A G E N D A

 

Regular Meeting

July 16, 2012

 

2:00 p.m.

ROOM 400, CITY HALL

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

 

NOTICE OF COMMISSION HEARING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

 

A.      Commission Office

The Civil Service Commission office is located at, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102.  The telephone number is (415) 252-3247.  The fax number is (415) 252-3260.  The email address is civilservice@sfgov.org and the web address is www.sfgov.org/civilservice/.  Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

 

B.    Policy Requiring Written Reports

It is the policy of the Civil Service Commission that except for appeals filed under Civil Service Commission Rule 111A Position-Based Testing, all items appearing on its agenda be supported by a written report prepared by Commission or departmental staff.  All documents referred to in any Agenda Document are posted adjacent to the Agenda, or if more than one (1) page in length, available for public inspection and copying at the Civil Service Commission office.  Reports from City and County personnel supporting agenda items are submitted in accordance with the procedures established by the Executive Officer.  Reports not submitted according to procedures, in the format and quantity required, and by the deadline, will not be calendared.

 

C.    Policy on Written Submissions by Appellants

All written material submitted by appellants to be considered by the Commission in support of an agenda item shall be submitted to the Commission office, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the fourth (4^th) business day preceding the Commission meeting for which the item is calendared (ordinarily, on Tuesday).  An original and nine (9) copies on 8 1/2-inch X 11 inch paper, three-hole punched on left margin, and page numbered in the bottom center margin, shall be provided.  Written material submitted for the Commission’s review becomes part of a public record and shall be open for public inspection.

 

D.    Policy and Procedure for Hearings to be Scheduled after 5:00 p.m. and Requests for Postponement

A request to hear an item after 5:00 p.m. should be directed to the Executive Officer as soon as possible following the receipt of notification of an upcoming hearing.  Requests may be made by telephone at (415) 252-3247 and confirmed in writing or by fax at (415) 252-3260.

A request for a postponement (continuance) to delay an item to another meeting may be directed to the Commission
Executive Officer by telephone or in writing.  Before acting, the Executive Officer may refer certain requests to another City official for recommendation.  Telephone requests must be confirmed in writing prior to the meeting.  Immediately following the “Announcement of Changes” portion of the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, the Commission will consider a request for a postponement that has been previously denied.  Appeals filed under Civil Service Commission Rule 111A Position-Based Testing shall be  considered on the date it is calendared for hearing except under extraordinary circumstances and upon mutual agreement between the appellant and the Department of Human Resources.

 

E.    Policy and Procedure on Hearing Items Out of Order

Requests to hear items out of order are to be directed to the Commission President at the beginning of the agenda.  The President will rule on each request.  Such requests may be granted with mutual agreement among the affected parties.

 

F.   Procedure for Commission Hearings

All Commission hearings on disputed matters shall conform to the following procedures: The Commission reserves the right to question each party during its presentation and, in its discretion, to modify any time allocations and requirements.

 

If a matter is severed from the Consent Agenda or the Ratification Agenda, presentation by the opponent will be for a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes and response by the departmental representative for a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes.  Requests by the public to sever items from the [Consent Agenda or] Ratification Agenda must be provided with justification for the record. 

 

For items on the Regular Agenda, presentation by the departmental representative for a maximum time of five (5) minutes and response by the opponent for a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes.

 

For items on the Separations Agenda, presentation by the department followed by the employee or employee’s
representative shall be for a maximum time limit of ten (10) minutes for each party unless extended by the Commission.  Each presentation shall conform to the following:

 

1. Opening summary of case (brief overview);
2. Discussion of evidence;
3. Corroborating witnesses, if necessary; and
4. Closing remarks.

The Commission may allocate five (5) minutes for each side to rebut evidence presented by the other side.

 

G.  Policy on Audio Recording of Commission Meetings

As provided in the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance, all Commission meetings are audio recorded in digital form.  These audio recordings of open sessions are available starting on the day after the Commission meeting on the Civil Service Commission website at www.sfgov.org/civilservice/.

 

H.    Speaking before the Civil Service Commission

Speaker cards are not required.  The Commission will take public comment on all items appearing on the agenda at the time the item is heard.  The Commission will take public comment on matters not on the Agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the Commission during the “Requests to Speak” portion of the regular meeting.  Maximum time will be three (3) minutes.  A subsequent comment after the three (3) minute period is limited to one (1) minute.  The timer shall be in operation during public comment.  Upon any specific request by a Commissioner, time may be extended.

