Board of Supervisors : April 24, 2007

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
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
2:00 PM

Regular Meeting

AARON PESKIN, PRESIDENT
MICHELA ALIOTO-PIER, TOM AMMIANO, CHRIS DALY,
BEVAN DUFTY, SEAN ELSBERND, ED JEW, SOPHIE MAXWELL,
JAKE McGOLDRICK, ROSS MIRKARIMI, GERARDO SANDOVAL

Kay Gulbengay, Interim 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.

	SPECIAL ORDER 2:00 P.M. - Mayor's Appearance Before The Board


	(This item will be read at the third regularly scheduled Board meeting of every month) The following is a time dedicated for the Mayor to discuss with the Board of Supervisors issues pertaining to the governance of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board of Supervisors offers this time for dialogue on the third regularly scheduled Board meeting of every month pursuant to the will of the voters as expressed in Proposition I in November of 2006. Should the Mayor fail to appear after five minutes of the item being called, the Clerk shall remove the item from the Board's agenda, and the item shall not be considered by the Board. Should the Mayor appear and the Board therefore consider this item, public comment for this item will take place during public comment.

	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 12

	Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee
		Present: Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Dufty, Mirkarimi, Sandoval

1.	061535	[Planning Code - Adjustment to fee programs]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending San Francisco Planning Code Sections 351 and 355 to adjust fees for Planning Department services; and making environmental findings.


		4/17/2007, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

2.	070264	[Payment of Fixed Pedestal Permit Fees For Space In Fixed Pedestal Newsracks]	Supervisor Dufty
		Ordinance amending Public Works Code Section 184.12(e) to allow applicants for fixed pedestal permit to pay fixed pedestal permit fees within ten business days after the Director's allocation of space in a fixed pedestal newsrack.


		4/17/2007, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

3.	070316	[Requiring Board of Supervisors approval of spending plans for specified Proposition 1B funds]	Supervisors Sandoval, Ammiano, Daly, Jew, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 10.170-1 to require departments to develop spending plans for the use of any funds received by the City and County under California Government Code Section 8879.23(l), the Local Streets and Road Improvement, Congestion Relief and Traffic Safety Account of 2006, to require departments to obtain approval by the Board of Supervisors of these spending plans prior to appropriation of the funds, to report back to the Board of Supervisors at six-month intervals following appropriation of the funds, and requiring the Controller to conduct an audit of the funds on a biannual basis.


		4/17/2007, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

	Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
		Present: Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Jew

4.	070243	[Traffic Regulations]
		Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. TRANSIT LANE, 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY- ESTABLISH Clay Street, south side, between Davis and Drumm Streets (Parking and Traffic Department)

		(2/22/07: 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; DPT Order No. 3317.)

		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

5.	070244	[Parking Regulations]
		Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH 2971 21st Street, south side, between the driveways for #2965 - and #2971- 21st Street (establishes three motorcycle parking spaces); and, Octavia Boulevard, east side, from Linden Street to 14 feet northerly (accommodating 4 motorcycle parking spaces) TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 3 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 3 PM TO 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Pine Street, south side, from Polk Street to Larkin Street. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 7 PM EVERYDAY- RESCIND TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Clay Street, south side, from Stockton Street to 84 feet westerly. TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 6 AM TO 6 PM EVERYDAY - RESCIND TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 7 PM, EVERYDAY - ESTABLISH Sacramento Street, north side, between Powell and Mason Streets TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND Clay Street, north side, between Davis and Drumm Streets NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Clay Street, north side, between Davis Street and 18 feet easterly RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "X" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Pennsylvania Avenue, west side, from 20th Street to 127 feet north of 22nd Street (500 and 600 blocks up and including address #672) (legislating existing conditions) (Parking and Traffic Department)

		(2/22/07: 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; DPT Order No. 3317.)

