City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met May 3.
Here is the agenda provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. April 05, 2023 Meeting Minutes and CART Transcript.
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (15 MINUTES TOTAL)
a. Public Comments from website or Zoom
6. PRESENTATIONS
a. Updates on City of Santa Fe Acquisition and Proposed Training to Use and Utilize ADA Kits During Emergencies and Community Events (Brian Williams, Emergency Management Director; Eli Fresquez)
7. ACTION ITEMS
a. Discussion of Procedure for Appointing New Member (Kathlyne Gish)
b. Summer Commemoration Dinner Proposal, to Celebrate and Give Awards to Selected City Staff and Others Who Have Supported the Disability Community and Creation of Subcommittee to Organize Event (Eli Fresquez, Kendra Garcia, Angelique Montoya-Chavez)
c. Continued Discussion on updated ADA Coordinator Job Position, Description and Process to Hire, Recruiter, and Flip Book as Recruitment Tool (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Regina Wheeler, Director of Public Works)
d. Discussion and Plan to Implement Inclusive City Meetings, Accommodations Process, Zoom/Hybrid Meetings, ASL, CART, Languages, LOOP System in City Buildings, Ongoing Need to Correct and Update Community Access (Pam Parfitt, Kathlyne Gish)
8. DISCUSSION ITEMS-NO ACTION
A. Ice and Weed Removal in the City of Santa Fe as ADA Compliance Issue (Eli Fresquez)
B. ADA Compliance Process upon Receipt of a Verbal, Written, Mailed, E Mailed, etc. Complaint/Request for an Accommodation (Kathlyne Gish)
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/Report Concerns; 2022 Year in Review Claiming of ADA Certified City Website is Not Accurate, and More (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Regina Wheeler, Public Works Director)
E. MCD Sub-Committee Reports
9. MATTERS FROM STAFF
a. A link to the video recording of this meeting will be added to the Meeting Minutes for this meeting.
10. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
11. NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, June 7, 2023
12. ADJOURN
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