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MINUTES
Regular Meeting
December 3, 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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2:00 p.m.
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ROLL CALL
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President Alicia D. Becerril
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Not Present (Notified absence)
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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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Vice President Donald Casper presided.
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PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA
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Inspector Joseph Engler, San Francisco Police Department spoke on Item #8 as it relates to his appeal of discrimination pending before the Civil Service Commission.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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Regular Meeting of November 19, 2007
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Action:
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Approve as amended. (Vote of 3 to 0); Commissioner Thomas Ng recused. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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0832-07-8
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Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contract.
(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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4045-07/08
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General Services, Office of Language Services
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$1,000,000
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Will provide a single, toll-free 800 telephone number for participating City departments to access Telephonic Language Interpretation Services in the Core Languages and must be available 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
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Regular
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12/31/09
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November 5, 2007:
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Postpone PSC #4045-07/08 to the meeting of November 19, 2007.
Postpone PSC #4086-03/04 to the meeting of November 19, 2007 at the request of the Public Utilities Commission.
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November 19, 2007:
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Postpone PSC #4045-07/08 to the meeting of December 3, 2007 at the request of the General Services Agency.
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Speakers:
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None.
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Action:
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Postpone to the meeting of December 17, 2007 at the request of the General Services Agency. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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0877-07-8
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Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.
(Item No. 6)
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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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4060-07/08
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Mayor’s Office of Business & Economic Development
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$75,000
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Will provide wages and benefits for the three CityBuild Instructors who are teaching at the CityBuild Academy from July 1, 2007 to August 31, 2007.
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Regular
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08/31/07
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4061-07/08
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Public Utilities Commission
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$4,000,000
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Will provide water quality related support for Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) and Operations.
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Regular
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02/01/13
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4062-07/08
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Public Utilities Commission
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$8,400,000
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Will provide professional construction management services to oversee various WSIP projects on behalf of the SFPUC for the SF Region/Local work location.
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Regular
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03/31/13
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4063-07/08
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General Services Agency, Office of Language Services
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$100,000
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Will provide patented technology to convert selected public web pages from participating City department websites to be translated into non-English languages.
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Regular
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10/31/09
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4064-07/08
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Department of Public Health
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$2,000,000
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Will provide software programming, technical implementation and system administration training support to Department Information Technology staff for the implementation of the new Community Behavioral Health (CBHS) Billing and Clinical Application.
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Regular
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12/31/13
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4065-07/08
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Public Works
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$450,000
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Will provide specialized architectural, engineering, and related professional services for programming the facilities and specialized peer review services in support of City staff in negotiating and implementing the turn-key agreement.
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02/15/11
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4029-05/06
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Airport Commission
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Increase Amount
$12,000,000
New Amount
$14,000,000
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Will hire construction management team members, including construction managers, resident engineers, inspectors, part-time schedulers, and cost engineers for PDC capital improvement projects.
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Regular
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12/31/12
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4086-03/04
Withdrawn
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Public Utilities Commission
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Increase Amount
$1,607,582
New Amount
$3,357,582
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Will provide environmental document scoping, environmental background studies, alternatives analysis; preparation of draft environmental document, response to public comments.
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Regular
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12/31/09
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Speakers:
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Valerie O’Donnell, Mayor’s Office of Business and Economic Development spoke on PSC #4060-0708.
Pauson Yun, Public Utilities Commission spoke on
PSC #4061-07/08.
Joan Lubamersky and Tomas Lee, General Services Agency spoke on PSC #4063-07/08
Jacquie Hale and Deborah Vincent-James, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC #4064-07/08.
Jim Buker, Department of Public Works spoke on
PSC #4065-07/08.
Galen Leung and Ray Quesada, San Francisco International Airport spoke on PSC #4029-05/06.
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Action:
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(1) PSC #4086-03/04 withdrawn at the request of the Public Utilities Commission. (Vote of 4 to 0)
(2) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on all remaining contracts. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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0485-02-3
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Appeal by Alejandro Molina of the denial of battery pay as a Transit Operator.
(Item No. 7)
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Speakers:
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Jeff Gary, Municipal Transportation Agency
Sharon Van Loon, Municipal Transportation Agency
Alejandro Molina, Appellant
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Action:
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Sustain the decision of the Director of Transportation. Deny the appeal by Alejandro Molina. (Vote of 3 to 1; Commissioner Casper dissents.)
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0878-07-1
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Discussion of the request to obtain an outside opinion regarding the Commission’s jurisdiction on remedies in cases of discrimination. (Item No. 8)
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Speakers:
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Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer
Paul Zarefsky, Deputy City Attorney
Silvia Johnson, Member of the public
Inspector Joseph Engler, San Francisco Police Department
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Note:
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(1) Commissioners Yu-Yee Wu and Morgan Gorrono clarified that the word “second” should be deleted from the Agenda item and that they only raised obtaining an outside opinion.
(2) Commissioners Wu and Gorrono withdrew their request for outside counsel.
(3) The Executive Officer was instructed to provide the Commissioners with the transcripts and other materials related to its decision on the appeal of Director of Elections Tammy Haygood.
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Action:
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The Commission concluded the discussion and took no action.
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REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
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Silvia Johnson made comments regarding homelessness and human rights issues.
Inspector Joseph Engler stated that he fully supports the Commission in their decision and would like to see his own issue before the Commission again.
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COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS
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Commissioner Morgan Gorrono commented that the letter to the Miller family should have been proof read.
Commissioner Yu-Yee Wu requested the Commission binders be arranged chronologically so that the original appeal from the appellant is placed first.
Commissioner Donald Casper commented that it would be helpful to the Commission to have an annotated version of the City Charter.
Commissioner Morgan Gorrono also commented that none of the Commissioners received an invitation from the San Francisco Fire Department to the promotion ceremony of Lieutenants.
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ADJOURNMENT
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4:59 p.m.
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