Meeting Name: Board of Supervisors Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/20/1999 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
Regular Meeting
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992214 1 Ballot Argument, Parks and Recreation Facilities and PropertiesMotionPassedMotion authorizing proponent's ballot argument in favor of Proposition _, a bond measure regarding parks and recreation facilities and properties.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
992215 1 Ballot Argument, California Academy of SciencesMotionPassedMotion authorizing proponent's ballot argument in favor of Proposition _, a bond measure regarding California Academy of Sciences.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
992217 2 Ballot Argument, Park, Recreation and Open Space FundMotionPassedMotion authorizing proponent's ballot argument in favor of Proposition C, a charter amendment regarding Park, Recreation and Open Space Fund, revenue bonds, Recreation and Park Department.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
992216 2 Ballot Argument, Medical and Retirement Benefits for Members of the Board of SupervisorsMotionPassedMotion authorizing proponent's ballot argument in favor of Proposition D, a charter amendment regarding medical and retirement benefits for members of the Board of Supervisors.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
992043 2 Administrative Code Revision, Chapters 15, 16 and 19AOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code, Chapters 15 (Mental Health); 16 (Officers and Employees) and 19A (Public Health) by adding new Sections 15.1 (Definitions) and 15.19 (Alcoholism Advisory Board); repealing Sections 15.6, 15.8, 15.11, 15.12, 15.12-1, 15.12-2, 15.12-3, 15.12-4, 15.12-5, 15.12-6 and 16.803; renumbering Sections 15.1, 15.3, 15.4, 15.4-1, 15.5, 16.800, 16.801, and 16.802 as Sections 15.10, 15.12, 15.13, 15.14,15.15, 15.20, 15.21, and 15.22 respectively and renumbering Sections 15.2, 15.7-1, 15.9 and 19A.14 as Sections 15.11, 15.16, 15.17 and 15.18, respectively and amending the same, to consolidate the chapters and to eliminate out-dated and obsolete provisions; by adding a new Section 15.100 and renumbering Sections 19A.18, 19A.22, 19A.19 and 19A.36 as Sections 15.101, 15.102, 15.103, and 15.104, respectively; to create a new Article II ("Public Health Contracts") to Chapter 15; and by repealing Sections 19A.1, 19A.2, 19A.3, 19A.4, 19A.6, 19A.7, 19A.8, 19A.9, 19A.10, 19A.12, 19A.13, 19A.15, 19A.17, 19A.20, 19A.21, 19A.23, 19A.25, 19A.26, 19A.31, 19A.32, 19A.33, 19AFINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992044 1 Administrative Code Revision, Chapter 17OrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code Section 17.1 to correct a statutory reference and amending Section 17.14 regarding trial and special event rates for the use of parking facilities under the jurisdiction of the Parking and Traffic Commission.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992045 1 Administrative Code Revision, Chapter 20OrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code Sections 20.1 and 20.8 to correct references to the Department of Human Services and repealing Sections 20.1-1, 20-8-1, 20.8-2, 20.9, 20.10, 20.11, 20.20, 20.21, 20.22, 20.23, 20.24, 20.25, 20.25-2, 20.26, 20.27, 20.28, 20.30, 20.33, 20.34, 20.35, 20.36, 20.37, 20.38, 20.38-1, 20.39, 20.40, 20.40-1, 20.42, 20.43, 20.44, 20.45, 20.46, 20.47 and 20.53, regarding the Department of Human Services, to eliminate out-dated and obsolete provisions.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992046 2 Administrative Code Revision, Chapter 58, Conflict of Interest CodeOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code Sections 58.1, 58.2, 58.7, 58.8, 58.9, 58.105, 58.110, 58.115, 58.120, 58.145, 58.150, 58.155, 58.170, 58.175, 58.180, 58.185, 58.190, 8.200, 58.201, 58.202, 58.205, 58.220, 58.225, 58.275, 58.315, 58.320, 58.375, 58.380, 58.385, 58.390, 58.405, deleting sections 58.9, 58.168, 58.177, 58.195, 58.198, 58.267, 58.272, 58.310, 58.232, 58.340, 58.357, 58.382, 58.383, 58.405, and 58.500, and adding new Sections 58.100, 58.140, 58.160, 58.203, 58.204, 58.206,58.216, 58.242, 58.257, 58.295, 58.355, 58.395, 58.400, 58.410, 58.415, 58.420 to reorganize and renumber sections in alphabetical order and make other nonsubstantive technical changes; to reflect organizational changes for the Transportation Authority; and to add the Children and Families First Commission, the Taxi Commission, the Treasure Island Development Authority and the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Redevelopment Agency.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992107 1 Settlement of Lawsuit, Darcel GraceOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Darcel Grace against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $131,050.00.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992108 1 Settlement of Lawsuit, Sharon NorrisOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Sharon Norris against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $50,000.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992109 1 Settlement of Lawsuit, Iokhvetta Altman, Vita Burmenko and Marianna BurmenkoOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Iokhvetta Altman, Vita Burmenko and Marianna Burmenko against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $210,000.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992137 1 Settlement of Lawsuit, Ran ErezOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Ran Erez against the City and County of San Francisco by the receipt of $102,081.45.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992138 1 Settlement of Lawsuit, Bobby Lee AddisonOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Bobby Lee Addison against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $47,500.00FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
