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senhaux (chair): thank you. we're going on to information item number 8 which is curb management strategy. i want to welcome our presenters and thank you for waiting. hank wilson, parking policy manager with sfmta and francesca napolitan, curb access manager with sfmta. and alex jonlin, transportation planner with sfmta. thank you for waiting. >> good afternoon, my name is francesca napolitan. hank and alex couldn't be here today, so it's just me representing the parking and curb management group. i'm here to talk about an effort that they're undertaking. so quickly what is curb management? we're the agency charged with managing the curbs, so we're responsible for regulating the curb, dictating who can use it and when, for what purpose and if they have to pay. before i dive into the strategy and some of our draft recommendations, i wanted to talk about why curb management is important and we as an agency are creating this document. so curb management has been a challenge for a long time in the city. photo on the

senhaux (chair): thank you, heather. i would like this move a motion for the approval of today's agenda. all in favor? i don't see any abstentions. so moved. thank you, council members. we're going to move on to public comment number 3, items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mayor's disability council. i believe we have a couple of speaker cards. >> nicole: we do. the first is elka. >> my apologies, first time here at the meeting. i've been a caregiver for disabled sister for four years. she's not here today because she passed away last year because her disability was used against her to continue her medical treatment. and she passed away because of that denial of treatment. and i'm here to raise your attention to how discrimination can impact the disabled community when they're dealing with an organ transplant. and i don't know if your office has ever had to deal with a situation like this. i only recently learned of your council over the summer. and i spoke with heather in your office. and, heat

senhaux (chair): sorry. thank you. i'd like to repeat my announcement. there are two council members that have decided not to be reappointed to the mayor's disability council and they are jim blacksten and sally coughlin macdonald. so they will be missed. i want to thank them for their work on the council for the last couple of years. and i'm sorry to see they weren't able to reapply to the council. i'd like to welcome our new council members that are here today with us. and let me -- they've already introduced themselves, but i'd like to give your names again. stephen herman. lily marshall-fricker. helen pelzman. i'd like to welcome the new council members and give them an opportunity if they'd like to say something. if not, that's okay. but i wanted to give you the opportunity. okay. go ahead and move ahead. we look forward to working with you. and again, congratulations. okay, we're going to move on to information item number 5, report from the mayor's office on disability. and i'd like to welcome our director, nico

senhaux (chair): thank you. we're going to take a we're going to proceed to -- hold on, i'm waiting for the panel. thank you. we're going to information item number 7. the dahlia housing portal. i want to thank our presenter maria benjamin, the deputy director of mayor's office and emily shore, dahlia manager, digital services. thank you for waiting. thank you so much for being here today. >> thank you. should i run the presentation? >> ms. senhaux (chair): yes. >> do i click the button to forward? okay. as you notice there is only one person here today. maria has a family situation so she wasn't able to be here today. i'll do the presentation and take note of any questions that might not be in my expertise, to make sure you get the information you want. >> ms. senhaux (chair): thank you. >> my name is emily shore, i'm the product manager for the dahlia product. what that means, i work out of the digital services department. we're a relatively new division. we're the tech people. i work with engineers and design

senhaux (chair): thank you. any questions from staff? >> nicole: thank you for being here, emily. i'm very sorry that our colleague maria could not join. i think there are other questions, but i think it would be good to, maybe collect those and help get some of these other questions. one comment that i have -- and again we're happy to work with your team -- when you were talking about the slide that is not rolled out yet on the different disability categories that you're asking the agencies to account for, i guess my question is, let's see if i can be as succinct as possible -- if the unit has not been identified as a communication or mobility unit, are agencies still listing particular features? and what i mean to say is this, there is a certain number of units that we need to, by law, set aside for folks with mobility disabilities that have specific requirements and communication units, which are specifically for deaf individuals. right? and then with specific visual features. there is not really in the code

senhaux (chair): thank you, bruce. >> ms. senhaux (chair): any more public comment? zack? okay. >> i'd like to request just one extra minute to speak slower for the sign language interpreters. >> ms. senhaux (chair): unless it's disability related -- >> you can deny that request, thank you. >> ms. senhaux (chair): i'm not denying it, i'm explaining it. >> it's a request and you're denying it. i'll continue to give my public comment. bruce's comment hit the nail on the head. housing is the dark cloud that face the disability community that we don't want to talk about, but we need to talk about. to be severe disabled. if you're disabled in california to the point you can't work, the maximum amount of money is around $600. that's everything. if emily shore can show me any place that is available for rent under $950, i'll be happy to give all the money in my wallet and the shirt on my back, because i've been looking for a long time. especially a place that is wheelchair accessible. that's a pipe dream as it is. that's if it's the whole amount, you know, let alone clothes, othe

senhaux (chair): thank you. one more public comment. flo?thank you for waiting, flo. >> this is my first time here commenting. my name is flo and i'm a san francisco resident, a native, born and raised here. now i'm an adult and i have children and as a parent, i come here to talk about, there is issues, times i've been very frustrated in my communication with city agencies. they've asked me to lip read, or i feel stress and i asked them, can you provide an interpreter? they say we don't have anyone. you provide other languages, why not provide asl? and then, well there is a service called video relay interpreting, or video phone interpreting. in the event they're unable to find a live interpreter, you can go to the app, this software service and there is asl interpreter and i can have access to the services. here when city hall surprised they have a video interpreter before for that exact service in city hall, but then was moved to another department i believe the mayor's office on disability, but i believe that service should be available

senhaux (chair): sorry. thank you. we're going to move on to our next item, information item, which is pg&e's public safety power shutoff program. i would like to welcome our presenter. i apologize if i don't announce your name -- bijan karimi, acting deputy director of san francisco department of emergency management. >> good afternoon, council members. my name is bijan karimi. i'm assistant acting deputy director for san francisco department of emergency management. i'll be talking to you about pg&e's public safety shutoff. psps. i'll be talking about four things today. information about what psps actually is and about three different exercises that the city has participated in and facilitated. one with other city partners. one with private sector and also with regional partners. many people may want to get a better understanding of what psps is. pg&e will turn off electricity transmission lines because of a perceived concern for starting some additional wildfires. there has been tremendous destruction and damage and

senhaux (chair): thank you. >> mr. madrid: thank you for coming. i have a lot of questions, but i just want to have a few questions today. when you said in place by now for those people that might need it, just want to clarify when you say this is not shelters with homeless population or people might just slip in, right? >> i want to reframe your question to make sure i understand. the question is, if we open a shelter, will it also include members of -- >> mr. madrid: no. my question was, i just want to make sure that when the shelter is open, or opened up, it's not homeless shelters. it's just specifically for those people that need to be in there, right? >> when a shelter is opened in san francisco, our intention is to serve the needs of the individuals that are coming to the shelter. we recognize that some individuals may have particular needs. there are many resources available for individuals who may already be homeless. they may already go and use -- or go to the locations where they're already familiar,

senhaux (chair): thank you. three more council questions to go. thank you for waiting. >> ms. pelzman: thank you for your comprehensive approach to this. it makes me feel a little bit better about what is going to -- what we could anticipate happening in both the disaster and also in turning off the power. i'm going to follow up again on outreach. especially as it relates to pg&e as a renter, i don't have a pg&e bill. and i'm not sure how you all have incorporated renters or folks like myself who don't pay the utility into your calculus of how to get inform us. as somebody who has done a lot of outreach in the past, i would encourage you to report back to us to let us know how you are going to be expanding both the method and person to person outreach if that's what it takes. [please stand by] [please stand by]

senhaux (chair): thank you, heather. i would like this move a motion for the approval of today's agenda. all in favor? i don't see any abstentions. so moved. thank you, council members. we're going to move on to public comment number 3, items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mayor's disability council. i believe we have a couple of speaker cards. >> nicole: we do. the first is elka. >> my apologies, first time here at the meeting. i've been a caregiver for disabled sister for four years. she's not here today because she passed away last yearec

senhaux (chair): thank you very much. i'm going to proceed to adjourn. i thank everyone for their time and patience for the meeting going over. and have a nice weekend. ready . good morning, today is wednesday , september 18th, 2019. this is a regular meeting of the abatement appeals board. i would like to remind everyone to turn of all electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. the next item is item be. the oath where are part -- all parties giving testimony please raise your right hand and stand. do you swear the testimony were about to give is a truth to the best of your knowledge? thank you, you maybe seated. for information his, we want to state the department will present its case first then the appellant. each individual has seven minutes to present their case. next there will be public comment. the members have three minutes each. lastly there is rebuttal time of three minutes. the next item is item see, approval of minutes great discussion and possible action to adopt the minutes for the meeting

senhaux (chair): thank you very much. i'm going to proceed to adjourn. i thank everyone for their time and patience for the meeting going over. and have a nice weekend. >> once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. i just fell in love with it and any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didn't have to ask twice. you can always find me on the court. [♪] >> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics wheelchairs. they provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically. behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and