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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 21 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. making this happen with the commission? Should we get a sub-committee on this, or? Susan Deutsch: It would be helpful to work with other people. If people are interested, it would be great. But I do need to present to Parks and Rec. I do know that, and I guess I'll contact Amy Wooldridge and the Kiwanis Club. But I was also thinking that in order to fundraise, you need a nonprofit organization. I guess the Kiwanis is a nonprofit. And then I also thought of this, maybe that Center for Independent Living, they might have an interest. So, just finding an organization, a nonprofit organization to fundraise through would be great. But yes, working with other people is always the better. I don't know how much time people have. I don't see it as something that it is probably going to happen very quickly, so I don't want people to feel pressured. I think it's something that's going to be a process. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. My sense is, if we form a sub-committee, that a lot of it could be done over email. Would you say that's correct? Susan Deutsch: Yes. If there are people that want to meet one-on-one, then we can set up those meetings at some point, but the initial contacts would probably be email, unless somebody from the Kiwanis wants to meet. And I don't know if the whole committee has to meet, unless that's what we decide, depending on people's time. But if they do, it's great. The more people, the better. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. With the Kiwanis situation, they're actually looking for one person to be a liaison. But in my sub-committee experience, I would say it's great to have a few people, because a lot of these meetings come up at inconvenient times, so if you can have a few different people who can go to them, it's better. Susan Deutsch: Yes. And, I think, when we did Universal Design, it was better having a committee. It clearly worked out better. And just to even get ideas off of each other, otherwise you just feel like you're in this zone and you don't hear what other people are thinking and you can't get other people's ideas. So, having other people is a good thing. Chair Beth Kenny: So, I would like to propose that we form a sub-committee towards getting a inclusive accessible park built here in Alameda, playground here in Alameda. Is anyone interested in joining that? I am certainly interested. Maybe a little self-interested. Anto Aghapekian: I am too. Chair Beth Kenny: All right. Chair Beth Kenny: So, for now, it'll be the three of us, and we can report back to the commission on how things are going. Susan Deutsch: Okay. And just, then, for your information, for everybody's information, there was something that I meant to put on my presentation that I didn't. So if you Google "Inclusive playground design guide", there's a whole guide about it. I can't even read the whole thing, I haven't read it all yet. I've read parts of it. But it's a huge guide about how to build inclusive playgrounds, 09/12/18 Page 21 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |