.

Thank you.

Chair, we're ready to start when you are.

Good evening and welcome to the December 3rd,

2025 Disability Advisory Commission.

Good evening and welcome to the December 3rd, 2025 Disability Advisory Commission meeting.

The meeting is now called to order.

Will the clerk please call the roll to establish a quorum?

Thank you, Chair.

Commissioners, please unmute your mics.

All right, Commissioner Greenbaum.

Here.

Commissioner Barnbaum?

Here.

Commissioner Patel?

Absent.

Commissioner Wilson?

Here.

Commissioner Dyson?

Here.

Commissioner Knapper?

Absent.

Commissioner Igwebe?

Here.

Vice Chair Ellis?

Present.

Commissioner Cower?

Absent.

Chair Kramer?

Present. Thank you. We have a quorum.

I would like to remind members of the public in chambers that if you would like to speak on an agenda item,

please turn in a speaker slip before the item begins.

After the item is called, we will no longer accept speaker slips.

You will have two minutes to speak once you are called on.

We will now proceed to today's agenda.

if you are able to please rise for the land acknowledgement and pledge of allegiance

to the original people of this land the nisanon people the southern maidu valley and plains

Miwok, Patwin, Winton peoples, and the people of the Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only

federal recognized tribe. May we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before

us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together

today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous

peoples' history, contributions, and lives.

Thank you.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for

which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you.

Next is the approval of the consent calendar.

Clerk, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on the consent calendar?

Thank you, Chair.

I have no speaker slips on this item.

Motion to approve the consent calendar.

We have one motion.

Do we have a second?

I'll second the motion.

Okay.

Okay, so that was moved by Commissioner Napper and second.

I'm sorry.

Vice Chair Ellis.

I apologize, Vice Chair Ellis.

And seconded by Commissioner Barnbaum.

I apologize.

Okay, Commissioners, please unmute your microphones.

Commissioner Greenbaum.

Aye.

Commissioner Barnbaum?

Aye.

Commissioner Patel?

Absent.

Commissioner Wilson?

Aye.

Commissioner Dyson?

Aye.

Commissioner Knapper?

Absent.

Commissioner Agwebe?

Aye.

Commissioner Agwebe?

Aye.

Thank you.

Vice Chair Ellis?

Aye.

Yes.

Thank you.

And Commissioner Cowher?

Absent.

And Chair Kramer?

Aye.

Motion passes, thank you.

We will now proceed to the discussion calendar.

The first item on the agenda today is the Americans with Disabilities Act

Rights of Way Implementation Plan.

All right, well, good evening.

Happy to be bringing forward the prospective plan.

This report was prepared by associate engineer,

Cecilin Foote, who could not be here tonight,

but she has been preparing our prospective plans,

I believe, for the last, I want to say last eight years.

So she puts a lot of good work into it.

So I'm happy to present this on half of the city,

but just wanted to recognize her for those efforts.

Here is some background of the prospective plan.

This is part of the settlement agreement

that the city had with Barden.

the Barden Settlement, and it obligates the city to expend about 20% of its annual transportation

funds. And so the city prepares this plan, and it's kind of a look back and then a look

forward in terms of how our programs and how our projects are investing in making the right

away more accessible. So there's an estimate for what the obligation would be for 2526

at about 6.9 million. Our plan proposes to extend 10.3. I'm pretty sure that on average

we've always exceeded the goal. And that's, it doesn't surprise me because our projects

are always local infrastructure and sidewalks,

accessibility is always typically part of our scope.

So in our programs, we've had the citizen request program

presented here, it was presented this year to the commission.

And this identifies how the dollar amount of curb ramps,

detectable warning tiles, sidewalk improvements, citizen requests, audible accessible signals

with our audible signal phase two project, which is a standalone project, all totaling

up to $10.3 million.

This is a little description of the program areas.

an estimated 35 curb ramps,

estimated eight curb ramps as part of citizen request.

And this shows what signal projects

are being retrofitted with APS,

and that also, if those ramps are out of compliance,

those ramps are also brought into compliance.

And so our engineers have presented this

when they brought a detailed presentation forward.

I believe it was in last year.

I can't remember which month.

But Devin Paulson's been working on this,

one of our electrical engineers.

So then those are the programs.

And then as part of our CIP delivery,

a lot of accessibility improvements are done as part of those projects too.

So this is a total of 6.4 million of accessible improvements will be constructed,

I would say, between now and next year.

And these are the names of those projects.

So Fong Ranch Road, I believe, is getting ready to advertise pedestrian crossing enhancements, has advertised and received bids.

Auburn Boulevard was constructed, the Auburn Boulevard bridge replacement.

Franklin Boulevard, complete street phase one and two.

If anyone lives in that part of town has seen the work out there.

major transformational project with a lot of accessibility improvements estimated at 4 million.

Jackrabbit trail project, I'm managing that project.

It's out in North Natomas, but is providing accessible signal crossing improvements for the Jackrabbit trail.

And then Vision Zero School Safety.

That was presented to this commission, I think, over the summer,

but includes $439,000 attributed to accessibility improvements as part of those scopes.

So this just gives you the locations of these projects.

Here's the Fong Ranch Road.

Crossing improvement supports the high school there in South Antomas.

Citywide ped crossing enhancements.

This is one of James Craig's projects.

he's presented to the commission in the past and then auburn boulevard which i mentioned

this one we had the ribbon cutting for i believe in november the project is open to the public

franklin this project began construction this last march or this past march is as i was mentioning

before you can see a lot of the work i included some pictures in our ann report which we'll get

to in the next item but plenty of improvements being done as part of this one and i'm hearing

that the paving is going to start so uh so look forward to seeing that then i mentioned jack rabbit

trail in north natomas and then the vision zero school safety which is city citywide in these

seven locations. And so now looking forward to 26 and 27. So those are the projects that are either

constructed in construction or close to advertisement that I just covered. These

projects now are looking forward to 26, 27. So that's referring to the city fiscal year, which

starts July 1st, ends June 30th.

So this is July 1st of 2026 through June 30th, 2027.

And right now we've identified these four projects

as moving forward with construction.

So two of them on Broadway,

and then a traffic signal safety,

which is a citywide project,

and the pedestrian crossings are on 29th.

So I think all of these projects

have come before the commission.

So if you're curious about any one of these,

you could look back on past commissions

and see the full presentation and PowerPoint

from the project managers.

So the next step for this prospective plan

after your review and comment

is to go to the city council.

And so we're currently on track to bring this forward

in January to the City Council.

So that concludes the presentation on the prospective plan.

I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Thank you, Mr. Gothen.

Before we move to Commissioner Comments,

Clerk, are there any members of the public

who wish to speak on this item?

Thank you, Chair.

I have no speaker slips on this item.

Thank you.

We will now move to Commissioner Comments.

Commissioner Barnbaum?

Yes.

Thank you, Chair Kramer, and thank you for the presentation, Jesse.

On the Auburn Boulevard project and the, I think, Ethan Way, there was a project.

Are those joint city-county projects given their geographic location?

Yes.

Okay.

Yes.

So it is on the border, Auburn Boulevard.

And this was, and I know the county may have other projects on Ethan.

Ethan's not in the city.

So if there's something going on out there, that's not the city.

More than likely, it's probably a county project.

But Auburn Boulevard Bridge, very close to the county border.

And the county was a partner on that project.

In fact, the county contributed, I believe, $1.5 million towards the construction of that project.

The project was primarily funded by Caltrans Highway Bridge Program funds.

I believe the bridge was originally built in the 30s, retrofitted in the 50s.

And so we finally reconstructed the entire bridge.

And if you're familiar with that area, it has the, I forgot the name of the creek that goes under it.

But-

Arcade Creek.

Magpied?

Or Arcade.

Yeah, I think it's Arcade.

And so there's flooding out there, so we had to build it to a little higher elevation, but we had to make sure we met all the accessibility slopes as well.

So it was a long, all bridges are a long delivery timeline, but a huge milestone in seeing that go to construction.

So I actually included a picture of it in the annual report.

because it has the curb ramps, it has the right slopes on the crosswalks,

it has all the new features, has the bike lanes, so the APS on the signals.

So it's nice to kind of bring it to current standard.

Yeah, it seems like a huge undertaking.

A project I'm familiar with going on now is the one Thompson Builders is behind

at the location at Watt Avenue and Interstate 80.

So it's like a huge reconstruction of everything there,

both upper level, lower level, highway ramps,

staircases, elevators,

just a whole lot going on at that specific location.

It's huge.

You did indicate in the chart on one slide,

so that's where I kind of caught the Ethan Way project,

by the way.

Oh, was there one there?

Yeah. And then one of them on there was an intersection at 4th and I Street. So not far from where we are now. When usually I think of that, that's the intermodal station. And I'd requested Greg Taylor and his team at a future meeting in 2026 to come and present. But at least with regard to what you showed on this slide, what is the improvement or change we're looking at in the next fiscal year at 4th and I Street?

I don't think I have anything on here on 4th and I, but let's see if we can get back to it.

Let's go to the slide that had a huge list of...

Yeah, there it is. Let's see.

No, no, no, no.

Okay, this one in that square.

Oh, oh.

4th and I Street is right under the red star in that list.

Yeah, this would be adding APS.

Okay, APS.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay.

I'm pretty sure, because I'm fairly confident it meets all the accessibility, like the slope requirements.

But this is specifically for APS and poly associated with a request, a citizen request.

Okay.

So, yeah.

And then my last question is, in reaction to what occurred last night,

Are there anything that now your department or other departments have to go back and kind of rework some things with the proposed annexation near the airport in the north Natomas area?

I heard it passed 5 to 2 to 2.

Oh.

So, yeah, that effort, I'm sure, is led by our community development department.

And so Public Works has staff that's dedicated to reviewing those planned unit developments and the agreements.

And they will ensure that everything is built to city standard.

And ADA standards, APS, curb cuts, ramps.

Yeah, so that would all be part of the entitlement package.

Now, I'm not familiar with the item, but that's pretty high-level land use decision-making, I think, maybe in terms of the annex.

But as part of the zoning ordinance, that as development occurs out there, we'll call it green field development,

it will have to comply with our standards for street improvements, which includes accessibility.

right so okay um madam chair those are all the questions i have i yield my time to joseph wilson

thank you so very thank you so very much commissioner barnbaum commissioner wilson

hello sir i just wanted a comment that uh it's great that the city is like

working more on making the sidewalks more accessible.

Because it's all a critical critique

for some of the other projects that we've had presented.

Splits Avenue's Mary's Boulevard as an example.

There's great improvements being planned for that road,

but there's no

plans to fix

the sidewalks.

Like Mary's Hill,

I was out there a couple

of weeks ago. It's kind

of a good accessibility

nightmare

just because there's

street poles

in the middle

of the sidewalk.

Just a little critique.

I think

there could be

some sort of effort to

sort of like

do these projects

in conjunction

so like you know

give me a truly accessible

road because then I hope

to improve some of the

accessibility of our

people with the

mobility and areas

because yeah

those are the

that's all my comments

so that's it

So if I understood the comments on Marysville Boulevard in terms of accessibility, the utility poles?

Well, there's plans to get through the safety, drug pedestrians.

Yeah.

But there's no plan to fix the sidewalks.

So I think we had a presentation on Marysville Boulevard.

It might have been ours. It was in the fall. I think it was our September or October meeting.

And there's two efforts going on on the same corridor. So there's the quick build project,

and then we'll call it the ultimate project. Quick build project just received bids.

The scope of that project is to implement the road diet is the chief goal. And it's for a

a couple of blocks right in the proximity of Grant High School.

And it's going to implement the road diet to demonstrate the safety benefit operationally

that road diets have on these old arterial corridors.

And then it will be improving some of the crosswalks.

and the larger improvements that will take place as part of the ultimate Marysville project,

which is like a $15 million project.

So to put it in perspective, the quick build is about a $1.3 million project,

but the ultimate project is about a $14 million project.

And so I will pass those comments along to the team,

and I think they did hear them too when it was presented,

but we're aware of the accessibility challenges

that the utility poles.

