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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 MUNICIPAL JURISDICTION PARTICIPATING IN THIS PLAN ............................................ 2
Municipality................................................................................................................................. 2
Key Contacts.. ............................................. ............................................................. ..... .......... ...3
1.1 Population.......... ............ ......... ..................... ............................................... ........ ..... .......... ...3
1.2 Municipal Highlights ............. ....... ................. ..................... ....... .............................. ......... ......4
2.0 CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................6
2.1 Consultation.......................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Summary of Information Collected through Consultation.......................................................6
3.0 PLAN DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP........................................................................ 7
3.1 Working Group....... ............ ..................... .............................................................7
Table 1: Accessibility Working Group..................................................................................... 7
4.0 HISTORY OF INITIATIVES TO IDENTIFY, REMOVE AND PREVENT BARRIERS IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF KINCARDINE ............................................................................................. 7
4.1 History ..... ................. ... ... ... ....... ...... ........... ... ... ... ... ................... ....... ......... ... ..... ... ... ..... .........7
4.2 Initiatives.. ......... ........... ............ ......... ............ ............... ................................... 8
5.0 OPERATIONAL REVIEW ...................................................................................................10
5.1 Summary of Planned Departmental Reveiws 10
Table 2: Summary of Departmental Operations Reviews and Targets and Actions for
2007 10
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6.1 Plan Review Schedule (Quarterly) .......... ........... ............. ............... ...... ......... ......14
63 p'1;;)I1.RElvie.w Schedule (Annually)....... ...... ............ ............ ............................. ...... 15
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7.1 Definitions......... .......... ............ ........ ...................... ........................................... 15
7.2 Terms of Reference. ..................... ......... ........... ............. ............................. ........ 15
7.3 Municipal Real Property Registry........ ................................................................ ...15
7.4 About Disability... ......... ............ ........ ........... ...... ..... ................... ...... ........ ..... .... 16
7.5 Accessibility Advisory Committee Library.... ........ .......... ............... ..... ...... ....... ....... ...16
Appendix A - Resource Groups Consultation Process table
Municipality of Kincardine 2007-2008 Accessibility Plan
1.0 MUNICIPAL JURISDICTION PARTICIPATING IN THIS PLAN
Municipality
The Municipality of Kincardine.
Address
1475 Concession 5
R.R. 5
Kincardine, Ontario
N2Z 2X6
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Key Contacts
Donna MacDougall, CMO - Clerk
Staff Resource
Municipality of Kincardine
1475 Concession 5
RR5
Kincardine, Ontario
N2Z 2X6
Office: (519) 396-3468
Email: clerk@kincardine.net
Michele Barr, MA.A. T.O. - Building and Planning Manager
Technical Resource
Municipality of Kincardine
1475 Concession 5
RR5
Kincardine, Ontario
N2Z 2X6
Office: (519) 396-3468
Email: cbo@kincardine.net
1.1 Population
According to the 2006 Statistics Canada Census, the population of the Municipality of
Kincardine totals 11173 persons Figures taken from the above data shows an average
median age for the entire Municipality of 46 years old. This reflects a slight rise above
the Provincial median age of 39. Statistics Canada also states that the percentage of
people over the age of fifteen in our municipality is 85.3%.
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1.2 Municipal Highlights
The Municipality of Kincardine on the east coast of Lake Huron is a community
composed of a town and some small villages and hamlets. The community's recorded
history began in 1848 with the arrival of a group of Scottish immigrants who built a dam
and sawmill on the Penetangore River. These became the focus of the village that later
became the Town of Kincardine. Soon more settlers from Ireland, England and
Germany joined them. They helped clear the wooded land for farming and develop the
harbour, which was used for shipping agricultural products and as a base for the fishing
industry. Nearby the villages of Tiverton, Underwood and Inverhuron grew to service
the needs of the settlers. By 1873 the first train steamed into Kincardine to service the
burgeoning agricultural industry which was, along with furniture manufacturing, to
dominate the economy for nearly a century. An array of retail and professional
establishments as well as manufacturing operations also grew to serve the needs of
rural and urban populations. These local manufacturing operations helped to support
the two war efforts.
In the 1960's Atomic Energy of Canada Limited established Canada's first commercial
CANDU reactor in Bruce Township. This created an economic boom, providing the
skilled work force with steady, high-paying jobs,
Government restructuring in 1999 resulted in the amalgamation of the former Town of
Kincardine with Kincardine Township and Bruce Township (Tiverton had earlier joined
with Bruce) into what is now the Municipality of Kincardine. Today's diverse community
has a population of approximately 11,000 and the main industries are energy, tourism
and agriculture.
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Kincardine is also becoming an attractive retirement centre for those who appreciate
reasonable housing prices, excellent medical facilities and beautiful scenery.
Whilst the new Municipality of Kincardine has only been in existence since 1999, the
former Town of Kincardine is well over 150 years old. The Village of Tiverton to the
north is also over 100 years old. Many of the older buildings in the urban centres are of
older construction and do not comply with accessibility standards.
The governing body of the Municipality of Kincardine is Council. It consists of the
Mayor, the Deputy Mayor and seven councillors.
Having both legislative and executive responsibilities, Council deals with matters which
require policy direction, by-laws or by-law amendments and responses or actions to
pertinent issues. Council also makes decisions on the recommendations of the
Committee of the Whole and the Planning Advisory Committee. Reporting to Council,
the Chief Administrative Officer is responsible for the day to day operatiorj(jf municip-aT
departments.
Municipal departments include Chief Administrator's Office, Office of the Clerk, Finance,
Public Works, Building and Planning Department, Recreation and Parks and Fire
Department and Emergency Management.
There are also multitudes of services that are not provided directly by the Municipality.
These include social services (Bruce County), hospital care (South Bruce Grey Health
Center), public health (Grey Bruce Health Unit) land ambulance service (Bruce County),
recycling and garbage pickup (Bruce Area Solid Waste Recycling Association)
electricity suppliers (Westario and Hydro One), libraries (Bruce County), non-profit
housing (Bruce County), land planning (Bruce County), Engineering (private firms) and
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policing (Ontario Provincial Police). The Bruce Telecom is owned by the Municipality of
Kincardine and today provides telephone services to 15,000 customers and 18,000
Internet customers in five counties.
Some services are also shared with other municipalities. These include recreation
agreements and fire service agreement
2.0 CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES
2.1 Consultation
In reviewing this plan, the Municipality of Kincardine has consulted with its Accessibility
Advisory Committee, from herein known as "the Committee". This committee has been
used as a reference source for issues pertaining to disability and how these issues can
be minimized and lor resolved. (See term of reference 7.0)
Department heads have also been contacted and asked for input with regards to their
department, historical measures that have been taken to improve accessibility,
suggestions for future improvements and how those improvements can be made.
Appendix "A" gives a generalized guide as to what groups may be consulted in the
upcoming year to evaluate current circumstances.
2.2 Summary of Information Collected through Consultation
Information that the Municipality collects will be analysed and used to form the basis of
all-future accessibility decisions and improvements. All information is kept on file and
will be readily accessible for future use.
Resource Groups Consultation Process table is attached and listed as Appendix "A".
This table is used as documentation when consulting Resource Groups.
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3.0 PLAN DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP
3.1 Working Group
The working group has consisted mainly of staff resources and the Committee. It is
intended that this group can work in cooperation with senior department heads. This will
allow a more diverse input of ideas and information that can be incorporated into a daily
way of life with regards to accessibility issues and municipal operations.
Table 1: Accessibility Working Group
Working
Group
Member
Donna
MacDouaall
Michele Barr
Position
Department
Represented
Contact
Telephone & Email
Clerk
Clerk's Department
(519) 396-3468
clerkliJ) ki n card i ne. net
(519) 396.3468
cbo@kincardine.net
Building and
Planning
Manager
Building Department
4.0 HISTORY OF INITIATIVES TO IDENTIFY, REMOVE AND PREVENT
BARRIERS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF KINCARDINE
4.1 History
The accessibility quotient survey was also used to help identify weak and strong areas.
