Good evening and welcome to tonight's meeting of the Disability Advisory Commission.

The meeting is now called to order.

Will the clerk please call roll to establish a quorum?

Thank you chair.

Commissioners, if you can please unmute your microphones.

Commissioner Greenbaum.

Present.

Commissioner Green has noted that they would be absent this meeting.

Commissioner Dyson.

Present.

Commissioner Tuzon Void.

Present.

Commissioner Mercer.

Present.

Commissioner Ellis.

Present.

Vice Chair Kramer.

Present.

Commissioner Carr will be absent this meeting and Chair Crowley.

Present.

Thank you.

We have a quorum.

I'm going to read a little bit for just all of us to acknowledge some of the items related

to quorum.

Quorum shall be required for the commission to take any action.

Quorum shall be five members.

However in the event of any vacancy or vacancies, the quorum shall be a majority of the members

then serving on the commission.

The affirmative vote of a majority of the members present in voting shall be necessary

to approve any item as per ordinance 2001-05 section 1.

I would like to remind members of the public welcome everyone.

Tuzon Chamber that if you would like to speak on an agenda item, please turn in a speaker

slip when the item begins and speaker slips can be found on the desk to my right.

You will have two minutes to speak once you are called.

After the first speaker, we will no longer accept speaker slips and we will now proceed with

today's agenda.

This portion of our meeting is for land acknowledgment and pledge of allegiance.

May everyone please rise for the opening acknowledgments.

In honor of the Sacramento, Indigenous people and tribal lands.

To the original people of this land, the Nicesan people, the southern Maidu, Vali and

played Miwok, Patwin Mintun peoples and the people of the Wilton Rancheria.

Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe.

May we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside

us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together today in the active practice

of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's Indigenous people's history, contributions

and lives.

Thank you.

Please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for

which it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

You may be seated.

I should have mentioned if you were so able to stand.

Our first order of business today, I'd like to let the commissioners know as was previously

done and previously requested by various public speakers.

I'd like to move the agenda item for public comment for matters not on the agenda as

our next item.

Clerk are there any members of the public who wish to speak?

Thank you, Chair.

Yes, we do have two speakers.

Our first speaker is Michael.

Good evening, everyone.

My name is Michael Barnbaum.

I'm a resident of District 2.

For half of 2024, I worked as a volunteer on team flow volunteers.

And after everything was said and done, flow, best known as flow John Griffin, cofer,

epidemiologist has encouraged everyone to apply for serving on a city board and commission.

I have known council member Roger Dickinson for many years as a county supervisor, state

assembly member, a neighbor of mine and now city council member as he did end up successfully

winning the district to seat in the district to race.

He is aware that I've applied for commissions and we have talked specifically.

He has brought up this very commission thinking that I would be of great service to the citizens

of Sacramento and District 2.

My background includes working over 20 years for one of the region's largest nonprofit

organizations providing jobs for people with disabilities.

And I'm in my fourth year now in employment with the regional transit district in Sacramento.

One of my dream jobs is to work as a paratransit reservation specialist if an opening does come

about and they are aware of that in that department.

I look forward hopefully to serving in the seat B on this commission and kind of wanted

to be here today to kind of get a little background how things are working, what the commission

does and through the clerk's office how the appointments are made as we go through the

year.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Our final speaker is Jeffrey.

Jeffrey would you like a handheld mic?

They didn't find it so we have one just one moment.

But if you can hear me, you know, that's not too much of a problem.

Probably should be a tragedy.

Not a problem but just for the technology component of things.

Just be patient.

Thank you.

Testing?

No.

Maybe come here like you do.

Testing.

No, it's not working.

It's okay.

I believe guys you should be able to hear me.

Just please tell me if you can move the podium mics lower.

That would be of help.

Or also, another alternative is the live mics that are at the lower table.

That would be a proper accommodation just to be able to.

That's not there.

What I mean is right there to your right, Mr. Jeffrey, the mic is live, is indicated

by the, yeah, there we go.

Thank you so much.

All right.

Bains, I was at City Council last night making the comments that comments for not on the

agenda should not be the last item on the agenda.

I will encourage you that I, and suggest that you don't make it the first item.

Make it after your consent docket, which is what regional transit does before you get

into some active discussion.

I believe that's the most appropriate place because otherwise depending on what is said,

there's the first comment, can have an influence on the rest of your meeting.

I've seen that occur at various times and various meetings through here.

My second comment on the, for not on the agenda, beyond the fact of it not being the last

item on the agenda is guys, I don't see anybody with a physical disability on this board.

