TACOMA AREA COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES AGENDA FRIDAY JUNE 14, 2024 – 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/” If you were gifted two free tickets to any concert, performance, or event, who or what would you choose to see/hear/attend?” 4:15 Adoption of Agenda/Additions/New Business 4:18 Acceptance of the Minutes from May 2024 4:20 Public Comment 4:25 Presentation and Discussion Tacoma Venue and Events Equity Toolkit and Efforts to Build in Greater Access to City Supported Events—Ashley Young and DeMeSHee--TVE Presentation Feedback and Discussion Prompting Questions: a. What kinds of accommodations should be available at every presentation, performance, and event in our city? b. Which accommodations are most frequently missing? c. What kinds of trainings do you think people hosting events need more of? d. What is the best way for a host to ask for your feedback after you have been to an event? 5:00 Chair Reports * Chair Hester * Vice Chair Edick 5:10 Liaison Report – Office of Equity & Human Rights – Lucas Smiraldo 1. Feasibility Study Update 2. Commissioner Orientation Check in and Feedback 3. Review of Commission Feedback and Recommendations for New Subcommittees and Top Priorities. 5:35 Report from Active Subcommittees Public Works—Anthony Caldwell 5:40 Emergency Management—Todd Holloway 5:45 Ivan Tudela—Pierce County Human Services 5:50 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 Project Management Grid Name Lead Commissioners Status Upcoming Actions Transportation Committee Hayley Edick Hester, McRae, Coleman, Barfield? Will meet to set goals in May Will set goals soon State of Disability in Tacoma TBA TBA Potential Live Event in October Discussion at May TACOD meeting Accessible Feasibility Study Follow Up TBA TBA Presentation to Council by 3rd Quarter Internal Leadership Review City Led Project Liaisons Emergency Mgmt – Todd Holloway (Chair) with Ute Weber City Events Commission/CEC – Open Public Works – Caldwell,(Chair) Hester, Williams, Byram and Monteros, with staff Gail Himes Transportation (formerly Accessible Taxi) – Hayley Edick (Chair), Cheri Coleman, Todd Holloway, Wanda McRae? Tacoma/TACOD Police Advisory, Hester (Chair), Monteros, Sidhu, Williams Closed Captioning in Public Establishments – Todd Holloway, Luke Byram, Krystal Monteros IT/Website – Barfield, and Hester with Gail Himes 5:55 Individual Commissioner Reports 5:57 Invitation for community input 5:59 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, Billie Perriman and Tay Waltier 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.