Board of Supervisors : January 24, 2000

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Board of Supervisors

City and County of San Francisco

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AGENDA
Monday, January 24, 2000
2:00 PM

Regular Calendar

TOM AMMIANO, PRESIDENT
ALICIA BECERRIL, SUE BIERMAN, AMOS BROWN, LESLIE KATZ, BARBARA KAUFMAN, MARK LENO, GAVIN EWSOM,
MABEL TENG, MICHAEL YAKI, LELAND Y. YEE

Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board

ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

AGENDA CHANGES

COMMUNICATIONS
Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents:
1) Legislation
2) Budget Analyst report
3) Legislative Analyst report
4) Department or Agency cover letter and/or report
5) Public correspondence
These items will be available for review at City Hall, Room 244, Reception Desk.

CONSENT AGENDA All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine by the Board of Supervisors and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Board. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Board so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.

Items 1 through 14

Recommendations of the Audit and Government Efficiency Committee




		Present: Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Katz

1. 992300 [Settlement of Lawsuit, Wong Revocable Trust] Ordinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Wong Revocable Trust AKA Harvey Wong and Helen K. Wong 1992 Trust, Harvey Wong and Steven Wong and Holson, Inc., against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $75,000 and waiver of nuisance abatement fees. (City Attorney) (S. F. Superior Court No. 300-456.)
(Date filed: 2/5/99)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

2. 992304 [Settlement of Lawsuit, Christina Sayborivong] Ordinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Christina Sayborivong against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $200,000.00. (City Attorney) (S. F. Superior Court No. 996-053.)
(Date filed: 6/25/99)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

3. 992305 [Settlement of Lawsuit, Julie Cavallero] Ordinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Julie Cavallero against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $40,000.00. (City Attorney) (S. F. Superior Court No. 998947.)
(Date filed: 11/2/98)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

4. 992306 [Settlement of Lawsuit, Damon Jackson and James Hughes] Ordinance authorizing settlement of litigation of (1) Damon Jackson, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. and (2) James Hughes, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. by payment of $355,000.00. (City Attorney) (Damon Jackson, et al. v. CCSF, et al. United States District Court No. C93-0086DLJ; and James Hughes, et al. v. CCSF, et al. San Francisco Superior Court Case No. 952-954.)
(Dates filed: Jackson - 12/8/92; Hughes - 6/21/93.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

5. 991809 [Acceptance of two (2) gifts estimated at $200,000 from the estate of LeMar Hoaglin and $25,000 from the estate of Beatrice Druhe for patients at San Francisco General Hospital] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, San Francisco General Hospital to accept and expend gifts bequeathed to San Francisco General Hospital from the estate of LeMar Hoaglin and the estate of Beatrice Druhe. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

6. 991947 [Accepting gift of law books with an estimated value of $7,608 for the City Attorney’s Office from the former law office Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon] Resolution authorizing the City Attorney’s Office to accept a gift from the former law office of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon of law books for the library in the City Attorney’s Office. (City Attorney)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Public Health and Environment Committee


		Present: Supervisors Bierman, Leno

7. 992205 [Authorizing DPH to enter into a Cooperative Program Agreement with the Department of Rehabilitation S.F. District, to provide vocational services to mentally-ill psychiatric clients in Supervisor Newsom Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Public Health Division, Community Mental Health Services to enter into an expanded Cooperative Program Agreement with the Department of Rehabilitation San Francisco District, including a required match of $181,355, and which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses, to provide vocational services to mentally-ill psychiatric clients. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

8. 992272 [Approving a subcontract with the University of California to designate the Project Director of the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) who shall be responsible for the Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, the collaborating institution responsible for the scientific conduct of the project entitled "Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS)", to enter into a subcontract in the amount of $7,448 with the University of California, the primary contractor, which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; retroactive to September 30, 1999. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

9. 992314 [Grant funds to be used for scientific research project to study the characteristics of the HIV epidemic in San Francisco] Supervisor Newsom Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Community Health and Safety, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $359,813 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, for the "HIV Related Applied Research and Professional Education Project" and to enter into an agreement which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; providing for ratification of action previously taken. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

10. 992342 [Grant to fund a project to evaluate the HIV/AIDS and STD prevention program decision-making processes in San Francisco, with specific attention to behavioral data] Supervisor Newsom Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Community Health and Safety, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $800,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the "Strengthening HIV/AIDS and STD Prevention Through the Use of Behavioral Data in Programmatic Decision Making" and to enter into an agreement which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; providing for ratification of action previously taken. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Rules Committee


		Present: Supervisors Leno, Teng, Kaufman

11. 992323 [Appointments, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency] Resolution confirming reappointments of Darshan Singh and Lynette Sweet to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, for four year terms ending September 3, 2003.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

12. 000097 [Appointment] Resolution appointing one member to the Bicycle Advisory Committee. Casey Allen, Seat 2, succeeding Kim Rodgers, must represent environmental organization, unexpired portion of three-year term ending December 31, 2000.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

13. 000098 [Appointment] Resolution appointing one member to the Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Board. Barbara Wilson, Seat 23, must be nominee of Supervisor Yaki, unexpired portion of three-year term ending August 31, 2001.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

14. 000099 [Appointment] Resolution appointing six members to the Airport Noise Committee; waiving residency requirement. Ron Wilson, Seat 1, must represent San Francisco International Airport, new three year term ending September 30, 2002;
Thomas Rivard, Seat 3, must be nominee of Department of Public Health, new three year term ending September 30, 2002;
Sgt. Judy Peters, Seat 4, must be nominee of Police Department, new three year term ending September 30, 2002;
Darwin L. Helmuth, Seat 6, must be nominee of Planning Department, new three year term ending September 30, 2002;
Gloria Fontanello, Seat 7, must be nominee of Supervisor Newsom, new three-year term ending September 30, 2002;
Sophie Maxwell, Seat 10, must be nominee of Supervisor Leno, new three year term ending September 30, 2002.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


		Questions on the Consent Agenda are on final passage, first reading, or adoption, as indicated: ________________________________________

REGULAR AGENDA

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

From the Clerk

(Only one of the following two motions should be adopted.)

15. 992228 [Appeal, Conditional Use, 275 Olympia Way] Motion approving decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 14917 approving Conditional Use Application No. 99.398C on property located at 275 Olympia Way, south side between Clarendon and Dellbrook Avenues, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board) (Filed December 6, 1999.)


1/4/2000, CONTINUED. Supervisor Bierman requested this matter be continued to January 24, 2000.


		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

16. 992229 [Appeal, Conditional Use, 275 Olympia Way] Motion disapproving decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 14917 approving Conditional Use Application No. 99.398C on property located at 275 Olympia Way, south side between Clarendon and Dellbrook Avenues, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board)


1/4/2000, CONTINUED. Supervisor Bierman requested this matter be continued to January 24, 2000.


		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

17. 992230 [Findings - 275 Olympia Way] Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to proposed Conditional Use Application No. 99.38C on property located at 275 Olympia Way, south side between Clarendon and Dellbrook Avenues, for action by the Board at its next meeting. (Clerk of the Board)


1/4/2000, CONTINUED. Supervisor Bierman requested this matter be continued to January 24, 2000.


		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Finance and Labor Committee




		Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

18. 991428 [Truth in Disclosure Act] Supervisor Yee Ordinance amending Planning Code Sections 306.1 and 306.3 to require disclosure in a conditional use or variance application and notice for public hearing of the name under which the applicant intends to conduct business, and requiring that applications be signed under penalty of perjury; and authorizing the Zoning Administrator to reject and delay the re-filing of an application that includes material misstatements or omissions; amending Building Code Section 106.3 to require disclosure in a building permit application of the name under which the applicant intends to conduct business, requiring that applications be signed under penalty of perjury, and authorizing the Director of Building Inspection to cancel and delay the re-filing of an application that includes material misstatements or omissions. (Amending Planning Code Sections 306.1 and 306.3; amends Building Code Section 106.3.)
(Planning Commission Resolution No.14929 adopted November 18, 1999 recommending proposed amendment with revision disclosed in the resolution. Certification of Exemption from environmental review dated September 9, 1999.)


12/6/1999, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Supervisor Yee moved an amendment of the whole bearing new title.

12/6/1999, CONTINUED AS AMENDED ON FIRST READING. A request was made to continue this matter to December 13, 1999.

12/13/1999, RE-REFERRED to Finance and Labor Committee. Supervisor Yee, seconded by Supervisor Newsom, moved that this matter be continued to December 20, 1999.

1/18/2000, CONTINUED. Supervisor Yaki, seconded by Supervisor Kaufman, moved that this matter be amended on page two, line 15, after "at the time of the application." by inserting "The term "known" shall mean actual, not imputed knowledge, and shall consist of direct evidence including but not limited to a contract of sale, lease, or rental, or letter of intent or

1/18/2000, AMENDED. The roll was then called on Supervisor Yaki’s motion that this matter be amended on page two, line 15.

1/18/2000, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

19. 992315 [Funds for emergency winter shelter] Supervisors Ammiano, Katz, Bierman Ordinance appropriating $54,290 from the General Fund Reserve to fund an emergency winter shelter for homeless gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender youth, at the Department of Public Health, for fiscal year 1999-2000; placing $54,290 on reserve. (Supervisor Yee dissenting in Committee.)


1/18/2000, AMENDED. Supervisor Kaufman moved to amend by replacing "$73,353" with "$54,290" wherever it appears in the legislation. Title changed accordingly.

1/18/2000, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of the Housing and Social Policy Committee




		Present: Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril

20. 991768 [Edgehill Mountain Slope Protection Area] Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril, Brown, Newsom Ordinance amending Building Code by adding Section 106.4.1.2 to require the structural advisory committee to review and make recommendations on specified permit applications within the Edgehill Mountain Slope Protection Area, which is generally bounded by Garcia Avenue, Vasquez Avenue, Kensington Way, and Ulloa Street and traversed by Edgehill Way, and to require mandatory denial by the Director of Building Inspection under specified circumstances; amending Section 105.6.2 to specify the composition of the structural advisory committee for permit applications located within the Edgehill Mountain Slope Protection Area; amending Section 106.3.2 to require that the applicant for certain permit applications located within the Edgehill Mountain Slope Protection Area provide substantial documentation that there exists sufficient infrastructure to support the proposed residential development and that the proposed emergency access routes meet standards in effect at the time of the application; amending Section 1701.5 to require special inspections throughout the construction process for sites located within the Edgehill Mountain Slope Protection Area. (Amends Sections 106.4.1.2, 105.6.2, 106.3.2, 1701.5.)

(Companion measure to File 992048.)


1/18/2000, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Supervisor Teng presented an amendment of the whole bearing same title (technical amendment).

1/18/2000, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Audit and Government Efficiency Committee




		Present: Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Katz

21. 992117 [Administrative Code Revision - Municipal Finance] Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom Ordinance amending Administrative Code by repealing Section 2.63 (Residential Rehabilitation Bonds); repealing Chapter 43 (Residential Mortgage Revenue Bonds); Chapter 48 (Economic Development Bonds); Chapter 52 (Water Department and Hetch Hetchy Revenue Bonds); Chapter 55 (Refunding Revenue Bonds); Chapter 64, (Bond Facilitation); Chapter 78 (Refunding Bonds Savings Test); and Chapter 81 (Affordable Housing and Home Ownership Bonds); and re-enacting and consolidating those chapters in a new Chapter 43 (Municipal Finance). (Repeals Section 2.63, Chapter 43, Chapter 48, Chapter 52, Chapter 55, Chapter 64, Chapter 78, Chapter 81; adds new Chapter 43.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

22. 992152 [Administrative Code Revision - Chapter 35] Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Brown Ordinance amending Administrative Code by repealing Chapter 35 (Home-ownership Assistance Program) in its entirety. (Repeals Chapter 35, Sections 35.1 through 35.73.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

23. 992232 [Administrative Code Revision, Chapter 20] Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom Ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 20.51 to update the appointment of members of the Delinquency Prevention Commission and by repealing Sections 20.19, 20.25-1, 20.32-1, 20.54, 20.61, 20.62, 20.63 and 20.64, regarding the Department of Human Services, to eliminate out-dated and obsolete provisions. (Amends Section 20.51; repeals Sections 20.19, 20.25-1, 20.32-1, 20.54, 20.61, 20.62, 20.63 and 20.64.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

24. 992233 [Payment of Services of Police Officers] Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Brown Ordinance amending Chapter 10B Section 10B.2 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to require a deposit for services of police officers hired pursuant to this provision and to require payment within 10 days of notification of final balance due, and to eliminate the administrative overhead fee. (Amends Section 10B.2.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

25. 992204 [Contingent Fee Agreement in Gun Litigation] Resolution approving contingency agreement in People of the State of California, et al. v. Arcadia Machine & Tool, Inc., et al. (City Attorney) (S.F. Superior Court No. 303753; filed on May 25, 1999.)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

26. 000039 [Audit Priorities: Controller Audit of Adult Probation, Department of Building Inspection, City Attorney, Public Defender, Real Estate Department; Budget Analyst audit: Fire Department, Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Brown Motion adopting a proposed schedule of audits to be conducted of programs of City and County departments.



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Finance and Labor Committee


		Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

27. 000007 [Appropriation for the 700 Pennsylvania facility to house MUNI staff and shops that provide power/special machine maintenance (previously performed at 24th and Utah site) to insure safe Supervisor Newsom Ordinance appropriating $2,918,024 of Safe Harbor Lease Revenue to provide funds for the completion of the 700 Pennsylvania facility capital project of the San Francisco Municipal Railways for fiscal year 1999-2000. (Controller) (Fiscal impact.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

28. 000043 [Revised patient rates for home health services provided by Department of Public Health for fiscal year 1999-2000] Ordinance amending Health Code by amending Section 128, to fix patient rates for services furnished by Department of Public Health, retroactively to December 1, 1999. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

29. 000067 [Appropriation to be used for various capital improvements as approved in the Airport’s Master Plan including rail transit operating system and Five Year Capital Projects Plan] Supervisor Newsom Ordinance appropriating $55,126,710 of interest income and various Bond fund balances to capital improvement projects at the Airport Commission for fiscal year 1999-2000. (Controller) (Fiscal impact.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

30. 000014 [Proposed expenditure of California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) funds for fiscal year 1999-2000] Resolution authorizing adoption of the County Description of Proposed Expenditure of California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) funds for fiscal year 1999-2000 and that the President or duly authorized representative of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco can certify the County Description of Proposed Expenditure of CHIP funds for fiscal year 1999-2000. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Appointment of President Pro Tempore

Recommendation of the Public Health and Environment Committee


		Present: Supervisors Bierman, Leno

31. 992079 [Health Code. Medical Cannabis User Identification Card] Supervisors Leno, Ammiano, Bierman, Newsom, Katz Ordinance amending Health Code by adding Article 28 to authorize the Department of Public Health to issue medical cannabis identification cards to individuals who qualify under California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 as users of medical cannabis or as primary caregivers to medical cannabis users. (Adds Article 28, Sections 1800 through 1810.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of the Rules Committee


		Present: Supervisors Leno, Teng, Kaufman

32. 992265 [Rules of Order, New Edition] Supervisor Becerril Motion amending the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors by adopting a new edition of the Rules as amended on January 13, 2000.



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

33. ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS Roll call for introduction of ordinances, resolutions, charter amendments, requests for hearings, letters of inquiry, and letters of request to the City Attorney.

34. 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. The President or the Board may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes.

APPROVAL OF REQUESTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST These items may be introduced by any Supervisor seeking analysis from the Office of the Legislative Analyst on introduced legislation and for the purpose of providing assistance to Board of Supervisors’ task forces and advisory committees. Requests to the Legislative Analyst shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board.

35. 000133 [Legislative Analyst Request] Supervisor Leno Motion asking the Legislative Analyst to report on research to support consideration of a new San Francisco Entertainment Commission to address labor, health, consumer, planning and public nuisance issues related to late night entertainment venues.



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE These measures are introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution today. Any Supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee.

Items 36 through 46

36. 000114 [Alternative recreational facilities during Sutro Reservoir closure] Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Teng Resolution urging the Recreation and Parks Department to seek alternative recreation sites during the closure of Sutro Reservoir.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

37. 000115 [Van Ness Avenue Pedestrian Safety Improvements] Supervisors Leno, Bierman, Katz, Becerril, Teng Resolution urging the San Francisco County Transportation Authority to provide second cycle TEA 21 funds for Van Ness Avenue Pedestrian Safety Improvements.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

38. 000116 [Earned Income Tax Credit] Supervisors Leno, Newsom, Bierman, Kaufman, Katz, Becerril, Teng, Yaki Resolution urging Congress to expand the federal earned income tax credit program.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

39. 000117 [Commendation] Supervisors Ammiano, Teng, Bierman, Newsom, Katz, Becerril, Yaki Resolution commending the newly formed Korean Americans for Civil Rights for organizing in California on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

40. 000118 [Commendation] Supervisors Ammiano, Katz, Teng, Newsom, Bierman, Kaufman, Becerril, Leno, Yaki Resolution recognizing Carlos Santana for winning best album honor at the American Music Awards for "Supernatural," the album that has placed him at the top of the charts for the first time in his 30 year career.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

41. 000119 [Commendation] Supervisors Brown, Newsom, Bierman, Katz, Leno, Teng, Yaki Resolution commending the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for its opposition to the symbolism of the Confederate flag.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

42. 000120 [Commendation] Supervisors Brown, Teng, Bierman, Katz, Becerril, Yaki Resolution commending the Northern California Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Observance Committee for its annual celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

43. 000121 [Commendation] Supervisors Katz, Bierman, Newsom, Becerril, Teng, Yaki Resolution commending President Bill Clinton on his signing proclamations to create the California Coastal National Monument and to expand Pinnacles National Monument.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

44. 000122 [Commendation] Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Bierman, Katz, Becerril, Leno, Teng, Yaki Resolution commending and congratulating the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, which will provide resources to entrepreneurial bay area women.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

45. 000123 [Commendation] Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Newsom, Yaki Resolution commending the Ocean Avenue Renaissance Committee for their dedication and commitment to the Ocean Avenue community in their proposal for the Ocean Avenue revitalization project and urging the Mayor’s Office; the Municipal Railway; the Department of Public Works; the Department of Parking and Traffic; the Bureau of Light, Heat, and Power and the Water Department to complete work on the Ocean Avenue Corridor Reconstruction Project and Improvements by July 2002.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

46. 000124 [Commendation] Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Kaufman, Becerril, Yaki Resolution commending the organization of Chinese Americans, the former National President Claudine Cheng and the current National President George Ong for their successful efforts in promoting the United States Postal Service Commemorative Stamp for the lunar calendar Year of the Dragon.


1/18/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?




		Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________

47. IMPERATIVE AGENDA Resolution(s), if any, to be adopted within limits imposed by the Sunshine Ordinance and the Ralph M. Brown Act, introduced today, not on the printed agenda. For such resolutions to be considered, the Board must first adopt the Serious Injury Finding or the Purely Commendatory Finding and the Brown Act Finding. Each motion requires 8 votes or a unanimous 6 or 7. A unanimous vote is required for the resolution(s).

[Serious Injury Finding]
Motion that the Board find that for the resolution(s) being considered at this time "the need to take action is so imperative as to threaten serious injury to the public interest if action is deferred to a later meeting."

[Purely Commendatory Finding]
Motion that the Board find that the resolution(s) being considered at this time are purely commendatory.

[Brown Act Finding]
Motion that the Board find by roll call vote that for the resolutions being considered at this time there is a need to take immediate action and the need to take action came to the attention of the City and County of San Francisco after the agenda was posted.

[Imperative Resolutions, if any]

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

PROPOSED ORDINANCES

None.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS




		Proposed resolutions received from January 13 through noon on January 19, for reference by President to appropriate committee on January 24, 2000.

992308 [Authorizing the PTC Executive Manager/Acting General Manager to execute an amendment to existing contract with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. for professional services to complete the Resolution approving Supplemental Amendment No. 2 to an existing contract with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. (CS-103) for consultant engineering services to complete the light rail fleet replacement procurement increasing the compensation under the contract by an amount not to exceed $7,800,000. (Public Transportation Commission) (Fiscal impact.)


12/16/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

1/14/2000, SUBSTITUTED. Substituted by Public Transportation Department bearing new title.

1/14/2000, ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

000100 [New grant to promote healthy eating and physical activity among lower income San Franciscans receiving food stamps, especially women, children and students in 3 local high schools] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, Community Health Services, to accept, retroactively, and expend, retroactively, grant funds of $158,395 from the California Department of Health Services to provide the Nutrition Network Project and to enter into an agreement which includes indemnification and rights in data clauses and which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses. (Public Health Department)


1/18/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. Department requests this matter be calendared at the January 27, 2000 meeting.

000105 [Accepting gift of computer workstation valued at $3,027 from IBM and software/materials valued at $7,500 from ESRI for use by DPW.] Resolution accepting gifts valued at a total of $10,527 from IBM and ESRI for use by the Department of Public Works. (Public Works Department)


1/18/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Audit and Government Efficiency Committee.

