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City and County of San Francisco
Board of Supervisors - Full Board

May 19, 2009

City and County of San Francisco

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

City and County of San Francisco seal

MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
2:00 PM
Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
Regular Meeting

Board of Supervisors

DAVID CHIU, PRESIDENT
MICHELA ALIOTO-PIER, JOHN AVALOS, DAVID CAMPOS, CARMEN CHU, CHRIS DALY, BEVAN DUFTY, SEAN ELSBERND, ERIC MAR, SOPHIE MAXWELL, ROSS MIRKARIMI

Members Present: Michela Alioto-Pier, John Avalos, David Campos, David Chiu, Carmen Chu, Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, Sean Elsbernd, Eric Mar, Sophie Maxwell, Ross Mirkarimi.
Members Excused: None.
Members Absent: None.
ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The meeting was called to order at 2:13 p.m. On the call of the roll, all Supervisors were noted present.

Supervisor Alioto-Pier was noted absent at 4:06 p.m.

Supervisor Daly was noted absent at 4:41 p.m.

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Supervisor Maxwell, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved to approve the Board Meeting Minutes of April 21, 2009, and April 28, 2009. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

CONSENT AGENDA

Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee

090526 [Waiver of temporary street space occupancy fee on May 16, 2009, for Small Business Week Sidewalk Sale] Mayor, Supervisor Dufty
Ordinance waiving the fee in Public Works Code Section 724.1(b) for temporary street space occupancy in certain sections of the City on Saturday, May 16, 2009, as part of Small Business Week.
Enacted Number: 87-09
FINALLY PASSED

090478 [Accept and Expend - Department of Public Health Grant - $402,342] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $402,342 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP); for the period of June 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010.
Enacted Number: 200-09
ADOPTED

Recommendations of the Rules Committee

090503 [Appointments, Reentry Council - Tommy Escarcega, Mary Campbell, Gerald Miller and ShaMauda Bishop]
Motion appointing Tommy Escarcega, Mary Campbell, Gerald Miller and ShaMauda Bishop, terms to be determined, to the Reentry Council, residency requirement waived.

Tommy Escarcega, seat 1, new appointment, must be a former inmate in the San Francisco County Jail, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility and/or a United States Bureau of Prison facility, for a two-year term to be determined. Mary Campbell, Seat 2, new appointment, must be a former inmate in the San Francisco County Jail, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility and/or a United States Bureau of Prison facility, for a two-year term to be determined. Gerald Miller, seat 3, new appointment, must be a former inmate in the San Francisco County Jail, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility and/or a United States Bureau of Prison facility, for a two-year term to be determined. ShaMauda Bishop, seat 4, new appointment, must be a former inmate in the San Francisco County Jail, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility and/or a United States Bureau of Prison facility, for a two-year term to be determined.
Enacted Number: M09-100
APPROVED

090516 [Appointments, Eastern Neighborhoods Citizens Advisory Committee]
Motion appointing Keith Goldstein, Eric Smith, Susan Eslick, Jared Doumani, Chris Durazo, David Ho, Chris Block, Eric Quezada, terms to be determined by lot, to the Eastern Neighborhoods Citizens Advisory Committee, residency requirement waived.

Keith Goldstein, seat 1, new appointment, must be nominated by District 10 Supervisor and confirmed by the full Board for term to be determined by lot. Eric Smith, seat 2, new appointment, must be nominated by District 10 Supervisor and confirmed by the full Board for term to be determined by lot. Susan Eslick, seat 3, new appointment, must be nominated by District 10 Supervisor and confirmed by the full Board for term to be determined by lot. Jared Doumani, seat 4, new appointment, must be nominated by District 10 Supervisor and confirmed by the full Board for term to be determined by lot. Chris Durazo, seat 5, new appointment, must be nominated by District 6 Supervisor and confirmed by the full Board for term to be determined by lot. David Ho, seat 6, new appointment, must be nominated by District 6 Supervisor and confirmed by the full Board for term to be determined by lot. Chris Block, seat 7, new appointment, must be nominated by District 8 Supervisor and confirmed by the full Board for term to be determined by lot. Eric Quezada, seat 8, new appointment, must be nominated by District 9 Supervisor and confirmed by the full Board for term to be determined by lot.
Enacted Number: M09-101
APPROVED

The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

REGULAR AGENDA

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Subcommittee

090287 [State Video Franchise Holders] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Daly, Avalos
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by: (1) amending Section 11.1 and adding Section 11.28-A, to establish a fee for state video franchise holders offering services in San Francisco to support public, educational, and government channel facilities and activities; and (2) amending Section 11.1 and adding Section 11.83-A, to establish penalties for violation of customer service and consumer protection standards by state video franchise holders.

(Supervisor Chu dissented in Committee.)
Supervisor Avalos requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by: (1) amending Section 11.1, and adding Section 11.28-A, to establish a fee for state video franchise holders offering services in San Francisco to support public, educational, and government channel facilities and activities; and (2) amending Section 11.1, and adding Section 11.83-A, to establish penalties for violation of customer service and consumer protection standards by state video franchise holders.

(Supervisor Chu dissented in Committee.)
PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 8 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Daly, Dufty, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi
Noes: 3 - Alioto-Pier, Chu, Elsbernd

090328 [Eligibility Criteria for Community Living Fund] Supervisors Mirkarimi, Mar, Avalos
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 10.100-12, to establish a pilot program using the Elder Economic Security Index Fund as a factor for determining eligibility for the Community Living Fund.
Enacted Number: 88-09
FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee

090405 [Accept and Expend - Emergency Shelter Grants Program - $979,606] Mayor
Resolution approving the fiscal year 2009/2010 Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Program; and authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the City's fiscal year 2009/2010 Emergency Shelter Grant Program entitlement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $938,867 and to expend Reprogrammed Funds in the amount of $40,739.

(Fiscal Impact.)
Enacted Number: 203-09
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

090406 [Accept and Expend - HOME Program - $8,602,628] Mayor
Resolution approving the fiscal year 2009/2010 HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program; and authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the City's fiscal year 2009/2010 HOME Program entitlement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $8,602,628.

(Fiscal Impact.)
Enacted Number: 201-09
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

090407 [Accept and Expend - Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - $23,072,426] Mayor
Resolution approving the fiscal year 2009/2010 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program; authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the City's fiscal year 2009/2010 Community Development Block Grant Program entitlement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $21,092,426 and to expend Program Income and Reprogrammed Funds in the amount of $1,980,000.

(Fiscal Impact.)
Enacted Number: 202-09
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

090572 [Rejecting the FY 2009-2010 Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) Budget] Supervisors Chiu, Campos, Mirkarimi, Mar, Daly, Avalos, Maxwell
Motion rejecting the Municipal Transportation Agency's (MTA) proposed FY 2009-2010 budget.

(Fiscal Impact.) (Supervisors Chu and Dufty dissented in Committee.)
Nathaniel Ford, MTA Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, provided an update on the MTA budget and associated adjustments and policies and responded to questions raised throughout the discussion.

Continued to May 27, 2009 (Special Meeting, Wednesday, at 12:00 p.m.).
Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor Daly, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 7 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Daly, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi
Noes: 4 - Alioto-Pier, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd

Recommendation of the Budget and Finance Subcommittee

090450 [Approval of Sheriff's Contract for Jail Commissary and Inmate Trust Fund Accounting & Management System with ARAMARK Correctional Services, LLC]
Resolution approving a contract for operating the Sheriff's Jail Commissary and Inmate Trust Fund Accounting & Management System, between ARAMARK Correctional Services, LLC. (ARAMARK), and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Sheriff's Department. (Sheriff)
Enacted Number: 199-09
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee

081600 [Closing Potrero Power Plant and updating the Electricity Resource Plan] Supervisors Maxwell, Alioto-Pier
Ordinance establishing City policy to take all feasible steps to close the entire Potrero Power Plant as soon as possible and urging the Public Utilities Commission to immediately prepare a plan to close the Potrero Power Plant; and establishing clean energy goals; and urging the Public Utilities Commission to update the Electricity Resource Plan.
Supervisor Maxwell, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Ordinance establishing City policy to take all feasible steps to close the entire Potrero Power Plant as soon as possible and urging the Public Utilities Commission to immediately prepare a plan to close the Potrero Power Plant; and urging the Public Utilities Commission to update the Electricity Resource Plan.
PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

090421 [Administrative Code Revision to Allow Renewal of Contracts for Local Rent Supplement Program] Mayor
Ordinance amending Chapter 24A of the Administrative Code "Administrative Structure Local Rent Supplement Program in the Office of the Mayor," Section 24A.08, related to the definition of Qualified Tenant to delete an out-dated tenant eligibility requirement; and amending Section 24A.10 related to the Term of Contract to extend the term of Rent Supplement Contracts for 10 years beginning April 1, 2009.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

090474 [Divided ownership of Real Ownership Opportunities for Tenants (ROOTS) program projects comprised of separate legal parcels] Supervisor Chiu
Ordinance amending San Francisco Board of Supervisors Ordinance No. 34-07 by permitting projects that are the subject of Real Ownership Opportunities for Tenants (ROOTS) program grants to be comprised of separate legal parcels.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

090475 [Exceptions to Seismic Safety Loan Program requirements to amend loan to 53 Columbus Avenue] Supervisor Chiu
Ordinance approving exceptions to requirements under San Francisco Administrative Code Sections 66 and 66A and the Seismic Safety Loan Program Regulations, dated May 2006, adopted by the Board of Supervisors through Ordinance No. 122-06, to amend an existing Seismic Safety Loan Program ("SSLP") loan for a project at 53 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, California, to allow for cooperative housing and a transfer of the commercial portion of the project improvements.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Recommendations of the Rules Committee

090199 [Conflict of Interest Code Amendments] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance amending Chapter 1 of Article III of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code by amending sections 3.1-110, 3.1-120, 3.1-140, 3.1-145, 3.1-150, 3.1-155, 3.1-165, 3.1-175, 3.1-195, 3.1-207, 3.1-218, 3.1-240, 3.1-251, 3.1-253, 3.1-267, 3.1-275, 3.1-280, 3.1-285, 3.1-315, 3.1-320, 3.1-340, 3.1-345, 3.1-362, 3.1-365, 3.1-395, 3.1-410, 3.1-415, 3.1-420, 3.1-422, 3.1-435, 3.1-460, deleting sections 3.1-193, 3.1-300, 3.1-350, 3.1-417, 3.1-425, and adding sections 3.1-158, 3.1-268, 3.1-350, 3.1-400 to update the list of designated employees who must file financial disclosure statements and to modify the applicable disclosure categories.
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

090394 [Settlement of Lawsuit - San Francisco Pier 33 LLC - $225,000]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by San Francisco Pier 33 LLC against the City and County of San Francisco for $225,000; the lawsuit was filed on July 9, 2007, in San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC 07-464954; entitled San Francisco Pier 33 LLC v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; other material terms of said settlement are agreement to amend plaintiff's lease of San Francisco Port Commission property to expand permissible uses, allow for certain sign replacements, and provide right of first refusal to enter into five-year lease of the property beginning June 13, 2014. (City Attorney)
PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

090455 [Settlement of Claim - Marsanne Weese - $26,974.20]
Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim submitted by Marsanne Weese against the City and County of San Francisco for $26,974.20; claim was submitted on September 26, 2008. (City Attorney)
Enacted Number: 197-09
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

090470 [Appointment, Entertainment Commission - Nicky Calma]
Motion approving the Mayor's nomination for appointment of Nicky Calma to the Entertainment Commission, for the unexpired portion of a four-year term ending July 1, 2009. (Clerk of the Board)

(Section 4.117 of the City Charter provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date - 4/14/09.)
Enacted Number: M09-99
APPROVED by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

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

Privilege of the Floor
Supervisor Alioto-Pier, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved to suspend Rule 4.37 of the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors to grant privilege of the floor to the following guests. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

Supervisor Alioto-Pier introduced, welcomed, and presented Certificates of Honor to Tim Stannard, Mark Sullivan, Andrew Green (Spruce Restaurant); Nate Appleman, Shelley Lindgrem, Liza Shaw, Victoria Libin (A16 & SPQR Restaurants); Annette Yang, Brian Leitner (Nettie's Crab Shack); and Robert Wellbeloved, Alexander Ong (Betelnut Restaurant) in recognition of making the San Francisco Chronicle's "Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants."

Supervisor Dufty introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Judge John Dearman in recognition of 32 years of service upon his retirement and for being a community leader and role model.

Supervisor Campos introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Luis Angel Bautista Gonzalez in recognition of his accomplishments and for being selected as a Junior National Scholar Leader.

Supervisor Campos introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Roberto Hernandez in recognition of his contributions to the San Francisco LGBT community.

Supervisor Mar introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider (Patchwork Films) in recognition of their innovative and award winning films.

Supervisor Chiu introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to the Department of Public Works for its services and in recognition of Public Works Week (May 17-23, 2009) in San Francisco.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

090550 [Authorizing submittal of application for Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Funds] Mayor, Supervisor Dufty
Resolution authorizing the submittal of an application by the Mayor's Office of Housing to the California State Department of Housing and Community Development for funding under the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) housing program; the execution of a standard agreement if selected for such funding and any amendments thereto; and any related documents necessary to participate in the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) housing program.
Enacted Number: 204-09
ADOPTED by the following vote:
Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi

ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS

PUBLIC COMMENT
James Chaffee; expressed concern with issues relating to the SF Public Library.

Male Speaker; expressed concerns with various religious issues.

Female Speaker; expressed concern with issues relating to park naming.

Male Speaker; expressed concern with issues relating to alcohol and Bay to Breakers race.

Walter; shared in song certain issues with the Board.

Dirk Meyheart; expressed concern with issues relating to park naming.

Male Speaker; expressed concern with issues relating to Department of Public Health.

Female Speaker; expressed concern with issues relating to park landscaping.

Female Speaker; expressed concern with issues relating to lyme disease.

FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE

090591 [Lyme Disease Awareness Month - May 2009] Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Dufty, Campos
Resolution declaring May 2009 as Lyme Disease Awareness Month.
Supervisor Campos requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
Enacted Number: 198-09
ADOPTED

090592 [Opposing the elimination of the State Department of Boating and Waterways] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Resolution opposing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed elimination of the California Department of Boating and Waterways (DBW).
Enacted Number: 207-09
ADOPTED

090593 [Commending Community Behavioral Health Services (CBHS)] Supervisors Avalos, Campos
Resolution commending Community Behavioral Health Services (CBHS) on its exemplary work implementing the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA).
Supervisor Campos requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
Enacted Number: 205-09
ADOPTED

090594 [Supporting recognition of married same-sex couples in the 2010 Census] Mayor, Supervisors Dufty, Mirkarimi, Mar, Elsbernd, Campos, Alioto-Pier, Chiu, Avalos
Resolution calling for the recognition of legally married same-sex couples in the 2010 Census and for federal agencies to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in all federal surveys and data collection.
Supervisor Avalos requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
Enacted Number: 206-09
ADOPTED

090577 [Final Map - 7 Casa Way]
Motion approving Final Map 4306, a Five Unit Residential Condominium Conversion Project, located at 7 Casa Way being a subdivision of Lot No. 014 in Assessors Block No. 0418A and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan and City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)

(DPW Order 178,162; District 2.)
Enacted Number: M09-97
APPROVED

090578 [Final Map - 3148-3150 Geary Boulevard]
Motion approving Final Map 5031, a Seven Unit Residential and One Commercial Mixed-Use Condominium Project, located at 3148-3150 Geary Boulevard being a subdivision of Lot No. 028 in Assessors Block No. 1066 and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan and City Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)

(DPW Order 178,163; District 2.)
Enacted Number: M09-98
APPROVED

The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:
Ayes: 9 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi
Absent: 2 - Alioto-Pier, Daly

IMPERATIVE AGENDA

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor

Ordinances

090627 [Extending the duration of the Film Rebate Program and limiting the rebate available to film productions for police services] Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Dufty
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 57.8 by extending the Film Rebate Program through June 30, 2012, and modifying the definition of "qualified production cost" to in order limit rebates available to film productions for the use of certain police services.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

090631 [Recreation and Park Department - Renaming Candlestick Park] Supervisors Dufty, Elsbernd
Ordinance amending San Francisco Administrative Code Section 4.24 to allow the Recreation and Park Department to enter into an agreement for the naming of City-owned sports stadium located at Candlestick Point, and to use fifty percent of the revenue from the agreement to fund recreation center directors.

(Fiscal Impact.)
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

090639 [MOU, Amendment #2 - Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 11-AA)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing Amendment #2 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 11-AA) by extending the term of the parties' Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090640 [MOU, Amendment #1 - Multiple Unions (Crafts Coalition)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Bricklayers and Allied Crafts, Local 3; Hod Carriers, Local 166; Building Inspectors' Association; The Northern California Carpenters Regional Council, Local 22; Carpet, Linoleum and Soft Tile Workers, Local 12; Cement Masons, Local 300; Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glass Workers, Local Union No. 718; International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artist and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada, Local 16; International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, Reinforcing Iron Workers, Riggers and Machinery Movers, Local 377; Auto, Marine and Specialty Painters, Local Union No. 1176; Pile Drivers, Divers, Carpenters, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders, Local Union No. 34; Plasterers and Shophands, Local 66; United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, Local 40; Sheet Metal Workers International Union, Local 104; Teamsters, Local 853, by extending the term of the parties' Agreement through June 30, 2010, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal year 2009-2010.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090641 [MOU, Amendment #1 - San Francisco Institutional Police Officers' Association] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement that establishes Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Institutional Police Officers' Association, by extending the term of the parties' Agreement through June 30, 2010, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal year 2009-2010.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090642 [MOU - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 6, AFL-CIO] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the arbitration award establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 6, AFL-CIO, to be effective July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090643 [MOU, Amendment #1 - Municipal Executives' Association Fire] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2007-2011 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Municipal Executives' Association Fire by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090644 [MOU, Amendment #1 - Municipal Executives' Association Police] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2007-2011 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Municipal Executives' Association Police by extending the term of the parties' Agreement through June 30, 2012, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2011-2012.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090645 [MOU, Amendment #1 - San Francisco Police Officers' Association (P1 and P2A)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2007-2011 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Officers' Association (P1 and P2A) by extending the term of the parties' Agreement through June 30, 2012, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2011-2012.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090646 [MOU, Amendment #1 - San Francisco Police Officers' Association (P2-B)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2007-2011 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Officers' Association (P2-B) by extending the term of the parties' Agreement through June 30, 2012, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2011-2012.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090647 [MOU, Amendment #1 - Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Non-MTA 7410)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the modified arbitration award that establishes Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Non-MTA 7410), by extending the term of the parties' Agreement through June 30, 2010, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090648 [MOU, Amendment #1 - Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Multi-Unit)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing the modified arbitration award that establishes Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Multi-Unit), by extending the term of the parties' Agreement through June 30, 2010, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090649 [MOU, Amendment #3 - Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 8-CC)] Mayor
Ordinance adopting and implementing Amendment #3 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 8-CC) by extending the term of the parties' Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090650 [Unrepresented Employees] Mayor
Ordinance fixing compensation for persons employed by the City and County of San Francisco whose compensations are subject to the provisions of Section A8.409 of the Charter, in job codes not represented by an employee organization, and establishing working schedules and conditions of employment and, methods of payment, effective July 1, 2009.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

090402 [Zoning - New Controls for Massage Establishments] Mayor, Supervisors Chu, Chiu
Ordinance amending Planning Code Sections 790.60, 890.60 and 218.1 to restrict permitted accessory massage uses and to make all other massage establishments, as defined, except chair massage in plain view of the public, subject to a conditional use permit; amending Planning Code Section 303 to list additional criteria for the Planning Commission to consider when analyzing conditional use applications for massage establishments; amending the tables at Sections 218.1, 714.1, 715.1, 810.1, 811.1, and 812.1, to change massage establishments from a permitted use to a conditional use in the PDR 1, or Light Industrial Buffer, and PDR 2, or Production, Distribution, and Repair Districts, and in the Broadway Neighborhood Commercial District, the Castro Neighborhood Commercial District, and the Chinatown Mixed Use Districts; amending Planning Code Sections 790.114 and 890.114, to add massage establishments that employ only state-certified massage practitioners to the definitions of Medical Services in the Neighborhood Commercial Districts and Mixed Use Districts, respectively; and adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.
3/31/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 4/30/2009.
4/3/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation; referred to Small Business Commission for review and comment.
4/20/09, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Non-physical per CEQA Guidelines Section 15050 (c)(2).
5/19/09, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Chu submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
5/19/09, ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

Resolutions

090628 [Accept and Expend Grant - Department of Public Health - $200,000] Supervisors Campos, Dufty
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $200,000 from the Metta Fund to support the Healthy San Francisco (HSF) program evaluation for the period of April 29, 2009, through April 28, 2011.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

090629 [Accept and Expend Grant - Department of Public Health - $50,000] Supervisors Campos, Dufty
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $50,000 from the Commonwealth Fund to support the Healthy San Francisco program evaluation for the period of March 1, 2009, through February 28, 2010.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

090630 [Maintenance Agreement with Caltrans for various locations throughout the City] Supervisor Chu
Resolution approving a Maintenance Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) concerning maintenance work to be performed by the City in the State right-of-way at Junipero Serra Boulevard, Nineteenth Avenue, Cross-Over Drive, By-Pass Drive, Park Presidio Boulevard, Skyline Boulevard, Sloat Boulevard, James Lick Freeway, San Jose Avenue, Bayshore Freeway, Central Freeway, Mission Street, South Van Ness Avenue, Van Ness Avenue, Lombard Street, Richardson Street, Southern Freeway and ratifying certain actions in connection with this Resolution.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

090632 [Accept and Expend Grant - Department of Public Health - $102,421] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to retroactively accept and expend funds from the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) in the amount of $102,421 to support the HIV Epidemiology project entitled "Assessing Internet Users Preferences for Structural and Network Interventions;" for the period of January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2009.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

090633 [Contract with Titan Outdoor for advertising on San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) vehicles and other property] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) to execute a transit advertising contract with Titan Outdoor LLC, for a term commencing July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2014, which offers a minimum guarantee to the SFMTA of $22,102,525 over the term of the contract.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Subcommittee.

090634 [Accept and Expend Federal Grant - Airport Commission - $203,000] Supervisor Elsbernd
Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to retroactively accept and expend funding in a total amount of $203,000 from the Transportation Security Administration ("TSA") for the Airport K-9 Explosives Detection Team Program.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.

090635 [Accept and Expend Federal Grant - Airport Commission - $350,500] Supervisor Elsbernd
Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to retroactively accept and expend funding in a total amount of $350,500 from the Transportation Security Administration ("TSA") for the Airport K-9 Explosives Detection Team Program.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.

090636 [CEQA Findings and Approval of Real Property Agreements for SFPUC Water System Improvement Program San Andreas Pipeline No. 3 Installation Project beginning at the San Pedro Valve Lot (SPVL) Supervisor Elsbernd
Resolution adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and a statement of overriding considerations related to the San Andreas Pipeline No.3 Installation Project, CUW 37901; directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to notify the Controller of this action; making findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1; authorizing the SFPUC General Manager to execute the necessary agreements and deeds with John Daly Boulevard Associates, L.P., Monarch Ventures, L.P., Wilbak Investments, L.P. (Westlake Associates) to modify, relocate and quitclaim certain easement rights in real property located in the Westlake Villas areas along Poncetta Drive between John Daly Boulevard and the north property line of Lake Merced Golf Club in the City of Daly City, and authorizing the SFPUC General Manager to execute the necessary agreements and deeds with Parkmerced Investors Properties, LLC (Parkmerced) to modify, relocate and quitclaim certain easement rights in real property located in the Parkmerced development from Brotherhood Way to 19th Avenue in the City and County of San Francisco.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Subcommittee.

090637 [Professional services agreement to provide professional engineering services for SFPUC Calaveras Dam Project] Supervisor Elsbernd
Resolution authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute an amendment to increase the amount of a professional services agreement with URS Corporation by $10,100,000 for a total revised agreement amount of $24,000,000 and extend the agreement term by seven years for a total revised agreement term of thirteen years, pursuant to San Francisco Charter Section 9.118.

(Fiscal Impact.)
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

090638 [Accept and Expend Grant - Department of Public Health - $1,925,719] Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) in the amount of $1,925,719 to expand the City's treatment capacity for mentally ill parolees; for the period of June 1, 2009, through June 30, 2012.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

090651 [Memorandum of Understanding between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the Office of the City Administrator] Mayor
Resolution approving and authorizing the Treasure Island Development Authority to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding appointing the City, acting by and through the Office of the City Administrator, as its agent to provide the services to carry out the Authority's operations and provide oversight to the Treasure Island Project Office for the term beginning July 1, 2009.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

090652 [First Amendment to Memorandum of Agreement Between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority Relating to Yerba Buena Island Ramps] Mayor
Resolution approving a First Amendment to the Memorandum of Agreement between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority for project management services and consultant services for the preparation of a Project Report, Environmental Document and Project Engineering for the Yerba Buena Island Ramps in an amount not to exceed $8,800,000.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

090653 [Accept and Expend State Grant - Fire Department - $25,000] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Fire Department to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $25,000 from the State of California, Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, to purchase oil spill response equipment.
5/19/09, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

090654 [Accept and Expend State Grant - Department of Public Health - $2,672] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $2,672 from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) to support Pesticide Use Reporting; for the period of July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010.
5/19/09, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

090655 [Commending Deputy City Attorney Jacqueline Minor] Supervisors Campos, Maxwell, Dufty, Elsbernd
Resolution commending Jacqueline Minor for more than ten years of exemplary public service to San Francisco as a Deputy City Attorney on the Government Team, the Energy and Telecommunications Team and at the San Francisco Unified School District, and wishing her well in her future endeavors as General Counsel for the Oakland Unified School District.
5/19/09, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

090656 [Support for Citywide bicycle improvements] Supervisors Chiu, Dufty, Mirkarimi
Resolution urging City departments to prioritize completion of the City Bike Plan and to work with appropriate decision makers to ensure the advancement of physical and policy improvements to encourage and boost bicycling for transportation.
5/19/09, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

090657 [Urging the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors to increase the fines for fare evasion for first, second and third time offenders] Supervisors Dufty, Chiu
Resolution urging the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors to increase the fine for first time fare evasion from $50 to $75 and increase the fine for second time fare evaders to $250 and increase the fine for third time fare evaders to $500.
5/19/09, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

090658 [California State Budget - Opposing the use of additional local property tax funds] Supervisors Maxwell, Chiu, Mirkarimi
Resolution finding a severe fiscal hardship will exist if additional local property tax funds are seized and additional unfunded mandates are adopted by the State of California.
5/19/09, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

090659 [Amendment to contract with AMEC Geomatrix, Inc.] Mayor
Resolution approving an amendment to the contract with AMEC Geomatrix, Inc. to extend the term through June 30, 2010, and to increase the contract by an amount not to exceed $180,000 for a new total amount not to exceed $1,619,000 for environmental consulting services.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

090660 [Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) Transit Justice Budget Alternative] Supervisor Avalos
Resolution urging the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) to adopt the Transit Justice Budget Alternative which proposes rollbacks on certain fare increases, restorations of specific service lines, and alternative revenue sources.
5/19/09, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

090569 [Resolution of Intention to renew the Union Square Business Improvement District, to be known as the Greater Union Square Business Improvement District] Supervisors Chiu, Maxwell
Resolution (1) declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to renew the property-based Union Square business improvement district, to be known as the "Greater Union Square Business Improvement District," and to levy a multi-year assessment on identified parcels in the district; (2) approving the management district plan and engineer's report and proposed boundaries map for the district; (3) ordering and setting a time and place for a public hearing thereon; (4) approving the form of the Notice of Public Hearing and Assessment Ballots; and (5) directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to give notice of the public hearing and balloting as required by law.
5/12/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
5/19/09, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Chiu submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title.
5/19/09, ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

Requests for Hearing

090625 [San Francisco Unified School District plans to spend the federal stimulus funds] Supervisor Avalos
Hearing on how San Francisco Unified School District plans to spend the federal stimulus funds it will receive on Special Education services and programs.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee.

090626 [San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's Bus Shelter Contract] Supervisor Mar
Hearing to discuss the compliance of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation's Bus Shelter Contract.
5/19/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

Charter Amendments

090605 [Charter Amendment - Providing that three members of the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors shall be nominated by the Mayor, three shall be nominated by the President of the Supervisors Avalos, Mar, Campos
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend Sections 8A.102 and 15.105 to split the appointments to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors so that three members are nominated each by the Mayor and the President of the Board of Supervisors and that one member is elected by vote of the people.
5/19/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/18/2009.

090606 [Charter Amendment - Eliminating the 48.7-hour limit on the work week for firefighters] Supervisor Avalos
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend Section A8.452 to: (1) eliminate the 48.7-hour limitation on the work week for uniformed officers and member of the Fire Department, (2) establish a work week of at least 52 hours, on an annualized basis, for uniformed officers and members assigned to fire fighting companies and units, with the minimum 52-hour work week requirement to be effective for any amendment or extension to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and County of San Francisco (City) and the San Francisco Fire Fighters Union Local 798 (Union) in effect July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2011, and for the successor MOU and each MOU between the City and Union thereafter, and (3) eliminate superseded language setting holiday schedule and compensation requirements for firefighters; and by adding Section A8.590-9 to provide that the work week for firefighters assigned to fire fighting companies and units shall be governed by Section A8.452 and not be subject to binding interest arbitration under Charter Section A8.590-5.
5/19/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/18/2009.

090607 [Requiring adequate taxi service, protecting public ownership of taxi medallions and other features of the medallion program, and ensuring the welfare of taxi drivers] Supervisor Daly
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to add Section 8A.106 requiring adequate taxi service, protecting public ownership of taxi medallions, and ensuring the welfare of taxi drivers.
5/19/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/18/2009.

090608 [Charter Amendment - Allowing the Board of Supervisors to designate certain appropriations as mandates to expend the money appropriated] Supervisor Daly
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend Section 9.103 to allow the Board of Supervisors to mandate the expenditure of identified appropriations for particular programs or activities, and requiring the relevant City departments to report to the Board on their plans for expenditure of the money appropriated.
5/19/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/18/2009.

090609 [Charter Amendment - Establishing a Community Development Commission] Supervisor Daly
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to add Section 4.136 to the Charter to establish a Community Development Commission.
5/19/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/18/2009.

090622 [Charter Amendment - Instituting two-year budgetary cycle, providing for the adoption of a five-year financial plan, and imposing a deadline of June 30 for approval of MOUs for miscellaneous Mayor, Supervisors Chiu, Mirkarimi, Avalos, Campos
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend Sections 2.103, 2.108, 2.117, 3.105, 9.100, 9.101, 9.102, 9.103, 9.104, 9.113, 9.113.5, 9.114, 11.100, A8.409-4, A8.590-5, A8.590-8, 16.112, and Article XVII, and adding Sections 9.119, 9.120, and 9.121 to institute a "rolling" two-year budgetary cycle (the City would adopt a new two-year budget each year), allow the Board of Supervisors to convert the rolling two-year budgetary cycle for some or all departments into a "fixed" two-year cycle (each two-year budget would stay in effect for two years), impose a deadline of June 30th for the Board of Supervisors to approve or adopt new terms and conditions of employment for miscellaneous or safety employees if those terms and conditions are to be effective during the upcoming fiscal year, require that City departments, including the Board of Supervisors, post various notices on the departments' websites and eliminate the requirement that the departments publish such notices in the City's official newspaper, and allow the Controller to certify the availability of funds based on the expectation that funds will become available during the course of the budgetary cycle.
5/19/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/18/2009.

090623 [Charter Amendment - Creating an Office of Management and Budget led by a Director who shall serve a ten-year term, mandating a two-year budgetary cycle, and requiring the Board of Supervisor Dufty
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend Sections 2.117, 16.123, 16.123-7, 16.123-8, A8.409-4, 9.100, 9.101, 9.102, 9.103, 9.104, 9.113, 9.113.5, and 9.114, to create an Office of Management and Budget and provide that the Director of that Office shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Supervisors to a ten-year term, institute a two-year budgetary cycle for all City departments, and require the City to adopt a five-year financial plan.
5/19/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/18/2009.

090624 [Charter Amendment - Setting Transit Operator Wages and Benefits Solely Through Collective Bargaining] Supervisor Elsbernd
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend Sections 8A.104, A8.409-1, A8.409-4 and A8.428 and deleting Section A8.404 of the Charter to eliminate the formula setting a floor for transit operator wages and providing that wages and benefits for transit operators shall be set through collective bargaining and that any impasse in collective bargaining shall be resolved through interest arbitration.
5/19/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/18/2009.

Introduced by the President at the Request of Departments

PROPOSED ORDINANCES

090575 [Hunters View - Street Vacation Order]
Ordinance ordering the vacation of portions of Fairfax Avenue and West Point Road and various public service easements; making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the City's General Plan and the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1; quitclaiming the City's interest in the vacation areas; reserving easement rights for various utilities, including AT&T, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and the City; reserving temporary private access easement to adjacent owner; accepting Department of Public Works Order No. 178,144; and authorizing official acts in connection with this Ordinance. (Public Works Department)
5/5/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

090595 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Daniel Alvarenga - $82,500]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Daniel Alvarenga against the City and County of San Francisco for $82,500; the lawsuit was filed on May 11, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Case No. C07-02526 MEJ, entitled Daniel Alvarenga v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney)
5/13/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS

090573 [Approving Modification to the Cooperative Agreement between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the U.S. Navy]
Resolution approving and authorizing the Treasure Island Development Authority to enter into a Modification to the Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Navy to extend the Cooperative Agreement from October 1, 2009, to September 30, 2010. (Treasure Island Development Authority)
5/5/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

090574 [Hunters View - Resolution of Intent for Street Vacation]
Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to vacate portions of Fairfax Avenue and West Point Road and various public service easements in the Hunters View Project; setting a hearing date for all persons interested in the proposed vacation of said street areas. (Public Works Department)
5/5/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

090579 [Approval of three contracts for the Department of Public Health totaling $84,322,248] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health to enter into three contracts providing mental health and substance abuse counseling services for clients enrolled in the CalWORK's Welfare to Work Program; integrated substance abuse, mental health and medical services for clients in the Opiate Treatment Program; and fiscal intermediary services related to the San Francisco Mental Health Plan's for Community Behavioral Health Services (CBHS), Residential Care Facilities, Private Provider Network, Mental Health Wraparound Services, and Department's Housing and Urban Health's Emergency Housing Program for the terms of July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2013, and July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2012. (Public Health Department)

(Fiscal Impact.)
5/8/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

Requests Granted

From: Supervisor Campos
To: Director, San Francisco Airport
To: Director, Municipal Transportation Agency
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting a list of contracts under $10 million issued by the Airport and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency in fiscal years 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10.

From: Supervisors Dufty and Maxwell
To: City Attorney
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the City Attorney's office work with DPW, and the Recreation and Park Department to draft legislation that would enable DPW to accept street maintenance responsibility for the streets that form the perimeter of Candlestick Park.

The legislation will delineate the existing street maintenance obligations for the following street in the vicinity of Candlestick Park.

- Jamestown from Coronado to Hunter's Point Expressway
- Hunter's Point Expressway from Harney to Donhue/Gilman
- Gilman from Donahue to Giants Drive
- Giants Drive from Gilman to end at ballpark
- Ingerson from Griffith to Coronado

In addition, the legislation will modify street maintenance responsibilities and accept these streets for maintenance by DPW and if necessary, effectuate any street vacation or other City action required to effectuate the intent of this legislation.

From: Supervisor Elsbernd
To: Director, Department of Technology
Requesting/Inquiring: Inquiring as to the receipt by the Department of Technology of funding for cable access operations from Comcast Corporation, which was discussed at the May 19, 2009 Board of Supervisors meeting. Furthermore, Supervisor Elsbernd requests that the Board of Supervisors be notified upon receipt of this funding.

In Memoriams
Brian O'Neill - Entire Board

James Kessler - Supervisor Alioto-Pier

Marlon Del Cid Mayorga Guadamuz - Supervisor Avalos

John Stearns - Supervisor Chiu

Jake Robert Velloza - Supervisor Dufty

Jamie Gross - Supervisor Dufty

Helen Canafax - Supervisor Dufty

Mary Portman - Supervisor Elsbernd

Thaddoues George Johnson, Sr. - Supervisor Maxwell

ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the Board adjourned at the hour of 4:45 p.m.

Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board

N.B. The Minutes of this meeting set forth all actions taken by the Board of Supervisors on the matters stated, but not necessarily the chronological sequence in which the matters were taken up.

Approved by the Board of Supervisors on June 9, 2009.

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