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Frank Marone
AGENDA
Walter Park
Council Secretary
Director, Mayor’s Office on Disability
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, 21 June 2002
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 of April Meeting
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 INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Co-Chairs
6 INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Director
7 INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Committee Chairs - Employment
Committee and Programmatic Access Committee
1:35
8 INFORMATION ITEM: Crimes Against People with Disabilities
Presentation regarding a statewide Crime Victims with
Disabilities Initiative, speaker from Golden Gate Regional Center, plus invited
speakers from the San Francisco Police Department and District Attorney’s
Office. (75 minutes)
2:45
(The Council will recess for a 10-minute break)
9 INFORMATION ITEM: International Disability Report - report
from a Council member and the Director on the international disability conference
in Hungary. (20 minutes)
10 INFORMATION ITEM: Support for Families of Children with
Disabilities - Announcing "Walk and Roll" Sunday, June 30th,
8 a.m. - 12 noon, in Golden Gate Park. (5 minutes)
11 INFORMATION ITEM: Review of TransLink Pilot Project -
report on the accessibility features of a new smart card that can be used on
public transportation throughout the Bay Area. (15 minutes)
12 DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence.
13 Public comment on items not on today’s agenda, but within
the jurisdiction of MDC. (Each speaker limited to two minutes.)
14 DISCUSSION ITEM: Member requests for future agenda items.
15 DISCUSSION ITEM: Councilors’ comments and announcements.
16 Adjournment.
[Estimated times are only guidelines.]
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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: July 19th, August
16th, and September 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 Donna Hall by mail
to Board of Supervisors, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, by phone
at (415) 554-7724 / (415) 554-5184, by fax at (415) 554-5163, 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
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