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Disability
Advisory Panel
30 May 2016
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1 Apologies
2 Declaration of Interest
There were no
declarations of interest.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
4 Extraordinary Business
There was no
extraordinary business.
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Auckland Transport presentation
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A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A
copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland
Council website as a minutes attachment.
Jacki Dawson, Bus Services Experience
Manager, Auckland Transport spoke to the presentation and answered questions
from panel members.
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Resolution number DIS/2016/19
MOVED
by Member J Farrar, seconded by Member D McKenzie:
That the Disability
Advisory Panel:
a) receive the verbal
update from Jacki Dawson on Auckland Transport’s plans for accessibility.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 30 May 2016 - Disability Advisory
Panel - Item 5 Auckland Transport presentation - presentation
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Auckland Design Office
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Cr Sharon Stewart entered the meeting
at 10.33am.
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Elise Copeland, Principal Specialist –
Universal Access and Design and Philip Wihongi, Māori Design Leader introduced themselves to the panel and provided
an overview of their role.
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Resolution number DIS/2016/20
MOVED
by Chairperson C Lansink, seconded by Member D McKenzie:
That the Disability
Advisory Panel:
a) receive the introduction
and role overview from Elise Copeland and Philip Wihongi of the Auckland
Design Office.
CARRIED
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Disability portfolio update
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Martine Abel, Specialist Advisor,
Community Empowerment spoke to the report and answered questions from panel members.
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Resolution number DIS/2016/21
MOVED
by Member S Sherrard, seconded by Member C Brown:
That the Disability Advisory Panel:
a) receive
the update on access and inclusion initiatives across council and ask the
community empowerment unit to look specifically at the issue of whether
disabled people have adequate access to suitable accessible housing,
including direct communication with agencies such as CCS Disability Action
and Access Able.
b) request
staff to report on any recent developments concerning the number of disabled
staff employed by Council.
CARRIED
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Waitemata Local Board Accessibility Plan Review
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Martine Abel, Specialist Advisor,
Community Empowerment spoke to this report in the absence of John Herring,
Deputy Chairperson.
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Resolution number DIS/2016/22
MOVED
by Chairperson C Lansink, seconded by Member D Hughes:
That the Disability
Advisory Panel:
a) receive the verbal
update from Martine Abel concerning a review of the Waitematā Local
Board Accessibility Plan.
b) request Council to note
that with regard to approvals for temporary constructions, when assessing the
impact on the surrounding area, attention must be given to accessible
facilities such as access routes and car parks.
CARRIED
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Disability Advisory Panel Work Programme
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Andrew Wood,
Lead Officer Support addressed matters relating to the panel’s work
programme.
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The chairperson provided the following
supporting documents:
·
Pop-Up Globe Theatre
·
Accessible Toilets Kept Locked in the Metro
Centre.
Copies have
been placed on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council
website as a minutes attachment.
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Resolution number DIS/2016/23
MOVED by Member D McKenzie, seconded by Member J Farrar:
That the
Disability Advisory Panel:
a) note progress with the Panel’s work
programme.
CARRIED
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Resolution number DIS/2016/24
MOVED
by Chairperson C Lansink, seconded by Member D McKenzie:
That the Disability Advisory Panel:
b) note
the concerns as expressed by disabled people who were unable to enjoy the recent
Pop-Up Globe Theatre event celebrating the immense contribution by William Shakespeare
to English literature.
c) express
its serious concern to Auckland Council that, despite its Arts and Culture
Strategic Action Plan and Disability Operational Action Plan, people with
various disabilities were inadequately catered for by the recent Pop-Up Globe
Theatre event.
d) ask
Auckland Council to note the information as provided above by the
chairperson, to investigate all the circumstances surrounding the planning
and implementation of this event, and take all reasonable steps to ensure
that disabled people can fully participate in and enjoy future events of this
nature and that these concerns be also drawn to the attention of ATEED.
CARRIED
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Resolution number DIS/2016/25
MOVED
by Chairperson C Lansink, seconded by Member C Brown:
That the Disability
Advisory Panel:
e) ask
Council to note the information from the chairperson concerning Accessible Toilets
Kept Locked in the Metro Centre and ask staff to fully investigate the
obligations on building owners and tenants to ensure accessible facilities
such as toilets are able to be used by disabled people on the same basis as
other members of the public.
f) note
with respect to the Metro Centre in particular, the work already done by
Council Staff to resolve the issue, but ask Council staff to continue to take
all reasonable steps to work with the building owners and tenants to ensure
the accessible toilets are kept unlocked in the same way as the other
toilets.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 30 May 2016 - Disability
Advisory Panel - Item 9 Disability Advisory Panel Work Programme - Pop-Up
Globe Theatre
b 30 May 2016 - Disability
Advisory Panel - Item 9 Disability Advisory Panel Work Programme - Accessible
Toilets Kept Locked in the Metro Centre
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10 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There
was no consideration of extraordinary items.
12.03pm The
Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and
declared the meeting closed.
CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF
THE Disability Advisory Panel HELD
ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
