from Fisher Scientific.(103)

From PG&E, submitting a recent pleading PG&E filed at the Public Utilities Commission which relates to the municipal surcharge revenues PG&E remits to cities and counties.(104)

From Municipal Transportation Agency, submitting list of sole source contracts entered into in fiscal year 2004-05.(105)

From Fire Department, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(106)

From SF Convention Facilities, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(107)

From Office of the Public Defender, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(108)

From Police Department, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(109)

From Animal Care and Control Department, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(110)

From Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, submitting copy of letter sent to the foreperson of the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury regarding media attention on certain nonprofit agencies that, while under service contract with the City, have misappropriated or misused public funding.(111)

From Department of Elections, submitting copy of press release sent to vendors regarding the usability of voting systems in San Francisco.(112)

From Ethics Commission, submitting copy of letter sent to Supervisor Daly regarding the San Francisco Sentinel and its status as a political entity. (Reference No. 20050818-011) Copy: Supervisor Daly(113)

From Nextel Communications, submitting copy of notification letter sent to the California Public Utilities Commission regarding construction of a wireless facility at 390 Main Street.(114)

From Bechtel Telecommunications, submitting notification letter of Cingular Wireless's intent to construct a cellular facility at 950-964 Market Street.(115)

From Fire Department, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(116)

From State Public Utilities Commission, submitting copy of application from Harbor Bay Maritime, Inc., for rate relief and a general passenger fare increase on its vessel common carrier service.(117)

From Bruce Marx, submitting support for bringing Home Depot to San Francisco. File 051446(118)

From Stacey Haysler, submitting opposition to bringing Home Depot to San Francisco. File 051447(119)

From State Department of Child Support Services, announcing the implementation of the new Intercept Database system.(120)

From Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, submitting Form 700, Statement of Economic Interests for Maria Adele Destro, Assistant Clerk of the Board.(121)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding the crosswalk visibility at the intersection of Alemany Boulevard and Sagamore Street.(Reference No. 20050712-006) Copy: Supervisor Sandoval(122)

From Human Rights Commission, confirming that funding provided in the budget for fiscal year 2005-06 as adopted by the Board of Supervisors is adequate for the department to meet service levels as proposed to the Board.(125)

From David Gramarossa, regarding the extremely loud, inescapable sirens and thunderous horns coming from fire department trucks in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Copy: Supervisor Daly(126)

From Commissioner Paul Kangas, regarding the status of drug treatment programs in San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor(127)

From Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, thanking the Board of Supervisors for their support for the United States of Asian American Festival of 2005. Copy: Each Supervisor(128)

From State Department of Child Support Services, regarding safeguarding federal tax information.(129)

From Elizabeth Steele, commenting on the way some homeless people in San Francisco are treated. Copy: Supervisor Peskin(130)

From Mirna Escobar, urging the Board of Supervisors to find Gladys Cabera a place to live before she gets evicted from her current room a storefront of an Evangelical Church located on Capp Street.(131)

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting Procedures

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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.
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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.
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Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

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For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at sotf@sfgov.org
Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code Sec. 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; web site www.sfgov.org/ethics

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	APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES






		Motion to approve Board Meeting Minutes for July 26, 2005 and August 2, 2005.

	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.

	Recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee






		Present: Supervisors Ammiano, Mirkarimi, Elsbernd

1.	051257	[Sweatfree Ordinance]	Mayor, Supervisors Ammiano, Alioto-Pier, Daly, Mirkarimi, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Dufty, Ma, Sandoval
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Chapter 12U, finding that the City would benefit by spending its funds in a manner that would support safe and humane working conditions; requiring contractors and subcontractors providing goods to the City and County to comply with laws and standards affecting labor and employment conditions for employees performing work under the contract and subcontracts, including: not engaging in abusive forms of child labor, foreign convict or forced labor, or slave labor; and compliance with all human and labor rights and labor standards imposed by law or treaty law on the country where the goods are being made or assembled; paying wages that are not less than a minimum wage established by the Director of the Office of Contract Administration; compliance with all applicable laws governing wages, employee benefits, health and safety, labor, environmental conditions, nondiscrimination, freedom of association; creating the Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group to make recommendations on the implementation, administration or enforcement of this Chapter to the Director of the Office of Contract Administration and the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement; targeting the procurement of garments for enforcement of this Chapter during the first full fiscal year following the effective date of the Chapter, and, thereafter, targeting other goods for enforcement based on recommendations of the Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group submitted by the Director of the Office of Contract Administration to the Board of Supervisors and approved by ordinance.

		(Fiscal impact.)
		8/16/2005, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Sandoval requested to be added as a co-sponsor.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

	Recommendation of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee






		Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Dufty, Ma

2.	051294	[Fillmore and Grove "STOP" Intersection]	Supervisor Mirkarimi
		Resolution designating Fillmore and Grove as a "STOP" intersection. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Fillmore and Grove, stopping northbound and southbound Fillmore, making this intersection an All-Way STOP.

		(7/11/05: 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.)

		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Recommendation of the Land Use Committee




		Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval

3.	050739	[SLI Zoning District - Allowing Certain Financial Services]	Supervisor Daly
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Table 817 to add Section 817.32 allowing a financial service use in an SLI (Service/Light Industrial) Zoning District under certain circumstances; adopting findings.


		8/16/2005, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

	Recommendations of the Rules Committee






		Present: Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Mirkarimi, Peskin

4.	051349	[Settlement of Lawsuit - Shao Xi Tan]
		Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Shao Xi Tan against the City and County of San Francisco for $80,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 22, 2003 in the United States District Court, Case No. C03-3907 MMC; entitled Shao Xi Tan, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)


		8/16/2005, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

5.	051350	[Settlement of Lawsuit - San Francisco Bay Area Transit District]
		Ordinance approving settlement of litigation brought by the San Francisco Bay Area Transit District against City and County of San Francisco in the eminent domain action entitled San Francisco Bay Area Transit District v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (Alameda County Superior Court No. HG03-099024, filed July 7, 2003), for a total value of $2,750,000. (City Attorney)


		8/16/2005, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

6.	051377	[Settlement of Lawsuit - Daniel Curiel]
		Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Daniel Curiel against the City and County of San Francisco for $31,420.11; the lawsuit was filed on April 14, 2003 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 419-362; entitled Daniel Curiel, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)


		8/16/2005, 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:______________________________________________

7.	051441	[Motion adopting findings related to the categorical exemption issued for 39 Chattanooga Street]
		Motion adopting findings related to the determination by the Planning Department that the 39 Chattanooga Street project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board)

		(Companion measure to Files 051320, 051321, 051311, 051323.)
		8/12/2005, REFERRED to Board of Supervisors.


		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

	Called From the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee

8.	051034	[Prohibiting the display of human remains without appropriate written authorization from the deceased or the deceased's next-of-kin]	Supervisors Ma, Dufty, Daly, Sandoval
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code, by adding a new Article 11.1, beginning with Section 788, to prohibit the display of human remains without appropriate written authorization from the deceased or the deceased's next-of-kin.


		8/2/2005, CALLED FROM COMMITTEE. Pursuant to Rule 5.31, Supervisor Daly called this measure from City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

		8/9/2005, CONTINUED. Continued to August 16, 2005 Supervisor Sandoval requested to be added as a co-sponsor.

		8/16/2005, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

	From the Land Use Committee Without Recommendation






		Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval

9.	051129	[General Plan Amendment in connection with the Executive Park -- Candlestick Cove Project]
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco General Plan in connection with approvals for the proposed Executive Park - Candlestick Cove Project; adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; and adopting findings that the General Plan amendment is consistent with the General Plan and the eight Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

	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.

10.	051435	[Public Hearing - Appeal of Tentative Subdivision Map for 858 Duncan Street]
		Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to from the decision of the Department of Public Works dated August 1, 2005, approving Tentative/Parcel Map to legalize the proposed subdivision of Lot 015 in Assessor's Block 7518 located at 858 Duncan Street, San Francisco. The Duncan parcel is approximately 67.92 feet wide and 1140 feet deep, proposed to be split in half lengthwise into 2 parcels. (Appellant: Greg Turner on behalf of the Safira Court Homeowner's Association Board of Directors.)



		Action:___________________________




	Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the Tentative Subdivision Map 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.)

11.	051436	[Approving decision of the Director of Public Works and approving Tentative Subdivision Map for 858 Duncan Street]
		Motion approving decision of the Director of Public Works, and approving Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the proposed subdivision of Lot 015 in Assessor's Block 7518, located at 858 Duncan Street. (Clerk of the Board)



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

12.	051437	[Disapproving decision of the Director of Public Works and disapproving Tentative Subdivision Map for 858 Duncan Street]
		Motion disapproving decision of the Director of Public Works, and disapproving Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the proposed subdivision of Lot 015 in Assessor's Block 7518, located at 858 Duncan Street. (Clerk of the Board)



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

13.	051438	[Findings - 858 Duncan Street]
		Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the proposed subdivision of Lot 015 in Assessor's Block 7518, located at 858 Duncan Street. (Clerk of the Board)



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

	COMMITTEE REPORTS


	Reports from committees, if any, recommending emergency or urgent measures.

14.	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.

15.	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

	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.