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From YouTube: Civic Engagement for Persons with Disabilities
Description
Mayor Walsh joins Commissioner Kristen McCosh in an event at City Hall designed to engage residents with disabilities. The Mayor and the Commission for Persons with Disabilities have made it a goal to break down barriers that currently impede them from becoming engaged in civic life.
A
A
Ok
welcome
everybody
I'd
like
to
thank
you
all
for
coming
out
to
City
Hall
today
to
get
involved
in
our
civic
engagement
event
of
helping
people
with
disabilities
getting
engaged
in
local
government
I'm
Kristin
mccosh,
the
disability
Commissioner
here
at
City,
Hall
I
have
the
pleasure
of
working
for
mayor
Walsh
and
our
Human
Services
cabinet
chief
Felix
Arroyo
they'll,
be
addressing
you
in
a
moment,
but
I
really
just
wanted
to
emphasize
my
appreciation
for
the
fact
that
you
came
out
today.
I
know
it's
not
always
easy
for
people
with
disabilities
to
get
out
and
about.
A
We
have
berries
with
transportation
and
health
care,
and
things
like
that
and
sometimes
City
Hall,
isn't
always
the
easiest
or
friendliest
place
to
visit.
But
we've
made
a
lot
of
improvements
which
you'll
talk
about
a
little
bit,
but
without
further
ado,
I
would
like
to
turn
the
microphone
over
to
my
boss,
the
wonderful
chief
of
Health
and
Human
Services
Felix
Arroyo.
B
Good
afternoon,
everybody
first
I
want
to
make
some
more
knowledge
with
some
key
partners
that
that
we
have
for
HHS
and
specifically
for
our
disabilities
commission,
but
I
just
want
to
give
a
huge
shout
out
for
a
woman
who
I
consider
to
be
it.
Just
a
tremendous
rock
star,
a
real
champion
on
the
issues
for
persons
living
disability.
I
would
say
that
myself
in
the
mayor,
as
well
as
the
rest
of
the
team,
will
always
have
our
heart
there
when
it
comes
to
the
issue
of
people
living
with
disabilities.
B
B
I'd
like
to
just
recognize
some
of
the
partners
that
we
have
in
government
who
are
in
the
room
today,
who
help
us
do
our
work
and
who
also
work
for
you
right.
Well,
the
disability,
Commission
specializes
in
the
issues
of
people
there
with
disabilities.
In
the
end,
we
are
all
public
service.
We
serve
public
and
today,
as
part
of
their
engagement
dates.
B
A
good
data
stress
you
don't
just
have
the
disabilities
Commission
to
reach
out
to
when,
in
fact,
you
on
the
entire
city
of
Boston
to
reach
out
to
because
every
single
one
of
us
is
able
to
feed
our
families
because
you
pay
our
salaries.
So
here
we
go.
One
is
my
really
good
friend
in
the
chief
of
civic
engagement.
Jerome
Smith
is
here
with
us
today.
B
I'm
really
excited
to
say
that
Dion
iris
is
here,
he's
a
fairly
newly
appointed
the
head
of
the
elections
commission,
but
the
reason
he
was
chosen
is
because
it's
the
mayor
wanted
someone
who
absolutely
thought
that
part
of
the
job
was
not
just
running
elections,
but
making
sure
that
it
was
as
easy
as
possible
for
the
residents
of
Boston
to
be
able
to
cast
their
votes,
that
their
voice
can
be
heard.
He
couldn't
have
found
a
better
person
in
Dion
and
that's
really
what
his
focus
has
been.
My
good
friend,
Dion
Irish.
B
An
easier
to
deal
with
it,
but
I
just
want
you
to
know
that
the
mayor
is
very
aware
that
there
are
obstacles
in
the
lives
of
those
living
with
disabilities
around
access
to
voting,
and
we
will
do
everything
we
can
to
remove
as
many
of
those
obstacles
as
possible,
and
it
does
not
really
matter
to
us
who
you
vote
for.
We.
B
We
just
want
you
to
give
it
exercise
your
right
to
vote,
and
so
we're
going
to
direct
the
weekend
and
that's
why
I
dion's
here
to
learn
in
to
hear
about
what
we
can
do
to
make
sure
that
that
happens.
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
someone's
become
a
fast
friend,
but
really
just
a
strong,
the
meter
in
our
city
and
and
she
serves.
C
B
And
let
me
introduce
the
man
that
everybody
here
knows
you
know.
Imagine
there
I
know
meant
both
my
mayor,
my
boss,
my
friend,
so
it's
been
a
mentor
of
mine
for
a
very
long
time,
but
the
most
important
thing
that
you
should
know
is
that
he
wakes
up
and
truly
thinks
every
day.
How
does
he
make
the
city
work
better
for
those
that
it
may
not
be
currently
working
for
he
thinks
about
how
do
we
remove
obstacles
in
people's
lives?
How
do
we
make
sure
you
know
you
hear
him
talk
a
lot
about.
B
We
need
people
have
second
and
third
and
fourth
chances
he's
also
talking
about
making
sure
people
have
an
honest
and
real
first
chance
and
that's
what
his
entire
administration's
focus
has
been
on.
So
even
when
you
agree
or
don't
agree
with
what
he's
doing,
you
can
always
trace
it
back
to
his
desire
to
make
Boston
work
for
everybody
and
that's
why
I'm
really
proud
to
call
them
our
mayor
and
that's
my
friend,
Marty
Walsh.
D
Thank
you
very
much
Felix
and
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
do
for
us
in
the
city
as
well.
Commission
mccosh.
Thank
you
for
really
leading
the
way.
As
far
as
I
think
a
city
goes
when
it
comes
to
people
with
disabilities.
Inning
and
Christian
is
a
friend
and
she's.
Somebody
who
I
deeply
respect
and
love
her
work,
so
I
want
to
thank
her
for
all
the
great
things
she
is
done.
D
There
are
particularly
when
it
comes
to
engagement.
I
was
at
an
event
last
night
hub
week
in
boston,
misses
event
put
on
and
they
were
talking
about
voting
and
they
were
just
having
a
dialogue
of
conversation
around.
Should
we
have
people
get
paid
to
vote,
it
wasn't
proposed.
It
was
just
an
idea
and
they
asked
me
the
question
and
my
answer
was
absolutely
not
it's.
D
Somebody
shouldn't
not
read
not
vote
just
because
it's
okay,
it's
not
it's,
not
easy
for
me
to
vote.
We
have
to
make
it
as
easy
as
possible.
We
have
to
do
a
lot
more
work
around
civic
engagement.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
all
the
facilities
that
we
have
when
I
say
we,
the
city,
has
are
accessible
to
all
and
the
folks
that
are
working
in
those
locations
understand
that
some
challenges
people
have
and
some
of
the
challenges
we
have
disabilities.
D
Some
of
the
challenge
we
have
are
my
people
from
other
countries
that
English
is
not
their
first
language
and
when
they
get
a
ballot,
they
may
not
understand
the
ballot
process
some
folks.
Every
year
we
have
thousands
of
people
that
become
citizens
to
this,
to
this
great
state,
there's
great
country,
but
through
this
great
state
in
part
of
the
city,
and
it's
that,
when
their
first
time
going
to
vote
it's
intimidating
for
people.
I
can
tell
you
a
story
of
my
mother
who
comes
from
Ireland
who
speaks.
D
English
became
a
citizen
about
only
about
20
years
ago
and
the
first
time
she
voted.
She
got
really
nervous
in
the
voting
booth
because
she
wasn't
exactly
sure
how
to
vote
and
back.
Then
it
was
the
little
leverage
you
pulled
out
and
you
know,
and
she
she
went
in
and
voted
and
she
has
to
help
I
happen
to
be
next
to
her.
D
They
start
talking
about
it,
probably
in
another
week
or
so,
but
Massachusetts
is
going
to
have
it
we're
going
to
have
it
here
in
Boston
and
when
we
had
the
conversation
about
it,
Dion
Irish
and
president
Wu
and
a
bunch
of
other
people
came
in
and
said,
okay,
how
many
locations
we
going
to
have
and-
and
you
know
we
it
was
our
right
to
have
I,
believe
two
locations
in
the
entire
city.
But
what
we
decided
to
do
was
break
those
locations
down
by
City,
Council
District,
so
we'll
have
one
in
every
single
city.
D
Council
districts
will
have
nine
around
the
entire
city
of
Boston
Indians
office
and
many
of
us.
The
staff
is
here
from
the
elections
department
working
to
learn
the
process,
but
also
make
sure
the
process
is
accessible
to
everybody.
For,
in
Boston
we're
committed
to
making
sure
that
we
break
down
barriers,
all
barriers
for
people
with
disabilities.
We
can
continue
to
side
note
we're
going
to
continue
to,
and
Kristin
spoke
about
this
amendment
or
the
Commissioner
about
making
sure
that
our
handicap
ramps
are
fully
accessible.
D
We're
going
to
make
sure
that
our
councils
fully
accessible
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
the
mezz
off
was
fully
accessible,
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
anybody.
This
is
not
my
building.
This
is
not
Michelle's
building.
This
is
your
building.
This
is
the
people
of
Boston's
building,
and
we
should
make
sure
that
anyone
from
Boston
that
wants
to
come
into
this
building
should
be
able
to
come
into
this
building
anytime
and
access
any
office
in
it,
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
we're
fully
accessible,
we're
upgrading
our
communication.
D
Our
communication
access
policy
website
is
up
and
running
we're
changing
a
lot
of
different
things.
It's
important
for
you
to
understand
that
as
elected
officials
and
then
city
government
employees,
we
all
work
for
you
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
take
this
message
out
to
the
street
and
talk
to
your
friends,
and
let
people
know
that
the
city
government
truly
is
an
inclusive
government
for
all
people.
So
we
need
your
help
on
these
issues.
We
need
you
to
help
help
in
taxing
the
word
out
to
the
community,
because
it
is
so
important.
D
We
can
touch
only
so
many
people,
there's
press
here
today,
so
that
some
people
will
watch
the
press,
but
a
lot
of
people
don't
watch
TV,
you
might
not
see
the
paper
and
that
their
lives
are
too
busy.
So
we're
asking
you
to
take
this
information
up
to
the
street,
it's
an
office
and
on
earth
the
bus,
you
it's
your
honor
for
me
to
be
here
today.
I
have
no
idea
if
I'm
bringing
somebody
who's
speaking
am
I
bringing
so.
I
have
the
honor
of
bringing
the
next
speaker
to
the
microphone.
D
Somebody
who
I
met
four
years
ago,
who
has
done
an
incredible
job
as
not
just
the
City
Council?
Where
does
the
presidency
Council
and
when
we
have
our
meetings
will
meet
every
couple
of
weeks
and
we
have
our
meetings
the
meanings
always
begin
and
end
with.
How
do
we
help
someone
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
as
a
government
cuz?
That's
what
our
responsibility
is
so
I'd
like
to
bring
up
to
you
this
president
of
the
varsity
council,
president
shovel.
E
Hello,
everyone
and
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
be
here
because
for
each
one
of
you
that
are
here
in
as
mayor
said,
you're
building
I
know
you're,
taking
back
the
message
of
the
services
available,
the
programs
available
back
to
so
many
others,
and
so
we
thank
you
for
being
the
leaders
and
representatives
and
investing
the
types
it's
it's
difficult
to
find
it.
Everyone
has
a
lot
going
on
I
wanted
just
to
be
here
today
to
say.
E
Thank
you
on
behalf
of
all
my
colleagues
on
the
City
Council
to
the
mayor
to
our
chiefs
and
leaders
from
across
the
administration.
It's
been
a
real
pleasure
to
be
in
this
building,
knowing
that
across
the
board,
the
leadership
is
committed
to
making
this
a
city
for
everyone
and
a
city
government
for
everyone.
E
We
are
still
doing
a
lot
of
work
here,
and
certainly
the
ordinance
is
just
a
major
step
and
not
an
endpoint,
but
the
council
is
striving
every
day
to
be
better
at
our
communications
and
making
sure
we
are
engaging
with
residents
as
much
as
possible
and
as
excessively
as
possible.
So,
for
example,
at
last
term
council
president
Linehan
at
then
council
president
Linehan
made
sure
that
we
install
the
hearing
loop
at
the
city
in
a
city
council
chamber,
so
that
everybody
with
a
hearing,
aid
or
audio
disability
would
be
able
to
arbitrate.
E
Disability
would
be
able
to
fully
listen
and
participate
to
the
the
proceedings
in
the
chamber.
We're
making
sure
that
our
captioning
for
our
city,
council
broadcasts
happens
with
each
and
every
meeting,
and
we
have
a
lot
more
to
do.
This
I
want
to
give
it
another
shout
out
to
a
department
that
I
don't
represented
in
this
room,
but
has
been
doing
so
much,
which
is
do
it
so.
E
Chief
Yasha,
Franklin
Hodge
and
his
team
have
been
amazing
about
converting
everything
all
of
the
documents
to
reader
screen
reader
accessible
PDFs,
instead
of
just
the
the
screenshots
and
again
a
lot
more
work
to
do,
but
they
are
making
sure
that
Boston
will
be
at
the
forefront
of
accessibility
in
every
way
possible.
So
thank
you
again
for
taking
the
time
to
be
here
today.
We
welcome
you
anytime
to
come
here
and
participate
in
our
city
council
meetings.
Our
hearings
are
working
sessions.
E
We
want
to
hear
from
you
when
you
want
to
make
sure
that
everybody's
voice
is
reflected
in
our
policies.
It
will
again
continue
to
put
everything
on
the
website
as
well,
so
that,
even
if
you
can't
be
here
in
person,
you'll
be
able
to
follow
on
from
home
and
send
us
your
feedback.
That
way.
Thank
you.
So
much.
E
F
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
oh
so
many
of
you,
we've
seen
you
in
the
council
chamber
over
the
years
and
participating,
but
I
really
want
to
recognize
kristen
for
really
going
that
extra
mile
and,
of
course,
that
is
the
hallmark
of
the
walsh
administration.
So
I'm,
you
might
ask
what
are
we
doing
here?
F
F
I
don't
know
if
you've
already
stopped
by
our
table,
but
this
is
the
list
of
all
the
boards
and
commissions,
and
if
you
go
to
ww
boston,
gov
and
hip
city
clerk's
office,
it
will
give
you
entire
list
now,
if
you,
you
know,
hit
the
the
square.
If
there
is
a
vacancy
in
that
Commission,
it
will
show
you
that,
but
on
the
other
hand,
if
it
is
a
commission
that
doesn't
open
up,
that
means
that
the
board
is
a
full
board.
You
could
still
file
your
application
and
we
have
copies
of
that.
F
Also
that
you
would
just
say,
I'd
like
to
demonstrate
the
interest
in
my
breaking
things
here,
an
interest
in
this
particular
Commission
and
perhaps
at
some
point
in
time
I
might
be
able
to
be
appointed
to
this
board.
So
if
there
is
a
process,
it
goes
to
the
City
Council,
and
so
many
members
have
already
been
appointed.
The
mirror
is
very
attentive
to
making
sure
that
he
has
active
engaged
members
of
all
of
these
boards
and
commissions
that
are
working
for
the
people
and
the
neighborhoods
of
Boston.
F
F
G
Thank
you,
madam
clerk
and
again
my
name.
Is
she
chief
Jerome,
Smith
and
I'ma
charge
of
civic
engagement
for
the
city
and
when
the
mayor
created
this
cabinet
in
September
of
2014
had
never
been
formed
before
it
was
kind
of,
let's
figure
out
what
we
can
actually
do
and
in
my
cabin
is
the
office
Neighborhood
Services
Boston
through
on
one,
which
is
the
24-hour
call
center
spark
Boston,
which
works
on
issues
for
the
population
of
a
20
to
34
year
olds.
G
I
have
the
elderly
Commission,
which
handles
our
elderly
population
in
the
city,
and
I
also
have
see
y'all
to
go
truckin
neighborhoods,
and
so
we
kind
of
have
this
kind
of
front
facing
platform
on
our
cabinet.
Where
a
lot
of
is,
we
do
a
lot
of
the
intake
for
things
that
are
going
on
in
the
city,
and
so
what
I
really
want
to
say,
and
one
of
my
most
exciting
parts
of
the
job
was
working
with
the
City
Council,
with
the
Commissioner
for
personal
disabilities
and
also
with
the
mayor's
office
of
the
mini
grants.
G
These
are
major
steps
for
individuals
in
the
state
who
didn't
have
access
before
who've
now
have
been
opened
up
and
up
allowed
to
actually
affect
change
in
their
community,
so
I'm
excited
and
anytime
I
get
to
partner
with
councillor
blue
and
councillor
McCarthy,
who
wrote
the
language
access
right.
The
language
access
word.
That's
for
me
it
just
it's
one
of
those
things
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
with
everything
else
that
goes
on,
I
can
sit
down
and
you
actually
feel
as
though
you've
actually
affected
someone's
live
in
a
positive
way.
G
G
What's
going
on
in
the
neighborhoods
I
want
to
work
with
all
of
you
to
make
sure
that
we
do
it
the
right
way
and
that
we're
not
scrambling
the
last
minute
to
make
some
changes,
and
so
again,
I'm
just
happy
to
be
here
to
celebrate
this
great
day
and
reported
working
all
of
you
as
we
continually
change
the
government
in
future.
Thank
you.
H
Good
afternoon,
everyone
great
to
see
so
many
folks
here
in
the
room
and
so
Commissioner
mccosh,
asked
me
to
speak
to
a
very
specific
nuts
and
bolts
issue
which
is
testifying
and
adhering.
So.
My
role
as
directing
their
structure
of
intergovernmental
relations
is
really
to
foster
communication
between
the
different
levels
of
government
here
in
the
city
up
at
the
Statehouse
and
in
Congress.
But
it's
let
me
ask
a
question:
how
many
people
here
testified
in
a
hearing
before
counselors
put
your
hands
down?
Oh
okay,
it's
cavity!
That's!
So
it's
less
than
half.
H
So
this
is
hopefully
some
good
advice.
I
will
tell
you
a
few
things
so
at
any
public
hearing
either.
If
it's
out
in
the
community
here
in
the
council
chamber
at
the
Statehouse,
you
have
the
opportunity
and
to
sign
up
and
be
heard
some
tips
and
advice
for
you,
I
limit
your
marks,
I'd
say:
23
minutes
you
actually
can
be
shocked
and
what
you
can
get
across
in
three
minutes
and
buy
a
few
things
in
those
three
minutes.
Make
sure
you
say
your
name
where
you
live
and
then
the
two
most
important
things.
H
What
is
the
very
concrete
problem
that
you
face?
What
are
you
experiencing?
What's
the
challenge,
that
is
the
topic
of
the
hearing
and
second
and
the
last
thing
you
need
to
face:
what
do
you
need
your
elected
officials
to
do
for
you
and
the
more
its
specific
you
can
be
on
that,
the
better
and
and
because
we
have
so
many
newbies
in
the
room,
I'd
say
and
a
few
things
you
do
not
have
to
be
an
expert
on
what
you're
testifying
on
whether
it's
a
program
or
a
call.
H
So
you
do
not
need
to
know
all
the
ins
and
outs
of
all
of
that.
You
are
the
expert
of
your
own
experience
and
that's
what
city
councilors
lawmakers
need
to
hear
from
you
and
and
I
will
also
say.
If
you
are
thinking,
I
am
never
going
to
speak
at
a
public
hearing.
That
is
not
my
comfort
zone.
Fine,
there
are
so
many
other
ways
to
stay
engaged.
H
I
know
the
mayor
has
so
many
staff
that
council
have
fantastic
staff
who
want
to
hear
from
you
either
by
phone
by
email
and
I
will
end
where
Jerome
kind
of
started
off.
We
have
3
11,
which
is
a
24
hour,
call
center
people.
Think
about
that
about
reporting,
potholes,
and
do
you
know
lights
that
are
out?
You
really
can
call
that
number.
H
That's
you
know
that
number
is
for
you,
and
and
I
will
underscore
that
the
mayor
is
very
sincere
and
cleared
all
of
his
staff
that
we
work
for
you
and
we
need
to
be
responsive
to
your
concerns
into
your
ideas,
and
so
with
that
we'll
find
out
who
I
have
the
honor
of
introducing
Oh
wonderful,
and
it
is
my
fantastic
pleasure
to
introduce
my
colleague
to
speak
more
about
elections.
A
commissioner
Dianna
fish.
I
Thank
You,
Katie
and
good
afternoon,
everyone
first,
let's
one
system
that
quick,
thank
you
to
our
chief
Arroyo
for
your
leadership
when
I
was
in
the
Health
and
Human
Services
cabinet,
and
also
you
know,
for
your
friendship
and,
most
importantly,
for
your
commitment
to
public
service.
You
know:
that's
why
we're
all
here,
those
of
us
in
city,
government
and
I'm,
proud
to
be
a
part
of
mail,
washes
administration
administration
that
really
strives
hard
to
to
make
sure
that
everyone
gets
included
in
in
Boston
success.
I
I
She's
been
doing
an
excellent
job,
ensuring
that
people,
persons
with
disabilities
are
included
in
everything
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
elections
included.
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
her
recently
on
an
accessibility
ambassador
training,
which
is
a
special
training
that
we
put
together
for
poll
workers
so
that
on
election
name,
they
are
as
prepared
as
possible
to
serve
voters
with
disabilities
they're
familiar
with
the
do's
and
the
don'ts,
as
well
as
on
how
to
help
folks
use
the
equipment.
That's
also
available
in
all
of
our
accessible
polling
places.
I
Not
only
did
we
put
that
program
together
and
that
training
for
poll
workers,
but
we
also
created
a
video
that
we're
going
to
be
using
going
forward
for
poll
worker
trainings
so
that
we
can
make
sure
every
poll
worker
gets
the
sink
but
benefit
at
the
same
information.
Today.
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
early
voting
and
millwall
she's,
not
here,
but
I
want
to.
I
Thank
me
a
wash
because
he
mentioned
that
we
were
going
to
have
nine
early
voting
sites,
one
in
new
city
council
district,
but
thanks
to
the
generous
funding
that
he
has
given
the
department,
we
turned
that
nine
in
227,
okay,
so
you're
going
to
have
27
opportunities
to
vote
early.
We
want
it
to
be
in
east
council
district
at
least
three
times
to
be
close
are
in
every
neighborhood
of
the
city.
I
In
addition
to
have
in
city
hall,
available
during
the
entire
period
october
24th
to
november
fourth,
for
in
person
early
voting,
we
also
are
for
an
early
voting
by
mail.
So
where
are
they
accepting
applications
for
early
voting
by
mail?
So
that's
we're
very
excited
about
that
and
we're
very
much
interested
in,
and
also
making
sure
that
voters
with
disabilities
know
that
absentee
v
by
mail
are
early.
Voting
by
mail
is
not
your
only
option.
I
All
of
our
early
voting
polling
places
will
also
be
accessible
and
we're
hoping
to
have
a
good
turnout
from
voters
with
disabilities
as
well
as
we
are
looking
for
a
good
turnout
from
all
of
the
voters
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Before
you
leave
today,
we
have
set
up
a
sort
of
a
mock
polling
place,
that's
just
outside
the
door
that
has
our
automatic
machine
one
of
our
voting
machines,
and
it
also
has
information
on
early
voting.
I
So
you
can
grab
one
of
our
flyers
data
lists
all
the
sites,
but
you
can
also
expect
to
be
inundated
with
information
in
the
coming
weeks.
We're
going
to
be
doing
mailings
to
all
households,
we're
going
to
be
doing
advertising
in
the
newspapers,
as
well
as
doing
outreach
to
city
partners
and
community
partners
and
a
variety
of
other
efforts.
So
we
also
ask
for
your
help
and
support
in
that
as
well.
I
A
Alright,
thank
you
all
to
the
wonderful
speakers,
elected
representatives
and
also
city
staff.
As
everyone
said,
we
work
for
you,
so
we're
so
glad
that
you
came
out
and
I
want
to
have
a
relationship
with
everyone
in
the
disability.
Community
I
want
you
to
feel
comfortable
reaching
out
to
our
office.
Anything
we
can
do
to
support
you
and
make
a
good
life
for
people
in
Boston.
Whether
they
live
here
visit
here
or
just
want
to
come
to
City
Hall
and
get
to
know.
A
You
know
what
services
we
offer
a
few
things
I'd
like
to
say
about
civic
engagement,
we've
heard
a
lot
about
boating
and
that's
a
wonderful
thing
and
we
encourage
everybody
to
register,
to
vote,
to
go
out
and
vote.
You
know
to
make
make
the
use
of
the
services
that
we
have
for
accessibility,
but
civic
engagement
is
so
much
more
than
just
boating.
A
We
heard
earlier
from
clerk
Feeney
about
serving
on
boards
and
commissions,
even
if
you
don't
want
to
serve
City
Hall
has
meetings
almost
on
a
nightly
basis
from
the
different
departments
and
agencies
and
boards.
So
if
you
just
want
to
learn
more,
so
you
can
be
a
community
advocate,
or
just
so
you're
informed
for
yourself
and
your
families,
so
you
know
what's
going
on
in
the
city
other
than
boards.
We
also
have
the
city
council.
We
heard
from
council
president
Wu
and
she
emphasized
that
you're
welcome
to
testify.
