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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 3-26-18
B
C
D
The
open
meeting
law
requires
that
I
notify
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
being
recorded.
Therefore,
please
be
aware
that
an
audio
and
visual
recording
of
this
meeting
is
being
made
and
broadcast
by
Boston
City
TV,
which
is
a
part
of
the
city
of
Boston
office
of
cable
communications,
now
I
hand
it
over
to
Gerry
hi.
A
H
H
So
the
absentee
voting
program,
it's
it's
available
to
all
voters
were
who
meets
one
of
the
three
main
criterias
of
unable
to
attend
the
polls
on
the
day
of
election
I
mean
the
main
one
is
if
they're
absent
from
the
city
from
the
from
the
time
the
polls
open
to
the
time.
The
polls
closed.
Second
circumstances
for
members
who
are
disabled,
a
third
one
is,
if
they
excuse
me.
Third
one
is
if
it's
for
a
religious
reason,
so
I'm
gonna
go
in
death
with
specific
to
the
this
abled
folder
circumstance
we
we
have.
H
We
have
what
we
call
a
permanent
absentee
list.
It's
for
voters
were
with
a
permanent
physical
disability
that
prevent
them
from
attending
the
polls
on
election
days
where
they
they
tend
to
apply
to
vote
for
absentee
with
us.
It's
this
extra
step
which
they
apply
with
us:
it.
It
increases
accessibility
for
them
because
they
they
file
a
physician's
letter
with
us
sitting
that
they're
physically
disabled
and
unable
to
undo
polls
on
election
days.
H
We
file
those
letters
into
our
records
where
we're
now
every
year
they
wouldn't
have
to
physically
call
us
or
request
an
application
from
us,
we'll
automatically
send
an
application
to
the
voters
themselves.
Prefilled
out,
as
specialists,
we
can
all
the
way
down.
We're
all
they
have
to
do
is
just
sign
the
application
and
mail
it
back
to
us
this
way
it
doesn't
it's
it's
one
thing
where
voters
easily
forget:
sometimes
they
forget
to
apply
for
an
application
with
us
where
now
we
we
take
that
process
away,
there's
one
less
process
for
them.
H
They
get
the
application,
sign
it
and
mail
it
back
to
us
one
less
thing:
we
have
to
worry
about
for
the
voting
process
themselves
and
that
you
know,
hopefully,
this
this
information
can
spread
a
little
bit
further
out
to
all
members
of
the
communities
where
it's
it's
something
that
they
meet
the
criteria
and
it's
something
they
can
take
advantage
of
for
sure.
But
we
so
urge,
don't
you
know
everyone
to
come
out
and
physically
vote
at
the
polls
all
right.
Thank
you!
So
much!
That's
that's
pretty
much
it
before
the
absentee
presentation.
G
G
G
They
need
to
still
be
able
to
know
what
they're
selecting
you're
able
to
do
that.
There
are
directional
pads
on
the
side
of
the
automark
which
allow
people
to
make
their
selections
if
they're
uncomfortable
with
the
touchscreen
feature
of
the
automark.
So
it
really
makes
it
accessible
for
voters,
no
matter
what
challenges
they
may
be
facing
at
the
time.
If
you
don't
mind,
I
would
like
to
go
through
a
brief
demonstration
of
the
automark
set.
You
can
see
in
its
completeness
how
it
works
so
sure.
G
So
right
now
the
automark
is
scanning
the
ballot
to
be
able
to
present
you
with
a
witch
election
you're
voting
for
and
then
which
language
option
you
would
like
to
select
when
completing
this
ballot.
So
for
these
demonstration
purposes,
I'll
select,
English
and
then
the
automark
will
give
you
instructions
on
how
to
use
the
machine,
but
you
will
also
be
able
at
the
polls
to
access
our
poem.
Our
poll
workers
to
also
assist
you
in
which
you
shaft
to
Pro
work,
is
assisting
you
if,
if
that's
needed,.
H
G
Entries
as
well
for
this
I'll,
just
select
mercedes
using
the
touchscreen
feature
and
I'm
gonna
hit
next.
So
now,
I'm
just
voting
on
my
first
contest
using
this
Auto
mark
machine
now
will
bring
me
to
the
next
contest
featured
on
that
ballot
in
this
demonstration,
it's
going
to
say
best
vocal
artist
and
it's
going
to
say,
vote
for
not
more
than
two
people.
So
that
means
that
I
have
the
ability
to
vote
for
up
to
two
people
for
this
specific
contest.
G
So
some
that
we
have
here
are
Frank
Sinatra,
Elvis,
Janis,
Joplin,
bunny,
halogen
and
very
white,
and
we
also
have
the
Selective
two
write-in
candidate.
So
for
this
one
I'll
select,
Janis,
Joplin
and
then
I'll
say
I
want
to
do
a
writing
right
and
what
happens
is
when
you
get
the
right
in
screen.
It
pops
up
with
a
keyboard
that
you
would
technically
see
like
on
their
cell
phone,
something
like
that
is
very
similar
to
that
in
which
you
can
input
the
person's
name.
G
To
go
with
this
decision,
so
I'm
going
to
hit
OK,
and
now
you
see
here
that
I
have
two
selections
and
I
can
also
go
next.
The
next
contest
is
acting
in
which
ice
cream
flavor
I
like
so
it
gives
me
chocolate,
coffee,
vanilla,
and
it
also
gives
me
the
right
in
now.
Let's
say:
I
was
having
trouble,
seeing
this
on
display.
I
have
the
option
to
zoom
in
which
will
make
the
text
a
lot
bigger.
G
G
Now
what
happens
is
is
the
automark
will
tell
me,
will
give
me
a
notification
that
I've
under
voted
on
this
contest?
So
it
gives
me
the
chance
to
either
return
to
the
contest
to
now
select
a
ice
cream
flavor
which
I
like
right
or
I
can
continue
basically
saying
no
I.
Did
this
purposefully
and
I
like
to
continue.
A
G
So
now
we've
answered
all
of
the
contests,
and
now
what
the
autumn
mark
is
going
to
do
is
it's
going
to
give
us
a
review
of
all
of
the
selections
we've
made
so
here
I
can
see
that,
from
my
best
automobile
manufacturer,
I
have
selected
Mercedes
I
can
see
that
I'm
in
favor
of
a
three-day
weekend.
I
can
see
that
for
the
vocal
artists
I
have
a
write-in
for
Patti.
I
have
also
selected
Janice
as
one
of
the
people
who
was
actually
on
the
ballot.
G
We've
said
yes
to
increasing
pay,
I
apologize
and
it
allows
you
to
scroll
down
to
the
crong
contest,
to
see
where
he
says
more.
You
click
and
as
I
scroll
down
I
see
that
for
the
best
ice
cream,
flavor
I
did
not
select
an
option,
so
it
says
no
selection
made
and
it
puts
it
in
red.
So
that
way
you
can
be
aware
of
that.
G
You'll
be
more
attentive
to
that
right
and
what
I
can
actually
do
is
if
I
wanted
to
I
can
click
on
this
election,
and
it
will
take
me
back
to
that
selection.
So
I
can
actually
change
it
if
I've
been
so
moved
to
do
so.
If
I've
had
a
change
of
heart
I'm
like
you
know
what
actually
I
really
do
like
chocolate
ice
cream
so
now,
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna,
select
that
I'm
gonna
hit
next.
G
It
brings
me
right
back
to
the
summary
and
now
I
feel
comfortable
with
all
of
my
responses
I'm
going
to
hit
next
now
it
says
to
mark
the
ballot
press.
The
button
and
your
battle
be
marked
in
accordance
with
your
selections
and
returned
to
you
for
deposit
into
the
tabulated
ballot
box,
so
I
hit
mark
ballot,
I
would
hit
select
and
then
the
machine
does
it's
magic.
G
G
Speed
up
the
tempo
at
which
the
automated
voice
is
talking
to
you,
you
can
slow
it
down.
You
can
turn
up
the
volume
you
can
act
it
to
repeat-
and
these
are
all
functions
that
you
see
right
here
on
the
side
panel
and
you
can
also
find
on
the
screen.
So
now,
I
have
my
ballot.
It's
been
marked
and
I'm
prepared
to
now
go
to
the.
F
G
C
A
Used
the
machine
myself
for
the
last
couple
of
Elections
that
I've
participated
in
and
the
first
time
that
I
that
I
did
it.
I
was
going
to
a
new
polling
place
and
in
fact,
I
wasn't
going
to
use
it,
but
but
the
staff
there
was
so
eager
to
see
to
see
the
machine
used.
They
were
like
come
use.
It
come
you
think
of
use
it
so
I
said
alright,
I'll
try
it
and
it
really
was.
It
really
was
a
benefit
benefit
to
me
and
and
now
that
I
know
about
the
high
contrast
feature.
A
G
A
G
F
E
H
I
could
chime
in
on
that,
if
they're,
if
they're,
are
saying
in
a
health
care
facility,
they
we
the
process
from
the
vote.
They
can
vote
through
the
facility.
What's
gonna
be
through
the
absentee
voting
program
process
itself,
there's
there's
no
access
at
the
healthcare
facilities
for
these
machines
to
be.
H
E
H
Yeah,
okay,
so
the
process
with
the
a
just
to
apply
for
an
absentee
ballot
itself.
They
they
could
use
one
of
the
like
two
pre-generated
application
forms
of
the
state
has
made
up
you
know.
Technically
they
could
just
write
a
letter
of
intent
that
they
wish
to
vote
for
absentee
it's
just
a
letter
with
their
name,
their
address
on
it
and
they
wish
to
receive
an
absentee
ballot.
H
And
we
take
that
as
a
as
a
form
of
request
for
absentee
themselves
and
if
you're,
asking
specifically
for
the
to
be
part
of
the
permanent
list
of
absentee
voting,
same
thing,
you
it's,
we
generally.
We
need
the
the
written
requests
itself
that
they
wish
to
receive
an
absentee
ballot
and
as
long
as
you
file
a
physician's
letter
with
that
application,
we
we
keep
that
on
record
and
that's
how
you
get
beyond
a
department
absentee
list.
Thank.
E
J
C
H
J
G
D
D
G
So
last
year
we
actually
teamed
up
to
do
an
accessibility,
training
video
which
we
use
with
our
poll
workers
in
our
trainings
in
our
to
our
mandatory
trainings
with
them
to
really
teach
them
on
how
to
better
service
persons
with
disabilities
when
they're
entering
the
polling
location.
So
that
includes
going
over
the
automark
also
going
over
how
to
greet
somebody
how
to
offer
assistance.
How
not
to
assume
that
somebody
necessarily
needs
you
and
needs
your
help
or
your.
Let
them
ask
for.
G
If
somebody
needs
assistance,
they
will
be
vocal
about
it
and
you
just
want
to
be
as
supportive
as
possible
and
the
process
remembering
that,
if
you
have
an
assistant
that
you
are
free
to
bring
any
assistant
of
your
choosing,
there
is
no
law
that
says
you.
You
know
you're
required
to
bring
a
certain
person.
It's
really
any
one
of
your
choosing.
G
If
you
have
poll
workers
that
are
assisting
you
making
sure
that
you
have
at
least
two
poll
workers
assistant
and
that's
something
that
we
always
train
our
poll
workers
on
to
make
sure
that
they
cover
themselves,
but
it's
also
in
the
best
interest
of
the
voter.
So
that
way,
you
know
they're
sure
that
nobody
is
going
to
try
to
influence
them
and
they're
getting
their
correct
information.
G
We
also
going
over
on
that
training,
video
service
animals
and
how
you
know
people
are
allowed
to
bring
their
service
animals
in
with
them
to
the
polls,
and
they
should
never
be
shunned
away
for
that,
so
just
really
being
accepting
of
everyone.
You
know
Boston
is
a
very
diverse
City
made
up
of
a
lot
of
you
know
different
demographics
of
people,
and
we
just
want
to
continue
to
remind
our
poll
workers
of
that
and
ensure
that
we're
providing
the
best
service
to
voters
on
election
day
as
possible.
Can.
F
I,
just
follow
up
with
just
give
a
little
notice
that
we
also
have
partnered
with
the
Elections
Commission
on
an
event:
every
fall,
it's
a
civic
engagement
event
for
people
with
disabilities
and
we
have
it
in
usually
September
October
and
we
open
up
the
fifth
floor
of
City
Hall
for
people
to
come
in
and
meet
their
their
city.
Councilor
speak
with
the
elections.
Department.
Try
out
the
automark
register
to
vote,
learn
how
to
testify
at
a
City
Council
hearing.
F
So
it's
a
great
day
where
people
who
haven't
been
involved
in
their
local
government
can
come
out
and
learn
all
about
these
things.
So
we
don't
have
our
date
yet
for
this
year,
but
we'll
be
announcing
it
soon
and
it's
the
civic
engagement
of
it.
We've
had
it
a
few
years
and
we
we
get
over
a
hundred
people
every
year.
So
we
welcome
everybody
to
come
out
and
see
what
how
we
commit
help
you
make
it
easier
for
the
voting
process.
G
We
have
an
eventful
year
this
year,
so
we're
gonna
actually
be
kicking
off
our
elections
with
a
special
state
primary
in
the
first
Suffolk
senatorial
district,
which
was
formerly
held
by
Linda
Dorsey,
no
4e.
So
we
have
the
special
state.
Primary
on
April
3rd
polling
locations
will
be
open
from
7
a.m.
to
8.
P.M.
I
would
like
to
just
add
that
that
is
not
a
citywide
election.
G
It
only
impacts
about
60
to
70
precincts
in
the
city,
and
they
will
consist
of
South
Boston,
Dorchester
and
Matapan
predominantly
will
have
the
final
election
for
that
first
Suffolk
senatorial
seat
on
May
1st,
so
that
will
determine
who's
going
to
actually
take
the
seat.
Now
later
in
the
year,
we
have
our
state
election.
So
we
have
the
state
primary,
which
will
be
September
4th
once
again,
I
remind
you
that
the
polling
locations
will
be
open
from
7
a.m.
to
8
p.m.
if
you
plan
on
voting
absentee.
G
We
ask
that
you
submit
your
application
or
your
letter
of
intent
sooner
rather
than
later,
to
allow
for
the
process
of
mailing
the
ballot
to
you
and
then
you
being
able
to
mail
it
back.
So
we
always
ask
that
people
would
just
be
very
conscientious
of
the
time
and
then,
following
that,
we'll
have
early
voting
coming
back
around
for
these
state
elections
that
will
be
October
22nd
through
November,
2nd
and
then
we'll
have
the
state
election
on
November,
6th,
okay
and
the
absentee
deadline
for
that
is
November
5th
at
12
p.m.
noon.
G
I
Dean
Clower
Boston
back
Bay.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
I
think
that's
important
that
the
disability
Commission
has
teamed
up
the
way
they
have
I'm,
just
in
case
someone
myself,
but
just
in
general,
with
anything
that
is
involves,
electronics
and
could
malfunction.
Could
you
just
briefly
address
how
that's
handled
if
there
is
a
problem
with
the
machine,
or
is
this
different
from
other
kinds
of
electronic
voting
where
people
have
heard
about
hacking?
That
kind
of
thing.
G
No,
thank
you
for
your
question
and
I
appreciate
you
for
bringing
that
up.
So
in
Boston
we
we
don't
face
the
same
type
of
hacking
concerns
because
our
machines
are
a
little
bit
older.
However,
when
a
machine
breaks
down,
we
do
have
technicians
who
are
mobile
throughout
the
city
who
can
come
and
address
that
problem
fairly
quickly,
so
oftentimes.
