Public involvement is a critical element when providing people with disabilities the accommodations, locations and infrastructure design that are most meaningful. It also helps SHA determine how to prioritize projects, to determine if anything has been overlooked or evaluate if field-level efforts meet public needs. Public involvement takes many forms. It is required as part of the self-evaluation and transition plan. Ongoing dialogue with people with disabilities, both individually and in groups, works to help SHA accommodate people with disabilities at various meetings.

Public Meetings

Public meetings provide a forum for the public to comment on the results of the field inventory portion of the Self Evaluation. Input from these meetings is used to validate our field reviews, advise us of other challenges best identified by pedestrians with disabilities, and provide input into the prioritization of projects in the Transition Plan.

• Past Public Meetings

• Baltimore County , Parkville High School , April 17, 2007
• Montgomery County , Montgomery County Executive Office Building , June13, 2007
• Howard County , Howard County Community College , October 15, 2007
• Prince George ’s County, Bowie City Hall , October 18, 2007
• Harford County , McFaul Activities Center , October 22, 2007
• Anne Arundel County , Heritage Office Complex, October 23, 2007
• Frederick County , C. Burr Artz Public Library, November 8, 2007
• St.Mary ’s County, Joseph D. Carter Building, May 20, 2008
• Baltimore County, Stembridge Community Center, May 21, 2008
• Northern and Mid shore counties, Kent Center, July 29, 2008(Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s Talbot)
• Frederick, Frederick County Department of Aging & Frederick Senior Center, August 12, 2008
• Calvert, Calvert County Library, August 14, 2008
• Lower shore counties, (Dorchester, Wicomico, and Somerset, and Worcester) , The One-Stop Job Market, October 14, 2008

• Upcoming Public Meetings

• Worcester County
  Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
  Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (Facility reserved from 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.)
  Location: Roland E. Powell Convention Center, Rooms C-101 & C-102,
  
      4001 Coastal Highway (40th Street),
  
      Ocean City, MD 21842

• Public Meeting Materials (Self Evaluation)

• Comment Sheet
• Presentation Boards