MEETING
AGENDA
Thursday, August 12, 2010
5:30 PM
Room 408
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
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Susanna Russo, Geneva Page, Jack Aldridge, DVM, 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 362
San Francisco, CA
94102
Commission
Voicemail: (415)
554-6074
Website: www.sfgov.org/awcc
Commission
Chairperson: Sally Stephens
(Note: Public comment will be taken on each item. Items are first introduced to the Commission,
and then there is public comment. After
public comment, the Commission may further discuss the item and vote if it is
an action item.)
1.
Call to Order and Roll Call
2. General 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 8, 2010 Meeting
[Discussion/Action Item]
4.
Chairperson’s
report and opening remarks
[Discussion Item]
5.
Unfinished Business
A) Continuation of discussion and possible action to
recommend to the Board of Supervisors that they pass an ordinance prohibiting
the sale or transfer of dogs, cats, and possibly other small animals (including
hamsters, rats, mice, guinea pigs, and chinchillas) and birds in companion animal (pet) stores.
An exemption for animals from shelters or rescue groups would be allowed. This
ordinance is intended to stop the sale of dogs, cats and other animals from
puppy mills and other breeding mills, as well as to decrease euthanasia rates
of small animals in city shelters. [Discussion/Action Item] [Commissioner
Gerrie]
6.
New
Business
A) Discussion and possible action to send a letter to the
Board of Supervisors, with
copies sent to the Recreation and Park Commission and Joint Zoo Committee, to advise them of
relatively inexpensive improvements that would
address animal welfare concerns at the San Francisco Zoo
in the following ways: 1) expand and improve the Baird's tapir exhibit into
neighboring empty exhibit by creating an opening in the wall between the two
exhibits to give the tapir more space and access to a second pool; 2) relocate
solitary giant eland to a more appropriate facility where he can join a herd
social structure; 3) expand the black rhino exhibit into the giant eland
exhibit once he is relocated; 4) expand the black rhino exhibit into the empty
adjacent hippo exhibit to provide more space for the rhinos; 5) create
full-flight aviaries for all birds at the Zoo; and 6) commit to only taking in
rescued exotic birds for all future acquisitions. [Discussion/Action Item]
[Commissioner Gerrie]
7. General 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.
8. Items to be put on the Calendar for Future
Commission Meetings
[Discussion Item]
9. Closing Review
of Task Allotments and Next Steps
[Discussion Item]
10. 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.
To
obtain a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in the
meeting, please contact Carla Vaughn at 252-2500 (voice) or 252-2550 (TDD) at
least two working days prior to the meeting.
In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate
persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical
sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded
that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.
Please help the City accommodate these individuals.
Policy on
Cell Phones, Pagers, and Electronic Devices: 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 more information on your
rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco's Administrative Code) or to
report a violation of the Ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task
Force. The current Sunshine Ordinance
Task Force Administrator, Frank Darby Jr., can be contacted at the Sunshine Ordinance
Task Force, City Hall, Room 244, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San
Francisco, CA 94102-4689; Office (415) 554-7724; Fax (415) 554-7854; E-mail:
[email protected] Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk
of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City’s
Web site at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine.
Attention:
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local
legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco
Lobbyist Ordinance (SF Administrative Code 16.520 - 16.534) to register and
report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance,
please contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street, #701, San
Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 554-9510; fax
(415) 703-0121 and web site http://www.sfethics.org
Documents for Public Inspection: Any documents related to an item on this
agenda that are distributed to the Commission in
advance of the meeting are available for public inspection and copying at the
Government Information Center, 5th Floor, SF Main Public Library, 100 Larkin St
(at Grove), open seven days a week. They are also available on the Commission
website: http://www.sfgov.org/awcc.