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, October 17, 2006
2:00 PM

Regular Meeting

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

Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board

ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

Board to approve Board Meeting Minutes for September 19, 2006 and September 26, 2006.

AGENDA CHANGES

COMMUNICATIONS

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

CONSENT AGENDA

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

Items 1 through 10

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee

Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Peskin

1. 061267 [Public Employment - Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector] Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2006-2007) to reflect the addition of a 0.71 Principal Clerk position, a 0.58 Personal Property Auditor position, and a 0.63 Management Assistant position in the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector.

10/3/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

2. 061258 [Grant of Federal Funds - Municipal Transportation Agency] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend $29,453,769 of Section 5309 fixed guideway capital assistance for various Municipal Railway capital projects and activities, excluding administrative overhead costs.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

3. 061259 [Grant of Federal Funds - Municipal Transportation Agency] Supervisor Elsbernd
Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to Accept and Expend $46,175,552 of Section 5307 and Surface Transportation Program capital assistance for various Municipal Railway capital projects and activities, excluding Administrative Overhead Costs.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

4. 061314 [Lease of Real Property at 1701 Ocean Avenue] Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution authorizing the lease of 5,000 square feet of space at 1701 Ocean Avenue for the OMI Family Center of the Department of Public Health.

(Fiscal impact.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee

Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Ma

5. 061306 [Provide SSI application assistance to the chronically homeless and mentally ill in San Francisco.] Mayor, Supervisor Dufty
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $97,660 from the Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide SSI application assistance to the chronically homeless and mentally ill in San Francisco and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2007.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

6. 061307 [Manage and follow-up on chronic health conditions among refugees in San Francisco] Supervisor Ma
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Newcomers Health Program (SFDPH, Newcomers) to accept and expend retroactively a new continuing grant in the initial amount of $55,000, from the California Department of Health Services, Refugee Health Section (CDHS/RHS) in support of a program entitled Refugee Preventive Health Program (RPHP), for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007 with expected continuation for four additional years, and which includes a sub-contract with the International Institute of San Francisco (IISF) in the amount of $28,900 for the same time period.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendation of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee

Present: Supervisors Peskin, Ammiano

7. 061303 [Public Employment - Department of Public Health and the General Service Agency] Supervisor Ammiano
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2006-2007) to reflect proposed changes to the Department of Public Health and the General Service Agency staffing for the Health Access Program, increasing total staffing by 0.48 FTE.

10/3/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendations of the Rules Committee

Present: Supervisors Mirkarimi, Elsbernd, Ammiano

8. 061349 [Appointment - Bicycle Advisory Committee]
Resolution appointing Richard Tilles, term ending November 19, 2006, to the Bicycle Advisory Committee.

Richard Tilles, succeeding Lionel Shaw, resigned, seat 2, must be a nominee of District 2 Supervisor, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending November 19, 2006.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

9. 061350 [Appointment - Shelter Monitoring Committee]
Resolution appointing Elizabeth Olsen, term ending November 23, 2006, to the Shelter Monitoring Committee.

Elizabeth Olsen, succeeding Joanne Smith, resigned, seat 2, must be homeless or formerly homeless, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending November 23, 2006.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

10. 061357 [Appointment - Children and Families First Commission]
Resolution appointing Kara Dukakis and Betty Robinson-Harris, terms ending April 29, 2010, to the Children and Families First Commission; residency requirement waived.

Kara Dukakis, succeeding Hector Melendez, term expired, seat 5, term expired, must represent one or more of the following: children services, public health services; behavioral health services, social services and tobacco and other substance abuse prevention and treatment services; recipients of project services included in the county strategic plan; educators specializing in early childhood development; representatives of a local child care resource or referral agency, the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council or another local child care coordinating group; representatives of a local organization for prevention or early intervention for families at risk; representatives of community-based organizations that have the goal of promoting and nurturing early childhood development; representatives of local school districts; and representatives of local medical, pediatric, or obstetric associations or societies, for the unexpired portion of a four-year term ending April 29, 2010.
Betty Robinson-Harris, succeeding Norman Yee, term expired, seat 8, term expired, must represent one or more of the following: children services, public health services; behavioral health services, social services and tobacco and other substance abuse prevention and treatment services; recipients of project services included in the county strategic plan; educators specializing in early childhood development; representatives of a local child care resource or referral agency, the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council or another local child care coordinating group; representatives of a local organization for prevention or early intervention for families at risk; representatives of community-based organizations that have the goal of promoting and nurturing early childhood development; representatives of local school districts; and representatives of local medical, pediatric, or obstetric associations or societies, for the unexpired portion of a four-year term ending April 29, 2010.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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

REGULAR AGENDA

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee

Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval, McGoldrick

11. 051772 [Designating 2151 Van Ness Avenue, St. Brigid Church, as a Landmark, Under Planning Code Article 10] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Ordinance Designating 2151 Van Ness Avenue, St. Brigid Church, As Landmark No. 252 Pursuant To Article 10, Sections 1004 And 1004.4 Of The Planning Code.

10/3/2006, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE.

