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D
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Nick
has
some
staff
responsibilities
that
start
at
six
in
another
public
meeting
that
he
needs
to
manage,
so
we're
gonna
try
to
wrap
up
by
six
there's
one
presentation
and
we
have
a
little
bit
of
of
older
business
to
to
conduct
and
we
should
be
good
to
go
from
there.
So
again,
I'm
ken
rogers
chair,
I
am
a
resident
of
ward
3
in
northeast
minneapolis
and
I'm
actually
sitting
on
my
front
porch
and
I'm
just
noticing
that
there
is
a
little
traffic
noise.
D
C
C
F
H
H
Sorry
about
that,
I
apologize,
so
this
is
guthrie
buyer.
Hopefully
everybody
can
hear
me
so
I
am
a
guest.
I
am
the
ada
entitled
six
administrator
for
the
metropolitan
council
and
pronouns.
He
him
his
and
wearing
a
gray
v-neck
shirt
with
a
in
my
office
here
upstairs
with
a
light,
gray
background
and
purple
shades
behind
me.
Thanks
for
having
me.
B
C
G
D
E
D
Let
me
find
my
agenda
here,
bear
with
me
everyone
I
I
just
want.
I
wanted
to
make
a
comment
when,
when
those
of
you
that
were
describing
a
little
bit
about
yourself
and
what
you
were
wearing,
I
I
was
just
smiling
to
myself,
because
I
never
know
what
I'm
wearing
and
I
never
know
what
color
shirt
I
have
on
or
t-shirt
or
what
my
what
the
print
screen
is,
unless
somebody
tells
me
so
I
just
so
appreciate
you
sharing
that
information.
D
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D
J
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Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
discussion
is
now
open
for
our
march
meeting
minutes
and
as
I
reviewed
these
earlier
and
I'm
I
I'm
apologizing.
I'm
identified
I'm
sitting
out
on
my
porch
and
I
typically
use
an
attached
or
a
detached
keyboard
and
I'm
having
to
use
my
laptop
keyboard
and
it's
it's
a
little
bit
different
from
my
detached
keyboard
that
I
use
so
I'm
struggling
to
find
things
where
I
normally
find
them.
D
They're,
not
where
they
normally
would
be
in
my
memory,
my
muscle
memory,
so
I'm
having
a
little
difficulty,
but
there's
some
unfinished
or
might
be
some
questions
in
the
march
minutes
that
I
wanted
to
refer
to
anybody
that
can
look
at
those
minutes.
Do
you
see
anything
that
sticks
out
that
we
might
want
to
get
a
follow-up
on.
F
A
F
And
then
we
followed
up
on
that
in
may,
because
you
provided
a
status,
update
and
report
and
joan
yourself
and
I
worked
on
a
letter
per
the
motion
of
opposition
to
direct
towards
an
in
april
meeting
and
that
really
didn't
have
any
effect.
So
that
was
really
the
only
issue
that
was
ongoing.
As
far
as
the
508
compliance
and
the
preparations
for
the
trial.
You
know
we
were
really
clear
and
it
summarized
it
really
well.
D
Okay,
thank
you,
mandy,
and
I
appreciate
you
summarizing
that,
because
that
that
does
remind
me,
I
think,
for
our
purposes,
unless
anybody
has
any
specific
questions,
we'll
go
ahead
and
approve
these.
My
questions
are
more
of
a
follow-up
to
to
these
so
they're,
really
not
appropriate
to
discuss
prior
to
approving
the
minutes.
They
don't
involve
a
delay
in
approval,
so
I'll
I'll
ask
last
opportunity
any
other
questions
or
comments
hearing,
none
all
those
in
favor
of
approving
the
march
minutes
signify
by
saying
aye.
J
D
Opposed
motion
carries
thank
you
so
much,
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
call
the
next
set
of
minutes
and
we'll
approve
those
as
well
before.
I
ask
some
specific
questions
about
that,
but
I
wanted
to
follow
up
with
you
nick
about,
if
you've
ever
heard
back
from
the
city
attorney's
office
in
consultation
with
them
about
that
ordinance.
D
F
This
is
mandy.
I
will
second
and
I
will
say
thank
you
to
nick
for
summarizing
our
clear
points
for
the
main
minutes
on
actions
and
recommendations
by
the
committee.
I
think
it's
really
clear
and
transparent
for
the
public,
what
we're
doing,
especially
with
the
proposals
that
have
come
before
us,
and
I
hope
we
can
do
that
again
today,
with
the
presentation
that
we
have.
D
J
F
D
C
I
think,
in
brief
ken
I
think
I'm
trying
to
remember
the
history
of
events
here.
I
if
I
recall
correctly,
we
started
drafting
the
letter
which,
at
that
time
you
were
also
engaging,
I
believe,
your
council
member's
office
and
they
receive
some
direction
from
the
staff,
not
staff
attorney
the
city
attorney
as
well.
D
F
D
D
F
I
F
J
D
F
F
F
D
C
F
F
D
Yeah
and
just
to
clarify
a
little
further,
I
had
clicked
on
that
link
several
times
and
nothing
seemed
to
happen,
and
I
was
in
the
middle
of
sending
nick
a
note
and
as
I
scrolled
through
the
focus
on
my
screens
that
were
open
all
of
a
sudden
there.
It
was
the
powerpoint
presentation,
so
it
just
had
some
sort
of
unusual
delay
and
my
jaws
did
not
announce
that
when
it
was
finally
opening.
D
So
I
don't,
I
don't
know
how
that
was
attached,
or
that
seems
to
be
a
different
approach
than
we've
used
in
the
past.
So
just
just
note
that
for
future
reference
on
nick
and
at
this
point
I'll
move
on
and
invite
and
welcome
guthrie
for
being
here
and
claudia
for
being
here
in
representation
of
the
met
council
and
welcome-
and
I
I
offer
you
the
floor
now-
take
it
away.
H
Great,
thank
you
ken
and
committee
members.
So,
as
you
mentioned,
this
is
a
presentation
from
the
metropolitan
council.
So
again
I'm
guthrie
buyer,
the
council's
ada
and
title
vi
administrator
and
I'm
here
with
claudia
fuentes,
who
works
in
community
engagement
to
follow
up
with
you
again,
it's
been
a
little
while,
but
we
were
last
together.
C
E
H
So,
as
I
mentioned,
this
work
around
kind
of,
at
least
in
a
formal
manner,
around
complying
with
the
ada,
with
the
transition
plan
and
prior
to
that
self-evaluation
started
in
2019.
So
I
I've
been
with
the
council
since
late
2018,
and
one
of
the
first
projects
I
took
on
was
to
lead
the
council
through
a
self-evaluation
of
its
facilities,
primarily
and
so
in
2019.
H
H
And
so
it
was
determined
that
this
would
be
a
good
way
to
go
about
it,
because
budgets
change
personnel
change
and
having
a
long
range
plan.
While
it's
it's
good
for
visioning
means
that
you,
you
end
up
updating
the
document
anyways
as
priorities,
change
and
capital
improvement
projects,
change,
and
things
like
that.
H
More
generally,
and
so
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
know,
while
the
council
is
a
regional
government
and
is
certainly
unique
in
many
aspects.
There's
a
lot
of
best
practices
that
minnesota
I.t
services
and
several
other
state
agencies
are
employing
that
we
should
really
be
taking
advantage
of
and
starting
with,
the
adoption
of
that
state
standard
and
then
just
improving
collaboration
with
other
state
agencies
staff
so
that
we
don't
feel
like
we're
operating
in
a
vacuum.
And
so,
along
with
that,
we
have
utilized
minnesota
I.t
services
accessible.
H
Word
document
training
to
make
that
a
requirement
for
new
staff
and
have
ensured
that
certainly
all
staff
that
create
documents,
whether
it's
for
internal
use
or
certainly
those
that
are
made
public
and
on
our
website-
have
gone
through
that
accessible
word
document
training
and
I
followed
that
up
with
additional
accessible
document
training
for
folks
who
are
creating
pdfs
or
utilizing
powerpoint
to
really
kind
of
get
it
into
the
water
supply.
What
document
accessibility
really
entails
since
the
council's
in
the
business
of
certainly
creating
a
lot
of
documents?
H
H
We've
also,
then
followed
up
on
the
self-evaluation,
with
additional
technical
training
for
environmental
services
and
metro
transit
staff.
