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MINUTES
Regular Meeting
June 18, 2007
2:00 p.m.
ROOM 400, CITY HALL
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
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CALL TO ORDER
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2:03 p.m.
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ROLL CALL
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President Alicia D. Becerril
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Present
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Vice President Donald A. Casper
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Present
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Commissioner Morgan R. Gorrono
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Present
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Commissioner Thomas T. Ng
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Present
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Commissioner Yu-Yee Wu
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Present
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President Alicia Becerril presided.
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PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA
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Farbod Pirouzmand, IFPTE Local 21 indicated that he wished to sever
PSC #4020-01/02.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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Regular Meeting of June 4, 2007
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Action:
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Approve. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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President Alicia Becerril presented outgoing President Thomas Ng with a plaque to commemorate his term as President from October 2006 to June 2007.
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0425-07-8
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Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.
(Item No. 5)
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PSC#
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Department
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Amount
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Type of Service
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Type of Approval
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Duration
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4164-06/07
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Mayor’s Office
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$300,000
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Will provide state lobbying services for the City, including identifying and advocating for or against legislation and regulatory matters that impact the City.
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Regular
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06/30/08
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4165-06/07
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Mayor’s Office
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$300,000
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Will provide federal lobbying services for the City, including identifying and advocating for or against legislation and regulatory matters that impact the City.
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Regular
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06/30/08
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4166-06/07
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Airport
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$1,300,000
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Will provide security systems integration services to enhance the security of S.F. International Airport’s perimeter. The Airport participated in a TSA Airport Perimeter Security Tech. Enhance-ment Grant Program and was selected based on its proposal.
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Regular
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06/30/09
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4167-06/07
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Arts Commission
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$55,000
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Will provide art enrichment curatorial research for artist recruitment and art enrichment projects at McLaren Park, Joseph Lee Recreation Center and other arts commission projects.
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Regular
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05/15/08
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4168-06/07
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Port
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$350,000
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Will provide professional services for Portwide Utility Mapping Project to convert paper based Port’s 7 ½ mile waterfront jurisdiction utility maps to electronic format, update it to reflect current condition and add additional infrastructure features.
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Regular
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05/31/10
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4169-06/07
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Public Utilities Commission
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$2,000,000
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Will provide preparation of a habitat conservation plan for the Alameda Watershed.
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Regular
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05/31/11
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4170-06/07
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Public Utilities Commission
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$350,000
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Will provide preparation of the environmental impact report and environmental impact statement as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the Alameda Watershed HCP.
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Regular
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05/31/12
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4171-06/07
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Public Utilities Commission
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$4,800,000
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Will provide environmental analysis services for the Water System Improvement Program’s San Joaquin Pipeline #4 Project.
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Regular
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11/30/10
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4172-06/07
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Public Utilities Commission
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$150,000
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Will provide distributed control system interface, and water system reporting. The services include working with industrial databases, relational databases, web, .net framework, office tools and other programming languages.
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Regular
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06/14/08
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4173-06/07
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Public Utilities Commission
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$480,000
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Will provide biofuel transfer station operating services. The SF Public Utilities Commission is seeking an experienced contractor to develop and operate a biofuel transfer station to process waste cooking oil.
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Regular
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06/30/10
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4034-05/06
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Airport Commission
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Increase Amount
$6,826,000
New Amount
$8,500,000
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Will provide maintenance and technical support to insure the operation of certain Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) which is an integrated electronic and computerized communications system that is shared by all of the SFIA tenant airlines.
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Regular
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06/30/12
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4076-04/05
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Airport Commission
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Increase Amount
$140,000
New Amount
$200,000
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Will provide air passenger survey data regarding the quality of the Airport’s facilities and services; conducted on several occasions during the year.
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Regular
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06/30/10
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4020-01/02
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Municipal Transportation Agency
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Increase Amount
$2,563,000
New Amount
$18,563,000
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Will perform quality assurance, project controls, construction management, public relations, materials testing, surveying and underground utility locating, for Phase I of the Third St. Light Rail Transit Project.
