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File ID: 2025-00563 6/17/2025 Item 5.
City of Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission 2024 Annual Report and 2025 Workplan File ID: 2025-00563
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Review and provide direction on the 2024 Annual Report and 2025 Workplan for the City of Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission and pass a Motion either: 1) directing staff to forward the Annual Report and Workplan to the City Council for review; 2) directing staff to update the Annual Report and Workplan based on Personnel and Public Employee Committee recommendations and forward to the City Council for review; or 3) asking the City of Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission (DAC) to update the Annual Report and Workplan based Personnel and Public Employee Committee recommendations and come back to the Personnel and Public Employee Committee for additional review.
Contact: Jesse Gothan, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-6897, [email protected], Engineering Services, Public Works Department
Presenters: Jesse Gothan, Supervising Engineer, Engineering Services, Public Works Department; Mousumi Crowley, DAC 2024 Chair, Sylvia Kramer, DAC 2024 Vice Chair Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-2024 Annual Report and 2025 Workplan
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Advisory bodies of the City are required to provide an annual report and workplan for review by the Personnel and Public Employees (P&PE) Committee as outlined in the City Council Rules of Procedure, Chapter 17. The P&PE Committee shall review advisory body annual reports and give staff direction on those reports’ stated projects, priorities, and recommendations. Before forwarding the report to the City Council, the Committee may request supplemental information from staff or the advisory body.
The attached Annual Report and Workplan are being forwarded to the P&PE Committee for consideration.
Staff analysis of Annual Report recommendations
File ID: 2025-00563 6/17/2025 Item 5.
2024 Recommendation 1: Carried forward from 2023. Reinstate the citywide ADA coordinator position in the next budget cycle. This position would be responsible for enhancing ADA programs citywide; working with internal and external stakeholders; coordinating ADA activities and providing leadership relative to the City’s commitment to a strong and effective ADA program. The ADA Coordinator would serve as the City’s spokesperson on ADA issues; staff the City’s Disabilities Advisory Commission and bring at least one matter in each of the Powers and Duties on an annual basis and recommend policy and programs to the City Council and City Manager. This position is not on the current salary schedule and classification listing.
Staff analysis: No citywide ADA coordinator has been established. Public Works Engineering Services continues to staff the DAC and coordinates the commission items on behalf of the city. The various city departments and divisions collectively implement and follow various titles of ADA with respect to their job duties. Creating a citywide ADA coordinator would cost approximately $300,000 annually for labor, benefits, and overhead expenses. 2024 Recommendation 2: Carried forward from 2023. The IT Department staff has updated the website. However, the City should provide instructions to the public for utilizing closed captioning as is available on some web browser functions and look at other closed captioning technologies that assist commenting at public meetings.
Staff analysis: The IT Department has been notified of this recommendation; it would require time for IT Staff to review for content and website additions to incorporate instruction, updates to the website are ongoing.
2024 Recommendation 3: The City should evaluate the accessibility of the first-floor restrooms in New City Hall. While the doors may meet minimum accessibility requirements, automatic doors should be considered for the facilities to be accessible.
Staff analysis: Recommends considering enhancements of the City Hall first floor restrooms doors, these costs have not been estimated. Request has been referred to the Facilities Division.
2024 Recommendation 4: Carried forward from 2023. The Commission recommends that the opportunity for open public comment be added at the beginning of all City boards and commission meetings as reasonable accommodation and submit speaker slips electronically.
Staff analysis: The published agendas follow the Council Rules of Procedures; the Chair has the discretion in the meeting to take items in any order. 2024 Recommendation 5: The City should establish a communications plan for all its commissions including a policy for commissioners to make social media posts. Posts are intended to be used to communicate how to participate in future meetings or other community announcements.
Staff analysis: Referred to city media and communications. This would require staff time from the City Public Information Office for review and publication. Costs would be related to the frequency of the postings and the time necessary for review and publication.
File ID: 2025-00563 6/17/2025 Item 5.
