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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommission On Disability - Minutes - 11/14/19884 MINUTES COMMISSION ON DISABILITY November 14, 1988 Co -Chairman Arne Andersen called the meeting of the Commission on Dis- ability to order at 6:30 p.m., in the C.I.C. room, 300 LaPorte Avenue. Members Present: Helen Barr Heather Heafer Nancy Cisar Arne Andersen Nancy Jackson Barbara Guys Roy Beauchamp Members Absent: Carol Rice Shirley Reichenbach Marilyn Maxwell Noreen Kenny Staff Present: Debra Kaestner Debbie Zeigler APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the October 3, 1988 meeting were approved as written. NEW BUSINESS Co -Chairman Arne Andersen asked to re -arrange the agenda to accommodate visitors. Steve White, Project Manager with Facilities, City of Fort Collins and Larry Trampe, Architect with Architectural Resources, approached the Commission asking for a sub -committee of two members to accompany them through city owned facilities and help identify locations for directional signage regarding handicap facilities, i.e., toilets, elevators, directories. In 1986 a study identified certain directional needs within the following city buildings: Museum, Pottery Studio, Lin- coln Center, Library, Downtown Community Center, City Hall West. Roy Beauchamp and Nancy Jackson volunteered for the sub -committee. OLD BUSINESS Debrief on Mayor's Award Breakfast - The Lincoln Center is the preferred spot for the breakfast. Debbie will try to reserve the Columbine Room for Friday, October 6th, 1989. Seating arrangements will be at tables next year, not auditorium style. (Debbie called Cindy at the Lincoln Center. She said that 75 could easily be seated in the Ludlow Room at tables and she recommended it because of the kitchen facilities. It is reserved from 6 - 9 a.m. on October 6, 1989. COD Minutes Page 2 Helen Barr asked why the list is more city oriented rather than banks, etc.. She was told that the banks are invited and in the past have come to the breakfast. Arne Andersen said he would like to see more of the general public invited to the breakfast. Debra Kaestner suggested having the general public pick up tickets, but only a certain amount of tickets would be available. All contributors to the Old Town Awareness Project will automatically receive invitations. Award recipients should be given special invitation or phone call and told they are being given the award so that they may invite their families and friends. Their name should be in the program so that they can take it home and they should also be given the nomina- tion form. We will have earlier coverage on publicity next year. Other methods of publicity that will be tried - Channel 14 - Service Clubs - Utility Bills - Diabetes Foundation - . Debra Kaestner and Debbie Zeigler will start a procedure manual for the breakfast. All committee chairpersons should send copies of check list to them and it will be compiled for the January meeting. Debra Kaestner sent thank you letters to everyone. NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED John Daggett with Transfort asked to hear any problems members of the COD had with Transfort and said that he wanted to tell the Commission about the strategic plan process that Transfort has been going through. Members expressed some of their dismay in regard to Care -A -Van. John asked if everyone would call him at 221-6620 when there is a problem. He also explained that there have been consultants working with Transfort developing a master plan. Federal funds have been cut and financing has to be looked at. They are trying to place priorities on transit and get it categorized in the basic needs of the budget. John gave the Commis- sion a time table of events leading to consideration by Council on the second meeting in January. OLD BUSINESS CONTINUED Resignations - Marilyn Maxwell and Noreen Kenny have not been at meet- ings. Noreen has moved but didn't notify City Clerk. Marilyn has not had the time to come. The Commission asked Debbie to notify these people that we require their attendance or their resignation. Access Investigations - Poudre Valley Hospital - The women's handicap restroom on the third floor by the north auditorium has an inadequate toilet stall size. Nancy Jackson will contact PVH about increasing the dimension from the toilet to the closed door to 48 inches. COD Minutes Page 3 Remington S Laurel - The curb ramp has been negated by some grinding work done on the asphalt to alleviate drainage problems. Engineering was contacted and they will fill the ramp at the curb. Subway Shop at Lemay and Riverside - An asphalt ramp was added at the northwest corner of the building. The ramp is part of a 12 foot wide handicap parking space. The building manager agreed to stripe the area in front of the ramp to make it easier to use. Taped minutes at Library - Debbie will send the minutes to the Media Cen- ter at the Library and they will be taped and sent to Bobbi Guye and Nancy Cisar. Volunteers tape the minutes and deliver them. Letter to Jerry Getlin - Cancelled. Bobbi Guye told him all of his options verbally. The matter is closed. Meeting Cancelled - There will not be a meeting in December. 1989 Goals 1. Budget - Tabled until January meeting 2. COD Newsletter - Tabled until January meeting 3. Network with other Boards and Commissions - Tabled until January meeting Debra Kaestner will send in the application for the National Organization on Disability naming Carol Rice as contact person. ABR Update is attached. Nancy Jackson asked how much of the allocated was spent and if it wasn't, where does it go. Steve Barbier told Debra that $6,000 was budgeted for ABR for 87-88, $6053.72 was spent. $6,000 is budgeted for 88-89 which begins October 1. The overage or any unspent monies is handled through CDBG. Nina Scionti asked the Commission to send ideas on the events they used at the Old Town Challenge. Debbie sent her a letter describing all of the events. The Commission asked Debbie to call Nina and let her know that our slide show is available and give her Arne's number and they can work out a presentation schedule. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Arne Andersen, Co -Chairman Debra Kaestner, Staff Support ORECEIVE19NOV 2 9 1988 To: Marj Walsh, Executive Director, Care -A -Van Ken Sylvester, Transfort Manager/Operations From: John Daggett, Transfort Manager/Admin. Subj: Complaints received at the Commission On Disability Meeting 11/14/88 Date: November 18, 1988 As you know, I attend the Commission On Disability meetings twice each year to keep the commission up to date on transit services being offered and planned by the City of Fort Collins and to ascertain whether any problems areas have been identified by the commission. At Monday's meeting there were several complaints identified. I am passing these along, not to point a finger, but to ask for your help in improving the services that we are supplying to the Fort Collins community. The following is a breakdown of the complaints received: Transfort: Bus shelters- Two "problem" shelters were identified. One was in the Vine and LeMay area. The problem was standing water after rain and snow showers. The other was located in front of Poudre Valley Hospital. The problem was that the street was not accessible. Lifts- Again service was identified that exists on routes 2 & 5. The problem was unavailability of lift -equipped vehicles on other routes. I spoke to the option of calling in advance for reassignment of the lift -equipped buses. Transfort might want to examine its marketing materials here as other disabled citizens are most likely unaware of their options in this regard. Care -A -Van: Public Relations- Two complaints were received about driver attitudes when clients were not ready when scheduled. Two individuals mentioned that drivers verbally treated them badly under those circumstances. Other complaints were received concerning driver/dispatcher attitudes which did not appear to be consistent with a goal of achieving passenger satisfaction. A discussion ensued describing that stress and the effects caused by clients being late on the driver. It was suggested that Care -A -Van consider providing PR/stress management training to its driving staff. Late Arrivals for Special Events- The Commission On Disability brought up the problem of their members arriving consistently late to their monthly meeting with transit services being provided by Care -A -Van. Some other events were described by COD on late pick- up after the meetings. Transfort reported that a large number disabled/seniors transported by Care -A -Van to last week's Public Forum arrived 30 minutes late. Please check to see whether this is becoming a pattern. It appears that an examination of "special runs" and procedures for such is in order.