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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 2 | 2. MINUTES 2-A Approval of Minutes for the October 11, 2017 Meeting Beth Kenny: Thank you. Agenda item number two. The minutes, does anybody have any changes they would like to make from the minutes from our October 11th, 2017, meeting? Arnold Brillinger: I make a motion that we accept the minutes. Beth Kenny: I'll second that motion. All in favor? Arnold Brillinger: Aye. Beth Kenny: Any opposed? Minutes approved. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGANDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) Beth Kenny: Do we have any non-agenda public comment? Any speaker slips? Laurie Kozisek: No. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A Retreat Planning Beth Kenny: Okay. New business, first thing is we need to select a date for the retreat. Jenn, you haven't experienced this before. Because the City is dark in August, we don't get to meet then, so we make up that meeting in the winter time having a retreat where we just talk about goals for the commission and go over some sunshine ordinance and Brown Acts, stuff like that. It takes place on a Saturday at Mastick. Laurie has spoken to Jackie Krause from Mastick, and she said she could do a Saturday in February, but that January is a bad month for them. Does anyone have a Saturday in February they need to rule out? Laurie Kozisek: Madam Chairman, may I also mention that you have a meeting, a regular meeting in February on the 14th. Beth Kenny: Okay. Arnold Brillinger: Is it possible to do it in March? Beth Kenny: I don't believe that we checked with Jackie about that. I imagine that it would be, I think that my thought was that we try and plan for the year. And so it might be good to have it before our first meeting of the year. Arnold Brillinger: Okay. Makes sense. Beth Kenny: Could we do the first Saturday in February? 12/12/17 Page 2 of 10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 2 | 2. MINUTES Kerry Parker: Before we look into approval of the minutes for last meeting of April 13th, I just want to say a quick note about edits to the minutes. If it's a spelling change, why don't you tell me later, well just tell me offline, and I will change it. But to keep the meeting as short as we can, or as concise as we can, let's see if we can If it's substantive change where you say, "You said I was here and I wasn't here." Then that's something we should add to the meeting. So, go ahead. Beth Kenny: Does anyone have any content changes to the minutes from our last meeting? Then I move we approve the minutes from Wednesday, April 13th, 2016. Susan Deutsch: I second. Beth Kenny: Thank you. All in favor? S?: Aye. Beth Kenny: Anyone opposed? It passes unanimously. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) Beth Kenny: So our next item is oral communications, non-agenda. Do we have any speakers? Kerry Parker: We do not. Beth Kenny: Tonight, we have a few items on the agenda, but we would like to try and keep this meeting as short as possible. We want to give everything the proper amount of attention, but we really want to try and really focus in on what's being presented and to use our time wisely, and succinctly. 4. NEW BUSINESS Beth Kenny: So given that introduction, let's start with new business. And I'd like to welcome Gail Payne up to discuss the expanding transportation options, transit and the TDM plan. Gail Payne: Good evening, commissioners, I'm Gail Payne, the city's Transportation Coordinator. And I thought it was funny that you just talked about being succinct, because I was fretting about the number of slides that I have, and not wanting to take too much of your time. So I will do the best I can not to belabor all my points. And I'm here to discuss a new planning effort that we're undergoing at the city, it's a city-wide Transit and Transportation Demand Management Plan. And we're just starting out this effort, it's expected to take 18 months. So I'll talk about the background of this e… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-12-03.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2012-12-03 | 2 | 4-C. CDI Attendance / 2013 Meeting Schedule (Secretary Akil) Secretary Akil and Chair Lord-Hausman stressed the importance of attendance. 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. Goals and Objectives 2012 (Chair Lord-Hausman) Think about individual CDI involvement and vision for 2013. 5-B. Universal Design Work Group Update (Vice Chair Harp) Stated that the next work group meeting is Jan. 14, 2013 at 6:30 pm 5-C. Park Street Bench Project (Chair Lord-Hausman) Chair Lord-Hausman stated that the City and PSBA are all supportive of the benches project, which will roll out in 2013. 5-D. City Council Meeting Report (Commissioner Fort) No report out 5-E. Planning Board Meeting Report (Chair Lord-Hausman) No report out 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS (Secretary Akil) Secretary Akil thanked the CDI for their support over the past year. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 7-A. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that Alameda Recreation and Park Department has given Ala Costa space for their program. 7-B. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that Jackie Krause requested that Chair Lord-Hausman review appropriate language for the Leisure Club's Rules & Regulations. 7-C. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that a local autism community group is working with Alameda theatre to bring in special sensory films for people with autism. They've requested support from the CDI and the effort is moving forward. 2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-12-03.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-06-25.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2012-06-25 | 3 | 5-D Planning Board Meeting Report (Chair Lord-Hausman) See Vice Chair Harp's report under 5-B 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS None. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 7-A. There were no announcements from the commission, but Chair Lord-Hausman asked if there was anything that the audience would like to add. Matthew Fitzgerald read his letter (forwarded to Lucretia) 7-B Chair Lord-Hausman then mentioned the transportation commission meetings were being held on Wednesday nights regarding pedestrian and bicycle crosswalk, lights, and lane projects. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia Akil Board Secretary 3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-06-25.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-04-23.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2012-04-23 | 3 | 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. Goals and Objectives 2012 (Chair Lord-Hausman) Chair Lord-Hausman made a Universal Design presentation to the Mastick Senior Center Board to encourage collaboration between the two. A Mastick member volunteered to be the liaison and work with CDI, reporting back to Mastick's Board. Chair Lord-Hausman will contact Alameda Theatre regarding audio hearing. Jack Kapon / Housing Development Project: Chair Lord-Hausman contacted Debbie Potter regarding being a catalyst with APD for sensitivity training regarding incidents with persons with disabilities. Monthly Recognition: Commissioner Warren has done some research and will provide more info. Chair Lord-Hausman also stated that the monthly recognition events could be posted to the City website Universal Design - The Work Group: Chair Lord-Hausman, Vice-chair Harp, Commissioner Deustche volunteered. 5-B. City Council Meeting Report (Commissioner Fort): None. 5-C. Planning Board Meeting Report (Chair Lord-Hausman): Chair Lord-Hausman stated that the Housing Element meeting will be May 29th and both she and Vice-Chair Harp will attend. 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS None. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 7-A. Park Street/Alameda Avenue ADA compliance curb cuts have been completed after three years of advocacy by the CDI. 7-B. Meet your Public Officials sponsored by League of Women Voters - May 3rd at the Elks Lodge and no fee is charged to CDI members. 3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-04-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-08-28.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2012-08-28 | 3 | 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. Goals and Objectives 2012 (Chair Lord-Hausman) Universal Design Ordinance. 5-B. Universal Design Work Group Update (Chair Lord-Hausman) Chair Lord-Hausman stated that things are going well. Vice-Chair Harp stated that on July 3 and 17th the City Council discussed and passed the Housing Element with the suggested Universal Design language. The work group continues to meet regarding other cities' ordinances and proposed language JoanAnn asked where would the language apply to which the Chair and Vice-Chair responded primarily housing. Deputy City Manager Nguyen stated that the City is being sued by the East Bay Regional Park District and it could severely slow the project but it should not affect the CDI work. 5-C. Disability Awareness Month (Chair Lord-Hausman) Banner Dates: Chair Lord-Hausman stated the banner hanging dates are reserved: September 11-25- Webster Street October 2-16 Central/Oak Streets October 16-23 Park/Webb Streets Guest Editorial in "The Sun": Chair/Vice-Chair will write this together. Deputy City Manager suggested making the Park Street benches a theme with Disability Awareness Month. Proclamation: Secretary Akil to follow up. 5-D. City Council Meeting Report (Commissioner Fort) Commissioner Fort stated nothing to report other than Vice-Chair Harp's report out on the Housing Element. 5-E. Planning Board Meeting Report (Chair Lord-Hausman) Chair Lord-Hausman spoke at the August 27, 2012 Planning Board Meeting regarding the Lincoln / Park Street Development. She pointed out the need for a safe redesign of the Park and Lincoln Street intersection in anticipation of increased pedestrian activity. She also requested sidewalk benches be installed in front of the new development. 3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-08-28.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 5 | 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. Commission and Board Liaison Reports Beth Kenny: Now we move on to old business. Section 5-A: Commission and Board Liaison Reports. I would like to start this off with Vice Chair Brillinger. I was fortunate enough to attend a thing in which I got to see his board liaison work. Arnold Brillinger: Well, okay. I've been to a number of meetings that deal with transportation in Alameda. And the first one that I went to was right after our last meeting. It was the ILC [City of Alameda and AC Transit Interagency Liaison Committee], and the highlights I'd like to tell you about that. It was on the 16th of October at 10:00 in the morning. It was in this room right next to us here. The ILC is basically people from AC Transit, some of the people from the board of directors, and also several people from Alameda; the mayor, the vice mayor, whoever, councilmen. They meet, and they talk about the different transportation, things that happen in Alameda. One of the things that they do have, and I've been to these meetings before, but I never really looked at some of these handouts that they have. And just like for the 51A, for the bus line, they've got all kinds of ridership and customer trends on what's happening. They have lists of our charts that talk about conduct and courtesy of the drivers, the amount of complaints they get on pass-ups, or hazardous driving, or routes and schedule problems, or no shows, or lates, or if there are problems at the bus stop. Maybe there's a lot of garbage or something like that at the bus stop. Those are all things that they keep track of, and for each individual bus route. Not just the 51A, but the 21 and the 20 and the 96. Boy sounds like I know them all. Arnold Brillinger: That was interesting. And of course it's not like they've got 86 complaints about signage. They've only got one or two complaints on this item or that. But still, it's interesting and then you can compare them month to month or actually quarter to quarter, because they meet four times a year. Now one o… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-08-28.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2012-08-28 | 4 | 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS Secretary Akil announced that Public Works would like to use the CDI as a public meeting for potential installation of pedestrian accessible audio sounds at nine (9) intersections. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 7-A. Next meeting: October 29, 2012, followed by December 3, 2012 (1st Monday). 7-B. Chair Lord-Hausman: Universal Design Committee - October 2, 2012 6:30 p.m. Secretary to find available public meeting room. 7-C. Commissioner Fort: Bus Stops: Cars parking too close- Chair Lord-Hausman will follow up with Chief Noonan. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:23 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia Akil Board Secretary 4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-08-28.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-02-27.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2012-02-27 | 3 | 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS Secretary Akil stated that the Resource Director is completely accessible via the City website and the February 27th CDI meeting is posted on the Events Calendar page. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 7-A. Commissioner Tam stated that the AUSD Board had an evaluation of Special Education regarding consolidation of services and other options, to which some recommendations will be considered for approval. 7-B. Chair Lord-Hausman acknowledged Commissioner Krongold for her hard work on the Resource Fair and her contribution to the CDI over the past two years. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:36 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia Akil Board Secretary | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-02-27.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-10-26.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-10-26 | 4 | 6:30 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia Akil Board Secretary G:\Lucretia)CommDisability\Minutes/2009\Minutes_Oct 26 2009.doc | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-10-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-03-26.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2012-03-26 | 3 | 7-B. Commissioner Krongold put together a presentation about accessible exercise for the support group she facilitates and mentioned the wide-range of accessible exercise and sports availability in San Jose. 7-C Commissioner Harp advised that Disability Capital Action Day is on May 30. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:37 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia Akil Board Secretary | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-03-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-12-03.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2012-12-03 | 3 | 7-D. Chair Lord-Hausman and Commissioner Fort attended a disaster preparedness meeting at Mastick, in concert with the County. One goal of the program is to help create a way to identify people with a disability who might need help in the event of a disaster. 7-E. Chair Lord-Hausman thanked the CDI for their hard work this year, and the list-serve has been effective in getting visitors to the CDI. 8. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia Akil Board Secretary 3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-12-03.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2013-04-22.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2013-04-22 | 3 | 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 7-A. Commissioner Harp announced a new Zumba Class flyer for Senior Centers and adults of all ages. 7-B. Commissioner Franco stated that she would be happy to take any information to the WABA as part of the CDI. Chair Lord-Hausman requested that the accessible parking signs be put back out at the Farmers' Market. 7-C. Chair Lord-Hausman acknowledged the April 25, 5:30 - 7:30 Meet Your Public Officials at the Elks Club sponsored by the Alameda League of Women Voters. 7-D. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that the Autism Awareness Month event on April 21 went very well. CDI co-sponsored with the Alameda Multi-Cultural Center and the Alameda Autism Network and past Commissioner Jody Moore. 7-E. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that the Recreation and Park Department is providing space for a temporary Ala Costa Center. 7-F. Chair Lord-Hausman asked for input on new focus and projects for the balance of the year, such as issues, concerns, infrastructure - any items where the CDI can lends its voice. 8. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Tucidial Nail Lucretia Akil Board Secretary | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2013-04-22.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-12-14.pdf,22 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-12-14 | 22 | 8. ADJOURNMENT Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you, Commissioner Brillinger. I'm going to again move for adjournment. Lisa Hall: I second. Elizabeth Kenny: All in favor. All: Aye. Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you for a great meeting. The meeting adjourned at 8:17 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kerry Parker City Staff Liaison Commission on Disability Issues | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-12-14.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-04-23.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2012-04-23 | 4 | 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia Akil Board Secretary 4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-04-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-04-26.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-04-26 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF April 26, 2010 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:40 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Tam, Commissioners Lord-Hausman, Fort and Moore. Absent: Commissioners Kirola and Warren. 2. MINUTES The March 22, 2010 minutes were approved with corrections. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) 3-A. Kelly Harp, Community Resources for Independent Living announced that she is an applicant for the CDI. 3-B. Zoe Holder, of Alameda's Multicultural Center, announced that she is attending to participate in the follow up discussions regarding the April film events. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Fall and Fire Prevention (Erin Christ, CERT Coordinator) Erin Christ, AFD, spoke about a grant the Alameda Fire Department received to reduce 911 Injury calls by twenty-five percent through education and home safety protection. As part of the grant program, Ms. Christ conducts presentations at both public and private home settings. All homes inspected through the program have not been without a recommendation. Chair Krongold asked if individuals with disabilities are included to which Ms. Christ responded yes. Chair Krongold asked how people are finding out about the programs, to which Ms. Christ responded mainly through word of mouth. Ms. Christ stated that following each home inspection, boy scouts go to the house to perform the recommendations based on the home safety inspection. Secretary Akil asked about funding to which Ms. Christ stated that funding is provided by FEMA. Commissioner Moore asked how the CDI could help get the word out to which Chair | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-04-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-04-28.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2008-04-28 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF April 28, 2008 TIME The meeting convened at 6:32 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Berger, Longley-Cook, Fort, Kirola, Robinson and Kreitz. ABSENT Vice-Chair Moore MINUTES The March 24, 2008 minutes were approved with the following correction: under Old Business, item number two, the last two sentences were deleted, as that was not reflected in the discussions. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There was no written communication. NEW BUSINESS 1. Draft Pedestrian Plan (Gail Payne, PW): Gail Payne, Transportation Coordinator, gave a presentation on the Draft Pedestrian Plan, which included the executive summary, vision goals and policies, outreach, existing conditions and implementation. Commissioner Berger asked if the number of residents with disabled license plate placards were included in the update, to which Ms. Payne replied they were not, however, they will get that information from DMV. Chair Lord-Hausman suggested checking with the Census Bureau. Commissioner Berger asked what the multi-modal plan includes, to which Ms. Payne responded it includes all different types of transit operations. Commissioner Kirola asked if the timing at pedestrian signals could be adjusted to extend walking times within the crosswalks, to which Ms. Payne replied yes, and signal timing issues are addressed under the Implementation Section. Commissioner Berger suggested looking at more recent data under Bus Stop Boards, as the current data is two years old, to which Ms. Payne agreed to do. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-04-28.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-08-23.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-08-23 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF August 23, 2010 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:39 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Tam, Commissioners Fort, Harp, Lord-Hausman, Kirola, and Warren. Absent: Commissioner Moore. 2. MINUTES The July 26, 2010 minutes were approved with no changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 4. NEW BUSINESS None. 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. CDI Vision Planning (Chair Krongold): Chair Krongold requested discussion of the following CDI events: Tree Planting will take place on October 16th at 10:30AM at Lincoln Park at Fernside. Chair Krongold requested clarification regarding the press release for which Commissioner Lord- Hausman stated she will forward to Chair Krongold. Banner - Commissioner Lord-Hausman Alameda Alliance for Health is underwriting the cost of the banner and will hang for two weeks at Oak & Central. The banner will read: "Alameda Celebrates Disability Awareness Month" and will be double-sided. The CDI agreed to a white background with deep blue lettering. Accessible Exercise - Chair Krongold distributed the draft schedule for the exercise programs for the month of October. Commissioner Lord-Hausman suggested adding appropriate websites. CDI made various suggestions to the draft and distribution. Chair will e-mail revised schedule for further input. September 7th Council Presentation - Chair Krongold distributed the draft presentation for | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-08-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-08-25.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2008-08-25 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF August 25, 2008 TIME The meeting convened at 6:38 p.m. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Berger, Longley-Cook, Kirola, Kreitz and Krongold. ABSENT Vice-Chair Moore and Commissioners Robinson and Fort. MINUTES The July 28, 2008 minutes were approved with corrections to Agenda item number two under New Business. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Secretary Akil distributed information regarding a memo from the Mayor concerning the September 17, 2008 kick-off meeting at the O'Club for Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda, which will address climate protection. NEW BUSINESS There was no new business. OLD BUSINESS 1. Bike Plan Task Force Committee (Commissioner Kreitz): Commissioner Kreitz stated that there has been no meeting due to scheduling conflicts. 2. Alameda Buena Vista Commons and Opening (Commissioner Longley-Cook) Commissioner Longley-Cook attended the grand opening event and reported that the units turned out nice. There are solar panels on the roofs and PG& E offers rebates to families who use alternative energy. Chair Lord-Hausman asked Commissioner Longley-Cool if she viewed the accessible units to which she replied yes, although the stairs were not as wide but the other rooms were very accessible. Chair Lord-Hausman asked if the upstairs bathroom was accessible to which Commissioner Longley-Cook replied that it is not. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that she would follow up with staff regarding this issue. Chair Lord-Hausman reiterated that any new construction activity in the City should include input from the CDI. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-08-25.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-12-08.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2008-12-08 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF December 8, 2008 TIME The meeting convened at 7:05 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Vice-Chair Moore, Commissioners Berger, Longley-Cook, Kirola, Fort and Kreitz. ABSENT Commissioner Krongold. MINUTES The October 27, 2008 minutes were approved with corrections to Agenda Item Two under Oral Communications/Non-Agenda Items. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There was no written communication. NEW BUSINESS There was no new business. OLD BUSINESS 1. AB 1234 Mandatory Ethics Training (Secretary Akil): Secretary Akil distributed information and testing material for the AB 1234 ethics training. The Commission completed the training and testing. Secretary Akil will submit all of the tests to the Institute of Local Government for certificates of completion. 2. Commission Disability Internet Webpage (Chair Lord-Hausman/Secretary Akil): Chair Lord-Hausman informed the Commission that she and Secretary Akil met with the City's Information Technology Manager and consultant regarding the draft webpage and provided all of the draft material. Secretary Akil stated that the City's website consultant will prepare the final drafts and costs to the City for consideration. Funding will be an issue in the coming months due to the downturn in the economy, so there may be some delay with jumpstarting the webpage. Commissioner Berger suggested that the Commission consider a name change in the future to the Commission on Disability Access. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS There was no staff communication. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-12-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-02-22.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-02-22 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF February 22, 2010 TIME The meeting convened at 6:35 P.M. PRESENT Chair Krongold, Commissioners Fort, Kirola, Lord-Hausman, Tam and Warren. ABSENT Vice-Chair Moore MINUTES The January 25, 2010 minutes were approved with changes. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Chair Krongold stated that Jackie Krause will have two groups present to Mastick Senior Center, including California Telephone Access and Steven Beard with Accessible Home Ownership, both connections which she made at the Resource Fair. Chair Krongold discussed the Annual Transition Program Fair for young adults transitioning from school to college and requested the CDI's participation on March 27th. Chair Krongold will follow up with Commissioners Moore and Warren. NEW BUSINESS 1. CDI Vision Planning (Chair Krongold) Chair Krongold requested that the Commissioners think about future goals and presentations to the Commission and distributed a proposed draft list of 2010 CDI Goals. Commissioner Tam discussed his concern about reaching out to ESL students and families to which Commissioner Lord-Hausman suggested following up with SSHRB and Alameda Family Literacy Program. Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated the CDI should be cautious with the goals due to everyone's time and availability of members. Commissioner Warren liked the idea of an etiquette brochure and suggested reaching out to the first lady of the state (Maria Shriver) given the family history of disability. Commissioner Lord-Hausman would like to see more speakers. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-02-22.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-02-23.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-02-23 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF February 23, 2009 TIME The meeting convened at 7:12 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Berger, Longley-Cook, Kirola, and Krongold. ABSENT Vice-Chair Moore, Commissioners Fort and Kreitz MINUTES The January 26, 2009 minutes were approved with corrections to agenda item one under Old Business. Chair Lord-Hausman introduced Darrell Handy, Risk Management for the City of Alameda who attended on behalf of Board Secretary Akil. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There were no written communications. NEW BUSINESS 1. Presentation by Design Community & Environment Consulting (Leslie Wilson, Consultant): Discussion of accessibility issues regarding transportation in Alameda. Leslie Wilson, Planner with Design Community & Environment (DCE) a Berkeley-based consulting firm, gave a presentation regarding a Community Based Transportation Plan (CBTP) for the City of Alameda. The plan is a grass roots effort to use community input to identify transportation problems, identify solutions, and collect information that can be put into a plan. The firm has also spent time with senior citizens, low-income groups and youth groups for input. Ms. Wilson requested that the Commissioners complete a survey regarding the proposed plan. Chair Lord-Hausman asked how the program began to which Ms. Wilson responded that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) funded Community Based Transportation Plans for several cities in the Bay Area. DCE completed a CBTP for Oakland, Berkeley and Rosemont and now Alameda. DCE is working with various transportation agencies as well as conducting most of the outreach and compiling data for inclusion into the plan. This effort will ensure more funding to prioritize problems and get solutions. Ms. Wilson said that if you live on the main Island, it would be nice to know places where you live, places that you go, places that you or somebody that has disabilities would have issues getting to, and she will complete the map. Ms. Wilson provided a m… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-02-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-02-28.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2011-02-28 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF February 28, 2011 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:34 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Tam, Commissioners Deutsch, Fort, Harp, Kirola, Lord-Hausman, Moore and Warren. Absent: None. 2. MINUTES 2-A. Approved with corrections. 2-B. Approved with corrections. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Election of Chair and Vice-Chair (Secretary Akil): Vote on election of officers. Commissioner Moore made a motion to nominate Commissioner Krongold as Chair of the Commission. The motion was seconded by Vice-chair Nielson, which carried a unanimous voice vote - 9. Commissioner Lord-Hausman made a motion to nominate Commissioner Harp as Vice-Chair of the Commission. The motion was seconded by Vice-chair Nielson, which carried a unanimous voice vote - 9. 4-B. City of Alameda Paratransit Shuttle Service Modifications (Gail Payne, PW): Discussion regarding changes to Paratransit Service. Gail Payne stated that the Shuttle Service was introduced last year in April for individuals 62 years of age and older. Ridership has leveled off due to weather. A six-month review of the service was conducted per Council's direction. Morning routes are preferred. The service received high satisfaction marks. Vice-chair Harp asked about the capacity of the bus to which Gail responded it's a small bus, 12-seats, and it does not run at capacity. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-02-28.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-01-26.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-01-26 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF January 26, 2009 TIME The meeting convened at 7:05 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Vice-Chair Moore, Commissioners Berger, Longley-Cook, Kirola, Fort, Kreitz and Krongold. ABSENT None. MINUTES The December 8, 2008 minutes were approved as presented. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS 1. Secretary Akil distributed a "Pamphlet for Intellectual and Development Disabilities" to the Commission. 2. Secretary Akil distributed the draft 2009 CDI meeting calendar, to which the Commission agreed to combine the November and December meetings, to be held on December 7, 2009. NEW BUSINESS 1. Election of Chair and Vice-Chair (Secretary Akil): Secretary Akil received the completed the confidential nomination forms from the Commissioners regarding the election of Chair and Vice-Chair. The Commission voted to re- elect Audrey Lord-Hausman as Chair, and Jody Moore as Vice-Chair. OLD BUSINESS 1. Community Outreach / Fair (Commissioners Krongold/Kreitz): Secretary Akil distributed and read notes from the December 8, 2008 meeting regarding discussion of the Community Outreach Fair. Commissioner Krongold distributed and reviewed an outline of the proposed resources fair, which has been renamed to "Special Needs - Special Services." Commissioner Krongold emphasized that the event will not conflict with the Alameda Hospital Fair in the fall. Commissioner Berger suggested looking at other non-profits that provide free resources as well. Commissioner Berger also suggested removing the word "free" under Purpose on the outline of the event. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-01-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-07-25.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2011-07-25 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF July 25, 2011 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:47 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Harp, Commissioners Fort, Lord-Hausman, Moore, Nielsen, Tam and Warren. Absent: Commissioners Kirola & Deutsch. 2. MINUTES 2-A. The minutes were approved with no changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 4. NEW BUSINESS None. 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. Restructuring of the CDI (Chair Krongold): Secretary Akil provided status on Boards & Commissions restructuring. Vice-Chair Harp distributed draft letter regarding restructuring effort. Commissioner Lord-Hausman recommended Vice-Chair Harp and Chair Krongold combine letters to go out. Agendize for August 22 meeting. 5-B. CDI Vision Planning (Chair Krongold): Banner (Webster/Lincoln - September 13-20; Park/Lincoln - Sept. 20-27): No changes. An Evening of Art (October 6, 2011): Commissioner Warren provided information on AUSD Special Education participation in the event and other information. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-07-25.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-07-26.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-07-26 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF July 26, 2010 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:38 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Tam, Commissioners Fort, Harp, Lord-Hausman, and Kirola. Absent: Commissioners Moore and Warren. 2. MINUTES The June 28, 2010 minutes were approved with no changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Alameda Multicultural Center (Ms. Zoe Holder) Ms. Holder asked if the CDI would like to co-sponsor a film for Disability Awareness at some point during the months of September to June 2011. Commissioner Lord-Hausman asked if it would be at the Multi-Cultural Center, to which Ms. Holder replied it would be at the Center, but in a smaller space than the previous film co-sponsorship. Commissioner Lord-Hausman suggested holding the event in either January or April 2011. Commissioner Harp stated schools are observing "Ed Roberts Day" in January to which Commissioner Lord-Hausman agreed that would be a good time. Ms. Holder stated that film events will happen the second Saturday of the month; she also suggested the film could be screened at the Main Library. The CDI agreed to Saturday, January 24th, 2010. Chair Krongold will reserve a room in the Main Library. Commissioner Lord-Hausman inquired about the selection of films to which Ms. Holder replied no selections have been made. Commissioner Harp suggested including a short film about Ed Roberts. Ms. Holder thanked the CDI for the support. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-07-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-07-28.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2008-07-28 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF July 28, 2008 TIME The meeting convened at 6:43 p.m. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Berger, Fort, Longley-Cook, Kirola and Robinson. ABSENT Vice-Chair Moore and Commissioner Kreitz. MINUTES The June 23, 2008 minutes were approved as presented. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There was no written communication. NEW BUSINESS 1. Mastick Senior Center (Jackie Krause, Senior Services Manager.): Jackie Krause gave a presentation regarding ADA improvements, including funding for power doors to the Mastick Senior Center. Ms. Krause also provided copies of Mastick's Newsletter and Mastick Senior Center Code of Conduct information. Programs are open to everyone age 50 and older, including computer, fitness classes and dancing. A large component of their effort involves fundraising, which contributes approximately $70,000 towards Mastick's annual budget that is conducted by volunteers. Mastick is also the hub for the paratransit program, including the distribution of tickets. Chair Lord-Hausman asked what percentage of fundraising is part of their overall budget to which Ms. Krause replied five to ten percent. Chair Lord-Hausman asked what type of resources and information are available for individuals with disabilities to which Ms. Krause replied that there is a part-time Resource Specialist who provides resources, but does not get involved with case management type of services. Commissioner Berger asked what the emergency 211-hotline is and is Mastick connected to which Ms. Krause replied that it is the Alameda County Resource hotline and Mastick will call that number if needed. Commissioner Berger asked if the 211-hotline covers all counties or just local to which Ms. Krause replied that she is not sure if it does but they are working towards that goal. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-07-28.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-06-27.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2011-06-27 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF June 27,2011 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:36 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Harp, Commissioners Deutsch, Fort, Kirola, Nielsen, Tam and Warren. Absent: Commissioners Lord-Hausman and Moore. 2. MINUTES 2-A. The minutes were approved with no changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Restructuring of the CDI (Chair Krongold): Chair Krongold asked Secretary Akil to discuss the City's position of the restructuring effort and draft memo. Secretary Akil stated that the memo was a good start and that the City Council sub-committee was in the process of drafting a memo to engage further input from the various Boards and Commissions regarding the restructuring process. Commissioner Warren asked about reducing the number down to seven to which Secretary Akil responded that the goal was to have the same number of volunteers on all City Boards and Commission in an effort to streamline the meetings and number of participants. Commissioner Fort stated having nine (9) members on the Board is more representative of the various disabilities within the community. Vice-chair Harp requested clarification of the bylaws concerning the number of volunteers and whether or not the Commission could vote to meet without staff. Secretary Akil noted that the bylaws requires that the Board Secretary attend all meetings and that the CDI should be mindful of the engagement process underway by the City Council seeking input to the proposed structural changes. Chair Krongold requested holding the item over for a future date. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-06-27.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-06-28.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-06-28 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF June 28,2010 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:36 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Commissioners Fort, Harp, Lord-Hausman, Kirola, Moore and Warren. Absent: Vice-Chair Tam. 2. MINUTES The May 24, 2010 minutes were approved with changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Accessible Housing Development (Commissioner Lord-Hausman): Commissioner Lord-Hausman discussed the issue of housing development in Alameda and the lack of accessibility for those with disabilities and seniors. Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated that she visited the new home developments at Warmington along the estuary, and discovered that none of the homes were accessible and Commissioner Lord-Hausman would like the CDI to respond to the lack of accessible single-level homes. Commissioner Lord- Hausman went to the Planning Board as a citizen to discuss the oversight of accessible homes. She is now proposing the CDI write a letter to the Council to develop a policy regarding inclusion of the CDI and new development. Commissioner Harp stated that the City of Fremont has developed an Accessible Universal Design Ordinance similar to what Commissioner Lord-Hausman is suggesting. Secretary Akil informed the CDI that any policy would have to be run by the City Attorney for legal review and clarification on any existing policies. The CDI fully supported moving the issue forward. 5. OLD BUSINESS | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-06-28.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-06-29.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-06-29 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF June 29, 2009 TIME The meeting convened at 7:07 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Vice-Chair Moore, Commissioners Berger, Fort, and Krongold. ABSENT Commissioners Longley-Cook and Kirola. MINUTES The April 27, 2009 minutes were approved with no changes. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There were no written communications. NEW BUSINESS 1. Potential Additions to the City of Alameda Paratransit Program (Public Works): Discuss available resources for the City's Paratransit Program. Barry Bergman, PW Transportation Coordinator, discussed available funding allocations to various programs. There are substantial funds available due to lack of use of the City's taxi program. Vice-Chair Moore asked if people are familiar with the program to which Mr. Bergman replied that marketing has been done along with assistance from Jackie Krause, Mastick Senior Center. There has also been significant outreach effort. Mr. Bergman asked the CDI about expanding the shuttle linking it to key destinations in order to secure more riders. Chair Lord-Hausman asked if Measure B funds are used for the Paratranist Program to which Mr. Bergman confirmed that Measure B funds are housed in Public Works but managed by Jackie Krause, Mastick Senior Center Supervisor. Ms. Krause has previously inquired about how to utilize unspent funds to be able to get individuals from one place to another. Chair Lord-Hausman confirmed that Agenda Item Number Three is the same discussion as Agenda Item Number One and suggested combining both items into the current discussion. Chair Lord-Hausman further suggested contacting Debbie Operud/AUSD, Special Olympics, Louise Nakada at Alameda Hospital, Pat Bilks at Children's Hospital, and the Learning Center as possible contacts for the Paratransit Program. Mr. Bergman stated that Independence Plaza is an option. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-06-29.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-03-22.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-03-22 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF March 22, 2010 TIME The meeting convened at 6:38 P.M. PRESENT Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Tam, Commissioners Lord-Hausman, Fort, Kirola, Moore and Warren. ABSENT: None. MINUTES The February 22, 2010 minutes were approved with corrections. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) 1. Commissioner Lord-Hausman introduced Mr. John Knox-White, former member of the Transportation Commission, and requested that he provide an overview on changes to various AC-Transit bus routes and the effects it will have on Alameda. Mr. Knox-White stated that AC Transit is cutting its overall services by nine percent. The biggest change for Alameda is Line 19, which runs down Buena Vista Avenue, is ending because of low rider-ship and it is a quarter-mile from Line 51. AC Transit determined that most people could walk the several blocks to the Line 51. AC Transit conducted an analysis, which included feedback from the West End community, regarding compliance with Title VI involving impacts to low-income communities. An additional change, Line 31 will now run to Alameda Point instead of Line 63. Commissioner Kirola asked if Line 63, which connects to the Fruitvale BART Station, would end. Mr. Knox-White responded yes it would, however, Line 0 will run down Fruitvale to High Street, but the schedule would be irregular. Mr. Knox-White further stated that Line 51 will cut off at Rockridge which will allow buses to run more frequently in Alameda. Line 51 would also travel to Fruitvale BART station. Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated that a member from PAPCO expressed concern over Line 19 being cancelled and Public Works Department is reviewing the new fixed shuttle route. Chair Krongold asked when do all of these changes take affect to which Mr. Knox-White responded next Sunday, March 28th Mr. Knox-White stated that Line 50 would no longer go to the airport so the new Line 21 will cut off at the shopping center on Bay Farm Island. Commissioner Kirola asked if the Line O bus wou… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-03-22.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-03-23.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-03-23 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF March 23, 2009 TIME The meeting convened at 7:03 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Fort, Longley-Cook, Kirola, Kreitz and Krongold. ABSENT Vice-Chair Moore and Commissioner Berger MINUTES The February 23, 2009 minutes were approved with corrections. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There were no written communications. NEW BUSINESS 1. Statement of Economic Interests, Form 700 (Board Secretary): Secretary Akil distributed the annual Statement of Economic Interest forms, covering the period for January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008, for the Commissioner's to complete and sign. 2. Presentation on Annual Paratransit Program Application for 2009/2010 (Public Works): Gail Payne, Transportation Coordinator for the Public Works Department discussed the renewal and application process for the 2009/2010 fiscal year. The program is funded through the Transportation Sales Tax and there is one mandatory line-item designated for Paratransit. The presentation topics included the service description, objectives, customer satisfaction survey results, needs identification, planning process, marketing and funding overview. Secretary Akil asked how many agencies responded to the bid to provide Paratransit services to which Ms. Payne responded two, Welcome Transportation and Friendly. Commissioner Krongold asked if Welcome Transportation's vehicle fleet is as large as Friendly to which Ms. Payne stated that they (Welcome Transp.) has a fleet of vehicles. Commissioner Krongold asked if the budget for marketing is $19,000 every year as stated in the staff report, to which Ms. Payne responded that budget is not for marketing, but is designated for customer service, outreach and Mastick Senior Center staffing. With no further questions, Chair Lord-Hausman thanked Ms. Payne for the presentation. Ms. Payne also acknowledged that Chair Lord-Hausman has agreed to be the PAPCO's City of Alameda representative. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-03-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-03-28.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2011-03-28 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF March 28, 2011 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:43 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Harp, Commissioners Deutsch, Fort, Kirola, Lord- Hausman and Warren. Absent: Commissioners Moore and Tam. 2. MINUTES 2-A. The minutes were approved with corrections. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Annual Statements of Economic Interest Form 700 (Secretary Akil): Secretary Akil distributed the Conflict of Interest forms and all CDI members completed the forms. 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. CDI Vision Planning (Chair Krongold): Continued discussion of future events. Banner: Chair Krongold confirmed that the banner dates are secured. CDI Resource Fair Chair Krongold confirmed first Work Group meeting was March 23rd with Commissioner Deutsch and Warren in attendance as well as Anne Steiner, Susan Mitchell, AUSD, and College of Alameda Representatives. Chair Krongold read the minutes from the first work group meeting. The event will be held on a Saturday (vrs. a weekday), between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM. The Work Group wishes to have the event at the gymnasium at College of Alameda. Next meeting is April 27th at 6:30 PM. The CDI suggests having the fair the first weekend in November since October is full. Secretary Akil stated she would meet with the Acting City Attorney to discuss CDI budget. Chair Krongold will email work group minutes to the CDI. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-03-28.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-05-23.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2011-05-23 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF May 23, 2011 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:40 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Harp, Commissioners Deutsch, Fort, Lord-Hausman, Moore, Tam and Warren. Absent: Commissioners Kirola and Nielsen. 2. MINUTES 2-A. The minutes were approved with no changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Alameda Unified School District (Susan Mitchell, Director of Special Education): Susan Mitchell, director of special education, distributed information regarding AUSD special education services and locations. Ms. Mitchell stated AUSD is working on updating their information to get out to the public. There are various new programs and facilities, including an autism-specific program for pre-school. All sites will have resource specialists for each location. Ms. Mitchell discussed the various programs, specific to each grade level and potential funding and possible reduction in services based on funding availability. AUSD encourages parent-participation and community involvement. Commissioner Lord-Hausman asked if the number of children in special education has changed to which Ms. Mitchell responded it has not significantly changed; was 10% of the student population and is now 9.9%. Commissioner Warren asked if special needs include gifted children to which Ms. Mitchell responded it is based on special education law and those children with special needs. Commissioner Moore asked what the (CDI) Community could do to support the program to which Ms. Mitchell responded support for a continuum of the various programs at each school and English-speaking learners. Chair Krongold acknowledged that Ms. Mitchell is also on the work group for the resource fair. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-05-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-05-24.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-05-24 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF May 24, 2010 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:40 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Commissioners Fort, Moore and Warren. Absent: Vice-Chair Tam, Commissioners Lord-Hausman and Kirola. 2. MINUTES The April 26, 2010 minutes were approved with no changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) Chair Krongold requested that visitors introduce themselves. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Pedestrian Signals (Virendra Patel, Public Works) Virendra Patel of the Public Works Department, discussed the installation of accessible signals at the intersection of Island Drive and Robert Davey, Jr. regarding the proposed count down signals and truncated dome. Mr. Patel is seeking CDI approval. The CDI unanimously approved the project and thanked Mr. Patel for his time. 4-B. Programs & Services for Students with Disabilities (Helene Maxwell, College of Alameda, DSPS) Chair Krongold introduced Ms. Maxwell whom she met at a College of Alameda (COA) Advisory Meeting. The Chair requested that Ms. Maxwell speak to the CDI regarding accessible programs and provide information regarding the overall program. Ms. Maxwell stated that DSPS funding has been reduced 45% by the state. Community colleges were to receive $130 million dollars in Federal stimulus funding and the state legislatures provided only $45 million dollars. Ms. Maxwell described the various programs offered through the college. Ms. Maxwell also pointed out that there are state mandated laws that the Community Colleges are required to meet, but acknowledged that all states are experiencing budget cuts. Commissioner Warren asked what district Senator Steinberg represents to which Ms. Maxwell responded Sacramento, although he is a key decision maker in funding. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-05-24.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-05-27.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2008-05-27 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF May 27, 2008 TIME The meeting convened at 6:40 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Longley-Cook, Fort, Kirola, Kreitz, Berger and Robinson. ABSENT Vice-Chair Moore MINUTES The April 28, 2008 minutes were approved with the following correction: under Oral Communications/Nor Agenda Items, item number four was edited to indicate that the non-working disabled handicap button is located outside and that additional changing tables should be installed in more than one of the library bathrooms to allow more space for the disabled. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There was no written communication. NEW BUSINESS 1. Draft ADA Transition Plan Update (Lucretia Akil, ADA Coordinator; Jim Fruit, Project Manager, Sally Swanson Architects): Lucretia Akil, ADA Coordinator/Board Secretary provided the introduction and overview of the City's draft ADA Transition Plan Update. Darrell Handy, Risk Manager, also participated in the presentation, informing the Commission of the goal and purpose of the community meeting, which was to address the access and facility improvements within the content of the plan and that specific questions or concerns regarding disability issues may be addressed and responded to separate form the meeting. Jim Fruit, Project Manager, Sally Swanson Architects (SSA), concluded the presentation of the Transition Plan with detailed review of the technical data contained in the facilities and public intersections reports of the Plan, as well as Federal and State laws of Title II ADA compliance with public agencies. Secretary Akil informed the Commission that following tonight's community meeting and receiving specific input from the Commission, the Transition Plan Update would be taken to the City Council for final adoption based on recommendation from the Commission on Disability Issues. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-05-27.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2013-04-22.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2013-04-22 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Monday, April 22, 2013 6:30 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:35 P.M. Present: Chair Lord-Hausman, Vice-Chair Harp, Commissioners Fort, Kirola, Deutsch, Tam, Fruge, and Franco Absent: Commissioner Warren Chair Lord-Hausman welcomed the new Commissioners and allowed each member to introduce themselves. 2. MINUTES No changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) 3-A. Angie Watson-Najgem / Echo Housing provided information to the CDI regarding the role of Echo Housing and rights to affordable housing for those with disabilities and rights for those who need accessibility upgrades within their homes. 3-B. Bonnie Liebert - Mastick Senior Center Liaison 3-C. Stephen Beard - Chair of Oakland CDI 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Donata Nielsen gave a presentation on a new program focused on home-bound, disabled, and elderly within the County regarding disaster preparedness. They are working with the City of Alameda Fire Department on the pilot program, within a work group, including Chair-Lord Hausman and Commissioner Ford. Ms. Nielson provided a handout overview of the pilot project. Commissioner Tam asked if there would be training done in other languages to which Ms. Nielsen stated that there will be included eventually such as Chinese and Spanish. Commissioner Fruge asked if there will be captioned DVD for the deaf to which Ms. Nielsen confirmed they would be captioned in multiple languages. Mr. Beard asked would this program apply to all City departments to which Ms. Nielsen | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2013-04-22.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2014-01-27.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2014-01-27 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Monday, January 27, 2014 6:30 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:29 p.m. Present: Chair Lord-Hausman, Vice-Chair Deutsch, Commissioners Fort, Franco, Fruge, Harp, Tam, and Wilkinson Absent: Commissioner Warren 2. MINUTES 2-A. Approval of Minutes for the October 28, 2013 meeting. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) 3-A. Bonnie Leber stated that her developmentally disabled daughter has been experiencing issues with transportation services provided by the Regional Center of the East Bay. Ms. Leber contacted the Regional Center and requested a copy of the contract with MV Transportation with Regional Center and has had no response from the Regional Center or the transportation company and requested if the CDI could assist. The CDI recommended contacting local and county appointed officials for assistance, as well as DREDF. The Chair of the Oakland Mayor's Commission on Persons with Disabilities, Stephen Beard, suggested contacting Sandi Soliday, Coordinator of the County's Developmental Disabilities Council. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-B. Mr. Thomas discussed the Reasonable Accommodation Ordinance regarding existing housing, whereby anyone with a disability needing to make changes to their home could seek a variance in order to make modifications to accommodate their disability. This proposal could allow the Planning Director to sign off on such items without a full hearing before the Planning Board, as would normally be required for a variance from building codes, so it would make the process of providing home modifications less onerous for seniors and persons with disabilities. Chair Lord-Hausman asked if this would apply to aging in place residents, to which Mr. Thomas confirmed it does apply. Vice-Chair Deutsch asked if it applied to inside and outside, to which Mr. Thomas said it applies to the exterior. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2014-01-27.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2013-07-22.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2013-07-22 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Monday, July 22, 2013 6:30 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:32 p.m. Present: Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Fort, Franco, Fruge, Harp, Tam, Warren, and Wilkinson Absent: Vice-chair Deutsche Chair Lord-Hausman presented former Commissioner Kirola with a certificate of appreciation. Commissioner Kirola expressed appreciation to the Commission. Chair Lord-Hausman introduced new Commissioner Wilkinson, who shared her background with the Commission 2. MINUTES 2-A. Approved with changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) 3-A. Bonnie Leber, Mastick Senior Center liaison, distributed information regarding the Annual Open House and Resources Fair scheduled for Sunday, September 15, 2013, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. The Commission is offered to have a table at the event. Chair Lord-Hausman asked who would be willing to staff the table, to which, Commissioners Franco and Tam confirmed their availability. 3-B. Commissioner Fruge inquired about adding sign language to Channel 15 and the local newspapers to which Secretary Akil responded that she will check with the City Clerk. 3-C. Commissioner Fruge inquired about installation of equipment for deaf in the event of a fire. Chair Lord-Hausman confirmed that there is a program through Alameda Fire Department and she will email Commissioner Fruge the contact information. Commissioner Tam stated he spoke with the Fire Chief who confirmed the grant funds are running low. There has been progress made, but these type of issues take time to resolve. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Chair Lord-Hausman discussed her meeting with Public Works regarding the redesign of Webster Street intersection to ensure accessibility and pedestrian friendly (push button) signals. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2013-07-22.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2013-10-28.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2013-10-28 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Monday, October 28, 2013 6:30 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:37 p.m. Present: Chair Lord-Hausman, Vice Chair Deutsche, Commissioners Fort (6:45 p.m.), Fruge, Harp, Tam, Warren, and Wilkinson. Absent: Commissioner Franco 2. MINUTES 2-A. Approved with one change to 7-B. 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-B. Andrew Thomas provided an update on the status of the Universal Design Ordinance. He hopes to go before the Planning Board with the final ordinance in January for public hearings. Mr. Thomas confirmed that Board Secretary Akil will be kept current. Mr. Thomas also acknowledged that the Planning Board will also consider a Reasonable Accommodation Ordinance in the near future. Commissioner Harp asked if the two ordinances would be combined, to which Mr. Thomas responded they will be two separate ordinances presented together. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-B. Eric Fonstein, CDD Manager, provided a presentation on the conveyance, planning entitlement process, developer design and approvals schedule and information on the 2015- 16 construction schedule for Alameda Point. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) 3-A. Carol Gottstein stated that she asked one year ago for the City Manager's Office to dedicate a third disabled parking space for the City Hall Parking Lot. 4. NEW BUSINESS Cont. 4-A. Amy Wooldridge discussed the conceptual plan for the Alameda Jean Sweeney Open Space Park plan for the City. Ms. Wooldridge acknowledged that the CDI is just to see the | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2013-10-28.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-10-25.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-10-25 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF October 25. 2010 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:35 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Tam, Commissioners Harp, Lord-Hausman, and Warren. Absent: Commissioners Moore, Kirola and Fort. 2. MINUTES The September 27, 2010 minutes were approved with changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. 2216 Lincoln Avenue Apartments (Darin Lounds, ED, Housing Consortium of the East Bay): Darin Lounds, Executive Director of the Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) distributed materials and gave a presentation regarding Satellite Housing for affordable rental housing for adults with developmental disabilities. In the last seven years, there has been a concentration on housing people with special needs. Commissioner Warren asked whether or not there must be a family member with a disability to qualify for affordable housing, to which Mr. Lounds replied no. There is an effort to mix low-income and housing for those with disabilities. HCEB is also acquiring homes for homeless people with disabilities. These homes are foreclosed properties. Commissioner Harp asked would there be support services for the mentally ill, to which Mr. Lounds replied yes, there will be individual case workers as well as general support services through housing management. Mr. Lounds reviewed in detail completed and upcoming access into housing which incorporates many universal design features. Mr. Lounds stated the City's proposal would consist of 14 to 19 accessible units and low- income at 30%. HCEB is housing first and are not required to have (supportive) services. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-10-25.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-10-26.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-10-26 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF October 26, 2009 TIME The meeting convened at 6:35 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Fort, Kirola and Tam. ABSENT Vice-Chair Moore and Commissioner Krongold. MINUTES The September 28, 2009 minutes were approved as submitted. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Chair Lord-Hausman read an email sent from Anne Steiner regarding individuals with disabilities who are able to get full-service when pumping gas. Ms. Steins wants to know if there are any gas stations in Alameda that do this? Chair Lord-Hausman suggested the CDI look into this by querying or sending letters to various owners of gas stations. Commissioner Tam suggested sending a letter to the President of Chevron. Commissioner Kirola suggested visiting each gas station and asking what is the policy to assist the disabled with a placard? Chair Lord-Hausman agreed that a personal visit would be more expedient. Chair Lord-Hausman will put together a list of all gas stations in Alameda to track and will look up vehicle code for CDI. NEW BUSINESS 1. Leisure Club Presentation (Marcia Tsang, AR&PD): Presentation regarding the Alameda Recreation and Park Department's Leisure Club. Chair Lord-Hausman learned about this while working on the CDI Fair and invited Danielle Grimm and Marcia Tsang from AR&PD to give more information. Marcia provided a handout and described it as a social recreation program for developmentally disabled adults. This meets twice a month and provides transportation and is free. Chair Lord-Hausman asked about the age group and number of participants, to which Danielle Grimm confirmed that they have 36 registered adults. Marcia confirmed that there is a wait-list with up to 6 people on that list. Chair Lord-Hausman asked about the staffing to which Ms. Grimm responded that it is all done | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-10-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-10-27.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2008-10-27 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF October 27, 2008 TIME The meeting convened at 7:05 P.M. PRESENT Vice-Chair Moore, Commissioners Berger, Longley-Cook, Kreitz and Krongold. ABSENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Berger and Kirola. MINUTES The September 22, 2008 minutes were approved with corrections to agenda item one under New Business; and agenda item six under Oral Communications/Non Agenda Items. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There was no written communication. NEW BUSINESS 1. AB 1234 Mandatory Ethics Training (Secretary Akil): Secretary Akil reviewed the material for the ethics training and proposed that the December 8 CDI meeting be dedicated to complete the renewal certification. Commissioner Krongold stated that she completed her ethics training last year and is not required to renew until 2009, to which Secretary Akil replied that she would confirm that information with the City Clerk's Office. The remaining Commissioners agreed to commit to completing the certification renewal process during the December 8 meeting with no other business to address on the agenda. OLD BUSINESS 1. Community Outreach Proposal (Commissioner Krongold): Commissioners Krongold and Kreitz met to discuss strategies for the proposed outreach effort. Both Commissioners made the following suggestions: change the name to Disability Advocacy Fair; include booths similar to any other fair; schedule the event the same date as the Alameda Hospital Fair next year, during the month of October 2009; and utilize AC Transit or Paratranist to transport people to and from the fair. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-10-27.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-09-22.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2008-09-22 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF September 22, 2008 TIME The meeting convened at 6:37 p.m. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Vice-Chair Moore, Commissioners Berger, Longley-Cook Kirola, Fort, Krietz and Krongold. ABSENT Commissioner Robinson MINUTES The August 22, 2008 minutes were approved with corrections to Agenda items one, two and three under Oral Communications/Non Agenda Items. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There was no written communication. NEW BUSINESS Vice-Chair Moore requested that Agenda item number two under Old Business, be moved to the front of the agenda because she was not able to stay for the entire meeting to which the Commission agreed. OLD BUSINESS 2. Disability Awareness Month (Chair Lord-Hausman and Vice-Chair Moore): Vice-Chair Moore stated that she spoke with John McDonald, Park and Recreation Department, who said that there would be no tree planting until November, because the grounds at the parks are not in good condition for tree planting. Vice-Chair Moore asked if the CDI would like to move forward with the event in November to which the Commission agreed. Vice-Chair Moore agreed to write the speech for the event and to coordinate with Mr. McDonald for a November 8 date. Commissioner Berger stated that trees can be purchased for $10 from the Arbor Group to which Chair-Lord Hausman replied that the purchase of a tree is not the issue, but rather the timing in which the trees can be planted at any of the parks, due to the condition of the soil. Chair Lord-Hausman requested that the CDI select a date so that it can be announced during the proclamation presentation at the October 7 City Council meeting. The CDI agreed to Saturday, November 8, 2008 as the tree planting date. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that she will not be able to attend the City Council meeting and requested that someone from the CDI attend in her absence. Vice-Chair Moore and Commissioner Krietz agreed to attend the October 7 City Council meeting and announce the November 8 tree planting date. Secretary Akil… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-09-22.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-09-26.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2011-09-26 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF September 26, 2011 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:34 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Harp, Commissioners Deutsch, Kirola, Lord-Hausman, Nielsen, Tam and Warren. Absent: Commissioners Moore & Fort. 2. MINUTES 2-A. The minutes were approved with no changes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Chair Krongold asked about meeting protocol. Secretary Akil stated that she sent an email to the CDI regarding the miscommunication and was not aware of any new business at the time. Chair Krongold expressed concern over the cancellation. Vice-Chair Harp asked for clarification regarding meeting protocol, to which Secretary Akil stated that the meeting was timely noticed for cancellation and in accordance with the Brown Act. Commissioner Lord-Hausman clarified that the CDI could meet regarding new business as well as on-going old business. Vice Chair Harp asked if there was additional staff that could cover a CDI meeting in the event the Secretary could not attend, to which Secretary Akil stated that her usual alternate had resigned, however, there could be staff available either in the City Attorney's office or staff would have to check other staff availability. Commissioner Tam asked for clarification regarding new business and on-going business and future structural changes to which Secretary Akil stated that those changes will come from the Council and all Boards and Commissions will be engaged in that process. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-09-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-09-28.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-09-28 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF September 28, 2009 TIME The meeting convened at 6:45 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Commissioners Berger, Fort, Kirola, and Krongold. ABSENT Vice-Chair Moore. MINUTES The July 27, 2009 minutes were approved as submitted. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Secretary Akil stated that Darrell Handy, Risk Manager, forwarded a thank you card of support during his absence due to illness. Secretary Akil also acknowledged that Nielson Tam has submitted an application to become a member of the CDI. Chair Lord-Hausman read a thank you letter sent from former Commissioner, Ms. Toby Berger. NEW BUSINESS 1. Alameda Hospital Health Fair (Commissioner Krongold): The Alameda Hospital Health Fair will take place on October 17th at Alameda Hospital from 9:00 to 12:30 PM. Commissioner Krongold spoke to Louise Nakada about the CDI having a booth and asked if any member is available. Chair Lord-Hausman and Commissioner Krongold indicated their availability and noted that this is an important resource to highlight the upcoming Resource Fair. Commissioner Kirola indicated that she is available to attend the entire event and will cover the table on behalf of the CDI. Commissioner Krongold will also call Vice-Chair Moore to confirm her availability. 2. Disability Awareness Month Tree Planting (Vice-Chair Moore): Chair Lord-Hausman spoke with Vice-Chair Moore who coordinated with John McDonald at ARPD. Chair Lord-Hausman confirmed October 31st as the date for the tree planting at Lincoln Park, 10:00 AM which will be in memory and honor of former Commissioner, Adrienne Longley-Cook Chair Lord-Hausman will send out invites to the Mayor and City Council. Proclamation - Disability Awareness Month | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-09-28.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-09-27.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-09-27 | 1 | APPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF September 27, 2010 LOCATION: City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Conference Room 360 Note: If you are not able to attend the meeting, please contact Lucretia Akil at (510) 747-4762 and leave a message by the morning of the meeting date. 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:35 P.M. Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Tam, Commissioners Fort, Harp, Lord-Hausman, Moore and Warren. Absent: Commissioner Kirola. 2. MINUTES Approval of the August 23, 2010 Commission minutes. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) 3-A. Susan Deutsch , Alameda resident and occupational therapist expressed her interest in joining the CDI. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Community Development Update (Andrew Thomas, Planning Services Manager): Andrew Thomas provided an overview of development planning and accessibility, including adhering to rules, regulations, historic requirements and standards to address particular communities and goals. Mr. Thomas addressed techniques and methods, including community engagement to get things done. Specific aspects include retail, office and community gathering buildings, and parking lots. The City meets all accessible guidelines with respect to new development. Mr. Thomas acknowledged that residential development and accessibility issues should be discussed more amongst the community and staff. Mr. Thomas stated that there are two ways to approach this: 1) Comprehensive approach: develop city-wide ordinances, policies and rules that stipulate a specific goal or objective, e.g. that the CDI may have a specific interest in. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-09-27.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf,10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 10 | All: Aye. 8. ADJOURNMENT Beth Kenny: We're adjourned. Happy holidays everybody. 12/12/17 Page 10 of 10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-12-14.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-12-14 | 2 | All: Aye. Elizabeth Kenny: All opposed? Great. Six to zero. Now we have oral communication on non-agenda items for public comment. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) Kerry Parker: We don't have any speaker slips for this. Oh, and I would like everyone to know there are speaker slips if you want to speak on any of these items. So we can move on to new business. 4. NEW BUSINESS Elizabeth Kenny: First up, we're going to have Captain Sharon Oliver discuss the Alameda Fire Department's Disaster Response Planning. Welcome. Thank you for coming. Sharon Oliver: My name's Captain Sharon Oliver. I'm with the Alameda Fire Department here in town. I have been with the city for 22-plus years. I am currently assigned as the city's Disaster Preparedness Coordinator and Emergency Manager for the city. So what that means is I do planning for the city. I coordinate the planning; I train city staff; I manage the Community Emergency Response Team training, and the broader group that volunteers with us. I work with partner agencies such as yourselves, and I do a lot of sundry things throughout our department that pop up; I seem to get whatever rolls downhill. Sharon Oliver: We're going to talk about preparation planning and resiliency. What we look at in the city as a whole community resiliency. I put up a definition of what resilience means because it actually kind of embodies what we're trying to do here. So I'll just read it aloud. "Resiliency is a noun, the power or ability to return to original form position, etcetera, after being bent, compressed, or stretched. Elasticity, the ability to recover readily from adversity, or the like. And buoyancy." Sharon Oliver: That's the point when we look at being prepared for disaster or anything that comes our way, is that's something unusual, it's not part of our daily activities but we are able to spring back up. The city wants to be able to spring back up. We want to just stand right back up and get back to our normal business operation as soon as we can. That means you c… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-12-14.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-08-28.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2012-08-28 | 2 | Ann Steiner asked if the work sessions would be staffed to which the Deputy City Manager stated no staffing would be present, but notes would be available. Chair Lord-Hausman suggested a "January-April-July-October" schedule as a framework. Secretary Akil stated she will hold the fourth Mondays for both the formal meetings and work sessions. Ann Steiner stated she is extremely alarmed at the last CDI Meeting Minutes and staff's perception of the CDI overall and reducing the monthly meetings. Chair Lord-Hausman expressed her appreciation and acknowledged that it will be different but that as Chair, she has the ability to call a fifth meeting. Vice-Chair Harp stated she would prefer six (6) to four (4) meetings Commissioner Warren appreciates the four (4) meetings and the ability to have work sessions. Secretary Akil discussed the elimination of the Assistant Risk Manager position, her promotion to Risk Manager and the very limited resources. Commissioner Fort expressed his appreciation for allowing the members to remain at nine (9) to which Secretary Akil stated Deputy City Manager Nguyen made that possible. 4-B. Park Street Benches (Chair Lord-Hausman) Chair Lord-Hausman stated she received a call from an elderly lady that there are no benches or rest spots along Park Street. Deputy City Manager Nguyen and Chair Lord- Hausman discussed. She has also reached out to the Park Street Business Association. Deputy City Manager stated he and Secretary Akil also walked up and down Park Street and the project will be led by the CDI. Deputy City Manager also recommends the CDI reach out to other businesses for buy-in. Chair Lord-Hausman will think of some next steps, forming a sub-committee and reaching out to other businesses. JoanAnn suggested an "adopt a bench" for fundraising type of program. Ann Steiner stated she had park benches donated in memory of someone as a method of raising money. Deputy City Manager suggested focusing on getting the first few done on Park Street ASAP and then focus on fundraising later. 2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2012-08-28.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-10-12.pdf,14 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-10-12 | 14 | Anto Aghapekian: I was part of the working committee, working on the guidelines of the Universal Design. And for me, this letter is a classic letter, it's a typical letter of a developer who is pushing back. And developers in the construction trade in general, they've been doing nothing but pushing back since 1973, this is nothing new. And they'll keep on pushing back until they do realize that they themselves are in need of a wheelchair, or a cane, or something. What we're asking is the result of many, many, many hours that people prior to my participation in that working committee have put in many hours working, and analyzing and studying all the statistics, the numbers, the need, and that's particularly for Alameda, it's not for the State of California. We, in Alameda, we feel the need of more housing that is accessible for people that have difficulties being up one step. Anto Aghapekian: What we're asking is nothing extraordinary, what we're asking is the facility for people who visit friends, visit families, and be part of this city, be part of the family, instead of being neglected, which they had been for a long, long time. So I agree, Beth, we need to study this. And the letter, and I'm not surprised, an attorney has to study this, it's all legalese. And I'm in no rush, I would like to see this done a soon as possible, but I will not accommodate some developers schedule so that we pass this ordinance by January. I mean, why January? Why not February? Why not March? Why not December? So, I'm not too keen on setting a date, a deadline to finish this off. Arnold Brillinger: This letter itself talks a lot about apartment buildings. Apartment buildings don't even have these problems, they are accessible just by the fact that they are apartments. And I do not think that the person who wrote this letter really has that much knowledge of building expertise as maybe the people in the Planning Board, or maybe Andrew. Even what we've learned from him tells me here, this person is just kind of blowing smoke. And I do… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-10-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf,8 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 8 | Anto Aghapekian: Right. Arnold Brillinger: And I once went to one of the meetings and I say, "This used to be Alameda's best kept secret, the fact that it has a shuttle that's free for everyone and no one knows that it's happening." I've also told the person who deals with the different para-transit issues here in Alameda. Her name is Victoria Williams and her office is at Mastick and I told her, "One day I'm just going to take a handful of schedules and sit outside wherever, either at the library or at South Shore or whatever and say, 'Hey! Take a trip! Take a tour!" Kind of like Gilligan's tour. They had a three-hour tour. Well, this is just a one-hour tour. Take the tour and see where it goes on Tuesdays. Arnold Brillinger: Then Wednesday take another tour. And I'm just going to have them and just sit there and say, "Hey, here comes a bus now. You want to go? Get on. It's free." And they also have things that we're going to put in the movie theater, like It won't be a video, necessarily, but it'll be an advertising slide. Also, and just tell people about it. Just tell people about it. Thank you. Beth Kenny: Thank you. If nobody has any other commission or board reports Anto Aghapekian: I went to the Planning Board meeting, it was in September. And the main topic that they discussed was auxiliary units on your property. There was a lot of participation and opposition because the size of the addition they were talking about it, 1,000 square feet. And where 1,000 square feet is going to fit on the 100 lots that we have in Alameda is beyond me. But they're talking about it, and no resolutions were made. And at present, I don't know where it stands. But they were talking about it. We may get part of the zoning, to increase the number of available units, mostly rented. But that's what their planning. Beth Kenny: Thank you, Commissioner Aghapekian. Commissioner Hall? Lisa Hall: Hi. Yeah. I'd just like to say a little word about reaching out to the community for the Thanksgiving, Christ Church had its annual Thanksgiv… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-12-14.pdf,7 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-12-14 | 7 | Arnold Brillinger: It boils down to each individual making sure that they have it for their family or for their neighbors or whatever. I was just going to ask the question, because they change this number all the time. In Alameda, how long do you think that it could possibly be that a person could be waiting to see first responders? Sharon Oliver: We do a thing called 'triage' when we have a big disaster. Day to day when you call 911, they dispatch somebody right away. If every one of our units is out in Alameda, they send somebody from Oakland or Piedmont or Berkeley. They just keep reaching out, and it takes more time to drive, but they're dispatching somebody immediately from throughout Alameda County, and beyond if they need to. In a regional disaster when every city around us is impacted as well, that's when we run into trouble. So then we have to go to a situation where we're looking at the calls as they come in, and we're having to sort of make a choice about what's the worst call and where can we go next? It's sort of in the queue. So it could take a while, it really could! That's why we really encourage citizens to have a plan on their own, have a network, be able to help one another so that our resources can go to the most critical situations. The most critically injured, the fires. Sharon Oliver: If you look at our city, some of our houses are built inches apart, so we don't want a fire to burn all the way across town, so for us fire could be very, very important because it could burn right across town, which would then take away from some of our abilities to get right to a medical call. If we have a big regional disaster, it's going to be a big challenge for us, but if we plan appropriately and we have our network set up, there's other avenues, there's other folks who could help and get you to the hospital. Not to lie, it could really be a wait, and that's why we want to plan ahead. Arnold Brillinger: I was thinking in the regional disaster. Sharon Oliver: That's the one that's going to hurt us, yes. … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-12-14.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-10-12.pdf,6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-10-12 | 6 | Arnold Brillinger: Now I've actually gone into the building since then, and I took the elevator all the way to the top, and I rode all the way around and around and around down to the bottom. And I found that next to the elevator on every floor, there is a blue space. There is already one, I mean, all the time. So it's not only the three that I found on the bottom floor, but all the other floors, two, three, four, five, and I think six, all have one also. So if we had 10 in addition to those, that's quite a few spaces in there. Anto Aghapekian: And then is there any possibility of having regular parking spaces on the street, adjacent to parks where the fair is? And some of those parking spaces to be temporarily designated as blue parking spaces? Arnold Brillinger: Well, originally, I was just asking for anywhere that the city owned property, that they could designate certain ones. But then this one is only a block away from the Park Street, because it's on Oak Street, and I think that we can also ask for that in other years, something toward the other end of the event, also. Kerry Parker: As I understand it, there was a liability issue with temporary spaces and making them ramp accessible, let's say. And the garage already was a public garage, that's why it happened the way it did. I think asking for additional spaces could work, but this is how Public Works responded, making sure these were accessible. Elizabeth Kenny: I also like having it in the garage for other events, because people need to know this is happening and they might not have just gone into the garage last time, but they might have a friend who went in during the fair and can tell them, "Hey, you can park in here during the fair. There's additional disabled parking spots." So having that, it would be great to get additional spots closer, but also having that one spot that we can kind of build up a reputation of, "This is where you can go," I think is going to be helpful. Arnold Brillinger: Okay. Tony Lewis: I wanted to comment about the fair also.… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-10-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-10-12.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-10-12 | 5 | Arnold Brillinger: Since no one is jumping in, I'll go in. For the most part, we found that that was a positive experience for the CDI. We thought that we contacted people, we were able to educate them on various things. We had way more than we needed for handouts, and that was a real plus. Thank you to the various people who went and got them. Also, we did have some comments about, that it would probably be better, because this one was from until 4:00, that we go until 6:00. Because a lot of people, it was cooler later in the evening, and they showed up later in the evening. Just a lot more people there. Also, we were kind of on the side where more people kept in the middle, going up and down the center, so, maybe if we can get something out in the middle, and that would be helpful. But otherwise, it was a very good experience for the CDI to do. Arnold Brillinger: Thank you also for the people who came out and were part of it, to help man the table. Also, Tony will probably talk about some of the other volunteers from other groups that came out there too. I also would like to talk about the fact that I had gone First I had gone to the City Manager's office to find out, because we said, "Let's see if we can get more blue curb parking close to the event." And it turned out that the Mayor, or the City Manager never did talk to me, but handed it down and down and down, and the person who is in charge of that in Public Works did call me and said, "What do you want?" And I said, "Well, if we could get a number of parking spaces in city-owned parking." And she said, "Well, we have that garage that's just down the street here, and we have recently outfitted it with different lights. We can put green lights for open spaces, and red lights for spaces that are used, and then we can put blue ones for the blue parking spaces." Arnold Brillinger: So, I went both days Saturday and Sunday, and I went into the garage, and I was a bit disappointed. Because I was told that we would have up to eight different spaces, and when I wen… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-10-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf,6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 6 | Arnold Brillinger: They're going to buy 12 to 15 buses to begin with, and use them on the routes where they really have so many people wanting to get into San Francisco, mostly in Emeryville and Berkeley. Those were the things that were discussed there. The Salesforce Tower, you see that now sticking up, and that's the center of the Trans-Bay, the whole terminal thing. Where the Muni will match in with AC Transit and Contra Costa, their commuters and all kinds of things and trains, and who knows what. It's going to be really a fantastic thing when they get it all together. Because it's going to be the tallest building in San Francisco for a while and the second tallest building in the state. That's pretty much it for the ILC meeting. Arnold Brillinger: And then the Transportation Commission had a meeting on the 15th of November at 7:00 PM and they approved the AC Transit's Trans-Bay Tomorrow proposal because they got the presentation too. Except, it didn't want to reduce some of the OX frequency, and that's what AC transit was saying, "Let's do it this way." And the Transportation Commission said, "Ah, that's the part we don't want to happen." And then, there was a status report on a plan for access to the Harbor Bay Ferry terminal. That again is, "Do we charge for parking? Do we do this? Can we get the buses to be there on time?", and so forth. They had some discussion on that. Arnold Brillinger: And then, the last thing, and this was really exciting to me, I heard a suggestion, and this was during the public comments. And the person who gave the presentation was suggesting that Alameda and, well in the East Bay, that they have a tramway, gondolas, big ones, going from the west end, somewhere there, across the water and I would have thought connect with Jack London Square or Jack London area. No, they said, "Let's go to the West Oakland terminal, the BART terminal," which would make a lot of sense. Arnold Brillinger: Like I said, that was just a suggestion. They didn't discuss that, but I thought, "Whoa, this so… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf,7 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 7 | Arnold Brillinger: They're in the loop, yes. And Wednesdays is when it goes down to the east end out to Harbor Bay Isle, and it goes through some of the housing, the HOAs and stuff like that, to pick up people. And again, comes through the same part in the middle of town to run them through and also South Shore Center. And then, on Thursdays, it's a central loop, it goes through the middle again, and Mastick and South Shore, but also goes out this way to Brookside, which is where Nob Hill is, and also the Park Street Landing, which is where the Dollar store is, or the Dollar Tree is. Arnold Brillinger: It's worthwhile to get on and to go and I suggest I've even been going around to nursing homes and saying, "Hey, you see this bus that's coming around? Take your loved one," and I'm telling this to responsible people, "Take your loved ones just on a ride for an hour. They will see something different than the four walls of their nursing home. Or take them out, go to South Shore and push them around for a while. Go through the grocery store and stuff. Just make their lives a little bit more interesting." And the neat thing about this is that it has lifts for wheelchairs and even in my wheelchair, I can be in the back of it and I could do a 360. There is some room back there. But they also have bike racks in the front of it. I made up a sign that says, "Take your bike for a ride." And then when you get to a certain place, you can take it off, ride around for a while. When you come back, there's another shuttle. Beth Kenny: Thank you very much for all your hard work, Vice-Chair Brillinger. You're really doing a lot in the transportation department so thank you. Arnold Brillinger: Yes. Also, I wanted to say that I do travel around to other disability commissions and councils. And I have reported to the Oakland one and also the San Francisco one that the City Council passed the Universal Design Ordinance. I've had some people say, "Oh, can we get copies of it?" I said, "Sure. Here it is online. Download it." Because we … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 3 | Arnold Brillinger: What day is that? Jenny Linton: February 3. Laurie Kozisek: Last year it was in March. Beth Kenny: Okay. Laurie Kozisek: The retreat was in March 11th, of last year. Beth Kenny: Alright, so what Is it the second? Anto Aghapekian: The third. Beth Kenny: I'm going to suggest February 3rd. Does anyone have any objections to that? Alright, all in favor? Arnold Brillinger: Aye. Beth Kenny: Great. The retreat will be February 3rd. I expect it'll start around 10:00, end by around 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon. The other thing about the retreat that I wanted to let people know is that I will be sending out, with the agenda for the retreat, some questions that I want you guys to think about and come prepared to talk about at the retreat. Basically, for those of you who were there last year, the ones that I put up on the board to spark conversation about the commission goals. 4-B Commission involvement in requests for exemptions to the Universal Design Ordinance Beth Kenny: Let's move on to item 4B. I don't know if everyone here is aware, but the Universal Design Ordinance passed City Council and is now in effect as a law in ordinance in the City of Alameda. Arnold Brillinger: Is it that it starts in January or it's in effect right now? Beth Kenny: It's in effect right now. Next Tuesday night the Encinal terminals will be presenting their development to City Council, and they've reached out to make sure it will be in line with the Universal Design Ordinance. They're aware it's the first big development to be under the Universal Design Ordinance. Part of the Universal Design Ordinance is that there is a waiver people can submit, and they can apply for this waiver at the design review process, which goes before the Planning Board. However, we've asked that the Planning Board let us know when anybody asks for a waiver of Universal Design elements. And the waivers can be something where it's financially impossible, or the physical location doesn't make it feasible. We've asked to be notified when those waive… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf,7 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-07-23 | 7 | Attachment A CDI July 23, 2007 Minutes Key Points of Accessibility Modification Program WHAT IS THE ALAMEDA ACCESSIBILITY MODIFICATION PROGRAM? The City of Alameda Development Services Department (DSD) assists eligible persons with disabilities in making modifications to their residence, allowing the individual to attain greater mobility and remain safely in their home. Alameda Accessibility Modification Program (AAMP) focuses on the person's most immediate needs as they relate to improving safety and accessibility. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? To be eligible for AAMP assistance, the following conditions must be met: The applicant is an Alameda resident. The applicant's annual household income must not exceed 80% of the median income for the Oakland Area, as established by the U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development. The property to be modified is the applicant's primary residence. A physician or health care provider verifies the applicant's physical disabilities. If rental property, the applicant's landlord must provide written agreement allowing the modifications. Funding is for one-time use only and may be used primarily for renovations that make the inside of the rental property more accessible to the renter. Occupants are allowed a maximum of $5,000 for repairs and modifications. Any additional funds required may be provided by a low-interest secured loan tailored to the individual project. WHAT MODIFICATIONS ARE ALLOWED? Examples of housing modifications allowed by AAMP include: Installation of bathroom grab-bars, roll-in showers or raised toilet fixtures Construction of wheelchair ramps Widening doorways Walkway construction Hearing Assistance devices for doorbells, telephone ringers or smoke detectors (strobe indicators) HOW AAMP WORKS AAMP applicants apply directly to DSD. Staff review applications for program eligibility and certify that the applicant's household income meets program guidelines. The applicant's physician or other social service professional must submit a Third-Party Verification form certifying … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 10 | Beth Kenny: And it's to be done in a way that using design to do things in an intelligent way that takes into consideration the wide range of humans. So, why we need this in Alameda, is we have, Alameda, along with pretty much every place in this country, has a shortage of accessible housing stock. And we have a growing senior population, and many disabled people are living much longer. So we have a growing disabled population. So in order for people to be able to stay in the community, or age in place, somebody who buys a universally designed place can stay in their house and not have to face moving out as they become older because it's inaccessible to them. So this all started because of a joint meeting between the Planning Board and the Commission on Disability Issues. And I'm going to ask Susan to talk a little bit about that, because she was one of the participants in that. Susan Deutsch: It was just such a long time ago, [chuckle] I don't remember that much about it. But I do remember going to the City Council meeting, talking about Universal Design, and feeling that we did have support. And I felt that they were very supportive of what we wanted. Really, all I remember about the meeting because it was four years ago. Beth Kenny: Yes, it was indeed over four years ago. But since after that meeting, Commissioner Deutsch, former Commissioner Lord-Hausman, and former Commissioner Harp got together and drafted a sample Universal Design Ordinance. And that was submitted about four years ago, and we've now come to the point where the Planning Department, they have a draft that they expect to get to us in the next week, or so, and the schedule of events is that we will meet, we have a work group from CDI that is working on this, and the Planning Board Work Group will meet together to go over the draft, and make any changes that we think are necessary, possibly have one more meeting. And then in September, we'd like to hold a joint meeting between the Planning Board and the Commission on Disability to vote on the U… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,17 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 17 | Beth Kenny: Great. Thank you, Kerry. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS Beth Kenny: Now we move on to announcements. I know that the event work group has been meeting, and I believe you have.. La Donna Franco: Well, [chuckle] Okay, so the work group consist of myself and Arnold, and Tony with us. And so we have been planning to be present for the next Park Street Festival. And the vision is to, for example, be more visible as a Commission, and to offer information to the public, such as video information, and be more visible on an ongoing basis through events like this, and also developing partnerships with other Commission boards. And we're in the planning process of that, and we've each agreed to have Fulfill some roles, and so, we should have some more information shortly, and it would be wonderful From UDO, and a short brochure or kind of a pamphlet offering that. Beth Kenny: Yes, that would definitely be a great way to get some information out there about what Universal Design is, and what the city is considering. I really like that idea, and I would be willing to come and work at that at any point. La Donna Franco: You want to add anything, Arnold? Arnold Brillinger: I just wanted to add, I've been to places like ADA Pacific. First, I contacted them and had them mail me some things, some information on what they do and so forth. Then I went in there one day when I And I just kind of raided their publications closet. I got some stuff on the service animals, I got some stuff on other items, I even got some pens. I gave them all to Kerry. I got like 80 of those pens, they're advertisement for ADA Pacific, but they're still things that we can hand out, and probably, maybe we'll even get something that has CDI on it, and the phone number for Kerry's office, and the web pages and all that kind of stuff. And I think that this would be a great time for us to hand out and they sent me some electronic files on visitability. Well, they've got two pages and four pages, and I thought we'll get a two pager, put it on both sides of one pie… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf,9 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 9 | Beth Kenny: Thank you very much. I just wanted to add, one thing that I had talked about having beyond the planning of our next year, is talking a little bit more about emergency preparedness. And Commissioner Lewis and I have yet to meet, and it's my fault because I had to cancel. But I have spoken with Captain Oliver and with Jackie Krause from Mastick. Captain Oliver, obviously, is interested, but Jackie Krause would like to work with us along this issue, too, and has worked with, when the City did other efforts, to create a way to know who are the people who are going to need a little bit of extra help in the event of an emergency. I think that would be really great to be able to work with Mastick and Jackie Krause. Jenn Barrett: I went to the opening of the new fire station, and I saw you there. That was great. And it's just so great to hear about how seriously they're taking the emergency preparedness, and so I think it's a great time, now that they've just had that new ceremony with the new chief, to reach out to them and work together. That's awesome. Beth Kenny: Wonderful. And I'm glad you guys went to that. Laurie Kozisek: I had one more item. As of January 1st, you will be the Commission on Disability. [applause] Laurie Kozisek: Just wanted to prepare you for that. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS Beth Kenny: Agenda item number seven. Does anyone have any announcements they'd like to make? Lisa Hall: More of a question. Going back to the calendar. Generally, we have six meetings a year. Is that correct? Beth Kenny: We're supposed to have six meetings a year. Lisa Hall: But because August is closed, we have to put that meeting in some other month. The usual months that we would have it is, am I right then? It's February, April, June, October, December. Beth Kenny: Yes Lisa Hall: Okay. But then we always have to put a special meeting in for retreat because August is closed. Beth Kenny: That's correct. And I know that previously, I've inquired about us moving so that we were on January, March, that schedule, but apparent… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,14 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 14 | Beth Kenny: Yes. And so, what Anto's speaking about is an issue that I forgot to put on this document, and that is that CDI would definitely like to see a model home available that is designed universal, so that when you're looking at the model homes, you can go in and experience it. What has been proposed is a brochure to a virtual reality experience of the home. But certainly if there's going to be model homes available, we feel that they should have a universal designed home as one of the model homes. Susan Deutsch: I don't think we can expect somebody to visualize it without actually feeling their wheelchair going through a doorway through. Beth Kenny: Yes, Arnold? Arnold Brillinger: Yes. Beth, I've been in a wheelchair for four years, but I've only found out about Universal Design being on the Commission here. And so I have done a lot of research, and I have gone into some of the new housing developments. I went into Marina Shores, and I went up and down the streets and I started crying because each of them had a block of concrete at the front door that kept me from going inside. So, not even thinking do I want to buy one, but if my friends buy one, I can't go to visit them. If they want me to come over and see their new big screen TV, and watch the game, they're going to have to rip the TV of the wall and haul it out to the garage, because that's the only place that I can get into with my wheel chair. Arnold Brillinger: So when we talk about visitability, we need to have it 100% on all of the things that are built in Alameda. We love the homes that we have now, but with stairs of eight to 18, there's no way I'm going to get into one of those things. We don't need to keep on building homes on slabs with a barricade in front of the front door. At Marina Shores they say, "Everything is included." I went over there and checked it out. Now I could get up into the office, when I asked for, "Well, can I go and check out some of the models, because I want to see if I can turn around in a bathroom, or in the kitchen… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,12 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 12 | Beth Kenny: Yes. So, yes, putting in accessible fixtures. And I think yes, it was something about clearing out under the sink so that you could get to the sink. Number seven is one that I put in because every time we've talked about this with the mayor, she's thought that this was necessary, and I think it's a good idea, to have laundry hook ups on an accessible route on the primary floor. Because if you're going to live on that one floor, you're going to need to do your laundry. So, we don't need the actual laundry machines themselves, but the hook ups to be able to install laundry. Installation of receptacle outlets, lighting controls, environmental controls at specific heights, conducive for those with disabilities. And I don't know the full spectrum of what that would be, but I would love to hear more if anybody has ideas on what environmental controls and lighting controls would be important. Beth Kenny: And then finally, if there is an interior stairway, it must be wide enough to accommodate future installation of a chairlift, and include an outlet at the top or bottom of the stairway. And this would only pertain to a home that had interior stairway. So, those are some of the things that we've been considering asking for to be applied 100% for every new housing unit built that would be under the Universal Design Ordinance. There is another layer to this ordinance where there's a certain percentage of units that would have to meet all the universally designed ordinance elements. Beth Kenny: And for multi-unit dwellings, and single family homes, what we've been hearing from the Planning Department, they're looking at about 20% of those new units with five plus units. And then, 10% were town homes, because they said that town homes, space wise, are going to be very difficult. So, some of the questions that we had thought about around here is, they're asking for, first of all, to start with five plus units. I think the federal regulations start with four plus units, so I think I'd like to see it down to four. A… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 1 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL Chair Beth Kenny: Laurie, would you start with roll call? Laurie Kozisek: Thank you Madam Chairman. Beth Kenny? Chair Beth Kenny: Present. Laurie Kozisek: Jenn Barrett? Chair Beth Kenny: She's walking in. Laurie Kozisek: Jenn Barrett. Okay. Hi. Jennifer Roloff? Jennifer Rolloff: Present. Laurie Kozisek: Anto Aghapekian? Anto Aghapekian: Present. Laurie Kozisek: Lisa Hall is not here. Susan Deutsch? Susan Deutsch: Present. Laurie Kozisek: Arnold Brillinger? Arnold Brillinger: Here. Laurie Kozisek: And Jenny Linton. Jenny Linton: Here. Laurie Kozisek: And our new person is not here yet. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes, let's just read her name anyway. Laurie Kozisek: Leslie Morrison. Chair Beth Kenny: Thank you, Laurie. Laurie Kozisek: We have a quorum. 2. MINUTES Chair Beth Kenny: All right, let's move on to agenda item number two - approval of the minutes 09/12/18 Page 1 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,23 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 23 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. Commission and Board Liaison Reports Chair Beth Kenny: Now, we'll go on to agenda item five, Commission and Board Liaison Reports. Commissioner Billinger. Arnold Brillinger: Okay. If you were at the parade, you probably saw the shuttle go by. You probably saw me go by too because I made it all the way around. I would just want to say that we're working on doing all kinds of things to get people to ride the shuttle. Again, just like using the bikes is good for getting people out of single-person cars and the bus is also especially for older people and for those that are disabled. Right now, it's open to anybody. We're even going to have a couple of things like Gilligan's Island, there was a three-hour tour and turned into a long thing, right? Well, I came up with the idea. Arnold Brillinger: Let's have a free hour tour. Means that it's free. You don't have to pay anything to go on it, but we're going to have Dennis from the Alameda Sun come on and we're really sorry that we can't do this for as many people as we think that will be wanting to go on this to kind of give a historical tour as we go past some of these things in Alameda. And as we know, it goes on three different tours, three different routes, one on Tuesday, one on Wednesday, one on Thursday, but we're going to also get some of the information and on 11 X 17 sheets, and have them laminated so that people can as they're going by, say, "Oh, look at there's where the peanut butter factory used to be for Skippy's.' Arnold Brillinger: Because it did start here in Alameda, and so forth. So those are just some of the things that we're getting to get people interested and aware because we realize a lot of people are working during the hours when it runs. But their older, their parents and their neighbors that are older, they need to know about it. So we're trying to get the information out to the various groups. So that's it for the shuttle. Now in Alameda, and we'v… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,7 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 7 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. Albert Lin: It's a great question, unfortunately as of now, we do not. Arnold Brillinger: I just want to tell the rest of the commission that cities like Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco, are looking into various vehicles, some of them being trikes. Or for people who are disabled like below the waist, that they would be hand-powered bikes and stuff like that. Not to start anything right here in Alameda, but I think that we'll be able to get some information as they go through their selection process, and also have some good ideas on what to do here in Alameda also. Chair Beth Kenny: Commissioner Brillinger, in the interview process, I actually sat next to the gentleman who does this sort of stuff for the City of Oakland, and he was telling me that the City of Oakland has partnered with BORP [Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program], and that's how they're starting to think about doing the accessible Bike-Share. I think that you're right on. Anyways, I wanted to share that information with you. Rochelle Wheeler: Also from the City's perspective, that's something that I think we would like to see going forward too, and we will continue to work with Lime or whoever the provider is on that, for Dockless Bike Share, on bringing that into the program, bringing accessible vehicles in. It reminds me too of two things, one is that, this is a pretty rapidly evolving field and technology, and so one of the things that we'll continue to do during this whole contract period is continue to monitor what the direction is of this technology, what's new, what's coming in, what's feasible, and then responding to that as we can. This would be a two-year contract, is what we've committed to with the possibility of extending it for two more years. And so, that two years really is kind of a window where we thought after two years, we might be in a very different place and we might want to do another RFP, or change things up and have different requirements an… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 10 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. Anto Aghapekian: That's the City? Rochelle Wheeler: Yes, SeeClickFix is a way to get that request to the City or to give that complaint to the City. I don't know if you want to bring that up, that's in the bottom of this strategy. You can see it written out there. So you see it, you click like on the website. I think that's what the click means. And then fix, is the City fixes it. So if you look that up online you can find the City's website. Laurie might look it up for you right now, SO you can see what that looks like. Anto Aghapekian: Well, the question I have is, a few weeks ago on a street, on a sidewalk where it meets the street, it was not for wheelchairs, but there was a lady stuck in her wheelchair and she couldn't get back on the sidewalk, she couldn't get back on the street and we happened to be there. We helped her out and we talked and she said, she's been sitting there for almost an hour, people zipping by her. So do you think I have any chance of calling SeeClickFix and see if they can include people in wheelchairs that are stuck? Maybe Arnold has had experiences like that yourself, where stuck with your wheelchair because of the street, the sidewalk. Arnold Brillinger: Okay, okay, can you tell us again what the problem was? Anto Aghapekian: Oh, the problem was a person, a lady in her wheelchair was stuck between the sidewalk curb that slopes down to the street. It was not done properly, it was haphazard, no asphalt and she was stuck there. She couldn't back out and she couldn't go forward and she was sitting there and we happened to be there and we helped her out. And my question is, can we have an organization like SeeClickFix in order to make the wheelchair people, excuse me, to assist people in wheelchair that are stuck. And I was thinking that maybe with your experience in the wheelchair, you may have had occasions where you're stuck. Arnold Brillinger: Okay, I think we're getting off the topic. Chair Beth Kenny: Our st… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 29 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. I sent an email asking about if facade moneys could be used to make entrances more accessible, and they said, no. It's got to be used for making it look more beautiful. I'm sorry, but we might be able to find some other grants, so that we could push for ADA grants to make entrances more accessible. Chair Beth Kenny: Thank you, Laurie. I spoke with Linda Asberry, who is head of the West Alameda Business Association, and she's actually on that Facade Grants Program. She's part of the people who approve who gets the facade grants. So she might be a good person to just figure out how they got the facade grants going in the first place, and instead of facade grants, we can have accessibility grants. Vice Chair Jenn Barrett: Yes, that's a great idea. Chair Beth Kenny: And she is also very interested in the program that you're putting together. Vice Chair Jenn Barrett: Great. Do you have our email? Chair Beth Kenny: I do. Vice Chair Jenn Barrett: Okay, that'll be great. Chair Beth Kenny: I'll shoot that over to you. Vice Chair Jenn Barrett: Thank you so much. Chair Beth Kenny: Sure. Laurie Kozisek: Okay, That's all I had. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS Chair Beth Kenny: Thank you very much. If there are no other announcements 8. ADJOURNMENT Chair Beth Kenny: I'd like to adjourn our meeting. 09/12/18 Page 29 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,25 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 25 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. Jenn Barrett, Vice Chair: Yes, I didn't have anything from the Planning Board for this particular update. And then for the businesses, I got some contacts. Thank you, Beth, for providing that. I'm going to get in touch and hopefully have it start rolling before our next meeting. And then one other thing I wanted to bring up, when you were presenting, I was thinking about beach access. My aunt, we were in Cape Cod, and she's in a wheelchair, and they had a beach buggy. Just there were two that you could just take and you just transfer them onto this beach buggy that has these huge wheels that can go on the sand. And it just was so awesome, and it allowed her to come out on the beach with us. So I think that's something else we can talk to the Parks Department about maybe adding. Susan Deutsch: Yes. And another, I have a relative who has a house in Martha's Vineyard and what they have on their beaches is something built right over the sand that you can just push a wheel chair on to get out to the beach. Chair Beth Kenny: And we have heard from people wanting to be able to access things like the Sand Castle Contest. So I like what you guys are thinking. Chair Beth Kenny: Commissioner Deutsch? Susan Deutsch: The Parks Department cancelled their meeting, which I think was last week. Oh, tomorrow? Yes, it's cancelled the meeting. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. Commissioner Aghapekian? Anto Aghapekian: I have three items that I'd like to talk about. The first one is in our local newspapers, they announced all the City meeting. There's the City meeting calendars, and all the commissions are listed. Their schedule of the commission meetings are announced in the newspaper, and it comes out weekly. And I'd like us to be on this schedule so that people know when we meet and hopefully they're coming. That's one item. The other item is on Clement Avenue, you probably have heard about. Anto Aghapekian: They're calling it the Clement Avenue Corridor. It's about a… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,28 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 28 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. More on 4C: Laurie Kozisek: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I did a quick check on my phone while we were talking and found out that City Council will be meeting on November 7th. I don't know why, but they'll be meeting on a Wednesday that week. So, I would recommend that you do a vote saying you would like to meet on November 21st, because there's nobody on the City calendar for November 21st. Chair Beth Kenny: Is City Council meeting November sixth? Laurie Kozisek: That's a Tuesday. Chair Beth Kenny: Right. Laurie Kozisek: I don't know, I didn't check that. I just noticed that they are meeting on a Wednesday, for some reason. Chair Beth Kenny: I was just thinking that on the 21st the 22nd is Thanksgiving. Chair Beth Kenny: So, I don't really want to do the 21st. I can recommend, I would put out there the 28th, if that's available? Laurie Kozisek: That, I believe, is available. Chair Beth Kenny: Okay, so that's the last Wednesday of November. Laurie Kozisek: Which ironically is when the Transportation Commission will not be meeting, so it will be available. Chair Beth Kenny: So, I would recommend the 28th. Do I have a second? Anto Aghapekian: Second. Chair Beth Kenny: All in favor? All: Aye. Chair Beth Kenny: Any opposed? The 28th, it is. Laurie Kozisek: I will double check that again. 6-A Façade Response Laurie Kozisek: And then, my other item, somehow it didn't get on there. For the facade response, 09/12/18 Page 28 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 3 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. Rochelle Wheeler: And in six months, 50,000 trips were taken on the bikes. We have an average of about 300 bikes in the City at any one time that are operable. What we did, we did this as a pilot, and the reason we did that is we wanted to see how it worked in Alameda before we made it a concrete ongoing program here. And so, at the end of six months, we took the time to evaluate the program, we did that in a bunch of different ways. We talked to a lot of the stakeholders, both internally within the City, all the different staff that are interacting or interfacing with the program, public works, police, community development. We talked to stakeholders outside the City such as the East Bay Park District, AC transit, others, and then we also did a community survey. Some of you may have filled that out. We had 1500 responses within about 10 days, so a huge amount of input on the program. Rochelle Wheeler: And what we found overall was very, very high level of support for the program. People generally thought it was a great program, definitely worth continuing; but addressing two major issues. And the two major issues that were addressed, the top one was bike parking. And 51% of respondents said that the top problem with the bikes, is the bikes being mis- parked. The second top issue was helmet use, and particularly concerns around youth helmet usage. So we heard those issues, we heard the support for the program and we brought all of that to the City Council in May. And with the recommendation that we continue having a dock-less bike share program in the City but making refinements to the program to address those top issues, and definitely the bike parking issue. And we ask Council to approve going out with a request for proposals to bring in a vendor who we would contract with for two years with the option to extend for another two years. And so the Council approved that recommendation to release that RFP and to move forward with having a do… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,13 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 13 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. Rochelle Wheeler: I'd say that is a concern also that the staff has in accelerating that and having the hub locks come sooner rather than later to our City because that does feel like a really strong way to do the parking enforcement. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. And do you have any sense about how Lime go about increasing that 90% goal? Albert Lin: 90% goal of? Oh, of properly parking. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. Albert Lin: I'd say, main things that come off the top my head is, number one, just the community events that we're going to contribute to, and make a presence to be there and educate as many people as possible. So that means holding as many as we can. And then also I'd say in addition to education through those events, I'd say beefing up our staff to be more kind of just patrolling. We already have a good feel of what are the kind of the problem areas where it's congested like Park Street etcetera, so kind of making them incorporate it into their daily routine, and have them patrol that on a daily basis. Albert Lin: I mean as of now, two weeks ago, I established kind of a mid-shift patrol, that will go throughout Alameda and Oakland since they're relatively close. And that's just patrolling the hot spots and taking care of our customer service tickets or complaints that we get. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. I guess those are my recommendations for this. And thank you very much for coming and all the work that you guys have put into this. Rochelle Wheeler: Thank you. Thank you all. These are very, very helpful suggestions and input, and we'll take this into consideration and really appreciate your time tonight. 4-B Accessible Playgrounds Chair Beth Kenny: Now we'll move on to the next agenda item. We're going to have a presentation by Commissioner Deutsch on accessible playgrounds. Susan Deutsch: So my son and daughter-in-law live in Marina, which is a little north of Monterey, near Salinas, and I took my grandson to the playground called Tatum's … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,14 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 14 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. Susan Deutsch: So the disabled population is 12% in our country, but if you start including people who are involved with this group of people, like their parents, their siblings, their grandparents, their friends, then one in three people are touched by a person who has a severe disability. And disability challenges are affecting individuals and their families, spend a day at the park. So, if you're a grandparent and you're in a walker, you might still want to go to the park with your grandchild. So all these things have to be considered when you're looking at what is an accessible playground. Susan Deutsch: So an inclusive playground addresses the needs of all people, including those who have autism, intellectual disabilities, hearing impairments, visual impairments, cerebral palsy, physical disabilities, and any other impairment that somebody might have. It addresses the needs of typical children and it accommodates everyone and provides challenges at all the children's developmental level, so all children can be challenged to explore. Susan Deutsch: The mission is that it's an important time. Childhood, it is an important time for opportunities to interact socially and strengthen the imagination. An inclusive playground provides inclusive play areas for all children, regardless of their ability. And unfortunately special needs children are often excluded from activities when facilities are not capable of accommodating these children. They're left out of play experiences that most children get exposed to. An inclusive playground has play features for both abled as well as disabled kids, and that both typical children and disabled children should be able to play together. Susan Deutsch: So the background on Tatum's Garden, I'm not going to read all of this, because you have the handout, but two parents of a child with spina bifida went to Idaho and found this inclusive playground and saw their child start to play with her siblings. And th… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,19 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 19 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. Susan Deutsch: Yes. Jennifer Rolloff: Do they have plans for their parks already? That might be another place for this discussion as well. Susan Deutsch: Yes. I know. Yes, thank you. Vice Chair Jenn Barrett: Thank you so much for the presentation. I think it's fantastic, and I would love to see that kind of thing in Alameda. I really like the community ownership, because they relied on the donations and help building it. I think that would be a real strength for our community if we had that as well. I think people would really have some ownership. And yes, I thought it was a really good presentation. I think it will go well with the Parks Department. So I'm excited to see where it goes. Susan Deutsch: I hope so. Anto Aghapekian: Same with me. It's a very nice presentation. Thank you. And I like the item that you have in there, the dollar sign, where it says that it costs $750,000. The Parks and Rec, they look at numbers. And it's doable. And also, the emphasis that everybody uses it, not only for people. It's for everybody. Susan Deutsch: Yes. Anto Aghapekian: That makes life so much easier. It's not very expensive. It can be done. Thank you. Susan Deutsch: Oh, well, it sounds expensive to me. Jenny Linton: I want to thank you as well Susan. I would just reiterate what you both said about it being a community park aspect. I think both looking for donations from community members and the participation of the community is what drives an inclusive park. In 1990, we lived in Davis with a then four-year-old, and the community park was built. I think parents went and worked on it. It had just been opened when we arrived. But David and I were there last weekend and we had to go visit the community park, hadn't been there in 30 years, and there it was all rebuilt. But probably I don't think I saw anything all that inclusive about it. Well, it was chaos. Chair Beth Kenny: Thank you. This is I know something that you've been interested in for a whil… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,22 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 22 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. and, actually, Anto, you probably would understand some of the things that I don't understand. But yes, the architectural parts of it. Arnold Brillinger: Thank you. I want to say Susan, I think that you've got the support of the Commission on going forward to this and making it come to fruition. I think everyone will be behind you and to help in whatever the way they can. Thank you. Susan Deutsch: Yes. And just one other thing is that my husband really would like a playground like this in Alameda, and so at some point, he might jump in and help out because he has some contacts, like on City Council if it gets to that. Chair Beth Kenny: He's welcome to be part of our sub-committee or be an adviser to the sub- committee. Susan Deutsch: Yes, okay. I had to include his videos. 4-C Move November 2018 Meeting [Note: Also covered in Item 6 Chair Beth Kenny: So we'll move on to agenda item 4C. We need to move our November 2018 meeting. I'm still trying to figure out. There's another commission that had already rescheduled their November meeting for the second Wednesday of that month before we had changed to odd months. So, do you have some proposed dates? Laurie Kozisek: Well, it's just that the Transportation Commission meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month and they don't want to meet on Thanksgiving Eve. And so they've always traditionally gone with the second Monday or Wednesday for November and they are not willing to change that. So we could go with the first or third. I would recommend the first because the third is getting pretty close to Thanksgiving also. Chair Beth Kenny: And it's confirmed that on November 7th, there's nobody else in City Council chambers. Laurie Kozisek: Not that I know of at this point. Chair Beth Kenny: Okay. So I would like to propose that we move it to November 7th which is one week earlier. It's the first Wednesday of November. Jennifer Rolloff: I'll second that. Chair Beth Kenny: All in favor? All: Aye. Chai… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 5 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. behind this is that you can see on a map that would be on the app like you see in these visuals here, these screenshots. There are areas that can be designated as no parking zones, and those would show up as areas when you're picking up a bike, say, so that you can know when you drop off your bike, "Oh I can't park it on that one block" or "I can't park it in that commercial zone, so I'm going to have to be thinking about where I park it before I get to my end destination." There also can be these pop-up messages which you see on the right which can say, "Remember this is a no parking zone as well. Jenn Barrett, Vice Chair: Sorry, is there anything that physically prevents them from parking the bike there? Like does it not lock back in or something? Rochelle Wheeler: So we have Albert Lin here, who is the Operations Manager in our area for Lime, and I think I know the answer but I'm going to let him describe that. Albert Lin: Yes, sure. So currently right now we do not have any sort of physical thing that will prevent them from locking it. That's something we're looking into certainly six months' time. But we're also looking into alternative ways of, maybe, imposing fines, violations, etc. Rochelle Wheeler: And that is something that I know that Lime is doing in other areas where they really don't want these bikes. If you have people who are repeatedly mis-parking them, those can be identified easily and you can start fining them when they're putting the bikes in the wrong place or you can just delete their account and say, "You're a bad player, so we're taking you out." And we can come back to all of these. I'll just give a big overview. And the second one that they propose is gamification. So that is generally used for positive, to enforce positive behavior and create incentives for good behavior. So when you do good things like park in the right place, you get little badges or bonuses. Rochelle Wheeler: I'm sure some of you have seen th… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,9 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 9 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. don't know. I did hear something, which I didn't have time to look into, but I heard that there's something like a collapsible helmet or some helmets that might work with not just Lime but all these city bikes everywhere where nobody's wearing helmets. Rochelle Wheeler: Yes. We agree definitely, especially for youth, because those under 18 are required to wear a helmet. Susan Deutsch: Yes. Rochelle Wheeler: And so there are some strategies for that too that we've incorporated because that was the second top issue. So Lime will be required to do helmet giveaways and to give out a certain number per year. They're also setting up a program where you can actually get a helmet on request, and they'll have different locations around the City where you could get those. They'll give them away at free events. They will also be helping to fund some education to let people know about, not just helmets, but safe riding. Susan Deutsch: Yes. Rochelle Wheeler: And then there can be education also through the app and through websites and things like that. Yes. Chair Beth Kenny: Commissioner Aghapekian. Anto Aghapekian: Thanks for the presentation. The bike, it's a good program and I like it. I have a couple of questions. One of the questions, after your test period, that lasted how long? Rochelle Wheeler: So the pilot period was six months, however, we've extended it, so it's still continuing until we get a new provider onboard, but the evaluation, the period that we evaluated was six months. Anto Aghapekian: And during that six months did you have any kind of conflicts between bikers and pedestrians and people in wheelchairs? Rochelle Wheeler: What we mostly heard about was bikes that were mis-parked. I don't think I heard of any collisions where people were riding and hit somebody, that a bicyclist hit a pedestrian or someone in a wheelchair. But it was more we got complaints about the bicycles blocking the sidewalks or blocking the curb ramp. So, we de… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 2 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. from our May 9th meetings. Does anyone have any changes or corrections they'd like to see in the minutes from our May 9th meeting? I move that we accept the minutes as is. Arnold Brillinger: Second. Chair Beth Kenny: All in favor? All: Aye. Chair Beth Kenny: Any opposed? 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Chair Beth Kenny: Let's move on to agenda item three, oral communication, non-agenda public comment. Do we have any public comment for today on non-agenda items? 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A Parking Strategy for Dockless Bikeshare Chair Beth Kenny: Then we'll get right into new business. We have Rochelle Wheeler here to talk to us about parking strategies for the Dockless Bike Share. Thank you Rochelle. Rochelle Wheeler: Thank you Madam Chair, and thank you to all you commissioners for having me here. I see some familiar faces and I'm excited to hear your input tonight on this bike parking strategy for the Dockless Bike Share provider. I am Rochelle Wheeler, I work in the transportation planning unit, and I'm a senior transportation coordinator for the City of Alameda. So you have a staff report and a couple of attachments in your packet, and I'm just going to start off. I don't have a PowerPoint, but I'm just going to walk through the staff report, but again, what we're looking for tonight from the commissioners is input on this bike parking strategy that we have. So I'll start off kind of high level. Dockless Bike Share, what is it? Probably you are all are familiar with what it is now, but it is basically bikes that can be taken from point to point, picked up anywhere where there's a bike, using an app, and then you can ride it to and leave it. Rochelle Wheeler: You don't have to leave it at a dock, but you do have to leave it properly parked, which means not in the sidewalk right of way. And there are parameters and instructions for how to do that. So it's another mobility option for Alameda which we're always looking for new ways to get people around, no… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 16 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. girl who clearly had a disability who was just running all over the place. Her father was constantly chasing her, she was clearly over-stimulated and I didn't want to interfere but it would have been nice if he just brought her into one of these little structures so that she could just calm down and relax, and then go out and play again. Susan Deutsch: The other thing about these structures is that they encourage imaginative play, which is great. You see a lot of kids in that farm stand pretending to sell fruits and vegetables, and also it provides some shade, because it's a pretty sunny location, and they didn't put a lot of trees in. They provided shade in other ways. And this is one of them, and there's many of these. Susan Deutsch: There are also these little climbing structures that are very unique and artistic, little climbing walls. There's many of them all over and this is a simple one that you just step on the bottom. And this is a swing for a disabled child. That is pretty safe, and the child can be strapped in. And then there's also regular swings right next to it. Susan Deutsch: And this is a Braille panel, and on one side they have numbers in Braille, on the other side is the Braille alphabet. And I didn't see any visually impaired kids by this, but I took a picture because my grandson loves this. Everything is tactile and he traces the numbers and he traces the letters with his fingers, because those are raised also. So in addition to the Braille, the letters and numbers are raised. And here's another. This is another video. Susan Deutsch: You could see the path, there's a path to help kids find their way around and see some of the structures. And this is a swing. Susan Deutsch: Oh. My husband doesn't know what it is, he's calling it a "tadpole swing", but it's a swing that I saw some parents taking their disabled child and sitting with them on that swing. And that was a really nice. It was just a really nice interaction to w… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,15 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 15 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. individuals. But it was just a real community effort, and that also really struck me as something really good that a community could come together and do something like this. Susan Deutsch: And this is just an overview of it from up above, but it doesn't really show the whole playground. It's actually a very large playground, and there's a whole grassy area off to the side where kids can run around and kick a soccer ball. And there's an area with picnic benches and So, there's a lot more there but it's just an overview. My husband got very excited, so I'm including some of his videos. [Video Voiceover] Robert Deutsch: This is Tatum Gardens in Salinas, California. This is the most incredible playground for children of all ages, families, disabled, you name it. This is so unique, so interesting. It's themed to be the farm and the land and gardening and fruits and vegetables and how we eat, how food reaches our tables and all over there are themes, and all the spices and beans and herbs. Susan Deutsch: So you could see, it's a farm theme and you could also see in that video, there were bricks, the bricks over there. Those have people's names on them, the donations that they made. Susan Deutsch: Yes. So this is just showing the surface of this playground is a foam surface, if you fall on it, you won't get hurt. My grandson has fallen many times and he's always surprised that he's not crying. And also it's colored. So, I think that's a good thing too, that there's different colors in different parts of the playground so that you could really see the contrast on how to get from place to place. Susan Deutsch: And this is showing the structures and there are ramps that go everywhere. So a person in a wheelchair can get on to these wooden structures. There's tunnels that kids can crawl through and this surface doesn't splinter and that's another good thing. So I'm not sure what it is, maybe it's not real wood. But that's another good thing, about h… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,17 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 17 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. kids sit on it and spin. Behind it, there's another item that also spins, but this is one that you could sit in and be safer. Susan Deutsch: So, this playground is owned by the community. They clean it once a month, they've been taken care of it. There are still donations coming in to help take care of it. When I was there, I saw a group of developmentally disabled adults going in, and they were cleaning the playground, which I thought, Wow, that's just a great opportunity for vocational training for some of those adults. Susan Deutsch: I felt like, when I was there, that people were valued, and people with disability were valued. And you could just see it in the way that playground was built. And I'm just saying this is a worthy goal, a community based effort to build an inclusive playground. This kind of play for all kids, it's just a worthy goal to work towards, I just see it as maybe a long range plan. But I think it provides for kids cognitive development, sensory development, physical development, and social development. Chair Beth Kenny: Great. Thank you, Commissioner Deutsch. Can we just go around? Susan Deutsch: Yes, sure. Chair Beth Kenny: And have comments. Susan Deutsch: Yes, I didn't show everything in the playground because that just won't be possible. Chair Beth Kenny: Seems like it's pretty huge. Susan Deutsch: Yes, well, I mean, it's big enough, I mean it's small enough, that my two and a half year old grandson gets all over there. But it is a good sized playground compared to some of the ones that I've been to here. Chair Beth Kenny: Commissioner Brillinger, yes. Arnold Brillinger: Yes. It seems to me that Alameda has a park that was built to be inclusive of all people. Maybe we could get a little bit of it at another time? Chair Beth Kenny: I don't have an exhaustive report on that. I think that what you may be thinking of is when we did the 25th anniversary of the ADA. We did our celebration in conjunction with the Park… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,21 | 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 zo… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,27 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 27 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. number is 510-882-3404 and they're meeting again on Tuesday night. And I just wanted to share that. Thank you. Chair Beth Kenny: Great. Thank you, Commissioner Linton. So I think I misspoke a little bit about the Kiwanis Club. What it is, is they're starting a service club within the Kiwanis Club that is they're interested in getting people with disabilities to come join Kiwanis. So I think we should be in touch with them and reaching out. And I would love to be a part of that. It's called the Aktion Club and I encourage anyone who's interested to please check it out. Anto Aghapekian: I know the person. Chair Beth Kenny: That sounds great. So on the housing stuff that you were discussing, last night at City Council, they approved a master plan for the Marina Shores Project, which is, I believe, part of the Clement Street Corridor that you're talking about and the project would include 760 new residential developments. So by my math, that's over 220 universally designed units that should be part of this project, and that's 760 visitable units that will be part of this project, so I was pretty excited about that. Chair Beth Kenny: But the other thing that came up at City Council last night was, they were discussing the rent control ordinance or ballot measure, rather. The current ordinance is going on the ballot, and I just wanted to let you all know, because what the ballot measure basically does is put the current ordinance in the City Charter and by putting that ordinance in the City Charter, it means that no changes can be made to that ordinance, without a public vote. So, if we decide, "Oh, we really want to push to protect disabled people from no cause evictions," or ask for extra relocation costs for people who are disabled, or extra relocation time. Chair Beth Kenny: That would require, if this ballot measure passes, it would require a citywide vote. So it would have to go on the ballot. And honestly, for very small things, if they w… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,8 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 8 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. of reasons. Have you considered at all putting language on the actual bike? So that when they're riding, it's right there like, "Do not block sidewalks" or something. Rochelle Wheeler: Yes, I think that we have talked about the best opportunity for that is generally on the basket and that we could have something that is specific to Alameda because the bikes are manufactured the same for all of their markets, but we could attach something to the basket, I believe. Jennifer Rolloff: Can I jump back in now? So with some of the apps that I have downloaded on my phone, I can opt in or out of, I think they call it push notifications. And so you just get periodic things, whether it's anecdotes, updates, so is there a way to almost mandate push notifications like reminder, and everybody gets a reminder once a month, once a quarter, or various reminders for certain weekends to not block or things like that? Do you do push notifications now? Albert Lin: I don't think we do, but that seems like it's pretty simple to do with our engineering team, especially we could tailor even for Alameda itself and maybe it's a big event coming up and users that are opening up the app within a set area can get push notifications. Jennifer Rolloff: Right. As they go to use it, it comes up. Albert Lin: Yes. Jennifer Rolloff: Yes. Or as they come up, they get that alert. Albert Lin: Yes. Chair Beth Kenny: And just to clarify, Commissioner Roloff, are you suggesting that that would be directly about education around the bike parking that would be pushed regularly to people? Jennifer Rolloff: Yes. Or I think I'm just sort of brainstorming out loud. Albert Lin: So yes, I think it would be good for parking, but you could expand on that for whatever. For the community. Chair Beth Kenny: Commissioner Deutsch. Susan Deutsch: Well, I really think you've done a really good job in exploring issues related to the bike parking because I think in driving around Alameda, I have seen… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 6 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. per the City's direction on where to park. There's also, the next item is something called hub locks. This kind of, I think gets to your question earlier. So do you want to explain the hub lock idea? Albert Lin: So currently on our electric scooters, we can have the ability to lock them through an app. And SO when I mentioned to you, "Oh we don't have the current functionality," that's for our pedal bikes only that don't have any sort of e-assist or any hardware or software that we can communicate directly with. So that's essentially what this would be. Jenn Barrett, Vice Chair: Okay. Rochelle Wheeler: I didn't quite understand that explanation, but it's a little technical, but just to also explain like that, in order to lock the bike, you have to open up the app again. That means that, then there's I think an opportunity for you to get direct alerts or like, "No, you are not in the right place, definitely. Do not park your bike here.' Whereas right now with the bikes we have now, you don't have that. You can just close the lock and walk away. You don't have to open your app again and interact with it. Rochelle Wheeler: And then the last thing is actually something that came up, which was a great idea that came up through the interview process, which was being able to integrate with the City's SeeClickFix system, which probably many of you guys know about, where when you see a problem, a pothole, a car blocking the sidewalk, a tree limb that fell down, you can alert the City through SeeClickFix. It's online, and so the option would be to integrate Lime Bikes, reporting problems with Lime Bike with SeeClickFix so that through that system, you could report Lime Bikes being a problem, and that is helpful for people who don't have the app on their phone already for Lime Bike. You can do that if you're a Lime bike user, or even if you're not and you download the app, but I think a lot more people are familiar with SeeClickFix. That's generally … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,24 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 24 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. pretty important, and it might be something that we can get an overview for the next meeting and maybe see if the City Council also wants to endorse it, as are city councils like in San Francisco and Oakland are going to endorse, and in other places in California. Arnold Brillinger: So, what I'll do is I'll send the information on what that bill is to Laurie and she can send it out to everybody, so that if you're interested you can see how it's working. And also, maybe then we can discuss endorsing it to our City Council to say, "Yes, we want to sponsor this also." Chair Beth Kenny: Yes, get that to Laurie and we can have it on the agenda for next time if we can all review that and we will have a discussion about that. That would be great. I'd love to hear about things that are coming down the pipeline. Arnold Brillinger: Yes. Chair Beth Kenny: Great. Commissioner Roloff? Jennifer Rolloff: So, let's see for School Board. I didn't get a chance to attend the meeting where they talked extensively about the merging of schools, but I will do some investigating on that. I think that puts a lot of the population that we're advocating for at risk. A lot of these services are going to fall through the cracks, so I'll follow up on that. But what I did want to talk about was, there was a committee put together that did a needs assessment for mental and emotional wellness needs. So Kirsten Zazo, do you know Kirsten? She's the Chief Student Support Officer in Alameda [Unified School District], and she presented the needs to the Board. The purpose of the needs assessment is to identify student behavioral needs, inventory existing school and community-based services and identify gaps in services. Jennifer Rolloff: The goal is to develop recommendations, create a more coordinated and integrated behavioral health service system and make services more accessible to all students. Which I felt was very thematic with what our board is doing, with what Commissi… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,12 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 12 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. that we're looking at when they park. That's the time to remind them, "Park correctly." And so in the proposal, it talked about six months for electric bikes, but I don't think we're having electric bikes, we're just having the pedal bikes. And so I'd like to see a commitment towards getting that, certainly within the life of the contract. Chair Beth Kenny: Another suggestion, gamification if you're going to do that, it would be great to see some sort of like where you enable LimeBike riders to get points for re-parking somebody else who might have misparked. And then I wanted to ask about how geo-fencing might work as far as, would it be something where we could say, in an area where we know, like at the Waters Edge Lodge, there's lots of people with mobility concerns. Could we block off that area from parking your bike or would it have to be the whole block or how specific is it? I know it can't get between the sidewalk and the grass area. And then would that be something where organizations that are providing services to people with mobility concerns could come to the City and say, "We want our area fenced-off." Or come to Lime and say, "We want our area fenced off." Rochelle Wheeler: Why don't I answer the second part of the locations, but do you want to talk about more of the technology and how specific you can get with that? Albert Lin: Yes, so we currently in our kind of dashboard, if you will, where we can control, visually see where everything is, where all bikes, everything are, as well as kind of establishing those geo-fences. So we basically, once we get the GPS coordinates, we just enter those in and then that will basically create however big of a parameter or however more specific, obviously, it can't be just one address. Chair Beth Kenny: Right. Albert Lin: But yes, it's relatively easy. Rochelle Wheeler: And then I think that the blocking off, if it's a public area, we would want that to come through the City and we'd want… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,11 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 11 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. there are more people just generally biking around the City and generally as long as they're on the street, in the bike lanes, and unless they're allowed to be on the sidewalk, I think that's a good thing overall for the City. For the bike share program in this agreement, we have a maximum of 300 bikes which is what we have now that will be allowed. So basically the number of bikes that you've been seeing will continue to be the same unless the City authorizes them to increase that, because we want to get a handle on this bike parking issue. And the helmet issue and once we feel like that is going well then we can consider maybe increasing the number of bikes, but we first want to know that we're getting good compliance with bike parking now. Anto Aghapekian: Thank you. Chair Beth Kenny: Thank you. Commissioner Linton. Jenny Linton: Thank you for coming to present. It's very interesting, it's been very interesting to watch all these bikes arrive in the City. I have a question about the ferry terminal, it's not quite about the bike program, but you said that the top use is the ferry terminal, the last mile getting from the City on other public transportation to the ferry. I'm concerned that if this is such a popular solution, what do we do about those who can't use bikes, people with blindness or other physical limitations? Is the City going to continue to look for solutions for that last mile for our whole population? Or do you think that this