City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met Aug. 2.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order by Co-Chair Gish at 3:06 pm
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Member Aurore Bleck
Member Kendra Garcia
Member Kathlyne Gish
Member Pam Parfitt
Member Jose "Eli" Fresquez
Members Excused:
Member Angelique Montoya-Chavez
Member Meriam Jawhar
Member Christopher Pommier
Others Attending:
Catherine Rule, Guest/Attendee
Brian Jensen, SF Conservation Trust
Rachel Thompson, Guest/Attendee
Captioner, Parners Interpreting Inc.
Regina Wheeler, Public Works Director
Halona Crowe, Clerk
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Member Gish 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. July 5, 2023 Meeting Minutes and CART Transcript
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Fresquez, to Approve the July 25, 2023 Meeting Minutes and Cart Transcript as amended:
Member Bleck: On packet page 11 – change to “Mr. Mayor the chair is usually”; paragraph 4 “when everybody”; page 19 “Lamy”; page 23 “Pojoaque”
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
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (15 MINUTES TOTAL)
a. Public Comments from Website or Zoom – No Public Comments
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)
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Garcia, to postpone Agenda items 7d, and 8A, 8C, and 8D to next meeting.
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
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: September 06, 2023
12. ADJOURN
Meeting Adjourned at 5:28 p.m.
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