Civil Service Commission - March 4, 2019 - Agenda

Meeting Date:

March 4, 2019 - 2:00pm

Location:

City Hall - Room 400

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

San Francisco, CA 94102

Related Meeting Content:

Supporting Documents Minutes

Amended

AGENDA

Regular Meeting

March 4, 2019

2:00 p.m.

ROOM 400, CITY HALL

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

A request to hear an item after 5:00 p.m. should be directed to the Executive
Officer as soon as possible following the receipt of notification of an upcoming hearing. Requests may be made by telephone at (415) 252-3247 and confirmed in writing or by fax at (415) 252-3260.

CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION BUT NOT APPEARING ON TODAY’S AGENDA

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

ANNOUNCEMENTS

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT

EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT

RATIFICATION AGENDA

CONSENT AGENDA

REGULAR AGENDA

CLOSED SESSION AGENDA

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS

ADJOURNMENT

NOTICE OF COMMISSION HEARING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

A. Commission Office

The Civil Service Commission office is located at, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102. The telephone number is (415) 252-3247. The fax number is (415) 252-3260. The email address is civilservice@sfgov.org and the web address is www.sfgov.org/civilservice/. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

B. Policy Requiring Written Reports

It is the policy of the Civil Service Commission that except for appeals filed under Civil Service Commission Rule 111A Position-Based Testing, all items appearing on its agenda be supported by a written report prepared by Commission or departmental staff. All documents referred to in any Agenda Document are posted adjacent to the Agenda, or if more than one (1) page in length, available for public inspection and copying at the Civil Service Commission office. Reports from City and County personnel supporting agenda items are submitted in accordance with the procedures established by the Executive Officer. Reports not submitted according to procedures, in the format and quantity required, and by the deadline, will not be calendared.

C. Policy on Written Submissions by Appellants

All written material submitted by appellants to be considered by the Commission in support of an agenda item shall be submitted to the Commission office, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the fourth (4^th) business day preceding the Commission meeting for which the item is calendared (ordinarily, on Tuesday). An original and nine (9) copies on 8 1/2-inch X 11-inch paper, three-hole punched on left margin, and page numbered in the bottom center margin, shall be provided. Written material submitted for the Commission’s review becomes part of a public record and shall be open for public inspection.

D. Policy on Materials being Considered by the Commission

Copies of all staff reports and materials being considered by the Civil Service Commission are available for public view 72 hours prior to the Civil Service Commission meeting on the Civil Service Commission’s website at www.sfgov.org/CivilService, and in its office located at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102. If any materials related to an item on this agenda have been distributed to the Civil Service Commission after distribution of the agenda packet, those materials will be available for public inspection at the Civil Service Commission’s during normal office hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday).

E. Policy and Procedure for Hearings to be Scheduled after 5:00 p.m. and Requests for Postponement

A request to hear an item after 5:00 p.m. should be directed to the Executive Officer as soon as possible following the receipt of notification of an upcoming hearing. Requests may be made by telephone at (415) 252-3247 and confirmed in writing or by fax at (415) 252-3260.

A request for a postponement (continuance) to delay an item to another meeting may be directed to the Commission
Executive Officer by telephone or in writing. Before acting, the Executive Officer may refer certain requests to another City official for recommendation. Telephone requests must be confirmed in writing prior to the meeting. Immediately following the “Announcement of Changes” portion of the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, the Commission will consider a request for a postponement that has been previously denied. Appeals filed under Civil Service Commission Rule 111A Position-Based Testing shall be considered on the date it is calendared for hearing except under extraordinary circumstances and upon mutual agreement between the appellant and the Department of Human Resources.

F. Policy and Procedure on Hearing Items Out of Order

Requests to hear items out of order are to be directed to the Commission President at the beginning of the agenda. The President will rule on each request. Such requests may be granted with mutual agreement among the affected parties.

G. Procedure for Commission Hearings

All Commission hearings on disputed matters shall conform to the following procedures: The Commission reserves the right to question each party during its presentation and, in its discretion, to modify any time allocations and requirements.

If a matter is severed from the Consent Agenda or the Ratification Agenda, presentation by the opponent will be for a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes and response by the departmental representative for a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes. Requests by the public to sever items from the [Consent Agenda or] Ratification Agenda must be provided with justification for the record.

For items on the Regular Agenda, presentation by the departmental representative for a maximum time of five (5) minutes and response by the opponent for a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes.

For items on the Separations Agenda, presentation by the department followed by the employee or employee’s representative shall be for a maximum time limit of ten (10) minutes for each party unless extended by the Commission.

Each presentation shall conform to the following:

Opening summary of case (brief overview);
Discussion of evidence;
Corroborating witnesses, if necessary; and
Closing remarks.

The Commission may allocate five (5) minutes for each side to rebut evidence presented by the other side.

Policy on Audio Recording of Commission Meetings

As provided in the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance, all Commission meetings are audio recorded in digital form. These audio recordings of open sessions are available starting on the day after the Commission meeting on the Civil Service Commission website at www.sfgov.org/civilservice/.

I. Speaking before the Civil Service Commission

Speaker cards are not required. The Commission will take public comment on all items appearing on the agenda at the time the item is heard. The Commission will take public comment on matters not on the Agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the Commission during the “Requests to Speak” portion of the regular meeting. Maximum time will be three (3) minutes. A subsequent comment after the three (3) minute period is limited to one (1) minute. The timer shall be in operation during public comment. Upon any specific request by a Commissioner, time may be extended.

J. Public Comment and Due Process

During general public comment, members of the public sometimes wish to address the Civil Service Commission regarding matters that may come before the Commission in its capacity as an adjudicative body. The Commission does not restrict this use of general public comment. To protect the due process rights of parties to its adjudicative proceedings, however, the Commission will not consider, in connection with any adjudicative proceeding, statements made during general public comment. If members of the public have information that they believe to be relevant to a mater that will come before the Commission in its adjudicative capacity, they may wish to address the Commission during the public comment portion of that adjudicative proceeding. The Commission will not consider public comment in connection with an adjudicative proceeding without providing the parties an opportunity to respond.

K. Policy on use of Cell Phones, Pagers and Similar Sound-Producing Electronic Devices at and During Public Meetings

The ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

Information on Disability Access

The Civil Service Commission normally meets in Room 400 (Fourth Floor) City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. However, meetings not held in this room are conducted in the Civic Center area. City Hall is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center, located 2 ½ blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving City Hall are 47 Van Ness Avenue, 9 San Bruno and 71 Haight/Noriega, as well as the METRO stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. Accessible curbside parking has been designated at points in the vicinity of City Hall adjacent to Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue.

The following services are available on request 48 hours prior to the meeting; except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline shall be 4:00 p.m. of the last business day of the preceding week. For American Sign Language interpreters or the use of a reader during a meeting, a sound enhancement system, and/or alternative formats of the agenda and minutes, please contact the Commission office to make arrangements for the accommodation. Late requests will be honored, if possible.

Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our ADA coordinator at (415) 252-3254 or (415) 252-3247 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

Know your Rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, or to obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance, contact Victor Young, Administrator of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 at (415) 554-7724, by fax: (415) 554-7854, by e-mail: sotf@sfgov.org, or on the City’s website at www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.

San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Section 2.100) to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Ave., Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 252-3100, fax (415) 252-3112 and web site http://www.sfgov.org/ethics/.

City and County of San Francisco

Civil Service Commission

Agenda for Regular Meeting

March 4, 2019

2:00 p.m.

ITEM NO.

(1)	CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

	President F. X. Crowley
	Vice President Elizabeth Salveson
	Commissioner Douglas S. Chan
	Commissioner Kate Favetti
	Commissioner Scott R. Heldfond

(2)	REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION BUT NOT APPEARING ON TODAY’S AGENDA

(3)	APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Action Item

	Regular Meeting of February 4, 2019

	Recommendation:	Adopt the minutes.

(4)	ANNOUNCEMENTS

	Announcement of changes to the agenda.

	Other announcements.

(5)	HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT

(6)	EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT

RATIFICATION AGENDA

All matters on the Ratification Agenda are considered by the Civil Service Commission to be non-contested and will be acted upon by a single vote of the Commission. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a request is made; in which event, the matter shall be removed from the Ratification Agenda and considered as a separate item. Each individual addressing the Commission will be limited to a maximum time limit of five minutes for all items severed from the Ratification Agenda.

(7)

Review of Request for Approval of Proposed Personal Services Contracts.

(File No. 0056-19-8) – Action Item

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
49666-18/19	Airport	$500,000	San Francisco International Airport (SFO) requires the assistance of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC) for the purpose of analyzing and modeling the causes of congestion on the airfield. Tasks require SFO and NASA ARC to conduct a data-driven analysis of airfield operations to identify, quantify and interpret the extent of potential inefficiencies that may limit the capacity of the Airport and result in avoidable delays.	Regular	6/30/2024
42645-18/19	Economic and Workforce Development	$240,000	Contractor will assist with the implementation of Healthy Retail SF, a City ordinance-mandated technical assistance program designed to increase access to healthy, affordable food. Contractor will be the lead consultant, supporting small businesses with space design, produce consulting, equipment needs, physical improvements and related activities. Contractor will also assist with client identification, conduct assessments of businesses, help create an individual development plan (IDP), provide individualized technical support to business clients based on the IDP, help with tracking progress, and follow up with the client and modify the approach to best suit the client’s needs. Contractor will provide direct and focused technical assistance, in individual and group settings if needed. Contractor will also provide equipment, materials, and supplies as outlined in the IDPs to the small businesses.	Regular	6/30/2021
45429-18/19	Human Resources	$130,000	Provide expert test development consultation for the Q060 Police Lieutenant and Q080 Police Captain selection processes and defend those selection processes against legal challenge as necessary.	Regular	12/31/2022
46105-18/19	Human Resources	$190,000	Provide expert test development consultation for the Q050 Police Sergeant selection process and defend that selection process against legal challenge as necessary.	Regular	12/31/2022
48019-18/19	Municipal Transportation Agency	$350,000	Contractor will identify a suite of programs and services that will be most likely to significantly reduce Single Occupancy Vehicle (SOV) trips by SFMTA employees at all facilities. “SOV” trips refer to trips taken by automobile, with only one person in the car; the SFMTA has a goal to reduce these “SOV” trips in favor of trips such as public transit, bicycling, walking, or carpooling which have a reduced impact on the environment and the transportation system. Contractor will assess existing conditions, conduct stakeholder outreach, develop strategy proposals and recommend operations and evaluations plans for implementing those strategies.	Regular	12/31/2022
41712-18/19	Port	$1,500,000	The contractor shall provide all services, personnel, labor, materials, and equipment necessary to package, remove, transport, and dispose of hazardous waste from Port properties. Contractor shall also provide all services, personnel, labor, materials, and equipment necessary to salvage, transport, and dispose of sunken and abandoned marine vessels from waters within Port jurisdiction.	Regular	2/29/2024
45798-18/19	Port	$1,000,000	The services that will be provided under this contract are the environmental review and analysis of the proposed amendments to updates the Port of San Francisco Waterfront Land Use Plan (“Project”) and advice on the impact and implications.	Regular	1/31/2023

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
44486-18/19	Public Utilities Commission	$2,100,000	The contractor works with ranchers and farmers to use biosolids as a fertilizer. The contractor secures all necessary permitting required for the use of biosolids as a fertilizer. Annual fees for permitting are paid by the biosolids so that nitrogen added to fields does not exceed crop uptake needs. When sufficient biosolids have been added to a field to meet its nitrogen needs, the contractor moves the application operation to a new field. When moving to a new field, the contractor is responsible for coordinating with the trucking contractor for the transportation of biosolids to the new location. The contractor is responsible for ensuring the all county ordinances are followed during the course of operations at each field. This includes the posting of signs, flagging of buffer areas where biosolids are not to be applied, setting up a mobile weather station, a portable toilet and a washdown station for trucks. The contractor is responsible for the spreading and discing (incorporation) of the biosolids on each field. Co-ordination with the ranchers, farmers, and county is the responsibility of the contractor.	Regular	3/31/2023
40732-18/19	Recreation and Park	$150,000	The Recreation and Park Department is seeking the services of a landscape architecture firm to develop a schematic design concept plan for Buena Vista Park that reflects the Capital Improvement plan, community needs and operation maintenance needs. Schematic design will consider the circulation and hardscape, erosion control and water management, and woodland management. The scope will include outreach and community engagement.	Regular	2/1/2020
44727-18/19	Sheriff	$3,600,000	Services are needed to provide electronic home detention monitoring and case management services for inmates who qualify for home detention as an alternative to jail incarceration. Program participants wear electronic bracelets that communicate via radio frequency to land line telephone or via cellular transmission to a centralized system that monitors the participants. Services include adjunct case management to monitor inmates’ attendance in outpatient substance abuse and/or mental health programs, and urinalysis tests to monitor sobriety.	Regular	4/30/2024
40844-18/19	Public Health	$1,000,000	In order to modernize and improve responsiveness and user friendliness of the Department’s websites, the contractor(s) will provide website design, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), administration, testing, training, and support services, which may also include development of website pages focused on e-commerce for the Department’s Vital Records office (birth and death records).	Regular	12/31/2022
42517-18/19	Public Health	$1,750,000	The contractor(s) will provide fully hosted, web-based software and its support to enable credentialing and privileging of medical services providers and employees for the Department of Public Health (DPH). Support will include project management, design, programming, testing, documentation, and system integration services.	Regular	1/31/2024

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
49622-18/19	General Services Agency – Technology	$500,000	Vendor will install a Jail Management System (JMS) and to work with San Francisco Sheriff’s Department Information Technology Support Services Staff (ITSS) to configure a prototype of the Inmate Booking Module in JMS. This service shall include a subscription to use the JMS software in conjunction with the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department existing Microsoft Dynamic CRM licenses. The prototype would be used by San Francisco Sheriff’s Department in a non-production environment for the duration of the subscription (12 months) in order to confirm that Vendor’s JMS will meet the jail management system needs of San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. The scope, assumptions, and costs presented in this SOW represent Vendor proprietary experience and knowledge. Project Scope Vendor will work with San Francisco Sheriff’s Department to install Offender360 JMS and all technology components associated with the software in a non-production San Francisco Sheriff’s Department environment on their server hardware. Vendor will conduct a series of training workshops with San Francisco Sheriff’s Department to make configuration changes to the standard JMS Booking module and develop a non-production prototype that meets the specific business requirements of San Francisco Sheriff’s Department for the booking process. Vendor will include in the services a 12 month subscription of the Offender360 JMS software to allow San Francisco Sheriff’s Department users to test the application in a non-production environment for up to 12 months. The result of this project will provide a prototype that will enable San Francisco Sheriff’s Department to validate and confirm that Offender360 will meet the jail management system needs of San Francisco Sheriff’s Department.	Regular	3/31/20221
30382-17/18	Economic and Workforce Development	Current Approved Amount $100,000 Increase Amount Requested $200,000 New Total Amount Requested $300,000	The Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) is seeking to contract with an individual or firm that can serve as the department’s One-Stop Operator (OSO), a lead coordinator of services delivered to San Francisco’s workforce system. The workforce system is designed to establish services for a variety of San Francisco jobseekers that include unskilled, semi-skilled and high skilled individuals. The OSO will play a leadership role in coordinating the four (4) core mandated partners – the California Employment Development Department (EDD), California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR), City College of San Francisco (CCSF) Career Technical Education and Adult Education programs, and the San Francisco Human Services Agency (HSA)/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs – and ensuring that appropriate services are delivered to customers through the workforce system. The role includes establishing Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with the core partners, providing training and technical assistance and facilitating the successful implementation of services. Additional responsibilities may be determined by OEWD or suggested by the OSO or service providers to fulfill the OSO’s role of system coordination and quality assurance.	Modification	6/30/2021
43857-14/15	General Services Agency – Public Works	Current Approved Amount $500,000 Increase Amount Requested $0 New Total Amount Requested $500,000	Provide specialized services in Acoustical engineering to support DPW design staff on an as-needed basis. The City intends to award two (2) contracts for $250,000 each, and contract duration of two (2) years each.	Modification	6/30/2022

