NOTICE OF MEETING
and
AGENDA
Friday, August 27, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400
San Francisco, California
1. Call to order and roll call
Shona Gochenaur -- Chair
David Goldman – Vice Chair
Mary Schroeder
Raymond Gamley
Martin Olive
Kevin Reed
Sarah Shrader
Patrick Goggin
Albert Blais
Erich Pearson
Michelle Aldrich
Maureen Burns
Stephanie Tucker
2. Welcome by Ed Lee, City Administrator
3. Public comment
4. Approval of Minutes of August 6, 2010 meeting [Action Item]
a) Public Comment
5. Approval of Agenda for August 27, 2010 meeting [Action Item]
a) Public comment
Consent Calendar [Action Items]
6. Approve received applications for all committees. [Submitted by S. Gochenaur]
7. Approve small working group (composed of Patrick Goggin, Stephanie Tucker, and Shona Gochennaur) to lobby BOS for additional seats. [Submitted by S. Gochenaur]
8. Approve public events series starting in January 2011. [Submitted by S. Tucker]
a) Public comment
Regular Calendar
9. Approve Nursery Safety Guidelines V. 10. [Action Item, submitted by S. Gochenaur]
a) Public comment
10. Hold public education forum on Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010. Select a working group to organize event promptly. [Action item, submitted by A. Blias]
a) Public comment
11. Approve neighborhood outreach and education series. [Action item, submitted by M. Burns]
a) Public comment
12. 3:00 P.M. Special Order: Speakers to be announced
13. Consideration of Task Force rotating chairs [Discussion and Action Item, submitted by M. Aldrich]
a) Public Comment
14. Consideration for Cultivator’s Registration Program and/or cultivation regulation [Discussion Item]
15. Topics for consideration at future task force meetings [Discussion Item]
16. Adjournment
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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
(415) 554-7724
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