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Board of Supervisors

City and County of San Francisco

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

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AGENDA
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
2:00 PM

Regular Meeting

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

Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board

ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Motion to approve Board Meeting Minutes for November 7, 2006 and November 14, 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 25

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee
Present: Supervisors Daly, Peskin

1. 061585 [Public Employment - Emergency Management Department, Emergency Services Division, Police, Fire, Public Health and Sheriff]
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance 2006/2007) reflecting the extension of thirty-nine positions at the following departments: Emergency Management Department, Emergency Services Division, Police, Fire, Public Health and Sheriff.
12/5/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

2. 061581 [Accept-Expend Federal Pass Through Grant - Department of Emergency Management] Mayor
Ordinance authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to accept and expend a federal pass through grant in the amount of $1,667,904 from the United States Department of Homeland Security through the Governor's Office of Homeland Security under three grant programs: the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP), and the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS), and incorporating an amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance to provide for the extension of certain grant-funded positions.
12/5/2006, AMENDED. Amended on page 2, line 14, by replacing "and" with "any."
12/5/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

3. 061582 [Grant of Federal Homeland Security Funds] Mayor
Ordinance authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to accept and expend a grant of $22,656,000 in funds from the United States Department of Homeland Security through the California Office of Homeland Security under the Urban Area Security Initiatives Program, and incorporating an amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance to provide for the extension of certain grant-funded positions.
12/5/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

4. 061427 [Departmental Efficiency Plans] Mayor, Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance amending San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 88.4 and repealing Sections 88.5, 88.6, 88.7 and 88.8, to streamline the requirements for departmental efficiency plans.
12/5/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Peskin

5. 061479 [Airport Concession Lease]
Resolution approving Amendment No. 6 to the Post-Security Master Retail/Duty Free Concession in the New International Terminal Building Lease No. 99-0035 between DFS Group, L.P. and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission. (Airport Commission)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Present: Supervisors Daly, Peskin

6. 061531 [Appropriating $162,000,000 of Certificates of Participation revenue to purchase and make improvements to three buildings for the City Administrator's Office for Fiscal Year 2006-2007] Mayor, Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance appropriating $162,000,000 of Certificates of Participation (COPs) revenue to purchase two buildings, including $96,355,000 for 1 South Van Ness and $51,160,000 for 1650 Mission, $6,130,000 for improvements to 30 Van Ness, and $8,355,000 for contingency changes in market conditions for the Office of City Administrator for Fiscal Year 2006-2007. Additionally, authorizing the advance of $2,721,727 from the Reserve for Rainy Day - One-Time Account to the City Administrator for improvements to these buildings in advance of the COPs sale, which shall be reimbursed upon receipt of the COPs proceeds.
(Fiscal Impact.)

12/5/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

7. 061562 [Amending the Working Families Credit Program and the Working Families Credit Fund] Mayor
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by renumbering section 10.100-347 to 10.100-79 and amending Sections 12S.1 and 10.100-79 to establish that: 1) the Working Families Credit Program and the Working Families Credit Fund are administered by the Human Services Agency (HSA); 2) incentive payments may be calculated based on a flat rate; and 3) HSA may enter into agreements with private industries to provide other discounted services or products to program participants.
12/5/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

8. 061569 [Sole Source Designation of Professional Services Contracts for Health and Behavioral Health Services and Support] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to add Section 21.42, approving the sole source designation of professional services contracts for health and behavioral services and support by the San Francisco Health Commission, where such services are provided by non-profits.
12/5/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

9. 061607 [Public Employment - Children and Families Commission, First 5 San Francisco Commission] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2006-2007) to reflect the addition of a 9774, Senior Community Development Specialist I, in the Children and Families Commission, First 5 San Francisco Commission.
12/5/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Present: Supervisors Daly, Peskin

10. 061568 [Ratification of prior professional service contracts for health and behavioral health services and approval of three year extensions] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution ratifying prior professional service contracts for the San Francisco Department of Public Health for health and behavioral health services and approving three year extensions.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Peskin

11. 061597 [Accept and Expend State Water Resources Control Board Grant Funds] Supervisor Elsbernd
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to accept and expend a State Water Resources Control Board Grant in the amount of $202,500 for the development of a Pilarcitos Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

12. 061561 [Recreation and Park-Golden Gate Park AB 716 Grant Funds] Mayor
Resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to re-appropriate $527,221 of Proposition 40, AB 716 Grant Program funds from the Urban Forestry Yard project to the South Murphy Windmill Project.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

13. 061598 [Accept-expend State Grant Funds available under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment to fund the South Murphy Windmill Restoration Project] Supervisor McGoldrick
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $488,411 for the restoration of the South Murphy Windmill, under Proposition 40 California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002 administered by the California State Library, California Cultural and Historical Endowment.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

14. 061604 [Reprogram and Expend Federal Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Shelter Grant Funds] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution approving the reprogramming and expenditure of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($121,250.00) of Community Development Block Grant funds and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) of Emergency Shelter Grant funds.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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

15. 061433 [Accept-Expend Bayview Hunters Point Farmers' Market Grant] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $19,250 from Clear Focus Coaching, Inc., for the purpose of operating a farmers' market in the Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP) community.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

16. 061435 [Accept-Expend Grant - Juvenile Probation Department] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the Juvenile Probation Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $125,000 from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to support juvenile justice reform activities at the Juvenile Probation Department.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

17. 061436 [Authorizing Corrections Standards Authority Grant Application] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the application to Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation Corrections Standards Authority by the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department to support the Department's efforts to address Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC).
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

18. 061492 [Accept U.S. EPA Grant Funds] Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to accept a grant in the amount of $477,900 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act of 2006.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

19. 061495 [Accept-Expend Grant - Juvenile Probation Department] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the Juvenile Probation Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $600,000 from the Zellerbach Family Foundation for supplemental support of organizational change activities within the Juvenile Probation Department.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

20. 061500 [Accept-Expend State Grant - Department of the Environment] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $129,600 from the California Department of Transportation to conduct an inventory of diesel emissions sources and develop a long-term plan to reduce diesel air pollution in the Bayview Hunters Point community of San Francisco.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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

21. 061333 [Prohibiting Gifts From Restricted Sources] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Ordinance amending section 3.216 of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to prohibit City officers and employees from receiving any gifts from restricted sources other than nominal gifts exempted by the Ethics Commission and to clarify that exemptions to gift limits under state law also apply to limits imposed by local law. (Ethics Commission)
12/5/2006, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

22. 061520 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Cynthia Fitzgerald]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Cynthia Fitzgerald against the City and County of San Francisco for $140,000; the lawsuit was filed on November 8, 2004 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 436-152; entitled Cynthia Fitzgerald, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
12/5/2006, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

23. 061521 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Bradford Wilson]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Bradford Wilson against the City and County of San Francisco for $70,000.00; the lawsuit was filed on October 27, 2005 in the San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 446116; entitled Bradford Wilson v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
12/5/2006, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

24. 061627 [Appointment - Western SoMa Citizens' Planning Task Force]
Resolution appointing Henry Karnilowicz, term ending November 23, 2007, to the Western SoMa Citizens' Planning Task Force.
Henry Karnilowicz, succeeding Bonnie D'Amico, resigned, seat 7, must operate a local business in western SoMa, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending November 23, 2007.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

25. 061628 [Appointment - Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group]
Resolution appointing Sarah Leiber Church and Virginia Villegas, terms ending December 17, 2007, to the Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group, residency requirement waived.
Sarah Leiber Church, succeeding Abigail Levine, resigned, seat 3, must have significant experience as an advocate for human rights or the poor, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending December 17, 2007.
Virginia Villegas, succeeding Dale Jiajun Wen, resigned, seat 5, must be a member of the public, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending December 17, 2007.

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

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

26. 061494 [Appropriating $75,000 of General Fund Reserve to support Working Families Credit Program Outreach in the Human Services Agency for Fiscal Year 2006-2007] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance appropriating $75,000 of General Fund Reserve to support outreach for the Working Families Credit Program in the Human Services Agency for Fiscal Year 2006-2007.
12/5/2006, 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

27. 061478 [Appropriating $2,006,473 for Violence Prevention Programming in the Juvenile Probation Department and the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families for Fiscal Year 2006-2007]
Ordinance appropriating $1,000,000 from the Children's Fund, $779,370 of General Fund Reserve and $227,103 in Juvenile Probation Title IV-E (Foster Care) funds for violence prevention programs, including $423,021 in the Juvenile Probation Department for six additional Deputy Probation Officers and two Juvenile Counselors, and $1,583,452 in the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families for violence prevention contracts for Fiscal Year 2006-2007.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

