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Advisory Board on Disability Affairs Meeting July 6, 2022
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QUORUM: In Person Reached
CALL TO ORDER: Meeting was called to order 10:00am
MEETING MINUTES APPROVAL:
June 1, 2022
Motion by: Philippa Milne / 2nd Haley Moss / All approved unanimously
SECRETARY’S REPORT: None
BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS: None
NEW BUSINESS:
Business Survey - Ms. Elejabarrieta
Ms. Elejabarrieta provided a draft of a survey which will be reviewed and when ready can be made available to the City of Coral Gables Chamber, so that they can then distribute to their business members to determine how many of them employ individuals with disabilities.
Ms. Liebl expressed concern regarding once distributed to the businesses via the Chamber, the email may just be deleted, and no action taken. Ms. Liebl stated that perhaps it would be best for the city to attach data gathered of the actions the city has taken and then distributed. Ms. Liebl stated it would be a great idea to advise the businesses of the intentions of the Commissioner’s office of highlighting these businesses.
Ms. Elejabarrieta again advised distribution of the survey will be conducted by the Chamber. Ms. Elejabarrieta stated it would be best to keep it as simple as possible for the chamber.
Dr. Durocher asked once this information is received back, what will be done with this information. Ms. Palacio stated originally this is for Commissioner Regalado’s office who would like to conduct various events, such as job fair, create a map of business considered divergent friendly establishment, etc. Dr. Durocher stated it may be a good idea to add a question which identifies the zip code of the business along with sentence or two as introduction of the purpose of the survey.
Ms. Moss expressed it would be best to also provide language which can better identify the various disabilities. Dr. Durocher sated perhaps providing a listing of some of the disabilities would be helpful.
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