Board of Supervisors : November 15, 1999

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Board of Supervisors

City and County of San Francisco

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San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

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AGENDA
Monday, November 15, 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 6

	Recommendations of the Audit and Government Efficiency Committee






		Present: Supervisors Kaufman, Newsom, Katz


1.	991830	[Administrative Code Revision, Chapter 10C]	Supervisor Kaufman
		Ordinance amending Administrative Code Sections 10C.1, 10C.2 and 10C.5 to provide for the waiver as well as the reimbursement of towing fees, to provide for waiver or reimbursement of towing fees for certain stolen vehicles, to prohibit reimbursement of towing fees where the vehicle owner cannot provide proof of financial responsibility, and to clarify the procedure and time limit for seeking reimbursement of towing fees.

		(Amends Sections 10C.1, 10C.2 and 10C.5.)
		11/8/1999, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


2.	991914	[Reward Authorization]
		Ordinance authorizing payment of reward to Doe One. (Mayor)


		11/8/1999, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


3.	991946	[Settlement of Claim, Michael Lias]
		Ordinance authorizing settlement of claim of Michael Lias against the City and County of San Francisco, et al. by payment of $77,581. (City Attorney)

		(S.F. Superior Court No. 996210.)
		11/8/1999, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

	Recommendation of the Finance and Labor Committee






		Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman


4.	991537	[Appropriation, S.F. Unified School District]
		Ordinance appropriating $60,713,766, San Francisco Unified School District, of school Bond proceeds for capital improvement projects on various school facilities, cost of issuance, and other related costs for fiscal year 1999-2000. (Controller)


		11/8/1999, PASSED, ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

	Recommendation of the Housing and Social Policy Committee






		Present: Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril


5.	992025	[Federal grant for extending school-to career opportunities to at-risk youth in the Mission District]	Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
		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)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Recommendation of the Transportation and Land Use Committee




		Present: Supervisors Katz, Yee


6.	991854	[Acceptance of Grant to catalog the musical scores collection of 10,300 titles into a format that makes them accessible by searching online]
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Library to accept and expend Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) to be awarded by the California State Library, CLSA Statewide Database Program, for retrospective conversion of cataloging records of circulating musical scores to make them accessible for online searching. (Public Library)



		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


7.	991964	[Calling Special Election for Academy of Science Bonds]	Supervisors Yaki, Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom, Teng, Yee
		Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, March 7, 2000, for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the City and County a proposition to incur the following bonded debt of the City and County: eighty-seven million four hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($87,445,000) for the acquisition, construction and reconstruction of certain improvements to the California Academy of Sciences; finding that the estimated costs of such proposed project is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require expenditures greater than the amount allowed therefor by the annual tax levy; reciting the estimated cost of such proposed projects; waiving certain requirements of Section 2.31 of the San Francisco Administrative Code relating to the introduction of public interest and necessity resolutions; fixing the date of election and the manner of holding such election and the procedure for voting for or against the proposition; fixing the maximum rate of interest on such bonds and providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest thereof; prescribing notice to be given of such election; consolidating the special election with the presidential primary election; establishing the election precincts, voting places and officers for the election; and waiving the word limitation on ballot propositions imposed by San Francisco Municipal Elections Code Section 510.

		(Fiscal impact.)
		11/8/1999, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Supervisor Ammiano presented an amendment of the whole which inserted the following language in Section 2, on page two, line 16: "The California Academy of Sciences is urged to study methods to increase public and non-automotive transportation accessibility to the project and to educate the public about

		11/8/1999, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

	NEW BUSINESS

	Recommendations of the Housing and Social Policy Committee






		Present: Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril


8.	990494	[Fair Housing Implementation Ordinance, Administrative Code]	Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
		Ordinance amending Administrative Code by adding Chapter 87, Sections 87.1 through 87.11, to describe federal, state and local fair housing laws which protect certain classes of individuals from housing discrimination that may occur through zoning laws, land use authorizations, funding decisions and other activities of local government; and to require and facilitate local compliance with such laws and promote housing opportunities for residents of San Francisco.

		(Adds Chapter 87, Sections 87.1 through 87.11.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


9.	990495	[Fair Housing Requirements for Conditional Uses, Planning Code]	Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
		Ordinance amending Planning Code, Article 3, Section 303 to provide that, in considering applications for conditional uses for "dwellings" in which "protected class members" (each as defined in Administrative Code Chapter 87) are likely to reside, the Planning Commission shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 87 of the Administrative Code.

