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Town of Lexington
Commission on Disability
Minutes for 7 January 2004 Meeting
ent: Victoria Buckley(Chair), Michael Novack(Town of Lexington), Richard Landau, Sue
cif. ;Len Morse-Fortier, Charles Cole, Michael Martignetti, Bill Kennedy (Selectman
; ,resentative)
cp,,:Vit; _Jenifer Aliber, Dan Perez
j :Meeting began officially with a review of the minutes from the December 3, 2003 meeting.
pt.e'minor corrections were made and the minutes were approved as corrected.
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o9.Removal: NSTAR Substation--the building at the corner of Grant and Mass. Ave. —has
1.0,history of no snow removal from its sidewalk. Michael Novack researched this, found that
4,e9rAR.was relying upon an agreement between (then)Boston Edison and the Town in which the
..x;Agreed to remove snow from the sidewalk. Reportedly, the NSTAR snow removal
ipinent was unable to deal with the brick pavers. Several folks noted that the Town plows the
1ileigalks but poorly Usually, various merchants supplement what the town does, but abs with
i `"g success and quality As conversation intensified around the issue of snow removal from
-4i t ewalks and the general level of care given to pedestrian paths, Len agreed to draft a letter to
:ire-Town to raise this issue formally Suggestions included calling attention to specific examples;
)1,iliiig snow in the handicapped space at Fleet Bank. Reportedly a new contractor will improve
erversation turned to a quick discussion of the asphalt drive along side Carlson realty—the
mveway that accesses the rear of Fleet Bank. This roadway seems to attract scofflaws and create
safety hazards for pedestrians. Who owns this? How do we find out?
_o=mission Web Site: Sue Cusak proposes that we follow the Town protocols for a"dry"
!age— 'Just the facts," —with a link to our own page which could be livelier Sue mentioned a
:tional website that links to Massachusetts Resources—this is reportedly an extraordinary web
4:,'Site: A National organization (www.nichcy org) apparently had a grant to create this resource
f compilation. Connie Rawson—Lexington s Information Technology(IT) Coordinator -
teportedly controls all aspects of the Town website.
t`�3i1i Kennedy reported that the Selectmen approved our letter to go out to all Town Committees
And Commissions regarding sensitivity to issues related to disability
Meeting adjourned with the next meeting to be help Wednesday 4 February 2004
'Respectfully Submitted by Len Morse-Fortier
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