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
47395-17/18	Public Utilities Commission	Current Approved Amount $8,000,000 Increase Amount Requested $11,500,000 New Total Amount Requested $19,500,000	The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) intends to award a $8 million agreement to support SFPUC civil, structural, electrical, process, mechanical engineering staff, and for other specialized engineering services needed to assist in the design and support during construction of a new raw water ozonation system at SFPUC’s Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant (SVWTP) to address long-term taste and odor issues. Design scope includes new cryogenic oxygen tanks, liquid oxygen vaporizers, ozone generators, ozone injectors, an ozone contractor, an ozone building, an ozone destruct system, electrical power facilities, associated piping/appurtenances, associated automatic controls (I&C), related facilities, and power generation consisting of solar panels atop the Treated Water Reservoir and nearby SVWTP facilities to offset the increased power load. The Sunol valley power supply and usage will need to be analyzed and upgraded at San Antonio Pump Station and the Calaveras Substation to accommodate the new plant power loads. The contract will also address identified plant process limitations and make modifications to improve the plan reliability. Scope Change: The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) intends to award a $19.5 million agreement to support SFPUC civil, structural, electrical; process, mechanical, and other specialized engineering services in the design and support during construction of a new raw water ozonation system, flocculant aid polymer system, and various needed upgrades at SFPUC’s Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant (SVWTP) to address long-term taste and odor issues and plant reliability. The scope also includes an upgrade to the Calaveras high voltage substation to accommodate increasing power needs brought on by the new ozonation system and solar panels at the SVWTP to offset the large ozonation power demand. Major plant upgrades includes new cryogenic oxygen tanks, liquid oxygen vaporizers, ozone generators, ozone injectors, an ozone contractor, an ozone building, an ozone destruct system, electrical power facilities, backup power facilities, polymer mixing skids, polymer aging tanks, transfer pumps, polymer building, associated piping/appurtenances, and associated automatic controls (I&C).	Modification	10/1/2026
41501-14/15	Recreation and Park	Current Approved Amount $800,000 Increase Amount Requested $600,000 New Total Amount Requested $1,400,000	The Recreation and Park Department (RPD) is seeking the services of engineering firms with marina and coastal engineering expertise that can deliver a Criteria Package for the waterside improvements to the Marina Yacht Harbor, East Harbor, which RPD intends will be performed under separate contract by a design-builder. This consultant shall be tasked with providing preliminary design services for marina, coastal and general civil engineering, and consulting support services during the design/build process. Landside improvement designs will be prepared by the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Public Works (DPW).	Modification	12/31/2021
44918-13/14	Recreation and Park	Current Approved Amount $2,000,000 Increase Amount Requested $6,017,719 New Total Amount Requested $8,017,719	Provide full Landscape Architectural, Architectural, Engineering, and Outreach services for the Portsmouth Square Renovation. This includes all services necessary for all phases of project delivery: conceptual design, schematic design, design development, complete construction documents for permitting, bid, construction administration, and closeout. Scope will also include facilitation of broad community and stakeholder outreach process in multiple languages. A/E firm shall also provide cost estimating services during the course of the project.	Modification	2/10/2024

PSC#		Department	Amount		Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
44536-18/19		General Services Agency – Technology	Current Approved Amount $9,500,000 Increase Amount Requested $20,500,000 New Total Amount Requested $30,000,000		The Department of Technology has projects underway in the areas of: upgrading Wide and Local Area Networks, migrating Telephony systems to the City’s new Cisco Call Manager, and moving Departments to new office spaces. The Department of Technology will also begin a project to migrate approximately 15 separate Contact Centers to a unified Enterprise Contact Center system. The awarded Supplier will provide project services for the upgrade, move, and migration project areas utilizing following phased structure: 1) Discovery and Analysis, 2) Planning, 3) Upgrade/Migration, 4) Post Go-Live support and training for handoff to City staff. Supplemental services include reviewing current systems and environments, designing new networks and systems, developing migration plans, configuring, installing, and testing new systems, moving and installing networks in new locations, providing support and training City staff on how to maintain and operate new systems.	Modification	12/31/2027

	Recommendation:			Adopt the report. Approve the request for proposed Personal Services Contracts; Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.

CONSENT AGENDA

All matters on the Consent Agenda considered by the Civil Service Commission will be acted upon by a single vote of the Commission. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a request is made; in which event, the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item. Each individual addressing the Commission will be limited to a maximum time limit of five minutes for all items severed from the Consent Agenda.

Copies of all staff reports and materials being considered by the Civil Service Commission are available for public view 72 hours prior to the Civil Service Commission meeting and are located in the Civil Service Commission office at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102.

(8)	Report of Future Employment Restrictions and Probationary Releases from July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. (File No. 0053-19-1) – Action Item

	Recommendation:	Adopt the report.

(9)	Report of Expired Exempt Appointments for the period of July 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018. (File No. 0054-19-1) – Action Item

	Recommendation:	Adopt the report.

(10)	Report of Appointments Exempt from Civil Service under Charter Sections 10.104-16 through 10.104-18. (File No. 0055-19-1) – Action Item

	Recommendation:	Adopt the report.

REGULAR AGENDA

Copies of all staff reports and materials being considered by the Civil Service Commission are available for public view 72 hours prior to the Civil Service Commission meeting and are located in the Civil Service Commission office at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102.

	(11)		Report on Recent Police Promotions. (File No. 0057-19-1) – Action Item

			Recommendation:		Adopt the report.

	(12)		Public comment on all matters pertaining to Items #14, #15 and #16, including Item #13, whether to hear each item in closed session.

	(13)		Vote on whether to hold Items #14, #15, and #16 in closed session, including whether to invoke the attorney-client privilege as to Item #16. (S.F. Admin. Code § 67.10(d)) (Action Item)


NOTE: The Commission may hold Item #14 in open session, closed session, or partial open/partial closed session. They have been agendized as closed session items to preserve the Commission’s ability to go into closed session if the Commission so decides.

(14)		Update on the Appeal by Deonte Walker of the Transportation Director’s Finding that there was Insufficient Evidence to Sustain His Complaint of Harassment and Discrimination Due to Race. (File No. 0361-17-6) – Action Item

Basis for closed session: Personnel Exception (Gov’t Code § 54957(b)(1), S.F. Admin Code § 67.10(b)); constitutional right to privacy (California Constitution art. I, § 1).

		March 5, 2018:		Postpone to the meeting of March 19, 2018 by mutual agreement between the appellant and the Department of Human Resources.

		March 19, 2018:		Postponed to April 2, 2018 so that the item can be held in Closed Session at the request of the Department of Human Resources.

		April 2, 2018:		The Commission continued the item to a future meeting after the Municipal Transportation Agency meets with the appellant to discuss the make whole remedy.

		February 4, 2019:		Postpone to the meeting of March 4, 2019 by mutual agreement between the appellant and the Municipal Transportation Agency.

		Recommendation:		Adopt the report and deny Mr. Walker’s appeal.

(15)			Closed Session – Appeal of the Human Resources Director’s Finding of Insufficient Evidence to Sustain the Complaint of Harassment. (File No. 0379-17-6) – Action Item

			Basis for closed session: Personnel Exception (Gov’t Code § 54957(b)(1), S.F. Admin. Code § 67.10(b)); peace officer confidentiality statutes (Penal Code §§ 832.5, 832.7, 832.8)).

			February 4, 2019:	Postpone to the meeting of March 4, 2019 by mutual agreement between the appellant and the Department of Human Resources.

			Recommendation:	Adopt the report and deny the appeal.

(16)		CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION (Discussion and Possible Action)

		Basis for closed session: Pending Litigation Exception (Gov’t Code § 54956.9(a), (d)(1); S.F. Admin. Code § 67.10(d))

		Matter: Boreen v. City and County of San Francisco, No. CPF-18-516450, San Francisco Superior Court, filed December 17, 2018.

(17)		Reconvene in Open Session. Vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussions held on Items #14 , #15 and #16 in closed session (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12 (a)) – Action Item

	(18)		COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS

	(19)		ADJOURNMENT

Civil Service Commission - March 4, 2019 - Agenda

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