00:00:00:00 00:05:36:00 GOOD AFTERNOON. 00:05:36:00 00:05:37:00 FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS 00:05:37:00 00:05:40:00 TANIA ANDERSON, A DISTRICT 00:05:40:00 00:05:40:00 SEVEN CITY COUNCILOR . 00:05:40:00 00:05:43:00 I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON 00:05:43:00 00:05:44:00 CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON WAYS 00:05:44:00 00:05:44:00 AND MEANS. 00:05:44:00 00:05:47:00 THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED 00:05:47:00 00:05:48:00 AS BEING LIVE STREAMED BY 00:05:48:00 00:05:51:00 BOSTON DOGA FOR CITY 00:05:51:00 00:05:52:00 COUNCIL DUSH TV AND BROADCAST 00:05:52:00 00:06:02:00 ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN 00:06:02:00 00:06:03:00 CHANNEL 82 AND FILES CHANNEL 00:06:03:00 00:06:04:00 NINE SIX FOR THE COUNCIL'S 00:06:04:00 00:06:04:00 BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS WILL 00:06:04:00 00:06:06:00 ENCOMPASS A SERIES OF PUBLIC 00:06:06:00 00:06:07:00 HEARINGS BEGINNING IN APRIL AND 00:06:07:00 00:06:10:00 RUNNING THROUGH JUNE. 00:06:10:00 00:06:11:00 WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS 00:06:11:00 00:06:15:00 TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENGAGE IN 00:06:15:00 00:06:15:00 THIS PROCESS BY GIVING 00:06:15:00 00:06:18:00 TESTIMONY FOR THE RECORD YOU 00:06:18:00 00:06:19:00 CAN DO THIS IN SEVERAL WAYS 00:06:19:00 00:06:22:00 ATTEND ONE OF OUR HEARINGS AND 00:06:22:00 00:06:23:00 GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. 00:06:23:00 00:06:24:00 WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY 00:06:24:00 00:06:27:00 AT THE END OF EACH DEPARTMENTAL 00:06:27:00 00:06:28:00 HEARING AND SOMETIMES IN THE 00:06:28:00 00:06:31:00 BEGINNING AND ALSO AT THREE 00:06:31:00 00:06:32:00 HEARINGS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC 00:06:32:00 00:06:34:00 TESTIMONY. 00:06:34:00 00:06:35:00 THE FULL HEARING SCHEDULE IS ON 00:06:35:00 00:06:38:00 OUR WEBSITE BOSTON GOV BORGHT 00:06:38:00 00:06:39:00 COUNCIL DASCH BUDGET OUR 00:06:39:00 00:06:43:00 SCHEDULE HEARINGS DEDICATED TO 00:06:43:00 00:06:47:00 PUBLIC TESTIMONY ARE TUESDAY, 00:06:47:00 00:06:50:00 MAY 2ND AND AT 2:00 P.M. 00:06:50:00 00:06:51:00 TUESDAY MAY 9TH AT SIX P.M. AND 00:06:51:00 00:06:54:00 THURSDAY MAY 18 AT TWO P.M. OR 00:06:54:00 00:06:57:00 VIRTUAL TESTIMONY YOU CAN SIGN 00:06:57:00 00:06:59:00 UP USING OUR ONLINE FORUM ON 00:06:59:00 00:07:02:00 OUR COUNCIL BUDGET REVIEW 00:07:02:00 00:07:06:00 WEBSITE OR BY EMAILING THE 00:07:06:00 00:07:07:00 COMMITTEE AT C.C.C. DOT W.M. AT 00:07:07:00 00:07:09:00 BOSTON. 00:07:09:00 00:07:10:00 WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO TESTIFY 00:07:10:00 00:07:14:00 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND 00:07:14:00 00:07:14:00 AFFILIATION AND OR RESIDENTS 00:07:14:00 00:07:17:00 AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO JUST 00:07:17:00 00:07:21:00 TWO TO THREE MINUTES OR EMAIL 00:07:21:00 00:07:22:00 YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO THE 00:07:22:00 00:07:25:00 COMMITTEE AT W.M. AT BOSTON DOT 00:07:25:00 00:07:29:00 GOV SUBMIT A TWO MINUTE VIDEO 00:07:29:00 00:07:29:00 OR OF YOUR TESTIMONY THROUGH 00:07:29:00 00:07:33:00 THE FORUM ON OUR WEBSITE AND 00:07:33:00 00:07:36:00 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE 00:07:36:00 00:07:37:00 CITY BUDGET COUNCIL BUDGET 00:07:37:00 00:07:37:00 PROCESS AND HOW TO TESTIFY 00:07:37:00 00:07:40:00 PLEASE VISIT THE CITY 00:07:40:00 00:07:41:00 COUNCIL BUDGET WEBSITE AT 00:07:41:00 00:07:44:00 BOSTON DOT GOV FOR 00:07:44:00 00:07:44:00 COUNCIL DASCH BUDGET. 00:07:44:00 00:07:48:00 TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 00:07:48:00 00:07:49:00 ZERO SEVEN SIX ZERO TWO ZERO 00:07:49:00 00:07:52:00 SEVEN SIX TWO ORDERS OF THE FBI 00:07:52:00 00:07:53:00 FISCAL YEAR TWENTY FOUR 00:07:53:00 00:07:55:00 OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDING 00:07:55:00 00:07:56:00 ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 00:07:56:00 00:08:00:00 DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR 00:08:00:00 00:08:01:00 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND FOR OTHER 00:08:01:00 00:08:03:00 PEOPLE'S EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 00:08:03:00 00:08:04:00 OPAP DOCKET ZERO SEVEN SIX 00:08:04:00 00:08:08:00 THREE ZERO SEVEN SIX FIVE TWO 00:08:08:00 00:08:09:00 ZERO SEVEN SIX SIX ORDERS FOR 00:08:09:00 00:08:11:00 CAPITAL CAN TRANSFER 00:08:11:00 00:08:12:00 APPROPRIATIONS DOCKET ZERO 00:08:12:00 00:08:15:00 SEVEN SIX FOUR ZERO SEVEN SIX 00:08:15:00 00:08:16:00 SEVEN ZERO SEVEN SIX EIGHT 00:08:16:00 00:08:16:00 ORDERS FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET 00:08:16:00 00:08:19:00 INCLUDING LONG ORDERS LEASE 00:08:19:00 00:08:20:00 PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. 00:08:20:00 00:08:23:00 OUR FOCUS AREA FOR THIS HEARING 00:08:23:00 00:08:27:00 WILL BE THE FBI BUDGET FBI 00:08:27:00 00:08:28:00 TWENTY FOUR BUDGET FOR THE 00:08:28:00 00:08:29:00 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND 00:08:29:00 00:08:30:00 OFFICE OF TOURISM, SPORTS AND 00:08:30:00 00:08:31:00 ENTERTAINMENT AND REVOLVING 00:08:31:00 00:08:31:00 FUNDS. 00:08:31:00 00:08:34:00 OUR PANELISTS FOR TODAY'S 00:08:34:00 00:08:35:00 HEARING INCLUDE NATIVE AREA 00:08:35:00 00:08:38:00 DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION 00:08:38:00 00:08:39:00 FINANCE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 00:08:39:00 00:08:42:00 CULTURE CORA ELLIOTT ORTEGA 00:08:42:00 00:08:43:00 CHIEF OF ARTS AND CULTURE CITY 00:08:43:00 00:08:46:00 OF BOSTON JOHN BORDERS THE 00:08:46:00 00:08:47:00 FORMER DIRECTOR OF TOURISM, 00:08:47:00 00:08:50:00 SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT OFFICE 00:08:50:00 00:08:51:00 OF TOURISM AND SPORTS 00:08:51:00 00:08:54:00 ENTERTAINMENT. 00:08:54:00 00:08:59:00 I AM JOINED HERE TODAY BY MY 00:08:59:00 00:09:02:00 COUNCIL COLLEAGUE JULIA MHERE. 00:09:02:00 00:09:04:00 SORRY JUST TRYING TO GET THE 00:09:04:00 00:09:08:00 ORDER ARRIVAL. 00:09:08:00 00:09:09:00 THAT WOULD BE 00:09:09:00 00:09:12:00 COUNCILOR MICHAEL FLAHERTY AT 00:09:12:00 00:09:13:00 LARGE CITY COUNCILOR , DISTRICT 00:09:13:00 00:09:16:00 COUNCILOR COUNCILOR LIZ BREADON 00:09:16:00 00:09:17:00 AT LARGE COUNCILOR COUNCILOR 00:09:17:00 00:09:20:00 MEDIA AND OUR DISTRICT 00:09:20:00 00:09:23:00 COUNCILOR PRESIDENT FLYNN FOR 00:09:23:00 00:09:28:00 OUR FORMAT FOR TODAY WILL GO 00:09:28:00 00:09:31:00 DIRECTLY TO THE ADMINISTRATION 00:09:31:00 00:09:32:00 FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 00:09:32:00 00:09:36:00 WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THE 00:09:36:00 00:09:39:00 CONVERSATION THAT IS HOLISTIC 00:09:39:00 00:09:40:00 UNDERSTANDING HOW THE OFFICE 00:09:40:00 00:09:43:00 OF TOURISM SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT 00:09:43:00 00:09:44:00 AND THE ARTS AND CULTURE IS 00:09:44:00 00:09:47:00 WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE IT 00:09:47:00 00:09:48:00 MORE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR 00:09:48:00 00:09:52:00 CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS EXCITED 00:09:52:00 00:09:55:00 TO LEARN ABOUT ALL OF THE 00:09:55:00 00:09:56:00 DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND PLANNING 00:09:56:00 00:09:59:00 THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE CITIZENS 00:09:59:00 00:09:59:00 OF BOSTON. 00:09:59:00 00:10:03:00 SO FIRST FOR PRESENTATION THEN 00:10:03:00 00:10:04:00 WE'LL GO TO RATHER FIRST I'LL 00:10:04:00 00:10:07:00 ALLOW MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AT 00:10:07:00 00:10:08:00 30 SECOND INTRODUCTION TIME AND 00:10:08:00 00:10:11:00 THEN INTRODUCTION AND THEN THE 00:10:11:00 00:10:12:00 PRESENTATION FROM 00:10:12:00 00:10:15:00 ADMINISTRATION THEN TO ROUND 00:10:15:00 00:10:16:00 ONE OF QUESTIONING PUBLIC 00:10:16:00 00:10:19:00 TESTIMONY IN THE MIDDLE OF TIME 00:10:19:00 00:10:19:00 ALLOWS A SECOND ROUND QUESTION 00:10:19:00 00:10:23:00 AND IF TIME ALLOWS A THIRD 00:10:23:00 00:10:24:00 ROUND OF QUESTIONING OUR 00:10:24:00 00:10:27:00 HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR 2:00 00:10:27:00 00:10:31:00 P.M. TO FIVE PM AND WE HOPE TO 00:10:31:00 00:10:34:00 BE ABLE TO ATTEND ON TIME. 00:10:34:00 00:10:35:00 BUT IF WE HAVE ALL THE 00:10:35:00 00:10:35:00 QUESTIONS OUR QUESTIONS 00:10:35:00 00:10:38:00 ANSWERED, HOPEFULLY WE ALL GET 00:10:38:00 00:10:39:00 OUT OF HERE WITHIN A COUPLE 00:10:39:00 00:10:42:00 OF HOURS. 00:10:42:00 00:10:46:00 SO BY ORDER OF ARRIVAL FIRST 00:10:46:00 00:10:46:00 COUNCIL OF FLAHERTY YOU HAVE 00:10:46:00 00:10:47:00 THE FLOOR FOR A 30 SECOND 00:10:47:00 00:10:50:00 INTRODUCTION. 00:10:50:00 00:10:51:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 00:10:51:00 00:10:53:00 I'LL WAIT OPENING'S TO GET 00:10:53:00 00:10:54:00 RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION. 00:10:54:00 00:11:05:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON 00:11:05:00 00:11:07:00 THAT'S A GREAT AND ARE YOU 00:11:07:00 00:11:15:00 MUTED WILL COME BACK 00:11:15:00 00:11:15:00 COUNCILOR HERE. 00:11:15:00 00:11:16:00 YES. 00:11:16:00 00:11:16:00 GOOD AFTERNOON. 00:11:16:00 00:11:20:00 SORRY I AM NOT ON CAMERA I HAVE 00:11:20:00 00:11:21:00 REALLY BAD ALLERGIES AND I AM 00:11:21:00 00:11:24:00 SPARING YOU ALL OF IT BUT I'M 00:11:24:00 00:11:24:00 REALLY EXCITED. 00:11:24:00 00:11:27:00 I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING 00:11:27:00 00:11:28:00 AT ARTS AND CULTURE, TRAVEL AND 00:11:28:00 00:11:31:00 TOURISM THESE ARE NOT THE 00:11:31:00 00:11:32:00 POLITICAL CONTROVERSIAL 00:11:32:00 00:11:36:00 DEPARTMENTS YOU KNOW BUT I 00:11:36:00 00:11:36:00 REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT ONE 00:11:36:00 00:11:39:00 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS 00:11:39:00 00:11:40:00 OF THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN 00:11:40:00 00:11:41:00 THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S REALLY 00:11:41:00 00:11:43:00 ABOUT CREATING CULTURE AND 00:11:43:00 00:11:44:00 CREATING CLIMATE AND CREATING 00:11:44:00 00:11:45:00 EXPERIENCES FOR OUR RESIDENTS 00:11:45:00 00:11:48:00 SO I THINK THAT YOU ALL PLAY A 00:11:48:00 00:11:51:00 VERY VITAL ROLE IN THAT WORK 00:11:51:00 00:11:52:00 AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 00:11:52:00 00:11:54:00 HEARING HOW WE CAN BE 00:11:54:00 00:11:55:00 SUPPORTIVE HERE ON THE 00:11:55:00 00:11:58:00 COUNCIL AND I WANT TO FORMALLY 00:11:58:00 00:12:02:00 AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME 00:12:02:00 00:12:03:00 JOHN BORDERS TO THE FAMILY AND 00:12:03:00 00:12:06:00 REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 00:12:06:00 00:12:07:00 SUPPORTING YOU ALL IN THIS 00:12:07:00 00:12:07:00 WORK. 00:12:07:00 00:12:09:00 THANK YOU. 00:12:09:00 00:12:10:00 THANK YOU. 00:12:10:00 00:12:11:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA 00:12:11:00 00:12:13:00 COUNCILOR BREADON. 00:12:13:00 00:12:14:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:12:14:00 00:12:15:00 IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE FROM 00:12:15:00 00:12:17:00 ARTS AND CULTURE TOURISM THIS 00:12:17:00 00:12:21:00 AFTERNOON. 00:12:21:00 00:12:22:00 I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ARTS 00:12:22:00 00:12:23:00 AND CULTURE OVER THE LAST 00:12:23:00 00:12:25:00 COUPLE OF YEARS ON ISSUES AND 00:12:25:00 00:12:26:00 ALSO IN BRIGHTON PERTAINING TO 00:12:26:00 00:12:28:00 AN ARTS COMMUNITY. 00:12:28:00 00:12:29:00 SO I REALLY VALUE THE GREAT 00:12:29:00 00:12:30:00 WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THERE AND 00:12:30:00 00:12:34:00 I'M KEEN TO HEAR WHAT WAS IN 00:12:34:00 00:12:34:00 THE WORKS FOR OUR NEXT BUDGET. 00:12:34:00 00:12:37:00 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 00:12:37:00 00:12:37:00 HERE. 00:12:37:00 00:12:38:00 THANK YOU. 00:12:38:00 00:12:45:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLIN THAT. 00:12:45:00 00:12:45:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 00:12:45:00 00:12:46:00 THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION 00:12:46:00 00:12:49:00 TEAM THAT'S HERE. 00:12:49:00 00:12:49:00 THANK YOU FOR THE IMPORTANT 00:12:49:00 00:12:52:00 WORK YOU'RE DOING IN THE CITY. 00:12:52:00 00:12:52:00 I HAVE NO OPENING STATEMENT. 00:12:52:00 00:12:53:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:12:53:00 00:12:54:00 THANK YOU. 00:12:54:00 00:12:56:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GLEN 00:12:56:00 00:12:59:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY, FINALLY ONE 00:12:59:00 00:13:00:00 HAPPY TO BE ON THIS CALL. 00:13:00:00 00:13:01:00 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 00:13:01:00 00:13:04:00 CONVERSATION I FROM QUESTION 00:13:04:00 00:13:05:00 ROUND TWO QUESTIONS BUT THANK 00:13:05:00 00:13:06:00 YOU. 00:13:06:00 00:13:07:00 THANK YOU. 00:13:07:00 00:13:11:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY, WELCOME CHIEF 00:13:11:00 00:13:14:00 FOR ORTEGA CHIPPER'S DIRECTOR 00:13:14:00 00:13:18:00 BARIO. 00:13:18:00 00:13:19:00 I THINK THAT THERE WAS A 00:13:19:00 00:13:20:00 REQUEST FOR CHIEF ORTEGA TO GO 00:13:20:00 00:13:26:00 FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO 00:13:26:00 00:13:31:00 SUPPORTERS BUT AND WE DO HAVE A 00:13:31:00 00:13:32:00 PRESENTATION IT WILL BE VERY 00:13:32:00 00:13:35:00 SHORT OF DIGITAL VISUAL DATA 00:13:35:00 00:13:38:00 VISUALIZATION OF THE BREAKDOWN 00:13:38:00 00:13:43:00 FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION TO BE 00:13:43:00 00:13:43:00 ABLE TO GRASP THE NUMBERS A 00:13:43:00 00:13:46:00 LITTLE BIT EASIER. 00:13:46:00 00:13:47:00 SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, CHIEF 00:13:47:00 00:13:49:00 ORTEGA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YOU 00:13:49:00 00:13:50:00 SO MUCH. 00:13:50:00 00:13:51:00 HELLO EVERYONE. 00:13:51:00 00:13:54:00 WELL, COUNCILORS, GOOD TO BE 00:13:54:00 00:13:55:00 WITH YOU TODAY AND THANK YOU 00:13:55:00 00:13:58:00 FOR YOUR YOUR TIME AND ENERGY 00:13:58:00 00:13:58:00 ON THE BUDGET. 00:13:58:00 00:14:00:00 I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 00:14:00:00 00:14:01:00 MAYOR'S ARTS AND CULTURE AFTER 00:14:01:00 00:14:02:00 TWENTY FOUR BUDGET AND SHARE A 00:14:02:00 00:14:05:00 LITTLE BIT MORE ALSO ABOUT WHAT 00:14:05:00 00:14:06:00 WE'VE BEEN UP TO AN F TWENTY 00:14:06:00 00:14:09:00 THREE THAT'S ONGOING WORK AND 00:14:09:00 00:14:10:00 ALSO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE 00:14:10:00 00:14:12:00 THAT IN ADDITION TO NADIFA 00:14:12:00 00:14:13:00 DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND 00:14:13:00 00:14:14:00 FINANCE, WE ALSO HAVE KENNY 00:14:14:00 00:14:17:00 MASCOTRY CHIEF OF STAFF HERE AS 00:14:17:00 00:14:18:00 WELL AND WHO CAN HELP ANSWER 00:14:18:00 00:14:18:00 YOUR QUESTIONS. 00:14:18:00 00:14:21:00 I WANT TO START WITH A 00:14:21:00 00:14:21:00 STATEMENT THAT OUR OFFICE HAS 00:14:21:00 00:14:24:00 WORKED ON THIS PAST YEAR ABOUT 00:14:24:00 00:14:25:00 THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVITY 00:14:25:00 00:14:28:00 AND THE ROLE OF HAVING AN ARTS 00:14:28:00 00:14:29:00 OFFICE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. 00:14:29:00 00:14:32:00 CREATIVITY IS VITAL TO HUMANITY 00:14:32:00 00:14:33:00 AND THE ARTS PLAY A CRUCIAL 00:14:33:00 00:14:33:00 ROLE IN CREATING A THRIVING 00:14:33:00 00:14:36:00 HEALTHY COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE 00:14:36:00 00:14:37:00 ARTS SHAPE THE DESIGN ECONOMY 00:14:37:00 00:14:40:00 AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN BOSTON. 00:14:40:00 00:14:41:00 THEY'RE INTRINSICALLY VALUABLE 00:14:41:00 00:14:41:00 AND PROVOKE EMOTION, CONNECTION 00:14:41:00 00:14:44:00 AND ACTION. 00:14:44:00 00:14:45:00 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND 00:14:45:00 00:14:45:00 CULTURE ENVISIONS A VIBRANT AND 00:14:45:00 00:14:46:00 CREATIVE BOSTON WHERE EVERYONE 00:14:46:00 00:14:48:00 CAN ACCESS AND PARTICIPATE IN 00:14:48:00 00:14:49:00 THE ARTS. 00:14:49:00 00:14:50:00 WE PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL ARTS 00:14:50:00 00:14:52:00 ECOSYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE 00:14:52:00 00:14:53:00 CREATIVE ECONOMY TO GRANTS AND 00:14:53:00 00:14:54:00 PROGRAMS, INTEGRATE PUBLIC ART 00:14:54:00 00:14:55:00 INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND INCREASE 00:14:55:00 00:14:56:00 ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 00:14:56:00 00:14:59:00 CREATIVE EXPRESSION. 00:14:59:00 00:15:00:00 WE BELIEVE EVERYONE IS CREATIVE 00:15:00:00 00:15:00:00 AND THE INVESTING IN OUR 00:15:00:00 00:15:03:00 CREATIVITY WILL LEAD TO 00:15:03:00 00:15:04:00 REIMAGINED MORE JUST BOSTON AND 00:15:04:00 00:15:07:00 THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY ON THE 00:15:07:00 00:15:08:00 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND 00:15:08:00 00:15:08:00 CULTURE STAFF WHO HELPED CRAFT 00:15:08:00 00:15:11:00 THAT STATEMENT. 00:15:11:00 00:15:12:00 I'M SO I'M REALLY EXCITED AT 00:15:12:00 00:15:14:00 THE GROWTH OF OUR OFFICE 00:15:14:00 00:15:15:00 INCLUDING NEW HIRES THAT WE'RE 00:15:15:00 00:15:15:00 MAKING AND GROWING OUR CAPACITY 00:15:15:00 00:15:18:00 TO REALLY BUILD OUT TEAMS THAT 00:15:18:00 00:15:19:00 FOCUS ON DIFFERENT AREAS. 00:15:19:00 00:15:20:00 SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE 00:15:20:00 00:15:23:00 BEEN WITH IS KIND OF SEEING THE 00:15:23:00 00:15:23:00 GROWTH OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 00:15:23:00 00:15:24:00 OF ARTS AND CULTURE, IT'S GONE 00:15:24:00 00:15:27:00 FROM OVER FOUR YEARS A PRETTY 00:15:27:00 00:15:28:00 SMALL TEAM TO NOW A MORE ROBUST 00:15:28:00 00:15:28:00 TEAM. 00:15:28:00 00:15:30:00 WE'RE GOING TO BE I THINK GOING 00:15:30:00 00:15:31:00 OVER THE TWENTY PERSON MARK IN 00:15:31:00 00:15:35:00 NY TWENTY FOUR FOR A FULLY 00:15:35:00 00:15:37:00 STAFFED AND THAT LETS US BUILD 00:15:37:00 00:15:38:00 OUT DIFFERENT KIND OF CORE 00:15:38:00 00:15:38:00 COMPETENCIES IN THE OFFICE. 00:15:38:00 00:15:41:00 SO WE HAVE NOW CULTURAL 00:15:41:00 00:15:42:00 PLANNING TEAM A PUBLIC ART TEAM 00:15:42:00 00:15:45:00 A GRANTS AND PROGRAMS TEAM 00:15:45:00 00:15:46:00 ADMINISTRATION FINANCE AND IN 00:15:46:00 00:15:46:00 THE STRAND THEATER. 00:15:46:00 00:15:49:00 SO I'M TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE 00:15:49:00 00:15:50:00 HIGHLIGHTS FROM EFSI BETWEEN 00:15:50:00 00:15:51:00 THREE THAT INFORM OUR WORK. 00:15:51:00 00:15:53:00 I'M GOING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR 00:15:53:00 00:15:54:00 AND START WITH THE ART. 00:15:54:00 00:15:57:00 SO OVER THE PAST SUMMER WE HAD 00:15:57:00 00:15:57:00 EIGHTY SEVEN EMERGING ARTISTS 00:15:57:00 00:16:00:00 LIVING OR WORKING IN BOSTON AND 00:16:00:00 00:16:01:00 OUR STREETS THROUGH THE 00:16:01:00 00:16:02:00 PAINTBOX PROGRAM AND THESE ARE 00:16:02:00 00:16:05:00 THE COLORFUL UTILITY BOXES THAT 00:16:05:00 00:16:05:00 YOU SEE ALL ACROSS EVERY 00:16:05:00 00:16:09:00 NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY AND WE 00:16:09:00 00:16:09:00 WERE PROUD TO COMMISSION SO 00:16:09:00 00:16:10:00 MANY NEW ARTWORKS BY AND FOR 00:16:10:00 00:16:13:00 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY 00:16:13:00 00:16:13:00 THROUGH THE PAINTBOX PROGRAM 00:16:13:00 00:16:14:00 AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING THAT IN 00:16:14:00 00:16:17:00 THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND WE 00:16:17:00 00:16:18:00 HAVE FUNDED A VARIETY OF SHORT 00:16:18:00 00:16:21:00 TERM PUBLIC WORKS AND LONG TERM 00:16:21:00 00:16:22:00 PERMANENT PUBLIC ARTWORKS AS A 00:16:22:00 00:16:24:00 PART OF CITY CAPITAL PROJECTS 00:16:24:00 00:16:25:00 AND JUST SOME EXAMPLES TO SHARE 00:16:25:00 00:16:28:00 THEIR MOST MAKE JAMAICA PLAIN 00:16:28:00 00:16:31:00 ARTIST ROBERT CHAO EXPERT TASK 00:16:31:00 00:16:32:00 FORCE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY 00:16:32:00 00:16:33:00 MEMBERS WORK TOGETHER TO PAINT 00:16:33:00 00:16:35:00 A NEW MURAL CALLED AFRO LATIN 00:16:35:00 00:16:36:00 MUSIC AND DANCE. 00:16:36:00 00:16:37:00 NOW MORE THAN 50 YOUTH WERE 00:16:37:00 00:16:39:00 ENGAGED IN BRAINSTORMING 00:16:39:00 00:16:40:00 ELEMENTS THAT WERE PART OF THAT 00:16:40:00 00:16:41:00 DESIGN INCLUDING WHO WAS 00:16:41:00 00:16:43:00 REPRESENTED AND WHAT THEMES ARE 00:16:43:00 00:16:43:00 REPRESENTED. 00:16:43:00 00:16:44:00 FIFTEEN PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING 00:16:44:00 00:16:47:00 YOUNG PEOPLE, ARTIST VOLUNTEERS 00:16:47:00 00:16:48:00 WORKED WITH THE LEAD ARTIST 00:16:48:00 00:16:50:00 ROBERT CHAO TO DESIGN THE MURAL 00:16:50:00 00:16:51:00 AND DOZENS OF RESIDENTS TURNED 00:16:51:00 00:16:55:00 OUT AT A COMMUNITY MEETING TO 00:16:55:00 00:16:56:00 OFFER INPUT ON THE DESIGN AND 00:16:56:00 00:16:58:00 THEN MORE COMMITTEE MEMBERS 00:16:58:00 00:16:59:00 PARTICIPATED IN THE PAINTING 00:16:59:00 00:17:02:00 INSTALLATION OF THAT WOOD WHICH 00:17:02:00 00:17:03:00 TURNED OUT TO BE ONE HUNDRED 00:17:03:00 00:17:06:00 AND SIXTY THREE FOOT LONG MURAL 00:17:06:00 00:17:06:00 THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE 00:17:06:00 00:17:07:00 PUBLIC ART PROGRAM WE ALLOCATED 00:17:07:00 00:17:09:00 MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS 00:17:09:00 00:17:10:00 FOR THE CREATION OF ELEVEN NEW 00:17:10:00 00:17:11:00 MURALS ACROSS BOSTON THIS YEAR. 00:17:11:00 00:17:14:00 THIS PAST CALENDAR YEAR A LOT 00:17:14:00 00:17:15:00 OF THAT WAS AN EFFORT BY TWENTY 00:17:15:00 00:17:16:00 THREE AS WELL IN TERMS OF LONG 00:17:16:00 00:17:17:00 TERM ARTWORKS AT BOSTON ARTS 00:17:17:00 00:17:18:00 ACADEMY THERE ARE TWO NEW WORKS 00:17:18:00 00:17:21:00 FROM THIS PAST YEAR THAT 00:17:21:00 00:17:22:00 COMPLEMENT THAT NEW STATE 00:17:22:00 00:17:25:00 OF THE ART FACILITY IN FENWAY 00:17:25:00 00:17:29:00 AND ALSO JUST WANT TO MENTION 00:17:29:00 00:17:30:00 MOST RECENTLY THE UNVEILING 00:17:30:00 00:17:30:00 OF THE EMBRACE WHICH WAS AN 00:17:30:00 00:17:33:00 EFFORT ACROSS VARIOUS CITY 00:17:33:00 00:17:33:00 DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING MAYOR'S 00:17:33:00 00:17:34:00 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE 00:17:34:00 00:17:37:00 OBVIOUSLY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH 00:17:37:00 00:17:38:00 EMBRACE BOSTON BY ARTIST 00:17:38:00 00:17:41:00 HENKEL'S THOMAS ON THE BOSTON 00:17:41:00 00:17:42:00 COMMON. 00:17:42:00 00:17:43:00 SO JUST A TRULY AWESOME EXAMPLE 00:17:43:00 00:17:45:00 OF HOW MUCH ART CAN SHIFT OUR 00:17:45:00 00:17:46:00 NARRATIVES AND IMAGE OF THE 00:17:46:00 00:17:46:00 CITY. 00:17:46:00 00:17:47:00 THAT WAS INCREDIBLY EXCITING 00:17:47:00 00:17:49:00 MOMENT THIS YEAR IN GRANTS AND 00:17:49:00 00:17:49:00 PROGRAMS. 00:17:49:00 00:17:52:00 WE'VE BUILT A LOT OF PROCESS NY 00:17:52:00 00:17:53:00 23 THAT BRINGS US TO A POINT 00:17:53:00 00:17:56:00 THIS SPRING WHERE WE ANTICIPATE 00:17:56:00 00:17:56:00 ENCUMBERING ARBIDOL 00:17:56:00 00:17:57:00 SPECIFICALLY IN THE CATEGORIES 00:17:57:00 00:18:00:00 OF SUPPORTING BIPAC CULTURAL 00:18:00:00 00:18:01:00 ORGANIZATIONS AND ALSO 00:18:01:00 00:18:01:00 SUPPORTING DOWNTOWN A 00:18:01:00 00:18:04:00 NEIGHBORHOOD PLACEMAKING AND I 00:18:04:00 00:18:05:00 THINK EVERY YEAR IN OUR BUDGET 00:18:05:00 00:18:06:00 HEARING WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 00:18:06:00 00:18:09:00 NUMBERS, ARE THERE STILL A LOT 00:18:09:00 00:18:09:00 LEFT TO SPEND? 00:18:09:00 00:18:12:00 AND IT'S BECAUSE ALL OF OUR 00:18:12:00 00:18:13:00 GRANTS GO OUT AROUND THIS TIME 00:18:13:00 00:18:14:00 OF YEAR SO ALL OF THAT FUNDING 00:18:14:00 00:18:17:00 IS ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR IN OUR 00:18:17:00 00:18:18:00 OPERATING BUDGET WHEN IT COMES 00:18:18:00 00:18:20:00 TO BOTH OUR OPERATING BUDGET 00:18:20:00 00:18:21:00 GRANT DOLLARS AND THESE ARE THE 00:18:21:00 00:18:23:00 DOLLARS YOU KNOW, IT'S NO SMALL 00:18:23:00 00:18:24:00 FEAT TO STEWARD A PROCESS 00:18:24:00 00:18:25:00 AROUND THESE FUNDS AND WE WERE 00:18:25:00 00:18:28:00 ABLE THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR TO 00:18:28:00 00:18:28:00 HIRE A DIRECTOR OF GRANTS AND 00:18:28:00 00:18:31:00 PROGRAMS TO PROGRAM DESIGN IN 00:18:31:00 00:18:32:00 COMMUNITY PANEL TO REVIEW OVER 00:18:32:00 00:18:33:00 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY LETTERS 00:18:33:00 00:18:35:00 OF INTEREST FOR THE CULTURAL 00:18:35:00 00:18:35:00 INVESTMENT GRANT. 