NOTICE OF MEETING and AGENDA
Friday, May 20, 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
Maureen Burns - Chair
Michelle Aldrich– Vice Chair
Stewart Rhoads
Stephanie Tucker
David Goldman
Shona Gochenaur
Mary Schroeder
Raymond Gamley
Martin Olive
Kevin Reed
Sarah Shrader
Patrick Goggin
Albert Blais
Erich Pearson
2. Review of Legislative Purposes of Task Force [Discussion Item]
3. Approval of Minutes of April 29, 2011 meeting [Action Item]
a) Public Comment
4. Approval of Agenda for May 20, 2011 meeting [Action Item]
a) Public comment
5. Public Comment
6. Review meeting format and discuss questions to be presented to guest speakers.
[Discussion Item, Submitted by S. Tucker]
7. Special Order – 9:30a.m. Presentations and Q&A by City officials.
• Richard Lee, Director of Regulatory Programs, Environmental Health, DPH
• Larry Kessler, Program Manager, Medical Cannabis Dispensary Inspection Program, DPH
8. Definition of MCD, proposed amendments. [Discussion & Action Item, Submitted by S. Gochenauer]
a.) Public Comment
9. Compassion program affordability and selection, Community Chest [Discussion & Action Item, Submitted by S. Gochenauer]
a.) Public Comment
10. 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
11. Committee and working group reports: [Discussion & possible Action Items]
• Legal/Legislative
• Patient Advocacy
• Cultivation
• Outreach
• Veterans
12. 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: Thomas A. Bernheim
a.) Public Comment
13. 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
14. Committee recommends to the Task Force and Board of Supervisors (and requests a vote on) leaving Article 33 (Medical Cannabis Act) 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
15. 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
16. Final approval of the “Nursery Safety Guidelines”. [Discussion & Action Item, Submitted by S. Rhoads and the Cultivation Committee]
a.) Public Comment
17. Update and discussion on production of annual report to BOS. [Discussion Item, Submitted by S. Tucker]
18. Topics for consideration at future task force meetings [Discussion Item]
19. Adjournment
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Frank Darby, Administrator
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
(415) 554-7724
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