Captioning starting. Good afternoon and welcome to the Mayors Disability Council this friday may 17 in room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided at the grove, van ness and mcallister street via ramps. Wheelchair access at the polk street, entrance is provided through a wheelchair lift. Assistive listening devices are available and our meeting is real captioned and sign language interpreted. Please ask staff for assistance if needed. To prevent electrical interference with this rooms sound system and to respect everyone, please silence all mobile phones and pdas. Your cooperation is appreciated. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment period. There will be an opportunity for Public Comment at the beginning and end of the meeting, as well as after every item on todays agenda. Each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond to your comments following the meeting if you provide your contact information. You may complete a speakers card available in the front of the room, approach the microphone during your Public Comment. And or, you can call our bridge line at 14155549632. Where a staff person will handle requests to speak at the appropriate time. The Mayors Disability Council meetings are generally held on the third friday of the month. Our next regular scheduled meeting will be held here on friday, july 19, 2019, from 1 00 to 4 00. Please call the Mayors Office on disability for further information or to request an accommodation at 1415554678. , we thank you for joining us. So were going to go ahead and move i dont want the roll call portion of the agenda. Staff, thank you. Cochair, present. Blacksten absent. Alex madrid present. Council member Kate Williams here. Thank you. Were going to move to action item number 2, reading and approval of the agenda. Staff . Item 1, welcome, introduction and roll call. Item 2, action item. Reading and approval of the agenda. Item 3, Public Comment. Items not on todays agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment. There will be an opportunity for Public Comment at the beginning and end of the meeting, as well as after every item on todays agenda. Each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond to your comments following the meeting if you provide your contact information. You may complete a speakers card available in the front of the room. Approach the microphone during Public Comment or call our bridge line at 14155549632. A staff person will handle requests to speak at the appropriate time. Item 4, information item. Cochair report. Item 5, information item. Report from the Mayors Office on disability. Please note that the directors reports can be found on the whats new section of the mod website. Item 6, information item. Updates from the department of aging and Adult Services. This presentation will include an overview of the departments programs for people with disabilities. Present by executive director, San Francisco department of aging and Adult Services. Council questions and Public Comment are welcome. Break. The council will take a 15minute break. Item 7, Action Strategy and people with disabilities. A present on the vision zero 2019 Action Strategy. Highlighting actions and next steps and addressing issues responsive to Transportation Safety concerns of people with disabilities. Presentation by may eagan weir. Sfmta, Pedestrian Program manager and zero vision cochair. Item 8, information item. San francisco recreation and Parks DepartmentDisability Access and inclusion services. This presentation will include the childrens play area, accessibility assessment and website enhancement. What the Department Offers for people with disabilities, how to access their services, their challenges and how the department can work with the mdc to provide better service. Presentation by lucas tobin. Ada coordinator for recreation and Parks Department and anthony tow, intern. Council questions and Public Comment is welcome. Item 9, Public Comment. Items not on todays agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. Each speaker is limited to three minutes. Please approach the microphone or give your comment card to the mod staff. Item 10, information item. Correspondence. Item 11, discussion item. Council member comments and announcements. Item 12, adjourned. Thank you, heather. Im going to move for a motion for the acceptance of todays meeting agenda. Do i hear a second . Thank you. All in favor . Agenda so passed. Thank you, Council Members. Were going to move on to Public Comment. Item number 3. Items not on todays agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. Are there any speaker cards or okay, can you please okay. Thank you, councilman. Thank you, Council Member mcdonald. Thank you for having this meeting here today. I just wanted to share a couple of bring a couple of things to your attention. One, im concerned these meetings are only happening bimonthly now. I dont know the reason for that. If its a budget issue, i can say im very disappointed. These meetings are extremely important and theyre only one of the ways that disabled people can be involved. When i have a problem, i have two options, if i have a problem with