 

I.   Policy on use of Cell Phones, Pagers and Similar Sound-Producing Electronic Devices at and During Public Meetings

The ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting.  Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

 

Information on Disability Access

The Civil Service Commission normally meets in Room 400 (Fourth Floor) City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. However, meetings not held in this room are conducted in the Civic Center area.  City Hall is wheelchair accessible.  The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center, located 2 ½ blocks from City Hall.  Accessible MUNI lines serving City Hall are 47 Van Ness Avenue, 9 San Bruno and 71 Haight/Noriega, as well as the METRO stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center.  For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.  Accessible curbside parking has been designated at points in the vicinity of City Hall adjacent to Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue.

 

The following services are available on request 48 hours prior to the meeting; except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline shall be 4:00 p.m. of the last business day of the preceding week.  For American Sign Language interpreters or the use of a reader during a meeting, a sound enhancement system, and/or alternative formats of the agenda and minutes, please contact the Commission office to make arrangements for the accommodation.  Late requests will be honored, if possible.

 

Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our ADA coordinator at (415) 252-3254 or (415) 252-3247 to discuss meeting accessibility.  In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.  Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

 

Know your Rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public.  Commissions, boards,
councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business.  This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.  For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, or to obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance, contact Andrea Ausberry, Administrator of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 at (415) 554-7724, by fax: (415) 554-7854, by e-mail: sotf@sfgov.org, or on the City’s website at www.sfbos.org/sunshine.

 

San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Section 2.100) to
register and report lobbying activity.  For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Ave., Suite 220, San Francisco, CA  94102, telephone (415) 252-3100,
fax (415) 252-3112 and web site http://www.sfgov.org/ethics/.

 

Materials Distributed to Commissioners After Distribution of Agenda Packet

If any materials related to an item on this agenda have been distributed to the Civil Service Commission after distribution of the agenda packet, those materials are available for public inspection at the Civil Service Commission office, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720 during normal office hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City and County of San Francisco
Civil Service Commission

 

Agenda for Regular Meeting
July 16, 2012
2:00 p.m.

 

 

 

ITEM NO.
(1)	CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
	President Kate Favetti
	Vice President Scott R. Heldfond
	Commissioner Mary Y. Jung
	Commissioner E. Dennis Normandy
(2)	REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION BUT NOT APPEARING ON TODAY’S AGENDA
(3)	APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Action Item
	Regular Meeting of July 2, 2012
	Recommendation:	Adopt.
(4)	ANNOUNCEMENTS
	Announcement of changes to agenda
	Other announcements

 

(5)	HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT
(6)	EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RATIFICATION AGENDA

All matters on the Ratification Agenda are considered by the Civil Service Commission to be non-contested and will be acted upon by a single vote of the Commission.  There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a request is made; in which event, the matter shall be removed from the Ratification Agenda and considered as a separate item.  Each individual addressing the Commission will be limited to a maximum time limit of five minutes for all items severed from the Ratification Agenda.   Copies of all staff reports and materials being considered by the Civil Service Commission are available for public view 72 hours prior to the Civil Service Commission meeting and are located in the Civil Service Commission office at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102.

 

(7)	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.  (File No. 0270-12-8) – Action Item

 

