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I. Purpose
The MARTA Accessibility Committee (MAC) was established to assist MARTA by:
- Connecting MARTA and the diverse communities it serves to achieve a greater awareness of the transportation needs of seniors and persons with disabilities;
- Developing and suggesting procedures to identify and correct potential accessibility deficiencies in facilities, programs, services and communications;
- Advising MARTA on issues surrounding individuals with disabilities and seniors and recommending appropriate steps; and
- Providing recommendations to improve access to MARTA programs and services.
II. Members
- Jorge Urrea – Committee Chairperson
- Leonard Stinson – Vice Chairperson (Representing: Cognitive/Developmental Disabilities)
- Jimmy Peterson – Executive Director, Georgia Center of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Inc. (Organization Seat Representing: Deaf/Hard of Hearing)
- Kakwete "Kay" Sibetta – Associate State Director, Community Outreach, AARP (Organization Seat Representing: Seniors)
- Lee Rogers - Development and Communications Manager for World Services for the Blind (Organization Seat Representing: Blind/Low Vision)
- Jeffrey Easley - Direct Support Professional Manager, Bobby Dodd Institute (Organization Seat Representing: Cognitive/Developmental Disabilities)
- Jordan Hall - Mobility Coordinator, Statewide Independent Living Council, GA (Organization Seat Representing: Personal Mobility Aid/Wheelchair User)
- Mark Gasaway (Representing: Deaf/Hard of Hearing)
- Robert K. Lossie Representing: Upper/Lower Extremity)
- Sandra Lee Owen (Representing: Personal Mobility Aid/Wheelchair User)
- Leonardo Banes (Representing: Blind/Low Vision)
- Robert Smith (Representing: Seniors)
- Vacant (Organization Seat Representing: Upper/Lower Extremity)
III. 2021 MAC Meeting Schedule
All MAC meetings are held at the MARTA Headquarters building at: 2424 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30324. The MAC meets the second Tuesday of every other month from 10:00 am to 11:30 am and subcommittees meet on the off month of the MAC meetings as needed. The Committee meetings listed below
are open to the public. Sign language interpreters for the Deaf or hearing impaired are present for all meetings. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact MARTA no less than ten days in advance of the meeting date. To request a reasonable accommodation, or to request information in
another language or in an accessible format please call 404-848-4037 or 404-848-5665 TTY.
- January 12, 2021
- March 9, 2021
- May 11, 2021
- July 13, 2021
- September 14, 2021
- November 9, 2021
IV. Meeting Minutes
- November 10, 2020
- September 8, 2020
- July 14, 2020 (Recording |Password: FucYEVp3)
- May 12, 2020
- March 10, 2020
- January 14, 2020
- November 12, 2019
- September 10, 2019
- July 9, 2019
- May 14, 2019
- March 12, 2019
- January 15, 2019
- July 10, 2018
- May 8, 2018
- March 13, 2018
- November 14, 2017
- May 9, 2017
- November 8, 2016
- September 13, 2016