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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-05-09 | 10 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MUTES OF Wednesday May 9, 2018 6:30 p.m. non profits, and leadership, whether that's Centers for Independent Living, whether that is state agencies or sub offices within those state agencies. And then also climate related experts around specific issues, whether it's resiliency, disaster response, or public health. And then, again, focusing on kind of the subgroups that address the issues of people with disabilities in each of these climate focuses, start to do outreach, understand and document the needs of people with disabilities within Alameda. And then also understanding the broader subject of the needs of people with disabilities and transposing it onto the city's current and upcoming situation. Alex Ghenis: Collect informational resources. We have a good amount available, but we want to make those available to the community as well. And then also be multifaceted and intersectional, recognize that this is an incredibly complex issue and really needs to be addressed from levels of multiple directions and build connections for future work. And something to be said about this is people are becoming more and more aware of climate change, people are caring more about it. This can be a stepping stone to bring together a lot of stakeholders raise the kind of specter of people with disabilities in something that is this role that is noticeable. And that hopefully also will permeate out into other areas of civil and human and disability rights. Alex Ghenis: So we need to analyze the needs and policies of people in the city. So for primary and secondary climate impacts, I know I've got limited time, so I'll just go through this a little bit quicker. But around storms, sea level rise and displacement, housing and economic needs, and multiple disability, focus on all of those. Start to work with experts on policy development, and then implement those and incorporate them into the long-term planning of the city. Recognize that certain stakeholders have different capacities, and some people are overwhelmed. I'm sure the commission has dealt with a lot of non profits with very underpaid folks or volunteers that care a lot about disability and are committing a lot of their time to it. When you recognize that people have certain focuses, but they care about this, and they're passionate. It's the same reason that everybody here is on the commission itself. Alex Ghenis: And then finally, build a road map for the long-term. Actually, when I say build the road map for the long-term, the city's climate resilience plan is looking out to 2100 and beyond. We want to safeguard not just the next 20 years, but this is a long-term thing for the survival of the city of Alameda. And it should be a long-term thing for the survival and really well being of the disability community within the city. So for education, make sure that we do tailored information and outreach, whether it's to climate experts to disability community, to more disability experts and non profits, or just people with disabilities in the city at large. Incorporate people with disabilities. I'm sure a lot of you know the phrase "nothing about us without us," which is a huge disability mantra, which is include the disability community in anything that has to address disability. Alex Ghenis: Don't expect somebody that doesn't live firsthand experiences to provide "expertise", and certainly the wisdom of the crowd can be fantastic. And then speak the language of each of the different stakeholders and focus on solutions. I think we don't want to freak people out. We want to keep a positive forward looking outlook, and we want to integrate this with really what is long-term solution focused planning. Coordinate efforts with everybody involved and here we've got a little image. If we're forming our city for climate resilience, we might as well make it accessible for everybody. Recognize that who knows, the Bay Area might have a more stable climate than Southern California running out of water. We might have more people with disabilities moving 05/30/18 Page 10 of 32 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-05-09.pdf |