I would like to encourage that I think that's important and a value to see.

So you understand IE dealing with right now the low floor light rail vehicles and some

of the complex problems that are going on with it right now.

As the city has involved about doing with the cutoffs and everything else through there

for the planning commission and seeing some of the adjustments that you have made.

I appreciate when you guys do make an effort of this year of what is going to be the things

that need to be brought to your attention in effect of changes that are going on for

the disability commission.

Last year it seemed like there was a number of times that you did not have meetings.

I tried to watch and as a various other meetings, I tried to monitor them through Zoom.

Hopefully, will Zoom work through this there, but I didn't count on that, so that's why

I'm here tonight to see what you physically do and to see who you all are.

That's my public comment for you.

Thank you for your comments.

Chair, I have no more speakers.

Thank you to members of the public that wish to comment before we begin our items on the

agenda.

At this time, thank you, Clerk.

At this time, I wanted to welcome new commissioners, Jacqueline Dyson and Mary Green and Mary

Green is absent today.

So, at the next meeting, we can acknowledge her position as a new commissioner.

Commissioner Dyson, I'd like to take a moment to give you an opportunity if you would like

to introduce yourself if you prefer or you can wait until the meeting is over as part

of Commissioner comments.

I can wait until the meeting is over.

Okay.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So, at this time, I just wanted the commissioners to know and the public who are present, I am

not feeling well at this moment.

I notice that Commissioner Mercer is here, so without disrupting the quorum, I'm going

to step away for a little bit to take a break and I'm going to pass on the meeting to

vice chair, Cramer.

And if I feel up to it, I just need to take a break and I'll return if I'm able.

Otherwise I have full confidence that Commissioner Cramer will run an effective meeting.

I did want to, because I'm not feeling well and I'm feeling a little shaky, forgive

me for just adding as a comment that the speaker slips are available per item that are agenda

related that helps to keep our public comment, online comments, and the organization of the

staff clear and that comments are received and evaluated and considered.

Today is a very robust meeting where I'm sure those who are listening and reviewing

the recording as well as present will enjoy the summary of the good works from last year,

wanted to wish everyone a happy welcome and a happy new year as we get our work together.

And if there is time during Commissioner or comments at the end of the meeting, then perhaps

the placeholders and the district assignments and anything the clerk may need for organization

as we start the year that that can be addressed.

So I hope to return to the meeting shortly, but in case I don't, I just wanted to make

sure that the commissioners could, as we mentioned in the ordinance, run the effective meeting

without the chair present.

So I lead it to Commissioner Cramer's leadership and to Mr. Gothen and the clerk and also

Mr. Gail, your well-resourced.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair Crowley.

For our first item on the agenda tonight, we will need a pass-emotion approving the commission

meeting minutes.

Do I have a motion to pass?

Commissioner Cramer, usually for the consent calendar, they don't take them as separate

items.

So typically you would say, is there a motion to approve the consent calendar?

So now you can take them as separate items.

There's nothing unlawful about that, but typically they put them on the consent calendar

because they're usually non-controversial and not a lot to them.

So I just wanted to clarify that for you.

But if you want to take them as separate items, you can.

Typically it's just, is there a motion to approve the consent calendar altogether?

Thank you.

I do apologize.

Oh, there's nothing to do.

You don't have anything to apologize for.

I just wanted to clarify the different ways that you could do it.

Thank you.

Motion to approve the consent calendar in its entirety.

Second.

We have a motion to pass the calendar.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

And so I have a motion by Commissioner Ellis, second by Commissioner Tuzon-Boyte.

I did want to read something into record regarding the minutes.

There was a small air on discussion item three, which was from the December 4th meeting,

the review of the drafts of Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission 2024 Annual Plan Report

and 2025 Work Plan.

The date was listed, continued to January 8th, 2024, but it should read as January 8th,

2025.

So we'll just be sure to correct that on our end, but just wanted you guys to be aware of

that.

So since we have a motion and a second, commissioners, if you can please unmute.

Commissioner Greenbaum.

Aye.

Commissioner Green is absent.

Commissioner Dyson.

Aye.

Commissioner Tuzon-Boyte.

Aye.

Commissioner Mercer.

Aye.

Commissioner Ellis.

Aye.

Vice Chair Kramer.

Aye.

Commissioner Carr is absent and Chair Crowley is absent.

The motion passes.

Oh, and for the record, we do not have public speakers for the consent calendar.

Thank you.

So our next item on the agenda is the Commission follow-up blog.