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
4004-12/13	Art Commission	$330,000	Eight Writer Corps Artists-in-Residence will conduct creative writing classes with youth in need at up to 14 sites in San Francisco. Artists-in-Residence will serve youth who may be educationally disadvantaged, recently immigrated, homeless, incarcerated, or in crisis. Artists-in-Residence will teach and mentor targeted youth to increase their learning, writing and public speaking skills. Artists-in-Residence will plan and organize lesson plans, facilitate writing workshops; compile, design and edit publications of youth writing; and help to organize city-wide literary arts events for participating youth. Artists-in-Residence will work for ten months from September to June.	Regular	06/30/13
4005-12/13	Emergency Management	$585,000	This project will: 1) assess the state of medical surge planning and patient tracking efforts in the Bay Area UASI (BAUASI) region and provide technical assistance to counties; and 2) develop a final report including a gap analysis regarding regional medical surge planning, a feasibility assessment related to patient tracking, and a road map for next steps.	Regular	01/01/14
4006-12/13	Fire Department	$258,719	The Fire Department currently owns a Fire Trainer  T-1000 Training Simulator, which is used at the Division of Training for conducting live fire simulations to recruits and uniformed members. Based on the manufacturer's preventive maintenance tasks outlined in the product's service manual, the contract will be for quarterly inspections, cleaning, checking/ verifying, calibrating/adjusting and/or flushing of the product's various pilot lights, burners, valves, sensors, fans, blowers, wires, filters, batteries and cabinet housing.  Additionally, if any of the product's elements listed above were to break down and need repair or replacement, the contract includes corrective maintenance at a pre-set hourly rate for labor plus the cost of parts.	Regular	06/30/15
4007-12/13	Municipal Transportation Agency	$5,000,000	The consultant will provide specialized engineering and technical support during the rehabilitation of the existing Neoplan fleet and the upcoming procurement for the diesel-hybrid coaches and the electric trolley coaches. Their task at will include detailed and structural analysis of the new coaches; quality control and resident inspection at the production facilities; reviewing test plans, quality control and inspection procedures; ensuring all required test, measurement are satisfactorily performed and documented prior to coach delivery; provide independent price and cost analysis per Federal Transit Administration (FTA) guideline; provide independent audits for pre-award and post-delivery of FTA's Buy America requirements	Regular	12/31/12
4008-12/13	City Planning	$75,000	The SF Public Utilities Commission applied for and received a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency in September 2010 to develop the Civic Center Sustainable District Plan that will evaluate opportunities for sustainable management of water, wastewater, storm water and energy resources within the District and develop projects and strategies that will result in measurable reductions in water, wastewater and power demands over time. $75,000 was budgeted for the Planning Department to develop background documentation and a cultural landscape survey of the Civic Center Historic District. The existing designation materials do not fully document the important landscape features that, together with the buildings, comprise the character of the District. The documentation is intended to update and consolidate all background information regarding the District into one information sources and identify all character-defining features that contribute to the significance. The consultant will provide a matrix outlining survey findings, and prepare a single document based on a review of all previous documentation and primary research.	Regular	12/31/13
4009-12/13	Public Utilities Commission	$14,000,000	Contractor to provide staff, equipment and services to complete environmental monitoring, surveys, and studies; perform field work including sample collection, and resource protection and management tasks; perform and develop tools for data collection, storage, and analysis; and lead research and assessments necessary to prepare reports, designs, figures and maps, studies, technical memorandum, specifications, permit amendments and revisions and other documents to support the SFPUC permit compliance and watershed management activities.	Regular	08/31/26
4010-12/13	Public Works	$4,500,000	Consultants will perform highly specialized mechanical and electrical engineering tasks that include surge analysis, constructability analysis, condition assessment reports, field investigations, third-party Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) peer reviews, value engineering, power system reliability studies, construction support, peer review validation, and other consultation work. Projects and facilities may include sewage and water treatment plants; pump stations; compressed natural gas (CNG) filling systems; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; emergency generator systems; and emergency services during power outages or rolling blackouts. The Department of Public Works (DPW) intends to award up to three (3) as-needed contracts each not to exceed $1,500,000.	Regular	12/31/17
4185-06/07	Human Resources	Increase Amount $4,500,000 New Amount $9,000,000	The San Francisco Health Plan ("SFHP") administers healthcare coverage to eligible temporary exempt as-needed City employees who are members of SEIU Local 1021, formerly Local 790, 535, UHW. This modification allows the City to exercise the 2-year contract extension to continue to provide healthcare services that include preventive care, hospitalization, vision services, emergency care, prescription drugs, etc.	Modi- fication	06/30/14

 

Recommendation:

Adopt the report; Approve request for proposed personal services contracts.  Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

All matters on the Consent Agenda considered by the Civil Service Commission will be acted upon by a single vote of the Commission.  There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a request is made; in which event, the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.  Each individual addressing the Commission will be limited to a maximum time limit of five minutes for all items severed from the Consent Agenda.   Copies of all staff reports and materials being considered by the Civil Service Commission are available for public view 72 hours prior to the Civil Service Commission meeting and are located in the Civil Service Commission office at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102.

 

(8)	Appeal by Ted Zarzecki of the Municipal Transportation Agency’s findings on his discrimination complaint, EEO File #10482.  (File No. 0049-12-6) – Action Item
	Recommendation:	Postpone to the meeting of August 6, 2012 at the request of the Municipal Transportation Agency.

 

REGULAR AGENDA
Copies of all staff reports and materials being considered by the Civil Service Commission are available for public view 72 hours prior to the Civil Service Commission meeting and are located in the Civil Service Commission office at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102.

 

(9)	Request to Grant Status to PCS Employee Jocelyn Gordon from Class 4203 Senior Assessment Clerk to Class 4214 Assessor-Recorder Office Specialist.  (File No. 0271-12-2) – Action Item
	Recommendation:	Adopt the report.  Grant status to PCS Employee Jocelyn Gordon from Class 4203 Senior Assessment Clerk to Class 4214 Assessor-Recorder Office Specialist.

 

(10)	COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS
(11)	ADJOURNMENT