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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 03-27-2017
A
I'm,
the
open
meeting
law
requires
that
I
notify
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
being
recorded.
Therefore,
please
be
aware
that
an
audio
and
visual
recording
of
this
meeting
is
being
made
in
broadcast
by
a
Boston
City
TV,
which
is
a
part
of
the
city
of
Boston
office
of
cable
communications,
now
I
hand
it
over
to
Kyle
good.
B
D
B
G
H
Everybody,
my
name
is
Lauren
Bryant
and
I'm,
a
project
manager
with
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
and
I'm
the
project
manager
for
Martin's
Park.
So,
first
of
all,
thank
you
guys
for
letting
me
come
talk
about
accessibility,
inclusion
in
parks,
it's
something
that's
near
and
dear
to
my
heart
and
something
that
luckily
our
Parks
Commissioner
is
excited
about
too.
So
he
kind
of
lets
me
run
with
a
lot
of
things,
trying
to
push
that
in
the
parks
even
further
than
we've
done
in
the
past,
which
is
really
exciting.
H
So
just
two
quick
heads
up
my
job
as
project
manager,
I'm
in
the
design
and
construction
unit,
so
I
do
everything
from
when
we're
starting
to
look
at
the
budgets
for
future
years,
help
identify
which
parks
are
gonna
go
into
the
budget.
I
work
with
hiring
designers
for
individual
projects,
work
with
the
designer
in
the
community
to
figure
out
what
the
prop
what
the
park
actually
needs
and
go
through
the
design
process,
I,
follow
it
through
bidding
and
then
I
also
do
all
the
construction
oversight
to
make
sure
it's
built
correctly.
H
So,
for
me,
really
getting
into
accessibility
and
inclusion
as
part
of
that
design
process
is
huge
and
pushing
that
to
make
sure
that
we
can
really
bring
more
of
that
into
the
parks.
I'm
currently
working
on
twelve
park
projects
and
I
know
that
I'm
here
to
talk
to
you
guys
about
Martin's
Park,
but
just
as
a
heads
up
for
you
guys.
There
are
five
of
us
who
do
what
I
do.
H
So,
if
you
think
about
that,
we've
got
quite
a
few
projects
that
we're
working
on
every
year
and
each
of
those
projects
we're
trying
to
look
at
accessibility
as
part
of
the
design
and
increasing
that
and
improving
that,
as
we
do
all
of
our
Park
projects.
So
Martin's
Park,
which
I
know,
is
what
I'm
here
to
talk
to
you
guys
about.
For
those
of
you
who
may
not
know
Martins
Park
is
gonna,
be
a
brand
new
Waterfront
Park
along
the
Fort
Point
channel,
directly
adjacent
to
the
Children's
Museum.
H
It's
going
to
be
in
memory
of
Martin
Richard,
who
was
the
youngest
victim
of
the
Marathon
bombing.
The
Richard
family
has
been
involved
with
us
since
day,
one
and
from
the
very
first
day
when
we
met
with
them
about
what
the
goals
of
this
Park
were.
Accessibility
and
inclusion
were
their
number
one
priority
in
addition
to
that,
they
wanted
it
to
be
a
place
where
kids
imaginations
can
grow
and
where
children
can
just
be
kids
and
enjoy
themselves
and
not
have
to
think
about
why
we
have
that
park.
H
H
Not
only
do
we
have
a
lot
of
these
goals
in
the
Richard
family
to
to
get
into
the
park,
but
it's
a
really
open
environment
that
has
a
lot
of
needs
from
the
community
one
of
the
major
needs.
If
you
look
at
the
put
the
park
plan,
that
I
showed
the
main
pathway,
that
cuts
through
is
a
huge
pedestrian
circulation
between
Seaport
Boulevard
and
that
neighborhood
and
the
harbor
walk,
and
so
making
sure
that
stays
open
is
a
huge
part
of
the
project.
H
What
we
also
wanted
was
for
the
park
to
not
feel
as
if
a
lot
of
strangers
were
walking
through
the
park
as
a
parent
I
know
it's
something
that
when
you're
in
a
playground,
it's
kind
of
a
strange
thing
to
have
people
walk
through
the
park.
So
we
want
people
to
feel
comfortable
commuting,
but
we
want
parents
to
also
feel
comfortable
when
they're
in
the
park.
So
it
got
a
big
dilemma
as
to
how
can
we
combine
all
of
these
things
together?
H
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
is
we
actually
raised
the
grades
and
change
the
elevation
and
at
first
that
seems
like
that
would
be
really
kind
of
anti
accessibility.
But
what
we
found
is
that
raising
the
grades
actually
allows
us
to
get
children
and
caregivers,
especially
in
wheelchairs,
up
to
the
level
that
other
people
are
playing
at.
It
gets
you
to
the
top
of
slides.
H
It
gets
you
to
the
deck
of
our
boat,
so
at
first
it
might
seem
kind
of
contradictory,
but
to
us,
we've
actually
found
that
that
helps
quite
a
bit
in
the
design
process.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
is
we
created
these
two
distinct
sides
that
allowed
pedestrians
to
still
move
through
each
side
is
a
little
bit
different.
One
side
that
has
the
boat
is
more
dramatic
play
it's
more
imaginative
play.
The
other
side
has
climbers.
It's
got
slides
that
you
can
get
to
in
wheelchairs.
H
So
children
can
stay
in
this
imaginative
world
and
can
still
everybody
can
still
get
through
both
sides
of
the
playground
and
you
still
have
the
pedestrian
crossing
that
goes
through
so
that
solved
a
lot
of
problems
for
us.
Let's
see
sure
I
can
talk
through
all
the
points.
It's
such
a
great
park
that
I
have
so
many
things.
I
want
to
tell
you
guys
so
the
major
item
and
the
major
element
in
the
park
is
this
play
ship?
H
H
So
the
place
ship
is
manufactured
by
the
same
company
as
the
one
that
made
this
one
big
difference
on
this
one.
If
you
can
tell
nobody,
that's
in
a
wheelchair
can
get
to
the
top
of
that
deck
and
that's
just
not
okay
for
us.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
again
with
that
ramping
of
the
slopes
we're.
