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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 1-22-2018
A
D
Meeting
law
requires
that
I
notify
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
being
recorded.
Therefore,
please
be
aware
that
an
audio
and
visual
recording
of
this
meeting
is
being
made
and
broadcast
by
Boston
City
TV,
which
is
part
of
the
city
of
Boston
office
of
cable
communications.
I
also
would
like
to
ask
a
question
to
everybody.
E
You
all
and
I
am
Kristen
mokosh
the
disability
commissioner
for
the
city
of
Boston.
Before
we
get
to
the
agenda,
I
would
just
like
to
invite.
We
have
an
elected
official
with
us
this
evening,
councilor
Edie
Flynn.
If
you'd
like
to
come
up
and
say
a
few
words
and
just
introduce
himself
to
the
community.
The
council
was
just
elected
in
November
and
sworn
in
on
January
1st
welcome
councilor
Flynn.
Could
you
speak
at
the
mic?
Thank.
H
E
This
is
gonna,
be
a
great
contact
for
us
moving
forward,
because
council
Flynn
has
ik
he's
supported
me
throughout
the
years
even
before
he
was
elected,
so
I
know
the
board
is
interested
in
getting
more
involved
in
City
Council,
so
we
can
work
with
council
Flynn
moving
forward.
If
there
are
issues
that
we
want
to
raise
the
hearings
or
anything
else,
we
want
to
bring
to
a
citywide
level,
we'll
certainly
work
with
your
office
on
that.
Well,.
H
F
I
Thank
you.
The
project
recently
filed
its
draft
environmental
impact
report,
which
is
the
two
volumes
that
I
placed
on
the
desk
tonight
we'd
like
to
give
you
the
highlights
of
the
project
and
then
I'm,
assuming
that
there
will
be
follow-up
meetings
with
staff
because,
as
you
can
see
from
the
two
volumes,
there's
a
lot
of
material
and
I'm
not
going
to
get
into
every
bit
of
that
this
evening.
But
I
would
like
to
provide
an
overview
and
then
welcome
any
questions.
I
So
the
project
is
located
in
Winthrop
square,
which
is
boarded
by
Federal
Street
in
Devonshire
Street
right
in
the
financial
district.
It
is
the
site
of
a
city-owned
parking
garage
which
we
are
in
the
process
currently
of
demo.
Demolishing
the
aerial
view
at
this
end
of
the
table
shows
you
what
the
site
looks
like.
Currently,
the
project
as
conceived
will
be
664
feet,
tall
measured
by
the
city
of
Boston
zoning
code.
I
You
may
have
read
in
the
paper
things
of
700
feet:
tall
700
mean
sea
level,
which
is
a
number
that
the
FAA
uses,
so
this
building
basically
conforms
now
to
the
FAA
requirements
and
to
the
new
state
legislature,
shadow
laws
that
were
enacted
last
summer.
As
as
part
of
this
project,
the
project
consists
of
several
uses,
starting
at
the
ground
floor.
There's
a
Great
Hall
restaurant,
some
retail
kiosks,
then
there's
750,000
square
feet
of
office
space,
which
is
approximately
20
floors.
Then
above
that
is
approximately
500
residential
units.
I
The
project
will
strive
to
be
a
model
as
far
as
LEED
and
other
energy
conservation
and
really
zilean
see
measures
the
project,
because
it's
part
of
a
city-owned
site
will
generate
revenue
to
the
city
of
Boston,
not
only
in
the
form
of
our
purchase
of
the
site,
which
currently
is
a
hundred
and
fifty
two
million,
and
then
it's
also
triggered
additional
money
based
on
the
number
of
residential
units
that
get
sold.
The
project
will
also
provide
for
a
hundred
and
fifteen
affordable
housing
units.
I
We
just
submitted
a
proposal
to
the
city
for
parcel
12,
which
is
another
city-owned
parcel
in
Chinatown.
In
order
to
complete
the
units
of
affordable
housing
which
we
are
proposing
to
do
off-site
the
benefit,
if
you
look
at
that
project
on
parcel
12
is
that
it
will
allow
us
to
leverage
the
units
that
are
required
by
the
Winthrop
square
into
approximately
170
units,
so
by
putting
them
off-site
we're
actually
able
to
create
more
affordable
housing
units.
In
addition
to
the
affordable
housing,
the
site
will
provide
jobs,
training
linkage,
money
as
well
as
housing,
linkage
money.
I
It
will
contribute
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
a
downtown
planning
study,
so
that
folks
can
go
back
and
look
at
downtown
and
figure.
What's
what's
the
correct
uses
that
downtown
wants
to
have,
it
will
improve
the
Winthrop
Square
Park,
which
is
in
front
of
the
site
later
on
we'll
show
you
some
existing
conditions
of
what
that
plaza
looks
like
today,
and
it
really
could
use
some
help.
It
will
also
improve
the
pedestrian
environment
in
this
area.
J
So
our
project
from
federal
street
has
a
much
taller
presence
and
then
just
to
get
a
sense
of
the
massing,
and
this
is
the
view
from
Devonshire
along
Winthrop
Square.
So
as
we
go
into
sort
of
what
the
pedestrian
feel
is,
it'll
have
a
much
more
intimate
entry
from
Devonshire
and
Winthrop
Square
and
a
less
sort
of
defined
path,
but
everything
will
be
worked
out
as
Shauna
from
ground
volt
described
into
a
accessible
grading
pattern.
You'll
enter
into
the
hallway
the
Great
Hall
from
either
Federal
Street
or
Devonshire.
J
E
J
J
In
addition
to
the
day
to
day,
our
hope
and
goal
is
that
this
will
also
be
the
kind
of
space
that
could
hold
a
state
of
the
city,
meeting,
indoor
movies
and
other
public
events
that
are
available
for
all
Bostonians
to
use.
Does
it
have
fixed
seating?
It
will
not
have
fixed
seating,
but
we
are
calling
it
something
like
a
scaffolding.
So
the
idea
is
that
there
would
be
a
series
of
predetermined
program
types
that
millennium
and
Kathy
feel
free
to
step
in
that
millennium
would
be
prepared
to
so.
J
For
example,
if
there
was
a
fashion
show,
the
scaffolding
would
already
exist
to
sort
of
help
facilitate
those
kinds
of
uses,
but
the
day-to-day
will
have
non
fixed
seating
and
there
will
be
times
when
all
of
that
is
sort
of
moved
to
storage
so
that
it's
just
a
general
Hall
for
say
you
know
a
state
of
the
city
use
or
a
TED
talk
or
something
like
that,
as
well
as
more
traditional
seating.
That
sort
of
you
know
as
we
have
here
and
those
would
be
different
and
supplemental
to
sort
of
the
everyday
moving
furniture.
J
J
Here
you
can
see
that
this
is
the
sort
of
substantial
grade
change
that
happens
and,
as
I
said,
it's
five
and
a
half
feet.
That's
just
the
current
grade
between
the
two
sides
of
the
site,
and
this
is
the
current
wheelchair
path.
So
to
the
north
of
this
screen,
you
see
the
passenger
elevator
that
would
be
dedicated
just
to
getting
from
the
top.
J
The
top
portion
of
the
hall
to
the
lower
portion
and
the
elevators
that
are
the
South
would
be
access
to
get
to
those
boxes
and
the
any
public
program
elements
that
were
further
north
and
further
up
in
the
building.
That's
one
elevator,
there's
one
elevator,
that's
just
for
getting
from
The
Devonshire
elevation
to
the
Federal
Street
elevation,
and
then
there
are
two
additional
elevate
elevators
that
are
accessed
from
the
lower
Great
Hall
that
are
used
to
get
to
the
mezzanine
and
level
two
which
also
have
public
amenities.
I.
Just.
B
Have
one
quick
question
was
for
Catherine
II?
Actually
you
mentioned
that
there
first
of
all,
how
many
floors
are
they
before
you
get
to
the
actual
residential
units,
26
floors
and
then
residential-
and
you
mentioned
that
you,
the
off-site,
which
is
at
Chinatown
you're,
looking
to
have
some
more
accessible,
affordable
apartments
there?
How
many
are
going
to
be
in
the
in
the
site
now.
I
B
E
K
So
the
current
conditions,
as
you
can
see
a
little
bit
on
the
slide,
are
that
the
square
itself
has
a
brick
paver
that
has
just
been
loosely
set
and
some
very
substantial
trees
that
are
causing
some
heaving
within
the
rink,
as
well
as
the
trees
themselves
are
maybe
like
30
inches
above
the
street
scape,
which
also
means
that
if
we
are
to
keep
the
trees,
one
would
need
to
keep
the
grading.
The
current
elevation
of
the
of
the
trees
and
and
I'll
get
that
to
that
to
that
in
a
minute.
K
So
so
one
of
the
conditions
when
we're
looking
at
the
square
is
that
it
is
currently
an
on
compliant
condition.
There's
some
non-compliant
cross
slope
so
on
the
square
itself
right
now,
so
to
JA.
What
we
are
looking
at
and
I'll
go
through.
This
very
quickly
is
we're.
We
want
to
understand
the
square
in
two
different
ways:
one
as
a
pedestrian
cross,
road
and
the
other
as
a
destination
in
itself
and
by
pedestrian
were
also
you
know,
meaning
pedestrian
in
the
larger.
K
You
know
the
larger
sense,
where
pedestrians
of
many
modes
and
different
abilities,
but
with
the
addition
of
the
Great
Hall,
we
want
to
make
the
connections
through
the
financial
district
in
downtown
crossing
easier
and
and
more
fluid.
So
you
will
be
able
to
come
from
the
tee
down
Winthrop
lane
through
Winthrop
Square
and
the
the
weather
protection
of
the
Great
Hall,
getting
out
towards
towards
South,
Station
or
post
office
square,
for
example,
so
well.
Well,
the
idea
is
both
to
make
this
facilitate
pedestrian
movement
through
it.
K
The
the
the
proportions
of
the
square
with
the
surrounding
buildings
is
more
like
a
European
Plaza,
and
when,
when
we're
thinking
of
it,
we
want
to
make
it
feel
more
pedestrian
than
vehicular.
So
we're
we're
discussing
the
potential
of
table
topping
one
side
of
the
square
between
the
Great,
Hall
and
and
the
square
table
topping
meaning
bringing
the
the
grade
level
of
the
roadway
up
to
the
level
of
the
pedestrians
and
using
using
bollards
to
and
other
means
to
define
the
difference
between
the
vehicular
and
the
pedestrian
way.
K
So
so
we
really
do
understand
the
then
the
well.
It's
not
even
understand.
We
really
do
have
the
desire
for
this
this
to
be
to
be
a
place
that
that
is,
welcoming
and
comfortable
to
all
and
then
the
the
last
two
things
that
I
wanted
to
talk
about.
The
one
I've
already
mentioned
that
well,
we
have
done
an
assessment
on
the
health
of
the
tree.
Both
the
sort
of
and
the
trees
are
healthy.
K
Their
long-term
prognosis,
I
probably
have
about
15
years
after
this
project
is
built,
and
they
do
have
quite
significant
grading
implications
to
the
overall
square.
So
we
need
to
really
assess
the
design
with
the
context
of
keeping
in
mind
is,
is
keeping
the
trees
in
and
they
have,
they
have
to
be
kept
in
exactly
their
current
configuration
if
we're
keeping
them
alive.
Is
that
really
the
best
strategy
to
create
a
square
that
is
open
to
all
and
used
by
all
for
the
next
for
the
next
hundred
years
and
I'll
pass
the
slide
back
to
actually.
I
Transportation
to
this
site
is
very
available
from
South
Station
MBTA
bus
lines.
So
that's
an
exciting
piece
to
this,
and
should
there
be
vehicles,
this
is
the
pathway
for
vehicles.
Office
users
will
use
federal,
Street
and
residential
users
will
use
Devonshire
Street.
