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MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, June 20, 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: Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, Sean Elsbernd, Fiona Ma, Sophie Maxwell, Jake McGoldrick, Ross Mirkarimi, Aaron Peskin, Gerardo Sandoval.
Members Excused: Michela Alioto-Pier.
Members Absent: None.


ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The meeting was called to order at 2:05p.m. On the call of the roll Supervisor Alioto-Pier was noted absent.

There was a quorum.

Supervisor Alioto-Pier was previously excused from attendance. (See Infra)

 

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

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Supervisor Maxwell, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

CONSENT AGENDA
 

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee
 

060726 [Interim Consolidated Budget and Annual Appropriation Ordinance, Fiscal Year 2006-2007] Mayor
Interim Consolidated Budget and Annual Appropriation Ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures for the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.

Fiscal Impact.

Enacted Number: 146-06
FINALLY PASSED
 

060727 [Interim Consolidated Annual Salary Ordinance, Fiscal Year 2006-2007] Mayor
Interim Consolidated Annual Salary Ordinance enumerating positions in the Annual Budget and Appropriation ordinance for fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.

Fiscal Impact.

Enacted Number: 145-06
FINALLY PASSED
 

060536 [Appropriating $891,300 of General Fund Reserve to fund cost overruns in temporary salaries for the Department of Elections for Fiscal Year 2005-2006] Mayor
Ordinance retroactively appropriating $891,300 of General Fund Reserve to fund cost overruns in temporary salaries for the Department of Elections for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.

(Fiscal impact.)

Enacted Number: 143-06
FINALLY PASSED
 

Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
 

060503 [Notice Requirements For Board Hearings on Changes to Certain Traffic Regulations]
Ordinance amending Section 43 of the Traffic Code to repeal requirements that notice be published in the newspaper 10 days prior to a hearing before the Board of Supervisors regarding a change in certain traffic regulations. (Clerk of the Board)
Enacted Number: 141-06
FINALLY PASSED
 

060702 [Written Informed Consent and Pre-Test Counseling for HIV Testing] Supervisors Ma, Dufty
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code to add Section 139 encouraging the San Francisco Health Department to modify San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center's policies to require written informed consent and pre-test counseling before a patient receives an HIV antibody test.
Enacted Number: 144-06
FINALLY PASSED
 

Recommendation of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
 

052021 [General Advertising Signs - Relocation Agreements, Sign Inventories] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 2.21 to establish a General Advertising Sign Relocation Procedure; amending 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, amending Planning Code 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 adopting findings including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.
Enacted Number: 140-06
FINALLY PASSED
 

Recommendations of the Rules Committee
 

060524 [Waiving the Competitive Requirements of the Administrative Code for the Procurement of Construction Services for Portion of the Laguna Honda Hospital Replacement Project] Supervisor Elsbernd
Ordinance waiving the competitive requirements of Chapter 6 of the Administrative Code and authorizing the director of Public Works, with the assistance of the Construction Manager-at Risk, to negotiate the subcontracts for the renovation of Wing C and Building H of the Laguna Honda Hospital Replacement Project and modifying the contract with the CM-at Risk to incoporate said subcontacts into the CM-at Risk to incorporate said subcontracts into the CM-at-Risk's scope of work.
Enacted Number: 142-06
FINALLY PASSED
 

060670 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Fire & Casualty Insurance Company]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by The Fire & Casualty Insurance Company against the City and County of San Francisco for $700,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 14, 2002 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 411-478; entitled The Fire & Casualty Insurance Company v. City and County of San Francisco. (City Attorney)
PASSED, ON FIRST READING
 

060671 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Yekaterina Ramirez]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the matter of Yekaterina Ramirez v. City and County of San Francisco for $140,000. The lawsuit was filed on August 26, 2004, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 434181; entitled Yekaterina Ramirez v. City and County of San Francisco, Public Utilities Commission, and Does 1 through 25. (City Attorney)
PASSED, ON FIRST READING
 

060723 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Chubb Custom Insurance Company]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Chubb Custom Insurance Company against the City and County of San Francisco for $65,000; the lawsuit was filed on February 24, 2005 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 438-921; entitled Chubb Custom Insurance Company, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
PASSED, ON FIRST READING
 

060724 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Lisa Kenney]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Lisa Kenney against the City and County of San Francisco for $125,000; the lawsuit was filed on November 13, 2003 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 426-365; entitled Lisa Kenney v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
PASSED, ON FIRST READING
 

060811 [Appointment - Ballot Simplification Committee]
Resolution appointing June M. Fraps, term ending November 30, 2006, to the Ballot Simplification Committee.

June M. Fraps, succeeding Alma Carroll, resigned, seat 1, must represent the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northern California Chapter, or the Northern California Broadcasters Association, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending November 30, 2006.

Enacted Number: 374-06
ADOPTED
 

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

 

REGULAR AGENDA
 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
 

Recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee
 

060247 [Minimum Wage Implementation and Enforcement] Supervisors Maxwell, Ammiano, Daly, Mirkarimi, McGoldrick
Ordinance (1) amending Chapter 12R of the San Francisco Administrative Code (Minimum Wage Ordinance) to impose an annual fee upon employers to defray the City's costs of implementing and enforcing the Minimum Wage Ordinance, (2) expanding the powers and duties of the Office of Labor Standard Enforcement to implement and enforce the Minimum Wage Ordinance, and (3) making findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8)(A), that the regulatory fees imposed by this ordinance are not a "project" and that such fees are imposed for the purpose of meeting operating expenses of the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement or successor department of the City and County of San Francisco, including employee wage rates, fringe benefits and other direct and indirect overhead charges, attributable to the implementation and enforcement of the Minimum Wage Ordinance.

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

Continued to June 27, 2006
Supervisor Maxwell, seconded by Supervisor Ma, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

Recommendation of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
 

052025 [Residential Rent Ordinance: Landlord may not sever parking/storage/access to specified common areas without just cause; tenant entitled to rent reduction upon severance.] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Daly, Maxwell, Peskin, Ammiano
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization
and Arbitration Ordinance" by amending Section 37.2(r) to provide that garage facilities, parking facilities, or storage or access to common areas, laundry rooms, lobbies, decks, patios, or gardens on the same lot, or kitchen facilities in single room occupancy (SRO) hotels, supplied in connection with the use or occupancy of a unit, or similar facilities or space on the same lot, may not be severed from a tenancy by the landlord without just cause; and that where such a severance does occur the tenant is entitled to a reduction in rent.
Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor Elsbernd, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 7 - Ammiano, Daly, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Noes: 3 - Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

 

NEW BUSINESS
 

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee
 

060585 [Ten Year Capital Expenditure Plan] Supervisors Elsbernd, Peskin
Resolution adopting the City's initial ten year capital expenditure plan.
Enacted Number: 371-06
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 9 - Ammiano, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Noes: 1 - Daly
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060802 [Homeless and Senior Services Contract Approval - Episcopal Community Services]
Resolution approving the contract between the City and County of San Francisco and Episcopal Community Services to provide various safety net services to homeless, formerly homeless, and frail and elderly senior citizens in San Francisco, for the period from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2009, in the amount of $30,387,988. (Human Services Department)

Fiscal Impact.

Enacted Number: 372-06
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060803 [Housing Services and Support Services Contract Approval - Tenderloin Housing Clinic]
Resolution approving the contract between the City and County of San Francisco and the Tenderloin Housing Clinic to provide housing services and support services to formerly homeless adults for the period from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2009, in the amount of $41,589,314. (Human Services Department)

Fiscal Impact.

Enacted Number: 373-06
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

 

Recommendations of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee
 

060740 [MOU - Deputy Probation Officers' Association] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Deputy Probation Officers' Association, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060741 [MOU - Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Multi-Unit)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Multi-Unit), to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060742 [MOU - Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Non-MTA 7410)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Non-MTA 7410), to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060743 [MOU - Teamsters, Local 856 (Multi-Unit)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the arbitration award establishing the amended Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Teamsters, Local 856 (Multi-Unit) to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060744 [MOU - Teamsters, Local 350] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Teamsters, Local 350, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060745 [MOU - Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, Supervising Probation Officers] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, Supervising Probation Officers, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060746 [MOU - Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060747 [MOU - District Attorney Investigators' Association] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the arbitration award establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco District Attorney Investigators' Association, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060748 [MOU - Municipal Attorneys' Association] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the arbitration award establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Municipal Attorneys' Association, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.

(Supervisor Peskin dissented in Committee.)

PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 6 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Ma, McGoldrick, Sandoval
Noes: 4 - Elsbernd, Maxwell, Mirkarimi, Peskin
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060749 [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.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060750 [MOU - Service Employees International Union, Locals 535, 790 and United Healthcare Workers - West] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Service Employees International Union, Locals 535, 790 and United Healthcare Workers - West, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060751 [MOU - Service Employees International Union, Local 790 Staff & Per Diem Nurses] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Service Employees International Union, Local 790 Staff & Per Diem Nurses, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060752 [MOU - Freight Checkers, Clerical Employees & Helpers, Local 856 (Supervising Registered Nurses, Unit 11.B.] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Freight Checkers, Clerical Employees & Helpers, Local 856 (Supervising Registered Nurses, Unit 11.B.), to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060753 [MOU - Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 200] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 200, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060754 [MOU - San Francisco Institutional Police Officers' Association] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Institutional Police Officers' Association, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060755 [MOU- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 6, AFL-CIO] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 6, AFL-CIO, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060756 [MOU - Automotive Machinists Union, Local 1414, Machinists Automotive Trades District 190, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Automotive Machinists Union, Local 1414, Machinists Automotive Trades District 190, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060757 [MOU - United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 38] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 38, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060758 [MOU - Laborers International Union, Local No. 261] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Laborers International Union, Local No. 261, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060759 [MOU - Consolidated Craft Unions]
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Bricklayers and Allied Crafts, Local 3; Hod Carriers, Local 36; Building Inspectors' Association; The Northern California Carpenters Regional Council, Local 22; Cement Masons, Local 300; Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glass Workers, Local Union No. 718; International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artist and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada, Local 16; International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, Reinforcing Iron Workers, Riggers and Machinery Movers, Local 377; Auto, Marine and Specialty Painters, Local Union No. 1176; Pile Drivers, Divers, Carpenters, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders, Local Union No. 34; Plasterers and Shophands, Local 66; United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, Local 40; Sheet Metal Workers International Union, Local 104; Teamsters, Local 853, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

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

060760 [MOU - International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, AFL-CIO] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, AFL-CIO, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 9 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 2 - Alioto-Pier, Elsbernd

060761 [MOU - California Association of Interns and Residents/Committee of Interns and Residents, SEIU] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the California Association of Interns and Residents/Committee of Interns and Residents, SEIU, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060762 [MOU - Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 8CC)]
Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 8CC), to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060763 [MOU - Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 11AA)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 11AA), to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060764 [MOU - Municipal Executives' Association] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Municipal Executives' Association, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060765 [MOU - International Union of Operating Engineers, Stationary Engineers, Local 39] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the International Union of Operating Engineers, Stationary Engineers, Local 39, to be effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

 

Recommendations of the Rules Committee
 

060143 [Board of Appeals - Notice of Hearings] Supervisor Ma
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending Section 12 to require mailed notice of hearings to all owners and, to the extent practicable, residents within 150 feet of the property that is the subject of the appeal.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060693 [Appointment, Planning Commission - Kathrin Moore] Supervisor Peskin
Motion approving the Board of Supervisors President Peskin's nomination of Kathrin Moore to the Planning Commission, term ending July 1, 2010.

(Section 4.105 of the City Charter provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date - (May 23, 2006.)

Enacted Number: 06-61
APPROVED by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

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 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

Supervisor Ma welcomed, introduced and presented a Certificate of Honor to members of the Special Olympic Swim Team the Sea Lions.

Supervisor Ma welcomed, introduced and presented a Certificate of Honor to a representative from KQED Television for their outstanding achievement in broadcasting.

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS
 

ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS
 

Supervisor Maxwell was noted absent at 3:15 p.m.
 

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; showed interest in human rights conditions and disaster issues

James Chaffee; expressed concern with issues relating to the Friends of the Library

Walter; expressed in song his interest in pop songs

Richard MaCree; expressed concern with issues relating to the design of Sigmond Grove and his recognition for the patent for the design

Eugene Gordon, Jr., expressed concern with the violation of human rights issues

Steve A. Worthsley; showed interest in the Coit Tower store and the future of Coit Tower

Male speaker; expressed concern with transportation issues in Golden Gate Park

Joseph Braverman; expressed concern with balance reporting

Peter Warfield; expressed concern with issues relating to SF Public Library hours

 

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.
 

