MINUTES

Mansfield Advisory Committee on Persons with Disabilities

Regular Meeting   - Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2007

2:30 PM - Conference Room C - Audrey P. Beck Building

I. Attendance: Sheila Thompson (staff), Wade Gibbs, Cristina Colon-Semenza

II. Approval of the Minutes for the Meeting, Feb.27, 2007: the minutes of the meeting were approved as written.

III. New Business:

a. Member, Joan Seliger-Sidney, had requested that the Committee inquire about the repair of the automatic door opener at the Library, and the installation of a new automatic door opener on the inside door.  Sheila T. will research this and report back to the Committee.

IV. Old Business

a. Membership status – Cristina has been named to the Committee

b. Review of John DeWolf’s recommendations to the Downtown Partnership’s concept plan was discussed.  The Committee agreed that emphasis should be maintained on all planning to include full accessibility for people with disabilities.

c. Joan Sidney had left word for the Committee that there was no further report on accessibility issues at UCONN.

V. Adjournment: the meeting adjourned at 3:00 PM.  Next meeting: April 24, 2007, 2:30 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Sheila Thompson