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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-03-13 | 6 | ITEM 3-A COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 6:30 PM Jenn Barrett: That's great. Arnold Brillinger: And to me that's very important because I can't get to the Main Street Ferry, there's no way. And so I thought I would bring that up because that's important for people to know. I've got a couple more items I wanted to talk about. I went to the AC Transit Accessibility Committee meeting, that's where they deal with those problems that disabled people have taking the bus. And most of the meeting was on the BRT, that's the Bus Rapid Transit, and basically that is on International Boulevard and East 14th, as it goes into San Leandro. It starts down in Broadway in Oakland, goes up to San Leandro BART station. And you've probably been on there once or twice, and seeing where they're really ripping up the place, because they started back in 2017 to work on this. Arnold Brillinger: Well, they're hoping that by December of this year it will be ready. They've got brand new buses and there will be bus only lanes on that stretch. They're trying to get it to really work and to get people along East 14th and International Boulevard, trying to get them through there quicker. And again for disabled people, if they're mobility disabled, it's going to be just like when you go in on BART from the platform right into the bus, where it's going to be level and you don't have to wait for a ramp or a lift or anything else. And Clipper Cards, there will be places to tap your Clipper Card right on the platform, to get people into these vehicles really quickly and move them on down. They figure that they will have them running every seven minutes in peak hours, so that was interesting to me too. Those are my reports. Jenn Barrett: Great. Thank you so much for sharing, we really appreciate it. Commissioner Roloff? Jennifer Roloff: No, I think I will save my updates. We'll have the same for the follow up discussions from the retreat, we'll go around again? Jenn Barrett: Yes. Jennifer Roloff: So I'll pass for this portion. Jenn Barrett: Okay. Commissioner Deutsch? Susan Deutsch: Well, Little John Park has completed their new playground and there's going to be a ribbon cutting on March 27th at 4 o'clock. And Amy Wooldridge contacted me and asked me to speak, make a short speech. And she said that if we wanted to have a table there during that time, we could have a table if we want to give out any information about our commission. Anyway, I just want to say the playground, it's small, but it's really nice. The structure has the ability for a child with a wheelchair to get on to the play structure and there are a lot of items for kids to play with that don't involve climbing. They have musical items where you touch it and it plays music, and they have different items that you can manipulate and turn and see things happen. And then they have a lot of nice climbing structures and they have swings for somebody with a disability. It's not a wheelchair swing, but it is a swing that if you need support it would provide support. Although I 03/13/19 Page 6 of 28 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-03-13.pdf |