Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee
The full agenda, as filed
All 5 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
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Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Committee Members and Staff
The Chair, Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee, will offer welcoming remarks, followed by introductions of Committee members and supporting staff.
The Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to request the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission to arrange a presentation to the September 5, 2023 Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee meeting on the service planning changes that are being made to the TTC's Wheel-Trans Service, including: the rationale for the change(s); what equity analysis was conducted to inform the anticipated impacts of the change(s); how people with disabilities were consulted in the proposed change(s); the status of the re-registration process and how known or anticipated barriers to re-registration will be addressed; and a comparison of projected financial costs of operating the Wheel-Trans under Family of Services and the previous Wheel-Trans service model.
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Roles and Expectations of Public Members
Staff from the Public Appointments Secretariat of the City Clerk's Office will provide an overview of the roles and responsibilities for public members of the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee.
The Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee received the item for information.
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Meeting Processes and the Simplified Rules of Procedure
An Administrator from the City Clerk's Office will give a presentation on Meeting Processes and the Simplified Rules of Procedure.
The Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee received the item for information.
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The two Vice Chairs of the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee are elected by the Members of the Committee for a term of office ending on November 14, 2026, and until successors are appointed. All members are eligible for election.
The Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee: 1. Elected Liv Mendelsohn and Dana Francoz as Vice Chairs of the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee for a term of office ending on November 14, 2026, and until successors are appointed.
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Accessibility Needs Assessment: Toronto's Sidewalks and Streets
Jennifer Niece, Manager, Strategic Policy and Innovation, Transportation Services, will provide a presentation of the findings from a needs assessment conducted by Transportation Services in late 2022/early 2023 regarding accessibility on the City's sidewalks and streets. The assessment included interviews with key stakeholder organizations, an organizational survey and a randomized, representative public survey of Torontonians with disabilities.
The Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee requested that: 1. The General Manager, Transportation Services consider re-evaluating the definition of disability to be more in alignment with the social model of disability by including such words as "the experience of those interacting with " and include an update of any revised definition in the presentation expected for the September 5, 2023 Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee.