Commission on Disability Access and Design
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
1:00-2:30, Havasupai C, University Union
I.
Call to Order
a.
Roll Call
b.
Approval of minutes from June meeting
-Vote on June and August minutes will occur in September
II.
Louisiana – DOJ settlement
 Negotiated university policy requires software to be accessible
 Matt will forward documents to commission
III.
Phase I of the Usable Materials Center (UMC) in the works
 The equipment and software (DocSoft) has been delivered for video
captioning
 Hoping to have initial phases in place January
 CDAD would like a tour when ready
IV.
Jim Tuck with the City’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee invited CDAD to
collaborate with them during Flagstaff Walks week.
 The City plans an Accessibility Audit during this week
 Since NAU4ALL and Tash had mentioned a shared event for this year, he
wanted to ask if they would like to collaborate on this.
 The dates of September 26th and 27th were both discussed with preference
for the 27th perhaps around 3:00 PM
 There will be planning meetings and Jim will invite us
 He would like some volunteers from CDAD to help
V.
Priscilla Mills raised the question of campus parking
 CDAD Members – when possible remind NAU stakeholders to:
o Preserve Accessible Parking at the core of campus
 With all the current construction and an effort for more perimeter and garage
parking, Accessible Parking at the core of campus is at risk of being forgotten
or overlooked.
o Perimeter parking makes individual routes longer
VI.
2015 will be the 25th Anniversary of the ADA
 The Legacy Project is looking for groups to sponsor events to get the word
out.
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Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4142
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o Does CDAD want to participate? Yes.
o Possible events –
 October is Disability Awareness Month
 See if the Mall would like to display the Disability History
posters during October. (Matt)
o Have we followed up with David Camacho
regarding a second set of the posters? (Jamie)
o Remove from the posters “Disability Awareness
Month” so that they can be used year round.
o Update for years 2011-present
 Possible Movie Event
o Title: “The Sessions”
o Priscilla will check with the Library to see if they
have it.
 Flagstaff City Banquet is on October 12th
o What is the status of CDAD’s reply to the Provost’s Letter?
 The CDAD Executive Committee will find a time to meet and
draft a letter.
 Matt will coordinate a meeting time.
VII.
Update on Campus Map (Lauren)
 In a recent update, the Campus Map lost most of its accessibility elements.
 There is an effort in the works that could bring ITS and Geography to the
same table to discuss student internships that could provide a much more
useful Campus Map alternative.
 CDAD would like to invite Matt Tafoya, a graduate student, who presented at
the GeoDesign Studio Open House to discuss his work mapping NAU
buildings at Facility Services and see how that could tie into the internship
possibility. (Matt M. to email Matt T.)
VIII.
Construction Updates
 There are lots of construction projects:
o Aquatic Center, Tennis courts and new pool
o The Suites Expansion
o Health & Science Building
Other Business
IX.
There was closing discussion but the notes for those conversations were tied into the
notes above.
PO Box 4142
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4142
(928) 523-0708 (fax)