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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/13/2025 - Disability Advisory Board - AGENDA - Regular MeetingDISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING January 13, 2025 – 5:30 pm 300 Laporte Ave Microsoft Teams – See Link Below 1. CALL TO ORDER a. (TIME STARTED) 2. ROLL CALL 3. AGENDA REVIEW 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. November 18, 2024 b. November 26, 2024 6. BUDGET Participation for this Disability Advisory Board Meeting will be in person at 300 Laporte Ave. You may also join online via Microsoft Teams, using this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting Meeting ID: 275 609 727 731 Passcode: kG6hQ3iD Online Public Participation: The meeting will be available to join beginning at 5:20 pm, January 13, 2025. 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. Masks Strongly Recommended in Indoor Public Spaces While there are currently no public health orders in place, Larimer County Public Health officials strongly recommend that well-fitting, high-quality masks are worn in crowded indoor spaces. For more information, please visit fcgov.com/covid DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING January 13, 2025 – 5:30 pm 7. GUEST PRESNTER a. Kerri Ishmael – Request for Letter of Support for College Avenue Grant Opportunity 8. NEW BUSINESS a. 2024 Annual Report b. February 17 DAB Meeting – Reschedule 9. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS a. Human Relations Award Ceremony 10. OTHER BUSINESS a. Jan Reece • DAB Applications • Digital Accessibility Team • Collaboration with ARC • City of Fort Collins Sign at CMO 11. ADJOURNMENT a. (TIME ENDED) Disability Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, November 18, 2024 – 5:30 PM City Hall: 300 Laporte Ave and Zoom: https://fcgov.zoom.us/j/96957373528 1. CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 PM 2. ROLL CALL – a. Board Members Present – Linda Drees, Terry Schlicting, Joe Tiner, Amber Kelley b. Board Members Absent –Jaclyn Menendez, Kristin White, Mandy Morgan, Rachel Knox-Stutsman, Scott Winnegrad c. Staff Members Present – Claudia Menendez, Equity Officer, Jan Reece, Lead Equal Opportunity Compliance Specialist, Melanie Clark, Executive Admin Assistant d. Guest(s) – None 3. AGENDA REVIEW 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION None 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 b. OCTOBER 21, 2024 Minutes will be approved at the next meeting. 2. GUEST PRESENTATIONS – None 6. BUDGET 7. NEW BUSINESS a. FINALIZE 2025 WORK PLAN Hilary Herrmann, Sr, Specialist, Process Improvement, facilitated a discussion on the 2025 Work Plan. Board members shared and discussed ideas for the plan. A follow-up meeting will be scheduled to finalize the 2025 Work Plan. 8. OLD BUSINESS 9. OTHER BUSINESS/UPDATES 10. FUTURE AGENDA REVIEW 11. ADJOURNMENT a. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 PM 11/18/24– MINUTES Page 2 Minutes approved by the Chair and a vote of the Board/Commission on XX/XX/XX Disability Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, November 26, 2024 – 5:30 PM City Hall: 300 Laporte Ave and Teams: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft- teams/join-a-meeting 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:32 PM 2. ROLL CALL – a. Board Members Present – Linda Drees, Mandy Morgan, Scott Winnegrad, Rachel Knox-Stutsman, Amber Kelley b. Board Members Absent – Terry Schlicting, Jaclyn Menendez, Kristin White, Joseph Tiner c. Staff Members Present – Jan Reece, Lead Equal Opportunity Compliance Specialist, Melanie Clark, Executive Admin Assistant d. Guest(s) – None 3. AGENDA REVIEW 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION None 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 Board member Kelley motioned to approve the September meeting minutes. Knox- Stutsman seconded. Motion passed 5-0 b. OCTOBER 21, 2024 Board member Knox-Stutsman was not present at the meeting. Kelley motioned to approve the minutes as amended. Knox-Stutsman seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0 2. GUEST PRESENTATIONS – None 6. BUDGET Board members discussed ideas for spending the remaining budget. One idea they had was to host a gathering for Boards and Commission members to be able to network with them. Another idea was to make a donation. City staff will look into what the Board will need to do in order to host a gathering with other Boards and Commission members in the future. As well, they gather information regarding possible donations. 7. NEW BUSINESS a. DECEMBER MEETING CANCELATION Board member Kelley motioned to cancel the December meeting. Winnegrad seconded. Motion passed 5-0 b. FINALIZE 2025 WORK PLAN Board members discussed the 2025 Work Plan and adding action items with due dates. Members discussed Dial-a-Ride and how they might be able to take more action in getting current issues addressed. Members didn’t feel like they were making much progress. Winnegrad motioned to approve the 2025 Work Plan as presented. Morgan seconded the motion. Board members further discussed creating timelines for action items as they review the workplan or whether they should implement them into the work plan. Chair Drees motioned to accept the 2025 Work Plan as presented and add the addendum she provided. Morgan seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0 8. OLD BUSINESS 9. OTHER BUSINESS/UPDATES a. DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS PROCLAMATION UPDATE Board member Kelley shared that it was a special night as JT received the proclamation. She stated that it was sweet, and everybody did a good job. b. JANUARY 20, 2025 DAB MEETING Morgan motioned to move the meeting to January 13th due to Martin Luther King holiday. Knox-Stutsman seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0 10. FUTURE AGENDA REVIEW 11. ADJOURNMENT a. Meeting adjourned at 6:41 PM 11/26/24– MINUTES Page 2 Minutes approved by the Chair and a vote of the Board/Commission on XX/XX/XX Su b l e d g e r Ty p e (s ) : A l l Su b l e d g e r ( s ) : A l l De p a r t m e n t ( s ) : A l l Se r v i c e A r e a (s ) : A l l Ob j e c t ( s ) : 5 5 9 0 4 0 Bu s i n e s s U n i t ( s ) : 5 0 3 3 0 2 Co m p a n y ( s ) : A l l Fi s c a l P e r i o d : P r i o r P e r i o d 2 0 2 4 10 2 . 0 2 Bu d g e t t o A c t u a l s - Ca l e n d a r i z e d N o n P r o j e c t Y T D v a r i a n c e w i t h P O 's Cu r r e n t Pe r i o d YT D T h r u Cu r r e n t P e r i o d Ac c o u n t & D e s c r i p t i o n YT D En c / R e q s An n u a l D o l l a r s Re m a i n i n g An n u a l % Re m a i n i n g YT D A m e n d e d Bu d g e t YT D D o l l a r Va r i a n c e YT D % Va r i a n c e An n u a l Am e n d e d Bu d g e t Ac t u a l s Ye a r t o D a t e B u d g e t An n u a l B u d g e t 50 3 3 0 2 - G r a n t s & C o m p l i a n c e D i v i s i o n 50 0 0 0 0 - E X P E N S E S 55 9 0 4 0 - C i t y a n d C o m m u n i t y P r o g r a m s - - - - - - 5 , 5 0 0 5 , 5 0 0 . 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 - - - - - 55 9 0 0 0 - O t h e r S u p p l i e s - 5 , 5 0 0 5 , 5 0 0 . 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 55 0 0 0 0 - S u p p l i e s - - - - - - 5 , 5 0 0 5 , 5 0 0 . 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 50 0 0 0 0 - E X P E N S E S - - - - - - 5 , 5 0 0 5 , 5 0 0 . 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 - - - - - - 5 , 5 0 0 5 , 5 0 0 . 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 - - - To t a l S u r p l u s / D e f i c i t - - - 5 , 5 0 0 5 , 5 0 0 . 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 Da t a A s O f : 1 / 5 / 2 5 a t 5 : 0 1 : 1 0 A M Pa g e 1 o f 1 10 2 . 0 2 Bu d g e t t o A c t u a l s - Ca l e n d a r i z e d N o n P r o j e c t Y T D v a r i a n c e w i t h P O 's January 9, 2025 Secretary for the U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 RE: City of Fort Collins’ FY 2025 Funding Proposal for the Midtown Improvement Project Dear Secretary for the U.S. Department of Transportation: As the Chair of the Fort Collins Disability Advisory Board , I am providing this letter in support of the City of Fort Collins’ (City) request for planning funds under the 2025 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) funding opportunity. The City is pursuing funds for the Midtown Improvement Project, in partnership with the Midtown Business Improvement District, to develop construction documents for a 1.3-mile corridor of College Avenue (U.S. Route 287) from Boardwalk Drive to, and including, the West Drake Road intersection. With limited upgrades and increased growth along and adjacent to the corridor (increased number of businesses and residential neighborhoods), the corridor serves as a barrier to safe multi-modal transportation options for all users. The Midtown Improvement Project will develop final design for reconfiguration of the frontage roads, with addition of active modes infrastructure to reduce conflict points between vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles. Final design will address current conditions for those with limited mobility, a disability, or walk with children. Specifically, existing wide intersections that hinder the elderly and people with disabilities to cross in a given amount of time will be reconfigured. Multi- use pathways on both sides of the project corridor will have physical separation from the travel lanes on College Avenue, while also being wide to provide better mobility options for people with disabilities. Considering the importance of this project in providing multimodal transportation options for all users and its alignment with goals of the City and DOT over improving mobility and community connectivity, we respectively encourage you to give the City’s application your full and fair consideration. Thank you, 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 host Community Awards Ceremony biannually. Will explore options in 2024 for new ideas on how to organize the award 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. Awards Ceremony will be held biannually. Will research new ideas in 2024 for the awards ceremony.  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  2025 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