If
there
is
a
problem
like
that,
there's
someone
in
the
area
patroling
can
get
there
pretty
quickly
to
be
able
to
resolve
those
types
of
problems.
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you
and
I.
Just
like
to
add
for
all
election
information,
you
can
always
go
to
Boston
gov
backslash
elections.
That's
Boston,
gov,
backslash
elections
for
all
election
related
information
that
includes
state
and
city
results.
As
far
as
the
elections
are
concerned,
how
to
vote
absentee?
How
to
add
your
name
to
the
annual
census,
which
I
encourage
everyone
to
respond.
You
should
have
received
the
mailing.
G
By
now,
we
send
out
we
send
that
out
to
all
households
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
that's
to
track
residents
aged
17
years
of
age
and
older,
to
maintain
an
accurate
voting
list
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
to
keep
your
voter
status
active.
It
also
helps
the
city
with
distributing
resources.
So
it's
important
that
you
feel
that
and
thank
you
again
to
the
disability
Commission
to
the
advisory
board
for
having
myself
and
we
and
I
hope
you
all
have
a
great
evening.
Thank.
K
Wakes
up
be
able
to
show
you
I'm
Jennifer
Connelly
I'm
from
WSP.
We
are
the
designers
on
the
Dudley
square
improvement
project.
It
is
a
roadway
improvement
project
that,
as
I
said,
I'm
really
hoping
here
we
go
tell
me
one.
Second,
it's
a
roadway
improvement
project
that
is
looking
at
a
few
things,
one
attempting
to
ensure
that
vehicles
can
be
accommodated,
but
two
and
perhaps
more
importantly,
and
more.
K
The
focus
of
the
project
is
that
these
are
done
through
a
Complete
Streets
approach,
so
that
in
cases
right
now
where
we
have
some
narrow
sidewalks
and
we
have
long
crossing
distances
and
no
bicycle
accommodations,
all
of
those
things
will
be
incorporated
into
the
design
plans.
To
give
you
a
little
bit
of
background,
this
project
was
started
a
few
years
ago
and
then
had
been
put
on
hold
for
a
while,
and
it's
just
getting
going
again.
K
So
at
this
point
we
don't
have
you
know
kind
of
the
plans
it's
very
far
along
but
to
explain
to
you
what
the
project
entails.
If
you
can
see
the
screen
you
can
see
running
from
left
to
right
across
kind
of
the
bottom
of
the
screen
is
Dudley
Street
and
the
left-hand
side
is
Washington
and
the
right-hand
side
is
Warren.
It's
kind
of
the
triangle
between
those
things
that
includes
Dudley
station
and
then
it's
also
including
a
couple
of
the
closely
spaced
intersections
to
the
east
and
west.
K
It's
really
looking
at
how
to
use
some
of
that
wide
right-of-way
that
is
available
along
Dudley
Street,
in
particular,
to
provide
wider
sidewalks
and
to
provide
shorter
crossing
distances.
I'm
just
gonna
go
to
the
second
slide,
which
I
just
kind
of.
If
I
can
here
we
go
so
you
know
it's
not
coming
up
over
there.
K
Oh
great,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
help.
What
I
show
here
and
it's
hard,
because
again,
it's
I'm
an
engineer
or
drawing
it's
a
little
difficult
to
see,
but
what
I
want
to
call
attention
to
is.
This
is
a
zoomed
in
version
of
the
intersection
of
Dudley
Street
at
Warren
Street.
Currently,
if
we
think
of
Dudley,
if
folks
in
the
audience
are
familiar
with
Dudley
Street,
it
is
a
very
wide
roadway
and
at
Warren
Street,
what
happens
is
vehicles
that
are
traveling
eastbound
have
what
is
effectively
a
free
right
turn,
so
are
always
moving.
K
K
K
What
we're
really
trying
to
do
is
that
every
location
make
sure
the
pedestrian
has
an
improved
experience
and,
as
I
mentioned,
also
we're
providing
some
bicycle
accommodation
and
making
other
improvements
to
accommodate
vehicles
as
well.
One
of
the
things
we
encounter
at
these
locations
is
again
big
crossing
distance,
but
also
big
distances
for
vehicles
to
travel.
K
Another
improvement
that
the
MBTA
is
contemplating
is,
with
some
of
the
modifications
to
the
street
circulation
they're,
going
to
be
able
to
create
a
more
efficient
bus
routing.
Currently,
buses
travel
eastbound
on
Dudley.
Take
a
left-hand
turn
onto
Warren,
go
up
into
the
station
and
exit
by
taking
another
left
out
on
to
Washington
and
another
left
out
on
to
Dudley.
Taking
that
many
left
turns
causes
an
awful
lot
of
delay
and
really
makes
sometimes
the
bus
schedule.
You
know
they
get
really
kind
of
caught
up
in
traffic.
K
The
modified
circulation
that's
proposed
is
using
Roxbury
Street.
So
when
you're
on
MLK
heading
eastbound
you'll
be
able
to
take
a
left
on
Roxbury,
Street
and
head
directly
east
into
the
station
itself,
you
will
not
have
to
continue
on
and
kind
of
do
the
double
loop
to
take
all
left's
into
the
site.