		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

6.	070312	[Accept-Expend Federal and State Grants - Municipal Transportation Agency]	Supervisor Jew
		Resolution authorizing the Director of Transportation or his designee to accept and expend a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration/California Office of Traffic Safety grant in the amount of $496,885 for a School Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Project.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

7.	070324	[Gift of Equipment to Fire Department]
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Fire Department to accept a gift of a custom firefighter air system to be installed within the Folsom Street training tower valued at $15,000 from Rescue Air Systems for training, emergency preparedness, high rise safety, and related purposes. (Fire Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

8.	070307	[Grant for California Pandemic Influenza Preparedness funds]	Supervisor Dufty
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Section to accept and expend retroactively a new grant in the amount of $133,662, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), to fund pandemic influenza emergency preparedness activities and to enter into an agreement with the CDHS for the use of these funds; for the period of August 31, 2006 through August 30, 2007.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

9.	070395	[Contract funds to support participation in an international HIV/AIDS study]
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) - AIDS Office, to enter into an agreement with Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI) and to retroactively accept and expend funds in the amount of $12,192 for a project entitled Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study - II (REDS-II) - International; for the period of January 1, 2007 through April 30, 2007. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

10.	070348	[Accept-Expend Federal Grant - SF Department of the Environment]	Mayor, Supervisor Dufty
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $24,365 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency Collaborative Diesel Emission Reduction Program through City College of San Francisco to conduct public outreach and develop training materials to promote "renewable" biodiesel fuel use in San Francisco.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
		Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval, McGoldrick

11.	070039	[Planning Code-Amending Article 11 Designation of 583-587 Howard Street]
		Ordinance amending the designation of 583-587 Howard Street from "Unrated-Category V" to "Contributory-Category III" under Planning Code Article 11; and adopting General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and environmental findings. (Planning Commission)


		4/17/2007, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

12.	070045	[Planning Code-Amending Article 11 Designation of 625-631 Pine Street and 635-659 Pine Street]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending the designation of 625-631 Pine Street from "Unrated-Category V" to "Significant-Category I" under Planning Code Article 11; amending the designation of 635-659 Pine Street from "Unrated-Category V" to "Significant-Category I" under Planning Code Article 11; and adopting General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and environmental findings. (Planning Commission)


		4/17/2007, 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

	Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
		Present: Supervisors Maxwell, Sandoval, McGoldrick

13.	061529	[Residential Inclusionary Affordable Housing Requirements]	Supervisors McGoldrick, Maxwell
		Ordinance approving changes to the Residential Inclusionary Affordable Housing Requirements by amending Section 315 to clarify the regulations in effect for particular projects; amending Section 315.1 to modify certain definitions related to income and sale price calculation; amending Section 315.2 to update findings; amending Section 315.3 to conform the legislation to the requirement that the ordinance apply to all projects of 5 units or more; amending Sections 315.4 and 315.5 to establish separate requirements for buildings of 120 feet in height or greater, to clarify the requirements related to the type of on- and off-site housing required, and to establish a preference in the lottery for on- and off-site units for people who live and work in San Francisco; amending Section 315.6 to provide updated guidelines for the calculation of the in lieu fee and to allow MOH to expend funds for a study to periodically update the fee; amending Section 315.7 to change the amount of time an ownership unit shall remain affordable; amending Section 315.8 to amend certain monitoring and study obligations; making a related change to the Jobs-Housing Linkage Program by amending Section 313.6 to make annual adjustments in the in lieu fee for that program correspond to the method used for the Residential Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program; and making findings, including findings under the California Environmental Quality Act.

		11/14/06 -Economic Impact
		4/10/2007, CONTINUED. Continued to April 17, 2007.

		4/17/2007, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE.

		4/17/2007, PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

		Present: Supervsiors Maxwell, McGoldrick

14.	070269	[Closing specified streets in Golden Gate Park on Saturdays on a trial basis for six months beginning May 5, 2007]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance adding Section 6.13 to the San Francisco Park Code to prohibit motor vehicle traffic on Saturdays in Golden Gate Park on John F. Kennedy Drive between Transverse Drive and the western side of Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive and Stow Lake Drive between Stow Lake Drive East and John F. Kennedy Drive from May 26, 2007 until September 29, 2007; requesting development of improvement plan for Middle Drive West between Transverse Drive and Metson Road; requiring reports from the Recreation and Park Department pertaining to the Saturday road closures; and making environmental findings.


