City and County of San Francisco
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San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
2:00 PM
Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
Regular Meeting
| Members Present: | Michela Alioto-Pier, Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, Sean Elsbernd, Fiona Ma, Sophie Maxwell, Jake McGoldrick, Ross Mirkarimi, Aaron Peskin, Gerardo Sandoval. |
| Members Excused: | None. |
| Members Absent: | None. |
| ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE | |||
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The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. On the call of the roll all Supervisors were noted present. There was a quorum. | |||
| APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES | |||
| Supervisor Maxwell, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved to approve April 4, 2006 Board Meeting Minutes and Special Board Meeting Minutes for the Budget and Finance Committee meeting for April 5, 2006. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| AGENDA CHANGES | |||
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Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board informed the Board that Item No. 51 (File No. 050520) was calendared in error. | |||
| CONSENT AGENDA | |||
| Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee | |||
| 051917 | [Amending Community Court Program Administrative Fee] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 10.183 to authorize the District Attorney to collect Administrative Fees from persons who are determined by the District Attorney to be eligible for the community courts program. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 87-06 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| 060412 | [Appropriating $6,371,327 to fund violence prevention programs in communities disproportionately impacted by violence at various departments for Fiscal Year 2005-2006] | Supervisors Ma, Daly, Mirkarimi | |
| Ordinance appropriating $6,371,327 to fund violence prevention programming and investments in the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, Public Defender, Juvenile Probation, Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, Mayor's Office of Community Development, Sheriff's Department, and Department on the Status of Women. Sources of funds include $4,200,000 from the Unappropriated General Fund Balance, $991,327 from the Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Children's Baseline Growth, $1,180,000 from the Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Children's Baseline Reserve. Uses of funds includes $1,731,327 for Children, Youth and Their Families, $200,000 for the Public Defender, $1,390,000 for the Juvenile Probation Department, $1,300,000 for the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, $100,000 for the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, $450,000 for the Mayor's Office of Community Development, $400,000 for the Sheriff's Department, and $800,000 for the Department on the Status of Women; and reserving $931,327 appropriated to the Department of Children, Youth and their Families for community outreach and street level intervention and $1,300,000 appropriated to the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 86-06 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee | |||
| 051535 | [Liquor License, 2222 Polk Street] | ||
| Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 21 off-sale general alcoholic beverage control license from 627 Vallejo Street to 2222 Polk Street to Michael Dabit for Polk and Green Produce Market will serve the public convenience and necessity of the people of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business and Professions Code with conditions. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 240-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060003 | [Liquor License, Pier 50A, San Francisco] | ||
| Resolution determining that the issuance of a Type 21 off-sale general alcoholic beverage control license to Peter Granoff, for Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant, LP located at Pier 50A, will serve the public convenience and necessity of the people of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with Section 23958.4 of the California Business and Professions Code with conditions. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 241-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060294 | [Parking Regulations] | ||
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Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "W" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Rhode Island Street, both sides, from the 1100 block of Rhode Island to 22nd Street (1000 block); and, Bryant Street, both sides, between 21st and 22nd Streets (2300 block). RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Lincoln Avenue, south side, between 7th and 8th Avenues (600 block). RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "S" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM TO 9 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Divisadero Street, west side, between Haight and Waller Streets (200 block, odd numbers). RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "Z" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH Church Street, both sides, between Cesar Chavez and 27th Streets (portion of the 1400 block). TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Geary Street, south side, from the Powell Street intersection to 138 feet easterly. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH South Van Ness Avenue, west side, from 60 to 100 feet north of Cesar Chavez Street. UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH Harriet Street, west side, from 245 feet to 292 feet north of Bryant Street (A 47-foot zone accommodating 12 unmetered motorcycle spaces). TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING, 8 PM TO 4 AM, FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING - ESTABLISH Broadway, both sides, between Columbus Avenue and Montgomery Street. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND Howard Street, north side, between Main and Beale Streets. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 9 AM, AND 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND Howard Street, north side, from Beale Street to 200 feet westerly. BUS STOP, TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING, 6 AM TO 10 AM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Howard Street, south side, from Spear Street to 90 feet easterly. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM TO 9 AM, AND 4 PM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND Howard Street, north side, from Beale Street to 200 feet westerly. PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH Holyoke Street, west side, between Woolsey Street and Karen Court. TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME - RESCIND Guerrero Street, east side, from 21st Street to 60 feet northerly. UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING - ESTABLISH 10th Avenue, east side, between the driveways of 1365 and 1371 10th Avenue (accommodating 2 unmetered motorcycle spaces). (Parking and Traffic Department) (2/28/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3146.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 243-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060293 | [STOP Intersections] | ||
