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Accessibility Policy

To ensure the participation of the disabled public in all Library Commission public meetings, the following eight items concerning accessibility are available.

  1. Sign Language interpreters or note takers will be available upon request. Please contact Services for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired at (415) 557-4433 (TDD) or (415) 557-4434 (Voice) at least 72 hours prior to meeting. Late requests will be honored if possible.

  2. A sound enhancement system will be available upon request at the meetings. Please contact Services for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired at (415) 557-4433 (TDD) or (415) 557-4434 (Voice) at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Late requests will be honored if possible.

  3. A person who is deaf or hearing impaired may gain meeting information prior to the meeting by calling (415) 557-4433 (TDD) or (415) 557-4434 (Voice). In addition, the California Relay Service can be used by individuals with hearing and speech impairments by calling 1-800-735-2929 (TDD) or 1-800-735-2922 (Voice).

  4. Minutes of the meetings are available in alternative formats. If you require the use of a reader during the meeting, please contact the Library for the Blind and Print Handicapped at (415) 292-2022 at least 72 hours in advance of need.

  5. Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility hotline at (415) 554-8925 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

  6. Library Commission meetings will be held at the Main Library, 100 Larkin Street at Grove, Lower Level, Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room. The Commission meeting room is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART station to the Main Library is Civic Center. The Library is only two blocks from all MUNI lines on Market Street and Van Ness Avenue. For information about MUNI's accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.

  7. There is accessible parking available at 355 McAllister, Civic Center Plaza Garage. Call (415) 863-1537.

  8. Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available at meetings.

  9. The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound producing electronic devices.

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