May 8, 2012

NOTICE OF MEETING and AGENDA
Monday, May 8, 2012, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
San Francisco, California


1. Call to order and roll call
Hunter Holliman- Chair
Shona Gochenaur- Vice Chair
Jean Talleyrand
Stewart Rhoads
Leonard Watkins
Raymond Gamley
Martin Olive
Stephanie Tucker
Sarah Shrader
Brent Saupe
Erich Pearson
Maureen Burns

2. Approval of Minutes of February 27, 2012 Meeting [Action Item]
a) Public comment

3. Approval of Agenda for May 08, 2012 Meeting [Action Item]
a) Public comment

4. General Public Comments (10 minutes)

5. Veterans’ Committee Letter to Board of Supervisors. Proposal to Forward. (10 minutes) [Action Item, submitted by Hunter Holliman]
a) Public comment

6. Follow-Up of MCTF Emergency Resolution to create an expedited permitting process for
displaced MCD's [Discussion & possible Action Item, submitted by Stephanie Tucker] (20 minutes*)
a) Public comment

7. Guests: DPH representatives Colleen Chawla & Rajiv Bhatia [Discussion, submitted by Stephanie Tucker] (60 minutes*)
a) Medical cannabis dispensaries' compliance with relevant city planning, building and fire rules for growing, storage, and distribution of medical cannabis
b) Delivery-only medical cannabis dispensaries
c) Medical cannabis dispensaries that primarily produce/distribute medical cannabis edibles
d) Safety standards for the production, distribution, and consumption of medical cannabis edibles
e) Safety standards for the production and distribution of medical cannabis concentrates
f) Re-permitting of closed medical cannabis dispensaries

8. Committees (15 minutes) [Discussion and possible Action Item]
a) Review and approve committee applicants (if any)
b) Veterans Committee Report
c) Legal Committee Report
d) Patient Advocacy Committee Report
e) Cultivation Committee Report

9. New Business [Discussion Item]

10. Wrap-up Public Comments (5 minutes)

11. New Agenda Items and Speaker Invitations [Discussion Item]

12. 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
(415) 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.


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For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible parking available in the vicinity of City Hall.

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LOBBYIST ORDINANCE

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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