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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 1 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Beth Kenny: Welcome to the Commission on Disability Issues meeting for Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Let's start with roll call. 1. ROLL CALL Kerry Parker: Chair Kenny? Beth Kenny: Present. Kerry Parker: Vice Chair Brillinger? Arnold Brillinger: Here. Kerry Parker: Commissioner Aghapekian? Commissioner Deutsch? Susan Deutsch: Here. Kerry Parker: Commissioner Franco? Commissioner Hall? Lisa Hall: Here. Kerry Parker: Commissioner Lewis? Commissioner Linton? Jenny Linton: Here. Kerry Parker: Commissioner Tsztoo? Michaela Tsztoo: Here. Kerry Parker: We have one, two, three six. We have a quorum. 2. MINUTES Beth Kenny: Wonderful. Agenda item number two, approval of the minutes from our February 8th, 2017 meeting. Does anyone have any changes they'd like to see made to the minutes from our February meeting? Arnold Brillinger: I would like to move to accept these minutes as they are. Beth Kenny: Then I'll second that we approve it. All in favor? All: Aye. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 2 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Beth Kenny: Great. The minutes have been approved. Just a side note on the minutes, we have been having trouble hearing everybody in the minutes and as you know we are sending it to a company, so if everybody can really make sure they try and speak into the microphone, that would be great. Kerry Parker: Yes. Even a sign on this table over here it says, "Speak directly into the mic." And we were charged extra money last time for the minutes to be transcribed for this, if we could just take care to speak into the mic that would help. This one is super sensitive, yours are not. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATION Beth Kenny: Oral communications, non-agenda items, public comment section. Do we have anyone? No? Kerry Parker: We do not have any speaker slips. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A Presentation of Services Available at Center for Independent Living (CIL) in Alameda (Stuart S. James, Executive Director, CIL) Beth Kenny: Great. Moving on to new business. We have a presentation of services available at the Center for Independent Living by Stuart James. Beth Kenny: Welcome Stuart. Thank you for being here. Stuart James: I tend to wander. I think that I have kinetic energy. [laughter] Stuart James: Well first of all thank you for having me. I'm the Executive Director at the Center for Independent Living that a lot of people know as the Center for Independent Living, Berkeley. However. Can you hear me? Beth Kenny: Yes. Stuart James: We have just opened up a new office here in Alameda. It is our third office. We have one in Oakland as well. The office here is pretty exciting. It's 6,900 square feet, it's on Mariner Square Loop. You come to our assistive technology lab which has three separate parts to it. One part is for people with vision impairments, so we will walk consumers through how to use accessibility features that exist within phones and computers already. Applications and software we can add to the computer to help read screen read. We a… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 3 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. on, turn the lights off, and there's pretty much nothing you can't do without leaving the couch. You can just sort of sit there and control the whole space, and we'll show you how to use all that and we can actually go to your home and help you set it up. And then the third part is we have a whole bunch of different mobility devices that we can show you. It's everything, from some power wheelchairs, to power assist devices for manual wheelchairs, to sports wheelchairs to these kinds of things. For those of you who are not familiar, the Independent Living Center, we're the first one in the country. We're actually the first one in the world. There's now 400 centers around the country that are based on us, but they're not affiliated with us directly. We're just sort of the premise for the ideology. Stuart James: There're also several hundred more around the world and our office on any given probably week or month have groups from other countries visiting us. In the world of independent living we're kind of like Mecca. So we in fact just last week we had a group in from Thailand to come and talk about what we do. I am very new to the disability space, other than having one, so I use a wheelchair, but I spent 25 years working in sports and entertainment. So actually 10 years ago this month I was in Shanghai producing a concert for the Rolling Stones. Stuart James: So my life has changed a little. I ended up here because a variety of things. I have osteogenesis imperfecta. My mom founded the OI foundation in the United States. She's one of the founders and for 40 years Inever went to a meeting. It was a 40 year fight I had with my mom because she used to say, "You got to do something," and I'd say, "Go away. Don't bother me." I used to be an NFL agent, and I used to send my NFL players to play golf tournaments for my mom's charity but I would never tell them it had anything to do with me. They'd figure it out, but it was jus… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 4 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. end up in the institution that's a lot easier, and then that means providing support for the family oftentimes. Stuart James: Now within the context of all of those services, how we put that together is up to me. How we premise what the agency represents and want to do is up to me and my staff. It's been one of the problems with independent living centers because there are three in the immediate area. There's one in Hayward, there's on in San Francisco, and us, and if you were to walk into any of the three you would think you were in three completely separate organizations. Even though we provide the same fundamental service, we don't have the same philosophical approach to those services, so they're very different. I am on the progressive end. I'm an integrationist, and I think everything we do for disability should be about how to integrate people with disabilities into broader society. And we are practicing heavily a thing called reverse integration. Instead of trying to make an environment suitable for someone with a disability, I'm creating an environment that's for disability and making it suitable for people who don't have one. Stuart James: One of the things we do is, I use my background in sports for this, and I brought the Harlem Globetrotters in to play wheelchair basketball. On the slides you see now, Michaela, is a little boy from Alameda Boys and Girls Club playing wheelchair basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters. We had about 150 kids. This lesson is not only for the people who have disabilities, it's actually for the broader community. I want them to have a positive conversation about disability, not a negative one. And I want them to have a positive experience with disability, not a negative one. So we do things that are fun. We