10/3/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Present: Supervisors Maxwell, McGoldrick

12. 061206 [Community Improvements and the Eastern Neighborhoods] Supervisors McGoldrick, Maxwell
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to add Chapter 36 to provide procedures and inter-agency cooperation in the preparation and implementation of community improvements plans and programs as part of the creation of new Area Plans of the General Plan in the Eastern Neighborhoods, defined as including the proposed Market and Octavia, East South of Market, West South of Market, Inner Mission, Lower Potrero/Showplace Square, and Central Waterfront plan areas.

10/3/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee

Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Peskin

13. 061266 [Public Employment - Public Defender] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Daly, Ammiano, Maxwell
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2006-2007) to reflect the addition of 1.0 Court Alternative Specialist I and 2.0 Social Workers in the Office of the Public Defender (PDR).

(Supervisor Peskin dissented in committee.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

14. 061297 [Public Utilities Commission Short-Term Indebtedness]
Ordinance amending Sections 43.5.1 through 43.5.4, inclusive, of the San Francisco Administrative Code to authorize the Director of Public Finance to designate an alternate, to implement the provisions of Article VIIIB of the Charter and to make other clarifying revisions. (Public Utilities Commission)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

15. 061298 [Authorization for the Public Utilities Commission to issue Commercial Paper Notes (Wastewater Series) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $150,000,000]
Ordinance approving the issuance by the Public Utilities Commission of its Commercial Paper Notes (Wastewater Series) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $150,000,000 pursuant to Article VIIIB of the City Charter and Article V of Chapter 43 of Part I of the San Francisco Administrative Code, as amended, for the purpose of reconstructing and improving certain capital improvements related to the Wastewater Enterprise; approving the form and authorizing the execution of a credit facility, an issuing and paying agent agreement, one or more dealer agreements, an offering memorandum and other documents relating to such notes; approving the maximum interest rate on such notes; and related matters. (Public Utilities Commission)

(Fiscal impact.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

16. 061304 [Appropriating $950,000 of State of California health program revenue for mental health wrap around services for the Department of Public Health for Fiscal Year 2006-2007] Mayor, Supervisor Dufty
Ordinance appropriating $950,000 of State of California health program revenue for mental health wrap around services to provide clinical services to youth receiving services as a result of the SB 163 State initiative for the Department of Public Health for Fiscal Year 2006-2007, and authorizing reimbursement of contractor costs retroactive to September 1, 2006.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

17. 061312 [Appropriating $2,166,000 to fund Laguna Honda Hospital increased costs for the Department of Public Health retroactive to Fiscal Year 2005-2006] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance appropriating $2,166,000 of Laguna Honda Hospital surplus revenues to fund increased costs in salaries, non-personal services, and materials and supplies for the Department of Public Health retroactive to Fiscal Year 2005-2006.

(Fiscal impact.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

18. 061255 [Providing for a taxi gate cap of $91.50 and a $0.25 fuel surcharge on the flag drop; the Board of Supervisors to consider other changes if the Taxi Commission has submitted a health care Supervisor Peskin
Resolution modifying the Controller's determinations of inflationary increases in taxi fares and gate cap pursuant to Police Code Section 1137 to provide for a gate cap of $91.50 and a $0.25 fuel surcharge on the flag drop and to provide that the Board of Supervisors shall consider other changes to the gate cap and to fares if the Taxi Commission has submitted a formal proposal for a health care program for taxi drivers by April 1, 2007.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

19. 061239 [Approval of Joint Powers Agreement for North Bayside System Unit facilities with the Cities of San Francisco, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, and Burlingame]
Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of an Agreement between the Cities of San Francisco, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, and Burlingame pertaining to capacity ownership, operation, maintenance and capital projects cost sharing for North Bayside System Unit (NBSU) Facilities. (Airport Commission)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee

Present: Supervisors Maxwell, McGoldrick

20. 061320 [Property and Business Improvement Districts] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance amending Section 1511 of the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code to (1) allow the owners of businesses who would pay at least 30% of the proposed assessment, or a combination of property owners and business owners who would pay at least 30% of the proposed assessment, to petition the Board of Supervisors to form a property and business improvement district, and (2) make conforming and clarifying changes to the procedural and substantive augmentation of state law governing the formation of property and business improvement districts.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval, McGoldrick

21. 061203 [Approval of the sale of street flower market permit on Grant Avenue near Post Street and deletion of site location] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance approving the sale of a street flower market permit pursuant to San Francisco Public Works Code Article 5, Section 161, and amending Public Works Code Article 5, Section 155 to delete the flower market location on the east sidewalk of Grant Avenue within 100 feet south of the southerly line of Post Street.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval

22. 061338 [Street Artist Winter Holiday Spaces] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution approving temporary selling spaces in the Downtown area and at Harvey Milk Plaza for street artists certified by the Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco, for the winter holiday season, 2006, beginning on November 15, 2006 and ending on January 15, 2007. (Arts Commission)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Rules Committee

Present: Supervisors Mirkarimi, Elsbernd, Ammiano

23. 061343 [Confirmation of Mayor's Appointment - Port Commission] Mayor
Resolution confirming the appointment of Rodney Fong to the San Francisco Port Commission, term ending May 1, 2010.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

24. 061344 [Confirmation of Mayor's Appointment - Treasure Island Development Authority] Mayor
Resolution confirming the appointment of Owen Stephens to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors, term ending April 28, 2010.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

25. 061345 [Confirmation of Mayor's Reappointment - Treasure Island Development Authority] Mayor
Resolution confirming the reappointment of Claudine Cheng to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors, term ending April 28, 2010.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

26. 061346 [Appointment - Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board]
Resolution appointing Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, term ending June 30, 2008, to the Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board.

Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, succeeding herself, term expired, seat 1, must be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending June 30, 2008.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

27. 061347 [Appointment - Urban Counties Caucus]
Resolution appointing Supervisor Chris Daly, term ending December 31, 2006, to the Urban Counties Caucus.

Supervisor Chris Daly, succeeding himself, term expired, seat 1, must be an elected representative from each County Board of Supervisors maintaining the membership of its supervisors in the Caucus. Each representative shall be selected at the beginning of the calendar year by the Board of Supervisors to serve a term of not less than two years to coincide with the sessions of the California Legislature, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending December 31, 2006.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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

COMMITTEE REPORTS

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

The following item will be considered by the Select Committee on Ending Gun and Gang Violence at a Regular Meeting on Monday, October 16, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. The Chair intends to request the Committee to send the following item to the Board as a committee report on Tuesday, October 17, 2006.

28. 060700 [Police Foot Patrols] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Daly, Ammiano, Maxwell, Sandoval
Ordinance adopting Section 10A.1 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to establish a one-year pilot program requiring foot patrols in crime-impacted areas within the boundaries of Northern, Park, Tenderloin, Mission, Ingleside, Taraval, Southern and Bayview Police District Stations, and require reporting and review on the effectiveness of the foot patrols.

8/15/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to September 19, 2006

9/19/2006, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved to rerefer this matter to Committee. Supervisor Mirkarimi and Supervisor McGoldrick, rescinded its motion to refer this matter. Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Ammiano, moved an amendment of the whole bearing new title. San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong addressed the Board members.

9/19/2006, RE-REFERRED to Select Committee on Ending Gun and Gang Violence. Re-referred as amended.

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

29. 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.

30. 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 speakers not requesting translation assistance. The President or the Board may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes.
Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting.

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 31 through 37

31. 061378 [Committee of the Whole on November 7, 2006, at 3:00 pm on adopting a Resolution to acquire property by Eminent Domain - Islais Creek MUNI Maintenance Facility] Supervisor Maxwell
Motion directing the Board of Supervisors to hold a public hearing on November 7, 2006, at 3:00 p.m., with the Board sitting as a committee of the whole, to consider adopting a Resolution of Necessity for the City's proposed acquisition by eminent domain of 2.8 acres of property adjacent to City property at Indiana and Cesar Chavez Streets consisting of portions of Assessor's Lots 2, 2A and 13 in Block 4349 and a portion of Assessor's Lot 3 in Block 4382, in the City and County of San Francisco, for construction of the Municipal Railway's new Islais Creek Motor Coach Operations and Maintenance Facility.

10/3/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

32. 061380 [Justice for the Bolivian People Massacred in October 2003 Demonstrations] Supervisor Daly
Resolution supporting justice for the Bolivian people massacred in October 2003 demonstrations and supporting the survivors' legal request that Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, Carlos Sanchez Berzain and Jorge Berindoague return to Bolivia immediately to stand trial in the case against them.

10/3/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

33. 061381 [Supporting Proposition 1A , the Transportation Funding Protection Legislative Constitutional Amendment] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution supporting California State Proposition 1A, the Transportation Funding Protection Legislative Constitutional Amendment.

10/3/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

34. 061382 [Accept-Expend State Grant - Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice] Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $108,305 from the State Corrections Standards Authority for the purpose of implementing local juvenile justice accountability measures through the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG).

10/3/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

35. 061383 [Accept and Expend State Grant - Department of the Environment] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $78,909.00 from the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the purpose of increasing Used Motor Oil Recycling and oil filter collection in marinas in the City and County of San Francisco serving the residents of the City.

10/3/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

36. 061384 [Honoring International Tenants' Day] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Ammiano, Daly
Resolution honoring October 2nd, 2006 as International Tenants' Day as proclaimed by the International Union of Tenants.

10/3/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

37. 061386 [Supporting Proposition 1B, the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Act of 2006] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution supporting California State Proposition 1B, the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Act of 2006.

10/3/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________

38. IMPERATIVE AGENDA

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

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

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

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

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

PROPOSED ORDINANCES

Proposed ordinances received from September 26, 2006 through October 6, 2006, for reference by President to appropriate committee on October 17, 2006.

061359 [Settlement of Lawsuit - CCSF v. William D. Spencer, F. W. Spencer & Son, Inc., et. al.]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco against William D. Spencer, F.W. Spencer & Son, Inc., Brisbane Mechanical Company, Bruce Bonar, Lou Thomas, William McGahan (together, the "Spencer Parties"), A. Answer, Inc. and Troy's Contracting, Inc. on January 16, 2004 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC -04-429249, entitled, City and County of San Francisco et. al. v. F. W. Spencer & Son, Inc. et. al., with (a) the Spencer Parties paying $2,000,000 by January 24, 2007, and dismissing its actions and cross-actions against the City and others and the Spencer Parties releasing all claims on the Moscone Center Expansion Project and The San Francisco Jail Replacement No. 3 Project ; and (b) A. Answer, Inc. and Troy's Contracting, Inc. paying $124,000 within 60 days of final approval of this settlement. The Spencer Parties' action was brought against San Francisco, City Attorney Dennis Herrera and others, and was coordinated as part of the California Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding No. 4379. (City Attorney)

9/29/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

061360 [Setting speed limit on portions of Kezar and John F. Kennedy Drives]
Ordinance amending the Traffic Code by adding a new Section 175.07, establishing a speed limit of 30 MPH on Kezar Drive between Lincoln Way and John F. Kennedy Drive, and on John F. Kennedy Drive between Kezar Drive and Stanyan Street.

10/2/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS

Proposed resolutions received from September 26, 2006 through October 6, 2006, for reference by President to appropriate committee on October 17, 2006.

061361 [Parking Regulations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.

UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH
990 Greenwich Street, from 7.4 feet to 16 feet east of Jones Street, accommodating two motorcycle parking spaces.

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "W" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
22nd Street, both sides, between Bryant and Florida Streets.

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "H" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
20th Avenue, both sides, between Eucalyptus Drive and Ocean Avenue (3000 block).

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "Z" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Cesar Chavez Street, both sides, between Noe and Sanchez Streets (4000 block).

NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Shotwell Street, west side, from Cesar Chavez Street to 102 feet south of 26th Street.

NO PARKING (RED ZONES) ANYTME - ESTABLISH
Broadway, south side, from Columbus Avenue to 65 feet easterly (6-foot extension of sidewalk;
Broadway, north side, 57 feet west of Kearny Street (6-foot extension of the sidewalk); and,
Broadway, south side, 52 feet west of Kearny Street (6-foot extension of the sidewalk)

TOW AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 9 AM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Columbus Avenue, west side, from Broadway to 60 feet northerly.

UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH
Waller Street, north side, from the driveway of 530 Waller Street to the driveway of 532 Waller Street (18-foot space, accommodating 5 unmetered motorcycle parking spaces).

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
16th Street, north side, from Bryant Street to 80 feet easterly (80-foot zone to create a right-turn only pocket).

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING AND TRANSIT LANE ONLY, 4 PM TO 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH
Harrison Street, north side, from the Embarcardero to First Street

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "Y" (2 HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9 AM TO 10 PM, EVERYDAY) - ESTABLISH
Harrison Street, south side, between Fremont and Spear Streets (currently
unregulated);
Spear Street, west side, from Harrison Street to 140 feet southerly (currently
unregulated);
Main Street, both sides, between Harrison and Bryant Streets (currently unregulated);
Beale Street, both sides, between Bryant and Harrison Streets (replaces existing
signed time limits); and,
Beale Street, west side, between Harrison and Folsom Streets (replaces existing
signed time limits).

PARKING METER AREA 1 (2-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH
Harrison Street, north side, between Fremont and Spear Streets (currently unregulated);
Spear Street, east side, from Harrison Street to 140 feet southerly (currently unregulated);
Harrison Street, south side, between The Embarcadero and Spear Streets (replaces signed time limit);
Beale Street, east side, between Folsom and Harrison Streets (currently unregulated)
Townsend Street, both sides, between 2nd Street and Colin P. Kelly Jr. Street (replaces 2 -hour signed time limit);
Brannan Street, both sides, between 2nd Street and Colin P. Kelly Jr. Street (replaces 2 -hour signed time limit); and,
2nd Street, west side, between King and Townsend Streets (currently unregulated).

TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING, 3:30 TO 7:00 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH
Beale Street, west side, from Bryant Street to 50 feet northerly (50 foot zone).

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Beale Street, west side, from 50 feet to 230 feet north of Bryant Street (180 foot zone).

PERPENDICULAR PARKING - RESCIND
Beale Street, east side, from 300 feet to 353 feet south of Folsom Street and from 620 feet to 764 feet south of Folsom Street; and,
Beale Street, west side, from Bryant Street to 630 feet northerly (north end of Harrison Overpass).

PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
Pierce Street, west side, between Jackson Street and Pacific Avenue (legislates existing conditions).

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RESCIND
California Street, north side, from Kearny Street to Mason Street.

PARKING METER AREA NO. 3 (2-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH
California Street, both sides, between Powell and Mason Streets. (Parking and Traffic Department)

(9/28/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3251.)

10/2/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

061362 [STOP Intersections]
Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections.

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
22nd Avenue and Moraga Street, stopping 22nd Avenue, making this intersection an All-Way STOP;
Peru Avenue and Athens Street, stopping eastbound Peru Avenue, the stem of this T-intersection;
Circular Avenue and Havelock Street, stopping southbound Circular Avenue (legislates existing conditions);
Dorantes Avenue at Magellan Avenue, stopping Dorantes Avenue, making this T-intersection an All-Way STOP; and,
Brighton Avenue at Lakeview Avenue, stopping southbound Brighton Avenue, the stem of this T-intersection. (Parking and Traffic Department)

(9/28/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3251.)

10/2/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

061363 [Traffic Regulations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets.

RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT - ESTABLISH
Columbus Avenue, west side, from Broadway to 60 feet northerly.

ONE WAY STREET - RESCIND
Beale Street, between Bryant and Folsom Streets.

