ADA Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting

ADA CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Monday September 12, 2022 Minutes MEETING TIME: 1:00 PM MEETING PLACE: Municipal Building Council Chambers, 201 Gray Street Norman Oklahoma 73069 Members Present Staff Present Guest Chris Nanny Heather Poole 3 citizens were in Tom Burke Taylor Johnson attendance December Ambose Jesse Hill Miranda Hooper Cinthya Allen Wanda Felty Madison Pierce Joseph Theige Nelson Dent Susan Favors Members absent Victor Long Mary Pharris It is the policy of the City of Norman that no person or groups of persons shall on the grounds of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, place of birth, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, marital status, including marriage to a person of the same sex, disability, retaliation, or genetic information, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to discrimination in employment activities or in all programs, services, or activities administered by the City, its recipients, sub-recipients, and contractors. In the event of any comments, complaints, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, and auxiliary aids and services regarding accessibility or inclusion, please contact the ADA Technician at 405-366-5424, Relay Service: 711. To better serve you, five (5) business days’ advance notice is preferred. Roll call: Chris Nanny, Tom Burke, December Ambos, Miranda Hooper, Wanda Felty, Madison Pierce, Joseph Theige, Nelson Dent and Susan Favors, were all present Mary Pharris, Victor Long, were absent. Upon the confirmation of a quorum 1:03 Jesse turned meeting over to Miranda as Committee Chair. June 13, 2022 Minutes: Miranda shared the Minutes of the June 13, 2022, there was a change to Tom Burke last name removing the s. Motion was made to approve the minutes with the change to removing the s on Tom Burke last name. Motion was made by Susan Favors and Seconded by Wanda Felty, No further discussion. A vote was taken by committee members to accept the minutes as amended. Unanimous. Miranda turned the meeting over to Jesse to share updates on the previous Capital Improvements made through this committee. After Jesse shared the update on 24th Ave NW Main to Robinson Jesse advised that this project was $9,708.10 over budget and that there was a need to reallocate $10,000.00 funding previously allocated to new evaluations in 2019. Jesse advised that in order to save money and not outsource the evaluations the City is completing the evaluations using the ADA technician to complete. Miranda asked if a motion was needed to approve this re-allocation of funds. Wanda asked if we had considered the price increase as this was first brought to the committee in 2018. A Motion was made by Nelson Dent to reallocate the $10,000.00 for new evaluations to fund the overage on 24th Ave NW. This was seconded by Madison Pierce, no further discussion was needed, and a vote was taken of committee members to re-allocate the monies from new evaluations to 24th Ave NW overage. Unanimous Jesse continued to update the committee on the other projects including Lions Park, Andrews Park, 12th Ave Recreation Center, Norman Central Library and Training. There were question brought up about family restrooms in city parks. The committee then turned their attention to the FYE 2023 Transition Plan Capital Improvement Projects. Jesse shared information regarding numerous projects that could be funded in 2023. Jesse shared that Council had previously adopted a budget of $386,000.00 for FYE 2023. Of this budget $86,000.00 was earmarked for the 2021 Transit Plan for remediation of the transit stops. Taylor Johnson shared where the City was at in the comprehensive Transportation Plan. That there will be public meetings in the near future once the routes have been completed. After Taylor was finished Miranda asked for a motion to be made to allocate $86,000.00 for the 2021 Transit Plan. A motion was made by Chris Nanny and seconded by Joseph Theige. The committee was asked to vote on this allocation and was unanimously to approve. Jesse then shared the remaining identified issues that were listed in the 2018 Transition Plan, Including 24th Ave SW, East Lindsay Street, Miscellaneous Signalized intersections, Railway crossing, Westwood Park, and Little Axe Recreation Center. After some discussion and information given that there is a lot of money tied up in Lions Park, Andrews Park and 12th Ave Recreation Center. Jesse recommended in regards to funding for this year it was expressed by the City Engineer that the next section to be remediated in FYE 2023 would be 24th Ave SW sidewalk corridor. Jesse shared that the City Engineering Department was in the beginning stage of applying for grants for Lindsay street project as well as the signalized intersections that were identified and evaluated in the 2018 Transition Plan. There were some conversations that took place about numerous sidewalks throughout the City of Norman. Upon completion of the information given Jesse turned the meeting back over to Miranda to make a recommendation of a motion for funding for FYE 2023. A motion was made by Madison Pierce to approve the funding of $300,000.00 for 24th Ave SW between Main and Lindsay and Lindsay back to Main and was seconded by Tom Burke. Discussion of funding and how much of 24th Ave the $300,000.00 would be available to complete. Jesse shared with the committee that the Engineering Assistant and he were working through what need to be replaced and what did not. They will be watching closely the finances of the program along 24th Ave SW. After the discussion, the committee was asked to vote on the recommendation to allocate $300,000.00 for 24th Ave SW. it was approved unanimously. Miranda asked for a motion to adjourn. The motion to adjourn was made by Wanda Felty and seconded by Chris Nanny, it was approved by the committee unanimously. Meeting ended at 2:45 PM.