Actually,
if
you
can
imagine-
and
it's
not
sand
either-
this
one
is
sand.
Ours
is
gonna,
be
rubber
surfacing.
H
So
if
you
look
and
imagine
the
front
of
this
boat,
but
that
grade
behind
it
slopes
up
so
there's
rubber
surfacing
that
wrote
ramps
up
its
supposed
to
almost
look
like
a
wave
so
that
the
boat
is
floating
in
this
wave,
but
there's
a
pathway
that
goes
all
the
way
around
the
outside,
where
it
says
accessible
path
that
gets
up
to
the
top
of
that
play
ship.
So
kids
in
wheelchairs
can
get
onto
the
deck
of
that
ship.
On
that
ship,
there's
gonna
be
a
lot
of
things.
H
Kids
can
play
with
their
ropes
their
telescopes,
their
all
the
fun
things
that
you
want
to
play
with
on
the
boat.
We've
got
lots
of
them
at
a
lot
of
different
heights
and
elevations
so
that
children
they're
standing
somebody
that
might
have
transferred
onto
something
all
these
different
heights
and
elevations,
so
that
kids
can
all
play
together
and
they're
not
separated
it's
not.
This
is
the
accessible
side,
and
this
is,
and
everything
is
together
and
it's
integrated
so
that
everybody
is
using
it
the
same
way.
H
You'll
also
see
there
isn't
a
shortcut
path,
these
pathways,
the
accessible
pathways
that
go
around.
That's
the
pathway,
it's
not
the
accessible
pathway,
it's
the
pathway,
it's
the
route
to
get
up
there
and
that's
what
we
wanted
it
to
be.
Everybody
plays
together
the
other
thing
along
these
pathways.
We
wanted
them
to
be
kind
of
fun
in
themselves.
So,
along
those
pathways,
there
are
things
for
kids
to
discover.
There
are
drums.
There
are
wind
chimes.
There
are
a
lot
of
auditory
things
for
kids
to
use
creating
their
own
music.
H
There
are
small
animal
sculptures
that
are
supposed
to
be
for
touch
and
sensory,
so
you
know
you
can
roll
up
to
it.
You
can
walk
up
to
it.
You
can
kind
of
like
hike
around
the
back
side
of
it
and
you
can
touch
it.
You
can
feel
it
figure
out
which
animal
it
is.
We
have
different
animals
that
are
in
different
regions
based
on
the
design,
so
maybe
there's
a
seal
by
the
boat,
maybe
there's
a
snail
or
a
turtle
over
by
the
water
play.
H
H
So
we
looked
at
water
play
and
we
thought
you
know
that's
fantastic,
it's
much
more
accessible,
but
what
it
also
does
is
for
anyone
who
has
temperature
regulation
issues.
It
actually
cools
the
entire
area
that
that's
in
because
it's
going
to
be
heavily
vegetated
around
it,
and
so
we
were
thinking
that,
in
addition
to
the
fact
that
it's
more
accessible
for
the
actual
play
itself,
it
provides
another
benefit
for
the
park
as
well.
H
We
have
dish
swing
which,
for
those
of
you
who
may
not
know
it,
just
some
people
just
think
it's
a
regular
swing,
but
one
of
the
great
things
about
it
is
that
it
from
a
sensory,
especially
sensory,
disorder
perspective.
It
does
a
lot
with
the
swinging
and
kind
of
the
rocking
motion.
It
also
is
fantastic
for
children
on
the
autism
spectrum,
because
it
almost
feels
like
a
little
nest.
They
have
their
own
little
cocoon
and
they
can
feel
really
comfortable
in
that
space.
H
But
it's
also
really
good
for
kids
working
together,
and
so
you
can
get
four
or
five
kids
on
there.
You
can
get
a
giver
and
a
child.
I
know
I've
spent
a
lot
of
time
on
there
with
my
kids.
So
that's
a
really
fantastic
thing
to
incorporate
into
the
park
as
well
and
then
again,
one
of
the
things
I
was
talking
about
earlier
is
the
the
like.
H
The
the
log
maze
so
you'll
see
there's
kind
of
an
image
again
made
by
the
same
company
that
is
making
the
one
for
us,
but
ours
is
actually
spaced
differently,
so
that
kids
can
run
through
children.
Wheelchairs
can
run
through
and
move
through.
So
that's
part
of
the
design
as
well
is
trying
to
look
at
some
things
that
have
been
done
in
the
past,
but
changed
them
so
that
they
can
meet
the
goals
that
we
have
for
this
project.
H
The
next
page
has
some
slaw
embankment
slides,
and
it's
one
of
the
things
that
that
shield,
the
Richard
family
was
very
excited
about,
was
having
a
place
that
children
could
really
test
their
abilities.
But
we
also
wanted
to
make
sure
that
children
who
were
in
wheelchairs
could
also
use
this
space.
So
again
you
get
to
the
top
of
these
slides
by
going
around
our
accessible
pathway,
so
that
caregivers
and
children
can
get
to
the
top
of
these
slides
and
one
of
the
other
things
we've
been
trying
to
incorporate
into
this
park.
H
But
then
I
go
down
with
my
daughter
and
where
do
I
put
her
I
have
nowhere
to
put
her
when
I
go
back
up
to
get
her
wheelchair
and
because
they're
accessible
ramps,
they're,
usually
decently
long,
as
we
all
know
so,
to
get
back
up
there
and
get
back
down
with
a
wheelchair
takes
a
little
bit
of
time.
So
what
does
she
do
with
her
daughter?
H
And
so
she
said
you
know
she
always
has
that
the
problem
of
I
set
her
on
the
ground
to
try
to
make
sure
she's
out
of
the
route
of
traffic
because
she's
she
has
quadriplegic.
She
can't
move
herself.
So
what
do
we
do?
And
so
she
said
you
know
putting
in
seating
at
the
base
of
a
slide
would
really
help
people
like
us
who
just
need
somewhere
safe
to
put
our
child
while
we
go
retrieve
the
wheelchair.
H
So
there
are
a
lot
of
small
details
like
that
that
we're
putting
into
this
this
park
that
I
think
are
going
to
make
it
really
neat
and
unique.
We're
also
trying
to
along
the
way
put
signage
so
that
we
talk
about
what
the
plants
are.
What
the
smells
are
that
people
smell
what
some
of
the
textures
are,
that
they
see
on
the
trees,
even
if
they're
ones
that
you
can't
get
to,
but
just
to
talk
about
all
those
seasonal
changes
to
talk
about
the
inclusive
components
that
we
have
in
the
park.
H
So
we're
gonna
have
signage
that
actually
talks
about
it,
because
what
we
found
in
the
parks
department
is
educating.
People
about
it
is
fantastic.
We
can
put
in
all
the
things
we
want
in
the
world,
but
let's
say
no
one's
going
to
know
that
we
put
that
bench
there
special
that
we
made
a
thoughtful
decision
about
that.
So
putting
in
some
signs
that
talked
about
all
the
inclusive
things
we're
doing
in
the
park
is
going
to
be
huge.
H
Then
one
of
the
other
things
that
we
kind
of
piloted
on
this
project
that
I'm
hoping
that
we
may
be
able
to
do
with
a
lot
of
our
others-
are
the
next
three
pages,
which
is
an
inclusive
play
kind
of
scorecard,
as
we
were
calling
it
and
we
were
using
play
cores
five
elements
of
inclusive
design,
which
are
physical,
social,
cognitive,
communication
and
sensory.
So
what
we
asked
our
designers
to
do
is
really
think
about
this
Park,
not
necessarily
as
just
a
DA,
because
we
want
to
go
above
a
DI.
H
We
want
to
make
this
for
everybody
and
I.
Think
for
a
lot
of
designers
and
I.
Put
myself
in
that
category.
Designing
a
park
with
a
DA
in
mind
is
very
easy.
There's
a
guideline.
There
are
regulations,
it's
it's
very
easy
to
make
sure
we
check
all
those
boxes,
but
when
it
comes
to
sensory
things
when
it
comes
to
other
types
of
disabilities,
it's
not
always
quite
as
easy
to
make
sure
that
we're
hitting
all
of
those
marks.
H
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
do
that
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
add
to
that.
So
if
there's
anybody
in
the
room
that
has
other
ideas,
I'm,
always
happy
to
listen,
feel
free
to
reach
out
so
I'm
not
gonna
go
through
this
entire
inclusion
scorecard
for
you,
and
this
is
actually
an
older
version
because
they're
working
on
updating
the
inclusion
scorecard
right
now,
so
we've
had
a
few
design
changes
since
this
was
done,
but
we
had
them.
H
Actually,
look
at
every
single
element
in
the
park,
whether
it
be
seating.
Drinking
fountains
swings
play
elements
that
the
nature
play
the
planting
and
say
how
does
this
meet
those
elements
that
we
want
to
have,
and
so
they
went
through
and
it
was
really
eye-opening
for
us
to
be
able
to
go
through
at
the
beginning
of
the
project
and
then
go
through
it.
They
and
then
make
sure
we
were
still
meeting
those
goals
that
we
had
for
the
project
so
that
that
really,
in
a
nutshell,
is
Martin's
Park,
it's
a
very
exciting
project.
H
We
actually,
you
guys,
may
have
seen
about
2
or
3
weeks
ago
we
had
a
groundbreaking
ceremony.
The
mayor
and
the
governor
were
both
there.
If
you
guys
did
not
see
Jayne
Richards
comments
and
her
speech,
I
would
highly
recommend
googling
it
and
listening
to
it,
it
was
inspiring
and
it
made
me
cry.
She
really
talks
about
why
we're
doing
this
park
and
why
it's
so
important
and
I
would
highly
recommend
it.
H
The
other
thing
that
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
give
shout
out
to
everybody
that
was
very
helpful
with
this,
because
we've
had
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
support
from
other
state
and
city
agencies,
so
the
MBTA
actually
gave
us
the
property
that
the
park
is
going
on.
It
was
an
MBTA
property,
so
they're
giving
that
to
us.
We
also
have
Public
Works
parcel
that
was
transferred
to
the
parks
department.
When
we
started
this,
the
parks
department
didn't
know
in
any
of
it.
H
H
We're
actually
going
to
build
almost
like
a
little
semi
enclosed
garage
over
there
parking
where
warping
the
park
over
the
top
of
that
and
that's
actually
how
we're
getting
the
height
to
go
up
and
over
that
bridge
and
it's
expanding
the
square
footage
of
the
park,
so
on
top
of
their
building
is
actually
going
to
be
the
dish
swing
and
the
log
maze
that
we
have.
Those
things
are
actually
on
top
of
their
building,
including
the
access
to
those
slides.
H
So
the
embankment
slides
underground
is
actually
going
from
the
top
of
their
parking
garage
off
into
the
park,
but
you'll
never
see
that
from
above
when
you're
in
the
park,
so
they've
been
a
pretty
amazing
partner
to
give
us
that
and
all
the
easements
to
be
able
to
build
the
park
we've
worked.
Like
I
said:
we've
met
with
disabilities.
Commission
we've
worked
with
Fort
Point,
landmark
historic
district
Association,
so
we've
been
working
with
all
of
these
different
organizations
to
get
to
where
we
are
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
thanks
to
all
of
them.
H
The
other
thing
that
I
just
wanted
to
do
in
the
last
few
pages,
I
just
wanna,
make
sure
everybody
doesn't
think
that
we're
only
paying
this
much
attention
to
Martins
Park
because
of
what
it
is.
The
parks
department
like
I,
said:
we've
got
quite
a
few
projects
going
on
at
once,
and
I
just
was
going
to
highlight
a
few
that
we've
done
recently
Children's
Park
in
Roxbury
just
opened
about
a
month
ago.
It
was
a
small
parcel
that
we
heard
from
the
community
when
we
started
that
there
were
a
lot
of
accessibility
needs.
H
There
are
a
lot
of
children
in
the
community
with
autism,
the
Lila
Frederic
schools
directly
behind
it,
the
field
actually
for
the
school
and
the
back
of
our
playground,
the
parcels
abutted,
but
there
was
a
major
retaining
wall.
They
couldn't
get
there.
They
couldn't
go
all
the
way
around
the
block,
because
the
grades
were
too
much.
So
it's
an
inclusion
school
that
their
kids
couldn't
get
here.
They
fundraised
to
take
it
breaks
my
heart.
They
take.
They
fundraised
to
take
one
field
trip
a
year
to
Menino
Park
for
the
kids
to
play
for
one
day.
H
F
H
I
said,
is
you
know
this?
Isn't?
Okay,
so
I
went
on
their
field
trip
with
them.
Timon
you
know,
Clark
I
got
to
see
which
pieces
of
equipment
they
loved,
which
ones
they
could
all
use,
because
some
of
them
they
couldn't
no
use
depending
on
you,
know
the
size
of
their
wheelchair
anything
else.
So
there
was
one
piece
of
equipment
that
was
the
accessible
carousel,
which
is
the
main
picture
on
the
children's
park,
page
that
they
all
could
use,
and
that
was
I
said
we're
getting
that
piece
of
equipment.
H
Here
we
ended
up
getting
an
additional
donor,
gave
us
$100,000
from
the
Highland
Street
foundation,
so
that
we
could
make
sure
that
we
could
get
some
of
these
pieces
of
equipment
that
weren't
originally
in
that
budget,
because
we
weren't.
We
didn't
realize
that
this
was
such
a
need
at
this
park.
When
we
first
started
and
so
D&D
had
a
abandoned
building
on
the
parcel
next
door
they
tore
it
down,
gave
us
the
property.
We
doubled
the
size
of
the
park,
but
then
we
had
a
20-foot
grade
change
across
the
site,
which
is
pretty
significant.
I
J
H
Park
especially
we're
trying
to
make
it
accessible,
but
we
did
it
we
put
ramps
in.
We
now
have
four
accessible
entrances
to
the
park.
We've
got
accessible
seating.
The
kids
can
actually
have
an
outdoor
classroom
there.
Now,
because
we
have
so
many
table
and
chair
combinations
that
are
accessible,
they've
got
their
carousel.
They've
got
a
piece
of
play,
equipment
that
has
a
ramp
to
actually
get
onto
the
structure.
Because
again
we
raise
the
grade
and
made
a
ramp
that
went
around.
We've
got
embankment,
slides
roller,
slides.
H
We've
got
all
of
these
things
that
the
kids
can
use
for
Hardeman
basketball
court.
It
was
just
one
of
our
various
courts
court
repair
projects
and
when
I
went
there,
I
said
this
doesn't
make
any
sense.
We've
got
stairs
that
go
down
into
the
court,
there's
no
accessible
path.
The
path
from
the
street
to
where
that
there
was
actually
and
except
like
an
entrance
that
you
could
get
into
was
only
two
feet
wide.
So
I
said:
okay,
let's
widen
the
path.
H
Let's
raise
the
we're
going
to
actually
put
in
a
half
hoop:
half
height
basketball,
hoop
for
a
half-court
play
so
that
it
could
be
accessible
and
the
YMCA
is
already
programming
it
in
the
Oak
Square
YMCA
in
order
to
have
accessible
basketball.
But
one
of
the
things
I
said
is
you
know
it's
tough,
we
put
it
in
a
lower
height
court
or
lower
height
hoop
people
are
gonna,
hang
on
it,
it's
lower
and
we
don't
want
people
to
damage
it.
H
So
one
of
the
things
I
said
is
it's
again:
it's
about
the
education,
it's
about
trying
to
tell
people
what
we're
doing
so.
I
had
them
sealcoat
into
the
into
the
striping
the
line,
the
striping
on
the
court
in
accessible
basketball,
logo.
I
just
said.
You
know:
please
put
this
in
there
because
that
people,
maybe
people,
will
respect
it
more
and
we
haven't
had
any
problems.
H
We
have
problems
that
we
have
problems
in
a
lot
of
other
parks
where
people
cut
down
the
nets,
tear
them
down
when
they're
higher
we've
not
had
any
problem
here
at
all,
and
so
hopefully
that's
that's
helpful.
One
of
the
other
projects
that
I've
been
spending
a
lot
of
time
working
on
is
the
Franklin
Park
pathways.
H
H
When
we
put
out
a
new
RFQ
this
year,
I
said
I
want
designers
to
know
from
day
one
that
we're
really
pushing
this.
So
I
changed
a
lot
of
language
in
our
RFQ
and
I
put
in
very
explicitly
what
we
expect
like.
Not
only
does
this
meet
ad
a,
but
we
want
you
thinking
about
it
in
their
scope
of
work.
We
said
we
want
you
to
analyze
how
we
can
make
accessibility
upgrades
to
this
Park.
So
not
just
let's
meet
ad
a
with
it.
Let's
do
something
better
and
we've
actually
explicitly
stated
that.
H
So,
even
though
we've
always
asked
people
for
that,
we're
making
it
very
clear
and
even
things
that
we're
putting
out
to
the
public
now,
which
is
great
so
and
again,
I,
think
that's
all
I've
got
but
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
guys
and
if
you
guys
have
any
any
ideas
or
anything
you
guys
would
like
to
see
in
parts
to
help.
We
are
always
happy
to
hear
it
and
I'm
happy
to
have
people
reach
out
to
me.
G
H
H
We
don't
have
any
bathrooms
at
this
facility
from
Martins
Park,
but
there
are
public
bathrooms
within
the
first
floor
of
the
Children's
Museum
amount
was
part
of
their
Harbor
walk
is
that
they
needed
to
provide
restrooms
and
those
are
accessible.
We
don't
in
the
parks
department,
we
have
very
few
bathrooms
and.
J
G
H
H
So
there's
no
parking
for
the
park
there,
but
there
is
a
bus,
drop-off
area
and
so
that's
directly
and
if
you
actually
look
at
the
plan
on
the
front,
you
can
see
where
it
says:
bus,
drop-off
and
so
that's
somewhere
that
especially
for
accessible
drop-off.
That's
going
to
be
a
really
fantastic
place
for
people
to
be
able
to
do
that.
D
H
Where
the
Children's
Museum
actually
does
all
of
their
best
drop-offs,
so
when
schools
come
camps,
come
that's
where
their
drop-off
is
currently
so
that's
where
it
will
continue
to
be
in
one
of
the
things
it's
a
little
hard
to
see
in
the
plan,
but
there's
kind
of
like
a
long
white
line
along
the
planting
in
front.
