Meeting Name: Board of Supervisors Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/23/2010 2:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Legislative Chamber, Room 250 City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
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100101 2 Appropriating $305,000,000 of General Obligation Bonds for the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center for the Department of Public Health for FY2009-2010OrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $305,000,000 of General Obligation Bond Proceeds approved by voters under Proposition A in the November 2008 election authorizing the second issuance of general obligation bonds for the building or rebuilding and earthquake safety improvement of the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in the Department of Public Health for FY2009-2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
100066 1 Accept and Expend Grant - Transportation Development Act, Article 3 - $1,089,413ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,089,413 from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for various bicycle projects in the City and County of San Francisco in FY2009-2010.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
100096 1 Accept and Expend Grant - Light Brown Apple Moth Program - $42,448.60ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health to accept and expend retroactively a grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture in the amount of $42,448.60 to fund the Little Brown Apple Moth Program for the period of July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
100097 1 Accept and Expend Grant - Ghana's Most-At-Risk Populations Size Estimation - $28,465ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $28,465 from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), to assist with a project entitled “Ghana's Most-At-Risk Populations Size Estimation” for the period of January 1, 2010, through March 31, 2010.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
091472 1 Agreement to Purchase a Road Easement Over Portions of APN 011-001-028 Located in Stanislaus CountyResolutionPassedResolution approving and authorizing an agreement for the purchase of a 0.48 acre permanent road easement over portions of Assessor's Parcel No. 011-001-028 located in Stanislaus County, required for the San Joaquin Pipeline System Project No. CUW37301 for a purchase price of $500; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; adopting findings that the conveyance is consistent with the City’s General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing the Director of Property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
100115 2 Appointments, Citizen's Committee on Community Development - Charlie Sciammas, Rene Cazenave, Joshua Arce and Gaylen MohreMotionPassedMotion appointing Charlie Sciammas, Rene Cazenave, Joshua Arce and Gaylen Mohre, terms to be determined, to the Citizen's Committee on Community Development.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
091015 5 Reimbursement to City for Dignitary Security Provided During Campaign-Related Travel by Elected OfficialsOrdinanceFailedOrdinance amending the San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code by adding sections 3.600, 3.605, 3.610 and 3.615, to require City elective officers to reimburse the City for the cost of dignitary security provided by the City during travel for campaign-related activities or meetings and to require the Police Department to report to the Board of Supervisors regarding the cost of security.APPROVED OVER THE MAYOR'S VETOFail Action details Not available
100039 2 Just Cause Eviction Protections for Residential Tenants, Extend to Non-Rent Controlled Units that are Subjected to ForeclosureOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance:" by amending Section 37.2 and adding new Section 37.9D to extend just cause eviction requirements and protections to tenants in units that are not now subject to eviction controls (e.g., most residential rental units with a certificate of occupancy issued after June 13, 1979), when those units are subjected to foreclosure; and to provide for particular notice of rights to tenants in possession of a rental unit at the time of foreclosure, and that failure to provide the notice can be an affirmative defense in unlawful detainer proceedings; findings in support of the legislation; severability clause; technical corrections.CONTINUED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
091460 1 Authorizing the Execution of an Option to Purchase Interests in the Properties Located at 1600 and 1670 Owens Street, San Francisco and Acquire Related Design and Construction PlansOrdinanceFiledOrdinance approving the City's execution of option agreement for purchase of (i) real property located at 1600 Owens Street, San Francisco, California for purpose of construction of new laboratory building for use by the City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Forensic Science Division, (ii) tenancy-in-common interest in the land and existing parking structure located at 1670 Owens Street San Francisco, California, (iii) rights to use existing permitted base building design and construction documents in connection with City's proposed construction of new laboratory building at 1600 Owens Street, and (iv) acquisition of rights and assumption of obligations under certain existing design and development contracts related to such proposed laboratory building construction; exempting acquisition by City of existing permitted base building design and construction documents and related design or construction contracts from Chapter 6 of City's Administrative Code; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act and findings pursuant to the City Planning Code SectiRE-REFERREDPass Action details Not available
091165 2 Zoning - Parking Requirements and Garage Installation in Existing Residential Buildings in Telegraph Hill, North Beach, and ChinatownOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 714.94, 722.94, 803.2, and Tables 810, 811, and 812, to require mandatory discretionary review by the Planning Commission to install a garage in an existing residential building of four or more units and Section 311 notice for a building of less than four units in the Broadway Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD), the North Beach NCD, and the Chinatown Mixed-Use Districts; adding Section 249.49 and amending Section SU01 of the Zoning Map to establish the Telegraph Hill - North Beach Residential Special Use District to include the residentially-zoned areas bounded by Bay Street to the North, Sansome Street and the Embarcadero to the East, Broadway to the South, and Columbus Avenue to the West, and require mandatory discretionary review by the Planning Commission to install a garage in an existing residential building of four or more units and Section 311 notice for a building of less than four units; amending Section 151 to reduce the minimum parking requirements in the Broadway and North Beach NCDs, the TelegraCONTINUED ON FINAL PASSAGEPass Action details Not available
100173 1 Committee of the Whole - Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response General Obligation Bonds - $412,300,000HearingFiledHearing of persons interested in or objecting to proposed Resolution and proposed Ordinance relating to the Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response General Obligation Bonds - $412,300,000.HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING  Action details Not available
091457 4 Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response General Obligation Bonds - $412,300,000ResolutionPassedResolution determining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the construction, acquisition, improvement, and retrofitting of Neighborhood Fire and Police Stations, the Auxiliary Water Supply System, and a Public Safety Building, and other critical infrastructure and facilities for earthquake safety and the payment of related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; finding that the estimated cost of $412,300,000 for such improvements is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require incurring bonded indebtedness; finding that a portion of the proposed bond is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and adopting findings under CEQA, CEQA Guidelines, and San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 31 for the remaining portion of the proposed bond; finding the proposed bond is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and with the General Plan consistency requirement of Charter Section 4.105 and Administrative Code SectADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
091458 4 Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response General Obligation Bond Election - $412,300,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, for the purpose of submitting to San Francisco voters a proposition to incur the following bonded debt of the City and County: $412,300,000 to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, and retrofitting of Neighborhood Fire and Police Stations, the Auxiliary Water Supply System, a Public Safety Building, and other critical infrastructure and facilities for earthquake safety and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants in accordance with Chapter 37 of the San Francisco Administrative Code; finding that the estimated cost of such proposed project is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require expenditures greater than the amount allowed therefor by the annual tax levy; reciting the estimated cost of such proposed project; fixing the date of electFINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
100171 1 Committee of the Whole - Mandated Reduction of Expenditures to Programs for City Services, Designated by the Board of SupervisorsHearingFiledHearing of persons interested in or objecting to proposed Charter Amendment relating to the mandated reduction of expenditures to programs for City services, designated by the Board of SupervisorsHEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING  Action details Not available
091430 3 Mandated Reduction of Expenditures to Programs for City Services, Designated by the Board of SupervisorsCharter AmendmentFiledCharter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 9.103 and 9.104 to: (1) allow the Board of Supervisors to mandate the expenditure of identified appropriations for particular programs or activities, in an amount not to exceed the total value of expenditure reductions made by the Board at the same time; (2) require the relevant City departments to report to the Board on their plans for expenditure of the money appropriated; and, (3) allow the Mayor to reject or reduce an appropriation identified as mandatory and reject the designation of the appropriation as mandatory with or without reducing the amount of the appropriation.RE-REFERREDPass Action details Not available
100172 1 Committee of the Whole - Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit Costs and Payment for Employee Retirement ContributionsHearingFiledHearing of persons interested in or objecting to proposed Charter Amendments relating to reducing employer retirement benefit costs and payment for employee retirement contributions.HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING  Action details Not available
091433 2 Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit CostsCharter AmendmentFailedCharter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections A8.432, A8.506, A8.506-2, A8.506-3, and A8.510, and by adding Sections A8.432-1, A8.600 to A8.600-14, A8.601 to A8.601-16 and A8.602 to A8.602-16, to: (1) define "Participating Employers" for the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund to include the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, to the extent it participates in the City and County's Health Service System and upon resolution by its governing board; (2) require the difference between the City and County's contribution to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; (3) require the difference between the "Participating Employers'" contribution to SFERS set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund only upon resolution by the governing boards of the respective "Participating Employers" approCONTINUEDPass Action details Not available
100156 2 Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit CostsCharter AmendmentPassedCharter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections A8.432, A8.506, A8.506-2, A8.506-3, and A8.510, and by adding Sections A8.432-1, A8.600 to A8.600-14, A8.601 to A8.601-16 and A8.602 to A8.602-16, to: (1) define "Participating Employers" for the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund to include the Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, to the extent it participates in the City and County's Health Service System and upon resolution by its governing board; (2) require the difference between the City and County's contribution to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; (3) require the difference between the "Participating Employers" contribution to SFERS set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund only upon resolution by the governing boards of the respective "Participating EmployersAMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Not available
100156 3 Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit CostsCharter AmendmentPassedCharter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections A8.432, A8.506, A8.506-2, A8.506-3, and A8.510, and by adding Sections A8.432-1, A8.600 to A8.600-14, A8.601 to A8.601-16 and A8.602 to A8.602-16, to: (1) define "Participating Employers" for the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund to include the Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, to the extent it participates in the City and County's Health Service System and upon resolution by its governing board; (2) require the difference between the City and County's contribution to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; (3) require the difference between the "Participating Employers" contribution to SFERS set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund only upon resolution by the governing boards of the respective "Participating EmployersCONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
100157 1 Payment for Employee Retirement ContributionsCharter AmendmentKilledCharter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section(s) A8.409-5, to: (1) restrict the City and County from agreeing to pay required employee contributions to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) or the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) after June 8, 2010, for certain employees; (2) authorize the City and County to offer a one-time seven percent (7%) wage increase to certain employees as acknowledgement that the City and County will no longer pay the required seven and one-half percent (7.5%) employee contribution to SFERS or the required employee contribution to CalPERS afforded in their most recent collectively bargained agreement, provided that no such increase shall become effective before July 1, 2011; and (3) require voter approval before the City and County can pay, for up to a two-year period, required employee contributions to SFERS or CalPERS after June 8, 2010.TABLEDPass Action details Not available
100052 1 Appropriating $410,000 of Anticipated PGA Tour Revenue for the Harding Park Golf Course in the Department of Recreation and Parks for FY2009-2010OrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $410,000 of anticipated PGA Tour revenue to fund preparation of the Harding Park Golf Course for the 2010 Schwab Cup Tournament in the Department of Recreation and Parks for FY2009-2010.PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
100142 2 Appropriating $2,816,535 of State and Federal Revenues for Various Purposes in the Human Services Agency for FY2009-2010OrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $2,816,535 of various revenues, including $672,043 of additional In-Home Support Services administrative and fraud prevention allocation from the State, $1,315,790 of additional Federal and State Older Youth Adoption Services allocation, and $828,702 of additional State Food Stamps administrative allocation, for In-Home Support Services administration, In-Home Support Services fraud prevention, the Food Stamps eligibility program, and activities to promote older youth adoptions in the Human Services Agency for FY2009-2010, and placing $284,783 of salaries and fringe benefits in the In-Home Support Services Investigations program on Budget and Finance Committee reserve.PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
100143 2 Public Employment - Human Services AgencyOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 183-09 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY2009-2010) to reflect the addition of 42 new positions (17.64 FTEs) at the Human Services Agency.PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
100161 2 Adopting Implementation Plan for CleanPowerSFOrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting a revised Implementation Plan for the City’s Community Choice Aggregation Program, CleanPowerSF, and authorizing the filing of the Implementation Plan with the California Public Utilities Commission.PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
091287 2 Tenderloin Housing Clinic Contract Approval - $82,286,121ResolutionPassedResolution approving, retroactively, the contract between the City and County of San Francisco and the Tenderloin Housing Clinic to provide master-leased housing for formerly homeless single adults to the Human Services Agency for the period of January 1, 2010, to June 30, 2015, in the amount of $82,286,121.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
100081 2 Lease for Surface Parking Between the Port of San Francisco and Central Parking System, Inc., Located in the Northern WaterfrontResolutionPassedResolution approving a Port Commission Lease (Lease No. L-14795) with Central Parking System, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, for certain real property located at Seawall Lots (SWL) 301 bounded by Taylor Street, Jefferson Street, and Powell Street, and SWL 314 bounded by The Embarcadero and Bay Street, and Kearny Street in the City and County of San Francisco for a term of 3 years.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
100148 1 Setting the Budget and Legislative Analyst Services Work Plan for 2010MotionPassedMotion approving the Budget and Legislative Analyst Services work plan for 2010, which: (a) allocates hours for calendar year 2010, (b) authorizes the Budget and Legislative Analyst to reallocate up to 10 percent of the hours based on Board of Supervisors service needs, and (c) requires Board of Supervisors approval of hours re-allocation greater than 10 percent; and establishes performance goals and sets a date for the 2010 annual performance evaluation of the Budget and Legislative Analyst Joint Venture Partnership.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
100057 1 Budget and Legislative Analyst Audit of the City’s General Fund RevenuesMotionPassedMotion requesting the Budget and Legislative Analyst to: (1) conduct an audit of the City and County of San Francisco’s existing lease, fee, and other General Fund revenues generated by City department activities and of the City’s collection of General Fund revenues; and (2) identify new General Fund revenues, enhancement of existing General Fund revenues, and improved collection of General Fund revenues.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
100094 1 Budget and Legislative Analyst Limited Scope Performance Audit of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to Determine its EffectivenessMotionPassedMotion directing the Budget and Legislative Analyst to conduct a limited scope performance audit of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) to determine if the SFMTA is operating in the most efficient, effective, and economical manner in establishing and collecting revenues and in managing expenditures.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
091407 1 Recreation and Park Department - Naming Parcel 4 as Sutro DunesOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the San Francisco Park Code by renaming Article 1 as "Title and General Provisions" and adding Section 1.05 to name the parcel located at the junction of the Great Highway and Balboa Street "Sutro Dunes."PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
100009 2 Acceptance of Streets and Roadway Structures for Maintenance and Liability PurposesOrdinancePassedOrdinance accepting for maintenance and liability purposes the streets and roadway structures listed herein, subject to specified limitations and conditions, pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Section 1806 and San Francisco Administrative Code Sections 1.51 et seq.; and approving Department of Public Works Order No. 178,355.PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
100010 1 Local Streets and Roads Needs AssessmentResolutionPassedResolution supporting the findings of the California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
100116 1 Appointment, Association of Bay Area Government Executive Board - Supervisor Chris DalyMotionPassedMotion appointing Supervisor Chris Daly, as an alternate member, term ending June 30, 2011, to the Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Board.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
100120 1 Committee of the Whole - Redevelopment Agency Sale of Land at 1345 Turk Street Through a Disposition and Development AgreementHearingFiledHearing to consider the Proposed Disposition and Development Agreement between the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco and MSPDI, Turk LLC., for the disposition of land at 1345 Turk Street, pursuant to the provisions of the California Community Redevelopment Law Section 33433.HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING  Action details Not available
100121 1 Redevelopment Agency Sale of Land at 1345 Turk Street Through a Disposition and Development AgreementResolutionPassedResolution approving the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco’s Disposition and Development Agreement for Assessor’s Block No. 0756, Lot No. 017, commonly known as 1345 Turk Street, to sell the Site to MSPDI Turk, LLC, a California limited liability company, for the development of 32 affordable for sale housing units for low- and moderate-income households.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
100163 1 American Red Cross Month - March 2010ResolutionPassedResolution declaring March 2010 as American Red Cross Month.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
100164 1 Extending the Joint City and School District CommitteeMotionPassedMotion amending the Board of Supervisors' Rules of Order No. 5.7 to extend the term of the Joint City and School District Select Committee through March 1, 2011.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
100165 1 Endorsing Rally for California's Future - March 4, 2010ResolutionPassedResolution endorsing Rally for Califronia's Future, a statewide day of action in support of education and public sector services on March 4, 2010.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
100190 1 Accept and Expend Grant - 2010 Census GrantResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $32,250 from the State of California, Governor's Office of Planning and Research, to support San Francisco's complete count outreach and education activities related to the 2010 Census.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Not available
100190 2 Accept and Expend Grant - 2010 Census GrantResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $32,250 from the State of California, Governor's Office of Planning and Research, to support San Francisco's complete count outreach and education activities related to the 2010 Census.ADOPTED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
100204 1 Americans with Disabilities Act - Reasonable Modification PolicyOrdinancePassedOrdinance adding Administrative Code Section 2A.22.3 to adopt a Citywide Americans with Disabilities Act Reasonable Modification Policy that requires City departments to: (1) provide notice to the public of the right to request reasonable modification; (2) respond promptly to such requests; (3) provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services to people with disabilities to ensure effective communication; and (4) train staff to respond to requests from the public for reasonable modification, and that requires the Mayor's Office on Disability to provide technical assistance to City departments responding to requests from the public for reasonable modifications.   Action details Not available
100206 1 Appropriating $157,500 of General Fund Reserve for a Loan to the Community Center Project of San Francisco in the City Administrator's Budget for FY2009-2010OrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $157,500 of General Fund Reserve for a loan to the Community Center Project of San Francisco, Inc., a California nonprofit public corporation, in the City Administrator's Budget for FY2009-2010.   Action details Not available
100208 1 Accept and Expend Grant - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance, FY2009-2010 - $750,635OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $750,635 from the Federal Department of Energy’s Solar America Initiative to remove barriers to the deployment of solar technologies in San Francisco by addressing the lack of financing options for solar power installations and amending Ordinance No. 183-09 to reflect the addition of one (1) grant funded position at the Department of the Environment.   Action details Not available
091269 2 Payroll Expense Tax Biotechnology Exclusion AmendmentOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Section 906.1 of the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code to clarify the definition of "biotechnology business" and to allow applicants to claim the biotechnology exclusion for seven and one half (7.5) years irrespective of the application date.   Action details Not available
100205 1 Accept and Expend Grant - FY2009 Federal Interoperable Emergency Communications Program - $1,370,063ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Emergency Management, as primary grantee and fiscal agent for the Capitol-Bay Planning Area, to accept and expend retroactively a FY2009 Interoperable Emergency Communications Program Grant award in the amount of $1,370,063 from the United States Department of Homeland Security, through the California Emergency Management Agency, for the period June 1, 2009, to February 28, 2011.   Action details Not available
100207 1 Accept and Expend Grant - Homeless Health and Wellness Training - $108,600ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $108,600 from the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, to assist with a project entitled “Homeless Health and Wellness Training” for the period of March 27, 2009, through March 26, 2011.   Action details Not available
100209 1 Accept and Expend Grant - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - $2,080,000ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $2,080,000 from the California Energy Commission’s State Energy Program, to provide financial assistance for GreenFinanceSF, the City's municipal financing program for energy and water retrofits of privately-owned buildings.   Action details Not available
100210 1 Accept Grant - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - $875,957ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept a grant in the amount of $875,957 from the California Energy Commission’s State Energy Program, through the Association of Bay Area Governments, for the deployment of energy efficiency projects in the City.   Action details Not available
100211 1 Potrero Branch Library ReopeningResolutionPassedResolution recognizing the Grand Reopening of the Potrero Branch Library and commending the San Francisco Public Library, residents of the Potrero, the Department of Public Works, and their team, for their hard work and commitment to San Francisco and its residents.   Action details Not available
100212 1 Plan for Bicycle Facilities at Certain Dangerous Intersections and Street SegmentsResolutionPassedResolution calling upon the Municipal Transportation Agency to commence study and planning for bicycle facilities around the intersections of Market, Polk, Oak and 10th Street, and of Howard, South Van Ness, 13th Street and Division, and along Division, 13th Street and Duboce from Folsom to Valencia.   Action details Not available
100213 1 Urging Further Collaboration to Improve the 2010 Bay to BreakersResolutionPassedResolution commending the improvements made to the 2009 Bay to Breakers and urging the race sponsors to further collaborate with City agencies, neighborhoods, and race advocates to develop plans that will minimize adverse impacts on affected neighborhoods while including floats and non-running participants and ensuring the long-term financial and logistical success of the race.   Action details Not available
100214 1 Commending Brooks OrpikResolutionPassedResolution commending Brooks Orpik for representing San Francisco in the 2010 Winter Olympics.   Action details Not available
