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MINUTES
Regular Meeting
November 5, 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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2:07 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 (Left at 3:25 p.m., missed Items #6-12)
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Commissioner Thomas T. Ng
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Not Present (Notified absence)
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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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None.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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Regular Meeting of October 15, 2007
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Action:
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Approve as amended. (Vote of 3 to 0); Commissioner Gorrono recused. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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Special Meeting of October 23, 2007 – 5:30 p.m.
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Action:
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Approve as amended. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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Special Meeting of October 29, 2007 – 3:00 p.m.
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Action:
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Approve. (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 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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4039-07/08
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District Attorney’s Office
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$110,000
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Will conduct additional prevention/educational work in the LGBT community to help reduce the number of incidents of violent/hate crimes committed against LGBT communities.
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Regular
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06/30/08
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4040-07/08
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Building Inspection
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$100,000
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Will provide comprehensive fee studies to ensure appropriate building fee and service charges, as well as to assist the City in fully assessing fees to recover total costs of providing related services.
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Regular
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06/30/08
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4041-07/08
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Public Utilities
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$450,000
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Will provide environmental analysis services for the New Diversion Dam Road Bridge Upgrade Project. This will entail coordination and work plan preparation; environmental document scoping; environmental background and field studies.
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Regular
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01/03/11
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4042-07/08
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Public Utilities
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$600,000
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Will identify surplus SFPUC properties that are candidates for revenue enhancement; accessing project and entitlement feasibility and economics; making entitlement applications; building and sustaining local government and community relationships.
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Regular
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06/30/11
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4043-07/08
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Public Utilities
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$2,500,000
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Will provide complete management of underwriting and remarketing for SFPUC Water Enterprise revenue bonds, planned issuance for Spring 2008.
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Regular
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01/31/09
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4044-07/08
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Public Utilities
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$9,000,000
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Will provide third party review of engineering contract documents prepared by engineers employed by the City and by Consultants.
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Regular
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12/31/12
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4045-07/08
Over to 11/19/07
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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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4046-07/08
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Tele-communications & Information Services
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$300,000
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Will conduct market research and additional engineering analysis to assess the feasibility of the City participating in the creation of a community broadband network to serve the public.
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Regular
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10/01/10
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4047-07/08
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Public Works
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$1,800,000
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Will provide as-needed environmental, scientific and laboratory consultation services to provide rapid resolution of environmental issues encountered in maintenance dredging, dredge spoil disposal, hydrographic survey and regulatory negotiations.
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Regular
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12/31/12
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4048-07/08
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Public Utilities
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Increase Amount
$30,000
New Amount
$79,000
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Will gather and catalog historic and contemporary records of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Users of these records include PUC Executive staff, staff of the City Attorney’s office engineers, other city staff and public users.
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Regular
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04/30/09
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4002-06/07
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Public Utilities
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Increase Amount
$1,500,000
New Amount
$4,500,000
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Will provide specialized and technical as-needed services in the areas of wastewater and storm water handling; management improvement; asset management; specialized technical operations and maintenance; and security, control and emergency response.
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Regular
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09/30/11
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4003-06/07
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Public Utilities
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Increase Amount
$3,200,000
New Amount
$9,600,000
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Will provide specialized and technical as-needed services in the areas of water supply, treatment, and handling; water quality; watershed and right-of-way management; construction management; corrosion control; and management improvement.
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Regular
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09/30/11
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4086-03/04
Over to 11/19/07
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Public Utilities
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Increase Amount
$708,351
New Amount
$2,458,351
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Will provide environmental document scoping, environmental background studies, alternatives analysis; preparation of draft environmental documents; Public review 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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Maria Bee, Office of the District Attorney spoke on PSC #4039-07/08.
John Madden, Department of Building Inspection spoke on PSC #4040-07/08.
Barry Pearl, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4041-07/08.
Pauson Yun and Gary Dowd, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4042-07/08.
Pauson Yun and Brian Sadden, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4044-07/08.
Joan Lubamersky and Tomas Lee, General Services Administration and Ed Warshauer, SEIU Local 1021 spoke on PSC #4045-07/08.
Brian Roberts, Department of Telecommunications and Information Services spoke on PSC #4046-07/08.
Stanley DeSouza, Department of Public Works spoke on PSC #4047-07/08.
Dennis Oneil and Milicent Bogert, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4048-07/08.
Bonita McGee, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4002-06/07.
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Action:
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(1) Postpone PSC #4086-03/04 to the meeting of November 19, 2007 at the request of the Public Utilities Commission. (Vote of 4 to 0)
(2) Postpone PSC #4045-07/08 to the meeting of November 19, 2007. (Vote of 4 to 0)
(3) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4044-07/08 as amended in 4a. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0)
(4) 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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0837-07-1
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Proposed Civil Service Commission Meeting Schedule for Calendar Year 2008.
(Item No. 6)
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Speakers:
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Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer
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Action:
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Approve. (Vote of 3 to 0)
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0833-07-1
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Request for appointment of Trustee to the Transport Workers San Francisco Municipal Railway Trust Fund. (Item No. 7)
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Speakers:
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Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer
Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director
Irwin Lum, TWU Local 250A
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Action:
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Name appointment of a Trustee to the Transport Workers San Francisco Municipal Railway Trust Fund at the November 19, 2007 meeting. (Vote of 3 to 0)
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0838-07-1
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Presentation by the Department of Human Resources on the Implementation of the New Clerical Testing Program. (Item No. 8)
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Speakers:
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Bob Pritchard, Department of Human Resources
Mercedes Hernandez, Department of Human Resources
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Action:
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Accept the report. (Vote of 3 to 0)
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EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
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0834-07-1
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Review of Pending Appeals Log as of October 26, 2007. (Item No. 9)
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Speakers:
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Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer
Jennifer Johnston, Department of Human Resources
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Action:
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Accept the report. (Vote of 3 to 0)
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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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Commissioner Wu inquired on the status of the opinion requested from the Deputy City Attorney regarding the Engler matter and the weight of the opinion. She also inquired if there had ever been a conflict with the City Attorney’s opinion in regards to other departments.
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ADJOURNMENT
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4:33 p.m.
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