HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 25, 2009
Page 1 CORP0228—2/02 Minutes /Meeting Summary Accessibility Advisory Committee Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:00 pm Main Committee Room Attendees: Zoia Horne, Chair Stephen Little, Co-Chair
Councillor Littley Terence Arvisais Aisha Natifa-Heywood, left at 8:30 pm Keith Falconer Gwelda MacDonald-Tuttle Prem Noronha-Waldriff Lisa Harker, Recording Secretary Absent: Jacques
Tardif Alton Atkinson Item /Ref # Details & Discussion & Conclusion (summary of discussion) Action Items /Status (include deadline as appropriate) 1. Welcome ZH Z. Horne welcomed members
to the meeting. 2. Adoption of Minutes – October 28, 2009 All Moved by Keith Falconer Seconded by Gwelda MacDonald-Tuttle That the Minutes of the October 28, 2009 meeting be adopted.
CARRIED 3. Accessibility Motion Councillor Littley • Councillor Littley distributed the Notice of Motion on accessibility that was presented to Council on November 16th and suggested
setting up a separate meeting to discuss the item in more detail. The Committee is to review and provide comments back to Council. • Councillor Littley provided an overview of the Notice
of Motion and suggested that the Committee review the site plan and feedback process that Whitby and Oshawa use to refine the City’s processes • E. Buntsma, Director, Operations & Emergency
Services introduced T. Moore, Chief Building Official and provided
Page 2 CORP0228—2/02 an overview of T. Moore’s involvement in accessible design and the Built Environment review. • T. Moore described his Built Environment Standards submission to the
Ministry. In his opinion, the Notice of Motion on accessibility contains problematic sections. It needs to be more detailed and “fully accessible” is not something that can be defined.
He suggests a working group to review what standards are being developed. • T. Moore also suggests reviewing City of Pickering case studies of building development to determine where
the City can contribute in future development projects. • We cannot set standards in a Notice of Motion like this until we know what the standards are. • T. Moore suggests that the Committee
request from Council that they refer more projects to the Committee for review. • The Committee needs to consider how to assemble their comments that can be applied by P&D staff and
ensure that they are picking items with specific accessibility relevance. • T. Moore provided a draft of a checklist that could be used by the Committee to streamline the process of
site plan review. The checklist will help communications between P&D and the Committee. • T. Moore to discuss checklist with the City’s Planners and ensure their attendance at the meeting
in January. • Discussion ensued with respect to which projects should be reviewed by the Accessibility Advisory Committee and how plans are forwarded, received or could be requested
by the Committee. • Discussion ensued on the role and responsibilities of staff and the role and responsibilities of the Advisory Committee and if the Committee wished to expand their
role, how to accommodate that (not sure about this part). • Councillor Littley to get a staff member from the TRCA to attend a future Accessibility meeting to discuss the status of the
Trail Design Standards Review committee as it relates to the proposed AODA Built Environment Standards in trail design. • Notice of Motion was unanimously referred by the Committee to
the January meeting. 4. 2010 Workplan GMT • G. MacDonald-Tuttle provided an overview of the draft Workplan that she created. She described what formed the basis for the three headings
of the document. • Members provided various comments on the draft.
Page 3 CORP0228—2/02 • G. MacDonald-Tuttle to present the 2010 Workplan to Council in January. • Members to email their final comments or changes to G. MacDonald-Tuttle. 5. Site Plan
Review – Don Beer Arena All • Z. Horne provided an overview of her comments on the Don Beer Arena Site Plan. • There were no further comments from members. • Z. Horne would like to ensure
that the Committee receives all drawings for buildings when they receive site plan reviews. 6. Other Business • P. Noronha-Waldriff received approval from the Committee to donate $1,000
to the Region of Durham to put towards the Accessibility Expo. • Z. Horne advised members that they may submit nominations for volunteer awards to the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
by January 31, 2010. • P. Noronha-Waldriff provided handouts for the Committee to review. Handouts included a draft Press Release on the Accessibility Committee, the draft Accessible
Business Brochure, and a draft Community Page Ad. The Committee is to provide comments prior to the meeting in January by email or phone. 7. Adjournment All Adjournment Moved by Stephen
Little Seconded by Gwelda MacDonald-Tuttle That the meeting be adjourned. CARRIED 8. Next Meeting All • The next meeting has been scheduled for January 27, 2010. Meeting Adjourned: 9:30
pm Copy: City Clerk