COMMISSION OF ANIMAL CONTROL AND
WELFARE
DATE: January 10, 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. 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. Members of
the public can choose to speak either at the beginning or end of the meeting
but not both.
3. Approval of minutes of December 13,
2001, meeting. [Discussion/Action item].
4. Chairperson’s report and opening remarks
[Discussion item]
a. Welcome to new Commissioner Kelly
Jensen, D.V.M.
b. The Chair extends the hope that
2002 will be a productive term for the Commission, and that the Commission
can maximize our lack of enforcement power by carefully choosing the
issues we present for consideration by the Board of Supervisors.
c. Thelma Lee Gross, DVM, a veterinary
pathologist from Davis, California, will be speaking before the Commission
at the February 14, 2002,meeting in an approximate 30 minute presentation
covering the ethical, moral, and scientific reasons to not allow vertebrates
to be sold live from the marketplace for human consumption.
d. Sunshine Ordinance coordinator Donna
Hall has advised this Commission that extemporaneous unagendized "Public
Comment from Commissioner’s" (item 4 below) is in violation of
City law.
4. Commissioner Public Comment
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] Continuing discussion and possible
future 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,
given away, 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 Item]
[B] Discussion and possible action ,
pending advisement from the Commission’s attorney, Rosa Sanchez, whether
the Commission may allow public comment at the beginning and end of each
meeting.
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] An election of officers to begin
the term of January 2002 will be conducted pursuant to Article III,
section 3.1 of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations. The officers
to be elected shall be a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Secretary.
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. Members of
the public can choose to speak either at the beginning or end of the meeting
but not both.
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.
Large print agendas are available by calling
Elissa Eckman at (415) 995-4737. The following services are available upon
request at least two working days prior to the meeting: American Sign language
interpreters, use of a reader during a meeting, or a sound enhancement system.
Accessible seating for persons with disabilities can be made available.
Following a meeting, meeting proceedings can be made available in alternative
formats. For information or to make arrangements, contact Carla Vaughn at
252-2500 (voice) or 252-2550 (TDD).
In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate
persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical
sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded
that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.
Please help the City accommodate these individuals.
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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