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October 21, 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
Monday, October 21, 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

  APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
 
Motion to approve the September 23, 2002 Meeting Minutes.
 

  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 5

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

1. 021521 [Accept and expend state grant funds for FY 02-03 totaling $80,000 for the Glen Park BART Station Area Plan Project in San Francisco.] Supervisor Leno
Resolution authorizing the Director of the Planning Department to accept and expend State Highway Account Community-Based Transportation Planning funds totaling $80,000 with required local matching funds totaling $20,000 for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Glen Park Station Area Plan Project in the City and County of San Francisco.
 
 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

2. 021601 [Authorizing Planning Director to accept and expend a $15,000 grant from BART] Supervisor Leno
Resolution authorizing the Director of the Planning Department to accept and expend funds totaling $15,000 from the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) for the Glen Park BART Station Area Plan Project in the City and County of San Francisco.
 
(No Public Benefit Recipient.)

 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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

3. 021459 [Amend Police Code Sections 1060.28 and 1070.27] Supervisors Leno, Daly
Ordinance amending San Francisco Police Code Section 1060.28 and 1070.27 to require places of entertainment and after hours premises with a dance floor and a capacity of 500 persons or more to provide or sell at a reasonable cost earplugs to patrons.
 
10/15/2002, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
 
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

4. 021460 [Amend Police Code Sections 1060.5 and 1070.5] Supervisors Leno, Daly
Ordinance amending San Francisco Police Code Section 1060.5 and 1070.5 to require 30 days notice of permit application for place of entertainment and after hours premises.
 
10/15/2002, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
 
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

5. 021461 [Amend Police Code Section 1024] Supervisors Leno, Daly
Ordinance amending Section 1024 of the San Francisco Police Code to remove references to "moral character" of applicant and to allow Chief of Police to consider criminal and permit history of applicant in determining whether to grant or deny application.
 
10/15/2002, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
 
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

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

  REGULAR AGENDA

  UNFINISHED BUSINESS

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

6. 020155 [Building and Planning Code Amendment] Supervisors Yee, Sandoval, Leno
Ordinance amending San Francisco Building Code by adding Sections 104.6 through 104.6.3 and amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding Section 306.10 to require publication of a cover sheet with neighborhood notices advising how to request information about the notices in multiple languages and making findings.
 
10/7/2002, CONTINUED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Peskin requested that this item be continued to October 15, 2002.
10/15/2002, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Leno requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
 
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

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

7. 021609 [Planning Commission - Alternative Review Process] Supervisors Peskin, McGoldrick
Reenactment of emergency ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 306, and amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 2A.53 and 31.04, to provide for an alternative process to Planning Commission review where the Planning Commission is unable to meet because a majority of its members has not been appointed; adopting declaration of emergency under Charter Section 2.107; and setting forth period of time within which this reenacted emergency ordinance shall be operative.
 
10/15/2002, CONTINUED. Supervisor Peskin moved an amendment of the whole bearing same title. Continued to October 21, 2002 with pending amendment of the whole. Supervisor McGoldrick requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
 
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

  NEW BUSINESS

  Recommendations of the Finance Committee
 
Present: Supervisors Peskin, Daly
 

8. 021236 [Amending Section 110 of the San Francisco Building Code To Increase Fees For Services]  
Ordinance amending Section 110 of the San Francisco Building Code to increase fees for Department of Building Inspection services. (Building Inspection Department)
 
 
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

9. 021580 [Accept and expend a gift of $29,259 from the Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library]  
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Library to accept and expend a gift in the amount of $29,259 from the Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library to support public programming and outreach at Branch Libraries and to continue production of a monthly newsletter to promote programs, services and special events offered by the Public Library. (Public Library)
 
(No Public Benefit Recipient.)

 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

  From Finance Committee Without Recommendation
       
 
Present: Supervisors Peskin, Daly
 

10. 021668 [Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Real Property Located at 190 9th Street, San Francisco]  
Resolution authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of an Agreement of Purchase and Sale for Real Estate (along with all exhibits and schedules, the "Purchase Agreement"), between the City and County of San Francisco (the "City"), and Ninth and Howard LLC, a California limited liability company (the "Seller"), (including certain indemnities contained therein), for the purchase of real property and improvements located at 190 9th Street, San Francisco, for use as the Support Services Center of the San Francisco Public Library; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and adopting findings that the conveyance is consistent with the City’s General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; placing $250,000 on reserve. (Real Estate Department)
 
(Public Benefit Recipient.)

