Members Present: Larry Voss, Robin Jones, Elyse Nowak, Lucy Cotugno, David Mitchell, Joann Gras, Peter Berg,Carol Gill, Mariana Cuceu, Sally Bialas-Bittenbinder, Jamie Owen Daniel, Eunjung Kim (grad assistant)

Guests: Yanling (Millie) Li, Disability Studies, Caryn Bills, OAE, Tom Zajac, Motor Pool, Pablo Acevedo, Transportation, Juan Ortega, Urban Transportation Center, Ed Brown and Ron Schon, Office of Capital Program, Richard Allegra, ex-officio member

Excused Absences: Erick Lopez

Meeting called to order: By Larry Voss and Robin Jones

Approval of minutes: Minutes from June 14, 2002 meeting were approved

New business: David Mitchell was announced as in-coming co-chair for a year 2002-2003. Flowers and appreciation were given to Robin Jones for her commitment to the committee.

• Meeting Schedule for Fall 2002: Robin informed members that meeting schedule for Fall 2002 would be on the second Friday of every month from 12:00 to 1:30. Location will be announced via listserv.
  
  
• Web Site revisions: Larry and Robin updated the Committee on revisions of the website. Meeting minutes, annual reports and contents of previous events are available on the website. Email addresses and phone numbers of the members are also listed for the visitors' convenience. Forms for web-based issue input from students and data collection of any problems will be created by a graduate assistant soon. Discussion was held regarding the disability resources portions of the UIC website. The Committee would like to see the "Disability Resources" link placed in a more prominent location on the UIC homepage.
  
  
• CCSPD Budget for 2002/2003: Robin Jones reported that the budget was reduced from the travel and conference lines from the upcoming year. Budget for activities would remain the same as last year.
  
  
• CCSPD Annual Report and Meeting with Chancellor Manning: Larry, Robin and David met with the Chancellor on July 19, 2002. Annual Report from 2001-02 was distributed and the nomination of new membership of the year was discussed. The Chancellor expressed concern over the large number of nominees from AHS. The Committee representatives responded that cross-campus recruiting was done with little response. University compliance with the ADA was debated around issues of transportation (shuttle services), parking, physical access to CIU and University Hall, as well as the lack of signage and accessible bathrooms. The Chancellor commended the committee on its activities and for the thoroughness of the annual report.
  
  
• Campus Transportation Status: Pablo Acevedo and Tom Zajac were present to explain changes in transportation, new policies about ride requests, and drivers' awareness training. Millie addressed the driver's lack of number Ids, hostile
  attitudes, lack of flexibility, and inconsistent accessibility. The committee went on to discuss the inequity of new policies such as paid paratransit service and discontinuity regarding red car service hours. Robin summarized that there has been
  ongoing problems in transportation. Carol raised concern regarding required ID presentation for riding a bus if there is personal assistant of the disabled. Elyse agreed that budget deficit should have equal impact on everyone but the current
  changes seemed unequal, falling more heavily on people with disabilities. For redressing these problems, David suggested a meeting to address transportation issues which would include Patricia Gill, Pablo Acevedo or Mark Donovan. Larry
  recommended that since additional funding for services might be needed, Stanton Delaney, vice chancellor for administration, should also be included in the discussions. Carol moved to have Co-chairs Larry and David and, additionally.
  Robin (as ADA expert) set up such a meeting. The motion was seconded by Peter Berg and approved.
  
  
• Finalize Lecture Series Commitment: Richard Allegra reported that CCSPD Program Committee recommended contributing $2,000 to co-sponsor the Disability Studies Doctoral Program Lecture Series. Discussion was held the approval was tabled until we have entire budget.

Old Business:

• Update on Disability Services Relocation: Larry reported the letter regarding relocation of ODS was sent to the Chancellor. The letter expressed concern that decisions not be made without input from people with disabilities. Robin presented Chancellor's response to these concerns that ensured future participation of the disability community. Larry recommended that we continue to have a subcommittee to look at how a "Disability Resource Center" on a major campus be developed to incorporate new models and views of disability.
  
  
• Campus Statement of Commitment regarding People with Disabilities: Larry discussed the status of the statement. Chancellor Manning will rewrite the draft statement herself and hopes to have the statement released by Fall 2002.
  
  
• Sub-committee Reports: Due to lack of time, no formal reports were given.

Meeting adjourned at 2:30
Next meeting will be held on September 13, 2002
At IIDD Room 448
12:00-1:30pm