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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 2-17-21
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The
grander
program
is
that
I
am
available
to
make
to
attend
meetings,
to
educate
and
be
more
detailed
that
I,
as
here
to
your
group
in
that
regard
and
there's
my
information
there.
Meanwhile,
the
generally
the
tax
program
is
in
starting
the
scheduling's
happening,
and
at
this
time
this
year,
scheduling
is
required
for
tax
preparation.
It's
not
just
a
programs
like
there
had
been
in
the
past.
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The
contact
is
the
tax
site
of
your
choice
and
you
can
see
them
listed
in
that
manner
and
meanwhile,
I'm
here
specifically
looking
for
your
activity
and
folks
reaching
out
to
those
you
know
to
help
the
working
group,
the
disability
working
group
expand
and
become
active,
so
questions
right
now,
you're
welcome
to
them.
I
think
at
this
point
you
know
just
me
and
coming
back
to
you,
I
exit
no
carl.
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How
are
you
tonight,
I'm
I'm
blind
and
visually
impaired,
and
I'm
wondering
if
you
could
tell
me,
is
it
a
website
that
people
are
going
to
schedule
appointments,
because
I
couldn't
really
see
what
was
on
the
slide
and
if
so,
is
that
website
screen
reader
friendly
for
those
who
are
blind
and
visually
impaired?
It's
the
whole
process.
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It
takes
almost
45
minutes
to
do
the
first
round
and
then
it's
the
second,
the
first
round
the
introduction
to
the
program
and
get
you
registered
for
it,
and
then
it's
the
next
that
you
get
scheduled
to
where
you'd
want
to
be
it's.
What
can
happen
so
go
to
boston
tax
help
get
connected
with
the
information
and
referrals
scheduling
and
then
you
can
go
from
there.
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The
goal
of
the
work
group
is
to
get
back
in
action.
The
group
was
very
active
in
the
past,
but
hasn't
over
the
past
couple
of
years,
and
now
it's
getting
back
and
doing
so
from,
I
want
to
say
the
bottom
up
with
as
many
perspectives
and
views
as
we
can
to
be
a
part
of
it
as
to
be
sure
that
the
the
tax
coalition's
every
different
site
is
an
issue.
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Just
add
quickly
for
the
board's
information
that
mimi
does
a
lot
of
mimi's
office
and
the
office
of
financial
empowerment.
They
do
a
lot
of
work
not
just
on
taxes
but
on
financial
empowerment,
which
can
help
people
like
learn
what
to
do
with
any
tax
returns.
They
get
back,
and
things
like
that.
So,
like
lynn,
said
where
this
is
like,
the
first
push
to
help
help
people
get
their
taxes
done,
but
we're
hoping
afterwards
that
people
will
stay
engaged
with
the
city
and
take
advantage
of
the
many
financial
programs
that
we
offer.
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Not
yet,
but
I
that's
the
one
thing
I
miss
going
to
too
is
the
deaf
inc
is
where
we
would
be
four
weeks
every
year
for
the
past
couple
of
years
and
not
sure
exactly
what's
going
to
be
happening
yet,
but
there
will
be
some
program
through
the
phones
and
the
system.
So
I
don't
have
a
an
answer.
Sorry.
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Well,
although
these
programs
might
have
existed
somewhat,
but
in
this
case,
if
someone
doesn't
have
an
improvement
appointment,
I
it's
such
an
important
topic,
but
with
some
of
the
I
think
it
would
be
important
to
have
someone
with
not
only
technology
expertise
but
to
have
that
combined
expertise
so
that
it
is
usable
friendly
for
for
whether
people
have
visual
disabilities
or
even
cognitive
or
learning.
I
don't
know
if
there'll
be
a
screen
bearing
aspect
or
yeah.
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Oh
yes,
and
that's
what
the
whole
process
is
is
to
start
getting
into
it
and
you'll
see,
there's
a
whole
calendar
section
that
you
can
send
set
yourself
up
with
and
and
do
that.
If
you
want
to
talk
with
someone
about
it
specifically,
then
it's
the
tax
help
coalition.
There
are
people
who
will
be
answering
the
phones
that
you
can
connect
with
too.
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We
haven't
scheduled
that
yet
because
we're
looking
for
the
next
round
of
people
who
want
to
participate
so
that
we
can
get
an
idea
of
that
and
you're
right.
I
I
looked
into
making
that
happen,
but
decided
that
we
need
to
want
to
get
another
round
of
sources
who
are
going
to
want
to
participate
so
that
we
can
schedule
it
properly.
Okay,.
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So
thanks
very
much
everyone.
My
name
is
matt
morad.
I
work
for
the
boston
transformation
department.
I
lead
a
group,
there
called
the
transit
team,
so
we
were
formed
just
about
two
years
ago
to
collaborate
with
the
mbta
on
improving
transit
service
around
the
city
and
have
a
presentation.
We
have
a
brief
overview
of
the
transit
team
who
we
are,
what
we're
doing
and
then
a
presentation
on
the
columbus
ave
center
running
bustling
project,
which
is
under
construction
as
we
speak
and
will
hopefully
be
finished
by
the
spring.
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Well,
has
just
won
btd
transit
team
and
we'll
be
assisting
on
this
project
and
a
variety
of
other
projects,
as
we
move
forward
so,
hopefully
to
know
her
through
some
accessibility
work
that
we'll
be
doing
and
some
other
bus
related
projects.
So
what
is
a
transit
team?
So,
as
I
mentioned
before,
we're
located
in
the
boston
transportation
department
and
we
really
partner
with
the
mbca
communities
and
other
partners
on
improving
transit
on
boston
streets.
Primarily,
our
main
goals
are
improving
safety,
enhancing
mobility
and
improving
the
public
realm.
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This
picture
on
the
right
is
a
picture
of
the
installation
of
a
new
bustling
on
summer
street
that
one
in
in
20
late
2019,
as
you
can
see,
they're
just
putting
down
the
red
paint
that
sort
of
signifies
that
new,
bustling
that
bus
connection.
So
why
focus
on
bus
priority
so
in
in
the
region?
The
quality
of
bus
bricks
is
declining
and
ridership
is
down
primarily
due
to
traffic.
This
is
before
the
pandemic,
but,
of
course,
as
traffic,
presumably
we'll
get
back
to
normal.
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We
still
see
this
as
being
a
major
issue.
Obviously,
equity
is
a
parallel
concern
in
boston
and
many
of
our
bus
riders
come
from
areas
of
the
city
where
we
have
a
majority
of
people
of
color
and
majority
low
income.
Accessibility
devices
needs
to
be
improved.
Obviously,
the
herb
side,
pickup
drop
off
areas
for
a
lot
of
buses
are
blocked.
The
width
isn't
sufficient,
there's
a
variety
of
other
things
that
prevent
full
accessibility
to
bus
stop
and
we
can
make
improvements
to
buses
relatively
quickly
right
by
the
transit
improvements.
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So
if
you're
trying
to
build
a
new
subway
line
that
might
take
years
and
years
to
plan,
we
can
make
improvements
to
buses
over
the
course
of
you
know,
four
or
five
months,
if
it's
just
a
striking
project,
all
the
way
up
to
a
year,
which
is
what
I'll
be
talking
about
now,
with
the
columbus
ave
project
or
just
in
a
minute,
as
we
mentioned
before,
equity
is
a
key
focus
of
ours.
73
percent
of
transit,
commuters
and
dark
nuclear
clearance
are
longer.
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Your
typical
bostonian
has
a
commute
with
about
28
minutes,
so
that's
already
a
disparity
communities
of
color
and
because
humans
face
significantly
higher
commute
times
and
less
reliable
transit
options,
and
you
know
one
example
is
resident
hand.
Typical
resident
of
mataplan
has
about
a
45-minute
commute,
as
I
said
before,
that,
compared
to
about
a
28,
millimeter
or
average
bostonian,
so
some
projects
that
we're
working
on
I'm
going
to
dive
into
the
columbus
ave
project
in
a
minute.
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The
north
washington
street
bus
lane
that
we
installed
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
at
this
point
in
2019,
we'll
be
getting
sort
of
a
twin
version.
On
the
outbound
side,
we
anticipated
I'll,
say
about
five
minutes
and
primarily
serve
the
90
through
the
93
to
the
charlestown
and
then
the
111
chelsea,
and
then
the
right,
the
outbound
roslindale
best
lane
has
been
partially
striped.
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We're
prevented
due
to
weather
from
finishing
striping,
but
we're
hoping
to
have
that
done
in
april
and
should
save
about
eight
minutes
and
serves
a
variety
of
different
bus
routes
that
are
primarily
going
for
roslindale,
west
rockberry,
hyde
park
and
other
locations.
So
some
other
projects
that
we
have
in
the
pipeline.
We
have
some
major
bus
priority
planning
efforts,
so
we're
looking
at
blue
hill
avenue
and
a
north
station
to
seaport
bus
connection,
that's
good
examples.
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Obviously,
to
answer
any
questions,
but
if
you
have
any
clarifications
that
you
have
in
the
middle
of
the
presentation,
please
let
me
know
so:
columbus
ave
is
an
interagency
collaboration,
primarily
between
the
boston
transportation
department
and
the
mbta.
As
you
might
know,
the
transportation
department
handles
things
like
traffic
signals.
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So
the
columbus
ave
project,
that's
currently
in
construction,
is
a
little
bit
under
a
mile.
It
goes
from
just
the
edge
of
franklin
park
through
eggleston
square
and
then
up
to
the
orange
line
at
jackson
square.
It
serves
three
high-rise
bus
routes
and
it
began
construction
in
the
fall
and
we
expect
it'll
be
completed
later
on
this
spring
and
so
a
little
bit
about
the
playing
background.
So
this
project
came
out
of
two
major
initiatives:
go
boston,
2030
and
the
jp
rocks
transformation
action
plan.
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The
first
thing
on
goal:
boston,
2030,
is
the
goal
of
school
boston.
2030
is
to
reduce
driving
alone
rates
in
the
city,
but
also
then
increase
the
number
of
people
who
are
taking
public
transit
so
increase
that
by
about
a
third
increase
people
who
are
walking,
increase
people
who
are
cycling
around
the
city,
we
want
to
do
this
for
obviously
improving
mobility,
increasing
environmental
impacts
of
driving,
and
we
think
it
actually
creates
for
a
better,
more
vibrant
city
by
having
pure
people
drive.