		4/17/2007, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

	Recommendation of the Public Safety Committee
		Present: Supervisors Mirkarimi, Maxwell, Dufty

15.	070271	[Police Staffing at the Airport and Deployment of Personnel to District Stations]	Supervisors Mirkarimi, Dufty, Ammiano
		Ordinance adding Section 2A.87 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to: require the Chief of Police and Airport Director to determine staffing needs at the Airport Bureau; require the Chief of Police to create a staffing plan to redeploy sworn Airport Bureau personnel under certain circumstances; and set reporting requirements.


		4/17/2007, PASSED ON FIRST READING. Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

NEW BUSINESS

	Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee

		Present: Supervisors Daly, Dufty, Mirkarimi

16.	070407	[Appropriating $28,050,000 of FY 2006-2007 General Fund Balance for Affordable Housing projects, Real Ownership Opportunities for Tenants, and housing services for Fiscal Year 2007-2008]	Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Mirkarimi, Dufty
		Ordinance appropriating $28,050,000 of General Fund Balance from Fiscal Year 2006-2007, including $20,000,000 to the Mayor's Office of Housing for the acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of affordable family housing, housing for seniors and persons with disabilities, and housing for persons, including but not limited to 18-24 year old youths exiting systems of care, who are currently homeless or who at risk of being homeless; $5,000,000 to the Mayor's Office of Housing for repairs and services at public housing developments; $2,500,000 for the Real Ownership Opportunities for Tenants project (ROOTS); $550,000 for the Mayor's Office of Community Development for the acquisition of a site for a Housing Services Collaborative in the Mission District/Dolores Park Area for Fiscal Year 2007-2008 and reserving the funds pending review of expenditure plans by the Finance Committee.

		(Fiscal Impact.)
		4/10/2007, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

17.	070371	[Appropriating $27,376,664 million Tobacco Settlement and Bond Revenue for the Laguna Honda Hospital Replacement Program to the Department of Public Health for Fiscal Year 2006-2007]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Ordinance appropriating $27,376,664 million, including $16,123,659 in Tobacco Settlement Revenue, $2,364,847 in Tobacco Settlement Revenue Interest Earnings, and $8,888,158 in Bond Proceeds to support Laguna Honda Hospital Replacement Program costs to the Department of Public Health for Fiscal Year 2006-2007.

		(Fiscal Impact.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

18.	070317	[Appropriating $10,549,123 of current project funding and fund balance to revise the Five-Year Capital Plan in the San Francisco International Airport for Fiscal Year 2006-2007]	Mayor
		Ordinance appropriating $10,549,123, including the de-appropriation of $8,547,251 in current project funding and appropriating $2,001,872 of Airport's contingency fund balance, for various San Francisco International Airport (SFIA) capital projects to reflect the updated SFIA Five-Year Capital Plan for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 through Fiscal Year 2008-2009.

		(Fiscal Impact.)

		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

19.	070408	[Public Employment - Administrative Services (ADM), Department of Public Health (DPH), Department of Public Works (DPW) and Emergency Communications Department (ECD)]	Mayor
		Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 203-06 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2006-2007) to reflect the proposed changes to Administrative Services (ADM), Department of Public Health (DPH), Department of Public Works (DPW) and Emergency Communications Department (ECD) staffing by decreasing total staffing by 7.00 FTEs.



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

20.	070349	[2007 Finance Corporation Equipment Program]	Mayor
		Resolution approving the form of and authorizing execution and delivery by the City and County of San Francisco of an equipment lease Supplement No. 14 (Series 2007A Bonds) between the City and County of San Francisco Finance Corporation, as lessor, and the City and County of San Francisco, as lessee, with respect to the equipment to be used for city purposes, a related certificate of approval and a continuing disclosure certificate; approving the issuance of lease revenue bonds by said nonprofit corporation in an amount not to exceed $13,100,000; approving the form of the official statement in preliminary and final form; providing for reimbursement to the City and County of San Francisco of certain city expenditures incurred prior to the issuance of lease revenue bonds; and providing for the execution of documents in connection therewith.

		(Fiscal Impact.)