		(Amends Section 303.) (Planning Commission Resolution No. 14839 adopted June 10, 1999 recommending the proposed amendment. Certification of Exemption from environmental review dated May 20, 1999.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


10.	990496	[Fair Housing Requirements for Variances, Planning Code]	Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
		Ordinance amending Planning Code, Article 3, Section 305 to provide that, in considering applications for variances for "dwellings" in which "protected class members" (each as defined in Administrative Code Chapter 87) are likely to reside, the Zoning Administrator and the Board of Appeals shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 87 of the Administrative Code.

		(Amends Section 305.) (Planning Commission Resolution No. 14839 adopted June 10, 1999 recommending the proposed amendment. Certification of Exemption from environmental review dated May 20, 1999.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


11.	990497	[Fair Housing Requirements for Board of Appeals, Municipal Code Part III]	Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
		Ordinance amending Municipal Code, Part III, by amending Section 8 to provide that in considering appeals related to "dwellings" in which "protected class members" (each as defined in Administrative Code Chapter 87) are likely to reside, the Board of Appeals shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 87 of the Administrative Code.

		(Amends Section 8.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


12.	990498	[Fair Housing Requirements for Permits, Municipal Code Part III]	Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
		Ordinance amending Municipal Code, Part III, by amending Section 26 to provide that in granting, denying, revoking or refusing to revoke any permit related to "dwellings" in which "protected class members" (each as defined in San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 87) are likely to reside, the granting or revoking power shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 87 of the Administrative Code.

		(Amends Section 26.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


13.	990499	[Fair Housing Requirements for Subdivision Approvals]	Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
		Ordinance amending Subdivision Code by adding Section 1302A to provide that all decisions made regarding the control and approval of subdivision developments containing "dwellings" in which "protected class members" (each as defined in San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 87) are likely to reside, the applicable City department or official shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 87 of the Administrative Code.

		(Adds Section 1302A.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


14.	990500	[Fair Housing Requirements for Permits, Public Works Code]	Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
		Ordinance amending Public Works Code by adding Article 1, Section 1 to provide that in issuing permits for "dwellings" in which "protected class members" (each as defined in Administrative Code Chapter 87) are likely to reside, the Department of Public Works shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 87 of the Administrative Code.

		(Adds Article 1, Section 1.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


15.	990501	[Fair Housing Requirements for Permits, Building Code]	Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril
		Ordinance amending Building Code by adding Section 106.1 to provide that, in issuing permits for "dwellings" in which "protected class members" (each as defined in Administrative Code Chapter 87) are likely to reside, the Department of Building Inspection shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 87 of the Administrative Code.

		(Adds Section 106.1.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?






		Present: Supervisors Teng, Bierman


16.	991685	[Plumbing Code]
		Ordinance re-enacting the 1998 San Francisco Plumbing Code on a permanent basis without modification; reaffirming endorsement of San Francisco amendments and findings of local conditions. (Building Inspection Department)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


17.	991687	[Mechanical Code]
		Ordinance re-enacting the 1998 San Francisco Mechanical Code on a permanent basis without modification; reaffirming endorsement of San Francisco amendments and findings of local conditions. (Building Inspection Department)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


18.	991689	[Electrical Code]
		Ordinance re-enacting the 1998 San Francisco Electrical Code on a permanent basis without modification; reaffirming endorsement of San Francisco amendments and findings of local conditions. (Building Inspection Department)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


19.	991691	[Housing Code]
		Ordinance re-enacting the 1998 San Francisco Housing Code on a permanent basis without modification; reaffirming endorsement of San Francisco amendments and findings of local conditions. (Building Inspection Department)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


20.	991693	[Building Code]
		Ordinance re-enacting the 1998 San Francisco Building Code on a permanent basis without modification; reaffirming endorsement of San Francisco amendments and findings of local conditions. (Building Inspection Department)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?






		Present: Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Becerril


21.	992049	[Building and Housing Codes]	Supervisor Teng
		Ordinance amending Building Code Section 105.2.8.4 to reinstate the language of the 1995 San Francisco Building Code regarding homeowner’s financial qualifications for moratorium on abatement action using updated section reference number; amending Housing Code Section 401 to reinstate item number 11 deleted in error from the definition of "nuisance" and to make a nonsubstantive editorial correction, by amending Section 909 to correct incomplete code section references and to correct typographical error; amending Sections 909 and 910 regarding smoke and heat detectors and alarm system by reinstating the language of the 1995 San Francisco Housing Code to require these items for certain existing buildings containing five or more dwelling units.

		(Amends Building Code Section 105.2.8.4; amends Housing Code Sections 401, 909 and 910.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


22.	991969	[Street Artist Holiday Selling Spaces]	Supervisors Teng, Becerril
		Resolution designating temporary selling spaces in the Downtown area and at Harvey Milk Plaza for street artists certified by the Art Commission, City and County of San Francisco, for the winter holiday season, 1999, beginning on November 15, 1999 and ending on January 15, 2000.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


23.	992036	[Authorizing an agreement for a three-year demonstration project to determine the effectiveness of child support assurance as an alternative to, and exit from, welfare]	Supervisors Teng, Becerril
		Resolution authorizing the Department of Human Services and the District Attorney’s Family Support Bureau to enter into an agreement with the California Department of Social Services for a three-year demonstration project to determine the effectiveness of child support assurance as an alternative to, and exit from, welfare. (Human Services Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Recommendations of the Transportation and Land Use Committee




		Present: Supervisors Yee, Leno


24.	991585	[Zoning, Conditional Use Authorization in Neighborhood Commercial Districts]	Supervisors Leno, Brown, Becerril
		Ordinance amending Planning Code Section 303 to require additional considerations for conditional uses in locations in neighborhood commercial districts in which the use size for the proposed location exceeds the limitations contained in Section 121.2, including considerations of the intensity of activity in the district, service to the neighborhood, and respect for the scale of development in the district.

		(Planning Commission Resolution No. 14918 adopted November 4, 1999, recommending approval of the proposed amendment.) (Certificate of Determination of Exemption/Exclusion from Environmental Review dated October 28, 1999.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


25.	991586	[Zoning, North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District, Nonresidential Use Size]	Supervisors Leno, Brown, Becerril
		Ordinance amending Planning Code Sections 178 and 186.1 to require uses that exceed specified use size provisions in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District to obtain conditional use authorization prior to a change in use and to reduce the period of abandonment for conditional and nonconforming uses in this district from three (3) years to 18 (eighteen) months; by amending Section 121.2 to reduce the size limit of nonresidential uses located in this district to two thousand (2000) square feet for conditional use authorization and four thousand (4000) square feet for the maximum size; and by amending Section 722.21 in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District Zoning Control Table to reflect the use size modifications.

		(Planning Commission Resolution No. 14919 adopted November 4, 1999, recommending approval of the proposed amendment.) (Certificate of Determination of Exemption/Exclusion from Environmental Review dated October 28, 1999.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?






		Present: Supervisors Katz, Yaki


26.	991950	[Parking Regulations, portion of South Van Ness Avenue]
		Ordinance amending Traffic Code by adding Section 32.6.27 regarding parking regulations on a portion of South Van Ness Avenue (east side of South Van Ness Avenue, from 12th Street to 110 feet southerly, from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday). (Parking and Traffic Department)

		(Adds Section 32.6.27.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


27.	991999	[Underground District No. 354]	Supervisors Bierman, Brown
		Ordinance creating Underground District No. 354 in the Oakdale, Palou and Newcomb area.



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?






		Present: Supervisors Katz, Yee


28.	991868	[Approval of the Turn-Key public communications concession lease awarded to Pacific Bell for 3 years at a minimum annual rent of $2.5 million for each lease year.]
		Resolution approving the Turn-Key Public Communications Concession Lease for the existing and New International Terminals between Pacific Bell and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission. (Airport Commission)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	COMMITTEE REPORTS


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

	Recommendations of Finance and Labor Committee






		The following items will be considered by the Finance Committee at its Regular meeting on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 at 10 AM. The Chair intends to request the committee to send the following item to the Board as a committee report.


29.	992001	[Recreation and Parks Bond Special Election]	Supervisors Newsom, Kaufman, Leno, Ammiano, Bierman, Yaki, Teng, Becerril, Brown, Katz
		Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, March 7, 2000, for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the City and County a proposition to incur the following bonded debt of the City and County: one hundred ten million dollars ($110,000,000) for the acquisition, construction and reconstruction of certain improvements to Recreation and Park facilities; finding that the estimated costs of such proposed project is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require expenditures greater than the amount allowed therefor by the annual tax levy; reciting the estimated cost of such proposed projects; waiving certain requirements of Section 2.31 of the San Francisco Administrative Code relating to the introduction of public interest and necessity resolution; fixing the date of election and the manner of holding such election and the procedure for voting for or against the proposition; fixing the maximum rate of interest on such bonds and providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest thereof; prescribing notice to be given of such election; consolidating the special election with the presidential primary election; establishing the election precincts, voting places and officers for the election; and waiving the word limitation on ballot propositions imposed by San Francisco Municipal Elections Code Section 510.



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?


30.	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)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Recommendations of Rules Committee






		The following items will be considered by the Rules Committee at a Special meeting on Monday, November 15, 1999 at 9 AM. The Chair intends to request the committee to send the following items to the Board as a committee report.






		(Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 2.33.7 of the Board’s Rules of Order, at least six days must intervene between the first appearance of a proposed Charter amendment before the Board as a referral from committee and any Board order of submission to the electorate. In accordance therewith consideration of the following proposed Charter amendment appropriately may be continued at least one week.)


31.	991939	[Health and Retirement Benefits for Members of the Board Charter Amendment]	Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman
		Charter amendment (Second Draft) amending Appendix A8.425 and A8.502 and deleting A8.501, relating to medical and retirement benefits for members of the board of supervisors.


		10/12/1999, MOTION to waive Board of Supervisors Rule 2.33.1, at the request of President Ammiano, in order to permit introduction of this charter amendment for the March 2000 election.


		Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED?


32.	991940	[Park and Open Space Fund Ballot Measure]	Supervisors Newsom, Brown
		Charter amendment (Third Draft) repealing in its entirety Section 16.107, which creates a Park and Open Space Fund and by adopting, in its place a new Section 16.107 which creates a Park, Recreation and Open Space Fund, authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds for acquisition and/or improvement of real properties, and provides a framework for future improvements in the operations of the Recreation and Park Department.

		(Fiscal impact.)
		10/12/1999, MOTION to waive Board of Supervisors Rule 2.33.1, at the request of Supervisor Newsom, in order to permit introduction of this charter amendment for the March 2000 election.


		Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED?


33.	991983	[Repetitive Initiative Measure Charter Amendment]	Supervisor Yaki
		Charter amendment (First Draft) amending Section 14.101 to raise the signature requirement for initiative measures addressing in whole or in part the same or substantially same subject as another initiative measure adopted by the voters within 24 months prior to the filing of the notice of intent to circulate.

		(10/25/99, Motion 99-137 adopted by the Board to waive Board of Supervisors 30 day Rule 5.43.)
		10/18/1999, MOTION to waive Board of Supervisors Rule 2.33.1, in order to permit introduction of this charter amendment for the March 2000 election.


		Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED?


34.	991938	[Instant Runoff Voting Charter Amendment]	Supervisors Ammiano, Leno
		Charter amendment (First Draft) amending Section 13.101, repealing the current Section 13.102 and adding a new Section 13.102, to provide for the election of the Mayor, Sheriff, District Attorney, City Attorney, Treasurer, Assessor-Recorder, Public Defender, and members of the Board of Supervisors using a ranked-choice, or "instant run-off," ballot.


		10/12/1999, MOTION to waive Board of Supervisors Rule 2.33.1, at the request of President Ammiano, in order to permit introduction of this charter amendment for the March 2000 election.


		Question: Shall this Charter Amendment be SUBMITTED?

	Recommendations of Parks and Recreation Committee








		The following items will be considered by the Parks and Recreation Committee at its Regular meeting on Tuesday, November 9, 1999 at 1 PM. The Chair intends to request the committee to send the following items to the Board as a committee report.


35.	991810	[State Grant to be used for the construction/renovation of the Carmel Fallon Building for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center at 1800 Market Street]	Supervisor Brown
		Resolution authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Community Development to apply, accept and to expend, up to $985,000 in funds from the State Department of Parks and Recreation for restoration of the Carmel Fallon Building for the LGBT Community Center Project. (Mayor)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


36.	991863	[Accepting State Grant funds for various projects including the Chinese Recreation Center, Conservatory of Flowers, Margaret Hayward Clubhouse, Mini Park and Community Gardens and North	Supervisors Brown, Becerril
		Resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to apply, accept and expend a $541,750 grant for the Chinese Recreation Center; a $2,462,500 grant for the Conservatory of Flowers restoration, a $492,500 grant for the Margaret Hayward Clubhouse renovation; a $492,500 grant for the Visitacion Valley Reis Tract-Campbell and Rutland Mini Park and Community Gardens and Greenway; and a $1,083,500 grant for North Mission Open Space, all received from the State of California General Fund during fiscal year 1999-2000; placing $514,000 on reserve. (Recreation and Parks Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


37.	991907	[Accepting gift valued at approximately $500,000 from the Friends of Recreation and Parks through a grant from Lila Wallace Readers Digest Foundation and other donors for the proposed	Supervisor Brown
		Resolution approving construction of the West End Pavilion in Golden Gate Park by the Friends of Recreation and Parks and its acceptance as a gift in place; finding that the project is consistent with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1; and adopting CEQA findings as presented by the Recreation and Park Commission. (Recreation and Parks Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


38.	991833	[Sunnyside Conservatory Renovation and Funding]	Supervisors Leno, Teng, Brown
		Resolution urging the Recreation and Park Department to conduct a cost analysis for the renovation of the Sunnyside Conservatory and to allocate funding in the fiscal year 2000-2001 budget for regular gardening and maintenance of the property.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


39.	991882	[Marina Yacht Harbor Project Position]	Supervisors Newsom, Bierman, Brown
		Resolution urging the Department of Public Works acting in consultation with the Recreation and Park Department to identify and contract with a project point person who will be principally responsible for execution of various Marina Yacht Harbor projects; urging the Recreation and Park Department to defray the cost of this undertaking with monies from the Marina Yacht Harbor Fund; urging the Recreation and Park Commission to approve this plan; and further urging the Recreation and Park Department to appoint a Harbor Master with all due haste.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

40.	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.

41.	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.


42.	992096	[Legislative Analyst Request]	Supervisor Katz
		Motion asking the Legislative Analysts to work with the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development and the City Attorney’s Office to investigate the possibility of creating a public-private venture capital fund. This venture capital fund would offer venture capital or capital equivalent; such as, office space, technology or expertise, to small start-up ventures in exchange for equity or profit sharing. This fund should benefit, inter alia, disadvantaged communities that have limited access to capital, start-ups that employ at-risk youth or economically disadvantaged individuals, and other innovative enterprises.



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?


43.	992097	[Legislative Analyst Request]	Supervisors Newsom, Teng, Becerril
		Motion asking the Legislative Analysts to report on best management practices, training, staffing and implementation of new election technologies utilized by other counties in the State of California.



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?


44.	992098	[Legislative Analyst Request]	Supervisors Newsom, Leno
		Motion asking the Legislative Analysts to evaluate the availability and quality of substance abuse services, including quantifying the waiting list by types of modalities, looking at best practices from other counties, and examining the City and County’s sources of money for substance abuse services.



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?


45.	992099	[Legislative Analyst Request]	Supervisor Newsom
		Motion asking the Legislative Analysts to evaluate shelter availability for those of limited or zero means, including our single residence occupancy hotels, occupancy rates and trends and how shelter needs fit within the mosaic of other services.



		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 46 through 55


46.	992083	[High Technology Voter System]	Supervisors Newsom, Teng, Becerril, Bierman, Yaki
		Resolution urging the Mayor’s Budget Office to allocate sufficient funds to replace San Francisco’s antiquated votomatic voting system with a high-technology system capable of fast and accurate results in time for the November 2000 election.


		11/8/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


47.	992084	[Clemency for Leonard Peltier]	Supervisors Ammiano, Katz, Bierman, Leno
		Resolution urging the President of the United States, William J. Clinton, to grant executive clemency to Leonard Peltier.


		11/8/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


48.	992085	[Proclamation]	Supervisor Bierman
		Resolution proclaiming December 7, 1999, "Peace’s New Century" Day.


		11/8/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


49.	992086	[Commendation]	Supervisors Brown, Bierman, Teng, Newsom
		Resolution commending the Department of Public Health for its plan to reduce the African American infant mortality rate in San Francisco.


		11/8/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


50.	992087	[Commendation]	Supervisors Brown, Teng
		Resolution commending the Sankofa Rites of Passage program entitled, Y.O.U.T.H. (Young and Old United to Help) and the Organization of Cultural Renaissance (O.C.R.)


		11/8/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


51.	992088	[Commendation]	Supervisors Brown, Teng
		Resolution commending developers of the Third and Mission Streets mixed-use development project for its donation to all San Francisco public schools copies of "Encarta Africana."


		11/8/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


52.	992089	[Commendation]	Supervisors Leno, Teng, Newsom
		Resolution commending the California Department of Motor Vehicles for including domestic partnership papers as valid documentation for identifying truthful name.


		11/8/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


53.	992090	[Commendation]	Supervisors Teng, Bierman, Newsom, Yaki
		Resolution commending the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California upon the occasion of its 26th Anniversary dinner "Celebrating A Century Of Community" and declaring November 5, 1999 to be "Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California Day" in San Francisco.


		11/8/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


54.	992091	[Commendation]	Supervisors Yee, Newsom, Bierman, Teng, Yaki, Leno
		Resolution commending Naomi Nishioka, Acting Director of the Department of Elections, her staff at the Department of Elections, the staff from Administrative Services, the staff from the City Attorney’s Office and all volunteers for their hard work and dedication in processing the thousands of ballots from the November 2, 1999 general election.


		11/8/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


55.	992092	[Proclamation]	Supervisors Becerril, Bierman, Teng, Newsom, Yaki
		Resolution designating November 15, 1999 "America Recycles Day" in the City and County of San Francisco.


		11/8/1999, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Severed From For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda






		Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________

56.	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 November 4 through noon on November 9, for reference by President to appropriate committee on November 15, 1999.


	991907	[Accepting gift valued at approximately $500,000 from the Friends of Recreation and Parks through a grant from Lila Wallace Readers Digest Foundation and other donors for the proposed
		Resolution approving construction of the West End Pavilion in Golden Gate Park by the Friends of Recreation and Parks and its acceptance as a gift in place; finding that the project is consistent with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1; and adopting CEQA findings as presented by the Recreation and Park Commission. (Recreation and Parks Department)


		10/1/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Parks and Recreation Committee.

		11/8/1999, SUBSTITUTED. Substituted by Recreation and Park Department 11/5/99, bearing same title.

		11/8/1999, ASSIGNED to Parks and Recreation Committee.


	992077	[Authorizing grant for a Trauma System Evaluation Project to strengthen and possibly formalize the relationship between San Francisco and San Mateo counties trauma care systems]
		Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Community Health and Safety Services, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $49,826 from the State Emergency Medical Services Authority for trauma system evaluation and to enter into an agreement which includes rights in data clauses and does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; providing for ratification of action previously taken. (Public Health Department)


		11/5/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee.


	992078	[Authorizing grant for the evaluation of screening males for Chlamydia Trachomatis infection]
		Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $257,053 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the evaluation of screening males for Chlamydia Trachomatis 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)


		11/8/1999, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee.


