AGENDA
Regular Meeting of
Mayor’s Disability Council
Friday, June 21, 2013
1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
City Hall, Room 400
1:00 P.M.
1. WELCOME, INTRODUCTION, and ROLL CALL.
2. ACTION ITEM: Reading and Approval of the Agenda.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
4. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Chair.
5. INFORMATION ITEM: Report from the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Disability.
6. INFORMATION ITEM: Accessibility Planning for the 34th America's Cup: an update on the City's plans to make the 34th America's Cup the most accessible international sailing event in history including accessible paths of travel, transit, seating, and signage. Presentation by Adam Van de Water, Assistant Project Director - 34th America's Cup, Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
[Public Comment Is Welcome]
2:10 P.M. BREAK – The Council will take a 10-minute break.
7. INFORMATION ITEM: Mental Health Awareness Month: Spotlight on Psychiatric Disabilities, Support Services & Recovery.
A. Language Matters: Discussion about the relationship between the stigma surrounding mental health challenges and the language we use to talk about them. Presentation by Terri Byrne, SOLVE Program Coordinator and Julian Plumadore, Community Advocate, Mental Health Association of San Francisco.
B. Resources and Supports for Hoarding and Cluttering Challenges. An overview of the services, supports, and resources in San Francisco for both individuals with hoarding and cluttering challenges, stakeholders and advocates providing services. Presentation by Michael Gause, Deputy Director, Mental Health Association of San Francisco.
C. Mental Health and Veterans: An overview of the various mental health conditions affecting veterans including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Presentation by Star Lara, Swords to Plowshares.
D. Seeking Mental Health Help When In Distress: The promise and the reality. Firsthand accounts and reports on the challenges of finding treatment in San Francisco for individuals who are in mental health crises. Presentation by David Elliott Lewis, PhD, Co-Chair, Mental Health Board of the City and County of San Francisco.
E. In Our Own Voice: Stories of Hope and Recovery. A unique public education presentation that offers insight into the hope and recovery possible for people living with mental illness; includes an overview of NAMI San Francisco and the various programs offered. Presentation by Anne Fischer, Program Director National Alliance on Mental Illness, San Francisco (NAMI), Gillian Croen, NAMI Peer to Peer Mentor and IOOV Speaker and Idell Wilson, Co-Chair, Mayor’s Disability Council, NAMI Peer to Peer Mentor and IOOV speaker.
[Public Comment Is Welcome]
8. INFORMATION ITEM: Report on the Golden Guardian exercise on May 15, 2013: the Disability Perspective. Presentation by Council Members Chip Supanich and Denise Senhaux.
9. PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on today’s agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the MDC. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
10. INFORMATION ITEM: Correspondence.
11. DISCUSSION ITEM: Council Member comments and announcements.
12. ADJOURN
Accessible Meeting Information
City Hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided at the Grove, Van Ness and McAllister streets via ramps. Wheelchair access at the Polk Street/ Carlton B. Goodlett entrance is temporarily interrupted due to extensive wheelchair lift repairs. We appreciate your patience during this time, and ask that you use any of the remaining entrances when visiting City Hall. Assistive listening devices are available and the meeting itself will be real-time captioned and sign language interpreted. Agendas are available in large print and Braille. Other materials are available in alternative formats upon request.
Please make your requests for alternative format or additional accommodations to Acting Council Clerk Heather Kittel, 415 554-6789 (V), 554-6799 (TTY), or e-mail
[email protected] Requesting accommodations at least 72 hours prior to the meeting will help to ensure availability.
The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center Plaza at the intersection of Market, Grove, and Hyde Streets. The accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, and N (Civic Center Station or Van Ness Avenue Station). MUNI bus lines serving the area are the 47 Van Ness, 9 San Bruno, and the 6, 7, 71 Haight/ Noriega. Accessible curbside parking is available on 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place and Grove Street.
In order to assist the City in accommodating persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, please refrain from wearing scented products to MDC Meetings or when visiting the MOD Office. This includes perfume, scented lotions, detergents, or hairsprays, etc. Thank you for helping us to provide meetings that are fully accessible to all people with disabilities.
Mayor’s Disability Council Accessible Documents Policy
Please note that no materials may be distributed for consideration or review by Council Members at a meeting, unless these materials have been provided to MOD Staff in electronic format at least two days (and preferably four days) prior to the meeting.
For further information, please call or contact the Mayor’s Office on Disability at
415 554-6789, TTY: 554-6799, or email
[email protected]
Meeting Broadcast & Webcast
For persons with disabilities or others who cannot attend in person, meetings are broadcast (open captioned) on SFGTV Channel 26. Call 415 557-4293 for listings. MDC Meetings are also video streamed live and are archived at: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=17
Videotapes of the three most recent MDC meetings are made available ten days after the meeting date in the Main Public Library.
Telephone Bridge Line at (415) 554-9632.
Members of the public, who wish to listen to and/or participate in this meeting but are unable to physically attend, may call into the Council’s ‘Telephone Bridge Line’ at 415 554-9632. Up to thirty persons may listen on this conference line, and may be recognized to speak during public comment periods. Call 415 554-9632 after 1:00 P.M. and a staff person will handle requests to speak at the appropriate times on the agenda.