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ADOPT,
Moved by Councillor Pootmans, Seconded by Councillor Pincott, that with
respect to Councillors Pootman and Pincott’s Revised Motion, NM2013-33, the
following be adopted:
WHEREAS The City Of Calgary
has approved CSPS003 - Calgary Corporate Accessibility Policy “in order to
enrich and enhance our society, and in order to promote an environment in
which all persons can participate in and contribute to the cultural, social,
economic, and political life of Calgary”;
AND WHEREAS Access Calgary
provides services which are critical to an individual’s ability to
participate in and contribute to the cultural, social, economics, and
political life of Calgary;
AND WHEREAS Council approved
CSPS019 Fair Calgary Policy states that “Fairness means decisions are made in
a manner that achieves equality by enabling or providing what people ought to
have or providing a greater benefit to the most disadvantaged or through
maximizing everyone’s well-being.”
AND WHEREAS Canada is
committed to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which acknowledges
that the “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of
freedom, justice, and peace of the world”;
AND WHEREAS the Access
Calgary One Kilometre Policy removes the ability of affected persons with
disabilities to “participate in and contribute to the cultural, social,
economic, and political life of Calgary”;
AND WHEREAS the Access
Calgary One Kilometre Policy removes the ability of affected persons with
disabilities to access mobility services without experiencing undue hardship;
AND WHEREAS the Access
Calgary One Kilometre Policy provides a reduced benefit to the most
disadvantaged by minimizing their well-being through undue hardship when
accessing mobility services.
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct City Administration to provide
Access
Calgary Services city-wide and within city limits at no additional fee to
qualifying
individuals
who are beyond one kilometre of transit service ensuring compliance with CSPS003
and CSPS019 and International, Federal, and Provincial Human Rights
Legislation and declarations.
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct City Administration to provide
Access
Calgary Services city-wide and within city limits at no additional fee to
qualifying
individuals
who are beyond one kilometre of transit service ensuring compliance with
CSPS003 and CSPS019 and International, Federal, and Provincial Human Rights
Legislation and declarations.
AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that Transit be permitted to
run a budget variance in 2014 and bring a report of costs to Council through
the SPC on Transportation & Transit no later than June 2014.
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