 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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

11. 020493 [Front Yard Paving] Supervisors Sandoval, Daly
Ordinance amending Sections 132 and 136 of the Planning Code to require that twenty percent of required setback areas remain unpaved and devoted to plant material, and to prohibit parking from obstructing required setbacks, and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of the Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.
 
(Planning Commission Resolution #16450 adopted 6/27/02 recommending approval; Certificate of Exemption/Exclusion from Environmental Review dated 6/19/02)

 
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

12. 021572 [Accept - Expend Federal Grant] Mayor
Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,609,555 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, to administer the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program. (Mayor)
 
(Public Benefit Recipient.)

 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

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

13. 021098 [Requiring Minimum Square Footage for Off-site Units and Clarifying Unit Requirements in Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program] Supervisors McGoldrick, Leno
Ordinance amending Planning Code Section 315.5 to provide that off-site units produced to meet the City’s Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program shall be of a similar square footage to the units produced in the principle project; amending Sections 315.4 and 315.5 to change the method of calculating the requirement for number of units produced under the Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program to more closely reflect the percentages stated in the text of the Ordinance.
 
(Revised General Rule Exclusion dated 8/9/02)

 
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

  SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M.

14. 021763 [City Message]  
Mayor’s Annual State of the City Message. (Mayor)
 
Action: _____________________________________________
 

15. 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.

16. 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

  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.

17. 021743 [Legislative Analyst Request] Supervisor Sandoval
Motion asking the Legislative Analyst to conduct a survey of all city departments to: (1) determine their use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS); (2) determine whether the Board of Supervisors, city departments, and the public has access to or could have access to such GIS systems; (3) research the possible linkage of all such systems.
 
 
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?


  CLOSED SESSION

  CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY - Anticipated Litigation as Plaintiff or Defendant

18. 021747 [Anticipated Litigation - Construction-Related Disputes]  
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 anticipated litigation (City anticipated to be a plaintiff or defendant) which may occur regarding potential construction-related disputes.

This closed session would be permitted by Government Code Section 54956.9(b) (1)and 54956.9(c), and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d) (2). (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 19 through 30

 
19. 021730 [Nature by Design Environmental Trade Show] Supervisor Yee
Resolution inviting San Francisco and Bay Area residents to attend the Nature by Design Environmental Trade Show at City Hall from 10 AM to 3 PM on Sunday, October 27, 2002.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

20. 021731 [Prohibit City employees from using cell phone while driving city vehicles] Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution urging Mayor Brown to make the prohibition of cell phone use while driving city vehicles a top priority in the coming negotiations between the City and various organizations representing City employees.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

21. 021732 [Extend Potrero Power Plant Citizens Advisory Task Force] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution extending the Potrero Power Plant Citizens Advisory Task Force timeline to November 1, 2003, and expanding its composition.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

22. 021733 [Urge DPT Expand Page Street Mini-Circle from Scott to Fillmore] Supervisor Gonzalez
Resolution urging the Department of Parking and Traffic to pursue, wherever possible, funding for the purpose of expanding the Page Street Mini-Circle project from Scott Street to Fillmore Street.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

23. 021734 [Commend President Jimmy Carter] Supervisors McGoldrick, Leno
Resolution commending former President Jimmy Carter for receiving the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

24. 021735 [Commend Family Violence Prevention Fund, La Casa de las Madres, and Asian Women’s Shelter] Supervisor Sandoval
Resolution commending the Family Violence Prevention Fund, La Casa de las Madres, and Asian Women’s Shelter for their efforts to end domestic violence in honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

25. 021736 [Commend organizers of San Francisco Tenant Leadership Summit] Supervisor Daly
Resolution commending the organizers of the San Francisco Tenant Leadership Summit for bringing together community members and organizations to address the major issues affecting San Francisco’s tenant community.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

26. 021746 [Ford Motor Company - Th!nk electric cars] Supervisors Newsom, Daly, Gonzalez
Resolution urging the Ford Motor Company to fulfill its obligations to the letter of the law and the spirit of the California Air Resources Board Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate and to explore every avenue available to ensure the continued production of Th!nk City electric vehicles so that they may continue to be offered for sale in San Francisco.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

