City and County of San Francisco
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MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
2:00 PM
Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
Regular Meeting
Board of Supervisors
MATT GONZALEZ, PRESIDENT
MICHELA ALIOTO-PIER, TOM AMMIANO, CHRIS DALY,
BEVAN DUFTY, SEAN ELSBERND, FIONA MA, SOPHIE MAXWELL,
JAKE McGOLDRICK, AARON PESKIN, GERARDO SANDOVAL
| Members Present: | Michela Alioto-Pier, Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, Sean Elsbernd, Matt Gonzalez, Fiona Ma, Sophie Maxwell, Jake McGoldrick, Aaron Peskin, Gerardo Sandoval. |
| Members Excused: | None. |
| Members Absent: | None. |
| ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE | |||
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The meeting was called to order at 2:03 p.m. On the call of the roll Supervisor Alioto-Pier was noted absent. Quorum present. Supervisor Alioto-Pier was noted present at 2:04 p.m. | |||
| APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES | |||
| Supervisor Dufty, seconded by Supervisor Elsbernd, moved to approve November 2, 2004 Meeting Minutes. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| AGENDA CHANGES | |||
| COMMUNICATIONS | |||
| CONSENT AGENDA | |||
| Recommendations of the City Services Committee | |||
| 041441 | [Approval of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 - Implementation Plan] | Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano | |
| Resolution authorizing adoption of the San Francisco County Plan for the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 for Fiscal Year 2004-2005. (Public Health Department) | |||
| Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 743-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041515 | [Provide children's dental disease prevention services in San Francisco] | Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano | |
| Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $30,429 from the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) to provide dental disease prevention services to children in San Francisco and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005. (Public Health Department) | |||
| Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 747-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041519 | [Develop a supplemental HIV/AIDS surveillance system to produce population-based estimates of the characteristics of persons with HIV infection in San Francisco and the care they receive, | Supervisor Dufty | |
| Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept retroactively and expend grant funds in the amount of $267,880 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a supplemental HIV/AIDS morbidity and risk surveillance system, to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds, and to add two new positions; for the period of September 1, 2004, to May 31, 2005. (Public Health Department) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 749-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| Recommendations of the Finance and Audits Committee | |||
| 041511 | [Accept and Expend Federal Funds from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA Agreement Number HSTS04-04-A-DEP125)] | ||
| Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to accept and expend federal funds in a total amount of $15,000,000 from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA Agreement Number HSTS04-04-A-DEP125) for the Installation of Explosive Detection Baggage Inspection systems (EDS) at San Francisco International Airport. (Airport Commission) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 745-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041512 | [Accept and Expend Federal Grant Funds Under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) (AIP 26 - Project No.3-06-0221-26) and (AIP 27 - Project No. 3-06-0221-27)] | ||
| Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to accept and expend grant funds in a total amount of $14,957,719 from the Federal Aviation Administration: $13,397,719 to be expended on Airport standard and security improvements (A.I.P 26, Project No. 3-06-0221-26); and $1,560,000 for Airport noise improvements (A.I.P 27, Project No. 3-06-0221-27). (Airport Commission) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 746-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| Recommendations of the Land Use Committee | |||
| 041389 | [STOP Intersections] | ||
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Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Baker and Broadway, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; 19th and York Streets, stopping 19th Street at York Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; Douglass and Jersey Streets, stopping Jersey Street at Douglass Street, stopping the stem of this uncontrolled T-intersection; 24th Street at Treat Avenue, stopping 24th Street at Treat Avenue, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; and 17th Avenue and Moraga Street, stopping 17th Avenue at Moraga Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP. (Parking and Traffic Department) (10/6/04: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 2887.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 740-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041424 | [Traffic Regulations] | Supervisor Elsbernd | |
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Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. ONE-WAY STREET - ESTABLISH 16th Avenue, northbound, between Rivera and Santiago Streets. (Parking and Traffic Department) (10/6/04: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 2887.) | |||
| Supervisor Elsbernd requested to be added as sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 741-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041425 | [Parking Regulations] | Supervisor Elsbernd | |
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Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "H" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH 21st Avenue, both sides, between Ocean Avenue and Sloat Boulevard (2900 block); and Sloat Boulevard, south side, between 20th and 21st Avenues (400 block). RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "Z" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH 21st Street, both sides, between Dolores and Guerrero Streets (3400 block). RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "U" (2--HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 10 PM, EVERYDAY) - ESTABLISH 248-254 Ritch Street, west side, between Brannan and Bryant Streets (adds even addresses only, no permit parking signs will be posted on this block). PARKING METER AREA NO. 3 (9 AM - 6PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH Bacon Street, north side, from San Bruno Avenue to 135 feet easterly. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND Bacon Street, north side, from 125 to 135 feet east of San Bruno Avenue. UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH Plum Street, north side, from Mission Street to 31 feet easterly (31-foot zone, accommodating 5 motorcycle parking spaces). (Parking and Traffic Department) | |||
| Supervisor Elsbernd requested to be added as sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 742-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041510 | [STOP Intersections] | ||
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Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Sussex Street and Swiss Avenue, stopping Swiss Avenue at Sussex Street, making this uncontrolled intersection a two-way STOP; Beulah and Shrader Streets, stopping Shrader Street at Beulah Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; Broderick and Francisco Streets, stopping Broderick Street at Francisco Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; and Cross and Pope Streets, stopping Pope Street at Cross Street and Cross Street at Pope Street, making this uncontrolled T-intersection an All-Way STOP. (Parking and Traffic Department) (10-26-04: categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 2895.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 744-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| Recommendations of the Rules Committee | |||
