thanks, everybody for watching! bye! [music] >> [inaudible] for mayor's on disability council welcome for public meeting on april 21, 2023.

and can i please do a roll call. for roll cull we have madrid >> here >> sassouni. >> here. albers is absent. senhaux. >> present. >> woods. >> absent. and verma. present that concludes roll call. >> i'm sorry. helen smolinski. >> here. >> thank you. and please read the meeting board agenda. >> all right. so for item one we are welcome

and roll call. item 2 is action item read and approval of the agenda. item 3 which is general public comment. item 4 is the cochair report. item 5 is a report from the major's office on disability. item 6 is a discussion item. about the golden gate park way project presented by lucas tonin. brian and the san francisco fellows cohort. then a 15 minute break and move to item 7. the discussion item about digital access at and inclusion standard present by jillian johnson from the san francisco committee on information technology.

item 8 the resumption of executive planning meetings. mine is correspondence. 10 is general public comment. item 11 is council comments and announcements and 12 is adjournment. the general public comment at this time. we would like to member the of public to address on items of interest to the public winning the subyekt matter jurisdiction of the council which are not on today's agenda.

each member address the council for 3 minutes unless in the sg of time comments may be limited to a shorter time had well a large number of comments. with respect to today's item specific discussion items. your opportunity to address the council will be afforded at the conclusion of each discussion item before the council discussion begins. the brown act forbids council from taking action or discussing any items not on the posted agenda including those raised at public comment. if you would like a response provide contract information by e mail. if you near person i believe we

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microphone. good afternoon council. will the members great person for helping me reach you guys today. i wanted to stay introduce myself. i'm efram. i live 4 blocks and interested in seeing what is going on you know various city functions and events and approximate meetings like this i wanted human is happening. i'm impaired personal i have i have been told i have many impairment and kept mow back way, way, way, way, way being back and i did not let anybody examine mow i never let anybody interface with me this . is the

only contact i have, the only extent. this is all i have here now in front of this microphone. i can get on tv and be broadcast. what is happen with me? how. is really blows your mind. you know i want to learn more and find out that is wrong with me. why can't i move of impossible to do. i was not born in this country.

just find out that is anything on. thank you, for the comment. are there public. comments in the room? no. i don't see other members. public joining person this would like to comment. we will move to remote public comment if there is members of the public this would like to speak. don't see members joining virtually. that would like to make a public comment. we'll close public comment. at this time.

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has focused on delivering the agenda for -- committee -- in the coming months and -- also began to blend for the -- of the housing committee by extending -- to upon members of the department of disability and aging. the committee. >> and we have -- plan to hold the first meeting next mont,

also. and engaged in immediate. and -- the discussion about how to impose the occupation of the -- that has result in a to hold regular mran meeting or -- upon councilmember -- considered later on the agenda. for this meeting. >> in addition issue i attended the scope heard by the department of the in -- about

the -- at march meeting. that's my report. now moving to agenda number 5, which is -- mayor's disability on -- plan. >> i will pause i think we are having technical issues with the web exmonitor i don't understand. and so first i think we need to turn the captions off. >> all right. >> hang on a second, please. and for the office folks monitoring web ex we are not

clear what the issue is. so if you can cry directly to the staff people to help us understand. that would be great. jury room okay. with that diversion aside i'm going to move to the director's report. >> for today, thank you for joining us. this afternoon. as usual this report will be posted to the mod website at sf. goff/mod following today's meeting. and if you have any questions or like to engage on this report, please, do send an u mail at mod @sfgov.org or call. i will start with the local legislative updates for the mont of april. first of all, regarding remote

opinion comment. referral number 20306, this is now. this rule of order providing public comment opportunity that was, adopted by the board of supervisors and passed. what this does is allows for per minute innocent provision of remote opinion ment at the board of proirzs and this committees and in person public comment and removes the 30 minute time limit on the total public comment time limp as of this wroiting, nonboard of supervisor bodies miset their specifications for the total time limits for remote comment as long as they follow the prosecute visions for proriding modifications and accommodations for people with disabilities. i mentioned the mayor's office on disability issued guidance on

hybrid meeting which is is posted on the website home page. i encourage the council to continue on electronic this item. new referel item is affordable housing need's assessment. it is a hearing on the 2022 ageing and disability affordable housing need's assessment. requesting to hear about key findings. ure heard about the findings and now this is going in front of the public safety and neighborhood service committee this thursday, april 27 athat 10 o'clock, and public comment and participation in this item by members of the mayor and disability council and others during the hearing is very much encouraged.

as you know there was enthusiasm for this assessment report had presented to the mdc several months ago. the next item legislative low that i'm going to highlight is related to shared space. a reminder we are in the permanent program. and the council may wish to continue to track the enforcement of the progress. as of this wroiting, there is no update on the resolution. around commemoraing the old federal building sight and protest in the passing of judi huen when we have this, i will let everyone know. and then regarding state legislation, no changes since last time. on the california public utility

commission actionos autonomous vehicles or transportation network companies. read the full update in the report. if you are interested. and federaly i encourage folks to remember there are 4 items that are in proposed rule making status rit right now you may want to track and comment and ways will be in this report. medical equipment. other equipment and furniture. web accessibility and sidewalks, programs, street crossing and other pedestrian facilities among them. okay. news and announcements. this weekend, tomorrow, there is the get ready stay red community fair. 11 o'clock. between civic and u network plaza an emergency appropriatedness fir for all

