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From YouTube: Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 1-19-2022
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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 1-19-2022
A
H
D
B
I
Thank
you
so
much
good
afternoon,
everyone,
my
name,
is
luigi
lelane
and
I
serve
as
community
engagement
coordinator
for
the
boston
mayor's
office
for
immigrant
advancement,
as
you
can
tell
that
was
a
mouthful
we're
going
to
call
the
department
moya
for
now.
So,
let's
see
if
I
can
share
my
screen
so.
I
Let's
start,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
today
again.
My
name
is
luigi
and
just
an
overview
of
this
presentation.
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
boston's
immigrant
communities
and
how
that
gave
way
to
the
birth
of
our
office
and
I'll
go
a
little
bit
into
our
strategic
plan
and
the
initiatives
that
we
have
under
each
one
of
them.
That
helps
us
accomplish
our
mission
so
and
we'll
wrap
up
with
contact
information
and
any
questions
that
you
may
have
so
to
begin
an
overview
of
boston's
of
immigration
populations.
I
So
the
number
of
immigrants
in
boston
is
actually
much
bigger,
because
those
folks
actually
have
kids.
They
have
family
members
that
they
bring
along
so
boston's
population.
Immigrant
community
is
actually
pretty
big
and
those
immigrants
do
come
from
various
countries
from
the
americas,
asia,
europe
and
africa,
representing
almost
all
actually
over
100
countries.
I
Around
the
world,
and
one
thing
that
I
like
to
do
with
anyone
that
I'm
presenting
to
is
give
a
little
pop
quiz
question.
I
promise
this
is
not
a
really
hard
question
just
for
me
to
assess
in
the
group
what
your
knowledge
is
of
internet
communities.
So
what
do
you
think?
Are
the
top
three
immigrant
communities
across
the
city
of
boston
and
feel
free
to
just
guess
one
or
two
I'm
happy
to
to
to
here
and
feel
free
to
invite
yourself?
I
I
And
the
next
slide
says
these
are
the
top
immigrant
communities
in
boston.
We
have
a
huge
representation
of
dominicans
chinese
haitians
if
we
go
a
little
bit
further
down
we'll
find
k,
verdians
we'll
find
brazilians,
and
there
are
russians
that
are
represented
in
boston
they're,
just
not
as
big,
but
a
huge
community
of
them
can
be
found
in
brookline.
I
So
all
of
this
to
say
that
boston
is
a
melting
pot,
has
many
different
cultures,
many
different
languages
that
do
come
together
to
make
it
what
it
is
and
across
the
different
neighborhoods
in
boston.
This
is
how
these
immigrant
communities
are
spread
out
from
different
groups
to
different
community
centers
to
any
institution,
really
that
has
those
and,
as
a
result,
this
gave
birth
to
our
office.
I
In
1998,
we
were
known
as
the
mayor's
office
of
new
bostonian,
but
very
recently
rebranded
to
moya,
and
so
our
goal
continues
to
be
to
involve
immigrants
in
boston,
civic,
social
and
cultural
aspects
of
life.
Not
only
do
we
work
really
hard
to
make
sure
that
immigrants
have
the
same
access
to
services
that
all
residents
should
enjoy.
I
So,
all
of
this
being
said
with
our
strategic
plan,
we
resolve
to
have
three
different
values:
to
accomplish
our
work.
Those
are
stability,
integration
and
civic
ownership,
and
with
stability
we
enact
with
immigrants
to
make
sure
that
they
feel
safe
with
integration.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
participating
and
integrating
in
boston
academically
culturally,
economically,
you
name
it.
I
We
are
here
to
do
that
and
we
want
folks
to
feel
so
stable
and
so
integrated
in
boston
that
they
have
opportunities
to
participate
in
government
right,
so
really
taking
advantage
of
equitable
access
and
really
representing
their
communities,
and
so
I'll
just
go
a
little
bit
into
each
of
our
values,
with
some
initiatives
that
we
have
for
each
of
them
to
help.
You
understand
better
how
we
do
our
work.
So
first,
we
are
starting
with
stability
again,
helping
folks
feel
get
a
sense
of
stability
in
boston
feeling,
safe
and
one
way
that
we
do.
I
I
Hopefully,
given
that
there's
a
payment
plan
that
could
help
them
meet
the
financial
aspect
to
pay
for
their
cases-
and
this
is
just
an
overview
of
general
inquiries
that
we
get
for
immigration
consultations,
I
won't
go
a
little
bit
too
much
into
that,
but
you
can
see
that
family-based
immigration
is
huge.
Employment
base
is
huge.
Removal,
defense
is
big,
humanitarian
is
big,
and
so
these
are
all
different
categories
that
the
greater
boston
immigrant
defense
fund
has
helped
with
in
the
past
and
continues
to
do.
I
The
last
thing
that
I
want
to
touch
on
on
stability
is
related
to
kokova
19
pandemic
when
the
pandemic
hit.
What
we
did
was
we
connected
with
a
lot
of
our
different
community
partners
and
got
a
good
sense
of
what
it
was
that
our
immigrant
communities
needed,
because
they
so
often
were
not
and
were
always
so
overlooked,
or
on
the
back
end
of
receiving
resources.
So
we
created
a
one
pager
of
different
city
resources,
for
example,
if
somebody
needed
food
access
right,
we
would
kind
connect.
I
Moving
on
to
integration
again,
we
rely
a
lot
on
partnerships
with
community
partners.
We
collaborate
with
them
to
increase
some
sense
of
solidarity,
which
in
itself
helps
folks
participate
in
every
like
day-to-day
life,
and
the
a
great
segue
from
the
previous
slide
is
our
moya
community
webinars,
and
these
webinars
that
we
have.
We
have
them
with
community
partners,
and
this
is
a
virtual
continuation
of
the
one
pager
that
we
created.
We
could
not
create
a
page
that
we
needed
to
upload
all
the
time,
upgrade
all
the
time
and
get
translated
all
the
time.
I
So
we
thought
why
not
create
a
virtual
session,
some
info
sessions
that
we
would
have
on
a
weekly
basis
or
bi-weekly,
or
I'm
sorry,
bi-monthly
or
once
a
month
to
really
address
some
of
the
major
needs
that
we're
seeing
so
in
a
big
example,
was
in
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic.
People
really
needed
access
to
food
right,
and
so
we
brought
the
office
of
food
access
to
come
and
talk
about
the
different
meal
sites.
I
So
what
we
did
was
we
brought
someone
else
from
project
bread
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
people
could
take
advantage
of
the
pandemic
ebt
and
how
they
would
not
be
penalized
for
it,
and
also
we
worked
a
lot
with
city
hall
to
get
some
funding
to
immigrant
serving
organizations
so
that
they
could
partner
with
restaurants
and
do
food
deliveries
that
were
again
delivering
food
that
were
specific
to
these
neighbors.
So
we
found
that
to
be
super
helpful
and
also
other
collaborations.
That
I'll
mention
are
these
four
ones.
I
Let's
see,
we
have
11
external
partnerships
that
we
dedicate
funding
to
and
we
have
a
foreign
trained
professionals
to
help
folks
economically,
integrate
in
boston.
So
this
is
a
pilot
fellowship
program
to
support
black
foreign
trained
professionals
from
africa
and
the
caribbean
with
experience
in
health
care,
but
that
are
not
necessarily
able
to
get
into
health
care.
So
this
fellowship
is
really
helping
them,
build
their
network
and
find
jobs.
I
We
were
able
to
help
almost
450
and
during
the
pandemic
we
led
a
virtual
campaign
which
also
yielded
about
which
also
was
able
to
help
almost
150
people.
Again,
we
partner
with
lawyers
different
law
students.
We
see
if
folks
are
able
to
receive
a
waiver
so
so
that
they
don't
have
to
pay
for
the
citizenship
fees
and
again
helping
folks
move
forward
so
that
they
can
have
the
same
rights
that
other
citizens
will
have
again
enabling
them
to
advertise.
I
advocate
for
their
communities
the
so
I
have
two
more
slides.
I
This
being
one
of
them.
We
have
immigrants
lead
boston,
which
is
a
program
for
immigrants
who
wish
to
take
a
more
civic
ownership
role
in
their
community.
So
this,
through
this
program,
we
teach
about
18
to
20
different
immigrants
on
how
to
navigate
through
city
hall,
get
resources
and
bring
these
back
to
their
communities,
and
they
have
some
amazing
civic
civic
projects
where
they're
participating
in
different
groups.
I
I
believe
we
did
have
somebody
from
the
disabilities
commission
come
and
talk
to
them
really
to
to
get
an
understanding
about
how
city
hall
works
and
really
how
to
get
those
resources,
and
the
last
thing
that
I'll
cover
as
far
as
programs
go
is
our.
We
are
boston
initiative
and,
through
this
fundraising
event,
we're
able
to
hold
an
annual
reception
where
we
we
can
present.
I
We
can
not
only
share
the
great
work
that
immigrants
are
doing.
Immigrant
non-profits
are
doing,
but
also
share
the
funds
that
we've
raised
and
we
turn
them
into
mini
grids
so
that
these
could
go
to
immigrant
serving
organizations
and
that
in
itself
helps
them
extend
their
their
capacity
to
continue
to
help
immigrants
and,
last
but
not
least,
if
you
want
to
reach
out
to
us,
you
can
always
reach
us
at
boston.gov
immigrants.
I
You
can
also
sign
up
for
our
newsletter,
which
is
also
found
found
in
there
found
on
that
same
page
and
push
comes
to
show.
If
you
cannot
reach
us,
please
feel
free
to.
Please
feel
free
to
email,
us
at
immigrant
advancement
at
boston.gov
or
call
617-635-2980
and
if
you've
forgotten
everything
that
I've
told
you
today
at
least
you're
connected
to
the
disabilities,
commission
and
they're
wonderful
partners
of
ours,
and
so
they
could
always
refer
you
to
us,
and
I
time
myself
so
time
is
up.
J
A
I
don't
know
if
folks
are
typing
questions.
This
is
andrea
with
the
disabilities
commission.
I
just
want
to
second
with
luigi
said:
we
were
happy
to
partner
with
them
as
the
commission,
with
with
the
mayor's
office
with
moya.
I
love
partnering
with
them.
So
if
there's
ever
any
questions
that
you
all
have-
and
you
can't
remember
their
phone
number
like
you
mentioned-
we've
got
them
all,
but
we're
looking
forward
to
another
great
year.
Partnership,
so
just
want
to
add
that
in
there.
I
That
is
part
of
it.
What
a
great
question
that
is
part
of
it,
so
humanitarian
cases.
Now
I
have
to
say
that
I
am
not
super
well
versed
in
legal
terminology,
but
humanitarian
essentially
helps
people
who
have
humanitarian
needs,
or
people
coming
and
seeking
asylum,
maybe
escaping
natural
disasters
or
political
instabilities,
and
really
helping
folks
who
integrate
in
in
boston.
I
So
not
only
is
there
a
legal
aspect
to
it,
but
there
is
also
a
social
needs
aspect
to
it,
and
so
the
cool
thing
with
organizations
that
we've
partnered
with
that
are
assisting
residents
with
humanitarian
cases
is
that
we're
also
connecting
with
other
nonprofits
to
help
them
with
housing
with
food
access
with
all
of
the
different
aspects
of
life
that
somebody
needs
to
integrate
in
boston,
and
sometimes
these
cases
get
super
specific
because,
as
one's
immigration
status
changes,
the
needs
are
different.
The
resources
to
assist
those
needs
may
be
different.
I
G
Yes,
how
do
you
thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation?
What's
great,
just
wanted
to
get
some
additional
info
from
you?
Perhaps
I
missed
this
part,
but
I
know:
did
you
mention
that
some
people
have
the
ability
or
the
opportunity
to
get
immigration
consultations
via
volunteer
lawyers
or
other
kind
of
advisors,
people
who
are
seeking
for
these
options?
G
I
Absolutely
what
a
great
question
thank
you
so
much
for
asking,
and
so
yes,
people
can
participate
in
this.
All
they
have
to
do
is
call
our
department
and
they
will
be
signed
up.
All
of
our
lawyers
volunteer.
Lawyers
are
given
a
number
to
call
to
get
interpreters
in
any
language
that
has
been
available.
I
I'm
not
sure
I
don't
think
there's
ever
been
a
lawyer.
I
So
I
I
typically
we
ask
folks
to
get
that
ready
two
weeks
in
advance,
because
we
just
want
to
ensure
that
if
we,
if
somebody's
asking
for
an
asl
interpreter
or
if
they
need
something
visual
right,
because
all
of
this
is
being
done
virtually
over
the
phone.
So
if
somebody
needs
a
zoom
link,
we
just
we
always
ask
that
they
do
the
request
two
weeks
in
advance,
so
that
we're
able
to
provide
that
unless
it's
it's
a
another
language,
any
other
any
language
that
is
other
than
english,
and
that
is
not
asl.
I
Then
they
can
actually
do
it
the
day
before
or
the
day
of,
because
that
language
line
is
is
available,
but
typically
for
any
other
accommodations.
We
ask
for
two
weeks
in
advance
and
the
great
thing
about
our
constituent
services
person
is
that
she
can
assess
if
we
are
the
best
person
to
help
with
a
particular
case
right.
I
C
K
First
of
all,
I
don't
well,
you
had
a
wonderful
presentation,
but
you
did
not
mention
a
lot
about
disabilities
within
your
presentation,
so
I'm
curious
as
to
the
process
for
that
and
identifying
people
who
may
have
disabilities
who
are
also
immigrants,
and
what
would
you
do
if
someone
identified
themselves
as
that?
What
would
that
process
look
like.
I
Sure,
so,
thank
you
for
this
question.
Yes,
so
in
the
past,
whenever
we've
encountered
someone
of
an
immigrant
background
who
also
has
a
disability,
usually
they
call
with
someone
else
and
so
we're
able
to
very
quickly
identify
that
disability
and
and
quickly
connect
with
the
language
and
communications
access
department
to
make
sure
that
they're
being
met
right
that
that
they're
getting
the
support
that
they
need.
I
And
that
being
said,
one
thing
that
I've
learned
through
jennifer
who
works
at
at
lca,
is
that
approaching
hosting
a
session
with
a
lawyer
in
a
different
language
and
also
with
asl.
I
believe
two
different
interpreters
are
needed
where
one
interpreter
is
translating
from
the
target
language
to
english
and
then
from,
and
then
there's
also
the
the
part
where
asl
is
being
translated
in
and
it's
a
very
interesting
dynamic
that
I
have
not
witnessed
on
my
own,
but
that
my
colleagues
have
and
also,
I
believe,
most
recently.
I
We
we've
done
this
as
well,
and,
and
so
there
is
a
process
that
does
exist
and
as
far
as
publishing
it
widely,
I
think
what
we've
done
is
we've
connected
with
our
community
partners
and
we've.
Also.
Let
them
know
about
services
being
available
in
in
lca,
and
I
think
on
our
flyer,
even
that
information
is
available,
that
accommodations
are
available
and-
and
we
get
this
translated
into
all
of
the
language,
all
of
the
spoken
languages
that
we've
interacted
with.
I
So
so
that's
the
one
thing
that
I'll
share
and
one
more
thing
that
I'll
share
is,
as
the
community
engagement
person
for
the
office.
I've
also
interacted
with
community
leaders
that
also
that
that
shared
that
they
had
a
disability,
whether
it
was
visual
or
whether
it
was
through
speech
and
the
great
thing
is.
We
were
able
to
communicate
enough
to
set
up
calls
and
to
make
sure
that
they
were
that
they
are
comfortable
enough
to
to
not
only
meet
with
us
but
to
also
share
what
their
needs
are.
K
So
one
interesting
thing
that
I
found
out
is
that
we
do
offer
some
resources
for
these
immigrants,
but
not
all
of
the
resources,
because
some
of
them
are
funded
by
the
federal
government
and
some
by
the
state,
and
they
require
specific
funding
to
be
provided
only
for
u.s
citizens.
These
services
only
provided
to
u.s
citizens,
so
that
is
a
challenge
when
a
individual
comes
in
who's,
an
immigrant
to
deaf
inc
and
we're
not
able
to
provide
specific
services
because
of
funding
issues.
H
I
I
So
I
think
this
is
something
that
I
can
run
by
the
team
and
one
thing
that
I'll
say
is:
we
have
not
come
across
a
lot
of
immigrants
who
have
disabilities
who
are
getting
in
touch
with
us
and
not
that
there
aren't.
I'm
pretty
sure
there
are
a
lot
of
different
barriers
that
are
even
preventing
people
from
interacting
with
us.
I
mean
even
folks
without
disabilities
or
who
say
that
they
don't
who
don't
identify
us
with
people
with
disabilities
or
people
of
different
abilities.
I
I
should
say
have
such
a
hard
time
reaching
out
to
us
right
because
of
other
factors.
So
maybe
one
thing
that
I
could
discuss
with
the
team
is
maybe
finding
better
ways
to
more
inclusive
ways
to
share
what
our
office
does
and
really
really
what
service
and
that
in
itself
can
help
inform
what
services
could
become
available,
not
only
in
collaboration
with
the
disabilities
commission,
but
also
with
language
and
communication
access
in
any
other
department.
That
could
further
support
this
right.
So
this
is
something
that
I'll
have
to
discuss
with
the
team.
E
Okay,
thanks
I'm
elizabeth
dean
clara.
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
presentation
that
was
very
informative,
yes
and
follow
up
to
what
you
just
raised
about
the
I
think
there.
In
addition
to
the
other,
some
of
the
other
barriers,
I
think
in
some
cultural
and
ethnic
p
groups
from
other
countries,
there
are
the
the
element
of
stigma
or
otherness
even
into
the
extent.
E
But
I
think
that
element
of
outreach
or
partnering
with
different
groups-
and
I
didn't
know,
for
instance,
if
you
already
your
office-
is
already
involved
with
school
systems
and
helping
people
who
might
have
a
child
on
the
autism
spectrum,
for
instance,
and
also
be
from
another
country
or
have
maybe
would
have
had,
would
have
had
some
language
challenges
anyway,
but
where
there
are
specific
aspects
of
getting
them
into
the
right
kind
of
individualized
educational
programming.
I
didn't
know
if
that's
a
partnership
you're
already
involved
in.
I
Thank
you
so
much
for
bringing
that
point.
I
specifically
with
the
boston
public
schools,
not
that
I'm
aware
of,
however,
we've
connected
with
a
few
different
community
organizations
that
do
provide
that
kind
of
support.
I
think
you
make
such
a
great
point
that
stigma
in
other
cultures
around
people,
individuals
with
disabilities
or
individuals
with
other
abilities
is,
is
higher
and
it
is.
It
is
very
different
in
the
cultural
context
of
these
countries,
so
I
think
what
kind
of
connected
with
space
m
a
with
asha
abdullahi.
I
Now
I
have
not
worked
a
lot
with
her,
but
I
know
we've
connected
with
with
asha
and
I
actually
have
connected
with
her
just
last
friday,
just
just
looking
for
she
was
looking
for
a
few
more
resources.
So
this
is
something
that
I'm
actually
happy
to
connect
with
andrea
on
just
to
see
what
other
resources
exist,
because
I
know
that
one
thing
that,
because
this
is
a
smaller
pool
when
it
comes
to
the
intersecting
lives
of
immigrants.
I
One
thing
that
some
of
these
organizations
are
looking
for
for,
for
example,
is
space
right,
so
space
to
to
not
only
establish
themselves
but
also
to
serve
as
a
center
to
to
help
parents
that
have
children
who
who
need
to
integrate
better
in
the
boston
public
school
system.
So
this
is
a
path
that
I
know
that
moya
as
an
office
is
very
happy
to
explore
and
with
a
partnership
with
the
disabilities
commission.
As
a
guideline,
I
know
that
this
is
something
that
we
could.
I
L
We
boston
does
have
a
face
covering
order
that
that
is
still
in
effect,
unlike
a
lot
of
places,
and-
and
we
do
think
that
that
has
had
a
protective
effect.
But
even
within
that
order,
as
everybody
knows,
there
is
the
ability
to
remove
the
mask
temporarily
to
eat
or
drink,
and
so
the
order
really
really
is
to
sort
of
cover
these
higher
risk
places,
and
thank
you
for
pulling
up
the
slide
andrea.
L
L
So
we
do
think
that
you
know,
although
there
is
a
great
deal
of
of
pushback
in
in
certain
corners
of
the
public,
we
do
think
that
that
broadly
a
lot
of
members
of
the
public
and
a
lot
of
restaurants
and
other
covered
entities
themselves
were
sort
of
ready
for
this
step.
A
lot
of
them
had
had
made
this
policy
decision
on
their
own
and
sort
of
the
city,
taking
a
leadership
role
in
setting
a
uniform
standard.
We
heard
from
our
over
19
advisory
committee,
which
is
chaired
by
my
executive
director,
basola
ojukutu.
L
L
We
we
again
wanted
to
make
this
as
low
barrier
as
possible
for
both
the
covered
entities.
You
know
the
restaurants
and
bars
and
and
others
as
well
as
residents
and
and
other
visitors
who
are
coming,
so
we
didn't
prescribe
that
it
needs
to
be
any
one
kind
of
a
vaccination
proof.
So
it
could
be
your
vaccination
card.
L
It
could
be
a
digital
image
of
your
card,
a
picture
on
your
phone
and
there
is
a
be
together,
boston,
app,
so
that
that
really
what
what
that
app
is,
is
just
sort
of
a
handy
place
for
you
to
store
the
the
image
that
you've
taken
of
your
vaccination
proof
on
your
phone.
It
is,
I
think,
it's
important
to
also
note
that
the
state
has
an
app
that
if
you've
been
vaccinated
in
massachusetts,
you
can
get
the
actual
qr
code
that
connects
to
your
actual
digital
vaccination
record
in
the
state's
database.
L
But
again
we
that
that
is
certainly
a
fine
way
to
show
your
vaccination
status.
But
we
want
it
to
be
as
flexible
as
possible
in
in
what
you
can
use,
because
we
know
that
certain
populations
sort
of
have
preferences,
for
you
know
being
able
to
show
that
the
vaccination
card
and
others
are
more
comfortable
with
an
app-based
approach.
A
L
L
One
of
our
most
frequently
asked
questions
is
about
how
reasonable
accommodations
are
handled
in
these
interactions
at
at
the
front
door
of
of
covered
establishments
and
also
you
know,
the
order
covers-
covers
employees
of
all
people
that
are
working
in
in
places
that
are
covered
establishments,
and
we
have.
We
have
issued
guidance
while
it's
not
the
city's
position
to
be
giving
legal
advice
to
individual
businesses.
L
We
did
want
to
sort
of
give
some
guidance
and
some
frameworks
to
underscore
how
interactions
with
with
members
of
the
public,
who
are
claiming
either
a
medical
disability
or
other
civil
rights
related
reason
why
they
cannot
be
vaccinated.
So
we've
encouraged
that
that
those
interactions
be
as
respectful
as
possible
and
that
they
sort
of
open
up
with
the
same
kind
of
dialogue
that
any
other
ada
type
of
accommodation
request
would
would
follow.
So
that's
that's
guidance
that
we
put
out.
L
We
continue
to
sort
of
answer
a
lot
of
questions
on
that
a
lot
of
questions
on
the
employment
side.
As
as
members
of
this
this
body,
I'm
sure
know
the
city
of
austin
has
its
own
employment
vaccination
requirement
and
we
understand
how
how
heavy
a
lift
it
is
to
to
sort
of
do
all
this
documentation
and
we're
sort
of
working
as
closely
as
we
can
with
with
businesses
on
questions
they
have
as
they
as
they
implement
these
policies
in
their
own
workplaces.
A
This
is
andrea
with
the
commission,
while
folks
are
thinking
or
typing
their
questions.
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know
the
commission
itself
and
commissioner
makash
is
the
title
ii
coordinator
under
federal
law
focused
on
city
and
and
local
government
programs
being
accessible,
so
we're
not
an
enforcement
agency
for
for
any
of
the
customer
service
questions.
That
said,
we
have
been
actively
involved
in
the
discussions
with
bphc
and
pj
and
others
to
provide
that
guidance
on
disability
related
issues
that
might
come
up
related
to
this
policy.
M
M
What
the
accommodation
will
end
up
being
is
going
to
be
a
very
individual
situation
depending
on
the
person
and
the
business.
So
we
can't
really
give
any
guidance
on
that,
but
just
be
assured
that
people
with
disabilities
won't
be
like
ignored
or
they
won't
be
immediately.
Denied.
The
restaurants
and
businesses
have
gotten
clear
messaging
that
they
have
to
engage
in
a
dialogue
and
we're
here
to
support
that.
L
That's
a
that's
a
great
question
and,
and
the
the
answer
is
both
and,
as
you
know,
sort
of
the
the
way
that
dialogue
happens
is
a
little
bit
different
in
the
sort
of
public,
accommodations
and
employment
context.
So
in
the
guidance
and
I
did
put
in
the
chat,
the
first
link
that
I
put
in
the
chat
is
sort
of
a
specific,
reasonable
accommodation,
guidance
and
the
second
link
is
sort
of
the
overall
web
page.
L
You
know
as
they
enter
their
establishments
to
not
ask
for
documentation,
but,
as
commissioner
has
said,
and
has
given
great
advice
on,
is
to
not
ask
for
documentation
but
to
engage
in
that
that
good
faith
dialogue
and
determine
whether
a
reasonable
accommodation
can
be
made,
and
so
it
you
know
it
encourages
accommodations
that
include,
you
know
people
not
being
in
the
establishment
if
they
don't
have
to
be
sort
of
encouraging,
take
out
rather
than
dine
in
and
on
the
employment
side.
You
know
it.
M
We've
done
trainings
webinars
weekly
with
the
businesses,
so
they
can
ask
questions
and
one
question
that
came
up
was
related
to
you
know
reasonable
accommodations.
When
that
came
up,
we
tell
the
businesses
that
we
know.
You've
always
done
this,
because
people
with
disabilities
have
always
been
able
to
request
accommodations.
M
It's
not
a
new
concept,
but
this
is
a
very
specific
request
for
information.
So
we
really
want
to
make
the
lines
very
clear
that
people
who
are
just
coming
in
for
a
service.
You
cannot
ask
them
for
like
medical
documentation
or
you
know
any
personal
records.
It's
a
different
story
like
pj
said
with
employment,
and
I
know
this
board
is
very
well
informed
and
very
well
educated.
But,
as
andrea
said,
I
work
on
title
two.
The
employment
is
covered
under
ada
title.
M
One
and
public
accommodations
are
covered
under
ada,
title
iii,
so
all
of
the
ada
kind
of
melds
together.
But
there
are
very
specific
titles
which
cover
each
piece
of
the
law,
and
we
know
the
businesses
are
very
used
to
this.