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So
this
project
overlaps
with
the
proposed
matapan
to
lma
rapid
dust
connection,
which
was
profiled
in
gobaston
2030,
as
you
can
see
on
the
right.
The
goal
of
this
is
to
provide
a
good
seamless
connection
for
people
from
matapan,
the
blue
lav
corridor,
dorchester
and
roxbury
to
get
to
the
longer
medical
area.
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We
went
to
the
different
civic
association
meetings
and
we
heard
that
there
were
a
number
of
issues,
so
transit
delays
were
a
big
concern
that
we
heard
about
8
000
riders
use
this
corridor
every
single
day,
uncomfortable
conditions
for
people
who
are
walking
cycling
or
waiting
for
the
bus
and,
of
course,
parking
is
still
very
important
on
this
corridor.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
any
plan
that
we
put
forward
retained
as
much
parking
where
possible
during
the
construction
process.
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So
those
are
the
concerns
that
we
heard
and
so
what's
happening
so
based
on
all
those
community
conversations
based
on
the
design
feedback
that
we
got
both
internally
and
externally
from
the
neighborhood.
We
are
installing
center
running
bus
lanes
like
this
ave.
Eight
new
stations
platforms,
various
pedestrian
improvements,
we'll
get
into
in
a
minute
and
then
sort
of
going
continuing
with
an
ongoing
net
process
for
bike
network
enhancements
and
neighborhood
traffic
time.
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So
these
were
the
previous
conditions
on
columbus
ave.
It
was
a
four
line
cross
section.
There
were
a
number
of
safety
concerns
with
this
cross-section
because
of
speeding
traffic.
Pedestrians
didn't
necessarily
feel
comfortable
crossing
the
street.
So,
oh,
and
also
of
course,
there
are
number
of
uncompliant
ramps
along
the
corridor,
and
so
this
slide
shows
what
the
final
condition
will
look
like
when
we're
all
done.
So
we
are
adding
the
mentioned
center
running
bus
lanes
with
fully
accessible
station,
stops
and
platforms
in
the
middle
of
the
street.
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This
also
means
that
cars
will
have
a
much
more
difficult
time
double
parking
in
a
bus
lane,
and
it
also
means
that
cars
will
have
a
more
difficult
time
or
it
might
be
impossible
to
double
park
at
a
bus.
Stop
so
where
a
bus
might
have
to
stop
in
the
middle
of
the
street
today
to
pick
up
a
drop
off
passengers
because
it
can't
get
over
to
the
curb.
This
will
mean
that
the
station
stop
will
remain
fully
accessible.
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This
is
a
picture
or
I
should
say
rendering
from
the
street
level,
showing
what
the
center
running
bus
line
will
look
like.
As
you
can
see,
yeah
bring
my
cursor
up
there
we
go.
We
have
a
very
short
pedestrian
crossing
to
get
to
one
of
these
boarding
platforms
and
passengers,
of
course,
can
access
that
platform.
By
hitting,
I
believe,
actually,
I
should
say
we're.
Gonna
have
these
on
and
recall
appeal
to
cross.
You
know
with
let's
say,
with
a
traffic
light.
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Okay,
so
some
bus
stop
features
that
will
be
included
and
just
to
give
some
comparisons.
What
these
are
gonna
look
like
if
you've
seen
some
of
the
recently
upgraded
green
line,
stop
on
either
huntington
ave
or
commonwealth
ave.
These
will
look
and
feel
similar
to
those
green
line
stops
again
the
recently
upgraded
ones.
I
know
there's
still
a
number
of
gridline
stops
that
are
non-compliant,
but
still
have
issues,
but
they
will
have
fully
accessible
paths
to
travel.
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They'll
have
a
good
shelter
with
a
canopy
seating
signage
to
indicate
the
bus,
stop
and
some
pedestrian
way
finding
elements,
good
lighting,
trash
cans,
countdown
clocks,
emergency
call
boxes
and
a
provision
for
future
fair
vending
machine.
As
many
of
you
might
know,
the
mbta
is
hoping
to
move
to
a
off-board,
fair
payment
system
at
some
point
in
the
future:
they're
not
there
yet,
but
we'll.
We
have
a
provision
for
a
future
fair
vending
machine
with
all
these
platforms.
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And
then
the
pedestrian
crossings
they'll,
be,
you
know
much
safer
and
shorter
than
they
are
today.
This
is
a
rendering
on
the
right
showing
that
pedestrian
crossing,
but
they
will
be
fully
accessible
to
have
to
travel,
they'll,
be
shorter,
with
refuge,
pedestrian
refuge,
islands
and
bump
outs
and
pedestrian
signals
with
audible,
pedestrian
indicators.
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This
is
the
stop
under
construction
at
bray
street,
which
is
right
by
the
walgreens.
You
know
that
heart
of
columbus
ave
and
then
this
is
from
earlier
in
the
year
when
we
first
start
construction,
but
this
is
the
stop
in
the
vicinity
of
dimmick
street.
If
you
know
the
health
center
it's
sort
of
in
that
general
area.
L
So
if
you
want
to
learn
some
more
about
the
project
and
I'll,
you
know,
I
think
we'll
be
able
to
post
this
on
the
presentation
on
the
website,
but
the
btd
project
website.
If
you
go
to
the
boston.gov
departments,
transportation,
columbus,
app
bus
lanes
you'll
be
able
to
find
out
more
information,
including
sort
of
a
schematic
map
of
the
project.
L
The
mbta
project
website
is
much
of
the
same
information
and
actually
some
better
pictures
than
we
do
so
that
might
be
a
better
place
to
look.
You
can
also
sign
up
for
weekly
updates
about
the
project
on
the
mbta
website,
as
well.
They're
handling
sort
of
that
public
engagement
slide
of
the
project,
and
if
you
have
any
questions
about
the
project,
you
can
email
either
myself
or
you
know
you
want
to
go
through
btd
transit
programs
at
boston.gov.
L
G
L
L
L
Yes,
we
have
two
that
we're
hoping
to
finish
this
spring.
One
is
north
washington
street
in
the
north
end,
so
going
outbound
we're
hoping
to
strike
a
bus
lane
going
towards
the
charlestown
bridge
and
then
another
project
that
we're
hoping
to
complete
in
the
spring
is
in
roslindale
we're
hoping
to
finish
striking
the
outbound
bus
lane
for
the
peak
period
and
then
we're
hoping
to
add
some
bus
bump
outs
in
roslindale
square
as
well.
G
As
a
as
a
proud
west
roxbury
resident
off
washington
street,
I
can,
I
can
say
that
that
having
the
dedicated
bus
lane
has
has
improved
commute
times
greatly.
So
thanks
for
thanks
for
that,
I
don't
know
whether
that
that
idea
came
from
the
t
or
came
from
from
the
city
first,
but
but
it
that's
an
example
of
of
how
this
this
planning
is
is
working.
I
think.
L
That's
great
to
hear
I'm
happy
to
hear
that's
working
out,
and
actually
I
can
say
that
came
from
the
community.
That
was
an
idea
that
came
from,
I
think
sort
of
the
origins
of
it.
Was
this
group
called
waka
brazi
we've
done
a
lot
of
really
great
advocacy
around
having
better
safer
streets
and
they
had
this
idea
of
doing
a
dedicated
bus
lane
because
of
how
busy
that
corridor
was
in
the
mornings.
So.
F
F
I
was
looking
at
the
the
pictures
and,
although
you
all,
when
you
were
answering
jerry's
question,
you
almost
answered
my
question.
So
I'm
just
gonna
like
piggyback
on
that
I
am
wondering
during
the
time
I
was
listening
and
looking
at
the
pictures.
I
was
what
came
to
my
mind
was
there's
a
lot
of
people
still
have
even
called,
but
we
still
do
all
traveling
with
the
green
line,
red
line
and
whatnot
and
this
product
we
still
have.
F
Is
there
some
places,
even
if
it's
like
whether
it's
subway
really
or
even
on
the
ground,
but
there's
still
areas
where
you
can't
get
on
the
train,
because
the
street,
because
just
how
the
sleep
is
structured,
and
I
wonder
if
there's
also
a
roof
for
these
bus
groups
for
the
people
like
if
we
like.
If
someone
wants
to
travel
and
we're
like,
I
can't
say,
I'm
not
taking
the
green
light,
nothing.
You
know.
F
L
L
You
know
the
roslindale
corridor
has
19
000
riders
a
day,
this
quarter's
8
000
riders
a
day
that
we're
looking
at
columbus
ave,
and
so
I
think
that
was
the
primary
motivation,
and
so
we
knew
that
by
doing
these
things
with
bus
enhancements,
we
could
both
get
good
transit
facilities
in,
but
we
could
also
get
good
pedestrian
facilities
into.
So
I
think
those
are
the
primary
motivations
for
sort
of
a
travel
in
that
way.
A
L
Oh,
thank
you,
commissioner.
That's
a
very
good
point
too.
Greenland
transformation
team
we're
working
with
them
right
now
on
improving
access
to
greenland
stations.
You
know
they
they're
working
on
com
ave
right
now,
as
we
speak,
they
just
broke
around
a
few
days
ago
on
some
station
shopping,
cart
bu.
So
you
know
they're
slowly,
but
surely
upgrading
all
the
green
line
above
ground
stations,
and
we
actually
just
had
a
meeting
with
them
today
about
symphony
station
and
accessibility,
improvements
that
we're
making
there.
K
About
that,
yes,
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
One
thing
that
comes
to
mind
based
on
the
prior
presentation
are
there
situations
where
you're
presenting
this
information
to
groups
such
as,
if
there's
someone
in
the
public
or
who
might
be
listening
today,
who
didn't
have
prior
access
to
the
presentation?
D
A
I
I
This
is
where
I
cross
the
street,
or
I
mean,
is
there
a
system
that
you
would
put
in
place
because
I
don't
always
know,
for
instance,
on
commonwealth
avenue,
where
the
bus
shelters
are
anymore
under
the
new
system
you
put
in
place
there,
so
I'm
hoping
that's
not
the
case
as
you
move
forward.
Putting
bus
shelters
in
the
middle
of
the
street
but
pick
up
areas
and
drop
off
areas.
So
is
there
a
way
for
one
person
to
determine
when
they
have
to
cross
the
street
to
get
to
the
best
shelter.
L
That's
that's
really
good
feedback.
I
can
work
with
the
mbta's,
my
accessibility
office
and,
of
course,
the
disabilities
commission
with
the
city
and
see
if
there
aren't
sort
of
best
practices
that
other
transit
systems
in
north
america
put
in
place
or
if
there
aren't
sort
of
better
accommodations
that
we
could
add
to
the
streets.
But
that's
that's
really,
really
good
feedback.
I
appreciate
that.
A
I
Well,
I
don't
know
what
they're
doing
with
columbus
avenue,
but
I
can
tell
you
at
you
know
on
commonwealth
avenue
what
they
did
is
they
built
a
bike
lane
and
they
move
the
bus
shelters
off
the
off
the
sidewalk
and
put
them
in
the
middle
after
the
bike
lane.
So
you
you
have
to
cross
the
bike
lane
and
the
other
reason
why
that
can
be
difficult
at
times.
Is
you
can't
always
hear
bike
riders
coming?
I
So
it's
not
like
there's
a
push
signal
to
say:
okay
bike
riders
stop,
because
so,
if
two
things
have
happened,
there
you've
got
to
be
aware
of
bike
riders
and
you
don't
always
know
where
to
cross
the
street
to
get
to
the
bus,
shelter
at
least
on
commonwealth
avenue.
So
I
just
don't
want
to
see
that
happen
today
with
columbus
avenue.
L
I
Is
with
the
bike
lane
before
the
you
don't
have
signals
for
them
to
stop
so
I'm
crossing
the
street.
If
I
you
know
what
I'm
saying
so,
I'm
not
I'm
it
makes
it
sound
like
I'm
complaining.
I
just
wanted
to
bring
these
up
issues
for
for
consideration.
I'm
not!
I
don't
want
to
complain.
I'm
just
one
you're.
E
There
are
some
bus
lanes
on
the
same
side
that
overlap
the
bike
lanes,
so
sometimes
they
share
the
same
lane
and
I
am
concerned
about
the
future.
So
I'm
hoping
that
this
project
can
help
to
separate
the
bus
lane,
as
well
as
the
bike
lane,
so
that
they're
not
confused
and
they're,
not
they're
not
being
confused
and
that
they're
not
overlapping
within
the
road.
So
I'm
just
wondering
if
there's
any
future
plans
related
to
that.
L
I
B
L
Chat,
I
see
one
from
zari
and
I
apologize
I'm
just
looking
at
the
chat
now
by
creating
the
bus
route
will
there
be
some
loss
for
street
parking
and
the
answer
to
that
is
we.
There
will
be
some
loss
for
street
parking
along
columbus
ave.
What
we're
trying
to
do
is
on
some
of
the
side
streets
where
there
is
some
lots
on
columbus,
app,
create
additional
loading
zones
and
accessible
spots,
so
in
that
immediate
area
on
the
side
streets.
L
G
G
A
A
A
So
we
heard
a
lot
of
the
concerns
that
people
brought
up
and
the
biggest
one
of
the
biggest
concerns
that
we
know
about
is
that
people
with
disabilities
are
only
people
with
certain
disabilities
are
going
to
be
included
in
the
tier
2
rollout
and
it's
a
very
limited
list
of
disabilities.
So
people
are
concerned
about
that.
A
People
are
also
concerned
about
people
who
can't
get
out
of
their
homes
to
go.
Get
the
vaccine.
Transportation
is
an
issue
and
accessibility
of
the
sites,
especially
at
the
mass
vaccination
sites.
If
people
have
to
wait
in
crowded
lines
or
if
they
need
to
sit
down
accessibility
for
people
who
are
blind
and
deaf,
we
know
these
are
all
concerns.
A
So
I
can
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
the
city
is
doing
and
then
we
can
have
a
discussion
too.
I'd
love
to
hear
your
concerns
as
well.
So
we're
I'm
working
very
closely
with
the
boston
public
health
commission
and
the
h
strong
commission
on
the
vaccine.
Rollouts
the
city
is,
has
very
little
control
of
the
distribution
of
the
vaccines
they're
really
coming
from
the
state
and
the
state
is
allocating
them
to
certain
places.
You
may
have
heard
the
governor
say
that
recently,
I
believe,
was
the
end
of
last
week.
A
The
state
changed
the
allocation
ratio,
so
they
pulled
some
away
from
some
communities
and
they
redistributed
a
larger
amount
of
vaccines
to
certain
underserved
communities
and
mass
vaccination
sites.
So
the
governor's
thinking
behind
this
is
that
the
mass
sites
can
vaccinate
so
many
more
people
than
like
the
smaller
health
centers.
They
can
only
do
a
few
hundred
where
the
mass
vaccination
sites
can
do
thousands
and
thousands
a
day,
so
they
want
to
get
the
highest
number
of
people
possible
vaccinated.
So
that
was
the
original
thinking
they.
A
I
know
the
state
has
been
very
focused
on
equity
and
they
made
a
real,
strong
effort
to
get
pcas
and
home
health
aides
vaccinated.
In
the
first
round,
which
I
know
we
were
all
really
supportive
of
and
thrilled
about,
because
we're
the
only
state
that
did
that.
So
we
were
happy
about
that,
but
not
so
happy
about
the
disability
category
being
so
limited.
A
A
It's
going
to
be
some
supports
in
place
for
people
with
disabilities,
who
are
over
75
and
now
as
of
tomorrow,
if
they're
over
65,
they
can
come
we're
going
to
reserve
slots
for
people
who
are
blind
and
deaf
and
maybe
have
other
disabilities
in
their
city
residents
that
they
can
come
we're
going
to
have
sighted
guides
in
place
for
people
who
are
blind.
We've
actually
been
working
closely
with
kyle
to
set
up
this
outreach
to
that
community
and
we're
going
to
have
mobile
asl
available.
A
A
Yeah
the
thing
is
that
the
the
information
from
the
state
is
kind
of
coming
out
fast
and
furious,
and
the
city
wasn't
even
aware
of
a
lot
of
these
changes.
We
get
like
just
a
couple
of
hours
notice
and
then,
because
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
moving
pieces
with
the
vaccine,
so
we
want
to
be
sure
that
we
get
the
right
information,
so
we
can
give
out
information
to
people,
so
the
the
housing
piece
was
all
new
to
us.
G
Yeah,
commissioner,
I
guess
I
guess
I'll
kick
a
kick
off
the
comments
I
was
you
know.
I
was
part
of
that
listening
session
as
well
and
was
was
very
glad
to
hear
the
wide
range
of,
or
actually
I
was
very
happy
to
see
so
many
people
on
the
call
and
on
on
participated
in
the
meeting
and
and
to
see
such
a
wide
range
of
things
captured.
G
I
was
disappointed
today
when
they
they
opened
up
eligibility
to
those
65
and
older
and
with
two
comorbidities
you
know,
I
thought
that
that
would
open
up
a
lot
more
slots
for
for
folks
with
disabilities,
but
I'll
just
use
myself
for
an
example.
Still
even
you
know,
with
the
narrow
definition
that
the
state
is
using,
I
still
wouldn't
I
still
wouldn't
qualify.
You
know.
So
that's
very,
very
disappointing.
I
I
really
hope
you
know,
and
I
know
bcil
and
other
advocacy
groups
are
doing
a
great
job.
G
A
One
one
change
that
the
governor
did
make
today.
If
everybody
didn't
hear,
was
the
edit
he
added
asthma
to
a
comorbidity,
so
people,
because
that
really
hits
underserved
communities
pretty
hard.
So
that
was
a
positive
change,
but
I
mean
if
anyone
on
the
board
wants
to
make
a,
I
mean
after
this
discussion.
If
anyone
wants
to
make
a
motion
to
write
a
letter
to
the
governor
or
to
the
secretary
of
health
and
human
services
that
that
would
be,
you
know
something
to
consider.
K
K
K
K
A
That's
what
I
was
going
to
add
something
that
the
city
is
doing:
mayo
walsh
established
established
a
health
equity
task
force
under
covid
several
months
ago
and
myself
in
my
cabinet
chief.
We
really
pushed
the
mayor
to
add
someone
with
a
disability
onto
the
the
board
and
he
did
appoint
dr
sherry
blauett,
who
practices
with
partners,
healthcare,
so
she's,
a
wonderful
advocate
and
she's
been
serving
on
that
board.
A
So
again,
we'll
be
getting
some
the
word
out
tomorrow,
but
this
saturday
there
there
are
time
slots
available
for
people
who
are
over
65
who
have
disabilities
that
we
can
support
to
get
them
vaccinated.
But
it
it
is.
It
is,
you
know,
like
you,
said
earlier
elizabeth
when
you're
talking
about
one
disability,
when
you,
when
you
create
a
list
of
specific
disabilities.
A
It's
always
you
know
a
slippery
slope,
because
you
can't
possibly
include
every
diagnosis
on
a
list
and
people
can
be
just
as
debilitated
by
you
know
one
thing
as
as
the
next,
so
it
is
a
really
tough
thing
to
do
so.
You
know
we're
supporting
I'm
supportive,
obviously
of
us
expanding
the
list,
and
hopefully,
if
we
get
more
doses,
then
the
governor
will
be
open
to
considering
that.
H
Yes,
thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
I've
been
waiting
for
my
turn,
so
I
do
want
to
follow
up
on
elizabeth
some
of
your
comments
specifically
about
people
who
are
on
ssi
or
ssdi,
not
qualifying
for
the
vaccine,
and
I
also
have
been
thinking
about
people
who
are
on
mass
health
as
well.
I
know
people
who
are
on
mass
health
they,
if
they're
under
disability,
it
doesn't
really
matter
what
kind
of
health
concerns
they
have.
H
D
H
No,
that's
fine,
so
I've
been
thinking
about
the
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
community
as
well.
