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AMENDED
MINUTES
Regular Meeting
November 19, 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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2:10 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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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 November 5, 2007
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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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4045-07/08
Over to 12/3/07
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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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4086-03/04
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Public Utilities
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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 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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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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Speakers:
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None.
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Action:
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(1) Postpone PSC #4045-07/08 to the meeting of December 3, 2007 at the request of the General Services Agency.
(Vote of 4 to 0)
(2) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4086-03/04. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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0852-07-8
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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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4049-07/08
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Sheriff’s Department
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$250,000
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Will provide professional exam development for sworn promotive Deputy Sheriff classifications to include preparing job related written examination, test administration, validation, providing statistical data, consultation and representation at CSC hearing.
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Regular
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11/30/08
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4050-07/08
Withdrawn
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Environment
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$390,000
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Will provide professional technical assistance for program development and implementation of the Toxics Reduction Program to achieve toxic reduction in water, air, and soil; environmentally preferable product purchasing; and management of hazardous waste.
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Regular
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06/30/12
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4051-07/08
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Airport Commission
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$800,000
(Annually)
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Will provide design, acquisition, installation and testing of Phase II of aircraft noise management system, enabling the Airport to produce noise contour maps after each airplane arrival or departure.
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Regular
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11/30/15
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4052-07/08
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Department of Human Resources
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$200,000
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Will provide workers’ compensation claims auditing services to determine the efficiency, effectiveness, and the consistency of claims adjusting service and the accuracy of loss runs.
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Regular
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06/30/08
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4053-07/08
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Department of Human Resources
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$600,000
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Will provide workers’ compensation, investigation services, to ascertain the nature and/or extent of a Workers’ Compensation injury, or if there is reasonable suspicion of potential fraud.
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Regular
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12/31/10
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4054-07/08
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Department of Human Resources
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$1,800,000
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Will provide workers’ compensation, investigation services to determine whether an injury arose out of employment (AOE), and/or occurred during the course of employment (COE).
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Regular
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12/31/10
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4055-07/08
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Public Utilities Commission
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$900,000
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Will provide a full service environmental laboratory to provide as-needed reference laboratory testing of drinking water, wastewater, groundwater, soils, sediments, solids, hazardous waste, and biota (tissues).
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Regular
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12/31/08
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4056-07/08
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Public Utilities Commission
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$1,100,000
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Will provide assistance to the Director of Labor Relations and Community Programs and other senior management with the administration, execution, and delivery of the Water System Improvement Program’s Project Labor Agreement (PLA).
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Regular
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12/31/12
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4057-07/08
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Department of Building Inspection
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$240,000
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Will provide scanning and electronic imaging services to convert all paper-based building plans/drawing into Digital Images and create an index of all imaged documents.
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Regular
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12/31/09
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4058-07/08
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Public Utilities Commission
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$8,000,000
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Will furnish, install and maintain proprietary security hardware and software, and supporting electronic security systems, where required in accordance with SFPUC-Homeland Security design standards.
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Regular
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01/31/13
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4155-97/98
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Controller
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Increase Amount
$0.00
New Amount
$12,000,000
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Will provide consulting services for the implementation of a software upgrade to the financial and procurement systems to allow the City to migrate to new functionality and technology in the most cost beneficial and least risky manner.
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Regular
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12/31/08
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4007-06/07
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Airport Commission
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Increase Amount
$80,000
New Amount
$310,000
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Will provide staffing and consulting services to the airport’s noise reduction community forum, known as the Airport/Community Roundtable.
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Regular
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06/30/08
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Speakers:
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Jean Mariani, Sherriff’s Department spoke on PSC #4049-07/08.
Galen Leung and Bert Ganoung, San Francisco International Airport spoke on PSC #4051-07/08 and 4007-06/07.
Priscilla Morse, Department of Human Resources spoke on PSC #4053-07/08 and 4054-07/08.
Bonita McGee and Carol Isen, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4056-07/08.
John Madden, Department of Building Inspection spoke on PSC #4057-07/08.
Bonita McGee and Sue Black, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4058-07/08.
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Note:
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Commissioner Wu disclosed that she works at California State Workers’ Compensation in regards to PSC #4053-07/08 and 4054-07/08.
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Action:
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(1) Withdraw PSC #4050-07/08 at the request of the Department of the Environment. (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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0853-07-1
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Annual Review of Exempt and Non-Exempt Classifications at the Municipal Transportation Agency. (Item No. 7)
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Speakers:
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None.
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Action:
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Adopt the report. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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0760-06-6
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Appeal by Adolfo Castillo of the Human Resources Director’s determination of insufficient evidence to support his complaint of discrimination and retaliation.
(Item No. 8)
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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 Adolfo Castillo. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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0833-07-1
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Nomination of Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director as Trustee to the Transport Workers San Francisco Municipal Railway Trust Fund. (Item No. 9)
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November 5, 2007:
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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.
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Speakers:
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None.
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Action:
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Appoint Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director as Trustee to the Transport Workers San Francisco Municipal Railway Trust Fund. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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0027-07-6
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Appeal by Virginia Morgan of the Human Resources Director’s decision to dismiss her charge of discrimination. (Item No. 10)
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August 20, 2007:
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Postpone to the meeting of October 1, 2007 at the request of Matthew Ming, Attorney for Virginia Morgan.
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October 1, 2007:
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Postpone to the meeting of November 19, 2007 at the request of the Department of Human Resources and concurrence of Matthew Ming, Attorney for the appellant.
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Speakers:
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Linda Simon, Department of Human Resources
Diana Garcia, Department of Human Resources
Jennifer Johnston, Department of Human Resources
Matthew Ming, Attorney for Appellant
Virginia Morgan, Appellant
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Note:
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Commissioners Morgan Gorrono and Yu-Yee Wu addressed their concerns regarding the City Attorney’s Opinion on remedies available to the Commission on discrimination complaints.
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Action:
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Postpone to the meeting of January 7, 2008 pending the City Attorney’s Opinion on remedies available to the Commission on discrimination complaints and having all Commissioners present. (Vote of 4 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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Commissioners Gorrono and Wu raised the issue of having an outside opinion regarding the Commission’s jurisdiction on remedies in cases of discrimination. The issue will be calendared
for the next meeting.
Commissioner Morgan Gorrono requested that the meeting be adjourned in memory of California Highway Patrol Officer John Miller who was killed in the line of duty.
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ADJOURNMENT
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4:32 p.m.
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In memory of California Highway Patrol Officer John Miller who was killed in the line of duty.
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