Advisory Commission on Disabilities — Naperville, IL
Date: 2019-11-06

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 Advisory Commission on Disabilities

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 6:30 PM Meeting Room A




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. 19-1066 Approve the minutes of the May 1, 2019 ACD meeting.

2. 19-1069 Receive a staff report from the ADA Compliance Team

3. 19-1067 Accessible Community Task Force Update


E. OLD BUSINESS:

F. NEW BUSINESS:

G. ADJOURNMENT:
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
 be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
 630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every effort
 will be made to allow for meeting participation.




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400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Minutes - Final

 Advisory Commission on Disabilities


Wednesday, November 6, 2019 6:30 PM Meeting Room A


A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

 The two new student representatives, Delaney Chitwood and Abby Granato,
 introduced themselves and provided a brief overview of their backgrounds and
 why they have an interest in serving on the ACD. Each of the commission
 members also spoke a bit about their own backgrounds.

 Present 8- A. Rae Elegant, Daniel Fumagalli, Michael Heyden, Paul Hinterlong, Suhel Siddiqui,
 Barbara Ann Stark, Abigail Granato, and Delaney Chitwood
 Absent 2- Sheri Baumgartner, and Mikel Briggs


C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 There were no speakers for Public Forum.

D. REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Approve the minutes of the May 1, 2019 ACD meeting.

 A motion was made by Siddiqui, seconded by Elegant, to approve the regular
 minutes of the May 1, 2019 meeting of the ACD. The motion carried by a
 unanimous vote.
 Absent: 1- Baumgartner, and Briggs


2. Receive a staff report from the ADA Compliance Team

 Peter Zibble, staff liaison to the commission, reported to the commission on
 various topics of interest.

 Mr. Zibble reported that the city web site had been updated at the request of the
 Accessible Communities Task Force. Through a great deal of work by the task
 force members and the city's Community Relations team, a new page titled
 "Services and Resources for People with Disabilities" was launched containing
 nineteen sub-pages of contact information that may be of use to the public.

 Mr. Zibble provided an update on the work being done by the Department of
 Public Works. DPW has remodeled portions of the downtown train station to
 install power openers for doors on the north and south sides of the building.
 Work was also done along the south side of the building to improve the
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 sidewalks and better define the accessible route into the building.

 A follow-up to previous discussions about downtown parking was also
 presented. Mr. Zibble indicated that the Transportation Team reviewed the
 locations of concern and responded with data on the proximity of available ADA
 spaces. For Jefferson Avenue between Main and Washington, it was noted that
 there are 17 ADA spaces within 750 feet, 10 within 600 feet, and 7 within 500
 feet. For the Charles Schwab building, there are five permanent and one
 part-time ADA spaces with 400 feet of the north doors. There are four spaces
 within 400 feet of the south doors. Staff would not consider these underserved
 locations based on the overall parking distribution in the downtown area. The
 commissioners disagreed with this assessment and asked to review the
 parking situation in greater detail at a subsequent meeting.

 Jim Pacetti of the Naperville Police Department presented information on the
 city's new community outreach program named Caring Hands. The Caring
 Hands program allows residents to voluntarily provide Naperville’s first
 responders with critical information about themselves or loved ones with
 developmental, cognitive, mental, medical and/or physical disabilities who may
 require special assistance during an emergency or non-emergency situation.
 Information provided could include methods of communication, sensory and
 medical issues as well as approach and de-escalation techniques. Mr. Pacetti
 indicated that information and applications are available on the city web site.

3. Accessible Community Task Force Update

 Commissioner Stark provided the following update for the ACTF:

 Revisions to the City of Naperville webpage for the ACTF have been completed
 and are now available on the website for public consumption. The services
 listed are : Advocacy/Support Services/Agencies; Education; Emergency and
 Preparedness; Employment; Financial; Government; Health Department and
 Services; Hearing and Vision; Housing; Legal Assistance and Information; Life
 Safety; Mental Health; Parking; Recreation Cultural Programs and Day
 Services; Special Events Information; Transition Services; Transportation; and
 Voting. A big thank you to ACTF task force member Mary Hamill who
 spearheaded this project with background help from Chairman Gary Smith and
 Barb Stark.

 “The City acknowledges the unique needs of people with disabilities living in,
 working in, or visiting Naperville and wants to help connect you with information
 about available resources to fill those needs. This is not intended to be an
 all-inclusive listing of all services and the City does not recommend any one
 service. The information, services offered and qualifications for those services
 may change at any time. Agencies and organizations may have eligibility criteria
 that must be met in order to receive certain services, for example: geographic
 location, age, income guidelines, type of disability or other criteria.“

 The ACTF, along with Chairman Gary Smith, was quoted in a front page article
 in the Naperville Sun on the Senior Task Force’s quest to have bollards placed
 in parking lots in lieu of concrete wheel stops.

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 The City presented the ACTF with a proclamation at the at the October Council
 meeting proclaiming October to be National Disability Employment Awareness
 Month in the City of Naperville. The 2019 theme is “The Right Talent, Right
 Now.” The proclamation read in part “the ACTF specifically seeks to promote
 employment opportunities and business collaboration through education,
 training and recognition efforts.”

 On September 29, ACTF members Mary Hamill and Barbara Stark acted as
 panel members for a forum on affordable housing sponsored by and held at
 DuPage UU Church.

 In October, ACTF member Lindsay Robinson (employee of AIM-CIL) gave a
 presentation to students in the School District 203 Transition Program. The
 presentation gave students an oversight as to available resources and supports
 they may need for living, transportation, school, etc. and she was a part of their
 weekly vocational skills class.

 The ACTF will be making plans (possibly with the League of Women Voters) to
 have an event to assist people with disabilities get registered to vote. The plan is
 to hold the event during the week of July 13-July 17 to coincide with National
 Disability Voter Registration Week.

 The Americans With Disability (ADA) was signed into law in July of 1990 and
 will therefore be celebrating its 30th anniversary in July of 2020. The ACTF has
 found literature offering monthly ideas for action leading up to July 2020. The
 ACTF would love to partner with the ACD in planning and carrying out a July
 2020 event for Naperville to celebrate the 30th anniversary of this milestone
 legislation.

 The ACTF had a follow-up discussion on Chris Cook’s presentation to the
 ACTF and challenged ourselves to use Chris’ ideas to be more visible and
 proactive in the community in support of people with disabilities. (Chris is a
 teacher at May Watts School. He uses his disability (cerebral palsy) to teach his
 students to be more inclusive, understanding and accepting of those with a
 disability. Chris is very forward-thinking and has given many speeches on this
 topic, even in Washington D.C.!)

 The ACTF has met several times with Jim Pacetti, Crime Prevention Specialist
 with the Naperville Police Department, to advise on the new program named
 “Caring Hands: A Naperville Public Safety Program”. The program is scheduled
 to go live in early November and should be on the City webpage with a media
 blitz coming soon.

 The ACTF continues to have representatives attend many of the City meetings
 of commissions etc. to advocate for people with disabilities.

E. OLD BUSINESS:

 There were no items discussed.

F. NEW BUSINESS:

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 There were no items discussed.

G. ADJOURNMENT:
 A motion was made by Elegant, seconded by Fumagalli, to adjourn the meeting.
 The motion carried by a unanimous vote.




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