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MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
2:00 PM
Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
Regular Meeting


Board of Supervisors


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


Members Present: Michela Alioto-Pier, Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, Sean Elsbernd, Fiona Ma, Sophie Maxwell, Jake McGoldrick, Ross Mirkarimi, Aaron Peskin, Gerardo Sandoval.
Members Excused: Tom Ammiano.
Members Absent: None.


ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The meeting was called to order at 2:08 p.m. On the call of the roll Supervisor Ammiano was noted absent.

Supervisor Ammiano was excused from attending today's meeting.

There was a quorum.

 

Supervisor Ammiano Excused from Attendance
Supervisor Alioto-Pier, seconded by Supervisor Maxwell, moved to excuse Supervisor Ammiano from attending today's meeting. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved to approve the February 28, 2006 and Special Board Meeting Minutes for the Budget and Finance Committee Meeting of March 1, 2006. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

COMMUNICATIONS
 

CONSENT AGENDA
 

Recommendations of the Rules Committee
 

051962 [Membership in the Asthma Task Force] Supervisor Maxwell
Ordinance amending Sections 19A.20 and 19A.23 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to reduce the number of voting members in the Asthma Task Force from 20 to 15 members, modify the list of non-voting members from City agencies, and extend the Task Force expiration date to June 30, 2008.
Enacted Number: 58-06
FINALLY PASSED
 

060245 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Tutor Saliba Corporation, et al.]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco, and City Attorney Dennis J. Herrera on behalf of the People of the State of California, against Ronald N. Tutor, Tutor-Saliba Corporation, Tutor-Saliba-Perini & Buckley, J.V., Perini Corporation, Buckley & Company, Inc., American Home Insurance Company, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, filed on November 1, 2002 in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 02-5286 CW (EMC), entitled City and County of San Francisco, et al., v. Tutor-Saliba Corporation, et al.; and the lawsuit filed by Tutor-Saliba Corporation against Dennis J. Herrera, Tutor-Saliba Corporation v. Herrera; filed on February 19, 2004 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. Civ. 434144, California Court of Appeal Case No. A0 108712, for payment by the Tutor Defendants of $19,000,000 to the City and County of San Francisco. Other material terms of said settlement are: (1) payments to be made by Tutor-Saliba Corporation or Tutor-Saliba Perini & Buckley, J.V. to the City and County of San Francisco as follows: $8,000,000 to be paid by June 30, 2006, $3,000,000 to be paid by June 30, 2007, $3,000,000 to be paid by June 30, 2008, and $5,000,000 to be paid by June 30, 2009. (City Attorney)
Enacted Number: 60-06
FINALLY PASSED
 

The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

REGULAR AGENDA
 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
 

Recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee
 

060226 [To appropriate $6,565,452 to fund the Juvenile Hall Youth Guidance Center Project construction, and to appropriate $1,900,000 for Fire Station No. 24 for the Department of Public Works for Mayor
Ordinance appropriating $6,565,452, including the de-appropriation of $1,900,000 from the Earthquake Safety Improvement Bonds Phase 1 proceeds, $2,591,458 from the Juvenile Hall Replacement Project COP Reserve/Surety Bond Funds, $1,503,000 from General Fund Capital Program Projects, $453,000 from workers' compensation savings, and $117,994 from Juvenile Hall California Youth Authority General Fund operational savings, to fund the City and County of San Francisco Juvenile Hall Youth Guidance Center Project construction. Additionally, appropriating $1,900,000 of Fire Bond proceeds to fund construction expenses for Fire Station No. 24 for the Department of Public Works for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.

(Fiscal impact.) (Supervisors Daly and Peskin dissenting in committee.)

Enacted Number: 59-06
FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
Ayes: 8 - Alioto-Pier, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Sandoval
Noes: 2 - Daly, Peskin
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

NEW BUSINESS
 

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee
 

060141 [To appropriate capital project funding for seven capital improvement projects by revising the current sources and uses appropriations in the S.F. International Airport's Five-Year Capital Mayor
Ordinance appropriating $16,342,714, including the de-appropriation of $15,707,484 in current project funding to use this source for appropriation, and appropriating an additional $635,230 of Airport fund balance generated from prior year's interest income. These sources and uses are herein appropriated for various San Francisco International Airport (SFIA) capital projects to reflect the updated San Francisco International Airport Five-Year Capital Plan, Fiscal Year 2004-2005 through Fiscal Year 2008-2009.

(Fiscal impact.)

PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

052039 [Fuel Contract 70881 - Office of Contract Administration]
Resolution authorizing the Purchaser to award contract for Fuel, Diesel, Bio-Diesel and Gasoline as the contract will exceed $10,000,000.00. (Purchaser)

(Fiscal impact.)

Enacted Number: 172-06
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

060129 [Emergency contract to contain and abate hazardous material at the MUNI Woods Facility]
Resolution approving an emergency public work contract to contain and abate a hazardous material diesel fuel spill at the MUNI Woods Facility. (Public Works Department)

(Fiscal impact.)

Enacted Number: 173-06
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

060239 [Airport Revenue Bonds]
Resolution approving a form of letter of credit and reimbursement agreement relating to the Airport subordinate commercial paper notes and related matters. (Airport Commission)
Enacted Number: 174-06
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

060312 [Recommending approval of Community Facilities District formation and financing by the ABAG Finance Authority For Nonprofit Corporations] Supervisor Daly
Resolution recommending approval of the formation of a community facilities district and the issuance of revenue bonds by the ABAG Finance Authority For Nonprofit Corporations related to the Rincon Hill Downtown Residential District; making findings; approving related joint community facilities agreement; and granting general authority to city officials to take actions necessary to implement this resolution.
Continued to a public hearing on April 4, 2006 at 3:00 p.m.
Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

060165 [To appropriate $1,127,000 in funding for San Francisco General Hospital capital projects] Mayor
Ordinance appropriating $1,127,000 in San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) revenue and appropriating $1,127,000 for the SFGH Rebuild Planning and Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

(Fiscal impact.)

PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

060225 [To appropriate $3,330,980 to fund cost overruns at the Police Department and violence prevention investments for Children, Youth and Their Families for Fiscal Year 2005-2006] Supervisor Ma
Ordinance appropriating $3,330,980 to fund salary and fringe overruns and expanded services at the Police Department and violence prevention programming and investments in the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families for Fiscal Year 2005-2006. Sources of funds include $2,572,307 from the Unappropriated General Fund Balance and $758,673 from the Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Children's Baseline Growth. Uses of funds include $2,572,307 for the Police Department and $758,673 for the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families.

(Fiscal impact.)

PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

From the Budget and Finance Committee Without Recommendation
 

060252 [To appropriate funding at the Department of Human Services for homeless services and to maintain and restore shelter bed capacity utilizing General Fund Reserves] Supervisors Daly, Mirkarimi, Ammiano
Ordinance appropriating $690,000 of General Fund for the Department of Human Services to fund homeless services and to maintain and restore shelter bed capacity for fiscal year 2005-06.

(Fiscal impact.)

Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved to amend by placing $690,000 on a Budget and Finance Committee reserve.

Supervisor Daly withdrew the motion to amend this matter.

Supervisor Elsbernd, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved to re-refer this matter to the Budget & Finance Committee.

Supervisor Elsbernd withdrew the motion to re-refer this matter to Committee.

Continued to April 4, 2006

Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
 

051841 [Haight Street Alcohol Restricted Use Subdistrict - Permissible bar use in movie theaters] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Ammiano
Ordinance amending Planning Code Section 781.9 to allow a bar use in a movie theater under specified circumstances in the Haight Street Alcohol Restricted Use Subdistrict; and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

 

Supervisor Peskin Excused From Voting
Supervisor Alioto-Pier, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved to excuse Supervisor Peskin, at his request, because of possible conflict of interest, from voting.. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Sandoval
Excused: 2 - Ammiano, Peskin

051925 [Resolution initiating designation to amend the Telegraph Hill Historic District] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Resolution initiating designation to amend the Telegraph Hill Historic District and to include additional properties in this Historic District pursuant to sections 1004 and 1004.1 of the Planning Code.
Enacted Number: 169-06
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Sandoval
Excused: 2 - Ammiano, Peskin

SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M.
 

060136 [Public Hearing]
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, for property located at 1101 Persia Avenue the costs thereof having been paid for out of a revolving fund. (Clerk of the Board)
The President inquired as to whether or not any member of the public wished to address the Board members.

Harry Gulbengay, Department of Public Works representative.

Anthony Lincoln, property owner requested that the administrative and assessment fees be waived.

