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, February 14, 2003 at 2:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 263
Chair: Commissioner Gonzalez; Vice-Chair: Commissioner McGoldrick
Members: Commissioners Ammiano, Hall and Schmeltzer
Alternate Members: Commissioners Peskin and Fellman
Clerk: Monica Fish
SPECIAL AGENDA
(There will be public comment on each item)
1. Call to Order and Roll Call.
2. Discussion and Action regarding Request from Commissioner Gonzalez to Discuss and Act on Meeting Twice a Month. (Continued from the January 31, 2003 meeting.)
3. Discussion and Action on the Proposal for Budget Reductions for the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (SFLAFCo) for Fiscal Year 2003-04.
4. Discussion and approval of the Proposed SFLAFCo's Work Plan Approach and Next Steps (Discussion and Action item) (Continued from the December 20, 2002 meeting).
5. Discussion and Action of Future Public Hearing Items that include 1) Renewable Tidal Energy; 2) Recycled Water and Ground Water; 3) Desalinization; 4) Solar Power and Energy Conservation; and 5) R. W. Beck Report on Community Aggregation.
6. Future Agenda Items.
7. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda.
8. CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
Motion that the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission convenes in closed session. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9(a).
E. J. Simpson v. Local Agency Formation Commission of the City and County of San Francisco: San Francisco Superior Court Case No. 412427.
Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?
PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
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 elects at this time not to disclose its closed session deliberations concerning the litigation listed above.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION FOR ANY REPORTABLE ACTION
9. 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.
Posted: 2/5/03