information item: report from cochair zarda. today is actually kind of a special day as well for myself. it is actually going to be my last meeting here as the core -- cochair. i will be moving on overseas for other opportunities specifically in the country of taiwan. i have been there twice and had some presentations with the independent living centers there in taipei and i'm looking forward to continuing some of those efforts personally. i wanted to take this time to kind of address the council itself and some of the members that i have grown to know since the past year that i have been appointed. serving here this past year i have seen remarkable growth in each and everyone of you and it's been an honor and pleasure to grow with each one of you and have grown in the talents, there are so many dedicated passionate advocates in this city. in order to fully realize this potential, we need a council to have with them. i also want to take the time to thank the mayor's office on disability fore being able to provide support to this

cochair, zarda, it's been a pleasure working for you and -- [inaudible]. i think carla and i were talking this week about -- [inaudible] one of the best parts is can i just have a couple questions. [ laughter ] these are literally grilled ever presenter in a good way. i think that is part of the vision and legacy that the council is supposed to have. so thank you for showing the way and also for your fellow colleagues and the members of the public who don't know derek is so committed to the disabilities council that he's actually leaving tonight. he wanted to make sure he would be here today before he goes to taiwan working with the disability movement there. lucky for them, great loss for us. >> thank you very much again. >> can councilmembers embarrass him now? >> yes. >> i was trying to think of a couple of adjectives that haven't been mentioned but the two that come to mind are leader and friend. i appreciate during the leadership development conference that went through you really sat and listened to our own individual issues and concerns and figured

cochair chair chair zarda, kostanian, laura, harriet wong, roland wong, senhaux. present. >> moving to item no. 2, action item. reading and approval of the agenda. city clerk: agenda item no. 1, welcome introduction and roll call. agenda item no. 2, action item, reading and approval of agenda. agenda item no. 3, public comment, items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. item 4, information item. report from the cochair soup initiate. item no. 5, report from the director of the mayor's oh office on disability. >> agenda item 6, ceremonial item in honor of john paul scott. >> agenda item 7. housing for low income chronically homeless veterans presentation. >> break. the council will take a 0 -minute break. agenda item no. 8. information item. employment and training for veterans with disabilities. presentation by chris dame. public comment is welcome. agenda item no. 9. policy recommendations for employers hiring veterans. presentation by kevin c miller, strategic partnership associate. swords to plow shares. agenda item no. 10, ceremonial