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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-07-25 | 7 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING ON Tuesday, July 25, 2017 6:30 p.m. Tom Mills: Yes, I'd appreciate that. Andrew Thomas: Sure. Tom Mills: I can't even go in my backyard. Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you, Commissioner Mills. Commissioner Aghapekian. Anto Aghapekian: I've been a latecomer, us two. But I have watched and listened and I know that, I get that, and I know all the orders and areas physicians. I'm very proud to say this. But I don't think that the matter is exciting or urgent as much as important. It will be a tough fight for council. Andrew Thomas: First of all, thank you. I wanted to say again, this would not have happened if it weren't for members of this community, of this commission just taking this on. I guarantee you, staff alone could not have done it. We wouldn't have done it. It was this partnership that worked so well. And you're absolutely right. You watch sports, let's celebrate the little victory tonight, but the big game is in September. And then I think we also all need to take the attitude. We worked really hard. We have a good ordinance, it's ready to be adopted. Is it perfect? It may not be. We're going to start using it and let me tell you I've been writing ordinances and implementing ordinances my entire career. You can work and work and work and work to try to make it perfect. Andrew Thomas: You'll find out in the first year what isn't working right and you know what, we just have to have the mindset. We're going to discover those little problems, and then we're going to fix them. Our second unit ordinance in Alameda, we've amended it 15 times. Needs change. Priorities change. Our parking ordinance we amend that like every four years, it's okay. But until we get this adopted, until we actually run it through, it's like a test drive on a car. We need to start using it, then we'll know what's not quite right and we'll fix it. I just think the battle's not over, I agree with you and we just have to take the attitude, this is just. It's a continuing process and we'll just keep getting better and better at it, but thank you. Elizabeth Kenny: I want to say a couple of questions for you. Andrew Thomas: Yes. Elizabeth Kenny: First I want to say I love this. It's amazing how all the ideas that we had have been distilled into this. I have seen the different versions, and I'm really happy with this, and thank you for everything, and thank you Audrey, and David, and Arnold, and Anto. Thank you all for this. And Susan. Kelly Harp was a former commissioner, also worked on this too, and I want to put her name out there. I do have a couple of questions. Andrew Thomas: Yes. Elizabeth Kenny: In 18.5 Section c, under the list of features that can be substituted in. Under the number two, it says blocking with all the walls of the hallway. One thing that I really liked about October 11, 2017 Page 7 of 13 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-07-25.pdf |