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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-05-09 | 13 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MUTES OF Wednesday May 9, 2018 6:30 p.m. Alex Ghenis: Is there a question that you'd like me to respond to in there? Jennifer Roloff: Yes. If you've been working with CASA so far and have shared the WID [World Institute on Disability] with CASA? Alex Ghenis: Oh, yes. So some background: CASA is instrumental in the development of the climate plan update. We did have a climate plan in 2008, and this is an update to that, which CASA pretty much requested. And they are a part of our green team, which is a group of city staff who are advancing the climate plan project forward. And so they're at all of the tables and they are helping plan a community outreach process for the climate plan right now. I haven't actually brought WID and Alex's potential work up with them yet. So far that's just been a conversation internally, but I think that they would be really supportive. They're planning at least 12 outreach events in between now and September. Jennifer Roloff: CASA is? Alex Ghenis: CASA is, with the explicit goal of reaching people who might not come to our big three community workshops. And so as they're looking to make the outreach process more inclusive and accessible, I think there's a lot of opportunity to incorporate some of the ideas that Alex raised. Jennifer Roloff: Okay, yes. And just a thought, maybe our commission could work with you and have a liaison between you and CASA as well. I know we have liaisons to planning board. I think this is probably really relevant as we look into Alameda's taking on a lot of new development lately, and a lot of people are worried about the sea level rising and developing new communities that are going to be vulnerable in 20 years, give or take. So I'm very interested in following up on this. Thank you. Alex Ghenis: Thank you. Beth Kenny: Thank you. Commissioner Deutsch? Susan Deutsch: Thank you very much. I just have some comments. I heard you talk about that we have to provide medical care or medical facilities. We need to have medication available. We may need to have a medical personnel available, and I think it's important to note that right now, Alameda Hospital has to have some upgrades done to earthquake proof it by 2020. And then by 2030, the hospital has to be totally earthquake proof, or it has to reach much higher standards. Right now, the hospital is being run by Alameda County Health systems, and there's been recently questions about whether they're going to be doing those upgrades that came up at a board meeting. Susan Deutsch: And I think that a hospital is critical for any systems that we put in place, that we're going to need healthcare providers, medication, you mentioned. So I think this is something that's really important for our community to stand by the hospital and try and make sure that we still have a hospital because we are an island, and we are vulnerable, and we have a vulnerable population here. So I just want to bring that up as something to keep in mind that that's a big issue that's going to be coming up, and it could affect any plans for a disaster or what comes up. Just information. 05/30/18 Page 13 of 32 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-05-09.pdf |