City of Houston Commission on Disabilities met Feb. 8

City of Houston Commission on Disabilities met Feb. 8.

Here is the agenda provided by the commission:

I. Roll Call (Stephanie Haechten, Sr. Community Outreach Coordinator, Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities)

II. Call to Order (Ricky Harris, Vice Chair)

III. Review and Approval of January Meeting Minutes

IV. Public Comments (Names of those who have indicated their interest in speaking will be called, each speaker will have a maximum of 3 minutes to speak)

a. Brian Dang (UTHealth, McGovern Medical School Graduate Student) – Family Needs Assessment Research Survey of Disaster Preparedness

b. Julia Rodriguez (Resource Development & Marketing Director at Beaumont Community Players) – A Miracle Worker production with shadow cast ASL interpreters.

c. Ariel Ehrman (Houston resident) – Public Health and Safety, comment submitted digitally

V. Expert Speaker (Julian Ochoa, Emergency Preparedness)

VI. MOPD Report to the HCOD (Angel Ponce, Director, Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities)

VII. MMSC Report to the HCOD (Chuck French, Administration Manager, Houston Parks and Recreation Department)

VIII. ADA Update (Marshall Watson, Administrative Coordinator – ADA, City of Houston, Human Resources Department, Civil Service & EEO Division)

IX. Committee Reports (Chair Silcox)

a. Education & Employment

b. Community Access, Transition, & Housing

c. Emergency Preparedness and First Responder Training

X. Accessible Voting Discussion (Commissioner Nunez Landry, Commissioner Sias, and Commissioner Sashi Nisankarao)

XI. Meeting Schedule

a. March 14th, 2024 – Annual Orientation, No Public Meeting

b. April 11th, 2024

c. May 9th, 2024

d. June 13th, 2024

e. July 11th, 2024 – No Meeting

XII. Commissioners Comments

XIII. Adjourn

https://www.houstontx.gov/disabilities/agendas-minutes/20240208-agenda-english.pdf