City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met June 7.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order by Chair Gish at 3:11 pm.
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Member Aurore Bleck
Member Kendra Garcia (joined at 3:21 pm)
Chair Kathlyne Gish
Member Pam Parfitt
Member Meriam Jawhar
Member Jose "Eli" Fresquez
Members Excused:
Member Angelique Montoya-Chavez
Member Christopher Pommier
Others Attending:
Regina Wheeler, Public Works Director
Brian Williams, Emergency Manager Director
Jacob Osborn, MS CCC-SLP, Guest
Jeminie Shell, NM Governor’s Committee on Disabilty
Jill, Captioner, Partners Interpreting
Halona Crowe, Clerk
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Fresquez, to Approve the agenda as presented.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
MAYOR’S COMMITEE ON DISABILITY MEETING Wednesday, June 7, 2023
For: Member Bleck, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Jawhar, Member Fresquez
Against: None
Abstain: None
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. May 03, 2023 Meeting Minutes and CART Transcript.
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Fresquez, to Approve the May 3, 2023 Minutes as amended.
Member Bleck requested the following amendments to the May
3, 2023 minutes:
- Page 31 “And” accessible should be “Inaccessible”
- Page 43 “purchase paid” should be “participated”
- Page 15 “30 3” should be “33”
- Page 12 “Hugo” should be “Genoveva”
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Bleck, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Jawhar, Member Fresquez
Against: None
Abstain: None
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (15 MINUTES TOTAL)
a. Public Comments from Website or Zoom.
No Public Comments from website.
No Public Comments from Zoom attendees.
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. Voting for MCD Chair and Vice-Chair for 2023-2025 Term (Regina Wheeler, Halona Crowe, Kathlyne Gish)
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Jawhar, to Approve the nomination of Chair Gish (Primary), Member Fresquez (Secondary), and Member Garcia (Third) as the leadership team for the Mayor’s Committee on Disability.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Bleck, Member Garcia, Member Gish, Member Parfitt, Member Jawhar, Member Fresquez
Against: None
Abstain: None
b. Voting to Create MCD Assistance Subcommittees: Examples and Ideas: Minutes and Transcripts Subcommittee, Inclusive City Access Subcommittee, Social Media and Website Subcommittee, Inclusive Meetings Subcommittee, ADA Coordinator Selection Subcommittee, ADA Grievance Process Oversight Subcommittee, etc. (Kathlyne Gish)
c. Updates for posting MCD position (Kathlyne Gish)
d. Summer Commemoration Event, to Celebrate and Give Awards to Selected City Staff and Others Who Have Supported the Disability Community (Eli Fresquez, Kendra Garcia, Angelique Montoya-Chavez)
e. Continued Discussion on updated ADA Coordinator Job Position, Description and Process to Hire, and Interviews (Kathlyne Gish, Kendra Garcia, Eli Fresquez, Regina Wheeler, Director of Public Works)
f. 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)
g. Public Library Access process for obtaining physical materials for homebound/physically limited patrons (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. (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Regina Wheeler, Public Works Director)
e. MCD Sub-Committee Reports.
9. MATTERS FROM STAFF
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: July 05 2023
12. ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned at 4:56 pm by Chair Gish.
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