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From YouTube: Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 6-15-22
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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 6-15-22
A
Meeting
law
requires
that
I
notify
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
recorded.
Therefore,
please
be
aware
that
an
audio
and
visual
recording
of
this
meeting
is
being
made
by
boston
city
tv,
a
part
of
the
city
of
boston
office,
of
cable
communications
and
is
being
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
24,
rcn,
channel
13
and
fios
channel.
962
that
hand
it
to
our
board
chair
wesley
ireland.
B
Hello,
thank
you
so
much
good
evening.
Everyone,
I
guess,
we'll
go
ahead,
start
with
the
agenda
and
the
first
thing
is
introductions.
I
can
start
my
name
is
wes
and
I'm
the
board
chair
starting
tonight.
I
live
in
the
north
end
and,
let's
move
on
to
olivia,
would
you
like
to
introduce
yourself.
C
Hello,
I
was,
my
name
is
olivia
richard
and
I
am
a
board
member
and
I
am
from
brighton.
D
E
F
B
Okay
seems
I
have
not
what
about
kristin
kristen?
Would
you
like
to
go
ahead
and
introduce
yourself.
A
Commissioner
is
not
in
yet
this
is
andrea,
so
we'll
make
sure
she
introduces
herself
when
she
joins.
A
A
H
Oh
okay,
I
just
logged
on
so
hi.
My
name
is
jerry
boyd,
I'm
a
board
member
and
I'm
from
west
roxbury.
B
Okay,
thank
you,
jerry,
okay,
so
we're
gonna
go
ahead,
start
with
the
first
presentation
on
the
agenda.
We
have
a
slight
change.
We're
not
gonna.
Do
the
minutes
yet
we're
going
to
do
the
academic
bowl.
I
think
I
believe
the
academic
competition
at
this
point,
but
the
adaptive
sport.
I
apologize
the
adaptive
sport
and
that
is
the
first
presentation.
I
I
am
jim
weiss
and
I
am
the
board
president
of
boston
self-help
center
and
I
use
he
his
hymn
pronouns
and
I
am
a
caucasian
male
with
wearing
a
white
shirt
and
in
a
power
wheelchair.
I
I
We
also
have
a
volt
hockey
program
and
we've
done
two
adaptive
sports
and
recreation
demonstrations
where
people
have
done
some
hands-on
things
and
we're
going
to
be
doing
one
more
yet
to
be
scheduled
so
real,
exciting
time
right
now,
so
the
the
power
soccer
team
is
actually
two
of
them.
Now
that
we
support,
we
support
the
boston
breakers
and
that's
bra
kers
and
the
bay
state
falcons
both
of
these
teams.
We
support
are
about
to
go
up
to
national
competition
in
fort
wayne.
I
I
So,
if
folks
are
interested
you
you
are
welcome
to
watch
and
for
those
who
aren't
familiar
with,
I
call
it
power
wheelchair
soccer.
It's
usually
called
power
soccer.
It's
played
four
on
four
on
a
basketball
court
indoors
and
there's
a
goalie
and
usually
a
center
and
two
wings,
and
the
ball
is
much
larger.
I
The
folks
who
are
playing
are
using
power
wheelchairs
and
most
of
them
right
now
are
using
something
called
strike.
Force,
chairs
and
there's
a
metal
guard
that
goes
on
the
front
of
the
chair
and
players
will
hit
the
ball
by
driving
into
it
or
spinning,
and
it's
really
a
lot
of
fun
and
kind
of
an
exciting
sport.
I
Now
the
bolt
hockey.
So
we
actually
before
I
go
finish
with
that
soccer
we've
been
doing
the
soccer
for
he's
over
nine
years
and
jerry
boyd,
who
was
on
the
on
this
call,
was
playing
at
one
point
and
I'm
also
a
player
and
team
representative.
I
So
baltoki
is
something
new
to
the
united
states
and
that's
b-o-l-t,
and
it's
also
played
in
in
a
wheelchair
or
using
a
wheelchair,
and
it's
also
played
on
a
basketball
court.
I
Usually
a
half
court
and
there's
a
ring,
that's
put
around
kind
of
a
perimeter
and
it's
usually
played
three
on
three
now
boston
self
help
center
is
this
year
and
actually
starting
back
in
in
the
fall
of
2021,
purchased
eight
power
chairs
that
are
both
hockey
chairs
they're
wooden.
I
So
it's
kind
of
interesting:
it's
it's
a
wooden
seat
and
some
people
will
those
with
disabilities
will
put
their
cushions
and
kind
of
adapt
the
chair
as
they
need
to
and
there's
a
flipper
on
the
front
of
the
chair
and
there's
a
in
folks
will
play
with
a
a
wiffle
ball
and
there's
a
net
and
the
exciting
part
of
what's
going
on
now
is
we
we
got
into
this
at
the
right
time
we're
trying
to
introduce
this
first
in
boston
and
hopefully
have
it
grow
across
the
the
state
and
hopefully
the
united
states,
but
we've
been
invited
to
come
visit,
come
visit
and
actually
compete
in
the
world
cup
that
will
be
held
in
sweden.
I
So
we've
been
allotted,
20
20
folks
who
can
go,
and
I
think
that's
supposed
to
be
up
to
maybe
up
to
10
players
and
then
10
10.
Folks,
who
might
either
be
personal
care,
attendants
or
coaches
or
other
support
folks,
so
that's
that
world
cup
is
taking
place
september,
16th
through
the
18th
and
will
be
another
thing
that
will
want
to
get
you
you
all
out.
This
kind
of
live
stream
link
and
totally
a
lot
of
fun
and
a
lot
of
excitement
and
folks
in
boston
seem
to
be.
I
You
know
very
much
interested
in
it,
and
so
we
have
at
boston
self-help
center,
been
trying
to
focus
on
kind
of
those
adaptive
sports
that
might
be
doable
by
folks
with
both
upper
and
lower
body.
Mobility,
impairments
and
kind
of
the
sports
that
are
not
kind
of
left
have
been
left
out
in
some
ways.
I
I
So
in
that,
in
that
kind
of
regards,
we,
we
picked
up
a
small
grant
from
northeastern
to
do
three.
Adaptive
sports
and
recreation
demonstrations,
so
we
did
one
at
the
tobin
community
center
and
was
well
attended.
We
did
things
like
bocce
and
showed
the
soccer
and
the
hockey
and
a
number
of
other
activities.
I
We've
got
one
more
that
we're
trying
to
figure
out
a
time
and
a
location,
and
this
is
where
people
who
have
an
interest
in
these
kind
of
adaptive
sports
of
recreation
might
give
us
suggestions
and
part
of
the
reason
to
come
share
all
this
stuff
with.
You
is
to
just
put
this
all
out
there
that
one
of
the
folks
with
disabilities
can
compete
in
adaptive,
sports
and
recreation
and
you
know
get
people's
input.
I
If
other
folks
are
going
to
share
it
great
thanks
and
I'll
kind
of
read
through
this
kind
of
at
the
end
and
tell
folks
what's
what's
on
this
slide,
and
you
know
beyond
that,
so
we've
got,
I
mean
right
now.
We
have
some
interest
again.
I
mentioned
bocce
because
some
folks
are
have
been
interested,
but
we,
you
know,
we
we
adapted
some
some
well
some
basic
air
rifles
and
we're
doing
some
little
target
shooting
inside
at
the
boston
home.
I
I
I
guess
I
would
put
out
there
the
folks
watching
tonight
and
you
know
watching
the
recording-
would
be
that
if
anybody
wants
to
get
involved,
there's
definitely
volunteer
opportunities
if
someone's
interested
in
website
and
social
media
and
anything
else,
sports
management,
we're
always
looking
for
fans
to
come
out
and
cheer
us
on
and
cheer
on
the
activities
and
then
if
people
want
to
participate,
that's
also
a
possibility.
I
Center
bs
hd
dash,
10
and
there's
a
lot
of
numbers,
but
that
will
be
that
will
be
out
there
for
folks.
If
people
are
interested
in
reaching
out
email
address
is
info
at
bostonselfhelpcenter.org.
I
I
also
included
the
power
soccer
usa
website
which,
which
will
have
the
the
live
stream,
I'm
sure
at
powersoccerusa.org.
I
Another
group
that
usually
post
a
live
stream
is
powersoccershop.com
and
if
my
colleague
here
could
scroll
down
a
little
further
on
this
kind
of
long
slide
here,
I
think
we've
got
the
I've
got
a
link
for
the
whole
talking.
I've
got
the
sweden
information
and
if
you
go
a
little
bit
further,
I
guess
everything
may
not
exist
on
here
unless
something
got
cut
up,
so
we
had
another
exciting
piece
with
wgbh.
I
Radio
and
internet
picked
up
information
about
the
world
hockey
and
and
did
a
story.
So
it's
on
our
website,
so
you
don't
need
to
necessarily
know
this
one,
that's
that
I
put
on
here,
but
you
are
definitely
welcome
to
check
it
out
for
you
to
hear
my
voice
and
other
folks.
I
Questions
thoughts,
comments,
I'd
be
glad
to
answer
any
questions
go
from
there.
A
Thanks
so
much
jim,
this
is
andrea
and
I'll
step
in
a
second
here
before
wes.
To
say
that
I
threw
some
of
those
links
in
the
chat
and
I
will
throw
all
of
them
in
and
email
them
to.