A
That's
basically
it's
a
civic
civic
right
that
we
all
have
to
kind
of
make
our
voices
heard
to
go
to
the
government.
It's
one
of
the
oldest
rights
that
exists
in
the
country.
So
please
take
advantage
of
that
and
if
you
don't
feel
comfortable
speaking
just
come.
Listen,
we
do
it
a
weekly
email
newsletter
that
talks
about
everything.
That's
going
on
in
city
hall,
from
meetings
hearings
to
where
the
City
Hall
truck
to
go
is
going
to
be
each
week
that
goes
out
to
the
different
neighborhoods.
You
can
do
things
like
pay.
A
Your
taxes,
get
information
on
the
city,
anything
a
lot
of
things
that
you
can
do
at
City
Hall.
You
can
do
through
the
truck,
so
I
hope
everybody
signed
in
today.
If
you
did
please
sign
in
before
you
go
but
other
than
just
the
hearings,
one
thing
about
the
City
Council
is
that
you
you
each
have
a
city.
Councilor
can
I
ask
for
a
show
of
hands,
just
how
many
people
know
who
this
city
councilor
is?
A
Okay,
a
lot
of
you,
that's
good,
have
how
many
of
you
have
actually
ever
met
your
city,
council
or
representative
much
less.
So
that's
a
good
thing.
I'm
glad
you're
here
today,
I
know
right.
Everyone
knows
michelle,
but
now,
even
if
you-
but
you
know
you-
you
should
get
to
know
your
representatives
because
they're
your
representative
in
government,
they
can
put
your
your
needs
and
your
desires
into
action
in
the
city.
So
part
of
this
day
was
to
bring
you
into
City
Hall.
A
So
you
can
see
what
your
counselors
are
and
even
if
you
can't
meet
them,
you
can
meet
your
meat,
their
staff
and
their
staff.
Believe
me,
they
bring
the
issues
back
to
the
counselors
there.
You
know
they
they
have
it
all
down.
They
know
that
when
constituents
come
in,
they
mean
business.
So
please,
civic
engagement
is
so
many
more
things,
and
just
the
fact
that
you
all
came
out
today
is
a
huge
step
in
getting
involved
in
government.
So
with
that
I
wanted
to
open
it
up
for
questions,
maybe
for
myself
in
for
Commissioner
Irish.
A
I
Yes,
it
is
27
different
sites,
they
are
27
one-day
sites
and
City
Hall
is
the
28th
site
and
the
main
site,
which
will
be
open
every
day
during
the
early
voting
period.
City
Hall
will
also
be
extended
on
five
evenings
to
be
open
until
eight
o'clock
to
provide
early
voting
in
person
voting
as
well,
but
yeah
there.
It
is
important
to
have
the
schedule,
that's
why
we
wanted
to
do
a
male
into
each
household
so
that
you
could
see
and
decide
which
site
makes
more
sense
for
you,
because
we
have
more
times
more
places.
I
I
Yes,
so
and
balanced
early
voted
ballots
will
be
kept
secure
in
a
vault
and
they'll,
be
counted
on
Election
Day,
most
likely
they'll
be
counted
here
centrally
City
Hall,
possibly
in
the
annular
chamber,
and
it
will
be
publicly
open
to
everyone,
and
perhaps
part
of
it
could
even
be
televised.
But
that's
the
way
that
the
balance
will
be
counted
for
early
voting.
C
Thank
You
Commissioner
mccosh
also
asked
that
I
briefly
discussed
the
accessibility
improvements
that
have
been
happening
in
the
inl
chamber.
I
know
a
lot
of
you
worked
through
and
took
a
tour.
Sorry
didn't
introduce
myself.
My
name
is
Jessica
deunan
I'ma,
chief
of
staff
for
the
disability
commission,
or
very
closely
with
Commissioner
mccosh,
so
just
to
go
over
a
couple
of
the
new
exciting
accessibility
features,
one
of
which
is
a
new,
very
wonderful,
guardrail
included
ramp
into
the
chamber.
C
So
now,
individuals
who
want
to
testify
can
go
through
the
city
council
offices
and
onto
the
floor
to
justify
with
everyone
else,
that's
a
newly
installed
ramp
and
these
great
addition
to
the
chamber.
We
also
have
TVs
that
are
now
on
the
chamber
with
open
captioning.
So
any
council
hearing
it's
live,
open,
caption,
so
you're
able
to
see
what
everybody
is
saying
during
real
time.
It
was
also
mentioned
that
there
is
a
tee
loop
connection
in
the
council
as
well
and
automatic
doors.
C
So
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
everybody
was
aware
of
the
new
accessibility
features.
We
also
have
two
new
ad,
a
compliant
rest
rooms
that
are
on
this
floor
as
well
that
are
right
by
the
elevators
when
you
first
came
in
so
those
those
the
improvements
for
now
but
I'm
sure
not
to
the
end
of
the
improvements
we
also
have.
The
new
accessibility
features
that
you
guys
I'm
sure
many
of
you
saw,
as
you
were
heading
into
the
city
hall,
with
governments
on
our
tea
station.
C
So
as
you
can
see,
it's
bright
and
shiny
and
brand-new,
and
so
nice
with
elevators,
and
we're
really
really
thrilled
to
have
that
new
feature.
Making
City
Hall
I'm
much
more
accessible
and
much
closer
to
the
residents,
there's
also
a
lovely
new
smooth
access
path
that
goes
from
the
Government
Center
t
stop
to
City
Hall
as
well,
which
we're
very
excited
about
any
other
questions.
A
Actually,
it
is
still
in
court,
but
it
is
heading
towards
the
resolution
and
we
know
that
Mayor
Walsh
really
had
our
back
with
this
issue.
He
when
he
was
first
elected,
he
came
out
fully
in
support
of
accessibility
in
beacon
hill,
so
we
hope
to
have
it
resolved
for
the
construction
season
next
year.
We're
now
it's
the
end
of
sep
tember
and
construction
season
closes
in
November,
so
it
likely
won't
happen
this
year,
but
it
is
looking
good
for
us,
so
we're
hoping
to
move
ahead
next
year.
A
But
thank
everybody
who
came
for
the
advocacy
because
you
know
getting
around
the
streets
is
something
that
takes
and
sidewalks.
It
takes
up
probably
fifty
percent
of
my
job,
because
Boston
is
such
an
old
city
where
a
winter
city
or
a
hilly
city
and
we're
a
vertical
City.
So
we
have
everything
going
against
us
in
the
built
environment,
but
because
of
the
forward
thinking
about
leaders
because
of
the
support,
because
of
your
advocacy,
the
City
Council
really
puts
its
money
where
its
mouth
is.
A
They
approve
funding
in
their
budget
for
all
the
work
that
we
need
to
do
for
access,
so
stay
tuned.
We'll
have
updates
for
you
moving
forward
and
if
anyone
wants
to
learn
more,
you
can
always
come
to
a
monthly
disability,
Commission
meetings
which
are
held
monthly
in
City
Hall,
and
on
that
note
we
have
openings
on
the
board.
A
A
G
J
A
Before
we
take
more
questions,
I
just
want
to
recognize
my
other
staff,
who
are
here
Jessica.
As
my
chief
of
staff
is
my
right-hand
woman,
we
have
Patricia
Mendez,
who
is
our
architectural
access
specialist
she's
working
really
had
on
the
plan
to
bring
City
Chamber
city
council
chamber
into
full
compliance.
We
have.
Sarah
Young
is
Sarah
in
the
room.
Oh
yes,
she
is
she's
our
architectural
access
coordinator.
She
works
closely
with
Patricia.
We
have
Ken
Meyer,
who
is
our
receptionist
and
information,
referral,
specialist
and
Chris
Morosky?
A
I
The
answer-
yes,
they
have
counted
the
same
way
as
any
other
ballot.
The
only
difference
is
where
they
get
counted.
Absentee
ballots
are
sent
out
to
the
precincts
and
counted
with
all
the
other
ballots.
For
that
precinct,
early
voting
ballots.
We
do
have
the
option
of
counting
them
centrally
or
sending
them
out
to
their
respective
precincts.
A
So
we
need
to
wrap
up
in
the
next
minute
or
two
if
we
have
any
final
question:
I'll
take
it,
but
other
than
that
we
have
about
20
minutes
left
where
you
can
go
and
visit.
Your
council
offices
make
sure
you
sign
in
we're
giving
away
t-shirts.
You
still
have
refreshments.
So
any
final
question
before
we
break
up.
What's
that
oh
and
register
to
vote,
try
out
the
automark?
What
is
it
practicing?
Oh.