And so I think it's a case-by-case basis for those,

but where the project will be making improvements,

it will fix the, bring the curb ramps up to standard

and those sorts of things.

but if there's there might be some gaps in the sidewalk so I think they're

they're looking at all that right now and seeing what they can fit within the

budget thank you yeah yeah yeah we'll say these we were just talking about

Commissioner Barnbaum brought up the greenfield right I guess an annexation

and I'm assuming it's Greenfield out in North Natomas,

old farmland.

And what's different is when those developments move forward,

there's the force of law to make them build everything to standard.

But when we go into these infill corridors that were built, you know,

60, 70, 80 years ago, it's a tough job to retrofit, I should say.

But yeah, yeah, yeah.

And we have a lot of projects coming online that are in North Sacramento kind of area,

old existing neighborhoods and arterials that were annexed into the city,

built to different standards, built in a different era.

So Marysville is one of those, though, that we've taken on as part of our Vision Zero Action Plan.

And what that means is making it safer and then, of course, bringing it up to current accessible compliance.

Good comment.

Thank you, Commissioner Wilson.

and I just want to ask Jesse about tracking the upkeep

of these upgraded APS equipment

because I know from previous discussions

that there have been complaints

that this equipment hasn't been kept up to date.

Yeah, that's, yes, we got that comment too.

We brought that up at the last annual report

and it's part of our transition plan

And so we can – that's in our transition plan to about the asset inventory, asset inventory, and tracking that on our GIS.

So we're addressing that in our annual report, so we might mention it on the next item, too.

I'll touch on that.

And so I have an email out to the project manager for the transition plan just to bring an update on where he's at with that.

I just want to ask, in case one of these devices malfunction, will there be a number provided for citizens to report?

311.

Okay.

Yep, 311 is a great tool for just reporting issues.

Thank you so much.

Commissioner Knapper.

Oh, it's me.

Sorry.

I really appreciate this report, Jesse, and all the work that goes into it that the team does.

And really, just the comment, I think it's important for us as commissioners to remember, you know, these are extensive projects that take, you know, a lot of staff time and at times many levels of approval, you know, like you were talking about, you know, getting funding from Caltrans and, you know, sometimes CEQA is involved and all these other things.

And then the complexity of what we're trying to do with being as accessible as we can make it, right?

And it's not like the city has a warehouse full of spare parts, per se, right?

Of street lamps or things like that, right?

Yeah, that particular issue is the one that is we find ourselves explaining quite a bit, and it's the issue of signal electrical equipment is not off the shelf.

It is a six to nine month lead time for ordering, and a lot of our projects have that electrical component.

And, you know, we've talked to Los Angeles.

We've talked to Long Beach.

We've talked to Oakland.

It doesn't matter the size of your jurisdiction.

They are not off the shelf.

There is a waiting period.

Especially with Caltrans funds, it's all by America.

And so it's ordered, and it's shipped here usually from the Midwest.

So, yeah.

Yeah.

And we kind of even saw this like even more locally with RT a few years.

I guess it might have been more than a few years ago.

I think it was before COVID where I think out on the gold line towards Folsom,

the crossing arm got pushed and made contact with the overhead wires and blew up the whole control box for the crossing arm.

So then, you know, the trains can't go through because it's not safe.

and that whole mechanism, again, not off-the-shelf stuff,

and took months for them to procure and replace all of that equipment.

So it's kind of hard.

It's not like, yeah, you can go down to Home Depot or Lowe's

like we would at our homes and just fix it, you know, kind of a thing.

So, and like you're saying, I think with Marysville,

like, we don't necessarily want to go in once

and then have to go in again later.

But we do understand, like, sometimes it may need it, you know,

given what we're trying to accomplish, like you're talking about the road diet, right?

But we want to kind of go in once, get the best bang for our buck,

and get the most out of it in terms of all the metrics we're trying to meet,

including, especially including accessibility.

So I think I'd just like to draw attention to that with this report.

We are spending a very significant amount of money, of the people's money, to make sure our public right away is as accessible as we can make it, given what we know today.

Down the road, new technologies, new things will come along, and our understanding will evolve, and the standards will change and we'll do better.

so it's kind of this evolving iterative process and we have a vast city but it's good to see that

we're doing what we can across the city in an equitable way thank you vice chair ellis uh if

there's no commissioners that um that was to speak we will go to the next item thank you so much

Mr. Gotham for your presentation.

All right. Sounds good.

Do you need a motion to

accept the staff

presentation?

I don't believe

this is an action item. I think it's just a discussion.

No, thank you. This was not

something that needs a motion or a vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Barnbaum.

Our next item on the agenda

is the City of Sacramento's

Disability Advisory Commission 2025 Annual Report and 2026 plan.

So it's me again.

So we kicked off our annual report process at our November meeting.

And so I went through and I updated our draft.

and I was able to, well, it's part of the staff report.

So hoping folks were able to maybe read through it

and get familiar with it.

So I'm able to share my screen here.

So I thought we would walk through just some of the updates

that I provided and kind of make this a working session on the annual report.

So just going over the outline, the first couple sections, no real changes there in

terms of kind of the purpose of the commission, the duties of the commission.

I did want to pause and go over the message from the chair.

So we can pause there and read that.

And then we have our reason for serving.

And so I received some e-mails, so I was able to make some updates, and I'd like to get maybe some more.

Not everyone has yet provided the bio.

So we can go over that.

We can go over the recommendations.

And then key accomplishments.

I have a section on the projects that went to construction.

I have a summary of the perspective plan, which is what we just reviewed.

I have some just review of the Tim Haley Awards and just some pictures from those events and who was recognized.

We did do an overview of the Barden settlement, which was something one of the commissioners asked for.

We did that earlier this year.

We did an overview of the citizen request program.

So it's just noting some of the things that the commission worked on.

We provided the letter to Caltrans, the highway safety improvement,

which they have taken and are going to review at their next H-SIP TAC meeting, which meets quarterly.

So they're actually going to be reviewing our letter next week.

So I hope to include the outcomes of that.

We had Catherine Bandy from Human Resources.

She came and presented just updates that they're working on earlier this year.

So then there's a section on just commission resources,

and then we can talk about our work plan for the coming year.

So we had a discussion last meeting, and so I added those items that were brought up.

I think those seem like reasonable items.

I think it's good to brainstorm and bring up items.

I do have the right to say no.

I don't think that's something we're going to be able to work on or something we can do.

but I think today would be a great time to bring up if you have a particular work plan item you might want to want to consider.

So I have a couple that will be on there.

So with that, let me just go through the report.

I updated the list of commissioners and everyone who has served this year.

so that and i went back through all the agendas in the minutes so that should be up to date

we have the powers and duties

and then i thought we might pause here and read through the message so this is the message

that you all crafted or that the commission crafted in 2024.

So I'll read through it for the record,

and then if there's any edits, we can maybe discuss those edits now.

But here's what it says.

Message from the Sacramento Disabilities Advisory Commission Chair.

We represent an inclusive, friendly, and welcoming public meeting space.

to model how our city hosts all public meetings in facilities that meet accessibility requirements

and provide independence and freedom to all who choose to participate.

We bring community level eyes on the projects that the city is delivering.

We are important to the economic development of the city in that providing accessibility improves access for all

and increases participation and independence.

We seek to be a unified body and modernizing our voice to the City Council.

We encourage commissioner engagement in doing the business of the DAC

with a focus on stakeholder contributions to the city

with annual recognition of Tim Haley Award nominees.

We appreciate the city hosting all public meetings and facilities

that meet accessibility requirements and that are inclusive, friendly, and welcoming to all.

Actions like improving the doors to the city council chambers allow for independence and participation.

We continue to advocate for making it easier to comment on city items at all city board and commission meetings.

We will continue to advocate and partner with the city to be an inclusive employer for individuals with disabilities

and a place for individuals with seen and unseen disabilities to apply for positions.

So with that, I'll just pause.

Commissioner Barnbaum?

Yeah, so Jesse, were you looking for a motion on the message or comments on the message or just everything overall?

I think just comments at this point.

I think my goal would be to bring this back, the whole report back for a motion in January.

Okay.

But if we can just agree on the message or make any edits, I think that's really what we're looking for right now.

All right, well, I'll make an intent motion on the message.

I had a comment about the stuff prior to the message that you presented in the item.

My question of on the SACRT GO item proposed for the work plan.

Yes.

Okay, so.

That's further down.

Yeah.

Among other things, what I wanted to ask or address are if commissioners have any conflicts of interest based on their employment with certain agencies.

I bring this up because I am employed by the employer that would be present making that presentation when it comes on the agenda.

Would that present for me a conflict of interest being a commissioner listening to staff of my own employer make a presentation before this body?

So I was, yeah, we can get to that in the work plan discussion.

And maybe I, yeah, I went over the table of contents, but now we're just diving into first the message.

The work plan is a little bit later.

and my goal there wasn't to ask

SACRT to come and present

it was maybe just to see if the commission wanted

to like send a letter or

send a representative just to

voice the comment and make a clarification

on the drop off zones there but as

to the question of the conflict I guess

you asked a nice general question maybe

Mr. Gale you want to respond to it?

Affirm

Generally being an

employee would not create a conflict

usually it's a decision maker if there's

some issue before, but from what I'm understanding, there wouldn't be any conflict.

Okay.

And then the only other thing I was going to add to that table of contents for 2026 was

the report by, I forget his name already, that was going to, Greg Taylor, that was going

to come here for the intermodal stuff that has already been presented at a SACOG committee

meeting but needs to come to this commission.

Yeah, so, and we'll get there if that's part of the work plan, because the work plan is project reviews and other items.

So I'm not going to list all the projects in the work plan, because actually they're on the follow-up log.

There's a table in the follow-up log.

So I do, I have invited Greg.

I'll continue to, but yeah, I believe, yeah, we can set a time for him to come, but it'd just be under general project reviews.

I won't call it out specific in the work plan.

So maybe back us, just focus us on the message from the commission, if there's any other.

Okay, yeah, so I do have an intent motion to adopt the message in the mission statement.

And I don't think an intent motion is necessary, right, because it's all review and comment,

but I'm ready.

I can make any edits right here.

Thank you, Commissioner Barnbaum.

We will hear from any other commissioners that wish to speak on this message before passing.

And Commissioner Vice Chair Ellis is up next.

On the totality of it, I think it's good.

The only thing that kind of jumps out at me is the example of the council door buttons.

I think that feels a little dated, but I don't think it's – I don't know.

off the top of my head I'm like I don't know what to replace it with that's a

little more prescient and a little more current of an example that could be

there the the follow right after that about the public comment I think it's

still kind of top of mind because that did come up when we presented our annual

plan to the City Council about the ability to have more accessible way of

signing up for public comment other than a paper speaker slip and even the city council members

had mentioned yes the clerk should do that and to my knowledge i don't believe that has

happened so i think keeping that in there and at top of mind that we need a

in my mind like a digital way of signing up to give comment in person we have the e-comment yes

and that should stay but what we've been intending on that is you should be able to sign up you know

on line somehow digitally and you shouldn't have to have a piece of paper and ask somebody

if you're visually impaired to fill out a piece of paper to sign up for public comment but the door

button one that example feels a little dated but i don't like even golden one that still seems

further back than that so i'm like but i'm trying to think of something that's really you know

prescient that we can point to but a little more current but i'm not so i just toss that out

if someone can think of an example that maybe a win we had in this past year that maybe is a little

more current and it's of that visibility of the door buttons like uh maybe like the franklin

boulevard complete street project maybe that one four million dollars of new sidewalks

sidewalks. I think they could go in there, but I'll put some thought into that too.

That's the only part of it that the rest of it I think is perfect. And, and, you know,

we wordsmith that a lot last year, so, but that's the only part of it that just like,

I'm like, is that current? Is that, you know, so, but the rest of it I think is good. So thanks.

Thank you, vice chair Ellis, commissioner Greenbaum.

Thank you, Chair. I agree with Vice Chair Ellis with regards to the doors.

And I'm thinking in kind of real time as well in terms of revision or, you know, I'm putting something else there.

And the other thing that I actually, too, make it easier to comment.

I was thinking of the same points.

And I thought of some different language.

We continue to advocate for equitable access to public comment.

I think it's very well written, and I appreciate, as always, your and the staff's work on this.

I am back and back to the we appreciate the assisting host the city hosting the one I guess

comment I have also is for lack of a better word it sounds like a little bit of pandering and I I

I feel like this is just a right of, you know, I think we should be proud in our, you know, us sitting here all together and, you know, engaging in being a part of the DAC.

