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AMENDED

MINUTES

Regular Meeting

March 2, 2009

2:00 p.m.

ROOM 400, CITY HALL

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

CALL TO ORDER

2:45 p.m.

ROLL CALL

President Donald A. Casper		Present
Vice President Morgan R. Gorrono		Present
Commissioner Joy Y. Boatwright		Present
Commissioner Mary Y. Jung		Present
Commissioner E. Dennis Normandy		Present

President Donald A. Casper presided.

PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA

Debbi Lerman, San Francisco Human Services Network spoke on the effect of the delay in approving the PSC’s submitted by the Human Services Agency. Hakam Ibrahim spoke on Agenda Item #11 and indicated that he was present to speak on the item.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Regular Meeting of February 2, 2009

Action:	Approve. (Vote of 5 to 0)

Special Meeting of February 23, 2009

Action:	Approve. (Vote of 5 to 0)

0024-09-8	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. (Item No. 5)

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
2000-08/09	Human Services Agency	$7,500,000	Will provide orientations, induction training, home studies and post-adoption services to the families, and facilitating the matching of adoptive families to San Francisco children in the foster care system.	Continuing	06/30/14
2001-08/09	Human Services Agency	$65,000,000	Will provide training, respite care, counseling, crisis intervention, childcare and reunification efforts to help maintain foster children in their communities.	Continuing	06/30/14
2002-08/09 *Postpone to March 16, 2009*	Human Services Agency	$26,500,000	Will provide services to Community-based family resource centers that operate to serve all patients for specific parenting skills, parenting guides, crisis counseling and intervention.	Continuing	06/30/14
2003-08/09 *Postpone to March 16, 2009*	Human Services Agency	$160,000,000	Will provide childcare services to low-income and CalWorks families through partnerships with other state licensed providers in various identified target neighborhoods.	Continuing	06/30/14
2004-08/09	Human Services Agency	$230,000,000	Will provide supportive housing services including case management, money management and tenant support to individuals and families living in shelters, single resident occupancy hotels and transitional or permanent housing.	Continuing	06/30/14
2005-08/09 *Postpone to March 16, 2009*	Human Services Agency	$38,500,000	Will provide outreach, counseling, employment services, vocational training, work readiness, referral and placement services, job retention support and follow-up to CalWorks and PAES (Personal Assisted Employment Services) and other low-income individuals.	Continuing	06/30/14
2006-08/09	Human Services Agency	$25,415,000	Will provide support services to the Agency, including but limited to the following: legal process service, courier service, fiscal intermediary (employer agent/payroll services for welfare to work clients), credit checks and equipment maintenance.	Continuing	06/30/14
2007-08/09	Human Services Agency	$327,750,000	Will provide a central registry, enrollment in a comprehensive health benefit system, advocacy and support services for 16,000 homecare workers. Provides the contract mode IHSS as mandated.	Continuing	06/30/14
2008-08/09	Human Services Agency	$75,750,000	Will provide homeless individuals and families with emergency shelter services and meals. Service may include sleeping facilities (bed, bedding and storage space), meals/groceries, laundry facilities and voluntary case management.	Continuing	06/30/14
2009-08/09	Human Services Agency	$14,950,000	Will provide individuals and families who are homeless or at-risk for homelessness with drop-in access to services, shelter bed reservations and respite from the streets.	Continuing	06/30/14

	February 2, 2009:	Postpone PSC #2000-08/09 through 2009-08/09 to the meeting of March 2, 2009 at the request of SEIU Local 1021.

Speakers:

Alexis Torres, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #2000-08/09 through 2009-08/09.
Patti Tamura, SEIU Local 1021 spoke on PSC #2000-08/09 through 2009-08/09.
Margot Reed, SEIU Local 1021 spoke on PSC #2000-08/09 through 2009-08/09.

Sin Yee Poon, SEIU Local 1021 spoke on PSC #2000-08/09 through 2009-08/09.

Dave Curto, Human Services Agency

Action:

(1) Postpone PSC #2002-08/09; 2003-08/09 and 2005-08/09 to the meeting of March 16, 2009 at the request of SEIU Local 1021. The Commission stipulated this will be the last continuance granted. (Vote of 5 to 0)

(2) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #2000-08/09; 2001-08/09; 2004-08/09 and 2007-08/09 through 2009-08/09 on the condition that: 1) IFPTE Local 21 and the Human Services Agency meet to discuss their concerns regarding funding options for the transition of work performed by Class 2819 and 2822 Health Educators and Assistant Health Educators back to the City, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health; 2) a written report on the progress submitted to the Civil Service Commission no later than six (6) months (September 7, 2009) and 3) Human Services Agency continue to meet and discuss in good faith with IFPTE Local 21 other classifications, the work of which could possibly be transitioned back to the City. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 5 to 0)

(3) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #2006-08/09. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 5 to 0)

0055-09-8	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. (Item No. 6)

