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City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met April 5

City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met April 5.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

Members Present:

Member Aurore Bleck

Member Kendra Garcia

Member Kathlyne Gish

Member Pam Parfitt

Member Angelique Montoya-Chavez

Member Meriam Jawhar

Member Jose "Eli" Fresquez

Member Christopher Pommier

Members Excused:

None

Others Attending:

Halona Crowe, Clerk

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

MOTION: Member Garcia moved, seconded by Member Bleck, to Approve the Agenda as presented.

VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:

For: Member Bleck, Member Garcia, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Montoya-Chavez, Member Jawhar, Member Fresquez, Member Pommier

Against: None

Abstain: None

4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

a. Approval of the December 15, 2022 Meeting Minutes and Transcript

Please see transcription for more detail.

MOTION: Member Fresquez moved, seconded by Member Garcia, to Approve the December 15, 2022 minutes and transcript with the spelling of Chair Gish’s name and other edits as presented.

VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:

For: Member Bleck, Member Garcia, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Montoya-Chavez, Member Fresquez, Member Pommier

Against: None

Abstain: None

b. Approval of the February 1, 2023 Meeting Minutes and Transcript

MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Garcia, to Approve the February 1,2023 minutes as presented with request to look into issue Member Pam Parfitt was having and adding Gina Maria (Opalescent) and any other attendees that were present and not already listed.

VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:

For: Member Bleck, Member Garcia, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Montoya-Chavez, Member Jawhar, Member Fresquez, Member Pommier

Against: None

Abstain: None

5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (15 MINUTES TOTAL)

a. Public Comments from website or Zoom

No Public Comments from the website. Guests Present: Gina Maria Opalescent, Robin Garrison, Captioner Brittany (Partners Interpreting), Jeminie Shell.

6. PRESENTATIONS

a. There are no Presentations for this meeting.

7. ACTION ITEMS: DISCUSSION

a. Discussion on Actions Needed to Appoint New Member in a Timely Manner and Creating a New Flyer for Recruitment (Kathlyne Gish)

b. Updates on City of Santa Fe Acquisition and Proposed Training to Use and Utilize ADA Kits During Emergencies and Community Events (Eli Fresquez)

c. 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)

MOTION: Member Parfitt moved, seconded by Member Garcia, to Motion approved to the create a subcommittee for the summer ADA July commemoration event.

VOTE: The motion was on the following Roll Call vote:

For: Member Bleck, Member Garcia, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Montoya-Chavez, Member Jawhar, Member Fresquez, Member Pommier

Against: None

Abstain: None

d. Continued Discussion on updated ADA Coordinator Job Description and Process to Hire, Recruiter, and Flip Book as Recruitment Tool (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Regina Wheeler, Director of Public Works)

8. OLD BUSINESS

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: May 03 2023

12. ADJOURN

Chair Gish: Meeting Adjourned at 5:15 p.m.

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