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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 05-22-2017
A
B
B
B
C
Thank
You
Carl.
The
first
thing
on
my
report
is
to
let
people
know
that
I
just
returned
from
a
conference
in
Chicago
it
was
the
national
ad,
a
symposium
that's
held
each
year,
it's
located
in
a
different
city
every
year
and
it's
a
chance
for
a
disability
commissioners
from
across
across
the
country
to
come
together
and
learn,
updates
on
a
DA,
discuss
best
practices,
take
workshops
in
areas
that
we
may
not
work
frequently
with.
C
Currently,
I
participate
in
a
monthly
call
with
disability
commissioners
from
around
the
country
and
other
commissioners
who
I
work
with
regularly
are
from
Chicago
New
York,
City,
Philadelphia,
LA,
San,
Francisco,
Baltimore,
Houston
and
several
others.
So
we
have
a
monthly
call
where
we
discuss
emerging
issues,
best
practices
and
we
really
kind
of
collaborate
on
things
that
were
working
on.
So
it's
a
really
good
group
and
it
was
a
great
time.
I,
sometimes
I,
think
I've
learned
everything
there
is
to
learn
about
the
AEA
and
then
I
go
to
a
conference
and
I
learn
new
things.
C
So
I'm
always
appreciative
of
that.
So
because
I
was
away
for
the
last
week.
I
don't
have
a
lot
of
my
report.
I
will
just
say
that
I'll
give
an
update
on
the
disability
community
forum,
which
was
held
the
week
before
last.
It
was
held
at
Suffolk,
University,
Law
School,
and
we
had
over
a
hundred
people
attend
and
of
those
hundred
many
were
first-time
attendees
to
any
of
our
programs.
So
we're
excited
about
that,
because
that
means
we're
reaching
new
people,
which
is
one
of
our
goals,
and
we
had
a
robust
dialogue
with
residents.
C
People
signed
up
to
speak
and
they
were
allowed
three
minutes
to
speak
on
the
mic
and
they
raised
issues
that
we
responded
to
on
the
spot,
most
of
which
will
require
some
research
before
we
can
really
answer
this
questions
advocate
adequately,
but
we
do
use
those
questions
to
inform
our
work.
For
the
year,
questions
ranged
on
everything
from
the
Boston
Public
Library
to
MBTA
bus
stops
to
schools
and
sidewalks.
C
C
Okay,
so
they're
in
the
packets
for
board
members,
and
we
can
also
give
them
to
the
public
if
they
haven't
received
them
already
and
they're
available
online
on
our
website
at
Boston
gov
slash
to
so
those
are
my
main
updates,
just
the
forum
and
the
symposium
of
that,
and
also
just
to
remind
people
that
a
da
day
will
be
held
on
Tuesday
January
25th
on
City
Hall
plaza.
That's
our
annual
celebration
of
the
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act,
now
celebrating
its
27th
anniversary.
C
So
it's
a
day
when
people
can
come
out,
we
have
free
food,
free
t-shirts,
we
have
music,
we
have
information
tables
from
other
departments
in
City,
Hall
and
other
disability
agencies.
The
mayor
usually
speaks
depending
on
his
availability
and
we
usually
honor
one
local
partner,
who's
done
a
lot
of
work
on
disability
issues,
so
stay
tuned
to
find
out
who
will
be
honoring
and
that
wraps
up
my
report
card
next.
B
D
Thank
you,
hi
everyone.
My
name
is
Lea
ich
dulski
and
I
am
a
fellow
from
the
Rappaport
Institute
for
Greater
Boston
I'm,
a
master's
student
at
Boston,
College
School
of
Social
Work.
In
this
summer,
I
will
be
working
in
the
Commission's
office
for
ten
weeks
and
my
main
project.
My
focus
is
to
create
an
accessibility
priority
survey.
