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November 16, 2001

Meeting Information

AGENDA

Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include explanatory documents, including Executive Officer report and public correspondence.

These items will be available for review at City Hall, Room 244, Reception Desk.

Special Meeting

Friday, November 16, 2001 at 2:00 p.m.

City Hall, Room 263

Members: Chairperson Eisenberg and Commissioners Ammiano, Gonzalez,

and McGoldrick

Clerk: Monica Fish

SPECIAL AGENDA

(There will be public comment on each item)

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. CLOSED SESSION REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION (Continued from September 28, 2001).

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL

Motion that the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission convene in

closed session under the provisions of Government Code Section 54956.9(a):

Winchell Hayward v. San Francisco LAFCO; City and County of San Francisco Case

No. 324661, for the purposes of conferring with or receiving advice from legal

counsel.

Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

After a closed session, if one occurs, the Chairperson shall (1) request the Legal Counsel to identify the subjects discussed in the closed session, and (2) direct the Clerk to report the vote taken on any motion in the closed session.

[Elect To Disclose]

Motion that the SF LAFCO finds it is in the public interest to disclose information discussed in closed session, and directs the Chairperson immediately to disclose that information.

[Elect Not to Disclose]

Motion that the SF LAFCO finds that it is in the best interest of the public that the Board elect at this time not to disclose its closed session deliberations concerning the litigation listed above.

3. Approval of Minutes of the Commission Meeting of September 28, 2001 and Subcommittee/Commission Meeting of October 5, 2001.

4. Election of 2001-2002 Officers for the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (SF LAFCo).

5. Resolution regarding SF LAFCo Budget/Revenue Understanding with the San Francisco City and County.

6. Discussion and action regarding direction to the Executive Officer to reallocate the existing budget to provide for appropriations for consultant services and additional temporary staff support.

7. Recommendation and action regarding the SF LAFCo Subcommittee recommendations on scoping of issues for a Request for Qualification (RFQ) to provide data and information to the Commission on public power options, including scheduling possible hearings at the SF LAFCo on public power options.

8. Recommendation and action regarding direction to the Executive Officer on the selection of a consultant(s) to assist on scoping of issues and providing data to the Commission on public power options including participating in possible hearings at SF LAFCo on public power options.

9. Discussion regarding the nature of the role of the Board of Supervisors and SF LAFCo and how it relates to present and future elections.

10. Future Agenda Items

11. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda

12. Adjournment

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

NOTE: Persons unable to attend the meeting may submit to LAFCo, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding the agenda items above. These comments will be made a part of the official public record and shall be brought to the attention of LAFCo members. Any written comments should be sent to: Committee Clerk of LAFCo, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102 by 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the hearing. Comments which cannot be delivered to the Committee Clerk by that time may be taken directly to the hearing at the location above.

DISABILITY ACCESS

Both the Committee Room (Room 263) and the Legislative Chamber are 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, and the #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 more information about MUNI accessible services, call 923-6142.

There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.

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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. The Sunshine 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 Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Donna Hall; by mail to Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-5784 or by email at Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us

Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://sfbos.org/sunshinehtm


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