00:18:35:00 00:18:36:00 I MEAN WE'RE IN THE FINAL 00:18:36:00 00:18:38:00 STAGES OF THAT PROCESS NOW 00:18:38:00 00:18:39:00 WE'RE ALSO FINALIZING AN 00:18:39:00 00:18:39:00 APPLICATION FOR THE PLACEMAKING 00:18:39:00 00:18:43:00 FUNDS WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WILL 00:18:43:00 00:18:43:00 SUPPORT PROGRAMING THAT STARTS 00:18:43:00 00:18:44:00 THIS SUMMER BOTH AT A 00:18:44:00 00:18:46:00 NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL IN TERMS 00:18:46:00 00:18:47:00 OF BLOCK PARTIES, CELEBRATIONS, 00:18:47:00 00:18:49:00 STREET CLOSURES AS WELL AS 00:18:49:00 00:18:50:00 CITYWIDE MULTI YEAR EVENTS LIKE 00:18:50:00 00:18:54:00 LARGE FESTIVALS THIS YEAR THE 00:18:54:00 00:18:55:00 CITY ALSO AWARDED OVER TWO 00:18:55:00 00:18:58:00 HUNDRED THOUSAND TO THIRTY 00:18:58:00 00:18:58:00 ARTISTS AND CREATIVE WORKERS 00:18:58:00 00:18:59:00 THROUGH THE OPPORTUNITY FUND. 00:18:59:00 00:19:02:00 THAT'S ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE 00:19:02:00 00:19:02:00 ANTICIPATE CONTINUING IN FY 00:19:02:00 00:19:03:00 TWENTY FOUR ON BOSTON BASED 00:19:03:00 00:19:06:00 ARTISTS AND CREATIVES USE THESE 00:19:06:00 00:19:06:00 FUNDS TO PRODUCE YOUR ALBUM 00:19:06:00 00:19:09:00 SHORT FILMS AND PLAYS THE SMALL 00:19:09:00 00:19:10:00 CREATIVE BUSINESSES IMPROVE THE 00:19:10:00 00:19:11:00 QUALITY OF THEIR TEACHING 00:19:11:00 00:19:14:00 ARTISTRY, GALLERY SPACE AND THE 00:19:14:00 00:19:17:00 PROGRAMING AND MUCH, MUCH MORE 00:19:17:00 00:19:18:00 THIS YEAR GRANTEES ON THE 00:19:18:00 00:19:22:00 INDIVIDUAL ARTIST SIDE LIVE IN 00:19:22:00 00:19:23:00 NINE FOX NEIGHBORHOODS OF THOSE 00:19:23:00 00:19:25:00 WHO WHO RESPONDED SEVENTY 00:19:25:00 00:19:26:00 PERCENT OF THE GRANTEES 00:19:26:00 00:19:28:00 IDENTIFY AS WOMEN OR NON BINARY 00:19:28:00 00:19:29:00 . 00:19:29:00 00:19:30:00 FORTY THREE PERCENT IDENTIFY AS 00:19:30:00 00:19:30:00 MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS 00:19:30:00 00:19:33:00 COMMUNITY 64 PERCENT AS PEOPLE 00:19:33:00 00:19:34:00 OF COLOR AND SHARING SOME 00:19:34:00 00:19:37:00 OF THOSE NUMBERS AS WE KIND 00:19:37:00 00:19:38:00 OF CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON HOW 00:19:38:00 00:19:40:00 WE'RE MARKETING OUR TARGETING 00:19:40:00 00:19:41:00 OR FUNDS BASED ON WHO HAS 00:19:41:00 00:19:44:00 ACCESS HISTORICALLY TO FUNDS 00:19:44:00 00:19:45:00 WHO DOES NOT AND THAT WE CAN 00:19:45:00 00:19:45:00 REPORT ON THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR 00:19:45:00 00:19:48:00 IN THE SAME WE DID LAST YEAR 00:19:48:00 00:19:49:00 WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING 00:19:49:00 00:19:52:00 ARTS AND CULTURE GROUPS AND 00:19:52:00 00:19:52:00 COLLECTIVES AND ORGANIZATIONS 00:19:52:00 00:19:53:00 WE AWARDED OVER SIX HUNDRED 00:19:53:00 00:19:56:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS GRANTS TO ONE 00:19:56:00 00:19:57:00 HUNDRED AND SIXTY ARTS AND 00:19:57:00 00:19:57:00 CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS 00:19:57:00 00:20:00:00 THE CITY AND WE TRIED SOMETHING 00:20:00:00 00:20:01:00 A LITTLE NEW THIS YEAR. 00:20:01:00 00:20:02:00 WE ALSO SUPPORTED GRASSROOTS 00:20:02:00 00:20:04:00 OPENNESS THOSE EVENTS LED BY 00:20:04:00 00:20:05:00 ARTISTS IN EACH OF OUR 00:20:05:00 00:20:08:00 NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. 00:20:08:00 00:20:09:00 LASTLY, WHEN IT COMES TO GRANT 00:20:09:00 00:20:11:00 MAKING AND WE PILOTED A NEW 00:20:11:00 00:20:12:00 PROGRAM WHERE WE INVESTED TWO 00:20:12:00 00:20:13:00 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO 00:20:13:00 00:20:15:00 SUPPORT 12 LOCAL PRODUCTIONS AT 00:20:15:00 00:20:16:00 THE STRAND THEATER AND JUST 00:20:16:00 00:20:19:00 SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT 00:20:19:00 00:20:20:00 SUPPORTED THE BOSTON MODERN 00:20:20:00 00:20:23:00 ORCHESTRA PROJECT PRODUCED A 00:20:23:00 00:20:27:00 SERIES A NEW OPERA ABOUT THE 00:20:27:00 00:20:28:00 LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X AND 00:20:28:00 00:20:31:00 MAKE A SHOW AN ANNUAL EVENT 00:20:31:00 00:20:32:00 FEATURING CAPE VERDEAN ARTISTS 00:20:32:00 00:20:35:00 WAS ALSO AT THE STRAND OR 00:20:35:00 00:20:39:00 DONATION WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE 00:20:39:00 00:20:40:00 OUR STORIES CELEBRATING THE 00:20:40:00 00:20:40:00 AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN 00:20:40:00 00:20:42:00 EXPERIENCE THROUGH SPOKEN WORD 00:20:42:00 00:20:43:00 MUSIC AND DANCE AND COMPANY. 00:20:43:00 00:20:47:00 ONE THEATER AGAIN CAME BACK TO 00:20:47:00 00:20:50:00 YOU THE STRAND THIS PAST SUMMER 00:20:50:00 00:20:51:00 WITH CAN I TOUCH IT WITH ALL 00:20:51:00 00:20:54:00 TICKETS BEING PAID WHAT YOU 00:20:54:00 00:20:55:00 WANT WHICH WE LOVE TO HAVE AT 00:20:55:00 00:20:57:00 THE THEATER AND THEN LASTLY IN 00:20:57:00 00:20:58:00 GRANTS AND PROGRAMS WITH OUR 00:20:58:00 00:20:59:00 POET LAUREATE PERSONAL IWEALA 00:20:59:00 00:21:02:00 WE 25 POET LAUREATE EVENTS AND 00:21:02:00 00:21:05:00 FIFTY SIX CITY HALL GALLERIES 00:21:05:00 00:21:06:00 SHOWS AND WE ARE WE WILL BE 00:21:06:00 00:21:13:00 HIRING SOON FOR A NEW DIRECTOR 00:21:13:00 00:21:14:00 OF THE CITY HALL GALLERIES 00:21:14:00 00:21:17:00 AFTER JOHN CROWLEY OUR LONGTIME 00:21:17:00 00:21:18:00 GALLERY STEWARD FOR ALMOST 20 00:21:18:00 00:21:22:00 YEARS JUST RETIRED DO YOU 00:21:22:00 00:21:23:00 CULTURAL PLANNING? 00:21:23:00 00:21:25:00 WE HAVE A CULTURAL PLANNING 00:21:25:00 00:21:26:00 TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NY 00:21:26:00 00:21:29:00 23 THAT INCLUDES ADDING TWO 00:21:29:00 00:21:30:00 POSITIONS THIS YEAR DEVELOPMENT 00:21:30:00 00:21:33:00 REVIEW AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 00:21:33:00 00:21:33:00 . 00:21:33:00 00:21:35:00 AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE 00:21:35:00 00:21:35:00 OF WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO 00:21:35:00 00:21:37:00 HAVING THOSE POSITIONS AND SO 00:21:37:00 00:21:38:00 WE CAN BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN 00:21:38:00 00:21:39:00 OVER 30 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 00:21:39:00 00:21:41:00 ACROSS THE CITY. 00:21:41:00 00:21:42:00 INCLUDED IN THESE PROJECTS ARE 00:21:42:00 00:21:43:00 OVER 50 ARTISTS LIVE WORK UNITS 00:21:43:00 00:21:45:00 PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING 00:21:45:00 00:21:45:00 OPTIONS FOR ARTISTS ON THESE 00:21:45:00 00:21:48:00 PROJECTS ALSO ACCOUNT FOR 00:21:48:00 00:21:49:00 NEARLY 400000 SQUARE FEET IN 00:21:49:00 00:21:52:00 NEW CULTURAL SPACE IN THE ARTS 00:21:52:00 00:21:53:00 AND CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM IN 00:21:53:00 00:21:53:00 BOSTON. 00:21:53:00 00:21:56:00 I ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT 00:21:56:00 00:21:57:00 AS WE'VE BEEN GROWING THIS WORK 00:21:57:00 00:21:58:00 AND HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION 00:21:58:00 00:22:00:00 WITH MANY OF YOU AND MANY 00:22:00:00 00:22:01:00 OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE 00:22:01:00 00:22:01:00 NEED FOR AFFORDABLE SPACE. 00:22:01:00 00:22:03:00 WE DID HAVE A HUGE 00:22:03:00 00:22:04:00 ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS PAST FISCAL 00:22:04:00 00:22:05:00 YEAR THAT COULDN'T HAVE 00:22:05:00 00:22:05:00 HAPPENED WITHOUT ALL OF US 00:22:05:00 00:22:08:00 REALLY WORKING TOGETHER 00:22:08:00 00:22:08:00 INCLUDING WITH ARTISTS AND 00:22:08:00 00:22:11:00 ADVOCATES AND THAT WAS OUR 00:22:11:00 00:22:12:00 ABILITY TO INVEST IN THE 00:22:12:00 00:22:13:00 PRESERVATION OF HUMPHREY STREET 00:22:13:00 00:22:16:00 STUDIOS AS AN AFFORDABLE ARTIST 00:22:16:00 00:22:16:00 WORKSPACE IN PERPETUITY. 00:22:16:00 00:22:20:00 SO ARTISTS CAME TOGETHER, 00:22:20:00 00:22:23:00 WORKED WITH US, WORKED WITH 00:22:23:00 00:22:24:00 COUNSELORS AND IN PARTNERSHIP 00:22:24:00 00:22:28:00 WITH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, 00:22:28:00 00:22:28:00 PRIVATE FINANCING A FRIENDLY 00:22:28:00 00:22:28:00 DEVELOPER. 00:22:28:00 00:22:32:00 WE NOW HAVE 45 ARTISTS WERE 00:22:32:00 00:22:32:00 ABLE TO KEEP THEIR WORKSPACES 00:22:32:00 00:22:33:00 AFFORDABLE IN PERPETUITY AND 00:22:33:00 00:22:35:00 WHICH IS A REAL JUST A REAL 00:22:35:00 00:22:39:00 MILESTONE FOR US. 00:22:39:00 00:22:40:00 AND I KNOW WE'VE WE'VE HEARD IT 00:22:40:00 00:22:41:00 BEFORE WHEN WE HAD A 00:22:41:00 00:22:43:00 COUNCIL HEARING SPECIFICALLY ON 00:22:43:00 00:22:43:00 ARTISTS SPACE. 00:22:43:00 00:22:44:00 BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH 00:22:44:00 00:22:47:00 MENTIONING AGAIN WE ARE ALSO 00:22:47:00 00:22:51:00 THIS YEAR WE PILOTED A NEW 00:22:51:00 00:22:51:00 PROGRAM WHERE WE REALLY FELT 00:22:51:00 00:22:54:00 LIKE WE NEEDED TO PRIORITIZE 00:22:54:00 00:22:55:00 WITHIN OUR OWN OPERATING BUDGET 00:22:55:00 00:22:56:00 THE PRESERVATION AND SUPPORTING 00:22:56:00 00:22:59:00 NEW AFFORDABLE CULTURAL SPACE 00:22:59:00 00:23:02:00 AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE 00:23:02:00 00:23:03:00 OF THAT NEW PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, 00:23:03:00 00:23:03:00 THE CULTURAL SPACE FUND. 00:23:03:00 00:23:06:00 SO THIS RECEIVED 147 00:23:06:00 00:23:07:00 APPLICATIONS FROM THE CITY 00:23:07:00 00:23:10:00 TOTALING 90 MILLION DOLLARS IN 00:23:10:00 00:23:11:00 REQUESTS AND WE ANTICIPATE 00:23:11:00 00:23:14:00 AWARDING ONE POINT SEVEN 00:23:14:00 00:23:15:00 MILLION TO AROUND 30 ARTS AND 00:23:15:00 00:23:18:00 CULTURE GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, 00:23:18:00 00:23:19:00 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY AND 00:23:19:00 00:23:21:00 TO SECURE THE LONG TERM FUTURE 00:23:21:00 00:23:22:00 OF EXISTING CULTURAL SPACES AND 00:23:22:00 00:23:23:00 SPACE OPERATORS IN BOSTON AND 00:23:23:00 00:23:25:00 EXPANDING ACCESS TO THOSE 00:23:25:00 00:23:26:00 SPACES. 00:23:26:00 00:23:29:00 SO THOSE AWARDS ARE GOING TO 00:23:29:00 00:23:29:00 SUPPORT SPACE ACQUISITION 00:23:29:00 00:23:30:00 DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION REPAIR 00:23:30:00 00:23:33:00 INNOVATION, REHABILITATION AND 00:23:33:00 00:23:34:00 OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND 00:23:34:00 00:23:37:00 ALSO REDEVELOPMENT COSTS AND 00:23:37:00 00:23:38:00 CAPACITY BUILDING SO THAT IT'S 00:23:38:00 00:23:41:00 NOT JUST THOSE GROUPS THAT 00:23:41:00 00:23:42:00 ALREADY HAVE THEIR FOOT IN THE 00:23:42:00 00:23:45:00 DOOR WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING 00:23:45:00 00:23:46:00 OR ACCESSING SPACE WHO CAN 00:23:46:00 00:23:46:00 RECEIVE THESE GRANTS? 00:23:46:00 00:23:48:00 WE'RE ALSO SEEDING PROJECTS 00:23:48:00 00:23:52:00 EARLIER ON SO I'M REALLY 00:23:52:00 00:23:53:00 EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 00:23:53:00 00:23:53:00 THIS IS DEFINITELY PROOF 00:23:53:00 00:23:54:00 OF CONCEPT FOR HOW THE CITY CAN 00:23:54:00 00:23:56:00 CREATE A FUNDING SOURCE THROUGH 00:23:56:00 00:23:57:00 ZONING, THROUGH OUR OPERATING 00:23:57:00 00:24:00:00 BUDGET, ADMINISTER THOSE FUNDS 00:24:00:00 00:24:01:00 AND DESIGN A PROGRAM TO 00:24:01:00 00:24:01:00 DISTRIBUTE THAT FUNDING 00:24:01:00 00:24:02:00 ACCORDING TO THE NEED AND 00:24:02:00 00:24:03:00 IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITIES. 00:24:03:00 00:24:05:00 SO WE WILL BE REPEATING THAT 00:24:05:00 00:24:08:00 524 24 IN EVALUATING HOW THIS 00:24:08:00 00:24:08:00 PILOT PROGRAM WENT AND MAKING 00:24:08:00 00:24:11:00 SOME CHANGES ACCORDINGLY. 00:24:11:00 00:24:14:00 SO LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT FISCAL 00:24:14:00 00:24:18:00 YEAR IN ADDITION TO CONTINUING 00:24:18:00 00:24:19:00 THOSE PROGRAMS I JUST 00:24:19:00 00:24:19:00 HIGHLIGHTED SOME ASPECTS OF AND 00:24:19:00 00:24:23:00 WE ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST 00:24:23:00 00:24:23:00 FOCUSED ON ENCUMBERING OUR ARPA 00:24:23:00 00:24:24:00 FUNDS. 00:24:24:00 00:24:26:00 SO I MENTIONED THAT WE PADS FOR 00:24:26:00 00:24:27:00 TWO OF OUR ARBER ALLOCATION 00:24:27:00 00:24:30:00 CATEGORIES. 00:24:30:00 00:24:31:00 THERE ARE ALSO TWO AREAS 00:24:31:00 00:24:32:00 OF WORK THAT ARE GOING TO BE A 00:24:32:00 00:24:33:00 PRIORITY EARLY IN FY 20 FOR THE 00:24:33:00 00:24:34:00 FIRST ART CORRIDOR DISTRICT 00:24:34:00 00:24:34:00 SEVEN. 00:24:34:00 00:24:35:00 SO WE'RE WORKING ON A SCOPE 00:24:35:00 00:24:38:00 OF WORK NOW AND HIRING AN FTE 00:24:38:00 00:24:41:00 THAT WILL SUPPORT AN MOVING 00:24:41:00 00:24:42:00 THOSE FUNDS AND THERE'S ALSO A 00:24:42:00 00:24:43:00 GRANT THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT 00:24:43:00 00:24:45:00 BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL 00:24:45:00 00:24:46:00 YEAR TO SUPPORT IMMEDIATE 00:24:46:00 00:24:47:00 ACTIVITIES AROUND THE QUARTER 00:24:47:00 00:24:49:00 AS WELL ON COUNCILOR ANDERSON 00:24:49:00 00:24:50:00 WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU 00:24:50:00 00:24:53:00 CLOSELY ON THAT AND THE SECOND 00:24:53:00 00:24:56:00 KIND OF ARPA ALLOCATION 00:24:56:00 00:24:57:00 CATEGORY OR PROJECT THAT WE'RE 00:24:57:00 00:25:00:00 PRIORITIZING IS A COLLABORATION 00:25:00:00 00:25:01:00 WITH CYF AND SO WE'VE BEEN IN 00:25:01:00 00:25:02:00 CONVERSATION WITH DCF ABOUT 00:25:02:00 00:25:05:00 WHAT LOOKS LIKE TO BRING HIGH 00:25:05:00 00:25:06:00 QUALITY ARTS CLASSES AND 00:25:06:00 00:25:08:00 PROGRAMS TO THE CENTERS AND 00:25:08:00 00:25:09:00 WE'RE WORKING ON A PILOT 00:25:09:00 00:25:12:00 PROGRAM TO CONTRACT FOR THAT 00:25:12:00 00:25:13:00 ACROSS THREE CENTERS AS A WAY 00:25:13:00 00:25:16:00 TO REALLY KIND OF TEST WHAT 00:25:16:00 00:25:17:00 THAT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT 00:25:17:00 00:25:18:00 SUPPORT MEANS LOOK LIKE HOW TO 00:25:18:00 00:25:20:00 VALUATE THOSE PROGRAMS AND IN 00:25:20:00 00:25:20:00 TERMS OF EQUIPMENT FOR 00:25:20:00 00:25:21:00 OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE 00:25:21:00 00:25:24:00 OFFICE, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED 00:25:24:00 00:25:25:00 TO BE WELCOMING BACK THE MURAL 00:25:25:00 00:25:27:00 CREW TO THE ARTS OFFICE AND 00:25:27:00 00:25:28:00 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU 00:25:28:00 00:25:29:00 SHOULD SEE IN OUR OUR BUDGET 00:25:29:00 00:25:30:00 AND THERE'S A LOT 00:25:30:00 00:25:32:00 OF POSSIBILITIES WITH DOING 00:25:32:00 00:25:33:00 THAT, INCLUDING CONNECTING THE 00:25:33:00 00:25:33:00 CREW TO OUR EXPANDED MURAL 00:25:33:00 00:25:36:00 PROGRAM AND THE EXPANDED 00:25:36:00 00:25:37:00 CONTRACT THAT WE JUST ANNOUNCED 00:25:37:00 00:25:38:00 TO SUPPORT MURALS OVER THE NEXT 00:25:38:00 00:25:40:00 THREE YEARS AND REALLY BUILDING 00:25:40:00 00:25:41:00 OUT OF YOUTH PATHWAYS AND 00:25:41:00 00:25:44:00 PATHWAYS FOR EMERGING ARTISTS 00:25:44:00 00:25:45:00 THROUGH THE MURAL CREW 00:25:45:00 00:25:48:00 OPPORTUNITIES. 00:25:48:00 00:25:48:00 WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED WORK ON 00:25:48:00 00:25:49:00 CITY HALL PLAZA WHICH YOU'LL 00:25:49:00 00:25:51:00 SEE REALLY TAKE OFF IN NY 00:25:51:00 00:25:52:00 TWENTY FOUR I'M HALFWAY THROUGH 00:25:52:00 00:25:53:00 THIS FISCAL YEAR WE WERE ABLE 00:25:53:00 00:25:55:00 TO BRING ON A CITY HALL CLOSET 00:25:55:00 00:25:56:00 ENGAGEMENT MANAGER WHO'S 00:25:56:00 00:25:59:00 HELPING TO PILOT NEW PROGRAMS, 00:25:59:00 00:26:00:00 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE NEW 00:26:00:00 00:26:02:00 SPACES THAT ARE THERE AND IT 00:26:02:00 00:26:03:00 REALLY SEE IT AS A NEW PUBLIC 00:26:03:00 00:26:04:00 VENUE. 00:26:04:00 00:26:07:00 SO THAT PERSON HAS BEEN HARD AT 00:26:07:00 00:26:08:00 WORK BUILDING THOMAS WE HAVE 00:26:08:00 00:26:11:00 TWENTY THREE EVENTS SCHEDULED 00:26:11:00 00:26:11:00 INCLUDING MUSIC FESTIVALS, FILM 00:26:11:00 00:26:14:00 SCREENINGS, A RANGE 00:26:14:00 00:26:15:00 OF WORKSHOPS ON DANCE CHESS TRY 00:26:15:00 00:26:18:00 TO ENGAGE IN CIVIC MAKING AND 00:26:18:00 00:26:18:00 ALSO CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS 00:26:18:00 00:26:21:00 INCLUDING HISPANIC HERITAGE 00:26:21:00 00:26:22:00 MONTH. 00:26:22:00 00:26:23:00 AND LASTLY, WE ARE PART OF THE 00:26:23:00 00:26:25:00 WORK OF SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS TO 00:26:25:00 00:26:26:00 BETTER FACILITATE EVENT 00:26:26:00 00:26:27:00 PERMITTING AND THE KIND 00:26:27:00 00:26:29:00 OF EVENT PROCESS FOR 00:26:29:00 00:26:30:00 CONSTITUENTS. 00:26:30:00 00:26:30:00 I'M SO YOU'LL SEE TWO POSITIONS 00:26:30:00 00:26:33:00 IN NY TWENTY WHERE THEY'RE 00:26:33:00 00:26:34:00 DEDICATED TO THAT PROCESS WHICH 00:26:34:00 00:26:37:00 IS REALLY A DIRECT RESPONSE TO 00:26:37:00 00:26:38:00 CONSTITUENTS ASKING ALL OF US 00:26:38:00 00:26:38:00 FOR THE CITY TO MAKE PROCESS 00:26:38:00 00:26:41:00 IMPROVEMENTS, MAKE CLEARER, 00:26:41:00 00:26:42:00 MORE USER FRIENDLY AND SIMPLIFY 00:26:42:00 00:26:45:00 THOSE REQUIREMENTS SO WE LOOK 00:26:45:00 00:26:46:00 FORWARD TO TACKLING THAT IN 00:26:46:00 00:26:49:00 PARTNERSHIP WITH DEFINITELY OUR 00:26:49:00 00:26:53:00 FRIENDS AT T.S.A. AND LICENSING 00:26:53:00 00:26:53:00 MANY OTHERS AS WELL. 00:26:53:00 00:26:57:00 SO I THINK I WILL START THERE 00:26:57:00 00:26:58:00 AND I THREW A LOT 00:26:58:00 00:26:58:00 OF INFORMATION BUT HAPPY TO 00:26:58:00 00:27:00:00 HAVE CONVERSATION AND ANSWER 00:27:00:00 00:27:01:00 QUESTIONS AND FIND WAYS TO 00:27:01:00 00:27:04:00 COLLABORATE. 00:27:04:00 00:27:05:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH CHIEF ORTEGA. 00:27:05:00 00:27:09:00 KARISHMA, ARE YOU READY WITH 00:27:09:00 00:27:23:00 YOUR PRESENTATION? 00:27:23:00 00:27:24:00 ALL RIGHT. 00:27:24:00 00:27:24:00 HELLO EVERYONE. 00:27:24:00 00:27:25:00 THIS IS JUST AN ARTS AND 00:27:25:00 00:27:28:00 CULTURE OVERVIEW SO THIS IS THE 00:27:28:00 00:27:32:00 ORG CHART THAT IS PRESENTED IN 00:27:32:00 00:27:32:00 THE CAPITAL BUT THAT'S 00:27:32:00 00:27:35:00 PRESENTING THE OPERATING BUDGET 00:27:35:00 00:27:35:00 . 00:27:35:00 00:27:36:00 THIS IS JUST SCREENGRAB 00:27:36:00 00:27:36:00 OF THAT. 00:27:36:00 00:27:39:00 THIS IS THE ARTS CULTURE 00:27:39:00 00:27:40:00 RECOMMENDED BY FUNDING FOR ARTS 00:27:40:00 00:27:41:00 AND CULTURE RECOMMENDED BY 00:27:41:00 00:27:43:00 EXPENSE TYPES CONTRACTUAL 00:27:43:00 00:27:44:00 SERVICES AT FORTY NINE POINT 00:27:44:00 00:27:46:00 EIGHT PERCENT PERSONNEL 00:27:46:00 00:27:47:00 SERVICES AT FORTY EIGHT POINT 00:27:47:00 00:27:48:00 EIGHT PERCENT FOLLOWED BY THE 00:27:48:00 00:27:51:00 TOTAL AMOUNT THE IT'S COLOR 00:27:51:00 00:27:55:00 CODED ON THE LEGEND ITSELF IS 00:27:55:00 00:27:56:00 COLOR CODED SO YOU CAN KIND 00:27:56:00 00:27:58:00 OF DRAW BACK DRAW YOUR EYES 00:27:58:00 00:27:59:00 BACK TO THE ACTUAL PIE CHART TO 00:27:59:00 00:28:00:00 KIND OF SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE 00:28:00:00 00:28:03:00 OF FLY TWENTY FOUR IS GOING 00:28:03:00 00:28:03:00 TOWARDS DIFFERENT EXPENSE TYPES 00:28:03:00 00:28:06:00 IN THIS POWERPOINT YOU WILL NOT 00:28:06:00 00:28:07:00 BE ABLE TO SEE A PROGRAMMATIC 00:28:07:00 00:28:07:00 BREAKDOWN BECAUSE IN THE 00:28:07:00 00:28:10:00 DEPARTMENT IS ONLY ONE PROGRAM 00:28:10:00 00:28:11:00 THAT'S LISTED IN THE BUDGET. 00:28:11:00 00:28:12:00 SO THIS IS WHY YOU'RE JUST 00:28:12:00 00:28:14:00 GOING TO BE A YEAR ON YEAR 00:28:14:00 00:28:15:00 BREAKDOWN OF THE SPECIFIC ARTS 00:28:15:00 00:28:17:00 AND CULTURE PROGRAM. 00:28:17:00 00:28:18:00 SO THIS IS ARTS AND CULTURE 00:28:18:00 00:28:22:00 EXPENSES OVER TIME FROM FOUR 00:28:22:00 00:28:23:00 TWENTY ONE TO FIVE BEFORE 00:28:23:00 00:28:24:00 TWENTY ONE IS ACTUAL SPENDING 00:28:24:00 00:28:26:00 EFFORT THREE IS APPROPRIATION 00:28:26:00 00:28:27:00 AND AFTER TWENTY FOUR IS 00:28:27:00 00:28:29:00 RECOMMENDED THOUSANDS JUST SO 00:28:29:00 00:28:30:00 PEOPLE CAN BE ABLE TO SEE THIS 00:28:30:00 00:28:33:00 IN A LITTLE MORE FLAHERTY AS 00:28:33:00 00:28:34:00 YOU CAN SEE HERE AND THEN AS 00:28:34:00 00:28:35:00 YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE 00:28:35:00 00:28:37:00 APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED 00:28:37:00 00:28:37:00 THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE IN 00:28:37:00 00:28:38:00 PERSONNEL SERVICES 00:28:38:00 00:28:41:00 APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THOUSAND 00:28:41:00 00:28:42:00 DOLLARS DECREASE IN CONTRACTING 00:28:42:00 00:28:42:00 SERVICES APPROXIMATELY TEN 00:28:42:00 00:28:45:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE AND 00:28:45:00 00:28:46:00 SUPPLIES MATERIALS ONE THOUSAND 00:28:46:00 00:28:46:00 DOLLAR INCREASE IN PRINT 00:28:46:00 00:28:49:00 SERVICE IN APPLICATIONS AND 00:28:49:00 00:28:53:00 EQUIPMENT HAS GONE DOWN TO ZERO 00:28:53:00 00:28:53:00 . 00:28:53:00 00:28:54:00 THIS IS A BREAKDOWN BY EXPENSE 00:28:54:00 00:28:54:00 TYPES. 00:28:54:00 00:28:56:00 SO ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO SEE 00:28:56:00 00:28:57:00 THAT DIFFERENCE OVER TIME THIS 00:28:57:00 00:29:00:00 IS BROKEN DOWN BY DOLLARS. 00:29:00:00 00:29:01:00 SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST BAR 00:29:01:00 00:29:04:00 YOU'LL SEE CHANGE ONLY ONE TO 00:29:04:00 00:29:05:00 TWENTY TWO AND SO WE HAVE ONE 00:29:05:00 00:29:06:00 HUNDRED TWENTY ONE THOUSAND 00:29:06:00 00:29:08:00 DOLLARS INCREASE FROM TWENTY 00:29:08:00 00:29:09:00 ONE POINT TO FIVE HUNDRED 00:29:09:00 00:29:10:00 TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS 00:29:10:00 00:29:11:00 INCREASE IN TWENTY TWO TWENTY 00:29:11:00 00:29:12:00 THREE AND A FOUR HUNDRED 00:29:12:00 00:29:13:00 SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS 00:29:13:00 00:29:16:00 INCREASE FROM TWENTY THREE TO 00:29:16:00 00:29:17:00 TWENTY FOUR AND IN TOTAL FROM 00:29:17:00 00:29:19:00 TWENTY ONE TO TWENTY FOUR WE 00:29:19:00 00:29:20:00 HAVE ONE POINT ONE MILLION 00:29:20:00 00:29:20:00 DOLLAR INCREASE. 00:29:20:00 00:29:24:00 IF YOU GO DOWN TO CONTRACTUAL 00:29:24:00 00:29:24:00 SERVICES YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE 00:29:24:00 00:29:25:00 WAS A DECREASE IN CONTRACTUAL 00:29:25:00 00:29:26:00 SERVICES OF THIRTY ONE THOUSAND 00:29:26:00 00:29:28:00 DOLLARS FISCAL YEAR TWENTY 00:29:28:00 00:29:29:00 THREE THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY 00:29:29:00 00:29:31:00 FOUR AND IF YOU GO ON TO 00:29:31:00 00:29:32:00 SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS YOU'LL 00:29:32:00 00:29:32:00 SEE A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR 00:29:32:00 00:29:35:00 INCREASE FROM FISCAL YEAR TO 00:29:35:00 00:29:36:00 FISCAL YEAR TWENTY FOUR AND A 00:29:36:00 00:29:37:00 TOTAL OF THIRTEEN THOUSAND 00:29:37:00 00:29:39:00 DOLLARS INCREASED FROM FISCAL 00:29:39:00 00:29:40:00 YEAR TWENTY ONE TO FISCAL YEAR 00:29:40:00 00:29:40:00 TWENTY FOUR. 00:29:40:00 00:29:43:00 ESSENTIALLY THE POINTS THAT ARE 00:29:43:00 00:29:44:00 IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF YEAR ON 00:29:44:00 00:29:47:00 YEAR FOR THE MOST MOST RECENT 00:29:47:00 00:29:48:00 YEAR IS THAT YELLOW LINE AND IF 00:29:48:00 00:29:51:00 YOU WANT TO SEE KIND OF GIVE 00:29:51:00 00:29:52:00 HOLISTIC FOR YOUR VIEW THAT 00:29:52:00 00:29:53:00 GREEN LINE IS WHAT YOU WANT TO 00:29:53:00 00:29:54:00 BE LOOKING AT. 00:29:54:00 00:29:55:00 IT'S IN TOTAL AMOUNT BY 00:29:55:00 00:29:56:00 THOUSANDS JUST AGAIN. 00:29:56:00 00:29:58:00 SO PEOPLE THAT AS PEOPLE CAN 00:29:58:00 00:29:59:00 SEE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE 00:29:59:00 00:30:00:00 CLEARLY THIS IS BROKEN DOWN IN 00:30:00:00 00:30:02:00 TERMS OF PERCENTAGE. 00:30:02:00 00:30:03:00 SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT I DID IS I 00:30:03:00 00:30:06:00 SAW HOW MUCH HOW MUCH HAS IT 00:30:06:00 00:30:07:00 CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL SO 00:30:07:00 00:30:10:00 FROM FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE TO 00:30:10:00 00:30:11:00 TWENTY TWO THERE WAS AN 11 00:30:11:00 00:30:12:00 PERCENT INCREASE IN PERSONNEL 00:30:12:00 00:30:12:00 SERVICES. 00:30:12:00 00:30:14:00 FORTY FOUR PERCENT INCREASE 00:30:14:00 00:30:15:00 FROM TWENTY TO TWENTY THREE AND 00:30:15:00 00:30:16:00 A TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE 00:30:16:00 00:30:19:00 FROM TWENTY FOUR AND THEN ONE 00:30:19:00 00:30:19:00 HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE FROM 00:30:19:00 00:30:22:00 TWENTY ONE TO TWENTY FOUR 00:30:22:00 00:30:23:00 THOUGH AS YOU GO DOWN YOU'LL BE 00:30:23:00 00:30:24:00 ABLE TO SEE THAT IT MATCHES UP 00:30:24:00 00:30:26:00 KIND OF BY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN 00:30:26:00 00:30:27:00 THE PREVIOUS SLIDE FOR SOME 00:30:27:00 00:30:27:00 OF THE NUMBERS YOU'RE GOING TO 00:30:27:00 00:30:30:00 SEE HERE THEY ARE GOING TO SEEM 00:30:30:00 00:30:31:00 A LITTLE BIT BUT THAT'S 00:30:31:00 00:30:33:00 ENTIRELY BECAUSE OVERLOOK 00:30:33:00 00:30:34:00 ESSENTIALLY IS A PERCENTAGE 00:30:34:00 00:30:34:00 CHANGE. 00:30:34:00 00:30:37:00 SO IF THE ORIGINAL NUMBER IS 00:30:37:00 00:30:38:00 RELATIVELY SMALL AND IT'S 00:30:38:00 00:30:39:00 DOUBLE THAT, IT'S JUST GOING TO 00:30:39:00 00:30:41:00 SEEM LIKE A LOT MORE. 00:30:41:00 00:30:43:00 BUT IF YOU GO TO THE PREVIOUS 00:30:43:00 00:30:45:00 SLIDE SORRY IF YOU GO TO THE 00:30:45:00 00:30:46:00 PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT LARGE 00:30:46:00 00:30:49:00 NUMBER OF RECURRING MARGIN 00:30:49:00 00:30:49:00 OBLIGATIONS IS ONLY TWENTY FOUR 00:30:49:00 00:30:50:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS. 00:30:50:00 00:30:52:00 IT'S JUST GOING TO LOOK 00:30:52:00 00:30:53:00 RELATIVELY BIG AT ONE HUNDRED 00:30:53:00 00:30:54:00 ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN PERCENT JUST 00:30:54:00 00:30:57:00 BECAUSE OF HOW SMALL IT 00:30:57:00 00:30:57:00 ORIGINALLY STARTED. 00:30:57:00 00:30:58:00 SO HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES SENSE. 00:30:58:00 00:30:59:00 LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE 00:30:59:00 00:31:01:00 QUESTIONS AND THEN THIS IS JUST 00:31:01:00 00:31:02:00 A CAPITAL PROJECT REVOLVING 00:31:02:00 00:31:05:00 FUND AN EXTERNAL FUNDS KIND 00:31:05:00 00:31:05:00 OF OVERVIEW. 00:31:05:00 00:31:06:00 SO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR 00:31:06:00 00:31:09:00 THIS DEPARTMENT ARE LISTED 00:31:09:00 00:31:09:00 HERE. 00:31:09:00 00:31:10:00 WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS I'VE 00:31:10:00 00:31:10:00 LOOKED AT THE TOTAL 00:31:10:00 00:31:13:00 AUTHORIZATION OF ALL THE 00:31:13:00 00:31:14:00 CAPITAL FUNDS THAT HAVE GONE 00:31:14:00 00:31:14:00 INTO THESE PROJECTS ACROSS 00:31:14:00 00:31:17:00 EXISTING FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY 00:31:17:00 00:31:18:00 FOR AND FOR THE FUTURE AND I'VE 00:31:18:00 00:31:21:00 LOOKED AT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 00:31:21:00 00:31:22:00 FISCAL YEAR TWENTY FOUR AND 00:31:22:00 00:31:23:00 THEN I GOT A CAPITAL 00:31:23:00 00:31:24:00 EXPENDITURE. 00:31:24:00 00:31:25:00 SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT 00:31:25:00 00:31:26:00 MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT IN 00:31:26:00 00:31:28:00 THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. 00:31:28:00 00:31:30:00 AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, A LOT 00:31:30:00 00:31:30:00 OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE NOT 00:31:30:00 00:31:31:00 ACTUALLY REQUESTED MONEY THIS 00:31:31:00 00:31:36:00 ARE ONLY THREE PERCENT FOR FOR 00:31:36:00 00:31:36:00 THE ARTS THAT IS REQUESTING 00:31:36:00 00:31:37:00 FOUR POINT FOUR MILLION 00:31:37:00 00:31:37:00 DOLLARS. 00:31:37:00 00:31:40:00 THIS IS THE PROJECT I'M KIND 00:31:40:00 00:31:41:00 OF BROKEN DOWN AND THIS IS A 00:31:41:00 00:31:43:00 TABLE ESSENTIALLY BROKEN DOWN 00:31:43:00 00:31:44:00 TO THE MILLION. 00:31:44:00 00:31:45:00 SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, FOR 00:31:45:00 00:31:47:00 EXAMPLE, THE PROJECT BOOKMARKED 00:31:47:00 00:31:47:00 HAD AN AUTHORIZATION TO POINT 00:31:47:00 00:31:51:00 TO FIVE MILLION SO TWO THOUSAND 00:31:51:00 00:31:51:00 AND A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE TWO 00:31:51:00 00:31:52:00 HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND. 00:31:52:00 00:31:55:00 THERE'S ONLY ONE PROJECT HAD AN 00:31:55:00 00:31:56:00 EXTERNAL FUND WHICH IS THE 00:31:56:00 00:31:56:00 EMERGENT MEMORY COCONUT GROVE 00:31:56:00 00:31:59:00 MEMORIAL AT ONE HUNDRED FORTY 00:31:59:00 00:32:00:00 FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO 00:32:00:00 00:32:03:00 PROJECTS HAD ANY GRANTS OR HAD 00:32:03:00 00:32:03:00 ANY GRANTS FUNDING. 00:32:03:00 00:32:07:00 SO THAT WAS NOT ACTUALLY PUT IN 00:32:07:00 00:32:08:00 THIS POWERPOINT AT LEAST 00:32:08:00 00:32:08:00 ACCORDING TO THE RAW DATA AND 00:32:08:00 00:32:09:00 THE BUDGET BOOK THAT I HAD 00:32:09:00 00:32:11:00 ACCESS. 00:32:11:00 00:32:12:00 THIS IS THE REVOLVING INVOLVING 00:32:12:00 00:32:14:00 THE WITHDRAWAL BEING REQUESTED 00:32:14:00 00:32:15:00 THIS YEAR THREE HUNDRED 00:32:15:00 00:32:18:00 THOUSAND ONE DOLLARS AND THIS 00:32:18:00 00:32:19:00 IS JUST KIND OF A HISTORY 00:32:19:00 00:32:19:00 OF THAT KIND OF HISTORICAL 00:32:19:00 00:32:22:00 SPENDING IN THE AND THEN THIS 00:32:22:00 00:32:23:00 IS A PUBLIC ART REVOLVING FUND 00:32:23:00 00:32:26:00 SUPPLEMENT THIS YEAR. 00:32:26:00 00:32:27:00 EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THIS 00:32:27:00 00:32:30:00 IS A HISTORY OF THAT AS WELL 00:32:30:00 00:32:31:00 AND THIS IS JUST THE EXTERNAL 00:32:31:00 00:32:34:00 FUNDS ARE ACTIVE AS OF FISCAL 00:32:34:00 00:32:34:00 YEAR TWENTY FOUR. 00:32:34:00 00:32:35:00 SO IN BUDGET BOOK IF THESE WERE 00:32:35:00 00:32:39:00 THESE NUMBERS TO SOME EXTENT I 00:32:39:00 00:32:39:00 KIND OF POPULATE THEM ON THIS 00:32:39:00 00:32:41:00 ON THIS SLIDE. 00:32:41:00 00:32:42:00 SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S ART 00:32:42:00 00:32:43:00 LAB, BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL , 00:32:43:00 00:32:45:00 BOSTON ARTS FUND EMERGING 00:32:45:00 00:32:49:00 ARTIST PROGRAM GRANTS 00:32:49:00 00:32:50:00 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS INTERNAL 00:32:50:00 00:32:50:00 SCULPTURE AND CERTAINLY 00:32:50:00 00:32:54:00 FOUNDATION AND I'VE LISTED THE 00:32:54:00 00:32:54:00 AMOUNTS THAT WERE REQUESTED IN 00:32:54:00 00:32:57:00 THIS FISCAL YEAR AS WELL BELOW 00:32:57:00 00:33:00:00 THE SPECIFIC BULLET POINTS 00:33:00:00 00:33:01:00 OF THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE LISTED 00:33:01:00 00:33:04:00 IN THE BUDGET. 00:33:04:00 00:33:05:00 CONSIDER THE EXTERNAL FUNDS. 00:33:05:00 00:33:06:00 THANK YOU GERSHMAN. 00:33:06:00 00:33:09:00 OF COURSE WE CAN WE CAN GET 00:33:09:00 00:33:12:00 DEEPER INTO LATER THE COUNCIL'S 00:33:12:00 00:33:16:00 REQUEST. 00:33:16:00 00:33:17:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT 00:33:17:00 00:33:19:00 AMAZING PRESENTATION. 00:33:19:00 00:33:23:00 I THINK WE CAN GO STRAIGHT TO I 00:33:23:00 00:33:27:00 THINK WE CAN GO STRAIGHT TO 00:33:27:00 00:33:31:00 TOURISM AND THEN DO OR SHOULD 00:33:31:00 00:33:32:00 WE DO I GUESS JUST SORT 00:33:32:00 00:33:35:00 OF CHECKING TEMPERATURE HERE 00:33:35:00 00:33:36:00 LIKE SHOULD WE DO THE QUESTIONS 00:33:36:00 00:33:38:00 WITH ARTS AND CULTURE AND THEN 00:33:38:00 00:33:39:00 DO TOURISM OR IS THERE A TIME 00:33:39:00 00:33:42:00 CONSTRAINT WITH YOU CHIEF 00:33:42:00 00:33:47:00 BORDERS OR THEN WE'LL GO 00:33:47:00 00:33:47:00 STRAIGHT INTO LINE OF QUESTIONS 00:33:47:00 00:33:50:00 FOR ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE 00:33:50:00 00:33:51:00 ORDER OF ARRIVAL 00:33:51:00 00:33:52:00 COUNCIL FLAHERTY YOU HAVE THE 00:33:52:00 00:33:54:00 FLOOR. 00:33:54:00 00:33:55:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM CHAIR 00:33:55:00 00:33:58:00 AND OBVIOUSLY THINKS THE FOR 00:33:58:00 00:33:58:00 THE PRESENTATION AND I 00:33:58:00 00:34:01:00 APPRECIATE THE CARE OF ELLIOT 00:34:01:00 00:34:02:00 ORTEGA AND YOUR RESPONSIVENESS 00:34:02:00 00:34:03:00 PARTICULARLY YOUR DEPARTMENT 00:34:03:00 00:34:06:00 RECENTLY WHEN WE WERE DEALING 00:34:06:00 00:34:10:00 WITH THE MURAL OVER OVER OUR 00:34:10:00 00:34:10:00 HISTORY. 00:34:10:00 00:34:13:00 I KNOW THAT IN THE FOLKS YOU'VE 00:34:13:00 00:34:14:00 BEEN WORKING WITH OVER THEY 00:34:14:00 00:34:15:00 WERE EXCITED THAT THEY WERE 00:34:15:00 00:34:16:00 ABLE TO CONNECT WITH YOUR TEAM 00:34:16:00 00:34:17:00 AND ALSO IF I DO HAVE A 00:34:17:00 00:34:21:00 CONSTITUENT A RETIRED POLICE 00:34:21:00 00:34:22:00 OFFICER WHO WOULD LIKE TO 00:34:22:00 00:34:25:00 VOLUNTEER AND TEACH AND TEACH 00:34:25:00 00:34:29:00 KIDS CHESS WHO I GUESS FROM 00:34:29:00 00:34:30:00 YOUR DEPARTMENT COULD I CONNECT 00:34:30:00 00:34:32:00 HIM WITH THAT AND CAN 00:34:32:00 00:34:36:00 FACILITATE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS 00:34:36:00 00:34:37:00 EXPERT CHESS PLAYER AND I THINK 00:34:37:00 00:34:38:00 HE WANTS TO SHARE HIS TIME AND 00:34:38:00 00:34:41:00 TALENTS WITH OUR YOUTH AND 00:34:41:00 00:34:45:00 THAT'S EXCITING. 00:34:45:00 00:34:46:00 I WAS JUST MENTIONING THAT ON 00:34:46:00 00:34:46:00 CITY HALL PLAZA WE'RE GOING TO 00:34:46:00 00:34:48:00 HAVE SOME CHESS WORKSHOPS AND 00:34:48:00 00:34:49:00 TOURNAMENTS SO THERE ACTUALLY 00:34:49:00 00:34:50:00 MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES 00:34:50:00 00:34:52:00 RIGHT AWAY BUT YOU FEEL FREE TO 00:34:52:00 00:34:53:00 CONNECT CONNECTED TO ME AND AND 00:34:53:00 00:34:55:00 I CAN PUT HIM IN TOUCH WITH THE 00:34:55:00 00:34:56:00 WE ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR 00:34:56:00 00:35:00:00 ATTENTION TO DETAIL ON THE ALL 00:35:00:00 00:35:04:00 CULTURE AND APPRECIATE IT THE 00:35:04:00 00:35:04:00 FREDERICK DOUGLASS MURAL. 00:35:04:00 00:35:07:00 I KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL 00:35:07:00 00:35:09:00 GET A REDO I GUESS IF YOU WILL 00:35:09:00 00:35:11:00 AND LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN FOR 00:35:11:00 00:35:12:00 THE COUNCIL LEVEL NOT JUST WITH 00:35:12:00 00:35:15:00 THAT MURAL BUT OTHER MURALS 00:35:15:00 00:35:15:00 THAT ARE ACROSS OUR CITY THAT 00:35:15:00 00:35:19:00 ARE BELOVED AND APPRECIATED AND 00:35:19:00 00:35:20:00 RESPECTED AND WE NEED TO MAKE 00:35:20:00 00:35:21:00 SURE THAT THEY STAY IN GREAT 00:35:21:00 00:35:21:00 SHAPE. 00:35:21:00 00:35:23:00 I I DON'T THINK IT NECESSARILY 00:35:23:00 00:35:24:00 FALLS UNDER THE CPA COMMUNITY 00:35:24:00 00:35:27:00 PRESERVATION FUNDING BUT IN THE 00:35:27:00 00:35:30:00 EVENT THAT IT DOESN'T, THERE'S 00:35:30:00 00:35:31:00 OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT 00:35:31:00 00:35:34:00 TO CONNECT FOLKS TO RESOURCES 00:35:34:00 00:35:35:00 INTO WHAT TO ARTISTS THAT COULD 00:35:35:00 00:35:38:00 REFURBISH OR REFRESH, IF YOU 00:35:38:00 00:35:39:00 WILL, SOME OF THE MURALS THAT 00:35:39:00 00:35:42:00 WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY. 00:35:42:00 00:35:43:00 AND I THINK TO THAT POINT I 00:35:43:00 00:35:45:00 KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC ART TEAM 00:35:45:00 00:35:46:00 HAS BEEN CREATING A LIST 00:35:46:00 00:35:49:00 OF THOSE MURALS THAT ARE JUST 00:35:49:00 00:35:50:00 STARTING TO FADE OR HAVE BEEN 00:35:50:00 00:35:53:00 KIND OF FADING FOR SOME TIME 00:35:53:00 00:35:54:00 AND NEED A TOUCH UP. 00:35:54:00 00:35:55:00 SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT 00:35:55:00 00:35:57:00 THEY'RE LOOKING AT NOW AND I 00:35:57:00 00:35:58:00 BELIEVE WE CAN COVER THAT 00:35:58:00 00:36:00:00 THROUGH OUR PUBLIC ART 00:36:00:00 00:36:01:00 CONSERVATION LINE AND OUR 00:36:01:00 00:36:02:00 OPERATING BUDGET ONCE WE GET 00:36:02:00 00:36:04:00 INTO FY TWENTY FOUR. 00:36:04:00 00:36:06:00 SO I'M MAKING THAT LIST NOW AND 00:36:06:00 00:36:08:00 HOPEFULLY CAN START THE SUMMER. 00:36:08:00 00:36:09:00 THANK YOU. 00:36:09:00 00:36:10:00 AND THEN IN AREAS WHERE THERE 00:36:10:00 00:36:13:00 MAY BE THINGS MIGHT BE DEFACED 00:36:13:00 00:36:16:00 OR VANDALIZED, DO YOU WORK 00:36:16:00 00:36:16:00 CLOSELY WITH THE GRAFFITI 00:36:16:00 00:36:17:00 BUSTERS FOR THE CITY TO MAKE 00:36:17:00 00:36:19:00 SURE THAT THERE'S A PROMPT 00:36:19:00 00:36:20:00 REMOVAL OF TAGGING ET CETERA SO 00:36:20:00 00:36:23:00 THAT WE CAN RETURN AND RESTORE 00:36:23:00 00:36:27:00 THESE PUBLIC SERVICES TO TO 00:36:27:00 00:36:30:00 GREAT ST.. 00:36:30:00 00:36:31:00 YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 00:36:31:00 00:36:34:00 WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH 00:36:34:00 00:36:35:00 THREE ONE ONE AND WITH PROPERTY 00:36:35:00 00:36:36:00 MANAGEMENT ABOUT HOW TO GET THE 00:36:36:00 00:36:39:00 RIGHT WORKFLOW SO THAT WHEN THE 00:36:39:00 00:36:39:00 THING IS TAGGED WE CAN GET 00:36:39:00 00:36:42:00 CALLED IN AND FIND AN ARTIST 00:36:42:00 00:36:43:00 WHO CAN PAINT OVER IT OR GET IN 00:36:43:00 00:36:46:00 TOUCH WITH THE ORIGINAL ARTIST 00:36:46:00 00:36:47:00 OF THAT MURAL OR THAT PAYBOX, 00:36:47:00 00:36:50:00 WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE AND GET IT 00:36:50:00 00:36:51:00 KIND OF BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL 00:36:51:00 00:36:53:00 ARTWORK. 00:36:53:00 00:36:54:00 SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT 00:36:54:00 00:36:55:00 NOW AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CATCH 00:36:55:00 00:36:57:00 A COUPLE OF THINGS. 00:36:57:00 00:36:58:00 I WOULDN'T SAY WE'VE PERFECTED 00:36:58:00 00:37:01:00 THAT WORKFLOW BUT BUT MAKING 00:37:01:00 00:37:02:00 PROGRESS ON IT FOR SURE. 00:37:02:00 00:37:06:00 WELL, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR 00:37:06:00 00:37:06:00 TEAM. 00:37:06:00 00:37:07:00 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING 00:37:07:00 00:37:07:00 WORKING WITH YOU. 00:37:07:00 00:37:09:00 THANK YOU, MADAM. 00:37:09:00 00:37:13:00 THANK COSMIC FLAHERTY OF HOPING 00:37:13:00 00:37:16:00 I COULD GET LUNCH IN BETWEEN. 00:37:16:00 00:37:20:00 BUT YOUR TIME IS TOO SHORT. 00:37:20:00 00:37:25:00 COUNCILOR BRADIN, YOU'RE WITH 00:37:25:00 00:37:25:00 US. 00:37:25:00 00:37:25:00 YEP. 00:37:25:00 00:37:26:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 00:37:26:00 00:37:29:00 THANK THANK YOU CAROL. 00:37:29:00 00:37:35:00 FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 00:37:35:00 00:37:36:00 I THINK WE'RE FACED WITH THIS 00:37:36:00 00:37:39:00 SORT OF THING ALMOST ALWAYS 00:37:39:00 00:37:39:00 HAVE TO SORT OF BE REACTIVE 00:37:39:00 00:37:42:00 RATHER THAN PROACTIVE. 00:37:42:00 00:37:44:00 IS YOUR DEPARTMENT ABLE TO SORT 00:37:44:00 00:37:47:00 OF HELP WITH PLANNING IN TERMS 00:37:47:00 00:37:50:00 OF ANTICIPATING DISPLACEMENT 00:37:50:00 00:37:51:00 BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND THEN 00:37:51:00 00:37:55:00 MAYBE MOBILIZING ASSETS AND 00:37:55:00 00:37:55:00 RESOURCES TO HELP PREVENT 00:37:55:00 00:37:56:00 DISPLACEMENT? 00:37:56:00 00:37:58:00 I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS 00:37:58:00 00:38:00:00 CONVERSATION AND AND DO WE NEED 00:38:00:00 00:38:03:00 TO ACTUALLY BE MUCH MORE 00:38:03:00 00:38:06:00 PROACTIVE IN THE WAY WE WE 00:38:06:00 00:38:09:00 APPROACH THIS IN TERMS 00:38:09:00 00:38:10:00 OF DISPLACEMENT OF OUR ARTISTS 00:38:10:00 00:38:13:00 AND MUSICIANS ACROSS THE CITY? 00:38:13:00 00:38:15:00 YEAH, I MEAN I THINK YOU'VE HIT 00:38:15:00 00:38:18:00 THE NAIL ON THE HEAD AND WE 00:38:18:00 00:38:19:00 WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO BE 00:38:19:00 00:38:19:00 MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD 00:38:19:00 00:38:21:00 OF REACTIVE AND I THINK THE 00:38:21:00 00:38:22:00 CULTURAL SPACE FUND AND SOME 00:38:22:00 00:38:24:00 OF WHAT WE'RE PILOTING THERE, 00:38:24:00 00:38:26:00 THE ONE OF THE THE FUNDING 00:38:26:00 00:38:29:00 SOURCES OF THAT FUND IS THE 00:38:29:00 00:38:32:00 ZONING IN THE SOUTH AND IN 00:38:32:00 00:38:32:00 WHICH CREATING AFFORDABLE 00:38:32:00 00:38:33:00 CULTURAL SPACE OR A BUYOUT 00:38:33:00 00:38:43:00 OF THAT REQUIREMENT IS A PART 00:38:43:00 00:38:44:00 OF ZONING AND WRITTEN INTO 00:38:44:00 00:38:44:00 ZONING AND THAT'S DEFINITELY 00:38:44:00 00:38:45:00 SOMETHING THAT AS A TOOL A 00:38:45:00 00:38:46:00 POLICY TOOL WE'D LIKE TO BE IN 00:38:46:00 00:38:47:00 CONVERSATION WITH THE EPA ABOUT 00:38:47:00 00:38:48:00 AS A POSSIBLE WAY TO ACTUALLY 00:38:48:00 00:38:49:00 HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS KIND OF READY 00:38:49:00 00:38:52:00 TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO 00:38:52:00 00:38:53:00 SOMETHING IN REAL TIME AS 00:38:53:00 00:38:55:00 OPPOSED TO FEELING KIND 00:38:55:00 00:38:56:00 OF WE'RE SIX MONTHS BEHIND OR A 00:38:56:00 00:38:56:00 YEAR BEHIND. 00:38:56:00 00:38:59:00 AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE 00:38:59:00 00:38:59:00 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POSITION 00:38:59:00 00:39:00:00 IN CULTURAL PLANNING IS A 00:39:00:00 00:39:03:00 REALLY CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS 00:39:03:00 00:39:07:00 BECAUSE AS WE SEE WHEN ARTISTS 00:39:07:00 00:39:08:00 COMMUNITIES ARE MORE CONNECTED 00:39:08:00 00:39:09:00 AND WE'RE NETWORKED IN MORE 00:39:09:00 00:39:11:00 ORGANIZED AND IN TOUCH WITH US, 00:39:11:00 00:39:12:00 THEN WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF BE 00:39:12:00 00:39:15:00 AS AHEAD AS WE CAN BE ON 00:39:15:00 00:39:16:00 SOMETHING LIKE AN IMMINENT 00:39:16:00 00:39:16:00 DISPLACEMENT. 00:39:16:00 00:39:19:00 AND SO THAT POSITION IN THAT 00:39:19:00 00:39:19:00 KIND OF GRASSROOTS WORK IS IS 00:39:19:00 00:39:22:00 REALLY CRITICAL. 00:39:22:00 00:39:23:00 THAT TEAM IS ALSO WORKING WITH 00:39:23:00 00:39:26:00 AND THIS CAME UP THE CULTURAL 00:39:26:00 00:39:27:00 SPACE HEARING WHAT WE'RE 00:39:27:00 00:39:29:00 WORKING WITH AND APAC AND ALSO 00:39:29:00 00:39:30:00 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMERVILLE 00:39:30:00 00:39:31:00 AND CAMBRIDGE ON CREATING A NEW 00:39:31:00 00:39:34:00 TOOL THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO 00:39:34:00 00:39:34:00 REALLY TRACK CULTURAL ASSETS 00:39:34:00 00:39:38:00 AND DEFINE VERY BROADLY SO THAT 00:39:38:00 00:39:41:00 WE ARE KIND OF CONSTANTLY 00:39:41:00 00:39:42:00 CHECKING ON WHERE THINGS ARE, 00:39:42:00 00:39:45:00 YOU KNOW, HAS OWNERSHIP CHANGED 00:39:45:00 00:39:45:00 ? 00:39:45:00 00:39:46:00 HAVE WE HEARD FROM THAT 00:39:46:00 00:39:47:00 COMMUNITY AND WILL REALLY BE 00:39:47:00 00:39:49:00 THE ACTUAL DATA THAT WE CAN 00:39:49:00 00:39:53:00 RELY ON SO THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU 00:39:53:00 00:39:54:00 KNOW, JUST BEING RESPONSIVE TO 00:39:54:00 00:39:55:00 THINGS AND WE HEAR THEM BUT WE 00:39:55:00 00:39:57:00 CAN PROACTIVELY FOLLOW UP WITH 00:39:57:00 00:39:57:00 CULTURAL SPACES. 00:39:57:00 00:39:58:00 SO I THINK THOSE ARE SOME SOME 00:39:58:00 00:40:01:00 THINGS THAT ARE PROMISING IN 00:40:01:00 00:40:02:00 TERMS OF GETTING AHEAD OF THAT. 00:40:02:00 00:40:04:00 BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE 00:40:04:00 00:40:05:00 JUST THE MORE KIND 00:40:05:00 00:40:08:00 OF INTEGRATED THAT WE ARE INTO 00:40:08:00 00:40:09:00 THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 00:40:09:00 00:40:12:00 REVIEW AND ZONING REFORM 00:40:12:00 00:40:16:00 PROCESS IS THE BETTER BECAUSE 00:40:16:00 00:40:17:00 WE CAN LOOK AT A MAP OF THE 00:40:17:00 00:40:20:00 CITY AND START TO GUESS WHERE 00:40:20:00 00:40:21:00 NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE IS GOING TO 00:40:21:00 00:40:22:00 RESULT IN A DISPLACEMENT 00:40:22:00 00:40:24:00 OF THOSE KINDS OF SPACES. 00:40:24:00 00:40:25:00 YEAH, THANK YOU. 00:40:25:00 00:40:28:00 AND I ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR 00:40:28:00 00:40:29:00 RECENT EXPERIENCE THINKING 00:40:29:00 00:40:30:00 ABOUT CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE 00:40:30:00 00:40:32:00 ARTIST COMMUNITY AS WELL 00:40:32:00 00:40:35:00 BECAUSE VERY MUCH IN TERMS 00:40:35:00 00:40:36:00 OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AS A AS 00:40:36:00 00:40:43:00 A GROUP THERE ARE VERY, VERY 00:40:43:00 00:40:43:00 GROUPS WITH DIFFERENT DIFFERENT 00:40:43:00 00:40:46:00 NICHES AND THERE IN THE 00:40:46:00 00:40:47:00 CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND THEY 00:40:47:00 00:40:48:00 DON'T NECESSARILY ALL 00:40:48:00 00:40:51:00 COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. 00:40:51:00 00:40:52:00 AND IS THERE ANY SCOPE OR 00:40:52:00 00:40:55:00 CAPACITY TO TAP INTO FUNDS TO 00:40:55:00 00:40:56:00 HELP DO CAPACITY BUILDING IN 00:40:56:00 00:40:59:00 TERMS OF IN THAT COMMUNITY OR 00:40:59:00 00:41:02:00 COMMUNITIES IN GENERAL? 00:41:02:00 00:41:03:00 YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT AND 00:41:03:00 00:41:05:00 IT'S IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE 00:41:05:00 00:41:07:00 NOTICED AS WELL AND WE ARE IN 00:41:07:00 00:41:10:00 CONVERSATION IN ON THAT TEAM 00:41:10:00 00:41:11:00 ABOUT USING SOME TECHNICAL 00:41:11:00 00:41:14:00 ASSISTANCE FUNDS OR CULTURAL 00:41:14:00 00:41:15:00 PLANNING FUNDS TO ACTUALLY DO 00:41:15:00 00:41:18:00 WORKSHOPS FOR ARTISTS ON HOW TO 00:41:18:00 00:41:21:00 ORGANIZE, HOW TO UNDERSTAND HOW 00:41:21:00 00:41:22:00 TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY PROCESS 00:41:22:00 00:41:25:00 AND PPTA PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND 00:41:25:00 00:41:26:00 ALSO WHO ELSE IS FACING THE 00:41:26:00 00:41:26:00 SAME ISSUES. 00:41:26:00 00:41:29:00 I THINK WE'VE SEEN ARTISTS ALSO 00:41:29:00 00:41:33:00 BE REALLY SILOED BY THE KIND 00:41:33:00 00:41:34:00 OF WORK THAT THEY DO AND THERE 00:41:34:00 00:41:36:00 MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A BUILDING 00:41:36:00 00:41:37:00 ON THE STREET OR ONE 00:41:37:00 00:41:38:00 NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THAT'S ALSO 00:41:38:00 00:41:38:00 GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING 00:41:38:00 00:41:40:00 BUT THERE DOES ACTUALLY NOT 00:41:40:00 00:41:41:00 CONNECTED. 00:41:41:00 00:41:42:00 SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT 00:41:42:00 00:41:45:00 POSSIBLY SUPPORTING A SERIES 00:41:45:00 00:41:46:00 AROUND THAT FOR CAPACITY 00:41:46:00 00:41:46:00 BUILDING. 00:41:46:00 00:41:48:00 VERY GOOD. 00:41:48:00 00:41:50:00 AND I ALSO WOULD PUT MY WE HAVE 00:41:50:00 00:41:52:00 SOME WE HAVE SOME MURALS 00:41:52:00 00:41:53:00 OF DONE A LONG TIME AGO AND 00:41:53:00 00:41:56:00 ALSO THE MIDDLE LEVEL. 00:41:56:00 00:41:57:00 SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF THE 00:41:57:00 00:42:04:00 PUBLIC CONSERVATION WE SHOULD 00:42:04:00 00:42:05:00 PROBABLY BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU 00:42:05:00 00:42:08:00 OVER THE FEW A FEW OF OUR 00:42:08:00 00:42:08:00 LONGSTANDING MURALS ARE GETTING 00:42:08:00 00:42:11:00 OLD AND A LITTLE SHABBY. 00:42:11:00 00:42:12:00 WE NEED A LITTLE HELP. 00:42:12:00 00:42:15:00 SO I'M LOOKING AT MADAM CHAIR. 00:42:15:00 00:42:16:00 UM, I HAVEN'T DONE FOR TIME, 00:42:16:00 00:42:16:00 MADAM CHAIR. 00:42:16:00 00:42:19:00 THIRTY SECONDS. 00:42:19:00 00:42:19:00 THIRTY SECONDS. 00:42:19:00 00:42:21:00 OH WELL THAT JUST GIVES ME TIME 00:42:21:00 00:42:22:00 TO SAY THANK YOU KYRA AND I 00:42:22:00 00:42:23:00 LOOK FORWARD TO WORK AND 00:42:23:00 00:42:24:00 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU IN 00:42:24:00 00:42:27:00 YOUR OFFICE ALL THINGS ARTS AND 00:42:27:00 00:42:28:00 CULTURE AND IN MY DISTRICT 00:42:28:00 00:42:30:00 OF ARTS BRIGHTON THANK YOU SO 00:42:30:00 00:42:31:00 MUCH. 00:42:31:00 00:42:31:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 00:42:31:00 00:42:35:00 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME HERE 00:42:35:00 00:42:35:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 00:42:35:00 00:42:38:00 THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU 00:42:38:00 00:42:42:00 KYRA FOR THE PRESENTATION. 00:42:42:00 00:42:43:00 I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 00:42:43:00 00:42:46:00 I'M CURIOUS IF YOU COULD JUST 00:42:46:00 00:42:47:00 THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT 00:42:47:00 00:42:49:00 OF DISCONNECT OR MISINFORMATION 00:42:49:00 00:42:50:00 ABOUT LIKE THE DIFFERENCE 00:42:50:00 00:42:53:00 BETWEEN THE COMMISSION, THE 00:42:53:00 00:42:54:00 ARTS COMMISSION AND THE ARTS 00:42:54:00 00:42:57:00 AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT. 00:42:57:00 00:42:58:00 THERE'S BEEN SOME ADVOCACY DONE 00:42:58:00 00:43:01:00 ON BEHALF OF FOLKS WHO WANT TO 00:43:01:00 00:43:05:00 HAVE A STATUE IN JAMAICA PLAIN 00:43:05:00 00:43:06:00 IN THE PARK AT MOZART AND THEY 00:43:06:00 00:43:09:00 JUST DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO. 00:43:09:00 00:43:10:00 AND IF FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU 00:43:10:00 00:43:13:00 DON'T MIND HELPING OUR VIEWERS 00:43:13:00 00:43:13:00 UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT THE 00:43:13:00 00:43:17:00 DIFFERENCE IS THEN THE ROLE IN 00:43:17:00 00:43:18:00 TERMS OF OVERSIGHT AND ALL THAT 00:43:18:00 00:43:20:00 DECISION MAKING PROCESS JUST 00:43:20:00 00:43:21:00 LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THERE IS A 00:43:21:00 00:43:26:00 MISUNDERSTANDING AND I HAVE ONE 00:43:26:00 00:43:26:00 MORE QUESTION AFTER THAT JUST 00:43:26:00 00:43:29:00 SO YOU KNOW SO I'M IN THE 00:43:29:00 00:43:29:00 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND 00:43:29:00 00:43:32:00 CULTURE STARTS TWO COMMISSIONS, 00:43:32:00 00:43:33:00 TWO INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS. 00:43:33:00 00:43:36:00 ONE IS THE BOSTON CULTURAL 00:43:36:00 00:43:37:00 COUNCIL WHICH IS OUR LOCAL 00:43:37:00 00:43:38:00 CULTURAL COUNCIL THAT RECEIVES 00:43:38:00 00:43:41:00 STATE FUNDING AND ALSO HAS SOME 00:43:41:00 00:43:43:00 CITY FUNDING TO GRANT IN BOSTON 00:43:43:00 00:43:44:00 . 00:43:44:00 00:43:45:00 THE OTHER ONE IS THE BOSTON ART 00:43:45:00 00:43:45:00 COMMISSION. 