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Commission on Disability September 20, 2022 Meeting Minutes Members: Victoria Buckley (Chair), Sue Cusack, Shaun Grady, Julie Miller, Leonard Morse- Fortier, Janet Perry, Francine Stieglitz Town Liaisons: Jim Kelly, Building Commissioner Committee Liaisons: Bonnie Teitleman, Council on Aging; Pam Lyons, Center Committee Guests: John Livsey, Town Engineer; Valerie Overton; Tom Shiple; Mona Roy; Sharon Coffey, Zoning Clerk 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 passed a bill that Governor Baker signed, which will allow the continuation of remote public meetings until July 15, 2022. This meeting met remotely from 5:45 PM to 7:09 PM. Thank you:  Thank you to Sharon Coffey, Zoning Clerk, for helping with the zoom technology. Review of Minutes  Minutes from June, July, and August, 2022 were unanimously approved. Discussion with John Livsey, Town Engineer, about Streetscape  All the brick has been installed. They are now going through an extensive punch list for adjustments, including replacing chipped bricks, re-laying several 1000 bricks, re-sanding to restabilize the bricks.  They learned that some of the problems were related to snow removal – the blades have been changed and other equipment will used to avoid this problem in the future.  The town has created a budget that will cover costs for thorough inspections twice a year and repairs.  20 trees have been planted. 1