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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 10-28-20
A
C
Great
and
welcome
everybody
to
the
october
meeting
of
on
the
disability,
commission,
advisory
board
and
now
I'll
call
the
order
and
we'll
have
introductions
of
the
adultery
board
member.
I
hear
myself
a
little
bit
on
food
walk.
I
don't
know
why,
but
anyway,
we'll
have
introductions
of
the
board
member,
and
so
if
somebody
would
like
to
get
going,
my
name
is
gary
boyd,
I'm
from
west
roxbury
and
I'm
the.
D
C
C
C
C
C
C
J
Thanks
everyone,
so
my
my
name
is
andrei
lima.
I
am
a
product
manager
on
the
city's
digital
team,
which
is
part
of
the
department
of
innovation
and
technology
and
on
the
digital
team.
We're
really
focused
on
all
of
boston's
digital
products,
so
not
so
much
the
sort
of
the
servers
and
this
it
security
stuff.
J
That's
going
on
in
the
basement
of
city
hall
and
some
other
you
know
remote
locations,
but
really
having
to
do
with
boston.gov
some
of
the
web
apps
and
mobile
apps
that
the
city
has
and,
like
I
said,
I'm
a
product
manager
and
what
that
is.
I
actually
didn't
know
what
that
was
a
year
ago,
but
a
product
manager
is
like
a
project
manager,
but
you
know
just
in
the
way
that
a
project
manager
is
focused
on
very
time-bound
projects.
J
A
product
manager
is
really
more
focused
on
a
particular
product
and
that
might
include
new
features
for
that
product.
Developing
new
features-
or
it
might
just
you
know
it
might
just
be
about
maintaining
the
usability
of
that
product,
and
so
the
product
that
I'm
focused
on
as
a
product
manager
for
the
digital
team
is
boston.gov.
The
city's
website,
and
so
about
a
year
ago,
the
digital
team-
and
this
is
actually
a
year
and
a
half
ago-
and
this
was
actually
before
I
was
on
the
team.
J
But
the
digital
team
started
working
with
a
group.
An
organization
in
boston
called
iterators
that
specializes
in
accessibility,
testing
for
websites
and
other
digital
products
like
mobile
applications,
for
example,
and
we
started
working
with
them
to
run
an
accessibility
audit
of
boston.gov
so
that
we
could
better
understand
what
potential
accessibility
limitations
users
might
be
encountering
when
trying
to
use
our
site.
And
then
you
know,
as
a
result
of
that
audit,
we
would
know
sort
of
places
where
we
could
intervene
to
improve
that
user
experience.
J
And
so
that
was
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
and
and
they
ran
that
audit
and
they
raised
a
whole
host
of
issues
with
the
website.
Breaking
them
up
into
different
categories,
such
as
keyboard,
access
in
focus,
issues
with
links
and
buttons
issues,
with
alternative
text
for
images
and
and
and
other
interactive
components
of
the
site.
J
J
So
earlier
this
earlier
this
year
at
just
about
the
time
in
the
year
where
most
of
the
city
staff
transitioned
to
working
at
home,
we
started
to
try
and
address
some
of
the
sort
of
the
first
big
chunk
of
issues
with
the
website,
which
were
keyboard
accessibility
issues.
I
didn't
know
a
lot
about
keyboard
accessibility
before
I
started
this
project,
but
I
I
learned
a
lot
about
how
how
different
people
use
keyboards
as
opposed
to
mouses,
to
to
navigate
a
website
and
boston.gov
for
folks
who
have
visited.
J
That
means
things
like
image
cards
that
will
that
will
actually
boxes
that
will
become
images
when
you
mouse
over
them
and
so
iterators
helped
us
find
all
these
places
on
our
our
website,
where
certain
interactive
elements
were
not
available
to
keyboard
users
or
instances
where
the,
for
example,
the
order
that
elements
on
a
web
page
appeared
when
tabbing
through
the
web.
The
web
page
with
a
keyboard
were
really
strange
and
not
intuitive
at
all.
J
Next
and
obviously
you
know
that's
a
not
an
ideal
user
experience
for
someone
trying
to
navigate
the
city
website
a
much
when
it
would
make
much
more
sense
for
elements
on
the
web
page
that
are
that
are
interactive
to
be
highlighted
in
a
in
a
particular
order
that
corresponds
to
sort
of
the
linear
progression
of
the
page.
From
top
to
bottom.
J
There
was
also
no
ability
to
skip
content
that
might
be
redundant
or
unnecessary
for
a
user
who
knew
exactly
what
they
wanted
to
to
access.
So
I
mean
for
folks
who
have
used
the
city
website.
You
know
that
there
is
a,
and
this
is
pretty
common
across
a
lot
of
web
platforms.
A
sort
of
left-hand
side,
hamburger,
sidebar
menu
is
what
we
call
it.
We
call
it
a
hamburger
because
it
sort
of
like
collapses,
and
sometimes
you
can
just
see
the
buns
and
other
times.
J
You
can
see
everything
that's
in
it,
but
you
know
these.
These
menus
are
only
helpful
if
you're
sort
of
not
sure
where
exactly
you
want
to
go
or
you
you're
trying
to
access
a
particular
menu.
But
if
you're
really
trying
to
find
something,
that's
on
the
page
you're
looking
for,
but
it
might
be
way
down
at
the
bottom
of
the
page.
You
don't
want
to
have
to
toggle
through
all
those
different
options
in
the
menu
just
to
get
to
the
main
content
of
the
of
the
of
the
webpage.
J
So
what
we
added
was
the
ability
to
skip
that
content
if
you're
a
keyboard
user.
So
if
you
were
to
go
to
boston.gov,
which
is
the
home
page
of
our
website-
and
you
were
to
press
the
tab
key
twice,
it
would
give
you
an
option.
It
would
open
a
little
panel
that
gives
you
an
option
to
skip
all
of
the
menu
content
and
go
right
to
the
main
content
of
the
website,
which
includes
things
like
status
alerts
for
city
services.
J
Upcoming
events
and
news,
and
so
as
a
keyboard
user
you
aren't
subjected
to
that
same
sort
of
monotony
of
tabbing.
You
know
10
or
15
times
to
get
to
the
main
content
of
the
site.
When
you
know
you
don't
really
need
to
use
anything
in
the
menu.
Another
area
that
we
that
we
tried
to
improve
was
the
actual
focus
of
the
keyboard.
J
If
you,
if
you
track
the
mouse
over
an
an
element,
that's
interactive,
usually
a
little
outline
will
appear
around
the
element
to
notify
you
that
you
are
indeed
hovering
over
the
element
and
if
you
click,
you'll
engage
it
in
some
way.
But
we
found
that
on
the
website
when
toggling,
through
with
the
keyboard,
those
focus
that
keyboard
focus
wasn't
appearing.
So
you
might
have
tabbed
your
way
to
say
a
button
that
will
open
an
event.
J
But
you
wouldn't
know
that
you
were
actually
focused
on
that
button,
because
when
you
were
tabbing
through
with
the
keyboard,
there
was
no
focus
around
that
button.
So
we
tried
in
a
lot
of
places
to
correct
that
issue
and
it's
actually
interesting.
The
way
that
we
do
this
is
is
with
something
called
a
patterns,
library
and
it
would
be
really
hard
for
us.
J
That
is
just
one
of
about
30
different
categories
of
accessibility
that
we're
going
to
be
trying
to
address
over
the
course
of
the
next
year
or
so
not
the
least
of
which
has
to
do.
You
know
with
alternative
text
and
the
way
that
audio
and
video
and
animations
appear
on
the
website.
It'll
also
include
things
like
translation,
which
is
like
another
area
of
accessibility
that
we're
really
interested
in
digging
into.