might limit the interest in the need because the able population has been served? Rochelle Wheeler: I think we're always looking for transportation solutions to serve all the users to get to these hubs or the terminals. We have a very robust paratransit program in the City that can serve those populations as well, but it's interesting to think about that. And that's something we can bring back, but I don't feel like having this in place is going to decrease our efforts to provide mobility choices for… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 4 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. to get input from this committee and see if we can work towards an agreement on a contract with Lime and then in the next couple of weeks we'll also be working with the City Manager to make sure that she is comfortable with us moving forward with this. So, what you have in your packet, I think it's the second exhibit, is LimeBike's parking strategy. And per the contract that we will have, which we attached a draft of that or an agreement to our RFP, so it was very clear what our requirements would be. We have a whole section on bike parking in that agreement, which was the first exhibit. You don't have to open up the first one, but the second one is fine. Rochelle Wheeler: So, two of those requirements for bike parking in that agreement, with whichever provider we select, are to develop this bike parking strategy. And that strategy is supposed to have two parts: Part A is about identifying. You can see Part A, identifying appropriate parking locations. And then Part B, which I think is what we'll focus on tonight, although I'll go through this whole thing, is on enforcement strategies. So this is what we're looking for input on tonight from the commission. Rochelle Wheeler: Before I go into what's in that strategy, I just want to say that, in addition to what the provider, what Lime would be doing, we also as a city will be setting performance goals and will be monitoring those goals and part of that will be about what percentage of bikes are properly parked. Through payments that Lime would be making, we will be using an independent contractor to do some verification of bicycles actually being parked correctly and the responsiveness to the other contract requirements. That's something that came out of our evaluation process, is wanting to have a better handle on the responsiveness to complaints, to mis-parked bikes or to bikes that are broken and need repair or things like that. So we will be also monitoring that and we will have in our a… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,26 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 26 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. wheelchair. That's my second item. Anto Aghapekian: The third that I have is, there was a forum composed by the League of Women Voters here in Alameda, and during that forum, there were four or five people that talked, and, Thomas, the City Planner, was also there. And they talked about the new housing state laws that I was very curious about to find out what this new laws are. And it's not code. It does not impact wheelchair. It's not code related. It's all number of housing. Each city is required, not requested. It's required by law to provide. And cities have been bucking this for about two, three years, but the state is making it very clear that if a city does not comply by providing a certain percentage of housing, per income Anto Aghapekian: All the details, then the state will stop all funding with that city, and that's paralyzing. That's a very serious threat. And they can do it and cities cannot do anything about it. So, cities have been approving housing projects on many fronts, as much as they can. Alameda is one of them. And the thing that is ironic is, the developers have put in a lot of money, getting their plans prepared and approved by the city, it takes sometimes years. And after they receive their approval, their permits to go ahead with the construction, they find out that the banks are refusing to give them the money, because they're creating low-cost housing or market value housing, and the banks say, "The numbers don't jive. There is no way your income is going to be able to pay your loan, so we're not going to give you any money.' So, that's why some of the projects that have been approved that we know of, that's been advertised, or spoken of, written about in the papers, one of them being the brick building that used to be a factor - Del Monte. Anto Aghapekian: I think the guy had his approval, his permit about two or three years ago and it's still vacant. Nothing is going on and I saw a sign on it that says that it… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf,20 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 20 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. work with us more, and I think this would be a great time to do that. The other thing is I got an email from Amy Wooldridge, who is head of the Parks and Rec today, and she had been meeting with the people of Kiwanis, and they are looking at starting a new branch that focuses more on people with disabilities. And then wanting to see if somebody from the Commission wanted to be part of that with them. So this might be a good opportunity. Susan Deutsch: Oh, wow. Yes, great. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. So, yes I love that. And then I think I just misheard you, and maybe it's because I'm going to so many playgrounds myself right now. Where you talked about the playground and being inclusive. Did you say it was inclusive for the caregivers as well? Or like accessible for caregivers as well? Susan Deutsch: Yes. Chair Beth Kenny: Because I find that is a problem I'm coming across in some of these playgrounds. Susan Deutsch: Yes, I mean not every aspect. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. Susan Deutsch: I've been playing with my grandson, and he wants to play hide-and-seek with me, right, so I'm trying to crawl into these little spaces. So, no, you can't do that. You definitely, as a grandparent with a walker, or a wheelchair, or somebody with a disability could definitely go to a playground like this with their kids. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. Wonderful. And then, the other thing, that specialized swing that you showed us, is that a wheelchair swing? Susan Deutsch: No. They didn't have a wheelchair swing, and that is something I think they should have. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes, I was at the Alameda Makers Fair this weekend, and there was a woman there who was showing some adaptive sports equipment that she had been making. She works for San Leandro, doing PE for them, and she had said that she really wanted to see a wheelchair swing in Alameda. So, I would love to see that. Susan Deutsch: Yes, I would, too. At one point, when I first started working in the Berkeley Unif… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf,16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-09-12 | 16 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday September 12, 2018 6:30 p.m. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Alright, then I'm going to move for adjournment. Commissioner Jennifer Roloff: I'll second that. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Great. Thanks for a great meeting, you guys. 09/12/18 Page 16 of 16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf,15 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-09-12 | 15 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday September 12, 2018 6:30 p.m. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: I believe so, yes. Staff Support Laurie Kozisek: I could have it as an old business item on the agenda, attached the agenda next month. Whether or not we actually have her come and speak, I can at least attach it and then everybody can see it. Everyone here and everyone in the audience. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Sure. If Gail is okay with it, would you be able to send it out to us for the listserv? Staff Support Laurie Kozisek: Yes. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Okay. And it seemed like she was wanting a member of the commission to join the campaign. Am I correct in that? Staff Support Laurie Kozisek: Yes. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Okay. So why don't you, if you can send that out in the next week to the Commission and listserv, if anybody is interested in joining in this campaign, I think it would be great to have representation on it. Please get in contact with Laurie. I'm not sure how quickly it's all developing. It sounds like if August and September are already planned, we should get on it. Staff Support Laurie Kozisek: She's got a five-month next steps list here. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Yes, if you could send that out. And then anybody who is interested in joining that campaign, should they contact you or contact Gail directly? Staff Support Laurie Kozisek: Probably Gail. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Okay, all right, if you could contact Gail and maybe cc me, just so we know who wants to be part of the campaign - that would be great. Staff Support Laurie Kozisek: Okay. I don't think I have anything else. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Alright, so I should know this by now. 7. ANOUNCEMENTS Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Any announcements? I think we kind of covered most of the announcements in our commission and board liaison reports. But does anyone have any other announcements they'd like to make? [pause] 8. ADJOURNMENT 09/12/18 Page 15 of 16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf,8 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-09-12 | 8 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday September 12, 2018 6:30 p.m. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: So the Resource Center is not going to be accepting federal funds. Is there going to be any chance where we can expand that definition of homeless? Doug Biggs: For the Resource Center absolutely. Being very clear that we're talking about people who are at risk of becoming homeless because there's no reason to send somebody on to the streets and then take them off. If you could divert them from that then, by God, let's try and divert them from that. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: I think especially with the senior housing, I know of several seniors who are in that situation right now where they're couch surfing, and I know we'll have enough unfortunately seniors to fill up the senior housing who are homeless. Doug Biggs: Yeah, perfect. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: By the HUD definition, but I would love to see that definition expanded. Doug Biggs: Yes. Part of it, if I could say, the situation is changing almost daily now. We're at such a hyper crisis, that what was true yesterday isn't true today, there's potentially a lot of funding coming down the pike. The State is releasing three pots of money, they've already released it this month. One pot focused on emergency shelters, the homeless emergency assistant project, another project focused on longer term subsidies, there's two propositions on the ballot in November, they could bring in additional significant funding for services. So if we have something in place, I think we could take advantage of some of these fundings. Alameda is loosening up and has loosened up the regulations around JADUs, Joint Accessory Dwelling Units. And Alameda's a great place for these. You've got these seniors living in these huge Victorians that don't need all that space. Well, if they could split off one piece of it to become a studio where they could live and somebody else can occupy the rest of it. And there's funding coming down the pike for those kind of things. So if we're creative, and if … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf,10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-09-12 | 10 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday September 12, 2018 6:30 p.m. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thanks, Commissioner Brillinger. Let me know if it comes back to you. Commissioner Roloff? Commissioner Jennifer Roloff: I did talk to Kirsten Zazo who is the Chief Student Advocacy Officer for the District. She's going to come, I think I might have cc'd you, Beth and Laurie, to the meeting on the 28th. So she spent a lot of time, she got a steering committee together with a lot of stakeholders in Alameda, and did a needs assessment for mental and emotional health needs for the District. And she presented it to the District. And I might have mentioned this earlier and of course, the District doesn't have funding, so they're trying to focus on the no-cost ways that they can help with the findings that she had. But there are a lot of areas that do need funding, and they don't have any staff grant writers, and they really need all kinds of social services folks, they need mental health clinicians. So she's starting a roadshow. She was really glad that we had reached out and she's going to incorporate us as part of her roadshow to see what we can do and how we can possibly advocate. [ random BEEP] Oh, is my time up? Commissioner Jennifer Roloff: And how we can possibly advocate to the City or on behalf of our commission on how we can help. So if it's okay with everyone or tell me the protocol. She was going to send me the report ahead of the meeting, I thought I might have it today, so we can distribute to everyone if we take the opportunity to read it before she comes so we can be more interactive. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: So just for everybody's information, when somebody is going to present, like Doug Biggs tonight, they have to submit their information like 10 days ahead of time, so that it can be hyperlinked on the agenda. We can certainly send out that report earlier, but if anyone's presenting and not just public comment, you will have their materials beforehand. So everybody should be taking a look at that. An… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf,6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-09-12 | 6 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday September 12, 2018 6:30 p.m. Commissioner Anto Aghapekian: And the Central Street skirts this area, doesn't it? Doug Biggs: I'm sorry? Commissioner Anto Aghapekian: Central Street, Central Avenue. Doug Biggs: Central Street [Avenue] is up on this side, yes. Commissioner Anto Aghapekian: So people that are going to come and visit you, some of them would probably be in wheelchairs? Doug Biggs: Well, people that we're going to serve are clients who will be in the senior housing or medical respites, and we'll transport them there and back. In some cases, we may need to transport them by ambulance, but we'll also have our own vans, so that we could transport people elsewhere. Commissioner Anto Aghapekian: Okay. Doug Biggs: Other visitors may come and they may be in wheelchairs. I know, I recognize that that street needs some work and we're definitely going to work with East Bay Regional Parks on addressing that to the extent that we can. I will, just for the night's history lesson, point out, all of this property was started in 1942. It was built to train captains for the Liberty ships that were built up in Richmond, they were churning out a Liberty ship a day and they needed pilots, they needed captains. So they trained them here. There was a dock that went out in the water, they would actually bring Liberty ships in there and train them on that. The apartments that are up on Central Avenue are the old officers' housing for that whole development down there. Which I thought it was pretty classic. We've actually located all of the original blueprints in the facility and we're keeping them and we'll turn them over to East Bay Regional Parks. Commissioner Anto Aghapekian: Last question I have is, do you have any ideas as to why they missed the deadline to submit their petition? Doug Biggs: I just don't think they had enough signatures. Commissioner Anto Aghapekian: Thank you. Commissioner Arnold Brillinger: Thanks, Commissioner Aghapekian. Commissioner Hall? Commissione… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf,11 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-09-12 | 11 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday September 12, 2018 6:30 p.m. Commissioner Jennifer Roloff: Right. And that actually might be a good link for the high school too, to have that resource. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Yes. Vice Chair Barrett. Vice Chair Jenn Barrett: Yeah, so, a few exciting things I launched our "10 ways to improve accessibility at your business". In August, I sent it to the head of the Chamber of Commerce. I'm going to be speaking at their meeting in October. They had a meeting today, but I was like, "Yeah, that's not going to work." So I printed out a flyer for everyone. If you want to just, if you know of anyone who can take it, just trying to spread the word as much as possible. I also have some extras. I don't know if we can hang them up in City Hall. And then please let me know if you have other contacts with business organizations. Alameda Magazine, maybe they would put something in for us or the newspaper? Commissioner Lisa Hall: Alameda Sun perhaps. Yeah. Vice Chair Jenn Barrett: Perfect. I might get in touch with you on the content. And my sister said that there's some kind of events newsletter that she thought might have been sent out by the City or maybe the Park Street. So I'm trying to find the contact for that because there's a newsletter that goes out pretty often to tell us what new businesses are in Alameda, and so that might be a good thing to spread the word with as well. The Planning Board met yesterday and they were discussing about the park that's going to take place on the waterfront opposite Jack London. So that was a very interesting presentation. The video's up online if anyone is interested in that. Vice Chair Jenn Barrett: And as we're talking about speakers I haven't asked her yet, but I have a contact with a woman who works for Adobe, and she does accessibility for web design or computer-based. And I know a lot about buildings, but I know nothing about the web design, so I thought maybe if you guys are interested, I can try reaching out to her to try to ge… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf,9 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-09-12 | 9 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday September 12, 2018 6:30 p.m. Commissioner Lisa Hall: Absolutely. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Okay. Doug Biggs: And I think there are going to be a lot of community outreach opportunities. The most important thing and I think I told this to SSHRB as well, but Alameda talks about this, everyone belongs here. And so, reinforcing that message through this project I think is important. We're hoping to have a community event, a community day at the site in November. We haven't fixed the date yet, as soon we do I'll let you know. But having commission members there, and maybe agreeing to kind of co-host it. Having you and SSHRB and some of the churches that have expressed an interest, and being listed as co-host of the Community Outreach Day I think would be wonderful. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Okay, great. Then I propose that we take a vote on this. All in favor? All: Aye. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Any opposed? Alright. Doug Biggs: Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you very much. I really appreciate this, Doug. Thank you. Doug Biggs: Alright, Thank you. Goodnight. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Goodnight. 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A Commission and Board Liaison Reports (All Commissioners) Chair Elizabeth Kenny: So I think that is the end of item 4A, and we move on to old business, Agenda Item Five. And we need to go through our commission board and liaison reports. Commissioner Brillinger? Commissioner Arnold Brillinger: Okay. I've been going to various commissions around in the East Bay. And Oakland, their commission is involved in a number of things: One is in dealing with the aging and getting them involved in activities happening in the city. Whether it's by making sure that they've got transportation or making sure that they have the options. Because you don't want to just sit in your house and be there for the rest of your life. So they are also thinking about different ways of involving people. Also they are discussing people using the placards for disabled,… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf,7 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-09-12 | 7 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday September 12, 2018 6:30 p.m. Commissioner Lisa Hall: He's done so much and as you know he's working with the Food Bank and we have many of our clients that come to the food bank are homeless. Doug Biggs: Yep. Commissioner Lisa Hall: And just yesterday it really got me. I was going to the laundromat up off Park Street and a lady came up to me and her gentleman friend came up to me and said, "She would like to talk to you." And she was in a wheelchair and she's homeless, and she asked me, because she saw my sign on my car and she asked me if I could help her in any way, like refer her. So that kind of brought it home for me, because I do have the Food Bank and everything, and I was like, "I know there's 211" but I was like Just as an FYI. What I did is I went home, I wrote pertinent numbers and made it on a piece of paper and made copies to keep in my car for when I run into people or anybody that asks, even at the Food Bank or whatever, because that really got to me, I felt very helpless with this woman, and she was obviously in desperate need and she was a resident of Alameda, she used to live on Lincoln Avenue. So it was very distressing. But also being disabled and a senior, I understand that I could be one, a couple of months away from being homeless, because as, in just the last two months, it's interesting you say Central Avenue Three families were evicted out of 470 Central for no other reason other than money. Commissioner Lisa Hall: And that's why we're trying to fight, the homeless epidemic is definitely here in Alameda, and because it's everywhere and this is the problem we have. I understand, and I can't say thank you so much for doing this because I know it's something we desperately need, just like the warming center we hope we can also put together. Because if you are a senior or a disabled person and you're on a fixed income, right off the bat, if you lose your place, you cannot qualify pretty much for anything because the realtors and the apartmen… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf |
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