AGENDA
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVENESS

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Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre
411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC

1.
CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER:

 

[Note:  This meeting will be live streamed and video recorded for the public.]

2.
INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS:

 

3.
ADOPTION OF AGENDA:

 

4.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES:

 

a.
Minutes

This item has attachments. 
1.ACAI240911M.pdf

Minutes of the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness Meeting held in the Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Wednesday, 2024-SEP-11, at 4:00 p.m.

5.
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS:

 

6.
PRESENTATIONS:

 

a.
Accessibility Wayfinding Update Presentation

This item has attachments. 
1.PWPT_ACAI241113_AccessibileWayfindingUpdate.pdf

To be introduced by Charlotte Davis, Acting Director, Facility and Parks Operations.

7.
REPORTS:

 

a.
Verbal Update re: MOBI Mats

 

To be introduced by Charlotte Davis, Acting Director, Facility and Parks Operations.

b.
Leisure Economic Access Pass (LEAP) Review Update

This item has attachments. 
1.RPT_ACAI241113_LEAP.pdf
2.PWPT_ACAI241113_LEAP_2SlidesPerPage.pdf

To be introduced by Darcie Osborne, Director, Recreation and Culture.


Purpose:  To provide the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness (ACAI) an overview and update of the recommendations from the Leisure Economic Access Pass (LEAP) review. 


Presentation:

  1. Darcie Osborne, Director, Recreation and Culture.

c.
Local Community Accessibility Grant

This item has attachments. 
1.RPT_ACAI241113_LocalCommunityAccessibilityGrant.pdf

To be introduced by Darcie Osborne, Director, Recreation and Culture.


Purpose:  To seek direction from the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness (ACAI) on a grant application for the Local Community Accessibility Grant (the Grant) funded by the Province of British Columbia, offered by The Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC BC).


Presentation:

  1. Mike Bryson, Manager, Recreation Facilities and Custodial Services.

Recommendation:  That the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness (ACAI):

  • support an application for the Local Community Accessibility Grant in the amount of $24,052 to purchase and install seven (7) assistive hearing devices for the wickets at the front counters at all five (5) recreation centres; Beban Pool, Nanaimo Ice Centre, Nanaimo Aquatic Centre, Oliver Woods Community Centre and Bowen Complex; and,
  • recommend that Council provide a letter in support of the City’s application to SPARC BC.

8.
OTHER BUSINESS:

 

9.
QUESTION PERIOD:

 

10.
ADJOURNMENT:

 
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