D
So
this
is
another
way
that
the
Commission
can
reach
out
to
Boston
residents
and
hear
what
they
see
as
priorities
in
terms
of
accessibility
and
get
feedback
to
inform
the
agenda
so
I'm
happy
to
get
feedback
advice
from
anyone,
so
you
can
get
in
touch
with
the
Commission's
office
and
ask
to
speak
with
lea.
Thank
you
very
much
hold
on.
Oh
you.
D
B
So
I
just
want
to
find
out
what
are
you
envisioning
this?
This?
Is
it
just
like?
We
have
a
DA
checklist
they
for
building
access.
You
know
physical
access,
but
I'm,
assuming
you're,
going
to
go
much
more
butter
and
talk
about
fake
communication,
access
to
the
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
pogrom
attic
access
that
sort
of
stuff
right.
We.
D
C
Happy
to
jump
in
so
we
know
that
since
mayor
Walsh
was
elected
into
office,
he's
undertaken
a
number
of
strategic
planning
initiatives.
He's
introduced,
go
Boston
which
looks
at
the
city's
overall
transportation,
everything
from
cabs
to
buses,
pedestrian
routes
to
traffic.
We
have
create
Boston,
which
is
looking
at
ways
to
reinvent
the
city
with
arts
and
culture
and
events.
We
have
the
elderly
Commission
just
completed
an
age-friendly
project,
which
was
several
years
in
the
making.
They
did
a
survey
tool
as
a
piece
of
that.
B
C
Leah
will
spend
a
good
bit
of
the
summer
at
the
beginning
of
the
summer,
developing
questions
reaching
out
to
different
agencies
like
she'll
reach
out
to
the
elderly,
Commission
to
see
what
their
priorities
are
or
where
they
could
potentially
release
the
survey
for
people
to
fill
it
out
to
work
with
fair
housing
in
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement.
Because
really
we
want
to
reach
the
residents
who
we're
not
reaching.
C
We
know
that
we
get
a
lot
of
people
who
come
to
our
events
and
we
do
a
lot
of
good
work,
but
there
are
still
a
number
of
people
who
either
don't
come
to
City,
Hall
or
don't
come
out
to
meetings,
but
we
still
want
to
be
able
to
ensure
that
we're
meeting
their
needs,
whether
it's
education.
If
it's
youth
services,
transition
services,
education,
we
want
to
know
where
to
focus
our
priorities.
C
So
it's
not
so
much
building
surveys
as
it
is
priorities
like
where
do
residents
and
visitors,
it's
certainly
open
to
people
who
don't
live
in
Boston,
because
we
know
you
know
thousands.
Tens
of
thousands
people
come
into
Boston
on
a
daily
basis.
They
use
our
sidewalks.
They
use
our
parks
these
our
buildings,
so
we
want
to
know
what
works
for
them.
C
So
Leah
will
spend
some
time
developing
the
questions
and
putting
together
an
outreach
plan,
we're
not
100%
sure
right
now
of
the
timeframe,
if
we're
going
to
complete
it
in
like
a
month,
if
we're
going
to
leave
it
out
there
for
six
months,
so
Leah
just
out
last
week,
so
we're
in
the
process
of
trying
to
figure
this
all
out.
But
we
hope
that
we
can
use
the
board
members
to
share
the
survey
once
we
complete
it
and
get
a
really
broad
base
feedback
from
people
with
disabilities
or
people
in
the
disability
field.
B
E
B
C
A
Hello:
everyone,
my
name,
is
Patricia
Mendez
I'm,
the
architectural
access
specialist
and
I
have
a
few
updates.
First
I'd
like
to
invite
everyone
to
the
access
Advisory
Committee
to
the
MBTA
summit.
Is
this
Wednesday
May
24th
at
the
Transportation
Building
10-part
Plaza
second
floor,
commissioner
and
I
are
participating
in
the
panel?
It's.
C
A
it's
an
annual
event
that
he
puts
on
to
talk
about
the
latest
transportation
initiatives,
people
with
disabilities
and
also
to
hear
feedback
from
people
with
disabilities
about
what's
working
in
the
T
and
again
what
their
priorities
are
and
what
they
want
to
see.
And
it's
a
great
event
if
anybody's
interested
ten
Park,
Plaza
Wednesday
and
what
time
is
it
again?
10.
B
Not
I
had
the
honor
a
couple
weeks
ago
of
going
on
the
a
mock
up
new
Green
Line
train,
which
was
made
completely
of
would,
but
you
wouldn't
have
known
it
once
you
got
on
the
train.
It
was
unbelievable
and
it
shows
what
the
new
trains
are
going
to
look
like
in
terms
of
access,
and
there
is
increased
room
for
people
in
wheelchairs
and
mobility
and
more
speakers
for
those
who,
how
to
hearing
and
better
sight
lines
for
the
visual
impaired,
so
I'm
very
excited
about
the
new
Green
Line
trains
coming.
D
A
White
all
right,
thank
you
and
then
I
want
to
share
a
few
projects
that
are
similar
in
scope.
There
are
large
projects
and
they're
reconstruction
of
the
road
and
the
pedestrian
facilities.
The
first
is
no
Nia
cash
redesign
and
this
is
a
federally
funded
project
and
is
in
Roxbury,
starting
in
the
area
of
the
police
station,
all
the
way
to
the
intersection
with
the
Mass
Ave
connector.
Now
they
are
cast
redesign
and
this
will
involve
pedestrian
crossings.
A
There
are
safer,
they're
raised
pedestrian
crossings,
and
that
means
that
the
pedestrian
from
the
sidewalk
will
not
have
to
come
down
to
the
level
of
the
cars,
but
the
crosswalk
will
stay
level
to
the
sidewalk
and
the
same
level
go
to
the
opposite
side.
So
cars
will
be
the
ones
that
going
up
a
few
inches
over
a
bump
and
then
coming
down.
Does.
A
A
The
next
project
is
the
Sullivan
square
reconstruction,
and
this
is
part
of
the
Wynn
casino
mitigations.
The
Sullivan
square
redesign
is
separate
from
another
bigger.
So
then
squared
redesign,
the
one
that
I'm
talking
about
is
short
term
and
it
has
to
do
with
every
wind
casino
being
constructed
in
Everett,
and
this
has
improvements
for
the
pedestrians.
It
has
new
crossings,
markings
sidewalk
improvements,
road
improvements
and
connection
to
the
bus
facilities
added
solidarity
station,
the
next
one
that
I
want
to
speak
about.
It's
very
exciting.
A
This
is
the
Summer
Street
reconstruction,
and
this
is
the
area
of
Fort
Point
channel
from
the
bridge
near
the
South
Station
towards
the
Boston
Convention
Center.
So
the
project
is
about
four
or
five
blocks,
and
that
will
also
include
reconstruction
of
the
road
new
bike
lanes,
some
trees
and
reconstruction
of
the
sidewalk
to
make
them
accessible
and
safer
than
they
are
now
I
know.
C
A
A
Okay,
the
next
one
I
just
want
to
mention
the
vision,
zero
meetings
that
I
attend
every
month
and
we
talk
about
concerns
from
the
result
of
vehicular
crashes
and
I
brought
a
couple
of
concerns
from
the
constituents
because
they
they
can
address
them
and
we
can
talk
about
them.
In
a
group.
One
of
the
concerns
was
from
West
Roxbury
resident.
They
reconstructed
the
pedestrian,
curb
cuts,
and
the
concerns
were
that
the
quarry
road
particular
traffic
is
too
fast.
The
signs
there
were
marking
30
miles
per
hour
when
the
speed
should
be
25.
A
B
C
C
So
we've
been
meeting
for
the
last
two
years
and
we
just
wrapped
up
our
meetings
a
few
months
ago
and
made
a
series
of
recommendations
to
Mayor
Walsh,
who
is
very
supportive
of
our
recommendations,
so
we're
just
finalizing
them
right
now
and
then
we'll
be
releasing
them
to
the
public
sometime
in
the
next
month
or
two,
and
these
new
regulations
will
increase
the
percentage
of
accessible
housing.
