Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
AGENDA
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
2:00 PM
Regular Meeting
Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board
ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE |
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES | |||
Motion to approve October 21, 2003 Meeting Minutes. | |||
AGENDA CHANGES |
COMMUNICATIONS | |||
Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents: 1) Legislation 2) Budget Analyst report 3) Legislative Analyst report 4) Department or Agency cover letter and/or report 5) Public correspondence These items will be available for review at City Hall, Room 244, Reception Desk. | |||
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 17 |
Recommendations of the City Services Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Dufty, Ma | |||
1. | 031721 | [Research on club-drug networks among high-risk men] | Supervisor Dufty |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, AIDS Office (SFDPHAIDS) to accept retroactively and expend a supplemental grant award in the amount of $37,011 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for research on club-drug networks among high-risk men and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of March 1, 2003 to February 29, 2004. (Public Health Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Present: Supervisors Dufty, Daly | |||
2. | 031773 | [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program] | Supervisors Dufty, Daly |
Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $95,033 through the California Department of Justice for a program entitled "Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program." (District Attorney) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
3. | 031775 | [Contract funds to update the single estimate of unmet need for HIV primary care in San Francisco] | Supervisors Dufty, Daly |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to enter retroactively into an agreement with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) the primary contractor, and expend funds in the amount of $22,224 for estimates of unmet need for HIV primary care in the San Francisco Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA); for the period of September 1, 2003 to February 29, 2004. (Public Health Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
4. | 031776 | [Contract funds to develop an on-line collaborative HIV trial training resource center] | Supervisor Dufty |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to enter retroactively into an agreement with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (PHFE), the primary contractor, and expend funds in the amount of $74,732 for services under the agreement; for the period of September 1, 2003 to August 31, 2004. (Public Health Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
5. | 031787 | [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Special Emphasis Victim Assistance Program: Homicide] | Supervisors Dufty, Daly |
Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $110,000 through the California Office of Criminal Justice Planning for the operation of a program entitled "Special Emphasis Victim Assistance Program: Homicide." (District Attorney) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
6. | 031788 | [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Special Emphasis Victim Assistance Program: Elder Abuse] | Supervisors Dufty, Daly |
Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $155, 000 through the California Office of Criminal Justice Planning for the operation of a program entitled "Elder Abuse Vertical Prosecution Program." (District Attorney) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
7. | 031789 | [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Special Emphasis Victim Assistance Program: Elder Abuse] | Supervisors Dufty, Daly |
Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $110,000 through the California Office of Criminal Justice Planning for the operation of a program entitled "Special Emphasis Victim Assistance Program: Elder Abuse." (District Attorney) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Recommendations of the Land Use Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Maxwell | |||
8. | 022031 | [Zoning Map Amendment] | Supervisor Maxwell |
Ordinance amending Section Maps 8 and 8SU of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco for the property described as Assessor's Block 3978, Lot 1, bounded by Rhode Island Street, 17th Street, Kansas Street and Mariposa Street, from M-1 (Light Industrial) to NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial District) and the 17th and Rhode Island Street Grocery Store Special Use Subdistrict; adopting findings. | |||
(9/16/03 in Board: Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title; companion measure to File 022032.) | |||
9/16/2003, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing a new title. | |||
11/4/2003, PASSED ON FIRST READING. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? |
9. | 022032 | [17th and Rhode Island Street Grocery Store Special Use Subdistrict] | Supervisor Maxwell |
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding Section 781.10 to create the 17th and Rhode Island Street Grocery Store Special Use Subdistrict, applicable to the newly rezoned NC-3 block (previously M-1) bounded by 17th Street, Rhode Island Street, Mariposa Street and Kansas Street (Assessor's Block 3978, Lot 1), to permit a neighborhood grocery store at 17th and Rhode Island and amending the Section 712 Zoning Control Table; adopting findings. | |||
(9/16/03 in Board: Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.) (10/7/03 in Board: Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title.) | |||
9/16/2003, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. | |||
10/7/2003, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Maxwell submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title. | |||
11/4/2003, PASSED ON FIRST READING. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? |
10. | 031600 | [Commercial Vehicle Parking in Certain Use Districts] | |
Ordinance amending Traffic Code by amending Sections 63 and 63 (a) thereof, relating to commercial vehicle parking in certain use districts. (Parking and Traffic Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/4/2003, PASSED ON FIRST READING. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? |
11. | 031695 | [Changing Official Width of Sidewalk] | |
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 1061 entitled "Regulating the Width of Sidewalks" by adding thereto Section 1561 to change the official sidewalk width on the south side of Market Street west of Third Street; making findings pursuant to the General Plan; and requiring relocation, modification, or both of facilities affected by the sidewalk width changes. (Public Works Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/4/2003, PASSED ON FIRST READING. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? |
Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Maxwell, Ammiano | |||
12. | 031691 | [STOP Intersections] | |
Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Le Conte and Meade Avenues, stopping both streets, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; Teddy Avenue and Alpha Street, stopping Teddy Avenue at Alpha Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; Leland Avenue and Peabody Street, stopping Leland Avenue and Peabody Street, making this uncontrolled T-intersection an All-Way STOP; Broadway and Jones Street, stopping Jones Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; Benton Avenue and Genebern Way, stopping westbound Benton Avenue at Genebern Way; 26th Avenue and Moraga Street, stopping 26th Avenue, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; 25th and Mississippi Streets, stopping both streets, making this uncontrolled T-intersection an All-Way STOP; 20th Avenue and Quintara Street, stopping Quintara Street traffic at 20th Avenue, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; and Harney Way at Alana Way and Thomas Mellon Drive, stopping eastbound Harney Way Left Turn onto Alana Way. (Parking and Traffic Department) | |||
9/25/03: 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. 2692; No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
13. | 031746 | [Accept-Expend State Grant] | Mayor, Supervisors McGoldrick, Maxwell |
Resolution authorizing the Department of Parking and Traffic to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $199,204 from the California Office of Traffic Safety for improving school area traffic safety. | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
14. | 031692 | [Traffic Regulations] | |
Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT - ESTABLISH Paul Avenue, eastbound, at Bayshore Boulevard. CROSSWALK - RESCIND Bayshore Boulevard and Oakdale Avenue, crossing Bayshore Boulevard, south side, at Oakdale Avenue. CROSSWALK - ESTABLISH Bayshore Boulevard and Oakdale Avenue, crossing Bayshore Boulevard, north side. NO RIGHT TURN AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS EXCEPT TAXIS - RESCIND NO RIGHT TURN AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS - ESTABLISH 3rd Street, northbound, at Townsend Street. NO LEFT TURN - ESTABLISH Woodside Avenue, eastbound, onto Youth Guidance Center/Laguna Honda Hospital access road. NO LEFT TURN - ESTABLISH Woodside Avenue, westbound, onto Idora Avenue. CROSSWALK - RESCIND Crossing Woodside Avenue, west side, at Idora Avenue. CROSSWALK - RESCIND Crossing Woodside Avenue, east side, at the Youth Guidance Center/Laguna Honda access road. NO LEFT TURN, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM AND 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM, EXCEPT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY - RESCIND NO LEFT TURN - ESTABLISH Judah Street, westbound at 17th Avenue. (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. 2692; No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
15. | 031693 | [Parking Regulations] | |
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "N" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Funston Avenue, west side, between California and Clement Streets (200 block). RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "H" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Sloat Boulevard, south side, from 20th Avenue to 100 feet easterly (300 block); and 20th Avenue, both sides, between Sloat Boulevard and Ocean Avenue (2900 block). UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH Fulton Street, south side, at 6th Avenue (accommodates 3 unmetered parking spaces). TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH States Street, north side, from Corona Heights Playground to a point 26 feet westerly. | |||
(9/25/03: 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; DPW Order No. 2692; No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Recommendations of the Rules Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Hall, Gonzalez | |||
16. | 031690 | [Settlement Of Lawsuit] | |
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Restore Hetch Hetchy against the City and County of San Francisco for $1,700.00; the lawsuit was filed on July 24, 2003 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 503-306; entitled Restore Hetch Hetchy v. San Francisco Board of Supervisors et al.; other material terms of said settlement are that the City and County of San Francisco and San Francisco Public Utilities Commission agree to remain neutral on Petitioner's efforts to seek funding for preparation of a study assessing the feasibility of restoring the Hetch Hetchy Valley. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission reserves the right to comment on any restrictions, requirements or regulations that would be imposed on the Department by a funding source as a prerequisite to the appropriation of those funds. (City Attorney) | |||
11/4/2003, PASSED ON FIRST READING. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? |
17. | 031697 | [Settlement of Lawsuit] | |
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Lynn Andrews against the City and County of San Francisco for $75,000; the lawsuit was filed on July 18, 2002 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 410-430; entitled Lynn Andrews v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
(Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/4/2003, PASSED ON FIRST READING. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? |
Questions on the Consent Agenda are on final passage, first reading, or adoption, as indicated:______________________________________________ | |||
REGULAR AGENDA |
UNFINISHED BUSINESS |
Recommendation of the Rules Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Hall, Dufty | |||
18. | 031545 | [Agreement to Exchange of Property and Settlement of Lawsuit - William F. Spiers dba Spiers Construction Company] | Supervisors Hall, Dufty |
Ordinance authorizing an agreement to exchange vacant land uphill from Edgehill Park for the City's property on Portola Drive; adopting findings that the exchange agreement is categorically exempt from environmental review and is consistent with the City's General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; authorizing the Director of Property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of the exchange agreement; and authorizing settlement of the lawsuit entitled City and County of San Francisco v. William F. Spiers dba Spiers Construction Company, filed on November 29, 2001 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 401-800, for an injunction requiring removal of Spiers' fence blocking access to Edgehill Park, for dismissal of Spiers' cross-complaint for quiet title, and for the exchange agreement. | |||
(Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
10/7/2003, PASSED ON FIRST READING. | |||
10/21/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED? |
From the Rules Committee With Recommendation "Do Submit" | |||
Present: Supervisors Hall, Dufty, Gonzalez | |||
19. | 031543 | [Charter Amendment-Tolling Board deadlines during recess, reducing votes required when Board members are disqualified, limiting hold-over appointments, setting deadlines for police and | Supervisor Gonzalez |
Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 2.103, 2.104, and Article XVII, by adding Section 4.101-1, by amending Section A8.590-5, and by amending Section 4.120, to toll deadlines for action by the Board when the Board is in recess, to reduce the number of votes required at the Board of Supervisors for various actions when one or more Board members are disqualified from voting on a matter because of a conflict of interest, to limit hold-over appointments to 60 days, to set deadlines for completing contract negotiations with police and fire employees, and to re-name the Commission on Aging as "the Commission on Aging and Adult Services." | |||
11/4/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED? |
Present: Supervisors Hall, Dufty | |||
20. | 031547 | [Charter Amendment - Tax-deferred transfer of accrued vacation, sick leave and other compensation to employees] | Supervisor Sandoval |
Charter amendment (Second Draft) to add Section A8.599 to authorize the City and County to establish plans for the tax-deferred treatment of accrued compensation payable to employees. | |||
11/4/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED? |
21. | 031562 | [Charter Amendment - Retirement System benefits for domestic partners] | Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty |
Charter amendment (Third Draft) to add Section 16.125 authorizing the Board of Supervisors to amend or repeal provisions of the Domestic Partnership Ordinance to effectuate the voters' intent that domestic partners be afforded the same rights and responsibilities as spouses, and by amending Section A8.500-2 so that domestic partners are treated exactly the same as spouses for benefits under the Retirement System. | |||
9/30/2003, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Ammiano submitted a substitute Charter amendment bearing new title. | |||
11/4/2003, CONTINUED. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Daly, moved to combine File No. 031547 with File No. 031562. Continued to November 18, 2003. | |||
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED? |
From the Rules Committee "Without Recommendation" | |||
Present: Supervisors Hall, Gonzalez | |||
22. | 031542 | [Charter Amendment - Reclassify Deputy Sheriffs as Safety Employees Covered Under Charter Section A8.590-1 et seq.] | Supervisors Ma, Daly, Dufty |
Charter amendment (Second Draft) to amend Sections A8.409 and A8.590-1 et seq. to reclassify Deputy Sheriffs as safety employees covered under Charter Section A8.590-1 et seq. | |||
11/4/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED? |
Present: Supervisors Hall, Dufty | |||
23. | 031574 | [Charter Amendment - Board of Supervisors to respond to all orders or requests for the production of City records under designated state and federal laws] | Supervisors McGoldrick, Peskin |
Charter amendment (Second Draft) to add Section 16.124 to authorize the Board of Supervisors to respond on behalf of the City to all orders or requests for the production of information, records, or other tangible things held by the City, the disclosure of which could violate the rights of any individuals under the State or Federal Constitutions, where the orders or requests are made under laws previously identified by the Board. | |||
11/4/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED? |
NEW BUSINESS | |||
Recommendation of the Budget Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Daly, Maxwell, Peskin | |||
24. | 031793 | [Financial Privacy] | Supervisor Peskin |
Ordinance amending Section 2000 of Article 20 of the Business and Tax Regulation Code, the "San Francisco Financial Information Privacy Ordinance," to postpone the date upon which Article 20 is set to become operative from January 1, 2004 to July 1, 2004. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
From the Budget Committee "Without Recommendation" | |||
Present: Supervisors Daly, Maxwell, Peskin | |||
25. | 031811 | [Development and Lease of Piers 27-31] | Supervisor Peskin |
Resolution urging the Port Commission not to Extend the Exclusive Right to Negotiate Agreement with the Mills Corporation and to Re-issue the Request for Proposals for the Development and Lease of Piers 27-31 as a Mixed-Use Recreation Project. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Recommendations of Finance and Audits Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Peskin, Sandoval | |||
26. | 031321 | [CEQA, General Plan, Golden Gate Park Master Plan Findings - Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority Projects] | Supervisor Peskin |
Resolution adopting environmental findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, State Guidelines, and Administrative Code Chapter 31; and adopting General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1 findings in connection with the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority Projects. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
27. | 031320 | [Golden Gate Park Concourse Underground Parking Facility Fees] | Supervisor Peskin |
Ordinance making environmental findings and amending the San Francisco Park Code by adding Section 12.35 to establish rates for the Golden Gate Park Concourse Underground Parking Facility. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
28. | 031319 | [Approving ground lease to Music Concourse Community Partnership in connection with the construction and operation of an underground parking facility and amending the designation of the | Supervisors Peskin, Dufty |
Resolution approving and authorizing the execution and delivery of a ground lease between the City and Music Concourse Community Partnership relating to the Golden Gate Park Music Concourse underground parking facility project; amending the designation of the jurisdiction of the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority; and requiring Music Concourse Community Partnership to provide or cause the provision of a guarantee of the remaining uncollected pledges. | |||
(Fiscal impact.) | |||
10/28/2003, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Peskin submitted a substitute resolution bearing new title. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Present: Supervisors Peskin, Sandoval, McGoldrick | |||
29. | 031657 | [Appropriation of funding and creation of special fund for the Octavia Boulevard Project] | Supervisor Peskin |
Ordinance appropriating $12,903,999 from the land sales to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and $1,106,631 in lease revenues from the Central Freeway land parcels for a total of $14,010,630 to fund the construction of Octavia Boulevard and related ancillary projects for the Department of Public Works for fiscal year 2003-04. (Mayor) | |||
(Fiscal impact; No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
30. | 031738 | [Contracting out Budget Analyst Services] | |
Resolution concurring with the controller's certification that the budget analyst services can be practically performed by private contractor for lower cost than similar work services performed by city and county employees. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Recommendations of the City Services Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors Dufty, Ma | |||
31. | 031103 | [Parks and Recreation Department assessment of staff and monetary resources needed to maintain city parks] | Supervisors Gonzalez, Sandoval, Daly, Dufty, Ma |
Resolution urging the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Parks and Recreation Department to immediately undertake an assessment of staff and monetary resources needed to reinvigorate and maintain the city's parks at a level that promotes use and pride in all neighborhoods of the city. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Present: Supervisors Dufty, Daly | |||
32. | 030995 | [Licensing and regulation of massage practitioners and businesses] | Supervisors Daly, Peskin, Dufty, Ma, Gonzalez, Ammiano |
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by repealing Article 27 (Sections 2700 through 2737), and amending the San Francisco Health Code by adding a new Article 29 (Sections 1900 through 1931), both Articles providing for the licensing and regulation of massage practitioners and businesses, and establishing an operative date for the ordinance. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
33. | 031866 | [Waiving Police and Fire fees for Immigrant Pride Day 2003] | Supervisors Gonzalez, Daly |
Ordinance waiving fees associated with Immigrant Pride Day 2003 assessed by the San Francisco Police and Fire Departments; urging the Municipal Transportation Agency to waive its fees associated with the same event. | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
Recommendations of the Land Use Committee | |||
Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Maxwell, Ammiano | |||
34. | 031603 | [Generation Solar: Residential and Commercial Solar Program] | Supervisors Ammiano, McGoldrick, Maxwell |
Ordinance requiring the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of the Environment in consultation with other City departments to implement Generation Solar, a solar program for the residential and commercial sectors. | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
35. | 031694 | [Traffic Code - Amending Section 32.1.1 to update location of Main Public Library] | |
Ordinance amending Section 32.1.1 of the San Francisco Traffic Code to update the location of parking restrictions on the blocks adjacent to the San Francisco Main Library. (Parking and Traffic Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING? |
Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Maxwell | |||
36. | 031727 | [Street Encroachment at 151 24th Avenue] | |
Resolution granting revocable permission to Edgar N. Bogas and Desiree Goyette-Bogas to occupy a portion of the public right-of-way to construct, install and maintain a portion of a new two car garage, including new concrete retaining walls, concrete stairs, concrete terrace, grading and landscaping, within the existing landscaped portion of the 24th Avenue public right-of-way, to access and provide off-street parking for the property at 151 24th Avenue (Block 1334, Lot 004) and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Maxwell, Ammiano | |||
37. | 031729 | [Street Artist Winter Holiday Spaces] | |
Resolution designating 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, 2003, beginning on November 15, 2003 and ending on January 15, 2004. (Arts Commission) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
SPECIAL ORDER 3:30 P.M - Recognition of Commendations | |||
SPECIAL ORDER 4:00 P.M. | |||
Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole | |||
From the Rules Committee With Recommendation "Do Submit" | |||
Present: Supervisors Hall, Dufty | |||
38. | 030857 | [Charter Amendment - Retirement Benefits for District Attorneys, Public Defenders and Public Defender Investigators] | Supervisors Gonzalez, Sandoval, Hall |
Charter amendment (Fifth Draft) to add Section A8.506.5 thereto, to authorize the board of supervisors to contract with the board of administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to provide increased retirement benefits for district attorneys, public defenders and public defender investigators. | |||
7/8/2003, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. | |||
7/8/2003, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to July 15, 2003 with the Board Sitting as a Committee of the Whole. | |||
7/15/2003, RE-REFERRED to Rules Committee. | |||
11/4/2003, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. | |||
11/4/2003, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to November 18, 2003 with the Board Sitting as a Committee of the Whole. | |||
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED? |
39. | 031819 | [Charter Amendment - Tax Deferred transfer of accrued vacation, sick leave and other compensation to employees; Retirement System benefits for domestic partners] | Supervisors Sandoval, Ammiano, Dufty |
Charter amendment (First Draft) by: (a) adding Section A8.599 to authorize the City and County of San Francisco to establish plans for the tax-deferred treatment of accrued compensation payable to employees, (b) adding Section 16.125, authorizing the Board of Supervisors to amend or repeal provisions of the Domestic Partnership Ordinance to effectuate the voters' intent that domestic partners be afforded the same rights and responsibilities as spouses, and by (c) amending Section A8.500-2 so that domestic partners are treated exactly the same as spouses for benefits under the Retirement System. | |||
11/4/2003, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to November 18, 2003 with the Board Sitting as a Committee of the Whole. | |||
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED? |
From the Rules Committee "Without Recommendation" | |||
Present: Supervisors Hall, Gonzalez | |||
40. | 031561 | [Charter Amendment - Allowing the City to reduce the minimum police staffing level after conducting a study of which positions could be filled by civilian personnel rather than sworn | Supervisor Ammiano |
Charter amendment (Third Draft) to amend Section 4.127 and to add Section 16.123, to: provide for a study of which positions in the Police Department could be filled by civilian personnel rather than sworn officers; allow the City to reduce the minimum police staffing level for each position it converts from sworn to civilian, without decreasing the number of police officers dedicated to neighborhood community policing, patrol, and investigations and without substantially interfering with the delivery of police services or the ability of the Police Department to protect the public in the event of an emergency; and, provide that no police officer shall be laid off in order to convert a position from sworn to civilian. | |||
11/4/2003, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. | |||
11/4/2003, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to November 18, 2003 with the Board Sitting as a Committee of the Whole. | |||
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED? |
Present: Supervisors Hall, Dufty, Gonzalez | |||
41. | 031567 | [Charter Amendment - San Francisco Department of Public Health] | Supervisors Daly, Gonzalez |
Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to repeal Section 4.110, regarding the Health Commission, and adding a new Article VIIIC, to increase the autonomy and fiscal authority of the Health Commission and change the qualifications of Health Commissioners, establish a stable baseline funding level for the Department of Public Health, ensure the continued operation of County hospitals, community-based public health clinics, and chronic disease and injury prevention and health promotion programs, designate universal healthcare as one of the Department's top advocacy priorities, ensure continued planning, coordination and oversight of the San Francisco Emergency Medical Services/Trauma System, guarantee culturally competent care through community-based primary care clinics, maintain operation of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility, and establish as a goal, pay equity for nonprofit and City workers performing similar jobs for the Department of Public Health. | |||
9/23/2003, SUBSTITUTED to Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute Charter amendment bearing new title. | |||
11/4/2003, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Ammiano, moved an amendment of the whole. (Third Draft) | |||
11/4/2003, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to November 18, 2003 with the Board Sitting as a Committee of the Whole. | |||
Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED? |
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. | |||
SPECIAL ORDER 4:30 P.M. |
42. | 031631 | [Public Hearing - Appeal, Final EIR for the 300 Spear Street Project] | |
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the Planning Commission certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report Case No. 2000.1090E, dated September 4, 2003, for the proposed project at 300 Spear Street. (Appellant: Sue C. Hestor, attorney for the Rincon Hill Residents Association and the BayCrest Towers Residential Association). | |||
(Filed 9/24/03; companion measure to Files 031632, 031633, 031634.) | |||
10/21/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Action:___________________________ |
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the Final Environmental Impact Report described above, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing. | |||
(Only one of the following two motions should be adopted.) |
43. | 031632 | [Affirm certification of final environmental impact report for the 300 Spear Street Project] | |
Motion affirming the Planning Commission certification of the final environmental impact report for the 300 Spear Street Project. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
10/21/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
44. | 031633 | [Reverse certification of final environmental impact report for the 300 Spear Street Project] | |
Motion reversing the Planning Commission certification of the final environmental impact report for the 300 Spear Street Project. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
10/21/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
45. | 031634 | [Preparation of findings to reverse certification of the of final environmental impact report for the 300 Spear Street Project] | |
Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings specifying the basis for the Board of Supervisors' reversal of the Planning Commission certification of the final environmental impact report for the 300 Spear Street Project. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
10/21/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
SPECIAL ORDER 4:30 P.M. |
46. | 031627 | [Public Hearing - Appeal, Final EIR for the 201 Folsom Street Project] | |
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the Planning Commission certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report Case No. 2002.1073E, dated September 4, 2003, for the proposed project at 201 Folsom Street. (Appellant: Sue C. Hestor, attorney for the Rincon Hill Residents Association and BayCrest Towers Residential Association). | |||
(Filed 9/24/03; companion measure to Files 031628, 031629, 031630.) | |||
10/21/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Action:___________________________ |
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the Final Environmental Impact Report described above, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing. | |||
(Only one of the following two motions should be adopted.) |
47. | 031628 | [Affirm certification of final environmental impact report for the 201 Folsom Street Project] | |
Motion affirming the Planning Commission certification of the final environmental impact report for the 201 Folsom Street Project. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
10/21/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
48. | 031629 | [Reverse certification of final environmental impact report for the 201 Folsom Street Project.] | |
Motion reversing the Planning Commission certification of the final environmental impact report for the 201 Folsom Street Project. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
10/21/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
49. | 031630 | [Preparation of findings to reverse certification of the of final environmental impact report for the 201 Folsom Street Project.] | |
Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings specifying the basis for the Board of Supervisors' reversal of the Planning Commission certification of the final environmental impact report for the 201 Folsom Street Project. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
10/21/2003, CONTINUED. Continued to November 18, 2003 | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
SPECIAL ORDER 6:00 P.M. |
50. | 031783 | [Public Hearing - Appeal, 32 Uranus Terrace, San Francisco Tentative Subdivision Map] | |
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Department of Public Works dated October 20, 2003, approving Tentative/Parcel Map to legalize the proposed construction of a two unit new condominium project in Assessor's Block 2655, Lot 03, at 32 Uranus Terrace, San Francisco. | |||
(Filed October 23, 2003; companion measure to Files 031784, 031785, 031786; District 8.) | |||
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.) | |||
51. | 031784 | [32 Uranus Terrace Tentative Subdivision Map] | |
Motion approving decision of the Director of Public Works, approving Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the construction of a two unit new condominium project in Assessor's Block 2655, Lot 03, at 32 Uranus Terrace, San Francisco. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
52. | 031785 | [32 Uranus Terrace Tentative Subdivision Map] | |
Motion disapproving decision of the Director of Public Works, approving Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the construction of a two unit new condominium project in Assessor's Block 2655, Lot 03, at 32 Uranus Terrace, San Francisco. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
53. | 031786 | [Findings - 32 Uranus Terrace Tentative Subdivision Map] | |
Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to Tentative Subdivision Map to legalize the construction of a two unit new condominium project in Assessor's Block 2655, Lot 03, at 32 Uranus Terrace, San Francisco. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
COMMITTEE REPORTS | |||
Reports from committees, if any, recommending emergency or urgent measures. | |||
The following items will be considered by the Rules Committee at a Special Meeting on Wednesday, November 12, 2003. The Chair intends to request the Committee to send the following items to the Board as a committee report. | |||
54. | 031766 | [Appointment, Public Utilities Commission] | |
Motion approving the Acting Mayor's appointment of Adam Werbach to the Public Utilities Commission, for the term expiring January 15, 2007. (Mayor) | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
55. | 031767 | [Appointment, Public Utilities Commission] | |
Motion rejecting the Acting Mayor's appointment of Adam Werbach to the Public Utilities Commission. (Mayor) | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
56. | 031768 | [Appointment, Public Utilities Commission] | |
Motion taking no position concerning the Acting Mayor's appointment of Adam Werbach to the Public Utilities Commission, for term ending January 15, 2007. (Mayor) | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
57. | 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. | |||
58. | 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 59 through 67 | |||
59. | 031821 | [Calling a March 2, 2004 Special Election on Regional Measure 2] | Supervisor Daly |
Resolution calling for a special election to be conducted in the City and County of San Francisco on the question of whether voters shall approve a $1 bridge toll increase on the seven state-owned bridges in the San Francisco Bay Area with the funds to be used for a Regional Traffic Relief Plan, as defined in Senate Bill 916 (Perata). | |||
11/4/2003, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
60. | 031822 | [Accept-Expend State Grant] | Supervisor Maxwell |
Resolution authorizing the Port of San Francisco to accept and expend a grant in the amount of Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000.00) from the State of California, Department of Boating and Waterways, Abandoned Watercraft Fund, for the removal, and disposal of abandoned, wrecked or dismantled vessels or partially submerged objects within the Port's jurisdiction. | |||
11/4/2003, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
61. | 031823 | [Supporting Fuel Cell Pilot Project at Airport] | Supervisor McGoldrick |
Resolution urging the Airport Director to initiate with other relevant departments a Fuel Cell Pilot Project at San Francisco International Airport (SFIA) in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to enhance and improve the reliability and security of critical air traffic and airport operations at SFIA. | |||
11/4/2003, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
62. | 031824 | [S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien] | Supervisor Peskin |
Resolution urging the Port of San Francisco to enter into a 10-year lease with the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien at its current berth on Pier 45. | |||
11/4/2003, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
63. | 031809 | [Final Map for a 6 Unit Residential Condominium Project] | |
Motion approving Final Map of 52 Sheridan Street, A Residential Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 34 in Assessor's Block No. 3519, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient; DPW Order No. 174,500; District 6.) | |||
11/3/2003, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
64. | 031820 | [Needle Exchange Emergency] | Supervisors Ammiano, Newsom, Daly, Peskin, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Dufty |
Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program. | |||
11/4/2003, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
65. | 031825 | [Authorizing preparation of a written Proponent ballot argument and rebuttal argument on the Tax-deferred Transfer of Accrued Vacation, Sick Leave and Other Compensation to Employees | Supervisor Sandoval |
Motion authorizing Supervisor Gerardo C. Sandoval to submit and sign a written Proponent argument and rebuttal argument for the Tax-deferred Transfer of Accrued Vacation, Sick Leave and Other Compensation to Employees Charter Amendment File No. 031547 for publication in the voter information pamphlet for the March 2, 2004 election. | |||
11/4/2003, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED? |
66. | 031849 | [City's Consolidated Annual Financial Report (CAFR)] | Supervisor Daly |
Resolution authorizing the Controller to print the City's Consolidated Annual Financial Report (CAFR) on an annual basis as well as posting it on the web. | |||
11/12/2003, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED? |
67. | 031850 | [Public Hearing Approval] | Supervisor Hall |
Resolution approving the issuance and sale of revenue bonds by the ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $60,000,000 for the Music Concourse Community Partnership. | |||
11/12/2003, 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:_________________________________________ | |||
68. | 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. | |||
[Imperative Resolutions, if any] | |||
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES | |||
Proposed ordinances received from October 28, 2003 through November 10, 2003, for reference by President to appropriate committee on November 18, 2003. | |||
031799 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Curtis McGlothin] | ||
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Curtis McGlothin against the City and County of San Francisco for $165,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 7, 2002 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 411-241; entitled Curtis McGlothin, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
(Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/3/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
031807 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Teresa Lau] | ||
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Teresa Lau against the City and County of San Francisco for $93,500; the lawsuit was filed on September 27, 2001 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 324-939; entitled Teresa Lau, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
(Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/3/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
031832 | [Designating 2926-2948 16th Street, the Labor Temple/Redstone Building, As a Landmark Under Planning Code Article 10] | ||
Ordinance Designating 2926-2948 16th Street, the Labor Temple/Redstone Building, As Landmark No. 238 Pursuant To Article 10, Sections 1004 And 1004.4 Of The Planning Code. (Planning Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/6/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. | |||
031833 | [Denying taxi driver permits to applicants having certain criminal convictions within four years] | ||
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending Section 1089, to provide that persons having certain criminal convictions shall not be eligible to receive a taxi driver permit for four years after the date of conviction. (Taxi Commission) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) |
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11/4/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. | |||
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS | |||
Proposed resolutions received from October 28, 2003 through November 10, 2003, for reference by President to appropriate committee on November 18, 2003. | |||
031808 | [Prevailing Wage Rates] | ||
Resolution fixing prevailing wage rates for workers performing work under City contracts for public work and improvement; workers performing work under City contracts for janitorial services; and workers in public off-street parking lots, garages, or storage facilities for automobiles on property owned or leased by the City. (Civil Service Commission) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
10/31/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
031810 | [Pedestrian Injury Surveillance] | ||
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $99,350 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to analyze pedestrian injury patterns and evaluate the effectiveness of countermeasures and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of September 1, 2003, to August 31, 2004. (Public Health Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/3/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. | |||
031831 | [Agreement to exchange real property] | ||
Resolution approving and authorizing agreements for the exchange of certain real property with the State of California; adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; adopting findings that the conveyance is consistent with the City's general plan and eight priority policies of City Planning Code section 101.1; and authorizing the Director of Property to execute documents and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution. (Real Estate Department) | |||
(Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/6/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
031844 | [Contract funds for a safety trial of Tenofovir as a pre-exposure prophylaxis among high-risk men who have sex with men] | ||
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to enter retroactively into an agreement with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (PHFE), the primary contractor, and expend funds in the amount of $100,929 for a safety trial of Tenofovir as a pre-exposure prophylaxis among high-risk men who have sex with men; for the period of October 1, 2003 to September 30, 2004. (Public Health Department) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/7/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. | |||
031845 | [Accept-Expend Regional Grant] | ||
Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to accept and expend two (2) grants totaling $248,000 from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) for acquisition of clean air vehicles by Airport transportation operators. (Airport Commission) | |||
(No Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/10/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
031848 | [Accept-Expend Federal Grant] | ||
Resolution authorizing the Sheriff's Department: to accept and expend a three-year grant in the amount of $1,229,622 from the U.S Department of Education for providing a life skills program to women offenders. (Sheriff) | |||
(Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/12/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. | |||
031851 | [Transfer State funds to CMHDA for contract services to improve access to mental health treatment for children in foster care and other children placed outside of San Francisco] | ||
Resolution endorsing the transfer of State general funds from the State to the California Mental Health Directors Association for a contract to provide services to foster care and other Medi-Cal eligible children placed outside of San Francisco, for the period of July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004. (Public Health Department) | |||
(Public Benefit Recipient.) | |||
11/12/2003, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. Department requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the November 26, 2003 meeting. | |||
031867 | [Petitions and Communications] | ||
Petitions and Communications received from October 28, 2003 through November 10,2003.for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on November 18, 2003. From Department of Elections, submitting the Official Statement of Vote for the October 7, 2003 Statewide Special Election. Copy: Each Supervisor(1) From Office of the Mayor, regarding appointments to the Public Utilities Commission. Copy: Each Supervisor(2) From Department of Public Health, reporting on the rate of expenditures for the quarter ending September 30, 2003 for SF General Hospital and jail health services.(3) From Department of Public Health, reporting on beverage and snack vending machine usage and preference at the Department. (Reference No. 20030923-043) Copy: Supervisor Peskin(4) From Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board, submitting copy of the department's efficiency plan, pursuant to Section 88.4 of the Administrative Code. Copy: Each Supervisor(5) From Office of the Sheriff, submitting copy of the department's efficiency plan, pursuant to Section 88.4 of the Administrative Code. Copy: Each Supervisor(6) From SF International Airport, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04. Copy: Each Supervisor(7) From Office of the City Attorney, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04. Copy: Each Supervisor(8) From Department of submitting information regarding the Consolidated Municipal Election for November 4, 2003. Copy: Each Supervisor(9) From Emergency Communications Department, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04. Copy: Each Supervisor(10) From Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector, submitting Efficiency Plan, Customer Service Plan, Strategic Planning and Performance Measures for fiscal year 2003 through 2006. Copy: Each Supervisor(11) From Recreation and Park Department, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04.Copy: Each Supervisor(12) From Ethics Commission, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003 through 2006. Copy: Each Supervisor(13) From Department of Aging and Adult Services, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04. Copy: Each Supervisor(14) From Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, submitting Efficiency Plan, Customer Service Plan, Strategic Planning and Performance Measures for fiscal year 2003-04. Copy: Each Supervisor(15) From Department of Elections, submitting brief summary of the Department of Elections' response to questions and testimony presented at the Rules Committee meeting of October 31, 2003.(16) From Department of Human Resources, regarding expenditures and results of the MCCP and the David M. Griffith and Associates classification study.(17) From Arts Commission, submitting quarterly report pursuant to Section 24 of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance and the Controller's October 16, 2003 letter dated "High Level Financial Reports for quarter ending September 30, 2003.(18) From Office of the Public Defender, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04.Copy: Each Supervisor(19) From Fire Department, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04. Copy: Each Supervisor(20) From Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, submitting copy of the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act Annual Report | |||
031868 | [Petitions and Communications #2] | ||