J
J
J
We
have
a
lot
more
to
do
so
if
there
are,
if
there
are,
if
there
are
places
that
that
should
be
prioritized,
we
want
to
know
so.
That's
sort
of
my
that's
sort
of
my
my
tiny
little
presentation.
I
saw
someone
mention
that
they
have
a
couple
of
questions
which
I'm
happy
to
answer.
I
don't
know
if
that
should
happen
now
or
later,
but
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions
if
there
are.
A
C
H
H
So
I
really
appreciate
you
improving
accessibility.
So
I
can't
remember
the
last
time
when
I
visited
boston.gov,
but
I
took
a
short
look
at
the
website
and
I
was
looking
for
the
search
engine
and
I
found
out
it
was
sort
of
like
there
was
a
magnifying
glass
there.
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
maybe
add,
like
a
box
or
a
bar
or
something
that
people
could
click
into
and
then
type
in,
to
make
it
more
obvious
and
easier
for
people
to
find
the
search
engine.
H
J
You're
you're
welcome
and
I'll
start
with
your
with
your
first
suggestion
about
the
search
and-
and
I'm
really
glad
you
brought
that
up,
because
the
search
function
of
boston.gov
is
one
of
the
features.
That's
on
our
what
we
call
a
roadmap
which
is
really
our
sort
of
like
one
to
two
year
plan
for
the
website.
It's
it's
on
the
roadmap
for
improvement.
J
We
definitely
know
that,
with
with
the
search
there's
there's,
there
are
a
lot
of
improvements
to
be
made
and
that's
really
great
feedback,
especially
because
you
know
I.
I
know
that
that
little
magnifying
glass
can
sometimes
be
hard
to
find
and
boston.gov
is
a
pretty
big
website.
So
a
search
function
can
be
really
helpful
to
sort
of
get
it
get
right
to
what
you
are
are
looking
for.
Your
second
question
was
about
the
number
of
users
that
are
on
the
website
daily.
J
That's
that's
in
that
sort
of
that
next
phase
and
we've
been
talking
about
sort
of
how
to
prioritize
mobile
accessibility,
along
with
some
of
the
some
of
these
other
categories,
given
that
mobile
accessibility,
sort
of
like
straddles
all
those
categories,
because
you
know
if
there
are
accessibility
issues.
Generally
speaking,
if
there
are
accessibility
issues
with
the
sort
of
desktop
computer
version
of
boston.gov,
there
will
likely
be
similar
or
the
same
issues
with
someone
trying
to
access
the
website
on
a
mobile
phone
or
other
mobile
device.
J
Some
most
of
the
most
of
the
changes
that
we've
that
we
have
made
to
actually
some
of
the
changes.
We've
made
will
actually
apply
to
the
mobile
version
of
the
website
because
there
are,
there
aren't
actually
two
websites,
there's
just
one
website,
that's
sort
of
optimized
for
experiences
on
different
size
devices
with
different
constraints,
but
we'll
definitely
take
that
comment
into
consideration.
J
It's
actually
something
that
we've
talked
about
pretty
recently
about
using
the
next
chunk
of
time
that
we
have
with
iterators
to
really
dig
into
like
optimizing
the
mobile
experience
for
all
users.
So
it's
definitely
on
our
radar,
and
I
really
appreciate
your
sort
of
validating
that
by
bringing
it
up
here.
K
I'd
like
to
second
west's
suggestion,
our
recommendation
about
with
mobile,
not
only
what
was
going
on
with
mobile,
but
actually
in
my
experience
and
mobile
versus
desktop,
which
is
mostly
the
two
interfaces
that
I'm
using
there
are
differences
even
with
certain
functions
that
will
work
well
on
a
desktop
and
not
on
a
mobile.
As
simple
as
I
was
just
at
a
virtual
conference,
there
was
a
new
different
time
zone
and
on
the
desktop
it
was
easy
to
switch
it
to
your
own
time
zone
and
on
the
mobile
app.
K
K
You
know
technical
versions
that
that
that's
helpful
to
to
be
aware
of
that.
I
was
interested
to
know.
I
appreciated
the
presentation
and
was
interested
to
know.
Can
you
give
us
a
little
more
information
on
the
the
nature
of
the
users?
You
were
meaning.
Were
you
mostly
hearing
about
feedback
from
people
with
visual
disabilities
or
bringing
an
impaired
or
what
learning
just
anyone
with
learning
disabilities.
J
J
K
I
appreciate
that
and
just
lastly,
on
the
different
issue,
absolutely
on
the
issue
of
english
as
a
second
language
that
I've
been
told
by
multiple
people,
who've
fallen
into
that
category.
That
google
translate
as
a
word
by
word,
or
something
that
in
english,
can
have
multiple
definitions
a
lot
of
times.
Google
translate,
will
it
might
be
an
innocuous
one,
but
just
make
no
sense,
but
other
times
could
even
be.
You
know
just
inappropriate
or
just
steer
someone
totally
in
in
a
wrong
direction.
J
Totally
we
we're
we're
really
trying
to
sort
of
to
what's
the
right.
What's
the
right
word,
we're
the
translation
on
a
website
is
very
complex,
particularly
if
you
want
that
translation
to
be
of
good
quality.
I
mean,
I
think,
that
there
are
a
lot
of
websites
out
there
that
use
google
translate
because
they're
looking
for
sort
of
like
a
sort
of
the
lowest
common
denominator
option
for
for
translation.
But
we
know
that
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
in
terms
of
quality
of
translation.
J
So,
instead
of
having
google
translate
sort
of
crawl,
the
website,
based
on
a
user's
request
and
using
their
translate
a
platform
to
to
to
run
that
translation,
we
would
actually
have
a
system
internally
for
translating
content
and
then
quality
control
checking
that
content
so
that
there
would
actually
be
multiple
languages,
multilingual
content
on
the
website.
That
was
unique
pages.
J
So
it
would
almost
create
for
for
really
important
content
sort
of
like
an
alternate
website
in
spanish,
for
example,
or
an
alternate
website
in
in
simplified
chinese,
and
so
that's
something
that
we're
really
we're
thinking
really
hard
about
we're
starting
trying
to
crack
that
nut
this
coming
year.
But
thank
you
for
bringing
it
up.
J
G
G
How
many
pages
did
you
audit
to
get
a
true
representation
of
the
issues
that
might
be
website-wide
and
what
standards
of
the
w3c
w
well
the
worldwide
web
consortium
wcag
standard?
Are
you
benchmarking
again?
Is
it
2.0
double
a
300?
I'm
so
do
you
know
one
comment,
so
my
two
questions
are:
how
many
pages
did
you
audit
and
which
standards?
Are
you
benchmarking
against.
J
J
We
also
had
them
look
at
a
totally
new
part
of
boston.gov
that
didn't
exist
when
we
started
the
project
with
the
new
metro
list,
which
is
a
a
search
for
affordable
housing
in
boston.
So
I'd
have
to
follow
up
with
a
full
list
of
pages,
but
I
can
tell
you
that
that
the
wcag
guidelines
that
we're
using
are
2.1.
G
J
F
Yes,
thank
you,
so
one
thank
you
for
bringing
this
up
and
for
all
the
work
that
you
do.
As
you
can
tell
it's
incredibly
important
and
I'm
wondering,
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
so
what
I've
found?
Sometimes
the
website,
both
personally
and
through
my
workplace,
is
that
you
all
do
a
great
job,
setting
up
the
website,
accessibility
and
stuff,
but
then
there's
so
many
departments
and
so
much
information
being
uploaded
to
the
website.
F
I'm
wondering
you
know
for
like
pcyf
will
sometimes
upload
some
calendars
and
that
you
know
the
swim,
the
pool
calendars
and
things
and
they're
pdfs
and
they're
not
accessible.
So
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
kind
of
what
type
of
communication
and
or
training
happens
across
all
the
city
and
department
departments
to
ensure
that
the
work
that
you
all
are
doing
kind
of
the
back
end
carries
through
to
each
department
as
then
they're
empowered
to
kind
of
upload
images,
information
and
tweak
pages
on
an
ongoing
basis.
J
Absolutely
that's
a
that's
a
really
great
question
and
it's
and
it's
something
that
we
we
think
a
lot
about
we.
So
let
me
I'll
sort
of
bite
off
a
little
piece
and
then
I'll
I'll
sort
of
use
that,
as
a
starting,
a
jumping
off
point
to
address
the
rest
of
your
question,
which
is
about
how
do
we
actually
train
departments?
And
so
we
we
in
the
past
again.
J
A
lot
of
this
has
changed
since
we
all
went
remote,
but
you
know
if
you
had
asked
me
this
question
about
a
year
ago.
I
would
tell
you
that
we
have
a
chief,
essentially
a
chief
content
officer
on
our
team,
who
does
one-on-one
trainings
with
folks
who
are
essentially
requesting
access
to
edit
the
website.
These
aren't
you
know,
I
would
say
that
the
the
that
the
requirements
for
editing
the
website
are
it's
a
pretty
low
bar.
We
don't.
J
We
don't
really
require
that
folks
take
like
a
sort
of
an
examination
to
sort
of
assess
their
skills
at
website.
Editing.
We
do
put
them
through
a
very
a
pretty
rigorous
training,
though
I
would
say
I
mean
if
anyone
if
jess
or
or
I
possibly
just
has
done
it,
but
you
know
you'll
sit
in
a
training
for
a
couple
of
hours.
But
again
you
know
we
on
the
accessibility
components
of
the
training.
J
We
we
try
our
best
to
really
to
to
emphasize
how
important
it
is
for
every
content
creator
at
the
city
of
boston
from
you
know,
the
person
who's
been
doing
it
for
years,
all
the
way
down
to
the
person
who
just
learned
how
to
edit
the
website.
Yesterday,
we
we
really
try
and
press
upon
folks
that
it's
important
to
at
least
to
to
think
about
sort
of
the
accessibility
of
the
content
that
you're
putting
up
on
boston.gov.
J
J
The
covet
19
has
thrown
a
little
bit
of
a
wrench
into
that,
because
currently,
all
of
our
training
is
a
series
of
videos.
We
haven't
quite
gotten
around
to
to
cracking
the
nut
of
how
to
administer
training
that
are
really
meaningful
and
sort
of
like
a
in
a
zoom
or
google
hangout
format,
but
we're
working
on
them.
I
will
say
with
regards
to
the
question
about
pdfs:
we
have
a
sort
of
a
goal
which
is
to
reduce
the
number
of
pdfs
on
the
website.
J
Like
we're,
we
recognize
that
a
lot
of
people
use
pdfs
in
government
work
and
occasionally
that
can
be
sort
of
unavoidable,
but
we
really
have
a
preference
for
what
we
thought.
It's
content
as
opposed
to
pdf.
So
if
there's
a
pdf
that
you're
thinking
about
putting
on
the
website,
couldn't
it
just
be
a
web
page
is
sort
of
the
questions
that
we're
asking
ourselves
and
we
ask
our
content
creators
to
consider
when
they're
putting
stuff
on
the
website.
Now
again,
that's
not
that's,
not
a
perfect
solution.
J
Folks
still
do
post
pdfs,
you
mentioned
dcyf,
I'm
sure
bcyf
is
is
one
of
the
biggest
offenders
of
posting
posting
pdfs,
but
we
we
really
do
try
and
impress
upon
folks.
Not
just
you
know
that
you
should
opt
for
content
over
pdfs
but
like
why,
right
and
and
that
question
is
you
know
because
pdfs
aren't
accessible.
J
I
know
I'm
taking
up
a
lot
of
time,
but
we
we
use
a
software
and
a
platform
called
site,
improve
which
sort
of
helps
us
detect,
broken
links
and
other
issues
on
the
website.
It
includes
a
sort
of
it
will
give
us
like
a
number.
Every
time
we
get
a
report
of
like
how
many
pdfs
are
on
the
website
and
again,
the
goal
is
to
sort
of
get
that
number
down.
I
think
not
to
delete
them
but
sort
of
to
translate
them
into
actual
content
on
an
actual
web
page.
J
F
F
The
second
one
just
the
request-
I
know
six
or
twelve
months
ago,
a
representative
from
three
one.
One
came
so
as
you're
talking
about
city
mobile
apps.
I
think
carl
and
other
folks,
actually,
those
of
us
with
vision,
loss
tested
it
during
the
during
the
meeting
not
overly
accessible,
so
there's
a
possibility,
just
as
you're
looking
at
city
apps,
just
if
311
is
not
already
on
your
list
of
reviews,
seeing
that
it's
so
commonly
used,
it'd
be
great
to
take
a
look
at
that.
J
Yeah
one
of
the
strange
things
about
311
is
it's
sort
of
like
a
cut.
We
sort
of
like
co-own
it
with
with
the
department
of
civic
engagement,
and
so
it's
been
accessibility
with
regards
to
three-on-one
is
definitely
on
our
on
our
roadmap.
It's
always
a
little
bit
more
of
a
negotiation
when
working
with
other
departments.
Boston.Gov
is
great
because
it's
our
product,
we
own
it
and
we
can
just
on
a
project
like
this.
For
example,
you
know
as
soon
as
iterators
gave
us
some
improvements
to
make
we
dive.
J
We
dove
right
right
in
we
made
the
changes,
we
deployed
them
to
the
production
site
and
now
they're
up,
and
so
I
think
it
gives
us
a
little
bit
more.
It
gives
us
a
little
bit
more
leeway
when
we
own
the
product,
but
I
I
I
I
totally
understand
that
you
know
311
is
definitely
one
of
those
digital
products
at
the
city.
That's
really
really
heavily
used
by
residents.
So
it's
it's.
Definitely
it's
definitely
high
priority
for
us.
L
Thanks
jerry
thanks
andre,
so
much
for
your
presentation,
it
was
really
insightful
and
helpful.
Just
two
really
quick
comments.
First
of
all,
I
wanted
to
thank
you
very
much
for
paying
attention
to
the
keyboard,
because
I'm
one
of
those
users
who
always
uses
the
keyboard
instead
of
the
mouse.
I
love
sticky,
keys
and
toggle
keys
and
all
the
shortcuts
I
can
find.
So
I
really
appreciate
that
and
I'm
interested
to
go
back
on
now
and
try
it
with
all
the
things
that
you
mentioned
and
then.
L
Secondly,
I
just
want
to
let
the
board
members
know
that
we've
worked
with
iterators
in
the
past,
it's
a
local
company
and
they
hire
a
lot
of
people
with
disabilities.
People
who
are
on
the
autism
spectrum
and
people
who
have
some
of
the
qualities
that
you
would
look
for
when
testing
a
website.
So
we're
really
glad
that
do
it
works
closely
with
them
and
they're
a
great
organization
locally
run,
and
we
know
them
well
so
kudos
for
using
that
organization.
J
Absolutely
no
problem.
I
have
a
few
questions
that
I'm
going
to
follow
up
on
that
I
didn't
have
answers
for,
and
I
just
before
I
go.
I
just
wanted
to
to
to
just
reiterate
one
more
time
that
if
you,
if
you
have
feedback
about
the
website,
you
know
please
let
jess
know
when
she
can
get
in
contact
with
me
or
send
an
email
to
feedback
boston.gov.
J
You
know
one
thing:
that's
really
nice
about
about
the
digital
team
and
working
on
the
website
is
that
you
know
if
someone
emails
about
a
very,
very
specific
problem
like
let's
say
that,
there's
an
element
on
the
website,
that's
not
keyboard
accessible,
that
we
might
have
missed
and
you
shoot
jess
an
email
and
let
her
know
it's
possible
that
I
could
have
that
problem
fixed
by
the
next
the
next
business
day.
The
next
week
I
mean
it's
a
very
quick
turnaround
process
because
we're
really
hands-on
with
the
website.
So
I
really
really.
J
I
would
you
know,
encourage
folks
you
know
to
to
to
if
you
see
a
particular
issue,
that's
giving
you
trouble
to
to
to
let
just
know
and
and
like
I
said,
we've
got
a
lot
more
on
our
plate,
so
if
there
are
particular
areas
that
you
think
are
important
to
to
to
address
next,
that
would
be
really
helpful
for
us.
So
thank
you.
J
Yeah
no
problem,
I
will
follow
up
with
jess
for
the
answers
to
those
questions
and
we
also
wrote
a
blog
post
on
boston.gov
and
a
medium
article.
That
sort
of
has
a
summary
of
the
work
that
we've
done
so
far.
So
if
folks
are
interested
in
reading
that
I'll
send
that
justice
way
as
well
and
and
she
can
share
with
the
group.
C
M
Great,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
share
the
screen.
This
is
a
presentation
that
I
think
that
we
shared
with
this
group
in
advance,
but
katie,
and
I
have
a
deck
that
we
like
going
through
to
share
information
about
the
city's
postmor
eviction
moratorium
plan
and
the
financial
assistance
component,
the
rental
relief
bond-
that
is
a
part
of
it,
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
make
this
larger.
N
N
We
were
created
within
the
mayor's
housing
2030
plan
and
we
have
been
pretty
busy
pre-covered
and
during
covid,
we've
been
extremely
busy,
so
we're
excited
to
talk
to
you
about
what's
going
on
with
our
office,
now
that
the
eviction
moratorium
has
lifted
talk
about
some
of
our
ideas
and
our
plan
that
have
been
put
into
action.
So
I'm
going
to
go
through
some
of
those
items
with
you
tonight.
N
Just
to
summarize
our
plan,
it's
a
three-point
plan
I'll
go
through
the
first
couple
of
steps
and
then
taylor
will
take
it
over
when
we
get
to
the
financial
part
of
it.
So
we
have
a
communications
part
of
it
legal
assistance
and
then
financial
assistance
is
how
we're
working
on
addressing
the
eviction
crisis
or
the
eviction.
Now
the
eviction
moratorium
has
been
lifted
so
initially
and
I'll
go
through
some
of
these
items
as
well
before
the
moratorium
lifted.
N
N
If
you
need
issues,
if
you
have
an
issue
paying
rent
if
you're
having
problems
with
your
landlord,
if
you
need
shelter
tonight
or
if
you
have
a
housing
search
question,
so
those
are
the
main
things
that
our
department
is
receives
calls
about.
We
have
a
hotline,
we
receive
hundreds
of
calls
a
week
and
those
were
the
number
one
issues
that
we
received
calls
on,
so
we
decided
to
break
down
our
website
in
that
way.
N
We,
the
city
council
last
week,
passed
the
mayor's
housing
stability
notification
act
which
I'll
talk
about.
We
also
have
a
landlord
pledge.
We've
added
a
couple:
greater
boston,
legal
service,
attorneys
to
our
one
of
our
contracts
for
eviction,
defense
and
we've
expanded
our
housing
court
navigator
program
and
we're
also
going
to
host
virtual
legal
clinics
for
eviction
defense.
N
N
N
The
letter
is
called
a
notes
to
quit.
It's
not
the
same
thing
as
an
eviction
order
and
only
a
judge
can
evict
you,
and
then
there
was
a
qr
code
for
folks
to
take
a
picture
with
their
phone,
which
would
lead
them
to
a
website
that
again
was
in
multiple
languages,
explaining
tenant
rights,
a
list
of
resources
and
also
pointing
them
to
just
you
know,
step-by-step
process
of
what
they
should
do
should
they
choose
to
if
they
wanted
to
prevent.
N
If
they
didn't
want
to
leave
their
house,
I
don't
want
to
go
to
the
next
one.
So
we
sent
this
mailer
out
to
46
000
households
in
chinatown
part
of
door
check
where
east
boston,
mattapan
mission
hill
roxbury.
In
the
south
end,
we
were
able
to
use
bpd
overtime
funds
to
pay
for
this
mailer.
We
did
a
lot
of
research
on
where
these
mailers
would
go.
What
we
did
was
we
looked
at
unemployment
filings.
N
We
looked
at
code,
positive
rates
at
the
time
when
this
miller
went
out,
which
was
the
first
week
of
october.
We
also
looked
at
our
eviction
prevention,
fat
task
force
that
had
convened
at
the
beginning
or
at
the
end
of
2019,
issued
a
report.
So
we
looked
where
previous
evictions
had
been
filed
and
we,
when
we
layered
all
that
together,
this
were
these
were
the
neighborhoods
that
we
felt
were
at
the
highest
risk
of
eviction.
N
The
housing
stability
notification
act
again
passed
unanimously
by
city
council
last
week.
The
mayor
introduced
it
the
first
week
of
october
and
then
within
two
weeks
it
was
passed.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that.
It
is
yet
to
be
signed
into
law.
We
are
finalizing
the
documents,
but
what
this
act
does
is
it
requires
your
landlord
whenever
they
are
serving
you
with
a
notice
to
quit,
which
is
the
first
step
of
an
eviction
process
or
a
notice
of
non-renewal
of
lease.
N
To
give
you
a
list
that
our
office
will
draft
and
that's
drafted,
is
being
reviewed,
resort
of
financial
resources
and
legal
resources
available
to
tenants,
as
well
as
a
list
of
basic
rights
for
tenants,
so
again,
very
excited
this
past.
We
think
it's
essential
for
tenants
to
have
this
information
and
access
to
resources.
N
N
So
what
we
did
was
our
chief
of
housing,
sheila
dillon
was
able
to
get
a
little
over
30
large
landlords,
which
doesn't
sound
like
a
lot.
But
that's
actually,
tens
of
thousands
of
units
that
are
managed
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
to
agree
to
abide
by
the
cdc
moratorium
engage
with
their
tenants
in
working
on
a
repayment
plan
for
back
rent
accepting
rental
assistance
from
the
state's
rental
relief
fund,
as
well
as
the
cities,
including
cooperating
with
the
document
process.
N
N
N
N
So
for
legal
assistance,
again,
we've
added
two
greater
boston
legal
service,
attorneys
to
our
contract
that
we
have
with
one
of
our
home,
one
of
our
nonprofit
partners.
Homestart.
We
were
able
to
use
bp
overtime
funds
to
pay
for
this,
and
we
predict
that
this
will
help
us
prevent
another
215
evictions.
Each
year,
we've
also
expanded
our
housing
court
navigator
program,
which
we
piloted
last
year
and
was
very
successful.
It
used
to
have
a
housing
court
navigator,
sit
in
the
courthouse
on
new
jordan
street,
but
now
in
the
covid
world.
N
N
So
they
can
either
pay
back
rent
or
be
connected
with
resources
that
will
help
them
pay
first
class
and
security
to
move
somewhere
else.
Should
they
choose
to
do
so.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that
program
that
it's
expanded
and
then
again
we're
also
going
to
host
eviction,
defense
clinics
and
now
I'm
going
to
pass
over
my
colleague
taylor,
to
talk
about
the
rental
relief
fund.
M
Sorry
that
I
advanced
that
slide,
it's
all
right.
I
knew
I
knew
what
it
said,
but
as
katie
mentioned,
in
addition
to
the
work
that
we're
doing
around
ensuring
that
tenants
have
access
to
information
about
resources
available
at
this
time,
their
rights
and
legal
assistance.
