City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met Dec. 6.
Here is the agenda provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. November 1, 2023 Meeting Minutes and CART Transcript. Amendments to the Minutes submitted by Member Bleck.
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (15 MINUTES TOTAL)
a. Public comment on homelessness as a disability issue, lack of housing and shelter space, and current city practices that are counter-productive and are destroying trust between the city and predominantly disabled people who are unhoused and how these practices impede relation building and progress to connecting people with housing and services. (Kathlyne Gish)
6. PRESENTATIONS
a. Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) Discussion of City BPAC Resolution for Maintenance and Installation of Bicycle/Pedestrian Facilities (Members of BPAC).
b. Request for Disabled Committee Member(s) Participation and Advising (Members of BPAC).
7. ACTION ITEMS
a. Approval of 2024-2025 MCD Priorities (Kathlyne Gish)
b. Approval of Letter of Support for BPAC Resolution of Maintenance and Installation of Bicycle/Pedestrian Facilities (Kathlyne Gish)
c. Creation of City Disability Proactive Advocacy and Event Calendar (Kathlyne Gish)
d. Discussion and actions needed for ADA/Disability Inclusion and Speech to be Integrated into State of the City Address (Kathlyne Gish, Pam Parfitt, Eli Fresquez)
e. Office of Equity and Inclusion Newest Updates (Daniel Lopez, Equity and ADA Manager)
f. Inclusive Leadership, ADA, and Disability Etiquette Training for City Staff (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Daniel Lopez, Equity and ADA Manager)
g. Leadership Trainings for Mayor’s Committee on Disability Members (Kathlyne Gish)
h. Discussion of Updates on City Website; Updated Online Form; The City Website Features and Accessibility (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Daniel Lopez, Equity and ADA Manager)
i. ADA Emergency Kits; What is in the Kits? and Urgent Need for Vendor Trainings and City of Santa Fe Emergency Planning (Pam Parfitt, Eli Fresquez, Kathlyne Gish)
8. DICUSSION ITEMS: NO ACTION
A. 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, Eli Fresquez, Kathlyne Gish)
B. 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, January 3, 2024
12. ADJOURN
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