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1 <br />Commission on Disability <br />May 16, 2023 Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />Members: Victoria Buckley (Chair), Sue Cusack, Shaun Grady, Leonard Morse-Fortier, Janet Perry, <br />Julie Miller, John Rossi, Francine Stieglitz, Nancy Wong <br /> <br />Town Liaisons: Hemali Shah, Chief Equity Officer; Mark Sandeen, Select Board; Jim Kelly, Building <br />Commissioner <br /> <br />Committee Liaisons: Pam Lyons, Center Committee; Rod Cole, Capital Expenditures Committee; <br />Stephanie Hsu, Human Right Commission <br />Guests: Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee: Betty Gau (Chair) and Dave Armstrong; Friends of <br />Lexington Bikeway and Greenways Corridor Committee (a Selectman’s Advisory Committee): <br />Peggy Enders (Chair of Lexington Bikeway) and Mike Tabaczynski <br />A meeting of the Commission on Disability was held on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 5:45 PM – 7:00 <br />PM via zoom (expected adjournment is 7:00 PM). <br />Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open <br />Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 20 20 and subsequent Orders <br />imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place, this meeting of <br />the Lexington Commission on Disability will be conducted via remote participation to the <br />greatest extent possible. <br />On July 16, 2022, Governor Baker signed into Law an Act Relative to Extending Certain State of <br />Emergency Accommodations, which, among other things, extends the expiration of the <br />provisions pertaining to the Open Meeting Law to March 31, 2023. <br /> On March 29, 2023, Governor Healey signed a bill that continues remote and hybrid meeting <br />provisions that were enacted during the pandemic. The new law extends pandemic-related <br />authorizations that were set to expire on March 31 as follows: <br />• Allowing remote and hybrid meeting options for public bodies through March 31, 2025 <br /> <br />Announcements <br />Discovery Day – May 27 <br />We will have a booth at the event. Victoria will send out a sign-up sheet for times that CoD <br />members can support the booth. We will have handouts about the work of the Commission, <br />including the Americans with Disability Act and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). <br /> <br />Award to John Rossi <br />Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating – AV Preeminent: “The highest peer rating standard. This <br />is given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal <br />expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers.” <br /> This award was given to our member, John Rossi, an award that he has received since the 1990s. <br />Congratulations John! <br />
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