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Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Jackson Street at Leavenworth Street, westbound, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; Monterey Boulevard and Congo Street, stopping Monterey Boulevard, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; 14th and Harrison Streets, stopping Harrison Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; and, San Bruno Avenue at Felton Street, stopping San Bruno Avenue, making this intersection an All-Way STOP. (Parking and Traffic Department) (2/28/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3146.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 242-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060295 | [Traffic Regulations] | ||
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Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT EXCEPT MUNI - ESTABLISH Howard Street, eastbound, approaching Spear Street. BICYCLE LANE - ESTABLISH Howard Street, westbound, from the Embarcadero to Fremont Street BICYCLE LANE - ESTABLISH Northbound Potrero Avenue at the Cesar Chavez Interchange, from the 101 southbound off-ramp to 190 feet southerly. MULTIPLE LEFT TURN LANES - RESCIND Fell Street, westbound, at Octavia Boulevard. LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT - RESCIND Fell Street, westbound, at Octavia Boulevard. RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT EXCEPT MUNI - RESCIND Van Ness Avenue southbound, at Bay Street. (Parking and Traffic Department) (2/28/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street; DPT Order No. 3146.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 244-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060314 | [STOP Intersections] | Supervisor Mirkarimi | |
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Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Irving Street and 11th Avenue: stopping eastbound and westbound on Irving Street. (3/6/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 245-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060315 | [STOP Intersections] | Supervisor Mirkarimi | |
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Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Stopping Haight Street at the south leg of Cole Street, making the west-most Cole Street T-intersection with Haight Street an all-way STOP. PAINTED CROSSWALK - DELETE Remove painted crosswalk crossing Haight Street at the north leg of Cole Street (to encourage pedestrian crossings at new all-way STOP). (3/6/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 246-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060351 | [STOP Intersections] | Supervisor Dufty | |
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Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Duncan and Dolores Streets, stopping Dolores Street at Duncan Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 247-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060373 | [Traffic Regulations] | Supervisor Peskin | |
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Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. BICYCLE LANES - ESTABLISH North Point Street, both directions, from Van Ness Avenue to The Embarcadero. RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT - RESCIND North Point Street, eastbound approaching The Embarcadero. LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT - RESCIND North Point Street, eastbound approaching The Embarcadero. (3/17/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 248-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060391 | [Accept-Expend Regional Grant - Department of the Environment] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $42,500 from the California Department of Transportation Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA) to collaborate with the nonprofit organization BikeStation on the Embarcadero bike station facility improvement and services upgrade. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 250-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060445 | [Grant to support community program planning and system improvement as part of the Mental Health Services Act] | Supervisors Ma, Dufty | |
| Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $656,945 from the California Department of Mental Health for Community Program Planning and System Improvement as part of the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) (Prop 63), and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of January 6, 2006 to September 30, 2006. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 253-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| Recommendations of the Rules Committee | |||
| 060332 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Mirvat Harb] | ||
| Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Mirvat Harb against the City and County of San Francisco for $200,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 23, 2004 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 437-254; entitled Mirvat Harb, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 85-06 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| 060335 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Reliant Energy, Inc.] | ||
| Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco, on behalf of the People of California, against Reliant Energy, Inc. and other Reliant Companies; the lawsuit entitled People v. Dynegy, et al. was filed on January 18, 2001, and has been coordinated as Wholesale Electricity Antitrust Cases I & II in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Diego, JCCP Nos. 4204 and 4205; the settlement provides $666,666.66 to San Francisco and $430 million in benefits to California electric ratepayers, among other provisions. (City Attorney) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 84-06 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED | |||
| 060436 | [Appointment - Sunshine Ordinance Task Force 2000] | ||
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Resolution appointing Erica Craven, Richard Knee, Sue Cauthen, Kristin R. M. Chu, David Pilpel, Bruce Wolfe, and Hanley Chan, terms ending April 27, 2008, to the Sunshine Ordinance Task
Force. Erica Craven, succeeding herself, term expiring April 27, 2006, seat 1, must be appointed from names submitted by the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and be an attorney, for a two-year term ending April 27, 2008. Richard Knee, succeeding himself, term expiring April 27, 2006, seat 2, must be appointed from names submitted by the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and be a journalist, for a two-year term ending April 27, 2008. Sue Cauthen, succeeding herself, term expiring April 27, 2006, seat 3, must be a member of the press or electronic media with an interest in citizen access, for a two-year term ending April 27, 2008. Kristin R. M. Chu, succeeding Heather Sterner, term expiring April 27, 2006, seat 5, must be appointed from names submitted by the League of Women Voters, for a two-year term ending April 27, 2008. David Pilpel, succeeding himself, term expiring April 27, 2006, seat 7, must be experienced in Consumer Advocacy, for a two-year term ending April 27, 2008. Bruce Wolfe, succeeding himself, term expiring April 27, 2006, seat 8, must be a member of the public who has demonstrated interest in or has experience in the issues of citizen access and participation in local government, for a two-year term ending April 27, 2008. Hanley Chan, succeeding himself, term expiring April 27, 2006, seat 9, must be a member of the public who has demonstrated interest in or has experience in the issues of citizen access and participation in local government, for a two-year term ending April 27, 2008. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 251-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060439 | [Appointment - Mental Health Board] | ||
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Resolution appointing John Kevin Hines and Virginia Wright, terms ending January 31, 2009, to the Mental Health Board. John Hines, succeeding himself, term expired, seat 12, must be a consumer, for a three-year term ending January 31, 2009. Virginia Wright, succeeding Dorothy Shaffer, term expired, seat 16, must be a family member, for a three-year term ending January 31, 2009. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 252-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| REGULAR AGENDA | |||
| UNFINISHED BUSINESS | |||
| From the Government Audit and Oversight Committee Without Recommendation | |||
| 051724 | [Personal Services Minimum Contractual Rate Ordinance] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Chapter 12V, Sections 12V.1 through 12V.5, to: require entities that contract for personal services to compensate the providers of those services at a rate per hour of no less than the City's Minimum Wage rate and maintain records, designate the City's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement as the enforcement agency, and establish investigation, enforcement and administrative appeals procedures. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 88-06 | ||
| FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 8 - Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Sandoval Noes: 3 - Alioto-Pier, Maxwell, Peskin | |||
| NEW BUSINESS | |||
| Recommendations of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee | |||
| 060395 | [Retention of Grocery Workers Upon Change In Control of Grocery Store] | Supervisors Ma, Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Maxwell, Mirkarimi, Sandoval, Elsbernd | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by adding a new Article 33D to require grocery employers to retain employees for 90 days upon change in control of the grocery store; to prohibit grocery employers from terminating the employees during those 90 days without cause; to require grocery employers to conduct a performance evaluation of the employees at the conclusion of the 90 days and consider for continued employment those employees with satisfactory performance; to require public notice of a change in control of the grocery store; and to provide judicial remedies, including hiring and reinstatement rights, front and back pay, and the value of benefits lost, for violation of the ordinance, along with an award of reasonable attorneys' fees to a successful plaintiff. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060388 | [Parking Regulations] | Supervisor Mirkarimi | |
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Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - RESCIND Market Street, north side, from Franklin Street to Rose Street. PARKING METER AREA NO. 3 (1-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9AM - 6PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - ESTABLISH Market Street, north side, from Franklin Street to Rose Street. (3/24/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | 249-06 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| From the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee Without Recommendation | |||
| 060013 | [Amending the Police Code to allow pawnbrokers to operate on Mondays following a holiday] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Ordinance amending Section 2809 of the San Francisco Police Code to allow pawnbrokers to operate on Mondays following a holiday, and to make clerical corrections. | |||
| Continued to May 9, 2006 | |||
| Supervisor Ma, seconded by Supervisor Daly, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Recommendation of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee | |||
| 060250 | [Closing specified streets in Golden Gate Park on Saturdays on a trial basis for six months beginning approximately on Memorial Day Weekend 2006] | Supervisors McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval, Ammiano | |
| Ordinance adding Section 6.12 to the San Francisco Park Code to prohibit, on a trial basis from May 27, 2006 and continuing for six months through November 25, 2006, motor vehicle traffic on Saturdays in Golden Gate Park on John F. Kennedy Drive between Kezar Drive and Transverse Drive; Arguello Boulevard; Conservatory Drive East and Conservatory Drive West; 8th Avenue; Bowling Green Drive between John F. Kennedy Drive and Middle Drive East; and Stow Lake Drive between Stow Lake Drive East and John F. Kennedy Drive; to require reports from the Recreation and Park Department and Department of Parking and Traffic pertaining to the Saturday road closures; to require the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority to share its own data and reports that are relevant to the Saturday road closures with the aforementioned departments; to require a hearing on the Saturday road closures before the Board of Supervisors or a Board committee; and making environmental findings. | |||
| Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Ordinance adding Section 6.12 to the San Francisco Park Code to prohibit, on a trial basis for six months, motor vehicle traffic on Saturdays in Golden Gate Park on John F. Kennedy Drive between Kezar Drive and Transverse Drive; Arguello Boulevard; Conservatory Drive East and Conservatory Drive West; 8th Avenue; Bowling Green Drive between John F. Kennedy Drive and Middle Drive East; and Stow Lake Drive between Stow Lake Drive East and John F. Kennedy Drive; to require reports from the Recreation and Park Department and Department of Parking and Traffic pertaining to the Saturday road closures; to require the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority to share its own data and reports that are relevant to the Saturday road closures with the aforementioned departments; to require a hearing on the Saturday road closures before the Board of Supervisors or a Board committee; and making environmental findings. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 7 - Ammiano, Daly, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval Noes: 4 - Alioto-Pier, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma | |||
| Called from the Land Use and Economic Development Committee | |||
| 050182 | [Zoning - Planning Code amendments in connection with the Transbay Redevelopment Plan] | Mayor, Supervisor Daly | |
| Ordinance amending the Planning Code to add Sections 249.27, 263.18, 825, and 825.1 to establish special zoning controls in connection with the Transbay Redevelopment Plan; amending Planning Code Section 270 to reflect the new zoning changes to bulk controls set forth in Section 263.18; adopting environmental findings and findings that the amendments are consistent with the General Plan and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. | |||
