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Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, December 18, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 400
1:00 p.m.
WELCOME, INTRODUCTION, and ROLL CALL
2. ACTION ITEM: Reading and Approval of the Agenda.
3. ACTION ITEM: Approval of the November Minutes.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
5. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Chair.
6. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Disability
7. INFORMATION ITEM: Fair Housing Amendments Act Training. Learn the rights and responsibilities of tenants with disabilities! Learn how to ask for a reasonable accommodation in housing. Presentation by AIDS Legal Referral Panel Attorneys / MOD Interns Jaime Rush and Sara Malan.
2:15 BREAK – The Council will take a 10-minute break.
8. INFORMATION ITEM: Our Public Libraries: Excellence In Access. Presentation on the Library’s bond program and increased accessibility throughout the City. Presentation by Chief of Branches Brian Bannon & ADA Coordinator Marti Goddard, SFPL.
[Public Comment is welcome]
9. ACTION ITEM: MDC Resolution in Support of CCSF Ordinance Prohibiting Smoking in Enclosed Areas, Certain Unenclosed Areas, and Sports Stadiums.
[Public Comment is welcome]
10. VIDEO: “Muni For All – Accessibility for Low Vision and Blind Riders – Announce it!”
[Public Comment is welcome]
11. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Disability Disaster Preparedness Committee.
12. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
13. DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence.
14. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member comments and announcements.
3:30
15. ADJOURN In Memory of Disability Advocate Sandy O’Neill
Following the Meeting, there will be a Holiday Gathering in Room 370 City Hall.
All are welcome.
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Next Regular Meeting: Friday, January 15, 2010
Mayor’s Disability Council Accessible Documents Policy
Please note that no materials may be distributed for consideration or review by Council Members at a meeting, unless these materials have been provided to MOD Staff in electronic format at least two days (and preferably four days) prior to the meeting.
For further information, please call or contact the Mayor’s Office on Disability at
415 554-6789, TTY: 554-6799, or email [email protected]
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. 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 Mabel Martinez, 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)
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 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.
Regular Meetings – Third Fridays of the month (please confirm dates)
Next Regular Meeting: Friday,January 15, 2010