AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday September 17, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 400
1:00 p.m.
1. WELCOME, INTRODUCTION, and ROLL CAL
2. ACTION ITEM: Reading and Approval of the Agenda.
3. ACTION ITEM: Approval of the May and June 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. INFORMATION ITEM: MHASF SOLVE (Sharing Our Lives: Voices and Experiences). MHASF SOLVE is a stigma elimination program that trains peer educators to share their personal experiences with mental illness, reducing the social barriers which prevent people with psychiatric disabilities from getting help. The SOLVE Speakers Bureau includes an array of San Franciscans who have first-hand experience with mental illness, and who share their stories of struggle, hope and triumph with the community. Presentation by Michael Gause, Director of Programs and Training, Mental Health Assoc S.F.
[Public Comment is welcome]
8. CEREMONIAL ITEM: Mayor’s Disability Council Awards for Excellence and Beacon Awards
THE MAYOR’S DISABILITY COUNCIL (MDC) AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE are presented to persons or organizations who have excelled in furthering disability rights for people with disabilities in San Francisco City Government Services, Activities, Programs and Facilities.
· Disability Advocate Howard Chabner, Chair of the MDC Physical Access Committee: Award for being an unflinching advocate for accessibility and common-sense universal design.
· Marti Goddard, Access Services Manager, SF Public Library: Award for her longtime work to ensure that San Franciscans with all types of disabilities have full access to Library services, above and beyond the requirements of the ADA .
· Mark Primeau, AIA, and the City of San Francisco Department of Public Works, Bureau of Architecture: Award for their successful collaborative project development and outstanding leadership in providing accessibility to 10 Public Health Clinics in the City’s Health Center System, and for helping to ensure the provision of more adequate healthcare to all of San Francisco’s citizens.
THE MDC BEACON AWARD is presented to persons or organizations who exhibit outstanding leadership and who are guiding lights in our community.
Consumer Advocate Alice Wong – Award for promoting the expansion of opportunity for people with disabilities to live independently, through her policy work, outreach and advocacy, and as President of the SFIHSS Public Authority governing body.
[Public Comment is welcome]
2:15 BREAK – The Council will take a 10-minute break
9. INFORMATION ITEM: Bicycle and Skateboard Enforcement on City Sidewalks. Presentation by Community Relations Units, San Francisco Police Dept.
[Public Comment is welcome]
10. INFORMATION ITEM: Clipper Sets Sail On MUNI. Presentation by Neil Poling, Clipper Project Coordinator, SFMTA. Beginning in November, people with disabilities who currently purchase Muni monthly pass stickers, must start electronically loading the monthly pass to their RTC card. The Muni stickers will be discontinued. For additional information, contact Clipper Customer Service at 877.878.8883 or go online to clippercard.com
[Public Comment is welcome]
11. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Disability Disaster Preparedness Committee.
12. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Physical Access Committee.
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: In Memory of Paul Longmore
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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]
Next Regular MDC Meeting:
Friday, October 15, 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 [email protected] 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.
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Regular Meetings – Third Fridays of the month (please confirm dates)
Next Regular Meeting: Friday, October 15, 2010