San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail – Accessibility Subcommittee Meeting
AGENDA
September 17, 2013
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
State Coastal Conservancy
1330 Broadway, 11th Floor Conference Room
Oakland, California
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Desired Outcomes of Meeting:
- Meeting attendees become (re-)acquainted with one another, and with purpose of sub-committee and its relationship to Water Trail Advisory Committee.
- Key points from “Issues and Recommendations for Improved Accessibility” are clarified and discussed for their merits and usefulness in Water Trail planning and implementation.
- Sub-committee members give feedback on draft accessibility survey and provide suggestions for broad and appropriate dissemination.
- Sub-committee members provide Water Trail staff with guidance regarding what kinds of sites they might like to visit with staff and why.
- Water Trail staff understands how boat storage could help increase access to non-motorized small boat use for persons with disabilities: structural design, location of storage on site, onsite staff assistance, and for which boat types.
Time Agenda
10:00 Welcome, Introductions, Agenda Review, Ground Rules
10:10 Purpose of Sub-Committee and Clarification of Roles
10:15 Discussion of new draft accessibility survey
- Breadth and clarity of questions asked
- Proper handling of inquiries into type of disability
- Dissemination of survey
10:45 Proposed site visits on September 25
- Discussion of what you would like to accomplish by going to sites together
- Which sites and why
11:05 Discussion of “Issues and Recommendations for Improved Accessibility” for the San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail.
- Launch types evaluated – high float, low float, boat launch piers, low bank sandy beach, steep bank (p. 3)
- Specific recommended solutions (p. 6 – 20)
- Seven categories of key information (p. 4)
11:40 Boat storage – What kind of storage works?
11:50 Public comment
12:00 Adjourn
The meeting room is wheelchair accessible. Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting should contact Mr. Dick Wayman at (510) 286-4182 or dwayman@scc.ca.gov no later than five days prior to the meeting.
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