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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-DAC-2016-01-06Disability Advisory Council Meeting Minutes January 6, 2016 Present: Chair Roberts Vice Chair Scriber DAC Members: Dragovich Rappaport McElrath Sember-Chase CC Liaison Brock Others Present: Information Management Specialist – Myers Sidewalk Program Manager - Hathaway Director of Parking – Nagy Former Tompkins County Legislator and Common Council Member - Pat Pryor Tompkins County Social Services – Anne Dolan Tompkins County Office for the Aging - Lisa Holmes Tompkins County Planner - Lisa Monroe Tompkins County MSW Intern - Diana Campbell Advisory Board Member for Tompkins County Office for the Aging - David Robertshaw, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s “Way 2 Go” Program - Jonathan Maddison Approval of Minutes: Approval of the December 2, 2015 Disability Advisory Council Meeting Minutes – Resolution By DAC Member Sember-Chase: Seconded by Vice Chair Scriber RESOLVED, That the minutes of the December 2, 2015 Disability Advisory Council Meeting be approved with noted corrections. Carried Unanimously Accessible On-Street Parking – Discussion with Director of Parking Nagy: Tompkins County Office for the Aging and Cornell Cooperative Extensions “Way 2 Go” Program Representatives participated in the discussion, as did former Tompkins County Legislator and Common Council Member Pat Pryor. Chair Roberts provided background information regarding the accessible on-street parking program in the City of Ithaca in order to provide an understanding of what some of the DAC’s concerns are. He explained that he would like today’s meeting to provide an opportunity for Director of Parking Nagy to hear from, not only the DAC, but also from members of the public who interact with various populations of the City on a regular basis that have expressed concerns about the new on-street parking system and the new pay and display machines. Director of Parking Nagy will also be able to share information and provide an update as to the City’s plans for increasing easily accessible on-street parking and payment. After that, DAC members will have an opportunity to provide their comments and observations as they decide what recommendations they would propose be brought before the appropriate boards and committees of the City to review, discuss, and make a recommendation to Common Council. Chair Roberts explained that Ms. Pryor attended a DAC meeting late last summer after meeting with Director of Parking Nagy to discuss her concerns about accessible parking. She also provided the DAC with information on some initial research she had conducted into how other cities accommodate the need for easily accessible on-street parking and new payment methods. Disability Advisory Council Meeting Minutes                                                                                January 6, 2016    2    He further stated that Director of Parking Nagy attended the same DAC meeting with Ms. Pryor. As a result of that discussion, the decision was made to leave the lollipop meters with placard signs where they are for accessible on-street parking. Director of Parking Nagy reported that 23 new pay stations were ordered on January 5, 2016. The City of Ithaca has a Parking Advisory Committee, which has determined the need for a sub-committee that would include members of the public that could represent the needs of community members in need of accessible on-street parking and/or who would like alternative methods for paying for parking other than the pay machines. The sub-committee, after meeting with the public, would make recommendations to the Parking Advisory Committee as to where the new pay stations should be placed, and payment methods. He stated that a lot of the new pay stations will be placed on the opposite side of streets that already have pay stations to make them easier to access, as that had been a concern that many people had raised – that they had to cross the street to pay for parking. The City will continue with the use of lollipop meters at accessible spaces, and he has already discussed with the City’s Transportation Engineer about the need for additional accessible on-street parking spaces around the City. They also discussed upcoming regulations from New York State as to where and how accessible spaces should be located on any street. He further reported that the City receives a lot of individual requests for accessible on-street parking spaces for both private residences as well as on particular streets. He explained that staff send the applicant the request form to complete, but the majority of them are never returned to the City. He would prefer not to have to go through that process; he knows more spaces are needed, he just needs to know where they should be located. The current requirement is 1 accessible space for every 50 parking spaces, he can see future regulations requiring 1 space to every 25; however on-street accessible spaces aren’t regulated currently like the requirements for parking garages are. DAC Member Rappaport asked if the DAC could see and review the information from New York State regarding upcoming requirements for accessible on street parking spaces. DAC Member Sember-Chase inquired as to what the parking public input meeting was; Director of Parking Nagy responded that it is a newly created sub-committee of the City’s current “Parking Advisory Committee” that would specifically seek public input as to where accessible on street parking spaces should be located around the City of Ithaca. The first meeting of the sub-committee will on the third Friday at 9:00 a.m. at City Hall. He further stated that staff will send out a meeting notice to DAC members; he also wants someone from his staff, the Planning and Development Board, the Disability Advisory Council, the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, and Tompkins County Office for the Aging on the sub-committee. A regular meeting date for the sub-committee will be set up at the first meeting, on January 15, 2016. He noted that the new pay machines won’t arrive until the end of February; however, he would like a plan in place before the end of March for where they will be located so they can be installed as soon as possible once the good weather is here. Chair Roberts reminded Director of Parking Nagy that the height of the pay machines should be one of the topics discussed, since it has already been reported that people are having problems with their current height. He responded that he would check to see if the base could be lowered by 6” and if so, he might be able to change the current order so that half of the new pay stations would be lower. DAC Members encouraged him to order all the new pay stations at the lower height, if possible. DAC Member Sember-Chase noted that another issue reported has been the fact that the pay stations are not located close enough to the accessible path of travel and that should be considered along with placement of the new pay stations by the sub- committee. Director of Parking Nagy responded that they would move them as close to the path of travel as possible, but that a lot of the placement depends upon what utilities run underground at particular locations. He also noted that another issue that has to be considered are that the pay stations are solar powered so the batteries may need to be charged regularly due to lack of sunlight. The City wants to use the solar powered pay Disability Advisory Council Meeting Minutes                                                                                January 6, 2016    3    stations because they are less expensive, and it costs less to replace solar batteries than to order pay stations powered by a different means. Director of Parking Nagy reported that the City is working with the Downtown Ithaca Alliance who has a marketing group working with them to develop a plan for marketing the use of Park Mobile. He stated that the use of the Park Mobile application has grown steadily each month since the City began using it. He stated that the City wants to consider that as they put forth efforts to continue to increase its use – especially by targeting the over 50 demographic. He stated that education of the public is essential as so many think they need a smart phone to use the system; they do not; any phone will do. Revenue from the use of Park Mobile is increasing daily, which the City wants to see continue. Lisa Holmes, from Tompkins County Office for the Aging, explained that her comments are being made on behalf of older adults whom they serve and receive feedback. She reported that Director of Parking Nagy attended one of their advisory meetings in September, which was helpful. In her experience and with information from their Advisory Committee, there are still issues being reported regarding the so-called “easy to use system” with the generation divide. The aging population want to use coins in the parking meters, and the long distance that must be navigated between parked vehicles and the pay station is difficult for a lot of them. She is happy to hear that those issues are being addressed. She has also heard about the difficulty that some users experience when trying to remove their credit card from the pay station. Due to arthritis in people’s hands, they have limited grip strength so the cards become stuck because they can’t remove them. She has heard that older adults are avoiding coming downtown altogether to avoid having to use the pay stations to park. It is not that they do not want to pay for parking, but they would like an alternate payment method that would be easier to understand and use. Ms. Pryor expressed her thanks to the DAC, Chair Roberts, Director of Parking Nagy, and to everyone who has been so responsive in trying to come together to work towards a resolution to the issues that have been raised. She stated that when she was conducting her research of various cities across the nation into what options are offered to address these concerns, she was very unhappy with the language in a lot of the legislation that was used to describe people. She encouraged the City of Ithaca, when it is at a point to change its legislation related to this issue, to make sure to use people/person language and not use the word “disabled” as that term can is very offensive to some. In addition, and maybe she missed it since she lives in a rural area, but she has not heard or seen anything about how to use the pay stations and the Park Mobile Application in the community where she lives. She would encourage the City, in terms of marketing and educating the public about the ease of use with the Park Mobile system, to make sure that information is provided to the many rural areas of Tompkins County. She feels that it is really important that this outreach be done, if the City wants to encourage the public to visit downtown and make use of the Park Mobile payment options. Director of Parking Nagy responded that one of the purposes of the new Parking Advisory Sub-Committee is to find ways to get the word out on how to use the Park Mobile system not only in Ithaca but in other cities where it is available as well. It will be very important that whatever marketing techniques are utilized that it be very clear that the public does not need a smart phone in order to use the pay stations. He stated that every meeting he has attended regarding the new pay stations and the Park Mobile application, where some members of the audience were 55 years and older, that has been the biggest question and misconception. He is hoping that with this latest marketing push that this information will reach that demographic of the population in an easy to understand format. DAC Member Dragovich responded that he is happy to hear that information will be provided to the public. However, he wondered that when it is given to the public, is it also explained to them how they would use their home phone to pay for parking? Perhaps that should be part of the information provided to the public. It is one thing to Disability Advisory Council Meeting Minutes                                                                                January 6, 2016    4    say that a home phone or non-smart phone can be used, but another to then take it a step further and explain in detail how to do it from home or the car. He would strongly encourage that detailed information be included in the marketing campaign as well. Vice Chair Scriber encouraged the City to reach out to the many rural councils/boards and provide this information to them, that way the information can be sent to community members in the various community newsletters. That would help to reach many in the community that might not otherwise receive the information that the City is marketing in its education campaign about the pay stations and the Park Mobile application. DAC Member Rappaport questioned whether the parking brochure had been updated since its original distribution, as that would be another way to educate community members about the system. Director of Parking Nagy responded that Park Mobile will be assisting the City in updating the brochure; the first brochure did not go over well, but marketing is not one of the City’s best attributes. Ms. Pryor stated that she supports comments that Ms. Holmes made. As a result of some of her research, Portland Oregon’s scratch off card is a program that merits consideration by the City of Ithaca. Scratch off cards can be purchased for various zones of a city, for various time limits, and different days. They can be purchased in advance and used in place of the pay stations to pay for parking on the street. She encouraged the City to consider and investigate that option for possible use in the City of Ithaca. Ms. Dolan explained that she provides counseling and therapy for older people. It is very important for her clients to be able to park easily and come in to talk with her about what is going on in their lives. She also counsels caregivers and there are some from the rural community who won’t come in to the City because of the new pay machines. She thanked the DAC and Director of Parking Nagy for their willingness to address the concerns that have been raised. She, too, has seen people with mobility issues that are too intimated by the process to use the Park Mobile application. DAC Member Sember-Chase noted that she would like more of an idea of what some of the other reasons might be as to why people don’t want to use the new pay stations besides the smart phone myth. One of the members of the public in attendance explained that he is a retired English teacher, and what would assist him would be a tutorial on how to use the pay station. He suggested that the City consider partnering with staff from Lifelong on a more visually graphic flyer that would provide such a tutorial. Ms. Dolan reported that this community is made up of a lot of very intelligent members, but the keyboard on the pay station looks a little complicated and intimidating even to them. Her clients are bright people; however, they report that they will look at the pay station try to understand what they need to do, a line of people behind them develops so they go to end of the line so as not to hold people up, and then, due to their frustration about how to operate the pay station, will just abandon it and miss their appointment with her. Ms. Pryor stated that it would be helpful to have additional pay stations on both sides of the street as far as easier access is concerned; however, it is not enough. There should be a different way that the City could charge for on-street parking. The parking should not be free because then it will be abused and parking spaces on the street will not open up. Chair Roberts asked Director of Parking Nagy what his thoughts are about a scratch off card system like the one Portland, Oregon utilizes. He asked him whether he would be willing to call Portland, Oregon to talk to them about their scratch off card system used t pay for on-street parking. Director of Parking Nagy responded that he would call Portland; however, for him, the hardest part of that type of system would be the Disability Advisory Council Meeting Minutes                                                                                January 6, 2016    5    accounting and enforcement end. It would be hard for the City to monitor whether what is being used is being paid for or not. Chair Roberts stated that it seems like telling the public that they can use their home phone or regular cell phone is not working and use of the pay machines is hampering people from parking downtown. People don’t want free parking, they just want to be able to use the on-street parking that is available. Portland, Oregon’s scratch off card system seems like it might be a program the City of Ithaca should consider as an alternate method of paying for on-street parking. Mr. Maddison, from “Way 2 Go”, suggested that a meeting be held on the topic where a demographic sampling of members of the community attend. That group could visit a pay station to see how it works for them and the City could learn from that sampling what kind of public education/marketing is needed in order for the machines to be used regularly. He suggested that the City work with staff from “Longview” on that proposal. He volunteered to work with staff from “Longview” to set up