Meeting Minutes- Approved 5/12/05

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2005

Time: Noon-1:30p.m.

Place: 1400 Emeline Avenue, Bldg K, Room 206, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

1.0 Call to Order

Chair Stone called the meeting to order at 12:04 p.m.

2.0 Roll Call

Present: Bob McGaw , Charles Stone, Peter Heylin, Joseph Quigg, Erik Edmonds

Excused: Chris Lewis, Michael Bush

Guest(s): Thom Onan – CCCIL

Staff: Andrea Smith

3.0 Announcements

4.0 Minutes

ACTION: The Commission approved minutes for the March 2005 meeting.

msp Quigg/McGaw

5.0 Additions/Deletions

6.0 Oral Communications

7.0 Reports

7.1 Commissioners Reports

Chair Stone reported the following:

n He is participating in a Speaker’s Bureau on Disability issues.

n May 22, 2005 is train day and trains will be running throughout the County.

n The San Francisco Chronicle’s Business section featured an article on the impact of the new Medi-Cal that does not allow negotiation with the pharmaceutical companies resulting in a price increase beyond inflation.

n A new California State Bill on Assisted Suicide is coming up and would like to Commission to review it.

n He has purchased a digital video camera to record a Disability Show for the local Community Channel. Healthcare for All and the SEIU are also working on it. They are currently thinking about highlighting ADA compliant businesses.

Vice Chair Quigg reported that State building code is behind current technology. There are affordable lifts and elevators that the building code does not recognize. The implication being that the code could be an obstacle to affordable options to build and or upgrade facilities to be ADA compliant.

ACTION: The Commission will send a letter requesting a meeting with Assemblymember Laird to explore addressing the building code and current technology.

msp: Heylin/Edmonds

Commissioner Heylin reported that he would like to issue Access Courtesy Notices to non-compliant businesses. The Commission has an appropriate form letter which he will use.

7.2 Coordinator’s Report

n The Coordinator participated in the 5310 funding review process for paratransit services.

n The Women’s Commission is sponsoring an evening at the Reel Work Labor Film Festival: Women and Walmart – Local and Global Impact. The event will be on Saturday, April 30, 2005 at the Cabrillo Extension in Watsonville from 7-9pm.

n The Commission discussed sponsoring an evening during next year’s event on labor and persons with disabilities.

8.0 Ongoing business

8.1 Updates

Inclusive Home Design: See discussion on Building Code and Technology above.

Accessible Parking Enforcement: Coordinator reported that this program is on hold until the Sheriff’s Volunteer Program is able to resolve liability insurance issues. They are actively working on it.

Legislation: Chair Stone reported he is monitoring 53 new bills that pertain to disability.

Cultural Competency Standards: The Commission discussed sponsoring an evening during next year’s event on labor and persons with disabilities.

Terry Brickley Education Enhancement Scholarship (Cabrillo College Foundation): Universal Design Conference has offered to donate proceeds to the scholarship.

8.2 Commission vacancy update

Coordinator will call Supervisor Campos’ staff to see if there is any progress on appointments.

8.3 Movie Theatres: Adaptive Listening Devices – tabled.

9.0 New Business

The meeting adjourned at 1:32p.m.

Next meeting’s agenda:

Respectfully Submitted,

Andrea Smith, Commission Coordinator