The President declared the public hearing closed.

HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING.
 

060403 [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, for property located at 1101 Persia Avenue the costs thereof having been paid for out of a revolving fund.

(DPW Order No. 175,878; Location: 1101 Persia Avenue.)

Amended by deleting the administrative costs and assessment fees.
Enacted Number: 171-06
Supervisor Alioto-Pier, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved that this Resolution be ADOPTED AS AMENDED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

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

Privilege of the Floor
Supervisor Ma, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved to suspend Rule 4.37 of the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors to grant privilege of the floor to the following guests. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

Supervisor Ma welcomed, introduced and presented Certificate of Honors to the members of the Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Girls Basketball team in recognition of winning the California Division 4 State Basketball Championships and to members of the Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Boys Basketball team in recognition for reaching the finals of the State Basketball Championship.
 

 

SPECIAL ORDER 4:00 P.M.
 

060240 [Public Hearing - Appeal of Categorical Exemption from Environmental Review for 229 32nd Avenue (aka 7070 California), Katherine Delmar Burke School Project]
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Department dated October 31, 2005 (Case No. 2005.0275E), exempting from environmental review under Categorical Exemption Class 14, [State Guidelines Section 15314] and Class 32, [State Guidelines, Section 15332 (a) through (e)], the Katherine Delmar Burke School Addition, located at 229-32nd Avenue (aka 7070 California), Block 1392, Lot 037. The proposed project entails construction of a two-story, 26.5-foot tall arts and science building containing six classrooms, and removal of a paved tennis court presently occupying the site. The new 9,569 sq.ft. infill academic building would add 16 percent capacity in the 3.32-acre campus' existing 60,407 sq.ft. of built space. The project site is rectangular in shape, consisting of approximately 7,200 sq.ft. or 0.165 acre in size. The project site, within the Katherine Delmar Burke School campus, is set back from El Camino del Mar to the north and is also bounded by Lincoln Park to the west and 32nd Avenue to the east. Located in the Sea Cliff neighborhood, the project site is within the RH-1 (D) Residential, House, One-Family (Detached Dwellings) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The Project would require conditional Use authorization for modification to an existing Planned Unit Development (PUD) and authorization for expansion of an educational use. (Appellant: Lincoln Park Homeowners Association, represented by Diane K. Hanna, Attorney, Ellman Burke Hoffman & Johnson, a Professional Corporation.)

(Filed February 15, 2006; companion measure to Files 060241, 060242, 060243; District 1.)

The President inquired as to whether or not any member of the public wished to address the Board members.

Continued to April 4, 2006

Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Hearing be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

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.)
 

060241 [Affirming the categorical exemption issued for 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) project]
Motion affirming the determination by the Planning Department that the 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board)
Continued to April 4, 2006
Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

060242 [Disapproving the categorical exemption issued for 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) project]
Motion disapproving the determination by the Planning Department that the 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board)
Continued to April 4, 2006
Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

060243 [Preparation of findings related to the 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) 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 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board)
Continued to April 4, 2006
Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

COMMITTEE REPORTS
 

051651 [Protection of employee rights] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Ammiano, Peskin, Dufty, Ma, Maxwell, Daly, Sandoval, McGoldrick
Ordinance amending Section 11.55 of the Administrative Code to require franchise grantees to comply with provisions of federal law that prohibit discrimination against an employee based on an employee's decision to participate in employee organizations for the purpose of representation, and to require grantees to notify contractors and subcontractors that they must comply with these same provisions, and to prohibit discrimination against an employee, contractor or subcontractor for speaking before or filing a complaint with any government agency or court, and to ensure that company policies, handbooks, and directives are not construed to limit such activity by an employee.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

060302 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Iva Hetzel]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Iva Hetzel against the City and County of San Francisco for $50,000; the lawsuit was filed on November 2, 2000 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 434-793; entitled Iva Hetzel, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS
 

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.

Abdullah Megaheed; expressed concern with the Iraq War

Espanola Jackson; expressed concern with the proposed the Bay View Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan

James Chaffee; expressed concern with issues relating to the SF Library

Eva Skoufls; expressed concern with issues relating to safety for citizens in Potrero district and a recent mugging

Foula Vasilobiorgis; expressed concern with issues relating to safety for citizens in Potrero district and a recent mugging

Eugene Gordon Jr. expressed concern with human rights issues

John da Donna; expressed concern with capital punishment issues

Ace Washington; expressed concern with issues relating to the City Hall pressroom; with the proposed Bay View Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan and issues relating to Channel 29

 

Supervisor Sandoval was noted absent at 4:35 p.m.
 