| Continued to May 2, 2006 | |||
| Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 050183 | [Zoning Map amendments in connection with the Transbay Redevelopment Plan] | Mayor, Supervisor Daly | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sectional Map 1, 1H, and 1SU of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco in connection with the Transbay Redevelopment Plan and an associated special use district with the Redevelopment Plan Area and adopting environmental findings and findings that the amendments are consistent with the General Plan and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. | |||
| Continued to May 2, 2006 | |||
| Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Recommendations of the Rules Committee | |||
| 050784 | [Establishing a Small Local Business Enterprise Program; Prohibiting Discrimination in Contracting and Subcontracting] | Supervisors Ma, Mirkarimi, Ammiano | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Chapter 14B to establish a Small and Micro Local Business Enterprise Program, prohibit discrimination in City contracting, and suspend Chapter 12D.A. | |||
| Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060432 | [Adding qualified non-profit enterprises to Small Local Business Enterprise Program] | Supervisor Ammiano | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 14B.6 to add qualified non-profit enterprises to Small and Micro Local Business Enterprise Program. | |||
| PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060392 | [Rules of Order - Select Committee on Ending Gun and Gang Violence Consists of Three Members] | Supervisor Dufty | |
| Motion amending the Board of Supervisors Rules of Orders by amending Rule 5.8 to provide that the Select Committee on Ending Gun and Gang Violence shall be comprised of three members of the Board of Supervisors. | |||
| Enacted Number: | M06-36 | ||
| APPROVED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060404 | [Appointment - Police Commission] | ||
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Motion confirming the Rules Committee's nomination of, and appointing, David Campos, term ending April 30, 2010, to the San Francisco Police Commission. David Campos, succeeding himself, term expiring on April 30, 2006, seat 2, must be nominated by the Rules Committee or its successor and subject to confirmation by the Board of Supervisors, for a four-year term ending April 30, 2010. | |||
| Enacted Number: | M06-37 | ||
| APPROVED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060446 | [Dr. Joe Marshall Reappointment to the Police Commission] | Mayor | |
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Motion confirming the Mayor's nomination of, and reappointing, Dr. Joe Marshall to the San Francisco Police Commission for a four-year term ending April 30, 2010. (Charter Section 4.109 - Board of Supervisors must act witin 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted from the Mayor to the Clerk of the Board's Office. If the Board fails to act on the Mayor's nomination within the 60 days the Mayor's nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal Date: 4/4/06.) | |||
| Enacted Number: | M06-38 | ||
| APPROVED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| SPECIAL ORDER 3:30 P.M - Recognition of Commendations | |||
| SPECIAL ORDER 4:00 P.M. | |||
| 060240 | [Public Hearing - Appeal of Categorical Exemption from Environmental Review for 229 32nd Avenue (aka 7070 California), Katherine Delmar Burke School Project] | ||
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Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Department dated October 31, 2005 (Case No. 2005.0275E), exempting from environmental review under Categorical
Exemption Class 14, [State Guidelines Section 15314] and Class 32, [State Guidelines, Section 15332 (a) through (e)], the Katherine Delmar Burke School Addition, located at 229-32nd Avenue
(aka 7070 California), Block 1392, Lot 037. The proposed project entails construction of a two-story, 26.5-foot tall arts and science building containing six classrooms, and removal of a
paved tennis court presently occupying the site. The new 9,569 sq.ft. infill academic building would add 16 percent capacity in the 3.32-acre campus' existing 60,407 sq.ft. of built space.
The project site is rectangular in shape, consisting of approximately 7,200 sq.ft. or 0.165 acre in size. The project site, within the Katherine Delmar Burke School campus, is set back from
El Camino del Mar to the north and is also bounded by Lincoln Park to the west and 32nd Avenue to the east. Located in the Sea Cliff neighborhood, the project site is within the RH-1 (D)
Residential, House, One-Family (Detached Dwellings) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The Project would require conditional Use authorization for modification to an existing
Planned Unit Development (PUD) and authorization for expansion of an educational use. (Appellant: Lincoln Park Homeowners Association, represented by Diane K. Hanna, Attorney, Ellman Burke
Hoffman & Johnson, a Professional Corporation.) (Filed February 15, 2006; companion measure to Files 060241, 060242, 060243; District 1.) | |||
| Continued to May 2, 2006 | |||
| Supervisor Alioto-Pier, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved that this Hearing be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the categorical exemption from environmental review 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. | |||
| (Only one of the following two motions should be adopted.) | |||
| 060241 | [Affirming the categorical exemption issued for 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) project] | ||
| Motion affirming the determination by the Planning Department that the 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
| Continued to May 2, 2006 | |||
| Supervisor Alioto-Pier, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060242 | [Disapproving the categorical exemption issued for 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) project] | ||
| Motion disapproving the determination by the Planning Department that the 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
| Continued to May 2, 2006 | |||
| Supervisor Alioto-Pier, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060243 | [Preparation of findings related to the 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) project] | ||
| Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings related to the appeal of the determination by the Planning Department that the project at 229 32nd Avenue (Katherine Delmar Burke School) is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
| Continued to May 2, 2006 | |||
| Supervisor Alioto-Pier, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| SPECIAL ORDER 4:00 P.M. | |||
| 060199 | [Public Hearing - Appeal of Categorical Exemption from Environmental Review for 869 North Point Street] | ||
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Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Department dated August 30, 2005 (Case No. 2005.0399E), exempting from environmental review under Categorical
Exemption [State CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15301 and 15303; Class Numbers 1 and 3], the proposed project involving the demolition of a vacant two-story, single-family residential building
and the construction of a three-story with mezzanine, three-family residential building measuring approximately 6,000 gross-square-feet (gsf). The proposed project would include three
off-street parking spaces in a surface level garage. The project site is a 3,437.5 square feet in size located at 869 North Point Street, Assessor's Block 0026, Lot 019B in the Russian Hill
Neighborhood, within the RH-3 (Residential House District, Three-Family) zoning district and a 40-X Height and Bulk district. (Appellants: Roland Salvato on behalf of the Aquatic Park
Neighbors and the Ghirardelli Square Neighbors.) (Filed 3/14/06; companion measure to Files 060200, 060201, 060202; District 2.) | |||
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The President inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Board members. Roland Salvato; appellant, Aquatic Park Neighbors Melanie Moberg; support of appellant Female speaker; support of appellant F. Joseph Butler, Architect; support of appellant Marian Henman, support of the appellant Bill Wycko, and Adam Light, Planning Department representatives reviewed with the Board the Planning Department's recommendation. David Cincotta, Attorney for the project sponsor F. Joseph Butler, appellant rebuttal period The President declared the public hearing closed. | |||
| HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING. | |||
| Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the categorical exemption from environmental review 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. | |||
| (Only one of the following two motions should be adopted.) | |||
| 060200 | [Affirming the categorical exemption issued for the 869 North Point Street project] | ||
| Motion affirming the determination by the Planning Department that the 869 North Point Street project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
| Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Motion be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060201 | [Disapproving the categorical exemption issued for the 869 North Point Street project] | ||
| Motion disapproving the determination by the Planning Department that the 869 North Point Street project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
| Enacted Number: | M06-39 | ||
| Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Motion be APPROVED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060202 | [Preparation of findings related to the 869 North Point Street project] | ||
| Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings related to the appeal of the determination by the Planning Department that the project at 869 North Point Street is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Clerk of the Board) | |||
| Enacted Number: | M06-40 | ||
| Supervisor McGoldrick, seconded by Supervisor Alioto-Pier, moved that this Motion be APPROVED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS | |||
| PUBLIC COMMENT | |||
| An opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, including items being considered today which have not been considered by a Board committee and excluding items which have been considered by a Board committee. Members of the public may address the Board for up to three minutes. Each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak, 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. The President or the Board may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes. 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. | |||
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James Chaffee; expressed concern with issues relating to the SF Public Library Miles Kraus; expressed concern with the sewer system in San Francisco John da Donna; expressed concern with issues relating to the Iraq War Eugene Gordon, Jr.; expressed concern with human rights issues Steven McNear; support of legislation relating to ending the genocide in Darfur Mark Levin; support of legislation relating to ending the genocide in Darfur Female speaker; support of legislation relating to ending the genocide in Darfur Female speaker; support of legislation relating to ending the genocide in Darfur Sarah Taylor; support of legislation relating to ending the genocide in Darfur Edward Cotell; support of legislation relating to ending the genocide in Darfur Female speaker; support of legislation relating to ending the genocide in Darfur Female speaker; support of legislation relating to ending the genocide in Darfur Fred Paris; support of Item 41 water discharge permit for Potrero Power Plant Male Speaker; support of legislation relating to end the genocide in Darfur Female speaker; expressed concern with general issues Kimo Crossman; congratulated James Chaffee on his knowledge of the Sunshine Ordinance provisions and expressed concern with the SFWFI Network selection of Earthlink as the WFI providers for San Francisco Terri; support of legislation relating to ending the genocide in Darfur | |||
| FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE | |||
| These measures are introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution today. Any Supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee. | |||
| 060433 | [Issuance and Sale of Refunding Revenue Bonds - National Center for International Schools] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Resolution approving the issuance and sale of refunding revenue bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $18,500,000 for the refinancing of the acquisition, construction, improvement, expansion and equipping of the certain school facilities owned and operated by the National Center for International Schools. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 220-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060511 | [Bessie Carmichael Elementary School/Filipino Education Center Grade Expansion] | Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Ma | |
| Resolution in Support of a Pre-kindergarten through 8th Grade Program at Bessie Carmichael Elementary School/Filipino Education Center. | |||
| Supervisors Ammiano and Ma requested to be added as co-sponsors. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 269-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060513 | [Commending the organizers of the first annual Poem Under the Dome] | Supervisors Mirkarimi, Maxwell | |
| Resolution commending the organizers of the first annual Poem Under the Dome poetry open mic event in City Hall. | |||
| Supervisor Maxwell requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 256-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060514 | [Resolution commending the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) for providing free MUNI service for the Earthquake Centennial Commemoration] | Supervisors Dufty, Peskin, Maxwell | |
| Resolution commending the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) for providing free MUNI service for the Earthquake Centennial Commemoration. | |||
| Supervisor Maxwell requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 257-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060515 | [Resolution commending Tony Jasinski for his remarkable dedication to the San Francisco Gay Basketball program] | Supervisors Dufty, Maxwell, Ammiano | |
| Resolution commending Tony Jasinski for his remarkable dedication to the San Francisco Gay Basketball program. | |||
| Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 258-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060516 | [Business Coalition for Benefits Tax Equity] | Supervisors Elsbernd, Ammiano | |
| Resolution supporting repealing the taxation of domestic partner health insurance benefits and joining the business coalition for benefits tax equity. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 259-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060517 | [Supporting Community Development Block Grant Program] | Supervisors Elsbernd, Maxwell, Daly, Dufty | |
| Resolution urging the U.S. Congress to allocate $4.3 billion in funding for the fiscal year 2007 Community Development Block Grant Program. | |||
| Supervisor Dufty requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 260-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060518 | [Aneurysm and Arteriovenous Malformation Awareness Day] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Resolution declaring May 7, 2006 as Aneurysm and Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Awareness Day. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 261-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060519 | [Accept-Expend Bequest of Richard D. May Estate] | Supervisor Elsbernd | |
| Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Library to accept and expend a bequest in the amount of $20,000 from the RICHARD D. MAY estate to digitize, for public service use, unique historical periodicals dealing with the history of construction and architecture in the Bay Area. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 262-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060521 | [Accept-Expend Bequest of Edgar Bowers Estate] | Supervisor Elsbernd | |
| Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Library to accept and expend a bequest in the amount of $12,403.52 from the EDGAR BOWERS estate for improvements at the Main Library. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 263-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060522 | [Accept-Expend Bequest of Lorayne Habata Estate] | Supervisors Elsbernd, Mirkarimi | |
| Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Library to accept and expend a bequest in the amount of $65,627.76 from the LORAYNE HABATA estate for landscape improvements at the Western Addition Branch Library in coordination with the renovation of the library scheduled to begin in summer 2006, with completion in late 2007. | |||
| Supervisor Mirkarimi requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 264-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060523 | [Supporting AB 2865, the Healthy Day Cares bill] | Supervisors Ma, Ammiano | |
| Resolution supporting Assembly Bill 2865 (Torrico), the Healthy Day Cares bill. | |||
| Supervisor Ammiano requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 270-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060525 | [SF Fighters Local 798 and SF Fire Department Historical Society Commendation] | Supervisors Peskin, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma | |
| Resolution commending the San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798 and the San Francisco Fire Department Historical Society for coordinating a successful parade to commemorate the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. | |||
| Supervisors Elsbernd and Ma requested to be added as co-sponsors. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 265-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| 060526 | [Grant funds to provide a nutrition and fitness program for students at Balboa High School and adding one new position] | Supervisors Sandoval, Ma | |
| Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), to accept retroactively and expend grant funds in the amount of $34,351 from the San Francisco Public Health Foundation for a nutrition and fitness program for students at Balboa High School, adding one (1.0) new position through these funds; for the period of April 1, 2005, to September 30, 2006. | |||
| Supervisor Ma requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 266-06 | ||
| ADOPTED | |||
| The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Severed from Without Reference to Committee Agenda | |||
| Supervisor Maxwell requested that this matter be severed so that it might be considered separately. | |||
| 060500 | [Urging Water Board to Adopt a Water Discharge Permit for Potrero Power Plant that Protects the Bay] | Supervisors Maxwell, Peskin, Mirkarimi, Ma | |
| Resolution urging the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board to issue water discharge permit for Potrero Power Plant that enforces the law and protects the Bay, and urging the Regional Water Board to reject the permit proposed by its staff and adopt the Community Permit, and urging the Regional Water Board to require Mirant to bring the plant into compliance immediately once it is not needed for electric reliability. | |||
| Supervisors Peskin, Mirkarimi and Ma requested to be added as co-sponsors. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 254-06 | ||
| Supervisor Alioto-Pier, seconded by Supervisor McGoldrick, moved that this Resolution be ADOPTED. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Supervisor Mirkarimi requested that this matter be severed so that it might be considered separately | |||
| 060512 | [Urging the United States to immediately take effective action to stop the genocide in Darfur] | Supervisors Mirkarimi, Dufty, Maxwell | |
| Resolution urging the United States to take action against the Republic of Sudan to end the genocide in Darfur. | |||
| Supervisors Dufty and Maxwell requested to be added as co-sponsors. | |||
| Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| Resolution urging U.S. to immediately take effective action to stop the genocide in Darfur. | |||
| ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| IMPERATIVE AGENDA | |||
| Resolution(s), if any, to be adopted within limits imposed by the Sunshine Ordinance and the Ralph M. Brown Act, introduced today, not on the printed agenda. For such resolutions to be considered, the Board must first adopt the Serious Injury Finding or the Purely Commendatory Finding and the Brown Act Finding.Each motion requires 8 votes or a unanimous 6 or 7. A unanimous vote is required for the resolution(s). For such resolutions to be considered, the Board must first adopt the following two motions. | |||
| [Purely Commendatory Finding] Motion that the Board find that the resolution(s) being considered at this time are purely commendatory. | |||
| Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Elsbernd, moved ADOPTION of the purely commendatory finding. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| [Brown Act Finding] Motion that the Board find by roll call vote that for the resolutions being considered at this time there is a need to take immediate action and the need to take action came to the attention of the City and County of San Francisco after the agenda was posted. | |||
