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November 01, 1999

Agenda & Minutes Archive

Board of Supervisors

City and County of San Francisco

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

City Seal

AGENDA
Monday, November 1, 1999
2:00 PM

Regular Meeting



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

Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board


ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

COMMUNICATIONS

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 9

Recommendations of the Finance and Labor Committee
Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

1. 991861 [Appropriating State and Federal funds to expand child welfare services, food stamp program and to provide aid payments for the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants]
Ordinance appropriating retroactively, $8,556,104 of State and Federal Revenues to fund augmentation of Child Welfare Services, aid payments for the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI), expand food stamps outreach and eligibility determination and create 19.5 positions at the Department of Human Services, and adjust revenue appropriations as necessary, for fiscal year 1999-2000. (Controller)
(Fiscal impact; Companion measure to File 991862.)

10/25/1999, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

2. 991862 [Salary Ordinance Amendment, Dept. of Human Services]
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 209-99 (Annual Salary Ordinance, 1999/2000), reflecting the creation of 19.5 positions at the Department of Human Services. (Controller)
(Fiscal impact; Companion measure to File 991861.)

10/25/1999, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of the Rules Committee
Present: Supervisors Leno, Teng

3. 991959 [Appointment]
Resolution appointing one member to the Maternal Child Adolescent Health Board.
Dr. Lisa F. Giannini Dana, Seat 19, succeeding Josie Clevenger, R.N., must be nominee of Supervisor Leno and a pediatrician, unexpired portion of three-year term ending August 31, 2001.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Transportation and Land Use Committee
Present: Supervisors Katz, Yaki, Yee

4. 991702 [Stop Intersections]
Resolution designating certain intersections as "Stop" intersections:

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
17th Avenue and Noriega Street, northwest and southeast corners, stopping 17th Avenue (makes this an all-way STOP)
24th and Illinois Streets, northeast and southwest corners, stopping 24th Street (makes this uncontrolled intersection a two-way STOP) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 1824.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

5. 991848 [Stop Intersections]
Resolution designating certain intersections as "Stop" intersections:

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
21st and Lexington Streets, northwest corner, stopping southbound Lexington Street (makes this uncontrolled T-intersection a one-way STOP) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 1837.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

6. 991703 [Parking Regulations, Various Locations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations:

DIAGONAL (45-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
Broadway, north side, between Steiner and Pierce Streets (legalizes existing condition)

DIAGONAL (45-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - RESCIND
18th Avenue, east side, between Ulloa and Vicente Streets

GREEN (SHORT-TERM PARKING) ZONE, 7 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH
Rutland Street, west side, from Tucker Avenue to 60 feet southerly (60-foot zone)

TOUR BUS PARKING ONLY - RESCIND
Kearny Street, east side, from 66 feet to 186 feet north of Washington Street (120-foot zone)

TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND
Fella Place, both sides, between Pine and Bush Streets

TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Fella Place, both sides, from Powell Street to east terminus
Larkin Street, west side, between McAllister Street and Golden Gate Avenue
Lucerne Street, both sides, from south terminus to 20 feet northerly (20-foot zones at the end of this street, eliminates all parking at the south terminus) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 1824.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

7. 991704 [Traffic Regulations, Various Streets]
Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets:

BICYCLE LANES - ESTABLISH
Laguna Honda Boulevard, northbound, from Clarendon Avenue to approximately 750 feet southerly (750-foot zone)

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Laguna Honda Boulevard, east side, from approximately 350 feet to 750 feet south of Clarendon Avenue (400-foot zone)
Jackson Street, south side, from Stockton Street to 21 feet westerly (21-foot zone)

NO LEFT TURNS, 7 AM - 9 AM AND 4 PM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH
Duboce Avenue, eastbound, at Valencia Street

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 3 PM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND
Kearny Street, east side, between Jackson and Washington Streets (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 1824.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

8. 991849 [Parking Regulations, Various Locations]
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations:

COMPACT VEHICLES ONLY - ESTABLISH
Ashton Avenue, east side, from Ocean Avenue to 34 feet southerly (34-foot zone, at four angled parking stalls nearest Ocean Avenue)

DIAGONAL (30-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - RESCIND
Geneva Avenue, south side, from London Street to 79 feet westerly (79-foot zone, restores parallel parking at meters #918, #920, #922, and #924)

ONE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 7 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - ESTABLISH
Harrison Street, east side, between 17th and Mariposa Streets

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 7 AM - 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Belvedere Street, both sides, between Frederick and Waller Streets (100 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 5 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Cole Street, both sides, between Alma and Rivoli Streets (1200 block)
Rivoli Street, both sides, between Cole and Shrader Streets (100 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
11th Avenue, both sides, between Lawton and Moraga Streets (1600 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "P" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, EVERYDAY) - ESTABLISH
McAllister Street, both sides, between Central and Lyon Streets (1900 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "S" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 5 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Hattie Street, both sides, between 18th and Market Streets (southern portion of unit block)

TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Kensington Way, east side, between Vasquez Avenue and Ulloa Street (including raised traffic island at Vasquez Avenue)
Lombard Street, south side, from Van Ness Avenue to 38 feet westerly (38-foot zone)

TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND
Crescent Avenue, south side, from Putnam Street to a point 120 feet south of Tompkins Avenue (770-foot zone)
TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING, 6 PM - 6 AM (FOLLOWING DAY), EVERYDAY - ESTABLISH
Crescent Avenue, south side, from a point 210 feet east of Putnam Street to a point 120 feet south of Tompkins Avenue (560-foot zone)

UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH
18th Street, north side, from the west property line of #3922-18th Street to 7 feet easterly (7-foot zone accommodating 2 motorcycle stalls)
Page Street, south side, from a point 4 feet east of the west property line of #721 Page Street to 12 feet westerly (12-foot zone between driveways for #721 and #723 Page Street, accommodating 2 motorcycle stalls)
South Van Ness Avenue, east side, from 188 feet to 195 feet south of 12th Street (7-foot zone, accommodating 2 motorcycle stalls)
South Van Ness Avenue, east side, from 234 feet to 241 feet south of 12th Street (7-foot zone, accommodating 2 motorcycle stalls) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 1837.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

9. 991850 [Traffic Regulations, Various Streets]
Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets:

NO TURN ON RED - RESCIND
Carter Street, northbound, at Geneva Avenue

RIGHT TURN ONLY - ESTABLISH
14th Avenue, both directions, at Geary Boulevard
Funston Avenue, both directions, at Geary Boulevard

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Anza Street, south side, between Funston Avenue and Park Presidio Boulevard

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND
3rd Street, west side, from Howard Street to 103 feet northerly (103-foot zone, to be replaced by a longer zone)

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
3rd Street, west side, from Howard Street to 235 feet northerly (235-foot zone, replaces and extends existing tow-away zone)

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND
Crescent Avenue, north side, from 125 feet to 210 feet east of Putnam Street (85-foot zone)

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
Crescent Avenue, both sides, from Putnam Street to 210 feet easterly (210-foot zones)
Crescent Avenue, south side, from Tompkins Avenue to 120 feet southerly (120-foot zone)

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 11 AM - 7 PM, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS - ESTABLISH
Montgomery Street, east side, between Sacramento and Sutter Streets (adds weekend hours to existing weekday tow-away regulations)

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM - 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 3 PM - 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH
Sansome Street, east side, from California Street to 70 feet southerly (70-foot zone)
Sansome Street, east side, from Clay Street to 55 feet southerly (55-foot zone)

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM - 9 AM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH
Arlington Street, west side, from Bosworth Street to 100 feet northerly (100-foot zone) (Parking and Traffic Department)
(DPT Order No. 1837.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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

REGULAR AGENDA

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Recommendation of the Finance and Labor Committee
Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

10. 991880 [Government Funding, State Relief Funds] Mayor, Supervisor Newsom
Ordinance appropriating $3,101,242 in state relief funds for local governments to offset a shortfall in the state allocation of tobacco tax fund revenues to San Francisco and to provide funding for the California Healthcare for Indigents Program, at the Department of Public Health, for fiscal year 1999-2000.
(Fiscal impact.)

10/25/1999, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of the Public Health and Environment Committee
Present: Supervisors Bierman, Brown, Yaki

11. 991873 [Landmark designation of the Madame C. J. Walker Home for Girls and Women, located at 2066 Pine Street in Lot 8 of Assessor’s Block 651, as City Landmark No. 211] Supervisors Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Yaki, Katz
Ordinance designating the Madame C. J. Walker Home for Girls and Women, as Landmark No. 211 pursuant to Article 10, Sections 1004 and 100.4 of the Planning Code.
(Planning Commission Resolution No. 14880, which approved the landmark designation at its meeting of Sept. 9, 1999; Landmark Preservation Advisory Board Resolution No. 14880 adopted June 16, 1999, initiating the landmark designation of the property and recommending Planning Commission approval; Landmark Designation Report dated June 1999.)

10/25/1999, PASSED, ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Katz requested to be added as co-sponsor.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of Rules Committee
Present: Supervisors Leno, Teng

12. 991117 [Board Off Site Meeting, December 6, 1999] Supervisor Teng
Motion moving to have the December 6, 1999 meeting of the Board of Supervisors convened at Herbert Hoover Middle School located at 2290 14th Avenue in the West Portal/Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco at 6:00 p.m.
10/25/1999, CONTINUED. Supervisor Teng requested this matter be continued to November 1, 1999.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Finance and Labor Committee
Present: Supervisors Yee Ammiano

13. 991912 [Government Funding, capital improvements at the San Francisco Zoo]
Ordinance appropriating $16,898,894 of Zoo Facilities Bond Proceeds for capital improvements, repair and replacement projects, and Bond issuance costs associated with the Zoo Master Plan Phase II, through the Department of Public Works, for fiscal year 1999-2000; and requesting the Zoological Society to make an annual report to the Board of Supervisors, commencing December of 2000. (Controller)
(Fiscal impact; Companion measure to File 991913.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

14. 991913 [Authorizing the Director of Public Works to contract with the S.F. Zoological Society to perform construction work at the Zoo, without advertising for competitive bids, said contract
Ordinance authorizing the Director of Public Works to contract with San Francisco Zoological Society for Zoo staff to perform all necessary construction work related to the repair and replacement of Zoo facilities in connection with the San Francisco Zoo Phase II Master Plan Project, an exception to competitive bid requirements. (Public Works Department)
(Companion measure to File 991912.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

15. 991870 [Approving a license permitting the FBI to continue to rent space in the Central Radio Station for operation of communication equipment]
Resolution authorizing and approving a telecommunications license renewal for a one rack transmitter at the Central Radio Station and monopole antennae space at Christmas Tree Point with the United States Department of Justice. (Real Estate Department)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

16. 991881 [Public Financing of Candidate Campaigns and Other Campaign Reform Measures] Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman
Resolution urging the San Francisco Ethics Commission to study and hold public hearings on public financing of candidate campaigns for local elective office and other measures designed to curb the influence of special-interest contributions on public policy and administration; to consider specific components of a public financing measure; to consider other campaign finance reforms designed to reduce the influence of compaign contributions on the design and/or award of public contracts; to consider expanded disclosure requirements for candidate, independent expenditure, and non-candidate controlled committees; to submit such proposed campaign reform measures as it deems necessary to the Board of Supervisors for their consideration; and to study and recommend to the Board of Supervisors methods by which the City and County can provide candidates for public office with cost-effective, direct access to voters.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

