Emergency preparedness, maybe there are elements that can be incorporated . Thats an excellent question. Could i get your card after and ill follow up with Maria Benjamin and see if she can get you an answer. Yes, thank you very much. Mr. Herman just a followup to my own question. The other issue is the bathroom accessibility. The ada bathroom in the units. People who need that. My question is, about the application and the use of the site. For people who are visually impaired. How is is there some way this was my question also about audio, is there some way to have somebody who is visually impaired fill out the application through a voice interaction . As opposed to having to have somebody sit there to help them fill it out . Is there some way to design digitally design the application so that its an audio application. And takes responses verbally from somebody who may have visual impairment . Okay. So just to make sure you understand, the applicant could speak an answer and then have the application ask a question, what is your name . And then the person speaks it. And then it gets filed into the application. Nicole through the chair, i think one of the things to check on christinas audit is what councillor herman is describing is something available through a voice dictation. And typically, if were following the current accessibility guidelines when were accounting for web accessibility, that is part of this audit. So my assumption is that were also testing specifically for what youre asking for. But it would be good to crosscheck that. Okay. I need to follow up with you on that. The only reason i brought it up, you said there was no audio content. And in response to the other Council Member. So i didnt feel there was any opportunity for anybody who was visually impaired to complete the application if there was no interactive audio content. Not built in. Thats why i asked the question. Thank you. Ms. Yu i think you can uncover a lot of this through user testing with people who are blind. My only thing is please pay your user testers. Thats all. Okay. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you. Any questions from staff . Nicole thank you for being here, emily. Im very sorry that our colleague maria could not join. I think there are other questions, but i think it would be good to, maybe collect those and help get some of these other questions. One comment that i have and again were happy to work with your team when you were talking about the slide that is not rolled out yet on the different disability categories that youre asking the agencies to account for, i guess my question is, lets see if i can be as succinct as possible if the unit has not been identified as a communication or mobility unit, are agencies still listing particular features . And what i mean to say is this, there is a certain number of units that we need to, by law, set aside for folks with mobility disabilities that have specific requirements and communication units, which are specifically for deaf individuals. Right . And then with specific visual features. There is not really in the code anything specific for low vision individuals besides requirements for external signage. So what im wondering is, if we surpass our number of available codeapproved units, are we still allowing for that distinction of the disability needs for or units. I guess my example, thinking about Council Member williams, who was unfortunately unable to be here, but is blind and has talked several times in Public Comment about working with her constituents at the lighthouse around trying to find housing. And many times individuals dont need specific other accessibility. They just need access to a unit. And so im wondering if the prioritization still happens if you technically run out of the coderequired units . And how that rolls over . Or if that is something we maybe need to take a closer look at . I think i understand your question. I think that is a conversation to be had with maria. I figured that, but i wanted to make sure [laughter]. The way that our categories are listed right now, there are other there are other disability types that we can account for, but dont match one to one to code unit, but that doesnt mean that that represents the number of people actually needing accessible housing. Right. Nicole so we can be thoughtful, i think, about how we list those disability categories. Okay. Nicole so whatever were representing is accurate to the actual inventory or not. Right. Nicole does that make any more sense . I think we need more discussion. I agree. I want more i would love more discussion, too, because i think its a conversation that could happen between yourself, myself and maria and then we could figure out the business side. The part between you two and then ill implement it. Nicole right. I want to make sure were not misrepresenting what is or isnt available. And when there is more available that could still be utilized by someone with a disability technically set aside unit for mobility, but it could still work. Still work because its an accessible building. I want to make sure, there are many people with disabilities who, beyond navigating our website, just have difficulty navigating the process of finding housing. Which i think we hear in every public forum, but people with disabilities in particular struggle with matching their particular needs to appropriate housing very often. Okay. Lets talk more. Because there is other work were doing to think about, a search feature. How to make it easier to figure out which listings are best. Nicole that sounds perfect. Thank you so much. Id like to [inaudible] add a point would it be possible [inaudible] ms. Senhaux chair microphone, please. Again, im new, apologies. Would it be possible for us to have the dahlia link on the councils website. So when people are looking you know, they go to the council on disabilities, for those seeking housing, the link would be right there. It would be easy for them to find. That makes sense to me, but thats you know. Weve linked to other resources on the web page. That would be