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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 07-17-2017
A
Good
evening,
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
office
of
cable
communications,
now
I
hand
it
over
to
Carl
Richardson.
B
D
F
B
B
Is
there
anybody
on
the
phone
and
the
commission
members
on
the
phone?
Okay
hearing?
None!
Let's
move
on
to
the
next
agenda
item,
but
before
we
do,
we
still
have
a
lot
of
new
members
that
don't
necessarily
know
each
other
yet
so
I
would
suggest
that
every
time
we
speak,
if
we
say
our
name
that'll
allow
it
all
to
get
to
know
each
other,
and
that
would
be
helpful,
especially
for
me,
since
I
can't
see
you
I'll
get
to
learn
your
voices.
That
I
would
be
helpful.
Thank
you.
B
D
D
B
J
Thank
You,
commissioner,
a
member
Richardson
and
all
the
other
members
of
the
Commission,
and
also
a
commissioner
macaws
I'm
Tim
Davis
I'm,
the
housing
policy
manager
at
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency.
This
is
our
board
room,
so
welcome
to
our
room.
The
disability,
housing
task
force
has
been
working
for
a
number
of
months,
I
think
it's
18
months
or
so
to
look
at
ways
in
which
we
can
increase
access.
J
Make
things
break
the
processes
easier,
make
it
easier
for
people
to
find
units
that
are
suitable
to
their
needs,
while
I
have
only
been
in
my
position
less
time
that
this
task
force
was
actually
operational.
It's
been
my
honor
to
assist
the
task
force
and,
while
I
can't
speak
directly
on
behalf
of
Sheila
Dillon
and
the
department
Neighborhood
Development
I
will
try
to
cover
some
of
the
ground
that
both
BPD
and
D&D
cover
chief
Dillon
is
actually
out
on
a
couple
of
well
needed
days
of
vacation.
So
I.
J
J
Can
say
that,
on
behalf
of
both
of
our
agencies,
that
we
are
aware
of
the
challenges
many
people
face
when
attempting
to
find
housing
is
suited
to
their
needs.
I
first
became
aware
of
it
more
directly
when
I
worked
at
DMV
myself
in
the
late
90s
early
2000
and
my
supervisor
had
a
very
difficult
time,
finding
a
property
that
was
suited
for
his
needs,
while
he
was
able
to
find
and
adapt
a
home
in
North
Cambridge.
J
Eventually,
it
also
forced
him
to
ask
for
a
waiver
from
the
city
residency
requirement,
so
he
could
find
something
it
was
suitable,
so
being
able
to
actually
house
people
in
Boston
is
I,
think
important
goal
for
us
among
the
some
of
the
main
accomplishments
of
this
plan.
Speaking
first
in
terms
of
what
the
Boston
planning
and
development
agency
is
doing,
my
role
is
I
work
directly
with
the
inclusionary
development
policy
and
all
the
efforts
to
get
private
developers
to
create
income,
restricted
housing
without
public
subsidies.
J
Now
a
developer
is
many
developers
if
they
have
enough
units
on
their
property
are
required
to
have
such
units
on
the
property,
but
are
they
also
inclusionary
development
units?
So
over
the
last
year,
in
my
role,
we
have
been
requesting
that
we
have
units
that
are
both
income
restricted
and
built
out
for
certain
disabilities,
but
we've
not
had
a
requirement
so
going
forward.
J
We're
going
to
have
we're
proposing
a
board
vote
for
August
for
the
BPD,
a
board
that
would
actually
require
that
15%
of
inclusionary
developing
units
in
projects
where
they
are
required
are
where
these
units
are
required
would
also
be
for
those
who
are
disabled.
That
would
increase
the
number
of
units
that
we
have
in
our
portfolio
to
date.
In
fact,
we're
also
increasing
our
ability
to
know
what's
in
our
portfolio
in
some
cases,
in
some
of
these
older
projects,
we
don't
even
know
which
units
are
group
to
units
and
which
ones
are
not.
J
It
is
improves
access,
providing
a
preference,
but
we're
also
working
with
the
disabilities
Commission
to
assist
with
confirming
eligibility
for
this
preference
so
as
to
ensure
the
integrity
of
the
program.
So
in
other
words,
because
there's
a
preference
for
this
unit-
and
it
is
a
preference
that
exceeds
the
Boston
residency
preference
for
some
of
our
inclusionary
development
units.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
were
in
these
units
need
these
units,
so
the
disabilities
Commission
is
going
to
help
us
with
that.
J
There
are
certain
situations
where
there
may
be
assets
that
exceed
our
asset
limits,
but
are
necessary
that
for
someone
with
the
disability
that
aren't
necessary
for
someone
else,
so
we
become
more
flexible
in
our
processes
around
those
things
also
I
work
with
the
housing
compliance
you
directly,
but
our
development
review
division
has
established
a
disability
checklist,
an
accessibility
checklist
and
that
is
included
in
the
package
as
well.
I
think
it
starts
on
page.
J
J
The
indie
has
a
number
of
programs
that
can
improve
housing
outcomes,
they're
going
to
look
at
prioritizing
individual
disabilities
and
their
work
around
the
office
of
housing,
stability,
new
mortgage
programs
or
funds
for
adoptions
to
the
Boston
Home
Center,
also
through
the
homeless
intervention
services,
but
I
think
the
most
important
thing
that
they're
going
to
do
is
that
currently
for
properties
where
D
and
D
is
providing
public
money,
that
there
is
the
standard
5%
of
units
are
built
out
for
those
with
a
mobility
impairment.
They're
increasing
that
to
10%.
J
J
C
I
just
like
to
thank
him
very
much
for
his
hard
work
and
also
chief
Dylan
who's,
always
been
a
strong
advocate
for
people
with
disabilities.
This
task
force
was
formed
after
the
mayor
released
his
plan
called
housing,
Boston
2030,
which
looked
at
the
long
term
goals
in
the
city
over
the
next
15
years,
and
what
we
realized
when
we
were
drafting
the
report
was
that
there
was
no
attention
being
paid
specifically
to
people
with
disabilities
who
didn't
fit
in
that
category
of
elderly.
C
So
we
wanted
to
focus
on
non
elder
people,
disability,
individuals
and
families
and
make
sure
that
they
had
been
looked
at
and
talking
about
with
what
their
needs
would
be
and
really
coming
up
with
some
programs.
So
I
think
the
main
takeaways
that
we're
thrilled
about
that
PDP,
PDA,
supports
and
D&D
supports
are
things
like
Tim
mentioned,
like
looking
at
special
needs
trusts,
and
we
know
that
they
are
not.
They
are
to
have
people
be
wealthy,
but
their
data
take
care
of
ongoing
home
care.
Medical
needs,
equipment.
C
Things
like
increasingly
built
out
units
from
5%
to
10%
and
requiring
a
certain
percentage
of
with
15%
of
the
affordable
units
to
also
be
accessible.
So,
instead
of
asking
developers
to
consider
these
things
now,
it's
going
to
be
a
mandate.
So
we
really
hope
that
these
policies
will
help
people
be
able
to
stay
in
the
city,
because
we
know
that
if
you
can't
find
housing,
oftentimes
people
left
to
either
homelessness
or
rehabs
or
the
conditions
can
go
right
downhill,
so
we're
working
hard
on
the
homelessness
and
on
the
just
housing
in
general.
J
Housing
innovation
lab,
which
is
a
program
that
was
initially
funded
by
the
Bloomberg
foundation,
is
now
actually
that's.
Another
announcement
it's
just
coming
out
is
that
the
mayor's
office
is
going
to
fund
this
program.
Ongoing
is
looking
at
a
number
of
ways
that
we
can
increase
the
availability
of
all
kinds
of
different
housing
types
and
one
is
an
accessory
dwelling
unit
program.
I'm,
not
sure
all
the
neighbors
is
going
to
be
polity
and
I
know.
J
The
kind
of
within
the
envelope
of
the
house
to
create
a
dwelling
unit
that
is
sort
of
like
what
would
in
the
in
the
past
will
be
thought
of
like
as
a
mother,
but
we
know
that
mother-in-law
unit
serve
all
kinds
of
purposes
and
all
kinds
of
different
people
who
might
need
something
like
that.
They'll
also
I
think
eventually
look
at
other
things,
such
as
carriage
houses
and
other
things
that
are
adjacent
to
a
home.
They
can
be
turned
into
a
small
dwelling
unit
and.
C
I
think
one
of
the
big
important
things
that
will
come
out
of
this
whole
process
is
that
BPD,
a
DND
in
my
office
and
fair
housing
and
equity
are
all
working
together
to
coordinate
our
services,
along
with
the
new
office
of
housing
stability.
So
I
think
this
program
and
announcements
is
something
that
we'll
keep
an
eye
on
and
track
moving
forward
to
see.
C
If
we
can
measure
some
sort
of
impact
that
we're
having
and
just
another
follow-up
on
the
homelessness
piece
is
that
we're
also
working
with
D
and
D
on
a
housing
surge
geared
specifically
for
people
with
disabilities?
Those
are
one-day
events
where
people
come
into
a
site
and
they
get
matched
with
the
house
housing
option
right
on
the
spot,
so,
like
Kim,
said
looking
at
the
different
options,
whether
it's
rental
purchase,
you
know
short
terms
today.
Just
getting
people
into
safe,
secure
housing
is
really
the
goal
in.
J
This
housing
surge
process,
which
is
under
the
office
of
housing,
stability
and
D
and
D,
not
our
office.
They
pilot
it
the
first
time
working
with
veterans
who
were
experiencing
homelessness,
and
it
really
was
so
successful
that
I
think
they've
had
a
couple
more
that
were
for
more
general
folks
who
were
experiencing
homelessness
and
I.
Think
we're
thinking
that
those
kinds
of
surges
can
be
done
with
a
number
of
different
special
population
groups,
or
even
in
very
specific
neighborhoods,
where
we're
concerned
about
potential
displacement
because
of
gentrification
and.
C
One
program
that
could
potentially
help
homeowners
is
we're
looking
at
creating
a
loan
fund
which
will
be
for
people
who
are
just
over
the
income
limits
for
the
Massachusetts
home
modification
loan
program.
Some
people
could
keep
relatives
at
home
or
for
me
in
the
home
themselves,
but
they
can't
afford
a
ramp
or
to
do
a
bathroom
over.
