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From YouTube: Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 6/14/2023
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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 6/14/2023
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And
you
know:
okay,
great
cable
is
recording
and
so
I'll
read
the
open
meeting
loss
statement.
The
open
meeting
Law
requires
that
I
notify
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
recorded.
Therefore,
Please
be
aware
that
an
audio
and
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made
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part
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channel
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and
FiOS
channel
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Thanks
and
sorry
Wes.
Please
go
ahead.
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That's
really
important
for
people
with
disabling
conditions
and
then,
if
we
look
at
this
issue
through
the
lens
of
environmental
justice,
really
all
residents
should
have
access
to
these
health
and
well-being
benefits
of
Nature
and
when
we
think
of
this
issue
in
terms
of
equity,
these
trails
are
on
public
land
and,
if
they're
not
on
public
land,
they're,
usually
trails
that
are
being
developed
with
public
funds.
So
access
is
really
also
a
civil
rights
issue
and
33
to
47
percent
of
Massachusetts
residents
could
benefit
from
these
trails
that
have
better
access.
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We
know
these
numbers
kind
of
under
count,
people
who
have
disabling
conditions,
and
they
don't
count
people
who
may
have
a
Mobility
limitation,
but
don't
consider
themselves
to
have
a
disabling
condition
or
people
who
are
recovering
from
injury
or
illness,
and
the
reason
why
we
need
a
bill
like
this
in
Massachusetts
is
because
we
have
about
4
000
miles
of
unpaved
recreation
trails
in
our
state
parks.
We're
only
seven
and
a
half
of
the
miles
are
accessible.
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Information
about
accessible
Trails
is
really
hard
to
find
or
non-existent
and
pavement
doesn't
actually
equal
accessibility.
So,
although
rail
trails
are
thought
of
as
accessible
spaces,
there
are
lots
of
ways
that
access
can
be
improved
and
then
due
to
lack
of
Education
or
stereotypes
about
what
an
accessible
Trail
could
or
should
be
accessible.
Trails,
often
far
too
often
don't
provide
a
quality.
Outdoor
Experience
and
the
funding
that
we're
doing
around
Trails
doesn't
reflect
our
population
and
its
needs,
and
it's
not
making
up
for
the
historical
inequities
that
have
existed
in
this
space.
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So
if
this
bill
were
to
pass,
it
would
require
the
state
entities
that
are
responsible
for
Trails,
like
the
DCR
to
consider
access
and
maximize
access
to
the
outdoors,
and
the
bill
would
also
form
a
trail
access
working
group
that
would
evaluate
our
trail
system
and
produce
a
report
about
the
ways
that
the
accessibility
can
be
improved
on
all
Trails.
So
that
would
be
rail,
Trails,
unpaved,
Recreation
trails
and
water
trails,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
things
on
this
slide
about
all
the
different
people.
Who
would
make
up
that
working
group?
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It's
basically
Trail
professionals
and
people
who
are
working
in
the
areas
of
disability,
rights
and
Independence
for
people
with
disabling
conditions.
But
what
I
think
are
the
most
important
attributes
of
your
working
group
are
that
one-third
of
its
numbers
need
to
have
a
disabling
condition.
They
need
to
be
somebody
who's,
living
with
a
disabling
condition,
which
we've
never
had
a
seat
at
that
table
before
so.
I
think
that's
really
important
and
then
the
other
thing
is
that
it
needs
to
be
a
diverse
working
group.
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So
it
needs
to
reflect
both
racial
and
ethnic
diversity,
but
also
Geographic
diversity.
To
make
sure
that
we
have
people
from
all
places
and
all
backgrounds
on
the
working
group
and
then
baked
into
the
legislation
would
be
some
important
time
elements.
So
three
months
after
the
bill
is
passed,
the
working
group
would
need
to
be
established
and
then
12
months
after
the
working
group
is
established,
they
would
need
to
produce
a
report,
and
then
the
goal
of
the
bill
to
start
with
overall
would
be
to
improve
the
number
of
accessible
Trails.