Some
people
may
not
have
a
comorbidity,
but
at
the
same
time
I've
been
thinking
about
those
people
because
in
my
personal
experience
and
what
I've
been
hearing
from
other
people
with
those
masks,
people
have
been
finding
that
the
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
community
are
just
really.
H
Sorry
one
one
second
have
been:
we
have
been
communicating
with
other
people,
but
the
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
community
has
been
left
out.
You
know
people
have
been
wearing
those
taking
their
masks
off
to
try
to
talk
and
communicate
because
they
don't
have
a
clear
mask
and
so
that's
a
risk
for
the
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
community
as
well.
So
we
need
access
to
communication,
but
we
also
need
safety.
So
I'm
just
trying
to
think
about
why
that
wouldn't
be
a
priority
for
the
vaccine.
H
I
still
don't
get
it.
I
think
that
group
should
be
considered
as
a
priority,
even
if
there
is
no
co-morbidity
for
the
health
and
safety
of
the
deaf
community.
I
also
wanted
to
mention
I
already
asked
my
doctor's
office
and
they
said,
unfortunately
we're
following
the
state
and
the
federal
regulations.
H
So
I
just
you
know,
and
one
more
thing
I
wanted
to
add
as
well
for
fenway
park.
I
typed
it
in
the
chat
as
well.
This
sunday
will
they
will
provide
an
asl
interpreter
nine
to
five.
You
obviously
have
to
meet
the
criteria,
but
they
will
have
that
there
yeah.
So
that's
all
a
few
different
comments
and
and
things
to
think
about
as
we
move
forward.
A
Yeah
wesley,
absolutely
people
who
are
deaf
are
included
in
all
the
advocacy
work
for
people
with
disabilities.
We
know
that,
with
or
without
comorbidities
people
who
are
deaf
have
certain
barriers
in
the
health
care
system,
and
that's
that's
absolutely
to
be
included
and
again,
like
I
said
just
for
the
city's
part.
When
we
look
at
our
vaccination
sites,
we're
going
to
be
having
the
mobile
and
the
virtual
asl
interpreters
available.
We've
distributed
the
clear
masks.
A
We
are
working
to
ensure
that
people
have
tablets,
so
they
can
type
communication
with
people
who
may
be
deaf
or
hard
of
hearing,
because
we
know
people
who
are
deaf
with
age
may
not
know
asl.
So
that
may
be
a
different
type
of
challenge.
So
we're
looking
to
print
out
information
like
the
basics
of
what
to
expect,
because
we
know
people
may
not
be
able
to
have
conversations
at
the
time
when
they
go
to
get
their
vaccine.
A
G
G
M
Yes,
no,
yes,
very
briefly,
there
is
a
lot
of
discussion
about
people
with
disabilities
and
vaccinations.
And
yes,
I
understand
there
is
an
urgent
need
for
everyone
to
receive
the
vaccination,
because
we
are
very
susceptible,
perhaps
not
ourselves,
but
because
we
are
surrounded
by
many
people
who
come
to
help
us
right,
like
parameter
assistance
and
all
sort
of
other
helps
who
are
often
exposed
more
than
us
who
are
basically
staying
at
home.
So
that's
why?
M
Sometimes
there
is
a
need
for
us
to
to
get
the
vaccination,
but
this
disease
is
very
new
right
now,
the
cdc.
What
it's
doing
basically
is
trying
to
update
a
list
of
those
kind
of
diseases
who
may
have
some
kind
of
more
like
recent
evidence
of
what
what
are
those
groups
that
are
at
higher
risk.
So
I
guess
it
would
be
a
good
idea
to
for
us
to
follow
those
kind
of
information
and
based
on
that,
make
the
recommendations
as
well,
and
I'm
sure
the
state
is
tracking
all
of
that.
M
A
Really
something
I
wanted
yeah.
The
points
that
juan
carlos
and
wes
brought
up
are
really
good
points
that
you
could
include
in
a
letter.
If
you
choose
to
write
one
to
the
state
and
to
the
city
just
pointing
out
that
people
who
are
deaf
have
other
healthcare
barriers
and
that
people
who
have
disabilities
and
have
home
care
workers
are
exposed
to
multiple
people
who
they
can't
control.
They
can't
keep
those
people
in
their
bubble
because
they
often
don't
live
with
those
people.
So
those
are
great
points
to
put
in
a
letter.
G
F
F
G
G
A
Right
but
I
believe
the
companion
piece
still
only
goes
along
with
people
who
are
75
and
older,
so
I
don't
think
that
65
and
older
could
bring
a
companion
or
I
know
I
saw
her
in
the
chat
yesterday
at
the
listening
session.
Could
people
who
had
home,
who
had
home
healthcare
like
pcas,
could
they
bring
like
their
person
with
a
disability
as
a
companion?
But
I
don't
think
that's
the
case.
G
I
I
think
that
I
mean
it's
great,
it's
great,
that
the
state
did
that
and-
and
you
know,
and
I
at
the
governor's
press
conference
today,
he
even
said
we
made
the
decision
early
on
to
to
vaccinate.
You
know,
put
home
health,
aides
and
pcas
at
the
top
top
of
the
list.
You
know
I
I
would
have
thought
it
would
have
been
great
to
to
say
you
know
you
can
come
with
your
pca
or
with
your
consumer.
G
You
know
yeah,
you
know
I
mean
we're
where
they
did
open
it
up
to
the
companions
for
the
75
and
older.
I
thought
it
would
have
been
a
great
step
for
for
them
to
include
include
us
as
well,
because
in
my
mind
in
my
mind
it
doesn't
make
sense
to
yeah.
You
know
to
have
the
folks,
caring
for
us
be
be
vaccinated
and,
and
us
still
be
still
be
at
at
high
risk.
You
know
so.
F
G
Well,
they
opened
up
more
slot.
You
know
they
said
today
at
the
press
conference
that
that
it
would
allow
about
a
million
more
people
to
be
actually
vaccinated
with
the
change
that
they
they're
implementing
starting
tomorrow.
So
I
do
know
that
we
need
to
move
on
to
other
other
business
too
so,
but
we'll
have
elizabeth
close
out
and
then
we'll
have
carl
make
his
motion
to
to
to
write
a
letter.
K
G
F
G
B
A
G
K
G
G
Great,
but
that
that's
not
to
the
exclusion
of
anyone,
please
if
anyone
has
thoughts
or
or
whatnot,
please
feel
free
to
email,
elizabeth
myself
or
the
commissioner
and
we'll
make
sure
your
thoughts
are
are
included
and
thanks
everyone
for
such
a
fruitful
discussion
and
and
hopefully
we'll
see,
some
see
some
improvement.
You
know
into
the
to
the
narrow
definitions
that
that
we
that
the
state
is
currently
using
so.
G
Next
on
the
agenda
is
board
elections.
I
don't
know
if
I
know
we
mentioned
last
last
month
that
we'd
really
like
to
have
board
elections
for
for
chair
and
for
vice
chair
and
and
secretary
and
treasurer,
and
I
you
know
one
person's
expressed
interest.
Elizabeth
has
expressed
interest,
I
don't
know
if
anyone
else
has
expressed
interest,
you
know
to
the
commissioner
or
or
her
staff
or
or
if
anyone
would
would
you
know
so
so
moved
to
to
include
their
themselves
now.
F
G
I
G
K
A
Yeah
in
the
executive
committee-
really,
you
know
we
can
be
whatever
you
make
it,
but
it
does
carry
some
weight
and
you
know
you
can
be
more
often
if
there
are
things
that
are
really
important
like
this
vaccine.
Rollout
is
super
important,
so
you
know
you
are
the
city's
voice
of
the
advocacy
community.
So
you
carry
a
lot
of
weight
and
I
really
want
you
to
use
that
and
that's
why
I
love
to
hear
people
who
are
interested
in
these
positions.
A
A
A
L
K
Did
a
phenomenal
job
being
our
secretary,
I
don't
think
even
though
I
know
you're
short
staff.
Now,
I'm
sure
I
don't
mean
you
personally,
but
going
forward
when
you
do
have
someone
who
no
one
will
fill
jessica's
shoes
in
some
ways,
but
when
you
do
have
an
additional
administrative
assistance
that
before
olivia
took
over,
you
didn't
necessarily
have
someone
on
a
board
member
that
I
was
aware
of
who
the
secretary
had
to
be
able
to
take
the
kind
of
real-time.
K
A
K
G
G
E
B
I
G
K
B
D
G
G
A
F
If,
if
I
could
get
support
with
the
secretarial
part,
I
will
I'll
accept
it,
because
I
I
don't
believe
myself
that
I
mean
I'm
really
good
at
writing.
Generally
speaking,
I'm
I
mean
my
professors
say
that
even
my
teacher,
that
they
are
surprised
about
how
good
I'm
at
writing.
So,
if
I
can
get
support
with
you,
I
think
I
could
do
secretary
well.
G
I
I
G
G
G
So
all
in
favor,
aye
aye,
the
motion
carries
congratulations,
stussia,
thank
you
and
now
for
the
for
the
most
important
position
other
than
the
chair.
The
as
carl
would
say
that
to
handle
all
our
friends,
the
treasurer
position
and
ducia
can
speak
to
how
difficult
the
position
was
over
the
past
few
years.
But.
A
I
M
E
B
G
I
F
G
All
right
thanks
everybody
and
it
was
my
honor
to
serve
as
your
chair
and
I
would
continue.
But
again,
I
really
think
that
it's
that
it's
time
for
someone
else's
voice
to
to
be
heard,
you
know
and
to
have
the
experience-
and
I
know
olivia's
going
to
do
a
fantastic,
fantastic
job
and
I
I
will
still
be
a
very,
very
active
participant
so.
A
G
A
F
I
apologize
also
that
I
wasn't
able
to
attend
last
meeting
the
last
meeting
last
month
and
I
did
talk
about.
There
was
like
a
park
situation
with
construction,
and
I
was
I'm
sure
I
would
share
my
concern
via
email
about
to
figure
out
how
that
would
affect
the
people
who
were
having
mobility
issues
and
would
not,
and
I
well.
I
was
informed
that
it's
still
an
ongoing
conversation,
so
I
guess
I
don't
have
any
questions
at
this
point.
Thank
you.