17. 991973 [Mortgage Credit Certificate Program Allocation Not to Exceed $20,000,000] Supervisor Brown
Resolution authorizing an application to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee to permit the issuance of mortgage credit certificates.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Small Business, Economic Vitality and Consumer Services Committee
Present: Supervisors Newsom, Leno, Becerril

18. 991815 [Liquor License Transfer, 1561 Fillmore Street]
Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 21 off-sale general alcoholic beverage control license from 2066 Fillmore Street to 1561 Fillmore Street to Chon Yong Chan for Grocery Market, will serve the convenience of the people of the City and County of San Francisco in accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business and Professions Code; with conditions.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

19. 991866 [Liquor License Modification, 181 Eddy Street]
Resolution determining that the removal of condition 6 and the exchange of a Type 47 liquor license for a Type 48 public premises liquor license for Andrew Adelman dba Polly Esther’s located at 181 Eddy Street will serve the convenience of the people of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with Section 23803 of the California Business and Professions Code; with a condition. (Government Agency)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Transportation and Land Use Committee
Present: Supervisors Katz, Yaki, Yee

20. 991808 [Federal Grant for improvements at three project sites including: China Basin Ferry Terminal, Downtown Ferry Terminal, and Islais Creek Maintenance Facility] Supervisor Bierman
Resolution authorizing the Public Transportation Commission to accept and expend $6,900,000 of Federal earmarked capital assistance for three San Francisco capital projects, excluding administrative overhead costs. (Public Transportation Commission)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

21. 991832 [Mid-Embarcadero Arts Enrichment] Supervisors Bierman, Yaki, Teng, Brown, Becerril
Resolution recommending that San Francisco’s policy of arts enrichment for public improvement projects be interpreted broadly to include both visual and performing arts projects, and urging the Arts Commission and the San Francisco Transportation Authority to support the organ pavilion project as art enrichment for the Mid-Embarcadero Roadway project.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Reports from committees, if any, recommending emergency or urgent measures.

22. 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.

23. 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.

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 24 through 31

24. 992004 [America Online Policies] Supervisors Katz, Ammiano, Leno, Bierman
Resolution urging America Online (AOL) to create a standards sensitive to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and to end their practice of censoring gay content much more frequently than content that includes profanities, sexual content or hate speech by non-gay members.
10/25/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

25. 992007 [Grant funds for clean fuel vehicle incentive program] Supervisors Ammiano, Newsom, Teng
Resolution authorizing the Director of Administrative Services to accept and expend $120,000 from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Transportation Fund for Clean Air; and authorizing the Director of Administrative Services to accept and expend funds in future years through this program.
10/25/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

26. 992008 [Mary Li Trust Fund] Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Brown, Newsom, Katz
Resolution extending condolences and sympathy to the family of Mary Li, a 13-year old girl who was killed in the crosswalk of Bayshore Boulevard on October 22, 1999 and requesting the City and County of San Francisco to establish a trust fund for the family of Mary Li.
10/25/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

27. 992009 [Mary Li automobile accident police investigation] Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Brown, Newsom, Katz
Resolution urging a full police investigation into the cause of the automobile accident that killed 13 year old pedestrian Mary Li in the crosswalk of Bayshore Boulevard on October 22, 1999; requesting a police report by October 29, 1999; and urging the District Attorney to prosecute the driver of the vehicle that killed Mary Li to the fullest extent of the law.
10/25/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

28. 992010 [Commendation] Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman, Kaufman, Newsom, Teng, Katz, Leno
Resolution commending the late Charles "Carl" Lutz for rescuing, saving 62,000 Jewish lives from extermination by the Nazis between 1942 and 1945 and further honoring the memory this great soul for his courageous, compassionate and exemplary actions in a time of unprecedented crisis of depravity, inhumanity and social and political turmoil in world history and further praising this extraordinary human being as a role model of a world citizen who exemplified, keen intelligence and resourcefulness combined with overflowing compassion and love for fellow human beings in the face of depraved and brutal Nazi state machinery and displayed tenacious will and courage in risking his own and his family’s life to rescue his fellow human beings from imminent torture, terror and death.
10/25/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

29. 992011 [Commendation] Supervisors Katz, Ammiano, Leno, Bierman, Newsom, Teng
Resolution commending the Names Project Foundation for the first major Bay Area display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in over a decade and for their ongoing commitment to remembering those who have been lost to this disease as well as for promoting awareness, compassion and prevention in the struggle to end AIDS.
10/25/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

30. 992012 [Proclamation] Supervisors Newsom, Bierman, Becerril, Teng, Katz
Resolution proclaiming Friday, October 29, 1999 as Drug Education Day in honor of the "Just Say Know: New Directions in Drug Education" conference.
10/25/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

31. 992017 [Final Map of City Mews, 176 Clara Street, a 6 unit residential condominium project]
Motion approving final map of the City Mews (176 Clara Street), a Residential Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 129 in Assessor’s Block No. 3752, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 172,005.)

10/26/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________

32. 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).

33. 992004 [America Online Policies] Supervisors Katz, Ammiano, Leno, Bierman
Resolution urging America Online (AOL) to create a standards sensitive to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and to end their practice of censoring gay content much more frequently than content that includes profanities, sexual content or hate speech by non-gay members.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

[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

992066 [Needle Exchange Emergency] Supervisors Bierman, Teng, Ammiano, Yaki, Kaufman, Katz, Brown, Newsom, Yee, Leno, Becerril
Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program.
Proposed ordinances received from October 21 through noon on October 27, for reference by President to appropriate committee on November 1, 1999.

991998 [Tour Bus Restriction on a portion of 6th Avenue between Lincoln Way and Kirkham Street] Supervisors Teng, Becerril, Bierman, Newsom
Ordinance amending Police Code by adding Section 1183.30, establishing a tour bus restriction on a portion of 6th Avenue; setting expiration date of December 31, 2001. (Parking and Traffic Department)
(Adds Section 1183.30.)

10/26/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing and Social Policy Committee.

992019 [Amendment to the Police Officers Association 1996-2001 MOU regarding an Airport Canine Bomb Detection Premium for members assigned to the Airport Bureau]
Ordinance implementing Amendment No. 4 to the 1996-2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the San Francisco Police Officers Association and the City and County of San Francisco adding language regarding an Airport Canine/Bomb Detection Premium of $105.00 biweekly, effective July 24, 1999. (Human Resources Department)
10/27/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee.

992020 [Settlement of Pay Grievance, Locals 790, 535, and 250]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the pay grievance of Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO Local 790, 535, and 250 on behalf of its affected members filed pursuant to the Memoranda of Understanding between the Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, Local 790, 535 and 250 and the City and County of San Francisco in an amount not to exceed $360,000. (Human Resources Department)
10/27/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee.

992021 [Operation of spare vehicles as taxicabs on New Year’s Eve] Supervisor Newsom
Ordinance authorizing the Taxi Commission to authorize color scheme permit-holders to operate approved spare vehicles as taxicabs without a taxicab permit from the City for the period from 6:00 p.m. on December 31, 1999 through 6:00 a.m. on January 1, 2000. (Government Agency)
10/27/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
Proposed resolutions received from October 21 through noon on October 27, for reference by President to appropriate committee on November 1, 1999.

991869 [Approving amendment to the Post-Security Master/Retail Duty Free Concession Lease for the New International Terminal]
Resolution approving Post-Security Master Retail/Duty Free Concession Lease between DFS Group L.P. and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission. (Airport Commission)
9/30/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee.
10/22/1999, SUBSTITUTED. Substituted by Airport Commission 10/22/99, bearing new title.
10/22/1999, ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee.

991995 [Settlement of Claim, SOMA Partners]
Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim of SOMA Partners by payment of $33,797. (City Attorney)
(Claim Number 99-03960.)

10/21/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Audit and Government Efficiency Committee.

