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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-04-11 | 13 | ITEM 2-A COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. OLD BUSINESS 5-A Commission and Board Liaison Report (All Commissioners) Jenn Barrett: Okay, we'll move on to our next item, number five, old business. 5A, Commission and Board Liaison Reports. Does anyone have a report that they would like to state? Commissioner Brillinger. Arnold Brillinger: Thank you. A while back when we decided on going to different commissions and councils, I chose transportation. And so I go to various, not just the transportation commission here in Alameda, but I go to other places too, to find out what's happening in the area of accessibility, and so forth. And so I went to the AC Transit accessibility committee meeting. And there, I've got something that I thought, "Oh, this ought to be broadcast around to various people." Now when I look here, you guys probably don't fit here, but the United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County is having their 27th annual convention on May 25th. And I'm sure that if you look them up, you will find more information on how that works, and how to register for it. But in the AAC meeting, that's the Accessibility for Alameda or AC Transit, they spend a lot of time talking about RM3, and I'm thinking, "Why don't I hear about these things except when I go to certain meetings?" Arnold Brillinger: And RM3 is the thing that's going to be on the ballot in June, and it's in the nine Bay Area, or nine county, it's in the Bay Area, and it's about increasing the toll on the Bay Bridge, and the other bridges. They plan to increase it a dollar in 2019, and another dollar three years later in 2022, and another dollar in 2025, and this is on the seven different bridges connecting in the Bay Area. Now it doesn't include the Golden Gate Bridge, because that's under a different ownership. But I thought, "This is something that we ought to all know about." And also, I want to talk a little bit about the SRAC. The SRAC is the Service Review Advisory Committee, and that's where I'm the chair of that, that meets in Oakland, and it's about the paratransit of the Bay, East Bay Paratransit. If you get problems, you could come to our meetings and let us know what they are. But, we just approved the Measure B and BB paratransit plan, and funding application, and we also approved the staff's recommendations on East Bay Paratransit on their current no-show cancellation policies. Arnold Brillinger: If you have six no-shows or late cancellations, if you have six of them, you're possibly going to be suspended. But we decided that because it is fairly liberal in how we do this, you're sent a letter after four times and they say, "You've already missed four in this quarter." And when you get six, you get a letter that says you'll be suspended, but you can come in and plead your case. And very few times do we really suspend anybody, but it makes them more aware of. "Hey, you've got quite a few." And it disrupts the service. And, the next meeting is going to be May 2nd at 12:30 in the afternoon, at 1750 Broadway, that's the East Bay Paratransit building. And then, I also wanted to talk about the Transportation Commission and the Planning Commission, and I saw Jen there. She even went up and introduced herself as being kind of a watchdog, I think. Arnold Brillinger: And, the Transportation Commission and Planning Board had an interesting meeting. It took about two hours just for the joint one and then a lot of people left, and the Planning 04/11/18 Page 13 of 18 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-04-11.pdf |