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April 22, 2002

Full Board Agendas
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

seal of the city and county of sf

AGENDA - DRAFT
Monday, April 22, 2002
2:00 PM

Regular Meeting


TOM AMMIANO, PRESIDENT
CHRIS DALY, MATT GONZALEZ, TONY HALL, MARK LENO,
SOPHIE MAXWELL, JAKE McGOLDRICK, GAVIN NEWSOM,
AARON PESKIN, GERARDO SANDOVAL, 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 7

Recommendations of the Rules and Audits Committee
Present: Supervisors Hall, Gonzalez, Sandoval

1. 020474 [Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Homes Not Jails, Robert Haaland, Ted Gullicksen, Mara Raider, Cathleen Gray, David Acquino, Allison Lum and Miguel Wooding against the City and County of San Francisco, Sergeant Frederick Schiff and Captain John Newlin for $22,500; the lawsuit was filed on August 10, 1999 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 305-552; entitled Homes Not Jails, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al; the City and County of San Francisco, Sergeant Frederick Schiff and Captain John Newlin joined in the removal of this case to the United States District Court on September 14, 1999, Case No. C99-4204 TEH; other material terms of said settlement are that the $22,500 is the total to plaintiffs plus reasonable attorneys fees to be determined by the Court, but not less than $35,000 and not more than $100,000. (City Attorney)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

2. 020478 [Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance approving settlement of the lawsuit filed by Aeroground, Inc. against City and County of San Francisco, et al., by payment by City and County of San Francisco to Aeroground, Inc. in the amount of $400,000 and other terms; the lawsuit was filed on August 25, 2001, in the United States District Court, Case No. C 01-1628VRW, entitled Aeroground, Inc., vs. City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Airport Commission; and John L. Martin, in his official capacity as Director of the San Francisco International Airport. (Airport Commission)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

3. 020336 [Appointment]
Resolution appointing Stephanie Hughes, term ending October 1, 2003, and Dina Santana and Kevin Sharps, terms ending October 1, 2002, to the Drug Abuse Advisory Board.
Dina Santana, succeeding Gennie Nunley-Thompson, resigned, seat 2, must represent law enforcement, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending October 1, 2002;
Kevin Sharps, succeeding Matonia Williams, seat 6, must represent the public at large or a service provider, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending October 1, 2002;
Stephanie Hughes, succeeding Walter Joseph Kennedy, seat 15, must represent the public at large, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending October 1, 2003.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

4. 011395 [Appointment]
Resolution appointing Joshua Koltun, Bruce Brugmann, Richard Knee, Heather Sterner, Doug Comstock, Sue Cauthen, Garrett Jenkins, Edgar Parker, and Alexandra Nickliss, terms ending April 27, 2004, to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force.
Joshua Koltun, succeeding himself, term expired, seat 1, must be appointed from names submitted by the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and be an Attorney, for a new 2-year term ending April 27, 2004;
Bruce Brugmann, succeeding herself, term expired, seat 2, must be appointed from names submitted by the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and be a Journalist, for a new 2-year term ending April 27, 2004;
Richard Knee, succeeding Vince Courtney, term expired, seat 3, must be a member of the press or electronic media with an interest in citizen access, for a new 2-year term ending April 27, 2004;
Heather Sterner, succeeding Heather Sterner, term expired, seat 5, must be appointed from names submitted by the League of Women Voters, for a new 2-year term ending April 27, 2004;
Doug Comstock, succeeding Hilda Bernstein, term expired, seat 6, must be experienced in Consumer Advocacy, for a new 2-year term ending April 27, 2004;
Sue Cauthen, succeeding Ted Kowalczuk, term expired, seat 7, must be experienced in Consumer Advocacy, for a new 2-year term ending April 27, 2004;
Garrett Jenkins, succeeding Robert Planthold, resigned, seat 8, must be a member of the public who has demonstrated interest in or has experience in the issues of citizen access and participation in local government (Fulfilled requirement that one member must be physically handicapped), for a new 2-year term ending April 27, 2004;
Edgar Parker, succeeding Daniel Guillory, term expired, seat 9, must be a member of the public who has demonstrated interest in or has experience in the issues of citizen access and participation in local government, for a new 2-year term ending April 27, 2004;
Alexandra Nickliss, succeeding Paul Hogan, term expired, seat 10, must be a member of the public who has demonstrated interest in or has experience in the issues of citizen access and participation in local government, for a new 2-year term ending April 27, 2004.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

5. 020484 [Appointment]
Resolution appointing Nancy Peterson, term to be determined, to the United Nations Plaza Working Group, residency requirement waived.
Nancy Peterson (residency requirement waived), new position, seat 1, must be a member of the United Nations Association, term to be determined.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

6. 020579 [Appointment]
Resolution appointing Laurie Kennedy, Jamal James Modica, and Kelly Jensen, terms ending April 30, 2004, to the Animal Control and Welfare Commission.
3 Seats Being Considered:
Laurie Kennedy, succeeding Catherine Tchen-Kenna, seat 1, term expired, must be a public-at-large appointment, for a new two-year term ending April 30, 2004;
Jamal James Modica, succeeding Frederick Hobson, seat 2, term expired, must be a public-at-large appointment, for a new two-year term ending April 30, 2004;
Kelly Jensen, succeeding Kelly Jensen, seat 7, term expired, must be licensed veterinarian, for a new two-year term ending April 30, 2004.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

7. 020580 [Appointment]
Resolution appointing, Steve Fields, term ending January 15, 2003, and Sophie Wong, Maria Luz Torre, and Kate O’Malley, terms ending January 15, 2004, to the San Francisco Health Authority, residency requirement waived.
Sophie Wong (residency requirement waived), succeeding herself, term expired, seat 6, must be a nominee of SF Community Clinic Consortium, for a three-year term ending January 15, 2004;
Maria Luz Torre, succeeding herself, term expired, seat 10, must be a nominee of Health Authority Beneficiary Advisory Committee, for a three-year term ending January 15, 2004;
Steve Fields (residency requirement waived), succeeding himself, term expired, seat 12, must be nominee of Health Authority Program Advisory Committee, for a three-year term ending January 15, 2003;
Kate O’Malley (residency requirement waived), succeeding herself, term expired, seat 13, must be nominee of Health Authority Program Advisory Committee, for a three-year term ending January 15, 2004.

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

Consideration to override veto pursuant to Charter Section 2.106 of Resolution imposing Interim Zoning requiring Conditional Use Authorization for Large Retail Uses.

8. 011798 [Interim Zoning Requiring Conditional Use Authorization for Large Retail Uses] Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution imposing interim zoning controls establishing a requirement for conditional use authorization for large retail uses in C-2, C-M, M-1, M-2, RSD, SLR, SLI, SPD and SSO zones, including, where permissible, lots under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Port Commission, for a one year period and making a determination of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
(Certificate of Exemption/Exclusion from Environmental Review dated 12/7/01)

(April 5, 2002 - VETOED by Mayor.)

(Supervisor Hall dissenting in Committee.)

Note: The Board has 30 days to act from the date the legislation was signed by the Mayor. Override of a veto requires a 2/3rds vote of the Board, the Board may either vote the legislation up or down, no amendments. The 30th day from April 5, 2002 is May 5, 2002.

11/19/2001, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Ammiano submitted a substitute resolution bearing new title.
3/25/2002, ADOPTED.
4/15/2002, CONTINUED. Continued to April 22, 2002.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Finance Committee
Present: Supervisors Peskin, Daly

9. 020137 [Funding the Sheriff’s Department’s shortfalls in salary, overtime, and retirement payoffs]
Ordinance appropriating $1,896,196 from the General Fund Reserve, $2,793,734 from Federal funding for housing prisoners, and reappropriating $300,000 from savings in natural gas for a total of $4,989,930 to cover shortfalls in salaries, overtime and retirement payoffs at the Sheriff’s Department for fiscal year 2001-02. (Sheriff)
(Fiscal impact.)

4/15/2002, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

10. 020192 [Supplemental Appropriation, Department of Human Services] Supervisors Newsom, Daly
Ordinance appropriating $47,000 of the General Reserve to fund Homeless Prenatal Services for the Department of Human Services for fiscal year 2001-02; placing $23,500 on reserve.
4/15/2002, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendations of the Health and Human Services Committee
Present: Supervisors Daly, Maxwell

11. 011575 [Rent Ordinance Amendments] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance amending the Rent Ordinance (Administrative Code Chapter 37, Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance) by amending Sections 37.9, 37.9B and 37.10A to provide additional protections to tenants, and to conform to state law regarding misdemeanor violations, as follows: (1) Require the Rent Board to record owner move-in eviction notices with the County Recorder; (2) Require eviction notices to be in writing and filed with the Rent Board; (3) Subject vacated units to the future use restrictions stated in the Rent Ordinance, regardless of any agreement made between the landlord and the vacating tenant; (4) Require a tenant to be represented by independent counsel in a court-supervised settlement agreement, in order to waive any tenant rights under the Rent Ordinance; (5) Prohibit settlement agreement clauses that bar an evicted tenant from cooperation with a governmental investigation or proceeding; (6) Require the seller of a property to give written notice to the buyer disclosing the legal ground(s) for the termination of the tenancy for each residential unit to be delivered vacant at the close of escrow; and (7) Conform misdemeanor provisions to state law ($1,000 fine plus possible imprisonment in County Jail for up to six months).
3/18/2002, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute ordinance, approved as to form, bearing same title.
4/8/2002, CONTINUED. Continued to April 15, 2002.
4/15/2002, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Amendment of the whole bearing the same title.
4/15/2002, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

12. 020343 [Residential Hotel Visitor Policies] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 41D "Residential Hotel Visitor Policies" to allow operators of residential hotels to adopt Supplemental Visitor Policies in addition to the Uniform Visitor Policy for Residential Hotels, upon approval of the San Francisco Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board (Rent Board), providing that the Rent Board may amend the Uniform Visitor Policy from time to time, and providing for hotel occupants to petition the Rent Board for hearing and rent reduction for violation of Chapter 41D; amending Administrative Code Section 37.6 and adding Section 37.13 to authorize the Rent Board to effectuate the provisions of Chapter 41D; and, amending Police Code Section 919.1 to provide that imposition or collection of a charge for a visitor or restriction of a visitor in violation of Section 919.1 is (in addition to any available civil remedies), an infraction.
4/15/2002, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

13. 020297 [Direct Access to Housing and Master Lease Program Expansion]] Supervisors Ammiano, Daly
Resolution directing the Department of Public Health and the Department of Human Services to provide the Board of Supervisors with a proposed expansion plan for 500 additional units in the Direct Access to Housing Program and 500 additional units in the SRO Master Lease program by April 22, 2002.
4/15/2002, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Amendment of the whole bearing a new title.
4/15/2002, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to April 22, 2002.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Transportation and Commerce Committee
Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Hall, Ammiano

14. 020196 [Carnegie Chinatown Branch Library as Landmark 235] Supervisors Yee, Peskin, Leno, Ammiano, Daly
Ordinance Designating 1135 Powell Street, The Carnegie Chinatown Branch Library, as Landmark No. 235 pursuant to Article 10, Sections 1004 and 1004.4 of the Planning Code.
4/15/2002, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

15. 020334 [Changing the designation of 333 Sacramento Street from a Category V Building to a Category IV Building] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance changing the designation of 333 Sacramento Street from Category V (Unrated) to Category IV (Contributory) pursuant to Article 11 of the Planning Code. (Planning Department)
(Planning Commission Resolution No. 16322 adopted January 10, 2002 (Case No. 2001.0898G), recommending approval of above ordinance; Landmark Preservation Advisory Board Resolution No. 551 dated December 5, 2001, recommending the proposed change in Article 11 designation of the property and recommending Planning Commission approval.)

4/15/2002, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Finance Committee
Present: Supervisors Peskin, Daly, Ammiano

16. 020390 [Administrative Code Revision: Health Service System] Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance amending Chapter 16, Article XV, of Part 1 of the San Francisco Municipal (Administrative) Code by amending Section 16.703 regarding Board approval of Health Service System Plans and Contribution Rates. (Human Resources Department)
(Fiscal impact.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

17. 012003 [Retirement Benefits] Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 16.37-1 to provide for the setting of interest rates for retirement allowances.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

18. 020464 [Settlement of Lawsuit]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by New Times, Inc., San Francisco Newspaper Printing Company, Inc., Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc., The New York Times Company, San Jose Mercury News, Inc., Los Angeles Times, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Bay Guardian Company, Inc., and United Advertising Publications, Inc. against the City and County of San Francisco for $85,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 5, 1999, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. C-99-0020 (WHA); entitled New Times, Inc., et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; other material terms of said settlement are the City’s amendment of San Francisco Public Works Code Section 184.12, the Director of Public Works’ promulgation of amended guidelines, and the City’s approval of the First Amended and Restated Pedestal-Mounted Newsrack Agreement by and between the City And County of San Francisco and Clear Channel Adshel, Inc. (City Attorney)
(Companion measure to Files 020465, 020466.)
(Supervisor Daly dissenting in Committee.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

19. 020465 [Regulation of Newsracks; Amendment of Fixed Pedestal Newsrack Program]
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Public Works Code, Article 5.4, by repealing the existing Section 184.12 and enacting a new Section 184.12 regulating the placement and maintenance of newsracks on public streets, sidewalks and rights-of-way to prohibit freestanding newsracks in specified areas of the City, authorizing the creation of fixed pedestal zones in specified areas of the City, and authorizing the Director of Public Works to select and enter into agreements with vendors to provide and maintain fixed pedestal newsracks. (City Attorney)
(Supervisor Daly dissenting in Committee.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

20. 020466 [Contract - CCSF and Clear Channel Adshel, Inc.]
Ordinance approving the First Amended and Restated Pedestal-Mounted Newsrack Agreement By and Between the City and County of San Francisco and Clear Channel Adshel, Inc., which allows for the provision, installation, and maintenance of pedestal-mounted newsracks on public property; approving an indemnification of the contractor by the City for specified claims initiated by publishers or other specified claimants, concerning the fixed pedestal program, the fixed pedestal units, their operation, or the agreement with Clear Channel Adshel, Inc., and for specified claims including bodily injury or property damage arising from the City’s performance of said agreement; and authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Works to make changes to the Department of Public Works Director’s Orders incorporated by reference in the agreement with Clear Channel Adshel, Inc. (City Attorney)
(Supervisor Daly dissenting in Committee.)

Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

21. 020551 [Year 2002 Annual Joint Fundraising Drive Application and Designation Deadlines] Mayor
Ordinance amending Section 16.93-4 of the San Francisco Administrative Code, which establishes March 1 of each year as the deadline for agencies who wish to participate in the Annual Joint Fundraising Drive to submit their applications, and which establishes May 1 of each year as the deadline for the Board to designate those agencies that qualify to participate in the City’s Annual Drive for that year, to allow any Mayor’s Fund to submit by April 15, 2002, their application to participate in the 2002 Annual Drive, and to allow the Board to designate those agencies that qualify to participate in the City’s Annual Drive for 2002 by June 1, 2002. (Mayor)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

22. 011737 [Water Pipeline Replacement]
Resolution authorizing the execution and performance of an Exchange Agreement with the City of Brisbane relating to the replacement of Crystal Springs Pipeline Number 1. (Real Estate Department)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

23. 012281 [Airport Concession Lease]
Resolution approving a lease and operating agreement for operating the Self Service Luggage Cart Program, Between Smarte Carte, Inc., and the City and County of San Francisco, as amended, acting by and through its Airport Commission. (Airport Commission)
(Fiscal impact.)

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

24. 020472 [Mayor’s Summer Food Service Program] Mayor
Resolution authorizing the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families to accept and expend a grant up to $484,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture for Mayor’s Summer Food Service Program. (Mayor)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

From Finance Committee Without Recommendation
Present: Supervisors Peskin, Daly, Ammiano

25. 020534 [MOU Amendment No. 2, Collective Bargaining between MEA and CCSF] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing Amendment No. 2 to the 2001-2003 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Municipal Executives’ Association and the City and County of San Francisco by amending Article III and adding Appendix H to incorporate the parties’ agreements regarding specified wage adjustments and to correct clerical errors. (Mayor)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

Recommendations of Neighborhood Services and Recreation Committee
Present: Supervisors Newsom, Leno, McGoldrick

26. 020437 [Liquor License Transfer, 1750 Fulton Street]
Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 21 off-sale general alcoholic beverage control license to Albertson’s Inc. from 17 Kearny Street to the new Albertson’s store located at 1750 Fulton Street (District 5), will serve the public convenience and necessity 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?

Recommendations of the Public Works and Public Protection Committee
Present: Supervisors Sandoval, Yee, Gonzalez

27. 011788 [Street Artists Program] Supervisor Ammiano
Ordinance amending Article 24 of the San Francisco Police Code by amending Section 2402 to remove provision establishing the maximum annual amount paid to each member of the Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Craftsmen Examiners for meetings and studio visits.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

28. 020470 [Grant - Police Department’s Safe and Sober Program]
Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend grant funds made available through the California Office of Traffic Safety for a project entitled Safe and Sober in San Francisco Project; placing $50,000 on reserve. (Police Department)
Supervisor Gonzalez dissenting.

Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Rules and Audits Committee
Present: Supervisors Hall, Gonzalez, Sandoval

29. 020406 [Settlement of Lawsuits and Claims] Mayor
Ordinance approving a settlement between the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, the Municipal Executives’ Association, and the City and County of San Francisco of litigation and administrative claims concerning the assignment of classifications to bargaining units and related disputes. (Mayor)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

30. 020525 [Appointment - Public Utilities Commission]
Motion rejecting the Mayor’s appointment of Frank Cook to the Public Utilities Commission. (Mayor)
(Charter Section 3.100 provides that the Board of Supervisors has the authority to reject the appointment by a two-thirds vote of the Board (eight votes) within 30 days following transmittal of the Mayor’s Notice of Appointment, and that failure of the Board to reject the appointment by two-thirds vote within the thirty day period shall result in the appointee continuing to serve as appointed.)
(Transmittal date - March 28, 2002.)

(Supervisor Hall dissenting in Committee.)

Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

From Rules and Audits Committee Without Recommendation
Present: Supervisors Hall, Gonzalez, Sandoval

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

31. 020527 [Appointment - Public Utilities Commission]
Motion approving the Mayor’s appointment of E. Dennis Normandy to the Public Utilities Commission, for the term ending January 15, 2006. (Mayor)
(Charter Section 3.100 provides that the Board of Supervisors has the authority to reject the appointment by a two-thirds vote of the Board (eight votes) within 30 days following transmittal of the Mayor’s Notice of Appointment, and that failure of the Board to reject the appointment by two-thirds vote within the thirty day period shall result in the appointee continuing to serve as appointed.)
(Transmittal date - March 28, 2002.)

Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

32. 020528 [Appointment - Public Utilities Commission]
Motion rejecting the Mayor’s appointment of E. Dennis Normandy to the Public Utilities Commission. (Mayor)
(Charter Section 3.100 provides that the Board of Supervisors has the authority to reject the appointment by a two-thirds vote of the Board (eight votes) within 30 days following transmittal of the Mayor’s Notice of Appointment, and that failure of the Board to reject the appointment by two-thirds vote within the thirty day period shall result in the appointee continuing to serve as appointed.)
(Transmittal date - March 28, 2002.)

Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

33. 020529 [Appointment - Public Utilities Commission]
Motion taking no position concerning the Mayor’s appointment of E. Dennis Normandy to the Public Utilities Commission, for term ending January 15, 2006.
(Charter Section 3.100 provides that the Board of Supervisors has the authority to reject the appointment by a two-thirds vote of the Board (eight votes) within 30 days following transmittal of the Mayor’s Notice of Appointment, and that failure of the Board to reject the appointment by two-thirds vote within the thirty day period shall result in the appointee continuing to serve as appointed.)
(Transmittal date - March 28, 2002.)

Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Transportation and Commerce Committee
Present: Supervisors McGoldrick, Hall, Ammiano

34. 020242 [Grant - Purchase of additional new LRVs]
Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend $22,888,763 of Federal Section 5309 capital assistance for the purchase of new LRVs for San Francisco’s Municipal Railway, excluding Administrative Overhead Costs. (Municipal Transportation Agency)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

35. 020398 [Grant - Police Department Pedestrian Safety Project]
Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend grant funds made available through the California Office of Traffic Safety for a project entitled Pedestrian Safety Project. (Police Department)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M.

36. 020590 [Public Health 2002 State of the City Report] Supervisor Ammiano
State of the City’s Health Report from Director, Department of Public Health.
Action: _____________________________________________

SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M.

37. 020520 [Public Hearing - Appeal, Conditional Use, 20 Woodside Avenue (aka 501 Laguna Honda Boulevard)]
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No.16353 dated February 28, 2002, approving Conditional Use Application No. 2001.1142C, to install a total of three antennas within the bell tower of a church (St. John’s United Church of Christ), and related equipment as part of a wireless communication network in a RH-1(D) (House, One-Family (Detached Dwelling)) Zoning District, and within a 40-X Height and Bulk District, pursuant to Section 209.5(b) of the Planning Code, on property located at: 20 Woodside Avenue (aka 501 Laguna Honda Boulevard) at the southeastern corner of Woodside Avenue and Laguna Honda Boulevard; Lot 001, in Assessor’s Block 2888A.
(Appeal filed April 1, 2002; categorically exempt from the environmental review process pursuant to exemption Class 1 exemptions of Title 14 of the California Administrative Code; Case No. 2001.1142C; companion measure to Files 020521, 020522, 020523; District 7.)

Action:___________________________

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, notice is hereby given: If you challenge the above matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described above, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors, (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244; San Francisco, CA 94102-4689) at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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

38. 020521 [Appeal, Conditional Use, 20 Woodside Avenue (aka 501 Laguna Honda Boulevard)]
Motion approving decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 16353 approving Conditional Use Application No. 2001.1142C, on property located 20 Woodside Avenue (aka 501 Laguna Honda Boulevard), at the southeastern corner of Woodside Avenue and Laguna Honda Boulevard, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board)
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

39. 020522 [Appeal, Conditional Use, 20 Woodside Avenue (aka 501 Laguna Honda Boulevard)]
Motion disapproving decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 16353 approving Conditional Use Application No. 2001.1142C, on property located 20 Woodside Avenue (aka 501 Laguna Honda Boulevard), at the southeastern corner of Woodside Avenue and Laguna Honda Boulevard, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board)
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

40. 020523 [Findings - 20 Woodside Avenue (aka 501 Laguna Honda Boulevard)]
Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to proposed Conditional Use Application No. 2001.1142C, on property located at 20 Woodside Avenue (aka 501 Laguna Honda Boulevard), at the southeastern corner of Woodside Avenue and Laguna Honda Boulevard, for action by the Board at its next meeting. (Clerk of the Board)
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

41. 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.

42. PUBLIC COMMENT
An opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, including items being considered today which have not been considered by a Board committee and excluding items which have been considered by a Board committee. Members of the public may address the Board for up to three minutes. Each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to

CLOSED SESSION

CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY - Existing Litigation

43. 020547 [Existing Litigation - City as Defendant] Supervisor Peskin
Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding the following existing litigation in which the plaintiffs, various businesses, are, in sum, challenging the constitutionality of the City’s business taxing system. These plaintiffs and claimants are also seeking reimbursement of tax payments made to the City:

Macy’s Department Stores, Inc. (formerly know as Macy’s West, Inc.); Broadway Stores, Inc.; Federated Systems Group, Inc.; Macy’s.Com Inc. v. San Francisco
San Francisco Superior Court No. 306-723
Date Filed: 9/24/99

Macy’s West, Inc., an Ohio Corporation; Federated Western Properties, Inc., an Ohio Corporation; Federated Systems Group, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; and Macy’s.Com Inc., a New York Corporation, v. San Francisco
San Francisco Superior Court No. 313-930
Date Filed: 10/12/00

Macy’s West, Inc., an Ohio Corporation; Federated Western Properties, Inc., an Ohio Corporation; Federated Systems Group, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and Macy’s.Com, Inc., a New York Corporation v. San Francisco
San Francisco Superior Court No. 321-838
Date Filed: 6/1/01 (City Attorney)
Action: _____________________________________________

After a closed session, if one occurs, the President shall (1) request the Deputy City Attorney to identify the subjects discussed in the closed session, and (2) direct the Clerk of the Board to report the vote taken on any motion in the closed session.

[Elect To Disclose]
Motion that the Board finds it is in the public interest to disclose information discussed in closed session, and directs the President immediately to disclose that information.

[Elect Not to Disclose]
Motion that the Board finds that it is in the best interest of the public that the Board elect at this time not to disclose its closed session deliberations concerning the anticipated litigation listed above.

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 44 through 59

44. 020546 [SFUSD to Offer Students Neighborhood School Facilities] Supervisor Yee
Resolution urging the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) to provide adequate facilities to accommodate all public school enrollees sufficient school space in their neighborhoods.
4/8/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
4/15/2002, CONTINUED. Continued to April 22, 2002.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

45. 020557 [Commendation] Supervisors Yee, Hall
Resolution commending the efforts of all volunteers dedicated to protecting and restoring San Francisco’s precious environmental and recreational resources at Fort Funston, the sponsors of Earth Day 2002 at Fort Funston, particularly Pacific Gas & Electric Company and the California Jeep Dealers, and their employees for their commitment to environmental preservation in San Francisco, and declaring April 20, 2002 to be Earth Day 2002 at Fort Funston.
4/8/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
4/15/2002, CONTINUED. Continued to April 22, 2002.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

