Meeting Name: Board of Supervisors Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/4/2000 2:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Legislative Chamber - Second Floor City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
Special Rescheduled Meeting
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991879 2 Performance and Review OrdinanceOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code by adding Chapter 88, Sections 88.1 through 88.11, to require an annual departmental efficiency plan, including a customer service element, a strategic planning element, an annual performance element, and a program performance element, and providing for a pilot program and training.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992198 1 Federal grant funds to purchase bulletproof vests for law enforcement officers for the following City departments: Police, Sheriff, Juvenile and Adult Probation, and Public Health Institutional Police.ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Mayor's Criminal Justice Council to accept and expend $21,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice under the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act to equip law enforcement officers with armor vests.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992000 1 Integrated Pest Management ProgramOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code Sections 39.2, 39.5, 39.6, 39.7 and 39.8 which established the Integrated Pest Management program to exclude antimicrobial agents from coverage under the chapter; to revise posting, notification, record keeping and reporting requirements; and to clarify exemptions, including exemptions for reduced risk pesticides and to add exemptions.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992156 1 Underground District No. 350 AmendmentOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 184-99 to redefine Underground District No. 350 on Folsom Street, from 16th Street to Cesar Chavez Street, by adding certain property thereto.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992154 3 Suspension of Muni faresOrdinancePassedOrdinance approving the suspension of fares on Muni from December 31, 1999 at 8:00 p.m. to no later than 6:00 a.m. on January 1, 2000; retroactive to December 1, 1999.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992236 2 Increasing Tenant Relocation BenefitsOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Chapter 37 of the San Francisco Administrative Code ("Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance") by amending Section §37.9A to increase the amount of relocation payments made by landlords to low-income tenants evicted pursuant to the Ellis Act (California Government Code §§7060 et seq., which provides owners rights to withdraw units from residential rental): relocation payments for low-income tenants are increased from the current range of $1,500 - $2,500 (depending upon the size of the unit) to a standard $4,500.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
991425 2 Notice to Recycling CompaniesOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Building Code Section 106.3.2.3.2 to provide notice of applications for and issuance of demolition permits to recycling companies upon their payment of a specified fee.PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
992227 1 Appeal, Conditional Use, 275 Olympia WayHearingFiledHearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 14917 dated November 4, 1999, approving Conditional Use Application No. 99.398C to allow the installation of a wireless telecommunications facility, including three panel antennas mounted on a pole, plus base station equipment in the parking lot owned and occupied by St. John’s Church within an RH-1 (House, One-Family ) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District on property located at 275 Olympia Way, south side between Clarendon and Dellbrook Avenues; Lot 10 in Assessor’s Block 2842.HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING  Action details Not available
992228 1 Appeal, Conditional Use, 275 Olympia WayMotionKilledMotion approving decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 14917 approving Conditional Use Application No. 99.398C on property located at 275 Olympia Way, south side between Clarendon and Dellbrook Avenues, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1.CONTINUEDPass Action details Not available
992229 1 Appeal, Conditional Use, 275 Olympia WayMotionFailedMotion disapproving decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 14917 approving Conditional Use Application No. 99.398C on property located at 275 Olympia Way, south side between Clarendon and Dellbrook Avenues, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1.CONTINUEDPass Action details Not available
992230 1 Findings - 275 Olympia WayMotionKilledMotion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to proposed Conditional Use Application No. 99.38C on property located at 275 Olympia Way, south side between Clarendon and Dellbrook Avenues, for action by the Board at its next meeting.CONTINUEDPass Action details Not available
992338 2 Potential LitigationReportKilledMotion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding anticipated litigation (City anticipated to be a defendant) which may be filed as a result of the Board's approval of legislation increasing relocation benefits to tenants evicted under the Ellis Act (version submitted by Supervisor Ammiano - Board File No. 992236; version submitted by Supervisor Becerril - Board File No. 992316). The City Attorney advises that, as of December 28, 1999, the City has not been threatened with litigation regarding this issue. Government Code Section 54956.9(b), and City Administrative Code (Sunshine Ordinance) Section No. 67.8 would not permit a closed session, unless the City receives such a threat by January 4, 2000.MOTIONPass Action details Not available