including table, participation and resource collected by mayor's office on disability. special thanks to deputy director demy cap listen and clerk for your help getting that together. >> okay. and then in terms of items to consider for future meetings. i upon have written them in detail and you can rerufor members of the public you miwant to consider safe passage and street safety follow ups the department of emergency management marketing, campaign disability focus group was yesterday. and the council may consider follow up on this. and the presentation to the m upon dc by colleagues. this mont we concluded in april

and the council may consider hearing from the department on the out come of this work. there are updates you may want to consider around disability employment. working with building inspection and legalities to city compliance and the business entrance programs. sxf other title to removal ashing ahighly heard since matters related architecture you miwant to consider this as well. and finally one more thing is the age and disability friends low san francisco implementation. is in the second tile of

recommendations relate the to that plan. that concludes my report. if you have questions or like to engage do contact us. thank you very much. thank yo -- now we are at item 6, which is discussion item going to get -- and disability private percentage mark lucas tomlin by stroke up san

francisco -- and parks and san francisco -- and welcome to members of rec and park commission, commissioner alison and commissioner benita -- and commissioner -- we are pleaseed have you that. i think the clerk we are getting set up are we set up to go?

are we all good and red to go. why go ahead. >> welcome >> welcome, everybody. >> so i'm lucas with rec and park and my name and brian's name on the heading of the upon agenda item. but it statute san francisco fellows who did the w and presenting the project. brian and i will be here if need but i will let the fellows take it from here. >> good afternoon will thank you for having us. we are a group of san francisco fellows and here to present project.

i wanted learn about disability community and to learn how to help accessibility in park in san francisco. >> hello i'm tess bartlet i'm with the major's office of disability. and clerk for today's meeting. i chose this project because i had been doing work with accessibility in park in every area. i found this was a way to enrich the w i was doing. hello i'm with the sfpuc virmental justice and land use team. i chose this project because i was excited to get to work with the community. i don't get to interface with in

my current placement. am i'm christina with sfp us c. i grew up in san francisco near john mc clarin park i have an interests in park and city plan and family members and loved ones who have i wanted to -- learn how to serve that community and help enrich their experience of parks. hi. i'm david and i'm placed at the department of public health and behavioral health services. i was excite body this project to learn more about programmatic access for accessibility and the built requirement in san francisco public spaces.

i'm on the analytic's team i'm a huge fan of golden gate park san francisco's best features and i'm able to bicycle on may way to work and ensure it is accessible to sxefrn important to be a part of making that happen. thank you. it is a 12 mont full time cork experience we are placed in departments throughout the city and w on programs and project this is have an impact on city prescription and involve analysis, plan and program development. we have the opportunity to participate in a 10 week group project for 4 hours each week with, city departments this is a project that we all chose for this 10 week experience.

>> and for the scope of the picture project the lead was major's office on disability and we worked on it with support from rec and park we surveyed mc clarin lodge to botanical gardens and members of the disability municipality to receive feed become on our work. the goals to provide public with information on which path ways were abscessable for people of disabilities and to compile a report of findings and to credit an interactive map. we want to develop recommendations to improve accessibility in the park for mod and the major's disability council to provide to rpd. this here is a map of central park. on the left as a key to the

color coded has information on the slopes of each path way and the park. and other information as to use at of the path ways. we use this as a molths model of when we wanted achieve with this project. as we were surveying each path way in golden gate park. weave came up with our own beta version of a map we hope to improve and expand in would park and hopeful low other parks in san francisco. we are limited to the eastern section of golden gate to start with. so we wanted focus on high usage destinations near jfk program nad and recommend ewes that are

like low to be visited boy the public and people with disabilities. these destinations included the music concourse and areas of interest in that area. so the japanese tea garden and california academy of science. we also did the botanical gardens and conserve tory of flours and the carousel. we focused there to mechanic myself the impact of the project to provide information on how people could get to the destinations that they are likely to want to visit. >> next is our methods. so fellows were trained by mod building inspectors how to assess path ways in the eastern edge of the park standardses in the ad a.

we focused on path ways linear and cross slopes deefficiencies and branches change of level, gaps, potholes, et cetera and categorized path ways usable. highly recommendd and nonrecommended. and -- in this image you see us using a tool we call level to measure across slope and note the data from the measurement and determine it is approximately accessibility and usability of that path way. members of disability community who are users of the park -- were inviteed provide feedback. we had 2 feedback on march 28 with in person participate it is we took the shuttle and and a half gatd path ways near the

flowers and music concourse we reconvened to discuss way finding and recommendations. and in this image you see us on the shuttle together this is near the music concourse. after we completed our assessments we used the findings to credit a map of the eastern section of golden gate p that has a series of recommended path ways connect key destinations usable for people with disabilities. and we created the map in am google maps allows for editting of existing map and adding -- place am of key features such as we talked about earlier. >> and we took note of the conditions of the path ways we

surveyed. and included all points that we feld would be important muni bus stops. shuttle or golden gate park shuttle. next slide. the slides. um this is a screen shot of the map that we produced. you see that the -- path way in nell yellow are highlights in as usable path ways connecting the important dest nigz and transportation pointses in the eastern section of the park. key points like museums and a

cod me of science and those are highlighted with yellow stars we have other points municipal sdpe shuttle stops, parking highlighted with their icons. we did not include every path surveyed on the map we really wanted to focus on the paths connecting important dest nigzs that we found would be usable in good condition. for people with disabilities in the park. and one recommendation we will see is to post a full version of the usability map once it finalized and made accessible this is a screen shot for purposes of presentation and have a full version available insurely.

that map is the resource we want to see the public i wanted take time to discuss the key findings to determine the nap. first flowers on the side with the palm trees and stairs. the signage associated with this dest nigz is in the very clear. upon when we were out with the community there were lots of comments how i felt like a wild goose chase. over the length of the whole area trying to follow the signage. furthermore. socialitied with the destination are 2 stops one is the flower

shop and the tennis courts shuttle stop and not clear which one was better. in our experience with the community we noted that with the tennis courts shuttle stop you could see the conservetory of flowers butt stop was closereen though you could not see temperature which will inform our recommendations later. moving on to the museums and music concourse. the trouble area is signage on fulton street. it is the designated accessible entrance. however if you torch go the sign points to you go to 10th. which is very wrong if you follow that sign you could easily be lead to different directions one toward the play ground and in this area well is i tunnel this could connect you to the middle of the condition

course, however there is no adequate lighting that could have the resource be usable or accessible to anyone. so those are 2 main findings. and just to be conscious of time i will move through this. i think big surprise the quality and shuttle need improvement there is need to maintain path ways due to potholes. well is a need for simple garden mince that could help our friends with low vision burning branch and making sure leaves don't upon protrude out. why we heard a lot of feedback from community members that shelter show stops are needed e responsive with the big storms we have been getting.

well is a sdoir for visual and audio stop announce ams on the roadway as well. incorporating this to recommendations i'm hoping we be able to see those changes. i will do an over view. you can tell from findings we'll need clearer signage so signages in the areas i classifyd and the surveys to upon point people to decision points. with the conservetory of flowers making sure the signs are clear and don't contradict each other. >> thank you. christine. so for path quality we tndz is in the realistic to update every pregnant way we recommend a few

here. we want to highlight high traffic paths connecting park entrances and parking space, shuttle stops and popular destinations be prioritized. one example the path way from the park entrance on ninth and lincoln where well is a muni stop. well are wooden slats in the ground that have started to decay has left gaps that are difficult for someone with a wheel chair or mobility device or cane to navigate. we noticed one place is there is rough pavement and narrow path ways with parking near the tennis courts and the entrance to aids memorial grove. we recommend a fact sheet. we are working rec and park and mile per hour's office of disability work together with input from the xunt to have an

online fact sheet. this would be on the website and printed and available in tactile version as well and the website should include a final version of the the path visibility act. we recommend the formation of advisory council featuring members of the disability community and deaf residents formed to continue the developed recommendations for park access ability and golden gate park and beyond we willment it to be implemented for other ps in the city we recommend the parks the presidio and mc clarin park there have been road closures. this it is an image of will lillian approximate 3 members of the community 2 using scooters over looking the music concourse near academy of sciences taken during our feedback days. we recommend rec and park

increase prosecute motion of access ability features in the park. they deponent know about a lot of features in the park. we heard feedback that people were not arounding wear of the parking spasz near the music concourse and make sure beyond doing this w we want people ton that they are welcome in the park. we received feedback how to improve the shuttles we want shuttle stops to be clearly mark exclude include muni stops and could include arrival times that are visual and oddable. we continuing is important shuttle has visibility and oddable displays for upcoming stops. this should be collaborative with mayor's office, this council and rec and park and the community. thank you.

special thanks to our experiences nicole bohn from mayor's office of disability you have been helpful and provided good feedback and guidance on this project and thank lucas the ad accord narrator and access coordinator for rec and park and a friends to clay. and brian a planner for rec and park. and we appreciate his updates to the san francisco city mapful city flag and we want to thank mod senior building inspector is not here but helpful in getting us acquainted with accessibility upon standards and survey techniques. we thank you for giving us the time to present to you and listening. >> thank you >> thank you, we will move to public comment next.

>> yes. and go to questions from the council and also welcome comments from our rec approximate park americans if than i have questions they would like to address. now can you have a seat and we will go to public comment and call you up when it is you are 73edded. spectacular. >> thank you. are there public comment on upon at this time. >> we have a member of the public joining person that would like to comment. >> thank you, so much that was a great presentation. i frequent golden gate park every week. happy to know there is a group here who is wants to make it better for all of us. i think i follow some of you.

on social media. what i would like it continue saying is that -- it am issue o upon soon and i'm will happy about it. approximate is it on monday. i don't know. i hope it is. and -- so --iel. thank you very much. thank you for your commencement it is. are there other public comment the this time? does not look like others are in person would like to comment. we move to virtual public comment. and to the public, you can make a remote comment upon by using the raised hand feature and will rescue noise you when it is your

tissue sxuchl may use the q and e and web near on the top part of the video after touching the screen. and if you are joining by phone dial star 3 to indicate you would like to comment come prompt you when it is your turn. >> we are one member of the public who would like to make remote comment. you may unmute them. >> i'm richard. i tried call the in upon under general public comment and the phone system was not work. i don't know how you make public comment when the phone system is in the working and your violating the sunshine ordinance have you to have public upon comment after each item that is includes the director report and the president's report. >> i don't know had i'm poseed give comment your system is not

working. why we were having technical difficulties if you would like to make your general public now we would be happy to hear it. imented call about this about -- upon how can i say it. about limiting public comment to call ins. especially i talked to your staff new develop thes happened since nta limited public comment call in comment to 10 minutes. per item and now they set up air separate line so if you have whatever you consider a disability, let's you call in that. i think this is unfair. why should people dmul on a special line and say they are able to have a disability they don'ts want people ton they have

a disability. reminds me riding in the basket bus. you know. it is plain discrim nigz and i wish your office would take more of an aggressive sustained in changing public comment policy. you know the retirement board only let's public meant if you are disabled the police department you dmaul 3 days ahead. so i wish you would w to get a uniformed public comment policy for calling inform may be an hour each for each. item. thank you for letting mow say my public comment. where thank you for your comment. are there any public comments? >> web ex? >> i don't see members that would like it make a remote public comment. we can close public comment for this discussion item.

>> thank you. and we are going to council members question now first up is councilmember sassouni. and having -- >> thank you. if the fellows would like to comeum toward the fronts of the room. go ahead. we'll help you if you need help you are all capable. >> of all right. so, first, thank you all for where you are hard work. and your dedications to the project. and but more broad low to the fellowship program we're fwlad to see you here. especially tess. >> with regard to your findings, i appreciate the focus usability

and accessibility. and i'm curious to what extent safety was considered. of with regard to lighting? i hope that would be one of the lenses by which you evaluate the access ability and usability of path ways went park as well. >> wait. it is in the on i can't reach the button. sorry, tess. >> we should have left it on. >> [laughter]. sorry, tess.

i can peek to one instance. safety that stands out in my mind. christine who talked about the tunnel this we encountered from the blue playground into the music concourse. that was definitely what we took in consideration in the recommend thanksgiving path there was no lighting am from the tunnel to the music concourse. and even in broad daylight it was heard to see as we were navigating that. we were able to make it through as a group. so althoughs00 i think that -- it was not not guilty front of our minds we remember and a half gath the path ways. can't speak for the rest of us. and we assumed that -- members of public would use the path way in daylight when there were other people out and about. but i guess also, when we were

considering of the usability of jfk we did consider the safety of people using crosswalks when there is bikers using electric bikes or scooters. and how feasible for member to cross the crosswalks safely to get from the fulton to the music condition course. that is manage we took in consideration. >> okay. . and i likewise was referencing the tunnels through my own experience in broad daylight. what may seem an accessible pregnant way is in the usable. because the safety concern with the lack of lighting among many other reasons. i ask if safety could be one of the criteria. probably assumed and understood but there needs to be an

emphasis. does not mean anything day or night you can't make the assumption people access the park with other people. or a lot of us use it by ourselves, et cetera. thank you. appreciate the good work. >> thank you. >> next up is --. hi, yes. so reminder to the cam are room to put it on oh and i had not the interpreter. thank you for your heard w. there are items i wanted it offer for your consideration. no need to responded. i'm wondering first low, if there werefects with disabilities involved in your project.

of course than i give you the best feedback exit understands this was a lot of work that takes a lot of approval to get things like trees trimmed. and things like this i don't know if i think it is grit you acknowledged these and found the problems. sxf this you are aware of them. i think that having a monopoly can be useful and -- valuable for us. driving through golden gate park, i do so almost every day. my son's school on the opposite side of the city. notoriety sea cliff area. of golden gate park is the only way for mow to get there from the mission. it is challenging for parents you know our average drive is 30-45 minutes. approximate there is no real way for us to navigate.

if that area were closed, [inaudible] may be 8 those between the to museums. this is our preferred pregnant we cannot access that. make its challenging. i do wish that area were open for traffic. one of the problem system it has been negotiated with mta and hard for me as a parent torch have to go all the way around. so it is something to been is that it is challenge to acsthesz side of the stele from this side. the deyoung mull cement entrance well is only one. may be 2 it is limited. and it is on the fulton side. so folks limited mobility, accessing the park. that door from the parking lot is quite a distance.

so i don't know how this problem can be resolved. the ping lot or the disabled parking is plentiful, which is great but the accessible entrance is really far from that location. so i don't know, may be i don't know if the public garage is working on this project? than i have paid park i don't know if this is part of your project or not. the garage. thank you for all of your hard work on the project it is great. >> thank you. next is -- >> hi. thank you so much we appreciate you being here. just for all of your enthusiasm, your analysis and thoughtful recommendations. i had 2 yers of curiosity as well. the first being the noteds of individuals with sdaeblts are diverse.

i think about folks with chronic illnesses. i wonder upon if the availability of benches, water, restrooms was considered? as part of accessibility for this project? and on the second piece was the map sounds incredible to have resource visible line. i wonder how you think about the access ability of that resource. i don't know about map accessibility i wonder with individuals with low vision the interactive components of that how it motorbike a resource. >> i can peek to the first half. the questions about access ability of resources. i think that we definitely envisioned the scope to be more to survey the land. when we could provide for that is the gap in that. in our maps we did highlight places restrooms. that remember accessible and

path ways to that. there are few. as i'm sure you know. i think that using that -- this map had be a good way to encourage more access to that. activelies not something we directly spoke to in recommendations it was outside of the scopism agree and believe this can be a tool for future development and future investment in the project so it can expand further. >> thanks for your feedback. . speak on the second item about the map. i think you know we are still now to the using mapping tools and understanding how we make them accessible to the community. we'll be passing some of our finished products to mod and urge them to use their deep

knowledge on how to make that resource accessible in the community and we will be available for any questions about how we put that together and how we can make it reflect the needs of the community to the highest extent possible. i have a comment about the monopoly we are limit in the terms of digital accessibility tools. we did discuss roaching out to lighthouse for the blind and visual impaired they did work with tactile maps that is one option. on line is another deal that we are not qualified answer yet. we would have recommendations. the group got feedback approximate people on tours about benches you mentioned

that. placed to rest. we got feedback and had other feedback previously from member of the disability and the senior community on the need for more bench and places to rest am as far as the map, what graham mentioned about the lighthouse and learning print maps visible that is something we want to make happen witness we have a good map and also we make sure that anything we post is described in text. all of the information would be in text as well. thank you. before i go into this. i had to have couple of questions.

