D. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Phase II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan.

[D. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Phase II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan.]

TWENTY ONE OH NINE RECEIVED A REPORTED TO GIVE AFTER ACTION REGARDING PHASE TWO OF THE A.D.A TRANSITION PLAN.

GARY, YOU MUTED.

GARY, YOU'RE NOT MUTED ANYMORE, BUT WE STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.

I THINK YOUR IS YOUR MIKE.

HOW'S THAT IS MUCH BETTER AND YEAH, NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TRY THIS AGAIN.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

CHAIR, CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS GARY PASKIN, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, PARKS AND RECREATION AND FACILITIES, TEAM MEMBERS FOR THE CITY THAT ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU, ALONG WITH KIMBERLY HORN, WHO'S OUR CONTRACTOR, A CONSULTANT THAT'S HELPING US CONDUCT AN ADA SELF EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKS, TRAILS AND OUR BUILDINGS.

PHASE ONE WAS DONE WITH THE SIDEWALKS, AND THESE LAST TWO PHASES WILL BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR AND WILL COMPLETE OUR ENTIRE ADA TRANSITION PLAN.

THAT WOULD MAP POOL I'M SORRY, IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT, BUT I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS THAT'S HELPING US FROM OUR PARKS SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

CRAIG ARRINGTON IS A PARKS MANAGER AND STUART BIRDSEYE IS WORKING AT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THEY ARE BOTH OVERSEEING AND WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS ON OUR PARKS FACILITIES AND KAREN AND KAREN ZEMUN AND CAROLINE SEWARD IS WORKING ON OUR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

AND THEN SCOTT GRAY AND HIS TEAM IN FACILITIES IS WORKING ON THE CITY BUILDINGS.

SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CONSULTANT TO LEARN THE PROCESS, BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE EVALUATION AND HOW IT'S BEING CONDUCTED. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MATT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

IF HE CAN BRING UP THE POWERPOINT AND HE'LL WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND THEN BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

SO MUCH, GARY, AND THANK YOU COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU I AM WORKING ON PULLING UP PRESENTATION.

HOPING I CHOSE CHOOSE THE RIGHT SCREEN.

OK. SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ALL SEE ON MY SCREEN NOW, AND IF SOMEONE COULD CONFIRM, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

YES.

OK. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL, VERY HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON AS GARY INTRODUCED ME, I MATT WITH KIMBERLY HORN.

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AND WE'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, BOTH AS PART OF THE PHASE ONE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE CURRENT PHASE TWO PROJECT.

AND I ALSO HAVE STEPHEN LEWANDOWSKY WITH ME TODAY, AND HE'LL BE HOPPING IN HERE AT THE SECOND HALF OF THE PRESENTATION.

AND HE'S WITH ACCESS OLOGY.

AND THE KIMBERLY HORN ACCESS TEAM HAS WORKED, HAVE A LONG HISTORY TOGETHER, WORKING ON A.D.A SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN PROJECTS, BOTH LOCALLY HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, BUT AS WELL AS FOR MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE SLIDES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN WITH QUESTIONS AS YOU HAVE THEM OR INTERRUPT ME.

WE WANT TO BE INTERACTIVE AND DON'T FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO HOLD YOUR THOUGHTS TILL THE END. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 15 SLIDES.

THE BACK HALF ARE MOSTLY SOME PICTURES, SLIDES.

SO PLEASE JUST FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT AND JUMP IN WITH ANY THOUGHTS YOU HAVE OR ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH.

BUT WHAT THAT WILL GO THROUGH TODAY IS AGENDA.

SO FIRST WE TO GO THROUGH A PROJECT OVERVIEW, REALLY JUST KIND OF BACKGROUND ON THE A.D.A REQUIREMENTS AS RELATED TO CAPACITY, RESPONSIBILITY OR CITY RESPONSIBILITIES, AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN A.D.A TRANSITION PLAN.

AND AGAIN, REALLY, IT'S THE OVERVIEW IS, IS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOCUMENTING ALL BARRIERS TO ACCESSIBILITY IN THE PROGRAM, SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC BY THE CITY.

AND AFTER THOSE BARRIERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, THE THE RESULTING ACTION IS AN ACTION LAW.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S WRONG? AND YOU DEVELOP A PLAN OF ATTACK TO MAKE THE ASSOCIATED ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

AFTER THAT OVERVIEW, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE PROJECT SCOPE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A PHASE ONE RECAP, SIMILAR TO WHAT GARY JUST DESCRIBED AND A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE BUILDING AND PARK AND TRAIL EVALUATION OUTLINE AND PROCEDURES WE PLAN TO GO THROUGH AS WE COMPLETE THAT WORK.

AND THEN FINALLY, LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE WANT TO REINTRODUCE THE PUBLIC INPUT COMPONENT OF THE PLAN AND BE SURE WE DESCRIBE THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME GREAT INPUT OUT OF THIS GROUP, AS WE DID AS PART OF THE PHASE ONE TRANSITION PLAN.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST FOR THE LOT, AGAIN, LAST NOT LEAST, WE'LL HAVE THE SCHEDULE JUST TO SHOW YOU OUR ANTICIPATED TIME FRAME FOR WORKING THROUGH THE PHASE TWO PROJECT.

SO, AGAIN, JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND WITH WHICH MANY OF YOU ARE LIKELY FAMILIAR WITH ALREADY, BUT TITLE TWO OF THE AMERICANS WITH THIS ABOUT AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT REFERS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES THEY OFFER TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION, YOU KNOW, BASED ON DISABILITY FOR THOSE OFFERINGS TO THE PUBLIC.

SO THE ADA IS ENFORCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

SO THIS IS A FEDERAL YOU KNOW, IT'S A FEDERAL ACT AND IT HAS FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, WHICH ARE ENFORCED BY THE DOJ.

AND THEN THE US ACCESS BOARD IS THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE ASSOCIATED ADA STANDARDS, WHICH INCLUDES THE 20 10 ADA GUIDELINES THAT WE TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER. THOSE ARE EXCUSE ME, THE 2010 ADA STANDARDS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER THAT APPLY TO THE PARK AND BUILDING FACILITIES WE WILL BE EVALUATING AS WELL AS KROMAGG, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES.

AND THOSE WERE USED TO EVALUATE THE PHASE ONE FACILITIES.

AND SO WHAT IS IT WHAT IS AN A.D.A TRANSITION PLAN? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND WHAT IS A TITLE TO REQUIREMENT FOR AN A.D.A TRANSITION PLAN? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW THINGS LISTED HERE.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE REQUIREMENT IS FOR A MUNICIPALITY OR A LOCAL AGENCY TO HAVE AN A.D.A COORDINATOR TO OVERSEE TITLE TO COMPLIANCE.

AND REALLY THE ROLE OF THIS THIS PERSON, THIS WOULD BE A CITY STAFF MEMBER.

IT IS A CITY OF DETROIT STAFF, MAYORS, SINCE WE HAVE NO CITY TO FIND THIS POSITION AS PART OF THE FIRST PHASE.

BUT REALLY, THEIR JOB IS TO INTERFACE BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY TO HELP FACILITATE CONVERSATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PART OF THE TRANSITION PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT OF A GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE, A FORMAL PROCESS THAT ALLOWS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO FILE A GRIEVANCE TO THE CITY WHEN THEY FEEL THAT THERE IS A BARRIER TO ACCESSIBILITY, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BARRIER THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

ACCESS IS NOT BEING PROVIDED.

AND SO, AGAIN, THE ADA COORDINATORS ROLE IS TO RECEIVE THOSE GRIEVANCES AND RESPOND WITHIN A DEFINED TIME FRAME.

THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE, IS THAT IT FORMALIZES THE PROCESS FOR COMPLAINTS SO THAT IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR DISABILITY COMMUNITY DOES.

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FILE A GRIEVANCE, IT DOESN'T GET LOST IN THE SYSTEM AND IT CAN'T BE IGNORED.

ADDITIONALLY, PART OF A A.D.A TRANSITION PLAN OR ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN EIGHT DAY TRANSITION PLAN IS TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ADA.

IT'S IT'S A PUBLIC NOTICE.

IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THE CITY STATING THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE ADA AND B, THAT THEY CANNOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON DISABILITY.

SO THE REASON I SAID THOSE THREE THINGS, FIRST IS BECAUSE THEY'RE MOSTLY ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS AS PART OF A TRANSITION PLAN, AND THEY ARE ALSO THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND ARE BEING ACTIVELY KEPT UP BY THE CITY.

SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE BOXES THAT WE HAVE CHECKED ALREADY AS PART OF THE PHASE ONE TRANSITION PLAN AND AGAIN, CONTINUE TO KEEP UP.

SO THE THE LAST TWO BULLETS ARE ARE REALLY A THEY'RE LARGE, LARGE EFFORTS.

RIGHT. A SELF EVALUATION IS REQUIRED AS PART OF A TRANSITION PLAN.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS, IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A CONFUSING PHRASE, BUT SELF WOULD BE THE AGENCY OR THE CITY OF DENTON IN THIS CASE, AN EVALUATION, MEANING LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THEY OFFER TO THE PUBLIC AND EVALUATING IT FOR ADA COMPLIANCE.

AND AGAIN, WHAT THAT MEANS IS IDENTIFYING BARRIERS TO ACCESS, IDENTIFYING PLACES WHERE MAYBE A SIDEWALK LEADS UP TO A CURB AND THERE SHOULD BE A CURB RAMP THERE FOR SOMEONE TO CROSS THE STREET WHO MAY BE A WHEELCHAIR USER OR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A HANDLE ON A DOOR IN A BUILDING THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF DEXTERITY AND GRASPING, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A LEVER ON THAT DOOR. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF BARRIERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IDENTIFYING.

AND HAVE ALREADY, AS PART OF PHASE ONE AND THEN THE TRANSITION PLAN ITSELF, ONCE YOU IDENTIFY ALL THOSE BARRIERS, HOW DO THEY HOW ARE THEY REMEDIED? WHAT IS THE PRIORITY FOR REMEDYING THE BARRIERS? WHAT IS THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? AND WHAT IS THE PRIORITY? WHAT IS WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A SEVERE AND PRESENT DANGER VERSUS SOMETHING THAT MAY BE OUTSIDE OF ADA COMPLIANCE THRESHOLDS, BUT IT'S NOT PRESENTING A PRESENT DANGER.

WE WANT TO FIX THE DANGEROUS THINGS FIRST.

WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM GETTING HURT USING PUBLIC FACILITIES OFFERED BY THE CITY.

AND SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE TRANSITION PLAN AND ASSOCIATED ACTION LOG.

SO NOW GETTING SPECIFIC WITH THE CITY OF VINTON'S APPROACH, AGAIN, AS GARY DESCRIBED AT THE START OF THE PRESENTATION AND PHASE ONE, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN TWENTY NINETEEN, WE DID FOCUS ON ALL OF THE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS FACILITIES.

AND AGAIN, THAT INCLUDES ALL PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.

SO SIDEWALKS THAT RUN ALONG ROADWAYS, ALL CURB RAMPS ALONG THOSE SIDEWALKS, AS WELL AS ANY PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS THROUGH STREETS OR DRIVEWAYS.

SO IT'S REALLY THAT WHOLE PATH OF TRAVEL ALONG ROADWAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE.

JUST ANOTHER NOTE, WE'VE CONTINUED TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OR THE ACTION PLAN SIDE OF PHASE ONE, I'M STILL WORKING CLOSELY AND STEVEN'S WORKING CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF TO PRIORITIZE THE FACILITIES, EVALUATE AS PART OF PHASE ONE, AND DEVELOP A PEDESTRIAN POTENTIAL INDEX THAT WILL TAKE THE INFORMATION FROM THE PHASE ONE TRANSITION PLAN, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER CITY FACTORS OF IMPORTANCE AND DEVELOP A SCORING CRITERIA TO HELP PRIORITIZE FUTURE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND IN LATER YEARS SO THAT THAT WORK IS STILL BEING USED AND ACTIVELY MONITORED.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO MIND EVERYTHING WE CAN FROM PHASE ONE TO HELP DIRECT DECISION MAKING IN THE FUTURE. FOR PHASE TWO, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, AGAIN, THE FOCUS IS PARK AND BUILDING FACILITIES, AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN THE PARKS, IN THE BUILDINGS, FOR BUILDINGS? OF COURSE, THERE'S A BUILDING INTERIOR WHICH WHICH IS IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY, AND HAS ALL KINDS OF ELEMENTS WHERE THERE ARE 88 REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS COUNTER HEIGHT OR RESTROOM ACCESS TO THE RESTROOM AND THE FEATURES AND ELEMENTS PROVIDED IN THOSE RESTROOMS GETTING INTO THE DOORWAY.

BUT ALSO THERE'S ELEMENTS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING THAT WE LOOK AT AS WELL, SUCH AS IS THERE ADEQUATE, ACCESSIBLE PARKING? AND IF THAT PARKING IS PRESENT, IS THERE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH TO GET, YOU KNOW, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC FROM THE PARKING SPACE INTO THE BUILDING? SO WE TRY TO WE ARE ALL INCLUSIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS RELATED TO THE ADA REQUIREMENTS PRESENTED IN THE 2010 ADA STANDARDS.

FOR PARKS, WE HAVE A SIMILAR APPROACH, AGAIN, PARKING IS KIND OF WHERE WE START, THAT'S HOW CAN YOU GET INTO THE PARK IF YOU CAN'T, YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESSIBLE PARKING PROVIDED, BUT ALSO ALL PATH OF TRAVEL WITHIN PARKS, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, ANY PATHWAYS OR TRAILS.

THOSE WILL BE EVALUATED FOR EXCESSIVE SLOPES SO SMOOTH, STABLE AND SLIP RESISTANT MATERIALS AND THEN ALSO AMENITIES OFFERED WITHIN THE PARK.

SO IF THERE ARE RESTROOMS OR OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE PARK, THOSE WILL BE EVALUATED.

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IF THERE ARE PLAYGROUNDS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S NOT JUST HAVING A PLAYGROUND.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WAY FOR EVERYONE TO GET TO THE PLAYGROUND.

AND SO IF THERE'S A RAISED SURFACE AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND, THAT'S THAT'S A BARRIER TO NEED TO HAVE A PSEUDO RAMP ALLOWING SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY GET INTO THE PLAY AREA. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE KINDS OF THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.

AND STEVEN'S GOING TO PROVIDE SOME SOME MORE CONCRETE EXAMPLES HERE AND IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON THOSE ELEMENTS.

SO IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS WORK, WE'VE DEVELOPED AN APPLICATION THAT ALLOWS US TO COLLECT THE DATA IN REAL TIME USING A TABLET DEVICE, AN INTEGRATED CAMERA AND SOME PRE DEVELOPED FIELD FORMS THAT CORRESPOND TO THE A.D.A REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO, AGAIN, WHAT THIS ALLOWS IS REALLY.

A REPORTING MECHANISM THAT THAT THAT INCLUDES PICTURES THAT SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT THE ADA EVALUATOR SAW WHEN THEY WERE IN THE FIELD, IT ALLOWS FOR DATA TO BE COLLECTED AND SAVED IN REAL TIME SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO LOSS OF DATA AS WE GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE FIELD INTO THE OFFICE AND WHERE THE CITY AT THE END OF THE DAY HAS EVERYTHING THEY NEED FROM US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR ACCESSIBILITY, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE. AND AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PASS THIS OVER TO STEPHEN AND ACCESS YOU, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE TEAM ACTUALLY IN THE FIELD PERFORMING THE PARK AND BUILDING EVALUATIONS.

AND SO I'M GOING TO LET HIM KIND OF DESCRIBE THE THE APPLICATION SCREENSHOTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE AS WELL AS THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES.

TAKE IT AWAY. STEPHEN, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME STEVEN, AND I'M WITH XSLT, WHERE A CONSULTANT TO KIMBERLY HORN ON THIS ON THIS PARTICULAR PHASE.

AND AS MATT SAID, WE ARE DUCTING THE BUILDING IN PARK EVALUATIONS FOR PHASE TWO.

SO THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN TO SCREEN SHOTS.

AND THIS JUST GIVES AN OVERALL IDEA OF WHAT OUR MOBILE APPLICATION LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE'RE COLLECTING DATA IN THE FIELD.

SO THEY'RE ON THE LEFT IS JUST A.

SITE DETAILS SCREEN GIVES OUR THE LOCATION OF THE FACILITY, ITS ADDRESS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ON THE RIGHT IS KIND OF THE MEAT OF THE APPLICATION WHERE AS WE COME ACROSS BARRIERS AND THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED IN OUR SYSTEM, WE CAN DOCUMENT THOSE QUICKLY SO WE CAN WE CAN LOCATE THOSE IN SPACE.

SO EVERY EVERY BARRIER WILL HAVE A POINT ON A MAP AND WILL BE HELPFUL TO THE CITY LATER ON SO THEY CAN EASILY LOCATE THESE BARRIERS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.

AND ALSO, WE IDENTIFY WHAT KIND OF BARRIER IT IS, WHETHER IT'S A PARKING SPACE ISSUE, A DOOR KNOB ISSUE, A SINK ISSUE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

AND WE HAVE DROPDOWN FIELDS IN OUR APPLICATION THAT KIND OF NARROW DOWN WHAT THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE IS.

AND THEN OUR FIELD TEAM CAN TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, MEASUREMENTS, WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO CONVEY THAT BARRIER BACK TO THE CITY.

AND THEN ONCE ALL THAT IS COLLECTED, THAT IS ALL PACKAGED TOGETHER AND.

IT START TO BE ANALYZED TO PRIORITIZE ANY FUTURE REMEDIATION PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON IN THE FIELD, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE IN ALL THE BUILDINGS, WALKING AROUND, TAKING MEASUREMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ALONG WITH PARKS AND TRAILS. SO WE'LL JUMP INTO SOME SAMPLE BUILDING ISSUES.

AND THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE COME ACROSS TYPICALLY.

AND AS THIS PHASE PROGRESSES AND AS THE COMMITTEE IS INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FINDINGS, THESE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS YOU'LL YOU'LL BE SEEING IN THE DATA AND THEN IN THE REPORTING. SO ON THE INTERIOR, HAVING DOORKNOBS INSTEAD OF LEVER TYPE HARDWARE, VERY COMMON ISSUE, ESPECIALLY ON OLDER TYPE FACILITIES, NARROW DOORWAYS, NOT ACHIEVING THEIR THEIR MINIMUM CLEARANCE, EXCESSIVE COUNTER HEIGHTS, PARTICULARLY IN PUBLICLY ACCESSED AREAS. SO, YOU KNOW, LOBBIES OF BUILDINGS, INFORMATION COUNTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE LIBRARY COUNTERS THINGS, WHERE THE COUNTERS, WHERE THE PUBLIC INTERACTS WITH WITH STAFF.

RESTROOM ISSUES ARE VERY COMMON ISSUES, ACCESSIBLE TOILET STALLS, THEY MAY HAVE INACCESSIBLE TOILETS AND MAYBE IT DOES NOT FULLY COMPLY.

MAYBE IT'S MISSING A GRAB BAR OR THE TOILET IS TOO HIGH.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, BUT.

THEY ALL FACTOR INTO THIS LAVATORY HEIGHTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE MEETING THEIR THEIR MAXIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS AND HAVING THE EXPOSED PIPING UNDERNEATH THE

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LAVATORIES PROTECTED.

AGAIN, A VERY COMMON ISSUE.

SO HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS HERE ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE A PARKING ISSUE AND AT FIRST GLANCE IT MAY LOOK FULLY COMPLIANT, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT CAR RAMP RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, THE THE ACCESS AISLE WHERE SOMEONE WOULD EXIT THEIR VEHICLE AND TRAVEL UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK.

SO THAT CURB RAMP IS NOT BE IN THE ACCESS AISLE.

THAT OR WITH THE LENGTH OF THE ACCESS CELL HAS TO BE FREE OF OBSTRUCTION AND LEVEL.

SO THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE.

THIS IS NOT A CITY OF DENTON FACILITY.

THIS IS A SAMPLE PHOTO FROM ANOTHER LOCATION, BUT AN IDEA OF SOME POSSIBLE ISSUES THAT YOU MIGHT SEE. RIGHT.

WE HAVE A TYPICAL DOOR TO A RESTROOM AND IT'S AN OLDER BUILDING.

AND YOU CAN KIND OF TELL, BY THE WAY, THE SIGNAGE AND THE DOORKNOB.

BUT REGARDLESS, THESE ARE REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO MODIFY THE SIGNAGE ON THIS DOOR AND REPLACE THAT DOORKNOB WITH A AN ACCESSIBLE TYPE OF HARDWARE.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, PUBLIC COUNTERS, SO THEY'RE ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE A COUNTER IN THE LOBBY OF A PUBLIC BUILDING AND THAT COUNTER, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT FORTY TWO OR FORTY THREE INCHES AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THEIR ACCESSIBLE PORTION OF THE COUNTER AT 36 INCHES HIGH AS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE. SO THEY'LL HAVE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE TO THAT COUNTER IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO TO THE PUBLIC.

THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, AN OLDER TOILET ROOM, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE LACKING THE FULLY ACCESSIBLE TOILET COMPARTMENT.

SO IF THIS WAS THE ONLY OTHER SET OF TOILET ROOMS IN THE IN THE BUILDING, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO MODIFY THESE.

IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER FULLY ACCESSIBLE ONE SOMEWHERE, THEN IT MAY BE A LOWER PRIORITY AT THIS POINT. BUT AT SOME POINT, ALL OF THESE ITEMS WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.

SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE, WHERE WE WILL END UP PRIORITIZING THESE, AS MATT MATT DISCUSSED. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ELEMENT IS.

IN THE SAME TYPE OF THING WILL GO ON IN YOUR PARK FACILITY, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT PARKING, VERIFYING PARKING COUNTS, MAKING SURE THAT THE CORRECT NUMBER OF ACCESSIBLE SPACES ARE PROVIDED AND SOME COMMON ISSUES IS NOT HAVING SIGNAGE OR THE PROPER ACCESS AISLES THAT SERVE THOSE ACCESSIBLE SPACES.

SO WE'VE COME ACROSS A NUMBER OF FACILITIES IN OUR IN OUR WORK WHERE THEY HAVE THE SIGNAGE AND THE SPACE, BUT THEY'RE LACKING THE REQUIRED EXOBIOLOGY INTO THE SPACE.

PARK AMENITIES SUCH AS PLAYGROUNDS AND STEPHEN, I THINK WE HAVE A QUESTION.

OH, SURE. YEAH.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE PARKS, SPECIFICALLY THIS I'VE NEVER BEEN ON ONE I HEARD ABOUT IN OREGON, I THINK, WHERE THERE WERE MARKERS ALONG THE TRAIL THAT HAD SOME KIND OF BLUETOOTH DEVICE SO THAT A PERSON WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES COULD WALK THE TRAIL USING LOOK LIKE A GPS TYPE THING.

OK, IS WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO OR YOU GUYS COULD JUST KIND OF PUT IN SOME BRACKET SOMEWHERE, JUST INVESTIGATE THAT ITEM, JUST EVEN ONE TRAIL THAT IS IN THE PARKS OR SOMETHING? WE CAN MAKE WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS WANTS TO. LOOK INTO DREW, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXTRA AMENITY TO THOSE PARKS, ARE THAT TRAIL INSURED? WE INCLUDE THAT IN SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, AS THE TRANSITION PLANS DEVELOPED.

WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS IN THERE AS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, YOU KNOW, AND SEE WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO MOVE WITH THAT, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD SAY YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO. IT WOULD BE SOMETHING IT'S A NICE TO HAVE TYPE OF THING.

RIGHT. BUT THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO.

YEAH, THANKS.

SO I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER.

YES, WE HAVE WE HAVE TWO AND THE PERSON I SEE FIRST ON MY SCREEN IS JOE, SO WE'LL GO WITH JOE FOR WHEN YOU OR TWO.

STAND OR WILL REMAIN CALM.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT THE

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END OF THE WAR.

YOU KNOW, CAROL.

SO I'M LOOKING AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT.

DO YOU THINK THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY ON THE TO.

OK, SO HE'S ASKING IF.

IF LIKE WHEN LOOKING AT ALL THIS INFORMATION FOR THESE PURPOSES AND THINGS, IF YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SHARE THAT WITH AN EVENT COORDINATOR, THERE WILL BE NO MORE LAND OF THE WILL.

AND THE MORE YOU SAY THE LAST PART.

AND WE'RE NOW IN THE.

RON IN TEXAS WROTE IN AN THEY IN THE ROOM WHEN WHEN THEY HAVE THE EVENT, LIKE IN THIS PARK.

YEAH, OK, SO SO ALL IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY.

SO ALL THE DATA THAT WE ARE COLLECTING AS FAR AS THE FACILITY AND PARK ASSESSMENTS, ALL THAT IS COMPILED AND YET IT BECOMES PUBLIC INFORMATION.

SO AND CITY STAFF WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

SO IF IT NEEDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO CERTAIN OUR.

EVENT COORDINATORS KNOW AND THEN THE CITY CAN TAKE THAT AND PASS THAT ALONG, IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE DEALT WITH AT THOSE FACILITIES OR MAYBE SOMETHING TO ADD ON TO IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN.

ONE THING IS THERE'S THE CITY IS PUTTING ON AN EVENT THEMSELVES IN WHICH CASE THEY WILL LEARN THE REQUIREMENTS FROM OUR EVALUATIONS OF THE PARK AND BUILDING, UNDERSTAND THEIR AREAS OF CONCERN IF THEY WILL BE HOSTING AN EVENT AND ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES.

ALTERNATIVELY, THE CITY CAN BE WORKING WITH AN OUTSIDE AGENCY AND THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THAT AGENCY TO HOST THE EVENT.

AND DEPENDING ON THE TERMS OF THAT AGREEMENT, IT'LL EITHER BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE EVENT IS HOSTED IN AN ADA COMPLIANT ELEMENTS ARE PRESENT, OR IT WILL BE THE THE THIRD PARTY AGENCY HOSTING THAT EVENT.

BUT IN EITHER CASE, THE CITY WILL BE EQUIPPED BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION COLLECTED AS PART OF THIS TRANSITION PLAN, TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO A THIRD PARTY AGENCY AND HELP THAT THIRD PARTY AGENCY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BE SURE THAT THE EVENT IS HOSTED IN A WAY THAT SUPPORTS ADA COMPLIANCE.

THIS IS GARY PARK AND FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, WE'RE TAKING NOTES.

SO WE HAVE THIS DOWN THAT WE CAN PUT IN OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT ENTERED. WE'RE.

OK, AND THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE MORE FROM TAMARA AND TOMORROW. I'M SORRY, ON THE BELLEZA.

TO GET. I LEARNED THIS LAST WEEK.

THAT THE NAHLAH THE.

THE CAN FIND THAT PEOPLE.

IF THEY WEREN'T, THERE WAS THEM.

AND THEY A ARE ON THEIR WAY TO THE.

SO ON HERE ON YOUR.

NINE BRAND VALUES ARE.

OH, YOUR YOUR PLACARDS SO YOU CAN PASS.

YEAH, YEAH, ANGIULO MOUTHING ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS ANDREW.

THAT THEY CANNOT FIND THEM? YEAH, IT'S IT'S.

IT'S KIND OF HOW WHATEVER THE CITY ORDINANCE THAT ARE AND IT BECOMES A CITY ENFORCEMENT

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AND THEN THEY JIM.

THEY DON'T FIND THEM.

IT DOESN'T HAVE A SIGN.

THEY'RE NEVER OUT OF OH, I HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT, RIGHT? YEAH, IF THERE WERE SOME NEW AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEY THIS BECAME EFFECTIVE IN AUGUST.

TWENTY TWENTY. AND I FORGET THE HOUSE BILL.

NO, BUT IT'S LAW NOW.

SO THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING IS REQUIRED TO HAVE THE FINE.

SIGN ON IT, GO WITH THE AMOUNT, SO.

AND I JUST HAPPENED BACK IN AUGUST, LIKE I SAID, SO, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M SORRY TO BARNABUS, IT IT YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T SAY IT'S IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, BUT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IT IT'S IMPLIED TO APPLY TO EVERYWHERE AT ANY TIME.

SO GARLAND.

I KNOW. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE FOR EVERYBODY TO START TO LEARN THAT IT WAS NOT PUBLICIZED VERY WELL.

YEAH. AND IT JUST KIND OF SHOWED UP AS A AS A NEW LAW, AS ACCESS SPECIALIST DID.

IT CAUGHT US OFF GUARD TOO, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TO START LOOKING FOR THAT WHEN WE DO THESE ASSESSMENTS. SO YOU'LL YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THAT IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S AT THE END OF THIS PHASE.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE DOCUMENTED IT'S NOT PROVIDED.

SO. YEAH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LEARNING PROCESS.

IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE A WHILE FOR EVERYONE TO GET ON BOARD.

I MEAN, IT TOOK 30 YEARS FOR PEOPLE TO START TO GET ON BOARD WITH THE ADA.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL AREN'T ON BOARD.

SO FORTUNATELY.

BUT THE CITY OF DENTON IS IS WELL ON THEIR WAY TO GETTING A FULL TRANSITION PLAN GOING.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE REMEDIED AND AT LEAST THE CITY OF DENTON LEVEL.

WAS THERE ONE MORE? AND I DON'T SEE ONE WHERE I HAD TO EXPAND MY GALLERY.

OK, I'LL CONTINUE, AND IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN YOU CAN INTERRUPT ME SO PARK AMENITIES, SO PLAYGROUNDS, AS MATT MENTIONED, PARK BENCHES, I MEAN EVERYTHING FROM THE SWING SETS TO PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO THE BAGS THAT YOU USE TO PICK UP AFTER YOUR DOG.

I MEAN, WHATEVER THE CASE, WHATEVER THOSE AMENITIES ARE PROVIDED IN PARKS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE SO AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, ALONG A ROUTE THAT'S ACCESSIBLE AND MOUNTED AT THE CORRECT HEIGHTS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE RESTROOMS AND DRINKING FOUNTAINS DEPENDING ON WHAT'S PROVIDED IN THE PARK. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE PARKS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

AND HERE WE HAVE SOME SAMPLE ISSUE PARK ISSUES THERE ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE A TRAIL.

IT WAS A PAPER TRAIL UP UNTIL THIS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT WAS IN AN OLD WOODEN BRIDGE.

SEE, THERE'S THERE'S QUITE A LEVEL CHANGE THERE BETWEEN THE PATH AND THE BRIDGE.

SO THAT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER.

AND AT ONE POINT, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A FULLY COMPLIANT CONDITION AND THINGS SINK AND HEAVE AND CHANGE OVER TIME.

SO SOME OF IT'S A MAINTENANCE CONCERN AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST OLD AND NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED. IT WAS JUST NEGLECTED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND YOU END UP WITH ISSUES LIKE THIS, THE THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT.

IT'S ONE WE KIND OF PUT IN EVERY PRESENTATION JUST TO ILLUSTRATE.

SOMEBODY TRIED TO PUT IN A RAMP HERE DOWN TO THIS THIS PARK LEVEL.

BUT IT'S IT'S IT HAS A VERY SEVERE SLOPE ON IT.

IT'S THE DANGEROUS RAMP.

BUT WE USE IT AS KIND OF A TEACHING TOOL THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE THAN JUST KIND OF THROWING TOGETHER AROUND.

SO THIS WAS A THIS WAS ACTUALLY A HIGHER PRIORITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT BECAUSE IT DID HAVE SUCH A SEVERE SLOPE.

IT BECAME IT BECAME A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

IF SOMEONE WERE TO GO DOWN THAT RAMP, THEY COULD LOSE CONTROL QUITE EASILY AND END UP HURT. SO.

JURAJ. AND HERE ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE A TYPICAL PLAYGROUND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE ALL OVER WITH A NICE PATHWAY AROUND THE PLAYGROUND, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE BY THE SHADOW

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THERE IS A DROP OFF BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND WHERE THE PLAYGROUND MATERIAL IS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE A TRANSITION AT SOME POINT TO ACCESS INTO THE PLAYGROUND.

AND THEN THE PLAYGROUND SURFACE ITSELF.

THIS PARTICULAR ONE HAS PEOPLE CALL IT MULCH, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY AN ENGINEERED PRODUCT THAT IS DESIGNED AND MADE TO BE ACCESSIBLE WHEN IT'S INSTALLED CORRECTLY.

SO BUT AGAIN, IT BECOMES A MAINTENANCE CONCERN IF IF THAT SURFACE IS NOT TOUCHED IN SEVERAL YEARS, IT'S GOING TO TURN TO DUST, ESSENTIALLY.

SO IT'S IT'S KIND OF UP TO THE THE PUBLIC ENTITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ARE MAINTAINED. THAT'S ONE OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS, IS TO MAINTAIN ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS IN AN ACCESSIBLE CONDITION.

AND THEN THERE ON THE RIGHT, WE HAVE.

A TYPICAL RESTROOM IN A PARK.

THIS PARTICULAR PHOTO WAS TAKEN RIGHT AFTER THIS RESTROOM BUILDING WAS COMPLETED.

IT WAS JUST FINISHED CONSTRUCTION AND THE ROUTE UP TO THAT DOOR HAD AN EXCESSIVE SLOPE ON IT. SO EVEN NEW CONSTRUCTION SOMETIMES ISN'T COMPLIANT.

AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTRACTOR ERROR.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNED INCORRECTLY.

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. WE JUST KNOW THAT IT WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

BUT IT DOES HAPPEN. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CATCH SOME OF THESE THINGS, ESPECIALLY ON NEWER FACILITIES WHERE THEY CAN BE, IT CAN BE REMEDIED QUITE EASILY.

IN THIS CASE, IT WASN'T AN EASY FIX.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO IN AND DO SOME CONCRETE WORK TO MEET THAT FULLY COMPLIANT.

BUT THIS JUST ILLUSTRATES THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS NEW DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN SOMEONE DID THEIR FULL, FULL JOB OF MAKING IT FULLY ACCESSIBLE.

SO. UM.

BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, WE'RE WE'RE HERE TO DOCUMENT THE ISSUES AND THE CITY SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW TO PROCEED.

AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FROM TAMARA, SURE.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FACILITIES.

HOWEVER, THIS BY ZEV.

IS THAT A QUESTION FOR THE CITY? I CAN TELL YOU FROM JUST FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, SO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT THERE IS A THERE'S AN ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS LAW THAT'S FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS THEIR OWN ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS SIMILAR TO THE ADA STANDARDS.

THEY ACTUALLY MIRROR EACH OTHER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, HAS A REVIEW AND INSPECTION PROCESS FOR ANYTHING THAT'S CONSTRUCTED THAT COST FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE.

SO LET'S SAY SOMEBODY IS DESIGNING A NEW PLAYGROUND FOR A PARK AND THE COST IS GOING TO BE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THEY'RE REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW TO HIRE A REGISTERED ACCESSIBILITY SPECIALIST.

AND THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS ARE LICENSED BY THE STATE TO REVIEW THOSE PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CATCHING THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

AND THEN ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, IT'S ALSO REQUIRED TO BE INSPECTED TO VERIFY THAT IT WAS BUILT IN COMPLIANCE.

BUT IN BETWEEN THERE, THE DESIGNERS ARE THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO DESIGN AND COMPLIANCE.

SO. THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE ON HOW THINGS WORK NOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY HAS ANYBODY WITH A DISABILITY ON ON STAFF THAT LOOKS AT ANYTHING FOR THEM.

BUT I'LL LET GARY TALK TO THAT, IF THAT'S AN ISSUE.

WELL, SPEAKING, THE STATE HAS A PROCESS TO TRY TO CATCH A LOT OF THESE THINGS, BUT A LOT OF IT IS ON THE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE DESIGNED IN COMPLIANCE AND ALSO CONSTRUCTED INTO COMPLIANCE.

RIGHT.

I MEAN, PART OF THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT, TOO, IS TO HELP GARY AND SCOTT AND THEIR TEAMS. THINK THINK LIKE THIS AND BE SURE THAT, AS STEPHEN MENTIONED, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE OFFICIAL PROCESSES, BUT HAVING HAVING THE EXPERIENCE OF SPEAKING WITH A MEMBER OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY OR LEARNING FROM THEM AND LEARNING FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE THAT I EXPERIENCE.

AND IT CERTAINLY IS VERY EYE OPENING AND STEVEN HAS AS WELL.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AND WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT GARY AND SCOTT IN THEIR TEAMS, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW AS WELL.

AND SO WE'RE HELPING SHARE THAT WITH THEM.

AND MOVING FORWARD, THEY'LL HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL TO HELP BELABOR THE POINT AND MAKE THINGS EVEN EVEN BETTER AS NEW FACILITIES COME ONLINE AND THE EXISTING FACILITIES ARE IMPROVED. SO.

IT WAS THE LAST SLIDE

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THAT WAS, I THINK, THE LAST SLIDE THAT YOU HAD, STEVEN, SO I WILL I WILL SWITCH BACK NOW.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR PROCESS.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THE FIELD AND LOOK AT THINGS ACCORDING TO THE ADA STANDARDS. BUT ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A TRANSITION PLAN IS ACTUALLY GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THEIR EXPERIENCE USING THESE FACILITIES. AGAIN, WE CAN WE CAN EVALUATE TOWARDS THE STANDARDS ALL DAY.

AND THAT'S GOING TO GIVE A LEVEL OF CLARITY BASED ON THOSE STANDARDS.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE USER'S EXPERIENCE AND AND CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THAT MAY NOT BE SPECIFIC TO AN YEAR REQUIREMENT.

BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A VERY LARGE AND IMPORTANT BENEFIT TO THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND YOUR THOUGHTS AND AND EXPERIENCES AT THESE FACILITIES.

AND SO FIRST, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO SPECIFICALLY PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS AS PART OF PHASE ONE, BUT WE DID HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK, BOTH THROUGH THE SURVEY AND THE MAP THAT WILL WE'RE INTRODUCING AGAIN AS PART OF PHASE TWO.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

WE HAVE A WE HAVE A PUBLIC ACCESS SURVEY WITH THE GOAL OF ASKING SOME BASIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO ACCESSIBILITY, SUCH AS HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL BARRIERS OR CONSTRAINTS ON A PEDESTRIAN PATH OR FACILITY THAT YOU USE OR WOULD LIKE TO USE? IT'S JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION, YES OR NO, BUT IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A COMMENT ON YOUR EXPERIENCES.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT 15 QUESTIONS LIKE THAT RELATE TO CITY FACILITIES, THE SIDEWALKS, THE PARKS, THE BUILDINGS, CURB RAMPS, ET CETERA.

SO THAT'S ONE WAY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

IT'S MORE OF A TRADITIONAL SURVEY STYLE.

ANSWER THE QUESTION AND PROVIDE COMMENT.

ANOTHER METHOD AND TOOL THAT WE'RE OFFERING IS WHAT'S CALLED A WIKI MAP.

BUT REALLY, IT'S A MAP THAT FUNCTIONS VERY MUCH LIKE GOOGLE FOR ANYONE WHO'S USING GOOGLE MAPS OR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ON YOUR PHONE OR COMPUTER OR IF YOU'VE JUST SEEN IT.

BUT IT'S A IT'S A MAP, YOU KNOW, ON A COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT, DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT, WHERE YOU CAN GO AND DROP IN AND SEE THE LOCATIONS OF THE CITY PARKS, THE CITY BUILDINGS, THE CITIES, SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS, AND ACTUALLY CLICK AND ADD COMMENTS OR DRAW LINES AND DESCRIBE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.

SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE FUN, IN MY OPINION, TO USE A MAP.

BUT AGAIN, JUST WANT TO EXTEND AN APPRECIATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE USED THE MAP ALREADY AS PART OF THE FEEDBACK WE GET TO THIS PHASE ONE, BECAUSE THE CITY OF DENTON'S MAP HAD A LOT. IT WAS CHOCK FULL OF USEFUL INFORMATION AND HAD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS RECEIVE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.

SO I WANT TO BELABOR THAT POINT AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE A LOOK AS WE OPEN THESE BACK UP AS PART OF PHASE TWO WITH THE FOCUS ON PARKS AND BUILDINGS.

SO, AGAIN, FEEL FREE TO COMMENT, WHATEVER YOU LIKE.

WE WE WANT TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK AND DOCUMENT IT.

AND WE ANTICIPATE THESE MAPS WILL GO LIVE ON THE CITY'S WEB PAGE AT THE START OF APRIL.

IT WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO THIS GROUP AS WELL AS, I BELIEVE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

AND WE ANTICIPATE IT STAYING OPEN FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

SO IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME FRAME TO GENERATE SOME FEEDBACK.

AND I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

SO THERE SHOULD BE A REMINDER IN CASE WE FORGET.

BUT AGAIN, WELL, I'LL COORDINATE WITH GARY AND SCOTT AND THE CITY TEAM TO BE SURE THAT THAT GETS IN YOUR HANDS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT AVAILABLE. WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THAT.

SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT, BUT PLEASE GIVE ANY FEEDBACK YOU CAN.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JUST A SCHEDULE, WE STARTED THIS PHASE TWO PRODUCT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND I'VE COORDINATED WITH CITY STAFF ON GETTING THE FIELD WORK KIND OF OUTLINED AND IN PLACE SCHEDULED WILL BE OCCURRING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS IN THAT SECOND BLOCK BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE.

ALL OF THE FIELD EVALUATIONS FOR THE PARK AND BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC INPUT WE JUST TALK ABOUT. AND THEN AS WE GET TOWARDS SUMMER TIME, I WILL BE KIND OF FORMALIZING THE INFORMATION, PROVIDING THE CITY WITH DOCUMENTATION AND REPORTS, COSTING PRIORITIZATION FOR ALL OF THE BEARS THAT WE IDENTIFY AS PART OF THE EVALUATIONS.

AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH THE CITY STAFF TEAM TO KIND OF FINALIZE THOSE DELIVERABLES, AS WELL AS THE ACTION PLAN I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING FOR HOW THESE BEARS WILL BE ADDRESSED.

AND IMPROVED AND REMOVED IN THE FUTURE.

AND WITH THAT. WE'LL TAKE ANY MORE QUESTIONS AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE, FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME AND INTERACTION TODAY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS MET GARY PACHON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING OUR FACILITIES REVIEWED SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN MAKE

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THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY MOVING FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW.

HOW MANY CHANGES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SO WE'LL HAVE TO PLAN AND BUDGET THAT, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS A RECOMMENDED TIME FRAME THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE COMPLETED BY OR IS IT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD? IT'S THE LATTER.

AND REALLY EXACTLY AS YOU SAID, GARY, IT'S YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE AN IDEA OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS.

IF IT'S LET'S SAY IT WAS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, MAYBE THAT'S A FEW PENNIES TO THE CITY'S BUDGET. BUT IF IT'S SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS OF IMPROVEMENTS, THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED AND WORK ON OVER SEVERAL YEARS WITH, AGAIN, THE THE OBVIOUS DANGERS, THE HIGH PRIORITY IS KNOCKED OUT FIRST.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND INTEGRATE IT INTO OUR OUR CAPITAL PLAN AND OUR IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND MAINTENANCE PLAN TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ACCORDINGLY AS FACILITIES ARE UPGRADED OR RESURFACED OR WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE AS WELL.

SO I GUESS WITH THAT SAID, IS ANY ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION OR FACILITIES ON OUR APPROACH AND THE TIME FRAME FOR THE TRANSITION PLAN? AND BEFORE WE START THAT DISCUSSION, MATT, CAN I ASK YOU TO TAKE DOWN OR STOP SHARING ON THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN SEE ALL THE MEMBERS? YES, THANK YOU, SIR.

SURE THING IS ON THE BUTTON.

THERE WE GO. CAROLINE SEWARD IS OUR PROGRAM, ONE OF OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS.

SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON OUR DEPARTMENT ACCREDITATION.

AND HAVING A TRANSITION PLAN IS A REQUIREMENT FOR OUR NATIONAL ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.

SO THIS IS HELPING US ELEVATE OUR STANDARD OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL.

THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENTS THAT WANT TO ACHIEVE ACCREDITATION.

SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY HELPING US IMPROVE AS AN ORGANIZATION.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS? YES, SONIA.

SO JUST LOOKING AT THE PROJECT SCHEDULE FOR THE EVALUATION AND PUBLIC INPUT.

SO HOW ARE YOU GETTING OUT INFORMATION TO GET INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ON ACCESSABILITY? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE SURVEY, THE MAP THING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS IT.

YES, SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THOSE AREN'T LIVE YET, SO WE'LL BE WELL, THEY ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE LIVE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, HOPEFULLY BY THE START OF APRIL.

AND WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH GARY AND SCOTT AND AND RYAN AND WHOEVER AT THE CITY TO BE SURE THAT THE ONCE THOSE THINGS ARE ALIVE THAT IS DISTRIBUTED TO THIS GROUP DIRECTLY.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SPECIFIC MEANS THAT COMMUNICATION NORMALLY HAPPENS, BUT I'M SURE THAT CITY STAFF CAN HELP ME WITH THAT.

AND THEN, GARY, I KNOW YOU HAVE TO WORK ON A MASTER PLAN AND GETTING A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT THERE. HAVE YOU RECEIVED INPUT, JUST ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AS PART OF YOUR MASTER PLAN ALREADY? SO WE DID HAVE A DEDICATED KIND OF FOCUS GROUP MEETING.

IT WAS NOVEMBER OF TWENTY NINETEEN.

AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER COVID HIT AND EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF WENT SHUT DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THERE. BUT WE ACTUALLY ARE RAMPING THAT BACK UP.

WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC COMMUNITY MEETING TONIGHT ACTUALLY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SOME MORE IN THE FUTURE.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THIS COMMITTEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BEING ON OUR PARKS, RECREATION AND TRAIL SYSTEM COMMITTEE, OUR MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE.

FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE ONE DISK, THE TEACHER ALREADY, BUT OR WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FEW MORE MEMBERS.

IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A FIVE TO SIX MEETING COMMITMENT THROUGH NOW FROM DECEMBER, SO UNTIL DECEMBER TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, MAYBE PLEASE PASS YOUR NAME ON TO RYAN AND THEN I CAN BE IN TOUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY GET YOU WE'LL GET YOUR FLIERS ON FUTURE MEETINGS.

ANY OTHER FINAL QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS? OH, I'M LOOKING AT A TIMELINE AGAIN ABOUT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WHEN CAN WE EXPECT AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR RYAN TO HEAR ABOUT THE PUBLIC INPUT AND THE PRESENTATIONS.

IS THAT GOING TO BE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER? SO MAYBE OUR MEETING IN AROUND THAT TIME.

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YOU MEAN AS A FOLLOW UP TO THIS PRESENTATION WITH THE COMMITTEE HERE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE AROUND THAT TIME, BUT I THINK WE WOULD CHECK BACK IN WITH WITH THE TRANSITION PLAN TEAM JUST TO SEE WHEN THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT IS TO WHEN WE WOULD HAVE INFORMATION TO BRING THE COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE WHATEVER FEEDBACK YOU HAVE.

SO WHATEVER THAT SWEET SPOT IS, BUT PROBABLY AROUND THAT TIME FRAME WOULD BE BY MY GUEST.

MATT, DO YOU HAVE ANY.

YEAH, I WOULD AGREE, I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF AT THE POINT IN AUGUST WHERE WE ARE WRAPPING UP ON THE CONSULTANT TEAM IN AND TRYING TO FINALIZE THE TRANSITION PLAN DELIVERABLES FOR THE CITY. SO WE WILL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC INPUT AND SUMMARIZE AND KIND OF SHOW SOME SOME GENERAL YOU KNOW, WHAT THE INPUT WAS AREAS OF CONCERN, JUST GENERAL FINDINGS AT THAT TIME.

SO I WOULD SAY LATE SUMMER, MAYBE EARLY FALL.

OK, I GET YOUR GARY STEPHEN BACK FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. I WILL MOVE ON TO I BELIEVE I AM E! I RECEIVE EVERY PART HOW THAT IS UNFAIR.

[E. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the Solid Waste and Recycling (SWR) Department’s Porch Collections Program.]

I'M SIMPLY TRYING TO ONE OF CAN RECEIVE EVERY PART OF THE DISCUSSION AND GIVE THAT DIRECTION REGARDING YOUR FATHER TO WASTE AND RECYCLE DEPARTMENT PARTS COLLECTION PROGRAM.

THAT AFTERNOON. CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL PRESS ARE BEING BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

LET ME BRING UP MY SLIDE AND SHARE MY SCREEN.

OK, AGAIN, WELCOME AGAIN, MY NAME IS EUGENE MCCARTHY, I'M GETTING SOLID WASTE RECYCLING DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

TO TALK ABOUT PORCHE COLLECTION PROGRAM IN PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE BEFORE US ON THE PROGRAM WILL ALLOW US, IF SUCCESSFUL, THE PROGRAM ALLOW US TO IMPLEMENT A BETTER AND SAFER WAY TO DO BUSINESS, AS WELL AS WE'LL REBRAND THE PROGRAM.

AT CURRENT, OUR PORTS COLLECTION PROGRAM, WHAT IS IT? IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES OUR RESIDENTS WHO MAY FACE CHALLENGES FACING THEIR COPS TO THE CURB BECOME.

WELL, THERE'S A PROGRAM, HOW DOES IT WORK? THE RESIDENTS OF THE PROGRAM, A SOLID WAITSTILL SERVICE SUPERVISOR, GOES OUT TO THE LOCATION AND BASICALLY APPROVES AND NOTES THE CONTENT AND LOCATION TO PASS INFORMATION ON TO THE OPERATOR. A YELLOW LEAD IS PLACED ON THE BEING.

DRIVER IDENTIFIES VISUALLY WHILE HE OR SHE IS ON THE ROOF WHERE THE IS LOCATED SERVICE AND PLACED BACK INTO THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION.

SO HERE'S WHAT OUR DEMOCRACY.

WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD.

SO PROGRAM WITH THIS WILL READ AND THE PROGRAM FROM WHICH COLLECTION OF SERVICES WILL PROVIDE THE PROGRAM TO SCALLOWAY SERVICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THIS WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE THE CUSTOMER POLICY BY REMOVING OUR LIVES, REPLACING IT WITH THE ORIGINAL GREEN. IN A STRENGTHENING APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ELIGIBILITY TO ENSURE ELIGIBILITY AND ALLOW AN AUDIT IN ELECTRONIC RECORDS TO RUN THE PROGRAM THROUGH OUR NEWLY SMART ROUTING SYSTEM, TRY TO DECREASE AND DECREASE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME.