Key Goal

Milestones

Policy Issues Committee

Monitor and provide expertise on issues that affect people with disabilities in Transportation, Housing, Employment, and Public Accommodations

• Transportation: 
• Make recommendations to improve public transportation options
• Identify pedestrian issues
• Host transportation forum
• Monitor parking limitations

• Housing:  Develop recommended action items from Housing Forum

• Employment:  Issue recommendations to the City regarding recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion of individuals with disabilities
• Develop strategic  relationships with the Mayor’s Office, Council, and Departments
• Research current status
• Identify best practices
• Draft recommendations

• Public Access issues:
• Issue Waterfront and Seawall report
• Monitor progress on City’s response to Project Civic Access report

• Develop resource list

Public Safety Committee

Ensure that the needs of individuals with disabilities are taken into account in the City’s Public Safety policies

• Produce sidewalk snow removal Public Service Announcement
• Participate training activities including national training in August
• Encourage the City to caption videos
• Hold two Safe Communities meetings; Follow up with SPD regarding meetings
• Encourage greater accessibility of the Citywide web portal; make Commission page more accessible

 Outreach Committee

Conduct inclusive outreach to communities where individuals with disabilities often experience isolation

• Represent the Commission at three or four community events
• Hold three Commission meetings in a Seattle neighborhood
• Host community picnic
• Express appreciation to former Commissioners
• Assist with recruiting
• Upgrade brochure, create resource materials

 Full Commission

Disability Community Survey

• Develop objectives, timeline, and plan
• Identify target survey respondents
• Design survey and alternative formats
• Test survey
• Distribute survey
• Analyze results; Publish