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COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ - ITEM NO.1: DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.
COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ - AS THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE GROWTH IN POPULATION, AND AS THE CITY’S COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS SECTORS CONTINUE TO DRAW INCREASED INTEREST FROM INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE TRI-COUNTY AREA, ALL CITIZENS, RESIDENTS, AND VISITORS ALIKE SHALL BE BETTER SERVED IF THIS CITY COMMISSION CREATES A DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AS A RECOMMENDING BODY TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE ACCESSIBILITY, ACCOMODATION, AND MOBILITY OF DISABLED PERSONS LIVING WITHIN AND VISITING THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL DATA PROVIDES THAT ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR ADULTS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES HAS SOME TYPE OF DISABILITY. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN THIS COUNTRY ALSO CONTINUES TO INCREASE. THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF DISABILITIES CONCERN CONGNITION, MOBILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, HEARING, AND VISION.
BASED ON THE FOREGOING, COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ WILL MOVE TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY COMMISSION OF PEMBROKE PINES DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE THE DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AS A RECOMMENDING BODY TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE ACCESSIBILITY, ACCOMODATION, AND MOBILITY OF DISABLED PERSONS LIVING WITHIN AND VISITING THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES.