2026-10-13 - Commission on Disabilities

00:00Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the

00:02flag of the United States of America to

00:05theublic for it stands nation under

00:09Godisible

00:10with liberty and justice for all.

00:13>> If Pauline, if you could just do a roll

00:15call of the members, I'd greatly

00:16appreciate it.

00:17>> Sure. Thanks. Ralph Dico,

00:20>> present.

00:20>> Pauline Pero is present. Jason Baron,

00:23>> present.

00:24>> Mario Gmanis,

00:25>> present. and Ellie Vargas.

00:29>> Okay, thank you.

00:31>> Okay, so we will go to um the item one

00:35was a I had sent out the meeting minutes

00:38for the September 8th meeting to uh to

00:40the members. Um I'm hoping that everyone

00:43had a chance to take a look at them. Um

00:46and if there were no omissions or any um

00:50errors, um please let me know. If not,

00:52if somebody can make a motion to

00:54approve.

00:55I just have a quick question.

00:57>> Yeah.

00:57>> You know where it says on your motion to

00:59approve the meeting minutes from

01:00September 8th, 2026? This is on our

01:04meeting notes to be approved. Should

01:07that not say August 11th, seeing as

01:09we're approving?

01:11>> Yes, that should say August 11th.

01:12>> Okay. Thank you.

01:13>> So, I will make that correction. Was

01:16that the only only

01:17>> Yes, that was it.

01:20>> Okay. So I will make that.

01:27So make a change to August 11th meeting

01:30notes from last month.

01:32>> Thank you.

01:33>> Okay. So I have a motion to approve.

01:36>> Motion to approve.

01:38>> Second.

01:40>> Okay.

01:41Uh Jason and Pauline.

01:44>> Okay. Okay. Item number two. Um, as I

01:47mentioned in the in the um meeting

01:50notes, we do have a guest speaker and

01:52I'm going to change her name as she

01:54speaks uh on the on the agenda here uh

01:57on the meeting. It's uh Lauren Buck

01:59who's the city rea chief of uh health

02:02and human services and the director of

02:03public health is going to be joining us

02:05tonight for a presentation. Thank you

02:07Lauren. It's been a while since I've

02:09seen you. Hope you've been doing well.

02:11>> Hi Ralph, thank you for having me.

02:14Okay. And the floor is all yours.

02:17>> Great. Um, so I just can give you some

02:19updates very similar to what we talked

02:20about last year when I came on, which I

02:22think actually was about this time of

02:25year. Um, which

02:26>> are you seeing a pattern? A pattern is

02:29forming.

02:31No, it's great because it's actually a

02:32great opportunity to always talk about

02:34um really the the biggest um couple of

02:37things that we have for um people who

02:40might have trouble getting out of their

02:41homes um especially during the the fall

02:44time of year. Um we are con continuously

02:48expanding our homebound vaccine program

02:49and this year we have some really

02:51exciting expansions again. Um, so just

02:55as a refresher, we offer uh fall

02:58respiratory vaccines to our homebound

03:00residents in Revier. Uh, people who have

03:02trouble leaving the house for any

03:03reason. No, you know, doesn't necess

03:06necessarily need to be mobility issues,

03:08but any reason that they would have

03:10trouble leaving the house. Um, we have

03:12nurses, we have a series, you have three

03:14nurses that come to people's homes um,

03:17throughout the month of October. So,

03:19we're actually starting our trips um

03:21next week and we'll be running through

03:23uh the end of October and can go into

03:25November if we need to. Um and we offer

03:28flu, highdose flu, COVID, pneumonia, and

03:31RSV. Um so, we actually have a greater

03:34selection of vaccines this year. Um and

03:38hopefully every year we'll be able to

03:40expand um the selections that we have.

03:43Uh so that's a really um that's a really

03:46uh great uh you know uh addition to the

03:50program that we have. Um so super

03:53excited to talk about that one if you

03:55have any questions about how someone

03:56could get signed up for it. Um you would

03:59all you would need to do would be to

04:01call our office um and the number is

04:03781-4858486.

04:06we can schedule you for a vaccine visit

04:08over the phone um very easily and you

04:12can get on our on our roster for that.

04:15Any questions about that program?

04:20>> Um if there are caregivers in the house

04:23as well, are they eligible or is this

04:25just for the individual who is

04:28homebound?

04:29>> Great question. It we do home we do

04:31caregivers as well. So great. Thank you.

04:34Yes, we do.

04:38Alrighty.

04:40And then I can talk a little bit. I

04:42mean, we throughout the year we

04:44continuously have a program on Fridays

04:46where we give um free boxes of food out

04:50to and Ralph knows this program super

04:52well because we actually inherited it

04:54from him when he um left the city of

04:56River. Um we do food for free and we for

05:00many many months now probably about

05:02almost a year we've have a special um

05:05handicap um

05:08uh pickup time. So people who have

05:10handicap placards in their cars can come

05:12through from 11 uh until supplies last.

05:14So usually it's about 11 to 12 um to get

05:17a a free food box in their car. Um they

05:20don't have to wait in line like everyone

05:22else does on Fridays um to get a free

05:24food box. So, we've been doing that for

05:26about a year and that's going to

05:27continue. Um, we do run out of boxes

05:30quite quickly. Um, so sometimes people

05:32don't necessarily get a box in the home

05:35b in the handicap line, but um, that's

05:38something that we've been that we'll

05:40continue to do and we've been doing for

05:41a while as well. Um, so that's going on.

05:45Any other questions you guys have for me

05:48in terms of public health?

05:50>> Um, I have one quick question, Lauren.

05:52It's Pauline. How are you? Nice to hear

05:55you.

05:55>> Hey, good you.

05:57>> Great. Um, is there an active TB

06:00screening program here in Revier? Is

06:03that something that you folks do?

06:05>> I'm just curious. I've had I've I've

06:07I've had no questions per se. I've heard

06:10conversations and I was just um, you

06:13know, looking to get some information.

06:15Is that something that you guys run at

06:16like a TB screening

06:19um, at any time or is that something

06:21that can be done as needed? Yeah, great

06:24question. So, we are in charge of the

06:26tuberculosis program in Revier as all

06:29public health departments in

06:30Massachusetts do tuberculosis

06:32um tracking in each of their cities or

06:35towns. We don't do we don't do

06:38tuberculosis screening for people who

06:40who haven't been exposed to someone who

06:43is um you know positive who's been

06:45tested positive, right? Right. So,

06:47couldn't walk into a um to your doctor's

06:51office or to us and get like a PPD or

06:53like a tuberculin skin test placed. We

06:56would only um screen you if you were a

06:58close contact of someone who is

07:00positive. That being said, we track

07:01tuberculosis very very closely in

07:04Massachusetts and really throughout the

07:05state uh throughout the um the country.

07:08And we have very revier has very low

07:10rates of tuberculosis. We do you know we

07:12follow them as they come through.

07:14oftentimes we have one or two cases at a

07:16time. Um, and they do uh their close

07:19contacts are eligible for free blood

07:21work um and free chest x-rays if needed.

07:25Um, but it's not something that you

07:27would as like a just someone in the

07:29community would necessarily need to do.

07:31Does that make sense?

07:32>> It does. Um, I'm talking from many moons

07:35ago when I worked public health as

07:38someone who did a TB screening. you

07:40know, we had actual dates that people

07:43could come in if they needed to, but it

07:45was a different time and it was a

07:46different venue. Let me preface it by

07:49saying that. And I know things have

07:51changed greatly. Um, I was just

07:53wondering where we do have, um, a number

07:55of families that are coming in, um,

07:58multigenerational people living within

08:01one household that are moving into

08:03Reier. um you've got the kids in the

08:05schools versus the parents who may be

08:07out working versus a a grandparent or a

08:10great aunt or an aunt or an uncle who

08:12might be also caregivers. And I was just

08:14thinking in terms of that and again I'm

08:17speaking from that very very past

08:19experience.

08:21>> Um

08:22>> and so that's that was my general

08:24question but I have you know I've

08:25overheard conversations that I have not

08:28been part of. It's just conversations I

08:31hear in passing from people that I may

08:33or may not have have anything to do

08:35with. Um it it has come up in community

08:38settings and whatever. So I just was

08:40interested more than anything to know

08:42what exactly um the protocol is.

08:45[snorts]

08:46>> Yeah. And that being said, um there is

08:48tuberculosis screening, routine

08:50tuberculosis screening for a lot of

08:51professions. So like you're talking

08:53about um a lot of nurses, people who

08:55work in healthcare, but also there's

08:57tuberculosis screening kind of ma

08:58mandatory when you enter the country um

09:01you know so there are there are

09:03screenings at different levels than just

09:04the city of Rivier government. Um so

09:07that is happening too but we are the

09:09ones who are in charge of when someone

09:11is testing positive making sure that

09:13there's close contacts are getting

09:15tracked.

09:17>> Okay, great. Thank you.

09:18>> Hi Lauren, it's Ralph. The other another

09:21question that I have is the emergency

09:23management for River is that now being

09:26taken over out of your office?

09:29>> No. No. The emergency management uh is

09:32still out of the fire department.

09:34>> It's still out of the fire department.

09:36Okay. All right. Because that's what I'm

09:37trying to to find out. Um because I know

09:41um uh Adrian was working on something

09:44before I had left trying to put some

09:47something together. not the full

09:49emergency management but trying to work

09:51on a plan or something if that was in

09:54conjunction with the fire department or

09:56what that was.

09:57>> Um

09:57>> what what type of plan are you talking

09:59about Ralph?

10:00>> Just like demographics um for seniors

10:03and other people with disabilities

10:06>> almost like a special needs registry

10:08type thing.

10:08>> Yes. Yes.

10:09>> Yeah. So Chelsea whom we're very close

10:12with the public health department they

10:14run a special needs registry. They

10:15started at about a year and a half,

10:16maybe two years ago. I know it's going

10:18wellish for them. I think they have like

10:20in the

10:22>> low like below 100 people, but above I I

10:25I think below 100ish people, but

10:27somewhere in the high um maybe 50, 60,

10:3070, something like that people

10:31registered. We've talked about a special

10:34needs registry, but we've never um kind

10:37of pulled the trigger on on starting the

10:39process for getting one in place. But

10:41>> okay.

10:42>> Um it's something that we could consider

10:44if if you would like us to go down that

10:48route with you with the help of you

10:49guys. And

10:50>> um I just know

10:52>> there's some upkeep to it. I don't it's

10:54definitely not a comprehensive list of

10:56everyone and I don't know if you'll ever

10:58really get a comprehensive list because

10:59of people moving or whatever.

11:02>> Um but it is something that Chelsea does

11:04and we could we could talk to you about

11:06it. All right. No, I just wasn't I

11:08wasn't sure where what was going what

11:10what the what it entailed or agent was

11:13doing before I had left or if it if

11:16that's what it entailed or because I

11:18know she's looking for some

11:19demographics. So, I wasn't sure. I don't

11:21want to reinvent the wheel or or do

11:23anything like that. I just wanted that

11:24just to see where it was because I know

11:26there's the there's the one that was

11:28done um for the state that's through the

11:31fire department. Um, so they do have

11:33there's an emergency plan that's done,

11:35but I didn't know if it's ever needed to

11:38go down to an individual or if that plan

11:41has ever been updated with the with the

11:43fire department or if it's just through

11:45the fire department or if your

11:47department has had any involvement or if

11:49that ever materialized any further when

11:51they working on that. Yeah, we def we

11:54don't have a list like you're talking

11:57about because again that's like a yeah

11:59like a special needs registry type thing

12:01but

12:01>> right

12:02>> um but it's not um

12:04>> but there is a plan in place. The plan

12:06in place is that they know they have uh

12:09there's a plan in place for if we had a

12:11natural disaster or anything like that.

12:13That's still the one through the fire

12:14department and it's solely through the

12:16fire department. The the the fire chief

12:18is the e still the emergency management

12:20director.

12:21>> Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Okay. That's what

12:23that's what I just wanted to make sure.

12:25>> So, two questions for you, Lauren. One

12:27would be, are they seeing an increase in

12:30u drugresistant TB? Because I know that

12:32was a concern at one point. And also the

12:34other question is, are you also seeing

12:36the increase I seems like I've seen the

12:38flu starting a lot earlier this year. It

12:42seemed to be

12:42>> Yeah.

12:43>> getting a little more.

12:44>> Um, first question, an increase in drug

12:47resistant TB. I can't speak to that in

12:50like the in the state of Massachusetts

12:52or even in River. Um

12:54>> yeah,

12:55>> because our cases are so infrequent that

12:59again we we maybe get we maybe get 20

13:04cases a year maybe and so

13:06>> um I can't really speak to trends about

13:07drug resistant TV but I know that it's

13:10very closely monitored and um people who

13:13are getting treated here in the United

13:14States um are often they're able to

13:17catch um drug resistant TB and change

13:20medications much more nimly I guess than

13:23like in other country. So, um I know

13:25that's happening, but I can't really

13:26speak to trends here in Rivier. In terms

13:29of the flu, yes, the flu is is um is

13:32peaking earlier than in other years. Um

13:35and so, uh people, you know, obviously

13:38we recommend getting a flu vaccine. Um

13:41because the trends that we're seeing are

13:43that the flu kind of wave of is starting

13:46a little bit earlier than suspected. So,

13:48you're you're right about that.

13:50>> Yeah. I'm also seeing my wife was

13:52reading uh that what they're also seeing

13:54an increase in uh because the emergency

13:56department has also been very busy is uh

13:59when people are utilizing uh you know

14:03recreational marijuana and things like

14:04that they're seeing an increase in the

14:06um respiratory or stomach issues uh

14:10surrounding that as well. I don't know

14:12if you guys had heard about that but had

14:13seen that. I know you guys read on a lot

14:15of things so being health professionals

14:16but I just happened to

14:18>> you know I didn't know if you noticed I

14:21haven't heard about specific symptoms

14:22being worse, but I, you know, in

14:24general, I know the flu is definitely

14:26peaking earlier this year. Um, you know,

14:28some other things like COVID isn't as

14:30strong as potentially it has been in the

14:33in the past at this time of year, but

14:34that doesn't mean that it won't spike at

14:36another time.

14:37>> Right. Correct.

14:41Lauren, are they recommending that

14:42people who received the flu vaccine

14:45earlier in the season get re um

14:48immunized

14:50say somewhere around January or February

14:52to cover them through that March that

14:55March madness that we all love?

14:57>> No, I actually don't think that's the

14:59recommendation. It's still one per one

15:01per year.

15:02>> Just one per year. Okay, great. Y

15:06>> anyone else have any further questions

15:08for Lauren?

15:12Well, Lauren, thank you as always for

15:14joining us. This is very informational.

15:16Thank you for having especially for uh

15:19the disabled residents, but the

15:21residents in general. Uh it's great

15:23information for people about the flu

15:25shots and that's why Pauline has it on

15:27her radar every year to contact you to

15:29come at this time of the year, which is

15:31great.

15:31>> Thank you so much for having me.

15:33>> Thank you, Lauren.

15:34>> Thank you, Lauren. Bye.

15:35>> Have a great day. You too.

15:41Okay. So, we'll move on on the agenda um

15:45to item number three is updates and next

15:49steps from our September 8th meeting. Um

15:53any updates from Paul Pauline regarding

15:56uh the calendar for future monthly guest

15:58speakers?

15:59>> I'm still pegging away at people. I'm

16:02not getting a whole lot of response, but

16:04that's okay. I will continue to do that.

16:06And um just to update you, I have also

16:09um issued another email to um

16:12Representative Turo to see if there's

16:14any information. I don't care updates,

16:16low dates, in between dates. Um just any

16:19information on, you know, now that the

16:23sun is setting earlier and we're getting

16:25into like the cooler and the rainy

16:27nights and whatever on the beach

16:29specifically, but I know it's in

16:30general. Um just seeing if there's any

16:33indication that anything is going to be

16:35moving forward that we can you know look

16:38forward to

16:40>> especially now the times we plan for

16:42next year.

16:42>> Yeah. No, I I it's um I noticed

16:45especially this it was later this

16:47afternoon. It was about 4:00 when I came

16:49up the beach and they're just the

16:53visibility. Well, you've got the fog

16:55rolling in and you've got very very low

16:58lighting coupled with not a whole lot of

17:02you know awareness and it it just it's

17:04like a recipe for a disaster in my

17:06opinion. But um I did reissue an email.

17:09So I'm just waiting to hear from our

17:12wonderful representative Turo to see if

17:14there's uh any updates and maybe I'll

17:16have him join us in November.

17:19>> Okay, sounds good.

17:21>> Okay,

17:21>> sounds like sounds like a good plan.