27. 021739 [Rescind M02-169 - Approving Mayor’s Nomination, Michael Antonini to Planning Commission] Supervisors Gonzalez, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval
Motion rescinding Motion No. M02-169 of the Board of Supervisors (approved on October 7, 2002), which approved the Mayor’s nomination of Michael Antonini to Seat No. 4 of the Planning Commission, term to be determined by lot.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

28. 021740 [Rescind M02-170 - Approving Mayor’s Nomination, Shelley Bradford Bell to Planning Commission] Supervisors Gonzalez, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval
Motion rescinding Motion No. M02-170 of the Board of Supervisors (approved on October 7, 2002), which approved the Mayor’s nomination of Shelley Bradford Bell to Seat No. 5 of the Planning Commission, term to be determined by lot.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

29. 021741 [Rescind M02-171 - Approving Mayor’s Nomination, Edgar Boyd to Planning Commission] Supervisors Gonzalez, McGoldrick, Peskin, Sandoval
Motion rescinding Motion No. M02-171 of the Board of Supervisors (approved on October 7, 2002), which approved the Mayor’s nomination of Edgar Boyd to Seat No. 6 of the Planning Commission, term to be determined by lot.
 
10/15/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

30. 021719 [Final Map for a 5 Unit Residential Condominium Project]  
Motion approving Final Map of 1191 - 1193 Noe Street and 4094 - 4096 - 4098 25th Street, A Residential Condominium Project, being a subdivision of Lot 26 in Assessor’s Block No. 6537, and adopting findings pursuant to City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
 
(No Public Benefit Recipient; DPW Order No. 173,759; District 8.)

10/10/2002, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
 
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

31. 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 RESOLUTIONS
 
Proposed resolutions received from October 8, 2002 to October 15, 2002, for reference by President to appropriate committee on October 21, 2002.
 

  021713 [Preventive oral health care among various ethnic/racial caregivers of children in San Francisco between 1 and 5 years of age]  
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to enter retroactively into an agreement in the amount of $129,938 with The Regents of the University of California (UCR), the primary contractor, to understand ethnic/racial cultural differences related to children’s oral health, under the second year of an award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); for the period of August 1, 2002, to July 31, 2003. (Public Health Department)
 
(Public Benefit Recipient.)

10/18/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Health and Human Services Committee.

  021714 [Settlement of Claim - Nancy Cowhig]  
Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Nancy Cowhig against San Francisco for $60,000; claim was filed on December 12, 2001. (City Attorney)
 
(Public Benefit Recipient.)

10/9/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules and Audits Committee.

  021715 [Lease of Real Property]  
Resolution authorizing a new lease of real property at 1305 and 1309 Evans Avenue on behalf of the Department of Public Health, Children’s System of Care and Family Mosaic. (Real Estate Department)
 
(Public Benefit Recipient; District 10.)

10/9/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee.

  021716 [Airport $3.5 Million Federal Grant]  
Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to accept and expend grant funds in the amount of$3,503,877.00 from the U. S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration for the purpose of reimbursing airports for extraordinary operating costs incurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001 as authorized by the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001. (Airport Commission)
 
(Public Benefit Recipient.)

10/9/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee.

  021717 [Parking Regulations, Various Locations]  
Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (TWO-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 5 PM,
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Waller Street, both sides, between Belvedere and Cole Streets.

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "Z" (TWO-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
3301-3303 Mission Street, between Fair and Virginia Avenues (adds specified addresses only).

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 9 AM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND
TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 6 AM TO 10 AM AND 3 PM TO 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH
Ulloa Street, north side, between Lenox Way and Wawona Street.

UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING, 10 AM to 4 PM, MONDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY - ESTABLISH
Geary Street, north side, from 59.5 feet to 77 feet east of Larkin Street, in front of 886 Geary Street (17.5-foot zone, accommodating five motorcycle spaces).

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND
Natick Street, east side, from 126 feet to 135 feet south of Chenery Street (nine-foot portion of existing zone).

TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
St. Charles Avenue, east side, between the County line and Niantic Avenue;
St. Charles Avenue, west side, between BART parking lot entrance (approximately 82 feet south of Niantic Avenue) and the County line;
Tennessee Street, east side, from 70 feet to 160 feet north of Cesar Chavez Street (90-foot zone); and
Ashbury Street, west side, from Downey Street to 15 feet northerly.

TOW-AWAY LANE MUST TURN RIGHT - RESCIND
6th Street, northbound at Bryant Street.