Can we pass the motion approving the follow-up blog?

That was part of, so the consent calendar is everything that's listed under consent

calendar.

So you take it all together.

So you just, the vote was to approve both the minutes and the follow-up log.

Thanks.

Well, then we will, thank you.

We will move to the third item on our discussion calendar, which is the selection of Chair

and Vice Chair for the year 2025.

Thank you, and I will take over here.

Good evening.

My name is Cecilia Ventress from the Office of the City Clerk.

There is currently no staff presentation on this item.

However, all the information is detailed in the staff report, and we'd like to remind

members of a few things.

Members may nominate another member or themselves as Chair or Vice Chair.

A member may serve as a Chairperson or a Vice Chairperson for no more than two calendar

years.

The newly elected Chair and Vice Chair will start their term at the next regular meeting.

And of the current roster, Commissioner Tuzonboid is currently not eligible to serve as Chair

or Vice Chair as Chair served for the two calendar years.

And Commissioner Crowley is not eligible to serve as Vice Chair as she has served for two

calendar years.

So now we can turn it over to the Commission and we can do a selection of the Chair and

then we can move on to the selection of Vice Chair.

We also have public comment.

Just so you're aware.

Okay.

Thank you.

So we will now pass a motion to select Vice Chair.

If.

Yeah.

Oh, Vice Chair, did you want us to do the public comment and then we can jump into nominations?

Yes.

Okay.

Let's move public comment to the first item.

Perfect.

Thank you.

So if we can please have Jeffrey come.

Do you want to just go to the same.

Jeff Tartig here.

I am a District 4 representative and inviting to hopefully be able to.

Part of my comment on this one is please expand your website because it is so difficult

to try and get in and look and read.

So I have no idea what the staff report had to say.

And as some years ago you used to have a device back here that you could physically look

at what was on an agenda item.

You have took that away so you only have the means of somehow looking at.

Right now I am only able to look at a little cell phone at this point to try and read something.

So it is a little difficult to see what the qualifying things for your candidates are

much less anything else.

But I am hoping that they have had some experience in the past.

And this is as you alluded to me that you have some people that are not eligible to be

chair and vice chair.

How many candidates does that leave you with now to select your two positions that I believe

are the only two positions that you have set up for in this disability commission.

And it is a commission not a committee correct?

Sorry, I know you have to answer all the public questions.

Just clarifying to be sure that I do have that right.

And I will end my comment with that.

Thank you very much.

Yes we are a commission.

We are a commission of currently eight I think or nine.

I think it is 11.

11.

11.

We are currently commission of 11 with currently two who are non-eligible sat leaves only seven

commissioners eligible for these positions of chair and vice chair.

Thank you for your comments.

So now we may move to the nomination for selection of chair.

I do see commissioner Tuzan Boyd in cute commissioner Tuzan Boyd.

Thank you, vice chair.

Kramer.

I wanted to we don't typically talk back and forth to the audience but our commission is

in a season of transition.

So previously we were all appointed at large by the PMP and we have shifted to council

appointments and so some of the folks here on the dies who are more seasoned like myself

and chair Crowley are from our holdovers from the old way and we are looking forward to

the new way which is council appointees, youth commissioners and mayor appointees as

well.

Both chair Crowley and I will be terming out in the middle of this year and while I appreciate

chair Crowley's role in filling this chair seat in absence of our previous chair who

termed out mid year.

I wanted to nominate vice chair Kramer for the position of chair because she is now just

starting her second term here on the commission.

She is one of the folks who has been with us for a while and I feel that she would be

a great leader here on the dies moving us forward into 2025 and if she accepts the

nomination I would be very happy.

Thank you commissioner Tuzanboy.

Next we have commissioner Ellis.

Thank you.

I would second that nomination but just to make things a little interesting I would like

to nominate myself for the chair.

I previously served on the commission back in 2016 and also served on the utility rates

advisory commission and worked for the department of rehabilitation.

So I believe I have a number of experiences that I could utilize in this role if so chosen

by you all.

Thank you commissioner Ellis commissioner Greenbaum did I say the right.

Yes thank you.

I wanted to second commissioner Ellis's nomination for chair.

Thank you.

Thank you commissioner Greenbaum commissioner Ellis.

Oh I'm good.

Okay commissioner Mercer.

Just to check if we done a second over on Sylvia's nomination do we need one?

Okay.

So we had commissioner Ellis say that he's second but then he also nominated himself.

Okay.

So to clarify you have a first and a second for two separate chair nominations.