BIKE LANE (SOUTHBOUND) - ESTABLISH
Beale Street, west side, between Bryant and Folsom Streets. (Parking and Traffic Department)

(9/28/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3251.)

10/2/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

061391 [Contract With Anticipated Expenditure in Excess of $10 Million]
Resolution approving the Fourth Amendment to the Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco (Purchaser) and Sunset Scavenger Company (Contractor) for hauling services, resulting in total compensation to the Contractor in an amount not to exceed $10,480,000, pursuant to San Francisco Charter Section 9.118(b). (Purchaser)

10/6/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

PROPOSED MOTIONS

Proposed motions received from September 26, 2006 through October 6, 2006, for reference by President to appropriate committee on October 17, 2006.

061387 [Appoinment, Planning Commission] Mayor
Motion approving the Mayor's appointment of Marilyn Sue Lee to the Planning Commission term ending July 1, 2010.

(Section 4.105 of the City Charter provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved; companion measure to File 061388.)
Transmittal date - October 3, 2006.

10/3/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

061388 [Appointment, Planning Commission] Mayor
Motion rejecting the Mayor's appointment of Marilyn Sue Lee to the Planning Commission term ending July 1, 2010.

(Section 4.105 of the City Charter provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved; companion measure to File 061387.)
Transmittal date - October 3, 2006.

10/3/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

061389 [Reappointment, Planning Commission]
Motion approving the Mayor's reappointment of William L. Lee to the Planning Commission term ending July 1, 2010. (Mayor)

(Section 4.105 of the City Charter provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved; companion measure to File 061390.)
Transmittal date - October 3, 2006.

10/3/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

061390 [Reappointment, Planning Commission]
Motion rejecting the Mayor's reappointment of William L. Lee to the Planning Commission term ending July 1, 2010.

(Section 4.105 of the City Charter provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved; companion measure to File 061389.)
Transmittal date - October 3, 2006.

10/3/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

061394 [Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and Communications received from September 26, 2006 through October 6, 2006 for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on October 17, 2006.

From Christian Holmer, submitting letters entitled "A Piece of the Action (able): SF City Attorney repeatedly violates CA Public Records Act on behalf of handful of City Agencies" dated September 29, 2006.2 letters(1)

From Shelter Monitoring Committee, submitting the September 15, 2006 Quarterly Report of the Shelter Monitoring Committee.(2)

From Department of the Environment, submitting report on arsenic-treated wood in San Francisco.(3)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 255 Steiner Street.(4)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 1155 Harrison Street.(5)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 1520 Geneva Street.(6)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 950 Avalon Avenue.(7)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site 3682 18th Street.(8)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 1589 42nd Avenue.(9)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for landmark designation of St. Brigid's Church.File 051772, Copy: Each Supervisor(10)

From Office of the Controller, submitting the sources of funding for the Public Education Enrichment Fund for fiscal year 2007-08.(11)

From Office of the Legislative Analyst, submitting report on police disciplinary procedures in other California police departments. File 061140(12)

From Department of Human Resources, submitting request for waiver of Administrative Code Chapters 12B and 12C for the Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf.(13)

From Municipal Transportation Agency, submitting request for waiver of Administrative Code Chapters 12B and 12C for Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc.(14)

From Public Utilities Commission, submitting request for waiver of Administrative Code Chapters 12B and 12C for Basic Chemical Solutions, LLC.(15)

From Public Utilities Commission, submitting request for waiver of Administrative Code Chapters 12B and 12C for Brenntag Pacific Inc.(16)

From SF Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), regarding the attendance policy for SF Local Agency Formation Commissioners.(17)

From Office of the Assessor-Recorder, submitting the critara for giving a tax exemption to a property homeowner.Copy: Each Supervisor(18)

From Edith Mc Millan, submitting copy of letter sent to the Planning Commission urging them to deny proposed project at 2527 Mission Street.Copy: Each Supervisor(19)

From Edith Mc Millan, commenting on various decisions made by the San Francisco Planning Commissioners. Copy: Each Supervisor(20)

From Edith Mc Millan, submitting copy of letter sent to the Mayor regarding the San Francisco Assessor-Recorder. Copy: Each Supervisor(21)

From Kasper, regarding the appointment of Anne Marie Conroy to the position as Department Head of Emergency Services in San Francisco.(22)

From Ivy Wong, urging the Board of Supervisors to reevaluate the conditions of evictions and rent control in San Francisco.Copy: Each Supervisor(23)

From Metropolitan Transportation Commission, submitting copy of letter sent to the Mayor requesting he began consideration of the reappointment of Jon Rubin, or the appointment of a representative for a four-year term that commences February 10, 2007.(24)

From Eula Walters, submitting opposition to renaming Ferry Park to Sue Bierman Park. File 061223, Copy: Each Supervisor, 2 letters(25)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for proposed ordinance establishing a one-year pilot program requiring police foot patrols. File 060700, Copy: Each Supervisor, 5 letters(26)

From Office of the Controller, submitting report concerning the Statement of Cash and Investments of the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector as of March 31, 2006.(27)

From Tamar Strain, regarding animal testing being conducted by the research department at UCSF.(28)

From Department of Public Works, regarding the status of graffiti removal at various locations in District 5. (Reference No. 20060801-009) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(29)

From Department of Public Works, regarding the status of graffiti removal from utility boxes at various locations in District 5. (Reference No. 20060919-012) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(30)

