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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 12-18-19
B
E
A
Thank
You
Olivia,
as
you
guys
can
see
your
agenda,
says
that
it
will
be
Eric
Prentiss,
unfortunately,
based
on
the
storm
that
we
had
over
the
last
48
hours
and
the
significant
cold
that
the
city
is
heading
into.
The
Office
of
Public
Works
is
actually
all
basically
all
out
on
the
road
working
diligently
or
sleeping
in
preparation
for
their
next
shift.
So
I
am
dutifully
covering
for
Eric
apprentice.
A
So
I
will
talk
a
little
bit
about
snow
removal
and
then
I
think
I
will
simply
open
it
up
to
hear
your
concerns
and
see
if
either,
if
I
have
the
answers
or
I
will
take
them
back
to
him.
Eric
and
the
Office
of
Public
Works
send
their
regards
and
apologize
for
not
being
here
but
I
sat
with
him
earlier
today,
and
he
gave
me
some
facts
and
figures
and
such
for
for
you
guys
to
know.
A
So
each
of
you
were
given
the
snow
brochure
that
2019
2020
snow
brochure
it
also
the
same
information
is
also
on
the
website
that
we
sent
you
the
WWE
Boston
gov,
slash
snow
and
that
covers
basically
the
rules
and
regulations
and
the
responsibilities
of
both
homeowners
and
homeowners
and
renters
and
landlords
in
regards
to
sidewalk
clearance,
pedestrian
ramps.
There's
no
removal
looking
out
for
your
neighbors
things
like
that.
A
So
in
regards
to
snow
removal,
snow
has
to
be
removed
three
hours
after
the
final
precipitation
or
sunrise,
so
they
say
sunrise,
because
if
a
storm
ends
at
1:00
in
the
morning,
they
aren't
gonna
start
ticketing
at
4:00.
They
will
wait
till
sunrise
and
then
three
hours
after
sunrise
you're
required
to
have
your
sidewalks
cleared
and
so,
for
example,
this
storm
that
we
had
last
night.
They
would
not
have
started
ticketing
until
three
hours
into
this
morning.
A
There
are
three
ways
that
they
get
tickets
or
investigate
complaints
regarding
sidewalks,
sidewalk
and
snow
on
sidewalks,
that
is
from
three
one:
one:
complaints,
ISD
inspectional
Services
Department
their
code
enforcement
officers
simply
seeing
it
as
their
on
their
daily
rounds
and
then
also
they
have
a
list
of
repeat
offenders.
So
they
have
lists
of
people
who
have
repeatedly
not
shoveled
their
sidewalks
and
they
go
back
and
they
check
on
those
houses.
So
they
have
a
list
of
people
from
last
year.
A
They'll
be
acquiring
a
list
over
this
year
and
they
go
back
and
make
sure
that
those
people
are
following
the
rules
they're
able
to
ticket
for
a
lack
of
snow
removal
once
every
24
hours.
And
so
it
was
suggested
to
me
that
if
you
file
a
complaint
with
3-1-1
and
the
sidewalk
isn't
shoveled
and
you
come
out
the
next
day
and
it
still
isn't
troubled
put
in
another
request
through
3-1-1,
because
then
they're
able
to
go
out
and
investigate
it
again
and
take
it
that
person
again.
A
The
trouble
with
this
is
while
they
are
able
to
ticket
and
the
ticket
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
snow
will
be
removed.
They
are
not
able
to
find
the
person
in
force
the
person
to
clear
the
sidewalks.
All
they
can
do
is
ticket
them
as
part
of
our
budget,
and
we
talked
a
lot
about
numbers
in
the
city
and
we're
coming
we're
starting
to
head
into
budget
season.
It's
roughly
23
million
dollars
of
the
city's
budget
goes
towards
snow
removal.
A
That
is,
that
covers
all
of
the
storms.
For
the
for
the
season.
To
give
you
a
idea
of
what
that
would
look
like
montreal
oftentimes
oftentimes
people
when
they
talk
about
snow
removal,
they
compare
us
to
Montreal
and
they
look
at
the
way
that
Montreal
handles
snow
removal.
But
we
wanted
to
point
out
that
by
comparison,
Montreal
has
a
hundred
million
dollars
in
their
budget
for
snow
removal.
A
So
in
regards
to
money
and
what
we
are
able
to
do
with
what
we
have.
