TACOMA AREA COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES
AGENDA
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 – 4:00-6:00 PM
Remote Online Meeting Via Zoom

WELCOME 

4:00 	Call to Order /Roll Call

4:04 	Ice Breaker – “What is a favorite movie of yours?”

4:12 	Adoption of Agenda/Additions/New Business

4:16 	Acceptance of the Minutes from March 2021

4:20 	Public Comment

4:25	Update from Sound Transit	Katie Drewel
* South Tacoma Station Access Improvements

5:00	Review and Vote for TACOD Statements
* Temporary Shelter Concerns
* Statement of Support for Asian American and Pacific Island Communities
5:15	Chair Report and Vice Chair Report 	
* Krystal Monteros, Chair
* Luke Byram, Vice Chair



5:30	Liaison Report – Office of Equity & Human Rights –
Lucas Smiraldo
1. City of Destiny Award Recipients:  (June 26, 6 PM via zoom)
* Anthony Caldwell, The Lori Allison Individual Advocate Award
* Toni Amin Hester, The Disability Professional Development Award
* Dylan O’Catherine, Youth Advocate Award
* Upcoming TV Tacoma Interview
2. Advisory Sub Group with Police Liaison Lt. Corey Darlington (March)
3. Accessible Taxi—Contract status
4. Public Works presentation reports f
5. COT and TSD Advisory Group

5:40	Julian Wheeler—Report from Pierce County

5:45 PM 	COMMITTEE REPORTS—CURRENTLY ACTIVE COMMITTEES 
* Accessible Taxi—Rebecca Parson, Lukas Barfield, Krystal Monteros, Todd Holloway—(Report Integrated Into Liaison Report Above)
* Public Works—Advisory Meeting Report—Tony Caldwell and other members including Richard Smaby, Krystal Monteros and Luke Byram. (Report Integrated Into Liaison Report Above)
Sub Committees:
City-Led Project Liaisons
Commission Projects
Emergency Mgmt – Todd Holloway with Ute Weber
Accessible Taxi – Rebecca Parson, Krystal Monteros, Lukas Barfield and Todd Holloway
Public Works – Tony Caldwell, Richard Smaby and Krystal Monteros, with staff Gail Hines
Effective Communication: Tony Caldwell, Luke Byram and Todd Holloway
Employment –  Dylan O’Catherine and Luke Byram

IT/Website – Lukas Barfield, and Luke Byram

City Events Commission/CEC – Krystal Monteros and Luke Byram
Committees
Education and Access Subcommittee will soon form
Anti-Stigma Campaign –
James Williams,  Krystal Monteros, Dylan O’Catherine
Closed Captioning in Public Establishments – 
Todd Holloway, Luke Byram, Dylan O’Catherine, Krystal Monteros

5:50   Invitation for community input
5:55   New Business or Good of the Order
6:OO   Meeting Adjourned























COD Members: Todd Holloway, Chair; Krystal Monteros Vice Chair, Luke Byram, Anthony Caldwell, Rebecca Parson, James Williams, Dylan O’Catherine, Lukas Barfield, Amin Tony Hester, Richard Smaby, Aimee Sidhu and Kristy Willet 

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