November 17, 2008

City and County of San Francisco
Government Audit and Oversight Committee

Legislative Chambers, City Hall, Room 250

Meeting Agenda
Monday, November 17, 2008
10:00 AM
Regular Meeting

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Members: Aaron Peskin, Tom Ammiano, Sophie Maxwell

Clerk: Alisa Furuzawa (415) 554-4447

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		Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents: 1) Legislation 2) Budget Analyst report 3) Legislative Analyst report

		Each member of the public will be allotted the same maximum number of minutes to speak as set by the Chair at the beginning of each item, excluding City representatives, 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 speakers not requesting translation assistance. Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting.

	AGENDA CHANGES

	REGULAR AGENDA

1.	081375	[Tourism Improvement District]	Supervisor Peskin
		Hearing to conduct a public meeting on the proposed establishment of the Tourism Improvement District and the levy and collection of assessments starting January 1, 2009 and continuing through December 31, 2023, to be held November 17, 2008. (Economic Impact.)
		10/28/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

2.	080379	[Regulating the conditions for purchasing prior public service credit through the Retirement System]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Ordinance amending Administrative Code Sections 16.55-1 through 16.55-4 and 16.61-5 to allow miscellaneous members of the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System to purchase credit for prior public service at any time before retirement, to require the Retirement System to calculate the cost to purchase that service credit based on the normal cost percentage for that service as determined by the actuary, to require the member to pay for all of the normal cost for the service credit, to allow eligible members to choose to receive prorated service credit if they terminate an installment agreement to purchase prior public service, to allow the Retirement System to accept rollovers to pay for public service purchases, and to conform to changes in the applicable law and Retirement System practices.
		3/18/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. 3/24/08 - Sent referral letter to the Retirement System.
		8/22/08, FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.37.
		10/7/08, REACTIVATED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.23. Supervisor Elsbernd requested this matter be reactivated. 10/14/08 - Transmitted to the Employees' Retirement System for review. 10/20/08 - Response received from Employees' Retirement System.
		10/7/08, ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
		10/21/08, ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
		10/21/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Elsbernd submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.

3.	081286	[Authorizing the Real Estate Division to perform and award contracts for public work under a specified procedure]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance adding San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 6, Section 6.70, to authorize the Real Estate Division to perform and award contracts for facilities public work through competition among a pre-qualified pool of contractors.
		10/7/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

4.	081383	[Transferring the powers and duties of the Taxi Commission to the Municipal Transportation Agency and setting operative date for transfer]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by adding Section 1075.1, to transfer the powers and duties of the Taxi Commission to the Municipal Transportation Agency, and setting an operative date for the transfer.
		10/28/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. 11/4/08 Transmitted to Taxi Commission for review and comment.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item to the full Board as a Committee Report on November 18, 2008.

5.	081341	[Accept-Expend State Grant for Jefferson Street Redesign/Bay Trail Feasibility Study - $30,000]	Supervisor Peskin
		Resolution authorizing the Planning Department to retroactively accept and expend up to $30,000 from the Association of Bay Area Government for Jefferson Street Redesign/Bay Trail Feasibility Study for FY2008-2009.
		10/21/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item to the full Board as a Committee Report on November 18, 2008.

6.	080518	[Municipal Transportation Agency Quality Review]	Supervisor Peskin
		Hearing to consider the recently completed biennial review of the Municipal Transportation Agency's progress toward its adopted goals, objectives, and performance standards as required under Charter Section 8A.107.
		4/15/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
		6/16/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speaker: Nollie Boles, MTA.

	ADJOURNMENT

	IMPORTANT INFORMATION
		NOTE: Persons unable to attend the meeting may submit to the City, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding the agenda items above. These comments will be made a part of the official public record and shall be brought to the attention of the Board of Supervisors. Any written comments should be sent to: Committee Clerk of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102 by 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the hearing. Comments which cannot be delivered to the committee clerk by that time may be taken directly to the hearing at the location above.

		NOTE: Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the general plan amendments or planning code and zoning map amendments described above, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

	LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE

	(Not to be considered at this meeting)
		Rule 5.40 provides that when an ordinance or resolution is introduced which would CREATE OR REVISE MAJOR CITY POLICY, the committee to which the legislation is assigned shall not consider the legislation until at least thirty days after the date of introduction. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the routine operations of the departments of the City or when a legal time limit controls the hearing timing. In general, the rule shall not apply to hearings to consider subject matter when no legislation has been presented, nor shall the rule apply to resolutions which simply URGE action to be taken.

	There are no items currently pending under the 30-day rule.

Meeting Procedures

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