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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-02-23 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF February 23, 2009 TIME The meeting convened at 7:12 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Berger, Longley-Cook, Kirola, and Krongold. ABSENT Vice-Chair Moore, Commissioners Fort and Kreitz MINUTES The January 26, 2009 minutes were approved with corrections to agenda item one under Old Business. Chair Lord-Hausman introduced Darrell Handy, Risk Management for the City of Alameda who attended on behalf of Board Secretary Akil. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There were no written communications. NEW BUSINESS 1. Presentation by Design Community & Environment Consulting (Leslie Wilson, Consultant): Discussion of accessibility issues regarding transportation in Alameda. Leslie Wilson, Planner with Design Community & Environment (DCE) a Berkeley-based consulting firm, gave a presentation regarding a Community Based Transportation Plan (CBTP) for the City of Alameda. The plan is a grass roots effort to use community input to identify transportation problems, identify solutions, and collect information that can be put into a plan. The firm has also spent time with senior citizens, low-income groups and youth groups for input. Ms. Wilson requested that the Commissioners complete a survey regarding the proposed plan. Chair Lord-Hausman asked how the program began to which Ms. Wilson responded that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) funded Community Based Transportation Plans for several cities in the Bay Area. DCE completed a CBTP for Oakland, Berkeley and Rosemont and now Alameda. DCE is working with various transportation agencies as well as conducting most of the outreach and compiling data for inclusion into the plan. This effort will ensure more funding to prioritize problems and get solutions. Ms. Wilson said that if you live on the main Island, it would be nice to know places where you live, places that you go, places that you or somebody that has disabilities would have issues getting to, and she will complete the map. Ms. Wilson provided a map of the City and asked Commissioners to identify problems regarding | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-02-23.pdf |