Accessibility Advisory Committee

Meeting #:

Date:

Monday, February 06, 2023

Time:

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

Location:

Online Video Conference

Members

• Councillor Matt Mahoney , Ward 8
• Councillor Martin Reid, Ward 9
• Naz Husain, Citizen Member (Chair)
• Carol-Ann Chafe, Citizen Member (Vice-Chair)
• Asim Zaidi, Citizen Member (Vice-Chair)
• Mary Daniel, Citizen Member
• Clement Lowe, Citizen Member
• Amanda Ramkishun, Citizen Member
• Theodore Walker Robinson, Citizen Member
• Steven Viera, Citizen Member
• Alfie Smith, Stakeholder Member
• Sally Wall, Stakeholder Member

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1.

CALL TO ORDER - 2:02 PM

Chair, requested everyone present at the meeting introduce themselves.

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

Approved, as amended (S. Viera)

Amended to move the Public Question Period up following the Deputation item 6.1 to permit resident questions

4.

DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

5.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

5.1

Draft Accessibility Advisory Committee Minutes – 2023 01 16

Approved (A. Ramkishun)

6.

DEPUTATIONS

6.1

MiWay's 2022 Annual Accessibility Plan

Alana Tyers, Manager Service Development presented the MiWay 2022 Annual Accessibility Plan to the Committee and outlined the improvements which included enhanced transit shelters and their accessible features, electric accessibility ramps which enable buses to kneel at varying heights, digital and website accessible content, staff training and review of policies and procedures.  Ms. Tyers also provided the Committee Members with an update on the LRT construction and its impact on bus stops.

Committee members inquired about the re-purposing of the old bus shelters, expressed concerns with the traction on the floor of buses, inquired about continued customer service training for drivers and ensuring snow removal at bus stops to allow accessible access. 

• RECOMMENDATION AAC-0005-2023
  Moved By M. Daniel

  That the deputation and presentation by Alana Tyers, Manager Service Development entitled "MiWay 2022 Annual Accessibility Plan" presented at the Accessibility Advisory Committee on February 6, 2023, be received for information.

  Received

6.2

2022 Accessibility Annual Status Update

Dan Sadler, Supervisor Accessibility presented the 2022 Accessibility Annual Status Update to Committee Members and advised that 63 or 64 commitments have been met. Mr. Sadler advised that staff would be working on creating accessible templates and aware of accessible documents and provided highlights of customer service, information and technology, employment, transportation and updating the FADS guidelines.

Committee Members discussed the benefits of site visits to ensure accessibility is achieved.

• RECOMMENDATION AAC-0006-2023
  Moved By A. Smith

  That the deputation and presentation by Dan Sadler, Supervisor Accessibility entitled "2022 Accessibility Annual Status Update" presented at the February 6, 2023 Accessibility Advisory Committee meeting, be received for information.

  Received

7.

PUBLIC QUESTION PERIOD - 15 Minute Limit 

Item 6.1 - Catherine Soplet, Resident inquired about signage and labelling of platforms at the City Centre Transit Terminal in response to construction that would impact bus stops and the location of connecting buses.

Alana Tyers, Manager, Service Development advised Ms. Soplet that staff are on location the day prior and the day of changes to assist customers and that there would be a review of wayfinding at the City terminal with a focus on the location of signage and its accessible features.

8.

CONSENT AGENDA - Nil

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).

No update was provided

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.

No update was provided.

9.3

Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) Work Plan

An update was not required from the last meeting.

10.

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

10.1

Facility Accessibility Design Subcommittee Report - 2023 01 23

• RECOMMENDATION AAC-0007-2023
  Moved By A. Ramkishun

  That the deputation and presentation by Paul Gardner, Greg Baskin and Lauren Gibbons of Landscape Plan Ltd., and Rafik Nassif of Pylons Architecture Inc., on Paul Coffey Park Accessibility Presentation to the Facility Accessibility Design Subcommittee on January 23, 2023, be received for information.

  Received

11.

INFORMATION ITEMS

12.

OTHER BUSINESS

The Chair and Members acknowledged each other's contribution to the Committee.

13.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

FADS – FACILITY ACCESSIBILITY DESIGN SUBCOMMITTEE
Monday, February 27, 2023 at 1:30pm
Via virtual online Conference

AAC – ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Monday, April 17, 2023 at 2pm
TBA

14.

ADJOURNMENT - 3:17 PM

(C. Chafe)