000106 [Grant funds to be used by PUC-Hetch Hetchy for energy management activities in San Francisco] Resolution authorizing the General Manager of the Public Utilities Commission to apply for, accept and expend a grant of $75,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Urban Consortium Energy Task Force; ratifying action previously taken. (Public Utilities Commission)


1/18/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. Department requests this matter be calendared at the January 27, 2000 meeting.

000107 [Approval of 10-year lease with Information Network Radio, Inc. for Roundhouse One Building, 1500 Sansome Street at The Embarcadero] Resolution approving lease agreement with Information Network Radio, Inc. and the City and County of San Francisco operating by and through the San Francisco Port Commission for Roundhouse One Building, at Sansome and The Embarcadero, San Francisco, California. (Port)


1/18/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee.

000134 [Grant funds to be used by the Police Department Juvenile Division for reducing high school teen drinking and driving, driving injuries and fatalities] Supervisors Teng, Becerril, Bierman, Newsom Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police of the City and County of San Francisco to accept and expend funds made available through the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for a project designated "Every 15 Minutes" and waiving indirect costs due to funding constraints. (Police Department)


1/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing and Social Policy Committee.

000135 [State grant fund to be used for installing rubber matting made from recycled tires in playgrounds in San Francisco.] Supervisor Newsom Resolution authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Community Development to apply, accept and expend, up to $25,000 in Tire Recycling Grant Funds from the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB); waiving indirect costs. (Mayor)


1/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee.

000136 [Authorizing DPH to accept and expend a grant from Harvard to establish an active firearm injury-related surveillance program] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Community Health Promotion and Prevention, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $48,649 from the President and Fellows of Harvard College, Office for Sponsored Research (Harvard), for the Violent Injury Research Project: San Francisco Firearm Injury Surveillance System and to enter into an agreement which includes indemnification, binding arbitration, and rights in data clauses and which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; providing for ratification of action previously taken. (Public Health Department)


1/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. Department requests this matter be calendared at the February 10, 2000 meeting.

000137 [Stop Intersections] Resolution designating certain intersections as "Stop intersections:

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
Brady and Colton Streets, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Colton Street (makes this uncontrolled intersection a two-way STOP)
Brady and Stevenson Streets, southeast and southwest corners, stopping northbound Brady Street and eastbound Stevenson Street (makes this uncontrolled T-intersection an all-way STOP) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1907.)


1/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

000138 [Parking Regulations, Various Locations] Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations:

COMPACT VEHICLE PARKING STALL - ESTABLISH
Green Street, south side, from 25 feet to 38 feet west of Castle Street (13-foot zone accommodating 1 perpendicular parking stall)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "I" (1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH
20th Street, both sides, between Folsom and Shotwell Streets (3300 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "U" - ESTABLISH
Howard Street, south side, between Moss and Russ Streets (middle portion of 1000 block) NOTE: Parking meters will remain, but residents on this portion of Howard Street will be allowed to purchase Area "U" parking permits

UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - RESCIND
Holloway Avenue, north side, between 19th and Varela Avenues (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1907.)


1/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

000139 [Traffic Regulations, Various Streets] Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets:

BICYCLE LANES - ESTABLISH
Evans Avenue, both directions, between 3rd Street and Hunter’s Point Boulevard
Hunter’s Point Boulevard, both directions, between Evans and Innes Avenues

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Evans Avenue, south side, from Keith Street to a point 300 feet west of Middle Point Road
Hunter’s Point Boulevard, both sides, between Evans and Innes Avenues

NO LEFT TURN - ESTABLISH
Masonic Avenue, southbound, at McAllister Street

NO LEFT TURN INTO DRIVEWAY - ESTABLISH
Mission Street, westbound, approximately 225 feet east of 5th Street (at entrance to 5th and Mission Garage)

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING BEFORE BALLPARK EVENTS - ESTABLISH
Mariposa Street, south side, between Indiana and Tennessee Streets

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 6 AM - 10 AM , MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH
Carl Street, south side, from 35 feet to 73 feet west of Cole Street (38-foot zone)

NO TURN ON RED - ESTABLISH
7th Street, northbound, at Market Street

RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT - RESCIND
RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT, EXCEPT MUNI - ESTABLISH
Lake Merced Boulevard, westbound, at Middlefield Drive (adds Muni exemption) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1907.)


1/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

000141 [Petitions and Communications] Petitions and Communications received from January 13 through noon on January 19, for reference by the President to the Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on January 24, 2000.

From various departments, regarding services provided to San Francisco residents with limited English proficiency. Copy: Supervisor Teng (1)
Department of Elections, (Reference No. 19991115-060);
Asian Art Museum, (Reference No. 19991115-056);
Commission on the Aging, (Reference No. 19991115-010);
Fire Department, (Reference No. 19991115-031);
Office of the Treasurer, (Reference No. 19991115-012 and 19991115-006);
Adult Probation Department, (Reference No. 19991115-008).

From various departments, regarding services provided to the homeless population in San Francisco. Copy: Supervisor Newsom) (2)
Office of the Treasurer, (Reference No. 19991213-013 and 19991213-003);
Risk Management Program, (Reference No. 19991213-036);
Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board, (Reference No. 19991213-045);
Department of Public Works, (Reference No. 19991213-049);
Office of the Public Defender, (Reference No. 19991213-012);
Port, (Reference No. 19991213-031);
Commission on the Status of Women, (Reference No. 19991213-052);
Commission on the Aging, (Reference No. 19991213-007);
Fine Arts Museum, (Reference No. 19991213-044);
Arts Commission, (Reference No. 19991213-027);
Adult Probation Department, (Reference No. 19991213-005);
Department of Administrative Services, (Reference No. 19991213-036);
Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, (Reference No. 19991213-047);
Department of Building Inspection, (Reference No. 19991213-006);
Employees’ Retirement System, (Reference No. 19991213-051);
Department of Elections, (Reference No. 19991213-057);
Department of Human Resources, (Reference No. 19991213-009);
Department of Human Services, (Reference No. 19991206-011);
San Francisco Convention Facilities, (Reference No. 19991213-036).

From various signators, submitting Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests: (3)
Kyri Sparks, Legislative Assistant to Supervisor Yaki.
Sandra Lee, Legislative Assistant to Supervisor Teng
Julie Soo, Legislative Assistant to Supervisor Teng

From Office of the Treasurer, submitting investment activity (for fiscal year to date) of the portfolios under management. (4)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for the designation of the Doggie Diner Sign and site at 2750 Sloat Boulevard as Landmark No. 212. File 99-2110, Copy: Each Supervisor, 5 letters (5)
From Baker and McKenzie, submitting materials from Sloat Garden Nursery; a graphical presentation from Patrick McGrew entitled "Is The Doggie Diner A San Francisco Landmark?" and a letter from Gladys Hansen, Curator of the Museum of the City of San Francisco. regarding landmark status of the Doggie Diner Sign. File 99-2199, Copy: Each Supervisor (6)

From Skinner, Sutton, Watson & Rounds, submitting notice that Kaspers, Inc., a Nevada Corporation has a legal interest in the mark "Doggie Diner" and Kaspers’ trademark application for this mark is currently pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. File 99-2199 (7)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the proposed development of Butterfly and Bug Museum at Ferry Park, bordered by Clay, Drumm and Washington Streets. 5 letters (8)

From Police Department, regarding enforcement of the "Adults only accompanied by children" policy and its application at playgrounds City-wide and how this policy is enforced at the Sixth and Folsom Street playground. (Reference No. 19991220-002) Copy: Supervisor Newsom (9)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the proposed homeless shelter at the Metropolitan Community Church on 1508 Church Street. File 99-2315, 6 letters (10)

From Municipal Railway, regarding Muni Revenue Division staff and the City Attorney’s Office working together to establish new procedures to ensure that vendors are held accountable for handling and accepting commuter checks. (Reference No. 19991115-065) Copy: Supervisor Becerril (11)

From Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, submitting copy of the Open Access Staff Report regarding policy for broadband services provided by cable operators. File 99-0455, Copy: Each Supervisor (12)

From Brian Kornegay, regarding virtual condolence site for the San Francisco Police Department at www.virtual-condolences.com. (13)

From Department of Public Works, regarding new pothole machines being used in Richmond and San Jose, and that the Department Operations Division is in negotiations with the vendor to get the equipment on a pilot basis to test out its effectiveness. (Reference No. 20000104-005) Copy: Supervisors Bierman, Kaufman (14)