060855 [Commending Judge Quentin L. Kopp on his appointment to the California High Speed Rail Authority] Supervisors Daly, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Ma
Resolution commending Judge Quentin L. Kopp on his appointment to the California High Speed Rail Authority and supporting the work of the Authority to build a high-speed rail system in California.
Supervisors Peskin and Ma requested to be added as co-sponsors.
Enacted Number: 375-06
ADOPTED
 

060856 [Episcopal Community Services' Summer Tini Benefit for the CHEFS program] Supervisor Daly
Resolution commending ECS and the Summer Tini sponsors for their commitment to support the Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Service Program.
Enacted Number: 376-06
ADOPTED
 

060861 [Proclaiming June 26 through July 3, 2006, Childhood Cancer Awareness Week] Supervisors Peskin, Ma
Resolution proclaiming June 26 through July 3, 2006, Childhood Cancer Awareness Week in San Francisco.
Supervisor Ma requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
Enacted Number: 377-06
ADOPTED
 

060862 [Strong New Orleans East] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution supporting the Citizens for a Strong New Orleans East in their effort to close the operation of the Chef Menteur landfill and preserve New Orleans for the communities of color.
Enacted Number: 378-06
ADOPTED
 

060863 [Continuing the Ongoing work of the Utility Undergrounding Task Force] Supervisors Dufty, Ma
Resolution continuing the ongoing work of the Utility Undergrounding Task Force to advise the City and County of San Francisco on the future of the utility undergrounding process in San Francisco and to complete its work by October 31, 2006.
Supervisor Ma requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
Enacted Number: 379-06
ADOPTED
 

060865 [Establishing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS housing plan for San Francisco] Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano, Alioto-Pier, Mirkarimi, Daly
Resolution calling on the Department of Public Health to establish a HIV/AIDS Housing Working Group to work with relevant City Agencies, community stakeholders and members of the Board of Supervisors to establish a comprehensive HIV/AIDS Housing plan for San Francisco.
Enacted Number: 380-06
ADOPTED
 

060866 [Endorsing SB 1712 (establishing a three year, four county pilot program to increase adoptions of older, "hard-to-place" Foster youth, and appropriating $4,000,000 in State funding toward Supervisors Dufty, Maxwell, Ammiano, Ma
Resolution endorsing SB 1712 (establishing a three-year, four-county pilot program to increase adoptions of older, "hard-to-place" Foster youth, and appropriating $4,000,000 in State funding toward the pilot program).
Enacted Number: 387-06
ADOPTED
 

060867 [Commemorating Allen Ginsberg, HOWL, and the Beat Poets at the former Six Gallery] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Resolution recognizing Allen Ginsberg and the first public full-length reading of the poem HOWL as a significant event in the literary history of San Francisco.
Enacted Number: 381-06
ADOPTED
 

060873 [California Coastal Commission Budget] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution urging Governor Schwarzenegger to approve the FY2006-07 California Coastal Commission Budget as approved by Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittees.
Enacted Number: 386-06
ADOPTED
 

The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:
Ayes: 9 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Absent: 1 - Maxwell
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

Supervisor Maxwell was noted present at 3:20 p.m.
 

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

060864 [Nominate 200 Year-Old California Valley Oak Tree for Landmark designation 2830 - 25th Street] Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution nominating California Valley Oak Tree Located at 2840 25th Street initiating the landmark tree designation pursuant to Public Works Code Section 801(b), acknowledging the temporary designation of such tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810(d), and authorizing other official acts to protect this tree.
Continued to June 27, 2006
Supervisor Ammiano, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

Resolution nominating California Valley Oak Tree Located at 2830 25th Street initiating the landmark tree designation pursuant to Public Works Code Section 801(b), acknowledging the temporary designation of such tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810(d), and authorizing other official acts to protect this tree.
Supervisor Ammiano, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED AS AMENDED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

Supervisor McGoldrick requested that this matter be severed so that it might be considered separately.
 

060868 [Urging the California State Senate not to approve AB 2987] Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Mirkarimi
Resolution urging the California State Senate to vote no on AB 2987 which, if passed, would eliminate the City and County's role in negotiating cable and video franchises.
Supervisor Mirkarimi requested to be added as co-sponsor.
Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

Supervisor Elsbernd requested that this matter be referred to Committee as amended.
REFERRED to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

 

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). For such resolutions to be considered, the Board must first adopt the following two motions.
 

