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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 14 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. see if I can help anyway on space like you're saying, there are so many big open spaces here that we should be able to, like Alameda Point Collaborative or even my church, our parish hall is big. It's big and we use it for many different events. Stuart James: We would love help. Lisa Hall: So I think that we could Helping you guys we could do what we can do about getting some spaces because I think the wheelchair basketball is just - I don't know anybody that doesn't love that. It is, it's just a blast and that's SO awesome. Hopefully we can help do that but thank you so much for everything you've done, you're just amazing. Stuart James: That would be great. The Alameda Boys and Girls Club by the way has been wonderful. They are a wonderful partner, but there's restrictions on what we can do there. So we do a lot with the vets. And we do a lot with people with spinal cord injuries. We are now going to be hosting a regular tennis clinic. We'd love to do that in Alameda. We host a wheelchair lacrosse team hence my sweatshirt that I'm wearing. And at the moment we do that at Treasure Island, but it's only, because it's the only gym we can get. We'd rather be doing that here. I have 18 sports wheelchairs in my office. So when we do these events, we have all the equipment, you only need to show up. We have the sport chairs, we have the sticks, we have everything. We bring the coaches and we invite able-bodied folks to everything we do. So even though lacrosse, we have a lot of able-bodied lacrosse players that just come because they think it's fun. Then they all go out to a bar. [chuckle] Beth Kenny: Commissioner Linton. Jenny Linton: I just want to thank you for coming and talking about your program. We have experience with the Center for Independent Living in Brooklyn, and you've given me an entirely new perspective on what we might be able to find at the Center for Independent Living. So I have a few questions. Do you have a calendar of events? So we can see what kind of things you're doing and maybe come to some. Stuart James: I didn't hear you. Jenny Linton: Do you have a calendar? Stuart James: Other events? Jenny Linton: Yes. Stuart James: Like for. Jenny Linton: Some of the things, you just mentioned tons of things that are going on. Stuart James: We've got a lot of ideas for events, it's just a matter of whether I can pull them off. Jenny Linton: Okay. Perfect. 05/24/17 Page 14 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |