COMMISSION OF ANIMAL CONTROL AND
WELFARE
DATE:DECEMBER
13, 2001
TIME: 5:30 P.M.
PLACE: CITY HALL,
ROOM 408
MAILING ADDRESS:
1390 MARKET
STREET, SUITE 822, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102
COMMISSION VOICE
MAIL: 415-252-3817
COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON,
ELISSA ECKMAN:
(VOICE MAIL):
(415) 995-4737
AGENDA OF MEETING
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
1. Call to Order And
Roll Call
2. Approval of minutes
of November 8, 2001, meeting. [Discussion/Action item].
3. Chairperson’s report
and opening remarks [Discussion item]
a. City of Fremont
Animal Services calls Commission with concerns about possibility of incursion
of live animal market opening in their city.
b. City Administrative
services request expense reimbursements be signed off by Chair before
they are submitted.
c. Issues related
to the preparation and presentation of agenda items that might assist
participation by fellow Commissioners as well as the public.
4. Extemporaneous Commissioner
Comments
5. Status and tracking
of letters of recommendations approved by Commission requesting action by
Board of Supervisors [Discussion Item]
2.) Letter sent to
Board re UCSF lack of cooperation with city’s resolution concerning animal
testing
3.) Letter to Board
of Supervisors recommending amending §41.12 of the SF Health Code to
provide for duties of "Guardians".
4.) Letter to Mayor
regarding Golden Gate Stables
6. Committee Reports
/ Commissioner’s Reports [Discussion item]
a. Update on placement
of Crime Stoppers posters [anti dog fighting]
b. Update on API draft
pamphlet regarding declawing fact sheet
7. Old Business
(Items are first introduced to the Commission and a motion is made, then
there is public comment. After public comment the Commission discusses the
item and then may vote on it.)
[A] Discussion
and possible action to renew the Commission’s recommendation to the Board
of Supervisors to prohibit the sale of all live animals in any establishment
where food is prepared, manufactured, kept, stored, offered for sale or
sold in the City and County of San Francisco. The prohibition would include
Farmers Markets, Flea Markets and Farmers Markets occupying City owned
property. [Chairperson Eckman, Commissioners Wilson, Franklin, Tchen]
[Discussion/Action Item]
8. New Business
(Items are first introduced to the Commission and a motion is made, then
there is public comment. After public comment the Commission discusses the
item and then may vote on it.)
[A]
Discussion and
possible action on a motion to include a section for public comment at
the beginning of Commission meetings. As it stands now, public comment
is agendized only at the end of the meeting. [Commissioner Bentley] [Discussion/Action
Item]
7. PUBLIC COMMENT:
At this point in the meeting advice or comments on items within the Commission’s
jurisdiction other than the items on the agenda may be discussed.
8. CALENDAR
ITEMS
9. ADJOURNMENT
KNOW
YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
DISABILITY ACCESS
Room 408 is wheelchair
accessible. The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks
from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #42 Downtown
Loop, the #71 Haight/Noriega, the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro
stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information
about MUNI accessible services, call 923-6142.
There is accessible parking
at the following locations: two(2) designated blue curb spaces on the southwest
corner of McAllister Street at Van Ness Avenue; the Performing Arts Garage
(entrance on Grove Street between Franklin and Gough Streets), and at Civic
Center Plaza Garage.
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POLICY ON CELL PHONE,
PAGERS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES
The ringing of and use
of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are
prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the
removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing
or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic
devices.
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 more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter
67 of the San Francisco’s Administrative Code) or to report a violation of
the Ordinance, contact Donna Hall at the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, City
Hall, Room 409, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4683;
Office (415) 554-7724; Fax (415) 554-7854; E-mail: [email protected]
Citizens interested in
obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms.
Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on
the Internet, at http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=4463
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