Finance and Corporate Services Committee

WHEREAS on November 13, 2014, as part of its deliberations on the 2025-2029 City of Ottawa Municipal Accessibility Plan (“COMAP”) (ACS2024-OCC-0015), City Council directed staff to explore options to improve the availability of information regarding accessibility features in City parks for residents and visitors; and WHEREAS as part of the 2025 Update to Provincial and Federal Accessibility Plans (ACS2025-OCC-GEN-0004), staff have provided a detailed response to Council’s direction, including an overview of current initiatives to improve accessibility in parks, the results of an online resident survey on accessible park amenity information, current availability of accessible park amenity information, and opportunities to improve related information for residents and visitors through a multi-year, phased plan; and WHEREAS these opportunities are not currently listed in Document 1, titled “2025-2029 City of Ottawa Municipal Accessibility Plan Initiatives”; and WHEREAS adding an initiative to collect, validate, and publicize accessible park amenity information would address an important priority for many families, including those with children and caregivers with disabilities; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to add an initiative to Document 1 - “2025-2029 City of Ottawa Municipal Accessibility Plan [COMAP] Initiatives” to improve the availability of information regarding accessibility features in City parks for residents and visitors as described in the report; a

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Finance and Corporate Services Committee resolve in camera pursuant to Subsection 13(1)(a) of the Procedure By-law, as the subject matter relates to the security of the property of the City, to receive a presentation on cyber security and the external threat landscape, which is confidential and will not be reported out.