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WORK PLAN
The Committee discussed a number of items listed on the draft work plan for the 2022 - 2026 term.
The items included:
• Accessible, affordable, and available housing;
• Accessible Transportation:
o Transit to key destinations;
• Barriers to communicating with the community;
• Possibility of sending communications through mail merging with the City’s water bill;
• Using the Seniors and Accessibility Fair as an opportunity to ask the community about how best to communicate with them; and
• Collaborating with other advisory committees, such as the Active Transportation and Sustainability Committee.
The Committee agreed to add “Establishing the Seniors and Accessibility Fair” as a monthly standing agenda item.
The Committee agreed to invite staff from Marketing and Communications in Access Barrie to come to the next meeting to speak about how to communicate with the community after the move of the Barrie Advance newspaper to a digital-only model.
The Committee agreed to invite staff from Barrie Transit to come to the next meeting to speak about accessible transit in Barrie, particularly transit to key destinations such as recreational spaces and emergency services.
The Committee agreed to invite representatives from the County of Simcoe’s Accessibility Advisory Committee and Age-Friendly Community Advisory Committee to come and speak at a future meeting.