The Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities

City of Fountain Valley Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities MINUTES January 7, 2021 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair John Borack called the January 7, 2021 Regular Meeting for the Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities to order at 6:03p.m. 2. INTRODUCTIONS/ROLL CALL Members Present: Herman Ajamian, John Borack, Kayla Borack, Leonard Santoro, Phil Nisco, Gary Osterbach, Susanne Seiden, Jan Werts Members Absent: Terry Coakley, Ramon Galvez-Arango, Lawrence Judson, and Anna Nagmay Staff Present: City Liaison, Yvette E. Aguliar, Community Services Manager Secretary, Neda Alikhani, Recreation Specialist Councilmembers Present: Kim Constantine 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 5, 2020 Motion to approve November 2020 minutes by Committee Member Nisco. Seconded by Committee Member Osterbach. Motion carried 7-0, with 1 abstaining to vote by Committee Member Ajamian. 3. OLD BUSINESS A. Social Media Campaign - Rachel Osterbach will be the first featured in the Sportlight Series campaign. Community Services Manager Yvette Aguliar shares that the link will be sent out when available. Chair Borack wants to loop in Assistant to the City Manager, Maggie Le, to promote on the City of Fountain Valley social media or newsletter. Aguliar states that the Subcommittee for social media campaign would need to meet to schedule in advance so Le can plan out her calendar. Aguliar and Chair Borack request all board members share campaign stories. Vice-Chair Seiden suggests a story on Committee Member Terry Coakley. B. Disability Friendly Business Awards - Committee Member Nisco proposed connecting with tenants who have disabilities for Business Award nominations at Green Valley; through the community gazette. Councilmember Kim Constantine states that the Advisory Committee should look into other sources for nominations and that due to COVID, in-person recognition at City Council meetings may not be feasible immediately. Chair Borack states that the Advisory Committee has until October to push awards. Discussion tabled until future meeting. Chair Borack states that honoring two students from the Special Education program won’t be possible due to online learning. 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Update on Virtual Zoom Dance, December 11 - Chair Borack reported that the virtual dance was a success, and had up to 30 participants at once. Target gift cards were raffled and mailed, and people enjoyed the evening. B. Upcoming Virtual Zoom Dance, Friday, February 5 - Committee Member Osterbach states that dances are very successful. Aguliar encouraged all Committee Members to attend dance. Aguiliar will email past participates, update social media, and add participants to the distribution list. Aguliar will send a zoom link shortly before the dance to avoid “zoom bombers.” C. Virtual Dance, April 2, 2021 Dance - Aguliar and Committee Member Osterbach suggest a change of date due to Good Friday. Virtual dance officially changes to April 9, 2021 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS – No comments 6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS A. Aguliar announced that applications for two-year committee appointments are due January 22, 2021. There are no automatic reappointments. B. Aguliar announces that Councilmember Kim Constantine is the new Council Liaison and Mayor Michael Vo is the alternate. 7. ADJOURNMENT Chair Borack adjourned the meeting at 6:44 p.m. Minutes Submitted by Recreation Specialist Neda Alikhani