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and 40 thousand the fiscal next year is for 5 million 5 hundred and 50 thousand. the requests are made to the city capital committee for recommendation to marry and the board of supervisors for their approval in june of this year. many of those requests are for the construction or projects that are currently in design. those funds are in addition to funding for ada ramps and sidewalks. the ada transition plan as one more year of capital funding for fiscal year 2016. details are attached to my report and a thank you scott
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>> i provided american people update on transition projects 12 projects were completed in neo 12 and as far as this year. 18 projects are currently in design and construction. a list of projects are attached to my report. we had a presentation on a single occupancy. the erroneous requires that common area toilets, bathtubs and showers. s r o tense and can also request the - please contact the mayor's
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office at 4155546, 7, 8, 9. 41555478 of - our next meeting for the dnc is proposed to be a joint session with the mta modu module committee. please look for our future nose and e-mails for more information. thank you. >> thank you rolland.
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seeing that you have 11 and 12 too the disaster preparedness and ada is that i rolland for both? next, we have number 11 an information report to for preparedness >> i'm going to give you a highlight of the disaster preparedness meeting that meet on march 1st. what i'm to go over the bullet >> excuse me. we don't have t the. >> gunning again, i'm going to
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go over the meeting that was hepd held on march 1st. we had a meeting on the fast program. there will be ongoing and how this trained individuals will be deployed and utilizesed in the disaster process. we had a group of individuals well mayors disabilities couple and the mayors committee on disabilities. the work group will have it's first meeting on friday april 5th from 130 to 3:30 p.m. in room 421 in city hall. then the work group will meet every month.
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the discussion regarding the disability assess issues into the guardian discussion addressed the fast teams participation potential activation which stand tor statement of understanding and intact pursues. it was determined that 6 to 8 individuals with have a seat disabilities would be participating in the exercises. the independent resource center agreed to participate. the red cross will provide intact forms for the exercise. the fast team will be observers. statements of understanding with
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vendor and community based organizations will be pretty straightforward as dry runs were successful. a lesson on storms with people of disability that were impacted by the storms. it it isville vital that we continue to prepare for the disasters. we need to know our capabilities of responding to disasters ahead of time. resources are spread throughout the bay area a in this case of the disasters it is important that local organizations and governmental organizations billed and maintain establish
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relationships with people at the red cross. it is important that they understand the various you communities including the homeless the disabled and the other individuals are that it is of some certain 3 red cross volunteers have run into such things that are unfamiliar and need to interact with them. several suggestions were given about things we might think about. we could establish points of distribution. we might also consider using last year r c. v that would go
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through the city and distribute goods. it is deemed important that we think about hotels and in addition to parks. peep may need housing longer the parks are open. it is mentioned that friends and families were sheltering the folks who were disshoveled. we meet on the first friday ever more. next meeting may 3rd from 2 - in city, state, an address correction on that allocation. i think we're going to meet on
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market street. and notice of your up-coming meetings. i'm so used to saying that we'll go back to item 12 information. our report role one. >> f mta. san francisco come on you all. multiple assessable advisory committee okay. i was trying to. briefly yes >> we're out of time. >> this is the i'll start out with the f f mta will be placing new buses into service sometime this summer. let's see they'll be highbred
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buses like we currently have with red and gray and with the wheel chair ramps. the venice ramp are going to be renovating we have the elevators that are unreliable they're to be shut down for a few months. the next item i'd like to bring up is that there's plan a examine the ability to place 6 assessable mini programs.
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and they basically is to make more platforms for people that can board and get off the rail lines. let's see. i'm cutting it very short. beginning may 2013 s fta t is allowi allowinging strollers. the stroller so long as it doesn't block the wheel chair areas and doesn't block people on and off the coach. in collaborating we're going to
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have blue zones and blue plaqueers and the recommendations is assessable advisory committee at the next meeting which is scheduled on thursday may 18 at 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the sfmta building that were union square conference room 7th floor at 1 sensing us avenue. thank you >> it was quick. i'd like to move a motion we can skip 13 since the timeframe somebody second that, please. and there's no correspondence or is there correspondence? one quick update.
