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MINUTES
Regular Meeting
December 17, 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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2:04 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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Not Present (Notified absence)
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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 December 3, 2007
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Action:
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Approve. (Vote of 3 to 0); President Alicia Becerril 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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$500,000
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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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December 3, 2007:
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Postpone to the meeting of December 17, 2007 at the request of the General Services Agency.
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Speakers:
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Joan Lubamersky, General Services Agency
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Action:
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Amend amount of contract to $500,000. Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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0898-07-8
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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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4066-07/08
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Airport Commission
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$6,000,000
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Will provide design, fabrication, installation, operation and maintenance of an Airport-owned Distributed Antenna System (DAS) for cellular and other wireless and radio frequency (RF) based communication services throughout the Airport.
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Regular
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12/31/15
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4067-07/08
Over to 1/7/08
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Public Utilities Commission
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$1,500,000
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Will provide consultant services to monitor the technical and procedural sufficiency of the SFPUC’s administration of the Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Program.
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Regular
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12/31/10
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4111-03/04
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Building Inspection
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Increase Amount
$1,200,000
New Amount
$2,400,000
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Will provide education, counseling, mentoring and mediation regarding code enforcement outreach program to property owners and tenants. Will educate property owners in code compliance to avoid litigation, and provide bilingual services as needed.
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12/31/12
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4097-06/07
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Airport Commission
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Increase Amount
$1,000,000
New Amount
$1,525,000
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Will convert the Airport’s only current chiller that uses an ozone-depleting refrigerant to a non-ozone- depleting refrigerant and possible as-needed repair work associated with the conversion.
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06/30/09
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4137-06/07
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Tele-communication & Information Services
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Increase Amount
$218,000
New Amount
$436,000
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Will provide vendor configuration and tailoring of the New World Systems Records Management System (RMS) and Field Reporting System (aka incident reports), configure Standard and Custom System Reports.
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Regular
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11/30/08
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Speakers:
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Cynthia Avakian and Gerardo Fries, San Francisco International Airport spoke on PSC #4066-07/08.
Pauson Yun, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4067-07/08.
John Madden, Department of Building Inspection spoke on
PSC #4111-03/04.
Walt Calcagno, Department of Telecommunications and Information Services spoke on PSC #4137-06/07.
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Action:
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Postpone PSC #4067-07/08 to the meeting of January 7, 2008 at the request of the Public Utilities Commission. 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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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. 7)
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November 19, 2007:
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Postpone to the meeting of December 17, 2007 at the request of Adolfo Castillo.
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Speakers:
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None.
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Action:
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Off calendar. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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0899-07-1
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Semi-Annual Status Grant Report for Permanent Civil Service (PCS) Municipal Executives’ Association (MEA) employees allocated into MCCP job codes.
(Item No. 10)
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Speakers:
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Robert Pritchard, Acting Deputy Director-RAS
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Action:
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Accept and approve the report. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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0900-07-5
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Implementation of Civil Service Commission Rule 213.7 – Certification of Promotive Eligible List Applicable to the Police Department Q – 80 Captain Examination completed on November 8, 2007 (Recruitment No. CBT-0Q80-053869 – Issued September 7, 2007). (Item No. 9)
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A)
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Public Comment on all matters pertaining to the Agenda item and the potential closed session.
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Speakers:
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Julian Hill, Officers for Justice indicated his preference to have the item heard in open session.
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Vote on whether to assert the attorney – client privilege and hold closed session to confer with legal counsel pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10 (d) (2) and California Government Code Section 54956.9 (b) – Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation. (Action Item)
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The Commission voted to conduct a closed session. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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Closed session began at 2:56 p.m. with the following present:
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President Alicia Becerril
Vice President Donald Casper
Commissioner Morgan Gorrono
Commissioner Thomas Ng
Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer
Paul Zarefsky, Deputy City Attorney
Stacey Lucas, Deputy City Attorney
Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director
Bruce Topp, Department of Human Resources
Saru Cownan, Department of Human Resources
Dee Q. Williams, Assistant Executive Officer
Gloria Sheppard, Civil Service Commission
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION - (Discussion and Possible Action Item)
California Government Code Section 54956.9 (b) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10 (d) (2) – As Defendant; One Case
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Closed session ended at 3:36 p.m.
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C)
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Reconvened in open session at 3:37 p.m.:
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The Commission voted not to disclose any or all discussions held in closed session. (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a). (Action Item) (Vote of 4 to 0)
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Disclosure of action taken in closed session pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9 and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(b).
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No action taken in closed session.
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Speakers:
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Bruce Topp, Department of Human Resources
Alice Villagomez, San Francisco Police Department Human Resources Director
Julian Hill, Officers for Justice
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Action:
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The Rule of Five Scores for the first 11 approved hiring requisitions
(to Rank 15). Thereafter, a statistically valid grouping with a confidence level of 1.96 and a sliding band of 45 points shall be used starting with Rank 16. Consistent with Civil Service Commission Rules, candidates in Ranks 1 to 15 who are not selected under the Rule of Five Scores shall be considered with those in the band. (Vote of 4 to 0)
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EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
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0904-07-1
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Report of FY 2008-09 Budget Instructions and Departmental Budget Preparation.
(Item No. 10)
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Speakers:
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Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer
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Action:
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Accept report. Direct Commission staff to prepare Fiscal Year 2008-09 Budget Request at current service and staffing levels, to continue to negotiate amounts, present draft Budget Request at the Commission Meeting of February 4, 2008, incorporating changes made by the Commission up to February 20, 2008, approve to submit the Fiscal Year 2008-09 Budget Request to the Controller and the Mayor by February 21, 2008. (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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None.
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ADJOURNMENT
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4:29 p.m.
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Adjourn in memory of Robert Feldman, Executive Director/Secretary to the Board of Appeals who passed away on December 9, 2007.
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