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Commission on Disability Meeting Minutes for April 4, 2013 5: 45pm to 7: 00 pm Parker Room, G -1, Lexington Town Hall Members Present: Victoria Buckley, Janice Cyr, Julie Miller, and Francine Stieglitz. Members Not Present: Susan Cusack, Michael Martignetti, Leonard Morse - Fortier, and Janet Perry Staff Present: Hank Manz Additional Attendees: Jeffrey Dougan, Assistant Director for Community Service, MA Office on Disability, Harry Mackay, Fred Johnson, and Maria Haynes Meeting Began at 5:50PM: We did not have a membership quorum for the meeting. 1. Minutes for the March 7, 2013 meeting were not approved due to a lack of membership quorum. 2. Presentation 5:45 by Jeffrey Dougan, Assistant Director for Community Service, Massachusetts Office on Disability — about handicapped parking fines. a. The main goal of Jeffery's presentation to our group and other Disability groups is to help the groups learn the building codes for accessibility. b. Jeffery distributed brochures and booklets on Disability Rights Laws for Massachusetts Chapter 40 Section 8.1 and Section 22G. c. Part or all of funds collected from parking violations can be used for Commission projects. Lexington fee is $100. (Some are $100 -300 for other towns per violation). How many tickets are currently being written in Lexington? Unknown for Lexington. d. Chapter 40 Section 22G would allow Lexington to use the parking funds. This needs to be adopted at a town meeting. Money may all go to the Commission or a portion of it could be shared with the Town. (Framingham now shares 50150 with Town and Commission.) e. What can the funds be used for? "They can be used for the sole purpose for benefit of persons with disabilities ". Examples of use - Scholarships for student with disabilities, hire police details to write and monitor handicapped parking (Jimmy Cataldo is the ticket writer in Lexington), educational programs, and other special accessible projects like ramps, etc. f. Of the 160 Commissions in Massachusetts, —110 are very active -50 to 60 actually collect fines for handicapped parking violations. g. In Lexington, a Selectman's Article would be needed to support Chapter 40 Section 22G and to change the rate from $100. to $200 (or to $300). h. Jeffrey is willing to help the CoD with this effort.