Archive ▸ 2010 ▸ 2010-05-03

Policy Order O-2

City Council, May 3, 2010

Councillor Cheung, Councillor Decker, Councillor Kelley, Mayor Maher, Councillor Reeves, Councillor Seidel, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey

WHEREAS: June 26

WHEREAS: The City Council recognizes the work left to be done to ensure that disabled Americans are fully able to participate in society; and

WHEREAS: Today many people who are disabled are not receiving the services they need to be healthy and independent; and

WHEREAS: The City Council has always prided itself for being in the forefront of civil rights issues; and

WHEREAS: In its current form, the Cambridge Live City Webcast offered through the Cambridge City website is not user friendly for disabled Cambridge residents; and

WHEREAS: Other cities have updated their websites to provide closed captioning for live streaming video; and

WHEREAS: The City of Cambridge always strives to do whatever it can to support the disabled community; now therefore be it

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the appropriate department heads on the feasibility of offering closed captioning for streaming video on the City's website.

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