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COMMISSION ON DISABILITY
MEETING
November 21,1994
Members Present:
Staff Present:
Bob Willmot
Nancy Stirling
Shirley Reichenbach
Blair Leist
Ray Sanderson
Ted Tsai
Angela Byrne
Rita McGill
Guests:
Roy Beauchamp
Ginny DeHerdt
Diane Rehner
Alma Vigo -Morales
John Daggett
Members Absent:
Mark Lukens
The recently revised and amended Commission By -Laws were reviewed and commented on.
The November, 1994 version of the Commission By -Laws were voted upon and accepted by all
attendants. The final draft of the By -Laws will be sent to all Commission members and City
Liaison(s) by the neat Commission meeting.
Dial -A -Ride: John Dagget of the City's TransFort Department gave a presentation outlining the
steps taken to seek a new provider for "service on the street". After all was said and done and in
reviewing the costs prospective providers gave for their services, the recommendation of the
Dial -a -Ride Team was to give the bid to both the City and to Shamrock Taxi service. The
Commission seemed to agree.
A member of the Commission will act as a resource and advisor as the Dial -a -Ride program
progresses. They may be called upon to oversee and provide advice regarding the vehicles to be
used and how they will be painted (as far as the logo goes).
Handicapped Parking Program: Ray handed out copies of an article he came across that
discussed the lack of discernment some doctors have when they give a doctor's approval for a
handicapped parking sticker/plate.
Ted is still following up on having the fines raised for illegal parking in a handicapped space.
Snow in Handicapped Parking spaces: Blair Leist (assistant to Pete Dallow) said he was in the
process of having ordinances drafted and then will run them by Marry Heffernan, one of the
City's attorneys to ascertain if this is the right route to go of if another direction would be more
effective.
Sidewalks: Diane informed the Commission that she found a photographer who is willing and
able (and experienced) to take pictures to be used for the Snow Removal advertisements. For
this project, a group of individuals are needed to volunteer and be ready to go out to take pictures
after a snowfall.
Roy brought up a point that the Commission may be doing something that has already been done
before. There is probably already pictures and resources available "out there". The Commission
agreed to research further.
Police Sensitivity Training: Diane informed the Commission that she spoke with Pat Kelly
regarding the suggestions the Commission had for sensitivity training. The Commission is in
agreement that Fort Collins Police Chief, Fred Rainguet, should also be included in the planning
of this training.
Alma contacted a group from Denver called the Cross Disability Coalition who would be willing
to provide an all -day sensitivity class. (Rita knows of this group and has concerns about the
Coalition's ability to present a non -aggressive class). There is some concern about what kind of
attendance (or rather, lack of attendance) there would be for this training class. The idea that
perhaps other law enforcement departments (County Sheriffs, Loveland Police, Greeley Police,
CSU Police) should be invited to attend the class. Also, the class could be video taped so that
those individuals who could not attend the class could view it.
It was suggested that Blair contact the various heads of law enforcement offices to invite them to
attend the next COD meeting to discuss the Commissions' idea for sensitivity training.