CLOSED SESSION
 

CONFERENCE WITH CITY LABOR NEGOTIATORS
 

060288 [Closed Session - Conference with City's Labor Negotiators (Collective Bargaining)]
Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City's Labor Relations Negotiators, the Mayor and the Director of Human Resources, for the purpose of reviewing the City's positions in the pending labor negotiations with organizations representing the City employee groups.

This closed session is permitted by Government Code Section 54957.6, and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.8.
Supervisor Elsbernd, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved to convene in Closed Session. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin
Absent: 1 - Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

CLOSED SESSION

The Board recessed at the hour of 4:35 p.m. to convene in closed session pursuant to the above motion.

Reconvening of the Board

The Board at the hour of 5:55 p.m. reconvened.

Calling the Roll

The following Supervisors were noted present: Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin - 8

Report on Closed Session

Deputy City Attorney Cheryl Adams, reported that the Board of Supervisors has met in closed session with the City Labor Negotiators, under the provisions of Government Code Section 54957.6 (a) and San Francisco Administrative Code 67.8 for the purpose of reviewing the City's positions in pending labor negotiations with organizations representing the City employee groups.

Persons in attendance: Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, Mirkarimi, McGoldrick, Peskin

Supervisor Sandoval was noted absent at 4:35 p.m

Supervisor Alioto-Pier was noted absent at 5:20 p.m.

Cheryl Adams, Deputy City Attorney

Phil Ginsburg, Director, Human Resources Department

Micki Callahan, Assistant Employee Relations Director

Steve Kawa, Chief of Staff, Mayor's Office

Monique Zmuda, Assistant Controller

Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board

Kay Gulbengay, Deputy Clerk

The meeting was informational only and no action was taken.

 

Continued to April 11, 2006
Supervisor Elsbernd, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 8 - Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin
Absent: 2 - Alioto-Pier, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

[Elect Not to Disclose] Motion that the Board finds that it is in the best interest of the public that the Board elect at this time not to disclose its closed session deliberations concerning the pending City Labor Negotiations. (Collective Bargaining)
Supervisor Elsbernd, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved not to disclose its Closed Session deliberations. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 8 - Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin
Absent: 2 - Alioto-Pier, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

 

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.
 

060366 [General Advertising Signs - Extension of Planning Commission Review Period] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution extending the prescribed time within which the Planning Commission may render its decision on a proposed ordinance to amend the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 2.21 to establish a General Advertising Sign Relocation Procedure; to amend the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 303 to add criteria for the Planning Commission's approval of a general advertising sign relocation site, adding Section 358 to establish fees for the Planning Commission's review of General Advertising Sign Inventories and proposed Relocation Agreements, amending Section 604 to prohibit general advertising signs that have been removed from being replaced on the same site, adding Section 604.2 to require general advertising sign companies to maintain and submit to the City current inventories of their signs, and amending Sections 1005 and 1111.7 to prohibit the relocation of new general advertising signs to Historic Districts or Conservation Districts or on an historic property regulated by Articles 10 and 11 of the Planning Code; and to adopt findings including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.
Enacted Number: 175-06
ADOPTED
 

060381 [Diabetes Awareness Day] Supervisors Ma, Dufty
Resolution recognizing March 28, 2006 as "Diabetes Awareness Day".
Enacted Number: 176-06
ADOPTED
 

060382 [World Water Day] Supervisor Ma
Resolution recognizing March 22, 2006 as World Water Day.
Enacted Number: 177-06
ADOPTED
 

060383 [Supporting Senate Bill 1414-California Fair Share Healthcare Act] Supervisor Ma
Resolution supporting SB 1414, the California Fair Share Health Care Act.
Enacted Number: 179-06
ADOPTED
 

060384 [Declaring April 8, 2006 as Ruth May Maginnis Day in San Francisco] Supervisor McGoldrick
Resolution declaring April 8, 2006 as Ruth May Maginnis Day in San Francisco.
Enacted Number: 178-06
ADOPTED
 

