City of Alameda
Commission on Disabilities
Summary Notes from October 9, 2019 Retreat
Commissioners present: Leslie Morrison (acting Chair), Lisa Hall, Elizabeth Kenny, Jenny Linton, Jennifer Roloff. Not present: Arnold Brillinger.
Staff present:
* Sarah Henry, Public Information Officer
* Liam Garland, Public Works
Community members in attendance: Cliff and Christina, family members of Commissioner Jenny Linton
Acting Chair Leslie Morrison called the official meeting to order and then soon shifted to the retreat agenda. Susan Stuart Clark, the Common Knowledge Group, served as facilitator for the retreat.
Summary of retreat agenda
1 - Welcome and purpose of retreat
2 - Summary of pre-meeting input
3 - Review of Commission's past accomplishments (facilitated discussion)
4 - Looking ahead: (facilitated discussion)
a) Clarify Commission functions
b) Focus areas and framework for 2020 workplan
c) What information and staff supports are needed
5 - Next steps
Highlights of retreat discussion
1 - Welcome and purpose of retreat
Sarah Henry detailed her role at the City and announced her new role as staff liaison to the Commission on Disability. Sarah is replacing Laurie Kozisek from Public Works. She explained the two parts of the Council Referral and her assignment to discuss this with the Commission and prepare a staff report:
* Consider reducing the number of Commission on Disability members from nine to seven
* Staff should also return to Council with a clearly stated Mission for the Commission on Disability, including a determination of how many times a year the commission should meet.
2 - Summary of pre-retreat input
Consultant Susan Cark shared highlights of the input from a pre-retreat questionnaire sent to Commissioners. Five out of six responded (see appendix with summary). The review of pre-meeting input led to two key discussion points:
There is widespread desire among the Commissioners to be able to help the City of Alameda think very bro...
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