991951 1 Settlement of Lawsuit, Ideal Paint Co., Inc. vs. CCSF, and Consolidated ActionsOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing the settlement of the litigation between the City and County of San Francisco ("City") and John Shimmick Construction, Inc./Obayashi, Joint Venture, and Foundation Constructors, Inc. (collectively referred to as "Shimmick") in the lawsuits consolidated under Ideal Paint Co., Inc. vs. City and County of San Francisco, and Consolidated Actions.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992185 2 Government Funding, Superior CourtOrdinancePassedOrdinance rescinding and reappropriating $17,843, professional services to salaries and fringe benefits and creating one (1) position for the Superior Court for fiscal year 1999-2000.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992186 2 Public Employment, Superior CourtOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 209-99 (Annual Salary Ordinance, 1999-2000, reflecting the creation of one position (Class 0366 Dependency Mediation Assistant), for the Superior Court.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992203 1 Authorizing PTC as grant recipient of funds on behalf of the Port for its Ferry Building project, to expand ferry service into and out of downtown San FranciscoResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Public Transportation Commission to accept and expend $1,594,500 of Federal Interstate Transfer capital assistance for one Port of San Francisco capital project, excluding administrative overhead costs.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992197 1 Renaming Hearing Officers (arbitrates rental increase disputes), as Administrative Law JudgesOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Chapter 37 of the San Francisco Administrative Code ("Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance") to reflect the Civil Service reclassification of Hearing Officers as Administrative Law Judges, by amending all references to "Hearing Officer(s) in Sections 37.2, 37.3, 37.5, 37.6, 37.7, 37.8, 37.8A, 37.8B, 37.9, and 37.10, to be references to "Administrative Law Judge(s)."FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
991265 2 Amending Rent Control Ordinance to delete provision that a landlord shall not evict under the Ellis Act unless no other cause exists, specify notice requirements and place other requirements on Rent Board required under State law known as the Ellis Act.OrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Chapter 37 of the San Francisco Administrative Code ("Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance") to further implement and conform to the Ellis Act (California Government Code Sections 7060 et seq., which provides owner rights to withdraw units from Residential Rental): by amending Section 37.9(a)(13) to remove the provision that the landlord not have other cause under Section 37.9(a) in order to evict under Section 37.9(a)(13); and by amending Section 37.9A to specify additional requirements of notice of withdrawal to the Rent Board and affected tenants, to expand the minimum period between notice and actual withdrawal of a unit from 60 days to 1 year for elderly tenants (age 62 or over) and disabled tenants (as defined in Government Code Section 12955.3) who timely notify the owner of their status, to expand the minimum period between notice and actual withdrawal from 60 days to 120 days for all other tenants, to require Rent Board recordation of a notice of constraints with the County Recorder, to require a register of all units withdrawn, to provFINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
992037 1 Authorizing an agreement with Delta Dental Plan of California to provide dental care to clients enrolled in the Delta Dental Healthy Families insurance programResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Community Health Network, to enter into a participating provider agreement with the Delta Dental Plan of California to provide dental treatment services to clients enrolled in the Delta Dental Healthy Families insurance program, which includes a binding arbitration clause and which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; providing for ratification of action previously taken.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992078 1 Authorizing grant for the evaluation of screening males for Chlamydia Trachomatis infectionResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $257,053 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the evaluation of screening males for Chlamydia Trachomatis and to enter into an agreement which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; providing for ratification of action previously taken.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992102 1 Approving a subcontract with the University of California to designate the Project Director of the HIV Drug Access StudyResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, the collaborating institution responsible for the scientific conduct of the "HIV Drug Access Study" to enter into a subcontract in the amount of $14,149 with the University of California, the primary contractor, which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; retroactive to February 24, 1999.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992105 2 Accepting a grant to be used for education materials for "Save Money and the Environment Too" waste prevention campaignResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the City Administrator of the City and County of San Francisco to accept, retroactively, and expend $5,000.00 from the California Integrated Waste Management Board.