		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
		Present: Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Jew

21.	070230	[Reducing the speed limit on Third Street between Kirkwood and Shafter Streets from 30 to 25 miles per hour and increasing the speed limit on Third Street between Jamestown Avenue and
		Ordinance amending Section 175.29 of the Traffic Code to lower the speed limit on Third Street between Kirkwood and Shafter Streets from 30 to 25 miles per hour, and establishing a 30 mile per hour speed limit on Third Street between Jamestown Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard.



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

22.	070306	[Landmark tree designation of Coast Live Oak at 20-28 Rosemont Terrace]	Supervisor Dufty
		Ordinance designating the Coast Live Oak at 20-28 Rosemont Terrace (Assessor's Block 3534, Lot 22) as a landmark tree, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation.



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

23.	070382	[Landmark tree designation of California buckeye at 730 28th Avenue]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance designating the California buckeye at 730 28th Avenue (Assessor's Block 1617, Lot 030) as a landmark tree, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation.



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

24.	070384	[Waiving fees for banners to be placed by the Mayor's Memorial Day Citizens Committee to publicize an event or events to commemorate Memorial Day 2007 in San Francisco]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance waiving banner fees under San Francisco Public Works Code Section 184.78 for up to 100 banners to be placed by the Mayor's Memorial Day Citizens Committee to publicize an event or events commemorating Memorial Day 2007 in San Francisco.



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

25.	070232	[STOP Intersections]
		Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Castenada and Magellan Avenues, stopping Magellan Avenue; Stillings, Detroit and Vista Verde, stopping Detroit Street and Vista Verde Court, making this uncontrolled intersection a two-way STOP; 19th Street and Caselli Avenue, stopping 19th Street, making this uncontrolled intersection a two-way STOP; Hermann and Webster Streets, stopping Hermann Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; 21st and Florida Streets, stopping 21st Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP.; Chestnut and Avila Street, stopping Avila Street; and, Mallorca and Chestnut Street, stopping Mallorca Street. (Parking and Traffic Department)

		(2/22/07: 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; DPT Order No. 3317.)

		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

	Recommendation of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
		Present: Supervisor Maxwell, McGoldrick

26.	070327	[Consent Calendar Procedures - Planning Commission]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance amending Planning Code Sections 316.2, 316.3, 316.4, 316.5, 316.6, 316.7 and 316.8 to conform the procedures for consideration of Planning Commission consent calendar items in the Neighborhood-Commercial and South of Market districts and for live-work units in RH and RM districts. (Planning Department)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

SPECIAL ORDER 3:30 P.M - Recognition of Commendations

27.	ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS


	Roll call for introduction of ordinances, resolutions, charter amendments, requests for hearings, letters of inquiry, letters of request to the City Attorney and Board Members' reports on their regional body activities.

28.	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

	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 29 through 44

29.	070510	[Small Business Week - May 5 to May 11, 2007]	Supervisors Elsbernd, Alioto-Pier
		Resolution proclaiming May 5, 2007 to May 11, 2007 Small Business Week in San Francisco.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

30.	070511	[Expanding household hazardous waste programs, and supporting AB 1109]	Supervisor Sandoval
		Resolution urging the Department of the Environment to increase the number of outlets in San Francisco that accept various types of household hazardous waste and universal waste, and urging San Francisco retailers, including the new Home Depot, to serve as drop off sites, and to support AB1109, which holds manufacturers responsible for the collection and recycling of these products at the end of their useful life.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

31.	070512	[Proclaiming May 1, 2007 as Immigrant Workers Day in San Francisco]	Supervisor Sandoval
		Resolution proclaiming May 1, 2007 as Immigrant Workers Day in San Francisco.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

32.	070513	[Urging the California State Legislature to repeal Section 1569-147 of the Health and Safety Code]	Supervisor Ammiano
		Resolution urging the California State Legislature to repeal Section 1569-147 of the Health and Safety Code to allow local governments to limit the annual rent increase imposed on occupied units of licensed residential care facilities for the elderly.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

33.	070514	[Grant to fund a project through Department of Public Health, HIV Epidemiology Section]	Supervisor Ammiano
		Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, AIDS Office (DPH-AIDS Office), to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $20,030 from the Medical School University of Zagreb, Croatia, for the Time Location Sampling Training Module; for the period of July 1, 2007, through October 31, 2007.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

