Portland Disability Advisory Committee — Portland, ME
Date: 2019-01-09
Time: 11:00

City of Portland
 Portland Disability Advisory Committee Agenda
 January 9, 2019
1. Sign In and approval of November 7, 2018 meeting minutes
2. Recap of Creative Trails’ art exhibition, Perspectives, on January
 Share proclamation recognizing December 3, 2018 as the International Day of Persons
3.
 With Disabilities
4. Speaker series: update from subcommittee (Rabih, John, Yura)
5. Spring PDAC fair: recommendation to book date and facility now
6. Update about 30th anniversary celebration of the passage of the ADA on July 26, 2020
 Upcoming 2019 meeting dates, all from 11 am to 12 pm in Room 24 in the basement of
7.
 City Hall
 • February 6th
 • March 6th
 • April 3rd
 • May 1st
 • June 5th
 • July 10th
 • August 7th
 • September 4th
 • October 2nd
 • November 6th
 • December 4th




8. Adjournment

City of Portland
 Portland Disability Advisory Committee Agenda
 January 9, 2019
1. Sign In and approval of November 7, 2018 meeting minutes
2. Recap of Creative Trails’ art exhibition, Perspectives, on January
 Share proclamation recognizing December 3, 2018 as the International Day of Persons
3.
 With Disabilities
4. Speaker series: update from subcommittee (Rabih, John, Yura)
5. Spring PDAC fair: recommendation to book date and facility now
6. Update about 30th anniversary celebration of the passage of the ADA on July 26, 2020
 Upcoming 2019 meeting dates, all from 11 am to 12 pm in Room 24 in the basement of
7.
 City Hall
 • February 6th
 • March 6th
 • April 3rd
 • May 1st
 • June 5th
 • July 10th
 • August 7th
 • September 4th
 • October 2nd
 • November 6th
 • December 4th




8. Adjournment

City of Portland
 Portland Disability Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
 January 9, 2019

 Mandy Levine, Portland’s Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Specialist, convened the
 meeting of the Portland Disability Advisory Committee (PDAC).

• In attendance: Jessica Russell, Haley Pass, Lisette Belanger, Kayla Moore, Bud
 Buzzell, Michelle Ames, Derek O’Brien, Certified Interpreting ASL interpreter, Mike
 Conkright, Alizah Brandwein
• Board members not in attendance: Yura Yasui, Rabih Dow, John LeMieux, Steve
 Leighton, Ken Shapiro

• November 7, 2018 meeting minutes were approved.

• Recap of Perspectives, an art exhibition, on January 8, 2019

 o The opening reception of Perspectives, an art exhibition co-hosted by the
 Publication Studio, the Art Department, and PDAC, was a great success
 the evening before. Jessica Russell, Lisette Belanger, Karen Perry, and
 Mandy Levine attended. Despite the wintry weather outside, we were
 pleased with the attendance and would like to explore hosting a
 collaboration again, potentially in the spring or summer during the First
 Friday art walk.

• Share proclamation recognizing December 3, 2018 as the International Day of Persons
 With Disabilities
 o Attendees viewed the signed Proclamation and were pleased to learn that
 City Hall was lit in blue and white lights the evening of December 3, 2018,
 which Yura captured in a beautiful photograph published on the PDAC
 Facebook page on December 4, 2018.

• Speaker series: update from subcommittee (Rabih, John, Yura)
 o Rabih, John and Yura were not in attendance but Mandy shared that this
 subcommittee had shared a preliminary idea of asking Tindale Oliver
 speak to its ADA Assessment once it’s concluded. Mandy shared that the
 City Manager supports this idea.
 o The City Manager also supports us moving forward with hosting at City
 Hall the three speakers who have already agreed to speak (from Maine
 CITE; Disability Rights Maine; and the Alzheimer’s Association).

• Spring/summer PDAC resources fair
 o PDAC members supported hosting some sort of resource fair the same day
 as the First Friday art work and agreed on either June 7th or August 2nd
 as the day, depending on availability of the decided-upon venue.
 o We discussed possible City of Portland locations of Ocean Gateway; the
 Expo, and the Merrill Rehearsal Hall.
 o Michelle volunteered to do face painting.
 o We will likely use the term “expo” rather than “fair.”
 o Theme: a smaller version of Boston’s Abilities Expo. Jessica is going to
 brainstorm and prepare a high-level overview of the theme for the event.
 We agreed that we would invite many organizations from around the
 greater Portland area to set up booths that share the services they provide,
 which would likely overlap significantly with the speaker series.
 o Art exhibits: we will ask Creative Trails if they would like to set up their
 art work as part of the expo, and may also reach out to Bomb Diggity Arts
 o Titles brainstormed: the People; All access fair; did you know expo,
 Abilities expo
 o Letter invitation: Michelle recommended, and members supported,
 drafting a letter jointly written from the City Manager and the PDAC Chair
 that would be distributed widely to area organizations inviting them to
 participate. The Resource Guide that PDAC has contributed to in
 conjunction with the Elder Affairs department will likely serve useful. This
 letter could raise awareness of the 30th anniversary of the ADA celebration
 we’d like to host in the summer of 2020 (see below).
 o Demonstrations and vendors: will also be researched.
 o We will prepare a catalog of resources for the organizations that
 participate.

• 30th anniversary celebration of the passage of the ADA on July 26, 2020
 o Mandy shared that the City Manager supports us hosting a celebration of
 the 30th anniversary passage of the ADA in the summer of 2020,
 potentially inviting a member of the Bush family to participate.
 o Time limited a robust discussion.


• Additional business
 o Michelle shared that she utilized an accessible voting machine recently
 when voting at the Merrill Rehearsal Hall and found the experience
 frustrating. The volunteers did not appear familiar with the machine and
 she indicated that it was set up in a very visible location that could make
 voters feel self-conscious. Mandy said she would look into this.


• Upcoming 2019 meeting dates, all from 11 am to 12 pm in Room 24 in the basement of
 City Hall
 • February 6th
 • March 6th
 • April 3rd
 • May 1st
 • June 5th
 • July 10th
 • August 7th
 • September 4th
 • October 2nd
 • November 6th
 • December 4th

• The meeting adjourned at 12:00 pm.


 Respectfully Submitted,
 Mandy Levine
 City of Portland Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Specialist