councilmember denise, present, harriet c wong, absent, councilmember roland wong. present. >> item 1. welcome introduction, and roll call. >> item 2, action item and reading and approval of the genetic. >> item 3, public comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. >> item 4, information item. report from cochair sup initiate. >> item 5: information item. report from the director of the mayor's office on disability. item 6. information item. bart new train cars, design and public input. the presentation will provide an overview of the fleet of the future project which will replace bart's aging fleet and expand the number of cars to relief crowded conditions on the bart system. it will include an overview of outreach that has been conducted and information on accessible features of the new trains that have been included in the design based on the input from the bart accessibility task force and other disability organizations over the last 3 years. presentation by aaron wine stein, bart chief marke

councilmember roland wong. >> hi, jessie. >> hi, roland. >> thank you for coming out to do the presentationst want to kind of extend some of the points that you brought up about the future of bart trains. yes, it is a big concern about the pole and navigating through the train is i guess pretty challenging. i was with at the preview yesterday and i really had to focus of trying to navigate through the wheelchair securement area. so, we'll have to continue to discuss this issue. and just to kind of extend some more outreach regarding the preview, those who couldn't make it out to the other areas of the bart system, san francisco civic center, they're going to have another preview on april 25th between the time that is 11 o'clock to 7:00 at the civic center plaza i guess by fulton street. there's another preview on april 29th between 2:00 and 7:00 p.m., and this one is supposed to focus on -- for people with disabilitieses and seniors. so, i would encourage people ~ to try to go out to visit these sites, to visit -- to see the [speaker not understood] and to provide feedback. and the second t

. >> councilmember roland wong. >> yeah, as far as affordability of housing, you know, lately the last three years, the rental market has been sky rocketing. so, basically number 4, number 5 maybe, you know, really look into how we can keep the housing more affordable. it is just astronomical the way the rents are just sky rocketing like crazy and people are moving out and people with disabilities need to really kind of stand up in san francisco because we do have a diverse, you know, culture here and transportation is awesome, you know, but we really need to emphasize, try to figure how to keep it affordable. thank you. >> councilmember senho. >> well, you guys picked my top three, so, i'm going to go for number 5. i mean, it's already been discussed that basically there needs to be, you know, money -- excuse me -- money involved to explore housing and construction and rehabilitation of existing facilities for people with disabilities. and i think number 5 kind of touches on making it affordable for the efficiency studios that they have and remodeling of existing s-r-o's because we ne

. >> councilmember roland wong? >> present. >> councilmember derek sardoff? absent. >> i'm sorry. [laughter] >> item 1, welcome, introduction, and roll call. item 2, action item: reading and approval of the agenda. item 3, information item: the 2015 - 2019 consolidated plan. the 5 year consolidated plan is a planning document for san francisco's housing and community development investments and it builds on targeted stakeholder input including members of the disability community. presentation by teresa yanga, housing development director, and anne romero, project manager, mayor's office of housing and community development. public comment is welcome. item 4, information item: independent living resource center san francisco: towards full accessibility for all. this presentation will focus on the role of ilrc-sf as a cross-disability organization serving san francisco's disability population, and also touch on its upcoming move to a new purpose built, accessible location in july 2014. presentation by jessie lorenz, executive director. public comment is welcome. break - the council

i have councilmember roland wong. >> this brainstorming where you may put the exhibit, the main library be a possibility. either wherever -- you can talk about service there. >> that's a great idea. yeah, thank you. >> i can't think of any others, but i'm sure there's many places you can set up your exhibit. >> absolutely. and we will have one at san francisco state, of course, too, but we'd like to have something downtown because san francisco state is way on the edge. >> right. >> that's a good ways, too. >> okay. >> councilmember derek zarda. >> thank you so much for coming here today. i'm a huge fan of the longmore institute, ever since attending its inauguration. and i was just curious, for those in the community who maybe have some ideas around some cultural projects to further promote, you know, the disability culture, possibly starting up their own little group and trying to seek partnership with your organization, is that something you would be open to? >> yeah, sure, i'm always open to everything and would love to talk to people about their ideas. the one, the one thing that's