060385 [Old Mint; Transferable Development Rights] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution authorizing the director of property for the City and County of San Francisco to execute and cause to be recorded a Certificate of Transfer and to take such other actions as may be necessary to effectuate the transfer of development rights from the Old Mint pursuant to Planning Code Section 128.
Enacted Number: 170-06
ADOPTED
 

060331 [Final Map for a 41 Unit Commercial/Residential Condominium Project - 901 Bayshore Boulevard]
Motion approving Final Map of 901 Bayshore Boulevard, a Commercial/Residential Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 62 in Assessor's Block No. 5402, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
Enacted Number: M06-32
APPROVED
 

060370 [Committee of the Whole - April 4, 2006 - Formation of a community facilities district in connection with the Rincon Hill Downtown Residential District] Supervisor Daly
Motion to sit as a Committee of the Whole on April 4, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. to accept public testimony regarding the potential recommendation for approval of the formation of a community facilities district and the issuance of revenue bonds by the ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations related to the Rincon Hill Downtown Residential Disrict.
Enacted Number: M06-33
APPROVED
 

The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

Severed from the Without Reference to Committee Agenda
Supervisor McGoldrick requested that this matter be severed so that it might be considered separately.
 

060121 [Incorporating Street Performers into the Street Artist Program and designating sound appropriate sales areas for certified Street Artists] Supervisor McGoldrick
Resolution recognizing that qualified Street Performers are eligible to participate in the Street Artist Program and urging the designation of sales areas within the Program that are appropriate for amplified sound.
Continued to May 2, 2006
Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Maxwell, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Ammiano

 

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
 

Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
 

Ordinances
 

051917 [Amending Community Court Program Administrative Fee] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance repealing Administrative Code Section 10.183 to authorize the District Attorney to collect Administrative Fees from persons who are determined by the District Attorney to be eligible for the community courts program.
11/22/05, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.
12/22/05, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to City Attorney for approval as to form.
3/28/06, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
3/28/06, ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title, and approved as to form.
 

060032 [Allowing certain medical cannabis dispensaries in Residential-House or Residential-Mixed districts to remain open during the 18-month application period and other amendments] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 209.3, 217, 790.141, and 890.133 to allow certain medical cannabis dispensaries in Residential-House or Residential-Mixed districts to remain open during the 18-month grace period provided for obtaining a permit, to define "community facility" and "recreation building" as those that primarily serve persons under 18 years of age, and to provide certain notice to both owners and occupants within 150 feet of a proposed medical cannabis dispensary; amending the San Francisco Health Code by amending Sections 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307 and 3312 to amend the permitting process for medical cannabis dispensaries to conform to the California Fire Code, to eliminate the need for an employment background check, to provide for a provisional permit to be issued after a hearing but before construction work is performed, to provide for referral of permit applications to the Department of Building Inspection, and to require employees to wash hands and use sanitary utensils when handling cannabis; and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the priority planning policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.
1/10/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee, expires on 2/9/2006.
1/18/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment.
1/24/06, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Mirkarimi submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title.
1/24/06, ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.
2/7/06, TRANSFERRED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
3/28/06, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Mirkarimi submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
3/28/06, ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
 

060368 [Unrepresented Employees] Mayor
Ordinance Fixing Compensation for persons employed by the City and County of San Francisco whose compensations are subject to the provisions of Section A8.409 of the Charter, in jobcodes not represented by an employee organization, and establishing working schedules and conditions of employment and, methods of payment, effective July 1, 2006.

(Fiscal impact.)

3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
 

060386 [55-year Seismic Safety Retrofit Loan Program Loans] Supervisor Dufty
Ordinance amending San Francisco Administrative Code Sections 66.1, 66.3, 66.4, 66.5, 66A.2, 66A.4, 66A.13, 66A.24, 66A.25, and 66A.26 to allow for 55-year term Seismic Safety Retrofit Loan Program loans, to name the Mayor's Office of Housing as the Seismic Safety Retrofit Loan Program Administrator, and to make certain administrative clarifications.
3/28/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 4/27/2006.
 

060387 [Preparation of a Backup Plan for Elections] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Municipal Elections Code by adding Section 980 to Article IX to require the Director of Elections to prepare a backup plan for elections whenever the voting system intended to be used in the next election is pending certification from the California Secretary of State.
3/28/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 4/27/2006.
 

060393 [Prohibiting Smoking on Golf Courses] Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance amending Section 1009.81 of the Health Code to prohibit smoking on golf courses.

(Fiscal impact.)

3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be scheduled at the April 3, 2006 meeting.
 

060394 [Appropriating $660,000 to the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families to support the John Swett Alternative School in Department Fiscal Year 2005-06] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Daly
Ordinance appropriating $660,000 of Unappropriated General Fund to maintain operations of the John Swett Alternative School through the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families for Fiscal Year 2005-06.

(Fiscal impact.)(Supervisor Elsbernd dissented in committee)

3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.
 

060395 [Retention of Grocery Workers Upon Change In Control of Grocery Store] Supervisors Ma, Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Maxwell, Mirkarimi, Sandoval
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by adding a new Article 33D to require grocery employers to retain employees for 90 days upon change in control of the grocery store; to prohibit grocery employers from terminating the employees during those 90 days without cause; to require grocery employers to conduct a performance evaluation of the employees at the conclusion of the 90 days and consider for continued employment those employees with satisfactory performance; to require public notice of a change in control of the grocery store; and to provide judicial remedies, including hiring and reinstatement rights, front and back pay, and the value of benefits lost, for violation of the ordinance, along with an award of reasonable attorneys' fees to a successful plaintiff.
3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requested to waive the 30-Day Rule.
 

060396 [Slavery Era Disclosure] Supervisors Maxwell, Mirkarimi
Ordinance requiring contractors providing insurance and insurance services, financial services, or textiles to the City to disclose any participation in the slave trade, and creating an account, to which contractors subject to this ordinance, and others, may make voluntary contributions, and requiring that monies donated to this account be used to fund economic development and educational initiatives designed to ameliorate the effects of slavery upon the residents of San Francisco.
3/28/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 4/27/2006.
 

Resolutions
 

060388 [Parking Regulations] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND
Market Street, north side, from Franklin Street to Rose Street.

PARKING METER AREA NO. 3 (1-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9AM - 6PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - ESTABLISH
Market Street, north side, from Franklin Street to Rose Street.

(3/24/06: 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.)

3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
 

060391 [Accept-Expend Regional Grant - Department of the Environment] Supervisor Daly
Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $42,500 from the California Department of Transportation Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA) to collaborate with the nonprofit organization BikeStation on the Embarcadero bike station facility improvement and services upgrade.
3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
 

060397 [Adopting Board of Supervisors' 2006 Budget Policy Priorities] Supervisor Daly
Resolution adopting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' 2006 Budget Policy Priorities.
3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.
 

060398 [Supporting Assembly Bill 777 - Tax Credits for Qualified Motion Pictures] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Resolution supporting Assembly Bill 777 - California Tax Credits for Qualified Motion Pictures.
3/28/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060399 [Fee Waiver for Temporary Occupancy Permit of Hunger Strikers] Supervisors Daly, Mirkarimi
Resolution commending the 23 individuals who participated in the week-long Hunger Strike against the "Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act," also known as HR 4437, for their commitment to protect the San Francisco's City of Refuge status, and urging the Department of Public Works to waive their Temporary Occupancy permit fees for the week of March 21st, 2006.
3/28/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060400 [Commending Dr. Stanley Lipsitz on an outstanding career with the San Francisco Department of Public Health] Supervisors Dufty, Maxwell
Resolution commending Dr. Stanley Lipsitz on an outstanding career with the San Francisco Department of Public Health and wishing him the best of luck in all of his future endeavors.
3/28/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060414 [Urging the United States Congress to restore food and funding to the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) at the 2005 levels] Supervisors Dufty, Ma, Daly
Resolution urging the United States Congress to restore food and funding to the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) at the 2005 levels.
3/28/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060415 [Commending Pat and Sheila Brosnan on their contribution to the Irish community of the City and County of San Francisco] Supervisor Elsbernd
Resolution commending Pat and Sheila Brosnan on their contribution to the Irish community of the City and County of San Francisco.
3/28/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060416 [Urging President Bush to stop the warrantless surveillance of Americans and to follow the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] Supervisors McGoldrick, Ammiano, Maxwell, Daly, Mirkarimi, Dufty, Peskin
Resolution urging President Bush to stop the warrantless surveillance of Americans and to follow the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
3/28/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060417 [Commending HICAP and Senior Action Network for assisting seniors and disabled] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Daly
Resolution commending San Francisco Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) and Senior Action Network for Assisting Seniors and the Disabled in Obtaining Health Care and Medication Benefits.
3/28/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060418 [Urging San Francisco law enforcement agencies to disregard criminal provisions of proposed federal immigration legislation should they become law] Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution urging San Francisco law enforcement agencies to disregard criminal provisions of proposed federal immigration legislation should they become law.
3/28/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