But I also think that it's a law, and it should be.

So I'm not sure if it's even necessary,

but I'll continue to think of ideas or whatnot, like I said, for revision.

But I do like that example of the sidewalks of Franklin.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Commissioner Greenbaum.

Commissioner Barnbaum?

Yes, Vice Chair Ellis brought up something really interesting in that comment.

And I think in the statement it was,

we continue to advocate for making it easier to comment on city items

at all city board and commission meetings.

I know that the city and I think some other governing bodies,

SACOG is one of them as well, required you have to be here to comment.

And you reminded me of something, and I went back into my work email and found something you're going to love.

Dated October 16th from our own clerk of the board to me.

Here is the Senate bill, state Senate bill, that was recently signed into law.

SB 707, Open Meetings, Meeting and Teleconference Requirements, Digital Democracy, regards Tabitha Smith, Clerk to the Board.

so what i was being told by her is that beginning in the calendar year on the first

places like them this city sacog that restricted online participation and only allowed it to be

viewed via youtube or zoom can no longer put that restriction in place and must

open the meeting in a way that even you can participate in a meeting from the comfort of

your kitchen table, coffee table in the family room or whatever. You don't have to be here.

So perhaps we could continue to advocate for making it easier to comment on city items

at all city board and commission meetings,

thanks in large part to State Senate Bill 707.

And thought I'd put that out there.

I didn't know if anyone knew about it.

I was reminded of it because I was provided an email about it.

Thank you, Chair Kramer.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Barnbaum.

All right.

Well, so let's move on to the next section of the report.

So what I'll do is I'll go and maybe do a little more wordsmithing by adding some more current examples of accessible improvements.

and also Commissioner Barnbaum's comments on kind of that second to last paragraph.

Then we have our reason for serving.

So if you have any updates, I know Commissioner Cowher sent me an update with a new picture

and a new bio.

And so if you have anything you want to change,

for those of you that were a part of the last annual report,

go ahead and send it to me.

Commissioner Barnbaum, I got your picture.

So if you want to send me just a little reason why you serve,

I can put that in.

And Commissioner Igwebe, is that right?

So yeah, if you can send me a picture and reason for serving, I'll put in there.

And updated car, Commissioner Knapper, Commissioner Patel, Commissioner Wilson.

So likewise, Commissioner Wilson, if I can get a little bio.

Picture and then I have our retired because they did serve in 2025.

So they'll be on here.

Retired in June.

Which brings us to recommendations.

And, you know, about every quarter,

the clerk hosts a meeting with all the staff that works on commissions.

And there are several commissions in the city.

I forget how many, but there's quite a few.

And I think there's like 30.

If every commission has three recommendations,

that's 90 recommendations.

Some commissions have pages and pages and pages of recommendations.

I think your message has been very effective as a commission.

And I think it's because you've been pretty consistent and succinct.

And so I know that this one about having a citywide ADA coordinator has been discussed at the council level.

And everyone recognizes the city's budget constraints.

So I think that's probably the main one that you would want to bring forward.

so I made sure to keep that on there for that recommendation to go in the end report.

I would say most of the other ones that I would call just kind of legacy recommendations

have been kind of answered or, you know, been fulfilled.

and so I thought a lot of them could maybe roll into the key accomplishments.

So if there are more recommendations, we can discuss adding them.

The main one, I knew this one would probably be the main one to carry forward.

But I don't know if we should pause here and discuss this

or if you wanted to move on to key accomplishments.

But if there's anything you want to discuss on recommendations to be included, we could discuss that now.

And we can come back to it.

So maybe let me let's get through key accomplishments.

And if we need to come back to that, we can.

So key accomplishments, I wanted to take note of some of the improvements we did that had significant accessibility components.

But the Ninos Parkway Trail was just opened, I would say, less than two months ago.

It was a project that came before the commission.

It's an extension to an existing trail that goes into a new development, has a bridge

over the canal.

If you live in South Natomas or go there, you've probably seen it.

But it has really good accessibility improvements.

And so I included that in the annual report.

We talked about Auburn Boulevard bridge replacement.

I think this is a good example because the purpose

and need of this project was to replace an old bridge,

but it shows that when we do that,

we don't leave out fixing the accessibility components.

So the bridge is designed to cross Arcade Creek,

have all those clearances,

but we didn't stop at the intersection.

We kept going, we made sure we had accessible sidewalks

without utility conflicts and signals with APS on them.

So I wanted to, I think it's,

sometimes you can read it in a perspective plan,

but sometimes it's nice to note it with a picture

that we are including the intersections

even on bridge replacements.

This is the one we've been talking about,

which I think we really need to,

I think the commission really needs to take some credit for

is Franklin Boulevard.

And just hundreds of linear feet of sidewalks

are being replaced that either weren't friendly

or weren't as accessible as they could be,

didn't meet current standards with driveways,

et cetera, et cetera.

And so as I understand it, this segment has been poured.

And so the construction manager is going to send me a picture of the same

perspective, but with the new sidewalk.

So anyway, so that'll be good.

So this is just on accomplishments.

And then we just talked about the annual perspective plan.

I think it's nice to summarize.

It's summarized here in the annual report.

Just those projects that are in construction now and then what's planned.

And then the program areas.

And then the Tim Haley Award recipients.

So 16 Tim Haley Award recipients.

And so those were some pretty moving presentations.

So I thought you all did a great job with that this year.

And then there's some pictures.

And then I just list out some of the other things

that were on our work plan that we did.

So there's the overview of the Barden Settlement,

the citizen request program was presented.

And I understand that was the first time

that program was presented to the DAC.

So I thought that went really well.

I thought Kelly Lacy did a great job with that.

There was the letter to Caltrans, which I put the letter in the appendix to the report.

But more to come.

I'll mention now that Caltrans is meeting next week.

And the letter that you all sent is on their agenda for discussion.

So that will be good to hear what comes of that.

Catherine Bandy updates from the HR.

There's just a summary of the resources that go into staffing the commission.

and then we should pause here on the work plan for the coming year

so work plan one item we did not get to this year is the a presentation on reviewing projects

so maybe just to give you an orientation on reviewing our projects when they come before you

kind of things to make sure you're looking for.

