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Mayor’s Disability Council
Gavin Newsom
Mayor
Susan Mizner
Director
Jul Lynn Parsons
F. Ross Woodall
Co-Chairs
Raphaella Bennin
Benito Casados
Harriet Chiu Chan
Joseph Fong
Elizabeth Grigsby
Tatiana Kostanian
Sarah Estes Merrell
Denise Senhaux
Vincent Webster
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, April 17, 2009
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 March 2009 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 including Updates on the Budget & Stimulus Package.
8. INFORMATION ITEM: Disability Rights in Housing: Updates on
MODTrainings.
Presentation by Jaime Rush and Sara Malan.
2:00 BREAK – The Council will take a 10-minute break.
9. INFORMATION ITEM: Improving Transition Outcomes of Youth With Disabilities in San Francisco. Presentation by the Improving Transition Outcomes Project (ITOP).
A. What is ITOP? Presentation by ITOP Coordinator John Weber.
B. What Is The Need? Presentations by:
· Linda Tung, Parent & Coordinator of the Parent Transition Discussion Group
· Daisy Ambia, ITOP Youth Council Member
C. What ITOP Has Accomplished. Presentations by:
· David Wax, PhEd, San Francisco Unified School District
· SELPA Director David Wax, PhED
· Jack Wilde, PhD, City College of San Francisco DSPS Program
· Paul Ogilvie, Golden Gate Regional Center
· Martha Acacio, Mental Health Transitional Youth Services
· Judy Doane, San Francisco Department of Rehabilitation
D. What Still Needs To Be Done? Presentations by:
· Juno Duenas, Executive Director Support For Families of Children with Disabilities
· Kevin Hickey, Jewish Vocational Services
E. Testimonials from Selected Speakers and Public Comment
F. Council Member Discussion
[Public Comment Is Welcome]
10. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the
jurisdiction of the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
11. DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence.
12. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member comments and announcements.
13. ADJOURNMENT
Next Regular Meeting: Friday, May 15, 2009
Mayor’s Disability Council Accessible Documents Policy
Please note that no materials may be distributed for consideration or review by Council Members at a meeting, unless these materials have been provided to MOD Staff in electronic format at least two days (and preferably four days) prior to the meeting.
For further information, please call or contact the Mayor’s Office on Disability at
415 554-6789, TTY: 554-6799, or email [email protected]
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.
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. The nearest accessible BART / MUNI Metro station is Powell Street station. The accessible MUNI Metro lines at Powell Street Station are the J, K, L, M, N. Please note that the Civic Center elevator serving both MUNI and BART is shut down for renovations until early May 2009.
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, May 15, 2009