That's
built
from
5%
to
10%
in
new
city
developed
buildings,
and
also
it
will
require
a
certain
percentage
of
affordable
units
to
also
be
accessible
units.
B
C
C
C
We
heard
today
that
the
city
prevailed
in
the
lawsuit
that
the
Beacon
Hill
folks
were
having
to
try
to
prevent
the
work
from
being
done.
So
I
don't
know
about
any
next
steps.
Yet
as
far
as
when
Public
Works
Department
will
be
going
in
to
do
work,
but
it's
a
very
small
change
that
we
were
asking
for
in
the
city,
we're
asking
for
the
corner
curb
ramp,
Street
built
in
concrete
instead
of
brick,
we're
not
asking
to
touch
the
sidewalks
or
remove
any
trees.
It's
simply
the
corner
curb.
C
We
were
also
asking
for
the
pesto,
yep
tactile
strips
and
concrete
on
just
on
the
curb
ramps,
so
that
was
really
exciting,
that
the
city
has
won.
That
battle,
I
believe
that
an
appeal
process
is
offered
to
the
complaints
and
then
they'll
get
30
days
to
do
that,
and
then
we'll
see
what
happens
if
they
will.
F
B
B
A
The
issued
permits
thereby
allow
for
exclusive
use
of
the
bus
stop
by
certain
parties
operating
this
offending
vehicles
during
those
permitted
times
MBTA
bus
riders
now
unconscionably
must
keep
out
into
very
busy
Brighton
Avenue
at
at
Harvard
Avenue
to
avoid
the
bus
route
57
and
66.
This
can
be
very
treacherous
for
the
elderly
and
disabled,
especially
after
dark
and
in
bad
weather,
since
April
27
2017
I've
repeatedly.
A
Without
luck,
try
to
get
a
response
from
the
area's
official
in
the
city
of
Boston
as
why
the
Transportation
Department
is
issuing
these
permit,
both
in
clear
defiance
of
regulations
and
the
general
welfare
having
no
adequate
response
from
either
from
neither
the
Boston
Transportation
Department,
nor
the
mayor's
liaison
to
Austin
Brighton
I
decided
to
research,
relevant
Boston
and
Massachusetts
bus.
Stop
laws
and
regulation
I
discovered
as
follows:.
A
The
traffic
rules
and
regulation
city
of
Boston
affected
November
1st
2012,
provide
as
follows.
Preamble
no
person
shall
allow
permit
any
vehicle
to
stop
stand
or
park
in
any
street
under
the
control
of
the
city,
in
violation
of
the
rules
and
regulations
of
the
Transportation,
Commission
and
or
the
Commissioner
of
Transportation
of
the
city
of
Boston.
A
703
CMR
2.00
code
of
Massachusetts
regulations,
promulgated
per
m
TL
C
161
a
provides
for
MBTA
bus,
stop
parking
enforcement,
section
2.0
for
States
the
authority
or
its
disagree
shall
enforce
the
provisions
of
7:03
CMR
2.00
table
1
provides
for
a
$100
fine
for
parking
in
an
MBTA
bus,
stop
on
Saturday
Eve,
capable
29,
2017
I,
call
the
MBTA
police
and
spoke
to
MBTA
police
officer
McDonough
and
discuss
the
situation
of
vehicles
and
the
bus
stop
and
the
city
permits
officer.
Mcdonough
advised
me.
A
A
Furthermore,
under
the
terms
of
a
certain
settlement
agreement
in
the
United
States
District
Court
for
the
District
of
Massachusetts
Daniels
Feingold
Boston
Center
for
independent
living
at
all,
the
then
Massachusetts
Bay
Transportation
Authority
see
a
number
0
2
CV
1
1
5,
0
4
and
E
L.