[Purely Commendatory Finding] Motion that the Board find that the resolution(s) being considered at this time are purely commendatory.
Supervisor Ma, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved ADOPTION of the commendatory finding. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

[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.
Supervisor Ma, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved ADOPTION of the Brown Act finding. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

060896 [Commendation - Shelley Bradford Bell, Kevin Hughes, Sue Lee] Supervisors Ma, Ammiano, Dufty, Mirkarimi, Peskin
Resolution commending Planning Commissioners Shelley Bradford Bell, Sue Lee, and Kevin Hughes for their dedication and work on behalf of the people of the City and County of San Francisco.
Enacted Number: 385-06
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 10 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval
Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier

 

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
 

Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
 

Ordinances
 

060892 [Revenue Control Equipment requirements for Parking Garages and Lots] Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance adding Article 22 to the Business and Tax Regulations Code, amending Articles 6 and 9 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code, and repealing Article 49 of the Police Code, to establish revenue control equipment functionality and business practices requirements for purposes of Parking Tax collection and consumer protection, to establish penalties for violation, to require that parking garage and lot operators certify concurrent with payment of Parking Taxes their use of revenue control equipment that meets those requirements, and establishing a limited Parking Tax amnesty program.

(Fiscal impact.)

6/20/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee, expires on 7/20/2006. 06/28/06 - Referred to the Small Business Commission for review and comment.
 

060893 [San Francisco Health Access Program] Mayor, Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Chapter 19, Sections 19.1 through 19.10, to create a pilot public program to provide a set of comprehensive health benefits for uninsured San Franciscans.

(Fiscal impact.) (Economic Impact)

6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. Sponsor requests this matter be scheduled at the June 26, 2006 meeting. 6/21/06 - Supervisor Dufty requested to be added as cosponsor. 06/23/06 - Informed by the Controller that the Office of Economic Analysis wil not be reporting on the economic impact of this legislation until additional detailed information is received.
 

060501 [Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance Amendments] Mayor
Ordinance amending Sections 1.100, 1.104, 1.108, 1.112, 1.114, 1.116, 1.122, 1.126, 1.128, 1.130, 1.135, 1.150, 1.161 and 1.170, adding sections 1.107, 1.113, 1.115, 1.118, 1.162.5, 1.163.5 and 1.172 and repealing section 1.132, Chapter 2 of Article I, section 1.200 and Chapter 4 of Article I, sections 1.400, 1.405, 1.410, 1.415, 1.420 and 1.425 of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to move the False Endorsements Ordinance and the Prohibition on Multiple Campaign Accounts into the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance ("CFRO"); subject School District and Community College District measures to CFRO; reenact contribution and voluntary expenditure limits at their existing levels; clarify sections of CFRO related to electronic filing requirements, candidate loan restrictions, permissible uses of campaign funds, pre-election reporting requirements, and the contractor contribution prohibition; prohibit candidates from accepting voluntary expenditure ceilings if the applicable ceiling was already lifted; create late filing fees for reports required by CFRO; create new penalties for candidates that receive public financing and exceed applicable expenditure ceilings; create new and clarify existing disclaimer requirements for campaign advertisements; create training requirements for candidates and treasurers; create new filing requirements during the signature gathering process for ballot measures; permit the return of contributions once campaign funds become surplus or a candidate withdraws only on a last in, first out basis; permit the Ethics Commission to extend filing deadlines that fall on weekends or holidays; require candidates to pay for accrued expenses within 180 days; and require expenditures that are coordinated with candidates to be treated as contributions.
4/18/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
6/20/06, SUBSTITUTED. The Mayor submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
6/20/06, ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
 

060897 [Housing Bond Approval Policy] Supervisor Maxwell
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Chapter 43.9, Sections 43.9.1 through 43.9.2, to adopt findings and a City policy requiring housing project sponsors to comply with certain City contracting programs in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds by joint exercise of powers authorities to finance private affordable housing projects within the City.
6/20/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee, expires on 7/20/2006.
 

Resolutions
 

060894 [Proposition J Contract/Certification of Contracted-Out Services For Youth Services Program] Mayor
Resolution concurring with the Controller's certification that services previously approved under Proposition J can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost than similar work performed by City and County employees, for the following services: youth programs (Juvenile Probation).