34.	070515	[Supporting chemical testing and ingredient disclosure in cosmetic products, and endorsing SB 578]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Resolution urging San Francisco's State delegation to support efforts requiring testing and ingredient disclosure in cosmetic products, and to support SB 578, which requires manufacturers to disclose chemical ingredients in products as well as the health risks associated with these chemicals.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

35.	070516	[Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day - April 24, 2007]	Supervisor Peskin
		Resolution declaring April 24, 2007 as Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day in San Francisco.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

36.	070517	[Extending review time for landmark tree designation at 730 28th Avenue]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Resolution extending the landmark tree designation review period for a California buckeye at 730 28th Avenue (Assessor's Block 1617, Lot 030) for an additional 90 days in accordance with Public Works Code Section 810(d) and requesting other official acts in connection with this extension.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

37.	070518	[Accept-Expend Private Foundation Grant - District Attorney]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $25,000 through the Blue Shield of California Foundation, for a project entitled "Planning Grant for Comprehensive Services to Children Who Witness Violence for the period March 1, 2007 to December 1, 2007.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

38.	070519	[Plug-in hybrid pilot project]	Supervisor Daly
		Resolution urging the Department of the Environment to develop a pilot project to determine the viability of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in San Francisco, as part of the municipal vehicle fleet.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

39.	070520	[Extending Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force]	Supervisor Daly
		Resolution extending the life and operation of Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force.


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

40.	070413	[Final Map - 3165 Mission Sstreet]
		Motion approving Final Map 3428, an Eight Unit Mixed-Use Condominium Project, located at 3165 Mission Street being a merger and resubdivision of Lots 14 and 15 in Assessors Block No. 5518 and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan and City Planning Code Section 101.1 (Public Works Department)


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

41.	070521	[Final Map - 1160 Mission Street]
		Motion approving Final Map 3849, a 246 Unit Residential Mixed-Use Condominium Project, located at 1160 Mission Street being a subdivision of Lots 37, 38 and 56 in Assessors Block No. 3702 and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan and City Planning Code Section 101.1 (Public Works Department)


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

42.	070522	[Final Map - 490 Post Street]]
		Motion approving Final Map 3766, a 130 Unit Commercial Condominium Project, located at 490 Post Street being a subdivision of Lot 10 in Assessors Block No. 0296 and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan and City Planning Code Section 101.1 (Public Works Department)


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

43.	070523	[Final Map - 542 Brannan Street]
		Motion approving Final Map 2585, a 36 Unit Live-Work Condominium Project, located at 542 Brannan Street being a subdivision of Lot 72 in Assessors Block No. 3777 and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan and City Planning Code Section 101.1 (Public Works Department)


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

44.	070524	[Final Map - 530 Brannan Street]
		Motion approving Final Map 2592, a 32 Unit Live-Work Condominium Project, located at 530 Brannan Street being a subdivision of Lot 71 in Assessors Block No. 3777 and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan and City Planning Code Section 101.1 (Public Works Department)


		4/17/2007, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?

		Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:____________________________

45.	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.

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

	PROPOSED ORDINANCES

		Proposed ordinances received from April 10, 2007 through April 16, 2007, for reference by President to appropriate committe on April 24, 2007.

	070482	[Settlement of Lawsuit - Carl Montgomery]
		Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Carl Montgomery against the City and County of San Francisco for $30,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 24, 2004 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 434-032; entitled Carl Montgomery, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)


		4/11/2007, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

	070488	[Appropriating $2,345,549 for the Juvenile Hall Youth Guidance Center Replacement Project in the Department of Public Works for Fiscal Year 2006-2007]
		Ordinance appropriating $2,345,549, of which $1,077,589 is from Juvenile Hall Youth Guidance Center Replacement Project Certificates of Participation (COPs) interest earned, $847,960 is from the Reserve for Rainy Day - One-time Spending Account, and $420,000 is from a deappropriation of the Youth Guidance Center facilities maintenance project, to fund Juvenile Hall Youth Guidance Center Replacement Project construction costs in the Department of Public Works for Fiscal Year 2006-2007. (Public Works Department)


		4/16/2007, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

	PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
		Proposed resolutions received from April 10, 2007 through April 16, 2007, for reference by President to appropriate committe on April 24, 2007.

