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Mayor’s
Disability Council
Carol Patterson
Co-Chairs
Sergio
Alunan
Vincent Behan
Jim Brune
Ed Evans
Michael Kwok
August Longo
Allison Lum
Frank Marone
Leroy Moore
AGENDA
Walter Park
Council Secretary
Director, Mayor’s Office on Disability
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, 19 October 2001
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 September’s 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 - Employment
Committee, Physical Access Committee and Programmatic Access Committee
8 INFORMATION ITEM: Emergency support and donations for
people with disabilities in New York City through New York disability organizations.
1:45
9 ACTION ITEM: Possible action item (resolution) regarding
the California Council of the Blind Resolution #2001A-8, calling for providing
individuals with limited vision an appropriate and safe path of travel at designated
street crossings.
10 ACTION ITEM: Possible action item regarding AB1421, a
California Assembly Bill concerning involuntary outpatient mental health treatment
for certain consumers.
2:15
11 DISCUSSION ITEM: The Civil Grand Jury Report and Mayor’s
Office on Disability response.
12 DISCUSSION ITEM: Presentation by the authors of the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing Needs Assessment Report, funded by the Mayor’s Office on
Disability.
13 DISCUSSION ITEM: Member requests for future agenda items.
14 DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence.
15 Public comment on items not on today’s agenda, but within
the jurisdiction of MDC. (Each speaker limited to two minutes.)
16 DISCUSSION ITEM: Councilors’ comments and announcements.
17 Adjournment.
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Accessibility:
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 reasonable
accommodations to the Council Clerk, Jada Jackson, 554-6789, at least 72
hours prior to the meeting.
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.
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 reasonable accommodation,
please call 554-6789.
Mayor’s Disability Council
Accessible Meeting Information
Regular Meetings - third Fridays (please confirm dates):
Next meeting dates: November 16th ,
December 21st and January 18th.
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Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions
in full view 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, by phone
at (415) 554-7724 / (415) 554-5184, by fax at (415) 554-5163, or by email at
[email protected]
Citizens interested in obtaining a copy of the Sunshine
Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Domingo or by printing Chapter 67 of the
San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=4463.
Public archive:
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, Room 300
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