AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday December 17, 2010
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 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. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
4. INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM: Newly-Proposed ADA Rules. Presentations by Jim Brune, Executive Director, DCARA; Lisa Hoffmann, Department of Emergency Management; Rhianon Giutierrez; MDC Members and others.
A. Accessibility of Web Information and Services Provided by Entities Covered by the ADA
B. Accessibility of Next Generation 9-1-1
C. Movie Captioning and Video Description
D. Equipment and Furniture
[Public Comment is Welcome]
Please note that The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking public comment on the above four proposed rules. DOJ will be holding a public hearing to receive public comments here in San Francisco on January 10th 2011 at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel, 55 Fourth Street, between 9:30 AM and 4 PM, with signing-in beginning at 8:30.
For additional information, go to: www.ada.gov/anprm2010/anprm2010.htm
5. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Chair
6. INFORMATION ITEM: Correspondence.
7. ADJOURN: In Memory of HIV AIDS Activist Randy Allgaier
Following the Meeting, there will be a Holiday Gathering at the Mayor’s Office on Disability, 401 Van Ness, 3rd floor.
(in the Veterans Memorial Building across the street from City Hall)
All are welcome.
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, January 21, 2010, 1-4 PM, Room 400 City Hall
Accessible Meeting Information
City Hall and the Veterans Memorial Building are 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 at the meeting and real-time captioning and ASL sign language will be provided. 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 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 in accommodating persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, please refrain from wearing scented products to MDC Meetings or when visiting the MOD Office. This includes perfume, scented lotions, detergents, or hairsprays, etc. Thank you for helping us to provide meetings that are fully accessible to all people with disabilities.
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
Next Regular MDC Meeting: Friday, January 21, 2010, 1-4 PM, Room 400 City Hall
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