

REGION OF PEEL
ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (AAC) AGENDA
AAC-2009-7
DATE: |
September 22, 2009 |
TIME: |
1:00
p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
LOCATION: |
Council Chamber, 5th floor
Regional Administrative Headquarters
10 Peel Centre Drive, Suite A
Brampton, Ontario |
MEMBERS: |
H.
Bajwa; G. Barnes; W. Goursky; S. Hames; J. Hardman; N. Husain;
E. Kolb; S. McFadden; R. Paterak; J. Spry; M. Tymkow |
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
- Minutes of the Region
of Peel Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC-2009-6) meeting held
on June 23, 2009 (Attached)
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. COMMUNICATION ITEMS
- Council of Canadians with Disabilities
(CCD), Press Release dated June 18, 2009, titled “Council
of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) Opposes Bill C-384” (Receipt
recommended) (Attached)
- Member Communication – Alert:
Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), dated July 15, 2009,
Advising that the Draft Built Environment Standard under the Accessibility
for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) has been Released for
Public Review (Receipt recommended) (Attached) (See also Item –
4d and Items Related to Presentations – Item 5b)
- AODA Alliance, E-mail dated
July 21, 2009, Advising of a Letter sent to Three Cabinet Ministers
regarding the 2007 Election Pledge made by the Premier on Teaching
School Students and Professional Trainees about Disability Accessibility
(Receipt recommended) (Attached)
- Christine Norris, President, Association
of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO),
Letter dated July 29, 2009, Addressed to Madeleine Meilleur,
Minister of Community and Social Services, Regarding the Accessible
Built Environment Standard – Consultation Period (Receipt
recommended) (Attached) (See also Item – 4b and Items Related
to Presentations – Item 5b)
- Business Takes Action, July
2009Newsletter (Receipt recommended) (Attached)
- Enermodal Engineering, Article
titled “Green Social Housing: Good for People, Good for the
Environment” (Receipt recommended) (Attached)
- Toronto Star, Article dated
August 10, 2009, titled “Renovating for the Needs of the Disabled”
(Receipt recommended) (Attached)
- Toronto Star, Article dated
August 19, 2009, titled “Discrimination in Rental Housing
Focus of Human Rights Report” (Receipt recommended) (Attached)
5. PRESENTATIONS
- Meenu Sikand, Accessibility Planning
Specialist, Region of Peel, Presenting the Draft 2009 Region
of Peel Annual Accessibility Plan (10 minutes) (Attached) (Draft
2009 Region of Peel Annual Accessibility Plan previously mailed
to Committee members)
- Robb Dods, Manager, Real Property Asset
Management, Employee and Business Services, Region of Peel, Presenting
Peel’s Position on the Proposed Built Environment Standard (45 minutes
requested) (See also Items Related to Communications – Items 4b
and 4d) (Attached)
- Edward Wong, Manager, Real Property Asset
Management, Region of Peel, Presenting the Initial Design
of the Peel Heritage Complex , City of Brampton, Ward 3 (10 minutes)
6. REPORTS
- Monthly Activity Report
- July/August/September 2009 (Oral)
|
Update
by Meenu Sikand, Accessibility Planning Specialist, Region
of Peel (5 minutes) |
- Employment
Accessibility Standards Development Committee Update (Oral)
|
Update
by Naz Husain, Vice-Chair, Region of Peel Accessibility Advisory
Committee (AAC) (5 minutes) |
- Accessible Transportation
Standards Development Committee (Oral)
|
Update
by Glenn Barnes, Member, Region of Peel Accessibility Advisory
Committee (AAC) (5 minutes) |
7. OTHER BUSINESS
8. NEXT MEETING
Tuesday, October 20,
2009
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Council Chamber, 5th floor
Regional Administrative Headquarters
10 Peel Centre Drive, Suite A
Brampton, Ontario
9. ADJOURNMENT