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MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, January 10, 2008
5:30 PM
Room 408
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
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Laurie Kennedy-Routhier, Mara Weiss DVM, Christine Garcia, Andrea Brooks, Sally Stephens
Philip Gerrie, Pam Hemphill, Vicky Guldbech, William Herndon, Bob Palacio
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Mailing Address: City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 453
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
Commission Voicemail: (415) 554-6074
Website: www.sfgov.org/awcc
Commission Chairperson: Laurie Kennedy-Routhier
(Note: Public comment will be taken on each discussion/action item.)
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
2. Public Comment
- Members of the public may address the Commission with comments or recommendations on items within the Commission’s jurisdiction other than the items on the agenda at the beginning or end of the meeting, but not both.
3. Approval of Draft Minutes from the November 8, 2007 Meeting
[Discussion/Action Item]
4. Chairperson’s report and opening remarks
[Discussion Item]
5. Committee Reports/Commissioner’s Reports
[Discussion Item]
A) Review of the deadly tiger attack at the SF Zoo on Christmas
[Commissioner Gerrie]
B) Report regarding an electrical fire that destroyed the home and took the lives of several animals of Rocket Dog Rescue founder Pali Boucher, and update regarding opportunities to provide assistance and to donate to the Rocket Dog Rescue Fire Emergency Fund.
[Commissioner Routhier]
6. Status and tracking of letters of recommendation approved by the Commission, requesting action by the Board of Supervisors
[Discussion Item/Action]
Items are first introduced to the Commission then there is public comment. After public comment, the Commission discusses the item and then may vote on it.
A) Update regarding the status of the Commission’s recommendation that the City pass a resolution that condemns the confinement of egg-laying hens in tiny, wire battery cages, and further encourages SF egg consumers not to purchase eggs produced by caged hens.
B) Update regarding the status of the Commission’s recommendation to pass a policy whereby SF city departments, city concessions, and city-funded events procure eggs produced only from cage-free hens.
C) Update regarding the status of the Commission’s recommendation that a permit process for professional dog walkers be established.
7. Old Business
[Discussion/Action Item]
- Items are first introduced to the Commission then there is public comment. After public comment, the Commission discusses the item and then may vote on it.
A) Discussion and possible action to recommend a management system and provisions that would protect wildlife caught behind the electric fences enclosing goats being used to control vegetation growth on lands under the jurisdiction of the city.
[Commissioner Routhier]
8. New Business
[Discussion/Action Item]
- Items are first introduced to the Commission and a motion is made, then there is public comment. After public comment, the Commission discusses the item and then may vote on it.
A) Commission officer elections:
- Chair
- Vice Chair
- Secretary
B) Discussion regarding potential action the commission may take to address 4th of July fireworks, which reportedly cause nesting birds to abandoned their nests and young.
[Commissioner Hemphill]
C) Discussion of the slaughter of non-native deer at Point Reyes and consideration of a resolution recommendation that would condemn the practice and encourage the National Park Service and other jurisdictions to adopt non-lethal means of controlling non-native populations and to consider killing large numbers of animals only as a last resort, undertaken only when all other reasonable means of population control have been given a chance and failed.
[Commissioner Stephens]
D) Discussion and possible action to recommend a resolution in support of the ballot initiative that would put a measure on the November 2008 ballot requiring that egg-laying hens, calves used for veal, and pigs used for breeding be given enough room to turn around and extend their limbs. This resolution would take the place of the formally voted on recommendation to pass a policy whereby SF city departments, city concessions, and city-funded events procure eggs produced only from cage-free hens.
[Commissioner Routhier]
9. Public Comment
- Members of the public may address the Commission with comments or recommendations on items within the Commission’s jurisdiction other than the items on the agenda at the beginning or end of the meeting, but not both.
10.Calendar Items
11. Closing Review of Task Allotment and Next Steps
[Review Item]
12.Adjournment
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Disability Access: Room 408 is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #42 Downtown Loop, the #71 Haight/Noriega, the F Line to Market and Van Ness, and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 923-6142.
There is accessible parking at the following locations: two (2) designated blue curb spaces on the southwest corner of McAllister Street at Van Ness Avenue; the Performing Arts Garage (entrance on Grove Street between Franklin and Gough Streets), and at Civic Center Plaza Garage.
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