Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities

WHEREAS, Skylar Dunford has not attended a meeting Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities July 9, 2024 Minutes 24-006 Page 2 of 12 of the Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities since their appointment; WHEREAS, Skylar Dunford has not provided any explanation to their absences; WHEREAS, the Procedural Handbook for Citizen Appointees to City of Hamilton Local Boards, states that when a member misses more than three (3) consecutive meetings during their term, the Chair, after hearing and considering any explanation provided by the member, may ask the member to resign, or request that Council remove the member; and WHEREAS, this creates a vacancy on the Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: (a) That Council be requested to remove Skylar Dunford from the Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities’ membership effective immediately, given their absences from meetings since their appointment; and (b) That the Selection Committee for Agencies, Boards and Sub-Committees be requested to fill the citizen appointee vacancy on the Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities.

That the Agenda for the July 9, 2024, meeting of the Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities, be approved, as presented.

That the minutes of the June 11, 2024 Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities meeting, be approved, as presented.

That the following Delegation Requests be approved for a future meeting: (1) Delegation Request from Kevin Gonci, Mohawk Sports Park Council, respecting highlighting past accessibility achievements and providing information about next phase efforts to support a more inclusive and accessible public space (Virtually) (Added Item 6.1) (2) Delegation Requests respecting the Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) Fare Policies (Added Item 6.2) (a) Mary Love, Council of Canadians Hamilton Chapter (In person) (Added Item 6.2(a)) (b) Brad Evoy, Disability Justice Network of Ontario (In person) (Added Item 6.2(b))

That the delegation from Enya Lee and Mya George, Accessibility Hamilton Alliance, respecting a request for support from the Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities for the Accessibility Hamilton Alliance’s establishment of a Disability History Month and an accessible film festival called the Hamilton Accessibility Film Festival, be received.

That the Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities support the Accessibility Hamilton Alliance’s accessible film festival called the Hamilton Accessibility Film Festival, in the month of September.

That the presentation from Michelle Martin, Manager of Accessible Transportation Services, Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) respecting the Accessible Transportation Services Performance Review – Q1 2024, be received.

That the Report respecting the Accessible Transportation Services Performance Review – Q1 2024, be received.

(i) That the following Consent Items, be received: (1) Built Environment Working Group Update (Item 9.1) (a) Built Environment Working Group Meeting Notes – June 4, 2024 (Item 9.1(a)) (b) Built Environment Working Group Meeting Notes July 2, 2024 (Item 9.1(b)) (2) Housing Working Group Update (Item 9.2) J. Kemp provided a verbal update respecting the Housing Working Group. (3) Outreach Working Group Update (Item 9.3) (a) Outreach Working Group Meeting Notes – June 18, 2024 – (Item 9.3(a)) (4) Transportation Working Group Update (Item 9.4) (a) Transportation Working Group Meeting Notes – May 28, 2024 (Item 9.4(a)) Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities July 9, 2024 Minutes 24-006 Page 9 of 12 (5) Strategic Planning Working Group Update (Item 9.5) (a) Strategic Planning Working Group Update – June 7, 2024 (Item 9.5(a)) (6) Open Spaces and Parklands Working Group Update (no copy) (Item 9.6) No update.

That the Accessibility Awards Briefing Note, be received.

That the Accessibility Awards Rubric, be approved.

That the Report respecting Implementing and Costs of a Quiet Space Tent at Festivals, be received.

WHEREAS, members of the Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities’ Outreach Working Group represented the Committee at the Senior’s Month Kick-Off Event on June 10, 2024; and WHEREAS, the Outreach Working Group decided that in lieu of a more permanent and costly giveaway, sugar free candies would be offered as way to attract visitors to the Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities’ table. Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities July 9, 2024 Minutes 24-006 Page 11 of 12 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That James Kemp be reimbursed in the amount of $52.71, including HST, attached as Appendix “A”, for the cost of sugar free candies from the Bulk Barn, handed out by the Outreach Working Group on behalf of the Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities at the June 10, 2024, Senior’s Month Kick-off Event, from account 300303, be approved.

That there being no further business, the Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities, be adjourned at 5:16 p.m.