a city service, i can call or a lawyer or ask mod to step in and help. These meetings were created so less litigation would be brought against city hall and the city of San Francisco. These meetings are terrific. Theyre run by people with disabilities, so people listen usually. Theyre a very good thing and should happen. I am concerned these meetings are not well attended. I dont think thats the fault of staff. Outreach needs to be done. I lived in San Francisco for 10 years with major disabilities before i knew the existence of these meetings. Im very active in civic life. I consider myself active. I think there can be outreach done, especially at hospitals. I think it would not be hard to go to sf general and give a piece of paper, hey, did you know about these meetings . Are you having problems accessing City Services . I would like this point out that disability homelessness is on the rise in the city. As of yesterday, the Homeless Count in the city is over 8,000, 8100 people according to San Francisco chronicle. If youre living on disability, you can only make a maximum of 900 a month. There is no place in San Francisco that would rent to a disabled person for 900 a hospital. You get injured, in a car accident, youre homeless. Thats it. Youre on the streets. The disability suicide rate is climbing. We dont like to talk about that. Its a dark subject, but its a reality and its a problem. So those are the main things i wanted to bring to your attention. I brought up overeem email previously that i was harassed by a Police Officer in city hall. I was sitting in the far corner of the room, as far as away from the door as possible resting my back, because i have a spinal injury. A Police Officer said this wasnt a public park and i couldnt lay down. He wouldnt stop harassing me until i sent a letter from my doctor. I sent a letter to this. I sent emails on february 6, february 8, april 12, april 25. On april 26, i finally got a response from director saying its being looked into, but im interested in finding out the results of that by city staff. Thank you so much. I believe we have another Public Comment. I wanted to share that pride month is all of june. And for pride in 2019, were collaborating with pride and the external contractor who makes pride happen, both the parade and the celebration. They have a long way to go in making pride accessible, but in 2019 were hoping they can change. Were working with them to get some of these things changed. I want to invite everybody to come march with us in pride on its going to be june 30th this year. Its a sunday. Were going to be doing a pan disabled contingent, so pan disabled being everyone who identifies as disabled and allies both of disabled and the lgbtq community. You can find out more at lighthouse. Org. Im going to be sending this link to Kate Williams who can send it out. Moving forward, because there are so many other things that pride can and needs to do to make this event accessible, were going to continue talking to pride in 2019, and 2020 and beyond well continue to make it more accessible. Hopefully, we can get in there and look at conversations regarding accessibility and pride, hopefully, in the fall. Thats it. Thank you. I have a Public Comment that was brought to my attention from one of the Council Members, my name is martin greensburg and i was referred to contact you from the Public Library. I am a deaf blind citizen who worked in San Francisco for 25 years. I worked as an accountant for 25 years, after 15 years i was forced to leave due to my sight worsening, making me deaf and blind. I have no Service Animals due to an allergy condition. With this new disability i have to go to school in new york city at the helen Keller National center. I returned to San Francisco again, but was forced to leave due to my Mothers Health issues. I currently am back in new york and would love to move back to San Francisco. I have continued to look for and apply for Affordable Housing for many years with no results. Im contacting you to see if there is any way you can advocate on my return to San Francisco. Being deaf, blind and as a senior citizen, i have issues and difficult with the application process. I thank you in advance for your guidance ahead of time. Thank you, mark greensburg. Do we have any more Public Comment at this time before i close Public Comment . Okay. Thank you. With that, were going to move to information item number 4, which is the cochair report. And basically, what i like to do is kind of talk about future announcements and things that are happening in the disability community. So i try and summarize, because we get a lot of emails from agencies and nonprofits on things that affect the disability and senior community. So one thing is better Market Street open house. The better Street Market is the citys multiagency project to transfer 2 transform 2. 