HomeMy WebLinkAboutM1999_05_13Mayor's Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities May 13, 1999
A meeting of the Mayor's Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities was held on Thursday,
May 13, 1999 at 9:00 a.m, Members present: David Bertelson, Kay Cutler, David Hoyt, Aimee
Baltezore, Linda Muller, Jennifer Kampmann, Emily Bennett and Nancy Hartenhof£ Absent:
Kristi Bloom, Allen Muller, Shelly Pedersen, Kurt Cogswell and Marla Muxen.
1. Chairperson Hartenhoff called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
2. Jennifer Kampmann was welcomed to the committee. Jennifer is the student
representative serving a one-year term from May 1, 1999 to May 1, 2000.
3. The agenda was adopted as printed.
4. Minutes, Cutler was not present at the April meeting. (Hoyt/Bennett) M/S/P to approve
the April 1, 1999 minutes as corrected.
5. Announcements/Correspondence.
- Informational material distributed:
• "What to expect when filing a charge of employment discrimination"
• "Small Employers and Reasonable Accommodation"
• "Elements of an Accessible Bathroom" - Homeshow handout
• "Facts about Mediation"
• Disability Agenda October 1998" newsletter and "Closing the Gaps: 1998" report
was distributed.
- "Together We Can Conference" - June 13-15, 1999 in Pierre. No committee
members will be attending. There was a request for sponsoring a portion of the
conference. The committee did not have funds to commit.
- Position paper on combining the Divisions of Rehabilitation Services and Service to
the Blind and Visually Impaired. L. Muller will be attending a town meeting on this
issue later in the day. She agreed to report on it next month.
- 1999 Technical Assistance Program Seminar, June 11 in Fargo - Anyone wishing to
attend should contact Dunn by next week. Travel expenses would be paid out of the
committee's budget.
- Statewide Independent Living Council Nominees sought - no nominations were
suggested.
6. Calendar.
• May 25 - 5 to 9 p.m. Local Affiliate Training
• May 26 - 7 p.m. Contractor's Workshop
• June 2 - Arts Festival Committee meeting
• June 10 - 9 a.m. Committee meeting
• June 11 - EEOC Conference in Fargo
• June 13.15 SDCCD Conference - Pierre
• June 26 - Wheelchair Clinic
• July 10, 11 Arts Festival
Schedule Next Meetine. Thursday, Julie 10" at 9:00 a.m.
8. Updates:
A. Wheelchair Clinic.
• Date - Saturday, June 26`x'
• Time - tentatively from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Mayor's Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities May 13, 1999
• Location - First National Bank East Branch parking lot
Hartenhoff attended an organizational meeting last week. Another meeting is
scheduled for Friday, May 14`x' at 11:30 a.m. at the new bagel shop. Anyone on
the committee is welcome to attend. The committee agreed at a previous meeting
to help with this project by providing staffing but not financial support.
Hartenhoff said there are local corporate sponsors and didn't feel funding was an
issue. The director of the State Easter Seals was at the meeting. Kurt Osborne is
taking the lead on this project.
There will be a large tent onsite for shade and refreshments will be served. Letters
will be sent out to targeted organizations to help identify people this project would
benefit. Volunteers will then be phoning those targeted organizations to determine
an estimate on the number of chairs to be cleaned and volunteers needed. The
chairs will be cleaned, sanitized, basic maintenance and intensive repairs scheduled
for a separate appointment. Mersco Medical will provide three technicians to do
intensive work and volunteers are needed to do basic maintenance. They
anticipate needing 15 to 18 people per shift of 2.3 hours.
Another goal of the project is to create a database for follow-up clinics. It would
also help with doing targeting correspondence.
Action:
• Hartenhoff will ask if the committee can set up the display. It will help spread
the word about the committee.
• Baltezore volunteered to attend the meeting and thought Advance employees
and consumers may be interested in participating.
• L. Muller volunteered to help with phone calls.
B. Contractor's Workshop.
• Date - Wednesday, May 26`'
• Time - 6 to 7 p.m. social, 7 p.m. workshop
• Location - Elks Club
Action:
• I-Iartenhoff will contact Woody Weeks about setting up the committee display
at the workshop.
• I Ioyt volunteered to work on the display. It will need to have contractor -related
information.
• Members attending - Allen Muller, Nancy Hartenhoff, David Ioyt, Marla
Muxen.
• Need a committee member to introduce the speaker.
• Need to follow -tip on press releases. Dunn will send another to the newspaper.
• Check with speaker about doing radio program speak -up on the morning of
May 26`x'
• Posters will be hung at the lumberyards.
C. Advocacy Outreach.
Cogswell attended that last Summer Arts Festival meeting.
Mayor's Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities May 13, 1999
1) Transportation -- The Arts Festival Committee has agreed provide accessible
transportation and will be responsible for this.
2) Wheelchairs - The Arts Festival Committee has agreed to pay for the chair
rental and provide an awning. However, they feel the information booth
volunteers have too much to do already and don't want it placed there.
They suggested the accessible parking area east of the park. The Mayor's
Committee would have to provide staffing. The committee didn't think
this was the best location for the chairs and will pursue placement of the
chairs/awning next to the information booth with our own staffing.
2) Accessibility Audit - Dunn recommended offering the Arts Festival
Committee an accessibility audit to identify areas of improvement and to
have a plan to work from. Cogswell said the committee loved the idea and
would like to do it. Who is doing the audit needs to be identified.
Contacting the Dept. of Justice for festival contract examples was suggested.
D. Committee Training. Dunn said she needs to know who is attending the May 25`x'
training by May 17"', Bennett, L. Muller, Cutler, Hartenhoff, Muxen & Hoyt said
yes. Kampmann is out of town. Baltezore will make arrangements to secure a
video camera.
9. Discuss ADA Anniversary Activities.
➢ Radio programs promoting the Mayor's Committee
➢ ABLE Award presentation
➢ Promote ABLE award winner in Chamber newsletter
➢ Wheelchairs at Arts Festival
➢ Accessibility Audit at Arts Festival
10. Review ABLE Award Guidelines. The ABLE (Ability, Belief, Leadership Effort - Equal
Access for All) Award is given to a business/organization that makes their place accessible.
Categories discussed:
➢ title III (retail, commercial, professional, food/beverage, child care, etc.),
➢ title II (school, city, county, state) or
➢ religious (not covered by ADA).
Number of awards? One per year.
When work was done? No set amount of time identified.
How nominations are solicited? Committee -driven or open up to nominations from
community. No final decision made. Getting a list of recently new or remodeled
businesses was suggested, Members are to turn in nominations to Dunn by June Vt to
allow for time to review all nominations prior to June 10`x' meeting. Selection will be done
in June and presentation/publicity in July.
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m. Submitted by Shari Dunn