November 19, 2010

Minutes
Friday, November 19, 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
The meeting was called to order by Task Force Chair Martin Olive at 9:30 a.m.
Present:
Martin Olive, Chair
Mary Schroeder, Vice Chair
Kevin Reed
Sarah Shrader
Patrick Goggin
Albert Blais
J. Erich Pearson
Michelle Aldrich
Maureen Burns
Stephanie Tucker
David Goldman
Shona Gochenaur

Absent:
Raymond Gamley

2. Approval of Minutes of October 15, 2010 meeting
There were no public comments. Minutes were approved.

3. Approval of Agenda for November 19, 2010 meeting
Suggestions were made to modify the order of items on the agenda. Public comments were made. Agenda for the meeting was approved.

4. Public comment
Comments were made by members of the public.

5. Committee and working group reports
Patrick Goggin reported that the Legal Committee drafted a letter to the City Attorney regarding aggressive actions evicting existing dispensaries, seeking clarification on delivery services and community patient advocacy. Letter is being finalized and should be ready to be sent next week. No committee meeting held this past month. Next committee meeting is planned for December 4, 2010 at 10:00 am. Martin Olive is stepping down from being on the legal committee.
Michelle Aldrich reported that the Public Relations did not meet and has no report.

Stewart Rhoads reported that the Patient Advocacy Committee met this past month and submitted copies of the September minutes. Issue of a committee and Task Force member’s behavior was approved for referral to the Task Force. Draft of cultivation safety guidelines is being reformatted and considered 2/3rd complete. Discussion held regarding having co-chairs for leadership structure for the committee. Future meetings will be held on the 2nd Friday of each month, with time to be determined.

6. Update of resolution to Supervisors
Resolution submitted to Supervisors passed unanimously.

7. Recess was taken, 15 minutes.

8. Oversight in bylaws.
Discussion held regarding chairs of committees. Patrick Goggin will draft revision to the bylaws regarding committee chairs for the next Task Force meeting.

Stephanie Tucker will look into process for closed session for inclusion into the Task Force bylaws.
9. Develop mediation process
Discussion on mediation process. The legal committee will work on a panel of mediation options.

10. Review and vote on any new applications for all committees
No new applications received. Announcement made to submit resumes/bios to Medical.Cannabis.Taskforce@sfgov.org.

11. Develop process to invite speaker to meetings.
Proposed new process of having a section under New Business of each meeting to include inviting guest speakers and/or any Task Force member may put an item on the agenda suggesting guest speakers to invite. It will be decided at the Task Force meetings who should invite the suggested guests. Public comments were made. Process of inviting speakers was approved by the Task Force.

12. Unified Community Chest Compassionate Program
Shona Gochenaur presented Community Chest proposals. The Patient Advocacy Committee to review and work on the proposals, returning to the Task Force for specific support.

13. Discussion regarding San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) & California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Policy regarding ban on medical cannabis at SF establishments with liquor resale license.
David Goldman presented a fund raising event running into issues with San Francisco Police Department and Alcoholic Beverage Control. He requested that the Task Force take a lead in resolving ban on medical cannabis at establishments with liquor resale license. Topic to be further explored in future meetings

14. Topics for consideration at future task force meetings.
• Suggested guest speakers include: Police commander David Lazar, SFPD permit officer Timothy Dalton, Entertainment Commissioner, Police Commissioner, representative from Alcoholic Beverage Control.
• Change MCA Act [Action item, Submitted by S. Gochenaur]
• Need for committee meetings to be recorded [Discussion item, Submitted by Michelle Aldrich]
• Recent State Board of Equalization BOE decision denying permit in the Sunset district [Discussion item, Submitted by Stephanie Tucker]
• Plan a Task Force meeting around a theme of Cultivation, inviting appropriate speakers and gathering best practices [Discussion item, Submitted by Stephanie Tucker]
• Review website contents

15. Website approval
Discussed and approved that contents on the Medical Cannabis Task Force website should be approved by the task force.

16. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 12:03 p.m.

Minutes taken by Carol Lei.