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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-04-11 | 16 | ITEM 2-A COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. but as I shared my story with our friends and you hear about "This person became disabled from this biking accident." And I've been to City Council meetings for Bike Walk Alameda and other biking organizations who come and talk about the pretty bad accidents that have happened with the biking community. I know for liaisons, there is a health and safety issue around all the bikes and traffic in Alameda. Arnold Brillinger: I just now looked at my notes here. There was the public health and safety, those are the only reasons for accommodating, for zoning the land differently. Jennifer Roloff: Oh okay. Arnold Brillinger: Because the state says, "You can't use transportation issues as reason for rezoning or blocking housing." Jenn Barrett: Does anyone else have any items they want to comment on for their board liaison? Jenny Linton: Like Arnold I tend to go to meetings outside of Alameda as well. And we spent last month a couple of days at the public policy conference in Sacramento. It was put on by the Arc of California and United Cerebral Palsy. And they went through some of their priorities for 2018, a very nice overview of the state of support for the developmentally disabled in California. They're looking at things like a uniform holiday schedule. The state is trying to cut back on the daily services and it's causing problems for families and individuals that want to live independently. And there was a $25 million bridge funding proposed by Assembly Member Holden, that that they're hoping to part of the budget as well. Jenny Linton: Social groups were cancelled as a result of the recession or postponed. They've not yet been restored. We're looking to restore some campaign outdoor opportunities for the developmentally disabled population. And they put together an integrated living program. The housing and community development agency, the state has closed their last developmental center, the institutions, I think in 2006, and they're sitting on land across the state that they are hoping to sell and put back into the general budget. And this agency is proposing that we take the money on the sale of these lands and put it back into the budget to support the developmentally disabled, for which it was built to begin with. Those were some interesting issues I've learned about in Sacramento. Jennifer Roloff: Just a quick question, that $25 million bridge, is that what you were talking about that's going to be on the ballot for increasing the bridges? Is that the same? Jenny Linton: No it's a bridge loan to get from one year to the next. Jennifer Roloff: Oh, it was a loan. Sorry. Jenny Linton: It's a bridge fund, bridge grant. Jennifer Roloff: Oh got it. 04/11/18 Page 16 of 18 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-04-11.pdf |