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Milton Disability Awareness Committee
Meeting Minutes
February 8, 2017
Committee Members In Attendance: James Keating, Van Black, Hope Winograd, Octavia Sargent,
and Paul Schiell
MDAC Liaison: Sudie Gordon
Guests in Attendance: Jim Cregge (not official)
Van Black called the meeting to order. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0)
Committee members reviewed and approved the meeting minutes from January 11, 2017. Paul
Schiell made the motion to approve the minutes and Octavia Sargent seconded the motion. The
motion passed unanimously. (5-0)
New Business:
• Jim Cregge briefly dropped in and gave an update on some of the local park activity.
• Lots of Four Wheeling at Birmingham Park has decreased since a new fence has been
added.
• New dumpsters have also been added in that park.
• Van announced he will be moving to Saint Simons Island and will have to ultimately
resign from MDAC.
• The entire committee will absolutely hate to see him go!
• MDAC hopes that the Titans will be able to participate in Earth Day this year.
• Van plans to send his article in for the MDAC article for Milton Facebook page.
• James a lso suggested having some videos posted along with the articles MDAC will post
on Milton Facebook.
• Dudley will submit an article every three months for Facebook.
• Octavia mentioned possibly doing an article related to the Milton Steelers and the
strength training activiti es that team performs. She also suggested a website called
www.understood.org and it has a wealth of information on disabilities .
• Octavia also discussed several camps for various sports a nd activities that are available
in Milton and/or North Fulton area.
• The committee then discussed a special needs trust that can be of help to people with
special needs regarding Social Security and Medicaid situations.
• MDAC members generated tons of ideas on great resources, topics and potential topics
that the committee could post on City of Milton Facebook page.
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• Co m m ittee members continued the discussion of AXS MAP and ratings being performed
by North Fulton Wheels .
• Some of the technicalities of the AXSMAP website were discussed .
• Ta ss cancelled the original meeting at her church to discuss AXSMAP and the North
Fu lton Wheels presentation planned. She will be planning a new Mapathon date for this
in the near future .
Paul Schiell m oved to adjourn the meeting and Octavia Sargent seconded the motion. The vote w a s
unanimous to adjourn. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 7:00 pm.
Minutes Submitted By: Dud ley Arno ld
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Tass Welch, Chair, MDAC
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