00:00:00:00 00:11:08:00 OH, AND UH, UH OH GOOD 00:11:08:00 00:11:08:00 AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD, MY 00:11:08:00 00:11:12:00 NAME IS TANIA ANDERSON, THE 00:11:12:00 00:11:13:00 DISTRICT SEVEN CITY COUNCILOR . 00:11:13:00 00:11:16:00 I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON 00:11:16:00 00:11:16:00 CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON WAYS 00:11:16:00 00:11:17:00 AND MEANS. 00:11:17:00 00:11:19:00 THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED 00:11:19:00 00:11:20:00 . 00:11:20:00 00:11:21:00 IT IS BEING LIVE STREAMED AT 00:11:21:00 00:11:24:00 BOSTON MAUGA FOR CITY COUNCIL , 00:11:24:00 00:11:25:00 DASCH COUNCIL DASH TV AND 00:11:25:00 00:11:28:00 BROADCAST XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT 00:11:28:00 00:11:31:00 RCN CHANNEL EIGHTY TWO AND FIVE 00:11:31:00 00:11:32:00 CHANNEL NINE SIX FOR THE 00:11:32:00 00:11:35:00 COUNCIL'S BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS 00:11:35:00 00:11:36:00 WILL ENCOMPASS A SERIES 00:11:36:00 00:11:37:00 OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEGINNING IN 00:11:37:00 00:11:38:00 APRIL AND RUNNING THROUGH JUNE 00:11:38:00 00:11:39:00 . 00:11:39:00 00:11:40:00 WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS 00:11:40:00 00:11:41:00 TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENGAGE IN 00:11:41:00 00:11:43:00 THIS PROCESS BY GIVING 00:11:43:00 00:11:44:00 TESTIMONY FOR THE RECORD YOU 00:11:44:00 00:11:47:00 CAN ALWAYS DO THIS AND YOU CAN 00:11:47:00 00:11:48:00 DO THIS IN SEVERAL WAYS ATTEND 00:11:48:00 00:11:49:00 ONE OF OUR HEARINGS AND GIVE 00:11:49:00 00:11:51:00 PUBLIC TESTIMONY. 00:11:51:00 00:11:52:00 WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY 00:11:52:00 00:11:54:00 AT THE END OF EACH DEPARTMENT 00:11:54:00 00:11:56:00 HEARING AND ALSO AT A HEARING 00:11:56:00 00:11:59:00 DEDICATED PUBLIC TESTIMONY 00:11:59:00 00:12:03:00 WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE ALREADY. 00:12:03:00 00:12:04:00 ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO JUNE 1ST 00:12:04:00 00:12:06:00 WHERE WE WILL DO PUBLIC 00:12:06:00 00:12:06:00 TESTIMONY IN CONJUNCTION WITH 00:12:06:00 00:12:07:00 THE HEARING SPECIFICALLY 00:12:07:00 00:12:10:00 FOCUSED ON CAPITAL BUDGET. 00:12:10:00 00:12:11:00 THE FULL HEARING SCHEDULE IS ON 00:12:11:00 00:12:14:00 OUR WEBSITE AT BOSTON DOT GOV 00:12:14:00 00:12:18:00 FOR SLASH COUNCIL DASCH BUDGET. 00:12:18:00 00:12:19:00 YOU CAN GIVE TESTIMONY IN 00:12:19:00 00:12:22:00 PERSON HERE IN THE CHAMBER AND 00:12:22:00 00:12:26:00 VIRTUALLY VIRTUALLY VIAS FOR 00:12:26:00 00:12:30:00 IN-PERSON TESTIMONY. 00:12:30:00 00:12:31:00 PLEASE COME TO THE CHAMBER AND 00:12:31:00 00:12:34:00 SIGN UP ON THE SHEET NEAR THE 00:12:34:00 00:12:35:00 ENTRANCE FOR VIRTUAL TESTIMONY. 00:12:35:00 00:12:38:00 YOU CAN SIGN UP USING OUR 00:12:38:00 00:12:38:00 ONLINE FORM ON OUR 00:12:38:00 00:12:41:00 COUNCIL BUDGET REVIEW WEBSITE 00:12:41:00 00:12:42:00 OR BY EMAILING THE COMMITTEE 00:12:42:00 00:12:45:00 ACSC AT BOSTON DOT GOV. 00:12:45:00 00:12:47:00 WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO TESTIFY 00:12:47:00 00:12:49:00 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND 00:12:49:00 00:12:50:00 AFFILIATION OR RESIDENCE AND 00:12:50:00 00:12:53:00 LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO TWO TO 00:12:53:00 00:12:54:00 THREE MINUTES OR WHICHEVER TIME 00:12:54:00 00:12:57:00 THAT THE CHAIR MYSELF ALLOWS 00:12:57:00 00:12:58:00 THAT TO ENSURE THAT ALL 00:12:58:00 00:13:01:00 COMMENTS AND CONCERNS CAN BE 00:13:01:00 00:13:02:00 HEARD. 00:13:02:00 00:13:05:00 EMAIL YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO 00:13:05:00 00:13:06:00 THE COMMITTEE AT CCC W.M. AT 00:13:06:00 00:13:09:00 BOSTON DOT GOV SUBMIT A TWO 00:13:09:00 00:13:10:00 MINUTE VIDEO OF YOUR TESTIMONY 00:13:10:00 00:13:13:00 THROUGH THE FORM ON OUR WEBSITE 00:13:13:00 00:13:13:00 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE 00:13:13:00 00:13:16:00 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS AND 00:13:16:00 00:13:17:00 HOW TO TESTIFY, PLEASE VISIT 00:13:17:00 00:13:20:00 THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET 00:13:20:00 00:13:21:00 WEBSITE AT BOSTON DOT GOV FOR 00:13:21:00 00:13:23:00 SLASH COUNCIL BUDGET. 00:13:23:00 00:13:24:00 TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 00:13:24:00 00:13:28:00 ZERO SEVEN SIX ZERO TWO ZERO 00:13:28:00 00:13:29:00 SEVEN SIX TWO ORDERS FOR THE 00:13:29:00 00:13:32:00 FBI OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDING 00:13:32:00 00:13:32:00 ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 00:13:32:00 00:13:35:00 DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS FOR THE 00:13:35:00 00:13:36:00 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE 00:13:36:00 00:13:39:00 OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 00:13:39:00 00:13:41:00 OPM DOCKET ZERO SEVEN SIX THREE 00:13:41:00 00:13:44:00 ZERO SEVEN SIX FIVE TWO ZERO 00:13:44:00 00:13:45:00 SEVEN SIX SIX ORDERS FOR 00:13:45:00 00:13:47:00 CAPITAL FUND TRANSFER 00:13:47:00 00:13:48:00 APPROPRIATIONS DOCKET ZERO 00:13:48:00 00:13:49:00 SEVEN SIX FOUR ZERO SEVEN SIX 00:13:49:00 00:13:52:00 SEVEN ZERO SEVEN SIX EIGHT 00:13:52:00 00:13:53:00 ORDERS FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET 00:13:53:00 00:13:56:00 INCLUDING LONG ORDERS AND LEASE 00:13:56:00 00:13:56:00 PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. 00:13:56:00 00:13:58:00 OUR FOCUS AREA FOR THIS HEARING 00:13:58:00 00:13:59:00 WILL BE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FBI 00:13:59:00 00:14:03:00 BUDGET FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS 00:14:03:00 00:14:03:00 DEPARTMENT AND BOSTON 00:14:03:00 00:14:04:00 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 00:14:04:00 00:14:06:00 OUR PANELISTS FOR TODAY'S 00:14:06:00 00:14:20:00 HEARING ARE YES PLEASE I HAVE 00:14:20:00 00:14:21:00 THE WRONG SHEET. 00:14:21:00 00:14:24:00 THANK YOU FOR BEING SO 00:14:24:00 00:14:28:00 INSIGHTFUL CHIEF YASHAR. 00:14:28:00 00:14:29:00 YES, AN INTRODUCTION WOULD BE 00:14:29:00 00:14:32:00 NICE PLEASE FOR EVERYONE ON THE 00:14:32:00 00:14:36:00 PANEL. 00:14:36:00 00:14:36:00 THANK YOU. 00:14:36:00 00:14:37:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK 00:14:37:00 00:14:38:00 YOU CHAIR FOR NOT JUST 00:14:38:00 00:14:38:00 UNDERSTAND. 00:14:38:00 00:14:39:00 SO JUST TO INTRODUCE THE FOLKS 00:14:39:00 00:14:44:00 WHO ARE UP HERE TODAY WE HAVE 00:14:44:00 00:14:45:00 MIKE MORELL WHO IS OUR 00:14:45:00 00:14:47:00 SUPERINTENDENT OF STREET 00:14:47:00 00:14:48:00 OPERATIONS PA ADVISING OUR CITY 00:14:48:00 00:14:51:00 ENGINEER KEITH ENGLUND, OUR 00:14:51:00 00:14:51:00 DIRECTOR OF GREEN 00:14:51:00 00:14:55:00 INFRASTRUCTURE, VANITA GUPTA, 00:14:55:00 00:14:56:00 DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING 00:14:56:00 00:14:59:00 NICK GOAVE WAS OUR DEPUTY CHIEF 00:14:59:00 00:15:00:00 OF STREETS FOR TRANSPORTATION, 00:15:00:00 00:15:01:00 ALSO SERVING AS BTG 00:15:01:00 00:15:03:00 COMMISSIONER AND OMAR KOSOFF, 00:15:03:00 00:15:06:00 OUR NEWLY MINTED DIRECTOR 00:15:06:00 00:15:07:00 OF FINANCE AND BUDGET FOR THE 00:15:07:00 00:15:11:00 CABINET AND I REFLECT ON HOW 00:15:11:00 00:15:12:00 MUCH CHIEF OF STS WE DID SOME 00:15:12:00 00:15:15:00 OPENING REMARKS WHEN YOU ARE 00:15:15:00 00:15:16:00 READY BUT HAPPY TO TURN IT BACK 00:15:16:00 00:15:17:00 TO YOU IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL 00:15:17:00 00:15:18:00 STUFF YOU'D LIKE TO THANK YOU 00:15:18:00 00:15:22:00 SO MUCH FOR OUR FORMAT. 00:15:22:00 00:15:26:00 THIS WILL NOT BE ALONG HERE AND 00:15:26:00 00:15:27:00 HOPEFULLY WE CAN NARROW THIS 00:15:27:00 00:15:30:00 DOWN TO JUST AN HOUR AND A HALF 00:15:30:00 00:15:31:00 TO A COUPLE HOURS. 00:15:31:00 00:15:34:00 WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR OPENING 00:15:34:00 00:15:34:00 STATEMENTS FOR MY 00:15:34:00 00:15:35:00 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES JUST THIRTY 00:15:35:00 00:15:38:00 SECONDS EACH AND THEN WE'LL GO 00:15:38:00 00:15:39:00 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PRESENTATION 00:15:39:00 00:15:42:00 ROUND ONE QUESTIONS EACH WILL 00:15:42:00 00:15:43:00 HAVE TEN MINUTES AND THEN 00:15:43:00 00:15:46:00 CLOSING REMARKS WITHOUT FURTHER 00:15:46:00 00:15:46:00 ADO. 00:15:46:00 00:15:50:00 FIRST WE HAVE SORRY I'M JOINED 00:15:50:00 00:15:54:00 TODAY IN THIS HEARING BY MY 00:15:54:00 00:15:54:00 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR'S 00:15:54:00 00:15:57:00 BREADON DISTRICT NINE 00:15:57:00 00:15:58:00 COUNCILOR AARON MURPHY AT LARGE 00:15:58:00 00:16:01:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLIN DISTRICT 00:16:01:00 00:16:01:00 TO COUNCILOR AT LARGE HOODIA 00:16:01:00 00:16:05:00 MEJIA COUNCILOR BRADIN YOU HAVE 00:16:05:00 00:16:06:00 THIRTY SECONDS FOR OPENING 00:16:06:00 00:16:06:00 STATEMENTS. 00:16:06:00 00:16:09:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 00:16:09:00 00:16:10:00 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. 00:16:10:00 00:16:13:00 I'M GOING TO KEEP IT REALLY 00:16:13:00 00:16:14:00 BRIEF BECAUSE I HAVE TO LEAVE 00:16:14:00 00:16:16:00 EARLY IF I CAN STAY FOR THE 00:16:16:00 00:16:17:00 WHOLE HEARING SO I WILL I WANT 00:16:17:00 00:16:20:00 TO SAY THANK YOU TO BTD AND 00:16:20:00 00:16:24:00 PUBLIC WORKS. 00:16:24:00 00:16:25:00 SOME INCREDIBLE PROJECTS HAVE 00:16:25:00 00:16:28:00 BEEN MOVED ALONG QUICKLY IN 00:16:28:00 00:16:31:00 ALLSTON BRIGHTON THE FANEUIL'S 00:16:31:00 00:16:35:00 STREET REPAVING WAS WAS 00:16:35:00 00:16:35:00 INCREDIBLE. 00:16:35:00 00:16:40:00 SO A LOT OF COORDINATION AND IT 00:16:40:00 00:16:42:00 ALL WENT ALONG SMOOTHLY AND I 00:16:42:00 00:16:43:00 DESCRIBED IT AS A NECKLACE 00:16:43:00 00:16:44:00 OF POTHOLES THAT WENT FROM 00:16:44:00 00:16:48:00 SQUARE TO MARKET STREET ABOUT A 00:16:48:00 00:16:48:00 MILE OR SO THE NECKLACE 00:16:48:00 00:16:51:00 OF POTHOLES HAS GONE SO WE'RE 00:16:51:00 00:16:51:00 VERY HAPPY. 00:16:51:00 00:16:52:00 SO I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS LATER. 00:16:52:00 00:16:54:00 BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:16:54:00 00:16:55:00 I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOUR 00:16:55:00 00:16:56:00 DEPARTMENTS FOR BEING 00:16:56:00 00:16:58:00 INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE PUBLIC 00:16:58:00 00:16:58:00 WORKS. 00:16:58:00 00:17:02:00 IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH 00:17:02:00 00:17:03:00 SIGNAGE OR LIGHTS OR SOMETHING 00:17:03:00 00:17:04:00 THAT'S MISSING, YOU'VE BEEN 00:17:04:00 00:17:07:00 VERY, VERY RESPONSIVE TO OUR 00:17:07:00 00:17:07:00 CALLS AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 00:17:07:00 00:17:10:00 THANK MADAM CHAIR. 00:17:10:00 00:17:11:00 THANK YOU. 00:17:11:00 00:17:13:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 00:17:13:00 00:17:14:00 THANK YOU, GERRI. 00:17:14:00 00:17:15:00 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 00:17:15:00 00:17:17:00 LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BUDGET 00:17:17:00 00:17:18:00 HEARING AND JUST HEARING YOUR 00:17:18:00 00:17:22:00 PRIOK WORDS AND MAKING SURE 00:17:22:00 00:17:22:00 THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED ENOUGH 00:17:22:00 00:17:25:00 MONEY TO KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE 00:17:25:00 00:17:28:00 AND YOU KNOW OUR PEOPLE MOVING 00:17:28:00 00:17:33:00 THROUGH MOST OF THE CALLS WE 00:17:33:00 00:17:34:00 GET INTO AT LEAST MY OFFICE 00:17:34:00 00:17:37:00 EITHER ARE ON ICE DECIDE FOR 00:17:37:00 00:17:40:00 RATS OR IT'S TRAFFIC ISSUES BUT 00:17:40:00 00:17:41:00 PEOPLE NEED TO GET TO WORK, 00:17:41:00 00:17:42:00 DROP THEIR KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL. 00:17:42:00 00:17:45:00 THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY 00:17:45:00 00:17:46:00 FEEL SAFE WALKING OUR STREETS 00:17:46:00 00:17:49:00 AND KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU ARE 00:17:49:00 00:17:52:00 INVESTED IN THAT AND JUST WANT 00:17:52:00 00:17:53:00 TO SHOUT OUT ALL OF THESE 00:17:53:00 00:17:54:00 DEPARTMENTS HERE VERY 00:17:54:00 00:17:57:00 RESPONSIVE ECHO WHAT 00:17:57:00 00:17:58:00 COUNCILOR BREADON SAID AND LOTS 00:17:58:00 00:18:01:00 OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WE 00:18:01:00 00:18:01:00 CALL AND ALL OF YOUR 00:18:01:00 00:18:04:00 DEPARTMENTS AND THEY PICK RIGHT 00:18:04:00 00:18:05:00 UP AND HELP MAKE SURE THAT 00:18:05:00 00:18:08:00 WE'RE GETTING CONSTITUENTS WHAT 00:18:08:00 00:18:08:00 THEY NEED CONSTITUENT SERVICES 00:18:08:00 00:18:12:00 ISSUES FIXED AND JUST THANK YOU 00:18:12:00 00:18:13:00 FOR THAT. 00:18:13:00 00:18:13:00 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 00:18:13:00 00:18:13:00 CONVERSATION. 00:18:13:00 00:18:14:00 THANK YOU. 00:18:14:00 00:18:19:00 CHAIR COUNCILOR PRESIDENT FLYNN 00:18:19:00 00:18:20:00 . 00:18:20:00 00:18:21:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND 00:18:21:00 00:18:23:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMPORTANT 00:18:23:00 00:18:24:00 WORK AND LEADERSHIP 00:18:24:00 00:18:27:00 COUNCIL FERNANDES EMERSON ALSO 00:18:27:00 00:18:28:00 WANT TO THANK THE PANEL THAT'S 00:18:28:00 00:18:31:00 HERE FOR THE WORK THEY'RE DOING 00:18:31:00 00:18:32:00 IN THE CITY, THE LEADERSHIP. 00:18:32:00 00:18:35:00 BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 00:18:35:00 00:18:38:00 ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN UP ON THE 00:18:38:00 00:18:39:00 UP AND SITTING UP THERE AS 00:18:39:00 00:18:40:00 WELL. 00:18:40:00 00:18:42:00 I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK 00:18:42:00 00:18:43:00 WITH THEM ALMOST WEEKLY AND 00:18:43:00 00:18:46:00 DAILY AND THEY DO A TREMENDOUS 00:18:46:00 00:18:47:00 JOB FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON 00:18:47:00 00:18:50:00 AND ESPECIALLY THE THE WORKERS 00:18:50:00 00:18:51:00 THAT ARE OUT IN THE STREETS ON 00:18:51:00 00:18:55:00 SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS 00:18:55:00 00:18:56:00 WEEKNIGHTS AND LATE AT NIGHT 00:18:56:00 00:18:58:00 AND AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES. 00:18:58:00 00:18:59:00 PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION 00:18:59:00 00:19:02:00 ARE ALWAYS THERE DOING THE BEST 00:19:02:00 00:19:03:00 JOB THEY CAN FOR THE RESIDENTS 00:19:03:00 00:19:06:00 OF BOSTON UNDER VERY DIFFICULT 00:19:06:00 00:19:10:00 CIRCUMSTANCES AS WELL. 00:19:10:00 00:19:11:00 SO THEY REALLY THE BACKBONE 00:19:11:00 00:19:14:00 OF OUR CITY, THESE CITY WORKERS 00:19:14:00 00:19:15:00 I DON'T THINK THEY GET PAID 00:19:15:00 00:19:18:00 ENOUGH AND AND THEY'RE NOT 00:19:18:00 00:19:22:00 OFTEN TREATED TREATED WELL BY 00:19:22:00 00:19:23:00 THE PUBLIC AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY 00:19:23:00 00:19:26:00 TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE. 00:19:26:00 00:19:27:00 BUT WE KNOW THE IMPORTANT WORK 00:19:27:00 00:19:30:00 THEY PLAY BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE 00:19:30:00 00:19:31:00 CITY. 00:19:31:00 00:19:31:00 THEY LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND 00:19:31:00 00:19:33:00 PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION 00:19:33:00 00:19:34:00 DEPARTMENT. 00:19:34:00 00:19:38:00 IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. 00:19:38:00 00:19:39:00 IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 00:19:39:00 00:19:42:00 IT'S NUTS AND BOLTS OF CITY 00:19:42:00 00:19:43:00 GOVERNMENT AND THAT'S WHAT 00:19:43:00 00:19:44:00 THAT'S WHAT AN URBAN AREA IS 00:19:44:00 00:19:45:00 ALL ABOUT. 00:19:45:00 00:19:46:00 THAT'S WHAT A CITY IS ALL ABOUT 00:19:46:00 00:19:47:00 PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICES WE 00:19:47:00 00:19:49:00 CAN TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON 00:19:49:00 00:19:53:00 AND IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE 00:19:53:00 00:19:54:00 AND THE TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE 00:19:54:00 00:19:56:00 ARE DOING IT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL 00:19:56:00 00:19:56:00 . 00:19:56:00 00:19:57:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:19:57:00 00:19:58:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . 00:19:58:00 00:20:00:00 I'M HERE. 00:20:00:00 00:20:01:00 THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU 00:20:01:00 00:20:04:00 TO YOU CHIEFS AND DEPARTMENT 00:20:04:00 00:20:07:00 HEADS AND COMMISSIONERS AND ALL 00:20:07:00 00:20:08:00 OF THOSE BIG TITLES YOU ALL 00:20:08:00 00:20:12:00 HAVE HERE AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO 00:20:12:00 00:20:12:00 ARE ALWAYS BEHIND THE SCENES 00:20:12:00 00:20:14:00 MAKING THE WORK HAPPEN, THEY DO 00:20:14:00 00:20:18:00 APPRECIATE YOU ALL. 00:20:18:00 00:20:19:00 I AM GOING TO REALLY LEAN IN ON 00:20:19:00 00:20:23:00 THE FAIR CHANCE THAT WE PASSED 00:20:23:00 00:20:24:00 LAST YEAR IN REGARDS TO IN THE 00:20:24:00 00:20:26:00 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN 00:20:26:00 00:20:27:00 PARTICULAR IN TERMS OF NEPOTISM 00:20:27:00 00:20:30:00 AND FAVORITISM AND PEOPLE BEING 00:20:30:00 00:20:30:00 ABLE TO MOVE UP THE LADDER. 00:20:30:00 00:20:32:00 SO I'M WAS GOING TO LOOK AT 00:20:32:00 00:20:34:00 ISSUES AROUND RACIAL EQUITY IN 00:20:34:00 00:20:37:00 YOUR PROCESSES IN PROMOTIONAL 00:20:37:00 00:20:38:00 OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACK AND 00:20:38:00 00:20:41:00 BROWN PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR. 00:20:41:00 00:20:42:00 AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE THAT 00:20:42:00 00:20:43:00 I'M GOING TO LEAN INTO IS JUST 00:20:43:00 00:20:46:00 REALLY ABOUT DECISION MAKING 00:20:46:00 00:20:49:00 MODELS FOR LIKE THE ROLE DIET 00:20:49:00 00:20:50:00 AND OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE 00:20:50:00 00:20:51:00 BUBBLED UP ACROSS THE CITY 00:20:51:00 00:20:52:00 OF BOSTON. 00:20:52:00 00:20:53:00 I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES 00:20:53:00 00:20:57:00 DECISIONS YOU KNOW, THE WAY 00:20:57:00 00:20:58:00 THINGS GET DONE HERE IN THE 00:20:58:00 00:21:01:00 CITY OF BOSTON, IT'S ALWAYS A 00:21:01:00 00:21:02:00 GROWING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 00:21:02:00 00:21:05:00 FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MEET THE 00:21:05:00 00:21:05:00 MOMENT. 00:21:05:00 00:21:06:00 SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THAT 00:21:06:00 00:21:07:00 LOOKS. 00:21:07:00 00:21:08:00 THANK YOU. 00:21:08:00 00:21:09:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . 00:21:09:00 00:21:12:00 HERE WE DO HAVE A BUDGET 00:21:12:00 00:21:16:00 BREAKDOWN FROM OUR BUDGET 00:21:16:00 00:21:19:00 ANALYST THAT I THINK IF MY 00:21:19:00 00:21:20:00 COLLEAGUES WANTS ME TO PRESENT 00:21:20:00 00:21:23:00 WE HAVE IT READY YOU WOULD LIKE 00:21:23:00 00:21:23:00 THAT. 00:21:23:00 00:21:25:00 OK, WE HAVE IT READY TO GO UP 00:21:25:00 00:21:27:00 AS A IT'S A POWERPOINT AND 00:21:27:00 00:21:31:00 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I 00:21:31:00 00:21:32:00 WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON IN TERMS 00:21:32:00 00:21:35:00 OF LIKE HOW CAPITAL IS DECIDED 00:21:35:00 00:21:36:00 AND WHAT'S THE PRIORITY OR HOW 00:21:36:00 00:21:39:00 DO YOU GET TO A PRIORITY. 00:21:39:00 00:21:40:00 HOW DO YOU SAY FOR EXAMPLE, 00:21:40:00 00:21:43:00 THAT CHARLESTOWN WILL GET THE 00:21:43:00 00:21:46:00 MOST CAPITAL THIS IN THIS 00:21:46:00 00:21:50:00 FISCAL YEAR THEN EVERYBODY ELSE 00:21:50:00 00:21:50:00 OR EVERY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD? 00:21:50:00 00:21:51:00 AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE 00:21:51:00 00:21:54:00 REASONS THERE ARE PRACTICAL 00:21:54:00 00:21:55:00 REASONS WHERE YOU GET TO THAT 00:21:55:00 00:21:55:00 VERY LIKE AND YOU'RE THE 00:21:55:00 00:21:58:00 EXPERTS IF YOU MAKE 00:21:58:00 00:21:58:00 RECOMMENDATIONS. 00:21:58:00 00:21:59:00 I WANT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS 00:21:59:00 00:22:05:00 ABOUT HOW TO UNDERSTAND AT 00:22:05:00 00:22:06:00 LEAST FOR THE PUBLIC SO THAT 00:22:06:00 00:22:06:00 THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND MAKE IT 00:22:06:00 00:22:09:00 TRANSPARENT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE 00:22:09:00 00:22:10:00 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OF LOWER 00:22:10:00 00:22:13:00 SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS ADVOCATE 00:22:13:00 00:22:17:00 LESS WHILE COMMUNITIES ADVOCATE 00:22:17:00 00:22:18:00 MORE GETS MORE IN THE CAPITAL. 00:22:18:00 00:22:21:00 BUT IN THIS CASE IT'S MORE LIKE 00:22:21:00 00:22:21:00 THE STREETS RIGHT? 00:22:21:00 00:22:23:00 LIKE IF IT'S NEEDED LET'S GO TO 00:22:23:00 00:22:24:00 THAT FIRST AND WHAT'S PRIORITY 00:22:24:00 00:22:25:00 IT'S MORE ENGINEERING IF 00:22:25:00 00:22:25:00 ANYTHING. 00:22:25:00 00:22:30:00 SO REALLY WANT TO HAVE THAT 00:22:30:00 00:22:30:00 TRANSITION TO OUR CONVERSATION 00:22:30:00 00:22:32:00 WITH YOU AND OBVIOUSLY THANK 00:22:32:00 00:22:33:00 YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT 00:22:33:00 00:22:33:00 YOU DO. 00:22:33:00 00:22:36:00 I ALSO WANT TO ECHO MY CONCERN 00:22:36:00 00:22:37:00 PRESIDENT FLYNN, WHO MENTIONED 00:22:37:00 00:22:41:00 YOUR WORK AND HOW RESPONSIVE 00:22:41:00 00:22:41:00 YOU ARE. 00:22:41:00 00:22:45:00 I I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE BUT YOU 00:22:45:00 00:22:46:00 ARE DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 00:22:46:00 00:22:48:00 CABINET THAT RESPONDS THE 00:22:48:00 00:22:52:00 FASTEST EXPEDIENTLY AND I 00:22:52:00 00:22:53:00 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ONE 00:22:53:00 00:22:55:00 OF MY BIGGEST PRIORITIES FOR 00:22:55:00 00:22:56:00 DISTRICT SEVEN IS CLEANING THIS 00:22:56:00 00:22:59:00 BEAUTIFICATION AND SAFE 00:22:59:00 00:22:59:00 STREETS. 00:22:59:00 00:23:01:00 SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE 00:23:01:00 00:23:04:00 THREE THINGS FALL IN YOUR 00:23:04:00 00:23:04:00 DEPARTMENT. 00:23:04:00 00:23:07:00 SO APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT. 00:23:07:00 00:23:09:00 BUT WHEN WHEN WE DO GET INTO 00:23:09:00 00:23:09:00 HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 00:23:09:00 00:23:11:00 CAPITAL PRIORITIZING 00:23:11:00 00:23:12:00 COMMUNITIES OF LOWER SOCIO 00:23:12:00 00:23:14:00 ECONOMIC CLASS AND KNOW THAT 00:23:14:00 00:23:15:00 IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT PERSONAL 00:23:15:00 00:23:16:00 THAT YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING 00:23:16:00 00:23:18:00 THAT YOU CAN AS PROFESSIONALS 00:23:18:00 00:23:23:00 BUT IT IS MY JOB TO HAVE THAT 00:23:23:00 00:23:23:00 CONVERSATION WITH YOU. 00:23:23:00 00:23:24:00 ALL RIGHT. 00:23:24:00 00:23:27:00 SO THAT FURTHER DO BEFORE I 00:23:27:00 00:23:31:00 BORE ME TO DEATH I WOULD LIKE 00:23:31:00 00:23:31:00 TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION AND 00:23:31:00 00:23:34:00 THEN WE'LL GO INTO OURS. 00:23:34:00 00:23:35:00 YEAH. 00:23:35:00 00:23:38:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:23:38:00 00:23:39:00 THANK YOU. 00:23:39:00 00:23:41:00 CHAIR AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 00:23:41:00 00:23:42:00 AND THANK YOU COUNCILORS. 00:23:42:00 00:23:45:00 I JUST WANT TO START I'VE 00:23:45:00 00:23:46:00 ALREADY MENTIONED ALL THE FOLKS 00:23:46:00 00:23:47:00 WHO ARE UP HERE AT THE TABLE 00:23:47:00 00:23:49:00 BUT I WANT ACKNOWLEDGE ONE 00:23:49:00 00:23:50:00 OTHER MEMBER OF OUR SENIOR 00:23:50:00 00:23:53:00 LEADERSHIP TEAM, JULIA CAMPBELL 00:23:53:00 00:23:54:00 WHO RECENTLY JOINED US AS OUR 00:23:54:00 00:23:55:00 DEPUTY CHIEF OF STREETS FOR 00:23:55:00 00:23:57:00 INFRASTRUCTURE AND DESIGN. 00:23:57:00 00:23:58:00 SHE IS NOT HERE TODAY IN PERSON 00:23:58:00 00:23:59:00 BECAUSE SHE IS FINALIZING HER 00:23:59:00 00:24:02:00 RELOCATION FROM THE WEST COAST 00:24:02:00 00:24:04:00 TO BOSTON AND SHE IS HOWEVER 00:24:04:00 00:24:05:00 WATCHING THE STREAM AND WILL BE 00:24:05:00 00:24:09:00 HERE NEXT YEAR FOR OUR BUDGET 00:24:09:00 00:24:09:00 HEARING. 00:24:09:00 00:24:12:00 SHE'LL BE HERE NEXT WEEK SINCE 00:24:12:00 00:24:13:00 WE'RE DOING THAT CHIEF. 00:24:13:00 00:24:14:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:24:14:00 00:24:17:00 JULIA, WELCOME ABOARD. 00:24:17:00 00:24:18:00 I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY 00:24:18:00 00:24:18:00 COUNCIL COLLEAGUE WHO JUST 00:24:18:00 00:24:20:00 JOINED US COUNCIL COLLETTA AS 00:24:20:00 00:24:20:00 WELL PLEASE. 00:24:20:00 00:24:23:00 THANK YOU. 00:24:23:00 00:24:25:00 AND AS WAS NOTED, THERE ARE 00:24:25:00 00:24:28:00 OTHER TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE 00:24:28:00 00:24:28:00 PUBLIC WORKS LEADERSHIP TEAM 00:24:28:00 00:24:31:00 HERE IN THE GALLERY MIKE 00:24:31:00 00:24:34:00 DONAGHEY, DANNY NEKRITZ COKELY 00:24:34:00 00:24:36:00 , DENNIS ROJ, JERRY GORMAN, TOM 00:24:36:00 00:24:39:00 MCKAY, CLARENCE FIRKINS, TRISH 00:24:39:00 00:24:43:00 CASEY, NORMAN PARKS ALL HAVE 00:24:43:00 00:24:44:00 JOINED US FOR FOR THIS AS WELL. 00:24:44:00 00:24:45:00 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 00:24:45:00 00:24:47:00 BEING HERE. 00:24:47:00 00:24:50:00 I WANT TO ECHO COUNCILOR FLYNN 00:24:50:00 00:24:50:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN'S 00:24:50:00 00:24:54:00 COMMENTS ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO 00:24:54:00 00:24:55:00 DO THE WORK IN OUR DEPARTMENTS 00:24:55:00 00:24:58:00 BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE CAN SIT 00:24:58:00 00:24:59:00 HERE AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM AND 00:24:59:00 00:24:59:00 TALK ABOUT OUR GOALS AND OUR 00:24:59:00 00:25:02:00 VISION AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT 00:25:02:00 00:25:03:00 THE BUDGET AND THE NEW 00:25:03:00 00:25:03:00 INITIATIVES. 00:25:03:00 00:25:05:00 BUT NONE OF THIS WORK HAPPENS 00:25:05:00 00:25:06:00 ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE 00:25:06:00 00:25:10:00 WORK EVERY DAY IN THIS BUILDING 00:25:10:00 00:25:11:00 ON THE STREETS IN OUR DISTRICT 00:25:11:00 00:25:11:00 YARDS. 00:25:11:00 00:25:14:00 THIS IS HOW OUR CABINET 00:25:14:00 00:25:14:00 FUNCTIONS. 00:25:14:00 00:25:17:00 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 00:25:17:00 00:25:18:00 EIGHT HUNDRED PEOPLE WITHIN THE 00:25:18:00 00:25:21:00 CABINET AND THEY DO JOBS THAT 00:25:21:00 00:25:22:00 RANGE FROM ISSUING PERMITS TO 00:25:22:00 00:25:25:00 DESIGNING OUR STREETS TO FIXING 00:25:25:00 00:25:29:00 STREET LIGHTS TO HANGING SIGNS 00:25:29:00 00:25:30:00 TO YOU KNOW, YOU NAME IT ANY 00:25:30:00 00:25:33:00 OF THE FUNCTIONS AND MAKING 00:25:33:00 00:25:34:00 SURE THAT OUR STREETS ARE CLEAN 00:25:34:00 00:25:37:00 AND WELL CARED FOR REPAIRING 00:25:37:00 00:25:37:00 OUR BRICK SIDEWALKS. 00:25:37:00 00:25:38:00 ALL OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT 00:25:38:00 00:25:41:00 THAT WE CANNOT DO WITHOUT THE 00:25:41:00 00:25:41:00 WORKFORCE THAT WE HAVE AND AND 00:25:41:00 00:25:44:00 THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF THIS 00:25:44:00 00:25:45:00 CABINET AND I'M JUST VERY 00:25:45:00 00:25:45:00 GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PUBLIC 00:25:45:00 00:25:48:00 SERVICE. 00:25:48:00 00:25:49:00 SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO LIKE A 00:25:49:00 00:25:52:00 BIG PRESENTATION ABOUT 00:25:52:00 00:25:53:00 EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THE 00:25:53:00 00:25:53:00 CABINET. 00:25:53:00 00:25:56:00 WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES BUT THEY 00:25:56:00 00:25:57:00 ARE REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON SOME 00:25:57:00 00:26:00:00 OF THE NEW INITIATIVES THAT ARE 00:26:00:00 00:26:01:00 FUNDED IN THIS BUDGET THREE 00:26:01:00 00:26:04:00 SPECIFICALLY. 00:26:04:00 00:26:05:00 BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE 00:26:05:00 00:26:08:00 SLIDES, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A 00:26:08:00 00:26:09:00 QUICK BIG PICTURE OF WHAT WE 00:26:09:00 00:26:12:00 SEE AS OUR PRIMARY GOALS AND 00:26:12:00 00:26:13:00 PRIORITIES AS A CABINET JUST TO 00:26:13:00 00:26:17:00 FRAME HOW WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE 00:26:17:00 00:26:17:00 ALLOCATE OUR TIME AND THE 00:26:17:00 00:26:20:00 FINANCIAL RESOURCES WE HAVE. 00:26:20:00 00:26:23:00 SO THE FIRST AND FRANKLY MOST 00:26:23:00 00:26:24:00 IMPORTANT IS THE SORT OF CORE 00:26:24:00 00:26:27:00 SERVICES THAT THE CITY RELIES 00:26:27:00 00:26:28:00 ON EVERY DAY. 00:26:28:00 00:26:29:00 YOU KNOW, WE SPEND A LOT 00:26:29:00 00:26:30:00 OF TIME IN PLACES LIKE THIS 00:26:30:00 00:26:31:00 TALKING ABOUT TRANSFORMATION 00:26:31:00 00:26:32:00 AND NEW INITIATIVES. 00:26:32:00 00:26:34:00 BUT THE CORE SERVICES WHETHER 00:26:34:00 00:26:35:00 IT'S FILLING POTHOLES, PICKING 00:26:35:00 00:26:38:00 UP TRASH, FIXING THE LIGHTING 00:26:38:00 00:26:39:00 INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SIGNALS 00:26:39:00 00:26:39:00 YES. 00:26:39:00 00:26:42:00 PLOWING SWEEPING STREETS, 00:26:42:00 00:26:43:00 ISSUING PARKING TICKETS. 00:26:43:00 00:26:47:00 YOU MAINTAINING OUR BRIDGES, 00:26:47:00 00:26:48:00 MAINTAINING OUR ROADS AND OUR 00:26:48:00 00:26:50:00 SIDEWALKS. 00:26:50:00 00:26:51:00 THESE THIS IS THIS IS THE 00:26:51:00 00:26:51:00 FOUNDATION, RIGHT? 00:26:51:00 00:26:55:00 THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE 00:26:55:00 00:26:55:00 CITY. 00:26:55:00 00:26:57:00 IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF OUR WORK 00:26:57:00 00:26:58:00 AND IT IS WHAT THIS KIND 00:26:58:00 00:27:03:00 OF WORK TO PROVIDE FOR THE 00:27:03:00 00:27:03:00 EVERYDAY NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE 00:27:03:00 00:27:04:00 OF BOSTON IS IS THE MOST 00:27:04:00 00:27:06:00 IMPORTANT JOB THAT WE HAVE. 00:27:06:00 00:27:07:00 SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE 00:27:07:00 00:27:08:00 WERE ABLE TO DO. 00:27:08:00 00:27:17:00 WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM 00:27:17:00 00:27:18:00 OF DEDICATED PEOPLE WHO DO THIS 00:27:18:00 00:27:19:00 BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE ALWAYS 00:27:19:00 00:27:19:00 NEED TO INVEST AND IMPROVE IN 00:27:19:00 00:27:20:00 HOW WE DELIVER THOSE CORE 00:27:20:00 00:27:21:00 SERVICES TO THAT REMAINS A BIG 00:27:21:00 00:27:21:00 FOCUS FOR OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM. 00:27:21:00 00:27:22:00 THE SECOND BIG THEME THAT WE 00:27:22:00 00:27:23:00 HAVE AS A CABINET IS SAFETY 00:27:23:00 00:27:25:00 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND 00:27:25:00 00:27:26:00 ABILITIES DESERVE THE RIGHT TO 00:27:26:00 00:27:29:00 MOVE FREELY AND WITHOUT FEAR IN 00:27:29:00 00:27:33:00 THE CITY AND YET WE ARE A CITY 00:27:33:00 00:27:34:00 WHERE EVERY YEAR MORE THAN 3000 00:27:34:00 00:27:38:00 TIMES THE EMS, THE FIRE 00:27:38:00 00:27:39:00 DEPARTMENT, THE BOSTON POLICE 00:27:39:00 00:27:41:00 DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO AN 00:27:41:00 00:27:44:00 INJURY CRASH ON OUR STREETS 00:27:44:00 00:27:45:00 JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. 00:27:45:00 00:27:46:00 ON FRIDAY MORNING A THREE YEAR 00:27:46:00 00:27:49:00 OLD IN SOUTH BOSTON WAS GRAZED 00:27:49:00 00:27:52:00 BY A VAN AND IT WAS ONLY NOT 00:27:52:00 00:27:53:00 WORSE BECAUSE HER MOTHER PULLED 00:27:53:00 00:27:56:00 HER BACK AT THE LAST SECOND ON 00:27:56:00 00:27:56:00 MONDAY AS WE WERE PREPARING FOR 00:27:56:00 00:28:00:00 A PRESS CONFERENCE ON STREET 00:28:00:00 00:28:01:00 SAFETY, WE GOT WORD THAT AN 00:28:01:00 00:28:02:00 ELDER IN BRIGHTON HAD BEEN 00:28:02:00 00:28:04:00 STRUCK CROSSING WASHINGTON 00:28:04:00 00:28:08:00 STREET AND WAS YOU RECEIVED 00:28:08:00 00:28:12:00 SERIOUS INJURIES YESTERDAY TO 00:28:12:00 00:28:13:00 KIDS A BROTHER AND SISTER WERE 00:28:13:00 00:28:13:00 CROSSING DORCHESTER AVENUE 00:28:13:00 00:28:16:00 FIELDS CORNER IN FRONT OF THE 00:28:16:00 00:28:17:00 FIELD'S CORNER NBPA STATION AND 00:28:17:00 00:28:20:00 WERE STRUCK. 00:28:20:00 00:28:21:00 ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE 00:28:21:00 00:28:21:00 SURVIVED. 00:28:21:00 00:28:23:00 THEY ARE ALL YOU KNOW, THEY'VE 00:28:23:00 00:28:24:00 BEEN TREATED THANKS TO OUR 00:28:24:00 00:28:25:00 INCREDIBLE FIRST RESPONDERS IN 00:28:25:00 00:28:28:00 OUR HOSPITALS SYSTEM AND THEY 00:28:28:00 00:28:29:00 WILL BE PHYSICALLY OK. 00:28:29:00 00:28:32:00 BUT THESE KINDS OF CRASHES, 00:28:32:00 00:28:33:00 THESE EXPERIENCES THEY LEAVE 00:28:33:00 00:28:35:00 SCARS IN OUR COMMUNITY NOT JUST 00:28:35:00 00:28:36:00 IN THE BODY BUT IN THE TRAUMA 00:28:36:00 00:28:40:00 THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE BOTH 00:28:40:00 00:28:41:00 THOSE WHO ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED 00:28:41:00 00:28:43:00 AND FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO TRAVEL 00:28:43:00 00:28:44:00 AROUND THE CITY KNOWING THIS 00:28:44:00 00:28:47:00 RISK WORRYING ABOUT THEIR KIDS 00:28:47:00 00:28:48:00 OR THEIR PARENTS AS THEY MOVE 00:28:48:00 00:28:51:00 THIS IS ESSENTIAL WORK FOR US 00:28:51:00 00:28:55:00 TO HELP BRING THESE CRASHES TO 00:28:55:00 00:28:55:00 ELIMINATE SERIOUS INJURY 00:28:55:00 00:28:56:00 CRASHES AND FATALITIES IN THE 00:28:56:00 00:28:59:00 CITY OF BOSTON AND TO MAKE THE 00:28:59:00 00:28:59:00 CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE IN OUR 00:28:59:00 00:29:02:00 STREET SYSTEM SO THAT PEOPLE 00:29:02:00 00:29:03:00 CAN MOVE SAFELY AND WE'LL TALK 00:29:03:00 00:29:04:00 ABOUT SOME OF WHAT WE'RE DOING 00:29:04:00 00:29:06:00 IN THIS REGARD WHEN WE TALK 00:29:06:00 00:29:07:00 ABOUT NEW INITIATIVES. 00:29:07:00 00:29:11:00 THE THIRD BIG AREA THAT WE ARE 00:29:11:00 00:29:12:00 FOCUSED ON IS SHIFTING HOW WE 00:29:12:00 00:29:14:00 MOVE. 00:29:14:00 00:29:15:00 IT'S FOUR O'CLOCK NOW AND IF 00:29:15:00 00:29:17:00 YOU WERE TO WALK OUT OF THIS 00:29:17:00 00:29:18:00 BUILDING AND WALK A COUPLE 00:29:18:00 00:29:21:00 OF BLOCKS TOWARDS THE SURFACE 00:29:21:00 00:29:22:00 ROAD, YOU WILL SEE IMMEDIATELY 00:29:22:00 00:29:26:00 THAT WE GET AROUND BOSTON HAS 00:29:26:00 00:29:26:00 TO CHANGE. 00:29:26:00 00:29:29:00 YOU KNOW, TUESDAY THROUGH 00:29:29:00 00:29:30:00 THURSDAY ALMOST EVERY WEEK THE 00:29:30:00 00:29:33:00 REGIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM REACHES 00:29:33:00 00:29:34:00 ITS CAPACITY AT SOME POINT IN 00:29:34:00 00:29:37:00 THE AFTERNOON AND ALL OF THAT 00:29:37:00 00:29:38:00 TRAFFIC, ALL OF THAT DELAY 00:29:38:00 00:29:40:00 BACKS UP AND SPILLS ONTO ALL 00:29:40:00 00:29:41:00 OF OUR CITY STREETS. 