So
it's
the
it's
the
how
you
know
so
they
they
get
the
reports
on
what
is
out
of
compliance,
but
they
one
need
to
know
how
to
address
the
findings
and
make
those
fixes
and
remediations.
H
That
they're
done
not
only
with
the
ada
and
mine
but
minnesota
accessible
building
code
and
in
some
cases
in
collaboration
with
minute,
or
excuse
me
with
mndot
around
public
right
away,
and
so
they
need
to
have
that
additional
training.
So
we
actually
brought
jqp
back
to
do
some
of
that
training
and
we
held
a
two-part
training
with
metro
transit
last
year
and
are
working
on
the
second
part
of
environmental
services
training
for
for
those
staff.
That
also
includes
emphasis
on
universal
design
in
certain
aspects
of
their
work.
H
And
so
this
year,
kind
of
council-wide
too.
What
we
are
focusing
on
is
really
a
review
of
procedures
and
where
we
don't
have
procedures
in
place
to
kind
of
formalize
some
of
our
efforts.
So
working
with
our
it
staff.
We
call
them
is
staff
or
information
services
staff
around
ensuring
that
our
procurement
process
is
accessible
so
that
the
actual
rfps
and
the
the
contracts
themselves
are
digitally
accessible,
but
that
we
are
holding
prospective
vendors
accountable
to
accessibility
standards
as
well.
H
On
related
social
media
accessibility
guidelines,
where
we
might
be
posting
videos
into
social
media
format
that
those
are
done
with
accessibility
guidelines
in
place
anytime,
that
we
install
a
new
meeting
space
or
renovated
meeting
space
hearing
loops
are
added
into
those
into
those
rooms
as
well.
So
that's
a
standard
practice
for
the
council.
H
H
H
So
specific
to
metro
transit.
So,
as
I
mentioned
kind
of
going
back
to
the
physical
accessibility
side
of
things,
metro
transit
was
a
huge
component
of
the
self-evaluation,
so
most
of
the
facilities
that
were
evaluated
were
those
support
and
public
facilities
to
think
of
park
and
rides
and
transit
centers
and
light
rail
maintenance
facilities.
H
So
all
that
was
done
around
the
same
time
and
also
included
updated
signage
parking
signs.
Things
like
that,
and
so
I
think
that
that's
been
a
really
good
approach
for
engineering
facilities
is
to
package
a
lot
of
this
work
that
either
relates
to
some
larger
capital
improvement
projects
or
our
unique
standalone
projects
where
they
can
go
in
there,
and
they
can
do
a
lot
of
this
work
and
kind
of
chunk
it
in
a
way
where
we
don't
still
have.
H
You
know
a
need
for
updated,
accessible
parking
signage
at
a
facility
where
it
was
just
resurfaced,
it's
done.
At
the
same
time,
we
also
the
engineering
facilities
installed,
several
truncated,
domes
and
numerous
blue
line.
Light
rail
stops
as
part
of
an
ongoing
effort
to
make
the
blue
line
more
accessible
and
a
big
project
that
is
ongoing.
In
fact,
they
just
finished.
H
A
five-year
work
plan
is
to
install
those
concrete
eight,
what
we
call
ada
pads,
those
five
by
eight
flat
landing
surfaces
for
better
boarding
and
and
what
we
call
lighting
or
getting
off
of
bus
stops.
That's
a
big
undertaking
of
the
council,
in
particular
metro
transit,
along
with
adding
shelters
where
there
aren't,
shelters
and
replacing
some
shelters
that
are
outdated
where,
like
the
heat,
no
longer
works,
so
the
lighting
doesn't
work
and
they're
just
cost
a
lot
to
maintain.
H
H
Last
year
we
replaced
all
the
pavers
at
the
robinsdale
transit
center
and
I'll
show
a
photo
here,
along
with
a
ada
pad
installation.
The
next
slide,
I
believe
and
finished
designs
for
the
first
floor,
bathroom
remodel
a
significant
remodel
of
that
of
that
bathroom
at
the
haywood
facility.
So
this
is
the
one
that's
connected
to
the
updated
council
chambers
or
the
transit
chambers,
and
so
that's
going
to
be
highly
used
and
then
one
of
the
green
lots
or
one
of
the
the
parking
lots
at
the
haywood
location.