The
state
has
a
fund
that
they
currently
use,
but
you
have
to
meet
certain
income
guidelines
and
we
know
how
expensive
things
are
in
Boston.
So,
even
if
you
have
a
higher
income,
usually
it's
all
spent
on
necessities.
H
Is
Felicia
battles,
birdsong
and
I
just
want
to
say
kudos
I!
Think
you
a
dude,
that's
a
great
glad.
It's
been
in
my
head
for
some
times.
I
applaud
you
for
the
great
work
that
you're
doing.
You
did
mention
about
specific
chronic
illnesses
that
the
neural
piece
is
working
at.
That
was
a
fabulous
idea,
I
think
and
I.
Think
I'm
hoping
you'll
be
doing
more
projects
like
that
after
this
one.
Certainly.
J
And
it's
always
in
some
parts:
it's
it's
the
organizations
that
come
to
us
and
are
looking
for
funding
that
is
part
of
the
pipeline.
But
but
when
we
see
projects
I
mean
the
harmon
when
it
came
to
us
both
to
our
agency
and
to
DND,
I
think
it
was
just.
We
threw
up
our
arms
with
gas.
How
can
we
make
this
happen?
So
sometimes
it's
it's
helping
those
along
but
I.
Think
if
more,
if
there's
other
organizations
like
the
Boston
home
that
realize
that
this
has
been
successful,
I
think
they'll
have
more.
J
E
J
C
And
to
celebrate
this
momentous
achievement,
the
mayor
is
going
to
announce
the
report
on
Wednesday
at
11:00
a.m.
at
City.
Hall
I
would
love
it
if
people
from
the
board
could
come,
and
also
members
of
the
disability
community
welcomed
to
attend
and
really
just
congratulate.
You
know
the
task
force
and
all
the
hard
work
and
thank
the
mayor
for
his
ongoing
support.
K
K
After
a
brief
review
of
our
usual
talking
points
against
assisted
suicide,
I
will
concentrate
on
how
these
bills
are
aimed
directly
at
people
with
disabilities.
We
make
three
main
points
from
a
public
health
perspective.
Our
first
point
is
that
millions
of
people
are
misdiagnosed
every
year
in
this
country,
including
thousands
of
people
labeled
quote-unquote,
terminally
ill,
which
is
supposed
to
mean
having
six
months
or
less
to
live.
K
Doctors,
though,
are
wrong
all
the
time
and
it's
impossible
to
predict
the
future.
These
bills
put
everyone
in
the
state
under
the
threat
of
death
by
a
simple
misdiagnosis.
A
good
example
of
this
in
your
handout
packet
is
the
letter
from
Jeanette
hall
from
Oregon
that
she
wrote
to
the
Boston
Globe
in
2012.
K
The
doctor
persuaded
her
to
try
more
treatment
and
eventually
she
agreed
and
now
17
years
later,
she
is
warning
other
people
not
to
fall
for
this
type
of
bill.
We
also
have
the
example
of
Ted
Kennedy
in
this
date,
who
was
given
two
to
four
months
to
live
but
lived
15
more
meaningful
productive
months,
and
he
got
to
see
his
choice
for
President
Barack
Obama
inaugurated.
K
Believing
that
assisted
suicide,
you
can't
have
choice
when
you
don't
have
accurate
information.
This
is
one
of
the
main
argument
of
proponents
is
to
provide
people
with
end
of
life
choices,
but
you
have
to
have
perfect
information.
If
someone
tells
you
that
you're
going
to
die
in
six
months
and
you
believe
them,
you
could
end
up
dead
when
in
reality
you
might
be
living
months
years
or
decades,
and
many
people
in
the
disability
community
have
been
judged
terminally
ill,
some
more
than
once
practically
a
joke.
K
You
also
don't
have
a
choice
when
insurance
companies
and
state
medicaid's
refused
to
cover
your
prescribed
treatment.
A
young
mother
in
California
Stephanie
Packer
received
a
letter
from
her
insurance
company
after
assisted
suicide.
As
effect
in
California,
they
wrote
that
they
would
not
cover
her
prescribed
treatment,
but
when
she
checked
to
see
what
the
situation
was
with
assisted
suicide,
they
told
her
that,
of
course,
they
cover
it
and
her
copay
would
be
one
dollar
in
twenty
cents.
K
K
Most
abuse
comes
from
family
members,
who
may
be
more
interested
in
hairatan
the
hill
person's
estate
than
keeping
them
alive
and
heir
someone
in
line
to
inherit
after
someone's
death
can
serve
as
a
witness
to
the
to
the
request
can
pick
up
the
drugs
from
the
pharmacy
and
bring
them
home,
and
because
there's
no
official
witness
required
at
the
death.
They
are
free
to
take
action
without
anyone
knowing
and
because
everyone
involved
in
the
assisted
suicide
is
granted
immunity.
There's
not
even
a
chance
of
investigation.
K
There
is
also
a
huge
difference
among
people
who
support
and
oppose
these
bill
as
the
voting
results
from
ballot
question.
2
and
2012
show
assisted
suicide,
its
wealthier
whiter
areas
of
the
state
against
those
with
poor
people
and
people
of
color,
blacks
and
Latinos
oppose
assisted
suicide
by
two-to-one
margins,
for
example
the
for
most
Latino
cities
in
the
Commonwealth
Lawrence,
Chelsea,
Holyoke
and
Springfield.
