NOTICE OF MEETING
and
AGENDA
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400
San Francisco, California
1. Call to order and roll call
Stephanie Tucker -- Chair
David Goldman
Shona Gochenaur
Mary Schroeder
Raymond Gamley
Martin Olive
Kevin Reed
Sarah Shrader
Patrick Goggin
Albert Blais Erich Pearson
Michelle Aldrich
Maureen Burns
2. Consideration and approval of meeting agenda [Discussion and Action Item]
a) Public comment
3. Introductions [Discussion Item]
a) Public comment
4. Overview of rules and laws for City commissioners, boards and task forces:
SF Charter, Brown Act, Public Meeting laws and Sunshine Ordinance [Presentation]
a) Public comment
5. Consideration of Task Force Mission Statement and bylaws [Discussion and Action Item]
a) Public comment
6. Consideration of Task Force website [Discussion and Action Item]
a) Public comment
7. Consideration of Task Force Roles and Committees [Discussions and Action items]
• Cultivation
• Spokesperson
• Responding to public requests
• Legislative / Legal
• Patient Advocacy
• Public Relations
a) Public comment
8. Consideration of two additional seats to Task Force [Discussion and Action item]
a) Public comment
9. Consideration of cultivation regulations and best practices [Discussion]
a) Public comment
10. Consideration of further amendments to Medical Cannabis Task Force legislation [Discussion and Possible Action Item]
a) Public comment
11. Consideration of Attorney General’s/AG Race and what is at stake for medical cannabis [Presentation and Discussion]
a) Public comment
12. Consideration for Cultivator’s Registration Program [Discussion and Possible Action item]
a) Public comment
13. Consideration for Task Force Sponsored public debate on the Tax and Regulate initiative [Discussion and Possible Action Item]
a) Public comment
14. Consideration for Task Force sponsored Public Events Series [Discussion]
a) Public comment
15. Consideration and approval of future meetings [Discussion and Action Item]
a) Public comment
16. Topics for consideration at future task force meetings [Discussion Item]
a) Public comment
17. Public comment
18. Adjournment
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. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.
For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapters 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, please contact:
Frank Darby, Administrator
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
554-7724
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.
DISABILITY ACCESS
City Hall is between Grove and McAllister Streets and is wheelchair accessible. The closest BART and MUNI Metro Station is Civic Center, about three blocks away. Accessible MUNI lines nearest City Hall are: 42 Downtown Loop, 49 Van Ness-Mission and F-Market & MUNI Metro (Civic Center Station).
For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible parking available in the vicinity of City Hall.
For assistance with special needs (large print agendas, sign language interpreters, etc.), call Jill Lerner at 554-6075.
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 others may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals.
LOBBYIST ORDINANCE
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (Administrative Code Section 16.520-534) to register and report lobbying activity.
For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street, Suite 701, San Francisco, CA 94102, (415) 554-9510, FAX (415) 703-1021, or visit its website at
http://www.sfgov.org/ethics
