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<br />NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />Discussion regarding adding a Housing Ad Hoc committee <br /> <br /> <br />C. Cholas <br /> submitted three documents he had regarding visitability. Pima County <br />Arizona is one of the first places in the U.S. that made visitability features in <br />housing a mandate. There’s no law that says you have to build houses that way. <br />It has to be an ordinance added to the Building Code. <br /> <br />No step entrance. <br />Some of the main things to have regarding visitability are: a <br />32” <br />Doorways should have a minimum net clearance of when the door is <br />36” wide hallwaysaccessible bathroom <br />opened; . Have an . Electrical wall <br />15” above the finished <br />outlets on the main floor should be mounted at least <br />floor. light switches and thermostatsand other controls,no higher <br />The <br />than 48” from the floor <br />. <br /> <br />E. Hanoa <br /> suggested maybe there should some kind of tax break for making a <br />home accessible. <br /> <br />C. Cholas <br />– A Housing Ad Hoc committee could look at suggestions we could <br />give to the mayor and his staff to look at. <br /> <br />MOTION:E. Hanoa <br /> made a motion to add a Housing Ad Hoc committee. <br />L. Tobosa <br /> seconded the motion. All were in favor. <br /> <br />C. CholasE. Hanoa <br /> volunteered to be the chair. And offered to be on it too. <br /> <br />Discussion regarding 2012 and 2013 Pac Rim Conference <br /> <br /> <br />R. Schoen <br /> stated that there was a discussion about the desire to provide funding <br />to committee members to attend the Pac Rim Conference at the last meeting. <br />W. Tanigawa <br /> stated that Alan suggested that it would be beneficial for the <br />officers to meet with Renee to talk about the committee’s fiduciary duties about <br />the budget and then maybe go further into this area of allocating monies for Pac <br />Rim and other events that the committee is involved with. <br /> <br />Discussion/planning regarding 2012 ADA Awareness Day <br /> <br />W. Tanigawa <br /> requested members to sign up for teams for ADA Awareness Day, <br />which will be on July 26, and report back in June to see if there are any last <br />minute things that need to be done or things that are lacking. <br /> <br />R. Schoen <br />When asked about clarification regarding budget, stated that the <br />committee falls under the Office of Aging and so whatever amounts that are <br />allocated for this committee, that’s what it is. And it goes through the whole <br />budget process. Typically the budget for boards and commissions are limited to <br />mileage, any food type expenses and photocopying. So, it’s not a large amount. <br /> <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />