MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, November 16, 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 September 9, 2010 Meeting
[Discussion/Action Item]
4. Chairperson’s report and
opening remarks
[Discussion Item]
5. Unfinished Business
A) The Commission will discuss and take possible action to table indefinitely the issue of whether or not San Francisco should mandate that all city shelters not euthanize any adoptable animal or any animal that would be adoptable after behavioral or medical intervention. The Commission has discussed various aspects of this issue over the course of the past two years. In May 2010, the Commission said it would revisit the issue in three months, and this agenda item fulfills that commitment. [Discussion/Action Item] [Commissioner Brooks]
6.
New
Business
A) Discussion and possible action to send a letter to the Recreation and Park Department regarding what can be done to improve communication with the Department about vegetation removal in Golden Gate Park (and other city parks) and its impact on wildlife and feral cats. Recent construction at the Sharon Art Studio bulldozed, with little warning, a clump of thick habitat used by wildlife and feral cats. The cats had lived there for thirteen years and have not been seen since the bulldozing. However, vegetation (habitat) removal in the parks has been and is an ongoing problem. [Discussion/Action Item] [Commissioner Hemphill]
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.
