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Visitor urges council to expand meeting accessibility and Spanish interpretation
Summary
Maricela Santana Gueye, environmental justice coordinator for a local nonprofit, thanked the council for outreach efforts and urged continued steps to broaden access to meetings, including Spanish interpretation and in-person engagement.
Maricela Santana Gueye introduced herself as an environmental justice coordinator for a nonprofit (AM) and urged the council to continue making meetings accessible for community members, including Spanish interpretation and outreach about agendas and events. "Public comment is so important to our community because comments make better regulations," she said, citing a Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation note shared during her remarks.
Santana Gueye praised recent Facebook postings about meetings but asked the council to expand access through continued interpretation services, city tours, and meetings with community members to surface issues such as recycling, contamination concerns and gaps in city services across the Lower Yakima Valley and Mabton. She offered to meet with council members and left contact information for follow-up; staff confirmed receipt of her email during the meeting.
