Americans with Disabilities Act

Americans with Disabilities Act

Advisory Committee Meeting

Minutes for

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Academic Building 5, Room 210

11-12 p.m.

In Attendance:

Willie Baca, Mario Bernardo, Billy Blood, Cori Bright-Kerrigan, Chad Caldwell, Michael Fauerbach, Brian Fisher, Robert Green, Tom Halvorson, Maria Koenig, Jim Lee, Gary Mankiewicz, Jimmy Myers, Glenn Thompson, Janet Ullman, Mollie Venglar

Note taker: Barbara Fuentes

1.  Welcome

2.  Review and Approve Minutes of April 19, 2012

·  Approved

3.  Review, Modify and/or Approve Today’s Agenda

·  Approved

4.  Updates

a. Building/Construction- Gary Mankiewicz updated the committee on the following:

·  Nothing is currently under construction

·  Osprey Hall opened up and the addition to SoVi is currently underway

·  No other construction projects are scheduled

b. OED-Jimmy Myers

·  The OED will be the central resource for diversity on campus

·  The goals are: to value diversity, achieve diversity and manage diversity

·  A Diversity Council has been formed and will try to have an even distribution of representation on campus

·  The idea of the council is to serve as an advisory board

·  The first meeting of the council will be January 2013. It is hoped that they will be able to launch some activities at that time

·  Cori is on the council as the ADA representative

c. Adaptive Services-Cori updated the committee regarding:

·  Adaptive Services has a new Senior Secretary and Sign Language Interpreter who also serves as a Coordinator for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing and OHI students

·  Currently have 640 students registered with the Adaptive Services office

·  Cori has presented at some departmental meetings, but would like to have more faculty presentations.

·  Has already had some faculty problems; some in the area of breach of confidentiality.

·  There is a faculty resource page on the Adaptive Services ANGEL page

5.  Old Business

a.  Walk thru of Osprey Hall

·  There were no significant issues found-just slight adjustments to the doors and some physical desk location issues

·  Open House is October 26th

b. Emergency Signage-Cori stated that:

·  She has worked with the sub-committee over the summer

·  FGCU meets the emergency requirements for areas of rescue, but the notification piece is not in place

·  Cori will put a new proposal in regarding the use of building maps and this will go back to Steve Magiera for funding

·  In regards to Appendix A- Emergency Notification options, Troy Kelly is finalizing the estimate for the building maps

·  There will not be any cost associated with updating the website or training

·  There was discussion regarding the use of an ADA consultant coming in and doing the Self-Assessment while looking at the Emergency signage procedures also

·  It was recommended to keep the self-assessment separate and to move forward with this

·  Cori stated that EH & S,UPD and Adaptive Services all have the same information on their webpages

c.  Crosswalk Signals

·  There was a plan in place to put in an audible crosswalk signal at the intersection outside the student union. Cori thought that this had been taken care of, but there was some confusion. Cori will go back and follow up with this project.

·  It was discussed that the intersection from SoVi to the main campus has become busier and we may want to think about adding a light there

·  Some questions arose regarding whether or not the proposed pedestrian bridge will still be built

d.  Pools

·  Changes to the ADA laws regarding access to pools went into effect Spring 2012

·  Pools need to have chair lifts or zero entry

·  Cori stated that all pools on campus are in compliance

·  Campus Recreation has a lift as well as Housing, although no requests by students to use the lifts have been received

e.  Programming for next year

·  Sub-Committee was formed to work on planning over the summer to work on possible speaker/activities for this coming year

·  No speaker was found

·  Cori has spoken to several groups on campus that are having activities, such as the Health Fair. She will work with them to make sure they are accessible and that they include information on disabilities

·  Cori will contact individuals who would like to put together a program for next year

6.  New Business

a.  Committee website

·  The ADA Advisory Committee website will be housed on the Adaptive Services website

·  Test links to the website were sent out to the committee so that Cori could receive feedback/she hopes to go live by November 15th.

b.  Committee Charge

·  Cori stated that the Committee Charge, which comes from the President’s Office, has not been updated since 2005 and asked for feedback regarding modification of the original charge

·  It was suggested to:

o  Change #5-EEO to OED

o  Incorporate #7 into #2

o  Modify #2 as it pertains to a “budget” that the ADA Advisory Committee does not have

·  Cori will update the Charge and the committee roster

c.  Mutual respect and Anti-bullying-Robert Green

·  Robert Green gave background information regarding his disability

·  Based on his experiences, he feels that there needs to be a policy of mutual respect and civility on this campus that pertains to all, including people with disabilities

·  He stated that various attempts with other on-campus groups have fallen through, although SAC is looking into this and has it on their agenda to discuss

·  Much discussion followed

·  The Committee feels that this would best be addressed through the OED.

·  Cori will work with Robert Green to put together a statement and an inclusionary piece that pertains to ADA and then turn it over to OED

7.  Adjourned

·  Noon

Next Meeting: Thursday, November 15, 2012