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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/2010-07-26.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-07-26 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues July 26, 2010 Page 2 of 3 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. CDI Vision Planning (Chair Krongold): Chair Krongold confirmed that Commissioner Moore sent an e-mail confirming October 16th, 2010 as the tree planting event date. As part of the Accessible Exercise program planned for October, Chair Krongold confirmed October 9th from 10:00-12:00 PM for a video screening of chair dancing at the Main Library. The whole purpose of the program is to have accessible exercise opportunities free to the public. Chair Krongold will meet with Anna Marie from the Mariner Square Athletic Club Chair Krongold will meet with Leslie McGraw at Harbor Bay Club next week; McGraw had discussed the Club's interest in a long-term plan for accessible exercise as well. Chair Krongold will talk with David Walsch at Bladium and will meet with Jackie Krause on August 5th, 2010. An event at Mastick Center will be limited to persons 50 and older with disabilities. Chair Krongold will have Amanda Sharpe, a yoga instructor, who is also certified to teach those with autism. Several of the exercise classes require finding an accessible location. Commissioner Lord-Hausman suggested checking with Alameda Recreation & Parks Department. Chair Krongold has checked with West Coast Dance Studio and Helene Maxwell at College of Alameda to get them involved. Chair Krongold will also contact Louise Nakada regarding Tai Chi classes at Alameda Hospital. Commissioner Harp suggested checking with Kaiser, to which Chair Krongold agreed that they may be interested in underwriting the event. Chair Krongold also asked if anyone was familiar with the Alameda Athletic Club; Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated they do not have the space. Chain Krongold requested Commissioner Lord-Hausman check with Roberta Maxwell of the Miracle League for their potential involvement with the program. Chair Krongold wants to have a flier prepared for distribution at the September 7th. 2010 Council presentation. Commissioner Lord-Hausman discussed the banner which Alameda … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-07-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-07-26.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-07-26 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues July 26, 2010 Page 3 of 3 Commissioner Lord-Hausman will attend the day-long conference with Chair Krongold. 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS 6-A. Secretary Akil informed the CDI that in response to the recent article posted in various papers about the Commission, she has received several phone calls on various ADA and disability-related items. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 7-A. Commissioner Lord-Hausman introduced Kathy Moehring and discussed the intersection of Central and Webster. Ms. Mohering stated that this is where Highway 61 ends and Public Works is working with CalTrans on this issue. Commissioner Lord-Hausman requested the CDI write a letter of support. 7-B. Commissioner Lord-Hausman received information from former Commissioner Ms. Toby Berger. 7-C. Commissioner Lord-Hausman read a "thank you" letter from Ann Steiner regarding ADA attendant assistance at local gas stations and availability of accessible parking at the Farmer's Market along Webster Street. 7-D. Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated that at the July 20th Council meeting, a complaint was made by a citizen regarding the placement of a wheelchair in Council chambers. 7-E. Commissioner Lord-Hausman provided Secretary Akil with an e-mail regarding a steep slope on Alameda Avenue and Park Street along the redwood brick walkway. Commissioner Lord-Hausman will notify Matt Naclerio, Public Works Director of the concern. 7-F. Commissioner Harp distributed fliers regarding "Universal Design: Homes for All Ages." 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:52 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, August 23, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia Akil Board Secretary G:\Lucretia)CommDisability\Minutes\2010\Minutes_July 26 2010.doc | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-07-26.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/2010-08-23.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-08-23 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues August 23, 2010 Page 2 of 3 discussion. Movie/Exhibit: "Faces of Disabilities" - Commissioner Warren discussed the exhibit and film on disability. The exhibit would include art and sculpture done by those with disabilities. The film will need chairpersons to head up certain parts (e.g. sponsor, research, marketing, etc.) Commissioner Warren asked if any of the Commissioners would be interested in the various parts of this effort. The event would be free and could occur October 2011. Regarding the film, Commissioner Warren indicated that she was looking for someone to be in a wheelchair, with personality and an Alameda resident. Commissioner will initiate a first kick-off meeting within the first two weeks of September. 5-B. Paratransit Advisory Planning Committee (PAPCO) (Commissioner Lord-Hausman): Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated that she and Chair Krongold went to the Mobility Workshop and discussed the specifics of the event. One of the goals for the workshop was how to get the public more involved within Alameda County. 5-C. ADA/CDI Website (Chair Krongold / Secretary Akil): There were no updates. 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS 6-A. October 25th Brown Act Training 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 7-A. Vice-Chair Tam pointed out that the CDI is not linked in the "2009 Board and Commissions" book. Secretary Akil stated she would follow up with the City Clerk. 7-B. Commissioner Lord-Hausman read a draft letter to Matt Naclerio regarding the intersection of Webster Street and Central Avenue Secretary Akil acknowledged that the Commission had met for two hours and a motion would have to be made to continue. Vice-Chair Tam motioned to continue the meeting and was seconded by Commissioner Warren; Ayes - 7; No - 0. 7-C. Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated WABA invited the CDI to have a table on September 11-12 at the Webster Street Jam Festival. Several Commissioners volunteered their time. Commissioner Lord-Hausman will send e-mail to firm up the time. 7-D. Commissioner Lord-Hausman will attend the Public Wor… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-08-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-08-23.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-08-23 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues August 23, 2010 Page 3 of 3 regarding access at temporary city-wide events. 7-F. Commissioner Lord-Hausman proposed having various CDI members serve as liaisons to monitor various City meeting, such as the City Council, Boards and other Commissions. Commissioner Fort agreed to monitor the City Council meetings. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, September 27, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia Akil Board Secretary :\Lucretia)CommDisability\Minutes/2010\Minutes_Aug 23 2010.doc | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-08-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-12-12.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2005-12-12 | 1 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF December 12, 2005 Present: Berger, Bunker, Chadow, Chair Cooney, Fort, Vice-Chair Gwynne, Longley-Cook, Lord-Hausman, Moore, McGaughey, Absent/Excused: Steffens Guests: Firena Paulina MINUTES: The minutes of August 22, 2005 where approved. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: 1. Free Shoppers Shuttle for Seniors: Secretary distributed leaflet on "free shoppers shuttle for seniors' schedule and pick up locations. Commission questioned why limited to 75 years or older and to include service animals. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Election of Chair and Vice-Chair: (Chair Cooney) Commission moved election of 2006 officers to the January 2006 meeting to conform the bylaws. OLD BUSINESS: 1. Alameda Theater: Commission reviewed City's/architects October 24, 2005 response to the Commission's questions and made the following additional recommendations: 1) conduct additional research into descriptive video applications by contacting Eric Lane at 1-800-443-0728,2) is stadium seating still allowed under ADA guidelines and/or is there new ADA policy. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-12-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-12-12.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2005-12-12 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues August 22, 2005 Minutes Page 2 2. Pedestrian Access During Construction Projects: Commission moved their recommended "standards for pedestrian access during construction projects' with a minor correction. Secretary will forward to City Engineer. 3. Bylaw modifications: The commission made the following draft modifications to the bylaws: 1) Article III.C.c. change "Failure to attend 75% of the meetings held during any 12-month period, whether excused or not excused." to "Three unexcused absences within a calendar year will require a reminder that one subsequent missed meeting could result in a dismissal from the Commission." b) Relabel 'a' to 'C'; "b" to 'a'; and 'C' to "b'. 2) Article IV, C change "The Chair and Vice-Chair shall be elected by the Commission from its membership at the first meeting of each year when the Commission is fully constituted." To "The Chair and Vice- Chair shall be elected by the Commission from its membership at the December meeting of each year. Term of office shall start in January." and 3) Article V., A, change "The Commission shall meet at least once per year as necessary, on the fourth Monday of January, at 7:30 p.m." to "The Commission shall meet at least once per year as necessary, on the fourth Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m." STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Secretary informed the Commissioners that the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Webster Street is being redesigned to eliminate the traffic island. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: 1. Commission Toby Berger informed the commission on Abilities Expo. 2. Commissioners would like a tour of the old Alameda Theater. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-12-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-12-12.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2005-12-12 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues August 22, 2005 Minutes Page 3 ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, January 23rd , 2006 in Room 360, City Hall. Sincerely, Matthew T. Naclerio Public Works Director Ed Somemrauer Associate Civil Engineer ES:lc G:\pubworks\LTMCD Disability Committee/2005\1212min.doc | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-12-12.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-07-23 | 1 | UNAPPROVED COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF July 23, 2007 TIME The meeting convened at 6:50 P.M. PRESENT Chair Lord-Hausman, Vice-Chair Moore and Commissioners Berger, Fort, Hakanson, Kirola, Robinson and Kreitz. ABSENT None. MINUTES The minutes of the June 18, 2007 meeting were approved with the following correction: Commissioner Kirola stated that the word Board should be changed to Commission throughout the minutes. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There was no written communication. NEW BUSINESS 1. Introduction of New Commission Members (Chair Lord-Hausman): Chair Lord-Hausman introduced and welcomed new Commissioner's John Robinson and Roberta Kreitz. 2. Revision of Rehabilitation Program Guidelines to Include Accessibility Modifications Grants for Homeowners and Renters (staff): Miriam Delagrange, Development Manager from the Development Services Department, gave a presentation regarding a change in the existing accessibility modification program. The City's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) would provide all funding and the tenant would have to meet the income guidelines. The total program budget is for $50,000 (see Attachment A for key points of program). Commissioner Hakanson asked if staff is working with Access California? Miriam responded no, but took the information down. Commissioner Berger asked if Gallagher and Lindsey were included in this program? Miriam responded that Gallagher and Lindsey is not involved, as their preference is to develop their own programs. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-07-23 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues July 23, 2007 Minutes Page 2 of 6 Commissioner Berger asked if funding was available to restore units back to pre-modification standards? Miriam responded that no funding is available for that type of work. Commissioner Longley-Cook stated that if pre-modification funding were available, it would be more of an incentive for property owners to participate in the program. Commissioner Hakanson also suggested that the Rent Review Advisory Board be consulted in this pilot program. Vice-Chair Moore asked what is the incentive of the overall program? Miriam responded that it is free to the homeowner and the rent is low. Chair Lord-Hausman asked how is this information being communicated to landlords? Miriam indicated that a press release is in the works, which will be forwarded to local landlords. Vice- Chair Moore also suggested including the Regional Communication Center. Commissioner Kreitz suggested forwarding this information to the Board of Realtors. Vice-Chair Moore asked how many have signed on to the program? Miriam responded only one, as it just started. Commissioner Hakanson asked if there is a designated list of contractors to perform the accessibility modifications? Miriam responded, yes. Miriam concluded the presentation and thanked the Commissioners for their input. 3. Blanding Avenue Accessibility Items (Chair Lord-Hausman): Chair Lord-Hausman expressed access concern on Blanding Street, specifically between Blanding and Park Street, along the south side, as there is no sidewalk for pedestrian access and cars are parked along that path. Chair Lord-Hausman has passed this information to the ADA Coordinator (Secretary Akil) to address within the update of the ADA Transition Plan. Commissioner Berger asked if there was a penalty that could be imposed on the cars parking along the pedestrian path? Chair Lord-Hausman responded that the APD violation is $15 to $20. Commissioner Longley-Cook stated that APD should be notified about the illegal parking. Chair Lord-Hausman agreed … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-07-23 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues July 23, 2007 Minutes Page 3 of 6 OLD BUSINESS 1. Discuss Final Changes Regarding the Start Time of Board Meetings (Chair Lord- Hausman/Secretary Akil): Secretary Akil distributed the amended version of the Commission's By-laws to reflect the new meeting start time of 6:30P.M. It was also mentioned that the meeting ending time was changed to 8:30 P.M. as the meetings are to last no longer than two hours unless an extension was motioned and voted on by the Commissioners. The Commission accepted these changes. 2. Commission on Disability Internet Link (Chair Lord-Hausman/Secretary Akil): Chair Lord-Hausman and Secretary Akil informed the Commission that they had a met with Leon King, Interim IT Director, regarding the addition of an accessibility link onto the City's website. Mr. King presented an outline of what an accessibility website would include and provided an estimate of a minimum cost of $3,000 to get the site up and running. Chair Lord- Hausman suggested that some of the design work for the website could be completed by outside help at a less expensive rate, in lieu of the City contracted consultant. Mr. King agreed that was a viable option, especially since the Commission does not have a budget with the City. Chair Lord-Hausman inquired if the website could be maintained by staff in order to decrease maintenance cost, to which Mr. King replied it can be managed in-house. Chair Lord-Hausman and Secretary Akil agreed to follow up with Mr. King after reviewing what alternatives could be achieved in order to reduce cost and would schedule a follow up meeting. Commissioner Hakanson provided the Chair with other possible links. Vice-Chair Moore responded that the accessibility link is extremely important and needs to happen. Chair Lord-Hausman agreed and requested that each Commissioner provide their top three choices for inclusion onto the accessibility link, for consideration. 3. Transportation Element for General Plan Amendment California Environmental Quality Act Review (sta… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-07-23 | 4 | Commission on Disability Issues July 23, 2007 Minutes Page 4 of 6 addressed through the Public Works Department (PW) and directed Vice-Chair Moore to contact Ed Sommerauer in PW. Commissioner Berger stated that up to three trees can be purchased for $10 from the Arbor Group. Commissioner Berger also asked if anyone had contacted the Miracle Baseball League in order to possibly plant a tree? Chair Lord-Hausman responded that she would follow up with Roberta Rockwell from the League. 5. PAPCO (Chair Lord-Hausman): This item is continued to the August meeting. Previously, Chair Lord-Hausman stated that Barry Bergman of the Public Works Department confirmed that they have identified a possible representative to participate on the PAPCO Commission. She will follow up to confirm that has been done. 6. Commissioner Duties (Chair Lord-Hausman): Chair Lord-Hausman encouraged the Commission to look out for other Board packets regarding information on disability issues as it affects the community. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS 1. Commission Budget At the May meeting, the Commission inquired as to whether or not a budget exists for minor expenditures for activities. Secretary Akil contacted Ed Sommerauer, former Secretary, regarding past budget practices and Juelle Ann Boyer, Chief Finance Officer, to determine what, if any, budgets exist for other Boards and Commissions. Mr. Sommerauer indicated that there has never been a budget set aside for the Commission on Disability Issues and Ms. Boyer indicated that none of the City's Volunteer Boards or Commissions are funded, unless specifically earmarked by the Department that oversees it. Commissioner Kreitz asked ifit would be appropriate for the Board to seek grants. Chair Lord-Hausman responded that it may pose a conflict and Secretary Akil stated that the Commission would be responsible for accounting for those funds, not the City of Alameda or its staff. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA ITEMS 1. San Francisco Mayor's Superfest: Commissioner Hakanson distributed information regarding t… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-07-23 | 5 | Commission on Disability Issues July 23, 2007 Minutes Page 5 of 6 2. Lower Washington Park: Commissioner Longley-Cook distributed information regarding accessibility issues concerning Washington Park. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that she will invite Dale Lillard, Recreation and Park Director, to the September meeting. 3. Gallagher and Lindsey: Commissioner Berger shared information from Gallagher and Lindsey regarding free home repairs for senior and physically disadvantaged people in Alameda. 4. City Sponsored Events: Vice-Chair Moore suggested that more attention should be given to families with individuals who have special needs or accessibility concerns during City sponsored events, such as Crab Cove Concerts. Greater visibility should also be made throughout the City to encourage families with disabled children to be included in these events. Chair Lord-Hausman responded that it will be up to the Commission to bring the awareness to the various groups and organizations. 5. Local Accessibility Issues: Santa Clara/Oak Street Barricades Chair Lord-Hausman discussed the Santa Clara and Oak Street barricades that were adjusted to address any visually impaired or wheelchair bound individuals. Farmers Market (Webster Street) The Chair acknowledged that the Webster Street Business Association (WABA) was responsive to her request to designate temporary parking spaces for disabled individuals for all future Farmer's Market events on the West end of town. 6. Future Agenda Items: The Commission agreed to agendize the following items for future discussion: - Brown Act Training - August - Lower Washington Park Accessibility Issues (invite Dale Lillard, Director) - September - AC Transit Access Issues (invite Susan Decker, Alameda Transit Advocates and Elsa Ortiz, AC Transit Board of Directors) - October G:\LucretialCommDisability\Minutes/2007\Minutes_072307.0 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf,6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-07-23 | 6 | Commission on Disability Issues July 23, 2007 Minutes Page 6 of 6 ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 8:27P.M. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, August 27, 2007, 6:30 P.M. in Room 360 at City Hall. Respectfully submitted, Quantia Lucretia A. Akil Commission Secretary | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.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/2007-07-23.pdf,8 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-07-23 | 8 | PROGRAM PROVIDES: Construction management and inspections Preparation of detailed work specifications Housing and building codes compliance Cost estimating & competitive bid procurement processes Management of job contracts and contractors OTHER INFORMATION The Contractor selected by the Grantee must complete the Contractor Terms & Conditions and be a cost-reasonable bidder. The Contractor's work must be guaranteed for one year from the date of approved completion. Contact DSD staff at 749-5814 for information or an application. Page 2 of 2 G:\Lucretia\CommDisability\Minutes\2007\Minutes_072307_Attch A.doc | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-07-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-04-13.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-04-13 | 1 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 13, 2016 6:30 p.m. Item 2-A 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:36 p.m. Present: Chair Kenny, Vice-Chair Brillinger, Commissioners Aghapekian, Franco, Deutsch, Linton, Lewis, Tsztoo Absent: Commissioner Wilkinson We have a quorum. 2. MINUTES The minutes for the February 10, 2016 meeting of the Commission on Disability Issues was approved with minor edits. Chair Kenny moved to approve minutes. Commissioner Lewis seconded. All Commissioners in favor. 8-0 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) 3-A Newly appointed Commissioner Michaela Tsztoo was introduced. She will be finishing Ethel Warren's term which ends June of 2017. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Study Session to: 1) Consider Draft Citywide Universal Design Ordinance Requirements and Standards, and 2) Review Progress on Universal Design Requirements and Standards for Site A at Alameda Point (Andrew Thomas, Assistant Community Development Director) Mr. Thomas gives background on Universal Design Ordinance (UDO) development that has been going on since 2012. Discusses the interest and intent of the Planning Board and staff to make sure an ordinance is implemented that works. Says that projects that have been coming before the Planning Board have UDO elements implemented already. Brings up Site A at Alameda Point and its 800 living units. There are people in the room that can discuss what they have implemented. Site A has already been designed and approved. This ordinance will not affect Site A's 800 units. They can The state of CA has a model ordinance that we could follow. We edit and modify it to make it work for Alameda's needs. Not a lot of cities in California have adopted UDO. We don't have a lot of models to follow with this implementation. Brings up TriPointe development at Alameda Landing (townhomes, generally), and Lennar at Marina Shores on Buena Vista. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-04-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-04-13.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-04-13 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues April 13, 2016 Page 2 Discusses UDO options at point of purchase. Universal design options are included as varying building finishes are offered. Customize unit. If Alameda passes a UDO ordinance, accessible improvements will be a required menu item as a custom finish. A few cities have adopted this. Staff's research says only a few UDO units are being built to these specifications. Staff is proposing that in these larger developments there is a desire to have a percentage of units that have accessible options already built in. Chair Kenny asks about the 10% percentage. Site A has 10% that have UDO attributes. Access to the front door, access through the unit, Discusses multifamily development versus townhomes or single family projects. Every unit in a multifamily complex that has several levels will have an elevator. That raises the accessibility to entering those units to 100%. Townhomes are more difficult. Mentions 2100 Clement development. Second and third floors would have stairs. Garage is on first floor. Chair Kenny believes things are missing from the proposal - doesn't see where there are any universal requirements of all units in a base model - like accessibility to the units at Marina Shores. Every unit has a stair or two at the entrance. She has received several different reports from staff but doesn't feel as though the CDI's comments have been included. Mr. Thomas asks for specific items. Chair Kenny says every single unit should have reinforcement in the walls of bathrooms for grab bars. Would like to see a higher percentage of units that these requirements would be applied to. Mr. Thomas would like a list from the CDI that lists the elements that must be included for all units. Reinforced backing in walls, stairway widths, and other things. Commissioner Kenny says this will be submitted to him. Commissioner Lewis asks about elements taking the affordability into account, like changing stairs into a ramp. Asks about accessibility in the public right-of-way. Mr. Thoma… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-04-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-04-13.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-04-13 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues April 13, 2016 Page 3 Vice-Chair Brillinger says from the report that only one of the units will have these elements. Why only one of the models? Why not 100? Of the units will have the wall backing, and the other attributes? Mr. Thomas says they were taking the language from the state model ordinance. Commissioner Aghapekian understands that writing this ordinance and all that it needs won't be easy, that model is not built out, but that a brochure of extra attributes are given. It implicates exclusivity, prejudice, that the elements would be "extra", and that is not a good way to approach this. Commissioner Lewis says that a brochure may not even be helpful to someone is blind and in a wheelchair. Would like to take Commissioner Aghapekian's comments seriously. Mr. Thomas says he is going to be taking this to the Planning Board, and thinks that these comments are part of the process. The next step could be to have a joint hearing on the Ordinance. It may have compromised elements, but can be the most agreeable outcome. Chair Kenny introduces the idea of a cooperative workgroup with Planning Board members for the development of this ordinance. Mr. Thomas thinks that's a great idea. He also mentions that the Development community will probably have input on this. Chair Kenny wonders if there will be any reports of sales of such units. Mr. Thomas says that there is such a unit at Alameda Landing. He says he asked about the unit, and that the sellers report that the buyers like it, that they would rather not have stairs. Commissioner Aghapekian said that he's noticed most of the discussion is about transportation, not about those with disabilities. Mr. Thomas agrees that these discussions would work better with an ordinance to guide his staff. Vice chair Brillinger mentions the discussion of "clear access" which means a lot to him being in a steel-framed wheelchair. He discusses the design of doorframes and door requirements, and how a steel wheelchair needs certain requirements for … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-04-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-04-13.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-04-13 | 4 | Commission on Disability Issues April 13, 2016 Page 4 understand that Alameda is serious about this, and that we want a good plan. A combined meeting between the CDI and the Planning Board would be great, and keep up the good work. Vice Chair Brillinger says that these universal design elements only improve the value of the unit, not the opposite. Chair Kenny asks Mr. Thomas asks about the planning procedure, and about the City's permitting process keeping a shower from being installed. Mr. Thomas says this is not the issue. The market is hot, and developers are selling units without making changes. 4-B. Introduction of Aaron B. Zisser, Vice Chair of City of Oakland's Mayor's Commission on Persons with Disabilities (Vice Chair Brillinger) Mr. Zisser thanks Vice-Chair Brillinger for inviting him. Said he went as the second agenda item on purpose to be able report back to his Commission on our meeting methods. He said that was a great presentation about the Universal Design Ordinance. Appreciates the process that Alameda is pursuing. The fact that city staff proposed a joint hearing seems amazing, and that he is looking forward to reporting back on this. Would love to show this to the City of Oakland. Mr. Zisser invites everyone to contact him to collaborate on shared issues. Says his commission is a brand new group of people, who wishes to become a systems-oriented group, focus more on mental health disability issues as well as physical. People with many different perspectives on the commission. Introducing a new committee structure. Brought in a facilitator to help define thse committees to align with Mayor's goals. Came up with guiding principles for commission. Discussed projects of Oakland's commission. Discussed regional and state concerns. 5. OLD BUSINESS (None) 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS (None due to time needed for boards and commissions, and staff needs to speak into the mic! 0 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS 8-A Commissioner Reports on Assigned Boards and Commissions (All) Commissioner Aghapekian visited the Planning Boar… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-04-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-04-13.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-04-13 | 5 | Commission on Disability Issues April 13, 2016 Page 5 Commissioner Deutsch was ready to attend the Rec and Parks Board Meeting, but they canceled it. Commissioner Lewis attended the Transportation Commission Meeting, there is a new bus line #19. He would like to be part of the community discussion of the transit issues, and wondered if the City would consider a route along Encinal Avenue and High Street, and to the Ferry Terminal. BART wanted to have a bond approved, which was discussed. Commissioner Brillinger went to the Transportation Commission meeting. There was another meeting today, between Mayor Spencer and AC Transit. Transit is at capacity with the ferries. People are being left at the ferry terminals. WETA is considering putting older boats back in the schedule to alleviate. Chair Kenny gave Commissioner Aghapekian the advice to use CDI Staff Kerry Parker for introductions to project owners in city departments. Ms. Parker said she would be happy to Work group formed during discussion: Events Workgroup: Commissioners Franco, Brillinger, Lewis This group will meet to discuss attendance and/or participation of the CDI at events, and how to plan and organize this attendance. This group can report back at our next meeting. Vice Chair Brillinger has been looking at other similar commissions and their activities for ideas of effectiveness, and suggests a scholarship from the CDI offered to high school seniors. Suggests recognizing local employers who hire those with disabilities. Suggests subcommittee for Accessible Transportation, Parking, and Pedestrian Safety Committee. If problems are noticed in Alameda, then report it to the Subcommittee. Staff Parker says the City is fully engaged with SeeClickFix to report issues that you see around the City. And for correspondence for the commission, use the email address, disabilitycomm@alamedaca.gov. 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:46 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Kerry Parker City Staff Liaison Commission on Disability Issues | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-04-13.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2015-10-26 | 1 | Commission on Disability Issues December 9, 2015 Item 2-A COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Monday, October 26, 2015 6:30 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:36 p.m. Present: Acting Chair Kenny; Commissioners Wilkinson, Deutsch, Franco, Lord-Hausman, Harp, Brillinger, Lewis Absent: Commissioner Warren NOTE: DISCUSSION BELOW WAS ORDERED DIFFERENTLY THAN AGENDIZED DUE TO SCHEDULING NEEDS OF SPEAKER ANDREW THOMAS, CITY PLANNER 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Presentation and Recommendation on Proposed City of Alameda Universal Design Ordinance (Andrew Thomas, City Planner) Mr. Thomas presents handout, gives background. Released proposed ordinance language to Social Service Human Relations Board (SSHRB) and Commission on Disability Issues (CDI) last month. Proposed ordinance lays out requirements on all new major projects in Alameda. Concept is Universal Design Unit is one that could be adapted to accommodate persons with disabilities. Bedroom, Kitchen, Living Area, Bathroom on first floor, has elements that accommodate range of physical disabilities. Percentage of new units that this would apply to is under discussion. What does the building code require now? Chapter 11-A of Uniform Building Code should be referenced, which is well known by City inspectors and planners. City adopts building code changes every year, and any changes to that chapter at the state level would be adopted each year. Add these items to conditions of approval. Then it is on City to make sure building code is adhered to, rather than adopting new language that is only specific to Alameda. Percentage: 15% seems too low - what is the right number? What do we tie the percentage to? We want to write something that is easily adaptable. Keep it simple. Unit should be accessible to enter, 4 primary living spaces without stairs. Stairs could in unit, but the primary living spaces are accessible. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2015-10-26 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues October 26, 2015 Page 2 Building code already establishes these standards. Division 4 of Chapter 11-A. Wide enough for accessibility, wall will be reinforced for grab bars, although grab bars will not be present; modifiable sink, modifiable faucets. No final decision tonight. Would like to have input from Commission. Good news is that Planning Board is asking the same questions as CDI, and would like to work with CDI to make recommendations to Council. Commissioner Kenny thanks Mr. Thomas for working on this, and think so much about these issues. Mr. Thomas addresses percentage question. Are there specific items that are necessary, items that should be applied to all units. Perhaps the blocking/reinforcement in the wall, not sure what the items should be Everything goes to the planning board, but they' re not checking to see if there is reinforcements in the wall, but list of other things. But if there were some sort of rule, like that they had a "25% of all units", it should easy to see that 25% of the units presented to Board are accessible or adaptable. Marked with a U, for instance. Should be a quick look, identifiable to the design requirements. Create a checklist for the plan checkers. Should heavily refer to Chapter 11-A Question: Commissioner Lewis - clarification on statement - this wasn't permanent? Could be made to disabled unit? It's permanent, but it doesn't have all of elements necessarily present, but adaptable for disabled unit without difficult alterations to unit. Who's going to know down the road that it is adaptable? Post first owner? Clarification - Universal Design Unit, not disabled unit. First owner may not know, but if someone would like to adapt the unit, the infrastructure will already be present. No stairs, wider accessible routes, etc. Commissioner Lord-Hausman would like more messaging around such units. That the units exist in a development. Electrical, grab bars - sales office would know which ones are adaptable. Mr. Thomas explains "Mandatory to Off… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2015-10-26 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues October 26, 2015 Page 3 Introduces Kerry Parker from the Public Works Department, new City Staff Liaison for the Commission on Disability Issues. 2. MINUTES The July 27, 2015 minutes were approved with minor edits mentioned by Commissioners Lord- Hausman and Deutsch. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) 3-A. Member of the public JoanAnn Radu-Sinaiko comments regarding becoming disabled in Alameda. Bicycle Path on Shoreline: after project, there are four disabled spots off of Shoreline Drive, just north of the street. Did not want to have to cross the street. Even the bowling alley has 4 disabled parking spots up front. Member the public Carol Gottstein brought this issue up last year with Alameda Transportation Commission. Comments on City's traffic-calming projects: Shore Line Drive, Clement and Central Avenue. Concerns about enough and convenient parking for disabled people. Acting Chair Kenny proposes Subcommittee to focus on support issues and street projects. Acting Chair Kenny volunteers to head this up. 3-B. Member of the public Carol Gottstein discusses trash services for those with disabilities. Alameda County Industries (ACI) has not emptied trash at her house consistently for ten months. City Staff Parker says she will take this specific issue up with ACI. 3-C. JoanAnn Radu-Sinaiko comments on the lack of resources for those with brain injuries, especially for those who are not senior citizens. Commissioner Harp advises about Senior Center Without Walls, national program based in Berkeley, CA. that could be a resource. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A (Discussed above.) 4-B. Nomination and vote on Commission Chair, Vice-Chair Chair Kenny proposes to postpone vote until 2016, since we do not have a full commission. All in favor. Motion carries. 4-C. Discussion on wording on Niel Tam's plaque, and bench dedication "Dedicated In Memory of Nielson Tam. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2015-10-26 | 4 | Commission on Disability Issues October 26, 2015 Page 4 Advocate and friend to people with disabilities. - Commission on Disability Issues" Discussion on language, bench location. Existing versus benches still needing to be placed. 5. OLD BUSINESS None. 7. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS 7-A. It was confirmed that this Commission will still have 9 seats, and there are currently 7 seated Commissioners and with two pending recommendations from the Mayor that will be voted for approval by the entire Council on Nov. 3rd. 7-B. Commissioners Lord-Hausman and Harp are still seated Commissioners until replaced by Council-voted appointments. 7-C. The City Manager's offices would like the Commission to know the plug-in for the City's website ADA improvements is currently being tested by the city's web developer for integration into the city website. If all goes smoothly, it should go live by the end of October. 7-D. It was confirmed that this Commission will meet every other month. This will work out to be the even months in the year. February, April, June, August, October, December. Our next meeting will be in December. 7-E. Meeting in Conference Room 360 has posed some challenges regarding accessibility City proposes to move meeting to Council Chambers more accessible room more comfortable chairs microphones meeting can be televised or otherwise recorded one large presentation screen, small screens will be right in front of each Commissioner listening devices Council Chambers schedule: 2nd Wednesdays - best option - Dec 9 Set Special Meeting, vote on this option If so approved by the Commission, cancel regularly scheduled December 22 meeting. City Staff Parker will set a special meeting for the proposed date in December, and the Commissioners can vote then to confirm the new meeting time. This also gives the option of choosing another date at that time. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2015-10-26 | 5 | Commission on Disability Issues October 26, 2015 Page 5 7-F. Future Agenda Items Universal Design Ordinance, part 2 Parker has been told listening devices in Council Chambers are less than ideal for the hearing impaired, and a member of the public, Susan Jeffries, will discuss them at the Commission's next meeting (in Dec) ARPD Accessibility Report Chair/Vice Chair vote - move to next year when full commission is seated Commissioner Lewis would like announcements in Word format instead of Adobe Acrobat pdf format. City Staff Parker says she will accommodate this. 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS 8-A. Commissioner Lord-Hausman says there is a combination of agencies creating a visual message to portray inclusive community: "Everyone Belongs Here". Goal is to have all businesses, agencies, entities, can post posters in windows and in community locations. They are working on visual display and logo. 8-B. Commissioner Lord-Hausman mentions that Nielsen Tam's son Austin was a very big part of "Making the Invisible, Visible". They had an impressive and touching event last Saturday. Discussed how those with autism do not feel safe. Discussed that event addressed this issue, raised money, want to create foundation. 8-C. Commissioner Kenny would like everyone to know that Commissioner Lord-Hausman was recognized as Service Volunteer of the Year - nominated by 3 different people - for over 10 years of service. 8-D. Commissioner Kenny stated the wish to have the Commission conduct a retreat to discuss the business of being a Commissioner in January. Please look at available weekends. 8-E. Commissioner Harp mentioned that Housing Development Program Manager is conducting survey. Feels CDI would want to know and participate in this survey. Commissioner Harp will forward to City Staff Parker. 8-F. Commissioner Lord-Hausman would like to loop back to the Universal Design Ordinance, and would like to discuss further. Commission discusses setting up another workgroup. Discusses details of ordinance that should be addressed, types of buildings, d… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf,6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2015-10-26 | 6 | Commission on Disability Issues October 26, 2015 Page 6 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Kerry Parker City Staff Liaison Commission on Disability Issues | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.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/2008-10-27.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2008-10-27 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues October 27, 2008 Minutes Page 2 of 4 Commissioner Kreitz stated that by having the fair the same day as the hospital fair, it would provide a wide array of booths for both disability and hospital issues. Commissioners Krongold and Kreitz identified the proposed workgroup members, which includes Commissioners Krongold and Kreitz, Jim Franz, American Red Cross; John McChan, Head of Disaster Task Force; Jerry Juhala, Disaster Registry; Chuck Scanlon, Volunteer for Police; Steve Wasson, Hospital Board; and Dale Lillard, Director, Alameda Recreation and Park Department. Commissioner Longley-Cook stated that all of the named individuals are already committed to the Hospital Fair. Vice-Chair Moore stated that people would not want to have to travel back and forth between the two fairs and that the CDI should not attempt to incorporate the fair with the Alameda Hospital Fair, or compete with it. Commissioner Berger stated that it is not a good idea to piggyback onto the Alameda Hospital Fair. Commissioner Krongold stated that the first workgroup meeting is scheduled to meet on December 1 and that an email was sent to Jane Chisaki to check availability for a meeting room. Commissioner Berger stated that the hospital fair attracts older age group individuals for health fair services specific to those types of needs. The CDI is looking for participation from the other end of the age group, including children, working parents and families with special needs. It may also not be a good idea to invite school districts to this type of fair. Commissioner Kreitz responded that all services are included for the fair, including ARPD and AFD Disaster Registry, just to name a few. Vice-chair Moore stated the CDI should not serve the same people twice, which include Alameda Hospital Fair participants. Vice-Chair Moore stated that the CDI needs to clarify whom they are trying to attract and define the purpose of this event. Commissioner Kreitz responded that the CDI fair would includes resources and servi… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-10-27.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-10-27.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2008-10-27 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues October 27, 2008 Minutes Page 3 of 4 awareness concerning accessibility issues and that any fair or activities that the Commission conducts, should focus on this aspect of the Commission's purpose and not overstep into other areas where existing Boards and Committees are already in place for those areas of concern. Commissioner Berger responded that some resources are available outside of the City. Commissioner Kreitz stated that the effort should start in Alameda and then build from there. Vice-chair Moore asked where is the funding for this fair going to come from, to which Commissioner Krongold replied corporate support and in-kind donations with the help of Jim Franz from the American Red Cross. Vice-chair Moore stated those are good ideas but the Commission should consider the fair on a different day, perhaps in September and the focus should be on the younger, disabled community. Commissioner Krongold replied that will be part of the December 1 workgroup discussion. Commissioner Kreitz asked if it was appropriate for the Commission to participate or be connected with fundraising or marketing activities, to which Secretary Akil replied that as volunteers to the City, the Commission could not participate or accept funds or donations. Secretary Akil stated that she would confirm everything with the City Attorney, as the fair comes together. Commissioner Berger stated that if non-profits participate, costs will be low, to which Secretary Akil stated that will also be discussed with the City Attorney at the appropriate time. Commissioner Longley-Cook stated that approximately five-years ago, the SSHRB brought all of the agencies, boards and commissions together, including the CDI, in Alameda to encourage working collaboratively on projects. Commissioner Berger suggested that the CDI come back with a list of items for the fair during the first meeting in January 2009. 2. Disability Awareness Month (Chair Lord-Hausman and Vice-Chair Moore): Vice-chair Moore stated that the Disabilit… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-10-27.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-10-27.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2008-10-27 | 4 | Commission on Disability Issues October 27, 2008 Minutes Page 4 of 4 Secretary Akil stated that she and Chair Lord-Hausman were finalizing the webpage and would be meeting with the Information Technology Manager and the City's consultant regarding the drafts in the month of November. 4. Bike Plan Task Force Committee (Commissioner Kreitz): Commissioner Kreitz stated that no committee meetings have been scheduled, nor has anyone contacted her regarding the task force. Commissioner Kreitz requested that this item be removed from future agenda's until she is able to provide information to the CDI. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS Secretary Akil stated that Commissioner John Robinson informed her of his resignation due to relocation to another city. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA ITEMS 1. Commissioner Krongold requested that her email be corrected, to which Secretary Akil stated that would be done and that an updated roster would be mailed to everyone prior to the next Commission meeting. 2. Commissioner Longley-Cook attended the Sun-Cal Presentation and reported the following information from that presentation: in terms of housing, the ground floor apartments should be similar to the bungalows at Alameda Point; the developer should use tactile pavement to prevent slippage; pathway surfaces should be one that can easily be handled by walkers, wheelchairs, canes, and that benches should also be set along the paths; the picnic tables in the parks should have a section cut out so each table can accommodate a wheelchair; transit should be accessible; Sun Cal indicated that there should also be eco-paths SO that people who live at Alameda Point can ride the shuttle or bus for free; and that 25% of the affordable housing units constructed will also include some accessible units. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, December 8, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia A. Akil Commission Secretary G:\Lucretia)CommDisability\Minutes/2008\Minutes_Oct 27 2008.doc | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2008-10-27.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-05-23.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2005-05-23 | 1 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF May 23, 2005 Present: Berger, Bunker, Chadow, Chair Cooney, Fort, Vice-Chair Gwynne, Longley-Cook, McGaughey, Moore, Steffens Absent/Excused: None Guests: Greg Stoia, City Senior Construction Inspector Mary Louis Lambert MINUTES: The minutes of April 28, 2005 where approved. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: None NEW BUSINESS: 1. Event Parking: Commissioner Toby Berger informed the commission that the East Bay Regional Park District would again provide additional disabled parking spaces for the summer concert events scheduled for the 2nd Friday of June, July and August. Secretary to provide revised table sign. 2. Curbside Mailbox Reductions: Chair Ed Cooney concerned about the reduction in street mailbox locations contacted the Postal Agency (748-4156). They informed him that if contacted they will provide the location of the nearest box. They also informed him that a person could make arrangements with the postal delivery person to have the mail picked up. A commissioner suggested that Braille be provided in the inside of the door flap as to pick-up times, etc. 3. Pedestrian Access During Construction Projects: Commissioners and Greg Stoia, City's Senior Construction Inspector, discussed pedestrian access during the Webster Street project. Though contractor assistance is available to provide assistance to the public during working hours, it is sometimes difficult during non- working hours for the visually impaired to ascertain the location of bus stops or street crossings. The committee made some suggestions and discussed forming a subcommittee to make additional recommendations on current and future projects. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-05-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-05-23.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2005-05-23 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues May 23, 2005 Minutes Page 2 of 2 4. Bylaws - Absences: Discussion on number of absences allowed per the commission bylaws was tabled. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: 1. The Secretary informed the Commissioners that Commissioner Elaine McCoy had resigned. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: 1. Commissioners Toby Berger and Alysa Chadow shared information on audible signal products through their discussions with Mr. Ed Campbell, an audible signal supplier. Secretary informed the commission that Mr. Campbell has provided audible signal products to the City in the past via bidding process, the most recent being the audible signal upgrades at the intersection of Park Street at Santa Clara Avenue and Park Street at Otis Drive. 2. Commissioner Jody Moore would like that the local newspaper(s) publish an article on disability awareness. Commissioner Toby Berger stated that this could coincide with Disability Awareness Month, which is held annually in October, and that it be placed on the September agenda for further discussion. 3. Guest Ms. Mary Louis Lambert informed the commission that there is a video relay system that works that interfaces with the internet to provide video sign language translation for the hearing impaired, similar to TTY's which is a phone line based interface. The video relay system requires a 256MB uplink that is available only with the "business' level cable service. The "business level service is available by AP&T for an additional $10/month above the Basic package. A commissioner suggested if AP&T could provide a medical discount. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-05-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-05-23.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2005-05-23 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues May 23, 2005 Minutes Page 3 of 3 ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, June 27th in Room 391, City Hall. Sincerely, Matthew T. Naclerio Public Works Director By: Ed Sommerauer Associate Civil Engineer ES:lc G:\PUBWORKS\LT\MCD Disability Committee/2005\0523min.doc | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2005-05-23.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/2009-02-23.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-02-23 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues February 23, 2009 Minutes Page 2 of 5 problem areas and accessibility issues for individuals with disabilities. Chair Lord-Hausman clarified that it is anything that would get in the way of accessibility to which Ms. Wilson responded sidewalks, access to a bus, a shelter at a bus stop and streets that are poorly lit or dark. Chair Lord-Hausman responded anything that would get in the way of accessibility at any level to which Ms. Wilson replied yes and the survey includes discussion of general transportation, destinations, as well as rating experience on AC Transit, the ferry, BART, Paratransit, sidewalks and bicycle routes. Commissioner Longley-Cook stated that there is no access to 9th Street from Portola which dead- ends. To which Ms. Wilson stated that when completing the survey, the more precise that you can be in talking about the intersections or the bus routes that you have a problem with, the more helpful it would for the plan. The Commission identified several problem areas, including Webster, entrance to the Tube, College of Alameda, Ralph Appezzato Parkway, Central, traveling East on Clement along the lane that comes right through the railroad tracks at Clement and Park. The Commission also pointed out that the railroad tracks make walking and bicycling difficult, and there are many unused railroad tracks in Alameda. Ms. Wilson requested that the Commission discuss AC Transit Services for people with disabilities, including getting on and off buses. The Commission pointed out that you have to climb up very high steps to get onto a bus and if you are a senior or have any type of disability that is very difficult to do. There are individuals who believe that bus drivers do not want to stop and deal with a person in a wheelchair and just drive by. Buses have a very narrow isle and they barely can hold able people, so if you are semi- disabled, it can be troubling. The Commission indicated it is important for people to understand that there are invisible disabilities and th… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-02-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-02-23.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-02-23 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues February 23, 2009 Minutes Page 3 of 5 bosses and the time schedules never allow them enough time, and they get disciplined if they are late. The system is such that by doing what is right and what they would like to do conflicts for fear that they may lose their job. AC Transit is very strict about keeping the timetables. Commissioner Longley-Cook discussed the frequency of buses at Alameda Point to which Chair Lord-Hausman stated that there is a lot of low income housing there and only one bus. This is difficult on the weekend and that has been identified as a major problem for the disabled veterans and low-income families. There is also going to be a lot more housing soon, and one bus route is inadequate. Commissioner Longley-Cook pointed out that there are drainage and water flow problems near the tube and the Mariner Square Athletic Club. Ms. Wilson asked the Commission to identify, as a resident or as a person speaking on behalf of people with disabilities, what would be three major priorities of improvement, or problems or areas that need work. The Commission identified AC Transit sensitivity training, changes to AC Transit including the distance between bus stops; intersection design and pedestrian safety issues. Chair Lord-Hausman asked Ms. Wilson if she is aware that the City has a Youth Advisory Commission to which Ms. Wilson responded, yes and confirmed that DCE met with them a couple of weeks ago. They completed a plan with the Transportation Commission, which highlighted congestion in High School. Ms. Wilson thanked the Commission for their input and stated they are hoping to complete the plan by late spring. Chair Lord-Hausman thanked Ms. Wilson on behalf of the Commission. OLD BUSINESS 1. Special Need-Special Services Resource Fair (Commissioners Krongold/Kreitz): Discuss Special Need-Special Services Resource Fair. Commissioner Krongold gave an update on the work group meeting and provided specific highlights from that meeting, including the date planned for October… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-02-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-02-23.