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Board of Supervisors - Government Audit & Oversight Committee Meetings

December 8, 2008

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City and County of San Francisco


Government Audit and Oversight Committee

Legislative Chambers, City Hall, Room 250

seal of the city and county of sf

Meeting Agenda
Monday, December 8, 2008
10:00 AM
Special Meeting

Members: Aaron Peskin, Sophie Maxwell

Clerk: Alisa Furuzawa (415) 554-4447

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. 081443 [Annual Contributions to the San Francisco Self-Insurance Surety Bond Fund] Supervisors Maxwell, Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Sandoval, Elsbernd, Mirkarimi, Peskin
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Bonding and Financial Assistance Program to require annual contributions to the San Francisco Self-Insurance Surety Bond Fund.

(Fiscal Impact.)
11/18/08, 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 December 9, 2008.

2. 081444 [Establishing the San Francisco Self-Insurance Surety Bond Fund and Setting Standards Governing Deposits into the Fund] Supervisors Maxwell, Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Sandoval, Elsbernd, Mirkarimi, Peskin
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 10.100-317, establishing the San Francisco Self-Insurance Surety Bond Fund, contributions thereto, and use of said Fund.

(Fiscal Impact.)
11/18/08, 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 December 9, 2008.

3. 081414 [Reaffirming and Restating Finding of Fiscal Feasibility for the revised Exploratorium Project at Piers 15/17 and Finding of Lease Exemption from Competitive Bidding Policy; Endorsing
Resolution reaffirming and restating the Board of Supervisor's prior findings that the revised Exploratorium Project at Piers 15/17 is fiscally feasible and responsible pursuant to Administrative Code Chapter 29 and is exempt from the competitive bidding policy set forth in Administrative Code Section 2.6-1, and endorsing the Amended and Restated Term Sheet between the Exploratorium and the San Francisco Port Commission. (Port)
10/31/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item forward to the full Board as a Committee Report on December 9, 2008.

4. 081514 [Appropriating $45,000,000 of COP Revenue for the Moscone Center Improvement Project in the Office of the City Administrator for Fiscal Year 2008-2009] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance appropriating $45,000,000 of San Francisco Certificates of Participation (COPs) Series 2009B to fund the Moscone Center Improvement Project in the General Services Agency - Office of the City Administrator for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 and placing these funds on Controller's Reserve pending issuance of the COPs.

(Fiscal Impact.)
11/25/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

5. 081515 [Lease Financing For Improvements to Moscone Convention Center] Supervisor Peskin
Resolution authorizing the execution, delivery and sale of Certificates of Participation (the  Certificates ) evidencing undivided, proportionate interests in the right to receive certain rental payments to be made by the City under a Lease Agreement, for the purpose of financing various capital projects at Moscone Convention Center; approving the form of a Trust Agreement by and between the City and County of San Francisco (the  City ) and a corporate trustee to be selected by the City (the  Trustee ), including without limitation certain indemnification obligations of the City contained therein; authorizing the selection of the Trustee; approving the form of a Facilities Lease by and between the City and the Trustee relating to certain real property described herein; approving the form of the Lease Agreement by and between the Trustee and the City relating to said real property; authorizing the payment of costs of issuance; authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenditures; granting general authority to City officials to take certain actions in connection with the Certificates, the Trust Agreement, the Facilities Lease and the Lease Agreement; authorizing modifications to documents; and ratifying previous actions taken in connection therewith.

(Fiscal Impact.)
11/25/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

6. 081452 [Requiring tow car firms to display brochures issued by the Police Department in three languages.] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance adding Section 3055.2 to the San Francisco Police Code to require tow car firms to display "Know Your Rights When Your Car is Towed from Private Property" Brochure in order to provide the public with information about their rights when towed from private property.
11/18/08, 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 December 9, 2008.

7. 081451 [Property Tax Refund Claim Processing] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance to amend Administrative Code §10.2 to delegate to City Attorney the authority to grant or deny property tax refund claims and to establish administrative rules and procedures for City Attorney to follow.
11/18/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. 11/26/08 - Forwarded to the Small Business Commission for review.
The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item to the full Board as a Committee Report on December 9, 2008.

8. 081450 [Real Property Transfer Tax - Change of delinquency date; substitution of references to current laws; conform partnership rule to state law changes; elimination of tax stamp provision and Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance amending Sections 1106, 1108, 1108.4,1115, 1115.1 and 1115.3 and deleting Sections 1109, and 1115.2 of Article 12-C of the Business and Tax Regulations Code to (1) change delinquency date; (2) replace references to prior bankruptcy, income tax, and local laws with references to current laws; (3) conform rule for partnership interest transfers to state law changes; (4) eliminate obsolete provision regarding documentary tax stamps; and (5) eliminate Transfer Tax Board of Review and references to that Board.
11/18/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. 11/26/08 - Forwarded to the Small Business Commission for review.
The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item to the full Board as a Committee Report on December 9, 2008.

9. 081447 [Accept-Expend State Grant - Southeast Community Response Network - $402,457] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $402,457 through the United States Department of Justice, for a program entitled  Southeast Community Response Network for fiscal year July 2006 through June 2010.
11/18/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
12/2/08, TRANSFERRED 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 December 9, 2008.

10. 081448 [Juvenile Probation and Camp Funding Grant Program] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the Juvenile Probation Department to participate in the State of California's Juvenile Probation and Camp Funding Program, to receive funds for direct services to eligible children and their families.
11/18/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
12/2/08, TRANSFERRED 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 December 9, 2008.

11. 081362 [Prevailing wages for workers on public works/improvement projects, workers doing janitorial services, workers in public off-street parking lots, garages, or auto storage facilities, workers
Resolution fixing prevailing wage rates for (1) workers performing work under City contracts for public work and improvement; (2) workers performing work under City contracts for janitorial services; (3) workers performing work in public off-street parking lots, garages, or storage facilities for automobiles on property owned or leased by the City; (4) workers engaged in theatrical or technical services for shows on property owned by the City; (5) workers performing moving services under City contracts at facilities owned or leased by the City; and (6) workers engaged in the hauling of solid waste generated by the City in the course of City operations, pursuant to a contract with the City. (Civil Service Commission)
10/24/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

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


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.

Meeting Procedures
The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board has several standing Committees where ordinances and resolutions are the subject of hearings 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 at a Committee meeting 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; 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; 4) standing in the meeting room.
Citizens are encouraged to testify at Committee meetings and to write letters to the Clerk of a Committee or 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 FOR REVIEW AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK. Agendas are available on the internet at www.sfgov.org/site/bos_meetings
Board meetings are cablecast on SF Cable 26. For video tape copies and scheduling call (415) 554-4188.
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.

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

Disability Access
The Legislative Chamber (Room 250) and the Committee Room (Room 263) 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, N, and T (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 decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. The Sunshine 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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