Town of Greenfield’s

Commission on Disability Access

Tuesday, November15, 2016, 2nd Floor Town Hall, 1:00 pm

MINUTES

1. Meeting called to order by: Cynthia L. Dodge,Title: Chair, Time:1:05 pm

2. Attendance: Lynne, Lucy, Julie, Jim & Cyndi Absent: Ian

3. Chair: Cynthia L. Dodge

4. Secretary:Ian A. Hodgdon - Cyndi, standing in for Ian

5. Minutes dated: September20, & October 18, & Nov 21, 2016

Internal Business:

a) Member/guests introductions

b) Treasurer report - 11/04/16 - $300.00 - Lucy made a motion to accept, Jim seconded, all were in favor.

c) Handicap Parking Fines account/itemized report - Lucy motioned to table, Jim seconded, all were in favor.

New Business

a) Correspondence, AAB- Email from Mayor's office, one Mary LaValley complained her disabled daughter voted at the Town Hall Clerk's office and found it not properly accessible and they were treated badly. Cyndi sent email to Mayor concerning this issue - Cynthia will also look into this.

Julie spoke about a complaint(s) dated July 22, 2016, a handwritten note from Betty Tegel. Julie explained there should be a reply letter written. Cyndi explained there was no forwarding address or phone number on the note or the envelope, therefore Betty may not want a reply, just wanted us to look into the issues. Julie was adamant about finding Betty and her address,then sending her a corresponding letter. I, Ms. Dodge, explained since we do not have her addressand that I'm unable to go out to find Ms. Tegel, that it was to much of a hardship to place on me, and if Ms. Tegel wanted us to reply she would have included her address or phone number. That I don't have the money for ink, paper, envelope, or postage to do a letter. Julie again, demanded a letter be written, even if it was her, Julie, to go out tofind Ms. Tegel and her address, write the letter, and she'd (Julie) would even place the postage on the envelope, but it needs to be wirtten. It was decided that Julie would do as she wanted and will email the letter to all CDA commissioners (for input) beforemailing it to Ms. Tegel. No motion was

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Commission on Disability Access

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 2nd Floor Town Hall, 1:00 pm

MINUTES- continued

made, no vote taken. Julie will do the honors as a CDA volunteer member.

b) Title II Transition Plan proposal - The new upcoming Senior Center is in the Transition plan - more to be added.

c) Access awareness day - Jim moved to table, Lucy seconded, all were in favor.

d) MOD's Community Access Monitor training - no updates, short discussion on when the training is offered again in the Spring and Summer of 2017, hopefully some Greenfield CDA members will be able to attend the training.

Old Business

a) Greenfield Cinemas Theater access issues - Lynne was unable to access the theater to find out if any updates were made. She and Julie will try to look into it over the Winter months, while the CDA is on Winter/Holiday recess.

b) Senior Center plans & parking accessibility - Ian was not available to give input - tabled.

c) Overgrown shrubs & sidewalkupgrades - Again, Ian wasn't available to report. Cyndi and Lucy commented that 143 Conway St shrubs/hedges were still not cut off/away from the sidewalk and 1 Grove St hedges were halfway across the sidewalk as well, on both sides of that 1 Grove & Wells Street's (corner lot).

Announcements: Next meeting, March 21, 2017, 1:pm- Have a wonderful Winter & Holiday break.... Stay safe, hope to see you in the Spring !!

Adjourn:2:56 pm

* Please note that the list of topics in this agenda was comprehensive at the time of posting, however the public body may consider and take action on unforeseen matters not specifically named in this notice. Executive session may be called.

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