We in public works were going to bring that forward,

and so we didn't make it, so I carried that over as a work plan item.

Commissioner Barmbaum brought up the Riverside Boulevard

to get a status update on the crossings

or other safety-related improvements along Riverside Boulevard.

And so I spoke with our city traffic engineer, and she informed me of a couple locations that are being looked at.

And she did ask what location specifically you were referring to last month.

Did you have a specific cross street in mind with Riverside?

No, I didn't have a specific cross street.

It was at the request reading my Facebook feed from a former news personality on KCRA.

I think works either at Cap Radio or UC Davis right now.

Pamela Wu.

Okay.

Yeah.

But and she didn't mention a specific cross street then.

It was just Riverside in general.

Yeah.

Let me go back and take a look and I will let you know what her comment was.

It was something regarding her son and about Riverside Boulevard specifically.

If you could ask what the nearest Cross Street was, that would be good.

Because I only say that because there are – Riverside is very long.

It's very long.

It goes through Lampar.

I mean, it goes pretty extensive.

And there's also been a planning has completed a study in the pocket Greenhaven area of potential improvements that could go on Riverside.

So if there's any more detail in terms of that, but I thought that could be something that could be on our work plan to bring back a report out on since you brought that one up.

Also, SACRT Go, it says, collaborate with SACRT to guide paratransit drivers on dropping off passengers closer to accessible entrances at City Hall and the County Administrative Building downtown.

I thought that's something the commission could work on.

I don't know.

I thought maybe you, Commissioner Barbaum, because you seem to have an in there, would know kind of who to talk to.

or but um that request that i made was because nine where we are right now 915 i street

the thought is you're literally going to pick up and drop off on i street but the entrance is

really on h street yeah so maybe we need to ask um the whole city staff about a better address

to, especially for accessibility, bring that issue up

so that there's something that's really markable

that says our address is on H Street.

And maybe we're, let's use the area code,

916 H Street rather than 915 I Street.

And then the county, the same thing.

The address is 700 H Street.

But if you walk around the building, the four streets of the building, the accessible ramp is on I Street.

Right.

So should they really perhaps be 701 I Street, especially for something like that?

And that needs to be addressed with them.

But it is a building within city limits.

so is the city ultimately responsible for that even though it's a county facility

i think we would have might have more success just giving making sure that sac rt go knows

where the accessible entrances are i don't think i would get any traction changing the address of

city hall unfortunately now maybe there's maybe there's a way to note where the accessible

entrances are does google maps do that maybe but um i mean i i'm not opposed to leaving it on the

work plan um in terms of you know something to look into okay i i found the thing about riverside

Boulevard. October 20th, Pamela Wu on Facebook said, three years ago, my son Eric and our friend

Sandy Louie were hit by a car while crossing Riverside Boulevard in Sacramento. Even though

they were rightfully in the crosswalk, Eric was just 11 years old. Their injuries were so severe,

they both ended up in the ICU. Eric is now 14, fully recovered and ready to create change.

he's determined to make that crosswalk safer so no one else has to go through what he did

if you live in sacramento and especially if you live in the pocket greenhaven neighborhood please

consider signing and sharing eric's petition to make riverside boulevard safer www.change.org

help make riverside boulevard safer okay and there's a picture up on here that she posted

but it's not really it's riverside within the pocket green within the pocket area not

let's say by target in sacramento right by the cemetery not yet yeah okay well yeah and i know

i know the city has completed a plan a plan there and there might be some specific locations that

are being being looked at too so we can bring back a report back on that but

thanks for that clarification okay it was they were crossing Riverside

Boulevard in front of the grocery outlet okay okay we know the grocery

outlet in the pocket area on Riverside Boulevard okay okay and would the

engineer be able to more specifically identify that based on the change.org

petition.

We urge the city of Sacramento

to install a push-button rectangular

rapid flashing beacon

or other pedestrian

safety improvement at the

current crosswalk on Riverside Boulevard

and

Lellandhaven

Way.

Lincoln, Edward Lincoln,

Adam, Nora, David,

H-A-V-E-N.

way so we can all live in a safer community oh i'm sorry you you gave me the cross street didn't

you yes she is indicating it in the change.org petition okay so it's lel and haven what's one

word well l-e-l lincoln edward lincoln a-n-d h-a-v-e-n leland haven okay yes okay and

thanks to the requester on facebook pamela woo

and it's okay all right okay that's good that's perfect does that help i was able to go back and

find it. Yeah, that helps. Okay. And then other items on the work plan are community events. So

Judy continues to work on the community events. She's done a lot of groundwork there with the

special events. So I kind of put an update of where that effort is at. Still looking. So Phil

is still working on the transition plan um chair kramer brought that up earlier um but it's it's

about the maintenance of the audible signals and how that relates to the the asset management plan

and so i guess we'll pause here just to kind of look over the work plan of community events

community events special events yeah yes uh in april lilia shank of impact

And her friend Crystal Harding of the North Highlands Parks and Rec Commission put on an event for autism awareness every April.

and i think that that should be something we should participate in even if it's just outside

jurisdiction but similar to our comments we made earlier about certain projects being city county

partnerships that if this is in the county that the city have a voice and seat at the table

at the event and making it a really strong city county partnership with the two of them

yeah okay this this work plan item is about how special events community events

can be more accessible oh okay that's what we've been working on i thought it was a specific

community events focusing on disabilities in particular no no no no

there's like when so when there's like farm to flock on Capitol Mall they

close the street right so it's baking that public right-of-way accessible for

people participating in the event and we had brought in like and Judy had a list

of questions that she that I presented kind of brought back to the Commission

I think some of you responded and she's been working with Commissioner Patel I

I think on it.

So it was just kind of our ongoing effort there.

But in terms of like participating in events,

like you were talking about autism awareness,

yeah, that's really good.

And those usually come up during the commissioner comments too.

And so, yeah, just kind of bringing us back to the context here.

I know Yolo Transportation District

is working on a short-range transit plan.

And one of the things about rerouting everything in downtown Sacramento to avoid street closures during any special events or major events at G1C, where they want to do a routing in such a way, event or no event, there will never be a closure impacted by the new routing alignment they want to implement.