Correct.

So what's next?

You commissioner Greenbaum.

Just seeking the clarification too and then yes.

What we do.

Okay.

Thank you commissioner so as now we have two we have two for commissioner Ellis and then

two or one for the current vice chair.

Correct.

We have a motion for vice chair Cramer we have a motion and a second and then we have

a motion and a second for commissioner Ellis.

However we do have to make a vote on the first motion if that one does not pass then we

will move on to the second motion.

Okay.

So right now we are currently passed a motion selecting vice chair who's currently vice

chair Cramer as chair moved by two on void second by Ellis commissioners if you can

please unmute commissioner Greenbaum.

Commissioner Green is absent commissioner Dyson commissioner two on void.

Hi commissioner Mercer.

Hi commissioner Ellis abstain.

Vice chair Cramer.

Hi commissioner car is absent and chair Crowley is currently absent as well.

Okay.

So the motion currently does not pass.

We do have an absent.

Chashan the motion does not pass.

What would be our next course of action.

Can I ask why the motion hasn't passed?

Your number of members are core of is six and we only have five yeses.

Is it isn't it the majority of the members present to vote?

Okay.

So then in that case we yeah so the motion does pass.

I apologize.

Of the members present.

So the motion does pass selecting commissioner Cramer as the chair.

Thank you.

And then for vice chair we are not do we have our nominations for vice chair.

Commissioner Boyd.

Thank you chair Cramer.

I would like to nominate commissioner Ellis for the position of vice chair for the disabilities

of advisory commission.

I accept.

As he stated he's previously served on this commission in its earlier days and recently

rejoined us.

So he has a different historical perspective but also brings fresh eyes to the work that

we're doing.

Thanks.

Here's what we have one nomination for for commissioner for vice commissioner for Ellis.

And Mr.

I was going to go for a second.

We have a first and second motion for for a commissioner Ellis as vice chair.

Thank you vice chair.

Yes we have a first by commissioner to Zon Boyd second by commissioner Mercer.

Commissioner if you can please unmute your microphones commissioner green bomb.

I.

Commissioner green is absent commissioner Dyson.

I commissioner to Zon Boyd.

I commissioner Mercer.

I commissioner Ellis.

I vice chair Cramer.

I commissioner car is absent and chair Crowley is absent the motion passes.

Congratulations to you both.

Thank you very much and congratulations to our next vice chair Ellis.

I know that you will do a fine job as vice commissioner and hopefully for greater things

in the future.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And then now we will move to our fourth and final item on the discussion calendar and

that is to review the draft of the city of Sacramento disability disabilities advisory

commission report to the city council.

This is this is.

This is.

Thank you.

Thank you chair Cramer.

So yeah we began our journey on this work plan in September and we revisited it in November

as well as December so I think we have had a really good dialogue.

Rehearsing the accomplishments from this year.

The recommendations that were implemented versus the ones that were not and the ones

that should be carried forward.

So I believe the best way to proceed is just to go a topic by topic through the report

and hopefully get the motion to approve it to the P.P. and E committee which would be

the next step for the annual report.

So I've working with Stephanie.

We have gone through the report and the past meetings to do our best to capture the comments

and to make sure they're included.

The report that is in the agenda there are a couple modifications that I'll point out

are in my presentation today.

So I believe first let's go through just the table of contents and the introduction,

the kind of the role of the commission we've gone over.

We had a good dialogue in December over just the listing of the commissioners and kind

of noting when commissioners started, when they may have resigned and just their overall

engagement with the commission in 2024.

I've also added, I believe it was Commissioner Cower who recommended the hyperlinks to the

BIOS which is something new this year where we added for those who went on to to add a

bit of a bio on why we serve.

So those hyperlinks I was able to figure that out.

And so those have been added.

I put Paul's name before mine because his is first and our commissioner Crowley pointed

out.

And we spent a lot of time going over the message.

Oh, I see.

Oh, yeah.

So for AV, if you can pull up my not what's in presentations but what's on my laptop now,

they can do that.

I see.

I see here.

Yeah.

Right.

So I think for now reference the one that's in the agenda.

I'm going to use my computer to show what the changes were.

Is he able to do that?

Okay.

I can not on this one.

I can go to the dias and plug in.

All right.

If he needs me to.

Okay.

We can do that.

Do you have that or maybe school do the changes and then you see what corrections there are?

Okay.

Okay.

Yeah.

Let's do.

We can do that.

Let's say because this is working.

Yeah.

So I didn't realize it was okay.

