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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-07-25 | 9 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING ON Tuesday, July 25, 2017 6:30 p.m. David Burton: Thank you. David Burton. I'm a member of the Planning Board and was a member of the subcommittee that worked with the members here to help craft the ordinance. First wanted to thank subcommittee members who were at the meetings that I was certainly at. Commissioner Aghapekian, Commissioner Brillinger, Commissioner Deutsch, Commissioner Kenny. Thank you very much for all the work you put in. Your input was instrumental in making this ordinance better and better every time that we met. Special thanks to Audrey Lord-Hausman for her perseverance over the years, and being on the commission, and then even off the commission helping to get this put in place. Couldn't happen without her. I wanted to thank Andrew Thomas and the rest of the staff for putting in the time to make this happen. And wanted to extend the thanks John Knox White who's on the Planning Board with me, he wanted to be here tonight, he had a meeting in the city that wouldn't let him be here, but he wanted to extend his thanks also for all the work that you guys have done on this. David Burton: You guys have taught me a lot, and I think you have taught the entire Planning Board a lot. There's been a great good bit of education that has gone on and it's invaluable and so thank you for doing that for us and for the community. I've been uncomfortable for a long time that we've been doing this, the Planning Board, on a kind of negotiation project by project basis and so just so happy to see us getting this put in place to set a very high standard, and to be able to have that as a tool to use with the builders and developers that come into town to build new housing. It's going to be an invaluable tool for us. It sets a very high standard, but it's a reasonable and flexible ordinance, because as we talked a lot about in our subcommittee meetings there's a ton of things that impact. Sites these days when people are doing multi-family housing. So I think we've built in good flexibility but we'll hold folks to a really high standard and we'll get some good results. So, congratulations to all of you. Congratulations to Audrey. Congratulations to staff. Super excited to see this going forward, and thank you for all that you do. Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you. Next public comment is Audrey Lord-Hausman. Audrey Lord-Hausman: Good evening, Chair Kenny and commissioners. I'm thrilled to be here. I couldn't be happier. I know the journey isn't quite over yet but there's been a lot of thoughtful, thoughtful work that has been put into this, and you all have continued this journey. And I thank you for acknowledging Kelly Harp in addition to Susan in the beginning in my living room and around the dining room table, and certainly the subcommittee as we all came together with the Planning Board. But it's been an extraordinary example of passion and collaboration with the Planning Department and with the Planning Board. When first brought it to Andrew's attention, I think it was a one-beat, two-beat. He wasn't quite sure what we were talking about. But over time, he just jumped right into it with us. And Andrew, I can't thank you enough. I nagged him constantly. You all should take a great deal of pride in this. Be there in September, have people there to speak to it. But when the final vote is in, and I'm going to assume it's unanimous, we can all take a great deal of pride in the fact that Alameda is a standard bearer on behalf of so many people. Thank you very much. Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you, Audrey. Now we're going to go around. If anyone has any questions or comments on public comment. Commissioner Linton? Commissioner Brillinger? Commissioner October 11, 2017 Page 9 of 13 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-07-25.pdf |