items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. we welcome the public's participation during public comment periods. there will be an opportunity for public comment at the beginning and end of the meeting, as well as as after everytime on today's agenda. each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond to your comments following the meeting if you provide your contact information. you may complete a speaker's card, available in the front of the room, approach the microphone during public comment, or call our bridge line at 1-415-554-9632, where a staff person will handle requests to speak at the appropriate time. item 4. information item. 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 mod website. item 6, information item. overview of san francisco's accessible vote-by-mail system and other services. an overview of accessible vote-by-mail similar and other services available to san fran

greeted constituents outside of a tucson supermarket, we in the arizona congressional delegation left an mdc for her in that years -- left an empty seat for her in that year's state of the union address. the delegation made a point to sit together in solidarity rather than divide along party lines as the rest of the chamber typically does during that speech. one year later, when gabby, who was working very hard at rehabilitation, returned to congress, i sat next to her during the state of the union address. during president obama's applause lines, gabby wanted to stand up but was unable to do so on her own, so i helped her up. that left me standing -- [laughter] sen. flake: the lone republican in a sea of cheering democrats. [applause] sen. flake: during and after the president's address, i received furious text messages from and emails from partisans who wanted to know why i agreed with president obama. while i like and respect president obama very much, i disagreed with a lot of that speech. but gabby gifford was my friend, and it was my honor to help her that night. it was a gesture of af