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From YouTube: Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 5-17-23
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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 5-17-23
A
Law
requires
that
I
notify
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
recorded.
Therefore,
Please
be
aware
that
audio
and
visual
recording
of
this
meeting
is
being
made
by
Boston
City
TV,
a
part
of
the
city
of
Boston
office
of
cable
communications
and
is
being
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
24
RCN
channel
13
on
FiOS
channel
962.
B
Some
more
housekeeping
information
to
keep
in
mind
during
this
meeting
closed
captioning
is
available.
You
can
access
it
by
clicking
the
CC
button
at
the
bottom
of
the
screen.
If
you
have
trouble
accessing
it
chat,
disability
staff
for
assistance,
ASL
interpretation
is
also
available.
If
you
would
like
to
have
the
ability
to
multi-pin
the
interpreters,
please
chat
the
disability
staff
for
assistance,
remember
to
refrain
from
interrupting
the
interpreters
and
allow
time
to
them
to
finish
translating
before
speaking
per
the
agenda.
Public
input
is
near
the
end
of
the
meeting.
B
If
you
have
a
question
or
comment
before
that,
please
use
the
chat.
If
there
is
time
we
may
be
able
to
answer
before
the
public
input
period,
please
mute
yourself
when
you
are
not
speaking
to
minimize
background
noise
and
please
identify
yourself
before
speaking.
This
increases
accessibility.
Finally
use
the
zoom
raise
hand
function.
If
you
want
to
speak
and
wait
to
be
recognized
to
begin.
This
gives
disability
staff
time
to
pin
you
which
increases
communication
access
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
our
chair,
Wesley
Ireland.
C
C
My
name
is
Wes
and
I'm,
using
American
Sign
Language
throughout
this
meeting
and
for
people
who
are
listening,
I'm,
actually
a
man
but
I'm
using
two
female
interpreters,
two
female
sign
language
interpreters.
So
we
can
hear
their
voices
while
I'm
signing
I'm
the
chair
of
the
mission
and
I
live
in
the
North
End
I'm.
Looking
next
for
on
my
zoom
screen
and
I,
see
Olivia
so
Olivia.
Won't
you
go
ahead
and
introduce
yourself.
Please.
G
H
K
L
G
C
H
G
C
Okay,
so
I
appears
that
the
meeting
minutes
have
been
approved.
Thank
you.
Everyone
I
know
that
we're
supposed
to
have
a
presenter
this
evening
from
Fenway
Park,
but
we're
going
to
hold
that
for
just
a
little
bit
longer
because
they're
expected
to
join
us
at
six
and
so
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
move
with
my
chairs
report.
C
Okay,
so
I'm
going
to
start
out
with
the
disability,
Community
Forum
that
occurred
last
week
and
it
was
a
success.
It
was
great
to
see
many
of
you.
Many
from
the
commission
members
at
the
events,
mayor
Wu,
came
to
the
event
and
gave
a
short
speech
on
how
she's
committed
to
accessibility
for
the
city
of
Boston,
and
there
were
some
big
topics
that
the
community
raised.
C
M
C
C
In
fact,
there
was
an
article
about
him
and
his
startup
company
Ahoy
in
the
Boston
Globe
I
was
about
a
few
weeks
ago,
and
so
what
does
Ahoy
do?
Well.
The
app
collects
ratings
and
photos
from
users
who
file
accessibility
reports
at
the
level
of
detail.
That's
needed
to
guide
people
with
a
variety
of.
C
C
C
C
There
will
be
some
changes
this
year,
because
they've
confirmed
that
there
there's
interpreting
services
and
can
and
cart
services,
but
there
won't
be
a
rally
and
there
will
be
no
exhibit
tables,
there'll,
be
no
networking
launch
and
that
there
will
be
a
brief
speaking
program
to
recognize
the
former
Award
winners
from
the
past
three
years,
and
so
this
is
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
the
state,
legislators
and
educate
them
with
the
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing.
Community
needs.
M
M
C
A
Yes,
hello,
everyone,
my
name
is
Patricia
Mendes
and
I'm
going
to
give
the
architectural
access
report.
My
title
is
director
of
architectural
access
and
I'm
happy
to
be
here
and
bring
up
a
question
that
Elizabeth
brought
up
on
last
meeting
so
Elizabeth.
Thank
you
for
that
and
the
subject
today
is
about
the
architectural
access
board
bills
and
their
status.
A
I
put
the
first
slide
here
just
to
explain
what
the
architectural
access
board
is
and
I'm
going
to
be
talking
about.
The
state.
Architectural
access
board
is
a
regulatory
board
that
does
multiple
things
so
I'm
not
going
to
read
the
whole
slide,
but
I
put
the
bullet
points
to
explain
what
the
architectural
access
board
is
and
how
their
work
intersects
with
our
work
here
in
the
city
I'm
one
of
the
members
of
the
architectural
access
board,
so
every
other
Monday
I
serve
in
in
the
board.
But
the
question
is
about
the
the
bills
updates.
A
The
purpose
of
the
bill
is
to
ensure
more
accessible
housing
units
and
workplaces
that
are
available
in
the
state
by
bringing
such
buildings
under
the
purview
of
the
market,
Massachusetts
architectural
access
board
when
newly
built
or
when
major
Renovations
take
place.
This
information
comes
from
DPC
and
the
contact
for
DPC
is
Charlie
Carr
and
there's
the
email
address
and
the
phone
number
it's
Charles
Carr
a
dpcma.org
and
the
phone
number
is
978-361-6682.
A
A
S1553
from
last
year,
with
the
same
language,
make
a
motion
to
prepare
individual
testimony
for
a
future
hearing
on
the
bills.
The
date
and
the
time
of
the
hearing
is
to
be
determined,
make
a
motion
to
monitor
the
bills
and
add
to
Future
agenda
of
this
board
when
hearing
dates
become
available
and,
lastly,
make
a
motion
to
contact
the
Disability
Policy
Consortium
to
ask
them
to
present
about
the
bills
in
a
future
meeting.
A
A
Then
there
was
a
like
10
years
work
and
then
there
was
a
pause
and
then
in
2022.
This
subcommittee
reconvened
to
start
to
continue
this
work
of
the
rewrite
of
these
regulations,
so
I'm
happy
to
be
serving
in
this
subcommittee
and
I'm
happy
to
be
also
serving
in
the
architectural
access
board.
So
we
have
big
meeting
every
month
to
continue
the
work.
The
goal
of
this
free
right
is
to
make
the
regulations
better,
more
updated,
with
better
graphic
and
also
to
align
with
the
Federal
Regulations,
which
are
the
Ada
2010
guidelines.
A
F
Hi,
this
is
Charlie
here
Patricia,
thank
you
for
the
presentation,
I'm
just
kind
of
asking
for
some
clarity
on
these
housing
bills
and
then
the
architectural
access
in
the
disabilities
commission
last
week
during
the
meeting
there
were
questions
about
housing
and
housing
faculty,
but
the
commissioner
had
referred
and
stated
that
all
those
questions
get
referred
to
the
housing
Equity
office
I,
believe
it
that's
the
right
apartment.
So
I
was
just
wondering
how?
Where
is
that
that
line
and
delineation
when
it
is
for
housing,
Equity
versus
something
I
have
to
read
the
regulations.
A
A
K
Hi,
it's
Kristin
can
I
add
a
little
more
context
to
that
question:
yeah:
okay,
thanks
Patricia,
so
Charlie.
The
way
to
think
of
it
is
housing
has
so
many
different
complexities
to
it.
There's
building
accessible
housing
there's
trying
to
help
people
pay
for
accessible
housing,
there's
placing
people
in
accessible
housing.
So
the
city
has
works
on
that
in
multiple
facets:
the
office
of
housing,
stability
that
Patricia
Menton
mentioned
and
that
we
talked
about
at
the
Forum.
They
actually
do
case
management.
They
help
place
people
in
housing.
K
Our
office
doesn't
do
that
and
then
we
have
an
office
of
fair
housing
and
Equity.
They
process
complaints
of
discrimination
of
any
protected
class
in
housing.
So
if
you
are
a
woman,
if
you
were
discriminated
against
on
gender
or
race
or
disability,
the
office
of
fair
housing
and
Equity
will
investigate
those
claims.
What
Patricia
does
is
with
the
aad.
They
work
strictly
on
building
code
and
that's
kind
of
how
we
do.
We
differentiate
the
a
b
from
the
Ada.
The
Ada
is
a
civil
rights
law.
So
that
means
you
know.
K
Not
only
does
the
house
have
to
be
accessible
but
or
building
have
to
be
accessible,
but
the
policies
regarding
the
building
have
to
be
accessible.
Aab
is
strictly
building
code.
The
doorways
wide
enough
does
the
elevator
fit
to
scale
strictly
building
code,
no
civil
rights
at
all,
but
this
particular
building
code
has
to
do
with
accessibility
and
that's
the
one
that
Patricia
is
focusing
on.
So
any
changes
we
make
for
accessibility
in
the
building
code
will
translate
into
more
accessible
housing
being
built.
O
L
Some
businesses
have
gotten
around
that
by
saying
you
know
they
could
use
a
conference
room.
You
know
elsewhere
in
a
part
of
the
building
is
accessible,
but
the
problem
with
that
is
so
much
goes
on
with
employees
in
accomplishing
the
work
informally
as
well
as
informal
space.
So
is
that
a
correct
interpretation
Patricia
and
commissioner.
A
Yes,
so
the
bill
that
we're
talking
about
does
include
the
employees
basis
and
the
way
the
way
I
worded.
It
is
kind
of
confusing
but
yeah
the
employees
basis
being
under
the
preview
of
the
Massachusetts
architectural
accessible
regulations.
That
means
that
it
will
be
improved
and
the
workspaces
will
be
included
in
the
code.
L
Because
in
that
sense,
it's
been
for
lack
of
a
different
word
to
think
of
a
major
loophole
that
in
in
a
sense
people
with
with
some
disabilities
can
be
discriminated
against
so
to
speak
and
that
they
cannot
occupy
spaces
that
their
other
employees
will
be.
You
know,
would
be
required
to
have
reasonable
accommodations
are
accessible,
and
my
other
related
note
on
my
other
understanding
is
that
part
of
what
year
in
and
year
out
has
been
a
problem.
Is
that
there's
a
strong
excuse?
L
Me
I,
decided
to
catching
myself,
there's
a
strong
oppositional
Force
by
certain
realtors
in
the
salute,
and
is
that
also
where
the
problem
seemed
to
me,
because
then
in
thinking
about
the
different
options
or
grafting
or
better,
in
addition
other
than
just
updating
the
letter
to
reflect
this
year's
date,
I
don't
know
not
that
we
can
take
on
the
politics
of
what's
going
on,
but
I'm
just
wondering.
If
taking
and
now
it's
additional
board
members
or
a
second
book
on
one
Alibi
Parts
is
there?
A
A
I
thought
that
was
a
good
chance
that
it
would
pass
I,
don't
know
of
anything
that
would
be
different
this
year,
I'm
full
I'm
hopeful
that
that
we
continue
to
inch
closer
and
I,
encourage
all
of
you
to
come
and
testify
when
the
time
comes
and
to
prepare
ahead
of
time
and
get
in
contact
with
DPC
and
get
the
information
out
and
continue
to
work
towards
anything
else.
Commissioner,.
O
And
this
is
Wes.
I
do
actually
have
a
follow-up
question
for
you,
Patricia
about
your
asks
for
the
board
to
make
several
different
motions
and,
regarding
the
letter,
I
believe
that
the
board
had
done
something
like
this
letter
in
the
past
right.
But
when
was
the
last
time
that
we
submitted
a
letter
in
regards
to
these
bills.
O
F
F
A
L
Yes,
I
had
a
quick
question,
it's
more
point
of
order
that
would,
when
we're
requesting
a
to
have
to
say
in
this
case,
Disability
Policy
Consortium
come
and
speak
to
us.
Do
we
usually
do
that
as
a
motion
versus
a
request,
or
does
that
strengthen
I
think
there
are
sometimes
we've
agreed
to
I
I'm,
just
not
clear
about
if
that
strengthens
a
to-do's
emotions
and
take
about
that
sign.
I
just
this
was
the
question
quote.
O
O
O
H
A
jointly
resource
groups,
so
we
had
wanted
to
come
and
we
really
appreciate
you
guys
taking
the
time
to
listen
to
us
and
present.
We
wanted
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
programs
patients
that
we've
been
working
on
at
Fenway
and
obviously
get
some
feedback
and
open
open
some
lines
of
communication
between
everybody,
so
I'm
going
to
share
my
screen.
If
that's
okay,
to
show
my
presentation.
B
N
P
H
P
H
M
H
Fabulous,
so
thank
you
all
again
for
having
us.
My
name
is
Sarah
coffin
and
I.
Am
the
alumni
relations
manager
and
Senior
curator
at
Fenway,
which
means
I
work
with
retired
players
and
historic
artifacts
I
am
joined
by
Brenna
Peterson,
who
is
our
accounting
operations
specialist
and
was
also
our
long
time
receptionist.
H
The
third
person
on
the
photo
on
your
screen
is
Elaine
Steward.
He
has
been
our
long
time,
senior,
VP
and
assistant
general
counsel.
She
is
our
she
the
way
we
have
it
set
up.
She
was
our
champion,
so
we
are
co-captains
of
an
employee,
Resource,
Group
and
Elaine
is
our
kind
of
head
person.
Elaine
had
couldn't
join
us
tonight,
but
she's
been
doing
this
work
for
a
number
of
years,
she's
been
with
the
Red
Sox
since
the
1980s
and
for
all
of
us
this
is
very
much
a
passion,
project
versus
kind
of
full-time.