| Supervisor Daly, seconded by Supervisor Elsbernd, moved ADOPTION of the Brown Act finding. The motion carried by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060531 | [Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day] | Supervisors Peskin, Elsbernd, Mirkarimi | |
| Resolution declaring April 25, 2006 As Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day in San Francisco. | |||
| Supervisors Elsbernd and Mirkarimi requested to be added as co-sponsors. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 267-06 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| 060532 | [Sherry Williams Commendation] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Resolution commending Sherry Williams, Director of the Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative ((TIHDI) for over 10 years of dedicated service and outstanding service on behalf of the Treasure Island Community. | |||
| Enacted Number: | 268-06 | ||
| ADOPTED by the following vote: | |||
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Ayes: 11 - Alioto-Pier, Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval | |||
| OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION | |||
| Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor | |||
| Ordinances | |||
| 060533 | [Chinatown Visitor Retail Zoning District: Other Entertainment] | Supervisor Peskin | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 811.47b of the Retail Sales and Services section of Table 811 to allow other entertainment as a principal use on the first and second stories in the Chinatown Visitor Retail Zoning District and by adding Section 811.47b to the Specific Provisions for Chinatown Visitor Retail District of Table 811 noting that the other entertainment use must be in conjunction with an existing full-service restaurant; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b). | |||
| 4/25/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/25/2006. | |||
| 060534 | [Revising and clarifying procedures for imposition and collection of the 911 Emergency Response Fee imposed on telephone service subscribers] | Supervisor Peskin | |
| Ordinance amending Article 10A of the Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending Section 751 to amend the definition of "Service supplier" and delete the definition of "Telephone corporation" in order to reflect changes in communications technology and regulation, and amend the definition of "Trunk line" to clarify that it does not include Direct Inward Dial telephone lines; amending Section 754 by replacing the term "Telephone corporation" with the term "Service supplier," and amending Sections 757, 759, 761 and 762 to clarify responsibilities on the part of the City and service providers for collection of the fee. | |||
| 4/25/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 5/25/2006. 5/8/06 - Per e-mail from David Owen, the President waived the 30-Day Rule. | |||
| 060535 | [Memorandum of Understanding - Deputy Sheriffs' Association] | Mayor, Supervisor Dufty | |
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Ordinance adopting and implementing an arbitration award establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs'
Association to be effective July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2009. (Fiscal impact.) | |||
| 4/25/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. | |||
| 060536 | [Appropriating $891,300 of General Fund Reserve to fund cost overruns in temporary salaries for the Department of Elections for Fiscal Year 2005-2006] | Mayor | |
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Ordinance appropriating $891,300 of General Fund Reserve to fund cost overruns in temporary salaries for the Department of Elections for Fiscal Year 2005-2006. (Fiscal impact.) | |||
| 4/25/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. | |||
| 060537 | [Zoning - Ordinance creating the Lower Haight Street Alcohol Restricted Use District] | Supervisor Mirkarimi | |
| Ordinance adding Section 784 to the Planning Code to create a Lower Haight Street Alcohol Restricted Use District prohibiting liquor establishments and providing for a three year sunset provision; amending Zoning Map Number 7SU of the City and County of San Francisco to indicate the boundaries of the Lower Haight Street Alcohol Restricted Use District, and making findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan. | |||
| 4/25/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/25/2006. | |||
| 060538 | [Zoning Amendment - 645 Baker Street and 1795 McAllister Street] | Supervisor Mirkarimi | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sheet 2 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco to change the use designation of Block 1177/Lot 001 and Block 1178/Lot 019 from RM-1 (Residential, Mixed Districts, Low Density) to NC-1 (Neighborhood Commercial Cluster District); adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b). | |||
| 4/25/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/25/2006. | |||
| 060539 | [Modifying the driving requirement for designated taxi company managers] | Supervisor Elsbernd | |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by adding Section 1081.5, to modify the driving requirement for designated taxi company managers. | |||
| 4/25/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 5/25/2006. | |||
| Resolutions | |||
| 060531 | [Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day] | Supervisors Peskin, Elsbernd, Mirkarimi | |
| Resolution declaring April 25, 2006 As Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day in San Francisco. | |||
| 4/25/06, ADOPTED. Supervisors Elsbernd and Mirkarimi requested to be added as co-sponsors. | |||
| 060532 | [Sherry Williams Commendation] | Supervisor Daly | |
| Resolution commending Sherry Williams, Director of the Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative ((TIHDI) for over 10 years of dedicated service and outstanding service on behalf of the Treasure Island Community. | |||
| 4/25/06, ADOPTED. | |||
| 060540 | [STOP Intersections] | Supervisor Dufty | |
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Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections. STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Elizabeth and Noe Streets, stopping Noe Street at Elizabeth Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP. (4/26/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street.) | |||
| 4/25/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be calendared at the 5/15/06 meeting of the City Operations & Neighborhood Services Committee. | |||
| 060541 | [Parking Regulations] | Supervisor Dufty | |
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Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. GREEN ZONE (10 MINUTE TIME LIMIT), 6 AM TO 10 AM, DAILY - ESTABLISH "297" Duncan Street, south side, from 18 feet to 57 feet, east of Church Street (39-foot zone) GREEN ZONE (10 MINUTE TIME LIMIT), 9 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - RESCIND GREEN ZONE (10 MINUTE TIME LIMIT), 6 AM TO 7 PM, DAILY - ESTABLISH "299" Duncan Street, south side, from Church Street to 18 feet easterly (18-foot zone) (4/26/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street.) | |||
| 4/25/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be calendared at the 5/15/06 meeting of the City Operations & Neighborhood Services Committee. | |||
| 060545 | [Urging the San Francisco Police Commission ensure the new reform policy includes rigorous oversight to prevent misconduct of its police officers] | Supervisor Ammiano | |
| Resolution urging the San Francisco Police Commission ensure thorough methods of oversight of misconduct issues in the new reform policy submitted by the San Francisco Police Department. | |||
| 4/25/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 060546 | [Asian Pacific Islander Family Resources Network Day] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Resolution recognizing May 5, 2006 as "Asian Pacific Islander Family Resources Network (APIFRN) Day." | |||
| 4/25/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 060547 | [Accept-Expend Federal and State Grants for Voting Equipment] | Supervisor Mirkarimi | |
| Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Elections to accept and expend additional grants under the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 ("HAVA"), Section 301, and Proposition 41 in an amount not to exceed $400,000 for voting equipment for the June 6, 2006 election. | |||
| 4/25/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 060548 | [Phillip and Sala Burton Human Rights Center] | Supervisors Peskin, Dufty, Daly, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Ma | |
| Resolution supporting the two-year development plan for the Phillip and Sala Burton Human Rights Center and declaring June 1st, 2006 Phillip and Sala Burton Day in San Francisco. | |||
| 4/25/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 060549 | [Gift to City of Travel from Chamber of Commerce for 2006 CityTrip] | Supervisor Peskin | |
| Resolution accepting a gift of airfare, accommodations and conference fees valued in an amount of $16,800 from the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce for four City official's or employees to join the Chamber on its 2006 CityTrip to New York City. | |||
| 4/25/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| 060554 | [Commending Cleopatra Vaughns] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Resolution commending Cleopatra Vaughns and acknowledging her tremendous contributions to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. | |||
| 4/25/06, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. | |||
| Motion | |||
| 060544 | [Legislative Analyst Request - Allocated appropriated funds for violence prevention] | Supervisor Ma | |
| Motion requesting the Legislative Analyst to prepare a report (File No. 060412) on how funds are appropriated for violence prevention will be allocated by the various departments. | |||
| 4/25/06, ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors. Scheduled for Board consideration May 2, 2006. | |||
| Requests for Hearing | |||
| 060542 | [Streetlight Management] | Supervisor Sandoval | |
| Hearing to address Streetlight Management issues in San Francisco. | |||
| 4/25/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be heard before the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. | |||
| 060543 | [Urban Forest Plan] | Supervisor McGoldrick | |
| Hearing on the Urban Forest Plan produced by the Department of the Environment. | |||
| 4/25/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. | |||
| PROPOSED ORDINANCES | |||
| 060530 | [Settlement of Lawsuit - Donald Sargeant] | ||
| Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Donald Sargeant against the City and County of San Francisco for $225,000; the lawsuit was filed on March 25, 2005 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 439-805; entitled Donald Sargeant v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. | |||
| 4/13/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. | |||
| PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS | |||
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Requests Granted From: Supervisor Mirkarimi To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the status of removing graffiti from all DPT signage along both sides of Scott Street from Waller Street to Geary Boulevard. From: Supervisor Mirkarimi To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the status of removing graffiti from all DPT signage along both sides of Steiner Street from Waller Street to Geary Boulevard. From: Supervisor Mirkarimi To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the status of removing graffiti at the following locations: 243 Divisadero, Golden Gate/Scott NE corner, 920 Scott, 1231 Grove, 1247 Fulton, 1200 Fulton, 726 Fillmore, and 624 Fillmore. From: Supervisor Mirkarimi To: Director Department of Parking and Traffic Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the status of removing graffiti from all DPT signage along both sides of Fillmore Street from Waller Street to Geary Boulevard. From: Supervisor Mirkarimi To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the status of removing graffiti from all DPT signage along both sides of Divisadero Street from Waller Street to Geary Boulevard. From: Supervisor Mirkarimi To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the status of removing graffiti at the following locations: All street signs on the streets surrounding Alamo Square including both sides of Fulton, Steiner, Hayes, | |||
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Alex Brucker - Supervisors Dufty and Elsbernd Fausto Vitello - Supervisors Mirkarimi and Elsbernd Julia Narchi Farrah - Entire Board Adolph Gasser - Entire Board Willie Allen - Supervisor Mirkarimi Joseph Freitas, Jr. - Entire Board | |||
| ADJOURNMENT | |||
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There being no further business, the Board adjourned at the hour of 5:00 p.m. Gloria L. Young, 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 6, 2006. | |||
| Meeting Procedures |
| The Board of Supervisors
is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board
considers ordinances and resolutions, most of which have been the subject
of hearings before the standing committees of the board 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 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, (Violators may be removed from the meeting room.) 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; and 4)standing in the Legislative Chamber. Citizens are encouraged to testify at Board hearings and to write letters to the Board and 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 AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK. Agendas are available on the internet at www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=4383 Board meetings are cablecast on SF Cable 26. For video tape copies and scheduling call (415) 557-4293. Results of each Board meeting can be obtained about a half hour after the end of the meeting by telephoning (415) 554-5555. 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. |
| Disability access |
| The Legislative Chamber
(Room 250) and the Committee Room (Room 263) in City Hall are wheelchair
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| Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance |
| Government's duty is to
serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions,
boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct
the people's business. This 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 |