	070483	[Lease of Real Property at the southwest corner of 13th Street and South Van Ness Avenue]
		Resolution authorizing the lease of a parking lot, containing approximately 78,005 square feet, located at the southwest corner of 13th Street and South Van Ness Avenue. (Real Estate Department)


		4/11/2007, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

	PROPOSED MOTIONS
		None

	070525	[Petition and Communications]
		Petitions and Communications received from April 10, 2007 through April 16, 2007 for reference by the President to April 24, 2007. From Municipal Transportation Agency, regarding status on the feasibility of angled parking on the north-south streets intersecting Irving Street between 6th and 15th Avenues, and reducing the length of parallel parking spaces along Irving Street. (Reference 20070306-002) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(1) From Office of the Controller, regarding status on request to provide information on contracts in the City and County of San Francisco. Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(2) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti at various property locations in District 5. (Reference 20070313-006) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(3) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti from news racks at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070313-008) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(4) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti from news racks at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070313-007) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(5) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti from garbage receptacles on the southwest corner of Grove and Webster and the northeast corner of Grove and Fillmore. (Reference 20070320-014) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(6) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti from news racks owned by The Examiner on the southeast corner of Divisadero and Pine Streets and the northeast corner of Sutter and Pine Streets. (Reference 20070320-009) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(7) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti from mailboxes at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070320-010) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(8) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti from parking meters on Steiner Street between Geary and O'Farrell Streets.(9) From Municipal Transportation Agency, submitting the MTA/DPT Tow Refund Report for first quarter 2007.(10) From Lake Street Residents Association, submitting opposition to the proposed 6-month trial closure of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park on Saturdays. File 070269, Copy: Land Use & Economic Development Committee Members(11) From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the proposed 6-month trial closure of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park on Saturdays. File 070269, Copy: Each Supervisor, 7 letters(12) From concerned citizens, submitting support for the Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance. File 070085, Over 200 letters(13) From concerned citizens, submitting support for the implementation of Community Choice energy in San Francisco. 15 letters (14) From Office of the Clerk of the Board, submitting quarterly report on departmental spending according to Section 10.19-5 of the Administrative Code.(15) From Office of the Clerk of the Board, regarding professional/organization memberships in compliance with Administrative Code Section 16.6.(16) From Civil Service Commission, regarding proposed amendment to the City Charter to add Section 4.101.5 to limit hold-over service by members of City boards and commissions whose terms have expired. File 070270(17) From P. Allen, Jr., commenting on research done on a common household product.(18) From concerned citizens, urging the Board to find a humane method of dealing with the African clawed frogs residing in Golden Gate Park's lily pond. Over 100 letters(19) From Kathleen M. Haviland, commenting on Muni inbound morning service from Castro and Market Station. Copy: Supervisor Dufty(20) From Fire Department, regarding status on removing graffiti from fire hydrants and emergency boxes at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070327-010) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(21) From Planning Department, submitting Draft Environmental Impact Report for 2225-2255 Third Street Residential-Retail Project.(22) From concerned citizens, submitting support for the proposed 6-month trial closure of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park on Saturdays. File 070269, Copy: Each Supervisor, 5 letters(23) From Mike Zelinsky, commenting on the Catastrophic Medical Leave for alcohol rehabilitation. Copy: Each Supervisor(24) From Gerri Hayes, commenting on the surveillance cameras at Haight and Webster Street. Copy: Each Supervisor(25) From Ethics Commission, regarding regulations regarding the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance. File 060267, Copy: Each Supervisor(26) From Office of the Treasurer, submitting Portfolio Statistics from July 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007.(27) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti from mailboxes at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070313-004) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(28) From Public Utilities Commission, regarding status on removing graffiti from utility poles at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070306-007) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(29) From Public Utilities Commission, regarding status on removing graffiti from utility poles at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070123-016) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(30) From Public Utilities Commission, regarding status on removing graffiti from the utility pole at the Southeast corner of Turk and Scott Street (wooden poles). (Reference 20070213-010) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(31) From Public Utilities Commission, regarding status on removing graffiti from utility poles at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070206-014) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(32) From Christian Holmer, regarding an immediate disclosure request from various City departments.(33) From Troy Nickol, commenting on delays with the Muni T-Third light rail service. Copy: Municipal Transportation Agency(34) From Municipal Transportation Agency, submitting information pertaining to Muni's T-Third light rail service problems.(35) From concerned citizens, commenting on various issues regarding Muni service. Copy: Municipal Transportation Agency, 4 letters(36) From Leslie von Ricker, commenting on enforcement of the "no skateboarding" laws. Copy: Supervisor Peskin(37) From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the proposed Wi-Fi agreement with Google and Earthlink. File 070077, 2 letters(38) From The Green Cross, regarding the Medical Cannabis Dispensary permit application process. Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(39) From Chip and Suzi Sutherland, commenting on the conditions of South Park which need immediate attention. 2 letters(40) From David Anthony Fallon, regarding his new invention.(41) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on repairing multiple potholes near Fell Street between Steiner and Fillmore (multiple potholes).(Reference 20070313-005) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(42) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on repairing potholes at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070130-009) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(43) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti at various property locations in District 5. (Reference 20070227-005) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(44) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti from mailboxes at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070227-006) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(45) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on removing graffiti from light boxes and garbage cans at various locations in District 5. (Reference 20070313-003) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(46) From Department of Public Works, regarding status on repairing multiple potholes at the South side of the intersection of Pine and Baker Street near the crosswalk in the center and near 926 Grove Street. (Reference 20070320-007) Copy: Supervisor Mirkarimi(47) From Francisco Da Costa, commenting on the new Muni T-Third light rail service.(48) From Marilyn Bray, urging the Board to ban cell phone usage by motorists. Copy: Supervisor Daly(49) From Airport Express San Francisco, submitting opposition to the renewal of the coordination contract at SFO for DAJA Shuttle Port, Inc.(50) From Socrates Cara, commenting on Supervisor Sandoval's unattendance at the recent ACORN meeting held in the Excelsior District. Copy: Supervisor Sandoval(51) From Parker E. Shaeffer, commenting on the Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance. File 070085(52) From Municipal Transportation Agency, responding to Supervisor Peskin's request for information regarding current and past requests for "special event" free or reduced rate parking at MTA garages. (53) From Office of the Controller/City Services Auditor, submitting status of the Implementation of the Recommendations of the San Francisco Civil Grand Juries for Fiscal Years 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006.(54) From Department of the Army, submitting San Francisco District Public Notice Number 26934N, dated April 18, 2007.(55)

