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Recommendation to request City Manager to work with City Attorney to draft a resolution of support for Long Beach to join the Cities for All Global Compact.
DISCUSSION
Long Beach has long been a city for all and continues to find new ways to elevate the quality of life for all residents. In this spirit, World Enabled reached out to the First District to champion a further commitment to providing equitable access to our city for those with disabilities and unique challenges through their Cities for All Global Compact.
World Enabled is led by Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda, a leader in international disability rights, who was appointed to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board by President Barack Obama. Under Dr. Pineda's leadership, World Enabled supports companies, governments, and educational institutions with the full implementation of legal mandates for inclusion and diversity. Their work and research initiatives further innovative approaches to inclusive urban development.
Part of World Enabled's impact is gathering partners around the globe to be engaged and proactive when planning their cities. Long Beach has been a leader in the many facets of equity and now has an opportunity to enhance our work by supporting a commitment to access and inclusivity already being championed by cities like New York City, Sao Paulo, Chicago, Curitiba, Brazil, and Laayoune, Morocco.
This exciting initiative is a further step in both the mission of World Enabled and Long Beach to make access more equitable by committing to not just do what is legally required for compliance but strive to work beyond these minimum requirements. This is not a legal change to laws, ordinances or zoning, but rather a promise to do all we can as a City to promote access for all utilizing cutting-edge techniques and information to achieve the goal of universal access and inclusion.
The Cities for All Global Compact's Language is as follows:
We, the Signatories co...
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