those educational type meetings in various locations around the community. The DAC expressed their support and approval for that proposal. They encouraged Mr. Maddison to work with Director of Parking Nagy on it. Common Council Liaison Brock reported that it is her understanding that parking enforcement will no longer be done by people walking the street but by license plate readers in the Community Service Officers’ vehicles. She suggested that a program similar to the New York State thru-way “Easy Pass” might be a solution to consider for payment of parking on the street. The public already knows about that program, it works, and would be easy for the City to monitor. Another member of the public in the audience stated that after listening to this discussion, it appears that there may be five different options that could be used to pay for on-street parking. He shared that when he tried parking for a meeting on Court Street recently, he used his regular cell phone to call Park Mobile, it took 15 minutes to get a real live person to talk to, he was then asked for his credit card/security code numbers, and then a number of other questions. He was late for the meeting and did not find the process convenient or timely. He would support the proposal to pay in advance like New York State’s “Easy Pass” system. Vice Chair Scriber volunteered to serve on the City of Ithaca’s Parking/Pay Station marketing committee. Chair Roberts expressed his thanks to Ms. Pryor for raising her concerns to the City about on-street accessible parking, to members of the public for attending today’s meeting and contributing to the discussion of the topic, and to Director of Parking Nagy for his responsiveness to work on addressing them and working with the DAC going forward to ensure that anyone that wants to visit downtown understands how to pay and park on the street. Exterior Maintenance Discussion: Alderperson and chair of the City of Ithaca Planning and Economic Development Committee joined the discussion for this topic. Chair Roberts explained that the Rental Housing Advisory Committee has recommended changes to the fine structure for various violations of the Exterior Property Maintenance Ordinance. He stated that the DAC has been assured recently that those changes will not affect snow and ice removal requirements. The DAC has is concerned about the proposed change to lower the fines associated with them though. That is one of the reasons that Alderperson Murtagh was invited to attend today’s meeting. Disability Advisory Council Meeting Minutes                                                                                January 6, 2016    6    Chair Roberts further reported that the Chair of the Rental Housing Advisory Committee has been invited to attend the February DAC meeting. This will provide an opportunity for the DAC to share how any proposed changes to the Exterior Property Maintenance should be shared with them to make sure they will not affect accessibility in any way. Alderperson Murtagh thanked the DAC for the invitation to today’s meeting. He stated that issues related to garbage and garbage lids being left off are the reason that changes were proposed to the fine structure of the Exterior Property Maintenance Ordinance. He stated that even when he was a reporter for the Ithaca Times in 2010, that garbage violations and fines were being discussed. In 2012, the fine structure for violations of the Exterior Maintenance Ordinance were changed and increased incrementally based upon violations within a 12 month period. Early in 2015, there was a suggestion to change the requirement for removal of snow and ice from sidewalks from 24 hours from the start of the snow storm to 48 hours, but that was not supported by the DAC and changes were not made. The current proposed changes are the result of the number of violations being issued without the property owner even being aware there was a violation. The property owner would not receive the violation notice in a timely manner, and each day that a violation exists results in another fine. Property owners wanted the fines decreased based upon the fact that they could not correct a violation that they were not even aware of. In addition, the fines were the same for a violation that consisted of a lid being left off a garbage can as for garbage being left out, which seemed unfair. That is why there is a proposal to change the fine structure so that the violation for the lid being left off a garbage can be reduced to $20.00 and not increase on an incremental basis within any certain time period. The proposal also includes reducing the current fine structure for other violations of the ordinance. Late in 2014 the City implemented a voluntary e-mail notification system of exterior property maintenance violations. Property owners voluntarily register to receive an e-mail notification the same day the violation is found so they can respond and take care of it in a timely manner. This system is working and the number of violations being issued for multiple consecutive days is decreasing, which was the goal of the system. Because of that success, property owners would also like the associated fines decreased from $40 for the first violation, $60 for the second violation and $100 for a third in a twelve month period to $25 for the first violation, $50 for the second violation, and $100 for the third violation in a twelve month period. Those are the proposed changes on the agenda for discussion and vote at the January 13, 2016 Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting. Both he, as the Chair, and the committee are seeking feedback and input from the public about the proposed changes. DAC Member Dragovich stated that the fine structure currently has a sidewalk snow removal violation different than a violation for a