Anyone
who
is
interested.
J
So
much
jim
this
is
wes.
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
open
the
floor
to
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
I
see
elizabeth
has
her
handwriting,
so
you
can
go
ahead.
Elizabeth
with
your
comment.
G
Thank
you,
jim
thanks
for
the
presentation
I
shout
out
to
jimmy
another
role.
He's
had
at
wellesley
college,
which
happens
to
have
been
my
alma
mater
and
I
didn't
have
a
wheelchair
disability
until
after
I
had
graduated,
but
certainly
participating
in
events
back
on
campus
has
made
a
big
difference.
G
I
wondered
about
two
things:
are
there
comparable
leaks
for
women?
Are
these
mixed
teams?
Could
you
address
that
and
then
I
just
have
a
second
question.
That's
a
little
different.
I
Sure
so
I
mean
that's
definitely
a
good
question,
so
power
soccer
is
is
definitely
a
mixed
group.
It's
always
both
hockey
men
and
women.
You
know,
actually
they.
As
far
as
I
know,
I
was
looking
at
the
power
soccer
regulations.
I
think
they
they
say
you
know
starting
off
at
10
years
old,
so
there
are
10
year
olds
on
up
you
know.
I
know
we
have
somebody
on
our
team
who
just
turned
71
and
so
there's
a
there's.
I
A
quite
an
age
range
there's
also
a
range
of
folks
with
different
abilities
and
fun.
I
mean
kind
of
the
basic
piece
is
just
being
able
to
drive
the
power
wheelchair
the
volt
hockey
we've
actually
found.
Initially,
we've
had
more
women
that
have
been
interested
and
we've
been
reaching
out
to
northeastern
and
folks
in
the
community.
I
As
well
and
at
the
moment
yeah,
there
seems
to
be
a
preponderance
of
women.
Some
some
guys-
and
you
know
we
we're
kind
of
trying
to
reach
out
to
kind
of
as
many
folks
who
might
be
interested
we're
trying
with
the
voltaki
we've
got
the
eight
chairs
and
instead
of
permanently
assigning
them
to
somebody,
we
are
trying
to
share
them
so
that
we
could
set
up.
So,
if
there's
three
players
that
need
to
play
on
a
play
on
a
team,
so
let's
say
a
team
was
four
or
five.
I
Maybe
we
could
have
multiple
teams
if
everybody
was
sharing
the
sharing
the
equipment.
So
that's
the
model,
we've
kind
of
started
out
with
to
get
people
a
chance
to
to
try
it
out.
G
Okay,
thank
you
wes.
I
hadn't
asked
you
would
you
prefer
for
my
second
question,
I
wait
till
others
have
asked
and
then
return
to
a.
J
G
Great
and
then
the
gym
this.
This
is
perhaps
more
of
a
a
commission
issue
that
jim
identified
this
group
as
people
with
mobility
issues.
I
actually
in
another
cross-disability
board
membership
situation
came
across
a
colleague
who
is
blind
and
does
kayaking
out
on
the
cape
with
a
guy,
and
I
just
didn't
know,
even
as
a
commission,
I'm
sure
the
office
commissioner
akash,
that
we
that
there
are
ways
that
some
of
this
information
is
available.
G
But
it
was
new
to
me
and
since
it
doesn't
pertain
to
my
disability,
I
just
wasn't
unfamiliar
with
even
say
in
the
massachusetts
area.
What
are
some
adaptive
sports
in
addition
to
things
offered
on
teams
or
at
spaulding
charlestown?
That
folks
might
not
know
about,
and
I
just
did
not
to
what
extent
we
collected
so
another.
I
I
I
mean
I've
been
trying
to
work
with
northeastern
and
bu
students,
especially
those
who
are
doing
what's
called
capstone
projects,
and
they
are
collecting
information
and
we've
been
trying
to
populate
well
populate
some
youtube
stations
and
some
some
guides,
so
they
have
have
done
a
nice
job
kind
of
working
on
putting
together
some
guides,
and
but
there
are
a
number
of
groups
that
are
out
there
doing
some
of
the
work,
and
you
mentioned
spalding,
I'm
drawing
another
blank,
but
I
think
it's
yeah,
I'm
trying
to
blank
on
the
the
person,
but
I
know
he's
he's
working
in
kind
of
that
vision
area
as
well,
so
yeah
we're
trying
to
kind
of
bring
those
things
together.
I
Part
of
the
you
know,
part
of
the
process
we've
gone
through
is
initially
before
we
got
into
into
this
area.
We
tried
to
bring
some
of
the
players
together,
and
I
mean
this
might
be
a
place
where
the
commissioner
and
your
group
could
help.
You
know
if
it's
something
you
guys
are
interested
in
help
us
get
people
together
and
maybe
maybe
post
it
on
a
website
and
and
kind
of
go
a
little
further
with
it.
K
Thank
you
thanks.
Elizabeth
I'll,
just
add
that
there
are
many
many
sports
and
recreation
programs
adaptive
in
the
area
and
we
write
about
them
in
our
newsletter
from
time
to
time
and
also.
We
hope
that
when
we
bring
this
information
to
the
advisory
board,
that
you'll
all
spread
it
to
your
networks
so
yeah,
we
can
definitely
link
you
up
with
other
programs
in
the
area.
A
And
this
is
andrea,
I'll
just
add
when
you
hear
about
new
programs
send
them
to
us,
because,
hopefully
we
already
know
about
them,
but
maybe
we
don't
and
on
that
note,
for
example,
I
know
that
triangle
inc
is
hosting
their
beachability
event
again
this
summer,
so
all
the
most
of
the
beach
wheelchairs
and
things
like
that
from
the
boston
area,
beaches
will
be
brought
to
constitution
beach
in
east
boston
on
saturday
july
30th.
So
I'll
drop
a
link
to
that
in
the
chat.
G
J
Thank
you
so
much
andrea.
I
do
have
one
question.
This
is
wes
again
and
then
I'll.
Let
other
people
ask
the
question.
So
jim.
I
We
have
a
number
of
volunteers,
service,
learning
students
who
have
been
helping
from
northeastern
some
communities,
students,
while
community
folks
who
have
been
helping
support
the
the
program
we
have.
We
have
about
22
people
who
are
interested
in
this
volt
hockey
and
as
we
we're
really
new
to
this-
and
we
understand
that
that
there
are
there
are
a
number
of
people
interested
and
we're
just
trying
to
to
make
this
stick,
and
we
are,
I
mean
I'll,
throw
it
out
there.
I
We
would
really
like
to
collaborate
with
the
boston,
bruins
foundation
and
other
potential
sponsors
who
might
be
able
to
help
us
we're,
not
a
very
big
non-profit.
I
would
love
to
be
able
to
do.
You
know
adaptive
sports
and
recreation
across
the
board.
I
think
we
we
are.
I
think,
where
we're
trying
to
be
more
encompassing
is
where
we
do
this
adaptive,
sports
and
recreation.
I
So
if
folks
are
you
know,
if
folks
have
this
cross
disability
interest,
you
know,
send
us
a
note
and
say
hey.
You
should
really
be
doing
this.
You
know,
maybe
your
last,
your
last
of
this
small
grant
you
know
make
this
so
you've
got
folks
representing
those
who
might
have
visual
impairments,
who
might
be
hard
of
hearing
or
deaf
one.
I
To
mention
that
we
we
also
have
an
interest
in
since
you
know
the
pandemic
you
know
has
has
hit
and
we
had
to
really
take
some
time
off.
I
It
would
be
great
to
get
the
right
kind
of
surface
outdoors
and
covered
that
we
could
do
things
in
wheelchairs
things
in
the
power
wheelchair
so
that
you
don't
dig
tear
up
the
tires
and
could
actually
well.
I
kept
you
heard
me
talk
about
playing
on
gym
floors
and
hardwood
floors.
You
know
having
something
outdoors
where
you've
got
air
and
could
play
you
know
and
maybe
play
in
the
parts
you
know
looking
at
that
kind
of
access,
so
I'll
just
kind
of
I'll.
Stop
there.
A
second
I
see
jerry's
got
his
hand
up
as
well.
H
Here
we
go
okay,
I
think
I'm
unmuted
now
thank
you
for
your
presentation,
jim
and,
and
it's
always
good-
to
see
the
breakers
continuing
and
best
of
luck
in
fort
wayne
in
a
in
a
couple
of
weeks,
but
I
I
wanted
to
speak
to
other
organizations
or
other
recreational
opportunities.
H
So
that
may
be,
you
know
a
link,
maybe
andrea,
could
could
connect
with
dcr
and
and
get
and
publish
their
their
links
to
the
the
newsletter
every
you
know
every
quarter
or
however
many
times
a
year.
It
comes
out.
That's
just
another
resource.
I
I
I
Franciscan
children's
hospital
had
put
together
a
guide
that,
I
think,
probably
needs
updating,
but
you
know
is
also
one
of
those
kind
of
useful
resources,
but
getting
all
that
information
so
that
he
you
decide
you
want
to
try
something
where.
Where
can
you
go?
I
think
it's
I
mean
great.
Jerry
dcr
is
a
a
good
resource
and
you
know
it's
helped
us.
I
Sometimes
we
practice
at
the
tobin
community
center
bcyf
told
them
community
center,
but
other
times
we've
had
melania
cass
recreational
complex
and
we
usually
get
get
access
to
that
by
applying
to
dcr.
A
This
is
andrea.
I
can
drop
in
some
links
to
the
dcr
adaptive
programs
right
now
and
definitely
will
follow
up
on
that
newsletter
to
put
in
our
newsletter.
But
I
do
note
that
at
six
o'clock,
so
at
the
cheers,
discretion
I'll
ask
if
we
can
move
on
to
our
second
presentation
thanks
jim.
J
L
Great
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
this
evening.
I
really
appreciate
it.
I
want
to
thank
commissioner
mikash
and
chairman
west
thank
you
for
having
me
tonight
and
awesome
to
hear
about
all
the
adaptive
sports
from
jim
as
well.
That
is
fantastic,
that
there
are
so
many
opportunities.
We
also
are
just
we're.
L
Just
had
our
initial
one-year
mou,
with
special
olympics
with
boston,
public
schools
and
special
olympics
and
had
a
great
event
over
at
harvard
university,
we're
at
400,
kids
and
12
schools
and
kids
getting
run
around
do
the
track
and
all
sorts
of
different
events.
It
was
a
really
wonderful
event
and
looking
to
extend
that
relationship
as
well.
I
also
just
want
to
recognize.
I
see.
L
Marcia
fitzpatrick
is
here
from
the
office
of
special
education
as
well,
who
works
on
transitions
for
our
students
with
disabilities
and
has
done
a
really
good
job,
building
out
those
programs
across
the
city.
So
I'm
glad
marcia's
here
as
well.
L
I
am
going
andrea,
I
just
emailed
you
do
you
wanna,
I'm
gonna
go
and
I'm
not
exactly
sure
what
what
I'm
gonna
try
and
do
an
overview
of
special
education
in
boston,
public
schools,
I'll
do
a
few
slides
and
then
I'll
stop
and
take
questions
and
then
would
be
happy
to
come
back
and
provide
other
information
if
it
is
needed.
L
L
I
right
now
I'm
focusing
my
energies
on
inclusion
district-wide,
which
is
a
huge
priority
of
the
boston
public
schools
and
the
school
committee
and
superintendent
casilius,
so
we're
working
really
hard
in
building
inclusive
opportunities
for
all
students
across
the
district.
We
also
have,
I
want
to
make
sure
to
acknowledge
dr
lauren
viviani,
who
is
serving
as
interim
assistant
superintendent
for
special
education
and
running
the
day-to-day
of
the
office
she's,
which
she
and
I
are
working
closely
together
in
partnership
to
make
sure
everything's
going
as
it
should
be.
L
This
slide
a
whole
lot
of
numbers.
I
will
explain
it
gives
an
overview
of
sort
of
how
many
students
are
identified
as
students
with
disabilities
in
the
district
and
who
they
are
and
with
what
disability.
L
So
if
you
look
down
here
on
the
bottom
line
in
the
white
here,
there
are
10
167
students
in
the
boston,
public
schools
identified
with
disabilities
that
have
ieps.
L
If
you
continue
here
across
the
bottom,
almost
a
third
of
them-
or
it
looks
like
over.
A
third
of
them-
are
students
with
disabilities,
who
are
also
english
language
learners,
and
so
that's
35
3
400
students
who
are
both
students
with
disabilities
and
english
language
learners,
then
going
along
further.
We
have
the
race
of
divided
by
race,
so
we
know
the
racial
subgroups
of
each
identification,
and
you
can
clearly
see
that
the
vast
majority
of
our
students
with
disabilities
are
latinx
and
black,
with
almost
half
being
latinx
students
across
the
district.
L
Okay,
then,
if
we
go
back
up
here
to
the
top
sorry
just
along
the
blue,
you
can
see
the
different
disability
areas
that
we
have
in
blue
are
the
high
incidence
disabilities
and
in
sort
of
the
salmon,
is
the
low
dis,
low
incidence
disabilities.
L
You
can
see
that
our
largest
disability
area
is
specific
learning
disabilities
and
that's
2676
students
with
this
with
specific
learning
disabilities-
and
we
also
have
you
know
so,
then
all
the
others
go
along
as
well.
Okay,
I
would
just.
I
think
I
would
note
that
spectrum
disabilities
in
green
down
here
are
a
growing
area
with
1655
students
identified
with
that
with
autism.
L
A
Is
andre
I
saw
juan
carlos
raise
his
hand.
M
Yes,
hello,
everyone,
sorry,
I
was
late
earlier,
I'm
juan
carlos,
also
part
of
a
commission
member
advisory
board.
I
have
a
question
on
ethan.
Thank
you
so
much
for
showing
that
kind
of
that
I'm
always
very
interested
in
data,
and
I
was
wondering
if
maybe
not
in
this
chat,
but
in
other
analysis
you
include
those
aspects
of
social
determinant
of
health
to
complement
those
aspects
where
there
may
be
some
disparities
for
people
with
disabilities
as
well.
L
Juan
carlos
super
interesting
we've
cross,
checked
this
data
in
a
lot
of
different
ways,
but
I
don't
think
we
have
done
it
to
issues
of
health
and
health
disparities.
So
if
you
wanted
to
I'll
put
my
contact
in
the
chat
or
you
can
get
it
from
andrea
and
we
could
explore
what
that
could
look
like
because,
like
I
agree,
it
could
be
super
interesting
right.
Thank
you.
Yes,
definitely
get
it.
E
E
So
my
first
question
is:
where
is
the
part
with
the
students?
Also,
where
does
the
is
there
another
graph
like
that?
Or
is
it
somewhere
in
that
graph?
That
shows
students
who
are
not
english,
so
many
people
always
speak
english
because
they
were
born
here,
and
the
second
question
that
I
have
is:
what
is
the
next
step
after
having
that
brow
like
what,
like
I
mean
to
me,
it's
like
having
a
survey.
So
what
do
you
do
after
you
have
that
show?
What
do
you
do?
What
do
you
think?
Okay?
L
Yeah
great
questions
number
one,
so
all
the
students
who
are
non-el
students
would
be
we
would
assume
their
primary
language
is
english.
L
So
all
the
three
quarters
are
speak
english,
that's
not
one
of
their
characteristics
that
they
need
to
address,
but
the
else
is
about
sorry.
Two-Thirds
and
one-third
is
about
english
language
learners
in
terms
of
the
next
step.
After
this
next
question,
I
can
get
on
to
the
next
lives
and
you
can
see
where
we
go
with
it.
G
Yes,
this
is
a
version
of
what
one
carlos
was
asking,
but
it
does
concern
me
to
see
some
numbers
without
that,
for
instance,
to
what
extent
do
these
numbers,
particularly
the
totals
you
showed
us,
track
the
composition
by
race
of
the
boston
public
school
system?
You
know.
E
G
Yeah,
because
that,
like
one
cause,
I
do
think
social
determinants
or
that
in
some
specific
schools
they're
predominantly
you
know
one
one
or
two
recognized
minorities.
We
all
know
in
this
climate
with
racism
and
that
kind
of
thing
that
it's
very
important
that
not
only
for
steps
going
forward,
but
that
that,
with
this
stigma,
that
disability
already
has
and
in
some
cultures
more
than
others,
that
that
does
concern
me
when
to
just
see
you
know
numbers
without
knowing
context
thanks.
L
Yeah
great
questions
and
some
of
the
slides
that
are
coming
up
will
address
those
those
issues
and
what
we,
how
we
call
that
is
issues
of
disproportionality
so
where
we
see
one
group
overrepresented
in
certain
disability
areas
than
others,
and
we
certainly
do
see
that-
and
I
think
I
highlight
some
of
those
in
here,
but
I
will
we
can
certainly
address
that
as
we
move
through
and
and
really
appreciate
that
question
yeah.
L
L
Two
things
one
is
when
you
look
at
those
numbers
and
as
elizabeth
said
when
you
try-
and
you
relate
them
to
the
overall
numbers.
Two
things
emerge.
One
is
that
in
the
boston
public
schools,
we
have
too
many
students
who
are
serviced,
get
their
services
in
substantially
separate
settings.
So
there
aren't
enough
opportunities
for
inclusion.
L
That's
number
one
and
number
two
is
that
there
are
too
many
that
we
have
over
representation
of
certain
groups
in
certain
disability
areas,
in
particular
black
students,
in
programs
for
emotional
impairments
and
in
particular
black
boys,
and
then
also
for
latinx
students
over
represented
with
communication
disorders,
and
so
they
are
often
referred
them
to
identified
with
specific
learning
disabilities.
L
So
we
address
those,
so
those
are
two
things
that
we
work
really
hard
at
addressing
over
time.
So
this
first
slide
is
the
percentage
of
st
what
educational
environment
are.
Students
with
disabilities
are
educated
in
and
it
is
the
dark
blue
at
this
is
each
bar
is
a
year
and
then
the
dark
blue
is
full
inclusion.
L
The
light
light
blue
in
the
middle
is
partial
inclusion.
The
light
orange
is
substantially
separate
and
then
the
top
two
small
ones
are
public
day,
schools
or
and
out
of
district.
L
So
what
you
can
see
here
pretty
clearly
is
that
the
percentage
of
students
in
full
inclusion
has
increased
quite
a
bit
over
the
last.
