TACOMA AREA COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES
AGENDA
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2022 – 4:00-6:00 PM
Remote Online Meeting Via Zoom

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 –What is your “go to” hot beverage and why? If you choose tea or coffee please indicate what kind of tea or coffee.

4:12 	Adoption of Agenda/Additions/New Business

4:16 	Acceptance of the Minutes from February 2022

4:20 	Public Comment

4:25	Welcome Deputy Mayor Ushka


4:30	Nominations for Chair for TACOD in 2022
	Nominations for Vice Chair for TACOD for 2022

4:45 Presentation: Accessible Taxi Feasibility Study Draft Report Highlights:

* Cindi Laws, Purple Mountain Advocates

5:05	Feedback and Comments from Commissioners 

5:20	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. Accessible Taxi Update
2. TACOD/Tacoma Police Dept Update
3. Closed Captioning Rollout in 2022
4. ADA Access Drive Through Education Campaign Update
(Volunteers to form subcommittee to plan media campaign promoting drive through alternatives in Tacoma)
City employees: Lucas Smiraldo, OEHR, Gail Himes, PW, Megan Snow, CMO
Commissioners and Community Members: 

5; 40	Report from Active Subcommittees
Public Works—Anthony Caldwell
Emergency Management—Todd Holloway

5:45	Ivan Tudela—Access and Functional Needs Pierce County

5:55	Tony Hester—Report from PCAC

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. 
* Tacoma Police Advisory Subcommittee (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 Himes
Effective Communication: Tony Caldwell, Luke Byram and Todd Holloway
Employment –  Luke Byram
Tacoma/TACOD Police Advisory, Byram Chair, Hester, Monteros, Smaby, Sidhu, Williams
IT/Website – Lukas Barfield, and Luke Byram with Gail Himes

City Events Commission/CEC – Krystal Monteros and Luke Byram

Anti-Stigma Campaign –
James Williams,  Krystal Monteros
Closed Captioning in Public Establishments – 
Todd Holloway, Luke Byram, , Krystal Monteros

5:57   Invitation for community input
5:59 New Business or Good of the Order
6:00   Meeting Adjourned




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

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