As
you
can
see
in
this
outline,
someone
had
asked
a
question
about
an
accessible
unit.
We
will
be
designing
all
of
the
units
to
me.
I
G
It
looks
like
a
mall
here,
so
I'm
curious,
you
met
so
I
know
it
was
your
colleague
from
the
architectural
department
was
talking
about
it,
but
you
mentioned
about
just
comparable
units
and
you're
talking
about
elevators
at
the
Great,
Hall
and
I'm
just
curious.
It
looks
like
they're
also
gonna,
be
stores
in
that
building
like
CVS
or
anything
like
that.
I
Honestly,
we
hope
not,
there
will
be
retail,
but
the
idea
is
the
lower
portion
of
the
hall
that
you
see
on
this
section,
which
is
accessible
from
Federal
Street,
will
want
to
have
certainly
food
coffee
for
the
neighborhood
and
for
the
office
uses,
but
the
idea
is
that
it's
able
to
be
pushed
aside
so
that
you
can
have
these
Civic
events
we're
designing
the
hall
to
fit
up
to
about
350
people.
The
idea
is,
there
will
be
a
different
it'll,
be
run
like
a
nonprofit
organization.
G
I
G
I
Are
increasing
the
dimensions
of
the
sidewalk?
Quite
a
bit.
Kristin
has
already
trained
me
that
we
use
concrete
none
of
this
fancy
stuff,
although
she
usually
lets
me
have
a
little
strip
somewhere.
But
the
end
result
of
that
is
a
lot
of
the
downtown.
Sidewalks
are
gonna
become
much
more
accessible
so
that
you
can
get
around
and.
A
G
B
M
N
We're
required,
through
Fair
Housing
Act,
to
make
sure
that
all
the
kitchens
themselves
can
be
convertible
so
and
with
a
minimum
amount
of
effort.
So
if
there's
a
tenant
that
comes
in
that
needs
a
converted
kitchen,
they
can,
it
can
be
done
by
the
other
staff
relatively
quickly
make
all
non-structural.
L
M
I
The
units
are
distributed
equal,
you
know
equally
throughout
the
building
and
also
divided
between
one
bedrooms,
two
bedrooms
and
three
bedrooms
so
that
you
have
accessible
units
for
all
of
the
unit
types
they
could
be
on
many
different
floors.
The
building
will
be
fully
accessible
as
far
as
all
of
the
public
areas
and
there
will
be
life
safety
systems.
B
B
I
There
is
a
emergency
generator
and
the
elevators
are
always
on
those
generators.
Typically,
what
happens
is
the
elevators
will
drop
to
a
floor?
The
firefighters
come
in
use
a
firefighter
elevator,
and
then
they
will
go,
get
anybody
who
has
a
disability,
our
buildings
of
staff
24/7
with
security
and
concierge.
I
E
F
B
B
I
O
Thanks
for
having
me
I
didn't
bring,
slides,
I
should
have,
but
I
really
wanted
to
come
tonight,
because
I've
been
I'm.
The
new
community
preservation
director
for
Boston-
and
you
may
know
about
the
Community
Preservation
Act
I'll,
describe
it
a
little,
but
I've
been
going
around
the
city
and
in
City
Hall
talking
to
different
commissions
and
committees
and
neighborhood
groups
about
CPA
and
what
it
means
for
all
the
many
different
kinds
of
stakeholders
that
might
be
interested
in
this
new
pot
of
money.
O
And,
if
you
don't
know,
CPA
is
20
million
dollars
a
year
for
a
new
fund
for
Boston
that
is
raised
through
a
surcharge
on
people's
property
taxes
or
commercial
property
taxes,
and
it's
been
of
I
think
it.
It's
of
a
the
money
has
to
be
spent
in
three
areas.
It's
originally
a
state
law
and
the
city
passed
it
by
ballot
question
last
year
and
it's
to
provide
funds
for
affordable
housing
parks
and
open
space
and
historic
preservation,
and
one
of
the
main
features
that
I
learned
pretty
early
on
when
I
started.
O
I've
already
been
approached
by
several
historic
properties
that
would
like
to
meet
a.da
requirements
and
don't
currently,
and
they
need
to
do
it
in
a
specific
way
that
it
meets
historical
requirements.
Also
I've
been
approached
by
oh,
the,
the
Richards
family,
that's
building,
martins
Park
on
the
waterfront
by
the
Children's
Museum,
and
really
trying
to
incorporate
a
lot
of
accessibility,
features
and
then
I
talked
to
I.
Think
she's.
One
of
your
members,
I,
was
hoping.
O
O
B
O
I
would
love
to
do
that.
I've
been
you
know:
I've
been
to
neighborhood
associations,
civic
groups,
I'm
starting
to
do
some
public
forums.
I've
met
with
a
lot
of
people
in
the
built
like
city
councillors
and
others
who
are
stakeholders,
but
if
you're,
if
the
Commission
can
maybe
share
a
list,
a
lot
of
it
is
me
reaching
out.
I've
had
a
few
people
contact
me
or
asked
me
to
come
to
their
meetings,
but
a
lot
of
it
has
been
my
initiating
and
I'd
love
a
list
of
groups
that
to
work
with
that'd,
be
great.
O
O
If
they
all
three
come
in
with
a
proposal
which
one
do
you
do
and
so
I
got
them
just
sit
and
talk
together
and
we
we,
we
went
over
some
options
and
I
got
them
to
actually
think
about,
maybe
going
in
together
on
a
proposal
for
the
ad,
a
accessibility
features
and
if
they
all
did
it
together,
then
it's
a
real
tourist
and
Boston
site
for
people
with
disabilities
to
actually
visit
a
whole
neighborhood
or
a
whole
area.
That's
accessible,
which
it
just
felt
like
it
made
sense.
O
O
Any
other
questions
so
I
think
what
would
be
helpful
if
I
can
ask
all
of
you.
Four
things,
too,
is
to
figure
out.
If
you
have
ideas
like
someone
who
I
thought
was
on
your
commission,
but
I
don't
see
his
name
and
I'm
it's
David
and
he
lives
in
High.
Park
and
I've
had
conversations
with
him
about
about
the
accessibility
on
the
Boston
Public
Library.
O
One
of
the
first
conversations
I
had
about
CPA
was
with
you,
and
so
it
immediately
put
accessibility
issues
in
my
mind,
and
it's
been
enabled
me
to
talk
about
them
in
many
settings
for
them.
So
I
I
met
with
the
Boston
Public
Library
and
they
had
a
temporary
ramp
when
their
front
door,
their
front
was
being
constructed
and
they
want
and
they're
putting
sort
of
that
temporary
ramp
back.
O
You
know
at
some
point
here:
maybe
I
can
come
back
in
a
few
months,
as
things
are
a
little
more
evolved.
If
there's
or
we
could
have
a
discussion
about
what
your
priorities
are,
if
there
are
priority
areas
of
the
city
or
types
of
facilities
at
parks
or
just
just
how
we
should
shape
this
and
how
decisions
should
be
made
and
what
I'm
trying
to
collect
as
much
feedback
and
information
as
I
can
so
I
can
give
it
to
the
the
decision.
O
Making
group
is
a
commission
like
yours
that
was
called
the
Community
Preservation
Committee
and
they're,
partly
from
by
state
statue
they're
from
certain
Commission's,
like
parks
and
the
Boston
landmarks
and
conservation
and
the
housing
authority
and
the
BPD
a
and
and
then
for
them
are
at
large
community
members
that
the
City
Council
is
chosen
and
they
need.
If
we
get
a
hundred
and
fifty
proposals
twice
a
year,
they're
gonna
need
some
help,
vetting
them
and
understanding
and
and
I'm
gonna
want
to
give
them
feedback
from
different
stakeholders
and
committees.
O
E
L
O
F
F
E
You
Jerry,
my
report
isn't
too
long
just
a
few
updates.
I
wanted
to
tell
people
about
so,
first
of
all,
as
I'm
sure
you
all
remember,
we
got
a
lot
of
snow
a
few
weeks
ago,
up
to
almost
two
feet
in
some
areas
of
Boston
and
the
city
requires
sidewalks
to
be
shoveled
within
three
hours
of
the
end
of
the
snowstorm
and
property
owners
are
required
to
shovel
a
path
that
is
42
inches
wide
down
to
the
sidewalk
property
owners
who
live
on
a
corner
are
also
required
to
shovel
the
curb
cut.
E
So,
unfortunately,
we
got
a
lot
of
complaints
that
curb
ramps
were
blocked
after
the
storm,
and
the
city
does
not
shovel
sidewalks,
as
most
people
need
may
or
may
not
know.
The
city
concentrates
on
plowing
the
streets,
so
we
try
to
work
with
property
owners
to
get
the
word
out
that
they're
required
to
shovel
curb
cuts,
but
one
thing
that
was
started
this
year.
E
Yes,
so,
like
I
said
it
just
kind
of
organized
as
a
result
of
that
snowstorm,
and
we
have
some
hope
for
it,
though,
because
one
of
the
things
that
is
difficult
for
the
city
is
to
get
volunteers
to
shovel
out
people's
houses
like
steps
and
sidewalks,
because
we
don't
want
to
match
people
with
residents
because
it
could
be
some.
You
know
some
vulnerable
residents
who
are
elderly
disabled.
So
we
we
are
very
cautious
about
doing
that,
but
curb
ramps
aren't
attached
to
any
people
they're
just
like
in
the
neighborhoods.
E
F
P
So
with
the
snow
I
pointing
that
I
realized
for
myself
was
that
I
called
to
see
if
there
were
organizations
or
volunteer
areas
that
we
do
residential
shoveling
or
help
people
with
disabilities
or
elderly?
You
have
a
few
elderly
people
in
our
unit
and
I
couldn't
find
anything.
Do
you
know
of
any
resources?
P
E
Interestingly
enough
because
you
live
in
South
Boston's,
one
organization
called
the
library
center
in
South
Boston.
They
started
a
program
this
year,
called
snow
angels.
I
know
was
directed
mainly
towards
people
who
are
elderly
and
I.
Don't
know
how
it's
run.
I,
don't
know
how
the
successes,
but
you
could
look
into
that.
If
that
may
be
helpful
other
than
that,
like
I
said,
the
city
is
sort
of
hesitant
to
match
people
individually
with
elderly
people
and
people
with
disabilities.
Just
you
know
to
be
on
the
safe
side.
E
What
we
tell
people
is
our
office
can
help
find
the
property
owner
if
it's
a
large
corporation
or
if
it's
PHA,
we
can
try
to
get
you
to
the
right
person
other
than
that.
Unfortunately,
it
is
the
property
owners
responsibility.
So
if
it's
you
know
private
residence
and
even
if
you
have
a
disability
you're
required
to
either
you
know,
if
you
can't
tell
what
to
hire
somebody
or
just
to
look
for
volunteers,
that
you
may
be
able
to
find
AmeriCorps.
B
E
E
E
Work
with
301
all
the
time,
okay,
so
then,
just
a
few
other
updates
we're
having
some
more
work
done
in
City
Hall
the
parking
offices.
On
the
second
floor,
where
people
pay
tickets,
we're
going
to
have
one
of
those
counters
lowered
right
now,
they're
built
in
concrete
and
they're
very
high,
so
people
in
wheeled
mobility
devices
can't
reach
the
counters.
So
that's
in
addition
to
the
upgrade
of
City
Hall
council
chambers
and
the
bathroom
work
that
happened
over
the
last
few
years.
E
Another
thing
that
we're
working
on
is
a
meeting
with
the
taxi
owners
who
own
wave
cabs
a
wheelchair,
accessible
vehicles.
We're
meeting
with
the
owners
this
week
to
also
have
them
learn
about
options
that
will
potentially
increase
their
business
and
offer
more
opportunities
for
people
with
disabilities
to
get
rides
by
partnering,
with
uber
and
also
potentially
the
MBTA's
ride
program.
