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From YouTube: Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 12-9-20
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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 12-9-20
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A
C
D
A
B
B
And
once
again,
I'm
jerry
boyd
and
I
am
from
west
roxbury
and
next
we
have
city
hall,
city,
department,
presentation
and
I've
already
forgotten.
The
full
name
of
the
office.
You'll
have
to
forgive
me,
the
office
of
energy,
open
space,
and
I
forgot
the
third,
the
third
name.
I
apologize.
We
have
aiden
smith,
leading
that.
I
J
J
J
A
I
J
Put
a
disclaimer
from
the
department
of
public
utilities.
They
require
that.
I
do
mention
that
we
cannot
guarantee
savings
through
the
program,
but
we
will
strive
to
provide
both
affordable
rates
and
stable
electric
rates
and
on
the
slide,
I
also
have
an
image
of
kind
of
one
of
some
some
art
we
had
created
for
the
program,
basically
showing
that
one
of
the
ideas
of
the
program
is
that
we're
stronger
together
we're
stronger
as
a
community.
J
If
we
start
on
the
right
most
side
of
this,
this
image,
this
diagram,
I've
shown
a
little
blue
house.
That
is
the
electric
customer.
That's
us
and
we
all
know
we
get
our
electricity
from
eversource,
which
is
the
local
utility,
as
indicated
by
the
the
green
dots
or
electrons
flowing
to
to
your
home
or
business.
J
J
J
J
And
finally,
the
program
is
guided
by
a
set
of
principles
and
values.
These
principles
and
values
are
up
on
our
website.
I've
put
a
few
down
here
in
in
these
green
shaded
boxes,
so
they
are
local
electricity,
renewable
electricity,
affordable
rates
and
stable
rates
are
some
of
the
the
pillars
of
this
program.
J
On
the
leftmost
side,
we
have
the
the
basic
product,
it's
the
cheapest
product
and
you
get
18
renewable
electricity
when,
through
this,
through
this
optional
product,
the
middle
most
product
is
the
standard
product
or
the
default
product.
It's
called
it.
It's
called
the
default
product
because
when
you
are
automatically
enrolled
in
the
program,
this
is
where
your
place.
D
J
To
what
ever
source
the
utility
would
would
provide,
so
here
we've
just
done
a
side-by-side
comparison
of
our
standard
product
to
eversource
basic
service
and
so
you'll
see
that
the
standard
product
for
this,
the
community
trace
electricity
program
offers
28
renewable
content
with
eversource.
You
get
18
percent
for
dublin
content,
and
then
you
also
for-
and
this
is
important-
you
will
pay
a
lower
rate
for
the
months
of
february
to
the
end
of
end
of
june
july
1st.
So
this
is
we're
only
talking
about
this
period.
J
These
are
what
the
rates
would
be,
because
eversource's
rates
change
twice
a
year,
and
so
on
july,
1st
the
average
source
rate
is
going
to
change
and
therefore
yeah.
This
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
can't
promise
savings,
because
we
don't
know
what
what
future
rates
are
going
to
be.
But
I
wanted
to
show
you
just
for
this
window
of
time
from
february,
which
february
is
when
the
program
launches
officially
so
from
february
to
the
end
of
june,
with
cce,
you
get
more
renewables
at
a
cheaper
rate.
J
J
J
H
J
So
you
know
this
is
my
last
second
and
last
slide.
I
believe
so
what
won't
change
under
cce?
You
know
many
of
the
programs
plans
or
other
forms
of
assistance
that
residents
receive
will
not
change.
That
includes
residential
assisted
discounts,
budget
billing,
if
you
have
solar
on
your
roof-
and
you
bet
and
you
benefit
from
net
metering-
that
doesn't
change,
and
if
you
are
part
of
a
green
power
supply
program,
this
program
doesn't
affect,
doesn't
affect
that
at
all.
J
It's
entirely
just
the
electricity
electricity
supply
part
of
your
bill.
So
that's
what
I'm
showing
here
on
the
right
and
I'm
showing
a
a
sample.
You
know
image
or
generalized
image
of
an
eversource
bill,
highlighting
what
you
would
see
come
february
when
you
joined
the
program.
This
is
what
your
this
is.
Where
you
would
see,
the
change
under
your
electric
supplier
is,
you
would
see
a
billing
for
city
box
and
cce
and
eversource
will
continue
to
bill.
J
H
J
We
had
all
this
information
about
the
program,
the
products,
a
language,
accessibility
document
and
an
opt-out
notice,
and
so,
if
you
don't
want
to
be
part
of
the
program,
you
would
fill
that
opt-out
notice
opt
out
reply
card
and
send
it
back
to
us,
and
then
you
will
not
be
automatically
enrolled
in
the
program.
But,
as
hopefully,
I've
demonstrated
here,
the
program
looks
to
do
a
lot
of
great
things
in
terms
of
affordable
rates.
J
B
J
J
We
also
are
on
the
website.
I
can
drop
the
website
in
the
chat.
It's
boston.gov
community
choice,
electricity,
the
name
of
the
program,
so
you
can
opt
into
the
program.
The
only
people
who
aren't
going
to
get
a
a
letter
in
the
mail
are
people
who
are
not
basic
service
customers
of
eversource.
So
if
you
have
every
basic
service,
customer
of
eversource
will
receive
a
letter.
If
you
have
signed
a
a
individual
contract
with
a
different
supplier
than
eversource.
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D
J
J
C
C
Well,
I'm
wondering
you
mentioned
that
it's
for
law
that
you
have
a
broke
up
a
lot
income,
individuals,
here's
where
I'm
curious.
I
know
that
there
are
people
who
some
people
have
a
lot
of
income.
Usually
they
have.
I
mean
I
don't
know
something
they
may
have
full-time
job,
but
sometimes
they
have
part-time
jobs.
C
C
So
what
do
we
is
there
also
program
for
them
or
whether
they
suddenly
cannot
pay
or
something
happens
and,
as
I
said,
they
can't
work
anymore
and
they
on
disability
is
there,
like?
Can
they
continue
receiving
this
program,
or
is
there
a
different
way?
What
situation
with
that?
That's.
My
first
question.
J
D
J
J
As
low
income,
they
would
receive
that
low
income
discount
to
your
second
question,
about
yeah
being
unable
to
pay
at
any
time.
You
know
to
be
able
to
pay
your
electric
bill.
You
know
that's
something
that
eversource
would
handle.
So
I
mentioned
that
eversource
has
something
called
budget
billing,
and
so
my
understanding
of
that
is
basically
it's.
J
It's
there
for
people
who
need
a
different
payment
schedule,
or
you
know
who
who
needs
some
sort
of
plan,
and
so
that,
like
I
said,
would
still
be
available
to
everyone,
but
it's
it's
ever
sourced
that
that
that
sort
of
handles
that
that
budget
building,
as
I
as
I
understand
so,
the
program
wouldn't
really
get
involved
in
that
wow.
Okay,.
C
And
the
my
last
question
is:
is
there
also
like
I
saw
the
presentations
would
also
be
in
different,
like
different
language,
accessible
like
accessibility-wise
like
for,
for
everybody.
Like
I
know,
there's
some
people
who
can
read
and
like
the
paper
is
any
way
this
or
people
could
access
the
information
different.
Otherwise,.
C
J
J
G
G
J
Yeah,
so
exactly
it's
yeah,
so
we
have
the
three
products
you
we
wanted
to
offer
residents
who
maybe
want
to
save
money
on
like
on
their
electricity
bill,
an
option
where
they
can.
You
know,
informally,
it's
called
the
opt
down
option.
So
you
opt
down,
you
pay
less,
you
receive
less
renewable
electricity
and
then
we
have
yeah
for.
J
G
J
Yeah,
no
so
so
it's
yeah,
like
I
said
yeah
the
transition
should
be
pretty
seamless.
Eversource
will
continue
to
bill.
You
nothing
changes
there.
If
the.
If
there's
a
you
know
a
power
outage
or
any
kind
of
electrical
issue,
that's
still
like.
That's
still
the
utility,
that's
still
eversource
that
handles
that.
Really,
you
know,
as
I
showed
on
this
slide.
The
only
thing
that
changes
is
is
your
supplier,
which
is
shown
on
on
that
one
part
of
your
bill,
and
you
know
the
city.
J
The
city
signed
a
contract
with
the
supplier
constellation,
but
yeah
the
city
will
will
be
going
out
to
to
secure
new
contracts
in
the
future.
This
program,
could
you
know
last
many
years
signed
contracts
that
are
very
long.
So
that's
the
only
thing
that
would
change
is
that
supplier,
but
but
the
customer
is
not
going
to
really
that's,
not
something
that
you
as
a
customer
need
to
like
it's
not
going
to
be
a
transition
issue
there.
So.
G
E
J
J
Yeah,
the
the
electric
account
holder
is
not
the
tenant,
it
is,
you
know,
like.
I
said
it's
rolled
into,
ultimately,
what
you,
what
you
pay,
but
you
don't
you
don't
hold
the
electric
account,
so
that
is
whether
the
decision
is
is,
with
the
electric
account
holder
whether
they
want
to
participate
in
the
in
the
program
or
not.
So
it's
a
little.
It's
a.
H
H
H
I
think
that
was
really
important
because,
as
you
know,
there
are
some
companies
who
are
using
like
very
sneaky
strategies
to
change
who
is
your
electric
supplier,
and
I'm
really
glad
that
the
city
of
boston
was
on
top
of
that
informing
all
the
residents
about
how
we
can
really
check.
Who
is
our
electric
suppliers,
as
adam
was
showing
us
in
our
slides?
That
is
there.
We
can
really
identify
like
that,
but
that
kind
of
education
is
really
important
and
can
save
a
lot
of
money
in
the
long
run.
J
Yeah
thanks
swan.
That's
this
this
program
is,
you
know
very
much
related
to
that
issue
that
you
you
raised
about
competitive.
You
know
these
electric
suppliers,
these
private
companies
who
who
send
marketers
to
to
you,
know
the
doors
of
residence
and,
and
so
one
of
the
things
this
program
is
is
doing,
is
providing
sort
of
a
you
know.
This.
J
J
To
sign
a
contract
typically,
a
lot
of
those
contracts
have
early
termination
fees
and
so
and
and
they're
very
complicated.
So
you
know
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that
there
is
no
signing
of
any
contract
with
this
program.
You
are
free
to
leave,
it
opt
in
or
opt
out
at
any
time,
and
and
you
you
can
trust
it
because
it's
you
know
it's
coming
from
the
city
and
yeah.
J
On
the
slide,
you
wouldn't
know
that
you
wouldn't
necessarily
know
because
you
you
get
your
bill
from
eversource,
you
think.
Oh,
my
electricity
comes
from
eversource,
but
really
you
have
to
look
at
that
part
of
your
bill
where
it
says
your
electric
supplier
is
blank,
and
and
and
that's
going
to
signal
to
you
who
your
supplier
is
so
yeah.
So
it's
just
really
important
to
to
check
that
out
and
see
see
what
your
situation
is.
B
B
B
B
But
next
on
the
the
agenda
is
my
report
and
I
will
keep
my
report
very
brief.
What
I
wanted
to
bring
up
today
was
very
much
the
the
mbta
mvta,
I'm
sure
everyone
here
has
seen
you
know
on
the
news
and
and
especially
with
mayor
walsh's
press
conference
in
in
presentation
on
on
monday,
going
against
the
proposed
service
cuts
that
the
mbta
is
is
proposing
due
to
their
extreme
budget
shortfall.
B
The
official
public
comment
period
is
over,
but
you
can
still
contact
the
mbta
at
public
engagement
at
mbta.com
and
and
submit
your
comments
in
regards
to
the
service
cuts,
and
I
will
just
I
will
just
say
as
being
a
member
of
of
our
tag-
the
riders
transportation
access
group
that
we've
been
privileged
to
have.
You
know
several
different
presentations
on
on
the
forging
ahead
and
on
on
the
proposed
cuts,
and
the
t
has
has
really
pledged
to
to
maintain
the
vast
majority
of
service
impacting
folks
with
disabilities.
B
And
you
know
I've
been
heartened
by
I've
been
heartened
by
that.
But
with
that
said,
there
are
still
many
stakeholders,
many
advocacy
groups
who
are
in
opposition
to
any
cert
yeah
the
proposed
cuts
that
have
been
publicized
so
far.
So
again,
that's
why
I
would
encourage
anyone
to
to
avail
themselves
of
of
you
know,
contacting
the
t
and
participating
in
the
fiscal
management
control
boards
meetings
they're
on
every
every
monday.
I
believe
they're
voting
on
the
proposed
changes
at
the
end
of
december.
B
K
K
He
was
one
of
the
original
founders
of
the
dpc
after
bill
weld
tried
to
consolidate
all
the
disability
agencies
into
one
big
agency,
so
it
started
out
with
just
a
group
of
ad
hoc
advocates.
They
formed
the
dp3
over
20
years
ago
and
they
do
incredible.
Work
john
also
helped
with
the
beacon
hill
issues
we
had.
While
we
were
trying
to
gain
access
to
the
sidewalks,
he
was
instrumental
in
sitting
with
me
and
menino,
and
then
mayor
walsh,
who
convinced
the
residents
of
beacon
hill.
K
That
access
was
important
and
I
feel
like
I
really
wouldn't
have
won
that
battle.
Without
john,
so
I
want
to
just
thank
john.
I
owe
him
a
debt
of
gratitude.
I
want
to
appreciate
his
work
and
his
memory
and
luckily,
for
us,
john
passed
the
torch
before
he
passed
away,
so
he
left
the
dpc
in
very
good
hands
and
he
left
our
board
in
very
good
hands
with
all
of
you.
K
We
got
16
applications,
some
not
from
boston
residents,
and
you
have
to
be
a
boston
resident
in
order
to
be
appointed,
so
we
may
open
it
back
up,
probably
after
the
new
year,
because
people
are
busy
now
with
holidays,
but
we'd
like
to
get
some
more
people
to
apply.
So
if
anybody
knows
anybody
who's
interested
either
someone
with
a
disability
or
a
close
family
member
of
a
disability,
we'd
love
to
have
them
apply
like
likely.
The
appointments
won't
happen
until
2021
anyway.
K
Chris
marowski
in
our
office
works
on
it.
He
works
very
hard
to
get
all
the
latest
information
in
the
newsletter,
and
this
week
there
were
several
updates
on
financial
assistance
available
to
people
during
covid.
There
was
information
on
rental
relief.
The
city
still
has
a
rental
relief
program
for
people
who
can't
beat
their
bills.
K
There
are
home
repair
programs
through
d
dnd
department
of
neighborhood
development.
There
are
senior
housing
programs
for
anyone,
you
know
or
anyone
who's
over
60.
They
can
get
help
with
heating
and
replacing
heating
equipment,
and
then
there's
also.
It
was
just
announced
yesterday
that
the
city
has
a
charitable
trust
that
they
work
with
and
they
distribute
grants
of
up
to
two
thousand
dollars
per
person.
K
It's
a
one-time
grant
and
it
can
only
be
used
for
very
specific
things
like
rent
or
utilities
that
are
overdue,
but
it
can
be
a
great
stop
gap
measure
if
someone
runs
into
a
hard
time
because
of
covid,
whether
they
lost
work
or
a
spouse
or
another
person
of
their
household
lost
work,
we
can
really
help
to
keep
people
in
their
homes
and
safe
and
fed.
So
look
up
the
newsletter.
If
you
don't
get
it.
K
K
K
K
K
K
So
all
the
restaurants
that
brought
the
seating
outside
into
the
street
a
sidewalk
are
able
to
continue
that
throughout
next
year.
So
we
worked
really
hard
with
the
boston
licensing
board,
with
the
other
departments
with
the
mayor's
office
with
health
and
human
services
or
the
architectural
access
board
to
purchase
and
distribute
90
ramps,
restaurants
to
create
access
to
on-street
dining.
K
So
we've
taken
a
pause
now
in
distributing
ramps
because
of
the
holidays
and
the
indoor
dining
has
been
shut
down
now
for
the
rest
of
the
winter,
but
we
will
be
back
at
it
in
the
spring
distributing
the
rest
of
our
ramps.
We
still
have
about
nine
weeks
ago.
So
when
you
get
back
out,
if
you
go
out
to
eat,
please
keep
us
informed
of
any
buff
plants
that
may
need
a
ramp
because
they're
no
cost
and
they're
they're
easy
to
set
up,
and
it
will
continue
to
provide
access
for
people
with
disabilities.
K
K
I'm
sure
you
all
know
that
kobo
is
resurging
and
the
governor
has
announced
rollbacks.
So
I
just
want
to
implore
everybody
to
stay
safe.
We
know
hospitals
are
getting
crowded
again
and
we
don't
want
to
see
anybody
end
up
there.
So
please,
our
message
is
always
wear
your
masks.
Keep
your
social
distance,
try
not
to
go
to
any
large
gatherings
and
just
keep
up
with
the
hand
sanitizer
and
the
good
hygiene,
especially
during
the
holidays.
K
So
as
soon
as
I
get
that
information,
I
will
pass
it
along
to
all
you
to
distribute
to
your
friends
anyone
you
know
without
a
disability,
because
we
really
want
to
make
sure
we
get
the
right
messaging
out
that
the
vaccine
is
safe,
that
it's
tested
that
people
with
disabilities
should
be
thinking
about
getting
vaccinated,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
nobody,
everybody
has
the
right
information.
So
they're,
not
misunderstanding
what
the
vaccine
is.
K
So
that's
going
to
be
a
very
long-term
project,
because
if
you
heard
the
governor's
announcement
today,
he
rolled
out
the
the
order
of
groups
who
are
going
to
be
getting
the
vaccine
the
time
frame
and
it
seems
like
people
with
disabilities
will
be
captured
in
the
second
round.
Primarily
people
with
co-morbidity
will
come
in
phase
two,
which
I
believe
is
february.
K
So
as
as
we
get
more
information
on
the
vaccine,
we
will
have
more
information
to
share.
One
thing
I
do
know
is
that
the
city
of
boston
will
not
have
control
over
any
of
the
distribution
of
the
first
round.
We
may
be
given
vaccines
to
to
administer.
People
like
the
hospitals
will
be
good
on
them,
but
the
city
administration
does
not
have
any
say
in
the
first
round
about
who
gets
them.
K
It's
all
coming
from
the
federal
government,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
people
aren't
upset,
they
don't
feel
like
they're
being
left
out
and
believe
me,
I'm
always
advocating
for
our
community.
So
as
soon
as
people
with
disabilities
can
get
the
vaccine,
we
will
get
it.
So
you
know
stay
tuned
for
more
information
on
that
and
then
I
have
some
other
things
to
wrap
up,
but
I
figured
I
could
stop
here
and
take
questions
or
comments.
C
Yeah
here
you
see,
I
I
just
have
a
question:
can
you
hear
me
yeah,
okay,
so
I'll
make
sure
yeah
I
I
was
just
when
you
were
talking
about
the
restaurant,
and
so
this
is
where
I'm
confused.
I
know
that
we're
back
to
stage
one
and
at
the
same
time,
it's
still
possible
to
get.
I
know
that
they
are
taking
away
from
the
vast
because
the
holidays,
but
how
are
people
are
people
still
able
to
go,
go
to
just
to
get
take
out
or
eat
outside?
I
don't
that's
the
part.
K
K
We
don't
have
a
date
on
that,
but
as
soon
as
the
the
restaurants
open,
we
will
have
the
maps
available
to
the
people.
So,
whatever
access
that
everybody
has
people
with
disabilities
will
have,
but
you
should
stay
informed
of
latest
updates
on
coding,
you
can
go
to
mass.gov
and
right
on
the
home
page.
It
says
latest
covet
updates
and
the
governor
has
a
press
conference
almost
every
day,
so
you
can
get
to
that
right
from
the
front
page
of
the
website
too.
K
A
Commissioner,
I'd
just
like
to
add
one
piece:
so
the
the
governor
you're
correct
the
governor
moved
back
to
phase
three
step
one.
I
just
want
to
note
that
in
boston
we
never
moved
forward
to
step
two
so
actually
for
boston
that
doesn't
change
anything
for
the
regulations,
specifically
other
than
hospitals.
G
Sure,
yes
thanks
well,
that
is
welcome
news
about
the
accessibility
checklist
thanks
for
I'm
having
that
implemented.
I
I
did
want
to
follow
up
about
the
vaccine
that
I
today
learned
from
a
health
professional,
a
an
occupational
therapist
that
in
additional
I
was
aware
of
people's
suspicion.
You
know
the
historical
mistreatment
of
some
groups
or
that
this
was
put
through
too
quickly
one.
K
They
have
the
expertise
that
we
don't
have,
so
we
certainly
will
push
out
all
the
information
they
give
us
and
it's
available
in
multiple
languages
and,
like
I
said
it
would
be
great
if
some
of
you
could
participate
in
the
focus
groups
and
if
not
at
least,
to
fill
out
the
survey,
because
you
know
some
people
just
don't
believe
in
vaccines,
and
then
some
people
may
believe
in
conspiracy
theories
and
some
people
may
just
think
it's
rushed.
So
we
want
to
know
what
information
we
can
get
to.
B
I
think
that
I
think
that
would
be
great
or
even
a
even
a
forum
or
something
that
that
that
folks
can
can
participate
in
to
get
get.
You
know
the
latest
information
about
the
vaccine.
I
know
I
know
your
office,
commissioner,
will
will
work
on
you
know
getting
information
out,
but
again,
any
anything
that
we
can
do
to
to
to.
You
know
to
help
with
that.
You
know,
would
be
great,
so.
K
B
Okay
and
if
we
can
help
in
any
way
with
with
that,
I
you
know,
I
think
that
would
be
an
important
service,
because,
along
with
the
vaccine,
I
think
you
know,
testing,
along
with
the
social
distancing
is,
is
still
going
to
be
a
very,
very
important
piece,
particularly
in
the
early
part
of
of
2021.
Until
you
know,
a
large
percentage
of
the
population
has
an
opportunity
to
get
vaccinated,
so.
K
Yeah,
but
the
city
puts
a
lot
of
effort
and
time
into
the
free
testing
sites
and
they
do
change
communities,
so
we
encourage
everybody,
they're,
free
and
they're
well
publicized.
So
if
anyone
is
worried
about
the
cost
or
anyone
feels
the
inclination
to
get
tested,
please,
if
you
don't
know
where
they
are,
you
can
check
on
boston.gov
or
you
can
reach
out
to
us.
You
can
basically
get
tested
any
day
of
the
week
and
somewhere
in
boston.
G
Yes
to
that
point
jerry,
I
don't
know
if
there
were
other
particulars
about
your
experience.
That
might
be
helpful,
but
I
think
for
a
lot
of
people
who
have
say,
mobility,
issues
or
other,
where
waiting
in
a
car
or
waiting
in
a
long
line
isn't
really
going
to
be
a
workable
situation.
I
mean
imagine
in
the
city.
B
I
mean
I,
I
didn't
want
to
take
up
too
much
time
to
talk
about
the
specifics,
but
it
was
you
know
I
did
access
a
free
free
site
that
had
actually
been
tested
at
once
before
they
didn't
have
a
very
quick.
They
didn't
have
appointments
available,
and
so
they
encouraged
me
to
go
through
my
provider
and
then
my
provider
was
directing
me
to
to
a
drive-through
site
and
because
of
my
use
of
the
ride
or
or
other
transportation
drive
through
site
really
isn't
isn't
workable.
B
B
K
Boston,
commons,
undergoing
a
master
plan
they're
doing
a
lot
of
work
in
franklin
park.
So
I
would
encourage
people
to
weigh
in
if
you're
interested
in
that,
because
they
really
listen
to
community
input
and
sometimes
it's
helpful
if
we
give
them
input
from
from
our
department,
but
they
also
get
it
from
the
community.
K
So
you
know
we'd
be
happy
to
explain
things
to
you
if
they're
confusing
or
you
know,
help
you
give
feedback
on
any
projects.
You're
interested
in
so
jessica.
Just
put
that
in
the
chat-
and
the
other
meeting
I
wanted
to
mention
is
also
tomorrow
and
it's
a
meeting
it's
being
held
by
mass
health
and
it's
a
listening
session
on
evv
for
anyone
who
has
pcas
there's
going
to
be
a
new
policy
implemented
in
2022,
which
is
called
electric
electronic
visiting
verification.
K
So
whenever
a
people
comes
to
somebody's
house,
they
have
to
app
in
and
then
when
they
leave
they
have
to
app
out.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
concerns
about
privacy
and
tracking
for
people
with
disabilities
and
ppas,
because
a
lot
of
pcas
are
from
undeclared
communities
and
don't
have
trust
in
being
tracked.
And
you
know
you
can't
blame
anybody
for
not
wanting
to
be
tracked.
B
B
K
And
one
thing
to
be
aware
of
with
these
meetings
is
there
there
are
definitely
listening
sessions,
so
mass
health
won't
be
answering
any
questions,
they're
just
taking
input,
so
just
be
prepped
for
that,
because
some
people
had
expressed
frustration
that
they
had
all
these
questions,
that
weren't
being
answered
and
mass
health
is
stressing
that
that's
not
the
point
of
the
meetings
we
want
to
get
input,
so
they
hear
what
the
concerns
are
as
they
craft
the
program
because
it
hasn't
been
decided.
Yet
it's
still
in
the
making.
C
Yeah
there's
I
remember
this
project
was
I
discussing
last
year
or
the
year
before,
and
there
was
already
then
the
because
there
was
so
much
outcry,
a
grandstand
app.
I
think
they
played
on
hold
and
especially
there
were
issues
technological.
It
was
like
if
you
were
like,
let's
say
if
you
were
in
boston
and
and
the
app
was
saying
that
you
were
in
some
completely
different
place
and
they
said
okay.
C
This
is
not
gonna
work
for
anybody
like
they're
gonna,
like
even
if
you
are
checking
in
that
you're,
going
to
work
for
some
reason
due
to
technical
issues,
the
app
showed
you
in
a
totally
different
place.
So
that
was
one
of
the
authors.
So
that's
I
remember
they
just
put
on
hold,
but
I
guess
they
still
want
it.
There's.
E
K
E
K
So,
as
far
as
the
ordinance
for
collections,
we
met
with
the
law
department
and
they
gave
us
the
go
ahead
to
write
up
the
ordinance,
a
draft
of
the
ordinance
and
propose
it
to
to
igr,
which
is
the
intergovernmental
relations
office,
and
we
actually
have
the
draft
ready
but
ig.
Our
contact
in
igr
igr
is
the
department
that
works
with
city,
council
and
state
agencies
and
federal
agencies,
because
we
are
strictly
employees
of
the
mayor.
K
K
He
changed
positions,
so
he's
no
longer
in
igr,
so
we
will
have
to
follow
up
with
the
new
person
and,
to
be
honest,
this
work
will
probably
happen
after
the
first
of
the
year.
But
I
don't
want
anybody
to
think
it's
been
dropped
because
it
certainly
hasn't
and
we
will
make
it
a
priority
to
ramp
it
up
after
the
holidays
and
what
will
happen
once
igr
approves?
K
K
So
we
are
going
to
propose
the
draft
that
I
shared
with
you,
which
would
cover
all
tvs
and
establishments
in
public
places
and
we'll
go
from
there.
I
mean
if
people
have
objective
objections,
they
can
come
to
the
hearing
and
speak
out
and
then
it's
really
up
to
the
city,
council
and
the
mayor
to
read
it
understand
it,
listen
to
comments
and
move
the
decision
so
wesley.
K
Yep
they
usually
what
they
do.
Is
they
schedule
a
public
hearing
in
city
council
with
the
counselors
in
attendance
and
I
may
present
on
it
present
the
facts
on
it.
You
know
the
law
department
might
be
there
and
then
we'll
just
present
what
we
want
to
do
and
then
people
can
sign
up
to
to
speak
out
about
it,
whether
in
favor
or
against
it,
and
then
the
city
council
takes
that
information
and
reads
the
documents
over
the
proposal
over
and
then
they'll
make
a
decision.
K
I
K
B
F
G
Yeah
that
that's
great
to
hear
that
it's
moving
forward.
Can
you
just
remind
us:
does
that
include
also
just
statistics
on
people
who
are
hard
of
hearing,
because
since
that
is
even
a
larger
percentage
of
people
who
would
benefit
not
to
mention
if
people
want
to
foresee
a
new
normal
down
the
road
that
in
many
restaurant
bar
settings
in
certain
settings,
just
the
ambient
noise,
it
can
be
beneficial
to
anyone
who
wants
to
hear
what's
happening
on
the
tv.
K
K
We
laid
out
all
the
people
that
this
would
impact
and
affect,
and
that's
the
really
good
thing
about
disability
accessibility
changes
that
are
made
is
that
they
realize
that
they
help
everybody
like
we
see
that
with
curb
ramps,
we
get
baby
carriages
and
luggage,
and
things
like
that.
We
see
it
with
concrete
bed
walks.
Everybody
can
use
them
and
certainly
we'll
see
with
kaplans
and
the
great
thing
is,
it
will
help
people
who
don't
even
know
if
they
needed
service.
K
G
Yeah
thanks
because
I
thought
you
had,
but
I
I
think
it
just
always
is
helpful
for
people
to
be
aware
that,
including
as
a
as
we've,
both
discussed
the
ambient
noise
and
but
I
I
don't
know
if
there
were
any
other
questions.
But
you
also
were
going
to
jerry
had
mentioned
about
an
update
about
the
city
hall,
plaza
renovation.
K
You
may
know
that
that
building
is
closing
down,
so
we
did
identify
a
contact
in
the
boston
public
school
to
reach
out
to
for
information
about
the
temporary
move
and
then
where
the
school
will
end
up
as
a
permanent
home.
So
I
have
not
made
contact
with
that
person
yet,
but
we
believe
he's
the
right
person
to
speak
to
about
this,
though
I
will
be
following
up
on
that
also.
K
B
Yes,
thank
you
so
much
for
to
carol
and
for
wesley
for
all
their
their
advocacy
efforts
this
year
and
thank
you
to
to
everyone
for
all
your
hard
work
this
year.
I
really
really
appreciate
that,
and
I
know
the
commissioner's
office
are
really
appreciates.
The
commissioner
and
her
staff
really
appreciates
it
and,
and
once
again,
let's
thank
the
the
commissioner
for
all
all
her
efforts,
particularly
around
the
pandemic,
for
people
with
disabilities
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
that.
K
So
what
he
wants
to
do
is
highlight
the
work,
that's
happening
along
the
way
to
prepare
people
for
the
changes
and
and
keep
them
updated
and
and
motivated,
because
it's
going
to
be
a
long
project.
You
know
it's
going
to
be
well
over
and
over
before
it's
completed,
so
we
want
to
keep
people
in
the
loop
and
make
sure
they
know
what's
happening,
so
he
is
going
to
do
some
highlighting
of
accessibility
improvements
in
the
next
month
or
so
so.
K
We
also
spoke
with
the
law
department
about
it,
and
their
feeling
is
that
it
would
make
the
most
sense
to
have
this
agreement
go
into
effect.
When
the
work
is
done
because
then
it
will
be.
I
believe
the
the
board
expressed
a
desire
to
have
it
revisited
a
year
from
when
the
work
is
initially
done.
So
we
do
still
have
some
time
to
to
write
up
the
agreement
and
we'll
work
on
that.
K
You
know
in
the
new
year,
but
we
haven't
actually
written
agreement
yet,
but
we
will
have
some
language,
like
I
said
in
the
press
releases
that
go
out
about
accessibility.
They
should
be
going
out
sometime
in
january,
so
we
can
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
it.
We
can
highlight
it,
we're
still
committed
to
it,
but
we
just
haven't
actually
worked
with
the
law
department
to
write
it
yet,
and
our
contact
in
the
law
department
will
be
going
on
leave
for
a
few
weeks.
I
A
B
G
Could
I,
for
instance,
would
have
interest
in
a
language
that
the
did
you
call
it?
The
law
department
yep
that
actually
is
put
on
paper,
or
you
know,
or
at
the
agreement
level,
to
just
see
what
the
written
language
is,
because
I
I
mean.
Certainly
chief
brophy
made
it
clear
that
there
is
a
commitment,
but
I
think
it's,
it's
always
helpful
to
see.
K
Yeah,
absolutely
we
continue
our
draft
with
the
board
because
it's
the
agreement
with
the
board
so
before
it's
finalized
we
will
definitely
work
on
it
together
and
chief
brophy
also
mentioned.
We
want
some
quotes
from
people
for
the
the
press
releases,
so
I
will
reach
out
to
board
members
if
anyone
would
like
to
share
a
quote
or
two.
G
But
once
you
get
in
in
a
situation
where
the
board
would
like
to
avoid
a
situation
like
city
hall,
plaza
where
we
were
brought
in
at
the
11th
hour
to
for
anyone
quit
that
there
was
talk
about
whether
we
could
have
an
update
on
any
potential
design
at
an
earlier
point
in
the
process.
And
although
I
think
you
had
said
you
would
run
it
by
them
or
what?
What
do
the
architects
think.
G
But
I
I
think
our
advocacy
needs
to
be
not
necessarily
at
the
the
choosing
of
what
or
not,
because
I
I
would
think
if,
if
I
were
on
the
architecture,
the
project
side
of
it,
you
know
the
further.
You
can
get
uninterrupted
the
better.
And
yet
it's
at
the
design
phase.
When,
if
there
need
modification,
perfect
considerations,
it's
most
helpful.
K
G
K
Did
work
with
the
library
a
month
or
so
ago
they
have
a
community
advisory
committee
that
they're
working
with
and
they
did
a
representative
from
the
disability
community.
So
I
gave
them
a
name
of
a
former
member
of
the
architectural
access
board
carol
steinberg.
So
she
is
serving
the
advisory
committee.
So
she
will
be
in
all
those
meetings
offering
her
expertise
as
well
as
the
lived
experience.
K
G
K
I
think
I
pretty
much
covered
it.
It
would
be
the
vaccine
and
focus
groups,
it
was
agenda
items,
but
I
think
we
have
two
of
them
now
that
we
talked
about
and
then
also
the
meeting
schedule
which
jessica
mentioned
before
we
started,
which
we'll
have
to
wait
till
january
to
get
our
firm
schedule,
but
we
should
be
able
to
get
a
january
date,
hopefully
in
the
next
couple
weeks,.
B
Sure-
and
I
know
that
we
should
in
the
first
meeting
in
january,
we
should
talk
about
elections
again.
You
know,
because
I've
certainly
enjoyed
my
time
as
chair,
but
you
know
I
would
also
want
to
encourage
and
see
see
other
other
folks
take
on
that
that
role
as
well.
So
so,
if
anybody's
interested
you
know
in
in
having
a
a
leadership
role
within
the
advisory
board,
they
can
reach
out
to
the
commissioner's
office
or
and
or
myself
well,.
F
L
B
F
Joey
I
have,
I
have
some
new
business
to
bring
up,
which
I
just
found
out
about
this
week-
all
right,
no
problem,
carl
good
question.
So
on
the
governor's
desk
as
we
speak,
it
just
passed
the
house
and
senate
as
part
of
the
police
bill
police
reform
bill
in
the
bill.
Snuck
in
was
a
bill
to
start
a
new
commission
on
the
status
of
people
with
disabilities,
and
seven
people
would
be
appointed
by
the
governor
three
people
by
the
speaker
of
the
house.
F
There
is
some
language
in
there
about
them,
working
with
the
commission's
commission
on
disabilities,
which
is
why
I
bring
it
up.
So
I
don't
know
whether
the
governor
is
going
to
sign
this
bill,
but
we
will
know
within
the
next
week-
and
I
just
I
just
sent
the
text
and
language
of
this
bill
to
christian
and
jessica.
So
they
can
look
at
it
and
be
aware
of
it
and
share
it
with
the
rest
of
the
commission.
Yeah.
B
F
F
No
it'll
be
legit,
whoever
they
pick.
Okay,
they
can
pick
it'll,
be
legislators,
community
folks,
governors,
people
and
an
executive
director
with
death.
It
looks
like
they're
gonna,
there's
even
language
in
there
for
an
executive
director
and
the
potential
hiring
staff.
I
don't
know
all
the
details,
I'm
surprised
to
stop
by
me.
F
I
just
found
out
you
know,
I'm
not
I'm
as
much
as
on
top
of
things
as
I
used
to
be
because
of
soviet
I'm
at
home,
and
I'm
not
something
slipped
by
me
and
they
had
some
emergency
meetings
last
week
and
they
got
snuck
in
with
the
police
reform
bill.
So
I'm
just
now
starting
to
do
research
and
find
out
about
it,
but
I
just
wanted
to
publicly
it's
on
the
governor's
desk
now,
which
means
it
passed
the
house
and
sell
it
last
week
and
he
either
had
to
veto
it
sign
it
or
not.