Good luck.

Yeah.

I'll let you know. I think they're supposed to approve it January 12th at their board meeting.

Commissioner Greenbaum.

Thanks. Thank you, Chair Kramer.

I just wanted to thank you and the staff, Jesse.

This is a fantastic report, and specifically I'm very impressed by the work plan for the upcoming year.

I think it does a good job of, you know, summarizing our goals.

And, yeah, thank you very much.

I just wanted to say that.

Before we move on to Commissioner Comments,

Clerk, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item?

Thank you, Chair. I have no speaker slips on this item.

Thank you. We will now move to Commissioner Comments. Vice Chair Ellis?

Yeah, I just wanted to echo Commissioner Greenbaum on the work plan itself.

I think there's some things in progress,

like the community event, special events, I forget what you called it.

It's not a rider, but an attachment to the permit process that will eventually get used.

So I think it's probably in the next year, that's probably, I think, in the next plan,

that will move into kind of our successes section.

And so a lot of things have kind of shifted a little bit.

So I like the progress.

kind of like I said last meeting a you know that's a balancing of how much we

put into the work plan are we able to get enough momentum and get enough

things moved into the next for into the success win column for the next plan and

not have too much on our plate so I'm I like what we have but not opposed to

somebody had something they wanted to add to what's already here but I think

what we have here is good.

I think you're right, Jesse, about the recommendation section.

I think in that regard, yeah, the less is more.

I think if we're going to be known for being very vocal about something,

I think the ADA coordinator is it for now.

because when we get that person, hopefully what they're empowered to do and empowered to change

will then kind of help a lot of the other things that we're trying to accomplish.

I think that's a nexus of a lot of other things that we're trying to accomplish as a commission.

So the only other thing I could think of that maybe it's a recommendation,

but given what Commissioner Barnbaum had mentioned, could be moot.

about the accessibility of being able to participate in public comment.

And the other part of it that I was reminded of some of our past commissioners

having the ability that our past commissioners have brought up,

the ability to participate in these meetings remotely given health issues

and possible intersection of health and disability for some commissioners

and those who may want to serve on the commission

and having that ability to participate remotely.

While I personally am very much of an in-person as best,

these meetings are kind of clunky.

So given these aren't like your regular staff meeting at work, right?

We have a protocol and a process.

which I think is okay in a digital manner, but I don't know.

I'm very much, I like to be in person and have these discussions.

So I'm a little biased in that regard,

but I just want to kind of remember our past a little bit

and some of the things that have come up.

So those are the only things, but again, I just bring it up as a possibility.

I don't know that it's necessarily a recommendation we would want to add in

just because I think it kind of muddies the water.

And what are our priorities?

And I think having just the one and really focusing on it, I think we're close.

There's a possibility of it could happen in the next year or two, I think.

Again, the only thing that's kind of been brought up as a holdback is the fiscal situation.

around, you know, budget and positions.

But I think if we keep at it, regardless of the budget situation,

I think we're making the case for it at each and every one of these meetings.

And if the city sees the need,

they can reprioritize and find the money and get the position if we keep at it.

Regardless of, you know, they could decide, you know, it's priorities.

That's what it comes down to.

And is this a big enough priority to then hire the position?

And I think us keeping at it over the next few years, it's very possible.

So, and again, that's why I'm like, I think keeping it at one would be my preference.

but I do want to recognize the possibility of other recommendations that are also almost to the same caliber, I would say.

But I think all in all, the rest of this, I think, is an evolution of the past annual plan,

and it's in a good place for me, I think.

So thank you.

Thank you, Vice Chair Ellis.

Commissioner Greenbaum?

Thank you, Chair Ellis.

I'm Chair Kramer.

I'm sorry.

With regards to Vice Chair Ellis' comments,

one in terms of the ability to participate remotely,

remotely, in terms of perhaps casting it as a reasonable, reasonable accommodation.

So it is there, you know, and it is one that you can engage in the interactive process

with staff to request because you know that it is available.

And perhaps that would, to continue, of course, have in-person dialogue like this,

But again, going just back to equitable accessibility, it's certainly important, I think, that that option is available because it's more than reasonable, especially in this day and age.

And then my second was, I think this recommendation is very important, and it's almost as if we were to have an ADA coordinator, that person would be directing that as a reasonable accommodation and things like that.

One thing I suggested in terms of the wording, prioritize the reinstatement of a citywide coordinator position in the next budget cycle.

Because it is very important to be a priority.

And I think from that, we'll be able to work with that person and see change.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Greenbaum.

If there are no other commissioners that wish to speak on this item, I would like to move

to public comment.

Clerk, do we have any members of the public who wish to speak on this item?

on this item. Thank you, Chair. We don't have any speakers on this item. Thank you.

So with that, my goal then, I'll make a couple edits here, but the goal would be to bring this

back in January for a motion to approve it to the Public Policy and Employment Committee. Did I get

that right. PP&E. So thank you. Good discussion.

Before adjourn the meeting, are there any public comments on matters not only the

agenda. Thank you chair we do not have any speaker slips for this item. Thank you.

Commissioner Barnbaum. Yeah so just two quick things. I just notified Pamela Wu

via a comment on her post about the issue on Riverside Boulevard about the next meeting

coming up on january 14th but let her know i don't know if this is or is not going to necessarily be

on that agenda but she and others that want to speak up about riverside boulevard or anything

are welcome to attend and if it isn't they're welcome to put in a speaker slip for matters

not on the agenda and i'm sure we'll get to it then later in the year if it's not for january 14th

And with that, if there are no other further speakers or public members wanting to address us today, I move to adjourn to Wednesday, January 14th at 1730.

Thank you.

I think there's commissioner comments, right?

Yeah.

Open to us.

And our staff oral report.

Yes.

I apologize.

I apologize.

We will, I believe, I think we'll move on to the oral report before moving to Commissioner

comments, if that is okay.

Thank you.

So I'd like to, you know, Stephanie's size.

She's going to provide the staff oral report today.

Can you hear me?

I don't think this is on.

It is on.

Mic is on.

Okay.

Maybe I just need to get closer.

But you guys are able to hear my voice, right?

Okay.

Beautiful.