We
do
an
impressive
amount
in
regards
to,
let's
say
trying
to
look
at
my
notes,
so
the
city
of
Boston
is,
as
everybody
now
is,
have
being
Boston
residents,
a
very
condensed
city
of
roadways,
and
so,
while
we
may
not
be
a
sprawling
city,
we
are
highly
packed.
So
if
you
took
those
roads
and
unraveled
them
one
by
one
I
like
the
Carl,
smiling
about
this
Carl,
do
you
know
this
fact
should
I?
A
Should
you
tell
so
if
you
took
all
the
roads
and
laid
them
out
as
in
one
long
strip?
There
are
two
ways
that
the
city
defines
them:
they
define
them
by
Lane
miles
and
curb
miles.
So
Lane
miles
is
simply
just
a
lane
of
the
road.
A
lane
of
traffic.
That
dimension
is
one
dimension
and
then
also
they
do
it
by
curb
miles.
So
from
curb
to
curb
that
width.
A
When
you
shrink
that
down
into
one
long
strip
Lane
miles,
you
could
get
from
Boston
to
Charlotte
and
by
curb
miles
you
could
get
from
Boston
to
Denver
Colorado.
So
just
to
give
you
some
sort
of
scope
of
what
the
public
works.
Department
works
with
all
day
every
day,
and
especially
during
snow
emergencies
and
snowstorms,
some
other
good
pieces
of
information,
oftentimes
the
city
and
you,
if
you
like
data
and
numbers.
This
is
an
interesting
thing
to
follow.
I
believe
they
posted
on
Twitter
is
I,
believe
the
public
works.
A
Twitter
account
tells
you
how
many
pieces
of
equipment
we're
out
in
every
storm
so,
for
example,
yesterday's
storm,
they
had
500
pieces
of
equipment
out,
and
so
that
is
snowplows
that
is
salting
machines.
That
is
snow
blowers.
That
is
the
smaller
snow
blowers
that
do
the
bike
lanes.
Things
like
that,
so
they
had
500
pieces
of
equipment
to
simply
pretreat
a
street
when
it
is
going
to
be
icy,
they
have
over
300
pieces
of
pieces
of
equipment
out
at
a
time
and
then
for
blizzards.
A
They
have
over
600
pieces
of
equipment
out
at
any
given
time.
I
thing
that
we
also
talk
a
lot
about
is
how
much
salt
we
have
in
the
city.
If
you
drive
around
sometimes
you'll
drive
by
the
big
parking
lots
or
the
big
storage
containers,
you
see
the
big
high
mountains
of
white
salt.
The
city
currently
has
45,000
tons
of
salt
currently
at
their
disposal,
ready
to
ready
to
use
and
ready
to
treat
the
streets
they're
doing
a
lot
of
that
currently,
as
we
are
hitting
significantly
low
temperatures
over
the
next
48
hours.
A
A
G
G
No
I
mean
sometimes
you're
walking
down
the
street
in
this
little
way:
a
crosswalk
in
the
middle
of
the
street,
because
maybe
the
two
curb
a
so
far
away
that
they
might
just
paint
the
crosswalk
in
the
middle
of
the
street.
Omid
lock
up
responsible
for
shoveling
out
clearing
for
the
crosswalk
to
mean.
F
A
A
F
Is
here
I,
don't
really
know
how
to
articulate
these
so
bear
with
me.
Normally
every
winter,
the
cars,
sometimes
understandably,
when
they
clean
it.
They
cover
the
curbs
this
year.
So
far,
it's
doing
a
great
job.
I
didn't
find
that
problem,
but
another
problem
arised,
which
is,
for
example,
these
trash
bins
from
perhaps
restaurants
or
some
kind
of
public
entity.
F
When
the
city
cleans
the
trash
bins,
they
place
it
sometimes
on
the
core,
because
it's
clean,
that's
where
a
ban.
So
that's
what
I
found
this
year
like
it
was
in
the
snow
blocking
it.
It
was
the
trash
bin,
so
I
wonder.
Perhaps
if
there
is
a
way
to
communicate
the
city,
how
to
perhaps
have
this
in
consideration?
F
A
A
great
that's,
a
really
great
point,
I
would
suggest
taking
a
picture
of
it
and
reporting
it
to
the
3-1-1
app.
So
the
thing
about
curb,
cut
or
sidewalks
is
not
only
is
the
snow
removal,
the
responsibility
of
the
landlord,
but
it
is
or
the
property
owner
a
clear
sidewalk
all
year
round
is
the
responsibility
of
the
property
owner,
and
so
it
isn't
just
that
responsibility
shifts
in
the
winter
and
in
the
somewhere.
