Accessibility Advisory Committee

Meeting #:

Date:

Monday, December 11, 2023

Time:

2:00 P.m. - 4:00 P.m.

Location:

Living Arts Centre - Mississauga Room, 2nd Floor

4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga, ON

Members

• Councillor Matt Mahoney
• Councillor Martin Reid
• Carol-Ann Chafe
• Asim Zaidi
• Alessia Commisso
• Amanda Ramkishun
• Clement Lowe
• Mary Daniel
• Moneira Salic
• Naz Husain
• Paul Wilk
• Steven Viera

Participate Virtually and/or via Telephone

To Request to Speak on Agenda Items - Advance registration is required to make a Deputation please email Martha Cameron, Legislative Coordinator at [e-mail] or call 905-615-3200 ext. 5438 no later than Thursday, December 7, 2023 before 4:00 PM.
Questions for Public Question Period - Questions for Public Question Period should be provided to the Legislative Coordinator at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. 
Comments submitted will be considered as public information and entered into the public record.

Please note the Accessibility Advisory Committee will not  be streamed and a video will not be posted afterwards.

Contact
Martha Cameron, Legislative Coordinator, Legislative Services
905-615-3200 ext. 5438 

Email: 

Find it Online
http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/accessibilityadvisory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff Accessibility Resource Team (StART)

Adriana Tantalo, Project Leader Senior Capital Projects, Capital Project Management

Alana Tyers, Manager Service Development, MiWay

Amina Menkad, Planner, Official Plan Review

Amr Merdan, Urban Designer, Urban Design

Amy Camara, Communication Advisor, Employee Communications and Events

Andrei Romanytchev, Traffic Signals Technician, Traffic Signals

Andrew Noble, Manager, Recreation - Golf and Arenas

Anthony Frigo, Building Plans Examiner, Building

Brad Jakubowski, Landscape Technologist

Dan Sadler, Accessibility Supervisor, Asset Management and Accessibility

Darlene Utarid, Manager Asset Management Accessibility & Workplace Strategy

David DeForest, Corporate Policies Analyst, Corporate Performance and Innovation

Jenna Prokop, Community Development Coordinator, Parks Services

Janette Campbell, Chair, Accessibility Planning and Compliance

Julie Phan, Digital Coordinator, Website Operations

Mattea Turco, Active Transportation Coordinator

Michael Foley, Manager, Mobile Licensing Enforcement

Monika Kennedy, e-Commerce Specialist, Digital Services

Shazia Kalia, Senior Buyer, Material Management - External

Stefan Szczepanski, Manager Parks Development

Taghreed Alz, Accessibility Specialist

Uzma Shakir, Strategic Leader Diversity & Inclusion

Victoria Ho, Financial Strategies

Virginia Kalapaca, Project Leader Landscape Architect, Parks Program Delivery

Wesley Booker, Legal Counsel Labour and Employment, Legal Services

Zainab Abbasi, Planner Culture

Martha Cameron, Legislative Coordinator, Legislative Services

 

 

 

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

INDIGENOUS LAND STATEMENT

“We acknowledge the lands which constitute the present-day City of Mississauga as being part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, The Haudenosaunee Confederacy the Huron-Wendat and Wyandotte Nations. We recognize these peoples and their ancestors as peoples who inhabited these lands since time immemorial. The City of Mississauga is home to many global Indigenous Peoples.

As a municipality, the City of Mississauga is actively working towards reconciliation by confronting our past and our present, providing space for Indigenous peoples within their territory, to recognize and uphold their Treaty Rights and to support Indigenous Peoples. We formally recognize the Anishinaabe origins of our name and continue to make Mississauga a safe space for all Indigenous peoples.”

3.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

4.

DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

5.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

5.1

Accessibility Advisory Committee DRAFT Minutes – July 24, 2023

6.

DEPUTATIONS

Each Deputation to Committee is limited to speaking not more that 10 minutes. Committees only.

Pursuant to Section 57.1 of the Council Procedure By-law 0044-2022, as amended:

Deputations shall be received and the matter shall be referred to staff for a report, unless there is a resolution or recommendation passed to “receive” the Deputation. After a Deputation is completed, Members shall each have one opportunity to make a preamble statement and ask questions to the Deputant(s) or staff for clarification purposes only, and without debate.

6.1

Peel Regional Police Chief Resource Council

Staff Sergeant Mike Lockington and Constable Jennifer Bissell, Peel Regional Police

6.2

MiWay Bus Stop Standards:  Tactile Walking Surface Indicators (TWSIs)

Alice Ho, Manager, Service Delivery, and Jacqueline Elias, Supervisor, Transit Infrastructure Planning, MiWay

6.3

Share Micro-mobility Program Demonstrations verbal update

Mattea Turco, Transportation Planner and Matthew Sweet, Manager Active Transportation

6.4

2023 Accessibility Compliance Update

Dan Sadler, Supervisor Accessibility

7.

PUBLIC QUESTION PERIOD - 15 Minute Limit 

Public Comments: Advance registration is required to participate and/or to make comments in the virtual public meeting. Any member of the public interested in speaking to an item listed on the agenda must register by calling 905-615-3200 ext. 5438 or by emailing by Thursday, December 7, 2023 before 4:00PM.

Pursuant to Section 58 of the Council Procedure By-law 0044-2022, as amended:

Accessibility Advisory Committee may grant permission to a member of the public to ask a question of the Committee, with the following provisions:

1. Questions may be submitted to the Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the meeting;
2. A person is limited to two (2) questions and must pertain specific item on the current agenda and the speaker will state which item the question is related to;
3. The total public question period time is 15 minutes maximum and shall not be extended by the Chair; and
4. Any response not provided at the meeting will be provided in the format of written response.

8.

CONSENT AGENDA

9.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

9.1

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Update

Accessibility Staff will provide a brief verbal update with respect to the Accessibility For Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

9.2

Region of Peel Accessibility Advisory Committee Update

Councillor Mahoney, Carol-Ann Chafe, Vice-Chair and Mary Daniel, Citizen Member and Members of the Region of Peel Accessibility Advisory Committee will provide a brief verbal update.

9.3

Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) Work Plan

9.4

2024 Accessibility Advisory Committee Meeting Dates

10.

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

10.1

Facility Accessibility Design Subcommittee Report 6 - 2023 - September 25, 2023

10.2

Facility Accessibility Design Subcommittee Report 7 - 2023 - November 20, 2023

11.

INFORMATION ITEMS

11.1

Verbal update from Carol-Ann Chafe, Chair and Citizen Member regarding the 20 Year Anniversary Planning

11.2

Verbal update from Steven Viera, Citizen Member on the Transit Advisory Committee

12.

OTHER BUSINESS

13.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

FADS – FACILITY ACCESSIBILITY DESIGN SUBCOMMITTEE
Monday, January 22, 2024 at 1:30 pm

AAC – ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Monday, February 4, 2024 at 2:00 pm

14.

ADJOURNMENT