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tv   BOS Rules Committee  SFGTV  June 27, 2020 12:00pm-12:11pm PDT

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>> good morning, everyone. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the june 22, 2020
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rules committee. i am chair of the committee. with me is vice chair stefani and rules committee member mar. we are also joined this morning by matt haney. the clerk today is victor young. i would like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. do you have any announcements? >> due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members and the public the board of supervisors legislative committee room are closed. members will participate remotely. committee members will attend through video conference and participate to the same extent as if physically present. public comment is available for each item. they are streaming the number on the screen. each speaker is allowed two minutes. comments are available via phone
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by calling (415)655-0001. access code for the meeting is (145)143-5810. press pound and pound again. when connecting you will hear the discussion but you will will be ibe in his senning need only. dial star three. call from quiet location and speak slowly and turndown your television or radioia. you may submit public comment via e-mail the clerk at sfgovtv.org. if you submit via e-mail it will
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be included as part of the official file. items acted upon today are to appear on the agenda on june 30 unless otherwise stated. >> thank you so much. mr. clerk, please call item the out of order. >> charter amendment to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco to create public works commission to oversee the department of public works to create the sanitation and streets department to succeed specific duties currently performed by the department of public works to create a sanitation and streets commission and to oversee the sanitation and streets department affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act. supervisor haney.
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>> i am excited to be able to present this charter amendment and discuss it to you, but not today. i am here to ask for this to be continued to next week to save you time today. i am looking forward to sharing with you this needed charter amendment. i will be asking for a continuance today. >> thank you so much. if my colleagues don't have comments we will open this up to public comment anticipating motion to continue. >> do we have anybody on the line? members of the public who wish to comment on this should call (415)655-0001, meeting i
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id1451435810. if you would like to speak at this time press star 3 to be unmuted. do we have anybody on the line? >> madam chair, no callers in the queue. >> public comment is closed. i would like to make a motion to continue this item to our next rules committee meeting. >> on that motion. >> shall we continue it to the call of the chair just in case? i would like to revise my motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. >> on that motion. supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you very much.
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could you please read item 1. ordinance amending the administrative code to include as a mandatory element in the definition of the term responsible substantiation of a record of safe performance on construction projects by the bidder or proposer on a public works or improvement project and to expressly require construction contract an weareds for all specific project delivery methods to be made only to responsible construction contractors. >> wonderful. we have bill barns here from the city administrator's office. any comments or presentation? we can't hear you.
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>> so this ordinance is based on work from president yee who had a hearing in 2018 about a dangerous situation in the tunnel where an individual was killed. one of the questions asked was how do we evaluate safety in public works contracts? for the benefit of the public chapter 6 governs all public works department airport, m.t.a., rec and park and public works. every other definition of those responsible. abidder you have to demonstratin bonding capacity. it doesn't require a safety record being included as the responsibility determination. this adds to the definition of responsible that you share your safety record. that includes both citations and
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promotions as well as those pending. in an earlier case there was a pending citation because it wasn't finalized it wasn't reported. it is previous work and department would review it. it applies responsible to all different method of contractors. design build, elevator construction, hazard mitigation. those were inclusive of the responsible language. working with the city attorney this was added. this has support of the chapter 6 contracting departments based on what the p.u.c. has already done and i am happy too answer any questions. >> any questions? okay. thank you so much. mr. clerk. is there any public comment on this item?
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>> i would like to state that members of the public to participate should call (415)655-0001. meeting id1455r1435 '81 0 and press pound. if you are on the line and would like to make public comment dial star 3 at this time. mr. speakers on the line? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> then public comment is closed. i am happy to make a motion to move this item forward with positive recommendation. >> on that motion. supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you so much.
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is there any other items on the agenda? >> that completes th the th ther today. >> fastest rules meeting ever. have a nice day ever everyone. meeting is adjourned. . >> the small business commission thanks media services, sfgtv. members of the