100215 1 Urging the State Legislature and San Francisco's State Legislative Delegation to Permit the Continued Sale of Rice-Based NoodlesResolutionPassedResolution urging the State Legislature and San Francisco's State Legislative Delegation to permit the continued sale of rice-based noodles.   Action details Not available
091209 1 Interim Zoning Controls for the Bayshore CorridorResolutionPassedResolution imposing interim zoning controls to require Conditional Use authorization for all projects that involve: (1) establishment of a formula retail use; (2) new retail uses that are 25,000 gross square feet or larger; and/or (3) a lot merger that creates a new lot that is 25,000 square feet or larger, for a period of eighteen (18) months, on all properties on lots fronting Bayshore Boulevard, from Jerrold Avenue to the I-280 Freeway; the west side of Loomis Street, from Jerrold Avenue to the I-280 Freeway; Oakdale Avenue from Loomis Street to Bayshore Boulevard; Marengo Street from Bayshore Boulevard to Waterloo Street; and the west side of Boutwell Street from Industrial Street to the I-280 Freeway; specifying criteria to be applied in the evaluation of a conditional use permit application, in addition to the criteria listed in Section 303 of the Planning Code; and making findings, including findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and environmental findings.   Action details Not available
100197 1 Implementation of the JOBS NOW ProgramHearingFiledHearing on the implementation and administration of the JOBS NOW program in both the private and public sector, regarding process, outcomes and challenges.   Action details Not available
100198 1 City Services Auditor Report - Port of San FranciscoHearingFiledHearing on the City Services Auditor Report on Port of San Francisco regarding poor management and triangle parking lot oversight.   Action details Not available
100199 1 City Services Auditor Report - San Francisco Municipal Transportation AgencyHearingFiledHearing on the City Services Auditor Report on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency regarding Mission Bartlett, North Beach, Vallejo Street, and San Francisco General Hospital garages audit.   Action details Not available
100200 1 City Services Auditor Report - Office of Contract AdministrationHearingFiledHearing on the City Services Auditor Report on the Office of Contract Administration regarding Office Depot not in compliance with its contract an overcharge of at least $5,750,00 to the City.   Action details Not available
100201 1 Management Audit of San Francisco's Commodity Purchasing ProcessHearingFiledHearing on the management audit of San Francisco's Commodity Purchasing Process.   Action details Not available
100202 1 San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's Quality ReviewHearingFiledHearing to consider the recently completed biennial review of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's progress toward its adopted goals, objectives, and performance standards as required under Charter Section 8A.107.   Action details Not available
100203 1 Truck Route Planning in Southeast San FranciscoHearingFiledHearing on the progress of the collaborative effort between the Municipal Transportation Agency and the Department of Public Health to address health and safety issues associated with truck traffic in southeast San Francisco.   Action details Not available
100216 1 Authorizing Preparation of Proponent/Opponent Ballot Arguments and Rebuttal Ballot Arguments for Submittal to the Voters at the June 8, 2010, ElectionMotionPassedMotion authorizing preparation of written Proponent and Opponent ballot arguments and rebuttal ballot arguments for submittal to the voters at the June 8, 2010, Election.   Action details Not available
100168 1 Wastewater Revenue Bonds Issuance and Sale - Not to Exceed $282,400,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance approving the issuance and sale of wastewater revenue bonds by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to finance various projects benefitting the Wastewater Enterprise pursuant to amendments to the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco enacted by the voters on November 5, 2002, as Proposition E; and ratifying previous actions taken in connection therewith.   Action details Not available
100166 1 Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - Larkfield, Inc. - $49,500ResolutionPassedResolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Larkfield, Inc., against the City and County San Francisco for $49,500; claim was filed on September 2, 2009.   Action details Not available
100167 1 Agreement to Purchase Two Access Road Easements Over Portions of APN 016-002-014 Located in Stanislaus CountyResolutionPassedResolution approving and authorizing an agreement for the purchase of two permanent access road easements totaling 1.07 acres over portions of Assessor's Parcel No. 016-002-014 located in Stanislaus County, required for the San Joaquin Pipeline System Project No. CUW37301 for a purchase price of $2,900; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; adopting findings that the conveyance is consistent with the City’s General Plan and eight priority policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing the Director of Property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution.   Action details Not available
100169 1 Wastewater Revenue Bonds Issuance - Not to Exceed $282,400,000ResolutionPassedResolution approving the issuance of not to exceed $282,400,000 in aggregate principal amount of wastewater revenue bonds to be issued by the Public Utilities Commission of the City and County of San Francisco; affirming covenants contained in the indenture pursuant to which the wastewater revenue bonds are issued; and authorizing the taking of appropriate actions in connection therewith; and related matters.   Action details Not available