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City ponders accessibility policy and committee

Bailey Moreton
By Bailey Moreton

The City of Yellowknife is working on implementing an accessibility policy and committee to help combat accessibility issues in the city.

Sheila Bassi-Kellett, Senior Administrative Officer with the City of Yellowknife said during a governance and priorities committee meeting on Monday that the city currently addresses accessibility issues on an ad-hoc basis. The new policy would represent a commitment to working on accessibility issues in the city, she added.

The committee would be similar to other community advisory boards, like the one for homelessness, and would focus on accessibility issues with the designs for the scheduled build of the new aquatic centre.

“We felt like this committee was going to be the boots on the ground work and council will receive updates in the way of the policy when the policy is refined and comes forward for adoption,” said Kerry Thistle, Director of Economic Development and Strategy with the City of Yellowknife.

Residents will have a chance to submit their feedback on the accessibility policy before it is finalized.

Councillors are set to vote on a draft of the policy and the committee at the council meeting on August 23.

Bailey Moreton
Bailey Moreton
Bailey is new to the north, arriving from Ottawa where he studied journalism at Carleton University. He has worked for newspapers in Halifax, Windsor, and Ottawa. He came to the north hoping to see polar bears. He will settle for a bison. If you have a tip, send it to 905 252-9781, or [email protected].

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