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MINUTES

Regular Meeting

July 20, 2009

2:00 p.m.

ROOM 400, CITY HALL

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

CALL TO ORDER

2:10 p.m.

ROLL CALL

President Morgan R. Gorrono		Present
Vice President E. Dennis Normandy		Present (Left at 4:25 p.m. Missed Item #s 10, 11, 13-16)
Commissioner Joy Y. Boatwright		Present (Arrived at 3:11 p.m. during Item #7, PSC #4018-09/10. Missed Item #s 1 – 6 and 9)
Commissioner Donald A. Casper		Present
Commissioner Mary Y. Jung		Present

President Morgan R. Gorrono presided.

PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA

Ging Louie, IFPTE Local 21 indicated Local 21 would like to sever PSC #s 4162-08/09, 4010-09/10, 4076-07/08, 4012-09/10, 4017-09/10 and 4110-06/07.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Regular Meeting of July 6, 2009

Action:	Approve. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0193-09-8	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. (Item No. 5)

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
4162-08/09	Public Utilities Commission	$9,000,000	Will provide specialized and technical as-needed services in the areas of water supply, storage, and transport services; water quality services; water treatment services; watershed management services; and enterprise operations and mgmt. Services.	Regular	09/01/14

	June 15, 2009:	Postpone PSC #4162-08/09 to the meeting of July 6, 2009 at the request of the Public Utilities Commission.

	July 6, 2009:	Postpone PSC #4162-08/09 to the meeting of July 20, 2009 at the request of the Public Utilities Commission.

	Speakers:	Pauson Yun and Carol Isen, Public Utilities Commission and Ging Louie, IFPTE Local 21.

	Action:	Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0212-09-8	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. (Item No. 6)

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
4008-09/10	Public Utilities Commission	$300,000	Will provide technical services to SFPUC Biofuel Program, including program development for SF Greasecycle, research legal and regulatory compliance issues relating to biodiesel use and use of “tolling agreements”.	Regular	12/31/12
4009-09/10	Recreation and Parks	$80,000	Will provide full design services for skate elements of the Waller Street Skate Park. This includes all services necessary for schematic phase, design development, and participation in presentations to stakeholders.	Regular	08/01/11
4010-09/10 *Postpone to 8/3/09*	Recreation and Parks	$400,000	Will provide complete outreach services for the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond projects. This includes all services necessary to design a comprehensive community outreach program for selected projects.	Regular	06/30/14
4076-07/08	Children and Families Commission	Increase Amount $300,000 New Amount $475,000	Will provide online data system development and implementation to enable routine updates and create multiple reports.	Modi- fication	07/01/11

July 6, 2009:

(1) Postpone PSC #4008-09/10 to the meeting of July 20, 2009 at the request of the Public Utilities Commission.

(2) Postpone PSC #4009-09/10 to the meeting of July 20, 2009 to allow a representative from the Recreation and Parks Department to be present.

(3) Postpone PSC #4010-09/10 to the meeting of July 20, 2009 at the request of the Recreation and Parks Department.

(4) Postpone PSC #4076-07/08 to the meeting of July 20, 2009 at the request of Children and Families Commission.

	Speakers:	Kofo Domingo and Karri Ving, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4008-09/10. Nicholas Kinsey, Recreation and Parks spoke on PSC #4009-09/10. Sean McFadden, Recreation and Parks and Criss Romero, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4010-09/10. Gloria Corral, First Five and Pam Covington, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4076-07/08.

	Action:	(1) Postpone PSC #4010-09/10 to the meeting of August 3, 2009 by mutual agreement of IFPTE Local 21 and the Recreation and Parks Department. (Vote of 4 to 0) (2) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4076-07/08 on the condition that the Children and Families Commission shall meet with IFPTE Local 21 prior to December 31, 2010 to discuss whether the work performed under this contract should or should not be contracted out permanently. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration. (Vote of 4 to 0) (3) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #s 4008-09/10 and 4009-09/10. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration. (Vote of 4 to 0)

Speakers:

Kofo Domingo and Karri Ving, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4008-09/10.

Nicholas Kinsey, Recreation and Parks spoke on PSC #4009-09/10.

Sean McFadden, Recreation and Parks and Criss Romero, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4010-09/10.

Gloria Corral, First Five and Pam Covington, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4076-07/08.

Action:

(1) Postpone PSC #4010-09/10 to the meeting of August 3, 2009 by mutual agreement of IFPTE Local 21 and the Recreation and Parks Department. (Vote of 4 to 0)

(2) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4076-07/08 on the condition that the Children and Families Commission shall meet with IFPTE Local 21 prior to December 31, 2010 to discuss whether the work performed under this contract should or should not be contracted out permanently. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration. (Vote of 4 to 0)

(3) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #s 4008-09/10 and 4009-09/10. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0236-09-8	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. (Item No. 7)

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
4012-09/10	Environment	$25,000,000	Will provide implementation support for major elements of a three-year energy efficiency partnership program with PG&E and for projects funded through AARA Energy Block Grants (Federal stimulus funds to San Francisco.)	Regular	07/01/14
4013-09/10	Public Health	$200,000	Will provide 15-20 hours of art instruction for a maximum of 100 residents at Laguna Honda Hospital. As part of the Art with Elders program, services also include developing and coordinating art exhibits.	Regular	06/30/14
4014-09/10	Public Health	$80,000	Will provide approximately 80 hours per month of neurology services for residents of Laguna Honda Hospital.	Regular	06/30/10
4015-09/10	Public Health	$80,000	Will provide a medical doctor (MD) with a specialization in the field of radiology for approximately (70) hours per month of professional and clinical radiologist services for LHH.	Regular	06/30/10
4016-09/10	Municipal Transportation Agency	$100,000	Will provide federally mandated urine analysis for safety-sensitive employees with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).	Regular	10/31/12
4017-09/10	Public Utilities Commission	$9,000,000	Will provide specialized and technical as-needed services in the area of wastewater and storm water services; asset management services; security, asset control and emergency response services; environmental, hazardous material and waste.	Regular	10/31/14
4018-09/10	Public Works	$4,500,000	Will provide highly specialized Architectural and Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering services related to Cruise Terminal design, programming, planning and operations, maritime engineering, and geotechnical engineering.	Regular	03/31/14
4019-09/10	Emergency Management	$145,000	Will develop a list of the Bay Area UASI region’s most important and critical infrastructure assets, identify potential vulnerabilities, perform a customized Risk Analysis on the identified data, and draft a risk assessment report.	Regular	06/30/12
4110-06/07	Airport Commission	Increase Amount $295,000 New Amount $595,000	Will provide design, build, install, and maintain a smart-card based automatic fare collection system for taxicab Airport trip fees. Services will also include a transaction processing and customer assistance call center to resolve problems.	Modi- fication	06/30/11
4002-07/08	Municipal Transportation Agency	Increase Amount $5,000,000 New Amount $8,500,000	Will perform a central control operational study, analyze the MTA’s requirements for a new radio communications system, make recommendations based on analysis, design a system to meet those requirements and needs.	Modi- fication	03/31/14
4046-04/05	Public Health	Increase Amount $3,000,000 New Amount $8,400,000	Will provide labor, materials, and equipment necessary to package and remove hazardous wastes on an intermittent and as-needed basis from City work sites, and to transport tose wastes to permitted disposal facilities.	Modi- fication	12/31/18
4062-04/05	Public Health	Increase Amount $1,948,212 New Amount $7,848,212	Will provide programmatic an information systems support to various programs and related consulting/ training.	Modi- fication	06/30/15
4020-06/07	GSA-Office of Labor Standards Enforcement	Increase Amount $0.00 New Amount $100,000	Will monitor and report contractors and subcontractors located outside of the San Francisco Bay Area and in countries other than the United States who provide goods to the City in compliance with the City’s Sweatfree Contracting Ordinance.	Modi- fication	09/28/10
4031-08/09	Department of Children, Youth & Their Families	Increase Amount $0.00 New Amount $75,000	Will evaluate $7.7 million dollars in grants to 41 community based organizations funded to provide violence prevention and intervention.	Modi- fication	06/30/10

Speakers:

Ging Louie, IFPTE Local 21 and Cal Broomhead, Environment spoke on PSC #4012-09/10.

Bill Frazier and Jacquie Hale, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC #4013-09/10.

Jacquie Hale and Dr. Hosea Thomas, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC #s 4014-09/10 and 4015-09/10.

		William Smith, Municipal Transportation Agency spoke on PSC #4016-09/10. Pauson Yun and Carol Isen, Public Utilities Commission and Ging Louie, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4017-09/10. Ed Lopez, Department of Public Works and John Doll, Port spoke on PSC #4018-09/10. Pam Covington, IFPTE Local 21 and Cynthia Avakian and Henry Thompson, Airport Commission spoke on PSC #4110-06/07. Ken Jew, Municipal Transportation Agency spoke on PSC #4002-07/08. Jacquie Hale, Scott Nakamura and Richard Lee, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC #4046-04/05. Joan Lubamersky and Greg Asay, General Services Administra-tion spoke on PSC #4020-06/07.

	Action:	(1) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4012-09/10. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Department of Contract Administration. (Vote of 3 to 0) Commissioner Jung recused from voting. (Vote of 4 to 0) (2) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4013-09/10 through 4017-09/10; 4019-09/10; 4062-04/05 and 4031-08/09. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Department of Contract Administration. (Vote of 4 to 0) (3) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4018-09/10; 4110-06/07; 4002-07/08; 4046-04/05 and 4020-06/07. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Department of Contract Administration. (Vote of 5 to 0)

William Smith, Municipal Transportation Agency spoke on PSC #4016-09/10.

Pauson Yun and Carol Isen, Public Utilities Commission and Ging Louie, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4017-09/10.

Ed Lopez, Department of Public Works and John Doll, Port spoke on PSC #4018-09/10.

Pam Covington, IFPTE Local 21 and Cynthia Avakian and Henry Thompson, Airport Commission spoke on PSC #4110-06/07.

Ken Jew, Municipal Transportation Agency spoke on PSC #4002-07/08.

Jacquie Hale, Scott Nakamura and Richard Lee, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC #4046-04/05.

Joan Lubamersky and Greg Asay, General Services Administra-tion spoke on PSC #4020-06/07.

Action:

(1) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4012-09/10. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Department of Contract Administration. (Vote of 3 to 0) Commissioner Jung recused from voting. (Vote of 4 to 0)

(2) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4013-09/10 through 4017-09/10; 4019-09/10; 4062-04/05 and 4031-08/09. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Department of Contract Administration.
(Vote of 4 to 0)

(3) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4018-09/10; 4110-06/07; 4002-07/08; 4046-04/05 and 4020-06/07. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Department of Contract Administration. (Vote of 5 to 0)

0238-09-8	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. (Item No. 8)

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
4020-09/10	Municipal Transportation Agency	$12,000,000	Will perform a component life-cycle rehabilitation of SFMTA diesel motor coaches to restore them to their original operating specification to improve vehicle reliability and to bring vehicles into a state of good repair.	Regular	08/31/14
4021-09/10	Municipal Transportation Agency	$30,000,000	Will perform a rehabilitation of key operating systems of the SF Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTAS’s) Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) to restore systems to their original operating specifications to extend component life and improve vehicle reliability.	Regular	08/31/16
4022-09/10	Municipal Transportation Agency	$1,200,000	Will provide co-project management services for a fare collection equipment replacement project intended to replace the existing technically obsolete Subway fare collection system with a new state of the art system.	Regular	07/31/11

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4020-09/10

Municipal Transportation Agency

$12,000,000

Will perform a component life-cycle rehabilitation of SFMTA diesel motor coaches to restore them to their original operating specification to improve vehicle reliability and to bring vehicles into a state of good repair.

Regular

08/31/14

4021-09/10

Municipal Transportation Agency

$30,000,000

Will perform a rehabilitation of key operating systems of the SF Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTAS’s) Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) to restore systems to their original operating specifications to extend component life and improve vehicle reliability.

Regular

08/31/16

4022-09/10

Municipal Transportation Agency

$1,200,000

Will provide co-project management services for a fare collection equipment replacement project intended to replace the existing technically obsolete Subway fare collection system with a new state of the art system.

Regular

07/31/11

	Speakers:	Virginia Harmon, Henry Kim and Louis Maffei, Municipal Transportation Agency spoke on PSC #4020-09/10 through 4022-09/10.

	Action:	Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration. (Vote of 5 to 0)

0555-08-3	Appeal by Nora Hanson, Transit Operator (Job Code 9163) of her battery pay determination. (Item No. 9)

	Speakers:	None.

	Action:	Postpone to the meeting of September 21, 2009 at the request of Nora Hanson. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0491-07-6	Appeal by Josephine Hawkins of the Human Resources Director’s determination of insufficient evidence to sustain a complaint of disparate treatment, harassment, retaliation, denial of reasonable accommodation or constructive discharge. (Item No. 10)

	Speakers:	None.

	Action:	Adopt the report. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director; deny the appeal by Josephine Hawkins. (Vote of 4 to 0) Ms. Hawkins failed to appear.

0865-07-6	Appeal by Ronald Evans of the Human Resources Director’s determination of insufficient evidence to make a finding of retaliation. (Item No. 11)

	Speakers:	Jason Hashimoto, Department of Public Health Ronald Evans, Appellant Linda Simon, Department of Human Resources

	Action:	Adopt the report. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director; deny the appeal by Ronald Evans. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0237-09-3	Consideration of reduction of salary of Member, Board of Supervisors pursuant to Charter Section 2.100 and Salaries of Elected Officials (Mayor, City Attorney, District Attorney, Public Defender, Assessor-Recorder, Treasurer, and Sheriff) pursuant to Charter Section A8.409-1. (Item No. 12)

	Speakers:	Mary Hao, Department of Human Resources Paul Zarefsky, Deputy City Attorney

	Action:	Postpone to the meeting of August 3, 2009. (Vote of 5 to 0)

	Note:	The Commission requested from the Department of Human Resources-Employee Relations Division a summary and analysis of MOU amendments incorporating comments of Commissioners regarding methodology to arrive at a comparable amount given up by employees.

0540-08-7	Determination of future employability: dismissal of permanent civil service appointment of Charles Scott, Truck Driver (Job Code 7355), San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. (Item No. 13)

	Speakers:	None.

	Action:	No future employment with the Public Utilities Commission. (Vote of 4 to 0) Mr. Scott failed to appear.

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (Item No. 14)

None.

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS (Item No. 15)

President Gorrono apologized for missing the last meeting due to a date mix up because of the July 4^th holiday. He especially regretted not presenting the plaque to Commissioner Casper in recognition of his leadership as President of the Commission.

ADJOURNMENT (Item No. 16)

6:16 p.m.

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