From Department of Public Health, submitting quarterly AIDS Surveillance Report for cases reported through December 1999. (15)

From Elaine Wellesley, submitting request for Wholesale and Off-Sale Beer and Wine license for Papapietro & Perry, Inc. at 56 Gillette Avenue. Small Business, Economic Development and Consumer Services Committee. (16)

From Nino Parker, submitting request for funding of "Bike Traffic" a bicycle program in the Western Addition Beacon Center at Benjamin Franklin Middle School. Copy: Each Supervisor (17)

From Department of Building Inspection, regarding the inspection of Metropolitan Community Church at 1508 Church Street. File 99-2315 (18)

From Department of Public Works, submitting overtime justification as required by Ordinance No. 428-97. (19)

From Siu Ling Chen, submitting opposition to the Planning Commission’s approval of the Conditional Use Authorization at 275 Olympia Way. File 99-2227, Copy: Each Supervisor (20)

From Building Inspection, submitting support for Edgehill Way Controls provided, that when the project for which Committee review is required as defined by Building Code Section 1106.4.2, the Committee shall consist of a structural engineer, a geologist, a geotechnical engineer and an architect. File 99-1768 (21)

From Marcus & Millichap, regarding a continuing problem of homeless loitering on and around a building located at 665 Chestnut Street (also known at 990 Columbus Avenue). (22)

From Ryan Baker, regarding his bad experience New Years Eve with the San Francisco Police Department. Copy: Police Department (23)

From Joseph Hoegger, appealing Conditional Use application for 634 Los Palmos Drive. File 000090 Scheduled for Public Hearing January 31, 2000. (24)

From Public Transportation Department (MUNI), submitting copy of 1999/2000 - 2008/2009 Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP), adopted September 1999. Copy: Each Supervisor (25)

From Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, submitting Annual Report for 1998-99. Copy: Each Supervisor (26)

From California State Association of Counties (CSAC), submitting Annual Report for 1999. (27)

From Judicial Council of California, submitting Superior Court deposit statement for the month ending November 30, 1999. (28)

From Michele Caprario, regarding plumbing and other renovation work done by her landlord resulting in four instances of water infiltration into her apartment at 3044A Webster Street. Copy: Department of Building Inspection, Department of Administrative Services (29)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for Cerenio Management Group (CMG) and urging the Board to continue with CMG as the Paratransit Broker. File 000045, Finance and Labor Committee, 2 letters (30)

From Civil Service Commission, regarding consideration of the highest prevailing rate of wages of the various crafts and kinds of labor paid in private employment in the City and County of San Francisco. Finance and Labor Committee (31)

From Michele Caprario, submitting gratitude for forwarding her email to the Department of Building Inspection. (32)

From Gilbert Criswell, regarding Supervisor Katz and the Technology Commission for the City of San Francisco. (33)

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting Procedures

The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board considers ordinances and resolutions, most of which have been the subject of hearings before the standing committees of the board at which members of the public are urged to testify. The full Board does not hold a second public hearing on measures which have been heard in committee.
Board procedures do not permit persons in the audience to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other persons testifying. Thus applause and booing are both contrary to Board requirements. The Board does not permit signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room.
Citizens are encouraged to testify at Board hearings and to write letters to the Board and to its members, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Agenda are available on the internet at www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs.bos.htm.
THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK.
Board meetings are televised on channel 26. For video tape copies and scheduling call (415) 557-4293.
Results of each Board meeting can be obtained about a half hour after the end of the meeting by telephoning (415) 554-5555.
Requests for foreign language translation at a meeting must be received by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at least 48 hours before the meeting. For meetings on a Monday or a Tuesday, the request must be made by noon of the last business day of the preceding week.

Disability access

The Legislative Chamber of the Board of Supervisors is in Room 250 of City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. The Chamber is wheelchair accessible.
The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #42 Downtown Loop, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 923-6142.
There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.
The following services are available when requests are made by 4:00 p.m. of the Friday before the Board meeting:
For American Sign Language interpreters, use of a reader during a meeting, or sound enhancement system, contact Violeta Mosuela at (415) 554-7704.
For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats, contact Annette Lonich at (415) 554-7706.
In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.
For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Donna Hall by mail to Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-5163 or by email at Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us
Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm

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