H
So
here
this
is
a
slide
with
two
photos.
The
photo
on
the
left
is
of
the
finished
work
at
robinsdale
transit
center.
So
this
shows
an
accessible
route,
as
I
mentioned,
the
pavers,
as
well
as
a
curb
cut
there,
and
that
work
was
done
mid-year
last
year.
Oops
and
the
photo
on
the
right
is
along
route,
63
and
the
installation
of
a
new
ada
pad
that
five
by
eight
concrete
pad
again,
that's
part
of
the
better
bus
stops
program
and
in
particular
with
60
throughout
63.
H
So
work
that
is
going
to
continue
in
some
cases
here
for
metro,
transit
and
and
work
that
is
new,
includes
the
the
construction
of
that
first
floor
bathroom,
as
well
as
its
several
public
facilities.
So
the
sunray
transit
center
is
going
to
be
renovated,
mall
of
america
transit
center,
so
that
was
actually
completed
recently.
H
That's
where
they
improve
the
diagonal
crosswalk
for
for
pedestrians
there,
and
so
that
there
was
some
grinding
done
so
that
it
was
better
to
it
was
easier
to
identify
the
edges
of
the
crosswalk
for
folks
who
were
crossing.
There
was
a
bit
unsafe
even
after
the
renovation
there,
and
there
were
some
additional
changes
to
the
accessible
route
there
as
well,
and
then
there's
work.
A
I
H
Transit
center
as
well
to
completely
remodel
that
and
then,
while
they
do,
that,
looking
at
those
jqp
reports
to
make
those
accessibility
fixes
or
in
some
cases
just
to
not
make
the
the
errors
in
the
inaccessible
design
or
ada
non-compliant
design
that
occurred
at
the
outset,
with
the
original
design,
a
bit
more
work
that
transit's
doing
that,
I'm
really
excited
about
so
recently
they
piloted
the
ira
app.
So
that
was
piloted
on
started
on
june
7th
and
goes
for
six
months
and
so
excited
about
that.
H
There
was
a
write-up
in
the
strip
about
that
recently
and
you
know
so,
if
any
any
of
you
end
up
using
that
in
connection
with
metro
transit,
certainly
you
know
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me
to.
Let
me
know
what
your
experience
is
like
we
will
be
conducting
some
survey
work
on
that
as
people
use,
that,
in
kind
of
more
real-time
fashion,
to
kind
of
better
understand
how
they
are
are
benefiting
or
not
from
that.
H
As
I
mentioned
it's
a
pilot,
so
we
want
to
see
if
this
is
something
that
we
should
implement
it.
You
know
going
forward,
there's
also
a
pilot
for
these
bluetooth
beacons
that
we
are
testing
out
at
a
couple
of
locations
along
the
green
line,
and
so
this
is
more
broadly
part
of
that
improved
wave,
finding
effort
so,
along
with
ira
there's
also
some
way
finding
signage
and
guidelines
that
we
have
contracted
out
and
have
in
place
here
to
and
just.
I
H
Pedestrian
experience:
it's
certainly
that
when
they're
going
from
one
mode
of
travel
to
the
next
so
say,
they're
biking
to
a
bus,
stop
taking
a
bus,
stop
and
maybe
getting
on
a
light.
Rail
and
they're
using
the
different
forms
of
transit
that
metro
transit
offers
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
offering
adequate
way
finding.
So
it's
easy
for
folks
to
get
around
and
then.
H
H
So
you
know
it's
that
was
called
out
as
critical
need
to
have
obviously
accessible
entrances.
That's
important
in
order
for
folks
to
be
able
to
get
into
the
door
and
to
be
able
to
say
take
advantage
of
the
public
tours
you
know,
and
to
initiate
that
process
once
we
go
back
to
public
tours
and
for
staff
to
be
able
to
to
access
those
buildings,
and
so
in
some
cases
it's
finishing
a
lot
of
the
work
that
has
started
in
late
2019
and
early
2020.
H
And
then
just
a
few
more
slides
here,
and
so
I
wanted
to
call
out
to
the
the
offices,
so
I
mentioned
at
the
outset
that
we
there
was
also
a
review
of
employee
offices
so
downtown
st
paul,
that's
kind
of
the
metropolitan
council
headquarters
and
robert
street.
