TACOMA AREA COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES AGENDA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2023 – 4:00-6:00 PM Remote Online Meeting Via Zoom and Live at Tacoma Municipal Building 747 Market Street, Conf. Room 248 Tacoma, WA 98402 WELCOME Land Acknowledgement: “We gratefully acknowledge that we rest on the traditional lands of the Puyallup People where they make their home and speak the Lushootseed language.”    Tacoma and TPU main campuses are both on these traditional lands. Even though none of us participated in taking indigenous land, those of us who are not native still benefit from the fact that it happened.  4:00 Call to Order /Roll Call 4:04 Ice Breaker/ Introduction of New Commissioners: “What has drawn you to the work of the commission and to advocating for people with disabilities? 4:30 Adoption of Agenda/Additions/New Business 4:33 Acceptance of the Minutes from July 2023 (Due to an absence of quorum in August and September, the last minutes are from July) 4:35 Public Comment 4:45 Chair Reports * Tony Amin Hester, Chair Light Rail and Braille Access Update (Commissioner Edick will add her perspective as well) Other Reports from the Chair * Aimee Sidhu, Vice Chair 5:00 Liaison Report – Office of Equity & Human Rights – Lucas Smiraldo 1. Accessible Taxi Feasibility Study Update 2. Update on Commissioner Orientation Curriculum and Open Government Training at State Attorney General Site 3. Internal committee--digital accessibility in the City of Tacoma Update 4. TACOD Retreat Planning 5:20 Report from Active Subcommittees Public Works—Anthony Caldwell 5:25 Emergency Management—Todd Holloway 5:30 Ivan Tudela—Pierce County Human Services 5:35 Tony Hester—Report from PCAC COMMITTEE REPORTS—CURRENTLY ACTIVE COMMITTEES * Accessible Taxi—Lukas Barfield, Todd Holloway—(Report Integrated Into Liaison Report Above) * Public Works—Advisory Meeting Report—Tony Caldwell, Tony Amin Hester City Led Project Liaisons Emergency Mgmt – Todd Holloway with Ute Weber City Events Commission/CEC – Open Public Works – Caldwell, Hester, Byram and Monteros, with staff Gail Himes Accessible Taxi – Krystal Monteros, Lukas Barfield and Todd Holloway Tacoma/TACOD Police Advisory, Hester, Monteros, Sidhu, Williams Closed Captioning in Public Establishments – Todd Holloway, Luke Byram, Krystal Monteros IT/Website – Barfield, and Hester with Gail Himes 5:40 Individual Commissioner Reports 5:45 Invitation for community input 5:50 New Business or Good of the Order 6:00 Meeting Adjourned COD Members:, Chair; Amin Tony Hester, Vice Chair: Aimee Sidhu, Anthony Caldwell, Todd Holloway, James Williams, Lukas Barfield, Cheri D. Coleman, Hayley Edick, Wanda McRae and Billie Perriman City of Tacoma • Committees, Boards and Commissions cityoftacoma.org/cbc • 747 Market Street, 12th Floor • Tacoma, WA 98402-3701 The views and opinions expressed herein do not reflect the official position of the City of Tacoma or City Council, and shall not be used to endorse a candidate for office or ballot measure. If you need this information in an alternative format, please contact Lucas Smiraldo at 253-591-5048, or 711, or Washington Relay Services 1-800-833-6384.