2024 Recommendation 6: Carried forward from 2023. Update the City’s Mandatory Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Training for City Elected Officials, Council Staff, and Appointed officers to include “Disability Awareness & Etiquette,” and ableist person-first and third-person language, and self-description training for inclusive meetings.
Staff analysis: Referred to the Diversity and Equity Manager. 2024 Recommendation 7: Carried forward from 2023. Update the City’s Race & Gender Equity Plan 2020-2025 and future plans addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to include individuals with observable and non-observable disabilities.
Staff analysis: Referred to the Diversity and Equity Manager. 2024 Recommendation 8: Carried forward from 2023. Invite the Disabilities Advisory Commission to present to the Council’s Racial Equity Committee regarding the intersectionality of disability with race and gender in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Staff analysis: Referred to the Diversity and Equity Manager.
Policy Considerations: Chapter 17 of the Council Rules of Procedure outlines the Advisory Body reporting process.
Economic Impacts: Not Applicable.
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): This action is not a project that is subject to CEQA because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(5)).
Sustainability: Not Applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: On January 8, 2025, the City of Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission passed a motion forwarding their Annual Report and Workplan to the P&PE Committee for consideration.
Rationale for Recommendation: So that advisory bodies may effectively incorporate their important role, voice, and work to provide thoughtful community recommendations to the City Council on a consistent basis, the P&PE Committee shall facilitate the process for advisory bodies to communicate their accomplishments, projects, priorities, and recommendations to the City Council.
Financial Considerations: Costs related to implementation of the recommendations are identified where known. Estimated costs for some of the recommendations have not yet been identified.
File ID: 2025-00563 6/17/2025 Item 5.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not Applicable.
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Sacramento Disabilities
Advisory Commission
Annual Report
January 2024 through December 2024
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 2 of 21
Contents
Introduction: Establishment, Commissioners, and Staff ........................................................................... 3 Purpose, Powers and Duties of Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission ............................... 4 Message from the Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Chair ............................................ 5 Our Reasons for Serving ................................................................................................................................. 6 Recommendations for 2024 ........................................................................................................................... 9 Key Accomplishments in 2024 ................................................................................................................... 10 A. Established new ADA drop-off and pick-up zones nearer to the Golden 1 Center ..... 10 B. Project Reviews that went to Construction ........................................................................... 12 C. Annual Prospective Plan .............................................................................................................. 14 D. Improving the City’s Website .................................................................................................... 14 E. Facility Improvements to Council Chambers ......................................................................... 16 F. Increased awareness for accessible public meetings ............................................................. 16 G. Tim Haley Award Recipients ...................................................................................................... 16 Commission Resources Expended ............................................................................................................ 17 Workplan for Upcoming Year .................................................................................................................... 18 A. Overview of the Barden Settlement and the Prospective Plan .......................................... 18 B. Workshop on Project Specific Construction Drawings Reviews ...................................... 18 C. Citizen Request Program ............................................................................................................ 18 D. Transition Plan Update ................................................................................................................ 18 E. Letter to Caltrans regarding Highway Safety Improvement Program .............................. 19 F. The Human Resources Department increased participation. ............................................. 19 G. Community Events how are we ensuring accessibility at these events? .......................... 19 H. Tim Haley Awards ........................................................................................................................ 19 Past Recommendations ................................................................................................................................ 20
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 3 of 21 Introduction: Establishment, Commissioners, and Staff
The Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission was established in 2001 by ordinance 2001- 0005, amended by ordinance 2024-0030, and is codified in Sacramento City Code Section 2.53.
The commission consists of eleven members who reside within the City of Sacramento, are nominated by the Personnel and Public Employees Committee mayor and councilmembers and appointed by vote of the city council. The commission's members must have an expressed interest or demonstrated history in disability issues, or knowledge or experience with disability law, such as the American with Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
2024 Commissioners
The following commissioners served on the commission in 2024.
• Chair Mousumi Crowley
• Vice Chair Sylvia Kramer (First meeting August 2024)
• Nikki Chand (Resigned February 2024)
• Stephanie Crespin (Resigned February 2024)
• Keith Ellis (First meeting August 2024)
• Alexa Greenbaum (First meeting June 2024)
• Satveer Kaur (First meeting June 2024)
• Greg Lim (Resigned August 2024)
• Alan McMillan (Term ended June 2024)
• Alice Mercer
• Alexandria Smith (Resigned December 2024, attended January, March, May, and June meetings)
• Brandy Tuzon Boyd
2023 Commissioners
The following commissioners served on the commission in 2023.
• Alan McMillan (Chair)
• Mousumi Crowley (Vice Chair)
• Nikki Chand
• Stephani Crespin
• Sylvia Kramer
• Greg Lim
• Alice Mercer
• Brandy Tuzon Boyd
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Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Staff
The commission is supported primarily by the following staff members.
• Paul Gale, Senior Deputy City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney • Jesse Gothan, Supervising Engineer, Department of Public Works
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Staff Contact Information
City of Sacramento – Office of the City Clerk
915 I Street – Sacramento, CA 95814
[email protected]
(916) 808-7200
http://commissions.cityofsacramento.org/
Purpose, Powers and Duties of Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission
Purpose of the Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission The commission is established for the purpose of providing advice and recommendations to the mayor and city council on strategies and policies designed to ensure and enhance the City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. (City Code § 2.53.020).
Powers and Duties of the Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission The powers and duties of the commission shall be as follows:
A. To advise the city council regarding compliance with federal and state disability laws. The commission shall not advise the city concerning litigation or administrative proceedings to which the city is a party.
B. To review policies, programs and activities within the city as they affect persons with disabilities.
C. To recommend procedures for city employees with disabilities to request and receive reasonable accommodations.
D. To provide information, referral and technical assistance to the city in matters pertaining to disability issues.
E. To establish a liaison with the city’s ADA coordinators to assist with policies, procedures and programs as they relate to federal and state disability laws.
F. Annually, report to and make recommendations to the city council regarding the city’s compliance with state and federal disability laws and activities of the commission. (City Code § 2.53.030)
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Message from the Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Chair
Message from Chair Mo Crowley
We represent an inclusive, friendly, and welcoming public meeting space to model how our City hosts all public meetings in facilities that meet accessibility requirements and provide independence and freedom to all who choose to participate.
We bring community level eyes on the projects that the City is delivering.
We are important to the economic development of the City in that providing accessibility improves access for all and increases participation and independence.
We seek to be a unified body and modernizing our voice to the City Council.
We encourage commissioner engagement in doing the business of the DAC with a focus on stakeholder contributions to the City with annual recognition of Tim Haley award nominees.
We appreciate the City hosting all public meetings in facilities that meet accessibility requirements and that are inclusive, friendly, and welcoming to al l. Actions like improving the doors to the City Council chambers allow for independence and participation.
We continue to advocate for making it easier to comment on City items at all City Board and Commission meetings.
We will continue to advocate and partner with the City to be an inclusive employer for individuals with disabilities and a place for individuals with seen and unseen disabilities to apply for positions.
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 6 of 21 Our Reasons for Serving
Chair Mousumi Crowley
Quality of life is very subjective. It is as varied as one’s life experience. For me, this means building relationships where I live. My family has faced hardships in navigating life with disability. It is scary, desperate, and exhausting. The dialogue to speak openly about disability as a Commissioner has grown my family’s collective life experience. We have experienced patience, respect, compassion, selflessness and most importantly pride in who we are. I hope my small role in public service helps you feel valued in how you experience life in
Sacramento. I am glad you are here.
Vice Chair Sylvia Kramer (2025 Chair)
I am a Sacramento local who enjoys volunteering at our local railroad museum. I also volunteered with an online radio station that is very inclusive with DJs of many different abilities. I have Hypochondroplasia Dwarfism, but it doesn't stop me from trying my best. I joined the DAC in hopes of building an inclusive and fair environment for people with disabilities to thrive in.
