CALL TO ORDER

2:00 p.m.

ROLL CALL

President Elizabeth Salveson

Present

Vice President Jacqueline P. Minor

Present

Commissioner Douglas S. Chan

Present

Commissioner F. X. Crowley

Present

Commissioner Kate Favetti

Present

President Elizabeth Salveson presided.

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

None.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES  (Item No. 3)

Regular Meeting of April 5, 2021 – 2:00 p.m.

Action:

Adopted the minutes with the condition for Item # 12 (Appeal by Troy Cato of the rejection of his application for 7366 Transit Power Line Worker (CBT-7366-M00218) the action includes, “approved as a complete remedy for the appeal.”  (Vote 5 to 0)

ANNOUNCEMENTS  (Item No. 4)

None.

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT  (Item. No. 5)

Carol Isen, Human Resources Director reported that by the end of this week the application period for the Equal Employment Opportunities Director position at the Department of Human Resources (DHR) will close.  DHR will be working with Alliance Resource Consulting, recruitment agency to review the applicant pool as the next step of the selection process.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT  (Item No. 6)

Sandra Eng, Executive Officer informed the Commissioners that the Civil Service Commission (CSC) office is slowly planning to reopen.  Staff is preparing so that virtual meetings can continue in the office.  CSC staff has also been getting feedback from union representatives and City employees of how they appreciate the convenience of virtual meetings and feel safer.

0056-21-8

Review of Request for Approval of Proposed Personal Services Contracts.
(Item No. 7)

PCS

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

40725-20/21

City Administrator

$900,000

This is a reimbursement program. The City collects fees from individuals who seek to adopt a cat or a dog from the Animal Care & Control (ACC) shelter. The vendor performs the surgeries, and the City forwards the funds received from the individual to the vendor. There is no cost to the City. The dollar value of the contract represents the funds collected from individuals and forwarded to the vendor.

Regular

12/31/2026

49538-20/21

Mayor

$5,000,000

Property Management of a residential commercial property located at 1415 Scott Avenue, commonly known as Midtown Park Apartments, and property management of several vacant sites located at 967 Mission Street, 730 Stanyan Street, 1515 South Van Ness Avenue, and 180 Jones Street. Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development anticipates additional sites will be acquired by the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development and added to this PSC during the duration of the PSC period.

Regular

1/18/2026

40271-20/21

Public Utilities Commission

$6,250,000

Contract work consists of financial advisory services in connection with general financial planning and
transaction-specific activities related to the Water, Wastewater and Power Enterprises—including, but not
limited to, the issuance of commercial paper, loans, private placements, bonds, and issuance of new and amended credit facility agreements, financial forecasting and modeling, rate setting and administration, asset management, risk management, power generation, transmission, distribution and trading, and related capital financing activities.

Regular

3/31/2026

42480-20/21

Public Utilities Commission

$245,000

SFPUC WWE CSD - Sewer Operations is seeking services from Jack Doheny Co. to provide technical support, parts, training, repair and services for their IBak sewer camera inspection equipment. Jack Doheny Co. is the sole distribution and service provider of IBak camera equipment in California. This equipment is highly technical and requires mechanical, specialized instrumentation and electronic skills to properly diagnose and repair. There are two aspects to this equipment. There is the computer and software side and robotic hardware side. Most often in order to properly diagnose problems within the robotic cameras they are required to be disassembled and connected to diagnostic software to help identify problems. The camera equipment can take hours to disassemble and diagnose due to its sophisticated design. Video and computer software diagnostics are also required to solve problems with the systems.

Regular

5/1/2023

41287-20/21

Public Utilities Commission

$255,000

SFPUC maintains a extensive fuel break system within the Peninsula watershed for the protection of water quality, infrastructure and natural resources. This system is supported and monitored by CalFire with the premise that in the event of a large wildland fire access and defensible space will allow CalFire to effectively contain a fire prior to a rapid spread outside of the watershed. Mastication is also done as part of a vegetation management program for the SFPUC power line maintenance.

Mastication is used to maintain the brush and fuels levels within the fuel breaks. A masticator changes the composition of the fuels from high brush that will allow a fire to pass through at a high intensity to a small wood chip that will decomposes on the ground. In areas that are masticated fire will pass through at a low intensity allowing CalFire to extinguish the fire prior to further spread.

Regular

12/31/2021

PCS

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

47806-20/21

Public Utilities Commission

$170,000

SFPUC Peninsula watershed has an integrated roads system of over 90 miles, dam faces and fuel breaks that need to be maintained annually to reduce flashy fuels and ignition sources to reduce fire risk within the watershed and along its Wildland Urban Interface. This contract is to maintain 40 miles of the northern section of the watershed roads. This work incorporates mowing the roadsides to reduce brush encroachment and flashy fuels along the roadside, maintains pullouts for safety vehicles and passings for emergency vehicles.

Regular

12/31/2021

43997-20/21

Public Works

$9,000,000

Consultants to be selected in the pre-qualified pool will provide architectural and multi-discipline design services involving renovation, relocation, adaptive re-use of existing health facilities, installation of specialized medical equipment, modifications to life safety systems and other infrastructure, and new health facilities. Selected firms shall have extensive knowledge of, and experience with general acute care facilities under jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Health and Planning (OSHPD).

