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Now. I will have councilmember kostanian read the introduction. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Mayors Disability Council. This friday. July 18th. 2415. In room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is accessible to people using wheelchairs. And other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is available. At the grov. On [inaudible] street. And the ramps. On the carlton street entrance. Is provided via. Wheelchair lift. Assistive listening devices. Is available. And our meeting is open c...

Which dont give me clear guidance anymore. Ill echo a number of comments that have been made the larger land use challenge the chagrining challenge of cluster and weve been asking the board to look at legislation to increase the number of places that mcd can go so there is not cluster what happened what the higher bar the cu weve taken outline alu the sunset out of that eviction the legislation thas has to come to the prevention im not sure ill support the legislation were under the cu day decea...

Update for budget year 20152016 this was continued and the puc staff had to leave im going to continue this item to the call of the chair the puc will be back in a couple of weeks ago well do it in one swoop mr. Kelly will be there unless questions or comments open up for Public Comment seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Mr. Chair, i move we continue this item cochair. By supervisor mar and supervisor yee a well take that without objection. Madam clerk call item 2. A hearing on 89 or 9 month...

Documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the item one arrest a bucket you update for budget year 20152016 this was continued and the puc staff had to leave im going to continue this item to the call of the chair the puc will be back in a couple of weeks ago well do it in one swoop mr. Kelly will be there unless questions or comments open up for Public Comment seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Mr. Chair, i move we continue this item coc...

Shows people with Mental Illness has a life span of 30 years shorter. This life span is due to physical illness. In response, people with Disabilities Foundation is providing a free seminar on the topic of identifying and overcoming barriers to physical health care access. The speakers include psychiatrist, consumers and an attorney. The seminar will be held on september 30th, from 14 p. M. At the San Francisco main library. It is free and open to the public. Please see the events page on our we...

Impaired. There are a couple here as well. Probably the most include the braille display and use the dots. This computer has a braille embosser as well. One of my favorite uses of this machine was by a person who was deaf and blind who was coming in weekly to make Shopping List. So he could type out his list emboss a copy so he knew that he included everything he wanted to shop for and there is a conventional printer there and he printed out a Shopping List for every person. It was so much fun t...

Talked about the key priorities yes. What see happening in San Francisco and in the bay area the demand for Warehouse Space it above the space particularly at the port where its proven to be good homes for providers and nonprofits for cheaper rents so with the added pressures of people needing chair space in San Francisco we want to make sure that didnt displace some of the other needs only nonprofit but the distribution repair for the whole city i dont want to sound like this is an issue yet bu...

The blind, the Deaf Services and History Center were very, very proud and this came as a result of the Community Process to insure we customize the hours to meet the needs this represents 13 percentage more hours than is required all this this is to the good. We also want to highlight thank you for your support for the Branch Program you youve been beneficiaries in our districts or having renovated libraries we completed on saturday that opens the muni north Beach Library every library is subsid...

Stretches 4 and a half miles from Fishermans Wharf to the ball park in mission bay this was built over 15 years ago but each renovation project we try to enhance the seawall in particular the area from Howard Street to washington street and the Ferry Building area protects a lot of private assets particularly the downtown but the public the muni and the bart tube and the sewer and Water Systems there are so its a high priority were investigating the caliber of the seawall to withstand the elemen...

Honestly a lot of it is exposure, and the more that we are able to get the people with disabilities integrated into the workforce, i think that a lot of those concerns will fall away. Thank you very much. Any questions for the staff . Okay. Seeing none, we will go ahead and break, shortly, for a tenminutes and, we will be back here for the presentations thank you, again for all of those who attended. [break] 6. Information item a review of Civil Service rule 115 and its implementation for hiring...