Advisory Commission on Disabilities — Naperville, IL
Date: 2024-05-01

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 Advisory Commission on Disabilities

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 6:30 PM NEU




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. 24-0487 Receive an update on the City’s DEI program

2. 24-0488 Receive an update on the City’s Special Events Program

3. 24-0489 Receive an update from the Accessibility Community Task Force


E. OLD BUSINESS:
1. 24-0486 Approve the minutes of the February 7, 2024 Advisory Commission on
 Disabilities meeting

F. NEW BUSINESS
1. 24-0493 Approve the submission of a proclamation for Naperville Special
 Olympics Day

G. ADJOURNMENT:
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
 be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
 630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every
 effort will be made to allow for meeting participation.




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400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Minutes - Final

 Advisory Commission on Disabilities


Wednesday, May 1, 2024 6:30 PM NEU


A. CALL TO ORDER:
 Chairman Wronski called the Advisory Commission on Disabilities Commission
 meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

B. ROLL CALL:
 Present 6- Lisa Cesal, Donielle Deering, Sherry Huang, Allison Longenbaugh, Suhel Siddiqui,
 and Thomas Wronski
 Absent 2- Wendy Pligge, and Ghousia Wajid




 Also present: Dawn Portner, City Clerk, Geneace Williams, DEI Manager,
 Grace Fratto, Special Events Coordinator, Student Representatives Romit
 Ghosh and Raghav Narsana (phone).

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 No comments for Public Forum

D. REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Receive an update on the City’s DEI program

 Dr. Geneace Williams discussed the meaning and purpose of the DEI initiatives
 within the City of Naperville, how her work centers around the City's four Core
 Values of People, Trust, Respect and Pride, she discussed the dimensions of
 diversity and identity and some of her program plans for the balance of 2024,
 such as the Human Library event at the 95th Street Library, community book
 read and a youth event.

2. Receive an update on the City’s Special Events Program

 Grace Fratto discussed the role of the Special Events Coordinator and the
 Special Events Team in planning over 60 events per year, how they both work
 with event organizers to ensure the City's events are compliant with City
 ordinances and codes, and the steps the teams takes to make sure the events
 are ADA compliant through the use of the Special Events Accessibility
 Checklist.

3. Receive an update from the Accessibility Community Task Force

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 Mary Hamill, Chair of the Accessibility Community Task Force (ACTF) updated
 the Commission on the following ACTF initiatives:

 1) On March 6th, ACTF members Allaina Humphreys and Mary Hamill gave a
 presentation on Visitability at the City's Residential Builder's breakfast.
 Information was provided to the Commission on their presentation.

 2) The ACTF presented their annual student awards at the City Council meeting
 on May 7th. a total of six students were recognized from Naperville School
 Districts' 203 and 204.

 3) The ACTF has created a working group to learn more about the accessible
 icon project and to see about the possibility of using the new ADA icon in
 Naperville.

 4) Hamill attended the April Riverwalk Planning, Design and Construction
 meeting and offered comments in support of additional benches along the
 Riverwalk.

 5) Hamill also attended the April meeting of the Riverwalk Commission and
 participated in their annual asset management walk.

 6) At the March ACTF meeting, Kelly Hickey, a Wheatland Township trustee
 presented information about services on the Township's website. Te ACTF
 plans on contacting the other Townships in the area to learn more about their
 services.

E. OLD BUSINESS:

1. Approve the minutes of the February 7, 2024 Advisory Commission on Disabilities
 meeting
 Commissioner Siddiqui made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Cesal, to
 approve the Advisory Commission on Disabilities meeting minutes of February 7,
 2024. The motion carried by a voice vote.

F. NEW BUSINESS

1. Approve the submission of a proclamation for Naperville Special Olympics Day

 Chairman Wronski discussed the possibility of the City recognizing the
 Naperville area Special Olympians with a proclamation at one of the November
 Council meetings proclaiming November as "Naperville Special Olympics Day".
 This would also include a tour of the Municipal Building and a small reception.
 Portner will conduct some research on this topic and report back to the
 Commission at their August meeting.

 Other New Business:

 Portner gave an update on the City's sidewalk program that was first discussed
 at the February 2024 ACD meeting. She discussed the process T.E.D goes
 through when reviewing resurfing projects in the City which include the
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 inspection of sidewalks, the roles of the inspectors with reported sidewalk
 concerns, and how the City has repaired over 17 miles of sidewalk the past
 three years and have added over 9,000 feet of new sidewalks to fill in existing
 gaps. Longenbaugh stated that she hopes the City will revisit the possibility of
 the City covering 100% of the sidewalk replacement program during the 2025
 budget discussions.

 Commissioner Wronski thanked Commissioner Huang for her service on the
 ACD Commission for the past three years. Huang decided not to seek a
 second term on the Commission.

G. ADJOURNMENT:
 Commissioner Siddiqui made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Deering, to
 adjourn the Advisory Commission on Disabilities meeting of May 1, 2024 at 7:36
 p.m.. The motion carried by a voice vote.




 /S/ Dawn C. Portner
 Dawn C. Portner
 City Clerk




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