Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC)
Agenda

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 3:00 P.m. - 5:00 P.m.

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1.

Call to Order

1.1

Indigenous Territorial Acknowledgement

As we gather, let us take time to reflect on our privilege to live and work in Guelph; a city built over rich Indigenous histories. We are guests here, and we should reflect upon the responsibility to care for this land, the people who live here today, and the generations to come. If our actions today can move us towards reconciliation, we should take pause and make those decisions with intention and gratitude.

This place we call Guelph has served as traditional lands and a place of refuge for many peoples over time, but more specifically the Attiwonderonk, and the Haudenosaunee. This land is held as the treaty lands and territory with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Guelph lies directly adjacent to the Haldimand Tract and is part of a long-established traditional hunting ground for the Six Nations of the Grand River. Many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples who have come from across Turtle Island call Guelph home today.

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1.2

Disclosure of Conflict of Interest and General Nature Thereof

1.3

Approval of Agenda

• Recommendation

  That the May 21, 2024 Accessibility Advisory Committee Agenda be approved. 

1.4

Approval of Minutes

• Recommendation

  That the April 16, 2024 meeting minutes be approved.

2.

Committee Item

The Committee Item times listed on the Agenda are estimates only.

2.1

Playground Accessibility

3:05 - 5:00 p.m.

For Engagement - Mallory Lemon - Manager, Park and Trail Development, Parks

Council has directed Parks staff to consult with the AAC on the following topics:

1. That the final PRMP include a requirement that all new playgrounds in Guelph include a minimum of two wheelchair accessible play equipment, and that talk tubes are not considered one of those features.

(5 minutes staff presentation, 18 minutes AAC discussion)

2. That the final PRMP include a requirement that all new playgrounds in Guelph include at least one play structure that is wheelchair accessible to the lowest deck.

(5 minutes staff presentation, 18 minutes AAC discussion)

3. That recommendation 33 in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan be revised to read “Apply a service level target of one rubber surface playground within 2.5 km of residential areas until 2025, moving to a target of one rubber surface playground within 1.5 km of residential areas starting in 2026."

(5 minutes staff presentation, 18 minutes AAC discussion)

4. That the final PRMP include a recommendation that areas of economic need will be a factor in determining the location of playgrounds with rubber safety surface.

(5 minutes staff presentation, 18 minutes AAC discussion)

5. That the final PRMP include a recommendation to work with the Accessibility Advisory Committee to establish a target ratio of playgrounds that have rubber safety surface.

(5 minutes staff presentation, 18 minutes AAC discussion)

3.

Adjournment

4.

Next Meeting and Future Topics

Next Meetings:

Tuesday, June 18 from 3-5 p.m.

Tuesday, August 20 from 3-5 p.m.

Tuesday, October 15 from 3-5 p.m.

Tuesday, December 17 from 3-5 p.m.

Future Topics:

• Recreation Inclusion programming
• Playground Replacement Project
• Heritage Conservation District Plan and Guideline
• Transit Services - Chime Sounds for Priority Messages
• New Guelph Junction Railroad Trail - Woolwich to Woodlawn