no problem, yeah. And dahlia will never be done, its a process. So even some of the things we found in the audit, without getting too technical, were going to have to do a full rewrite of dahlia because the language is being sun setted. So there are some things we can do now and some things that have to wait. Im excited about starting from scratch. The code were in, its like having a car where you cant find the replacement part. Its getting outdated. So im excited with the new rewrite well be able to do things better. We have more tools at a our disposal technically. Ms. Senhaux chair i want to thank you very much for doing both parts of the presentation. We look forward to a followup. Thank you, all, appreciate it. Ms. Senhaux chair okay. So we have room for Public Comment. We have another presentation. Im going to ask for Public Comment, you can speak for three minutes. Do we have any Public Comment . I believe we have zack. Nicole and bruce as well. Ms. Senhaux chair and bruce. Okay, thank you. My name is bruce morgan. I just turned 70 on tuesday. I have Cerebral Palsy and a couple years back, i fractured my back. And ive been trying to i live in north beach. I have 22 stairs to climb. Ive been climbing them for 40 years. But i need, as i get older, uglier, slower, i need to get more accessible housing. I spend several years as a doing social work in the tenderloin many years ago and im finding that, like with dahlia, when i was looking at the website this morning, because i just did a quick look, it was showing you had to be working to because there was how much money you had to be making and what your rent would be. But for me, im retired. And so i couldnt it didnt do me any good. Thats the information that its giving. Good for those who use it, but in my particular case, it didnt seem to be helpful. And this is more information i didnt see at the moment. Im finding there are a lot of agencies in the city that deal with housing in one way or another, but a lot of times the information they have is outdated, or you know, its such that even theyre not sure if its accurate. And a lot of times all they can do is put you on a waiting list. And ive been on a waiting list here and there for years. I was on im on one where 4,000 people applied for 92 apartments. Im like 1,000 out of 4,000. And the thing is, it is getting harder to find housing, especially if youre trying to find because im paying 60 of my income to my housing as of right now. And that is pretty steep. And but you know [bell ringing] i dont know how much longer ill be able to live where i am, until i cant afford to live there anymore. There needs to be more coordination among the agencies in the city that deal with housing, so that when someone is trying to find housing, especially if theyre senior or disabled and theyre on fixed income, like i am, and theyre trying to find, they can know that the information [bell ringing] theyre getting is accurate and that this coordination among the agencies, and that you know, its current and it needs to so youre not just running from place to place and finding out youre just too late. And so i mean i dont know how long its going to take me to find housing. I mean, im on waiting lists, but you know, its getting harder because its getting more expensive to live here. And if youre a senior, disabled and lowincome, youre being forced out or into areas where its not necessarily safe all the time. And so there needs to be better coordination among the agencies. And people dont, you know, can know that the information theyre getting is current. Its not two or three months old or years old. And if they got a chance to find some housing, whether theyre just spinning their wheels and hoping that something is going to come up. Thank you for your help. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you, bruce. Ms. Senhaux chair any more Public Comment . Zack . Okay. Id like to request just one extra minute to speak slower for the sign language interpreters. Ms. Senhaux chair unless its disability related you can deny that request, thank you. Ms. Senhaux chair im not denying it, im explaining it. Its a request and youre denying it. Ill continue to give my Public Comment. Bruces comment hit the nail on the head. Housing is the dark cloud that face the Disability Community that we dont want to talk about, but we need to talk about. To be severe disabled. If youre disabled in california to the point you cant work, the maximum amount of money is around 600. Thats everything. If emily shore can show me any place that is available for rent under 950, ill be happy to give all the money in my wallet and the shirt on my back, because ive been looking for a long time. Especially a place that is wheelchair accessible. Thats a pipe dream as it is. Thats if its the whole amount, you know, let alone clothes, other needs. Ive had to request multiple times to get housing lists, as bruce says, theyre accurate. Im on their email list, they dont send me what theyre supposed to. Im in a unit right now that doesnt have wheelchair access to the door and there is no law that requires my landlord to provide that. They cant force my landlord to provide that. There is a law that says i can pay for it, if i have the money and can hire construction workers to do all that, which i dont. And so thats a really big problem. I think there is great comments made about pictures to show for the units that are on the market. I think thats a nobrainer. The fact that some of that stuff is coming across as news here, is shocking to me. Getting interpreters and not just using google to interpret different languages. I mean thats ridiculous. Why are you using private corporations like computer speak to translate for members of our community . You could be hiring interpreters, creating jobs. And i think Council Member tiffany made a great point about paying people for that as well, whenever youre doing any kind of testing and market research, or for people in the community. There are, as of 2019 point in time, 3205 people with psychiatric or physical disability living on our streets. 