00:43:45:00 00:43:47:00 SO THE BOSTON ART COMMISSION 00:43:47:00 00:43:48:00 HAS A REGULATORY ROLE IN 00:43:48:00 00:43:51:00 APPROVING PUBLIC ART ON PUBLIC 00:43:51:00 00:43:52:00 LAND AND IS ALSO OUR 00:43:52:00 00:43:52:00 COMMISSIONING BODY. 00:43:52:00 00:43:56:00 SO WHEN THE CITY GOES AND SAYS 00:43:56:00 00:43:57:00 WE WANT TO PAY FOR A PIECE 00:43:57:00 00:44:00:00 OF PUBLIC ART ON PUBLIC LAND, 00:44:00:00 00:44:00:00 THE BOSTON ART COMMISSION HAS 00:44:00:00 00:44:01:00 TO APPROVE THAT AS WELL AS 00:44:01:00 00:44:04:00 APPROVE THE FINAL ARTWORK. 00:44:04:00 00:44:06:00 SO WE WHILE WE STAFF THAT 00:44:06:00 00:44:08:00 COMMISSION THAT IS AN 00:44:08:00 00:44:11:00 INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BODY 00:44:11:00 00:44:12:00 WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO PUT PUBLIC 00:44:12:00 00:44:13:00 ART ON PUBLIC LAND, WHETHER 00:44:13:00 00:44:16:00 THAT'S FOR SHORT PERIOD TIME OR 00:44:16:00 00:44:17:00 A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WE ASK 00:44:17:00 00:44:19:00 THAT THEY SUBMIT AN ONLINE 00:44:19:00 00:44:20:00 APPLICATION THAT WILL GET THEM 00:44:20:00 00:44:24:00 IN THE AGENDA FOR REVIEW BY THE 00:44:24:00 00:44:27:00 BOSTON ART COMMISSION AND THAT 00:44:27:00 00:44:28:00 COMMISSION MAY HAVE FEEDBACK ON 00:44:28:00 00:44:29:00 DESIGN ON PROCESS THAT THEY 00:44:29:00 00:44:31:00 REQUEST IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT 00:44:31:00 00:44:34:00 PROJECT THROUGH TO EVENTUALLY 00:44:34:00 00:44:35:00 BE ACCEPTED BY THE ART 00:44:35:00 00:44:36:00 COMMISSION. 00:44:36:00 00:44:38:00 AND AS ONE MIGHT IMAGINE THAT 00:44:38:00 00:44:39:00 THE PROCESS FOR A LONG TERM 00:44:39:00 00:44:43:00 ARTWORK THAT'S GOING TO BE 00:44:43:00 00:44:44:00 AROUND FOR, YOU KNOW, TEN, 00:44:44:00 00:44:47:00 TWENTY, FIFTY YEARS IS VERY 00:44:47:00 00:44:47:00 INVOLVED COMPARED TO THE 00:44:47:00 00:44:48:00 PROCESS FOR SOMETHING THAT 00:44:48:00 00:44:50:00 SHORT TERM THERE MIGHT BE A 00:44:50:00 00:44:51:00 MURAL OR MAYBE AN INSTALLATION 00:44:51:00 00:44:54:00 AND THAT'S THAT'S A PART 00:44:54:00 00:44:55:00 OF THEIR PROCESS AS WELL. 00:44:55:00 00:44:58:00 SO WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO 00:44:58:00 00:44:59:00 PROPOSE A LONG TERM ARTWORK AND 00:44:59:00 00:45:01:00 WE THE OUR COMMISSION HAS KIND 00:45:01:00 00:45:05:00 OF SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT WE 00:45:05:00 00:45:05:00 ARE LOOKING FOR INCLUDING 00:45:05:00 00:45:06:00 HAVING A MAINTENANCE PLAN AND 00:45:06:00 00:45:09:00 ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS TO 00:45:09:00 00:45:10:00 MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT WE 00:45:10:00 00:45:11:00 PUT INTO THE PUBLIC REALM CAN 00:45:11:00 00:45:13:00 REALLY STAND THE TEST OF TIME. 00:45:13:00 00:45:14:00 SO WE STOP IT AND WE'RE HAPPY 00:45:14:00 00:45:17:00 TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT 00:45:17:00 00:45:17:00 PROCESS AND ALSO UNDERSTAND 00:45:17:00 00:45:18:00 WHAT OTHER KIND OF FUNDING 00:45:18:00 00:45:21:00 SOURCES OR OTHER SUPPORT IS OUT 00:45:21:00 00:45:21:00 THERE FOR PUBLIC ART. 00:45:21:00 00:45:22:00 BUT THE APPROVAL LIES WITH THE 00:45:22:00 00:45:25:00 COMMISSION THEN THAT'S GREAT. 00:45:25:00 00:45:28:00 THANK YOU FOR THAT THEN I GUESS 00:45:28:00 00:45:29:00 THE THE THE FOLLOW UP AND THAT 00:45:29:00 00:45:32:00 I HAVE I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT 00:45:32:00 00:45:36:00 THIS PROGRAM THAT WAS JUST 00:45:36:00 00:45:36:00 INITIATED THROUGH THE CITY 00:45:36:00 00:45:37:00 ACTIVISM. 00:45:37:00 00:45:40:00 SO DANNY RIVERA WAS REALLY 00:45:40:00 00:45:41:00 ENGAGED IN ACTIVATING IT AND 00:45:41:00 00:45:44:00 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I 00:45:44:00 00:45:45:00 LEARNED IN THAT PROCESS WAS 00:45:45:00 00:45:47:00 THAT THEY WERE TARGETING 00:45:47:00 00:45:47:00 YOUNGER ARTISTS, EMERGING 00:45:47:00 00:45:51:00 ARTISTS. 00:45:51:00 00:45:52:00 AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT 00:45:52:00 00:45:53:00 KIND OF LIKE THE ENERGY THAT 00:45:53:00 00:45:55:00 EXISTS AROUND CREATING A 00:45:55:00 00:45:56:00 PIPELINE OF ARTISTS AND 00:45:56:00 00:45:56:00 STARTING THEM YOUNGER AND WHAT 00:45:56:00 00:45:59:00 ROLE IF ANY, YOUR DEPARTMENT 00:45:59:00 00:46:00:00 INTERFACES WITH THE BOSTON 00:46:00:00 00:46:00:00 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OTHER 00:46:00:00 00:46:03:00 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DRIVEN 00:46:03:00 00:46:07:00 OR POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS NOW 00:46:07:00 00:46:11:00 SO IMPORTANT AND WE ARE THAT 00:46:11:00 00:46:12:00 THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT THE 00:46:12:00 00:46:13:00 MOST IS BY SUPPORTING AND 00:46:13:00 00:46:15:00 WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE 00:46:15:00 00:46:16:00 ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE 00:46:16:00 00:46:18:00 CREATIVE USE DEVELOPMENT 00:46:18:00 00:46:19:00 WHETHER THAT'S IN VPS OR OUT 00:46:19:00 00:46:22:00 OF SCHOOL. 00:46:22:00 00:46:23:00 MANY ORGANIZATIONS DO BOTH AND 00:46:23:00 00:46:26:00 SO WE SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY 00:46:26:00 00:46:27:00 BUT ALSO WITH TECHNICAL 00:46:27:00 00:46:30:00 ASSISTANCE. 00:46:30:00 00:46:31:00 THIS PAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY 00:46:31:00 00:46:34:00 STARTED CONVENING A GROUP AT 00:46:34:00 00:46:35:00 NOT JUST OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS 00:46:35:00 00:46:36:00 BUT ALSO OF CREATIVE EMPLOYERS 00:46:36:00 00:46:39:00 AND HIGHER ED IN THE ARTS TO 00:46:39:00 00:46:39:00 HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW 00:46:39:00 00:46:41:00 ARE WE KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER 00:46:41:00 00:46:42:00 TO REALLY MAKE THOSE PATHWAYS 00:46:42:00 00:46:45:00 CLEAR TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR 00:46:45:00 00:46:46:00 FAMILIES AND WHAT ARE THE 00:46:46:00 00:46:47:00 BARRIERS TO DOING THAT WE 00:46:47:00 00:46:50:00 REALLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, 00:46:50:00 00:46:50:00 THE FULL LANDSCAPE OF WHAT 00:46:50:00 00:46:53:00 THOSE JOBS ARE OR WHAT THE 00:46:53:00 00:46:54:00 BENEFITS OF ARTS AND CULTURE 00:46:54:00 00:46:55:00 ARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 00:46:55:00 00:46:56:00 IS THAT BEING COMMUNICATED 00:46:56:00 00:46:57:00 CLEARLY TO FAMILIES AND WE KNOW 00:46:57:00 00:46:58:00 THAT A LOT OF YOUTH PROGRAMS 00:46:58:00 00:47:01:00 HAVE REALLY LONG WAIT LISTS SO 00:47:01:00 00:47:01:00 JUST KIND OF STARTING TO UNPACK 00:47:01:00 00:47:04:00 THAT AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 00:47:04:00 00:47:06:00 WHAT COULD THE CITY DO ALSO AS 00:47:06:00 00:47:09:00 A CONVENER NOT JUST AS A FUNDER 00:47:09:00 00:47:12:00 TO ADDRESS THAT AND TO MAYBE 00:47:12:00 00:47:13:00 PILOT SOME WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO 00:47:13:00 00:47:14:00 WORK TOGETHER EVEN ON SIMPLE 00:47:14:00 00:47:17:00 THINGS, YOU KNOW, A CREATIVE 00:47:17:00 00:47:21:00 CAREER FAIR OPPORTUNITY CAROL. 00:47:21:00 00:47:21:00 WELL, SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T 00:47:21:00 00:47:26:00 REALIZE AND GOT YOU DOING 00:47:26:00 00:47:27:00 SOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY 00:47:27:00 00:47:27:00 CENTRALIZE ACCESS TO ALL 00:47:27:00 00:47:31:00 OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND 00:47:31:00 00:47:31:00 JUST MAKE IT CLEARER. 00:47:31:00 00:47:32:00 AND THERE'S FOR A YOUNG PERSON 00:47:32:00 00:47:34:00 WHO'S INTERESTED IN ARTS, 00:47:34:00 00:47:35:00 THERE'S JUST LIKE A LOT 00:47:35:00 00:47:37:00 OF DIGGING THAT ONE HAS TO DO 00:47:37:00 00:47:38:00 IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 00:47:38:00 00:47:39:00 SUPPORT THAT. 00:47:39:00 00:47:40:00 SO I'M SORT OF MY CONVERSATION 00:47:40:00 00:47:42:00 NOW AND HOPEFULLY THAT CAN 00:47:42:00 00:47:45:00 CONVERT INTO SOME PROGRAM IDEAS 00:47:45:00 00:47:46:00 EARLY NEXT YEAR. 00:47:46:00 00:47:47:00 I WILL SAY I'M REALLY EXCITED 00:47:47:00 00:47:50:00 ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY MAYORS WE 00:47:50:00 00:47:51:00 ALL CREW AND HOW THAT COULD BE 00:47:51:00 00:47:54:00 BUILT OUT INTO A MUCH BIGGER 00:47:54:00 00:47:57:00 YOUTH PROGRAM IN A VARIETY 00:47:57:00 00:47:58:00 OF WAYS. 00:47:58:00 00:47:59:00 OBVIOUSLY LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN 00:47:59:00 00:48:01:00 ALWAYS BE HELPING WITH MURALS 00:48:01:00 00:48:02:00 BUT WE'VE SEEN OTHER PROGRAMS 00:48:02:00 00:48:03:00 AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE 00:48:03:00 00:48:06:00 REALLY TURNED INTO A WORKFORCE 00:48:06:00 00:48:06:00 DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. 00:48:06:00 00:48:10:00 WE'RE EXCITED TO TO TALK TO 00:48:10:00 00:48:11:00 OTHER CITIES AND TALK TO ARTS 00:48:11:00 00:48:11:00 EDUCATORS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT 00:48:11:00 00:48:13:00 THAT COULD LOOK LIKE FOR US AND 00:48:13:00 00:48:14:00 SO THAT I'M CLEAR FOR FOLKS WHO 00:48:14:00 00:48:16:00 ARE TUNING IN THAT THAT ART IS 00:48:16:00 00:48:17:00 NOT JUST VISUAL ART. 00:48:17:00 00:48:18:00 THERE'S ALSO SPOKEN WORD 00:48:18:00 00:48:24:00 THERE'S DRAMA AND TRAUMA AND 00:48:24:00 00:48:25:00 ALL THAT OTHER GOOD STUFF THAT 00:48:25:00 00:48:26:00 GOES THAT'S INTERCONNECTED. 00:48:26:00 00:48:28:00 AND SO THE LAST THING THAT I 00:48:28:00 00:48:29:00 WILL JUST KIND OF UPLIFT IS 00:48:29:00 00:48:32:00 THAT FOR ME IS ART IS THAT 00:48:32:00 00:48:33:00 SOMETHING THAT IS JUST RESERVED 00:48:33:00 00:48:36:00 FOR THOSE WHO HAVE UNLIMITED 00:48:36:00 00:48:36:00 RESOURCES. 00:48:36:00 00:48:36:00 RIGHT. 00:48:36:00 00:48:37:00 THAT IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR SOME 00:48:37:00 00:48:40:00 FOLKS TO TAKE AN ART CLASS OR 00:48:40:00 00:48:41:00 TO DO SOMETHING. 00:48:41:00 00:48:42:00 AND I'M JUST CURIOUS AS YOU 00:48:42:00 00:48:44:00 CONTINUE TO DEVELOP YOUR YOUR 00:48:44:00 00:48:45:00 BUDGET PRIORITIES, CAN YOU JUST 00:48:45:00 00:48:48:00 SHARE WITH US MAYBE TWO OR 00:48:48:00 00:48:49:00 THREE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT 00:48:49:00 00:48:52:00 YOU'RE DOING TO BE MORE 00:48:52:00 00:48:55:00 INCLUSIVE OF DIVERSE 00:48:55:00 00:48:57:00 EXPERIENCES AND NOT JUST IN 00:48:57:00 00:48:57:00 TERMS OF JUST NOT JUST BLACK 00:48:57:00 00:48:58:00 AND BROWN PEOPLE BUT I'M 00:48:58:00 00:49:00:00 TALKING SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS 00:49:00:00 00:49:04:00 JUST STATUS YOU EVEN DOCUMENTED 00:49:04:00 00:49:05:00 UNDOCUMENTED KIND OF LIKE WE 00:49:05:00 00:49:07:00 JUST GET WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 00:49:07:00 00:49:08:00 WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT 00:49:08:00 00:49:12:00 ACCESS AND INCLUSION, YOU KNOW, 00:49:12:00 00:49:12:00 WE ALWAYS CALLED BLACK AND 00:49:12:00 00:49:15:00 BROWN BUT I JUST WANT TO PUSH 00:49:15:00 00:49:16:00 US A LITTLE BIT AND ALSO LOOK 00:49:16:00 00:49:18:00 AT INCLUSIVE DISABILITIES 00:49:18:00 00:49:22:00 DOCUMENTATION'S THAT IS 00:49:22:00 00:49:22:00 LANGUAGE. 00:49:22:00 00:49:23:00 SO IF YOU COULD THAT WOULD BE 00:49:23:00 00:49:26:00 GREAT. 00:49:26:00 00:49:29:00 YEAH, I THINK JUST BECAUSE YOU 00:49:29:00 00:49:30:00 JUST MENTIONED DISABILITY 00:49:30:00 00:49:34:00 ACCESS AND WE HAVE AN ARTIST IN 00:49:34:00 00:49:34:00 RESIDENCE RIGHT NOW WHO'S 00:49:34:00 00:49:37:00 SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE 00:49:37:00 00:49:38:00 ACCESSIBILITY OF THE CITY AND 00:49:38:00 00:49:41:00 HOW THAT'S PERCEIVED AND 00:49:41:00 00:49:42:00 EXPERIENCED IS SOMEONE WITH 00:49:42:00 00:49:45:00 WITH A DISABILITY AND HER WHOLE 00:49:45:00 00:49:45:00 PROJECT REVOLVES AROUND THAT IN 00:49:45:00 00:49:49:00 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 00:49:49:00 00:49:52:00 TRANSPORTATION TEAM AND RIGHT 00:49:52:00 00:49:56:00 NOW THERE THAT PROGRAM IS 00:49:56:00 00:49:57:00 GETTING READY TO HAVE I THINK 00:49:57:00 00:49:58:00 THEIR FINAL PROJECTS. 00:49:58:00 00:49:59:00 THERE WILL BE KIND OF A 00:49:59:00 00:50:00:00 PRESENTATION. 00:50:00:00 00:50:01:00 I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON 00:50:01:00 00:50:04:00 THE PLAZA ABOUT HOW AS AN 00:50:04:00 00:50:04:00 ARTIST MOVING THROUGH THE CITY 00:50:04:00 00:50:05:00 THAT IS EXPERIENCED AND WHAT 00:50:05:00 00:50:08:00 SOME THE RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT 00:50:08:00 00:50:08:00 BE. 00:50:08:00 00:50:09:00 SO IT'S THINKING A LOT ABOUT 00:50:09:00 00:50:12:00 THE DESIGN AND CULTURE OF THE 00:50:12:00 00:50:13:00 CITY AND HOW THE CITY FEELS 00:50:13:00 00:50:16:00 THAT KIND OF ARTS LIKE CAPITAL 00:50:16:00 00:50:17:00 A LIKE FINE ARTS BUT KIND 00:50:17:00 00:50:18:00 OF WHAT IS THE CULTURE THE 00:50:18:00 00:50:19:00 FEELING OF THE CITY AND HOW 00:50:19:00 00:50:22:00 DOES THAT IMPACT INDIVIDUALS? 00:50:22:00 00:50:23:00 ANOTHER THING THAT COMES TO 00:50:23:00 00:50:27:00 MIND IS THROUGH ANOTHER PROGRAM 00:50:27:00 00:50:28:00 WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING DESIGN 00:50:28:00 00:50:31:00 STUDIO FOR SOCIAL INTERVENTION 00:50:31:00 00:50:32:00 THAT'S DOING SOMETHING CALLED 00:50:32:00 00:50:33:00 THE DESIGN JIM AND UPLINE 00:50:33:00 00:50:34:00 CORNER AND THIS IS A SPACE THAT 00:50:34:00 00:50:39:00 IS JUST OPEN AND FREE TO ANYONE 00:50:39:00 00:50:43:00 AND REALLY SEES ITSELF AS A 00:50:43:00 00:50:43:00 PLACE WHERE LIKE COMMUNITY 00:50:43:00 00:50:44:00 MEMBERS, YOUNG PEOPLE, ARTISTS, 00:50:44:00 00:50:47:00 CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS, CULTURE 00:50:47:00 00:50:47:00 BEARERS OF DIFFERENT KINDS, 00:50:47:00 00:50:51:00 CHEFS LIKE EVERYBODY JUST BE IN 00:50:51:00 00:50:52:00 ONE SPACE AND TAKE CLASSES, 00:50:52:00 00:50:55:00 ORGANIZE TOGETHER AND SOME 00:50:55:00 00:50:56:00 OF THAT IS KIND OF CREATIVE 00:50:56:00 00:50:58:00 CLASSES. 00:50:58:00 00:50:59:00 THE POINT IS REALLY LIKE 00:50:59:00 00:51:00:00 BUILDING THAT SOCIAL CONNECTION 00:51:00:00 00:51:03:00 AND HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND 00:51:03:00 00:51:03:00 THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE 00:51:03:00 00:51:06:00 AGENCY AND CHANGING THE CITY 00:51:06:00 00:51:06:00 AND IMPACTING THE CITY. 00:51:06:00 00:51:07:00 AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY 00:51:07:00 00:51:10:00 GREAT EXAMPLE OF KIND OF A 00:51:10:00 00:51:11:00 SHIFT TOWARD ARTS AND CULTURE 00:51:11:00 00:51:13:00 AND CREATIVITY IS SOMETHING 00:51:13:00 00:51:14:00 EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO 00:51:14:00 00:51:15:00 AND IS JUST A PART 00:51:15:00 00:51:18:00 OF EVERYBODY'S LIFE AS OPPOSED 00:51:18:00 00:51:19:00 TO THIS KIND OF SPECIAL 00:51:19:00 00:51:22:00 PRIVILEGED SPACE YOU WERE 00:51:22:00 00:51:23:00 TALKING ABOUT AND I DON'T KNOW 00:51:23:00 00:51:24:00 NAIDA OR KENNEDY IF THERE'S ANY 00:51:24:00 00:51:25:00 OTHER EXAMPLES THAT COME TO 00:51:25:00 00:51:29:00 MIND THAT KENNEDY WANT TO SHARE 00:51:29:00 00:51:32:00 ABOUT THE CULTURAL ACCESS OR 00:51:32:00 00:51:33:00 ANY MASTERY CHIEF OF STAFF WITH 00:51:33:00 00:51:36:00 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND 00:51:36:00 00:51:40:00 CULTURE AS PART OF THE CULTURAL 00:51:40:00 00:51:41:00 CONSORTIUM OF THE MUSEUM 00:51:41:00 00:51:44:00 OF SCIENCE, THE AQUARIUM 00:51:44:00 00:51:51:00 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM 00:51:51:00 00:51:52:00 , WE LAUNCH AN RFP TO HELP 00:51:52:00 00:51:55:00 FIGURE WHAT A PROCESS COULD BE 00:51:55:00 00:51:56:00 TO GIVE FREE ACCESS TO THOSE 00:51:56:00 00:51:59:00 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS WITH 00:51:59:00 00:52:03:00 STUDENTS WHO HAVE BPCI ID SO 00:52:03:00 00:52:04:00 EXTENDED ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES 00:52:04:00 00:52:07:00 THERE ARE READY ACCESS PROGRAMS 00:52:07:00 00:52:08:00 BUT THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT A 00:52:08:00 00:52:11:00 MORE UNIVERSAL AND LESS 00:52:11:00 00:52:12:00 CUMBERSOME PROGRAM WHERE 00:52:12:00 00:52:15:00 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN 00:52:15:00 00:52:16:00 RECEIVE FREE ACCESS THOSE 00:52:16:00 00:52:18:00 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AS PART 00:52:18:00 00:52:22:00 OF EVERY BOSTONIANS RIGHT TO 00:52:22:00 00:52:26:00 ACCESS TO CULTURE AND THOSE 00:52:26:00 00:52:26:00 INSTITUTIONS. 00:52:26:00 00:52:30:00 SO THIS RFP IS IN THE PROCESS 00:52:30:00 00:52:31:00 OF BEING REVIEWED SO THAT WE 00:52:31:00 00:52:34:00 CAN IMPLEMENT A PLAN HOPEFULLY 00:52:34:00 00:52:35:00 FOR THE FALL SO THAT WE CAN 00:52:35:00 00:52:37:00 KICK THAT OFF AS A PILOT 00:52:37:00 00:52:37:00 PROJECT. 00:52:37:00 00:52:38:00 THANK YOU. 00:52:38:00 00:52:44:00 THANK YOU COUNSELOR LYNN, YOU 00:52:44:00 00:52:49:00 HAVE HER COUNCIL PRESIDENT 00:52:49:00 00:52:56:00 KAREN THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND 00:52:56:00 00:52:57:00 I SEE AND WAS LISTENING CLOSELY 00:52:57:00 00:53:00:00 TO CARA IN HER COMMENTS. 00:53:00:00 00:53:01:00 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, 00:53:01:00 00:53:03:00 KYRA, FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK 00:53:03:00 00:53:04:00 YOU'RE DOING AND THE 00:53:04:00 00:53:08:00 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ON 00:53:08:00 00:53:11:00 SOME MURALS AND SOME PUBLIC IN 00:53:11:00 00:53:12:00 CHINATOWN ESPECIALLY. 00:53:12:00 00:53:16:00 BUT WE CAPTURED OR I SHOULD 00:53:16:00 00:53:17:00 SHOULD SAY THE THE ODDEST 00:53:17:00 00:53:20:00 CAPTION WITH THE COMMUNITY THE 00:53:20:00 00:53:22:00 THE IMPORTANT ROLE IMMIGRANTS 00:53:22:00 00:53:23:00 PLAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND 00:53:23:00 00:53:27:00 WORKING FAMILIES AND IN 00:53:27:00 00:53:31:00 ADDRESSING EVEN ADDRESSING HATE 00:53:31:00 00:53:34:00 CRIMES THAT WE'VE SEEN AGAINST 00:53:34:00 00:53:35:00 THE ASIAN COMMUNITY HERE AND 00:53:35:00 00:53:38:00 HERE IN BOSTON. 00:53:38:00 00:53:41:00 I THINK GOD REALLY SHOWED SHOW 00:53:41:00 00:53:46:00 THE STORY AND ALSO SHOW THE 00:53:46:00 00:53:47:00 STORY ABOUT THE RESILIENCE 00:53:47:00 00:53:50:00 OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY. 00:53:50:00 00:53:51:00 SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 00:53:51:00 00:53:53:00 TO YOU, KYRA A. A TEAM AND I 00:53:53:00 00:53:59:00 GUESS I GUESS MY QUESTION IS I 00:53:59:00 00:54:00:00 SEE SOMETIMES THESE BEAUTIFUL 00:54:00:00 00:54:04:00 MURALS AND ARTISTS IN THE 00:54:04:00 00:54:05:00 PAINTING, THESE WONDERFUL 00:54:05:00 00:54:08:00 MURALS AND THEY'VE SPENT SO 00:54:08:00 00:54:12:00 MUCH TIME ON THEM AND THEN AND 00:54:12:00 00:54:13:00 THEN I SEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS 00:54:13:00 00:54:19:00 LATER GRAFFITI ON. 00:54:19:00 00:54:20:00 SO IT MUST BE FRUSTRATING TO TO 00:54:20:00 00:54:23:00 YOU BUT CERTAINLY TO BE HONEST 00:54:23:00 00:54:27:00 WHAT IS WHAT CAN PREVENT US 00:54:27:00 00:54:31:00 FROM PEOPLE MOCKING THESE 00:54:31:00 00:54:32:00 BEAUTIFUL MURALS UP WITH 00:54:32:00 00:54:39:00 GRAFFITI I THINK AND I MEAN 00:54:39:00 00:54:40:00 THERE'S A CERTAIN EXTENT TO 00:54:40:00 00:54:41:00 WHICH YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN THE 00:54:41:00 00:54:43:00 CITY THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN 00:54:43:00 00:54:44:00 AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE WE'RE 00:54:44:00 00:54:46:00 TRYING TO CREATE A SYSTEM FOR 00:54:46:00 00:54:47:00 BEING ABLE TO TOUCH THOSE UP 00:54:47:00 00:54:50:00 AND KIND OF INTERVENE WORK WITH 00:54:50:00 00:54:51:00 THE ARTISTS WHEN THAT WHEN WE 00:54:51:00 00:54:52:00 SEE SOME TAGGING OR THINGS LIKE 00:54:52:00 00:54:54:00 THAT HAPPEN. 00:54:54:00 00:54:55:00 I DO THINK YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALSO 00:54:55:00 00:54:56:00 BEEN HAVING A REALLY GREAT 00:54:56:00 00:54:58:00 CONVERSATION WITH PROPERTY 00:54:58:00 00:54:59:00 MANAGEMENT AND WITH THE MAYOR'S 00:54:59:00 00:55:00:00 OFFICE ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE 00:55:00:00 00:55:03:00 TO CREATE A POSITIVE SPACE FOR 00:55:03:00 00:55:03:00 GRAFFITI. 00:55:03:00 00:55:04:00 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN 00:55:04:00 00:55:06:00 AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI THAT'S 00:55:06:00 00:55:07:00 ALWAYS GOING TO JUST WANT TO 00:55:07:00 00:55:10:00 HAPPEN WHERE YOU ON MURALS 00:55:10:00 00:55:11:00 AROUND OTHER SPACES. 00:55:11:00 00:55:14:00 BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT GRAFFITI 00:55:14:00 00:55:18:00 CAN BE AN AMAZING ART FORM. 00:55:18:00 00:55:19:00 WE HAVE A LOT OF AMAZING 00:55:19:00 00:55:20:00 WRITERS IN TOWN, GRAFFITI 00:55:20:00 00:55:23:00 ARTISTS AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT 00:55:23:00 00:55:23:00 OF CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE 00:55:23:00 00:55:26:00 CAN HAVE SPACE FOR THAT WHERE 00:55:26:00 00:55:27:00 THERE COULD BE LIKE A FREE WALL 00:55:27:00 00:55:28:00 AND I DO FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE 00:55:28:00 00:55:30:00 GOOD AS A CITY FOR US TO HAVE 00:55:30:00 00:55:30:00 LIKE A POSITIVE SPACE FOR THAT. 00:55:30:00 00:55:34:00 THAT'S NOT KIND OF TAGGING THE 00:55:34:00 00:55:34:00 ARTWORK THAT THAT ALREADY 00:55:34:00 00:55:35:00 EXISTS AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING 00:55:35:00 00:55:38:00 THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE 00:55:38:00 00:55:38:00 TO EXPLORE. 00:55:38:00 00:55:39:00 BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK 00:55:39:00 00:55:42:00 YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE 00:55:42:00 00:55:42:00 CONSERVATION DOLLARS. 00:55:42:00 00:55:43:00 IT'S WHY WE HAVE MAINTENANCE 00:55:43:00 00:55:46:00 FUNDS AND PLANS, YOU KNOW, TO 00:55:46:00 00:55:47:00 BE PREPARED FOR FOR ALL 00:55:47:00 00:55:49:00 OF THOSE THOSE THINGS THAT WILL 00:55:49:00 00:55:49:00 JUST HAPPEN. 00:55:49:00 00:55:53:00 BUT I THINK GIVEN EVERY EVERY 00:55:53:00 00:55:56:00 COUNCILOR IN THEIR DISTRICT HAS 00:55:56:00 00:55:57:00 WHETHER IT'S EXISTING MURALS 00:55:57:00 00:56:01:00 THAT HAVE BEEN TAGGED OR MURALS 00:56:01:00 00:56:01:00 THAT ARE FADING, I THINK 00:56:01:00 00:56:05:00 SOMETHING THAT WILL COME UP AS 00:56:05:00 00:56:06:00 A FOLLOW UP FOR US FROM THIS 00:56:06:00 00:56:08:00 CONVERSATION IS TO REACH OUT TO 00:56:08:00 00:56:09:00 EACH OF YOUR OFFICES AND JUST 00:56:09:00 00:56:11:00 SEE WHAT'S ON YOUR RADARS IN 00:56:11:00 00:56:13:00 TERMS OF LIKE IF THERE IS A HOT 00:56:13:00 00:56:13:00 SPOT WHERE THINGS ARE BEING, 00:56:13:00 00:56:15:00 YOU KNOW, MARKED UP ALL THE 00:56:15:00 00:56:16:00 TIME OR THERE IS SOMETHING 00:56:16:00 00:56:17:00 THAT'S FADING LIKE LET'S MAKE 00:56:17:00 00:56:19:00 SURE LET'S THAT WE THAT WE 00:56:19:00 00:56:20:00 PRIORITIZE THAT AND GET THAT IN 00:56:20:00 00:56:21:00 THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL 00:56:21:00 00:56:23:00 YEAR. 00:56:23:00 00:56:23:00 WELL, THANK YOU, KYRA. 00:56:23:00 00:56:26:00 AND TO YOUR TEAM, I ALSO WANT 00:56:26:00 00:56:27:00 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT 00:56:27:00 00:56:30:00 WORK OF GRAFFITI BUSTERS BUT 00:56:30:00 00:56:35:00 ALSO PUBLIC WORKS AND ONE ONE 00:56:35:00 00:56:36:00 OR TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT I THINK 00:56:36:00 00:56:39:00 ARE ALSO CRITICAL TO THIS IS 00:56:39:00 00:56:41:00 OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT 00:56:41:00 00:56:42:00 AND THEY OFTEN HAVE GREAT IDEAS 00:56:42:00 00:56:46:00 ABOUT HOW WE CAN CELEBRATE THE 00:56:46:00 00:56:50:00 CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR IMMIGRANT 00:56:50:00 00:56:50:00 NEIGHBORS THROUGH. 00:56:50:00 00:56:54:00 SO JUST WANT TO JUST WANT TO 00:56:54:00 00:56:55:00 HIGHLIGHT OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT 00:56:55:00 00:56:58:00 ADVANCEMENT, LANGUAGE 00:56:58:00 00:56:59:00 OF COMMUNICATION, ACCESS TO THE 00:56:59:00 00:57:01:00 IMPORTANT ROLE THEY PLAY CITY 00:57:01:00 00:57:01:00 AS WELL. 00:57:01:00 00:57:05:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. 00:57:05:00 00:57:05:00 THANK YOU. 00:57:05:00 00:57:09:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT CLINTON. 00:57:09:00 00:57:10:00 UP NEXT WE HAVE 00:57:10:00 00:57:10:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 00:57:10:00 00:57:12:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 00:57:12:00 00:57:12:00 THANK YOU. 00:57:12:00 00:57:13:00 THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU 00:57:13:00 00:57:16:00 KAREN AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING 00:57:16:00 00:57:20:00 ON AND TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT 00:57:20:00 00:57:21:00 COUNCILOR PRESIDENT FLYNN JUST 00:57:21:00 00:57:24:00 MENTIONED, I LOVE WHEN YOU SEE 00:57:24:00 00:57:25:00 THE ART AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR 00:57:25:00 00:57:28:00 WALLS HOUSING LIKE THE ONE IN 00:57:28:00 00:57:29:00 THE SOUTH END AND ONE IN 00:57:29:00 00:57:30:00 DORCHESTER RIGHT NEAR MY HOUSE. 00:57:30:00 00:57:31:00 I LOVE THOSE BIG PINK THINGS 00:57:31:00 00:57:32:00 THAT ARE GOING UP AND THE 00:57:32:00 00:57:36:00 ELECTRIC BOXES AROUND THE CITY. 00:57:36:00 00:57:39:00 IT'S IT'S NICE TO SEE THE AND I 00:57:39:00 00:57:40:00 DO THINK IT ALSO HAS AN AT 00:57:40:00 00:57:41:00 LARGE CITY COUNCIL . 00:57:41:00 00:57:43:00 IT REALLY SHOWS THE CULTURE, 00:57:43:00 00:57:44:00 THE FEEL OF DIFFERENT 00:57:44:00 00:57:44:00 NEIGHBORHOODS. 00:57:44:00 00:57:54:00 IT REFLECTS THE DIFFERENCE. 00:57:54:00 00:57:55:00 SO THAT'S NICE JUST HERE TO 00:57:55:00 00:57:56:00 LISTEN AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU 00:57:56:00 00:57:57:00 HAVE ENOUGH MONEY COMING INTO 00:57:57:00 00:57:57:00 BUDGET SEASON AS A YOU KNOW 00:57:57:00 00:57:59:00 SOMEONE ANY TIME WE'VE HAD 00:57:59:00 00:58:00:00 HEARINGS OR WE'VE TALKED YOU 00:58:00:00 00:58:01:00 KNOW, I'M A BIG SUPPORTER 00:58:01:00 00:58:03:00 OF THE ARTS AND I DO KNOW HOW 00:58:03:00 00:58:06:00 THEY DIRECTLY AFFECT OUR MENTAL 00:58:06:00 00:58:10:00 HEALTH, OUR GROWTH AND ALL 00:58:10:00 00:58:11:00 OF THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 00:58:11:00 00:58:12:00 OF NOT JUST YOUNG KIDS BUT EVEN 00:58:12:00 00:58:14:00 SENIORS EARLIER TODAY IN 00:58:14:00 00:58:15:00 BETWEEN THE BUDGET HEARINGS I 00:58:15:00 00:58:18:00 WENT OVER TO GROW PAUL AND WAS 00:58:18:00 00:58:19:00 WITH THE SENIOR CENTER AND 00:58:19:00 00:58:22:00 THEY'RE MAKING QUILTS OUT 00:58:22:00 00:58:26:00 OF OLD SWEATERS AND WE WERE 00:58:26:00 00:58:27:00 PLAYING MUSICAL BINGO SO AND 00:58:27:00 00:58:30:00 IT'S THE MEMORY CAFE OVER 00:58:30:00 00:58:31:00 THERE. 00:58:31:00 00:58:31:00 SO THERE'S JUST SO MANY 00:58:31:00 00:58:34:00 BENEFITS ACROSS THE CITY AND 00:58:34:00 00:58:35:00 THE SENIOR OUTREACH BUT ALSO 00:58:35:00 00:58:38:00 MAKING SURE THAT OUR BETSIE 00:58:38:00 00:58:39:00 WIFE AND ALL OF OUR CITY 00:58:39:00 00:58:42:00 DEPARTMENTS ARE GETTING THE 00:58:42:00 00:58:43:00 FUNDING THEY NEED BUT KNOWING 00:58:43:00 00:58:44:00 ALSO THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN 00:58:44:00 00:58:46:00 BUDGET. 00:58:46:00 00:58:47:00 SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 00:58:47:00 00:58:50:00 MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE NOT 00:58:50:00 00:58:51:00 EXPECTED TO STRETCH YOUR BUDGET 00:58:51:00 00:58:52:00 TO SUPPORT OTHER DEPARTMENTS 00:58:52:00 00:58:54:00 WHO CAN ASK FOR IT THEMSELVES. 00:58:54:00 00:58:54:00 RIGHT. 00:58:54:00 00:58:57:00 SORT OF WHEN WE GET INTO A 00:58:57:00 00:58:58:00 BUDGET SEASON AND I'M LOOKING 00:58:58:00 00:58:59:00 AT ALL OF WHERE WE'RE IN THE 00:58:59:00 00:59:02:00 BUDGET, WE'RE HERE TO TALK 00:59:02:00 00:59:02:00 ABOUT IT. 00:59:02:00 00:59:03:00 BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING 00:59:03:00 00:59:06:00 SPECIFIC OR THINGS YOU FEEL 00:59:06:00 00:59:09:00 THAT WE'RE MISSING BEFORE I 00:59:09:00 00:59:10:00 PASS IT OVER TO MY NEXT 00:59:10:00 00:59:11:00 COUNCILOR , IS THERE ANYTHING 00:59:11:00 00:59:13:00 YOU WISH YOU SAW OR SOMETHING 00:59:13:00 00:59:14:00 YOU WERE HOPING TO HAVE IN THE 00:59:14:00 00:59:17:00 BUDGET THAT YOU WANT US TO 00:59:17:00 00:59:17:00 ADVOCATE FOR? 00:59:17:00 00:59:21:00 I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT BEFORE I 00:59:21:00 00:59:24:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND I 00:59:24:00 00:59:25:00 DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S 00:59:25:00 00:59:26:00 ANYTHING MISSING FROM THE 00:59:26:00 00:59:26:00 BUDGET. 00:59:26:00 00:59:28:00 I THINK THE AREAS THAT HAVE 00:59:28:00 00:59:28:00 BEEN PRIORITIES WE'VE BEEN 00:59:28:00 00:59:31:00 REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT 00:59:31:00 00:59:32:00 HIGHLIGHTING SOMETHING SO THAT 00:59:32:00 00:59:33:00 THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE CAN SAY 00:59:33:00 00:59:36:00 THIS IS WHAT OUR ASK WOULD BE 00:59:36:00 00:59:37:00 AROUND SOMETHING LIKE CULTURAL 00:59:37:00 00:59:40:00 SPACE AND CULTURAL SPACE IS 00:59:40:00 00:59:42:00 REALLY THE MAIN AREA WHERE 00:59:42:00 00:59:44:00 FUNDING YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A 00:59:44:00 00:59:44:00 LOT OF FUNDING TO HAVE AN 00:59:44:00 00:59:47:00 INTERVENTION. 00:59:47:00 00:59:48:00 BUT I THINK BETWEEN THE ZONING 00:59:48:00 00:59:52:00 REFORM IDEAS, SOME OF CAME UP 00:59:52:00 00:59:55:00 IN THE THE LAST COUNCIL HEARING 00:59:55:00 00:59:56:00 THAT WE HAD ON AFFORDABLE SPACE 00:59:56:00 00:59:58:00 FOR MUSICIANS AND OTHER ARTISTS 00:59:58:00 00:59:59:00 , THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WAS 00:59:59:00 01:00:00:00 GREAT. 01:00:00:00 01:00:00:00 YEAH. 01:00:00:00 01:00:00:00 YEAH. 01:00:00:00 01:00:03:00 THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT POLICY. 01:00:03:00 01:00:04:00 THE ITEMS THAT I THINK YOU 01:00:04:00 01:00:07:00 KNOW, WE'RE IN A POSITION TO 01:00:07:00 01:00:08:00 MOVE FORWARD THAT CAN CREATE A 01:00:08:00 01:00:10:00 FUNDING SOURCE THAT CAN BE 01:00:10:00 01:00:11:00 DEPLOYED WITHOUT JUST KIND 01:00:11:00 01:00:11:00 OF ADDING TO THE OPERATING 01:00:11:00 01:00:14:00 BUDGET IN FISCAL YEAR. 01:00:14:00 01:00:15:00 AND I THINK THAT'S A SMART 01:00:15:00 01:00:17:00 THING FOR US TO TO BE TRYING SO 01:00:17:00 01:00:22:00 SO NOTHING SPECIFIC OUTSIDE. 01:00:22:00 01:00:23:00 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING 01:00:23:00 01:00:25:00 THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH AND 01:00:25:00 01:00:26:00 THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS 01:00:26:00 01:00:28:00 ON THEM. 01:00:28:00 01:00:29:00 SO THANK YOU. 01:00:29:00 01:00:29:00 THAT'S ALL. 01:00:29:00 01:00:32:00 THANK YOU CHAIR. 01:00:32:00 01:00:33:00 THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. 01:00:33:00 01:00:42:00 CONCLUSION. 01:00:42:00 01:00:46:00 THANK YOU MR KEEP ON MAKING 01:00:46:00 01:00:47:00 MAKING MISTAKES. 01:00:47:00 01:00:48:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK 01:00:48:00 01:00:50:00 YOU CHIEF ELLIOTT ORTEGA FOR 01:00:50:00 01:00:51:00 THE PRESENTATION. 01:00:51:00 01:00:54:00 I THINK YOU SENSE FROM EVERYONE 01:00:54:00 01:00:55:00 AND THROUGH THE EYES OF THE 01:00:55:00 01:00:57:00 SHARED ENTHUSIASM WITH MURAL'S 01:00:57:00 01:00:58:00 THE JUST THE LEVEL OF DOPAMINE 01:00:58:00 01:01:01:00 AND EXCITEMENT AND JOY THAT 01:01:01:00 01:01:02:00 ARTWORK AND PUBLIC ART CAN 01:01:02:00 01:01:06:00 PROVIDE TO OUR RESIDENTS. 01:01:06:00 01:01:07:00 SO DEFINITELY WE WERE DRIVING 01:01:07:00 01:01:10:00 IN JP EARLIER TODAY AND WAS 01:01:10:00 01:01:10:00 LOOKING AT ONE OF THE NEW 01:01:10:00 01:01:13:00 MURALS GOING UP ON THE SIDE. 01:01:13:00 01:01:14:00 I CAN'T REMEMBER THE BUILDING 01:01:14:00 01:01:17:00 BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 01:01:17:00 01:01:22:00 IT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 01:01:22:00 01:01:25:00 THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOUR OFFICE 01:01:25:00 01:01:26:00 SHOWED FOR THE DISPLACED 01:01:26:00 01:01:26:00 RESIDENTS, THE DISPLACED 01:01:26:00 01:01:29:00 ARTISTS AS A RESULT OF THE 01:01:29:00 01:01:32:00 SOUND MUSEUM AND THE WORK THAT 01:01:32:00 01:01:33:00 YOU WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THEM 01:01:33:00 01:01:34:00 ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR BRADEN'S 01:01:34:00 01:01:34:00 OFFICE AND OTHERS. 01:01:34:00 01:01:37:00 I KNOW THAT I SPOKE TO NONE 01:01:37:00 01:01:38:00 OF THOSE OF THE ART RECORDING 01:01:38:00 01:01:41:00 ARTISTS AND SO AND I KNOW 01:01:41:00 01:01:42:00 COUNCILOR BRITTON ALSO ASKED 01:01:42:00 01:01:44:00 THIS QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE CAN 01:01:44:00 01:01:47:00 BE MORE INTENTIONAL AND MORE 01:01:47:00 01:01:51:00 WHAT'S THE RIGHT WORD PROACTIVE 01:01:51:00 01:01:54:00 WITH GETTING AHEAD OF THESE 01:01:54:00 01:01:55:00 DISPLACEMENT ISSUES. 01:01:55:00 01:01:56:00 I KNOW THAT MY MY 01:01:56:00 01:01:58:00 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES COLLETTA AN 01:01:58:00 01:01:59:00 ENGINEER AND BREADON HELD A 01:01:59:00 01:02:02:00 HEARING SPECIFICALLY ON THIS 01:02:02:00 01:02:03:00 ISSUE. 01:02:03:00 01:02:04:00 BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 01:02:04:00 01:02:04:00 DISPLACEMENT, LOOKING AT THE 01:02:04:00 01:02:06:00 DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN 01:02:06:00 01:02:07:00 AND SEEING ARE WE ABLE TO 01:02:07:00 01:02:08:00 NEGOTIATE COMMUNITY BENEFITS 01:02:08:00 01:02:11:00 SPECIFICALLY FOR ARTISTS SPACE 01:02:11:00 01:02:15:00 FOR FOR WHETHER BE VISUAL 01:02:15:00 01:02:15:00 ARTISTS OR RECORDING ARTISTS 01:02:15:00 01:02:19:00 LIKE ARE WE BUILDING OUT A 01:02:19:00 01:02:22:00 STRATEGY TO BE ABLE TO TO 01:02:22:00 01:02:23:00 NEGOTIATE WITH DEVELOPERS 01:02:23:00 01:02:23:00 ESPECIALLY WHEN THE 01:02:23:00 01:02:27:00 DISPLACEMENT IS WHEN THE 01:02:27:00 01:02:27:00 DEVELOPMENT IS SPECIFICALLY 01:02:27:00 01:02:30:00 DISPLACING OR HAVING AN EFFECT 01:02:30:00 01:02:31:00 ON ARTISTS AND ALSO HOW WE'RE 01:02:31:00 01:02:34:00 THINKING ABOUT IT WITH RESPECT 01:02:34:00 01:02:35:00 TO ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE 01:02:35:00 01:02:38:00 USUALLY WANT FROM DEVELOPERS. 01:02:38:00 01:02:39:00 AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TRADE 01:02:39:00 01:02:39:00 OFFS. 01:02:39:00 01:02:41:00 SO HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT 01:02:41:00 01:02:42:00 THE CITY WHEN WHEN WHEN WE'RE 01:02:42:00 01:02:46:00 TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT NEEDS TO 01:02:46:00 01:02:47:00 BE PRIORITIZED, WHETHER WE'RE 01:02:47:00 01:02:47:00 TALKING ABOUT SPACE FOR ARTISTS 01:02:47:00 01:02:50:00 BASED NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE 01:02:50:00 01:02:50:00 HOUSING, THOSE SORT OF TRADE 01:02:50:00 01:02:51:00 OFFS? 01:02:51:00 01:02:53:00 HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES SENSE. 01:02:53:00 01:02:54:00 YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S THE BIG 01:02:54:00 01:02:57:00 QUESTION I THINK A COUPLE 01:02:57:00 01:02:58:00 OF THINGS AS WE CONTINUE TO BE 01:02:58:00 01:03:00:00 KIND OF EMBEDDED IN PLANNING 01:03:00:00 01:03:01:00 AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND WE 01:03:01:00 01:03:04:00 ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AN 01:03:04:00 01:03:05:00 CREATING A RECOMMENDATION FOR 01:03:05:00 01:03:09:00 THE CITY AROUND WHICH AREAS 01:03:09:00 01:03:09:00 SHOULD PRIORITIZE EITHER 01:03:09:00 01:03:13:00 CREATING THAT KIND OF SPACE OR 01:03:13:00 01:03:13:00 SUPPORTING THROUGH COMMUNITY 01:03:13:00 01:03:17:00 BENEFITS FUNDING SPACE 01:03:17:00 01:03:17:00 SOMEWHERE ELSE. 01:03:17:00 01:03:18:00 AND THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT 01:03:18:00 01:03:19:00 WAYS THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT 01:03:19:00 01:03:20:00 THAT. 01:03:20:00 01:03:21:00 WE COULD THINK ABOUT THE 01:03:21:00 01:03:21:00 CULTURAL DISTRICTS AROUND THE 01:03:21:00 01:03:22:00 CITY, PARTS OF THE CITY THAT 01:03:22:00 01:03:25:00 HAVE HAD STRONG CULTURAL 01:03:25:00 01:03:26:00 CENTERS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE 01:03:26:00 01:03:29:00 BEEN LOST OR THAT HAVE THEM NOW 01:03:29:00 01:03:30:00 BUT THEY'RE AT RISK AND THOSE 01:03:30:00 01:03:32:00 WOULD BE GEOGRAPHIES WE WOULD 01:03:32:00 01:03:32:00 WANT TO FOCUS ON. 01:03:32:00 01:03:33:00 ANOTHER ONE IS THINKING ABOUT 01:03:33:00 01:03:36:00 WHERE THERE'S LIKE INDUSTRIAL 01:03:36:00 01:03:37:00 SPACE AROUND THE CITY THAT 01:03:37:00 01:03:37:00 MIGHT BE CONVERTING INTO 01:03:37:00 01:03:40:00 HOUSING WHICH WE REALLY NEED. 01:03:40:00 01:03:41:00 BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN WE 01:03:41:00 01:03:43:00 LOSE THOSE SPACES WE LOSE 01:03:43:00 01:03:44:00 SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE 01:03:44:00 01:03:44:00 CREATIVE WORK. 01:03:44:00 01:03:45:00 SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO 01:03:45:00 01:03:48:00 KIND LOOK AT THE CITY AND SAY 01:03:48:00 01:03:48:00 THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE 01:03:48:00 01:03:49:00 DEVELOPMENT CAME HERE. 01:03:49:00 01:03:51:00 WE THINK IT SHOULD DO X, Y AND 01:03:51:00 01:03:52:00 Z AND WHERE WE'RE WORKING ON 01:03:52:00 01:03:55:00 ARTICULATING THAT NOW. 01:03:55:00 01:03:56:00 I THINK ADDITIONALLY AND THIS 01:03:56:00 01:03:58:00 IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO 01:03:58:00 01:04:02:00 CREATE ONE FUND TO HOLD THE 01:04:02:00 01:04:03:00 MITIGATION DOLLARS AND 01:04:03:00 01:04:03:00 COMMUNITY BENEFIT DOLLARS FROM 01:04:03:00 01:04:06:00 THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE AS YOU 01:04:06:00 01:04:07:00 ALL KNOW IN AN IDEAL WORLD WE 01:04:07:00 01:04:10:00 WOULD BE ABLE TO JUST RECREATE 01:04:10:00 01:04:11:00 WHAT WAS LAST RIGHT NEXT DOOR. 01:04:11:00 01:04:14:00 BUT THAT'S NOT HOW THE BOSTON 01:04:14:00 01:04:15:00 LAND MARKET WORKS AND THE BEST 01:04:15:00 01:04:18:00 THING FOR MUSIC COMMUNITY OR 01:04:18:00 01:04:19:00 VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY MIGHT BE 01:04:19:00 01:04:22:00 TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT 01:04:22:00 01:04:23:00 NEIGHBORHOOD WHEREVER THAT 01:04:23:00 01:04:23:00 SPACE IS AVAILABLE. 01:04:23:00 01:04:26:00 AND SO WE NEED THE FLEXIBILITY 01:04:26:00 01:04:27:00 TO BE ABLE TO CENTRALIZE SOME 01:04:27:00 01:04:29:00 OF THOSE FUNDS AND THEN BE ABLE 01:04:29:00 01:04:30:00 TO MOVE AROUND ALSO BECAUSE 01:04:30:00 01:04:31:00 THAT'S MORE EQUITABLE. 01:04:31:00 01:04:33:00 YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE ONLY 01:04:33:00 01:04:34:00 CREATING CULTURAL SPACES WHERE 01:04:34:00 01:04:34:00 DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING THEN 01:04:34:00 01:04:38:00 THAT'S LEAVING OUT LARGE CHUNKS 01:04:38:00 01:04:38:00 OF THE CITY. 01:04:38:00 01:04:40:00 SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS 01:04:40:00 01:04:41:00 WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO 01:04:41:00 01:04:41:00 WORK ON. 01:04:41:00 01:04:42:00 BUT THAT FIRST PART IS 01:04:42:00 01:04:45:00 DEFINITELY A POLICY THAT WE 01:04:45:00 01:04:47:00 WANT TO TAKE A STAB AT AND SEE 01:04:47:00 01:04:49:00 IF WE CAN WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S 01:04:49:00 01:04:53:00 OFFICE AGAIN, ZONING REFORM IS 01:04:53:00 01:04:54:00 GOING TO BE A BIG WAY THAT THAT 01:04:54:00 01:04:56:00 COULD HAPPEN AND SEE IF WE GET 01:04:56:00 01:04:57:00 THAT AS A POLICY AND THANK YOU. 01:04:57:00 01:05:01:00 I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER. 01:05:01:00 01:05:02:00 I ALSO A LOT OF TIMES WE GET 01:05:02:00 01:05:04:00 THESE BENEFITS FROM DEVELOPERS 01:05:04:00 01:05:05:00 AS PART OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS 01:05:05:00 01:05:05:00 AGREEMENTS WITH THERE'S 01:05:05:00 01:05:08:00 ACTUALLY SO THERE'S AND I'M NOT 01:05:08:00 01:05:09:00 GOING TO SAY ALWAYS BUT 01:05:09:00 01:05:09:00 OFTENTIMES THERE'S NO FOLLOW 01:05:09:00 01:05:09:00 THROUGH. 01:05:09:00 01:05:11:00 SO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS 01:05:11:00 01:05:12:00 PROMISED BUT WE DON'T ENSURE 01:05:12:00 01:05:15:00 THE EXECUTION AND I THINK LIKE 01:05:15:00 01:05:16:00 WE ARE LEAVING DOLLARS ON THE 01:05:16:00 01:05:17:00 TABLE MUCH NEEDED DOLLARS ON 01:05:17:00 01:05:20:00 THE TABLE FOR OUR CULTURAL 01:05:20:00 01:05:22:00 INSTITUTIONS AND SO THE MORE 01:05:22:00 01:05:23:00 THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO AND 01:05:23:00 01:05:24:00 THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE TALKED 01:05:24:00 01:05:26:00 TO BBJ ABOUT QUITE A BIT TO 01:05:26:00 01:05:30:00 ENSURE EXECUTION WHEN WE DO 01:05:30:00 01:05:31:00 WHEN WE DO WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE 01:05:31:00 01:05:35:00 ABLE TO NEGOTIATE FOR YOU KNOW, 01:05:35:00 01:05:36:00 WHETHER IT'S IQ ARE RIGHT, IQ 01:05:36:00 01:05:39:00 ARE IN BRITAIN SAYING THAT THEY 01:05:39:00 01:05:39:00 ARE GOING TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL 01:05:39:00 01:05:42:00 SPACE FOR OURS. 01:05:42:00 01:05:43:00 HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT HAPPENS 01:05:43:00 01:05:44:00 AND STAY ON THEM TO MAKE SURE 01:05:44:00 01:05:47:00 THAT HAPPENS? 01:05:47:00 01:05:48:00 AND SO I JUST WANT TO SEE US DO 01:05:48:00 01:05:50:00 A BETTER JOB AS A CITY, WHETHER 01:05:50:00 01:05:51:00 IT'S MONETARY, WHETHER IT'S 01:05:51:00 01:05:54:00 MONETARY OR ACTUAL SOMETHING 01:05:54:00 01:05:57:00 MATERIAL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO 01:05:57:00 01:05:58:00 FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT AND I 01:05:58:00 01:06:02:00 GUESS MY OTHER MY OTHER MY 01:06:02:00 01:06:03:00 OTHER JUST PIE IN THE SKY IDEA 01:06:03:00 01:06:06:00 I THINK THAT I JUST WANT TO SEE 01:06:06:00 01:06:09:00 US DO A BETTER JOB 01:06:09:00 01:06:10:00 OF SUPPORTING AND I THINK MY 01:06:10:00 01:06:13:00 COLLEAGUES SAID THIS TO YOUNG 01:06:13:00 01:06:17:00 BIOPUNK ARTISTS IT IS REALLY 01:06:17:00 01:06:18:00 EXPENSIVE TO RENT SPACE. 01:06:18:00 01:06:20:00 IT IS REALLY IT IS REALLY HARD 01:06:20:00 01:06:21:00 FOR FOLKS TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN 01:06:21:00 01:06:22:00 BE AN ARTIST. 01:06:22:00 01:06:24:00 IT IS REALLY HARD FOR FOLKS YOU 01:06:24:00 01:06:25:00 KNOW WHAT I WHAT I'VE HEARD YOU 01:06:25:00 01:06:26:00 KNOW, FROM FROM BEING ABLE TO 01:06:26:00 01:06:28:00 LIKE OBTAIN THE ARTIST 01:06:28:00 01:06:29:00 PREFERENCE EVEN WHEN IT COMES 01:06:29:00 01:06:29:00 TO HOUSING. 01:06:29:00 01:06:32:00 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A 01:06:32:00 01:06:36:00 LOT OF DISINFORMATION, LACK 01:06:36:00 01:06:37:00 OF INFORMATION AROUND THAT 01:06:37:00 01:06:37:00 PROCESS. 01:06:37:00 01:06:40:00 SO I KNOW THAT IF HE CAN HEAR 01:06:40:00 01:06:41:00 IT USED UP, I KNOW THAT'S GOING 01:06:41:00 01:06:42:00 TO BE A FOCUS OF OF YOUR 01:06:42:00 01:06:42:00 OFFICE. 01:06:42:00 01:06:43:00 I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON 01:06:43:00 01:06:44:00 THE NEED FOR US TO REALLY BE 01:06:44:00 01:06:47:00 WORKING FOR THE ARTISTS. 01:06:47:00 01:06:48:00 I JUST TALKED TO AN ARTIST THE 01:06:48:00 01:06:49:00 OTHER DAY WHO I UNIMAC WHO'S 01:06:49:00 01:06:51:00 DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN AND 01:06:51:00 01:06:52:00 MAKING IT AND WRITING IT BUT 01:06:52:00 01:06:55:00 IT'S NOT WITHOUT WITHOUT 01:06:55:00 01:06:56:00 STRUGGLE AND I'M AFRAID YOU 01:06:56:00 01:06:58:00 KNOW, ROOTING THESE 01:06:58:00 01:06:59:00 CONVERSATIONS AND THAT WHAT ARE 01:06:59:00 01:07:00:00 YOU THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE 01:07:00:00 01:07:02:00 TO DO WITH THE HISTORICAL 01:07:02:00 01:07:03:00 REASONS WHY OUR COMMUNITIES 01:07:03:00 01:07:03:00 LACK THE CAPITAL TO BE ABLE TO 01:07:03:00 01:07:06:00 SURVIVE AS ARTISTS. 01:07:06:00 01:07:07:00 AND SO I WANT TO SEE MORE 01:07:07:00 01:07:08:00 OF OUR DOLLARS GOING TO THAT 01:07:08:00 01:07:09:00 WORK IN MORE OF OUR DOLLARS 01:07:09:00 01:07:10:00 WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES 01:07:10:00 01:07:14:00 AND STRENGTHENING THEIR CULTURE 01:07:14:00 01:07:14:00 . 01:07:14:00 01:07:15:00 I'M HAITIAN. 01:07:15:00 01:07:16:00 I KNOW THAT THERE'S A THERE'S 01:07:16:00 01:07:18:00 BEEN AN THANK COUNCILOR FOR 01:07:18:00 01:07:18:00 LIKE A LITTLE HAITI. 01:07:18:00 01:07:21:00 SO JUST PUTTING THAT ON THE 01:07:21:00 01:07:22:00 TABLE. 01:07:22:00 01:07:22:00 THANK YOU. 01:07:22:00 01:07:23:00 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S TIME TO 01:07:23:00 01:07:24:00 RESPOND TO ANYTHING THAT I PUT 01:07:24:00 01:07:25:00 OUT THERE. 01:07:25:00 01:07:29:00 I WOULD JUST DEFINITELY AGREE 01:07:29:00 01:07:33:00 NEEDS ACCESS IS SOMETHING THAT 01:07:33:00 01:07:34:00 AND IS SUPPORTING THESE 01:07:34:00 01:07:34:00 PROGRAMS I THINK IS SOMETHING 01:07:34:00 01:07:36:00 THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB 01:07:36:00 01:07:37:00 OF OUTSIDE OF JUST WORKING WITH 01:07:37:00 01:07:40:00 THE YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATION 01:07:40:00 01:07:40:00 . 01:07:40:00 01:07:41:00 SO I WOULD JUST DISAGREE WITH 01:07:41:00 01:07:48:00 YOU JUST I THANK YOU, 01:07:48:00 01:07:48:00 COUNCILOR . 01:07:48:00 01:07:51:00 OVERALL YOU HAVE FOR THANK YOU 01:07:51:00 01:07:52:00 MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU CHIEF 01:07:52:00 01:07:56:00 ELLIOTT ORTEGA, REST OF THE 01:07:56:00 01:07:57:00 TEAM FOR BEING IN ALL THE WORK 01:07:57:00 01:07:59:00 THAT YOU DO HERE IN THE CITY 01:07:59:00 01:08:00:00 OF BOSTON. 01:08:00:00 01:08:00:00 IT IS HELPS BEAUTIFY THE 01:08:00:00 01:08:02:00 NEIGHBORHOOD AND APPRECIATE ALL 01:08:02:00 01:08:03:00 OF IT. 01:08:03:00 01:08:06:00 I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 01:08:06:00 01:08:07:00 THE EXTERNAL FUNDS THAT GOES TO 01:08:07:00 01:08:10:00 THE STRAND THEATER IS THAT JUST 01:08:10:00 01:08:14:00 MORE SO FOR MAINTENANCE OR 01:08:14:00 01:08:14:00 OPERATING? 01:08:14:00 01:08:18:00 WHAT IS WHAT DOES THAT FUND FOR 01:08:18:00 01:08:18:00 ? 01:08:18:00 01:08:19:00 AND THEN ALSO I LOVE THE 01:08:19:00 01:08:20:00 STRANGLER GO INTO THE STREET 01:08:20:00 01:08:21:00 AND SEEING SOMEONE PLAYS AND 01:08:21:00 01:08:25:00 PERFORMANCES IN TERMS OF USAGE 01:08:25:00 01:08:29:00 ARE WE SEEING LIKE THE INCREASE 01:08:29:00 01:08:30:00 BOOKING OF THE TREND FOR SHOWS 01:08:30:00 01:08:36:00 COMING IN PERFORMANCES? 01:08:36:00 01:08:37:00 THANK YOU COUNCILOR . 01:08:37:00 01:08:38:00 IN TERMS OF THE REVOLVING FUND 01:08:38:00 01:08:41:00 FOR THE STRAND AND NIGHT, I 01:08:41:00 01:08:42:00 FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN HERE BUT 01:08:42:00 01:08:44:00 MOST OF THAT DOES GO TOWARD THE 01:08:44:00 01:08:45:00 DIRECT COST THAT WE HAVE IN THE 01:08:45:00 01:08:45:00 THEATER. 01:08:45:00 01:08:49:00 SO GISAENG SUPPLIES FIXING 01:08:49:00 01:08:53:00 THINGS A LOT OF THINGS TO FIX 01:08:53:00 01:08:55:00 AND A BUILDING FROM 1918 AND 01:08:55:00 01:08:56:00 ALSO FROM THE REVOLVING FUND WE 01:08:56:00 01:09:00:00 ALSO PAY USHERS AND THINGS LIKE 01:09:00:00 01:09:00:00 THAT. 01:09:00:00 01:09:03:00 SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THAT 01:09:03:00 01:09:04:00 ENTIRE FUND IS SUPPORTING IS 01:09:04:00 01:09:06:00 THE DIRECT COST OF OPERATING 01:09:06:00 01:09:07:00 THEATER NINE. 01:09:07:00 01:09:08:00 AM I MISSING ANYTHING ON THAT? 01:09:08:00 01:09:08:00 YEAH. 01:09:08:00 01:09:12:00 OK, AND YOUR SECOND QUESTION 01:09:12:00 01:09:15:00 ABOUT USAGE AND WE'RE SEEING A 01:09:15:00 01:09:16:00 LOT OF DEMAND FOR THE THEATER 01:09:16:00 01:09:18:00 WE DID LAST YEAR AS WELL. 01:09:18:00 01:09:19:00 A LOT OF EVENTS. 01:09:19:00 01:09:20:00 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 01:09:20:00 01:09:22:00 WANT TO DO WORK THERE. 01:09:22:00 01:09:23:00 IT'S I THINK COME BACK. 01:09:23:00 01:09:27:00 WE WERE OBVIOUSLY CLOSED AT ONE 01:09:27:00 01:09:27:00 POINT DURING COVID. 01:09:27:00 01:09:31:00 I DON'T SEE THOSE NUMBERS AS 01:09:31:00 01:09:35:00 BEING LOWER THAN THEY WERE 01:09:35:00 01:09:35:00 RECORDED NECESSARILY. 01:09:35:00 01:09:36:00 IT'S BEEN HARD FOR SOME 01:09:36:00 01:09:38:00 ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAYBE 01:09:38:00 01:09:38:00 USUALLY DO PRODUCTIONS IN THE 01:09:38:00 01:09:39:00 STRAND THAT ARE STILL KIND 01:09:39:00 01:09:42:00 OF MAKING THEIR WAY BACK. 01:09:42:00 01:09:43:00 AND SO WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE 01:09:43:00 01:09:44:00 OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SAID 01:09:44:00 01:09:46:00 YOU CAN'T DO A PRODUCTION THIS 01:09:46:00 01:09:47:00 YEAR AND WE'RE STILL RECOVERING 01:09:47:00 01:09:49:00 FROM MEXICO NINETEEN. 01:09:49:00 01:09:50:00 BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT'S IT'S 01:09:50:00 01:09:53:00 BEEN PRETTY WELL USED. 01:09:53:00 01:09:53:00 I THINK OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE 01:09:53:00 01:09:54:00 RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY JUST 01:09:54:00 01:09:57:00 STAFFING. 01:09:57:00 01:09:58:00 WE HAVE A VACANT POSITION THAT 01:09:58:00 01:10:01:00 WE NEED TO GET HOSTED AND 01:10:01:00 01:10:02:00 FILLED IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE 01:10:02:00 01:10:05:00 TECHNICAL PRODUCTION SIDE, THE 01:10:05:00 01:10:05:00 THEATER. 01:10:05:00 01:10:06:00 AND THAT'S JUST A IT'S A REALLY 01:10:06:00 01:10:09:00 CHALLENGING MARKET RIGHT NOW 01:10:09:00 01:10:10:00 EVERY THEATER IS HAVING A HARD 01:10:10:00 01:10:12:00 TIME FINDING TECHNICAL STAFF. 