ONE HOUR PARKING, NOVEMBER TO MARCH, 9 AM - 6 PM, EXCEPT SUNDAY/APRIL TO OCTOBER, 9 AM - 10 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND 9 AM - 6 PM, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY - RESCIND
PARKING METER AREA NO. 3 (ONE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - EXTEND

2nd Street, east side, between King and Townsend Streets.

PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
Wisconsin Street, west side, from 124 feet north of 23rd Street to Madera Street;
Minnesota Street, east side, from 18th Street to 200 feet southerly;
Minnesota Street, west side, from 19th to 20th Streets; and,
19th Street, north side, from Minnesota Street to 95 feet easterly.

ANGLED (60-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
Missouri Street, east side, from 23 feet to 134 feet north of Cesar Chavez Street.

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH
16th Street, south side, from 247 feet to 293 feet west of Potrero Avenue (46 foot zone).



Note: The Tow-Away restriction is being established to accommodate a DPW proposal to widen the sidewalk and install an automatic public toilet.

UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH
Taylor Street, west side, from 70 feet to 94 feet north of Clay Street (accommodating seven motorcycle spaces).

PARKING METER AREA NO. 3 (1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH
Stillman Street, north side, between 3rd and 4th Streets.

Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street. (Parking and Traffic Department)
 
(DPT Order No. 2508.)

10/9/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Commerce Committee.

  021126 [Third Amendment to Lease of SFPUC Property for Operation of a Gravel Quarry]  
Resolution authorizing a Third Amendment to Lease of Public Utilities Commission Land between the City and County of San Francisco and Santa Clara Sand and Gravel, in Alameda County. (Public Utilities Commission)
 
6/18/2002, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance Committee.
10/10/2002, SUBSTITUTED. Public Utilities Commission submitted a substitute resolution bearing same title.
10/10/2002, ASSIGNED to Finance Committee.

  021768 [Petitions and Communications]  
Petitions and Communications received from October 10, 2002 through noon on October 16, 2002 for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on October 21, 2002.

From Michael Ho, submitting letters regarding his opinions on the Civil Service Commission. 2 Letters (1)

From Gary A. Tashman, regarding the increase in Gate Cap and meter fees.(2)

From Emergency Communications Department, reporting that the department does not incurred any spending on required public noticing costs for newspaper advertising in FY 02-03. (Reference No. 20020930-070) Copy: Supervisor McGoldrick(3)

From Civil Service Commission, reporting that the department has no requirement on public noticing for newspaper advertising and therefore has no expenses/costs for newspaper advertising. (Reference No. 20020930-019) Copy: Supervisor McGoldrick(4)

From Mayor’s Office of Housing, responding to Supervisor Daly’s inquiry on the proposed Folsom/Dore Project at 1364 Folsom Street and 75 Dore Street. (Reference No. 20020919-001) Copy: Supervisor Daly(5)

From Media Advisory, regarding SFUSD Lawton Elementary School receiving a $15,000 donation from Kaiser Permanente.(6)

From Jude Koski, submitting an update on the process for the land acquisition of the Page Street Garden.(7)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, reporting on how the department investigates citizens’ complaints of Parking Control Officers and what the department does to oversight process of these officers. (Reference No. 20020917-004) Copy: Supervisor Hall(8)

From Miraloma Park Improvement Club, opposing the governing dogs in city parks policy sponsored by Supervisor Yee. Copy: Supervisor Yee(9)

From various City departments and other agencies, submitting Conflict of Interest Code Review Reports.(10)

From Gary A. Tashman, regarding his unpleasant experience with the San Francisco Water Department. 2 letters (11)

From James N. Cook, regarding landlord payment of interest on residential tenant security deposits.(12)

From Department of Consumer Assurance, reporting that the department has spent $259.55 for required public noticing costs to date in 2002. (Reference No. 20020930-048)(13)

From Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, submitting seven applications for Alcoholic Beverage Licenses. (14)

From PG&E, submitting a signed original of Gtrans LLC’s franchise proposal.(15)

From Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector, submitting quarterly report for the period June 1, 2002 through September 30, 2002.(16)

From Jackie Wright, submitting press release regarding Thurgood Marshall High School. 4 letters(17)

From Marylean Collins, concerning homeless people in the downtown area.(18)

From Carmen Estrada, urging the Board to enact a new Emergency Ordinance allowing the new Board of Appeals to begin hearing permit appeals and to continue the appointment of Gerald Green as Planning Commissioner in the absence of a Planning Commission.(19)

