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Agenda Item No: 6. b. I
Meeting Date: May 4, 2015
SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
Department: Public Works
Prepared by: ��e,w�-v01 ` City Manager Approval
Acting Director of Public Works
File No.: 01.10.50.01
SUBJECT: ANNUAL PRESENTATION FROM THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
ACT (ADA) ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION: Receive presentation from the ADA Access Advisory Committee.
BACKGROUND: The San Rafael City Council forms commissions and committees to provide
guidance to City Council on community issues. At its 2014 Annual Retreat, the City Council
requested that each of the commissions and committees provide an annual update to City Council
to improve communications and to assist with planning city-wide strategic goals.
A brief summary of recent ADA Advisory Committee activities is attached to this staff report.
The current Chair of the committee, Ewen McKechnie, will provide an updated report during the
meeting.
Current members of the ADA Access Advisory Committee are: Ewen McKechnie, Jennifer
Conroy, Fredric Divine, Johnathan Frieman, Gladys Gilliland, Eric Holm, Carol Manashil, Rob
Simon. There are no vacancies.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
OPTIONS:
1) Receive the updated report
2) Direct staff to provide additional information
ACTION REQUIRED: None
ATTACHMENTS: Annual Report
FOR CITY CLERK ONLY
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2014 Annual Report
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mission: The San Rafael ADA Access Advisory Committee was established to review the City's
progress in implementing the policies, procedures and projects set forth in the City's 2004
Settlement Agreement with the federal Department of Justice. The Committee serves an
advisory role in assisting the City with creating or modifying those procedures, policies and
standards that will bring San Rafael into compliance with the Settlement Agreement and all
applicable federal and state accessibility standards.
Membership: see attached "ADA Access Advisory Committee" roster.
2014 Highlights:
Committee members participated in a June accessibility forum organized by the Business
Improvement District and the Marin Center for Independent Living. The event provided
business and property owners with information about affordable, practical changes associated
with accessibility that will benefit all customers.
The Committee requested the removal of the pedestrian crossing at P St., near Kaiser, which
was dangerous for the able-bodied and particularly treacherous for the disabled.
Focused on the ongoing work to create the 800+ curb ramps the City has constructed since
2004, including 367 of the 765 identified by the Department of Justice Settlement Agreement.
2015 Goals:
With the advent of SMART, advise the City Council about potential problems arising from the
new access routes to the transit center and the potential for accessibility issues connected with
the proposed safety gates.
Support and participate in the planned August 2 ADA celebration event. Participate in a
dialogue regarding the large number of remaining Settlement Agreement curb ramps scheduled
for completion by February 2019.
Recruit a new member who sees the world from the perspective of a wheel chair.
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ROUTING SLIP / APPROVAL FORM
INSTRUCTIONS: USE THIS FORM WITH EACH SUBMITTAL OF A CONTRACT, AGREEMENT,
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION BEFORE APPROVAL BY COUNCIL / AGENCY.
SRRA / SRCC AGENDA ITEM NO.
DATE OF MEETING: May 4, 2015
FROM: Richard Landis
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
DATE: April 28, 2015
TITLE OF DOCUMENT:
ANNUAL PRESENTATION FROM THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) ACCESS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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