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 7 of 21 Commissioner Keith Ellis (2025 Vice Chair)
Civic engagement and involvement is a vital part of democracy, and I am honored to serve the city and our state. Like so many who live in Sacramento, I have a disability—I am legally blind, but I don’t let it limit me; I draw strength from my disability. I am a guide dog handler, and I believe highly trained service animals are a way of overcoming disability. I serve California as a Procurement Analyst for the California Department of Rehabilitation, where I assist the State in ensuring Californians with disabilities can be gainfully employed and contribute to the vibrancy of our State.
Prior to my state service, I worked for over 9-years for the Los Rios Community College District in disability services ensuring equal access to education. I am an advocate for accessibility and inclusion; we can’t have one without the other. Together we can envision and ensure a more inclusive and accessible Sacramento for us all.
Commissioner Alexa Greenbaum
Our disabilities do not define us, nor do they
disqualify us from being equal members of society. As
a Sacramento native, I serve to ensure the inclusion
of the disabled community in all facets of public life.
To achieve a fully inclusive and engaged society truly
representative of our melting pot, it is essential that the City actively remove barriers preventing people
with disabilities from participating and enjoying access to all opportunities Sacramento has to offer. I am
honored to be a part of this mission, critical to
promoting self-empowerment in the disabled
community as well as fostering acceptance and
compassion from all citizens.
Commissioner Satveer Kaur
I am passionate about advocating for individuals with
disabilities and their families. My personal journey has highlighted the challenges we face, and I want to ensure that our voices are heard in policy-making. Being part of this commission allows me to work towards improving
access to resources, services, and support for this often looked over segment of our community. I believe that by sharing our experiences and collaborating with others, we can create a more inclusive environment where everyone
has the opportunity to thrive. My goal is to help shape policies that truly reflect the needs of families like ours.
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 8 of 21 Commissioner Alice Mercer
I am a public school teacher, mom, wife, caregiver, knitter and crocheter. Like a ninja, I'm full of surprises. It's my honor to serve and bring my experience as a caregiver,
educator, and organizer for this community, because you never know when you'll have a disability and we're all
worthy of dignity and access.
Commissioner Brandy Tuzon Boyd
As the parent of a young adult with 22q11.2 Deletion
Syndrome and Autism, I serve on the Disabilities Advisory Commission as an advocate for inclusion. An estimated 1 in 4 people identify as having an observable or non-
observable disability. This commission strives to ensure that all city programs, policies, and projects are accessible to everyone in our community.
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Recommendations for 2024
2024 Recommendation 1: Carried forward from 2023. Reinstate the citywide ADA coordinator position in the next budget cycle. This position would be responsible for enhancing ADA programs citywide; working with internal and external stakeholders; coordinating ADA activities and providing leadership relative to the City’s commitment to a strong and effective ADA program. The ADA Coordinator would serve as the City’s spokesperson on ADA issues; staff the City’s Disabilities Advisory Commission and bring at least one matter in each of the Powers and Duties on an annual basis and recommend policy and programs to the City Council and City Manager. This position is not on the current salary schedule and classification listing.
2024 Recommendation 2: Carried forward from 2023. The IT Department staff has updated the website. However, the City should provide instructions to the public for utilizing closed captioning as is available on some web browser functions and look at other closed captioning technologies that assist commenting at public meetings.
2024 Recommendation 3: The City should evaluate the accessibility of the first -floor restrooms in New City Hall. While the doors may meet minimum accessibility requirements, automatic doors should be considered for the facilities to be accessible.
2024 Recommendation 4: Carried forward from 2023. The Commission recommends that the opportunity for open public comment be added at the beginning of all City boards and commission meetings as reasonable accommodation and submit speaker slips electronically.
2024 Recommendation 5: The City should establish a communications plan for all of its commissions including a policy for commissioners to make social media posts. Posts are intended to be used to communicate how to participate in future meetings or other community announcements.
2024 Recommendation 6: Carried forward from 2023. Update the City’s Mandatory Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Training for City Elected Officials, Council Staff, and Appointed officers to include “Disability Awareness & Etiquette,” and ableist person-first and third-person language, and self-description training for inclusive meetings.
2024 Recommendation 7: Carried forward from 2023. Update the City’s Race & Gender Equity Plan 2020- 2025 and future plans addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to include individuals with observable and non-observable disabilities.
2024 Recommendation 8: Carried forward from 2023. Invite the Disabilities Advisory Commission to present to the Council’s Racial Equity Committee regarding the intersectionality of disability with race and gender in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
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Key Accomplishments in 2024
This report will cover the period since the last report, January 2024 through December 2024.
A. Established new ADA drop-off and pick-up zones nearer to the Golden 1 Center As recommended in the 2023/22 Report, i n cooperation with the Commission and the G1C, new locations were identified by staff to provide closer access for accessible curb side drop off zones to G1C for NBA and other events. Locations were identified on the 6th Street loop and on 7th Street in consultation with the G1C, staff and the Commission.
City crews updated the curbside signs and markings for the ADA designated loading zones. Members of the Commission met with the Sacramento Kings to make website revisions for accessibility Information which has been implemented at https://www.golden1center.com/visit/ada-accessibility-info/.
Pilot locations were installed prior to the completion of the update to the G1C Transportation Management Plan, currently underway.
Figure 1 Accessible drop off and loading spaces on 6th Street. These spaces were recommended by the DAC in the 2023 Annual report to improve access to the Golden 1 Center.
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Figure 2 Accessible drop-off and loading spaces on K Street. These spaces were recommended by the DAC in the 2023 Annual report to improve access to the Golden 1 Center.
Figure 3 Accessible drop-off and loading spaces on J Street at 5th Street. This space was identified in the field during construction by engineering staff and contractors implementing the Central City Downtown Mobility 5th Street conversion project. Staff processed a change order with the contractor to establish the new space.
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Figure 4 Updated ADA information on the G1C website and also include "know before you go" information to event ticket holders
The Kings have also updated ADA information on the entertainment center's website at https://www.golden1center.com/visit/ada-accessibility-info/ and include ADA information on "know before you go" emails sent to event ticket holders.
B. Project Reviews that went to Construction
Project Reviews that went to c onstruction this year improved accessibility at crosswalks and intersections with the installation of visual and audible signals, and curb ramps. In most cases these projects were in disinvested communities that lacked basic infrastructure such as Bell Avenue and Northwood Safe Routes to School and Transit Access improvements. The Broadway Complete Streets project installed 42 APS (audible) units for signals and 22 units for RRFBs (flashing signals with audible detection) at c rosswalks and 68 new ADA compliant curb ramps.
The Downtown Mobility Project installed 209 curb ramps and included 34 APS units on signals and 4 APS units on RRFBs. Other noteworthy projects included the Del Rio trail which installed five miles of new shar ed-use accessible trail creating a new active modes corridor for all users and abilities. These are examples reviewed by the commission in past years that are now constructed with a goal of accessibility. (Mayor Announces the Del Rio Trail https://sacramentocityexpress.com/2024/05/10/sacramentoopens-the-new-del-rio-trail-for-all- to-walk-bike-roll-and-enjoy/)
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Figure 5 Bell Avenue project installed sidewalks on an existing bridge as part of a roadway maintenance project, removing a barrier by providing an accessible path of travel.
“It is such a delight to see all the people that now walk to the park across the bridge. I now feel much safer & do not have to walk in traffic to traverse.”
“It's so much safer & easier to walk. I'm disabled & walk with an upwalker. These repairs have improved the safety for all.” “I submitted multiple requests concerning the inability to safely traverse the roadway and the bridge on Bell Ave, just west of Robla Community park. I want to say thank you for completing that job. Widening the road & widening the bridge sidewalks for our safety is wonderful.” Community Member on Bell Avenue to Senior Engineer Amber Castle-Keane P.E.
