Item 10.2 - Attachment 1 |
Access Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 21
February 2012 |
MINUTES OF THE ACCESS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD IN MEETING ROOMS 1 & 2, GROUND FLOOR,
PRESENT
Mr John Moxon in the Chair, Leonie Clarke, Joe Dimech, Jim Grainda, Debbie Manuel, Hamish Murray, Peter
Simpson, and Duy
IN
ATTENDANCE
1. WELCOME
John Moxon welcomed
everyone to the Access Committee.
2. ACKOWLEDGEMENT
OF TRADITIONAL OWNERS
John Moxon acknowledged the Burramattagal Clan of The Darug, the
traditional land owners of
3. APOLOGIES
Councillor Andrew Bide tendered his apologies.
4. CONFLICT OF
INTEREST DECLARATION
There
were no declarations made regarding conflict of interest at this meeting.
5. CONFIRMATION
OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
A
copy of the Minutes of the Access Advisory Committee meeting held on 20
December 2011 had previously been forwarded to each member.
RESOLUTION (Grainda/Clarke)
That the Minutes of the meeting of the Access Advisory
Committee held on 20 December 2011 be taken as read and confirmed as a true
record of the meeting.
6. ELECTION
OF CHAIR
The
nominations received for Chairperson, in alphabetical order, were:-
(1) John Moxon
There being
no further nominations,
The
nominations received for Chairperson, in alphabetical order, were:-
(1) Hamish Murray
There being
no further nominations,
7 ACCESS AND EQUITY POLICY
The policy
will provide guiding principles for Council, not detail on how this will be
implemented.
The
Committee expressed concern regarding statistics coming from census data, and
how this data was presented. The Census provided data for only those needing
acute care and therefore excludes people who do not need careers, but whose
disability still impacts on their lives and access to facilities, including
those in wheelchairs or with hearing or visual disabilities. Therefore, that
data is not representative of all those needing to be taken into consideration
in Council planning and policy. The Committee suggested that The Disability, Ageing and Carers,
The
Committee also expressed concern regarding comparisons of groups within
Parramatta to other LGA or State levels, which could lead to the impression
that because a demographic group size in
Parramatta was smaller than another area’s, there was less need to take the
group into consideration. The Committee also noted that it is more than the
person with the disability that is affected by Access, but also people who are
with the person with a disability, including families, friends and colleagues
who travel, work and socialise with them.
Jayne noted
the concerns raised, and told the Committee she will continue to seek more
accurate data that is relevant to the Parramatta LGA.
8 BUSINESS
ARISING
8.1 Meeting with Library
The Committee
met with
8.2 Meeting with
The
Committee expressed some concern that once a building has reached certification
stage, it is too late to make changes.
8.3 Follow up on 2011 information on
Station Upgrades
The
Committee asked that a letter form Council be sent regarding an update on the
schedule for station upgrades, specifically for
The
Committee also noted that the S8 Bus between Wentworthville Station and
Constitution Hill travels via the retirement village, and as such
Wentworthville station should be given priority in the schedule of station
access upgrades because of Access needs of residents in the retirement
village.
8.4 Update
on Accessible Keyboards
Leonie
Clarke noted that she had approached Jane MacKey from the Over 55’s Learning
and Leisure Service prior to bringing the matter to the Committee.
The
Committee received correspondence from
9 GENERAL
BUSINESS
9.1 ParraConnect
At the most
recent ParraConnect meeting, John Moxon spoke to the letter sent from the
Access Committee. The ParraConnect Committee noted the issued raised and will
form sub-committees on an ad-hoc basis that can consult directly with the
Access Committee.
9.2 New Members
The
Committee noted the need to recruit new members and the opportunity with the
upcoming Council election where all Committees are dissolved and reformed with
an EOI process. Word of mouth through networks would be the most effective way
to promote the Committee, where appropriate people are encouraged to submit an
EOI.
NEXT MEETING
17 April 2012 at 5:30pm
Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
Closed 6.46pm