Facility Accessibility Design Subcommittee

of the Mississauga Accessibility Advisory Committee

Meeting #:

Date:

Monday, May 15, 2023

Time:

1:30 P.m. - 3:30 P.m.

Location:

Online Video Conference

Members

• Clement Lowe, Citizen Member (Chair)
• Carol-Ann Chafe, Citizen Member
• Naz Husain, Citizen Member
• Moneira Salic, Citizen Member
• Steven Viera, Citizen Member
• Asim Zaidi, Citizen Member

Staff Present

• Martha Cameron

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1.

CALL TO ORDER - 1:32 PM

Chair requested that everyone present at the meeting introduced 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.

DEPUTATIONS

3.1

Gulleden Park Redevelopment

Lauren Gibbons, Architect, Landscape Planning Ltd presented to the Subcommittee Members the proposed redevelopment to Gulleden Park which would be concluded by the Fall of 2024.  The project would include accessible tennis courts, spray pad, playground, skate park, basketball court, ice rink and two pickle ball courts.  Ms. Gibbons discussed the surface materials that would be used in the various locations and the pathway width and sloping, benches and rest locations and the site furnishings which would be accessible.

Subcommittee members inquire about service animal relief and drinking stations, QR codes and wayfinding and requested that plantings along pathways would be maintained to prevent overgrowth and tripping hazards. Subcommitee members were advised that a 1 metre sod strip would buffer plantings from the walkway, lighting would be updated on the tennis courts and provided on pathways, the pickle ball courts and skate rink and that there currently would be no plan for a drinking station for service animals. 

• RECOMMENDATION FADS-0008-2023
  Moved By S. Viera

  That the deputation and presentation by Greg Baskin, Architect, Landscape Planning Ltd to the Facility Accessibility Design Subcommittee on May 15, 2023 on Gulleden Park Redevelopment, be received for information.

  Received

3.2

Review of the Proposed Redevelopment of South Common Community Centre and Library Project

Aimee Drmic, Project Architect, Senior Associate from Perkins & Will Architects presented to the Subcommittee on the redevelopment of South Common Community Centre and Library project and discussed both indoor renovations and outside to include a six lane lap pool and a therapeutic pool; gymnasium with elevated track; fitness centre, splash pad, reading garden, tennis courts and parkland which would all be accessible.  Ms. Dmric presented the upper and lower floor plans and entrance way into the centre, accessible parking and pathway widths. Ms. Dmric advised the Subcommittee that the project is in its development phase at this time and that concerns regarding colour contrast, texture, glare free surfaces, signage and counter heights would be addressed later in the project which would take three years to complete.

Subcommittee members requested that the deputation be brought back to the Subcommittee as the development proceeds with site, elevation and floor plans that show measurements and updated drawings and information.

• RECOMMENDATION FADS-0009-2023
  Moved By C. Chafe

  That the deputation and presentation by Aimee Drmic, Project Architect, Senior Associate, Perkins & Will Architects to the Facility Accessibility Design Subcommittee on May 15, 2023 on the Review of the Proposed Redevelopment of South Common Community Centre and Library Project, be received for information and that the presenter return to the Facility Accessibility Design Subcommittee to provide further drawings and updates including site, elevation and floor plans.

  Received

4.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

5.

PROJECT UPDATES

6.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

June 26, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Via Virtual Online Conference

7.

ADJOURNMENT - 2:31 PM

(N. Husain)