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i 1 Report of the Popponessett Market Place resulting in a law suit subsequently settled out of court, disabled residents Mashpee Americans with should be pleased with thereatl g y improved access Disabilities Act Committee when ongoing "fixes" are completed. Thanks to Charlie Maintanis of the Building Department for his valuable contributions to the project. To the honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee. We are once again indebted to Kathleen Moore for coordinating the special support for disabled The members of the Mashpee Americans with residents at Town Meeting. The Communications Disabilities Act Committee are pleased to report Access Realtime Translation (CART), large-print continued progress toward our objective of making warrants and close-in parking are appreciated.We also Mashpee the most accessible town on Cape Cod. This thank Sherry Bergeron, Executive Director of The progress is due in no small measure from the support Audible Local Ledger, for providing the facilities and and encouragement coura g of town officials and the technical mcal assistance necessary for preparing audio cooperation of local businesses. versions of the Town Meeting warrant. The committee membership changed Committee members also participate in other significantly as long time member, Bill Dundon, programs designed to assist the disabled. Michele resigned for medical reasons and Maria Hortaridis,the Brady obviously plays a crucial role in insuring School Department representative, left Mashpee for Mashpee students with special needs may take another position off-Cape.Also,Terrie Cook,Board of advantage of every possible resource. Mert Sapers Selectmen liaison to the committee, did not seek does an outstanding job organizing the civilian parking reelection. Fortunately, the vacancies were filled patrol and working with the Police Department to quickly with highly qualified individuals. Kathleen monitor handicapped parking violations. Violations Moore,Administrative Assistant to the Town Manager have dropped significantly since this program began, and the Board of Selectmen was appointed to fill one Bob Wooldridge is a volunteer reader with the Audible vacancy and Michele Brady, Special Education Local Ledger providing reading services for the blind, Administrator for Mashpee Schools, replaced Ms. vision impaired and print disabled. Hortaridis. We are very fortunate to have Carol Sherman as the new liaison. Access and parking continue to be an area of concern at a number of commercial centers in A Mobi-Mat beach access ramp for South Cape Mashpee.Charlie Maintanis continues to press the need Beach has been purchased.This should improve access for improved design and maintenance of parking areas to the beach for people with mobility difficulties. The and better compliance with the letter and spirit of ramp will be put in place for the 2012 season.We thank parking regulations. The results of non-compliance all those who contributed to the purchase price. Also with access requirements at Popponessett Marketplace special thanks to the Town Manager, Board of should provide an incentive for others to improve Selectmen, Town Meeting attendees and the Director compliance. of DPW without whose support this would uld not have been possible. Planning is underway for a ceremony We encourage residents to notify committee opening the ramp for the public.We hope to apply any members of any access problems they encounter.Many lessons learned at South Cape Beach to efficiently town and commercial projects will be getting underway expand the capability to other town beaches. in the Spring. Making these issues known as soon as possible will give appropriate individuals time to One of our most important responsibilities is to incorporate corrective action into their plans. assist residents navigate the "system" to resolve frustrating access issues. In 2011 we contributed to Thanks to the efforts of Mashpee Chief of Police, the resolution of four such issues. Rodney Collins and Stephen Mone, Harbormaster, initial planning to improve handicapped access at Although the committee was not directly involved Mashpee's boat ramps has begun. in complaints about handicapped access at ,i I- 28