Board of Supervisors : July 06, 2009

City and County of San Francisco

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

MEETING MINUTES
Monday, July 6, 2009
1:00 PM
City Hall, Committee Room 263
Special Meeting

Rules Committee

Members: Chris Daly, Carmen Chu, David Campos

Clerk: Linda Wong (415) 554-7719

Members Present:	Chris Daly, Carmen Chu, David Campos.
Members Excused:	None.
Members Absent:	None.

MEETING CONVENED




	The meeting convened at 1:07 p.m.



090882	[Appointments, Association of Bay Area Government - Supervisors John Avalos and Ross Mirkarimi]
	Motion appointing Supervisors John Avalos and Ross Mirkarimi, terms ending June 30, 2011, to the Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Board.
	7/1/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

	Heard in Committee. Speakers: None.

	RECOMMENDED by the following vote:
	Ayes: 3 - Daly, Chu, Campos



090608	[Charter Amendment - Allowing the Board of Supervisors to designate certain appropriations as mandates to expend the money appropriated]	Supervisor Daly
	Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend Sections 9.103 and 9.104 to allow the Board of Supervisors to mandate the expenditure of identified appropriations for particular programs or activities, requiring the relevant City departments to report to the Board on their plans for expenditure of the money appropriated, and allowing the Mayor to reject or reduce an appropriation identified as mandatory, and to reject the designation of the appropriation as mandatory with or without reducing the amount of the appropriation. (Supervisor Chu dissented in Committee.)
	5/19/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/18/2009.
	6/18/09, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: None.
	6/18/09, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDED.

	Supervisor David Chiu; Mariam Morley, Office of the City Attorney; Mary Howell; Department of Human Resources.

	RECOMMENDED by the following vote:
	Ayes: 2 - Daly, Campos Noes: 1 - Chu



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.
	6/18/09, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: None.

	Supervisor David Chiu; Mariam Morley, Office of the City Attorney; Mary Howell; Department of Human Resources.

	TABLED by the following vote:
	Ayes: 3 - Daly, Chu, Campos



090622	[Charter Amendment - Instituting two-year budgetary cycle, providing for the adoption of a five-year financial plan and imposing a deadline of May 15th for submission of MOUs for	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
	5/19/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/18/2009.
	7/2/09, DIVIDED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor David Chiu; Ben Rosenfield, Office of the Controller; Rick Caldeira, Office of the Clerk of the Board; Mariam Morley, Office of the City Attorney; Jim Templeton; Bobbie Lernman; Molly Lee, Office of the City Attorney. Duplicated into File 090850.
	7/2/09, CONTINUED AS DIVIDED. Continued to July 6, 2009.


	Supervisor David Chiu; Mariam Morley, Office of the City Attorney; Mary Howell; Department of Human Resources.

	AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE.




	Charter Amendment (Second Draft) amending Sections 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, and Article XVII, and adding Sections 9.119 and 9.120 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 May 10 or May 15 for submission to the Board of Supervisors of 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, allow the Board of Supervisors to determine, by ordinance, how City departments, including the Board of Supervisors, will comply with the Charter's publication requirements, 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. (Supervisor Daly





	Continued to July 13, 2009.

	CONTINUED AS AMENDED by the following vote:
	Ayes: 3 - Daly, Chu, Campos



090850	[Instituting two-year budgetary cycle, providing for the adoption of a five-year financial plan, providing for the adoption of binding financial policies, and imposing a deadline of June 30	Mayor, Supervisors Chiu, Mirkarimi, Avalos, Campos
	Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend Sections 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 and A8.590-8, 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 30 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, 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.
	7/2/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
	7/2/09, CONTINUED. Duplicated from File 090622 in Committee omitting section regarding public noticing. Continued to July 6, 2009.

	Supervisor David Chiu; Mariam Morley, Office of the City Attorney; Mary Howell; Department of Human Resources.

	TABLED by the following vote:
	Ayes: 3 - Daly, Chu, Campos



090007	[Charter Amendment - Requiring that one-time revenues be spent only for one-time uses, unless otherwise authorized by the Board of Supervisors]	Supervisors Elsbernd, Chu
	Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 9.119 to limit the expenditure of one-time revenues to one-time uses, unless the Board of Supervisors waives the limitation for a specific expenditure by a two-thirds' vote, and setting an operative date and an expiration date.
	1/6/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 2/5/2009. 1/26/09 - Received legislative digest, 30-day Rule ends February 25, 2009. 2/9/09 - Response received from Planning Department, non-physical per CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2).
	2/3/09, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Elsbernd submitted a substitute Charter Amendment bearing new title.
	2/3/09, ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
	2/10/09, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Elsbernd submitted a substitute Charter Amendment bearing same title.
	2/10/09, ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
	2/19/09, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Sean Elsbernd; Christopher Bowlman.
	6/4/09, REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Sean Elsbernd; Art Agnos.
	6/16/09, CONTINUED. Continued to June 23, 2009.
	6/23/09, CONTINUED. Continue to June 30, 2009.
	6/23/09, RE-REFERRED to Rules Committee.
	7/2/09, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: None. Continued to July 6, 2009.

	Supervisor David Chiu; Mariam Morley, Office of the City Attorney; Mary Howell; Department of Human Resources.

	TABLED by the following vote:
	Ayes: 3 - Daly, Chu, Campos



090107	[General Advertising on City Buildings and Street Furniture]	Supervisors McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval, Mar
	Hearing to consider the Proposed Initiative Ordinance to be submitted by four or more Supervisors to the voters at the November 3, 2009, election entitled "Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 4.20-1 to prohibit any new general advertising signs on street furniture over the number authorized as of January 1, 2008 and to prohibit new general advertising signs visible to the public on the exterior of City-owned buildings as of March 5, 2002; adopting environmental and other findings."
	1/5/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

	Heard in Committee. Speakers: Rob Black; Andrew Shen, Office of City Attorney; Rick Galbreath, Office of Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi.

	FILED by the following vote:
	Ayes: 3 - Daly, Chu, Campos

ADJOURNMENT




	The meeting adjourned at 1:52 p.m.

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