2014-04-16, Committee on People with Disabilities Minutees

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Nomination Form There was discussion on the draft nomination form to recommend people, organizations, agencies, acknowledging people who go above and beyond to W. Tanigawa help people with disabilities and accessibility, etc. called for a P. motion to approve the form. Aughe made a motion to accept nomination form L. Tobosa with corrections and additions. It was seconded by . All were in favor. None opposed. Motion passed. R. Schoen suggested that whoever wants to nominate someone can do it on their own and submit it to the committee. It was decided that it should be the County acknowledging someone in the community who has done a great service to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. It could make a real difference in people’s attitudes to know that they are being embraced and acknowledged. J. Floyd suggested increasing employment opportunities for individuals with R. Souza disabilities. felt it should be broader since not everyone with P. Aughe disabilities is employed. stated that a bullet for employment could be added. Also the sentence “Briefly describe … recommending this person” - it should be group or organization, and it should be - the nominee. There also was discussion about how often nominations would be accepted and followed through with the actual awards. It was decided to have review of nominations on the next agenda. C. Cholas recommended inviting the director of Parks and Recreation to one of the meetings to speak about aspects of their department that deal with people with disabilities. C. Cholas Going back a little, had some concerns about delaying the report that the Access ad hoc committee did since the Recreation’s report wasn’t quite A. Mitchener ready. stated that they should just go ahead with the report to the Mayor because the committee needs to regroup as an ad hoc committee and come up with the next set of goals. Maybe the next time a report is sent to the C. Cholas Mayor, Recreation could be included. felt that the report would include the items the Pauline shared today that’s in the report, last year’s Housing ad hoc committee’s visitability item, and Civil Defense’s emergency preparedness and recommendations. It could blend those three into one report and send it off fairly soon to the Mayor. So, Instead of Access Ad Hoc Committee, just do one report for 2013. R. Schoen stated the committee can approve that now and give it to Paige for W. Tanigawa signature. called for a motion to combine the ad hoc committee report with the Emergency Preparedness Report and the Housing ad hoc committee reports. 3