Meeting Name: Board of Supervisors Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/11/2014 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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140220 1 Formal Policy Discussions - March 11, 2014HearingFiledPursuant to Charter, Sections 2.103 and 3.100(7), and Administrative Code, Section 2.11, the Mayor shall answer the following eligible questions submitted from Supervisors representing Districts 3, 5, 9, and 11. The Mayor may address the Board initially for up to five minutes. Discussion shall not exceed five minutes per Supervisor. 1. Mr. Mayor, to address the affordability crisis, you have pledged in your State of the City address to facilitate the construction of 30,000 units of housing by 2020 to meet the needs of the City’s growing population. As you know, even as we build more housing we must do more to prevent the displacement of residents who are currently grappling with being priced out of San Francisco. I believe that our City’s housing policy must include the preservation of existing, affordable rent controlled housing in addition to new development - a more cost effective way to provide affordable housing and stabilize communities. Two initiatives I’ve worked on to preserve our affordable housing stock are to: 1) create a pathway for the tens of thousands of existinHEARD AND FILED  Action details Not available
130999 1 Zoning Map - Transferable Development Right Sale Eligibility - 133-135 Golden Gate Avenue (St. Boniface Church and Rectory)OrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Planning Code, Zoning Use District Map ZN01, to provide for eligibility to sell transferable development rights for property at 133-135 Golden Gate Avenue (St. Boniface Church and Rectory); and making environmental findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
131059 2 Planning Code - Allowing Certain Non-Conforming Structures to be Rebuilt Under Certain ConditionsOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Planning Code to allow non-conforming secondary structures in a C-3-R (Downtown Retail) Zoning District to be demolished and rebuilt to the prior non-conforming size under certain conditions; and making environmental findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
131207 3 Environment Code - Bottled WaterOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Environment Code to restrict the sale or distribution on City property of drinking water in plastic bottles of 21 ounces or less, set City policy to increase the availability of drinking water in public areas, and bar the use of City funds to purchase bottled water; and making environmental findings.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
130401 1 Health Code - Hazardous MaterialsOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Health Code to require electronic applications for registration of hazardous materials and for underground storage tanks be filed through the California Environmental Reporting System, to eliminate the requirement that registration of hazardous materials plans include a program for reduction of hazardous materials, and to provide for fee adjustment; and making environmental findings.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
131186 1 Annual Update - Mental Health Services Act Program and Expenditure Plans - FY2013-2014ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing adoption of the FY2013-2014 Annual Update to Mental Health Services Act Program and Expenditure Plans.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
140056 1 Performance Contract Approval - California Department of Health Care Services - Mental Health ServicesResolutionPassedResolution retroactively approving Performance Contract No. 13-90332, between Community Behavioral Health Services and the Department of Health Care Services, incorporating the Mental Health Services Act, Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, and Community Mental Health Services Grant programs, for the period of July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014; and authorizing the Community Behavioral Health Services Director, Department of Public Health, to sign said agreement and any and all amendments in the future.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
140090 1 Administrative Code - Local Hiring Policy - Jurisdictional Boundary for Mandatory ParticipationOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Administrative Code, to provide that the residents of the Public Utilities Commission service area are considered “local” for purposes of mandatory participation for the City’s Local Hiring Policy, on certain projects located within 70 miles of the jurisdictional boundary of the City and County of San Francisco.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Video Video
140091 1 Administrative Code - Local Hiring Policy - Extending the Periodic Review and Mandatory Participation LevelResolutionPassedResolution amending the Administrative Code, to extend the periodic review of the City’s Local Hiring Policy and to determine the mandatory participation level for the policy.ADOPTEDPass Action details Video Video
131240 2 Contract Agreement - Department of Public Health and Health Advocates, LLC - Not to Exceed $6,300,390ResolutionPassedResolution retroactively approving a contract between the Department of Public Health and Health Advocates, LLC, to provide uncompensated care reimbursement recovery services for the period of January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2017, for an amount not to exceed $6,300,390.ADOPTEDPass Action details Video Video
140067 2 Accept and Expend Grant - Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Program - $230,529ResolutionPassedResolution retroactively authorizing the Police Department to accept and expend a grant augmentation in the amount of $230,529 from the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, for the Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Program, for the period of October 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014.ADOPTEDPass Action details Video Video
140089 1 Lease Agreement - Southwest Airlines, Co. - Airport Cargo Building 606 - $1,313,761ResolutionPassedResolution approving and authorizing the execution of a Lease Agreement for Cargo Building 606, and Related Areas on Plot 9B, No. L13-0257, between Southwest Airlines, Co., and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission, with a minimum rent amount of $1,313,761 for a term of five years, to commence upon Board approval.ADOPTEDPass Action details Video Video
140012 1 Reducing Pharmaceutical PricesResolutionPassedResolution supporting City, State, and Federal efforts to reduce pharmaceutical prices and increase transparency of the pharmaceutical rate-setting process.ADOPTEDPass Action details Video Video
140065 1 Shaw Alley Public Improvements - Gift Acceptance and Permit for MaintenanceOrdinancePassedOrdinance accepting the Shaw Alley public improvements and maintenance of same as a gift to the City; approving a major street encroachment permit for the construction and maintenance of the public improvements; deferring a portion of the additional street space occupancy permit fees associated with the permit and adjacent development; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; adopting findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and directing official acts in furtherance of this Ordinance.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Video Video
140119 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - BRE/GLEN Portfolio Mezz 4, LLC - $512,581.50OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by BRE/GLEN Portfolio Mezz 4, LLC, against the City and County of San Francisco for $512,581.50; the lawsuit was filed on March 26, 2013, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-13-530011; entitled BRE/GLEN Portfolio Mezz 4, LLC v. City and County of San Francisco.PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Video Video
140195 1 Arbor Week - March 7-14, 2014ResolutionPassedResolution celebrating the countless benefits of the City’s urban forest, declaring March 7-14, 2014, as Arbor Week 2014 in the City and County of San Francisco.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
140196 1 Urging the State Legislature to Provide Drought Mitigation Funding for Critical Water Supply and Conservation Projects for San FranciscoResolutionPassedResolution urging the State Legislature to provide drought mitigation funding for critical water supply and conservation projects for the San Francisco Bay Area.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
140197 1 Supporting Passage of California Assembly Bill 1504 (Stone) - Single-use Filter CigarettesResolutionPassedResolution supporting passage of California Assembly Bill 1504, authored by Assemblymember Stone, which helps prevent the environmental harm and cost to state and local governments caused by the improper disposal of cigarette butts by prohibiting single-use plastic ‘filters’ in cigarettes sold in California.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
140198 1 Supporting Xiao Fei “Eddy” Zheng’s Application to Remain Lawfully in the United StatesResolutionPassedResolution urging The Honorable Jerry Brown, Governor of California, to grant Xiao Fei “Eddy” Zheng a full pardon, and allow him to remain in the United States, and continue to serve youth in the San Francisco Bay Area community.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
140199 1 Amending Resolution No. 36-14 - Electric Service Agreement - Transbay Joint Powers Authority - Term Beginning January 2014, and Continuing Indefinitely Unless TerminatedResolutionPassedResolution amending Resolution No. 36-14, to authorize an Electric Service Agreement between the Public Utilities Commission and the Transbay Joint Powers Authority for the Public Utilities Commission to be the primary provider of electric service to the Transbay Project beginning January 2014, and continuing indefinitely unless terminated.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
140200 1 Approval of a 60-Day Extension for Planning Commission Review of an Ordinance (File No. 130788) Expanding Formula Retail ControlsResolutionPassedResolution extending by 60-days the prescribed time within which the Planning Commission may render its decision on an Ordinance (File No. 130788) amending the Planning Code to expand the definition of formula retail to include businesses that have eleven or more outlets worldwide and to include businesses 50% or more owned by formula retail businesses; to expand the applicability of formula retail controls to other types of retail uses; to expand the notification procedures for formula retail applications; to require an economic impact report as part of the formula retail conditional use application; and making environmental findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
140186 1 Final Map 7300 - 230-234A Hermann StreetMotionPassedMotion approving Final Map 7300, a Five Residential Unit Condominium Project, located at 230-234A Hermann Street, being a subdivision of Assessor’s Block No. 0868, Lot Nos. 009 and 009A, and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan, and City Planning Code, Section 101.1.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
