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1 Commission on Disability July 18, 2023 Meeting Minutes Members: Victoria Buckley (Chair), Sue Cusack, Shaun Grady, Leonard Morse-Fortier, Janet Perry, Julie Miller, John Rossi, Francine Stieglitz, Nancy Wong Town Liaisons: Hemali Shah, Chief Equity Officer; Mark Sandeen, Select Board Committee Liaisons: Pam Lyons, Center Committee Guests: Ross Morrow, Town of Lexington, Engineer; Sheila Page, Town of Lexington; Jerald Michelson, Lexington Center Committee A meeting of the Commission on Disability was held on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, 5:45 PM – 7:00 PM via zoom (expected adjournment is 7:00 PM). 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. On March 29, 2023, Governor Healey signed a bill that continues remote and hybrid meeting provisions that were enacted during the pandemic. The new law extends pandemic-related authorizations that were set to expire on March 31 as follows: • Allowing remote and hybrid meeting options for public bodies through March 31, 2025 Announcement Minutes June 2023 minutes unanimously approved. Update on Hastings School Victoria, Janet, and Jim Kelly connected with Mike Cronin. The decision was made to paint wide stripes to visual signal at the beginning and end of the grade change. This striping system will need to be repainted every year versus the installation of granite markers which do not have the necessary level of visibility. Cronin also shared during the visit that they would be widening the bus turn around. Bus Stop Ross Morrow, Town Engineer, offered a presentation of the history of the bus stop currently located in front of Conte’s Bike Shop at 1684 Massachusetts Avenue. In his presentation, he marked where the stop used to be (the professional building at 1666 Massachusetts Ave). He shared that during the Streetscape a new bump-out was added near that location, so it was