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Gavin Newsom
Mayor
Susan Mizner
Director
Jul Lynn Parsons
F. Ross Woodall
Co-Chairs
Raphaella Bennin
Elizabeth Grigsby
Tatiana Kostanian
Sarah Estes Merrell
Denise Senhaux
Amy Wishnie
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, February 15, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 400
1:00 p.m.
1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
2. ACTION ITEM: Reading and Approval of the Agenda.
3. ROLL CALL
4. ACTION ITEM: Approval of the January 2008 Minutes.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
6. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Chair
7. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Disability
8. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from Council Member Elizabeth Grigsby on her participation in the Partners in Policy Making program.
9. INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM: Presentation and Recommendations for adopting the City of San Francisco’s Transition Plan For Curb Ramps and Sidewalks.
A. Presentation by the Mayor’s Office on Disability and the MDC Physical Access
Committee
B. Public Comment
C. Council Member Discussion
10. INFORMATION ITEM: Mental Health Services Act Update
A. Presentation by Maria Iyog O’Malley, Mental Health Services Coordinator,
Community Behavioral Health Services
B. Presentation by Belinda Lyons, Executive Director, Mental Health Association
of San Francisco
C. Public Comment
D. Council Member Discussion
2:30 BREAK – The Council will take a 10-minute break.
11. INFORMATION ITEM: The Laguna Honda Chambers Settlement
A. Presentation by Protection and Advocacy
B. Presentation by Department of Aging and Adult Services
C. Presentation by Liz Gray, Director of Long Term Care, Department of Public
Health
D. Public Comment
E. Council Member Discussion
12. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Physical Access Committee.
13. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Disability Disaster Preparedness Committee.
14. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Employment Committee.
15. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of
the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
16. DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence
17. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member comments and announcements.
18. ADJOURNMENT
[Estimated Times Are Only Guidelines]
Next Regular Meeting: Friday, March 21 , 2008
Mayor’s Disability Council
Accessible Meeting Information
City Hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other disabilities. The Polk Street/ Carlton B. Goodlett entrance is accessible via a ramp and a wheelchair lift. The other three entrances are accessible via ramps. Assistive listening devices are available and the meeting itself will be real-time captioned and sign language interpreted. Agendas are available in large print and Braille. Other materials are available in alternative formats upon request. Please make your requests for alternative format or additional accommodations to the Council Clerk, Howard O. Wong, 554-6789 (V), 554-6799 (TTY). Requesting accommodations at least 72 hours prior to the meeting will help to ensure availability.
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, N and T (Civic Center Station or Van Ness Avenue Station). MUNI bus lines serving the area are the 47 & 49 Van Ness, 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 perfumes and various other chemical-based scented products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.
For inquiries or requests for accommodations,
please call 554-6789 (V), 554-6799 (TTY)
Meeting Broadcast & Webcast
For persons with disabilities or others who cannot attend in person, meetings are broadcast (open captioned) on SFGTV Channel 26. Call 557-4293 for listings.
MDC Meetings are also video-streamed live and are archived at:
http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=17
Videotapes of the three most recent MDC meetings are made available ten days after the meeting date in the Main Public Library. Written minutes in accessible formats are available at 401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 300, San Francisco, California.
Telephone Bridgeat (415) 554-9632.
Members of the public, who wish to listen to and/or participate in this meeting but are unable to physically attend, may call into the Council’s ‘Telephone Bridge Line’ at 554-9632. Up to thirty persons may listen on this conference line, and may be recognized to speak during public comment periods. Call 554-9632 after 1:00 p.m. and a staff person will handle requests to speak at the appropriate times on the agenda.
Regular Meetings – Third Fridays of the month (please confirm dates)
Next Regular Meeting: Friday, March 21 , 2008