don't think wheelchair basketball is really an adaptive sport, I think wheelchair basketball is its own game, and you just play it and it's its own game, don't compare it. T… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 5 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Stuart James: We do this with the Alameda kids, the Oakland kids, Albany, Richmond I think has come. We bring them all in. We had 150 kids at the party. We also did another event with them where we took them on a We have a very extensive Travel Training program to teach kids and adults how to use public transportation, and we help map routes for them. Stuart James: As part of that program, the same thing, we invited all these kids, and we did a scavenger hunt around the Bay Area. We give them BART tickets, ferry tickets, bus tickets and they get a map, and they have it in teams, and they got to go around and get stuff. It takes them all over the Bay. It's a whole day event. Able-bodied kids or non-disabled kids participate in that. Everything we do is about integration. Nothing we do is segregated. Part of it was we learned a very valuable lesson from this - actually it was the Alameda kids that gave us that lesson. When we did this first Halloween party, we had all these kids who thought, "Wow, this is great!" The teacher at Alameda High School said, "This is great, but we're not addressing one problem. And the problem was these kids already do a good job at socializing amongst each other. What they want help with is socializing with the other kids in school, trying to break through that barrier." So we're starting to work on that. We thought, "Wow, that's probably a bigger problem. We got to figure out how to make that happen." And I think again, bringing those other kids into our world in a way that's cool is the solution, so we're working on that. Stuart James: We now also have a program that we do - it's primarily with vets, but it actually spans across anyone with a spinal cord injury. This is also the reverse integration. We get them out playing sports. This was a wheelchair tennis camp we did. We had Serena Williams as a guest, and we had coaching from the Alameda Women's Tennis Team. Nothing makes vets happier… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 6 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. people with disability lacked ambition. And it was not because they. It was because just they had just been beaten down by this conversation at Social Security was their future, and nobody offering them a counter-argument, and nobody showing them examples of like, me, who's travelled all over the world. I have a wife with no disability, I have a very good education, and I've made a lot of money. They needed to start seeing those things. That's sort of the root of what we do now. Stuart James: As soon as I get enough money, and we're very close to having enough money, we're about to do another really cool thing. We are about to partner with the Audi Racing School in Sonoma, and take people with disabilities race car driving. If they have mobility issues, they are actually going to get in the car and drive. Audi has agreed to put hand controls on all the cars. For those who are vision impaired we're going to have a dual-seater where they can actually drive along with someone helping them drive, so they can get the experience. Part of that idea maybe specific to Michaela is, "Look, even if you are blind or vision impaired and can't see, it's a really good skill to know how to turn the car off and on, or how to put it in gear or out of gear, or where the brake might be in case you're in an emergency and you need to deal with it.' So we want to teach you those skills. Stuart James: Okay. We've taken people out kayaking. This is part of our travel training program. When we teach people about how to use public transportation, we usually create these expeditions, and this happened to be one where we took them over to Sausalito. Everything's paid for, it's completely free. We take them to lunch and we took them out kayaking. And a lot of these kids were also from Alameda High School transition. Same group, but we also do it for older folks. Stuart James: This young man There's a group pictured here, Michaela, of three folks, an… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,7 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 7 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. in billing, these were good things. Couldn't get them. Stuart James: I'll tell you a story of another one. I had a young man come to me in May. He just graduated from Cal with a degree in History. He had spina bifida, so he's in a wheelchair. He came to me with absolutely the most eloquent speech you have ever heard about why he can't get a job because of his disability. It was incredible. Obama would have been impressed. I said, "What did you study?" He said, "I studied History." I said, "I've got great news for you. I got a job." He said, "What's the job?" I said, "San Francisco Unified just called me. They're 17 teachers short for next year. They want to hire people with disabilities. You don't need to be credentialed, they'll pay to get your credentialed. They'll hire you tomorrow. I can get you an interview right now." He said, "I don't want to be a teacher." I said, "You studied History, what did you think you were going to do?" He said, "I want to work in technology." I said, "You studied the wrong thing. You're not getting a job because you have a disability, you're not getting a job because you're stupid." In a nice sort of way. Stuart James: But this is the conversation: these kids are not having the right conversation early on. We want to start to get people, and this is sort of an ingrained problem with the disability community, and the problem that I had before I got involved. The people who I find really succeed, who have disabilities and have succeeded in life, do not come back and help the community. They're so busy putting their disability on another side of the wall like I was, that they don't want to cross the wall and touch it. It's a thing we got to change. So I'm trying to get people with disabilities who are very successful to come back and help set the path. Stuart James: We are hopefully, but it's not set in stone yet, we're having a conversation, a very preliminary thing, with one of the tech … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,8 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 8 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. they put them through to whomever they're going to work for. There's no incentive for HR people to take chances. My joke is that my wife was an HR executive. She married me, but she would never hire me. [chuckle] Because there's no upside for her. Stuart James: If it's a good experience, that's her job. If it's a bad experience, people are going to say, "Why did you put that person through?" I have never not had a job. In my entire life I've never not had a job and I've never had to write a resume because one job always led to my next job. Now I have a very extensive network. If I quit this job I could be working tomorrow. So we teach kids to start