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If
you
would
decide
to
formally
support
this
legislation
and
that
letter
could
go
to
the
chairs
of
the
joint
committee
on
environment
and
natural
resources,
and
then
we
also
have,
if
anybody
is
interested
in
having
their
city
government
pass
a
resolution
to
support
this
bill.
We
also
have
framework
language
that
could
be
passed
to
your
representative
and
local
government
and
then
I
always
include
a
slide
about
how
you
can
help
as
an
individual.
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If
you're
interested
in
this
issue,
we're
always
looking
for
more
volunteers,
and
you
can
also
contact
your
rep
or
Senator
at
the
state
level.
If
they're
not
already
supporting
this
bill-
and
you
can
sign
our
petition-
and
this
is
a
list
of
the
Senators
who
are
presenters
or
co-sponsors
so
far-
Senator
come
referred:
representative
chacolo,
Senator,
Kennedy,
representative
Dome,
Senator,
Eldridge,
Senator,
Moore
and
representative
Nguyen,
and
our
webc,
which
is
unpaved
trailsforall.org.
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Yes,
so
the
original
presenter
is
Senator,
Julian,
Comerford
and
then
representative
chakolo
was
very
quickly
the
presenter,
the
original
presenter
on
the
house
side.
And
yes,
it
would
look.
The
working
group
would
evaluate
Trails
across
all
types
for
all
types
of
disabling
conditions,
because
I
know
that
we
certainly
don't
have
enough
Tails
for
people
with
blindness
and
low
vision
in
an
area
where
we
already
don't
have
enough
Trails
for
people
with
limited
Mobility.
So
they
would
look
across
the
board.
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Hello
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
was
an
excellent
presentation
and
I
couldn't
get
into
the
meeting
for
the
from
5
15
to
5
30.,
so
I
just
wanted
to
introduce
myself
as
Paul
Karen
as
the
executive
secretary
and
I'm
recognizing
it
as
an
advocate
for
mental
illness.
Thank
you.
That
was
a
great
presentation.
Thank
you
very
much.
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Good
question:
there
isn't
formal
opposition
to
this,
though
I
would
say
the
opposition
isn't
really
opposition
in
the
traditional
sense.
It
would
probably
be
more
that
there
are
a
lot
of
bills
that
are
competing
for
attention
and
the
more
that
this
bill
has
blog
support,
the
more
likely
it
will
be
to
move
through
our
legislative
process.
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Yes,
thank
you,
Wes
and,
and
I
just
wanted
to
Echo
make
I
thought
the
presentation
was
great
and
was
was
eye-opening
I
didn't
realize
there
were
so
many
drills
that
did
not
have
any
form
of
of
access
in
Massachusetts
and
I.
I
wasn't
aware
that
that
real
thrills
or
Patriots
don't
provide
don't
provide
enough
access
so
that
that's
you
know
that
is
my.
E
Great
thanks
for
that
education
and
my
second,
my
follow-up
questions
speaks
to
when
you
you
touched
on
this
in
in
one
of
your
earlier
answers.
I
know:
I
know
that
the
I
know
that
the
legislative
session
is
moving
quite
slowly
this
year.
What
do
you
have
a
sense?
Do
you
have
a
sense
that
there's
momentum
to
have
the
have
the
the
bill
voted
on
at
this
session
or
what?
What
is
your?
What
is
your
sense.
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That's
a
really
good
question
that
I
wish
I
had
a
better
answer
to,
but
how
the
process
works.
Is
the
committee
that
has
the
bill
will
at
some
point
schedule
a
hearing
to
decide
whether
or
not
the
bill
moves
forward?
We
don't
know
when
that
hearing
will
be
I,
think
it's
there's
about
a
week's
notice,
so
it
could
be
in
June
or
it
could
be
at
the
end
of
the
year
and
a
lot
of
what
happens
next
depends
on
that
hearing.
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So
Public
Health
there
are
benefits
health
and
it's
a
physical
and
mental
well-being
to
spend
time
in
nature,
environmental
justice.
