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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 to watch him using this machine because deaf and blind, you know, he was flying through the internet ...

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 but were mindful in making sure that our property didnt force nonprofits to have to move away. The Sea...

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 subsidy safe and theyre the state of the art libraries were thrilled month are gold and other categories s...

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 elements and there are 4 departments mr. Sharp in a unique study in mission bay and creek to see the nukes...

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 people with disabilities. Presentation by donna kotake, department of Human Resources, Workforce De...