46. 020599 [Business Loading Zone Designation at 834 Jones Street] Supervisor Newsom
Resolution urging the Department of Parking and Traffic to establish a business loading zone designation (white zone) and execute all appropriate signage at 834 Jones Street providing necessary temporary parking for local businesses and mitigating the threat of pedestrian accidents.
4/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

47. 020600 [California Organ Donor Awareness Month] Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution commending the California Transplant Donor Network.
4/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

48. 020601 [Bicycle Motorcross (BMX)] Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution urging the Recreation and Parks Department to develop a legal area for young people and adults to engage in the sport of Bicycle Motorcross (BMX) in San Francisco.
4/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

49. 020602 [SB 1227 - Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002] Supervisor Leno
Resolution urging Governor Gray Davis to sign SB 1227, the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002, which will provide $2.1 billion for housing programs in California through the sale of State bonds.
4/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

50. 020603 [ABAG Finance Authority - Nonprofit Corporations] Supervisor Hall
Resolution approving the issuance and sale of revenue bonds by the ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $143,000,000 for the Corporation of Fine Arts Museums and the Fine Arts Museums Foundation.
4/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

51. 020604 [Opposing Hastings Garage Proposal] Supervisors Daly, Leno
Resolution urging the Board of Directors of the University of California Hastings College of Law to reject its proposed Tenderloin area parking garage in favor of a community-supported mixed-use development.
4/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

52. 020605 [Opposing State Assembly Bills 1823 and 2058 and Senate Bill 1870] Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution opposing State Assembly Bills 1823 and 2058, and Senate Bill 1870 (as drafted), regarding management and operation of the City’s regional water system and requesting the Mayor to transmit communication of such opposition to the State Legislature.
4/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

53. 020606 [Commend - Richard Craib] Supervisor Leno
Resolution commending Richard Craib, native San Franciscan and Glen Canyon Park enthusiast.
4/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

54. 020607 [Commend - Mission High School] Supervisor Ammiano
Resolution commending Mission High School for winning 2002 Mock Trial City and County Championship.
4/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

55. 020608 [Commend - Gateway High School] Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution commending Gateway High School on their first graduating class.
4/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

56. 020619 [Final Map for a 35 Unit Residential / Commercial Condominium Project]
Motion approving Final Map of Chelsea Court, 851 Van Ness Avenue, a Residential / Commercial Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 17 in Assessor’s Block No. 738, and adopting findings pursuant to City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 173,477; District 6.)

4/17/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

57. 020620 [Final Map for a 7 Unit Residential Condominium Project]]
Motion approving Final Map of 725 Taraval Street, a Mixed Use Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 45 Assessor’s Block No. 2408, and adopting findings pursuant to City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 173,478; District 7.)

4/17/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

58. 020621 [Final Map for a 11 Unit Live Work / Commercial Condominium Project]]
Motion approving Final Map of 1328 Mission Street, a Live Work / Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 20 in Assessor’s Block No. 3508, and adopting findings pursuant to City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 173,476; District 6.)

4/17/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

59. 020622 [Final Map for a 6 Unit Residential Condominium Project]
Motion approving Final Map of 955 Green Street, a Residential Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 27 Assessor’s Block No. 127, and adopting findings pursuant to City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
(DPW Order No. 173,475; District 3.)

4/17/2002, 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:_________________________________________

60. 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
Proposed ordinances received from April 11 through noon on April 17, for reference by President to appropriate committee on April 22, 2002.
NONE.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
Proposed resolutions received from April 11 through noon on April 17, for reference by President to appropriate committee on April 22, 2002.

020538 [Amending District Attorney’s Revolving Loan Funds from State Board of Control]]
Resolution authorizing the District Attorney to amend the current agreement in the amount of $75,000 which has been allocated from the Victim Compensation and Governing Claims Board (formerly known as the State Board of Control), an agent of the State of California, for a revolving loan fund to be used to pay for verified funeral/burial expenses and emergency relocation for victims or domestic violence and sexual assault. (District Attorney)
4/12/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee.

020543 [Grant - District Attorney ’s REACT Task Force for the Investigation and Prosecution of High Technology Crimes]
Resolution authorizing the District Attorney to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the maximum amount of $75,000 per year from the California Office of Criminal Justice Planning for investigation and prosecution of high technology crimes. (District Attorney)
4/12/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Health and Human Services Committee.

020615 [Grant - Mayor’s Office of Community Development] Mayor
Resolution approving the 2002 Community Development Program. Authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to accept and expend the City’s 2002 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Program Income of $33,722, 231 which include indirect costs of $160,000, and approving expenditure schedules for recipient departments and agencies and for indirect costs. (Mayor)
4/17/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee.

020616 [Grant - Emergency Shelter] Mayor
Resolution approving the 2002 Emergency Shelter Grants Program and Expenditure Schedule; and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco to accept, and expend a $879,000 entitlement under the Emergency Shelter Grants Program from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (Mayor)
4/17/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee.

020617 [Grant - HOME Program] Mayor
Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco to accept and expend a grant from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a total amount of $7,865,000 for the Home Program authorized under Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, Public Law Number 101-625, and approving the Home Program description as described in the 2002 Action Plan for San Francisco’s Consolidated Plan. Indirect costs associated with the acceptance of these grant funds will be paid by the Community Development Block Grant funds. (Mayor)
4/15/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee.