All
voted
strongly
against
question.
K
K
The
impact
on
disabled
people
is
immediate
and
dire.
The
first
group
of
people
who
are
immediately
threatened
are
people
were
experiencing
depression.
The
bill
doesn't
care
whether
you
are
severely
depressed.
As
long
as
in
the
opinion
of
one
psychologist,
the
depression
does
not
cause
quote-unquote
impaired
judgment.
Azra
people
of
the
state
group
empower
testified.
This
is
a
bad
Vica,
see
group
for
people
of
lived
experience
of
mental
health
diagnosis,
trauma
and/or
substance
abuse.
K
She
notified
against
the
last
bill
saying
those
of
us
and
empower
know
that
depression
is
insidious
and
how
it
affects
thinking
against
the
new
provision.
We
know
that
depression
does
impair
judgment
as
a
therapist
once
told
me,
depression
does
not
call
black-and-white
thinking.
It
causes
black
and
blacker,
thinking
absolute
hopelessness
and
seeing
no
way
out
our
common
feelings
for
those
of
us
who
have
experienced
severe
depression
personally,
as
someone
who
has
been
suicidal
in
the
past,
I
can
relate
to
the
desire
for
a
painless
and
easy
way
out.
However,
depression
is
treatable
and
reversible.
K
Suicide,
isn't
many
of
us
in
empower
received
harmful
psychiatric
care
and
so
of
a
healthy
mistrust
of
mental
health
professionals.
Historically,
people
of
psychiatric
diagnosis
have
been
subjected
to
all
forms
of
legal
and
extralegal
coercion,
often
abetted
by
these
same
professionals.
Based
on
these
experience.
We
cannot
trust
that
consulting
psychologists
or
psychiatrists
will
have
our
best
interests
in
mind
when
evaluating
our
motives
for
requesting
assisted
suicide.
K
People
in
the
midst
of
a
sheer
depression
can
usually
present
as
unimpaired,
especially
at
a
single
meeting,
with
an
unknown
psychologist
or
psychiatrist,
who
is
in
the
business
of
labeling
suicides.
Rational
the
bill
specifically
targets
people
with
physical
disabilities,
also
with
this
better
dead
than
disabled
bond
set.
K
So
when
a
disabled
teenager,
like
Jerrica
bowling
a
couple
of
years,
announces
her
intention
to
commit
suicide
people
around
her
support.
Her
depressed
wish,
the
media
covers
it
as
a
heartwarming
story
and
her
community
raises
$36,000
to
have
a
ghoulish
pre-death
prom.
Any
other
teenager
would
receive
suicide
prevention
services.
K
A
lot
of
testimony
and
a
lot
of
the
media
hype
talks
about
pain
and
suffering
and
pain
not
being
controlled,
but
what
we
learn
from
the
Oregon
and
Washington
reports
is
that
it's
almost
all
psychosocial
distress
about
disability
first
is
distress
about
dependence
on
other
people
which
they
call
losing
autonomy.
Second,
is
distress
over
lost
abilities.
K
K
K
Basically,
you
know
people
of
disabilities.
We
reject
as
bizarre
and
dangerous
the
notion
that
personal
dignity
is
somehow
lost
through
reliance
on
others
or
because
we're
not
common
in
every
hour
of
every
day.
That's
why,
for
40
years,
the
disability
rights
movement
has
insisted
on
funding
program
to
provide
necessary
personal
care
attendant
services
for
all
disabled
people,
including
people
disabled
by
their
serious
illness.
The
bill
would
set
up
a
two-tier
system
under
which
some
people
get
suicide
prevention,
while
others,
disabled
people
get
suicide
assistance.
K
K
11
other
massachusetts,
disability
groups
have
taken
a
position
against
legalized,
assisted
suicide,
nationally
every
disability
rights
group
that
has
taken
a
position
on
the
matter
has
come
out
against
it.
What
we
need
to
do
is
make
sure
that
people
have
the
choices
and
supports
to
live
pain
and
burden
free
at
home.
K
You
know,
please
remember,
elders
and
disabled
people
who
may
be
vulnerable
and
without
the
sort
of
support
and
control
assisted
suicide
proponents
take
for
granted.
Innocent
people
will
lose
their
lives
under
these
bills
and
we
won't
be
able
to
move
oh
and
basically
under
the
law.
There
should
be
no
place
for
quality
of
life
distinctions
between
some
people
and
all
people.
We
are
all
equal
under
the
law,
so
I
hope
that
the
advisory
board
will
continue
your
opposition
to
assisted
suicide
and
write
a
letter
to
the
Public
Health
Committee.
Thank
you.
C
K
The
bill
is
going
to
be
heard
on
September
26
before
the
public
health
committee,
and
there
will
be
a
hearing.
We
need
people
to
come
testify
about
personal
experiences,
especially
people
have
been
as
diagnosed
people
who
you
know,
value
their
lives
and
reject
any
notion
that
our
lives
are
worth
less
than
other
people.
There
will
be
a
legislative
briefing
on
September
21st
in
the
members
lounge
in
the
of
the
house
at
the
Statehouse,
and
that
will
run
from
12
p.m.
