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Holyoke commission reports ordinance on sign removal, individual sign request and accessibility training; council chambers renovation flagged for review
Summary
The commission reported that an ordinance allowing removal of obsolete handicap signs cleared the ordinance committee, discussed a pending individual request for a handicap sign at 330 Jarvis Avenue, highlighted recent accessibility trainings and announced upcoming events and a planned community survey.
The Holyoke Commission on Disability on June 27 reported several administrative and outreach developments: an ordinance enabling removal of obsolete handicapped parking signs cleared the city's ordinance committee, the commission has advanced one individual sign request, members recapped accessibility trainings and urged outreach for a planned disability survey.
Lynn Horan, chair of the Holyoke Commission on Disability, told members she attended the ordinance committee meeting in May and sent the commission the final order that was written and cleared by legal staff. The ordinance addresses removal of a handicapped sign when the resident who required it no longer needs it; Horan said “everybody seemed to be satisfied and that order passed.” The meeting did not record a local vote by the commission on…
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