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992175 1 Grant funds to be used for family strengthening project for Pilipino community, to deliver best practices in effective parenting and family programs in order to reduce/prevent substance abuseResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Community Mental Health Services, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $96,123 from the Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA, for a family strengthening 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; waiving indirect costs.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992189 1 Continuing grant for Metropolitan Medical Response System, to develop plans directed at early recognition of mass immunization/prevent spread of disease, mass patient care, fatality management and environmental suretyResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Community Health and Safety Services, Emergency Medical Services, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $200,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services to continue the development of the Metropolitan Medical Response System and to enter into an agreement which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; providing for ratification of action previously taken; waiving indirect costs.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
991352 4 AppointmentsResolutionPassedHearing to consider the appointment of one member to Assessment Appeals Board #2.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992032 2 AppointmentResolutionPassedResolution appointing one member to the Bicycle Advisory Committee. .ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992188 1 AppointmentResolutionPassedResolution confirming appointments by the Treasurer to the Treasury Oversight Committee.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992273 1 AppointmentResolutionPassedResolution appointing one member to the Bicycle Advisory Committee.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992274 1 AppointmentResolutionPassedResolution appointing four members to the Drug Abuse Advisory Board, waiving residency requirement.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992275 1 AppointmentResolutionPassedResolution appointing one member to the Lead Poisoning Prevention Citizens Advisory Committee.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992276 1 AppointmentResolutionPassedResolution appointing one member to the Hazardous Materials Advisory Committee.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992277 1 AppointmentResolutionPassedResolution appointing seven members to the Airport Noise Committee.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992278 1 AppointmentResolutionPassedResolution appointing one member to the Lead Hazard Reduction Citizens Advisory Committee.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992150 2 Traffic Regulations, Various StreetsResolutionPassedResolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations at various locations: BICYCLE LANES - ESTABLISH Laguna Honda Boulevard, southbound, between Clarendon Avenue and Forest Hill Station The Embarcadero, northbound, between Howard Street and Broadway The Embarcadero, southbound, from a point approximately 300 feet north of Mission Street to Folsom Street MULTIPLE LEFT TURN LANES - ESTABLISH 5th Street, northbound, at King Street NO LEFT TURN - ESTABLISH 3rd Street, southbound, at Pacific Bell Ballpark driveway, approximately 80 feet south of Berry Street STREET CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, 11 AM - 2 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (FOR TABLES AND CHAIRS) - RESCIND Commercial Street, between Kearny and Montgomery Streets (600 block) TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH 7th Street, west side, from 16th Street to 200 feet northerly (200-foot zone) TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, 7 AM - 9 AM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - ESTABLISH Howard Street, north side, between Fremont and Beale StreetsADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992149 1 Parking Regulations, Various LocationsResolutionPassedResolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations: DIAGONAL (30-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - RESCIND Geneva Avenue, both sides, between Edinburgh and Vienna Streets GREEN (SHORT-TERM LOADING) ZONE, 9 AM - 11 PM, EVERYDAY - RESCIND North Point Street, south side, from 98 feet to 125 feet east of Polk Street (27-foot zone at #977 North Point Street) NO PARKING ANYTIME - ESTABLISH Faith Street, south side, from 62 feet to 97 feet west of Bayshore Boulevard (35-foot zone) Jennings Street, east side, from Underwood Avenue to 120 feet southerly (120-foot zone) Owens Street, east side, from 755 feet to 830 feet north of 16th Street (75 foot-zone, just south of private temporary connector road) TWO-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 7 AM - 6 PM, EXCEPT SUNDAY - ESTABLISH Chesley Street, east side, from Harrison Street to 61 feet southerly (61-foot zone) RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" - ESTABLISH Judah Street, both sides, between 8th and 9th Avenues (300 block) NOTE: Parking meters will remain, but residents on this block will be allowed to purchase AreaADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992148 1 Stop IntersectionsResolutionPassedResolution designating certain intersections as "Stop" intersections: STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH 20th Avenue and Lawton Street, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Lawton Street (makes this an all-way STOP) Beach and Webster Streets, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Beach Street (makes this an all-way STOP) Clay and Taylor Streets, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Clay Street (makes this an all-way STOP) Laurel Street and Mayfair Drive, northeast and northwest corners, stopping Laurel Street (makes this T-intersection an all-way STOP) Massasoit and Rutledge Streets, northeast corner, stopping westbound Massasoit Street (stops the stem of this uncontrolled T-intersection) Valmar Terrace and Silliman Street, northeast corner, stopping westbound Silliman Street (stops the stem of this uncontrolled T-intersection)ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992160 2 Transportation Development Article 3 Grant Funds to stripe bike lanes on the various streets, as recommended in the San Francisco Bicycle Plan.ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Parking and Traffic to reallocate $286,649 in Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992161 1 Bay Area Air Quality Management District GrantResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Parking and Traffic to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $250,800 from the Transportation Fund for Clean Air in the Bay Area for striping of bike lanes in various locations and waiving indirect costs.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992162 1 Regional Transportation Improvement Program Grant FundsResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Executive Director of Parking and Traffic to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,280,786 in Regional Transportation Improvement Program funds for various transportation capital projects.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992163 1 Grant - Federal FundsResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Executive Director of Parking and Traffic and Director of Public Works to accept and expend up to $840,389 in Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century funds for various transportation enhancement projects with required local matching funds of $109,004.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992192 1 Grant funds for the construction of bicycle and pedestrian improvements within Cesar Chavez Circle at U.S. 101, and the installation of a new traffic signal at the intersection of Cesar Chavez at Connecticut StreetResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Executive Director of the Department of Parking and Traffic to apply for, accept and expend up to $3,986,000 in State Transportation Improvement Program (STP) funds for the construction of Cesar Chavez Street improvements, from Mississippi Street to State Route 101.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992193 2 Permitting non-City workers to perform work for the City because non-City workers can perform work at a lesser cost than City employees - Public Parking Management Services at the AirportResolutionPassedResolution approving retroactively, the Controller's certification that Parking Management Services for San Francisco International Airport can practically be performed by private contractor at a lower cost for the year commencing July 1, 1999 than if work were performed by City employees at budgeted levels.SEVERED FROM CONSENT AGENDA  Action details Not available
992193 2 Permitting non-City workers to perform work for the City because non-City workers can perform work at a lesser cost than City employees - Public Parking Management Services at the AirportResolutionPassedResolution approving retroactively, the Controller's certification that Parking Management Services for San Francisco International Airport can practically be performed by private contractor at a lower cost for the year commencing July 1, 1999 than if work were performed by City employees at budgeted levels.MOTIONPass Action details Not available
992193 2 Permitting non-City workers to perform work for the City because non-City workers can perform work at a lesser cost than City employees - Public Parking Management Services at the AirportResolutionPassedResolution approving retroactively, the Controller's certification that Parking Management Services for San Francisco International Airport can practically be performed by private contractor at a lower cost for the year commencing July 1, 1999 than if work were performed by City employees at budgeted levels.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992194 2 Permitting non-City workers to perform work for the City because non-City workers can perform work at a lesser cost than City employees - Employee Parking Management Services at the AirportResolutionPassedResolution approving retroactively, the Controller's certification that Parking Management Services for San Francisco International Airport can practically be performed by private contractor at a lower cost for the year commencing July 1,1999 than if work were performed by City employees at budgeted levels.SEVERED FROM CONSENT AGENDA  Action details Not available
992194 2 Permitting non-City workers to perform work for the City because non-City workers can perform work at a lesser cost than City employees - Employee Parking Management Services at the AirportResolutionPassedResolution approving retroactively, the Controller's certification that Parking Management Services for San Francisco International Airport can practically be performed by private contractor at a lower cost for the year commencing July 1,1999 than if work were performed by City employees at budgeted levels.MOTIONPass Action details Not available
992194 2 Permitting non-City workers to perform work for the City because non-City workers can perform work at a lesser cost than City employees - Employee Parking Management Services at the AirportResolutionPassedResolution approving retroactively, the Controller's certification that Parking Management Services for San Francisco International Airport can practically be performed by private contractor at a lower cost for the year commencing July 1,1999 than if work were performed by City employees at budgeted levels.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
991923 1 Expenditure of Community Court Program FinesOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code by adding Section 10.117-124 to require the Controller to separately account for fines awarded to the City through community court dispute resolution programs and appropriating those funds to enhance public safety and the quality of life in the communities served by the community courts.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
991852 1 Lease and Use Agreement Modifications to allow eight (8) airlines to relocate all international flight operations from Central Terminal Building to a new International Terminal Building as part of the Airport Master Plan Expansion ProgramResolutionPassedResolution approving modifications the terms of Airline/Airport Lease and Use Agreements between the City and various airlines to allow such airlines to relocate international flight operations to the New International Terminal.MOTIONPass Action details Not available
991852 1 Lease and Use Agreement Modifications to allow eight (8) airlines to relocate all international flight operations from Central Terminal Building to a new International Terminal Building as part of the Airport Master Plan Expansion ProgramResolutionPassedResolution approving modifications the terms of Airline/Airport Lease and Use Agreements between the City and various airlines to allow such airlines to relocate international flight operations to the New International Terminal.CONTINUEDPass Action details Not available
991853 1 New lease and operating agreements to allow eighteen (18) airlines to relocate all international flight operations from Central Terminal Building to a new International Terminal Building as part of the Airport Master Plan Expansion ProgramResolutionPassedResolution approving the terms of lease and operating agreements between the City and various airlines to allow such airlines to relocate international flight operations to the New International Terminal.MOTIONPass Action details Not available
991853 1 New lease and operating agreements to allow eighteen (18) airlines to relocate all international flight operations from Central Terminal Building to a new International Terminal Building as part of the Airport Master Plan Expansion ProgramResolutionPassedResolution approving the terms of lease and operating agreements between the City and various airlines to allow such airlines to relocate international flight operations to the New International Terminal.CONTINUEDPass Action details Not available
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.PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
992154 2 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.AMENDEDPass 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.PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
991811 2 Ferry Building Lease and Negative DeclarationResolutionPassedResolution approving lease with Ferry Building Investors, LLC, for the rehabilitation of the Ferry Building (The Embarcadero and Market Street) as a mixed use project; approving Negative Declaration; providing for specific written reports from the Port to the Board of Supervisors.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
991869 1 Approving amendment to the Post-Security Master/Retail Duty Free Concession Lease for the New International TerminalResolutionPassedResolution approving an amendment to the Post-Security Master Retail/Duty Free Concession Lease, between DFS Group L.P. and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission, to expand premises and to authorize the Airport to amend the Post-Security Master Retail/Duty Free Concession Lease in certain respects.MOTIONPass Action details Not available
991869 1 Approving amendment to the Post-Security Master/Retail Duty Free Concession Lease for the New International TerminalResolutionPassedResolution approving an amendment to the Post-Security Master Retail/Duty Free Concession Lease, between DFS Group L.P. and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission, to expand premises and to authorize the Airport to amend the Post-Security Master Retail/Duty Free Concession Lease in certain respects.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992159 1 Civil Filing Fee IncreaseResolutionPassedResolution increasing civil filing and appearance fees (from $24 to $27) provided in Business and Professions Code Sections 6321, 6322 and 6322.1 for operation of the Law Library.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992176 1 Approving amendment to paratransit broker agreement to perform special transportation services such as subcontracting with van and taxi providers for door-to-door paratransit service for persons with disabilitiesResolutionPassedResolution approving Amendment No. 9 to the Paratransit Broker Agreement between the City and Cerenio Management Group, extending the term of the agreement three months, at an additional cost not to exceed $3,752,622, for a total contract cost not to exceed $83,440,401.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.PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass 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.PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass 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.MOTIONPass 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.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
992283 1 Exxon Mobil Corporation Health Care CoverageResolutionPassedResolution urging the newly-merged Exxon Mobil Corporation to reverse its new policies of not offering health care coverage to domestic partners of its lesbian and gay employees or prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to adopt Mobil's previous policy of providing such benefits and protections.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992284 1 Gift Acceptance, Recreation and Park DepartmentResolutionPassedResolution accepting gifts valued at a total of $98,500.00 from various donors for use by the Recreation and Park Department.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992285 1 Municipal Railway Reduced Rate for College StudentResolutionPassedResolution urging the Municipal Railway to investigate the possibility of offering a reduced student rate for enrolled university students attending college within the City and County of San Francisco and to report back to the Board of Supervisors with recommendations for such a program within eight weeks of passage of this resolution.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992286 1 Street Artists Permanent Selling SpacesResolutionPassedResolution designating five former temporary selling spaces on Grant Avenue, east side, Post to Sutter Streets, and one former temporary selling space on Grant Avenue, west side, Post to Sutter Streets, as permanent selling spaces for street artists certified by Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992288 1 State grant funds to fund the incremental cost of six street sweepers that will operate on compressed natural gasResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Director of Administrative Services to accept and expend $90,000 from the California Energy Commission for clean air vehicles; and authorizing the Director of Administrative Services to execute an agreement with the California Energy Commission whereby the City would indemnify the State from claims resulting from the City's performance of said agreement.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992289 1 Assisted living facility for frail elderly on Brotherhood WayResolutionPassedResolution urging the Planning Commission to approve the proposed Elder Care Alliance assisted living facility for frail elderly on Brotherhood Way.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992290 1 Campaign reporting by local independent expenditure committeeResolutionPassedResolution urging local campaign committees that make independent expenditures to fully and timely disclose the amount and source of contributions received, and the amount and payee of all expenditures made by the committee.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992291 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Attorney General Bill Lockyer for changing the title of Proposition 22 from "The Definition of Marriage" Initiative to "The Limit on Marriage" Initiative and supporting Superior Court Judge James Ford's decision to uphold this title change.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992292 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Mayor Brown and the Mayor's Office on Homelessness for services provided by the City to the homeless.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992293 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending the Community Bank of the Bay for its practice in lending capital to financially disadvantaged communities and for opening a small business loan center in the Western Addition for the benefit of the Fillmore Jazz Preservation District.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
992298 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
992299 1 Final Map of The Promenade (1701 19th Avenue - Shriner's Hospital), a 41 lot subdivision project to construct condominiums designed to be harmonious with the landmark hospital buildingMotionPassedMotion approving final map of The Promenade, a 41 lot subdivision project, being a subdivision of Lot 5 in Assessor's Block No. 1924, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
992287 1 Wen Ho LeeResolutionPassedResolution urging government officials and the media to exercise caution and fairness in the investigation and reporting of allegations against former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist, Dr. Wen Ho Lee.SEVERED FROM CONSENT AGENDA  Action details Not available
992287 1 Wen Ho LeeResolutionPassedResolution urging government officials and the media to exercise caution and fairness in the investigation and reporting of allegations against former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist, Dr. Wen Ho Lee.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Not available
992287 2 Wen Ho LeeResolutionPassedResolution urging government officials and the media to exercise caution and fairness in the investigation and reporting of allegations against former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist, Dr. Wen Ho Lee.ADOPTED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
992315 1 Funds for emergency winter shelterOrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $54,290 from the General Fund Reserve to fund an emergency winter shelter for homeless gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender youth, at the Department of Public Health, for fiscal year 1999-2000; placing $54,290 on reserve.   Action details Not available
992317 1 Establishing Courthouse Children's Waiting Rooms FundOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code by adding Section 10.117-125 to impose a surcharge of four dollars for the filing in Superior Court of specified initial pleadings and to appropriate the surcharge to pay costs, excluding capital outlay, related to the maintenance of children's waiting rooms at the Hall of Justice and Civic Center Courthouse.   Action details Not available
992316 1 Tenant Relocation PaymentsOrdinanceFiledOrdinance amending Administrative Code Section 37.9A regarding relocation payments made by landlords to low-income tenants evicted pursuant to the Ellis Act (California Government Code Section 7060 et seq., which provides owner rights to withdraw units from residential rental): these relocation payments shall be provided to "lawful adult tenants" only (the current ordinance states that "tenants" are entitled to the payments); relocation payments for individual low-income tenants are increased from the current range of $1,500-$2,500 per tenant (depending upon the size of the unit) to a standard $3,000 per tenant; however, where any two or more lawful adult tenants from an affected unit move together to a new residence then the relocation payment for those moving together shall be calculated on a per unit basis instead of a per tenant basis, at the rate of $3,000 per affected studio unit (currently $1,500 per studio tenant), $4,000 per affected one bedroom unit (currently $1,750 per one bedroom tenant), and $5,000 per affected unit with two or more bedrooms (currently $2,500 per tenan   Action details Not available
992318 1 RCN Cable Television FranchiseOrdinanceFiledDraft ordinance granting a cable television franchise to RCN Telecom Services of California, Inc.   Action details Not available
992319 1 Administrative Code Revision, Chapters 27 and 28OrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code Chapters 1, 2A, 10, 27 and 28 by renumbering Sections 1.16, 10.115, 10.116-4, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 28.4, 28.5, 28.6,28.7,28.8, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, and 27.9 as Sections 2A.150.1, 2A.155.2, 2A.155.3, 2A.155.4, 2A.155.5, 2A.155.6, 2A.155.7, 2A.155.9, 2A.155.10, 2A.155.11, 2A.155.12, 2A.165, 2A.165.1, 2A.165.2, 2A.165.3, and 2a.165.4, respectively, and amending the same, by renumbering Sections 2A.156 and 2A.161 as Sections 2A.155.1 and 2A.160.1, respectively, by adding Section 2A.155.8, and by repealing sections 28.10, 28.11, 28.12, 28.13, 28.14, 28.15, 27.3-1, 27.5, 27.6, and 27.8 to consolidate provisions relating to the arts and culture departments of the City, including the Arts Commission, the Fine Arts Museums, the Academy of Sciences, and the War Memorial, to update out-dated provisions, eliminate obsolete and redundant provisions, and correct references.   Action details Not available
992320 1 Administrative Code Revision, Chapter 24BOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code Section 24B.1 to allow the Mayor to assign any member of his staff the position of Executive Secretary to the Relocation Appeals Board and amending Section 24B.3 to require the Board to meet once a month only if there is business pending before the Board.   Action details Not available
992321 1 Zoning, Castro Street NCDOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Part II, Chapter II of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by amending Sections 178 and 186.1 to require uses that exceed specified use size provisions in the Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District to be preserved or obtain conditional use authorization prior to a change in use and to reduce the period of abandonment for conditional and nonconforming uses in this district from three (3) years to 18 (eighteen) months; by amending Section 121.2 to reduce the size limit of nonresidential uses located in this district to two thousand (2,000) square feet for conditional use authorization and four thousand (4,000) square feet for the maximum size; and by amending Section 715.21 in the Castro Neighborhood Commercial District Zoning control table to reflect the use size modifications.   Action details Not available
992322 1 Zoning, Upper Market Street NCDOrdinanceFiledOrdinance amending Planning Code Sections 178 and 186.1 to require uses that exceed specified use size provisions in the Upper Market Street Neighborhood Commercial District to be preserved or obtain conditional use authorization prior to a change in use and to reduce the period of abandonment for conditional and nonconforming uses in this district from three (3) years to 18 (eighteen) months; by amending Section 121.2 to reduce the size limit of nonresidential uses located in this district to two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet for conditional use authorization and four thousand (4,000) square feet for the maximum size; and by amending Section 715.21 in the Upper Market Street Neighborhood Commercial District zoning control table to reflect the use size modifications.   Action details Not available
992323 1 Appointments, San Francisco Redevelopment AgencyResolutionPassedResolution confirming reappointments of Darshan Singh and Lynette Sweet to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, for four year terms ending September 3, 2003.   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.   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.   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.   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.   Action details Not available
992327 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Charles Schulz for fifty years of cartooning.   Action details Not available
992328 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Julia "Butterfly" Hill for her environmental heroism and courage on behalf of old growth forests.   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.   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.   Action details Not available
992313 1 Treatment of Mental Illness in the African American CommunityHearingFiledHearing to determine if San Francisco is following a national trend that suggests mental health experts are misdiagnosing mental illness among African Americans due to a lack of cultural understanding.   Action details Not available
992331 1 San Francisco Business TaxesHearingFiledHearing to discuss challenges to the San Francisco business taxes and to look at ways in which other cities tax their businesses.   Action details Not available
992332 1 Process of ballot countingHearingFiledHearing to discuss methods of speeding up the process of ballot counting, especially with respect to provisional ballots.   Action details Not available
992333 1 Housing CrisisHearingFiledHearing to consider the Mayor's Office of Housing, the Planning Department and the Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board's coordination to deal with the growing demand for housing in San Francisco, particularly affordable housing for seniors.   Action details Not available
992334 1 Brotherhood WayHearingFiledHearing to discuss the intended use of Brotherhood Way and how the proposed project for a 135-bed assisted living facility by the Elder Care Alliance fits into that intended use given the City's great need for more housing facilities for seniors.   Action details Not available
992335 1 Gross Receipts and Payroll Tax ProjectionsHearingFiledHearing to consider how the recent court decision regarding gross receipts and payroll taxes paid to the city will affect the City's revenue stream and future budget.   Action details Not available
992336 1 Changing date of primary election and other voting optionsHearingFiledHearing to consider instituting a September or October primary election with a runoff election to be held the first Tuesday in November and to consider other voting options including instant runoff elections.   Action details Not available
992337 1 LitigationReportFiledMotion 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 the following existing litigation in which the plaintiffs and claimants, various businesses, are, in sum, challenging the constitutionality of the City’s business taxing system. These plaintiffs and claimants are also seeking reimbursement of tax payments made to the City: General Motors Corporation v. San Francisco, and related cases and claims. This closed session would be permitted by Government Code Section 54956.9(a).   Action details Not available
992338 1 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.   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.   Action details Not available
992300 1 Settlement of Lawsuit, Wong Revocable TrustOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Wong Revocable Trust AKA Harvey Wong and Helen K. Wong 1992 Trust, Harvey Wong and Steven Wong and Holson, Inc., against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $75,000 and waiver of nuisance abatement fees.   Action details Not available
992304 1 Settlement of Lawsuit, Christina SayborivongOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Christina Sayborivong against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $200,000.00.   Action details Not available
992305 1 Settlement of Lawsuit, Julie CavalleroOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Julie Cavallero against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $40,000.00.   Action details Not available
992306 1 Settlement of Lawsuit, Damon Jackson and James HughesOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of (1) Damon Jackson, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. and (2) James Hughes, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. by payment of $355,000.00.   Action details Not available
992272 1 Approving a subcontract with the University of California to designate the Project Director of the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) who shall be responsible for the scientific conduct of this projectResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, the collaborating institution responsible for the scientific conduct of the project entitled "Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS)", to enter into a subcontract in the amount of $7,448 with the University of California, the primary contractor, which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; retroactive to September 30, 1999.   Action details Not available
992301 1 Acquisition of 4 noise easements for religious assembly buildings (at Alida Way and Alta Vista Drive), City of South San Francisco, in order to satisfy State-mandated noise mitigation requirementsResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the acquisition of four (4) noise easements for properties in the City of South San Francisco as part of the Airport Commission's aircraft noise insulation program.   Action details Not available
992302 1 Acquisition of 195 additional noise easements in the cities of Millbrae and one (1) in South San Francisco for the purpose of satisfying a part of the State-mandated noise mitigation requirementsResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the acquisition of noise easements from 195 property addresses in the cities of Millbrae and South San Francisco as part of the Airport Master Plan Memorandum of Understanding between the Airport and its neighboring communities.   Action details Not available
992303 1 Withdrawal of 26 property owners (located in the Cities of Millbrae, San Bruno, Daly City and Pacifica) from noise insulation program for various reasons and delivery of quitclaim deeds to said property ownersResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the conveyance of twenty-six (26) quitclaim deeds to various property owners in San Mateo County to rescind Grants of Easement (noise easement deeds) previously acquired by San Francisco.   Action details Not available