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HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION (HRC)
MINUTES REGULAR MEETING
February 4, 2015
5:00 p.m.
990 Palm St – Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER: 5:00 PM
PRESENT: Chairperson: Ron Tilley*; Vice-Chairperson: Michelle Tasseff;
Commissioners: Robert Clayton, Gene Strohl, Maria Troy
*Commissioner Tilley left the meeting at 6:10 p.m.
ABSENT: Commissioner: Janet Pierucci
STAFF
PRESENT: Tyler Corey, Housing Programs Manager; Greg Zocher, Human Resources
Manager; Greg Hermann, Special Projects Manager
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES:
ACTION: Moved by Clayton/Strohl to approve the minutes of December 3, 2014
as submitted; motion carried 5:0.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comment for items not on the agenda.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Item 1. MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT
(TILLEY/HERMANN)
Special Projects Manager Hermann made presentation on Medical Marijuana
Cultivation and Nuisance Abatement, and responded to questions from the
commissioners. Public Comment was received from five members of the
public, as follows: Mary Ellen Gibson, Denise Shandroff, Mike Shandroff,
Carol Greiten, and Christine Mullholland. Commissioners made additional
comment about the issues presented.
Commissioners agreed by consensus that the nuisance ordinance be general
in nature and not specific to marijuana, that there should be a threshold
before formal enforcement, and that each complaint should be investigated.
*Commissioner Tilley left at 6:10. Vice-Chairperson Tasseff chaired the
remainder of the meeting.
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Item 2. CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE AND FORM 700 PROCESS
(TILLEY/MEJIA)
City Clerk Mejia discussed conflict of interest code and form 700 process.
Item 3. REVIEW 2ND QUARTER 2014-2015 MAXINE LEWIS MEMORIAL
SHELTER REPORT (TILLEY/MCINTOSH)
Grace McIntosh presented 2nd Quarter 2014-15 Maxine Lewis Memorial
Shelter report.
Item 4. RELEASE 4TH QUARTER 2014-2015 MAXINE LEWIS MEMORIAL
SHELTER FUNDING (TILLEY/MCINTOSH)
Moved by Clayton/Troy to release 4th Quarter 2014-15 Maxine Lewis Shelter
Funds; motion carried 4:0.
Item 5. SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE FOR 2015-2016 GIA APPLICATIONS (TILLEY)
Commissioners Troy, Clayton & Strohl agreed to serve on the subcommittee.
Item 6. REVIEW 4TH QUARTER 2014 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT (CDBG) REPORT (TILLEY/COREY)
Housing Programs Manager Corey presented 4th Quarter 2014 Community
Development Block Grant Report.
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
Commissioner Tasseff gave an update on events she attended and other
upcoming events.
Commissioner Clayton spoke regarding a lack of services in San Luis Obispo
for the mentally ill.
There being no further business to come before the HRC, Chairperson Tasseff adjourned
the HRC meeting at 7:00 p.m. to the regular meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 4,
2015 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room at 990 Palm St.
Respectfully Submitted,
Greg Zocher, Human Resources Manager