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Mayor’s
Disability Council
Carol Patterson
Damian Pickering
Co - Chairs
Vincent Behan
Jim Brune
Sergio Alunan
Ed Evans
Michael Kwok
August Longo
Allison Lum
Frank Marone
Leroy Moore
Walter Park
Council Secretary
Director, Mayor’s Office on Disability
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, 15 November 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 October 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
1:30
8 INFORMATION ITEM: Taxi and Taxi Ramp Paratransit Programs - Discussion of incidents in the City’s Taxi and Ramp Taxi Paratransit Programs (45 minutes)
2:15
9 INFORMATION ITEM: ACCESS Mental Health Services - Presentation regarding
ACCESS Mental Health Services by Dr. Steven Seidman, Ph. D., San Francisco Mental
Health Access Program, Department of Public Health. (20 minutes)
2:35
(The Council will recess for a 10-minute break)
2:45
10 ACTION ITEM: Mayor’s Disability Council Resolution Regarding The Operation of Motorized Electric Personal Mobility Devices (Segway Scooters) on San Francisco Sidewalks. (15 minutes)
11 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM: Council Nominations and Election of MDC Co-Chair/s. (15 minutes)
3:15
12 ACTION ITEM: Proposed Mayor’s Disability Council By-Laws Change, to amend MDC By-Laws to include the provision: "If no Co-Chair is present at a meeting, the meeting shall be chaired by another member of the Council." (10 minutes)
13 DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence.
14 Public comment on items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of MDC. (Each speaker limited to two minutes.)
15 DISCUSSION ITEM: Member requests for future agenda items.
16 DISCUSSION ITEM: Councilors’ comments and announcements.
17 Adjournment.
[Estimated times are only guidelines.]
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