L
You
know,
11
years,
so
in
the
past
10
years
it's
gone
up
over
11
percentage
points,
so
we're
working
hard
to
increase
that
number
of
students
that
are
educated
in
the
least
restrictive
environment
and
also
in
full
inclusive,
fully
inclusive
environments,
so
something
we're
working
hard
on
and
then,
if
we
go
onto
the
next
slide-
and
you
know
wes,
you
can
decide
if
you'd
like
me
to
stop,
but
why
don't
we
do
the
two?
I'm
thinking
doing
the
two
slides
gets
at
the
sorry.
L
I'm
switching
between
screens
now
is
about
the
educational
environment
by
race,
ethnicity
and
gender,
and
so
the
first
bar
the
farthest
left
bar
is
all
students
with
disabilities.
Second
bar
is
female.
Third
bar
is
male.
Fourth
bar
is
asian.
L
So,
just
noting
some
of
the
notes
on
the
slide
64
of
students
with
disabilities
are
served
in
an
inclusive
setting
within
bps
which
sound
like
without
context.
You
don't
ever
really
know
what
that
means,
it's
actually
relatively
low
compared
to
other
districts.
So
that's
another
reason
we're
addressing
that
females
are
placed
in
inclusive
settings.
More
than
males
and
30
of
students
are
served
in
substantially
separate
settings,
although
it's
higher
for
black
students
and
its
lowest
for
white
students
as
they
have
67.3
of
white
students,
are
educated
in
inclusive
settings.
L
So
that's
two
slides
to
sort
of
get
at
the
issues
of
the
questions
that
came
up
so
should
I
stop
there
and
take
a
couple
of
questions.
J
Also
read
it
aloud
so
horace
mann
charter
schools
are
excluded,
so
does
that
include
the
horace
mann
school
for
the
deaf.
L
No,
it
does
not
horse
man,
the
horace
mann
school
for
the
deaf
is
not
a
horus
man
charter
school,
very
confusing.
Doesn't
you
know
if
you
don't
know
the
inside
baseball
of
education
that
could
be
confusing,
but
the
horace
mann
school
for
the
deaf
is
included
in
this
as
a
public
day
school
and
then
horace
mann
charters
are
considered,
are
not
considered
part
of
this
data
because
for
this
analysis
not
considered
part
of
the
boston
public
schools.
J
Okay,
I
actually
do
have
one
more
question
for
you.
I
don't
know
if
you
have
a
slide
ready
for
that,
but
I
was
wondering
hypothetical
question
about
students
with
disabilities
for.
J
Yes,
correct
yep
so
related
to
the
least
restrictive
environment.
Are,
is
that
determined
by
the
boston
school
system
or
how
is
that
determined.
L
Yeah,
that
is
a
great
question
and
extremely
complicated
that
every
student
with
a
disability
has
a
right
to
be
educated
in
a
least
restrictive
environment
where
the
boston
public
schools
is
able
to
provide
those
opportunities
makes
that
challenging
right,
and
so
we
we
strive
to
make
sure
that
schools
are
able
to
serve
the
broadest
range
possible
within
their
buildings.
L
L
I
was
the
principal
at
the
jp
manning
school
in
jamaica
plain
and
we
had
a
concentration
of
students
with
emotional
impairments,
and
so
those
schools
specialize
in
that
how
we
overlap
those
issues
of
access
to
the
least
restrictive
environment
and
equity
and
making
sure
that
you
can
go
to
as
many
schools
as
possible
is
a
challenge
and
something
that
we're
working
on
to
make
sure
that
students
with
disabilities
have
access
to
as
many
opportunities
and
programs
as
possible.
L
I
don't
know
if
that
answers
the
question.
It's
a
it's
a
great
question
and
the
first
answer
has
to
be:
every
student
with
disability
has
right
to
the
least
restrictive
environment.
J
C
Yes,
this
is
oblivious.
C
L
Great
question
that
you
know
most
out
of
district
outer
district
placements
can
be
determined
in
two
ways.
They
can
be
determined
through
the
team
process
within
you
know
through
the
iep
team
process,
or
they
can
be
determined
through
settlement
agreements
between
parties
right
meaning
between
the
school
district
and
attorneys,
and
so
I
might
stop
talking
there,
but
it
is.
L
It
is
another
version
of
disproportionality
that
needs
to
be
addressed,
and
not
very
many
people
pick
up
on
that
olivia,
and
I
appreciate
that
you
did
because
it
is
a
it's
a
real
issue.
A
L
Terrific
terrific
I'd
be
happy
to
come
back
if
that
would
be
helpful,
because
I
know
it's
a
lot
of
information
quick.
So
if
the
let's
see
we
were
down
into
students
with
this
go
down
to
slide
four,
I
think,
which
is
the
el
students
with
disabilities
again
just
that
this
has
been
such
a
change
over
the
past
10
years.
L
Really
sorry,
yes,
this
slide
that
just
important
to
really
address
this,
because
what
has
happened
is
there's
a
tremendous
need
for
new
expertise
in
the
district
to
make
sure
that
we're
meeting
the
needs
of
students
with
disabilities,
who
are
english
language
learners,
not
only
in
servicing
those
students
once
they're
identified,
but
also
making
sure
that
we're
properly
identifying
them
and
we're
not
creating
disproportionality
by
identifying
students
who
are
developing
language
skills
because
they
have
a
second
language
and
somehow
there
may
be
a
we
may
misinterpret
their
behaviors
to
think
they
have
a
disability
when
actually
what
they're
doing
is
developing
their
language,
and
so
there
has
been
a
large
increase
of
these
numbers
over
time
and
really
important
to
just
to
point
that
out.
L
The
vast
majority
of
these
students,
62
percent,
speak
spanish
as
their
first
language
and
five
percent
speak
haitian
creole
and
cape
verdean
creole
is
4.5,
and
then
we
have
a
whole
lot.
We
have
a
lot
of
other
languages
as
well.
Just
speaks
to
the
diversity
of
our
population
and
it's
amazing
and
wonderful.
When
you're
in
classrooms
with
these
kids
and
you
see
them.
L
I
was
at
english
high
earlier
in
the
year
in
an
esl
class
that
had
students
with
disabilities
and
just
like
it
was
an
amazing
place
to
be,
and
also
incredibly
challenging,
and
the
teacher
needs
to
be
incredible
and
amazing
and
know
a
lot
to
be
able
to
address
those
students
needs.
So
it's
it's
one
of
the
things
that
we're
working
on
is
making
sure
that
we're
able
to
do
this
really
well
and
then
the
last
slide
andrea
is
just
around.
L
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
you
saw
to
your
point
earlier
elizabeth,
around
comparative
data
and
what
else
is
happening
so
when
we
sit,
we
can
see
here
compared
to
other
major
districts
in
massachusetts
that
you
can
see
here
this
on
the
right.
The
bar
graphs
are
about
the
percentage
of
students
educated
in
substantially
separate
settings,
and
you
can
see
we're
no
longer
the
highest
in
the
state,
but
we
are
up
there
and
that's.
L
28.9
of
our
students
are
educated
in
substantially
separate
settings
and
most
of
those
students
have
very
few
opportunities
for
inclusion
and
that's
too
many
and
something
that
we're
working
to
address
and
it's
actually
meeting
as
we
get
working
both
with
the
union
and
with
desi
and
these
complicated
politics.
We're
in
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we're
holding
on
to.
I
think
all
of
us
are
trying
to
address
this
over
time.
L
B
No,
no
problem
at
all.
Thank
you,
andrea
okay.
So
I
think
at
this
point
I'm
going
to
ask
if
there
are
any
questions
from
the
board
happy
to
hear
any
questions,
and
I
actually
do
have
one
question:
if
nobody
else
does
so
give
me
just
one
moment.
B
Okay,
so
this
is
wes
my
question
and
thank
you
again
for
sharing
the
data
that
you
collected
from
the
city
of
boston
and
just
in
general,
from
the
public
schools.
I
was
wondering
who's
responsible
or,
let's
say
who's
more
responsible
for
the
placement
of
students.
Is
it
the
state
like?
Is
it
dese
or
is
it
the
city
who
has
more
responsibility
there
yeah.
L
L
Those
needs
really
important
to
point
out
that
the
the
power
of
parent
voice
in
those
placement
decisions
that
they
are
consulted
all
all
along
the
way
and
with
maybe
a
few
exceptions
but
generally
can
reject
placements
if
they
do
not
feel
like
it's
appropriate,
so
they
always
have
rights
to
their
state,
but
placement,
which
is
where
they're
currently
being
their
most
recent
iep,
where
they're,
currently
being
educated
and
marsha,
was
previously
a
coast.
I
don't
know
if
she
would
add
anything
to
that.
L
L
And
I
would
just
add,
wes
and
andrea,
it
would
be
fascinating
and
wonderful
to
hear
adults
with
disabilities
perspective
on
you
know
whether
they
went
to
bps
or
other
places
to
get
that
feedback
on
what
that
schooling
experience
is
like,
because
it
is
challenging.
We
know
families
have
to
advocate
and
too
often
have
to
fight
to
get
what
they
need
for
their
kids,
and
we
want
to
create
a
system
where
that's
not
the
case,
but
it.
L
I
can't
deny
that
it
continues
to
be
the
case
in
in
many
places
that
it's
a
very
challenging
process
to
make
sure
your
student
gets
placed
where,
where
you
think
they're
going
to
be
best
educated,
so.
B
Yeah
absolutely
thank
you
so
much
ethan
and
marsha.
It's
been
great.
I
know
that
you
have
to
leave
so
I
I
do
think
we
might
extend
an
invitation
for
you
to
come
back
on
a
future
meeting,
because
I
think
we
do
have
more
questions
for
you,
and
so
we
would
like
to
ask
if
that
would
be
something
that
you
would
be
willing
and
that
you've
asked
for
our
feedback
as
well.
So
if
you
think
you'd
be
willing
to
come
back
for
a
future
date.
B
Okay,
that's
great,
thank
you!
So
much
andrea,
we'll
coordinate
with
you
on
that
and
then
maybe
hopefully
for
the
next
month's
meeting.
You
can
come
but
again,
ethan
and
marcia.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
for
your
presentation
today.
A
Okay,
I
was
gonna
say
this
is
andrea
one.
Second,
I
marsha
and
I
are
in
constant
contact
about
all
kinds
of
things.
So,
if
you
have
any
short-term
responses
as
a
board
to
ethan's
request
for
feedback,
let
me
know
otherwise.
Yes,
I
would
love
to
coordinate
another
meeting
where
this
time
they
listen
to
us.
As
I
know
they
love
to
do
marsha
any
response
to
that.
N
No,
I
honestly,
I'm
I'm
I'm
humbled
to
be
here
with
you
right,
because
the
work
that
we
do
every
day
is
to
support
our
students
with
disabilities
to
become
adults
that
are
functioning
within
the
world
right,
and
so
I'm
very
grateful
to
be
here
any
questions
I
can
answer
I'll
put
my
email
in
the
chat.
We're
always
here
to
try
to
make
things
better
for
everybody.
N
I
just
absolutely.
I
just
have
the
privilege
of
working
with
students
with
disabilities
and
I've
done
it
for
30
years.
So
it's
very
exciting
to
me
to
be
having
these
conversations
throughout
the
city
and
I'm
always
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
have.
I
work
with
students
who
are
14
to
22
and
we
are
preparing
them
for
life
after
high
school,
so
I
actually
love
my
job.
N
We're
going
to
have
a
big
dance
on
friday,
which
is
super
exciting
and
the
commissioner
is
going
to
join
us,
so
we're
getting
students
ready
for
college
all
work
and
we're
making
sure
that
they
have
social
opportunities
and
recreational
opportunities.
N
So
jim
talking
earlier,
you're
probably
going
to
be
hearing
me
from
me,
so
we
can
get
some
students
enrolled
in
some
of
those
adaptive
sports
activities,
because
I
believe
that
I
tell
my
students-
this
is
their
city.
We
want
them
to
have
access
to
this
whole
city,
and
I
just
again
I'm
very
privileged
to
be
the
person
that
gets
to
lead
this
work.
B
Thank
you
so
much
marcia.
We
really
appreciate
it
and
thank
you
as
well
to
jim,
so
I
see
a
thumbs
up
from
jim
on
that.
Okay,
now
moving
on,
I'm
going
to
jump
to
the
next
agenda
item,
so
hopefully
we
can
finish
this
meeting
a
little
bit
early
today.
B
Okay,
paul
fantastic.
I
see
jerry
seconds
with
a
thumbs
up
so
who's
in
favor.
C
B
Hi
raise
your
hands:
okay,
great,
fantastic,
okay
and
now,
who
let's
go
on
to
the
may
meeting
minutes?
Does
anyone
want
to
make
a
motion
to
approve
those
main
meeting
minutes.
B
One
second,
let
me
just
find
my
place:
okay,
so
first
off,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
to
ducia
for
covering
for
me
on
the
last
two
meetings
for
facilitating
these
meetings
for
reading
the
chairs
report.
In
my
absence,
I
really
appreciate
it.
B
B
It
will
benefit
thousands
and
millions
of
people
who
may
have
different
speech
impediments.
Maybe
they
had
a
stroke
or
they
have
cerebral
palsy
or
there
is
a
victim
of
a
traumatic
brain
injury
or
someone
who
has
parkinson's
all
of
those
different
types
of
things
that
could
lead
to
a
speech
impediment.
So
anyone
who
has
this
type
of
speech
pattern.
They
will
give
you
compensation
in
the
form
of
a
gift
card.
B
B
B
So
if
you
want
to
be
involved
in
that
survey
and
respond,
they
ask
that
you
please
go
to
an
in-person
survey
and
study
evaluation
on
call
boxes
to
qualify
for
this
study.
You
need
to
be
an
mbta
consumer
with
experience
using
public
transportation
and
you
must
have
a
disability.
B
B
Slash
call
box
I'll
also
share
that
link
in
the
chat
as
well
and
they're,
going
to
give
a
gift
card
for
that
and
that's
going
to
be
in
the
form
of
an
amazon
gift
card.
B
Okay,
I
shared
that
in
the
chat
with
everybody
next
month,
I
will
have
an
open
agenda
item
during
our
board
meeting.
I'm
going
to
ask
for
all
of
our
board
members
to
give
some
feedback
on
how
we
can
improve
our
contributions
as
board
members.
Hopefully
we
can
get
everybody
on
the
board
involved
and
make
some
policy
changes
with
the
community
of
boston
with
the
city
of
boston.
B
Maybe
we
can
talk
about
restructuring
our
board
meetings
as
well,
how
they
are
run.
Does
anyone
have
any
thoughts
at
this
point
related
to
that
or
anything
I've
talked
about
before
I
move
on
to
my
next
announcement.
H
Yes
and
hopefully
I've
I've
undid
the
mute
button
so
that
everybody
can
hear
me
now.
We
can
hear
you
sorry
sorry
about
that
challenge
earlier.
My
question
is
just
a
technical
one
in
regards
to
the
google
relate.
Is
that
is
that?
Do
you
know
it?
Is
it
going
to
be
like
a
a
dictation
software
like
dragon
or
what
is
what
is?
Google
relate
gonna
going
to
be?
B
It's
going
to
be
a
little
bit
different
than
dragon,
so
google
is
doing
a
study
for
people
with
disabilities
who
have
speech
issues
and
so
they're
trying
to
match
make
sure
that
each
word
could
be
understood
depending
on
how
you
speak
it
so,
for
example,
so
the
way
a
quote
like
normal
person
would
say
something
right.
They
would
give
you
a
script
and
how
it
would
sound
clearly,
but
not
everybody
speaks
in
the
same
way.
B
So
if
someone
speaks
differently
or
not
clearly,
they
want
to
make
sure
that
google
can
also
understand
the
word
how
it
sounds
from
different
speech
patterns.
I'm
not
really
familiar
with
the
study,
but
you
can
google
it
and
find
out
more
information
about
it
again.
It's
called
project
relate
so
if
you're
interested,
I
definitely
recommend
you
find
more
information
on
it.
B
Okay,
so
I
do
have
a
last.
No,
I
don't.
I
don't
see
any
questions.
Okay,
so
I
would
like
to
welcome
a
potential
new
board
member
who's
joining
us
meeting
today.
Anyone
who's
joining
us
meeting
who
wants
to
see
how
it's
being
run.
B
We
hopefully
will
have
a
good
number
of
people
interested
in
joining
the
board.
I
think
that
we
do
so.
I
just
want
to
say
welcome
to
anyone
who's
with
us
today.
With
that
in
mind,
I
believe
that
is
the
end
of
my
chair's
report.
So
now
the
next
agenda
item
would
be
kristin
makash.
If
you
want
to
start
with
your
commissioner's
report,.
K
Great
welcome
everybody.
It's
so
nice
to
see
you
all,
and
I
also
want
to
say
it's
very
nice
to
see
jim
weiss.
Jim
and
zari
were
two
of
my
early
mentors
at
umass
boston
when
I
was
a
student
and
they
were
running
the
ross
center
for
students
with
disabilities
so
great
to
see
you
and
I'm
thrilled
to
have
zari
still
serving
on
our
board
a
couple
of
quick
notes.
I
wanted
to
follow
up
on
about
boston,
public
schools.
K
I'm
very
excited
marcia
mentioned
that
I
was
invited
to
the
students
with
special
needs
prom
on
friday,
so
I'll
be
attending
that
looking
forward
to
that
andrea
went
on
a
tour
of
wentworth
institute.
Yesterday,
the
students
with
disabilities
in
the
strive
program
have
wentworth
as
a
work
site
where
they
actually
work.
They
get
paychecks
and
they
learn.
Skills
to
that
are
transferable
to
other
jobs
in
their
future,
so
very
excited
to
see
that,
and
we
are
also
going
to
be
working
with
the
boston
public
schools
very
closely
in
their
renovation
plans.
K
K
It
was
from
the
greater
boston
convention
and
visitors
bureau
and
it
was
meant
to
train
hotels
and
other
people
who
are
in
the
service
industry
to
ensure
that
people
with
disabilities
are
welcomed
when
they
come
to
boston,
that
their
accommodations
are
accessible
and
that
they
are
up
to
date
on
interacting
with
people
with
disabilities.
So
that
was
a
great
training
and
we
have
the
slides
that
we're
happy
to
share
if
anybody's
interested.
K
Secondly,
we
have
two
part-time
openings
still
in
our
office
for
asl
interpreters.
They
will
be
posted
soon,
once
they're
posted
we'd
love
it.
If
you
could
share
them
widely
with
your
networks,
and
we
have
one
position
that
we're
hoping
to
post
in
july
for
an
architectural
access
specialist
and
we're
going
to
assign
that
person
to
work
on
the
boston
public
schools
plan
so
hoping
to
get
that
position
funded.
