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Suggestion for increased MOPD involvement in compliance processes
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Council Member Linda Lee suggests that MOPD should have more involvement in ADA compliance processes and decisions across city agencies. She emphasizes the importance of including the voices of the disabilities community from the start to avoid issues and the need for redoing work later.
- Council Member Lee suggests MOPD should be consulted more often in city decisions
- She emphasizes the value MOPD could add to various processes
- The council member stresses the importance of including disability perspectives from the beginning of projects
- MOPD representatives agree to take the suggestion under advisement
- Council Member Lee puts her suggestion on record for future consideration
Linda Lee
0:28:48
Let me ask a slightly different question.
0:28:54
Should they be part of that process or do you think that you should have input in that and and the reason why I ask that is because I oftentimes feel that your department should probably be consulted more often in a lot of these decisions and are often not at the table.
0:29:09
So that's why I'm just trying to figure out if perhaps there is a way where we can figure out an interagency partnership there.
Emily Sweet
0:29:21
I think I think that's something we could take in under advisement and and discuss further.
Linda Lee
0:29:26
Not to give you more work, Commissioner Curry, but
Sonyong Lee
0:29:28
you know,
Linda Lee
0:29:29
I feel like you have a lot of value added.
0:29:32
I just want to make sure that the voices of the disabilities community is part of that process because oftentimes with a lot of decisions we make at the city, we often say, oh okay, if they had been brought to the table in the beginning initially from the start, then we could have avoided a lot of things having to be redone.
0:29:48
So with that same mindset in vain, I feel like oftentimes mopeds should be at the table having a lot of these conversations with various different city agencies.
0:29:56
So I just wanted to put that on record.
0:30:00
Let me pause there and actually oh, we've also been joined by I was gonna say commissioner Kaban.
0:30:05
Sorry.
0:30:06
Council member Kaban because I'm thinking commissioner Curry.
0:30:09
Sorry.
0:30:10
Yes, we've been joined by Council Member Caban and then I'll pass it off to Council Member Lewis.