building their network, to start meeting the people that can hire them and start to build relationships, so they don't need to worry about going through HR. We start to teach them how to market themself, how to present themselves in a way that they're comfortable and to build an identity, and how to have a conversation; how to use LinkedIn. Then, we've partnered with Facebook, Google, Lyft, Pandora, and we take the kids in there. What I tell those tech companies is, "I have no expectation for you to hire anybody I bring in. I don't want that to be the premise of this." That's why they allow us to come in. I tell the kids, "You're not going there to get a job. You're going there to build your network. So I need you to start meeting the people you're going to meet, getting their information, following up with them, telling them and reminding them that you're looking for a job, and start to build your network." Stuart James: We've had a 75% success rate at getting people jobs that way. Not just any job. One of them is producing weather for CBS TV, hadn't had a job in three years. One of them is actually working for Google as an accountant. Another one is working for Accenture on the Google account. One of them is the editor of a paper. They're all doing really great things. Onc… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,9 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 9 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Panisse. I called him up, and I said, "Would you mind doing a cooking class for people with disabilities?" He said, "No, when do you want me to come?" I said, "Great, we'll do it this week.' He came and we let him promote his book. Michaela, I had one requirement. I asked him to do the cooking class and have an assistant who is one of our consumers, a young lady who was blind. He said, "Yes no problem, would love to do it." So he met with her before, and he got her acclimated around the table and he started to show her what he was going to do. He had her chopping stuff for him, and she did a great job. We had about 50 people. About 30 of them had disabilities and about 20 of them didn't. People loved it. They loved having a chance to meet with Cal. One of the cool things is that the young lady who was his assistant, at the end she was very nervous and she said, "You know, I had such a great time. I wish I could go to visit the kitchen at Chez Panisse." I said, "You need to ask him." But she was afraid. I said, "Come on, you got to ask him." I got her a book and I said, "Go ask him to sign his cook book for you, and then ask him if you can visit the kitchen." Stuart James: So she did. He's a very tall man, he's got a very deep voice, and he's a little intimidating. At first, he said, "Well, let me tell you that in my kitchen, I have people of all abilities, and that you are absolutely welcome to come visit my kitchen, but I have a rule. If you come to my kitchen, you have to come and work. That's the rule." She was flabbergasted, but he was serious. If she'd come to the kitchen, he was going to put her to work. But again, she became afraid, and she never took him up on the offer. So, we're starting to do that. I've now accumulated a list of some of the top chefs in the Bay Area. They've all been very willing to come in and teach cooking to people with disabilities. It's far more exciting than me doing it, right? And the… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 10 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. him and help him get in and out of his house so he doesn't fall. Stuart James: This is one of our great programs, because every consumer that comes in is a success story. And I don't know if you guys know, are familiar with Easy Does It? It's a service provider. You guys familiar with it? We just did a home, we put a lift in for a home of a woman that was not able to get in and out of her house. Easy Does It had been going there to carry her out. And we now just put her lift in, so she can get in and out on her own. And this is also part of diversion. This is actually making it SO you don't have to go into an institution. Beth Kenny: This is Judith Heumann. Part of my trying to bring in people who are very successful in the disability community, the young lady to the right. So there's two people here, Michaela; one is Judy Heumann, and the other is Haben Girma. I don't know if you know who Haben Girma is. Haben Girma is the first deaf-blind graduate from Harvard Law. She is Fortune magazine's 30 Under 30. She now lives here in the Bay Area. Particularly timely is that her mother is a refugee and came to America on the refugee program with her and her brother, who's also deaf-blind. And she has spoken for Obama. She's one of the most influential woman of Africa, awards from the British government, and she's very heavily involved in CIL now. So she comes in and does speeches for us to kids, and I'm actually trying to recruit her to our board. That's a work in progress. Stuart James: So we bring them in, and we get them to start to inspire kids to think differently about their futures. That's my travel training team in Napa goofing off. So there's a whole bunch of people there, Michaela, in pink shirts that say: "Beer Or Normal." And they're not working very hard, and they're probably drunk [laughter] But, anyway. And that's it. Thanks to Senator Loni Hancock, we got Non-profit of the Year, last year, for our changes. We … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,11 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 11 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. to rent the facility, please call," they never call back. So, if anybody can help us with that, we'd really be keen. We need to rent gym space from them and some other things. Stuart James: But again, you guys are the best folks to tell us what we need to do, and what some of the challenges are. I know one of the things I'd like to get very involved in, and we would help pay for it, is I understand that the city of Alameda's about to build a new park over by the Del Monte factory. Right? They acquired some land there. Am I wrong about that? Kerry Parker: We have the Jean Sweeney Park that's over near Del Monte that is being developed, and the Estuary Park, as well. And then, there's supposed to be more parks out at the point. Beth Kenny: Yes, out by the ferry. There's supposed to be some parks being built out by the ferry building. And I know at one point, they were talking about doing an accessible baseball field, moving towards making things much more accessible, SO. Stuart James: We would love to see if we can help with that process. We would like to see some more accessible things like wheelchair-friendly softball fields, of which we would be happy to go out and help you raise money to make that happen. We can talk to the Giants and the A's for you. The Giants just built a beautiful one in Sacramento, but they should be building one here. A lot of the stuff that we run, the tennis programs, we do wheelchair lacrosse, we do the Harlem Globetrotters, we're always having challenges finding facilities. We've been trying to rent the Alameda Point Gym, but we haven't been very successful at it. In any of those types of things, we always could use the help. We'd like to start doing those type events here. And as these new parks come to be, we'd like to have a voice in talking about some of the things we'd like to see go into those facilities. Beth Kenny: Great. Thank you very much. We're going to go around and have each o… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,12 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 12 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. the dedication of the Estuary Park. I went there that time and saw that they had some really great plans for making it accessible, like you say. And she could, or even Kerry could, direct you toward some people and get you in there. It sounds really great. I heard a couple of months ago that you were planning on starting a facility over here and we're real happy that you're here. Stuart James: Yes. I live in Alameda. My wife has no intention of leaving this island, ever. We've been looking to buy a house, which is not a very good time at the moment, but my mandate from my wife is that we don't leave the island, so that's the end of it. [chuckle] We love it here. I like the sense of community and I think everything that CIL's doing now is premised in the sense of community, the community has to participate with us. So I think we're going to be able to accomplish a lot here. Beth Kenny: Commissioner Tsztoo. Michaela Tsztoo: I've been here since I was born so I know all the different agencies because I had to go through Independent Living skills, but I went through Well, now it's called the Hatlen Center for the Blind, and it's located in San Pablo, and so it's kind of the same idea with this agency, but it's more like they teach people who are blind, hearing impaired, who are in wheelchairs to live in an apartment, and they teach you full life-long skills with mobility, cooking, and all that sort of stuff. So I'm trying to figure out if your facility here, do we have to be affiliated with Department of Rehabilitation, which knows about different agencies, or with some other agencies, government agencies, in order to try out your program, because that's what I had to personally go through. Stuart James: I didn't catch all that. Michaela Tsztoo: Oh, well is your agency affiliated with the Department of Rehab? [background conversation] Stuart James: Actually, all you need to do, Michaela, is walk in the door. Michaela Tszto… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,13 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 13 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. few. We do workshops and if that's the case, if you come through the door, the peer counselor will tell you and then we'll help guide you to how to make that happen. But for the most part, I think there's only like three programs where you have to get referred, and you wouldn't be eligible for any of them. [chuckle] One, you have to be a vet. But almost all of our services, you just simply just walk through the door. Michaela Tsztoo: Oh, okay. Beth Kenny: Thank you. Commissioner Deutsch? Susan Deutsch: Thank you very much for this presentation. I think it was really fantastic and I also have an interest in accessible parks in Alameda, and I would like to help you try to get connected with some people for that. I also would like to know, do you have to live in Alameda to access this CIL? Stuart James: No. Susan Deutsch: So people in Berkeley, let's say, who Stuart James: No. Susan Deutsch: Can come here if they. Stuart James: Actually, although It's a strange rule that I haven't figured out yet. Although, theoretically, our catchment area from our federal and state grants is Berkeley. It's actually all of Northern Alameda County. So it's Berkeley, Albany, Oakland, East Oakland, and Alameda city. Actually, you can come from anywhere in California and walk in the door and we serve you. Susan Deutsch: Nice. Stuart James: There are no boundaries, so we often have people from Palo Alto. Susan Deutsch: Yes. Stuart James: And we have a lot of people from San Francisco. We have a lot of people from Richmond and El Cerrito. It doesn't matter. You can go as a California resident, you can go to any CIL you want in the state. Just walk in. Susan Deutsch: Thank you. Stuart James: But we're the best one. [laughter] Beth Kenny: Commissioner Hall. Lisa Hall: Thank you so much. I think your center is just unbelievably wonderful. I would love to 05/24/17 Page 13 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,14 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 14 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. see if I can help anyway on space like you're saying, there are so many big open spaces here that we should be able to, like Alameda Point Collaborative or even my church, our parish hall is big. It's big and we use it for many different events. Stuart James: We would love help. Lisa Hall: So I think that we could Helping you guys we could do what we can do about getting some spaces because I think the wheelchair basketball is just - I don't know anybody that doesn't love that. It is, it's just a blast and that's SO awesome. Hopefully we can help do that but thank you so much for everything you've done, you're just amazing. Stuart James: That would be great. The Alameda Boys and Girls Club by the way has been wonderful. They are a wonderful partner, but there's restrictions on what we can do there. So we do a lot with the vets. And we do a lot with people with spinal cord injuries. We are now going to be hosting a regular tennis clinic. We'd love to do that in Alameda. We host a wheelchair lacrosse team hence my sweatshirt that I'm wearing. And at the moment we do that at Treasure Island, but it's only, because it's the only gym we can get. We'd rather be doing that here. I have 18 sports wheelchairs in my office. So when we do these events, we have all the equipment, you only need to show up. We have the sport chairs, we have the sticks, we have everything. We bring the coaches and we invite able-bodied folks to everything we do. So even though lacrosse, we have a lot of able-bodied lacrosse players that just come because they think it's fun. Then they all go out to a bar. [chuckle] Beth Kenny: Commissioner Linton. Jenny Linton: I just want to thank you for coming and talking about your program. We have experience with the Center for Independent Living in Brooklyn, and you've given me an entirely new perspective on what we might be able to find at the Center for Independent Living. So I have a few questions. Do you ha… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,15 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 15 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Stuart James: I need to probably cover my bases. We've got a very good relationship with Berkley, and with community members in Berkley. So we are working with Freight and Salvage hopefully to maybe do an event there. We are working with the UC Theater. The UC Theater is a non-profit theater much like the Freight and Salvage but bigger. And they have a theater education program which is teaching low-income people the business of theater. So about engineering, lighting, accounting, booking arts, promotion, marketing. We have been working with them to incorporate people with disabilities. And we are looking to do one single event that will be our folks who they are training will produce the event. And with some help from me. So that's something. One of the things we have been really focused on and this might be something that commissioners should think about. I'm again an integrationists. So one of the things you'll see in the disability community particularly in Berkley, is them creating programs for people with disabilities. So they created a program called CTP which is a great program. It's Computer Training for People with disabilities. Stuart James: My thinking though is that there is a lot of those programs, one of the best ones is actually here in Alameda called NPower and it's over at the college Alameda. It's free to anybody wants to, if they're qualified, you have to be low-income I believe. And you're pretty much guaranteed a job at the end. So for me I think, why should we have a separate program for people with disabilities, why don't we just go to NPower and make sure they're accessible, and that they are accommodating. And they've been very happy to work with us to make that happen. That's our approach. I would rather not reinvent the wheel. I would rather go to some of these companies that have a really good track record of success and say, "How can we help you get people with disabilities involved?" I do… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 16 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. center and said, "Hey, I'm here to recruit people and preferably if they have a disability." They said, "Oh, if you want to hire someone with disability, you got to go to the disability student office." "Wait, you're the career center, why are you sending me over there?" We're trying to change that mentality. It's the wrong mentality. That's something we're working on, that's part of our advocacy efforts. If you have an idea for something you want us to do, I'm open to any event idea you have. Jenny Linton: Okay. Stuart James: Any of them. I mentioned answering Michaela's question about some of the programs that we do require referral. We are required by law to have anybody with any disability pretty much do anything, and that's a really big task. It's impossible, quite frankly. So a lot of people who have really specific needs, our idea of help is we got to refer them to somebody who knows more than we do. Right? One of the areas that is the most difficult and the most challenging is mental health because they require long term support. And we have, for years, not done a good job in that place. Stuart James: We had programs, we had a great program at Oakland to get people who were homeless and mental health issues off the street. We had a really high success rate, we were serving about 230 consumers a year, and paid for by the county of Alameda. The problem was, within three months almost all of them were back on the street again. So it was just a vicious cycle. We do do a program that is special for that group, also funded by the behavioral health services from Alameda County, and we help people with severe mental illness who are doing well and who have stabilized themselves and who are ready to try to go back to work. And we help them with their work incentive benefits so they understand the process of how to get off services and what they can and cannot do and the steps it takes. But that program is specific to tha… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,17 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 17 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Stuart James: Yes. Beth Kenny: Thank you so much for coming and this has been a great presentation, and I do think that there's a lot of opportunity for us to work together. As Commissioner Deutsch said, there's interest by the Parks and Rec Department to make things more accessible, and so we can work there together. There are many opportunities and I have to plug my own, which, one of the things that this commission has been working on for many, many years is a Universal Design Ordinance. I'm not sure if you're familiar with universal design. The idea that things should be designed to be accessible to the most amount of people. So you have the backing put in the shower SO that if you need a grab bar, it can be easily put in. You have the hallways be an acceptable width SO that wheelchairs can get in. You have zero step entrance. As you know there's quite a bit of construction that's coming up on the Point, so we're trying to get this ordinance passed soon, and I think it works well with your mission as well. [chuckle] So, yes, I thank you for coming in and. Stuart James: No worries, and I hope you all come for a visit. We're a little messy still, but come anyway. Yes. Beth Kenny: Great. Thank you very much. Stuart James: Okay. Thank you. [applause] Beth Kenny: Thank you. [Background conversation] 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A Proposed Name Change Beth Kenny: Now, we move on to old business, and the first items of old business are changes that we had talked about making during the CDI retreat, and we'll vote on whether we want to accept these changes or not at this time. So, the first one is the proposed name changes. There are three up there, and I wrote a few pros and cons for each. Beth Kenny: And if we do end up changing the name, we have to do it by ordinance. So, it would have to go through the city council, which we can do, but that was not a factor that I knew about when I was writing the pros and cons. Beth Kenny: So, … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,18 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 18 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. we could still be referred to as CDI. So, that's the first one. Beth Kenny: The second one is City of Alameda Commission on Disability. Pros, it includes 'Alameda' and removes 'issues"'. Cons, it's a difficult logo change and it's a mouthful. And then, the third one is Commission on Disability Issues, no change. So, we'll keep the 'issues', we'll still be CDI, and we'll keep it the way it is. Does anyone have any comments they'd like to make about these before we vote? Lisa Hall: I have a question. On other commissions in the city, is their name with 'City of Alameda'? Kerry Parker: That was my thought about it, that that becomes a default naming. I work for the City of Alameda Public Works Department, but we're generally known as the 'Public Works Department'. So, I think, you're right, Commissioner Hall, that you are the City of Alameda Commission on Disability Issues right now. Lisa Hall: So, I mean, on number one, then basically we would just be removing the 'issues', which is a big part of the reason we're all kind of. Beth Kenny: Talking about it in the first place, yes. Lisa Hall: We don't care for the word 'issues'. Beth Kenny: Yes. And, Kerry, do you have anything more you wanted to add about the process for changing the name? Kerry Parker: The city clerk let me know we had to change it by ordinance, that basically we would be getting council to approve an ordinance so we would strike that word out of where it is read in the municipal code, that basically declared this the Commission on Disability Issues. We would remove that word. So basically we would be editing the municipal code to omit that word wherever it shows up. That would require the writing of a staff report, the ordinance, and putting it in front of council as a regular item. I don't think anybody would have major objections to it, but it does require a little bit of work, and it might not happen right away. Beth Kenny: Thank you. So, does anyone … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,19 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 19 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Susan Deutsch: Alright. I just, I was having trouble recalling, I knew we discussed it but I couldn't recall. Why? Yes. Beth Kenny: So, should we take a vote? Do people feel ready or is there more conversation that people would like to have? Jenny Linton: I do have a question before we start. Beth Kenny: Sure. Jenny Linton: One and two are the same thing? Beth Kenny: Yes. Jenny Linton: Okay. Beth Kenny: So, we're voting between, let's say we're voting between, one and three. Jenny Linton: Yes, right. Kerry Parker: We need a motion to vote. Beth Kenny: Yes, so I move that we vote and you choose whether you want The Commission on Disability or a Commission on Disability Issues. Change or no change. Why don't we just say that? Susan Deutch: I second. Beth Kenny: Great. [chuckle] Commissioner Brillinger, what is your vote? Number three. Alright, Commissioner Tsztoo, number three is The Commission on Disability Issues, no change and number one is removing the issues. Michaela Tsztoo: I definitely want number one. Beth Kenny: Okay. Susan Deutsch: Number one. Lisa Hall: Number one. Jenny Linton: Number three. Beth Kenny: And I am going to vote for number one. Kerry Parker: Alright, that poll is four to two, as I see it, to change. Beth Kenny: Alright. So we will begin the process of changing our name. Alright, thank you 05/24/17 Page 19 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,20 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 20 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. everybody. The next thing that we will talk about is Lisa Hall: Can I just ask one quick question? Beth Kenny: Sure. Lisa Hall: Just to get why you guys wanted to keep issues. Wondered why not change for us? Jenny Linton: Not to change it. I don't like change. Arnold Brillinger: Okay, my reason was I didn't see the reason, necessarily, for the change. There are other commissions in the East Bay. Like in Oakland and Berkley, they are called the Mayor's Commission On Disabled People. And so I saw the disabled visibility issues, kind of, took care of that too. Not that we have issues, necessarily, but issues that deal with disabilities. Jenny Linton: Happy to support the name change. I'm happy to support the name change. Lisa Hall: There you go. Thank you, I just, I was curious, right? I knew you guys had reasons, I just, why? Yes. 5-A CDI Bylaws - Retreat Edit Beth Kenny: The next item is the CDI bylaws. We talked about this at the retreat, of making it so that the Commissioner Liaisons could go before the different groups that they're assigned to and identify themselves as a member of The Commission on Disability Issues and let them know that they will act as Liaison. Let me read it out loud for everybody. The proposed change. Actually, it's not a change, it's an addition into our bylaws. Nothing is going to be removed. If we put this through it would be an addition. "Each commission member will be assigned to act as a liaison between CDI and another Alameda Board or Commission. As liaison, commission members should identify themselves as Liaison from this Commission. The liaison will act as point person between the commission and his or her assigned commission board. In this role, the commission member will alert CDI if there are any items that his or her assigned commission or board are or will be working on that may effect persons with disabilities. The commission members should make his or her report during Old Busi… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,21 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 21 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Arnold Brillinger: Aye. Beth Kenny: Any opposed? Michaela Tsztoo: I'm undecided on what I should do, but you guys can do whatever you want. Beth Kenny: Oh, Commissioner Tsztoo, you're going to abstain from the vote? Michaela Tsztoo: Am I allowed to or should I vote? Beth Kenny: Yes, you're allowed to. Michaela Tsztoo: Alright. (Abstain) Beth Kenny: That will be added to our bylaws. And that just makes it so that were in compliance with Brown Act when we go to our different commissioners, commissions and board representing the Commissioner on Disability. Lisa Hall: You have notes somewhere that who was doing, which liaison? Beth Kenny: I didn't bring that with me. Lisa Hall: I was trying to find my notes. Kerry Parker: You know the minutes for the retreat, which were basically the Chair's notes, have not yet been put together but we will have that for the June meeting. Beth Kenny: We can do a quick go around of what commission or board you chose to represent us in, so Commissioner Brillinger. (?) Commissioner Tsztoo, I think you had left by the time that we were making decisions, so I don't know that you got assigned to one yet. Michaela Tsztoo: I kind of wanted to do something else, but since my term is almost over, I haven 't chosen anything. Beth Kenny: Yes, okay. Commissioner Deutsch you were. Susan Deutsch: I'm doing Park and Rec. Beth Kenny: Okay. Susan Deutsch: But, I wanted just, I mean want to to continue, but I just want to say that their meetings always tend to be the day after we meet. So, it's been really hard for me to go to two meetings in a week, so I'm actually hoping that maybe one of their meetings is on an off-month for us. I have been in contact with them through email, but I haven't gone to any one of their. 05/24/17 Page 21 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,22 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 22 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Beth Kenny: Are you on their listserv so that they send you out their agendas? Susan Deutsch: Yes. Beth Kenny: Great. And Commissioner Hall, do you remember which one. Lisa Hall: I definitely do. The Alameda Housing Authority. I actually went to an event, it was put on by the housing authority for faith leaders. It was put on by. Alameda Housing Authority invited faith leaders of the city of Alameda, our pastor was away on spring break, and SO he asked me to attend and I was happy to attend. It was informative and interesting and a lot of good feedback from the community. Housing issues affects not just.. It's everyone. So, it's disabled people, it's seniors, it's working class, so they also address the homeless issue in our city too. And Sweeney Park is going to be right on the forefront because they are going to eventually have those people, Operation Dignity, I believe it's called, will be helping those people to relocate. So, it's going to be interesting. Beth Kenny: And Commissioner Linton? Jenny Linton: I'm afraid I don't know. I think that it was the City Council. Beth Kenny: I believe so too. Jenny Linton: Yes, I think it's the City Council, and I have not contacted them yet. I did however join the sub-committee on Events and I have some event reporting to do on that later. Beth Kenny: Great, and you know, the City Council is - they meet more often than any others, so I am available to help you with that. I believe I'm doing the Board of Education. Our next item is to vote on participation for 2017 events. You want to take this over Vice Chair Brillinger? 