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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-10-12 | 6 | Arnold Brillinger: Now I've actually gone into the building since then, and I took the elevator all the way to the top, and I rode all the way around and around and around down to the bottom. And I found that next to the elevator on every floor, there is a blue space. There is already one, I mean, all the time. So it's not only the three that I found on the bottom floor, but all the other floors, two, three, four, five, and I think six, all have one also. So if we had 10 in addition to those, that's quite a few spaces in there. Anto Aghapekian: And then is there any possibility of having regular parking spaces on the street, adjacent to parks where the fair is? And some of those parking spaces to be temporarily designated as blue parking spaces? Arnold Brillinger: Well, originally, I was just asking for anywhere that the city owned property, that they could designate certain ones. But then this one is only a block away from the Park Street, because it's on Oak Street, and I think that we can also ask for that in other years, something toward the other end of the event, also. Kerry Parker: As I understand it, there was a liability issue with temporary spaces and making them ramp accessible, let's say. And the garage already was a public garage, that's why it happened the way it did. I think asking for additional spaces could work, but this is how Public Works responded, making sure these were accessible. Elizabeth Kenny: I also like having it in the garage for other events, because people need to know this is happening and they might not have just gone into the garage last time, but they might have a friend who went in during the fair and can tell them, "Hey, you can park in here during the fair. There's additional disabled parking spots." So having that, it would be great to get additional spots closer, but also having that one spot that we can kind of build up a reputation of, "This is where you can go," I think is going to be helpful. Arnold Brillinger: Okay. Tony Lewis: I wanted to comment about the fair also. I thought it was very successful, and I would like to certainly commend Commissioner Franco, because she was the one who transported lots of the material that we had, and the table. And I would strongly urge that we have a little bit more support from other commissioners, and I understand it was during a time, this was summer time and people were on vacation, and they have other things to do. But it was a heck of a lot of fun, and it's a good way to meet people that you haven't seen for a while, that's one thing. And also, I really do think that it's good publicity for the Commission, and it's just not promoting the dire parts of disability, it's also part where you're at a fair, you're at an event, and I think it's important for us to be at something like that. So the more people that we can get to support would be good. Especially for people who drive, and supporting transporting stuff would certainly be helpful if we could do that. Tony Lewis: We partnered with the Alameda Community Chorus, who's also under Park and Rec, and they had a table too, so we shared space with them. And I think that's a good idea for us to do that in the future, because I think it draws more people, because they're curious about the Chorus, or if we did it with Girls Inc, or some other group that's under Park and Rec, or connected in some way, that's a good idea. It was also good for us to really see that there's other groups here in Alameda, disability groups, the Pacific Islander group, who's having their event at the elementary Page | 6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-10-12.pdf |