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MINUTES

THURSDAY, February 13, 2003
6:00 P.M.

1800 Oakdale Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94124

I. Call to Order

Commission President Millard Larkin called the Thursday, February 13, 2003 meeting to order at 6:16 p.m. in the Alex L. Pitcher Community Room at 1800 Oakdale Avenue.

II. Announcement

Commissioner Larkin read the Sunshine Ordinance aloud and welcomed everyone to the meeting.

III. Roll Call

Present: Commissioner Millard Larkin, Commissioner Bobbrie Brown,
Commissioner Kim Nguyen; Commissioner Malik Looper;
Commissioner Atiliai Tofaeono

Not Present: Commissioner Enola Maxwell (excused)
Commissioner Heidi Hardin (excused)

Staff Present: Robert Bryan, Deputy City Attorney; Toye Moses, Exec. Dir. SECFC;
Annette Price, SECF Commission Secretary.

IV. Approval of Minutes

Commissioner Looper moved and Commissioner Brown seconded to accept the minutes of Thursday, January 9, 2003. Motion passed to accept minutes as presented.

V. Public Comment
Commissioner Larkin opened the floor for public comments:

_ Marilyn Speller, BVHP resident requested that staff place flyers on every Bayview Hunters Point residence when meetings relating to parking concerns are to be discussed in the community.

_ Tony Caruso of Decorative Plants made inquiry as to when the rescheduling of Mr. Jim Jefferson's presentation speaking on the history/mitigation of Southeast Community would happen. Commissioner Larkin responded that staff is in the process of rescheduling that meeting.

_ Mr. John Smith, BVHP resident asked how he would go about introducing a new business venture to Home Depot. Commissioner Larkin directed staff to follow-up with Mr. Smith and provide the necessary information requested.

_ Mr. Francisco DaCosta and Ms. Espanola Jackson BVHP Community activists stated they spoke before the SF PUC Commission and requested that SF PUC come to Southeast for a meeting to discuss the sewage concerns.

VI. Communications

Letter of support for Barbara Brown, Executive Director of United Council is still in progress. Letters to Chief Sanders and Officer Hologan regarding the entertainment license issue, and the executed lease agreement for SF Unified School from the Bureau of Land Management are included in your folders.

Commissioner Larkin then moved Item VII New Business down the agenda in order to begin the presentations.

VII. Presentations
Commissioner Larkin welcomed Mr. James Howard, Deputy Director for the Department of Parking & Traffic. Mr. Howard thanked the Commission for the invitation to speak to the Community.

Mr. Howard explained that at the request of elected leaders of this district, his department was charged with the task of responding to complaints from the community regarding abandoned vehicles, sidewalk parking and other illegal activities associated with automobiles; namely, illegal repair shops that were occurring on the street.

The multi-departmental task force began enforcement of said violations beginning December 2nd, 2002 and continued thru February 3rd, 2003. Two weeks prior to the issuance of any citations, DPT came to the community and issued warning notices specifically about sidewalk parking. Mr. Howard remarked the state law says any part of a vehicle parked on any part of a sidewalk is subject to violation.

Mr. Howard stated that a total of 3,400 citations were issued and 1,110 for other violations, which included 218 vehicles being towed. The task force specifically targeted different sections of the area including Central Bayview, Shafter Ave., Silver Terrace, Dog Patch, Potrero Hill, San Bruno Ave., parts of Portola and the Excelsior District.

Commissioner Larkin opened the floor to the Commission for questions.

¬ Commissioner Brown requested statistics on tickets issued in the Bayview Community as compared to other areas in the city; and number of complaints actually received from BVHP residents? Mr. Howard listed statistics for a 6-month period for Clement Street stating that his department wrote 6,399 citations and stated 124 of those were for double parking. He also stated that complaints came from the district supervisor as well as from other individuals in the Bayview identifying specific problems at several different locations - more than half a dozen.

¬ Commissioner Looper questioned that 5,000 citations were given at the request of our district supervisor, yet some of those citations were given in the Excelsior District. Mr. Howard responded that enforcement cannot be done in one area when it comes to parking due to the fact that vehicles are abandoned and stripped in different locations, which is why the whole area was included.

Commissioner Larkin then opened the floor to questions from the community.

Several audience members expressed concern regarding the following: a) favoritism being given to certain communities regarding parking enforcement; b) date the task force was formed and who was on it; c) inadequate notification given to the public regarding parking enforcement; d) request by residents for exclusion of certain streets for sidewalk parking; e) DPT making special considerations for sidewalk parking when it is beneficial to DPT, i.e., ballgames; f) request for issuance of a 2-car permit to BVHP residents; g) procedure for protesting citations; h) inappropriate ticketing for street cleaning prior to the zone becoming active.

Mr. Howard stated he could not comment on why communication to the public was disseminated the way that it was. He also stated in regards to street sweeping, the rules state during the period street sweeping is active, the public will be allowed to move their vehicles away from that street to the other side, on the sidewalk, wherever to facilitate the street sweeper without being in violation. And also, that there is a 10-minute grace period after the zone becomes active for street sweeping.

Commissioner Larkin thanked Mr. Howard on behalf of the Commission for coming out and stated he appreciates him making himself available to right some of the wrongs that have happened regarding ticketing. He then welcomed Mr. Ron Vinson, Director Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services.

Mr. Ron Vinson, Dir. of Neighborhood Services stated his office is charged with assisting the public with various neighborhood problems and concerns. Mr. Vinson stated that the Mayor's Office received numerous calls from people complaining about the lack of parking in the BVHP area among other things. He stated his office contacted DPT regarding the removal of abandoned vehicles and at that time was informed that there was a zero-tolerance policy with regard to parking in one's driveway issued by the supervisor. Mr. Vinson then provided his contact information to the audience and responded to questions.

After a brief Q&A from the Commissioners and audience members, Commissioner Larkin thanked Mr. Vinson for taking back to his office some of the proposed solutions that the community suggested. We look forward to having you work closely with us and assisting us in setting up a meeting with the supervisor to discuss some of the issues affecting the citizens as discussed tonight.

Commissioner Larkin welcomed Mr. Quijuan Maloof, Dept. of Public Health.

Mr. Maloof stated the Health Dept's role in traffic and injury prevention is to reduce the amount of injuries/fatalities by involving the public. He stated that his department for the last couple of years has issued mini grants to communities ranging from $1,500 to $30,000. Mr. Maloof went on to educate the community with regard to teaching children how to cross the street. He responded to audience questions and wrote down the following suggestions the community offered regarding traffic safety:

    · Installing traffic signs and allocating enough time on countdown lights that the elderly/children can cross the street safely.

    · Installing crosswalks at every intersection.

    · Painting a dividing line on all 2-way streets in BVHP.


Commissioner Larkin thanked Mr. Maloof for coming out and stated the Commission would like to invite him back at a later time to give us an update on his success.

At the pleasure of the Chair, I would like to put Dean Hunnicutt's presentation over to the next meeting as well as item IX, Creation of SECFC/CAC and the Approval of President's nominees.

VIII. Directors Report Dr. Moses reported that:

    a) Renovation of the Alex Pitcher Community Room floor is almost complete. There are still some minor details to contend with, but for the most part it is complete. We will keep you updated on our progress.

    b) EP Mills is running smoothly.

    c) We received a call instructing us to reduce our General Fund Budget by $13,000. Commissioners will be kept informed when it comes time to support SECF when we go before the Board of Supervisors' Finance Committee.

    d) Regarding the Entertainment permit, we are scheduled for a hearing on March 19, 2003, located at the Hall of Justice, Rm. 551 at 1:00 p.m. Please come and advocate to ensure approval.


Commissioner Looper requested that Item C under the Director's Report regarding the General Fund Budget be re-visited at the next SECFC meeting.

Ms. Shirley Jones requested that all childcare centers that will be affected by the proposed budget cuts from the General Fund be included so as to participate in open discussions.

IX. New Business

Commissioner Larkin requested that the following items be placed under New Business for the next commission meeting:

    _ Commission priorities/recommendations for agenda items 2003 calendar year and approval of president's nominees to the SECFC/CAC

    _ Proposed reduction of $13,000 from the General Fund Budget

    _ Invitation to District 10 Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, the Board of Supervisor's chairperson who sat on the sub-committee, Dept. of Parking & Traffic, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services to come and speak with the community regarding parking concerns.

X. Announcement

Espanola Jackson announced the Human Rights Commission will be holding their commission meeting at the Opera House on March 13th beginning at 4:30 p.m.

XI. Adjournment

Commissioner Brown moved and Commissioner Looper seconded to adjourn the SECF Commission Meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.

                Respectfully submitted,

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                Commission Secretary