Details Meeting Name: Government Audit and Oversight Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 11/19/2007 11:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Legislative Chamber, Room 250, City Hall Rescheduled Meeting Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Not available   Attachments: Meeting Items (6) 6 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Name Type Status Title Action Result Action Details Video 071541 2   Appropriating $8,890,628, of additional Proposition 1B State Funds revenue for street resurfacing projects in the Department of Public Works for Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Ordinance Passed Ordinance appropriating $8,890,628 of additional Proposition 1B State Funds for street resurfacing projects in the Department of Public Works for Fiscal Year 2007-2008. The department will use the accelerated appropriations of bond funds from the state to fund projects for which design money has already been appropriated and were included in the City’s FY 2008-09 capital program. RECOMMENDED Pass Action details Not available 071371 1   Taxicab gate cap; ratifying previous gate fees; gate surcharge for low emission vehicles; taxi fleet greenhouse gas emissions Ordinance Passed Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by: amending Section 1135.1, to raise the taxicab gate cap to $96.50 and to ratify gate fees previously charged up to $91.50 per shift for the period from January 1, 2003 to October 27, 2006; by repealing current Section 1135.2, as obsolete; by adding a new Section 1135.2, to authorize a $7.50 surcharge on the gate cap for low emission vehicles; and by adding Section 1135.3, to require taxi companies to reduce average per vehicle greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent from 1990 levels by 2012. AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE   Action details Not available 071371 2   Taxicab gate cap; ratifying previous gate fees; gate surcharge for low emission vehicles; taxi fleet greenhouse gas emissions Ordinance Passed Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by: amending Section 1135.1, to raise the taxicab gate cap to $96.50 and to ratify gate fees previously charged up to $91.50 per shift for the period from January 1, 2003 to October 27, 2006; by repealing current Section 1135.2, as obsolete; by adding a new Section 1135.2, to authorize a $7.50 surcharge on the gate cap for low emission vehicles; and by adding Section 1135.3, to require taxi companies to reduce average per vehicle greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent from 1990 levels by 2012. CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDED Pass Action details Not available 071283 1   Tax on Transient Occupancy of Hotel Rooms - "Permanent Resident Exemption" - Regulation No. 1.504.2 Hearing Filed Hearing on the Tax on Transient Occupancy of Hotel Rooms - "Permanent Resident Exemption" - Regulation No. 1.504.2. The hearing will explore the unintended consequences of this decision, including the loss of revenue to the City when the airlines inevitably move their crews to another location in the Bay Area where room rates are more competitive. CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Pass Action details Not available 071421 1   Lake Merced Update Hearing Filed Hearing on the Lake Merced update from Public Utilities Commission and Recreation and Park Department. FILED Pass Action details Not available 070615 1   Findings and recommendations of the Utility Undergrounding Task Force Hearing Filed Hearing to consider the findings and recommendations of the Utility Undergrounding Task Force convened by Supervisor Bevan Dufty. The hearing will examine potential options to increase the oversight and breadth of the City's Undergrounding Program through the use of a Special Utility Fee. CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR   Action details Not available