. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you.now, we're going to go to patrick in a minute, but there is, i think, a council member here who would like to ask a question. so first is alex and then helen. >> thank you for coming and sharing the updates to us. i just have a question for you. i this is the first -- i know this is the first publish. what is maybe stats on implementing -- >> that's why i'm so excited. when i was invited to speak, i was asked if patrick would come, because that's what he's going to talk about. through vision zero, our agencies coordinate closely so we can inform improvements and that's one of the things he's going to be talking about today. >> thank you. >> council member smolinski: i'm curious, what is the thinking behind traffic circles? is this more appropriate for your colleague? >> yes, i'm so excited he's here. helen smolinski that's fine. >> co-chair blacksten: sally. >> council member mcdonald: your data indicates road users are the victims, is that what you're saying? you had pedestrians, peop

thank you. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you. we've heard your comment and we take good notes in these meetings. i want to assure you, we'll get back to you and go forward with it. >> ok, because you know, that part about the landline, that's really important. because i definitely want to participate in government. and i'm not able to. >> co-chair blacksten: we hear you. thank you. >> another public comment. >> co-chair blacksten: one other public comment. >> hi there, i want to thank megan and patrick for an incredible presentation, i learned a lot and it's really exciting to see this project happening. the name says it all, project zero, great name for the project as well. i want to thank the co-chair jim blacksten for your telling story of what you experienced personally, because it's not uncommon and i've had experiences where i've been afraid for my safety crossing the street. it's actually not uncommon. and so this affects a lot of us and it's great we're having this conversation. i had a couple suggestions that i just want

go ahead. >> council member smolinski: i don't. >> co-chair blacksten: alex? >> thank you for coming. question, is it -- first question is what do you guys do when businesses has -- such as -- but there is accessible -- in the back? what do you guys do with that businesses? and the second question i have is that, can you explain the steps on making accessible? >> the first question, if i understand correctly was regarding the inside of a business. >> no, i'm sorry. >> -- >> oh, alternative entrances? i'm not the design expert, so i'll turn that over to the department of building inspection ed sweeney. >> good afternoon, commissioners, deputy director. to your question about design, it's a case by case basis, of course we would like it -- what you're describing is a hardship. we would take it, analyze it, it would probably have to go to planning. and again, it's a case-by-case basis. in the scenario you're talking about, i think that would be reasonable and we probably would approve it. >> ok. if there is -- >> we would prefer the primary entrance to be accessi

>> co-chair blacksten: who was first?let's go with orkid. >> council member sassouni: i know there are some neighborhoods that try to add those signs, you know, i don't know if you've seen the deaf child at play signs and usually that comes up because there is a disabled person or deaf child in the area and it's like a warning sign. i was a survivor of a car accident as a young deaf girl and the only problem is identification process. how do we make drivers not only slow but pay attention to what is around them on the road? because every time i go to a corner i know as a pedestrian that i have to wait until i get a visual confirmation that the driver sees me, but if i don't have someone make that eye contact, i'm afraid i'll be hit. if they don't know i'm in the area, it can lead to an issue. i think we should consider educating drivers to make eye contact with people like me who can't hear them. >> i think that's a great comment and something that megan will take away as part of the education component of vision zero. it

co chair jim blacksten, present. council member tatiana kostanian will participate via the bridge line. council member alex madrid. >> present. >> clerk: council member sally coghlan mcdonald. >> present. >> clerk: council member orkid sassouni will participate via the bridge line. council member helen smolinski. >> present. >> clerk: and council member kate williams is absent. >> thank you very much. let's move to action item, this is number two. reading an approval of the agenda by staff. >> clerk: item one, welcome, introduction and roll call. item two, action item, reading the approval of the agenda. item three, public comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the m.d.c. each speaker is limited to three minutes. please approach the microphone or give your comment card to the m.d.c. staff. item four, co-chair report. item 5, information item, report from the mayor's office on disability. please note that the director's report can be found in the what's new section of the m.o.d. website at