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. 

CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND WHICH IS NOT APPEARING ON TODAY’S AGENDA

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMMENDATIONS AGENDA

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT

EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT

RATIFICATION AGENDA

REGULAR AGENDA

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS

ADJOURNMENT

ITEM NO.

(1)              

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

President E. Dennis Normandy

Vice President Kate Favetti

Commissioner Scott R. Heldfond

Commissioner Mary Y. Jung

(2)     

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND WHICH IS NOT APPEARING ON TODAY’S AGENDA

(3)     

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Action Item

Regular Meeting of April 16, 2012

Recommendation:

Adopt.

(4)     

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcement of changes to agenda

Other announcements

(5)     

COMMENDATIONS AGENDA

Commendation for Morgan R. Gorrono for his dedicated service to the City and County of San Francisco as a Civil Service Commissioner from February 4, 2000 through August 30, 2011; and his leadership as President of the Civil Service Commission from June 3, 2003 through May 31, 2004 and June 2, 2009 through June 7, 2010.  (File No. 0114-12-1) – Action Item

Recommendation:

Approve.

(6)     

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT

(7)     

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.

(8)     

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. 
(File No. 0115-12-8) – Action Item

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4116-11/12

Art Commission

$192,780

Contract for artist to design, fabricate, transport, and install artwork 28 for Daggett Park.

Regular

12/31/15

4117-11/12

Environment

$150,000

To provide financial and other analysis of the refuse rate application and related projects as needed during

the rate process which will take place between September of 2005 and May of 2006. This will include general financial analysis of the rate adjustment application to determine if costs are reasonable and appropriate, performing various rate-related surveys, preparing estimates of effects on rates and miscellaneous preparation and follow-up work.

Regular

09/30/13

4118-11/12

Municipal Transportation Agency

$400,000

Provide a full service, work-site based, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to provide clinical supervision of the staff of 3 full-time paid Peer Assistants, and up to 8 volunteer Peer Assistants. The contractor will also manage San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's (SFMTA) Trauma Response Program for SFMTA employees involved in on-the-job critical incidents, such as an accident in a Muni vehicle that results in serious injuries of fatalities; crisis support and counseling for assaults and threats. The program is designed to assist in the identification and resolution of productivity problems associated with employees impaired by personal concerns, which adversely affect job performance.

Regular

03/31/13

4119-11/12

Municipal Transportation Agency

$32,500,000

The contractor will provide a Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Services two-year pilot program to manage, support staff, and supply parts for its Rail Fleet maintenance program. Four materials storerooms are operated in support of the Rail Fleet: Green, Muni Metro East (MME), Cable Car, and Overhead Lines. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has developed the following objectives for management of parts for the Rail Fleet only that consists of 151 Breda LRVs, 39 historic streetcars, and 31 cable cars: Supply vehicle parts, with strict performance guidelines requiring defined response times and fill rates; Ensure parts provided allow SFMTA to meet its objectives in terms of reliability (i.e., Mean Distance Between Failures MDBF, service interruptions); and ensure SFMTA safety standards are met in any program

activity.

Regular

09/30/17

4120-11/12

Port Commission

$4,500,000

The Port intends to issue a Request of Qualifications to establish a pool of three (3) qualified consultant

teams capable of providing a wide range of engineering and related services on an as-needed basis for Port capital and on-going projects. Such projects are usually Maritime related for maintenance and improvements for the Port's aging infrastructure.

Regular

06/30/16

4121-11/12

Public Utilities Commission

$400,000

Provide file conversation/file relocation services between San Francisco Public Unities Commission

(SFPUC) staff, contractors, vendors, etc. for the SFPUC’s move to its new headquarters at 525 Golden Gate Avenue.

Regular

12/31/12

4111-10/11

District Attorney

Increase Amount

$72,500

New Amount

$145,000

This contract will 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 offense. 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. This modification is to extend the grant period and add funding for continuation of the same

services.

Modi-

fication

06/30/13

4017-10/11

Environment

Increase Amount

$105,000

New Amount

$180,000

The GreenFinanceSF program still has funds avail-able to continue the program. In order to continue the program, the Department needs to extend the services of the contractor who administers the website, processes applications and payments, and provides required program reporting.  Not to continue to

provide these services would mean that the program would have to be cancelled.  GreenFinanceSF is a City sponsored Clean Energy Loan Program

("PACE" program) which will allow property owners (residential and commercial) to install electric and thermal solar systems and make energy efficiency

improvements to their buildings and pay for the cost of such improvements over 20 years through a special tax on their property tax bills. 
 

The contractor will administer (and finance) the program. The administrative services include program design services; program implementation services, including: web portal with online appli-cation interface, project data tracking; program marketing and communications (web, print, in person, training materials); program administration services including: application processing, request, and payment; program reporting, program documentation, and customer services; special tax administrative services (special tax apportionment method, data collection, boundary map preparation and recordation, contributions to disclosure documents, annual special; tax levy calculation and enrollment, annual CFD administration report preparation, delinquent special tax reporting, repayments of special tax liens).

Modi-

fication

12/31/18

4068-08/09

Airport Commission

Increase Amount

$750,000

New Amount

$2,150,000

SFO needs support of consultant on the Noise Insulation Program, particularly on tasks such as: review of County records & updated noise impact

boundaries to identify properties that may qualify for noise insulation improvements; coordination of aircraft noise easement acquisition & recording; coordination of noise insulation design & construction work; handling of inquires from property owners regarding eligibility for noise insulation improvements funded by the FAA and the Airport; and, preparation of outlay reports for grant reimbursements. The budget for the 3-yr period

was increased to $950,000 since FAA awarded additional grants, allowing Airport to increase the scope of work and provide acoustic treatment to a larger number of properties than originally planned.

Modi-

fication

12/31/16

4086-10/11

Art Commission

Increase Amount

$1,000,000

New Amount

$1,500,000

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 of artworks including those of monumental scale, design and fabrication of pedestals and cases. Scope includes major installations of

monumental work at S.F. International Airport and other large scale projects, including transporting, storing, framing and installing major art program at

PUC Headquarters. The Arts Commission will also be installing monumentally scaled artwork at the Public Safety Building and General Hospital, to name a few.

Modi-

fication

01/01/15

4046-11/12

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$50,000

New Amount

$400,000

Develop a comprehensive training program for Hetch Hetchy Water and Power (HHWP) Control Room Operations System Operators to meet North

American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) PER-002 and PER-005 regulatory requirements. Consultant will work with HHWP staff to implement

a Systematic Approach to Training (SAT) process that will ensure the validity and reliability of the operator training program. The approach will utilize the following five phase SAT model: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE).

Modi-

fication

04/01/15

4097-08/09

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$950,000

New Amount

$4,620,900

SFPUC has partnered with a utility company to market and process regional water and energy washing machine rebate program. The program includes over 30 Bay Area water agencies and continued to build on a highly successful, grant funded regional partnership a utility company. For the first time, the partners are collaborating with a utility company to offer customers a joint rebate in order to streamline the process for the customer and in order to capitalize on the joint marketing capacities of the water and energy utilities.  The contract is being modified to accommodate the increased demand for the program. This modification is necessary because washing machine rebates are a fundamental component of the SFPUC’s water conservation program and replacing older models with efficient ones is essential to the program’s ability

to meet long term demand reduction goals. The greater Bay Area region received a grant from the CA Dept. of Water resources to implement this program and the SFPUC expects to receive $630,000 of this funding.

Modi-

Fication

12/31/20

4102-09/10

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$150,000

New Amount

$225,000

Contract work consists of the following: 1) Sorting benthic invertebrate samples into major taxonomic groups in preparation for identification and identify-ing and sorting Polychaeta to families as needed.
2) Performing quality control (QC) on staff

taxonomists by re-identifying random samples and working with staff taxonomists to resolve differences. 3) Performing taxonomic identification on

samples as needed. 4) Providing training to identify freshwater aquatic invertebrates as needed. This modification is necessary because marine

invertebrate taxonomy is a requirement of the Oceanside WPCP NPDES discharge permit and freshwater invertebrate taxonomy is essential for

assessing the biological integrity of the SFPUC’s watershed lakes and streams.  Training of in-house staff on freshwater taxonomy is an as-needed task, last provided by a training workshop in 2005.

Modi-

Fication

07/30/22

Recommendation:

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

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)     

Secondary Criteria for H-20 Lieutenant and H-40 Battalion Chief Selection Processes.  (File No. 0116-12-5) – Action Item

Recommendation:

Accept the recommendation of the Human Resources Director and approve the proposed Secondary Criteria for H-20 Lieutenant and H-40 Battalion Chief; When making appointments, the Appointing Officer will consider the following secondary criteria: length and variety of Fire Department experience, training and education, completion of State Fire Marshall courses or equivalent, and disciplinary record.

(10) 

Municipal Transportation Agency’s Response to Commissioners’ Request for a Report on Separations and Resignations of Permanent Civil Service (PCS) and Exempt employees with Future Employment Restrictions  for Calendar Year 2011 that were imposed or appealed; and the restrictions subsequently reduced or rescinded, and the appeal withdrawn.  (File No. 0117-12-7) – Action Item

Recommendation:

Accept report.

(11) 

Department of Human Resources’ Report on Proposed Redevelopment-Only “Priority” Eligible List and Promotive Points Rule(s).  (File No. 0118-12-5) – Action Item

Recommendation:

The Department of Human Resources requests that the Civil Service Commission support the proposal to develop and adopt a rule(s) to provide for a Redevelopment-Only Eligible List and Promotive Points and recommends the following actions:

(1)      Direct the Executive Officer to work with interested parties to draft the proposed rule(s) for posting and adoption by the Civil Service Commission;

(2)      Upon finalization of the proposed rule(s), require the Department of Human Resources to provide the following status reports, in writing, to the Commission:

               a.)  Priority Eligible Lists for all examined citywide
                     classifications, including the names and rank order of
                     former Redevelopment Agency employees.

               b.)  An annual report of all appointments made from the
                     Priority Eligible List for Fiscal Years 2011-2012; 2012-
                     2013, and; 2013-2014.

(3)        Require the Department of Human Resources to provide a final report to the Commission, in writing, at the close of the proposed rule sunset date of December 31, 2014, (or sooner if applicable.)

(12) 

Certification of Salary of Elected Officials (Mayor, City Attorney, District Attorney, Public Defender, Assessor-Recorder, Treasurer, and Sheriff) of the City and County of San Francisco for a five (5) year cycle, effective July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2017, in accordance with Charter Section A8.409-1.  (File No. 0345-11-2) – Action Item

January 9, 2012:

Accepted the report.

February 6, 2012:

Accepted the report.

March 19, 2012:

Accepted the report. 

April 16, 2012:

Accepted the report. 

Recommendation:

Accept the report; Certify the salary of Elected Officials in accordance with Charter Section A8.409-1; Transmit to the Controller for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2012-13 Budget.

(13) 

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS

(14) 

ADJOURNMENT