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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 09-24-15
A
It's
meeting
to
order
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
and
broadcast
by
Boston
City
TV,
which
is
part
of
the
city
of
Boston
office
of
cable
communications.
So
welcome
to
this
meeting
of
the
boss
of
Boston
disability
Commission
advisory
board.
Let's
start
with
introductions,
I'm
a
leg
rest
out,
I'm
the
vice
chair,
but
I'm
chairing
this
meeting
because
Heather
Watkins
our
chair
wasn't
able
to
be
here.
E
F
G
G
G
My
name
is
Ryan
Lori
I
am
an
architect
and
a
development
manager
for
the
real
estate
company
Eden's.
Forgive
me
if
I
appear
a
bit
nervous.
This
is
my
worldwide
television
debut
first
time
ever
on
TV
I'm
here
tonight
with
our
architect
Cathy
Belva,
stantec
and
Rob
Ricky.
Our
planning,
an
entitlement
consultant
from
four
point
associates.
G
So
first
tonight,
I'll
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
my
company
Eden's
and
touch
on
the
sort
of
big
idea,
master
plan
of
the
project
and
then
show
you
some
images
and
describe
them
of
accessibility,
components
on
other
similar
projects
that
we've
done
that
we
intend
to
implement
here
since
we're
really
sort
of
in
the
design
development
phase.
We
don't
have
big
details
worked
out
for
the
project,
specifically,
so
I'll
explain
some
examples.
G
G
Traditionally
we
we
own
sort
of
suburban-style
grocery
store
anchored
shopping,
centers,
not
very
exciting,
but
within
the
last
five
to
ten
years,
we've
made
a
push
into
more
urban
pedestrian
scaled
mixed-use
type
projects
like
this
one
at
South
Bay.
As
a
retail
developer.
We
have
an
inherent
sensitivity
to
the
public
space,
the
storefronts,
the
streetscape,
the
sidewalks.
We
found
that
the
success
of
our
retail
is
very
heavily
tied
to
the
quality
success
and,
of
course,
accessibility
of
that
public
space.
G
So
we
put
great
importance
on
that.
We
want
for
everyone
to
be
able
to
utilize
and
enjoy
the
great
spaces
that
we
try
to
create
so
eating
zones.
A
portion
of
the
existing
South
base
center
shown
here,
which
is
in
the
northern
end
of
Dorchester.
It's
located
sandwiched
between
I-93
to
the
east
ab
to
the
west.
Boston
Street
is
a
couple
blocks.
G
South
the
Andrew
Square
t
is
a
few
blocks
further
east
and
the
Newmarket
train
station,
which
eventually
will
become
a
TI
believe
as
well
as
sort
of
on
the
northern
edge
we've
acquired
about
10
acres
immediately.
South
of
this
area
for
this
project
and
that
that
area
is
currently
occupied
by
a
couple
vacant-
commercial
retail
buildings
and
operating
concrete
plant,
one
vacant
house
and
a
whole
lot
of
asphalt
and
our
master
plan
for
the
project
includes
five
buildings
shown
here.
A
mr.
Richardson
models
in
front
of
you.
G
G
F
G
G
Edens
loves
the
simplicity,
the
ease
of
use,
the
use
of
maintenance
of
cast-in-place
concrete.
That's
what
we
implement
on
all
of
our
centers,
what's
shown
here,
which
is
simple,
smooth,
concrete
sidewalks,
with
a
light
broom
texture
for
good
traction.
What's
also
shown
here
and
in
the
next
slide,
you'll
notice.
C
G
D
G
G
B
G
E
G
G
They're,
probably
they're
shown
here
at
15
feet,
but
we
haven't
specified
that
yeah
I'll
get
I
can
continue
on
to
some
dimensional
information
about
regarding
circulation.
I
put
it
I.
Put
this
slide
in
here
title
unobstructed,
circulation
I
feel
like
this
is
sort
of
a
simple
topic
that
a
lot
of
retail
developments
tend
to
miss
that
direct
broad
circulation
space,
that's
unimpeded
by
furnishings
by
signage
plantings.
G
We
found
out
to
be
very
important
on
a
project
that
we
worked
on
in
Washington,
DC,
immediately
adjacent
to
Gallaudet
University,
which
has
a
significant
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
population,
and
we
found
that
these
folks,
when
they
stroll
on
the
store
friends
converse
with
signs,
they
need
to
have
more
space
between
them.
So
it
certainly
helps
in
that
regard,
as
well
as
a
little
more.
Space
is
helpful
for
everyone
to
be
able
to
move
at
their
own
pace
as
well,
more
comfortable
environment,
that's
more
direct,
and
so
a
simple
street
section
here.
G
The
minimum
in
some
cases
is,
is
about
8
feet
or
it
gets
tight.
We
certainly
love
outdoor
dining
and
cafes,
but
we
work
to
keep
that
sort
of
a
long
facade
and
then
have
our
clear
space
and
then
followed
by
a
buffer
to
the
street,
with
some
landscape
and
plantings
to
help
define
the
street
edge
and
buffer
it,
and
that
clear
space
goes
on
up
to
12
feet
and
Beyond
in
some
areas
of
the
project.
There.
E
G
Avoid
that
one
step-
and
this
diagram
I
included
here-
indicates
that
the
majority
of
the
public
space
is
at
two
percent
or
less
it's
a
relatively
flat
site.
There
are
a
couple
areas
on
the
edges
that
are
indicated
in
the
yellow,
where
the
project
site
meets
the
surrounding
rates,
where
it
has
a
little
bit
steeper
around
about
4%,
but
it
still
doesn't
require
Rams.
Yes,
we
were
nervous
that
the
northern
end
might
require
some
ramping,
but
we're
working
through
it
to
ensure
that
it's
just
a
more
gentle
slope
that
would
require
ramps
or
any
steps.
C
E
We've
had
a
lot
of
issues
with
copley
I
know
it's
an
older
site,
but
with
Simon
in
particular
and
I'm
wondering
I
know
they
have
a
lot
of
brick
and
they
have
different
entrances.
Ramps
versus
stairs
and
wayfinding
is
a
nightmare
for
people
with
disabilities.
So
I'm
wondering
about
signage
to
its
elevators
and
entrance
what
the
door
entrances
will
be
like
it,
they're
going
to
be
the
round
turnstile
doors
or
they
sliding
doors
because,
like
I
said
it
in
some
of
the
Simon
properties,
it's
just
been
really
difficult.
E
Just
to
try
to
get
into
the
properties.
So
I'm
wondering
if
it's
a
common
entrance,
all
level
which
is
great
to
know,
but
also
what
the
door
is
alike
and
what
sign
is
like
to
the
elevators,
because
when
you
have
a
bunch
of
people
they
are
bustling
and
shopping.
It's
really
difficult.
If
the
elevator
is
not
a
power
to
try
to
find
it.
If
it's
down
a
hall
or
you
know
not
right
inside
the
entrance,
could
you
just
talk
about
that.
G
G
E
That's
one
of
the
biggest
things
from
mitigation
of
accessibility
issues
like
I,
said
people
with
sensory
disabilities.
They
can,
if
it's
not
a
parent,
it's
really
difficult
to
to
navigate
in
crowds.
So
if
you
could
be
aware
of
that,
my
hope
would
be
with.
This
is
such
a
large
development
that
it
could
even
be
a
model
project
for
accessibility
where
you
were
so
willing
to
come
and
present
to
the
board
and
open
to
our
ideas.
E
So
maybe
we
could
work
with
you
moving
forward
to
try
to
come
up
with
the
point
of
the
checklist
is
so
that
teams
don't
just
meet
minimum
compliance,
but
they
think
about
accessibility,
all
the
way
through
so
starting
at
the
beginning
and
then
working
with
us
to
implement
new
strategies.
Like
the
point
you
brought
up
for
people
who
are
deaf,
that's
a
great
point
to
give
more
room
for
people
who
sign
so
things
like
that.
I'm
glad
to
know
they're
on
your
radar
and
this.
C
Is
a
unique
opportunity,
because
it's
all
you
new
construction
thinking,
I'm
keep
working
with
new
construction
and
adult
hasn't
been
fully.
Thank
you
well,
I
think
we
have
a
chance
to
to
make
an
impact,
a
positive
impact
for
everybody
could
when
you
improve
it,
for
people
with
disabilities,
you
are
up
and
improve
it
for
others
to
without
even
realizing
it
I
mean
residential,
come
in
unit
and
how
many
are
going
to
be
made.
G
G
C
D
B
And
hopefully
get
some
kind
of
jobs
done
at
jons,
but
that
you're
starting
out
and
you're
doing
this
and
you've
you,
you,
you
think
your
bill
to
make
a
plan
for
somebody
with
a
disability.
Are
you
hiring
people
with
disabilities
to
make
sure
that
that's
actually
the
working
plan,
so
I
mean
you're
gonna
go
you're
going?
You
can
have
a
hundred
people
that
don't
have
a
disability
makes
up
for
somebody
to
disability
and
just
one
little
twist,
I
inch
off
could
be
a
major
hurdle
for
somebody.
So
I'm
just
curious
to
know.
B
I
do
have
in
your
plans
to
hire
people
disability,
it's
going
to
be
a
financial
institution
within
the
neighborhood
and
then
neighborhood.
There
are
people
to
have
learning
disabilities.
Some
physical
disabilities
did
jobs
going
to
be
created,
for
these
people
are,
or
at
least
some
of
the
jobs
be
slotted
where
even
if
it's
just
given
a
man
of
broom
to
sweep
the
floor
can
give
them
a
lot
of
dignity.
So
I'm
just
wondering,
have
you
looked
at
that
area
at
all.
E
I
think
that's
something
we
can
work
on
together
moving
forward
and
that's
a
great
point.
Moses
I
was
going
to
mention
that
because
I
don't
know,
if
you
know
the
area
really
well,
but
Moses
you
may
know,
is
this
near
the
Public
Health
Commission
shelter?
Is
this
property
it's
near
the
homeless.
Shelter
is.
B
F
B
Gonna
have
a
large
population
of
of
people
that
who
are
homeless
have
mental
illness
visit
st.
visit
me
in
your
place
as
you
go
forth.
I
will
caution
you
to
train
your
staff
to
deal
with
this
population
that
you're
going
to
have
to
deal
with.
If
you
never.
If
they
don't
know
how
to
deal
with
somebody,
they
had.
This
have
an
episode.
Then
this
call
the
problem
for
you,
but
if
you
taught
them
in
the
beginning,
hey
we're
going
to
have
people
around
here
that
may
have
some
sort
of
issues.
B
Let's
put
a
little
fall
for
a
little
forethought
into
this
and
train
our
staff
to
deal
with
people
who
have
disabilities
I
mean
you
got
security
guy,
but
you
train
them
how
to
take
down
an
aggressive
individual.
Have
you
trained
them
how
to
address
an
individual
who's
going
into
an
episode
or
what
triggers
people
off,
and
these
little
things
will
help.
E
You
could
come
through
us
just
contact
me
yep,
and
we
can
link
you
with
the
right
people
for
another
right
ones,
but
I'm
really
glad
that
you
all
came
just
so
that
we
could
point
out
these
issues
that
it's
definitely
brick
and
mortar,
but
it's
much
more
than
that
to
its
being
a
good
neighbor
to
the
community,
which
are
residents
who
live
there
with
disabilities,
visitors
with
disabilities
and
the
homeless,
shelter.
It's
the
I
believe
it's
the
city's
biggest
homeless
shelter
and
it's
only
a
few
blocks
away.
So
I
think
Moses
is
right.
B
Across
the
other
side
there,
so
you
wanna,
yeah
I,
think
you
really
want
to
pay
attention
to
that,
so
it
doesn't
become
a
problem.
You'd
be
best
way
to
beat,
you
know
is
prepare
for.
If
you
don't
plan
something
you
always
feel.
So
if
you
plan
to
know
that
this
that
segments
coming
I
think
will
be
a
feather
in
your
cap.
D
A
G
Sorry,
you
guys
were
so
quick
in
the
beginning.
I
started
to
drag
it
out.
A
few
more
things.
I'll
speak
to
our
parking
garage.
We
like
to
be
open
and
airy
and
bright.
We
illuminate
our
parking
garages
to
eight
to
ten
foot
candles,
which
is
twice
the
standard
of
most
parking
garages
and
parking
lots
that
you'll
experience.
We
paint
the
underside
of
the
the
ceiling
bright
white,
so
you
get
a
nice
ambient
lighting
as
opposed
to
the
glare
conditions
that
you
often
get.
G
Another
parking
decks
makes
for
a
much
more
comfortable,
safe
atmosphere
in
our
garages,
and
the
last
topic
I'll
speak
to
is
connectivity,
while
accessibility
within
South
Bay
is
important.
It's
also
important
to
us
that
we
provide
those
accessible
links
to
the
surrounding
neighborhood
and
to
greater
boston
as
a
whole.
So
we've
been
working
with
the
VRA
to
take
on
the
work
of
renovating
the
sidewalk
infrastructure,
that's
to
the
south
and
west
of
the
project.
It's
it's
lacking
maintenance.
It's
narrow!
It's
inaccessible,
we're
non-existent
in
some
in
some
areas,
so
one
location.
G
G
G
G
G
And
my
last
slide
is
just
some
facts
that
I
added
we
sort
of
spoke
through.
The
first
few
I
promised
some
some
items
on
the
residential
which
we
mentioned
as
well
actor.
The
affordable
and
accessible
units
listed
here,
Mill
Creek
will
be
our
residential
development
partner.
They
are
an
M
HRP
member.
They
employ
an
independent
third
party
consultant
to
do
drawing
reviews
during
design
that
comes
out
to
the
site,
to
observe
instruction
progress
and
check
for
issues
and
also
provides
fair
housing
training
for
their
development
and
construction
staff.
G
G
G
A
G
G
B
G
B
G
A
F
A
Right,
we'll
move
on
to
the
chairs
report
and
I
have
some
notes
from
Heather
things
that
she
wanted
us
to
discuss.
She
had
two
main
points.
One
is
that
she
wanted
to
draw
everyone's
attention
to
the
article
that
came
out
on
in
the
Boston
Globe
on
august
10th
written
by
Carol
Steinberg
who's,
a
lawyer
who
has
a
disability.
A
It
has
a
lot
of
work
on
access
and,
as
president
of
the
disability,
Law,
Center
and
Heather
says
that
she
founded
a
great
article
and
she
particularly
brings
it
to
our
attention
because
it
mentioned
two
bills
in
the
Massachusetts
legislature.
Right
now
that
we
could
choose
to
write
letters
about,
and
one
is
House
bill
1021,
which
would
require
medical
facilities
to
purchase
equipment
like
exam
tables,
chairs,
scales,
x-ray
machines
and
so
on
and
follow
procedures
to
meet
patients.
A
Accessibility
needs,
and
this
is
very
important,
because
wheelchair
users
often
do
not
have
access
to
proper
health
care.
So
we
could
consider
supporting
that
bill
with
the
letter
and
the
other
is
Senate
bill
1323,
which
would
improve
employment
opportunities
and
increase
the
supply
of
accessible
housing.
It
would
expand
the
jurisdiction
of
the
architectural
access
board,
which
currently
has
no
say
over
workplaces
unless
they
are
open
to
the
public,
meaning
that
people
physical
disabilities
are
cut
off
with
cut
off
from
potential
jobs.
A
A
C
Bills
have
been
well
the
second
one
I,
don't
remember
the
first
one,
but
the
second
one
within
the
session
last
year,
and
we
voted
out
of
committee
but
for
some
reason
didn't
make
it
onto
the
floor.
So
it
was
closed,
so
I
think
a
little
pressure
would
would
put
the
second
bill
in
the
right
direction.
I
agree.
A
C
C
H
Was
going
to
say,
I
was
just
going
to
say:
I
have
the.
If
you
have
specific
questions,
I
have
the
language
on
Senate
bill.
1323
and
also
I
spoke
to
the
disability
Law
Center
today,
and
they
wanted
me.
They
would
like
me
to
mention
that
they
are
still
looking
for
co-sponsors.
So
if
anybody
knows
anybody
who
would
like
to
co-sponsor
that
bill
I
know
that
they're
looking
for
more
senators
to
co-sponsor
thanks
and
that's
the
one.
E
H
E
That's
in
this
one
yep
has
everybody
heard
about
that
change,
because
I
saw
an
article
on
it
a
few
months
ago.
I
guess
I
knew
it
was
a
bill.
I
didn't
know
which
one
but
I
guess
it's
included
in
this
bill.
It
would
strike
the
word
handicap
from
the
state
law
and
replace
it
with.
Is
it
people
with
disabilities
or.
H
Access,
it
is,
it
says,
strike
handicapped
persons
and
inserting
in
place
there
of
the
following
words:
persons
with
a
disability,
physically
handicapped
person,
to
person
with
a
disability
physically
handicapped
person.
So
it
has
everywhere
in
in
that
where
it
says
physically
handicapped
person,
change
it
to
person
with
a
disability
and.
E
A
A
F
A
A
F
C
A
The
other
issue
that
Heather
brought
up
in
her
report
was
about
the
change
in
the
open
meeting
law
relating
to
our
ability
to
have
remote
participation
by
the
phone
or
by
Internet
in
our
meetings,
and
so
she
quoted
an
email
that
Jeff
Dugan
from
the
mass
office
and
disability
sent
out,
including
some
language
from
the
mass
office
on
disabilities
staff
attorney
about
how
we
could
implement
that.
And
so
it's
a
process
for
enacting
remote
participation
for
the
for
the
Commission.
A
So
they
write
that
below
that
note
that
the
roll
call
vote
can
be
done
to
allow
remote
participation
for
a
particular
meeting
only
or
in
the
alternative.
The
vote
can
be
for
all
meetings
going
forward.
You
need
only
denote
such
fact
during
the
vote
and
in
the
minutes,
and
there
are
just
three
steps
that
we
would
have
to
take
to
do
that.
The
first
step
is
to
have
a
quorum
of
commissioners
physically
president,
which
we
do
right
now
and
step
to
have
us.
A
Take
a
recorded
roll
call
vote
of
the
following,
and
the
language
is
pursuant
to
mgl
mass
general
law
c30,
a
section
20
e.
We
now
vote
to
authorize
remote
participation
and
then
either
generally
to
all
the
commission's
meetings
or
for
the
specific
meeting
and
step
three
would
be
to
enter
that
into
the
minutes
and
if
the
vote
was
yes
that
would
be
in
effect.
So
does
anyone
have
any
questions?
Is
it
clear
what
that
means?
So
you
have
to
do
that
at
the
start
of.
A
D
D
C
A
C
Remember
that
I
was
clarified.
You
don't
mind
me
please.
My
understanding
was
that
before
ever
emote
petition
was
not
allow
remote
participation
was
not
allowed
and
that
they
said.
Okay
well,
allow
it,
but
you
still
have
to
have
a
physical
harm
to
allow
it
otherwise
they're
afraid
of
nobody
showing
them
from
everybody.
Talking
over
the
father,
yeah.
A
I
think
that
I
have
the
same
understanding,
except
that
I
believe
that
the
intention
of
the
Bill
of
the
bill
was
different,
that
the
intention
was
actually
to
allow.
That
might
be
the
kid,
but
I
agree
with
you
about
the
reality,
so
so
I,
let's
go
ahead
and
vote
on
that.
Unless
anyone
has
other
questions
Carl
did
you
want
to
make
a
motion
sure
I.
C
A
H
A
A
E
First,
my
report
is
I.
Have
some
news
about
the
board
membership
been
rue?
Has
let
us
know
that
he
will
be
stepping
down
from
his
position
on
the
board,
so
we
have
one
opening
currently
he's
resigned
immediately
when
he
sent
us
a
letter.
He
thanked
us
all
for
our
hard
work
and
he's
very
interested
in
staying
involved.
E
He
just
has
a
lot
of
other
things
on
his
plate
right
now,
so
we
have
an
opening,
like
I
said,
and
I
don't
I
do
still
have
some
resumes
from
the
last
opening
because
it
wasn't
that
long
ago,
so
I'm
going
to
review
them
and
also
post
it
probably
for
a
month
or
so
so
if
anyone
knows
who's
injured
anyone
who's
interested,
please
let
them
know.
Yes,.
B
B
E
Wants
to
send
recommendations
of
people
for
the
board
and
that's
fine.
So
in
my
office
some
news
I
have
a
new
hire
starting
in
two
weeks.
She
is
chanel
Smitherman.
She
is
a
young
woman
who
just
graduated
from
wentworth
institute
of
technology,
so
she
has
a
degree
in
architecture
she's
going
to
be
working
under
Catherine
to
help
with
a
a
B
and
the
RA
projects.
E
She'll
be
a
project
coordinator,
so
hopefully
she
can
be
the
liaison
to
the
board
to
help
you
all
get
projects
to
you
for
written
comment
or
just
information,
so
that
you'll
know
what's
going
on
I
know,
that's
been
a
lack
of
a
link
really
between
the
board
and
the
aab,
because
there
are
so
many
projects
that
happen,
and
so
we
hope
that
she'll
be
able
to
connect
with
you
moving
forward.
So
she
starts
October.
Fifth.
E
E
B
E
Administrative
news
city
hall
now
has
to
completely
ad
a
compliant
bathrooms
there.
On
the
fifth
floor.
There
are
single
stalls
they
were
fairly
accessible
before,
but
the
sink
was
kind
of
in
the
way.
So
now
they've
moved
the
sink
and
lessened
the
door
opening
pressure
before
it
was
too
heavy.
So
now
they're
completely
accessible,
they're,
also
gender
neutral
bathrooms.
I.
Don't
know
people
saw
that
announcement
over
the
summer.
So
that's
a
big
win
for
City
Hall,
all
right
updates.
On
some
recent
activities.
E
We
participated
in
the
disability
summit,
the
first
annual
disability
summit
at
the
abilities
Expo
last
week,
I
spoke
about
ad
a
title
to
government
services,
local
government
services.
Over
the
past
25
years,
I
gave
an
update
on
what
the
city
was
like
before
the
ad
a
25
years
ago.
What
changes
we've
made
in
the
last
25
years
and
what
the
city
looks
like
now.
E
Some
of
the
things
I
highlighted
were
the
access
paths
on
City
Hall,
plaza
the
captioning
at
our
meetings
and
City
Hall
city
council
meetings
and
the
transition
plan
for
curb
cuts,
making
them
in
concrete
with
yellow
tactile
warnings.
I
can
send
you
all
the
power
point
if
you're
interested
in
seeing
the
changes
throughout
the
years
in
the
city,
we
also
participate
in
the
abilities
Expo
we
had
a
table.
We
had
some
volunteer
help
from
Kim
viata,
Thank,
You,
Kim,
yada,
Moses
and
I.
Believe
sorry.
So
it
was
a
great
great
event.
E
That
will
be
out
in
the
next
few
weeks,
so
I
met
with
the
inspector
general's
staff
last
week
just
to
update
them
our
work
on
the
revising
the
city's
handicapped
parking,
so
I'm
going
to
wait
until
their
report
comes
out
and
then
I'm
going
to
write
up
my
recommendations
and
I'll
send
them
to
the
subcommittee
who
met
on
the
handicapped
parking
changes
last
year,
and
I
can
update
the
board
at
next
month's
meeting
prior
to
making
the
recommendations
to
Mayor
Walsh.
Does
anyone
have
questions
or
input
about
that.
E
Okay,
we
also
are
working
on
the
disability,
housing
task
force
that
Moses
is
on.
We
are
waiting
to
schedule
our
next
date
and
we
are
going
to
take
some
action
steps
from
here
on
out
it
pretty
much.
It's
just
been
ideas
floating
around,
but
now
we
want
to
take
some
steps
to
actually
make
recommendations
to
Mayor
Walsh
to
improve
housing
for
people
with
disabilities.
Moving
forward
go
boston,
2030
is
a
transportation
and
policy
and
project
initiative
being
undertaken
by
boston
transportation
department.
They
are
still
looking
for
suggestions
on
how
to
improve
transportation
in
the
city.
E
They
are
having
a
pop-up
outreach
events
in
the
next
few
weeks.
We
can
send
you
those
dates
and
locations
if
you
would
like
to
contribute
any
ideas
to
that
and
other
than
that
I
believe
we
have
captain's
update.
Oh
I'm,
sorry,
one
of
the
update
October
is
National
Employment,
Awareness
Month,
and
I'm
doing
a
lunch
and
learn
training
for
city
hall
staff
next
friday
in
this
room
at
twelve
o'clock.
If
anyone
would
like
to
come,
you're
welcome
to
I'm
going
to
do
a
presentation
on
welcoming
people
with
disabilities
in
the
workplace.
E
So
it's
an
hour
long
presentation
and
you're
welcome
to
come.
Disability
mentoring
day
this
year
will
be
october.
Six,
it's
going
to
be
with
jetblue
at
Logan
Airport
we're
going
to
bring
a
group
of
disabled
people
from
the
Boston
area
to
have
a
day
of
training
in
mentoring
and
learning
about
job
opportunities.
At
JetBlue.
We
have
our
film
series
coming
up
in
October.
Do
you
have
the
date
of
that
Jessica.
H
H
H
E
So
that
concludes
my
report
and
I
will
just
move
into
Catherine's
architecture
reports
and
she
was
unable
to
attend
tonight.
One
thing
captains
working
on
is
creating
an
app
for
accessible
route
planning
trips
for
pedestrians.
We've
been
working
on
this
with
Public,
Works
and
BTD
for
a
while
to
try
to
create
an
app
that
people
could
use
on
a
smartphone
to
put
in
a
location
beginning
an
end
point,
and
then
it
would
map
out
a
route
that
route
that's
accessible
with
sidewalks
curb
cuts,
slopes
and
accessible
pedestrian
signals.
E
So
that's
under
development,
now
she's
working
with
a
group
of
students
from
Brandeis,
and
we
hope
to
have
a
pilot
down
in
the
next
few
months,
we're
also
working
without
the
cities
across
the
country.
We
have
a
meeting
of
phone
conference
call
next
week
with
Baltimore
see
what
else
we
have
continued
participation
in
the
vision,
zero
task
force,
which
is
a
group
that
has
the
goal
of
making
Boston,
have
zero
pedestrian
deaths.
E
Many
other
cities
in
the
country
working
on
this
initiative
as
well
and
pedestrian
deaths
also
include
bicyclists
and
if
you
follow
the
news
of
and
several
pretty
gruesome
bicycle
deaths
over
the
summer.
So
it's
something
that
we
put
a
lot
of
thought
in
when
planning
streets,
sidewalks
and
bike
lanes
and
bike
lanes
have
become
standard
practice
in
the
city.
So
it's
really
important
that
we
are
aware
of
safety
and
really
putting
the
pedestrians
before
vehicles.
When
we
plan
our
sidewalks
and
streets.
E
There's
also
an
opportunity
to
weigh
in
on
a
newbie
are
a
development
planning
process.
It's
a
newbie
are
a
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
planning
process
that
they're
doing
in
South
Boston
and
JP
and
West
Roxbury.
There
are
workshops
on
october,
first
in
September,
30th,
where
you
can
participate
to
help
vision.
A
new
development
of
main
corridors
in
these
streets
and
catherine
has
more
information
on
the
details.
I
don't
know
much
about
it,
but
I
can
ever
send
you
details
and
email
if
you
like
to
like
to
participate
and
other
than
that.
E
Catherine
is
also
on
the
subcommittee
of
aav
who's,
rewriting
the
regulations
that
we
talked
about
to
make
the
aab
equivalent
to
put
the
ad
a,
and
that
would
be
a
huge
benefit
for
people
with
disabilities
on
the
state,
because,
basically,
we
wouldn't
even
have
to
go
by
the
ad
a
we
could
go
by
a
a
B,
because
it
would
be
the
same
regulations
and
that
will
give
us
a
lot
more
local
control.
People
wouldn't
have
to
go
through
the
feds.
E
When
they
have
complaints,
they
could
actually
have
them
resolved
at
the
state
level
through
tom
hopkins.
Who
is
a
huge
ally
of
people
disabilities
and
we
we
had
a
thought
of
asking
for
a
letter
of
support
for
this
separately.
Is
that
the
same
letter
that
we
talked
about?
Ok,
so
that's
the
letter
that
we
talked
about
earlier,
ok,
and
that
is
it
for
Catherine's
report
in
my
report.
Thank
you.
Does
anyone.
A
A
C
A
H
C
A
B
At
the
the
the
X
for
the
air
and
a
guy
brought
something
to
my
attention
and
I
wanted
to
bring
it
to
the
board
attention.
He
said
that
when
he
comes
down
the
wilt
down
up
the
sidewalk
and
they
have
the
yellow
paddock
thing,
he
said
that
a
lot
of
them
are
faced
right
out
to
the
middle
of
the
street
instead
of
going
from
one
side
to
the
other
side.
So
if
you
come
down
there
and
you
move
in
any
kind
of
speed,
you
are
liable
to
the
end
up
in
the
middle
of
the
street.
B
Also.
He
said
that
if
somebody
that
was
blind
was
walking
and
they
would
use
that
as
a
as
a
guide,
it
sends
them
right
into
the
middle
of
the
street.
So
I
was
just
wondering
if
their
way
to
we
can
look
at
that
and
see
because
I
mean,
as
you
well
know,
if
you're
going
down.
This
is
slippery
and
you
hit
that
you
hit
that
that
down
pat
you
know
right
into
the
middle
street
and
get
hurt
both.
C
B
E
Think
are
you?
Are
you
talking
about
that
there
on
the
corner
instead
of
you
on
the
side?
Yes,
ok,
so
those
are
called
apex,
curb
cuts,
yep
and
they're,
actually
not
allowed
by
the
aab,
unless
there
are
certain
circumstances
that
require
them
like.
There
are
three
instances
when
they
are
allowed.
One
is
a
vault
or
a
it's
like
a
light
pole
that
can't
be
moved.
I
forget
the
other
two,
but
they're
all
technical
reasons
why
they're
allowed
in
any
new
development?
That's
something
catheter
and
I.
E
Look
at
on
all
the
plans,
so
there
should
be
no
new
xscope
cuts
being
built,
but
there
are
plenty
of
them
existing
in
the
city.
Your
friend
was
right
about
that.
Okay,
I
said
there
are
plenty
of
them
already
existing
in
the
city.
Your
friend
was
right
about
that.
So
when
we
do
reconstruction
of
intersections,
we
always
move
them
to
the
side,
so
they
line
up
with
the
crosswalk
because
the
apec
ones,
like
you
said
they
lead
you
out
into
the
middle
of
the
crosswalk,
which
is
very
dangerous.
That's
why
they're
illegal
I.
B
E
A
E
A
F
A
C
A
C
No
matter
what
and
let
that
restaurant
will
consider
enough
to
also
produce
what
a
Braille
large
print
so
no
they're,
not,
but
I
think
the
way
they
get
around
it
legally
and
I'm
not
saying
I
ain't
necessarily
agree
with
this,
but
they
can
say
it's
a
reasonable
accommodation
for
the
person
to
work
there
to
read.
You
demand.
Yes,
I
think
that
pal
I
think
that's
how
business
is
done.
Establishment
get
around
because
they
can
say
they
can
always
make
their
employers
I
mean
the
employees
read
the
menu
to
them.
Okay,.
E
It
might
be
something,
though,
that
we
could
list
as
a
best
practice
and
do
our
reach
to
businesses,
not
that
they
have
to
do
it.
But
to
say
you
know
if
you
haven't
thought
about
it,
that
could
actually
work
into
our
main
streets
program
that
Kathryn
and
I
are
working
on
to
make
businesses
kind
of
like
model
businesses
for
people
with
disabilities,
the
access,
Main,
Street
and
that's
a
great
point.
We
could
put
it
in
the
training
now.