Meeting Name: Board of Supervisors Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/25/1999 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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982130 2 Government FundingOrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $979,000, Telecommunication and Information Services, from the General Fund-designated for one-time expenditures to finance the creation of the City's Year 2000 team project which serves as the centralized planning and assistance group; for the general City responsibility for fiscal year 1998; providing for quarterly reports.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
990022 1 Airport Concession LeaseResolutionPassedResolution approving New International Terminal Lease between Calstar Retail, Inc. a Small Business Enterprise Set-Aside, and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
982096 1 Transfer Payment from BART to MUNIResolutionPassedResolution approving an agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the Bay Area Rapid Transit District authorizing payment to San Francisco Municipal Railway for transfer trips provided in fiscal year 1997-1998.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
982017 1 Grant - StateResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $130,500 from the State Office of Family Planning to provide TeenSMART outreach and counseling services and to enter into an agreement which includes rights in data clauses and which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
982025 1 Gift AcceptanceResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, San Francisco General Hospital and Laguna Honda Hospital, to accept and expend gifts bequeathed to San Francisco General Hospital ($243,670), and Laguna Honda Hospital ($82,809) from the estate of John Fortunio.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
982068 1 Grant - FederalResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $597,898 from the U.S. Department of Commerce and Telecommunications and Information Administration to provide full implementation of the Reggie Project and to enter into an agreement which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
982097 1 Gift Acceptance, Juvenile Probation DeptResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Chief Probation Officer for the Juvenile Probation Department to accept and expend a gift of Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Five Cents ($12,785.05) from the estate of Florine Friedlander, deceased.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
982101 1 Sinisa Vukic, et al. v. CCSF, et al.OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Sinisa Vukic against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $150,000.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
981923 1 Golden Gate Yacht Club Lease AmendmentOrdinancePassedOrdinance approving the first amendment to the lease between the City and the Golden Gate Yacht Club to reduce the rental rate from 10% to 7.5% of the Club’s monthly gross revenue for the period March 1993 through January 1999, and reducing the lease term from 40 to 25 years.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
982129 2 Contract ModificationResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Public Transportation Department to enter into contract with Neoplan USA Corporation for the purchase of 135 standard and 100 articulated clean diesel coaches for a total contract amount not to exceed $100,113,148.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
982050 1 War Memorial Contract with Restaurant AssociatesResolutionPassedResolution urging the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Board of Directors to terminate the contract with Restaurant Associates for food concession services at the Opera House, Davies Symphony Hall and Herbst Theatre.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990016 1 New Asian Project AppealResolutionFailedResolution initiating appeal to the Board of Supervisors of Planning Commission approval of Certificate of Appropriateness for New Asian Project, pursuant to Planning Code Section 1006.8.ADOPTEDFail Action details Not available
981973 2 Park CodeOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Park Code to include United Nations Plaza and Hallidie Plaza as parks for purposes of Articles 3, 4 and 7 of the Park Code and adding Articles 8B and 8C to the Park Code granting the Director of Public Works the authority to manage United Nations Plaza, to perform functions described in Sections 3.03, 3.07, 3.16, 4.11, 4.12 and 4.13 of the Park Code, to make rules for the use of the plaza and to designate additional activities in the plaza for which a permit is required, and granting the Director of Property the authority to manage Hallidie Plaza, to perform functions described in Sections 3.03, 3.07, 3.16, 4.11, 4.12 and 4.13 of the Park Code, to make rules for the use of the plaza and to designate additional activities in the plaza for which a permit is required.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
990046 1 Permits for Use of Hallidie PlazaOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code Section 2.74 to give the Recreation and Park Department or Commission authority to grant permits for recreational and first amendment activity in Hallidie Plaza and reserving to the Board of Supervisors the authority to grant permits for any other activity and to hear appeals from denials of permits by the Recreation and Park Department or Commission.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
981938 1 Parks and Open Space Advisory CommitteeResolutionPassedResolution amending Resolution Nos. 667-90 and 955-93 to add the Neighborhood Parks Council as an organization qualified to submit nominations for appointment to the Park and Open Space Advisory Committee pursuant to Charter Section 16.107(g).ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990118 1 Public HearingHearingFiledHearing of persons interested in or objecting to proposed establishment of an assessment district to be known as the Union Square Business Improvement District and levying assessments against property located in that district for fiscal years 1999-2000 through 2003-2004.HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING  Action details Not available
982135 1 Union Square Business Improvement DistrictResolutionPassedResolution establishing an assessment district to be known as the Union Square Business Improvement District and levying assessments against property located in that district for fiscal years 1999-2000 through 2003-2004.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Not available
982135 2 Union Square Business Improvement DistrictResolutionPassedResolution establishing an assessment district to be known as the Union Square Business Improvement District and levying assessments against property located in that district for fiscal years 1999-2000 through 2003-2004.ADOPTED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
990061 1 Off Site Meeting in ChinatownMotionPassedMotion having the Monday, February 22, 1999 meeting of the Board of Supervisors held at the John Yehall Chin Elementary School, 350 Broadway Street, Multi-purpose Room in the Chinatown Neighborhood of San Francisco at 6:00 p.m.   Action details Not available
990094 1 State Legislation, AB 55ResolutionPassedResolution urging the California State Legislature and Governor Davis to approve Assembly Bill 55 regulating health care service plans.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990095 1 State Legislation, SB 89ResolutionPassedResolution urging the California State Legislature and Governor Davis to approve Senate Bill 89 relating to environmental effects on minority and low-income populations.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990096 1 State Legislation, AB 107ResolutionPassedResolution supporting AB 107 which provides employers the ability to offer health care coverage to domestic partners of their employees and annuitants.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990097 1 PG&E Feasibility StudyResolutionPassedResolution requesting that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) conduct a feasibility study that would assess alternative emergency power supply means to vital city services, and/or provide information to the Public Utilities Commission concerning the outage and the power needs of San Francisco.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990098 1 National Plan to End HomelessnessResolutionPassedResolution endorsing the development of a comprehensive national plan to end homelessness and urging the President of the United States, the United States Congress and other relevant federal agencies to develop and implement such a plan.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990100 1 Comprehensive National PlanResolutionPassedResolution encouraging the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to join Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr., Supervisor Burke of Los Angeles and Homeless Activist Tom Hayes in urging President Bill Clinton and Congress to create and fund a comprehensive national plan to end homelessness with a priority on programs for the homeless who are mentally ill.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990101 1 ProclamationResolutionPassedResolution declaring October 16-17, 1999 to be Earthquake Preparedness Weekend and urging the Office of Emergency Services, the Fire Department's Neighborhood Emergency Response Team and other relevant City departments to host educational events in recognition of the 10 year anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990102 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Joann Anderson as employee of the quarter for the Department of Parking and Traffic.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990103 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Alvin Chan as employee of the quarter for the Department of Parking and Traffic.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990104 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Ronald Szeto as employee of the quarter for the Department of Parking and Traffic.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990105 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Estrella Que as employee of the quarter for the Department of Parking and Traffic.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990106 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Isabel Huie for her lifelong commitment and dedication to civil rights advocacy and declaring January 21, 1999, "Isabel Huie Day" in San Francisco.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990107 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending Antonio Castillo for his courage and bravery in successfully foiling a bank robbery attempt.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990108 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution recognizing Laurence Kornfield, Chief Building Inspector for San Francisco, as the Building Owners and Managers Association of San Francisco's Public Official of the Year for 1998 and commending him for his service to the City and County of San Francisco.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990110 1 Grant FundsResolutionPassedResolution approving application for grant funds from the California State Department of Parks and Recreation to rehabilitate the Twin Peaks Trail.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