thank you for your work it is amazing that you -- accessibility studies. but i just want to follow up on on the -- i then and there sometimes is really, really -- on the parks. there is night or foggy night it is hard to see. so to see what is the plan of

the light on this street and accessibility on -- that and is am know that you guys are finished project but this is on what is your what's what did you guys -- and what the time line and when is the plan on things that would be easy invent and

make a change but -- and if the group or -- >> i can take that. >> is this okay? >> thank you. so i think the plan this is presentation day this group is and i apologize. but working on supplemental recommendations and findings report. that they'll be submitting to mod and to you. then the council for consideration for conversation with rec and parks. so next step is we get the follow up to this presentation which is why the feed become is helpful now. and finalize the report and receive what approximate work with rec and park for next

steps. it it is a time limited project they would love to continue working on it. i'm not joke. it hen a fun project and it is time lim exclude they need to go become to home placement and finish up their fellowship year this is the plan. why thank you. my next question. what is the plan on if this -- are there plan on making sure the lights is changed. >> lucas or brian, is there a

lighting plan otherwise this is something had can come throughout recommendations, perhaps? i'm not familiar. i assume the fellows are not, either >> i don't know if brian is more familiar. i don't know. lighting plans to address lighting in the park. other than and that is -- >> accessibility and user friendly and accessibility. >> and yea. i am agree but we have not gotten feedback other than throughout project about the tunnel. in particular. on light thering and how this make its harder to navigate. i have not gotten other feedback about access at related lighting issues in the park. but manage this we are open to hearing and can dpraesz

occurrence like the tunnel. that will is we can request to have lighting put this there. manage we are open to i don't know know an over all plan. hi. brian. there was there is a lighting system put in along meant reads in the park. part of then 90 master plan. long jfk and parts to driveway and other locations that is the only lighting plan other than any efforts when the museums were built for their cites. and the garage which were all prit from the department of but other than that, i don't. that's the plan i'm familiar with. this something to consider. thank you. now we are going to -- questions

from the staff? my graduate tude for all of your work. you did i fantastic job. this was a great presentation. look forward to your final report and i will miss working with all of you. and i hope that -- you continue to are accessibility advocate in whatever upon room you find yourself next in your lives. thank you on behalf mod. . prosecute yo thank you and. before we go i want to on behalf, thank you for your work and i hope this is the start of disability we can see, thank you. and would like to -- now we are going to. >> take a 15 minute break.

we will come back at 15 minute it i beginful welcome back to the upon san francisco disability commission. friday, april 21.

upon san francisco committee and technology. >> go ahead. i was saying. >> hello council thank you for having me here today. i have a set of slides i will share. and i'm sorry i condition be well in person. i'm grateful i can join remotely. my screen visible. >> yes, thank you. >> i'm julie generals the director for committee of informing technology passed the disability and inclusion standard in november of 21. and i will star by giving a broef over vow what the technology does. it is the stele and county of san francisco technology upon

body. it provides a forum for city as welleder leadership on the use and procure am of technology city wide. regular meeting and a vehicle to share with resident and the public the state of the technology in the city of san francisco. >> this is nicole if you would not mind slowing the pace of your slowing the pace a bit that will help us. >> okay. >> thank you. >> happy to. >> thank you very much. >> so the committee is comprised of several or many departments in with representation if department head and some will sometimes delegate, which is often the chief information officer. there is representation from many departments cross the city. the committee is chaired by the city add administrator carmen chu and the city cio.

president of the board or their delegates. and other departments that i have listed here. i will walk through them. chief information officer. dhr, department of public health. utility commission. library. department of emergency manager. airport and hsh, mta, human rights commission and the clerk of the board and there are 2 public members one seat is open. and the main responsibles of this committee and the 4 staff in my office this supports the committee are to create the 5 year technology plan sets a vision and strategy for the

achieving our technology goals over the next 5 years we just drafted our reason plan this year and go before the board in the next few months. we annually review budget requests for it projects and do portfolio management on those projects example then finally but certainly one of our most important role system to develop technology policies and standards that help departments in responsibly using tech medicaling and making sure it is accessible and safe for the general public. >> so a bit of background on the knowledge digital inclusion standard, the standard was passed boy the committee in november of 2021. i will note this as the

director, i joined the office that following january so i was not very involved or i was not involved at all in the drafting of the standard. and have little information before it passed. but i join in the january of 22 and have been sort of at the lead of working with departments to implement t. it explains what they need to do to make their web content accessible to the public. and would develop and collaboration with digital services and major's office on disability and office of civic immigrant affairs. consultations i believe, with the city attorney and office of contract administration. >> so these i will go let you

know the high level there are 3 requirements and essentially all new city and county website, online applications approximate digital content are required to one, follow san francisco's equitable design requirement and level aa of the most web content accessibility guidelines. two, provide human transation of vital information in languages defined by language access ordinance. all other languages number machine translated. and 3, vielth information must be provided at the fifth grade reading level or if that is difficult and the information is technical or legal and must be written in grade level above the level and summary of the

information needs to be provided for reading level and the technical and legal language. is my pacing okay? i want to check. >> sorry. yes, you are perfect. thank you. why no problem. >> so, the standard also so that00 autothree items i discussed applied all new websites. and digital condition tent credited. however the standard also takes in consideration well is a lot of existing content that will take time to review and remead i didn't x. as such set 3 clear dead lines for departments to do just that. the standards ask that departmentses make a plan for reviewing the content for compliance with the standard. and this they have that plan

appropriated by november of 22. and the second dead lone is that departments then enact this plan and complete a review for compliance. and that must be completed that audit of the content completed may of 23. and then following that the final deadline is remediating the things than i find. correct issues with existing content including at minimum a plan it make it accessible on request. this must be prepared by may 2024. >> so we realize that this can be pretty big task for departments to tax and he will such. staff has been working close low

with the major's office of disability. the office of civic engagement and imguarantee, pairs and contract administration it develop guidance in achieving compliance. some half helps them to assess their compliance and implement changes to content or to purwhich is products or service this is help them to commrooin ply and working on supporting them and the auditing of their sites to ensure continued compliance. some of the things that stood up by the various stake holders one the sfgovtv platform. platform is designed meet the digital inclusion standards. any department this moves to the platform is you know digital

service ws to ensure they are in compliance with the standard. digital services developed audit templet and guidance to support departments not moving to that and the guidance were meant to help them self assess their sites and motor form and w to assess their cites. >> the -- implementation working groups which is the group that i spoke about early. staff, major's office of disability and imhave a share point site that sort of essential accomplice for departments to come for information about how to comp ply. and offers a litany of resources to departments to understanding

digital accessibility more broadly. well is a teams group we created to allow creators and parties central space to ask questions of one another and learn together and share best practice and create community around accessibility. and offers a resource library on training and best practices. we are also working on support for folk this is need to procure the service of an abscessability vender. audit sights and remead i didn't and so that is something that the working fwroup is working on currently. we are also working with it is office of administration on a

request for qualifications. to start to pull together a preapproved. accessibility vender list departments can easy low contract for services. and working with oca on contract language to include when there are new procure ams to make sure that the procure ams comply with the standards. there is a section of the standards that says departments may ask for an exception to the standard and you know narrow circumstances. and so we are developing a waiver perform and process to dictate had the narrow standards will be and grant exceptions as appropriate -- and that is also in the implementation working group. there has been several

engagements. and planned in the future with departments so -- there was an introduction web near in october of 2022. as to -- teach everyone about the specifics and dive a bit in the issue of digital accessibility. aquaint staff and diameters on plans for reviewing content had that plan was due in initial 22. and -- we also are planning digital services and mod webinar on procuring accessibility services. what an accessibility vender is and how to assess for strong venders that is coming on april 26. and then digital services have

how to conduct an odd and i walk through what tell electric like the importance of conducting an audit and second low what it looks like to conduct an audit and come least the forms we create exclude remediate the content that they audit. and this help third degree week april 19th. this was live and recorded forfects to review after the fact. and digital services offers office houros plain language, how to draft plain language and check for plain language in your site. they offer the hours once a month. and they have a recorded version of that training visible for folks. finally, i will add as we approach the second compliance dead line coming up may 2023.

staff checking in with departments we sent out a form asking this departments that have chosen to ask them to let us know how they are review has gone. how far they are conducting the review. venders describe process and auditing for compliance with the standards. compliance with human translation component and plain language component. and i think we asked them to describe problem and departments are not fully commolest with audit. and ask them to the let us know when barriers of the audit of content. so we figure out ways to support them.

we ask if than i do have a final audit and report for analysis. they can share we asked to hair this. so this we can hair that with the mayors of disability and digital services and make surety audits are actually addressing the issues that needs to be addressed on the department site. and for departments this are moving were working with digital services to make sure that the upon diameters are committing resources to move their site by the final compliance dead lone of may 2024. with that, that is all of the update i have for you all on the standard. if you have questions i will take them now. >> thank you. there are public comment.

please open the public comment. start with numbers joining person. in up to make a public comment. >> we should dot reminder instructions public ment is limited to 3 minutes. go ahead. >> council. need to speak againful i came here daze the and confused. lumgs to upon lynch to presentations and i'm sort of on the up and up i don't understand this is i great example the accessibility making things accessible on the web and reading -- bringing agency to comply with what department of

human resources is saying can great. i am here wondering -- people are saying different things here and heard them during inter~ mission. you know member is in control approximate in charge and i'm here to say what's going of the only place where i can have i am allowed be in talk and have heard. i need help, i need help. i wonder if i can find that help here? thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> are there any public comment the this time? i don't see member joining person hold like to make a comment.

so we will remove to remote public comments. and reminder to the public if you like to make a remote comment you may use the raised hand feature on the web ex app. you may use the q and a feature. on the top part of the video after touching the screen. if you are joining by phone dial star 3. we will prompt when you it is your turn. does not look like there is anybody withhold like to comment. we will close public ment for this item. >> thank you. i now will go to go over to --

councilmember -- i want to make sure we have jillian still? hi. i'm still here. >> we can't see you you are in the on the screen. >> thank you for presentation jillian especially the support around embedding accessibility and the crediting community around this as well. joof talk in the microphone. is this oddable. >> better. >> thank you. >> jillian thank you for the presentation and everything especially embed and providing support in digital accessibility. 2 question on this piece. one, i know you mentioned that some departments are going to

need product and services to reach compliance i wonder when the funding for visions are around that and if that is if there is support visible for that. and the second is the other thing i think about in terms of embed thanksgiving moving forward is ensuring that the hiring practices are also reflecting the need for the expert ease moving forward so future website and other digital resources created emfwhed. beyond just the compliance and the requirements but also the skills to do that. . if you can speak to those, that would be wonderful. >> happy to. >> the first question in terms of funding dedicated resources dedicated to the work, there has funded left year approximate this year work at digital

services on the sf got gov platform that supports migrating departments to that platform and making sure there are human tran-siberian orchestra translation available and that platform is built in the standardses and regular low audited for this. so those resources have been dedicated. otherwise, the departments that have choiven not to move there had to find resources in their operating budget. to do this work. i don't -- i think departments men struggling with this to be honest. but -- yes. there has been support from the

terms of the central support under sf. gov. i can't speak to the hiring practice of the city. i think that is -- a very strong point you raised around needing to make sure well is an appropriate skill set per folks in ensure accessibility and i felt think we are working on developing trainings and guidance for staff tiebl to learn about this and to ask question and to internalize the work. but in terms of the hiring side it is not where i worked on. bicontinuing it is a great point. >> thank you. >> are there councilmember ask

question. no. so staff, i have a couple of questions. one is that can you speak more about why upon the environment are not going on use sf. gov? that is mandated that they have to be ad a accessibility compliant. and it doesn't make sense when this is -- and compliant to the

department we like to comply. and the second thing is speak more about this fifth grade level reading aspect. i wonder, no more about that. that 2 questions. for now and i can ask another questions. >> yes. so -- i think i will do my best to answer. i do think someone at digital service this is may have better answers for more complete answers to the questions. especially for the first question, i think departments

have needs of websites and i think sf. gov creates templets good at meeting needs of most departments the structure is in the present for all departments. i heard the [inaudible] say that herself. and so some departments you know may not finds the features that they are looking for on the platform. it is built in a way what perhaps limits some of functionality that other departments are [inaudible]. and now i would have to defer to her for more details on the specifics why departments have not moved to sf. gov i know they regularly engage departmentos

this issue. to speak to the fifth grade reading level. the intention of the. requiring vielth information be available to folks at a fifth grade reading level to make it maximumly accessible to members of public. there are many reasons why individual either by manies that reading level is meant to you know -- make sure any

information that affect machine's access to city services or their livelihood is easily attaind and understand. regardless of background or educational attainment. and i think also an leadership of the reading slefl not all folks you know english is not the native language of all individuals. and in the city of san francisco and there are -- we certainly have human translation components for vital information for the language access ordinance. required languages. but for those languages that are not under the access ordinance and for folks with limited

efficiency attain at a fifth grade leading level they will understand and interact with government service in way catharsis a benefit to them. the first question. i have question and is it true that sfgov website is pretty much mandated or -- all of the

city website has to be, d, come mroinlt. so it does not -- using any platform or what -- they should be going through your department and making sure that the website are accessible. correct? all departments are required make sure cites are accessibility and under the standard it is can make sure their websites meet the web contan guidelines. okay.

need to know how many of those departments are compliant now? >> i don't have this number, no. sorry. >> thank you. i think it would be good to get that information. adding, yea. so. are getting, thank you and i'm going to to staff if well is questions? >> i will thank you, chair, this is nicole speaking from mod thank you jill yen for being here. jill yen is presenting on the first fizz of the roll out. so we don't have the did thea yet that is part of the reason we are rolling out this initiative. witness we it is rolled out and get the information back from the departments. we will have more information and then -- will i think we will

invite digital services team to come and present back with jillian. that will get to your questions. alex we are not that far along yet. my question for jillian is -- thank you for your work and i guess, what would be most what is most helpful. for you from -- your perspective that -- the best wait major's disability council. can help with the promotion and advance am of this. i think -- engaging with departments is something that can take a bit of resources and

time but it is helpful to getting them to understands -- the scope of the work ahead of them. and to better plan and understand the importance and better plan resource. as much support we can get on educating departments on this issue >> it is helpful in making sure it is something this stays on their radar. in nay work on. especially in a tough financial climate where resources are tight. does this help answer your question. >> thank you. >> i think deb has a question y. go ahead

>> yea. >> not a question so much as just another response to the questions. nicole that you just asked. i think if councilmembers and members of the public can let a city know when people do encounter inaccessible cites or -- different pages. functions of different city websites. and then be willing to you know engage with and web development for the city. why it is not working from the user perspective and what does work better. and in this regard mod is working on.

additional web near on may 18th global accessibility of wednesday. many of us who work in accessibility of technology are concerned thiss more and more people which is good. as more web developers and web designers familiar with the requirements, may might not really understand the user perspective. what is monies for member who says they use the screen reader. what is this? unless people have an opportunity to observe somebody using one they would not know. or understand what are the

barriers or the experiences of somebody using an assisted technology on inaccessible website. so we are hoping that basketballicize that. highlighting the user perspective and experiences. i think people appreciate if the user perspective is something the council promotes is understanding the perspective of people with disabilities. in real life. and in order to make the work this everybody does more meaningful. easier to understand.