That
was
also
reviewed
and
quite
a
bit
of
work
has
occurred
there.
H
As
I
mentioned,
this
is
an
annually
updated
document
where
I
work,
with
primarily
metro,
transit
and
environmental
services
and
kind
of
prioritizing
projects
based
on
the
findings
and
those
reports,
and
then
also
helping
them
to
align
their
budgets
so
that
they
make
room
for
these
fixes.
And
so
at
this
point
I
wanted
to
pass
it
along
to
claudia
to
open
this
up
for
a
broader
conversation
about
your
experiences
with
the
metropolitan
council,
where
we
can
improve
our
accessibility
in
whatever
way
you
interact
with
the
council.
So
thank
you
for
giving
me
this
time.
B
B
F
E
D
E
E
B
H
E
E
What
did
the
bus
driver
is
saying
which,
because
I'm
deaf
and
that's
where
I
can
understand
what
the
bus
driver
is
saying,
because
how
did
I
notice
that
by
locking
other
people
sitting,
who
are
have
their
headphones
on
or
suddenly
take
off
their
headphones?
Just
to
listen?
What
the
the
bus
drive
was
saying.
E
So
that's
the
kind
of
thing
this
is
barrier.
I
mean
they're,
making
announcement
that
something
important
or
they're,
making
an
announcement
that
they
want
to
say
happy
good
day
and
all
that
or
the
change.
The
schedule
means
often
time
they
change
the
schedule.
But
I
don't
get
notification
that
way.
It'd
be
nice
to
have
some
kind
of
captions
or
something
inside
the
bus
that
the
making
announcement.
E
F
Sure
so
I'll
do
the
short
one
first,
which
I
think
follows
off
javier's.
I
think
that
that
council
could
do
more
to
spotlight
all
the
services
that
they
have
that
are
accessible
to
different
populations,
so
to
highlight
the
fact
that
there
are
accessible
communication
features
for
all
outreach
events
and
activities.
F
That
would
go
a
really
long
way.
Sometimes
people
forget
or
just
sort
of
dismiss
that
language
block
the
reasonable
accommodations
requests
and
notices
and
other
things,
because
it's
an
add-on
at
the
end.
Sometimes
you
need
to
have
promotional
materials
that
spotlight
the
services
and
engagement
that
you
do,
and
so
I
know
that
by
sharing
this
with
claudia
that
she's
going
to
take
that
and
run
with
that,
and-
and
so
I'm
very
excited
that
you're
here.
F
My
other
comment
is
towards
guthrie
and
guthrie,
and
I
have
been
working
on
a
project
tangentially
that
is
not
actually
related
to
minneapolis,
but
could
have
just
as
well
been
in
minneapolis.
So
I
bring
it
as
an
example.
Today
we
have
a
lot
of
construction
projects
that
have
multi-jurisdictions
such
as
city
and
county
and
state
partnerships
during
those
phases
of
construction.
F
Many
that
are
that
have
ada
improvements,
because
it's
required
every
time
they're
updated,
failed
to
properly
communicate
the
stages
of
the
accessibility
within
the
project
and
ways
to
request
reasonable
accommodations
during
those
projects.
Now
guthrie
knows
that
it's
not
metro
transit
and
that
council's
fault-
and
they
shouldn't-
have
to
take
the
lead
on
this.
But
where
do
the
complaints
generally
go
to
when
someone
can't
access
their
bus
when
they
can't
get
off
their
bus
when
they
don't
know
where
their
stop
is
going
to
be
that
lack
of
communication
and
collaboration.
F
When
must
they
be
contacted
and
consulted
and
and
when
you
as
an
entity,
must
in
order
to
relay
this
information,
because
again
we're
seeing
rising
complaints
as
people
are
starting
to
take
buses
again,
not
knowing
where
their
stops
are
anymore,
because
they've,
temporarily
or
not
so
temporarily,
moved
because
of
construction,
and
especially
when
drivers
know
that
they
have
someone
on
the
bus?
Who
is
going
to
be
using
that
ramp
and
can't
do
the
due
diligence
and
trading
or
communication
with
that
rider
to
explain
where
it's
safe,
to
drop
them
off
or
pick
them
up.
F
F
While
this
should
be
common
sense-
and
we
know,
construction
teams
move
things
throughout
the
day,
there
has
to
be
some
sort
of
triaging
process
or
procedure.
When
you
encounter
a
barrier,
what
do
you
do
and
how
do
you
communicate
it
out
to
that
ridership,
whether
it's
in
real
time
reporting
it
out
in
an
after
action
that
it
was
encountered,
because
I
have
someone
who
is
providing
pictures
daily
of
their
difficulty
getting
to
from
the
mall
of
america?
F
And
I
I
reference
mall
of
america,
because
there's
going
to
be
that
big
construction
and
we
know
that
those
routes
of
travel
go
to
minneapolis.
So
again,
it's
going
to
affect
our
communities
neighborhoods
for
people
who
live,
work
and
play
between
these
spaces,
and
there
has
to
be
a
better
sense
of
communication
on
that,
and
that
can
also
relate
to
some
of
the
work
that
claudia
does
on
outreach
and
education.
As
far
as
what
signage
and
items
are
on
the
website
on
how
to
engage
with
metro
transit
and
met
council
around
construction
projects.
F
Knowing
that
again,
you
guys
get
the
brunt
of
it,
but
are
not
usually
the
decision
makers
and
what
happens
in
that
area,
so
you're
that
starting
point
of
advocacy
people
know
and
trust
can
find
you
because
they
use
that
service.
They
may
not
know
whose
jurisdiction
that
construction
project
is
or
where
to
find
information.
F
They
may
not
know
that
excel
is
digging
somewhere
or
you
know,
but
there's
that
impact.
So
I
think
that
that's
a
piece
in
the
ada
transition
plan
that
is
often
forgotten.
It's
those
collaborative
projects
with
other
jurisdictions
and
agencies
specifically
related
to
barriers
and
construction.
So
I'm
going
to
end
there.
That
was
a
lot.
That's.
Why
you're
welcome
to
make
any
comments
if
you
want
to
same
thing
with
you
claudia,
but
I
knew
you
wouldn't
be
surprised
by
this
one.
B
B
F
To
ping
me,
but
they
really
had
a
they
haven't.
They
used
to
at
least
have
an
annual
construction
awareness
campaign
and
they
put
information
on
the
buses
on
the
website.
If
you
see
construction,
if
you
don't
know,
what's
going
on,
if
you're
reporting
a
change
to
your
stop
or
route
be
proactive,
you
know
if
you
see
a
barrier
coming
up
and
it's
encouraging
both
riders
and
drivers
and
and
everyone
to
participate
and
hey,
there's
a
big
hole
and
they
didn't
cover
it
up.
F
F
Some
people
have
forgotten
how
to
behave
in
construction
zones
and
there
are
some
best
practices
for
people
with
disabilities
to
navigate
those
areas
to
get
to
the
accessible
paths
of
travel
for
mass
transportation
and
again
too
often,
these
construction,
crews
and
teams
don't
think
about
what
happens
if
they
close
that
accessible
path
of
travel
when
someone's
getting
on
or
off
a
bus.
Even
if
the
stop
is
moved.
Sometimes
they
still
have
to
cross
that
path
again.
F
There's
a
line
between
what
met
council
metro
transit
can
do
as
a
partner
in
those
projects,
but
what
I'd
love
to
see
as
part
of
that
ada
transition
plan
is
start
thinking
more
about
those
accessible
path
of
travel
impacts.
So
you
don't
hear
of
oh
this
bus
stop
was
temporarily
moved,
but
nobody
in
a
wheelchair
can
get
to
it.
So
is
it
really
a
safe
spot
for
it
to
be
moved?
D
E
E
Of
another
barrier
that
I
felt
every
time,
I'm
riding
on
the
bus,
the
the
bus
stop
they're,
making
an
announcement
where
the
next
stop-
and
I
often
cannot
hear
where
we
are
especially
at
nighttime,
they're,
so
dark
and
hard
to
see
where
we
are
and
being
the
best
driver
making
an
announcement.
The
next
stop
is
on
linda
next,
stop
is
on
call
pack
and
so
on.
E
So
that's
the
kind
of
all
they
may
have
in
auto
audio,
just
like
the
the
light
rails.
That's
that
kind
of
system
that
have
been
making
an
announcement
with.
What's
the
next
stop,
so
it'd
be
nice
for
the
deaf
community
to
have
a
caption
on
it
inside
the
bus
system,
just
like
what
we
have
on
the
light
rail,
they
do
have
a
name
and
the
sinus
the
stuff
like
that.
What
the
next
stop!
E
H
Thank
you,
javier.
This
is
guthrie.
I
just
want
to
follow
up
with
a
clarifying
question
on
that.
Just
for
my
for
my
understanding,
are
you
referring
to
like
the
the
announcements,
the
kind
of
the
the
the
kind
of
the
the
enunciators
and
the
the
announcements
that
scroll
across
the
the
screen
there
that
might
identify
or
indicate
when
the
where
the
next
stop
is.
E
Yeah,
thank
you
just
like
imagine
yourself
cover
your
ears
and
then
making
announcement.
You
cannot
hear
anything
and
it'd
be
hard
to
see
at
night,
so
you're
sitting
away
in
the
back
seat,
because
there's
so
many
people
now,
how
can
you
see
where
we
are
because
of
the
window?
They
often
have
so
much
fog
on
the
windows.
F
This
is
bandy.
I
have
one
more.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you,
because
you
always
have
such
clean,
clear
presentations.
Your
ada
transition
plan
is
is
one
of
the
better
plans
in
the
agency
I
mean
it's
really
thought
out.
The
fact
that
we
have
to
poke
and
pick
just
to
find
an
improvement
means
that
you
are
not
only
on
the
right
path
but
you're
leading
the
way.
So
thank
you.
C
B
B
F
F
So,
just
again,
if
you're
looking
at
policies
and
procedures
when
you're
looking
at
redesign
maintenance
contracts
and
plans,
identifying
snow
removal
and
accessible
path
of
travel
and
in
that,
so
that
that
can
be
reported
out
is
just
always
a
factor.
And
again,
I
think,
there's
examples
for
cities
that
get
more
snow
than
we
do.
Some
do
this
well
and-
and
some
don't.
F
B
F
So
you
know,
don't
be
afraid
to
share
your
ada
transition
plan
with
municipalities
and
remind
them
we're
asking
to
be
your
partner.
We're
asking
to
do
these
things
with
you.
We
don't
want
to
be
the
afterthought,
because
the
people
who
use
our
services
are
not,
and
it's
good
customer
service,
all
right.
I'm
really
going
to
stop.
Now
please
someone
else
talk.
G
Yeah,
so
this
is
trevor
speaking.
I've
had
the
privilege
of
being
able
to
spend
a
couple
of
years
in
europe
and
a
couple
years
in
east
asia,
so
I'd
kind
of
gotten
to
use
mass
transit.
In
that
regard,
and
I
use
you
know,
I'm
legally
blind,
so
I
use
mass
transit
every
day
here
in
the
twin
cities
and
I
kind
of
want
to
echo
the
snow
removal
thing.
I
remember
last
winter
there
were
quite
a
few
stops.
G
Where
I
mean
generally,
I
can
get
around
the
snow,
but
I
always
think
you
know
somebody
was
a
wheelchair
user
or
anything
like
that.
But
one
other
thing
I
was
thinking
a
lot
last
year
was
if
there
was
like
a
phone
number
posted
on
the
sign
or
posted
on
the
the
bus.
Stop
itself
that
I
could
call
to
report
like
this.
Is
you
know?
Hey
just
stop
here
and
I
can
you
know,
have
the
number
and
everything
at
the
stop
and
say:
there's
snow
blocking.
G
So
I
I
struggle
with
both
vision
and
hearing,
and
so
it's
like
having
both
is
something
really
helpful,
and
so
there
was,
and
when
I
lived
in
germany,
every
bus
announced
every
stop,
and
I
know
that
challenging
with
all
the
construction
and
routes
moving
around
and
things
like
that.
But
if
there
was
a
you
know,
a
voice,
not
the
bus
driver,
the
regular
voice.
That
spoke
clearly
enunciated.
G
Well,
and
it
said
the
bus
stop
ever
before
every
stop
and
at
each
stop
it
would
say
the
bus
and
then
it
would
say
the
next
one
too
and
then
so
that
you
always
knew
you
could
kind
of
mentally
prepare
for
that.
So
how
feasible
that
is
like
I
said.
I
think
that
in
europe
and
east
asia
they
just
they
prioritize,
and
then
that
is
not.
Obviously
the
net
council
fault
that
that
is
our
policy
makers
who
don't
prioritize
mass
transit.
E
E
F
It's
been
a
while,
since
we've
talked
about
the
metro,
transit
police
in
some
communities,
they're
required
to
hold
up
an
access
card
or
a
language
access
card,
and
you
know
to
be
to
to
be
able
to
identify
themselves
and
a
mechanism
for
that
individual
to
request
communication,
along
with
an
audio
cue,
is
that
something
that
what
is
being
done
by
metro
transit
police?
Are
they
trained
in
assistive
communication?
And
then
javier?
If
you
were
approached
by
you,
know
metro,
transit
police
showing
a
card?
F
E
H
So
this
is
guthrie.
I
think
that
that's
a
really
good
opportunity.
So
I
think
so.
Actually
I
looked
into
this
recently
because
of
our
title:
six
language
access
plan
and
actually
a
request
that
came
from
minnesota
dnr,
where
they
are
looking
to
improve
the
ability
of
park
rangers
and
of
folks
who
are
checking
like
hunting
licenses
and
phishing
licenses,
and
things
like
that
to
be
able
to
improve
language
access
and
to
support
folks
who
speak
languages
other
than
english.
H
That's
not
something
that
is
standard,
but
that's
a
great
opportunity,
like
I
said,
to
to
improve
community
collect
connection
and
that
that
intersectionality
of
language
and
safety,
I
think
is,
is
a
good,
a
point
well
taken
and
one
that
I
will
definitely
take
back
to
them
to
inquire
more
about
opportunities
there.
So
thank
you
for
that.
F
So
guthrie,
I
think
it's
more
than
just
asl
it's
thinking
about
again
what
are
accessible
forms
of
communication.
That
might
not
be
the
individual's
preferred
method
of
communication.
So
I
think
that's
something
to
consider
most
folks
have
basic
communication
access
training
where
they
they
can
either
communicate
via
video
interpretation,
a
remote
audio
or
or
writing.
F
So
I
just
think
that
there's
things
that
you
can
put
in
your
transition
plan
that
that
specifies
how
a
language
access
plan
can
be
used
and
applied.
There
are
some
amazing
examples,
both
city
state,
county
federal
level.
I
would
actually
say
that
our
own
nicknow
has
worked
a
lot
in
this
area
and
could
be
a
resource.
B
B
A
very
robust
conversation
I
see
that
we
have
about
four
minutes
left
and
I
wanted,
to
you
know
hand
the
mic
back
to
nick,
so
he
could
quick
make
any
quick
announcements
before
we
before
we
close.
But
if
that's
okay,
I
would
like
to
send
an
email,
a
follow-up
to
nick,
to
share,
with
all
of
you
to
see
if
any
ideas
bubble
up
in
your
brain,
that
you
want
to
give
back
to
us,
because
sometimes
that
happens
and
really
truly,
this
has
been
such
a
rich
conversation.
B
F
D
You've
been
the
the
beneficiary
of
some
of
the
things
we've
learned
not
to
do,
and
so
you've
learned
by
our
mistakes
and
and
moved
it
all
forward
and
you're
progressing
and
ensuring
that
we're
all
keeping
pace.
So
I
just
want
to
publicly
comment
that
the
work
that
you
do
is
is
well
known.
It's
well
respected,
and
you
should
be
congratulated
for
that
and
feel
really
good
about
that.
H
This
is
guthrie
thanks
for
that
ken.
I
really
appreciate
the
the
acknowledgement
means
a
lot
and
yeah
that
kind
of
stuff
helps
to
keep
keep
moving
forward
and
and
grinding
forward
just
with
everything
going
on.
So
I
appreciate
that
and
I
appreciate
all
the
input
that
we
we
get
from
from
you
and
from
the
committee
here.
It's
it's
really
invaluable.
You
know,
and
I
I
do
look
forward
to
these
these
meetings.
So
thank
you.