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Commission on Disability January 17, 2023 Meeting Minutes Members: Victoria Buckley (Chair), Sue Cusack, Shaun Grady, Julie Miller, Leonard Morse- Fortier, Janet Perry, John Rossi, Francine Stieglitz, Nancy Wong Town Liaisons: Jim Kelly, Building Commissioner; Hemali Shah, Chief Equity Officer; Mark Sandeen, Select Board Committee Liaisons: Stephanie Hsu, Human Rights Committee; Pam Lyons, Center Committee; Bonnie Teitleman, Council on Aging Guests: Caileen Foley, Executive Director, Lexington Housing Authority; John Livsey, Town Engineer; Dave Armstrong, Bike Advisory Committee 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. Specifically, this extension allows public bodies to continue holding meetings remotely without a quorum of the public body physically present at a meeting location, and to provide "adequate, alternative" access to remote meetings. The Act does not make any new changes to the Open Meeting Law other than extending the expiration date of the temporary provisions regarding remote meeting s. Announcements The February meeting will be changed to Tuesday, February 14th. Farmers’ Market Accessibility Concerns There is a meeting on January 30 with Lesley Wilcott-Henry (Board President) and Alex Fleck (Market Manager), who both run the Farmers’ Market. Once the meeting time is confirmed, Hemali welcomes the participation of Francine Steiglitz to discuss the accessibility problems of the current location. Lexington Housing Authority Presentation • Caileen Foley, Director of Lexington Housing Authority, discussed Vynebrook Village accessibility improvements and the overall status of the building project. Her presentation was an updated version of one shared with the Commission two years ago by the architecture firm hired to address accessibility at this site. The project addresses the fundamental concern that none of the units are up to code. Updates will focus on