Requests for Hearing
 

060389 [Port of San Francisco's 10-Year Capital Plan] Supervisor Peskin
Hearing to consider the Port of San Francisco's 10-Year Capital Plan.
3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
 

060390 [Progress report of the Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force] Supervisor Daly
Hearing on the progress report of the Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force as required by Resolution No. 731-04.
3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests this item be assigned to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, and agendized as early as April 5, 2006.
 

Motion
 

060392 [Rules of Order - Select Committee on Ending Gun and Gang Violence Consists of Three Members] Supervisor Dufty
Motion amending the Board of Supervisors Rules of Orders by amending Rule 5.8 to provide that the Select Committee on Ending Gun and Gang Violence shall be comprised of three members of the Board of Supervisors.
3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
 

PROPOSED ORDINANCES
 

060300 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Maximilian Castro]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Maximilian Castro against the City and County of San Francisco for $125,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 15, 2000 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 317-475; entitled Maximilian Castro, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
3/16/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
 

060332 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Mirvat Harb]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Mirvat Harb against the City and County of San Francisco for $200,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 23, 2004 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 437-254; entitled Mirvat Harb, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
3/16/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
 

060335 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Reliant Energy, Inc.]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco, on behalf of the People of California, against Reliant Energy, Inc. and other Reliant Companies; the lawsuit entitled People v. Dynegy, et al. was filed on January 18, 2001, and has been coordinated as Wholesale Electricity Antitrust Cases I & II in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Diego, JCCP Nos. 4204 and 4205; the settlement provides $666,666.66 to San Francisco and $430 million in benefits to California electric ratepayers, among other provisions. (City Attorney)
3/14/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
 

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
 

060333 [IHSS Provider Benefits and Administration Contract Approval - San Francisco IHSS Public Authority]
Resolution approving the contract between the City and County of San Francisco and San Francisco In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Public Authority for the provision of Administration, health and dental benefits to IHSS Independent Providers for the period of July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2012, in the amount of $201,786,117.00 (Human Services Department)

(Fiscal impact.)

3/16/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. Department requests this item be referred to Budget and Finance Committee due to the dollar amount of the contract.
 

060334 [Child Care Services Contract Approval - Children's Council of San Francisco]
Resolution approving the contract between the City and County of San Francisco and the Children's Council of San Francisco to provide child care services, for the period from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2012, in the amount of $245,425,551. (Human Services Department)

(Fiscal impact.)

3/16/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. Department requests this item be referred to Budget and Finance Committee due to the dollar amount of the contract.
 

Requests Granted
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of graffiti removal at the following locations: 1398 - 12th Ave., 1290 - 12th Ave., 1382 - 11th Ave., and 19th & Irving (garbage can).

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of graffiti removal at the following locations: 17th/Belvedere - Stop Sign, Shrader/Alma - Parking signs near intersection, Shrader/Grattan - Parking Signs, and Grattan/Stanyan - Electric box, NE corner.

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the feasibility of placing a mirror on Webster for traffic exiting Wilmont Street, to be able to see heading north and south bound on Webster.

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of graffiti removal at the following locations: Pierce Street between Grove and McAllister - Parking signs on both sides of the street.

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of repair of potholes down the center of Grove Street between Webster and Laguna.

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic

To: Director, Municipal Transportation Agency

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic and the Municipal Transportation Agency to report on the feasibility of increasing the visibility of the stop signs on Scott Street at Grove,

 

In Memoriams
Harry Orbelian - Entire Board

Brayton Wilbur, Jr. - Entire Board

Caspar Weinberger - Supervisor Elsbernd

Dennis Collins - Supervisor Dufty

 

 

ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the Board adjourned at the hour of 5:58 p.m.

Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board

N.B. The Minutes of this meeting set forth all actions taken by the Board of Supervisors on the matters stated, but not necessarily the chronological sequence in which the matters were taken up.

Approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 18, 2006.

 

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