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Councilor and accessibility manager update COBAC: equity review, vehicle-for-hire questions, crisis-response gains, and federal IDEA staffing cuts
Summary
City Councilor Ariel Mendez and Cassandra, the city’s Accessibility & Equity Manager, updated COBAC on equity work, transportation-safety reporting, and federal staffing cuts that could affect special-education enforcement.
City Councilor Ariel Mendez told the City of Bend Accessibility Advisory Committee on Oct. 23 that equity remains a council priority and that the city has hired a third-party consultant to review internal and external equity programs.
Mendez said the council is examining whether vehicle-for-hire accessibility requirements are enforceable at the local level, noting the city attorney suggested one enforcement avenue could be litigation. "There’s a difficult question of if it’s a federal law that we require vehicles for hire to comply with…what is the city's role in terms of enforcing that?"…
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