SUNSHINE
ORDINANCE TASK FORCE
MINUTES
Tuesday,
August 22, 2000
4:00 p.m.
City Hall,
Room 408
Task Force
Members
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Seat 1
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Judith Appel
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Seat 8
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Robert Planthold
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Seat 2
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Bruce Brugmann
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Seat 9
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Daniel Guillory
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Seat 3
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Vince Courtney
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Seat 10
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Paul Hogan
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Seat 4
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Vacant
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Seat 11
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Sue Cauthen
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Seat 5
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Tuesday Ray
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Ex-officio
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Gloria Young
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Seat 6
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Hilda Bernstein
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Ex-officio
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Rachel Arnstine
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Seat 7
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Ted Kowalczuk
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Items
approved unanimously except as noted. (First name indicates initiator of motion;
second name indicates person seconding the motion.)
Roll Call
All members present
except Vince Courtney and Tuesday Ray.
1. Approval of
Minutes of June 27, 2000
Approved. (Hogan/Kowalczuk)
(Courtney/Ray absent)
2. Election of
Chair/Vice Chair
Sue Cauthen withdrew
her name for Chair.
Bruce Brugmann nominated
Hilda Bernstein for Chair. There were no further nominations. Unanimous
vote electing Hilda Bernstein Chair.
Bruce Brugmann nominated
Paul Hogan for Vice Chair. There were no further nominations. Unanimous
vote electing Paul Hogan Vice Chair.
3. Report from
Rules Committee
--Adoption of By-Laws
Unanimous vote adopting
By-Laws as presented.
--Approval of Public
Complaint Procedure
Section B. Filing
a Petition of Complaint with the SOTF, #10 regarding city attorney assignment
was discussed among members.
Motion adopted to
sever Item 10 from Section B of the submitted Public Complaint Procedure
for further discussion. (Brugmann/Guillory) (Courtney/Ray absent)
Judy Appel to work
with Bruce Brugmann to bring back to the Task Force suggestions for
further consideration on Item 10.
Motion adopted adopting
the Public Complaint Procedure, minus the last sentence of Item 10,
as submitted. (Bernstein/Hogan) (Courtney/Ray absent)
--Approval of Task Force
Annual Responsibilities & Objectives
Unanimous vote approving
Task Force Annual Responsibilities and Objectives as submitted.
--Approval of Public
Education & Information Committee Guidelines
Unanimous vote approving
the Public Education & Information Committee Guidelines.
4. Report from
City Administrator on semi-annual progress of records index
City Administrator
Bill Lee presented his first semi-annual report.
Fifty-nine departments/divisions
were contacted regarding the City Records Index. All 59 have responded.
General questions
from Task Force to Mr. Lee regarding the process.
Rod Loucks from
DTIS and Jill Lerner from Administrative Services answered questions
of the Task Force.
One public speaker
addressed the Task Force regarding the process.
The report was accepted
and filed.
5.. Public comment
Gilbert Criswell
addressed the Task Force regarding the Democratic Central Committee
procedures.
Bruce Brugmann requested
this item be placed on a future agenda.
6. Hearings
--Nick Pasquariello:
7-7-00 complaint filed regarding e-mail procedures of Mayor’s Office
of Neighborhood Services
Deputy City Attorney
Jackie Minor stated Deputy City Attorney Dorji Roberts would give advice
to the Task Force on this item because she has given advice to the department.
At this time Bob
Planthold left the meeting.
Nick Pasquariello
addressed the Task Force regarding his concern of the City’s email policy.
General discussion
among the Task Force regarding the email policy.
Chairperson Bernstein
appointed a committee of Paul Hogan, Judy Appel, and Dan Guillory to
review this item and report back to the Task Force.
Bruce Brugmann recommended
the committee talk to representatives from the Mayor’s office and the
Planning Department.
This item was continued
for discussion to the next meeting.
7. Civil
Grand Jury Interim Report and relevance to Task Force
This item was continued
to the next meeting.
8. Monthly report
from Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Administrator
Monthly report of
Administrator Donna Hall received and filed.
Rachel Arnstine reported
August 31 would be her last day of employment with the City/County of San Francisco.
The meeting adjourned at
6:00 p.m. in honor of Rachel Arnstine for her exemplary service to the City/County
of San Francisco and her service to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force.
Submitted by
Donna L. Hall, Administrator