992312 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Mr. Andy Patt for brightening the lives of children battling cancer by collecting toys, dressing up as Santa, and delivering a gift to each child in the oncology clinic at UCSF Medical Center.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992324 1 Visitacion Valley Branch LibraryResolutionPassedResolution urging the Library Commission, the San Francisco Public Library, the City Librarian, and the Mayor's Office to work with the Visitacion Valley Branch Library to acquire a permanent space for the branch immediately.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992325 1 Flooding in VenezuelaResolutionPassedResolution extending condolences to the victims of flooding in Venezuela and urging each City department to determine how they can assist in the relief efforts currently underway.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992326 1 California State Proposition 14ResolutionPassedResolution endorsing California State Proposition 14, The California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Construction and Renovation Act of 2000.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992328 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Julia "Butterfly" Hill for her environmental heroism and courage on behalf of old growth forests.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992329 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending the Vermont Supreme Court's ruling that the state of Vermont is constitutionally required to extend the same-sex couples the common benefits and protections that flow from marriage under Vermont law.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992330 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending the Bay Area Black United Fund and the San Francisco Foundation on the creation of the Executive Directors Learning Community.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992339 1 Needle Exchange EmergencyMotionPassedMotion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
992348 1 Use of Board of Supervisors' Conference RoomMotionPassedMotion providing for the use of the Board of Supervisors' Conference Room one day a week by other city government groups for a seven month period not to extend beyond August 31, 2000.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
992327 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Charles Schulz for fifty years of cartooning.SEVERED FROM FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA  Action details Not available
992327 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Charles Schulz for fifty years of cartooning.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Not available
992327 2 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Charles Schulz for fifty years of cartooning.AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
992327 3 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Charles Schulz for fifty years of cartooning.ADOPTED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
000021 1 City Hall Filming RestrictionsOrdinanceFiledOrdinance amending Administrative Code Section 4.1-2 to restrict filming in the City Hall Rotunda.   Action details Not available
000016 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Police Chief Fred Lau, Sergeant Dan Linehan (officer in charge of preparing for the event) and the Police Department for their diligent efforts in providing a safe New Year's Eve for San Franciscans.   Action details Not available
000022 1 Used Computer and Electronic Equipment Collection Pilot ProjectResolutionPassedResolution urging the City's Solid Waste Management Program to study the San Jose Collection Program and to develop a used computer and electronic equipment collection pilot project in the City and County of San Francisco.   Action details Not available
000023 1 Chinatown Area PlanResolutionKilledResolution urging the Planning Department to review and update the Chinatown Area Plan of the Master Plan of the City and County of San Francisco.   Action details Not available
000024 1 Octavia Boulevard/Central Freeway Replacement ProjectResolutionPassedResolution urging the California Department of Transportation to complete its review of the reevaluation of the environmental assessment of the Octavia Boulevard/Central Freeway Replacement Project, to forward its review to the Federal Highway Administration with a favorable recommendation, to transfer the emergency relief funds designated for the project to the City and County of San Francisco, and to develop a work plan with the City and County of San Francisco as quickly and expeditiously as possible.   Action details Not available
000025 1 Code System Reporting of HIV CasesResolutionPassedResolution urging Governor Gray Davis and the California State Legislature to approve legislation requiring report of HIV cases using a unique code system.   Action details Not available
000026 1 Ballot Argument Form and Fee Schedule Review and UpdateResolutionPassedResolution urging the Department of Elections to review and update its local ballot argument form and fee schedule and requesting the department to report back to the Board of Supervisors within ninety days.   Action details Not available
000027 1 ProclamationResolutionPassedResolution commemorating the Year of the Dragon, extending its heartfelt wishes for a prosperous New Year, inviting all of San Francisco to join in the New Year Festivities and declaring February 5, 2000 to be "Celebrating the Year of the Dragon Day" in San Francisco.   Action details Not available
