The disability action. What came out of this hearing was a commitment to the citys budget propose by supervisor kim and supported by our mayor to set aside 250,000 for Revolving Loan fund and this fund will be available to sro Property Owners that can take out a loan, fix their elevator and payoff the loan and tap that fund. This is a very important first step to address the needs on the private side on privately owned buildings and this is in conjunction with the mayors upgrade for the housing properties. I think our policy makers have heard your advocacy and they are taking action. The next update is on the Mayors Office of disability website. I wanted to give you a quick report on our project. About 7 or 8 months ago i gave you an introduction to let you know that our office started conversations with our citys web master to do an overhaul of our citys website. Many of the citys web site is currently getting reformed. If you go to the Mayors Office on disability website today you wi
Percent of these inquiries from the public and 19 percent from the city department. There were also four curb ramp request and 3 request for accommodations. The request for accommodations involved blue zone parking request outside of homes and we also received 7 complaints which is in addition to two complaints we received from the previous month in may. We believe the increase is due to the large number of Construction Projects that are happening simultaneously in the city. The majority of these complaints that we received mostly involved disruption in the public rightofway due to the construction vehicles blocking access to crosswalks or on street disabled parking. In these cases we were able to interact quickly through sf mta which included the street inspectors. This is also a reminder to the public, if you notice Construction Activity blocking an accessible path of travel without an alternative safe path, please call our office at 41555467 89. Thats our voice. You can also contact
Website. I will keep you posted. My last item really is to give a shout out to the independent Living Resource Center in San Francisco about an Upcoming Event and ilrc sf is celebrating the 24th anniversary by signing the ada at the fully accessible headquarters. The details on saturday july 26, 10 a. M. 3 00 p. M. The public is very much invited. The location is on the ground floor on Howard Street between 4th and 5th street in the south market area. There is food, disability quilting, kid friendly events and will have sign language interpretation. I hope to see everybody there. So that concludes my directors report and at this point i would like to turn the microphone over to heather kittel or ada compliance coordinator to hear her reports on complaints and Service Request for accommodation. Thank you. Good afternoon, councilmembers and cochairs. Last month in june our office received 64 in inquiries and we provided information referrals, Service Request and ada technical assistance.
Ada at the fully accessible headquarters. The details on saturday july 26, 10 a. M. 3 00 p. M. The public is very much invited. The location is on the ground floor on Howard Street between 4th and 5th street in the south market area. There is food, disability quilting, kid friendly events and will have sign language interpretation. I hope to see everybody there. So that concludes my directors report and at this point i would like to turn the microphone over to heather kittel or ada compliance coordinator to hear her reports on complaints and Service Request for accommodation. Thank you. Good afternoon, councilmembers and cochairs. Last month in june our office received 64 in inquiries and we provided information referrals, Service Request and ada technical assistance. 81 percent of these inquiries from the public and 19 percent from the city department. There were also four curb ramp request and 3 request for accommodations. The request for accommodations involved blue zone parking req
People in the community so they are not institutionalized. It did you tell does that at a very low cost. Members asked supervisors for additional funds for the cls which were granted in june. Finally, the council met on thursday july 10th, members of the kouj council and agencies have been lobbying for months for services for variety of services and people with disabilities. Increased funding and Revolving Fund for elevator and sros, protective services, nutrition and meals, food service and delivery, senior centers, Housing Services and ellis act eviction advocacy. There is a lot of things that are exciting that are happening. Input from the community is needed. Please come to our meeting. The lccc does not meet in august. The next meeting is on thursday september 11, 2014, at the born auditorium in the hsa building at 170 otis street. The second item in my report is to mention that a long time advocate for persons with disabilities and seniors and other groups was lost to us last wee