City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met Feb. 1.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting Called to Order by Chair Gish at 3:11 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Member Aurore Bleck
Member Kendra Garcia
Member Kathlyne Gish
Member Pam Parfitt
Member Jose "Eli" Fresquez
Members Excused:
Member Angelique Montoya-Chavez
Member Meriam Jawhar
Others Attending:
None
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Garcia, to approve the as amended. Agenda has been amended to discuss the following under Action Items: 1) Discussion on the MCD schedule not being posted on the Prime Gov or Committee web page. 2) Discussion of protocol and continuity of the Mayor’s Disability meetings.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Bleck, Member Garcia, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Fresquez
Against: None
Abstain: None
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Approval of December 15, 2022 Meeting Minutes
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Garcia, to to postpone the approval until next meeting.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Bleck, Member Garcia, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Fresquez
Against: None
Abstain: None
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (15 MINUTES TOTAL)
a. Public Comments from website or Zoom
No Public Comments to Report.
6. PRESENTATIONS
7. ACTION ITEMS: DISCUSSION
a. Assuring Continuity of MCD Membership and Timely Appointments of Continuing and New Members (Kathlyne Gish)
b. Ice Removal in the City of Santa Fe as ADA Compliance Issue (Eli Fresquez)
8. DISCUSSION ITEMS: NO ACTION
a. Continued Discussion on Status of MCD Meetings Compliance and ADA Compliance in the City of Santa Fe (Kathlyne Gish and Eli Fresquez).
b. Continued Discussion on updated ADA Coordinator Job Description and Process to Hire (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Regina Wheeler, Director of Public Works)
c. Continued Discussion of Appropriate City Placement for ADA Coordinator and Mayor’s Committee on Disability (Aurore Bleck and Kathlyne Gish, Regina Wheeler, Director of Public Works)
d. Continued Discussion of Updates on New City Website; The City Never Obtained Advising from the Mayor’s Committee on Disability on Website Features and Accessibility; Continued Lack of ADA Compliant Information to Request Accommodations and More (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Regina Wheeler, Public Works Director)
e. Continued Discussion re Requests for Accommodations for a Stenographer/CART (Eli Fresquez)
f. Continued Request for Updates to Process to Find New Members, Appoint New MCD Member, and the Process to Re-Appoint Interested Current Members (Kathlyne Gish)
g. Discussion of PROW and Transition Plan Updates (Kathlyne Gish) h. MCD Sub-Committee Reports
Between Discussion items e. and f., Chair Gish made motion to extend the meeting an additional ten minutes, Seconded by Member Aurore Bleck. Motion was approved by the following Roll Call Vote: For: Member Bleck, Member Garcia, Chair Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Fresquez. Against: None Abstain: None.
9. MATTERS FROM STAFF
The link to the video recording of this meeting is as follows: https://youtu.be/vhoHOXho1lg. Meeting minutes will be supplemented by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) service provided by Partners Interpreting (www.partnersinterpreting.com).
10. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
a. A link to the video recording of this meeting will be added to the Meeting Minutes for this meeting.
Per Chair Gish, this item was supposed to be from staff. No Matters from the Committee.
11. ADJOURN
This venue is equipped with closed captions. Persons with disabilities in need of accommodations, contact the City Clerk’s office at 955-6521, five (5) working days prior to meeting date.
Meeting Adjourned by Chair Gish at 5:21 p.m.
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