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Mayor’s
Disability Council
Willie L. Brown, Jr.
Mayor
Susan Mizner
Frank Marone
Co-chairs
Office of the Mayor
San Francisco
Sergio Alunan
Vincent Behan
Claudia Center
Ed Evans
Viola Jackson
Michael Kwok
August Longo
Damien Pickering
Grayce Regan
AGENDA
Walter Park
Council Secretary
San Francisco
ADA Coordinator
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, 19 November 1999
1:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 400
1:00 p.m.
1 Roll call
2 Approval of Agenda
3 Approval of Minutes
4 Public comment on items not on today’s agenda, but
within the jurisdiction of MDC.
(Each speaker limited to two minutes.)
1:15 p.m.
5 Report from the Co-chairs
6 Report from Staff
1:30
7 Item for Discussion and possible action:
Department of Parking and Traffic accessibility information and issues
Issues include enforcement of sidewalk obstructions to
path of travel;
ticketing of vehicles in bus zones and blue zones; dispatch; installation
of blue zones in residential areas; red-painting of curb ramps; numbers of
blue zones in residential areas and downtown; and others.
2:30 Break
(Continued on next page.)
2:45
8 Brief Presentation: Self-evaluation and Transition Plan
progress report from consultants Peter Margen and Associates and Logan Hopper,
AIA.
3:00 p.m.
9 Item for discussion:
Physician assisted dying and AB 1592, Pro and Con.
Pro presentations (20 minutes):
Rev. John Brooke, President, Americans for Death with
Dignity
Mr. Daniel Barnes, Board member, Americans for Death
with Dignity
Con presentations (20 minutes):
Marilyn Golden, Disability Rights Education and Defense
Fund (DREDF)
Dr. Paul Longmore, Director, Disability Institute,
San Francisco State University
Public discussion and comment (20 minutes)
10 Adjournment
Public comment is invited on each item on
this agenda.
Time for each individual is limited to three
minutes or less.
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available ten days after meeting date in the Main Public Library.
Written minutes in accessible formats are available at 401
Van Ness, Room 300.
Mayor’s Disability Council
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interpreters will be made available upon request. Please make your request
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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. MUNI bus lines serving the area are
the 42 Downtown Loop, 9 San Bruno, and the 7 Haight/ Noriega. Accessible curbside
parking is available on Grove Street.
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