So
basically
just
access
to
Nature
is
a
human
right
and
everyone
should
be
able
to
have
adequate
access
and
then
Equity,
because
really
what
we're
talking
about
is
access
to
public
land
or
trails
and
spaces
that
have
been
developed
with
public
money.
So
having
access
that
better
represents.
Our
population
is
really
a
civil
rights
issue.
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I'm
asking
that
is
because
I
was
also
thinking
about
just
the
number
of
individuals
with
disability
who
have
lack
of
Access
to
Health
Care
I'm,
probably
preventative
I
care
and
I
was
thinking
that
one
of
the
most
recent
data
that
we
have
is
around
obesity
and
diabetes
and
the
weight
of
people
with
disabilities.
So
I
wonder
if
you
can
also
kind
of
squeeze
that
summer
in
there,
because
really
having
access
to
things
like
this,
which
are
free,
a
is
free.
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Yeah
and
I
just
I
guess
the
other
thing
that
I'm
wondering
about
is
when
you
advocate
for
these
bills.
Do
we
have
a
sense
of
all
you
know?
What's
the
impact,
what's
the
long-term
impact
I
mean?
Has
there
any
studies
in
other
states
that
you
can
compare
this
to
and
say
based
on
these
research
or
these
other
states
around
us?
Here's
what
we
have
as
far
as
data
of
why
it's
important
office.
N
So
that's
a
great
point.
This
is
my
speaking
and
that's
a
great
point
about,
including
you
know,
low
free
or
low-cost
access
to
exercise
spaces,
I
love
that
I
don't
have
any
sort
of
comparative
data
from
other
states,
and
most
of
it
really,
there
haven't
really
been
studies
specifically
on
accessible
Trails.
Most
of
the
studies
I
know
of
are
just
on
Trails,
which
usually
unfortunately
means
not
accessible
Trails,
but
I
do
know
that
there
are
several
other
states
that
are
doing
a
really
good
job
of
networking
and
access
on
their
Trails.
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Yeah,
so
that
is
specifically
within
the
state
parks
in
Massachusetts,
so
in
all
of
our
state
parks
in
total,
there
are
four
thousand
miles
approximately
of
unpaved
recreation
trails
and
then
the
seven
and
a
half
miles
that
are
accessible
are
unfortunately
hard
to
find
information
about,
which
is
another
one
of
the
problems
with
the
child
system.
So
there
are
three
I
think
two
or
three
in
Western
Massachusetts,
the
DAR
State
Forest
is
one
of
them.
N
There
are
a
couple
in
central
Massachusetts
one
in
the
Sturbridge
area.
State
Forest
and
I
cannot
name
off
the
top
of
my
head,
the
ones
in
eastern
or
Southeastern
Massachusetts,
but
total
with
information
that
has
been
provided
from
the
DCR
and
information
that
we've
sort
of
scoured
and
and
hunted
for
it's
about
seven
and
a
half
miles
of
of
unpused
recreation.
Trail,
that's
successful.
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Okay,
Meg
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
we
will
probably
have
a
discussion
about
the
bill
and
see
if
it's
possible
us
to
write
a
letter
of
support
or
something
by
the
next
time
we
meet
next
month.
So
I'm
just
thinking
about
the
time
for
this
meeting
this
evening,
and
so
again,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
presentation.
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My
final
item
is
about
artificial
intelligence
or
AI
and,
as
AI
keeps
getting
better
chat.
Gpt
is
probably
an
example
and
a
big
deal
nowadays,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
startups
right
now
trying
to
build
up
a
sign
language
database
as
the
pipeline
for
this
really
small
excuse
me
as
the
pipeline
for
this
is
really
small
compared
to
a
big
pipeline
for
voice
databases.
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I
think
people
who
use
American,
Sign,
Language
ASL
consumers
I,
wanted
to
clarify
that.
Maybe
what
you're
thinking
about,
because
these
aren't
necessarily
interpreters
I,
think
they
were
bringing
in
ASL
users
for
those
studies,
the
deaf
Community
Based
on
my
anecdotal
experience,
have
limited
limited
feelings.
Excuse
me
mixed
feelings
about
this.
Some
people
are
very
much
in
support
of
AI.
Some
people
are
very
much
against
it
for
me
personally,
I'm
not
sure
to
be
really
honest.
E
Thank
you
Wes
and
thank
you
for
your
report
always
insightful
and
thank
you
for
illustrating
the
the
crisis
of
the
shortage
of
pcas.
It
really
really
is
at
a
crisis
level
here
in
Massachusetts
I've,
never
seen
I've
been
a
a
user
of
the
vce
program,
Mass
pce
program
for
for
35
years
that
I've
never
seen
it
this
bad.
So
so
it
is
a
crisis,
as
highlighted
in
the
in
the
gbh
report.
E
You
know
folks
are
dying
due
to
lack
of
PCA
care
care,
so
it
really
really
is
a
crisis
and
I'm
not
sure
I'm,
not
sure
what
will
make
the
drug
more
attractive.
Certainly,
higher
higher
pay
and
and
better
benefits
is
a
start,
but
but
that
may
not
be
be
a
total
fantasy
either.
So
so
thank
you
for
highlighting
that.
E
My
question
relates
to
makes
Meg's
report
on
the
Trails
and
forgive
me
if
I
I
have
the
timing.
Timing
incorrect,
the
legislature,
the
legislative
session
will
end
in
June,
30,
correct,
correct
a
car
only
may
know
so.
So
if
we
are
to
send
a
letter
in
support,
we
may
need
to
send
it
sooner
rather
than
later.
B
Mrs
Wes
Jerry.
Thank
you.
I
really
appreciate
that
I
got
the
impression
from
Meg
that
there
was
not
an
expectation
that
there
would
be
a
hearing
on
this
bill
before
the
end
of
the
legislative
session
about
unpaved
Trails.
So
I
don't
know
that
anything
is
going
to
be
happening
soon
enough.
That
would
warrant
that
kind
of
expedited
action
on
our
part
is
Meg's.
I
think
that
we
probably
have
plenty
of
time
to
make
a
decision
about
sending
that
letter
of
support
and
I
think
we
could
do
it
in
July.
That's
my
feeling.
F
E
B
L
Thank
you
Wes
good
evening.
Everybody
I
can
jump
into
my
report
now
Andrew
is
pulling
up
the
slides.
Thank
you
all
right
great.
So
it's
a
fairly
brief
report
tonight,
because
I
know
we
have
a
limited
time,
but
just
some
updates
on
city
of
Boston
programs,
May
Wu,
does
still
have
a
few
neighborhood
Coffee
hours
left.
She
has
one
this
week
in
Jamaica
Plain
on
Friday.
She
has
Mission
Hill
and
Back
Bay
Beacon
Hill
next
week.
L
So
if
you
haven't
had
a
chance
to
get
to
a
coffee
hour,
they're
all
at
9
30
in
the
morning
in
a
park
in
the
neighborhood,
so
it's
a
great
chance
to
meet
not
only
the
mayor
and
hear
from
her
but
meet
other
City
officials,
elected
and
appointed
and
staff
from
different
departments.
She
talks
a
lot
about
Community
concerns
in
each
neighborhood
when
she's
with
residents.
So
it's
a
great
opportunity.
If
you
haven't
had
a
chance
to
attend
one
I'd
recommend
trying
to
make
it
and
then
immediately
with
the
Boston
open
streets
program.
L
The
city's
been
doing
this
for
the
last
few
years
and
what
it
is
is
they
take
a
stretch
of
Street.
A
few
blocks,
usually
I
think
it's
a
mile
in
different
neighborhoods
and
they
close
into
Street
traffic
for
a
certain
on
a
certain
date
for
a
certain
time
period.
So
it
gives
residents
a
chance
to
have
more
space
in
the
community.
It
has
pop-up
events
and
tables.
City
departments
do
information
tables
and
they
have
things
like
food
and
entertainment,
and
it's
just
kind
of
like
a
community
block
party.
L
L
The
first
one
is
on
June
25th
in
Jamaica
Plain
and
the
next
one
is
in
Roxbury
on
Blue,
Hill
Ave,
then
in
Brighton,
then
in
Dorchester
and
East
Boston
coming
up
late
summer,
early
fall
and
the
the
open
streets
does
impact
people
with
disabilities
in
several
ways.