140201 1 Concurring in the Continuation of the Revised Declaration of Local Emergency - Rim Fire (Stanislaus National Forest Area)MotionPassedMotion concurring in the continuation of the “Rim Fire” Revised Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor and in the actions taken to meet the emergency.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
131146 2 Subdivision Code - Condominium Conversion Fee Appeals and Fee DeferralOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Subdivision Code to authorize the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to reject appeals of the condominium conversion fee when the appeal does not challenge the relationship or nexus between the impact of development and the amount of the fee charged, to modify the fee deferral process administered by the Department of Public Works, to allow conversions to proceed with a gap in ownership occupancy due to foreclosure, and affirming the Planning Department’s California Environmental Quality Act determination.   Action details Not available
140232 1 Appropriation - Airport Commission - Capital Improvement Projects - $1,969,830,773 - FY2013-2014OrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $1,969,830,773 of proceeds from the sale of bonds for capital improvement projects to the Airport Commission for FY2013-2014, placing $30,204,929 of the appropriation for the Plot 700 Development Project on Budget and Finance Committee reserve pending approval by the Board of Supervisors of the CEQA findings for this project, and placing the total appropriation of $1,969,830,773 on Controller’s Reserve pending sale of the bonds.   Action details Not available
140233 1 Public Employment - Amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance for the Human Services Agency - FYs 2013-2014 and 2014-2015OrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 160-13 (Annual Salary Ordinance FYs 2013-2014 and 2014-2015) to reflect the addition of 53 new positions (8.85 FTEs in FY2013-14) at the Human Services Agency for implementation of additional work associated with increased State and Federal funding.   Action details Not available
140234 1 Appropriation - Human Services Agency - Increased Revenues and Expenditures - $31,391,392 - FY2013-2014OrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $31,391,392 of In-Home Supportive Services, CalWORKs, and other State and Federal revenue to the Human Services Agency in order to support In-Home Supportive Services, CalWORKs, and other program expenditures in FY2013-2014.   Action details Not available
140235 1 Administrative Code - Information from Project Sponsors Regarding Their Anti-Discriminatory Housing PoliciesOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Administrative Code to require the Planning Department to ask, and project sponsors to answer, on the application for specified residential and mixed-use projects, informational questions regarding their anti-discriminatory housing policies based on sexual orientation and gender identity; and to require an annual report from the Human Rights Commission on the data collected from such applications; and affirming the Planning Department’s California Environmental Quality Act determination.   Action details Not available
140236 1 Planning Code - Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use DistrictOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Planning Code, Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use District, to allow mini-golf courses functionally and/or physically integrated with a restaurant use to obtain liquor licenses; and making environmental findings, Planning Code, Section 302, findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.   Action details Not available
140237 1 Bond Issuance - Airport Capital Plan Bonds - $1,969,830,773ResolutionPassedResolution approving the issuance of up to $1,969,830,773 aggregate principal amount of Airport Commission Capital Plan Bonds; and approving certain related matters.   Action details Not available
140238 1 Adopting a Fixed Two-Year Budget - Airport, Port, Public Utilities Commission, Library, Child Support Services, and Employees’ Retirement SystemResolutionPassedResolution adopting a fixed two-year budgetary cycle for the Airport, the Port, the Public Utilities Commission, the Library Department, the Department of Child Support Services, and the Employees’ Retirement System, defining terms, and setting deadlines.   Action details Not available
140239 1 Accept and Expend Grant - Nob Hill Foundation - $1,450,000ResolutionFiledResolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend a grant of up to $1,450,000, from the Nob Hill Foundation, for the design and construction of a renovated playground and perimeter fence in Huntington Park, for a three-year term, to commence upon Board approval.   Action details Not available
140241 1 Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds - 350 Friedell Street (Block No. 4591-C, Lot No. 103) - Not to Exceed $19,500,000ResolutionKilledResolution declaring the intent of the City and County of San Francisco (City) to reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness; authorizing the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (Director) to submit an application and related documents to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC) to permit the issuance of residential mortgage revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $19,500,000 for 350 Friedell Street, San Francisco, CA 94124 (Block No. 4591-C, Lot No. 103); authorizing and directing the Director to direct the Controller’s Office to hold in trust an amount not to exceed $100,000 in accordance with CDLAC procedures; authorizing the Director to certify to CDLAC that the City has on deposit the required amount; authorizing the Director to pay an amount equal to such deposit to the State of California if the City fails to issue the residential mortgage revenue bonds; authorizing and directing the execution of any documents necessary to implement this Resolution; and ratifying and approving an   Action details Not available
