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From YouTube: Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 1-22-20
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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 1-22-20
Meeting starts at 11:55
A
Everyone,
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
a
part
of
the
city
of
Boston.
The
office
of
cable
communications
now
I
hand
it
over
to
Gerry.
I
J
B
K
So
good
evening,
everyone,
my
name's
Sebastian
Zapata
I,
live
in
Jamaica
Plain
I
am
the
census
liaison
here
at
City
Hall,
and
what
that
entails
is
trying
to
get
the
most
accurate
and
complete
count
possible
ahead
of
this
year's
decennial
census.
I.
Think
for
a
lot
of
folks
they're
familiar
with
the
version
of
the
census
that
happens
every
ten
years,
it's
constitutionally
mandated
and
it's
required
to
get
an
accurate
count
of
all
folks
that
are
living
within
the
continental,
United,
States
and
territories.
K
And
so
what
I
wanted
to
do
tonight
was
just
give
you
a
presentation
about
just
what
has
happened
so
far
from
ten
years
ago.
Historically,
what
is
the
importance
of
the
Census
itself?
How
has
Boston
done
and
what
have
you
been
doing
so
far
to
sort
of
get
an
accurate
and
complete
count
and
then
just
hop
into
discussion
and
dialogue
versus
just
sort
of
speaking
at
folks?
K
So
in
terms
of
the
census,
it
really
breaks
down
into
three
big
themes
of
what
stems
after
we
get
all
the
data
back
of
the
census,
the
first
being
representation
so
based
off
of
the
count
reapportionment
will
happen
along
the
lines
of
how
many
seats
are
in
Congress
and
therefore
the
influence
in
the
electoral
college,
the
second
being
redistricting.
So
again,
all
levels
of
government
will
have
their
lines,
redrawn,
congressional
state
and
also
local
lines
and
I.
K
Think
for
a
lot
of
communities
when
you
think
about
how
do
we
combat
historically
gerrymandered
districts,
it
starts
with
census
data
to
actually
have
districts
that
are
formed
to
reflect
folks
that
actually
live
within
them
accurately,
and
the
third
big
piece
which
often
hits
home
for
a
lot
of
folks
is
the
federal
funding
aspect
behind
the
Census
itself.
So
based
off
of
2010
Massachusetts
receives
about
16
billion
dollars
per
year
over
the
past
ten
years.
That
goes
to
fund
a
lot
of
vital
programs
and
services
that
a
lot
of
vulnerable
populations
depend
on.
K
So
that's
what
it
breaks
down
into
Head
Start,
section,
8
vouchers,
Medicare
met
cade
tied
one
education
grants
which
go
to
Boston,
Public
Schools,
free
through
school
lunches
and
breakfasts
--es
and
Boston
Public
Schools
as
well,
get
funded
from
that,
and
there
was
a
really
interesting
study
done
by
George
Washington
University,
that
determined
on
a
per
capita
basis.
It
equates
to
twenty
four
hundred
dollars,
either
gain
or
loss
depending
on
how
many
folks
get
counted
or
not
counted
in
the
census.
K
The
next
big
thing
I
wanted
to
sort
of
highlight
for
folks
here
today
is
just
about
what's
changed
from
ten
years
ago,
so
you
may
or
may
not
have
heard
the
fact
that
these
census
is
going
to
be
predominantly
online
for
the
first
time
ever,
and
so
what
does
that
mean
for
a
lot
of
our
communities?
That
might
not
be
extremely
computer
literate
or
don't
actually
have
broadband
adoption?
So
you
know
that
in
particular,
looking
at
the
access
piece,
it's
not
really
an
issue
in
the
city
of
Boston,
vast
majority.
K
Bostonians
do
have
access
to
Internet.
It's
again
just
that
issue
of
broadband
adoption
about
20%
of
Bostonians
have
yet
to
adopt
broadband
internet.
So
how
do
we
partner
with
the
existing
computer
labs,
such
as
the
ones
found
in
Boston,
public
libraries,
Boston,
tenants,
youth
and
families
Boys
and
Girls
Clubs
YMCAs,
where
there's
already
existing
technology
that
we
can
sort
of
situate
these
places
to
be
de
facto
questionnaire
assistance
centers?
Where
folks
can
come
in
and
ask
questions
if
they
want
a
piece
of
technology
to
utilize?
They
have
that
to
do
so.
K
Another
big
aspect-
that's
sort
of
changing-
is
a
bit
of
a
challenge.
This
time
around
is
the
reduced
funding
that
the
Census
Bureau
is
dealing
with.
Essentially,
the
Census
Bureau
has
level
funding
from
ten
years
ago
and
if
you've
ever
dealt
with
the
budget,
you
know
that
10
years
ago,
dollar
figure
today
is
essentially
a
massive
cut,
and
so
what
that
has
resulted
in
is
the
fact
that
there
are
no
regional
offices
open
in
Massachusetts
west
of
Worcester.
K
Fortunately
for
Boston
we
do
have
one
open,
but
keep
in
mind
that
the
count
itself
is
based
on
a
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
wide.
Obviously
I'm
only
here
today
to
talk
about
Boston,
specifically
in
terms
of
our
efforts,
but
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
nonetheless,
also
another
big
thing
for
a
lot
of
2019.
There
was
a
debate
around
whether
or
not
there
would
be
an
inclusion
of
a
citizenship
question.
K
Fortunately,
there
will
be
no
citizenship
question
added
on
for
the
forum
that
will
be
mailed
out
to
you
shortly
in
mid-march,
but
nonetheless
there's
severe
fear
and
a
lot
of
the
communities
that
are
in
Boston
either
because
they
might
have
a
mixed
household
status.
It's
a
household
without
proper
documentation
to
be
here
illegal,
as
residents
or
folks,
just
just
general
distrust
of
federal
government.
But
I
will
say
to
that
point.
Folks
should
feel
safe
and
secure
to
respond
to
the
census
due
to
what's
called
title.
K
Thirteen,
and
that
is
a
federal
law
that
protects
your
individual
data
for
72
years
under
severe
penalties
of
law,
which
are
five
years
imprisonment
up
to
$250,000.
Fine
or
a
combination
of
both
so
I
just
want
to
reiterate
the
fact
that,
due
to
title
13,
your
responses
are
safe
and
secure
and
that
there
is
no
citizenship
question
posed,
but
that
there
is
fear
very
real
fear
considering
the
climate
right
now
in
Washington.
K
But
I
did
want
to
just
point
that
out
to
you
next
I
wanted
to
talk
about
sort
of
what
are
deemed
hard
to
count
populations.
So
Boston
itself
is
the
ninth
harder
city
to
count
among
the
100
largest
US
cities
when
it
comes
to
the
u.s.
about
63
of
all
Park
bused
onehans
live
in
a
hard
day,
counting
census
tract
and
what
that
breaks
down
into
basically
is
any
tract
that
has
a
response
rate
lower
than
73
percent,
and
so
I
have
a
slide
that
sort
of
breaks
down
geographically.
K
It
has
been
deemed
due
to
a
lower
response
rate
and
essentially,
all
of
Roxbury
all
of
Dorchester.
The
vast
majority
of
Austin
Brian
East
Boston
in
parts
in
a
lot
of
parts
of
Mattapan
are
all
deemed
hard
to
count
again,
just
keeping
in
mind
that
hard-account
just
means
that
there's
a
low
response
rate
there,
for
whatever
reason
that
might
be
either
they're
not
informed
of
how
to
fill
out
their
census
form.
K
The
questionnaire
didn't
come
in
a
language
that
they
were
prepared
to
understand
and
fill
out
that
way,
or
they
have
just
general
distrust
of
the
federal
government,
and
so
this
map
has
sort
of
been
guiding
a
lot
of
our
efforts,
knowing
that
this
is
what
we
did
in
2010.
This
is
our
benchmark.
How
do
we
improve
so
that
moving
forward
for
this
year's
results?
K
It's
not
as
red
now
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
sense
of
a
timeline,
I
think
for
a
lot
of
what
you've
been
seeing
so
far,
you
might
have
seen
some
ads
up
in
the
T
around
census.
Jobs
I'll
touch
on
that
a
little
bit
later,
but
a
lot
of
national
advertising
is
starting
to
kick
off
now
in
January,
but
this
timeline
is
really
just
focused
on
the
actual
enumeration
process.
K
K
Holes
will
actually
receive
that
paper
form
I
can
keep
in
mind
that
this
is
the
first
real
digital
census
about
80
percent
of
the
country
will
be
asked
to
respond
online
I
have
a
slide
that
shows
you
later
on,
which
census
tracks
will
actually
receive
what
options
later
on,
but
you'll
also
get
a
series
of
mailers
ending
in
April,
starting
in
March
30th
through
the
April
1st.
That
is
going
to
be
service
based
enumeration,
which
is
the
count
of
the
homeless
population
of
those
that
are
unsheltered.
K
I'll
provide
a
little
bit
of
information
on
that
and
a
second
April
1st
is
census
day.
A
lot
of
folks
have
been
thinking
about.
How
do
we
activate
our
networks
to
do
some
kind
of
event
during
April
1st
itself?
It's
also
really
Chris,
holder
day
to
sort
of
just
keep
in
mind.
If
you
actually
do
have,
for
example,
really
true
joint
custody
of
a
child
and
you're
trying
to
decide
where
should
they
be
counted,
they
would
be
counted
their
April
1st
folks
should
be
counted
where
they
sleep
most
nights
out
of
the
year.
K
So
we
have
a
lot
of
college
students,
for
example,
and
they're
not
sure
am
I
counted
at
home,
home
or
mom
and
dad
lived.
Am
I
counted
on
campus
and
again
considering
the
fact
that
you
should
be
counted
where
you
sleep
most
nights
out
of
the
year
for
a
lot
of
these
college
students
and
for
really
anybody
in
Boston?
If
they
ask
you,
where
should
I
be
counted?
It's
simply
where
you
sleep
most
nights
out
of
the
year.
May
13th
is
when
they
start
non-response
follow-up.
So
that
is
a
canvassing
operation.
K
Door-To-Door
operations
will
begin
to
knock
on
doors
and
simply
say
we
have
yet
to
receive
a
census
response
from
this
address.
All
censuses
are
just
addressed
in
address
itself,
not
an
individual,
and
it
all
wraps
up
at
the
end
of
July
of
this
year.
So
you
can
see,
there's
a
window
of
time
for
folks
to
be
able
to
respond.
K
This
next
timeline,
just
sort
of
gives
you
that
sense
of
all
the
mailers
you'll
receive.
So
again,
your
initial
one
will
start
the
12th
of
March
between
the
20th
and,
if
folks,
have
not
responded
by
a
fourth
verse.
Fourth,
mailer
they'll
actually
include
the
paper
questionnaire
itself.
The
paper
questionnaire
will
only
be
available
in
English
or
Spanish,
but
folks
can
respond
online
or
over
the
phone
in
13
languages
and
I'll
have
a
slide
that
touches
on
what
those
languages
are
as
well.
K
But
again,
this
timeline
just
sort
of
gives
you
a
sense
of
how
you'll
be
invited
to
participate
and
those
mailers.
This
slide
here
gives
you
a
sense
of
what
census
tracts
will
be
receiving,
which
initial
mailer.
So
again,
the
vast
majority
of
Bostonians
will
be
asked
to
do
internet
first,
which
is
completing
their
questionnaire,
either
by
phone
or
by
internet,
and
so
to
give
you
a
sense
to
how
to
interpret
this
map.
K
All
the
green
areas
will
be
asked
to
do
Internet
choice,
which
is
including
the
actual
questionnaire,
alongside
your
initial
invitation,
but
the
vast
majority,
the
purple
or
internet
first
and
now
to
go
on
to
the
ways
that
you
can
be
counted
so
again.
Just
to
reiterate,
you
can
respond
to
the
census
form
online
over
the
phone
over
the
phone
or
via
the
traditional
paper
questionnaire,
and
then
again
that
fourth
option,
starting
May
through
the
end
of
July,
is
an
in-person
canvasser.
K
What
the
Census
Bureau
is
going
to
be
conducting
is,
what's
called
early
advance
group
quarter,
contact
which
is
beginning
starting
of
February
they're
gonna,
actually
reach
out
to
shelters,
so
I
think
Pine
Street
in
Rosie's
place,
places
like
that
that
have
either
scattered
sites
or
actually
housed
folks
through
a
shelter
system
and
sort
of
ask
them.
How
do
you
want
to
be
counted
through
a
series
of
opportunities
to
respond,
as
well
as
identify
for
folks,
the
census?
K
This
next
slide
just
sort
of
touches
on
the
language
access
piece,
so
again,
folks
will
be
able
to
respond
online
or
over
the
phone
in
1219
languages,
as
well
as
English
itself.
A
lot
of
these
languages
that
you
see
here
so,
for
example,
spanish,
chinese
Simplified,
Chinese,
Vietnamese,
Korean,
Russian,
Arabic,
Tagalog,
Polish,
French,
Haitian,
Creole,
Portuguese
and
Japanese.
K
Those
languages
do
actually
cover
the
top
three
requested
languages
in
the
city
of
Boston,
for
translation
services
and
actually,
fortunately,
now
what
they've
released
are
several
language
guides
in
glossary,
xand
sixty
languages,
as
well
as
updating
their
webpage
to
be
translated
and
said
languages
and
I
can
certainly
follow
up
with
language
guides.
For
folks,
if
they're
interested
in
having
those
after
the
meeting
I'll
also
follow
up
with
this
slide
deck,
so
folks
can
have
that
their
disposal
and
they'll
also
have
language
guides
both
in
video
and
print.
So
for
Braille.
K
It's
a
very
simple
form,
I
would
say
in
terms
of
the
fact
that
it's
not
lengthy
by
any
means
it's
a
ten
questions.
It
should
take
about
ten
minutes
or
so
not
very
intrusive.
They
simply
want
to
know
name
address
phone
number.
How
many
folks
live
in
this
residency
relationship
that
DRN
t
own
your
sex?
K
Unfortunately,
sex
question
is
binary,
but
in
terms
of
for
those
folks
that
do
are
part
of
the
LGBTQ,
a
community,
you
can,
for
the
first
time
ever
identify
a
spouse
of
the
same
gender.
So
that's
a
positive
I
would
say
there,
even
though,
unfortunately,
sex
is
only
binary
so
on
the
left-hand
side
of
the
slide.
It
just
depicts
what
the
paper
questionnaire
would
look
like
and
I
can
follow
up
with
that,
and
the
bottom
left
depicts
what
is
a
screenshot
of
the
online
test
itself
and,
on
the
right
hand,
side.
K
It
depicts
all
the
questions
that
you
would
be
asked,
so
you
can
sort
of
have
those
ahead
of
time
and
sort
of
see.
That's
not
very
intrusive.
You
might
already
give
away
more
information
if
you
have
a
Facebook
account
or
if
you
have
YouTube
or
anything
along
those
lines
and
I
just
wanted
to
touch
quickly
upon
about
the
city
of
Boston's
effort.
So
far,
so
we
have
our
own
web
page.
It's
Boston
gov,
slash
2020
census.
We
created
a
handy
one-page.
K
Are
there
that's
been
translated
into
five
non-english
languages
which
are
Chinese,
Spanish,
Haitian,
Creole,
Cape,
Verdean,
Creole
and
Vietnamese,
and
those
are
the
top
five
requested
languages
for
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
a
slew
of
resources
there
that
you
can
click
on
and
sort
of
peruse
as
to
what
you
think
might
make
sense,
whether
it
be
a
webinar,
whether
it
be
toolkits,
whether
it
be
reaching
out
to
the
federal
Census
Bureau's
website
and
something
that
I'm
really
happy
about.
K
For
the
first
time
ever
through
Mayor
Walsh's
investment
of
$100,000
we've
been
able
to
give
back
community-based
organization
grants.
It's
actually
fund
operations,
grassroots
tile
campaign,
organizing,
if
you
will
to
sort
of
get
folks
motivated,
engaged
about
the
census.
What
we
decided
to
do
is
looking
back
at
those
2010
return
rates
to
see
where
are
the
lowest
rates,
and
how
do
we
activate
these
places
through
trusted?
Voices
through
trusted
messengers
places
that
folks
already
go
to
for
certain
services
or
advice.
I
certainly
do
think.
City.
K
We
have
our
own
complete
count
committee,
which
is
really
a
brain
trust
of
different
individuals
representing
different
sectors
and
industry.
In
the
city
of
Boston,
for
example,
we
have
healthcare,
higher
education,
children
and
youth
limiting
his
proficiency.
Recent
arrivals,
small
businesses,
large
business
corporations
as
well,
and
we
actually
have
our
first
subcommittee
for
the
aging
population
and
disabled
community
kicking
off
on
Friday,
which
Jerry
has
been
invited
to
as
well
as
Commissioner
Mecosta
plans
to
attend
and
I
would
certainly
invite
anyone
else
who
would
like
to
join.
We
can.
K
We
can
follow
up
with
some
details
after
the
meeting,
but
I
did
just
want
to
be
I
wanted
to
stress
the
fact
that
we
have
the
subcommittee
being
formed
to
sort
of
ask
the
question
of
you
know
better
than
I
do
here
at
City
Hall
directing
our
efforts
of
how
do
I
best
communicate
with
your
community.
Whether
that's
people
are
place-based.
Just
rative
creates
a
messaging
create
resources
that
are
available
already,
that
we
might
just
want
to
take
and
tweak,
or
we
might
have
to
reinvent
the
wheel
here.
K
But
I
would
argue
that
there's
a
lot
of
research
out
there
out
there,
whether
it's
through
the
federal
census,
pier
already
there
was
a
handout
passed
out
as
well
as
the
arc
of
Massachusetts.
They
have
a
toolkit
up
and
running.
They
have
a
webinar
tomorrow
as
well,
which
I'm
sure
it
can
be
passed
along
once
it's
published,
but
I
just
want
to
touch
base
on
the
fact
that
we
do
have
several
subcommittees
working
across
the
board
to
sort
of
speak.
This
is
a
very
diverse
City.
K
K
And
this
is
the
last
slide
I
have,
but
really
today
is
just
sort
of
the
initial
conversation
me
coming
to
you
and
asking
what
questions
you
have.
That
might
be
an
answer
as
well
as
me
asking
what
can
I
provide
that
be
worthwhile
and
getting
some
feedback
from
y'all,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
think
its
familiarity
with
people
that
encourages
participation.
It's
finding
that
trusted
voice.
K
That
folks
are
more
likely
to
listen
to,
as
well
as
understanding
the
local
concerns
and
getting
people
back
out
with
messaging
around
the
fact
that
there's
a
massive
impact
if
we
stand
to
not
have
a
complete
count
again
based
off
of
the
redistricting,
the
reapportionment
of
seats
and
the
federal
dollars
that
flow
from
it.
The
fact
that
this
is
the
direct
democracy
in
action
everyone
can
and
should
participate
in
the
census.
It's
not
necessarily
like
voting
where,
on
the
certain
privileged
few,
do
actually
have
the
right
to
vote
and
exercise
it.
K
But
again
everyone
can
and
should
participate
in
the
census,
regardless
of
any
status,
whether
that's
gender,
sexual
preference,
socio,
economic,
educational,
able-body,
it
doesn't
matter,
the
census
doesn't
discriminate,
it's
really
about
getting
an
accurate
reflection
of
who's
living
in
our
communities
and
who's
living
in
Boston
as
a
whole
and,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
really
just
trying
to
reiterate
to
people
as
much
as
possible
that
your
responses
are
safe
and
they're
secure
because
of
Title
thirteen
protections.
So
that's
a
very
high
levels,
kind
of
census,
101
of
what's
been
happening
so
far,
a
timeline.
E
E
Soca
music
goes:
can
we
see
the
funny
they
need
for
health
care
as
a
body
service
and
either
I'm,
not
sure
I
I
we're
never
looking
at
the
slide
of
what
questions
I
asked
I'm,
not
sure
I,
don't
think
I
suck
right
to
my
disability-related
and
I
just
I,
wonder
I
mean
if
the
cow,
so
they
can
get
services.
What
makes
sense
to
have
these
questions
I'd
be
like?
Are
you
disabled
I
mean
just
to
have
a
car
like
we
have
this
amount
of
people
to
see
it
was
a
weak
health
care
yeah.
K
I'm
not
entirely
sure
how
it
stems
in
terms
of
getting
the
dollars
specifically,
for
you
know,
let's
say
someone
that
might
have
a
disability,
but
knowing
that
that
would
probably
throw
from
the
larger
pie
as
a
whole
of
the
federal
dollars.
That's
them
from
the
Census
count,
but
I
can
certainly
find
out
more
about
that
and
sort
of
see
how
that
works
out.
L
K
So
yes,
the
American
Community
Survey
is
another
version
of
the
census
that
happens
on
a
smaller
portion,
but
it
is
a
lot
bigger
in
terms
of
the
questions
being
asked.
So
again,
the
census
that
you'll
receive
in
mid-march
is
it's
called
point
uncle
at
the
short
form
short
meaning
that
it
only
asks
those
ten
questions
which
are
very
in
essence,
short.
So.
K
The
American
Community
Survey
is
done
in
increments
of
five
and
every
year,
I
don't
know
when
the
next
American
actually
now,
they
think
of
it.
There
has
been
attempts
to
contact
folks
actually
to
do
the
current
American
Community
Survey.
So
it
is
ongoing
this
year.
I'll
have
to
I
would
assume
that
they
ask
questions
about
disability,
but
I'll.
L
L
They
asked
asked
extensive
questions
about
disability,
so
that's
a
separate
intake
form
that
you
would
report
on
different
than
the
census,
but
I
think
what
this
means
when
they
mentioned
healthcare,
the
number
of
people
who
respond
and
the
number
of
people
who
get
counted
for
the
state
or
a
county
and
then
that's
how
federal
funding
is
determined
depending
on
the
population.
So
if
we
get
a
lot
less
people
who
report
we're
gonna
get
less
funding
from
the
feds.
Is
that
correct.
B
F
K
It's
about
I
think
it's
2-2
months
worth
of
are
a
few
actually
I
won't
state
exactly
how
many
weeks
of
training
is
I'm,
not
entirely
sure,
but
there's
a
training
process
that
goes
into
it,
which
you
are
paid
for.
I
can
ask
and
see
what,
if,
at
all,
there
is
any
mental
health
training
capacity
there
and
I
will
certainly
follow
up
with
some
jobs.
Information
as
well
do.
B
K
The
way
to
apply
and
the
only
way
to
apply
is
online,
so
you
just
fill
out.
It
takes
about
30
minutes
to
fill
it
out
online,
and
that
is
the
so
in
terms
of
if
you
were
to
need
assistance
with
it
on
the
webpage
that
we
have
Boston,
Gove's,
lash,
2020
census.
On
the
right-hand
side,
we
have
a
button
that
links
to
a
series
of
job
fairs
that
actually
provide
assistance
on-site
to
fill
out
the
census
job
application.
Should
you
need
it.
B
A
B
M
B
K
So
the
guide
is
about
10
pages
long,
the
first
few
pages
kind
of
address.
What
is
the
census?
Why
is
it
important
to
participate
and
then
it
walks?
You
step-by-step
of
question.
One
is
asking
this:
here's
how
you
would
fill
it
out.
You
know
write
in
at
this
box
and
the
same
with
the
online
tutorial
video.
It
just
simply
walks
you
through
what
questions
will
be
asked
and
sort
of
how
you
would
go
about
responding
to
them,
but
not
trying
to
gauge
you
one
way
or
another
of
how
you
should
respond.
B
C
K
Absolutely
so
I
would
say
pretty
much
looking
at
who
we
funded
is
a
good
example
of
that,
and
you
can
find
that
on
our
website.
Aaron
I
can
also
follow,
but
the
the
press
release
of
who's
who
but
I
would
say,
take,
for
example,
Annie's
Boston,
which
is
a
predominantly
Central
American
and
South
American
immigrant
community
there.
K
So
we
decided
based
off
a
competitive
process,
that
two
organizations
are
really
stood
out
to
us
that
have
good
trust
there,
we're
center
with
present-day
and
Noah,
which
is
the
neighbor
heard
of
affordable
housing,
so
started
working
through
that
and
to
say
you
know
much
better
than
we
do
about.
How
do
we
actually
touch
base
with
these
people?
You
have
a
bit
of
a
capture
audience
already.
You
have
a
series
of
events
that
exist.
K
It's
actually
push
this
along
and
again
sort
of
looking
at
our
subcommittees,
for
example,
reaching
out
to
Commissioner
mccoshen,
her
team
sort
of
saying
who
are
the
folks
that
are
the
advocates,
the
other
ones,
doing
the
work
already,
that
people
sort
of
lean
on
and
say
they're
a
bit
of
an
expert
or
maybe
I,
just
really
trust
them,
because
they
never
led
me
astray,
having
discussions
with
them
and
sort
of
seeing
what
are
the
fears
that
some
folks
might
have
already
raised?
How
do
we
calm
those
fears
and
again
just
how
do
we
encourage
participation?
K
C
B
B
K
Each
individual
apartment
should
receive
a
mailer
and
that's
done
based
off
of
existing
data
that
the
Census
Bureau
has
already
collected
as
of
last
year
in
2019,
and
they
actually
did
canvassing
to
just
confirm
that
these
addresses
do
exist
and
the
City
of
Boston
beforehand
actually
provides
them
a
list
of
all
apartments
and
ones
that
are
going
to
be
completed
by
the
time
and
occupied
by
the
time
of
the
census.
Operation
starting
okay,.
A
N
K
Technically,
there
are
penalties.
Should
you
lie
in
your
census?
Or
should
you
not
fill
it
out
of
fines
of
a
hundred
dollars?
Those
are
very
impart
between
actually
enforced,
but
again,
I
would
say
that
you
shouldn't
lie
on
any
federal
government
form.
That
would
be
my
advice,
but
I'm,
no
legal
scholar
and
in
terms
of
just
again,
just
being
honest,
I,
think
it's
accurate
to
just
say,
fill
it
out
with
what
you
feel
comfortable
with
you
can
skip
certain
questions
on
the
census
form,
but
the
look.
K
It
increases
the
likelihood
that,
after
receive
a
door,
knock
and
I
would
say
in
particular
for
a
lot
of
communities
that
either
have
mixed
household
statuses.
They've
been
told,
know
your
rights.
If
a
federal
employee
comes
and
knocks
on
your
door,
you
have
every
right
to
not
answer
it,
and
now
the
messaging
has
shifted
a
bit
to
say
something
from
the
Census
Bureau
is
gonna,
come
and
knock
on
your
door.
You
should
answer
it,
it's
very
conflicting
messaging,
so
what
I
would
advise?
B
A
B
K
B
F
B
L
Disability
in
older
population,
older
adult
population
committee,
so
we're
meeting
Friday
as
Sebastian
said,
so
anything
we
can
do
to
support
your
efforts.
Just
get
the
word
out
to
your
communities
and
people.
You
know
just
to
stress
the
importance
of
it
really
because
it
will
just
benefit
Massachusetts
in
there
as
Sebastian
emphasized.
There
really
is
no
personal
risk
to
anybody,
nothing
about
immigration
status,
nothing
about!
You
know
the
government
getting
involved
in
people's
lives.
It
really
is
just
to
reflect
the
number
of
residents
in
the
state,
so
I
think
that's
the
most
important
message.
B
K
I
B
D
I'm
fine,
like
this
good
evening.
My
name
is
Garrett
Weinstein
and
I'm.
The
founder
of
travel,
easy
and
our
organization's
main
purpose
is
to
make
the
world
more
accessible
and
I
just
want
to
start
by
saying.
I'm
really
thankful
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
tonight
and
to
share
this
project
with
you
and
I'm
very
excited
about
the
future
of
accessibility
in
Boston.
D
D
So
my
grandmother
and
I
got
into
the
habit
of
researching
places
and
calling
ahead
of
time,
relying
on
word-of-mouth
suggestions
and
and
just
going
back
to
the
same
places
and
avoiding
avoiding
new
ones.
To
avoid
the
problems
of
an
accessibility
and
I
quickly
learned
that
Outback
Steakhouse
is
only
good.
D
Something
we
also
are
probably
all
aware
of
here
in
this
room
is
that
accessibility
is
not
a
one-size-fits-all.
So
you
know,
even
if
even
for
my
friend
woody,
he
uses
a
manual
wheelchair
or
for
my
grandmother
who
uses
a
walker,
their
definition
of
what's
accessible
and
what's
not,
can
be
completely
different
under
the
same
circumstances.
D
The
memory
it
quickly
faded
into
a
distant
memory
and
nobody
else
was
able
to
benefit
from
our
experience
and
to
know
they
were
not
able
to
know
ahead
of
time
if
they
were
able
to
to
have
the
same
experience
in
terms
of
accessibility,
and
so
this
really
lays
the
groundwork
for
what
inspired.
Travel,
easy
and
travel.
Easy
is
kind
of
a
two
prong
solution
to
this.
This
question
of
there's
got
to
be
a
better
way,
but
what
is
it?
D
And
the
first
way
is
to
give
a
resource
almost
in
a
way
that
Yelp
or
Zagat
or
TripAdvisor
provides
information.
Travel,
easy
is
a
go-to
resource
to
find
accessible
venues
and
experiences
instead
of
showing
up
and
finding
out
at
the
door
that
you're
not
going
to
be
able
to
have
the
experience
you
wanted
to,
or
instead
of
taking
the
time
and
going
through
the
hassle
of
calling
ahead
and
maybe
getting
misinformation
over
the
phone
and
being
told
that
the
place
is
accessible
and
realizing
only
too
late
that
it's
not
travel.
D
Easy
is
a
precise,
fast,
reliable
and
also
a
personalized
solution,
like
I
said
and
again
as
we
all
know,
that
accessibility
is
not
a
one-size-fits-all
and
our
solution
takes
that
into
account.
But,
equally
importantly,
Travel.
Easy
is
also
a
community
and
it's
a
community
voice
that
allows
anybody,
whether
it's,
whether
it's
my
grandmother
or
myself,
is
her
caretaker
or
even
just
accessibility,
advocates
to
voice
their
experiences
and
to
leave
feedback
and
to
actually
create
a
community
around
the
sharing
the
shared
obstacle,
but
also
these
shared
opportunities,
and
so
that
brings
us
to
where
travel.
D
Easy,
too
is
today,
which
is
Travel,
easy
org
and,
as
you
can
see,
it's
not
too
different
from
maybe
the
layout
of
Yelp
or
TripAdvisor.
But
the
first
thing
you
might
notice
is
is
the
pictures
and
the
reason
for
this
is
again
harkening
back
the
idea
that
route,
that
accessibility
is
not
the
same
for
everybody
for
my
friend
woody,
using
a
manual
wheelchair
or
my
friend,
Corey,
in
a
power
wheelchair
people
who
need
different
things
here,
we
can
see
for
yourself
instead
of
taking
somebody's
word
of
yes,
this
place
is
accessible
or
no
it's
not.
D
You
can
see
for
yourself
all
right:
the
bathroom
has
two
grab
bars.
The
inside
is
spacious,
it
looks
pretty
bright
and
yeah.
The
entrance
actually
doesn't
have
any
stairs,
which
is
a
you
know,
definitely
not
convenient
and
then
scrolling
down
on
the
same
page,
you
can
even
see
more
information
and
just
to
point
out.
Every
single
review
on
the
platform
is
like
this
and
has
this
kind
of
death
and
information
so
to
further
expand
on
that.
D
But
that's
because
we've
got
to
start
somewhere
and
on
the
horizon,
are
new
venues
to
to
address
and
also
new
types
of
disabilities
to
account
for
and
then
like
I
said,
this
is
how
every
every
review
in
our
database
looks
and
so
far
in
Boston.
We
have
200
reviews,
and
this
is
what
that
looks
like
just
now,
and
this
is
only
the
tip
of
the
iceberg
and
just
imagine
for
a
second
if
Boston,
if
this
is
just
the
origin
of
just
restaurants,
bars
and
cafes,
imagine
how
we
can
cover
Boston
and
the
accessibility
information.
D
D
And
the
most
overarching
theme
is
that
this
kind
of
information,
coupled
with
all
the
amazing
resources
that
Boston
already
has
between
accessible
subways
this
organization
right
here,
your
team,
Spaulding
rehab
hospital.
You
know
Boston-
was
voted
the
most
walkable
city
in
America.
