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

height and also the working vehicles because of the ada and you can't jump across a gap and you have the different width vehicles and you will hear the presentation shortly. this slide has been around since i joined, seven years ago and it shows, one of each train on the same platform. and that is still my hope. >> thank you. >> dr. reiskin has a question. >> just to, i think that you spoke clearly about the benefits of the common boarding platform, could you kind of looking at it in the opposite, if we don't achieve it, how do you see that impacting the operation of the transit center? >> it will be less we will not be able to get the full number of trains, it will work in the interim, i think, and it is going to be very restrictive for the cal train and difficult. you know, there are things that need to be worked out or we should not be concentrating on the reasons why not. but obviously, that last picture that you see assumes that we have the same kind of operating system. and we don't even have that, yet. and we have restricted areas like an airport, for the high speed r

the lines. -- dandelions. is ada accessible. public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. this is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. welcome to corona heights located in the heart of this district. it offers a view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red rock formations. you could watch the sunrise o

, the ada point is a 3 inch gap and any five 8th of an inch vertical, differential and that is one of the pieces that we have to deal with, regardless of what that ultimate warning height is resolution of that cpcu requirement. >> so as i said, it is that common desire, to go ahead and have that boarding height. and it is a matter of where that lines up. and you will hear from ben in a few minutes concerning a 50 inch platform height and we have looked and based upon what we have seen with the vehicles, has settled into that 25 inch height. but we are trying to work forward to see what we can do to reach that common goal. and when you look at the stations that are out there on cal train, there are 27 stations that we have. and there are several stations that ultimately, have to have something worked through, and but the vast majority of the stations are dedicated purely for the cal train service, but we have to fight a reasonable solution. >> specifically, as we moved forward with the emus and we have gone now and w

and also to a lower level than proposing that's my recollection. >> the last thing i'm not sure why the ada question came up in discussion related to accommodations for that you know the design is either assessable or not. >> so that's the knowledge of that evolved over time in terms of reasonable accomodation requests often those come in the requests of the planning code like an elevator they're not seek an exception in the code requirement but seung in terms of why the interior is that a couldn't be made smaller is because that will reduce the size of the bathroom at the lower level which is intended to be assessable. >> except the way those bathrooms are laid out they're not assessable. >> we don't implement ada requirements it's something that the project sponsor needed for their needs and so certainly i understand this board may have expertise are wisdom that will shed light. >> excuse me. mr. sanchez so looking at the plans i'm not an architect so was the requirement for the side yard set backs. >> so there is the requirement for a side yard set back the requirement there this zoning

and the rich to the rest of the neighborhood i believe there are many ways to notch or accommodate the ada there are opportunities that were and are possible but i can't vote for this testimony i agree i'm going to vote against it it didn't really respond to the disconnection at least i thought we were going to get back the interior of the building overall you're getting this bonus of adding this enormous building in the front but at the same time taking a look at the neighbors this didn't do it's a vote 3 for the dr for a foot down 4 against it 3 of which have clarified a bigger court yard commissioner moore i suggest the entrance that was discussed in the direction given the previous time at least there were a number of people that expressed the feed need for in keeping with the court yard and i think the appellant has started with a good idea i want to come down to the ground floor some variation is thereof it is possible to do so to my motions is that is being tried again she couldn't quantify anything because afraid of the 8 regulations so nothing happened no vote either way thank you

the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. it is also a natural lake. this 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 accesse

until december 1st to respond and is yes, we agree with the project or no and here's why we look at the ada in district historically and look at it where they are now and make our own project where we on they'll be as far as of the ada if we don't think they'll have 80 units next year we'll say you don't have a valid prop 359 what i have not to point out you're asking by saying that your financial issues are going to be resolved by remaining at gloria russ johnson da's office you're asking the commission to - that's what the board members have to decide. >> and i'll say that already our enforcement is we can already show in our projects on the proposition

until december 1st to respond and is yes, we agree with the project or no and here's why we look at the ada in district historically and look at it where they are now and make our own project where we on they'll be as far as of the ada if we don't think they'll have 80 units next year we'll say you don't have a valid prop 359 what i have not to point out you're asking by saying that your financial issues are going to be resolved by remaining at gloria russ johnson da's office you're asking the commission to - that's what the board members have to decide. >> and i'll say that already our enforcement is we can already show in our projects on the proposition 39 request we're project over 88 over 88 that's due to the recruiting we're doing right away for next year including being at the enrollments fair for the folks we found there and as well as the other work we're doing with our open houses and other things so we're - >> san francisco residents. >> yes. yes. because 80 percent now all contract

ada disagreed. they're a century apart. he's exactly in the 1940s, a century after ada lovelace but he has what's called ada lovelace's objection because she said machines will do everything but think, humans will have to be the creative once. and touring said, how do we know machines will never think? he came up with the notion of artificial intelligence. so he comes up with a test to say how would we define a machine that could think? we say, you put a machine and person in a different room and feed them questions and after a while if you can't tell a difference between the machine and human then you have no reason to say the machine is not thinking, that's called the touring test. the movie is great. here's the thing about touring, his life was almost a recitation of the notion we're no different than our machines. he was homosexual, quite up front about it, but he had to keep it secret when breaking the german war-time codes. he gets arrested for gross indecency, finally. he's given hormone treatments and it's really bad. he seems to ride

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

the technical daily coming together with the fire department and sfmta and curve parking including the ada climate and the new considerations and create an overlay by which trees might be more recommendably than others that's a technical question we should think that about that it requires more money and larger coordination and probably other growth cycles an issue is the maintenance and combovrment enforcement many of the trees are planned by the friends of urban forestry fragile in the early years. >> parking of trucks and moving of trucks and larger cars don't paid attention to how to properly bring our car into the partially they hit the trees and branches and damage them there should be enforcement in terms of clearance of trees etc. the one thing i'll like to see the document itself is not quite clear and consistently using the words forest plan trees and other vegetation i had to go to page 35 somewhere where it explains the impression and i had lots of people writing about the editorial comments we're not discussing that but it will make it clear thank you director ram and i said t

, and in which being a bus person, i am used to having to pay attention to the california ada, is that true for rail roads too or is that an indense where it is the federal ada that has to be done and california really has no discretion to or anything else? >> we have a series of conflicting requirements right now, we have the existing cpuc requirements that requires the set back in the platform and that is in direct conflict with what the fda requirements are and the federal requirements for the three inch gap and we have to go ahead and get that reconciled and get a waiver from cpuc in order to go ahead and construct those platforms, so that they will conform to the federal requirements. and fta will be providing some of the funding for the program, and the expectation, is that they will be looking for us to precisely meet that ada requirement. >> the federal requirement. >> yeah. >> and so the cpc, looks like you are anticipating you will have to say, and we will do that. >> and that is just, and we have to have the conversation with them if we have not had that conversatio

i don't see that the bathrooms in terms of their location or anything have anything go to do with the ada issues they could be located in turn of their placements it come down to me whether i accept to satisfy the neighbors concerns a large central courtyard that's 0 only thing that will satisfy them what side that do to the project sponsor and their property and i've made a decision in my mind i'm prepared to not force the central courtyard on the project spons sponsor. >> what about the recommendations that are listed on page 2 of the appellants. >> it didn't do anything. >> no, no fromlogically it to 55 feet. >> they want the 10 foot clearance to match the ceiling floor line of the existing cottage. >> this is the same problem at the planning commission had as well and i defer to you, your the resident architect that's been here since 18 hundred. >> if you're accepting the floor the act it's one feet higher it didn't effect the shadow the bigger question whether the fourth floor is consistent with either for the neighborhood or you know whether its intended use. >> what about what the