San Francisco Youth Commission
Monday, April 18, 2005
5:00 pm
City Hall, Room 416
There will be public comment on each item.
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
2. Approval of the Agenda [ACTION ITEM]
3. Approval of the Minutes From March 21, 2005 [ACTION ITEM]
4. Staff Report [There will be no action taken on this item]
5. Announcements [This includes Community Events] [There will be no action taken on this item]
6. Committee Report [There will be no action taken on this item]
7. Officer Report [There will be no action taken on this item]
8. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda
9. Consent Calendar
All items hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Commissioner so requests. In that event, the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item immediately following the vote on the rest of the items.
10. Legislation Introduced [There will be no action taken on this item]
11. Old Business
- Discussion and possible action re: Youth Commission Budget Advocacy for the 2005/06 Fiscal Year
11. New Business
- Presentation by Katharine Petrucione, Director of Finance and Administration, Recreation and Parks Department, on the Recreation and Parks Department’s 05/06 Budget and the potential impact on children and youth.
- Presentation by Alan Fox, SafeStart Director, on AB450 – legislation authored by Assemblyman Leland Yee (SF-12th) regarding violent video games
- Discussion and possible action re: Presentation by Iman Nazeeri-Simmons, Department of Public Health, on the Department of Public Health’s 05/06 Budget and the potential impact on children and youth.
- Discussion and possible action re: Resolution in support of the Department of Public Health’s Youth Development Standards
- Discussion and possible action re: Board of Supervisors, File 050551:Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 5.170 regarding the Graffiti Advisory Board to authorize four members to serve as voting, rather than nonvoting, members, to add a representative of the District Attorney as a voting member, and to correct the reference to a Charter section.
- Discussion and possible action re: Remainder of Youth Commission term calendar
- Discussion and possible action re: Certification of Commissioner Herzallah’s Resignation
- Discussion and possible action re: Approval of Absences for Commissioner White (4/4 meeting)
12. Items for next Agenda
13. Announcements [This includes Community Events]
14. Adjournment Next Meeting Date: Monday, May 2, 2005, 2005 – 5:00pm, Room 416
Supplemental documents for agenda items are available for review at City Hall Room 345. Minutes are also available on the Youth Commission Website at www.sfgov.org/youth_commission
ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY
The Youth Commission meeting will be held in City Hall Room 416 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at the United Nations Plaza and Market Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: MUNI Metro Lines J-Church, K-Ingleside, L-Taraval, M-Oceanview, and N-Judah at Van Ness and Civic Center Stations; 42-Downtown Loop; 9-San Bruno; 19-Polk; and 71-Haight Noriega. For information about MUNI accessible services call 923-6142.
The Commission meeting room is wheelchair accessible. Accessible curbside parking spaces have been designated on the corners of McAllister and Polk, and Grove and Polk. There is accessible parking available within the Civic Center Underground Parking Garage at the corner of McAllister and Polk Streets, and within the Performing Arts Parking Garage at Grove and Franklin Streets.
If you require the use of an American sign language interpreter, a sound enhancement system, or a reader during the meeting, Calendars and minutes of the meeting in alternative formats; such arrangements can be made by calling Ron S. McCan at (415) 554-6446, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Late requests will be honored if possible.
Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility hotline at (415) 554-8925 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)
Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision 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 more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Adele Destro by mail to Interim Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102-4689; by phone at 415 554 7724; by fax at 415 554 7854; or by email at sotf@sfgov.org.
Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Destro or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine.