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SUMMARY:COMMISSION ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES REGULAR MEETING  NOTICE & AGENDA
DESCRIPTION:<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;;font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">COMMISSION ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES REGULAR MEETING</span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;;font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">NOTICE &amp; AGENDA </span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 8:30AM</span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">at</span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Westport Town Hall &ndash; <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=Room+201%0D+%0D+*110+Myrtle+Avenue*&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g"><span style="color: blue;">Room 201</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=Room+201%0D+%0D+*110+Myrtle+Avenue*&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g"><span style="color: blue;">110 Myrtle Avenue</span></a></span></strong></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Call to Order</span></li>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Approval of Minutes from July 20, 2017</span></li>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Guests &ndash; Captain Paulson &amp; Chief Koskinas of the Westport Police Department</span></li>
    <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Volunteer registry program with WPD discussion </span></li>
    </ul>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Human Services Updates and Opportunities (Elaine Daignault):</span></li>
    <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Emergency Preparedness Efforts&ndash; </span></li>
        <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square">
            <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Region 1 &ndash; Mass Care and Recovery Tabletop Exercise &ndash; Thurs., Sept. 28<sup>th</sup></span></li>
        </ul>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ADA Conference &ndash; October 27<sup>th</sup> (Newington, CT)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Legislative Advocacy Training Opportunities&nbsp; - Oct 12/19 and Dec9/16 (Middletown, CT) </span></li>
    </ul>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What&rsquo;s Up/Newsworthy Events and People</span></li>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Public Comment</span></li>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Committee Updates and Priorities </span></li>
    <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Federal/State and Local Policy and Administration &amp; General Support (Jim Ross)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Employment and Life Transition (Stacie Curran)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Health and Fitness (Tom Holleman)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Recreation and Social Activities (LuAnn Giunta)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Housing and Emergency Preparedness (Marina Derman)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Transportation and Mobility (Diane Johnson)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Education and Personal Development (Evan Levinson)</span></li>
    </ul>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Adjourn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-left: 0.25in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Please save the following dates for future general CPD meetings and a <em>special* series of joint DHS Commission </em>meetings:</span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Tuesday, Oct. 10<sup>th</sup> at 8:30am-10am &nbsp;- </span></em></strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red;">Joint meeting of DHS Commissions: An overview of DHS Programs and Services</span> </em></p>
<p style="margin-left: 1in; line-height: 150%;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(The Human Services Commission, Commission on Senior Services, The Westport Youth Commission and the Commission on People with Disabilities )</span></em></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thursday, October &nbsp;19<sup>th</sup>, 2017</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> - Gretchen Knuff of Disability Rights Connecticut, INC. (DRCT)</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thursday, November 16<sup>th</sup>, 2017</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> - &nbsp;Win Evarts, ARC CT </span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Friday, November 17<sup>th</sup>, 2017</span></em></strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> &ndash; <span style="color: red;">Joint Meeting of DHS Commissions: An overview of local Substance Abuse and Mental Health Resources </span></span></em></p>
<p style="margin-left: 1in; line-height: 150%;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(Presenters from the Southwest Regional Mental Health Board, the Mid-Fairfield Substance Abuse Coalition and Positive Directions, Westport&rsquo;s Local Prevention Council)</span></em></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></em></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To subscribe to official town notices for meetings and minutes, please go to </span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><a href="http://www.westportct.gov" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">www.westportct.gov</span></em></a></span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> and click on the government link, then sign up for e-notifications</span></em></p>
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;;font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">COMMISSION ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES REGULAR MEETING</span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;;font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">NOTICE &amp; AGENDA </span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 8:30AM</span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">at</span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Westport Town Hall &ndash; <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=Room+201%0D+%0D+*110+Myrtle+Avenue*&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g"><span style="color: blue;">Room 201</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=Room+201%0D+%0D+*110+Myrtle+Avenue*&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g"><span style="color: blue;">110 Myrtle Avenue</span></a></span></strong></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Call to Order</span></li>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Approval of Minutes from July 20, 2017</span></li>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Guests &ndash; Captain Paulson &amp; Chief Koskinas of the Westport Police Department</span></li>
    <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Volunteer registry program with WPD discussion </span></li>
    </ul>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Human Services Updates and Opportunities (Elaine Daignault):</span></li>
    <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Emergency Preparedness Efforts&ndash; </span></li>
        <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square">
            <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Region 1 &ndash; Mass Care and Recovery Tabletop Exercise &ndash; Thurs., Sept. 28<sup>th</sup></span></li>
        </ul>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ADA Conference &ndash; October 27<sup>th</sup> (Newington, CT)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Legislative Advocacy Training Opportunities&nbsp; - Oct 12/19 and Dec9/16 (Middletown, CT) </span></li>
    </ul>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What&rsquo;s Up/Newsworthy Events and People</span></li>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Public Comment</span></li>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Committee Updates and Priorities </span></li>
    <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Federal/State and Local Policy and Administration &amp; General Support (Jim Ross)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Employment and Life Transition (Stacie Curran)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Health and Fitness (Tom Holleman)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Recreation and Social Activities (LuAnn Giunta)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Housing and Emergency Preparedness (Marina Derman)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Transportation and Mobility (Diane Johnson)</span></li>
        <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Education and Personal Development (Evan Levinson)</span></li>
    </ul>
    <li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Adjourn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-left: 0.25in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Please save the following dates for future general CPD meetings and a <em>special* series of joint DHS Commission </em>meetings:</span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Tuesday, Oct. 10<sup>th</sup> at 8:30am-10am &nbsp;- </span></em></strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red;">Joint meeting of DHS Commissions: An overview of DHS Programs and Services</span> </em></p>
<p style="margin-left: 1in; line-height: 150%;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(The Human Services Commission, Commission on Senior Services, The Westport Youth Commission and the Commission on People with Disabilities )</span></em></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thursday, October &nbsp;19<sup>th</sup>, 2017</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> - Gretchen Knuff of Disability Rights Connecticut, INC. (DRCT)</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thursday, November 16<sup>th</sup>, 2017</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> - &nbsp;Win Evarts, ARC CT </span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Friday, November 17<sup>th</sup>, 2017</span></em></strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> &ndash; <span style="color: red;">Joint Meeting of DHS Commissions: An overview of local Substance Abuse and Mental Health Resources </span></span></em></p>
<p style="margin-left: 1in; line-height: 150%;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(Presenters from the Southwest Regional Mental Health Board, the Mid-Fairfield Substance Abuse Coalition and Positive Directions, Westport&rsquo;s Local Prevention Council)</span></em></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></em></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To subscribe to official town notices for meetings and minutes, please go to </span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><a href="http://www.westportct.gov" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">www.westportct.gov</span></em></a></span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> and click on the government link, then sign up for e-notifications</span></em></p>
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LOCATION:Town Hall- Rm 201\, Connecticut 
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