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2005-05-25 - Commission for Residents with Disabilities - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ commission on Residents With Disabilities Document Type: 0 A e g nda 0 Minutes Meeting ate: 05/25/2005 Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting MINUTES OF THE BUFFALO GROVE COMMISSION FOR RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES MEETING May 25, 2005 I. Call to Order - Meeting called to order by Chairman Kahen at 1907 hours. IL Roll Call - Rick Kahen, Trustee Glover, Debbie Verson, Beverly Sussman, Mark Weiner, Dave Morton, Geri Miller-Brown, Larry K. Swieca. Dean Klassman arrived at 1927hrs. III. Approval of Minutes - Minutes of April 20, 2005 approved with changes from Chairman Kahen & Commissioner Miller-Brown, (motion by Commissioner Morton second by Commissioner Miller-Brown) IV. Chairman's report: Oath of Office and ethics statements — several returned. (Chairman Kahen and commissioners Sussman & Miller-Brown). Update on Phil Versten: complications after his arthroscopic surgery, blood clot developed. Phil is currently in a wheelchair at home, does not expect to be back to work until August. Chairman Kahen will e-mail Phil's address to commission members. New Village Board Liaisons will be Trustee Brian Rubin and most likely Trustee Bruce Kahn. Any new prospects for Commission membership? Commissioner Sussman has 2 potential members. 1 person is disabled the other has a child with learning disabilities. Chairman Kahen received a citizen complaint regarding parking at the Village Hall and traveling up the ramp to the front door. There has been talk over the years but nothing definitive. Is there a way to make the downstairs entrance (by Building & Zoning), the accessible entrance? Suggestions from Commission included signs indicating access from lower level, adding 1 more handicapped space for lower level and signage indicating access from Building & Zoning. The optimal solution would a power door for the lower level Trustee Glover will approach Mr. Balling regarding the matter. Commissioner Verson raised a question regarding Handicapped Parking spaces. In Villa Verde they have assigned the Handicapped spaces to individual residents. Does this meet the code or violate it? There are no spaces for the general public to use. Suggested that if they don't have extra spaces the Village should send a letter. Review of last month's question regarding the location of the spaces at the Bank of America. These spots are the closest to the curb cut. Twin Groves Middle School & Aptakisic Junior High need upright signage. Suggestion that the Commission produce a video talking about the necessity of keeping the striped space next to a Handicapped space open to allow for wheelchairs to exit a van from the side. The Commission might be able to produce a 3-4 minute video for Channel 6 Rick received a call from State Representative Kathy Ryg that HB 0383 regarding public schools sponsored by State Representative Sid Mathias had passed and they were working to amend it to add evacuation plans. An article on Adaptive recreation given to Commissioner Miller-Brown for review. Mike Rylko from the Park District sent a message to the Commission that the miracle field will be ready for next year. All equipment will be adaptive, poured rubber in place of wood chips and 36 parking spaces. Commissioner Klassman has concerns that there may be insufficient parking. Today's (May 25) Buddy Baseball game had close to 80 people including players and buddies. Trustee Glover remarked on an article detailing that there has been a marked increase in children with disabilities but no reasons were given for the increase. The Art Festival is July 16 & 17. Home Depot is donating $250 to pay for the rental of the golf cart being used as the shuttle. Will need 3 drivers each day on Saturday & Sunday. Saturday Sunday 1000 - 1230 Rick Kahen 1000- 1230 Mark Weiner 1230 - 1500 Dave Morton 1230- 1500 Debbie Verson 1500 - 1700 Geri Miller-Brown 1500- 1700 Dave Morton Will need to find out where to park the golf cart at close on Saturday. Art Festival posters are being sold. The proceeds are supposed to come back to the Commission. Route for the Art Fest Shuttle — can the BGPW sign shop produce signage for the far reaches of the parking lot indicating that this is a shuttle stop? E-mail sent to AVM Neukirch June 21. BG Days Goody bags. The Commission has many water bottles left, but what else is left from last year? Chairman Kahen and B/C Swieca to check this out June 22 prior to the meeting. V. Commissioners Reports -Commissioner Miller-Brown stated that Stevenson High School is selling a "Livestrong" type bracelet for Relay for Life and was wondering if the Commission could produce something similar perhaps as a give-away. Chairman Kahen suggested that maybe the proceeds from the poster sales could finance this project. Commissioner Verson will call the wheelchair basketball team again regarding a game at BG Days on Monday after the carnival. VI. Sub-Committee Reports - Commissioner Verson - Brochure committee has had 2 meetings, working on a new layout. They think it will be good. VII. Items for Discussion - BG DAYS Commissioner Verson suggested a mouth or foot painter (as in "My Left Foot") could do a demonstration at BG Days. She will look into finding and contacting someone in the area. Commissioner Klassman suggested that perhaps a "Buddy Basketball" game could be attempted. Much discussion ensued. Commissioners Verson, Morton and Klassman think it is a good idea because it gets more children involved. Chairman Kahen wondered if the Wheelchair Express basketball team could integrate or organize. Perhaps a 30 minute demo game from the IRC then a 30 minute game of Buddy Basketball. Commissioner Verson to call IRC and ask them for ideas or contacts. Commissioner Verson to report back in June. There is need of a PA system for the game. Any activity would have to start at 1300hrs because of scheduling. Chairman Kahen believes that the Commission receives $800 from the Village each year. It does not rollover. VIIL Staff Liaison Report - NONE IX. Questions from the Audience - NONE X. Other Business - Commission applications go to President Hartstein first with input from Chairman Kahen. An interview may be scheduled with prospective commissioners. XI. Adjournment - Motion by Commissioner Morton to adjourn, second by Commissioner Sussman. Approved. Adjourned 2010. Next Scheduled Meeting: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the lower level conference room at Village Hall.