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<br />Discussion on Jessica Arruda’s Status on Committee <br /> <br />W. Tanigawa <br /> stated that Jessica has not been present or responded to continuation on <br />the committee. The committee would need to decide whether to discontinue her on the <br />committee. After Renee read the by-laws about missing meetings, (3 unexcused <br />C. Cholas <br />meetings) recommended that we remove Jessica from the committee. It was <br />J. ManciniMotion was passed <br />seconded by . All were in favor. None opposed. . <br /> <br />Report by Paige De Lima, Chairwoman <br /> <br />P. De Lima <br /> thanked Chris for his time on the committee. She understands his <br />frustration and believes that it is true the Mayor should be getting back to the committee <br />regarding the letters that was sent out to him because everyone worked very hard on it. <br />She spoke about what the committee has done – meeting with different department <br />heads, making them aware of the issues that the committee would want addressed. <br />People with disabilities have issues and it’s good that we communicate and keep going. <br />She reiterated that this is a positive and good committee and the committee has done <br />some really good things, but Paige feels we could also make it greater. <br /> <br />C. Cholas’ <br /> frustration is due to the fact that it takes a long time to get a <br />recommendation to the Mayor and then there is no response back. He has a limited <br />amount of energy and he is thinking about putting his energy in some other directions. <br />There is a regular following of public that comes to our Mayor’s Committee meeting and <br />anyone out here could be a good member of this committee. He thinks change is good. <br />Give another person in the community a chance to serve. He stated that in his letter he <br />mentioned that one of the great things that we’ve done is to meet with the various <br />department heads and representatives. We don’t have much more to do then just do <br />the dialogue because we are not an action committee. We can’t continue to meet with <br />the same departments and solve problems. We can only go to the Mayor. We are an <br />advisory committee. They know our needs, we’ve sent recommendations. And the <br />other thing is by meeting with the various departments we’ve gotten a feeling of what <br />the challenges are in our county and departments like Public Works, Housing, have <br />super challenges that we are now more acquainted with the things that they are facing. <br /> <br />Chris was thanked for his service on the committee. <br /> <br />J. Floyd <br /> stated that from his perspective, the committee is a conduit from the <br />community to the Mayor and it does not serve the Mayor. It serves the community to <br />pass information on to the Mayor. You are not affiliated with any organization. You’re <br />not just there to make the Mayor look good. I think you guys don’t give yourself enough <br />credit. <br /> <br />P. De Lima <br /> indicated that the committee can steer this body to have a driving force. <br />We just need to make sure that we have our committee members in place that are <br />going to be here. And we can really make a difference <br /> <br />H. Hedrick <br /> agrees with Jesse that the committee is a conduit, but believes it is sluggish. <br />Paige was upset with the sluggish statement. She feels that everybody here at the <br />meeting has good intentions and is trying to make a difference, and to make a comment <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />