WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 I'm on your list. 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:04.000 I'm on your list. 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:06.000 But you have to get that. 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.000 Yes, you have to get that. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.000 I'm on your list. 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:14.000 But you have to get that. 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:16.000 I'm on your list. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:18.000 But you have to get that. 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:20.000 I'm on your list. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:22.000 But you have to get that. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:24.000 Do we need a list? 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.000 Do we need what? 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:28.000 Do we need a list? 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:30.000 List? 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.000 Oh, introductions? 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:34.000 I don't think we need to. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:36.000 I don't think we need to. 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:38.000 But we'll introduce the staff 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:40.000 as they come up with their items. 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:42.000 But I think we can proceed to the first item, Mr. Chair. 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:44.000 Okay. 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:46.000 [inaudible] 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:48.000 [inaudible] 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.000 [inaudible] 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.000 [inaudible] 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:54.000 Oh, on the screen? 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:56.000 Give me just a second, I'll pull that out. 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.000 [inaudible] 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:00.000 [inaudible] 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.000 [inaudible] 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:04.000 No! 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:06.000 [inaudible] 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.000 [inaudible] 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:10.000 [inaudible] 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:12.000 [inaudible] 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.000 [inaudible] 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:16.000 [inaudible] 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:18.000 [inaudible] 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.000 [inaudible] 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:22.000 There's our general today. 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.000 [inaudible] 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:26.000 [inaudible] 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:28.000 [inaudible] 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:30.000 [inaudible] 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:32.000 [inaudible] 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.000 [inaudible] 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.000 [inaudible] 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.000 [inaudible] 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.000 [inaudible] 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.000 [inaudible] 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.000 [inaudible] 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.000 [inaudible] 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:48.000 [inaudible] 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:50.000 [inaudible] 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.000 Okay, I'll second it. 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:59.000 So, I guess all in favor would be the next step. 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:47.000 And we do have some staff members from Parks and Recreation here to present this item. 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:50.000 If you all would like to come up over here, we can get you going. 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:57.000 And I'll pull up your presentation, which is one of these. 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:58.000 Tamiya? 00:02:58.000 --> 00:02:59.000 Yes. 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:06.000 I'll literally do this. 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.000 There it is. 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:09.000 Okay. 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:10.000 There you go. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:11.000 Okay, perfect. 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:12.000 All right. 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:13.000 Hello, everybody. 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:14.000 My name is Tamiya. 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:19.000 I'm the Adapted and Inclusive Recreation Coordinator for Parks and Rec. 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:23.000 I came and presented to you all in March, so this is a little bit of an update on what 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:27.000 we've been doing since then, as well as some new stuff that we're wanting to implement 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:29.000 and wanting to get some feedback from you all on. 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:35.000 So, yeah, today, so we're going to be going over the program update, what we've been 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:41.000 doing in Adapted Rec, how it's grown since I last presented, and our program brand recognition, 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:49.000 the areas identified for our improvement going forward towards the future, and some next 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:50.000 steps. 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:51.000 So our program update. 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:56.000 So our Adapted Rec program is programs specifically designed for individuals with disabilities, 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.000 both intellectual and physical. 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.000 We have a variety of programs. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:04.000 So we have art classes, sports classes, socials, some dances. 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:09.000 We just added a tech class, and we've been doing that for a couple weeks. 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:14.000 And they've been growing and increasing consistently over the last year. 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:19.000 So currently, we're seeing about a 60% to 75% increase in participation. 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:26.000 Since March, we've expanded to get a new partnership with Dent ISD's High School Transition Program. 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:30.000 So we've been working with them for a little over a month now. 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.000 And then we also have some more community involvement. 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:37.000 So before, we were mostly working with people from group homes. 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:42.000 We have more individuals from our community that have been starting to come to our programs 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.000 now, which is really fun that it's growing outside of just those confined groups. 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:51.000 And so now we're servicing about 100-plus individuals now at this point. 00:04:51.000 --> 00:05:00.000 So we've really kind of hit some great milestones since March. 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.000 So our Adapted Rec updates of what we have moving forward. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:08.000 So we're going to be bringing on a Special Olympics program. 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:16.000 So this will be a competing team for adults anywhere past that transition age. 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:20.000 So since the ISD has a really great special education program, 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:26.000 they really have that school age group very well taken care of. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.000 They have a lot of opportunities for them. 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:30.000 So we're really focusing on that transition age, 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:33.000 because that's what we've been getting some feedback on that it's lacking. 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:39.000 So adding that competition will kind of elevate it, 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:43.000 as opposed to just being a recreation-focused program. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:50.000 And so we've also increased our UDLs in our centers and programs, so our universal design. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:57.000 So we have been increasing our best practices as far as having more auditory and visual cues 00:05:57.000 --> 00:06:00.000 across all of our programs, some things like that. 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:05.000 So just making those minor adjustments, that way somebody doesn't have to ask for those accommodations. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.000 We kind of already have them integrated in. 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:12.000 And those are just useful for everybody, regardless of disability status. 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:17.000 And we've also, very excitingly, gotten some new equipment recently. 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:22.000 So this right here, it's a Freedom Chair, so it is an all-terrain wheelchair. 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:25.000 And the thing that's a little bit different from this one, 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.000 as opposed to some other ones that we've seen, is that this one, 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:33.000 these red levers right here, the user is able to push themselves. 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:36.000 So it allows for some more independence in programs, 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:40.000 rather than needing somebody to be pushing the chair themselves. 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:42.000 So that one, we just got it in last week, 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:47.000 and we're taking it on a test drive with one of our participants in a couple weeks. 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:49.000 So hopefully it works out well. 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:51.000 We tried it out in the parking lot, and it's great. 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:55.000 So we are excited to actually take it out to the trails and see. 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:59.000 And then we also, at North Lakes, got a non-motorized treadmill. 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:02.000 So this can help with people with an abnormal gait. 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:05.000 So then that way, they're setting their own speed and their own pace 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.000 and not having to match the treadmill. 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:09.000 The treadmill works for that. 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:13.000 So if y'all want to come by North Lakes and see, it's right whenever you walk in. 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:16.000 So that's pretty fun. 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.000 So our program, Brand Recognition, we are wanting to -- 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.000 I mentioned this back in March, 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:25.000 but we've really kind of taken a little bit more steps towards it now. 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:30.000 But we are wanting to rename our Adapted Rec program 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.000 to have everything branded as AIR, A-I-R. 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:36.000 So Adapted and Inclusive Rec is what that stands for. 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:42.000 And by renaming and redesigning the play logo to go along with our AIR logo, 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:49.000 we're hoping that this makes programs easily recognizable as being disability-friendly. 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:56.000 And it connects the city's ADA programs to our Adapted Rec programs. 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:02.000 And we're also hoping that this is kind of a rebrand and a relaunch for our programs 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:04.000 for people who don't know that we're currently offering them, 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:06.000 that we'll kind of make this a big deal. 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:10.000 That way, we can let them know that we're having it. 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:16.000 So we're hoping to see a pretty good jump in numbers, hopefully, whenever that happens. 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.000 So moving on to our focus areas for process improvements. 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:22.000 So we have five areas that we're currently looking at. 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:25.000 So it is our accommodations request process, 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:28.000 our inclusion statement, staff training, 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:31.000 our Adapted Rec-specific program guidelines, 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:35.000 and then a participant intake form. 