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Mayor
Susan Mizner
Acting Director, MOD
Ed Evans, Chair
Vince Behan
Norma Block
Jack Fagan
Elizabeth Grigsby
Eugene T. Flannery
Michael Kwok
August Longo
Ruth Nunez
Jul Lynn Parsons
Denise Senhaux
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, 19 September 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: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the
Mayor's Disability Council. Each speaker is limited to two minutes.
5. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Chair – Welcome New Members
6. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Acting Director
7. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Committee Chairs
1:30
8. INFORMATION ITEM: Disability Service Award – Presentation of Certificate of
Appreciation to Carol Ragle. (5 Minutes)
1:35
9. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEM: Update on the Port of San Francisco's
Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan. Presentation by John Paul Scott, ADA
Coordinator, Port of San Francisco. (30 minutes)
2:05
BREAK
2:15
10. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEM: Budget Presentation – City Process and
Disability Issues. Presentation by Ara Minasian, Administrative Services.
(45 Minutes)
3:00
11. INFORMATION ITEM: October 17 Hoarders and Clutterer's Conference –
Presentation by S.F. Mental Health Association. (10 minutes)
3:10
12. INFORMATION ITEM: Regarding October 25 Legion of Honor Access
Advisor's Open House. Degas Exhibition and related activities including art making, art
demonstrations, panel discussion on disability by Bay Area artists, and a movement
workshop led by San Francisco ballet’s great Evelyn Cisneros. Admission is free to the
disability community with RSVP. Presentation by Charlie Dorris, Legion of Honor
Access Advisory Committee Member. (10 minutes)
3:20
13. DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence.
14. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the
MDC. (Each speaker limited to two minutes)
15. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member requests for future agenda items.
16. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member comments and announcements.
17. ADJOURNMENT
[Estimated times are only guidelines.]
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:
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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 Avenue, Room 300, San Francisco, California.
Telephone Bridge at (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.
Mayor’s Disability Council
Accessible Meeting Information
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 alternative format or other accommodations to the Acting Council Clerk, Josie J. Lee, 554-6789 (V), 554 6799 (TTY). Requests for accommodations made at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to help 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, 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.
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 accommodations,
please call 554-6789 (V), 554-6799 (TTY)
Regular Meetings – Third Fridays of the month (please confirm dates)
Next Regular Meeting: October 24, 2003
(Please Note: This meeting only will be held on the fourth Friday of the month).
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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, S.F. 94102 by phone at
(415) 554-7724 (V), (415) 554-5227 (TTY), or (415) 554-7854 by fax, or by email to [email protected] Citizens interested in obtaining a copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine
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