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Commission on Disability <br />Meeting Minutes for February 7, 2013 <br />5: 45pm to 7: 00 pm <br />Parker Room, G -1, Lexington Town Hall <br />Members Present: Victoria Buckley, Susan Cusack, Janice Cyr, Michael Martignetti, <br />Julie Miller, Janet Perry, and Francine Stieglitz. <br />Members Not Present: Leonard Morse - Fortier <br />Additional Attendees: Harry Mackay, Liaison for Council on Aging <br />Meeting Began at 5:50 pm: <br />The minutes for the January 3, 2013 meeting were approved with minimal changes. <br />2. Clarification of membership — CoD has eight membership slots which are currently <br />all occupied. <br />3. We continued the discussion of draft of capital plan for completion of Title II <br />projects in the consultant's report - the need to split off municipal and school requests <br />and how to approach the school related projects with their staff and committees. <br />a. Victoria sent a letter to Clark Principal, Ms. Monacal, who responded that she <br />is looking forward to working with the CoD on the elevator project. <br />b. Pat Goodard may have some money available for a site evaluation for the <br />elevator. Victoria will contact Pat to confirm this is the case. Sue will reach <br />out to Linda to find out how to proceed with next steps if the money is <br />available. <br />4. There was a brief discussion about the role of Council on Aging (CoA) liaison <br />position as related to the CoD. <br />a. Harry suggested the CoD could discuss the role and that he would bring back <br />our thoughts to the CoA. <br />b. A question surfaced regarding the number of the handicapped people <br />registered at the Senior Center. Harry stated that the Center is currently <br />working on getting this information and that he would let us know when the <br />information is available. <br />Additional new business and update on new projects: <br />a. Francine's update on the Lexpress Transportation Program. The <br />Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) has put notices regarding the <br />program in the Minuteman. TAC will be looking at the usage to date. Buses <br />are being used for trips to the CoA and to Market Basket in Burlington. <br />