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Mayor
Susan Mizner
Director
Jack Fagan
Jul Lynn Parsons
Co-Chairs
Raphaella Bennin
Norma Block
Elizabeth Grigsby
Tatiana Kostanian
Sarah Estes Merrell
Richard Ow
Jul Lynn Parsons
Denise Senhaux
Amy Wishnie
F. Ross Woodall
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, September 21, 2007
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 July 2007 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 Co-Chair
7. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Disability
8 CEREMONIAL ITEM: Presentation of the Mayor’s Disability Council Beacon Award to Victoria Tedder, Housing Advocate, ILRCSF. The MDC Beacon Award honors the efforts of individuals who exhibit outstanding leadership and who are guiding lights in our community. This award honors Ms.Tedder for her outstanding work advocating for affordable accessible housing and for the rights of tenants with disabilities.
[Public Comment Is Welcome]
9. ACTION ITEM: Resolutions Regarding Laguna Honda
A. RESOLUTION #2007-02: Recommending Guiding Principles for Any Housing
Built on the Laguna Honda Campus for Current or Potential Residents
B. RESOLUTION #2007-03: Recommending That General Fund Dollars Spent
at Laguna Honda Be Redirected to Community-Based Housing and Services
[Public Comment Is Welcome]
2:30 BREAK – The Council will take a 10-minute break.
10. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEM: Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) –Results from Survey of Muni Riders Who Are People with Disabilities or Seniors, and Project Update. Presentation by Britt Tanner, SFMTA; and Liz Garcia, Controller's Office. The TEP received nearly 400 responses to the survey, designed to better understand transit needs of seniors and people with disabilities and to help inform draft recommendations for improving Muni service. For more information and updates, visit http://www.sftep.com, phone 415-701-4599, or email [email protected]
11. INFORMATION ITEM: Access Advisors' Open House and Disability Arts Festival, October 6, 2007, 10 - 3. Presentation by Charlie Dorris. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco invites the disability community to its 2007 Open House and Disability Arts Festival on at the de Young Museum. Activities will include a slide show of art by people with disabilities, song, dance, storytelling, docent tours, and more. Admission is free if reservations are made before September 28; contact Tish Brown at (415) 750-7645 or email at [email protected]
12. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Disability Disaster Preparedness Committee.
13. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Employment Committee.
14. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of
the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
15. DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence
16. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member comments and announcements.
17. ADJOURNMENT
[Estimated Times Are Only Guidelines]
Next Regular Meeting: Friday, October 19, 2007
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, October 19, 2007