| 041189 | [Settlement of Bankruptcy Claims Dispute, In re METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK, INC] | Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Ordinance authorizing settlement at 75% of face value of disputed bankruptcy creditor claims filed by the City and County of San Francisco against Chapter 11 Debtors, In re METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK, INC., et al., Chapter 11, Case Nos. 02-22736 (ASH) through 02-22742 (ASH), 02-22744 (ASH) through 02-22746 (ASH), 02-22749 (ASH), and 02-22751 (ASH) through 02-22754 (ASH) (Jointly Administered), (U. S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York), and directing attorney for Tax Collector to effectuate settlement. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 290-04 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| 041388 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Turlock Irrigation District] | ||
| Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco against Turlock Irrigation District for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief to Validate Termination of Long-Term Power Sales Agreement; the City and County of San Francisco filed the lawsuit on August 13, 2001 in San Francisco Superior Court (San Francisco Superior Court Case No. 323717). (City Attorney) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 285-04 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| 041427 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Armstrong, et al., v. CCSF, et al.] | ||
| Ordinance authorizing settlement of claims made by James Armstrong in a multi-party action against the City and County of San Francisco for $50,000.00, placement in Step 3 of current 5173 classification, and payment of the difference between the Step 3 pay rate and the pay rate actually received by James Armstrong retroactive to April 26, 2003; the lawsuit was filed on July 9, 2001 in United States District Court, Northern District, Case No. C01-2611; entitled Armstrong, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 286-04 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| 041437 | [Partial Settlement of Lawsuit - Eugene Kalinin, et al.] | ||
| Ordinance authorizing partial settlement of the lawsuit filed by Tim Anderson, Alexandria Brunner-Jones, Rolando Canales, Davin Cole, Brian Devlin, Edward Allen Ellstad, Eugene Kalinin, Daniel Manning, Sonia Mariona, William Moralez, Brian J. Perry and Jack Z. Wronski against the City and County of San Francisco for $240,000; the lawsuit was filed on November 5, 2003, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. C-03-4928 MHP; entitled Eugene Kalinin, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al; the partial settlement resolves certain claims in the lawsuit brought by plaintiffs Alexandria Brunner-Jones, Rolando Canales, Davin Cole, Brian Devlin, Eugene Kalinin, Daniel Manning and Sonia Marion; all plaintiffs have additional claims remaining in the lawsuit. (City Attorney) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 287-04 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| 041442 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Andrew King v. CCSF, et al.] | ||
| Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Andrew King against the City and County of San Francisco for $60,000; the lawsuit was filed on 10/31/03 in United States District Court, Case No. C03-4879; entitled Andrew King v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 288-04 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| 041316 | [Surplus City Property] | Supervisors Daly, Ammiano | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 23A.9, 23A.10 and 23A.11 to specify terms for appointed members of the Surplus Property Citizens' Advisory Committee, to clarify the requirements under Administrative Code Section 23.3 applicable to dispositions of surplus and underutilized property, and to clarify policy and procedures for dispositions of City-owned surplus and underutilized real property that is not listed on the annual Surplus Property Report. | |||
| Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 291-04 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| 041335 | [Designation of County Surveyor] | Supervisors Ma, Gonzalez | |
| Ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 2A.190 and Subdivision Code Section 1307 to designate and distinguish the official titles and duties of City Engineer and County Surveyor and amending Subdivision Code Sections 1310, 1311, 1320, 1324 through 1329, 1340, 1355, 1360 through 1364, and 1397 to reassign responsibilities from the City Engineer to the County Surveyor. (Public Works Department) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 284-04 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| 041551 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - People v. Dynegy, et al.] | Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco, on behalf of the People of California, against the Duke Energy Companies; the lawsuit entitled People v. Dynegy, et al. was filed on January 18, 2001, and has been consolidated as Wholesale Electricity Antitrust Cases I & II in the United States District Court, Southern District of California, Case Nos. 02 CV 0990-RHW, CV 02-1000-RHW, 02 CV-1001 RHW; the settlement provides $500,000 to San Francisco to be used for energy efficiency, renewable energy or environmental justice projects in areas affected by electric generation in San Francisco and $172 million in benefits to California electric ratepayers, among other provisions. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 289-04 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| REGULAR AGENDA | |||
| UNFINISHED BUSINESS | |||
| Recommendation of the City Services Committee | |||
| 041308 | [Regulating the Distribution of Handbills] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Ordinance amending Article 5.7 of the Public Works Code by repealing section 184.71, which required persons distributing handbills to register and pay fees, amending section 184.73 to make violation of the ordinance an infraction instead of a misdemeanor, amending section 184.74 to permit the City to recover costs incurred in cleaning up handbills distributed in violation of the ordinance and to impose civil penalties for violations, and by renumbering sections 184.71 through 184.77. | |||
| Supervisor Ma, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved that this Ordinance be RE-REFERRED to the City Services Committee. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Recommendations of the Land Use Committee | |||
| 041385 | [Street Encroachment at 199 Geary Street - Security Pacific Place] | ||
| Resolution granting revocable permission to CHH Realty, Inc. c/o Neiman Marcus to occupy a portion of the public right-of-way located on Security Pacific Place, off O'Farrell Street between Stockton Street and Grant Avenue, to construct and maintain a service ramp/driveway, to access and connect to a loading dock at the rear frontage of the Neiman Marcus store at 199 Geary Street (Block 0313, Lot 018) and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department) | |||
| Continued to January 25, 2005 | |||
| Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Recommendation of the Rules Committee | |||
| 040989 | [Granting a bid preference of twenty percent to each contractor who will perform all services to be required by a contract in the United States of America] | Supervisors McGoldrick, Alioto-Pier, Daly, Ammiano | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding a new Chapter 12I to grant a bid preference of twenty percent to each contractor who will perform all services to be required by a contract in the United States of America. | |||
| Continued to January 11, 2005 | |||
| Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Maxwell, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| NEW BUSINESS | |||
| Recommendations of the City Services Committee | |||
