for us to do anything to assist you and at a minimum, you know, i want to show my support by asking if you'd allow us and i'm speaking for myself and other commissioners, to join you on your resolution, in support of your efforts. and so other folks who even look at this resolution understand that the board is behind your endeavors. and i'd be honored to join you. but also, you know, am opening the phoneline for you to call and say, you know, if you need any assistance in whatever way i can be of assistance to you, my line is open and waiting for a message. ye i appreciate your effort -- president yee: i appreciate your effort. are you asking to be a name on the resolution? thank you -- commissioner maufas: and something else, too. can you ask for something else. maybe not publicly -- you can ask for something else. maybe not publicly but my phone is open. president yee: i appreciate the support and even though i'm

presenting the resolution now and answering commissioner wynns' question, this is not new to the staff. it's just formalizing what we've been talking about and doing and planning and so forth. and it's a good opportunity for , again, for the board to know exactly what's happening with this and as we move forward, we only have a month, a little more than a month, to find details in this. i'll need a lot of help and staff is working on it and part of my role is to bridge, at least initially, help bridge that communication between our district and the community. so i think that's being done at this point and i feel real good that the district has really embraced this concept. thank you. roll call please.

commissioner maufas: yes. commissioner mendoza: yes. maursmaurs -- commissioner murase: aye. commissioner wynns: aye. president yee: aye. >> six ayes. president yee: thank you. motion to pass -- motion passes. ok. item s. board members' report. are there any tonight? i don't -- we haven't had a meeting. t, report of -- whoa, whoa, ok. moving too quickly. who's got it? commissioner fewer? i mean, commissioner maufas. commissioner maufas: thank you. just making an announcement

that our -- on monday, january 16, is m.l.k. jr. national day of service and i anted to let folks know that beginning at 8:45 a.m. there are volunteer opportunities to celebrate the day of service as promoted by martin luther king jr. but also by president obama and his wife, michelle obama. at the african-american arts and cultural center. which is at 762 fulton street and it will be upstairs. again, it starts at 8:30 in the morning. there -- they will be serving a light break breakfast and volunteer signup at 9:15 there's a rally and throughout the city they will provide transportation to volunteer destinations via shuttle bus and that's gardened projects, tree planting, cleaning up of parks and streets, participating in local food pantry, painting, writing

letters for some of our troops, reading for seniors and there will be many, many more signup opportunities and again to remind everyone of this is an opportunity for us to participate in the national day of service here in san francisco and again it starts at 8:45 on monday, january 16, at the african-american arts and cultural center. they will be providing, again, shuttle transportation. for more information you may contact melanie green at mlknes 24@gmail.com. and for direct access to all the day's events can you go to http://aaacc.org and just click on the complex special events and you will find out more information. thank you.

commissioner murase: yes, i have two announcements. i'm sending down a program from the ucsf lincoln high school fifth celebration. many of you are aware that lincoln high school has a two-year biotechnology program under the direction of a man of jenentech. they oversee high school opportunities -- students in biotech. they have partnered with professor wendell wnyys' lab and while they have competing at the m.i.t. biotech olympics they have come home with two golds, one silver, one best new application and fifth place in their first year of competition. so it's really a great celebration. this is one of the reasons why lincoln is such a popular high school these days.

there's no admission requirements to that two-year biotech program and really what the kids are doing is not just undergraduate level work but graduate level work. so i would love to invite them, some of the students are local still, to show us a presentation that won the gold in last year's olympics. my our announcement is january 27 is the application deadline for applying to sfusd kindergarten, middle school and high school. so i want to thank the hardworking staff of the educational placement center. it's going to be very busy in the coming weeks. and then i'm sorry, my last announcement is we are working on board policies and i know board members committed to submitting their suggestions and edit to our legal counsel coleman. so she's still waiting to hear from my colleagues. >> what's the deadline?

