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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-02-08 | 3 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 6:30 p.m. Nicole Blake: Okay. So it's all great? Okay. And we also realize that we may not be able to include every single question that you may want to include in the survey, but we are more than happy to collaborate with the commission to maybe develop a more specific survey that meets your needs as well. Any questions? Chair Kenny: Thank you very much. I will say, the Commission has used your 2012 Community Need Surveys in our work to get a universal design ordinance passed. So it's been very helpful to have those figures available. And I do have some questions, or initial thoughts on the survey itself. Nicole Blake: Sure. Chair Kenny: One question I had is, in the first section you have no need, low need, moderate need, and high need? Nicole Blake: Right. Chair Kenny: I'm wondering if you guys had considered putting in, "I don't know" cause for some of these things, like I don't really know what the need is for youth services, not having a child of my own. Nicole Blake: Okay, yeah. Yeah, that's helpful. Chair Kenny: And then, just a more general thing I'd like to see a little bit more fleshed out is mental health care available in the city, and how many people are in need of that. If there's a need for a clinic or drop-in emergency place, because it's been brought to our attention before by members of the public that Alameda has a very high rate of 51-50s, or people detained for the purpose of being evaluated for 51-50s. And I know that the police force goes through excellent training, and really seems to be doing a good job of being able to flesh out when it's appropriate to 51-50 somebody. So, I'm wondering if there's some sort of need that we could fill where it's between being 51-50'ed or if there is some sort of mental health shelter or emergency contact that people could go through? Nicole Blake: Okay. Chair Kenny: And then I don't know how to include that in your survey, because it's been something I've been hearing it from the public and I've been following it in the newspaper. If you look at the police blogs, almost every day, there is at least one person from the city who is detained for psychiatric purposes. And that's pretty high for a city our size. Nicole Blake: Great. Chair Kenny: Does anyone else have any questions? Commissioner Deutsch: Well, I noticed healthcare is on your list, and I'm just wondering whether there could be some additional questions, like you have housing, and then you have a lot of other questions underneath housing but nothing healthcare specific. And I think healthcare in Alameda is changing right now. Accessing the hospitals, the various insurances available or not - so it would be nice to know what people think. 3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-02-08.pdf |