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A meeting of the Brookings Committee for People who have Disabilities was held at 2:00
p.m. on Friday, December 3, 2004 in the Brookings City Hall with the following
members present`. Kurt Cogswell, Nancy Hartenhoff-Crooks, Angie Rempfer
David Bertelson, Dona Kornbaum & Lisa Sonnenburg.
Members not present: Jennifer Mendoza, Victoria Riggs, Emily Bennett, Kristie Ching
and Lois Hatton.
Kurt called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. The November minutes were amended and
approved.
Lexi meeting of the committee is scheduled for Friday, January 14, 2004 @ 2 p.m.
Governor's Awards Dominations: Recipients of the awards are Ron's Auto and
possibly the Ram Pub. Kurt will contact Career Advantage to see if they are nominating
the Ram Pub. On December 21, 2004, the awards will presented by the Mayor to the
recipients and the proclamations must be turned into Pierre by December 17, 2004.
Chamber Subcommittee Report: The subcommittee, Vicky, Emily, Dona and Lisa,
met to discuss making modifications to the Visitor's Guide and area businesses who
would be interested in accessibility. The Visitor's Guide already has a list of all the
Brookings businesses and the subcommittee would see about adding handicap symbols.
The subcommittee would also like to get into groups to talk to the businesses about
signage, accessibility, etc.
Frost Arena: Nancy talked to Rob Peterson re: accessibility. Rob said they are going to
top load seating because of security and crowd control. There is accessible seating, but
Dona said the railing is in the line of people's vision. Kurt suggested a set up like the Ice
Arena as well as a site visit. Nancy will talk to Rob with further before we set up a site
visit. If committee visits the Arena, Lisa will ask one of her clients in a wheelchair to be
apart of the visit for more accurate input.
Election of Officers: Kurt is the designated Chair, David is the designated Co -Chair,
and Lisa is the designated Recorder.
ADA Coordinator's Reiaort/Announcements° Shari reported the City Council would
like to do a study on utilities and infrastructure based on the Design Works Streetscape
project. There will be a training video called, "The Ten Commandments" for the
superintendents. There will also be an accessibility review of the six polling sites before
the April election. Banner and Associates is doing the plan for the Hillcrest Aquatic
Center. A subcommittee will review the plans for accessibility. David, Jen and Lisa are
up for re-election. Dona added that when she goes walking, she can see the curbs need
repairs as they are unstable, 7th & Main in particular. Shari will check into this.
Meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. Submitted by Lisa Sonnenburg