AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday June 18, 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 January 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. CEREMONIAL ITEM: Honoring Anthony Nicco, Program Manager
IHSS. Department of Aging and Adult Services, on the occasion of his Retirement.
[Public Comment is welcome]
8. INFORMATION ITEM: Update on the Impact of the Proposed State Budget on Persons with
Disabilities. Presentation by Marty Omoto, California Disability Community Action Network.
[Public Comment is welcome]
9. INFORMATION ITEM: Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Project – Determining the Relative
Importance of the Evaluation Criteria. Presentation by Rachel Hiatt, Senior Transportation Planner,
S.F. County Transportation Authority.
The Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Project has proposed four design alternatives for construction, each with unique benefits and trade-offs. In an effort to gauge public input, a set of criteria has been developed against which each alternative will be evaluated. Ms. Hiatt will lead us in an exercise of assigning weights to each of the criteria in order to determine their relative importance.
[Public Comment is welcome]
2:15 BREAK – The Council will take a 10-minute break.
10. INFORMATION ITEM: The Police Department and the ADA. Introduction of Justine Hinterleiter, ADA
Coordinator CCSF Police Department.
[Public Comment is welcome]
11. 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
12. 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.
13. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Disability Disaster Preparedness Committee.
14. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Physical Access Committee.
15. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC. Each
speaker is limited to three minutes.
16. DISCUSSION ITEM: Correspondence.
17. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member comments and announcements.
19. ADJOURN
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Next MDC Executive Committee Meeting:
Tuesday June 22, 4-6 PM, Room 370 City Hall
Next Regular MDC Meeting:
Friday, July 16, 2010, 1-4 PM, Room 400 City Hall
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), 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, July 16, 2010