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Gavin Newsom
Mayor
Susan Mizner
Director
Jack Fagan
Co-Chair
Jul Lynn Parsons
Co-Chair
Norma Block
Ed Evans
Eugene T. Flannery
Elizabeth Grigsby
Tatiana Kostanian
Robert Neil
Ruth Nunez
Richard Ow
Denise Senhaux
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, October 15, 2004
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 400
1:00 p.m.
1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
2. ROLL CALL
3. ACTION ITEM: Reading and Approval of the Agenda
4. ACTION ITEM: Approval of the Minutes
5. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of
the MDC. Each speaker is limited to two minutes.
6. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Co-Chairs – Updates on topics from recent MDC meetings, notice of topics for consideration in upcoming meetings.
7. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Disability. Announcement of Town Hall Meeting for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community, Thursday, October 28, 5:00 - 7:30 PM at the San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco.
8. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Programmatic Access Committee Chair – Self-Evaluation update, Discussion about a replacement affirmative action program for disadvantaged business enterprises, and City website access.
1:40 NOVEMBER ELECTION ISSUES
9. INFORMATION ITEM: Voting Rights for People with Disabilities: The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) - Presentation by California Secretary of State's Office. (5 Minutes)
10. INFORMATION ITEM: Presentation on Ranked-Choice Voting – Bob Planthold, Senior Action Network. (10 Minutes)
11. INFORMATION AND ACTION ITEM: Proposition 63: The Mental Health Services Act. Presentation by Mental Health Association of San Francisco, and consideration of Mayor's Disability Council Resolution in support of Proposition 63. (10 Minutes).
[Public Comment is Welcome]
12. INFORMATION AND ACTION ITEM: Propositon A: Supportive and Affordable Rental Housing and Homeownership Bonds. Presentation by the "Yes on Proposition A Campaign," and consideration of Council Resolution in favor of Proposition A. (15 Minutes)
[Public Comment is Welcome]
2:30 BREAK
13. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEM: Report on Accessible Pedestrian Signal Program – Presentation by Frank Markowitz, Program Manager, City of San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic. (30 Minutes)
[Public Comment is Welcome]
14. INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM: Impact on people with disabilities of eliminating stops on the 38 Geary bus line (15 Minutes)
[Public Comment is Welcome]
3:25
15. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC. Each speaker is limited to two minutes.
16. DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence
17. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member requests for future agenda items.
18. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member comments and announcements.
19. 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, 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)
Regular Meetings – Third Fridays of the month (please confirm dates)
Next Regular Meeting: November 19, 2004
Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance:
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, S.F. 94102 by phone at
(415) 554-7724 (V), (415) 554-5227 (TTY), or (415) 554-7854 by fax, or by email to [email protected] Citizens interested in obtaining a copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine
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