2011/09/19 (2) W fi
UTY OF! .CANADA
NIAGARA
The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
September 19, 2011
No. 38
Moved by Councillor Pietrangelo
Seconded by Councillor loannoni
WHEREAS Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) has announced the Enabling
Accessibility Fund, has been in place since 2008, providing $45- million every three years to expand
opportunities for people with disabilities and improve accessibility across Canada;
WHEREAS municipalities with populations less than 250,000 can apply for up to $50,000.00 for
public projects that renovate, construct and retrofit buildings, modify vehicles for community use or
provide accessible information or communication technologies.
WHEREAS City staff have identified the public bus terminal as a facility lacking in barrier -free
accessibility; and
WHEREAS the public bus terminal is a transportation hub for local and out of town bus services that
will be increasingly utilized with the introduction of the Inter - Municipal Transit service and the Visitor
Transportation ( People Mover) System; and
WHEREAS with more buses being barrier free, there is more of a need for the public bus terminal to
have barrier -free design; and
WHEREAS curb cuts, automatic doors, accessible counters and improved signage are a number of the
accessible design standards that would improve the public bus terminal; and
WHEREAS the deadline for submissions to HRSDC is September 23, 2011.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Niagara Falls City Council supports a submission to the
Enabling Accessibility Fund to renovate and retrofit the Niagara Falls bus terminal to improve barrier -
free accessibility in the facility.
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed.
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D ' A ' IOR' IDA JAMES M. DIODATI
CITY CLEF K MAYOR