140242 1 Temporary License Agreement - San Francisco General Hospital - Safety ImprovementsResolutionPassedResolution approving and authorizing a temporary, non-exclusive, non-possessory License Agreement for certain safety enhancement improvements over portions of San Francisco General Hospital Campus for a term of up to 10 years, to commence upon Board approval.   Action details Not available
140243 1 Supporting Senate Bill 1005 (Lara) - Expanding Access to Health Care Coverage for All Californians Regardless of Immigration StatusResolutionPassedResolution supporting California Senate Bill 1005, introduced by Senator Ricardo Lara, which authorizes enrollment in the Medi-Cal program or in insurance offered through a health benefit exchange to individuals who would otherwise qualify for enrollment in those programs but are denied access based on their immigration status.   Action details Not available
140192 1 Committee of the Whole - Fifth Amendment to Mission Bay North Owner Participation Agreement - April 8, 2014MotionPassedMotion scheduling the Board of Supervisors to sit as a Committee of the Whole acting in its capacity as the Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco on April 8, 2014, at 3:00 p.m., to hold a public hearing to conditionally approve a Fifth Amendment to the Mission Bay North Owner Participation Agreement and to permit a feasible rental project with market rate and affordable moderate-income units available to households earning no more than 90% of the area median income on Block No. N4P3, bound by Berry Street to the south and the I-280 off-ramp to the north, in the Mission Bay North Redevelopment Project Area; and making environmental findings under the California Environmental Quality Act.   Action details Not available
140193 1 Hearing - Successor Agency to the Former Redevelopment Agency - Fifth Amendment to Mission Bay North Owner Participation AgreementHearingFiledHearing of persons interested in or objecting to the proposed Resolution of the Board of Supervisors, acting in its capacity as the Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco, to conditionally approve a Fifth Amendment to the Mission Bay North Owner Participation Agreement and to permit a feasible rental project with market rate and affordable moderate-income units available to households earning no more than 90% of the area median income on Block No. N4P3, bound by Berry Street to the south and the I-280 off-ramp to the north, in the Mission Bay North Redevelopment Project Area; and making environmental findings under the California Environmental Quality Act.   Action details Not available
140244 1 Hearing - Impact of Chronic Diseases in San Francisco's Low-Income and Minority CommunitiesHearingFiledHearing on the impact of chronic diseases in San Francisco's low-income and minority communities.   Action details Not available
140245 1 Hearing - Budget and Legislative Analyst's Report on Transportation Network CompaniesHearingFiledHearing on the Budget and Legislative Analyst's Report on Transportation Network Companies.   Action details Not available
140182 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Michael Yaki - City to Receive $75,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by City Attorney Dennis J. Herrera against Michael Yaki for $75,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 4, 2013, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-13-535880; entitled Dennis J. Herrera in his official capacity as San Francisco City Attorney v. Michael Yaki; other material terms of the settlement are that Yaki will register as a lobbyist with the San Francisco Ethics Commission, file monthly lobbyist disclosures for the period of July 2012 through August 2013, and complete a lobbyist training.   Action details Not available
140185 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Syncora Guarantee, Inc., formerly XL Capital Assurance, Inc. - City to Receive $180,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing a settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco against Syncora Guarantee, Inc. (formerly known as XL Capital Assurance, Inc.) for $180,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 8, 2008, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-08-480708; entitled City and County of San Francisco v. AMBAC Financial Group Inc., et al.; this partial settlement applies only to claims against Syncora Guarantee; other material terms of the settlement are that Syncora will waive its claim for attorneys fees and costs and cooperate in future discovery.   Action details Not available
140181 1 Street Encroachment - Ivy Street Fronting 401 Grove StreetResolutionPassedResolution granting revocable permission to Ivy Grove Partners, LLC, to occupy a portion of the public right-of-way to install and maintain planter bulb-outs and irrigation lines on Ivy Street fronting 401 Grove Street (Block No. 0808, Lot No. 036), conditioning the permit, affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.   Action details Not available