February 20, 2014 SECFC Outreach & Diversity Advisory Committee Notice of Meeting

OUTREACH & DIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY FACILITY COMMISSION
Thursday, February 20, 2014
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
1800 Oakdale Avenue, Alex Pitcher Community Room
San Francisco, California 94124

The goal of the Outreach & Diversity Advisory Committee is to increase community attendance and diversity at Commission meetings and events as well as raise awareness in the San Francisco community of the SECF Commission activities.

Requests for public comment may also be heard after Commission discussion of an agenda item by completing an information card and submitting it to the Commission Secretary.  Requests are given ‘first come first serve’ priority and speakers may be limited to three minutes.

AGENDA

1.    CALL TO ORDER

2.    ROLL CALL

3.    ANNOUCEMENT:  The Sunshine Ordinance prohibits the use of electronic sound-producing devise at/during public meetings.  Please be advised that the meeting chair may remove any person (s) responsible for the ringing or use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices from the meeting room.

The next meeting of the Outreach and Diversity Advisory Committee is scheduled for TBD.

4.    PUBLIC COMMENT:  Members of the public may address the Committee on matters under the jurisdiction of the Commission that is not on today’s agenda.  (Limited to three minutes)

5.    TOPIC (Discussion & Action)

A)  Identify current outreach efforts and brainstorm future outreach strategies to increase commission meeting attendance and community involvement
B)  Identify and invite interested individuals, organizations, businesses and/or other entities who are invested in the Bayview to present to the commission and create culture exchange opportunities as well as sharing resources
C)  Propose Outreach and Diversity Committee monthly meeting date and time (first Thursday of the month 2pm)

6.    DISCUSSION

Timeline with milestones and division of labor.

7.    ACTION PLANS & RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL SECF COMMISSION

8.    NEW BUSINESS REQUESTS for Future Agenda Items (Discussion)
(This item is to allow Committee members & staff to suggest/introduce agenda items for future consideration)

9.    PUBLIC COMMENT

10.    ADJOURNMENT

To obtain a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the meeting, please contact Commission Secretary, Carla Vaughn at (415) 821-1534 and/or Cvaughn@sfwater.org at least 48 hours before the meeting, except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline is 4:00 p.m. the previous Friday.

Committee:
Chair, Commissioner Eddy Zheng
Co-Chair, Commissioner LaVaughn K. King
Alternate, Commission, Chairperson Karen Chung

Community Members:
Lance Burton/ Carl Alexander/Barbara Ockels

Staff:
Toye Moses, Executive Director, SECFC
Francis Starr, Sr. Management Assistant
Carla Vaughn, Commission Executive Secretary II
BJ Jones, SFPUC External Affairs, Community Development Specialist
Marilyn Ramos, Events Coordinator, Acting
Eleanore Fernandez, Committee Coordinator