H
C
H
H
So
we
have
a
60
40
approach
here,
where
we
try
to
have
it's
about
60
of
our
energy
and
time
devoted
to
our
to
our
employees,
to
integrating
and
to
attractive
employees
and
having
people
feel
comfortable
in
their
roles
here,
whether
they're,
a
ticket
taker
or
a
front
office
employee
and
then
about
40
of
our
energy
goes
into
a
fan
facing
or
front-facing
approach.
So
whether
that
do
theme
nights,
we
have
here
at
Fenway,
one-on-one
employee
support
social
interactions.
H
P
Hey
everyone,
I'm
Brenna,
Peterson
I'm,
excited
to
be
here
tonight.
So
this
is
an
overview
of
our
employee
resource
groups.
We
have
at
Fenway,
we
just
started
the
new
year
ago,
currently
celebrating
the
one
year
celebration
anniversary
this
week,
so
we
have
six
employee
resource
groups,
250
active
members
throughout
the
front
office.
Tonight
we're
going
to
be
highlighting
this
band
Network,
which
is
the
sensory
ambulatory
and
neurodiversity
Network.
P
We
have
15
cultural
and
identity
methods
planned
for
this
season.
Different
celebrations.
Tonight
we're
going
to
be
speaking
about
the
disability,
Pride
Celebration.
We
have
coming
up,
that's
what
we'll
be
highlighting
and
the
idea
of
the
employee
resource
groups
and
the
Deni
initiatives
is
part
of
our
ongoing
effort
to
make
the
ballpark
feel
fun,
welcoming
and
inclusive
for
all
fans.
P
You
can
move
on
to
the
next
slide.
So
I'm
going
to
be
talking
about
this
as
well.
Disability
Pride
night
2023
is
going
to
be
July
26th
7
PM
versus
the
Atlanta
Braves
this
year.
For
the
first
time,
we
decided
on
a
beam
which
is
important,
inclusion
and
we're
going
to
be
highlighting
different
Partnerships.
P
We're
excited
to
be
welcoming,
adapt
in
sports
New
England,
which
is
the
Massachusetts
nonprofit
organization,
dedicated
to
increasing
participation
amongst
New
England
youth
and
who
have
Visual
and
Mobility
impairments,
as
well
as
beat
baseball,
also
known
as
the
Boston
Renegades
feed
baseball
is
a
form
of
baseball
that
can
be
played
by
people
who
are
visually
impaired,
using
a
ball.
That
beats
we'll
also
be
welcoming
the
Special
Olympics
and
also
the
Challenger
beat,
which
is
the
little
leagues
adaptive
baseball
program.
P
Q
H
We
can
move
to
the
next
slide.
I
think
Brent
is
done
with
this
one.
We
do
have
two
other
smaller
initiatives
this
year,
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
night
at
Fenway,
which
will
be
June
3rd,
which
is
the
second
of
two
games
on
June
3rd.
We
work
with
deaf
Inc
and
the
deaf
survivors
funds.
For
this
particular
event.
I
think
this
is
the
fourth
year
we've
had
a
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
night
at
Benway,
and
it's
been
you
know
quite
successful
over
the
years.
Actually.
H
H
H
So
one
of
the
things
we
debuted
this
year
was
a
brand
new
assisted
listening
device
system
for
those
who
have
been
to
Fenway.
In
the
past
we
used
to
have
Assisted
Living
devices
that
you
need
to
radio
wave
frequency,
so
you
had
a
non-delayed
radio,
while
you
were
in
the
ballpark.
One
of
the
things
you
would
need
to
do
is
go
to
one
of
our
fan.
Services
booths
pick
up,
one
of
these
radios
believe
a
deposit
and
then
return
the
radio
at
the
end.
H
At
the
end
of
the
evening,
there
were
a
lot
of
different
issues
with
this
particular
system.
One
was
when
we
were
playing
the
game
that
was
not
our
home,
radio
or
WEEI,
so
like
ESPN
or
another
National
broadcast.
Sometimes
the
feed
would
get
locked
or
are
kind
of
cut
out.
We
were
also
finding
that
there
was
areas
of
the
ballpark
that
had
better
reception
than
others.
H
So
this
year
we
moved
to
a
a
Wi-Fi
internet,
enabled
system
through
the
listen
everywhere
app,
so
I
think
this
allows
people
to
use
their
own
device
versus
having
to
get
a
separate
device
when
they're
at
the
Ballpark.
We
also
have
a
number
of
devices
pre-loaded
with
the
listening
everywhere
app
for
anyone
who
may
not
have
their
own
device
or
doesn't
want
to
use
their
own
design
that
evening.
So
this
has
been
a
new
process
that
we
have
put
into
the
photos.
P
H
So
certainly
we
just
touched
on
a
few
different
pieces.
There
are
multiple,
multiple
parts
of
access
and
local
pieces
of
access,
things
that
obviously
accessibility,
Is,
Never,
Done,
there's
always
things
that
we
can
kind
of
improve
on,
but
we
certainly
wanted
to
introduce
ourselves
to
this
group.
Talk
to
you
guys
about
some
of
the
initiatives
we're
working
on
and
basically
start
a
dialogue
right.
So
you
know
open
up
the
lines
of
communication
for
folks
to
know
that
we're
here
we're
a
resource
and
you
know,
keep
improving.
H
Obviously,
Fenway
Park
is
a
historic
structure.
As
someone
who
works
works
for
team
history,
I'm
very
well
aware
that
we're
111
years
old.
So
there
are
lots
of
issues
that
go
along
with
that
as
well,
but
we're
hoping
that
in
in
more
programmatic
action,
we
can
continue
to
bridge
some
of
the
access
gaps
that
we've
had
in
the
past.
So
we
are
we're
here
to
listen
and
we're
happy
to
open
it
up
to
questions.
C
C
E
H
A
couple
of
things
so
one
of
the
we
have
a
our
Mobility
assistance
team,
who
are
always
here
for
every
game,
but
on
blind
low
vision.
Night
specifically,
we
have
partnered
with
the
Carroll
Center
and
Perkins
School
to
have
additional
cited
guides
available
for
folks,
navigating
navigating
the
ballpark
without
a
guide.
H
We
also
the
biggest
part
of
these
games
is
twofold:
the
social
interaction
between
folks
Gathering
folks,
who
are
all
passionate
about
their
communities
and
then
also
honoring
particular
groups
in
a
pregame
ceremony
on
the
field.
So
creating
is
specifically
with
these
groups.
Deaf
and
harder
hearing
and
blind
low
vision
specifically
have
a
donation
component
where
part
of
the
ticket
price
goes
back
to
maximum
profit,
to
help
benefit
the
ones
that
they
do.
J
My
question
I
guess
goes
on
piggyback's
under
Richard's
question
you
mentioned,
particularly
that
the
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
day
day
or
evening
has
been
a
success.
I
was
going
to
ask.
How
do
you
measure
that
success?
You
measure
that
success
by
the
amount
of
of
folks
taking
advantage
of
that
night
I
mean
you
know
what
what
are
some
some
measurements
of
success
for
you.
H
J
Can
I
just
ask
a
follow-up
to
that
for
specifically
like
for
the
for
the
Blind
and
low
vision
at
night?
Do
you
set
aside?
Is
there
a
particular
areas
of
the
ballpark
that
you
set
aside?
The
tickets
in
I
I
haven't
not
being
blind
a
little
vision.
I
haven't,
you
know,
needed
those
those
services,
so
so
I
just
want
to
familiarize
myself.
So
if
I
encourage,
you
know,
you
know
folks
who
may
be
able
to
take
advantage
to
to
go
that
night.
I
want
to
be
able
to
give
them.
H
So
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
and
blind
low
vision
are
specifically
Community
themed
nights,
so
we
work
with
particular
groups
so
and
so
like
for
blind
and
low
vision.
Perkins
and
Carol
are
Community
Partners,
as
well
as
working
with
the
national
foil
press,
so
specifically
we're
targeting
folks
in
those
communities
to
all
sit
together
to
all
be
in
a
part
of
the
ballpark
together,
so
that
there
is
a
social
element
as
well
as
the
donation
element
for
disability
Pride.
That
is
a
much
more
open
Event.
H
So
there
are
all
levels
of
the
ballpark
all
different
seating
options
available.
So
those
aren't,
specifically,
you
know,
kind
of
catered
that
way
sure
but
yeah
for
for,
like
blind,
low
vision
or
different
hard,
fearing
those
are
considered
group
sales.
So
there's
a
block
of
tickets
that
are
reserved,
and
then
people
who
want
to
participate
in
that
particular
event
are
in
that
block
of
things.
H
H
We
do
have
some
areas
for
Low
Vision,
folks,
that
is
accept.
You
can
purchase
those
particular
tickets
through
our
ticket
office.
We
also
have
our
Mobility
assistance
team
at
every
single
game,
as
well
as
our
assistant
listening
device
technology
at
every
single
game.
So
there's
no
other
than
having
additional
cited
guides
available
on
blind
low
vision
night.
There's
nothing,
there's
no,
there's
not
an
accommodation
that
isn't
available
at
any
other
game
sure,
but
instead
we
just
have
you
know
more
to
support
the
community
that
we're
inviting.
J
Understood
understood,
thank
you
and
again
thank
you
for
your
presentation
and
as
a
lifelong
Red,
Sox
fan
and
who's
gone
through
many
games.
I
look
forward
to
going
to
many
more
taking
advantage
of
the
accessible
seating
in
almost
every
area
of
the
of
the
park
and,
and
you
know
maybe
I'll
look
to
to
making
disability
pride
in
one
of
the
games.
I
I
choose
to
go
to
this
year.
L
L
Are
there
I
know
that
I'm
set
a
portion
of
for
some
of
the
games,
those
as
donations
to
the
organizations
but
I'm,
given
that
for
some
folks,
the
economics
of
trying
to
go
out,
especially
if
they're
you
know
a
couple
of
people,
family
or
a
group
of
friends
with
that,
can
be
a
more
significant
expense
for
some
people
than
others.
I
just
didn't
know
if,
especially
on
some
of
these
highlighted
nights
is
that
is
that
is
that
fact
written.
H
Yeah,
so
this
is
that's.
This
is
where
we
really
rely
on
our
Community
Partners
right
so
before
we
even
kind
of
go
into
a
night
like
this.
We're
working
with
these
groups
that
we're
inviting
to
the
ballpark
and
we're
saying,
okay,
we're
going
to
rely
on
you
guys
to
help
us
identify
folks
that
may
want
to
participate
and
may
not
be
economically
able
to
participate
right
so
working
with
the
Carroll
Center
working
with
Perkins
working
with
Special
Olympics
to
help
them
to
help.
H
You
know
us
identify.
We
do
have
a
quite
a
robust,
Community
ticket
program.
As
obviously
we
understand
the
cost
of
baseball
and
being
a
baseball
fan
sometimes
have
the
Gap,
and
so
you
know
working
with
our
Community
Partners,
to
try
to
identify
folks
who
want
to
be
involved
and
doing
as
much
as
possible
to
make
sure
that
folks
feel
included
no
matter
what
their,
what
their
financial
capacities
could
be.
L
Because
I
know
for
some
people
they
might
not
be
aware,
if
they've
had
a
change
in
my
circumstance
and
now
with
disability
that
they
didn't
have
before
their
name.
I've
been
aware
of
some
of
the
accommodations
you've
already
had,
but
that
but
we're
able
to
PCA
program
that
that
that's
another
aspect
as
I
understand
it
is
factored
in
where
someone
needs
to
bring
a
personal
care
attender.
L
O
Okay,
so
I
guess
I
will
go
ahead
and
ask
a
few
questions
before
we
move
on
to
other
board
members
as
I
see
none
right
now,
so
I
am
also
a
lifelong
Red.
Sox
fan
and
I
have
enjoyed
going
to
Fenway
Park
for
many
many
years
since
I
moved
to
Boston
over
20
years
ago.
So
I
look
very
much
forward
to
you
know
my
prior
sweetheart
and
now
my
wife
have
also
has
also
gone
to
the
scans
with
me
very
often,
so
we
love
going
to
these
games
every
year.
O
O
And
now
I
have
learned
about
the
new
phone
app
that's
available,
but
it's
not
always
at
easy
to
look
down
at
that
during
a
game
and
I
often
lose
my
phone
battery
by
the
end
of
the
game
and
I
miss
what's
happening
out
on
the
field,
so
it
would
be
great.
I
know,
there's
two
different
areas:
two
different
screens,
so
you
know
for
a
pre-game
celebration,
maybe
during
the
anthem,
the
song
there
just
simply
isn't
enough
closed,
captioning
it'd
be
wonderful
to
know
what
was
going
on
on
the
field.
O
You
know
if
there
is
a
disagreement
or
you
know,
especially
a
particularly
strange
play
that
happened
or
something
or
if
they're,
holding
the
game.
For
any
reason,
it
would
be
wonderful
to
have
live
captioning
available
on
the
Jumbotron
for
everyone
to
know.
What's
going
on
at
a
specific
time
in
the
game
so
and
I've
heard
for
many
many
years,
this
recommendation
going
out
that
there's
closed
captioning
on
the
Jumbotron.
H
Oh
maybe
she's,
having
some
like
a
bunches
so
yeah.
That
is,
and
it's
also
something
that
we've
tried
to
have
some
internal
discussions
about
some
of
the
things
that
happen
in
Fenway
Park
are
within
the
Boston
Red
Sox
control
and
some
of
them
are
in
Major,
League,
Baseball
control
so
trying
to
get
to
the
bottom
of
who's.
