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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 8-18-2021
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The
open
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
bought
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
24,
rcn
channel
13
and
fios
channel
962
that
I
hand
it
off
to
the
chair.
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Okay,
I
will
point
of
order.
Naturally,
we
absolutely
need
to
and
want
to
get
this
vaccine
letter
out
at
the
time
it
was
drafted
and
revised.
We
did
not
yet
know
with
certainty
that
not
only
people
her
immunocompromised
but
as
of
today,
all
people
will
be
eligible,
and
you
know
whatever
recommended
to
get
the
third
dose
vaccine.
I
We
absolutely
want
to
avoid
the
you
know,
lack
of
prioritization
of
the
last
situation,
so
I
just
wanted
to
have
mentioned
that
as
a
new
new
development
about
it,
and
so
I
just
didn't
know
how
the
board
wanted
to
handle
that.
As
I
said,
the
you
know
it's
not
at
all
to
protect
protract
the
letter
any
further,
but
I
didn't
know
if,
if
that
sentence
could
just
be
amended
on
the
fly
or
how
that
what
it?
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This
is
carl,
can
I
we
do
the
amendment
to
say
that
we
want
the
letter
to
go
out,
but
we'll
leave
it
up
to
commissioner
mccosh
and
her
staff
to
add
that
sentence
so
that
it
doesn't
have
to
go
to
another
vote
and
we
can
simply
get
the
letter
out,
because
the
letter
due
to
many
factors,
has
been
sitting
around
for
many
months.
So
can
we
leave
it
up
to
the
disability
office
and
then
send
it
out
if
we
vote
on
it
today
with
future
amendments.
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This
is
your.
This
is
jerry
as
well
yeah
as
long
as
the
as
long
as
that's
that's
doable
from
the
from
the
commissioner's
office
standpoint
that
that
they
can
make
you
know
necessary
changes
without
it
having
to
go
to
another
vote,
because
again,
this
is,
as
carl's
pointed
out
in
an
olivia's
point
that
I,
oh
you
know
this
is.
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Thank
you.
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I,
I
can
only
think
of
one
emotion
I
love
to
make
at
the
end
of
the
medium,
but
anyway,
I
would
like
to
restate
my
motion
to
say
that
I
would
like
to
do
approval
of
the
letter
on
vaccination,
given
the
authority
to
the
disability
office
to
make
the
changes
necessary,
but
then
to
have
them,
send
it
out
once
they
complete
the
letter.
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My
apologies
for
not
updating
the
date,
but
that
is
the
most
recent
copy
per
the
requested
edits
at
the
june
meeting
to
include
the
city
hall
plaza
in
the
priorities,
so
that
is
the
most
recent
copy.
Thank
you
for
clarifying
my
apologies
that
I
did
not
change
the
date
at
the
top
in
the
header.
We
will
edit
that
with
today's
date,
assuming
the
vote
passes.
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You
may
remember,
john
kelly,
a
former
board
member
had
reached
out
about
a
letter
for
physician-assisted
suicide,
opposing
physician-assisted
suicide
and
I
believe,
john's
on
the
call
to
talk
about
the
letter
he
didn't
get
to
call
for
a
vote
last
month
because
we
had
technical
difficulties.
So
john,
do
you
want
to
jump
on
now.
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Okay,
thank
you
good
afternoon.
Everybody.
Thank
you
so
much
for
letting
me
present
the
results
of
my
research
project
tonight
for
those
who
I
have
not
met.
Yet
my
name
is
emily
gomez.
I
just
graduated
in
may
with
my
with
a
degree
in
occupational
therapy,
and
this
project
was
completed
during
my
doctoral
experience
last
spring
with
the
commission
on
persons
with
disabilities.
O
So
the
project
is
titled,
utilizing
an
occupational
therapy
model
to
identify
the
barriers
and
supports
impacting
students
with
disabilities
in
architecture,
education.
The
project
was
completed
with
my
mentors
diane
smith,
patricia
mendez
and
the
individuals
at
the
boston's
mayor's
commission
for
persons
with
disabilities.
O
Although
this
is
a
significant
percentage
of
the
u.s
population,
there
is
currently
limited
to
no
research
on
individuals
with
disabilities
in
the
architecture
profession
with
the
u.s
population
diversifying
at
a
rapid
pace,
we
need
to
meet
the
needs
of
this
diverse
population.
We
need
architects
to
bring
their
unique
perspectives,
experiences
and
backgrounds
to
their
designs.
O
Diversifying
the
profession
and
including
individuals
with
disabilities
in
this
profession
will
ensure
that
architecture
is
supportive
of
the
population
it
serves.
It
will
also
guarantee
elements
of
accessibility.
Our
initial
thought,
rather
than
afterthoughts,
employing
and
including
individuals
with
disabilities,
is
vital.
O
O
Occupational
therapists
are
highly
concerned
with
the
effects
of
the
built
environment,
occupational
therapists
or
ots
are
trained
to
investigate
diverse
factors,
impacting
a
person's
participation,
ots
focus
on
increasing
participation
in
desirable
occupations
and
these
occupations
could
be
anything
just
leisure
activities,
activity
activities
of
daily
living
and
whatever
else
a
person
is
passionate
about
and
sometimes
to
increa,
improve
on
participation,
ots
modify
the
environment
to
better
suit.
The
individual.
O
Also
increasing
participation
in
formal
education
is
a
distinct
practice
area
for
occupational
therapists
to
identify
the
barriers
impacting
students
with
disabilities
in
architecture,
education.
This
project
uses
an
ot
model
called
the
peo
model
and
that
just
stands
for
person,
environment
and
occupation,
and
this
model
examines
all
three
of
those
factors
and
improves
their
interaction
to
improve
a
person's
participation.
O
As
previously
stated,
both
professions
are
impacted
by
the
built
environment,
in
addition
to
identifying
the
barriers
and
supports
impacting
students
with
disabilities
in
architecture.
This
project
aims
to
highlight
the
need
for
interprofessional
collaboration
between
ots
and
architects
and
the
need
of
to
develop
a
better
education
on
universal
design
and
to
identify
emerging
occupational
therapy
practice
areas.
O
So
for
this
research
study,
two
surveys
were
distributed
and
the
first
survey
was
sent
to
current
students
and
alumni
with
disabilities,
and
the
second
survey
was
given
to
disability
support
staff
at
various
architecture.
Schools
in
boston,
from
the
eight
surveys
distributed
from
the
surveys
distributed,
eight
were
returned,
seven
were
from
students
and
alumni.
One
was
a
current
student
and
six
were
alumni,
and
the
last
survey
was
from
a
disability
support
staff
at
an
architecture
school
in
boston.
O
O
Three
participants
attributed
this
to
a
barrier
impacting
the
quality
of
their
overall
education.
A
disability
support
staff,
member
shared
the
following.
The
campus
is
complying
with
the
law,
I
wouldn't
say
it's
inclusive
or
physically
accessible
in
the
most
dignified
and
usable
way.
Curricular
and
physical
access
in
terms
of
usability
is
usually
an
afterthought.
O
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O
The
last
barrier
identified
was
the
culture
surrounding
architecture
programs.
Two
participants
highlighted
the
severe
and
potentially
damaging
expectations
placed
on
students
within
this
profession.
One
participant
shared
the
hazing
mentality
runs
deep
in
almost
every
studio
course.
The
mentality
is
harmful
not
only
for
those
with
disabilities
but
to
all
students.
It
also
reinforces
professors
perception
of
what
working
hard
actually
looks
like.
O
From
the
data
collected,
three
supports
were
also
identified.
The
first
support
was
being
surrounded
by
a
supportive
community
of
professors,
faculty
staff,
classmates
and
co-workers
participants
highlighted
the
benefits
of
having
professors
who
were
open
to
learning
and
providing
accommodations
participants
also
shared
the
support
they
received
from
classmates,
who
are
willing
to
take
and
share
their
class
notes.
O
Three
participants
attributed
this
as
a
support
to
their
overall
education,
one
participant
shared.
I
discovered
a
text-to-speech
app
that
allows
me
to
lead
meetings
again
and
speak
at
conferences.
It's
funny
that,
since
losing
the
ability
to
actually
speak,
I'm
invited
to
speak
at
events
and
conferences
to
a
wide
variety
of
audiences.
O
The
last
theme
identified
from
the
research
was
recommendations
and
advice
for
future
students.
Participants
highlighted
the
need
for
future
students
to
self-advocate
and
utilize
the
available
accommodations
one
participant
shared
her
advice,
stating
I
highly
encourage
people
with
disabilities
to
enter
the
field
of
architecture
as
we
are.
One
of
the
demographics
directly
affected
by
the
built
environment.
O
O
From
the
results,
a
couple
of
potential
solutions
were
identified.
The
solutions
highlight
the
need
for
additional
training
for
faculties
and
staff.
It
was
also
noted
that
the
need
to
increase
the
focus
and
education
on
universal
design
and
for
alterations
to
be
made
to
the
physical
and
attitudinal
environment
of
these
programs.
O
It
was
also
made
evident
that
students
with
disabilities
need
to
be
represented
and
included
within
the
profession
as
it
impacts
such
a
huge
population
by
identifying
the
barriers
and
supports
further
research
is
demanded
to
develop
specific
strategies
to
alleviate
the
barriers
impacting
students
so
from
an
ots
perspective.
This
implements
our
profession
in
a
lot
of
different
ways.
O
Occupational
therapies
have
a
lot
of
knowledge
on
various
disabilities,
environmental
modifications,
adaptive
equipment,
universal
design
and
the
human
lifespan,
and
having
this
information
will
ensure
that
architecture
is
truly
accessible
for
the
population
it
will
serve.
The
project
additionally
highlights
the
neither
for
the
need
for
further
interprofessional
collaboration
between
architects
and
ots
ot's
knowledge
paired
with
architects,
once
your
elements
of
design
are
truly
accessible.
O
Lastly,
this
project
highlighted
an
emerging
practice.
Areas
for
ots
ots
can
work
as
consultants
on
design
projects
provide
education
on
disabilities,
home
modifications
and
adaptive
equipment
to
architectures
students
and
can
also
work
as
co-designers
working
together.
These
pro,
these
professions
will
diminish
environmental
barriers
to
ensure
all
individuals
are
able
to
successfully
participate
in
their
valuable
occupations.
O
So
I
would
like
to
thank
the
following
individuals.
Without
their
support,
this
project
would
not
be
possible.
Here's
a
list,
but
a
huge
thank
you
to
all
these
individuals
and
if
anybody
would
like
a
reference
list
or
find
out
any
more
information.
Here's
my
email
address
on
the
top
I'd
be
happy
to
send
that
along
and
now
I'll
open
up
to
questions.
Thank
you
so
much
for
listening
to
my
research.
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O
I
I
have
one
I'm
the
person,
it's
elizabeth,
I
have
one,
but
my
name
isn't
isn't
written
correctly,
hi
elizabeth
olivia.
Is
it
okay
if
I
go
yeah,
okay?
Well,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation
and
for
your
work.
I
had
a
question
in
the
architectural
schools.
I
don't
know
if
I'm
curious
about
the
the
current
curriculum
itself,
one
does
it
include
some
kind
of
an
innovative
project
or
something
that
they're
they're
supposed
to
create,
I'm
just
trying
to
think
of
even
before
it's.
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O
O
But
from
what
I
read
it
wasn't
that
significant
and
it
wasn't
a
lot
of
communications
with
people
with
disabilities.
It
was
more
of
just
verbal
didactic
work,
but
I'm
pretty
sure.
Hopefully
now
schools
are
starting
to
implement
that,
but
not
a
lot
of
research
on
that.
Yet
I
hope
that
answers
most
of
the
question.
O
I
O
No
problem,
I
know
in
australia,
they
have
programs
where
ots
and
architects
and
people
with
a
lived
experience,
work
together,
collaboratively
and
that
has
shown
good
results.
I
think
now
it's
just
trying
to
get
that
established
in
schools
here
and
trying
to
get
more
students
with
disabilities
in
architecture
and
trying
to
have
a
lot
of
interprofessional
collaboration.
So
it's
getting
there's
a
couple
of
eyes
getting
done,
helping
with
the
project
to
make
sure
it's
truly
accessible
for
everyone.
I
O
F
Kind
of
piggybacking
on
that,
and
thank
you
again
for
your
your
research
and
and
wanting
to
delve
into
this.
This
topic
emily,
but
so
from
your
research
and
from
your
just
surveying,
different
architectural
curricula
around
there
isn't
there
isn't
or
a
lot
being
taught
around
universal
universal
design.
I'm
a
little
surprised
about
that.
I,
I
would
think
that
that's
become
that's
become
more.
You
know
the
norm.
Lately
it's
disappointing
to
to
hear
at
least
from
your
research
that
that
it
hasn't.
O
Yeah
recently,
I
hope
it's
getting
more
integrated.
I
know
with
the
research
results,
a
lot
of
people
say
they
didn't
have
it,
but
also
I
had
a
student
who's,
a
current
student
and
she
shared
that
it's
not
really
taught
as
much
as
it
should
be
and
that
some
of
her
classes
kind
of
glance
over
it
and
they
mention
it.
But
it's
not
really
something
that's
dug
into
their
curriculum
and
something
that's
mentioned
as
a
priority.
O
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N
Yes,
hi.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation,
emily.
I
have
two
questions
for
you.
First
of
all,
when
you
mention
the
small
survey,
you
said
those
basically
eight
or
nine
people,
so
those
eight
or
nine
people
did
they
have
some
kind
of
disability
or
were
they
physically
disabled?
Can
you
do
you
have
information
about
what
sort
of
disability
they
had.
O
Yes,
so
all
participants
had
self-identified
as
having
a
disability,
some
disclosed
their
disability,
and
I
think
there
was
a
couple
of
wide
range,
a
lot
of
the
alumni
who
returned
their
surveys
shared
the
disability,
but
in
just
because
they
self-identified
I
tried
not
to
or
if
they
didn't
openly
share.
I
didn't
ask
so
I
know
some
identified
as
having
physical
disabilities
and
intellectual
or
learning
disabilities,
but
that
was
the
extent
I
have.
N
Okay,
great
so
I
am,
I
was
just
curious,
so
my
second
question
then,
is
in
your
presentation.
You
talked
a
lot
about
physical
barriers
of
architectural
design,
and
I
know
that
that
you
talked
about
that
being
related
to
the
work
of
occupational
therapists
and
I'm
wondering
there's
a
lot
of
information
about
sensory,
sensory,
there's,
sort
of
sensory,
visual
auditory,
etc.
N
I'm
just
asking
because
there
are
deaf
people.
I've
got
their
friends
who
actually
do
who
are
architects
and
they
do
a
lot
of
work
on
open
space
design,
that's
visually
accessible
for
deaf
people
and
hard
of
hearing
people,
and
so
I
think
that's
something
where
you
that
really
should
be
something
that
is
considered
to
be
included
in
architectural
programs
and
projects,
because
it's
not
just
the
physical
disability
barriers
and
supports
that
are
available
in
an
environment.
N
O
Yes,
I
definitely
agree
with
that
wholeheartedly.
I
think
that's
a
great
thing
to
add,
and
I
hope
that
this
project
kind
of
sheds
more
light
or
that
this
project
could
be
enhanced
to
kind
of
show
that
and
that's
take
those
factors
into
consideration,
because
I
do
think
it's
important
to
consider
more
than
just
the
physical
disabilities.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Wesley.
J
Olivia
is
it
possible
to
have
a
public
input
here?
Yeah
go
ahead
hi.
This
is
david
vieira
from
hyde
park,
and
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
the
presenter
said
her
email
was
at
the
top
of
the
screen,
but
for
those
of
us
who
are
on
the
phone
or
are
visually
impaired,
we
cannot
see
that.
So.
Would
you
please
verbally
give
that
information.
A
On
a
related
note,
apologies
that
we
were
a
little
bit
late,
getting
all
of
the
accessibility
tech
worked
out,
and
then
I
didn't
announce
it.
So
this
seems
like
a
good
time
for
me
to
point
out
that
if
you
would
like
to
enable
cart
closed
captioning
we
do
have
a
live.
Transcript
is
the
button
at
the
bottom.
A
It
is
being
produced
by
a
human
cart
provider,
not
the
ai
that
zoom
provides.
We
also
do
have
two
asl
interpreters
who
you
can
pin
if
you
need
permissions
to
be
able
to
pin
both
of
them.
Please
send
me
a
message
in
the
chat
and
I
can
provide
that
for
you
so
sorry
to
interrupt
and
also
sorry.
This
is
an
hour
into
the
meeting,
but
thank
you
all.
O
C
I
have
two
things:
local
elections
are
coming
up.
If
you
haven't
gotten
lots
of
campaign
mail
and
lots
of
visits
and
whatnot
by
by
all
of
the
local
eligible
candidates,
then
it'll
be
coming
very
soon,
because
the
election,
the
preliminary
election,
is
on
september
14th,
they're
running
for
seats
for
city
council
mayor.
C
Is
their
phone
number?
The
second
thing
is:
evictions
are
on
the
mind
of
a
lot
of
people.
Even
though
there's
the
cdc
moratorium,
people
are
getting
into
deeper
and
deeper
arrears.
Landlords
cannot
actually
physically
remove
you
without
a
court
order.
Let's
get
that
out
there.
There
is
an
office
in
boston
that
can
help.
You
called
the
office
of
housing
stability,
whether
you
live
in
public
housing,
private
housing
or
have
a
section.
8
voucher
talk
to
them.
C
They've
now
established
a
special
fund
for
bha
tenants
who
were
not
eligible
for
the
rental
relief
fund
so
that
putting
that
out
there
contact
them
if
you're
in
trouble
or
if
you
you
need
help.
We
want
you
to
keep
a
roof
over
your
head,
especially
for
folks
with
disabilities,
who
are
more
susceptible
and
more.
B
B
B
That
means
that
they
assist
city
departments
who
need
to
get
asl
or
cart.
They
have
funding.
Every
city
department
has
funding
for
language
and
communication
access
projects,
they're
translating
all
of
the
city's
vital
documents
into
12
languages
and
it's
a
great
resource
for
all
city
staff.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that.
B
Once
the
hearing
is
scheduled,
we
will
be
sure
to
have
asl
on
the
call
and
also
cart
so
more
to
come
on
that,
but
really
exciting
news
and
then
the
third
big
announcement
is
that
we
were
awarded
funding
from
the
american
recovery
plan
federal
money
to
hire
a
full-time
in-house
asl
interpreter.
So
we're
super
excited
about
this,
because
we
don't
think
it's
something
that
we
know
it's
something
the
city
of
boston
has
never
done,
and
there
aren't
a
lot
of
other
municipalities
that
are
doing
it.
B
B
G
B
B
B
No
problem,
okay,
so
then
moving
on
to
vaccine
access
just
to
let
you
know
that
positivity
positivity
numbers
in
the
city
are
continuing
to
rise,
but
our
hospitals
still
have
more
than
adequate
capacity.
So
there's
really
no
threat
of
lack
of
care.
At
this
point,
as
of
8
10
20,
21,
68
of
boston
residents
have
one
shot
and
61
are
fully
vaccinated.
B
The
mayor
also
announced
last
week
that
city
employees
and
those
who
volunteer
in
city,
hall
and
city
buildings
will
be
required
to
be
vaccinated
or
else
get
tested
regularly
and
present
a
negative
test.
So
that's
going
to
start
in
september
and
then,
as
you
talked
about
earlier
with
the
letter,
we're
following
closely
the
information
on
booster
shots,
and
I
know
that
this
group
did
a
ton
of
advocacy,
along
with
the
rest
of
the
disability
community,
on
the
the
qualifications
to
get
the
original
shot.
B
B
So
we
have
a
few
things
that
we'll
work
on
for
that,
but
I
may
have
mentioned
before
that.
I'm
part
of
a
national
group
of
disability
commissioners
across
the
country
there
are
over
a
dozen
of
us
who
meet
monthly
to
talk
about
emerging
issues,
common
policy,
things
that
we
want
to
recommend
and
one
thing
that
we
did
was
we
wrote
a
joint
letter
to
secretary
walsh
on
employment
issues
for
people
with
disabilities.
B
We
outlined
five
or
six
priorities
of
what
we'd
like
to
ask
him
to
work
on,
so
we
were
fortunate
enough
to
get
a
meeting
with
his
staff,
hopefully
the
secretary
himself,
but
definitely
his
staff
and
also
another
member
of
the
biden
cabinet-
is
dan
tsai.
He
was
a
former
director
at
masshealth
and
now
he's
working
on
the
federal
medicaid
program,
so
we've
also
invited
him
to
the
meeting
to
talk
about
employment
disincentives
for
people
who
are
on
medicaid,
so
really
excited
about
this
meeting
and
especially
to
have
the
connection
with
secretary
walsh.
B
We
hope
to
really
push
him
to
increase
the
opportunities
and
outcomes
of
employment
for
persons
with
disabilities,
we're
also
working
on
some
other
events
for
october
and
in
september,
we're
hosting
a
lunch
and
learn
on
disability
inclusion
with
the
greater
boston
chamber
of
commerce,
commerce,
that's
going
to
be
on
september
17th,
and
we
think
it's
going
to
be
in
cambridge
at
the
multicultural
arts
center.
But
once
we
get
everything
secured,
we
will
send
you
out
invitations
if
you'd
like
to
join
and
andrea,
that
is
in
person.
Is
that
correct?
Will
it
also
be
virtual?
A
B
B
So,
since
the
state
of
emergency
ended
and
there's
no
more
accessible
vote
by
mail,
we're
meeting
internally
to
see
if
we
can
come
up
with
any
options
to
have
this,
at
least
in
the
city
of
boston
and
then
just
to
go
over
some
important
dates
to
reiterate
some
of
them
that
olivia
gave
august
25th
is
the
deadline
to
register
to
vote
in
the
preliminary
election
in
boston
september.
4Th
early
voting
begins
september.
14Th
is
the
preliminary
election
october.
13Th
is
the
deadline
to
register
to
vote
in
the
general
election
and
november?
B
B
I
I
If
those
return
as
well
as
we
don't
know
yet
how
they'll
handle
it,
but
also
the
fact
that
it's
literally
one
shot
and
one,
it's
not
the
complication
of
two,
but
you
have
you're
gonna,
have
a
mass
of
people
trying
to
buy
for
lots
in
whichever
form
for
one
for
one
shot.
So
I
just
didn't
know
in
addition
to
the
advocacy
you
discussed
and
things
like
our
letter.
But
what
is
the
best
way
for
people
to
you
know
follow
up
with
with
certain
specific
ways
that
yeah.
B
We
had
to
learn
with
our
feet
to
the
fire
last
year,
when
all
the
vaccination
clinics
were
setting
up,
but
we've
learned
a
lot
and
we've
taken
all
those
lessons
learned
and
we're
facilitating
them
into
a
plan
for
the
next
phase
of
booster
shots.
We're
also
continuing
to
monitor
the
metrics
to
make
sure
that
the
hospital
capacity
remains
adequate.
B
So
I
believe
the
announcement
that
everyone
will
be
able
to
get
a
booster
shot
just
came
out
today,
so
you
know
the
city
has
been
planning
for
this
because
we
know
it's
coming,
but
we
will
have
more
information
soon.
Like
I
said
we,
it
was
just
announced
today
that
everybody
is
eligible
for
a
shot
in
the
future,
and
then
people
with
immunocompromised
health
conditions
will
be
eligible
sooner.
They
may
andrea
they
eligible
now.
So.
A
These
are,
this
is
guidance
coming
from
the
cdc,
so
regarding
a
limited
set
of
immunocompromised
folks,
they
have
not
only
been
recommended
for
a
third
shot
by
the
cdc,
but
I
believe,
authorized
by
the
fda,
so
that
the
difference
here
is
that
the
moderna
and
advisor
vaccines
were
authorized
for
emergency
use
by
the
fda
as
basically
not
harmful.
In
two
doses,
the
fda
still
needs
to
do
a
little
more
research
on
a
third
dose
or
review
the
data.
A
The
announcement
just
came
today
that
the
cdc
would
like
to
recommend
a
third
dose
pending
authorization
by
the
fda,
which
they
expect
will
happen
by
the
approximately
the
end
of
september.
I
know
that's
complicated
federal
agencies,
there's
a
lot
of
regulations.
We
can
send
the
link
out
to
the
cdc's
announcement
that
lays
this
all
out,
honestly,
maybe
not
even
more
clearly
than
I
just
did,
but
we
can
send
it
out
anyway,
and.
B
I
Oh
sure,
and
for
our
networks
as
well,
because
as
you
and
carl
and
others
have
discussed,
I
think
sounds
like
a
devotee
day
for
specific,
with
people
with
a
certain
type
of
disability
did
work
out
well
and
also.
I
would
encourage
everyone
that,
for
the
one
of
the
the
cdc
look
for
immunocompromised
drugs,
when
it
said
you
know
moderate,
to
severely
amino
compromised
to
just
that
that
can
be
discussed
with
people
about
whether
someone
feels
that
they
would
qualify,
but
that
so
thanks
for
bringing
those.
F
Yeah,
yes,
commissioner,
thank
you.
I
didn't
know
in
in
the
in
the
slide
here
when
you
have
the
dates
for
the
voting
and
and
so
forth,
and
it
says,
early
voting
is
going
to
begin,
and
you
mentioned
in
in
your
verbal
report
that
that
folks
don't
need
a
reason.
Are
our
ballots
gonna
be
sent
out
automatically
or
do
do?
We
still
have
to
request
those
if
you,
if
we
want
to
vote
by
mail.
B
B
B
B
B
B
Dunkin
donuts
is
sponsoring
it,
so
you
get
iced
coffee.
There
are
some
like.
I
said
the
neighborhoods
are
here.
If
anybody
would
like
to
attend
they're,
usually
from
10
30
to
11,
30.,
okay
and
then
there's
another
issue
I
wanted
to
discuss
in
my
report,
and
that
is
the
sidewalk
accessibility
and
the
curb
ramp
settlement
agreement
that
the
city
recently
entered
into.
B
So
just
to
give
you
some
background
on
sidewalk
issues,
we
all
know
boston
is
an
old
city.
We
have
narrow
sidewalks,
they
require
a
lot
of
maintenance
because
we
have
weather-related
heating.
We
that
leads
to
missing
bricks.
We
have
aging
infrastructure
upgrades
that
need
to
be
completed
and
we
always
have
utility
work
going
on
because
things
break
things
are
old
and
things
freeze
to
complicate
these
issues.
B
There
are
also
private
streets,
so
there
are
a
lot
of
owners
of
streets
in
the
city,
our
current
policies
and
practices
over
the
last
10
years,
the
city's
put
in
place
strict
standards
for
sidewalk
and
curb
ramp
construction,
and
we
have
explicit
accessibility
requirements.
Public
works
has
a
sidewalk
policy.
B
It
covers
when
people
do
repairs
and
reconstruction
on
sidewalks.
That
would
be
like
private
companies
or
utility
companies,
and
then
any
new
construction
falls
under
the
complete
street
guidelines.
This
is
a
national
set
of
standards
that
prioritizes
pedestrians
and
they
have
really
explicit
sidewalk
policies
that
the
city
strives
to
achieve.
B
B
B
B
And
then
finally,
ways
that
the
public,
the
disability
community
and
you
can
all
get
involved.
The
city
is
going
to
maintain
a
system
for
submitting
requests
to
install
or
upgrade
curb
ramps.
So
if
you
have
an
issue
with
the
curb
ramp
somewhere,
that
you've
noticed
you'll
be
able
to
input
it
directly
into
this
system,
we're
also
going
to
create
an
implementation
plan
that
the
public
can
comment
on
and
issue
annual
reports
documenting
the
installation
and
upgrade
of
curb
ramps.
B
This
notice
was
posted
publicly
on
the
city
of
boston
website,
there's
a
link
to
it
on
the
slide
deck
and
it's
also
been
advertised
in
the
globe
and
the
herald
for
four
consecutive
weeks.
These
were
all
terms
of
the
agreement
and
now
just
to
follow
up
with
one
of
the
bullet
points
that
we
have
already
completed.
I
wanted
to
introduce
one
of
our
new
colleagues
tom
who
works
in
the
public
works
department.
B
P
P
P
So
far,
I've
been
really
impressed
with
the
level
of
consideration
and
detail
that
the
city
engineers
are
giving
to
each
ramp.
It's
really
encouraging
to
see
and
based
on
what
I've
seen
so
far.
I'm
really
confident
that
this
work
is
going
to
greatly
improve
accessibility
within
the
city.
So
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
working
with
many
of
you
and
hopefully
meeting
some
of
you
in
person
someday
soon
kristen.
Thank
you
for
the
introduction
and
if
anyone
has
any
questions
for
me,
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
them.
B
D
D
P
B
Just
to
clarify
jerry
tom
will
be
working
on
like
the
built
environment,
sidewalks
and
curb
ramps,
not
like
program
and
policy
access
things
like
that.
That's
still
going
to
be
in
our
office,
but
tom
you
know
within
in
engineering,
and
you
know
that
type
of
background
he'll
be
doing
the
work
with
public
works.
How
about
aps.
B
Q
Tom
is
here
for
anything
within
the
in
the
city
right
away.
It's
a
sidewalk
issue,
a
roadway
issue,
a
crossing
issue
or
anything
like
that.
We're
here
to
help
and
to
answer
any
questions
we
make
you'll
find
me
in
city
hall
every
day,
very,
very
late
like
this,
and
we're
available
we're
available
by
email
or
phone
calls
or
anything
that
you
want,
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
hello,
introduce
myself,
and
that
has
been
very
nice
to
be
on
this
meeting.
Thank
you
for
for
making
us
a
part
of
it.
A
N
N
B
Q
We
have
started
this
process
this
year
and
it
will
continue.
We,
of
course
we
are
we're,
always
worried
about
the
weather
in
the
winter
and
things
like
that.
But
we
should
be
working
straight
up
till
we
like
to
say
november
15th,
but
if
the
weather
is
better,
we'll
continue
to
get
as
many
built
as
we
can.
I
Q
I'll
take
that
one
hi
john!
No,
we
we
still
have
the
tool
joints
in
the
city
right
now.
The
contractors
could
do
a
saw
cut
joint,
but
in
that
process
it's
it's
very
difficult
in
the
city
environment
to
get
that
it's
usually
done
in
an
environment
like
a
development
that
has
fencing
around
it
and
less
pedestrian
access
and
things
like
that,
but
they
they
they
do,
make
a
better
surface,
and
I
do
agree
with
you,
but
right
now
we're
using
hand
tool
joints.
J
B
We
need
to
revisit
that.
To
be
honest,
we
haven't
made
a
lot
of
progress
on
that.
We
are
working
internally
very
closely
with
the
public
works
department,
the
the
no
I'm
sorry
btd
bikes
is
under
btd,
so
we're
working
closely
with
them
and
we
we
just
have
to
get
back
to
doing
it.
I
know
that
they
have
put
out
a
series
of
videos
on
what
was
the
list
andrea
specifically.
A
Related
to
protected
bike
lanes,
including
crossing
a
protected
bike,
lane
parking
next
to
a
protected
bike
lane,
I'm
trying
to
remember
what
the
third
topic
was,
but
they're
all
about
specifically
the
ones
that
are
what
they
call
parking
protected
so
where
it's
a
parking
lane
of
parked
cars,
those
flex
posts,
a
bike
lane
and
then
the
sidewalk.
They
produced
several
videos
for
interacting.
With
with
that
design,
I
can
drop
the
link.
B
So
we
have
two
ways
to
approach
it:
we're
working
with
btd
that
they're
going
to
do
a
video
for
us
on
bike
safety
aimed
at
bike
riders.
But
then
we
also
have
grant
money
that
we
need
to
spend
this
year,
and
that
was
a
bigger
project.
I
was
talking
to
you
about
which
we
haven't
done
yet
and
really
it's
just
been
an
issue
of
capacity.
B
We
had
a
lot
of
things
happening
quickly
over
the
summer,
coming
back
to
city
hall
after
covet
and
still
trying
to
reopen.
We
just
had
a
lot
on
our
plate
and
then
we
are
also
down
one
staff
member,
but
we
do
need
to
spend
the
money
this
year
this
calendar
year,
so
we
will
be
working
on
it
now,
starting
probably
next
week.
J
Well,
commissioner,
I've
been
talking
about
this
for
three
years
now,
and
the
bullet
points
that
were
just
mentioned
have
nothing
to
do
with
bikers,
not
paying
attention
to
the
standard
rules
of
the
road.
I
was
crossing
arlington
and
wilson
street
last
week.
All
the
cars
were
stopped.
I
had
a
walk
signal.
J
I
was
in
the
middle
of
a
crosswalk
and
a
bike
came
shooting
out
from
between
the
cars
and
missed
me
by
about
six
inches,
there's
an
enforcement
issue
here
that
is
not
being
addressed,
and
when
you
talk
to
the
bpd,
you
need
to
stress
that
there
needs
to
be
some
kind
of
way
to
pull
these
bikers
over
and
give
them
the
lecture
about
the
rules
of
the
road
regarding
pedestrians.
People
are
riding
on
sidewalks
they're
riding
across
the
crosswalks
when
people
are
trying
to
cross
they're
riding
down
one-way
streets,
the
wrong
way.
J
B
B
N
Yeah,
I
I've
been
just
thinking
a
little
bit
about
that
problem
and
I
visited
new
york
city
recently
and
I
did
see
a
lot
of
policing
out
on
the
streets
to
make
sure
that
cyclists
were
actually
adhering
to
the
rules
and
they
were
going
the
correct
way
on
the
bike
path
and
they
were
that
allowing
space
for
the
pedestrians
and
being
aware
of
that.
So
I
you
know.
I
think
that
that
is
something
that
boston
really
does
need
to
look
into
to
see
how
they're
doing
that
or
what
they're
doing.
So.
B
R
Thank
you,
hello,
everyone.
My
name
is
patricia
mendez
and
I'm
the
director
of
architectural
access
for
the
disabilities
commission
for
the
city
of
boston.
Today,
I'm
going
to
give
you
an
architectural
access
overview,
I'm
going
to
talk
about
three
different
bodies.
The
first
one
is
the
state.
A
board
is
massachusetts,
architectural
access
board.
The
second
is
the
city,
commission,
public
improvement,
commission
pic
and
the
third
one
is
the
bpda
boston
planning
and
development
agency.
R
R
R
R
The
architectural
access
board
investigates
accessibility,
complaints
from
the
public.
Our
office
sends
access
issues
to
the
aab
compliant
officers
and
share
complaint
forms.
The
aab
refers
projects
that
are
seeking
a
variance
in
boston
to
our
office
for
technical
assistance,
especially
older
existing
buildings
that
are
complicated
and
are
existing
and
they
lack
access.
R
R
M
R
R
R
R
R
R
Our
office
raises
awareness
and
collaborates
on
resilience
and
sustainability,
initiatives
and
guidelines,
and
the
last
slide
please,
and
I'm
going
to
talk
about
all
the
ways
that
you
can
get
involved
involved
or
the
state
aab
massachusetts
architectural
access
board.
You
can
attend
the
bi-weekly
aab
meetings,
virtually
to
listen
and
or
to
comment
on
variances.
R
R
You
can
let
our
office
know
about
your
priorities
for
accessible
sidewalks,
and
you
can
write
letters
as
a
board
expressing
appreciation
or
concern
about
work
being
done
on
boston,
sidewalks
for
the
bpda,
boston,
planning
and
development
agency.
You
can
attend
community
meetings
virtually
on
development
projects
to
give
input
on
accessibility
issues.
R
You
can
submit
written
comments
by
email
on
projects
individually
or
as
a
board,
and
also
you
can
invite
developers
to
come
to
our
advisory
board
meeting
to
present
to
discuss
accessibility
issues
and,
lastly,
you
can
review
their
accessibility
checklist
as
part
of
their
submission
to
the
bpda,
and
with
that
I
thank
you
for
your
time
and
attention.
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
B
I
just
have
a
comment:
if
no
one
has
a
question
right
now.
Thank
you
patricia
that
was
very
informative
and
we
hope
to
you
know
we
want
to
help
you
all
get
up
to
speed
on
architectural
access
issues,
because
we
really
want
your
involvement
and
we're
going
to
share
these
slides
with
you.
So
you
can
take
your
time
and
review
them.
F
Yes,
that's
what
I
I
mean
you're
answering
my
my
question.
I
didn't
know
whether
you
know
olivia's
been
getting
them
or
or
or
the
chair.
Whoever
the
chair
is,
would
automatically
get
them,
and
I
know
that
we
had
discussed
various
ways
to
follow
up
on
them.
You
know
in
the
past
so
and
that's
why
you
know
again:
that's
why
you're
you're,
probably
bringing
up
the
issue
of
the
subcommittee
or
whatnot
so
yeah
I
used
to
I
used
to
get
them
as
chair.
B
B
One
of
the
biggest
things
that,
as
you
know,
you
all
do
is
write
letters
and
they
have
a
big
impact
on
the
people
who
receive
them.
So
continue
to
do
that
and
then
there
are
always
community
meetings
about
bpda
projects
and
there's
so
much
building
going
on
in
boston
right
now
that
if
there's
a
neighbor
a
project
in
your
neighborhood
that
you're
interested
in,
I
would
encourage
you
to
attend
the
community
meetings,
because
you
can
give
comments,
you
can
submit
comments.
B
All
the
documents
are
available
online,
including
the
accessibility
checklist,
and
we
implemented
the
checklist
about
five
years
ago.
It's
extremely
detailed.
It
talks
about
accessible
routes
surrounding
the
project,
accessible
t
stations
in
the
pro
near
the
project.
It
talks
about
if
it's
housing,
how
many
units
are
going
to
be
built
out
as
group
2
fully
compliant
units.
B
It
talks
about
vertical
connections.
If
there's
an
elevator
there's
stairs
right.
Next
to
it
talks
about
parking,
it's
very,
very
detailed,
but
it's
also
like
a
snapshot
of
the
whole
of
the
accessibility
of
the
whole
project.
So,
if
anyone's
interested
in
those
we're
happy
to
share
them,
every
project
has
to
do
one
and
they're
really
helpful,
because
you
know
it
makes
the
developers
think
about
accessibility
at
the
beginning
of
the
project,
not
just
at
the
end
to
just
throw
it
in
as
an
afterthought.
B
B
A
J
This
is
david
vieira
from
hyde
park.
The
open
meeting
law
requires
that
public
meetings
have
a
roll
call
vote
of
their
members,
and
I
know
your
introductions
cover
that
roll
call,
but
it's
important
that
the
advisory
committee
members
use
both
their
first
and
last
name
for
that
roll
call
please,
and
also
when
one
of
the
advisory
committee
members
is
speaking
a
first
and
last
name
would
also
be
helpful
and
last
point
on
your
letter
to
acting
mayor
janie
on
the
original
letter
that
was
referenced
was
dated
in
april.
J
R
Yes,
hi
everyone
again,
my
announcement
is
regarding
potential
cam
training.
Cam
stands
for
community
accessibility,
monitor
training.
This
is
given
by
mod
and
I'm
happy
to
organize
it
for
our
advisory
board
members.
I
I
want
to
take
it
myself
personally
and
I
would
like
to
know
if
there's
enough
interest,
I'm
I'm
happy
to
hear
if
you
can.
Let
us
know
I'm
happy
to
organize
this.
This
training,
which
is
like
two
parts.
The
first
part,
is
about
four
hours.
R
D
M
A
F
F
F
I
saw
in
the
weekly
announcement
that
came
out
that
I
received
today
that
they
completed
they
recently
completed
a
six
weeks
six
week,
financial
literacy
program
with
special
education,
students
from
the
city
of
boston
and-
and
I
I
you
know
that
that
to
me
sounds
like
a
wonderful
program
and
I
would
love
to
hear
you
know
more
about
it.
May,
if
not
at
next
month's
meeting,
maybe
at
a
at
a
at
a
future
future
meeting.
I
think
it
was
wonderful.
B
Hi
jerry,
it's
kristen
mckaush.
Thank
you
for
that.
I
did
mean
to
put
that
in
my
commissioner
report.
I
forgot
to
do
it,
but
yeah.
We
can
give
a
report
out
on
that.
Probably
next
month
it
was
funding
that
we
got
from
citibank
five
cities
across
the
country
got
it.
It's
part
of
our
national
group
that
we
were
involved
with
new
york,
la
san
francisco,
chicago
and
boston.
All
got
money
to
work
on
financial
empowerment
for
people
with
disabilities.
B
So
we
had
a
six
week
session
with
boston,
special
ed
students
of
transit
transition
age,
so
they
are
18
to
22
working
on
their
next
steps
after
high
school,
the
training
announced
made
them
aware
of
different
bank
products
like
sec
savings
account
checkings
account
different
types
of
like
credit
practices,
predatory
lending,
so
it
was
just
training
on
financial
literacy
and
it
ended
with
them
each
each
student
being
given
seed
money
of
a
hundred
dollars
to
open
an
account
so
super
great
program.
Many
thanks
to
andrea.
B
N
N
B
I
think
we
talked
a
few
meetings
ago
that
it
wasn't.
I
looked
into
it
with
my
cabinet
chief,
and
it
wasn't
something
that
I
could
actively
participate
in
just
because
of
the
really
strict
line
between
like
office
work
for
the
city
and
the
election.
So
it
was
going
to
be
something
that
you
could
work
on
with
bcil.
C
C
K
K
And
if
people
don't
know
what
it
is,
is
the
usual
sidewalks
have
those
big
cracks,
the
cracks
that
break
your
mother's
back
and
you
can
know
how
bad
a
sidewalk
is
by
the
loud
sound
that
the
skateboards
make
when
they
go
over
it
funka
funka
thunka
and
it's
very
painful
for
some
wheelchair
users,
especially
people
who
deal
with
pain,
to
go
over
those
hand-formed
sidewalks,
which
can
have
gaps
as
wide
as
an
inch
and
the
previous
chief
engineer
was
working
with
the
disability
community
on
it.
It's
a
little
more
expensive,
but.
K
B
Oh,
thank
you
john.
This
is
kristin
makash
just
to
respond
to
that
when
we
work
with
developers
doing
private
development
who
are
doing
work
on
the
sidewalk,
we
always
recommend
saw
cut
joints
and
many
of
them
do
put
them
in
it's
not
currently
a
city
standard,
but
I
can
bring
this
up
again.
We
meet
monthly
with
john
and
his
team,
so
john
vizella
and
his
team,
and
now
that
tom
is
on
board,
we
can
certainly
I
can
raise
that
discussion
to
them.
K
Yes,
I
really
appreciate
all
the
the
saw
cut
joints
put
in
by
the
developers.
It's
it's
like
a
dream
to
go
down
the
sidewalk,
it's
almost
like
being
on
tile
in
and
a
building,
and
it
it's
very
s
beneficial
for
ambulatory
people
who
don't
trip
as
much,
and
so
I
appreciate
all
the
places
that
has
appeared,
but
I
think
that
it
really
should
be
the
mandated
standard.