A
It
isn't
anybody's
responsibility
and
also
if
there
are
specific
addresses
that
are
repeat
offenders
that
you
haven't
seen
previously
filing
a
concern.
A
complaint
with
3-1-1
will
direct
it
to
the
right
Department,
whether
or
not
that's
ISD,
or
whether
or
not
that's
actually
waste
removal
and
they
can
kind
of
ping.
They
know
who
which
contract
is
for
that
area
and
say:
hey,
put
the
trash
bin
somewhere
else
or
can
talk
to
the
property
owner
and
cite
them.
A
F
A
F
A
C
Just
add
to
that
the
city,
the
point:
the
city's
intention
is
not
just
to
find
people,
it
really
is
to
get
the
sidewalks
cleared,
so
they
will
use
the
fine,
hopefully
to
make
it
a
deterrent
for
people
blocking
the
sidewalks
and
fines
for
businesses
can
be
up
to
$500
for
small
property
owners.
It
would
be
50
for
buildings
of
16
or
more
units,
it's
a
hundred
and
then
for
businesses.
It
can
be
up
to
five
hundred,
so
it
will
be
a
deterrent
if,
if
it's
continued
abuse,
Paul.
E
A
C
A
Hours,
it
is
space
savers
within
48
hours,
space
savers
are
allowed
within
48
hours
after
a
snow
emergency
has
been
lifted,
so
you
can
have
it
during
the
snow
emergency
and
then
for
48
hours.
After
when
it
hits
49
hours,
they
can
get
picked
up
and
chucked
out.
But
again,
as
the
commissioner
said,
space
savers
are
not
allowed
in
the
south
end.
I
A
A
K
K
L
L
L
C
K
C
L
A
Yeah
when
I
spoke
to
Public
Works
about
the
some
of
the
confusion
related
to
whether
or
not
the
city
owned
something
or
the
state
owned,
something
or
Department
of
Transportation
or
the
MBTA.
They
said
first
and
foremost
put
the
complaint
into
three
one
one
and
they
will
go
out
and
investigate
it,
and
even
if
they
close
out
the
ticket
citing
that
it
is
a
state
jurisdiction
or
an
MBTA
jurisdiction,
they
have
then
forwarded
over
the
ticket
to
the
appropriate
person
as
well.
K
A
B
A
C
C
You
know,
luckily,
now
with
uber
and
the
NBA
and
the
cabs
having
more
accessible
vehicles,
it
might
be
a
case
where,
if
you
call
9-1-1
the
police
come
out,
they
could
hopefully
maybe
help
them
into
a
vehicle,
but
a
lot
of
that
is
kind
of
troubleshooting
on
the
spot
because,
as
you
know,
chairs
are
so
different
people's
circumstances,
a
difference.
So
there's
really
not
one
blanket
answer
for
that.
One.
M
M
M
Okay,
David,
we
are
from
Hyde
Park
I'm
thinking,
specifically
of
bridges
and
I,
have
a
bridge
in
mind
that
I
will
use
as
a
reference.
It's
the
bridge
that
crosses
the
train
tracks
at
the
Clery
square.
Train
station
on
I
have
not
experienced
it
this
year
because
I
have
not
used
that
train
on
a
snow
day
yet,
but
very
often
the
bridge
and
the
sidewalk
going
from
the
bridge
down
to
the
River
Street
Hyde
Park
gap.
M
Intersection
is
not
shoveled
and
on
there
is
no
ax,
but
er
I
mean
the
the
post
office
is
technically
in
a
butter,
but
there
are
several
hundred
feet
away
from
this
sidewalk
and
I.
Don't
really
think
that
they
should
be
responsible
and
I
will
call
3-1-1
if
I
had
the
issue,
but
do
you
guys
have
any
references
as
to
who's
responsible
for
bridges
so.
M
A
Being
said,
I
believe
that
Sarah
took
down
the
specific
address
that
you
are
looking
at,
the
you
are
referencing,
so
we
can.
We
can
go
and
look
at
that
and
flag
that
for
Public
Works,
so
that
it
goes
on
their
list
to
make
sure
that
whoever
is
responsible.
Yeah
gets
that
done.
The
thing
about
bridges
that
are
that
are
a
little
tricky
is
that
they
are
often
either
owned
by
the
city
or
the
state,
and
sometimes
even
though
they're
owned
by
the
state.
A
They
all
have
different
owners,
but
we
can.
We
can
absolutely
look
into
that
specific
area
and
get
you
the
information
as
to
who
for
that
for
that
bridge
specifically
and
then
also
for
the
strip
of
land
after
the
bridge,
because
I
think
they
are
very
strictly
outlined
by
where
the
bridge
starts
and
stops
yeah
and
then
the
sidewalk
after
that.
So
what
can
get
you?
Those
answers?
Okay,
thank
you
very
much,
no
problem.
C
C
One
thing
that
we
have
to
remember
is
that
the
city
Public
Works
Department
mainly
focuses
on
the
streets
because
they
have
to
keep
the
traffic
moving.
They
have
to
clear
the
streets,
so
people
can
get
to
work
and
get
to
school
and
businesses
can
stay
open.
So
all
of
the
sidewalks
are
the
responsibility
of
property
owners,
and
that
includes
stairs
and
walkways.
We
get
a
lot
of
calls
about
that.
C
Unfortunately,
that's
not
something
that
the
city
would
do
either
people's
private
property,
the
sidewalks
public
property,
but
we
do
encourage
landlords,
especially
small
landlords,
to
try
to
budget
for
that
into
their
upcoming
yearly
expenses,
because
it
can
be
very
expensive
when
we
know
that
and
unfortunately,
there
aren't
a
lot
of
programs
that
will
help
pay
for
that.
We've
looked
into
creating
a
volunteer
program
for
things
like
that,
but
it's
really
difficult
to
manage
it.
C
C
A
lot
of
people
ask
us
about
that,
but
I
would
just
emphasize
too
if
it
affects
you
know
your
your
life
in
any
way
to
try
to
just
keep
in
mind
that
when
you're
budgeting
expenses
and
just
unfortunately
it's
a
reality
of
where
we
live
in
the
country
and
then
Jessica
do
we
have
any
updates
from
Amy,
no
okay,
so
I
think
those
are
all
the
updates
we
have
and
I
would
just
like
to
say.
If
anybody
has
any
other
concerns,
you
can
email
them
to
us
and
we
can
send
them
to
public
works.
C
K
Next,
we
have
the
cheers
report
and
my
report
will
be
very
shortened
to
the
point.
I
just
wanted
to
to
thank
everybody
on
the
advisory
board
and
I
wanted
to
thank
the
commissioner
and
her
staff
for
a
great
year
and
I
hope
that
everybody
has
a
very
safe
and
happy
upcoming
holiday.
And
we
look
forward
to
continuing
our
important
work
in
the
new
year
and
with
that.
K
C
You
Jerry,
so
my
report
is
also
very
brief.
Just
a
few
things
to
update
you
on
the
city
is
in
development
of
the
City,
Hall
plaza
planning
it.
The
work
is
going
to
be
beginning
next
year,
so
we're
well
into
the
design
phase,
and
access
has
been
a
key
priority.
We're
going
to
invite
the
public
facilities
staff
to
come
present
to
the
advisory
board
at
the
beginning
of
the
year.
So
we
look
forward
to
that
me
and
my
staff
have
all
been
heavily
involved
in
giving
comments
about
accessibility.
C
C
Second
update
is
that
the
my
commission
office
has
been
awarded
a
grant
to
work
on
financial
empowerment
for
persons
with
disabilities
and
I
know
that's
something
that
I
believe
Carl
had
brought
up
a
few
meetings
ago.
So
we're
gonna
be
part
of
a
five
City
cohort
working
on
this
issue,
along
with
New
York,
San,
Francisco,
LA
and
Kago.
So
we're
getting
funding
in
January
and
we're
going
to
build
on
the
work
of
the
city's
office
of
financial
empowerment,
which
currently
does
the
tax
days.
C
The
ASL
tax
days
with
Jessica
has
been
involved
in
so
hopefully
we're
gonna
design,
a
road
map
for
people
with
disabilities
who
are
looking
for
different
ways
to
become
financially
empowered.
That's
everything
from
getting
a
bank
account
if
you
don't
have
one
to
learning
about
home
ownership
or
housing
stability.
Whatever
your
personal
financial
goals
are,
we
hope
to
be
able
to
make
it
much
more
clear
and
accessible
for
persons
with
disabilities.