K
K
C
K
Last
year,
meanwhile,
they've
been
bills
in
almost
every
state
and
we've
continued
to
defeat
them.
Oh
Colorado,
also
legalized
it
through
a
referendum,
and
unfortunately,
people
especially
of
on
a
libertarian
bent
think
that
this
people
gives
gives
you
choice
and
keeps
the
government
out
of
your
business
when
it's
actually
the
opposite.
The
government
is
making
a
recommendation
that,
for
some
people,
death
is
better
than
life.
B
K
Like
a
letter
of
opposition
to
be
sent
to
the
Public
Health
Committee,
the
Advisory
Board
has
sent
letters
I
think
since
2012
I
am
stating
opposition,
and
you
know
it's
just
these
bills
are
a
direct
threat
and
rejection
of
the
ability
of
disabled
people
to
live
independently
in
the
community.
What
do.
K
K
A
Kate
Hogan
from
the
house,
which
is
where
the
staff
is
located
and
Jason
Lewis
and
the
Senate
and
we've
been
successful.
Lobbying
the
the
committee
over
the
past
sessions-
and
you
know
most
of
them-
realized
that
this
is
a
bill
that
threatens
people
and
people
also
respect
the
will
of
the
voters
who
voted
in
2012.
K
K
There
is
going
to
be
I,
think,
isn't
it
a
millionaire's
PACs
on
the
on
the
ballot
and
2018
to
change
the
state
constitution,
to
allow
the
state
to
charge
different
rates
for
different
income
groups,
and
so
we're
hoping
that
that
might
get
more
people
out
to
the
out
to
the
polls
and
also
Elizabeth
Warren
will
be
running
for
reelection.
Just.
K
Companies
not
that
we
know
of
and
I
think
we
would
all
from
a
common
sense
perspective,
see
that
it's
not
in
their
interest,
but
I,
don't
think
they
want
to
touch
this
and
actually
weigh
in
on
it
the
the
main
people
promoting
it.
Our
group
called
compassion
and
choices
which
are
euphemisms
for
assisted
suicide.
K
This
group
was
originally
called
the
hemlock
society
and
they
basically
use
a
so
called
terminal
illness
as
the
hook
to
hang
the
assisted
suicide
legislation
only
in
the
United
States
and
the
UK
have
proponents
put
in
the
requirement
that
you'd
be
judged
to
be
terminally
ill
and
every
other
country.
People
with
severe
disabilities
are
included
from
the
beginning,
and
so
it's
a
testimony
to
the
hard
work
of
disability
rights
advocates
that
they've
had
to
pretend
that
it's
really
about
protecting
pain
and
suffering
at
the
end.
K
B
B
Next
is
the
chairs
report.
I,
don't
have
much
to
say
other
than
thank
you
for
those
who
sent
in
the
three
action
are
the
three
topic
that
they
would
like
to
see
the
disability
Commission
to
work
on.
If
you
haven't
done
so,
please
continue
to
come
up
with
ideas.
I
am
also
guilty
of
not
coming
up
with
an
item
of
plea
think,
but
maybe
we
can
put
together
a
complete
list
for
the
August
or
September
meeting
and
discuss
which
priority
the
Commission
would
like
to
take
on.
B
The
other
thing
is
I
know
in
the
fall
that
we
will
have
an
election
with
all
these
Newport
members.
So
if
anybody
would
like
to
run
for
any
of
the
positions
which
our
chair,
Vice
Chair
secretary
I,
don't
know
why
we
have
treasurer,
but
we
do
it's
in
the
bylaws
yeah
I
know
so,
but
I
don't
get
to
have
control
of
your
budget.
So
so
we
also
have
a
treasurer
position,
which
is
more
named.
B
Why
don't
you
email
the
board,
the
Commission
at
large
and
then
also,
if
you'd
like
to
be
in
the
nominating
committee
which
we'll
put
together
at
the
August
meeting,
we
can
put
together
a
nominating
committee
now,
if
you're
on
nominating
committee
means
you're
not
running
for
office,
because
typically
you
can't
nominate
yourself
so
so,
please
send
out
I
will
send
out
when
I
want
tomorrow.
I
will
send
our
email
out
to
everybody
at
large,
reminding
them
to
come
up
with
three
action
items.
B
B
B
C
You
Carl
so
to
begin
I'd
like
to
announce
some
upcoming
events
that
the
board
is
welcome
to
attend,
along
with
the
community
in
general,
the
city
of
Boston
is
having
a
series
of
summer
block
parties
where
residents
can
come
out
and
meet
the
different
department
heads
from
different
agencies
in
the
city.
A
lot
of
Human
Service
department
heads
will
be
there
myself,
the
head
of
fair
housing
equity,
the
head
of
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement,
Veterans
Commission,
Boston
services
and
family,
the
public
health
commission.
C
So
the
dates
for
those
are
going
to
be
on
July
27th
in
the
South
End
August
3rd
in
Mattapan,
August
10th
in
South,
Boston
August
17th
in
Roslindale,
in
August
26th
in
East,
Boston
and
I'll
send
out
more
information
by
email,
but
these
block
parties
are
a
great
place
to
come
out
and
meet
the
people
who
work
for
you
and
tell
them
about
the
issues
that
you
want
us
to
work
on.
