Biosciences Task Force
MINUTES of the SAN FRANCISCO BIOSCIENCES
TASK FORCE
Tuesday, June 1, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Place, Rm. 421
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 4:20 p.m.
Present:
Reed Benet
Chris Geiger (ENV)
Rajiv Bhatia (DPH)
Madison Kilpatrick
Jan Bolaffi
Dr. Mike Le
Jesse Blout (ECON DEV)
Richard Morten
Miriam Chyon (DCP)
Karen Pierce
Michael Costa
Greg Stewart
Theresa Feeley
Corinne Woods
Absent
Frank Chiu
Amit Ghosh (DCP)
Peter Cohen
Scott Ogus
My Do
Scott Williams
Lori Yamauchi
2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting of May 4, 2004 were approved as written.
3. HEALTH AND SAFETY FRAMEWORK
Presentation by Dr. Bahtia on a draft document from the Department of Public Health entitled, "Framework for local regulations of commercial biotechnology land uses in San Francisco." It proposes statutory regulatory requirements for biotechnology uses. It also includes a proposal for a Biosafety Management Plan.
4. REPORT OF AD HOC WORKING GROUP
Elaine Warren reporting: group discussed the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan as the logical space to focus on for bioscience and technical uses. Discussion about the fact that PDR (production, distribution and repair) does not include bioscience. Discussed creating a research definition. Agreed that Scott Williams would create a matrix of bioscience definitions.
Group discussed elements that should be included in the zoning: residential, PDR, industry. Also discussed which neighborhoods could be zoned for biotech.
7. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
