HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommission On Disability - Minutes - 02/26/2015COMMISSION ON DISABILITY
Fort Collins City Hall 12:00pm
Thursday February 26, 2015
Present: Rose Luna, Marilee Boylan, Michael Devereux, Terry Schlicting, Michelle
Miller, Leslie Efird, Michael Marr
Absent: Jeffrey Coon, Hettie Hueber (both with contact)
City: Ethan Cozzens, Rosanne McDonnell
Guests: Joanne VandeWalle - Elderhaus/Mindset
Leticia Arguello – Greeley COD
Jade Miller – Greeley COD
Emma Belmont – Transfort
Andrea Liebl – Transfort
Craig Dubin – Transfort
Justin Scharton – Natural Areas
Mark Jackson – Transportation
Call to Order: 12:21
1. Introductions
2. Approval of January Minutes: Schlicting moved to approve. Deveraux
seconded.
3. Open Discussion: Marilee Boylan passed out information on the 3rd
Annual
Northern Colorado Achieve With Us Colorado Film Festival.
4. New Business:
a. Mark Jackson asked for feedback on inclusive services, building on the
future of the Max and for the committee as a whole, how to include
transportation for the people who need it most.
b. Craig Dubin, Communication Manager for Transfort. Dubin presented
information on paratransit services and voucher program. Subsidized taxi
trips are a new option for Dial-a-Ride services starting April 11, 2015.
Dubin also spoke about a Foothills Gateway shuttle. This is a fixed shuttle
that will provide 2 trips in the morning with returning trips in the
afternoon, transporting about 30 passengers a day. Picking up and
dropping off at the Foothills Gateway.
c. Justin Scharton from the Natural Areas department, presented
information about the Nature in the City program.
5. Old Business
a. 2015 COD Work Plan. Marr moved to approve, Efird seconded. 2015
Work Plan approved.
b. Marr asked in what capacity COD would be involved in Person First in
2015.
6. Community News and Updates
a. Miller brought in a packet of information on Transfort improvements in
the City of Fort Collins.
7. Adjourn:
Luna moved to adjourn. Miller seconded.
Meeting adjourned at 2:20 pm.
Subcommittee meeting: March 12th
2015 at 12:30 pm.
Submitted by Leslie Efird