AGENDA
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVENESS

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 5:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.

Board Room, Service and Resource Centre,

411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC

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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

Minutes of the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness Meeting held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Wednesday, 2020-SEP-30, at 3:00 p.m.

5.

PRESENTATIONS:

a.

Leisure Economic Access Pass (LEAP) Program Review Update

Presentation:

1. Lynn Wark, Director, Recreation & Culture.

6.

REPORTS:

a.

2021 Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness Key Date Calendar

To be introduced by Karen Robertson, Deputy City Clerk.

Purpose:  To request that the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness recommend that Council approve their 2021 Key Date Calendar.

Recommendation:  That the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness recommend that Council approve their 2021 Key Date Calendar.

b.

Committee Discussion regarding the 2020-SEP-30 REIMAGINE NANAIMO Presentation

To be introduced by Lynn Wark, Director, Recreation and Culture.

Presentation:

1. Karin Kronstal, Social Planner.

Questions for Discussion:

1. What do you think is Nanaimo’s one biggest OPPORTUNITY to embrace in the coming years?
2. What do you think is Nanaimo’s one biggest CHALLENGE to tackle in the coming years?

c.

Inclusion and Diversity

Committee discussion to take place regarding Diversity and Inclusion in the City of Nanaimo.

7.

OTHER BUSINESS:

a.

Committee Member Check In

[NOTE:  Terms of Reference and Membership List attached for information.]

b.

Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness 2020-SEP-30 Recommendations - For Information

The following motion was made at the 2020-OCT-19 Regular Council Meeting:

It was moved and seconded that Council defer consideration of the following motions and direct Staff to prepare a report:

1.  That Council direct Staff to prepare a bylaw, which prevents garbage cans and recycling cans from being placed on sidewalks, in order to improve accessibility in the City of Nanaimo
2.  That Council direct Staff to make all transit stops within the City of Nanaimo uniform and highly visible so they are accessible for all citizens.

8.

ADJOURNMENT: