CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR THE CENTRAL MARKET & TENDERLOIN AREA

The agenda packet is available for review at the City Administrator’s Office (City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 362) and at the meeting

SPECIAL MEETING
Meeting Minutes
Thursday,  February  15,  2018
5:45  pm
City  Hall  1  Dr.  Carlton  B  Goodlett  Place,  Room  416

Meeting Started at 5:52PM

Order of Business

1. Call to Order/Roll Call
Rob Gitin, Chair
Stephen Tennis, Vice Chair
Peter Masiak,
Sam (Sarah) Dennison
Antoinetta Stadlman

Prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting

2. Approval of Minutes [Action] December 7, 2017, January 12, 2018, & February 15, 2018
 
3. Approval of Excused Absences [Action]
- None

4. CAO Update
- Discussed CBA deadlines and process for after approval.

5. Presentation by Community Liaisons on New/Renewal Community Benefit Agreements [Discussion & Action]
- Lever Inc.
i. Lever Staff Liaison presented on updates to their CBA draft. The only major update was the addition and further committeement to volunteer hours and to partner with other companies in the program to create a plan on neighborhood schools.
ii. Committee voted 5-0 on a positive recommendation.
- Spotify:
i. Staff Liaisons for Spotify presented updates to their CBA agreement. The company is in the last year of the program and will continue its long standing committeements while also expanding their outreach to other organizations. The comapaniy has also committeed to working with neighborhood schools.
ii. Committee voted 5-0 on a positive recommendation.
- Zoosk:
i. Staff Liaison from Zoosk presented a revised draft of their final CBA. Zoosk is in the final year of the program and will continue their previous partnerships and committeements while also expanding to work with animal groups and local school and education centers. The comapaniy has also committeed to working with neighborhood schools.
ii. Committee voted 5-0 on a positive recommendation.
- Fitness SF:
i. The CBA for Fitness SF was previously given draft approval on the promise a correction was made. Fitness SF made the requested recommednation to provide additional detail and numbers on members awarded by the company to non-profit organizations.
ii. The committee voted to recommend approval of the CBA.
- PAE Engineers:
i. Staff Liaisons from PAE Engineers presented the new draft and first CBA agreement. PAE has committed to working with housing and SRO management groups on improvements to facilities. The company will also work with education centers on STEM learning. The comapaniy has also committeed to working with neighborhood schools.
ii. Committee voted 5-0 on a positive recommendation.

6. General Public Comment
- Julie Roberts-Phung – Spoke to the ongoing partnership with CMTCBA Companies and Neighborhood Schools – Redding Elementary raised $45,000 with the help of CBA Companies.
- George Simmons – Possibility of Small Business Grants under CBA’s
- Name Unknown- Positive steps with CMTCBA Companies and Neighborhood Schools
- At this time, members of the public may address the Citizens Advisory Committee on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee but do not appear on the agenda. With respect to agenda items, the public will be given an opportunity to address the Committee when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may address the Committee for up to three minutes.

The Brown Act forbids a Committee from taking action or discussing any item not appearing on the posted agenda, including those items raised at Public Comment. In response to public comment on an item that is not on the agenda, the Committee is limited to:

• briefly responding to statements made or questions posed by members of the public, or
• requesting staff to report back on a matter at a subsequent meeting, or
• directing staff to place the item on a future agenda. (Government Code Section 54954.2(a).)

7. Committee Members’ Proposed Future Agenda Items [Discussion]
- Discussion with companies and public school representatives
- Annual Report

8. Committee Members’ Comments and Announcements

9. Next Meeting Schedule [Discussion/Action]
The next regularly scheduled meeting April 5, 2018. 

10. Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 8:36pm

RINGING AND THE USE OF CELLPHONES

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. 

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.

For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapters 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, please contact:

Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Place Room 244
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
Phone: 415-554-7724, Fax: 415-554-5784
Email: sotf@sfgov.org

Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Administrator of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City’s website at www.sfgov.org.

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