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From YouTube: Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 5-21-2018
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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 5-21-2018
A
Good
evening,
everyone
and
welcome
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
Jerry
Boyd
thanks.
F
G
Good
evening
that
was
perfect
pronunciation
always
so
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Stacey
Cockrum
I'm,
the
director
for
the
Office
of
Public
Health
preparedness,
we're
in
office
of
the
Boston
Public,
Health,
Commission
and
I'm,
happy
to
be
here
today
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
my
office
and
tell
you
about
some
of
the
projects
that
we've
been
working
with:
the
disabilities,
Commission
and
some
other
city
of
Boston
programs
on
so
first
to
start
off.
G
You
know
part
of
the
reason
why
I'm
here
is
I
really
hope
that
you
know
we
can
start
a
dialogue
where
you
can
really
help
inform
how
we
engage
with
both
this
advisory
board
and
with
the
disability
community
in
Boston.
So
to
do
that
I'm
going
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
our
office
and
scope
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
so.
You
kind
of
understand
what
we
focus
on
and
what
we're
really
prioritizing
in
our
work.
So
in
terms
of
our
strategic
direction,
a
couple
things
that
we
really
focus
on
one.
G
We
really
want
to
make
sure
that
our
community
is
gonna
fare
better
in
an
emergency.
So
that's
the
entire
city
of
Boston
and
all
of
our
residents.
We
also
want
to
ensure
equitable
access
to
Health
and
Human
Services,
both
during
and
after
an
emergency.
So
again
we're
focused
on
outcomes
following
emergencies.
G
So
three
areas
that
we
really
focus
on
one
is
where
the
Public
Health
Authority
for
the
City
of
Boston.
So
again
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
in
my
office
in
particular,
we
serve
as
the
emergency
managers
for
that
work,
so
any
of
the
different
40
programs
that
we
have
at
the
Commission,
where
the
emergency
managers
making
sure
the
critical
programs
can
stay
up
and
running
during
an
emergency
and
that,
if
they're
impacted
in
any
way,
we
get
them
back
up
and
running,
and
we
also
write
the
emergency
plans
etc.
For
all
of
those
programs.
G
We
either
get
those
services
back
up
and
running
as
soon
as
possible,
or
we
have
some
plan
for
continuity
of
those
services
and
make
sure
there
is
no
disruption
or
minimize
that
health
impact
to
any
of
our
residents.
So
it's
a
little
bit
of
background
overview
of
what
my
office
does.
There
are
a
couple
of
projects
that
we
have
focused
on
and
that
we've
partnered
with
the
disabilities
Commission
on
in
the
past.
So
two
of
those
one
we
work
together
on
a
training
for
workers
who
would
be
working
in
an
emergency
shelter,
for
example.
G
So
if
one
needed
to
be
stood
up
because
of
some
type
of
emergency,
we
actually
work
together
on
that
curriculum,
so
that
we
could
train
the
people
that
would
be
working
in
the
shelter's
on
how
to
support
all
of
our
residents
and
then
we
work
annually
together
on
the
abilities
Expo.
So
the
past
two
years
we've
been
able
to
put
on
a
workshop
for
on
emergency
preparedness
at
the
annual
abilities
Expo.
G
So
we've
been
happy
to
partner
on
those
two
events,
one
of
the
events
that
we
are
one
of
the
projects
that
we're
working
on
right
now
that
and
want
to
talk
to
you
guys
about
is
the
extreme
temperatures
response
plan.
So
this
is
a
project.
That's
really
focused
on
how
the
city
of
Boston
and
our
partners
are
going
to
respond
to
both
extreme
heat
and
extreme
cold.
A
lot
of
the
genesis
of
this
project
came
from
the
climate,
ready,
Boston
report,
the
city
of
Boston
resilience
plan
and
the
imagine
Boston
2030.
G
So
there
was
a
lot
of
data
and
a
lot
of
research
that
showed
that
both
during
extreme
heat
and
extreme
cold
events,
health
is
severely
impacted.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
as
a
city
had
a
really
coordinated
plan
amongst
all
the
city
of
Boston
agencies,
but
we're
also
looking
at
the
response
holistically,
so
we're
reaching
out
and
working
with
our
community
based
organizations
we're
working
with
private
organizations,
we're
working
with
other
partners
in
the
process
and
that
we
had
a
plan
that
was
actually
written
and
showed
how
the
coordination
was
happening.
G
G
So
far,
we've
met
and
worked
with
ten
city
departments.
Many
more
that
were,
we
have
meetings
set
up
with
and
that
we're
looking
to
engage
with,
we
actually
just
held
a
kickoff
meeting,
believe
it
was
last
week
where
we
had
around
37
attendees,
representing
lots
of
different
city
organizations,
again
really
thinking
through
and
brainstorming.
Who
is
it
that
we're
working
with
who
are
constituents?
How
do
we
serve
people
right
now?
What
are
the
gaps
in
our
ability
to
serve?
G
G
We
want
to
make
sure
that
the
process
and
the
plan
everything
is
inclusive,
especially
to
our
most
vulnerable
populations
and
our
most
vulnerable
residents.
The
mission
for
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission,
is
to
protect,
preserve
and
promote
health
of
all
of
our
residents,
especially
those
who
are
most
vulnerable,
we're
trying
to
do
that
through
an
equity
lens.
So
we
are
also
working
as
part
of
this
process
with
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
and
the
mayor's
office
of
resilience
and
racial
equity.
G
So
again,
we're
really
trying
to
work
with
all
of
our
city
departments
to
make
sure
this
is
a
really
holistic
really
strong
plan
for
all
of
us.
So
you
know
we
need
engagement
and
input
from
as
many
partners
as
possible
in
into
the
plan
sort
of
Phase
two
of
this
plan.
Once
we
have
created
it,
what
we're
really
looking
to
do
and
what's
actually
been
identified
through
a
lot
of
the
conversations
that
we've
had
with
partners
that
we
need
to
do
better
at
messaging.
G
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
much
more
coordinated
City
of
Austin
messaging
and
that
we
make
sure
that
not
only
is
it
more
coordinated,
but
that
the
messaging
is
also
culturally
and
linguistically
appropriate
and
that
it
can
be
delivered
to
residents
in
a
way
that
can
be
accessed
by
everyone.
So
again,
it's
something!
That's
been
a
pretty
strong
theme
that
we're
working
with
everyone
to
make
sure
that
we're
addressing
as
we
develop
the
outreach
materials
and
develop
the
materials
that
are
again
going
to
share
with
everyone.
What
the
plan
looks
like.
G
And
so
you
know,
like
I,
said
it's
an
ongoing
discussion,
ongoing
process.
You
know,
certainly,
if
there's
anything,
that
the
advisory
board
has
in
terms
of
ideas
on
ways
that
we
can
better
engage
with
you
more
engage
with
the
disability
community
on
this
plan.
We'd
be
happy
to
we're,
certainly
going
to
continue
our
partnership
with
the
disabilities
Commission
on
on
this
work.
B
Candice
yeah
I
have
a
question,
and
you
mentioned
about
your
preparedness
and
linguistics
I'm
curious.
Do
you
do
quarterly
trainings
for
employees?
In
former
situations
like
when
you
have
I
mean
there
are
various
people
with
very
disability?
Some
people
are
there,
for
others
are
language
barriers
or
mobility
issues?
Do
you
have
any
employees
who
get
trained
in
what
to
do
were
like
the
worst
case
scenario
or
or
equivalent?
Thank
you.
Yeah.
G
So,
thank
you
for
your
question
again.
You
know
my
office.
We
I
think
we
really
focus
on
working
for
that
type
of
training.
We
do
have
training
that
we
offer.
You
know
we
do
trainings
on
all
sorts
of
topics
related
to
emergency
preparedness
and
when
we
do,
they
are
really
focused
on
our
whole
community
and
thinking
about
whole
community
needs
in
terms
of
employee
training.
So
we
do
training
primarily
for
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
staff.
Like
I,
said
we
partner
with
the
city
of
Boston's
emergence
Office
of
Emergency
Management.
G
So
you
know
we've
partnered
with
them
in
thinking
about
different
types
of
trainings
that
and
making
sure
that
the
trainings
are
really
comprehensive
and
include
ways
again
to
serve
all
of
our
residents.
So
there
isn't
necessarily
a
quarterly
training.
You
I
think
we
we
actually
do
trainings
more
often
than
that.
If
you
think
about
specific
staff
and
employees
who
have
to
work
and
support
certain,
you
know
different
types
of
processes
or
plans.
So,
for
example,
I
mentioned
the
shelter
training,
so
the
Boston
centers
for
youth
and
families.
Employees,
for
example,
get
that
training
pretty
regularly.
G
E
E
H
E
Maybe
you
weren't
aware
of,
but
we
also
did
a
complete
assessment
of
all
the
emergency
shelters
yeah,
which
are
located
at
Boston
public
schools
and
community
centers.
So
it
was
a
very
comprehensive,
like
million
dollar
project,
that
we
did
when
I
first
came
on
2010
and
then
also
we
did
trainings
on
food
on
people
with
different
dietary
needs.
E
People
with
disabilities,
medication,
medication,
storage,
service,
animals-
we've
done
you
know
pretty
thorough
training
as
far
as
like
adding
to
the
curriculum
which
goes
out
to
people
when
they're
bringing
new
staff
on
to
work
in
the
emergency
situations.
We've
also
partnered
on
things
like
communication
and
I
know.
The
big
message
that
the
bphc
has
in
terms
of
dealing
with
people
to
disabilities
is
that
they
don't.
E
They
want
to
ensure
that
every
system
that
they
have
is
normalized
for
people,
disabilities,
that
they're
not
isolated,
they're
able
to
be
with
their
families
with
their
caretakers
they're
able
to
make
the
experience
of
any
type
of
emergency
equitable
for
people
with
disabilities.
The
same
as
it
is
for
everybody
else,
so
I
know
that's
a
real
priority
and
we
preach.
Take
that
and
I
know,
that
message
is:
is
throughout
all
the
upper
levels
which
trickles
down
to
the
lower
levels,
I.
D
G
You
know
I
think
there
are
a
couple
different
things
that
would
happen
in
a
scenario
like
that.
You
know
I,
think
if
it's,
if
there's
a
medical
need,
certainly
you
know
EMS
would
help
with
the
transport
you
know
3-1-1
calling
through
and
one
is
the
connection
to
all
the
city
departments.
So
before
we,
you
know
when
they're
planning
calls
that
happened
at
the
city
level,
for
any
of
the
snow
emergencies
or
any
other
big
weather-related
emergencies.
You
know
three
one.
G
I
G
Yeah-
and
you
know
we
also
have
in
the
planning
process.
You
know
we
have
access
data
for
anyone
who
has
some
sort
of
medical
device
or
medical
need,
especially
electricity
dependent
devices.
So
if
there
is
a
power
outage,
for
example,
in
a
particular
area,
we
can
work
as
a
city
to
do
wellness
checks
on
folks
to
make
sure,
especially
if
it
seems
like
it's
going
to
be
something
extended.
G
E
E
D
G
G
D
E
D
G
The
other
thing
is,
you
know,
as
part
of
our
community
resilience
work
when
we're
out
talking
to
people
about
how
to
be
prepared.
We
always
tell
people
too
that
connectedness
and
you
know
either
knowing
your
neighbor
or
knowing
others.
Who
can
do
some
of
that
advocacy
for
you
and
can
assist
in
an
emergency.
We
always
try
to
tell
people
to
connect
again
with
either
with
community
organizations
that
can
do
some
of
that
advocacy
and
some
of
that
assistance,
and
so
you
know
I
think
again.
E
C
I-
and
that
was
a
follow-up
from
a
regional
meeting
with
the
Massachusetts
Commission
for
persons
with
disabilities,
that
we
got
in
contact
with
a
federal
resource
and
where
we're
planning
a
training
coming
up
after
July
there
was
the
the
agenda
was
the
schedule
was
full
but
I.
Think
after
July
we
might
start
scheduling
something
for.
G
Yeah-
and
you
know
when
we're
doing
again,
you
know
I
mentioned
we
do
community
resilience,
trainings
and
work
on
that
we're.
You
know
we're
always
trying
to
be
out
in
the
community
as
much
as
possible
to
share
that
information.
So
we
try
to
make
sure
that
our
materials
are
as
much
as
possible
are
translated
into
multiple
languages.
We
have
large
print
versions
of
materials.
We
have
things
translated
into
Braille
that
we
try
to
bring
out
to
our
events,
and
you
know
we
when
we
do
our
events.
G
D
A
J
G
So
again
we
haven't
done
that
type
of
drill
from
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission.
However,
I
know
that
our
public
safety
partners,
for
example
the
Boston
Fire
Department
in
Boston
police
department
in
Boston
EMS.
They
often
will
drill
and
do
emergency
preparedness,
drills
and
these
type
of
environments,
these
type
of
buildings,
to
make
sure
that
they
can
safely
evacuate
people.
D
D
J
H
Additionally,
questions
about
physical
accessibility,
mayor
hire
a
sign-off
by
mass
professional
engineer,
architect
to
sign
off
on
the
events
built
structures
to
ensure
compliance
and
accessibility
for
ramps,
kiosk
tables
and
things
of
that
nature,
and
the
aim
of
the
checklist
is
to
provide
clarity
about
accessibility
items
during
the
review
process
and
to
raise
awareness
to
event
coordinators
that
events
hosted
on
the
plaza
are
required
to
be
arced,
architectural,
programmatically
and
commutatively
accessible
to
all
visitors.
So
far,
the
Commission
has
received
about
three
checklist
since
the
launch
of
the
form
there.
Any
questions.
I
E
But
when
we
have
people
who
come
on
to
the
plaza
and
build
their
own
structures
like
just
for
an
example
like
hub
week
last
year,
built
a
lot
of
structures,
we
recently
had
a
model
home
built
on
the
plaza
that
was
constructed
just
by
you
know
an
architect
or
a
contractor.
So
if
it's
a
built
installation
with
ramps-
and
you
know
sheds
or
buildings
or
domes
or
anything
of
that
nature,
we
really
want
to
ensure
that
it
gets
the
whole
assessment
of
architectural
access.
E
So
the
point
of
this
is
to
make
sure
they
think
about
it
early
because
Sarah
and
Patricia
get
involved
in
this
at
the
planning
stages.
So
they're
already
looking
at
things
that
are
coming
in
September.
So
we
have
plenty
of
time
to
go
back
and
forth
and
make
sure
they
know
the
requirements
and
that
they
meet
them
and
I
know
that
all
the
other
city
departments
are
on
board.
C
Would
like
to
make
a
comment
and
maybe
answer
your
question
a
little
bit
more.
So
if
they
say
no,
no,
no
and
we
see
that
they
don't
have
information
or
they
don't
have
awareness
of
the
issues
we
bring
them
in
and
encourage
them
to
meet
with
us.
And
then
we
explain
what
where
we're
coming
from,
we
explain
the
regulation,
we
explain
our
expectations,
so
we
always
encourage
them
to
come
and
talk
to
us.
C
D
D
E
B
E
Jerry
so
I'll
start
my
report
with
a
reminder
that
our
disability
community
forum
is
this
Wednesday
from
2:00
to
4:00
at
the
Copley
library,
and
we
are
looking
forward
to
a
great
event
if
everybody
wants
to
spread
the
word
throughout
your
networks.
It's
really
a
chance
for
us
to
listen
to
the
community
and
get
feedback
about
what
you
want
us
to
work
on.
What's
working
well,
what
we
need
to
improve
and
there's
really
no
agenda
other
than
for
us
to
listen.
E
So
we
encourage
everybody
to
attend
and
let
us
know
what's
on
your
mind
and
that
actually
I
should
say
that
event
is
hosted
usually
by
the
advisory
board
and
myself
and
it's
a
chance
to
meet
other
elected
and
appointed
officials
as
they're
available.
I
know
that
chief
Martinez
from
the
Health
and
Human
Services
cabinet
is
planning
to
come
towards
the
end
of
the
event.
If
his
schedule
allows
and
the
board
will
be
coming,
hopefully.
G
E
Hopefully,
in
on
that
note,
I
want
to
let
people
know
that,
hopefully,
by
the
June
meeting,
we
will
have
new
appointees
at
the
board.
The
holdup
has
really
been
logistical.
We
haven't
been
able
to
find
a
place
where
we
could
actually
meet
with
13
members
around
the
table,
because
we
can
only
fit
about
seven
or
eight
at
this
table.
So
we
think
we've
figured
out
a
solution
and
we're
planning
to
be
meeting
in
the
city
council
chamber
on
the
fifth
floor,
which
is
it's
all
done
over.
E
D
E
Another
thing
that
we
worked
on
this
month
was
we
had
a
meeting
with
the
Boston
Transportation
Department
to
follow
up
on
some
constituents
concerns
about
bike
riding
in
the
city
of
Boston
on
the
streets
on
the
sidewalks,
so
it
was
really
good
timing,
because
BTD
is
in
the
process
of
writing
up
some
rules
and
regulations
on
bike
riders.
That's
going
to
be
inserted
into
the
BTD
rules
and
regs
book.
So
right
now,
unbelievably
to
us
there
was
no
mention
of
bikes
in
the
bgd
guidelines.
They
talk
about
vehicular
traffic,
which
is
automobiles,
scooters.
E
But
no
bicycles,
so
the
bicycles
now
that
will
be
covered
will
be
regular,
pedal,
bikes
and
then
also
electric
bikes,
which
are
different
than
electric
scooters
and
mopeds.
So
they
have
very
clear
definitions
of
each
one
and
it's
really
unbelievably
how
unbelievable
how
complex
the
rules
are
different
for
mopeds
versus
electric
scooters.
Some
can
be
driven
on
the
sidewalks.
E
Some
can
be
parked
on
the
sidewalk,
so
it's
really
pretty
complex,
but
once
that's
all
ironed
out,
we
will
bring
bring
that
to
the
board
and
we
can
actually
invite
someone
from
BTD
to
a
meeting
to
come
talk
about
bicycles,
because
I
know
it's
been
a
big
issue,
so
that
is
in
the
process
and
we'll
try
to
get
somebody
to
come
soon.
To
talk
about
that,
my
next
update
is
on
the
accessibility,
priority
survey.
I
think
everybody
knows
that
we're
working
on
this
and
to
date
we
have
just
crossed
the
six
hundredth
survey.
E
So
we're
really
excited
about
that.
The
survey
is
open
through
a
DA
day,
which
is
July
24th
on
City
Hall
plaza.
So
we
encourage
people
if
they
haven't
taken
yet
to
please
take
the
survey
and
let
us
know
what
your
biggest
barriers
are
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
that's
all
my
updates
for
now.
So
I
would
like
to
just
turn
it
over
to
a
new
addition
to
our
office,
a
temporary
addition
to
our
office.
He
is
a
fellow
from
Moldova.
His
name
is
Yan
and
I'm
gonna.
Let
him
say
his
last
name
for
me.
K
Good
day,
everyone
Thank
You,
commissioner,
for
forgiving
me
in
this
opportunity
to
speak
to
you
and
to
introduce
myself.
My
name
is
yuan.
Skiddo
I
am
a
lawyer
from
Moldova.
I
am
here
for
a
five-week
fellowship
in
the
Commission
for
disabilities.
Here
in
mayor's
office,
I
have
my
work.
Experience
in
Moldova
is
mostly
related
with
the
implementation
of
convention
of
the
rights
of
persons
with
disabilities
for
at
least
5
years.
K
I
have
also
worked
in
in
different
projects
related
to
monitoring
of
psychiatric
institutions
and
as
well
other
places
of
where
people,
on
the
other
hand,
could
be
kept
without
their
consent,
but,
of
course,
I'm
not
making
a
parallel
between
those
two
different
types
of
institutions,
but
according
to
to
up
cut
code
to
the
optional
protocol
to
Convention
Against
Torture.
These
institutions
might
be
monitored
by
by
that
body.
That
I
was
member
of
so
here.
K
My
purpose
of
my
fellowship
actually
is
to
learn
about
the
good
practices
that
the
disability
Commission
is
implementing
here
in
Boston
and
I.
Think
that
I
have
to
I
have
a
lot
to
learn
and
so
to
maybe
to
provide
to
my
colleagues
from
Moldova
that,
unfortunately,
unfortunately,
don't
have
many
tools
and
platforms
that
that
I
see
implemented
here
in
in
in
Boston
and
I.
Think
that
the
one
of
my
main
objectives
here
is
to
learn.
How
could
I
implement
those
good
practices
that
they
that
you
have
here
in
my
country
and
I
will
start?
K
Probably
we
will
start
with
the
project
of
creating
maybe
the
same
sort
of
structure
or
department
in
our
majority
in
the
capital
city
and,
of
course,
the
same
platforms
of
communication
communication
with
toons.
What
I
think
that
they're
of
the
most
relative
relevance
in
order
to
to
keep
up
to
date,
the
decision-making
makers
regarding
the
necessities
and
the
rights
of
people
with
disabilities
that
live
in
in
the
communities?
So
I
am
at
your
disposal
of
to
give
you
any
additional
information.
K
K
My
main
focus
in
madhava,
maybe
I,
would
just
point
out.
Maybe
if
this
would
be
relevant
here
to
try
to
maybe
to
assess
the
different
assess
the
information
regarding
the
beneficiaries
of
different
types
of
services
that
the
mayority
is
providing
on
the
basis
of
disagree.
Gated
information
I
mean
when
it
comes
to
people
with
disabilities.
We
have
at
least
several
types
of
disabilities
and
we
besides
the
types
of
disabilities
that
people
disabilities
come
from
different
backgrounds
when
it
comes
to
ethnicity,
to
social.
K
K
Your
results
in
order
maybe
to
to
see
what
would
be
more
efficient
tools
in
order
to
reach
out
to
all
your
constituents
but
I'm,
saying
again,
you're
doing
an
incredible
job,
and
maybe
you
can
forward
it
a
little
more
by
measuring
who
exactly
is
benefiting
and
who
might
not
benefit
in
the
same
way
as
other
other
groups.
But
it's
incredible
job.
So
this
and
this
what
I'm
saying
this
is
just
a
another
level
of
work
with
in
human
rights
field
which
not
not
really
it.
K
E
Gave
a
training
to
my
staff
and
staff
of
the
Health
and
Human
Services
for
the
city
of
Boston,
which
was
very
enlightening,
and
one
thing
that
I
learned
from
the
training
was
I,
always
think
of
the
social
model
of
disability
in
my
work
and
that's
what
I
bring
to
it
to
ensure
that
society
is
accessible
and
the
burden
quote/unquote
isn't
put
on
the
person
with
the
disability
to
make
things
accessible.
But
it's
really
society's
responsibility.
E
But
one
thing
that
Yann
kind
of
opened
my
eyes
to
was
the
human
rights
model
and
that
it's
not
just
about
making
things
accessible,
but
it's
really
about
pride
and
individualism
and
people
being
valued
for
everything
that
they
are
even
though
I
thought
that
way.
I
never
really
applied
it
as
a
model
to
my
work.
So
I
really
appreciate
that
Yann.
You
know
open
that
lens
to
me
and
I
will
definitely
use
that
in
my
work
moving
forward.
Thank.
D
D
F
Everyone,
my
name,
is
David
Vieira
I'm
from
Hyde
Park
Commissioner.
Thank
you
for
having
that
discussion
with
the
bus
and
Transportation
Department
about
the
bikes.
I
know
I'm,
repeating
myself
again,
but
chapter
85
of
Mass
General
Laws
have
some
specific
rules
about
bikes
such
as
no
bike
riding
on
sidewalks
in
business
districts,
no
parking,
your
bikes
on
public
polls
are
inappropriate
places
in
business
districts.
F
The
Boston
Transportation
Department
can
write
all
the
rules
at
once,
but
if
the
Boston
Police
Department
doesn't
have
an
enforcement
procedure
to
be
able
to
in
some
way
sanction
bikers
that
are
doing
inappropriate
things,
then
all
the
regulations
in
the
world
are
totally
useless.
I
had
a
an
email
interchange
with
Captain
Dan
electing
from
the
Boston
Police
Department
a
few
weeks
ago,
because
there
was
somebody
who
had
their
bike
chained
up
right
at
a
crosswalk,
literally
blocking
the
ramp
coming
off
the
street
to
the
crosswalk.
F
F
E
I
can
say
that
we
have
spoken
to
BTD
about
doing
some
public
service
campaigns
about
bike
riding
obeying
the
rules
and
we
have
not
talked
about
reaching
out
to
the
police.
But
one
thing
that
we
do
need
to
look
at.
Is
enforcement
I'm,
not
sure
who
is
responsible
for
enforcement
if
it's
the
police
of
its
BTD
or
but
we
can
look
into
that
as
well.
I
E
Everything
I've
heard
from
BTD
is
that
they
are
not
heading
towards
Douglas
bikes,
they're,
not
gonna,
be
embracing
doclist
bikes.
Have
you
heard
of
the
ductless
bike
share
dhoklas
bike
share?
Is
there
are
several
companies
that
are
doing
it?
Now?
It's
it's
a
new,
a
new
initiative.
That's
that's
happening.
Basically,
the
bike
share
that
we
have
all
the
bikes
have
to
be
returned
to
a
dock
and
locked
in
place,
but
there
are
companies
now
who
can
Institut
Teknologi
that
just
locks
the
bike
itself
so
anywhere
it
can
be
left
anywhere.
E
So
we
hear
reports
from
you
know:
they're
blocking
you
know
not
only
tied
to
a
pole
blocking
things
but
they're
just
left
in
the
middle
of
the
sidewalk.
You
know
they
can
be
left
literally
anyplace.
So
right
now
the
city
has
a
relationship
with
Blue
Cross,
Blue
Shield,
so
highway
has
actually
changed
its
name
to
blue
bikes
and
I.
Believe
that's
an
exclusive
relationship,
so
they're
not
looking
at
bringing
in
any
other
bike
companies
at
this
time
or
any
time
in
the
near
future,
and
they
share
the
same
concerns.
C
We've
been
working
in
collaboration
with
the
public
works
department
to
develop
a
one-pager
similar
to
this
document,
a
one-pager
with
our
information
on
curb
cuts
and
especially
pedestrian,
curb
ramps
at
pedestrian
crossings
and
where
our
commission
stands
in
terms
of
the
regulations
and
the
rationale
for
the
regulations.
City
of
Boston
officially
encourages
the
design
of
perpendicular
pedestrian,
curb
cuts
at
pedestrian
crossings
for
reasons
of
pedestrian
safety,
especially
with
the
long
winters
and
wet
conditions
and
the
high
traffic
of
our
intersection.
C
The
next
one
I
attended
the
regional
meeting
for
the
Massachusetts
Commission
for
persons
with
disabilities,
and
we
got
great
information
and,
as
commissioner
mentioned
earlier,
we're
going
to
schedule
some
trainings.
The
first
one
may
be
the
preparedness
training
and
then
there's
two
more
two
different
kinds
of
trainings
for
cam
trainings
one
is
more
basic
and
the
other
one
is
more
and
more
advanced.
So
in
the
following
months,
I'll
be
updating
that
with
real.
Can
you
say
when
cam
is
community.
C
After
that
series
of
meetings,
there's
going
to
be
a
period
of
the
subcommittee
meeting
and
voting,
whether
adopting
or
massage,
in
the
language,
according
to
the
public
feedback,
that's
probably
going
to
happen
around
the
summer
time,
so
in
the
fall,
there's
going
to
be
an
additional
hearing
which
is
required
by
law
to
have
the
final
final
comments
and
after
that,
at
the
end
of
the
year.
Hopefully,
these
these
regulations
can
move
forward
for
implementation.
C
C
E
Have
one
follow-up
point
before:
if
anyone
has
questions
for
Patricia
the
checklist
that
we
created
for
the
City
Hall
plaza,
it
is
actually
a
really
good
model.
Like
Patricia
mentioned,
we're
going
to
use
it
for
a
few
things,
and
one
thing
that
we're
also
working
on
is
making
a
checklist
for
other
city
departments
that
are
hosting
events.
E
The
a
DA
has
a
very
involved
checklist
for
public
events,
but
it's
like
20
pages
and
we
feel
like
it's
something
that
people
probably
won't
do
you
know
without
a
lot
of
nudging
and
it
takes
some
skill
to
be
able
to
do
it,
but
if
we
can
get
the
basics
down
at
least
make
sure
it's
you
know
accessible
for
the
most.
You
know,
for
the
most
part,
I
think
that's
gonna
be
a
big
step,
because
we
do
still
hear
questions
and
concerns
about.
E
For
instance,
we
had
a
meeting
scheduled
last
year
at
a
Catholic
school
that
wasn't
accessible,
so
we
need
to
at
least
let
the
other
city
departments
know
that
these
are
the
basics
that
you
have
to
do
when
you're
having
a
public
meeting.
So
I
think
this
is
a
really
good
model.
It
started
with
the
checklist
we
developed
for
the
old
b
ra
for
buildings
that
were
being
newly
constructed
or
renovated.
E
It's
an
accessibility
checklist
which
is
very
in-depth
because
that's
being
filled
out
by
architects
and
developers,
so
we
scaled
this
one
down
for
City,
Hall
plaza
and
now
we're
going
to
be
adapting
it
for
different
uses.
So
we're
actually
excited
about
that
because
it's
easy
to
fill
out,
so
people
will
be
required
to
do
it
and
then
send
it
to
us.
So
we
can
get
feedback.
I
D
C
You
for
your
question,
the
architectural
access
board
regulation,
where
that
we're
using
right
now
the
current
ones
were
last
updated
and
I
think
2006.
So
on
the
last
decade,
or
so
it
has
been
improved
and
upgraded.
The
graphics
of
the
regulations
have
been
updated
and
there
has
been
reformatting
and
clarification
on
a
bunch
of
chapter.
So
this
new
version,
the
rewrite
of
titan-1
CMR,
would
be
a
great
update
for
the
regulation,
and
we
are
all
for
that.
We're
very
happy
that
this
is
finally
happen
after
a
process
of
8
to
10
years.
C
D
L
Also
the
team
representative
on
the
Boston,
Breakers
and
I'm
here
with
Jim
Farrow,
who
is
my
sidekick
in
these
adventures,
never-ending
adventures
of
trying
to
create
more
opportunities
for
folks
with
disabilities
to
participate
in
recreation
and
sports,
and
so
we
were
both
hoping
to
seek
your
advice.
Seek
your
support
in
how
do
we
expand
sports
and
recreation
in
the
City
of
Boston?
L
So,
first,
a
question
we're:
where
do
you
go
to
find
out
about
sports
and
recreation?
If
you
have
a
disability
and
you
live
in
Boston
now,
I'm
also
a
director
of
disability
services
and
I:
don't
want
this
all
to
be
Kristen
because
I
know
where
I
work
for
the
most
part.
It's
oh
go
to
Disability
Services.
L
If
you
were
then
I'd
be
in
trouble,
but
usually
if
you
go
so
where
do
you
go
to
find
a
lot
of
information?
The
internet
right?
So
if
you
go
looking
up
adaptive
sports
and
recreation,
the
city
of
Boston,
you're
gonna,
find
Spaulding
rehab
you're
gonna
find
the
DCR
in
there
they're
programs
in
Massachusetts,
good
programs,
good
resources,
but
you're
also
going
to
find
other
towns
like
Brookline,
Lexington,
Burlington
Springfield
that
have
adaptive
sports
and
recreation
coordinators
directors,
usually
through
their
their
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
makes
sense
right.
Where
else
would
you
go?
L
But
how
do
you
get
exposed
to
these
adaptive,
sports
and
recreation
unless
you
have
trained
resource
people
and
resources
that
you
can
navigate
and
so
Jim
Farrah
and
I
through
Boston
Self
Help
Center
we've
been
working
with
The
Breakers,
the
soccer
team
for
about
six
years,
and
we've
had
good
success
working
with
the
Tobin
community
center,
but
we've
also
wanted
to
expand
the
expand.
The
soccer
program,
but
also
I,
mean
I.
Guess
I
personally
want
to
try
other
things.
L
What
are
those
other
things?
I'm,
not
sure
I
never
played
soccer
before
I
didn't
know
anything
about
power.
Wheelchair
soccer
till
until
folks
came
out
and
did
a
demonstration,
and
you
know
10
or
15
folks
came
out.
That's
what
somebody
who's
who
knows.
Adaptive
sports
and
recreation
would
be
coordinating
with
these
other
agencies.
With
these
other
groups,
and
maybe
with
I,
always
get
it
wrong
as
it
children,
Family
Services,
no
busting
me.
L
Yeah,
so
they've
got
the
the
gymnasiums
and
all
we
have.
We
also
have
out
and
Brighton
a
YMCA,
but
why
not
have
somebody
in
the
city
that
you
can
go
to
and
find
out,
find
out
about
resources
and
maybe
do
some
programming
so
I
told
Jim
I
was
gonna,
say
something
about
bocce
he's
like
don't
say
anything
about
bocce.
Well,
this
guy's
up
in
Vermont
Scott
go
yet
yeah.
L
Got
pictures
on
my
phone
he's:
they've
got
accessible,
bocce,
successful,
bocce
I've
gone
down
to
the
courts
in
the
north
and
I'm
Italian.
You
know
the
courts
are
up.
High
I
had
no
idea
he's
down
level
level
ground
and
it's
kind
of
like.
If
you
went
to
a
bowling
alley
and
you've
got
some
sort
of
a
track.
You
can
have
this
track,
you
push
the
ball
down
or
you
you
take
the
sack
and
kind
of
toss
it
a
little
bit.
I've.
I
L
I
L
This
yeah,
they
take,
you
toss
something
out
there
and
you
toss
them
all
out,
and
but
it's
a
game
right,
it's
something
you
can
do,
but
there
are
other
games,
I
mean
when
I
was
at
UMass
Boston
and
some
of
us
were
at
UMass
Boston
guy
Niels
Jorgensen
was
hired
halftime
to
do
adaptive
sports.
He
would
ace
bandage
a
hockey.
Stick
to
my
a
group
of
us
would
play
some
sort
of
floor
hockey
in
the
gym.
L
What
would
stop
somebody
from
doing
fencing
some
other
kinds
of
activities?
What
one
of
the
things
that
drew
me
to
to
look
for
alternatives,
then
the
Spaulding's
and
the
other
folks
is
that
I
wanted
to
do
something
that
didn't
require
me
to
get
out
of
my
chair.
So
we
have
a
sailing
program,
great
sailing
program.
I,
don't
want
to
get
out
of
my
wheelchair,
and
when
we
talk
about
architectural
access,
sometimes
we
talk
about
well
a
lot
of
times.
We
talk
about.
Well,
it's
not
accessible.
L
If
you
have
to
be
lifted
out
of
your
chair,
you
make
a
choice
and
in
sports
whether
or
not
you
want
to
get
moved
or
not
moved,
I'm.
Looking
for
and
I
think
there's
a
whole
group
of
other
folks
looking
for
some
things
that
our
quote-unquote,
maybe
for
folks
with
more
severe
disabilities,
I
can't
do
I
can't
do
wheelchair
basketball,
I'm
not
gonna,
be
able
to
do
quad
rugby.
L
Takes
too
much
physical
strength
and
ability,
something
that
you
can
wheel
the
chair
around
something
that
you
know
the
the
accessible
bowling?
Those
are
things
that
we
could
do.
I
could
do.
Others
could
do
but
I
think
it's
time
to
look
at.
How
do
we
get
some
sort
of
point
person
full
time
half
time
whatever
it
is
to
start
start
the
process
and
Jim
I.
Don't
know
if
you
want
to
add
anything.
I
know.
We
want
to
leave
time
for
folks
to
ask
questions
too,
but
please.
J
I
see
it
as
a
quality
of
life
issue
for
people
with
disability,
I
see
the
need
to
assess
what's
available,
Jim
and
I
and
Jerry
have
been
doing
this
for
six
years
in
and
I
haven't
seen
anything
in
terms
of
sports
and
recreation.
It
just
needs
to
be
seriously
looked
at
and
you
as
an
advisory
board,
could
really
help
facilitate
that
process
and
I.
Think
that's
really
what
we're
looking
for.
Thank
you.
E
I
can
make
one
comment:
I
know
that
there
was
somebody
a
PC
YF
who
was
really
interested
in
this
and
he
worked
there
for
a
long
time.
Ryan
do
you
remember
Ryan?
We
met
with
them
years
ago.
I
can't
remember
his
last
name,
but
it
was
kind
of
his
project,
but
then,
when
he
left
it,
it
didn't
necessarily
land
with
somebody
else.
So
I
think
that
we
can
certainly
look
into
the
possibility
of
making
it
a
piece
of
somebody's
job,
at
least
to
start.
E
Somebody
to
you
know,
maybe
look
into
it
like
you
said,
explore
what's
out
there.
That
would
be
something
that
you
know.
We
can
look
into
asking
VC
YF
a
boat
I
know
they
have
wheelchair
basketball.
I
know
that
the
community
centers
have
that
I.
Don't
know
a
lot
of
else
about
it.
Yeah
Jessica
me
know
she's
involved
with
adaptive
sports.
E
E
It's
sort
of
it's
different
groups.
Come
in
to
use
the
facilities
in
the
city.
I
know
the
Boston
Public
Schools
have
some
different.
Like
access
sports
America
comes
into
some
of
the
schools,
they
do
do
some
swimming.
They
do
some
water
sports,
but
I.
Don't
again,
like
you
said
it's
kind
of
not
all
in
one
place.
I.
E
I
A
Shanina's,
a
big
community
partner
of
ours,
she
runs
access
access,
recreation
Boston,
which
is
a
partnership
between
I,
think
I
HDD.
They
involve
Spaulding
and
what
they
do.
Is
they
try
and
link
all
of
the
resources
that
are
within
the
Boston
and
I
believe
this
state
for
the
most
part,
we're
really
concentrating
on
Boston
in
the
Greater
Boston
area,
ahead
of
making
it
a
resource
for
for
access
rec,
they
host
a
conference
every
year,
I
think.
A
If
you
are
a
member
of
access,
rec
Boston,
specifically
as
either
an
individual
in
it
or
as
an
organization,
they
hold
a
couple
of
socials
a
couple
a
couple
times
a
year,
and
then
they
hold
a
big
spring
conference
as
well,
and
so
they
kind
of
are
at
least
have
taken
it
upon
themselves
to
be
kind
of
the
clearinghouse
for
all
recreational
sports
within
the
area.
They've
got
a
pretty
comprehensive
calendar
of
events
and
where,
and
you
can
sort
it
through
disability,
you
can
sort
it
through
sports.
L
Fair
we've
played
soccer
out
in
the
street
to
demonstrate
so
in
some
ways.
They're
kind
of
two
items
that
I'm
looking
at
one
is
the
city
and
its
resources
being
able
to
coordinate
those
for
for
all
folks
with
disabilities
and
then
I'm
also
kind
of
looking
at
my
own
interest
and
probably
other
folks
who
may
have
similar
needs
that
a
lot
of
other
things
just
don't
fit
again.
You
know
the
quad
rugby
I
I
couldn't
I
couldn't
push
over
to
John.
L
D
L
Yoga
and
all
that,
but
again
having
that
one
point
person
who's,
got
that
we're
in
that
hat
and
not
not
having
to
carry
over
to
your
department
but
right
in
the
right
the
right
place
at
the
right
time,
then
people
can
I
mean
I.
Think
what
Jim
was
saying
about
doing
an
assessment.
You
know
assess
what
people
are
interested
in
and
just
have
a
person
that
someone
could
call
and
work
with
network
with,
and
you
know,
I.
E
Think
it's
good
timing
because,
as
Jessica
said,
DCYF
is
doing
kind
of
some
strategic
planning
on
their
programs
and
they're
looking
for
input
from
us,
so
from
ever
from
all
the
departments.
So
this
is
something
we
can
definitely
bring
to
them
and
if
the
board
were
interested
in
writing
a
letter,
you
know
we
could
direct.
We
could
give
you
the
contact
person
to
send
it
to.
A
I
I
D
M
You
thank
you.
My
name
is
Mary
Ellen,
gamba
and
I'm
from
West,
Roxbury
and
I
just
wanted
to
see
if
it
would
be
inclusive
of
people
who
weren't
in
wheelchairs
as
well.
I
know
I
used
to
play
a
lot
of
basketball
and
street
hockey,
but
I'm
saying
half
of
the
muscles
in
my
ankles
and
my
knees
and
I
have
epilepsy.
So
if
I
could
either
borrow
a
chair
to
play
hoops
again,
it
would
be
great
or
if
there
was
some
way
I
could
do
it
at
a
slower
pace.
I
would
love
to
be
athletic
again.
M
M
Know
it
Spalding
Medford
I
tried
to
do
yoga
and
they
said
well.
The
elderly
people
have
access
to
the
tables,
but
you
have
to
get
on
the
floor
and
I
said
well.
I
can't
get
on
the
floor
because
I
can't
move
that
way
and
they
said
well
I
think
you
know
that
I
can't
do
that
and
they
said
well
too
bad.
You
already
paid
your
seventy
bucks,
so
I'm,
just
tired
of
the
discrimination
that
I
faced
in
that
regard.
Just
because
I
look,
fine
I
know.