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.
USING LAPTOP COMPUTERS FOR PRESENTATIONS: Please contact City Hall Media Services at (415) 554-4933 to coordinate the use of laptop computers for presentations at the meeting. Computers to be used are required to be tested in advance. The presenter should arrive 30 minutes prior to the meeting to connect and test their computer.
THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK. Agendas are available on the internet at www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=4383For information, call (415) 554-5184.
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 interpreters at a meeting must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting to help ensure availability. Contact Madeleine Licavoli at (415) 554-7722.
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.

Disability access

The Legislative Chamber and the Committee Room in City Hall are wheelchair accessible.
Meetings are real-time captioned and are cablecast open-captioned on SF Cable 26. Assistive listening devices for the Legislative Chamber are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244. Assistive listening devices for the Committee Room are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244 or in the Committee Room. To request sign language interpreters, readers, large print agendas or other accommodations, please contact Madeleine Licavoli at (415) 554-7722 or (415) 554-5227 (TTY). Requests made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting will help to ensure availability.
The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center (Market/Grove/Hyde Streets). Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, and N (Civic Center or Van Ness Stations). MUNI bus lines serving the area are the 47 Van Ness, 9 San Bruno, and the 6, 7, 71 Haight/Noriega. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 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. Accessible curbside parking is available on Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place and Grove Street.
In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to perfumes and various other chemical-based scented products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review.
For 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 Frank Darby by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at sotf@sfgov.org
Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine

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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