That's
actually
a
seat
wall,
and
so
that
way,
when,
when
school
buses
get
dropped
off,
it's
a
place
that
the
teachers
can
actually
have
all
the
kids
congregate
in
one
place.
H
H
A
great
question,
so
the
actual
play
equipment
itself
is
rated
between
two
and
twelve
years
old.
So,
most
of
the
time
it's
either
2
to
5
5
to
12.
So
there
are
gonna
be
some
activities
that
are
a
little
bit
more
geared
towards
the
younger
crowd
and
a
little
bit
more
to
the
older
crowd.
There
is
a
rope
climber:
it's
a
big
circular,
dome
that
one's
definitely
geared
towards
older
children,
and
it
was.
It
was
interesting.
H
I
am
it's:
it's
not
an
accessible
piece
of
play
equipment,
and
so,
when
I
talk
to
the
Richard
family
about
it
they
said,
but
that
was
Martin's
favorite
piece
of
playground
equipment
he
ever
had.
So
that
was
a
direct
request
from
the
Richard
family
that
that's
the
one
piece
of
lament.
It
doesn't
really
meet
that
accessibility
criteria,
but
I
can
certainly
understand
why
they
wanted
it
to
be
there.
H
In
terms
of
that
age
range,
that's
technically
the
age
range,
but
I
know
that
you
know
there
will
be
children
that
are
blue
toddlers
out.
Here
there
will
be
kids,
there
are
15
16
years
old,
I
know.
Martin's
older
brother
Henry
is
very
excited
about
it
and
he's
seen
all
of
these
things
too.
So
I
think
that
I
think
that
will
have
an
expanded
range
here,
just
because
of
what
it
is
and.
D
H
C
C
H
So
that's
different
than
the
Franklin
Park
pathways,
so
there
was
another
project
that
I
worked
on
also
in
Franklin
Park,
which
was
the
American
Legion
playground,
which
is
over
off
of
American
Legion
back
by
the
back
nine
of
the
golf
course
it
was
an
existing
picnic,
grove
and
play
area.
That
was
it's
one
of
our
most
highly
permit
like
watch.
It's
not
it's
not
permanent
over
most
highly
used
areas,
it's
one
of
the
few
places
that
we
actually
allow
grilling,
but
when
the
the
mayor
first
started,
I
think
was
three
years
ago
now.
H
The
participatory
budget
program,
which
was
through
youth,
lead
the
change
group.
It
was
where
youth
in
the
city
were
actually
allocated
a
million
dollars
of
the
capital
budget
for
them
to
decide
how
we
spend
it,
so
they
had
what
they
called
change.
Agents
where
there
were
youth
that
came
up
with
scope
for
different
projects.
They
met
with
different
people
within
each
city.
H
The
fact
that
the
youth
in
the
city,
that
was
their
idea,
was
their
goal
and
so
that
I
happened
to
be
assigned
to
it,
which
I
loved,
and
so
we
actually
put
in
pathways
that
led
from
the
accessible
entrance
to
the
park
all
the
way.
Through
the
picnic
grove
it
led
to
the
playground
we
put
in
roller
tables.
We
didn't
have
enough
money
to
renovate
the
entire
play
area.
So
what
we
did
is
we
took
the
existing
play
structure
and
we
actually
added
accessible
elements
to
it.
H
So
that
way
we
could
upgrade
it
we
put
in
additional
new
items,
we
updated
the
swings
put
in
accessible
swings.
We
also
put
in
with
addition
wings
I
talked
about
earlier.
We
upgraded
the
picnic
tables.
So
not
only
did
we
get
nice
new
ones,
but
over
half
of
them
were
then
accessible
again
benches
along
the
pathway
we
put
in
accessible
pads
next
to
them,
the
companion
pads,
and
we
also
put
in
because
it's
a
picnic
grove
as
well
as
a
playground
and
people
used
it
for
a
lot
of
family
reunions.
C
B
H
H
And
also
just
on
that
point
that
you
thought
it
was
fantastic
that
they'd
youth
came
up
with
that
project.
This
past
year's
youth,
participatory
budget,
we
actually
the
parks
department-
was
given
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
do.
Accessibility
upgrades
in
the
park
from
the
youth
leader,
change,
Wow
and
so
all
of
us
kind
of
said
who
we
you
know.
We
didn't
think
we
could
afford
this,
but
we'd
like
to
do
this,
and
so
it
was
allocated
throughout
a
lot
of
projects.
So
that
was
another
thing
that
they
use
did,
which
is
pretty
fantastic.
G
H
C
B
K
L
K
K
K
Our
work
on
inclusion
is
cross,
disability,
it's
cross
sector
and
it
spans
the
lifetime
of
a
person,
and
so
we
really
focus
on
education,
unemployment,
on
health
care,
on
faith
initiatives
and
many
many
more
that
I'm
happy
to
talk
about
and
I'm
happy
to
answer,
questions
on.
If
you'd
like
later
our
work,
we
focus
a
lot
on
programming
and
then
a
little
bit
out
of
the
ordinary
for
a
family
foundation.
We
also
do
a
lot
of
advocacy,
so
we
are
out
there
on
social
media.
K
K
So
we
do
all
of
that
and
then
every
two
years
we
put
together
a
conference
that
we
call
the
Ruderman
inclusion
summit.
It's
a
two-day
conference
we're
trying
this
year
to
gather
a
thousand
people,
it's
happening
as
I
said
at
the
Seaport,
the
seaport,
Hotel
and
World
Trade
Center
and
like
our
work,
it
is
cross,
disability
and
cross
sector.
So
that
means
that
our
agenda
really
focuses
on
the
different
on
different
fields.
K
So
we're
gonna
be
talking
about
education,
as,
like
I
said,
for
employment,
housing,
the
topics
of
our
white
papers,
so
we
do
have
a
session
on
law
enforcement.
We
have
a
couple
of
activists
as
well
as
the
Boston
Police
Commissioner
who's
agreed
to
be
on
the
panel
and
journalist.
It's
gonna
be
very
exciting,
in
my
opinion,
very
very
interesting.
K
In
addition
to
that,
we
are
also,
as
I
said,
I'm
talking
about
Hollywood
we're
gonna,
be
talking
about
voting
accessibility
and
we're
gonna
be
talking
about
sports
interfaith
work,
so
it's
a
Interfaith
panel
about
inclusion
in
faith,
work
and
also
a
topic.
That's
really
important
to
me
is
the
next
generation
and
the
leadership
of
youth
with
disabilities.
In
terms
of
our
focus
in
terms
of
an
audience,
focus,
I
would
say
that
youth
and
sort
of
the
next
generation
is
something
we're
putting
a
lot
of
effort
into.
K
So
most
of
our
most
of
the
audience
will
be
people
who
work
in
you
know
in
inclusion,
organizations
and
civility
organizations,
educators,
social
workers,
lawyers,
therapists
professionals.
In
addition
to
that,
a
lot
we're
really
trying
to
get
a
lot
of
activists
where
our
goal
during
the
planning
process
is
to
make
the
summit
as
accessible
as
possible
as
welcoming
and
friendly
as
inclusive
as
possible.
Because
if
it
wasn't,
then
what
are
we
doing
here?
And
it's
in
addition
to
that?
K
The
the
topic
of
youth
and
getting
people
who
are
emerging
leaders
or
helping
them
become
the
leaders,
the
next
generation
of
leaders
in
nonprofits
in
business,
in
consulting.
We
are
putting
a
lot
of
effort
into
that
as
an
organization
and
at
the
summit
itself.
We're
also
putting
a
lot
of
effort
into
that.
So
we're
gonna
be
running
pre-conference
workshops
for
activists
and
new
leaders,
emerging
leaders
and
students
about
skills
for
advocacy,
as
well
as
how
to
focus
their
efforts
in
their
own
communities.
K
K
In
addition
to
that,
alongside
the
stomach
will
be
some,
it
will
be
running
a
hackathon
where
we'll
be
connecting
people
with
everyday
challenges,
with
engineers,
designers
and
artists,
to
come
together
and
within
a
two
day
period
of
very
high-pressure
environment
within
a
two-day
period,
they're
gonna
be
having
to
come
up
with
a
solution
for
whatever
that
problem.
Is
that
challenge
and
to
prototype
it
and
at
the
end,
we'll
pick
a
couple
winners?
K
All
this
is
to
tell
you
about
this
conference,
which
I'm
very,
very
excited
about,
and
it's
happening
here
in
Boston
and
I'm
here
talking
to
you
about
it,
mostly
to
spread
the
word.
The
networks
that
I'm
looking
at
right
now
are
huge.
Each
of
you
is,
you
know,
a
key
of
a
pathway
into
huge
networks
around
town
and
I,
just
feel
so
lucky
that
I
get
to
talk
to
you
about
it.
To
tell
you
about
it,
answer
your
questions
and
have
you
there?
K
G
Hi
yeah,
necessary
and
I
was
very
fortunate
to
attend
their
summit
two
years
ago
and
it
was
lovely
and
it
was
I
had
so
many
good
interactions
and
with
people
and
just
for
the
organizers,
organizing
it
and
it
was
very
accessible
great,
so
I
wanna
give
that
feedback.
The
other
feedback
I
want
to
give
is
that
rudiment
family
has
worked
a
lot
bitmask,
you
know,
I
was
a
past
general
and
they've
done
a
lot
of
support
in
kind
of
heightening
awareness
and
advocacy
in
that
area,
and
one
of
the
things
I
wanted
to
ask.
K
Question
so
our
focus
on
healthcare
is
really
about.
Our
panel
will
be
about
innovation
in
healthcare,
so
we
see,
there's
gonna,
be
some
people
talking
about
policies
and
then
some
people
talking
about
innovation
on
the
practical
level,
and
so
we
have
Sarah
Hart,
we're
who
is
the
she's,
the
executive
director
of
national
Syndrome
Society?
In
addition,
we're
gonna
have
two
people
from
Mass
General,
dr.
Brian,
Scott,
CO
and
Debbie
Burke,
and
in
addition
to
that,
there's
someone
else:
Oh
dr.
K
Susan
parish
from
Northeastern
University,
and
so
it's
a
bit
of
a
bit
of
a
mix,
I'm
academia,
some
policy
work,
she
National
Down,
Syndrome,
Society,
they're
based
in
Washington
and
they're,
very
much
about
politics
and
then
some
of
that
practical,
everyday
work
from
the
two
people
from
Mass
General.
Thank
you.
K
E
K
E
K
C
K
K
Around
inclusion
is
inclusion
for
women
and
girls
and
then
we're
also
going
to
be
having
a
congressional
panel
that
will
be
moderated
by
Judy
Woodruff
from
PBS
newshour
right
now
we
have
one
Congress
member
lined
up
and
that's
Congressman
Jim
Langevin
from
Rhode
Island
and
we're
working
actually
on
getting
a
Republican
as
well.
But
a
lot
of
these
people's
schedules
are
booked
great.
B
Any
other
questions
excellent
I,
like
I,
also
attended
two
years
ago
and
echo
the
thoughts
around
the
inclusion
in
the
accessibility
piece.
Oh
thank
you
for
that
awesome.
Thank
you
very
much
for
sharing
that
information
and
we
will
be
certain
to
spread
it
spread
the
awareness
among
our
networks
as
well.
Good
luck
in
the
final
planning
stages,
all
right.
C
You
Kyle,
first
of
all,
I'd
like
to
let
everybody
know
that
we
have
a
new
staff
person
who
just
joined
our
office
two
weeks
ago.
His
name
is
Winston
Pierre
and
he's
here
today,
so
I'd
like
to
invite
him
up
to
introduce
himself
talk
a
little
bit
about
his
background
and
what
he
hopes
to
do
with
the
Commission.
Welcome
Winston.
I
Thank
you
very
much.
My
name
is
Winston
Pierre,
and
this
is
my
trade
work
serving
as
a
constituent
and
engagement,
specialist
I
am
very
excited
to
be
a
part
of
this
team
and
also
to
be
at
the
surface
of
this
new
community.
Part
of
my
job
will
be
to
implement
strategies
to
which
diverse
audience
and
also
to
make
sure
that
our
services
extended
to
people
who
has
not
yet
benefit
from
our
services.
I'm
excited
by
the
opportunity
to
do
so,
and
when
I
woke
up
every
day,
I
feel
blessed.
I
I
feel
fortunate,
because
I
know
the
work
that
I
do
and
the
commitment
of
the
Commission's
to
the
people-to-people
disability,
something
that
is
really
important
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
each
and
every
single
view
on
what
we
can
do
to
engage
more
and
diverse
resident
and
also
what
we
can
do
to
ensure
we
create
access
and
opportunity
to
all
people
with
disability
within
the
city
of
Boston.
Thank
you.
C
Winston
has
only
been
here
a
few
weeks,
but
he's
been
doing
a
great
job
so
far.
He
has
a
background
at
MC
DHH.
He
worked
there
for
a
period
of
time
and
he
also
speaks
to
other
languages.
So
we
have
some
diversity
in
the
office
as
far
as
communication.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that
and
we
hope
moving
forward,
that
Winston
will
get
involved
with
all
the
board
members
and
work
together
to
get
information
out
to
your
communities.
C
So
one
thing
that
Winston
is
working
on
is
a
big
project
that
has
come
out
of
our
office
this
summer.
It's
the
accessibility,
priority
survey
and
this
is
a
survey
that
we
developed
over
the
summer.
We
had
a
Harvard
Rapoport
fellow
who
worked
on
the
survey
and
basically
it's
it's
about
a
five
page
survey
and
it
looks
at
all
the
issues
in
Boston
which
could
be
barriers
for
people
living
working
and
visiting
Boston
and
we've
broken
the
survey
down
into
three
sections.
C
The
first
section
is
on
things
that
we
control
directly
things
like
City
Hall
access,
access
to
voting,
access
to
taxi
cabs
things
that
we
can
directly
influence
through
policy
and
service.
The
second
section
is
on
things
that
we
work
with
peripherally,
like
the
MBTA
other
organizations
to
control
things
in
Boston
like
development
sidewalks
things
like
that
that
we
don't
always
control,
but
we
can
work
with
to
improve
things,
and
the
third
area
is
things
that
we
have
really
no
control
over,
but
we'd
like
to
help
with
things
like
uber.
C
You
know
sometimes
we
had
complaints
about
service
animals
not
being
a
lot
of
businesses.
Things
like
that,
so
those
are
the
things
that
we
want
to
get
information
on,
so
we
can
develop
a
strategic
plan
and
move
forward
working
on
the
priorities
that
people
want
us
to
focus
on.
So
Winston
has
begun
working
on
that
doing.
Outreach
through
email
he's
attending
different
outreach.
Events
in
the
city
and
bringing
the
survey
with
them
he'll
be
at
the
abilities
Expo
in
two
weeks,
doing
the
survey
and
engaging
people.
C
C
Another
project
that
we're
working
on
is
we
do
all
the
accessible
parking
in
the
city.
So
last
week
we
had
a
City
Council
hearing
to
talk
about
the
issue
of
parking
for
caregivers
in
the
city.
A
lot
of
people
have
family
members
or
visiting
nurses
or
people
from
agencies
who
help
with
personal
care
activities
of
daily
living
that
allows
people
with
disabilities
to
live
in
the
community
rather
than
go
into
a
nursing
home
or
a
facility.
D
C
We
decided
to
form
a
working
group
to
look
at
this
issue
to
see
what
we
can
do
to
help
support
caregivers
and
family
members,
because
sometimes
it
can
be
the
difference
really
of
people
living
in
the
community
or
being
forced
into
a
facility.
So
we
welcome
ideas
on
that.
If
people
have
any
and
I'll
keep
you
updated
as
we
move
forward
with
the
working
group,
one
other
thing
that
I've
been
working
on
is
working
with
the
MBTA
on
their
pilot
non
ad,
a
paratransit
program.
C
You
may
all
know
that
last
year
they
started
a
program
where
people
can
take
taxi
cabs.
People
who
are
on
the
ride
can
take
taxicabs
instead
of
ride
vehicles
so
now
they're
expanding
that
to
use
taxicabs
that
have
wheelchair
access.
So
people
who
use
wheelchairs
can
also
participate
in
the
program
to
choose
those
instead
of
a
ride
vehicle.
So
it
offers
a
lot
more
benefit
because
you
don't
have
to
share
the
vehicle
with
anyone.
You
can
do
same-day
trips.
C
E
C
F
C
Is
also
part
of
it,
it's
uber,
lyft
and
taxis,
and
the
the
MBTA
has
information
on
their
website
too.
If
you're
interested
and
then
some
events
I
just
want
to
mention
that
are
coming
up,
we
have
the
abilities,
Expo,
September,
8th,
9th
and
10th.
Is
that
right,
Winston,
okay
and
that's
what
the
Boston
Convention
and
Exposition
Center
will
have
a
table
there.
We
welcome
everybody
to
come
by
and
visit
us.
It's
a
free
event
welcome
to
open
to
all
people
with
disabilities,
and
then
we
also
have
our
civic
engagement
day.
C
This
will
be
our
second
annual
event
where
we
bring
people
in
to
City
Hall
to
see
the
updates
that
we've
been
doing
in
the
building
and
know
Patricia
is
going
to
talk
about
some
of
those,
but
the
noise
you've
been
hearing
in
the
background
is
the
work
on
the
city
council
chamber,
which
is
scheduled
to
open
in
a
month
or
so
so
people
can
try
out
voting
the
accessible
voting
machine
called
the
automark.
They
can
beat
their
city
councilors
find
out
where
they
vote
talk
about
issues
in
the
neighborhoods.
C
So
we
have
a
tentative
date
of
Friday
September
22nd,
but
I'll
confirm
that
later
in
the
week
and
one
other
thing
to
mention.
Over
the
summer,
we
had
a
meeting
about
disability
history
to
look
at
putting
together
a
working
group
to
do
something.
Maybe
a
walking
tour
in
Boston
or
an
audio
tour
to
look
at
the
different
institutions
that
used
to
be
in
Boston
I,
know
the
Perkins
School
for
the
Blind
started
in
my
neighborhood.
It
used
to
be
things
like
insane
asylums
and
in
my
neighborhood
that
was
also
a
home
for
idiotic
youth.
