Accessible City Communications
Summary
Commissioners described repeated failures joining meetings by Zoom — losing interpreters, slides, and being cut off entirely — and asked to help the city fix it. A joint discussion with the marketing/communications team was added to the August agenda.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Aug 20, 2026.
Impact analysis
Deaf residents trying to watch and participate in public meetings remotely.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Commission on Disabilities — August 20, 2026
The city's marketing department is working to make all web pages meet new accessibility rules by April 2027 and adds closed captions and ASL interpreters at press events. No one person is tasked with catching ableist imagery or language — it's everyone's job by practice, which commissioners noted as a gap.
Commission of the Deaf — June 10, 2026
Commissioners described repeated failures joining meetings by Zoom — losing interpreters, slides, and being cut off entirely — and asked to help the city fix it. A joint discussion with the marketing/communications team was added to the August agenda.
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