Okay, i think we can start. Cochair madrid okay. This is the mayors disability Public Meeting for november 20, 2020 at s 1 p. M. My name is alex madrid. Thank you, alex. Im Deputy Director of m. O. D. And serving as clerk for this meeting. This is a virtual meeting. Its being broadcast to the public on sfgovtv. It is open caption and sign language interpreted. The Mayors Disability Council holds nine meetings and generally held on the third friday of the month. Please call the Mayors Office of disability at 415 5546789. Or by email, you can contact us at mod sfgov. Org with any m. D. C. Business. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, january 15, 2021 from 1 00 to 4 00 p. M. This will also be an Online Meeting and will be broadcast on sfgovtv. Thank you for joining us. Well now do roll call. And helen, joining the meeting. Sorry. Great. So ill go through the list . Can anybody hear me . Yes, we can hear you. Great, thank you. Please say present when i call your name. Alex madrid .
Phone lines to be open to see if there is a Public Comment . Chair borden yep and is there you have chair borden how many . You have zero questions remaining. With that, well close Public Comment. Directors, do i have a motion . Secretary boomer, please call roll . Chair borden aye. Director brinkman aye. Vice chair eaken aye. Director heminger aye. Director lai aye. Madame chair, the minutes are approved. Item 5, communications. Madame chair. Chair borden as many of you have learned, our heart was broken this weekend with the untimely passing of one of our own. Antonio, a muni operator with the Transportation Agency for 19 years, was known for being deeply committed to his job and well known by the people on his buses and in many communities. He was born and raised in the Richmond District and leaves behind wife jennifer, three children and grandchildren. Well have this meeting adjourned in his memory, but im devastated. I want to thank his family to loaning him to us. He did die in s
Chair borden no, not on just that item, temporary versus permanent changes in ceqa. Yes, there is also an exemption for a Pilot Program and then there is the statutory exemption for emergency projects. Chair borden great. Thank you for clarifying that. Directors, are there other questions for the directors report, or comments . Great. With that, we can move on to the next item. I can say im personally excited about the extension of the 30 bus line. Madame chair, there was a request by a member of the public for the board to rescind the minutes based on the comments made and reapprove it and i would assume that i dont know if you want to consider that. Chair borden yes. Lets reconsider the minutes. Madame chair, you would have to ask for a motion to rescind the vote on the minutes and then to reapprove. Chair borden great. Wonderful. So that means just fort publics knowledge, were going back to item number 2, potentially. Is there a motion among the board to rescind the approval of the
You have chair borden how many . You have zero questions remaining. With that, well close Public Comment. Directors, do i have a motion . Secretary boomer, please call roll . Chair borden aye. Director brinkman aye. Vice chair eaken aye. Director heminger aye. Director lai aye. Madame chair, the minutes are approved. Item 5, communications. Madame chair. Chair borden as many of you have learned, our heart was broken this weekend with the untimely passing of one of our own. Antonio, a muni operator with the Transportation Agency for 19 years, was known for being deeply committed to his job and well known by the people on his buses and in many communities. He was born and raised in the Richmond District and leaves behind wife jennifer, three children and grandchildren. Well have this meeting adjourned in his memory, but im devastated. I want to thank his family to loaning him to us. He did die in service. If we could just take a moment of silence. [moment of silence observed] chair borde
Mr. President , all members are present. Please place your right hand over your heart join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] thank you. Behalf of the board, i like to acknowledge the staff of sfgov tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Colleagues, i like to take a few meetings to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. The 19th amendment which guarantees and protect womens constitutional right to vote was ratified on august 18, 1920. Hundredth anniversary of this historic milestone is to reflect on incredible efforts to secure womens Voting Rights. It is a reminder of the unfinished work ahead of us to fulfill the promise of our democracy. For decades after the ratification of the 19th amendment, many women of color were prevented from casting ballots through poll taxes, literacy tests, violence, intimidation and racism. For many women of color, that didnt begin to c