From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: 7-A ADA Plan Council comments
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 6:23:38 PM
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From: Jennifer Ott <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 18, 2024 5:25 PM
Subject: RE: FW: ADA Plan and Sidewalks - Council Comments To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc: Erin Smith <[email protected]>,Abby Thorne-Lyman <[email protected]>
Yes, absolutely! Good idea and happy to do that.
Thanks,
Jen
From: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 5:18 PM
To: Jennifer Ott <[email protected]>
Cc: Erin Smith <[email protected]>; Abby Thorne-Lyman <[email protected]> Subject: Re: FW: ADA Plan and Sidewalks - Council Comments
Hi Jen,
Thank you so much. That sounds good. Can a notation be made to address that issue in the Public Art Master Plan when that gets amended in the future?
Trish
On Jun 18, 2024 4:50 PM, Jennifer Ott <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Trish,
To your question regarding the Public Art definition of “accessibility”
“Accessibility” defined in the Public Art Master Plan as “ensure that the location is accessible to all members of the community, regardless of physical abilities, and consider factors such as curb cuts, sidewalks, and other accessibility features” (pg. 75). As you know from attending the PAC meeting in May, the most recent 2024 Cultural Art and Arts Programming RFP evaluated “Equity and Accessibility” as a single metric. Staff observed, as you did, that the PAC members in the latest round did not consider this definition of Accessibility but thought more of it as the number of people who can attend an event. For this reason Staff will recommend changes to the grant evaluation process to separate “Equity” from “Accessibility,” and more closely define the scoring criteria to be consistent with the Master Plan.
Thanks,
Jen
Jennifer Ott
City Manager
City of Alameda
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c: (510) 867-8237