Disabilities Advisory Commission Meeting Summary - August 5, 2026
Disabilities Advisory Commission Regular Meeting - August 5, 2026
The Disabilities Advisory Commission (DAC) met on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 5:30 PM at City Hall (915 I Street, Sacramento). Chair Kramer presided with a quorum (Commissioners Greenbaum, Barnbaum, Patel, Knapper, Poland, and Kramer present; others absent). The meeting included three discussion items: the Digital Accessibility Compliance Roadmap, the T Street Bikeway Gap Closure Project, and the Language Access Program. Consent calendar items were approved unanimously. The meeting was extended past the two-hour mark by a unanimous vote.
Consent Calendar
- Approved the June 3, 2026 meeting minutes (File ID 2026-00081) and the Follow-Up Log (File ID 2026-00216) via a motion by Commissioner Poland, seconded by Commissioner Barnbaum, passed unanimously.
Discussion Items
- Digital Accessibility Compliance Roadmap (Item 3) – Natasha Greer (IT Program Specialist) presented on the city's Title II ADA compliance efforts. The original April 26, 2026 deadline was extended to April 26, 2027 by the DOJ. Training completion data was shared (e.g., 49 staff completed Accessibility Fundamentals). Commissioner Poland noted that the city's ADA Self-Evaluation Plan is a non-accessible rasterized PDF from 1991 and urged a compliance roadmap with milestones. Commissioners expressed concerns about vendor compliance (e.g., Granicus), the lack of an ADA coordinator, and the need for disabled representation on procurement teams. Ms. Greer agreed to return for a future presentation.
- T Street Bikeway Gap Closure Project (Item 4) – Kelli Lacy (Assistant Civil Engineer) presented a $4.6M project to close bike lane gaps on T Street from 34th to Stockton Boulevard. Proposed improvements include bulb-outs, rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs), audible pedestrian signals, a raised median, elimination of the Gerber Avenue signal phase, and relocation of an RT bus stop. Construction is anticipated to begin in summer 2028. Commissioners raised questions about emergency vehicle access (near a psychiatric facility and ambulance routes), RT bus stop accessibility, public outreach in Spanish, and pedestrian safety features (e.g., poles on the refuge island). Ms. Lacy noted the project is early in design.
- Language Access Program (Item 5) – Alicia Scholler (Language Access Coordinator) reported that 100% of the 16 recommendations from the 2022 audit have been implemented within 13 months. Key statistics: 200+ bilingual certified staff, 18 community ambassadors speaking 15 languages, 11,365 phone interpretation calls (98,582 minutes) in FY26, and 100 documents translated into 12 languages (70% Spanish). Challenges include no dedicated budget (departments pay per use) and long lead times for translation. Commissioners praised the work and discussed overlaps with ASL/ADA accommodations. Commissioner Poland suggested clarifying ASL request procedures between the Clerk's office and Language Access, and proposed adding ASL and Braille to iSpeak resources. Ms. Scholler noted that ASL is coordinated through her vendor but is not within her official scope.
Key Outcomes
- The Consent Calendar was approved unanimously.
- Commissioners requested a future IT presentation on the Digital Accessibility Compliance Roadmap including compliance percentages and milestones.
- Commissioner Barnbaum requested a future discussion item on the Stockton Boulevard Transportation Enhancement Plan (STEP) regarding the proposed bus rapid transit alignment.
- The DAC agreed to add the Tim Haley Award nominations as a discussion item for the September meeting.
- Commissioners were urged to contact their council members about the upcoming October discussion on the ADA Coordinator position.
- The commission voted unanimously (motion by Commissioner Barnbaum, second by Commissioner Poland) to extend the meeting beyond two hours.
Public comment was not received on any agenda item or for matters not on the agenda.
Meeting Transcript
Thank you. Good evening and welcome to the Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 meeting of the Disability Advisory Commission. The meeting is now called to order. Will the clerk please call the role to establish a quorum? Yes, thank you, Chair. Good evening. Um today's meeting is being streamed live on YouTube in English and Spanish. Please note that the live captioning and translations are AI generated and may contain errors. And if we can now please unmute our microphones for roll call. Commissioner Greenbaum? Here. Commissioner Barnbaum? Here. Commissioner Patel? Here. Commissioner Guerrero is absent. Commissioner Wilson is absent. Commissioner Dyson is absent. Commissioner Knapper. Here. Commissioner Poland? Here. Commissioner Igwigbe is absent. Vice Chair Ellis is absent. Commissioner Carr is absent. And Chair Kramer? Here. Thank you. We have a quorum. Before we begin, a brief reminder for members of the public in attendance. Speaker slips are to be submitted digitally. You can register to speak by scanning it. The QR code posted at the back of the chambers or through the kiosk submissions. Submissions must be received prior to the item being called. Once the item is called, public comment will be closed. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. We will now proceed with today's agenda. If you are able, please rise for the land acknowledgement and pledge of allegiance. 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, contribution, and lives. Thank you. 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. We do not have any speakers for the consent calendar. Thank you. Are there any commissioners who wish to speak on this item? Is there a motion and a second for the consent calendar? I'll motion.
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