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Regular
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12/31/08
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Speakers:
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Aimee Albertson Alden, Mayor’s Office spoke on PSC #4164-06/07 and PSC #4165-06/07.
Galen Leung and Reuben Halili, Airport spoke on PSC #4166-06/07.
Susan Pontious, Arts Commission spoke on PSC #4167-06/07.
Norma Nelson and Arnel Prestosa, Port spoke on PSC #4168-06/07.
James Howell, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4169-06/07 and PSC #4170-06/07.
Pauson Yun and Bill Idzerda, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4171-06/07.
Galen Leung, Airport spoke on PSC #4034-05/06.
Gregg Wilcox, Municipal Transportation Agency and Farbod Pirouzmand, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4020-01/02.
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Action:
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Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4020-01/02 on the condition that the Municipal Transportation Agency, in December report to the Civil Service Commission on its progress in the creation of a Bureau or Unit to perform cost-estimating scheduling and claims analysis on future capital improvement projects. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 5 to 0)
Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on all remaining contracts. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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0426-07-1
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Request to grant permanent status in Job Code 1404, Clerk to Rita Galicia.
(Item No. 6)
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Speakers:
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Suzanne Wong, Municipal Transportation Agency
Rita Galicia, Appellant
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Action:
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Grant permanent status in Job Code 1404 to Rita Galicia.
(Vote of 5 to 0)
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0427-07-1
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Request to grant permanent status in Job Code 1404, Clerk to Maisy Leong.
(Item No. 7)
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Speakers:
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Suzanne Wong, Municipal Transportation Agency
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Action:
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Grant permanent status in Job Code 1404 to Maisy Leong. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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0428-07-1
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Semi-Annual Status Grant Report for Permanent Civil Service (PCS) Municipal Executive’s Association (MEA) employees allocated into MCCP job codes.
(Item No. 8)
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Speakers:
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None.
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Action:
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Adopt the status report. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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0429-07-8
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Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.
(Item No. 9)
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PSC#
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Type of Approval
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Duration
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4174-06/07
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Airport Commission
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$400,000
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Will provide conceptual design for Terminal 2 renovation from the former 10-gate International Terminal to a 14-gate domestic terminal, including a design for the inbound-baggage system, addition of a third-level mezzanine with elevators.
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12/31/07
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Speakers:
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Galen Leung, Airport
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Action:
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Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
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General Update of the Department of Human Resources Activities and Issues. (Item No. 10)
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No update.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
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0435-07-1
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Review of Merit System Related Issues of two Proposed Charter Amendments regarding the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) (BOS No. 070727-1 and BOS No. 070731-1). (Item No. 11)
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Speakers:
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Criss Romero, IFPTE Local 21
Irwin Lum, President, TWU Local 250-A
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Action:
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The Commission requested a legal opinion as to whether the decisions of the Court of Appeals constitute general laws. The Commission directed the Acting Executive Officer to draft a response using the synopsis of Commissioner Casper’s comments as a starting point.
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REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
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None.
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COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS
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(1) Commissioner Gorrono inquired about his request to have the Minutes of the meeting of June 4, 2007 amended to include the names he submitted for recognition. The Acting Executive Officer informed Commissioner Gorrono that she is awaiting from the Deputy City Attorney the drafting
of a city-wide criterion on policies and procedures regarding the presentation of awards and commendations from the Commission. The matter will be calendared at a future meeting.
(2) Commissioner Wu requested clarification of the process of how appeals come to the Civil Service Commission agenda in terms of jurisdiction and who decides who has jurisdiction; basically, what is the process our own Commission follows; how long does it take to get an appeal calendared on the Agenda; what is the process for determining when an appeal is to come before the Civil Service Commission?
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ADJOURNMENT
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4:17 p.m.
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