There
are
provisions
required
of
the
MBTA
as
follows:.
A
H3H
pulling
buses
into
curbs
at
bus
stops,
page
27,
removal
of
illegally
parked
vehicles
at
bus
stops
and
ticket
until
all
vehicles
stopped
in
bus
stops
and
develop
an
enforcement
plan
to
effectuate
this
policy.
Clearly,
the
subject
city
of
Boston,
one
five,
six,
two
one,
five
eight
Brighton
Avenue
parking
permit.
Similarly
frustrate
this
federal
court
settlement,
I
also
understand
there
has
been
some
discussion
about
shortening
the
bus,
shortening
the
subject.
A
Bus
stop,
I
assume
that
this
is
an
attempt
to
defeat
the
public
interest
of
MBTA
riders,
including
the
elderly
and
disabled,
and
that
need
the
T
buses
to
come
to
curbside
to
pick
them
up
for
the
2013
NBA
pci/l
joint
assessment
of
how
well
the
MBTA
is
complying
with
the
court
settlement.
It
noted
improvements
to
many
bus
stops
will
include
bus,
stop
lengthening,
so
buses
can
pull
to
the
curb
more
easily
considering
that
the
language
and
that
the
subject
bus
stop
is
used
by
both
the
a
busy
route,
57
and
66
buses.
A
A
The
business
subject,
one
five
six,
two
one:
five:
eight
Brighton
Avenue
bus
stop
accommodate
spokes
the
fifty-seven
bus
running
to
Kenmore,
where
its
passengers
may
disperse
to
other
bus
routes
and
green
lines.
B
C
and
D.
The
sixty
seven
deadly
bus
passengers
head
down,
Harvard
Avenue,
Roxbury
beer
via
Brookline.
A
Therefore
I
ask
the
visibility
Commission
to
a
determined.
Why
the
subject
exclusive
bus
stop
parking
permits
are
issued
to
a
select
entity
in
defiance
of
stated
regulations
to
the
detriment
of
the
general
welfare
of
the
people,
especially
the
disabled,
and
be
take
action
as
necessary
to
restore
the
enforcement
of
Boston
traffic
rules
and
regulations
to
protect
the
disabled
and
the
general
public.
Thank
you
for
your
hopeful
kind
and
prompt
attention
to
this
urgent
matter.
Sincerely.
Kevin
L
Quinlan.
A
C
Just
to
summarize,
because
I'm
more
familiar
with
the
letter,
then
then
everyone
here
in
the
audience.
It
is
a
complaint
from
Brighton
resident
that
motor
homes
are
parking
in
bus
stops
and
he
apparently
has
called
the
city,
transportation
department
and
the
MBTA,
and
he
feels
that
they
are
not
being
responsive.
So
we
just
got
this
letter
today.
He
asked
us
to
read
it
to
the
Commission
members.
So
that's
what
we
did
and
we
will
now
take
it
up
in
my
office
to
look
into
it.
C
One
thing
I
can
say
is
that
he
noted
in
his
complaint
that
there
are
temporary
permits
issued
in
the
bus,
stop
which
do
allow
parking
and
those
temporary
permits
are
issued
by
BTD.
So,
contrary
to
what
to
Quinlan
says,
he
says
it's
illegal
parking,
but
if
the
thermos
are
there,
then
it
is
legal
parking.
The
question
that
I
would
like
answered
is
why
they're
giving
parking
rights
in
a
bus
stop
so
at.
F
F
C
C
C
Okay,
and
also
in
the
letter
he
mentioned
the
settlement
between
DC
IL
and
the
MBTA,
which
was
in
2006.
It
was
a
350
million
dollar
settlement
that
Judge
King
found
that
the
MBTA
was
systemic
ly,
discriminating
against
people
with
disabilities
by
not
having
accessible
train
stops
bust
bus
stops,
train
stations
and
vehicles,
so
the
T
was
mandated
to
spend
three
hundred
fifty
million
dollars
to
improve
accessibility
and
the
fixed
route
system
subways
buses
trolleys
trains,
so
that
is
in
the
process
of
happening
now.
C
Have
two
annual
meetings
to
talk
about
the
progress
and
the
next
annual
meeting
is
going
to
be
on
June,
7th,
June
7th
from
5:00
to
7:00
and
evening,
and
at
that
meeting
judge
came,
will
report
on
any
issues
that
were
outstanding
for
the
MBTA
as
far
as
accessibility
and
new
improvements
that
have
been
made
in
the
last
six
months.
So
the
public
is
welcome
to
attend
those
meetings.
B
F
I
wouldn't
mind
by
the
energy
would
give
them
a
certain
amount
of
time
says
they
used
buses
to
translate
somewhere
equipment.
Maybe
we
should
get
give
them
a
lot
lot.
A
lot
amount
of
time
to
get
the
equipment.
Everything
that
moved
out
the
way
I
think
that
would
be
something
that
would
help
them
out
a
lot
I
think.
C
B
B
F
B
E
E
The
reason
I
came
tonight
was
to
bring
up
another
issue
recently
in
my
high-rise
building
that
I
live
in
the
elevators
were
shut
down
due
to
a
fire
alarm
being
pulled
in
the
building.
There
are
four
ninety
minutes:
there's
no
stairway
entrance
to
reasonably
get
to
the
upper
floors.
It's
a
twenty
eight
story,
building
400
units,
approximately
a
thousand
people
in
the
building.
We
know
that
20%
of
the
u.s.
E
population
has
a
disability
and
I
find
the
amount
of
time
that
a
residential
building
had
to
wait
to
gain
access
to
their
residents
in
the
middle
of
the
night.
It's
kind
of
untenable
at
best.
My
understanding
is
that
this
happens
because
of
a
state
law
that
prohibits
the
local
fire
department.
Once
they've
cleared
the
building
for
people
to
be
back
in
it
after
an
alarm,
apparently
they
are
prohibited
from
resetting
the
elevator
bank,
which
is
basically
a
switching
panel.
E
They
could
do
it,
they
won't
do
it
and
I'd
like
the
disability
Commission
to
look
into
circumstances
such
as
this
and
whether
or
not
the
Boston
Fire
Department
can
give
the
on-site
personnel
permission.
Once
they've
cleared
the
building
to
allow
residents
to
use
the
elevators
again
without
a
central
station
alarm
company
showing
up
to
reactivating
you.
E
C
They're
located
in
the
Department
of
Public
Safety,
so
something
that
we
can
look
into
in
my
office,
okay
and
we
can
get
back
to
and
also
just
a
note
on,
the
bus
stops.
That
issue
was
also
raised
at
a
community
forum
about
bus
stops
in
South
Boston.
So
we
know
that
that
is
an
ongoing
issue
and
we
will
address
it
with
the
T
another.
B
C
Believe,
since
it's
in
the
city,
the
Boston,
Transportation,
Department,
BTD
rules
and
regs
I
believe
it's
a
vile
if
it's
a
violation
in
those
rags
that
BTD
traffic
control
officers
also
used
to
be
known
as
meter,
maids
I
believe
they
can
tick
it.
If
it's
a
violation
and
those
laws
note
that
those
ordinances
but
I
will
find
out.
Okay,
can
you
email
in.
E
With
regard
to
sorry
about
being
too
close
to
this
microphone
with
regard
to
mr.
Quinlan's
letter,
if
what
he
indicates
is
correct,
then
the
rules
on
the
books
for
the
City
of
Boston
are
being
violated
by
the
city
of
Boston.
Is
it
the
case
that
in
the
GIS
data
for
the
city
that
they
could
block
off
those
spots
so
that
they
could
not
be
permitted
so
that
when
they
go
in
to
say,
hey
can
I
actually
issue
a
permit
for
this
location?
Those
locations
not
be
allowed
access
to
permitting
I.