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May 21, 2010

 

Mayor’s Disability Council

 

 


Gavin Newsom

Mayor

 

Susan Mizner

Director

 

Jul Lynn Parsons

F. Ross Woodall

Co-Chairs

 

Raphaella Bennin

Harriet Chiu Chan

Elizabeth Grigsby

Tatiana Kostanian

Denise Senhaux

Vincent Webster

 

AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council

Friday May 21, 2010

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 400

 

 

1:00 p.m.

 

1.                  WELCOME, INTRODUCTION, and ROLL CALL

 

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

 

3.         ACTION ITEM:  Approval of the March 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.

  

1:30

 

7.         INFORMATION ITEM: City Budget Update.  Presentation by Monique Zmuda, Deputy Controller,

            Controller’s Office.

           

[Public Comment is welcome]        

 

8.         INFORMATION ITEM:  SAVE THE DATE –  ADA Twentieth Anniversary Celebration, Monday July

            26, 11-3 pm, City Hall, North Light Court followed by Superfest Movies in the San Francisco Public

           Library. Presentation by Council Member Bennin. 

 

For more information about the ADA Anniversary Celebration and the Reclaiming Normal Video Contest visit www.itsnormal.org or contact MOD, mod@sfgov.org

Phone 415 554-6789 (Voice), 554-6799 TTY. 

 

9.         INFORMATION ITEM:  Mayor’s Disability Council Awards for Excellence – Calls for Nominations.

 

·        Awards are given to individuals or organizations who have excelled in furthering disability rights for people with disabilities in San Francisco City Government programs, services, activities, or facilities.

 

·        The awards are given to those who by themselves or in collaboration with others have gone above and beyond to create systems change.

 

·        The award celebrates efforts that have increased the integration of people with disabilities, have improved awareness of disability rights issues, or have otherwise furthered the work of the Mayor’s Disability Council and the Mayor’s Office on Disability.

 

·        Up to three awards may be given to individuals, programs or departments.  Nominations will be considered for outstanding work in communication access, programmatic access, or architectural access.

 

 

Deadline for Nominations:  Monday June 21, 2010.  For a copy of the nomination form or additional information, please visit sfgov.org/mod,  phone:  415 554-6789, 554-6799 (TTY), Email: mod@sfgov.org

 

 10.       INFORMATION ITEM: The Interplay of Historic Preservation and Disability Rights (Continued from

            January Meeting). Presentation by Alan Martinez, Historic Preservation Commission. 

 

[Public Comment is welcome]

 

 

2:15    BREAK – The Council will take a 10-minute break.

 

11.       INFORMATION ITEM: The Disabled Access Section of the San Francisco Department of Building

            Inspection –  Who They Are and What They Do.  Presentation by Richard Halloran.

 

[Public Comment is welcome]

 

12.       INFORMATION ITEM:  ADA Training Module – Presentation by MOD Staff

 

13.       PUBLIC COMMENT:  Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC.  Each

            speaker is limited to three minutes.

 

14.       DISCUSSION ITEM:  Correspondence.

 

15.       DISCUSSION ITEM:  Council Member comments and announcements.

 

16.       ADJOURN

 

 

 

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 MOD@sfgov.org

 

 

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JOIN US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER!

 

The Mayor’s Office on Disability and the Mayor’s Disability Council

Are Now on Facebook & Twitter

Check out the link at the bottom of our web page: sfgov.org/mod

 

 

Next Regular MDC Meeting: 

Friday, June 18, 2010, 1-4 PM, Room 400 City Hall

 

  

 

 

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), email mod@sfgov.org. 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, June 18, 2010

 

 

 

Last updated: 5/18/2010 1:04:26 PM