So what's been added here is the hyperlinks to the bios.

Paul's name is ahead of mine.

Thank you.

So go on.

No changes to the message from the chair.

So I know we spent.

We went over this in November.

And so I think we've crafted a good message to the count to the P.P.

Any committee.

Thank you all for submitted photos and the biography information.

So that's all been added.

And so this is the main change from the report that's published.

Is the status of the recommendation is moved to the status is now under what the 2023 recommendation was.

So all the current recommendations don't have a status.

They're current recommendations.

And it notes if they were carried forward.

So we were to Smith that.

We went through and were to Smith each of them.

And we were to see what.

What noting if they were carried forward.

So.

And in the status.

Let's see.

We added the picture for the.

The new accessible drop off floating space on J street as it approaches

the state.

So that's been added.

Nothing's changed in terms of the.

Right ups here in the accomplishments.

Nothing's changed with respect to.

I added to the web page update.

I added a picture of the door.

So that was not on the last one.

I added some.

The.

The.

Automation of the door.

Noting Tim Haley.

And then.

I added.

Some items from the work plan that we discussed at the last at the December meeting and about reformatting the

fall blog, which I've already kind of gotten a head start on that one.

So.

So with that, I just opened it up if there are any questions on any of the edits that I've made.

I do think the.

The published.

The report published in the agenda item is really.

It's really complete.

There's just a couple minor edits.

And that's the.

I think that's what I'm looking for.

When I tried to show here, unfortunately, my.

Most current document wasn't.

Wasn't tracking or wasn't available.

But that's what I'm looking for a motion to carry forward to the PPP.

But.

Happy to answer any questions or clarifications.

to commissioners in the speaker queue.

So Commissioner Ellis, if you would like to unmute.

There we go.

Just to kind of like summarize what you provided as JSC,

it seems more like non-technical

and not substantive changes overall.

And unless other commissioners who've queued up to speak

without objection, I would motion to approve this final draft.

Thank you Commissioner Ellis.

We still have a few more speakers in the queue

and we will vote on a motion to pass

after we've heard from the rest of our commission.

But next up we have Commissioner Boyd.

Thank you Chair.

Before I speak I want to go ahead and second.

Vice Chair Ellis's motion to approve the updated draft

of our annual report to the City Council in work plan for 2025.

For those in the audience who have been following our meetings online

or here in person, this document is meant to represent

not only the work that we have completed,

but recommendations that we have made previously to City Council.

And I just want to confirm what Mr. Gothen said is that

we have several carryover items recommendations

that were not implemented from 2023 during 2024.

And so this status for some of those carryover items

rather than having that in the recommendation section

you kept them in a status for the recommendations

from the previous year.

Correct?

Okay.

So hopefully when our council members read this report

they'll see that information.

But we will also be presenting this correctly.

That's correct.

Yeah and we should talk about that too.

So yes, I second the motion to approve this report.

And I think staff, Jesse and I know you've had help

in capturing all of the discussion that we had on the dius

that last meeting with the last two meetings were fairly long

and you did a great job.

Thank you.

Thank you Commissioner Boyd.

So I have a first and a second motion to pass.

I would like to think a net.

I don't know if this is all but if before we continue

with our final vote I would like to,

if it's all right I'd like to open public comment before we,

for our final vote.

I would agree with that.

My apologies for not engaging with the public before our vote.

Thank you.

So clerk do we have any members of the public

that would just speak on the item?

Thank you Chair.

We currently have no.

Is he speaking?

Oh I'm sorry.

Okay.

Jeffrey sorry.

Sorry guys but I have a dog fight meeting tomorrow morning.

And since you've updated and changes I would just like I've given

you my email address.

If you can send it tonight I will present it tomorrow at 10 o'clock

in the morning of what the updated report is.

And I don't know whether you're in that is you did you talk

about it all the fifth street with the change of two way

and all the cutouts and everything else was that something that was

in this report at all.

Just curious question.

Didn't see it.

Yeah so I made a reference to the fifth street that we are part

of the work this commission has done is to advocate for better

access to the G1C and that resulted in the addition of some

additional loading zones accessible loading zones.

And there was a as as an outcome of the fifth street conversion staff

identified another location at J.

And so there was an image added for the location on J street for

an accessible loading drop off zone.

So it is in the report and it was associated with the fifth

street conversion.

So I think that's the first question.

I think it's a very good question.

I think it's a very good question.

I think it's a very good question.

Thank you so much for your comment.

I just want to remind the public if the if anyone else wishes to

comment that we do have speaker speakers next to our clear

clear if you wish to speak.

