June 20, 2011 Regular Meeting

0154-11-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contract. 
(Item No. 7)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4115-10/11

Public Works

$2,500,000

The Forensic Services Division (FSD) of the SF Police Department and the Office of Chief Medical

Examiner (OCME) require specialized facilities that meet requirements of accreditation agencies for autopsy complexes and forensic science laboratories and that can ensure the chain-of-custody for evidence

expectation of the courts of law. The original PSC #4065-07/08 was approved on 12/03/2007 for $450,000, and modified on 10/20/2008 for $950,000. In this regard, a consultant has been under contract and has thus far provided specialized architectural, engineering, and related professional services for programming the facilities and the development of essential design criteria. The services proposed within this PSC will enable the further development of both specialized facilities through the Schematic Design Phase and the work products of this effort will assist City staff in preparing for the Bond Measure scheduled for the November 2013 Ballot.

Regular

12/31/17

June 6, 2011:

Postpone to the meeting of June 20, 2011 with the presence of a DPW representative.

Speakers:

Jim Buker, Department of Public Works

Action:

Adopt the report; Approve request for proposed personal service contract.  Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

0166-11-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contract. 
(Item No. 8)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4116-10/11

General Services Agency

$300,000

Replacement of only the audio portion of a highly integrated audio/video/remote control system. San

Francisco City Hall uses a complex audio-visual system to provide sound and video services to the City Hall hearing rooms, SFG-TV broadcast facilities, in-house TV systems and Civic events held throughout the building. The AV system was custom designed in 1997 and installation completed in 1998. Many of the components are obsolete and no longer supported by the manufacturer. At this time only the audio portion of a highly integrated system is to be replaced. All new equipment must be compatible with and fully operational with unchanged components.

Regular

12/31/11

4117-10/11

Municipal Transportation Agency

$53,000,000

The SMTA in cooperation with the Risk Management Division of the Office of the City Administrator seeks

broker(s) to establish an Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) for the Third Street Light Rail Transit Project, Phase 2 - Central Subway Project. The broker(s) will market and place insurance coverages for worker's compensations, general liability, excess liability and builder's risk. The broker(s) will administer the OCIP for 5 Central Subway Project construction contracts - Tunneling, Moscone Station, Union Square/Market Street Station, Chinatown Station, and Surface Station/ Systems with a total construction cost of $700 million. In addition, the broker(s) will provide services for risk control, claims management, loss

control and safety, and risk management information system. The approximate cost for premium and

administrative services during the contract period of 8 years is $53 million.

Regular

05/31/19

4118-10/11

Port Commission

$596,000

Develop a Waterborne All-Hazard Response Plan for the San FranciscoBay Region. Identify gaps in

response responsibilities, authorities, coordination structures, location and ownership of assets. This plan

will address gaps by identifying pertinent waterborne and land-based assets; clarifying responsibilities,

authorities and coordination structures by disaster type and geographic location. The competed work product will be classified as Security Sensitive.

Regular

03/31/12

4119-10/11

Port Commission

$662,357

The scope of services under this PSC includes preparation and implementation of BORP plans for Port’s critical and essential facilities. The consulting engineers will assess the Port’s critical facilities and prepare BORP plans; including facility-specific post-earthquake inspection plans. The Port will seek assistance from the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) BORP Subcommittee under the guidance of San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI) to assist in review and acceptance of these written BORP inspection plans. The BORP Subcommittee is comprised of qualified volunteer engineers. This BORP Program requires consulting engineering to be available to provide post disaster inspection services.

Regular

03/31/16

4120-10/11

Public Health

$1,550,000

Provision of intermittent, as needed, temporary, on-call professional, licensed Physical, Occupational and

Speech Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants, 7 days a week, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Therapists will be available on a 24 hour basis to provide back-up coverage to Civil Service staff positions during scheduled and unscheduled staff absences.

Regular

06/30/16

4121-10/11

Public Health

$890,000

As needed, temporary, supplemental transcription and credential verification registry personnel services for

the Medical Staff Services Department of San Francisco GeneralHospital (SFGH). This service provides temporary staff during unanticipated peaks in demand and whenever full time staff is unavail-able to attend standing meetings of eleven (11) SFGH medical committees. Temporary staff track medical staff attendance, prepare agenda and provide transcriptions of the meeting minutes. Temporary staff also verifies provider licenses, certificates and board certifications of physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists and midwives on an as needed basis.

Regular

12/31/16

4122-10/11

Public Health

$1,260,000

The contractor will provide expert consultation and project management implementation assistance to the

Department for the eClinical Works Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in Primary Care and Specialty Clinics. The contractor is a Certified eClinical Works implementation specialist and will address specific areas of the implementation including system design, build and integration as well as project management functions to coordinate the efforts of multiple project work teams. This engagement will be limited to the time request to implement the system at Departmental clinical sites over a 42 month period subject to project funding.

Regular

12/31/14

4123-10/11

Elections

$95,000

The consultant will provide the Redistricting Task Force with technical assistance in redrawing San

Francisco's supervisorial districts. Services include, but are not limited to, data gathering, database

construction, data analysis, mapping, public education on redistricting, and consulting during the Task Force's public meetings. To provide these services, the consultant must have professional knowledge of and experience in cartography, demography, statistical analysis, and federal and state redistricting law.

Regular

04/15/12

4124-10/11

Public Utilities Commission

$96,000

Contractor shall implement the following: (1) transport San Mateo thorn mint seeds from California Dept of Fish and Game (CDFG) and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)-approved nursery; (2) plant seeds at sites designated by SFPUC Natural Resources; and (3) monitor and document the survivorship and reproductive fitness of the plants at each site. Contractor must have specialized experience working with individuals of this species; Contractor must carry a 2081(a) permit from CDFG authorizing the contractor to possess/handle San Mateo thorn mint individuals.

Regular

07/01/17

4125-10/11

Public Utilities Commission

$2,300,000

The Upper Alameda Creek Filter Gallery Project (UACFG) project would design and construct a water

collection facility beneath the streambed of Alameda Creek near its confluence with San Antonio Creek. The primary purpose of the UACFG project is to capture water from below Alameda Creek for diversion into the SFPUC regional water system.

Regular

06/01/16

4126-10/11

Public Utilities Commission

$3,500,000

A full range of Right of Way work is required. This includes Planning and Budgets, Pre-CEQA activities

such as obtaining Permits to Enter, Right of Way Estimates, Appraisals, POST-CEQA Acquisitions,

Relocation Services, clerical support services, project tracking, and as-needed work. Property Management

and Lease Negotiations services shall be limited to non Sewer System Improvement Program projects.

Regular

08/31/16

4080-08/09

Port Commission

Increase Amount

$0

New Amount

$400,000

This work is Phase 3 of a three phase project which was authorized under PSC #4080-08/09 and awarded to Coast and Harbor Engineering, Inc. This work requires that the Engineer of Record (EOR) participate in the preconstruction meeting for the commencement of project construction and be

available throughout construction to review and approve shop drawings, respond to contractor's request for interpretation (RFI) of plans and

specifications, review change order requests, final walk-through for punch list, etc. This work is necessary to complete the construction phase of the

project work involving shoreline protection work in preparation for the development of MissionBayPark. Due to difficulties securing the project permit, an additional 18 months is required to finish the project.

Modi-

fication

06/30/12

4015-06/07

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$1,000,000

New Amount

$8,500,000

In order to manage mosquito populations associated with all of San Francisco's 23,000 catch-basins and to limit the spread of West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, services includes monthly or bimonthly inspections depending on conditions, pesticide applications as needed using only pesticide products listed on the latest SF Reduced Risk Pesticide list, and tracking of all monitoring and treatment activities.

Modi-

fication

12/31/11

4059-08/09

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$3,000,000

New Amount

$6,000,000

Work consists of system-wide removal, replacement, testing and disposal of carbon and/or potassium permanganate odor control unite media throughout

the City and County of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Enterprise.

Modi-

fication

12/01/14

4147-08/09

Public Health

Increase Amount

$325,400

New Amount

$650,800

DPH needs specialized review and further develop-ment of its protocols and tools for surveillance and investigation of urgent cases and outbreaks of

disease, including data forms and the Integrated Case and Outbreak Management system. (ICOMS) This will include review of existing protocols and tools developed for both normal operations and for the Departments Infectious Disease Emergency Response Plan. (IDER)This requires a special technical writer and documentation specialist to create documentation to support disease control and immunization record keeping systems (ICOMS and ICMS).  Consulting organizations will create functional descriptions,

detailed specifications, and guides for configuring, administering, and troubleshooting record systems, will purchase, package and inventory Point of

Dispension (POD) equipment and supplies for all POD trailers, will create multilingual signs for use in POD sites , will develop traffic routes and cubic

footage requirements for antibiotic distribution between the storage and POD sites, and regionally agreed upon mass prophylaxis training modules, a

website, and internet screening process to provide anti biotic prophylaxis.

Modi-

fication

08/09/13

Speakers:

Norma Nelson and Andres Acevedo, Port Commission spoke on PSC #4118-10/11 and 4119-10/11.

Jacquie Hale, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC #4121-10/11.

Pauson Yun and Jessica Appel (Shors) spoke on PSC #4124-10/11.

Pauson Yun and Chris Geiger, Ph.D. spoke on PSC #4015-06/07.

Action:

Adopt the report; Approve request for proposed personal service contracts.  Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

0167-11-8

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

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4127-10/11

Airport Commission

$5,500,000

Construction Management (CM) team with design-build experience and Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) experience to manage the design, construction and activation of a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ATCT at SFO and a three story shared use building at its base.  The CM will be required to provide dedicated electrical and special systems Resident Engineers with direct FAA ATCT experience.  The CM team will also be required to have high-rise structural and blast protection engineering and construction experience.  The CM must be fully familiar with the FAA standards and requirements, and will enforce and document compliance.  The CM will oversee the integration of FAA ATCT equipment, and will manage the critical activation and commissioning of the new ATCT and cutover from the old tower with no interruption to operations.

Regular

06/30/16

Speakers:

Cynthia Avakian and Tom Rodriquez, Airport Commission

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 3 to 0)

0169-11-8

Report by the Public Utilities Commission on the status of the conditional approval of PSC #4123-09/10.  (Item No. 10)

April 19, 2010:

Approve request for PSC #4123-09/10 on the condition that
1) With respect to the long term improvement project, construction at the Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant, on-the-job training for identified City employees willing to transition to field work after confirming their interest through a shadow program,  2) The Public Utilities Commission will issue bi-annual reports regarding its use of consultants and City staff, and 3) With respect to the hiring of 6318 and 6319 Construction Inspectors, that the Public Utilities Commission will use its best efforts to hire such City personnel provided that it maintains its management prerogative to hire or not to hire based on projections of future work.  Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration. 

Speakers:

Carol Isen and Prentiss Jackson, Public Utilities Commission

Larry Wong, IFPTE Local 21

Action:

Accept the report.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

0125-11-4

Appeal by Ellen Dolese, Marguerita Fa-Kaji, Roxane Hayes and Gregory Underwood of the examination process for the Position-Based Testing 8124 Investigator, Office of Citizen Complaints (PBT-8124-056244).  (Item No. 11)

May 16, 2011:

Postpone to the meeting of June 6, 2011 at the request of Ellen Dolese, Marguerita Fa-Kaji, Roxane Hayes and Gregory Underwood. 

June 6, 2011:

1)      The appeal as it relates to the examination announcement and the certification rule is denied.

2)      The appeal as it relates to Rule 111A.35.2, based solely on claims that the inconsistency in examination administration, bias of raters and/or failure of the raters to apply uniform standards compromised either the validity or the reliability of the examination, is continued to the meeting of June 20, 2011. 

Speakers:

Reno L. Rapagnani, Attorney

Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director

Action:

(1)      Continue to the meeting of August 1, 2011 at the request of Reno Rapagnani to allow appellants sufficient time to obtain expert analysis of the information contained in the Department of Human Resources staff report.   

(2)      Directed Mr. Rapagnani to have all reports/rebuttals delivered to the Commission office by close of business on July 11, 2011.

(3)      This will be the last continuance granted.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

0342-10-4

Appeal by Tirtza Pearl on her background rejection for a 1446 Secretary II position with the San Francisco Police Department.  (Item No. 12)

June 6, 2011:

Postpone to the meeting of June 20, 2011 at the request of Tirtza Pearl.

Speakers:

Tirtza Pearl, Appellant

Rosanna Horton, Ed.D., on behalf of appellant

Barry Pearl, on behalf of appellant

Alice Villagomez, San Francisco Police Department

Sgt. Michael Zurcher, San Francisco Police Department

Action:

Dismiss the appeal by Tirtza Pearl as being moot.  The Commission finds that Ms. Pearl’s integrity was not good and sufficient reason to disqualify her from a 1446 position in the SFPD; limiting that to integrity.(Vote of 3 to 0)

0097-11-6

Appeal by Cecilia Jaroslawsky of the Human Resources Director’s determination of failure to allege facts raising an inference of discrimination based on age. 
(Item No. 13)

May 16, 2011:

Postpone to the meeting of June 20, 2011 by agreement between the Department of Human Resources and Cecilia Jaroslawsky.  Stipulate this will be the last continuance granted. 

Speakers:

Janie White, Department of Human Resources

Cecilia Jaroslawsky, Appellant

Linda Simon, Department of Human Resources

Lois Scott, Past President, IFPTE Local 21

Jim Miller, on behalf of Appellant

Ken Solomon, on behalf of Appellant

Steve Zeltzer, retired City worker

Action:

Continue to the meeting of July 18, 2011.  The motion to Adopt the report; Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director; Deny the appeal by Cecilia Jaroslawsky failed.  (Vote of 1 to 2; Commissioners Casper and Jung dissent.)  Three (3) votes are needed for Commission action.

0143-11-11

Inspection Service Report on the assignment of supervisory duties not in the Class Specification for 7241 Senior Maintenance Controller.  (Item No. 14)

December 6, 2010:

Commissioner Casper requested an Inspection Service on the assignment of supervisory duties that are not in the job description for classification 7241 Senior Maintenance Controller at the Municipal Transportation Agency.

May 16, 2011:

Postpone to the meeting of June 20, 2011 at the request of IBEW Local 6.

Action:

Off calendar at the request of Antonio Huggins and IBEW Local 6.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

0139-11-7

Determination of future employability: request for hearing on future employment restrictions by Qaiser Shaikh as a permanent exempt 1823 Senior Administrative Analyst and his permanent civil service appointment as a 1241 Personnel Analyst with the Public Utilities Commission.  (Item No. 15) 

Speakers:

Akbar Shaikh, Representing his son, the Appellant who is unable to be present.

Hope Broadus, Public Utilities Commission

Action:

Continue to the meeting of July 18, 2011.  Stipulated this will be the last continuance granted.  (Vote of 3 to 0)