28. 061497 [Public Employment - Department of Elections] Supervisor Sandoval
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2006-2007) to reflect the addition of a 9770, Community Development Assistant, and a 9772, Community Development Specialist in the Department of Elections, REG.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

29. 061584 [Defining material collected for recycling to be solid waste under prevailing wage/displaced worker ordinance pertaining to City Contracts for hauling of solid waste.] Supervisors Peskin, Daly, Dufty, Mirkarimi
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 21.25-5 - requiring payment of prevailing wages to workers engaged in the hauling of solid waste generated by the City in the course of City operations, and retention of such workers upon a change in contractor - to include material collected for recycling in the definition of solid waste.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

Present: Supervisors Daly, Peskin

30. 061583 [Authorization for City to enter into Memorandum of Understanding with other Bay Area cities and counties to govern expenditure of fiscal year 2006 federal and state homeland security Mayor
Resolution authorizing City and County officials to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding that would create a Urban Area Working Group with other Bay Area governmental entities to govern expenditure of federal and state fiscal year 2006 Urban Area Security Initiatives Program funds and that would make San Francisco the primary grantee and fiscal agent for those funds; further authorizing designated City and County officials to execute and file on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco any and all documentation necessary to apply for and receive federal and state financial assistance under the Urban Area Security Initiatives Program and other federal and state homeland security programs.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Peskin

31. 061602 [Authorizing the Office of Contract Administration to amend its contract with En Pointe to exceed $20 million]
Resolution authorizing the Office of Contract Administration to enter into the Fourth amendment between the City and En Pointe (part of the Computer Store procurement vehicle), in which the amendment shall increase the contract amount from $20 million to $31 million.
(Fiscal Impact.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

32. 061603 [Authorizing the Office of Contract Administration to amend its contract with Xtech to exceed $25 million]
Resolution authorizing the Office of Contract Administration to enter into the Fifth amendment between the City and Xtech (part of the Computer Store procurement vehicle), in which the amendment shall increase the contract amount from $25 million to $37 million.
(Fiscal Impact.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendation of the Joint Budget and Finance/Land Use and Economic Development Committees
Present: Supervisors Daly, Maxwell, Dufty, Peskin, McGoldrick

33. 061498 [Endorsement of Development Plan and Term Sheet for the Redevelopment of Naval Station Treasure Island] Mayor
Resolution endorsing the Development Plan and Term Sheet for the Redevelopment of Former Naval Station Treasure Island between Treasure Island Community Development, LLC and the Treasure Island Development Authority.
(Fiscal Impact.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
Present: Supervisors Maxwell, McGoldrick

34. 061519 [Condominium conversion lottery extension to 2008] Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance amending Subdivision Code Section 1396 to extend the annual 200-unit condominium conversion lottery until 2008; repealing Section 1396.1 to delete condominium conversion lottery provisions that are void by their own terms; adding Section 1396.1 to reenact the condominium conversion lottery process from 2005 and to establish provisions concerning the standby list selection process; and making environmental findings. (Public Works Department)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

35. 061538 [Exemption of housing for victims of domestic violence from compliance with the Uniform Visitor Policy for Residential Hotels] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance amending Section 41D.1 those of the San Francisco Administrative Code to exempt from the requirements of Chapter 41D residential hotels that are operated by non-profit agencies to provide housing and supportive services to victims of domestic violence.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

36. 061493 [Interim Zoning Requiring Conditional Use Authorization for Change in Use or Reduction of 15,000 square feet or more of Recreational Space] Supervisors Daly, Sandoval, McGoldrick
Resolution imposing interim zoning controls establishing a requirement for conditional use authorization for a change in use or reduction in size of any recreational space of 15,000 square feet or more including indoor or outdoor facilities, for an eighteen (18) month period and making a determination of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

37. 061342 [Establishing City and County of San Francisco Policy for the Eastern Neighborhoods Rezoning and Community Plans Area] Supervisors Maxwell, Ammiano, Peskin, McGoldrick
Resolution establishing City and County of San Francisco policy for the Eastern Neighborhoods Rezoning and Community Plans Area.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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

38. 061567 [Board of Supervisors - Meeting Schedule]
Resolution revising the regular meeting schedule of the Board of Supervisors by canceling the January 16, 2007, February 20, 2007, May 29, 2007, July 3, 2007, October 9, 2007, November 27, 2007, December 18, 2007, December 25, 2007 and January 1, 2008 meetings and by canceling all Board and Committee meetings from August 15 through September 4, 2007. (Clerk of the Board)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M.

39. 061659 [Hearing - Fisherman's Wharf Portside Community Benefit District] Supervisor Peskin
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to proposed Resolution of Formation: Establishing a business-based business improvement district to be known as the "Fisherman's Wharf Portside Community Benefit District (CBD)," ordering the levy and collection of assessments against businesses located in that district for fourteen (14) years commencing with fiscal year 2006-2007, subject to conditions as specified, and making environmental findings. (Clerk of the Board)
Action:___________________________

40. 061660 [Resolution to Establish the Fisherman's Wharf Portside Community Benefit District] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution of Formation: Establishing a business-based business improvement district to be known as the "Fisherman's Wharf Portside Community Benefit District (CBD)," ordering the levy and collection of assessments against businesses located in that district for fourteen (14) years commencing with fiscal year 2006-2007, subject to conditions as specified, and making environmental findings.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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

SPECIAL ORDER 3:30 PM

41. 061414 [Public Hearing - Sidewalk Assessment Costs]
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to report of assessment costs submitted by the Director of Public Works for sidewalk and curb repairs ordered to be performed by said Director pursuant to Sections 707 and 707.1 of the Public Works Code, the costs thereof having been paid for out of a revolving fund. (Clerk of the Board)
Action:___________________________

42. 061415 [Report of assessment costs for sidewalk and curb repairs]
Resolution approving report of assessment costs submitted by the Director of Public Works for sidewalk and curb repairs ordered to be performed by said Director pursuant to Sections 707 and 707.1 of the Public Works Code, the costs thereof having been paid for out of a revolving fund.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

SPECIAL ORDER 4:00 P.M.

43. 061417 [Hearing -Tentative Parcel Map, 455 Buena Vista East]
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Department of Public Works dated October 3, 2006, approving a proposed Tentative Parcel Map to create a 2-Lot Subdivision project located at 455 Buena Vista Avenue, Lot 270 in Assessor's Block 2607. (Appellant: Peter Yedidia).
(Filed October 13, 2006; companion measure to Files 061487, 061488, 061489; District 8.)

11/7/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to December 12, 2006.
Action:___________________________

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

44. 061487 [Approving decision of the Director of Public Works and approving the Tentative Parcel Map for 455 Buena Vista East]
Motion approving decision of the Director of Public Works and approving the Tentative Parcel Map for a 2-lot subdivision project at 455 Buena Vista East, Lot 270 in Assessor's Block 2607, and making environmental and General Plan findings.
11/7/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to December 12, 2006.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

45. 061488 [Disapproving decision of the Director of Public Works and disapproving the Tentative Parcel Map for 455 Buena Vista East]
Motion disapproving decision of the Director of Public Works and disapproving the Tentative Parcel Map for a 2-lot subdivision project at 455 Buena Vista East, Lot 270 in Assessor's Block 2607, and making environmental and General Plan findings.
11/7/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to December 12, 2006.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

46. 061489 [Preparation of findings related to the Tentative Parcel Map appeal for 455 Buena Vista East]
Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to the Board of Supervisors' decision concerning a Tentative Parcel Map for a 2-lot subdivision project at 455 Buena Vista East, Lot 270 in Assessor's Block 2607, and making environmental and General Plan findings.
11/7/2006, CONTINUED. Continued to December 12, 2006.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

SPECIAL ORDER 4:30 P.M.
APPEAL PROCEDURES
Board Rule 4.29 provides that public hearings on appeals shall be scheduled for 4pm. If more than one public hearing is scheduled, then the Clerk, in consultation with the President, may determine the order in which the appeals will be scheduled. Second and later appeals may be scheduled at specified times later than 4 pm. An appeal shall not be heard prior to its scheduled time on the calendar, and it may not be called until the Board's consideration of appeals scheduled earlier on the calendar is completed. It is the policy of the Clerk of the Board to schedule multiple appeals in the following order at 4pm:

1. Appeals where all parties have agreed to request a continuance or a tabling of the appeal.
2. Continued appeals from previous Board meetings (continued appeals will be listed in order
of those closest to deadlines for Board decision).
3. Appeals appearing on the calendar for the first time, in chronological order of receipt by
the Clerk.
4. Multiple appeals appearing on the calendar may be staggered at times specific, beginning
at 4pm.
5. Appeals involving participants who have ADA considerations may be set for specific times
beginning at 4pm.

47. 061591 [Public Hearing - Appeal of Categorical Exemption from Environmental Review for 538 Laidley Street]
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Department dated May 31, 2006, (Building Permit Application No. 2005.01.14.3283), exempting from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") the proposed project at 538 Laidley Street, Lot 012 in Assessor's Block 6728. The proposal would construct a three-story over garage single-family residence on a vacant lot zoned RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) District in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. (Appellant: Ian Haddow)
(Filed November 15, 2006; Companion measure to Files 061591, 061592, 061593, 061594, District 8.)

Action:___________________________

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the categorical exemption from environmental review 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.)

48. 061592 [Affirming the categorical exemption issued for 538 Laidley Street project]
Motion affirming the determination by the Planning Department that the 538 Laidley Street project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

49. 061593 [Disapproving the categorical exemption issued for 538 Laidley Street project]
Motion disapproving the determination by the Planning Department that the 538 Laidley Street project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

50. 061594 [Preparation of findings related to the 538 Laidley Street project]
Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings related to the appeal of the determination by the Planning Department that the project at 538 Laidley Street is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Reports from committees, if any, recommending emergency or urgent measures.
The following items will be considered by the Rules Committee at a Rescheduled Meeting on Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. The Chair intends to request the Committee to send the following items to the Board as a committee report on Tuesday, December 12, 2006.

51. 061545 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Peter P. Naughton and Bernadette A. Naughton as Trustees of the 2004 Peter P. Naughton and Bernadette A. Naughton Revocable Trust v. CCSF, et al.]
Ordinance approving settlement of litigation brought by Peter P. Naughton and Bernadette A. Naughton as Trustees of the 2004 Peter P. Naughton and Bernadette A. Naughton Revocable Trust to quiet title as to the City and County of San Francisco in certain utility easements, in the action entitled Peter P. Naughton and Bernadette A. Naughton as Trustees of the 2004 Peter P. Naughton and Bernadette A. Naughton Revocable Trust v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (San Francisco Superior Court No. CGC-05-440100, filed April 5, 2005), for a total value of $136,000.00. (Real Estate Department)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

52. 061611 [Extending term of Back Streets Business Advisory Board] Supervisor Maxwell
Ordinance extending for an additional nine months the term of the Back Streets Business Advisory Board.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

53. 061615 [Extending the Select Committee on Ending Gun and Gang Violence] Supervisor Maxwell
Motion extending the Select Committee on Ending Gun and Gang Violence.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

54. 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.

55. 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 56 through 66

56. 061648 [San Francisco Unified School District General Obligation Bonds] Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Unified School District to issue and sell on its own behalf its general obligation bonds approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006 election without further action by this Board of Supervisors or any other officer of the City and County of San Francisco; ratifying certain actions previously taken; and granting general authority to City and County of San Francisco officials to take necessary actions in connection with the issuance of the general obligation bonds by the San Francisco Unified School District; and providing prior notice to the City and County of San Francisco for the anticipated sale and issuance of any future series of bonds.
12/5/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

57. 061649 [Grant for HIV/AIDS prevention in the San Francisco County Jail] Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), Jail Health Services, Forensic AIDS Project to accept and expend retroactively a new grant in the amount of $28,449, from the United States Conference of Mayors Research and Education Foundation (COMREF) in support of a program entitled Reaching Inward for Self-Empowerment (RISE) Project HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Grant, for the period of September 1, 2006 through August 31, 2007 with continuation for one additional year, which includes a sub-contract with the San Francisco State University Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality in the amount of $12,000 for the same time period.
12/5/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

58. 061650 [Apply for State Grant - Sheriff's Department project to address the needs of mentally ill offenders in the jails] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution authorizing the Sheriff's Department to apply for a 18-month grant in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 from the Corrections Standards Authority for the Mentally Ill Offenders Crime Reduction (MIOCR) Grant Program.
12/5/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

59. 061651 [Urging the Planning Director to monitor the development of San Francisco State University's Master Plan] Supervisor Elsbernd
Resolution urging the Planning Director to monitor the development of San Francisco State University's Master Plan.
12/5/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

60. 061652 [DPW Notification Process for Sidewalk Repair] Supervisors Elsbernd, Jew, Mirkarimi
Resolution urging the Department of Public Works to improve its notification process to responsible property owners for the construction, repair, and replacement of sidewalks.
12/5/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

61. 061653 [Grant for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Section to accept and expend retroactively a new grant in the amount of $88,582, from the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), to undertake pandemic influenza emergency preparedness and response planning and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of May 22, 2006 to April 30, 2008.
12/5/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

62. 061654 [Monster Cable Products, Inc] Supervisors McGoldrick, Ammiano, Daly, Maxwell, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval, Alioto-Pier
Resolution urging Monster Cable Inc. to provide a fair severance package to the over 120 laid-off workers at the Brisbane facility and to support these workers and the local community in dealing with the long-term detrimental impacts of Monster Cable Product's outsourcing of production jobs.
12/5/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

63. 061655 [Urging the San Francisco Unified School District and the Recreation and Park Department to alleviate traffic impacts on the 1300 block of 6th Avenue] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Elsbernd
Resolution urging the San Francisco Unified School District and the Recreation and Parks Department to help alleviate the traffic impact created by the loss of the parking at the lot on the 1300 block of 6th Avenue.
12/5/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

64. 061656 [Lee Mallory Day] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution declaring January 10, 2007 as Lee Mallory Day in San Francisco.
12/5/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

65. 061657 [Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention and Grief Related Services (CESP) Day] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution proclaiming December 10th, 2006, as CESP Day in San Francisco.
12/5/2006, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

66. 061658 [Declaration of Election Results - November 7, 2006] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution declaring the results of the November 7, 2006 Consolidated General Election.
12/5/2006, 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:_________________________________________

67. 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 November 28, 2006 through December 4, 2006, for reference by President to appropriate committee on December 12, 2006.

061674 [Restricting parking on Turk and Larkin Streets and Golden Gate Avenue adjacent to the Federal Building at 450 Golden Gate Avenue to law enforcement vehicles authorized by the Federal
Ordinance amending the Traffic Code to restrict parking or standing by vehicles on Turk and Larkin Streets and on Golden Gate Avenue adjacent to the Phillip Burton Federal Building at 450 Golden Gate Avenue to law enforcement vehicles authorized by the Federal Protective Service of the Department of Homeland Security. (Parking and Traffic Department)
12/4/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

061675 [Amending the Traffic Code to replace obsolete references to the Public Utilities Commission with references to the Municipal Transportation Agency]
Ordinance (1) amending the San Francisco Traffic Code by amending Sections 13 and 32.1.10 and (2) amending the San Francisco Public Works Code by amending Section 250.242 to replace obsolete references to the Public Utilities Commission with references to the Municipal Transportation Agency ("MTA") to reflect the MTA's assumption of authority over functions previously under the jurisdiction of the Commission. (Parking and Traffic Department)
12/4/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
Proposed resolutions received from November 28, 2006 through December 4, 2006, for reference by President to appropriate committee on December 12, 2006.

061670 [Gift - Private - Department of Public Health, Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center]
Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center to accept a gift of van valued in the amount of $39,889.16 from the Laguna Honda Hospital Volunteers Inc., for use in the transportation of LHH residents off campus. (Public Health Department)
11/29/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

061671 [Parking Regulations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.

ONE-HOUR PARKING METER TIME LIMIT - RESCIND
TWO-HOUR PARKING METER TIME LIMIT - ESTABLISH
Haight Street, between Masonic Avenue and Stanyan Street (Note: Does not change time limits of green and yellow meters).

ONE-HOUR PARKING METER TIME LIMIT - RESCIND
TWO-HOUR PARKING METER TIME LIMIT - ESTABLISH
Masonic Avenue, Ashbury Street, Clayton Street, Belvedere Street, Cole Street and Shrader Street, approximately 100 feet north and south of Haight Street (Note: does not change time limits of green and yellow meters).

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "Y" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 4 PM,
EVERYDAY) - ESTABLISH
Harrison Street, north side, between east property line of Beale Street and west
property line of 388 Beale Street

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND
PARKING METER AREA NO. 1 (2-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM,
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH
Harrison Street, north side, between the west property line of 388 Beale Street and Fremont Street (currently unregulated).

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Potrero Avenue, west side, from 24th Street to 16 feet northerly; and,
Potrero Avenue, east side, from 24th Street to 16 feet southerly.

NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Edgehill Way both sides, between 16 Edgehill Way and 40 Edgehill Way (for fire
engine vehicle clearance).

UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH
Oak Street, south side, between the driveways of 1165-69 and 1171 Oak Street (9.5 foot space, accommodating 2 unmetered motorcycle spaces).

PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
McCoppin Street, south side, from Valencia Street to the western terminus of street.

UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH
7th Street, west side, from 93 to 112 feet north of Townsend Street (adds 5 more motorcycle spaces).

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "O" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM,
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Ulloa Street, both sides, between 21st and 22nd Avenues (2000 block).

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Mission Street, north side, from Farragut Avenue to 40 feet easterly

NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Whittier Street, east side, from Mission Street to 76 feet southerly (Parking and Traffic Department)
(11/30/06: 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. 3274.)

12/4/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

061672 [STOP Intersections]
Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections.

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
Avalon Avenue at Moscow Street, stopping westbound Avalon Avenue, making this Y-intersection an All-Way STOP;
Sierra and Texas Streets, stopping Sierra Street, the stem of this T-intersection;
Persia Avenue at Prague Street, stopping Persia Avenue, making this intersection an All-Way STOP;
Devonshire Way and Oak Park Drive, stopping Devonshire Way, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; and,
Kenwood Way and Keystone Way, stopping all approaches to this T-Intersection, making this intersection an All-Way STOP. (Parking and Traffic Department)
(11/30/06: 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. 3274.)

12/4/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

061673 [Traffic Regulations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets.

ONE-WAY STREET (EASTBOUND ONLY) - ESTABLISH
BICYCLE LANES (EASTBOUND) - ESTABLISH
14th Street, from Market Street to Dolores Streets.

TOW-AWAY LANE MUST TURN RIGHT - ESTABLISH
Broadway, south side, between Grant Avenue and Columbus Avenue. (Parking and Traffic Department)
(11/30/06: 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. 3274.)

12/4/2006, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

061676 [Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and Communications received from November 28, 2006 through December 4, 2006 for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on December 12, 2006.

From Office of the Legislative Analyst, submitting report on discounted Muni fares for 18-24 year olds. File 060429(1)

From Khaled & Musa Dajani, submitting request to transfer and reactivate an Off-Sale Type 20 Beer and Wine license from 1306 Fulton Street to 1302 Fulton Street for Khaled & Musa Dajani dba Café Abir.(2)

From Human Services Agency, regarding circumstances surrounding the deaths of homeless people who have died in or near homeless shelters and in Golden Gate Park. File 060377(3)

From MTA/Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding removal of graffiti on parking signs at various locations in District 5. (Reference Nos. 20061024-007, 20061017-007) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(4)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding removal of graffiti on light switchboxes at various locations in District 5. (Reference No. 20061107-003) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(5)

From MTA/Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding removal of graffiti on light switchboxes at various locations in District 5. (Reference No. 20061114-012) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(6)

From MTA/Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding the feasibility of installing signs informing tour bus drivers to turn off their engines while parked near Alamo Square. (Reference No. 20061024-001) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(7)

From Aging and Adult Services Commission, submitting the Aging and Adult Services Commission's internal attendance policy. Copy: Rules Clerk(8)

From Citizens' General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee, submitting the Citizens' General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee's internal attendance policy. Copy: Rules Clerk(9)

From Commission on the Environment, submitting the Commission on the Environment's internal attendance policy. Copy: Rules Clerk(10)

From SF Film Commission, submitting the Film Commission's internal attendance policy. Copy: Rules Clerk(11)

From Fire Commission, submitting the Fire Commission's internal attendance policy. Copy: Rules Clerk(12)
From the Graffiti Advisory Board, submitting the Graffiti Advisory Board's internal attendance policy. Copy: Rules Clerk(13)

From Public Library, submitting the Public Library Commission's internal attendance policy. Copy: Rules Clerk(14)

From Municipal Transportation Agency, submitting the Municipal Transportation Agency's internal attendance policy. Copy: Rules Clerk(15)

From Commission on the Status of Women, submitting the Commission on the Status of Women's internal attendance policy. Copy: Rules Clerk(16)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 555 De Haro Street.(17)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 77 Beale Street.(18)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 272 Claremont Boulevard.(19)

From T Mobile USA, Inc., submitting notification letter to California Public Utilities Commission regarding the cellular base site at 1801 Fulton Street.(20)

From Department of Public Works, regarding graffiti removal from the Western Addition Public Library. (Reference No. 20061114-001) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(21)

From Department of Public Works, regarding status of repairing potholes on Grove Street, intersection of Grove and Central Streets and 926 Grove Street. (Reference No. 20061017010) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(22)

From Department of Public Works, regarding removing graffiti from the mailboxes at the northwest corner of Divisadero and Eddy Streets. (Reference No. 20061114-006) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(23)

From Department of Public Works, regarding removing graffiti from the phone switch boxes at various locations in District 5. (Reference No. 20061114-008) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(24)

From Department of Public Works, regarding removing graffiti from the Chronicle newsstand at the southwest corner of Broderick and McAllister Streets. (Reference No. 20061114-007) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(25)

From Department of Public Works, regarding request for an all way stop sign at York and 26th Streets. (Reference No. 20060919-016) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(26)

From Department of Public Works, regarding removing graffiti from garbage cans from the southwest corner of Hayes and Lyon. (20061114-005) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(27)

From Department of Public Works, regarding removing graffiti from newsstands at the southwest corner of Hayes and Central and the northeast corner of Hayes and Laguna Streets. (Reference No. 20061031-011) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(28)

From Airport Director, submitting request for waiver of Administrative Code Chapters 12B, 12C and 14A for the SFO-Travelers-Aid volunteer recognition luncheon sponsored by the Airport.(29)

From Office of the Controller, submitting their un-audited financial statements for the 2005-2006 fiscal year that ended June 30, 2006.(30)

From Port Commission, submitting the Port Commission's internal attendance policy. (30)

From Tony An, regarding how to stop wireless phone companies from charging consumers for text messages received. Copy: Each Supervisor(31)

From Ilya & Galina Gorodetsky, regarding the difficulty they are having getting an overpayment (in property taxes) returned to them by the City and County of San Francisco. Copy: Controller's Office(32)

From Christian Holmer, submitting an immediate disclosure request from the Mayor's Office of Communications. 3 letters(33)

From Asian Art Commission, submitting the Asian Art Commission's internal attendance policy. (34)

From Bruce Brugmann, submitting an editorial from the San Francisco Bay Guardian regarding PG&E and public power.(35)

From Marilyn Amini, urging the Board of Supervisors to veto proposed ordinance making marijuana offenses the lowest law enforcement priority and that establishes a Community Over-Sight Committee regarding enforcement of marijuana offenses in San Francisco. Files 061205, 061554(36)

From Greenaction for Environmental Justice, urging the City not to operate the Combustion Turbines (in the Potrero District) until it can reach an agreement with Mirant to reduce generation by an equivalent amount.(37)

From Patrick Monette-Shaw, urging the Board to provide government records (and forms) in their native electronic format. File 061418, Copy: Rules Committee members(38)

From Francisco Da Costa, regarding various environmental problems in the Bayview/Hunters Point area of San Francisco. 4 letters(39)

From Axis of Love SF, submitting a community service amendment to the current medical cannabis legislation. File 061205, Copy: Each Supervisor(40)

From concerned citizens, submitting various comments on the recent decision by the San Francisco Board of Education to ban the JROTC from San Francisco schools. 2 letters(41)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to proposed legislation imposing interim zoning controls (establishing a requirement for conditional use authorization) for a change in use or reduction in size of any recreational space of 15,000 square feet or more including indoor or outdoor facilities, for an eighteen month period. File 061493, 2 letters(42)

From Jim Breslin, commenting on the lack of maintenance on Portola Drive's center island between 14th Avenue and Vicente Street. Copy: Supervisor Elsbernd(43)

From Christian Holmer, regarding requested redaction notations from the City Attorney's Office.(44)

From Arc Ecology, urging the Board to support the "Treasure Island Term Sheet" as submitted by Arc Ecology. File 061498, Copy: Each Supervisor(45)

From Elizabeth Flanagan, submitting support for proposed legislation that requires conditional use authorization for any project involving the change in use of an elementary or secondary school. File 061163(46)

From Ellen Brodbine, submitting support for continued funding of the Neighborhood Emergency Response Training (NERT) program.(47)

From Mesha Monge-Irizarry, submitting opposition to installing video surveillance cameras at 16th and Mission Streets.(48)

From Tony Ciampi, regarding keeping the 49ers in San Francisco. Copy: Mayor(49)

APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR
Civil Service Commission
Yu-Yee Wu

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting Procedures
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