K
K
So,
if
you're
available,
I
would
encourage
you
to
attend
next
slide
some
office
initiatives
I
wanted
to
follow
up
on
we've
been
telling
you
for
a
long
time
about
our
shared
spaces
in
the
city.
Our
witch
campaign
formerly
called
the
bike
outreach
campaign,
so
we're
going
to
be
creating
outreach,
materials
and
tools
to
raise
awareness
of
pedestrians
with
disabilities
and
cyclists.
K
So
far,
we've
held
a
discovery
day
with
our
consultant
to
look
at
tension
points
between
cyclists
and
pedestrians.
I
know
my
team
went
to
copley
square.
They
went
to
forest
hills
station.
I
believe
we
were
looking
at
areas
in
dorchester
and
on
comm
ave,
but
we'd
love
to
get
input
from
the
board
on
places
where
you
know,
cyclists
may
be
coming
to
into
tension
points
with
pedestrians.
K
K
K
So
we
are
really
excited
about
that,
and
it
will
also
be
a
chance
for
the
board
to
do
a
site
visit
if
you're
interested
in
looking
at
the
whole
plaza,
because
the
whole
plaza
won't
be
open
on
july
19th,
just
a
section
of
it
will,
but
it
may
be
a
good
opportunity
to
look
at
the
plaza
and
inspect
the
work.
As
I
know,
you've
been
very
interested
in
understanding.
K
Next
slide
is
about
open
streets.
The
city
of
boston
is
holding
open
streets
this
summer.
These
are
to
welcome
neighbors
into
car,
free
environments
for
community
joy
and
play.
There
will
be
half
day
long.
Events
to
create
space
for
music
games,
face,
painting,
businesses
and
community
groups,
fitness
classes,
bike,
repairs
and
more
so
the
first
one
is
actually
happening
right
now.
It's
called
copley
connect,
and
this
is
one
block
of
dartmouth
street
across
from
the
library
that's
car,
free
and
open
to
pedestrians.
K
From
june
7th
through
june
17th,
my
staff
has
been
on
site
the
ever-present
sarah
leung
has
been
there
to
ensure
that
the
accessibility
remains
in
place.
We
worked
very
closely
with
the
city
team
planning
it
and
we
gave
them
a
lot
of
instructions
on
how
to
ensure
that
it
was
accessible
and
inclusive.
So
so
far,
so
good-
and
all
of
these
events
really
are
new
events,
so
we're
kind
of
learning
as
we
go
and
see
what
works
and
what
doesn't
work
so
coming
up.
K
Next
slide,
some
updates
on
the
advisory
board,
as
wes
mentioned.
We
have.
Oh,
I'm
sorry
skipping
ahead.
First
of
all
that
we
still
are
waiting
for
bios
from
a
few
of
you,
we
want
to
get
those
to
the
mayor's
office
because
she's
working
on
reappointments
of
current
board
members,
so
anyone
who
hasn't
sent
their
bio
to
andrea.
Please
do
so.
K
We
are
hoping
to
recruit
a
lot
of
residents
who
are
interested
in
serving
on
the
board,
we're
specifically
looking
for
a
parent
of
a
bps
student
and
possibly
a
college
student,
but
we
welcome
anyone,
who's
interested
to
fill
out
the
application,
and
I
can
ask
andrea
to
put
that
link
in
the
chat
and
we
can
also
mail
it
out
to
you.
But
on
this
note
we
will
be
hosting
an
advisory
board
information
session
for
potential
board
members.
Next
week.
It
will
be
on
tuesday
june
21st
at
6
pm
on
zoom
and
we'd
love
it.
K
If
you
would
share
the
information
with
anyone
who's
interested
in
joining,
and
we
will
also
be
pushing
that
information
out
to
the
community.
It
will
just
basically
be
myself
going
over
the
bylaws
talking
about
the
requirements
and
talking
a
little
bit
about
our
history,
what
we've
done
and
if
anyone
on
the
board
would
like
to
join.
It
would
be
great
to
give
your
input
and
perspective
as
board
members.
We
would
love
to
to
have
you
join
us.
So
just
let
us
know
if
you're
interested
and
then
finally
another
update
on
advisory
boards.
K
The
mass
office
on
disability
is
hosting
a
regional
disability
commission
meeting
on
july
20th
from
10
to
1.,
it's
hosted
by
the
worcester
commission
on
disabilities
and,
if
you're
interested
in
attending
that
please
contact
jeff
dugan
at
mod
by
july.
8Th
and
many
of
you
may
also
know
that
we
have
a
monthly
call
with
local
disability
commissions.
K
Colleen
attends
those
calls
and
patricia
from
my
staff.
So
if
you're
interested
in
those
please
let
us
know
we
can
send
you
the
link
and
then
finally
the
mbta
still
wants
input
from
you
on
the
bus
network
redesign.
I
know
that
they're
making
some
changes
in
my
neighborhood
that
I
want
to
give
feedback
on.
So,
if
you
haven't
looked
at
the
plan,
please
do
so
and
they're
really
hoping
to
hear
from
people,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
significant
changes.
I've
just
heard
through
the
grapevine
that
there
are
some
changes
that
people
are
concerned
about.
K
So
we
employ
you
to
get
this
information
out
to
your
networks
and
give
feedback.
So
if
you're
impacted
by
this
redesign,
the
t
will
listen
to
you
and
hopefully
take
that
input
seriously,
and
I
also
wanted
to
ask
jerry
if
our
tag
has
any
input
on
this
or
if
you
know
anything
about
that.
We'd
welcome
your
comments
and
that's
it
for
me.
So
I'll
open
it
up
for
questions.
A
And
jerry
has
a
question
I
see.
I
will
note
that
we've
invited
the
bus
network
read.
This
is
andrea.
Sorry,
we've
invited
the
bus
network
redesign
team
to
present
at
the
july
meeting.
So
there
may
be
time
to
ask
direct
questions
to
them.
We're
trying
to
confirm
the
details
of
that,
but
I
will
let
you
know
as
soon
as
possible.
Jerry.
K
H
Yes,
here
I
am
again
that
pesky
mute
button
anyway,
it's
jerry
and
I
could
certainly
talk
to
the
redesign
a
little
bit,
but
I
I
did
have
a
question
first
in
regards
to
a
portion
of
your
report.
Commissioner,
if
I
may,
the
when
you
mentioned
the
mayor's
office
is
looking.
Are
they
looking
at
at
everyone
on
the
board
to
reappoint
or
just
those
whose
terms
whose
terms
are
up.
K
Yeah,
it
would
be
people
who
are
on
expired
terms,
and
I
reached
out
to
everybody
a
few
months
ago
to
see
if
you
were
interested
in
continuing
on
your
service.
So
I
have
all
that
information
and
I'm
going
to
share
that
with
the
mayor.
It
is
ultimately
her
decision
who
remains
on
the
board,
but
I
certainly
brag
about
you
all
the
time,
so
I'm
sure
she'll
take
that
into
consideration.
H
Sure,
and
in
terms
of
the
bus
redesign,
there
was
a
presentation
actually
that
the
that
the
rtag
executive
board,
which
which
I'm
on
was,
was
a
part
of
yet
yesterday
to
hear
from
the
bus
redesign
folks
and
I'm
glad
that
they've
been
invited
to
to
next
month's
meeting,
because
there
is
a
lot
of
information,
a
lot
of
slides
they
present.
You
know
on
the
on
the
the
proposed
redesign
and
also
on
their
website
on
the
bus
redesign
website.
You
can
plug
in
your
route
that
you
take
now.
H
If
you
take
a
take
a
specific
route
and
see
you
know
what
the
changes,
what
the
changes
would
be,
so
it
can
be
quite
interactive
as
well,
and
it
may
be
a
good
idea,
andrea
if,
if
the,
if
the
board
submitted,
maybe
some
questions
or
some
different
routes,
that
they
we
want,
the
we
want
the
folks
to
to
you
know
speak
to
directly
at
next
month's
meeting.
I
think
that
would
that
would
be
helpful
and
would
help
move
that
that
presentation
along.
J
And
this
is
wes.
Okay,
barry
was
just
waiting
for
jerry
okay,
so
I
realized
that
I
skipped
something
on
the
agenda
I
jumped
to
the
commissioner's
report,
but
what
I
was
supposed
to
do
was
the
member
spotlight,
so
I
will
go
ahead
and
do
that
now
and
we
are
spotlighting
jerry
tonight.
H
Okay,
great
geez,
I
I
thought
I
I
thought
I
got
out
of
it.
Sorry
wes
I'll
have
to
I'll
have
to
hit
you
over
the
head
later,
but
anyway,.
H
Go
ahead,
yes,
wes
asked
me
earlier
today,
if
I'd
be
wanting
to
to
talk
about
myself,
which
I'm
not,
which
I'm
usually
not
very
hesitant
to
do
so,
I'm
happy
to
happy
to
do
that.
H
My
name
is
jerry.
Boyd
I've
been
on
the
commission
now
for
probably
about
eight
years.
I'm
a
lifelong
disability
advocate
as
a
friend
of
as
a
friend
of
mine,
who's.
Also
a
disability
advocate
often
says
once
you're
born
with
a
disability.
H
You
know
you're
kind
of
thrown
into
the
role
of
advocate
whether
you
want
to
be
be
or
not.
Most
of
my
my
career
has
been
in
you
know
the
public
sector
and
working
with
and
for
people
with
disabilities.
H
I'm
about
to
celebrate
my
my
13th
year
at
the
end
of
this
at
the
end
of
this
month
or
next
week,
actually
as
part
of
as
being
an
employee
of
the
federal
government,
I
work
for
social
security
prior
to
that
I
spent
a
couple
of
years
working
for
the
state
of
of
massachusetts
in
a
similar
capacity
to
what
I'm
doing
now
and
prior
to
that
I
worked.
H
H
I
currently
also
serve
not
only
on
on
this
advisory
board,
but
I
serve
on
the
board
of
dcil
and
the,
as
I
said
earlier,
the
rtag
executive
board.
So
besides
my
my
professional
life
working
for
people
with
disabilities,
you
know
I
you
know.
I
am
very
passionate
in
my
in
my
personal
life
around
that
as
well.
H
I
live
in
west
roxbury.
I've
lived
in
the
city
for
about
10
years,
I'll
celebrate
my
10th
anniversary
here
in
west
roxbury
on
august
in
august,
and
I
enjoy
working
with
I
enjoy
living
in
the
city
very
much.
You
know
I
find
it.
You
know
particularly
west
roxbury.
I
I
enjoy
the
green
space
very
much
I
enjoy
you
know
hanging
out
and
going
to
the
arboretum.
H
You
know
in
jp
whenever
I
can
and
whatnot
and
really
enjoy
the
city
and
enjoy
my
I've
enjoyed
my
time.
You
know
on
the
board
very
very,
very
much
trying
to
do
what
I
can
to
to
help
and
better
better
the
lives
of
folks
with
the
with
disabilities
and,
interestingly,
I
I
also
first
encountered
the
mayor.
You
know
back
when
she
was
a
city
councilor
even
before
she
was
city
council
president.
We
we
you
know,
I
first
met
her
commuting
on
on
the
bus.
H
You
know
from
you
know,
from
forest
hills
down
through
roslindale
square
and
then
down
to
west
roxbury.
So
so,
when
she
talks
about
transportation,
equity,
equity
and
making
transportation
accessible
public
transportation
accessible
to
all
she,
she
really.
She
really
means
it
and
she
really
watched
that
walk.
I
was
very,
very
impressed
that
that
she
would
and
even
equally
more
impressed
now
that
to
see
that
she
can
continues
to
commute
using
public
transportation.
H
You
know
as
mayor,
so
that's
me
in
a
nutshell.
I
I
I
have
a
high
school-aged
son.
You
know
so
it
was
very
interesting
to
hear,
hear
the
he
had
the
report
from
the
from
the
special
ed
department
of
boston,
public
schools.
He
does
not
attend
boston,
public
schools,
but
he
is
high
school-aged,
and
so
we
all
know
the
challenges
of
dealing
with.
H
You
know
teenagers
when
they're
high
school
aged-
and
I
also
have
a
girlfriend
who's
visually
impaired
and
we
share
custody
of
a
lovely
yorkie,
mr
kaplan,
who
who
drives
us
crazy
and
likes
to
let
everyone
know
that
that
it's
his
apartment
when
he
comes
to
stay
with
daddy,
that
anybody
who's
in
the
parking
lot
or
around
he
likes
to
let
him
know
you
know
you,
should
you
shouldn't
be
in
my
parking
lot?
This
is
my
my
apartment
building
in
my
my
area.
H
So
anyway,
that's
that's
kind
of
me.
In
a
nutshell,.
J
Great,
thank
you
jerry.
That
was
fascinating,
fascinating
story.
Okay,
I'm
not
gonna
ask
if
anyone
has
questions
for
jerry,
I'm
just
gonna
keep
moving
on
see
what
else
we
have
on
the
agenda.
Let's
see
here.
O
Hi
everyone.
Can
you
hear
me:
okay,
yeah,
great
hello,
everyone.
My
name
is
patricia
mendes
and
I
am
the
director
of
architectural
access
for
the
disabilities
commission.
I
have
a
brief
architectural
access
update
and
an
announcement.
A
couple
of
announcements.
The
first
one
is
a
public
engagement
opportunity.
O
It's
a
free
event
by
keolis
passenger
safety,
expo
they're
having
an
event
in
north
station,
this
thursday
june
16th
from
4
pm
to
6
pm.
This
event
allows
all
partners
with
a
vested
interest
in
safety
to
come
together
and
highlight
their
organizations,
visions
and
values
and
provide
information
surrounding
programs.
We
invite
you
to
participate.
This
is
an
in-person
event.
They
had
two
events,
the
first
one
was
on
tuesday
and
the
second
one
is
this
thursday
june
16th.
O
The
second
one
just
to
let
you
know
that
our
staff
participated
in
a
site
visit
in
the
fenway,
the
street
they're
having
some
accessibility
work,
curb
ramps,
reconstruction
in
peterborough
street
jersey,
street
van
ness
street.
Our
staff
met
with
the
contractor
and
with
public
works
staff
to
review
our
accessibility
expectation,
especially
regarding
the
temporary
accessible
routes
around
the
construction
around
the
street
and
the
sidewalks
and
the
ramps
and
the
the
barriers
that
need
to
be
detectable.
O
We
also
discussed
temper
the
temporary
accessible
parking
and
the
signs
during
red
sox
game
in
the
fenway
area.
O
O
Next,
we
are
planning
our
commission
is
planning
to
host.
The
second
part
of
the
camp
training
camp
is
community
access,
monitor
training
we
had
one
a
few
months
ago
and
now
we're
planning
the
second
part
for
the
month
of
august,
and
I
will
be
reaching
out
to
our
board
members
that
took
the
beginner
training
because
now
they're
eligible
to
take
the
advanced
training.
So
we're
very
excited
about
that.
I
will
be
following
up
by
email.
O
Next,
we
continue
to
work
on
our
temporary
outdoor
dining
program.
If
you
go
out
to
any
of
the
fabulous
restaurants
that
are
setting
up
their
outdoor
dining,
you
will
be
able
to
see
our
blue
signs
that
say
that
they
are
temporary
portable
ramps
available
per
your
request.
O
Oh
the
last
one
to
let
you
know
that
I
presented
at
a
boston,
transportation
department
public
meeting
last
month,
and
this
is
a
series
of
public
meetings
that
transportation
the
department
of
transportation
has,
and
this
one
was
regarding
the
cummins
highway
reconstruction.
O
O
So
that
was
a
fun
experience
and
the
next
meeting
the
arts
commission
are
going
to
be
talking
about
what
they
do
and
their
involvement
in
the
cummings
highway
reconstruction
project,
and
that
meeting
is
on
tuesday
june
21st
and
again
it's
a
public
meeting
everybody's
weight,
welcome
at
it's
own
zone
and
that's
it
for
me
and
I'll
be
answering
any
questions.
O
B
Thank
you
so
much
patricia
any
questions
for
patricia
jerry
go
ahead.
H
Ahead
there
I
go
again.
I
it's
on
google
meets
it's
where
the
mute
button
that
shows
up
in
my
computer.
It's
I'm
not
used
to
that
anyway.
Sorry
about
that,
but
patricia
during
I
forgot
to
mention
during
my
my
little
spiel.
Did
the
transportation
department
did
view
a
video
at
that
at
that
coming
saturday
meeting.
H
Okay,
sure,
just
to
let
everybody
know,
the
transportation
department
outreach
to
me
through
the
commission
through
through
andrea
and
the
commissioner's
office,
and
I
was
able
to
film
a
little
little
video
using
different,
highlighting
different
accessibility
improvements
that
the
transportation
department
is
doing
throughout
the
city,
and
it
was
quite
a
fun
experience.
So
it
would
be
good
if
everybody
got
a
chance
to
see
that
see
that
so.
A
B
Yes,
absolutely
thank
you
so
much
patricia
and
I
do
want
to
let
everyone
know
that
I
have
one
thing
on
the
agenda
under
old
business
to
talk
about
the
outdoor
dining
program.
B
So
it
would
be
great.
You
know
to
to
hear
what
you
had
to
say
and
I'll
bring
that
up
during
old
business.
Any
questions
for
patricia
before
I
move
on.
K
I
just
like
to
add
one
other
thing
on
the
note
that
jerry
mentioned
about
his
video.
We
are
also
looking
for
people
to
get
involved
in
our
outreach
campaign
about
cyclists
and
people
with
disabilities.
Anyone
who
wants
to
be
in
a
video
or
pose
for
a
picture
we'll
be
looking
for
that,
so
I
will
be
reaching
out
to
you
to
let
you
know.
B
P
B
All
right
so
she's,
fine
I'll,
show
her.
You
know
the
next
meeting.
That's
fine!
I
didn't
really
want
to
make
it
public,
but
now
she's
here
so
okay.
Moving
on
now
we
have
announcements,
any
announcements
from
anyone.
B
I
know
that
andrea
mentioned
last
month
that
I
brought
up
the
new
business
of
writing
a
letter
to
outline
the
priorities
for
a
permanent
program
regarding
outdoor
dining
and
john
romano
gave
the
presentation
back
in
april
about
it
and
said
that
this
is
the
last
year
for
the
temporary
program
for
outdoor
dining.
I
know
that
there
were
several
concerns
and
issues
raised
regarding
this
program,
so
I
was
wondering
if
we
could
maybe
streamline
the
listing
of
what
we
would
like
to
see
if
outdoor
dining
became
permanent.
B
For
example,
I
saw
obviously
I
live
in
the
north
end,
so
I
saw
at
least
two
different
restaurants
in
the
north
end.
Perhaps
there
are
others,
but
the
one
restaurant,
maybe
I
shouldn't
name
it
or
maybe
I
should
keep
the
name
private,
but
they
built
a
really
nice
ground
patio,
even
with
the
sidewalk,
to
make
it
easier
for
people
to
you
know
access
it
for
pedestrians
if
they
want
to
walk
over
or
anyone
who
uses
a
wheelchair.
B
So
there's
another
similar.
That's
a
patio
as
well
really
a
platform
that
another
restaurant
built,
but
it
is
a
little
bit
raised
from
the
sidewalk.
So
those
are
just
two
examples
of
how
we
can
streamline
our
listing
for
what
we
want
to
see
as
standards
for
restaurants.
If
that
program
became
permanent,
does
anyone
have
any
suggestions
that
they
would
like
to
add
any
ideas
that
we
want
to
include
in
the
letter
again-
and
this
is
all
for
if
outdoor
dining
became
permanent.
B
Sorry
it's
a
little
bit
choppy.
Do
you
mind
just
repeating
the
question.
C
The
thing
upward.
B
You
mind
repeating
what
what
which
restaurant
that
is.
A
This
is
andrea
thanks
for
letting
us
know
we,
we
love
to
be
able
to
point
out
the
really
successful
examples,
in
addition
to
the
maybe
less
than
ideal
conditions,
we'll
call
them
so
I'll
have
to
look
at
that
one
and
maybe
go
patronize
them.
B
Awesome:
okay,
thank
you!
So
much
olivia!
For
that
carl
and
elizabeth.
You
go
ahead
so
carl
first
and
then
elizabeth.
F
K
So
hi
it's,
commissioner
mikash.
I
can
answer
that
the
city
is
planning
to
make
outdoor
dining
permanent.
It's
a
very
intense
prospect
because
there's
so
much
to
it.
It
involves
multiple
city
departments
who
meet
weekly,
trying
to
plan
the
new
outdoor
dining
regulations.
So
it's
our
office,
it's
btd!
It's
public
works.
K
A
A
And
this
is
andrea.
I
know
commissioner
said
she
wants
to
turn
into
patricia,
but
I'll
just
add
that
outdoor
dining
did
exist
before
the
pandemic,
in
terms
of
particularly
like
private,
patios
and
sidewalks.
The
on
street
is
really
the
newest
portion
of
this
program,
but
we've
gone
from
what
a
dozen
folks
on
on
boylston
street
that
have
room
for
a
private
patio
to
500
restaurants
being
interested
in
it.
A
This
is
andrea.
Yes,
there
will
be
a
community
process
sort
of
writ
large
that
john
romano's
staff
will
be
running,
but
we
definitely
want
to
make
sure
that
the
disability
perspective
is
a
part
of
that
process,
so
you're
sort
of
ahead
of
the
head
of
the
game
by
thinking
about
writing
it
all
out.
B
Yes,
absolutely
thank
you
so
much,
and
I
just
want
to
add,
because
right
now,
the
temporary
program
that
we
have,
we
can
gather
ideas
during
this
program,
so
we
can
have
something
ready
for
next
year
if
it
becomes
permanent.
It's
really
important
to
think
ahead
and
not
wait
until
next
year
to
start
gathering
our
thoughts.
So,
okay,
thank
you.
I
see
elizabeth
as
well
has
your
hand
up
so
go
ahead.
Elizabeth.
G
Yes,
thank
you.
I
guess
this
is
elizabeth
gene
crower,
my
I
haven't
had
personal
experience
with
certain
restaurants
to
know
myself
that
this
was
a
wheelchair
issue,
but
I
believe
in
a
couple
of
months
ago,
when
michael
newey
presented
from
bcil
that
he
had
noted
that
there
were
some
restaurants,
where
it
wasn't
an
issue
of
a
wheelchair
accessing
the
outdoor,
dining,
the
ramps
or
whatever.
G
But
there
was
an
issue
with
the
table
heights
with
either
having
tables
be
high
enough
to
accommodate
someone's
legs
under
them
or
if
they
were
high
top
tables.
Not
all
wheelchairs
are
capable
of
elevating,
and
so
I
think
that
that
is
one
issue
that
comes
to
mind.
G
That
would
be
important
for
that
part
of
the
community
to
have
restaurants,
have
the
appropriate
language
and
requirements
that
it's
not
just
a
matter
of
physically
accessing
it,
but
the
people
need
some
reasonable
amount
of
maneuverability
or
you
know,
ability
to
participate
and
enjoy
the
experience
as
far
as
fables.
Thank
you.
K
The
ramp
to
go
from
the
sidewalk
to
the
street
is
a
requirement,
and
it's
also
a
requirement
to
post
a
sign
that
a
ramp
is
available
upon
request.
Looking
at
the
permanent
outdoor
dining,
we
will
still
be
emphasizing
those
things
again,
ensuring
that
there's
a
path
of
travel
in
the
outdoor
dining
ensuring
that
there
are
accessible
tables,
in
fact,
there's
a
place
on
the
application
where
they
have
to
mark
off
that
they
have
an
accessible
table
and
our
staff
reviews
all
of
those.
K
F
O
A
This
is
andrea,
I'll,
say:
that's
why
we
haven't
allowed
what
are
called
stanchions,
those
like
poles
with
the
the
retractable
cords
that
you
might
see
at
an
airport
correct,
so
we
give
examples
of
like
planters
or
fences
or
anything
that
has
a
continuous
line
that
a
cane
could
detect
but
yeah,
throw
that
in
the
litter
too
right.
A
That's
that's
what
we
are
doing
here,
I'm
taking
notes,
so
I
can
put
together
sort
of
a
draft
list
of
a
bullet
points
for
you
all
to
start
with,
but
definitely
want
to
kick
it
too.
All
for
any
and
all
ideas.
F
B
Yes,
this
is
wes.
Thank
you
so
much.
I
want
to
add
one
thing
as
well.
I
did
notice
that
some,
not
all,
but
some
restaurants
have
a
outside
button,
maybe
with
like
a
wheelchair
button
that
you
could
push
outside
and
again,
that's
always
outside
the
restaurant
to
help
with
accessing
the
restaurant.
B
I
don't
know
if
that
button
is
helpful
for
outside
dining
or
maybe
there's
other
ideas,
because
restaurants
have
that
option
already
for
people
with
disabilities
to
enter
the
premises,
but
maybe
there
are
other
options
for
outdoor
dining
that
could
make
it
more
accessible
to
people
with
wheelchairs
in
that
type
of
way.
That
was
just
one
of
the
things
that
I
was
thinking
about.
B
So
I
guess
this
is
going
to
be
an
ongoing
discussion
that
we
have.
We
can
continue
talking
about
it
at
perhaps
the
next
meeting.
I
know
it's
early
at
this
point
to
be
thinking
so
thinking
ahead
is
important,
but
maybe
there
will
be
more
suggestions
at
next
month's
meeting.
So
just
keep
this
in
mind
and
I
just
want
to
clarify
who
will
take
the
lead
on
writing
this.
At
least
the
draft
of
the
letter.
A
And
I'm
looking
at
all
of
you,
I
mean
we
are
taking
notes
for
the
meeting
minutes
and
the
open
meeting
law.
So
I'm
happy
to
get
the
notes
from
this
conversation
out
to
everyone
sooner
than
three
days
before
our
next
meeting,
so
that
someone
else
can,
you
know,
add
to
it
maybe
make
it
a
google
document.
So
a
group
of
folks
can
add
to
it.
This.
F
Is
carl,
if,
if
andrea's
willing
to
put
together
a
bullet
point
of
what
was
discussed,
I
can
flush
them
out.
K
I
will
add
that
I
think
it
will
have
a
lot
more
weight
if
it
really
comes
from
the
board
in
your
own
words,
so
we'd
appreciate
it.
Carl,
if
you
want
to
you,
know,
take
a
stab
at
a
first
draft
and
we
can
always
format
it
don't
worry
about
that,
but
if
you
could
write
it
coming
from
your
perspectives,
we
would
appreciate
that.
A
F
B
Okay-
and
I
do
want
to
let
everyone
know
that
we
are
nearing
the
7
30
mark,
so
I
just
want
to
see
if
jerry,
I
see
your
hand
is
up,
so
I
want
to
allow
you
to
say
something
if
you
would
like.
H
Here
we
go
unmute
it
again.
Here
we
go
yeah,
it's
a
name
cognizant
of
the
time,
but
I
just
wanted
to
offer
carl
I'd
be
happy
to
help.
You
know
with
the
letter
as
well
and
as
you
know,
I
I'm
already
good
at
bugging
you,
so
I'm
more
than
happy
to
keep
keep
on
that.
So.
B
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
jerry
and
if
there
are
any
ideas
or
suggestions,
please
feel
free
to
email
me
and
then
I
can
forward
those
to
carl
and
jerry
as
well,
for
typing
up
and
including
in
the
draft.
So
now
any
other
old
wait
announcements,
I
believe,
or
old
business.
No,
no,
sorry
old
business,
any
other
old
business.