So
my
staff
Works
closely
with
the
open
streets
planning
team
to
make
sure
that
we
look
at
things
like
accessible
parking
spaces
that
will
be
impacted,
making
sure
that
there
are
ramps
throughout
the
open
streets
area
where
people
can
get
off
and
on
the
sidewalk.
L
So
you
don't
have
to
walk
all
the
way
to
the
end
of
the
block
to
get
off
a
sidewalk,
because
programming
will
be
in
the
street
along
the
open
streets
corridors.
So
we
also
make
sure
that
we
talk
to
vendors
and
let
them
know
that
like
tables
have
to
be
accessible
and
they
have
to
provide
accommodations
as
requested.
So
we
do
a
lot
of
work
to
ensure
accessibility.
L
We
also
have
open
Newbury
Street
again
this
year,
which
is
16,
Sundays
Newbury
Street
will
be
closed
to
vehicular
traffic
and
it's
Sunday
July
2nd.
It
runs
through
Sunday
October,
2nd
I
made
up
those
States
mixed
up
because
I
don't
think
it's
the
second
to
the
second.
It
could
be,
but
it's
the
first
Sunday
in
July
to
the
first
Sunday
in
October
and
that
will
be
closed
10
to
8
on
Newbury
Street
and
again,
we
will
work
closely
with
the
team
to
ensure
that
the
events
are
accessible
and
that
vendors
know
they
need
to.
L
Some
updates
from
my
office
so
as
I
told
you
last
month,
a
group
of
us
went
to
Washington
DC
two
weeks
ago
to
meet
with
secretary
budiges
to
discuss
our
priorities
for
accessible
transportation
and
we
had
a
very
productive
meeting.
We
talked
to
the
secretary
about
air
travel
and
ground
travel
and
we
outlined
a
few
priorities
during
the
meeting
and
we
sent
him
on
our
slide
deck,
which
is
linked
here,
which
outlines
other
priorities
in
great
detail.
L
I
spoke
with
Michelle
at
the
ride
to
get
her
input
on
Paratransit
and
also
some
board
members
gave
me
their
input,
so
we
were
able
to
raise
those
issues
to
the
cabinet
secretary
for
the
Department
of
Transportation.
He
was
very
intent
on
understanding
the
issues
and
you
know
he
really
valued
our
group
as
leaders
in
cities
across
the
country,
with
a
lot
of
lived
experience
and
experience
working
with
residents
on
the
ground.
So
we
do
have
steps
to
follow
up
to
be
a
resource
to
him
and
his
team.
So
it
was
a.
L
It
was
a
great
meeting
and
we're
excited
about
next
steps.
Please
take
a
look
at
the
slide
deck.
If
you
haven't
done
so,
and
then
our
other
update
is
that
ADA
Day
is
coming
up
on
July
18th
I
would
like
to
invite
everybody
to
attend
and
spread.
The
word
to
your
friends
and
your
different
Community
groups
to
come
join
us
on
City
Hall
Plaza.
It
is
our
13th
annual
Ada
celebration.
It
runs
from
12
noon
to
2
p.m.
L
So
we
want
to
launch
this
campaign
and
we'll
also
be
working
bicycle
groups
and
other
Mobility
micro
Mobility
groups
to
ensure
that
their
Riders
are
aware
of
people
with
disabilities.
We
have
some
great
swag
that
we'll
be
giving
away
some
stickers
some
coasters,
our
edad
t-shirts,
will
have
the
logo
on
them.
So
please
come
out
on
the
18th
for
some
food.
Some
fun
you'll
hear
from
mayor
Wu
and
you'll
get
some
swag
from
Austin
breaks.
L
L
L
L
So
they
will
continue
to
focus
intently
on
recruiting
hiring
and
training
for
bus
monitors,
so
positive
news
overall,
but
again
still
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
we
will
keep
in
touch
with
Dan
and
his
team.
