i have a question regarding the ada. as you all know 2015 is the 25th anniversary of the ada and was wondering whether council had done anything in particular to celebrate that momentous event. i would like to offer a suggestion that certain pioneers in the ada for the city particularly those that are not with us to be honored. i would like to offer suggestion of the late loadey, who was asked to become a member of this council but did not want to split her energy between the museum and this council that she be within -- one of the people nominated for her help in implementing the ada. i put together her resume of items she accomplished in her short life and would like to give this to council when possible. i rest my case. >> thank you. next i have charles >> good afternoon. i'm charles, i want to direct your attention to this document. i only printed out one copy. this is proposed regulations for taxi cabs and hired vehicles. they being presented this we can't to the international association of transportation regulators

so as a san francisco ada coordinator, we work very collaboratively with the different ada coordinators and the departments and the commission secretaries to ensure that their websites and meeting notices are accessible to all. and just by way of an example to describe an accessible agenda, i wanted to do a quick call out to the board of supervisors, because i think your clerk's office has done an exemplarly job of a well-crafted accessibility notice on all of your agendas and also when you go to the clerk's website, it's easy to know who to call in you need an accommodation in order to participate. i do want to clarify though that the civil grand jury's report does task the mayor's office on disability with responding to both the disability access recommendation, as well as the language access recommendation. and wanted to just explain that we are d our office would only have jurisdiction over the disability access piece, but you director adriannepon of officer of civil engagement and immigration affairs is here to respond to recommendation 1b. the civil grand jury surveyed 32 commissi

the ada describe what our access and public meeting checklist. all sorts of things that our ada coordinators would use and we have our service and support policy there and information for how to work with public information officers and so on. another shortcut button at the bottom in the center is a graphic for our disaster preparedness for people with disabilities. that's a link to numerous resources whether they are external through fema, red cross, videos like how to prepare for a disaster as a person with a disability and some of the different work that this council through the disability disaster preparedness committee has published, most specifically that appendix to our care and shelter plan how to bring ada into emergency response. our last coverage are review forms because we know our clients have a hard time navigating through the system to find the forms for a process. over on the left side of the page are the standard tabs and those tabs are designed so that you can quickly display information from a smartphone. so they have a pull dow

that's a violence -- violation of the ada. old seat belts. they don't do over the shoulder. they are old vans. they are getting new ones. they are outsourced. think of it. our whole population with people with disability and seniors. so i probably extended out from the meeting too much and the agenda, but thank you very much for being here. i just wish i knew about it monthly meetings earlier. you will be seeing me again. thank you so much for being here and listening to us. >> thank you. moving along we have item no. 4. information item. report from cochair supanich. >> thank you, cochair zarda. i have two reports. the first report for the long-term care meeting for the last 3 months. the lccc guides development of an integrated network of home, community based and institutional services for older adults and adults with disabilities. the council makes policy recommendations to the mayor and to the board of supervisors. the lpccc meets on the second thursday every month from 1-3:00 p.m.. to cover time restraints my report will cover on the community. san francisco will becom

it could be information about the ada 25th anniversary celebration. there is just so many different possibilities for the type of information that we can post on this calendar and it's something that we can do at staff level without having to bring a lot of dt staff into it. on that note, i would ask that all councilmembers please keep our office informed as there are events that look important that you want to advertise so we can use our vehicle here to spread the word. i doen encourage you all to go to our website and give us feedback on what might be intuitive and clunky. we have the ability to tweet things. that concludes my director's report. i would like to turn things over to donna atkins, she has a report to share with us. thank you. >> good afternoon, councilmembers, staff and members of the public. i will be providing two 2 months of reports from the mayor's office on disability. for the month of july our office received a total of 66 inquiries. of those, 43 were request for information and referrals, three were request for accommodations. 87

we are relocating and a commemoration of the ada. it's this saturday july 26th, from 10 :00 a.m. to 3 :00 p.m. at 825 howard street. the ground floor between 4th and 5th street. there will be lots of fun and have food, free food. and a second thing i would like to kind of mention is that we had the van ness brt, the bart rapid transit. we would like to see that we can write a support letter regarding the shelters on the route. thank you. >> thank you. with that. we move on to item no. 14. we shall adjourn. thank you again for those who stuck it out and we went to over time here today. we had a lot of great discussion. we will have our next meeting third friday in september. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> this is in memory of veil. let's observe one 1 minute of silence in her honor. please. >> thank you. with that, we adjourn. we'll see you next time in september, third friday for our next council meeting. thank you. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> we're here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. we have this incredible gift probably the widest range of rest

and again, while this website statement is not specifically required under the ada, we agreed that it was a best practice, makes it easier for people to know what accommodations are available and so we actually contacted all of the commission secretaries and provided technical assistance via mail and telephone, and to-date as a result of that assistance, 35 out of the 39 commissions now feature an accessibility notice prominently on both their website and agenda materials. the four remaining commissions, two are in the process of updating their website by working with their web master and two failed to respond to us, despite multiple attempts to reach them, but our office remains committed to working with those remaining four until we obtain 100% compliance with the civil grand jury's recommendations. so thank you for your attention to this important civil rights issue. that concludes my director report on findings 1 and recommendation 1a, but i'm available if you have any additional questions. >> thank you. so mr. givner, are you planning to present on this item? >> yes. >> okay. >>

the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. it is also a natural lake. is your chance to stroll around the lake and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is a place to find and appreciate what you -- a wonderful breath of fresh air. come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. in the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square, a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football and picnics. it is very much a couple's park. there are many activities you can experience together. stroll on the pathways, bring your dog, or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all that it has to offer together. many couples find this is a perfect park to throw down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place that you can share with someone you chairs. lafayette park is also easily accessed fr

a paving bond and over time when you look at the number of curb ramps built for paving and under the ada transition plan, it's 3-1. meaning the paving plan builds as many curb ramps as we do from the curb ramp construction. that will be a great benefit. >> thank you. >> all right. we'll move on to public comment. i have bob plant old. >> i'm bob plant hold and i will talk about this plan and the task force. i'm going to be raising questions because people need to learn more and to think. you saw in the presentation 20 percent of immune easy riders are 55 or older. the population over all there is 18 percent of us that has a disability. 15 or 18 percent maybe seniors. membership of the 45 people on that task force, we've heard carla johnson. one other person was appointed but almost never came. so two people out of 45 to represent 20 percent or more of the city. nobody from the para transit councilman from amongst you folks from adult adult services from the committees, nobody from the committees was a part of this. there is some statements made about the benefits of some of the funding p

ups says pregnancy is not a disability under the ada. she hasn't lost her truckers eligibility and she is not injured on the job so we are not discriminating against her. we are treating her the same as we would treat anybody else. she doesn't meet those qualifications. so they refuse to hire her, she loses benefits, she gets permission to su from the equal opportunity employment commission, the case goes up on appeal to the fourth circuit and the fourth circuit upholds ups's policy that this is nondiscriminatory. sushi has taken her case to the supreme court. the justice department, the solicitor general was asked by the courts and year ago to weigh in on this issue before the court decided whether to hear the case or not and it is of very interesting brief by the solicitor general's office that basically says virtually all of a federal appeals courts that considered cases like this have gotten it wrong including this one. but you the supreme court could probably wait for another set of facts or circumstances before you decide this case,

i knew bits and pieces of the history but i'm ashamed to admit that i don't know a lot about the ada. thank you for taking the time to present this today. it was very informative and remember these pioneers were doing very difficult work and putting themselves at some risk for the benefit of the rest of us. thank you. >> any public comment from audience or bridge line. if not, we can move forward with item no. 9. information and possible action item: youth commissions priority around disability awareness. presentation of the youth commission's efforts to promote disability awareness curriculum throughout san francisco unified school district. they are engage in a discussion with council regarding collaborative efforts with other city bodies. presentation by ariel yu, chair of health, education and wellness committee, san francisco youth commission luisa sicairos and anna bernick and joyce wu, members of the san francisco youth commission. >> hello, thank you for welcoming us today. my name is luisa sicairos. >> i'm ariel yu. chair of health. >> i'm joyce wu. youth xhifrment -- commiss

building inspection there were questions about seismic work will trigger other code requirements around the ada and fire codes we can't exempt schools from the requirement this legislation commits the mayor's office to 0 form a group to less than e lessen the burdens for non-triggered requirements as well as to assure the permitting process and to identify a single point of contact within the departments so the schools may have a contact they've met ones and will continue. there's provision in the legislation if a school chooses to increase go a retrofit if the school voluntarily retrofits they'll be exempted for the next 20 years the last thing we want to have a school going through a physical retrofit and a few years later they have to do it all over again, we want to encourage the schools save in the knowledge they'll not have to redo it pr the mayor's office will provide case management to help them through the evaluation process one other go concern is the financing. there are, of course, significant limitations in terms of public funding being used to help private schools especially relig

we are trying to be new and innovative and go beyond the ada says and make life more successful for people. >> disability rights movement, the city has the overall legal obligation to manage and maintain the accessibility and right of way. with regards to the curb ramps, bounded by a groove border, 12-inch wide border. for people with low vision to get the same information. the shape of the domes, flush transition between the bolt bottom of the ramp and gutter. >> we have a beveled transition on the change in level, tape on the surfaces, temporary asphalt to fill in level changes, flush transition to temporary wood platform and ramp down into the street under the scaffoldinging. detectable ramps. they are all detectable. nothing down below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on. smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots. here is another problem we have with street trees. if i have i was a person blind, this would be an uncomfortable way to find out. >> we d

the ada has required that since the day you started and for a dozen years before that. could you consider it now. you said you have deaf drivers which is terrific. i think it's a way to serve deaf drivers. how many do you have and how many deaf users do they serve in >> i don't have numbers for you today. >> this group meets monthly. can you get these numbers on these important questions. these are really baseline questions. it doesn't matter if you have 10,000 deaf users or 10. it's where we are starting today. who you the the numbers we don't know where we are starting. >> one of the things leading to that is that we don't track data about people's hearing ability or disability when they are a rider or driver. they are allowed to operate on our system without this regard. this is something we are aware of but we don't track data on people's ability or disabilities to use different things. >> well, your a data company. i wouldn't expect you to track that on your riders. >> thank you. >> the other thing i would like to underline is i know you like to do things online bu

that first interview, working with the employer, deciding whether to disclose on the job and what the adaays about that. and then we provide long term support. because what we've learned is one of the most difficult areas is keeping that job. so that's where our job coaches or employment specialists come in and help. >> how do you convince an employer who may be a little bit hesitant hiring someone with a mental health issue. >> you know, that's not been an issue, our employers are looking for qualified, effective employees. and our clients are. they are very eager to work. they are very -- >> experienced and dedicated. >> exactly. so what we really just do is help clients find the kinds of jobs they want and help them open those doors, because so frequently, our clients lack the confidence. you know, mental illness hits young adults just at that point where they discover where they want to be in life, whether it's through school or work. and so what we do with both supportive education and supportive employment is just to bring them back to the basics and help support them so they can ge

there will always be the ada curb ramps access at every stop in the new proposal. the bus fleet will be up grated as part of the separate project to increase transit accessibility. in addition we are looking at upgraded transit shelters, transit only lanes, speed transit, intersection and traffic improvement also to speed transit and to give transit priority and consolidating and prioritizing the stops. automobile restrictions to reduce conflict between transit and automobiles and also to increase pedestrian state -- safety. bicycle improvement you will see a safer and more legible bicycle facility. we'll be better be able to get better behavior out of bicyclist. they are more likely to use it and follow the rules associated with that facility. two options. a raised cycle track on market street with better safety for bicyclist on market street itself and there is a third option which looks at mission street. intersection and traffic improvement for new bicycles and new bicycles signals and painting striping to clearly define the area and will push behavior of bicyc

fantastic in really working with us to make sure that we're not only ensuring accessibility from the ada perspective, but also from language service and support. and again, we want to thank the civil grand jury's attention to language access issues, which we consider critical to full and meaningful civic participation. and especially i want to thank the board of supervisors for its leadership on this issue. we wouldn't be where we are today without your leadership. >> thank you, miss pond. are there any further comments from members of the civil grand jury, mike from the civil grand jury on the responses that you heard from the departments? >> very briefly, i want to thank everybody in the mayor's office for hearing our report and responding to it and taking action on it. i think what we were most concerned about is that government be inclusive. and i'm hearing that we're making progress in that way. and my cross-referencing of all of the lists that i, think at one time i had five lists and came up with 38 of the commissions. so that is the number i was working with, we did 32 out of 38,

the ada goes way back to the ancient greeks. but other greek philosophers did not like that idea. how could that possibly be? because copernicus was reading at the time he also understood that history. they did not encounter him in a flash but with that information that was out there. but on the one hand it supports that world view. relativity tells us in the expanding universe with that ultimate extension that there will be feelings of planets that the chemistry of life carbon chemistry is everywhere. so with that chemical potential for life that is special. >> guest: there is a host of the evidence that supports mediocrity. this is really a big piece and the other side to the equation at that plant but that configuration of the solar system but we are a slightly unusual case. is not a frequently occurring type. >> host: that makes it unusual or special? >> but the nature of the planets them self. is what they observe in detail. looked at the gas planets like jupiter. and they seem to be more elliptical for example. with that plan information to run amok. there are those types of

because recreation is a very important sphere in american life. >> she said that the ada had a strike of balance between the rights of disabled people and the organizations that had to comply with it. >> we wish the threshold for play was lower. and the impact that it has on a young person growing up, to have a sector in life in your society cut off to you, and it sends a message that you're not a welcome member of society. >> what do you want? >> i want lucas to be happy. and he is. and i want him to be able to do what he wants to do, when he wants to do it. it's pretty simple. >> yeah. i think it is. >> building a playground won't be simple, and it could take years. time lost for lucas. adam may, aljazeera, minneapolis, minnesota. >> we'll continue on our program, we'll continue our series, overcoming disability. autism. one in eight children has been diagnosed with autism. but a bigger challenge looms. as the kids go into adulthood, they will need support services to help them live independent lives. on america tonight, an inspiring story of one man and his mother who are now learn