vacant is post on the website since december 23rd and it was sent to the main library for publishing. >> i appreciate that but i realize that when there's unusually a new committee or new board forms we have the responsibility also to add to the effort to sort of shack the brandishes on the try. supervisor breed >> yeah. i also want to say that i too would say to supervisor campos that i have to take responsibility for not necessarily participating in the process. i you have led this fight and

had been at the forefront and part of that was to support you and to take your lead. i will say that i know many of the persons who are applying to be on the seat and to serve many whom - most who i respect and appreciate for all the work they continue to do for the city. i think that i would like to see us maybe move forward with 2 of the seats and potentially hold back on two of the seats to give us an opportunity to participate in helping with fayette i don't want to go down a political road because this is the start of manage that is a great example

of how we name things. the state throws things out there and makes decisions i've not said that in public. and i want to see some real thought go into the decision with a diverse prospective and not just a political complete political prospective. i will say that i think, you know, and i'll kind of let things go where they may. but john and i thought it was joe. john. yes, so john, i think i'm actually he'll be a great person to serve because he brings the

boarder traffic and he brings that particular interest. it's a balanced interest in making sure that as someone who understands and people who visit and the encouragement to get people to visit i want to see once we make the decision exceptionally to name the terminal we incorporate that into the capacity in san francisco that takes it to a level of promoting the history. i think that would be a great person to actually - he would be a great person to serve and be in the mix of this. though i think i would be more of a mayor appointment than a supervisor. i appreciate what maggie brings

to the table. usually when someone is a city apply i'm apprehensive but not only is she an st. student >> now we know. >> but more porl. >> no bias. >> i'm really excited about her history and what she was poernl to bring to the table as it relates to her mom. one of the things i was afraid of is naming all the tirnlz but let's approach it from an objective that san francisco history is important i think your family would bring something to the table and naming the terminals not just for harvey milk.

and i definitely want to move those forward. i'm not necessarily opposed to selecting alex but in all fairness look at some potentially alternatives and keep him in the mix of this process so we can make sure we have some level of balance as that relates to some of the things we seem to be for. i'll take responsibility in working with the mayor's office to make sure we have a balanced approach to the naming process overall. at this time i would like to move two names forward and give

us a little bit of time to maybe, you know, revisit the two names like within a month time period to re-examine and make the appointments it's really not the intention to say if we get no one else we'll appointment them but to make sure we get more of a balanced approach to this committee and a supervisor campos >> at the mr. chair. i want to say i appreciate and agree with all the comments in making sure we have a good process. i think that is two individuals i think any one of those 4 will do a good job. i think the two individuals

you've identified i agree. with my hope because there are appointment opportunities for the board and the mayor that we and the board will make recommendations to the mayor as well. and my hope is ail 4 of those individuals will have a role through this body or wherever. the only caution would be to make sure that we do come back within a month to move this forward. and my hope they'll be more attention paid now. i appreciate the comments and a thank you very much >> just out of respect for my colleague i want to walk away

with a specific date and bring this matter back to rules and i would be more comfortable with that if we can. >> supervisor cowen do i have any comments. >> yes. i do thank you very much. i think supervisor breed that was a motion you put out? >> yes. a motion to appoint john to seat 6 and maggie to seat 7. and to continue seats 8 and 9 to the meeting of which looks like the 21st. >> the 21st. >> of november. >> oh, it looks three weeks away. okay. i can second that

supervisor campos is on board with that >> i will support the motion. and it's important that while we have two names to name that we also maybe any of us could approach the mayor and say there's two people interested and either the mayor could through his process appoint or on november 21st that the names come back to us. and for a clarity i'm not rejecting the two names i want to not reject the two names that were not move forward >> i'm clear with.

so with no objection that motion passes. thank you. thank you very much >> thank you and thank you to all 4 of you for your interests. >> yes supervisor avalos. okay. we're now we're going to our closed session i believe. so madam clerk can you call item 12 through 19. supervisor items are items regarding litigation with the city attorney's office. any any public comment on this item? on items 12 through 19.

seeing none, public comment is closed. session. members of the public we will now be convening no, we past that that are >> we're reconvening. madam clerk colleagues. let me announce during the closed session the committee vociferated unanimously to forward items 12 through 19 to the full board with recommendation >> please do so arrest that's fine colleagues, can i have a motion not to disclose what happened in closed session and a okay second.

motion passes. madam clerk anything on the agenda >> if nothing the meeting is now adjourned to trick-or-treating to the mayor's disability council. this is friday october 18, 2013. in room 400 san francisco city hall. city hall

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captioners. >> thank you. roll call, please. >> harriet chiu wong. absent. tatiana, present, wilson, present, derek present, denise, present, chip, present, wong absent. >> and now reading and the approval of the agenda. >> item 1. welcome introduction roll call. action item 2, reading and approval of the agenda. >> item 3, public comment, items not within the agenda. each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. item 4, information item, report from the chair.

item 5, introduction item with newly appointed members to the council. derek and laura. item 6, information item. report from the director of the mayor's office on disability. item 7, action item. cochair election in correspondence with the mayor's disability council bylaws article 3 section 1. the present election will be due to cochair's resignation. item 8. discussion and possible action item. mayor's disability council bylaw amendments. discussion about consideration of bylaw amendments that will increase the efficiency of the

mdc's work and encourage consistent member participation. some potential changes include amendments to article ii, section 4 of the mdc's bylaws making attendance at executive committee meetings mannedary. establishing attendance standards and ability to attend council proceedings via conference phone or bridge line. you'll item 9: information item. elections accessibility the different elections will explain how it is training staff, providing voting information and making voting accessible for voters with disabilities and preparation for the november 5, municipal election. presentation by jill fox, outreach manager, san francisco department of

elections. item 116789 discussion and possible action item. the council will discuss the possible adoption of resolution regarding guiding principles and overall recommendations for the construction maintenance and financing strategies for permanently affordable and accessible housing for seniors and persons with disabilities. public comment is welcome. item 12: information item, better market street, pedestrian ream focus group and workshop. review of preliminary report and findings regarding sidewalk paving and conditions and design parameters. presentation by simon bear trang, project manager for better market street and peter

mendoza. facilitator with the independent living resource center san francisco. >> public comment is welcome. item 13, pensacola comment. item 14, information item. coroners. >> item 15, discussion technique counsel table comments and announcements. >> do i have a motion to approve the agenda? >> i so move. >> do we have a second? >> second. >> let's move on to item 3, public comment. is there anyone with public comment? step right up. >> good afternoon mayor's disability council. are we really happy here in the city

with budgets skies of gray and by what a great bridge new by the bay. searching but not finding understanding anywhere. happy halloween anyway. i get lost in a city masquerade. we try to talk it over but the words come out the same in the city and we need some change. searching but not finding understanding anywhere. i think we are lost in a city masquerade. lost in a city

masquerade. help us today. okay. thanks. >> thank you. is there anymore public comment? is there anyone on the bridge line? okay seeing no more public comment. we'll move to team 4, information team report from the chair. i just have one report back from our last meeting. i want to apologize. i don't know if we had a motion on the floor and a vote and a letter sent to the mayor. i have to report back. we did get an answer back from the mayor and they have set up a meeting with the person and me as cochair and i will be reporting

back about that next month. however, if we do have, i'm happy to say we have two new members that are appointed. derek and miss star. i would like to give them a couple of minutes to introduce themselves. >> hello, my name is derek zarda. i'm honored, very honored to be joining the council's members each with their own skills and experiences to help lead in the decisions we make and the choices we do here. i have been a strong advocate since high school as i was diagnosed with other disabilities and health impairments and learned how to start the dialogue with

advocacy, you have to do it yourself. so that has led me since then through college years cofounding disabilities advocacy rights at my college which we fought for physical access barrier issues and fought for special bussing on campus. replacing an entire fleet of buses to make them accessible for those on campus. it still exist today and still going strong. it's led me here to san francisco as well joining the independent living resource center of san francisco. a disability rights advocacy organization that has strong roots here since 1977. i work there currently as an assistive technology educator and working with people to

finding the right strategies around technology. i'm very happy to be able to do outreach to high schools, community colleges as well with youth programming as well as work on the disability disaster emergency preparedness committee and sometimes i'm a bit faulty with all the acronyms. i'm very glad to see the work around the different shelters and as well as people from mod step up and all of those as well. i'm very happy to join this council and look forward to working with each and everyone of you. thank you.

>> hi. this is -- deputy director of programmatic access. so council member, laura could not be here today but she sends a message that she would like me to read off for her. not having applied for the council a year ago, she has a long standing employment commitment that she really couldn't cover. i would like to introduce her first by saying that she's an employee since 2009 which is a community base veterans rights organization. she's also a veteran who serves an active military duty for nearly 12 years. so her statement goes like this: dear councilmembers, i applied for

the council over a year ago. i'm excited to a voice in the disability community. all too often the people with disabilities are not involved, during my time, i have met disability veterans that rely solely on the veterans of the affairs of administration for care and adaptation. i want to be that voice that begins to lace together both communities for the greater benefit of all. thank you, everyone. >> thank you. okay. welcome to the council, thank you very much. next we have item 6. a report from the interim director carla johnson. >> thank you cochair wilson and

council. we have a full agenda today so i'm going to keep my remarks brief. i would like to welcome and congratulate our new councilmembers. we are so happy to have you. i have worked with derek over the years through the disaster preparedness committee and i have always found his contribution to be creative and spot on and very engaged and also appreciate the time he's addressed the council in the past during the comment portion of our meeting. welcome derek. star laura our other member is also very active as she is going to build a bridge through the veterans community and she's given such engaging presentations over the years and one that has inspired the council i think to stretch the

boundaries. we are very lucky to have councilmember laura as well. i wanted to start my report with a simple announcement that at our next executive committee meeting on october 22nd starting at 4:00 p.m. that i asked i bar a to talk about the government rules that apply to councilmembers. this is really a follow up discussion. our coach touched on it earlier in her portion of her report. i think it's best to provide solid answers to councilmembers and guidance on activities. i think everybody will benefit from that discussion. i hope everybody can attend next tuesday. my next item is to talk briefly

about the better mark street pedestrian realm focus group. this is an item on our agenda for presentation later and i think this focus group is really an excellent example of collaboration and outreach. the department of public works reached our office. they want to get some feedback about people with disabilities for sidewalks. this is to help the department make important decisions surrounding the market plan. they were collaborating with our office and we created a memorandum of understanding for this project. but then we turned to the independent living resource center who recruited focus group members from the disability community and facilitated the two workshops.

peter mendoza from independent living resource center in san francisco is here today and he'll be telling us more about that process for recruitment and facilitation a little bit later. and sample from dpw is here to tell us about the findings. the next is on the advisable committee meeting for placard reform. we are continuing to do public outreach. in fact we have done 21 presentations so far. we have two of the most recent in the east bay and in the robbins campus for the mobility workshop. the big part of the outreach has been about listening. what we are doing at these outreach presentations is capturing and grabbing the feedback so that we