From concerned citizens, urging the Board to consider the possibility of additional oversight of the animal testing labs in UCSF. 2 letters (20)

From Ethics Commission, reporting that the department does not spend funds on required public noticing costs for newspaper advertising. (Reference No. 20020930-026)(21)

From California Lawyers for the Arts, submitting Quarterly Summary of Activity: Emergency Property Related Subsidy Program for Non-Profit Arts Organizations.(22)

From Port of San Francisco, submitting Budget Report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2002-2003.(23)

From Lawrence Lee, submitting Notice to Board of Supervisors of Appeal from action of the City Planning Commission.(24)

From Public Defender Office, submitting a Waiver Request form.(25)

From Bill Brennan, regarding his concern towards homeless people in San Francisco.(26)

From Senate Rules Committee, announcing that Governor Davis has appointed John L. Geesman of Orinda to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(27)

From Lois Roberts, commenting on the war in Iraq resolution.(28)

From Bob Fraysse, urging members of the Board of Supervisors to support Supervisor Peskin’s 2012 Olympic Bid Resolution at the Board of Supervisors meeting on October 15, 2002.(29)

From MUNI, submitting a draft version of an Amendment to MUNI’s 2002-2021 Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP).(30)

From Planning Department, regarding certification of the revised Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the San Francisco Cruise Terminal Mixed-Use Project and Brannan Street Wharf Project.(31)

From various City departments and other agencies, submitting Conflict of Interest Code Review Reports (Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code, Article III, Chapter 1).(32)

From concerned citizens, concerning the pollution created from the Kokkari restaurant. 2 letters (33)

From Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, reporting the spending on required public noticing costs for newspaper advertising for fiscal years 2001-02 and fiscal year 2002-03. (Reference No. 20020930-075) Copy: Supervisor McGoldrick(34)

From concerned citizens, requesting the Board of Supervisors hold new hearings on animal testing at UCSF and do everything in the Board’s power to compel UCSF to end Setphen Lisberger’s cruel and outdated experiments. 8 letters(35)

From concerned citizens, submitting comments and newspaper articles regarding various city, state and federal issues.(36)


From U.S. Department of Transportation, notifying that a proposal, dated September 20, 2002, has been received from the Port of San Francisco by the Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District, for approval of bridge clearances necessary to meet the reasonable, existing and prospective future navigational needs on a navigable waterway of the United States. (37)

From Department of Public Health, submitting Quarterly AIDS Surveillance Report.(38)

From San Francisco International Airport, reporting the spending on required public noticing costs for newspaper advertising for fiscal years 2001-02 and fiscal year 2002-03. (Reference No. 20020930-018) Copy: Supervisor McGoldrick(39)

From Animal Care and Control Department, reporting that the department does not incur any newspaper advertising costs on required public notice. (Reference No. 20020930-049) Copy: Supervisor McGoldrick(40)

From Department of Parking and Traffic, reporting on an inquiry made by Supervisor Hall regarding the intersection of Claremont Boulevard and Portola Drive in the city. (Reference No. 20020917-005) Copy: Supervisor Hall(41)

From David Wallace, submitting support for the San Francisco Motorcycle and Scooter Coalition.(42)

From Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, reporting on the amounts the department has expended for newspaper advertising in the last three years. (Reference No. 20020930-074) Copy: Supervisor McGoldrick(43)
 

  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.
THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK.
Board meetings are cablecast on SF Cable 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 language translation at a meeting must be received no later than noon the Friday before the meeting. Contact Ohn Myint at (415) 554-7704.
AVISO EN ESPA¥OL: La solicitud para un traductor en una reunion debe recibirse antes de mediodia de el viernes anterior a la reunion. Llame a Erasmo Vazquez (415) 554-4909.

Translation: request at least 48 hours before the meeting. Please call: (415) 554-7701

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.
All meetings are real-time captioned and are cablecast on SF Cable 26.
The following services are available when requests are made by 4:00 p.m. of the Friday before the Board meeting. Providing 48 hours’ notice will help to ensure availability.
For American Sign Language interpreters, use of a reader during a meeting, or sound enhancement system, contact Ohn Myint at (415) 554-7704.The Clerk of the Board’s Office TTY number is (415) 554-5227.
For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats, contact Annette Lonich at (415) 554-7706.
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/sunshine.htm

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code Sec. 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; web site www.sfgov.org/ethics

 

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