i'd like to welcome catherine kudlick and emily beitiks. thank you so much for being here today. >> hi. >> i'm catherine kudlick. >> i'm emily beitiks. >> so we've divided it up into two parts. i'm going to tell you a little bit about the background of the survey, what we've done so far. >> can you move the mike? >> should i start over? >> okay, i'm catherine kudlick. and this is emily beitiks. and i'm director of the longmore institute and emily is the associate director and we're pleased to present to you and give you an update of where we are. we started with the department of aging and adult services with a contract back over the summer. and we've been working steadily for the past few months to do a background report, you know, finding out what disability culture is everywhere. and talking to various groups within the disability community. we've held focus groups with specific marginalized populations that might not get heard otherwise. we've talked independently with community leaders of organizations. we have a leadership council tha

presentation by catherine kudlick, director and emily beitiks, associate director.an francisco state university. public comment is welcome. item 9. public comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to three minutes. please approach the microphone for give your comment card to the mod staff. item 10. information item. correspondence. item 11, discussion item. council member comments and announcements. item 12, adjournment. >> thank you, heather. i'm going to ask for motion for approving of today's agenda. >> i move that the minutes be approved. >> thank you, co-chair blacksten. all in favor? okay. go ahead and approve the minutes. sei so we're going to move onto agenda number 3, public comment, items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. i believe we have a speaker card. >> actually, two. the first speaker is eileen. >> good afternoon, thank you for this opportunity to bring to your attention a problem my family is facing with the city planning department. my husband and i have three ch