City and County of San Francisco
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, October 16, 2008
1:00 PM
City Hall, Room 263
Regular Meeting
City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
Members: Carmen Chu, Jake McGoldrick, Sean Elsbernd
Clerk: Gail Johnson (415) 554-4445
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Carmen Chu, Jake McGoldrick, Sean Elsbernd. |
| Members Excused: |
None. |
| Members Absent: |
None. |
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| MEETING CONVENED |
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The meeting convened at 1:11 p.m. |
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| 081009 |
[Prohibiting smoking in taxicabs and motor vehicles for hire and free distribution of tobacco products and accessories in places open to the public] |
Supervisor Maxwell |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by amending Section 1009.22 and amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending Section 1143 and repealing Sections 53, 53.1, and 1098, to prohibit smoking in taxicabs and other motor vehicles for hire, and amending San Francisco Police Code Section 95, to prohibit the free distribution of tobacco products and accessories in places open to the public. |
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7/16/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 8/15/2008. (Referred to Taxi and Small Business Commissions for informational purposes.) |
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10/2/08, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Emily Rogers, Legislative Assistant to Supervisor Maxwell; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney; Liz Williams, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights; Jordanna Thigpen, Executive Director, San Francisco Taxicab Commission; Brian Davis, Breathe California; Bob Gordon, San Francisco Tobacco Free Coalition; Walter Johnson, Communities Under Seige; Julie Walters, Communities Under Siege; Vera Harrell, Communities Under Siege; Carol McGruder, Project Director, Communities Under Siege. Continued to October 16, 2008. |
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10/2/08, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. |
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Speakers: None.
Continued to November 20, 2008. |
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| CONTINUED by the following vote: |
Ayes: 3 - Chu, McGoldrick, Elsbernd
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| 080847 |
[Requiring recyclable/compostable bags for newspapers and handbills] |
Supervisors Mirkarimi, Peskin |
| Ordinance amending Article 5.7 of the San Francisco Public Works Code by adding Section 184.77, to require any person who distributes newspapers or handbills that are packaged in bags or other wrapping to or upon private property to use only recyclable or compostable materials for such packaging and to impose penalties; and making environmental findings. |
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6/24/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 7/24/2008. (Referred to Planning Department for environmental review.) |
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9/18/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speaker: Rob Black, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Continued to October 16, 2008. |
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Speakers: None.
Continued to November 20, 2008. |
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| CONTINUED by the following vote: |
Ayes: 3 - Chu, McGoldrick, Elsbernd
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| 081233 |
[Urging the Department of Public Works to revisit the street sweeping reductions] |
Supervisors McGoldrick, Alioto-Pier |
| Resolution urging the Department of Public Works to revisit the current Mechanical Sweeping Program improvements program, in order to perform thorough public outreach to community groups and integrate public feedback from those who live in affected neighborhoods into the citywide plan to reduce the mechanical street sweeping schedule. |
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9/16/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Alioto-Pier; Edward Reiskin, Director of Public Works; Mohammed Nuru, Deputy Director of Operations, Department of Public Works; Gabriel Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst, Board of Supervisors; Alice Piccus; Jason Jungreis, Member, Board of Directors, Planning Association for the Richmond; Jean Barish, Keep Our Neighborhood Clean; Rose Hillson, Block Captain, Jordan Park Improvement Association; Jackson McElmell; Ian Berke; Peter Morse; Lynn Newhouse Segal, Pacific Heights Residents Association; Rena Fritts. |
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| CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR by the following vote: |
Ayes: 3 - Chu, McGoldrick, Elsbernd
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| 081240 |
[30 day halt to Department of Public Works' mechanical street sweeping changes] |
Supervisor Alioto-Pier |
| Resolution urging the Department of Public Works to immediately halt the implementation of the changes to the mechanical street sweeping program for 30 days. |
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9/16/08, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
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9/23/08, REFERRED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Alioto-Pier; Edward Reiskin, Director of Public Works; Mohammed Nuru, Deputy Director of Operations, Department of Public Works; Gabriel Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst, Board of Supervisors; Alice Piccus; Jason Jungreis, Member, Board of Directors, Planning Association for the Richmond; Jean Barish, Keep Our Neighborhood Clean; Rose Hillson, Block Captain, Jordan Park Improvement Association; Jackson McElmell; Ian Berke; Peter Morse; Lynn Newhouse Segal, Pacific Heights Residents Association; Rena Fritts. |
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| TABLED by the following vote: |
Ayes: 3 - Chu, McGoldrick, Elsbernd
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| 081193 |
[Prohibiting sale of tobacco products on property owned by or under the control of the City and County of San Francisco] |
Supervisor McGoldrick |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by adding Article 19K, Sections 1010 through 1010.4, to prohibit sales of tobacco products on property owned by or under the control of the City and County of San Francisco. |
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9/9/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 10/9/2008. |
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Heard in Committee. Speakers: Aliana Krushul, Department of Public Health; Peter Nardoza, San Francisco International Airport; Amy Brown, Director of Property; Bob Gordon, San Francisco Tobacco Free Coalition; Delilah Raybee, San Francisco Tobacco Free Coalition; Fahad Qurashi, Youth Leadership Institute, and Co-Chair, San Francisco Tobacco Free Coalition; Cheryl Adams, Deputy City Attorney. |
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| AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. |
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| RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED by the following vote: |
Ayes: 2 - McGoldrick, Elsbernd
Absent: 1 - Chu
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| 080990 |
[Municipal Transportation Agency's processes and procedures around enforcement of disability placards] |
Supervisor McGoldrick |
| Informational hearing on the Municipal Transportation Agency's processes and procedures around enforcement of disability placards. Requesting information on the number of false or misused placards that have been confiscated and how the MTA plans to continue an aggressive enforcement program. |
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7/29/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Alioto-Pier; Judson True, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency; Susan Misner, Mayor's Office on Disability; Joyce Whitley, Office Manager, Department of Motor Vehicles, San Francisco; Rose Hillson. |
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| FILED by the following vote: |
Ayes: 2 - McGoldrick, Elsbernd
Absent: 1 - Chu
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| 081184 |
[Urging the State of California to amend the Vehicle Code regarding disabled parking placards] |
Supervisor Alioto-Pier |
| Resolution urging the State of California to amend the Vehicle Code to raise fines for counterfeit or misuse of disabled parking placards, strengthen criteria for disabled parking placards eligibility, and requiring photo identification of disabled placard user on placard. |
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8/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Alioto-Pier; Judson True, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency; Susan Misner, Mayor's Office on Disability; Joyce Whitley, Office Manager, Department of Motor Vehicles, San Francisco; Rose Hillson. |
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| AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. |
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| RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED by the following vote: |
Ayes: 2 - McGoldrick, Elsbernd
Absent: 1 - Chu
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| 080658 |
[General advertising on City buildings and street furniture] |
Supervisor McGoldrick |
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 July 1, 2007 and to prohibit new general advertising signs visible to the public on the exterior of City-owned buildings; adopting environmental and other findings.
(9/16/08 - Supervisor McGoldrick submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.) |
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5/13/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 6/12/2008. (Referred to Planning Department for environmental review.) |
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9/16/08, ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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9/16/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor McGoldrick submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. |
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10/15/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Exempt from CEQA. |
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Speakers: None. |
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| AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. |
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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.
(9/16/08 - Supervisor McGoldrick submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.) |
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| CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDED by the following vote: |
Ayes: 3 - Chu, McGoldrick, Elsbernd
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| ADJOURNMENT |
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The meeting adjourned at 4:41 p.m. |
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