Item 9.3 - Attachment 1 |
Access Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 21 Dec
2010 |
MINUTES OF THE ACCESS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD IN MEETING ROOMS 1 & 2, GROUND FLOOR,
PRESENT
Leonie Clarke, Joe Dimech, Jim
Grainda, Debbie Manuel, John Moxon, Hamish Murray, Duy
Quang Nguyen and Peter Simpson
IN ATTENDANCE
1. WELCOME
John Moxon welcomed
everyone to the Access Committee.
2. ACKOWLEDGEMENT OF TRADITIONAL OWNERS
John Moxon acknowledged
the Burramatugal Clan of The Darug, the traditional land owners of
3. APOLOGIES
Apologies were accepted for Barbara Jones due to illness.
The Committee asked that a card be sent on their behalf extending her their
best wishes.
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 19 October
2010 had previously been forwarded to each member.
RESOLUTION (Grainda/Simpson)
That
the Minutes of the meeting of the Access Advisory Committee held on 19 October
be taken as read and confirmed.
6. BUSINES ARISING
6.1 Public Domain Details Update
The public domain document as a whole is an evolving
document with parts and sections signed off in principle, others will still in
progress, and new sections are likely to be added and revised all the time with
changes in best practice. Council staff hope to have approval from the
Executive Team in February and hold a Councillor workshop in March, before
taking the document to Council to be endorsed in late March.
Copies of the full report can be made available to members
in hardcopy or CD. Peter Simpson, John Moxon and Hamish Murray are to be sent
CDs by the week of the January 21 2011, and any comments must be provided to
Action:
6.2 IDPwD Update
The Committee
felt that it was a good day, well organised, with a good atmosphere and that
The school
pupils had a good time with the activities held in the Town Hall, however the Committee
wondered how many of the children had disabilities, as it is good to encourage
children without disabilities to mix with those children that do have
disabilities. This should be looked at for 2011.
The
Committee ran a stall on the day and discussed how this went. The maps were not
used, but this was more of an organisational issue and needing to work on
engaging people. A lot of people did not want to take the survey created for
the day and people needed to be encouraged to come to the stall. The Committee
noted one survey respondent in particular had a very bad experience with State
transit in relation to the Ferry in Rydalmere. The person, who uses a
wheelchair, was dropped off at Rydalmere due to tides preventing the ferry from
travelling the entire route. Rydalmere wharf does not have an accessible toilet
or public phones, and many buses went by that were not wheelchair accessible.
The person needed to use a toilet, and ended up soiling themselves, and hence
was a very distressing experience for them.
The
Committee agreed that more media coverage of the event and in the lead up is
needed, as well as non-local media attention.
The Committee
expressed that Council needs to take IDPwD more seriously. It should have a
status similar to NAIDOC, including recognition and knowledge across Council
units. With a bigger budget there would be more recognition and status and
therefore better entertainment, and facilities could be provided. It needs to
be a quality event so that people will come to
6.3
Action:
6.4 “The good, the bad, and the
ugly” CD feedback
The CD
provides visual examples of poor and best practice in design and construction
for access. The Human Rights Commission can provide copies of the CD in large
quantities for $1 each. There are a lot of predevelopment DAs that might need
to see the CD and this would incur a large cost to Council, and therefore there
is a need to look into ways to recap the costs, such as adding the cost to the
DA application fee. Any changes to the DA processing fees have to be approved
by Council.
The
Committee noted that viewing the CD will not change everyone’s opinion, but the
people who make errors out of ignorance rather than financial concerns might be
influenced.
RECOMMENDATION: Moxon/Simpson
(a) That a copy of the CD
“The good, the bad, and the ugly” be provided to all who submit a Development
Application (DA) for a building required to provide access for people with a
disability;
(b) That the cost of
the CD ($1.00) be recovered from the applicant by way of an increased DA fee
and that Council approve this fee increase.
(c) Further that the DA
checklist be amended to require that the CD be viewed prior to lodgement of the
DA.
6.5 New members EOIs
Expressions
of Interest from Joe Dimech and Hamish Murray were received and were approved
by Council at the 13 December 2010 Council Meeting. They will have a short
induction before the February Meeting.
7.
CORRESPONDENCE IN
· Reminder notice of
NRMA Workshop on Road and Pedestrian safety courses and information on scooter
usage.
· Marcus Burt’s contact
details. (Customer Service Manager for Parramatta Station who deals with Access
issues)
8.
GENERAL BUSINESS
8.1 Recharging electric scooters
A resident
who uses her electric scooter to come into the CBD requested the assistance of
Council to provide a recharge access point for her scooter, as she needed to
recharge it in order to go home and was encountering difficulties in finding an
accessible power outlet to do this. She had been using outlets at
Recommendation:
The
Access Advisory Committee in principle supports Council making available a power
point to the resident to recharge her electric scooter, and suggested the
ground floor of
8.2 Wards and Councillors
Tanya Owen
made available maps of ward boundaries and which ward Councillors represent
what areas.
8.3 Meeting dates for 2011
The
Committee agreed to continue meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of every
second month in 2011.
Action:
8.4
The
Action: Tanya Owen to contact the
correct Council officer for appropriate action.
8.4 Christmas
The Committee
wished everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and John Moxon was
thanked for his contribution as Chair
NEXT MEETING
15 February 2011 at 5:30pm
Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
The meeting concluded at 7:06 pm