City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met Oct. 4.
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 Jose "Eli" Fresquez
Members Excused:
Member Meriam Jawhar
Member Christopher Pommier
Others Attending:
Don Miller
Gina Maria Opalescent
Christina Arnal, Human Resources staff
Bernadette Salazar, Human Resources Director
Daniel Lopez, Public Works/New Equity & ADA Manager
Regina Wheeler, Public Works Director
Halona Crowe, Public Works/Clerk
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Member Garcia moved, seconded by Member Bleck, 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 Montoya-Chavez, Member Fresquez
Against: None
Abstain: None
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. September 6, 2023 Meeting Minutes and CART Transcript.
MOTION: Member Bleck moved, seconded by Member Fresquez, to Approve the September 6, 2023 minutes as amended:
Member Bleck submitted the following amendments:
On page 9, paragraph 5, line one, there is something, 100 words or more that I could not figure out what it is.
Page 10, paragraph 5, Don Miller is the speaker. Same page, paragraph 11, Aurore is the speaker.
Page 11, paragraph 11, it should read Eli and Kendra and Kathlyne. And on page 12, paragraph 17, it should be a few amendments.
On page 23, paragraph 3, line 3, it should say "and elderly" as opposed to and early.
Page 24, paragraph 7, I don't know the correct spelling of the woman who is the loop expert. So perhaps if somebody knows that could provide that, I would like to have her name spelled correctly. It was phonetically spelled as Ramey.
And on page 31, paragraph 3, line 10, they are referring to Councilor Romero, Romero-Wirth.
Page 36, paragraph 3, line 2, it should be Kathlyne and not Katharine.
On page 39, paragraph 6, line two, it should say participating, not partying.
Page 40, paragraph 5, line 2, it says accompanist, and it should say accomplishment list.
Page 41, paragraph 8, line 2, they are referring to a restaurant that is Jinja.
Page 42, paragraph 3, the speaker is Aurore.
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 the Website.
Guest Gina Maria Opalescent requested page numbers on the Minutes and Transcript
6. PRESENTATIONS
a. Discussion and Information on Disability Employment Awareness Month in the Nation and City of Santa Fe (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Bernadette Salazar, Human Resources Director, Layla Archuletta-Maestas, Deputy City Manager)
b. Meet and Greet with Daniel Lopez, City of Santa Fe Equity and ADA Manager (Daniel Lopez)
7. ACTION ITEMS: DISCUSSION
a. Questions for City Candidates, Current City Council Candidates and the November 7, 2023 Election (Kathlyne Gish)
b. ADA Emergency Kits and Urgent Need for Trainings and City of Santa Fe Emergency Planning (Pam Parfitt, Eli Fresquez, Kathlyne Gish)
c. 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)
8. DISCUSSION ITEMS - NO ACTION
A. Accessible Elections Information and Accessibility Assistance to Vote (Kathlyne Gish, Angelique Montoya-Chavez)
B. Updates on Vacant MCD Position (Kathlyne Gish)
C. Continued Discussion of Updates on City Website; The City Website Features and Accessibility (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Regina Wheeler, Public Works Director)
D. MCD Sub-Committee Reports
9. MATTERS FROM STAFF
a. Request for MCD Support of Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) request for City funding of staff with regard to pedestrian and bike lane improvements (Regina Wheeler)
b. 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: November 01, 2023
12. ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned by Chair Gish at 4:58 p.m.
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