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Accessibility Advisory Committee
City of Peterborough
January 4, 2017
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Minutes of a Meeting of the Accessibility Advisory
Committee held on January 4, 2017 in the Doris Room.
The
meeting of the Accessibility Advisory Committee was called to order at 4:02 p.m.
by Kendra Sedgwick, Committee Coordinator in the Doris Room, City Hall.
Present:
Amanda
Motyer
Andrea
Dodsworth
Councillor
Riel, Chair
Warren
Northcott
Don
Parnell
Andrea
Walsh
Ben
McColl
Thomas
Street
Regrets:
Erica
Richmond
Mark
Buffone, Accessibility Compliance Coordinator
Patricia
Reed, Accessibility and Communication Specialist
Kendra
Sedgwick, Committee Coordinator
Patricia
Reed introduced and welcomed Ben McColl and Thomas Street to the Committee.
Election of Officers for 2017
Chair
Moved
by Don Parnell
That
Councillor Riel be appointed as Chair of the Accessibility Advisory Committee for
2017.
Councillor
Riel assumed the Chair.
Vice
Chair
Moved
by Don Parnell
That
Warren Northcott be appointed as Vice Chair of the Accessibility Advisory
Committee for 2017.
“CARRIED”
Minutes – November 2, 2016
Moved
by Amanda Motyer
That
the minutes of the Accessibility Advisory Committee held on November 2, 2016 be
approved.
“CARRIED”
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
There
were no disclosures of Pecuniary Interest.
Consent Agenda
Moved
by Don Parnell
That
items 11 and 12 be approved as part of the Consent Agenda.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility and
Communication Specialist
Report AAC17-008
Consulting with Canadians on
Accessibility Legislation Questionnaire
Moved by
Don Parnell
That the Accessibility Advisory
Committee (AAC) approve the recommendation outlined in Report AAC17-008 dated
January 4, 2017 of the Accessibility and Communication Specialist as follows:
That
the AAC approve the answers developed in response to the Consulting
with Canadians on accessibility legislation questionnaire.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility and
Communication Specialist
Accessibility Compliance
Coordinator
Report AAC17-001
Accessibility Office Report
Moved by
Don Parnell
That
the Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) approve the recommendation outlined
in Report AAC17-001 dated January 4, 2017, of the Accessibility and
Communication Specialist and the Accessibility Compliance Coordinator as
follows:
That
Report AAC17-001 with respect to the current work of the Accessibility Office
be received for information.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility and
Communication Specialist
Report AAC17-004
Access Fund Request 001-17
Moved by Andrea
Dodsworth
That the Accessibility Advisory
Committee (AAC) approve the recommendations outlined in Report AAC17-004 dated
January 4, 2017, of the Accessibility and Communication Specialist as follows:
a)
That
Report AAC17-004 of the Accessibility and Communication Specialist be received
for information;
b)
That
the AAC approve Access Fund Request 001-17 submitted by the Project Manager,
Facilities and Planning Initiatives, relating to the installation of auto voice
announcers in the new elevators at the Peterborough Public Library.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility and
Communication Specialist
Report AAC17-009
Access Fund Request 002-17
Moved by Don
Parnell
That Report AAC17-009 be deferred
until further information can be provided to the Committee.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility and
Communication Specialist
Report AAC17-005
Accessibility Social Media
Campaign
Moved by Amanda
Motyer
That the Accessibility Advisory
Committee (AAC) approve the recommendation outlined in Report AAC17-005 dated
January 4, 2017 of the Accessibility and Communication Specialist as follows:
That the presentation by the Customer
Service Coordinator on a social media campaign promoting City of Peterborough
accessibility be received for information.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility and Communication Specialist
Report AAC17-006
Webinar for the Ontario Society of Occupational
Therapists
Moved
by Ben McColl
That Report AAC17-006 be deferred to a
future AAC meeting.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility and
Communication Specialist
Report AAC17-002
Transportation Sub-Committee
Report
Moved by Andrea
Dodsworth
That the Accessibility Advisory
Committee (AAC) approve the recommendations outlined in Report AAC17-002, dated
January 4, 2017 of the Accessibility and Communication Specialist as follows:
a)
That
the verbal update by the Accessibility and Communication Specialist be received
for information;
b)
That
the AAC appoint Don Parnell as the Chair of the Transportation
Sub-Committee;
c)
That
the AAC approve the request to have the Past Chair of the Transportation
Sub-Committee serve for an additional term of one year, as an ex officio
member.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility and
Communication Specialist
Report AAC17-003
Built Environment
Sub-Committee Report
Moved by
Thomas Street
That
the Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) approve the recommendations outlined
in Report AAC17-003 dated January 4, 2017 of the Accessibility and
Communication Specialist as follows:
a)
That
the verbal update by the Accessibility and Communication Specialist be received
for information;
b)
That
the AAC appoint a current AAC member as a member of the Built Environment
Sub-Committee at the February Committee meeting.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility and
Communication Specialist
Report AAC17-007
2017 Priority List
Moved by Warren
Northcott
That
the Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) approve the recommendation outlined
in Report AAC17-007 dated January 4, 2017, of the Accessibility and
Communication Specialist as follows:
That
the AAC develop a 2017 priority list.
“CARRIED”
Other
Business
Moved
by Warren Northcott
That
the Committee receive a presentation from Community CarShare at the February
Committee meeting.
“CARRIED”
Next Meeting
The
Chair indicated that the next Committee meeting will be held on February 1, 2017.
Adjournment
Moved
by Thomas Street
Kendra
Sedgwick
Committee
Coordinator
Councillor
Riel
Chair