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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-10-11 | 11 | ITEM 2-A COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, October 11, 2017 6:30 p.m. settlements, emergency preparedness, fair housing and accessibility, service animals, recreation and medical equipment and facilities. ADA has been around, I don't know if she mentioned that, since 1991, and it's been instrumental in bringing rights and awareness to the disability community. Lisa Hall: We are so fortunate to have the Pacific ADA Center right next door in Oakland. They're there to answer questions, educate, and assist. We received a great emergency preparedness resources of names, addresses, emails, etcetera, which was wonderful, and so many knowledgeable presenters. It was almost mind-boggling. Lisa Hall: I so enjoyed it. My brain was on overload after two days. But it was just a bundle of information and really eye-opening. So feeling like you can see where their changes have been, progress has been, and where we're going, and I feel we're very lucky again, like I said, to have Pacific ADA Center right there. They were all just wonderful, and I look forward to going back next year. Also, I do want to mention at the end of this month, there is the Asian group, Disability Awareness Project Summit. Again, it's the second year. It's called "Making the Invisible Visible", and it's going to be at Maya Lin School, and it's from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 28th, and they have workshops, information speakers. Lisa Hall: And again, I attended it last year. It was wonderful. I cannot attend this one, but I would definitely recommend you guys to come, to go and attend. Austin Tam, many of you know, is chairing this event, and it's really a good, informative event, especially around our children with many disabilities including the mental illness, so they address a lot. Beth Kenny: Thank you, Commissioner Hall. I would like to report about the Universal Design sub-committee. We are going to have our first reading of the Universal Design Ordinance at the next city council meeting on October 17th. So that is next Tuesday. It's a pretty full agenda, so fingers crossed that we aren't bumped. But it's very exciting. The process will go through the first reading, and then there'll be a second reading, and then if everything goes well, it should be adopted. And you are all probably sick of hearing about Universal Design. We've been working on this all for so long, but I am very excited for this, and anyone who can come, should try and come to that meeting. We have a couple other things that pertain to the CDI at that staff meeting that I think Laurie is going to talk about, but I'm very excited about the first reading of the UDO. The other thing I wanted to say is, Commissioner Lewis, I think you wanted to be part of the Emergency Preparedness Sub-Committee, is that true? I couldn't remember who it was. Tony Lewis: I don't remember that. Beth Kenny: Okay. Tony Lewis: I certainly would be open to it, for sure. Beth Kenny: Because I would like to have the Emergency Preparedness Sub-Committee meet in the next two weeks. There's so much going on that every time I see something new I'm like, "We have got to get that done, we have to get on top of that." So, anyone who wants to be part of the Emergency Preparedness Sub-Committee, please come talk to me afterwards and we'll figure out a 12/13/17 Page 11 of 16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-10-11.pdf |