lawn or garbage fine. Is the current proposal to have the same fines across the board? So, any violation of the Exterior Maintenance Ordinance, except for garbage can lids, would be $25, $50, $100 within a twelve month period? DAC Member Rappaport agreed that fact was something that jumped out to him as well. He appreciates that an e-mail notification system was set up to give property owners the ability to correct a violation before being issued another violation; that is a good change. However, the lack of snow removal from sidewalks is completely different from an uncovered garbage can (which, personally, he feels should not have a fine associated with it) and other violations of the Exterior Property Maintenance Ordinance. Is there a way to split the fine structure of the ordinance so the same fines do not apply to all violations of the ordinance? DAC Member Sember-Chase voiced a concern that the proposed changes seemed like a step backward in the DAC’s effort to make sure that sidewalks were kept clear of ice and snow so they are accessible to everyone. She noted that lack of snow removal from sidewalks was the number one concern reported on the DAC’s last survey. She is not saying the fines should increase, but they should not decrease either. Disability Advisory Council Meeting Minutes                                                                                January 6, 2016    7    She further reported that, historically, the position of the DAC and what has been articulated to the Board of Public Works and Common Council is that part of the problem with the way snow and ice removal had been dealt with was that it was seen as just another part of the Exterior Property Maintenance Ordinance, and not as the ability for all citizens of the City to have clear and safe access on all sidewalks to travel wherever they need to go. The fine structure for not removing snow and ice from sidewalks should remain the same. In addition, it is a civil right that all citizens be able to travel safely throughout the city and in the various neighborhoods on those sidewalks. This issue that has come to light over time, and Asst. Supt. Benjamin for Streets and Facilities would agree, is that it is the same property owners who don’t shovel their sidewalks year after year knowing that they are in violation of the ordinance. As such, the fine structure for those violations should not decrease. The City of Ithaca has an obligation to its citizens to ensure that they are able to get around the city at any time. The DAC does not support a reduction in the fines and they do not want the ability for people to have access anywhere in the City to decrease. The other types of Exterior Property Maintenance violations such as a couch on the lawn or garbage is not affecting the public’s access to the City’s sidewalks. The DAC did not support the proposed change in the time given to remove snow and ice from sidewalks from 24 hours to 48 hours and it does not support a decrease in the fine for lack of snow and ice removal from sidewalks. Vice Chair Scriber asked whether sidewalks could be separated from the rest of the Exterior Maintenance Ordinance and treated as a separate issue from garbage, grass, etc. This is really an issue of civil rights and public safety; it isn’t attractive to have furniture or garbage left out but is not the same as having clear and safe access to sidewalks around the City. Chair Roberts noted that one of the reasons that the Department of Public Works has increased its work to remove snow and ice from sidewalks and in turn send property owners a bill is because of the work that the DAC did to convince the City that it is categorically important to separate snow and ice removal from the rest of the Exterior Property Maintenance Ordinance, because the City should provide safe access to all sidewalks for everyone. CC Liaison Brock stated that she wanted to confirm that what she is hearing is that the DAC does not support a decrease in fines for obstruction to sidewalks. DAC members confirmed that. Alderperson Murtagh responded that the Planning and Economic Development Committee could separate the fines for snow and ice removal from sidewalks or any obstruction to the sidewalks from the rest of the proposed changes to the ordinance. That would send the message that the City of Ithaca feels that access to the sidewalks is more important than a couch or garbage being left out. Chair Roberts asked what the process would be to make that proposal to Common Council. Alderperson Murtagh explained that the Planning and Economic Development Committee meets next week so this change could be proposed to amend the proposed changes to the legislation to exclude the fines for sidewalks from the rest of the ordinance. He suggested that the DAC send a memo or something to the committee that would convey them the sense that the DAC does not support the proposed changes as currently written to decrease the fines for any violation related to obstruction of the sidewalks. Chair Roberts would also encourage the City to place sidewalks as a separate item in the Exterior Property Maintenance Ordinance. Alderperson Murtagh responded that it is already separated out in the ordinance. Vice Chair Scriber questioned why it was included in the proposal to decrease the fines for violations of the ordinance if that was the case. Disability Advisory Council Meeting Minutes                                                                                January 6, 2016    8    Alderperson Murtagh explained that more tickets were issued this year to some very responsible citizens who don’t normally violate the snow removal requirements. That was one of the reasons for the proposed change in fines. However, he would support keeping the fines the same for the snow and ice removal. He is concerned about taking snow removal out of the current proposal because it would hold up the other changes which they have been working on for a long time. So, if the proposal could be changed to keep fines for snow and ice the same but change them for the other violations he would like to do that. Chair Roberts stated that the DAC could ask the City to put the rationale for keeping the fines for snow and ice removal the same in the ordinance which is because it is a civil for everyone to have access on any sidewalk in the City. The DAC supports Alderperson Murtagh’s suggestion to keep the fines for snow and ice removal the same; then, if needed, put into writing the rationale for why the fines need to stay the same. Alderperson Murtagh stated that he would see that the proposal is changed to reflect the DAC’s recommendation that the fines for snow and ice removal remain the same so that the rest of the proposed changes can be placed on the Planning and Economic Development’s agenda for next week’s meeting; the City Attorney will also be at the meeting next week to address any questions that may arise. That way everything can be done at once at next week’s meeting. Chair Roberts stated that he would provide language to Alderperson Murtagh to include with the proposal regarding the DAC’s recommendation to keep the fines for snow and ice removal the same. He will first draft the language, run it by DAC members for input and review, and then send it on to Alderperson Murtagh for inclusion with the agenda. Chair Roberts and DAC Members expressed their thanks and appreciation to Alderperson Murtagh for attending today’s meeting and supporting their efforts to keep sidewalks accessible for everyone and not decreasing the fines for violations related to sidewalks. Summary: After the meeting CC Liaison Brock, in preparation for her participation in the discussion at the January 13, 2016, Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting, drafted the following summary of the Exterior Property Maintenance Ordinance discussion: 1) The DAC recommends that the City and City Attorney incorporate language into the City Code whereby the City recognizes and affirms that providing and maintaining clear and accessible sidewalks are a priority for the City and is to be enforced as a matter of protecting our citizen's civil rights. 2) The DAC recommends that the proposed EPMO modifications reinstate the distinct and separate fine structure for 178-3I (maintenance of steps, walks, driveways, etc) and 178-3J (Sidewalks, snow and ice), keeping the fine structure at $40, $60, and $100. 3) The DAC is opposed to any changes to the enforcement timeline, and supports having fines issued on properties where the sidewalks are not cleared of snow within 24-hours of the initiation of a snow event. While there is no change proposed in the ordinance, it has been discussed as a matter of staff practice that the EPMO inspector will give a property owner a 24-hour courtesy email notice prior to the issuance of a ticket. The DAC feels this courtesy should not extend to snowy sidewalks. Although we didn't talk about it today, the original ordinance also gave a heightened fine for overgrown plants which obstruct sidewalks (178-3G). It should be discussed if it is the intent of the DAC to reinstate this at the higher fine? Disability Advisory Council Meeting Minutes                                                                                January 6, 2016    9    Chair Roberts drafted the following resolution and information for the January 13, 2016, Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting: General: The City of Ithaca recognizes and affirms that clear and accessible sidewalks are a priority for the City specific titles in this ordinance are enforced as a matter of protecting our citizen's civil rights to effectively use the sidewalk and pedestrian infrastructure within the city. ---- Whereas: The city of Ithaca recognizes and affirms that clear and accessible sidewalks are a priority for the city as a matter of protecting our citizen’s civil rights to effectively use the sidewalk and pedestrian infrastructure within the city; Therefore, Be it resolved that the city maintains a distinct and separate fine structure for 178-3I (maintenance of steps, walks, driveways, etc) and 178-3J; (Sidewalks, snow and ice), (overgrown plants which obstruct sidewalks) (178-3G), the fine structure: $40, $60, and $100. I think the DAC wants to accomplish two things: Establish that, as a matter of law, the city views maintaining access to sidewalks differently than other aspects of EPMO And, Because of that, the fines are different. Next Meeting: DAC Member Rappaport stated that he would like to invite Director of Parking Nagy to the February DAC meeting to discuss additional parking issues related to side rails in parking garages. He stated that nothing has been done since the DAC brought this to his attention at the August meeting. Chair Roberts responded that he would invite Director of Parking Nagy to the February meeting. Vice Chair Scriber confirmed that she would attend the “marketing” meeting regarding the City’s pay stations and accessible parking that Director of Parking Nagy spoke about. CC Liaison Brock confirmed that she would plan to attend the Parking Committee sub- committee meeting. They will report back at the February DAC meeting. Updates: Sidewalk Program Manager Hathaway stated that he would have a new sidewalk work plan for 2016 to share with the DAC in the next couple of month. He would like to have the DAC’s input as the work plan is finalized for the 2016 construction season. Adjournment: On a motion the meeting adjourned at 1:30 p.m. _________________________________ _____________________________ Sarah L. Myers, Larry Roberts, Chair Information Management Specialist