Instead,
you'll
take
it
on
to
Roxbury
and
you'll,
follow
Roxbury
straight
into
the
station
and
exit
out
the
east
end
of
the
station
and
follow
that
right
over
to
Harrison,
and
that
is
something
that
still
is
being
worked
out
with
the
MBTA.
K
They
like
the
idea,
though,
as
you
might
imagine
anything
that
helps
the
buses
run.
A
little
better
on
time
is
a
good
thing.
It'll
be
a
little
more
efficient,
it
will
reduce
pollution.
It
really
has
a
lot
of
advantages,
so
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
give
that
brief
overview.
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
other
specific
aspects
of
the
project.
A
K
Have
some
rough
information
I
can
share
with
you
one
of
the
the
first
things
that
I
do
know
is
the
Dudley
library
is
being
redone
in
that
project?
Has
its
grand
opening
I
believe
it's
in
September
of
2019
and
so
as
a
result,
we're
on
an
accelerated
schedule,
because
they
want
the
construction
at
this
corner
to
be
complete
by
then
so
the
project's
construction
will
start
just
prior
to
that.
This
will
be
kind
of
the
first
area
it's
targeted
to
hit,
and
then
the
construction
will
continue.
A
K
Certainly
I
can
comment
one
of
the
things
that
is
really
important
at
any
location,
that
we've
incorporated
this
location
and
really
as
part
of
a
complete
Street
approach.
Now
is
I'm
deleting
pedestrian
interval,
which
is
something
that
will
assist
pedestrians
in
having
a
safety
to
be
able
to
start
crossing
before
traffic
gets
a
green
light
at
locations
where
pedestrians
and
traffic
are
going
at
the
same
time
as
far
as
accessible
accessible
traffic
signal
equipment
for
pedestrian
crossing
I.
K
Don't
have
any
of
the
specifics,
because
at
this
point
we're
just
in
the
conceptual
stage
but
I
think
as
we
get
to
the
point
where
we
begin
to
really
think
about
the
detailed
equipment
that
will
be
incorporated,
which
will
probably
be
for
our
next
submittal.
We
obviously
would
be
you
know
getting
a
little
bit
more
input
as
to
what
kind
of
the
the
cutting-edge
and
what
needs
to
be
incorporated
at
that
time.
Wonderful.
K
J
K
D
A
A
B
It's
a
few
minutes
away
from
the
Maverick
stop
on
the
blue
line
and
we
have
been
providing
community
sailing
lessons
since
1998.
So
this
is
our
20th
year
in
operation.
The
dock
was
constructed
by
mass
port
in
the
mid
90s
and
at
the
time
it
was
built,
it
was
the
only
dock
in
Boston
Harbor
that
is
a
DEA
compliant
at
all
points
in
the
tide
cycle.
So
the
harbor
has
a
big
tide
cycle.
B
It
ranges
from
10
to
in
the
last
few
storms
as
much
as
15
feet
from
low
tide
to
high
tide,
which
makes
the
gangways
or
the
ramps
that
go
down
to
the
dock,
sometimes
very
difficult
to
access,
but
our
facility
is
completely
accessible
at
all
different
levels
of
tide
because
of
the
dual
ramp
system
that
we
have.
So
we
have
some
unique
programs
to
offer
to
the
community.
B
B
Our
youth
program
is
by
far
our
largest.
Last
year,
we
served
1087
youth
total
in
2017.
The
program
is
completely
inclusive
across
really
all
spectrum.
So
if
a
family
has
financial
need,
they're
able
to
attend
the
program
for
free
and
then
303
so
about
a
third
of
the
total
youth
that
we
serve
typically
in
any
given
year,
identify
either
a
physical
or
cognitive
disability.
During
enrollment,
the
vast
majority
of
our
youth
programming
happens
in
July
in
August.
B
We
have
about
600
kids
through
just
in
those
two
months
and
the
majority
of
them
come
from
East
Boston,
but
we
draw
kids
from
all
across
the
city
and
the
access
is
open
to
kids
all
across
the
city.
The
program
is
inclusive,
so
it's
not
like
there
are
separate
boats
or
anything
everyone's
just
together
with
their
same
age,
peers
and
images
that
you
can
see
on
the
right
side
of
the
screen.
The
top
one
is
kids
in
a
sailboat
as
part
of
our
Harbor
explorers
program.
B
Then
we
have
kids
pulling
some
seaweed
at
low
tide
and
learning
about
the
different
species
of
seaweed
that
live
in
the
harbor
and
some
one
rigging.
One
of
the
boats
getting
a
sail
set
up
we'd
run
programming
throughout
the
course
of
the
year
as
well.
So
we
have
our
major
programs
in
the
summer
which
include
harbor,
explorers,
science
of
sailing
and
future
leaders,
but
we
also
do
sailing
after
school
in
the
spring
and
fall
the
East
Boston
High
School
sailing
team
operates
out
of
Pierce
Park
and
then
in
the
winter.
B
We
operate
programs
in
public
schools
in
East
Boston,
where
we
teach
about
ocean
science,
our
Harbor
explorers
program.
We
do
in
partnership
with
save
the
harbor
state
of
the
bay
and
it's
for
kids
that
are
aged
six
to
nine
years
old.
So,
for
part
of
the
day,
it's
a
full-day
program
from
9:00
a.m.
to
4:00
p.m.
every
kid
gets
a
free
lunch
halfway
through
the
day,
but
for
half
of
the
day
they
catch
different
species
in
the
harbor.
So
there
are
some
photos
on
the
slide.
B
You
can
see
kids
that
have
caught
a
starfish,
a
skate.
We
catch
all
kinds
of
stuff,
there's
a
lot
of
things
living
in
Boston
Harbor
now,
which
is
really
nice
at
low
tide.
We
go
around
the
dock
and
get
all
kinds
of
cool
things
that
weren't
there
thirty
years
ago.
So
it's
a
lot
of
stuff's
coming
back
the
other
half
of
the
day
when
they're,
not
catching
animals
and
learning
about
the
different
species
in
the
harbor
they
go
sailing
or
kayaking,
and
then
for
kids
that
are
10
and
up.
B
We
have
a
science
of
sailing
program
in
that
program.
They
go
sailing
all
day
and
then
on
Fridays.
During
the
summer
we
go
to
one
of
the
Boston
Harbor
Islands,
so
we
have
a
flotilla
of
about
14
sailboats.
They
chart
a
course
to
one
of
the
islands
in
the
harbor.
All
of
them
sail
out
to
it.
We
drop
anchor
and
bring
everyone
ashore
and
they
get
to
learn
about
the
harbor
and
then
ocean
science
after
school
is
a
wintertime
program
that
we
run
in
East
Boston,
where
students
learn
about
marine
science.
B
The
high
school
sailing
team
also
is
a
newer
program
at
Pierce
Park
sailing
center.
We
have
kids
that
come
down
from
East
Boston
high.
They
started
practice
actually
last
week,
so
they're
out
in
the
cold,
but
they
wear
dry
suits
and
they
race
in
the
Massachusetts
Bay
League,
which
is
like
varsity
high
school
sailing
for
students.
B
B
All
other
residents
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
residents
of
Chelsea,
Revere
and
Winthrop
can
start
enrolling,
April
1st
and
then
anyone
else
can
register.
May
1st
the
enrollment
is
online.
At
piers,
Park
sailing,
org
or
in-person
were
located
at
95
marginal
street
in
East
Boston,
our
adaptive
programs
for
adults
utilize
a
variety
of
different
types
of
equipment.
We
have
about
20
different
seats
that
we
use
for
our
boats.
B
The
primary
boat
we
use
for
instruction
is
a
23
foot,
sonar
keel
boat,
which
is
unique
because
you
can
fit
all
kinds
of
different
stuff
in
it
and
it's
very
stable.
So
you
don't
capsize
in
this
boat.
It
will
never
tip
over
or
take
on
water,
and
we
put
different
chairs
in
for
the
different
levels
of
physical
mobility
that
our
sailors
have.
B
Where
you
use
a
straw
and
when
you
sip
in
the
straw,
the
boat
turns
to
starboard
and
when
you
puff
in
the
straw,
the
boat
turns
to
port
there's
a
pneumatic
arm.
The
connects
to
the
tiller,
so
anybody
of
any
level
of
physical
ability
is
able
to
skipper
the
boat.
That's
what
we
wanted
is
for
it
to
be
completely
accessible
across
all
the
different
things
that
you
might
do.
B
We
also
have
different
benches
that
you
could
use
if
you
don't
want
to
steer,
but
you
would
like
to
man
the
jib,
which
is
the
little
sail
on
the
front
of
the
boat,
to
help
you
transfer
from
one
side
to
the
other,
while
you're
underway.
The
way
that
most
of
our
adaptive
programming
works
is
through.
Partnerships
with
other
organizations
that
serve
people
with
disabilities,
so
we
have
a
program
with
the
Spalding
hospital
where
we
go
to
their
dock
in
Charlestown
every
other
week
where
people
can
come
out
and
sail.
B
We
do
partnerships
with
a
lot
of
schools
and
organizations
that
already
have
good
outreach
into
the
community
and
then
on
Fridays
in
the
springtime.
We
do
a
program
called
heal
on
the
water
for
disabled
veterans
that
come
primarily
from
the
Bedford
VA,
but
it's
really
open
and
we
provide
lessons
over
the
course
of
May
and
June
and
then
hopefully
also
we're
looking
to
do
programming
in
the
fall
in
September
and
October
as
well.
B
And
then
we
have
scholarships
where
people
can
come
through
our
learn
to
sail
program,
which
is
a
four-day
course
and
they
become
certified
as
a
level
1
u.s.
sailor.
So
you
can
use
that
to
demonstrate
that
you
know
how
to
sail
a
keel
boat
of
up
to
about
35
feet
in
length.
That
course
is
21
hours
and
you
can
come
down
and
use
our
sono
suite
anytime
from
May
1st
to
October
31st
with
up
to
6
other
people
on
the
boat.
B
We
also
do
free
sailing
days
throughout
the
course
of
the
year.
So
if
you
want
to
really
just
come
down
and
give
it
a
try
and
see
if
it's
something
that
you're
like
or
might
be
interested
in,
our
first
event,
this
year
will
be
on
April
28th,
which
is
our
opening
day.
We
expect
to
give
about
300
people
time
out
on
the
water
to
try
out
sailing,
and
then
we
also
will
do.
Events
for
East,
eWEEK
I
see
a
play
date
that
I
see
as
expanding
into
East
Boston
and
eesti
Pride
Day.
B
F
B
The
only
reason
people
can't
go
out
is
if
the
wind
is
more
than
30
miles
per
hour
or
there's
lightning.
Okay,
the
boats
that
we
have
the
main
sail
is
able
to
reef,
so
it
gets
smaller
in
size
at
two
different
points,
so
you
can
really
reduce
the
power.
If
it's
very
windy
and
people
go
out
in
all
kinds
of
weather,
you
can
go
in
the
rain
and
the
cold
as
long
as
you
don't
mind
and.
B
You
leave
them
automatically
yeah.
We
have
a
couple
of
different
ways
to
get
on
the
boat.
We
have
holier
amounts
for
a
couple.
Different
query
lifts
that
we
have
on
the
dock
and
we
also
have
a
transfer
bench
which
you
basically
scoop
into
the
boat
from
the
dock.
The
dock
and
the
boats
are
flush
when
they,
the
boat,
is
on
the
dock.
So
it's
a
fairly
straightforward
transfer,
but
you
leave
your
chair
on
the
dock
when
you're
out
are.
A
You
this
is
Jerry
I've
used
the
program
before
sails
with
you
guys
years
and
years
ago
was
a
lot
of
fun
just
in
in
general
question,
though,
if
somebody
wanted
to
come
and
learn
about
the
sailing,
do
you
have
do
you
have
folks
that
they
can
go
out
with
or
do
they
have
to
come
with
a
PCA
or
a
family
member
somebody
to
help
them
or
how
does
that
work?
We.
B
Have
we
call
it
a
companion,
sailor
program,
so
some
folks
volunteer
a
certain
amount
of
hours
over
the
course
of
the
year
and
that
becomes
the
way
that
they
get
their
membership.
So
you
can
go
online
and
basically
match
up.
If
you
want
somebody
else
to
go
out
with
to
join
you
when
you
go
sailing,
I
forgot
to
mention
too,
we
have
equipment
that
can
be
used
for
someone
with
low
vision
or
vision.
E
E
G
B
Depends
on
how
they're
getting
involved
in
the
program,
if
it's
a
child
in
the
youth
program,
they
do
not
need
to
bring
any
paperwork
that
demonstrates
they
just
self-identified
during
the
enrollment
process.
If
it
is
someone
that's
interested
in
getting
one
of
the
scholarships
for
a
free
membership
to
be
able
to
sail,
then
they
would
need
to
fill
out
an
application
and
provide
information.
B
A
J
C
F
You
Gerry
good
evening,
everybody
I
will
just
keep
this
very
brief,
but
I
wanted
to
first
let
you
know
that
we,
despite
the
wintry
weather
this
month,
we
have
kicked
off
our
full
schedule
of
community
events
for
to
2018
our
first
event
that
we
partner
with
is
happening
this
week
it's
called
the
real
abilities,
Film
Festival,
that's
our
EE
L,
real
abilities
and
the
real
availabilities
film
festival
features
films
by
and
about
people
with
disabilities.
They
show
films
all
over
Boston
and
they'll,
be
going
through
the
end
of
this
week.
F
I
think
they
wrap
up
Thursday,
but
it's
part
of
a
national
initiative
that
features
these
films,
some
of
them
documentaries,
some
of
them
a
fiction
and
they're,
really
they're
great
and
I.
Just
can't
say
enough
about
it.
So
if
you're
interested
they're,
all
free
just
go
to
their
website,
it's
real
abilities
org
and
it's
two
E's
in
real
abilities.
F
We
have
our
first
event
that
we're
participating
in
running
tomorrow.
It's
a
transport,
it's
a
summit
on
accessible
transportation,
it's
happening
at
the
Boston
Public
Library
in
Copley
Square,
and
this
event
is
going
to
give
people
with
disabilities
a
chance
to
talk
about
barriers
that
they
still
face
in
transportation,
whether
it's
on
the
MBTA,
if
it's
sidewalks,
if
it's
bicycles,
any
type
of
transportation
that
people
use
we
want
to
hear
about,
we
want
to
know
what
works
and
what
doesn't
work.
F
It's
going
to
be
a
chance
for
people
to
talk
about
things
that
they
can't
access
and
also
tell
us
things
that
are
working
well
and
that
we
should
do
more
of
so.
The
summit
is
tomorrow
from
2:00
to
4:00
at
the
Boston
Public
Library
in
Copley,
and
we
encourage
everybody's
interested
to
please
come
out
and
participate,
another
big
initiative
that
we
have
happening
this
year.
This
is
hopefully
a
really
big
initiative.
That's
very
exciting!
It's
with
the
company
called
I.
F
That's
a
IRA
and
IRA
is
a
technology
company
that
matches
people
who
are
blind
with
a
live
sighted
guide,
either
through
a
pair
of
glasses
or
through
a
smartphone.
So
you
either
wear
glasses
or
you
hold
your
phone
up
facing
frontwards
and
you're
connected
with
a
guide
who
can
tell
you,
for
instance,
they
could
help.
You
read
this
piece
of
paper,
that's
in
front
of
you
or
they
can
help.
You
navigate
your
way
down
the
street.
It's
it's!
It
takes
place
all
throughout
the
country.
F
This
technology
available,
but
they're
gonna
have
free
service
in
Boston
for
the
marathon
weekend
and
along
the
marathon
route.
So
we
hope
to
publicize
that
and
have
people
download
their
app,
which
is
free
and
people
can
log
in
all
weekend
and
make
access
of
a
sighted
guide.
Do
we
have
a
website
for
more
information
on
that?
Do
you
happen
to
know
it?
Jessica
can
look
that
up
so
a
few
other
things
we
have
happening
also
Patricia
is
giving
a
hearing
I'm
training
on
how
to
read
variance
hearings.
F
So
the
AAB
that's
coming
up
in
May
and
our
community
forum,
which
is
our
annual
listening
event
for
people
with
disabilities,
is
going
to
be
May
23rd
at
also
at
the
Copley
library,
and
that
will
be
from
2:00
to
4:00
as
well.
A
da
da
will
be
on
July
24th
on
City
Hall,
plaza
from
12:00
to
2:00
and
then,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we'll
have
our
community
engagement
and
event
in
September
and
we'll
get
back
to
you
with
the
date.
On
that.
F
A
few
other
exciting
things
our
office
is
working
on
we're
working
with
the
city's
Human
Resources
Department
on
a
hiring
toolkit
to
hopefully
start
to
be
able
to
identify
and
track
numbers
of
people
with
disabilities
who
apply
for
jobs
with
the
city
and
also
how
many
people
are
hired,
and
this
is
really
important
because
it
gives
us
goals
that
we
can
strive
for
to
say.
Ok,
only
1%
of
the
city's
workforce
has
a
disability.
F
We
want
to
strive
to
hire
10%
make
our
our
city
workforce
representative
of
people
in
the
city,
whether
it's
ethnicity,
disability
language.
So
we
really
want
to
try
to
elevate
disability
and
make
that
a
representative
group
working
for
the
city.
So
that's
underway
we're
working
hard
on
that.
We
are
also
working
on
putting
out
a
map
of
accessible
parking
spaces
in
the
city,
not
so
much
in
the
residential
areas,
but
in
the
parking
spaces
downtown
and
in
commercial
areas.
F
So
people
with
disabilities
can
download
it
on
their
phone
and
when
you're
driving
around
you
can
hopefully
find
an
accessible
parking
space.
We
have
a
disability
history
project
that
we're
working
on
in
conjunction
with
the
disability,
History
Museum,
that's
an
online
museum
and
we're
hoping
to
come
up
with
a
project
that
will
eventually
lead
to
a
walking
tour
in
Boston
of
some
historic
sites
where
significant
things
happened
related
to
people
with
disabilities.
F
One
area
we're
looking
at
is
the
Perkins
School
for
the
Blind,
which
started
in
Boston
and
a
work
site
next
to
it
where
people
would
go
for
vocational
training,
which
eventually
became
the
mass
associ
mass
Association
for
the
blind
or
the
mass
Commission
for
the
blind,
I'm,
not
sure
which
one
but
we're
in
the
process
of
working
on
that.
We
also
have
trainings
that
we're
doing
for
offices
in
City
Hall
I'm,
giving
a
training
to
the
Health
and
Human
Services
cabinet,
and
this
week
on,
interacting
with
people
with
disabilities
and
involving
them
in
programming.
F
So
we
hope
to
get
more
trainings
out
within
City
Hall
into
the
community
this
year
and
we're
working
on
developing
those,
and
my
last
update
is
about
advisory
board
seats.
We
are
currently
working
with
the
mayor
to
appoint
five
new
board
members
in
right
now
we're
running
into
some
logistical
challenges.
As
far
as
space
we'll
have
a
big
group
of
13
people
with
disabilities,
so
we
have
to
look
for
a
space
that
will
fit
us
all
in
our
mobility
devices.
F
So
we
hope
to
have
this
figured
out
in
the
next
few
weeks
and
I
will
keep
you
posted.
Hopefully,
in
our
April
meeting
we
can
welcome
people
on
board
and
then
start
with
elections
of
an
actual
chairperson,
but
I
appreciate
you
filling
in
Jerry.
Kyle
Richardson
has
done
a
great
job,
filling
it
as
well.
So
that
is
my
report
and
I'm
happy
to
take
questions.
If
anybody
has
any.
C
D
Again
sure
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
an
update.
So
the
website
for
IRA
is
a
I,
are
a
dot
IO
so
that
website
right.
There
will
give
you
information
about
the
glasses
and
kind
of
the
program
and
the
company
itself
we'll
be
sending
out
more
info
when
we
have
it
related
specifically
to
the
marathon
and
the
one
Boston
day
event
when
that's
all
decided,
but
it
will
be
a
free
it'll,
be
an
opportunity
to
use
the
app
for
free.
D
I
A
J
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name-
is
Patricia
Mendez
I'm,
the
architectural
access
specialist
I'm,
going
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
what
we
did
this
month,
we
talked.
We
met
with
the
proponents
for
a
new
development
in
West
Roxbury.
This
is
a
residential
development
and
it's
going
to
be
29
individual
homes,
they're
going
under
review
for
article
80,
which
is
large
project
review
because
they're,
including
construction
for
the
whole
street
sidewalks,
as
well
as
the
29
homes.