>> it was monday. >> yeah, that's right. commissioner murase: so if people could spend time on that, it's a very important activity. commissioner fewer: i would just like to share with the board that on january 3 i went to the graduation of the charter school and it was the last graduation under sheriff hennessy who is our sheriff for three decades. three-plus decades. anyway, it was a wonderful event attended by many family members and very encouraging and also a stark reminder of the work that we still need to do here at san francisco unified and then i'd like to mention also the san francisco p.t.a. will be celebrating their 100th anniversary on february 10 and everyone is invited to come. it's $45 to come and celebrate that momentous occasion. at the next meeting i will not

be present but commissioner maufas and i have both authored a resolution in commendation of them. so we look forward to that. and i just wanted to say thank you to all the past san francisco p.t.a. presidents, district presidents. it was a tremendous job. it is completely volunteer. and i have been a p.t.a. president myself for 12 terms so -- and that's just at my school so i can't even imagine what it might be -- what a big job it would be districtwide. so san francisco p.t.a., second district in the state of california to ever -- to charter a p.t.a. congratulations. i won't be here next week to congratulate them. mrs. wilson. >> should also acknowledge that there's the state p.t.a. president right now. this will be a big anniversary

for them. we should all try to be present. president yee: ok. what i'd like to do is request information about committees. if people could send in their requests for what committees they would like to participate in for this year by friday, that way we could -- vice president norton and myself could go over them and put together the best assignment we could put. so did you cast them? the three of you who are not listening? committee assignment, so, send in your requests by friday. >> we should just write them down and send them snow president yee: yeah, email. email -- >> where they going to all be the same committees or are you talking about the four major ones? we have a fouad hocks. -- few ad hocs.

president yee: give me your three committees that you would like to be on, the existing ones, and we'll make some decisions around which ones are -- we're going to move forward with. including ad hocs. ok. and that's due friday. friday. i know. ok. let's see. where am i? t. we're on t. report of closed session actions. for january 10, 2012, student expulsion, the board by the vote of six ayes and one absent approved the expulsion of one high school student. the board by a vote of seven ayes, approved a contract for one principal.

we are adjourning this meeting and we've taken care of the memory of warren helmand. so meeting is adjourned.

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everyone. this is the land use and economic -- economic committee. the meeting will come to order. it is monday, january 9, 2012. i am supervisor mar. joining me also is supervisor wiener and supervisor cohen. clerk miller: things will appear on the agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: i would like ms. miller to please call item no. 1. clerk miller: i number one, regulating commercial dog walkers on park property. supervisor mar: the sponsor is supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: what the

committee adopted. additionally, on a proposed that the maximum number of dogs that a commercial dog walker could walk would be seven, which was a compromise between those at the keating six and those advocating a to. the small business commission had recommended that the number be increased to eight plus the dog walkers personal blog. this committee accepted that recommendation and made a corresponding amendment at the last hearing. so today, first, just to step back once again, commercial dog walkers provide a critical service to san franciscans. approximately one-third of households and san francisco have one or more dogs. for many people, if they do not have access to commercial dog walker, it makes it impossible or next to impossible to be a good dog odor or guardian, said

this is an industry that we want to succeed. we want to cultivate it. it is important to have high- quality, professional dog walking services. we also, of course, want to make sure that we have standards around it. a significant majority of dog walkers and my experience know what they are doing and do a great job. there are some that maybe are not on the same level. this legislation, and we are not the first city to do this, i think 10 or 12 have done this, including those in the bay area, would provide standards, including training standards, permitting standards, vehicle safety standards, etc.. it would also provide an upper limit on the amount of dogs. this would provide consumer protection for those using commercial dog walking services and also allow dog walkers to have that additional legitimacy. in other words, they have a

permit from the city, and it is not just a random thing that you are doing. it is a profession, as we know it is. dog walkers and dog owner groups, the dog gord, and there was a process. there are two amendments that i distributed to my colleagues. i have some additional copies here. i am requesting the committee to make today. one is under the current version of the legislation, there are vehicle safety standards and equipment safety standards, and the current version of the legislation requires that animal care and control inspect each vehicle that each dog walker uses and inspect the

safety equipment. in talking to the department, that is not a feasible requirement to require every vehicle to be inspected for the hundreds and hundreds of dog walkers we have come to require inspection of the state to commitment, so at the request of the department, the amendment would eliminate the inspection requirements and would instead allows the department of animal control to issue what the statements -- standards are, and if there is a violation, that could be reported. the second change has to do with the threshold, the number of dogs and require a permit. i initially proposed that anyone walking four or more dogs at once would be subject to this. at the last committee hearing, we amended it down to two, because some dog walkers abdicated that was unfair, if you are walking two dogs commercially, you do not have to get a permit, but if you are

walking four or five, you do. in further consultation, that i think is also not workable. there are so many non dog walkers that are walking dogs. in terms of enforceability, if you are a part officer, and you see someone walking two dogs, you would not know if that person is a dog walker, but if it is odd or six dogs, you have a better idea. displaying this on a lanyard, we do not think it is enforceable, asking the committee to move this back to the original for those walking four or more dogs. those are what we are proposing. the maximum number, as i mentioned, was amended by the committee, 8, 9 with a personal blog. since then, i have received and a substantial amount of input

from dog owners, dog walkers, and a number of my colleagues who expressed that that is too many dogs and that that is not acceptable, so i just want to put that out there that i do not see that we will have support at the full board for eight plus 01, so when we are done here today, we can have a discussion about the appropriate number of dogs, and i do have a suggestion. i am going to suggest that we keep it at 8 instead of the nine, and i think that might be more acceptable to some folks, and then we can see what the full board does tomorrow. thank you. supervisor mar: in thank you. if there is no public comment, we will open it up. folks who would like to speak, please come forward.

supervisor wiener: we do have cards, and adducing sarah ballard from recreation and park, and does anyone from any of the department's wish to speak first? >> thank you. director at the office of small business. just to reiterate, the position they took in regards to the eight dogs and then the one additional dog, and really understanding and listening to the business, from the business perspective in terms of the economic balance, so i just want to reiterate that that was the reason for their recommendation for the eight, and understanding the importance of having a personal dog that helps keep the pack in control, so i just want

to reiterate the commission's stance. i think supervisor at the last meeting, you said it this was not doable and we have not seen improvements, this could be revisited. thank you. supervisor wiener: any other departments want to speak? animal control. >> thank you. good afternoon, supervisors. i just wanted to weigh in on the numbers. we have had a lot of discussions about this. as i mentioned at the last meeting, we had guidelines for many years that recommended six dogs as a maximum. we have a number of dog walkers who have signed up and are listed on our website as agreeing to our guidelines and

find it fiscally sound for them to what that number, as well as the concerns i mentioned at the last meeting about the availability to pick up after a large number of dogs. the animal welfare is concerned about keeping track of that many dogs in terms of them getting lost or injured, and of course the public protection concern. the larger the pact, been more likely to get what is called a pack mentality, to attack animals or perhaps people. so the numbers are a concern to us. we have always stood by net six as a maximum, as is done in many other jurisdictions throughout the country, even in the bay area. i know that is the maximum number of the east bay area, and ggnra said that would be the maximum number that they would allow. i know that has been a concern, and i know that small businesses are concerned.

i know the average cost of a dog walker and doing the math, it is still feasible. we have seen that with the many, many dog walkers to sign up to be on our list and follow our guidelines, so i wanted to weigh in on that. i have to admit that i know very little about dog behavior and training. but in terms of the influence of one dog on others, is dogs could train others, we would not need trainers, but, yes, dogs more often pick up bad habits rather than learn good habits, unfortunately, in my personal experience as well as professional experience, and i am happy to answer any questions you may have. supervisor mar: talking about the dog licenses, can you talk about the importance of registering your dogs and how this legislation might impact that? >> yes, dog licensing is

something that has been on the books and very long time in california and in san francisco, pretty much nationally. dog licenses are required particularly in areas like san francisco, which is considered to be a rabies endemic area. we initiated a major campaign about 1.5 years ago. we have received a lot of public input about the low number of dogs that are licensed. we believe it is somewhere between 12% and 15% in san francisco are licensed. a license serves many, many purposes. it can reunite a guardian with apec faster than a chip, which has to be scanned. it shows to other dog owners or guardians of that there is a responsible owner here who has the rabies vaccine. it also helps if a dog is bitten

or bites and has not had its rabies vaccine. it has to be quarantined i believe for six months, which is pretty significant. also, the revenue helps us to continue to provide the critical services we provide to all animals in san francisco, and again, it is a legal requirement. i know that there was a question raised about that it is something that the owners should do rather than the dog walkers. however, san francisco did pass a lot 10 or so years ago or veterinarians to provide rabie'' information. at the time, it was considered pretty onerous to the veterinarians. they have since come into compliance, and other jurisdictions are following suit. it is considered very important. fortunately in san francisco, registering online is pretty simple, and it is $20 for a spayed or neutered a dog.