San FranciscoCommission of

Animal Control & Welfare

MEETING AGENDA

Thursday, August 14, 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:            Sally Stephens

 (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 July 10, 2008 Meeting

[Discussion/Action Item]

4.       Chairperson’s report and opening remarks 

[Discussion Item]

5.       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 on the status of the letter sent by the Commission to the Board of Supervisors urging them to hold hearings about animal welfare issues at the San Francisco Zoo.

[Commissioner Stephens]

6.   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) Update on progress in identifying recommendations for changes in funding guidelines at the Arts Commission to ensure City money is not used to create, produce, or display media in which animal cruelty is committed during the making of the media. This is an outgrowth of previous discussions about a possible Humanitarian Art Ordinance. [Discussion only]

[Commissioner Gerrie]

7.     New 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) Update on status of coyotes in San Francisco, including what Animal Care and Control is doing to minimize coyote-human interactions. [Discussion only]
[Commissioner Guldbech]

B) July 2008 meeting included a request by a Commissioner to calendar an agenda item on “no-kill” policies in San Francisco. “No kill” means that no healthy dog or cat is euthanized in a shelter. The Commissioner who requested the calendared item is no longer on the Commission. Discussion of whether another Commissioner wishes to take on the subject and possible approaches to the subject. [Discussion only]

[Calendared item from July 2008 meeting]

8.     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.

9.     Calendar Items

10.Closing Review of Task Allotment and Next Steps

[Review Item] 

11. 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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