April 04, 2011 Regular Meeting

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4089-10/11

Municipal Transportation Agency

$100,000

The consultant will assist the agency during upcoming labor negotiations and will communicate with the media on the agency's behalf. Participate in the negotiations as an observer and inform the media and other regulatory entities on the progress of labor negotiations.

Regular

07/31/11

0085-11-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. 
(Item No. 9)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4095-10/11

Airport Commission

$6,300,000

Provide solid waste collection, transport, sorting composting, and disposal for SFO.

Regular

04/30/16

4096-10/11

Municipal Transportation Agency

$198,502

Provide specialized professional technical environmental and technical engineering services including planning, designing and analyzing transportation facilities, environmental review, analysis, and transportation engineering. Prepare environmental document that meets requirements of both the National Environmental Policy Act and the California Environmental Quality Act. Prepare administrative drafts of environmental impact review.

Regular

12/31/11

Speakers:

Kim Walton, Municipal Transportation Agency spoke on
PSC #4096-10/11.

Action:

Adopt the report; Approve request for proposed personal services contracts.  Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0086-11-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contract. 
(Item No. 10)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4125-05/06

Department of Public Works

$0

Due to numerous construction delays, there is a need to extend one Master Agreement to 11/20/11 to allow for Construction Administration Services to be performed on Laguna Honda Hospital’s CallCenter ‘A’ Wing.  The Contract manager requests for an extension of the agreement’s term to the maximum term of 5 years as allowed in the Administrative Code Section 6.64.  The final years are allowed to complete the work.  Will provide as-needed professional architectural design services for public building projects including but not limited to design and production documents for renovation, relocation, and adaptive re-use existing City owned facilities.

Regular

11/20/11

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopt the report; Approve request for proposed personal services contract.  Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0087-11-1

Department of Human Resources (DHR) Report on Recent DHR Testing Initiatives.  (Item No. 11) 

Speakers:

John Kraus, Department of Human Resources

Action:

Approve the report.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

Comments:

With recent Fire and Police examination matters before the Commission, Commissioner Gruwell inquired about the integrity of the examinations and what can be done to avoid the appearance of internal bias and corruption in order to raise the level of confidence of examinations.  Perhaps to use external subject matter experts (SMEs) and raters to avoid potential conflicts and make use of knowledge gained from past examinations or use previous tests instead of reinventing the wheel.

Vice President Casper stated that it may be difficult not to use internal SMEs because of the unique situation of San Francisco and the San Francisco Fire Department.

President Normandy suggested operating with a mindset of insuring a level playing field for all participants, move towards factual perception and communication, and the ability to work out concerns in order to raise the level of confidence in examinations.