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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-10-12 | 5 | Arnold Brillinger: Since no one is jumping in, I'll go in. For the most part, we found that that was a positive experience for the CDI. We thought that we contacted people, we were able to educate them on various things. We had way more than we needed for handouts, and that was a real plus. Thank you to the various people who went and got them. Also, we did have some comments about, that it would probably be better, because this one was from until 4:00, that we go until 6:00. Because a lot of people, it was cooler later in the evening, and they showed up later in the evening. Just a lot more people there. Also, we were kind of on the side where more people kept in the middle, going up and down the center, so, maybe if we can get something out in the middle, and that would be helpful. But otherwise, it was a very good experience for the CDI to do. Arnold Brillinger: Thank you also for the people who came out and were part of it, to help man the table. Also, Tony will probably talk about some of the other volunteers from other groups that came out there too. I also would like to talk about the fact that I had gone First I had gone to the City Manager's office to find out, because we said, "Let's see if we can get more blue curb parking close to the event." And it turned out that the Mayor, or the City Manager never did talk to me, but handed it down and down and down, and the person who is in charge of that in Public Works did call me and said, "What do you want?" And I said, "Well, if we could get a number of parking spaces in city-owned parking." And she said, "Well, we have that garage that's just down the street here, and we have recently outfitted it with different lights. We can put green lights for open spaces, and red lights for spaces that are used, and then we can put blue ones for the blue parking spaces." Arnold Brillinger: So, I went both days Saturday and Sunday, and I went into the garage, and I was a bit disappointed. Because I was told that we would have up to eight different spaces, and when I went in there, I saw the same three on the bottom floor, and I didn't see anymore. And I looked around, and when I asked Kerry about it, she said, "Well, let me have. "It was Lisa, right? Kerry Parker: Liz Acord. Arnold Brillinger: I'm sorry, Liz Acord. And she called me back and she said, "Well, you know, we think that it went out and that it was a success, because you had asked for eight more spaces," which I did, hoping that we'd get at least five more. She says, "Well, we had 10 spaces, but we had them up on the next floor up, where there's no incline, so that the handicapped people wouldn't have to walk up or down the hill." And I had not gone up there, so I was very happy to hear about that. And she said that the public and the people who are running it, because they did have an extra person in there, to explain to people how it works, that everyone thought it was a good idea to have those extra handicapped spaces there. So that was a very positive thing, and I ask that for other events that we have here on Park Street, that we just go ahead and ask for extra spaces, and it's not that hard to do, I guess they can do it from the control desk, and which ones turn blue and which ones not. So, it was a pretty good experience. Anto Aghapekian: I have a question. In that building, the parking building, the spaces that they allocated, did they have enough space for people to get in and out if they have a wheelchair, or if they have a walker? Arnold Brillinger: Well, I'm thinking that they had to probably make those in between red spaces. Anto Aghapekian: I see. Page | 5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-10-12.pdf |