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:38.000 So these were all linked in a folder, 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.000 so hopefully y'all had a chance to take a look at those. 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.000 But I will be touching on some points on them. 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:50.000 And of course, if y'all have any questions, we can get those answered for y'all. 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.000 For our accommodations request. 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:57.000 So we are developing a formal process that the entire department will be using 00:08:57.000 --> 00:09:00.000 for our accommodations whenever they are submitted. 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:07.000 So the way that this is going to help us is going to establish a way to respond to these requests 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:09.000 and have them answered in a timely manner 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:12.000 and make sure that the participant is letting us know ahead of time 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:17.000 that we need to do some extra training, get extra equipment that we have the time for that. 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:21.000 And it also designates responsibilities for each of these steps. 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:25.000 I'm one person, so it's kind of hard for me to be everywhere at once. 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:29.000 So hopefully if we can break this up, then it'll make it a lot smoother 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:34.000 and make sure that those requests are all getting got to in a timely manner. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:42.000 And this also will include our best practices for document security and retention. 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:44.000 So this will be something that we work with tech services on 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:50.000 to either create a password protected file that only specific people have access to 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:59.000 or doing an online thing that way people's health and disability information is not well acknowledged. 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:04.000 So we'll be working with tech on that to make sure that all of that is secured in a way 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:07.000 that is best for us who needs to access the information 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:13.000 but also that the people providing the information feel well doing so. 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.000 Next is our Included Statement. 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:19.000 So this document is pretty long. It's about four pages. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:23.000 So it's designed to set our departmental procedures. 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:28.000 So this covers everything from staff training, from what this looks like, 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:30.000 our future, how we're tracking the information. 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:34.000 It really covers everything for our inclusion. 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:37.000 And this is not just specifically disability inclusion, 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:41.000 but obviously that's a big part that we recognize needs some help. 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:48.000 So that is why it's included in this as well. 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:51.000 So like I said, this is a very long document. 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:55.000 So we have condensed it to have a public facing statement 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:59.000 that will be on the Parks and Rec landing page or website landing page. 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:02.000 So that way as soon as you click onto that Parks and Rec page, 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:06.000 it says, you know, it's like a three sentence short paragraph. 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:08.000 We're dedicated to inclusion in our programs. 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:15.000 And then it also will have the links for the accommodations request and for the ADA page link there. 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:18.000 So then that way everything's all nice and well rounded. 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:22.000 And then the full inclusion statement will also be linked below that. 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:30.000 That way people who are interested in the entire process have access to it. 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.000 So next for staff training. 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:37.000 So we're working on some standards of practice development and FAQs. 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:41.000 That way our staff has a very open door policy on coming 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:44.000 and being able to feel comfortable asking questions 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:52.000 so that they best know how to approach the community and provide for them the best that they need to be. 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:57.000 So we've already implemented quarterly training with the Texas Parks and Wildlife. 00:11:57.000 --> 00:12:00.000 So this was one that we did back in the summer. 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:04.000 So we did one just dedicated to service animals and it was a very well rounded. 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:06.000 We got a lot of questions answered. 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:12.000 We got a great kind of grip on what our policy is as far as pets and service animals and all of that. 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:16.000 Their rights and this is all in accordance with ADA. 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:21.000 This was through their ADA office at Texas Parks and Wildlife. 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:27.000 And then ARPA has a parks for inclusion policy as well that we make sure that we're aligned with. 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:33.000 And then commit to inclusion is from another one. 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:37.000 I think that's its own movement, commit to inclusion. 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:39.000 So that one is also in public spaces. 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:43.000 So we also integrate those in a civil law. 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.000 So our adaptive rec specific guidelines. 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:56.000 So these, the outline increases some of our safety procedures that we didn't necessarily think of whenever we first brought back adaptive rec. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:02.000 So it's some things that increase our safety measures for our staff as well as participants. 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.000 This includes some participant expectations. 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:12.000 And just making sure that our programs are best suited for the individuals coming to these. 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:15.000 And this would be provided during registration. 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:28.000 So just like our parks code of conduct is provided anytime that you register for a program, this would be along with those adaptive rec programs. 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:30.000 So the participant intake form. 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:36.000 This is a voluntary form that would be completed when registering for adaptive rec programs, 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:41.000 requesting program accommodations for specific programs in parks and rec. 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:45.000 And it is, this is also, it's two pages. 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:47.000 So this is just the first page. 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:54.000 So it would just be some general information, contact information, emergency contact information, demographic information. 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:59.000 And then this, these lines would be where you are requesting the specific accommodation. 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:03.000 So it would be, I need anything. 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:07.000 I need the all-terrain wheelchair to go on this program, things like that. 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:10.000 And then this is the health information part. 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:17.000 So this is where they can put what their disability is, that way we have a little bit more insight on how we can, 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:23.000 what accommodations we can offer if we can't complete their entire accommodation. 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:26.000 So this is just the request form. 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:27.000 So this is what we would use. 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:34.000 This is what would be document protected and only accessible to the individuals that need access for it. 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:35.000 Yes. 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:36.000 I have a question. Okay. 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:40.000 You said it was voluntary, but it includes really critical information like emergency contact. 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:43.000 So that sounds to me like it shouldn't be voluntary. 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:48.000 So our waiver that everybody in parks and rec has to fill out anytime that they're signing up for a program 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.000 already includes that information. 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:55.000 So this would just be something that way we can kind of match it up to their information in our system. 00:14:55.000 --> 00:15:02.000 This wouldn't be the only emergency contact information. 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:06.000 So our next steps moving forward towards this. 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:12.000 So we are bringing this to y'all so that way y'all can give us some feedback on what y'all think we need to change, 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:16.000 add, take away, anything like that. 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:21.000 And then after we kind of get the thumbs up from y'all, we move on to our department review. 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:26.000 This would go to our internal higher ups. 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:31.000 So they make sure that they think it sounds great, think that it's something that's worth implementing. 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:32.000 And then it would go to legal. 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:40.000 So as it is now, it has not been reviewed by legal, but a lot of the documents are taken from or have inspiration from 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:43.000 other cities or other current parks and rec documents. 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:48.000 So I'm hoping that it's not too far off from what legal would already be approving. 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:52.000 Following legal review, it would go to the Parks, Recreation and Beautification Board. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:57.000 So this is once they adopt it, then we start implementing it pretty much right away. 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:01.000 So depending on how long this process takes, it could be a few months still, 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:06.000 but we're hoping that we're able to get this out rolled out fairly soon. 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:10.000 And then we would be able to start more department training and implementation, 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:16.000 making sure that everybody across the department is on the same board. 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:18.000 Any questions? Yes, ma'am. 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:24.000 You mentioned about this database about information that people are voluntary. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:33.000 So I've been wondering if it would be useful for us to get a general database about who are we serving? 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:37.000 Who is our committee serving with people with disabilities? 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:48.000 And I wondered if that would be information that they could be asked to let us have or what do you all think? 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:54.000 Do you all think that that's information that would be useful to us or not? 00:16:54.000 --> 00:17:02.000 I think it has some practicality to it, but I believe that each division or department within the city 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:08.000 is able to point their people to the right resources in order to do that. 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:11.000 For me personally, I don't think that I need to know who we're serving, 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:15.000 but that we're making services available for whomever we need. 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.000 That's just me. Yeah, I appreciate that. 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:22.000 And we will be using the information and the data provided to track, 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:27.000 that way we can kind of see the trends on what specific accommodations are being requested, 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:32.000 get a kind of a grasp on what disabilities are most prevalent in our community, 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:37.000 that way we can add that to our best practices that's already integrated in our programs. 