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2006-06-28 - Commission for Residents with Disabilities - Minutes Board or Commission: ❑ Commission on Residents With Disabilities Document Type: 0 A e g nda 0 Minutes Meeting ate: 06/28/2006 Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting MINUTES OF THE BUFFALO GROVE COMMISSION FOR RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES MEETING June 28 2006 L Call to Order -Meeting called to order by Chairman Kahen at 19:04 hours. II. Roll Call -Rick Kahen, Mara Sabath, Debbie Holm, Mark Weiner, Beverly Sussman, Judy Samuels, Debbie Verson, Dave Morton, Geri Miller-Brown, Larry K. Swieca. Excused: Brian Rubin, Dean Klassman, Steve Trilling, Sue Gottlieb. Special guests: Village Manager Bill Brimm & Deputy Village Manager Ghida Neukirch, Village President Elliott Hartstein, Phil Samuels & Avi Samuels. III. Approval of Minutes -Minutes of May 26, 2006. Motion, Commissioner Morton second, Commissioner Sabath. Approved. IV. Chairman's report: Welcome from Chairman Kahen & the Commission to VM Brimm & DVM Neukirch. Thank you from VM Brimm to the members for serving on the Commission— currently 100 volunteers serve the Village. VM Brimm distributed the new Core Value Statement adopted in June 2006, the new Management Theme, and the 2006 Village of Buffalo Grove Goals. Each Department will be working in smaller groups to set their goals prior to budget development. Highlights of the Village Goals include: Improve communications from VoBG organizations to Village employees & residents. A reemphasis on developing department goals and elevating them to a higher level. Don't surprise the Village Board by presenting new ideas at the budget presentation. DVM Neukirch spoke about the upcoming Art Fest: Currently 157 artists are signed up A letter has been sent out to the local senior centers inviting them to the show on Sunday morning. New this year is the "Paint a Volvo" & the Buffalo from the Village Hall is being transported to the Fest for repainting. Disabled artists that Commissioner Verson had contacted never returned her calls. Still working on having them produce a display for BG Days Fun & Food on Monday. Commissioner Weiner asked what the typical attendance is for the Art Fest& BG Days. Art Fest 20 to 30 thousand over the weekend; BG Days averages over 55 thousand Chairman Kahen asked VM Brimm what more can the Commission do for the Village & the Village Board? VM Brimm replied that one thing is if we notice illegal parking in handicapped spots to call 9-1-1 to report the violation, the police will respond within 3-4 minutes. If the vehicle is leaving take down the information for the responding officer. The Village had sent out letters to all businesses explaining the fine increase and had included a sticker that could be placed over the $100 dollar amount until a new sign could be obtained. Chairman Kahen relayed that the Commission has had good rapport with Ed Schar from Building& Zoning, and Dick Kuenkler the Village engineer on such items as additional HC parking at the Village Hall and the sidewalk by Lou Malnati's VM Brimm informed the Commission that he was recently made aware of the fact that the Village can not collect daily parking fees from HC spots at the train stations. Chairman Kahen questioned VM Brimm regarding the difference in transportation philosophies between Wheeling & Vernon Townships. VM Brimm stated he had talked to Township President Peterson some years ago but would approach him again about upgrading services. A new Metra schedule is under work. Pace schedules are available in the lobby of the Village Hall. For example there is a morning bus that travels from the train stations to the Skokie Swift. V. Commissioner's Reports: Commissioner Miller—Brown—Commission viewed the videos from the Secretary of State regarding parking in handicapped spaces. One is several short PSA's the other is a more in depth discussion of the parking regulations. Will see if they can be placed on Channel 6. The Secretary of State said they would be updating these video soon, and Commissioner Miller-Brown wondered if the Commission could contact the Secretary of State and offer input. Commissioner Miller-Brown also reported the State has adopted a placard abuse statute Chairman Kahen reported that the signs for Lou Malnati's are up at the carry-out door. Chairman Kahen, Commissioners Sussman & Samuels attended the workshop held at the Buffalo Grove Park District. The park district is thinking of hiring the National Center on Accessibility as a consultant to perform a survey/evaluation of all park district facilities. The Park District can then prioritize improvements based on the survey. VI. Sub-Committee Reports: Business Brochure sub-committee: Commissioner Weiner—Brochure is done, is being proofed. Plan on starting a second brochure targeted towards business community. VII. Items for Discussion: VIII. Staff Liaison Report: None IX. Other Business: Buffalo Grove Days: BG Days- Shuttle sign up sheet will be at the July meeting. Commissioner Sabath: She has spoken with Kevin from Culver's—they will donate 500 cups of frozen custard to Monday's lunch. Goody Bags: Commissioner Sabath—work is progressing, list of donors has been assembled and bags are out being screened. Buddy Baseball is scheduled for 4PM on Sunday at the new Miracle Field — should be done by 5:30Pm or so. Chairman Kahen has informed the BG Days Committee that they will need to run the courtesy shuttle during that time period. Still need 40- 50 buddies for the event. - Rain Day is Monday at 3PM. Lou Malnati's and the Chamber are on board as sponsors, - shirts, and maybe pizza. Update on the Miracle Field — Opening date may be pushed back; there has been a change in contractors. Mike Rylko from the Park District will know better by mid-July. If the field is not ready then Busch Grove park will be used for the Buddy Baseball game on the Sunday of BG Days. The bus route has already been planned out for Sunday for patrons of BG Days to ride to the game The RSVP line for Fun & Food Monday is up and running. There is a request on the RSVP line to bring canned food items for a food drive. Next month 2 BGPD officers will discuss the Crisis Intervention training their department recently received. In September Dr Margolis DDS who specializes in dentistry for people with disabilities will talk about his practice. X. Adjournment-Motion to Adjourn by Commissioner Morton; seconded by Commissioner Sussman. Adjourned at 2028hrs Next meeting is on July 26 at 1900hrs — Buffalo Grove Fire Department training room, 1051 Highland Grove Drive .