20220311-002c: Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget Recommendation to provide funding for funding for a single-stall accessible bathrooms — original pdf

Recommendation

RECOMMENDATION Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities Recommendation Number 20220311-002c: Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget Recommendation to provide funding for funding for a single-stall, gender-neutral, wheelchair-accessible bathroom with adult-sized changing table at Zilker Park WHEREAS, the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities (MCPD) regularly considers significant and diverse issues impacting residents of and visitors to the City of Austin with disabilities, including those with physical and intellectual disabilities; WHEREAS, the lack of available bathrooms that have a single-stall and are gender-neutral and wheelchair-accessible where children and adult with physical disabilities can enter with an attendant, helper or aide impacts the ability of individuals and their family members and friends and limits their ability to attend recreational events at Zilker Park and other locations and impacts their quality of life; and WHEREAS, family members of children and adults with physical disabilities, including the elderly, have experienced a lack of available bathrooms for their use when attending publicly- funded events, including at Zilker Park, the City’s premier park; WHEREAS, some individuals, including children and adults with physical disabilities, are not able to use a toilet and need to use a changing table, therefore, the changing table must be able to support adult weight; WHEREAS, providing a single-stall, gender-neutral, wheelchair-accessible bathroom with adult- sized changing table at Zilker Park would be a benefit to families and care givers of individuals with disabilities, as well as typical families and individuals that use Austin’s premier park. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the MCPD requests that the City prioritize for funding in its Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget funding for a single-stall, gender-neutral, wheelchair- accessible bathroom with adult-sized changing table at Zilker Park  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities requests that the Austin City Council allocate funds for a single-stall, gender- neutral, wheelchair-accessible bathroom with adult-sized changing table at Zilker Park. Date of Approval: March 11, 2022 Record of the vote: 6-0; Commissioner Kearns-Osterweil motion, Commissioner Trejo second. Voting in favor were Chair Franks, Commissioner Broadwater, Commissioner Gidseg, Commissioner Kearns-Osterweil, Commissioner Orlowski, and Commissioner Trejo. Attest: Jonathan Babiak Jonathan Babiak, Staff Liaison