01:10:12:00 01:10:17:00 PEOPLE HAVE AFTER COVID MANY, 01:10:17:00 01:10:18:00 MANY PEOPLE WHO DO THAT KIND 01:10:18:00 01:10:18:00 OF WORK HAVE ACTUALLY JUST GONE 01:10:18:00 01:10:20:00 TO OTHER LINES OF WORK ENTIRELY 01:10:20:00 01:10:21:00 . 01:10:21:00 01:10:22:00 SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE 01:10:22:00 01:10:22:00 WORKING ON AND TROUBLESHOOTING 01:10:22:00 01:10:23:00 NOW. 01:10:23:00 01:10:27:00 BUT BUT THE DEMAND IS THERE AND 01:10:27:00 01:10:28:00 WE CAN SPEND SOME EXACT NUMBERS 01:10:28:00 01:10:31:00 IF THAT'S HELPFUL. 01:10:31:00 01:10:34:00 YEAH, THAT'S WE HAVE A FEW 01:10:34:00 01:10:34:00 ADDED. 01:10:34:00 01:10:35:00 WE'D LIKE TO ALSO ADVOCATE FOR 01:10:35:00 01:10:38:00 MURAL'S IN THESE AREAS. 01:10:38:00 01:10:42:00 THERE'S A BRIDGE ON NORFOLK 01:10:42:00 01:10:43:00 STREET CINEMA FOR A BRIDGE 01:10:43:00 01:10:46:00 WE'RE DOING OVER LIKE WE DID 01:10:46:00 01:10:47:00 OVER THE STEPS LAST YEAR. 01:10:47:00 01:10:50:00 THEY DID SOME BEAUTIFICATION 01:10:50:00 01:10:51:00 GOING ON THESE OUR GUIDE 01:10:51:00 01:10:54:00 GUARDRAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 01:10:54:00 01:10:58:00 STAIRS OF THIS WALL AND AT ALSO 01:10:58:00 01:10:59:00 THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS IS A 01:10:59:00 01:11:01:00 VACANT LOT THAT COMMUNITIES 01:11:01:00 01:11:02:00 LOOKING TO TURN INTO A 01:11:02:00 01:11:05:00 COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT WE WOULD 01:11:05:00 01:11:06:00 LOVE TO SEE IF WE COULD TURN 01:11:06:00 01:11:09:00 THAT WALL IN FRONT OF THIS 01:11:09:00 01:11:10:00 COMMUNITY AT THE BOTTOM 01:11:10:00 01:11:13:00 OF STAIRS INTO A MURAL. 01:11:13:00 01:11:14:00 IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S ON BABSON'S 01:11:14:00 01:11:17:00 STREET OR MASTERSHIP I CAN GET 01:11:17:00 01:11:21:00 TO THE ACTUAL 82 MASCHA STREET 01:11:21:00 01:11:22:00 I BELIEVE IT IS IS THE ADDRESS 01:11:22:00 01:11:25:00 OF THIS WALL OF MEN. 01:11:25:00 01:11:28:00 WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO HAVE DONE 01:11:28:00 01:11:33:00 ON PARK WHICH IS A SOCCER FIELD 01:11:33:00 01:11:36:00 BUT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET 01:11:36:00 01:11:37:00 FROM SALEM PARK IS A BRIDGE 01:11:37:00 01:11:40:00 THAT'S ON THE CORNER 01:11:40:00 01:11:41:00 OF COLUMBIA ROAD IN RICHFIELD 01:11:41:00 01:11:45:00 AND THESE BIG COLUMNS AND 01:11:45:00 01:11:47:00 THERE'S THIS WALL WHERE THE 01:11:47:00 01:11:48:00 SOCCER PLAYERS USUALLY HANG OUT 01:11:48:00 01:11:51:00 WHILE THEY'RE PLAYING SOCCER OR 01:11:51:00 01:11:52:00 BEFORE THEY PLAY SOCCER BECAUSE 01:11:52:00 01:11:55:00 ON SATURDAY SUNDAYS IT'S 01:11:55:00 01:11:56:00 BUSTLING. 01:11:56:00 01:11:59:00 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF WE CAN 01:11:59:00 01:12:00:00 CREATE SOME SORT OF GRANT TO OR 01:12:00:00 01:12:03:00 IF WE HAVE A GRANT TO PAINT 01:12:03:00 01:12:04:00 THAT UNDERPASS, JUST BEAUTIFY 01:12:04:00 01:12:07:00 THAT THAT'S A VERY ACTIVE AREA 01:12:07:00 01:12:09:00 DURING THE SUMMERTIME WITH 01:12:09:00 01:12:17:00 SOCCER LEAGUES BOTH WITH THOSE 01:12:17:00 01:12:21:00 AWESOME DEJI AND ONE OF MY 01:12:21:00 01:12:25:00 OTHER WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE 01:12:25:00 01:12:26:00 ABOUT CULTURAL DISTRICTS. 01:12:26:00 01:12:30:00 I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FOR HERE IN 01:12:30:00 01:12:30:00 THE CITY OF BOSTON WHAT WHAT 01:12:30:00 01:12:33:00 GOES INTO CREATING A WINNING 01:12:33:00 01:12:36:00 APPLICATION FOR CULTURALIST 01:12:36:00 01:12:41:00 SHOZO CULTURAL DISTRICTS ARE A 01:12:41:00 01:12:41:00 DESIGNATION FROM THE STATE FROM 01:12:41:00 01:12:44:00 THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL 01:12:44:00 01:12:44:00 COUNCIL . 01:12:44:00 01:12:45:00 SO THE CITY'S ROLE IS A LITTLE 01:12:45:00 01:12:48:00 BIT AS INTERMEDIARY LOCAL GROUP 01:12:48:00 01:12:52:00 CAN APPLY TO THE STATE IN 01:12:52:00 01:12:53:00 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. 01:12:53:00 01:12:55:00 SO THAT REQUIRES CITY 01:12:55:00 01:12:56:00 COUNCIL APPROVAL AND THEN THE 01:12:56:00 01:13:00:00 CITY ENTERS INTO A MEMORANDUM 01:13:00:00 01:13:01:00 OF AGREEMENT WITH THE ENTITY 01:13:01:00 01:13:04:00 THAT IS TECHNICALLY MANAGING 01:13:04:00 01:13:04:00 THE DISTRICT. 01:13:04:00 01:13:05:00 SO FOR EXAMPLE, BOSTON'S LATIN 01:13:05:00 01:13:08:00 QUARTER AND SQUARE IS MANAGED 01:13:08:00 01:13:09:00 BY THE HEIDELBERG TASK FORCE 01:13:09:00 01:13:10:00 AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH 01:13:10:00 01:13:12:00 THEM ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO THAT. 01:13:12:00 01:13:13:00 EACH DISTRICT IS A LITTLE BIT 01:13:13:00 01:13:16:00 DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF I THINK 01:13:16:00 01:13:17:00 HOW THEY WOULD DEFINE SUCCESS 01:13:17:00 01:13:19:00 BUT ALL OF THEM ARE FOCUSED ON 01:13:19:00 01:13:23:00 CREATING AND SUPPORTING ARTS 01:13:23:00 01:13:23:00 AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY IS 01:13:23:00 01:13:27:00 SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS PUBLIC 01:13:27:00 01:13:28:00 ART ACTIVITY AND THE GEOGRAPHY 01:13:28:00 01:13:32:00 OF THE DISTRICT AND A COUPLE 01:13:32:00 01:13:33:00 OF THEM ARE MORE FOCUSED ON 01:13:33:00 01:13:35:00 TOURISM AND BRINGING PEOPLE IN 01:13:35:00 01:13:36:00 FENWAY CULTURAL DISTRICT WORKS 01:13:36:00 01:13:39:00 WITH THE INSTITUTION IN THE 01:13:39:00 01:13:40:00 FENWAY AND SO THEY DO A LOT 01:13:40:00 01:13:43:00 OF THINKING ABOUT HOW PEOPLE 01:13:43:00 01:13:44:00 HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING AND 01:13:44:00 01:13:45:00 ACCESS TO THAT AREA AND THOSE 01:13:45:00 01:13:48:00 INSTITUTIONS AND BUT I THINK 01:13:48:00 01:13:51:00 WHAT WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF IS 01:13:51:00 01:13:51:00 PEOPLE TURNING TO CULTURAL 01:13:51:00 01:13:52:00 DISTRICTS AS A WAY 01:13:52:00 01:13:53:00 OF PRESERVING THEIR THEIR 01:13:53:00 01:13:55:00 CULTURAL IDENTITY AND THEIR 01:13:55:00 01:13:56:00 HERITAGE, WHICH IS SOMETHING 01:13:56:00 01:13:59:00 THAT WE REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT 01:13:59:00 01:13:59:00 . 01:13:59:00 01:14:00:00 SO IN THIS PAST YEAR WE ALSO 01:14:00:00 01:14:03:00 MADE MATCHING GRANTS TO ALL 01:14:03:00 01:14:04:00 OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS THAT 01:14:04:00 01:14:05:00 THEY WERE GETTING BOTH LOCAL 01:14:05:00 01:14:07:00 AND STATE SUPPORT SO THAT THEY 01:14:07:00 01:14:11:00 COULD REALLY DO THOSE PROGRAMS 01:14:11:00 01:14:12:00 THAT REALLY REFLECT THE 01:14:12:00 01:14:12:00 POPULATIONS THAT ARE THERE. 01:14:12:00 01:14:13:00 RIGHT. 01:14:13:00 01:14:15:00 WHICH IS PART OF WHAT THEY'RE 01:14:15:00 01:14:16:00 TRYING TO MAKE VISIBLE. 01:14:16:00 01:14:19:00 SO THAT'S LIKE A QUICK SENSE 01:14:19:00 01:14:23:00 OF BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO 01:14:23:00 01:14:24:00 ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE 01:14:24:00 01:14:27:00 DISTRICT PROGRAM, HAPPY TO 01:14:27:00 01:14:27:00 CONNECT THEM TO THE STATE AS 01:14:27:00 01:14:28:00 WELL. 01:14:28:00 01:14:29:00 WE WORK IN REALLY CLOSE 01:14:29:00 01:14:30:00 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MASS 01:14:30:00 01:14:31:00 CULTURAL COUNCIL SO THAT'S 01:14:31:00 01:14:32:00 USUALLY JUST ONE ONE BIG 01:14:32:00 01:14:34:00 CONVERSATION AND HAPPY TO HELP 01:14:34:00 01:14:35:00 ANYBODY WITH THAT PROCESS. 01:14:35:00 01:14:35:00 ABSOLUTELY. 01:14:35:00 01:14:38:00 YEAH, I LOVE TO CONNECT YOU 01:14:38:00 01:14:38:00 WITH THOSE WHO ARE INQUIRING 01:14:38:00 01:14:42:00 ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND THEN I 01:14:42:00 01:14:42:00 JUST HAVE A FEW BUDGET 01:14:42:00 01:14:43:00 QUESTIONS SO I CAN HAVE A 01:14:43:00 01:14:45:00 DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE 01:14:45:00 01:14:46:00 NUMBERS. 01:14:46:00 01:14:46:00 SORRY , CASTLE. 01:14:46:00 01:14:49:00 WELL YOUR TIME'S UP. 01:14:49:00 01:14:50:00 HIS ACT IS ONE QUESTION JUST TO 01:14:50:00 01:14:56:00 GET IN ON THE RECORD IS WHAT 01:14:56:00 01:14:57:00 WHAT WHAT SERVICES ARE WE 01:14:57:00 01:15:00:00 CONTRACTED OUT? 01:15:00:00 01:15:01:00 AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS WHAT 01:15:01:00 01:15:05:00 GOES INTO OTHER CURRENT CHARGES 01:15:05:00 01:15:08:00 IN THE LAST TWO. 01:15:08:00 01:15:09:00 CHIEF, I'LL I'LL I'LL BE HAPPY 01:15:09:00 01:15:12:00 TO ALLOW TIME FOR THAT. 01:15:12:00 01:15:13:00 WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO OUR NEXT 01:15:13:00 01:15:15:00 CONVERSATION WITH TOURISM 01:15:15:00 01:15:16:00 OFFICE OF TOURISM. 01:15:16:00 01:15:20:00 MR BORDERS, IF YOU ARE READY TO 01:15:20:00 01:15:20:00 DO YOUR PRESENTATION, YOUR 01:15:20:00 01:15:23:00 FLOOR IS YOURS. 01:15:23:00 01:15:27:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . 01:15:27:00 01:15:28:00 I WILL NOT BE PRESENTING ANY 01:15:28:00 01:15:32:00 SLIDES THAT I WILL SHARE MY 01:15:32:00 01:15:32:00 OPENING STATEMENT. 01:15:32:00 01:15:36:00 GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL OF YOU. 01:15:36:00 01:15:37:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 01:15:37:00 01:15:37:00 OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. 01:15:37:00 01:15:38:00 MY NAME IS JOHN PORTER'S THE 01:15:38:00 01:15:39:00 FOURTH. 01:15:39:00 01:15:40:00 I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 01:15:40:00 01:15:41:00 OF TOURISM SPORTS AND 01:15:41:00 01:15:44:00 ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE CITY 01:15:44:00 01:15:44:00 OF BOSTON. 01:15:44:00 01:15:45:00 OUR OFFICE IS A PART OF THE 01:15:45:00 01:15:47:00 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INCLUSION 01:15:47:00 01:15:50:00 CABINET WHOSE VISION OF BOSTON 01:15:50:00 01:15:51:00 IS THAT IT WOULD BE A 01:15:51:00 01:15:52:00 RESILIENT, ECONOMICALLY 01:15:52:00 01:15:54:00 EQUITABLE, VIBRANT AND 01:15:54:00 01:15:55:00 SUSTAINABLE CITY IN BOSTON THAT 01:15:55:00 01:15:59:00 CENTERS PEOPLE IN BOSTON THAT 01:15:59:00 01:15:59:00 CREATES OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD 01:15:59:00 01:16:02:00 GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR ALL AS 01:16:02:00 01:16:03:00 A CABINET OUR SHARED PRIORITIES 01:16:03:00 01:16:05:00 INCLUDE COVID 01:16:05:00 01:16:06:00 RECOVERY NEIGHBORHOOD 01:16:06:00 01:16:10:00 REVITALIZATION SHIFTINGS CITY 01:16:10:00 01:16:10:00 INVESTMENT AND PROSPERITY FOR 01:16:10:00 01:16:14:00 ALL OUR OFFICES MAKING IMPACTS 01:16:14:00 01:16:15:00 ACROSS EACH OF THESE GOALS WITH 01:16:15:00 01:16:17:00 INVESTMENTS IN EQUITABLE 01:16:17:00 01:16:18:00 RECOVERY OF THE TOURISM 01:16:18:00 01:16:19:00 INDUSTRY DOWNTOWN AND 01:16:19:00 01:16:22:00 NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS IN 01:16:22:00 01:16:22:00 ASSURING BOSTON REMAINS A 01:16:22:00 01:16:26:00 VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE CITY FOR 01:16:26:00 01:16:27:00 THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, THE 01:16:27:00 01:16:30:00 MISSION OF OUR DEPARTMENT IS TO 01:16:30:00 01:16:31:00 ADVANCE TOURISM AND PROMOTE 01:16:31:00 01:16:34:00 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC 01:16:34:00 01:16:35:00 CELEBRATIONS FROM BOTH 01:16:35:00 01:16:38:00 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO OUR 01:16:38:00 01:16:38:00 CITY. 01:16:38:00 01:16:41:00 WE DO THIS BY PRODUCING AND 01:16:41:00 01:16:42:00 SUPPORTING EVENTS ACROSS THE 01:16:42:00 01:16:45:00 CITY BY SUPPORTING FILM AND TV 01:16:45:00 01:16:46:00 PRODUCTION AND BY MARKETING THE 01:16:46:00 01:16:49:00 CITY TO CONVENTIONS AND 01:16:49:00 01:16:49:00 VISITORS ALIKE. 01:16:49:00 01:16:50:00 THE TOURISM, SPORTS AND 01:16:50:00 01:16:53:00 ENTERTAINMENT IS A SMALL 01:16:53:00 01:16:57:00 DEPARTMENT COMPOSED OF ELEVEN 01:16:57:00 01:16:58:00 FULL TIME AND PART TIME 01:16:58:00 01:16:58:00 EMPLOYEES. 01:16:58:00 01:17:01:00 TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT FEMALE. 01:17:01:00 01:17:02:00 SEVENTY THREE PERCENT MALE. 01:17:02:00 01:17:05:00 THIRTY SIX PERCENT IDENTIFYING 01:17:05:00 01:17:06:00 AS BLACK AND SIXTY FOUR PERCENT 01:17:06:00 01:17:06:00 IDENTIFY AS WHITE. 01:17:06:00 01:17:09:00 WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING 01:17:09:00 01:17:10:00 THAT OUR OFFICE REFLECTS THE 01:17:10:00 01:17:11:00 DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY AND WE 01:17:11:00 01:17:13:00 ARE MINDFUL OF THAT WHEN MAKING 01:17:13:00 01:17:14:00 NEW HIRES AS WELL. 01:17:14:00 01:17:17:00 IN FACT THIS BUDGET REQUEST FOR 01:17:17:00 01:17:18:00 NEW POSITIONS GIVES US THE 01:17:18:00 01:17:18:00 OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER 01:17:18:00 01:17:21:00 DIVERSIFY OUR DEPARTMENT. 01:17:21:00 01:17:22:00 OUR OFFICE PRODUCES ANNUAL 01:17:22:00 01:17:25:00 PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS THAT 01:17:25:00 01:17:26:00 INCLUDE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING 01:17:26:00 01:17:29:00 JR. DAY WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH 01:17:29:00 01:17:30:00 BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND NEW 01:17:30:00 01:17:32:00 ENGLAND CONSERVATORY ONE BOSTON 01:17:32:00 01:17:33:00 DE EMANUELS FAVORITE THE DONNA 01:17:33:00 01:17:36:00 SUMMER DISCO PARTY GOSPEL FEST 01:17:36:00 01:17:40:00 AND THE MAYOR'S TROLLEY TOURS 01:17:40:00 01:17:41:00 JUST TO NAME A FEW. 01:17:41:00 01:17:44:00 WE ARE BRINGING BACK OUR DANCE 01:17:44:00 01:17:45:00 PARTY SERIES TO THE PLAZA AGAIN 01:17:45:00 01:17:46:00 THIS SUMMER AND WE WILL FEATURE 01:17:46:00 01:17:49:00 SALSA OROMBI HOUSE AND AFRO 01:17:49:00 01:17:53:00 BEATS MUSIC AND DANCING JUST TO 01:17:53:00 01:17:53:00 NAME A FEW. 01:17:53:00 01:17:55:00 WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORT TO 01:17:55:00 01:17:56:00 NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS THROUGHOUT 01:17:56:00 01:17:56:00 THE CITY. 01:17:56:00 01:17:59:00 HERE ARE A FEW SAMPLES THE 01:17:59:00 01:18:00:00 ANDERSON TREE LIGHTING BAMS 01:18:00:00 01:18:03:00 FESTE THE CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL 01:18:03:00 01:18:07:00 CHINATOWN LION DANCE THE NEW 01:18:07:00 01:18:08:00 ENGLAND THE EXCUSE ME THE NORTH 01:18:08:00 01:18:11:00 END FEASTS THE GREEK PARADE. 01:18:11:00 01:18:14:00 THE HAITIAN PARADE JUNETEENTH 01:18:14:00 01:18:18:00 ROXBORO UNITY PARADE ST. 01:18:18:00 01:18:19:00 PATRICK'S DAY PARADE. 01:18:19:00 01:18:22:00 VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY 01:18:22:00 01:18:23:00 COOKOUT AND THE TREE LIGHTING 01:18:23:00 01:18:26:00 ACROSS THE CITY WE ARE ALSO 01:18:26:00 01:18:27:00 LOOKING AHEAD TO FUTURE EVENTS. 01:18:27:00 01:18:30:00 FOR EXAMPLE THE TWO FIFTIETH 01:18:30:00 01:18:31:00 ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY WILL 01:18:31:00 01:18:33:00 TAKE PLACE IN TWENTY TWENTY SIX 01:18:33:00 01:18:34:00 . 01:18:34:00 01:18:34:00 WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH 01:18:34:00 01:18:35:00 COUNCILOR BOK AND OTHER 01:18:35:00 01:18:38:00 PARTNERS ALONG THE FREEDOM 01:18:38:00 01:18:39:00 TRAIL AND ACROSS THE CITY AND 01:18:39:00 01:18:41:00 REGION TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS 01:18:41:00 01:18:42:00 OCCASION IS A GRAND CELEBRATION 01:18:42:00 01:18:43:00 AND HIGHLIGHTING BOSSOM THE 01:18:43:00 01:18:45:00 BEST POSSIBLE LIGHT. 01:18:45:00 01:18:46:00 TWENTY TWENTY SIX WILL MARK THE 01:18:46:00 01:18:47:00 TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT 01:18:47:00 01:18:50:00 YEAR SINCE THE AMERICAN 01:18:50:00 01:18:50:00 COLONIES DECLARED INDEPENDENCE 01:18:50:00 01:18:53:00 FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 01:18:53:00 01:18:54:00 BUT BOSTON ALSO WILL CELEBRATE 01:18:54:00 01:18:55:00 TWO HUNDRED FIFTIETH 01:18:55:00 01:18:58:00 ANNIVERSARY OF OTHER IMPORTANT 01:18:58:00 01:18:59:00 DATES THAT PREDATED THE SIGNING 01:18:59:00 01:18:59:00 OF THE DECLARATION 01:18:59:00 01:19:02:00 OF INDEPENDENCE SUCH AS THE 01:19:02:00 01:19:03:00 BOSTON TEA PARTY AS WELL AS THE 01:19:03:00 01:19:06:00 BOSTON MASSACRE THE FIFA WORLD 01:19:06:00 01:19:08:00 CUP BID IN JUNE OF TWENTY 01:19:08:00 01:19:10:00 TWENTY TWO, BOSTON WAS SELECTED 01:19:10:00 01:19:10:00 AS ONE OF TEN NORTH AMERICAN 01:19:10:00 01:19:13:00 CITIES TO HOST THE TWENTY 01:19:13:00 01:19:13:00 TWENTY SIX WORLD CUP. 01:19:13:00 01:19:14:00 REALLY EXCITING NEWS FOR OUR 01:19:14:00 01:19:17:00 CITY. 01:19:17:00 01:19:18:00 THE TWENTY TWENTY SIX FIFA 01:19:18:00 01:19:20:00 WORLD CUP GAMES WILL BE THE 01:19:20:00 01:19:21:00 LARGEST TO DATE WITH EIGHTY 01:19:21:00 01:19:24:00 MATCHES FEATURING FORTY EIGHT 01:19:24:00 01:19:25:00 NATIONAL TEAMS SLATED TO TAKE 01:19:25:00 01:19:29:00 PLACE SIXTY IN THE US, TEN IN 01:19:29:00 01:19:30:00 CANADA AND TEN IN MEXICO. 01:19:30:00 01:19:32:00 THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP 01:19:32:00 01:19:33:00 SAID RESEARCH HAS ESTIMATED 01:19:33:00 01:19:36:00 THAT THE INDIVIDUAL TWENTY 01:19:36:00 01:19:36:00 TWENTY SIX FIFA WORLD CUP 01:19:36:00 01:19:40:00 CITIES CAN EXPECT UPWARDS 01:19:40:00 01:19:41:00 OF HALF A MILLION VISITORS AND 01:19:41:00 01:19:44:00 A POTENTIAL NET INCOME OF HALF 01:19:44:00 01:19:44:00 A BILLION DOLLARS. 01:19:44:00 01:19:48:00 THE ARMY NAVY GAINED. 01:19:48:00 01:19:49:00 THE BID WILL HAPPEN IN GILLETTE 01:19:49:00 01:19:52:00 STADIUM FOR TWENTY TWENTY THREE 01:19:52:00 01:19:56:00 AND THIS GAME WILL BE PLAYED 01:19:56:00 01:19:57:00 THIS DECEMBER DURING THE SECOND 01:19:57:00 01:19:59:00 WEEK IN THE GAME HAS NEVER BEEN 01:19:59:00 01:20:00:00 HOSTED IN ENGLAND AND ITS 01:20:00:00 01:20:03:00 ANTICIPATED EVENT WILL DRAW 01:20:03:00 01:20:04:00 MORE THAN FORTY THOUSAND FANS 01:20:04:00 01:20:07:00 FROM OUT OF FROM OUT OF STATE 01:20:07:00 01:20:08:00 EXCUSE ME OUT OF STATE VISITORS 01:20:08:00 01:20:11:00 TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 01:20:11:00 01:20:12:00 THIRTY FIVE TO FORTY MILLION 01:20:12:00 01:20:14:00 DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT BAMS 01:20:14:00 01:20:15:00 FEST BOSTON ARTS AND MUSICAL 01:20:15:00 01:20:19:00 BOSTON ARTS AND MUSIC SOUL 01:20:19:00 01:20:19:00 FESTIVAL IS ONE OF THE FASTEST 01:20:19:00 01:20:22:00 GROWING URBAN ARTS AND MUSIC 01:20:22:00 01:20:23:00 FESTIVALS IN THE NORTHEAST 01:20:23:00 01:20:24:00 CELEBRATING AFROCENTRIC 01:20:24:00 01:20:27:00 IDENTITY AND BLACK ARTISTRY ALL 01:20:27:00 01:20:30:00 WHILE AMPLIFYING THE VOICES AND 01:20:30:00 01:20:31:00 CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 01:20:31:00 01:20:31:00 LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL 01:20:31:00 01:20:34:00 ENTERTAINERS CALLED BAMS FEST 01:20:34:00 01:20:37:00 ENVISIONS A VIBRANT AND 01:20:37:00 01:20:38:00 INCLUSIVE ARTS AND CULTURE 01:20:38:00 01:20:39:00 SECTOR FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON 01:20:39:00 01:20:42:00 AND BEYOND. 01:20:42:00 01:20:43:00 THIS FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ALL 01:20:43:00 01:20:45:00 ARTISTIC TALENTS, CHALLENGES 01:20:45:00 01:20:46:00 SOCIETAL PERCEPTIONS AND 01:20:46:00 01:20:50:00 EMPOWERS AND ENGAGES AUDIENCES. 01:20:50:00 01:20:53:00 THE OTHER EVENTS ON THE HORIZON 01:20:53:00 01:20:54:00 INCLUDE BOSTON UNITY CUP, THE 01:20:54:00 01:20:57:00 NAACP NATIONAL CONVENTION, 01:20:57:00 01:20:58:00 BOSTON CALLING THE WASABI 01:20:58:00 01:21:02:00 FENWAY OR THE NCAA DIVISION ONE 01:21:02:00 01:21:05:00 INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 01:21:05:00 01:21:05:00 CHAMPIONSHIPS. 01:21:05:00 01:21:09:00 THE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL ENTJ 01:21:09:00 01:21:10:00 AND BROCKLEY CITY MUSIC FEST. 01:21:10:00 01:21:14:00 OUR OFFICE IS COMMITTED TO 01:21:14:00 01:21:14:00 MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY 01:21:14:00 01:21:17:00 OF BOSTON HAS AN ARRAY OF FUN 01:21:17:00 01:21:18:00 AND ENGAGING EVENTS FOR 01:21:18:00 01:21:19:00 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE TO 01:21:19:00 01:21:20:00 ENJOY AND VISITORS ALIKE TO 01:21:20:00 01:21:20:00 ENJOY. 01:21:20:00 01:21:21:00 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR 01:21:21:00 01:21:21:00 TIME. 01:21:21:00 01:21:22:00 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 01:21:22:00 01:21:25:00 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 01:21:25:00 01:21:26:00 I THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:21:26:00 01:21:29:00 MY SUPPORTERS. 01:21:29:00 01:21:30:00 I WILL OPEN UP FOR MY 01:21:30:00 01:21:31:00 COUNCILORS TO ASK QUESTIONS MY 01:21:31:00 01:21:37:00 COLLEAGUES ASK QUESTIONS FIRST 01:21:37:00 01:21:41:00 COUNCILOR LARUDEE OR BRADIN NOT 01:21:41:00 01:21:42:00 HERE COUNCILOR ME HERE. 01:21:42:00 01:21:43:00 YOU'RE UP NEXT. 01:21:43:00 01:21:45:00 GREAT THANK YOU CHAIR. 01:21:45:00 01:21:49:00 THANK YOU DIRECTOR BORDERS 01:21:49:00 01:21:53:00 HADNOT COMMISSIONER BORDERS 01:21:53:00 01:21:54:00 WHAT'S THE TITLE HERE? 01:21:54:00 01:21:56:00 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 01:21:56:00 01:22:01:00 DIRECTOR DIRECTOR BORDERS I 01:22:01:00 01:22:02:00 WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET IT 01:22:02:00 01:22:02:00 RIGHT. 01:22:02:00 01:22:06:00 THANK YOU SO WELL THAT IT'S I 01:22:06:00 01:22:09:00 GET SO I JUST HAVE A FEW 01:22:09:00 01:22:10:00 QUESTIONS AND AGAIN I'M REALLY 01:22:10:00 01:22:13:00 EXCITED THAT THE MAYOR HAS 01:22:13:00 01:22:14:00 CREATED A POSITION THAT IS 01:22:14:00 01:22:17:00 SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARDS 01:22:17:00 01:22:21:00 REALLY LOOKING AT TOURISM AND 01:22:21:00 01:22:21:00 ENTERTAINMENT AND EVEN SPORTS 01:22:21:00 01:22:22:00 AND KNOWING YOUR BACKGROUND IN 01:22:22:00 01:22:25:00 THE SPORTS ARENA. 01:22:25:00 01:22:26:00 I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO 01:22:26:00 01:22:26:00 BRING IT AND REALLY HELP EXPAND 01:22:26:00 01:22:29:00 IT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. 01:22:29:00 01:22:30:00 SO I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY ALL 01:22:30:00 01:22:30:00 OF THAT. 01:22:30:00 01:22:33:00 I GUESS YOU SOME OF THE THINGS 01:22:33:00 01:22:36:00 THAT I THINK ABOUT IN TERMS 01:22:36:00 01:22:37:00 OF TOURISM HERE IN THE CITY 01:22:37:00 01:22:40:00 OF BOSTON IS THAT, YOU KNOW, A 01:22:40:00 01:22:43:00 LOT OF FOLKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 01:22:43:00 01:22:44:00 DO NOT THINK THAT YOU KNOW, 01:22:44:00 01:22:48:00 BOSTON HAS PEOPLE OF COLOR 01:22:48:00 01:22:48:00 LIVING IN IT. 01:22:48:00 01:22:49:00 RIGHT. 01:22:49:00 01:22:50:00 SO YOU KNOW, THE VIDEO THAT WAS 01:22:50:00 01:22:52:00 PUT OUT ALL INCLUSIVE BOSTON 01:22:52:00 01:22:53:00 YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT 01:22:53:00 01:22:54:00 OF INITIATIVES AND EFFORTS MADE 01:22:54:00 01:23:00:00 TO MAKE US FEEL AND APPEAR TO 01:23:00:00 01:23:00:00 BE MORE INCLUSIVE. 01:23:00:00 01:23:03:00 AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IN TERMS 01:23:03:00 01:23:04:00 HOW YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR WORK 01:23:04:00 01:23:05:00 IN THESE THREE DIFFERENT BUCKET 01:23:05:00 01:23:09:00 AREAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT MORE CAN 01:23:09:00 01:23:12:00 WE BE DOING TO SUPPORT THAT 01:23:12:00 01:23:12:00 INITIATIVE THROUGH THE WORK 01:23:12:00 01:23:16:00 THAT YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR IN OR 01:23:16:00 01:23:16:00 IN YOUR OFFICE. 01:23:16:00 01:23:17:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 01:23:17:00 01:23:20:00 QUESTION. 01:23:20:00 01:23:20:00 THERE ARE DEFINITELY 01:23:20:00 01:23:21:00 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO 01:23:21:00 01:23:24:00 EXPAND THE EFFORTS. 01:23:24:00 01:23:25:00 I HAD A CONVERSATION NOT TOO 01:23:25:00 01:23:25:00 LONG AGO WITH BOTH COLLETTE 01:23:25:00 01:23:28:00 PHILLIPS AS WELL AS DARREN 01:23:28:00 01:23:29:00 BASCOME OF PROBABLY DOING OUR 01:23:29:00 01:23:31:00 HOME HAVING OUR OWN CONSULTANCY 01:23:31:00 01:23:32:00 GROUP AND DARREN WHO WAS A 01:23:32:00 01:23:35:00 PROPER WHO ACTUALLY HELPED TO 01:23:35:00 01:23:39:00 LEAD THE INITIATIVE AND WE HAVE 01:23:39:00 01:23:43:00 THE ABILITY TO PROBABLY AMPLIFY 01:23:43:00 01:23:43:00 THE COLLATERAL PIECES AND 01:23:43:00 01:23:46:00 CONTENT THAT WERE ALREADY 01:23:46:00 01:23:46:00 CREATED . 01:23:46:00 01:23:47:00 I KNOW THAT WE OUR OFFICE IS 01:23:47:00 01:23:50:00 LOOKING TO DO AN ADDITIONAL 01:23:50:00 01:23:54:00 PHASE OF MARKETING TO CONTINUE 01:23:54:00 01:23:55:00 TO HIGHLIGHT THE TWENTY THREE 01:23:55:00 01:23:58:00 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAKE BOSTON 01:23:58:00 01:23:59:00 THE CITY THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE 01:23:59:00 01:24:01:00 AND CARE FOR AND I THINK THERE 01:24:01:00 01:24:02:00 ARE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 01:24:02:00 01:24:05:00 US TO DOVE DEEPER INTO REALLY 01:24:05:00 01:24:06:00 REFRAMING HOW BOSTON IS 01:24:06:00 01:24:07:00 COUNTERING THE PERCEPTION 01:24:07:00 01:24:10:00 BOSTON FIFTY ONE PERCENT BY 01:24:10:00 01:24:13:00 TWENTY ONE PERCENT BLACK SO 01:24:13:00 01:24:14:00 KNOWING THESE THINGS HOW DO WE 01:24:14:00 01:24:17:00 CONTINUE TO FRAME AND REFRAME 01:24:17:00 01:24:18:00 THE CITY OF BOSTON PUBLICLY? 01:24:18:00 01:24:21:00 I THINK IT IS BY BY AMPLIFYING 01:24:21:00 01:24:22:00 THE AMAZING AWARD WINNING ALL 01:24:22:00 01:24:24:00 INCLUSIVE CAMPAIGN THAT WE 01:24:24:00 01:24:25:00 ALREADY HAD AND FIGURING OUT 01:24:25:00 01:24:28:00 WHAT ANOTHER PHASED APPROACH 01:24:28:00 01:24:29:00 THAT MARKETING COULD LOOK LIKE 01:24:29:00 01:24:32:00 ALREADY KICKING AROUND SOME 01:24:32:00 01:24:33:00 IDEAS AND HAVING DIFFERENT 01:24:33:00 01:24:33:00 CONVERSATIONS WITH POTENTIAL 01:24:33:00 01:24:37:00 LOCAL INFLUENCERS WHO CAN ALSO 01:24:37:00 01:24:40:00 TELL THEIR STORY AND REALLY 01:24:40:00 01:24:41:00 FIGURE OUT HOW TO SHAPE THE 01:24:41:00 01:24:42:00 NARRATIVE OF THESE DIFFERENT 01:24:42:00 01:24:44:00 NEIGHBORHOODS. 01:24:44:00 01:24:45:00 FOR SO LONG BOSTON HAS BEEN 01:24:45:00 01:24:46:00 VIEWED AS BEING EXTREMELY 01:24:46:00 01:24:48:00 SEGREGATED. 01:24:48:00 01:24:49:00 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 01:24:49:00 01:24:50:00 REFRAME THAT IF YOU WANT 01:24:50:00 01:24:53:00 AUTHENTIC CUISINE, IF YOU WANT 01:24:53:00 01:24:54:00 THIS EXPERIENCE YOU CAN GO TO 01:24:54:00 01:24:56:00 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE IT. 01:24:56:00 01:24:57:00 SO I THINK THERE'S AN 01:24:57:00 01:24:58:00 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY 01:24:58:00 01:25:00:00 AMPLIFY PLACEMAKING AND WHAT 01:25:00:00 01:25:01:00 THAT LOOKS LIKE AND TO DEEPEN 01:25:01:00 01:25:01:00 THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH WITH 01:25:01:00 01:25:03:00 LOCAL VENDORS. 01:25:03:00 01:25:05:00 I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 01:25:05:00 01:25:06:00 WE ALSO HAVE TO DO AS THE CITY 01:25:06:00 01:25:08:00 OF BOSTON IS TO ENCOURAGE 01:25:08:00 01:25:09:00 RESIDENTS TO GET OUT OF THEIR 01:25:09:00 01:25:10:00 HOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND MOVE 01:25:10:00 01:25:12:00 AROUND. 01:25:12:00 01:25:13:00 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE 01:25:13:00 01:25:13:00 TRYING TO DO IS TO THINK ABOUT 01:25:13:00 01:25:15:00 TOURISM NOT JUST IN THE SENSE 01:25:15:00 01:25:16:00 OF DOLLARS COMING FROM OUTSIDE 01:25:16:00 01:25:17:00 OF BOSTON AND GREATER BOSTON 01:25:17:00 01:25:20:00 BUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE THE 01:25:20:00 01:25:21:00 CHALLENGE FOR RESIDENTS TO MOVE 01:25:21:00 01:25:23:00 OUTSIDE OF THEIR SPHERES 01:25:23:00 01:25:24:00 OF COMFORT? 01:25:24:00 01:25:25:00 IF YOU LIVE IN IN WEST ROXBURY, 01:25:25:00 01:25:28:00 HOW ABOUT YOU GO TO ROXBURY FOR 01:25:28:00 01:25:28:00 DINNER? 01:25:28:00 01:25:29:00 IF YOU LIVE IN BRIGHTON, WHAT 01:25:29:00 01:25:30:00 WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU TO 01:25:30:00 01:25:31:00 GO TO ROSLINDALE? 01:25:31:00 01:25:32:00 SO I THINK DURING THINGS LIKE 01:25:32:00 01:25:35:00 RESTAURANT FINDING THESE 01:25:35:00 01:25:35:00 DIFFERENT THESE DIFFERENT 01:25:35:00 01:25:36:00 OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT WOULD IT 01:25:36:00 01:25:39:00 LOOK LIKE FOR US AS A CITY TO 01:25:39:00 01:25:40:00 PROMOTE THESE DIFFERENT 01:25:40:00 01:25:41:00 CHALLENGES PUSHING PEOPLE TO 01:25:41:00 01:25:43:00 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO 01:25:43:00 01:25:46:00 ENGAGE AND YEAH AND I I JUST 01:25:46:00 01:25:47:00 GET NERVOUS WHEN 01:25:47:00 01:25:47:00 COUNCILOR ANDERSON STARTS 01:25:47:00 01:25:48:00 SAYING THANK YOU. 01:25:48:00 01:25:50:00 THANK YOU. 01:25:50:00 01:25:51:00 I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I 01:25:51:00 01:25:52:00 WANT TO GET IN THERE IF THAT'S 01:25:52:00 01:25:52:00 OK. 01:25:52:00 01:25:53:00 COUNCILOR ANDERSON, CAN I GET 01:25:53:00 01:25:56:00 ONE MORE JUST PLEASE. 01:25:56:00 01:25:57:00 OH MY GOD. 01:25:57:00 01:26:00:00 IT'S SO I'M JUST GOT THIS IS 01:26:00:00 01:26:01:00 NEW JOHN YOUR ENGLISH YOU KNOW 01:26:01:00 01:26:03:00 THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE 01:26:03:00 01:26:07:00 AND SO LIKE IT JUST TWO 01:26:07:00 01:26:08:00 QUESTIONS. 01:26:08:00 01:26:08:00 ONE IS AROUND THE BLACK 01:26:08:00 01:26:11:00 HERITAGE TRAIL AND JUST SOME 01:26:11:00 01:26:12:00 INVESTMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO 01:26:12:00 01:26:15:00 SEE THERE AND THEN THE OTHER IS 01:26:15:00 01:26:19:00 AND I'LL TALK TO YOU OFFLINE I 01:26:19:00 01:26:20:00 DO HAVE SOME IDEAS AROUND 01:26:20:00 01:26:20:00 CIRCULATING SOME OF THESE 01:26:20:00 01:26:23:00 DOLLARS ACROSS THE CITY AS A 01:26:23:00 01:26:24:00 CITY WIDE CITY COUNCILOR , I DO 01:26:24:00 01:26:27:00 AGREE THAT WE DO WE COULD BE 01:26:27:00 01:26:30:00 DOING A LOT MORE TO ENGAGE FROM 01:26:30:00 01:26:31:00 BEACON HILL TO MISSION HILL 01:26:31:00 01:26:32:00 RIDERS FROM THE SOUTH AND TO 01:26:32:00 01:26:34:00 THE NORTH AND THERE'S 01:26:34:00 01:26:35:00 ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT WE 01:26:35:00 01:26:36:00 CAN DO TO HELP BUILD CULTURE 01:26:36:00 01:26:39:00 AND COMMUNITY ACROSS THE CITY. 01:26:39:00 01:26:40:00 SO I'D LOVE TO JUST I'M SIGNING 01:26:40:00 01:26:42:00 MY NAME FOR SOME IDEAS SHARING 01:26:42:00 01:26:43:00 THAT I HAVE FOR YOU. 01:26:43:00 01:26:45:00 BUT CAN YOU JUST TALK TO ME A 01:26:45:00 01:26:46:00 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BLACK 01:26:46:00 01:26:47:00 HERITAGE TRAIL VERSUS THE 01:26:47:00 01:26:49:00 FREEDOM TRAIL IN TERMS 01:26:49:00 01:26:50:00 OF FUNDING AS I FEEL LIKE THE 01:26:50:00 01:26:51:00 BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL SEEMS TO 01:26:51:00 01:26:54:00 BE THE STEPCHILD OF THE CITY. 01:26:54:00 01:26:54:00 UNDERSTOOD. 01:26:54:00 01:26:57:00 I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS 01:26:57:00 01:26:58:00 IN FRONT OF ME IN TERMS 01:26:58:00 01:26:59:00 OF BUDGET AND WHAT'S BEING 01:26:59:00 01:27:01:00 SPENT ON EACH. 01:27:01:00 01:27:02:00 I CAN DEFINITELY GET BACK TO 01:27:02:00 01:27:03:00 THAT INFORMATION SO I JUST WANT 01:27:03:00 01:27:05:00 TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD, 01:27:05:00 01:27:06:00 COUNCILOR ANDERSON, THAT I'D 01:27:06:00 01:27:07:00 LIKE SOME FOLLOW UP ON THE 01:27:07:00 01:27:08:00 DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN BOTH 01:27:08:00 01:27:09:00 OF THOSE THINGS. 01:27:09:00 01:27:13:00 MR WATERS, DIRECTOR WATERS, IF 01:27:13:00 01:27:14:00 YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT WITHIN THE 01:27:14:00 01:27:16:00 NEXT SEVEN BUSINESS DAYS I 01:27:16:00 01:27:17:00 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 01:27:17:00 01:27:18:00 YOU CAN EMAIL IT DIRECTLY TO MY 01:27:18:00 01:27:20:00 OFFICE THROUGH THE 01:27:20:00 01:27:25:00 ADMINISTRATION AND I'LL GET IT 01:27:25:00 01:27:26:00 TO ME AND WILL OR TO ALL OF US. 01:27:26:00 01:27:28:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . 01:27:28:00 01:27:32:00 HERE WE'VE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY 01:27:32:00 01:27:33:00 COUNCILOR BUT FIRST IT'S 01:27:33:00 01:27:35:00 COUNCILOR MORREAU. 01:27:35:00 01:27:36:00 YOU HAVE TO WAIT A SECOND. 01:27:36:00 01:27:44:00 NO COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND THEN 01:27:44:00 01:27:48:00 COUNCILOR YOU'RE A MUTE 01:27:48:00 01:27:48:00 COUNCILOR . 01:27:48:00 01:27:49:00 I KEEP ON DOING THAT. 01:27:49:00 01:27:50:00 I WANT TO THANK YOU, MADAM 01:27:50:00 01:27:53:00 CHAIR AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR 01:27:53:00 01:27:53:00 BORDERS FOR YOUR WORK. 01:27:53:00 01:27:56:00 I GUESS I'LL JUST START OFF 01:27:56:00 01:27:57:00 LIKE I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE 01:27:57:00 01:27:58:00 THE ENTHUSIASM OF HAVING THIS 01:27:58:00 01:28:01:00 POSITION IN THIS CITY. 01:28:01:00 01:28:02:00 I GUESS I'LL ONE OF THE THINGS 01:28:02:00 01:28:05:00 I WILL PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COMES 01:28:05:00 01:28:06:00 ME HE HAS SAID RECENTLY IN MY 01:28:06:00 01:28:09:00 OFFICE WE WALK THE BLACK 01:28:09:00 01:28:09:00 HERITAGE TRAIL. 01:28:09:00 01:28:10:00 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S 01:28:10:00 01:28:12:00 MISSING FROM IT IS LIKE ACTUAL 01:28:12:00 01:28:13:00 MARKERS. 01:28:13:00 01:28:14:00 THERE ARE NO MARKERS ON THE 01:28:14:00 01:28:17:00 BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL COMPARED 01:28:17:00 01:28:20:00 TO THE FREEDOM TO THE FROM SO 01:28:20:00 01:28:21:00 THERE COULD BE MARKERS 01:28:21:00 01:28:21:00 SOMETHING THAT 01:28:21:00 01:28:22:00 COUNCILOR BALKINIZATION LIKE 01:28:22:00 01:28:24:00 SHE LIVES ON THE STREET THAT 01:28:24:00 01:28:25:00 HAS AT LEAST TWO OF THE SITES 01:28:25:00 01:28:26:00 FOR THE BLACK BLACK HERITAGE 01:28:26:00 01:28:28:00 TRAIL MARKERS I THINK FOR THE 01:28:28:00 01:28:29:00 BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL WOULD BE 01:28:29:00 01:28:32:00 GOOD IN MAKING THERE. 01:28:32:00 01:28:33:00 SO THERE IS THERE ARE SIGNAGE 01:28:33:00 01:28:36:00 FOR THE ACTUAL TRAIL BUT THE 01:28:36:00 01:28:36:00 LANDMARKS THEMSELVES DON'T 01:28:36:00 01:28:40:00 ACTUALLY HAVE SIGNAGE. 01:28:40:00 01:28:41:00 I SAY THIS IS PART OF THE BLACK 01:28:41:00 01:28:42:00 HERITAGE TRAIL SO THAT'S ONE 01:28:42:00 01:28:44:00 INVESTMENT THAT I THINK COULD 01:28:44:00 01:28:45:00 GO A LONG WAY IN MAKING IT A 01:28:45:00 01:28:48:00 MORE POPULARIZED TRAIL AND THEN 01:28:48:00 01:28:48:00 SECOND IS IN THE EFFORTS TO 01:28:48:00 01:28:51:00 REALLY SHARE BOSTONS HISTORY 01:28:51:00 01:28:51:00 THERE. 01:28:51:00 01:28:52:00 WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT 01:28:52:00 01:28:55:00 ORAL HISTORIANS, A LOT 01:28:55:00 01:28:55:00 OF REALLY GREAT WALKING TOUR 01:28:55:00 01:28:56:00 GUIDES. 01:28:56:00 01:28:57:00 MY FIRST JOB HERE IN THE CITY 01:28:57:00 01:28:59:00 WAS AS A WALKING TOUR GUIDE 01:28:59:00 01:29:00:00 WHEN I WAS 14 REALLY SHARING 01:29:00:00 01:29:00:00 THE HISTORY OF BOSTON'S 01:29:00:00 01:29:10:00 NEIGHBORHOODS AND I THINK THAT 01:29:10:00 01:29:11:00 THERE'S INCREDIBLE WORK IN 01:29:11:00 01:29:11:00 SYNERGY THERE. 01:29:11:00 01:29:12:00 I'VE BEEN TALKING TO FOLKS 01:29:12:00 01:29:13:00 ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE 01:29:13:00 01:29:14:00 TO REALLY SUPPORT A LOT OF THE 01:29:14:00 01:29:14:00 WORK THAT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY 01:29:14:00 01:29:15:00 DONE AND SORT OF BUILDING OUT 01:29:15:00 01:29:16:00 THE ORAL HISTORY OF THE CITY 01:29:16:00 01:29:17:00 AND ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR BLACK 01:29:17:00 01:29:18:00 BROWN LEAD. 01:29:18:00 01:29:19:00 SO I THINK THAT COULD BE AN 01:29:19:00 01:29:21:00 INCREDIBLE PROJECT FOR OUR 01:29:21:00 01:29:22:00 OFFICE TO HELP UNDERTAKE. 01:29:22:00 01:29:23:00 AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS THAT 01:29:23:00 01:29:27:00 I MENTIONED BUT I'LL STOP THERE 01:29:27:00 01:29:27:00 BECAUSE OVERALL I'M SURE WE ALL 01:29:27:00 01:29:29:00 WOULD HAVE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT 01:29:29:00 01:29:30:00 GETTING THE ALL STAR GAME HERE 01:29:30:00 01:29:31:00 IN BOSTON AND I KNOW THAT'S 01:29:31:00 01:29:33:00 SOMETHING THAT YOU CARE ABOUT 01:29:33:00 01:29:34:00 AND THAT YOU HAVE THE CONNECT 01:29:34:00 01:29:35:00 AND THE ABILITY. 01:29:35:00 01:29:37:00 SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT 01:29:37:00 01:29:38:00 OUT THERE AND THANK YOU FOR 01:29:38:00 01:29:38:00 YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR WORK 01:29:38:00 01:29:40:00 AND IF THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN 01:29:40:00 01:29:41:00 SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR OFFICE AND 01:29:41:00 01:29:45:00 THIS BUDGET DEFINITELY LOOK TO 01:29:45:00 01:29:46:00 US AS PARTNERS AND ALLIES TO 01:29:46:00 01:29:46:00 GETTING THAT DONE. 01:29:46:00 01:29:49:00 BOSTON IS A FUN CITY. 01:29:49:00 01:29:50:00 IT'S A CITY THAT ATTRACTS A LOT 01:29:50:00 01:29:51:00 OF TOURISTS AND WE NEED TO MAKE 01:29:51:00 01:29:52:00 SURE THAT WE ARE ATTRACTING 01:29:52:00 01:29:53:00 THAT TOURISM TO OUR 01:29:53:00 01:29:54:00 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE A LOT 01:29:54:00 01:29:57:00 OF LIKE RICH HISTORY AND LIKE 01:29:57:00 01:29:57:00 YOU SAID, RICH DINING OPTIONS. 01:29:57:00 01:30:01:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL . 01:30:01:00 01:30:02:00 HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU OFFLINE 01:30:02:00 01:30:05:00 IN GREATER DETAIL WITH ALL THAT 01:30:05:00 01:30:05:00 YOU JUST HEARD. 01:30:05:00 01:30:06:00 THANK YOU. 01:30:06:00 01:30:19:00 THANK EXCLUSION ALSO THANK YOU 01:30:19:00 01:30:30:00 AGAIN TOMORROW YOU HAVE FOR 01:30:30:00 01:30:31:00 CUSTOMER WHAT ARE YOU HAVING 01:30:31:00 01:30:34:00 FOR. 01:30:34:00 01:30:38:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 01:30:38:00 01:30:39:00 THANK YOU DIRECTOR WATERS FOR 01:30:39:00 01:30:40:00 BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 01:30:40:00 01:30:43:00 I AM EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THAT 01:30:43:00 01:30:44:00 I HEAR CORRECTLY THAT YOU SAID 01:30:44:00 01:30:45:00 THAT THE BERKELEY CITY FESTIVAL 01:30:45:00 01:30:47:00 IS COMING AND IT IS IN AUGUST. 01:30:47:00 01:30:47:00 WOW. 01:30:47:00 01:30:50:00 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 01:30:50:00 01:30:51:00 I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 01:30:51:00 01:30:53:00 THAT'S A GOOD GET FOR US. 01:30:53:00 01:30:55:00 YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S 01:30:55:00 01:30:57:00 THAT'S ACTUALLY AN INCREDIBLE 01:30:57:00 01:30:58:00 AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS TRAVELED TO 01:30:58:00 01:30:59:00 OTHER CITIES TO GO TO THAT 01:30:59:00 01:31:00:00 FESTIVAL, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT 01:31:00:00 01:31:01:00 IT'S COMING. 01:31:01:00 01:31:02:00 SO I HAVE A COUPLE 01:31:02:00 01:31:02:00 OF QUESTIONS. 01:31:02:00 01:31:06:00 THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE 01:31:06:00 01:31:07:00 FILM AS SPECIAL EVENTS LINE 01:31:07:00 01:31:10:00 ITEM FOR YOUR BUDGET. 01:31:10:00 01:31:11:00 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 01:31:11:00 01:31:13:00 WHAT PROJECTS ARE YOUR OFFICE 01:31:13:00 01:31:14:00 IS RIGHT NOW FOR NY TWENTY FOUR 01:31:14:00 01:31:17:00 POINT NINE TWENTY FIVE SEVEN 01:31:17:00 01:31:18:00 NINETY FOUR. 01:31:18:00 01:31:19:00 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 01:31:19:00 01:31:21:00 THE PROJECTS THAT ARE HOPING TO 01:31:21:00 01:31:22:00 TO TAKE ON WITH THIS FILM AND 01:31:22:00 01:31:25:00 SPECIAL EVENTS? 01:31:25:00 01:31:26:00 AND I DON'T SAY THAT ONE MORE 01:31:26:00 01:31:26:00 TIME. 01:31:26:00 01:31:28:00 IT WAS IT WAS A LITTLE HARD FOR 01:31:28:00 01:31:28:00 YOU. 01:31:28:00 01:31:31:00 CAN YOU SEE THERE IS A LINE 01:31:31:00 01:31:32:00 ITEM IN YOUR OPERATING BUDGET 01:31:32:00 01:31:35:00 FOR FILM AND SPECIAL EVENTS 01:31:35:00 01:31:40:00 THAT IS NINE HUNDRED TWENTY 01:31:40:00 01:31:41:00 FIVE DOLLARS SEVEN SEVENTY FOUR 01:31:41:00 01:31:43:00 AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THAT 01:31:43:00 01:31:46:00 LINE ITEM COVERS IN YOUR OFFICE 01:31:46:00 01:31:47:00 . 01:31:47:00 01:31:51:00 I KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING 01:31:51:00 01:31:51:00 CLOSELY TO ACTIVELY STREAMLINE 01:31:51:00 01:31:55:00 THE PROCESS OF PERMITTING ALL 01:31:55:00 01:31:56:00 THOSE WHO WILL WHO WILL FILM 01:31:56:00 01:31:59:00 AND DO DIFFERENT WORK IN THE 01:31:59:00 01:32:02:00 CITY IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT 01:32:02:00 01:32:06:00 PUBLIC EVENTS. 01:32:06:00 01:32:07:00 SO I THINK SOME OF THAT WILL GO 01:32:07:00 01:32:10:00 TOWARD BETTER POSITIONING THE 01:32:10:00 01:32:14:00 CITY TO TELL THE STORY OF WHO 01:32:14:00 01:32:15:00 WE ARE, THE WORK THAT WE'RE 01:32:15:00 01:32:15:00 DOING. 01:32:15:00 01:32:21:00 I KNOW THAT SOME OF THAT HAS TO 01:32:21:00 01:32:22:00 ALSO DO WITH CAPACITY BUILDING 01:32:22:00 01:32:25:00 IN TERMS BRINGING ON PROPER 01:32:25:00 01:32:29:00 SUPPORT IN CERTAIN POSITIONS TO 01:32:29:00 01:32:30:00 ASSIST WITH THIS WORK. 01:32:30:00 01:32:33:00 BUT I CAN GO BACK IN DETAIL AND 01:32:33:00 01:32:37:00 SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH AND 01:32:37:00 01:32:38:00 WITH THE TEAM. 01:32:38:00 01:32:38:00 GREAT. 01:32:38:00 01:32:39:00 AND PART OF THE EXTERNAL FUNDS 01:32:39:00 01:32:40:00 IS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND 01:32:40:00 01:32:41:00 DOLLARS FOR THE CITY HALL PLAZA 01:32:41:00 01:32:41:00 FUND. 01:32:41:00 01:32:42:00 CAN YOU FOR THE RECORD SHARE DO 01:32:42:00 01:32:45:00 YOU KNOW WHAT THE CITY HALL 01:32:45:00 01:32:45:00 PLAZA FUND COVERS THE HUNDRED 01:32:45:00 01:32:50:00 FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS THERE. 01:32:50:00 01:32:51:00 I WILL GET THIS INFORMATION FOR 01:32:51:00 01:32:54:00 YOU. 01:32:54:00 01:32:54:00 THANK YOU. 01:32:54:00 01:32:57:00 AND MY LAST QUESTION IS MORE 01:32:57:00 01:32:58:00 ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT I'VE 01:32:58:00 01:32:59:00 HEARD MY OTHER 01:32:59:00 01:32:59:00 COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES SHARE. 01:32:59:00 01:32:59:00 RIGHT. 01:32:59:00 01:33:02:00 THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF IDEAS 01:33:02:00 01:33:03:00 ABOUT WAYS THAT WE WANT TO 01:33:03:00 01:33:04:00 ACTIVATE THE CITY AND THEN WE 01:33:04:00 01:33:06:00 WANT TO ACTIVATE YOU AND YOUR 01:33:06:00 01:33:07:00 OFFICE. 01:33:07:00 01:33:07:00 BUT RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING AT 01:33:07:00 01:33:08:00 THIS BUDGET. 01:33:08:00 01:33:09:00 THERE'S A THIRTEEN PERCENT 01:33:09:00 01:33:10:00 INCREASE IN THE BUDGET AND 01:33:10:00 01:33:14:00 THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO A NEW 01:33:14:00 01:33:15:00 POSITION RIGHT BEFORE THE 01:33:15:00 01:33:15:00 DEPUTY DIRECTOR. 01:33:15:00 01:33:18:00 AND SO WE HAVE ALL OF THESE 01:33:18:00 01:33:18:00 IDEAS. 01:33:18:00 01:33:19:00 WE'RE LIKE OH THIS IS 01:33:19:00 01:33:20:00 INCREDIBLE THAT WE HAVE THIS 01:33:20:00 01:33:22:00 POSITION HERE, ALL OF THE 01:33:22:00 01:33:22:00 THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. 01:33:22:00 01:33:23:00 BUT THE ONLY INCREASE OF THIS 01:33:23:00 01:33:26:00 BUDGET IS FOR A STAFFING PERSON 01:33:26:00 01:33:27:00 IS LIKE NOT THERE'S NOT ANY 01:33:27:00 01:33:29:00 PROGRAMMATIC INCREASES. 01:33:29:00 01:33:30:00 AND SO I JUST WANTED TO I 01:33:30:00 01:33:32:00 WANTED TO LIFT UP THAT WE ARE 01:33:32:00 01:33:33:00 SEEING AN INCREASE FROM ABOUT 01:33:33:00 01:33:34:00 TWENTY THREE HERE BUT IT'S 01:33:34:00 01:33:38:00 PRIMARILY FOR THE NEW DEPUTY 01:33:38:00 01:33:38:00 DIRECTOR. 01:33:38:00 01:33:39:00 AND SO IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 01:33:39:00 01:33:40:00 ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT 01:33:40:00 01:33:41:00 THIS OFFICE TO DO, ALL THE WAYS 01:33:41:00 01:33:42:00 THAT WE THINK THAT WE'RE WELL 01:33:42:00 01:33:44:00 POSITIONED TO REALLY ACTIVATE 01:33:44:00 01:33:45:00 THE CITY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 01:33:45:00 01:33:46:00 TO MAKE MORE INVESTMENTS 01:33:46:00 01:33:48:00 PROGRAMMATICALLY TO THE OFFICE 01:33:48:00 01:33:48:00 . 01:33:48:00 01:33:54:00 I WILL NOT ARGUE WITH YOU. 01:33:54:00 01:33:55:00 THANK YOU. 01:33:55:00 01:33:55:00 DIRECT ORDERS. 01:33:55:00 01:33:56:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 01:33:56:00 01:33:58:00 NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 01:33:58:00 01:33:59:00 THANK YOU COUNCILOR . 01:33:59:00 01:34:03:00 WHAT WE DIDN'T DO IS I HAVE TO 01:34:03:00 01:34:05:00 PRESENT THE DATA VISUALIZATIONS 01:34:05:00 01:34:09:00 ON THE NUMBERS BECAUSE IT'S A 01:34:09:00 01:34:10:00 SMALLER BUDGET. 01:34:10:00 01:34:11:00 I THINK WE STILL HAVE TIME TO 01:34:11:00 01:34:14:00 DO THAT BUT I'LL GO INTO MY 01:34:14:00 01:34:15:00 QUESTIONS FIRST AND HAPPY TO DO 01:34:15:00 01:34:17:00 THAT. 01:34:17:00 01:34:18:00 COUNCILORS FEEL IT WOULD BE 01:34:18:00 01:34:21:00 HELPFUL FOR MY QUESTIONS. 01:34:21:00 01:34:25:00 DIRECTOR BORDERS CHIEF ORTEGA 01:34:25:00 01:34:29:00 I'LL ASK FOR ARTS AND TOURISM 01:34:29:00 01:34:33:00 TOGETHER AND MY QUESTIONS FOR 01:34:33:00 01:34:37:00 YOU DIRECTOR BORDERS IS IN 01:34:37:00 01:34:37:00 REGARDS TO WHAT LAURA JUST 01:34:37:00 01:34:38:00 MENTIONED IN TERMS 01:34:38:00 01:34:41:00 OF PROGRAMMATIC, CAN YOU TELL 01:34:41:00 01:34:42:00 ME EXACTLY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY 01:34:42:00 01:34:47:00 THAT IS GOING INTO CONTRACTURAL 01:34:47:00 01:34:52:00 INTO CONTRACT OR YOUR BUDGET? 01:34:52:00 01:34:53:00 I'M TRYING TO LOOK FOR THE 01:34:53:00 01:34:53:00 BREAKDOWN NOW. 01:34:53:00 01:34:56:00 I SHOULD HAVE THE ANSWER BUT I 01:34:56:00 01:34:57:00 GUESS THE QUESTION IS CAN YOU 01:34:57:00 01:34:58:00 CAN YOU BREAK DOWN WHAT WORKS 01:34:58:00 01:35:03:00 FOR FOR MY FULL BUDGET OR FOR 01:35:03:00 01:35:06:00 THE FOR PROGRAM? 01:35:06:00 01:35:07:00 YOUR QUESTION WAS A LITTLE 01:35:07:00 01:35:07:00 UNCLEAR. 01:35:07:00 01:35:09:00 I'M SORRY FOR FULL BUDGET. 01:35:09:00 01:35:10:00 HOW MUCH DID YOU GET IN 01:35:10:00 01:35:13:00 CONTRACT AND WHAT IS IT FOR OR 01:35:13:00 01:35:13:00 PROPOSED? 01:35:13:00 01:35:14:00 I DON'T HAVE THE FULL BUDGET 01:35:14:00 01:35:17:00 PULLED UP IN FRONT OF ME BUT 01:35:17:00 01:35:18:00 I'LL BE ABLE TO GET YOU THAT 01:35:18:00 01:35:18:00 INFORMATION. 01:35:18:00 01:35:21:00 OK, WE CAN ACTUALLY KIRISHIMA 01:35:21:00 01:35:28:00 YOU STILL HERE WITH US READY 01:35:28:00 01:35:32:00 WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. 01:35:32:00 01:35:36:00 OK, SO I GUESS REALLY QUICK 01:35:36:00 01:35:37:00 DIRECTIVE BORDERS THERE IS A 01:35:37:00 01:35:39:00 THERE WAS FUNDS THAT I LAST 01:35:39:00 01:35:40:00 YEAR AN AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR 01:35:40:00 01:35:43:00 SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND FOUR 01:35:43:00 01:35:47:00 AFRICAN EVENTS OR CARNIVÓLE AND 01:35:47:00 01:35:48:00 SPECIFICALLY THEY WERE GOING TO 01:35:48:00 01:35:51:00 GO TO WEST AFRICAN COMMUNITY 01:35:51:00 01:35:52:00 THAT WANTED TO DO A CARNIVAL 01:35:52:00 01:35:55:00 THIS SUMMER AND I KNOW THAT IT 01:35:55:00 01:35:56:00 NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE 01:35:56:00 01:35:56:00 OF BEFORE JUNE. 01:35:56:00 01:35:59:00 SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 01:35:59:00 01:36:00:00 CONNECTING WITH YOU ON THAT 01:36:00:00 01:36:02:00 SPECIFICALLY AND THEN OBVIOUSLY 01:36:02:00 01:36:03:00 ANY WAY THAT WE CAN SUPPORT IN 01:36:03:00 01:36:04:00 TERMS OF AMENDMENTS TO LOOKING 01:36:04:00 01:36:07:00 AT CONTRACT TOTAL AMOUNTS AND I 01:36:07:00 01:36:07:00 THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING 01:36:07:00 01:36:10:00 WITH THIS LIKE THERE'S NOT 01:36:10:00 01:36:11:00 ENOUGH MONEY IN CONTRACTS. 01:36:11:00 01:36:12:00 WHAT ARE WE DOING EXACTLY HOW 01:36:12:00 01:36:14:00 INTENTIONAL ARE WE BEING AND 01:36:14:00 01:36:15:00 ALLOCATING FUNDS TO MAKE SURE 01:36:15:00 01:36:18:00 THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SUPPORTING 01:36:18:00 01:36:19:00 OUR ARTIST OR OUR COMMUNITIES 01:36:19:00 01:36:20:00 TO DOING SOME OF THE 01:36:20:00 01:36:23:00 PROGRAMMATIC STUFF THAT YOU 01:36:23:00 01:36:23:00 TALKING ABOUT. 01:36:23:00 01:36:24:00 BUT KARISHMA, IF YOU HAVE THE 01:36:24:00 01:36:27:00 PRESENTATION READY, WE'D LIKE 01:36:27:00 01:36:27:00 TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN AND I 01:36:27:00 01:36:28:00 THINK THAT WOULD HELP US WITH 01:36:28:00 01:36:36:00 MORE QUESTIONS. 01:36:36:00 01:36:37:00 ALL RIGHT. 01:36:37:00 01:36:38:00 THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A 01:36:38:00 01:36:39:00 QUICK BREAKDOWN OF THE TOURISM 01:36:39:00 01:36:43:00 BUDGET. 01:36:43:00 01:36:45:00 SO THIS IS JUST A BACKGROUND 01:36:45:00 01:36:45:00 KIND OF IMPORTANT MISSION 01:36:45:00 01:36:47:00 OF THE CABINET GETS UNDER AND 01:36:47:00 01:36:48:00 THIS IS THE ORG CHART THAT IS 01:36:48:00 01:36:51:00 AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET BOOK 01:36:51:00 01:36:55:00 AND THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE 01:36:55:00 01:36:56:00 OF THE FBI. 01:36:56:00 01:36:57:00 TWENTY FOUR RECOMMENDED BY 01:36:57:00 01:37:00:00 PROGRAM. 01:37:00:00 01:37:01:00 SO IF YOU CAN LOOK TO THE RIGHT 01:37:01:00 01:37:03:00 HERE IN SPECIAL EVENTS TAKES UP 01:37:03:00 01:37:04:00 FIFTY ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT AT 01:37:04:00 01:37:05:00 NINE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE 01:37:05:00 01:37:07:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS TOURISM 01:37:07:00 01:37:08:00 ADMINISTRATION TAKES UP THIRTY 01:37:08:00 01:37:09:00 SIX POINT FIVE PERCENT AT SIX 01:37:09:00 01:37:10:00 HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND 01:37:10:00 01:37:11:00 DOLLARS AND TOURISM ITSELF 01:37:11:00 01:37:12:00 TAKES A FOUR PERCENT AT TWO 01:37:12:00 01:37:12:00 HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND 01:37:12:00 01:37:15:00 DOLLARS. 01:37:15:00 01:37:16:00 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BREAKDOWN 01:37:16:00 01:37:18:00 IN THE PIE CHART ON THE LEFT 01:37:18:00 01:37:19:00 AND THIS IS THE FBI. 01:37:19:00 01:37:23:00 TWENTY FOUR OFFICE OF TERRORISM 01:37:23:00 01:37:24:00 RECOMMENDED BY EXPENSE TYPE. 01:37:24:00 01:37:25:00 IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT WE 01:37:25:00 01:37:27:00 HAVE THE HIGHEST PERSONNEL AT 01:37:27:00 01:37:27:00 FIFTY EIGHT POINT NINE PERCENT 01:37:27:00 01:37:30:00 AT ONE MILLION DOLLARS 01:37:30:00 01:37:31:00 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AT TWENTY 01:37:31:00 01:37:32:00 POINT SEVEN PERCENT AT THREE 01:37:32:00 01:37:34:00 HUNDRED TWENTY TWO THOUSAND 01:37:34:00 01:37:35:00 DOLLARS SUPPLIES MATERIALS AT 01:37:35:00 01:37:36:00 ONE PERCENT OF EIGHTEEN 01:37:36:00 01:37:38:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS. 01:37:38:00 01:37:38:00 CURRENT CHARGES OF THREE POINT 01:37:38:00 01:37:39:00 THREE PERCENT SIXTY THOUSAND 01:37:39:00 01:37:42:00 DOLLARS EQUIPMENT AT ONE POINT 01:37:42:00 01:37:43:00 FOUR PERCENT AT TWENTY FOUR 01:37:43:00 01:37:43:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND OTHER 01:37:43:00 01:37:46:00 EXPENSES AT FOURTEEN POINT 01:37:46:00 01:37:47:00 SEVEN PERCENT A TWO HUNDRED AND 01:37:47:00 01:37:50:00 SIXTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. 01:37:50:00 01:37:51:00 AND IF YOU STILL SEE THEM LINED 01:37:51:00 01:37:54:00 UP IN TERMS THAT PIE THIS IS A 01:37:54:00 01:37:57:00 CITY IT'S A REVOLVING FUND. 01:37:57:00 01:37:58:00 THIS IS JUST THE AMOUNT 01:37:58:00 01:37:58:00 OF MONEY THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED 01:37:58:00 01:37:59:00 THIS YEAR AND HISTORICAL 01:37:59:00 01:38:02:00 SPENDING TWENTY THREE WAS ONE 01:38:02:00 01:38:03:00 HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. 01:38:03:00 01:38:05:00 THERE WAS NO SPENDING PRIOR TO 01:38:05:00 01:38:06:00 THAT YEAR AT LEAST IN THE FROM 01:38:06:00 01:38:06:00 FBI. 01:38:06:00 01:38:09:00 TWENTY ONE AT THE VERY LEAST. 01:38:09:00 01:38:10:00 THIS IS THE OFFICE OF TOURISM 01:38:10:00 01:38:13:00 SPENDING BY PROGRAM OVER TIME. 01:38:13:00 01:38:14:00 SO WE HAVE TOURISM 01:38:14:00 01:38:15:00 ADMINISTRATION FILM AND SPECIAL 01:38:15:00 01:38:17:00 EVENTS AND TOURISM MALEV WHICH 01:38:17:00 01:38:18:00 IS A PROGRAM AND THEN TOTAL 01:38:18:00 01:38:21:00 AMOUNT BY THOUSANDS ON THE 01:38:21:00 01:38:21:00 BOTTOM. 01:38:21:00 01:38:22:00 SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM FIP 01:38:22:00 01:38:25:00 THROUGH TO FBI BEFORE WE HAVE 01:38:25:00 01:38:26:00 APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND 01:38:26:00 01:38:28:00 THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE 01:38:28:00 01:38:29:00 IN TERMS OF TOURISM 01:38:29:00 01:38:32:00 ADMINISTRATION WE'RE PRETTY 01:38:32:00 01:38:33:00 STABLE ON FILM AND SPECIAL 01:38:33:00 01:38:36:00 EVENTS AND APPROXIMATELY ONE 01:38:36:00 01:38:37:00 HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND 01:38:37:00 01:38:40:00 DOLLARS IN TOURISM INCREASE. 01:38:40:00 01:38:41:00 SOMETHING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT 01:38:41:00 01:38:43:00 THERE WAS A DECREASE IN TOURISM 01:38:43:00 01:38:44:00 ADMINISTRATION FROM ONE POINT 01:38:44:00 01:38:44:00 FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO FIVE 01:38:44:00 01:38:47:00 HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM TWO TO 01:38:47:00 01:38:51:00 THREE. 01:38:51:00 01:38:52:00 THIS IS TOURISM ADMINISTRATION 01:38:52:00 01:38:55:00 SPENDING OVER TIME BY EXPENSE. 01:38:55:00 01:38:56:00 SO WE SEE PERSONNEL SERVICES, 01:38:56:00 01:38:56:00 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, SUPPLIES, 01:38:56:00 01:38:58:00 MATERIALS, CHARGES 01:38:58:00 01:38:59:00 OF OBLIGATIONS. 01:38:59:00 01:39:00:00 EQUIPMENT IN THE FOLLOWING 01:39:00:00 01:39:02:00 SLIDE WILL ACTUALLY SEE HOW 01:39:02:00 01:39:03:00 MUCH THAT REDUNDANCY YEAR ON 01:39:03:00 01:39:06:00 YEAR JUST I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR 01:39:06:00 01:39:07:00 ATTENTION TO THE RIGHT OR 01:39:07:00 01:39:08:00 YOU'LL SEE THE LOGIC IN TERMS 01:39:08:00 01:39:10:00 OF YOU KNOW, LOU IS REFOUGHT 01:39:10:00 01:39:11:00 UNLIKELINESS FOR FLIGHT TWENTY 01:39:11:00 01:39:15:00 FOUR AND HERE WE HAVE THE 01:39:15:00 01:39:18:00 CHANGE IN TERMS OF DOLLARS SO 01:39:18:00 01:39:19:00 WE SEE THAT FROM NY TWENTY TWO 01:39:19:00 01:39:23:00 TO TWENTY THREE TO TWENTY FOUR 01:39:23:00 01:39:23:00 THERE'S AN INCREASE OF ONE 01:39:23:00 01:39:24:00 HUNDRED THIRTY THREE THOUSAND 01:39:24:00 01:39:26:00 DOLLARS IN PERSONNEL FIVE 01:39:26:00 01:39:27:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 01:39:27:00 01:39:27:00 CONTRACTURAL NINE THOUSAND 01:39:27:00 01:39:30:00 DOLLARS AND ZERO AND SUPPLIES 01:39:30:00 01:39:30:00 AND MATERIALS ZERO DOLLARS AND 01:39:30:00 01:39:31:00 FOR DOCTORS AND ALL THE 01:39:31:00 01:39:35:00 PATIENTS AND EQUIPMENT IF YOU 01:39:35:00 01:39:38:00 WANT TO THE TWO POINTS I WOULD 01:39:38:00 01:39:39:00 DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO IS 01:39:39:00 01:39:40:00 THAT FOR TWENTY THREE TO FOUR 01:39:40:00 01:39:43:00 TWENTY OR CHANGE AND THAT FBI 01:39:43:00 01:39:44:00 TWENTY ONE TO FLY TWENTY FOUR 01:39:44:00 01:39:46:00 CHANGE IN CASE YOU WERE 01:39:46:00 01:39:47:00 WONDERING ABOUT KIND OF A 01:39:47:00 01:39:48:00 HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE CABINET OR 01:39:48:00 01:39:50:00 THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF AND THEN 01:39:50:00 01:39:51:00 THIS IS JUST BY PERCENTAGE 01:39:51:00 01:39:54:00 AGAIN SOME OF THESE PERCENTAGES 01:39:54:00 01:39:55:00 ARE GOING TO LOOK VERY HIGH 01:39:55:00 01:39:56:00 THAT TWELVE PERCENT BUT THAT'S 01:39:56:00 01:39:58:00 ENTIRELY BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING 01:39:58:00 01:39:59:00 AT JUST DIFFERENCES IN TERMS 01:39:59:00 01:40:02:00 OF STARTING ABOUT AND THEN WE 01:40:02:00 01:40:06:00 HAVE FIELDMAN SPECIAL SPENDING 01:40:06:00 01:40:07:00 OVER TIME BY EXPENSE AS YOU CAN 01:40:07:00 01:40:10:00 SEE HERE IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY 01:40:10:00 01:40:11:00 THOSE EXPENSE TYPES AS WELL AND 01:40:11:00 01:40:14:00 THEN ON NEXT SLIDE WE'LL SEE 01:40:14:00 01:40:15:00 KIND OF WHAT THAT CHANGES 01:40:15:00 01:40:16:00 THOUGH IN TWENTY THREE TWENTY 01:40:16:00 01:40:17:00 FOUR WE HAVE A TWENTY SIX 01:40:17:00 01:40:18:00 THOUSAND DOLLAR DECREASE IN 01:40:18:00 01:40:21:00 PERSONNEL EXPENDITURE, NOT ONE 01:40:21:00 01:40:22:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE IN 01:40:22:00 01:40:26:00 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, ONE 01:40:26:00 01:40:26:00 THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE IN 01:40:26:00 01:40:27:00 SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS AND KIND 01:40:27:00 01:40:29:00 OF THIRTY OR TWENTY TWO 01:40:29:00 01:40:30:00 THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE IN 01:40:30:00 01:40:33:00 EQUIPMENT AND THIS IS JUST 01:40:33:00 01:40:34:00 BROKEN DOWN BY PERCENTAGE JUST 01:40:34:00 01:40:34:00 SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT 01:40:34:00 01:40:37:00 EASIER TO KIND OF SEE HOW WE'RE 01:40:37:00 01:40:38:00 MOVING FROM YEAR ON YEAR IN 01:40:38:00 01:40:41:00 TERMS OF TOTAL LINE ITEM THEN 01:40:41:00 01:40:45:00 THIS IS TOURISM SPENDING OVER 01:40:45:00 01:40:45:00 TIME BY EXPENSES. 01:40:45:00 01:40:47:00 YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS THERE'S A 01:40:47:00 01:40:48:00 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR 01:40:48:00 01:40:49:00 INCREASE IN PERSONNEL SERVICES 01:40:49:00 01:40:52:00 AND THE REMAINDER THE LINE 01:40:52:00 01:40:53:00 ITEMS TO BE RELATIVELY STABLE 01:40:53:00 01:40:54:00 AND IN OUR NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL 01:40:54:00 01:40:56:00 SEE THAT IN TERMS OF FISCAL 01:40:56:00 01:41:00:00 YEAR TWENTY ONE FISCAL YEAR 01:41:00:00 01:41:01:00 TWENTY FOUR INCREASES WE SEE 01:41:01:00 01:41:01:00 ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR 01:41:01:00 01:41:04:00 INCREASE IN PERSONNEL SERVICES 01:41:04:00 01:41:04:00 AND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR 01:41:04:00 01:41:08:00 INCREASE IN OTHER EXPENSES AND 01:41:08:00 01:41:12:00 THIS JUST BY PERCENTAGE OF THIS 01:41:12:00 01:41:13:00 IS JUST A CHANGE IN TERMS 01:41:13:00 01:41:15:00 OF PERCENTAGE AND THEN THIS IS 01:41:15:00 01:41:19:00 JUST A BREAKDOWN 01:41:19:00 01:41:19:00 OF DEPARTMENTAL HISTORY VERSUS 01:41:19:00 01:41:20:00 EXTERNAL FUNDS EXPENSE TYPE. 01:41:20:00 01:41:23:00 SO IN THE LEFT WE HAVE AN 01:41:23:00 01:41:24:00 EXPENSE TO THE TOP TWO EXPENSE 01:41:24:00 01:41:27:00 TYPES ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT HAD 01:41:27:00 01:41:28:00 EXTERNAL FUNDS AND RENTAL 01:41:28:00 01:41:28:00 HISTORY. 01:41:28:00 01:41:30:00 SO THE TOP THE TOP EXPENSE 01:41:30:00 01:41:31:00 RIGHT IS SPECIAL EXPENDITURES 01:41:31:00 01:41:35:00 OR SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS AND 01:41:35:00 01:41:36:00 THE SECOND IS CONTRACTED 01:41:36:00 01:41:36:00 CONTRACTED SERVICES AND SO WE 01:41:36:00 01:41:38:00 SEE SIXTY THREE THOUSAND 01:41:38:00 01:41:39:00 DOLLARS OF THE OPERATING FUND 01:41:39:00 01:41:42:00 FOR A SPECIAL APPROPRIATION AND 01:41:42:00 01:41:43:00 AT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS 01:41:43:00 01:41:43:00 FROM EXTERNAL FUNDS AND WE SEE 01:41:43:00 01:41:46:00 THREE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE 01:41:46:00 01:41:46:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT 01:41:46:00 01:41:47:00 OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES FOR 01:41:47:00 01:41:50:00 CONTRACTED SERVICES AND FIFTY 01:41:50:00 01:41:51:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT 01:41:51:00 01:41:51:00 OF EXTERNAL FUNDS. 01:41:51:00 01:41:57:00 I THINK THAT IS IT FROM THANK 01:41:57:00 01:42:01:00 YOU KARISHMA. 01:42:01:00 01:42:06:00 HAPPY TO SHARE THAT BREAKDOWN 01:42:06:00 01:42:07:00 WITH YOU AS WELL. 01:42:07:00 01:42:09:00 DIRECTOR PAUL IS ABSOLUTELY 01:42:09:00 01:42:13:00 CHIEF ORTEGA ARE YOU STILL WITH 01:42:13:00 01:42:14:00 US? 01:42:14:00 01:42:18:00 YES, IS IT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO 01:42:18:00 01:42:24:00 SEND ME IN BY EMAIL OR WHATEVER 01:42:24:00 01:42:25:00 WHEN YOU HAVE IT A BREAKDOWN 01:42:25:00 01:42:28:00 OF YOUR CONTRACT AND GRABS IN 01:42:28:00 01:42:32:00 TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS 01:42:32:00 01:42:35:00 IN AMOUNTS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE 01:42:35:00 01:42:35:00 ? 01:42:35:00 01:42:36:00 YES, WE CAN DO THAT. 01:42:36:00 01:42:37:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:42:37:00 01:42:40:00 AND THEN SAME WITH MURAL'S 01:42:40:00 01:42:41:00 BREAKDOWN OF LOCATION AND THE 01:42:41:00 01:42:44:00 ARTISTS DEMOGRAPHICS AND YES, 01:42:44:00 01:42:48:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH I THAT'S FOR 01:42:48:00 01:42:51:00 ME THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I 01:42:51:00 01:42:52:00 HAVE. 01:42:52:00 01:42:53:00 THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR MY 01:42:53:00 01:42:53:00 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 01:42:53:00 01:42:56:00 VARIS OF HAND I CAN CALL YOU 01:42:56:00 01:42:56:00 FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING. 01:42:56:00 01:42:59:00 WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY 01:42:59:00 01:43:00:00 COUNCILOR VALETTA. 01:43:00:00 01:43:01:00 I SEE YOU ON CAMERA. 01:43:01:00 01:43:03:00 I'LL ALLOW YOU TO GO FIRST WITH 01:43:03:00 01:43:04:00 YOUR QUESTIONS. 01:43:04:00 01:43:05:00 CHIEF ORTEGA ARTS I KNOW THAT 01:43:05:00 01:43:08:00 YOU HERE EARLIER I'M SORRY THAT 01:43:08:00 01:43:08:00 YOU MISSED YOU ACTUALLY SENT ME 01:43:08:00 01:43:09:00 A MESSAGE THAT YOU HAD 01:43:09:00 01:43:11:00 SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO GO TO 01:43:11:00 01:43:12:00 AND I GOT IT TOO LATE BUT THANK 01:43:12:00 01:43:14:00 YOU SO MUCH. 01:43:14:00 01:43:15:00 WE WELCOME YOU BACK. 01:43:15:00 01:43:19:00 SO CHIEF ELLIOTT ORTEGA FROM 01:43:19:00 01:43:22:00 ARTS AND CULTURE JOHN WATERS, 01:43:22:00 01:43:23:00 DIRECTOR OF TOURISM 01:43:23:00 01:43:23:00 ENTERTAINMENT. 01:43:23:00 01:43:24:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR 01:43:24:00 01:43:27:00 COUNCIL CLUTTER. 01:43:27:00 01:43:28:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I 01:43:28:00 01:43:30:00 APPRECIATE INDULGENCE. 01:43:30:00 01:43:32:00 I DID HAVE TO RUN AT THREE 01:43:32:00 01:43:32:00 O'CLOCK RIGHT AS MY QUESTIONING 01:43:32:00 01:43:35:00 WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 01:43:35:00 01:43:36:00 SO I DO APPRECIATE THIS SECOND 01:43:36:00 01:43:38:00 OPPORTUNITY AND I WILL BE BRIEF 01:43:38:00 01:43:39:00 AND THANK YOU CHIEF AGAIN FOR 01:43:39:00 01:43:40:00 YOUR WORK. 01:43:40:00 01:43:43:00 THANK YOU TO TO JOHN AS WELL. 01:43:43:00 01:43:44:00 DIRECTOR YOU DIRECTOR CHIEF I 01:43:44:00 01:43:46:00 WANT TO DIRECTOR I WANTED TO 01:43:46:00 01:43:47:00 GET YOUR TITLE CORRECT DIRECT 01:43:47:00 01:43:49:00 EFFECT ON YOUR CONGRATULATIONS 01:43:49:00 01:43:50:00 . 01:43:50:00 01:43:51:00 I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ONLY BEEN IN 01:43:51:00 01:43:52:00 FOR ABOUT TWO TWO MONTHS TWO 01:43:52:00 01:43:54:00 WEEKS, WHATEVER IT IS BUT 01:43:54:00 01:43:54:00 WELCOME. 01:43:54:00 01:43:55:00 THANK YOU. 01:43:55:00 01:43:58:00 SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING 01:43:58:00 01:43:59:00 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE 01:43:59:00 01:44:02:00 OF ARTS AND CULTURE IS THE 01:44:02:00 01:44:02:00 CHAIR. 01:44:02:00 01:44:03:00 I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE 01:44:03:00 01:44:06:00 QUESTIONING FROM MY COLLEAGUE. 01:44:06:00 01:44:07:00 THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR 01:44:07:00 01:44:07:00 ASKING FOR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AS 01:44:07:00 01:44:10:00 WELL ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE 01:44:10:00 01:44:11:00 DOING JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE 01:44:11:00 01:44:13:00 HAVE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION 01:44:13:00 01:44:14:00 OF RESOURCES AND WHERE WE'RE 01:44:14:00 01:44:17:00 CREATING VIBRANT HEALTHY 01:44:17:00 01:44:17:00 COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE ARTS 01:44:17:00 01:44:21:00 AND CULTURE AND UPLIFTING 01:44:21:00 01:44:22:00 ARTISTS WHERE WE CAN ESPECIALLY 01:44:22:00 01:44:25:00 EMERGING ARTISTS. 01:44:25:00 01:44:26:00 SO I KNOW THAT WE HAD A 01:44:26:00 01:44:26:00 CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO 01:44:26:00 01:44:29:00 REHEARSAL SPACES IT'S BEEN 01:44:29:00 01:44:30:00 BROUGHT UP AND JUST ITS ROLE IN 01:44:30:00 01:44:33:00 MAINTAINING AND GROWING THE 01:44:33:00 01:44:34:00 CREATIVE ECONOMY IN THE CITY 01:44:34:00 01:44:35:00 AND THERE WAS A POLICY POSITION 01:44:35:00 01:44:36:00 OF NO NET LOSS OF CULTURE 01:44:36:00 01:44:39:00 SPACES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON 01:44:39:00 01:44:40:00 AND SOME OF THE PROPOSED 01:44:40:00 01:44:44:00 POLICIES TO KEEP ARTISTS IN 01:44:44:00 01:44:44:00 PLACE INCLUDED MORE PREDICTABLE 01:44:44:00 01:44:45:00 COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND 01:44:45:00 01:44:47:00 MITIGATION EXPECTATIONS FOR 01:44:47:00 01:44:48:00 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, CITY 01:44:48:00 01:44:51:00 ACQUISITION FOR SPACE AND LAND 01:44:51:00 01:44:52:00 FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURAL USE 01:44:52:00 01:44:55:00 AND THEN CITY ZONING REFORM 01:44:55:00 01:44:56:00 JUST TO ENABLE MORE CULTURAL 01:44:56:00 01:44:56:00 USES. 01:44:56:00 01:44:59:00 SO I'M WONDERING HOW YOUR 01:44:59:00 01:45:00:00 BUDGET REFLECTS THOSE POLICY 01:45:00:00 01:45:02:00 THOSE PROPOSED POLICIES AND AND 01:45:02:00 01:45:05:00 I GUESS THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR 01:45:05:00 01:45:09:00 EACH ONE OF THOSE AND YES. 01:45:09:00 01:45:13:00 AND THOSE WERE ALL CULTURAL 01:45:13:00 01:45:17:00 SPACE RELATED TO OK SO THAT OUR 01:45:17:00 01:45:21:00 BUDGET REFLECTS THAT WITHIN THE 01:45:21:00 01:45:22:00 CONTRACTED SERVICES LINE WHICH 01:45:22:00 01:45:23:00 IS WHERE ALL OF OUR KIND 01:45:23:00 01:45:24:00 OF GRANTS WE PROGRAM DOLLARS 01:45:24:00 01:45:25:00 ARE AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE 01:45:25:00 01:45:28:00 FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS 01:45:28:00 01:45:29:00 ALLOCATED FOR THE NEXT ROUND 01:45:29:00 01:45:32:00 OF THE CULTURAL SPACE FUND 01:45:32:00 01:45:33:00 WHICH WOULD START IN NY TWENTY 01:45:33:00 01:45:36:00 FOUR AND WE'RE WRAPPING THAT 01:45:36:00 01:45:37:00 FIRST ROUND NOW THAT'S THE 01:45:37:00 01:45:40:00 PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PILOTING SO 01:45:40:00 01:45:41:00 WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT 01:45:41:00 01:45:42:00 NEXT YEAR AND THAT'S WHERE 01:45:42:00 01:45:44:00 THAT'S REPRESENTED IN OUR 01:45:44:00 01:45:45:00 BUDGET CURRENTLY WE ALSO HAVE 01:45:45:00 01:45:47:00 SOME FUNDING SET ASIDE WITHIN 01:45:47:00 01:45:48:00 CULTURAL PLANNING FOR TECHNICAL 01:45:48:00 01:45:48:00 ASSISTANCE. 01:45:48:00 01:45:52:00 WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER 01:45:52:00 01:45:52:00 ABOUT HAVING WORKSHOPS OTHER 01:45:52:00 01:45:55:00 THINGS TO INCREASE FOLKS 01:45:55:00 01:45:56:00 CAPACITY TO ORGANIZE AROUND 01:45:56:00 01:45:59:00 THESE ISSUES OR ACCESS 01:45:59:00 01:46:00:00 DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT 01:46:00:00 01:46:01:00 COSTS OR OTHER SORTS OF THINGS 01:46:01:00 01:46:02:00 THAT THEY MIGHT NEED IN THE 01:46:02:00 01:46:03:00 MOMENT OF DEALING WITH WITH A 01:46:03:00 01:46:04:00 SPACE CRISIS. 01:46:04:00 01:46:07:00 SO SO ALTOGETHER THAT'S 01:46:07:00 01:46:11:00 PROBABLY ABOUT HALF A MILLION 01:46:11:00 01:46:11:00 DEDICATED TO CULTURAL SPACE 01:46:11:00 01:46:15:00 THAT'S AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN 01:46:15:00 01:46:15:00 CONTRACTUAL YES. 01:46:15:00 01:46:17:00 OK, GREAT. 01:46:17:00 01:46:19:00 AND I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE 01:46:19:00 01:46:19:00 TALKED ABOUT A CITY WIDE 01:46:19:00 01:46:22:00 FUNDING MECHANISM FOR FOR 01:46:22:00 01:46:22:00 CULTURAL SPACE AND PROJECTS AND 01:46:22:00 01:46:26:00 I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT 01:46:26:00 01:46:27:00 WORK TOO OFTEN I THINK IN 01:46:27:00 01:46:29:00 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS CERTAIN 01:46:29:00 01:46:30:00 PRIORITIES GET PITTED AGAINST 01:46:30:00 01:46:30:00 EACH OTHER. 01:46:30:00 01:46:33:00 IT'S EITHER AFFORDABILITY OR 01:46:33:00 01:46:34:00 RESILIENCY OR AFFORDABILITY AND 01:46:34:00 01:46:35:00 ARTS AND CULTURE, ARTS AND 01:46:35:00 01:46:38:00 CULTURE AND WHATEVER IN ARTS 01:46:38:00 01:46:38:00 AND CULTURE PREDOMINANTLY JUST 01:46:38:00 01:46:39:00 TENDS TO GET THE BACK SEAT AND 01:46:39:00 01:46:41:00 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY 01:46:41:00 01:46:45:00 NEED TO TO TO BE PROACTIVE AND 01:46:45:00 01:46:45:00 WORK AGAINST IT. 01:46:45:00 01:46:46:00 SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING 01:46:46:00 01:46:49:00 ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH 01:46:49:00 01:46:50:00 YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO ESTABLISH 01:46:50:00 01:46:53:00 THAT CITYWIDE FUND AND UTILIZE 01:46:53:00 01:46:53:00 ZONING TO PRIORITIZE LIGHT 01:46:53:00 01:46:57:00 INDUSTRIAL USES AND AND REALLY 01:46:57:00 01:46:58:00 JUST BE CREATIVE WHEN IT COMES 01:46:58:00 01:47:00:00 TO TRYING TO FIND AS MUCH 01:47:00:00 01:47:01:00 REVENUE AS POSSIBLE TO 01:47:01:00 01:47:04:00 ESTABLISH THIS FUND WHICH WOULD 01:47:04:00 01:47:05:00 BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE 01:47:05:00 01:47:05:00 CITY OF AUSTIN. 01:47:05:00 01:47:06:00 SO LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE 01:47:06:00 01:47:08:00 CONVERSATIONS AND ANY OTHER WAY 01:47:08:00 01:47:09:00 THAT I CAN BE HELPFUL THROUGH 01:47:09:00 01:47:10:00 THIS BUDGET PROCESS, PLEASE LET 01:47:10:00 01:47:12:00 ME KNOW. 01:47:12:00 01:47:13:00 BUT THAT'S THAT'S MY IN CHAIR. 01:47:13:00 01:47:13:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:47:13:00 01:47:15:00 THANK YOU. 01:47:15:00 01:47:16:00 COUNCIL I KNOW THAT 01:47:16:00 01:47:19:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR ROLE 01:47:19:00 01:47:20:00 HAD MORE QUESTIONS EARLIER. 01:47:20:00 01:47:23:00 I'M NOT SURE IF WE WROTE THEM 01:47:23:00 01:47:24:00 DOWN. 01:47:24:00 01:47:27:00 CHIEF, DID YOU HAVE A RESPONSE 01:47:27:00 01:47:28:00 TO I THINK IT WAS 01:47:28:00 01:47:31:00 COUNCILOR MHERE WHO HAD A 01:47:31:00 01:47:32:00 QUESTION WELL I'M SORRY I HAD A 01:47:32:00 01:47:35:00 QUESTION ABOUT OUR CURRENT 01:47:35:00 01:47:39:00 CHARGES AND ANOTHER LINE AND I 01:47:39:00 01:47:40:00 CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE OTHER 01:47:40:00 01:47:43:00 BUDGET LINE WAS BUT NEITHER DO 01:47:43:00 01:47:44:00 YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 01:47:44:00 01:47:46:00 OUR OUR CURRENT CHARGES? 01:47:46:00 01:47:46:00 SURE. 01:47:46:00 01:47:47:00 SO OUR CURRENT CHARGES 01:47:47:00 01:47:50:00 BASICALLY OUR MEMBERSHIP. 01:47:50:00 01:47:54:00 SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OFFICE 01:47:54:00 01:47:55:00 MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE LIKE 01:47:55:00 01:47:58:00 WE HAD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 01:47:58:00 01:47:58:00 . 01:47:58:00 01:47:59:00 WE STILL BE OUT OF THAT OUR 01:47:59:00 01:48:02:00 MEMBERSHIP ARE SUITABLE WHICH 01:48:02:00 01:48:05:00 IS OUR GRANT APPLICATION 01:48:05:00 01:48:05:00 PLATFORM. 01:48:05:00 01:48:06:00 WE'VE BEEN USING THAT FOR LIKE 01:48:06:00 01:48:16:00 ALMOST LIKE TEN YEARS. 01:48:16:00 01:48:18:00 WE'LL FLOW OUT OF THAT LINE 01:48:18:00 01:48:18:00 COMES OUT OF OTHER LICENSES 01:48:18:00 01:48:19:00 THAT WE USE TO CREATE VIDEOS, 01:48:19:00 01:48:25:00 FLIERS DO PERHAPS WE ALSO HAVE 01:48:25:00 01:48:26:00 WE PAY FOR A HOSTING OR OUR 01:48:26:00 01:48:29:00 COLLECTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 01:48:29:00 01:48:29:00 . 01:48:29:00 01:48:30:00 SO THAT IS BOTH AN INTERNAL AND 01:48:30:00 01:48:33:00 SOON TO BE EXTERNAL DATA 01:48:33:00 01:48:34:00 COLLECTION OF ALL OUR PIECES 01:48:34:00 01:48:37:00 CITY OF AUSTIN AND MOST 01:48:37:00 01:48:40:00 RECENTLY WE PROCURE A TEXTING 01:48:40:00 01:48:41:00 SOFTWARE AND THIS WAS 01:48:41:00 01:48:45:00 RECOMMENDED BY SOMEONE HERE 01:48:45:00 01:48:45:00 LAST YEAR TO WISH CONSTITUENTS 01:48:45:00 01:48:48:00 SO WE HAVE ABOUT TWENTY THREE 01:48:48:00 01:48:52:00 HUNDRED PHONE NUMBERS THAT WE 01:48:52:00 01:48:52:00 CAN USE TO TEXT FOLKS WHEN 01:48:52:00 01:48:55:00 THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY COMING 01:48:55:00 01:48:56:00 FROM OUR OFFICE. 01:48:56:00 01:48:58:00 NICE TO HEAR. 01:48:58:00 01:49:05:00 DID YOU HEAR THAT MAYBE 01:49:05:00 01:49:06:00 SOMETHING HERE IS LEFT THIS 01:49:06:00 01:49:07:00 BECAUSE MAYBE IF YOU'RE NOT 01:49:07:00 01:49:10:00 WITH US AND HAVE ANY FURTHER 01:49:10:00 01:49:10:00 QUESTIONS I DON'T HAVE ANY 01:49:10:00 01:49:13:00 OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU SO 01:49:13:00 01:49:17:00 THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING 01:49:17:00 01:49:18:00 HERE AND THIS CONVERSATION I 01:49:18:00 01:49:21:00 WILL SUBMIT ANY OTHER 01:49:21:00 01:49:22:00 INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS THAT I 01:49:22:00 01:49:25:00 HAVE FOR MY COLLEAGUES OR 01:49:25:00 01:49:28:00 MYSELF TO PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO 01:49:28:00 01:49:29:00 ME AND I CAN DISPERSE THEM TO 01:49:29:00 01:49:30:00 MY COLLEAGUES OR SEND THEM TO 01:49:30:00 01:49:32:00 ALL OF US. 01:49:32:00 01:49:36:00 AND IF YOU OF COURSE HAVE ANY 01:49:36:00 01:49:37:00 PENDING QUESTIONS OR PERMISSION 01:49:37:00 01:49:38:00 TO SEND US LOOK FORWARD TO 01:49:38:00 01:49:41:00 DISCUSSING THOSE AS WELL. 01:49:41:00 01:49:41:00 THANK YOU EVERYONE. 01:49:41:00 01:49:44:00 AND WE ARE HEARING IS 01:49:44:00 01:49:44:00 ADJOURNED. 01:49:44:00 01:49:45:00 THANK YOU. 01:49:45:00 01:50:22:00 IS THANK YOU.