Just
to
reiterate
from
earlier
I
would
love
it.
If
you
would
attend
our
announcement
about
the
housing
policies
on
Wednesday
at
11:00
a.m.
C
the
mayor
will
be
announcing
them,
so
you'll
get
to
meet
the
mayor.
If
you
haven't
met
him
yet,
and
it
will
take
place
on
the
fifth
floor
in
the
mayor's
office
on
the
eat
in
the
Eagle
room.
So
please
attend
if
you're
free,
also
Wednesday
night
is
a
screening
of
finding
dory
and
that's
going
to
be
at
the
nonprofit
Center.
Is
that
right,
John,
88,
South,
Street.
B
A
A
C
I
was
thinking
of
the
movie
that
was
screened
last
week
at
the
nonprofit
Center.
So
thank
you
for
that
correct
information
and
then,
finally,
our
big
event.
Every
year,
our
annual
ad
a/d
a
celebration
is
going
to
be
on
Tuesday
July,
6,
July
25th,
so
that
we
come
tomorrow
on
City,
Hall
plaza
and
this
year,
we'll
be
honoring.
C
The
Boston
planning
and
development
agency,
along
with
the
disability,
housing
task
force
for
all
their
work
on
these
recommendations
and
implementing
this
policy
to
make
housing
more
accessible
for
Boston
residents
and
the
event
includes
remarks
by
possibly
mayor
Walsh.
If
he's
in
town
and
remarks
from
the
housing
task
force,
we
also
have
food
music,
t-shirts,
adaptive
equipment
from
Spalding
information
from
different
agencies
with
who
serve
people
with
disabilities.
So
it's
a
really
fun
day.
I
welcome
everybody
to
attend
some
other
updates.
I
have
are
about
our
office.
C
We
currently
have
two
open
positions
that
we
hope
to
be
filling
soon.
We
also
have
three
interns
that
working
with
us
this
summer.
What
is
it?
Youth
from
the
city
of
Boston
through
the
city
Boston
summer,
job
program?
We
also
have
an
elderly
gentleman
through
the
mass
rehab
Commission,
who
we
work
with
the
mass
rehab
Commission
every
summer
to
place
eight
to
ten
adults
in
different
jobs
across
the
city.
C
It's
a
job
training
program
for
them,
so
they
have
paid
for
the
work
and
then
they
use
that
as
a
way
to
launch
into
hopefully
full-time
employment.
We
also
have
a
fellow
who's
working
with
us.
I
know:
we've
talked
about
her
at
the
last
few
meetings
and
she
is
working
on
an
accessibility
survey.
I
believe
she
emailed
it
to
you
in
preparation
for
this
meeting
and
just
a
way
to
think
about
it
is
that
she's
broken
it
down
into
three
brackets
of
issues.
C
The
first
bracket
deals
with
issues
that
we
control
directly
things
that
are
under
the
auspices
of
the
city,
such
as
sidewalks,
audio
pedestrian
signals
and
voter
access.
The
second
bucket
is
issues
that
we
can
influence
because
we
collaborate
with
the
agencies
and
companies
who
who
oversee
them.
Things
like
building
projects
in
the
private
domain.
Things
like
that
and
the
third
bucket
of
issues
is
things
that
we
can
advocate
for
because
we
don't
have
any
real
working
relationships
with
the
groups
that
oversee
them.
C
Things
like
the
MBTA
and
uber,
just
things
that
are
separate
from
you
know
our
office,
so
we'd
love
to
get
a
big
turnout
with
the
survey,
so
we
can
really
see
where
we
can
focus
our
resources
because,
as
everyone,
these
days
knows,
there
are
limited
resources
and
we
want
to
make
the
most
of
our
new
staff
time
in
our
time,
so
that
we
can
better
serve
people
with
disabilities
and
I
believe
that
is
all
that
I
have
so
I
will
turn
it
back
over
to
Carl.
If
anybody
has
any
questions,
Commissioner.
F
C
This
is
probably
the
final
close
to
the
final
draft.
We've
had
several
iterations
of
the
survey,
so
this
is
basically
our
user
testing
step.
So
it's
not
finalized
yet,
but
we
hope
that
when
we
get
your
responses,
we'll
be
able
to
tweak
it
for
a
final
version
and
we
have
our
sights
set
on
a
da
J,
either
to
announce
it
or
to
launch
it.
We
just
have
to
see
if
we
can
conclude
it
by
then
and
as
far
as
who
will
go
out
to
we'll
spread
it
widely.
We'll
hope.
C
We
hope
that
you'll
spread
it
widely.
It's
going
to
be
set
up
on
a
survey
tool
from
the
SurveyMonkey
most
likely
and
all
the
data
will
automatically
collect
and
we
can
sort
and
analyze
it.
We
also
have
a
mailing
list,
an
email
distribution
list
of
over
a
thousand
people.
We
have
contacts
with
numerous
agencies,
so
we're
really
hoping
to
get
a
big
turnout.
I
know
that
the
elderly
Commission
did
a
survey
last
summer
and
I'm
trying
to
think
do
you
know
how
many
responses
they
got?
It
was
a
huge
Channel.