C
So
we're
excited
about
that,
and
my
last
update
is
that
the
city
has
a
really
exciting
pilot
initiative
happening
right
now
they
are
going
to
be
hiring
a
part
time.
Staff
ASL
position
to
work
on
city
events
and
Jessica's
been
involved
in
that
so
I'd
like
to
throw
it
over
to
her
to
give
some
details.
Sure.
A
So
the
city
is
looking
to
hire
a
part-time
ASL
interpreter
who
will
be
able
to
go
with
the
mayor
to
certain
events
and
then
also
be
available
for
Department
mean
for
department
needs
as
well.
We
posted
that
at
the
poet
job
was
posted,
I
believe
in
November,
and
it's
been
extended
through
December
and
I
believe
that
the
posting
says
online
that
it
is
closed.
L
L
K
L
C
G
L
K
K
B
B
K
K
B
K
C
G
C
M
G
H
Sure
this
is
West,
so
talking
about
the
other
cities,
we
have
Seattle
San,
Francisco
and
Ann
Arbor,
Michigan
I.
Think
yes,
also
Rhode
Island
as
well,
so
the
city's
passed
an
ordinance
or
a
city
law
that
required
all
public
places
to
turn
their
captions
on
their
TVs
at
all
public
locations.
So
that's
restaurants,
bars,
libraries
as
well
I
mean
really
any
public
location
that
has
a
TV
on
must
have
their
captions
on
as
well.
So
that
is
a
city
ordinance,
City
law
that
they
have
to
turn
that
on
and
that's
pretty
much
the
point.
M
G
G
K
K
C
The
City
Council
has
a
number
of
different
I'm
trying
to
think
of
the
term
different
areas
where
they
oversee,
like
certain
councillors,
oversee
Transportation
and
Public
Works,
and
things
like
that
so
I
believe
councillor
Flynn
is
the
one
who
oversees
disability
issues.
So
we
would
start
with
him
great.
A
D
What
do
I,
the
the
city,
still
has
a
Department
of
intergovernmental
affairs
right,
which
they're
the
liaison
with
the
City
Council
and
with
the
State
House.
So
in
terms
of
Karl's
point
of
having
someone
just
come
to
give
a
little
bit
of
information
and
what
that
process
would
look
like
one
of
the
staff
of
intergovernmental
affairs
be
able
to
help
with
that
yeah.
C
K
K
M
I
I'd
like
to
address
this
from
a
political
point
of
view,
okay
on
I
think
sometimes
we
rely
on
government
to
do
things
for
us
that
individuals
can
do
for
themselves.
I
find
it
a
little
bit
of
an
overreach
to
pass
a
law
requiring
public
places
to
do
something
like
this.
If
I
were
in
a
situation
where
I
wanted
something
to
be
seen
on,
the
TV
I
would
raise
my
hand
and
ask
the
bartender
to
turn
the
captioning
on
I
I.
M
K
C
Thank
you
for
that
insight.
David
one
thing
I
would
just
remember
is
that
everybody
has
a
different
point
of
view,
and
you
know
that's
one
point
of
view.
One
thing
that
I
would
think
of
when
I
think
about
this
is
that
it
puts
the
individual.
It
puts
the
responsibility
on
the
individual
to
have
to
ask,
and
it
could
be
a
case
where
somebody
has
their
nonverbal,
whether
they
have
a
disability
where
they
can't
speak
or
if
they
use
sign
language,
and
nobody
in
the
bar
can
communicate
with
them
using
sign
language.
C
Then
they
may
not
be
able
to
communicate
that
also,
if
you
can't
reach
access
like
to
a
bar
to
get
a
bartender's
attention,
because
usually
the
TVs
are
by
the
bar,
so
I
mean
I.
Think
there
are
a
bunch
of
different
issues
involved
in
it,
and
I
would
hope
that
if
we
do
pursue
it,
it
would
be
something
we
could
spend
as
a
really
positive
thing,
because
it
would
seem
like
it
would
be
very
easy
for
people
to
do
with
one
switch
on
its
control.
M
B
A
Thank
you,
everybody,
and
now
everybody
sorry
for
the
TV
broadcast
for
still
broadcasting
we're.
Now
all
gonna
head
up
to
the
ninth
floor
to
room
9,
6
7,
where
I
believe
almost
all
of
you
have
at
least
been
to
our
office
once
where
there
are
some
snacks
and
treats,
and
people
can
get
some
spending
some
time
talking
to
each
other
in
the
holiday
spirit.