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Commission on Disability March 19, 2024 Meeting Minutes Members: Victoria Buckley (Chair), Sue Cusack, Leonard Morse-Fortier, Francine Stieglitz, Nancy Wong, Shaun Grady Town Liaisons: Hemali Shah, Chief Equity Officer; Mark Sandeen, Select Board; Jim Kelly, Building Commissioner Committee Liaisons: Pam Lyons, Center Committee; Stephanie Hsu, Human Rights Committee Guests: Ross Morrow, Engineer; Dawn McKenna A meeting of the Commission on Disability was held on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 5:45 PM – 7:27PM 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  Town Meeting articles have been addressed and the opinions and votes of the Commission will be shared there.  Jim Kelly said that the buildings under new construction will not be able to use fossil fuel.  There is a new Building Inspector, David Anderson.  The town manager, Jim Malloy, is retiring in September, and Hemali will be on maternity leave from July to September. Review of Minutes  Minutes for December, January and February were accepted. Discussion with Dawn McKenna, Resident at 9 Hancock Street  The Select Board received a request from Dawn 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.  Dawn says that the way the sidewalk slopes on either side of the crosswalk has an elevation change and ices over. The town offered to make a path connecting her driveway to her front door, which she refused. 1