(Fiscal impact.)

6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. Department requests this matter be calendar for June 28, 2006 meeting.
 

060896 [Commendation - Shelley Bradford Bell, Kevin Hughes, Sue Lee] Supervisors Ma, Ammiano, Dufty, Mirkarimi, Peskin
Resolution commending Planning Commissioners Shelley Bradford Bell, Sue Lee, and Kevin Hughes for their dedication and work on behalf of the people of the City and County of San Francisco.
6/20/06, ADOPTED.
 

060898 [Approving Agreements with the California Department of Transportation, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and the US Navy in connection with an Upgraded Submarine Cable for Mayor
Resolution approving (i) a Cooperative Utility Agreement between the California Department of Transportation and the Treasure Island Development Authority, (ii) a collateral Pledge and Security Agreement between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the Treasure Island Development Authority, (iii) a Memorandum of Agreement between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the Treasure Island Development Authority, and (iv) a Memorandum of Agreement between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the United States Navy, all in connection with an upgraded submarine power cable between the Oakland shoreline and Treasure Island.

(Fiscal impact.)

6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
 

060899 [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ)] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $158,000 from the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), for the purpose of supporting activities to reduce the gun crime problem and violent activity associated with gun crime in San Francisco.
6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
 

060900 [Accept and Expend CalHome Funds] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the acceptance and execution of a standard agreement amendment for CalHome funds from the California Department of Housing and Community Development and any future amendments thereto; and any related documents necessary to participate in the CalHome Program; and authorizing MOH to expend CalHome funds to assist low-income, San Francisco homeowners.
6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
 

060905 [Issuance and Sale of Revenue Bonds - All Hallows Apartments] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution approving the issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $23,000,000 for the financing of the acquisition and rehabilitation of All Hallows Apartments.
6/20/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060906 [Issuance and Sale of Revenue Bonds - Bayview Apartments] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution approving the issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $21,000,000 for the financing of the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Bayview Apartments.
6/20/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060907 [Issuance and Sale of Revenue Bonds - La Salle Apartments] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution approving the issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000 for the financing of the acquisition and rehabilitation of the La Salle Apartments.
6/20/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060908 [Issuance and Sale of Revenue Bonds - Shoreview Apartments] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution approving the issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $21,000,000 for the financing of the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Shoreview Apartments.
6/20/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060909 [Renaming Fillmore and Turk Mini Park as the Mary Rogers Mini Park] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Maxwell, Dufty
Resolution urging the Department of Recreation and Parks to rename the Fillmore and Turk Mini Park as the Mary Rogers Mini Park.
6/20/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060910 [Renaming Hayes Green as Patricia Walkup] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Dufty
Resolution urging the Department of Recreation and Parks to rename Hayes Green after Patricia Walkup.
6/20/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060912 [Landmark Designation Nomination for Trees Located at 1141-1145 Filbert Street] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution of intent initiating the nomination of the Monterey Cypress tree located at 1141-1145 Filbert Street for landmark tree status pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810(b), acknowledging the temporary designation of such tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810(d), and authorizing other official acts in furtherance of this Resolution.
6/20/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060913 [Urging the California Congressional Delegation to oppose the ongoing effort by Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) to prevent cities from accepting the Matricula Consular and other identification Supervisors Sandoval, Daly, Mirkarimi, McGoldrick, Peskin, Ammiano, Dufty
Resolution urging the California Congressional Delegation representing the City and County of San Francisco to oppose the ongoing effort by Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) to prevent cities from accepting the Matricula Consular and other identification cards issued by other countries, as valid forms of identification.
6/20/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

060914 [Urging Albertson's Inc. not to close the Albertson's supermarket located in the Oceanview Village development] Supervisors Sandoval, Elsbernd, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Dufty
Resolution urging Albertson's Inc. not to close the Albertson's supermarket located in the Oceanview Village development.
6/20/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

Requests for Hearing
 

060895 [Taxicab Industry Report] Supervisor Elsbernd
Hearing on the report recently released from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley entitled "The San Francisco Taxicab Industry: An Equity Analysis"
6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
 

060901 [Scoping and On-going Community Process for Planning Department Socio-Economic and Needs Assessment Studies] Supervisor Maxwell
Hearing on the Scoping and On-going Community Process for Planning Department Socio-Economic and Needs Assessment Studies.
6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests this matter be heard before the Land Use and Economic Development Committee on June 28, 2006.
 

