Now accepting applications from members of the community interested in serving on the City’s Advisory Committee on Accessibility (ACA). Deadline is September 12, 2008.
ACA members must either be Sunnyvale residents with disabilities, a family member or caregiver of a disabled Sunnyvale resident, a staff member of an agency which serves people with disabilities in Sunnyvale, or an expert in subjects relevant to the Sunnyvale disabled community. The ACA meets four times each year, with additional meetings scheduled as needed. Members can expect to spend approximately 20 hours per year working with the committee.
Click here to print out an application (pdf) to fax or mail.
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For more information, contact Community Resources Manager Patricia Lord at (408) 730-7477, TDD (408) 730-7501, or e-mail plord@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us .
The City of Sunnyvale’s ACA advises and provides input to City staff on accessibility issues related to City services, programs and facilities.
Its roles and duties include:
- Identifying accessibility issues;
- Providing information to staff on the changing needs of persons with disabilities in accessing City programs and services;
- Helping staff to evaluate the effectiveness of City policies, services, programs and facilities related to accessibility;
- Advising City staff and serving as a resource on accessibility matters;
- Reviewing new facilities or major renovation of City public facilities (e.g., parks, parking lots, new construction), for accessibility issues;
- Identifying people and organizations representing the disabled community with whom the City can communicate on a targeted basis;
- And Serving as ambassadors of the City and assisting the City in developing and maintaining linkages to the disabled community.
The committee does not hold public hearings or recommend study issues to Council, but does propose recommendations to staff who could then make study issue recommendations to Council on the ACA's behalf.
The ACA was formed in 2005 and is consistent with the City of Sunnyvale’s policies in the Socio Economic Sub-Element of the General Plan to:
Strive to assure that all residents have equal access to City services; and
Encourage programs and services that address the special needs of the disabled population and assure that disabled individuals have access to services.
ACA Members
Teri A. Adams
Tony Maranon
James Rea, Chair
Jeanne M. Yeager
Meeting Dates - 456 W. Olive Avenue, West Conference Room:
October 8, 2008
December 10, 2008
April 8, 2009
June 10, 2009
City Staff:
Patricia Lord, Community Resources Manager, ADA Coordinator
If you have any questions, or need more information, about the ACA, contact Patricia Lord at (408) 730-7477 or plord@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us
*For information about the Americans with Disabilities Act, and resources for people with disabilities, click here.