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Home My WebLink AboutCC ADA Access Advisory Committee 2013 InterviewsSpecial Meeting at 5:00 p.m. ciry a Agenda Item No: 1 Meeting Date: October 21, 2013 SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT Department: City Clerk Prepared by: Esther Beirne City Manager Approval -),/W I File No.: 9-2-56 SUBJECT: INTERVIEWS OF APPLICANTS AND CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO FILL FOUR 4 - YEAR TERMS ON THE SAN RAFAEL ADA ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER, 2017 (CC) RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council interview the following applicants to fill four 4 -year terms to the end of October, 2017 on the ADA Access Advisory Committee. Name Time of Interview Jennifer Conroy 5:00 p.m. Jonathan Frieman 5:10 p.m. Carol Manashil 5:20 p.m. Ewen McKechnie 5:30 p.m. Hugh Murphy 5:40 p.m. Craig Yates 5:50 P.M. SUMMARY BACKGROUND: At the meeting of September 16, 2013, the City Council called for applications to fill four 4 -year terms to the end of October, 2017, due to the expiration of terms of Robert Gallimore (deceased), Carol Manashil, Ewen McKechnie and Craig Yates. Six applications were received by the deadline of Tuesday, October 8, 2011 Enclosures: Six Applications FOR CITY CLERK ONLY File No.: -'2 - �C& Council Meeting: f0%/1,2V/ cc<cr @dam a�cc C? P eew Disposition: Cc'r \\sr_fs1\workfi1e\City Clerk- WorkFile\Boards & Commissions\ADA Access Commlttee\ADA interviews @ 10-21-13 mtg.doc MM amull 0 CITY OF SAN RAFAEL APPLICATION TO SERVE AS MEMBER OF ADA ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE "I n NAME: e-w i-NI, L6 iv/ - STREET ADDRESS: CiT'Y'/STATE/ZIP CODE: RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL FOR YEARS re r e PRESENT WORK POSITION- p'rr - - Zo NAME OF FIRM: 6" BUSINESS ADDRESS:7� 07-) r k / • HOME & BUSINESS PHONE #'s: • E-MAIL ADDRESS (optional): EDUCATION: t) DES RBE YOUR INVOLVEMYNT WITH THE QISABLED,,COMMUNITY I S,�NRAFAEL: ) 44 J-)" DO YOU OFFICIALLY REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION, AGENCY R GROUP, WITH SERVICES FO� PEOPE WITH DISABILITIES? YES NC M-2 IF YES, PLEASEIN66TE THE NAME 0 jliIGRO& AND YOUR POSITI ON, AND ATTACH A LETTER OF REFERENCE: * Information kept confidential to the extent permitted by law (If additional paper is necessary when providing answers, please attach them to this application form.) DO YOU REPRESENT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? YES NO X, IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS AND YOUR POSITION: YOUR REASONS FOR WANTING TO SERVE: b i) 1 3 14 c " U/4-- IF SELECTED TO SERVE, WHAT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS SHOULD THE COMMITTEE FACILITATOR KNOW, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO FULLY PARTICIPATE? r") It SIGNATURE: DATE: FILING DEADLINE: MAIL OR DELIVER TO: Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 City of San Rafael Time: 5:00 p.m. City Hall, Dept. of City Clerk 1400 Fifth Avenue, Room 209 P.O. Box 151560 San Rafael, CA 94915-1560 (The information you provide in this application will be used solely by the City of San Rafael.) &0'e 61'16 um M im CITY OF SAN RAFAEL APPLICATION TO SERVE AS MEMBER OF ADA ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE NAME` STREET ADDRESS: CITY/STATE/ZIP CODE: RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL FOR YEARS PRESENT WORK POSIT N: NAME OF FIRM: BUSINESS ADDRESS: • HOME & BUSINESS PHONE Xs: • E-MAIL ADDRESS (optional): EDUCATION: DESCRIBE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DISABLED COMMUNITY IN SAN RAFAEL: DO YOU OFFICIALLY REPRESENT AN, ORGANIZATION, AGENCY, OR GROUP WITH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES? �S NO IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF -NE GROUP AND YOUR POSITION, AND ATTACH A LETTER OF REFERENCE: Information kept confidential toe extent permitted by law (If additional paper is necessary when providing answers, ple e attach them to this application form,) / DO YOU REPRESENT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? YES NO IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS AND YOUR POSITION: YOUR REASONS FOR WANTING TO SERVE: IF SELECTED TO SERVE, WHAT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS SHOULD THE COMMITTEE FACILITATOR KNOW, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO FULLY PARTICIPATE? SIGNATURE: DAT FILING DEADLINE: MAIL OR DELIVER TO: Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 City of San Rafael Time: 5:00 p.m. City Hall, Dept. of City Clerk 1400 Fifth Avenue, Room 209 P.O. Box 151560 San Rafael, CA 94915-1560 (The information you provide in this application will be used solely by the City of San Rafael.) Describe your involvement with the Disabled Community in San Rafael: 1) In 19981 finished a 3 or 4 year run on the board of directors of the Marin Center for Independent Living, located on 41h street. Part of that time I was president of the board 2) From early 2011 through late 2012 I was on the board of the Ritter Center, a number of whose clients can be seen as having disabilities 3) A year or two ago I assisted the City of San Rafael in placing a TV monitor to one side of the room so that those with hearing disabilities can read the lips of the speakers at the podium facing away from the audience A note: I am curious about the form of the question. Way way back I learned to say things like community of people with disabilities, so it's intriguing to see the usage above. Do you represent an organization, agency or group with services for people with disabilities? Yes—In Spirit. In Spirit is located in Woodacre, CA, and raises funds for people who are severely paralyzed—quadriplegics who are that way either because of injury or a disease like MS—who survive on SSI benefits and IHSS alone. In Spirit raises funds for these folks to pay in-home workers, because so many have hired the wrong kind of worker who will come into their home, help them out of their wheelchair and into bed, only to then walk through the house and rob them. The extra funds bring a higher standard of worker into the client's home. I have been the president of In Spirit's board for perhaps a decade. And for the last year and a half I have convened the Thursday Morning Group, which gathers periodically to discuss issues about homelessness in San Rafael. Many people on the street do have mental disabilities. Do you represent the Business Community? I consider the nonprofit sector part of the business community, and so yes, I represent the JoMiJo Foundation. For the last 14 years we have made grants and support philanthropic efforts in the area of people with disabilities in San Rafael and on an international basis. I am their co-founder and president. Your Reason for Wanting to Serve: I merely wish to serve the city in a field in which I have some experience. The rule of thumb around disability is that, as the disability is more hidden from view from other people, the accommodations needed tend to be more varied. For example, a wheelchair needs a certain width aisle for people to get through; a certain degree rise of a ramp or else someone might not have the strength to get up the ramp; a certain height desk; or grab bars in a rest room set at specified height with the stall being a large enough size. But hearing loss, being more hidden, can hK1 require different accommodations depending on the severity and nature of the loss. Some hearing impaired people need the slightest of assistive devices; others need to see the face of the speaker so they can lip-read; others need sign language. Thus, I hope to aid the city in being more aware of people with hearing loss. Second, as I mentioned, I have already been involved with the city in providing reasonable accommodations for people with hearing loss, recognizing clearly the undue burdens of financial cost. I helped the city place a TV monitor on one side of the city hall chambers so that people with hearing loss could see the face of the people speaking to the councilmembers while their backs were to the audience. Perhaps next is a monitor so that the city council persons can be seen closer, as well. Aside from a lifetime of dealing with a hearing loss, I also wish to bring 20 years of understanding and experience in the field of disability after the ADA was passed in 1990. At that time, rules were promulgated for the supporting regulations and I served as a consultant to the Hearing Society of the Bay Area in 1992 and wrote comments to the proposed regulations in the area of hearing loss. Some of the comments were incorporated as changes to the regulations. If selected, what reasonable accommodation would the facilitator need to