E
Right
now,
Ober
has
11
vehicles
that
have
wheelchair
access,
but
they're
trying
to
get
as
many
of
the
100
wave
vehicles
into
their
fleet
as
possible,
and
then
also
the
ride
has
a
pilot
program
that
allows
people
with
disabilities.
Instead
of
taking
a
ride
van
or
sedan,
they
can
call
wave
taxi
so
we're
going
to
meet
with
the
owners
to.
Let
them
know
about
these
two
options
and
we
hope
that
will
increase
people
with
disabilities
options
for
getting.
E
Transportation
and
on
that
note,
I'm
also
working
with
the
Metro
Planning
Organization
of
Boston
to
set
up
a
roundtable
discussion
on
transportation
options
for
people
with
disabilities.
I'm
gonna
be
setting
that
up
in
the
late
spring,
so
I'll
invite
the
board
members
and
people
from
the
community
to
attend
just
to
make
sure
our
voices
get
heard
in
the
larger
discussions
across
the
state
about
accessibility
and
transportation.
B
B
B
G
E
G
E
E
B
E
F
E
E
F
C
Q
Evening,
my
name
is
David
Viera
I'm
from
Hyde
Park
I
want
to
clarify
something
about
that
ride.
Discussion
on
and
if
there's
somebody
here
that
will
back
me
up
on
that
the
uber
and
lyft
deal
is
you
pay
$2
the
ride,
pays
I,
believe
11
or
12
dollars
of
your
trip.
I.
Think
it's
13
13.
If
your
trip
is
over
that
amount
you
pay
yes.
Q
Q
F
A
E
Found
out
anything
about
that,
but
we
did
get
word
earlier
this
week
that
neither
the
library
or
my
office
were
awarded
a
DA
municipal
grants
from
the
state.
So
we
had
put
in
a
proposal
to
do
some
work
in
City,
Hall
and
the
library
had
put
in
a
proposal
to
put
up
the
temporary
ramp
for
three
to
five
years.
Well,
they
look
into
creating
a
permanent
ramp,
so
that
doesn't
mean
that
they're
not
going
to
do
it
just
that
they
didn't
get.
This
particular
funding.
Make
that
happen.
E
E
That
was
a
little
complicated
I.
Don't
know
why
it
was
removed
this
time
and
I
reached
out,
but
it
wasn't
until
I
didn't
have
a
chance
to
reach
out
until
today,
so
I
wasn't
able
to
get
ahold
of
anybody,
but
I
will
follow
up
this
week
and
see
if
I
can
find
out.
In
addition
to
that,
we
had
a
the
library
had
applied
for
a
grant
to
get
some
funding
do
the
ramp
and
they
didn't
get
that
grant,
but
they're
still
planning
to
put
some
funds
in
their
budget
moving
forward
to
do
the
ramp.
Q
M
M
A
M
Places
at
times
of
high
traffic
or
the
quote
prime
hours
rush
hour
that
it's
possible
to
exceed
that
forty
dollar
limit
by
by
another
twenty
or
more
dollars,
without
it
being
a
significantly
different
distance
or
time
so
that
that's
a
caveat
there
and
as
the
Commission,
I
and
I
were
discussing
and
I
have
discussed
with
the
Cambridge
Commission,
where
I
used
to
serve
that.
It's
really
concerning
for
people
who
are
wheelchair
users
that
this
is
intended
as
same-day
on-demand
paratransit
transportation.
M
And
what
will
be
very
helpful
with
the
inclusion
of
wave
taxis
is
that
those
11
vehicles
are
since
it's
at
the
driver,
discretion
of
when
they're
on
the
road.
If
they're
on
the
road
they're,
often
as
a
practical
matter,
it's
often
not
possible
to
get
same-day
service
and
in
fact,
the
drivers
and
both
lift
and
but
particularly
uber,
will
advise
that
if
you
have
a
meeting
or
a
medical
appointment,
something
that
you
know
of
in
advance.
Don't
rely
on
that.
Because
that's.
M
It
would
make
a
huge
difference
because
the
scarcity
so
at
my
request
they
now
wheelchair
users
are
allowed
to
sign
up
for
both
lyft
and
uber.
But
the
problem
is
they
haven't
done
any
PR
about
that
that,
even
though
they
implemented
that
in
the
summer,
many
people
still
don't
know
that
they
signed
up
with
uber.
They
also
can
sign
up
with
lyft.
So.
R
L
A
E
L
I'll
just
have
to
entertain
you
all
with
my
voice
and
there'll,
be
no
visuals
and
it'll
just
be
what
it
is
so
I'm
Maggie
Austin
I'm,
the
coordinator
of
the
user
expert
lab
and
public
programming
at
IH
CD,
the
Institute
for
human
centered
design
I've
been
there
just
over
a
year
now
I
got
involved
with
them
as
a
user
expert.
First
first
I
have
low
vision,
considered
legally
blind
I
was
born
with
optic,
nerve,
hypoplasia
and
before
I
talked
to
groups
of
people,
especially
other
people
who
identify
as
having
disabilities.
L
I
like
to
remind
the
crowd
that
I
was
born
two
months
after
the
a
da
was
passed
so
for
me,
I
have
the
incredible
privilege
of
not
knowing
a
world
without
the
Americans
for
Disabilities
Act,
and
so
a
lot
of
my
experience
and
contacts
context
comes
from
being
a
millennial.
So
that
said,
oh
just
really
quickly
tell
you
guys
a
little
bit
about
IH
CD,
the
Institute,
and
what
we're
all
about
I'll.
L
Give
you
a
little
bit
of
an
overview
of
the
user
expert
lab
and
then
talk
about
a
couple
of
our
upcoming
projects,
which
is
what
I'm
really
excited
about
and
hoping
that
I
can
get
more
people
interested
and
involved
in
so
IH
CD
is
going
to
be
40
years
old.
We
are
a
Boston
based
nonprofit
organization,
dedicated
to
enhancing
the
experiences
of
people
of
all
ages
and
abilities
through
excellence
and
design.
L
Two
things
very
strongly.
We
believe
that
design
has
the
power
to
influence
our
confidence,
comfort
and
control
our
own
little
three
C's,
and
we
also
believe
that
variation
in
a
ability
is
ordinary,
not
special,
and
that
variation
ability
happens
to
all
of
us
at
some
point
in
our
lives,
I,
HCD
sort
of
has
four
arms.
We
do
a
lot
of
consulting
and
design
services
where
we
work
on
contracts
around
the
physical
buildings
and
architecture
to
technologies
and
products
and
websites,
and
we
provide
services
for
that.
L
We
do
training
and
technical
assistance,
especially
through
our
project,
we're
one
of
the
federal-aid
EA
sites.
So
we
are
the
New
England
a
da
Center.
We
also
do
a
lot
of
education
and
training,
we
run
workshops
and
host
internships
and
fellowships
and
students,
and
what
I'm
really
here
to
talk
to
you
about
today
is
our
research
component,
which
is
our
design,
research,
lab
or
user
expert
lab,
and
we
do
that
work
through
the
lived
experiences
of
people
who
are
aging
or
have
disabilities
and
in
what
we
call
contextual
inquiry
framework.
L
So
today
we
believe
that
we
are
lucky
because
we
live
in
a
time
where
people
live
longer
and
survive
more
illness
and
injury
than
any
other
time
in
history,
and
that
reality
means
that
we
have
to
redesign
or
design
a
world
that
makes
that
work
for
everybody
and
so
places.
Things
and
Technology
are
designed
by
people
and
are
things
that
can
our
designs
that
can
limit
or
disable
people.
L
Since
people
are
the
ones
that
create
environments
like
places
and
things
and
technology,
then
that
means
people
have
the
opportunity
to
be
more
inclusive
and
to
make
everyone
welcome
in
those
environments.
So
a
cyclical
thing,
so
just
quickly
about
our
user
expert
lab
our
user
experts,
we
define,
as
in
two
ways
we
have
primary
user
experts
and
secondary
user
experts.
L
Primary
user
experts
are
people
such
as
myself,
who
have
lived
with
a
functional
limitation
and
can
share
based
on
their
authentic,
lived
experience
about
how
a
design
or
an
environment
is
working
or
not
working
for
them.
A
secondary
user
expert
is
a
person
who
has
spent
significant
amount
of
time
with
a
primary
user
expert
and
is
observant
about
their
experiences
in
the
way
they're
interacting
with
their
environment.
So
a
parent,
a
teacher,
a
PC,
a
different
things
like
that
and
I'm
just
gonna
skip
something
since.
L
And
one
of
my
favorite
quotes
that
sort
of
encapsulates
our
user
expert
lab
is
from
a
user
expert
who
I
haven't
had
the
privilege
to
meet
yet.
But
he
said
that
he
would
never
assume
to
know
what
it
is
like
to
be
a
person
with
full
site.
So
why
would
you
assume
to
know
what
I
need
as
a
blind
man
and
I?
Think
that's
a
really
powerful
illustration
of
why
we
do
the
user
expert
work.
We
do
so.
Our
user
expert
lab
works
with
anybody
from
municipalities
to
companies
to
other
nonprofit
organizations,
universities
and
schools.
L
E
L
Absolutely
so,
for
example,
the
115
Winthrop
Square
folks,
they
would
probably
like
the
stage
they're
at
now
isn't
probably
an
a
good
example
for
user
experts
to
interact
with,
because
probably
many
of
our
user
experts.
We
really
try
to
do
it
in
the
context,
so
it
would
more
be
like
oh
we'll
take
a
group
of
user
experts
to
Winthrop
Square
as
it
is
now,
and
the
developers
can
then
get
that
data
of
how
people
are
interacting
with
an
experience
in
the
square
now
and
then,
once
they
do
something
with
the
different
with
the
square.
L
E
L
I
L
Absolutely
anybody
who
wants
to
get
involved.
We
would
absolutely
love
to
have
you
and
we
often
put
a
priority
on
primary
user
experts
being
involved
in
the
process,
and
so
secondary
user
experts.
Aren't
always
our
first
call,
but
sometimes
especially,
if
there's
a
population
like
sort
of
missing
from
our
research,
we'll
pull
in
secondary
user
experts.
Who
can
speak
to
that.
E
L
You
yeah
so
just
to
provide
some
clarity
and
that
sort
of
answered
your
question.
So
our
user
expert
reviews
are
not
really
intended
to
be
moments
of
advocacy.
You
don't
need
to
have
any
training
on
a
DA
laws
or
regulations,
but
they're
really
just
about
you
sharing
how
what
you're
experiencing
authentically
and
we
work
really
hard
to
create
space
where
that
feels
safe,
where
you
can
provide
your
feedback
and.
L
And
I
was
tell
everybody.
Well,
if
you
didn't
feel
comfortable
saying
it,
then
you
can
always
email
me
later.
So
that's
really
important
to
us.
Our
reviews
happen
in
a
in
what
we
call
Institute.
So
in
a
context
or
a
situation,
that's
real!
So
we
try.
We
try
not
to
create
any
simulations
or
mock-ups.
We
really
want
people
to
be
interacting
with
products
or
technology
or
an
environment.
That's
real,
because
we
think
that's
where
we
get
the
best
information.
L
All
of
our
reviews
are
documented.
It's
really
important
to
us
that
we
collect
the
experiences
and
information
so
that
we
can
inform
best
practices
and
design
in
the
future,
and
so
we
take
pictures
video.
We
take
a
lot
of
notes.
Sometimes
we
use
GoPros
these
days
really
interesting
in
ways
that
we
get
to
document
they
experience.
So
if
you
sign
up
it
kind
of
feels
like
you
are
now
a
member
of
the
you
know,
elite
and
you're
being
followed
around
by
the
paparazzi.
It's
a
little
funny.
So.
L
L
Our
lab,
so
we
conduct
what
we
call
user,
expert
reviews
and
they're
typically
by
appointment,
so
we'll
get
asked
to
conduct
reviews
about
an
environment
and
or
a
product
or
technology
or
or
whatever
it
is,
and
then
we
make
appointments
with
user
experts
to
come
review
that
environment
and
it's
usually
one-on-one.
