Meeting Name: Rules Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/13/2009 9:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Hall, Legislative Chamber, Room 250
Special Meeting
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090622 2 Charter Amendment - Instituting two-year budgetary cycle, providing for the adoption of a five-year financial plan and imposing a deadline of May 15th for submission of MOUs for miscellaneous and safety employees to the Board of SupervisorsCharter AmendmentPassedCharter Amendment (Second Draft) amending Sections 3.105, 9.100, 9.101, 9.102, 9.103, 9.104, 9.113, 9.113.5, 9.114, 11.100, A8.409-4, A8.590-5, A8.590-8, and Article XVII, and adding Sections 9.119 and 9.120 to institute a "rolling" two-year budgetary cycle (the City would adopt a new two-year budget each year), allow the Board of Supervisors to convert the rolling two-year budgetary cycle for some or all departments into a "fixed" two-year cycle (each two-year budget would stay in effect for two years), impose a deadline of May 10 or May 15 for submission to the Board of Supervisors of new terms and conditions of employment for miscellaneous or safety employees if those terms and conditions are to be effective during the upcoming fiscal year, allow the Board of Supervisors to determine, by ordinance, how City departments, including the Board of Supervisors, will comply with the Charter's publication requirements, and allow the Controller to certify the availability of funds based on the expectation that funds will become available during the course of the budgetary cycle.RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Not available
090606 1 Charter Amendment - Eliminating the 48.7-hour limit on the work week for firefightersCharter AmendmentFiledCharter Amendment (First Draft) to amend Section A8.452 to: (1) eliminate the 48.7-hour limitation on the work week for uniformed officers and member of the Fire Department, (2) establish a work week of at least 52 hours, on an annualized basis, for uniformed officers and members assigned to fire fighting companies and units, with the minimum 52-hour work week requirement to be effective for any amendment or extension to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and County of San Francisco (City) and the San Francisco Fire Fighters Union Local 798 (Union) in effect July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2011, and for the successor MOU and each MOU between the City and Union thereafter, and (3) eliminate superseded language setting holiday schedule and compensation requirements for firefighters; and by adding Section A8.590-9 to provide that the work week for firefighters assigned to fire fighting companies and units shall be governed by Section A8.452 and not be subject to binding interest arbitration under Charter Section A8.590-5.CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIRPass Action details Not available
090783 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Jane Martin and David Baker - $190,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the portion of the lawsuit filed by Jane Martin and David Baker against the City and County of San Francisco for $190,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 31, 2005, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 436930; entitled Jane Martin, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Not available
090784 1 Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - Freda Quimbo - $70,000ResolutionPassedResolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Freda Quimbo against San Francisco for $70,000; claim was filed on February 11, 2009.RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Not available
090811 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Craig Yates and Richard Skaff - $312,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of multiple lawsuits filed by Craig Yates and Richard Skaff against the City and County of San Francisco and San Francisco Uptown Parking Corporation for $312,000; further authorizing settlement of San Francisco's cross-claims against San Francisco Parking, Inc., d/b/a City Park for $150,000 to be paid to the City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuits entitled: (1) Craig Yates v. Union Square, et al., Case No. C07-4087-JSW, filed August 9, 2007, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California; (2) Craig Yates v. Union Square, et al., Case No. CGC-08-473176, filed March 11, 2008, in San Francisco Superior Court; (3) Richard Skaff v. Union Square, et al., Case No. 08-CV-2555-JSW, filed May 20, 2008, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California; and (4) Richard Skaff v. Union Square, et al., Case No. CGC-08-475516, filed May 20, 2008, in San Francisco Superior Court.RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Not available
090845 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Yao Tondo - $140,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Yao Tondo as successor in interest to decedent Joe Tondo against the City and County of San Francisco for $140,000; the lawsuit was filed on June 4, 2007, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 463-946; entitled Yao Tondo as successor in interest to decedent Joe Tondo v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Not available
090846 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Mai Tai Investors L.P., et al. - $40,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Mai Tai Investors L.P., et al. against the City and County of San Francisco for $40,000; the lawsuit was filed on March 12, 2009, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-09-486061; entitled Mai Tai Investors L.P., et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Not available
090847 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Tony Nguyen, dba MicroLan - $100,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Tony Nguyen, dba MicroLan, against the City and County of San Francisco for $100,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 10, 2007, in the San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 469890; entitled Tony Nguyen, dba MicroLan v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Not available
090831 1 Settlement of Potential Litigation - George Boutros - $25,000ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing settlement of potential litigation with George Boutros, individually and in his representative capacity as Trustee of The Boutros Family Trust, related to encroachments on San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Right of Way easements that cross Boutros residential property located at 90 Sea Cliff Avenue, San Francisco, CA.RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Not available