AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, January 20, 2012
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. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
4. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Chair.
5. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Disability.
6. CEREMONIAL ITEM: Introduction of new Council Members Sarah Burgett and Chip Supanich.
7. INFORMATION ITEM: An Introduction to the Department of Aging and Adult Services. Presentation by Shireen McSpadden, Deputy Director.
[Public Comment Is Welcome]
8. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEM: The Impact of State and Federal Budget Cuts on People with Disabilities.
A. IHSS & Litigation Update. Presentation by Megan Elliott, San Francisco IHSS.
B. The Outlook for People with Developmental Disabilities. Presentation by Alan Fox, The ARC.
C. Olmstead Implications of the State Budget Cuts. Presentation by ILRCSF.
D. Consumer Advocacy Perspectives. Presentation by Donna Willmott, Consumer Rights for Community Living.
[Public Comment is Welcome]
2:15 BREAK – The Council will take a 10-minute break.
9. INFORMATION ITEM: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge West Span Bicycle / Pedestrian / Maintenance Path. Presentation by Peter Lee, Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
[Public Comment Is Welcome]
10. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Disability Disaster Preparedness Committee.
11. INFORMATION & ACTION ITEM: Report from the Physical Access Committee.
12. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
13. INFORMATION ITEM: Correspondence.
14. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member comments and announcements.
15. ADJOURN
Regular Meetings – Third Friday of the month
Friday, February 17, 2012, 1-4 PM, City Hall, Room 400
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 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 additional accommodations to Council Clerk Mabel Martinez, 554-6789 (V), 554-6799 (TTY), e-mail
[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.
Regular Meetings – Third Friday of the month
Friday, February 17, 2012, 1-4 PM, City Hall, Room
Telephone Bridge Line 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.
[WCR Access] [ASL] [Open Cap] [Large Print] [ALDs] [Braille]
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