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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommission On Disability - Minutes - 06/24/1999COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES JUNE 24, 1999 12:15pm to 1:30pm Members and staff present: Alan Apt, Nancy Baker, Mark Beck, Laura Burnett, Mark Cummings, Donald Fish, Mark Kramer, Initha Stuckey, Lila Vizzard and Robert Palmer. Donald Fish will be sending out invitations for the next meeting: "Services and Agencies meeting", which, will be July 8, Thursday at 12:OOnm to 1:30pm. Mark Cummings will bring the video "Commission on Disability". In addition to the agencies listed on ADDENDUM C, three others will receive invitations: Communication Connections, Disability Connections, and the Center for Community Participation. Blair Leist will be given an award for his outstanding contribution to the Commission on Disability at the July 8`h meeting. Clark Mapes, City of Fort Collins Planner presented the group with a special invitation to attend: a workshop with Dan Burden, of Walkable Communities, Inc., focusing on Campus West. He will answer questions such as "How can you have a town based on walking and accommodate traffic and have a healthy business climate?" The workshop will be held 8:30am to 4:30pm Wednesday June 30th in Council Chambers at City Hall, 300 West Laporte Avenue 8:30am to 4:30pm Thursday July 1st at John XXIII Church, 1220 University Avenue. Allan Apt and sub committee are working on employment of disabled as well as awareness of disabilities. Allan and committee have been outreaching through the Chamber of Commerce and suggested establishing hot links between the Commission on Disability Web Site and agencies of the Chamber, who have established web sites as means of providing additional employment information through the Committee on Disability Web Site. Allan also suggested a meeting with City of Fort Collins' managers and Human resources to discuss employment of the disabled, however, focus would need to be developed. It was also suggested that the managers be invited to the HP meeting on Disabilities October 6 h. It is hoped that the July 8`h Agencies and Resources meeting will provide a stepping stone for meeting with the City managers and Human Resources. Page 1 COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES JUNE 24, 1999 12:15pm to 1:30pm page 2 Laura Burnett announced that she is now a Local Affiliate of the ADA Technical Assistance Center, and will be working with Jean Batchelder of (Access by Design). A number of agenda items were suggested for the July 8`h meeting including but not encompassing: • What are agencies doing to help employ the disabled? • What data bases are available? • What web sites are available and can the Commission on Disability hot link them? • Has anyone seen accessibility standards for single family residential homes? • Exchange of email addresses and listings of others who might have helpful information for the disabled. The minutes of last meeting June 10`h are amended and approved to include the adoption of the meeting day change, from the second and fourth Wednesday to the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Our next meeting will be July 8'h in the CIC Room of City Hall at 12:OOpm to 1:30pm.