990099 1 St. Luke's Hospital Anti-Trust LawsuitResolutionPassedResolution urging support of Saint Luke's Hospital's anti-trust lawsuit against California Pacific Medical Center and Sutter Health System.SEVERED FROM FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA  Action details Not available
990099 1 St. Luke's Hospital Anti-Trust LawsuitResolutionPassedResolution urging support of Saint Luke's Hospital's anti-trust lawsuit against California Pacific Medical Center and Sutter Health System.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Not available
990099 2 St. Luke's Hospital Anti-Trust LawsuitResolutionPassedResolution urging support of Saint Luke's Hospital's anti-trust lawsuit against California Pacific Medical Center and Sutter Health System.ADOPTED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
990136 1 Appropriation, Mayor's Office of Criminal JusticeOrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $50,000 from the General Fund Reserve to support the Intergroup Clearinghouse organization whose mission is to provide educational materials, capacity-building and other services for the prevention of hate violence, through the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice for fiscal year 1998-1999.   Action details Not available
990137 1 Lead Hazard Reduction Citizens Advisory Committee MembershipOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Health Code Section 1608 to delete subparagraph 1608(b)(13); to correct the number of committee members; renumbering subparagraphs 1608(b)(14) and (15); to clarify the intent of the Board that ex officio members are non-voting members of the committee and whose number is not to be considered in determining the quorum of the committee; and to make minor typographical corrections.   Action details Not available
990123 1 Meeting ScheduleResolutionPassedResolution revising the regular meeting schedule of the Board of Supervisors by canceling the November 29, 1999 and December 27, 1999 meeting and by canceling all Board and committee meetings from August 24 through September 12, 1999, and by rescheduling the September 20, 1999 meeting to September 21, 1999; scheduling the Board of Supervisors January 3, 2000 meeting to Tuesday, January 4, 2000.   Action details Not available
990124 1 AppointmentResolutionPassedResolution appointing Sue Bierman, member of the Board of Supervisors, as a representative to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.   Action details Not available
990125 1 Navy Lease of 574 Housing Units on Treasure Island and Related FacilitiesResolutionPassedResolution approving and authorizing the Treasure Island Development Authority to execute a lease with the United States Navy for the first 574 of a total of 766 housing units on Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands to be subleased to the John Stewart Company.   Action details Not available
990126 1 Sublease of up to 766 Housing Units on Treasure IslandResolutionPassedResolution approving and authorizing the Treasure Island Development Authority to execute a sublease, development, marketing and property management agreement with the John Stewart Company for up to 766 housing units on Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands.   Action details Not available
990127 1 Indemnity and Repayment Agreements, Treasure Island HousingResolutionPassedResolution approving and authorizing a repayment agreement with the Treasure Island Development Authority and an indemnity agreement with the John Stewart Company related to Treasure Island Housing.   Action details Not available
990128 1 Navy Lease of 86 Housing Units on Treasure Island and Related FacilitiesResolutionPassedResolution approving and authorizing the Treasure Island Development Authority to execute with the United States Navy for the first 86 of a total of 222 housing units on Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands to be subleased to member organizations of the Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative.   Action details Not available
990129 1 Sublease of 86 Housing Units on Treasure Island and Related Facilities to TIHDIResolutionPassedResolution approving and authorizing the Treasure Island Development Authority to execute four (4) subleases with member organizations of the Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative for the first 86 of a total of 222 housing units on Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands.   Action details Not available
990130 1 Revenue Sharing Agreement with TIHDI Regarding Housing UnitsResolutionPassedResolution approving and authorizing the Treasure Island Development Authority to execute a revenue sharing agreement with the Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative regarding the temporary use of 112 housing units on Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands in connection with the John Stewart Company sublease.   Action details Not available
990138 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending the Hidden Truths Bloody Sunday Exhibition and the families of the Bloody Sunday victims for their work to commemorate Bloody Sunday.   Action details Not available
990139 1 Board Meeting ScheduleResolutionPassedResolution rescheduling the Tuesday, February 16, 1999, regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors to Wednesday, February 17, 1999, in honor of the first day of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rabbit.   Action details Not available
990140 1 Landmark, Washington SquareResolutionPassedResolution urging the Planning Department, Planning Commission, Arts Commission, Recreation and Parks Commission, and the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board to expeditiously designate Washington Square a landmark.   Action details Not available
990141 1 Condemning The TalibanResolutionPassedResolution condemning the Taliban, the ruling faction of the Government of Afghanistan, for its inhumane treatment of gay people and women.   Action details Not available
990142 1 CommendationResolutionPassedResolution commending the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) for its denunciation of the Fox Files television show segment entitled "Gay Underworld" and condemning the Fox Network for airing the anti-gay show and urging them to comply with the demands of GLAAD.   Action details Not available
990143 1 RewardResolutionPassedResolution urging the Mayor to establish a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the assailant of Arinze Anoruo.   Action details Not available
990144 1 Dolores ParkHearingFiledHearing to review the strategic plan and the planning process for Mission Dolores Park, including the proposed Dolores Park Cafe.   Action details Not available
990145 1 Kensington Way, 118, 128, 138HearingFiledHearing to consider the planning and permitting process for 118, 128 and 138 Kensington Way, including the following: lack of compliance with discretionary review directives, V ditch installation on City property, trees damaged by hill grading and appropriateness of permit issuance.   Action details Not available
990147 1 Municipal Railway ReportsHearingFiledHearing to consider Municipal Railway (Muni) short bi-monthly reports (recovery program, personnel issues, safety issues, capital program, service planning and any regular special requests that members of the Board may make) to the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.   Action details Not available
990148 1 Residential HotelsHearingFiledHearing to investigate safety conditions and inspection procedures for residential hotels in San Francisco.   Action details Not available
990146 1 Housing Trusts StudyMotionPassedMotion directing the Board of Supervisors Legislative Analyst to study housing trusts.   Action details Not available
990149 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
990111 1 Katrina Garrett, et al. v. CCSF, et. al.OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Katrina Garrett against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $83,500.00.   Action details Not available
990112 1 Frank Massimillo/Rosa Tarangioli v. CCSF, et al.OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Frank Massimillo and Rosa Tarangioli against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $232,500.   Action details Not available
990113 1 Frederick Howard/Chantia Howard, et al. v. CCSF, et al.OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Frederick Howard and Chantia Howard against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $75,000.00.   Action details Not available
990114 1 Janice and Wayne Racek, v. CCSF, et al.OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of litigation of Janice and Wayne Racek against the City and County of San Francisco by payment of $3,159,526.00.   Action details Not available
990115 1 Appropriation, Mayor's Office-Peninsula Corridors Joint Powers BoardOrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $830,921, Mayor's Office, General Fund Reserve, to increase the appropriation amount for the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board Agency subsidy payments for fiscal year 1998-1999.   Action details Not available
990117 1 TRM Corporation v. CCSFOrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing the City to release, contractors and architects on remodeling and seismic safety improvements project at California Palace of the Legion of Honor, as consideration for settlement of the action known as TRM Corporation v. City and County of San Francisco.   Action details Not available
990085 1 Emergency Repair, Geneva Avenue SewerResolutionPassedResolution approving expenditure of funds for the emergency work to replace the collapsed 12-inch diameter sewer on Geneva Avenue between Brookdale Avenue and Prague Street - $74,467.   Action details Not available
990086 1 Emergency Repairs. Buchanan/Washington Streets SewersResolutionPassedResolution approving expenditure of funds for the emergency work to replace the structurally inadequate sewers on Buchanan Street from Jackson to Washington Streets, on Washington Street from Webster to Laguna Streets - $305,277.00.   Action details Not available
990116 1 Marine Terminal Agreement, Port - Mexican Line Ltd.ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Port of San Francisco to hold harmless the Mexican Limited (a wholly owned affiliate of Transportation Maritima Mexicana) harmless from all claims arising from an agreement with the San Francisco Port Commission for use of marine terminal facilities at Pier 80.   Action details Not available