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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 6 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM Chair Elizabeth Kenny: And then the taxi company is able to help the person with pushing them in and out? Victoria Williams: Right. That would be part of the contract that they would be able to do that and it wouldn't be a cost to them, there wouldn't be any cost to the rider at all. We would pay for that. Out of our funding because it's not their fault the chair broke. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you. I just was wondering a little bit more about that. Another thing that I wanted to ask about: I had the opportunity to be part of the LimeBike interview process and I got the opportunity to speak with somebody who works for the city of Oakland and they have partnered with BORP, I believe, to try and start an accessible bike-share program over there for people with disabilities. Victoria Williams: Wow. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: I don't know if that would fall under your duties under Paratransit quite, I'm not sure. Victoria Williams: I'm not either. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: But I was just wanted to put that out there as a transit option to think about. Victoria Williams: Interesting. Thanks, that's interesting. I'll make a note of that. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Those were my questions. Again, I want to thank you for your hard work. I'm going to pass it along to the other commissioners right now so I don't slow things down. Start with Commissioner Brillinger. Arnold Brillinger: I just want to say the MRTIP program - it's a very good program. What you do is you take Paratransit to your doctor's appointment, then you can call them up and say, "I'm here, I need a ride at such and such a time, I'll be done." And I've had several people comment on this and I'm always trying to listen to what do we need to fix it or what do we need. And this person or these people, actually but mostly one person gave me some insights and they've had three different drivers taking them back home and they said, their personality and they were just delightful people, so there wasn't any, grumpiness or something like that about it. So that was good to hear. And then the vehicles, I've heard about three different vehicles that they used. Two of them are fairly decent, one of them could use a little bit of maintenance, or care, or some kind of thing. They even told me, they said, "Don't bring this one up." But I did anyway because we need to know that. Arnold Brillinger: Because we want, and we need as many people as possible, to use this because it is paid for whether the people use it or not. I mean, there's a certain minimum that the company gets and we need to use it because it is such a convenience, the people going to their medical appointments and getting back. I think they're supposed to call the day ahead of time, say, "I'm 03/13/19 Page 6 of 16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |