The community is invited to a public meeting to provide feedback on a report that details how the city conducted its accessibility self-evaluation for streets and sidewalks, and the system used to develop the curb ramp schedule and reconstruction priorities for sidewalks.

The public meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 15 at 6 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chambers at City Hall will gather community feedback on the 2013 Pedestrian Accessibility Study available online at www.somervillema.gov/departments/personnel/ADA.

Residents can also send questions and comments to ADA Coordinator Betsy Allen via e-mail to ballen@somervillema.gov or by phone at (617) 625-6600 extension 2323. If you wish to request reasonable accommodations in order to attend the meeting on May 15, please contact Betsy Allen by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 9.

This pedestrian right-of-way (PROW) report will form part of the basis for the City’s complete Transition Plan that will cover both physical and communication barriers and outline the timeframe for removing those
barriers. Community feedback will assist in prioritizing the barriers identified in these reports, and developing a living, multi-year Transition Plan to create equal access for all to the City’s buildings,
programs, services, streets and sidewalks. The City contracted the engineering firm, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, of Burlington, Mass., to conduct the Pedestrian Accessibility Study.