801 seniors. These are conservative numbers. Over 70 of [bell ringing] of San Franciscos Homeless Population is previous San Francisco neighbors. These are not traveling hippies. These are people we know. To be severely disabled in San Francisco right now means to be homeless. Unless you have a special circumstance, family members to help you out, you have a special situation, to be severely disabled in San Francisco for the majority, it means to be homeless. [bell ringing] ms. Senhaux chair thank you. Were going on to information item number 8 which is curb Management Strategy. I want to welcome our presenters and thank you for waiting. Hank wilson, parking policy manager with sfmta and francesca napolitan, curb access manager with sfmta. And alex jonlin, transportation planner with sfmta. Thank you for waiting. Good afternoon, my name is francesca napolitan. Hank and alex couldnt be here today, so its just me representing the parking and curb management group. Im here to talk about an effort that theyre undertaking. So quickly what is curb management . Were the Agency Charged with managing the curbs, so were responsible for regulating the curb, dictating who can use it and when, for what purpose and if they have to pay. Before i dive into the strategy and some of our draft recommendations, i wanted to talk about why curb management is important and we as an agency are creating this document. So curb management has been a challenge for a long time in the city. Photo on the screen is a picture from the 1970s when the first transitonly lane was implemented. Even then, double parking was a problem with the bus having to veer into on coming traffic to get around the cars. Jumping ahead to the present day, were still facing many of the same challenges which negatively impact modes that the agency wants to support, like muni, para transit and taxis. And within the past few years, weve seen explosion of new services, such as bikeshare, carshare, Services Like lava may and the meditation bus, uber and lyft, Food Services and parkless which are putting additional pressures on the curb. In addition, were seeing high demand for loading space from a variety of users such as small businesses, schools, nonprofits, Funeral Homes and hospitals. We get hundreds of requests every year for yellow, white and green zones to serve these users. And this increased pressure on the curb has created a number of issues that this policy document seeks to address. So the lack of loading space creates safety hazards. As illustrated in the photo on the left, when vehicles double park, bikes are forced to veer out into traffic. On valencia street, a review of collision data found that up to 50 of bikecar collisions were directly related to loading. Pedestrian safety is impacted when pedestrians block crosswalks to load, forcing people to veer into the travel lanes. A lack of loading space also leads to transit delays and congestion. The sfmta has expended considerable capital to put in transit only lanes, but double parking undermining that investment. Double parking has a significant impact. Its a major contributor to increased congestion. A study showed that eliminated ring double parking could ease delays up to 30 . Lastly, curb management is essential to making the projects that sfmta works on successful. Especially bike and transit projects where we want to make sure that the facilities are not blocked by doubleparked vehicles. This requires ensuring that we provide adequate curb space for other users in the vicinity of our project areas. However, with our current policies programs and fool tools, there are limitations how we can address the safety concerns as well as ensure the success of projects. Curb Management Team was created last were why two angles. The first to do more wholistic curb planning that is based on a place. Looking at a neighborhood as a whole, instead of block by block level. The second is to create a curb Management Strategy, which is what this presentation is focusing on. So the curb Management Strategy is a policy document that seeks to guide how we allocate curb space and supports our agencys other goals such as vision zero, transit first, equity and accessibility, Climate Action strategy and economic vitality. I just need a point of clarification. Sorry. [inaudible] were talking about the area alongside the sidewalk. So kind of the curb zone. The whole zone. Driveways, loading, bus stops. Everything that is alongside the curb. Sorry for that confusion. So there are two elements of the curb Management Strategy. The first is the framework which sets priorities for how we allocate curb space to all these different users across the city. The second element is the strategy which has three main parts. The first is Design Guidelines for the project managers. This provides best practices how to allocate curb space, guidance on where to put different zones, like yellow zones, bikeshare stations, things like that and what the dimensions of different types of zones should be. The second element is process improvements to streamline how we as an agency do outreach for the implementation of curb management and lastly, policy recommendations how to improve curb management going forward. Today, ill focus on draft policy recommendations that seek to improve accessibility at the curb. Our first recommendation is to expand para transit loading zones. It needs to get as close as possible to given destinations, but often doesnt have enough curb space station. Were recommending curb space. Para transit loading zones are not defined in the transportation code. Were recommending that there is a definition of para transit loading zones that is codified. So that there is increased availability of loading space for these types of vehicles serving people with disabilities. Our second recommendation is expand accessible loading zones, or white zones, throughout the city. Right now, the sfmta focuses on blue zones to serve the needs of people with disabilities and they have strict guidelines. However, these zones are not always available and often have vehicles parking