April 05, 2010 Regular Meeting

0155-10-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contract. (Item No. 5)

1001-09/10

Airport

$170,000

This is an agreement to partially fund SamTrans owl bus service between SFO and San Francisco to the north and Palo Alto to the south. SamTrans is the bus

Operator that uses its own buses and facilities to operate in San Mateo County. This is a late night service that operates 7 days per week between the hours of 12:45 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Annual

06/30/11

1002-09/10

Sheriff

$750,000

Services are needed to provide electronic home detention monitoring and case management services for inmates who qualify for home detention as an

alternative to jail incarceration. Program participants wear electronic bracelets that communicate via radio frequency to land line telephone, or via cellular

transmission, to a centralized system that monitors the participants. Services include adjunct case management to monitor inmates'' attendance in outpatient substance abuse and/or mental health programs, and urinalysis tests to monitor sobriety.

Annual

06/30/11

1003-09/10

Sheriff

$100,000

The contractor will provide timely transportation of prisoners throughout California and the United States, pursuant to court orders or lawful arrest

warrants. Transportation could possibly include required overnight lodging of the prisoners.

Annual

06/30/11

4108-09/10

Art Commission

$200,000

Conservation, cleaning and repair of miscellaneous artworks in the City''s collection, including those at San Francisco International Airport, Moscone

Convention Center, Golden Gate Park, Market Street, General Hospital, and other locations throughout the city. Work will include repair, conservation, cleaning and repair of artworks in all media. Conservation consulting services are also

included to assist the Arts Commission in evaluating the condition of artworks in the City''s collection, and evaluating proposed artworks for durability and

maintainability.

Regular

07/31/12

4109-09/10

Airport Commission

$1,160,000

Contractor will implement free Wi-Fi service for SFO''s traveling public under a pilot project agreement citing Admin. Code 21.5(e). The pilot project retains the services of T-mobile (current SFO fee-based Wi-Fi provider) to convert the current SFO Wi-Fi environment to a free Wi-Fi service. In addition, the pilot project will allow SFO to compile comprehensive requirements that will be necessary to award a long-term free Wi-Fi contract.

Regular

02/28/11

4110-09/10

Department of Technology

$650,000

This work consists of a highly complex server consolidation and relocation of hardware resources using virtual technology. Contractor will: 1) Conduct a virtual infrastructure assessment to baseline the current server workloads in order to approximately size the target environment; 2) Design a reference

architecture for Vmware and Unified Computing System (UCS) that will meet the current server workload needs and be able to scale to future demands; 3) Develop a datacenter migration plan that virtualizes and move the target servers in the current datacenter to the new datacenter environment; 4) Install and configure the target Vmware and UCS environment and provide mentoring and knowledge transfer to DT staff;

Regular

03/31/11

5) Perform a physical-to-virtual (P2V) migration

of 100 existing servers and provide mentoring and knowledge transfer to DT staff so that they will be able to perform subsequent P2V migrations; and 6)

Provide a comprehensive on-site training, education and certification program for 20 DT staff members on Vmware vSphere, leading to the Vmware Certified Professional (VCP) certification exam.

4111-09/10

Port Commission

$700,000

To facilitate development at the Pier 70 project site, the Port needs to identify and quantify asbestos, lead, mold, other hazardous materials and environmental

nuisances that have the potential to impact repair, maintenance, rehabilitation, or demolition activities required for the site. There are 36 buildings and other structures at Pier 70 that require hazardous building materials assessment prior to rehabilitation or demolition. Services are: 1) Conduct a hazardous building materials assessment that includes collecting samples of building materials that

may contain hazardous constituents; 2) Prepare hazardous building materials survey reports to include an inventory and estimated quantity of hazardous building materials with documentation of laboratory testing for hazardous constituents;

Regular

06/30/14

3) Develop detailed plans and specifications for hazardous materials abatement work to be performed by a certified abatement construction contractor; and 4) Oversee work performed by the abatement contractor to ensure conformance with regulatory and quality control standards specified in the abatement plans.

