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Damian Pickering
Leroy Moore
Co-Chairs
Vincent Behan
Jim Brune
Ed Evans
Michael Kwok
August Longo
Allison Lum
Walter Park
Council Secretary
Director, Mayor’s Office on Disability
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, 18 October 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 of June and July 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: Warm Pools - Discussion of warm water swimming pools for
people with disabilities and others in the City’s Recreation and Park system.
(45 minutes)
2:15
9 INFORMATION ITEM: Segway Scooters - Discussion of possible local regulation
of Segway Scooters on sidewalks. (30 minutes)
2:45
(The Council will recess for a 10-minute break)
2:55
10 INFORMATION ITEM: Elections and Voting - Discussion of voting and election
accessibility. (30 minutes)
11 DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence.
12 Public comment on items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction
of MDC. (Each speaker limited to two minutes.)
13 DISCUSSION ITEM: Member requests for future agenda items.
14 DISCUSSION ITEM: Councilors’ comments and announcements.
15 Adjournment.
[Estimated times are only guidelines.]
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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, Grace Lee, 554-6789 (V), 554 6799 (TTY) at least
48 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 42 Downtown Loop, 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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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.
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Mayor’s Disability Council
Accessible Meeting Information
Regular Meetings - third Fridays (please confirm dates):
Next meeting dates: November 15 and December 20
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of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City
and County exist to conduct the people’s business. The Sunshine Ordinance assures
that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations
are open to the people’s review. For more information on 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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after meeting date in the Main Public Library. Written minutes in accessible
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