HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommission On Disability - Minutes - 05/24/2001COMMISSION ON DISABILITY
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
May 24, 2001
Council Information Center, City Hall West
Members present: Kathryn Johnson, Paul Ostrof, Susan Williams, Jill Lancaster, Diane Dittus,
Nancy Baker, Laura Burnett, Ruth Bell Skogerboe, Rob and Romola Fritz, Steve Seefeld.
Special guest: Steve Sutter.
The meeting was called to order by Nancy Baker, Chairman, at 12:17 p.m.
Rob gave a report on his meeting with Randy Hensley, the Fort Collins Transportation and
Planning Manager. This meeting, which was also attended by Nancy, Steve, and Romola, was a
follow-up to Rob's presentation to the COD on his survey of disabled parking on city properties.
Rob reported that Randy was very receptive to the requests for changes to make these spaces
safer and more effective. Randy plans to implement them, depending on approval of budget
requests and any needed determination of compliance with ADA guidelines. Following a
discussion about parking and pedestrian safety concerns, COD members decided to invite a
member of the Traffic Safety department, possibly Eric Bracke, to attend our June 28 meeting for
a discussion on these issues.
Steve Seefeld indicated that the City Council's decision to have the Transfort Strategic Plan
reworked was in part due to the discussion at our April 26 meeting expressing our concerns about
the elimination of evening and weekend service. Both John Fishbach and Marty Tharpe were at
our meeting and heard us state our inability to support the plan for that reason, and the City
Council also received copies of our meeting minutes. For these reasons, Steve did not send a
separate letter to the Council regarding this issue.
The former COD member recognition lunch will be held at our next meeting, on June 14.
Members discussed exactly who is eligible and available to be invited, including all who left the
commission since January, 1999. Laura will call to invite them and will also ask if they have
received the city's certificate of recognition. If not, Steve will notify the city clerk's office. After
a continued discussion, Laura moved, and Diane seconded, that we hold an ice cream and cake
event at the first meeting in June each year to recognize all members who have left during the
year, as well as invited guests who have contributed significantly to COD activities during that
time. At the same event we will celebrate our COD accomplishments during that period. The
motion passed.
Concerning the Mayor's Awards program, Steve Sutter asked for input about the vendor booths
at last year's event. The turnout count was about the same as the year before, but we would still
like to increase the numbers attending this year. Print media publicity was good, but there was a
question as to whether letters of invitation to local businesses were sent. Kathryn reported that
she has reserved the Holiday Inn for October 26, as requested at our last meeting. Steve Seefeld
indicated that he has access to a banner machine that can make uniform booth signs. Kathryn
volunteered to provide large print and braille copies of the program and the list of exhibitors.
The meeting adjourned at 1:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Romola Fritz, Secretary