Enabled by San Francisco Board of Supervisors Resolution 731-04

Cell Phone and/or Sound-Producing Electronic Devices Usage at Hearings

Effective January 21, 2001, the Board of Supervisors amended the Sunshine Ordinance by adding the following provision: 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 (67A.1 Prohibiting the use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices at and during public meetings).

San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance

Attention: Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Section 21.00-2.160] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; and web site http//www.sfgov.org/ethics.

Accessible Meeting Policy

Meeting held at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 421, City Hall, San Francisco, CA. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center station located at the intersection of Market, Hyde and Grove Streets. Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, and N. For more information regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. Requests for American sign language interpreters, sound enhancement systems and/or language translators will be available upon request by contacting Margaret Yuen at (415) 575-6926 at least 48 hours prior to a hearing. A sound enhancement system will be available upon request at the meetings. Please contact Services for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired at 557-5533 (TDD) or 557-5534 (Voice) at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Late requests will be honored if possible. A person who is deaf or hearing impaired may gain meeting information prior to the meeting by calling 557-4433 (TDD) or 557-4434 (Voice). In addition, individuals with hearing and speech impairments can use the California Relay Service by calling 1-800-735-2929 (TDD) or 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). Minutes of the meetings are available in alternative formats. If you require the use of a reader during the meeting, please contact the Library for the Blind and Print Handicapped at 292-2022 at least 48 hours in advance of need. Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available at meetings. Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, 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

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 Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Adele Destro, Interim Administrator, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by E-mail at sotf@sfgov.org.

Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Library and on the City's website at www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.

For more information related to Task Force matters, please call Paul Lord at (415) 558-6311.

REGULAR CALENDAR

1. Call to Order

2. Announcements

3. Changing Entertainment categorization from a legal non-conforming use to a conditionally permitted use. Make recommendations to Business and Land Use Committee - INFORMATION

a. What would be the process?

b. What would be the conditions that they would have to meet?

4. Supportive Housing, Workspaces, Community Arts Facilities and Resources - INFORMATION

a. Strategies for maintaining and possibly creating housing that would keep or help the arts and entertainment to come back to live in SoMa.

b. Student housing development alternatives and partners that could support artisans and teachers coming to SF for SFAI, Art Academy, CCA etc. New use of SRO?

5. Paving the Roadmap – INFORMATION

a. Additional items to add to the roadmap and protocol, i.e., Public Arts Installations and Mural / Beautification Incentives

b. Identifying pertinent recommendations from the SF Arts Task Force and implementing them.

c. What are useful studies of Arts and Entertainment based activities, uses, and populations to expand our data and presentations.

d. Sound enforcement policies- can they be relaxed in SLI / SLR?

6. Zoning to promote meaningful arts programs and community development in SoMa - INFORMATION

a. What options exist or could be created?

7. New Business

8. Public Comment

9. Adjournment

Last updated: 11/17/2009 10:29:28 PM