City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met Aug. 2.
Here is the agenda provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. July 5, 2023 Meeting Minutes and CART Transcript.
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (15 MINUTES TOTAL)
a. Public Comments from Website or Zoom
6. PRESENTATIONS
a. The Santa Fe Conservation Trust - A new model for a diverse users educational trail at their Conservation Homestead near Lamy, NM that will accommodate diverse users and will provide a range of access points and opportunities that are practical and enduring (Sarah Noss, Executive Director, Santa Fe Conservation Trust; Brian Jensen, Organizational Advancement officer, Santa Fe Conservation Trust; Kendra Garcia)
7. ACTION ITEMS
a. 1st Disability Pride Month Proclamation and Flag Raising, Review, and starting planning for July 1st , 2024 (Eli Fresquez).
b. 33rd ADA Accessibility Awards Celebration Review of Event, Issues Identified and Planning for July 2024 (Eli Fresquez, Kendra Garcia, Angelique Montoya-Chavez)
c. Questions for City Candidates, Current City Council Candidates November 2023 Election (Kathlyne Gish)
d. Library Disability Pride Month books current displays found, and Purchasing and Planning for 2024 Events, awareness, resources, etc. (Kathlyne Gish, Angelique Montoya-Chavez)
e. ADA Emergency Kits Urgent Need for Trainings and Emergency Planning (Pam Parfitt, Eli Fresquez, Kathlyne Gish)
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. Voting to Create MCD Assistance Subcommittees (Kathlyne Gish)
8. DISCUSSION ITEMS - No Action
A. Continued Discussion on Updated ADA Coordinator Job Position (Kathlyne Gish, Kendra Garcia, Eli Fresquez, Regina Wheeler, Director of Public Works)
B. Updates for Posting MCD Position (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 City Website; The City Website Features and Accessibility (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, September 6, 2023
12. ADJOURN
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