| 040561 | [Increasing the penalty for littering and nuisance violations, and providing for rewards for persons providing information leading to collection of those penalties] | Supervisors Sandoval, Dufty, Gonzalez, Elsbernd | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending Section 37, amending the San Francisco Health Code by amending Sections 283.1, 287, and 600, and amending the San Francisco Public Works Code by amending Section 174.2, all to increase the maximum administrative penalty for littering, illegal dumping of garbage, and maintaining a nuisance from $300 to $1,000, and amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 10.100-234, to establish a Public Works Littering and Nuisance Violation Reward Fund, to be used to reward persons who have provided information leading to the collection of those penalties. | |||
| Supervisor Sandoval, seconded by Supervisor Ammiano, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 041336 | [Police alarm ordinance; technical changes to billing and remittance requirements for alarm companies; limiting license fee increases to $5 increments] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code, by amending Sections 3710.1, 3710.2, 3710.4, and 3720, to: require that alarm companies remit fees collected from customers in a single monthly check; move the billing date for license fees, beginning in 2005, from December 1 to November 1; clarify that the billing and remittance requirements of the Article only apply to those alarm monitoring companies having a direct contractual relationship with the alarm user; clarify that alarm companies shall only be held responsible for the unpaid license fees of their customers where the company has failed to take reasonable steps to collect the fees, and provide a minimum threshold of what constitutes "reasonable steps"; and, limit license fee increases to five-dollar increments. (Emergency Communications Department) | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| From the City Services Committee "Without Recommendation" | |||
| Appointment of President Pro Tempore | |||
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At the request of the President, Supervisor Sandoval assumed the Chair so the President could participate in the debate from the floor concerning the following item. The President resumed the Chair shortly thereafter. | |||
| 041461 | [S.F. Zoo-Keeping Elephants Prohibited] | Supervisors Gonzalez, Daly | |
| Ordinance adding Section 5.09 to the Park Code to prohibit the keeping of elephants at the San Francisco Zoo by any City department or contractor. | |||
| Supervisor Dufty, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 1 - Elsbernd | |||
| Ordinance adding Section 5.09 to the Park Code to require that a City Department or contractor must request permission from the City to keep elephants at the San Francisco Zoo, and the City Department or contractor shall first complete certain improvements at the Zoo before making such a request; and requiring annual updates on the status of improvements at the Zoo, beginning in November 2005. | |||
| Supervisor Daly requested to be added as co-sponsor. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 1 - Elsbernd | |||
| 041463 | [Animal Care & Control - Investigation of complaints at San Francisco Zoo] | Supervisor Gonzalez | |
| Ordinance amending S. F. Health Code Sec. 41.4 to authorize the Animal Care and Control Department to investigate complaints regarding animal care at the San Francisco Zoo and to work with the General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department and the Director of the Zoo to remedy any deficiencies in animal care. | |||
| Supervisor Dufty, seconded by Supervisor Maxwell, moved that this Ordinance be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Recommendations of the Finance and Audits Committee | |||
| 041450 | [Commodities or services purchased with federal grant funds for the enhancement of homeland security] | Supervisors Ma, Daly | |
| Ordinance amending San Francisco Administrative Code Section 21.5 to allow the Purchaser to develop regulations for the purchase of commodities or services using federal grant funds for the enhancement of homeland security where the purchase does not exceed $100,000. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 041516 | [Issue 32 and 33 Refunding Bond Sale Resolutions, Swap Resolution and Twelfth Supplemental Resolution] | ||
| Resolution approving the issuance of up to $875,000,000 additional aggregate principal amount of San Francisco International Airport second series revenue refunding bonds for the purpose of refinancing bonds and subordinate bonds of the Airport Commission; approving the sale of San Francisco International Airport second series revenue refunding bonds through December 31, 2007; approving the maximum interest rate, notional amount and term of interest rate swap transactions; approving the forms of certain documents relating to interest rate swap transactions and authorizing the execution and delivery thereof; approving and authorizing the use of Airport Commercial paper to pay swap termination payments and costs of issuance; approving the forms of certain documents relating to San Francisco International Airport second series variable rate revenue bonds and authorizing the execution and delivery thereof; approving certain amendments to the 1991 Master Resolution; and related matters. (Airport Commission) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 733-04 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 041517 | [Prevailing wage rates for workers on public works and improvement projects, workers performing janitorial services, workers in public off-street parking lots, garages, or storage facilities | Supervisors Daly, Ammiano | |
| Resolution fixing prevailing wage rates for (1) workers performing work under City contracts for public work and improvement; (2) workers performing work under City contracts for janitorial services; (3) workers in public off-street parking lots, garages, or storage facilities for automobiles on property owned or leased by the City; and (4) workers performing moving services under City contracts at facilities owned or leased by the City. (City Attorney) | |||
| Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 748-04 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 041532 | [Approval of Ground Lease and Acceptance of Easements] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Resolution approving a ground lease between the City of Hayward, as landlord, and the City and County of San Francisco and East Bay Municipal Utility District, as tenants, for the construction, use and operation of an emergency pump station/intertie facility at the Hayward Executive Airport, authorizing acceptance of two easements related to the pump station/intertie facility, and adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 750-04 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 041550 | [Increasing civil filing and appearance fees provided in Business and Professions Code for operation of the Law Library] | Mayor | |
| Resolution increasing civil filing and appearance fees provided in Business and Professions Code sections 6321, 6322 and 6322.1 for operation of the Law Library. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 736-04 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 041573 | [Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds] | Supervisors Peskin, Daly, Ammiano | |
| Resolution authorizing the issuance and delivery of multifamily housing revenue bonds (as defined herein) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $19,200,000 for the purpose of providing financing for a multifamily rental housing project; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of an indenture providing the terms and conditions of the bonds; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a regulatory agreement and declaration of restrictive covenants; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a loan agreement; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a first amendment to ground lease; ratifying and approving any action heretofore taken in connection with the bonds and the project; granting general authority to city officials to take actions necessary to implement this resolution; and related matters. | |||
| Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 732-04 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Recommendation of the Land Use Committee | |||
| 041459 | [Alternative bid process for construction trade packages for the construction of the California Academy of Sciences Facility] | Supervisor McGoldrick | |
| Ordinance authorizing the Recreation and Park Commission to implement an alternative bid process for construction trade packages for the construction of the California Academy of Sciences Facility. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Recommendations of the Rules Committee | |||
| 041395 | [Notification in the Voter Information Pamphlet of a candidate's adoption of voluntary expenditure ceiling] | Supervisors Gonzalez, Daly, Ammiano | |
| Ordinance amending section 1.128 of the San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to specify the size and content of the notice in the Voter Information Pamphlet regarding whether a candidate has adopted the applicable voluntary expenditure ceiling. | |||
| Supervisors Ammiano and Daly requested to be added as co-sponsors. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 041456 | [Contribution limits for contractors doing business with the Unified School District and Community College District] | Supervisors Gonzalez, Alioto-Pier, Daly, Ammiano | |
| Ordinance amending section 1.126 of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to extend the contractor contribution limits imposed by that section to contractors doing business with the San Francisco Unified School District and the San Francisco Community College District. | |||
| Supervisors Ammiano and Daly requested to be added as co-sponsors. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 041572 | [Board Off-site Meeting] | Supervisor Ammiano | |
| Motion ordering the City and School District Select Committee meeting of the Board of Supervisors be held at the Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room, Board of Education, 555 Franklin Street, First Floor, San Francisco, on Monday, January 10, 2005, at 4:00 p.m. and directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare the proper notices and postings. | |||
| Enacted Number: | M04-133 | ||
| APPROVED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| SPECIAL ORDER 3:30 P.M - Recognition of Commendations | |||
| Privilege of the Floor | |||
| Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Ammiano, moved to suspend Rule 4.28 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: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
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Supervisor Peskin introduced, welcomed and congratulated the SF Library staff and the Friends of the Library. Supervisor Maxwell introduced, welcomed and presented a Certificate of Honor to the winners of the 2004-05 Mayor's Public Managerial Excellence Awards. | |||
| COMMITTEE REPORTS | |||
| Appointment of President Pro Tempore | |||
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At the request of the President, Supervisor Sandoval assumed the Chair so the President could participate in the debate from the floor concerning the following item. The President resumed the Chair shortly thereafter. | |||
| 041533 | [CEQA Findings in Connection with the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Resolution adopting environmental findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, State Guidelines, and Administrative Code Chapter 31 in connection with the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan and related implementing actions. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 751-04 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 2 - Daly, Gonzalez | |||
| 041539 | [Zoning Map Amendment in connection with Hunters Point Redevelopment Project Area] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Ordinance amending Zoning Map Sheets 9 and 9H of the City and County of San Francisco to eliminate use districts and height and bulk districts within Assessor's Block 4591A, the Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan area, and instead reference the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan; and making various findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 2 - Daly, Gonzalez | |||
| 041535 | [General Plan Amendments Concerning Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco General Plan to make the General Plan consistent with the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan, and making various findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 2 - Daly, Gonzalez | |||
| 041542 | [Hunters Point Shipyard- Resolution of Intent for Street Vacation] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to vacate portions of McKinnon Avenue, La Salle Avenue, Kirkwood Avenue, Jerrold Avenue, Innes Avenue, Hudson Avenue, Boalt Street, Coleman Street, Donahue Street, and Earl Street in Hunters Point Shipyard Parcel "A-1" and Oakdale Avenue, Newcomb Avenue, McKinnon Avenue, La Salle Avenue, Fitch Street, and Earl Street in Hunters Point Shipyard Parcel "A-2" along with public service easements in the aforementioned locations in the Hunters Point Shipyard; setting the hearing date for all persons interested in the proposed vacation of said street areas and public service easements. | |||
| Continued to December 14, 2004 | |||
| Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Ammiano, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 041543 | [Hunters Point Shipyard - Street Vacation Order] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Ordinance ordering the vacation of portions of McKinnon Avenue, La Salle Avenue, Kirkwood Avenue, Jerrold Avenue, Innes Avenue, Hudson Avenue, Boalt Street, Coleman Street, Donahue Street, and Earl Street in Hunters Point Shipyard Parcel "A-1" and Oakdale Avenue, Newcomb Avenue, McKinnon Avenue, La Salle Avenue, Fitch Street, and Earl Street in Hunters Point Shipyard Parcel "A-2" along with public service easements in the aforementioned locations in the Hunters Point Shipyard; making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the City's General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1, and the Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan; quitclaiming the City's interest in the vacation areas; reserving easement rights for various utilities, including SBC, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and the City; accepting Department of Public Works Order No. __________; and authorizing official acts in connection with this Ordinance. | |||
| Continued to January 11, 2005 at 3:00 PM | |||
| Supervisor Maxwell, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 041541 | [Hunters Point Shipyard - Health Code] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Ordinance adding Article 31 to the Health Code and amending sections 659, 1120.1 and 1227 of the Health Code to establish special restrictions for activities on the Hunters Point Shipyard to address potential residual contamination and to authorize the Department of Public Health to implement these restrictions, impose penalties, and charge fees to defray the costs of implementation; and making environmental findings. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 2 - Daly, Gonzalez | |||
| 041544 | [Hunters Point Shipyard - Subdivision Code] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Subdivision Code by adding the Hunters Point Shipyard Subdivision Code, Division 3, Article 1-8, Sections 1600 et seq. and making environmental findings. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 2 - Daly, Gonzalez | |||
| 041538 | [Hunters Point Shipyard - Public Works Code] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Ordinance amending the Public Works Code to add Sections 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3 to establish special restrictions for activities on the Hunters Point Shipyard to address potential residual contamination and making specified findings. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 2 - Daly, Gonzalez | |||
| 041540 | [Hunters Point Shipyard - Building Code] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Ordinance amending the Building Code to add Section 106.3.2.5 to establish special restrictions for activities on the Hunters Point Shipyard to address potential residual contamination and making environmental findings. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 2 - Daly, Gonzalez | |||
| 041536 | [Creating a graduated code compliance plan for non-residential buildings at naval bases transferred to the City, the Redevelopment Agency, or the Treasure Island Development Authority] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Ordinance amending the Building Code to add Section 3409 to provide that building and structures located on the Naval Station Treasure Island (including Yerba Buena Island) and Hunters Point Naval Shipyard may comply with the requirements of the Building Code in a graduated manner over a period not to exceed seven years provided that: the buildings or structures were in existence at the time the bases were selected for closure, the Director of the Department of Building Inspection and the Fire Marshal determine that the buildings or structures are safe for their intended use and occupancy, the buildings or structures have been leased or transferred by the Federal Government to the City, the Redevelopment Agency, or the Treasure Island Development Authority, and the buildings or structures meet the code compliance inspection and graduated compliance plan requirements specified, to authorize the Department of Building Inspection and the Fire Department to charge the Redevelopment Agency or the City fees for time and materials expended in responding to requests for inspection and performing other tasks associated with the graduated compliance plan program, and to provide that this Section shall not go into effect until the graduated compliance plan has been filed with the California Building Standards Commission and shall remain in effect until January 1, 2007 or until seven years after the lease or transfer of buildings or structures subject to this Section, as long as that lease or transfer occurs prior to January 1, 2007, unless a state statute deletes or extends the time period for a local agency to operate under a graduated code compliance plan under California Health and Safety Code Section 18941.9 and making environmental findings. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 9 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 2 - Daly, Gonzalez | |||
| 041537 | [Hunters Point Shipyard Joint Community Facilities Agreement] | Mayor, Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Resolution approving and authorizing a Joint Community Facilities Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco in furtherance of the adoption and implementation of the Redevelopment Plan for the Hunters Point Shipyard, specifically the Hunters Point Phase One Improvements, and making environmental findings. | |||
| Continued to December 14, 2004 | |||
| Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Ammiano, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS | |||
| Supervisor Maxwell noted absent at 5:18 p.m. | |||
| PUBLIC COMMENT | |||
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Abdullah Megaheed; general issues Francisco di Costa: issues regarding committee reports Espanola Jackson; Bayview Hunters Point issues Dr. Ahimas Port Sumchai; environmental issues Tom McDonagh; Conventions and Business Bureau and Muni issues Public Health representative; Item 52 Toni Cox; drug related issues in her living facilities Jakki Bryson; general issues | |||
| 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. | |||
| 041614 | [Children and Youth Stakeholders] | Supervisors Ma, Ammiano | |
| Resolution urging the Mayor and the Department of Public Health to create a Proposition 63 Children and Youth Stakeholder Sub-Committee, dedicate a portion of Proposition 63 funding to fund children and youth services, and dedicate funding to Wellness Center Expansion. | |||
| Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 738-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041617 | [Exclusive Negotiating Agreement for Development of the Old Mint] | Supervisors Peskin, Ammiano | |
| Resolution extending the expiration date of the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement between the City and the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society for the development of the Old Mint. | |||
| Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 752-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041623 | [Mayor's Office of Housing to assign staff to the Advisory Committee on Educator Housing] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Resolution urging the Mayor to direct the Mayor's Office of Housing to assign an appropriate staff member to provide guidance, counseling and assistance to the Advisory Committee on Educator Housing being formed by the San Francisco Unified School District and the United Educators of San Francisco. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 737-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041645 | [Joint Zoo Committee Membership] | Supervisors Dufty, Ma | |
| Resolution urging the San Francisco Zoological Society and the Recreation and Park Commission to propose to the Board of Supervisors an amendment to the Zoo Lease and Management Agreement that would alter the composition of the Joint Zoo Committee by adding the Director of the Animal Care and Control Department as a seventh member. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 739-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041646 | [Declaration of Election Results] | Supervisor Gonzalez | |
| Resolution declaring the results of the November 2, 2004 Consolidated General Election. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 735-04 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 041647 | [Final Map for a 8 Unit Live/Work Condominium Project - 139 Stillman Street] | ||
| Motion approving Final Map of 139 Stillman Street, A Live/Work Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 125 in Assessor's Block No. 3762, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department) | |||
| Enacted Number: | M04-134 | ||
| APPROVED | |||
| 041649 | [Final Map for a 13 Unit Residential/Commercial Condominium Project - 1540-1550 Lombard Street] | ||
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Motion approving Final Map of 1540-1550 Lombard Street, A Residential/Commercial Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 27 in Assessor's Block No. 497, and adopting findings
pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department) (DPW Order No. 175,085; District 2.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | M04-135 | ||
| APPROVED | |||
| The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Absent: 1 - Maxwell | |||
| Severed From the Without Committee Reference Agenda | |||
| Supervisor Peskin requested that this matter be severed so that it might be considered separately | |||
| 041618 | [Emperor Norton Bridge] | Supervisors Peskin, Ammiano, Daly | |
| Resolution urging the California Department of Transportation and members of the California Assembly and Senate to name the new additions to the San Francisco Bay Bridge in honor of Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. | |||
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Continued to December 14, 2004 Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| CONTINUED. | |||
| 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 Daly, seconded by Supervisor Ammiano, moved. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Absent: 1 - Maxwell | |||
| [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 Daly, seconded by Supervisor Ammiano, moved. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Absent: 1 - Maxwell | |||
| 041686 | [Commending Kym Valadez] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Resolution commending and expressing appreciation to Kym Valadez, Director of Health and Social Services, for her 20 years of dedicated social service on the occasion of her retirement from Swords to Plowshares. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 753-04 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval Absent: 1 - Maxwell | |||
| 041687 | [Commending Zan Turner] | Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Resolution commending Zan Turner for her years of dedication to the City and County of San Francisco and hereby proclaiming Thursday, December 09, 2004 as Zan Turner Day. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 754-04 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Gonzalez, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION | |||
| Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor | |||
| Ordinances | |||
| 041679 | [Use of Parking Meter Zones by Hybrid and Clean Air Vehicles] | Supervisors Alioto-Pier, McGoldrick | |
| Ordinance adding San Francisco Traffic Code Section 202.F to provide free use of parking meter zones by hybrid vehicles and clean air vehicles displaying a decal issued by the State of California, when it is otherwise lawful for the vehicle to park continuously in the same zone and within the prescribed time limits, from July 1, 2005 until June 30, 2006. | |||
| 12/7/04, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee, expires on 1/6/2005. 12/10/04 - Referred to Parking and Traffic for review and determination of environmental impact. | |||
| 041688 | [Residential Rent Ordinance, Additional Keys] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance" by amending Section 37.13 "Keys" to provide that: the landlord must provide additional keys/key-sets within fourteen (14) days of a tenant's written request unless the landlord denies the request in writing within that time period (the current ordinance does not set a deadline for providing the additional keys/key-sets), and failure to respond within the fourteen days constitutes a substantial decrease in housing services; the landlord may charge only for documented replication costs and may not require other charges or deposits or terms or conditions of any kind, and imposing such other terms or conditions constitutes a substantial decrease in housing services; a tenant's petition to the Rent Board to decide a disputed request may include a failure to respond within fourteen days, or a disagreement regarding terms or conditions for the additional keys/key-sets; and, unreasonable denial of additional keys/key-sets also constitutes a "substantial" decrease in housing services (the word "substantial" is new in this provision). | |||
| 12/7/04, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee, expires on 1/6/2005. | |||
| 041695 | [Creating an official holiday for March 31st, the birthday of Cesar Chavez] | Supervisors Gonzalez, Sandoval, Ammiano, Dufty | |
| Draft ordinance amending Chapter 16, Article 1 of the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending section 16.5 to rename the official holiday of March 31st Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Day. | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
| 041005 | [Pedestrian Protections] | Supervisors Ma, Alioto-Pier, Dufty | |
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Ordinance adding Sections 71, 73, 75, and 79 to the San Francisco Traffic Code to require the Director of Parking and Traffic to: (1) install countdown pedestrian signals and ladder striped
crosswalks, (2) designate specific crosswalk signal crossing times, and (3) upon the recommendation of the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee, install one hundred signs a year for three
years informing the public regarding prohibited sidewalk activities; amending Section 703 of the San Francisco Public Works Code to require: (1) all curb heights and adjacent sidewalks be a
minimum height of six to eight inches as measured from the gutter by June 30, 2024, and (2) a citywide survey of curb heights and adjacent sidewalks be conducted by the San Francisco
Department of Public Works by June 30, 2007, in order to prioritize the work process; and adding Sections 703.3 and 703.4 to the San Francisco Public Works Code to require the Director of
Public Works to install: (1) corner curb bulb-outs on Geary Boulevard, Mission Street, Geneva Avenue, and at the intersections of Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place and McAllister and Grove
Streets, as permitted by state and local law, by June 30, 2009, and (2) ADA compliant curb-cut ramps on every sidewalk corner in the City by June 30, 2014.The requirements and schedules
for installation of certain devices and improvements must be consistent with the subsequent San Francisco Pedestrian Master Plan and Proposition K 5-Year Funding Priority Program to become
effective. (12/7/04 in Board: Supervisor Ma submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.) (Fiscal impact.) | |||
| 7/13/04, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee, expires on 8/12/2004. | |||
| 8/11/04, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Department of Parking and Traffic for environmental review. | |||
| 12/7/04, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Ma submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. | |||
| 12/7/04, ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. 12/10/04 - Referred to Parking and Traffic for review and determination of environmental impact. 12/15/04-Referred to Planning Department for determination of environmental impact. | |||
| Resolutions | |||
| 041680 | [Supporting the Demands of Caregivers at Sutter Health Hospitals] | Supervisors Peskin, Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Gonzalez, McGoldrick, Sandoval, Ma | |
| Resolution urging Sutter Health to join other northern California hospital systems to adopt new policies to better meet patient and Caregiver needs. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041681 | [Commending Deputy City Attorney Kevin Scott Dickey] | Supervisor Dufty | |
| Resolution commending Kevin Scott Dickey for eight years of exemplary public service to San Francisco as a Deputy City Attorney, and wishing him well in his future endeavors at Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041684 | [Traffic Regulations - Various Streets] | Supervisor Dufty | |
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Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND West side of Potomac Street, from Waller Street to the southern property line of #53 Potomac Street . TOW-AWAY NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH West side of Potomac Street, from Waller Street to the southern property line of #53 Potomac Street. (12/7/04: 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 results in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street.) | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. 12/10/04 - Referred to Parking and Traffic for review. | |||
| 041685 | [Wells Fargo Loan for Fa‡ade Improvement Program] | Supervisors Elsbernd, Dufty | |
| Resolution approving the City's acceptance of a $500,000 Loan from Wells Fargo Bank for the purpose of providing low-interest Fa‡ade Improvement Loans in low-income neighborhoods of San Francisco. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041689 | [Polk Street Bicycle Lane] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Resolution establishing contra flow bicycle lanes on the east side of Polk Street from Market Street to McAllister Street. | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. 12/10/04 - Referred to Parking and Traffic for review and determination of environmental impact. | |||
| 041690 | [Townsend Street Bicycle Lanes] | Supervisor Daly | |
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Resolution establishing bicycle lanes on Townsend Street from Second Street to Eighth Street. (Fiscal impact.) | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. 12/10/04 - Referred to Parking and Traffic for review and determination of environmental impact. | |||
| 041691 | [Market Street Bicycle Lane] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Resolution establishing a bicycle lane on Market Street from 17th Street to Octavia Street. | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. 12/10/04 - Referred to Parking and Traffic for review and determination of environmental impact. | |||
| 041692 | [Urging removal of 3 parking spaces at corner of Fell and Masonic] | Supervisor Gonzalez | |
| Resolution urging the Department of Parking and Traffic to remove 3 parking spaces on the south side of Fell Street at the intersection of Fell and Masonic Avenue to create a 50 foot no parking zone, enabling greater visibility of cyclists and pedestrians as motorists turn left. | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. 12/10/04 - Referred to Parking and Traffic for review. | |||
| 041693 | [Creating an official holiday for March 31st, the birthday of Cesar Chavez] | Supervisors Gonzalez, Sandoval, Ammiano | |
| Draft resolution declaring March 31 "Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Day." | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
| 041694 | [Urging a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal] | Supervisor Gonzalez | |
| Resolution urging a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal. | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
| 041696 | [Accept-Expend Federal Grant] | Supervisors Elsbernd, Dufty | |
| Resolution Authorizing the Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco to accept and expend grant funds made available through the U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Community Oriented Policing for a project entitled "U.S. Department of Justice - Universal Hiring Program." | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. | |||
| 041697 | [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Special Emphasis Victim Assistance Program: Elder Abuse] | Supervisors Peskin, Elsbernd | |
| Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $110,000 through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Criminal Justice Programs Division, for the operation of a program entitled "Special Emphasis Victim Assistance Program: Elder Abuse." | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. | |||
| 041698 | [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Special Emphasis Victim Assistance Program - Homicide] | Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty | |
| Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $110,000 through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Criminal Justice Programs Division, for the operation of a program entitled "Special Emphasis Victim Assistance Program-Homicide." | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. | |||
| 041701 | [Supporting AB19 - Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Act] | Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty, Daly | |
| Resolution urging the California Assembly and Senate and the Governor of California to support Assembly Bill 19 (AB19), the "Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Act", which defines marriage as a civil contract between two people. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041702 | [United Church of Christ Ad] | Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty, Daly | |
| Resolution urging CBS and NBC to rescind their decisions to reject airing of the United Church of Christ advertisement promoting tolerance and acceptance of same-sex couples. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041704 | [Commending John Arntz and the Department of Elections] | Supervisors Elsbernd, Maxwell, Alioto-Pier, Dufty | |
| Resolution commending John Arntz and the Department of Elections for their outstanding accomplishments. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041705 | [Urging the City Controller to provide comprehensive information regarding City Committees, Subcommittees, Task Forces and Boards] | Supervisors Gonzalez, Peskin | |
| Resolution urging the City Controller to provide comprehensive information regarding City Committees, Subcommittees, Task Forces and Boards. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041706 | [Accept-Expend Federal/State Grant - Threat Management/Stalking Vertical Prosecution Program] | Supervisors Ma, Dufty | |
| Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $116,638 through the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Criminal Justice Programs Division, for the operation of a program entitled "Threat Management/Stalking Vertical Prosecution Program." | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041707 | [Commending David Hardiman] | Supervisors Ma, Peskin | |
| Resolution commending David Hardiman on the occasion of his retirement. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041708 | [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)] | Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty | |
| Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco to accept and expend grant funds made available through the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs for a project entitled Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.). | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041709 | [Endorsing efforts between WestEd, Stanford Medical Center, and the SFUSD to collaborate on a five year research study on trauma] | Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty | |
| Resolution endorsing efforts between WestEd, Stanford Medical Center, and the San Francisco Unified School District to collaborate on a five year research study on trauma and its effects on learning and executive functions in hopes of improving the cognitive learning functions of children effected by violence. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041710 | [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program] | Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Dufty | |
| Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $95,033 through the California Department of Justice for a program entitled "Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program." | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041721 | [Apply for Whale Tail State Grant from the California Coastal Commission] | Supervisor Maxwell | |
| Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to apply for a grant in the amount of $50,000 from the California Coastal Commission for teaching San Francisco students about water pollution prevention and protecting our bay, ocean and coast. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041722 | [Support Smoke Free Movies] | Supervisors Maxwell, Daly | |
| Resolution supporting smoke free movies. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041723 | [Commending the San Francisco Public Library for Prop 14 Funds] | Supervisors Peskin, Elsbernd, Sandoval, McGoldrick, Dufty, Ma | |
| Resolution commending the San Francisco Public Library for securing $9.7 million from state Proposition 14 funds for the renovation of the historic Richmond branch library and construction of a new Ingleside branch library. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| Requests for Hearing | |||
| 041676 | [Needs and concerns of San Francisco's growing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Senior populations] | Supervisor Dufty | |
| Hearing regarding the needs and concerns of San Francisco's growing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Senior populations. | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. | |||
| 041677 | [Ranked-choice voting outreach and education services grant program] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Hearing to review and discuss the Department of Election's ranked-choice voting outreach and education services grant program for the November 2, 2004 election. | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
| 041682 | [Implementation of work plans at the Department of Recreation and Park] | Supervisors Dufty, Peskin | |
| Hearing to consider implementation of work plans at the Department of Recreation and Park. | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. | |||
| 041683 | [Automatic External Defibrillators] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Hearing to review the Legislative Analyst Report "Local Government Programs for siting Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) in Public Spaces," and to discuss plans for siting AED's in San Francisco with special emphasis on access to AED's in public buildings and settings. | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the December 16, 2004 meeting. | |||
| Motions | |||
| 041699 | [Needle Exchange Emergency] | Supervisors Ammiano, Daly, Peskin, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Dufty | |
| Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041700 | [Emergency Declaration Concurrence Influenza Vaccine] | Mayor | |
| Motion concurring in the October 12, 2004 Declaration of the Existence of a Local Emergency for Limited Purposes by the Mayor, and in the actions taken to meet the emergency. | |||
| 12/7/04, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 041703 | [Webpage enhancement and maintenance for the Board of Supervisors] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Motion amending the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors by amending Rule 6.22, which governs the provision and maintenance of the Webpage of the Board of Supervisors, by amending the composition of the "Welcome Page." | |||
| 12/7/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
| PROPOSED ORDINANCES | |||
| 041524 | [Parking Regulations-Hall of Justice] | ||
| Ordinance amending San Francisco Traffic Code Section 32.6.7 to restrict parking on Bryant Street between Harriet Street and 7th Street to only marked SFPD vehicles or displaying a permit issued by the Chief of Police. (Parking and Traffic Department) | |||
| 11/30/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. | |||
| 041606 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Eugene Duffy] | ||
| Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Eugene Duffy against the City and County of San Francisco for $30,000; the lawsuit was filed on June 13, 2003, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 421395; entitled Eugene Duffy, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
| 11/19/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
| 041629 | [Changing the Official Sidewalk Width along Portions of Illinois Street] | ||
| Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 1061 entitled "Regulating the Width of Sidewalks" by adding thereto Section No. 1563 to change the official sidewalk widths from the intersection of Illinois and 25th Streets to the intersection of Illinois and Cesar Chavez Streets; making findings pursuant to the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1; and requiring relocation, modification, or both of facilities affected by the sidewalk width changes. (Public Works Department) | |||
| 11/24/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. | |||
| 041630 | [Eliminating the Office of Emergency Services Revolving Fund.] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by repealing Section 10.142, to eliminate the Office of Emergency Services Revolving Fund. (Emergency Communications Department) | |||
| 11/24/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
| 041635 | [CCP 998 Offer of Settlement of Lawsuitt - Paul R. Lozada v. CCSF] | ||
| Ordinance authorizing CCP 998 offer of settlement of the lawsuit filed by Paul R. Lozada against the City and County of San Francisco for $100,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 29, 2003 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 03-42588; entitled Paul R. Lozada v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
| 11/29/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
| PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS | |||
| 041564 | [Approval of Lease with American Airlines, Inc. for a portion of Plot 40 and Superbay Hangar] | ||
| Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a Lease with American Airlines, Inc., for a portion of Plot 40 and space in the Superbay Hangar. (Airport Commission) | |||
| 11/16/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. | |||
| 041631 | [STOP Intersections] | ||
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Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Walnut Street and Pacific Avenue, stopping northbound Walnut Street at Pacific Avenue, making this T-intersection an All-Way STOP; and 30th Avenue and Lake Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP. (Parking and Traffic Department) (11/29/04: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 2912.) | |||
| 11/29/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. | |||
| 041632 | [Traffic Regulations] | ||
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Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. TOW-AWAY LANE MUST TURN RIGHT, EXCEPT MUNI - ESTABLISH Lincoln Way, south side, from 19th Avenue to a point 100 feet westerly. ONE-WAY STREET - ESTABLISH Vandewater Street, westbound, between Mason and Powell Streets. BICYCLE LANES - ESTABLISH Fell Street, from Scott Street to Baker Street. (Parking and Traffic Department) (11/29/04: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 2912.) | |||
| 11/29/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. | |||
| 041633 | [Parking Regulations] | ||
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Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING FROM 10 PM TO 6 AM - ESTABLISH Florida Street terminus, north of 15th Street. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Florida Street, west side of the easterly divided roadway, from 210 feet south of 15th Street, northerly to a point 18 feet south of the roadway terminus. TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH 15th Street, north side, from Florida to Bryant Streets. PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING ESTABLISH Florida Street terminus, north of 15th Street; Van Dyke Avenue, north side, between Keith and Jennings Streets; and Divisadero Street, both sides, from 240 feet north of 14th Street to 240 feet south of Duboce Avenue. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 9 AM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND Lincoln Way, south side, from 20th Avenue to a point approximately 100 feet easterly. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Lincoln Way, south side, from 19th Avenue to a point 100 feet westerly. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Rousseau Street, east side, from San Jose Avenue to 55 feet southerly; and Rousseau Street, west side, from San Jose Avenue to Bosworth Street. UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH Carl Street, north side, from 13 feet to 27 feet east of Willard Street (accommodating 4 motorcycles while addressing sight distance concerns at the intersection); and Page Street, north side, between the driveways of 940 and 932 - 936 Page Street, accommodating two unmetered motorcycle parking spaces. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM - 7 PM, EVERYDAY - RESCIND TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 3 PM - 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH McAllister Street, north side, from Gough Street to 60 feet easterly NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Mansell Street, median noses, east and west sides, at Girard, Brussels, Goettingen, Somerset, Hamilton and Bowdoin Streets. PARKING METER AREA NO. 3 (2-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH Bryant Street, both sides, between 15th and 16th Streets. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Gennessee Street, west side, from Monterey Boulevard to 19 feet southerly. 1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - RESCIND 2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - ESTABLISH 20th Street, both sides, between Capp and Valencia Streets (parking meters to remain). TOW-AWAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 4 PM TO 6 PM - RESCIND Fell Street, south side, from Laguna Street to Scott Street. TOW-AWAY, MONDAY-FRIDAY, 4 PM-7 PM - ESTABLISH Fell Street, south side, from Divisadero Street to 125 feet easterly. RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "I" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH Capp Street, both sides, between 17th and 18th Streets (200 block) (excludes the thru-lot of 2155 Mission Street). RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "Z" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Church Street, both sides, between 25th and Jersey Streets (1200 block); Duncan Street, both sides, between Sanchez Street and | |||
| 11/29/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. | |||
| 041634 | [Settlement of Unlitigated Claim] | ||
| Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated Claim No. 04-03446 filed by National Mutual Insurance Company as subrogee for the Chinese American War Veterans on May 10, 2004 against the City and County of San Francisco for $61,192.99. (City Attorney) | |||
| 11/29/04, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
| In Memoriams | |||
| Beverly Kees (Supervisor Daly)
F. Darrin Perry (Supervisor Dufty) Kathryn "Bonnie" Kathman (Supervisor Sandoval) | |||
| ADJOURNMENT | |||
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There being no further business, the Board at the hour of 5:38 p.m. adjourned. 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 January 4, 2005. I, Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Minutes of said Board on the date stated and was approved as recited. | |||
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