City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met Feb. 7

City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met Feb. 7.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

a. December 6, 2023 Meeting Minutes and CART Transcript.

5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (15 MINUTES TOTAL)

6. PRESENTATIONS

a. Training and Presentation of Creation of Accessible Format Documents (Eli Fresquez)

7. ACTION ITEMS

a. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2024-____. (Councilor Amanda Chavez)

A Resolution Committing to Being a More Age-Friendly City and Enrolling in the American Association of Retired Persons (“AARP”) Age Friendly States and Communities Network, Which, to the Extent it is Possible, Will be a Process that Incorporates Universal Design Principles. (Manuel Sanchez, Senior Services Director; mnsanchez@santafenm.gov; Maria Sanchez-Tucker, Community Services Director; metucker@santafenm.gov)

Committee Review:

Governing Body (Introduced): 01/10/2024

Mayor’s Committee on Disability: 02/07/2024

Public Works and Works and Utilities Committee: 02/19/2024

Quality of Life Committee: 02/21/2024

Finance Committee: 02/26/2024

Governing Body: 02/28/2024

b. Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) Discussion of City BPAC Resolution for Maintenance and Installation of Bicycle/Pedestrian Facilities (Members of BPAC).

c. Request for Disabled Committee Member(s) Participation and Advising (Members of BPAC)

d. 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 (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez, Daniel Lopez, Equity and ADA Manager).

e. Letter to Advise Mayor, City Manager, City Clerk, Governing Body and City Staff of Obligations to Assure Accessible Format Documents in All Public City Meetings (Kathlyne Gish, Eli Fresquez)

f. Creating a City Resolution on Effective Communication for All City Communication and Public City Meetings – Accessible Documents, CART, Video Captions, Web Access, Language Access, etc.) (Eli Fresquez, Kathlyne Gish)

g. Discussion of Final Draft of the 2024-2025 MCD Priorities (Kathlyne Gish)

h. Updates on Emergency Management and 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. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2024_____. (Councilor Michael Garica)

Calling on the City Manager to Designate Appropriate Entities and Departments Within the City to Ensure Safe and Accessible Use of Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities by Establishing a Regular Inspection Schedule for Bicycle And Pedestrian Infrastructure and Developing and Maintaining a Geographic Information System Inventory for Recording the Physical Condition of Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure; and Calling on the Mayor to Include the Ongoing Maintenance of Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure in His Proposed Annual Budget. (Romella Glorioso-Moss, Projects Administrator; rsglorioso-moss@santafenm.gov; Regina Wheeler, Public Works Director: rawheeler@santafenm.gov )

Committee Review Schedule:

Governing Body (Introduced): 01/31/2024

Mayor’s Committee on Disability: 02/07/2024

Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee: 02/08/2024

Public Works and Utilities Committee: 02/19/2024

Finance Committee: 02/26/2024

Governing Body: 02/28/2024

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, March 6, 2024