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>> the council z did receive some correspondence and i'll be clear about that in my conversations. our next meeting is may 17th in this room. our exclusive meeting will be held at the new office on tuesday. from 4 to 6 so you guys our meeting is there anything else staff? . anyone on the bridge line. okay. it is exactly 4:00 o'clock have a wonderful rest of the
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>> it's so great to see a full house like this. it means the world to us and to the whole cause of anti-trafficking. we are waiting for mayor lee. my name is nancy goldberg, cochair of the seven cisco collaborative against human trafficking. i wanted to introduce my past chair, and my new cochair. when i tell people of my
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involvement their shock to hear that san francisco is in major definition of human trafficking. they think it is people from other parts of the world. there are also so many right here, from our own bay area communities. in the city that is out of human trafficking we are also committed to being an agent of change. i want to give you a brief history of sf cat, san francisco collaborative against human trafficking. in response to what we saw is a growing problem, four organizations formed up in 2008, the jewish coalition against human trafficking; national council of jewish women, jewish reel fund, --
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we then realize would needed a wider coalition in order to be more effective we reached out to a large variety of the government sectors. in february 2008 the jewish coalition held a conference against human trafficking which included agencies such as the san francisco commission on the status of women, representative of the mayor's office and other nonprofits. this event also attracted members of the state assembly and a few congressional offices. at a meeting following our conference a i was asked to chair the larger group and my condition was that there be
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a cochair from the mayor's office at that time was catherine dodd. the san francisco collaborative against human traffic was born. in 2010 - from the beginning emily morassie (sounds like) executive director of the san francisco commission on the status of women was always involved as well as theresa sparks, executive director of the human rights commission. they were not only the core of the beginning but also generously offered to help us and support us and today that is where we are housed. we have a membership of over 28 agencies public and private representing a wide area of government agencies, law enforcement agencies, service providers, educators and community members. we are committed to ending human trafficking through
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collaboration, education, outreach, raising awareness and supporting survivors of human trafficking. how many cities have this kind of public private cooperation? i don't know but we are among the first and speaks about the efforts put forth in the city but isn't this the city where all things that are impossible can happen? i wanted to just a few people who are here. first and foremost the honorable mayor ed lee. and supervisor carmen chu, has been a great champion. the winners of the sf cat annual poster concert and the keynote speaker, -- a human traffic survivor and advocate. i want to say that other human rights commissioners are here,
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-- and vice chair doug chen, -- commissioner, the president julie -- nancy kirshner rodriguez, police chief greg sur (sounds like) -- i will like to turn this over to mayor lee.diana are you here? he is on his way. well - thank you. why don't we do that? why waste a moment. >> nancy did mention that we
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will announce the winners of the fabulous poster contest. i am the executive director of commission on the status of women. the mayor will be announcing not only the winners of the poster contest but also the winners of this year's abolitionist awards. fire commissioner -- is here and emily conroy from the department of justice is here. thank you for joining us. i want to bring up mayor lee so she can bring up the announcements of the honorees for today. apl(applause) >> thank you emily and thank you to the commission on the status of women to our human rights commission thank you for being here and the commissioners and staff as well.
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thank you police chief for being here and certainly all the other department heads. wendy thank you for being here as well. members of the community. advocacy groups that have been so important to this movement. supervisor carmen chu, i know you and mayor newsom had this initial effort back some years ago to recognize the need to abolish human trafficking. an san francisco being such an international city, many of our roots are from immigrant families. we understand the problem. we did do something about it and continue that effort. i want to thank the us attorney's office for being here. and so many of you who have from the community done and continue to do what you can do to end human trafficking.
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this is such an important challenge for all of us. and because we here at from immigrant families; we hear from immigrant women and girls. the stories are real. they come across international borders. and so san francisco being the city that is not only aware of this, and aware of international traffic that occurs we have to continue doing something about it. if anything, our goal is of course to educate our youth; to make sure they understand that they have partners in both city government and in the community to help. those that are lucky and can survive; all of this and when they end up on the shores of san francisco, if we can find them and provide them with support and help them change their lives. and then get to the business
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of the criminal acts involved in exploiting our kids. we should do all of that and this trafficking. i want to thank everybody for being here today, helping celebrate this event recognizing the awareness month but also recommitting ourselves in every possible way to do what we can do to end this on a worldwide basis and to know the source businesses and individuals and groups of people organized to continue this effort and to do our best to end their activities as well. i want to make sure that i think both emily but also nancy goldberg for your interest as well not only interest but your work as a native san franciscan to do everything that you have been doing to end this too.
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i am privileged today to recognize a number of individuals who have been strong, strong advocates, people who have gone way beyond the duty but also deserving of recognition for all their advocacy work. the first person i would like to introduce is these year's recipient of the abolitionist the word for advocacy, staff attorney with with the asian pacific legal advocacy services, 2013 abolitionist awardee for advocacy, cindy lu. apl (applause) we also have someone whose services have been both
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exemplary and deserving of recognition. she is a founder and executive director of freedom house. she is the 2013 abolitionist award for providing exemplary services, -- em. (applause) we also together in collaboration with the status of women, with supervisors, department heads, the human rights commission we wanted to make sure that future generations of children are part of the solution. in that effort both in advocacy we have a strong, strong goal of educating our public and all the other kids and families in our city. this is a way of our quality of
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life, we cannot accept human trafficking. part of the way to do that is to have this be part of the kids education, and push strongly. the collaborative this year, allow the youth of san francisco to enter in a poster contest to provide artistic ability to the messaging of this really important movement. the 2013 poster contest winners i get to announce. i will begin with third-place winners. the third-place winner, first one eighth-grade student, from james brannan middle school. shelley lu (sounds like) apl(applause)
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also an eighth-grade student from james dunham as well, stella lee. thank you. apl(applause) (applause) to be an eighth-grader. the collaborative has chosen for the second place at 12 greater, from abraham lincoln high school. stephanie chung (applause)
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and then we have a number of first place winners. i'm sure this is all about collaboration, talking about it, what it means absorbing the purpose and working together. the first place poster altogether for all of us to see. i would like to name everybody. community youth center of san francisco, the young asian women against violence youth participant jennifer chang. kimberly how. erica lam. allie lee. adriana wen (sounds like) diana --
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and amy ung. congratulations everybody. (applause) (applause) (applause) good job everybody. thank you. and so at this time supervisor -- or do i give it back to -- nancy. thank you again. >> at this time we would like to call supervisor carmen chu.
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(applause) >> i think that is part of the program they wanted the winners to perhaps say a few words. >> thank you for choosing our picture. we were really surprised when you did. we are really happy. (applause) >> we were very surprised. thank you very much. (applause) >> i'm tiffany chung, so happy to be recognized in such a way. thank you very much. (applause)