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Chair
Vincent Behan
Norma Block
Elizabeth Grigsby
Michael Kwok
August Longo
Denise Senhaux
Walter Park
Council Secretary
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor's Disability Council
Friday, 21 February 2003
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 INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Chair
6 INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Director
7 INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Committee Chairs
1:30
8 INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEM: Implications and impact of proposed local and state budget cuts on persons with disabilities. Representatives from the Departments of Public Health, Human Services, Aging and Adult Services, and Muni have been invited to present information on proposed budget cuts. A representative
from Planning for Elders in the Central City will report on the implications of proposed City and State Budget cuts. Comments from the public are welcome.
(75 minutes).
2:45
9 (The Council will recess for a 10-minute break)
2:55
10 ACTION ITEM: Approval of MDC Letters To Governor Gray Davis and Attorney General Bill Lockyer regarding the State of California's filing a Medical Board of California v Hason appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court with a petition to the court to declare that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is unconstitutional. (15 minutes)
11 INFORMATION ITEM: Community Vocational Enterprises -- Presentation by Steve Poulin, Program Director, regarding job placement services for persons with psychiatric disabilities. (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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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 47 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.
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