992018 [Federal Grant to fund Municipal Railway and Port capital improvement projects including purchases of trolley coaches, light rail vehicles, diesel buses and rail replacement]
Resolution authorizing the Public Transportation Commission to accept and expend $113,439,665 of Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ), Surface Transportation Program (STP), and Section 5307 Capital Assistance for fourteen Municipal Railway capital projects, and one Port of San Francisco capital project, including $3,944,325 for administrative overhead costs. (Public Transportation Commission)
10/27/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee.

992022 [Granting revocable permit to U.C. Medical Center to occupy a portion of the street area, under Parnassus between 3rd and Hillway Avenues, to install an underground telecommunications
Resolution granting revocable permission to the University of California Medical Center to install an underground telecommunications and pneumatic tube system within the Parnassus Avenue right-of-way, to interconnect two University of California buildings at 400 and 505 Parnassus Avenue (Block 1756, Lot 1, and 1757, Lot 35) and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
10/27/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

992023 [Federal Grant to fund the Raise African American Infant Survival Program]
Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Community Health Promotion and Prevention, to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $272,846 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the Raise African American Infant Survival Program 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)
10/27/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee.

992025 [Federal grant for extending school-to career opportunities to at-risk youth in the Mission District]
Resolution authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Community Development of the City and County of San Francisco to apply for, accept and expend funds in the amount of $625,000 available through the Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), for a Mission District based school-to-career program. (Mayor)
10/27/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing and Social Policy Committee.

992026 [Purchase of 4.09 acres of PG&E property ( 2315 Cesar Chavez Street), leased by DPW since 1986 for storage of materials, placement/use of modular buildings and parking, essential for
Resolution approving and authorizing an agreement between the City and County of San Francisco, as Buyer, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company as Seller, to purchase real property located at 2315 Cesar Chavez Street, known as APN Block 4343 Lot 1A and SBE 135-38-22 Parcel 1, for a purchase price of Three Million, Eight Hundred Forty-One Thousand Dollars ($3,841,000); approving an agreement by the City to release and indemnify PG&E for hazardous materials; approving certain environmental deed restrictions; approving the assumption of a billboard lease affecting the property; approving certain limitations on the City’s remedies against PG&E for breach; adopting findings that the purchase agreement is consistent with the City’s General Plan and eight priority policies of the City Planning Code Section 101.1; authorizing the Director of Property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions; and ratifying prior acts. (Real Estate Department)
(Fiscal impact.)

10/27/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee.

992027 [Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and Communications received from October 21, through noon on October 27, for reference by the President to the Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on November 1, 1999.

From Municipal Railway, submitting Muni’s South-of-Market Service Concept Plan. Copy: Each Supervisor (1)

From County of Santa Cruz, regarding control of California’s Hydroelectric Generating Facilities. (2)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for a multi-level parking garage in the Hall of Justice area (7th and Bryant). 23 Letters (3)

From Department of Building Inspection, submitting letter from the Code Advisory Committee and urging the Board of Supervisors to adopt the Building codes. Copy: Each Supervisor (4)

From Commission on the Environment, submitting copy of Resolution No. 015-99-COE, regarding the environmental study for ferries and urging support of environmentally sensitive provisions of SB 428. (5)

From California Independent System Operator, regarding public notice of technical analysis of the San Francisco/Peninsula Electric System Reliability Process. (6)

From Fire Department, regarding the death of paramedic Gina Hernandez. (Reference No. 199909-014) Copy: Supervisor Yee (7)

From Therese Koller, regarding Mayor Willie L. Brown and the Art Commission. 6 Letters (8)

From the Department of Human Resources, submitting Administrative Change to the Annual Salary Ordinance No. 209-99, for fiscal year 1999/00. (9)

From James McAlister, submitting opposition to the state execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal. (10)

From Lloyd Schloegel, submitting support for a moratorium on new downtown buildings, especially in parking lots. (11)

From Rod Stewart, regarding noise reduction at San Francisco International Airport. (12)

From Mabel James, regarding her request for acting assignment pay. (13)

From Solid Waste Management Program, regarding the Christmas tree recycling program. (Reference 199990921-020) Copy: Supervisor Brown (14)

From Erik Beckjord, submitting support for permanent birth control for drug addicted women. (15)

From Public Utilities Commission, Anson Moran, submitting notice of his retirement in January 2000, as General Manager of Public Utilities. Copy: Each Supervisor (16)

From various signators, submitting Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests: (17)
Gwyneth Borden, Constituent Liaison to Supervisor Newsom

From Patrick Steb, submitting opposition to the Archdiocese of San Francisco (Catholic Church) contributing $31,724 to the "Protection of Marriage Initiative" (Knight Initiative). File 99-1971 (18)

From Rita and Robert Reed, regarding dissatisfaction with temporary toilet facilities at Carl and Cole Streets MUNI stop. (19)

From Paul Freedman, regarding Supervisor Ammiano’s write-in candidacy for Mayor. (20)

From League of California Cities, Peninsula Division, submitting notice that interested elected officials should forward letters by November 5, 1999, if interested in serving on one of the League policy committees. Copy: Each Supervisor (21)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding the implementation of all-red traffic signal phases in San Francisco. Copy: Supervisor Newsom (22)

From Taxicab Commission, regarding "Gate" and "Lease" caps for cab drivers (Reference 19990921-0025). Copy: Supervisor Newsom (23)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, submitting a copy of DPT’s traffic watch regarding public information efforts made by the Department, including community outreach such as issuing weekly press releases to inform the people of San Francisco about upcoming events and routine construction. (Reference 199990927-002) Copy: Supervisor Brown (24)

From Phyl Smith, regarding placing "instant runoff voting" on the March 2000 ballot. File 99-1938, Rules Committee (25)

From concerned citizens, regarding small business, carriage services and horse abuse accountability. Files 99-1587, 99-1588 3 Letters (26)

From Brian Browne, regarding neighborhood complaints about Kokkari’s restaurant fireplace/chimney smoke. 3 Letters (27)

From Rajiv Bhatia, responding to Brian Browne’s letters about Kokkari restaurant. (28)

From City Attorney, submitting further corrections to Mission Bay Street Vacation legal descriptions and SUR Maps. Files 98-1333, 98-1332 (29)

From Committee on Information Technology, requesting release of reserved funds in the amount of $1,125,000 to allow the Year 2000 Project Management Office to continue its efforts to ready the City and the computer systems upon which it relies for the year 2000. (30)

From Alvin Jones, requesting support for an extension of the Bayview Hunters Point Project Area Committee (PAC) for an additional four years. Copy: Each Supervisor (31)

From Susan Schneider, submitting support for a "Help the Homeless Day". (32)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, submitting notice that all the proposed items calendared for the Transportation and Land Use Committee meeting of October 26, 1999 have been posted. Files 99-1702, 99-1703, 99-1704, 99-1848, 99-1849, 99-1850, Transportation and Land Use Committee (33)

From Walt Perko, regarding various topics; abuse of privacy issues via e-mail, and health benefit plans. 2 Letters (34)

From Food Not Bombs, regarding the arrest of two Food Not Bombs volunteer activists. Copy: Each Supervisor (35)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for Proposition E, the Muni Reform charter amendment. File 99-0600 (36)

From Chant Nelson, submitting request for a beer and wine liquor license for "Harvey and Marge’s Pub" located at 1956 ½ Lombard Street. File 99-0477, Small Business, Economic Vitality and Consumer Services Committee (37)

From Aline Dinoia, regarding funding and management of Public Access, Educational and Government (PEG) cable channels. File 99-0477, Public Utilities and Deregulation Committee (38)

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting Procedures
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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.
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Results of each Board meeting can be obtained about a half hour after the end of the meeting by telephoning (415) 554-5555.
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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:
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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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