The
right
people
who
are
the
right
conversations
to
talk
to
who
are
the
right
people
to
talk
to
and
yeah.
H
It's
definitely
not
an
ideal
situation
to
not
have
it
on
the
big
screen
working
with
some
of
the
ribbon
boards,
so
the
smaller
boards
around
the
park
has
definitely
increased
and
getting
more
captioning
in
those
spaces,
but
I
think
I
can
completely
understand
the
frustration
of
it
would
be
great
if
it
was
in
on
the
big
board.
So
it's
it's
an
ongoing
conversation
that
we're
that
we're
working
on
as
well.
P
H
O
D
Hi,
this
is
Olivia
Richard
I've
been
to
quite
a
few
Red
Sox
games
with
my
best
friend
and
both
of
us
use.
Mobility
devices
and
We've
noticed
that
there's
a
lot
of
standing
and
crowding
around
the
mobility
positions
during
play,
because
for
some
reason
those
positions
seem
to
coincide
with
the
beer
locations.
D
D
H
I
I
definitely
hear
I,
definitely
hear
what
you're
saying
and
in
those
situations
that's
when
we
are
very
much
relying
on
our
ushers,
our
ticket
takers,
our
breeders
and
our
security
staff.
So
you
know
talk
to
someone
in
the
immediate
vicinity,
say:
hey
I'm
getting
crowded.
Can
you
help
me
you
know?
H
Can
you
help
me
with
this,
because
that
is
definitely
kind
of
the
programmatic
gap
of
you
know
they
can
have
your
back
literally
and
kind
of
help
and
help
move
people
along,
and
that
is
their
job
right
to
keep
people
moving
from
spaces
to
keep
things
from
getting
crowded.
So
you
know
certainly
next
time.
You're
here
make.
You
know,
make
friends
with
your
local
with
your
local
Usher
or
security
guard,
and
you
know
they
will
do
their
best
to
keep
that.
H
O
I
So
that's
not
going
to
be
a
good
situation.
It's
just
like
being
at
a
concert
and
telling
people
down
up
front
that
that's
not
going
to
work
well.
So
it
just
seems
to
me
that,
since
we
brought
this
to
your
attention
that
there
should
be
something
that
you
can
do
proactively.
But
excuse
me
for
the
benefit
of
your
guess.
H
H
Sometimes
it's
just
something
that
gets
missed,
and
so
it's
certainly
you
know
something.
I
can
bring
up
and
we
can-
and
we
can
talk
about-
potentially
you
know
including
and
talking
to
more
of
our
staff
about,
but
it
is
something
that
you
know
is
a
part
of
our
our
yearly
training
and
is
something
that
they
are
proactively
trying
to
prevent.
P
H
So
there
is
a
dedicated
ticket
line,
and
so,
if
you
call
you
can
either
call
the
mainland
number
and
ask
or
I
don't
have
it
right
in
front
of
me,
so
I
will
send
it
to
you
guys
afterwards
there
is
a
dedicated
line
for
that.
So,
yes,
you
are
correct
in
that
there's
two
different
ways
that
you
can
get
in
touch
with
security
during
the
game.
P
O
K
P
So
then,
the
ones
on
the
list
this
evening
were
specifically
cultural
and
identity
nights,
so
those
focus
more
on
Heritage.
We
also
do
have
other
theme
nights
that
were
about
the
entire
season
listed
on
our
website.
The
best
way
to
find
them
is
to
put
it
into
Google,
Red,
Sox
game
nights,
and
the
link
will
come
up
with
all
of
our
different
different
activities
throughout
the
year.
H
H
K
O
R
Q
Q
Q
M
Q
We
all
know
about
ADA
laws,
but
my
question
is:
is:
can
we
get
those
fixed
seating
out
of
there,
because
I
would
love
to
go
to
Red,
Sox
game
and
six
sit
next
to
my
friend
in
a
wheelchair
instead
of
a
thick
seat
where
they,
my
friends,
can't
you
know
and
to
me
that
would
behoove
them
to
do
that
and
they
might
sell
more
handicap,
accessible
tickets
and
I
know
that
I've
brought
it
up
to
other
people,
but
I'm
throwing
it
out
to
you.
Is
that
a
possibility.
H
H
K
C
C
E
R
R
R
Yeah,
my
question
is,
you
know
all
of
us.
We
are
very
loversed
with
different
types
of
disability
and
each
disability
has
a
specific
ID
that
a
specific
challenge
in
one
way
or
the
other
in
her
communication,
and
forgetting
someone
raised
a
concern
that
Alpha
different
disabilities
are
arranged
and
organized
to
enjoy
the
invest
without
any
destruction
or
struggle.
So
she
said
that
there
are
ushers
who
are
in
a
place
to
help
person
is
disability
in
one
way
or
the
other.
R
So
my
question
is
here
that
how
far
these
ushers
are
prepared
to
help
people
with
disabilities
during
this
event,
because
Asha
can
be
asha's
can
be
any
place
but
remember
our
needs.
Our
challenges
vary
all
are
different,
so
how
far
these
people
are
prepared
to
help
people
with
specific
disabilities
at
the
end
of
the
day?
Second,
is
that
the
mode
of
transport
and
accessibility
that
is
in
place
to
help
people
with
disability
to
get
in
maybe
to
the
beach
and
out
of
the
beach
after
these
games?
How
far
these
two
areas
are
relocated
before?
P
P
P
I
hope
that
that
does
help
I
know
I'm
not
specifically
involved
in
training,
but
you
know
they
receive
extensive
training.
Each
season
and
they'll
work
together
to
help,
but
Mobility
assistance,
which
is
stationary
D,
is
in
David
would
be
your
best
resource,
but
they
can
radio
for
them
wherever
you
are.
C
C
K
Yes,
thank
you,
Wes
and
I
believe
my
staff
is
going
to
share
slides,
so
we'll
jump
right
into
my
report.
It's
not
too
long
tonight,
so
I'll
just
jump
in
so
mayor.
Wu
has
Coffee
hours
every
year
in
the
spring.
She
does
this
because
it
gives
her
a
chance
to
go
to
different
neighborhoods,
meet
her
constituents
and
get
to
see
people
face
to
face
and
listen
to
them
and
hear
what
they're
you
know
concerns
and
their
priorities
are
so.
The
coffee
hours
for
2023
are
well
underway,
but
we
still
have
a
dozen
left.
K
So
these
are
the
ones
that
are
coming
up.
There
was
one
this
morning
in
East
Boston
and
then
the
next
one
will
be
on
Friday,
that's
on
City,
Hall,
Plaza
and
then
Brighton
or
then
South,
End,
Charlestown
and
Hyde
Park
right
round
out
May
and
then
in
June
we
have
Mattapan
Fenway
West
Roxbury
to
make
a
plane,
Mission
Hill
and
Back
Bay,
Beacon
Hill,
so
they're
all
at
9
30
in
the
morning
at
different
locations,
and
you
can
log
on
to
boston.gov
to
find
out
specifically
where
they
are,
but
I
would
recommend
it.
K
If
you'd
like
to
meet
the
mayor
and
meet
representatives
from
City
departments
that
you
attend
one
of
these
Coffee
hours
next
slide,
okay,
so
just
an
update
on
some
of
our
events.
Wes
I
gave
a
good
description
of
the
disability
Community
Forum
earlier,
but
just
to
follow
up.
I
wanted
to
thank
all
the
board
members
who
attended
the
public
really
likes
to
meet
you
all
and
get
to
see
who
you
are
and
get
to
know
about
what
you're
working
on.
K
So
thank
you
for
making
the
time
because
I
know
a
lot
of
you
all
of
you
have
busy
schedules,
and
some
of
you
took
time
out
of
work
to
do
this.
So
we
really
appreciate
it.
May
Wu
attended
along
with
many
other
appointed
officials,
city
of
Boston
staff
and
staff
from
the
MBTA
and
I
feel
like
they
all
did
a
great
job
answering
questions
so
I'm
grateful
for
to
them
for
attending
to
we
had
about
35
community
members
attend
in
person,
and
we
had
over
100
on
Zoom.
So
it
was
a
very
well
attended
event.
K
Those
were
the
numbers
of
community
members
and
then
we
had
a
lot
more
staff.
I
think
at
one
point
I
heard
there
were
over
150
people
on
the
zoom.
A
lot
of
them
was
city
of
Boston
staff,
but
still
they're
all
getting
the
information
and
listening
to
your
concerns.
So
we
think
it
was
a
great
success.
K
K
I
also
gave
out
the
annual
report
from
our
office
at
The
Forum,
and
that
can
be
found
through
the
next
link
in
my
report,
and
then
we
also
received
dozens
of
questions
that
we
didn't
get
to
answer.
We
had
put
out
a
call
before
the
forum
for
people
to
send
in
questions
before
the
event
so
that
we
could
ask
them
if
there
was
time
we
did
get
to
a
few
of
them.
K
But
again,
there
are
dozens
that
we
didn't
get
to
answer
so
right
now
we're
working
on
getting
the
answers
to
all
those
questions,
we're
putting
them
into
a
document,
and
we
will
post
that
in
the
next
few
weeks,
so
stay
tuned
for
that
and
then,
as
you
all
may
know,
by
now,
July
18th
is
going
to
be
our
13th
annual
Ada
Day
celebration.
It
will
be
from
12
noon
to
2
p.m.
On
Boston
City,
Hall
Plaza.
We
have
it's
a
great
event.
If
you've
never
been
there,
we
have
information
tables.
K
We
are
launching
our
Boston
breaks
campaign
for
awareness
of
pedestrians
with
disabilities
and
bicyclists.
We
will
be
recognizing
an
outstanding
partner
and
we
have
a
speaking
program
featuring
mayor,
Wu,
other
officials.
We
have
food,
music,
t-shirts
and
socializing
and
it's
a
lot
of
fun.
So
please
mark
that
date
on
your
calendar.
It's
Tuesday,
July
18th,.
K
And
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide
so
for
the
last
few
months,
I've
been
doing
kind
of
a
deep
dive
in
my
report
to
tell
you
about
one
initiative
that
we're
working
on
so
this
month.
I'm
talking
about
a
national
group
that
we're
a
part
of
it's
called
the
Coalition
of
municipal
offices
for
people
with
disabilities
or
cmopd.
K
So
this
is
a
National
Coalition.
We
meet
once
a
month
to
talk
about
emerging
issues.
We
problem
solve.
We
share
best
practices
and
we
make
policy
recommendations
on
accessibility
and
inclusion
to
federal
agencies,
and
it's
really
so
amazing
when
I
get
on
these
calls
with
my
colleagues,
because
every
city
is
dealing
with
the
same
issue,
whether
it's
bike,
Lanes
or
special
education
or
outdoor
dining
captions.
K
There
are
just
so
many
issues
that
we
have
in
common,
that
it's
great
to
really
brainstorm
and
talk
to
people
who
get
it,
who
understand
the
issues
but
also
understand
what
it's
like
to
navigate
a
local
government
to
try
to
get
things
moving
forward.
So
the
cities
that
participate
include
Boston
and
Cambridge,
as
well
as
New
York,
Chicago,
La,
San,
Francisco,
Philadelphia,
Detroit,
St,
Louis,
Austin
and
Houston,
and
Texas
and
Salt
Lake
City.
K
K
K
Out
six
areas
that
we
asked
the
federal
the
U.S
Department
of
Labor
to
look
at.
They
included
things
like
internships,
sheltered
workshops
which
are
no
longer
really
acceptable,
but
it
still
exists
in
some
states.
So
we
asked
them
to
look
at
Federal
policies
that
really
impact
employment
and
to
take
our
input
as
people
who
work
on
the
ground
and
see
our
constituents
and
what
they
struggle
with.
K
So
from
that
meeting,
we
spun
off
into
another
meeting
with
the
CMS,
which
is
the
centers
for
Medicaid
and
Medicare,
and
we
talked
about
barriers
to
employment
with
them,
because
one
of
the
biggest
barriers
to
employment
is
the
limit
on
income
and
Assets
in
order
to
stay
on
Medicaid.
As
many
of
you
may
know,
Medicaid
provides
vital
funding
for
personal
care
attendance
for
wheelchairs
for
certain
therapies
that
traditional
insurance
doesn't
cover,
so
people
need
Medicaid
in
order
to
stay
healthy
and
to
get
up
and
get
out
of
bed
every
day.
K
But
if
you
go
to
work
and
you
make
too
much
money
or
you-
you
know
own
property
or
have
some
savings,
oftentimes
you're
in
danger
of
losing
Medicaid.
So
we
recommended
that
the
federal
government
use
the
Massachusetts
common
health
program
as
a
national
model,
because
common
health
has
no
income
or
asset
limit.
So,
for
example,
I'm
on
common
health,
I
can
work,
I
can
have
savings
and
there's
no
income
or
asset
limit
and
I'm
still
on
Medicaid,
but
I
pay
a
monthly
premium
for
my
Medicaid,
but
it
still
allows
me
to
stay
on
it.
K
So
some
of
the
things
that
all
of
our
cities
are
dealing
with
when
it
comes
to
accessible
Transportation,
our
airline
travel
is
a
big
one.
We
want
to
be
sure
that,
on
the
federal
level
that
airlines
are
maintaining
and
promoting
policies
that
support
disabled
passengers
who
have
service
animals,
we
know
that
Aviation
rules
are
not
Aviation.
Companies
are
not
subject
to
the
Ada
they're
subject
to
the
airline
access
carriers
act,
so
they
have
different
rules
about
service
animals,
and
you
may
have
seen
in
the
news.
K
A
few
years
ago
somebody
tried
to
bring
on
like
a
service
duck
or
a
service.
Goose
I've,
seen
service
snakes
and
things
like
that.
So
we're
really
asking
the
federal
government
to
pay
attention
to
actual
service
animals
that
provide
a
service
for
someone
with
a
disability,
a
trained
service
for
someone
with
a
disability,
because
we
don't
want
to
give
it
a
bad
reputation.
For
you
know
anybody.
K
We
just
want
to
really
focus
on
the
fact
that
it's
a
service
animal,
that's
trained
to
do
a
task
for
somebody
with
a
disability
we'd
also
like
them
to
look
at
creating
accessible
bathrooms
for
people
who
use
Mobility
devices.
We
know
this
is
challenging
because
you
have
airplane
bathrooms
are
tiny,
but
we
still
think
that
there's
more,
that
can
be
done,
because
a
lot
of
people
who
use
wheelchairs
have
to
go
long
flights
without
being
being
able
to
use
the
bathroom.
It's
not
fair
and
it's
also
discourages
people
from
traveling.
K
K
We
also
want
to
have
them
look
at
creating
on-flight
wheelchair
securement
systems,
so
someone
in
a
wheelchair
can
remain
in
their
chair
and
I
know
that's
currently
underway,
and
they
had
an
opportunity
for
the
public
to
give
comment
which
a
lot
of
people
have
done
so
stay
tuned
for
more
information
on
that
and
then
looking
ground
travel.
There
are
several
areas
that
we
want
them
to
focus
on
again:
creating
dedicated
funding
to
support
power
transit
systems
because
you
may
have
noticed
like
when
the
tea
is
struggling
with
their
budget.
K
K
We
want
to
make
sure
that
ride
share
companies
are
held
accountable
for
providing
accessible
vehicles,
in
particular
wheelchair
accessible
vehicles.
In
too
many
areas
of
the
country
there
are
no
accessible
ride,
shares
we're
lucky
enough
in
Boston
to
have
a
program,
but
it's
only
existing
in
I
think
three
or
four
of
the
states.
So
when
we
travel,
we
don't
always
have
access
to
ride.
Shares
we'd,
also
like
the
federal
government
to
provide
resources
and
support
to
States
so
that
they
can
invest
in
their
taxi
cab.
K
Companies
which
we
know
have
been
decimated
from
ride,
shares
we'd
like
to
ensure
that
autonomous
vehicles
have
accessibility
requirements
in
place
before
they
are
approved
for
use,
because
we
saw
this
with
Rideshare
companies
all
of
a
sudden
they
were
out
and
on
the
road,
and
there
was
no
thought
of
access
beforehand.
So
we
don't
want
to
be
chasing
them
down
the
road
after
they're
already
in
service.
We
want
all
that
to
happen
first
and
then
again.
We
want
to
maintain
and
promote
policies
that
support
disabled
passengers
who
have
service
animals.
C
C
C
J
J
K
The
boards-
or
you
know
public
boards
that
meet
like
you
do
a
lot
of
them
are
the
same
relationship
like
their
advisory
capacity
boards
and
they
work
closely
together
with
the
city
offices
on
disability,
to
push
things
forward
in
their
cities.
So
we
have
a
check-in
meeting
before
we
meet
with
the
secretary
I
will
raise
this
issue
and
see
what
the
others
think
about
getting
their
boards
involved,
whether
it's
a
follow-up
letter.
J
Sure
I
know
we
I
know
we
were
able
to
to
provide
a
letter
A.
Thank
you
letter,
I,
believe
to
to
secretary
Walsh,
after
after
you
met
with
representatives
from
his
office.
So
anything
we
can
do
to
support
would
be
great
and
to
elevate
these
issues,
and
thank
you
for
bringing
them
to
to
his
attention.
I'm
glad
that
you'll
be
able
to
meet
with
him
so
yeah.
K
L
Thank
you,
issu
verse,
15th
I'm.
Thank
you
for
the
report,
commissioner,
and
again
I.
She
was
pleased
by
the
number
of
members
on
the
board
who
are
able
to
attend
in
person
and
I.
Think
in
the
future.
I
know
that
seems
unusual
compared
to
other
years
that
it
seemed
like
there
were
laws
in
the
questions
for
in
person
or
on
Zoom
on
at
a
couple
of
points.
L
That
occasion
should
arise
again,
but
that
that's
helpful
to
know
that
you're
you've
been
collecting
those
and
we'll
be
putting
that,
because
I
very
raises
a
very
good
point.
I
think
that
is
exciting
about
this
next
opportunity
to
discuss
transportation
and,
in
fact,
I'd
be
happy
to
discuss
Paratransit
with
you
as
well
and
as
an
aside
I
was
pleased
that
michelleer
from
the
MBTA
from
the
ride
and
the
staff
member
her
staff
member
Megan,
were
in
attendance.
That
day
at
a
disability.
L
K
Yeah,
it's
been
in
development
for
years
and
there's
been
some
recent
movement
to
try
to
push
it.
Forward
I
can
send
out
some
links
to
the
board
tomorrow,
because
I
know
they
had
a
public
comment
period,
probably
late
last
year,
because
I
know
I
weighed
in
on
it.
But
it's
been.
It's
been
talked
about
for
a
long
time
and
it
is
moving
forward,
but
it's
very
complex
because
the
securement
would
have
to
be
equal
to
that
of
like
a
seat.
That's
you
know
really
built
in
in
a
plane
along
with
a
seat
belt.
K
So
and
then
you
also
have
to
have
space
for
it.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
complexities,
but
there's
also
a
lot
of
will
to
get
it
done
so
I'd
say
it's
still
a
ways
away,
but
I'll
send
some
information
on
it
and
I'll
also
follow
up
with
the
whole
board
to
see
who
wants
to
talk
about
Paratransit.
Before
my
trip
because
I
know
Olivia,
you
probably
asked
dots
too
and
other
people
yeah.
F
F
It
was
very
impressive
for
me
to
meet
everyone
on
the
Commission
in
person
versus
being
on
zoom
and
I,
appreciated
that
you
had
everybody,
give
an
intro,
commissioner,
but
then
also
a
priority
for
them,
because
that
allowed
me
also
to
listen
to
How.
Distinguished
everyone
is
on
the
on
the
commission
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
it
that
it
was
I
felt
very
honored
to
be
up
there
with
with
everyone
with
all
the
backgrounds
and
the
advocacy
that
you
do
so
it
was.
F
It
was
very
nice
to
see
everybody
in
person
and
I
hope
that
yeah
we'll
have
something
in
person
again,
not
just
waiting
till
next
year,
but
it
was.
It
was
a
very
impressive
group
when
I
looked
at
some
of
the
pictures
as
we
expand
across
the
front
front
of
the
road.
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
everybody
again,
and
it
was
great.
K
Thanks
Charlie,
that's
a
really
good
point:
I
hadn't
realized
some
of
the
new
board.
Members
had
never
met
anybody
in
person
because
a
lot
of
us
are
so
used
to
a
lot
of
the
board.
Members
have
been
on
the
board
for
years,
so
that
is
a
great
point
and
yes,
I'm
always
impressed
by
the
board
members,
not
only
their
backgrounds,
but
they
continued
advocacy.
So
we
were
thrilled
with
the
turnout
and
we
were
saying
internally
in
our
office.
I.
Don't
think
that
many
board
members
have
actually
ever
come
live
to
a
meeting.
K
O
O
Okay,
see
no
comments,
all
right,
no
comments
there,
so
I
guess
I
will
go
ahead
and
cancel
that
meeting
for
the
month
of
August.
Now
moving
on
to
Old
business,
the
health
discrimination
discussion
that
had
been
shared
with
us
I
believe
in
the
last
meeting
Jerry
you
had
mentioned
that
you
had
a
follow-up
with
Bill
from
bcil.
J
Yes,
I
bill
and
I
were
in
Bill
Henning
of
the
executive
director,
and
this
is
Jerry
by
the
way
Bill
Henning,
the
executive
director
of
bcil
and
I
were
in
contact
via
email
after
after
that
meeting
shortly
after
the
last
meeting
and
he's
very
enthusiastic
about
coming
to
a
future
meeting
and
he's
he
thought
about
bringing
staff
as
well.
That
could
speak
to
the
issue
and
the
last
I
knew
the
Commissioner's
Office
Andrea
award.
O
O
O
Oh
all,
right
all
right
so
I
guess
there
are
no
further
comments
or
questions
from
the
board:
Boston
Public,
Schools,
VPS
transportation
and
the
follow-up
for
that.
I.
Believe
that
commissioner
makash,
you
were
going
to
provide
an
update
related
to
the
BPS
Transportation.
Perhaps
that
was
Charlie
as
well.
K
Yes,
I
think
we
agreed
I,
know
Andrew
and
I
had
talked
about
getting
data
on
a
monthly
basis
from
the
Transportation
Office
of
DPS,
whether
it's
training
or
new
hires
or
any
type
of
data
statistics
that
they
could
give
us
metrics.
But
I
did
not
get
to
follow
up
on
that.
But
I
will
make
it
a
point
to
put
that
in
my
at
the
top
of
my
to-do
list,
and
hopefully
we
can
establish
a
monthly
update,
at
least
on
metrics.
F
O
D
Cambridge
this
time,
I
had
one
thing
on
the
BPS
transportation
and
that
is
I'd
like
to
see
some
tracking
of
how
many
students
are
missing
school
per
day
because
of
the
transportation
issue
because
of
lack
of
Transportation,
because
I
think
that's
where
the
real
true
issue
is.
Is
these
kids
are
missing
out
on
an
education.
O
O
R
R
First
and
foremost,
as
I
told
you
earlier
on
I'm
from
Uganda
and
I'm
a
cafe
fellow
2023,
the
best
color
I
came
to
us.
Looking
at
disability
inclusion
into
form
employment
World,
however,
I've
been
a
good
opportunity
to
learn
different
things.
For
example,
like
today,
I
may
not
be
in
a
better
position
to
tell
about
the
transport
system,
like
am
I
calling
said,
but
I
want
to
say.
R
Thank
you
so
much,
because
what
are
good
throughout
here
in
this
meeting
is
that
in
USA,
when
it
comes
to
promoting
disability
inclusion,
all
states
come
together
and
you
combine
the
effort.
Looking
at
one
thing,
for
example,
like
at
the
commissioner
Christine
said
that
very
soon
she's
going
to
meet
the
state
representative
on
the
issue
of
Transport,
meaning
that
people
with
disability
have
a
right
and
password,
but
how
are
they
protected
on
the
way?
R
Secondly,
there
is
another
form
of
Transport,
like
bikes,
motorbikes,
how
people
with
disabilities
are
protected
when
it
comes
to
accessing
unusual
motorbikes
in
USA,
bloody
and
my
last
Point
here,
how
far
these
commissions
or
the
leadership
was
in
Boston
and
the
other
parts
of
the
country.
Our
youth
are
evolving
current
instance
that,
like
today,
as
the
committee
and
the
Commissioners,
we
at
the
same
level
were
discussing
disability
issue,
whether
education
has
a
discrimination
and
so
on.
How
are
you
engaging
parents
to
see
that
you're
moving
at
the
same
page?
R
K
I
Rasheed,
it's
great
to
see
you
Rasheed
and
I,
were
able
to
meet
last
week,
he's
doing
a
fellowship
with
the
institute
for
Community
inclusion
that
you
through
UMass
Boston,
so
I
got
to
learn
about
about
all
his
work
in
Uganda
and
he
learned
about
some
of
our
work
here
in
Boston,
so
Rasheed.
We
are
over
time
and
you
had
a
lot
of
questions.
So
I
would
love
to
follow
up
with
you
one-on-one.
Can
we
do
that
tomorrow,
but.
R
K
Really
briefly,
I
will
say
that
the
city
has
a
committee
called
the
active
Transit
team,
which
a
member
of
my
staff
is
a
part
of,
and
they
look
at
what
what's
called
micro
mobility,
and
that
is
things
like
scooters,
bicycles,
there's
like
electric
skateboards,
there's
all
kinds
of
micro,
mobility
and
they're
meant
to
get
people.
They
call
it
like
the
last
mile.
K
So
if
you
can
take
the
tea
to
a
certain
stop,
but
it's
a
mile
away
from
your
work,
how
do
you
feed
from
the
T
to
your
work,
to
encourage
people
not
to
use
automobiles,
because
we
know
t-stops
aren't
don't
let
out
right
in
front
of
everybody's
building.
So
you
know
what
if
it's
two
miles
from
rebuilding
like
people
might
not
want
to
walk
the
two
miles,
but
is
there
a
microwave
that
they
can
get
across
the
city?
So
we
do
a
lot
of
work
in
that
space.
K
R
Than
transport
water
transport
system,
how
people
with
disabilities
are
like,
how
are
they
protected
because
whether
you
have
a
severe
disability
or
not
severe,
regardless
or
any
category,
and
you
have
a
right
to
enjoy
water
transport?
How
are
they
considered
when
it
comes
to
accessing
and
using
water
transfer?
Thank
you.
Okay.
K
So
I'll
definitely
follow
up
with
you
tomorrow,
but
just
briefly,
I
will
say
that
the
city
of
Boston
coordinates
because
the
MBTA
runs
varies
as
part
of
the
commuter
program
that
they
run
for
fixed
food
system.
So
we
would
coordinate
with
like
state
agencies
that
run
that.
But
let
me
follow
up
with
you.
I
have
your
email,
but
it
was
great
to
see
you
and
thanks
for
attending
our
meeting.
I'll.