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AGENDA
ELECTIONS COMMISSION
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
City Hall, Room 408
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
7:00 pm
COMMISSIONERS
The Honorable Arnold Townsend, President
The Honorable Eric Safire, Vice President
The Honorable Sheila Chung
The Honorable Gerard Gleason
The Honorable Richard P. Matthews
The Honorable Michael Mendelson
Shirley Rodriques
COMMISSION SECRETARY
ELECTIONS COMMISSION
Wednesday, January 19, 2004
ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. FLAG SALUTE
4. Public Comment on any issue within the Elections Commission’s general jurisdiction. The Commission will hear specific public comment on each action item on the agenda before taking action on that item.
5. Director’s Report
• Voter Services Division
• Campaign Services
• Poll Locating/ADA
• Budget/Personnel
• Poll Worker Division
• Technology Division
- Budget and Policy Committee Report
• Suggestions of ways to meet the Department’s budgetary reductions
• Proposal of Election Plan Template
7. New Business
(a) Discussion and possible action to propose an amendment to California Elections Code section 12105, which requires pre-election publication of poll workers and polling places in a newspaper. Instead of newspaper publication, the Department of Elections could post the information on its website and in its main office, as a cost-savings measure. (This item was continued from the December 15, 2004 meeting).
(b) Discussion and possible action to send a letter to the Board of Education and to the private schools whose students served as poll workers in the November 2004 election, thanking them for their invaluable assistance and requesting continued support for future elections.
- Discussion and possible action to approve an Election Plan Template. San Francisco Charter section 13103.5 requires that the Elections Commission approve an Election Plan in advance of each election. The template would be used by the Department of Elections to prepare the Election Plan for all future elections.
(d) Discussion and possible action to reduce the frequency of Commission meetings.
8. Discussion regarding items for future agendas.
9. Public comment on any issue within the Elections Commission’s general jurisdiction.
10. Announcements.
ADJOURNMENT
Disability Access
The Elections Commission meetings are usually held in Room 408, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA. The Commission meeting room is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at United Nations Plaza and Market Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #42 Downtown Loop, and #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro Stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For information about MUNI accessible services call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible curbside parking adjacent to City Hall on Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue and in the vicinity of the Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness Avenue adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.
The following services are available on request 48 hours prior to the meeting; except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline shall be 4:00 p.m. of the last business day of the preceding week: For American sign language interpreters or the use of a reader during a meeting, a sound enhancement system, and/or alternative formats of the agenda and minutes, please contact The Elections Office at (415) 554- 4375 or our TDD at (415) 554-4386 to make arrangements for the accommodation. Late requests will be honored, if possible.
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. Individuals with chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility hotline at (415) 554-6060.
Know your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)
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 or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, Donna Hall, Clerk, City Hall, Room 409, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4683 at Phone No.: (415) 554-7724; Fax No.: (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 website at www.ci.sf.ca.us.
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.
Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code §2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300, fax (415) 581-2317; web site at http://www.sfethics.org/.