From Department of Public Works, regarding the status of graffiti removal from the Frederick Douglas Brick signs on Oak and Pierce Streets.(Reference No. 20060919-003) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(31)

From Department of Public Works, regarding the status of repairing potholes at 301 Lyon Street and 436 Fell Street. (Reference No. 20060919-009) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(32)

From Livable City, commenting on Westfield and Forest City working collaboratively with BART on improvements to the Powell Street station.(33)

From Christian Holmer, submitting letter entitled "Real Time" Sunshine Audit #4: modifiable word documents.(34)

From Clerk of the Board, submitting notice that the following City departments and agency have submitted their conflict-of-interest code to the Office of the Clerk of the Board prior to October 1, 2006: Municipal Transportation Agency, Parking Authority, S.F.County Transportation Authority (35)

From Department of Human Resources, submitting request for waiver of Administrative Code Chapter 12B and 12C for Holiday Inn Civic Center.(36)

From Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, regarding continuation of proposed ordinance "Community Improvement and Eastern Neighborhoods" pending receipt of written opinion from City Attorney regarding violation of City Charter Section 4.105.(37)

From Human Services Commission, submitting a copy of the San Francisco Human Services Commission Rules adopted in the September 28, 2006 regular meeting of the Commission. (38)

From Office of the Treasurer, submitting the investment activity (for fiscal year to date) of the portfolios under Treasurer's management.(39)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 1094 Revere Street.(40)

From Department of Public Works, regarding status of removing graffiti at 1949 Oak Street and 811-815 Oak Street. (Reference No. 20060919-011) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(41)

From Department of Public Works, regarding status of removing graffiti from garbage cans at Stanyan and Carl, Masonic and Fell and Oak and Gough Streets. (Reference No. 20060919-013) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(42)

From Office of the Controller, submitting report concerning the political activity audit of the Senior Action Network.(43)

From Francisco Da Costa, regarding dangerous dust particles of asbestos bombarding the children at a school on Kiska Road.(44)

From Department on the Status of Women, submitting the 1st quarterly report on a one-time only appropriation of $800,000 (June 2006) to augment activities of the current Partner Agencies of the Department who provide domestic violence, sexual assault prevention and intervention services.(45)

From Department of Elections, regarding preparations for the November 7, 2006 Consolidated General Election.(46)

From Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, regarding RCN's Open Video System Franchise.(47)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 4211 Judah Street.(48)

From Office of the Controller, submitting the financial audit of the San Francisco Children and Families Commission for fiscal year ended June 30, 2006.(49)

From Department of Public Works, submitting report in response to questions raised by the Mayor's Budget Office, Controller's Office and the Budget Analyst regarding the budgetary impact of operating the Municipal Asphalt Plant.(50)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for the St. Francis Yacht Club lease extension. File 061351, Copy: Budget and Finance Committee members, 4 letters(51)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to Fleet Week and the Blue Angels in San Francisco. 3 letters(52)

From SF Unified School District, regarding removal of graffiti at John Muir Elementary School. (Reference No. 20060815-008) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(53)

From Department of Elections, regarding mailing the Voter Information Pamphlet for the November 7, 2006 Election.File 061008, Copy: Rules Clerk(54)

From Thomas Forsyth, inquiring what Supervisor Daly's plan is for cleaning up the area around UN Plaza of some of the vilest of individuals and trades so that residents and tourists staying in local hotels can safely walk in this area. Copy: Supervisor Daly(55)

From Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board, submitting the annual statistical report for fiscal year 2005-06.(56)

From Anne Magennis, commenting on the boarded up storefront which was previously Real Foods Market on 24th Street in Noe Valley. Copy: Supervisor Dufty(57)

From Ann Garrison, regarding City Attorney Dennis Herrera's opinion on the Bayview Hunter's Point Redevelopment Plan defeat by petitioners. Copy: Each Supervisor(58)

From Chris Jaksa, submitting request that an ordinance be drafted specifically banning smoking in small public open spaces. Copy: Each Supervisor(59)

From Idriss Stelley Foundation, regarding Bessie Burger a 94 year old homeless woman. Copy: Mayor, 3 letters(60)

From Francisco Da Costa, commenting on the three small power plants to be built close to Bay View Hunters Point, at Pier 80 on Port property. Copy: Each Supervisor(61)

From Richard Scott, regarding status of repair of the fire alarm system at the Lakewood Apartments.(62)

From Henri Belli, submitting suggestions to deal with crime in the area around Eddy and Webster Streets. Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi, 3 letters(63)

From Geraldine Hayes, commenting on various initiatives that have been proposed for cleaning up the problem areas in San Francisco.(64)

From J.D., suggesting using volunteers in police service to make up for the 500 officers short of the mandated minimum in San Francisco.(65)

From Pamela Marie Calabrese, submitting support for making all drugs legal.(66)

From Larry Prager, regarding stickers/graffiti that seem to be getting worse in San Francisco.(67)

From Ann Garrison, submitting letter regarding the Patriot Act and the Bayview Hunter's Point Redevelopment Plan. Copy: Each Supervisor(68)

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting Procedures

The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board considers ordinances and resolutions, most of which have been the subject of hearings before the standing committees of the board at which members of the public are urged to testify. The full Board does not hold a second public hearing on measures which have been heard in committee.
Board procedures do not permit: 1) persons in the audience to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other persons testifying; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices, (Violators may be removed from the meeting room.) 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; and 4)standing in the Legislative Chamber.
Citizens are encouraged to testify at Board hearings and to write letters to the Board and to its members, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102.
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Disability access

The Legislative Chamber (Room 250) and the Committee Room (Room 263) in City Hall are wheelchair accessible.
Meetings are real-time captioned and are cablecast open-captioned on SF Cable 26. Assistive listening devices for the Legislative Chamber are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244. Assistive listening devices for the Committee Room are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244 or in the Committee Room. To request sign language interpreters, readers, large print agendas or other accommodations, please contact Madeleine Licavoli at (415) 554-7722 or (415) 554-5227 (TTY). Requests made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting will help to ensure availability.
The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center (Market/Grove/Hyde Streets). Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, and N (Civic Center or Van Ness Stations). MUNI bus lines serving the area are the 47 Van Ness, 9 San Bruno, and the 6, 7, 71 Haight/Noriega. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.
There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex. Accessible curbside parking is available on Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place and Grove Street.
In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to perfumes and various other chemical-based scented products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review.
For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at sotf@sfgov.org
Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements

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

	APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES






		Board to approve Board Meeting Minutes for September 19, 2006 and September 26, 2006.

	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.

	Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee






		Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Peskin

1.	061267	[Public Employment - Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2006-2007) to reflect the addition of a 0.71 Principal Clerk position, a 0.58 Personal Property Auditor position, and a 0.63 Management Assistant position in the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector.


		10/3/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

2.	061258	[Grant of Federal Funds - Municipal Transportation Agency]	Supervisor Dufty
		Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend $29,453,769 of Section 5309 fixed guideway capital assistance for various Municipal Railway capital projects and activities, excluding administrative overhead costs.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

3.	061259	[Grant of Federal Funds - Municipal Transportation Agency]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to Accept and Expend $46,175,552 of Section 5307 and Surface Transportation Program capital assistance for various Municipal Railway capital projects and activities, excluding Administrative Overhead Costs.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

4.	061314	[Lease of Real Property at 1701 Ocean Avenue]	Supervisor Sandoval
		Resolution authorizing the lease of 5,000 square feet of space at 1701 Ocean Avenue for the OMI Family Center of the Department of Public Health.

		(Fiscal impact.)

		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee




		Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Ma

5.	061306	[Provide SSI application assistance to the chronically homeless and mentally ill in San Francisco.]	Mayor, Supervisor Dufty
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $97,660 from the Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide SSI application assistance to the chronically homeless and mentally ill in San Francisco and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2007.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

6.	061307	[Manage and follow-up on chronic health conditions among refugees in San Francisco]	Supervisor Ma
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Newcomers Health Program (SFDPH, Newcomers) to accept and expend retroactively a new continuing grant in the initial amount of $55,000, from the California Department of Health Services, Refugee Health Section (CDHS/RHS) in support of a program entitled Refugee Preventive Health Program (RPHP), for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007 with expected continuation for four additional years, and which includes a sub-contract with the International Institute of San Francisco (IISF) in the amount of $28,900 for the same time period.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Recommendation of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee




		Present: Supervisors Peskin, Ammiano

7.	061303	[Public Employment - Department of Public Health and the General Service Agency]	Supervisor Ammiano
		Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2006-2007) to reflect proposed changes to the Department of Public Health and the General Service Agency staffing for the Health Access Program, increasing total staffing by 0.48 FTE.


		10/3/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

	Recommendations of the Rules Committee






		Present: Supervisors Mirkarimi, Elsbernd, Ammiano

8.	061349	[Appointment - Bicycle Advisory Committee]
		Resolution appointing Richard Tilles, term ending November 19, 2006, to the Bicycle Advisory Committee.

		Richard Tilles, succeeding Lionel Shaw, resigned, seat 2, must be a nominee of District 2 Supervisor, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending November 19, 2006.

		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

9.	061350	[Appointment - Shelter Monitoring Committee]
		Resolution appointing Elizabeth Olsen, term ending November 23, 2006, to the Shelter Monitoring Committee.

		Elizabeth Olsen, succeeding Joanne Smith, resigned, seat 2, must be homeless or formerly homeless, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending November 23, 2006.

		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

10.	061357	[Appointment - Children and Families First Commission]
		Resolution appointing Kara Dukakis and Betty Robinson-Harris, terms ending April 29, 2010, to the Children and Families First Commission; residency requirement waived.

		Kara Dukakis, succeeding Hector Melendez, term expired, seat 5, term expired, must represent one or more of the following: children services, public health services; behavioral health services, social services and tobacco and other substance abuse prevention and treatment services; recipients of project services included in the county strategic plan; educators specializing in early childhood development; representatives of a local child care resource or referral agency, the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council or another local child care coordinating group; representatives of a local organization for prevention or early intervention for families at risk; representatives of community-based organizations that have the goal of promoting and nurturing early childhood development; representatives of local school districts; and representatives of local medical, pediatric, or obstetric associations or societies, for the unexpired portion of a four-year term ending April 29, 2010. Betty Robinson-Harris, succeeding Norman Yee, term expired, seat 8, term expired, must represent one or more of the following: children services, public health services; behavioral health services, social services and tobacco and other substance abuse prevention and treatment services; recipients of project services included in the county strategic plan; educators specializing in early childhood development; representatives of a local child care resource or referral agency, the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council or another local child care coordinating group; representatives of a local organization for prevention or early intervention for families at risk; representatives of community-based organizations that have the goal of promoting and nurturing early childhood development; representatives of local school districts; and representatives of local medical, pediatric, or obstetric associations or societies, for the unexpired portion of a four-year term ending April 29, 2010.

		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?






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

	Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee




		Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval, McGoldrick

11.	051772	[Designating 2151 Van Ness Avenue, St. Brigid Church, as a Landmark, Under Planning Code Article 10]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Ordinance Designating 2151 Van Ness Avenue, St. Brigid Church, As Landmark No. 252 Pursuant To Article 10, Sections 1004 And 1004.4 Of The Planning Code.


		10/3/2006, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE.

		10/3/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

12.	061206	[Community Improvements and the Eastern Neighborhoods]	Supervisors McGoldrick, Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to add Chapter 36 to provide procedures and inter-agency cooperation in the preparation and implementation of community improvements plans and programs as part of the creation of new Area Plans of the General Plan in the Eastern Neighborhoods, defined as including the proposed Market and Octavia, East South of Market, West South of Market, Inner Mission, Lower Potrero/Showplace Square, and Central Waterfront plan areas.


		10/3/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

13.	061266	[Public Employment - Public Defender]	Supervisors Mirkarimi, Daly, Ammiano, Maxwell
		Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2006-2007) to reflect the addition of 1.0 Court Alternative Specialist I and 2.0 Social Workers in the Office of the Public Defender (PDR).

		(Supervisor Peskin dissented in committee.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

14.	061297	[Public Utilities Commission Short-Term Indebtedness]
		Ordinance amending Sections 43.5.1 through 43.5.4, inclusive, of the San Francisco Administrative Code to authorize the Director of Public Finance to designate an alternate, to implement the provisions of Article VIIIB of the Charter and to make other clarifying revisions. (Public Utilities Commission)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

15.	061298	[Authorization for the Public Utilities Commission to issue Commercial Paper Notes (Wastewater Series) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $150,000,000]
		Ordinance approving the issuance by the Public Utilities Commission of its Commercial Paper Notes (Wastewater Series) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $150,000,000 pursuant to Article VIIIB of the City Charter and Article V of Chapter 43 of Part I of the San Francisco Administrative Code, as amended, for the purpose of reconstructing and improving certain capital improvements related to the Wastewater Enterprise; approving the form and authorizing the execution of a credit facility, an issuing and paying agent agreement, one or more dealer agreements, an offering memorandum and other documents relating to such notes; approving the maximum interest rate on such notes; and related matters. (Public Utilities Commission)

		(Fiscal impact.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

16.	061304	[Appropriating $950,000 of State of California health program revenue for mental health wrap around services for the Department of Public Health for Fiscal Year 2006-2007]	Mayor, Supervisor Dufty
		Ordinance appropriating $950,000 of State of California health program revenue for mental health wrap around services to provide clinical services to youth receiving services as a result of the SB 163 State initiative for the Department of Public Health for Fiscal Year 2006-2007, and authorizing reimbursement of contractor costs retroactive to September 1, 2006.



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

17.	061312	[Appropriating $2,166,000 to fund Laguna Honda Hospital increased costs for the Department of Public Health retroactive to Fiscal Year 2005-2006]	Supervisor Daly
		Ordinance appropriating $2,166,000 of Laguna Honda Hospital surplus revenues to fund increased costs in salaries, non-personal services, and materials and supplies for the Department of Public Health retroactive to Fiscal Year 2005-2006.

		(Fiscal impact.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

18.	061255	[Providing for a taxi gate cap of $91.50 and a $0.25 fuel surcharge on the flag drop; the Board of Supervisors to consider other changes if the Taxi Commission has submitted a health care	Supervisor Peskin
		Resolution modifying the Controller's determinations of inflationary increases in taxi fares and gate cap pursuant to Police Code Section 1137 to provide for a gate cap of $91.50 and a $0.25 fuel surcharge on the flag drop and to provide that the Board of Supervisors shall consider other changes to the gate cap and to fares if the Taxi Commission has submitted a formal proposal for a health care program for taxi drivers by April 1, 2007.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

19.	061239	[Approval of Joint Powers Agreement for North Bayside System Unit facilities with the Cities of San Francisco, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, and Burlingame]
		Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of an Agreement between the Cities of San Francisco, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, and Burlingame pertaining to capacity ownership, operation, maintenance and capital projects cost sharing for North Bayside System Unit (NBSU) Facilities. (Airport Commission)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee




		Present: Supervisors Maxwell, McGoldrick

20.	061320	[Property and Business Improvement Districts]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending Section 1511 of the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code to (1) allow the owners of businesses who would pay at least 30% of the proposed assessment, or a combination of property owners and business owners who would pay at least 30% of the proposed assessment, to petition the Board of Supervisors to form a property and business improvement district, and (2) make conforming and clarifying changes to the procedural and substantive augmentation of state law governing the formation of property and business improvement districts.



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?