Moving
forward
and
the
other
information
I
got
from
Dan
was
statistics
on
on-time
performance
and
coverage
so
morning
on,
Time
Performance
is
currently
averaging
91
percent,
before
accounting
for
any
missing
arrival
data
for
the
22-23
school
year
to
date,
and
it's
at
93
since
the
start
of
December
2022..
L
This
means
that
0.25
of
scheduled
trips
have
been
without
a
driver
without
driver
coverage
so
far
in
22-23,
compared
to
around
2
percent
in
2122
school
year.
So
that's
a
big
Improvement
in
driver
coverage,
roughly
27
of
students
who
require
a
bus
monitor
are
act
are
currently
without
one
on
a
daily
basis
compared
to
33
when
we
spoke
in
March.
L
So
it's
a
slight
Improvement
again,
as
Dan
noted,
still
need
to
hire
a
lot
more
bus
monitors
for
our
kids
with
IEPs,
and
he
did
want
to
note
that
they
didn't
start
tracking
on
a
daily
basis
until
Midway
through
the
school
year.
So
they
don't
have
the
full
year-to-date
data
or
comprehensive
data
set
from
prior
years
on
monitor
coverage,
but
they
will
be
looking
at
that.
Moving
forward
and
I
did
ask
Dan
about
reporting
this
data
to
me
on
a
regular
basis,
so
I
can
share
with
you.
E
Floor
thanks
Wesley,
and
thank
you,
commissioner,
just
a
shout
out
for
the
neighborhood
Coffee
hours.
There
was
one
also
in
West
Roxbury.
My
neighborhood
this
morning
and
I
was
able
to
attend.
I
was
pleasantly
surprised
at
the
amount
of
people
who
attended
and,
and
the
commission
was
represented
by
Patricia,
who
stabbed
a
table.
It
was
it's
always
great
to
see
her
her
out
in
the
in
the
community.
It
was
a
great
network
of
the
opportunity.
You
know,
State
reps,
we're
there
state
senators.
E
Were
there
other
city
councilors
were
there
as
well
as
as
the
mayor
and
you
know,
I
was
able
to
chat
with
her
a
little
bit
again.
You
know
so
again.
It
really
is
a
good
good
opportunity
for
those
of
us
who
who
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
to
participate
in
a
neighborhood
coffee
hour
and
I
would
encourage
anyone
who's
able
to
attend
the
few
remaining
Coffee
hours
that
are
available
this
year
and
if
not,
then
definitely
you
know,
look
to
attend
one
next
year,
I
I
think
it
would
be.
F
K
L
Yeah,
so
I
was
able
to
do
the
presentation
on
Paratransit,
like
I
said
there
is
there's
more
in
the
presentation
than
we
were
able
to
speak
to
in
our
short
meeting
with
the
secretary,
but
I
did
speak
about
Paratransit.
Yes,
that
was
definitely
one
of
our
priorities
mentioned
things
like
funding
and
scheduling
systems
that
really
aren't
built
for
Paratransit
agencies.
They
have
to
get
like
either
an
off-the-shelf
scheduling,
system
or
apologize
for
that
or
or
adapt.
You
know,
get
an
off-the-shelf
product
and
adapt
it.
L
So
that
was
one
of
the
things
that
we
asked
for
and
then
also
asked
for
guidance
on
federal
guidance
on
to
parastrants
and
companies
on
things
like
Partnerships,
with
Uber
and
wave
and
other
ride,
sharing
companies
and
taxis,
because
when
the
federal
government
doesn't
give
guidance
to
municipalities,
they're
left
to
kind
of
make
up
the
parameters
on
their
own
and
that's
not
always
doesn't
always
result
in
the
best
outcome.
So
those
were
the
main
things.
I
prioritize
for
the
secretary.
K
K
Yes,
please,
yes,
as
a
time
with
the
yearbook
of
the
physical
program,
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
our
child
will
be
devoting
it's
general
meeting
this
not
this,
but
this
month
and
the
last
Thursday,
the
29th
of
June,
from
5
30
to
7
30,
will
be
a
discussion
on
bicycle
safety
with
bike
Lanes.
The
move
to
have.
K
You
know
safe
coexistence,
disabilities
and
this
month
that
we
also
made
the
subjects
between
the
hook
Street
system
and
for
ride,
but
this
one
others
is
primarily
considered
under
which
breed
system
be
it
little.
It
also
has
impact
on
people.
Take
the
ride,
so
you'll
be
getting
a
link
to
share
with
you
Netflix
with
the
red
circuit.
They
encourage
people,
including
staff,
here,
to
attend.
O
O
N
O
A
Wes
this
is
Andrea
I
just
know
that
you
and
I
talked
a
little
bit
about
this
and
and
thought
I
would
share
with
the
rest
of
the
team.
I
know
during
Patricia's
presentation
she
had
mentioned
sending
an
advocacy
letter
in
February
of
last
year.
Actually,
our
office
did
that
the
board
did
not
vote
on
one.
So
I
did
not
have
a
former
board
letter
to
share
with
everyone,
but
if
the
board
wants
to
write
a
letter,
make
a
motion
vote
Etc.
As
always,
you
certainly
can
thanks
for
letting
me
interrupt
us.
O
F
O
F
The
cover
the
employee
could
have
less
than
15
the
employers
that
have
less
than
50
employers
and
also
get
the
architectural
guidelines
from
the
federal
and
the
state
to
match
each
other.
Okay.
This
has
been
in
the
legislature
for
at
least
10
years.
Yes
have
always
it
almost
passed
a
few
years
ago,
but
and
I've
even
met
with
the
Senate
President
to
discuss
this
bill
once
or
twice.
If
they
have
questions
about
it.
F
O
O
I
J
O
O
O
O
F
O
O
K
O
K
K
It's
really
a
side
note
I
think
I'm.
Unfortunately,
it's
a
complex
topic,
but
unfortunately,
that
that
there
has
been
didn't
really
have
received
information,
I,
I,
respect
their
eyes
only
and
discuss
with
us
make
Physicians
negative
Attitudes
by
disabilities
and
the
some
of
the
stories
that
I've
done
totally
recently
about
the
situation.
I'd
spoken
about
discrimination
about
students,
suppose
that
I
think
is
really
a
challenge
for
people
with
disabilities.
So
I
guess
that's
what
I
would
add
to
but
I.
K
O
Okay,
thank
you.
Elizabeth
and
I
understand
the
concern
about
the
the
the
complexities
and
I'm
also
now,
just
noting
the
time
and
I
know
that
we've
got
about
10
minutes
left
and
well
so
I'd
like
to
suggest
that
we
perhaps
table
this
topic
to
the
next
month's
meeting
to
give
everyone
the
proper
time
to
have
a
discussion
about
it.
F
This
is
Carl
I
real
estate.
It
was
a
rally
at
the
State
House
today
with
legislators.
Talking
about
this
today,
so
I,
don't
know
how
much
time
we
have,
we
probably
have
till
next
month.
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
if
it
is
on
the
mind
of
a
lot
of
people
right
now
in
after
State
Health.
That's
all
I'm,
just
letting
you
know-
and
the
only
other
thing
I
will
say
is
that
we
have
supported
John
Kelly
in
the
second
thought
organization.
F
Ever
since
he
left
the
commission.
He
would
he,
president
of
this
Commission
West.
He
held
Europe
position
for
a
number
of
years
when
the
commission
started
up
before
commissioner
Macos
retired,
and
then
he
left
to
do
this
back
and
thought
full-time
and
historically,
the
commission
had
supported
his
initiative.
I
agreed
to
properly
worthy
of
more
discussion.
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
some
background.
F
D
B
B
B
We
have,
then
we
have
the
portion
of
our
agenda
that
is
available
for
public
input.
Excuse
me
input,
so
we
need
to
close
our
meeting
they're
going
to
cut
us
off
exactly
at
7
pm,
so
we've
got
just
a
few
minutes,
but
public
input.
Anyone
in
the
meeting
at
the
moment
from
a
public
who
would
like
to
make
a
comment
or
ask
a
question.