Some examples of barriers identified include curbs requiring curb cuts for wheelchair
accessibility, sidewalks with stairways attached to them, crosswalk push buttons
inconveniently located, lack of varied formats for municipal information to name a few.
Various Municipal departments are currently working toward addressing these issues
and taking corrective action. Issues brought forward by residents are taken seriously
and every attempt will be made to resolve the issues raised.
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4.2 Initiatives
Accessibility issues are being recorded and filed, a resource library on accessibility
issues has been created. The municipal accessibility plan will be reviewed and revised if
required, on an annual basis by September 30 of each year.
There are too many various issues to be reasonably dealt with at once in a small to
medium sized municipality with limited staff and resources.
The Municipality of Kincardine will endeavour to plan for the future how these limited
resources may be best used to efficiently resolve accessibility issues within our
boundaries.
Facility Accessibility Design Standards (FADS)
At the Council Meeting, May 18, 2005 Council adopted the use of the London FAD.
Standards, as amended from time to time, as a guide when technically and
economically feasible to do so and forms part of the Accessibility Plan.
Where to look for Barriers
The following are just some of the areas where barriers may be found:
The Built Environment
Communication
. Exterior/interior of a building
. Parking areas
. Drop-off zones
. Hallways
. Floors
. Lobbies
. Reception areas
. Offices
. Washrooms
. Elevators
. Stairs
. Storage area
. Training
. Receptionist
. Public Announcements
. Security Staff
Tools
. Hand tools
. Machinery
. Carts & dollies
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Phvsical
. Furniture
. Work stations
. Doors
. Door knobs
. Windows
. Bathroom hardware
. Locks
. Security systems
Technoloaical
Information
. Computers
. Operating systems
. Standard software
. Web sites
. Keyboards
. Mice
. Printers
. Fax machines
. Telephones
. TTY's
. Photocopiers
. Appliances
. Switches
. Control panels
. Web cams
. Scanners
. Books
. Print
. Internet
. Signage
. Bulletin boards
. Brochures
. Forms
. Manuals
. Faxes
Policies and Practices
. Procurement and purchasing
. Job postings
. Hiring
. Interviewing
. Testing
. Meetings
. Planning and subdivision approval
. Promotion
. By-laws
. Regulations
. Rules
. Protocols
. Safety and Evacuations
. Lighting
Recreational Facilities
. Playgrounds
. Gymnasiums
. Swimming pools
. Change rooms
. Theatres
. Auditoriums - stage and theatre
. Picnic areas
. Tracks
. Playing fields
. Rail trails
. Recreational trails
. Beaches
. Parks
. Boardwalks
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Service Deliveries
Transportation
. In person
. By telephone
. By mail
. By email
. Via the web
. Buses
. Trains
. Ai rcraft
. Watercraft
. Cars
. Trucks
. Vans
Businesses
. Shopping carts
. Sales counters
. Isles
. Washroom facilities
5.0 OPERATIONAL REVIEW
5.1 Summary of Planned Departmental Reviews
The following table summarises the municipal departments that will be under review
according to this plan in the upcoming year. Issues within these departments will be
addressed and appropriate improvements and changes will be made where resources
allow. It must be noted that improvements and changes to operations, policies,
procedures etc. must follow municipal protocol and may only be implemented within
constraints of available municipal resources including staffing and budget. All due
diligence is being followed in the achievement of municipal compliance with the
Accessibility for Ontarian's with Disabilities Act, 2005 (Bill 118).
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Summary of Planned Departmental Reviews:
Chief Administrator's Office - Accessibility Achievements
CAO reviewed existing Municipal Policies taking into account accessibility
matters.