	992101	[Petitions and Communications]
		Petitions and Communications received from November 4 through noon on November 9, for reference by the President to the Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on November 15, 1999. From Office of the Controller’s Audits Division, submitting report concerning the audit of the passenger air carrier business of China Airlines, Ltd. (1) From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the proposed living wage ordinance. File 99-0252, Finance and Labor Committee, 4 Letters (2) From Ocean Beach Historical Society, submitting opposition to the Planning Commission’s decision regarding the future of Carousel Diner and accompanying sign of a daschund in a chief’s cap located at 2750 Sloat Boulevard. (3) From Hugh D’Andrade, submitting support for the proposed resolution to ban the Blue Angels from flying over San Francisco. (4) From Department of Public Health, regarding the status of sexually transmitted disease (STD) rate decreases, the effectiveness of approaches used to reduce STD transmission and what information is offered to alert and educate the public regarding those at risk and how that information is obtained and publicized. (Reference 19991004-006) Copy: Supervisor Katz (5) From Therese Koller, regarding Mayor Willie L. Brown and the Art Commission. 8 Letters (6) From Office of the Controller’s Audits Division, submitting report concerning the financial audit of the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector’s Statement of Cash and Investments for fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. (7) From GTE Moblinet, submitting notification letter for a CPUC Cell Site for GTE Mobilnet of California at 1300 26th Avenue. (8) From Walt Perko, regarding Muni’s bus schedule for the #28 bus. Copy: Muni (9) From Lloyd Schloegel, regarding various topics: traffic signs at Ninth Avenue and Judah Street and requesting restrooms at Muni Metro Subway Station be fixed in a timely manner. Copy: Department of Parking and Traffic, Muni 10) From Andrew McChesney, regarding affordable senior housing in the Martin Luther Tower apartments at 1001 Franklin Street. (11) From Don Eichelberger, submitting support to place Instant Runoff Voting on the March 2000 ballot. File 99-1938, Rules Committee (12) From Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, submitting support for the retention of the San Francisco Police Academy at its present Diamond Heights location. Copy: Each Supervisor (13) From Office of the Controller, submitting the Taxicab Rate Report for October 1999. (14) From Department of Parking and Traffic, regarding posting of notices for all the proposed items calendared for the November 9, 1999, Transportation and Land Use Committee. File 99-1950, Transportation and Land Use Committee (15) From Monica Gallegos, regarding her visit to the Board of Supervisors board meeting on October 25, 1999. Copy: Each Supervisor (16) From Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, regarding the public hearing on November 15, 1999, regarding the issue of open non-discriminatory access by consumers to broadband access services and non-discriminatory access to all content over the Internet. Copy: Each Supervisor, File 99-1521, Public Utilities and Deregulation Committee (17) From Mark Doss, submitting concerns with the Webmaster’s slow posting of the Mayoral race. Copy: Department of Elections, Webmaster (18) From Heidi Kline, submitting support for Zane Blaney and his current staff to continue to operate Channel 54. (19) From Stephen Bartell, submitting support to ban live animal markets in San Francisco. (20) From Office of the Controller’s Audits Division, submitting report concerning the concession audit of Pier One Deli. (21) From US Army Corps of Engineers, submitting San Francisco District Public Notice dated November 4, 1999. (22) From Department of Administrative Services, submitting report of the Living Wage Task Force. File 99-0252, Finance and Labor Committee (23) From Lew Hiatt, submitting suggestions to improve the present airport terminal map. Copy: Airport (24) From Dan Frederick, regarding preservation of Crissy field. File 99-2013, Finance and Labor Committee (25) From Judith Nelson, regarding Rob Morse column about Mayor Brown in the November 17th Sunday Examiner. (26) From Martin Lyon, suggesting the installation of new covers as a safety precaution against occurrence or recurrence of potential injury in front of 816 Clement Avenue for a six-inch square sewer opening and 655 Hyde Street for a six-inch cylindrical sewer opening. 2 Letters (27) From Municipal Railway, submitting the South of Market Service Concept Plan, dated September 1999. (28) From Sister Bernie Galvin, regarding hunger strike for human rights in San Francisco. File 99-2095, Housing and Social Policy Committee (29) From SamTrans, announcing the selection of Jane Lockwood to the position of Government liaison for San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans). Copy: Each Supervisor (30) From James McAlister, submitting support for tolerance, cooperation and open communication in police community relations, and the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal. (31) From Richard & Shirley Hansen, regarding San Francisco Health Commission’s Special Hearing on November 16, 1999, on threatened Closures of Mount Zion’s emergency room and acute care services. File 99-1851, Public Health and Environment Committee (32) From Lloyd Schloegel, submitting opposition to plan to rebuild the DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park. (33) From Department of Building Inspection, regarding required permits for installation of antennae and telecommunication equipment. (Reference 19990913-010) Copy: Supervisor Bierman (34) From Recreation and Park Department, submitting support for the proposed Charter amendment regarding extending the life of the Open Space Fund, a property tax set aside, for thirty years. File 99-1940, Rules Committee (35) From Employees’ Retirement System, regarding the proposed Charter amendment providing health and retirement benefits for members of the Board of Supervisors. File 99-1939, Rules Committee (36) From Recreation and Park Department, regarding the recreation budget based upon attendance patterns for male and female youth. (Reference 19990913-01) Copy: Supervisor Newsom (37) From Fior d’ Italia, regarding vehicle parked in handicapped zone 24 hours a day with an expired license. (38)

	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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