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:42.000 I can add, and maybe this is more of a request than I'm just kind of dropping on Parks and Rec right now, 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:48.000 but as this program is rolled out and you do get that information on the types of accommodations that are being requested, 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:53.000 that can always be something that, depending on how quickly they come in, 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:58.000 on a quarterly or twice a year basis, that could be reported to this committee, 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:03.000 so you have a better understanding of what the needs are in the community, 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:08.000 or at least insofar as they are for parks programs. 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:12.000 So I have a question. Being relatively new on this committee, 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:19.000 is there a way for the community to reach us directly to communicate needs, 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:23.000 to give feedback on these services that we're offering? 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:27.000 I agree that we don't necessarily need to know each individual, 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:36.000 but I do personally think that it's important to work constantly in communication with the community that we're serving, 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:39.000 and letting those voices be primary and first. 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:41.000 So is there a system? 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:43.000 When you say, you mean the committee? 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:48.000 Well, not the committee, but just the way that those who are using the services can give us feedback, 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:54.000 maybe continue to put in requests, and not just through parks and recreation, 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:59.000 but all of the kind of projects that we're involved in, and even in any potential future projects. 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:06.000 I think I understand. Yes, so I would always encourage them, you know, all of your city email addresses, 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:09.000 and that's one of the reasons we shifted to using city email addresses, 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:15.000 was that so people could reach out to you as a member of a public body 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:24.000 to express any concerns, desires, questions, hopes, dreams, and they can do that to you guys directly. 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:29.000 We do post that information on our website, to be quite frank, it's not on the main page. 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:32.000 You do have to go down a couple of layers to get it, 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:36.000 but that is the best way I think for people to directly reach out to committee members 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:39.000 that deal in the issues that are important to them. 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:44.000 And absolutely, I think that it's very important that they do reach out to you and speak to you, 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:54.000 and you are appointed by the council to be representatives and speak for the disability community on this body, 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:57.000 and the more that you are engaged with them and they're engaged with you, 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:02.000 the better discussions and directions we set here. So, absolutely. Thank you. 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:10.000 And I think it is working with the city emails because I received a communication of concerns 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:15.000 from a parent of a child in another school district outside the city of Dill, 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:21.000 and so I was just able to reach back to her and give her some tips on next steps, whatever, 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:28.000 and I thought that was pretty amazing that her need was that significant 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:31.000 that she would reach out into another city to look for help. 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:41.000 I had a question. You mentioned Special Olympics opportunities, 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:48.000 because I know with COVID a lot of our Special Olympics for our people out of high school cratered, 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:51.000 and I think that's come back for the most part. 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:55.000 So, it would be neat if there was coordination through the city, 00:20:55.000 --> 00:21:02.000 because it's more likely to continue on and have some we've maintained. 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:05.000 How would we find out about that? 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:11.000 I mean, more speaking as a parent of someone who is in Special Olympics and everything, 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:16.000 like the bowling and the track and all that other stuff, they just sort of fizzled out. 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:22.000 Yeah, whenever we start all those programs officially, they'll all be on the Adapt Direct page on the city website, 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:28.000 and then I'm sure that we can have a way to have those on the Parks and Rec catalog as well, 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:35.000 and hopefully in the next play guide we can have that information in there as well. 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:40.000 So, we're in area 11 for Special Olympics, 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:45.000 and so we've been working with them to try and get some of their programs hosted up in Denton. 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:48.000 That way we can kind of spread the word that way. 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:54.000 A couple weeks ago we had a town hall meeting for Special Olympics that was hosted at North Lake Shark Center, 00:21:54.000 --> 00:22:00.000 so that kind of was our first "we're going to be starting a program, come to our facility." 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:05.000 And we are also working with our athletics department to host a tennis tournament in April, 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:07.000 the Special Olympics tennis tournament. 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:11.000 That way, as our program is growing, we can get some other people here. 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:15.000 That way we're recognized as a Special Olympics city. 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:23.000 Well, I'd like to commend you on increasing your participation to 500-plus. 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:26.000 I think that's amazing. 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:31.000 And reaching out to the transition group. 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:35.000 I have a question, and I may have missed this, so I apologize. 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:42.000 If a participant or a parent has a child that maybe has a disability 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:46.000 that's, you know, they would participate in a normal setting, 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:50.000 but they just need some accommodations that are between them and the coach or whoever, 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:58.000 how is that presented, either in the catalog or online, so like, "Oh, here's the form where you can request this." 00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:02.000 Like, is it clear, like, that service is available and how to access it? 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:07.000 So, whenever we get all this implemented, so that would be very publicly listed. 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:13.000 So, it would be in the catalog, we could have how we have that shorter version that will be on the website. 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:17.000 We can have an even shorter version that's sent out on all of our emails. 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:24.000 That way people know, you know, any accommodations request, go to the Parks and Rec page for that. 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:28.000 And that way, yeah, and that's what that accommodations request form is designed for, 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:34.000 is people that can participate in the traditional programs, but just need one or two extra things. 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:38.000 Or if you had somebody that had a visual impairment or a hearing impairment, 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:42.000 but they wanted to go to a class that we can get them, you know, "Hey, come 30 minutes early. 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:44.000 We'll go over what we're going to be doing today." 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:49.000 That way you can follow along with the, you know, limited sensory input that you're getting. 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:59.000 So, that's what that accommodations request is really designed for outside of the adaptive rec specific classes. 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:05.000 I would just, you know, make sure it's obvious because that's so easy when there's so much information in this. 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:07.000 That's what they're looking for. 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:10.000 And if you have to go to so many different pages, then it gets hard for them. 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:14.000 Which is why we were prioritizing putting it on the Parks and Rec homepage, 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:19.000 rather than a lot of cities that already have implemented this, they have it under their adaptive rec. 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:23.000 But if you don't particularly know what adaptive rec is or don't know to look there, 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:27.000 then it's hard to find those request forms and those guidelines. 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:31.000 So, that's why it is such a priority for us to put it right on the landing page. 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:35.000 That way as soon as you click there, it says, "We're committed to inclusion. 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:37.000 If you need anything, let us know." 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:41.000 That way we can get it rather than you having to jump through hoops to get those accommodations. 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:44.000 Could it also be like where you pay? 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:50.000 Like, because a lot of people pay online, like another reminder, like, yeah, that'd be good. 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:59.000 And yeah, we can implement that into either adding it to our parks code of conduct, 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:03.000 that we can have something in there, or on the receipt have that it says, you know, 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:07.000 if you need accommodations for this program, contact so-and-so. 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:10.000 That way we have it, yeah, kind of listed everywhere. 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:13.000 That way no matter if you're already registered, if you're looking to register, 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:17.000 if you're looking online, if you're at the rec center, then you can get it accommodated. 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:20.000 You can't miss it, that's why. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:24.000 So what would be a reasonable time frame for someone to place an accommodation? 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:32.000 So what we're potentially looking at, which this could change in the few weeks after ruling this out, 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:38.000 is about two weeks usually gives us enough time for the participant to register. 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:43.000 And it would also depend on the timeline that we set internally as for getting it, 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:48.000 making sure that, you know, you have two days for us to see your request, 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:53.000 and then it'd be reaching out to the instructor and then figuring out what the accommodation, 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:58.000 if we can accommodate, if we have kind of a bounce back for it. 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:04.000 And then that also hopefully will give us enough time to set up a time if it needs to be extra time, 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:09.000 if it needs to be a pre-meeting for the program, or also getting equipment ordered. 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:13.000 So that equipment order part would kind of be what changes your timeline. 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:18.000 Some equipment takes a while, some we can get off Amazon and get it tomorrow. 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:23.000 So you might want to put a little statement on the form that especially equipment is needed 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:29.000 that might increase the amount of time to respond or to provide. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:34.000 Is there a place where your adaptive equipment is listed, 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:39.000 where people can go and look and see what y'all have currently? 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:44.000 Not currently. Our equipment is a little scattered. 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:49.000 So it might be hard to have a, you can come and see what we have. 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:53.000 We might be able to have a online catalog that way if they reach out, 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:55.000 then we could say we already have an all-terrain wheelchair. 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:59.000 We already have grip assist gloves. We already have foot straps for equipment. 00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:05.000 So then that way we could easily and quickly answer those rather than kind of running around to see, 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:07.000 does somebody have this? 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:12.000 Yeah, I was thinking that somebody might, like someone that has a disability, 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:18.000 might go to the page and be like, oh, you know, oh wow, I could do it if I had this thing that they already have. 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:25.000 That they might not know about if they haven't had exposure to a recreation therapist in the past. 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:32.000 Yeah. So we're hoping that in instances like that, also them reaching out, we could, if they don't know what equipment they might need, 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:36.000 then we could also say, well, it sounds like this might work best for you, 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:41.000 which is where on the request form where we would like for them to list the request, 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:44.000 but then also list a little bit about their abilities. 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:50.000 That way we can kind of say, you know, given this is your diagnosis, these are your abilities, 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:55.000 this specific request accommodation might work better than the one that you requested. 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.000 Okay, good. 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.000 Yeah. 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:58.000 Good. 00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:00.000 Any questions? 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:05.000 Yeah, if you all have any other questions or need any more information, 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:09.000 I'm like a crazy person with my email, so I'm always on that. 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:12.000 So feel free to reach out that way. 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:15.000 I don't really answer my office phone because I'm never in there. 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:18.000 So that's probably not the best way to get in contact with me. 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:20.000 Thank you all for letting me present to y'all. 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.000 Thank you. 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:23.000 Are you excited to be here anymore? 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:24.000 Absolutely. 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.000 Good report. 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:35.000 I want to try the cherry now. 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.000 Oh, yeah, we can get you out there. 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.000 Oh, you want to try the cherry now? 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.000 Yeah. 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.000 It's pretty fun. 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:41.000 I'm sure he will. 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:45.000 We do need to get anti-tick bars for it because I fell off of it. 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:47.000 It was going up a pretty steep hill. 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:51.000 You need to let me put a GoPro on you and we can just do the whole thing. 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:56.000 Would it work for you when you're at the market every Saturday? 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.000 Does this work okay? 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.000 Yeah. 00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:00.000 Okay. 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:01.000 He's got some pretty wide meals. 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:03.000 Yeah, it works. 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.000 Unless it's money, money. 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:07.000 Yeah. 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.000 Here you go. 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.000 Thank you. 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:11.000 Thank you. 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:17.000 The next item on them, there's nothing on them anymore. 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:18.000 Do what? 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:21.000 There's nothing on them. 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:23.000 No action item on that one. 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:26.000 The rest are not action items. 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:35.000 The next item on them is on me. 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:44.000 All right, so I know you guys are clamoring for really important, interesting stuff, so 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:50.000 I brought you a policy discussion today, so get excited. 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:52.000 You're stuck with me for the rest of the meeting. 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:54.000 All the rest of these things are mine. 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:59.000 I wanted to broach this topic with the committee. 00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:04.000 Those who are on the committee from its inception know that there was concern on the committee 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:10.000 at a certain point in time to seize ADA policy with respect to our ADA coordinator. 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.000 We actually, per policy, have three coordinators. 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:16.000 One is a representative from HR. 00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:20.000 One is a representative from, I guess, it's probably my first slide. 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.000 Maybe not. 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:25.000 One is a representative from Streets, who is Nathan, who's been here several times. 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:28.000 And one is a representative from our facilities department. 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:32.000 Those are outlined and enumerated in our policy. 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:39.000 And what we've kind of found that as this body and the city has been a little bit more 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:46.000 involved in kind of setting up our disability framework, how we take in accommodation requests, 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:53.000 what our grievance process is, that the policy we have may not meet what our needs are. 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:58.000 So just getting the background out of the way, this is a policy that you can see online. 00:30:58.000 --> 00:31:03.000 It's policy 100.02, so if you navigate to our government heading and go down to policies 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:05.000 and procedures, it's right there. 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:07.000 We do have three ADA coordinators. 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:13.000 The policy is pretty well focused on employment matters, which is pretty typical for a lot of cities. 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:16.000 Not too many of them have a separate ADA policy. 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.000 Some do, but many do not. 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:25.000 We really realized some practical challenges with having three ADA coordinators. 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:31.000 The first of which, it really does not provide a lot of clarity on if you have an accommodation 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:35.000 need for programs or services, who is your point person. 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:42.000 Now, we may have a specific point person if you specifically want a parks program accommodation. 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:44.000 We're setting up a process for that. 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:48.000 Or if you're in a library and you need an accommodation right then and there, but for 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:53.000 general accommodations for the city, related to maybe a number of programs that are not 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:58.000 specific to one single department, we don't have a person outlined for that, or it doesn't 00:31:58.000 --> 00:32:03.000 seem like there is one, which maybe one of those folks could kind of take the ball and 00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:07.000 carry it, but to the person, the member of the public who's requested an accommodation, 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:11.000 it may seem like we just don't have that person. 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:18.000 Additionally, when you have three ADA coordinators and none of them has ownership over programs 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:22.000 and services, you kind of get into the practical problems of, okay, we have an accommodation 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:28.000 request, we have a question, we have something that has come to us, who's taking this? 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:35.000 And that can cause some delays and miscommunication, which on a good day just kills time, which 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:40.000 maybe needed time, but on a bad day, it really miscommunicates to the member of the public 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:44.000 and it doesn't seem like we have really a plan in place for how to provide them what 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.000 they need. 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:53.000 So we sat down and we discussed a slight change to this policy where we essentially go down 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:59.000 to two ADA coordinator roles, it's bifurcated, that might seem like we're not making much 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:04.000 of a dent in our problem, but we would essentially have one person to coordinate everything employment 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:08.000 related, so if you are an employee or you're an applicant for employment with the city 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:13.000 of Denton, this is your route, this is your person, we have a specific process for that. 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:19.000 And then we established an ADA coordinator for everything else, and their main role would 00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:24.000 essentially be to coordinate, so they would not have to be necessarily the expert like 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:31.000 Nathan is with streets, or say someone on a facilities team is with our buildings, or 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:35.000 say someone on parks is with their programs, this person would be there to just make sure 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:42.000 the process runs efficiently and make sure that we as an organization are continually 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:46.000 improving to provide services that are accessible to all. 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:51.000 And they would be, there would be no confusion on who all the questions go to, provided they're 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:56.000 not related to employment, and there would be no question on who the complaints or the 00:33:56.000 --> 00:34:00.000 grievances go to and who's running those processes. 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:05.000 I feel like, we felt like this provided a lot of, a lot more clarity to the public, 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:10.000 you as committee members, if someone presents you with an issue, you would say well you 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:15.000 need to go talk to this person right here, here's that person's email address. 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:20.000 And that would also make sure that that person is also accountable, so if that person you're 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:27.000 talking to does not get their issue resolved, or is not, they don't get a response when 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:32.000 they reach out, we know exactly who's responsible and who's accountable for that process. 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:40.000 So, our benefits are with really kind of having that new setup where it's a one for employment, 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:42.000 one for everything else. 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:47.000 It helps the internal coordination, it provides that public clarity, and the way we would 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:55.000 set it up is, it would be a city manager designee, so it wouldn't be tied to one specific position, 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:57.000 not one specific department. 00:34:57.000 --> 00:35:00.000 We're going to make sure the best candidate for that job is in that role, someone who 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:09.000 understands or has capacity to learn more and engage with ADA issues, accessibility 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:15.000 issues, disability issues, so that we can not have to be kind of tied to someone in 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:20.000 facilities or someone in streets as our policy outlines. 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:24.000 So, that's my presentation, three slides guys. 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:27.000 But that's the direction we want to go. 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:31.000 What our concern is, what we wanted to bring it up to you guys is any unintended consequences, 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:35.000 because any time you mess with the policy, there could always be some unintended consequences 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:39.000 that we don't realize, or are we not going far enough. 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:43.000 But we wanted to have a conversation with this committee to make sure that we are heading 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:47.000 in the right direction, and I'll show that now. 00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:52.000 Well, from being on the committee from the very beginning, this is a very positive, good 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:57.000 move, because this has been my concern about ADA coordination. 00:35:57.000 --> 00:36:01.000 It's good for the city internally, that needs to happen. 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:08.000 But public facing, those individuals, we're going to get the runaround from one person 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:10.000 to the next person to the next person. 00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:16.000 So, I'm glad to see that you're trimming it down so that citizens have a more direct 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:23.000 contact for addressing their needs for involvement within the city. 00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:29.000 So, for me, that's a very good move. 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:35.000 Is the complaint or grievance process, or if there is one, is that clearly where the 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:41.000 public can find it, and then what is that process is my next question, and the reason 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:47.000 I'm going there is because usually if there's a grievance process through any place, then 00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:53.000 there's going to be some type of formal setting, and it's like, so is that coordinator person 00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:57.000 going to then delegate who sits down at that first meeting, or is that person? 00:36:57.000 --> 00:37:03.000 I just want to make sure under federal, state, law, whatever, we're doing everything we're 00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:07.000 supposed to be doing, and it's not confusing when it gets into the process, if that makes 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:08.000 sense. 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:12.000 Well, and I'll kind of walk you through. 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:19.000 We do have everything housed at cityofdent.com/ADA, and so this is essentially our ADA webpage 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:21.000 where we house most of our information. 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:25.000 We do have our grievance process. 00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:29.000 At another point, email the ADA coordinators. 00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:31.000 It's not a single person. 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:33.000 It'd be great to have email. 00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:37.000 Sandy, our ADA coordinator, it's a specific person with a name and a phone number. 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:45.000 But we do have an area where you can get information on requesting an accommodation, and then we 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:49.000 do have an area toward the bottom on complaints and procedure. 00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:56.000 You can submit a grievance online if you want to, but in our grievance procedures, we do 00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.000 line that out. 00:37:57.000 --> 00:38:03.000 It's based and kind of borrowed from resources provided by the Department of Justice. 00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:10.000 We didn't want to make too many modifications to it, although if we start getting a lot of 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:14.000 grievances and we find that the process doesn't work, we certainly will, and that would be 00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:16.000 something that would get brought back to this committee. 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:23.000 But I would say if anyone on this committee or anybody that you know has experience with 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:28.000 grievance processes, either as administering them or being a person to go through that 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:32.000 process, and they want to take a look at this and they find something that could be better, 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:35.000 I think we're always happy to hear that. 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:37.000 A process is always good. 00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:40.000 A procedure is always good until it's tested. 00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:45.000 And so that's when you kind of find where the issues can lie. 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:52.000 I'm always good for feedback, so we like to tweak things when we do that. 00:38:52.000 --> 00:39:01.000 I think if you stick with the federal outline for grievances, that can go wrong, and that 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:07.000 the city just has a way to help that individual facilitate that process. 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:15.000 And when you go through this, you'll see that it does outline 15 calendar days. 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:19.000 You know, we had to make some modifications because this is ACD 88, so we would say, you 00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:22.000 know, if we make this policy change, we'd have to update it. 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:27.000 You know, another 15 calendar days related to a complaint appealed to the city manager 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:34.000 or designee, and so it's pretty specific in outlining, although I don't want to sit 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:36.000 here and tell you that it's flawless at all. 00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:42.000 We've not, since we rolled it out, we've not received a grievance through this process. 00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:44.000 Quite frankly, I hope we don't. 00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:46.000 Has your legal department looked into it? 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:52.000 I mean, I'm an attorney and I do these schools, you know, so it's like, there has to be something 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:57.000 that either are from other cities or somebody they can talk to to know that, yeah, this 00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:58.000 is normal. 00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:59.000 Yeah. 00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:03.000 But my concern would just be that I think I like it the way you divided it with HR and 00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:05.000 then having one person delegate. 00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:10.000 And as long as it looks like it's worded pretty well or they can be delegated from there. 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:16.000 So, you know, the designee. 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:17.000 It takes your question. 00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:19.000 It did go through our legal department. 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:23.000 Well, then it's probably fine. 00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:27.000 Mike's not here, so I can't get back to you. 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:29.000 So that's, that's where we want to go. 00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:38.000 I do have, I'm a little concerned about losing possibly the expert, the street expertise, 00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:44.000 but would this person still be ADA slash bicycle pedestrian coordinator? 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:50.000 So I'm not sure to what extent his title would change, but those folks who are the subject 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:53.000 matter experts would still be involved in the process. 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:58.000 They would, they would be brought in for those items where they have that specific area of 00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:59.000 expertise. 00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:04.000 So Nathan, you know, he would still be here probably on a regular basis talking about 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.000 ADA issues as they relate to streets and sidewalks. 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:13.000 And if we did get a question or a complaint come in that's related to streets or sidewalks 00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:18.000 or pedestrian issues, the coordinator, that would be, Nathan would be the first person 00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:22.000 that the coordinator would, would reach out to and they would coordinate a response together. 00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:28.000 So the coordinator wouldn't, isn't necessarily the subject matter expert, but the coordinator 00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:34.000 makes sure, is there to make sure that the process works and works as it should, that 00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:37.000 people get their responses. 00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:42.000 And also as someone to look out to make sure that we as an organization have things in 00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:50.000 place so that we are appropriately trained, but that our systems to meet the needs of 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:54.000 people who have disabilities are working. 00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:55.000 And it's hard to do that. 00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:58.000 It's hard to have that level of accountability with three people. 00:41:58.000 --> 00:42:02.000 But will they, will it still be a joint position? 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:08.000 You don't know that with the bicycle pedestrian? 00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:13.000 No, no, I think that probably if we, if we establish a policy, one ADA coordinator is 00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:16.000 not my, he would still be the bicycle pedestrian coordinator. 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:18.000 His title might just get a little shorter. 00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:19.000 Okay. 00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:23.000 But I think the nature of what he does relating to ADA, it would, would not change. 00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:24.000 Okay. 00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:25.000 Make sense? 00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:26.000 Okay. 00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:27.000 Thank you guys. 00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:40.000 [inaudible] 00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:56.000 [inaudible] 00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:57.000 Okay. 00:42:57.000 --> 00:43:03.000 So we did this last year where at the beginning of the, kind of at the turn of the year, I 00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:11.000 should say, we brought forward a, there we go, kind of a discussion on it for this group 00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:17.000 to help us set our path for the next fiscal year in terms of what this body would like 00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:18.000 to discuss. 00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:19.000 What issues are important to you? 00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:24.000 It was incredibly helpful with staff, kind of knowing what your priorities are so we could 00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:29.000 line those discussions up and make sure that you were getting the information you needed. 00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:31.000 And I'd like to do that again. 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:35.000 Since we are not quite the whole committee today, we may bring this item back again next 00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:38.000 time just to make sure we get full input. 00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:46.000 But the, the goal of this is, is to help set that, that plan for next year. 00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:51.000 I think everyone can probably maybe, maybe do without this slide, but I'll do it anyway. 00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:54.000 So this committee was created in 2018. 00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:57.000 It got started in earnest in early 2019. 00:43:57.000 --> 00:44:04.000 And under, under its enabling ordinance, it's really to advise the city and advise the city 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:09.000 council in areas including disability concerns, accessibility accommodations. 00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:14.000 You know, I'll have another slide that kind of goes through the specifics, but it generally 00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:18.000 applies to city projects and activities, but not necessarily does it have to. 00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:24.000 So we can have some other outside entity come in and speak on some topic. 00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:32.000 But, you know, the city may or may not have the ability to, to, to have that other entity 00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:35.000 do anything specific. 00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:39.000 So under the charges of committee, and this is in the enabling ordinance, the committee 00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:45.000 can really talk about and discuss and decide and vote on a lot. 00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:50.000 You're here to be an advisory body for staff and one for council as well, should the need 00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:51.000 arise. 00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:56.000 And it's everything from, from infrastructure like sidewalks and ramps to our transition 00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:59.000 plan, which we have presented on before. 00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:01.000 Adaptive accessible parks. 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:04.000 We've had some park discussions here in the last year. 00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:09.000 New facilities, which we don't have too many of those coming on, but existing facilities 00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:10.000 certainly. 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:13.000 Talked about the library at the last meeting. 00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:14.000 Signage. 00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:17.000 Parking lot rehab projects. 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:20.000 Seems very niche, but that was mentioned in the ordinance. 00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:27.000 I think the biggest area in my mind of opportunity are improving city operations. 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:34.000 So our programming, how do we make things that we do, the services we provide more accessible 00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:39.000 and kind of increase the connections that we have with those who have disabilities and 00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:41.000 disability community. 00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:44.000 And improving operations with other entities. 00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:51.000 I think early on we had at least twice, maybe three times you've had DCTA come in on different 00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:52.000 topics. 00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:56.000 And then of course, just like you received today, parks and rec adaptive rec activity. 00:45:56.000 --> 00:46:03.000 So, and I wanted to kind of provide this to you guys to just kind of share how broad your 00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:04.000 scope is. 00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:06.000 It is not terribly narrow. 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:11.000 Y'all did give staff some areas of interest from the last time we had this discussion 00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:17.000 about a year ago for what we would focus on in the fiscal year 2022 timeframe. 00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:19.000 Adaptive rec was one of them. 00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:20.000 We just had that conversation. 00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:24.000 We had to wait on that one because we did not have an active rec coordinator. 00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:27.000 We lost one during the pandemic. 00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:31.000 We talked about, Bob came in and talked about the emergency management plan. 00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:34.000 We've had several sidewalk discussions. 00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:37.000 Mobility projects have come in as they've come up. 00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:39.000 We've had a number of park projects. 00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:43.000 We did have a conversation on special events and disabilities. 00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:46.000 We did have an ADA plan follow up conversation. 00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:49.000 And then you did early on, you got a website update because we rolled that out about a 00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:51.000 year ago. 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:55.000 A couple that we've not gotten to, sheltering during emergencies. 00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:58.000 We haven't gotten that one ready to bring forward yet. 00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:03.000 And the 311 system, unfortunately, is not quite close to implementation yet. 00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:07.000 So that one's still a number of months off. 00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:13.000 But what I'm hoping to at least start the conversation today is to just hear from you 00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:19.000 what is important to you guys that you agree needs to be discussed or should be discussed 00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:24.000 in the next year, knowing that things that we can't anticipate will come up and we'll 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:27.000 get those in as best as we can. 00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:31.000 And that's kind of where I'm going to stop talking and just open it up to the committee. 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:38.000 What issues would you like to talk about in the next year? 00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:44.000 Bring back special events? 00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:50.000 Bring back special events? 00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:59.000 Oh, so special events, events that the city, so we have a special event process. 00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:04.000 We have large events that the city that run through that process, think arts and jazz, 00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:07.000 which I think is this weekend. 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:11.000 And that all the way down to a number of smaller scale events. 00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:15.000 But those are things that the city coordinates or they partner with. 00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:21.000 And when we had that discussion last time, they were at the beginning stages of making 00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:27.000 improvements to the policy to make recommendations and then leading into kind of more stringent 00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:31.000 guidelines that you were going to ask the city to partner with you or you're going to 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:33.000 be using city facilities for an event. 00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:38.000 You need to have these things in line with regarding accommodations. 00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:42.000 So they got some initial feedback from the committee in that presentation. 00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:48.000 They are scheduled at this point to come back for a follow up in November. 00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:55.000 So that was, I'm not sure if you were there, but that's kind of the level of it. 00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:59.000 It's anything that goes through our process because they're using public street or they 00:48:59.000 --> 00:49:06.000 are using a city facility or they're using city resources or city park. 00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:13.000 Basically, you're doing something that uses the city's money or stuff. 00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:19.000 Well, I've got a few things that were my concern for the coming up here. 00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:26.000 The first one is GoZone, and I would really like for us to get a good idea. 00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:33.000 I was thinking maybe we could do just a simple online survey to get feedback from people 00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:43.000 with disabilities about are they able to get a vehicle that has a wheelchair accommodation. 00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:51.000 I'd read just different things that people will post online and I hear a lot of frustration 00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:57.000 about, you know, I felt like when the woman came and talked to us, everything sounded 00:49:57.000 --> 00:50:04.000 great that she was proposing, but I did not find it to actually pan out. 00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:09.000 And I am very concerned about our public transportation and accessibility, 00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:14.000 which for the buses wasn't really any issue. 00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:19.000 And that's a concern of mine because I see the vehicles, but there are individuals, I 00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:24.000 believe, that are in wheelchairs that are especially built for specific posturing and 00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:32.000 what have you, that they cannot be out of the wheelchair to sit in the vehicle to transport 00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:36.000 from point A to point B. And I think we asked that question. 00:50:36.000 --> 00:50:39.000 I never heard a resolution for that. 00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:44.000 So, yes, GoZone is concerning. 00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:45.000 Okay. 00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:46.000 Perfect. 00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:54.000 I've seen people being picked up too in situations that are not safe, disabled and disaster 00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:57.000 away from happening if something had gone wrong. 00:50:57.000 --> 00:51:01.000 And I've noticed many, many bus stops are no longer available. 00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:04.000 I mean, they just say this is closed. 00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:07.000 I think I've seen more closed than one that's open. 00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:09.000 So that is a major concern. 00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:13.000 And I know it's not a city issue, but the bus does go through the city. 00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:21.000 Well, and we can invite DCTA to come and this body has questions, has concerns. 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:26.000 Yeah, they had talked about it when they did the presentation. 00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:34.000 They talked about people that need, that couldn't leave their wheelchair to get in. 00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:38.000 They talked about having access from like behind. 00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:41.000 And we were discussing, well, how would that work? 00:51:41.000 --> 00:51:44.000 And, you know, where are they going to be loading? 00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:47.000 And is it going to be safe and all that kind of stuff? 00:51:47.000 --> 00:51:50.000 And that doesn't seem to be the case. 00:51:50.000 --> 00:52:00.000 We can reach out to them and try to find one of our meeting dates or any of our 00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:02.000 discuss your own meeting dates for the next year. 00:52:02.000 --> 00:52:05.000 We'd like to have you come in and talk about it. 00:52:05.000 --> 00:52:06.000 Okay, that'd be great. 00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:07.000 Okay. 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:10.000 And voting equity is another one. 00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:16.000 I'm concerned with some of -- oh, I'm sorry, Joe. 00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:34.000 What is the legal problem of people riding on in their chair on the bus? 00:52:34.000 --> 00:52:36.000 People riding in the chair on where? 00:52:36.000 --> 00:52:40.000 On the bus. 00:52:40.000 --> 00:52:41.000 On the bus. 00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:46.000 On the GoZone. 00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:55.000 Is it legal for people riding in their chair on the GoZone? 00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:58.000 On the GoZone. 00:52:58.000 --> 00:53:02.000 The bus on the ground. 00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:03.000 It should be on the bus. 00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:07.000 Yeah, the bus accommodates, but I don't believe the GoZone does. 00:53:07.000 --> 00:53:17.000 I don't know when I need the vans in my chair. 00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:20.000 We can -- well, I think we need to frame it today. 00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:27.000 Yes, if they have specific vehicles that will say to transport individuals in their wheelchair. 00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:30.000 Yeah, like span and -- I want to say both access and span. 00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:35.000 They come to my son's rehab and there are a couple people that stay in their wheelchair 00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:45.000 and then go on wheelchairring. 00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:48.000 And then voting equity is another one. 00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:54.000 I'm concerned with some of the laws that have been passed and it's going to be more difficult 00:53:54.000 --> 00:54:04.000 for people with disabilities to vote for absentee voting, and I'm very concerned about that too. 00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:08.000 So I would -- just a simple question. 00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:14.000 Is that something where you would see this as just to have a discussion to better understand 00:54:14.000 --> 00:54:17.000 what the law -- what it does and doesn't allow? 00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:21.000 Or are you thinking that you might make a recommendation? 00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:28.000 Well, I would like to hear about what is allowed and what isn't. 00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:33.000 What is actually -- from people that are actually running elections. 00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:38.000 You know, what are people able -- what accommodations are they able to do? 00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:41.000 What things aren't they able to do? 00:54:41.000 --> 00:54:45.000 And then from that, we could make recommendations. 00:54:45.000 --> 00:54:49.000 So we contract with the county to run all of our elections so we can invite the county? 00:54:49.000 --> 00:54:58.000 Yeah. 00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:04.000 And just kind of go through -- provide clarity on those issues that you mentioned, 00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:10.000 you know, with absentee voting and maybe provide a little bit more. 00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:15.000 Because, frankly, every time I go into a polling location, I see it and I forget it. 00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:18.000 So I can tell you what accommodations are available for folks with any kind of disability. 00:55:18.000 --> 00:55:21.000 So maybe I can give a broad overview of that. 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:22.000 Is that all you would say? 00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:30.000 You know, just make sure what are the options for people with disabilities. 00:55:30.000 --> 00:55:38.000 I know in the past when I ran an election, you could go out to a car and they just -- 00:55:38.000 --> 00:55:40.000 and it's all protected. 00:55:40.000 --> 00:55:46.000 I'm part of a new voting -- well, decisions being made, that's not going to be an option. 00:55:46.000 --> 00:55:50.000 That's my understanding. 00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:53.000 I know they had that option, I think, during COVID. 00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:55.000 Has that always been -- 00:55:55.000 --> 00:56:00.000 It was before COVID. 00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:03.000 And then you were saying the mail-in. 00:56:03.000 --> 00:56:09.000 That's very, very confusing. 00:56:09.000 --> 00:56:13.000 Well, it's, again, a good opportunity for this body to provide -- 00:56:13.000 --> 00:56:19.000 you know, not to get the information, but also provide feedback. 00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:27.000 Maybe we can post some of the clarity that we see on the website. 00:56:27.000 --> 00:56:29.000 Any other issues? 00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:34.000 I'm still concerned about disaster planning for people with disabilities. 00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:40.000 Yeah, I'll say the same thing, especially considering the summer was especially tough for many. 00:56:40.000 --> 00:56:44.000 And we were right on the verge of having another grid issue. 00:56:44.000 --> 00:56:49.000 The high of 300-plus days, we're now going into winter pretty soon. 00:56:49.000 --> 00:56:51.000 And that's a major concern. 00:56:51.000 --> 00:56:54.000 So I think in the last one, you all got kind of a broad overview. 00:56:54.000 --> 00:56:57.000 Do you want to drill down into any one particular -- 00:56:57.000 --> 00:56:59.000 'cause disaster planning is a really broad topic. 00:56:59.000 --> 00:57:05.000 Do you want to drill into any particular area as it relates to persons with disabilities? 00:57:05.000 --> 00:57:09.000 Just from people, disabled people that I know, like, 00:57:09.000 --> 00:57:15.000 accessing temperate control spaces in the event that power does go out, 00:57:15.000 --> 00:57:21.000 whether that's heat, AC, accessing food and necessities, 00:57:21.000 --> 00:57:27.000 in the case that roads are closed, especially in the winter, 00:57:27.000 --> 00:57:33.000 medications, making sure you have access to medications, 00:57:33.000 --> 00:57:38.000 and an ability to store medications properly. 00:57:38.000 --> 00:57:46.000 So accessing food, medicine, and health care, and accessing shelter. 00:57:46.000 --> 00:57:49.000 And transport during all those events. 00:57:49.000 --> 00:57:52.000 Transport and backup. 00:57:52.000 --> 00:58:05.000 Electricity is vital for a lot of people, for their equipment. 00:58:05.000 --> 00:58:12.000 And one thing I also wonder about is if there was an evacuation order for any reason, 00:58:12.000 --> 00:58:17.000 I don't know what, but if there was one and you don't have a vehicle, 00:58:17.000 --> 00:58:22.000 how would you access evacuation plans? 00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:24.000 Okay. 00:58:24.000 --> 00:58:26.000 We've got -- we can get Bob in here. 00:58:26.000 --> 00:58:28.000 He's got plans for that, so I don't know what they are. 00:58:28.000 --> 00:58:30.000 He tells me if he needs to. 00:58:30.000 --> 00:58:34.000 But he can come in, and I'll mention these specific things to him, 00:58:34.000 --> 00:58:37.000 but he may want to go into some other related topics for you guys. 00:58:37.000 --> 00:58:38.000 Okay. 00:58:38.000 --> 00:58:45.000 You know, there was a group once that had these type of tabletop discussions, 00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:54.000 and those individuals that were involved included the school system, emergency assistance here, 00:58:54.000 --> 00:59:06.000 like the fire rescue police, and the county emergency management team, FEMA. 00:59:06.000 --> 00:59:12.000 And there was a process in place to find people with disabilities 00:59:12.000 --> 00:59:14.000 and make sure that there was some assistance for them. 00:59:14.000 --> 00:59:16.000 But I don't know what happened with the food. 00:59:16.000 --> 00:59:17.000 It just disappeared. 00:59:17.000 --> 00:59:20.000 And this was well before the pandemic. 00:59:20.000 --> 00:59:23.000 Other things that we've experienced. 00:59:23.000 --> 00:59:27.000 And the demographics would be important to them. 00:59:27.000 --> 00:59:32.000 I'll also ask them how we incorporate this demographic in our -- 00:59:32.000 --> 00:59:34.000 because we still do tabletops. 00:59:34.000 --> 00:59:38.000 We haven't done any full-blown exercises that I'm aware of, 00:59:38.000 --> 00:59:42.000 but we did Table Club actually about two weeks ago. 00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:50.000 And to what extent we incorporate those issues into our planning tabletops, 00:59:50.000 --> 00:59:54.000 and also I'll see if there's an opportunity to -- 00:59:54.000 --> 00:59:56.000 I don't know if something can be done, 00:59:56.000 --> 01:00:00.000 but maybe a tabletop that focuses solely on those issues 01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:04.000 and potentially even bringing members of this committee in with that 01:00:04.000 --> 01:00:07.000 to be essentially the subject matter experts. 01:00:07.000 --> 01:00:15.000 We'll see if that's an option as well. 01:00:15.000 --> 01:00:28.000 [SIDE CONVERSATION] 01:00:28.000 --> 01:00:33.000 And I think this group just needs to continue to keep on top of the safety 01:00:33.000 --> 01:00:35.000 of pedestrians and bicycle riders. 01:00:35.000 --> 01:00:38.000 Every time I drive around town, I'm like, please stop. 01:00:38.000 --> 01:00:42.000 I'm trying to talk to the car from the studio, the driver. 01:00:42.000 --> 01:00:47.000 I just -- I think they have done some improvements upon -- 01:00:47.000 --> 01:00:52.000 and then they give so many seconds for somebody to turn right, 01:00:52.000 --> 01:00:55.000 and then the pedestrians get -- 01:00:55.000 --> 01:00:56.000 Yeah, I agree. 01:00:56.000 --> 01:01:01.000 That's what we need to consider overall. 01:01:01.000 --> 01:01:05.000 And we talked about it at one time about how some of that safety information 01:01:05.000 --> 01:01:09.000 and the laws need to go printed in your electricity bill. 01:01:09.000 --> 01:01:36.000 [SIDE CONVERSATION] 01:01:36.000 --> 01:01:39.000 So a thought I wanted to have is that we, rain or shine, 01:01:39.000 --> 01:01:43.000 we bring Nathan in at least twice a year to give an update on pedestrians 01:01:43.000 --> 01:01:46.000 on our wall, where we're at with our sidewalk plan. 01:01:46.000 --> 01:01:50.000 And maybe six months ago, we want to do these segments, here's what we've done, 01:01:50.000 --> 01:01:52.000 and here's what we haven't done, whatever that might be, 01:01:52.000 --> 01:01:54.000 and kind of what the plan is going forward. 01:01:54.000 --> 01:01:59.000 And I thought it would also be good to have Mia back maybe kind of on that same timeline 01:01:59.000 --> 01:02:02.000 to just give us an adaptive rack update. 01:02:02.000 --> 01:02:07.000 Because they deal so closely with folks who need the accommodations, 01:02:07.000 --> 01:02:10.000 who have the disabilities, 01:02:10.000 --> 01:02:16.000 and we can get kind of a more regular information on that. 01:02:16.000 --> 01:02:20.000 And hopefully she'll be able to kind of tell more about the types of -- 01:02:20.000 --> 01:02:23.000 kind of speaking to that community need that they brought up earlier. 01:02:23.000 --> 01:02:30.000 [SIDE CONVERSATION] 01:02:30.000 --> 01:02:34.000 One thing I did want to mention, and I don't think you need to think of it right now, 01:02:34.000 --> 01:02:39.000 I'd like to add back in our -- we used to have an agenda item on our agenda 01:02:39.000 --> 01:02:41.000 called "concluding items." 01:02:41.000 --> 01:02:45.000 And I don't think it's -- oh, it's still on here. 01:02:45.000 --> 01:02:48.000 We'll put it back on, I think we'll put it back on. 01:02:48.000 --> 01:02:54.000 But that's kind of a time at the end of every meeting that if you have a more -- 01:02:54.000 --> 01:03:00.000 something that's a little more time sensitive that you'd like to see at the next meeting. 01:03:00.000 --> 01:03:04.000 As a committee, as a body, y'all can recommend that. 01:03:04.000 --> 01:03:10.000 But also, if anything that is discussed, 01:03:10.000 --> 01:03:16.000 you feel like you want to make a formal recommendation to counsel on that, 01:03:16.000 --> 01:03:18.000 we can bring that back at the next meeting. 01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:21.000 Or if you see something coming down the line 01:03:21.000 --> 01:03:25.000 and you all feel that you want the option to make a formal recommendation to counsel, 01:03:25.000 --> 01:03:27.000 we can post it that way. 01:03:27.000 --> 01:03:31.000 If it's not posted as what we call a consideration item, 01:03:31.000 --> 01:03:35.000 where you consider it and vote, you're not able to vote. 01:03:35.000 --> 01:03:37.000 And we'd have to repost that for the next meeting. 01:03:37.000 --> 01:03:42.000 So I just want to remind you guys that staff, we love the direction, 01:03:42.000 --> 01:03:46.000 but also you can give that to counsel. 01:03:46.000 --> 01:03:52.000 And if you vote to give some sort of advisory opinion or some sort of direction to counsel, 01:03:52.000 --> 01:03:56.000 what we would do is we would take that and we would communicate it to them 01:03:56.000 --> 01:03:58.000 and give them a report every Friday. 01:03:58.000 --> 01:04:00.000 And we would communicate to that to the counsel 01:04:00.000 --> 01:04:04.000 and then it falls in their court to act on it. 01:04:04.000 --> 01:04:08.000 Whatever it is you're recommending as a body, they can then act on it. 01:04:08.000 --> 01:04:13.000 Which is how we got to the closed captioning from several years back. 01:04:13.000 --> 01:04:16.000 You guys voted on it. 01:04:16.000 --> 01:04:18.000 Counsel members said, hey, they voted on this. 01:04:18.000 --> 01:04:22.000 I want that in the budget and enough of them voted on that budget. 01:04:22.000 --> 01:04:27.000 I want that item in there that it's a reality today. 01:04:27.000 --> 01:04:30.000 So don't worry about that. 01:04:30.000 --> 01:04:39.000 Do you think that it would be possible to do a simple online survey about the GoZone? 01:04:39.000 --> 01:04:41.000 I think it would be hard for the city to do it. 01:04:41.000 --> 01:04:45.000 I think that's something that you could request GoZone do. 01:04:45.000 --> 01:04:49.000 I think the challenge would also be, and this is true of any online survey, 01:04:49.000 --> 01:04:53.000 is how do you tell if they are your target market or not? 01:04:53.000 --> 01:04:56.000 How do you tell if that person has a disability or not? 01:04:56.000 --> 01:05:04.000 And it's difficult to keep multiple people from taking multiple times. 01:05:04.000 --> 01:05:08.000 And then also people who feel very strong, 01:05:08.000 --> 01:05:11.000 we banded together in skewing those results because they all take the survey. 01:05:11.000 --> 01:05:16.000 They're not typically representative, so you just have to know that going into it. 01:05:16.000 --> 01:05:21.000 But I think that would be something where DCTA would have to be the ones to lead that effort 01:05:21.000 --> 01:05:23.000 and find a way to make that happen. 01:05:23.000 --> 01:05:31.000 Is there any way for us as a committee to seek out that information? 01:05:31.000 --> 01:05:33.000 Of what? 01:05:33.000 --> 01:05:40.000 Of how difficult it is for people in the community to get a ride on GoZone 01:05:40.000 --> 01:05:47.000 if they have a disability that requires some type of wheelchair especially. 01:05:47.000 --> 01:05:50.000 I think that could be... 01:05:50.000 --> 01:05:52.000 Help them formulate the questions. 01:05:52.000 --> 01:05:53.000 Yeah. 01:05:53.000 --> 01:05:55.000 And they made hard copies. 01:05:55.000 --> 01:06:01.000 I know that I have a community where I can circulate that among people with disabilities. 01:06:01.000 --> 01:06:08.000 And try and, I guess, have it in a way that it can be mailed in to them. 01:06:08.000 --> 01:06:14.000 They may have another way that's much better than mine. 01:06:14.000 --> 01:06:16.000 Well, that might be... 01:06:16.000 --> 01:06:23.000 Because I'm just concerned, like I said, I'm just going by what I'm reading online. 01:06:23.000 --> 01:06:29.000 What people are posting in debt and pages about GoZone is where my information is coming from. 01:06:29.000 --> 01:06:31.000 And I think we need... 01:06:31.000 --> 01:06:33.000 This is serious stuff. 01:06:33.000 --> 01:06:35.000 I mean, people need to get around. 01:06:35.000 --> 01:06:37.000 They need to get to their jobs, you know? 01:06:37.000 --> 01:06:42.000 And it's really critical to living your life. 01:06:42.000 --> 01:06:50.000 And I just really want us to be able to get the feedback we need from the people that need to get that. 01:06:50.000 --> 01:06:58.000 So, I mean, perfectly honest, I think the fact that you're hearing it and the fact that you're seeing it, 01:06:58.000 --> 01:07:02.000 I think that's just as good as the data that any survey would provide. 01:07:02.000 --> 01:07:07.000 Because that survey data is going to be inherently difficult. 01:07:07.000 --> 01:07:10.000 It's not going to be a scientific, valid survey. 01:07:10.000 --> 01:07:13.000 There's going to be a lot of error in it. 01:07:13.000 --> 01:07:16.000 But I think the simple fact that you guys are observing in the community, 01:07:16.000 --> 01:07:19.000 that there are issues and this is what you're hearing from the community, 01:07:19.000 --> 01:07:22.000 personally, I feel like that's enough to take your grievance to DCTA and say, 01:07:22.000 --> 01:07:28.000 "Either you don't have the solutions or you have the solutions and you're not communicating." 01:07:28.000 --> 01:07:32.000 If that's what this body chooses to tell DCTA. 01:07:32.000 --> 01:07:37.000 But personally, I feel like that would be an additional step that would not really change much for you. 01:07:37.000 --> 01:07:40.000 I think your ask of them would be the same. 01:07:40.000 --> 01:07:41.000 Okay. 01:07:41.000 --> 01:07:43.000 I have a question. 01:07:43.000 --> 01:07:52.000 Now, anybody with ADA can apply to Access and get that service and they do take care of wheelchairs. 01:07:52.000 --> 01:07:54.000 Right. 01:07:54.000 --> 01:07:59.000 And GoZone may not yet at least be advanced to that position. 01:07:59.000 --> 01:08:04.000 So I'm thinking wherever you're hearing that online. 01:08:04.000 --> 01:08:12.000 It seems to me that it's people that aren't linked up with that and then there's a certain process you have to go through to get on that. 01:08:12.000 --> 01:08:16.000 And there has to be a timeline, I think, of six months. 01:08:16.000 --> 01:08:21.000 Yeah, there is an application online with DCTA and then you fill it out and you submit it. 01:08:21.000 --> 01:08:28.000 And they can probably expedite that given the situation, you know, it's affecting my job. 01:08:28.000 --> 01:08:30.000 Okay. 01:08:30.000 --> 01:08:36.000 But I think that it may be able to be approved within two weeks or something like that. 01:08:36.000 --> 01:08:37.000 Okay. 01:08:37.000 --> 01:08:39.000 I know that we've had to do that with my son. 01:08:39.000 --> 01:08:40.000 Okay. 01:08:40.000 --> 01:08:43.000 Okay. 01:08:43.000 --> 01:08:44.000 What's the background? 01:08:44.000 --> 01:08:46.000 I mean, I'm a little bit new to the committee. 01:08:46.000 --> 01:08:47.000 It's been a year. 01:08:47.000 --> 01:08:57.000 So before there was this GoZone, was there more city services for people on buses or like how were those same people getting around? 01:08:57.000 --> 01:09:01.000 The buses or Access, right? 01:09:01.000 --> 01:09:04.000 Did we cut back on bus services on the GoZone? 01:09:04.000 --> 01:09:05.000 Yeah. 01:09:05.000 --> 01:09:09.000 So maybe the bigger issue is they're not going to do what they're supposed to be doing. 01:09:09.000 --> 01:09:13.000 We need to be pushing to get bus service back and get away from the GoZone. 01:09:13.000 --> 01:09:16.000 But the buses cannot handle wheelchairs. 01:09:16.000 --> 01:09:17.000 Okay. 01:09:17.000 --> 01:09:19.000 The ones that are going to do? 01:09:19.000 --> 01:09:21.000 Well, those are the big ones. 01:09:21.000 --> 01:09:22.000 Yeah. 01:09:22.000 --> 01:09:24.000 Oh, the big ones? 01:09:24.000 --> 01:09:30.000 Yeah, they go down to the level of the curb and you load on and then they pick you up. 01:09:30.000 --> 01:09:32.000 It's like they need to talk about it more. 01:09:32.000 --> 01:09:36.000 But, you know, sometimes if another entity can't do what they're supposed to be doing, you have to go to... 01:09:36.000 --> 01:09:37.000 And it costs more. 01:09:37.000 --> 01:09:43.000 If you have to ask months or weeks in advance against services, that doesn't sound very compliant. 01:09:43.000 --> 01:09:47.000 Yeah. 01:09:47.000 --> 01:09:53.000 Yeah, I mean, yeah, I think the bus service, I mean, there were a lot of buses riding around town empty. 01:09:53.000 --> 01:09:55.000 That was the issue. 01:09:55.000 --> 01:10:00.000 But they're there, you know, on a fairly, you know, keep the schedule. 01:10:00.000 --> 01:10:05.000 And, you know, if you have to be at work at this time, you catch it then and go get it there. 01:10:05.000 --> 01:10:09.000 And then you can carry your baby stroller on it if you need to. 01:10:09.000 --> 01:10:11.000 You can get it on with a wheelchair. 01:10:11.000 --> 01:10:14.000 Joe can get on and his partner... 01:10:14.000 --> 01:10:15.000 Yeah. 01:10:15.000 --> 01:10:22.000 The little couple in there, they were not as comfortable. 01:10:22.000 --> 01:10:27.000 It goes on seems to be kind of among the young people. 01:10:27.000 --> 01:10:28.000 Okay. 01:10:28.000 --> 01:10:31.000 It's kind of like a cheap lift. 01:10:31.000 --> 01:10:32.000 Right. 01:10:32.000 --> 01:10:35.000 Right. 01:10:35.000 --> 01:10:37.000 I know that the... 01:10:37.000 --> 01:10:52.000 The one on the opposite side of the bus is not accessible. 01:10:52.000 --> 01:10:54.000 The go-zone is not accessible? 01:10:54.000 --> 01:10:56.000 The bus. 01:10:56.000 --> 01:10:58.000 The bus, the bus, is it? 01:10:58.000 --> 01:11:01.000 No, not anymore. 01:11:01.000 --> 01:11:04.000 We don't have the accessible bus as an option. 01:11:04.000 --> 01:11:06.000 Very cheap bus routes right now. 01:11:06.000 --> 01:11:07.000 Yeah. 01:11:07.000 --> 01:11:09.000 They did reduce some of the bus routes. 01:11:09.000 --> 01:11:12.000 Yeah, I think we only have like the UNT pretty much. 01:11:12.000 --> 01:11:14.000 So they can't really... 01:11:14.000 --> 01:11:20.000 I might, when I reach out to them, I might communicate to them. 01:11:20.000 --> 01:11:22.000 And I don't want to put words in the committee's mouth. 01:11:22.000 --> 01:11:28.000 So if I write it down right, that, you know, the committee felt there was a certain level of service to those persons who had disabilities. 01:11:28.000 --> 01:11:39.000 And since we transitioned to go-zone, that service has been reducing the options, the accessibility options, the availability, that this level of service has been reduced. 01:11:39.000 --> 01:11:46.000 And there are some more specific concerns about how persons with disabilities, specific wheelchair-bound persons, use these services. 01:11:46.000 --> 01:11:52.000 And they'd like to learn more about what's available and ask questions about these pain points. 01:11:52.000 --> 01:11:53.000 Yeah. 01:11:53.000 --> 01:11:58.000 And I think that will lead into probably a really big discussion. 01:11:58.000 --> 01:11:59.000 I'll have to carve out some time for that. 01:11:59.000 --> 01:12:07.000 But I think that's, you know, come tell us what you do and what your response is to these things that we've observed. 01:12:07.000 --> 01:12:13.000 Also, we've perceived a reduction in service for this demographic, policy law-based or not. 01:12:13.000 --> 01:12:15.000 Yeah. 01:12:15.000 --> 01:12:16.000 I can communicate that. 01:12:16.000 --> 01:12:17.000 Okay. 01:12:17.000 --> 01:12:19.000 Thank you. 01:12:19.000 --> 01:12:23.000 They have just a bit of background there on the process of hiring a new executive. 01:12:23.000 --> 01:12:26.000 I guess it's the executive director of DCTA. 01:12:26.000 --> 01:12:35.000 So this one may, they may be reluctant to come visit us until that person's a couple months in the saddle. 01:12:35.000 --> 01:12:39.000 So this may be something we take on early in the next calendar year. 01:12:39.000 --> 01:12:42.000 But if you guys want November, I can push for November. 01:12:42.000 --> 01:12:43.000 Well, no. 01:12:43.000 --> 01:12:47.000 I mean, I think that if they're hiring a new person, that's a good point. 01:12:47.000 --> 01:12:48.000 Okay. 01:12:48.000 --> 01:12:57.000 I think they should be able to have some, because they won't have the knowledge base to discuss actually what we're talking about. 01:12:57.000 --> 01:12:59.000 Well, so I've got so far. 01:12:59.000 --> 01:13:07.000 So I have, and this is not, again, we'll add on this as you goes on and I will bring things back next meeting just in case if someone's not here. 01:13:07.000 --> 01:13:17.000 But I've got GoZone, voting equity, disaster planning, kind of those specific areas relating to sheltering, food, medicine, health care, transportation, 01:13:17.000 --> 01:13:18.000 electricity. 01:13:18.000 --> 01:13:26.000 We've got to build in sidewalk pedestrian updates at least twice a year and adaptive rec updates at least twice a year. 01:13:26.000 --> 01:13:31.000 And then for November, we've already got a special events update already built into that one. 01:13:31.000 --> 01:13:36.000 So you'll get a follow up on that one as well. 01:13:36.000 --> 01:13:38.000 I think that's what I have. 01:13:38.000 --> 01:13:43.000 And for the disaster planning, the water also. 01:13:43.000 --> 01:13:50.000 You know, I know that they were having water available for people, but you had to be able to go pick it up. 01:13:50.000 --> 01:13:53.000 Okay. 01:13:53.000 --> 01:13:59.000 Well, I have one more slide basically just to say, we'll confirm it at the next meeting. 01:13:59.000 --> 01:14:04.000 Get some more ideas and confirm kind of our plan. 01:14:04.000 --> 01:14:12.000 And then I will do a much better job of including kind of basically giving you this at every single meeting in the general report. 01:14:12.000 --> 01:14:18.000 So you all can kind of see what our plan is and how far we'll progress. 01:14:18.000 --> 01:14:25.000 And the only thing. Oh, sorry, go ahead, Chair. 01:14:25.000 --> 01:14:29.000 You know, I'm. 01:14:29.000 --> 01:14:32.000 Okay. 01:14:32.000 --> 01:14:38.000 So I'm not sure if everyone had a chance to look, so I'll just run through it very briefly. 01:14:38.000 --> 01:14:42.000 So our non-discrimination ordinance is up and running. 01:14:42.000 --> 01:14:45.000 It's live. It's active. 01:14:45.000 --> 01:14:48.000 One of the ways this might impact persons with disabilities. 01:14:48.000 --> 01:14:58.000 Obviously, we have a grievance process if you have a disability and you did not get your accommodation or you had an issue with city services, we have a grievance process with that. 01:14:58.000 --> 01:15:08.000 Although if you have a complaint against a restaurant or an apartment complex, the NDO might be an avenue for you. 01:15:08.000 --> 01:15:17.000 But I'll remind the committee that in a lot of those cases, if we can refer a person to a federal or state entity, we do that first. 01:15:17.000 --> 01:15:23.000 So, you know, we refer them to HUD first or we refer them to DOJ Department of Justice first. 01:15:23.000 --> 01:15:35.000 But if they if either of those organizations don't take up their cause, don't don't run that through their process or they say they don't have jurisdiction comes right back to us and we investigate that. 01:15:35.000 --> 01:15:40.000 So we've also had a question at our last meeting regarding library volunteers. 01:15:40.000 --> 01:15:54.000 So I think, yeah, in my memory, it's fuzzy. It's been some time. When library previously presented to this committee several years back, a statement was made that people with disabilities cannot volunteer. 01:15:54.000 --> 01:16:01.000 And I had not retained that one, but some people on this committee heard that. 01:16:01.000 --> 01:16:06.000 And so when we had that discussion last meeting with library staff, it struck weird to them. It struck weird to me. 01:16:06.000 --> 01:16:11.000 So we went out and confirmed it. No, you have a disability. You can volunteer with the library. 01:16:11.000 --> 01:16:20.000 You might not be we may not have accommodations for every single job, but you absolutely we want and need any volunteers. 01:16:20.000 --> 01:16:23.000 So we're happy to have them disability or no. 01:16:23.000 --> 01:16:33.000 I know a girl, well, young lady that has volunteers at the library lot at South Branch. 01:16:33.000 --> 01:16:38.000 I'll mention closed captioning. I think the last time we told you is it was going to be installed is installed. 01:16:38.000 --> 01:16:50.000 So if you watch our council meetings, a little CC button and just click on it and it works surprisingly accurately, surprisingly good. 01:16:50.000 --> 01:16:56.000 When I first saw it, I was impressed by how much it was actually capturing that was correct. 01:16:56.000 --> 01:16:59.000 That's a thing now. So again, this committee. 01:16:59.000 --> 01:17:05.000 And then one thing I'm going to start including is since we do have that grievance process and request for accommodations, 01:17:05.000 --> 01:17:15.000 I will start listing the number of requests that are filed through our ADA website and the number of grievances processes that are filed through our ADA website on a quarterly basis. 01:17:15.000 --> 01:17:18.000 We have had none. So that's maybe that's good. 01:17:18.000 --> 01:17:21.000 Maybe we just need to get the word out that this is available to people. 01:17:21.000 --> 01:17:27.000 But I'll just always present that to you guys in our report going forward. 01:17:27.000 --> 01:17:31.000 And that's I think that's the report. 01:17:31.000 --> 01:17:37.000 Oh, next committee meeting, November 17th, right here, 3 p.m. 01:17:37.000 --> 01:17:42.000 That's the report. 01:17:42.000 --> 01:17:51.000 Yes, Mia, who did the presentation earlier, if anyone wants her business card, I do have it available. 01:17:51.000 --> 01:17:58.000 Someone's trying to get a hold of you. 01:17:58.000 --> 01:18:07.000 Is it okay if I say something? 01:18:07.000 --> 01:18:08.000 Say it again one more time. 01:18:08.000 --> 01:18:14.000 Is it okay if I say something? 01:18:14.000 --> 01:18:17.000 Yeah, you're the chair. You can do that. 01:18:17.000 --> 01:18:30.000 If anybody wants to come out to the market, I have a lot of new stuff going with it. 01:18:30.000 --> 01:18:35.000 It goes really professional. 01:18:35.000 --> 01:18:43.000 And I hope that you're all over in my area to come see me. 01:18:43.000 --> 01:18:44.000 Okay, cool. 01:18:44.000 --> 01:18:47.000 Is this in the community market? 01:18:47.000 --> 01:18:54.000 I got two more tables. 01:18:54.000 --> 01:19:06.000 I got people getting ready to buy a couple of tables for the market. 01:19:06.000 --> 01:19:09.000 That's terrific. 01:19:09.000 --> 01:19:19.000 Getting up early in the morning. 01:19:19.000 --> 01:19:24.000 And I heard that you got your aids, too. Your assistance? 01:19:24.000 --> 01:19:39.000 Oh, that's great. 01:19:39.000 --> 01:19:47.000 The day in the DL. 01:19:47.000 --> 01:19:49.000 I didn't get it. I'm sorry. 01:19:49.000 --> 01:19:54.000 The day in the DL. 01:19:54.000 --> 01:19:59.000 I made a motion to get ready. 01:19:59.000 --> 01:20:02.000 Did you do concluding items? 01:20:02.000 --> 01:20:06.000 Oh, concluding items. 01:20:06.000 --> 01:20:07.000 Any concluding items? 01:20:07.000 --> 01:20:08.000 No. 01:20:08.000 --> 01:20:09.000 All right. 01:20:09.000 --> 01:20:10.000 Okay. 01:20:10.000 --> 01:20:13.000 And then you don't need to motion for adjourn? You can simply adjourn if you'd like to. 01:20:13.000 --> 01:20:16.000 Okay.