Accessibility Advisory Committee

That the May 21, 2024 Accessibility Advisory Committee Agenda be approved.

That the April 16, 2024 meeting minutes be approved.

That the AAC recommends that the final PRMP include a requirement for all new playgrounds in Guelph include a minimum of four wheelchair accessible play components with at least one of those being a wheelchair accessible play structure with a ramp or other method of full wheelchair access onto the structure. The AAC also recommends that the PRMP include a requirement that all play structures be connected to accessible pathways, and that all other play components be within 255 mm of an accessible pathway.

The AAC recommends that recommendation 33 in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan be revised to read “Apply a service level target of one rubber surface playground within 2.5 km of residential areas until 2025, moving to a target of one rubber surface playground within 1.5 km of residential areas starting in 2026", and that this be considered a starting point for future growth, not an end goal.

The AAC recommends that the PRMP reflect that economic need will be a factor in determining the location of playgrounds with rubber surfaces, noting that city wide distribution gaps will be considered first with areas of economic need be identified within those gaps.

The AAC recommends that a target ratio of 100% of new playgrounds have rubber safety surfaces, which will be considered in addition to the AAC's recommended geographic distribution metric.

That the Chair of the AAC be listed as a presenter alongside staff for when the Playground Accessibility item goes to Council.

That the Accessibility Advisory Committee be adjourned at 4:27 p.m.