Petitions and Communications received from October 28, 2003 through November 10,2003.for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on November 18, 2003, Week 2. From Human Rights Commission, submitting quarterly report on departmental performance in implementing Chapter 12D.A of the Administrative Code.(1) From Budget Analyst, submitting management audit report of the Controller's Office.(2) From Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04.(3) From Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04.(4) From Public Utilities Commission, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04.(5) From Department of Administrative Services, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04.(6) From Office of Contract Administration, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04.(7) From concerned citizens, submitting support for Adam Werbach and Robin Chiang to the Public Utilities Commission.(8) From Department of Human Resources, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04.(9) From Steinhart Aquarium, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 2003-04.(10) From James Chaffee, submitting letter entitled "Library Prevents Public Discussion" dated November 10, 2003. Copy: Each Supervisor(11) From Office of the City Attorney, regarding validity of appointments made by the Acting Mayor to the Public Utilities Commission. Copy: Each Supervisor(12) From Mayor's Office of Housing, regarding the Extra Credit Home Purchase Program.(13) From Brandt-Hawley Law Group, appealing the Final Mitigated Negative Declaration for 701 Lombard Street.(14) From Department of Public Finance, submitting request for waiver of Chapters 12A and 12B of the Administrative Code for Financial Security Assurance.(15) From Matthew Shelton, submitting request for a Type 42 (On Sale Beer/Wine License) for Shelton Theater at 533 Sutter Street.(16) From Supervisor Ammiano, submitting resignation of Gloria Vasquez to the Park and Open Space Advisory Committee and appointment of Alfredo Pedroza to Seat 2 of the Park and Recreation Open Space Advisory Committee.(17) From Department of Public Works, regarding the feasibility of continuing the concrete sidewalk along Alemany Boulevard between Congdon and Trumbull Streets. (Reference No. 20030916-001) Copy: Supervisor Sandoval(18) From Fire Department, submitting notice that the Fire Department is moving forward with efforts to seismically retrofit Firehouse #33 in District 11.(19) From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding request for a pedestrian and vehicular safety evaluation along Laurel Street, between California Street and Euclid Avenue. (Reference No. 20030916-003) Copy: Supervisor Newsom(20) From Abdalla Megahed, regarding the Holy Month of Ramaden for Moslem employees of the City and County of San Francisco.(21) From Recreation and Park Department, submitting quarterly report on Lead Prevention Poisoning.Copy: Supervisors Maxwell, Daly(22) From Ethics Commission, submitting Third Quarter Summary of Earnings and Expenses of Lobbyists registered with the City during the period of July 1 through September 30, 2003. Copy: Each Supervisor(23) From Planning Department, regarding the Cruise Terminal Mixed-use Project and Brannan Street Wharf Project Notice of Determination.(24) From Clerk of the Board, regarding the passage of Proposition D (Small Business Commission) on the November 4, 2003 ballot. Copy: Each Supervisor(25) From Office of the Sheriff, submitting the first Quarterly Expenditure Report for fiscal year 2003-04.(26) From Department of Parking and Traffic, submitting Quarterly Tow Refund Report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2003-04.(27) From U.S. Department of Justice, regarding the status of the case for Ciaran Ferry. File 031513, Copy: Supervisor Daly(28) From Department of Public Works, submitting list of the sole source contracts awarded by the Department of Public Works for fiscal year 2002-03.(29) From Board of Appeals, regarding beverage and snack vending usage and preferences for the Board of Appeals. (Reference No. 20030923-035) Copy: Supervisor Peskin(30) From Taxi Commission, submitting Efficiency Plan for fiscal year 20203-04.(31) From Office of the Treasurer, submitting investment activity (for fiscal year to date) of the portfolios under management.(32) From NAMI San Francisco, submitting newsletter entitled "Out of the Fog" for November/December 2003.(33) From PG&E, submitting the names of transportation customer accounts that are more than 90 days delinquent.(34) From State Department of Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, regarding the annual California Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month to be held throughout December 2003.(35) From Cow Hollow Association Inc., regarding the proposed underground power line upgrade to the Letterman Digital Arts Center.(36) From Russian Hill Neighbors, submitting support for acquiring the "Triangle" also known as 701 Lombard Street to expand the heavily used North Beach Playground and library branch. File 031551(37) From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to appointments made by Acting Mayor to the Public Utilities Commission.(38) | |||
ADJOURNMENT |
Meeting Procedures |
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hearings before the standing committees of the board at which members of the public are urged to testify. The full Board does not hold a second public hearing on measures which have been
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. Agenda are available on the internet at www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs.bos.htm. THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK. Board meetings are cablecast on SF Cable 26. For video tape copies and scheduling call (415) 557-4293. Results of each Board meeting can be obtained about a half hour after the end of the meeting by telephoning (415) 554-5555. Requests for language translation at a meeting must be received no later than noon the Friday before the meeting. Contact Ohn Myint at (415) 554-7704. AVISO EN ESPA„OL: La solicitud para un traductor en una reunion debe recibirse antes de mediodia de el viernes anterior a la reunion. Llame a Erasmo Vazquez (415) 554-4909. |
Disability access |
The Legislative Chamber of the Board of Supervisors is in Room 250 of City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. The Chamber is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #47 Van Ness, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 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. All meetings are real-time captioned and are cablecast open-captioned on SF Cable 26. The following services are available when requests are made by 4:00 p.m. of the Friday before the Board meeting. This advance notice will help ensure availability. ś For American Sign Language interpreters or use of a reader during a meeting, contact Ohn Myint at (415) 554-7704. ś For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats, contact Annette Lonich at (415) 554-7706. Assistive listening devices are available from the receptionist in the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244, prior to the meeting. The Clerk of the Board's Office TTY number is (415) 554-5227. In order 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 various chemical based products. |
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 Donna Hall 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 Donna.Hall@sfgov.org Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine.htm |
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 |