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1 Commission on Disability February 20, 2024 Meeting Minutes Members: Victoria Buckley (Chair), Janet Perry, Leonard Morse‐Fortier, Francine Stieglitz, Nancy Wong, Shaun Grady Town Liaisons: Hemali Shah, Chief Equity Officer; Mark Sandeen, Select Board Committee Liaisons: Pam Lyons, Center Committee; Laureen Fiola, Council on Aging Guests: John Livsey, Town Engineer; Kate DeAngelis, Therapeutic Recreation Specialist; Melissa Battite, Director of Recreation and Community Programs; Linda Prosnitz, Affordable Housing Trust A meeting of the Commission on Disability was held on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 5:45 PM – 7:16 PM via zoom. Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 and subsequent Orders imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place, this meeting of the Lexington Commission on Disability will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. On July 16, 2022, Governor Baker signed into Law an Act Relative to Extending Certain State of Emergency Accommodations, which, among other things, extends the expiration of the provisions pertaining to the Open Meeting Law to March 31, 2023. On March 29, 2023, Governor Healey signed a bill that continues remote and hybrid meeting provisions that were enacted during the pandemic. The new law extends pandemic‐related authorizations that were set to expire on March 31 as follows:  Allowing remote and hybrid meeting options for public bodies through March 31, 2025 Announcements  John Livsey has a short agenda item to add in the beginning of this meeting. Review of Minutes  Minutes for December and January will be reviewed next month. Presentation by John Livsey About the Battle Green Roundabout  The Select Board received a request to move or eliminate the crosswalk that crosses Hancock Street near the roundabout. The crosswalk was installed on the Hancock Street leg of the new roundabout that crossed from #9 Hancock Street through a splitter island and over to the sidewalk in front of the Masons Building.  The request came from a resident who said that the way the sidewalk slopes on either side of the crosswalk has an elevation change and ices over  Moving the crosswalk is not a possibility as the splitter island cannot be relocated so any moving would be minimal and not solve the concern that are looking to address.  Eliminating the crosswalk would result in pedestrians that are walking along the Bedford Street North side sidewalk having to utilize the bikeway crossing as the closest crossing to continue along Bedford Street. This adds approximately 250 feet in total length which at a walking speed of 3.5 feet per second results in approximately 71 seconds of added time. Additionally, the crossing at the bikeway is a two‐lane crossing, whereas the existing crossing is two single lane crossings with a refuse splitter island.