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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Committee For Persons With Disabilities - 01/02/2008Committee for Persons with Disabilities Summary Minutes — 01/02/08 Paize 1 of 4 1. A. Call to Order was at approximately 3:42 pm by the Chair, Linda Fallwell-Stover . B. Roll Call was taken, establishing a quorum. j 4 - In Attendance 4 CFPWD: Linda Fallwell-Stover, David Walker, Abel Alonzo, ti' / Clifford Bost, Herman Lee Jones, Harvey Salinas, Rosa M. Valdez;;,tV STAFF: Leon Bazar, Patsy Garcia, Wanese Butler (Human Relations) Billy Delgado (Parks & Recreation) Christina Fratilia (Development Services) Ken Polasek (Engineering Services) Joseph Harney (Legal) Absent CFPWD: Toni Padilla, L. David Ramos C. Requests for Excused Absences [Requests for Excused Absences was discussed later in the meeting.] 2. Approval of Minutes MOTION The December Summary Minutes were approved. The November Summary Minutes were approved as amended. 3. Public Comments [Public Comments was discussed later in the meeting.] Leon Bazar discussed the new agenda format. City Attorney, Mary Kay Fisher, reviewed the proposed agenda and recommended changes to comply with the Open Meetings Act. Leon Bazar asked committee members to submit agenda requests to the Human Relations Department for placement on the following month's agenda. Abel Alonzo asked if the meeting set-up could be changed. Abel mentioned that the public could not hear and the committee members' backs face the public during the committee meetings. Linda Fallwell-Stover agreed that the meeting set-up is not conducive to public for participation or involvement. The committee agreed to add the issue to Item #8 on the February 6t agenda. Linda Fallwell-Stover stated that there were no Public Comments, the committee approved the Minutes and there were no Requests for Excused Absences. 4. Presentation - American Bank Center Update [Presentation - American Bank Center Update was discussed later in the meeting.] 5. Chairperson's Report Linda Fallwell-Stover spoke about the ADAPT (American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit) calendar. It is composed by the Advocacy for Person's with Disabilities by Person's with Disabilities. The calendar contains historic photos and gives ideas of things happening around the country related to Advocacy for Person's with Disabilities. Linda asked the committee to support ADAPT by purchasing a calendar. Leon Bazar and Linda Fallwell-Stover mentioned the American Bank Center Update was rescheduled to February 6th committee meeting. SCANNED Committee for Persons with Disabilities Summary Minutes — 01/02/08 Page 2 of 4 A. Review and recommendation of RTA funds contribution to the City Abel Alonzo suggested the committee make a recommendation that RTA funds be utilized for ADA improvements to help make the City fully accessible. Leon Bazar suggested inviting Assistant City Manager Oscar Martinez to the February committee meeting. Leon Bazar agreed to add item to February 6th agenda. B. Approval of Committee Commendation to the City for 11/29/07 TDLR Training Leon Bazar suggested the committee draft a memorandum to send to the City Council. Linda Fallwell-Stover asked David Walker if he could draft a memorandum so the committee could review the memorandum before forwarding it to the City Council. David Walker agreed to have a draft by the committee's February 6th meeting. 6. Staff Reports A. Human Relations Department 1. Department Monthly Performance Report Leon Bazar provided the committee members with copies of the Human Relations Monthly Performance Report and spoke regarding the following: • Employment Discrimination - 23 / Target 100 b� September 30th • HUD/Fair Housing - 12 / Target 30 by June 30t • Accessibility Grievances - 4 • Citizen Complaints - 29 new complaints • ADA Trash Pick-up — 3 new requests / Approximately 275 Participants • A citizen with a disability cited accessibility pedestrian button issue on the corner of Weber and Holly. The pedestrian button needs to be moved closer to the sidewalk. Engineering and TXDOT are going to investigate the issue. • A citizen expressed concern that a department store had a fire hazard. The aisle ways were covered with merchandise and entrances and doors were blocked. Leon Bazar sent notification to the store to schedule a site visit before the 10th of the month. • A citizen with a disability cited a section of broken sidewalk which prevented them from getting to the Water Utilities office to pick-up grease collection bags. Engineering is going to look over the area to address the issue. The Water Department delivered the grease collection bags to the citizen's home the same day. • The Human Relations Department will co -host TDLR (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations) Training in Corpus Christi in 2008. • Human Relations Department will present the "People First Language" training at two Executive Leadership Training on January 9th and 16tH • Human Relations Department pending activities: Three Mediations, Weekly Reviews with HUD and planning to prepare for "City Hall in the Mall" to be held in February or March at Padre Staples Mall. [Margie Rose arrived at 4:12 pm] 2. Approval of recommendation of City sponsorship on proposed wheelchair event Leon Bazar reported during the December 2007 committee meeting, Mr. Steven Presley of Blue Jay was seeking support for a wheelchair event involving the Corpus Christi Ice Rays. Mr. Presley called Leon Bazar to notify him that he was Committee for Persons with Disabilities Summary Minutes — 01/02/08 Page 3 of 4 not going to pursue the event. Mr. Presley stated that he had not received enough financial support because there were other competing events going on and that personal issues would also keep him from devoting a lot of time for the event. B. Engineering Services Department Ken Polasek updated the committee on the following new Southside projects: • Library - construction well underway, new facility, will be ADA accessible • Everhart — continued construction from Saratoga to Cedar Pass • Southside Fire Station - new restrooms and showers Linda Fallwell-Stover asked that today's meeting's minutes reflect that the committee is requesting a definition in writing for when ADA components must be part of a project. Anything the committee receives from the Engineering Department in the future will reflect whether ADA compliance is a portion of that project. The committee wants to know when the components will be a part of the project and when they are not. Abel Alonzo asked David Walker if there is a difference between Texas Accessibility Standards compared to Federal ADA standards. Committee discussion was held on the topic. C. Parks and Recreation Department 1. Response to Latchkey Complaints Linda Fallwell-Stover asked Billy Delgado to provide a response regarding an e- mail complaint that was sent to the Parks and Recreation Department. Billy Delgado stated that he met with Sally Gavlik regarding the complaint and due to the holidays she did not have a response for the committee. The Parks and Recreation will provide a response at the February 6th committee meeting. Linda Fallwell-Stover asked Leon to add the issue to the committee's February agenda. Billy Delgado reported on the Sergeant Brock park area fencing project. Due to the park's size, the department decided not to fence the park. He added that the department has not received any citizen complaints regarding the safety of the park and if there are any complaints in the future, the department would look into it. Billy Delgado also updated the committee on the developments of parks and neighborhoods. He passed out photos to the committee members of recent projects including: H. J. Williams Park, Oveal Senior Center, West Guth Park, Heritage Park and Zavala Senior Center. Billy reported the number of Special Accessibility for Latchkey requests are the same as last year. Linda Fallwell-Stover recognized Rosa Valdez as a new Subcommittee member. D. Development Services Department Development Services provided no report at this time. However, Christina Fratilia provided a brief discussion on the department's operations and goals. [Christina Fratilia left at approximately 5:00 pm] Committee for Persons with Disabilities Summary Minutes — 01/02/08 Page 4 of 4 7. Subcommittee Reports A. ADA Title I/Employment Comprehensive Subcommittee No meeting this month -No Report. Abel Alonzo commented that he and Toni Padilla had completed their reviews of updated job descriptions provided by Sylvia Wilson in Human Resources. B. Engineering Subcommittee No meeting this month -No Report. C. Latchkey Subcommittee No meeting this month -No Report. Linda Fallwell-Stover recognized Rosa Valdez as the new Subcommittee member. 8. Committee Agenda Item Requests • Recommendation of new Committee meeting layout and communications with the public • Invite Oscar Martinez to CFPWD meeting regarding RTA funding • Latchkey complaint update • Unified Development Code update • Request for written definition of street resurfacing/reconstruction vs. street maintenance, and written indication of the City's position when ADA compliance kicks in. • Update from American Bank Center (presentation) [Linda Fallwell-Stover welcomed Ex -Committee member Brian Watson who was in the audience.] 9. Announcements Abel Alonzo thanked everyone on the committee who donated funds during the past year for the purchase of a new accessible vehicle. The state also donated funds to help make the van accessible. The van was presented to Abel on December 21St by Love Chrysler in Corpus Christi. 10. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at approximately 5:05 pm.