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Citizens with Disabilities Advisory Board approves spending on outreach bags, forms brochure subcommittee
Summary
The Citizens with Disabilities Advisory Board approved up to $600 to buy reusable bags for a May 23 Farmers Market booth for Global Accessibility Awareness Day and created a three-person subcommittee to finalize brochure edits and outreach materials.
The Citizens with Disabilities Advisory Board for the City of Sarasota voted unanimously at a special meeting to spend under $600 to purchase reusable cloth grocery bags for its Global Accessibility Awareness Day booth and formed a three-person subcommittee to revise its outreach brochure.
The board, convened by the chair and meeting with a three-member quorum, set the event for May 23 at the Sarasota Farmers Market and settled on staffing and material logistics for a booth running roughly 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Chair (Speaker 2) said the goal was to raise visibility and invite the public to future meetings. Staff member (Speaker 1) circulated brochure proofs and resource lists including United Spinal’s emergency-preparedness guide and local resource listings.
Members debated several giveaway options. After discussing pens, clip-on hand sanitizers and reusable bags, the board agreed reusable bags offered the best lasting visibility downtown. The group settled on ordering about 200 bags, with per-unit examples cited at roughly $2.50 before shipping and total spending described as "under $600." The motion to approve the spending passed unanimously among members present.
The board also approved a motion to form a three-person subcommittee to make final brochure edits. The subcommittee will focus on front-page visibility (move meeting day/time to the front), branding (reduce logo prominence), clearer calls to action ("Apply for vacant positions:"), enlarged contact language for reporting accessibility concerns and concise examples for the city’s "Click to Fix" reporting guidance.
Discussion during the meeting also covered the board’s current projects, including an ADA transition plan and web- and document-accessibility updates; staff noted many items are addressed during renovations because safe-harbor rules apply to older transition-plan work. Members recommended the brochure note current projects such as playground accessibility, parking and curb-ramp concerns and website content accessibility.
The board confirmed next steps for outreach and agreed to ask community groups, including a local Visibility Brigade, to stop by the table. The meeting adjourned after the votes; the board’s next regular meeting was confirmed for May 11 at 11:30 a.m. in the SRQ Media Room at City Hall.
