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Mayor’s
Disability Council
Sergio Alunan
Chair
Vincent Behan
Jim Brune
Claudia Center
Ed Evans
Viola Jackson
Michael Kwok
August Longo
Frank Marone
Damien Pickering
Walter Park
Council Secretary
Director, Mayor’s Office on Disability
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, 19 January 2001
1:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 400
1:00 p.m.
1 Roll call
2 Action Item: Approval of Agenda
3 Action Item: Approval of Minutes
1:10
4 Public comment on items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction
of MDC.
(Each speaker limited to two minutes.)
5 Discussion Item: Report from the Co-Chairs
6 Discussion Item: Report from the Director
7 Discussion Item: Report from the Committee Chairs - Employment Committee &
Programmatic Committee
1:30
8 Action Item: Election of new Co-Chair
9 Action item: Resolution to amend Bylaws regarding materials in alternative
formats for MDC presentations.
10 Action item: Recommendation from Programmatic Access Committee
Recommendation for explanatory language of disability rights in City contracts.
11 Discussion Item: New Medi-Cal and IHSS Program for People with Disabilities
Update on a new outreach Medi-Cal program allowing more people to get Medi-Cal
and IHSS for free, as well as, a pilot project to expand the share of cost program.
Speakers from Medi-Cal Program, IHSS Public Authority and CIAPA.
12 Discussion Item: Member requests for future agenda items.
13 Discussion Item: Correspondence
14 Discussion Item: Councilors’ comments and announcements.
15 Public comment on items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction
of MDC. (Each speaker limited to two minutes.)
16 Adjournment.
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Accessibility:
City Hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and others with disabilities.
Assistive listening devices are available and meetings are open-captioned
in the hearing room. Agendas are available in large print. Materials in alternative
formats and/or American Sign Language interpreters will be made available
upon request. Please make your request for reasonable accommodations to the
Council Clerk, Jada Jackson, 554-6789, at least 72 hours prior to the
meeting.
The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center Plaza at the intersection
of Market, Grove, and Hyde Streets. The accessible MUNI Metro lines are the
J, K, L, M, and N (Civic Center Station or Van Ness Avenue Station). MUNI
bus lines serving the area are the 42 Downtown Loop, 9 San Bruno, and the
6, 7, 71 Haight/ Noriega. Accessible curbside parking is available on 1 Dr.
Carlton B. Goodlett Place and Grove Street.
In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe
allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related
disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees
may be sensitive to various chemical based scented products. Please help the
City to accommodate these individuals.
For inquiries or requests for reasonable accommodation,
please call 554-6789.
Mayor’s Disability Council
Accessible Meeting Information
Regular Meetings - third Fridays (please confirm dates):
Next meeting dates: February 16th, March 16th,
& April 20th.
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. The Sunshine 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 Kofo Domingo by mail to Administrative
Services, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 362, by phone at (415) 554-4856,
by fax at (415) 554-6177, or by email at [email protected]
Citizens interested in obtaining a copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request
a copy from Ms. Domingo or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative
Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=4463.
Public archive:
Videotapes of the three most recent MDC meetings are made available ten days
after meeting date in the Main Public Library. Written minutes in accessible
formats are available at 401 Van Ness, Room 300