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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-05-09 | 21 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MUTES OF Wednesday May 9, 2018 6:30 p.m. but they do have general meetings where we could go and present it, and I think Anto has a really good point in that we would want to present it as suggestions, and so it would not go on the defensive, and then maybe happily, some of these merchants will go, "We've done that and we've done that." Just start putting the word out there. Like you said, gently. Beth Kenny: Yes. Jennifer Roloff: I had one more thought maybe for Laurie also is I know from time to time, and I don't know if we're under an umbrella right now, but the city has this facade improvement program for the businesses where they say, if you improve your street facade, we'll match your funds up to $5,000. And I wonder if we could work with the city to see if they would do some kind of match your funds up to a certain amount, if they made upgrades to support the disabled community in Alameda. Yes. So we could talk to whoever maybe is in charge of the facade program. We could reach out to that person and get some guidance. Beth Kenny: I think that's a great idea. I could think when I would. Sorry, go ahead, Commissioner Brillinger. Arnold Brillinger: Yes, I went to the disability council in San Francisco in March, and at that time they had a presentation from their small business council or commission, whatever the group was, and they are going to make sure that the businesses are accessible by a certain time, like in the 2020, and if they've got to get through permits by 2019 and stuff like that. And so I'm willing to share that step with the group. It seems to me like this is very subtle compared to what they're doing in San Francisco but there are places here in Alameda that I cannot get in because they've got the one step up, right at the front door, and some of those are right here on Lincoln Avenue right next to the Coin dealership, and that there is some over by the Alameda Museum on Alameda Avenue that have the in accessible entries. There's no way I could go in there if I wanted to or not. Arnold Brillinger: I'd say that's what I thought you were going to be dealing with, those kinds of things. Because I could come up with a whole list there as I'm going down the street. I say, well, there's something that I can't avail myself of, but I think we ought to also just take a look for ourselves at some things that are like heavy duties, like San Francisco is doing with theirs, just to see how they're doing it and so forth. And of course, they've got many more people and many more dollars and all that kind of stuff to deal with, but it seems like if we go with DABA and whoever else it is. What is Mark over there in. He's over in, his office is at South shore. Beth Kenny: That's the Chamber of Commerce. Arnold Brillinger: Yes. The Chamber of Commerce or Tony with WABA and stuff like that, and we might find that some of them might say, "Hey, we'd like to push this with our group." Because they are not, for the most part, they're not that big of a thing. And it adds a little bit of recognition. Beth Kenny: Yes, when I looked at the stuff that you had put together, I saw it as a couple of pronged approach as far as you would In my imaginings, it was, you would be invited in by these businesses somehow, whether it be through via the Chamber of Commerce or the business association, and then you could go over the list with them. And if they made some of the changes, 05/30/18 Page 21 of 32 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-05-09.pdf |