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Amended Notice of Meeting and Agenda
Date: April 2, 2001
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: City Hall -Conference Room
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AGENDA
Note: Decisions on any and all
action items will be preceded by discussion and public comment
I. Roll Call
II. Approval of minutes (Action
Item) (5 minutes)
III. Public Comment (Information
Item) (10 minutes)
IV. Presentation (Information
Item) (15 minutes)
Hon. Sione Teisina Fuko, Member of Parliament,
Kingdom of Tonga
Mr. Fuko will discuss pending legislation
before the Tongan Parliament, which would allow Tongans to have dual
citizenship. Currently Tongans who gain US citizenship lose their Tongan
Citizenship and all rights and property in Tonga. Allowing dual citizenship
would allow Tongan immigrants to the US to gain all the benefits of
citizenship in the US without losing their rights in their homeland.
V. Future Activity (Action Item)
(15 minutes)
VII. Next Steps (Action Item)
(20 minutes)
VIII. Next Meeting’s Agenda (Discussion
Item) (10 minutes)
For questions about the meeting please
contact Winny Loi at 554-4789
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) reponsible 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 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:
Donna Hall, Clerk
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
City Hall - Room 244
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4683
(415) 554-7724 (Office)
(415) 554-5163 (Fax)
E-mail: [email protected]
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 http://www.sfgov.org.
* Copies of explantory documents are available
to the public on the Commission’s webpage: www.sfgov.org/immigrant
or, upon request to the Commission Secretary, at the above address or phone
number.
DISABILITY ACCESS
The Immigrant Rights Commission meeting will be
held in Room 416 at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco.
The meeting location is between Grove and McAllister
Streets and is wheelchair accessible. The closet BART and Muni Metro Station
is Civic Center, about three blocks from the meeting location. Accessible Muni
lines nearest the meeting location are:
42 Downtown Loop
49 Van Ness-Mission
F-Market & Muni Metro (Civic Center Station)
For more information about Muni accessible services
call (415) 923-6142.
There is accessible on-street parking available
in the vicinity of the meeting location.
For assistance with special needs (large print
agendas, sign language interpreters, etc.) call Dang Pham at (415) 554-7583.
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 others
may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City accommodate
these individuals.
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 their web site at http://www.sfbos.org/sunshineethics