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M inu tes
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Attendees: AM Coggins, Olga Espino la , Renee Catanzaro, Gary Arnold, Laura York,
Fred Edwards from Plannin g Conunission
Join ed fo r second part of meeting: George Ragsdale, Pl anning Commission, Kim Hom
Planning Commission, Rita Young, Program Manager AADD and Partners in Policy
Making
Update from Olga:
• City of Alpharetta coordinated with City of Milton
o Granite dust path exists between Webb Rd and Kroger
o Took Ol ga 113 oftimc to get there and s he doesn 't have to use he r wal king
st ick
o Thank you to Roddy Motes for coordinating
o Appears to be accessib le for most wheelchairs, maj o r money s ave r, and
low maintenance
• Olga met w ith Roddy 2x last week near Academy and Milton Ave to check
audibl e light s and other options
• Roddy work ing to mak e sure light at Super Target to s pec , are th ey audible?
• Olga will c heck in at end of each month fo r updates
Update from Ann:
• CIT (critica l incident) trainin g for police is getting started
• Rita Young h as agreed to teach it , s he is w ith Atla nt a A lliance of Developmental
Di sabiliti es
• An n me t wi th Billy B eckett 2x
• City trying to get ADA coordinator
• Informati o n on networking , bui lding social capita l and community lead er s h i p
Merchant Education Update:
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• Fred is working on highlighting physical addresses businesses and is going to
sha re thi s list w ith u s
• Canine Assistants volunteers to help di stribute
• CPAC business stakeholders meeting coming up, can we distribute packets at the
meetings?
• Di v ide up businesses
o Bethany Bend to Deerfield
o Super T arget area down to Windward
o Windward o ve r to 400
P age 1 of2
o Crabapple around Binningham Highway near Milton's and s ilos
o Binningham Highwa y and Road Inter section and surrounding area
• Ho me based bu sinesses
o Wou ld be important for online bu sinesses to know that if their websi te is
accessib le, would improve availability
o Need to come up with materia ls
• Wo rk on emergency management training for ho w to get persons out of multi-
story bu ildings (George's e xample)
Planning Commi ss ion Questions
• Community based plan fo r 2025
• We are stakeholde r gro up that the y are meet in g w ith , 18 stakeholders they are
hoping to have interviews with to ha ve broad based input to provide to Co uncil
• There will be pub lic mee tin g s to include the whole community once plan in
wri tten , we can also con tact them vi a emai l
• Will be completing meetings by end of August with bu sine ss meeting as the la st.
After no further business, th e meeting adjourn ed.
Date Approved: February 4 , 20 09
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