Chief Administrator's Office - Targets and Actions 2008-2009
CAO Department plans to keep current with new provincial legislation
effecting accessibility issues
Clerk's Department - Accessibility Achievements
1. Accessibility Committee completed a tour of Municipal facilities
infrastructures and identified a number of barriers which were
directed to appropriate departments.
2. Heightened profile for accessibility matters on Municipal website by
updating Accessibility section and posting additional information, i.e.
links to the Disability Etiquette and the London Facility Accessibility
Design Standards.
3. Launched Accessibility Loan Program
4. Focused on heightening awareness of accessibility at Municipal
events, i.e. Scottish Festival (drop off locations), Kincardine Reunion,
and informing tourists on accessible facilities.
Clerk's Department - Targets and Actions 2008-2009
1. Implementation Plan for Customer Service Accessibility Standard
2. Continue accessibility education of the Public and Municipal
Departments.
3. Continue to focus and increase awareness of accessibility for
Municipal events.
4. Evaluation of Reception area to determine accessibility factors.
5. Launch ''Thumbs Up" Program.
Building and Planning - Accessibility Achievements
Completion of the consolidation of the Parking By-law.
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Building and Planning - Targets and Actions 2007-2008
1. Continue to have consideration for the FADS when
reviewing and developing municipal and private projects.
2. To consolidate the Comprehensive Zoning By-law in 2009
and this will include a review to ensure consistency with the
Ontario Building Code provisions and the municipal
provisions relating to Barrier Free.
3. The IT Coordinator is currently reviewing the Accessible
Information and Communications Standards in regards to
the municipal web site.
Recreation and Parks - Accessibility Achievements
The Davidson Centre addition includes a ground floor level access for
seniors and others to take part in activities. The addition is expected to be
open by spring of 2009.
Recreation and Parks - Targets and Actions 2008-2009
1. Completion of Municipal public washroom accessibility study to
ensure adequacy and accessibility.
2. Completion of Davidson Centre addition.
3. Installation of accessible doors at the Tiverton Sports Centre.
Fire Department and Emergency Planning - Accessibility
Achievements
Fire Department and Emergency Planning - Targets and Actions 2008-
2009
1. Highlight Emergency Planning for disabled.
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Public Works - Accessibility Achievements
1. Accessible doors were installed at the Municipal Administration
Centre.
2. A barrier free pedestrian bridge was installed at Lome Creek.
Public Works - Targets and Actions 2008-2009
The Huron Terrace Bridge will be reconstructed with an accessible
sidewalk.
6.0 OVERALL PLAN REVIEW AND UPDATING
6.1 Departmental Review Schedule (Semi-annually)
The Departmental Reviews will be updated semi-annually by January 15 and July 15 of
each year by department heads. Progress of their individual departments toward
meeting their prescribed accessibility goals will be recorded and a report will be created
for council and MC review.
The Committee will make comment as to the progress made toward targeted goals in
relation to the current year's Accessibility Plan.
6.2 Plan Review Schedule (Annually)
The Accessibility Plan will be updated annually with information collected from semi-
annual reviews by department heads. All updates will be made as part of a progressive
action toward meeting the targets as prescribed in the current year's plan.
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7.0 Appendix
7.1 Definitions
Disability: Any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner or
within the range considered normal for a human being.
Barrier(s): This is the item to be addressed with specific remedial actions.
Action(s): The goal of the actions is to move the organization forward in eliminating,
reducing and preventing barriers.
Resources Necessary to Undertake Action: Necessary resources may be funding for
actions or merely staff time dedicated to doing the work proposed.
Departmental Lead: These are the staff member(s) who are accountable for
completing the action(s).
7.2 Terms of Reference
See attached Terms of Reference
7.3 Municipal Real Property Registry
A listing of Municipality of Kincardine Real Property is available in the AAC Library.
7.4 About Disability
See attached.
7.5 Accessibility Advisory Committee Library
Municipal Administration Centre
1475, Concession 5
RR#5,
Kincardine, ON N2Z 2X6
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