my name is steve dolim. i'm commissioner with the ccda and presently serving as vice chair to the commission. i think i also served in the purpose of our discussion is i served as the chair for our sub-committee on the accessibility check list project, and to give you a little history the accessibility check list sub-committee was formed in july of 2014. the purpose was in response with what the legislature tasked in senate bill 1608 which became government code, and several years before july of 2014 we -- this task was to create a check list a master check list for disability access compliance that maybe used by the building inspectors, and this was the mission as defined by the california legislature in preparing that law. the check list committee was formed with 11 members, and then the ccda executive director. the listen committee members made -- 11 members came from a very diverse background. we had five members of the aia. we had six registered architects. we had four certified access specialist instit

>> this is steve dolim and as part of that checklist committee i would have to say remember this was a list geared to trained building federals who d -- officials and have the code at their fingertips and more knowledgeable with the code than the common business person so i would say this is not geared to the common business person but to a practicing business official and may encourage that they need counsel as a small business before embarking on their changes. >> yes? >> i think the value for a small business person is that it makes a list in simple terms of the kinds of things they need to be asking about for their store like doors and series. what does it mean? and it allows them to ask the question and if they're energetic they can see the code online but allows them to ask the builder or architect what does it mean and introduces them to the code opposed to going to a code document they would be lost. >> thank you. so just wondering how your departments have engaged california as access specialists in plan review and site inspections? has this helped to improve accessibility c