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Menlo Park reviews accessibility policy for public meetings; council directs pilots for shuttles and interpretation
Summary
Staff presented a framework for a public meeting accessibility policy focusing on transportation, meeting locations, interpretation, and translation. The council asked staff to pilot a virtual interpreter at City Council meetings, offer shuttle service on a 24-hour request basis for meetings in Belhaven, and return with refined cost options and request-form language.
City staff presented a study-session framework Dec. 16 for a public meeting accessibility policy intended to improve multilingual access and participation across Menlo Park.
City Clerk Judy Herron reviewed staff recommendations that included continuing targeted transportation to meetings with significant community impact (estimated $220 per meeting), hosting additional meetings at the Belhaven Community Campus to meet Environmental Justice goals, piloting a…
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