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-02-23 | 4 | Commission on Disability Issues February 23, 2009 Minutes Page 4 of 5 Chair Lord-Hausman commended Commissioner Krongold for all of the work that she has done on the Resource Fair, adding that it is moving ahead really well. The main challenge is the location, as there has to be a balance between space, central location and accessibility. There is no other central location that has the kind of accessibility and space that the O'Club offers. The Commission will have to do a really good job of publicity. Commissioner Berger asked about a school location to which Commissioner Krongold replied parking would be an issue on a Saturday. Chair Lord-Hausman stated there would be additional issues, including janitorial service, and whether or not AUSD would be willing to donate that. The Special Olympics uses the Alameda High School gym a lot, although Encinal High School has more parking, which can be discussed at a later date. The O'Club also has tables and chairs. Commissioner Krongold stated that Ms. Cheryl Fenner Brown, who teaches at Serendipity Yoga, is trained to work with people with disabilities and will offer a chair yoga class at the Fair, which will take place in a separate space from the tables due to the layout of the O' Club. Chair Lord-Hausman said that everyone is invited to attend the March 9th group to which Commissioner Krongold confirmed that it will be in the library at 6:30 P.M., in Room A, the Community Room right near the Café. 2. Commission Disability Internet Webpage (Chair Lord-Hausman/Secretary Akil): Update regarding the addition of an accessibility page onto the City's website. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that she received the Internet webpage sample based on the meeting with the City's IT staff and consultant and it looked pretty good. There has been no recent follow up but the project is moving along. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS There was no staff communications. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA ITEMS 1. Commissioner Longley-Cook attended the Transportation Commission meeting and stated that there is… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-02-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-02-23.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2009-02-23 | 5 | Commission on Disability Issues February 23, 2009 Minutes Page 5 of 5 there is not a representative, the Commission will continue to get notifications from them and should something be of interest, someone from the CDI can go attend or communicate in writing. Commissioner Longley-Cook stated that they do report to the Transportation Commission as part of their meeting with the Bike Task Force. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that everyone should be aware of people with disabilities on bicycles. 3. Chair Lord-Hausman received notice that the Miracle League is having a walk-run fundraiser on Saturday March 21st called "St. Paddy's Day Dash." It is a three-mile fun run-walk along the Alameda Beach and all proceeds go to the Alameda Miracle League. It starts at 9:00 A.M and they may like to have volunteers. The web site is Alamedadmiracle.org 4. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that she had discussed the Resource Fair with an able-bodied individual walker in her 70s, who indicated that she would like a psychologist to be included in the fair resources, where an individual can talk to that person about how to talk to someone with a disability in a sensitive manner. Commissioner Krongold responded that it sounds like sensitivity training to which Chair Lord-Hausman stated that we would definitely look for an appropriate person. Chair Lord-Hausman also stated that she informed a few individuals that there are some openings on the Commission as there is a need for more people. Some people might shy away because they may not have a disability or feel right about serving on the CDI, which is not the case. Individuals with sensitivity or openness are the type of people the CDI is looking for. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that the name of the Commission might be off- putting and suggested a name change to "Commission on Disability Access." Although, the City may not be responsive to the name change and suggested discussion on this item for another meeting date. 5. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that there is a wonderful article in the NY Times o… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2009-02-23.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/2011-05-23.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2011-05-23 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues May 23, 2011 Page 2 of 3 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. CDI Vision Planning (Chair Krongold): Continued discussion of future events. Banner (Webster/Lincoln - September 13-20; Park/Lincoln - Sept. 20-27): Keep on the Agenda. Film/Art Exhibit (October 6, 2011): Change name to an "Evening of Art". Commissioner Warren stated the projects are coming together and the focus is on publicity, marketing and sponsors for refreshments. The event will occur at the Main Library. CDI Resource Fair (October 2011): Chair Krongold read minutes from the Work Group meeting (which will be an attachment to the original CDI agenda and minutes). Chair Krongold asked the CDI to brainstorm on a name for the event and a resource guide. Tree Planting (October 15, 2011): Jodi will follow up with John McDonald, AR&PD to firm up the location. 5-B. City Council Meeting Report (Commissioner Fort): Report on issues of relevance from biweekly Council meeting. Nothing to report. 5-C. Planning Board Meeting Report(Commissioner Lord-Hausman): Report out from meeting. Nothing to report. 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS 6-A. Secretary Akil discussed proposed structural changes to the City's Boards and Commissions. The City Council has formed a sub-committee for further community engagement. The issue will return to Council for further consideration following that process. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS 7-A. Chair Krongold, discussed the Accessible Yoga Classes at Alameda Hospital working with Louise Nakada to make it a regular Wednesday class. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-05-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-05-23.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2011-05-23 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues May 23, 2011 Page 3 of : 3 7-B. Chair Krongold discussed information regarding SuperFest: the International Disability Film Fair to beheld between June 17 - 19 in Berkeley. 7-C. Commissioner Lord-Hausman discussed the curb cut issue at Alameda Avenue. It is funded by Cal-Trans and will begin in August. 7-D. Commissioner Lord-Hausman discussed a Universal Design for Housing seminar at the Ed Roberts Campus on June. 28th, It is sponsored by Alameda County Healthy Homes Project. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, June 27, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Question Nat Lucretra Akil Board Secretary | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-05-23.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 1 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM 1. ROLL CALL Chair Elizabeth Kenny: A meeting of the Commission on Disability for January. It's January, Wednesday, January 16th, 2019. Agenda item number one, roll call. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Present. Lisa Hall: Present. Susan Deutsch: Present. Jenny Linton: Present. Arnold Brillinger: Here. Laurie Kozisek: Three others have called in that they couldn't make it because we made a change to the date. So we have a quorum. 2. MINUTES 2-A None 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NO-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None 4. NEW BUSINSS 4-A Victoria Williams, Paratransit Coordinator, City of Alameda City of Alameda Transportation Program Plan for Seniors and People with Disabilities for FY 2019/2020 Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Agenda item number two is the minutes and the December minutes are not available yet so we have no minutes to approve. I'll move on to agenda Item number three, Oral Communications/Non-agenda Public Comment. I don't believe we have anyone here for that. I'm going to move along to item number four, New Business. 4A, we have Victoria Williams, the Paratransit Coordinator for the City of Alameda here to speak to us tonight about the City of Alameda Transportation Program Plan for Seniors and People with Disabilities for the fiscal year of 2019-2020. Victoria Williams: Thank you very much. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you. 03/13/19 Page 1 of 16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 2 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM Victoria Williams: Thank you for having me honorable chairperson and commission. We're happy to have these paper pieces to look at tonight so that we can go through everything. So we're here tonight to let you know what our plans are for next year and to get your support in that. Each city and county is required to take their plan for the following year to commissions and boards to get some support and to get the input of residents of the community. Well, our funding is Measure B and BB which gives us a supplemental program to East Bay Paratransit, the Adults with Disabilities Act mandated service. So each city gets to choose what programs work best for their city and we've chosen some really good ones, they've been going for some time and we've got more than a lot of cities. So I'd like to tell you a little bit about those. So our agenda is the service overview, then the recommended program, budget and our planning process. So the service overview, like I said, Alameda has a wide variety of transportation services for the residents of Alameda. We have the free Alameda Loop Shuttle. It runs Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. It's open to the public. Victoria Williams: There are two buses which are accessible and they have bike racks. We've got two-subsidized taxi programs. One is MRTIP - that stands for Medical Return Trip Improvement Program - to help people get home from their doctor's appointments in a smoother fashion. And the other is a premium taxi program, and that's for any purpose whatsoever. We have scholarship programs. One is a scholarship program that helps a resident who is low-income purchase taxi vouchers. And the other one is we've been able to provide some free AC Transit bus passes for people who live at Alameda Point Collaborative and in some of the Alameda Housing Authority properties. That's going really well too. We've got group trips. Mastick Senior Center provides once a month, a trip… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 3 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM go and get your business done and not have to wait a full hour for the bus to get back. There's another bus coming in a half an hour, so that's working well. Also the shuttle was renamed through a survey of residents and it previously was called the Alameda Paratransit Shuttle. And through a voting process it's now the Alameda Loop Shuttle and it does go in a loop so that makes good sense. Victoria Williams: The next page shows the shuttle status and you can see that the average monthly shuttle boardings have increased from 449 in 2016 to 451 in 2017 up to 686 in 2018. Now, we have two buses so we still need more than that. But Arnold was on the bus the other day when it was full, 18 people, he called to tell me. So it's getting there. The cost per trip however, is more expensive. It was $16 when we just had one bus and a $16 per trip average when we had one bus and now it's $21. And the funder, Alameda County Transportation Commission, is the agency that the money comes through. They have guidelines, it's called the Paratransit Program Implementation Guidelines. They want us to be under $20 but they give us two full years, two full fiscal years to get there. So we've made it through the first fiscal year, we still have another fiscal year and we're already at $21 so we think it's going to be great. Victoria Williams: The next page, this is the taxi service status and we are using a local Alameda taxi provider that has a couple of accessible taxis in the fleet. We are also in the process, this is the exciting news, we're in the process of negotiating for an emergency wheelchair breakdown service. Alameda County Transportation Commission funded such a thing and they even controlled it, managed it, ran the program for several years and they've stopped running it so there is nothing in the whole county. Some cities have fire departments who can do that, ours can't. So we're negotiating right now with the same transportation provid… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 4 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM after your appointment is finished and then they come pick you up. So it's improved from 27 rides per month average to 34 rides. It's still not huge but it's moving in the right direction. Victoria Williams: And then the scholarship programs. Again, we can help with assisting people to buy the taxi vouchers. A family can receive $90 worth of free taxi vouchers. It's a matching program so if someone can buy some, then we can match that SO they have their input as well. And then, as I mentioned before, the free AC Transit bus passes, you can see that one's going up quite well too. It started really well but it's still going well. So we're real happy with those programs and just to be able to get people out of their houses is, it's a huge deal. So we'd like to recommend that the Alameda Loop Shuttle continue doing what it's doing. We need to continue to market all the time and let it be known that the service is more frequent than it was. We're investigating real-time shuttle location technology so that will be a real help when we get to that point. But right now, we're still doing the research on that. Victoria Williams: My phone number's on the bus and on all the schedules and I don't get a huge amount of calls, you would think I would, I don't. So most part, I think it's working pretty well for people but I do hear from people saying, "Where is the bus?" And that happens, sometimes there's a problem. It slows down, it happens but that will help people and it will help me see where the bus is. So when I get the call from someone who can't access that, I can say, "Well, it's just right over on that corner, it'll be there soon." And then the taxi services. Again, we want to continue marketing and outreaching those and then we'll explore working with Uber and Lyft in some kind of a shared service way. And the next page, we'd like to recommend that we continue the scholarship programs as they are with more free bus passes. And we're… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 5 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM revenues of $624,272 to work with. The expenditures, the management would be $66,439. Customer service would be $38,000. Trip provision, $319,500. Capital improvements would be $120,000. And those would total $543,939 leaving us reserves of $80,333. And none of this comes from the general fund, it's all Measure B and Measure BB funding. Victoria Williams: And the next page shows our planning process. We did a survey in December, we're still analyzing that. We were really pleased that we got 178 responses and for the most part, things are good. We have a few suggestions. Some of them are really good ones, some of them are very creative and I wish we could do but we'll be analyzing those to see which ones are really feasible. And then we'll be coming to the commission meetings, the Transportation Commission and the Commission on Disabilities. Thank you. Rec and Park Commission, Human Services Social Services, Human Relations Board. And then our program plan which is our grant application is due earlier this year, it's due at the end of February rather than the end of March so we're working on that now. And that is it. Do you have questions for us? Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you very much, I really appreciate all of your hard work. And I want to also mention that you forgot in your outreach to mention that you guys were in the Fourth of July Parade this year. Victoria Williams: Yes, we were. Thank you. You saw us? Boy. That's a longer parade than I thought since we were walking and handing out things. It was fun, it was really fun. So thank you, I'll have to remember and put that in the next one. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Yes, I enjoyed seeing you guys there. I do have a few questions that I just wanted to ask about. Victoria Williams: Sure. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: The emergency wheelchair breakdown service, can you tell me a little bit more about that? We did have somebody inquiring about this service. What is that? I don't know ev… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 6 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM Chair Elizabeth Kenny: And then the taxi company is able to help the person with pushing them in and out? Victoria Williams: Right. That would be part of the contract that they would be able to do that and it wouldn't be a cost to them, there wouldn't be any cost to the rider at all. We would pay for that. Out of our funding because it's not their fault the chair broke. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you. I just was wondering a little bit more about that. Another thing that I wanted to ask about: I had the opportunity to be part of the LimeBike interview process and I got the opportunity to speak with somebody who works for the city of Oakland and they have partnered with BORP, I believe, to try and start an accessible bike-share program over there for people with disabilities. Victoria Williams: Wow. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: I don't know if that would fall under your duties under Paratransit quite, I'm not sure. Victoria Williams: I'm not either. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: But I was just wanted to put that out there as a transit option to think about. Victoria Williams: Interesting. Thanks, that's interesting. I'll make a note of that. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Those were my questions. Again, I want to thank you for your hard work. I'm going to pass it along to the other commissioners right now so I don't slow things down. Start with Commissioner Brillinger. Arnold Brillinger: I just want to say the MRTIP program - it's a very good program. What you do is you take Paratransit to your doctor's appointment, then you can call them up and say, "I'm here, I need a ride at such and such a time, I'll be done." And I've had several people comment on this and I'm always trying to listen to what do we need to fix it or what do we need. And this person or these people, actually but mostly one person gave me some insights and they've had three different drivers taking them back home and they said, their personality and they were just delightful peop… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,7 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 7 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM going to need an appointment," or "I'm going to need a taxi at between 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM." Or something like that. But then they could call that day and say, "Oh, I'm getting out on time." Or, "I'm getting out a little bit later." And the people have been very agreeable, the drivers and everything with them. Also the office people, as far as I can tell, they've been very helpful. Victoria Williams: Great, thank you. That's great to hear. Arnold Brillinger: So I just wanted to say that. And we need more MRTIP riders and possibly, we need to make this known in the nursing homes. And of course, we need them for people who are at home getting back without having the extra long waits. Victoria Williams: That's right, thank you. That's great ideas. Arnold Brillinger: I don't have any personal times/experiences with them because I use AC Transit and I'm not sure that my vehicle, that my chair will fit into them because there's like a mini-van- type situation. Victoria Williams: Thank you. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you, Commissioner Brillinger. Commissioner Linton? Jenny Linton: Thank you for your presentation. I'm very interested in the number of opportunities you provide for people who need transportation. Victoria Williams: Great, thank you. Jenny Linton: I was going to ask about the wheelchair emergency service too. We're glad to hear that that's going in place. I just have one question on the budget, and I should probably know this as a voter, Measure B and BB, is that an ongoing funding or will that sunset at some point but come back on? Victoria Williams: They will and I can't remember the years. Do you remember the years they sunset? I will be old when this is gone. Jenny Linton: And dead? Yeah, okay. Victoria Williams: I can't remember, I'm sorry. Arnold Brillinger: In like 10 or 15 years, right? Victoria Williams: More, I think, yeah. Arnold Brillinger: At least. Victoria Williams: I think we have at least 10 more years… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,8 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 8 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM even wrote it down but it didn't stay in my head. But we do have ongoing funding for some time and I would hope BB is going to replace B when that sunsets. They're both in process now and one will fall by the wayside and then the other one continues. And hopefully by then, we'll have something else voted in so that we all have those opportunities when we need them. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you, Commissioner Linton. Commissioner Deutsch? Susan Deutsch: Thank you, I just have a question about the taxi service. What's the radius? How far can somebody use this taxi for a doctor's appointment? Victoria Williams: Alameda County. Susan Deutsch: I've gotten some information about using the bikes, adapted bikes, in the Bay Area for people with disabilities. Victoria Williams: Great. Susan Deutsch: There was an article in the New York Times that I found and it turns out that some cities around the country have been doing trials of this. And Oakland is going to be doing a trial. It's not as simple as people think but they're trying to solve the problem of a person using a bike and then they get to their destination, and they don't have their wheelchair. Victoria Williams: Oh. Susan Deutsch: So that's like one of the issues because there have been people with cerebral palsy that can ride these bikes and they really like it, it's a leisure activity but it seems like they're exploring this in Oakland. And I brought copies, in case people want copies of this. You could pass it. It's just interesting and we should just be aware of it and see what happens with the trials. Victoria Williams: Yes, absolutely. That's great. And I think that I would love to have a copy of that if there's plenty? We do have meetings every couple of months of those of us working on Paratransit projects. So they often keep us updated what's going on. If it comes through Paratransit, then I will get to hear about it. If it comes a different direction, then probably… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,9 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 9 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM Lisa Hall: My question, and maybe I should know this too like you said, Jenny, is what about animals? Victoria Williams: Service animals are welcome. Lisa Hall: On the Paratransit, and the Loop and the taxis? Victoria Williams: That's correct. Lisa Hall: You're going to look into, like you said, down the road, Uber or Lyft? Victoria Williams: Right. Lisa Hall: Because I just spoke with a lady today, she's blind, and she had the most awful situation. She was not in a familiar place in the Bay Area and it was evening and her phone was about dying and she had her dog, and three Ubers would not take her because she had the dog. And she was literally in tears when the fourth guy that who they called, they had got somebody finally. And she said, "Please, I'm begging you." And he took her. But it was like, WOW, I was very surprised. So I was just like, I would hope that we do that. Victoria Williams: We do. Lisa Hall: Service animals are a must, right? Victoria Williams: Absolutely, they are. And it is also possible to take your animal, if it's a caged animal, to the vet, if it's not a service animal, if it's small enough to be caged. Lisa Hall: Right. Victoria Williams: But hopefully, as Uber and Lyft become more accessible, that should be a part of the program. Part of the progress. Lisa Hall: Because so many people use it. Victoria Williams: Right. Lisa Hall: Like you said. And there are a lot of people that can drive don't want to drive and they are using more transportation. Which is good, we want it. Victoria Williams: That's a good point, we'll have to watch for that because I hadn't thought of that yet. Lisa Hall: Yes. I hadn't either. Well, I was thinking, of course, that the Loop would, that you could bring your service animals but I never thought about Uber or Lyft. 03/13/19 Page 9 of 16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 10 | MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM Victoria Williams: Ahh, I hadn't either. Victoria Williams: As we're investigating, that's a good thing to keep at the top of our minds. Thank you. Lisa Hall: And then the subsidized taxi service and the scholarship programs. If somebody is interested, where would they just start? Call your number? Victoria Williams: Yes. Or Mastick Senior Center, my office is there so they can call Mastick and they'll find me or send them to my voicemail. And my phone numbers are on all of the schedules. Lisa Hall: I know a lot more of the seniors know about our information, about things going on because of Mastick and others and you reach out but there's a small disability group of younger people and they don't know about a lot of the services. So that's why we're obviously, we're trying to get the services, the word out. So that's good, I just want to make sure because somebody asked me about the taxi service and I said, "Yeah, I know we have it going, I'm just not sure about all the parameters." So thanks for all you're doing. Victoria Williams: Oh, you're welcome. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you, Commissioner Hall. Also I would like to suggest that you have your friend reach out to the commission about what happened with Uber. We have reached out to Uber in the past about a very similar issue so we could definitely do that, again. And they could definitely use the reminder. So one thing that I wanted to ask about was have you guys considered running one of the shuttle days be a weekend day? Victoria Williams: We haven't at this point, there are some suggestions in the survey that they'd like to have more days but it's funding. So we haven't explored that at the moment, but I know it is something that would be great to do. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Yes, I hear a lot more people talking about the shuttle than I have previously. I think there's a lot of confusion as to what it is. People think often, that it's the shuttle that's been talked about by different business districts… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,11 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 11 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Any opposed? Alright, I think it passes unanimously. Thank you. Victoria Williams: Thank you very much. 4-B Gail Payne, Senior Transportation Coordinator, City of Alameda Transportation Awareness Campaign Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Now we will move on to item 4B. We have Gail Payne, the Senior Transportation Coordinator for the City of Alameda, is going to present on the Transportation Awareness Campaign. Gail Payne: Thank you, Chair Kenny. Thank you, Commissioners. Good evening, I'm Gail Payne, a Senior Transportation Coordinator for the City of Alameda. When we went out and did outreach and went out to the community about the city-wide transportation plan, during that planning effort, we heard a lot from community members about them not realizing all the transportation options that are actually available and that that's one of the reasons why they're not taking advantage of all the options that we have. And we are blessed with quite a few for the size town we have. We have two ferry terminals which is really unusual for a size town that we are, AC Transit, we have our free Alameda Loop Shuttle. So we have these great options yet, what we haven't done is so much of a comprehensive effort of an awareness campaign of getting the word out. So with that in mind, it's actually now a project in the city-wide Transportation Choices Plan, this Transportation Awareness Campaign. Gail Payne: So we just met with the advisory group for the first time, so we're trying to get together a little action plan. And where we landed is just to really do a comprehensive, ongoing way of getting news and information and materials out there as well as working with our partners and community members and more of a grassroots effort. Doing a better job with social media and working with our public information officer on getting the word out in these fun ways that are a little bit different than we're used to. And so we focused on the A… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,12 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 12 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM Gail Payne: We want to also do a Line 19 pilot promotion, that's a fairly or new, restored line in Alameda AC Transit line. Some people might not realize that that's been restored back in December 2016, along Buena Vista Avenue. So there's available seats there, it's not a full bus. So let's get the word out. So we want to start small, start there with materials, and then build out of different geographic areas as we get better at these materials. And we are going to have our second advisory group meeting in February 7th so we're coming along and we're really open to how to do a better job of getting the word out. So thank you. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you, Gail. Can we offer some feedback right now? Gail Payne: Oh, yes. That would be perfect. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: I'm sure this has come up before, my wife is on Facebook and member of Alameda Peeps. And they're constantly talking about transportation on there so it seems like a great merger to - I think they have something called, "Self-promotion Monday" and where you can kind of promote your own thing. If on Mondays, you guys put something like, "Hey, the 19 goes to X, Y, Z." Or, you know? Gail Payne: Yes, that's a great idea. Thank you. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Yes. I'm just going to open it up to any commissioners because this is specific. Commissioner Deutsch? Susan Deutsch: Thank you, Gail. I also have a suggestion. A lot of people on the Nextdoor app are talking about transportation all the time. And specifically, I've been hearing people talking about the Harbor Bay ferry. There's a new, an extra ferry run now at 9 o'clock but people are still complaining about the parking over there. So yeah, I don't know. I'm hoping that people start using that extra ferry run because by then, the parking lot is filled up and there's no street parking anymore. But the Nextdoor app is really good, people all over Alameda are commenting on it and I applaud the bicycle safety because I… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,13 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 13 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM 4-C Gail Payne, Senior Transportation Coordinator, City of Alameda Update on the Clement Avenue Project Chair Elizabeth Kenny: For agenda item 4C, we have Gail Payne, Senior Transportation Coordinator with the City of Alameda, is going to give an update on the Clement Avenue Project. And I believe this came out of a suggestion from Commissioner Aghapekian who unfortunately is not here tonight but he was wondering, he had made some comments about the lack of sidewalks along Clement Avenue and the safety hazard that that presented. And so I believe that's part of why we asked you to comment specifically about what's going on with Clement Avenue. Gail Payne: Great. So Clement Avenue. The good news is we do have a funded project. We received a competitive grant, federal funding, I guess that was back in maybe 2017. And we're just now got the consultant hired to work on that and that is Clement Avenue between Grand and Broadway. And what we're looking at, the main components of this project are indeed, making the sidewalks accessible. There's some sidewalks, there's a couple of portions where they don't even have some sidewalks along Clement Avenue. Clement Avenue is the Northern Waterfront, it's a former industrial site, so it has that industrial feel. It really wasn't built as thoroughly to accommodate people walking as other parts of our island. So we're going back and retrofitting and doing a better job. There's other parts of the street where one sidewalk is only 18 inches and that's actually by Walnut there. And then there's a lot of different spots where there's utility poles that are in the way and so that's just the sidewalk part. Gail Payne: And so how we're going to get around that is going to be tricky. And some ideas are maybe to have the sidewalk go into the street because we can't move the utility poles and so some parking loss could occur from that. And to widen the 18-inch sidewalk. It depends, it's a case-by- case … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,14 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 14 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM entrances and SO to reduce the impact on the street from that development so we're working closely with them. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Great, do any commissioners have any questions that. About the Clement Ave Project? When I brought up the Marina Shores Project, one thing that comes to mind is that project is speaking about water taxis which I can imagine will somehow fall under transportation. But there again, we want to keep an eye towards accessibility which I'm sure you guys, the Transportation Department does an excellent job of doing SO. Gail Payne: Absolutely. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you. Gail Payne: Thank you. 5. OLD BUSINESS Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Alright, I believe that wraps up our New Business. I'm going to move on to item five, Old Business and then we're going to do our Commission and Board Liaison Reports. I'm going to start with Commissioner Brillinger. Arnold Brillinger: Okay, this is in line with Gail's report. Now, I haven't been to the Transportation Commission meetings but I've watched some of them online and they have a real, full agenda for next Wednesday here at 7 o'clock. And I would suggest that you take a look at it and see if there's something in there that you're interested in talking about or to. They've got things on down on Webster and Central. The whole thing about making sure that the kids get to school safely on their bikes and stuff, they've got another section on various projects. Well, they've got so many different projects, I'm surprised they could get it into their time. And I also wanted to mention about the ILC, that's the group that meets quarterly between AC Transit and Alameda, and they've taken and diverted some of the bus line 96 and shortened the 19, I think. Took out some of the route where it went around. Arnold Brillinger: Well anyway, they've took some from one and put it on the other and extended it more so it's all pretty good. The 19 will take you into Oakland. Well, th… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,15 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 15 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM you'd like extra help during an emergency. I know we talked about that with the fire commission, with the fire chief here a year ago or two years ago. And so anyway, I've been going to that on a monthly basis. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Great, thank you, Commissioner Linton. Commissioner Deutsch? Susan Deutsch: Well, the Park Department, Parks and Rec, their last meeting, they were just discussing the new developments of Alameda Marina, Marina Shores and the Encinal Terminals on the West end and just discussions about the Park but it's not in-depth yet, it's still a ways away before they really get into details SO. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you, Commissioner Deutsch. Commissioner Hall? Lisa Hall: Thank you. Our church has set up the Warming Center with the City of Alameda and we've been dealing with the homeless but also a few people with disability concerns that have come to the shelter. So that's getting good feedback there. I also wanted to bring up to everyone's attention that this year, the Women's March is going to have a disability contingent and they will be leading the Women's March, one of the groups. The disability contingent will be leading the Women's March in Oakland this year. So anybody is welcome to join and strong support of the disability community and there's a lot of different people from the Bay Area. So it's really been interesting. I'm meeting different people and how they're helping our disabled in Berkeley and Oakland and in different ways. So I'm kind of excited about the Women's March because it's going to put us right out there that we are strong and we are enabled. 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Thank you, Commissioner Hall. Alright, at this point, I'm going to move on to staff communications. Laurie Kozisek: Thank you, Chair Kenny. I went to a Senior Services meeting which is held quarterly at the Mastick Center and it is all different kinds of senior services representatives that t… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf,16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-01-16 | 16 | ITEM 2-B COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30 PM and report back to you or would one of you like to go to the meetings? There aren't any other commissioner-type people there, it's mostly representatives from social service agencies. I'm just offering. It was on January 8th and its once quarterly. Oh no, I didn't say when the next one is but it'll be in three months and it's like around 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the morning. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: I would suggest that we put that on as an agenda item to vote on for the retreat, we can talk about whether we want to do it. And vote on if we want to do it or not at the retreat. Laurie Kozisek: Yes, it is a lot of information. Let's see, the other thing I had was the Alameda County Complete Count Committee is a committee that's trying to get a full census count in Alameda County because for every person that we identify, we get several thousand dollars in federal assistance. They had their first meeting on the 9th, I was not able to attend because I was on something else but their next meeting is Wednesday, March 13th from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Location to be determined, I can find out where it is. They would like input on how to reach hard- to-count people and included in that hard-to-count people is seniors, non-computer savvy seniors especially because the first outreach is by computer, and people with disabilities. So if anyone is interested in going to that meeting, I can send you the link and you can attend that. They're already in contact with The CIL, The Center for Independent Living and with I can't remember the name of it but it's the group that outreaches to homeless people. That's all I have. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: The Alameda Point Collaborative, is that who are there? Laurie Kozisek: No, it's a different group, I think. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Okay. Alright great. Thank you, Laurie. Laurie Kozisek: You're welcome. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Alright, item number seven, I think we covered. But in case anybody … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-01-16.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2006-04-24.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2006-04-24 | 1 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF April 24, 2006 Present: Chair Cooney, Berger, Bunker, Fort, Longley-Cook, Lord-Hausman, Vice Chair Moore Absent/Excused: Gwynne, Steffens Guests: Ed Sommerauer (Alameda Public Works), Paullina Kirola MINUTES: The minutes of February 27, 2006 were approved. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: None NEW BUSINESS: 1. Paratransit Advisory Meeting: Chair Cooney reported on the April 24th meeting of the Paratransit Advisory Planning Committee (PAPCo) held in Hayward. PAPCo was agreeable to use grant monies for signal countdowns and sidewalk accessibility but were less favorable to using paratransit monies for audible crossings since it was considered a secondary issue. However, ACTEA was more agreeable for using grant monies for audibles. 2. Paratrasit Annual Program: Ed Sommerauer, Associate Civil Engineer, presented to the Commission on Disability Issues a proposed modification to the City of Alameda Paratransit Program. The City is proposing a taxi scrip program to augment the existing program. There will be approximately $60,000 per year for this program. The Commission agreed to support a program that would maximize the mobility of persons with disabilities. The Commission also agreed that the program should consider the following: -The program should serve seniors and persons with disabilities -People over the age of 70 and disabled persons that qualify for East Bay Paratransit Service would also qualify for the taxi scrip program. -There should be no restrictions on the types of trips. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2006-04-24.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2006-04-24.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2006-04-24 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues April 24, 2006 Minutes Page 2 of 3 - There should no restrictions on the number of trips. - The rider should pay on a 1:4 ratio (25%) of the fare, similar to the BART program. - The current MRTIP program that provides trips to passengers free of charge should continue unchanged. A motion to have Chairman Cooney write a letter describing the Commission's recommendations was proposed by Charles Bunker and second by Adrienne Longly-Cook The motion passed unanimously. OLD BUSINESS: 1. Status of Accommodation Recommendations: Chair Cooney will present report on providing costs of various Braille transcriptions/sign language interpreters at the next Commission meeting. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: 1. Ed Sommerauer discussed accessibility to the newly opened Ortez Restaurant on Webster Street. The main entrance to the restaurant is from the parking lot off Pacific Street. Currently there is a decal on the door opening onto Webster Street directing people to the accessible entrance of the parking lot. The Commission recommended a sign, not a decal, would be used to direct disabled people to the main entrance. 2. Ed Sommerauer handed out a flyer describing the theater project. The Commission's contributions to the project were acknowledged in the flyer ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: 1. Chairman Ed Cooney received a phone call from a woman who requested that the curb in front of her residence be painted blue. The item will be placed on the agenda for the next meeting. 2. Commissioner Jody Moore volunteered to man a booth at the Festival of Families on May 13. 3. Commissioner Adrienne Longley-Cook said construction during the renovation of the Towne Center has created accessibility problems. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2006-04-24.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2006-04-24.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2006-04-24 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues April 24, 2006 Minutes Page 3 of 3 4. Commissioner Toby Berger mentioned that the first Concert at the Cove for this year would be held on June 9. The commission will have a booth. Additional concerts will be in July and August. 5. Commissioner Charles Bunker mentioned that the Pier 29 Restaurant would relocate to the former Wale's Tail Restaurant located on Bellina Boulevard. 6. Commissioner Audrey Lord-Hausman reminded the Commission that Meet Your Public Officials event will occur on April 28th between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, May 22, 2006 in Room 360, City Hall. Sincerely, Matthew T. Naclerio Public Works Director Robert Claire Associate Civil Engineer RC:lc G:\pubworks\LT\MCD Disability Committee/2006/424min.doc | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2006-04-24.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-03-26.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-03-26 | 1 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF March 26, 2007 PRESENT: Longley-Cook, Cooney, Hakanson, Chair Lord-Hausman, and Kirola ABSENT/EXCUSED: Berger, Bunker, Fort, Vice-Chair Moore GUESTS: Mary Louise Lambert, Barry Bergman (Alameda Public Works) MINUTES: The minutes of February 26, 2007 were approved as submitted. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: NEW BUSINESS: 1. Audible Traffic Signal Project: Chair Lord-Hausman read a letter from Trung Nguyan Assistant Engineer, Alameda Public Works requesting a training session for the new Countdown Pedestrian Head and Audible Pedestrian Signals at 25 intersections. Chair Lord-Hausman then read her response supporting the instructional training and agreeing to agendize a regular meeting of the Commission to include the training. The proposed new signals will not include tactile plates because of funding constraints. Commissioner Cooney suggested that Linda Myers would be a good source for information regarding tactile signals. Mary Louise Lambert was requested to send a letter to the Commission suggesting intersections that would be candidates for tactile signals. 2. Paratransit Program Annual Submittal: Mr. Barry Bergman gave an overview of last year's paratransit funding from measure B and discussed ideas for expanding the program. The existing program includes purchasing of East Bay Paratransit coupons, providing taxi trips for riders to return home from medical facilities, providing service to areas not served by East Bay Paratransit, offering group trips through the Mastick Senior Center, and providing transit scholarships for the poor. The expanded program would include opening up the taxi program to all seniors age 75 and older, and those 70 and up without a driver's license. Mr. Bergman then requested any suggestions for new program ideas and for providing additional outreach. The Commission suggested the following: College of Alameda, the Commission's booth at the Concerts at the Cove, Alameda Hospital Health Fare, Regional Center, Special Olympics, East Bay Innov… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-03-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-03-26.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-03-26 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues March 26, 2007 Minutes Page 2 of 3 3. Commissioner Duties: (Chair Lord-Hausman) Chair Lord-Hausman requested volunteers to monitor other City Boards and Committees. Commissioner Longly-Cook volunteered to monitor the Transportation Commission and Chair Lord-Hausman volunteered to monitor the Planning Board. Commissioner Cooney will review the Agenda of the City Council meetings to see if there are any issues that would interest the Commission. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: 4. Acting Secretary showed a model of the intersection of Webster Street and Atlantic Avenue. The Commission requested additional information about the planned changes to the intersection. Commissioner Cooney requested that similar models be made of other intersections. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: 1. Commissioner Longley-Cook informed the Commission of the Arthritis Expo at the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame on September 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 2. Commissioner Cooney suggested that planning begin for the Disability Awareness Month in October. 3. Mary Louise Lambert suggested that special Religious Education (SPRED) be contacted for possible new Commissioners. 4. Chair Lord-Hausman informed the Commission that the League of Woman Voters would be holding its Meet Your Public Officials event on April 26 and all Commissioners should be receiving invitations. 5. Chair Lord -Hausman suggested that Mike Corbett from Harsh Management be invited to the April meeting to discuss the improvements to the Towne Centre. Commissioner Cooney would like to review the model of the Centre. 6. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that the Market Place parking lot on Buena Vista Avenue has 26 spaces, none of which are marked for the disabled. Parking near the Alameda Marina appears to have insufficient disabled parking spaces. The new parking spaces at Alameda High, Walnut Street entrance, are poorly marked. 7. Chair Lord-Hausman presented information about the standard Taxi that can accommodate wheelchairs and scooters. | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-03-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-03-26.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2007-03-26 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues March 26, 2007 Minutes Page 3 of 3 8. Chair Lord-Hausman suggested that there should be Disability Friendly Business Awards. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, April 23, 2007 in Room 360 at City Hall. Matthew T. Naclerio Public Works Director Robert Claire Associate Civil Engineer RC:lc G:\pubworks\LTMCD Disability Committee/2007/326min.doc | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2007-03-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-02-10 | 1 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, February 10, 2016 6:30 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:32 p.m. Present: Chair Kenny, Vice-Chair Brillinger, Commissioners Aghapekian, Wilkinson, Deutsch, Linton, Lewis Absent: Commissioner Franco (Commissioner Ethel Warren resigned on January 28th, 2016) We have a quorum. 2. MINUTES The minutes for the special meeting on December 9, 2015, and the light minutes from the January 9, 2016 retreat were approved unanimously with a minor edit suggested by Arnold Brillinger, who asked that the Board and Commission assignments that resulted from the January retreat be added to the minutes. Staff Parker said she would add them to February's meeting minutes: Board and Commission Assignments Commission on Disability Issues, 2016 Board or Commission Commissioner Assigned Scheduled meetings Planning Board Anto Aghapekian 2nd and 4th Mondays Rec and Parks Commission Susan Deutsch 2nd Thursdays Rent Review Advisory Committee Beth Kenny 1st Mondays Social Service Human Relations Board La Donna Franco 4th Thursdays Transportation Commission Tony Lewis and Arnold Brillinger 4th Wednesdays AUSD Board of Education Beth Kenny 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Housing Authority Board of Commissioners Jenny Linton 3rd Wednesdays Wendy Wilkinson and Anto Mastick Center Advisory Board Aghapekian 3rd Wednesdays La Donna Franco and Susan 2nd Wednesdays, every Library Board Deutsch other month 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, City Council (need to fill this role) plus special meetings | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-02-10 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues February 10, 2016 Page 2 Chair Kenny moved to approve minutes. Commissioner Lewis seconded. All Commissioners in favor. 7-0 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) 3-A Member of the public Carol Gottstein asked that the members of the public who were present at the January 9th Retreat (Carol Gottstein and Audrey Lord-Hausman) be added to the minutes. Staff Parker said she would add those names to the minutes. 3-B. Member of the public Anne Steiner expressed concerns regarding the Central Avenue Complete Streets Project, and gave input as a disabled driver. Said that the Shoreline Bikeway Project was a problem. Urged that a disabled driver be appointed to Commission. Commissioner Aghapekian asked Ms. Steiner to be specific about her problems with the Shoreline Bikeway project. Steiner reports that lanes and parking spaces have been narrowed. Scary to get out of car. Disabled spaces are not on beach side, and crossing the street is problematic. If these same things are applied to Central Avenue project, this is a problem. Commissioner Lewis discussed presentation made by Gail Payne on Central Avenue Project. Asked Ms. Steiner to apply to Commission to fill vacancy on the Commission. Chair Kenny mentioned that she discussed the South Shore Bikeway parking issue with the project manager, Gail Payne, and that these issues Ms. Steiner is concerned about are set to be addressed by a committee soon. Commissioner Deutsch mentioned that the Commission has looked into the Farmers Market parking issues before. The Farmers Market staff should be providing disabled parking. Intermittent disabled parking issues - some managers reserve spots, some do not - at Farmers Market. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4-A. Recommend Approval of the Paratransit Program Plan (Rochelle Wheeler, Transportation Planner) 4A Paratransit Program Exhibit 1 - Paratransit Program PowerPoint (Presentation of above documents by Ms. Wheeler follows) Chair Kenny asks for clarification on scholarship program. Ms. Wheeler explains… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-02-10 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues February 10, 2016 Page 3 efficiency and usefulness. Suggests event placement of shuttle - Fourth of July Parade, Art and Wine Faire, etc. Perhaps discuss more that the shuttle is a free service. Commissioner Deutsch asked if the shuttle service goes to the Farmers Market, and shuttle-user Vice-Chair Brillinger confirms, yes, on Tuesdays. Commissioner Lewis wonders if we should get the word out better about the shuttle service. Would like to see ridership go up. Discusses route stops. Mastick Senior Center Manager Jackie Krause adds information regarding these stops. Discusses shuttle break downs, and how notification of riders of a breakdown issue is difficult. Ms. Wheeler offers ideas as to how to standardize notification. Driver calls dispatch number on shuttle sign. Commissioner Lewis wonders if the shuttle service schedule could be added to the NextBus AC Transit app. Ms. Wheeler thinks this is a good suggestion. Commission Aghapekian says that he hears all good things about the shuttle, but would like to see the shuttle in service more days of the week. Ms. Wheeler says she will look into that given the budget allowed. Discusses cab service available for urgent needs. Commissioner Lewis talks about how street events disrupt bus service, and wonders if shuttle service could put into service during those times. Ms. Wheeler discusses the vehicle the City owns could be used for these instances. Commissioner Lewis talks about the connection to the ferry service. Ms. Krause says that this has been logistically difficult, but has discussed a bridge to AC Transit from the Main Street Ferry Terminal to Webster Street. Ms. Krause talks about the advertising that does happen for the shuttle service, but agrees they could do more. Most people don't care about the shuttle schedule until they need it, feels that most efforts to advertise are ignored. 2010/2011 Mr. Tip and Premium Taxi was widely used. Free service. Tickets were stashed with no date stamps, like gold. Then they started charg… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-02-10 | 4 | Commission on Disability Issues February 10, 2016 Page 4 Chair Kenny wonders about a regional transit Clipper Card type application, and Ms. Wheeler agrees this would be convenient. Chair Kenny opens for deliberation. Commissioner Lewis wonders what exactly the commission is being asked to approve. Ms. Wheeler says the approval is broad, approve the $532,000 budget, higher level issues of the program has not been questioned, but have staff make program improvements when implementing it. Commissioner Lewis asks if there is a deficit, or if all money is used. Ms. Wheeler says the program used to be half this size, and it was difficult to accommodate the program. Now there is more money, but every cent can be used on the program and gives the City more choices regarding implementation. Commissioner Kenny moved to approve. Commissioner Aghapekian seconded. All Commissioners in favor. 