We
recognize
that
an
important
component
of
our
post-eviction
moratorium
plan
is
around
financial
assistance,
and
so
this
is
where
the
rental
relief
fund
comes
in,
so
the
rental
relief
fund
reopened
for
new
applications.
M
This
past
monday,
sorry
monday
of
the
prior
week
on
october
19th,
the
applications
will
be
accepted
on
a
ruling
basis
until
funds
are
exhausted.
So
what
the
rental
relief
fund
does
is
it
provides
rental
assistance
to
households
who
are
experiencing
difficulty
paying
their
rent
as
a
result
of
covet
19.
M
It
pays
up
to
four
thousand
dollars
in
rental
assistance
that
can
be
used
for
overdue
or
past
due
rent
or
future
rent,
and
these
rental
payments
are
being
sent
directly
to
landlords
and
property
managers
on
behalf
of
tenants,
and
these
applications
are
being
processed
by
three
partner
agencies
that
we're
working
with
for
this
particular
fund
in
terms
of
who's
eligible
to
receive
rental
assistance.
Applicants
for
the
rental
relief
fund
must
be
residents
and
rent
a
unit
in
the
city
of
boston,
either
on
or
before
march.
M
M
So,
applicants
complete
that
application
forms
they're
going
to
be
sharing
information
about
their
household,
their
sources
of
income,
also
providing
contact
information
for
their
landlord
or
property
manager.
We're
also
asking
applicants
to
upload
two
types
of
attachments:
one
is
photo
documentation
for
their
head
of
household
and
the
second
piece
is
a
signed
copy
of
a
lease
or
tenant
agreement
for
households
or
for
renters
that
don't
have
a
copy
or
don't
have
a
lease
agreement
in
place.
M
So
after
an
applicant
completes
that
online
form
we'll
do
an
initial
check
for
eligibility
and
all
applicants
will
automatically
receive
an
email
either
explaining
the
reasons
for
their
ineligibility.
So
if
folks
are
not
a
renter
in
the
city
of
boston,
they
state
that
they're
a
full-time
student.
If
they
receive
a
project-based
or
mobile
housing
voucher,
they
will
automatically
get
an
email
explaining
their
ineligibility
and
be
given
the
opportunity
to
appeal
that
decision.
M
If
they
believe
they've
received
that
message
and
error
and
then
folks
who
meet
the
initial
eligibility
requirements
will
also
receive
a
automatically
generated
email
with
a
confirmation
message
sheeting
that
their
application
has
been
submitted
and
reminding
them
to
pass
along
any
of
the
attachments
that
were
not
included
as
part
of
their
application
from
there.
We
review
applications
for
completeness
before
passing
them
over
to
the
three
partner
agencies
that
we're
working
with,
which
are
metro,
housing,
boston
project,
hope
in
the
neighborhood
of
affordable
housing.
M
You
know
so
our
partner
agencies
are
reviewing
those
completed
application,
packets.
They
are
reaching
out
to
landlords
and
property
managers
to
request
additional
documentation,
specifically
a
w-9
proof
of
ownership,
and
then
all
landlords
and
property
managers
that
receive
rental
assistance
through
the
rental
relief
fund
have
to
sign
an
owner
contract
where
they
commit
to
working
with
our
office
of
housing
stability.
M
In
addition
to
having
a
link
to
the
online
application
form
on
the
webpage,
we've
also
put
together
some
commonly
asked
questions
documents
that
are
both
for
tenants
as
well
as
landlords
and
property
managers.
We
have
a
one
pager
on
the
rental
refund
the
template
for
the
tenant
agreement
that
I
mentioned,
and
then
a
template
for
the
owner
contract,
which
is
also
available
on
our
webpage.
M
M
That's
available
in
11
different
languages
would
love
additional
support
in
promoting
the
landlord
pledge
and
then
we're
also
hosting
information
and
application
sessions
for
community
organizations
and
who
are
hoping
to
connect
with
the
communities
that
they
work
with
to
ensure
that
they
have
access
to
this
resource,
and
I
think
that's
all.
We've
got.
C
Hi
taylor,
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
and
your
your
office
is
really
really
doing
great
work
to
help
resident
the
residents
of
boston.
You
know
at
this
time
you
just
said
that
you
just
this
is
jerry
by
the
way
you
just
said
that
you
were
hosting
community
events
or
or
working
with
community
organizations.
C
M
Yes,
so
kind
of
there
are
multiple
kind
of
points
of
entry
for
folks,
so
we
have
a
link
to
a
sign
up
form
that
community
groups
can
use
if
they're
interested
in
either
hosting
an
information
session
or
would
like
to
receive
additional
materials
about
the
rent
relief
fund
so
can
share
that
form
with
jess
who
can
circulate
it
with
with
this
particular
group
and
then
directing
folks
to
the
rental
relief
fund
webpage,
as
well
as
the
office
of
housing.
Stabilities
webpage
is
really
kind
of
a
one-stop
shop
for
all
of
the
work.
C
E
Yes,
hello,
good
evening
to
taylor
and
catherine.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation
and
my
name
is
ducia
again
and
first
of
all,
I
want
to
pick
you
back
on
what
jerry
said.
It's
such
a
great,
it's
an
amazing
project
that
you
both
are
doing,
and
I
think
that
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
communities
that
could
definitely
benefit
from
this,
and
I
I
had
a
few
questions
regard
I
should.
I
had
two
questions.
E
C
N
E
Okay,
perfect
and
the
other
question
I
have.
I
see
that
you
have
a
lot
of
information
that
you
can
like
use
for
application
process
for
anybody
who
uses
ipad
or
iphone
or
laptop
or
computer,
and
that's
fantastic.
I
I
really
appreciate
that,
because
I
know
there
are
many
people
who,
if
they
can
just
like,
like
type
their
name
on
application
and
just
mail
and
just
email
it
and
then
it's
all
set.
E
However,
I'm
wondering
what,
if
there's
a
issue
like,
I
don't
know,
maybe
language
barrier
or
any
kind
of
other
problem,
and
I
know
there
are
some
organizations
where
the
person
who
is
like
an
employee
of
the
organization-
and
they
say:
okay,
I'm
gonna
say
this
like
there's
gonna,
be
a
recording.
You
just
say
yes
or
I
agree,
and
I'm
just
going
to
push
a
button
or
something
and
that's
going
to
be
like
our
official
agreement
for
for
work.
So
I
mean
something
like
that:
do
you
have
that
option
as
well?
M
M
We've
also
increased
our
staffing
capacity
for
the
ohs
call
center
and
also
enlisting
city
volunteers,
to
help
folks
complete
the
application
via
phone,
because
we
know
that
not
everyone
has
access
to
the
technology
that
they
actually
complete
the
application
form.
So
we
can
collect
most
of
the
information
via
phone,
but
we
often
have
to
ask
folks
to
send
us
email,
additional
information
via
email
as
well.
N
Thank
you
and
our
volunteers
and
our
staff,
our
ohs
hotline
staff.
They
have
access
to
the
city's
language
line,
which
has
interpreters
beyond
11
languages
where
our
applications
are
in.
So
we
are.
We
are
really
lucky
to
be
able
to
use
that
as
a
resource
and
we
we
often
do
use
it
as
a
resource.
So
we
there's
no,
hopefully,
communication
barrier
on
our
end.
I
M
So
we
are
attempting
to
fulfill
the
needs
of
households
who
don't
have
the
capacity
or
the
ability
to
recertify
their
income
so
for
project
and
mobile
based
vouchers.
If
folks
have
experienced
a
loss
of
income
or
have
no
income
can
recertify
the
amount
of
rent
that
they're
paying
to
reflect
that
loss
of
income.
C
C
C
Well,
thank
you
both
for
for
your
great
work
that
you're
doing
katie
and
taylor
and
again,
please
forward
that
information
to
jessica,
about
how
community
organizations
can
get
in
touch
and,
and
I'm
sure
that
you
know,
through
our
networks,
we'll
we'll
get
some
some
individuals
and
or
organizations
in
touch
with
you.
So
thank
you.
C
Next
on
the
agenda
is
my
report
and
I'll
make
this
very
brief,
as
I
try
to
every
meeting,
but
as
I've
been
saying,
probably
since
the
beginning
of
the
summer
vote
vote
vote
vote
early
voting
concludes
at
the
at
the
end
of
of
this
week.
So
please
vote
early.
If
you
can
mail
your
mail-in
ballots,
if
you
have
those
make
sure
you
get
those
into
in
the
mail,
you
know
as
quickly
as
you
can
so
that
they
can
be
postmarked
by
election
day
so
that
they
can
be
counted.
C
You
know,
I
know
some
different
organizations
have
sent
out
some
accessibility
information
about.
You
know
mail-in
voting,
you
know
I.
I
don't
have
the
information
right
off
right
available
to
me,
but
maybe
the
commissioner
or
jessica
does
you
know
and
that
deadline
may
have
passed
at
this
point,
but
I
know
that
you
know
the
state
has
done
done:
work
along
with
the
disability
law,
center
bcil
and
some
other
organizations
on
making
the
mail
and
voting
more
accessible
to
folks
with
disabilities.
C
I
know
that
bcio
will
be
having
their
annual
meeting.
It
will
be
a
zoom
meeting
this
year.
It
will
be
during
the
day
at
two
o'clock
on
november
18th,
so
visit
their
website
at
bostoncil.org
for
more
information
and
the
next.
Our
tag
general
meeting
will
be
coming
up
actually,
the
next
day
on
the
ninth
on
the
19th
at
also
at
2
2
p.m.
You
can
go
to
the
mbta's
website
to
get
more
information
about
how
to
how
to
join
the
zoom
link.
For
that.
C
Fair
trip,
so
they're
going
to
the
t,
is
going
to
propose
propose
their
upcoming
changes
to
the
fiscal
management
control
board
of
the
t
on
november
9th
at
noon.
So
please,
if
transportation
is
an
important,
is
something
that's
near
and
dear
to
your
heart.
Please
feel
free
to
to
join
that
to
join
that
meeting
and
participate
in
the
public
comment
section
of
the
meeting,
which
usually
is
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
and
and
have
your
voice
heard.
I
know
there
will
be
once
the
plans
are
released.
C
There
will
be
other
community
forums
throughout
the
month
of
november.
So
you
know
if
I,
if
I
get
information
I
could.
I
could
certainly
share
that
with
with
the
commissioner
and
the
staff
and
the
rest
of
the
and
the
rest
of
the
of
the
board
members
as
well,
but
again
just
to
wrap
up.
I
can't
emphasize
this
enough
vote
vote
vote
as
if
your
life
depends
on
it
because
it
does,
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
the
commissioner
for
her
report.
G
If
I
heard
you
correctly,
let's
say
a
particular
bus
route
and
it
doesn't
matter
what
bus
was
eliminated,
normally
you
have
to
live
in
under
the
ada
guidelines.
You
have
to
live
in
three
quarters
of
a
mile
of
a
fixed
stop,
but
if
a
bus
route
gets
eliminated,
they're
not
going
to
eliminate
the
ride
that
area
they'll
just
turn
it
into
a
premium
ride
which
doesn't
have
the
same
restrictions
at
three
quarters
of
a
mile,
but
you'll
still
be
able
to
do
it
you'll,
just
instead
of
paying
three
dollars
and
fifteen
cents.
C
Right,
that's
that's
the
understanding.
As
of
now
again,
the
the
actual
proposals
will
be
released
at
the
at
that
november.
Ninth
meeting,
but
that's
that's
my
understanding
at
this
point.
The
only
way
that
the
only
way
that
actual
ride
service
would
would
change
is
if
the
t
is
if
the
chi
changes
their
hours
of
operation
which
which,
which
is
also,
I
believe,
on
the
table,
for
example,
if
if
the
t
stops
running
at
at
midnight
as
opposed
to
12
30,
then
obviously
the
ride
would
stop
at
midnight
as
well.
L
All
right
thanks
jerry,
so
I
will
jump
right
in
to
follow
up
on
your
your
remarks
about
voting.
I
will
reiterate
that
the
election
is
next
tuesday
november.
4Th
early
voting
goes
through
the
end
of
this
week.
It's
at
city
hall
through
friday.
So
if
you
haven't
voted
yet,
and
you
want
to
vote
early,
please
make
use
of
that
option
before
friday.
C
C
L
L
That
being
said,
I
do
realize
that
jerry
contacted
us
earlier
last
week
to
let
us
know
about
some
difficulty
with
an
auto
mock
machine,
and
I
want
to
thank
jerry
for
bringing
that
to
our
attention
and
to
report
back
that
the
elections
commission
came
out
and
replaced
the
machine
at
that
polling
location,
and
I
don't
know
specifically
what
was
wrong
with
it.
But
apparently
it
was
broken
when
jerry
went
to
use
it,
so
he
was
unable
to
make
use
of
it.
C
L
Yes,
please,
if
anyone
has
any
issues
at
all,
with
accessibility
voting,
let
us
know
because
the
elections
commission
definitely
wants
the
feedback
and
they
do
put
a
lot
of
work
and
effort
into
ensuring
accessibility.
So
we're
always
disappointed
to
hear
that
in
our
apologies
on
behalf
of
the
city
jury,
and
I'm
glad
that
you
were
able
to
vote,
but
we
we
understand
your
remarks
that
someone
who
may
not
have
had
the
time
or
isn't
as
empowered
as
you
are
to
you
know,
report
the
issue
you
know
it
can.
L
It
definitely
has
an
effect
on
the
public
in
general.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
bringing
that
issue
forward
to
us
yeah
all
right.
Secondly,
I
wanted
to
talk
about
the
advisory
board.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
your
service.
You
know
how
much
we
all
appreciate
you
for
your
input
and
the
work
that
you
do,
bringing
this
information
back
to
your
communities
and
on
that
note
we
have
two
openings
on
our
advisory
board.
L
John
winsky
stepped
down
last
year
after
a
long
time
on
the
board.
He
was
one
of
the
original
members
back
in
2009,
so
we
miss
him,
but
we're
still
in
touch
and
then
felicia
also
stepped
down
last
year
and
we
hadn't
replaced
her
seat
yet.
So
we
put
out
a
notice
last
week
that
the
advisory
board
has
opened
seats
and
we
will
fold
it
to
you
if
you'd
like
to
spread
it
to
any
of
your
networks.
L
So
we
look
forward
to
getting
those
applicants
in
some
updates
on
kobit.
I
know
we're
all
very
much
aware
over
the
last
few
days
that
the
rates
have
been
increasing
for
the
last
four
days.
This
city,
the
state,
has
had
over
1
000
positive
tests
for
kobit,
so
it's
trending
in
the
wrong
direction,
to
say
the
least
because
of
that
the
boston
public
schools
have
gone
back
to
fully
remote.
L
You
may
have
heard
this.
It
may
affect
some
of
you.
We
know
it's
really
difficult
for
families,
but,
above
all,
the
mayor
wants
to
emphasize
safety
and
health
of
the
residents.
So
on
that
note,
we
want
to
remind
everybody
to
wear
masks
when
they
go
out
to
practice
social
distancing
hand
washing
staying
home.
If
you
feel
sick-
and
we
know
that
it's
a
difficult
time
coming
up
to
be
isolated
because
the
holidays
are
coming,
but
we
really
just
want
to
push
out
the
message
that
large
gatherings
are
not
encouraged
at
this
time.
L
In
fact,
we're
actually
asking
people
not
to
gather
in
large
groups
at
the
holidays,
which
can
be
very
difficult,
but
if
there's
any
way
you
can
make
them
virtual
or
just
do
small
gatherings
with
members
of
your
household,
that's
really
the
safest
thing
to
go.
We
can
do
to
move
forward
because
we
really
want
to
get
the
kids
back
in
school.
L
That's
one
of
the
most
important
things,
and
we
know
that,
unfortunately,
that
some
of
the
kids
were
in
school
kids
with
special
ed
program,
kids
with
disabilities,
and
we
had
to
pull
them
back
out
of
school
and
that's
a
group
of
students
that
really
needs
in-person
learning
and
services
that
they
just
can't
get
at
home.
So
you
know
in
an
effort
to
help
these
kids
get
back
to
school,
more
quickly.
L
C
K
K
K
So
I
did
that
because
I
just
saw
an
article
in
today
that
I
I
didn't
read
yet
but
bookmarks
to
read
later
that
p,
that
for
male
in
balance,
that
handwriting
is
being
looked
at.
As
you
know
a
comparison
of
what's
on
file
for
you
about
handwriting,
and
so
it
might
be
less
problem.
It
might
only
pertain
to
a
small
number
of
people
in
massachusetts
relative
to
other
places,
but
certainly
if
people
have
had
changes
in
their
situation.
K
I
think
the
bigger
issue
was
educational,
that
in
2018,
I
think
at
a
prior
meeting.
I
had
reported
that
I
was
told
that
the
auto
market,
my
polling
place,
wasn't
functional
that
day,
so
I
I
did
fill
it
out
myself
and
then,
by
the
time
I
was
turning
in
my
ballot.
At
the
end,
they
said.
Oh,
we
made
a
mistake.
It
wasn't
the
auto
mark
machine
that
was
broken.
It
was
something
else
so
again
just
for
the
staff,
awareness
and
people
have
gone
to
that
trouble
to
to
go
in
person.
L
K
L
Great
thanks
elizabeth
and
then
just
two
more
quick
things
on
kobit
maya
walsh
is
asking
residents
to
get
tested,
even
if
they're
asymptomatic,
because
it
helps
with
baseline
data,
and
so
if
people
are
haven't,
been
tested
and
would
like
to
do
that.
There
are
a
number
of
test
sites
available
for
people
who
are
asymptomatic
as
well,
and
you
can
find
out
more
information
on
boston.gov
covid19
and
we
can
also
send
out
information
if
you
need
that
on
places
where
you
can
go,
I
know
there
are
drive-through
places
like
cbs
has
drive-through
sites.
L
L
C
Commissioner,
I
just
have
a
question
in
terms
of
the
I
know
the
mayor
said
yesterday
during
his
briefing
or
or
when
he
was
talking
to
one
of
the
news
out
outlets.
If
you
can't
afford
to
pay
for
a
covert
test,
we
encourage
you
to
do
so.
Can
your
office
help
with
with
payment
for
cova
testing
too,
if,
if
folks
can't
find
a
free
testing
site.
A
J
A
Concerns
confused
if
you
can
pay
for
a
cova
test
to
do
so,
because
that
leaves
the
cobot
tests
that
are
that
the
city
is
paying
for
to
be
available
for
those
who
need
it.
While
our
office
does
not
pay
for
copa
tests,
the
city
has,
I
believe,
every
day,
multiple
global
testing
sites,
which
means
they
are
mobile
in
regards
to
the
fact
that
they
change
location
every
couple
of
weeks
and
those
locations
offer
free
asymptomatic
testing
for
no
charge.
C
Yeah
thanks
thanks
for
that
clarification.
That
is
I'm
sure.
That
is
what
he
meant.
If
you,
if
you
can,
if
you
are
able
to
to
pay
for
it,
you
know,
please
do
so
and
I'm
sure
he
meant
it
so
that
so
that
those
other
you
know
the
the
other
resources
are
are
available
for
for
those
who
need
who
need
it.
So,
thanks
for
that
clarification,
jessica.
L
That
is
a
good
point,
though
jerry,
because
if
people
are
concerned
about
that,
you
should
call
your
health
insurance
and
find
out
if
they'll
pay
for
it.
If
you
don't
have
symptoms,
because
some
may
not,
I
don't
know
about
medicare
medicaid
or
private
insurance,
but
it
would
be
worth
looking
into
just
so.
You
know
what
to
expect.
C
Yeah,
I
know
I'm
getting
tested
tomorrow
and
it's
for
both
and
it's
a
free
site
and
it's
for
both
asymptomatic
and
symptomatic
folks.
So
we'll
find
out,
I
usually
hate
any
sort
of
any
sort
of
testing
sort
of
thing,
so
I'm
a
little
nervous
about
it,
but
but
I'm
sure
it'll
only
last
a
second,
so
I'm
sure
I
can
handle
it
so.
D
L
Yeah,
so
the
city
worked
closely
with
nonprofits
through
our
office
at
the
beginning
of
covid,
and
we
were
able
to
supply
seiu,
which
is
the
union
that
oversees
pcas
in
the
mass
health
pca
program,
and
then
they
were
also
able
to
get
ppe
from
other
sources.
So,
as
far
as
I
know,
seiu
has
a
lot
of
ppe
on
hand
mainly
masks,
and
some
gloves.
I
believe,
in
addition
to
that,
I
know.
Bcil
has
a
number
of
masks
for
individuals
who
need
them.
The
city
is
not
doing
ppe
right
now.
L
It
really
has
to
to
use
this
money
very
specifically,
because
you
know
we
take
money
from
people,
so
we
can't
give
things
to
nonprofits
without
a
whole
like
bidding
process
and
and
things
it's
just
very
complex.
The
way
the
city
budget
works,
but
we
were
able
to
give
the
pve
that
we
did
through
a
grant
that
we
had
gotten
at
the
beginning
of
covid.
L
So
now
that
that
grant
money's
been
exhausted,
we
can't
actually
supply
ppe,
but
that
being
said,
we
are
working
with
the
other
organizations
to
you
know,
keep
tabs
on
them,
make
sure
they
have
it,
and
last
I
heard
I
know
they
did
have
a
lot
of
it
on
hand,
but
that
is
on
my
to-do
list
to
circle
back
and
just
to
see
how
they're
doing
so.
Bcil
is
always
a
good
resource
for
people
who
who
have
questions
about
things
like
that,
and
you
can
always
reach
out
to
us
too.
With
specific
questions.
I
C
Great,
that's
great.
I
didn't
know
that
I
I
was
going
to
say
this
is
jerry.
I
was
going
to
say
that
I
know
tempest
the
one
of
the
you
know.
Large
pca
fiscal
intermediaries
did
have
a
supply,
at
least
at
the
beginning
of
of
of
covet.
I
don't
know
if
they
still
do
or
that
or
from
what
olivia
just
mentioned.
C
L
Yeah
and
one
good
thing
about
the
time
frame
now
is
you
know
it's
over
six
months
since
covet
first
came
upon
society,
so
we've
learned
a
lot
and
I
think
the
supply
chains
have
had
a
chance
to
get
back
up
and
running.
So
I
don't
think
we
have
the
the
low
numbers
of
availability
that
we
had
in
the
beginning.
So
I
think
that
the
supply
has
been
ramped
up
so
hopefully
moving
forward.
People
will
be
able
to
to
have
enough
to
meet
need.
L
So
but
we'll
see
we'll
all
do
our
part,
hopefully,
okay!
So
then
a
few
other
updates.
I
have
reopening
boston,
we're
still
in
the
process
of
reopening
because,
as
we
know,
everything
was
shut
down
back
in
march
and
april.
So
one
of
the
things
that
you're,
probably
aware
of,
is
that
we
had
a
ramp
distribution
program
where
we
gave
out
portable
ramps
to
restaurants,
who
had
opened
seating
in
the
street
so
that
people
could
get
from
the
sidewalk
down
to
the
new
seating
area.
L
So
we're
still
in
the
process
of
giving
out
ramps
we've
given
out
over
80
so
far,
which
is
really
great
news.
We
still
have
a
number
left.
We
have
60
or
70
left
so
now
we're
pivoting
as
winter
comes
and
people
won't
be
eating
outside
as
much
we're
going
to
start
giving
them
to
food
pantries
in
boston.
That
may
have
a
step
or
two,
because
we
know
all
food
pantries.
Some
of
them
are
located
in
like
churches,
and
you
know
smaller
existing
buildings
that
might
not
provide
access.
L
L
Also,
another
initiative
we're
working
on
is
our
office
is
going
to
be
purchasing
some
clear
face,
masks.
They
were
made
by
the
boston,
lyric
opera,
with
some
money
they
got
from
a
city
grant
and
they
they
were
able
to
put
their
staff
to
work
instead
of
designing
costumes
and
things
like
that,
they
were
able
to
sew
these
masks.
L
So
we're
going
to
order
several
hundred
of
them
to
give
out
to
the
staff
in
city
hall,
front-facing
staff
who
work
with
the
public,
maybe
the
greeters
in
city
hall
and
people
in
the
traffic
department
services
where
people
are
still
coming
in,
so
that
they
can
communicate
with
members
of
the
public
and
we're
also
going
to
give
out
some
reserves.
Some
for
people,
individuals
who
request
them
for
communication
need.
So
hopefully
that
will
happen
in
the
next
few
little
bit.
L
A
We
are
purchasing
them
with
our
citibank
funding
separate
from
the
boston
resiliency
fund,
and
the
reason
for
that
is
they
are
about
to
boston.
Lima,
copper
is
about
to
release
a
website
in
which
you
can
order
subsidy
subsidized
clear
masks,
so
they
they
are
not
free
right
now,
although
if
there
is
a
financial
barrier,
please
reach
out
to
us,
but
they
are
at
significant,
possibly
they're
at
least
50
off
at
cost
cost
of
these
tasks,
and
they
are,
they
are
working
on
creating
the
ordering
system
in
which.
A
C
B
A
A
I
believe
that
of
over
a
hundred
press
conferences
that
we
have
had
during
voting
season.
I
believe
we
have
had
three
press
conferences
without
a
live,
asl
interpreter
and
those
have
been
promptly
captioned
and
then
released
again
with
asl
interpretation,
as
we
are
having
a
bit
harder
time
securing
asl
interpreters
due
to
the
world
opening
up
a
bit
more
and
more
opportunities
being
available
for
interpreters
to
book
jobs
in
advance.
We
are
working
on
more
creative
ways
to
expand
our
pool
and
provide
these
services,
which
we
believe
are
so
critical.
B
A
Asl
interpretation
we
often
have
a
it
is
best
practice
to
have
a
certified
deaf
interpreter
on
screen.
Next
to
the
mayor,
providing
asl
interpretation
and
oftentimes.
That
requires
a
hearing
interpreter
to
be
off
camera,
providing
a
feed
to
that
to
that
deaf
interpreter,
and
we
have
created
a
system
in
which
that
hearing
interpreter
can
be
providing
that
feed
remotely.
B
J
A
L
Thanks
jessica
and
then
another
note
on
reopening
was,
I
saw
that
wesley
had
to
leave
the
meeting,
but
just
to
talk
about
the
captioning
order
ordinance.
We
had
some
internal
meetings
with
city
departments,
the
licensing
board
and
the
law
department
just
to
see
about.
You
know
how
to
craft
the
ordinance
and
how
to
to
actually
create
the
program.
So
we're
still
working
on
some
issues
with
that,
and
we
don't
have
anything
concrete
to
report
yet,
but
it
is
in
process
and
people
are
interested
in
it.
C
L
L
We
usually
have
a
summer
internship
program
with
mass
rehab,
but
we
weren't
able
to
do
that
this
year
because
nobody's
in
city
hall,
we
usually
bring
in
10
job-ready
adults
with
disabilities
to
do
internships
at
different
city
departments,
but
instead
of
that,
we've
pivoted
to
doing
a
webinar
series
that
kicked
off
this
month,
so
we're
doing
a
series
of
six
webinars
with
10
mass
rehab
clients
who
are
all
boston
residents
with
disabilities.
Looking
to
get
back
in
to
the
workforce,
so
they're
attending
virtual
webinars
to
learn
about
employment
in
different
city
departments.
L
L
L
L
We
I
may
have
reported
on
this
last
month,
but
we
our
office,
was
recently
allotted
a
seat
voting
seat
on
the
public
improvement
commission,
which
is
the
department
in
the
city
that
oversees
streets
and
sidewalks.
So
now
we'll
have
official
votes
on
all
these
cases
that
come
before
the
city
to
do
work
on
sidewalks,
we'll
be
able
to
to
mandate
that
the
access
is
is
the
way
we
like
it
and
need
it
to
be
for
to
meet
compliance
and
go
beyond
compliance.
L
We're
also
working
on
some
initiatives
with
the
zoning
board
to
increase
accessibility
in
housing
and
buildings
in
boston,
I'll,
have
more
information
on
that
next
month,
hopefully,
and
city
hall
plaza
still
working
through
details
on
the
agreement.
I
don't
have
an
update,
but
I
know
I
promised
one
before
the
end
of
the
year
elizabeth,
so
I
will
have
that
next
month
for
you
and
then
just
one
final
note
to
wrap
up
my
report.
L
I
I
spoke
with
david
course
who
runs
the
abilities
expo
you
probably
all
have
seen
that
it's
being
held
virtually
this
year.
So
I
have
a
meeting
set
up
to
talk
to
him
later
this
week
to
see,
if
he's
doing,
cities
virtually
or
if
it's
just
a
whole
national
thing.
But
if
it's
going
to
be
a
virtual
thing,
city
by
city,
maybe
the
abilities
expo
can
actually
come
back
to
boston.
C
C
L
A
B
A
Well,
I'll,
try
and
be
brief,
so
the
city's
office
of
new
urban
mechanics
is
working
with
a
northeastern
lab
called
the
scalp
lab
and
they
are
working
towards
they're,
assessing
remote
community
engagement
in
the
city
of
boston.
What
that
means
is
how
we
engage
with
the
community
virtually
these
days
due
to
covet.
A
They
are
looking
to
get
feedback
on
any
meeting
that
you
participate
in
them.
Virtually
that
includes
this
meeting,
so
I
am
going
to
put
a
link
in
the
chat.
It's
a
very
brief
survey.
It
talks
about
kind
of
your
experience,
doing
these
kind
of
meetings,
not
your
experience
within
this
meeting.
So
what
that
means
is
we
don't
get
any
feedback?
A
A
C
A
C
K
Jessica
and
kristen
would
that
be
a
commissioner?
Would
that
be
helpful,
given
that
all
the
more
so
for
a
disability
commission
that
this
format
even
has
a
higher
level
of
need
for
prioritization
on
zoom?
Even
if
there
are
some
things
about
it,
that
in
person,
con
contact
would
be
better.
What
you
proactively
say
would
be
helpful
for
us
to
give
that
feedback,
or
it
doesn't
really
make
a
difference.
A
If
you
have
input
about
virtual
engagement
as
a
person
with
disabilities,
please
put
that
in
there.
I
think
there
are
multiple
spots
for
comment
in
which
you
can
write
in
your
experience.
Please,
I
think
there
are.
I
don't
know
how
much
data
is
being
collected.
I
don't
know
what
percentage
of
that
will
be
from
people
with
disabilities.