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1 <br />Commission on Disability <br />December 19, 2023 Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />Members: Victoria Buckley (Chair), John Rossi, Janet Perry, Leonard Morse-Fortier, Sue Cusack, Francine <br />Stieglitz, Shaun Grady <br /> <br />Town Liaisons: Kelly Axtell, Deputy Town Manager <br /> <br />Committee Liaisons: Laureen Fiola (Council on Aging); Pam Lyons <br /> <br />Guests: Ross Morrow, Assistant Town Engineer <br /> <br />A meeting of the Commission on Disability was held on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, 5:45 PM – 7:25 <br />PM via zoom. <br />Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting <br />Law, G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 and subsequent Orders imposing strict <br />limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place, this meeting of the Lexington <br />Commission on Disability will be conducted via remote participation to the 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 provisions <br />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 provisions <br />that were enacted during the pandemic. The new law extends pandemic-related authorizations that <br />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 />Review of Minutes <br />• Minutes for November were reviewed and unanimously accepted with two corrections. <br /> <br />Presentation by Ross Morrow, Assistant Town Engineer about bus stop <br />• Ross proposed a bulb-out combined with the crosswalk as an alternative to 1666 and Conte’s. <br />The address is 1690 Massachusetts Avenue. This would help people who use wheelchairs, the <br />bikes have a share lane, there are no tree issues. The Center Committee and the Bike <br />Committee prefer this option. <br />• Motion was made to vote on newly proposed bulb-out versus 1666. The Commission on <br />Disability voted unanimously in favor of the bulb-out. The Commission also would like to see a <br />bus shelter there. <br /> <br />Discussion about complaint process, complaint forms, web page <br />• When a resident has a complaint, who do they go to? Most complaints go to Victoria Buckley by <br />phone or email (personal email as town one has issues). Other towns like Cambridge have a link <br />to the complaint form online. The Commission has a web page that needs some work. The <br />Commission will invite the Town webmaster and Kathy Santos to the next meeting. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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