7-0 4-B. Review and Ratify Commission Bylaws (Kerry Parker, City Staff Liaison) CDI Bylaws - under review Staff Parker has corrected typographical errors in document. One comment that Commissioners had issue with during retreat is highlighted purposefully, as some Commissioners feel the sentence should be removed. Chair Kenny asks if this is standard bylaw language. Ms. Parker says yes, it's fairly standard. Understands that with recent changes to Sunshine Ordinance there were questions the highlighted statement undermines the authority of the Commission by including the statement. If Commission would like to omit, revise, or redefine the statement, it can, but it would have to be approved by City Council. Chair Kenny says that in conversations and at retreat she worried other boards could lessen the authority of the Commission on Disability Issues (CDI). She believes that thought may have been wrong. Can only change the Purpose in the Bylaws with approval of City Council. Commissioner Deutsch thinks changing it would be more work than it's worth. That the Commission does have authority without changing anything. Commissioner Linton thin… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-02-10 | 5 | Commission on Disability Issues February 10, 2016 Page 5 4-C. Recognition of Flight, LLC for Commission on Disability Issues Logo (Chair Kenny) Designers of CDI logo did the work with professionalism and thoughtfulness, 3 different logo designs, offered description of logo parts and visual meaning, and gave Commission recognition by offering their services. Chair Kenny offers certificate of appreciation. Representatives of Flight, Sam Kraesig and Michelle Farrell, accept certificate, thank Commission for opportunity. Vice-Chair Brillinger asks for write up of meaning of logo. Chair Kenny will send the presentation out to the new Commissioners. 4-D. Discuss Future Goals and Projects of CDI (Chair Kenny) Chair Kenny leads discussion, and talks about the example of the Recreation and Parks Department (ARPD) revealing that there was Accessibility Report developed for all ARPD facilities, and that it has not been fully explored or accessibility changes implemented. This is a perfect goal for the Commission. Could create a small workgroup to discuss priorities for the Accessibility Report. Chair Kenny mentions that Vice-Chair Brillinger's suggestions regarding the shuttle presence at events and the parade is another good example. Commissioner Wilkinson mentions that accessible playgrounds are planned for small parks. More that could be done for parking and accessibility at parks. Chair Kenny says that the presentation from the Transportation Planner tonight was good, and Vice- Chair Brillinger and Commissioner Lewis are slated to pay attention to the Transportation Commission. Chair Kenny says that Commission could put together a taskforce for this. Disability Employment Awareness Month in October - Commission has normally put up a street banner, and there was a Proclamation from the Mayor. Perhaps there could be a job fair, a brown bag lunch meeting, something more? Commissioner Deutsch said she was part of developing a resource fair several years ago, and hardly anyone showed up. So sometimes this sort of thing is a … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf,6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-02-10 | 6 | Commission on Disability Issues February 10, 2016 Page 6 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS (From earlier in the meeting) There was an article in the Alameda Sun about the dedication of the bench for Nielson Tam, and a lot of people were there, Councilmembers Ezzy-Ashcraft and Daysog, former Commissioner Audrey Lord-Hausman made a presentation, and many others. It was a lovely dedication. Chair Kenny contacted the Rent Review Advisory Committee, where she will attend the meeting next week. She was not able to attend the School Board meeting, but will be at the next meeting. Anyone on the Commission who would like a letter of introduction their associated board and commission, she would be happy to provide one. Commissioner Aghapekian is very interested in attending the Planning Board, and he would like to avoid the complaints that the Shore Line Drive project and the Central Avenue Complete Streets projects have garnered from a couple of people. Commissioner Deutsch will be setting up some meetings with the Library Board, interested in accessibility issues. Commissioner Linton said she would be attending the Housing Authority Board meeting at the Point next week. Vice Chair Brillinger did go to the Transportation Commission meeting, two topics, the Paratransit Program (like tonight's presentation), and the Cross Alameda Trail. Regarding the latter, he discusses the "gap" on Atlantic between Webster and Constitution. 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:38 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Kerry Parker City Staff Liaison Commission on Disability Issues | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.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/2010-04-26.pdf,2 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-04-26 | 2 | Commission on Disability Issues April 26, 2010 Page 2 of 4 Krongold suggested that she and Commissioner Lord-Hausman meet with the local press to discuss coverage options. Commissioner Moore suggested passing information out at the booth during the Concert at the Cove. Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated she is affiliated with various organizations in the City and could help get the word out. Chair Krongold suggested that the CDI partner with AFD to help publicize program to the disabled community in Alameda. Commissioner Tam stated there are approximately thirty seniors in his church, which he could reach out to about the program; Ms. Christ encouraged Commissioner Tam to do this. Commissioner Lord-Hausman asked when the new code about mandatory smoke detectors came into effect, to which Ms. Christ stated that it only kicks in for new buildings or during the sale of a house. 4-B. City of Alameda -ADA/HUD Grievance Policy (Secretary Akil) Secretary Akil reviewed the draft ADA/Section504 Grievance Policy and requested the Commission provide input and approval in order to finalize for the City. Chair Krongold requested the Commission be given more time to read the policy. Secretary Akil agreed and requested that all comments be received no later than May 3rd as the City is required to finalize and publish the policy. 5. OLD BUSINESS 5-A. Alameda Multicultural Community Center (Chair Krongold) Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated that although she was disappointed with the number of people who attended the first screening, the event and subsequent discussion of the film was substantial. It is a first step and generated positive feedback. Commissioner Tam reiterated that it is a first step and a beginning toward creating more disability awareness in the community. Chair Krongold stated that on April 26 the film, "Autism: the Musical" was shown, which Commissioner Moore put together, and requested discussion on how that event was received. Commissioner Moore stated that she circulated fliers at multiple events which garnered… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-04-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-04-26.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-04-26 | 3 | Commission on Disability Issues April 26, 2010 Page 3 of 4 approximately 40 people in attendance. There was good panel discussion following the film. Everyone connected and was encouraged by the event. Commissioner Moore is working on collaborating a monthly film day for children with disabilities or Autism with the Alameda Multi-Cultural Center. Commissioner Moore is also working to create an Alameda Autism network within the city. Ms. Holder stated that while she was disappointed with the number of attendees, this is a positive step and hopes to continue building on this with future events. Commissioner Moore suggested a film festival next year. 5-B. CDI Vision Planning (Chair Krongold) Chair Krongold stated that she would like to move forward with planning an event to celebrate the twenty-year anniversary of the ADA for the month of October, which is Disability Awareness Month. Commissioner Moore stated that she is not sure how many people would attend but supports it. Commissioner Lord-Hausman suggested expanding the October proclamation with a presentation during the October City Council meeting. Chair Krongold suggested a Power Point presentation to which Secretary Akil responded that would be fine as long as it does not exceed the time allowed by the City Manager's Office. Commissioner Lord-Hausman would like to invite the Chair of the Housing Commission to give a presentation to the CDI during the May 24 meeting to which the Commission agreed. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that she would contact the Chair of that Commission. 5-C. Paratransit Advisory Planning Committee (PAPCO) (Commissioner Lord Hausman) Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated they are still discussing the prioritization of funding for Measure B Funds. 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS 6-A. Secretary Akil suggested the Commission have another Brown Act training in light of the newer members to which the Commission was responsive. 7. ANNOUCEMENTS There were no announcements. i:\Lucretia)CommDisability\Minutes\2010\Minutes_Apr 2620 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-04-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-04-26.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2010-04-26 | 4 | Commission on Disability Issues April 26,2010 Page 4 of 4 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, May 24, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lucretia Akil Board Secretary G:\Lucretia)CommDisability\Minutes/2010\Minutes_Apr 26 2010.doc | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2010-04-26.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 1 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, June 8, 2016 6:30 p.m. Item 2-B, October 12, 2016 CDI Meeting 1. ROLL CALL Beth Kenny: I would like to call the Commission on Disability Issues meeting for June 8th, 2016 to order. Kerry Parker: Roll call, Chair Kenny? Beth Kenny: Present. Kerry Parker: Vice Chair Brillinger? Arnold Brillinger: Present. Kerry Parker: Commissioner Aghapekian? Anto Aghapekian: Present. Kerry Parker: Commissioner Deutsch? Susan Deutsch: Present. Kerry Parker: Commissioner Franco? La Donna Franco: Present. Kerry Parker: Commissioner Lewis? Commissioner Linton? Commissioner Tsztoo? Michaela Tsztoo: Here. Kerry Parker: We have a quorum. Beth Kenny: Thank you. I wanted to let everybody know that Commissioner Wilkinson has resigned from the Commission. She has started working again, and didn't feel she had the time to do both. So we are in the process of looking for another commissioner. Kerry Parker: That's right. The City Clerk is aware and is putting out the application on the website, so that it's available. It's also clickable on our webpage, on the city website. So if you wanted to direct your friends, people you think that would be qualified to be a commissioner to the CDI website that would help. It says right on there on the form, there's a link. 08/17/16 Page 1 of 19 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.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/2016-06-08.pdf,3 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 3 | Gail Payne: So as for the background and purpose, what we're really seeing here in the City of Alameda is increased congestion, because of the regional economic boom. And so we really want to sustain our high quality of life here in Alameda, given that the region is just growing like crazy. And so that's why City Council directed staff to look into updating our transit plan, our city-wide transit plan, and also our Transportation Demand Management Plan. And keep in mind, we are not the primary transit operators in town, and so what we can do mostly as a city, is coordinate with the transit operators as much as possible. And also, we own the public right of way, so how can we make transit most efficient? And that's what the bulk of the work is going to be on that plan. Gail Payne: The second plan, I was told it sounds like a disease, TDM plan. And so what we're trying to do here is provide options, provide strategies that are alternatives to driving alone, to make it more attractive to not drive alone and to do things like take the bus, and to bike, to car share, to ride share, to walk. And so that's what the TDM plan is going to be looking at. TDM measures, they are required for new developments. So we're trying to figure out ways that all Alamedans can take advantage of these transportation alternatives in town. Gail Payne: Project background, we're at the very beginning of the 18-month phase. So this is the first time I've come to you all, and we're going to all the other boards that are relevant, and the City Council and Transportation Commission, we've already had a community workshop on the existing conditions. I'll come back when we're looking at actual draft ideas and strategies, and that will be in the fall. And then we'll come back again when we actually have a draft plan for you. And we currently have a web survey that's online, and so just that's a heads up if you haven't already received a link for it, feel free to fill it out or let me know if you're interested, I could send you a little blurb about … | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,15 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 15 | starting to feel a little wobbly when they walk. There are so many different reasons for having these things. I mean, I've asked to be in on these kinds of things, because I will surely push for getting more and more. Now when we talk about 20% or 25% or 30%, my question is on some of these things, should we just follow the pack, or should we make Alameda stand out? And one day people will look and they'll say, "Look at Alameda, they've got this really great UDO." And, "Let's even surpass them, or get up to them.' Arnold Brillinger: No reason for us to follow the pack, we don't have that many places. It's not like we're in the Midwest where we just keep on spreading out over farmland or something. We only have so many places, we need to say, "Hey, we know that you want to build housing, but if you're going to do it in Alameda, you're going to have to do it in this way." Beth Kenny: Thank you, Arnold. I really appreciate what you had to say. Do any of the other commissioners what to speak? Anto Aghapekian: I really liked the last part that you said, Arnold. Because I've seen some samples of what other cities are doing and what we should do, and I think that Alameda can do better than what other people are doing, or other counties and cities are doing. So I really appreciate what you just said. Arnold Brillinger: We need to be leaders, people ought to say, "Oh, there's a group there that could stick to their guns, and look what they've got. They've got a city where they've got a lot of units now that have visitability. They've got a lot of units that are adaptable for whatever kind of people live in those homes." Because if you buy yourself a place out there at Marina Shores for what, $1.2 million, right? And it's not a real big footprint, but I'm sure they're real nice houses, but I'd like to get inside and see what they look like, and how innovative they are, but I can't get in there. Beth Kenny: Thank you, well said. Do we have any comment on this item? Audrey Lord-Hausman: Hi, my name is Audrey Lord-Hausman, pa… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 16 | adapt it to meet my needs?" So that is something that I think would be worth including in the conversation. Audrey Lord-Hausman: But yes, I commend you to keep the battle going, I hate to say battle, but it's time that this city stand up, become a leader, I absolutely agree, I would love to see Alameda held up as an example of a city who said, "You know, we're taking this seriously, and we are an aging population here, and we want to keep people here." And if we don't take that seriously, the city, the City Council, Planning Board, everybody doesn't stand up and say, "This is important, and we want to make it special, and we want to make sure that our people can stay here", then that's to everybody's credit. So I would keep working hard, and keep pursuing this. And I think that we can get people to support this as it comes together, and then for the final kind of overview with the Planning Board. Thank you. Beth Kenny: Thank you very much, Audrey. Alright, unless anyone else has anything to state on that item I'd like to move onto staff communications. 6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS Kerry Parker: Okay. So to say it again, we're going to cancel the August meeting in order to make room for this meeting in September. Because right now we have six meetings a year, plus the retreats. And we used to have just four meetings a year, even though sometimes those would be cancelled. So, trying to be frugal with how we use our meetings. So, we imagine that the joint meeting between the Planning Board and the CDI to be on September 26th, we'd normally schedule the Planning Board meeting. And that the Planning Board will probably sit up here, and the Commission on Disability Issues would sit out here. And that we would do a presentation of a final draft of the Universal Design Ordinance, that's our hope. And that there would be a vote up here, a vote over here. And that after that moment, it could go to Council. So, that's how we're kind of imagining, just so you are all aware. Beth Kenny: And I just want to point out, before that me… | 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/2016-06-08.pdf,18 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 18 | La Donna Franco: So, yes. Thank you for bringing that up. We'll be looking at considering some rotations for the day, for the two day event. So we haven't finalized anything, we know that we will need some help with that, to rotate, or volunteers. Arnold Brillinger: And we're hoping to spread it among maybe the planning, or the Transportation Commission, or to Mastick, anybody that wants to make themselves known in the community also. Beth Kenny: Do you have the dates of that event in July? La Donna Franco: So, let's see, July 30th and 31st on Park Street. Arnold Brillinger: When is the Neptune thing? Is that coming up in June? Kerry Parker: 18th and 19th of June. So, yes, Father's Day weekend. Arnold Brillinger: Yes. So maybe we need to kind of do a preliminary, and then see what kind of problems we come up with La Donna Franco: A dry run? Kerry Parker: It's worth calling them and finding out what a booth might cost. Arnold Brillinger: Because that's WABA, right? Kerry Parker: Yes. Arnold Brillinger: Yes, okay. Kerry Parker: Actually sorry, no, it's the Chamber of Commerce. Arnold Brillinger: Oh, okay. Beth Kenny: Alright. Kerry Parker: And we kind of talked about those sorts of logistics. But yes, we've been talking about it a little bit, but I have some thoughts on it, and so does Beth. Arnold Brillinger: Okay. Beth Kenny: Does anyone else have any announcements? Susan Deutsch: I just want to let everyone know, I went to a library board meeting. I was just impressed with what they offer for people with print disabilities, people with literacy challenges. They have a lot of screen readers, they have a lot of groups for children. They're not planning any big changes in the future, but they sent me an email inviting me to the meeting, to get to know me. And they just shared a lot, the technology that they have and the programs that they have for literacy and discipline. I've been also invited to the park rec, but it was on the same night as the library, so I couldn't go to that one. And then they have another mee… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,19 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 19 | to be difficult to have two meetings in a row, but if anybody wants to go to that meeting, park and rec tomorrow night. Beth Kenny: I think I can take that. Susan Deutsch: I will come too. Beth Kenny: Okay. La Donna Franco: When is the next library board meeting? Susan Deutsch: I don't know. La Donna Franco: Do you think I can find it online? Susan Deutsch: I just connected with them and I will let you know when I get something. Beth Kenny: Alright, so are there any other announcements? Well, then I think we're ready to adjourn. And I want to say that this was a very good meeting, thank you, everybody. La Donna Franco: Thank you. Kerry Parker: Concise! Good work! Beth Kenny: Thank you. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:08 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kerry Parker City Staff Liaison Commission on Disability Issues 08/17/16 Page 19 of 19 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 4 | that's not really true. Because of the base closing, we've actually been very stable with population, and we're had a slight increase in housing units recently, but actually, it was a downturn after the base closure. And we've actually had a significant number of jobs increase in the past decade. Gail Payne: And when you compare it to other East Bay communities, we're on the low side when permitting housing units, and we're on the medium size when we look at density. And the reason why we really care about density is that if you're trying to get a really robust bus system, say in town, it actually runs better if you have more people around a bus station, because you can get more people on the bus within that quarter mile radius of what people really want to walk. And so we're a medium sized density community, and so we can probably support a medium sized bus system, which is really what we have, we're actually quite fortunate with what we have. The regional agencies, they have policies out there that say where they want to focus their development in the region, and these are called priority development areas. And we have two of these areas in the City of Alameda, one is the Northern waterfront area, which is along Clement Avenue by the Estuary, and the other area is Alameda Landing and Alameda Point in West Alameda. And that's indeed where the development is occurring, and expected to occur over the next 10 years. So, we're expected to have an increase of over 2,000 housing units and over, or almost 8,000 more jobs here in Alameda. Gail Payne: Most of the jobs will be going to Alameda Point, and the job growth is actually much higher at 30% than the Bay Area, over the next 10 years it's expected at only 11%. So, the third key concept out of the six is regional commute patterns are changing. We're having fewer auto commuters, and more people are commuting by transit in the region. And one of the factors is that millennials, folks who are younger, tend to be less apt to own cars, less apt to even get a driver's lic… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,5 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 5 | we're working hard to improve our bus system, walking and bicycling. Some of the challenges are that we still have gaps, especially in the bicycling system. We're trying to adapt to new technologies and it's changing daily, it's evolving, so that's hard to figure out. Gail Payne: More people in Alameda are using alternatives to driving than they ever did before. More people are taking the bus, more people are bicycling and walking, and more people are telecommuting from home. So, people are definitely open, more Alamedans are open to commuting in these different ways. Within Alameda, most homes and jobs are located close to a bus stop, there's a 37% increase in bicycle commuting over the past four years. And what's really difficult within Alameda is if you need to get around at about 8:00 AM, before or after, we really have a lot of students here, we have about 1,500 more students than we did a decade ago. And not only that, we have fewer neighborhood schools, we have more magnet schools than we've ever had, more charter schools. And these schools have a city wide enrollment. The neighborhood schools tend to have that catchment area around the neighborhood, around the school. Whereas the magnet schools, charter schools, they get students from all over the city, SO they're more apt to be driven to the school. They even get students from other jurisdictions as well, and more apt too, than local schools. So if you're trying to get around a town around 8:00 AM, you'll notice a difference, it's tough. Gail Payne: Bicycle facilities, we are going to be updating the bike plan soon. We're going to be constructing the Cross Alameda trail next year. And we are currently looking at the potential to have bike share here, like you probably see in other jurisdictions like San Francisco, East Bay is getting it later this year, I think. For transit ridership, most commuters take AC Transit. My favorite is the AC Transit Transbay, they are the work horses of it all, and they don't get enough attention. And the people also take BA… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,6 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 6 | people fit in the street as possible, to get where they need to go. So I had mentioned carpooling and car-sharing, there's bike sharing. And we're trying to make TDM work for all residents and employees. Right now, it's only required in the three key development areas. And so we're working on making that work as a consolidated group and so that they can form a single non-profit entity that would implement the TDM strategies for those new developments. Gail Payne: Best practices and new technologies, and then I'll get to the goals and objectives. For best practices, you've probably seen Webster Street, the bus queue-jump lane that's there, that somewhat has been extended recently by the tubes, that's a great example of a best practice, because when it's all congested, you see the buses flying by. And I was, just once, I must admit, stuck in my car towards the tube in the morning, and I actually felt myself getting mad at all the buses going by so quickly, which is I was ashamed that that was my reaction, but it really does work. And so, that's something in this plan we're really going to be looking at is other ways of having those dedicated bus lanes, where the bus riders aren't getting penalized with all this congestion coming up. Gail Payne: Parking management, how can we price parking so that there's always one or two spaces available per block? You don't have to circle the block, and you don't have people there who shouldn't be parked there who could be parked at the off-street parking spaces. And SO there's ways of doing a better job of strategizing about parking that we could perfect a little bit. On demand car- sharing and ride-sharing, that's where you get the Uber and Lyft. And when it comes to Commission on Disability Issues, what we're really struggling with as a city is how do we These are private sector companies, and it's a little bit like the Wild West, they're not quite regulated yet as much as it probably will be. So how is it evolving? Where is it going? And how does a city form relationships wit… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,7 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 7 | Gail Payne: Now we did also add some goals that didn't get into this version, but there was a request to add not a goal, but a safety objective, so we added that. We also added an objective pertaining to new technologies, and another one that pertains to equity. And I'll just read you the latest version that we have on the new equity goal that's not in your packet, but it's in for the Planning Board packet and the City Council, because I really like how it's shaping up, and it pertains to you all. "Ensure transportation improvements are applied equitably for all users, including senior, low income and minority populations, and are compliant with ADA requirements. Gail Payne: And with that, I think I really would love to hear your comments on the discussion topics. Are there areas where we need to investigate further, pertaining to existing conditions? Did we miss some topics? What do you think about the goals and objectives? And are there other areas that we should be covering? Thank you for your time. Beth Kenny: Thank you very much. Gail Payne: I hope I wasn't too long. Beth Kenny: You did a great job. I have a couple of questions. First, I'm wondering, are there plans to create another island crossing? And if so, have we thought about making it specific for public transportation options, and bike and pedestrian options? And because of the amount of development going on, are we getting money from the developers to build this type of infrastructure that we're going to need? Gail Payne: So for the first question about the additional island crossing, we don't expect to have more capacity in terms of another island crossing, like another bridge or tunnel. And the main reason is that Oakland just doesn't want it, they're just not interested in having it touch down on their property, and that's where it would have to be. And so we really have to work within the constraints that we have. And we did study a bike pedestrian bridge over in the West End, and we found out that it was really infeasible, because of the Coast… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,8 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 8 | Gail Payne: So we do always, for example, Alameda Landing with Target, they paid to have Mitchell and that whole upgraded Fifth Street, and all that area, and including the bike lanes and bus stops, and all that. And also that Alameda Landing is required to pay on an ongoing basis, these TDM plan monies that they're required to implement, they're required to implement, for example, a shuttle bus that goes between Alameda Landing, Target Area and downtown Oakland on every weekday. So they have all these different requirements they're supposed to meet, and yes. Beth Kenny: Thank you. La Donna Franco: I'm actually wondering, with the increase and currently problematic issue of handicap parking, what are some of the ways are you looking at supporting existing parking issues for handicap parking? Increasing that, what are the plans for that, and what are some plans for increasing safer crosswalks, and lighted crosswalks? Gail Payne: Increase the lighted crosswalks, okay. Yes, we can look at those. So for the lighted crosswalks, the ones that are seen as best practices, there's one that's on Otis at Mound that's this strobe light. Okay, so that's the kind that we would in the future add. La Donna Franco: Could you speak to more specifically about the areas and plans for that. Gail Payne: So for both these, we right now are just beginning this planning effort, so right now I'm coming to you on existing transportation conditions. And next time I come to you, we'll be looking at trying to get input on the draft strategies. So this is good now for me, because now I will know to have it, to talk more in depth with you for next time. Yet we're not at that stage at this point, yes. Beth Kenny: And is AC Transit going to be going out to the current ferry? Gail Payne: So AC Transit, the question is this the AC Transit going to go out to the ferry? So they currently operate at the ferry terminal at Harbor Bay, Line 21. And what we're working with them is to try to get money from the regional bodies, to get bus access to the Main… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf,9 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 9 | Susan Deutsch: I was just wondering if there's enough ridership on that Harbor Bay ferry to increase the number of ferries. It seems like really limited ferry service over there. So, you do have to drive through Harbor Bay, and through Alameda if you want to get a ferry, or you just have to drive to get to your destination, because ferry service is being limited. Gail Payne: I know that the ferry operators are looking at wanting to increase the ferry services at both Harbor Bay and Main Street. The issues that we're having are accessing the ferries, especially we just had a big City Council meeting last night on that topic for Harbor Bay, and that it's really impacting the adjacent neighborhood, neighbors living right next to the Harbor Bay ferry terminal, that people are parking in front of their homes. So we have some of the issues to work out with that. Fortunately Harbor Bay, it's really easy to walk around Harbor Bay, crime rate's low, it's easy to bike, there's a great San Francisco bike trail right there. And they do have the Harbor Bay, the Line 21 that goes there. So, slowly, we're trying to work out the kinks, and make it a We're trying not to do it slowly, but we're working out the kinks and trying to make it better work for everybody. Anto Aghapekian: And I have, I don't know if it's a question. What I find missing in here is what the expectations are for people who are going to be 60, 70, 80 years old, how many of these people we expect to have in Alameda, and how are we going to help them move around? I don't see anything in this or that, and I'd like to see something. Gail Payne: Okay. Anto Aghapekian: And there is a very small comment about the ADA, which seems to be consistent with every other presentation that I have gone to, and I'd like that to be more visible, to be part of every report that we put out. And the more information we have specially, because from what I have gathered, we're going to have more retired people on this island, and they're going to need probably more better transit, m… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.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,11 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 11 | at the time. What we want is to make sure that the walls are reinforced to be able to put the grab bars in without having to rip out the wall, and we want to be able to make sure that the electrical outlets are at an accessible level. But it doesn't mean that you can't have outlets along the baseboard also. Things like having accessible counters can be easily achieved by putting in a breadboard, it doesn't mean that the whole counter has to be at the level of somebody. That would work for somebody in a wheelchair, it means that there has to be some amount of counter that that can be, but also there can be a standard or a higher level cabinet, depending on your preference. Beth Kenny: There have been some Universal Design ordinances, one of the things that's had a little bit more movement is the visitability movement, which happened in the '80s. And there are quite a few areas that have visitability statutes including Austin, Texas, Chicago, Lafayette, Colorado, Georgia, Texas and Kansas. So they all have a variety of whether it's a mandatory program, or a voluntary program, or parts, or a combination of where some things are mandatory, and some things are voluntary. And they've learned through visitability that they said to-date that 30,000 visitability homes have been built with mandatory programs, versus less than 1,300 visitability homes have been built with voluntary programs. So we want to be sure that I would recommend we make sure we get the important parts voluntary, and not mandatory to offer. I mean mandatory to have, and not mandatory to offer. Beth Kenny: How it has worked out with where we're at in the negotiations, it seems like there's going to be a few different parts of the ordinance. One part would be something that applies to 100% of new residential units. So, that would be any new residential units would have to have these accessibility features. I know one that we've talked about with Andrew quite a bit is reinforcement in the walls or be able to install grab bars in the bathroom and along th… | 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/2016-06-08.pdf,13 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 13 | of abbreviates what all the Commission would really like to see Universal Design Ordinance. And we were able to submit this to Andrew Thomas last week when we were building this agenda. So they have it right, Planning Department has this document. And as they develop the draft that they want to give you in about a week for you to consider for the work group, they are incorporating suggestions into that document, so that when a subcommittee between the Planning Board and the Commission on Disability Issues meets, you guys will probably have some good ordinance language to work with, the draft language will be more developed than the last time you saw it. Kerry Parker: And the other thing to note is that they are scheduling the subcommittee meetings for early July, for the first one right one. That'll be a subcommittee between the Planning Board and CDI regarding this, there will probably be a notice. Anyway, just so you know that this is now in a lot more development than it was at only our last meeting, because this has now been submitted to the Planning Board. Anto Aghapekian: And now one of the things I find, myself, I forget to even talk with you about, is facilities for, or accommodations for people who are hearing or visual impaired. And I think they can be achieved very economically, they're not very expensive. It's just said it has to be thought out and installed, taken care of. Beth Kenny: Yes. Again, I said, I don't know much about building and what sort of accessibility devices that are out there, but I was wondering if lighting control and environmental controls, maybe I was thinking that that might be what we were talking about in that. I was trying to capture that by saying. But I don't know what is out there and what is important, so certainly if you have experience with something that you know is important, or you have seen somebody else find important, please, please, please let us know as soon as possible, because we want to capture as much in this as possible. Susan Deutsch: I do think there are… | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.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/2017-12-13.pdf,1 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 1 | ITEM 2-A COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, December 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. LOCATION: City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Third Floor, Council Chambers Alameda, CA 94501 1. ROLL CALL Beth Kenny: Alright, I'd like to call to order the Commission on Disability meeting for December 13, 2017. We're starting a little bit late tonight, at about approximately 6:45 [due to recording difficulties]. Laurie Kozisek: Okay. I'll do the roll call. Beth Kenny. Beth Kenny: Present. Laurie Kozisek: Anto Aghapekian. Anto Aghapekian: Present. Laurie Kozisek: Lisa Hall. Lisa Hall: Present. Laurie Kozisek: Jenny Linton. Jenny Linton: Present. Laurie Kozisek: Jenn Barrett. Jenn Barrett: Present. Laurie Kozisek: Arnold Brillinger. Arnold Brillinger: Ho ho ho. [laughter] Laurie Kozisek: Present. Okay. Tom Mills, is not here. Tony Lewis, not here. And Susan Deutsch said that she was sick and could not make it. 12/12/17 Page 1 of 10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf |
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/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/2017-12-13.pdf,4 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 4 | requests regarding Universal Design. Do I have a second? Arnold Brillinger: Second. Beth Kenny: All in favor? All: Aye. Beth Kenny: Any opposed? Alright, carries unanimously. That was a mouthful. 12/12/17 Page 4 of 10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.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/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 |
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