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Mansfield Advisory Committee on the Needs of Persons with

Disabilities

 

Regular Meeting

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

 

Minutes

 

I.                    Attendance: members: Scott Hasson,  Mary Thatcher, Wade Gibbs; staff: Sheila Thompson, Kevin Grunwald; invitees: Cynthia Van Zelm,  Alan Hawkins

 

II.                  Minutes: Minutes of June 24, 2003 were reviewed and approved.

 

III.                New Business:     Cynthia Van Zelm, Executive Director, Mansfield Downtown Partnership, and Alan Hawkins, member of the Partnership’s Board of Directors, offered a presentation of the Partnership’s goals,  developments, and designs of a “mixed use” downtown area adjacent to the University.  Input from the Committee has been requested  in regard to the inclusiveness of needs of special populations  in the design of such a project.

 

IV.      Old Business:

 

a)     Membership: Ruth Gordon has resigned from the Committee for medical reasons, and members were urged to seek out possible members.

 

b)     Report on Fee Waivers:   Sheila Thompson reported that no action has yet been taken by the Council.

 

c)      Report on Transportation Coalition: Mary Thatcher reported that the Transportation Coalition  will be distributing the directory of transportation services to towns within Eastern CT.

 

d)     Kevin Grunwald reported that he and Lon Hultgren are meeting to investigate the widening of the ADA corridor for transportation services.

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 3:40PM.  Next regularly scheduled meeting: Oct.28, 2003.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Sheila Thompson