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City delays website launch; staff report ADA restroom retrofits, micro-mobility policy work
Summary
City staff told the Government Operations Committee the new city website launch is delayed several weeks for content cleanup; public restrooms have been retrofitted to be ADA compliant; and staff are finalizing an advertising policy for the community connector and a micromobility (bike rack) policy.
City staff told the Government Operations Committee Monday that the launch of the city’s new website has been delayed by a few weeks to allow staff to reorganize migrated content, and they reported that public restrooms have been replaced and retrofitted to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.
Courtney O'Donnell, assistant city manager, said the new website migrated a decade’s worth of content from the old site, creating misplaced or duplicated material. "The new website is fantastic in a lot of ways, but it migrated over, like, all the old content," O'Donnell said. She told the committee staff chose to delay launch to ensure content and layout are correct; the target is now roughly November.
O'Donnell also told the committee that all public restrooms identified earlier have been replaced and retrofitted to be ADA compliant. She said staff are preparing a flyer that outlines retrofit incentives available to residents, including Efficiency Maine rebates, federal tax credits and local rebates.
On transportation policy, staff said they are finalizing what they called a micromobility policy — effectively a bike rack policy — that will govern installation and removal procedures and define which types of devices are allowed on buses for safety reasons. O'Donnell said staff are also continuing work on an advertising policy for the community connector; the item remains under development as staff continue to address details.
Councillor Shippen asked staff to put voting information prominently on the website’s front page. O'Donnell agreed to update the site’s voting links promptly and noted that the future site will include configurable “graphic links” to make commonly used items easier to find.
Next steps: staff will continue content cleanup and aim to launch the site in November; the micromobility and community connector advertising policies will return to committee or council when staff have final drafts.
