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Mayor
Susan Mizner
Acting Director
Ed Evans, Co-Chair
Vincent 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, 16 January 2004
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 400
1:00 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
2. ACTION ITEM: Approval of the Agenda
3. ACTION ITEM: Approval of the Minutes
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
1:15
6. ACTION ITEM: Run-Off Election for Co-Chair of the Council (10 Minutes)
7. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Acting Director
8. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Committee Chairs
1:30
9. ACTION ITEM: Resolution in opposition to San Francisco’s implementation of
AB 1421, mandated outpatient treatment. Council member discussion.
(10 minutes)
[Comments from the public are welcome]
10. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM: Traffic Circles and Traffic Calming
Devices. Presentation by the Department of Parking and Traffic, followed by
Council Discussion. (1 Hour)
[Comments from the public are welcome]
2:40
Break
2:50
11. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM: Parking On and Across Sidewalks.
Presentation by the Department of Parking and Traffic followed by Council
Discussion. (1 Hour)
[Comments from the public are welcome]
12. DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence
13. 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.
14. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member requests for future agenda items.
15. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member comments and announcements.
16. ADJOURNMENT
[Estimated times are only guidelines]
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 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 other disabilities. Assistive listening devices are available and meetings are 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 other accommodations to the Council Clerk, Josie J. Lee, 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, 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 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)
Regular Meetings – Third Fridays of the month (please confirm dates)
Next Regular Meeting: February 20, 2004
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