Speak on this or any future items.

I think that's the thing that I think is that the commission

is making the motion again.

Commissioners can you unmute your mics?

Was that all the commissioner comments for this item in

questions?

I seen commissioner Greenbaum.

I just wanted to thank Mr. Gotham and and staff for their

support and work and echo commissioner to some boards.

Sentiment that you know for hanging in there with us when

there was a lot of you know, redrafting and it was there was a

lot going on and I really appreciate you all you both working

on it so well and it's a great product.

Thank you commissioner Greenbaum.

Do we have any more commissioners?

I think we have a lot of people who are going to be able to

speak on this item before we move to pass a motion.

I see no other speakers.

So I would like to go forward and make a vote.

Yes, thank you chair.

So we have a motion by commissioner Ellis second by commissioner

commissioner's please unmute commissioner Greenbaum.

I commissioner green is absent commissioner Dyson commissioner

Tucson void.

I commissioner Mercer.

I commissioner Ellis.

I vice chair Kramer.

I commissioner car is absent and chair Crowley is absent the

motion passes.

Thank you clerk and I thank you everybody to the commissioners

and to the public and to everybody who has attended our meeting.

I want to apologize for any stalls or professionalism at this

meeting.

If I want to thank you all for your patience and since that was

our last meeting on the agenda I believe we can move this move

the meeting to a German.

Next we have the commission staff report.

I would just like to thank the commission for approving the annual

report.

I will be working with you chair Kramer and vice chair Ellis to

work on the presentation council.

I have worked with the clerk's office and they said we should be

working with the commissioners and they should be able to

work on the presentation.

I will be working with the commissioners to keep the committee

meeting in March.

I will work with you on the order of presentation.

So.

Then one, I can't share my screen.

That's fine.

That's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Again.

I have a commissioner boy.

Are we speaking to Jesse or are we moving on to commissioner

comments ideas and questions?

I believe we'll be moving to commissioner comments because I do

see if you speak for Jesse.

I would like to talk to commissioner to avoid a question for Jesse

first.

Yes.

I heard you mentioned that you would be working with the new chair

and vice chair on presentation to the P and P. I wanted to volunteer

to assist and or present at that meeting, which is a week day

meeting.

So I'm happy to have you on the chair.

I'm happy to be interested in doing that.

So just putting it out there.

I'm happy to abdicate and let former chair Crowley and commissioner

Tucson boy take the lead as they did the I would say the bulk of the

work.

And they can be the face of the report.

And I think not to speak for you chair, but we'll have next

years report.

But that's why I do plan to be there just to be present at the

P and E meeting.

I think that every that is a wonderful idea.

Commissioner Crowley and especially two four being able to

share that share your wisdom and share your experience with the

commissioners for not only us but for future generations along

the come along to advise the DAC.

So moving on to commissioner comments ideas and questions.

Do any commissioners have our wish to speak?

Commissioner Ellis.

I will go at the end.

You have a few speak.

Do I wish to speak on this item?

Commissioner boy.

I think I can never speak on that.

I can never speak on that.

I can never speak on that.

First I wanted to thank the members of the public who are here at

our meeting in person and who spoke during public comment and our

agenda items.

I encourage that Mr. Barnbaum is interested in serving on this

commission.

We want to do campaign to try to save the Sacramento zoo.

We are unable to keep it in Sacramento but it is not closing.

As we all know it is going to be moving to Elk Grove.

There are other seats that are open on the commission so I do

believe that information is posted on the commission's web page.

So if you live in a district that doesn't have an appointee here on

the board, please apply.

There were a couple of comments during public comment that I wanted

to address.

One was that the commission had some canceled meetings.

The ordinance that created the Disabilities Advisory Commission does

indicate that we should have 12 meetings a year on calendar.

We are meeting in July and in October were canceled due to

staffing issues.

They also anticipated that the chambers wouldn't be available due to

the construction on the 88 doors here in chambers.

Also the mention that we don't currently have any commissioners

with physical disabilities here on the dius.

I would encourage you to reflect on that statement and that you

may not be aware of a person's status here on the dius whether

or not they have a physical disability just because you can't see

it from the audience.

We have in the past had several commissioners serving here on the

dius who were in wheelchairs and using other assisted methods to

participate in our work.

I did happen to watch the city council meeting last night and I

heard your public comment as well sir in regards to the 88 doors.

If you did not see that in our annual report, the 88 doors here in

chambers are direct result of the work of this commission.

Thank you for acknowledging that in front of our city council last

night.

One of the recommendations for the next year is to likewise make

the bathroom doors here in the lobby accessible so that individuals

who want to participate in the public process do not have to ask for

assistance to open the bathroom doors.

I do want to mention that the fourth annual coffee was held

our partners in the Sacramento Sheriff's Department joined us at the

fly brave in Poryam in council member Guerra's district.

For the fourth year we were able to fellowship and enjoy each

special year's company.

It's really a great opportunity for our law enforcement partners to

interact with individuals with intellectual and developmental

disabilities and a stress-free environment they do get training in

this area but this is an opportunity for them to interact with

individuals.

See the spectrum of folks that have intellectual and developmental

disabilities.

So the participants from the disabled community being able to interact with law enforcement and again a fun environment.

So if they do encounter them in maybe a situation that is high stress or an emergency that they recognize these uniformed officers as helpers and are less concerned about that.

Thank you very much.

Thank you Commissioner Boyd. Do I have any other members of the council that wish to speak?

Commissioner Mercer?

Hello everybody. I've got two things I'm going to talk on. First thing is my time on the commission has been a time of great change.

I started as COVID safety measures were ending and meetings in person had restarted.

Commissioners were appointed at large and we were slated to produce our first annual report.

I feel like we've done a lot, but there's still a lot left to do.

I wish that I could be here for that project, but at the present time I need to step back from the commission and will not be seeking another term as commissioner.

I'm not going to be here until a replacement is found to either take over the remainder of my term and continue into the new term or to start the new term in June.

I do hope to return at some point in the future since I have a retirement plan.

As commissioner Ellis has done, so I know it's possible.

Well, I understand the concerns that led to limiting terms on the city commissions.

I feel that we would benefit from a longer term limit, say three, probably not more than four, rather than the current lifetime limit of two terms.

I really want to thank the public for coming out on the start, winter evening.

It's nice to see some of our seats filled here.

You are important to our work.

And thank you very much now.

I do have one other thing that I wanted to bring up that a friend contacted me about.

This is a person who does not.

It's reasonably able, although getting older as many of us are.

And she had written a letter to 3-1-1 about a slip and fall because of a pavement issue.

And I was just, it's a short bit, but I wanted to bring it up because I know that there's some tracking that's done on 3-1-1.

And I'm not litigious. I'm not looking for redress or apology.

I just thought what might happen if someone who has mobility issues, the same had the same thing occur and that you should be aware of the danger.

My shoes had rubber soles. I was walking in a normal pace. I'm not prone to falls.

But this is like, it was like hitting a lip hash.

It puts the slip and slide covered in an asterisks glide. Happy New Year.

You're welcome to read this one aloud in the office, but that made too much fun.

I'm all this is 50 when I asked to ask over T. Kettle and a skirt and print everybody at positive note tap pizza.

So I think that is the sort of thing, even though this is not somebody in the disability community, that would definitely be an issue for somebody using any sort of assistive device.

I tried to it tried to walk and you know it's concerned.

Thank you very much.

Thank you so very much for your comment.

Do we have any any more speakers from the commission commissioner Greenbaum?

I want to thank the public for coming to and thank public comments as well as your sort your users and public comments.

I'm sorry I've forgotten your name. My apologies.

I wanted to acknowledge your sentiment for diversity and solidarity on the board or representativeness of the diverse disability community.

I wanted to also just but to to that there are of those of us with physical disabilities here myself being included and you know physical disability is there's an array of certain physical disabilities.

So I do agree with and thank you for your comments on that and certainly I agree with the sentiments and the diversity of disabilities and having that representativeness here.

Thank you.

Thank you very much for your comment.

I would like to invite our new commissioner to share anything if they would like otherwise I would like to go last.

Commissioner Dyson.

I just want to again introduce myself I'm Jacqueline Dyson but it's a J.A.C.C.

You not Jake you so I know you get that right.

And thank you to the public out there that's here it's good to see you as well.

I'm ready to get started I'm observing tonight.

I have a list of things that I would you know like to bring to the table as well but it won't happen tonight.

And I just want to say looking forward to working with you.

Thank you commissioner Dyson and welcome to the D.A.C.

Commission we are so happy to have you here and we look forward to your work and contributions to this commission.

I'm sorry I forgot something really fast.

Just so everybody knows I'm in district three so and I think I'm delighted for that so anybody who is interested in joining the commission and district three that's council member telemonties district please sign up.

Thank you. Thank you commissioner Mercer. Commissioner Boyd.

So Ellis can be the last.

Thank you.

I did want to ask staff if the awards would be on the next agenda so that we could start talking about nominations in that process.

I think it's not already on your radar just a gentle reminder that it should be.

Stephanie do you have do you have our list of what were slated for February.

But yeah yeah I think it would be now that we've got our annual report approved we have some work to do right.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Again do I have any more commissioner comments.

Okay then I'll go.

Pardon me I'm getting over a lingering cough so that's why I've been a little muted tonight the usual.

First I do want to definitely thank the public for coming out.

My apologies a little out of practice because the last several meetings really haven't had much public engagement but I'm really happy.

I'm not going to comment but I'm really value it.

It is a critical part of what we do.

Serving on these public commissions so and I'm really glad to see more interest in the DAC and other more individuals wanting to apply.

So one thing I did want to bring up and it's a little.

I was saddening I learned about it after the fact but I believe it was I want to say it was last Thursday.

There was a like a memorial vigil service in Fremont Park for the individuals who died in traffic accidents in the city.

For some reason the number 33 is like jumping in my brain but I don't know if that's the actual number.

I'm not that bad but you know the fact that you know a group of people got together and recognized those individuals who died because of those traffic related incidents in our city you know says a lot.

Given this commission's charter does surround the public works right of ways in the city that's kind of our big epitaphs of being among other things we do a lot but that's a lot of the you know the crosswalks the curb cuts the accessible drop off zones all those kinds of things are within our our big primary part of what the this commission opines on for the city.

And having that I wanted to kind of just kind of say you know in the public record or the public ethos there's kind of two things at play here in terms of having safe public right of ways.

There's the city in its responsibility to you know to design an engineer with Mr. Gotham co-workers you know all these amenities that we need you know from the crosswalks and the curb cuts and the buttons and the lights and all of those things you know we could design all the best things for our city which we should and hopefully will.

But then there are individual choices at play as well that the city can't really play into we can kind of guide and hopefully people make the right choices as they're going through our public right of ways but there's kind of that intersection from both.

What the city can do but then what we as individual citizenry do in our daily activities and you know we see it all the time if we could I don't I say this a lot just in passing but we can just kind of slow down think that some of these things might not occur and just you know I know we all have lives and all the things that are going on but you know taking a pause for the cause and slowing it down a little bit and if you're late for that thing or whatever it is.

Maybe that's better than you know an accident or a death in our city is the way I kind of look at it but I just wanted to acknowledge that sombreness of last week that of those deaths that occurred in 2024.

Here's hoping we can have a maybe zero I don't you know or at least a much lower number for 2025 and then sort of kind of a more positive note.

We definitely want to thank the commission for putting me into a role of leadership going forward into the next year.

This is definitely a passion of mine I served before and you know I live it you know I live it I work you know I support Californians with disabilities by working for the state of California.

I want to serve the city in this way so that hopefully you know just to make everything better for everyone overall as we all bring our perspectives together and everyone matters and every idea needs to be you know brought before us and see how we can make the city as best as we can make it making it as accessible as we can make it.

I firmly believe the Americans with disabilities act is the floor in which we walk on and we can always do more than that and we should do more than that we should do as much as we can do just to make this place as inclusive as as accessible as we can make it for all of our fellow sacramentans and all of those who come visit this place as well.

Thank you thank you and I look forward to our robust year ahead so turn it over to you chair.

Thank you so very much commissioner Ellis and I was I was a lovely speech and I do want to again send my condolences to all the family and friends who've lost their their loved ones to that or to those horrible accidents and hopefully as we move through 2025 we can we can help in making this.

Making this making the city is safer safer but again to there's only so much we as the commission can do and so much so many the city can do and I think it's important to remind people to always be aware and to be.

I can always look out for one another.

And with that I believe we can move on to the public comment.

We actually took those at the beginning of the meeting so our agenda is complete.

Thank you so much. I guess with the I want to thank everybody who came out tonight I know I know it's probably cold out there but I want to thank you for coming out for I want to thank our public speakers for coming coming out and voicing their concerns and comments to our commission and and to those on who are online watching right now we want to thank.

Thank you as well.

As commissioner Greenbaum.

Thank you for your thank you but make a motion to adjourn the meeting.

We'll move to adjournment. Can I get a second.

I don't think we need a motion or a second to adjourn.

Okay.

Thank you.

I want to thank everybody again for coming to this to this to this January 8th 2025 meeting and with that we will adjourn. Thank you.

Good night. Have a good one.

Thank you.