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

MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, January 11, 2018
5:45 pm
City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 416

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 Excused Absences [Action]

3. CAO Update
- Jack Gallagher is working with new and renewal companies on draft community benefit agreements for 2018.

4. Presentation by Community Liaisons [Discussion]
- Mircosoft/Yammer:
i. Staff Liaison from Microsoft/Yammer presented on the companies end of year work in the community and discussed how the company is looking to work with community stakeholders on new and continued partnerships. They asked for community input on how to expand their local purchasing footprint and asked the community for suggestions and recommendations.
- Twitter:
i. Twitter Staff Liaison presented and gave updates on their community work. They also presented on information and discussed the success of the Neighborhood Nest, by presenting information on the numbers of individuals using the center, programing, and staff participation. 

5. Presentation by Community Liaisons on New/Renewal Community Benefit Agreements [Discussion & Action]
- Lever. Inc.
i. Staff representatives discussed changes to their draft agreement which included additional support for neighborhood schools and increase their commitment to volunteer hours. The committee gave a provisional positive recommendation pending some small corrections that needed to be made.
- Fitness SF Mid – Market
i. Staff representative gave an overview of corrections made to their CBA since the last meeting. Their corrections where to clarify numbers not listed in their previous draft agreement. The committee gave a provisional positive recommendation pending some small corrections to key features within their agreement.
- Spotify Inc.
i. Staff representatives discussed their CBA agreement. Their agreement had some large changes compared to previous years, after receiving public comment and input from the community on better ways to help the neighborhood. In their agreement they added support for local area schools and to work with other CBA companies on ways to support local schools.
- PAE Engineers
i. Representatives of PAE discussed and presented on their CBA. In PAE’s CBA they added support for local area schools and STEAM education. They added pro bono work with housing organizations in area to provided support in building upgrades and energy efficiency retrofits.

6. General Public Comment
- 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]

8. Committee Members’ Comments and Announcements

9. Next Meeting Schedule [Discussion/Action]
The next regularly scheduled meeting February 1, 2018. 

10. Adjournment

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.

DISABILITY ACCESS

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B Goodlett Place, is between Grove and McAllister Streets and is wheelchair accessible. The closest BART and MUNI Metro Station is Civic Center, about three blocks away. Accessible MUNI lines nearest City Hall are: 42 Downtown Loop, 49 Van Ness-Mission and F-Market & MUNI Metro (Civic Center Station). There is accessible parking available in the vicinity of City Hall.

For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.

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LOBBYIST ORDINANCE

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please contact the Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 252‐3100, fax (415) 252‐3112 and website: http://www.sfgov.org/ethics/.