know about so I could fully participate? Since it is a small committee, I'd imagine we'd be gathered round a table, and usually I can hold my own, but I may need to have certain statements repeated, and perhaps a few times, in order to understand what was said. Thanks for considering my application. Sincerely, Jonathan Frieman San Rafael, CA 94901 JONATHAN FRIEMAN San Rafael EDUCATION: Juris Doctorate, New College School of Law, San Francisco, 1996 Neuro-Linguisitc Programming, Master Level, 1985 Cranio -Sacral Therapy, Upledger Institute, 1985 Aston -Patterning Practitioner, 1984 Masters in Public Administration, University of Denver, 1977 Bachelor of Arts, University of Denver, 1975. Hun School of Princeton, 1971 Valley Road Middle School, 1967 Johnson Park Elementary School, 1965, Mrs. Cortleyou's Nursery School, .1958, Mother's Womb, 1953 NON-PROFIT INITIATIVES -- Co -Founder and President, JoMiJo Foundation, 1999 -- Co -Founder, Former Co -President, San Pedro Road Coalition, 2000 (sprcoalition.org) -- Co -Founder, Center for Corporate Policy, 2003 (corporatepolicy.org) -- Co -Founder, Current Innovations, 2005 -- Co -Founder, DC Roundtable, 2004 and 2006 LAW SCHOOL INTERNSHIPS: Legal Aid of Marin 1996./Specialized in landlord -tenant law AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) May 1.5, 1995, to June 15, 1995 ALRP publishes the AIDS Law Manual (Received byline on public access chapter) California Department of Insurance June 15 to December 15, 1995 Reviewed applications of companies wishing to viaticate insurance policies EMPLOYMENT: Private Practice 1982 to 1.993 Bodyworker and Therapist Hearing Society of the Bay Area San Francisco, CA March 1991 thru July 1991. Consultant and Advocacy Specialist on Americans with Disability Act Pocket Ranch Geyserville, CA June, 1989 to July 1993 Bodyworker and Therapist Frieman Resume Page 2 Colorado Center for Biobehavioral Health Boulder, Colorado March 1987 to May 1989 Bodyworker and Therapist Rocky Mountain School of Healing Arts Boulder Massage School Boulder, Colorado January 1986 thru July 1987 Faculty Member Sherman & Howard Denver, Colorado November 1980 to March 1982: Systems Analyst Curtain Magazine Denver, Colorado June 1979 to November 1980 Co -Founder and Marketing Director for playbill for smaller performing arts outlets Straight Creek Journal Denver, Colorado July 1978 thru December 1979 Account Manager for weekly newspaper similar to Pacific Sun Regis College Continuing Education Department Denver, Colorado June 1977 to December 1977 Director of Sales and Industrial Training for Continuing Education Department City and County of Denver Denver, Colorado September 1976 to May 1977. Economic Research Consultant EMPLOYMENT DURING COLLEGE: Educational Opportunity Program University of Denver June 1974 to June 1975 Director for program which provided financial supplement to qualified students Free Magazine University of Denver June 1973 to June 1974 Editor and Publisher of bi-weekly news magazine EMPLOYMENT DURING HIGH SCHOOL: Salmagundi Princeton, New Jersey Fall, 1970 to Summer, 1971 Co -Founder, Event Promotion Enterprise Frieman Resume Page 3 SERVICE: -- Community Representative for Marin Youth Court -- Assistant Coach, San Rafael Hi JV football team, Fall 2009 & 2010 -- Assistant Coach, San Rafael Hi Varsity football team, Fall 2011, 2012, 2013 -- Secretary of Board, Marin City Health & Wellness Center -- Past Board Member, Ritter Center -- Founder, Thursday Morning Group -- Mediator for lawsuit by neighbors versus City of San Rafael and San Rafael Pacifies, a minor league baseball team -- Former President, Board of Directors, Strategic Energy Innovations, San Rafael, CA -- President, Board of Directors, Inspirit, Woodacre, CA -- Former Member, Board of Directors, Amazon Watch, Malibu & San Francisco, CA -- Former Vice President, Board of Directors, California Clean Money, LA, CA -- Past Mentor, MEF Summer Applications Institute (now 10,000 Degrees) -- Past President, Board of Directors, Marin Center for Independent Living, SR, CA -- Co-chair, 1993-94, Sonoma County Barrier Awareness Day -- Member, City of Santa Rosa ADA Implementation Committee, -- Member, Board of Directors, Center on Deafness, July 1987.to May 1989. -- Volunteer, Hospice of Metro Denver: worked with terminally ill patients, 1982 to 1984. -- Student Senate, two consecutive