Sometimes
it's
in
small
groups
as
many
as
four
user
experts
and
a
couple
research,
a
couple
I
HDD
staff,
and
we
they
the
times
range
in
vary.
We
do
a
lot
more
when
the
weather
is
nicer.
So
thank.
L
We're
we're
much
we're
out
there
much
more
in
the
spring
and
summer
and
fall.
We
do
some
in-house
reviews
in
the
winter
and
the
timing
really
varies
and
our
reviews,
regardless
of
what
we're,
reviewing,
really
focus
on
what
the
World
Health
Organization
defines
as
our
contextual
environment,
so
we're
looking
at
the
physical
environment,
the
communication
environment,
the
information
environment,
the
social
or
attitudinal
environment
and
the
policy
environment.
L
We
have
three
big
projects
that
we're
currently
working
on
with
our
user
expert
lab.
One
is
with
the
mass
cultural
council
and
their
up
initiative,
their
innovation
and
Learning
Network.
The
second
is
with
the
MBTA
and
their
new
design
guide
for
access,
and
the
third
is,
with
the
department
uses,
Department
of
Conservation
and
Recreation
and
their
universal
access
program,
and
so
with
MCC.
L
The
mass
cultural
Council
and
the
up
program,
we
visit
different
cultural
nonprofits
across
Massachusetts
and
there
are
11
organizations
in
the
innovation
and
Learning
Network
this
spring
and
so
we'll
be
visiting
a
lot
of
those
in
February
and
March.
So
we're
all
hoping
there
won't
be
too
much
snow
in
February
and
so
we're
looking
for
user
experts
to
participate
in
those
reviews.
And
we
did
us
about
10
cultural
organizations
last
spring
and
we
went
to
mass
MOCA
out
in
where's
MASS
MoCA
in
North,
Adams
yeah.
F
L
We
all
sat
down
had
some
luncheon
and
talked
about
those
experience,
and
it
gave
the
museum
an
opportunity
to
ask
questions
and
it
gave
the
user
experts
an
opportunity
to
be
a
part
of
the
brainstorming
for
the
solutions
to
the
barriers
that
they
were
experiencing
and
that's
my
favorite
part
of
my
job,
like
it's
drummers,
call
it
being
in
the
pocket.
That's
like
my
pocket
when
the
people
who
are
experiencing
a
barrier
or
a
challenge
get
to
be
a
part
of
the
conversations
that
alleviate
that
barrier
and
ultimately
we're
hope.
L
We
hope
that
Universal
and
inclusive
design
practices-
you
know,
create
a
world
where
there
just
aren't
barriers,
but
for
now
these
opportunities
really
allow
us
to
see
where
they
are
and
how
to
change
them.
So
I
talked
about
up.
I
gave
you
the
mass
MOCA
example:
there's
11
new
organizations
this
year.
Most
of
them
are
a
little
closer,
really
exciting.
Group
I'm
excited
a
lot
of
theatres,
so
get
to
see
a
lot
of
performances
this
year
and
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
the
dialogue
that
comes
from
that.
L
The
second
project
I
mentioned,
which
everybody
gets
really
excited
about,
is
the
design
guide
for
access
for
the
MBTA,
the
Massachusetts
Bay
Transit
Authority
we've
been
working
on
a
lot
of
projects
with
the
MBTA.
Recently
we
helped
with
a
review
of
the
Green
Line
and
the
commuter
rail
specifically
reviewing
they're
inaccessible
stations
and
well
they're,
really
inaccessible
when
they
say
they're
inaccessible,
but
they're.
You
know
other
than
the
physical
barriers
that
those
stations
created.
L
The
design
guide
for
access
is
a
project
where
there
is
a
book
of
guidelines
and
standards
that
the
MBTA
is
supposed
to
be
following
that
are
that
to
meet
accessibility
every
time
they
bring
on
a
contractor
and
that
document
hasn't
been
updated
since
1990
and
I
HCD.
At
the
time
adaptive
environments
was
the
person
who
was
the
organization
that
created
that
document.
So
where.
L
And
it's
funny
enough,
even
though
our
office
had
you
know,
created
it,
we
only
have
a
couple
of
hard
copies
laying
around
like
it's
pretty
crazy
I
I.
Don't
remember
that
document,
except
for
the
copies
laying
around
our
office.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
this
opportunity.
We're
working
in
partnership
with
other
design
and
organizations
to
put
together
a
really
awesome
guide
that
the
MBTA
will
be
able
to
add
to
every
RFP
that
they
put
out
for
contractors
and
they'll
have
hopefully
have
not
only
the
standards
which
is
sort
of
this.
L
Some
of
those
recommendations
for
the
guide
is
seeing
how
people
are
using
the
tee
today
and
we're
really
concerned
with
things
like
lighting
and
signage
and
wayfinding,
and
so
as
many
people
as
are
interested
in
participating
from
as
many
walks
of
life
here
in
the
city
and
and
on
the
outskirts.
We'd
really
love
folks
to
be
involved.
Yeah.
E
B
L
L
So
that's
not
exactly
our
user
expert
lab
work,
although
sometimes
I
do
go
out
and
help
with
trainings
and
stuff
our
Valerie
Fletcher.
Our
executive
director
does
a
lot
of
public
speaking
and
education
engagements
where
she
runs
workshops
that
she
tailors
for
the
needs
of
the
audience.
We
partner
a
lot
with
Suffolk
University
in
their
design
school,
so
we
go
into
their
classrooms,
help
with
design
critiques
or
do
preliminary
use,
Universal,
Design
or
inclusive
design
presentations
with
them.
I've
been
in
a
couple
of
colleges
and
universities.
L
L
L
The
third
one
is
it's
winter,
so
we're
not
out
at
parks
right
now,
but
is
our
partnership
with
the
department,
the
massachusetts
department
of
conservation
recreation.
This
past
summer
we
were
at
salisbury
beach
and
up
north
and
we
went
to
the
Esplanade.
We
took
a
trip
down
to
the
blue
hills,
and
so
we
are
really
hoping
to
bring
user
experts
into
state
parks
and
gather
information
about
what
they're
experiencing
in
the
park
in
order
to
inform
improvements
on
access
at
the
park.
L
So
a
lot
of
signage
and
wayfinding
challenges
that
are
relatively
easy
fixes
if
they
know
what
the
challenge
is
and
have
it
make
it
better,
so
we'll
be
doing
more
parks
as
the
weather
gets
nicer,
I'm
not
sure.
What's
next
on,
our
list
of
parks
were
going
to,
but
we're
super
excited
about
really
bringing
users
out
there
and
seeing
how
great.
F
A
F
L
Hdd
is
located
at
200
Portland
Street
right
in
the
West
End
across
from
TD
Garden
near
the
intersection
of
causeway
Street
yeah,
that's
200,
Portland,
Street
and
just
so
folks
know,
I
could
read
out
the
URL.
That
gives
you
more
information
about
our
user
expert
lab
program,
but
it
is
on
the
Flyers
that
Winston
passed
around
for
me.
But
for
folks
who
are
listening
over
the
phone
or
on
TV
or
radio,
the
URL
is
ww1
centered
design,
org.
L
D
Thank
You
Maggie
for
your
wonderful
presentation.
Thank
you
for
the
work
you
do.
Thank
you
good
evening.
My
name
is
Patricia
Mendez
I'm,
the
architectural
access
specialist
I
have
a
quick
update.
I
start
with
the
architectural
access
board
and
I
have
good
news
regarding
their
rewrite
of
the
code.
The
five
21cm
are
it's
going
to
go
into
the
face
of
the
public
meetings
and
when
I
have
the
schedule
for
public
meetings
and
public
comments,
I
will
share
it
with
the
board.
Probably
beyond
our
next
meeting.
D
D
This
month
we
shared
the
accessibility
survey
that
our
Boston
Commission
has
been
working
on,
so
we
shared
with
them
and
they
they're
helping
us
responding.
And
the
other
item
that
I
want
to
share
with
you
about
this
group
is
that
we
are
planning
a
training
on
how
to
review
variance
applications,
and
this
is
a
training
that
we
are
going
to
host
and
we're
going
to
get
the
help
of
the
architectural
access
board
executive
director,
Tom
Hopkins.
B
D
I'm
very
excited
about
that
great
another
couple
of
projects
that
I
want
to
share
is
160
Federal
Street
common
Lobby
upgrades
the
developers
came
and
asked
for
some
feedback
on
an
upcoming
project
in
Federal
Street,
all
the
same,
the
same
street
that
we
your
project
they
have.
They
have
an
app
they're
going
to
upgrade
the
ground-level
common
lobby
lobby
and
they
asked
for
accessibility.
E
F
E
D
The
other
other
project
that
we
we
were
asked
for
feedback-
and
we
were
involved-
is
the
development
of
parcel
9
at
the
Blackstone
Street
Haymarket,
and
we
had
a
very
productive
conversation
about
the
sidewalk
improvements.
The
curb
cuts,
the
pedestrian
crossing
as
it
affects
the
Haymarket
Association.
D
D
A
E
F
F
R
R
Now,
as
we're
growing
into
an
incorporated
nonprofit,
we
are
looking
for
board
members
and
also
new
dancers
of
all
abilities
and
I,
really
try
to
work
with
people
and
just
bring
different
types
of
people
who
have
different
abilities
to
make
really
great
dance
pieces
and
as
far
as
participating,
there
is
no
cost
to
participate
and
other
than
like
things
like
transportation
to
rehearsal
or
performance
venues,
and
we
also
work
with
composers
to
create
music.
So
I
was
a
truly
collaborative
piece.
R
R
R
R
E
S
Hello,
so
my
name
is
Ethan
linski
I'm,
the
youth
program
specialist
of
epic,
which
stands
for
empowering
people
for
inclusive
communities.
So
the
sole
purpose
of
me
being
here
today,
is
to
extend
our
outreach
and
just
to
teach
and
and
expose
what
we
do
in
our
signature
program,
which
we
call
service
warriors
service
warriors
our
competitive
program
for
young
people
with
disabilities
to
apply
to
commit
to
one
year
of
service
where
they
will
be
engaging
in
monthly
service
projects
that
is
coupled
with
leadership,
development
programming.
So,
for
instance,
in
February
we're
going
to
be
going.
S
Serving
at
community
servings,
creating
and
making
a
meal,
and
we
believe
that
our
young
people
that
work
in
ours,
but
young
people
that
work
with
us
and
engage
in
epic
learn
valuable
skills
through
service
warriors
and
and
serving
their
communities,
while
also
being
able
to
engage
with
the
relative
and
like
needed
skills
in
order
to
be
active
community
members
in
their
communities
and
to
pursue
their
goals.
So
we
are
accepting
applications
up
until
the
31st
of
January
this
year,
I'm
so
lucky.
S
Is
the
ideal
in
the
future,
so
it
is
generally
pretty
young
program.
We've
had
five
years
of
service
warriors
where
we
have
a
yearly,
an
annual
fundraiser
that
generally
we
we
have
a
huge
service
project
where
two
hundred
plus
volunteers
come
to
beautify
a
PBS
school.
This
past
year
we
were
at
the
Mildred
eV
and
we
painted
it's
led
by
the
youthful
epic
each
service
project.
So
we
did.
We
created
50,
back-to-school
kits
for
teachers
and
repainted
classrooms.
S
E
A
E
S
B
I
just
like
to
add
they
were
there
at
our
office
I'm
the
exact
the
intermedia
in
my
LC
Bay,
and
the
Christmas
event
that
we
had
was
really
really
successful.
They
put
out
these
boxes
all
around
the
community
and
picked
up
donations
or
toys
for
our
consumers,
and
we
had
a
real.
They
had
a
wrapping
event,
I
think
the
night
before.