thank you for coming and i hope this is a new beginning that -- and you and your departments in the future. i enjoyed working with you and the staff, up to this point of so. thank you. >> thank you. with that, going to -- item 8. decision item resume -- first

with >> all right. i will read on behalf alex. there is a prosecute pole to hold mogly planning meeting on the tuesday following the public meetings. the purpose of this proposed change is to involve the entire council and planning for future meetings. council recommendation and what follow up steps most appropriate and response to presentations. the planning meeting announced in advance to the public and members would be able to attend and observe. the meetings would be virtual. is there any discussion among councilmembers?

y okay. seeing none. i call a vote. this is orchid speaking can i get the camera on me, please? i will wit for the camera. >> great. thank you. i think it is a good idea to go head and have a planning meeting. on going. so if we can regardless of if we vote yes or no the councilmembers should decide and follow when we decide. so now alex? >> thank you. can someone make a motion?

make a motion to a vote going forward having a planning meet ing public meeting i second on this? >> i second it. >> thank you. okay. please -- roll call. alex madrid >> yes. >> orchid sassouni. >> yes. >> albers is absent. denise senhaux. >> yes. >> helen smolinski. >> yes.

>> and we have verma >> yes. >> so with that, i thank you councilmember and going forward we are going to have a planning meeting starting next tuesday at no you gotta wait for the mic otherwise the online folks -- >> thank you. um -- there is not enough time to security interpreters and the scheduling for this coming tuesday. so this will resume staff will be able to resume the executive planning meetings starting after the may mod meeting

>> all right. >> however, there will be a cochair meeting following this meeting and we will let councilmembers know about this. and also let the public know. thank you. thank you for that. now we are going to item 9. mod are there any the this time? there is 91 at this time.

item 10. the public meet meeting open up general public meeting. members of opinion may address the council on items of interest to the admissible in the subject jurisdiction of the council which are not on today's meeting agenda. each member may address the council up to 3 minutes unless the cochair determines comments may be limited to a shorter time. brown act forbids taking action or discussing items not appearing on the posted agenda. including those raised at public comment. if you like a response from the council provide your contact information by e mail to mdc sfgov.org with a reply request

or call 415-554-6789. and if you are joining person there are speaker comment cards available at the front of the room. if there are members here that would like to comment step up to the podium. >> okay. thank you. for allowing me to speak i did make a comment card. i was told i have a lot of impairment and things holding me back most low in my head come never went out and went out and tried to get help i didn't let anybody just examine me. against the rowels i don't do that it hen a long time. it i came to the country as a young boy. got a big head. and then -- became about -- you

are the one and that thing and the other. and here we are it is 2023. i'm luck tow be alive and well is you know i want to reach out to the person out there. you are in charge if you are behind it. basically it is interesting and fascinating and wild. that i have to be here and try to connect with you from this place. there is nowhere else for mow to go and heard and seen it is the way it it is, you know different reasons i hope it come out one day and you know we are able to sigh why, exactly why? ibive 4 blocks away. very close and i pass every day and my first time here the first time my eye and ears have been open. come in and have the minds to do this might be the appropriate place and taking your time but

i'm sorry to do that and i have nowhere to go. this the accomplice where i can be and hope to be a regular ash tendee and attend regular meetings and get ton a lot of you and do had i can to give you my time and anything i can to help out in any way possible. i grew up in san francisco come went to elementary school at kohn and middle school roosevelt and galileo. thank you for your time >> thank you for your comment. are there public comment at this time? i don't see if there is other in person anymore in person participates. okay. all right. so we will close public comment.

>> okay. thank you, um -- now we are going to to item 11, councilmembers comments or announcements. i don't have any comments or announcements at this time but -- okay. go ahead. i'm going to in to the front. hold on a second. >> okay. can i get come are, please. i will sign. . sorry. this i wanted it stand and soin it is 2 important. i wanted bring up and discuss today. one with the senate and the house.

related to captions. and the pa announcement accessibility on airlines. i wanted to support access amendment act. acaaahr1267. and also pr545. and ask the you coexperience this legislation i have equal access on the airlines. because sometimes when they have the videos that show the safety, well is no captions. there is nothing i can't hear anything. so -- if a person it than i give instructions, i don't have access to that. so i think we will going to ask that this letter is -- this is a last part under the department of transportation. yes. to develop regulations mandating

accessible pa announcements and captioned in flight entertainment. i will encourage everyone to write a letter to the house and the senate. so anymore information i have a templet you can look at n ad. org national association of the death fill out and sign we need caption assessability and pa announcement accessibility on the airlines. i encourage to you passport that bill. thank you for your attention. >> thank you. council. may i say something? >> go ahead. i want to make sure can see -- wait. thank you so much for that. the for bring thanksgiving to the attention for your knowledge, the mayor's office on

disability hen in communication with the department of transportation on the issues which is exciting and i'm happy to report become when we are further along. thank you for highlighting the legislation. because we can -- spoke to our legislative teams around potential support of both bills. thank you for bringing them to the attention of the public. that's all. thank you. thank you. yea. announcements i'm going to go on to number item number 12. if there is no objection -- i'm

going to adjourn the meeting. >> make sure no one had other announcements. >> no. so. again i'm going to adjourn the meeting. [laughter].

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