2 miles of Market Street. Theyre going to focus on safety and accessibility and making sure transit is reliable and space and public rightofway is safe. Theyre going to have two open houses. One on june 1, from 10 00 a. M. To noon. And the second one is wednesday, june 5, from 4 00 to 7 00 p. M. And theyre both going to be held at the a. C. T. Custom shop, 1117 Market Street near 7th. Its a few blocks from the Civic Service center. Theyre going to talk about the Market Street plan. Their plans for design altercation between hayes and gulf. Commercial loading, transfer stops and some of the other improvements. If you have any questions or need an accommodation, you can call at 4155549656, at least 72 hours in advantage. The meetings will be accessible to people who are wheelchair users. And there will be assistive listening devices and materials and they will have interpreters. Thats the first thing. The next thing applies to support for families of children with disabilities. And theyre kind of inviting for like an open house mentoring training program. Its called parent to parent. Its going to be held saturday, june 8, from 8 30 to 4 30. And there is going to be a group of volunteer mentors. And basically, this training is to share their experiences in health care, education for children with special needs, and what they do in areas of support. And you kind of receive training on communications, listening skills, or whatever youd like to share. Preregistration, there is going to be meals and limited child care provided if needed. So if youd like to preregister, you can call ahied at 4159205040 or email apolomera support for families. Org. The last thing id like to talk about, there were several people who had contacted me with regards to the expo tech fair that was held. And there were a lot of good reviews and i was told that so basically excuse me im referring to my notes based on the calls i got. Basically the fair was held from may 5 to 11 and it was sponsored by the San FranciscoPublic Library along with support from city departments, microsoft, and about 30 partners organizations. And it had to do with basic computer skills, advanced skills. They cover various materials and workshops. How to learn about more accessible apps for people who are blind and or visually impaired and how to interact with computer in their day to day life activities. Talking books. They learned how to apply online for city employment. There was a Computer Training Program about the ace program. And they learned basic computer skills. I believe there was basic and free, i believe coding classes for people who are hard and deaf to help them learn how to use. And if you were interested in being a website developer. The people that i talked to, that went to the fair, got a lot of out of it. They were intimidated when they first went, but they found it useful. They wanted to thank whoever was responsible for putting this together. So i wanted to make sure that you mentioned that. The last thing is the Community Living campaign is having Community Meetings to talk about accessibility in the public rightofway. I have a flyer with basic contact information. What theyre looking for is a search party who are going to walk on the van ness side, and theyre going to kind of see areas where there is obstacles. And this is funded through the Community Living campaign and its going to be may 23 at noon at the center or independent living offices at 1663 mission street, suite 525. And i can give you a name and a contact to get more information if you want accommodations. So any questions you can call Jennifer Walsh at 6504880259. Or email jennifer sf Community Living. Org. Thank you very much, that ends my report. And now well go onto information item number 5. Report from the Mayors Office on disability. And what is new. I welcome our director nicole bohn. Thank you very much, denise. Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for coming and thanks for being here. I have a few updates. Youll learn more about the ways that the Mayors Office on disability has engaged with vision zero in the presentations later. Well focus on a couple of updates since the last meeting presentation. So specifically one of our agenda items was on housing and the strategic plan, the fiveyear plan that is now in development with our partners in mohcd. Mod has been involved in those focus groups, specifically for people with disabilities in response to the visit that happened at this meeting last ti time, so thanks to this councils action in that regard. Also, regarding better Market Street, denise mentioned earlier the forth coming open houses that will be giving folks a general update. I wanted to let you know a couple of other things. The dates are still be determined, but we anticipate that there will be, as a followup to the disability stakeholder meeting that happened after the presentation to the council around effective delineation in bikeway separation on better Market Street, that involved people with and without disabilities giving feedback, there is going to be another stakeholder meeting, most likely in june, that will talk about the better Market Street project specific to disability. And also, there is going to be some opportunities to participate in some design testing on effective delineation for detectable bikeway that is detectable under cane or under foot. That is sometime in june. And once those surfaces are determined, there will be another opportunity for user testing on Market Street itself. Once we