MEETING CANCELLED. NO QUORUM. (7/20/12)
NOTICE OF MEETING and AGENDA
Friday, July 20, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400
San Francisco, California
1. Call to order and roll call
Shona Gochenaur - Chair
Hunter Holliman - Vice Chair
Leonard Watkins
Raymond Gamley
Martin Olive
Sarah Shrader
Brent Saupe
Erich Pearson
Maureen Burns
Stewart Rhoads
Jean Talleyrand
Stephanie Tucker
2. Approval of minutes from the May 8, 2012 meeting [5 minutes] [Action Item]
a) Public comments
3. Approval of agenda for the July 20, 2012 meeting [10 minutes] [Action Item]
a) Public comments
4. General public comments for items not on the agenda [10 minutes]
5. Review and Seating of Committee Applicants [15 minutes] [Action Item]
a) Veterans' committee
b) Legal committee
c) Patient Advocacy committee
d) Public comments
6. Attendance review of the committees and removal of absent members that have been consecutively absent for two (2) or more meetings. [5 minutes] [Action Item]
a) Public comments
7. Veterans committee report back [15 minutes]
a) Public comments
8. Patient Advocacy committee report back [15 minutes]
a) SRO tenants issues
b) Public comments
9. Cultivation committee report back [15 minutes]
a) Self-consumptive Gardens presentation by Brent Saupe
b) Emergency Safe Access presentation by Brent Saupe
c) Public comment
10. Legal committee report back [15 minutes]
a) Public comments
11. Local MCD updates presented by Hunter Holliman [5 minutes]
12. National policy announcements presented by Sarah Shrader [5 minutes]
13. Five [5] minute break
14. Emergency local updates [10 minutes] [Discussion Item]
a) DA working group
b) DPH working group
c) MCD permit appeals
d) DEA inquiries alert[s]
15. Annual Report Process - Suggested Flow Chart [60 minutes] [Discussion and Action Item]
a) Public comments
16. New Agenda Items and Speaker Invitations [Discussion Item]
17. Public Wrap-up comments [5 minutes]
18. 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.
DISABILITY ACCESS
City Hall is between Grove and McAllister Streets and is wheelchair accessible. The closest BART and MUNI Metro Station is Civic Center, about three blocks away. Accessible MUNI lines nearest City Hall are: 42 Downtown Loop, 49 Van Ness-Mission and F-Market & MUNI Metro (Civic Center Station).
For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible parking available in the vicinity of City Hall.
For assistance with special needs (large print agendas, sign language interpreters, etc.), call (415) 554-4375.
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LOBBYIST ORDINANCE
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (Administrative Code Section 16.520-534) to register and report lobbying activity.
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
