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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDisability Advisory Board - Minutes - 06/17/2021Thursday, Jun 17, 2021, 2021 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. Zoom Access via City Hall, 300 LaPorte Avenue 6/17/2021 – MINUTES Page 1 DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD (formerly COD) REGULAR MEETING – Contact: Carol Thomas, Equal Opportunity & Compliance Manager – 416-4254 1. CALL TO ORDER Terry Schlicting called to order at 6:37pm 2. ROLL CALL Present: Terry Schlicting, Anna Fuller, Rachel Knox-Stutsman, Mandy Morgan, Marilee Boylan, Sami Peterson, Joe Tiner, Linda Drees Board Members Absent: Davina Lau (internet problems) Staff Members Present: Carol Thomas Guests: Derek Heinko 3. AGENDA REVIEW 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Motion to approve by Terry, Second by Marilee, Unanimously Approved 5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION a. None 6. PRESENTATION Derek Heinko, SPIN – Adaptive Bike Program Survey Results a. 37 respondents: 32% have a disability or are 65+ • 70% respondents would be using the program, 24% might • 79% respondents would likely use upright trike • 53% would likely use side by side recumbent trike • 41% recumbent trike • Handcycle was fourth (small percent) • 76% respondents said they wouldn’t need help transferring, 18% would • 35% would prefer to call a number to request delivery • 27% would use a smartphone app • 23% would prefer to pick up from a central location • 97% would use for exercise/recreation • 61% would use for social outings • 43% would use for running errands • 45% would use 1x per week • 23% would 1x per month • 9% would have daily use Thursday, Jun 17, 2021, 2021 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. Zoom Access via City Hall, 300 LaPorte Avenue 6/17/2021 – MINUTES Page 2 DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD (formerly COD) REGULAR MEETING – Contact: Carol Thomas, Equal Opportunity & Compliance Manager – 416-4254 • 68% would prefer to have picked up and dropped off to them • 30% would prefer to pickup from central location • 79% would plan to have the vehicle delivered to them • 14% would lock it up where it’s picked up • 43% would pay hourly fee • 26% would only be interested if it were free b. Types will be recommended: i. Trike ii. Side By Side Trike iii. Recumbent Bike c. Will have in-person vehicle demo the week of July 5th, at Rocky Mountain Recumbents d. Stages: i. Feedback from the community, current ii. In person demos in July, open to public iii. Purchase and launch late July, with the scooter release e. Intends to collaborate with ARO to incorporate the hand cycles and other equipment they have in to this program. f. Ribbon cutting will be July 9th near Max station (south of University Ave on CSU campus), 3:30-4:30pm g. Linda: suggests a “Buddy Bike” for children with disabilities h. Right now, there is no intention to charge for delivery or use of the adaptive bikes/program; may charge fees in the future but currently a partnership with Bike Fort Collins i. Modelling after an adaptive scooter program out of San Francisco for delivery j. Marketing: 20 survey organizations will help to provide outreach and will host demo-days in parking lots where people can try out the bikes Additional info: Derek.heino@spin.pm 7. NEW BUSINESS a. DAB meetings will be held online, until further notice b. Transfort doesn’t provide service past 7pm currently, so returning home after the meeting will be difficult until full service is restored c. Online is more accessible and inclusive for public participation Thursday, Jun 17, 2021, 2021 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. Zoom Access via City Hall, 300 LaPorte Avenue 6/17/2021 – MINUTES Page 3 DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD (formerly COD) REGULAR MEETING – Contact: Carol Thomas, Equal Opportunity & Compliance Manager – 416-4254 8. OLD BUSINESS a. Training Ideas: Office of Employment First – Initial Meeting i. Training for City of Fort Collins Human Resources would look like a panel of “HR Business Partners” (hiring staff) to learn what information they need to be able to hire more individuals with disabilities – ask what they need to know and then provide what they don’t need 1. HR Business Partners collaborate with each City department to help with the hiring process to ensure there is no discrimination and also advise on hiring practices 2. City also has a “Talent Acquisition Manager” who works with hiring managers to target audience recruitment. ii. Office of Employment First (statewide experts with curriculum) is willing to do training on: 1. Employment as a social determinant of health 2. Benefits of hiring an individual with a disability and how it enhances your work place 3. Disability etiquette 4. Steps to becoming a more inclusive workplace 5. Explaining the ADA 6. Accommodations in the workplace 7. Exploring low-tech options 8. Person-centered and customized hiring iii. Additional training can be provided from the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) iv. Larimer County has a priority to hire individuals with intellectual disabilities, maybe collaborate with them and the city of Loveland to spread the information wider v. Initial intention was to be proactive about encouraging the City to hire more people with disabilities vi. Marilee/Sami/Rachel/Carol will draft a list of questions to ask the HR Business Partners/City Staff vii. Sami suggests creating a list of resources in general hiring of people with disabilities that the City staff/job coaches can access that looks like a flow chart, sort of a “A Travelers Guide” to hiring processes Sami will create an outline / google doc to start this part Thursday, Jun 17, 2021, 2021 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. Zoom Access via City Hall, 300 LaPorte Avenue 6/17/2021 – MINUTES Page 4 DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD (formerly COD) REGULAR MEETING – Contact: Carol Thomas, Equal Opportunity & Compliance Manager – 416-4254 viii. Marilee suggests we use story sharing to help inform (without them turning into tokenizing or inspirationalizing) 1. Example: “____ has a job, despite their disability” or “Look how far they’ve come” ix. Stories would come through DAB for that lens to avoid tokenizing stories, would want to include stories of people that have disabilities that are not visual/obvious disabilities x. Competitive, integrated employment focus (win/win for both employee and employer), not as much focus on unwanted job shadows, piecework employment, or remedial jobs. xi. Joe suggests: Exhibit inequities of having employment versus retaining system benefits and how working full time can reduce benefits that are available that are needed for people with disabilities b. Dial A Ride Fares & Application Process – Follow-up i. Carol will follow up with Kaylee at Dial A Ride come to DAB ii. Terry: need to address the archaic process of accessing the application, paper copies become barriers for people with physical limitations, would like to explore additional options to upgrade this process iii. Carol: best practice is to do in person assessments, an alternative is that a health care provider can provide documentation of disability. Hard Copy applications: they talked about an online application to increase accessibility. Also talked about the auxiliary services to assist with application process are more known about. iv. Mandy: both should be available or those who do prefer or need the paper forms v. City Legal department said this cannot work because of the risks associated with submitting personal health information online. vi. RESULT: fillable and printable PDF (by end of June) RESULT: looked at assessment and application and took out information that was unneeded to make a reasonable and fair assessment/application vii. People would not need to reapply if they are already qualified to receive services viii. Anna: is Spanish available? ix. Carol: it should be available, Carol will look into this Thursday, Jun 17, 2021, 2021 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. Zoom Access via City Hall, 300 LaPorte Avenue 6/17/2021 – MINUTES Page 5 DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD (formerly COD) REGULAR MEETING – Contact: Carol Thomas, Equal Opportunity & Compliance Manager – 416-4254 c. UPDATES FROM CAROL: d. CSU students do not need to pay a fee for Dial A Ride when they show their Rams card. e. RESULT: City Volunteers/Boards and Commissions will show their ID and not need to pay fees for Dial A Ride. (Result of conversation between Carol, Terry, Transfort, and CSU OEO). f. Conversations to address necessary for drop off at edge of boundaries issue: i. Trilby and College outside of ¾ boundary limit? (uses GIS coordinates) ii. Address verses location? (DAR is going to look further into this) iii. Is someone allowed to change drop off location, mid-ride? (No they aren’t) iv. Why not use an app like Uber/Lyft? (the cost of these apps is not affordable, not in the current budget, unsure if it would minimize pick up time. Conversation will continue as they look further into it) Joe suggests: connecting with Brittany at CSU as to what they are building with Lyft. Carol will follow up. v. New DAB members will connect with Carol about their City Volunteer badges 9. ADJORNMENT a. Announcements: Terry Schlicting called to adjourn at 7:28. Next meeting will be July 15th, 2021, on zoom.