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2011-08-24 - Commission for Residents with Disabilities - Minutes Board or Commission: ❑ Commission on Residents With Disabilities Document Type: ❑A e g nda 0 Minutes Meeting ate: 08/24/2011 Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting - Minutes 8-24-2011.pdf 8-29-2011 COMMISSION FOR RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m. Village Hall Emergency Operations Center Conference Room 50 Raupp Boulevard, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 Attendance: Trustee Beverly Sussman Trustee Andrew Stein Rick Kahen, Chair Donna Garfield Illlllllii Dean Klassman David Morton Mara Sabath ' Judy Samuels Marty Sussman Larry Swieca CQMM,IssIQ ar' osido tl� with vis011160S Debbie Verson Mark Weiner Courtney Weisman (arrived at 7:45 pm) Guests: Representative Carol Sente Steve Walanka, Legislative Aide to Representative Sente Candi Kahen Joe Westin,jwestin3@hotmail.com Absent: Beth Freiman Susan Gottlieb Jack Shapiro Gerilyn Miller-Brown I. Welcome &Call to Order The meeting began at 7:00 pm. II. Welcome State Representative Carol Sente Representative Sente indicated that she manages a special needs advisory committee. Everyone is invited to the next meeting on Monday, 9/26/2011, 6:30 pm at the Laschen House, 294 Evergreen in Vernon Hills. The group promotes the resources available to individuals with special needs and their families and explores new programs that should be considered for the area. Representative Sente indicated that she is coordinating a meeting to discuss ComEd on 8/30 at 6:30 pm at the Vernon Area Public Library. p programs Y Commissioners provided an overview of ro rams and activities that the � have conducted as part of the mission of the CRD. Commissioner Sussman „t ; d discussed the initiative of the Village working with shopping centers in the community and recommending that they voluntarily install "Stop for > Pedestrians in the crosswalk" signs similar to the sign noted herein. Commissioner Sussman suggested to Representative Sente that this state law should apply to private shopping center crosswalks. III. Approval of Minutes a. 6/22/2011. The minutes were not available for distribution. No action was taken. b. 7/27/2011. Motion to approve by Morton, second by Klassman. 8—Yes; 0— No. Motion carried. IV. Chair Report— Rick Kahen a. Rick requested that Commissioners describe the role of the commission and the projects that have been undertaken. b. Rick reported that October is Disability Awareness Month. A Proclamation will be presented to President Braiman and the Board for their consideration at the second meeting in October. V. Commissioner Reports No other reports VI. Disability Awareness Month, October—Courtney Weisman a. A program is planned to learn about current disability policy and community issues with Robin Jones. The event will be October 26, 2011 at 7:00 pm, at Village Hall. Robin Jones is the Director of the Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center and Instructor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. b. Flyer—Courtney drafted a flyer and will email to the Commission and Ghida Neukirch. The flyer and information about the program will be promoted on all communication media including but not limited to web site, BGTV, e-news, and press. Ghida will make the flyer into a poster for promotion at BG Days. VII. Buffalo Grove Days— Rick Kahen a. Shuttle schedule sign-up. Rick provided the schedule of drivers for BG Days. Mara stated that a glow stick is placed at every golf cart. The glow stick should be broken and waved if emergency assistance is needed. Instructions in this regard will be placed on each cart. b. Buddy Baseball Exhibition Game. Dean reported that there are 41 players. A total of 19 volunteers have signed up with the Village thus far. Rick and Dean stated that there are other volunteers so every player should have a "buddy". Mara distributed volunteer Buddy Baseball t-shirts for all commission members. C. Fun & Food Program. Rick read the schedule of events for Fun & Food. d. Parade float— Mara reported the individuals who will be on the float and participating in the parade, and those will be helping disassemble the float. Deb reported that individuals interested in helping to build the float should meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 30 and 31 starting at 5:30 pm. Volunteers should meet at the storage site at 1577 Barclay Boulevard, Rogers Centre of Commerce. The theme of the float is "Fun and Food"; there will be a ticket booth, horse, carousal, picnic table, and other"fun" decorations. The parade starts at 1 pm. Individuals volunteering to be on the float should meet no later than 12:30 pm. The float has been assigned to Zone B, formation 32A at Indian Hill, north of Bernard. VIII. Disability Awareness Committee Report—Geri Miller-Brown No report. IX. Staff report None. X. Unfinished Business None. XI. New Business None. XI I. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 8:50 pm. Motion to adjourn Klassman, second Samuals. Motion carried. Next meeting:September 21, 2011, Rescheduled Regular Meeting due to the Rosh Hashanah holiday Thank you Chairman Kahen for your leadership, hard work and dedication to the Village Commission for Residents with Disabilities! Respectfully Submitted, Ghida S. Neukirch Deputy Village Manager 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.