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RECEIVED 2021 30 IIS ov, 339 puiT°m Commission on Disability TOWN CLERK October 19, 2021 Meeting Minutes LEXINGTON MA Members: Victoria Buckley (Chair), Sue Cusack, Julie Miller, Janet Perry, Francine Stieglitz, Shaun Grady, Leonard Morse-Fortier Town Liaisons: Martha Duffield, Chief Equity Officer; Jim Kelly, Building Commissioner; Joe Pato, Select Board Guests: Dawn McKenna, Tourism Committee; Cristina Burwell, Munroe Center; Brian Healy, architect Monroe Center; Pamela Lyons, Transportation Advisory Committee, Melissa Batite and Kate DeAngelis, Recreation & Community Programs Committee Liaisons: Bonnie Teitleman-Levin, COA; Rod Cole, Capital Expenditures Committee Note: A meeting of the Commission on Disability was held on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 5:45 PM —7:00 PM 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. Specific information and the general guidelines for remote participation by members of the public and/or parties with a right and/or requirement to attend this meeting can be found below.No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted,but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time,via technological means. (*As per Executive Order regarding remote participation: https://www.mass.gov/doc/open-meetinglaw-order-march-12-2020/download)Please be advised that the House and Senate enacted Senate Bill 2475 last night and Governor Baker signed the bill, which will allow the continuation of remote public meetings until April 20, 2022. The reading was followed by an oral roll call. Agenda: Battle Green Master Plan Dawn McKenna, chair of the Lexington Tourism Committee,presented proposal for benches on the Battle Green. The Commission voted unanimously to support 6-foot or 8-foot benches (length depending on price), with backs on Massachusetts Avenue and backless on Bedford Street. Victoria will send a support letter to the Select Board with a copy to the Tourism Committee. Munroe Center for the Arts Cristina Burwell (Munroe Director) and Brian Healy (architect)presented that the IHCD had given the Center a list of recommendations to improve accessibility. The Building Committee of Munroe met with Victoria and the architect to discuss larger plans presented here. The plans include a multi-phase project. The first phase is to build a"core' addition in 1