Staff are recommending the city earmark $50,000 in its capital budget to improve accessibility at two facilities.
The Kin Centre and the Elksentre should have motion-activated main entry doors and add more push button openers at Kin interior doors.
The project would only happen if the city gets a 2017 Enabling Accessibility Grant, which would cover half of the $100,000 needed and what staff call an "ideal opportunity" to enhance accessibility.
Prince George should find out by the end of this month if the application is successful.
The recommendation comes after the Prince George Advisory Committee on Accessibility audited six facilities earlier this year: the Civic Centre, CN Centre, Kin Centre 2, Kin Centre 3, Connaught Youth Centre and the Prince George Playhouse.
That report, published in July, found common barriers at facilities, including better placement of automated push buttons and installing them on internal doors.
The facilities need better signs and offer service counters that also accommodate people using mobility devices like wheelchairs.
Not all stairs in community arenas have handrails, the report noted, and accessibility parking needs to be painted more frequently so they are more visible.
Similarly, the sloped curbs near main entrances should also be painted so they stand out as options that ease access. Overall, it said the city would benefit from developing accessibility guidelines for its buildings.
CN Centre was singled out for its limited - and crowded - accessible seating, which makes it difficult to move in and out of those spaces.
A staff update on accessibility initiatives before city council's Wednesday meeting also spoke of an upcoming pilot workshop put on by the city with two partners: the Fraser Fort George Regional District and Spinal Cord Injury B.C. The day-and-a-half course - Universal Design Workshop - will be open to local government staff that manage and maintain civic buildings, parks and recreation infrastructure.
"The goal of the workshop is to build capacity and understanding around accessibility barriers in the built environment and to provide local government staff with the tools that they need to better address accessibility issues," the report said of the early December event.
The report also highlighted the city's work with the Access North project to map the city's major parks, trails and larger neighbourhood parks.