060902 [San Francisco Sidewalks] Supervisor McGoldrick
Hearing to create a proactive program at the Department of Public Works and replace sidewalks in San Francisco.
6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
 

060903 [St. Lukes Hospital Update] Supervisor Ammiano
Hearing on an update of St. Lukes Hospital with regard to its status meeting California State Seismic deadlines, and its health care provision to the City of San Francisco.
6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
 

060904 [S.F. General Hospital Rebuild Update] Supervisor Ammiano
Hearing requesting the Department of Public Health to present an update on the San Francisco General Hospital rebuild.
6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
 

Motions
 

060835 [Appointment, Board of Appeals - Robert Haaland] Supervisor Peskin
Motion approving the Board of Supervisors President Peskin's appointment of Robert Haaland to the Board of Appeals for the term ending July 1, 2010.

(Section 4.106 of the City Charter provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved; companion measure to File 060836.) Transmittal date - June 8, 2006.

6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
 

060836 [Appointment, Board of Appeals - Robert Haaland] Supervisor Peskin
Motion rejecting the Board of Supervisors President Peskin's appointment of Robert Haaland to the Board of Appeals.

(Section 4.106 of the City Charter provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved; companion measure to File 060835.) Transmittal date - June 8, 2006.

6/20/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
 

060911 [Authorizing the attendance of one member of the San Francisco Youth Commission at the June 30 - July 2, 2006, Glocal Youth Parliament to be held in Ankara, Turkey] Supervisor Peskin
Motion authorizing the attendance of one member of the San Francisco Youth Commission at the June 30 - July 2, 2006, Glocal Youth Parliament in Ankara, Turkey.
6/20/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 

PROPOSED ORDINANCES
 

060826 [Prohibiting vehicle parking for commercial advertising purposes] Supervisors McGoldrick, Dufty
Ordinance repealing San Francisco Police Code Section 681, adding San Francisco Traffic Code Section 63.3, and amending San Francisco Traffic Code Section 132 to impose a penalty of $100 for violation of Traffic Code Section 63.3. (Parking and Traffic Department)
6/7/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
 

060827 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Nibbi Brothers, Inc]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Nibbi Brothers, Inc., against the City and County of San Francisco for $300,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 17, 2006 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC 06448631; entitled Nibbi Brothers, Inc., v. City and County of San Francisco. (City Attorney)
6/12/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
 

PROPOSED RESOLUTION
 

060825 [Finding of Fiscal Feasibility; Endorsement of Term Sheet; Exploratorium Project at Piers 15/17]
Resolution finding the proposed Exploratorium Project at Piers 15/17 fiscally feasible pursuant to Administrative Code Chapter 29 and endorsing the Term Sheet between The Exploratorium and the San Francisco Port Commission. (Port)
6/8/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
6/15/06, TRANSFERRED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
 

Requests Granted
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic

Requesting/Inquiring: To report on the scheduled date of implementing the rescinding of the tow-away zone on the north side of Oak Street from Divisadero to Buchanan Streets.

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: To report on the status of removing graffiti at the following locations:

ú Mailbox at the southeast corner of Divisadero and Oak Streets

ú Emergency box at the northeast corner of Sutter and Divisadero Streets

ú Emergency box at the northeast corner of Gough and Post Streets

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: To report on the status of removing graffiti at the following locations:

ú The San Francisco Weekly Newsstand at Divisadero and Geary

ú 3 public phone stands at 425 Divisadero

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Municipal Transportation Agency

Requesting/Inquiring: To report on the status of removing graffiti from the following locations:

ú Muni pole at 935 Ashbury, 824 Ashbury, 854 Ashbury and northwest corner of Ashbury and Waller Streets.

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi

To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic

Requesting/Inquiring: To report on the status of removing graffiti at the following locations:

ú Light box at the southeast corner of Sutter and Fillmore

ú Light box at the northeast corner of Golden Gate and Divisadero

 

In Memoriams
John Fenstermaker

Andrew Ralph Lolli

Helen Fong

 

 

ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the Board adjourned at the hour of 3:35 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 July 11, 2006.

 

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