020624 [Grant - Community Gun Violence Prosecution Program]
Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $360,000 through the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, for a project entitled "Community Gun Violence Prosecution Program", and waiving indirect costs due to funding constraints. (District Attorney)
4/15/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Works and Public Protection Committee.

PROPOSED MOTIONS

020618 [Amending the Rules of the Board to schedule regular Board meetings on Tuesdays at 2pm effective the week of January 12, 2003.]
Motion amending Rule 6.2 of the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors to require the scheduling of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors on Tuesdays at 2pm, instead of Mondays at 2pm, effective the week of January 12, 2003. (Clerk of the Board)
(Companion measure to File 020597.)

4/17/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules and Audits Committee.

020632 [Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and Communications received from April 11 through noon on April 17, for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on April 22, 2002.

From Controller’s Audits Division, submitting report concerning the concession audit of St. Mary’s Square Garage.(1)

From Department of Building Inspection, submitting nine cellular antenna permit applications filed for the following addresses: 1101-1123 Fillmore Street, 1501 Franklin Street, 275 Olympia Way, 1470 Pine Street, 1475 Polk Street, 432-462 Powell Street, 965 Sutter Street, 737-759 3rd Street, 387 19th Street. (Reference No. 20000203-002) Copy: Supervisor Yee(2)

From Department of Public Works, submitting notice that appellants’ signatures with respect to 20 Woodside Avenue represent owners of more than 20% of the area involved and are therefore sufficient for appeal. File 020520(3)

From Office of the Controller, Audits Division, submitting report regarding third review of agreement Public Utilities Commission has with the San Francisco Water Alliance to procure program management and construction management services in support of the Public Utilities Commission water, power, and sewer capital improvement program.File 012159(4)

From Immigrant Rights Commission, submitting Resolution No. IRC-040802a, which supports the Asian Pacific Islander Family Hotline.(5)

From Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector, submitting quarterly report for the Bureau of Delinquent Revenue for the period January 1, 2002 through March 31, 2002. (6)

From Public Utilities Commission, submitting Declaration of Emergency to repair damages to the Moccasin Camp Electrical System. Copy: Each Supervisor(7)

From Office of the Mayor, regarding issuance of City and County of San Francisco General Obligation Refunding Bonds (not to exceed $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount) to refinance, at lower interest rates, any outstanding general obligation bonds which produce savings of at least 3% on a net present value basis. Copy: Supervisors Ammiano, Peskin(8)

From various City Departments, regarding the use of Special Assistant positions. Copy: Supervisor Daly(9)
Muni (Reference No. 20020304-025)
Recreation and Park Commission (Reference No. 20020304-054)
Department of Public Health (Reference No. 20020304-061)
Sheriff (Reference No. 20020304-010)
Department of Telecommunications and Information Services (Reference No. 20020304-043)

From Department of Administrative Services, regarding the Annual Fundraising Drive for fiscal year 2002/03. File 020241,Copy: Finance Committee members(10)

From Marina Civic Improvement and Property Owners Association, Inc., regarding the Marina Yacht Harbor Plan and Marina Boulevard and Fair’s Seawalls. Copy: Each Supervisor(11)

From Office of the Controller, submitting a cost analysis of an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Municipal Executives Association for the period of July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003. File 020534(12)





From Department of Consumer Assurance, submitting a summary of major changes from the prior year’s budget instructions (i.e. major policy reorientation’s or intradepartmental reorganization).(13)

From Public Utilities Commission, submitting revised summary of new initiatives included in fiscal year 2002/03 budget, including mandatory fringe benefits, as well as the most recent salary standardization increases provided by the Controller’s Office.(14)

From Public Library Commission, regarding proposed ordinance calling for the creation of an 11-member Library Citizens Advisory Committee to the Board of Supervisors. File 020585, Copy: Supervisor Yee (15)

From Michelle Welch, submitting snapshot of recycling truck (operated by Golden Gate/Sunset Company) employee trying to put more stuff in a full truck with the potential for stuff to fall off once the truck is in motion.(16)

From Department of Public Works, regarding request for a report on Graffiti abatement statistics. (Reference No. 20020225-009) Copy: Supervisor Newsom(17)

From Planning Department, submitting notice of the availability of the environmental review document concerning the proposed project at 965 Geneva Avenue. (18)

From Mayor’s Office of Housing, regarding posting vacancy rates for single rooms in hotels on the Internet. (Reference No. 20020219-008) Copy: Supervisor Newsom (19)

From Senate Rules Committee, submitting appointment of Clint Eastwood of Carmel and Robert Shriver of Santa Monica as members to the State Park and Recreation Commission, for terms ending January 15, 2004.(20)

From Jackie Wright, submitting news release and other data regarding the San Francisco Unified School District enrollment status. Copy: Each Supervisor(21)

From Redevelopment Agency, commenting on letter from the Tenants Association regarding their concerns about the implementation of the Below Market Rate Program at Rincon Towers. Copy: Each Supervisor(22)

From Alaska Yamada, requesting information regarding security deposits for tenants in residential buildings. Copy: Each Supervisor, Joe Grubb, Rent Board (23)

From Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, submitting
Summary of proposed budget for fiscal year 2002/03. Copy: Supervisor Maxwell(24)

From Greg Gabby, regarding the new statue on Nob Hill.(25)

From Port, submitting budget report for the Third Quarter of fiscal year 2001/02. Copy: Each Supervisor(26)

From Office of the Sheriff, submitting budget report for the Third Quarter of fiscal year 2001/02. Copy: Each Supervisor(27)

From Muni, submitting budget report for the Third Quarter of fiscal year 2001/02. Copy: Each Supervisor(28)

From Office of the Controller, submitting "A Guide to San Francisco’s Budget Process" in Chinese and Spanish. Copy: Each Supervisor(29)

From Muni, submitting copy of "the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Leverage Lease Financing" report from Municipal Transportation Agency staff; including substitute page for the Equity Collateral Security Agreement and substitute page for the Custody Agreement.File 02-0410, 2 documents(30)

From Corinne de Ciofalo-Guell, commenting on illegally parked cars at the corner of Noe and 14th Streets.(31)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for the "Home Ownership Program for Everyone" (HOPE).File 020489,7 letters(32)

From Raymond Cote, regarding the issuance of parking tickets by the Department of Parking and Traffic employees in San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor(33)

From Dan Montoro, commenting on Supervisor Sandoval’s appearance on the Bill O’Reilly Show on April 12, 2002.(34)

From Charles Minster, regarding termination of some Presidio Trust employees.(35)

From Elena Fiallo, encouraging everyone to become educated about the dynamics of Same Sex Domestic Violence.(36)

From Recreation and Park Department, regarding the use of public relations personnel. (Reference No. 20020128-057) Copy: Supervisor McGoldrick, Budget Analyst(37)

From Real Alternatives Program, submitting opposition to proposed resolution approving an amendment to San Francisco’s CalWORKs County Plan to allow the Department of Human Services to directly provide Cal-Learn case management services to pregnant and parenting teens receiving "Temporary Aid to Needy Families" in San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor (38)

From San Francisco Tenants Union, submitting support for proposed legislation to stop the use of eviction threats and the use of related "waivers of rights" as a way for unscrupulous landlords to evict tenants and re-rent apartments at higher rents.(39)

From Gray Panthers of San Francisco, submitting copy of letter sent to Department of Public Health regarding the Department’s ability to provide the medicines that Medicaid patients, the neediest among us, need for their health.(40)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, submitting budget report for Second Quarter ending March 31, 2002. Copy: Each Supervisor(41)

From Joyce Dinslage, submitting opposition to amending the current dog leash law.(42)

From State Department of Child Support Services, regarding funding for health insurance incentive payments in fiscal year 2002/03.(43)

From Historic Archives, submitting press release announcing the "Nativity Bell Ringing Memorial" on April 18, 2002 at 12 noon. (44)

From Ernst Brehmer, regarding future sports facility planning in San Francisco.(45)

From Ed Ludeman, submitting support for continued funding of the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (N.E.R.T.)-training program in next year’s budget. Copy: Each Supervisor(46)

From Bryan Smith, submitting opposition to the Fire/Police Department making parking on Gateview Avenue on Treasure Island illegal, without providing alternative parking to residents and guests there. Copy: Each Supervisor(47)

From Department of Public Health, submitting the 2002 State of the City Public Health report.(48)

From concerned citizens, requesting the Board hold new hearings on animal testing at UCSF and do everything in the Board’s power to compel ECSF to end Stephen Lisberger’s cruel and outdated experiments. Approximately 1000 letters and postcards(49)

From concerned citizens, submitting support for full funding of senior programs in the Department of Aging and Adult Services budget. 6 postcards(50)

From various signators, submitting Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests:
Michael Farrah, Jr.(51)

From Office of the Controller, Audits Division, submitting report concerning the audit of the SFO Forecast Inc., doing business as Cioppino’s, for the period from October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2001.(52)

From Department on the Status of Women, submitting Summary of proposed budget for fiscal year 2002/03. Copy: Budget Committee(53)

From Japantown Task Force, Inc., regarding Japantown’s 35th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival.(54)

From Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, regarding City-owned properties in which the tenants are in arrears. (Reference No. 20020204-072) Copy: Supervisor McGoldrick, Budget Analyst(55)

From David Tornheim on behalf of Central City Progressives, regarding request from Albertson’s Grocery Store for a liquor license at 1750 Fulton Street.(56)

From Department of Elections, submitting information regarding budget submission. Copy: Budget Committee(57)

From Public Library, submitting Summary of proposed budget for fiscal year 2002/03. Copy: Budget Committee(58)

From Recreation and Park Department, submitting Summary of proposed budget for fiscal year 2002/03. Copy: Budget Committee(59)

From Erik Wong, regarding a new line of ethnically offensive t-shirts now being sold by retailer Abercrombie & Fitch. Copy: Each Supervisor(60)

From Barbara Wyeth, submitting support to overturn the Mayor’s veto imposing interim zoning requiring conditional use authorization for large retail uses. File 011798, Copy: Each Supervisor(61)

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: 1) persons in the audience to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other persons testifying; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices, (Violators may be removed from the meeting room.) 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; and 4)standing in the Legislative Chamber.
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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Requests for language translation at a meeting must be received no later than noon the Friday before the meeting. Contact Ohn Myint at (415) 554-7704.
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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: #47 Van Ness, 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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In order 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.

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 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 Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-5784 or by email at Donna.Hall@sfgov.org
Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm

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