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 14 of 21 C. Annual Prospective Plan
The Disabilities Advisory Commission worked with staff to have the required annual Prospective Plan approved by the City Council. While major project efforts that included accessibility features were advancing, the Prospective Plan had lagged the contract award for some projects. As noted in the Prospective plan, the City continues to exceed the goals for accessibility investment in the public right of way. This year ’s prospective plan noted the following projects with the total associated valuation of accessibility improvements estimated at $10,790,000 all of which went to construction and are substantially complete.
K15165100 Del Rio Trail Construct multi -use trail, sidewalk, curb and gutter, and curb ramps, place truncated domes, and install flashing beacons and marked crosswalks. $5,800,000 of accessibility improvements.
T15175300 Broadway Complete Street Phases 1 and 2 Construct sidewalk, curb and gutter, and curb ramps, place truncated domes, and install flashing beacons and marked crosswalks. $2,300,000 of accessibility improvements.
T15180414 Stockton Boulevard and 12th Avenue Pedestrian Signal Construct pedestrian signal. $500,000 of accessibility improvements.
T15186100 Northwood School Access Improvements Construct sidewalk, curb and gutter, and curb ramps, place truncated domes, and install marked crosswalks. $2,100,000 of accessibility improvements.
T15215801 Florin Road Vision Zero Pavement Resurfacing Construct curb ramps. $90,000 of accessibility improvements.
D. Improving the City’s Website
The Disabilities Advisory Commission continued this year providing guidance to the City IT Department’s multi -year website update effort, specifically with the goal of prioritizing accessibility. Members of the Commission assisted with surveys, helping identify user difficulties, and advised the IT Department and staff regarding how information was organized. This included preserving content from the old website but in an updated format, improving the Citizen Request process with fillable on -line forms th at previously were not available. In addition, the IT Department partnered with Accessible Web to make sure all web pages were accessible, ensured that all templates were built based upon web content accessibility standards and paid for a subscription called Site Improve that monitors the City Website on a daily basis for accessibility issues. The updated website is here: https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/city- government/accessibility
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Figure 6 City Accessibility Website
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 16 of 21 E. Facility Improvements to Council Chambers
Implementation of the door Improvements for the
Council Chambers for better accessibility design
progressed. Public Works Facilities staff provided an
update to the Commission for improving the chambers
doors making them more accessible and received input
from the Commission. The design was completed in
2024 and is scheduled for completion by December
15 th, 2024.
F. Increased awareness for accessible public
meetings
Increased awareness that all public meetings for
projects should be held in facilities that meet
accessibility standards. Public Works as a standard
practice hosts all public meetings for projects in
facilities that meet accessibility standards and are
friendly to those who may need accommodations. The
DAC encouraged staff to highlight the accessibility of
facilities in meeting announcements.
G. Tim Haley Award Recipients
The Disabilities Advisory Commission recognized three community members for their significant contributions to Sacramento in assisting those with disabilities with the annual Tim Haley Award.
This year the Tim Haley award recipients were Martha Ruiz, Benita Shaw, and Marianne Gonzales Sims. Awards were presented at the February 2024 meeting.
MARTHA
RUIZ
TEACHER
BENITA
SHAW
FOUNDER
THE GIFTS FOUNDATION
FOUNDER
ART BY MARIANNE
MARIANNE
GONZALES SIMS
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 17 of 21 Commission Resources Expended
Resources expended for Tim Haley Awards and supplies for DAC meetings are included in the overhead budget for the Clerk’s office.
Meetings Hours Rate Total
*Staff report creation and review - department staff (1 hour per report, typically 3 reports) 10 3 117$ 3,510$ Staff report review - city attorney staff 10 1 216$ 2,160$ Staff C ommission Annual Report Preperation 3 24 117$ 8,424$ Agenda review, preparation, and publishing - city clerk 10 10 35$ 3,500$ Meeting presentation preparation 10 2 117$ 2,340$ Meeting attendance - department staff 10 4 117$ 4,680$ Meeting attendance - city attorney staff 10 2 216$ 4,320$ Meeting attendance - city clerk staff 10 4 58$ 2,320$ Meeting attendance - IT Staff 10 4 53$ 2,120$ Meeting attendance - building security 10 4 33$ 1,320$ Post meeting tasks: minutes, legistalative doucment processing, attendance tracking 10 5 35$ 1,750$ C ommissioner stipends (12 C ommissioners in 2025) 10 5 50$ 2,500$ Parking Vouchers 10 12 6$ 720$
Total C ommission C ost 39,664$
Notes: *Staff attendance, and presentation costs associated with discussion items are paid for by the department and the effort or item being presented apart from commission resources.
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 18 of 21 Workplan for Upcoming Year
These items are being considered for 2025 DAC meeting agendas. These items would appear along with typical project reviews.
A. Overview of the Barden Settlement and the Prospective Plan Details: As part of the Annual Prospective plan, staff will provide the background and brief overview of the Barden Settlement.
Cost: Staff time related to report and presentation.
B. Workshop on Project Specific Construction Drawings Reviews Details: Presentation regarding best practices for reviewing projects. Identifying issues in the ROW and issues for accessibility. Examples could include, curb ramps, cross slopes, utility pole barriers, and other items.
Cost: Staff time related to report and presentation.
C. Citizen Request Program
Details: Presentation regarding the Citizen request program. The presentation would include how the program operates and some examples of past and future projects. Upgrading, retrofitting, construction, and/or reconstruction of curb ramps, crosswalks, audible pedestrian signals, and/or other elements within the public rights-of-way.
Cost: Staff time related to report and presentation.
D. Transition Plan Update
Details: The Department of Public Works is in the process of updating the FHWA mandated Self Evaluation and Transition Plan for the Public Right-of-Way (PROW). The Self Evaluation examines the existing condition of the PROW and assesses barriers to accessible travel which create inequity for persons with disabilities. The Transition Plan identifies means, methods, and schedule for remediation of these barriers. The Transition Plan also specifies asset management procedures for tracking and documenting the barrier removal implemented by routine maintenance efforts, private development projects, and Capital Improvement Projects. Through this effort , the City has implemented a policy to provide audible signals (APS) with every new and modified traffic signal project moving forward. As an ongoing part of this discussion the DAC may consider further recommendations for maintenance of audible signals (APS). To this end, the Transition Plan has prescribed a GIS based asset management procedure to document the presence (or lack) of APS at every signal in the City so barriers to accessible travel can be quickly identified and remediated as projects are implemented.
Similar asset management procedures will be implemented to track sidewalk and curb ramp reconstruction.
Cost: Project CIP is established for the transition plan.
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 19 of 21 E. Letter to Caltrans regarding Highway Safety Improvement Program Details: The Highway Safety Improvement Program currently awards projects based on a cost per benefit. The concrete work typically associated with accessibility improvements often places projects that include accessibility improvements at a lower cost benefit and therefore removes the project from being competitive for HSIP funds. This requires Public Works to identify other funds for the accessibility improvements leading to delays to project delivery.
The DAC would work with staff to write a letter to the Caltrans regarding improving the ability of HSIP to fund accessibility improvements necessary for crosswalks . Cost: Staff time related to report and presentation.
F. The Human Resources Department increased participation.
Details: The ADA & Leaves Administration Office bring a staff report presentation to the commission regarding employee reasonable accommodations and other activities. Cost: Staff time related to report and presentation.
G. Community events how are we ensuring accessibility at these events? Details: Review the process for permitting special events in the city and reviewing for accessibility. Cost: Staff time related to report and presentation.
H. Tim Haley Awards
Details: Each year the DAC will recognize individuals in Sacramento who have contributed to and assisted those with disabilities.
Cost: Staff time related to report and presentation and award materials.
I. Follow-up on past recommendations
Details: Format the follow-up log to include the status of recommendations.
Cost: Staff time related to formatting the follow-up log to include status of recommendations.
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 20 of 21 Past Recommendations
The 2022/2023 Annual Report was the first report approved by the commission and the City Council. The report included seven recommendations. Please find the status of each of the recommendations.
Past 2023 Recommendation (1)
“Reinstate the citywide ADA coordinator position in the next budget cycle. This position would be responsible for enhancing ADA programs citywide; working with internal and external stakeholders; coordinating ADA activities and providing leadership relative to the city’s commitment to a strong and effective ADA program. The ADA Coordinator would serve as the City’s spokesperson on ADA issues; staff the city’s Disabilities Advisory Commission and bring at least one matter in each of the Powers and Duties on an annual basis, and recommend policy and programs to the City Council and City Manager. This position is not on the current salary schedule and classification listing.”
Status: No citywide ADA coordinator position has been established. This has been carried forward as a 2024 Recommendation. It is the will of the commission that this happens. The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is broken up into five different sections, which are called titles. Titles I, II, and III are of particular importance to local government agencies such as the City of Sacramento. Title I covers employment, Title II covers state and local government services, and Title III covers public accommodations. The responsibility of ensuring the City’s compliance with the various titles of the ADA ha s been divided among various staff City-wide. This includes City engineering staff currently acting as a liaison to the rest of the City for the commission. The commission believes a citywide ADA coordinator position versed in all titles of the ADA would better serve the city at large and ensure regulatory compliance.
Past 2023 Recommendation (2)
“By February 2024 or as soon as possible, ensure all public meetings are ADA accessible. This includes ADA compliant agendas available in print and online, closed captioning for all meetings which are live streamed, automated entrances to council chambers, integrated seating in council chambers, disability awareness and etiquette training for clerks who staff public meetings, and an ADA compliant virtual option for individuals with mobility challenges and/or who are transportation challenged as a result of their disabilities. This would be implemented for all City public meetings such as Commission, Committee, Association, etc. by first quarter of 2024.”
Status: IT Department staff has updated the website. However, the city should provide instructions to the public for utilizing closed captioning as is available on some web browser functions and look at other closed captioning technologies that assist commenting at public meetings.
Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Annual Report Page 21 of 21 Past 2023 Recommendation (3)
“Update the City’s Mandatory Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Training for City Elected Officials, Council Staff, and Appointed officers to include “Disability Awareness & Etiquette,” ableist and person -first language, and self -description traini ng for inclusive meetings.”
Status: Not Implemented.
Past 2023 Recommendation (4)
“Update the City’s Race & Gender Equity Plan 2020-2025 and future plans addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to include individuals with observable and non-observable disabilities.”
Status: Not Implemented.
Past 2023 Recommendation (5)
“Invite the Disabilities Advisory Commission to present to the Council’s Racial Equity Committee regarding the intersectionality of disability with race and gender in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.”
Status: Not Implemented.
Past 2023 Recommendation (6)
“Establish a reasonable and equitable ADA drop- off and pick -up location for the Golden1 Center with appropriate wayfinding and assign resources to monitor and enforce this location.
The current location forces individuals into the street to access the Down town Commons Plaza, the signage is lacking and enforcement is sporadic. An immediate, temporary solution is needed while the city works on a new Traffic Management Plan.”
Status: Complete. DAC has assigned a C ommissioner to review the revised Traffic Management Plan.
Past 2023 Recommendation (7)
“The Commission requests that an additional opportunity for open public comment be added after the opening of all public City meetings as a reasonable accommodation.”
Status: The City Council Rules and Procedures for Boards and Commissions allows the chair of each commission to re -order the agenda and may place public comment at the beginning.
However, it is not a mandatory requirement that Public Comment be at the opening of all City meetings the DAC believes it should be. This has been carried forward as 2024 recommendation.