terms, University of Denver References Provided on Request October 7, 2013 Esther Beirne, City Clerk City of San Rafael esther.beirne@cityofsanrafael.org Re: Jonathan Frieman/ADA Access Advisory Committee am writing on behalf of Jonathan Frieman who is applying for a position on the City of San Rafael ADA Access Advisory Committee. I am the Executive Director of IN SPIRIT, a nonprofit corporation formed in 1987, to provide services to facilitate quadriplegics in living and functioning as independently as possible. Our services include grants for in-home attendant care and assistance with specific needs of individuals that enhance their health and mobility, such as medical services and supplies and adaptive equipment. I met Jonathan Frieman over 15 years ago when we were both members of the Board of Directors of Marin Center for Independent Living. Later, Mr. Frieman joined the Board of Directors of IN SPIRIT and later accepted the role of President of the Board, a position he still holds. Mr. Frieman has always been an active and supportive Board Member and responsive to the agency's needs. find Mr. Frieman to be a sincerely caring person who works to support the rights of others. Please fill free to contact me if you would like any more information. Aneice Taylor, Executive Director IN SPIRIT Woodacre, CA 94973 C:M M CITY OF SAN RAFAEL APPLICATION TO SERVE AS MEMBER OF ADA ACCESS ADVISORY 66M6'Tii NAME: CAROL MANASHIL STREET ADDRESS: CITY/STATE/ZIP CODE: SAN RAFAEL,CA 94901 RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL FOR 31 YEARS PRESENT WORK POSITION: RETIRED NAME OF FIRM: BUSINESS ADDRESS: * HOME & BUSINESS PHONE Xs: * E-MAIL ADDRESS (optional): EDUCATION: B.A. Literature,American University,Washijgton D.C.,M.Litt 18th century Scottish literature, Edinburgh University,UK.,J.D USF School of Law, San Francisco, California DESCRIBE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DISABLED COMMUNITY IN SAN RAFAEL: Current member ADA Committee. I have a paraplegic son and had the experience of helping make our house accessible for him and of helping him cope with his disability. DO YOU OFFICIALLY REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION, AGENCY, OR GROUP WITH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES? YES NO X IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE GROUP AND YOUR POSITION, AND ATTACH A LETTER OF REFERENCE: * Information kept confidential to the extent permitted by law (If additional paper is necessary when providing answers, please attach them to this application form.) DO YOU REPRESENT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? YES NO X IF YES, PLEASE �ND�CATE THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS AND YOUR PO&TiON: REASONS FOR WANTING TO SERVE, - Because of my warns aisabi4tyA have a strorg ?nterest �n heCping to ensure that San Ratan provides a sale and env�ronrnerlt for 0 !esdents. OF SELECTED TO SERVE, WHAT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS SHOULD THE NIMITTEE FACIUTATOR KNOW, �N ORDER FOR YOU TO FULLY PART0PATE? Mw DATE: 9130/2013 :SiGNATURE- -1c Date, Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Oty of San Rafae� C�ty Hahf, Dept, of C4y Clerk 1400 FMh Avenue, Room 209 P,O, Box 151560 San Rafael, CA 94915-156LO (The ir,,forrnation you provide in furs appRalaon wH be used sole'y by the City of San Rafaer ,) am M In CITY OF SAN RAFAEL APPLICATION TO SERVE AS MEMBER OF ADA ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE STREET ADDRESS: RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL FOR 7 YEARS PRESENT WORK POSITION: NAME OF FIRM: BUSINESS ADDRESS: • HOME & BUSINESS PHONE #'s-. • E-MAIL ADDRESS (optional): DESCRIBE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DISABLED COMMUNITY IN SAN RAFAEL: DO YOU OFFICIALLY REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION, AGENCY, OR GROUP WITH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES? YES NO — ><Z_ IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE GROUP AND YOUR POSITION, AND ATTACH A LETTER OF REFERENCE: * Information kept confidential to the extent permitted by law (if additional paper is necessary when providing answers, please attach them to this application form.) 0JYOU REPRESENT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? YES — NO IIF YES, ZEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS AND YOUR POSITION: F_ YOUR REASONS FOR WANTING TO SERVE: 41 4'�_ d A Z- E D gig Z L41a pl�� 3 S_ 5- -r Z Z,/- -"?J -7- I'AL5 41 Z-_� IV1,1E F& A N z IF SELECTED TO SERVE, WHAT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS SHOULD THE COMMITTEE FACILITATOR KNOW, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO FULLY PARTICIPATE? A/ ILISIGNATURE: DATE. ZZ FILING DEADLINE: MAIL OR DELIVER TO: Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 City of San Rafael Time: 5:00 p.m. City Hall, Dept. of City Clerk 1400 Fifth Avenue, Room 209 P.O. Box 151560 San Rafael, CA 94915-1560 (The information you provide in this application will be used solely by the City of San Rafael.) 1,--w _�37 CITY OF SAN RAFAEL APPLICATION TO SERVE AS MEMBER OF ADA ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE NAME: OL -t EA A21 STREET ADDRESS: CITY/STATE/ZIP CODE: RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL FOR YEARS PRESENT WORK POSITION: t NAME OF FIRM: i c, BUSINESS ADDRESS: --�— * HOME & BUSINESS PHONE #'s: * E-MAIL ADDRESS (optional): EDUCATION: DESCRIBE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DISABLED COMMUNITY IN SAN RAFAEL: DO YOU OFFICIALLY REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION, AGENCY, OR GROUP WITH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES? YES NO IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE GROUP AND YOUR POSITION, AND ATTACH A LETTER OF REFERENCE: * Information kept confidential to the extent permitted by law (If additional paper is necessary when providing answers, please attach them to this application form.) DO YOU REPRESENT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? YES NO IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS AND YOUR POSITION: YOUR REASONS FOR WANTING TO SERVE: WE M IF SELECTED TO SERVE, WHAT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS SHOULD THE COMMITTEE FACILITATOR KNOW, /NORDER FOR YOU TOFULLY PARTICIPATE? FILING DEADLINE: Date: Tuesday, October 8.2013 IN DATE: MAIL ORI�E=LIVER T City of San Rafael City Hall, Dept. ofCity Clerk 1400 Fifth Avenue, Room 208 P.O. Box 151560 San Rafael, CA 94915-1560 (The information you provide in this application will be used solely by the City of San Rafael.) ow CITY OF SAN RAFAEL APPLICATION TO SERVE AS MEMBER OF ADA ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE NAME: Craig Yates STREET ADDRESS: E CITY/STATE/ZIP CODE: San Rafael Ca, 94903-2565 RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL FOR 39 YEARS PRESENT WORK POSITION: NAME OF FIRM: BUSINESS ADDRESS: * HOME & BUSINESS PHONE #'s: * E-MAIL ADDRESS (optional): EDUCATION: HS, SF College Criminology, College of Marin, Certified Autodesk, Autodesk Desk 10 DESCRIBE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DISABLED COMMUNITY IN SAN RAFAEL: I'm chair Golden Gate Transportation ACA, I'm member of Marin Transit Marin Mobility Consortium , President Marin Coalition, DO YOU OFFICIALLY REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION, AGENCY, OR GROUP WITH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES? YES x NO IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE GROUP AND YOUR POSITION, AND ATTACH A LETTER OF REFERENCE: Golden Gate Transportation ACA * Information kept confidential to the extent permitted by law (If additional paper is necessary when providing answers, please attach them to this application form.) DO YOU REPRESENT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? YES NO x IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS AND YOUR POSITION: YOUR REASONS FOR WANTING TO SERVE: To help City of Can Rafael preform quality outreach for entire community. —Yes ongoing help outreach for entire community assisting public performance, acting with entire staff as team player. IF SELECTED TO SERVE, WHAT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS SHOULD THE COMMITTEE FACILITATOR KNOWS, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO FULLY PARTICIPATE? Yes person can. SIGNATURE: -Craig Thomas Yates DATE: 10-08-2013 FILING DEADLINE: MAIL OR DELIVER TO: Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 City of San Rafael Time: 5:00 p.m. City Hall, Dept. of City Clerk 1400 Fifth Avenue, Room 209 P.O. Box 151560 San Rafael, CA 94915-1560 (The information you provide in this application will be used solely by the City of San Rafael.)