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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2005-02-28 | 1 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF February 28, 2005 Present: Berger, Bunker, Chadow, Chair Cooney, Fort, Gwynne, Longley-Cook, McGaughey, Absent/Excused: McCoy, Steffens Guests: Anne Steiner 1. MINUTES: The minutes of January 24, 2004 where approved with the following corrections: 1) Attendance - change Commissioner McCoy from present to absent, add Commissioner Steffens as present, and 2) Oral Communications, Item #1 - change "Commissioner Charles Bunker will inform the Commission on the status of the Disaster Plan" to " Disaster Registry." ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: 1. Commissioner Toby Berger shared an article that appeared in the Oakland Tribune that Mark Breimhorst had been named the executive director of the World Institute on Disability (WID). WID is an Oakland based nonprofit research and public policy center promoting the civil rights and full societal inclusion of people with disabilities. She suggested the commission might want to have Mr. Breimhorst make a presentation. 2. Commissioner Toby Berger informed the commission on the proposed school parcel tax per an article in the Alameda Journal. Currently there is a senior citizen exclusion on the existing parcel tax and would like that there be an exclusion for disabled persons. 3. Commissioner Jody Moore informed the commission that the month of February is Autism Awareness Month and that next year the commission or City could recognize this with some kind of activity. Commissioner Toby Berger stated that the commission promotes the month of October as Disability Awareness Month and that this year 's activities could include autism. 4. Commissioner Gina McGaughey will provide the commission with written copies of Disability Rights Advocates open door pamphlet. 5. Secretary received a note from Mayor Beverly Johnson requesting that a commissioner volunteer to serve on the Alameda County Commission on Aging. Commissioner Adrienne Longley-Cook volunteered. 6. Secretary informed the commission that there will be a groundbreaking ceremony for the New Library and that two temporary disabled parking spaces will be provided. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-02-28.pdf |