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
4098-08/09	Municipal Transportation Agency	$99,000	Will provide technical assistance with the procurement of a new Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system to be installed in subway stations and other SFMTA facilities.	Regular	03/30/12
4099-08/09	Municipal Transportation Agency	$250,000	Will provide services to conduct a three part Nexus study to support existing and proposed transportation related development impact and mitigation fees.	Regular	11/15/09
4100-08/09	Municipal Transportation Agency	$3,000,000	Will provide as-needed specialized professional and technical engineering services in transit engineering specialities including systems hazard analysis, mechanical, electrical, analysis and mitigation of noise and vibration in transit operations.	Regular	03/01/14
4101-08/09	Port	$4,500,000	Will establish a pool of three qualified consultant teams capable of providing a wide range of engineering and related services on an as-needed basis for Port capital and on-going projects.	Regular	06/30/14
4102-08/09	Public Utilities Commission	$1,000,000	Will provide financial advisory services in connection with general financial planning and transaction-specific activities related to the Water, Wastewater and Power Enterprises.	Regular	08/01/12
4103-08/09	Public Utilities Commission	$14,000,000	Will provide professional construction management services to oversee the Water System Improvement Program (WISP) construction project of the New Irvington Tunnel, on behalf of the SFPUC.	Regular	07/31/14
4104-08/09	Public Utilities Commission	$500,000	Will evaluate effects of climate change on San Francisco’s natural and built environment and on City departments and their missions and/or infrastructure in particular.	Regular	12/31/10
4105-08/09	Public Utilities Commission	$5,000,000	Will provide either a liquidity facility and/or an irrevocable direct-pay letter of credit to secure the payment of principal and interest on the subordinate lien tax-exempt commercial paper (“CP”) program.	Regular	04/01/14
4106-08/09	Children and Families Commission	$500,000	Will provide materials, training, and support to parents and preschool, classroom staff to affect early literacy and family engagement, cognitive and language skills.	Regular	08/01/12
4107-08/09	GSA-Medical Examiner	$100,000	Will design, develop and implement a Case Manage- ment System to automatically generate daily case and work list, track case progress, and related tasks.	Regular	01/01/12
4108-08/09	Department of Technology	$1,725,000	Will provide enhancements or modifications to its software that runs the dispatch program for E911 calls. The modifications/enhancements improve the data collected by or displayed to E911 call takers and dispatchers.	Regular	03/01/12
4109-08/09	Department of Technology	$435,000	Will provide as-needed modifications to ICAD a proprietary software system used to run the Police Message Switch.	Regular	03/01/12
4110-08/09	Department of Emergency Management	$5,050,000	Will develop four region-wide plans and assist Bay Area counties and cities with developing local plans for responding to a major catastrophic event.	Regular	05/31/11
4111-08/09	Department of Emergency Management	$1,648,000	Will provide assistance to Bay Area counties and cities with developing plans for managing the deployment of volunteers after a major catastrophic event.	Regular	05/31/10
4112-08/09 *Withdrawn*	Department of Emergency Management	$1,566,000	Will provide assistance to Bay Area counties and cities with developing plans for the Mass care of special needs populations in the event of a major catastrophic event.	Regular	05/31/10
4113-08/09	Department of Public Health	$22,000,000	Will provide provision of health, dental and vision insurance through a publicly funded health insurance program to children and young adults who live in the City and County of San Francisco.	Regular	06/30/10
4068-07/08	Mayor’s Office of Public Policy & Finance	Increase Amount $119,096 New Amount $178,644	Will provide management production of the Mayor’s annual budget book. Edit copy provided by budget staff. Work with reproduction department in layout and physical production of budget book.	Modi- fication	01/31/11
4172-07/08	Public Works	Increase Amount $7,000,000 New Amount $15,000,000	Will provide construction management services associated with Laguna Honda Hospital Replacement Program. Contract includes pre-construction and construction phase services for the Program.	Modi- fication	12/31/12
4114-08/09	Public Works	Increase Amount $5,300 New Amount $7,800	Will design, engineer and provide protocol to refurbish the existing window washing equipment system located at 1 South Van Ness rooftop for compliance with OSHA safety and health standards.	Modi- fication	06/01/09

	Speakers:	Jay de los Reyes, Municipal Transportation Agency spoke on PSC #4099-08/09. Shanam Farhangi, Municipal Transportation Agency and Norma Nelson, Port spoke on PSC #s 4100-08/09 and 4101-08/09. Bonita McGee and Harvey Elwin, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4103-08/09. Pauson Yun, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4104-08/09. Joan Lubamersky, General Services Agency, Dr. Amy Hart, Chief Medical Examiner and Criss Romero, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4107-08/09. Meghan Wallace, Mayor’s Office of Public Policy and Finance spoke on PSC #4068-07/08.

Action:

(1) PSC #4112-08/09 withdrawn at the request of the Department of Emergency Management. (Vote of 5 to 0)

(2) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4098-08/09; 4102-08/09; 4105-08/09; 4106-08/09; 4108-08/09 through 4111-08/09; 4113-08/09; 4172-07/08 and 4114-08/09. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0; Commissioner Gorrono missed vote)

(3) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4099-08/09. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0; Commissioner Boatwright missed vote)

(4) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4107-08/09. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0; Commissioner Normandy missed vote)

(5) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4068-07/08. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0; Commissioner Jung missed vote)

(6) 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)

0051-09-1	Municipal Transportation Agency’s Report on Appointments Exempt from Civil Service under Charter Section 10.104.16 through 10.104.18. (Item No. 7)

	Speakers:	None.

	Action:	Adopt the report. (Vote of 4 to 0; Commissioner Jung missed vote)

0052-09-1	Municipal Transportation Agency’s Report on Provisional Appointments. (Item No. 8)

	Speakers:	None.

	Action:	Adopt the report. (Vote of 4 to 0; Commissioner Jung missed vote)

0379-08-8	Report from the Municipal Transportation Agency and IFPTE Local 21 on the progress of discussions of the conditional approval of PSC #4013-08/09. (Item No. 9)

	September 15, 2008:	Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4013-08/09 on the condition that the Municipal Transportation Agency and IFPTE Local 21 engage in further discussion and the Municipal Transportation Agency produce an analysis of whether the current EAP employees can perform the work. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.

	December 15, 2008:	Postpone to the meeting of January 5, 2009 by mutual agreement of IFPTE Local 21 and the Municipal Transportation Agency.

	January 5, 2009:	Continue to the meeting of February 2, 2009.

	February 2, 2009:	Accept the report; file.

	Note:	The Commission directed the Executive Officer to communicate with IFPTE Local 21 and the Municipal Transportation Agency and request that each meet to discuss their concerns and submit a report from the Municipal Transportation Agency as well as IFPTE Local 21at the meeting of March 2, 2009.

	Speakers:	Jeffery Gary, Municipal Transportation Agency Ging Louie, IFPTE Local 21

	Action:	Accept the report; file. (Vote of 5 to 0)

0050-09-7	Request by Joseph Bagares to remove the ban on future employment with the Department of Public Health. (Item No. 10)

	Speakers:	James Peavey, Department of Public Health Joseph Bagares, Appellant Frank Patt, Department of Public Health

	Action:	Deny the request by Joseph Bagares to remove the ban on his future employment with the Department of Public Health. (Vote of 5 to 0)

0054-09-4	Appeal by Hakam Ibrahim on the rejection of his application for the Position-Based Testing 4265 Sr. Real Property Appraiser (PBT-4265-054632) position due to not meeting the minimum qualifications. (Item No. 11)

	Speakers:	Hakam Ibrahim, Appellant Concepcion Vindell, on behalf of appellant Anna Biasbas, Department of Human Resources

	Action:	Deny the appeal by Hakam Ibrahim. The decision of the Human Resources Director on *the applicant meeting the* minimum qualifications is final and not appealable to the Commission in PBT examinations. (Vote of 5 to 0)

	Note:	1) The Commission requested a report from the Special Monitor assigned by the Human Resources Director to review the merit system activities in the Office of the Assessor-Recorder; and specifically, the Classification Study. 2) The Commission also requested staff to conduct an inspection service of the review of qualifications for Class 4265 examinations.

0565-08-1	Progress Report: Salary Setting for the City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors for a five (5) year cycle, effective July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2014, in accordance with Charter Section 2.100 (Item No. 12)

	December 15, 2008:	Accept the staff report on the Preliminary Work Plan – Salary Setting for the City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors, effective July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2014 in accordance with Charter Section 2.100. The Commission requested the City Attorney’s opinion on the provision in Charter Section 2.100 regarding the City and employee organizations amending compensation provisions of existing memorandum of understanding to reduce costs and information on other national consolidated cities and counties.

	January 5, 2009:	Accept the staff report; Proceed with the salary survey and report progress to the Commission.

	February 2, 2009:	Accept the report.

	Speakers:	Luz Morganti, Civil Service Commission

	Recommendation:	Accept the report. (Vote of 5 to 0)

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (Item No. 13)

None.

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS (Item No. 14)

Commissioner Normandy requested that 1) Commission staff and the Department of Human Resources submit recommendations on review procedures for placing requests for approvals of personal services contracts on the Ratification agenda; 2) that should any request be made by the public to sever an item, that the request be supported by a valid rationale for the severance and advance notice be given to the Commission as much as possible; and, 3) the Executive Officer provide a timer for public speakers to observe the three minute rule.

ADJOURNMENT (Item No. 15)

5:57 p.m.

In recognition of their valiant service, the meeting adjourned in honor of the San Francisco Firefighters who battled the Felton fire on February 5, 2009 and expressed sincere wishes for the complete recovery of those injured; especially, Firefighter-Paramedic Christopher Posey.

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