We
just
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
engaging
in
a
dialogue
in
the
proper
way
and
what
they
ask
for
for
documentation.
B
L
So
business
businesses
are
being
asked
to
to
ask
customers
for
proof
of
vaccination,
but
if,
if
a
customer
presents
a
claim
that
they
were
unable
to
get
vaccinated
due
to
a
medical
condition
or
disability
they're
not
being
at
their
they're
being
guided
to
not
ask
customers
for
paperwork
about
their
disability.
Consistent
with
you
know,
federal
guidance
on.
N
Talking
with
friends
or
colleagues
and
stuff,
and
another
point
that
I
just
wanted
to
make
my
medical
practice,
you
know,
is
a
pretty
large
medical
practice
here
here
in
boston
and
they
have
their
own
app
for
folks
that
are
part
of
that
practice.
So
I'm
I'm
I'm
pretty
sure
that
other
other
folks
may
have
different
apps
that
they
can
use
other
than
the
ones
that
have
been
you
know
established
by
the
city
or
whatnot
too.
L
That's
great,
and
I
do
see
one
other
in
the
chat
from
mr
ireland.
I
can
read
it
out
for
those
walking
in
food
halls
like
timeout,
boston,
public
market
and
hub
hall,
where
it's
a
mix
of
take
out
and
dine
in.
Do
they
have
to
check
on
the
on
vaccination
cards,
so
the
the
guidance
that
we
give
when
it's
sort
of
a
any
old
business
that
has
both
take
out
and
sit
down
is
that
when
that
first
interaction
happens
at
the
counter,
that's
usually
a
reasonable
place
to
just
ask
the
customer.
L
Is
it
for
here
to
go,
which
is
you
know,
a
question?
That's
that's
often
asked
in
that
in
that
interaction,
then,
if
they
say
for
here
then
to
ask
that
that
second
question
about,
can
I
see
your
your
vaccination
documentation
in
the
context
of
of
food
courts?
We
we
think
in
many
of
them,
so
the
the
legal
responsibility
is
on
sort
of
the
owner
of
the
food
court
and
I
think,
in
a
lot
of
those
places
there,
there
is
sort
of
a
security
presence
to
help
staff
that
space
or
some
other
staffing.
L
And
so
you
know
the
two
things
that
the
order
requires
is
that
you
post
signage
and
that
you
check
so
we
would
advise
sort
of
that
that
signage
is
post
is,
is
posted
sort
of
at
the
places
where
people
will
be
sitting
down
in
those
spaces,
and
you
know
we
do
want
to
give
some
flexibility
to
to
those
types
of
businesses
to
sort
of
just
decide.
Who
specifically
will
check
some
food
courts
may
decide
that
that
conversation
about
are
you
staying
to
dine
or
are
you
taking
out
might
happen
at
the
individual
vendor's
site?
L
Some
others
may
decide
that
they
will
let
people
get
their
food
and
then
be
asked
to
show
by
somebody
else
or
at
the
entrance
to
the
to
the
facility.
So
it
it
really
does
depend
on
sort
of
the
physical
layout
of
the
space.
But
what
I
would
say
in
general
is
that
it's
it's
the
responsibility
of
the
owner,
but
we
sort
of
do
defer
to
them
specifically
about
what
works
best
for
how
that's
implemented.
O
O
As
I
said,
my
name
is
deuce
yeah
and
I
won
the
project
ambassador.
Repeating
a
you
know
repeating
announcement
to
somebody.
I
had
textual
questions,
so
I've
maybe
done
three
questions:
they're,
probably
a
continuation
of
the
first
one.
So
the
first
question
I
have
is
so
I'm
also
in
medical
field,
and
I
know
that
there
are
people
who
have
okay.
What's
the
word,
I'm
looking
for?
Oh,
yes,
right.
O
O
L
You
know
we
would
advise
that
that
those
conversations
about
you
know
how
they
could
be
accommodated.
Is
it
sort
of
more
social
distancing,
so
we
would
think
along
the
lines
of
what
what
are
the?
What
are
the
ways
to
prevent
the
spread
of
cope
at
19
and
sort
of
generally
advise
businesses
to
engage
in
a
respectful
dialogue
about
what
the
individual
customer
with
a
disability
needs.
L
We
also
know
from
from
sort
of
outreach
that
we've
done
that
many
people
who
are
immunocompromised
have
been
supportive
of
the
initiative
because
of
sort
of
the
added
public
health
protection
that
that
it
provides
in
these
closed
spaces.
So
again,
I
think
those
are
our
individualized
conversations
and
we're
sort
of
encouraging
businesses
to
have
them
in
a
way.
That's
you
know,
compliant
with
with
ada
and
sort
of
human
decency
as
well
to
the
test
kit
suggestion.
I
think
that's
a
great
one
as,
as
you
know,
the
demand
for
these
kits
is
is
enormous.
L
L
O
And,
of
course,
as
I
said,
I'm
not
trying
to
be
disrespectful.
I
it's
just
an
observation
I
made
there
has
been
I've
noticed.
There
has
been
the
vaccine
cards
that
people
get
from
out
of
state.
They
look
different.
I
I
can't
show
you
right
now
picked
my
c
when
I
was
looking
at
the
camera
like
with
that
the
vaccine
car
like
okay-
I
just
never
seen
though,
so
what
do
you
do
like?
Is
it
like?
Does
it
just
matter
that
you
say
vaccine
card
or
you
want
to
know
what
happens.
L
Yeah,
so
you
know
we
broadly,
you
know
we
made.
We
made
a
couple
of
policy
decisions
early
on
the
first
and
I
thought
an
important
one
was
to
not
require
people
to
show
a
separate
id
in
new
york.
You
have
to
show
your
government
issue
id
as
well
as
your
vaccine
card,
so
one
we
didn't
require
that
just
you
know
for
a
lot
of
you
know
immigrant
advancement
reasons,
as
well
as
the
burden
on
a
business
owner
to
be.
You
know
comparing
to
and
crossing
so
there
is
I'd
say
in
consistent
with
that.
L
So
there
is
some
honor
system
built
into
it,
but
we
do
think
that
that
strikes
the
right
balance,
because
there
is
such
a
broad
range
across
the
50
states
and
across
you
know,
international
boundaries
about
how
vaccine
proof
is
issued
and
we
didn't
want
to
require
anything
that
required
people
to
go
to
their
primary
care
doctor
get
their
physical
vaccination
record
if
they
didn't
get
a
cdc
card.
I
for
a
lot
until
I
got
my
booster,
I
didn't
have
my
my
cdc
card.
L
I
had
pictures
of
you
know
the
format
that
tufts
had,
for
you
know
public
health
officials
and
the
first
responders,
but
sort
of
recognizing
the
full
range
of
proof
that
people
had.
We
wanted
to
encourage
restaurants
to
you
know,
do
their
best
to
take
a
look
at
it,
but
also
you
know,
have
some
element
of
trust
that
that
people
are
presenting
what
they're
presenting.
B
B
The
second
piece
of
information
is
that,
if
you
are
on
the
personal
care
attendant
program
for
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts,
it's
paid
for
by
mass
health,
I
do
now
send
your
timesheets
and
all
your
paperwork
and
information
to
one
fiscal
intermediary,
and
that
is
tempest.
Unlimited
mass
health
is
having
a
session
for
pca
consumer
employers
on
that
go
to
tempusunlimited.org
for
more
information.
B
F
So
olivia,
when
you
asked
me
to
do
this
community
member
spotlight,
I
was
like
I
don't
know-
I'm
quiet
and
reserved.
I
don't
like
to
talk
about
myself,
just
kidding,
I'm
more
than
happy
to
do
it
and
if
anything,
you're
going
to
have
a
hard
time,
keeping
me
to
a
few
minutes.
So
my
name
is
carl
richardson.
I
have
been
a
resident
of
boston
for
almost
25
years.
F
F
F
F
B
B
M
A
M
First,
I
would
like
to
let
the
board
know
that
I'm
honored
to
have
been
reappointed
by
mayor
wu
as
the
city's
ada
title
ii
coordinator
and
disability
commissioner,
so
that
was
effective
in
december,
so
I
really
appreciate
it
and
if
anyone
could
describe
a
dream
job,
that's
what
I
have
so
I
feel
very
lucky
and
very
honored,
and
I
love
serving
my
city.
I
was
born
and
raised
in
south
boston.
I
still
live
there
and
I
just
love
my
job
more
than
I
could
ever
say.
So,
I'm
very
happy
about
that.
M
Oh
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
and,
as
carl
said,
he
is
an
original
board.
Member
and
he's
so
he's
been
on
the
commission.
The
board
was
formally
established
in
2009,
so
he's
been
on
for
13
years,
and
I've
been
in
my
role
as
commissioner
for
11
years
and
then
I
want
to
also
take
a
minute
to
introduce
our
new
staff
member.
Many
of
you
may
know
colleen
from
her
years
of
dedicated
advocacy
work
in
the
city,
but
colleen
flanagan
is
our
new
outreach
and
educate
and
engagement
coordinator,
so
welcome
colleen
she's
attending
her.
M
You
may
have
heard
that
mayor
news
mayor,
wu's,
inauguration
celebration
was
postponed
for
now
because
of
the
surge
of
omicron,
so
we'll
update
you
moving
forward.
If
that
is
rescheduled
and
then
some
updates
on
mass
and
cast
you
may
be
following
along
in
the
news,
but
the
city
has
made
a
real
commitment
to
get
people
services
and
get
them
into
more
safe
conditions
because
of
the
frigid
weather
and
the
unsafe
conditions
on
mass
and
cass.
So
mayor
wu
has
really
been
approaching
this
issue
through
a
public
health
lens
prioritizing
safety
and
health
of
residents.
M
So
far,
154
residents
have
been
relocated
to
either
shelter
or
low
threshold
housing
and
the
mayor's
made
a
real
commitment
to
low
threshold
housing,
because
some
people
refuse
shelter
or
housing
because
they
have
conditions
that
won't
support
it.
But
low
threshold
housing
allows
people
to
live
with
a
partner.
M
M
So
then,
just
to
reiterate
all
the
information
that
we
got
from
pj.
A
brief
update
on
vaccines,
boosters
and
testing
the
covet
19
omicron
variant
is
still
surging.
As
you
know,
in
hospitals
are
currently
over
capacity,
so
it's
really
important
to
stress
vaccination.
It
remains
as
our
best
tool
to
prevent
death,
severe
illness
and
spread.
M
M
M
M
M
Free
test
kits
are
available,
as
we
heard
from
the
federal
government
at
www.covatest.gov.
A
household
can
get
up
to
four
free
tests
and,
as
pga
went
into
in
detail
as
of
january
15th,
proof
of
at
least
one
dose
of
vaccine
for
people,
age,
12
and
up
is
required
in
all
of
boston's
dine-in.
Restaurants,
gyms
and
entertainment
venues,
proof
of
the
second
dose
kicks
in
on
february
15th
and
children
5
to
11
will
phase
in
beginning
march
1st
and
also
wanted
to.
M
M
Now
that
the
new
council
members
have
been
sworn
in
and
we
have
our
new
outreach
and
engagement
staff,
we
will
begin
working
on
the
actual
program.
So
our
next
steps
are
to
work
with
council
flynn's
office
to
convene
a
working
group
that
will
outline
the
details
of
the
program,
including
developing
an
outreach
plan
for
business
and
disability.
M
Community
members
and
colleen
will
be
working
closely
on
that
we're
going
to
lay
out
the
program
parameters,
including
the
formal
complaint
and
resolution
process,
create
tools
with
instructions
on
how
to
enable
captions
and
a
list
of
resources
for
businesses,
create
an
implementation
plan
and
establish
a
timeline
for
launching,
and
this
is
something
we
really
need
to
be
careful
with,
because
we
know
businesses
are
really
struggling
right
now
and
we
don't
want
to.
We
want
to
make
sure
this
message
gets
through
and
it's
a
priority.
So
we'll
probably
wait
a
little
bit
for
implementation.
M
We
need
time
to
develop
the
plan
anyway,
but
we
don't
want
to
launch
it
during
the
coven
mandate.
The
vaccine
mandate,
so
hopefully
in
the
spring,
we'll
be
launching
the
program
and
we
on
a
related
note,
we're
interviewing
a
candidate
this
week
for
our
full-time
in-house
asl
interpreter
position.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that
and
we
hope
that
this
will
work
out
and
we'll
get
that
person
on
board.
M
M
You
may
know
that
there's
a
hearing
next
week
on
three
bills
that
the
architectural
access
board
is
supporting
it's
next
thursday
january
26th
and
I
have
signed
up
to
testify
and
patricia
from
our
office,
is
also
testifying.
So
I
wanted
to
throw
it
out
to
the
board.
If
anybody
wants
to
testify
with
us,
you
can
form
a
panel.
So
if
you'd
like
to
testify,
the
two
main
pieces
of
the
bill
are
that
they
expand
accessible
housing
and
that
they
will
expand
the
aab's
power
to
enforce
workplace
access
right
now.
M
They
currently
cannot
do
that
for
any
places
that
are
strictly
for
employees.
So
welcome
anybody
to
testify
next
week
with
us.
Also
on
the
curb
ramp
settlement.
We
have
been
working
closely
with
the
public
works
department.
Their
new
ada
coordinator
is
in
place.
You
met
him
a
few
months
ago.
He
came
to
a
meeting,
but
he
just
submitted
his
first
annual
report
on
the
city's
progress.
M
So
we've
made
some
great
progress
so
far
in
just
a
few
months,
and
one
of
the
next
big
steps
that
we'll
unveil
is
we're
working
on
a
dedicated
form
for
our
web
page.
So
members
of
the
public
can
request
a
new
curb
ramp
if
one's
missing
or
request
repairs
to
a
broken,
curb
ramp,
so
stay
for
that
stay
tuned
for
that
launch
soon
and
then
my
last
slide
just
some
general
updates
olivia
covered
the
pca
program
changes.
M
Current
there
used
to
be
four
and
now
they're
all
transitioning
to
one
so
we're
trying
to
get
the
word
out
to
pca
and
consumer
employers
to
make
sure
they
get
their
paperwork
into
tempest
unlimited.
There
are
still
many
consumer
employers
who
haven't
completed
their
paperwork.
However,
pcas
will
still
be
paid
during
the
transition
process,
but
we
really
need
to
get
the
word
out
and,
as
olivia
said,
masshealth
is
holding
two
information
sessions
this
week.
They
are
tomorrow
and
friday
from
11
to
1
and
you
can
email
us.
M
M
M
It
can
all
be
kept
between
me
and
in
you.
So
if
you'd
like
to
volunteer
to
be
in
the
election
process,
please
email
me
and
I
encourage
anyone
who
hasn't
served
to
please
think
about
doing
so
and
that's
all
my
report,
I
can
take
questions
now
and
then
we're
going
to
hear
from
a
new
staff
member
in
the
mayor's
office.
Q
Hi
everyone,
it's
so
nice
to
meet
you
tonight.
My
name
is
anxie
moreno.
I
want
to
start
off
just
by
saying
thank
you.
I've
been
listening
in
the
work
and
the
policy
visions
that
you're
pushing
through
are
incredibly
important
to
making
boston
a
better
city,
and
I
met
actually
just
a
few
days
ago
or
maybe
time
is
time,
is
passing
through
very
quickly
so
sometime
in
the
past
week,
I
met
with
commissioner
mikash
and
andrea
patton
and
they
shared
with
me.
Q
The
work
you've
been
doing
like
the
reviewing
the
design
of
city
hall
plaza,
and
it
just
stuck
with
me
that
the
projects
you're
working
on
are
no
small
tasks,
and
I
truly
believe
that
they're
they
create
a
city
of
belonging
that
personally
matters
so
much
to
me.
So
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
started
off
by
saying.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
engagement
and
your
leadership.
Q
My
name
is
angie
moreno.
I
grew
up
in
roxbury
after
college.
I
was
a
project
manager
in
various
offices
in
new
york,
city
city
government
and
then
returned
back
home
to
work
on
mayor
wu's
campaign,
so
I'm
currently
serving
as
a
special
assistant
focusing
solely
on
boards
and
commissions
for
the
city,
and
I
wanted
to
share
what
our
goals
are
for
improving
what
I'm
calling
a
boards
and
commission's
program
and
provide
you
some
background
on
how
they've
run
before
so.
I
view
boards
and
commissions
as
an
incredible
tool
for
community
engagement.
Q
So
taking
a
step
back
for
me,
the
purpose
of
a
board
is
to
provide
relevant
city
departments
and
partners
a
strategic
direction
and
purpose.
But
to
me
an
effective
board
is
proactive
and
drives
the
department
to
use
a
lens
of
equity
in
the
work
they
do,
and
so
that's
the
bigger
vision
and
what
I'm
grounding
myself
in,
but
for
some
background
on
just
the
administrative
side
of
things.
We've
actually
never
had
a
staff
person
focus
solely
on
boards
and
commissions.
Q
So,
in
the
past
few
weeks
I
started
a
few
weeks
ago.
We've
been
filling
in
positions
that
need
immediate
appointments,
because
maybe
they
don't
have
quorum
or
they
really
need
to
meet
and
they
have
important
projects
but
moving
forward
to
bring
the
larger
vision
to
life
for
boards
and
commissions,
we'll
be
making
a
lot
of
administrative
changes,
such
as
providing
staff
and
board
members
more
support
and
training,
and
I
see
that
your
support
staff
have
been
incredible
in
providing
you
great
agendas
and
amazing
training,
so
you're
all
very
lucky.
Q
Q
I
want
to
build
more
partnerships
with
the
chief
of
community
engagement
and
the
chief
of
equity
and
our
community
partners
to
think
about
how
we
do
the
nomination
process
so
making
sure
we
are
reaching
out
to
as
many
community
organizations
as
possible
ahead
of
time
when
positions
do
open
up
to
make
sure
that
we're
bringing
in
more
people
more
voices.
And
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
are
involved
in
spreading
the
word
about
the
work
that
you
are
doing
and
the
positions
that
are
available.
Q
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
room
for
improvement
across
the
city
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
the
word
that
we're
getting
the
word
across
every
neighborhood
and
every
community
group,
and
that
will
require
having
a
very
clear
communications
plan
on
whether
that's
using
social
media,
whether
that's
attending
local
community
events
and
making
sure
that
we
have
a
plan
of
action
solely
for
communicating
what
the
work
you're.
Currently
doing
is
and
where,
where
I
need.
Your
support,
of
course
continue
to
look
for
policy
proposals
that
we
should
push
in
boston.
Q
You
are
our
years
on
the
ground
and
I've
heard
of
some
of
the
policy
visions
that
you've
pushed
through.
So
I
hope
you
continue
to
do
that
and
I
hope
to
be
a
support
system
for
you.
So
if
there's
a
problem
I
can
help
solve,
please
feel
free
to
email
me.
I
will
send
my
contact
information
or
to
give
me
a
call,
and
I
also
need
your
help-
to
get
more
people
involved.
Q
Q
I
have
a
few
on
my
radar
that
you've
worked
with
before,
but
you
know
as
you
go
about
your
days
and
you
get
involved
in
other
community
groups,
keyboards
and
commissions
in
mind,
and
it's
a
great
way
to
get
people
involved
locally
and
just
to
get
a
sense
of
what
they
can
do
so
I'll
send
that
over
and
my
email
information
as
well.
But
I
hope
you
know
how
grateful
we
are
that
you're
continuing
to
serve
and
continue
to
think
about
who
else
can
join
and
be
here
and
who's?
Q
Q
M
So
that's
the
one
I
talked
about
implementing
in
the
spring,
so
we're
really
trying
to
make
connections
with
the
city
council
as
well,
and
I
just
think
ancient
is
going
to
be
a
real
source
of
support,
especially
with
her
vision
and
working
to
implement
mayor
wu's
vision
with
the
community
boards.
So
I
hope
we
can
take
advantage
of
her
support
and
also
to
let
you
know
actually
one
big
thing
that
the
board
members
do.
M
Is
they
write
letters
of
support
or
concern
about
issues
on
the
state
level,
like
the
vaccine
rollout,
they
had
concerns
about
that
they've
written
letters
to
welcome
the
new
mayor
and
outlined
their
priorities
for
the
administration.
So
they
really
do
pack
a
punch
when
they
express
an
opinion.
So
I'm
always
encouraging
them
to
utilize
the
power
that
they've
been
granted
by
the
mayor.
Q
A
N
Yeah,
thank
you.
Hi
anshi,
it's
nice
to
meet
you
anna
and
you
know,
look
forward
to
working
with
you.
It
sounds
like
we'll
be
working
closely
with
with
your
office
and
the
mayor's
office,
and
I
appreciate
that
going
forward,
but
I
do
echo
the
commissioners
commissioner's
comments.
I
think
you
know
I've
been
on
the
board.
You
know
five
years
or
so,
and
I
I
think
it's
one
of
the
one
of
the
you
know
most
active
boards
that
I've
that
I've
had
the
pleasure
to
serve
on.
N
So
I
appreciate
I
appreciate
the
work
that
we
all
do.
One
thing
that
I
would
I
would
like
us
to
us
to
have
more
focus
on
is
to
yeah.
I
really
don't
know
because
our
meetings
are
virtual.
Now
I
really
don't
know
the
impact
that
we're
that
our
these
monthly
meetings
are
having.
So
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
figure
out
you
know
some
data
in
terms
of
how
many
people
are
are
actually
viewing
viewing
the
meetings.
N
I
don't
know
if
there's
any
way
to
collect
any
data
like
that
at
all.
I
don't
know
if
the
if
andrea
or
the
commissioner's
office
has
thought
about
that
or
or
you
know
they
can
work
with
you,
anxious
on
maybe
coming
up
with
ways
to
capture
that
data,
because
when
we
were
in
person
there
were
only
a
few
people
that
that
have
participated
regularly
from
the
public.
So
I
would
love
to
see
more
more
participation
by
the
public
at
the
monthly
meetings.
Q
Yes,
I
can
definitely
look
into
that.
I
can
I
I'll
meet
with
chief
pierre,
I'm
sure
I
can
at
least
look
for
the
past
year
and
see
what
that
was
looking
like,
or
maybe
pre
and
post
coverage
to
see
if
there's
a
shift
in
that
pattern,
but
you
know
I
believe
that
should
be
something
that
I
can
get
my
hands
on
so
I'll
reach
out
and
see
what
I
can
get
for.
You.
M
And
I'll
just
add
jerry,
we
do
push
out
different
ways
to
attend.
The
meeting
like
people
can
log
on
to
the
zoom,
but
some
people
don't
want
to
be
on
camera
or
participate.
They
just
want
to
watch.
So
we
always
push
out
that
you
can
watch
on
the
cable
channel
or
you
can
watch
online
just
on
the
boston.gov
webstream
or
you
can
participate
by
phone.
M
We
have
a
call-in
number
and
you
can
join
the
zoom
account,
so
we
might
not
be
able
to
get
numbers
on
everybody
who's
participating,
but
we
can
definitely
work
with
anshi
in
the
mayor's
office
to
see
how
we
can
determine
participation,
but
I
would
love
to
increase
participation,
and
I
hope
you
all
spread
the
word
about
our
meetings
when
they
come
up.
So
we'll
definitely
come
up
with
some
strategies
to
do
that.
A
N
Yeah,
you
know
it's
just
I
would
love
to
see
like
I
said
a
way
to
capture
like
you
know
the
views
or-
or
you
know
how
many
people
are
participating
in
whatever
way
they
they
feel
comfortable
to
participate
in
as
well.
So
I
did
have
one
additional
question
as
well,
where
anshi
you're
going
to
be
working
more
closely
with
with
us
and
with
all
the
boards
and
and
whatnot
will
the
will
the
interview
process
be
more
centralized
because
I
know
when
I
came
on
this
board,
you
know
that
was
handled
by
the
commissioner's
office.
N
Q
Well,
I
think
the
commissioner's
office
has
so
much
institutional
knowledge
that
it'll
definitely
rely
heavily
on
on
what
you
know.
They
know
and
the
community
partners
they
know,
but
you
know
we
want
to
make
the
entire
process
a
little
bit
more
open.
So
that
means
making
sure
ahead
of
time.
We
send
it
out
to
the
organization
so
that
they
at
least
get
a
notice
about
it
and
make
sure
we
have
as
many
nominations
as
possible
and
then
go
through
a
process
of
reviewing
and
making
those
phone
calls
to.
Q
We
just
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
not
just
some
thing
that
you
throw.
You
know
you
throw
a
resume
into,
but
then
maybe
it's
never
even
considered,
but
it
also
depends.
I
will
say
caveat
that
some
of
the
in
the
legislation
for
these
boards
and
commissions
have
very
specific
guidelines
for
who
can
be
appointed.
So
sometimes
it
has
to
be
a
use
delegate
and-
and
so
that
means
you
know,
some
applicants
won't
can't
be
considered.
M
Great,
I
can
just
add,
I
will
send
the
bylaws
out
to
everybody
again.
I
know
we've
sent
them
before,
but
I
will
send
them
out.
So
you
have
them,
and
one
thing
to
keep
in
mind
is
that
in
the
time
I've
been
commissioner,
I'm
on
my
fourth
mayor.
So
that's
four
different
administrations
and
every
administration
does
things
differently.
So
under
mayor
menino,
he
gave
me
like
broad
authority
to
just
handle
it
in
my
own
office,
but
with
a
new
administration
comes
new
opportunities
for
partnership.
M
P
P
M
B
M
B
A
This
is
andrea
with
the
commission
great
question.
I
know
that
two
of
the
my
understanding
is
that
the
three
new
folks
hired
one
is
a
deputy
director
of
the
office
and
then
two
are
state
relations.
Folks,
I
don't
recall
that
a
specific
federal
relations
person
has
been
named.
I
don't
know
if
the
deputy
director
is
handling
federal
relations
or,
if
there's
going
to
be
a
specific
federal
relations
person.
But
that
is
a
good
reminder
for
me
to
ask
that
question.
M
M
A
Sorry
this
is
andrea,
I
think,
but
correct
me
from
wrong.
Olivia
you're,
following
up
on
the
us
department
of
labor's,
offer
to
meet
with
the
advisory
board
in
addition
to
having
met
with
our
national
group.
Okay.
But
yes,
on
that
too.
We've
also
been
working
on
that
regarding
the
plaza,
also
old
business
that
we're
working
on.
A
F
P
Both
the
president
and
the
mayor
usually
do
not
get
a
state
of
the
fill
in
the
flank
during
their
first
year.
It's
usually
if
they
have
a
widely
broadcast
speech.
It's
not
called
that,
but
very
often
they
do
have
a
speech
that
sort
of
sets
them
up
for
what's
going
to
happen
for
the
year
ahead,
without
it
being
specifically
a
state
of
the
state
or
state
of
the
city,.