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AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, September 18, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 400
1:00 p.m.

1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

2.  ACTION ITEM:  Reading and Approval of the Agenda.

3. ROLL CALL   

4. ACTION ITEM:  Approval of the June Minutes.
 
5.  PUBLIC COMMENT:  Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC.  Each speaker is limited to three minutes.

6.  INFORMATION ITEM:  Report from the Chair.

7. INFORMATION ITEM:  Report from the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Disability.

8. INFORMATION ITEM:  The Mayor’s Office on Disability 10th Anniversary: Celebrating Ten Years of Progress.  Presentation by the Mayor’s Office on Disability.

 [Public Comment is welcome]

9. Information Item:  October Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake and City Issues Relating To Disability Disaster Preparedness. Presentation by Carla Johnson, Mayor’s Office on Disability. 

[Public Comment is welcome]


2:10 BREAK – The Council will take a 10-minute break.


10. INFORMATION ITEM:  State Budget Cuts and Changes to the In Home Support Services (IHSS) Program.

A. Overview of Cuts in Services  –  Presentation by Dan Brzovic and Crystal Padilla,  Disability Rights California.
 
B. The Effect on San Francisco Residents and the City’s Response –  Presentation by Anthony Nicco, IHSS Program Manager, CCSF Department of Human Services.

C. What YOU Can Do –  Presentation by Donna Willmott, Consumer Rights For Community Living (CRCL).

  [Public Comment is welcome]

11. INFORMATION ITEM:  Report from the Physical Access 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.

15. ADJOURNMENT in Memory of Senator Edward M. Kennedy

Next Regular Meeting:  Friday, October 16, 2009

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 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 additional accommodations to the Council Clerk, Howard O. Wong, 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, October 16, 2009