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MDAC Committee Meeting
July 13, 20117:00 PM
Executive Conference Room
Milton City Hall
In Attendance: Van Black, Renee Catanzaro, Sudie Gordon, Sharon Lockwood, Neal
O'Brien, Tass Welch, Kennard Woods
Neal called the meeting to order.
Kennard Woods made a motion to approve the May 4th minutes as submitted. Van
seconded the motion. Neal called for a vote and the motion passed unanimously.
Old Business:
It was addressed that conversations had previously taken place about a possible
name change for MDAC, which was further discussed and Committee Members decided
unanimously that there is no need to change the name of the Committee.
Ken indicated that he had spoke with Ann about the Community Link Speakers and
that she has provided him with those targeted. Ken indicated that he has now
taken over as the primary person responsible for contacting and scheduling these
events.
Ken spoke about the next scheduled speaker for 8/16 at 7:00 pm in Council
Chambers. Empish Thomas from the Center for the Visually Impaired will be
presenting about how their organization can help our citizens along with
educating our committee and local businesses on how to support those affected by
vision deficits. Jason Wright will be contacted to do an email blast to Milton
Citizens. Patch Milton will also be contacted about this upcoming event
Sudie advised the group that Jason needs approximately 2 weeks to allow for the
Community Link notifications. Members discussed contacting a number of speakers
and it was agreed upon that members would contact their leads and schedule on a
first come basis.
New Business:
Members discussed the desire to create a Vision Statement starting with an
outline of bullet points to work towards writing specific Goals and Objectives.
Neal addressed his desire for our "Values" to be indicative of us as a community
leader setting an example to lead other municipalities to follow our "best
practices" approach.
Renee made a motion that all present work on a vision statement or bullet points
to start with so that we can then do round table discussions. Neal made a
friendly amendment to make this a functional as well as philosophical outline.
Sharon Lockwood seconded the motion; discussion ensued that we will attempt to
develop our roadmap for this committee in the near and long term keeping in mind
functional and philosophical goals to share. Each member will share their
thoughts for this objective via email by August 1st and then more formal
discussion will take place at the August 3rd, 2011 meeting. The vote passed
unanimously.
Discussion turned to the handicap parking abuses within our city of Milton. The
ticket process and the deputized citizens need to be reviewed and discussed at a
later time.
Van made a motion to reach out to Deb Harrell Chief of Police that she or upon
her recommendation of someone knowledgeable with these legal issues to present to
the committee about the enforcement of this tool moving forward.
Sharon seconded the motion. The vote passed unanimously.
The next item for discussion was the assignments of Committee Liaisons. Although
certain members will take on primary ownership to do their best to attend the
meetings, all members are encouraged to attend as able. Renee has been assigned
to Parks and Recreation; Ken will take on the Zoning appeals, while Van will do
Historic Preservation.
Before closing the meeting, Ken touched upon a Transportation Investment Act
sales tax with possible funding for disability of local governments and he agreed
to reach out to Chris Lagerbloom to see if Carter Lucas or any other staffers are
abreast of the happenings.
Meeting was adjourned.
Submitted by: Renee Catanzaro
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