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Fall River disability commission highlights ADA grants, refiled rail-trail and wheelchair-repair bills; grant deadline June 13
Summary
At its May 14 meeting, the Fall River Commission on Disability discussed municipal ADA improvement grants announced May 1, refiled accessible-rail-trail legislation, and a refiled wheelchair-repair bill (S.210 / H.1278). Commissioners will not vote but staff and commissioners will follow up before the June 13 grant deadline.
Chairman Dennis Paselli told the Fall River Commission on Disability that the Massachusetts Office on Disability announced municipal ADA improvement grants on May 1 and that the city has until Friday, June 13, to apply.
The commission discussed three related items under its ADA update: the municipal ADA improvement grants (totaling “over a million dollars or so roughly,” according to Paselli), refiled legislation on accessible rail trails, and a refiled wheelchair-repair bill identified in the meeting as Senate Bill S.210 and House Bill H.1278. Paselli said he forwarded grant materials to Al Oliveira, director of city operations, and Dan Aguilar and expects the city ADA work…
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