May 06, 2013 Regular Meeting

CALL TO ORDER

2:07 p.m.

ROLL CALL

President Kate Favetti

Present

Vice President Scott R. Heldfond

Present

Commissioner Mary Y. Jung

(Notified Absence)

Commissioner E. Dennis Normandy

Present

President Kate Favetti presided.

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION BUT NOT APPEARING ON TODAY’S AGENDA (Item No. 2)

None.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Item No. 3)

Regular Meeting of April 15, 2013

Action:

Adopted.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

ANNOUNCEMENTS (Item No. 4)

None.

Other announcements.  None.

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT  (Item No. 5)

None.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT  (Item No. 6)

As of May 6, 2013, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has resolved 83% of the appeals for Fiscal Year 2012-13.  The CSC Performance Measure Target for Fiscal Year 2012-13 is to resolve 65% of the appeals received in the Commission.  This has been a great achievement with the support of the City Attorney’s Office, the Department of Human Resources, and other departments.   Peace Officer Appeals from previous years have either been resolved or heard by the Commission.  Also, with much assistance from the Department of Technology, the Civil Service Commission has updated its website to be more user friendly in accessing public information.

0151-13-8

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

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4109-12/13

Airport Commission

$2,450,000

The Airport is seeking security consulting services to assist Airport Aviation Security staff by providing aviation security industry ‘best practices’, methods, and procedures relating to a wide variety of special systems, including, but not limited to; perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS), fence motion sensing devices, gate access control systems, closed circuit television (CCTV), video analytics, and license plate recognition (LPR) systems. The security consultant will also provide a level of knowledge and expertise that will ensure the proper selection of highly specialized technologies and their integration with legacy systems presently used within the Airport’s Security Operations Center (SOC), as well as produce detailed technical specifications, drawings and documents for future requests for proposals (RFPs).

Regular

12/31/20

4110-12/13

Public Utilities Commission

$80,000,000

Provide planning and engineering support for the new digester and biosolids handling facilities at the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant (SEP). The new facility will include wastewater treatment processes related to solids thickening, anaerobic digestion, dewatering, gas handling, energy recovery, system operations, site improvements and odor control. SEP is SFPUC's largest wastewater facility treating up to 250 million gallons per day (MGD) with an average dry weather capacity of 85 MGD. SEP produces up to 54,000 wet tons per year (or 13,000 dry tons) of biosolids for treatment and disposal/reuse. The Southeast Plant is located in an urban residential/industrial neighborhood in the Bayview-Hunters Point area.

Regular

3/31/24

4111-12/13

Public Utilities Commission

$1,000,000

The Scope of Work consists of four (4) categories of banking and payment services: (1) Enrollment Services to help SFPUC increase customer enrollment in EBPP; (2) EBPP Services to help SFPUC increase its customer use of EBPP through a bank or non-bank EBPP service; (3) EBPP Services to help SFPUC increase its customer use of EBPP through its own SFPUC centered/branded EBPP service; and (4) Other options to deliver EBPP such as ATMs, Kiosks, Mobile Device, In person cash, check and/or card payments, and others.

Regular

10/1/18

4112-12/13

Recreation and Park

$3,200,000

Conduct thorough peer constructability review, cost estimating and scheduling for drawings and specifications of 2012 CSNPB 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, system compatibility, sub-grade information, existing utilities and interfaces with existing operations as well as access, egress, availability of proposed building materials, 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

5/31/18

4113-12-/13

Municipal Transportation Agency

$8,200,000

Contractor shall provide San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) with proprietary software and Automatic Vehicle Location System (AVLS) including software updates, non-custom software upgrades that the contractor provides to other customers, equipment repair and maintenance, system support surfaces necessary to maintain the operations of the AVLS in accordance with the operating standards and specifications set out in the Maintenance Agreement. The contractor will provide training of SFMTA personnel in AVLS operation and maintenance so that SFMTA staff may perform the maintenance of the AVLS equipment.

Regular

7/31/17

4114-12/12

General Services Agency

$56,000

To provide 5 card key entry systems throughout building, complete with suppressors, electric locking, card keys and elevator access control. To provide 6 dome cameras throughout the building, complete with 6 Terabyte (TB) video recorder, 40" flat screen monitor and network switch.

Regular

6/30/14

4017-11/12

Airport Commission

Current Approved Amount

$350,000

Increase Amount Requested

$1,000,000

New Total Amount Requested

$1,350,000

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 bus service that operates 7 days per week between the hours of 12:45 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Since there continues to be need for this service, the Airport is modifying this request to extend the term to continue having SamTrans Owl Bus service operate during late night hours.

Modi-

fication

8/14/18

4152-08/09

Airport Commission

Current Approved Amount

$5,150,000

Increase Amount Requested

$3,900,000

New Total Amount Requested

$9,050,000

Complex environmental analyses, assessments, compliance monitoring and reporting tasks requiring specialized environmental planning expertise and familiarity of federal, state, and local environmental regulations, especially those pertaining to airports; and performing airport sustainability and climate change planning. These tasks may include, but are not limited to: obtaining regulatory permits and approvals; consultation with regulatory agencies and public outreach; producing environmental studies, disclosure; performing specialized natural resource investigations; performing technical analyses and modeling; conducting specialized environmental monitoring; conducting specialized environmental studies and providing recommendations; monitoring of construction sites and airport-managed environmental mitigation sites in accordance with appropriate federal, state, regional and local environmental regulations.

Modi-

fication

6/30/18

2011-08/09

Public Health

Current Approved Amount

$119,000,000

Increase Amount Requested

$47,000,000

New Total Amount Requested

$166,000,000

Fiscal intermediary services for DPH’s Community Behavioral Health Services (CBHS) Private Provider Network(PPN), to enable emergency or urgent out-of-county services required under the San Francisco Mental Health Plan, including services to the indigent and uninsured; for licensed Residential Care Facilities (RCFs) and licensed Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs) to assist clients to live in a stable community setting in and out-of-county, in small, home-like, owner-occupied licensed facilities (“board-and-care homes”); for wraparound services for CBHS’s Children, Youth and Families’ clients to assist in client stabilization, including emergency food and housing, transportation, and clothing; and for DPH Housing and Urban Health’s emergency housing program for homeless clients with special needs, including those discharged from San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) with no other homes, those served using Mental Health Services Act (“Prop 63”) funds, and those referred from the SF First, SF Homeless Outreach Team (HOT), Project Homeless Connect and DPH-funded case management programs.

Modi-

fication

6/30/16

Speakers:

Cynthia Avakian and Rob Forester, Airport Commission, spoke on PSC #4109-12/13

Kofo Domingo and Carolyn Chiu, Public Utilities Commission, spoke on PSC #4110-12/13

Jacquie Hale, Department of Public Health and Joseph Tanner, SEIU, Local 1021 spoke on PSC #2011-08/09

Action:

(1)   Adopted the report; approved the request for PSC #4109-12/13 on the condition that the Airport Commission will provide the Civil Service Commission a status or progress report made within the contract terms and conditions in four (4) years from today’s meeting date of May 6, 2013.  Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

(2)   Adopted the report; approved the request for PSC #4110-12/13 on the condition that the Public Utilities Commission  will provide the Civil Service Commission a status or progress report made within the contract terms and conditions in four (4) years and in eight (8) years from today’s meeting date of May 6, 2013.  Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

(3)   Adopted the report; approved the requests for all remaining contracts.  Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

0118-13-3

Salary Survey for Registered Nurse Classifications (Charter Section A8.403), 2013 – 2014.  (Item No. 8)

April 15, 2013:

Postponed to the meeting of May 6, 2013 at the request of SEIU, Local 1021.

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopt the report; Certify to the Board of Supervisors for the Acute Care Nursing Classifications the highest prevailing salary schedules in the six Bay Area Counties (Public and Private) in effect on April 15, 2013.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

0150-13-7

Request by Vernelle Gomez-Boyd to lift the waiver on her future employment restrictions with the Department of Parking and Traffic (Municipal Transportation Agency).  (Item No. 9)

Speakers:

Parveen Boparai, Municipal Transportation Agency

Vernelle Gomez-Boyd, Appellant

Action:

Postponed to the meeting of June 3, 2013 at the request of the Civil Service Commission with the intent to include the ban from the San Francisco International Airport therefore both bans can be addressed.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

Note:

President Favetti reminded departments that whenever a request to lift a ban is submitted, they need to check with the Department of Human Resources and the Civil Service Commission if there are older records on file.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

0089-13-5

Proposed Rule Amendments to Civil Service Commission Rule Series 015 – Rules Related to the Employment of Persons with Disabilities, Affecting All Employees.   (Item No. 10)

March 18, 2013:

Postponed to the meeting of April 1, 2013 so that the Department of Human Resources can fully respond to the Civil Service Commission’s questions regarding the proposed revisions to Rule Series 015.

April 1, 2013:

Adopted the report.  Directed the Executive Officer to post the proposed revisions for adoption following meet and confer with the City’s labor unions.

Speakers:

Sandra Eng, Assistant Executive Officer

Action:

Adopted the report.  Adopted the changes to Civil Service Commission Rule Series 015 – Rules Related to the Employment of Persons with Disabilities, Affecting All Employees.
(Vote of 3 to 0)

0090-13-5

Proposed Rule Amendments to Civil Service Commission Rule Series 003 – Equal Employment Opportunity Affecting All Employees.   (Item No. 11)

March 18, 2013:

Accept the Executive Officer’s report; Direct the Executive Officer to post the proposed revisions for adoption following meet and confer with the City’s labor unions.

Speakers:

Sandra Eng, Assistant Executive Officer

Action:

Accepted the report.  Adopted the changes to Civil Service Commission Rule Series 003 – Equal Employment Opportunity, Affecting All Employees.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

0059-13-1

Revisions to the Civil Service Commission’s Policy, Procedures and Guidelines on Personal Services Contracts.  (Item No. 12)

March 4, 2013:

Continued the matter to a later meeting so that the Executive Officer can work with President Favetti to incorporate additional revisions made by the Commission.

Speakers:

Brooke Demmerle , SEIU Local 1021

Joe Brenner, IFPTE Local 21

David Canham, SEIU Local 1021

Jacquie Hale, Department of Public Health

Dave Curto, Human Services Agency

Ileana Samanc, Department of Human Resources

Harry Baker, SEIU Local 1021

Joseph Tanner, SEIU Local 1021

Kevin Hughes, Local 6

Bob Britton, IFPTE Local 21

Shari Zinn, SEIU Local 1021

Cynthia Avakian, Airport

Catherine McGuire, Juvenile Probation

Gordon Choy, Department of Public Works

Action:

Adopt Executive Officer’s report; direct the Executive Officer to post the proposed revisions to the proposed revisions to the 2007 Policy Memorandum for adoption; direct the Executive Officer to update Civil Service Adviser No. 017/2002 once the revisions to the 2007 Policy memorandum have been adopted by the Commission; direct DHR to revise and reissue the procedural guidelines and instructions in an updated memorandum to the 1996 Joint Instructions consistent with the Commission’s updated policy memorandum.

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS  (Item No. 13)

Commissioner Normandy referred to a disturbing report on the news about cars that have been towed by the San Francisco Police Department and then stolen from the towing company’s lot, which is under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA).  Commissioner Normandy is concerned because security is very high on the City’s priority list.    He requested background information on the MTA contract relevant to that towing company. 

ADJOURNMENT  (Item No. 14)

4:46 p.m.