17:23>> So if I do get anyone in the interim, I

17:25will absolutely let you know so that we

17:27can be posting it and getting it out

17:28there.

17:29>> Okay.

17:30>> Okay.

17:30>> Thank you, thank you.

17:32>> Okay. Um item number four is the quota

17:35commission on disabilities

17:37uh alliance uh meeting monthly meeting

17:40that was on October 7th. Um there was

17:43this discussion of COD members in

17:45attendance regarding uh the municipal

17:47ADA coordinators and what their role is

17:49and what it should be and also what is

17:52the difference between a title one and

17:54title two when it comes to an ADA

17:56coordinator.

17:57Um also uh another um another mention

18:01was the disability policy consortium DPC

18:05who is the entity that runs these

18:07monthly KOD commission and disability

18:09alliance meetings. Um announced that

18:12they are celebrating their 30th their

18:1530th anniversary as an agency.

18:18>> Um so I just so wanted to let everyone

18:20know on that. So those are the two items

18:23that was uh mentioned um at the kota

18:27meeting. Um and then the other items I I

18:31basically um I just give and I just gave

18:34the reminders for the Massachusetts

18:37Office of Disabilities on some um

18:41trainings that we offer um for people

18:44for community access monitoring training

18:46and advanced community access monitoring

18:48trainings that I've mentioned. um to

18:51this commission several times along with

18:53a statewide um commission on

18:56disabilities meeting that I I know I had

18:58sent that was to the members that was

19:00this uh this past Thursday that had just

19:03come by. Um Massachusetts office on

19:06disabilities usually has two statewide

19:09uh commission on disabilities meetings.

19:12Um, and I'm in the process of planning

19:15next to the two statewide COD meetings

19:18for mod for next year. And uh, I will

19:21let you know when those are. It's great

19:23if you attend. They're great informal

19:25meetings. Um, there's a lot of

19:27information for Coods on the

19:30Massachusetts Office on Disability that

19:32is really helpful.

19:34Um item number five is items and

19:36discussions from the Massachusetts

19:38Architectural Access Board for variances

19:41if we received any, but we have not

19:43received any uh for the month of

19:45September up till uh up until today and

19:48October. So there's none that we have to

19:51discuss or mention. Um item number six

19:54is items in discussions on chapter 40

19:57section 22 handicap funds. um if uh if

20:02if we needed to allocate any of the

20:03money that we collect for funds. Um and

20:06we have not received any uh that we

20:09would need to discuss. Uh so we can move

20:12on to item number seven is commission

20:15members lateformational items. Uh if any

20:18commission members have any

20:20lateformational items um that they just

20:23justformational items not as a

20:24discussion. If anyone commission members

20:27would like to um mention any of those, I

20:30will open it up to uh commission

20:33members.

20:35>> Yeah, definitely. Uh something Ralph for

20:37point of reference for people that uh as

20:39changes are coming down uh through Mass

20:42Health and other things that we're

20:44finding uh people may have to watch out

20:46and make sure you follow dates for not

20:49just renewing, but also um because our

20:52policies change, but also appeals. make

20:54sure they're following that because you

20:56don't want to miss anything. U but

20:58they're finding that they're having to

21:00uh appeal a lot more. I ran into that

21:03myself and I'll tell you it's a quite an

21:05education when you find it and work with

21:08your doctor's office and anybody else

21:10that is in your team so that you can get

21:13your for your ready for your appeals

21:15because it it can be complicated.

21:19[clears throat]

21:19>> But Mass Health, correct?

21:20>> Yeah, that's correct. Yeah. And it's

21:22very complicated, believe it or not. It

21:25is I'm learning I had to reach out to

21:29some people from for assistance for

21:31that, believe it or not. Yeah.

21:33>> Thank you, Jason, for that.

21:36>> Uh, anyone else?

21:39>> As a note of interest, um, I follow the

21:41Lind Disability Network on Facebook. Um,

21:45and they are having a white cane

21:47celebration. [clears throat] Um, not

21:49sure. I didn't write down the date, but

21:50if anyone's interested, it's I believe

21:53it's open to the public. It's um,

21:56>> so it's over and above the one that the

21:59mass commission

22:01>> Yes. Yes. They're doing I'm I'm actually

22:04going in the process of contacting the

22:06Lind Disability Network. I'm not really

22:08sure who I'm talking to, but I'm in

22:11communication with them. Um, so I'd like

22:14to have them actually come too and speak

22:16because it's a network that kind of

22:19encompasses this whole Northshore area

22:22that we are part of. Um, and so I find

22:24that they have a lot of very very

22:26interesting programs going on. So I'd

22:28like to tap into them too as well. But

22:31um, you can check it out. It's it's

22:32listed in the Lind Disability Network

22:34and it's White Cane Celebration and it

22:36is coming up this month.

22:38>> Yeah, because Yeah, this is the month

22:40that they have it. This is this is when

22:42the Mass Commission for the Blind also

22:43had

22:44>> Right.

22:44>> I think I I usually for I know last year

22:47they had the date wrong to register it.

22:50>> I I remember that. Yeah. I did I saw

22:52their posting. Um I don't believe it's

22:56on the same day though, so that would be

22:57a good

22:58>> Oh, no. Yeah. Okay. All right. Thank

23:00you. Anyone else?

23:04>> Item number eight is residents concerns

23:06or issues. We haven't received any um

23:10except for um there's still a a and I

23:15try to explain it. There's still um

23:20a misunderstanding with hand handicap

23:22sign applications

23:25and handicap placards um that I tried to

23:28let know when a handicap placard is uh

23:31about to expire. A renewed handicap

23:34placard is done through the registry of

23:36motor vehicles and they usually send it

23:38out the

23:41probably about a month before they uh

23:44expire. But if not, you would need to

23:46contact the registry of motor vehicles

23:48regarding your handicap placard. Also,

23:51handicap uh parking signs in front of

23:54your residence. There's a handicap

23:56parking sign application process that

23:59can be found on the commission on

24:00disabilities website. It lists the

24:03criteria that is needed um in order to

24:07um we try to do it that in order that

24:10what the requirements are so that people

24:12don't go and do all the necessary

24:14paperwork um if they would not qualify

24:18uh for a sign. But I want to reiterate

24:20that the Commission on Disabilities is

24:23not the decision maker for handicapped

24:26parking signs. We are just the

24:28facilitator of the paperwork to get it

24:31to the traffic commission along with any

24:33other information that the traffic

24:35commission needs uh such as uh aerial

24:39photos of the address and such such

24:41forth. Um, so we are not the gatekeeper

24:45as I've been told for handicapped

24:49parking signs. We are just the

24:52facilitator of of accumulating the

24:55paperwork and getting it to the traffic

24:57commission. I also want to let know

24:59unfortunately we cannot take any of that

25:02information electronically anymore

25:04uh because of all the cyber issues uh

25:08with the information that's on it. So

25:10they would need to be the the

25:12application and all that paperwork needs

25:14to be sent in uh via paper and then it

25:18will get forwarded to the traffic

25:20commission. Um if you have a computer

25:22you can download all the application

25:25material on the COOD page or you can go

25:29to the Reier 311 office. They have the

25:32packets of everything that's that is

25:34needed a for a handicap application

25:38including a a p a a packet that explains

25:43what you need to know before you apply

25:45for handicap uh parking spot. Also, um,

25:50another thing to mention that is in that

25:52need to know is when you apply for a

25:54handicap sign, that sign does not give

25:58you priority to be the only person that

26:00parks in that parking spot. Anyone with

26:03a handicap plate or placard can park at

26:06that parking at that that spot even

26:09though it's in front of your house

26:11because that is on public property. So,

26:13we do get some complaints that people

26:15that have applied for a sign and we try

26:18to let them know and it's in the

26:19information. Well, I applied for the

26:21sign in front of my house and we let

26:24everyone know that that sign is for

26:26anyone with a plate or a placket

26:28unfortunately that can park in it. Um,

26:31so that is one of the issues that we get

26:33a lot of questions and complaints about.

26:37So, I just wanted to try and clarify

26:38that as best we can. We do let people

26:41know when they uh ask for what the

26:44process is for for handicap placards. Um

26:47the proc also the process is when

26:49somebody fills out the paperwork and we

26:52submit it to the traffic commission. It

26:54will go to the traffic commission for

26:56their next scheduled meeting to ask for

26:58a public hearing at their following

27:00month's meeting. uh and anyone that has

27:03applied for a handicap parking spot uh

27:06should appear at that meeting so that

27:08they can state uh state reasons why they

27:12would like to have a sign in front of

27:14their in front of their home um and they

27:17can state their case. So, it's always

27:19best that you can meet and it's usually

27:21those meetings, I believe, uh the third

27:24Thursday of the month uh at 5:00 pm at

27:27city hall chambers. Um you can find that

27:29on the city calendar um when those

27:32meetings will be posted along with an

27:34agenda to see if your address is coming

27:37up if you have submitted a uh handicap

27:41uh sign spot application. So I'm hoping

27:44that's clarified. The last thing that I

27:46wanted to mention that we state is there

27:48is not a physical um commission on

27:52disabilities office. We do have a

27:55commission on disabilities phone number.

27:57So when you do leave a message, we say

27:59that we will get back to you as soon as

28:02possible. Um so which we try doing um

28:06and we try getting back to to people

28:09either within the day or the next day or

28:12two. Um so please bear with us. I know

28:14several people will try calling us uh

28:17every hour or every half hour, but

28:19unfortunately

28:21um there is no there is no office. So,

28:24the we have we get to them when we can

28:26get to the voicemails and be able to um

28:30be able to listen to those and get back

28:32to you as soon as possible.

28:37So, hopefully that helps everyone.

28:39>> Yep.

28:41>> Um item number nine is uh next steps.

28:49Uh the next steps we will just carry

28:52over

28:53um as we usually do. Um it's basically

28:57item number three. Um

29:00is is what we usually carry over. Um

29:06we will seek followup for any um any

29:11any future g monthly guests

29:14um for our monthly meetings and any u

29:19anything regarding the rea beach

29:20crossing safety concerns will be the two

29:23items on there. I'm not sure if there's

29:25any other items you want me to add to

29:27next steps.

29:30>> Nope, that's it for me right now. Okay.

29:34And Jason and Mario, anything for you?

29:38>> No, not really. Not really.

29:40>> Okay. Okay. [clears throat] And item

29:42number 10 is our um reminder. If

29:46Pauline, if you wouldn't mind us

29:49eloquently reading that for me. I would

29:51appreciate it. And I'm just going to put

29:52down some notes for other things.

29:56>> Eloquently, thank you. I will try my

29:58best. Item number 10's reminder. The

30:01Commission on Disabilities office number

30:02is 781-2868267.

30:07Residents can also call Reefier 311

30:10directly and speak to their staff Monday

30:12through Friday. They will answer most

30:14questions, but if they cannot assist you

30:17or you would prefer to speak with the

30:18Commission directly, please ask to be

30:20transferred to the Commission on

30:22Disability direct number. Please leave a

30:24detailed message and we will respond to

30:26you shortly. Please remember we do not

30:29have a physical commission on

30:30disabilities office. As always, please

30:33don't hesitate to contact us if you

30:34would like to discuss or add something

30:36to our monthly meeting agenda. You can

30:39also let us know if you have any

30:40concerns you'd like to discuss and the

30:42commission is here to help you and

30:44assist all residents with disabilities

30:46and their families in rever.

30:50>> Thank you. Um item 11, item number 11 is

30:55our uh meeting adjourned. Uh before we

30:59do that, our next meeting via Zoom is

31:02going to be Tuesday on November 11th um

31:05at 6 PM. So if I can ask for a U motion

31:10to adjurnn.

31:12>> Oh, before we do that,

31:14>> um I thought uh voting was November 3rd,

31:16which would be a Tuesday, which means

31:18the meeting will be on the 10th. Ralph.

31:20>> Yes,

31:20>> we have a time.

31:21>> I want to make sure we're accurate just

31:23so [clears throat] we don't make a

31:23mistake and get someone the wrong day to

31:25come.

31:26>> So, our meeting is November 10.

31:28>> That's right. Yep. Instead of the 11th

31:30by mistake. Yep. Just want to make sure

31:31we don't make a mistake.

31:33>> Thank you.

31:33>> Motion to adjourn.

31:35>> Seconded.

31:37>> Thank you, gentlemen.

31:38>> Bye. I want you to always check these

31:40for me.

31:44All

31:44>> right. Have a great night now. You too.

31:47Yep.

31:49Right.