C
So
we've
come
a
long
way,
but
it's
really
important
to
remember
our
history
so
that
we
can
move
forward
and
hopefully
never
go
back
to
that,
and
especially
like
jasmine
mentioned
earlier.
We
don't
want
to.
We
want
the
younger
generation
to
remember
that
it
wasn't
always
so
easy
to
get
access.
People
weren't
always
so
inviting
and
the
world
wasn't
always
so
inclusive.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
everybody
knows
about
the
history
of
people
with
disabilities
and
we
use
that
as
a
springboard
to
make
greater
access
as
we
move
forward.
B
B
B
B
J
Hello:
everyone,
my
name,
is
Patricia
Mendez
I'm,
the
architectural
access
specialist
I
would
like
to
talk
about
a
few
exciting
projects
that
we've
been
working
on.
The
first
one
is
about
National
Grid
they're
planning
to
install
this
huge
underground
vault
that
they
have
a
metal
cover,
so
we've
been
working
with
them
to
develop
redesign
that
it's
better
than
the
current
one.
J
The
current
one
is
this
smooth
metal
material
for
the
lid
of
the
sidewalk
surface,
so
we've
been
working
and
asking
them
to
develop
a
material
that
is
closer
to
the
texture
of
the
concrete
standard,
concrete
sidewalk,
and
they
came
up
with
this
second
I'm
going
to
pass
up
the
sample
that
has
a
better
grit,
a
rougher
texture.
So
we're
very
excited
about
this.
J
They
are
on
on
the
sidewalk
and
they're
big,
so
they
take
a
big
part
of
the
accessible
path.
So
we
weren't
super
happy
about
approving
them,
but
since
they've
improved
their
design
and
they're
going
to
change
this
for
a
future
installation,
it's
going
to
take
about
a
year
to
implement.
But
that's
going
to
be
the
new
surface
for
both
covers
on
sidewalks
for
National
Grid
and.
G
J
J
E
J
E
F
J
J
The
next
project
that
I
want
to
talk
about
that
I'm
very
excited:
it's
Fenway
Center.
This
is
a
large
development.
It's
two
residential
towers
on
Beacon
Street
and
in
the
back,
the
back
street
is
David
Ortiz
way.
This
is
in
the
Fenway
area.
So
this
is
a
large
development
again
that
connects
to
MBTA
stations,
one
of
the
Green
Line.
J
D
J
D
J
J
Okay,
next
is
the
North
Washington
Street
Bridge.
This
is
a
major
replacement.
This
is
a
city
of
Boston
project
in
partnership
with
mass
dot
and
the
Federal
Highway
Administration
they're,
replacing
the
entire
Charlestown
bridge,
and
this
is
the
the
bridge
right
next
to
the
second
bridge
that
connects
Charleston
with
the
North
End.
J
This
project
is
going
to
last
about
five
years
and
again
we're
very
excited
about
it,
because
it's
going
to
provide
pedestrian
facilities,
it's
going
to
have
a
complete
street
feel
to
it
road
construction,
it's
going
to
have
bike
paths
separated
from
the
traffic
and
the
bike.
Paths
are
also
going
to
be
separated
from
the
pedestrian
path.
It's
going
to
have
part
of
the
Freedom
Trail
and
again
it's
going
to
have
nice
lighting
and
trees
and
benches,
and
it's
going
to
be
beautiful.
J
The
next
project
I
want
to
talk
about
briefly,
is
this
Symphony
Hall
MBTA
station?
This
is
the
Green
Line
and
it's
a
station
that
currently
is
not
accessible,
so
the
accessibility
upgrades
is
going
to
be
addition
of
four
new
elevators
and
emergency
egress,
as
well
as
restrooms
Symphony
Hall.
J
The
other
exciting
announcement
is
about
the
new
hearing
loops
installed
in
City
Hall.
There's
three
new
hearing
loops
installed.
One
of
them
is
in
this
room
900,
the
other
one
is
room
801,
which
is
also
used
for
large
meetings
and
hearings,
and
the
other
one
is
the
pier
Monte
run
and,
as
commissioner
mentioned,
the
iana
I&L.
That
chamber
is
on
track
to
be
finished.
This
fall.
B
C
Would
hope
to
be
able
to
unveil
it
at
the
civic
engagement
day,
we'll
see
how
the
schedule
lines
up
for
there,
but
I
do
just
want
to
give
Patricia
credit
for
the
change
at
the
National
Grid
vaults,
because
that
was
something
that
she
initiated
and
National
Grid
was
really
willing
to
change
their
whole
system
of
upgrading
it
to
the
much
less
slippery
material.
So
we'll
see
that
implemented
through
the
whole
city.
So
that's
gonna
be
a
big
improvement.
Pedestrian.
A
Thank
You
Kyle
I
think
this
falls
under
both
old
items
and
old
action
items,
but
just
an
update
on
the
two
letters
that
the
board
voted
on
last
month.
The
both
are
scheduled
to
be
mailed
out
this
week
pending
approval
through
our
intergovernmental
office.
That
was
the
letter
against
physician,
assisted
suicide
and
a
letter
that
was
a
letter
against
that
and
then
a
letter
support
for
a
House
bill
related
to
architectural
access
that
Patricia
presented
on
last
month.
A
L
G
B
L
Jack
peacock
from
Worcester
question
on
the
new
surface
material
for
the
National
Grid,
usually
when
I
do
painting
or
whatever
I
rough
up
the
surface
in
a
better
adhesion.
So
is
this
gonna
be
a
problem
in
the
wintertime
with
the
icing?
Are
they
going
to
put
some
brine
to
pretreat
the
tops
so
that
they
don't
collect
and
ice
up
Gino
Patricia.
J
B
Excellent,
thank
you
for
coming
all
the
way
from
what's
there
to
ask
that
question,
we
much
much
much
appreciated
any
other
comments
from
the
public
all
right.
So
then
we
will
adjourn
in
the
next
meeting
of
the
City
of
Boston
Commission
for
persons
with
disabilities
will
be
on
Monday
September
25th
5:30
p.m.
in
this
room.
Thank
you
all
and
enjoy
the
last
a
month
or
so
of
summer.
Thanks.