5-A Vote on Event Participation for 2017 Arnold Brillinger: Okay, we did have a meeting and we talked about various events, and because Kerry was so Because she's so super, she gave us a worksheet or a list of different things and I'm going to have Jenny go ahead and report on it. Jenny Linton: Okay, we've talked about the events that we've posted up here. The… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,23 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 23 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Beth Kenny: The Mastick Event is generally pretty small and can be handled by one person. Jenny Linton: Note that May 31st is a Wednesday. Our next event, the Neptune Jam on Webster Street, another big event, this is Father's Day weekend and we didn't assign ourselves anyone for that event yet. The Mayor's Fourth of July parade, Arnold took this one on. We have some great ideas around getting a Paratransit shuttle into the parade. Beth Kenny: When I was speaking with Stuart from the Independent Living Center, he was talking about they want to do something for the Fourth of July parade, and it would be great if we could do something in conjunction. He seemed open to the idea. Jenny Linton: Special Olympics is also part of the parade every year. Lisa Hall: Now that's always fun. Jenny Linton: Downtown Alameda Art and Wine Fair, we don't have a primary lead on that for July 29th and 30th. The Emanuel Lutheran Church Fair both Arnold and Lisa were interested in leading that. Lisa Hall: Arnold's going to lead that. Jenny Linton: For the commission, Lisa's going to lead it for the Food Bank. That's what we know it to mean, okay. Beth Kenny: So, are you guys suggesting that what we do all of these events? Is that Sorry, go ahead. Arnold Brillinger: I would like to say that we could divide these into small events and large events. The small events, like you said, take one or two people because they're only for three or four hours at a time and if we have the materials which Kerry has, I believe we can get a bag or a pouch or a box of goodies to take along that are for those people. The ones that are the big events, the three of them are the street fairs and the parade, we will need all of the commissioners to put in some time on that, and we ask for everyone's help with that. So I would like to make a motion. Now also if there are some events that you hear about that we should also be a part of and just send one or two people … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,24 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 24 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Beth Kenny: Yes. Arnold Brillinger: I would suggest that or my motion says that we would adopt these events. In another time we could have another motion to say, "Hey we don't want to be part of such and such event, but this one.' Then it's part of the minutes SO that everyone knows that these are the events that they will see somebody from CDI or the Commission on Disability. Kerry Parker: I just want to offer some advice as an event planner. Right now I'm getting ready to participate in the Earth Day Festival on April 22, 10:00 to 3:00. I hope to see all of you there. But part of event planning for us: I have a calendar of events that includes Coastal Cleanup Day and other such environmental events. Every year we have to look at them again to see, okay they stay on our calendar so I agree that maybe these should be adopted into the calendar, but you go over each of them again like is this going to be a year that we do this? You figure out who is available, and do we have enough money, and do we have everything we need for this event? So maybe that instead of saying, "Yes we're going to do this forever," that you adopt this as kind of a good framework for your calendar and next year we update it again with the new dates and whatever is available for that year. Arnold Brillinger: Okay then I make a motion, because no one seconded the other one anyway. So that's good. I make a motion that we adopt this for this year and that these are the events. Also there is, like Alameda Hospital will have a wellness fair or whatever they have, a health fair. I think that we as a resource ought to be there also. Beth Kenny: So let's start with the motion to accept these events for 2017 and keep them on the schedule to be reviewed annually. Can we start with that one? Because I'll second that one. Arnold Brillinger: A good idea. Beth Kenny: All in favor? All: Aye. Beth Kenny: Anyone opposed? The ayes have it. The second thing you were… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,25 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 25 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Arnold Brillinger: For the motion of this being the calendar for this year? Beth Kenny: Yes we did that vote. Yes. And then all of us said "Aye". So if the event committee has nothing else they want to report on. Lisa Hall: I just have one question, and maybe afterwards, but Kerry for submit application for the spring festival, you'll let me know what we have to do? Okay, thank you. Beth Kenny: And I want to thank the event committee for getting together and working on this. This is going to be great, and it's not only a great way to get out and meet people in the community but also, as we talked about in retreat, build relationships with other non-profits serving persons with disabilities. So, good work you guys, thanks. Alright, so Lisa Hall: And thank you Kerry for making this list us, it was just wonderful when we got there to put it together. Kerry Parker: As your Staff Liaison I am happy to put together lists like this and I'm happy to adjust it. If we decide that As I was listening to the group and no one was really expressing interest, let's say, in the Neptune Jam, it could be that that one is not one of the ones you visit every year. [background conversation] Kerry Parker: It's a big one. Let's pretend that, let's pretend that there's one big one that you choose not to, just for argument's sake. So this can just be modified on the fly, but this can be the structure of the year and we can reassess it every year. Beth Kenny: Yes and I would encourage all the commissioners to get involved in these events. We really need everybody to make it work. At something like the spring festival where it's eight hours, two days. That's not something that four people can handle, but it's a great opportunity, and you have a place to sit at a festival. Lisa Hall: That's right. Kerry Parker: Another thing to do might be to shorten the hours of the commission at any one of these. Arnold Brillinger: Right. Kerry Parker: So if you… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,26 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 26 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Susan Deutsch: I just want to let the commission know that I am not going to be available for the Spring Festival because my son is graduating medical school so I'm going to be in Wisconsin that weekend. Sorry. I've been looking forward to this. S?: Congratulations. Beth Kenny: Let's move on to staff communications 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS Kerry Parker: I keep interjecting with my staff communications so I think you've heard a lot from me tonight. The Public Works Department will assist this Commission in changing its name. As I say, it might take a while because I'm dedicated to other things for the next couple of months, but as I speak about it with my administrative staff, it's something that we could probably incorporate into our workload. I just wanted you to know that about urgency, I wish for you to not have an urgent feeling about it, but other than that, we can get it moving. I made the mention about Earth Day which is lovely, but I think that for any event planning if you need my assistance in getting a contact or something like that I'd be happy to get it for you. I am about to fill out applications for banners in the month of October for the CDI banner. We have two weeks that are open to us. I've got the Commission on those weeks, it's a week over on Webster and a week at Central and Oak. Park Street's totally taken for all of October. So I just wanted to mention that. But usually, I'm going to give you a contact and pass it off to you. So just be ready for that. I can make a quick list at times, but usually, I have to be pulled in another direction for the other work that I do. I had another thing I wanted to mention and I can't think of it. I'll forward it to the group when I remember what I was just about to say. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS Beth Kenny: Thank you, Kerry. Now we move on to announcements. Does anyone have any announcements they would like to make? Why don't you do that? Jenny Linton: I'd just like to a… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,27 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 27 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. going to do it whether we do or not, I'm sure. But it just sounds like it would be better if it came from us. Beth Kenny: It does come from us. Arnold Brillinger: Okay. Beth Kenny: It does and Jody was interested in doing it, and so I made the decision to have her go ahead and accept it on behalf, as a former commissioner of the Commission on Disability. Arnold Brillinger: Okay. No problem. Kerry Parker: That raises a great point. I do know that Tony was interested last year in having a proclamation for White Cane Day. Beth Kenny: Yes. White Cane Month which is also October. Kerry Parker: Or month, which is also October, but we could include that in a proclamation language. That gets in front of me every year, "Is this what you want to say?" And I looked at the proclamation for Autism Awareness Month, as well. So if anyone wanted to take up the cause of If there is any proclamations we would like in council, that's something that needs to be written, scheduled, approved. Submit something to me, and I can look at what that schedule would look like. They're not going to want a whole waterfall of proclamations, but if we spaced them out thoughtfully we could certainly do that. Beth Kenny: Yes, and also in October, we do have a proclamation that the city does annually for Disability Employment Awareness Month which we can share the language with that with the commission. Maybe we can send that out to everybody? Does anyone else have any announcements they'd like to make? Arnold Brillinger: Well, I'm not necessarily anyone else, but [chuckle] I just wanted to say, that I think that Beth suggested to the Transportation group in Mastick, that I be on the committee that is looking at the new contracts for the next four years for which provider to use. So, we've got our work set out for us. We've got six different proposals from companies. I just want to say that Victoria Williams who was here at our last meeting is working on … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,28 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 28 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Victoria, "We've got a lot of drive-bys." And she said, "Oh well. It doesn't stop at the places on the schedule unless there's somebody waiting there." I said, "But no, I'm talking about we've got a lot of places on the schedule that there is no sign. No one would stand there in a million years, knowing or thinking that the bus is going to be there." These are all things that they're going to be working on. There's a lot of things that need to be done and I hope that if you are, or I know lot of you are at work on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays but, if you have the chance to and you see the bus, go ahead and get on it. I also asked, "why can't we go ahead and put the shuttle in the parade?' Arnold Brillinger: I was told, "Well, there's not enough time." I went in after our last meeting. I was there in February. The Friday after that Wednesday. So, it mystified me it takes the city that long to work. I'm realizing now that she meant that there's not enough time from when the new contract starts, because the new contract starts the 3rd of July. The Monday of that week. And to get it wrapped and all that kind of stuff. So, we'll probably see it in the next 4th of July parade. Not in this year. But the following year. And we're inviting all of you to come and ride on it. I'm thinking that that would be a good thing to have the Transportation Committee also to ride on it. Make a big deal of it. Beth Kenny: Yes, I'm so happy that you are doing this because we've really been offered a seat at the decision-making table as to where they going to contract the transportation through, and then also Commissioner Lewis has been doing something similar but with the taxi services that they going to contract with. To me it's wonderful. We're getting at the table where decisions are being made and thank you for doing that. Arnold Brillinger: Because, Beth, in response to that, Ikind of had the feeling that a lot of times, we are giv… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf,29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-04-12 | 29 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. Beth Kenny: Are there any other announcements? Then I move that we adjourn. Jenny Linton: Second. Beth Kenny: I think everybody seconded that. [laughter] We're all in favor. The meeting adjourned at 8:17 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kerry Parker City Staff Liaison Commission on Disability Issues 05/24/17 Page 29 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-04-12.pdf |
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