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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommission On Disability - Minutes - 09/08/2005Attendance: Peggy Graff Steve Rierson Susan Williams Mark Beck Jerry Patterson Melinda Suits Joan Cook Commission On Disability Minutes 2005 September Regular Meeting Council Information Center, City Hall Building, 300 LaPorte Ave. September 8, 2005 Approved in 2W5 October Regular 111eeBng City Staff Liaisons: Guests: Steve White Dawn Scott Annie Houston Terry Schlicting Call to order,12:22 P.M., Susan W7i hams, Chairperson Motion: to approve the duly 2005 Regular Meeting Minutes by: Joan, second: Mark Amendments Add Joanie to attendance PHA "Mark: PHA is working with CSU...." Strike Approved by Voice Vote Motion: to approve the August 2005 Regular Meeting Minutes by: Mark, second: Steve Amendments Mayor's Award "Mark will be meeting with May Hutch ..." Replace May with Mayor 5013(c) to 501(c)(3) Approved by Voice Vote New Business City Budget Susan: Proposed Dial -A -Ride cut. Told weeks ago by Darrin that he did not propose to cut DAR service. I read in the paper that he did propose it. Mark: Did the paper actually say that? Susan: Yes. I e-mailed Darrin this morning with my disappointment. Steve W.: All those proposals come through committee. So, it was likely that it came from that committee. He has to support his committee to some extent. We still have an opportunity with council. Susan: I am upset that they are proposing the cut. They have an awesome responsibility and I respect that. Propose that the Commission write a letter to Darrin and send a copy to Tom Fraiser. Steve: Tom will be leaving the city. Marylis Sitmer will be there. Susan: So, to Darrin, cc: to Marlyis and the Council. Pd be willing to pay extra to keep the night service. Steve: You should write the letter to the Council and copy it to Darrin. The City Council appointed this commission. Go to the city clerk and see if you can get the letter into the packet. Mark: So the letter should be to the mayor and council cc: to Darrin. Susan: We shouldn't just complain so thafs why I think that we should propose a compromise. That's why I would suggest that we pay more and cut back service to 11:OOpm from the current times of 12:00 and 2am. So, I propose that a letter be written to Mayo and Council with cc to Darrin and Marlyis with the cutback to 11 and increased fees. Dawn: Right now it's $2.50 per trip so maybe $5.00 to get somewhere. Susan: $86,000 was what it cost for night service for Tnmsfort. I don't think we should just sit back and let it happen. ???: Is that the entire budget or is that for just DAR or just night service. Dawn: Why couldn't we have an opportunity to get support together. Why weren't we forewarned? Steve: They are under the gun to get the budget done. Dawn: Is there an open mic time? Steve: That would be a good opportunity. But since the commission is appointed by the council, you can get information into the packets that go to the council. They have done one wok session already. Motion: To write a letter from the Commission to Mayor and Council with a copy to Darrin and Marlyis in support of continuing Dial -a -Ride evening service with the hours of service cut back to 11 PM and the possibility of increased fees. by: Mari, second Joanie Susan: I encourage each of you to write a personal letter to the council. Approved by voice vote Action: Susan to write the letter Dawn: Is there any money available to the COD to offset costs for the petition? Susan: Dawn and I were really pleased with 700 signatures w/i a month. And very encouraged that nearly everyone knew of DAR and encouraged them to keep pushing. Steve: In your letter, you should mention your comment about what you observed from the petition drive. Dawn: Wanted to post a poster with Mayor's contact info, but either Foothills or Senior Center would not post it with the contact info. Steve: I Called City Clerk's office and asked them if it was OK for the commission to support a petition. Yes, it's ok, and I'm sure other boards and commissions are doing that too. Joan: I could get the copying donated for the fliers. Susan: Asked the secretary of the city council to get a copy of the current budget proposal. Steve: We got an e-mail of the various proposed cuts. Mark: Evidently one of the cuts is Virginia Steve: Yep. Melinda Addressed the NOD Awards Application. The Commission is doing a good job but the answers to the checklist for the whole city leaves a lot to be desired Specifically the Chamber of Commerce does not give info except on request. Jerry brought up a concern about the fact that the executive committee always has potential to lose members before the new committee is voted in due to the fad that our executive committee elections are now in February to comply with the manual. This also means that the executive committee is elected after the new work plan is approved, but the executive committee is the group responsible for ensuring that the work plan gets done. When the elections were done in the October meding, the new executive committee was put in place before terms expired and before the new work plan was created and voted upon. This can be fixed by holding two elections for the executive committee. The by-laws allow for the commission to pass a rule to allow for more than one executive committee regular election per year. The manual requires that the executive committee elections occur in the February or March meeting. This is to allow for new members of the commission to be a part of the executive committee. Voting twice does not violate the spirit of this rule. If we do not change the way the elections now work, if anyone's term on the executive committee expires, those positions will have to be filled as the first order of business in January 2006, nominations followed by an election to replace them The next order of business will be to open nominations for the February regular elections. The commission is compelled to have the nominations in January because the by-laws require the election in February, establishing that the previous regular election was in February by fiat. The commission has chosen to do nothing except Id nature take its course. This means that the secretary position will go vacant in the January regular meeting, requiring the commission to fill that position via a special election. The commission will then proceed to take nominations for each of the executive positions for the regular election. Motion: to suspend the rules and extend the meeting time to end at 1:50 PM by: Jerry, second Melinda Approved by voice vote PHA Showcase FC - Film a segment on Practical Housing for All in November, we can use the tape for future use free of charge. The house that's on parade of homes is off of CO 14 on the east side of interstate south side of the highway. Spanjer — Sunnybrock addition off of harmony to build 12 accessible homes. No more brochure committee reports are needed, the committee completed its work No heavy doors necessary in the subcommittee reports agenda Mayor's award subcommittee meeting Nobody is in line to take over the mayor's awards subcommittee. Mayor makes proclamations at the beginning of the council meetings, Perhaps we could use this as a time for refreshments where the council and nominees are invited for refreshments and do the awards then. We should just have the Mayor read the proclamation for this year for the October meeting for this year and do that perhaps for next year. There are two Council meetings in October. Do we want to have the mayor do the proclamation? Motion: Steve contact Melissa Morgan to put together a proclamation for the mayor to announce for October for the Disability Awareness Month by: Susan, second: Jerry Susan: Steve have the proc. written up and a -mail to us? Mark It would be better to have it sooner rather than later Steve: The 18th would be soon enough? Susan: I like the 4th. Action: Jerry to write the proclamation Note: National Dis. Awareness Month City acknowledgment restate the commitment of the city to making this a livable place. contribution of people with disabilities. Approved by voice vote Action: Commission to get information to the NOD subcommittee Introduction Terry Schlicting, was CDSA at CSU President for 3 years. Committee for Disabled Student Accessibility. Students each give a $.50 fee for improvements. CDSA makes decisions on how to spend that money. He is looking for ways to get involved in the community. Motion: to adjourn by: Jerry, second: Melinda Adjourned,1:55 PM