So we mainly have two updates.

So we have the Del Rio project is having a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, December 16th at 9 a.m.

Or 9.30 a.m.

I believe it was updated, too, at Darnell Way and Riverside Boulevard.

And then the T Street Bikeway Gap Closure Project is having two meetings.

So there's going to be a virtual meeting with a small group of residents.

So if there are any residents listening to this, they are meeting at Gerber Avenue on December 3rd at 5.30 p.m.

And then there is a separate meeting that's for the community.

So that one's going to be in person on December 11th at 5.30 p.m. at American Legion High School.

And with that, that's all the updates for December.

Thank you.

Thank you so very much.

We will now move to Commissioner Comments.

Vice Chair Ellis.

I don't know if it's for Stephanie or Jesse, but, and I don't know what you can provide about it, but I saw on the news the project involving the bikeway connecting, I believe it was Zacharias Park and Garcia Bend Park.

There's some sort of litigation involved with that now.

Yeah.

So I don't know if you can provide any, anything that's, you know, publicly about it.

I just want to say I'm kind of really sad to see this litigation come forward and fighting, you know, against public access to the river and, you know, the accessibility that this project offers just really, you know, kind of flies into the face of what the DAC does.

So I just wanted to bring it up and I don't know what you can add to it.

So I figure it fit best here in your report.

Yeah, so that is, I think I saw the article too, but that's related to our Sac River Parkway project,

which has been presented before the commission.

And the city council took action to approve the addendum to the environmental document over the summer.

I think it was, or maybe it was last October.

So recently.

And so, yeah, the suit is, I think it's related to that.

Okay.

Thank you.

I just wanted to speak out in opposition to this legal case because it's, like I said,

in my opinion, it flies in the face of what the DAC stands for, you know, so, but, and

it's a project that's come before us before, so, but thank you.

Thank you, Vice Chair Ellis.

Are there any members of the commission who wish to speak on the staff report?

We will now move to Commissioner Comments.

Commissioner Dyson.

Yes, thank you very much.

A group has invited me to the table, their community group,

Getting the Community Together, and it's called the Soul Project.

And the Soul Project advocates for healthy and smoke-free communities

for African-American and other populations who suffer disproportionately.

And so with all the buildings that are going up and housing, you know, the homeless and disabled and that sort of a thing, a lot of times the housing is the lower floors.

Okay.

And so what they're advocating is for these buildings to be totally smoke-free.

But we're not there, right, in most of the buildings.

But being that those homes are on the first floor, second floor, third floor, you've got people who are out in the outer areas and that smoke still flows into the home, which is unhealthy, as we all know.

So the one thing I would like to do and get your permission is to invite them to come and give a presentation to the board, to the DAC,

and that we could see how maybe something that we can do in order to support their efforts.

So I think that's something when I might just add to our work plan.

Yeah.

So it's kind of, yeah.

Yeah.

I would like to make a motion to Commissioner Dyson's comments

and specifically invite Twyla Laster.

That's who, that group.

Plachette Robertson.

And Valerie Scruggs.

Yeah, Valerie Scruggs.

There is a protocol.

There is a protocol, so we'll let them figure out who and how.

Yeah, yeah.

But the group is called the Soul Project.

Save Our Legacy Project.

Exactly.

We don't need a motion for it, but yeah.

Yeah, very supportive of that project.

Okay, so we'll let them say who and when, you know.

Yeah.

Okay.

Okay, I'll make sure you get the email.

I'm going to report out tomorrow on the meeting.

Okay.

Thank you so very much, Commissioner Dyson, for bringing this up,

and we look forward to discussing this.

Yeah.

Vice Chair Ellis.

Thank you.

It's the end of the year, the holiday time,

and we just had Thanksgiving, so I'm very grateful.

That's kind of the season as it is,

and I'm really grateful for the DAC in a lot of ways.

there's been a lot of change to the city for the better and a lot of it I think really stems from

the DAC and so and a lot of great ideas and a lot of great things come through here

and you know I just want to recognize everyone's contributions to what it is we're here to do

so it's really fitting that we do the annual plan I think at the end of the year

It's kind of a nice, you know, looking at what's been done and looking forward into the next year.

And then speaking of that, if I'm not mistaken, and the clerk can correct me if I am,

I believe at our next meeting, the chair and vice chair will be selected again.

We'll do elections to see who leads us in the next year.

And I just want to thank the commission again for having the faith in the two of us to lead you and with the support of Jesse, of course.

And just to say, you know, any of you can take on these leadership roles when we go forward in the next year.

And, you know, it's kind of up to us.

it's kind of figuring out with staff what makes sense and what's logical.

And as we're progressing through the calendar and what's ready to come before us and what makes sense,

it's kind of a game of Tetris to make it all fit together.

And Jesse's a really great partner in doing all that.

And when you're sitting there in that chair seat, you do have the support of Jesse on one side,

the clerk on the other and they kind of can remind you of what you need to do so and all of us i think

are fairly forgiving when you have been for chair kramer and when i've sat there when we make a

mistake so it's like yeah this is not these meetings aren't really a natural thing to do

there's protocol but there's the support there to help you make sure you you follow that protocol

and if we mess up it's not a big deal so i just encourage as we go you know into into the next

year you know these roles are available and you know anybody can go up for them so and it's been

it's been a pleasure and a privilege to be the vice chair and support everyone here so um yeah

But thank you, and just with gratitude into a positive 2026.

Thank you so very much, Vice Chair Ellis.

I think we can all, that's a very inspiring message, especially going into the new year.

And I want to add on to when our positions become open again, the Chair and Vice Chair,

for those of you that are thinking of running but maybe have your doubts is that I want to add on

advice that I was given when I applied to become a commissioner here is that you do not need to

know law. It's helpful but I think what's important with the DAC is just having the heart

knowing your community and your experiences,

whether you are disabled or have worked with disabled people,

have disabled relatives.

It's knowing, it's using your experiences

to help better the city of Sacramento

and hopefully even the communities outside of our city

to be more inclusive, to be better,

to make it more accessible for those with disabilities.

Thank you.

If there are no commissioners who wish to speak,

we will adjourn the meeting.

Thank you.

This meeting is now adjourned.

Good evening, guys.

Thank you.