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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/18/2024 - Disability Advisory Board - AGENDA - Regular Meeting DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING City Contact Person: Melanie Clark, Executive Administrative Assistant, Office of Equity & Inclusion – mclark@fcgov.com July 18, 2024, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Zoom – See Link Below 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. AGENDA REVIEW Participation for this Disability Advisory Board Meeting will be held via Zoom only using this link: https://fcgov.zoom.us/j/96957373528 Online Public Participation: The meeting will be available to join beginning at 5:30 pm. Participants should try to sign in prior to the 5:30 pm meeting start time, if possible. For public comments, the Chair will ask participants to click the “Raise Hand” button to indicate you would like to speak at that time. Staff will moderate the Zoom session to ensure all participants have an opportunity to address the Board or Commission. To participate: • Use a laptop, computer, or internet-enabled smartphone. (Using earphones with a microphone will greatly improve your audio). • You need to have access to the internet. • Keep yourself on muted status. This information is available in Spanish or other language at no cost to a person who would like this information translated to or communicated in Spanish or other language. Please call 970- 232-0512 or cmenendez@fcgov.com to make a request for information in other languages. Esta información está disponible en español u otro idioma, sin costo para la persona que le gustaría esta información traducida o comunicada en español u otro idioma. Favor llame al 970.232.0512 or cmenendez@fcgov.com para solicitar información en otros idiomas. Auxiliary aids and services are available for persons with disabilities. TTY: please use 711 to call 970.416.4254 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. June 13, 2024 6. GUEST PRESENTER: NONE 7. BUDGET 8. NEW BUSINESS 9. OLD BUSINESS a. Hybrid Meetings b. Cameras on during meeting c. Reviewing Meeting Materials Prior to Meeting d. HRC Award Ceremony 10. OTHER BUSINESS/UPDATES a. Review 2024 Work Plan b. ADA Conference Update c. Digital Accessibility d. Disability Acceptance and Inclusion Lunch & Learn e. Human Library f. Council Priorities 11. FUTURE AGENDA REVIEW a. Affordable Accessible Housing 12. ADJOURMENT Disability Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING Thursday, June 20, 2024 – 5:30 PM Via Zoom: https://fcgov.zoom.us/j/96957373528 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:32 PM 2. ROLL CALL – a. Board Members Present – Terry Schlicting (late arrival), Linda Drees, Mandy Morgan, Kristin White, Joseph Tiner, Jaclyn Menendez, Scott Winnegrad, Amber Kelley, Rachel Knox-Stutsman b. Board Members Absent – c. Staff Members Present – Jan Reece, Lead Equal Opportunity Compliance Specialist, Melanie Clark, Executive Admin Assistant d. Guest(s) – Dianne Tjalkens, Social Sustainability; Consolidated Plan, Beth Jaeger; HRC Chair and Barb Kistler, HRC Vice Chair; HRC Award Ceremony, Breelyn, Intern with Arc of Larimer County, Haeley, Jim Fellion 3. AGENDA REVIEW 4. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION - None 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. April 18, 2024 Board member White stated that the attached minutes to the agenda were for February, but the agenda said the minutes to be approved were for the April 18, 2024 meeting. Co-Chair Winnegrad motioned to approve the minutes from the February 15, 2024 meeting. Board member Drees second the motion. Motion passed 8-0 b. May 16, 2024 Board member Tiner motioned to approve the May 16, 2024 minutes. Board member Menendez seconded the motion. Motion passed 8-0 6. GUEST PRESENTATIONS a. Dianne Tjalkens; Consolidated Plan Dianne Tjalkens, Grant Program Administrator with Social Sustainability presented on the Consolidated Plan. She explained that the Consolidated Plan is a five-year planning document for the use of federal dollars. It includes a needs assessment and market analysis for housing, homelessness, and community development. As well, it identifies priorities and set goals in addition to earmarking resources. Dianne stated over a five year period they receive approximately $8.5 million in funds from HUD to support community development and affordable housing. These funds are distributed through a competitive process. Achievements reached in the 2020 – 2024 Consolidated Plan included, 55 new affordable rental housing units, 6 new affordable ownership units, 112 affordable housing units preserved, 94 people were provided homelessness prevention support, 2,238 people were provided overnight shelter, 1,367 people were provided supportive services to improve living conditions such as adult day care, behavioral health services, support for people with disabilities, etc. Dianne shared for the 2025 – 2029 Consolidated Plan they are looking at what the community needs are, what goals can be achieved with CDBG & Home funds and how they should prioritize funding. Stakeholder and community outreach as well as data, such as the Census, American Community Survey, Housing Catalyst, HUD, MLS, etc., will help in determining the goals. The finalized 2025 – 2029 Consolidated Plan will be due to HUD in August 2025. b. Beth Jaeger and Barb Kistler; HRC Award Ceremony Beth Jaeger, Human Relations Commission (HRC) Chair, shared background information about the HRC Awards Ceremony. This year’s event will take place on December 12 at City Hall. HRC likes the idea of collaborating with the Disability Advisory Board (DAB) on this year’s award ceremony and would like to invite the Board to issue 1-2 awards of their own during their ceremony. DAB would need to advertise and select their own recipients and provide their own award. DAB is interested in participating and will discuss at their next meeting on July 18th what award to present and to form a subcommittee for planning and advertising. Barb Kistler, HRC Vice Chair shared information about the Human Library event coming up in August 4th, from 2:00 – 5:00 pm at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. She stated that they are looking for someone who is vision or hearing impaired to participate as a book and asked the Board to let them know if they know of anyone who would like to participate. 7. New Business a. Election of Chair and Vice Chair Board member Drees expressed interest in chairing the Board unless someone else had a strong interest. Chair Schlicting stated that he is open to serving as Vice Chair but would prefer to not Chair the meetings. Board member White motioned to nominate Linda Drees to serve as Chair for the Board. Winnegrad second the motion. Motion passed 8-0. Board member Tiner motioned to nominate Chair Schlicting for Vice Chair. Winnegrad second the motion. Motion passed 8-0 8. Old Business a. Hybrid Meetings Melanie Clark, Executive Admin stated there currently is not a space available to host the DAB meetings in person on the third Thursday of the month at 5:30 pm. Board members would like to see if there is space available on a different day of the month. Board members would not be able to meet on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Fridays. As well, they need to keep the 5:30 meeting time. The discussion will continue at the July 18 meeting. b. Cameras on during Meeting Moved to the July 18 meeting. c. Reviewing meeting materials prior to meeting Moved to the July 18 meeting. 9. Other Business/Updates a. Review 2024 Work Plan Moved to the July 18 meeting. b. ADA Conference Update Moved to the July 18 meeting. 10. Future Agenda Review a. DAB Award to be presented at HRC Award Ceremony 11. ADJOURNMENT a. Meeting adjourned at 7:38 PM 06/20/24– MINUTES Page 2 Minutes approved by the Chair and a vote of the Board/Commission on XX/XX/XX City of Fort Collins DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD 2024 Work Plan Networking and Collaboration Action: Meet and collaborate with other internal Boards and Commissions, Loveland Disability Advisory Board, external partners, etc. Education and Outreach Action: Explore educational training and outreach. Invite HRC Chair and Co- Chair to discuss how they organize theirs. Will also host the 2024 Community Awards Ceremony. Safety Action: Meet with relevant City and Community Stakeholders to provide guidance around disability related issues. Transportation Action: Provide for safe, reliable, and accessible multimodal travel to, from, and throughout the city. Continue ongoing efforts in the below topics/projects: • Transfort - Monthly reviews and Quarterly updates of key initiatives and on- going projects. Quarterly attendance of Transfort. • Improve Dial-a-Ride application and process. Katlyn to present quarterly with changes/improvements. • Explore Boston’s Dial-a-Ride process • Participate in the development of Paratransit web portal/mobile app. Work will begin as soon as we execute the grant agreement with CDOT – expected at end of 2024 • Get updates on the Transfort Master Plan and how the new tax initiative will impact the plan. • Continue partnering with FCMoves for best practices and/or improvements to SPIN program High Performing Government Action: Support The City in hiring people with disabilities through education, training, and partnership with PSD in creating a school to work pipeline. Introduce ACE, Project Search and SWAP. Provide information on People First Language to City Council. Provide input on City Equity Hiring Guide. • Pipeline/Resources • Disabled Resource Services Group (Evan) • Student Disability Center (Joe) • ARC • Individuals with IDD • Workforce Disability Subcommittee Members Economic Health Action: Continue to highlight/recognize employers who hire people with disabilities through annual Community Recognition Awards. • Community Recognition Awards (employers, those who advocate for those with disabilities) • Select location o Senior Center, mindful of costs o Pros – Positive for community o Cons - Getting nominations for awards (Board generate nominations, possible social media platforms) o CSU – option/expensive • 2024 October next awards event o Categories for nomination – (Community Recognition Awards) o Recognized Employers in categories: Volunteers, Disability, Business Advocacy, Veterans (include individual) o 1-2 nominations per category o Subcommittee - Rachel Knox-Stutsman, Joe Tiner, Linda Drees o Help with event planning. o Votes on nominations. o Melanie Clark will help with admin side of planning. o Continue to invite Police Chief, review CRA process. o Highlight companies hiring those with disabilities. o Consider promoting event in Coloradoan Neighborhood Livability and Social Health Action: Provide a high-quality built environment, support quality, diverse neighborhoods and foster the social health of the community. • Invite Code Compliance and Streets to talk about sidewalk snow removal – private vs. City owned. • Invite Engineering and Code Compliance to talk about sidewalk access • Invite FCMoves to discuss sidewalk usage of bicyclists and scooters, and other pedestrians Culture and Recreation • Provide diverse cultural and recreational amenities. • Provide feedback for parks and recreational area. (example: Whitewater Park) • Events at the Lincoln Center. • Accessibility at private businesses. (Apps for reviewing accessibility