000028 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending the Golden Gate National Recreation Area for their extension of the lease for the Giant Camera Obscura and urging the GGNRA to continue to pursue designation in the National Register of Historic Places to preserve the Giant Camera Obscura in its present structure and location as part of the Sutro Historic District.   Action details Not available
000029 1 State Legislation, AB 1028, Mental Health ServicesResolutionPassedResolution urging the California Legislature to pass Assembly Bill 1028 which would amend the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act) relating to mental health services.   Action details Not available
000030 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Soka Gakkai International-USA on its 25th Anniversary.   Action details Not available
000038 1 Blocking the BoxResolutionPassedResolution urging the Judicial Council to increase the fines for those "Blocking the Box" impeding traffic.   Action details Not available
000009 1 1999 Deaths of Homeless San FranciscansHearingFiledHearing to procure a detailed profile of the 169 individuals that died homeless in San Francisco in 1999, including whether those individuals sought access to San Francisco's homeless shelters and/or access to San Francisco's drug, alcohol or mental health services.   Action details Not available
000010 1 Community Based OrganizationsHearingFiledHearing to determine the needs and challenges of community-based organizations that receive block grants or redevelopment funding.   Action details Not available
000031 1 Beverage & More StoreHearingFiledHearing to consider a proposal for a Beverages & More on the corner of Geary and Stanyan.   Action details Not available
000032 1 Merced Extension Triangle Condominium ComplexHearingFiledHearing to consider the potential impacts of the 370 unit condominium complex proposed for the Merced Extension Triangle neighborhood.   Action details Not available
000033 1 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1999HearingFiledHearing to consider the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the City and County of San Francisco as issued by the City's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999.   Action details Not available
000034 1 Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Membership ReductionHearingFiledHearing to consider proposals to reduce the number of "general public seats" on the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force from six to four seats.   Action details Not available
000035 1 Emergency Room AdmissionsHearingFiledHearing to consider the growing number of emergency room admissions for soft tissue infections at San Francisco General Hospital.   Action details Not available
000036 1 Homeless Death Report for 1999HearingFiledHearing to consider the 1999 homeless death causes.   Action details Not available
000037 1 Single Room Occupancy Memorandum of Understanding and Master Lease Hotel ProgramsHearingFiledHearing to consider the Single Room Occupancy Memorandum of Understanding and Master Lease Hotel Programs.   Action details Not available
000040 1 Financial Condition of the San Francisco Unified School DistrictHearingFiledHearing to consider the financial condition of the San Francisco Unified School District, including a district staff overview of estimated local, state and federal revenues and anticipated expenditures.   Action details Not available
000041 1 San Francisco Unified School District's Student Admission PolicyHearingFiledHearing to consider the San Francisco Unified School District's student admission policy and to receive information from the school district about proposed or potential changes to this policy.   Action details Not available
000042 1 Recreation and Park Department/San Francisco Unified School District Joint Use of Recreational FacilitiesHearingFiledHearing to discuss the coordination between the San Francisco Unified School District and the Recreation and Park Department on the issue of shared use of each entity's recreational space, including a report on the progress that has been made over the past three years in terms of jointly utilizing space.   Action details Not available
000039 1 Audit Priorities: Controller Audit of Adult Probation, Department of Building Inspection, City Attorney, Public Defender, Real Estate Department; Budget Analyst audit: Fire Department, Recreation and Park Department, Department of Human ServicesMotionPassedMotion adopting a proposed schedule of audits to be conducted of programs of City and County departments.   Action details Not available
992308 1 Authorizing the PTC Executive Manager/Acting General Manager to execute an amendment to existing contract with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. for professional services to complete the procurement contract for 59 light rail vehicles and signal equipmentResolutionPassedResolution approving Supplemental Amendment No. 2 to an existing contract with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. (CS-103) for consultant engineering services to complete the light rail fleet replacement procurement increasing the compensation under the contract by an amount not to exceed $7,800,000.   Action details Not available
992309 1 Permitting non-City workers to perform work for the City because non-City workers can perform work at a lesser cost than City employees - Victim services for the District AttorneyResolutionPassedResolution concurring retroactively, with the Controller's certification that assistance to certain victims of crime and education in community anti-street violence can be practically performed for the District Attorney's Victim Witness Assistance Program by a private contract for a lower cost than similar work services performed by City and County employees.   Action details Not available
992310 1 Consenting to voluntary assignment of the Transit Shelter Agreement to Infinity Broadcasting Corporation as a result of Infinity acquiring Outdoor Systems, Inc. who used to provide for the placement/maintenance of transit shelters throughout San FranciscoResolutionPassedResolution consenting to voluntary assignment of transit shelter agreement resulting from merger of Outdoor Systems, Inc. with Burma Acquisition Corporation and Infinity Broadcasting Corporation.   Action details Not available
992311 1 Lease of property owned by Herbst Foundation on the second floor of 30 Van Ness Avenue for DPH-Children, Youth and Families Section for the term of 5 years at a monthly rate of $44,325.00ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing a lease at 30 Van Ness for the Department of Health's Children Youth and Families Section.   Action details Not available
992314 1 Grant funds to be used for scientific research project to study the characteristics of the HIV epidemic in San FranciscoResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Community Health and Safety, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $359,813 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, for the "HIV Related Applied Research and Professional Education Project" and to enter into an agreement which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; providing for ratification of action previously taken.   Action details Not available
992342 1 Grant to fund a project to evaluate the HIV/AIDS and STD prevention program decision-making processes in San Francisco, with specific attention to behavioral dataResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Community Health and Safety, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $800,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the "Strengthening HIV/AIDS and STD Prevention Through the Use of Behavioral Data in Programmatic Decision Making" and to enter into an agreement which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; providing for ratification of action previously taken.   Action details Not available
992343 1 Closing and reversing certain lanes near Pacific Bell Park to facilitate the safe and efficient movement of people to and from around the area before, during, and after eventsResolutionPassedResolution enacting a resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic and the San Francisco Police Department to close certain portions of Third Street, Terry A. Francois Boulevard and King Street to vehicular traffic, before, during and after events at Pacific Bell Park and to reverse the direction of certain traffic lanes of Third Street, during and after such events.   Action details Not available
992344 1 Stop IntersectionsResolutionPassedResolution designating certain intersections as Stop intersections: STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH Keith Street and Shafter Avenue, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Shafter Avenue (makes this an all-way STOP) Mount Vernon Avenue and Howth Street, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Mount Vernon Avenue (makes this an all-way STOP)   Action details Not available
992345 1 Parking Regulations, Various LocationsResolutionPassedResolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations: NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH 15th Street, south side, between Treat Avenue and Alabama Street NO PARKING, PASSENGER LOADING ZONE, 3 PM - 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Beale Street, east side, from 282 feet to 486 feet south of Howard Street (204-foot extension to existing casual carpool loading zone; resulting 486-foot zone would include meters #201 through #245, inclusive, on the east side) PARKING METER AREA NO. 3 (1-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - RESCIND PARKING METER AREA NO. 3 (2-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH Sacramento Street, both sides, between Lyon and Spruce Streets (change in parking time limit only) PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH Alabama Street, both sides, between 16th and 17th Streets Alabama Street, both sides, between Mariposa and 19th Streets Alabama Street, both sides, from 16th Street to 300 feet northerly (300-foot zones) Alabama Street, west side, between 17   Action details Not available
992346 1 Traffic Regulations, Various StreetsResolutionPassedResolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations on various streets: NO TURN ON RED - ESTABLISH Brotherhood Way, eastbound, in front of driveway for #655 Brotherhood Way Brotherhood Way Frontage Road, westbound, in front of driveway for #655 Brotherhood Way ONE-WAY STREET - ESTABLISH Harriet Street, southbound, between Folsom and Harrison Streets LEFT TURN ONLY, AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS - ESTABLISH Terry Francois Boulevard, westbound, at Illinois Street MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK - ESTABLISH 4th Street, approximately 600 feet north of 3rd Street NO LEFT TURN AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS, EXCEPT TAXIS - ESTABLISH 16th Street, westbound, at Arkansas Street 16th Street, westbound, at Carolina Street 16th Street, westbound, at Connecticut Street 16th Street, westbound, at De Haro Street 16th Street, westbound, at Kansas Street 16th Street, westbound, at Missouri Street 16th Street, westbound, at Rhode Island Street 16th Street, westbound, at Wisconsin Street NO RIGHT TURN AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS, TAXIS EXEMPT - ESTABLISH 3rd Street, northbound, at Brannan Street 3rd S   Action details Not available