It
has
so
many
resources
going
for
it
beyond
the
beauty
in
the
history
and
just
imagine
if
we
can
couple
that
with
the
most
comprehensive
accessibility,
information
map
and
resources
in
the
country,
something
that
still
to
this
day
doesn't
exist.
D
These
together
will
solidify
Boston
as
a
pioneer
in
accessibility
throughout
the
United
States
and
beyond,
so
on.
A
more
local
level
is
going
to
empower
residents,
and
that's
because
with
this
information,
people
will
actually
have
the
independence
and
the
freedom
to
go
out
and
explore,
as
opposed
to
being
intimidated
and
just
saying,
okay
I'm
going
to
stay
away
from
North
End.
You
know
that's
the
most
hazardous
place.
D
We
know
and
I'm
actually
going
to
you
know
to
explore
and
take
advantage
of
what
the
city
has
to
offer
on
top
of
that,
and
that's
just
for
residents
or
tourists.
Imagine
the
decision-making
process
for
some
for
a
family
with
a
grandmother
like
mine
or
with
somebody
who
relies
on
a
wheelchair
to
move
trying
to
decide
between.
Should
we
go
to
Boston
or
Philadelphia
or
New
York
City
for
this
next
vacation
Boston,
as
we
said,
has
so
much
going
for
it.
D
D
On
top
of
that
from
the
city's
perspective,
this
will
bring
an
entire
new
layer
of
information
that
will
allow
you
to
actually
assess
and
evaluate
the
city's
resources
and
the
city's
accessibility
on
a
high
level
and
on
on
a
more
granular
level.
So
I'll
talk
about
this
in
a
few
minutes,
but
it
really
benefits
everybody,
and
you
know
this
is
not
as
tangible
as
these
other
ones
but
Boston.
You
know,
I
went
to
school
here,
I
went
to
Tufts
for
four
years,
and
it's
it
really
is
an
amazing
city,
and
it's
one.
D
That
cares
and
I
learned
that
you
know
just
from
our
short
time
here
and
I
think
that
I
know
actually
that
bringing
this
level
of
information
and
prioritizing
accessibility
to
the
extent
of
actually
gathering
this
information
and
putting
it
at
the
fingertips
of
anybody,
whether
they're
visiting
for
two
days
we're
living
here
for
20
years.
That
will
really
convey
the
inclusiveness
of
this
amazing
city,
so
I'll
quickly
run
over
we're
Travel
easy
as
today.
D
D
We
just
worked
with
our
local
partners
with
the
goal
of
actually
improving
this
resource
and
finding
out
what
gaps
there
were,
what
we
could
do
to
make
it
better
and
again
that
was
in
October
and
to
date
we
have
800
reviews,
550
of
which
are
in
New
York,
City
and
250
in
Boston,
and
we
have
over
a
hundred
users
and
something
pretty
cool
about
that
again.
Is
that
we're
not
going
on
social
media
and
advertising
this?
D
This
is
purely
word-of-mouth
and
people
who
really
care
and
over
20
percent
of
the
people
who
have
made
accounts
have
uploaded
at
least
one
review,
most
of
whom
have
added
more
we're.
Also.
We
also
have
the
help
of
really
really
amazing
advisers.
We
have
the
noble
Dave
bender
here
from
Spaulding
rehab
hospital
and
he's
been
really
instrumental
in
helping.
You
know
helping
us
make
sure
that
this
is
the
most
effective
solution
possible.
D
But,
what's
really
awesome
is
what's
coming
soon
and
this
spring
we
decided
we're
going
to
make
Boston
our
flagship
city
and
the
first
city
to
fully
launch
and
operate
Travel
easy
with
that
is
going
to
come.
500
review
venues
reviewed
by
spring
and
a
total
of
a
thousand
by
summer.
We're
also
going
to
launch
an
app
for
iPhone
and
for
Android,
so
that
this
is
a
resource.
D
There's
always
just
one
tap
away
for
anybody
either
visiting
the
city
or
or
living
here,
and
as
always
again,
just
one
type
of
way
to
navigate
with
confidence
and,
additionally,
we're
also
going
to
add
hotels
to
the
listings
and,
like
I,
said
right
now.
It's
just
restaurants,
bars
and
cafes.
But
our
intention
is
to
expand
to
every
venue.
D
That's
practical-
and
this
is
the
first
step
in
that
so
I'm
just
finishing
up
here-
and
this
is
a
more
a
more
tangible
list
of
ways
that
travel,
easy
and
the
City
of
Boston
can
work
together
towards
the
shared
mission
and
actually
collaborate
to
bring
Boston's
accessibility
to
an
entire
new
level
through
information
and
so
working
with
Travel
easy.
The
City
of
Boston
will
have.
D
Will
have
the
information
they
need
to
have,
as
I
mentioned
before
high
level
view,
and
a
really
in-depth
view
of
an
understanding
of
Boston's
accessibility,
so
whether
it's
knowing
how
really
how
many
venues
in
the
north
end
are
accessible
or
is
back
bay?
You
know
how
is
Back
Bay
doing
in
terms
of
accessibility
all
the
way
down
to
things
like
okay
know,
we
see
that
there's
there's
a
concentration
of
inaccessible
or
accessible
places
here
and
what's
the
theme
are
many
of
them?
Do
a
lot
of
them
have
exactly
one
step.
You
know.
D
D
Something
that
you
know,
Commissioner
McCollum
ention
to
me
is
the
awesome
initiative
to
reach
out
to
certain
venues
and
discuss
low-cost
or
no-cost
improvements
and
again
this
is
this
kind
of
information
will
allow
travel
ease.
It
will
allow
the
city
of
Boston
to
actually
identify
exactly
which
venues
are
worth
reaching
out
to
and
to
maybe
even
know
beforehand.
What
kind
of
call
no
cost
and
low-cost
solutions
are
realistic.
D
On
top
of
this
travel,
easy
will
allow
Boston
to
promote
its
accessibility
offerings
on
a
national
level
and
even
more
than
that,
even
more
than
just
saying
look,
you
know
we.
We
have
all
this
information
and
Boston
really
now,
with
this
information
in
the
palm
of
your
hand,
is
accessible,
we'll
even
be
able
to
say.
Not
only
is
it
that
accessible,
but
you
can
plan
your
entire
attend
area
around
these
neighborhoods
that
are
especially
accessible.
D
Travel
easy
can
also
benefit
from
working
with
the
city
of
Boston
by
asking
for
the
city
of
Boston's
help
in
in
spreading
the
word
about
travel,
easy
as
a
resource
to
help
people
navigate
the
city
and
also
to
be
part
of
this
really
strong
community.
That
already
exists,
but
that's
a
little
bit
fractured
because
there
really
is.
There
is
no
strong
online
presence
and
network
for
them.
D
Boston
can
also
help
travel,
easy
again,
catalyze
this
community
and
and
grow
and
encourage
engagement,
because
the
more
accessible
Boston
is
and
the
more
people
are
contributing.
The
stronger
this
community
is
and
again
the
stronger
the
accessibility
network
of
Boston
is,
and,
lastly,
working
with
the
city
of
Boston
will
add
stature
to
our
mission
to
make
the
world
accessible
and
it
will
add
a
level
of
cachet
and
credibility
that
can
only
benefit
everybody.
D
So
with
that
said,
I
know
that
this
kind
of
collaboration
between
travel,
easy
and
Boston
will
make
will
start
by
making
Boston
accessible
and
helped
us
in
turn,
make
the
world
more
accessible.
So
that's
the
end
of
my
pitch
and
my
presentation
and
I'm
open
to
any
questions,
but
also
any
suggestions
that
anybody
has
I'm
open
to
hearing
now
and
I'll
be
around
afterwards
too,
to
take
maybe
more
personal
suggestions
or
more
in
depth.
But
thank
you.
B
D
But
really
anybody
who
wants
to
get
involved
is
as
simple
as
just
going
onto
the
website
making
an
account
just
like
you
would
do
on
Facebook
or
on
Google
or
any
other
site,
and
then
going
through
the
steps
to
leave
a
review
and
that's
how,
as
I
said,
that's
how
a
lot
of
this
information
has
been
gathered
and
that's
why
we've
been
able
to
gather
information
outside
of
just
where
I
am
or
where
other
people
working
with
me
are
it's
because
we
have
this
community.
Who
really
cares
and
is
providing
this
information.
O
D
O
D
Guys
but
yeah
so
through
that
that
kind
of
technology
and
as
a
reviewer
as
you
or
I,
wouldn't
leave
a
review.
All
we
do
is
we
type
in
Joe's
pizza
and
as
you're
typing
Joe's
pizza
options
with
the
address
will
pop
up,
and
you
say:
okay
I'm
on
you
know,
I'm
on
whatever
Street.
You
click
that
and
then
the
knows
exactly
where
it
is
geographically.
O
Actually,
I'll,
let
it
I'll
make
this
quick,
but
yeah,
so
you
mentioned
that
you
use
Google
technology
and
I
know
that
Google
reviews
tend
to
capture
the
location
and
let
people
know
whether
or
not
they're
accessible.
So
this
is
great
I'm
wondering
if
this
is
something
that
can
be
integrated
with.
Is
that
what's
integrated
with
travel
easy?
Are
you
integrating?
What
Google
already
provides
information
out
there?
Yeah.
D
That's
exactly
it
and
Google
just
provides
all
the
basically
all
the
technologies
so
that
anybody
like
I
am
trying
to
start
an
initiative
like
this
doesn't
have
to
go
through
the
groundwork
of
creating
of
teaching
myself
how
to
code
these
complicated
programs,
and
then
you
know,
map
the
entire
world.
They've
done
that
for
us,
and
now
we
can
just
focus
on
the
accessibility
portion.
B
C
C
Is
that
I
totally
agree
with
your
assessment
that
what
might
be
one
person's
accessibility
doesn't
meet
someone
else's,
but
I
just
was
wondering
how
knowing
it
could
be
a
friend
of
the
owner
or
somebody
who
could
fill
it
out.
Even
though
I
think
many
people
who
would
want
to
fill
it
out
would
be
very
motivated
and
to
give
a
an
honest
depiction,
but
I
just
was
wondering
how?
How
does
that
process
work?
Absolutely.
D
Yeah,
that's
actually
an
exciting
question,
and
so
imagine
that
you
know
we
we
all
know
TripAdvisor
or
we
know
Yelp
or
Amazon,
and
imagine
that
every
product
on
Amazon
or
every
venue
and
Yelp
started
with
the
with
zero
and
then
one
review.
And
then
what
happens
is
more
and
more
people
contribute
and
say:
yeah
I
agree
with
that.
That's
five
stars
with
us
three
stars
or
they
add
additional
comments
and
we're
in
the
same
process.
Right
now.
D
Where
we're
you
know,
we've
just
started
this,
and
so
almost
all
of
our
reviews
are
exactly
one
review,
but
as
our
community
starts
growing,
we're
gonna
make
it
really
easy,
especially
through
that
app,
which
people
will
always
have
have
this.
You
know
access
to
we're
gonna,
make
it
very
easy
to
ask
people
to
verify
and
even
make
it
fun.
D
You
know
say
you
can
get
a
certain
amount
of
points
or
a
certain
ranking
for
having
left
a
certain
number
of
confirmations
or
by
saying
no
that
all
three
of
these
were
correct,
but
in
fact
the
entrance
did
have
a
step.
So
one
piece
of
that
is
the
community
and
the
community
kind
of
policing.
The
information
and
the
second
step
is.
D
C
You'll
see
that
it
is
considered
that
the
otherwise
the
spaciousness
or
roll
in
shower
is
there,
but
the
bed
is
at
least
three
feet
off
the
ground,
and
so-
and
it
would
also
I
think
be
helpful
to
know.
I've
certainly
been
in
situations
when
I
asked
about
accessible
rooms
and
the
hotel
will
explain
they
have
one
that
has
the
sensory
components,
but
it's
not
wheelchair
accessible
and
certainly
for
different
members
of
the
disability
community.
C
D
M
L
D
D
They
had
a
visiting
link
at
the
visiting,
accessible
or
visiting
the
accessible
way,
and
then
we
just
recreated
that
list
and
added
the
the
accessibility
information-
and
you
know
people
have
been
the
the
page-
has
been
getting
a
number
of
hits
since
then.
So
that's
and
that's
something
I
want
to
start
pursuing
more.
Do.
D
N
N
D
These
are
great
questions,
so
travel
easy,
calm
was
unavailable,
so
we've
taken
dot
org
because
a
it
was
available
and
it
went
with
a
name
and
also
because
this
is
a
social
mission.
So
even
though
we're
technically
a
for-profit
the
goal,
the
main
purpose
of
this
is
to
focus
on
the
accessibility
mission
and
the
the
profit
piece
is
secondary
and
as
far
as
making
a
profit,
it
was
a
great
question.
I
think
that
maybe
Jerry
asked
about
whether
this
cost
money
and
the
the
service
is
completely
free.
D
And
it's
not
that
not
a
travel,
easy
norther
user
pays
for
this,
but
instead,
let's
say
that
I
go
and
I'm,
making
a
I'm
planning
a
trip
with
my
grandmother
and
we
decide
we're
going
to
go
to
Boston
and
we
look
through
the
hotels
on
trolleys
org
and
we
find
one
that
suits
our
needs
and
we
click
the
book
button.
Then
that
takes
it
over
to
booking
comm,
which
is
the
generic
booking
platform,
and
because
that,
because
travel,
easy
technically
drove
business
to
booking
comm,
they
said.
D
Maybe
we
wouldn't
have
gotten
that
business,
otherwise,
so
we'll
give
you
a
cut
of
that,
will
give
you
a
significant
portion
of
the
revenue
for
that.
So
that's
how
we're
going
to
fund
the
fun
travel
easy
and
bring
back
the
money
in
part
2
to
continue
collecting
data,
to
maintain
the
server
to
maintain
the
app
and
keep
on
expanding
this.
B
N
D
B
And
next
will
be
my
chairs
report,
which
will
be
very
brief.
I
would
just
encourage
everyone
here
and
listening
to
participate
in
the
census
when
they
get
the
materials
and
because,
as
the
Commissioner
said
it
and
as
Sebastian
said,
it
really
really
is
important
way.
That's
the
city
and
the
state
get
funding
and
that
trickles
down
to,
like
you,
know,
healthcare
funding
and
funding
for
services
for
folks
with
disabilities.
So
I
think
it's
really
really
really
important.
B
So,
please,
you
know,
participate
when
you
do
get
those
materials
either
online
or
through
snail,
mail
or,
however,
and
the
only
other
thing
I
had
was
the
was
the
next
hour
tag.
General
meeting
is
on
February
3rd
at
the
State
Transportation
Building
from
5:30
to
7:30,
and
it's
a
really
really
good
way
for
for
the
general
public
to
hear
presentations
from
the
office
of
system-wide
accessibility
and
also
the
office
of
transportation.
Access
that
runs.
B
The
ride
and
I
know
that
I
know
that
the
next
meeting
will
focus
on
the
complaint
process
of
you
know
for
the
ride.
So
you
know
I
would
encourage
anyone.
Who's
ever
had
any
sort
of
difficulties
were,
or
has
you
know,
service
concerns
to
let
those
concerns
be
known
through
the
complaint
process
and
I
know
also
that
be
CIL
is
gathering
gathering
data,
and
you
know
it's
gonna
ask
for
a
separate
meeting
with
OTA.
B
B
L
You
Jerry
so
to
follow
up
on
Garrett's
presentation.
Some
of
the
things
we've
been
working
on
we're
actually
working
with
the
city
of
Boston
Main
streets
program
in
the
Aged
strong
Commission
to
Train
small
businesses
in
the
city
on
ways
that
they
can
increase,
accessibility
for
free
or
at
low
cost.
Things
like
rearranging
their
aisles
making
sure
that
lifts
are
clear
of
storage
if
they
have
a
platform,
lift
and
purchasing
a
small
portable
ramp
that
they
could
use
if
they
have
a
step.
L
Things
like
that,
so
the
aged,
strong
Commission
is
working
to
certify
businesses
as
age-friendly
or
we
like
to
say
friendly
to
people
of
all
ages
and
abilities.
So
that's
something
that's
going
on.
We
did
a
training
for
Jamaica
Plain
Main
Street's
a
few
months
ago
and
as
a
follow-up
to
that
we're
currently
working
on
putting
together
a
training
for
restaurants,
because,
as
Garrett
said,
one
of
the
things
that
we
run
into
now
is
a
lot
of
restaurants
only
have
high
top
tables.
L
So
there
are
a
number
of
things
that
we
think
restaurants
can
improve
upon,
that
we
don't
catch
during
our
accessibility
reviews
of
buildings,
because
when
a
building
gets
built,
the
interior
design
isn't
really
mapped
out.
At
that
point,
so
we
may
be
able
to
be
able
to
look
at
stairways
and
elevators
and
the
outside
entrance,
but
we
can't
look
at
things
like
table
selections
and
lighting,
and
things
like
that
that
make
it
difficult
for
people
to
have
accessibility
inside
a
space.
L
So
that's
something
that
we're
working
on
right
now
and
we're
gonna
plan
to
train
a
group
of
restaurant
managers
on
sort
of
like
a
best
practices
for
accessibility
and
inclusion
and
restaurants.
So
we're
hoping
to
do
that
in
the
spring.
We're
looking
forward
to
that
so
also
I,
don't
know
if
any
of
you
tuned
in
to
the
State
of
the
City
last
week,
but
mayor
Walsh
gave
his
annual
address
to
talk
about
the
state
of
Boston
right
now,
we're
in
really
good
shape
financially
of
that
results
in
housing
prices
being
very
high.
L
But
the
mayor
did
announce
if
anybody
heard
that
he
is
adding
five
hundred
million
dollars
for
housing
over
the
next
five
years
and
a
portion
of
that
will
be
designated
for
people
with
disabilities.
We
don't
know
exactly
what
that's
gonna
translate
into
it's
at
the
beginning
stages
of
discussions,
but
one
thing
that
we
are
working
on
is
the
disability
housing
task
force,
which
we
formed
about
I,
would
be
smiling
at
me.
L
We
had
a
meeting
earlier
today,
so
we
formed
it
about
five
years
ago
and
we
wrapped
up
the
first
phase,
which
was
a
set
of
goals
that
we
had
lined
out.
Three
main
goals,
which
were
one
to
increase.
The
supply
of
accessible
housing,
two
was
to
help
people
figure
out
ways
to
access,
affordable
housing,
how
to
actually
get
a
unit,
and
the
third
thing
was
to
support
people
who've,
gotten
housing
to
make
sure
they
can
maintain
the
housing
and
make
sure
that
they
have
enough
supports
to
be
successful
in
their
housing
placement.
L
So
we
are
about
to
kick
off
Phase
two,
which
will
be
a
set
of
new
goals,
focusing
on
outreach
and
engagement
of
letting
people
know
about
the
housing
programs
that
the
city
has
ways
that
they
can
access
housing
if
they
need
assistance
that
the
city
offers
these
sorts
of
things,
there
are
homeownership
opportunities.
There
are
the
lotteries
plenty
of
things
that
people
who
have
disabilities
might
not
know
about
people
who
speak
other
languages.
So
we
want
to
really
get
into
that
with
the
next
phase
of
the
disability.
L
L
So
we're
excited
about
that
program
and
that
will
be
hopefully
kicking
off
at
least
internally
in
February,
and
we
hope
to
have
more
information
externally
in
the
spring.
So
a
few
things
I
think
Patricia
is
going
to
talk
about
that
I
will
let
her
share
some
exciting
news
about
City
Hall
city
council
chamber.
Just
a
few
other
things.
I
wanted
to
have
people
save
the
date.
We
have
figured
out
a
date
for
a
DA,
30th
anniversary
event.
L
It's
gonna
be
on
Wednesday
July
22nd
and
we
don't
have
all
the
details
worked
out,
but
this
year,
instead
of
another
big
celebration,
our
thought
is
to
host
sort
of
a
March
and
a
rally
for
disability
justice
just
to
talk
about
I'm,
not
only
celebrating
how
far
we've
come,
but
really
making
our
voices
heard
to
say.
We've
come
this
far
and
we
don't
want
to
look
back.
L
We
want
to
look
forward
to
make
sure
we
maintain
our
rights,
maintain
the
ATA
and
all
the
other
laws
and
legislation
that
have
helped
us
get
to
this
place,
so
we're
framing
it.
As
a
march
for
disability
march
and
rally
for
disability
justice
on
Wednesday,
July,
22nd
and
we'll
have
more
information
to
come.
L
The
last
piece
of
information
I
have
is,
we
are
doing.
We
have
a
new
staff
president
feeling
new
she's,
been
here
for
a
few
months.
Melinda
who
works
on
outreach
engagement,
so
she'll
be
a
piece
of
all
these
programs
that
I
mentioned,
but
one
thing
that
she
also
does
is
our
social
media.
So
this
month
she
did
social
media
campaign
on
the
staff
just
to
put
out
our
information,
so
people
can
get
to
know
what
we
do
and
she
wants
to
talk
to
the
board
about
a
program
for
this
month.
P
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Melinda
Android,
the
outreach
engagement
specialist.
Just
to
give
you
guys
a
little
bit
heads
up
since
I
will
be
sending
you
guys
all
an
email.
Like
the
Commissioner
mentioned
this
month,
we
decided
to
highlight
our
office
so
pretty
much.
What
we
did.
We
put
a
picture
of
each
of
us
and
we
kind
of
answer
three
questions.
Just
to
give
you
guys
an
idea.
What
are
the
questions
about?
One
of
the
question
is
like:
what's
your
favorite
quote
and
the
other
one?
What
do
you
love
most
about
your
job?
P
So
for
you
guys
I,
we
would
like
to
highlight
the
boards
member
for
the
February,
so
we
I
will
be
sending
now
about
six
questions,
for
you
guys
to
pick
I
will
prefer
Lee
will
like
three
questions,
and
if
you
want
your
picture
include
it,
you
can
answer
four
questions.
If
not,
you
don't
have
to
have
your
picture
included
and
is
awesome.
P
L
It's
totally
voluntary,
you
don't
have
to
participate,
but
we
would
love
to
just
highlight
you
know
where
you
come
from
what
your
passions
are
about:
disability
issues.
You
know
how
you
got
involved
in
the
community.
Things
like
that.
So
look
for
an
email
from
Alyssa
to
be
coming
out
in
the
next
few
days.
B
L
Q
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Patricia
Mendes,
director
of
architectural
access
for
the
Commission
for
persons
with
disabilities,
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
architectural
access
board.
Now
we
have
a
director
executive
director.
His
name
is
William
Joyce
and
he
started
his
position
this
month.
He
started
immediately.
So
congratulations
to
mr.
Joyce
and
then
I'm
going
to
talk
briefly
about
three
new
developments
in
this
city.
The
first
one
is
Fenway
Center.
Q
This
is
in
the
Fenway
area
between
Beacon,
Street
and
David
Ortiz
way-
and
this
is
a
large
development
built
in
two
phases-
the
first
phase
with
two
big
buildings.
Those
are
almost
done
near
completion
and
the
second
phase
is
coming
up
another
two
large
buildings,
the
first
phase.
It
was
residential
and
mixed
with
commercial,
and
the
second
phase
is
life
science,
buildings
mixed
with
commercial.
Q
We
met
with
the
developers
and
they
explained
to
us
the
large
pedestrian
component
of
their
projects,
and
this
includes
two
public
elevators
that
connect
with
the
commuter
station
with
Lansdowne
commuter
station
and
another,
a
third
public
elevator
that
is
already
part
of
phase
one
that
is
within
the
the
buildings.
So
this
is
very
exciting
for
us
and
we
plan
to
invite
the
development
team
to
come
in
future
meetings.
So
we
can
see
more
details
about
that
big
project
coming
up
the
next
one
is
City
project,
the
Curley
Community
Center
renovation
in
South
Boston.
Q
This
is
on
the
water
facing
the
beach,
it's
a
one-story
long
building,
and
this
is
the
water
and
it's
an
existing
building
and
it's
going
to
be
gutted
and
rebuilt,
and
it's
going
to
have
three
parts:
the
demands
area,
the
women's
and
the
children's.
It's
a
long,
C
shaped
building
and
we
were
very
happy
to
see
the
design
development
phase
and
we
give
them
some
feedback
and
we
plan
to
continue
staying
with
touch
with
them.
Q
The
entire
building
is
going
to
be
accessible
and
it's
going
to
have
a
lot
of
pedestrian
improvements
in
the
entries
we
got
connected
with
this
building
because
we
had
questions
from
the
community
from
from
a
rendering
was
that
was
made
public
and
we
wanted
to
know
if
the
entries
were
going
to
be
accessible.
So
the
answer
for
that
was
a
big.
Yes,
all
of
the
entries
are
going
to
be
accessible
and
we
got
to
learn
about
the
interiors
too.
So
we're
very
excited
about
that
project.
Q
The
next
one
is
South
Boston
Innovation
Center,
Harbor
Street.
This
is
at
the
end
of
South
Boston
near
the
cruise
port
and
that's
going
to
be
another
life
science
building
about
ten
stories
high
and
it's
parcel
T
and
parcel
t1.
These
two
parcels
are
part
of
mass
port
and
parts.
One
of
the
parcels
is
over
one
of
the
tunnels
underground
tunnels.
Q
So
this
this
project
has
two
parts:
well,
three
parts,
the
actual
building
that
is
ten
stories
high
and
then
two
parking
one
parking
is
on
a
parking
lot.
The
other
parking
is
it's
a
garage
and
it's
going
to
have
a
large
pedestrian
component
as
well
and
potential
for
some
civic
outdoor
public
spaces,
so
we're
very
excited
about
the
project
coming
up.
Q
Oh
the
project
that
Commissioner
wanted
me
to
talk
about.
Is
the
this
Boston
city
council
chamber,
this
very
same
room
that
was
reconstructed
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
it
got
an
award
from
the
Boston
society
of
Architects.
It
will
and
the
category
of
the
accessibility
category
so
we're
very
proud
of
our
City
team
property
management
team
and
the
architect
was
Feingold
Alexander,
so
they're
going
to
receive
the
award
tomorrow
night.
You
know
in
a
big
gala
at
the
Federal
Reserve
Building
and
Boston
society
of
Architects
and
also.
B
Q
The
lastly
I'm
going
to
talk
briefly
about
the
mass
port,
Logan
Airport
right
app
pilot.
We
continue
to
meet
with
the
Massport
team
and
continue
to
resolve
some
the
some
issues
that
came
with
the
pilot.
So
the
information
about
the
new
configuration
of
the
drop-off
pick
up
is
now
completed
in
the
airport
and
the
information
on
how
to
use
the
uber
and
lyft
apps
is
live
now
in
the
mass
port
Logan
website.
B
L
I
J
L
I
L
L
Had
one
question
just
to
comment
on
so
does
everybody?
Is
everybody
aware
that
the
city
had
done
two
pilot,
uber
and
lyft
drop-off
spaces
on
Boylston
Street?
They
did
that
last
spring.
I
think
there
was
one
in
front
of
Tyga
mama
and
one
in
front
of
Target.
So
building
on
the
success
of
those
BTD
did
give
us
some
statistics
that
double
parking
was
down.
It
was
less
ticketing
on
the
block
so
building
on
that
success,
they
are
also
starting
to
drop
off
locate
pickup
drop-off
locations
in
the
Seaport
I.
L
Q
L
We
did
a
site
visit
for
the
ones
on
Boylston
Street.
We
kind
of
came
into
the
project
later
in
the
game,
so
we
weren't
really
thrilled
with
the
access
on
the
curb
because
it
would
trees
and
there
was
a
bike
rack
and
for
people
you
know
trying
to
exit
a
vehicle
who
had
a
disability
or
if
they
were
blind
and
would
be
able
to
see
the
obstacles
we
had
concerns.
L
So
the
city
did
some
work
to
mitigate
that
and
they
moved
a
bike
rack
and
did
some
things
like
that,
but
for
the
sidewalks
and
the
Seaport,
when
we
saw
those,
we
were
very
happy
because
they're,
nice
and
clear
this
move
and
flat
and
hopefully
they'll-
be
a
lot
easier
for
access
and
then
just
a
couple
other
follow-ups
on
architectural
access.
Patricia
mentioned
some
of
the
planning
that
we
we
review
and
buildings,
and
things
like
that.
L
One
thing
to
be
aware
of
is
the
city
does
a
lot
of
public
meetings
and
we
will
we're
gonna
try
to
do
a
better
job
to
get
the
word
out
to
the
board.
But
things
like
the
Boston
Common
is
doing
a
master
plan
and
they
just
had
a
public
meeting.
Did
they
have
that
already
do
we
know
or
is
it
coming
up?
I
said
it
was
in
the
an
email,
I,
don't
know
if
it
already
happened
or
it's
happening.
L
So
if
you
know
any
local
developments
that
the
city
has
ownership
of,
please
let
us
know
we'd
be
happy
to
to
make
that
connection
for
you
and
finally,
architectural
access,
wise
City,
Hall,
plaza
plans
are
nearing
completion
for
the
City
Hall.
A
renovation-
and
we
would
like
to
have
them,
come
present
to
the
board,
but
we
want
to
make
it
during
a
month
where
we
get
a
really
good
turnout.
So
people
can
have
a
good
sense
of
what's
going
to
happen
on
the
plaza,
so
we're
thinking
of
waiting
till
the
spring.
L
So
we'll
probably
do
that
in
March
or
April
and
give
you
plenty
of
notice,
but
we're
hoping
to
have
a
good
turnout,
and
you
know
let
the
community
know
about.
What's
going
to
be
happening
on
the
plaza,
because
we're
really
excited
about
it,
it's
gonna
be
a
lot
more
accessible
than
it
is
today,
and
the
city
has
some
great
plans
coming
up.
So
we'll
be
sure
to
get
that
to
you
in
the
next
few
months.
G
G
Q
Absolutely
that
is
a
big
piece
of
of
the
pilot
they're
working
on
on
the
training
because,
as
you
said,
they're
very
nervous
about
getting
ticketed
enforcement,
so
the
the
way
they're
handling
it
now
is
they're.
The
adding
a
line
in
their
training
to
the
drivers,
saying
that
is,
the
curbside
is
Massport
approved,
so
that
that
languages
has
been
starting
to
be
helpful
but
yeah.
This
is
a
definitely
good
good
feedback
and
I'll
continue
to
connect
and
let
them
know
that
that
is
happening.
Thank.
L
You
and
Kyle-
that
is
a
good
point
you
make,
because
it's
the
same
as
a
pilot,
Boylston,
Street
and
also
on
the
Seaport.
You
can
basically
jump
out
of
the
car
anywhere,
but
it's
really
the
pickup
that
we
want
to
be
clear
about
like
we're
people,
especially
people
with
disabilities,
if
they
have
a
visual
disability
and
can't
look
for
the
vehicle,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
really
do
a
good
job,
matching
them
up
to
the
exact
location.
So
that
is
a
good
point.
Thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
B
It's
a
letter
to
the
abilities
Expo
asking
them
to
to
reconsider
not
coming
to
Boston
next
year
or
in
the
future.
Before
the
meeting
Jessica
and
I
made
a
commitment
to
to
really
work
on
that
letter
and
hopefully
we'll
have
it
by
next
month's
meeting.
Does
anyone
have
any
new
new
business
they'd
like
to
bring
up.
N
B
N
M
B
C
Wanted
to
say
for
those
who
weren't
able
to
attend
or
listen
to
the
state
of
the
city,
the
mayor's
address
that
it
certainly
was
very
welcomed
that
Disability
Rights
were
mentioned
among
the
groups
of
rights
that
the
mayor
wanted
to
commit
himself
to
and
I
think.
It
also
reflects
on
the
work
of
the
commissioner
in
her
office
and
also
that
Jerry
at
last
year's,
if
not
after
the
State
of
the
Union
another
event,
it
might
have
been
the
one
at
Emerson
College
that
I
know.
L
R
Hi
I'm
McGee
I'm
from
bottom
there's,
Youth,
Council,
I'm,
16
and
I'm
from
the
Austin
Bryan
community,
and
basically
my
job
here
is
I'm,
a
youth
liaison
for
we.
We
have
a
new
position
this
year
and
it's
youth
liaison
for
different
committees
in
the
City
Council
and
I
basically
work
to
connect
these
committees
with
all
of
mayor's
Youth
Council
to
inform
them
of
what's
happening
and
how
they
can
help
and
volunteer.
Thank
you
and
what
school
do
you
go
to?
I
do
I,
go
to
Boston,
Latin,
School,
Bus
and
Ladin?
Yes,
great.