A
So
I
don't
know
if
the
exact
numbers
but
I
know
that
it
was
a
very
large,
very
well-funded
surveying
project
that
was
in
partnership
with
UMass,
Boston
and
I
believe
the
AARP,
and
so
it
was
very
extensive.
I
think
they
had
thousands
of
people
fill
out.
The
survey
or
in
some
format
are
electronically
or
paper,
and
they
did
a
lot
of
community
meetings
and
very
extensive
outreach,
but
I
believe
it
was
thousands.
It.
C
Was
definitely
thousands
I
just
don't
know
it
was
5,000
or
10,000,
but
we'll
also
talk
about
ways
to
implement
it.
We
do
have
a
position
posted
for
an
outreach
and
engagement
specialist
so
once
that
person
is
hired,
hopefully
this
summer
they'll
be
able
to
do
listening
sessions
or
take
it
out
to
different
groups
and
we'll
also
have
it
available
on
paper
and
online.
H
B
B
And
I
mentioned
the
effect
you
mentioned
audio
pedestrian
signals,
it's
part
of
the
survey,
and
it
really
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
survey,
but
I
just
want
to
tell
you
on
the
way
here.
I
had
to
take,
plus
we
busy
intersections
to
get
here
and
I
was
thinking
how
cool
is
it
now
that
I
know
when
it's
safe
to
cry,
so
it
makes
a
shoe
yeah.
C
E
F
Just
Commissioner,
Jarry
and
I
just
had
another
question
about
the
about
the
housing
task
group
and
the
announcement
I
was
excited
to
learn
about
that
that
one
of
the
goals
Oh
coming
out
of
it
was
that
you're
going
to
try
to
have
a
database
of
all
either
available
units.
So
you
better
handle
on
on
where
the
units
are
and
how
many
units
there
are
and
have
access
to
that
information.
Is
there
a
goal
as
to
when
that
that
type
of
database
would
be
up
and
running,
or
we.
C
Don't
have
a
timeline
system
for
that,
yet
after
the
announcement
we're
going
to
meet
internally
and
look
at
all
the
objectives
that
we
laid
out,
I
know
this.
Currently
the
mass
access
database,
the
housing
equity,
has
a
metro
list.
So
there
are
pools
of
databases
all
over
the
place,
but
we
really
want
to
have
one
centralized
location.
C
One
thing
that
we'll
be
giving
out
Wednesday
is
a
guide
that
we've
developed,
which
talks
about
all
the
city
departments
and
what
they
do
in
regards
to
housing,
because
even
just
in
the
city,
we
have
the
VHA
Fair
Housing
and
equity
D&D.
We
have
our
office.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
agencies
in
the
city
alone
that
works
on
housing,
Giorgio's.
H
C
H
Thanks,
commission
I
have
one
other
question.
This
is
actually
about
the
housing
task
force
as
well,
and
I
probably
should
have
answered
it
was
there,
but
while
they're
working
on
is,
is
there
a
focus
on
residences
or
pain
really
hard
when
they
can't
afford
if
they
have
a
budget
of
$12
a
month
and
their
rent
is
a
thousand
dollars?
Is
there
a
way
to
help
those
folks
in
terms
of
getting
them
subsidy
or
helping
them
along
with
the
brand?
Is
there
a
focus
on
that
at
all?
There.
C
Isn't
a
specific
focus
on
that
as
far
as
the
task
force,
but
we
do
ask
questions
about
that
on
our
survey
to
find
out
what
the
housing
barriers
are
and
we
break
that
down
into
affordability,
accessibility.
So
once
we
get
those
results,
we
can
use
that
data
to
take
it
to
different
departments
like
the
BV,
B,
PDA
and
say
people
can't
afford
to
live
here
on
the
other
and
what
we're
finding
if
we
got
something
like
5,000
results
and
we
get
3,000
people
say
that
they
can't
afford
the
rest.
That
will
be
really
impactful.
C
L
The
other
important
point
of
this
bill
and
is
that
it
will
update
the
language
of
the
law.
It
will
replace
the
terms
used
right
now,
that
is
physically
handicapped.
It
will
be
replaced
for
the
word
persons
with
disability
and,
lastly,
it
would
improve
housing
opportunities
for
persons
with
disabilities
by
eliminating
one
of
the
loopholes
that
exist
right
now
in
the
law
and
renovations
for
existing
buildings.
It
will
eliminate
the
the
requirement
where
it
allows
to
provide
really
small
units
that
won't
be
able
to
be
adaptable
in
the
future.
L
B
B
So
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
Matthew
to
have
the
their
own
set
of
guidelines
that
precede
the
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
architectural
guideline,
which
is
521
cm
I
would
stand
for,
go
to
Massachusetts
regulation
and
it
it
propagated
by
the
Department
of
Public
Safety
in
the
architectural
aspect
board
with
Tricia
serves
on
and
those
have
actually
been
in
place
since
1968
well
before
the
ABA
or
the
architectural
aspect
board
has
been
in
place
since
1958.
So
building
developers
in
Massachusetts
have
to
follow
the
both
sets
of
guidelines
and
they
have
to
follow.
B
Currently
they
have
to
follow
the
one
that
is
more
favorable
to
the
person
with
the
disability.
So
this
just
this,
this
bill
has
been
in
a
couple
of
sessions
former
session
last
time.
It
passed
the
Senate,
but
it
didn't
get
out
of
the
house.
So
the
fact
that
it's
an
aged
bill
tells
me
if
the
House
bill
this
time
around
and
I
think
when
we
discussed
under
new
action
item
whether
or
not
we
should
support
the
second
thought
initiative.
We
should
also
discuss
whether
we
want
to
support
this
one
or
not.
B
Strong
area
and
and
the
language
would
be
like
she
said
it
would
change
some
of
the
language
to
be
more
favorable,
so
I
think
I
think
this
committee
should,
or
this
Commission
should
consider
writing
a
letter
of
support.
So
that's
just
something
when
we
get
to
I
didn't
mean
to
interrupt
your
report.
I
just
wanted
that
add
some
more
history
so
that
they
were
aware
of
what
we're
being
discussed.
Oh
thank.
L
C
L
C
B
C
B
L
You
thank
you
for
the
support
another
few
things
I'd
like
to
mention
is
that
we've
been
working
on
the
sidewalk
accessibility
for
the
intersection
of
Tremont
and
Boylston.
There's
a
lot
of
construction
there.
For
the
last
year
there
has
been
this
scaffolding
and
it's
been
problematic
for
persons
with
disabilities.
We've
been
working
with
McRoberts
and
from
the
Massachusetts
Commission
for
the
blind
and
with
the
city
with
BTD
in
improving
the
sidewalk
at
that
intersection.
L
Also,
we've
been
working
with
National
Grid
discussing
future
of
vault
covers.
These
are
big
utility
covers
that
encompass
almost
the
entire
sidewalk
around
12
feet
by
five
feet,
so
we're
trying
to
make
them
change
the
design
to
have
the
surface
to
be
concrete
instead
of
metal
plate.
So
we're
working
on
that
and
and
lately
one
of
the
complaints
that
we
received
is
above
the
sidewalk
at
the
Back
Bay
station,
and
we've
been
working
with
math
dot
and
other
agencies
MBTA
to
to
report
this
problem
and
try
to
work
a
solution
for
a
constituents.
E
D
D
On
the
moonshine,
I
will
add
that
there
is
going
to
strike
them
right
now
in
Huntington
Avenue
and
they
literally
built
around
the
Huntington
winning
Rams
on
and
off
the
sidewalk
complete
with
handrail
and
saving
on
the
one
so
that
nobody
is
later
I
mean
if
we
fight
them
up.
I
haven't
seen
as
far
as
a
company
knowing
the
right
way,
so
you
can
get
mine
on
and
office
I
want.
D
G
L
So
as
part
of
the
architectural
access
board,
I
I
was
present
at
this
meeting,
where
there
was
a
hearing
where
MBTA
had
to
come
to
the
architectural
access
board
and
present
and
talk
about
the
projects
that
are
coming
up
in
the
next
couple
of
years
until
2018
and
they
listed
the
accessibility
project
coming
up.
So
there's
more
information
about
this,
but
I
was
just
making
a
list
of
the
projects
mentioned,
I'll
be
happy
to
give
you
more
information
on
any
particular
that
you
are
interested
or
quickly
the
list.
If
you
like
well.
L
L
B
L
It
is
thank
you
for
bringing
that
point.
I
have
an
announcement
to
make
of
an
upcoming
public
meeting.
Just
about
this
when
I
was
almost
forgot.
The
Massachusetts
Bay
Transportation
Authority
invites
you
to
public
information
meeting
for
the
symphony
station
accessibility
project
on
Wednesday
July
26
2017
at
6:30
to
8:30
p.m.
Berklee
College
of
Music
11:40
Boylston
Street
Boston
Massachusetts.
So
this
is
one
day
July
26
and
what's.
B
A
way
that
we
can
see
in
order
to
do
a
variance
request,
your
office
gets
a
hard
copy
of
the
variance
request
along
with
the
architectural
access
board.
I
mean
one
goes
to
them,
but
one
also
has
to
go
to
the
city.
If
they're
away
that
I
know
a
lot
of
them
are
like
full
building
to
restaurants
and
things
like
that,
but
I,
you
know
that
public
transportation
is
it.
You
know
we
only
have
one
shot
at
this
for
the
next
level.
Yeah.
I
C
This
is
what
we
talked
about
a
few
meetings
ago,
a
way
to
loop,
the
board
into
the
ad
variant
requests
for
years.
The
request
would
go
to
the
City
of
Boston,
disability,
Commission
and
also
the
disability
Commission
chairperson,
I
know.
John
Kelly
got
those
services
for
a
long
time,
so
I
don't
either,
but
maybe
just
our
office,
but
once
we
have
a
new
chairperson
will
be
show
that
they
get
looped
in
and
moving
forward.
We
definitely
want
to
loop
the
board
and
on
any
variances.
C
B
G
C
B
B
All
right
here
and
then
we'll
move
on
to
new
action
items
and
I
know
we
have
at
least
two
things
that
we're
going
to
discuss.
One
I
don't
know
having
not
having
worked
with
this
board
on
this
particular
issue.
Yet
this
commission,
I
I,
would
like
to
hear
whether
everybody
would
like
to
support
second
thought,
as
this
Commission
has
done
in
the
past,
with
a
a
letter
of
support.