City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met May 3.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order by Chair Gish at 3:08 pm
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Member Aurore Bleck
Member Kendra Garcia
Member Kathlyne Gish
Member Pam Parfitt
Member Angelique Montoya-Chavez
Member Jose "Eli" Fresquez
Members Excused:
Member Christopher Pommier
Members Not in Attendance:
Member Meriam Jawhar
Others Attending:
Halona Crowe, Clerk
Regina Wheeler, Public Works Director
Lucrecia Diaz, Complete Streets Admin Manager
Brittany (Captioner, Partners Interpreting)
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Parfitt, to Approve the Agenda as presented.
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. April 05, 2023 Meeting Minutes and CART Transcript.
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Fresquez, to Approve the 04/05/23 Meeting Minutes as Amended:
Chair Gish Requested Corrections to Members Present and Others Attending;
Member Bleck requested correction of typos (Hugo to Genoveva; kids to kits; add Ride or Paratransit, occlude to include, etc) on Transcript.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Bleck, Member Garcia, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Montoya-Chavez, Member Fresquez
Against: None
Abstain: None
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (15 MINUTES TOTAL)
a. Public Comments from website or Zoom
No Public Comments from PrimeGov website.
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)
Chair Gish/Eli: Please invite Brian Williams to our next meeting. Regina Wheeler sent invite via Outlook.
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)
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Fresquez, to Approve the motion as presented: Draft a letter from the Committee to Mayor, City Manager, City Clerk, City Attorney’s Office regarding ADA accommodations and inclusivity at meetings (ASL, CART, Spanish Interpreter, Hearing Induction Loop) at all City Committee meetings (Governing Body, Finance, Quality of Life, Public Utilities/Public Works) with clear communication on what ADA accommodations are available and who to go to for accommodations.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Bleck, Member Garcia, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Montoya-Chavez, Member Fresquez
Against: None
Abstain: None
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.
https://youtu.be/vhoHOXho1lghttps://youtu.be/vhoHOXho1lg
10. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
11. NEXT MEETING: June 07 2023
12. ADJOURN
Meeting Adjourned by Chair Gish at 5:05 pm.
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