4112-09/10

District Attorney

$72,500

Provide services to women and transgender individuals who have experienced sexual exploitation and violence, and professional services coordinating monthly FOPP classes as a diversion model for men arrested for their first prostitution

offence. The proposed contract would include speakers, logistics, training and support of FOPP speakers. This program also acts as a diversion model for women, providing them an opportunity to receive counseling and education as an alternative to incarceration.

Regular

06/30/11

4113-09/10

Postpone to meeting of 4/19/2010

Recreation
& Parks Commission

$1,500,000

Conduct thorough peer constructability review, cost estimating and scheduling for drawings and specifications of 2008 Clean & Safe Bond projects. Reviews will be conducted to confirm completeness and coordination of trades. Includes thorough review of the design and/or contract documents relative to issues that could impact the actual construction process, including established Project Design Standards, intersystem compatibility, subsurface information, existing facilities and utilities, interfaces with existing operations and other construction projects, access, egress, availability of proposed building materials, long lead procurement, and labor sources. In addition provide independent cost estimates and engage with architect to provide reconciliation estimates when necessary or directed by RPD CM.

Regular

04/08/14

4114-09/10

Postpone to meeting of 4/19/2010

Public Utilities Commission

$3,500,000

San Francisco is interested in establishing a Community Choice Aggregation program (CCA) that would allow the City to provide energy on the behalf of business and residents of San Francisco. SFPUC is interested in contracting with an outside vendor that has the necessary expertise and experience in deploying renewable-based economic programs. The contractor shall assist SFPUC to

become ready to serve retail end-use electric customers should SFPUC be called upon to do so. The proposed work shall include, but not limited to,

organizational development, integrated resource planning, retail services, information technology, and legislative and regulatory affairs.

Regular

06/30/15

4115-09/10

Municipal Transportation Agency

$32,294,319

Phase 2, Central Subway Project consultant will provide engineering services for all of the project system components and construction services as follows: contract design management; verify/validate existing preliminary engineering design; verify cost and schedule; Part A - perform all engineering work required including the surface segment from the tunnel portal south to the interface with the T-Line at 4th and King St. including all system wide elements in order to make CS operational; Part B - perform all engineering work required for the Central Control and Communications upgrade program including the

implementation of a primary and secondary Operations Control Center and upgrades to the existing legacy systems. Provide engineering support during construction; provide as-needed engineering support during construction review and respond to technical submittals from contractors; perform field visits and observations to verify design compliance and/or assist in resolving issues; witness and approve factory testing of manufactured equipment and materials; assemble operations and maintenance manuals; prepare conformed plans and specifications upon contract completion; implement the quality assurance/quality control program.

Regular

04/14/20

4116-09/10

Municipal Transportation Agency

$70,000,000

Contractor shall complete the final design and install a new radio system for the SFMTA. The new radio system is expected to consist of a trunked, multi-plexed, and simulcast voice/data radio system that includes Computer Aided Dispatch and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) features. More specifically, the new radio system will include the installation of mobile wide-area radios on approximately

1100 vehicles and will be interoperable with neighboring agency communications systems via Project 25 voice and data core network.

Regular

08/15/13

4117-09/10

Public Health

$200,000

Contractors will provide customization and implementation services for the Philips Emergin product at Laguna Honda Hospital. This application has been identified as a key item in the rebuild project. Emergin is an integration engine which will interface data from a variety of other applications including patient management, patient tracking, wireless phones, and the Nurse Call system.

Regular

06/30/15

4118-09/10

Public Health

$500,000

Contractor will provide access to a web-based (Software as a Service/SaaS) application that will track projects and also serve as a quality scorecard

application for San Francisco General Hospital. The application is used by SFGH Quality Management Department to track, monitor and display quality and

patient safety data. SFGH requires the specific features of the Health Commander system including integrated performance scorecards, quality and

financial analyses including flow charts, process maps, root cause analysis, as well as the ability to import and build project methodologies that support clinical, IT and operational workflows.

Regular

07/31/15

4119-09/10

Public Health

$9,500,000

Contractor will operate a highly specialized uncompensated care recovery program, enhancing Medi-Cal and other third party payer revenues. Under this program, the contractor assists the Department to help San Francisco General

Hospital (SFGH) patients to become eligible for Medi-Cal, therefore substantially increasing Department revenues. The population addressed is patients who the Department is not able to assist with eligibility through its regular procedures due to substance abuse, mental illness, homelessness, or other difficult-to-resolve situations. The contractor becomes the patient''s authorized representative to aid and facilitate Medi-Cal eligibility and approval, and appears on behalf of the patient at fair hearings and appeals as necessary.

Regular

12/31/13

4120-09/10

Public Health

$18,464,525

Pick up and process soiled hospital laundry seven days per week, including holidays, for Laguna Honda Hospital (LHH) and San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH).

Regular

06/30/15

4135-05/06

Airport Commission

Increase Amount

$2,090,000

New Amount

$6,110,000

Will provide Travel Medicine, Urgent Care, and

Occupational Health services for San Francisco

International Airport''s passengers, visitors, and

employees, as well as for employees of tenants

of the airport through a medical clinic.

Modification request needed to cover increased

cost of living expenses and wages as a result of

labor agreements, unexpected conditions, e.g.,

downturn in business from surrounding employers

resulting in a revenue shortfall, reduction in air

passengers visiting the Medical Clinic, and

reimbursement for relocation costs associated

with moving the Medical Clinic from Terminal 2 to

the International Terminal.

Modi-

fication

06/30/12

4096-07/08

Art Commission

Increase Amount

$250,000

New Amount

$400,000

Will provide fine art handling services for artworks in the collection of the City and County of San Francisco, including, transportation, packing, storing of fine art; de-installation and reinstallation of artworks including those of monumental scale; design and fabrication of pedestals and cases.

Modi-

fication

12/31/12

4019-07/08

Postpone to meeting of 4/19/2010

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$100,000

New Amount

$200,000

Will perform outreach and related activities for

SFPUC projects. The work will include developing

and maintaining a database of companies and

related resources; marketing and promoting

potential and specific SFPUC contracting

opportunities. SFPUC is requesting modification

of money and time because there is an ongoing

need to outreach to local business enterprise/firms to ensure the participation of these firms in an effort to deliver SFPUC''s major infrastructure projects on time and on budget. In particular, we need outreach services to meet Human Rights Commission''s subcontracting goal requirements.

Modi-

fication

12/30/11

4161-08/09

Postpone to meeting of 4/19/2010

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$2,000,000

New Amount

$5,000,000

Will provide preliminary engineering design and

cost estimates with additional environmental and

permitting support services for a Newark to San

Francisco submarine High Voltage Direct Current

(HVDC) power cable. Design work will include

substation sites and transmission routes from the

existing Newark Substation to a new substation

on or near Treasure Island with additional possible connections in the Greater Bay Area. Environmental work includes preparation of CEQA documents, environmental background reports and permit applications. Coordination and work plan preparation; environmental document scoping; environmental background and field studies; alternatives analysis; preparation of draft environmental documents; public review of draft environmental documents; response to public comments; preparation of final environmental documents; and mitigation monitoring plan preparation.

Modi-

fication

8/15/14

4120-05/06

Public Works

Increase Amount

$6,000,000

New Amount

$7,349,000

Will provide services for financial consulting in

facilities acquisition in conjunction with Mission

Bay Development-Community Facilities District

No. 4 & 6 (CFD #4 & 6). Modification request

due to the need to provide public infrastructure

much faster than anticipated (in response to

market conditions,) the developer completed

substantially more projects than planned in 2006-

2009. Thus, the developer submitted considerably more submittals for review in the past several years and is anticipating the number and complexity of the submittals for review to increase two to three times in the next few years.

Modi-

fication

5/14/15

Speakers:

Maureen Gannon, Office of the Sheriff spoke on PSC #1002-09/10.

Steve Pitocchi, SEIU Local 1021 and Allison Cummings, Art Commission spoke on PSCs 4108-09/10 and 4096-07/08.
Joe Brenner, IFPTE Local 21, Cynthia Avakian and John Payne, Airport Commission spoke on PSC #4109-09/10.
Richard Robinson, Department of Technology spoke on PSC #4110-09/10.
Joe Brenner, IFPTE Local 21 and Toks Ajike, Recreation and Parks spoke on PSC #4113-09/10.
John Funghi, Municipal Transportation Agency spoke on PSC #4115-09/10.
Ken Jew, Municipal Transportation Agency spoke on PSC #4116-09/10.

Action:

(1) Postpone PSC #s4114-09/10, 4019-07/08 and 4161-08/09 to the meeting of April 19, 2010 at the request of the Public Utilities Commission. (Vote of 4 to 0)

(2) Postpone PSC #4113-09/10 to the meeting of April 19, 2010 at the request of IFPTE Local 21. (Vote of 4 to 0)

(3) Approve request for PSC #4108-09/10 on the condition that the Art Commission meet with representatives of SEIU Local 1021 to discuss its concerns regarding SEIU work to be performed at the San Francisco International Airport. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.
(Vote of 4 to 0)

(4) Approve request for PSC #4109-09/10 on the condition that the Airport Commission and IFPTE Local 21 meet to discuss issues of concern to IFPTE Local 21. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.
(Vote of 4 to 0)

(5) Approve request for PSC #s4115-09/10 and 4116-09/10. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration. (Vote of 3 to 0; Commissioner Jung missed vote.)

(6) Approve request for all remaining contracts. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0156-10-1

Proposed Secondary Criteria for H-33 Rescue Captain, San Francisco Fire Department. (Item No. 6)

Speakers:

Michael Cerles, Department of Human Resources

Action:

Accept the recommendation of the Human Resources Director; approve the proposed Secondary Criteria for H-33 Rescue Captain, San Francisco Fire Department. (Vote of 4 to 0)

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION -

Officers for Justice, et al. v. Civil Service Commission, et al.,(Case No. 09-509716, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, Dept. No. 611, filed August 5, 2009) (I tem No. 7)

A)

Public Comment on all matters appearing on the Special Order of Business Session.

None

B)

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) (1) and California Government Code Section 54956.9 (a) – Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation. (File No. 0435-09-1 )

The Commission voted to hold a closed session. (Vote of 4 to 0)

Closed session convened at 4:15 p.m. with the following present:

President Morgan R. Gorrono

Vice President E. Dennis Normandy

Commissioner Donald A. Casper

Commissioner Mary Jung

Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer

Paul Zarefsky, Deputy City Attorney

Jonathan Rolnick, Deputy City Attorney

Lizzette Henriquez, Civil Service Commission

Gloria Sheppard, Civil Service Commission

Closed Session ended at 4:41 p.m.

C)

Reconvened in open session at 4:42 p.m.

1)

Vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussions held in closed session. (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a). (Action Item)

2)

Disclosure of action taken in closed session pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957.1 (a) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(b).

Action:

The Commission voted not to disclose any or all discussions held in closed session. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0279-09-7

Determination of future employability: Dismissal of permanent civil service appointment of Marcus Davis, Transit Operator (Job Code 9163) Municipal Transportation Agency. (Item No. 8)

January 4, 2010:

Postpone to the meeting of February 1, 2010 at the request of TWU Local 250A.

Note:

The Commission requested the Department to provide information on the log of the Light Rail Vehicle from Central Control, to view the entire video, and report from witnesses and dispatcher provided by the appellant.

March 1, 2010:

Postpone to the meeting of April 5, 2010 at the request of Marcus Davis.

Speakers:

Ericka Mitchell, Municipal Transportation Agency

Rafael Cabrera, TWU Local 250-A

Marcus Davis, Appellant

Action:

Sustain the restrictions to: Cancel any current examination and eligibility status, and; Future employment subject to the review and approval of the Human Resources Director after satisfactory completion of two (2) years work experience outside the City and County service; Remove the restriction of No future employment with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
(Vote of 4 to 0)

0257-09-7

Determination of future employability: Resignation with unsatisfactory service of provisional appointment of Clifton Sanders, Environmental Health Inspector
(Job Code 6120) with the Department of Public Health. (Item No. 9)

Speakers:

Michael Brown, Department of Public Health

Clifton Sanders, Appellant

Rafael Cabrera, TWU Local 250-A

George Cothran, Office of the City Attorney Investigator

Note:

The Commission heard item out of order. (Vote of 4 to 0)

Action:

Accept the resignation as certified unsatisfactory; Cancel any current examination and eligibility status; No future employment with the City and County of San Francisco. (Vote of 4 to 0)