April 29, 2011

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
and AGENDA

Friday, April 29, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400
San Francisco, California

1. Call to order and roll call
Michelle Aldrich--Chair
Erich Pearson – Vice Chair
Maureen Burns
Stephanie Tucker
David Goldman
Shona Gochenaur
Mary Schroeder
Raymond Gamley
Martin Olive
Kevin Reed
Sarah Shrader
Patrick Goggin
Albert Blais

2. Approval of Minutes of April 15, 2011 meeting [Action Item]
a) Public Comment

3. Approval of Agenda for April 29, 2011 meeting [Action Item]
a) Public comment

4. Public Comment

5. Review meeting format and discuss questions to be presented to guest speakers.
[Discussion Item, Submitted by S. Tucker]

6. Special Order – 9:30a.m., Presentations and Q&A by City officials.
• Dan Sider, Ombudsman at the San Francisco Planning Department

7. Committee and working group reports: [Discussion & possible Action Items]
• Legal/Legislative
• Patient Advocacy
• Cultivation
o Edible Subcommittee
• Outreach
• Veterans

8. Review and approve candidates for committees [Action Item]
• Outreach: Michael Dane
• Outreach: Antonio Gunnells
• Outreach: Caren Woodsen
• Legal: Misty Dawn Puleo (no openings)
• Cultivation: Caren Woodsen (remove Ben Breschini)
• Cultivation: Eric Levy
• Patient Advocacy: Antonio Gunnells
• Veterans:
a.) Public Comment


9. Urge the BOS to require any collective or cooperative serving 10 or more patients in San Francisco to comply with Article 33 of the Health Code, regardless of their county of origin, until that law should change. [Discussion & Action Item, Submitted by Legal Committee]
a.) Public Comment

10. Committee recommends to the Task Force and Board of Supervisors (and requests a vote on) leaving Article 33 alone, as is, with 24 plants and 25-sq ft of canopy per patient limits. [Discussion & Action Item, Submitted by Cultivation Committee]
a.) Public Comment

11. Definition of MCD, proposed amendments. [Discussion & Action Item, Submitted by S. Gochenauer]
a.) Public Comment

12. Compassion program affordability and selection, Community Chest [Discussion & Action Item, Submitted by S. Gochenauer]
a.) Public Comment

13. Update on website content and progress report on letters sent to City agencies. [Discussion & Action Item, Submitted by S. Shrader and S. Tucker]
a.) Public Comment

14. Remove home-nursery guidelines from MCTF website until they are completed and approved by MCTF. [Discussion & Action Item, Submitted by S. Tucker]
a.) Public Comment

15. Update and discussion on production of annual report to BOS. [Discussion Item, Submitted by S. Tucker]

16. Topics for consideration at future task force meetings [Discussion Item]

17. Public Comment

18. Adjournment