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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-DAC-1992-09DISABILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 2,1992 Present: Brenda Yale, Chairperson, Golder, Farrell, Ferruggio, Merritt, Mohn, Pogson, Maxwell, and Afi Binta -Lloyd TIME: 12 noon- 1:OOp.m. PLACE: Second Floor Conference Room at City Hall. The meeting was called to order at 12:10p.m. The June minutes were approved as corrected. CIVITAS Worker Interview Process was then spoken of. There were no applications as yet. Jon spoke of his concern that he didn't know what questions to ask. Rick will get job description to Jon; Jon says he will speak to Tom West again but CIVITAS says that not only the people will work on the ice and snow but they will be working all year; maintaining in the parks as well. It was also stated that the ramps and curb cuts were responsibility of the owners of the property. The elections were then held. Brenda spoke of not being able to put in as much energy as before because of the constraints of the job at FLIC. Nominations were as follows: Chairperson: Rich Faruggio, Vice - chairperson: Jon Merritt, Secretary: Afi Binta- Lloyd. Mrs. Mohn was nominated as secretary but she declined. Mrs.Farrell was nominated as chair person but she declined because she felt that the chairperson should be disabled. The nominations were then closed. Rich Farrugio was chosen as chair person. Jon Merritt as vice- chairperson, and Afi Binta -Lloyd as secretary. Rich Faruggio then took over as new chairperson. He spoke concerning people taking five minutes and seeing what was their major priority as there was a definite need to prioritize. There was a discussion interjected concerning the gas service law. If a person was disabled, s /he was to be served at the self - service price rate. It was also stated that the concern of railings on East Hill didn't seem appropriate for DAC so the concern was dropped. Neil said that the nine things on the last page of the forms handed out were to be prioritized. It was determined that snow and ice removal were of the first priority. Rich stated that there should be a formation of a committee to concern themselves about the priorities and that the.list would be sent with the minutes. New Business was then discussed. Jon spoke of the sidewalk at Stewart Park being placed. there instead of a ramp in front of the main pavilion. There was the question of making the whole park more accessible. There is to be an asphalt walk from the tennis court to the street. He felt that the DAC should write a memo. LeMoyne Farrell will see to the follow -up. After some discussion, it was stated that a formal letter from the DAC would be more official. Jon will write letter concerning access to Stewart Park to Rick Farrell of City Hall. Neil moved that we extend meeting to discuss relationship between DAC and FLIC. Richie suggested asking Leonore SchwAger, executive directnr of FLIC to ,peak to this sub je ^t. Jon. fee is FI :IC should be a resource for DAC. FLIC should be at top of agenda's meeting for October's meeting. A discussion ensued. Peg Mohn said that committees need to be assigned so that work could get done. There was a motion to close meeting at 1:02 p.m. by Lemoyne. Respect ully submitted, Afi Binta- Lloyd, Sect. E DAC MINUTES October 7, 1992 Present: Jon Merritt, Margaret Mohn, Diane Pogson, LeMoyne Farrell, Richard Maxwell, Brenda Kuhn, Neil Golder, Afi Binta -Lloyd 11 The meeting was opened at 12:10 p.m. by the chairperson, Jon Merritt. The minutes were read and corrected. 2nd. paragraph - -The Priority list was wrong and corrected as follows: Public transportation, Stewart Park, Handicapped parking enforcement, snow and ice removal. They were then approved as corrected. Jon said he went to Ben Nichols, the mayor, about letter to DPW. He then went to DPW meeting where he read through Stewart Parks report on inaccessible element. It was said that all would be done by January except for grading of foot bridge. Neil said to ask Jill Trip for DPW resolution to support Rick Farrell. She is the liaison between DAC and DPW. Jon was asked to check with Jill regarding what kind of process should there be in seeing things are done. Jon and LeMoyne said they should be there for the work. Jon plans to make sure that he keeps in touch with the DPW. Jon asked that we provide input. Jon had taken Ben Nichols, the mayor, to the handicapped parking stop on green street. Mr. Nichols was in a wheelchair and learned first hand some of the problems that we face. Snow and Ice Removal No one has applied for job since the 21st of September as far as we know. LeMoyne said she would call Civitas and find out when the application for the job was circulated. She would also find out if there have been any bites? requests? and the salary? There was a discussion concerning the job. It has to be a student if it goes through Civitas as Civitas has to fill a number of jobs with students as there is a certain percentage of students who have to be taken care of. LeMoyne suggested that we go to the law school with information concerning this job. Mrs. Mohn stated that Senior Citizens might volunteer. Neil suggested that LeMoyne ask if there is a standard salary. There was some more discussion. Jon spoke of the job being much more than snow and ice removal. The discussion of snow and ice removal was tabled. Dialogue with FLIC Lenore said she'd write a letter expressing her position in the relationship of city & DAC to FLIC. Neil suggested that discussion is less formal. Writing tends to cause positions to be harder to change. 2 Brenda said that message she received: Lenore is eager for FLIC TO get recognition for their effort, so she didn't want Brenda and others on FLIC time for city unless FLIC gets recognition. Handicapped Public Accessible Transportation Committee The Ad -Hoc Committee is formed by people with disabilities to advise city, county, Cornell University on issues. Dwight Mengle wrote up proposal and they wrote back with questions. It is now in the stage of negotiation. Ray's suggestion that DAC unite with Ad- Hoc Public Accessible Plan seems to be unnecessary because DAC handles many other city matters for handicapped as well. Neil suggested that we keep the priority list before members to keep up interest. New Business Brenda and Jon described a photo event with Marty Luster in a wheelchair going up to the front of the Post Office and being unable to get in and having to go to a back entrance. He wheeled up the back ramp with channel 7 cameras rolling and the postmaster, who was very upset asked him what he was doing and Marty explained that it was Handicapped Awareness Events that week. Lenore Schwager talked to the Postmaster and "smoothed out" the situation. Brenda encouraged everyone to come to the conference that was being held from 9:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. at the Ramada Inn. Mrs. Mohn said that many older people were prisoners in room during winter and that snow and ice removal was very important. We need to have enforcement and follow -up. She said that it needed to be someone besides neighbor talk to persons. We were adjourned at 1:40 p.m. Humblyy submitted, Afi Binta- Lloyd, Secretary DAC MINUTES November 4, 1992 12:10 The meeting was called to order by the president in the person of Richie after which the minutes were read and approved after some corrections. Present: Richie Ferruggio, Chairperson, Jon Merritt, Dr. Maxwell, Margaret Mohn, Diane Pogson, Brenda Kuhn, Neil Golder, Afi Binta- Lloyd, Arthur Watkins, LeMoyne Farrell. A discussion ensued whereupon it was suggested that we invite Lenore Schwager to a meeting to speak to us. STEk ?ART PARK JOh said that he didn't get to talk with those who could give some kind of resolution to see what had been done. Rick Ferrell said that everything would be done except the grading by Winter. This was verbally agreed upon. Jan asked whether we should talk to someone else? After discussion it was decided that we should ask Jill Tripp to come to a meeting. She is the liaison between DAC and BPW. The decision was also made to find out about her becoming closer as a liaison and verbally tell her about what is happening. Neil spoke of personal interaction being very important. LeMoyne spoke of Jan being the liaison to the BPW. Jan spoke of the elements being a hindrance. Art spoke of having someone who is interested in being liaison to the BPW. J4tn said that philosophically he was interested but his physical condition prohibited him from participating. Dr. Maxwell spoke of the BPW receiving the minutes. Art said that we should let the supervisor Bill Gray know that we are concerned about things being done. It was decided that we ask Bill Gray about coming to the meeting. Jon will write a letter to the BPW telling them of our concern. Neil Golder will work with Jon on the letter to make it stronger. We need to know what's happening. SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL The $50.00 fine is not working that the BPW set up for those who do not do their walks. There have been no tickets given out. LeMoyne said that the description is so confusing and doesn't allow for what CIVITAS is asking. The description is really asking for two types of jobs. The break -down of the money is 30% -- Cornell, 55% Government, 15% City. The first job is $11.00 per hour for ten months appoint. Person to coordinate volunteers and to give tasks out. The second deals with homeless. $5.70 per hour. We have to get back to Rick Ferrel because of job descriptions. We need to define what we want. It was clarified that the person must be a student to work with CIVITAS. Margaret Mohn said that the property owners are to take care of the curb cuts and the crosswalks the city. She would hope that the city would enforce the law because it is difficult for a neighbor to report a neighbor. Neil Golder said that the descriptions should be specific to snow removal. LeMoyne suggested that the owner receive a pink slip showing that they have been warned. Alpha Phi Omega is to be called to see if they are interested. Also a call should be made to R.S.V.P. LeMoyne motioned and Art seconded that Afi Binta -Lloyd be given a letter of appreciation for having been the secretary. Afi Binta- Lloyd is leaving the area for awhile. It was unanimously carried. We were dismissed at 1:10. Humbly submitted Af Binta -Lloyd - ' DISABILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 2, 1992 Present: Mohn, Kuhn, Farruggio, Farrell, Maxwell, Chatterton (City), Schwagger (FLIC) The meeting opened at 12:10. The November Minutes were approved. Statement From Lenore Schwager, Executive Director of the Finger Lakes Independence Center. Ms. Schwager stated that she supports the DAC. She also said that FLIC employees could only use work time to attend meetings. If other projects took more time than FLIC should get credit. Any other DAC work must be done on their own. See enclosed. Snow and Ice Removal LeMoyne spoke on using FLIC as a call in center for reporting negligence in snow and ice removal. Ms. Schwager replied, "Maybe. ". Richie suggested getting back to Ms. Schwager after the idea is better formulated. Accessible Transportation Brenda reported on the meeting held with selected human services agencies within Tompkins County whose clients were most likely to use paratransit. We were looking for needs and number projections. The meeting proved to be very informative. PSAs for Snow Removal and Handicap Parkin Richie said he has written these and will be sending them out soon. Peg's Report on Snow and Ice Removal Please see enclosed written report from Peg. We need to find out if potential volunteers are covered by city insurance. LeMoyne is looking into this. She will also contact Jill Tripp, our liaison to the BPW. New Secretary A working team of Max as note taker and Diana as typist was proposed. Max agreed and Brenda offered to contact Diana who was not present at the meeting. ADA Accessibility Evaluation Leslie Chatterton, City Planning Department, attended the meeting to gather suggestions on putting together the ADA evaluation. She offered comparison information on ADA and Federal Law 504, and said she was looking for a way to strengthen the City's previous 504 evaluation. Ms. Chatterton proposes 3 initiatives for attaining information: 1) a public notice asking for communication on what needs and services are lacking. 2) training for the City staff. 3) checking on the new city facilities and programs not previously evaluated. By July 26, 1993, the City must have a transition plan giving dates when changes will be made. These must be met by 1995. A public hearing will be scheduled. DAC members offered suggestions of people to contact for ideas. The Planning Department number is 274 -6550 if there are additional ideas. New Business Rich reported on Ray Reynold's request for support in obtaining a new ATM machine at Citizen's Savings Bank. Ray would like us to sign a letter of support for the City to grant a variance. The feeling was that we needed more information. If Ray can give us this, we probably will support him. The meeting was adjourned at 1:10.