Regional Government

1.  Accessible Transportation:  Family of Services (brokerage) Project:
This project includes the development and implementation of a “family of services” model to deliver accessible transportation services to Peel, including:

• Partnership with Brampton and Mississauga Transit to maximize use of their new accessibility features;
• Continued TransHelp focus on personal physical disabilities/mobility impairment and a narrow transit mandate;
• Creation of a new Accessible Transportation Coordination Office (for details refer to Appendix III).

Legislative and Council Driven

(Priority High)

Customer

4.1 and 4.2

Environment, Transportation and Planning Services

4. Accessibility Education Project

Develop and implement an effective learning program for staff about accessibility to include awareness and sensitivity to accessibility issues, knowledge of accessibility policies and best practices.  The learning program should help to build capacity of staff to identify barriers and prevent barrier creation in relation to all types of disabilities including attitudinal and policy barriers.

Legislative and Policy Driven

(Priority High)

Learning and Growth

1.1

Employee and Business Services

3.  Accessible Procurement Project
To review and revise existing purchasing by-law, policies and procedures to integrate accessibility review into the Region of Peel procurement process for goods and services

Legislative and Policy Driven

(Priority High)

Internal

3.1

Employee and Business Services

4.  Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) Consultation Process for Building, Structures and Premises
Develop and implement a process to seek advice from the Accessibility Advisory Committee on the accessibility for persons with disabilities to a building, structure or premises, or part of a building, structure or premises,

• that the Region purchases, constructs or significantly renovates;
• for which the Region enters into a new lease; or
•  that a person provides as municipal capital facilities under an agreement.

The process must permit compliance with subsection 12(4) of the ODA including the process for seeking advice, incorporating the advice and resolving competing priorities.  The project will also consider the use of standards for accessibility and which standards should apply.

Legislative and AAC Driven

(Priority High)

Customer

2.1 and 3.2

Employee and Business Services

5.  Accessibility Policy Project
Establish and communicate a Corporate Accessibility Policy.  This policy will:

• Articulate the goals and objectives of the Region in relation to improving accessibility for persons with disabilities.
• Describe the types of disabilities and barriers that can occur in relation to participation in Regional government, the delivery of Regional programs and services and the ability of employees to carry out their work.
• Identify processes, procedures and tools to assist the Region to reduce or prevent barriers.
• Establish appropriate accountability at all levels of the organization for promoting and implementing the policy and its requirements in relation to all Regional activities and endeavours.

Policy Develop-ment Driven

(Priority High)

Internal

3.2

Corporate Services

6.  Accessibility Plan Development and Approval Process
Establish and document the process for the development and approval of the Region’s annual Accessibility Plan.  This will include the roles and responsibilities of the Accessibility Planning Program, the Accessibility Planning Steering Committee, EMT, the AAC and Regional Council.  It will be determined how this process relates to or is integrated with the SSBP process (either the current process or any new process that is established under the corporate planning review).

Legislative Driven

(Priority Medium)

Internal

2.1

Corporate Services

7.  Barrier Identification and Reporting Process
Review and revise the Barrier Identification and Tracking Tool (BITT) process and functionality and recommend modifications, including:

• identification of appropriate staff roles and responsibilities within departments
• improvements to the effectiveness of the process to identify barriers that affect employees, citizens, clients and customers during their interactions with the Region of Peel, and
• improvements to the reporting and analysis of data obtained through the process.

Policy Driven

(Priority Medium)

Internal

2.2 and 4.1

Corporate Services

8.  Accessibility Integration Project
As a part of the Corporate Planning Process Improvement project, establish policies, processes and accountability for integrating accessibility projects and barrier reduction into key planning processes such as the Strategic Plan, the Official Plan, Service Strategy Business Plans (SSBPs), technology plans and Budget

Policy Driven

(Priority Medium)

Financial

2.3

Executive Office

9.  Emergency Evacuation Plan Coordination Project
Establish an inventory of all Regional facilities that should have an emergency evacuation plan for staff and/or visitors, determine whether emergency evacuation plans that provide for the evacuation of persons with disabilities of all kinds are in place for each and identify gaps, evaluate whether emergency evacuation procedures have been properly documented and implemented through signage, training and testing

AAC Driven

(Priority Medium)

Internal

2.3

Employee and Business Services

10. AODA Compliance Projects
This is a project that may become a program of projects affecting all Regional Departments.  Accessibility Standards will be enacted through regulation under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (the “AODA”).  For example, it is expected that the Customer Service Standards will be promulgated first and will have a three year phase in for the Region of Peel.   As each standard comes into force, a compliance project will have to be established at the appropriate level whether Corporately, at the Departmental or program basis.  A coordinating role and mandate should also be established to establish common approaches and track progress

Legislative Driven

(Priority Low no standards have been mandatedyet)

Customer

3.2 and 4.2

All Departments

Coordinating department to be determined

11. Print and Internet Communication Standards Project
Develop and implement accessibility standards and guidelines for internal and external regional publications, intranet and internet sites

Policy Driven

(Priority Low)

Internal

1.2, 3.2 and 4.1

Corporate Services

12. Accessibility Advisory Committee Terms of Reference Review Project
Conduct a review and report to Regional Council recommendations on modifications to the Terms of Reference for the Joint Peel-Caledon Accessibility Advisory Committee regarding mandate structure, reporting, term of office for members and any other appropriate matters.

Policy  Driven

(Priority Low)

Internal

2.1

Corporate Services
(Accessibility Planning SSBP Steering Committee)