[PAGE 1] Mayors’ Accessibility Committee Meeting Thursday, March 5, 2026 Council Chambers - 305 Gay Street Cambridge, MD 21613 6:00 pm 1. Call to order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes • Review and approval of minutes from previous meetings 2/5/2026; and 12/4/2025 4. Old Business a. Mayor’s Project for Teens b. Mental Health Discussion for possible presentation in April c. Traffic Safety Committee’s Response to Letter 5. New Business a. Presentation from Multicultural Center with Q&A • How to legally navigate and provide access to information. 6. Session Closed 7. Adjourn Mayor’s Accessibility Committee meetings are generally conducted in open sessions unless otherwise noted. In accordance with the Maryland Open Meetings Act, all or part of a meeting may be held in closed session if approved by a vote of the Commission. Please note that the agenda order may change, and meetings may be audio- and video-recorded [PAGE 2] Mayor’s Accessibility Committee Meeting Minutes Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025 Time: 6:00 PM Location: 305 Gay St., Cambridge, MD Platform: Town Hall Streams 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by Mayor Lajan Cephas Bey 2. Roll Call / Attendees Member Present Attendance Method Mayor Lajan Cephas Bey (Chair) In-Person ✓ Francine Fran Byas In person ✓ Ilia Johnson In-Person ✓ Ericca Stanley-Jones In-Person ✓ Jeanne Elliott In-Person ✓ Holly Gilpi In person ✓ Adrian Holmes Virtual ✓ Quorum Met: 7 out of 7 Approval of Minutes Corrected misspelled names Holly motioned to adopt the minutes from the previous meeting, seconded by Ericca. Motion carried 7-0. 3. Old Business No old Business 4. New Business Presentation by Jonathan Carroll and Mike Wells from X9 Intelligence LLC. Ericca motioned for the committee’s Secretary, Fran Byas, to draft a letter to the City Manager with details of the presentation provided by X9 Intelligence. Motion Seconded by Jeanne. 7-0 Domestic Violence Awareness - Agenda Item Motion carried 7-0 [PAGE 3] 5. Presentation: Amanda Kidd from 411 Kitchen Asked Accessibility to help get the word out on how to utilize 411 Kitchen: Community partnership and collaboration. Wants to link arms and work with others in the community. Currently looking for Board members and Board of Directors. 6. Next Meeting Holly motioned that the committee cancel the public meeting in January as it falls on the 1st. Seconded by Ericca. Motion carried 7-0 Ericca motioned in the absence of having that January meeting, that the chair, co-chair, and secretary meet independently to formulate a presentation for the February City Council meeting. Motion seconded by Holly. Motion carried 7-0. 7. City Email Access 8. Committee Member Comments: Items need to be Addressed City traffic stoplights Train garden Domestic Violence Doing a pet drive at the visitor’s center Grief Counseling The committee came to a consensus that Mayor Cephas will reach out to the Fire Chief to see what can be done with the train garden Ericca motioned, meeting adjourned. Second by Jeanne. 7-0 Meeting Adjourned: 8:06pm [PAGE 4] Mayor’s Accessibility Committee Meeting Minutes Thursday, February 5, 2026 Council Chambers – 305 Gay Street Cambridge, MD 21613 6:00 PM 1. Call to Order: 6:00 p.m. Skipped over the approval of minutes. 2. Old Business: No old Business 3. New Business: Secretary sending email to Safety of Pedestrians at Traffic Stoplights to the Traffic and Safety Committee. Holly motioned that the safety committee look at the following intersections for safety: Maryland Ave, Gay Street, Race Street, Popular Street, Choptank, and Maryland Ave. for potential new signs to inform drivers of a 4-way stop to watch out for pedestrians. Ilia Seconded: Motion carried 5-0. Train Garden Pet Drive – No Action Needed Access to Grief Counseling Resources Holy Motion that we contact the four mental health agencies: Sante Group, 4 All Seasons, Corsica, and New Day, New Start, to give a ten-minute presentation in our April Meeting as a panel, and ask them to tell us what they do for grief counseling, what they do to get their message out, and how we can assist. Have information ready to present by May at the City Council meeting. Fran seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. In March, will someone from the Multicultural Center attend and speak? ICE: How to legally navigate and provide access to information Motion made to contact Immigration Attorneys for the next meeting on March 5, are contacted before we make the decision on how to move forward. Jeanne seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Holly Motion made that Ms. Johnson provide the information to Mayor Cephas about a safe place for the committee of a food drop off for household supplies/food items for families in need. Adrian Seconded. Motion Carried 6-0. [PAGE 5] Apartment and Homeowners Association Connections: Motion made by Adrian to direct Mayor Cephas to proceed with reaching out to apartments, HOAs, to get contact information so that we can better distribute and activities that are going on in the city, including churches, civic organizations, and clubs. Holly Seconded. Motion carried 6- 0. 4. Open Discussion America’s 250th birthday. Use Maryland 250 for events. Neighbor to Neighbor connects to get teens involved in keeping youth involved during the summer months. Meeting Ajourned. 8:20 p.m.