Regular

2/28/2027

44144-20/21

Rec and Park

$300,000

As-needed assessment of the health and structural condition of trees located through the Recreation and Park Department park system. Assessment should utilize accepted urban forestry techniques such as a hazard rating system including site by site recommendations for remediation. Provide management plans that includes a set of recommendations for the healthy and sustainable long term management for sites assessed. Required skills include:

• Certified Arborist

• ISA Qualified Tree Risk Assessor

• Registered Consulting Arborist

Regular

2/1/2024

4021-10/11

City Administrator

Current Approved Amount

$224,000,000

Increase Amount Requested

$185,000,000

New Total Amount Requested

$409,000,000

The Risk Management Division of the Office of the City Administrator seeks to reestablish a pool of as-needed insurance brokers and to place insurance and provide specialized support and independent analysis (e.g., act as independent insurance advisor, proactively analyze the City’s insurance programs and identify risk transfers and risk financing options), risk analysis and Enterprise Risk Management consultant services (e.g., assess risks and propose an enterprise solution to mitigate/measure/improve the City’s risk profile), insurance services (e.g., design policies and programs most advantageous to the City for coverage of exposures), and claims support services (e.g., represent the City in policy interpretation and negotiations with carriers.) The pool will be utilized by multiple departments including the Airport, SFMTA, SFPUC, and Port. During the six year period, approximately $53 million will be for insurance premiums and approximately $7 million for risk management consultant services. Vendors will also train City managers on new international standards for Enterprise Risk Management.
Scope Change:

Delete from original PSC Scope the following: During the six year period, approximately $53 million will be for insurance premiums and approximately $7 million for risk management consultant services. Vendors will also train City managers on new international standards for Enterprise Risk Management.

Modification

11/25/2026

PCS

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

44335-18/19

City Administrator

Current Approved Amount

$2,000,000

Increase Amount Requested

$3,000,000

New Total Amount Requested

$5,000,000

Successful Contractors will provide routine maintenance, diagnosis and repair of primarily new scientific and medical equipment at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. This equipment consists of I. Medical Imaging equipment including one x-ray full body unit, and one Siemens CT scanner. II. Forensic Toxicology analytic equipment of less than 10 custom configured mass spectrophotometer (mass spec) units each manufactured by Agilent and Sciex (also with Qtof and Qtrap), and a single BioChip analyzer from Randox, in addition to biochemistry and other analyzers and histology microtome sectioning and staining. Finally III. Base equipment consisting of temperature controlled and monitored coolers, gas generating and dispensing equipment (e.g. hydrogen, and nitrogen) to perform testing.

Modification

6/30/2026

Speakers:

Shawndrea Hale, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #42480-20/21.

Shawndrea Hale and Johnathan Perrin, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #41287-20/21.

Johnathan Perrin, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #47806-20/21.

Joan Lubamersky and Matt Hansen, Office of Contract Administration spoke on PSC #4021-10/11.

Action:

1. Approved PSC #42480-20/21 with the condition the PSC Form 1 is amended to remove the specific contractor named in the PSC submission.  (Vote of 5 to 0)
2. Approved PSC #4021-10/11 with the condition the scope of work is clarified to outline the new training component.

(Vote of 5 to 0)

3. Adopted the report.  Approved the remaining requests for proposed Personal Services Contract; Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.

(Vote of 5 to 0)

0057-21-8

Personal Services Contract 49662-20/21 with the Human Services Agency; Pursuant to Mayor's 35^th Supplemental Emergency Proclamation - Omit Posting.
(Item No. 8)

Speaker:

None.

Action:

Adopted the report.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

0058-21-5

Request to Extend 8216 Sr Parking Control Officer List CBT-8216-M00211.
(Item No. 9)

Speaker:

William Miles II, Municipal Transportation Agency

Public Comment:

Trevor Adams, SEIU Local 1021

Action:

Adopted the report and approved SFMTA’s request for three-month
extension of CBT-8216-M00211.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

0059-21-5

Request to Extend 9131 Station Agent Eligible List CBT-9131-M00189.
(Item No. 10)

Speaker:

William Miles II, Municipal Transportation Agency

Public Comment:

Jason Thompson, SEIU Local 1021

Action:

Adopted the report and approved SFMTA’s request for one-year extension of CBT-9131-M00189.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

0016-21-4

Appeal by Carmela M. Beltran-Brion of the rejection of her application for 1241 Human Resources Analyst (CBT-1241-901144).  (Item No. 11)

Speakers:

Verilyn Radford-Bellamy, Department of Human Resources

Anna Biasbas, Department of Human Resources

Carmela Beltran-Brion, Appellant

Action:

Adopted the staff report and denied appeal by Carmela M. Beltran-Brion.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

0060-21-4

Report on Meet and Confer Meetings with IBEW Local 6 regarding 7366 Transit Power Line Workers.  (Item No. 12)

Speakers:

William Miles II, Municipal Transportation Agency

Osha Ashworth, IBEW Local 6

John Doherty, IBEW Local 6

Action:

Adopted the report.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

0010-21-7

Request for Hearing by Yao Ming (Simon) Li, former 2727 School Custodian Supervisor I, on his Future Employment Restrictions with the City and County of San Francisco.  (Item No. 13)

Speakers:

Swen Ervin, San Francisco Unified School District

Stephanie Bealby, San Francisco Unified School District

Hari Subramanian, Appellant’s Union Representative

Yao Ming Li, Appellant

George Ming Li, Appellant’s Son

Doony Aoieong, SEIU Local 21

Rafael Picazo, SEIU Local 21

Public Comment:

Cliff Hsiong, Custodial Supervisor

Action:

Take the item off calendar until arbitration has been resolved.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS  (Item No. 14)

None.

ADJOURNMENT  (Item No. 15)

The meeting adjourned at 4:23 p.m.