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2011-11-09 - Commission for Residents with Disabilities - Minutes Board or Commission: ❑ commission on Residents With Disabilities Docum ent Type: ❑A e g nda 0 Minutes Meeting ate: 11/09/2011 Type of Meeting: ❑ Rescheduled Regular Meeting aa `....� Minutes 11-9-2011.pdf COMMISSION FOR RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Wednesday, November 9, 2011 Rescheduled Regular Meeting Minutes 7:00 p.m. Village Hall Emergency Operations Center Conference Room 50 Raupp Boulevard, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 I. Welcome & Call to Order—Vice Chairman Sussman II. Roll Call Present: Marty Sussman, Vice Chair , Beth Freiman Donna Garfield 0 mission i4vafa with!Xsabllit es Rick Kahen Dean Klassman Mara Sabath Judy Samuels Jack Shapiro Mark Weiner Courtney Weisman Absent: Larry Swieca Susan Gottlieb Gerilyn Miller-Brown David Morton Debbie Verson Trustee Liaison(s): Trustee Beverly Sussman Guest: Avi Samuels III. Approval of Minutes a. 9/21/2011— motion to approve by Samuels, second Klassman. Motion carried. IV. Chair Report • Vice Chair Sussman reported that Walgreens enhanced their parking area to better accommodate individuals with disabilities by creating a ramp area near the handicap parking spaces. It was reported that the Building Department will coordinate with business owners hereinafter to create comparable enhanced accessibility areas. • A letter was drafted last month to Doug Gamble, Accessibility Specialist with the Capital Development Board asking for consideration of several initiatives which would support individuals with disabilities. The issues include but are not limited to increasing the height of toilets, increasing the ratio of handicap parking spaces, parking lot restriping. The State is meeting to review the accessibility code and it modifications to the code are anticipated by the end of March, 2012. Neukirch stated that the letter was shared with Village Manager Bragg and President Braiman. It was indicated that establishing Board or Village policy on matters without research to support the modifications is a concern. The letter could be revised to reflect "the Village asks for a review of handicapped parking spaces", versus asking for an increase in spaces without research and detailed justification to warrant an increase. The letter is drafted under Chair Swieca and Vice Chair Sussman's signatures. The letter includes language which sets forth: "Due to the immediate timing of your upcoming meeting, the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Buffalo Grove have not had an opportunity to review and establish the Village's policy on these matters. The Commission respectfully requests your assistance to introduce the recommendations noted below for consideration". A motion was made by Kahen to send the proposed letter to the Village Board to support sending to the state, second by Sabath. Motion carried. Vice Chair Sussman indicated he provided a letter to Representative Sente as a personal citizen. V. Commissioner Reports • Commissioner Garfield reported that she spoke to Leisa Niemotka, Assistant to the Village Manager who creates the Village newsletter. It was indicated that the CRD could provide the Village with six public service announcements/articles to be considered for inclusion in the Village newsletter. • Commissioner Garfield reported that the Chamber was amenable to include public education / information in their newsletter to businesses. VI. Staff Report • BG Invitational Fine Art Festival, 2012. The festival will be held on July 21 and 22. As requested, the artist with disability tent and shared youth division tent (Saturday/Sunday) will be relocated to be in line with the professional artists. The registration cost will be reduced to $30. • Volunteer Reception — mark your calendar, March 4, 2012 at the Arboretum Club. Invitations will be forthcoming. • A letter has been drafted as requested to all property management firms serving Buffalo Grove. The letter, in part, promotes the Disability Awareness Campaign and references the municipal code relating to the prohibition of accumulating snow in parking spaces. The "reasonable" language relating to compliance was removed, understanding that the Village is reasonable with its businesses and residents. VI I. Disability Awareness Month, October—Courtney Weisman • Commissioner Weiner provided a report on behalf of Geri regarding the Disability Awareness Campaign. He stated that poster distribution has been proceeding well. The Vernon Area Library is amenable to partnering with the CRD to create a design for bookmarks promoting disability awareness issues. If a message relates to a concept portrayed in the children's book, a program can be coordinated to promote the book and the program. If the initiative advanced, the Village and CRD logo would be included in the book mark. The contact at the library indicated the initiative could coincide with the Summer Reading Program. Weiner indicated he would contact the Indian Trails Public Library about a bookmark program as well. Garfield suggested partnering with the schools as well. • Commissioner Weiner reported that it was suggested that Ms. Robin Jones provide a presentation about the ADA to the Chamber at one of their monthly meetings. • Further, it was suggested that the CRD partner with a local community group to help disseminate the posters. VIII. Overview of Robin Jones presentation / Other Presentation Programs • Commissioner Weisman indicated that the feedback received regarding the Robin Jones presentation was positive. • It was suggested that consideration be given to another speaker program such as a presentation by Teresa Pacione, affiliated with Bodies at Work, www.bodiesofworkchicao.or A presentation could be coordinated in the first quarter of 2012. The organization also has a number of artists who are part of their membership whereby they may be interested in showcasing their work at the BG Invitational Fine Art Festival. • Commissioner Klassman reported that other presentations could be planned such as speakers from the Center for Independent Futures. IX. Twin Groves Holiday Boutique & Community Awareness Resource Fair It was discussed that the Fair in past years has yielded minimal exposure to the CRD. Everyone agreed that participation at the Fair should not be pursued. X. Web site content and promotion Commissioner Kahen indicated that the web site section of the CRD featuring what the Commission does, "Who We Are" only lists Buddy Baseball. Kahen volunteered to draft additional information for this section and send to Ghida to publish for public view. Commissioner Sabath will provide photos to include on the site as well. XI. Unfinished Business N/a XI I. Trustee Report Trustee Sussman indicated that President Braiman is seeking a judge position. If elected, Trustee Berman serves a President Pro Tern and would carry out the duties of the Village President. XIII. New Business • Commissioner Weisman reported that AXIS Dance is performing in Chicago next week if anyone was interested n attending; details of the event will be sent to the CRD under separate cover. • Commissioner Weisman also reported that she attended the wheelchair basketball game last month with the Chicago Bulls Wheelchair Basketball team versus the Buffalo Grove and Arlington Heights Fire Departments. The game was very well attended. She distributed posters promoting the Robin Jones presentation. XIV. Adjournment - motion to adjourn by Sabath, second Garfield. Motion carried. Best wishes for a wonderful and health Thanksgiving celebration! Next meeting: December 7, 2011, Rescheduled Regular Meeting The Village of Buffalo Grove, in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, requests that persons with disabilities who require certain accommodations to allow them to observe and/or participate in this meeting contact the Deputy Village Manager or Director of Human Resources at 459-2518. The Village will make every effort to provide reasonable accommodations for those persons.