00:29:41:00 00:29:42:00 I THINK AS WE ALL KNOW WE'RE ON 00:29:42:00 00:29:45:00 THE LIST OF ONE OF THE WORST 00:29:45:00 00:29:46:00 TRAFFIC CITIES IN THE COUNTRY 00:29:46:00 00:29:49:00 AND THAT HAS COST IN TIME AND 00:29:49:00 00:29:52:00 QUALITY OF LIFE AND DELAY IN 00:29:52:00 00:29:56:00 MISSED FAMILY MOMENTS. 00:29:56:00 00:29:57:00 THIS IS HOWEVER DESPITE OUR 00:29:57:00 00:30:00:00 TRAFFIC A VIBRANT ECONOMY WITH 00:30:00:00 00:30:01:00 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH 00:30:01:00 00:30:02:00 POTENTIAL AND IN THE YEARS AND 00:30:02:00 00:30:04:00 DECADES AHEAD WE ADD TENS 00:30:04:00 00:30:04:00 OF THOUSANDS OF NEW RESIDENTS 00:30:04:00 00:30:05:00 AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 00:30:05:00 00:30:08:00 OF NEW JOBS IN BOSTON. 00:30:08:00 00:30:09:00 AND SO IMAGINE IF EVERY ONE 00:30:09:00 00:30:11:00 OF THOSE RESIDENTS AND EVERY 00:30:11:00 00:30:12:00 ONE OF THOSE WORKERS ADDED YET 00:30:12:00 00:30:13:00 ANOTHER CAR TO OUR ALREADY 00:30:13:00 00:30:16:00 CONGESTED STREETS. 00:30:16:00 00:30:17:00 THE ONLY WAY WE CAN KEEP MOVING 00:30:17:00 00:30:20:00 AS A CITY IS TO CHANGE HOW WE 00:30:20:00 00:30:20:00 MOVE. 00:30:20:00 00:30:24:00 AND SO WE IN THE STREETS 00:30:24:00 00:30:24:00 CABINET ARE WORKING TO CHANGE 00:30:24:00 00:30:25:00 OUR STREETS TO MAKE THAT 00:30:25:00 00:30:28:00 POSSIBLE. 00:30:28:00 00:30:28:00 WE NEED TRANSIT THAT'S 00:30:28:00 00:30:29:00 RELIABLE, CONVENIENT AND 00:30:29:00 00:30:31:00 AFFORDABLE. 00:30:31:00 00:30:32:00 PART OF THAT WORK IS SUPPORTING 00:30:32:00 00:30:34:00 THE MTA AND THEY'RE MUCH NEEDED 00:30:34:00 00:30:35:00 EFFORT TO TURN AROUND THE 00:30:35:00 00:30:36:00 SYSTEM THAT IS STRUGGLING TO 00:30:36:00 00:30:39:00 MOVE PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED TO 00:30:39:00 00:30:39:00 GO. 00:30:39:00 00:30:41:00 THE MAYOR IS RIGHT NOW WITH THE 00:30:41:00 00:30:43:00 GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MTA AND 00:30:43:00 00:30:44:00 THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 00:30:44:00 00:30:44:00 AND HER OFFICE TALKING ABOUT 00:30:44:00 00:30:47:00 WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TO SUPPORT 00:30:47:00 00:30:48:00 THAT TRANSFORMATION. 00:30:48:00 00:30:51:00 WALKING THE MOST BASIC FORM 00:30:51:00 00:30:52:00 OF TRANSPORTATION THERE IS 00:30:52:00 00:30:55:00 NEEDS TO BE SAFE, COMFORTABLE 00:30:55:00 00:30:55:00 AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL AND 00:30:55:00 00:30:59:00 CYCLING AS A FORM 00:30:59:00 00:31:00:00 OF TRANSPORTATION THAT THAT 00:31:00:00 00:31:01:00 MANY PEOPLE WITH SOME PEOPLE 00:31:01:00 00:31:03:00 WILL CHOOSE. 00:31:03:00 00:31:04:00 WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO 00:31:04:00 00:31:04:00 ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT. 00:31:04:00 00:31:06:00 WE NEED TO CONNECTED CITY WIDE 00:31:06:00 00:31:07:00 NETWORK OF LOW STRESS ROUTES 00:31:07:00 00:31:11:00 FOR CYCLING. 00:31:11:00 00:31:12:00 I CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE 00:31:12:00 00:31:13:00 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF FEWER 00:31:13:00 00:31:14:00 CAR TRIPS, THE HEALTH BENEFITS 00:31:14:00 00:31:15:00 AND THE SAFETY BENEFITS AND ALL 00:31:15:00 00:31:16:00 OF THESE ARE REAL AND 00:31:16:00 00:31:18:00 SIGNIFICANT. 00:31:18:00 00:31:19:00 BUT WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH 00:31:19:00 00:31:22:00 THOSE POINTS OR NOT, I THINK WE 00:31:22:00 00:31:23:00 CAN ALL AGREE THAT TRAFFIC IN 00:31:23:00 00:31:25:00 ALL THE QUALITY OF LIFE COSTS 00:31:25:00 00:31:26:00 THAT COME WITH IT WILL ONLY GET 00:31:26:00 00:31:29:00 WORSE IF WE DON'T CHANGE 00:31:29:00 00:31:30:00 COURSE, IF WE DON'T FIND WAYS 00:31:30:00 00:31:31:00 TO DO MORE OF OUR TRIPS WITHOUT 00:31:31:00 00:31:33:00 CARS WE CANNOT BUILD MORE 00:31:33:00 00:31:33:00 ROADS. 00:31:33:00 00:31:34:00 WE CANNOT BUILD MORE STREET 00:31:34:00 00:31:37:00 PARKING IN THE CITY. 00:31:37:00 00:31:38:00 AND SO WHEN WE ADD PEOPLE WHEN 00:31:38:00 00:31:41:00 WE ADD TRIPS WE NEED TO FIND 00:31:41:00 00:31:42:00 WAYS TO SHIFT SOME OF THOSE OUT 00:31:42:00 00:31:44:00 OF SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES. 00:31:44:00 00:31:48:00 YOU KNOW, DESPITE DESPITE WHAT 00:31:48:00 00:31:49:00 YOU MAY READ IN THE COMMENTS 00:31:49:00 00:31:50:00 SECTION, I DON'T THINK EVERYONE 00:31:50:00 00:31:52:00 SHOULD RUN OUT AND SELL THEIR 00:31:52:00 00:31:53:00 CAR AND BUY A BIKE. 00:31:53:00 00:31:54:00 BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO 00:31:54:00 00:31:57:00 RESHAPE OUR CITY SO THAT PEOPLE 00:31:57:00 00:31:57:00 HAVE MORE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE HOW 00:31:57:00 00:32:00:00 THEY MOVE AND SO THAT THERE ARE 00:32:00:00 00:32:01:00 GOOD ALTERNATIVES TO DRIVING 00:32:01:00 00:32:02:00 FOR MORE OF THE TRIPS THAT 00:32:02:00 00:32:04:00 PEOPLE TAKE. 00:32:04:00 00:32:05:00 SO IN ALL THREE OF THESE AREAS 00:32:05:00 00:32:06:00 CORE SERVICES SAFETY AND MODE 00:32:06:00 00:32:09:00 SHIFT WE'VE MADE A LOT 00:32:09:00 00:32:09:00 OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST YEAR 00:32:09:00 00:32:10:00 AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE SOME 00:32:10:00 00:32:11:00 OF THAT WITH YOU. 00:32:11:00 00:32:12:00 BUT THERE ARE CHALLENGES HIRING 00:32:12:00 00:32:15:00 REMAINS EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT 00:32:15:00 00:32:15:00 . 00:32:15:00 00:32:16:00 WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT AREAS 00:32:16:00 00:32:17:00 OF OUR CABINET THAT ARE 00:32:17:00 00:32:20:00 UNDERSTAFFED AS IS MOST ACUTE 00:32:20:00 00:32:20:00 WITHIN OUR OPERATIONS TEAM AND 00:32:20:00 00:32:23:00 OUR ENGINEERING TEAMS. 00:32:23:00 00:32:24:00 WE HAVE WORK TO DO ON OUR OWN 00:32:24:00 00:32:27:00 INTERNAL PROCESSES. 00:32:27:00 00:32:28:00 WE HAVE RESTRUCTURED OUR 00:32:28:00 00:32:29:00 LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE LAST 00:32:29:00 00:32:31:00 YEAR AND ADDED SOME ADDED AND 00:32:31:00 00:32:32:00 PROMOTED SOME GREAT PEOPLE 00:32:32:00 00:32:35:00 WITHIN THAT TEAM. 00:32:35:00 00:32:36:00 BUT THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO TO 00:32:36:00 00:32:39:00 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SET UP FOR 00:32:39:00 00:32:40:00 SUCCESS. 00:32:40:00 00:32:41:00 BUT I AM OPTIMISTIC MAYOR ROO'S 00:32:41:00 00:32:44:00 FOIA 24 BUDGET PROPOSAL 00:32:44:00 00:32:44:00 PROVIDES A FINANCIAL FOUNDATION 00:32:44:00 00:32:47:00 THAT WE NEED FOR CONTINUED 00:32:47:00 00:32:48:00 PROGRESS AND TO DELIVER ON 00:32:48:00 00:32:51:00 THESE KEY GOALS SO I'M GOING TO 00:32:51:00 00:32:52:00 TALK JUST QUICKLY ABOUT THREE 00:32:52:00 00:32:54:00 OF THE BIG NEW INITIATIVES THAT 00:32:54:00 00:32:55:00 ARE PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET. 00:32:55:00 00:32:58:00 FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 00:32:58:00 00:32:59:00 CITY SAFETY SURGE. 00:32:59:00 00:33:00:00 THIS WAS ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY. 00:33:00:00 00:33:02:00 THERE ARE EIGHT NEW POSITIONS 00:33:02:00 00:33:03:00 AND ALMOST 12 MILLION IN NEW 00:33:03:00 00:33:04:00 CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN ADDITION 00:33:04:00 00:33:07:00 TO THE CAPITAL THAT IS ALREADY 00:33:07:00 00:33:07:00 ALLOCATED THROUGH EXISTING 00:33:07:00 00:33:10:00 PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS. 00:33:10:00 00:33:11:00 THE GOAL OF THIS THERE ARE 00:33:11:00 00:33:15:00 THREE BIG OUTCOMES WE HOPE TO 00:33:15:00 00:33:16:00 ACHIEVE FROM THIS ONE IS TO 00:33:16:00 00:33:18:00 PROVIDE MORE TRAFFIC CALMING 00:33:18:00 00:33:19:00 PARTICULARLY IN THE FORM 00:33:19:00 00:33:20:00 OF SPEED HUMPS IN MORE PLACES 00:33:20:00 00:33:22:00 IN THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE A 00:33:22:00 00:33:22:00 COMPETITION BETWEEN NEIGHBORS 00:33:22:00 00:33:23:00 AND NEIGHBORHOODS FOR WHO GETS 00:33:23:00 00:33:26:00 SAFER STREETS. 00:33:26:00 00:33:27:00 WE KNOW WE NEED TO BRING SAFER 00:33:27:00 00:33:29:00 STREETS TO ALL PARTS OF BOSTON 00:33:29:00 00:33:30:00 AND SO WE ARE WORKING TO SPEED 00:33:30:00 00:33:32:00 UP THE PACE AT WHICH WE CAN DO 00:33:32:00 00:33:34:00 THAT. 00:33:34:00 00:33:35:00 WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO REDESIGN 00:33:35:00 00:33:38:00 INTERSECTIONS THIS IS WHERE 00:33:38:00 00:33:39:00 MOST OF OUR CRASHES HAPPEN. 00:33:39:00 00:33:41:00 SO OUR GOAL IS TO REDESIGN 25 00:33:41:00 00:33:42:00 TO 30 INTERSECTIONS A YEAR TO 00:33:42:00 00:33:43:00 BRING ME A VARIETY OF SAFETY 00:33:43:00 00:33:46:00 FEATURES INTO PLACE THAT CAN 00:33:46:00 00:33:47:00 HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF CRASH 00:33:47:00 00:33:49:00 AND MAKE SAFER SAFER PLACES 00:33:49:00 00:33:50:00 ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WALKING 00:33:50:00 00:33:53:00 AND BIKING BUT ALSO FOR 00:33:53:00 00:33:53:00 DRIVERS. 00:33:53:00 00:33:57:00 THE THIRD PART OF THE SAFETY 00:33:57:00 00:33:58:00 SURGE IS FOCUSED ON SIGNALS. 00:33:58:00 00:34:01:00 WE WANT A SIGNAL POLICY AND AN 00:34:01:00 00:34:02:00 IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR SIGNAL 00:34:02:00 00:34:05:00 POLICY THAT MAKES IT SAFER FOR 00:34:05:00 00:34:06:00 PEOPLE WALKING AND PROVIDES A 00:34:06:00 00:34:08:00 BASELINE LEVEL OF ASSURANCE 00:34:08:00 00:34:09:00 THAT IF YOU ARE CROSSING THAT 00:34:09:00 00:34:12:00 YOU WILL NOT THAT WE HAVE WE 00:34:12:00 00:34:13:00 HAVE SET UP THE INTERSECTION SO 00:34:13:00 00:34:16:00 THAT YOU ARE NOT BEING PLACED 00:34:16:00 00:34:17:00 AT ANY UNDUE RISK. 00:34:17:00 00:34:20:00 WE HAVE RECENTLY REVISED OUR 00:34:20:00 00:34:21:00 SIGNAL OPERATIONS GUIDELINES 00:34:21:00 00:34:21:00 REWRITTEN I SHOULD SAY OUR 00:34:21:00 00:34:24:00 SIGNAL OPERATIONS GUIDELINES 00:34:24:00 00:34:25:00 FROM TOP TO BOTTOM TO BRING 00:34:25:00 00:34:28:00 THIS BASELINE PEDESTRIANS 00:34:28:00 00:34:29:00 SAFETY INTO THE WAY THAT THIS 00:34:29:00 00:34:32:00 THAT OUR SIGNALING SYSTEM 00:34:32:00 00:34:32:00 FUNCTIONS. 00:34:32:00 00:34:33:00 THE SECOND AREA OF INVESTMENT 00:34:33:00 00:34:36:00 THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS 00:34:36:00 00:34:37:00 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. 00:34:37:00 00:34:40:00 WE HAVE TWO NEW POSITIONS AND 00:34:40:00 00:34:41:00 ROUGHLY FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND 00:34:41:00 00:34:43:00 DOLLARS FOR MAINTENANCE AND 00:34:43:00 00:34:44:00 SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY 00:34:44:00 00:34:47:00 THOUSAND FOR SITE ASSESSMENT 00:34:47:00 00:34:51:00 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IS A WAY 00:34:51:00 00:34:52:00 TO INTRODUCE NATURAL ELEMENTS 00:34:52:00 00:34:55:00 INTO OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT. 00:34:55:00 00:34:56:00 THESE HAVE MULTIPLE BENEFITS. 00:34:56:00 00:34:57:00 IT HELPS US FILTER AND MANAGE 00:34:57:00 00:34:59:00 STORMWATER. 00:34:59:00 00:35:00:00 IT CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 00:35:00:00 00:35:00:00 GREENERY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 00:35:00:00 00:35:03:00 AND REDUCE HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS. 00:35:03:00 00:35:04:00 IT CAN ADD TREE COVER AND 00:35:04:00 00:35:04:00 SHADE. 00:35:04:00 00:35:07:00 IT CAN BEAUTIFY OUR 00:35:07:00 00:35:08:00 NEIGHBORHOODS AND TOO OFTEN 00:35:08:00 00:35:11:00 WHEN WE BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE 00:35:11:00 00:35:12:00 ALL YOU SEE IS HARD SURFACES, 00:35:12:00 00:35:15:00 PAVEMENT STAMPED BRICK CONCRETE 00:35:15:00 00:35:16:00 BECAUSE WE'VE NOT HAD THE 00:35:16:00 00:35:19:00 CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN PLANTED 00:35:19:00 00:35:20:00 SURFACES AND WE'VE NOT HAD THE 00:35:20:00 00:35:23:00 RIGHT POLICIES AND EXPERTIZE 00:35:23:00 00:35:24:00 WITHIN OUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO 00:35:24:00 00:35:24:00 BUILD THOSE. 00:35:24:00 00:35:26:00 SO WITH THIS INVESTMENT WE WILL 00:35:26:00 00:35:27:00 BE ABLE TO DO MORE GREEN 00:35:27:00 00:35:27:00 INFRASTRUCTURE IN BOSTON. 00:35:27:00 00:35:30:00 THIS SITE ASSESSMENT WILL NOT 00:35:30:00 00:35:31:00 ONLY HELP US UNDERSTAND THE 00:35:31:00 00:35:32:00 CONDITION OF OUR EXISTING GREEN 00:35:32:00 00:35:34:00 INFRASTRUCTURE BUT WILL 00:35:34:00 00:35:35:00 IDENTIFY AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY 00:35:35:00 00:35:38:00 FOR BOTH EXISTING BUILT SPACES 00:35:38:00 00:35:39:00 IN FUTURE PROJECTS. 00:35:39:00 00:35:42:00 ONE OF THOSE FUTURE PROJECTS IS 00:35:42:00 00:35:43:00 THE CUMMINS HIGHWAY 00:35:43:00 00:35:43:00 RECONSTRUCTION. 00:35:43:00 00:35:46:00 THIS IS FROM WOULD HAVE ALMOST 00:35:46:00 00:35:49:00 ALL THE WAY TO MATTAPAN SQUARE 00:35:49:00 00:35:50:00 AND THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL 00:35:50:00 00:35:53:00 CAPITAL PROJECT BUT THIS BUDGET 00:35:53:00 00:35:54:00 ADDS AN ADDITIONAL 2.5 MILLION 00:35:54:00 00:35:55:00 TO ENSURE WE CAN ADD GREEN 00:35:55:00 00:35:57:00 INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES ALONG 00:35:57:00 00:35:58:00 THAT CORRIDOR. 00:35:58:00 00:36:01:00 THE LAST INVESTMENT AREA THAT I 00:36:01:00 00:36:02:00 WANT TO MENTION IS THE WORK 00:36:02:00 00:36:03:00 WE'RE DOING AROUND 00:36:03:00 00:36:06:00 ELECTRIFICATION OF THE 00:36:06:00 00:36:06:00 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WE HAVE 00:36:06:00 00:36:07:00 IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN 00:36:07:00 00:36:09:00 PARTICULAR WE ARE ADDING ONE 00:36:09:00 00:36:12:00 NEW POSITION FOR A PROGRAM 00:36:12:00 00:36:13:00 MANAGER TO FOCUS ON OUR WORK TO 00:36:13:00 00:36:14:00 ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE 00:36:14:00 00:36:17:00 CITY HAS ACCESS TO CHARGING 00:36:17:00 00:36:17:00 INFRASTRUCTURE. 00:36:17:00 00:36:20:00 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EXISTING 00:36:20:00 00:36:21:00 CITY OPERATED CHARGING 00:36:21:00 00:36:25:00 FACILITIES IN OUR MUNICIPAL 00:36:25:00 00:36:25:00 LOTS. 00:36:25:00 00:36:26:00 THOSE ARE BEING EXPANDED AND WE 00:36:26:00 00:36:29:00 WILL BE INTRODUCING WHAT'S 00:36:29:00 00:36:29:00 CALLED DC FAST CHARGERS AND 00:36:29:00 00:36:32:00 MANY OF THOSE SLOTS THAT WILL 00:36:32:00 00:36:33:00 ALLOW US TO THAT CAN ALLOW YOU 00:36:33:00 00:36:34:00 TO CHARGE YOUR CAR IN AS LITTLE 00:36:34:00 00:36:36:00 AS TWENTY MINUTES INSTEAD 00:36:36:00 00:36:37:00 OF HAVING TO LEAVE IT FOR MANY 00:36:37:00 00:36:37:00 HOURS. 00:36:37:00 00:36:40:00 WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO DO A 00:36:40:00 00:36:41:00 SERIES OF DEMONSTRATION 00:36:41:00 00:36:42:00 PROJECTS ON CURBSIDE CHARGING 00:36:42:00 00:36:44:00 SO THINKING ABOUT A FUTURE 00:36:44:00 00:36:45:00 WHERE THE MANY PEOPLE WHO 00:36:45:00 00:36:48:00 CHARGE WHO DON'T HAVE OFF 00:36:48:00 00:36:49:00 STREET PARKING WILL STILL HAVE 00:36:49:00 00:36:51:00 A WAY TO CHARGE A VEHICLE 00:36:51:00 00:36:53:00 PARKED ON CITY STREETS, WE ARE 00:36:53:00 00:36:56:00 INVESTING CITY MONEY INTO THIS 00:36:56:00 00:36:57:00 BUT WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO TAP 00:36:57:00 00:37:00:00 INTO THE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT 00:37:00:00 00:37:00:00 OF FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S 00:37:00:00 00:37:03:00 AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT CHARGING 00:37:03:00 00:37:04:00 PROGRAMS. 00:37:04:00 00:37:05:00 AND SO WE HAVE GRANT 00:37:05:00 00:37:08:00 APPLICATIONS IN THE WORKS FOR A 00:37:08:00 00:37:09:00 NUMBER OF FEDERAL AND STATE 00:37:09:00 00:37:11:00 GRANT PROGRAMS. 00:37:11:00 00:37:12:00 WE ARE ALSO YOU KNOW FOR US 00:37:12:00 00:37:13:00 ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE NOT JUST 00:37:13:00 00:37:15:00 CARS TOO. 00:37:15:00 00:37:16:00 WE ARE ADDING FUNDS TO SUPPORT 00:37:16:00 00:37:19:00 THE ADDITION OF ELECTRIC BIKES 00:37:19:00 00:37:20:00 TO THE BLUE BIKE SYSTEM AND WE 00:37:20:00 00:37:23:00 ARE FUNDING A REDUCTION IN THE 00:37:23:00 00:37:24:00 COST ASSOCIATED WITH BIKES 00:37:24:00 00:37:27:00 PASSING BOTH TO REDUCE THE 00:37:27:00 00:37:28:00 FIRST YEAR COSTS FOR NEW 00:37:28:00 00:37:31:00 MEMBERS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC 00:37:31:00 00:37:34:00 AND TO BRING THE PRICE FOR OUR 00:37:34:00 00:37:35:00 INCOME ELIGIBLE MEMBERS DOWN TO 00:37:35:00 00:37:39:00 FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR REALLY 00:37:39:00 00:37:40:00 MAKING THIS A UNIVERSALLY 00:37:40:00 00:37:42:00 ACCESSIBLE OPTION FOR ANYONE. 00:37:42:00 00:37:43:00 SO I'LL STOP THERE. 00:37:43:00 00:37:44:00 THOSE ARE JUST THREE OF THE 00:37:44:00 00:37:46:00 INITIATIVES THEY'RE SORT OF NOT 00:37:46:00 00:37:47:00 FAR FROM ALL THAT WE ARE DOING 00:37:47:00 00:37:48:00 BUT THEY HOPEFULLY GIVES YOU A 00:37:48:00 00:37:51:00 SENSE OF SOME OF THE NEW THINGS 00:37:51:00 00:37:52:00 THAT THAT THIS THAT WE IN OUR 00:37:52:00 00:37:53:00 CABINET AND THIS ADMINISTRATION 00:37:53:00 00:37:54:00 IS EXCITED ABOUT. 00:37:54:00 00:37:57:00 AGAIN, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THE 00:37:57:00 00:37:58:00 COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND 00:37:58:00 00:37:58:00 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS 00:37:58:00 00:38:02:00 BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR THE SUPPORT 00:38:02:00 00:38:02:00 THAT YOU'VE OFFERED TO US IN 00:38:02:00 00:38:05:00 THE WORK THAT WE DO. 00:38:05:00 00:38:06:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:38:06:00 00:38:09:00 THANK YOU. 00:38:09:00 00:38:10:00 I THINK I NEED TO BORROW THAT 00:38:10:00 00:38:15:00 CLICKER FROM YOU. 00:38:15:00 00:38:16:00 THANK YOU. 00:38:16:00 00:38:19:00 I APPRECIATE YOU. 00:38:19:00 00:38:23:00 OK, I'LL GO OVER THIS 00:38:23:00 00:38:24:00 PRESENTATION AGAIN FOR THOSE 00:38:24:00 00:38:27:00 OF YOU WHO ARE AT HOME LAST 00:38:27:00 00:38:30:00 BUDGET SEASON I FOLLOWED AN 00:38:30:00 00:38:31:00 AMENDMENT TO CREATE BUDGET 00:38:31:00 00:38:35:00 ANALYSIS IN ORDER FOR US TO DO 00:38:35:00 00:38:38:00 AT LEAST TO SORT OF GEAR UP OR 00:38:38:00 00:38:39:00 START UP WITH OUR MILITARY 00:38:39:00 00:38:42:00 BUDGET EFFORTS. 00:38:42:00 00:38:43:00 AND HER NAME IS KIRISHIMA. 00:38:43:00 00:38:47:00 SHE IS AMAZING AND THIS IS ONE 00:38:47:00 00:38:47:00 OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT SHE 00:38:47:00 00:38:50:00 DOES FOR EVERY SINGLE BUDGET 00:38:50:00 00:38:51:00 HEARING. 00:38:51:00 00:38:55:00 SO FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, 00:38:55:00 00:38:55:00 BOSTON TRUSTEE AND BOSTON 00:38:55:00 00:38:58:00 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THE 00:38:58:00 00:39:01:00 HERE'S SOME BACKGROUND AND 00:39:01:00 00:39:02:00 DEFINITIONS. 00:39:02:00 00:39:05:00 PLEASE EMAIL ME OR THE 00:39:05:00 00:39:08:00 COMMITTEE WAYS AND MEANS EMAIL 00:39:08:00 00:39:09:00 AND I'M HAPPY TO SUBMIT A COPY 00:39:09:00 00:39:10:00 TO YOU. 00:39:10:00 00:39:13:00 THESE ARE THIS IS THE ORG CHART 00:39:13:00 00:39:14:00 FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 00:39:14:00 00:39:17:00 OPERATING BUDGET AND NY 24 00:39:17:00 00:39:21:00 RECOMMENDED VERSUS NY 23 00:39:21:00 00:39:25:00 SPENDING AND JUST A FEW NOTES 00:39:25:00 00:39:32:00 THERE THAT WE HAVE SO IN TERMS 00:39:32:00 00:39:33:00 OF HOW TO READ THIS ALTHOUGH 00:39:33:00 00:39:36:00 THOSE CATEGORIES ARE SPEND LESS 00:39:36:00 00:39:37:00 THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THEIR 00:39:37:00 00:39:40:00 FOIA TWENTY THREE APPROPRIATION 00:39:40:00 00:39:41:00 TO APRIL 18 TWENTY TWENTY THREE 00:39:41:00 00:39:44:00 READ OLD ARE THOSE CATEGORIES 00:39:44:00 00:39:48:00 THAT ARE HAVE SPENT MORE THAN A 00:39:48:00 00:39:48:00 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR FOIA 00:39:48:00 00:39:49:00 TWENTY THREE APPROPRIATION TO 00:39:49:00 00:39:51:00 APRIL EIGHTEEN TWENTY TWENTY 00:39:51:00 00:39:55:00 THREE AND SO HERE FOIA TWENTY 00:39:55:00 00:39:58:00 FOUR BOSSOM WELL I'M 00:39:58:00 00:40:02:00 SORRY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 00:40:02:00 00:40:03:00 FOIA TWENTY FOUR RECOMMENDED 00:40:03:00 00:40:03:00 VERSUS FOIA TWENTY THREE 00:40:03:00 00:40:06:00 SPENDING PERSONNEL AND I WILL 00:40:06:00 00:40:07:00 NOT GO THROUGH LIKE EVERY 00:40:07:00 00:40:11:00 COMPARISON OR THE DETAILS HERE 00:40:11:00 00:40:14:00 BECAUSE IT WILL BE FOREVER. 00:40:14:00 00:40:15:00 I THINK THIS IS LIKE A HUNDRED 00:40:15:00 00:40:18:00 PAGE PRESENTATION BUT HERE IN 00:40:18:00 00:40:22:00 AN OUTLINE FORM YOU COULD SEE 00:40:22:00 00:40:23:00 IT HERE IN THE CHART BY 00:40:23:00 00:40:25:00 DESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT 00:40:25:00 00:40:26:00 EMPLOYEES, EMERGING EMPLOYEES, 00:40:26:00 00:40:26:00 EMERGENCY EMPLOYEES, WORKERS 00:40:26:00 00:40:29:00 COMPENSATION'S UNEMPLOYMENT 00:40:29:00 00:40:33:00 COMPENSATION AND OVERTIME. 00:40:33:00 00:40:37:00 THE NEXT SLIDE RECOMMENDED 00:40:37:00 00:40:38:00 VERSUS TWENTY FOUR POINT TWENTY 00:40:38:00 00:40:41:00 FOUR VERSUS FOIA TWENTY THREE 00:40:41:00 00:40:42:00 SPENDING CONTRACTURAL AND THE 00:40:42:00 00:40:46:00 BLUE RECOMMENDED TWENTY FOR THE 00:40:46:00 00:40:46:00 RED FOIA. 00:40:46:00 00:40:49:00 TWENTY FOUR RECOMMENDED AND THE 00:40:49:00 00:40:50:00 GREEN WOULD BE TOTAL SPENT 00:40:50:00 00:40:53:00 UNENCUMBERED AND MOSTLY AGAIN 00:40:53:00 00:40:57:00 CONTRACTOR ALSO UTILITIES 00:40:57:00 00:40:58:00 CONTRACTOR SERVICES REPAIRS 00:40:58:00 00:40:58:00 TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPAIRS 00:40:58:00 00:41:01:00 MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION 00:41:01:00 00:41:05:00 AND WASTE REMOVAL AND AGAIN IN 00:41:05:00 00:41:09:00 AN OUTLINE FORM AND THEN WHEN 00:41:09:00 00:41:13:00 YOU GO INTO CURRENT CHARGES AND 00:41:13:00 00:41:15:00 OBLIGATIONS LEGAL LIABILITY, 00:41:15:00 00:41:16:00 WORKERS COMP, MEDICAL AND 00:41:16:00 00:41:24:00 CURRENT CHARGES AND THIS IS A 00:41:24:00 00:41:26:00 DE RECOMMENDED VERSUS SPENDING 00:41:26:00 00:41:34:00 FOR SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS AND 00:41:34:00 00:41:41:00 THEN FOR EQUIPMENT ANOTHER THIS 00:41:41:00 00:41:45:00 IS THE FOIA 24 BY PROGRAM AND 00:41:45:00 00:41:45:00 EXPENSE TYPE AND HISTORICAL 00:41:45:00 00:41:53:00 SPENDING AND A PIE CHART SHOWS 00:41:53:00 00:41:56:00 YOU THAT FOR BOSTON PUBLIC 00:41:56:00 00:42:00:00 WORKS DEPARTMENT AT TWENTY FOUR 00:42:00:00 00:42:01:00 RECOMMENDED BY PROGRAM BUILDING 00:42:01:00 00:42:04:00 FACILITY I'LL START WITH THE 00:42:04:00 00:42:07:00 BIGGEST ONE WASTE REDUCTION 00:42:07:00 00:42:10:00 FIFTY EIGHT POINT ONE PERCENT 00:42:10:00 00:42:11:00 THEN TO SECOND HIGHEST OFFICE 00:42:11:00 00:42:15:00 HIGHWAY FIELD OPERATIONS TO 00:42:15:00 00:42:16:00 NINETEEN PERCENT AND THEN THIRD 00:42:16:00 00:42:19:00 STREET LIGHTS AND SO ON AND 00:42:19:00 00:42:22:00 AGAIN HAPPY TO SEND US TO YOU 00:42:22:00 00:42:26:00 FOR YOUR RECORDS FOR THE FBI. 00:42:26:00 00:42:27:00 TWENTY FOUR BOSTON PUBLIC WORKS 00:42:27:00 00:42:34:00 RECOMMENDED BY EXPENSE HERE AND 00:42:34:00 00:42:34:00 THEN SPENDING AN OVERTIME 00:42:34:00 00:42:37:00 PROGRAM AND IN COMPARISON TO 00:42:37:00 00:42:38:00 THE DIFFERENT FISCAL YEAR GOING 00:42:38:00 00:42:45:00 BACK TO NY TWENTY ONE AND HERE 00:42:45:00 00:42:48:00 B.W. THE CHANGE PUEDES CHANGE 00:42:48:00 00:42:56:00 BY PROGRAM FUNDS BY PROGRAM 00:42:56:00 00:42:57:00 SPENDING AM I IN THE RIGHT ONE 00:42:57:00 00:42:59:00 SPENDING BY EXPENSE TYPE OVER 00:42:59:00 00:43:07:00 TIME AND THEN IT GOES INTO 00:43:07:00 00:43:11:00 PROGRAMMATIC BREAKDOWN AND SO 00:43:11:00 00:43:12:00 I'M GOING TO STOP THERE BECAUSE 00:43:12:00 00:43:15:00 AGAIN THERE ARE YOU YOU DO SO 00:43:15:00 00:43:19:00 MUCH AND IT'S A CABINET WITH A 00:43:19:00 00:43:22:00 WHOLE BUNCH OF DEPARTMENT AND I 00:43:22:00 00:43:23:00 ACTUALLY WANTED TO GET TO THAT 00:43:23:00 00:43:29:00 CARPET PART OF THIS BECAUSE I 00:43:29:00 00:43:33:00 KNOW FOLKS WILL BE INTERESTED 00:43:33:00 00:43:37:00 HIGHWAY FIELD OPERATIONS 00:43:37:00 00:43:41:00 OPERATIONS CHANGE BY EXPENSE 00:43:41:00 00:43:41:00 TYPE POWER FIELD OPERATIONS 00:43:41:00 00:43:44:00 CHANGE VERY EXPENSIVE AND 00:43:44:00 00:43:52:00 STREET LIGHTS AND CONSTRUCTION 00:43:52:00 00:43:58:00 MANAGEMENT SORRY MY GLASSES 00:43:58:00 00:44:06:00 DON'T REALLY WORK OK I'VE 00:44:06:00 00:44:17:00 CAUGHT A BUILDING FACILITY I'M 00:44:17:00 00:44:27:00 GOING TO GET TO ASSUME 00:44:27:00 00:44:30:00 ENGINEERING KARISHMA ANY ANY 00:44:30:00 00:44:31:00 HELP. 00:44:31:00 00:44:37:00 WHERE'S THE HUH? 00:44:37:00 00:44:38:00 NO IT'S HERE. 00:44:38:00 00:44:41:00 I SAW IT SOMEWHERE. 00:44:41:00 00:44:49:00 YEAH. 00:44:49:00 00:44:50:00 ALL RIGHT WHILE I WHILE I LOOK 00:44:50:00 00:44:56:00 FOR THAT I THINK I'LL GO TO MY 00:44:56:00 00:45:00:00 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR 00:45:00:00 00:45:04:00 QUESTIONS I REALLY WANTED TO 00:45:04:00 00:45:07:00 ASK MY QUESTIONS FIRST BECAUSE 00:45:07:00 00:45:08:00 I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN 00:45:08:00 00:45:12:00 BRIEF BUT IT'S NOT PROVING TO 00:45:12:00 00:45:15:00 BE BRIEF SO I'LL STOP THERE. 00:45:15:00 00:45:17:00 I WILL LOOK FOR THE CAPITAL 00:45:17:00 00:45:20:00 BUDGET AND WHILE YOU GUYS ASK 00:45:20:00 00:45:21:00 YOU QUESTIONS AND THEN I'LL 00:45:21:00 00:45:22:00 COME BACK TO ME, OK? 00:45:22:00 00:45:25:00 SO LET ME HERE IF IT'S OK WITH 00:45:25:00 00:45:28:00 YOU I'LL STOP THE PRESENTATION 00:45:28:00 00:45:30:00 THERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO LONG 00:45:30:00 00:45:31:00 . 00:45:31:00 00:45:31:00 NO PROBLEM. 00:45:31:00 00:45:34:00 COUNCILOR BRADIN, YOU HAVE THE 00:45:34:00 00:45:35:00 FLOOR. 00:45:35:00 00:45:39:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 00:45:39:00 00:45:40:00 LET'S SEE UM EV CHARGING 00:45:40:00 00:45:43:00 STATIONS. 00:45:43:00 00:45:44:00 NO WE'RE WAITING FOR FEDERAL 00:45:44:00 00:45:44:00 GRANT I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT 00:45:44:00 00:45:47:00 IT IN ALSTOM WE HAVE A FEW MORE 00:45:47:00 00:45:51:00 THAN THAT BUT I DON'T THE EXACT 00:45:51:00 00:45:52:00 COUNTS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THREE 00:45:52:00 00:45:54:00 MINUTES CLASS AND I DON'T SEE 00:45:54:00 00:45:54:00 WHERE ARE THEY. 00:45:54:00 00:45:58:00 WE CAN GET YOU THE MAP THAT ARE 00:45:58:00 00:45:58:00 DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY 00:45:58:00 00:45:59:00 WHERE WE HAVE NOT IN EVERY 00:45:59:00 00:46:02:00 MUNICIPAL LOTS BUT IN MANY 00:46:02:00 00:46:03:00 OF OUR LOTS. 00:46:03:00 00:46:04:00 SO WE HAVE THE MAP ONLINE AND 00:46:04:00 00:46:05:00 BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU THE LIST 00:46:05:00 00:46:06:00 OF THOSE LOCATIONS. 00:46:06:00 00:46:07:00 I KNOW THE OTHER ISSUE AND 00:46:07:00 00:46:09:00 RIGHT THE CENTER IS THAT WE 00:46:09:00 00:46:10:00 HAVE TWO MUNICIPAL ARTS. 00:46:10:00 00:46:11:00 ONE OF THEM IS ADJACENT TO 00:46:11:00 00:46:13:00 DISTRICT FOURTEEN, A POLICE 00:46:13:00 00:46:14:00 STATION AND A LARGE PART OF IT 00:46:14:00 00:46:24:00 IS TAKEN UP WITH POLICE 00:46:24:00 00:46:24:00 VEHICLES. 00:46:24:00 00:46:25:00 I KNOW THIS IS MORE OF A 00:46:25:00 00:46:26:00 OCCUPATION IS NINE TENTHS 00:46:26:00 00:46:26:00 OF THE LAW. 00:46:26:00 00:46:27:00 THEY SAY IT'S JUST IN TERMS 00:46:27:00 00:46:28:00 OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT I 00:46:28:00 00:46:29:00 DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOLKS COULD 00:46:29:00 00:46:29:00 HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH BTD 00:46:29:00 00:46:30:00 AND SEE IF WE COULD FREE UP 00:46:30:00 00:46:32:00 SOME MORE PARKING IN THAT 00:46:32:00 00:46:36:00 MUNICIPAL ART FOR PATRONS 00:46:36:00 00:46:40:00 OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 00:46:40:00 00:46:41:00 IT'S YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE IT 00:46:41:00 00:46:42:00 JUST SEEMS THAT THEY HAVE A LOT 00:46:42:00 00:46:44:00 OF EQUIPMENT MAYBE JUST PARKED 00:46:44:00 00:46:45:00 THERE BECAUSE IT'S CONVENIENT 00:46:45:00 00:46:48:00 RATHER THAN NECESSARY. 00:46:48:00 00:46:51:00 BUT JUST A QUESTION I'VE ASKED 00:46:51:00 00:46:52:00 THEM DIDN'T GET A GOOD AND 00:46:52:00 00:46:55:00 DIDN'T GET ANY ANSWERS AND 00:46:55:00 00:46:59:00 WROTE TO YOU FOLKS, UM, THE 00:46:59:00 00:47:00:00 COMMONWEALTH PROJECT THE ELEVEN 00:47:00:00 00:47:04:00 MILLION JUST YOU KNOW WE'RE 00:47:04:00 00:47:06:00 DOING COMMONWEALTH OF FACES I 00:47:06:00 00:47:07:00 DON'T KNOW DO WE HAVE AN 00:47:07:00 00:47:10:00 ESTIMATE OF TIME WHEN THAT 00:47:10:00 00:47:11:00 MIGHT START AND I KNOW WE HAVE 00:47:11:00 00:47:15:00 TO WORK WITH THE MTA ON THAT 00:47:15:00 00:47:18:00 AND GOODNESS KNOWS WHO ELSE AND 00:47:18:00 00:47:19:00 I KNOW IT'S A BIG PROJECT IS 00:47:19:00 00:47:20:00 COMPLEX BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING 00:47:20:00 00:47:22:00 ABOUT MOVING THE TRACKS. 00:47:22:00 00:47:23:00 I UNDERSTAND. 00:47:23:00 00:47:24:00 SO I'D LIKE AN UPDATE ON AN 00:47:24:00 00:47:26:00 ESTIMATED TIME OF WHEN THAT 00:47:26:00 00:47:27:00 MIGHT BE STARTING THIS 00:47:27:00 00:47:30:00 PARTICULAR PHASE THAT WE'RE 00:47:30:00 00:47:37:00 DOING THAT INVOLVES ANY NEW 00:47:37:00 00:47:40:00 VERY GOOD COUNCILORS. 00:47:40:00 00:47:42:00 YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO 00:47:42:00 00:47:42:00 PHASES. 00:47:42:00 00:47:45:00 THERE'S THE PHASE THREE FOR THE 00:47:45:00 00:47:46:00 REMAINING PART OF COMPACT AND 00:47:46:00 00:47:49:00 THEN THERE'S THE INTERSECTION 00:47:49:00 00:47:49:00 OF HOLLYWOOD AND COMMENT THE 00:47:49:00 00:47:53:00 THE PHASE THREE AND FOUR RIGHT 00:47:53:00 00:47:54:00 NOW WE ARE SORT OF IN A LIMBO 00:47:54:00 00:47:57:00 SITUATION BECAUSE THE NBA HAS 00:47:57:00 00:47:58:00 DECIDED THAT THE MOST 00:47:58:00 00:48:01:00 INTERESTING TIME TO MOVE THE 00:48:01:00 00:48:02:00 PLAX FROM WHERE THEY ARE TO THE 00:48:02:00 00:48:05:00 CENTER AND THAT'S A VERY 00:48:05:00 00:48:06:00 CHALLENGING EXERCISE ON THEIR 00:48:06:00 00:48:08:00 PART. 00:48:08:00 00:48:09:00 WE HAVE WE ARE WORKING VERY 00:48:09:00 00:48:12:00 CLOSELY WITH THEM BUT WE ARE 00:48:12:00 00:48:13:00 SOMEWHAT SLOWED BECAUSE WE HAVE 00:48:13:00 00:48:17:00 TO SORT IT SYNCHRONIZATION WITH 00:48:17:00 00:48:17:00 THEIR PROJECT. 00:48:17:00 00:48:20:00 BUT WE ARE IN COORDINATION AND 00:48:20:00 00:48:23:00 THINGS ARE GOING A LITTLE BIT 00:48:23:00 00:48:24:00 SLOWLY BUT HOPEFULLY IN THE 00:48:24:00 00:48:25:00 RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE THEY 00:48:25:00 00:48:28:00 UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THEY 00:48:28:00 00:48:28:00 FINISHED THEIR PROJECT THEY 00:48:28:00 00:48:31:00 HAVE TO INCORPORATE THE WORK 00:48:31:00 00:48:31:00 WHICH WE ARE DOING. 00:48:31:00 00:48:33:00 SO THE GOOD THING IS IT'LL BE A 00:48:33:00 00:48:35:00 COMBINED PROJECT BUT IT'S GOING 00:48:35:00 00:48:36:00 A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN WHAT 00:48:36:00 00:48:39:00 WE WERE USED TO. 00:48:39:00 00:48:39:00 YEAH, VERY GOOD. 00:48:39:00 00:48:43:00 AND SO ANY CHANCE OF ANY IDEA 00:48:43:00 00:48:44:00 WHEN THAT MIGHT WHEN WE MIGHT 00:48:44:00 00:48:47:00 DO IT LIKE HOPEFULLY 00:48:47:00 00:48:47:00 SORRY COUNCILOR HOPEFULLY 00:48:47:00 00:48:48:00 SOONER THAN LATER BUT I WISH I 00:48:48:00 00:48:50:00 HAD A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU BUT 00:48:50:00 00:48:51:00 SINCE IT IS ANOTHER STATE 00:48:51:00 00:48:54:00 AGENCY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE 00:48:54:00 00:48:55:00 IMMEDIATE CONTROL IT WOULD NOT 00:48:55:00 00:48:58:00 BE VERY PRUDENT FOR ME TO SET A 00:48:58:00 00:49:02:00 SCHEDULE THAT MIGHT BE ADJUSTED 00:49:02:00 00:49:02:00 . 00:49:02:00 00:49:03:00 YEAH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD 00:49:03:00 00:49:05:00 WAS IN RELATION TO THE SPEED 00:49:05:00 00:49:09:00 BUMPS DO WE HAVE ANY IDENTIFIED 00:49:09:00 00:49:10:00 LOCATIONS THAT I COULD NAME A 00:49:10:00 00:49:11:00 FEW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT 00:49:11:00 00:49:16:00 I DO HAVE A DO WE HAVE TARGETED 00:49:16:00 00:49:20:00 SPACES FOR SPEED BUMPS AND ALSO 00:49:20:00 00:49:24:00 BRIGHTON WE DO AND SO WE HAVE A 00:49:24:00 00:49:25:00 MAP THAT WE'VE POSTED ON THE 00:49:25:00 00:49:28:00 CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER THE SAFETY 00:49:28:00 00:49:28:00 SEARCH PAGE. 00:49:28:00 00:49:31:00 IF YOU NAVIGATE TO SAFETY SURGE 00:49:31:00 00:49:32:00 AND CLICK SPEED HUMPS YOU'LL 00:49:32:00 00:49:35:00 SEE A MAP OF THE ZONES THAT WE 00:49:35:00 00:49:36:00 HAVE PRIORITIZED OR SOME ZONES 00:49:36:00 00:49:39:00 IN THE CITY CURRENTLY UNDER 00:49:39:00 00:49:40:00 DESIGNER CONSTRUCTION AND THEN 00:49:40:00 00:49:40:00 THERE'S A SERIES OF ZONES 00:49:40:00 00:49:44:00 MARKED IN BLUE THAT SHOW WHAT 00:49:44:00 00:49:44:00 WE ARE INTENDING TO DO OVER THE 00:49:44:00 00:49:47:00 NEXT THREE YEARS AND SO YOU'LL 00:49:47:00 00:49:48:00 BE ABLE TO SEE WHICH OF THOSE 00:49:48:00 00:49:51:00 ZONES THERE ARE IN YOUR 00:49:51:00 00:49:52:00 DISTRICT. 00:49:52:00 00:49:55:00 WE HAVE PRIORITIZED THE ZONES 00:49:55:00 00:49:56:00 IN THE CITY IN ORDER TO ENSURE 00:49:56:00 00:49:59:00 THAT WE ARE THAT WE ARE 00:49:59:00 00:50:00:00 BUILDING SPEED HUMPS AND 00:50:00:00 00:50:02:00 INFRASTRUCTURE IN EVERY PART 00:50:02:00 00:50:02:00 OF THE CITY. 00:50:02:00 00:50:04:00 WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING AT 00:50:04:00 00:50:07:00 LEAST ONE ZONE PER YEAR IN EACH 00:50:07:00 00:50:10:00 COUNCIL DISTRICT AND SO YOU 00:50:10:00 00:50:11:00 WILL SEE THAT SORT OF YOU KNOW 00:50:11:00 00:50:14:00 THAT THAT THAT DISTRICT AND 00:50:14:00 00:50:15:00 AROUND THE CITY BUT WITHIN THE 00:50:15:00 00:50:18:00 DISTRICTS WE PRIORITIZE BASED 00:50:18:00 00:50:22:00 ON A SERIES OF RISK FACTORS 00:50:22:00 00:50:23:00 OF BOTH SAFETY HISTORY AND THE 00:50:23:00 00:50:24:00 PRESENCE OF MORE VULNERABLE 00:50:24:00 00:50:27:00 POPULATIONS TO DETERMINE WHICH 00:50:27:00 00:50:28:00 ZONES HAPPEN FIRST SO WE CAN 00:50:28:00 00:50:28:00 SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND SEND 00:50:28:00 00:50:31:00 YOU THE AND THEN THE OTHER YOU 00:50:31:00 00:50:34:00 TALK ABOUT PROBLEMATIC 00:50:34:00 00:50:34:00 INTERSECTIONS. 00:50:34:00 00:50:38:00 I KNOW YOUR FOLKS ARE WORKING 00:50:38:00 00:50:42:00 ON CLEVELAND CIRCLE AND WE I 00:50:42:00 00:50:45:00 THINK YOU'VE HAD TWO INCREDIBLY 00:50:45:00 00:50:46:00 DEDICATED YOUNG CO-OPS ARE 00:50:46:00 00:50:50:00 DOING MORE WORK ON A PROJECT 00:50:50:00 00:50:52:00 DOING A FABULOUS JOB BY THE WAY 00:50:52:00 00:50:52:00 . 00:50:52:00 00:50:53:00 SO I DON'T KNOW. 00:50:53:00 00:50:57:00 AGAIN, IT'S AND IT'S THE 00:50:57:00 00:50:57:00 INTERSECTION THAT HAS TRACKS 00:50:57:00 00:51:00:00 GOING THROUGH THE MEDIA TRIAL 00:51:00:00 00:51:01:00 STREETCARS, TROLLEYS, WHATEVER 00:51:01:00 00:51:05:00 YOU CALL FRONTIER. 00:51:05:00 00:51:09:00 YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S A REALLY 00:51:09:00 00:51:09:00 PEDESTRIAN NIGHTMARE ANDERSON. 00:51:09:00 00:51:13:00 DRIVERS NIGHTMARE WHEN WHEN CAN 00:51:13:00 00:51:14:00 WE MIGHT EXPECT AN IMPROVEMENT 00:51:14:00 00:51:17:00 AND I THINK IT MUST BE ONE 00:51:17:00 00:51:18:00 OF THE WORST INTERSECTIONS IN 00:51:18:00 00:51:18:00 THE CITY. 00:51:18:00 00:51:21:00 NO, BUT THANK LOVE. 00:51:21:00 00:51:22:00 AS YOU POINT OUT, TWO OF OUR 00:51:22:00 00:51:27:00 COPS HAVE BEEN AND HAVE LOOKED 00:51:27:00 00:51:28:00 AT LOCAL REPORTERS AS WELL AS 00:51:28:00 00:51:30:00 LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TRY 00:51:30:00 00:51:33:00 AND MAKE IT SAFE, THE DESIGN 00:51:33:00 00:51:37:00 APPROACH THAT WE'VE ADOPTED IS 00:51:37:00 00:51:38:00 A QUICK APPROACH SO THEY'RE NOT 00:51:38:00 00:51:38:00 GOING TO RECONSTRUCT THE WHOLE 00:51:38:00 00:51:41:00 INTERSECTION, YOU KNOW, TENS 00:51:41:00 00:51:44:00 OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND SO 00:51:44:00 00:51:45:00 CONSTRUCTION WILL PROBABLY 00:51:45:00 00:51:49:00 HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. 00:51:49:00 00:51:50:00 THAT'S WHAT I CAN SAY AT THIS 00:51:50:00 00:51:50:00 POINT. 00:51:50:00 00:51:53:00 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN OUR 00:51:53:00 00:51:54:00 TIME LINE TO DO THIS AREA LIKE 00:51:54:00 00:51:57:00 YOU DO THIS YEAR BUT THAT'S 00:51:57:00 00:51:58:00 THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. 00:51:58:00 00:51:58:00 YEAH. 00:51:58:00 00:52:02:00 SUDER LATER WOULD BE GREAT. 00:52:02:00 00:52:03:00 THERE'S A THERE'S A SENIOR 00:52:03:00 00:52:05:00 LIVING FACILITY IN THAT SPACE 00:52:05:00 00:52:09:00 AROUND AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 00:52:09:00 00:52:09:00 WHEN YOUR STAFF TALK ABOUT IT 00:52:09:00 00:52:12:00 MIGHT BE YEARS AND THEY GO LIKE 00:52:12:00 00:52:13:00 HANG ON A MINUTE, WE DON'T HAVE 00:52:13:00 00:52:14:00 YEARS TO BETTER GET A MOVE ON. 00:52:14:00 00:52:16:00 SO THESE ARE OLDER FOLKS WOULD 00:52:16:00 00:52:17:00 REALLY LIKE TO SEE THESE 00:52:17:00 00:52:18:00 BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE TRAPPED 00:52:18:00 00:52:20:00 IN THEIR BUILDING. 00:52:20:00 00:52:21:00 THEY CAN SAFELY CROSS THE ROAD 00:52:21:00 00:52:21:00 OVER THERE. 00:52:21:00 00:52:24:00 IT'S REALLY BAD IF THERE'S SOME 00:52:24:00 00:52:25:00 SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN DO 00:52:25:00 00:52:25:00 THIS YEAR TO ADDRESS THAT 00:52:25:00 00:52:28:00 PARTICULAR SITUATION WE CAN 00:52:28:00 00:52:28:00 DEFINITELY EXPLORE. 00:52:28:00 00:52:29:00 MM HMM. 00:52:29:00 00:52:31:00 EXCELLENT. 00:52:31:00 00:52:32:00 AND I'M KEEPING GOING HERE ONE 00:52:32:00 00:52:35:00 OF MATTRESS RECYCLING ALLSTON 00:52:35:00 00:52:39:00 BRIGHTON AND CHRISTMAS HUNDREDS 00:52:39:00 00:52:43:00 IF NOT THOUSANDS OF MATTRESSES 00:52:43:00 00:52:43:00 . 00:52:43:00 00:52:44:00 HOW IS THAT MATTRESS RECYCLING 00:52:44:00 00:52:46:00 GOING? 00:52:46:00 00:52:47:00 THAT'S ONE FOR YOU. 00:52:47:00 00:52:51:00 SO IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING OUT 00:52:51:00 00:52:51:00 OF THE GATE. 00:52:51:00 00:52:54:00 IT WAS IT WAS OBVIOUSLY I THINK 00:52:54:00 00:52:55:00 WE'VE KIND OF HEARD THAT IT WAS 00:52:55:00 00:52:58:00 IT WAS AN EDICT SET FORTH BY 00:52:58:00 00:52:59:00 THE WE WERE LEFT TO KIND 00:52:59:00 00:53:03:00 OF FIGURE OUT A PLAN IN YEAR 00:53:03:00 00:53:04:00 ONE AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A 00:53:04:00 00:53:05:00 GOOD PLAN FROM DENNIS ROACH. 00:53:05:00 00:53:06:00 JERRY GOLDMAN DID SOME REALLY 00:53:06:00 00:53:07:00 GOOD WORK WITH ACTUALLY YOU 00:53:07:00 00:53:10:00 KNOW, FOR MY LIFE OF WORKING ON 00:53:10:00 00:53:14:00 SOME NBA CONTRACTS WE WERE ABLE 00:53:14:00 00:53:17:00 TO GET TWO CONTRACTORS OUT TO 00:53:17:00 00:53:18:00 YOUR POINT ABOUT AUSTIN 00:53:18:00 00:53:22:00 CHRISTMAS SMARTLY BY DENNIS AND 00:53:22:00 00:53:22:00 JERRY'S STANDARDS THEY'VE 00:53:22:00 00:53:25:00 CREATED A SURGE TIME SO WE 00:53:25:00 00:53:27:00 ASKED THEM TO PICK UP 70 A DAY 00:53:27:00 00:53:29:00 NORMAL SEASON AS WE GET TO THAT 00:53:29:00 00:53:30:00 FOUR FOR THE FOUR WEEKS AROUND 00:53:30:00 00:53:32:00 BOTH BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING 00:53:32:00 00:53:33:00 ACCOUNT MARCH 31ST AS A MOVING 00:53:33:00 00:53:34:00 OUT DATE. 00:53:34:00 00:53:37:00 I WE'RE WE'RE A BIT WISHFUL ON 00:53:37:00 00:53:37:00 THAT. 00:53:37:00 00:53:38:00 THE PEOPLE THAT KIND 00:53:38:00 00:53:40:00 OF SPREADING IT OUT BETWEEN 00:53:40:00 00:53:41:00 LABOR DAY WEEKEND, MEMORIAL DAY 00:53:41:00 00:53:41:00 WEEKEND WITH THAT WITH THAT 00:53:41:00 00:53:42:00 COLLEGE MOVE OUT. 00:53:42:00 00:53:44:00 BUT WE THE SURGE SEASON WHERE 00:53:44:00 00:53:45:00 WE'VE GOT BOTH THOSE 00:53:45:00 00:53:48:00 CONTRACTORS AND TRUCKS ON THE 00:53:48:00 00:53:49:00 STREET, THEY ADD VOLUME TO THE 00:53:49:00 00:53:49:00 CONTRACTS. 00:53:49:00 00:53:51:00 ARE THEY ABLE TO PICK UP MORE? 00:53:51:00 00:53:52:00 WE'RE LIVING IT RIGHT NOW WITH 00:53:52:00 00:53:53:00 THIS MUCH THIRTY FIRST WINDOW 00:53:53:00 00:53:54:00 OF THIS TWO WEEKS BEFORE TWO 00:53:54:00 00:53:55:00 WEEKS AFTER WE'RE SEEING SOME 00:53:55:00 00:53:56:00 GOOD WORK DONE. 00:53:56:00 00:53:59:00 BUT AGAIN WE ARE LEARNING FROM 00:53:59:00 00:53:59:00 THIS FIRST YEAR. 00:53:59:00 00:54:00:00 SO THERE YOU GO. 00:54:00:00 00:54:03:00 YEAH, IT'S IT'S IT'S IT FEELS 00:54:03:00 00:54:04:00 LIKE IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THEY 00:54:04:00 00:54:06:00 FALL FROM THE SKY. 00:54:06:00 00:54:07:00 YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY BORDER 00:54:07:00 00:54:08:00 NEIGHBORHOODS OR CITIES THAT 00:54:08:00 00:54:11:00 DON'T HAVE A PLAN AND MAYBE 00:54:11:00 00:54:12:00 THEY GET MOBILE AND COME INTO 00:54:12:00 00:54:15:00 THE CITY SO WE'VE GOT YOU KNOW, 00:54:15:00 00:54:16:00 WE'RE ALWAYS MINDFUL OF MOVING 00:54:16:00 00:54:18:00 TRASH AND MOVING DEBRIS BUT WE 00:54:18:00 00:54:19:00 DO HAVE A PLAN. 00:54:19:00 00:54:20:00 WE DO HAVE CONTACTS THAT 00:54:20:00 00:54:22:00 THEY'RE WORKING WORKING VERY 00:54:22:00 00:54:23:00 HARD AND AGAIN THEY'VE THEY'VE 00:54:23:00 00:54:25:00 THEY'VE BUILT IN THAT SEARCH 00:54:25:00 00:54:26:00 TIME. 00:54:26:00 00:54:27:00 SO WE'LL HAVE TIME IN BETWEEN 00:54:27:00 00:54:27:00 THOSE TWO. 00:54:27:00 00:54:28:00 YEAH. 00:54:28:00 00:54:28:00 THANK YOU. 00:54:28:00 00:54:30:00 AND WHAT'S YOUR BEST ADVICE? 00:54:30:00 00:54:31:00 CALL THAT THREE ONE ONE LIKE I 00:54:31:00 00:54:33:00 ALWAYS ALWAYS SCHEDULE AND 00:54:33:00 00:54:34:00 SCHEDULE IT AND HAVE IT AND IF 00:54:34:00 00:54:35:00 YOU'RE MOVING OUT IN A WEEK'S 00:54:35:00 00:54:38:00 TIME GIVE THEM CALL THEM A WEEK 00:54:38:00 00:54:38:00 AHEAD OF TIME. 00:54:38:00 00:54:39:00 I THINK THAT'S VERY SMART. 00:54:39:00 00:54:41:00 WE'VE WE HAD SOME DELAYS NOT 00:54:41:00 00:54:42:00 DELIVERIES, SOME BACK UP BUT IT 00:54:42:00 00:54:45:00 WAS UP TO TWO WEEKS AND SOME 00:54:45:00 00:54:46:00 NEIGHBORHOODS WE ALSO HAD NEXT 00:54:46:00 00:54:46:00 DAY AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. 00:54:46:00 00:54:48:00 SO I THINK THAT WE'RE DOWN 00:54:48:00 00:54:49:00 AROUND FOUR TO FIVE DAYS NOW IN 00:54:49:00 00:54:52:00 SOME OF OUR HEAVY DISTRICTS. 00:54:52:00 00:54:53:00 SO I'D SAY YOU GIVE IT A WEEK, 00:54:53:00 00:54:54:00 WE SHOULD BE GOOD. 00:54:54:00 00:54:56:00 I RUN THE SEARCH TIME, GIVE IT 00:54:56:00 00:54:57:00 A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 00:54:57:00 00:54:58:00 MY WIFE CALLED IN ONE FOR 00:54:58:00 00:54:58:00 TUESDAY. 00:54:58:00 00:55:00:00 WE'RE GOING TO PICK IT UP ON 00:55:00:00 00:55:01:00 FRIDAY SO WE'RE INSIDE OF THE 00:55:01:00 00:55:01:00 OKAY. 00:55:01:00 00:55:01:00 THANK YOU. 00:55:01:00 00:55:03:00 I SEE MADAM CHAIRMAN GIVING THE 00:55:03:00 00:55:04:00 CLERK AT ME SO THANK YOU. 00:55:04:00 00:55:05:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 00:55:05:00 00:55:07:00 THANK YOU CASTLEBURY OK WE HAVE 00:55:07:00 00:55:10:00 THE REPRESENTATION UP WE'LL GET 00:55:10:00 00:55:15:00 TO THAT AND I'LL TRY TO BE AS 00:55:15:00 00:55:18:00 QUICK AS POSSIBLE AND FOR THOSE 00:55:18:00 00:55:19:00 OF YOU AT HOME, PLEASE FORGIVE 00:55:19:00 00:55:19:00 ME IF I'M RUSHING THROUGH. 00:55:19:00 00:55:22:00 SO FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 00:55:22:00 00:55:22:00 AND BOSTON TRANSPORTATION 00:55:22:00 00:55:26:00 DEPARTMENT, THE STREETS ARE 00:55:26:00 00:55:30:00 PROJECTS FUNDING ARE LISTED 00:55:30:00 00:55:31:00 HERE ON THE SLIDE TO TEN 00:55:31:00 00:55:33:00 MILLION TO FREE FAIR 00:55:33:00 00:55:34:00 COUNCILOR WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE 00:55:34:00 00:55:38:00 ON THE SCREENS MY SIDE HERE SO 00:55:38:00 00:55:41:00 YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE THE 00:55:41:00 00:55:46:00 THERE AGO THAT JUST CAME BACK. 00:55:46:00 00:55:47:00 CAN YOU SEE IT NOW? 00:55:47:00 00:55:49:00 WE CAN AND SO IF I'M NOT 00:55:49:00 00:55:50:00 FAMILIAR WITH LIKE THE FULL 00:55:50:00 00:55:51:00 NAME BECAUSE HERE IT GETS 00:55:51:00 00:55:53:00 CHOPPED OFF, PLEASE FEEL FREE 00:55:53:00 00:55:53:00 TO HELP ME OUT. 00:55:53:00 00:55:56:00 AND SO THEY'RE FREE. 00:55:56:00 00:55:57:00 TEN MILLION EIGHT MILLION FOR 00:55:57:00 00:56:01:00 AMERICA'S BEST VIKINGS BEST BUY 00:56:01:00 00:56:04:00 CITY AND YOU CAME UP WITH THESE 00:56:04:00 00:56:05:00 NAMES TEAM EFFORT. 00:56:05:00 00:56:05:00 ALL RIGHT. 00:56:05:00 00:56:08:00 AND EIGHT MILLION TO WALKABLE 00:56:08:00 00:56:11:00 CITY TWO POINT FIVE MILLION 00:56:11:00 00:56:16:00 MUNICIPAL I THINK THIS IS FOOD 00:56:16:00 00:56:16:00 WASTE PROCESSING. 00:56:16:00 00:56:19:00 OK, AND TWO MILLION TO TRAFFIC 00:56:19:00 00:56:23:00 AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 00:56:23:00 00:56:24:00 CENTER FOR HARD TO RECYCLE 00:56:24:00 00:56:26:00 MATERIALS. 00:56:26:00 00:56:27:00 THANK YOU GOOD CRISP TWO 00:56:27:00 00:56:28:00 HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE 00:56:28:00 00:56:31:00 THOUSAND TO MISSION HILL LINK 00:56:31:00 00:56:31:00 LINK. 00:56:31:00 00:56:34:00 ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH I 00:56:34:00 00:56:39:00 I VOTED FOR THAT I THAT WAS 00:56:39:00 00:56:40:00 THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOVES I 00:56:40:00 00:56:40:00 PARTNER WITH THE COUNCIL BACK 00:56:40:00 00:56:43:00 ON LAST YEAR STREET SO STREETS 00:56:43:00 00:56:44:00 ARE BOROUGH FUNDING HERE 00:56:44:00 00:56:53:00 OUTLINED AND THEN B PWP CAPITAL 00:56:53:00 00:56:57:00 PROJECTS AND YOU SEE HERE FROM 00:56:57:00 00:57:00:00 BY NEIGHBORHOODS SO CHARLESTOWN 00:57:00:00 00:57:03:00 AND THIS IS IN THE MILLIONS 00:57:03:00 00:57:08:00 CHARLESTOWN FOR TOTAL PROJECTS 00:57:08:00 00:57:11:00 SORRY THE BLUE REPRESENTING 00:57:11:00 00:57:12:00 AUTHORIZATION FOIA TWENTY FOUR 00:57:12:00 00:57:15:00 AND THE RED TOTAL AUTHORIZATION 00:57:15:00 00:57:16:00 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT HERE BY 00:57:16:00 00:57:19:00 NEIGHBORHOOD SO BEGINNING WITH 00:57:19:00 00:57:20:00 CHARLESTOWN AT FOUR HUNDRED AND 00:57:20:00 00:57:23:00 SEVEN MILLION EAST BOSTON 00:57:23:00 00:57:27:00 SIXTEEN MILLION MULTIPLE 00:57:27:00 00:57:28:00 NEIGHBORHOODS AND I WANT TO 00:57:28:00 00:57:31:00 UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT 00:57:31:00 00:57:32:00 MORE AT SEVENTY MILLION SOUTH 00:57:32:00 00:57:35:00 BOSTON FIFTY NINE MILLION SOUTH 00:57:35:00 00:57:39:00 END ELEVEN MILLION CITYWIDE ONE 00:57:39:00 00:57:39:00 HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT MILLION 00:57:39:00 00:57:42:00 DOWNTOWN GOVERNMENT CENTER 00:57:42:00 00:57:43:00 EIGHT MILLION CHINATOWN ONE 00:57:43:00 00:57:46:00 MILLION HARBOR ISLANDS ONE 00:57:46:00 00:57:47:00 HUNDRED AND ELEVEN MILLION 00:57:47:00 00:57:51:00 ROSENDALE SEVEN MILLION ROXBURY 00:57:51:00 00:57:52:00 TEN MILLION BACK BAY THIRTY 00:57:52:00 00:57:54:00 MILLION ALLSTON BRIGHTON 00:57:54:00 00:57:58:00 FIFTEEN MILLION CAN MORE OFTEN 00:57:58:00 00:58:01:00 WE CAN MORE TWO MILLION 00:58:01:00 00:58:04:00 MATTAPAN TWENTY EIGHT MILLION 00:58:04:00 00:58:09:00 AND DORCHESTER ZERO DOLLARS AND 00:58:09:00 00:58:13:00 THEN WHEN YOU WHEN WE GO TO THE 00:58:13:00 00:58:17:00 CAPITAL BY NEIGHBORHOOD PER 00:58:17:00 00:58:18:00 PERSON SPENDING THIS IS WHAT 00:58:18:00 00:58:21:00 YOU GET SO THIS IS JUST A BREAK 00:58:21:00 00:58:25:00 DOWN TO SORT OF GIVE PEOPLE AN 00:58:25:00 00:58:26:00 IDEA OF POPULATION THERE AND 00:58:26:00 00:58:28:00 HOW THINGS ARE USED BUT IT 00:58:28:00 00:58:29:00 DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT TO THE 00:58:29:00 00:58:29:00 PRIORITY OF THE PROJECTS 00:58:29:00 00:58:30:00 OF COURSE. 00:58:30:00 00:58:33:00 SO AND WE'LL TALK FURTHER ABOUT 00:58:33:00 00:58:36:00 THAT. 00:58:36:00 00:58:37:00 THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN BY 00:58:37:00 00:58:39:00 NEIGHBORHOOD BY COUNT SO 00:58:39:00 00:58:43:00 PROJECTS PER NEIGHBORHOOD FROM 00:58:43:00 00:58:46:00 CHARLESTOWN ALL THE WAY TO 00:58:46:00 00:58:50:00 DORCHESTER AGAIN. 00:58:50:00 00:58:55:00 SO OK, THAT'S CITYWIDE. 00:58:55:00 00:59:05:00 SO FIVE IN CHARLESTOWN, TWO IN 00:59:05:00 00:59:06:00 EAST BOSTON, THEN MULTIPLE 00:59:06:00 00:59:07:00 NEIGHBORHOODS OF SEVEN SOUTH 00:59:07:00 00:59:07:00 BOSTON FOR SOUTH FOR CITYWIDE 00:59:07:00 00:59:08:00 FIFTEEN IS IN MULTIPLE 00:59:08:00 00:59:09:00 NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO CITYWIDE. 00:59:09:00 00:59:10:00 I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS 00:59:10:00 00:59:10:00 ANALYSIS. 00:59:10:00 00:59:14:00 OK, SO HOW WE GET THE RAW DATA 00:59:14:00 00:59:18:00 MAY NOT BE HOW YOU HAVE IT. 00:59:18:00 00:59:19:00 SO DOWNTOWN GOVERNMENTS THERE 00:59:19:00 00:59:21:00 ARE THREE PROJECTS OUT 00:59:21:00 00:59:22:00 CHINATOWN ONE HARBOR ISLANDS TO 00:59:22:00 00:59:25:00 ROSENDALE THREE ROXBURY FOUR 00:59:25:00 00:59:29:00 BACK BAY TO ALSTROM AND THREE 00:59:29:00 00:59:33:00 FENWAY CANMORE ONE MATTAPAN TWO 00:59:33:00 00:59:34:00 IN DORCHESTER ONE. 00:59:34:00 00:59:37:00 I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IF 00:59:37:00 00:59:38:00 FOR EXAMPLE BACK BAYS ONLY TO 00:59:38:00 00:59:41:00 THEN WHY DOUBLE THE COST AND 00:59:41:00 00:59:42:00 UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE 00:59:42:00 00:59:47:00 PROJECTS ARE AS WELL BP CAPITAL 00:59:47:00 00:59:51:00 BY PROJECT TYPE AND THEN FOR 00:59:51:00 00:59:52:00 NON SCHOOL BUILDING NEW 00:59:52:00 00:59:58:00 INFRASTRUCTURE 340 MILLION STS 00:59:58:00 01:00:02:00 392 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE 01:00:02:00 01:00:03:00 IMPROVEMENTS GENERAL PROJECT 01:00:03:00 01:00:07:00 AND THEN ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY 01:00:07:00 01:00:08:00 ONE MILLION PROGRAM THIRTY 01:00:08:00 01:00:10:00 MILLION I ONE MILLION. 01:00:10:00 01:00:14:00 I DEFINITELY THINK THAT NOT 01:00:14:00 01:00:15:00 THAT I WANT TO SPEAK THROUGH 01:00:15:00 01:00:19:00 THIS LIKE A VOICEOVER BUT I 01:00:19:00 01:00:19:00 DEFINITELY THINK THAT IT SHOULD 01:00:19:00 01:00:22:00 GET WAY MORE LIKE SO MUCH WE 01:00:22:00 01:00:25:00 COULD BE DOING WITH THAT RIGHT 01:00:25:00 01:00:26:00 AND THEN STS OVERVIEW HERE AND 01:00:26:00 01:00:30:00 I'LL STOP THERE AS I MENTIONED 01:00:30:00 01:00:33:00 TO THOSE AT HOME LIKE 01:00:33:00 01:00:34:00 COFFEE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU 01:00:34:00 01:00:38:00 AND HAPPY TO COORDINATE WITH 01:00:38:00 01:00:38:00 ANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT 01:00:38:00 01:00:41:00 WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO FACILITATE 01:00:41:00 01:00:45:00 ONE OF MY BUDGET WORKSHOPS FOR 01:00:45:00 01:00:46:00 COMMUNITY. 01:00:46:00 01:00:46:00 ALL RIGHT. 01:00:46:00 01:00:50:00 I'LL STOP THERE AND CONTINUE 01:00:50:00 01:00:50:00 ON. 01:00:50:00 01:00:53:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOUR NEXT YOU 01:00:53:00 01:00:57:00 HAVE THE FLOOR ON FUTURE. 01:00:57:00 01:00:57:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR 01:00:57:00 01:00:58:00 PRESENTATION. 01:00:58:00 01:01:01:00 SOME OF FOLLOW UP FROM 01:01:01:00 01:01:02:00 COUNCILOR BREEDEN'S QUESTIONS 01:01:02:00 01:01:04:00 WHEN YOU HEAR THAT SPEED BUMPS 01:01:04:00 01:01:05:00 ARE COMING AND AS AN AT LARGE 01:01:05:00 01:01:08:00 COUNCILOR EVERYONE'S CALLING 01:01:08:00 01:01:09:00 SEEING IF IT'S THEIR STREET, IF 01:01:09:00 01:01:09:00 IT'S THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I 01:01:09:00 01:01:12:00 KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON THE COUPLE 01:01:12:00 01:01:13:00 ZONES BUT IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN 01:01:13:00 01:01:16:00 A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT 01:01:16:00 01:01:20:00 AND ALSO WHEN BIKE LANES GO IN, 01:01:20:00 01:01:21:00 GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT OFF 01:01:21:00 01:01:27:00 STREET PARKING LOTS AND THERE 01:01:27:00 01:01:28:00 PROBABLY IS I KNOW A DASHBOARD. 01:01:28:00 01:01:32:00 SO WHEN WE GET THE CALLS AND WE 01:01:32:00 01:01:35:00 GET A LOT OF THEM, IS THERE A 01:01:35:00 01:01:36:00 WAY BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED 01:01:36:00 01:01:37:00 ABOUT THIS BEFORE. 01:01:37:00 01:01:39:00 YEAH, SURE. 01:01:39:00 01:01:40:00 ABOUT KIND OF THAT FACT CHECK 01:01:40:00 01:01:42:00 BECAUSE THERE IS CONCERNS ABOUT 01:01:42:00 01:01:43:00 A LOT OF CHANGES OR POLICIES 01:01:43:00 01:01:46:00 THAT MIGHT GO INTO PLACE. 01:01:46:00 01:01:47:00 BUT WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL FACTS 01:01:47:00 01:01:48:00 TO MATCH IT? 01:01:48:00 01:01:51:00 SO DO YOU HAVE LIKE A DASHBOARD 01:01:51:00 01:01:51:00 ABOUT DIFFERENT PROJECTS GOING 01:01:51:00 01:01:54:00 ON IN THE LAST WEEK WE'VE 01:01:54:00 01:01:54:00 GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS AND 01:01:54:00 01:01:58:00 CALLS ABOUT LIKE THE JP BIKE 01:01:58:00 01:01:58:00 LANES. 01:01:58:00 01:01:59:00 I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE 01:01:59:00 01:02:01:00 OH WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? 01:02:01:00 01:02:02:00 SOMETHING MUST HAVE COME OUT 01:02:02:00 01:02:03:00 BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE ARE 01:02:03:00 01:02:05:00 ASKING ABOUT IT. 01:02:05:00 01:02:06:00 GOT A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT HAZEL. 01:02:06:00 01:02:07:00 ARE THE SPEED BUMPS COMING TO 01:02:07:00 01:02:10:00 MY STREET AND I'M LIKE I DON'T 01:02:10:00 01:02:10:00 KNOW. 01:02:10:00 01:02:11:00 LET ME FIND OUT. 01:02:11:00 01:02:12:00 SO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE'RE 01:02:12:00 01:02:13:00 SHARING THAT NOT JUST WITH US 01:02:13:00 01:02:14:00 ON THE COUNCIL BUT TO THE 01:02:14:00 01:02:16:00 PUBLIC WHERE IT'S KIND OUT 01:02:16:00 01:02:17:00 THERE? 01:02:17:00 01:02:17:00 YEAH. 01:02:17:00 01:02:20:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . 01:02:20:00 01:02:21:00 SO ON THE FIRST POINT ABOUT 01:02:21:00 01:02:24:00 SPEED HUMPS SO YES, WE HAVE 01:02:24:00 01:02:25:00 THERE ARE TWO MAPS NOW ON THE 01:02:25:00 01:02:28:00 CITY WEBSITE ON THE SAFETY 01:02:28:00 01:02:29:00 SEARCH PAGE ONE SHOWS WHICH 01:02:29:00 01:02:33:00 STREETS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SPEED 01:02:33:00 01:02:37:00 HUMPS AND SO IT'S WE HAVE A SET 01:02:37:00 01:02:37:00 OF CRITERIA TECHNICAL CRITERIA 01:02:37:00 01:02:40:00 ABOUT ELIGIBILITY. 01:02:40:00 01:02:41:00 YOU KNOW, PRIMARILY THE INTENT 01:02:41:00 01:02:44:00 IS TO INSTALL THEM IN ON 01:02:44:00 01:02:45:00 RESIDENTIAL STREETS, NOT ON 01:02:45:00 01:02:47:00 ARTERIALS, NOT MBT BUS ROUTES, 01:02:47:00 01:02:48:00 NOT ON ROUTES USED BY OUR 01:02:48:00 01:02:49:00 PRIMARY ROUTES, BY EMERGENCY 01:02:49:00 01:02:52:00 SERVICES. 01:02:52:00 01:02:53:00 SO THAT MAP IS IS PUBLIC. 01:02:53:00 01:02:56:00 THERE'S ALSO A MAP THAT SHOWS 01:02:56:00 01:02:57:00 THE ZONES THAT WE WILL BE 01:02:57:00 01:03:00:00 BUILDING OVER THE NEXT FOUR 01:03:00:00 01:03:03:00 YEARS AND SO THOSE ARE BOTH 01:03:03:00 01:03:04:00 AVAILABLE. 01:03:04:00 01:03:08:00 WE ARE WILL SORT OF YOU KNOW, 01:03:08:00 01:03:09:00 SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE SEEN 01:03:09:00 01:03:11:00 IT'S NOT THE QUESTION YOU JUST 01:03:11:00 01:03:12:00 ASKED WHEN WILL MY STREET GET 01:03:12:00 01:03:15:00 SPEED HUMPS? 01:03:15:00 01:03:16:00 IT CAN BE A LITTLE HARD TO 01:03:16:00 01:03:16:00 ANSWER THAT. 01:03:16:00 01:03:17:00 YOU KNOW THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE 01:03:17:00 01:03:19:00 ZONES DOESN'T HAVE EVERY STREET 01:03:19:00 01:03:22:00 NAME ON IT AND SO WE'RE WORKING 01:03:22:00 01:03:23:00 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE 01:03:23:00 01:03:24:00 RIGHT MAPS UP. 01:03:24:00 01:03:25:00 BUT OUR INTENT HERE IS TO GIVE 01:03:25:00 01:03:27:00 PEOPLE THAT LOOK IN ADVANCE. 01:03:27:00 01:03:30:00 IT IS IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT 01:03:30:00 01:03:32:00 WE ARE WORKING IN ZONES AND WE 01:03:32:00 01:03:32:00 ARE WORKING IN ZONES FOR A 01:03:32:00 01:03:35:00 REASON WHICH IS THAT WHEN WE 01:03:35:00 01:03:36:00 HAVE HISTORICALLY INSTALLED 01:03:36:00 01:03:38:00 SPEED BUMPS ALONG A SINGLE 01:03:38:00 01:03:39:00 STREET IN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS 01:03:39:00 01:03:42:00 FROM NEIGHBORS, WHAT FREQUENTLY 01:03:42:00 01:03:43:00 HAPPENS IS THAT SIMPLY PUSHES 01:03:43:00 01:03:46:00 THE UNWANTED DRIVING BEHAVIOR 01:03:46:00 01:03:46:00 ONTO NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. 01:03:46:00 01:03:49:00 AND SO OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN TO 01:03:49:00 01:03:51:00 TAKE A GRID OF STREETS AND AND 01:03:51:00 01:03:54:00 DO TRAFFIC COMING ON THEM ALL 01:03:54:00 01:03:55:00 AT ONCE IN TERMS OF BIKE LANES, 01:03:55:00 01:03:58:00 I APPRECIATE THE SORT 01:03:58:00 01:03:59:00 OF INTEREST IN HAVING FACTUAL 01:03:59:00 01:04:02:00 CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS ABOUT 01:04:02:00 01:04:02:00 PROJECTS. 01:04:02:00 01:04:05:00 I'LL FIRST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, 01:04:05:00 01:04:06:00 WITH ANY BIKE PROJECT THAT WE 01:04:06:00 01:04:09:00 DO ARE YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE 01:04:09:00 01:04:13:00 PRIMARY GOALS IN THE DESIGN IS 01:04:13:00 01:04:14:00 TO HOW TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS ON 01:04:14:00 01:04:17:00 OTHER USERS OF THE STREET AND 01:04:17:00 01:04:17:00 IN PARTICULAR MINIMIZING 01:04:17:00 01:04:21:00 PARKING IMPACTS SO WHEN WE 01:04:21:00 01:04:22:00 DESIGN A LANE WE OFTEN GO 01:04:22:00 01:04:24:00 THROUGH MULTIPLE OPTIONS AND 01:04:24:00 01:04:25:00 ITERATIONS WHICH SIDE OF THE 01:04:25:00 01:04:25:00 STREET IS IT ON? 01:04:25:00 01:04:28:00 WHAT TYPE OF MATERIALS AND 01:04:28:00 01:04:28:00 WIDTH WE USE. 01:04:28:00 01:04:30:00 AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALWAYS 01:04:30:00 01:04:32:00 EVALUATING THE DIFFERENT THE 01:04:32:00 01:04:33:00 DIFFERENT OPTIONS SORT OF WHICH 01:04:33:00 01:04:36:00 WHAT WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE AND 01:04:36:00 01:04:37:00 TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO ACHIEVE 01:04:37:00 01:04:40:00 OUR SAFETY GOALS FOR PEOPLE WHO 01:04:40:00 01:04:41:00 CYCLE WITHOUT CREATING ANY 01:04:41:00 01:04:44:00 UNDUE OR UNNECESSARY IMPACTS ON 01:04:44:00 01:04:45:00 PEOPLE WHO DRIVE. 01:04:45:00 01:04:48:00 BUT AS NOTED, THERE ARE 01:04:48:00 01:04:49:00 SOMETIMES PROJECTS IN WHICH WE 01:04:49:00 01:04:50:00 DO END UP NEEDING TO REMOVE 01:04:50:00 01:04:52:00 PARKING AT SOME AMOUNT 01:04:52:00 01:04:53:00 OF PARKING AS PART OF A BIKE 01:04:53:00 01:04:56:00 LANE PROJECT. 01:04:56:00 01:04:57:00 EVERY BIKE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE 01:04:57:00 01:05:00:00 HAS ITS OWN DEDICATED WEBPAGE. 01:05:00:00 01:05:01:00 IF YOU GO TO BOSTON THAT GIVES 01:05:01:00 01:05:04:00 BIKE NATIONALLY YOU'LL BE ABLE 01:05:04:00 01:05:05:00 TO SEE ALL OF THE PROJECTS WE 01:05:05:00 01:05:08:00 HAVE IN DESIGN IN THE CITY. 01:05:08:00 01:05:09:00 EACH PROJECT HAS ITS OWN PAGE 01:05:09:00 01:05:10:00 DEPENDING UPON WHERE IT IS IN 01:05:10:00 01:05:11:00 THE PLANNING PROCESS. 01:05:11:00 01:05:12:00 SOME OF THEM HAVE VERY DETAILED 01:05:12:00 01:05:15:00 INFORMATION ABOUT ACTUAL 01:05:15:00 01:05:19:00 CONCEPT DESIGNS PARKING IMPACTS 01:05:19:00 01:05:19:00 . 01:05:19:00 01:05:20:00 SOME ARE STILL EARLIER IN THE 01:05:20:00 01:05:21:00 PLANNING PHASE SO WE'RE MORE IN 01:05:21:00 01:05:23:00 THE STAGE OF SOLICITING INPUT 01:05:23:00 01:05:24:00 FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND 01:05:24:00 01:05:24:00 HAVEN'T YET PUBLISHED ACTUAL 01:05:24:00 01:05:27:00 DESIGNS. 01:05:27:00 01:05:28:00 YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE LIKELY 01:05:28:00 01:05:30:00 HEARING ABOUT BOYLSTON STREET 01:05:30:00 01:05:31:00 IN JAMAICA PLAIN. 01:05:31:00 01:05:32:00 YOU KNOW, THIS IS A STREET 01:05:32:00 01:05:36:00 WHERE WE ARE IT'S A CRITICAL 01:05:36:00 01:05:39:00 EAST-WEST CONNECTION THAT 01:05:39:00 01:05:40:00 EVENTUALLY WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO 01:05:40:00 01:05:43:00 CONNECT ALL THE WAY FROM THE 01:05:43:00 01:05:43:00 EMERALD NECKLACE SORT OF THING 01:05:43:00 01:05:46:00 AT THE BROOKLYN BORDER DOWN 01:05:46:00 01:05:47:00 SOUTH HUNTINGTON DOWN BOYLSTON 01:05:47:00 01:05:50:00 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR AND 01:05:50:00 01:05:51:00 CONTINUING UP INTO EGGLESTON 01:05:51:00 01:05:55:00 AND EVENTUALLY ALL THE WAY TO 01:05:55:00 01:05:55:00 FRANKLIN PARK. 01:05:55:00 01:05:58:00 SO THIS IS A SORT OF A CRITICAL 01:05:58:00 01:05:59:00 LINK IN A VERY LONG PIECE 01:05:59:00 01:06:02:00 OF THE BIKE NETWORK. 01:06:02:00 01:06:03:00 BUT BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH OF THE 01:06:03:00 01:06:04:00 STREET AND THE CURVATURE OF THE 01:06:04:00 01:06:06:00 STREET PORTION OF IT, WE MAY 01:06:06:00 01:06:09:00 NEED TO ELIMINATE PARKING 01:06:09:00 01:06:10:00 BETWEEN ON A ON A SEGMENT 01:06:10:00 01:06:10:00 OF THAT STREET. 01:06:10:00 01:06:14:00 AND SO I THINK YOU WERE IN 01:06:14:00 01:06:14:00 CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY 01:06:14:00 01:06:15:00 MEMBERS ACTUALLY I THINK 01:06:15:00 01:06:17:00 TONIGHT AT FIVE THIRTY THERE IS 01:06:17:00 01:06:18:00 A WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH 01:06:18:00 01:06:21:00 YOU KNOW, WITH PEOPLE TO KIND 01:06:21:00 01:06:22:00 OF TALK THROUGH WHAT WE'RE 01:06:22:00 01:06:22:00 PLANNING AND TO GET QUESTIONS 01:06:22:00 01:06:24:00 ANSWERED. 01:06:24:00 01:06:26:00 BUT WE HAVE A TEAM OF FOLKS 01:06:26:00 01:06:26:00 THAT DO THIS WORK. 01:06:26:00 01:06:27:00 THEY'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO MEET 01:06:27:00 01:06:28:00 WITH CONSTITUENTS. 01:06:28:00 01:06:30:00 THEY GET A LOT OF EMAIL, THEY 01:06:30:00 01:06:30:00 RESPOND TO A LOT OF EMAIL AND 01:06:30:00 01:06:31:00 THEY WOULD ALSO BE HAPPY TO 01:06:31:00 01:06:33:00 MEET WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO 01:06:33:00 01:06:33:00 HELP MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE 01:06:33:00 01:06:34:00 INFORMATION YOU NEED. 01:06:34:00 01:06:36:00 THANK YOU. 01:06:36:00 01:06:37:00 YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE SPEED 01:06:37:00 01:06:38:00 BUMPS KNOWING THAT IT COULD 01:06:38:00 01:06:41:00 CAUSE OTHER EFFECTS IN THE 01:06:41:00 01:06:41:00 NEIGHBORHOOD. 01:06:41:00 01:06:44:00 SO DO YOU HAVE LIKE STREET 01:06:44:00 01:06:45:00 CHANGING ONE WAYS LIKE WHAT 01:06:45:00 01:06:46:00 OTHER THINGS DO YOU THINK ABOUT 01:06:46:00 01:06:49:00 WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING SPEED 01:06:49:00 01:06:49:00 BUMPS? 01:06:49:00 01:06:50:00 YEAH, SO FOR THE SPEED HUM 01:06:50:00 01:06:53:00 PROGRAM THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED WE 01:06:53:00 01:06:54:00 ARE CONFINING IT TO SPEED HUMPS 01:06:54:00 01:06:57:00 AND THIS CAME OUT OF YOU KNOW, 01:06:57:00 01:07:00:00 THE CITY HAS HAD FOR A NUMBER 01:07:00:00 01:07:01:00 OF YEARS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SLOW 01:07:01:00 01:07:02:00 STREETS PROGRAM WHERE WE'VE 01:07:02:00 01:07:05:00 TAKEN SECTIONS OF A 01:07:05:00 01:07:06:00 NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH A PROCESS 01:07:06:00 01:07:08:00 WHERE NEIGHBORS NOMINATE THEIR 01:07:08:00 01:07:11:00 NETWORK OF STREETS. 01:07:11:00 01:07:12:00 WE HAVE AN EVALUATION PROCESS 01:07:12:00 01:07:15:00 AND THEN WE SELECT YOU KNOW, 01:07:15:00 01:07:16:00 WE'VE SELECTED EVERY YEAR A 01:07:16:00 01:07:17:00 HANDFUL OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO DO 01:07:17:00 01:07:20:00 A VERY INTENSIVE REDESIGN. 01:07:20:00 01:07:20:00 THE STREET NETWORK SPEED HUMPS, 01:07:20:00 01:07:21:00 COLOURBLIND CHANGES, SOMETIMES 01:07:21:00 01:07:24:00 DIRECTIONAL CHANGES OR OTHER 01:07:24:00 01:07:25:00 RESTRICTIONS WHERE WE HAVE 01:07:25:00 01:07:28:00 DELIVERED THOSE PROJECTS THAT 01:07:28:00 01:07:29:00 HAVE BEEN VERY WELL LIKED AND 01:07:29:00 01:07:29:00 VERY EFFECTIVE. 01:07:29:00 01:07:32:00 THE PROBLEM WE HAVE FOUND IS 01:07:32:00 01:07:33:00 THAT WE ARE NOT DELIVERING 01:07:33:00 01:07:35:00 ENOUGH OF THEM AND WE HAVE NOT 01:07:35:00 01:07:36:00 BEEN ABLE TO THE INTENSITY 01:07:36:00 01:07:39:00 OF TIME TO DO COMMUNITY 01:07:39:00 01:07:40:00 ENGAGEMENT, TO DO DESIGN AND DO 01:07:40:00 01:07:41:00 CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS THAT 01:07:41:00 01:07:43:00 MOVE CURB LINES AND CHANGE THE 01:07:43:00 01:07:44:00 GEOMETRY OF THE DIRECTIONALITY 01:07:44:00 01:07:47:00 OF STREETS IS REALLY EXTENSIVE. 01:07:47:00 01:07:51:00 SO WE WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM, 01:07:51:00 01:07:52:00 THE SAFETY SURGE, WE'VE KIND 01:07:52:00 01:07:53:00 OF BROKEN APART THE DIFFERENT 01:07:53:00 01:07:55:00 TYPES OF SAFETY INTERVENTIONS. 01:07:55:00 01:07:56:00 WE CAN TAKE SPEED HUMPS BECAUSE 01:07:56:00 01:07:59:00 THEY ARE RELATIVELY SPEAKING 01:07:59:00 01:08:00:00 THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED BUT THEY 01:08:00:00 01:08:01:00 ARE THE SIMPLEST KIND 01:08:01:00 01:08:03:00 OF CONSTRUCTED CONSTRUCTION. 01:08:03:00 01:08:04:00 YOU CAN DO THEIR MOUNDS 01:08:04:00 01:08:07:00 OF ASPHALT WITH SOME PAINT AND 01:08:07:00 01:08:08:00 SOME SIGNS THEY DO NOT AFFECT 01:08:08:00 01:08:08:00 DRAINAGE. 01:08:08:00 01:08:11:00 THEY DO NOT YOU IMPACT ANY 01:08:11:00 01:08:12:00 OTHER THEY DO NOT AFFECT 01:08:12:00 01:08:14:00 PARKING SO WE ARE IMPLEMENTING 01:08:14:00 01:08:18:00 THESE SPEED ZONES AND ONLY 01:08:18:00 01:08:19:00 IMPLEMENTING SPEED HUMPS AS 01:08:19:00 01:08:22:00 PART OF THAT SECTION OF THE 01:08:22:00 01:08:23:00 PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN MOVE 01:08:23:00 01:08:23:00 QUICKLY. 01:08:23:00 01:08:24:00 WE CAN HAVE SEPARATE 01:08:24:00 01:08:26:00 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, 01:08:26:00 01:08:27:00 SEPARATE DESIGN CONTRACTS AND 01:08:27:00 01:08:27:00 REALLY WORK THROUGH THESE ZONES 01:08:27:00 01:08:30:00 AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 01:08:30:00 01:08:31:00 WE ARE DOING THE INTERSECTION 01:08:31:00 01:08:34:00 WORK AND WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY 01:08:34:00 01:08:34:00 WHERE THERE ARE SPECIFIC 01:08:34:00 01:08:35:00 BROADER NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS 01:08:35:00 01:08:37:00 TO LOOK AT DIRECTIONAL CHANGES 01:08:37:00 01:08:38:00 AND OTHER TYPES OF MORE 01:08:38:00 01:08:41:00 INTENSIVE MODIFICATIONS. 01:08:41:00 01:08:45:00 BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT ANY YOU 01:08:45:00 01:08:46:00 KNOW, ANY CHANGE IN DIRECTION 01:08:46:00 01:08:49:00 OF THE STREET HAS WINNERS AND 01:08:49:00 01:08:50:00 IT HAS LOSERS OR THESE PEOPLE 01:08:50:00 01:08:53:00 WHO FEEL LIKE NOW I HAVE TO GO 01:08:53:00 01:08:54:00 THAT EXTRA BLOCK AROUND TO GET 01:08:54:00 01:08:56:00 TO WHERE I LIVE. 01:08:56:00 01:08:58:00 AND SO IT DOES REQUIRE A LOT 01:08:58:00 01:09:00:00 OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND 01:09:00:00 01:09:01:00 WE CAN'T IF WE IF WE TIE THAT 01:09:01:00 01:09:03:00 TO THE SPEED HUMP PROGRAM, WE 01:09:03:00 01:09:05:00 WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD THE 01:09:05:00 01:09:05:00 SPEED HUMPS AT THE PACE WE WANT 01:09:05:00 01:09:06:00 TO DO IT. 01:09:06:00 01:09:07:00 THANK YOU. 01:09:07:00 01:09:08:00 CAN I JUST ONE FOLLOW UP AND 01:09:08:00 01:09:09:00 THEN I'LL BE DONE. 01:09:09:00 01:09:11:00 THANK YOU. 01:09:11:00 01:09:12:00 I HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE SPEEDING 01:09:12:00 01:09:16:00 BUT HOW IT'S TIED INTO ALSO 01:09:16:00 01:09:17:00 ENFORCEMENT AND A LOT OF THE 01:09:17:00 01:09:17:00 COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 01:09:17:00 01:09:19:00 SO ARE YOU WORKING WITH BOSTON 01:09:19:00 01:09:20:00 POLICE ABOUT TICKETS BECAUSE A 01:09:20:00 01:09:23:00 LOT OF PEOPLE SAY WELL WHY 01:09:23:00 01:09:23:00 AREN'T WE JUST TICKETING PEOPLE 01:09:23:00 01:09:24:00 IF THEY'RE SPEEDING DOWN THE 01:09:24:00 01:09:24:00 STREETS? 01:09:24:00 01:09:27:00 YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON 01:09:27:00 01:09:28:00 BEHALF OF THE BOSTON POLICE 01:09:28:00 01:09:28:00 DEPARTMENT. 01:09:28:00 01:09:31:00 WE CERTAINLY DO WHEN WE HAVE IN 01:09:31:00 01:09:32:00 YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN GREAT AT 01:09:32:00 01:09:34:00 IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC AREAS 01:09:34:00 01:09:35:00 OF CONCERN WHEN WE HAVE THOSE 01:09:35:00 01:09:39:00 LOCATIONS WE FLAGGED THEM FOR 01:09:39:00 01:09:39:00 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 01:09:39:00 01:09:43:00 WHAT WE HAVE HEARD IS THAT 01:09:43:00 01:09:43:00 THEY'RE STAFFING THEIR OWN 01:09:43:00 01:09:47:00 STAFFING CHALLENGES MAKE IT 01:09:47:00 01:09:48:00 VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SUSTAINED 01:09:48:00 01:09:50:00 ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. 01:09:50:00 01:09:51:00 AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE 01:09:51:00 01:09:54:00 DATA IS IN PLACES WHERE THERE 01:09:54:00 01:09:56:00 HAS BEEN A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED 01:09:56:00 01:09:58:00 ENFORCEMENT UNFORTUNATELY 01:09:58:00 01:09:59:00 FREQUENTLY AFTER A TRAGEDY HAS 01:09:59:00 01:10:02:00 TAKEN PLACE THAT AS SOON AS 01:10:02:00 01:10:03:00 THAT ENFORCEMENT STOPS THAT 01:10:03:00 01:10:06:00 MOTORIST BEHAVIOR GOES BACK TO 01:10:06:00 01:10:07:00 THE WAY IT WAS IN TERMS 01:10:07:00 01:10:07:00 OF SPEEDING. 01:10:07:00 01:10:10:00 SO WE DON'T LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, 01:10:10:00 01:10:14:00 POLICE LAW ENFORCEMENT AS BEING 01:10:14:00 01:10:15:00 A PRIMARY TOOL FOR HOW TO 01:10:15:00 01:10:18:00 INCREASE SAFETY AND REDUCE AND 01:10:18:00 01:10:19:00 REDUCE SPEEDING. 01:10:19:00 01:10:22:00 BUT WE DO THINK IT IS PART 01:10:22:00 01:10:22:00 OF THE PUZZLE. 01:10:22:00 01:10:23:00 WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THERE 01:10:23:00 01:10:26:00 IS LEGISLATION AT THE STATE 01:10:26:00 01:10:27:00 THAT WOULD LEGALIZE AUTOMATED 01:10:27:00 01:10:30:00 ENFORCEMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS. 01:10:30:00 01:10:31:00 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY 01:10:31:00 01:10:32:00 OTHER STATES HAVE DONE TO GREAT 01:10:32:00 01:10:34:00 SUCCESS. 01:10:34:00 01:10:35:00 NEW YORK HAS A PROGRAM FOCUSED 01:10:35:00 01:10:35:00 SPECIFICALLY AROUND SCHOOL 01:10:35:00 01:10:37:00 ZONES THAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY 01:10:37:00 01:10:38:00 SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING REPEAT 01:10:38:00 01:10:42:00 OFFENSES. 01:10:42:00 01:10:43:00 WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT IN 01:10:43:00 01:10:43:00 BOSTON. 01:10:43:00 01:10:45:00 WE ARE STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE 01:10:45:00 01:10:46:00 OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW 01:10:46:00 01:10:49:00 US TO DO THAT BUT WE NEED OUR 01:10:49:00 01:10:50:00 FRIENDS ON BEACON HILL TO ACT 01:10:50:00 01:10:53:00 BEFORE WE CAN START PROCESS AND 01:10:53:00 01:10:53:00 THANK YOU CHAIR. 01:10:53:00 01:10:57:00 I'VE RUN OUT OF TIME BUT I WILL 01:10:57:00 01:10:57:00 AFTER THIS MEETING OFFLINE I'D 01:10:57:00 01:10:58:00 LOVE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE 01:10:58:00 01:11:01:00 WEST ROXBURY ROAD DIET AND 01:11:01:00 01:11:02:00 RUTHERFORD CIRCLE BUT I KNOW 01:11:02:00 01:11:04:00 TIME IS UP HERE SO THANKS AGAIN 01:11:04:00 01:11:04:00 . 01:11:04:00 01:11:05:00 THANK YOU. 01:11:05:00 01:11:05:00 THANK YOU. 01:11:05:00 01:11:08:00 COUNCILOR PRESIDENT FLYNN. 01:11:08:00 01:11:09:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AGAIN 01:11:09:00 01:11:12:00 THANK YOU TO THE PANEL. 01:11:12:00 01:11:13:00 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY HAS BEEN 01:11:13:00 01:11:13:00 PROBABLY THE TOP ISSUE. 01:11:13:00 01:11:16:00 I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON OVER THE 01:11:16:00 01:11:17:00 LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 01:11:17:00 01:11:20:00 I ADVOCATED FOR BLOCKING 01:11:20:00 01:11:24:00 PEDESTRIAN SIGNS INCLUDING 01:11:24:00 01:11:25:00 RAPID FLASH BEACON LIKE WE HAVE 01:11:25:00 01:11:28:00 ON SUMMER STREET OR STATE 01:11:28:00 01:11:32:00 STREET RAISED CROSSWALK SPEED 01:11:32:00 01:11:32:00 HUMPS. 01:11:32:00 01:11:34:00 I KNOW WE'VE WE HAVE VERY FEW 01:11:34:00 01:11:36:00 AND SELF LOST AND HAVE BEEN 01:11:36:00 01:11:37:00 ADVOCATING FOR THEM HAVEN'T 01:11:37:00 01:11:40:00 RECEIVED THEM. 01:11:40:00 01:11:43:00 I THINK A SPEEDING CAR IS A 01:11:43:00 01:11:44:00 PUBLIC A PUBLIC HEALTH 01:11:44:00 01:11:44:00 EMERGENCY. 01:11:44:00 01:11:48:00 WE NEED TO LOWER THE SPEED 01:11:48:00 01:11:48:00 LIMIT BUT ALSO MORE ENFORCEMENT 01:11:48:00 01:11:50:00 WITH BOSTON WHAT WITH BOSTON 01:11:50:00 01:11:54:00 POLICE AS WELL AS I'M ALSO 01:11:54:00 01:11:58:00 CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE 01:11:58:00 01:11:59:00 CHANGES ON SHUTTING DOWN 01:11:59:00 01:12:03:00 STREETS AS YOU KNOW, CHIEF, IS 01:12:03:00 01:12:07:00 A MAJOR CONCERN I HAVE IN THE 01:12:07:00 01:12:10:00 BACK BAY IN OTHER AREAS 01:12:10:00 01:12:11:00 RESIDENTS HAVE SAID TO ME 01:12:11:00 01:12:13:00 SHUTTING DOWN STREETS 01:12:13:00 01:12:14:00 ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMERTIME 01:12:14:00 01:12:14:00 PREVENTS EMERGENCY VEHICLES 01:12:14:00 01:12:18:00 FROM FROM GETTING DOWN THERE 01:12:18:00 01:12:21:00 AND GOING AROUND TAKING EXTRA 01:12:21:00 01:12:24:00 TIME FOR A FIRE TRUCK OR POLICE 01:12:24:00 01:12:25:00 OR AMBULANCE. 01:12:25:00 01:12:26:00 SO I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE 01:12:26:00 01:12:29:00 RECORD I'M REALLY AGAINST 01:12:29:00 01:12:29:00 SHUTTING DOWN ANY STREET 01:12:29:00 01:12:31:00 BECAUSE IT IMPACTS PUBLIC 01:12:31:00 01:12:35:00 SAFETY. 01:12:35:00 01:12:36:00 SO I'VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY 01:12:36:00 01:12:40:00 FOR SPEED SPEED HUMPS AND 01:12:40:00 01:12:43:00 REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY SUCCESS 01:12:43:00 01:12:44:00 OTHER THAN A HANDFUL OF STREETS 01:12:44:00 01:12:47:00 IN SOUTH BOSTON. 01:12:47:00 01:12:48:00 WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START 01:12:48:00 01:12:51:00 IMPLEMENTING THEM? 01:12:51:00 01:12:52:00 COUNSELOR, THERE ARE TWO ZONES 01:12:52:00 01:12:55:00 IN YOUR IN SOUTH BOSTON THAT 01:12:55:00 01:12:59:00 ARE IN DESIGN NOW THAT COVERS A 01:12:59:00 01:13:00:00 SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE 01:13:00:00 01:13:02:00 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN 01:13:02:00 01:13:03:00 SOUTH BOSTON. 01:13:03:00 01:13:06:00 WE ARE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS 01:13:06:00 01:13:06:00 RIGHT NOW AND FINALIZING OUR 01:13:06:00 01:13:07:00 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. 01:13:07:00 01:13:10:00 SO I WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT 01:13:10:00 01:13:11:00 GIVING YOU A SPECIFIC TIME 01:13:11:00 01:13:13:00 UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THE KIND 01:13:13:00 01:13:14:00 OF PIECES IN PLACE WE NEED TO 01:13:14:00 01:13:15:00 DELIVER BUT WE ARE AIMING TO DO 01:13:15:00 01:13:18:00 CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. 01:13:18:00 01:13:21:00 WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TRAFFIC 01:13:21:00 01:13:21:00 ACCIDENTS IN SOUTH BOSTON AS 01:13:21:00 01:13:22:00 WELL. 01:13:22:00 01:13:25:00 I ACTUALLY EVEN THINK THERE WAS 01:13:25:00 01:13:26:00 AN ACCIDENT AGAIN ON DORCHESTER 01:13:26:00 01:13:26:00 STREET. 01:13:26:00 01:13:30:00 YOU KNOW COLONIE AVENUE TODAY 01:13:30:00 01:13:32:00 CARS ARE GOING DOWN THAT STREET 01:13:32:00 01:13:35:00 ON ON DORCHESTER STREET. 01:13:35:00 01:13:36:00 I LIVE ON THE TOP OF DORCHESTER 01:13:36:00 01:13:39:00 STREET CARS GOING DOWN THAT 01:13:39:00 01:13:40:00 STREET FORTY FIFTY MILES AN 01:13:40:00 01:13:43:00 HOUR. 01:13:43:00 01:13:47:00 SO I REALLY NEED I WOULD LIKE 01:13:47:00 01:13:47:00 FOR US TO REDUCE THE SPEED 01:13:47:00 01:13:50:00 LIMIT TO TWENTY MILES AN HOUR. 01:13:50:00 01:13:54:00 I KNOW PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH ME 01:13:54:00 01:13:55:00 BUT WE REALLY NEED TO DO 01:13:55:00 01:13:55:00 SOMETHING ABOUT THAT 01:13:55:00 01:13:55:00 INTERSECTION. 01:13:55:00 01:13:57:00 DORCHESTER STREET, COLONIE 01:13:57:00 01:13:58:00 AVENUE IT'S UNSAFE FOR SENIORS, 01:13:58:00 01:14:01:00 UNSAFE FOR PERSONS WITH 01:14:01:00 01:14:01:00 DISABILITIES. 01:14:01:00 01:14:03:00 THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS GOING TO 01:14:03:00 01:14:05:00 PUBLIC SCHOOL IN AND AROUND 01:14:05:00 01:14:06:00 THAT AREA AS WELL. 01:14:06:00 01:14:11:00 LET ME GO ON TO TRAFFIC 01:14:11:00 01:14:12:00 ENFORCEMENT BUT ALSO I WANT TO 01:14:12:00 01:14:15:00 WORK WITH YOU, CHIEF. 01:14:15:00 01:14:16:00 I THINK IT'S TIME IN SOUTH 01:14:16:00 01:14:19:00 BOSTON THAT WE HAVE RESIDENT 01:14:19:00 01:14:20:00 PARKING TOO MANY PEOPLE COMING 01:14:20:00 01:14:23:00 TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ESPECIALLY 01:14:23:00 01:14:24:00 IN THE SUMMERTIME IN PARKING 01:14:24:00 01:14:28:00 FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND WITH 01:14:28:00 01:14:31:00 ALMOST NO ENFORCEMENT IN THE 01:14:31:00 01:14:35:00 COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE 01:14:35:00 01:14:35:00 SUMMERTIME. 01:14:35:00 01:14:39:00 SO I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO 01:14:39:00 01:14:40:00 WORK TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT 01:14:40:00 01:14:42:00 RESIDENT PARKING THROUGHOUT THE 01:14:42:00 01:14:43:00 ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST A 01:14:43:00 01:14:46:00 PORTION OF IT LIKE IT CURRENTLY 01:14:46:00 01:14:47:00 IS. 01:14:47:00 01:14:48:00 IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WILL WORK 01:14:48:00 01:14:48:00 WITH ME ON? 01:14:48:00 01:14:51:00 YES, WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH 01:14:51:00 01:14:51:00 YOU ON IT. 01:14:51:00 01:14:54:00 I WILL SAY OUR ABILITY TO 01:14:54:00 01:14:55:00 EXPAND RESIDENT PARKING 01:14:55:00 01:14:58:00 ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN CHALLENGED 01:14:58:00 01:14:59:00 BY OUR STAFFING LEVELS. 01:14:59:00 01:15:02:00 WE ARE BELOW 100 PARKING 01:15:02:00 01:15:06:00 ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. 01:15:06:00 01:15:07:00 A FULL COMPLEMENT IS ABOUT ONE 01:15:07:00 01:15:10:00 HUNDRED AND SIXTY AND THOSE 01:15:10:00 01:15:11:00 NUMBERS HAVE BEEN TRENDING DOWN 01:15:11:00 01:15:12:00 CONTINUOUSLY OVER THE LAST 01:15:12:00 01:15:14:00 THREE YEARS. 01:15:14:00 01:15:17:00 I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT UNDER 01:15:17:00 01:15:18:00 DEPUTY CHIEF GUVS LEADERSHIP WE 01:15:18:00 01:15:21:00 HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS 01:15:21:00 01:15:22:00 OF RECRUITING WHAT WILL BE OUR 01:15:22:00 01:15:23:00 FIRST NEW CLASS OF PARKING 01:15:23:00 01:15:26:00 ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN I 01:15:26:00 01:15:30:00 THINK FOUR YEARS THE THE WE 01:15:30:00 01:15:33:00 HAVE RECENTLY POSTED A LARGE 01:15:33:00 01:15:34:00 NUMBER POSITIONS. 01:15:34:00 01:15:35:00 WE'VE HAD OVER 70 APPLICANTS. 01:15:35:00 01:15:38:00 OUR INTENT IS TO HIRE THIS 01:15:38:00 01:15:39:00 CLASS AND TRAIN THEM AND WHEN 01:15:39:00 01:15:42:00 THEY ARE ON THE FORCE TO THEN 01:15:42:00 01:15:43:00 HIRE THE NEXT ONE AND THE NEXT 01:15:43:00 01:15:45:00 ONE AND THE NEXT ONE UNTIL WE 01:15:45:00 01:15:46:00 GET BACK TO FULL STRENGTH. 01:15:46:00 01:15:47:00 AND AS WE DO THAT, THAT CREATES 01:15:47:00 01:15:49:00 THE ABILITY FOR US TO EXPAND 01:15:49:00 01:15:52:00 ENFORCEMENT AND EXPAND RESIDENT 01:15:52:00 01:15:53:00 PARKING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD 01:15:53:00 01:15:54:00 AND OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN 01:15:54:00 01:15:57:00 WAITING PATIENTLY TO TO SEE 01:15:57:00 01:15:57:00 THIS CHANGE. 01:15:57:00 01:15:58:00 SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, WE 01:15:58:00 01:16:01:00 WILL WORK ON THIS. 01:16:01:00 01:16:01:00 THANK YOU. 01:16:01:00 01:16:04:00 I KNOW A LOT OF THE WORK 01:16:04:00 01:16:05:00 WORKERS THAT WORK IN PARKING 01:16:05:00 01:16:06:00 ENFORCEMENT, THEY DO A TERRIFIC 01:16:06:00 01:16:08:00 JOB. 01:16:08:00 01:16:09:00 AGAIN, I MENTIONED THIS IN MY 01:16:09:00 01:16:13:00 MY OPENING COMMENTS. 01:16:13:00 01:16:14:00 I THINK THEY DON'T GET PAID THE 01:16:14:00 01:16:16:00 SALARY THAT THEY THEY THEY 01:16:16:00 01:16:16:00 DESERVE. 01:16:16:00 01:16:20:00 I ALSO THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE 01:16:20:00 01:16:21:00 ACROSS THE CITY, WHETHER 01:16:21:00 01:16:24:00 THEY'RE RESIDENTS OR TOURIST OR 01:16:24:00 01:16:25:00 PEOPLE JUST COMING IN, I DON'T 01:16:25:00 01:16:26:00 THINK THEY TREAT THEM WITH 01:16:26:00 01:16:28:00 RESPECT AND IT'S VERY 01:16:28:00 01:16:29:00 DISCOURAGING BECAUSE I KNOW A 01:16:29:00 01:16:32:00 LOT OF THESE A LOT OF THEM ARE 01:16:32:00 01:16:33:00 WOMEN AS WELL AND JUST THE 01:16:33:00 01:16:36:00 HARASSMENT THEY FACE BY PEOPLE 01:16:36:00 01:16:37:00 IS CONCERNING TO ME IT'S IT'S 01:16:37:00 01:16:40:00 DISTURBING ACTUALLY. 01:16:40:00 01:16:41:00 AND YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO I'D 01:16:41:00 01:16:43:00 LIKE FOR US TO SEE IF WE'RE 01:16:43:00 01:16:44:00 ABLE TO DO A PUBLIC 01:16:44:00 01:16:45:00 ANNOUNCEMENT COMMUNITY 01:16:45:00 01:16:48:00 ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HOW HOW 01:16:48:00 01:16:49:00 IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO THE 01:16:49:00 01:16:52:00 RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. 01:16:52:00 01:16:52:00 THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBORS. 01:16:52:00 01:16:53:00 THEY'RE OUR THEY'RE ACTIVE IN 01:16:53:00 01:16:56:00 OUR COMMUNITY. 01:16:56:00 01:16:57:00 THEY'RE OUR FRIENDS. 01:16:57:00 01:17:00:00 THEY'RE THE RESPECTED IN THE 01:17:00:00 01:17:00:00 NEIGHBORHOODS. 01:17:00:00 01:17:02:00 BUT THEY JUST THEY JUST GET 01:17:02:00 01:17:03:00 TREATED WITH WITH WITH 01:17:03:00 01:17:04:00 DISRESPECT AND IT'S IT'S VERY 01:17:04:00 01:17:08:00 CONCERNING TO ME AND I'VE 01:17:08:00 01:17:08:00 REALLY HAD IT WITH PEOPLE THAT 01:17:08:00 01:17:11:00 ARE TAKEN THEIR FRUSTRATIONS 01:17:11:00 01:17:15:00 OUT ON TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT 01:17:15:00 01:17:15:00 PROFESSIONALS. 01:17:15:00 01:17:19:00 THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO 01:17:19:00 01:17:20:00 ABOUT MAYBE DOING A PUBLIC 01:17:20:00 01:17:22:00 AWARENESS ISSUE PUBLIC 01:17:22:00 01:17:23:00 AWARENESS ANNOUNCEMENT, TALKING 01:17:23:00 01:17:24:00 ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ROLE THEY 01:17:24:00 01:17:26:00 PLAY IN OUR CITY. 01:17:26:00 01:17:27:00 WE'RE ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO LOOK 01:17:27:00 01:17:31:00 AT THAT AND I COULD NOT AGREE 01:17:31:00 01:17:31:00 WITH YOU MORE. 01:17:31:00 01:17:34:00 THESE ARE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC 01:17:34:00 01:17:35:00 SERVANTS WHO NOT ONLY WORK HARD 01:17:35:00 01:17:37:00 BUT PROVIDE A REALLY CRUCIAL 01:17:37:00 01:17:38:00 SAFETY FUNCTION. 01:17:38:00 01:17:38:00 RIGHT. 01:17:38:00 01:17:39:00 THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT 01:17:39:00 01:17:42:00 CONVENIENCE OR PARKING BUT IT'S 01:17:42:00 01:17:43:00 ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR FIRE 01:17:43:00 01:17:43:00 HYDRANTS ARE CLEAR THAT 01:17:43:00 01:17:46:00 CROSSWALKS ARE NOT BLOCKED AND 01:17:46:00 01:17:50:00 HAVING THOSE FOLKS DO THAT 01:17:50:00 01:17:51:00 WORK, NO, NONE OF THEM DESERVE 01:17:51:00 01:17:53:00 TO BE TREATED WITH DISRESPECT 01:17:53:00 01:17:54:00 OR THREATS OR THE OTHER KINDS 01:17:54:00 01:17:57:00 OF ACTIONS THAT WE SEE SO WE 01:17:57:00 01:17:58:00 SHARE THAT COMMITMENT TO TRY TO 01:17:58:00 01:18:01:00 MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TREATED 01:18:01:00 01:18:02:00 WITH DIGNITY. 01:18:02:00 01:18:03:00 AND I'M HAPPY TO LOOK AT 01:18:03:00 01:18:05:00 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONVEY THAT 01:18:05:00 01:18:06:00 MESSAGE TO THEM MORE BROADLY. 01:18:06:00 01:18:06:00 THANK YOU. 01:18:06:00 01:18:08:00 MY FINAL POINT SOMETHING 01:18:08:00 01:18:09:00 FOCUSED ON PROBABLY THE LAST 01:18:09:00 01:18:19:00 SIX YEARS PEST CONTROL NOT NOT 01:18:19:00 01:18:20:00 A SEXY ISSUE AS FAR AS CITY 01:18:20:00 01:18:21:00 GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED BUT 01:18:21:00 01:18:21:00 IMPORTANT ISSUE. 01:18:21:00 01:18:22:00 ONE OF THE ISSUES I RECEIVED 01:18:22:00 01:18:23:00 THE MOST CALLS ON PROBABLY I 01:18:23:00 01:18:24:00 KNOW THE CITY OF BOSTON DOES A 01:18:24:00 01:18:25:00 TERRIFIC JOB ON PEST CONTROL 01:18:25:00 01:18:25:00 RELATED ISSUES. 01:18:25:00 01:18:29:00 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A 01:18:29:00 01:18:32:00 DESIGNATED STRUCTURE DEPARTMENT 01:18:32:00 01:18:33:00 THAT SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH 01:18:33:00 01:18:37:00 RODENT MITIGATION SUCH AS NEW 01:18:37:00 01:18:38:00 YORK RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED THREE 01:18:38:00 01:18:43:00 MONTHS AGO AGAIN IN THE CITY 01:18:43:00 01:18:43:00 OF BOSTON. 01:18:43:00 01:18:46:00 EMPLOYEES DO A TREMENDOUS JOB 01:18:46:00 01:18:47:00 ON IT. 01:18:47:00 01:18:48:00 BUT I WANT TO COORDINATE THIS 01:18:48:00 01:18:51:00 THIS DEPARTMENT THESE DAYS, 01:18:51:00 01:18:55:00 THIS OUTREACH TO ONE SPECIFIC 01:18:55:00 01:18:58:00 DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S AN IT'S 01:18:58:00 01:18:59:00 AN ISSUE THAT'S IT'S A PUBLIC 01:18:59:00 01:18:59:00 HEALTH ISSUE. 01:18:59:00 01:19:02:00 IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. 01:19:02:00 01:19:03:00 IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. 01:19:03:00 01:19:05:00 IT'S IMPACTING RESIDENTS AND 01:19:05:00 01:19:06:00 ALLSTON, BRIGHTON, SOUTH 01:19:06:00 01:19:09:00 BOSTON, CHINATOWN, ROXBURY HIGH 01:19:09:00 01:19:10:00 PARK. 01:19:10:00 01:19:10:00 IT'S IMPACTING EVERY 01:19:10:00 01:19:11:00 NEIGHBORHOOD. 01:19:11:00 01:19:14:00 WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO TRY 01:19:14:00 01:19:18:00 TO WORK TOGETHER TO DESIGNATE 01:19:18:00 01:19:21:00 ONE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN OVERSEE 01:19:21:00 01:19:22:00 WROTE IN MITIGATION? 01:19:22:00 01:19:25:00 I KNOW THAT THEIR CONVERSATIONS 01:19:25:00 01:19:26:00 HAPPENING WITHIN THE LEADERSHIP 01:19:26:00 01:19:30:00 OF THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT 01:19:30:00 01:19:30:00 THIS QUESTION. 01:19:30:00 01:19:33:00 I CAN'T I MEAN I THINK THE 01:19:33:00 01:19:34:00 EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR 01:19:34:00 01:19:37:00 IS IS SORT OF WHY I GIVE A 01:19:37:00 01:19:38:00 DEFINITIVE ANSWER AS A SINGLE 01:19:38:00 01:19:41:00 CABINET CHIEF. 01:19:41:00 01:19:42:00 BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY CLEAR 01:19:42:00 01:19:45:00 THAT THE ISSUES THAT THAT THAT 01:19:45:00 01:19:45:00 CONNECT TO RODENT 01:19:45:00 01:19:49:00 INVESTIGATIONS ARE ACROSS 01:19:49:00 01:19:50:00 DEPARTMENTAL THEY RELATE TO 01:19:50:00 01:19:52:00 STREETS AND WAYS THEY RELATE TO 01:19:52:00 01:19:52:00 BUILDINGS. 01:19:52:00 01:19:53:00 THEY RELATE TO OUR INSPECTION 01:19:53:00 01:19:56:00 REGIMES AND ARE THE FINES 01:19:56:00 01:19:56:00 AROUND SITE CLEANLINESS YOU 01:19:56:00 01:20:00:00 KNOW THEY RELATE TO WATER AND 01:20:00:00 01:20:00:00 SEWER. 01:20:00:00 01:20:01:00 ALL OF THESE NEED TO BE AT THE 01:20:01:00 01:20:04:00 TABLE SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS 01:20:04:00 01:20:04:00 HAVE BEEN HAPPENING. 01:20:04:00 01:20:08:00 I MET WITH SOME OF MY PEERS 01:20:08:00 01:20:09:00 EARLIER THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT 01:20:09:00 01:20:12:00 THIS AND SO I THINK WE ARE WE 01:20:12:00 01:20:13:00 ARE WORKING ON AN ANSWER TO 01:20:13:00 01:20:13:00 THAT REQUEST. 01:20:13:00 01:20:15:00 COULD COULD I JUST GET A I 01:20:15:00 01:20:16:00 ASKED HIM MINISTRATION IF I 01:20:16:00 01:20:17:00 COULD GET A UPDATE A BRIEFING 01:20:17:00 01:20:19:00 ON EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING 01:20:19:00 01:20:20:00 WITH RODENT CONTROL, PEST 01:20:20:00 01:20:23:00 CONTROL AND MAYBE SOMETIME NEXT 01:20:23:00 01:20:24:00 WEEK IF I COULD MEET WITH A 01:20:24:00 01:20:27:00 GROUP OF CITY EMPLOYEES THAT 01:20:27:00 01:20:28:00 ARE WORKING ON THAT, I'LL MAKE 01:20:28:00 01:20:29:00 SURE THAT OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL 01:20:29:00 01:20:31:00 RELATIONS TEAM TAKES THAT 01:20:31:00 01:20:32:00 REQUEST. 01:20:32:00 01:20:32:00 THANK YOU, CHIEF AND THANK YOU 01:20:32:00 01:20:34:00 TO THE PANEL FOR THE IMPORTANT 01:20:34:00 01:20:35:00 LEADERSHIP AND IMPORTANT WORK 01:20:35:00 01:20:35:00 THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING THE 01:20:35:00 01:20:38:00 RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. 01:20:38:00 01:20:39:00 THANK YOU. 01:20:39:00 01:20:42:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 01:20:42:00 01:20:46:00 I AM TAKING OVER FOR THE CHAIR 01:20:46:00 01:20:49:00 PUT MYSELF ON A TABLE. 01:20:49:00 01:20:49:00 ALL RIGHT. 01:20:49:00 01:20:53:00 SO I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS 01:20:53:00 01:20:54:00 AND I AM CURIOUS I WANT TO TALK 01:20:54:00 01:20:57:00 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RURAL DIET 01:20:57:00 01:20:58:00 IN WEST ROXBURY. 01:20:58:00 01:21:01:00 I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT 01:21:01:00 01:21:02:00 OF CALLS IN REGARDS TO PROCESS 01:21:02:00 01:21:04:00 THERE. 01:21:04:00 01:21:05:00 IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS 01:21:05:00 01:21:06:00 INITIATED IN TWENTY NINETEEN 01:21:06:00 01:21:08:00 AND THEN WENT ON PAUSE AND THEN 01:21:08:00 01:21:09:00 YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN UPHEAVAL 01:21:09:00 01:21:12:00 AROUND THAT. 01:21:12:00 01:21:13:00 SO I'M JUST CURIOUS FROM A 01:21:13:00 01:21:14:00 PROCESS STANDPOINT THE 01:21:14:00 01:21:20:00 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS 01:21:20:00 01:21:21:00 KIND OF LIKE PROCESSES. 01:21:21:00 01:21:22:00 CAN YOU JUST TALK TO ME A 01:21:22:00 01:21:24:00 LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF HOW 01:21:24:00 01:21:25:00 YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH 01:21:25:00 01:21:26:00 THAT AND THE ROLE COMMUNITY IS 01:21:26:00 01:21:27:00 PLAYING IN AND HELPING TO 01:21:27:00 01:21:28:00 INFORM YOUR DECISIONS? 01:21:28:00 01:21:29:00 YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 01:21:29:00 01:21:35:00 SO THE THE THE SAFETY PROJECT 01:21:35:00 01:21:36:00 THAT WE ARE WORKING TO 01:21:36:00 01:21:37:00 IMPLEMENT ON CENTER STREET IN 01:21:37:00 01:21:39:00 WEST ROXBURY WAS ANNOUNCED JUST 01:21:39:00 01:21:43:00 THIS PAST WEEKEND IN THE FORM 01:21:43:00 01:21:44:00 OF A FLIER THAT WAS SENT TO 01:21:44:00 01:21:46:00 RESIDENTS OF WEST ROXBURY IN 01:21:46:00 01:21:47:00 PROXIMITY OF THE CORRIDOR AND 01:21:47:00 01:21:48:00 OBVIOUSLY HAS RECEIVED SOME 01:21:48:00 01:21:51:00 PUBLIC ATTENTION AND INTEREST 01:21:51:00 01:21:54:00 IN LOCAL PRESS. 01:21:54:00 01:21:58:00 SO WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT 01:21:58:00 01:21:59:00 WEDNESDAY ON THE 31ST AT THE 01:21:59:00 01:22:02:00 ORENBURG WARREN BURGER SCHOOL 01:22:02:00 01:22:03:00 THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC MEETING 01:22:03:00 01:22:07:00 THAT FOR FOR ANYONE WHO IS 01:22:07:00 01:22:10:00 INTERESTED TO ATTEND WILL WALK 01:22:10:00 01:22:11:00 THROUGH WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE 01:22:11:00 01:22:15:00 PROJECT IS AND SOME OF THE 01:22:15:00 01:22:16:00 AREAS WHERE WE NEED THAT PUBLIC 01:22:16:00 01:22:16:00 INPUT. 01:22:16:00 01:22:19:00 WE ALSO HAVE DROP SESSIONS THAT 01:22:19:00 01:22:21:00 ARE PLANNED AT THE AT THE WEST 01:22:21:00 01:22:22:00 ROXBURY BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 01:22:22:00 01:22:23:00 BRANCH ON CENTER STREET I 01:22:23:00 01:22:26:00 BELIEVE THERE ARE THREE 01:22:26:00 01:22:26:00 SESSIONS TO GENERAL PUBLIC ONE 01:22:26:00 01:22:29:00 INTENDED FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 01:22:29:00 01:22:31:00 AND WE HAVE A WEBSITE AND AN 01:22:31:00 01:22:34:00 EMAIL ADDRESS SET UP WHERE 01:22:34:00 01:22:34:00 FOLKS CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK. 01:22:34:00 01:22:38:00 THERE ARE SOME ASPECTS OF THIS 01:22:38:00 01:22:40:00 PROJECT THAT WE HAVE SORT 01:22:40:00 01:22:41:00 OF BASED ON THE SAFETY 01:22:41:00 01:22:44:00 CHALLENGES ON CENTER STREET AND 01:22:44:00 01:22:45:00 THE HISTORY OF THE WORK THAT 01:22:45:00 01:22:46:00 HAS BEEN DONE IN TWENTY 01:22:46:00 01:22:49:00 NINETEEN AND SUBSEQUENT 01:22:49:00 01:22:53:00 ANALYSIS AND DESIGN WORK. 01:22:53:00 01:22:54:00 THIS STREET NEEDS TO BE REDUCED 01:22:54:00 01:22:57:00 FROM FOUR LANES TO THREE. 01:22:57:00 01:22:58:00 THE MAJORITY OF DRIVERS ON 01:22:58:00 01:23:00:00 CENTER STREET ARE SPEEDING ON 01:23:00:00 01:23:01:00 SOME PARTS OF THE STREET 01:23:01:00 01:23:04:00 INCLUDING THOSE CLOSEST TO THE 01:23:04:00 01:23:05:00 LINDEN SCHOOL AND THE YMCA. 01:23:05:00 01:23:08:00 WE SEE THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS A 01:23:08:00 01:23:09:00 DAY GOING OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR 01:23:09:00 01:23:12:00 IN AN AREA WITH AN SIGNALIZED 01:23:12:00 01:23:16:00 CROSSWALKS AND MANY PEDESTRIANS 01:23:16:00 01:23:17:00 IN THE HEART OF THIS BUSINESS 01:23:17:00 01:23:17:00 DISTRICT. 01:23:17:00 01:23:19:00 SO YEAH, I THINK I'M ALSO 01:23:19:00 01:23:20:00 CURIOUS I'VE HEARD FROM 01:23:20:00 01:23:23:00 RESIDENTS IN WEST ROXBURY TALK 01:23:23:00 01:23:24:00 ABOUT WAYS AND HOW PEOPLE ARE 01:23:24:00 01:23:27:00 UTILIZING GPS TO CUT THROUGH 01:23:27:00 01:23:28:00 DIFFERENT STREETS AND KIND 01:23:28:00 01:23:31:00 OF LIKE THE IMPACT THAT THIS 01:23:31:00 01:23:32:00 ROAD DIET WOULD HAVE ON JUST 01:23:32:00 01:23:35:00 THE ADDED STRESS FOR THESE 01:23:35:00 01:23:36:00 RESIDENTIAL STREETS. 01:23:36:00 01:23:39:00 YEAH, SO I MEAN NAVIGATION APPS 01:23:39:00 01:23:39:00 ARE CREATING CUT THROUGH 01:23:39:00 01:23:42:00 TRAFFIC EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY. 01:23:42:00 01:23:47:00 YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY WHEN WE DO 01:23:47:00 01:23:50:00 THE ANALYSIS OF A CHANGE IN THE 01:23:50:00 01:23:51:00 STREET FROM FOUR LANES TO THREE 01:23:51:00 01:23:52:00 WHERE WE ADD TURNING LANES 01:23:52:00 01:23:54:00 WHERE WE CREATE A MORE 01:23:54:00 01:23:55:00 ORGANIZED ROAD, THE VOLUMES 01:23:55:00 01:23:58:00 OF TRAFFIC ON CENTER STREET CAN 01:23:58:00 01:23:59:00 BE HANDLED EFFICIENTLY WITH A 01:23:59:00 01:24:02:00 THREE LANE ROAD CONFIGURATION. 01:24:02:00 01:24:04:00 IT IS WELL BELOW THE THRESHOLD 01:24:04:00 01:24:06:00 OF CONCERN IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC 01:24:06:00 01:24:07:00 VOLUMES THAT THAT DON'T WORK AT 01:24:07:00 01:24:09:00 THREE LANES SO WE ARE NOT 01:24:09:00 01:24:13:00 ANTICIPATING SUBSTANTIAL PUSH 01:24:13:00 01:24:14:00 OF TRAFFIC ONTO NEIGHBORHOOD 01:24:14:00 01:24:14:00 STREETS THAT IS NOT ALREADY 01:24:14:00 01:24:15:00 THERE. 01:24:15:00 01:24:16:00 BUT ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE 01:24:16:00 01:24:18:00 DO NEED INPUT FROM THE 01:24:18:00 01:24:18:00 COMMUNITY IS THOSE STREETS 01:24:18:00 01:24:21:00 OF MOST CONCERN. 01:24:21:00 01:24:23:00 YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HEAR WE 01:24:23:00 01:24:23:00 HAVE HEARD FROM A FEW FOLKS 01:24:23:00 01:24:24:00 WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE 01:24:24:00 01:24:26:00 PROJECT THEM SAYING OH YOU 01:24:26:00 01:24:27:00 KNOW, MIKE, YOU KNOW WHEN I 01:24:27:00 01:24:29:00 DON'T WANT TO DRIVE ON CENTER I 01:24:29:00 01:24:30:00 WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A 01:24:30:00 01:24:31:00 SHORTCUT. 01:24:31:00 01:24:31:00 THIS IS THE ROUTE I USE 01:24:31:00 01:24:33:00 UNDERSTANDING THAT IS HELPFUL 01:24:33:00 01:24:34:00 TO US. 01:24:34:00 01:24:35:00 WE WILL DO BEFORE AND AFTER 01:24:35:00 01:24:37:00 MONITORING IN AREAS OF CONCERN 01:24:37:00 01:24:38:00 AND CAN FOLLOW ON THE PROJECT 01:24:38:00 01:24:39:00 ON CENTER STREET WITH OTHER 01:24:39:00 01:24:41:00 TRAFFIC CALMING ON ADJACENT 01:24:41:00 01:24:41:00 STREETS. 01:24:41:00 01:24:42:00 IF WE SEE THAT THERE'S EVIDENCE 01:24:42:00 01:24:45:00 THAT TRAFFIC IS MOVING THERE, 01:24:45:00 01:24:45:00 THAT'S GREAT. 01:24:45:00 01:24:46:00 SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO TWO 01:24:46:00 01:24:49:00 MORE ISSUES THAT I SEE AT LARGE 01:24:49:00 01:24:50:00 CITY COUNCILOR I HEAR FROM 01:24:50:00 01:24:53:00 DIFFERENT PEOPLE ABOUT 01:24:53:00 01:24:53:00 DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT ARE 01:24:53:00 01:24:55:00 HAPPENING ON THEIR STREETS AND 01:24:55:00 01:24:56:00 THERE SEEMS TO BE THE SENTIMENT 01:24:56:00 01:25:00:00 THAT IT'S BIAS VERSUS PEOPLE 01:25:00:00 01:25:01:00 LIKE THERE'S A TENSION HERE 01:25:01:00 01:25:04:00 SOME FOLKS IN EGGLESTON'S 01:25:04:00 01:25:05:00 SQUARE WITH THE CENTER BY 01:25:05:00 01:25:09:00 COLUMBUS WITH THE CENTRAL BUS 01:25:09:00 01:25:10:00 LANE, THE SAME CONVERSATION 01:25:10:00 01:25:12:00 THAT YOU'RE HEARING AROUND 01:25:12:00 01:25:12:00 AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY 01:25:12:00 01:25:17:00 CUMMINGS MATTAPAN AND IT SEEMS 01:25:17:00 01:25:20:00 LIKE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS 01:25:20:00 01:25:21:00 HAVE BUBBLED UP AND SOMETIMES 01:25:21:00 01:25:24:00 THEY JUST HAVE APPEARED AND 01:25:24:00 01:25:25:00 THERE IS A TENSION THERE THAT 01:25:25:00 01:25:28:00 I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT 01:25:28:00 01:25:29:00 OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND I'M 01:25:29:00 01:25:32:00 JUST CURIOUS AROUND THIS ISSUE 01:25:32:00 01:25:33:00 OF CLASS RIGHT THERE IS THIS 01:25:33:00 01:25:35:00 PERCEIVED NOTION THAT PEOPLE 01:25:35:00 01:25:36:00 WHO ARE ON BIKES ARE YOU KNOW, 01:25:36:00 01:25:39:00 THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND SO 01:25:39:00 01:25:40:00 I'M JUST CURIOUS LIKE WHAT IS 01:25:40:00 01:25:41:00 YOUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY TO 01:25:41:00 01:25:43:00 HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND KIND 01:25:43:00 01:25:44:00 OF WHAT THIS MOMENT IS CALLING 01:25:44:00 01:25:47:00 FOR AND HOW DO PEOPLE WHO HAVE 01:25:47:00 01:25:48:00 BEEN LONGTIME RESIDENTS HERE IN 01:25:48:00 01:25:51:00 THE CITY OF BOSTON FEEL LIKE 01:25:51:00 01:25:51:00 THEY'RE OCCUPYING SPACE AND 01:25:51:00 01:25:54:00 THAT FEELING LIKE ALL OF THEIR 01:25:54:00 01:25:59:00 SPACES ARE BEING OCCUPIED BY 01:25:59:00 01:26:02:00 THOSE WHO HAVE MORE CLASS AND 01:26:02:00 01:26:03:00 MORE ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND 01:26:03:00 01:26:07:00 YOU YOUR SEEMS TO BE A CLASS 01:26:07:00 01:26:08:00 ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO ALL 01:26:08:00 01:26:10:00 OF THIS REDESIGN. 01:26:10:00 01:26:11:00 THAT'S THE POINT OF TENSION 01:26:11:00 01:26:11:00 THAT I'M SEEING. 01:26:11:00 01:26:15:00 YEAH, SO I MEAN I THINK THERE 01:26:15:00 01:26:18:00 ARE A I DON'T DISAGREE THAT 01:26:18:00 01:26:22:00 THAT DYNAMIC COMES UP IN ANY 01:26:22:00 01:26:23:00 WELL IN MANY OF THE PROJECTS 01:26:23:00 01:26:24:00 WHERE WE MAKE CHANGES TO 01:26:24:00 01:26:26:00 STREETS I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, 01:26:26:00 01:26:27:00 YOU OPEN BY TALKING ABOUT 01:26:27:00 01:26:29:00 EGGLESTON AND THE WORK THAT'S 01:26:29:00 01:26:30:00 BEEN DONE THERE THAT ACTUALLY 01:26:30:00 01:26:34:00 HAS FOLKS IN THE CYCLING 01:26:34:00 01:26:34:00 COMMUNITY ARE VERY UPSET WITH 01:26:34:00 01:26:37:00 THAT PROJECT BECAUSE THERE WAS 01:26:37:00 01:26:38:00 NO ACCOMMODATION MADE FOR 01:26:38:00 01:26:38:00 BIKES. 01:26:38:00 01:26:41:00 THAT PROJECT WAS FOCUSED 01:26:41:00 01:26:42:00 EXCLUSIVELY ON PEDESTRIAN 01:26:42:00 01:26:45:00 SAFETY AND THE BUS. 01:26:45:00 01:26:46:00 AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LINES 01:26:46:00 01:26:49:00 THAT TRAVEL THROUGH EGGLESTON'S 01:26:49:00 01:26:53:00 THEY ARE MAJORITY USED BY LOWER 01:26:53:00 01:26:54:00 OR LOWER INCOME BOSTONIANS. 01:26:54:00 01:26:55:00 THEY ARE MAJORITY PEOPLE 01:26:55:00 01:26:57:00 OF COLOR. 01:26:57:00 01:26:58:00 THAT PROJECT REPRESENTS A 01:26:58:00 01:27:01:00 REDEDICATION OF STREET SPACE 01:27:01:00 01:27:05:00 FROM PEOPLE WHO DRIVE WHO ON 01:27:05:00 01:27:06:00 AVERAGE ARE HIGHER INCOME TO 01:27:06:00 01:27:10:00 PEOPLE WHO RIDE THE BUS WHO ON 01:27:10:00 01:27:10:00 AVERAGE ARE LOWER INCOME THAN 01:27:10:00 01:27:12:00 THOSE WHO DRIVE. 01:27:12:00 01:27:13:00 SO I WOULD ARGUE THAT A PROJECT 01:27:13:00 01:27:16:00 LIKE THAT IS YOU TO THE EXTENT 01:27:16:00 01:27:17:00 THAT THERE IS AN ELEMENT 01:27:17:00 01:27:20:00 OF CLASS IN THAT IT IS THAT WE 01:27:20:00 01:27:21:00 HAVE MADE A VERY DELIBERATE 01:27:21:00 01:27:24:00 CHOICE TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, 01:27:24:00 01:27:25:00 PEOPLE WHO HAVE LESS AND TO 01:27:25:00 01:27:28:00 GIVE THEM MORE OF OUR PUBLIC 01:27:28:00 01:27:29:00 SPACE AND OUR PUBLIC RESOURCES. 01:27:29:00 01:27:29:00 THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE 01:27:29:00 01:27:32:00 CONVERSATION HE'LL HAVE WHERE 01:27:32:00 01:27:33:00 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 10000 PEOPLE 01:27:33:00 01:27:36:00 A DAY OVER 10000 PEOPLE A DAY 01:27:36:00 01:27:37:00 TAKING THE BUS AND WE WILL HAVE 01:27:37:00 01:27:39:00 THESE ARE NOT MET. 01:27:39:00 01:27:40:00 SOME OF THESE PEOPLE DRIVE AS 01:27:40:00 01:27:41:00 WELL. 01:27:41:00 01:27:41:00 MANY OF THESE PEOPLE CANNOT 01:27:41:00 01:27:43:00 AFFORD TO DRIVE IN THE CITY AND 01:27:43:00 01:27:44:00 WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT 01:27:44:00 01:27:45:00 THEY CAN GET WHERE THEY NEED TO 01:27:45:00 01:27:47:00 GO QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND 01:27:47:00 01:27:47:00 NOT BE STUCK IN TRAFFIC BEHIND 01:27:47:00 01:27:51:00 THE PEOPLE WHO CAN DRIVE. 01:27:51:00 01:27:51:00 YEAH. 01:27:51:00 01:27:52:00 SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 01:27:52:00 01:27:53:00 ABOUT THE MATHER'S SCHOOL. 01:27:53:00 01:27:55:00 I KNOW WE SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO 01:27:55:00 01:27:58:00 SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROL 01:27:58:00 01:27:58:00 ISSUES THAT THEY'RE 01:27:58:00 01:28:03:00 EXPERIENCING THERE. 01:28:03:00 01:28:04:00 SO I'M JUST CURIOUS FROM THE 01:28:04:00 01:28:04:00 MOMENT THAT YOU RECEIVE AN 01:28:04:00 01:28:06:00 EMAIL OR A REQUEST, WHAT IS THE 01:28:06:00 01:28:11:00 TURNAROUND STATUS FOR FEEDBACK 01:28:11:00 01:28:11:00 FOR FOLKS? 01:28:11:00 01:28:12:00 IS THERE ANY FEEDBACK SO THAT 01:28:12:00 01:28:14:00 WE CAN MANAGE EVERYBODY'S 01:28:14:00 01:28:15:00 EXPECTATIONS ABOUT HOW YOU 01:28:15:00 01:28:17:00 DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD IF YOU 01:28:17:00 01:28:18:00 DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD AT ALL? 01:28:18:00 01:28:19:00 AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION THAT 01:28:19:00 01:28:22:00 I HAVE IN REGARDS TO YOUR THIS 01:28:22:00 01:28:23:00 IS MORE FOR PUBLIC WORKS. 01:28:23:00 01:28:26:00 I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR 01:28:26:00 01:28:29:00 PERSONNEL OF COLOR KIND OF LIKE 01:28:29:00 01:28:30:00 HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT BLACK 01:28:30:00 01:28:34:00 AND BROWN EMPLOYEES ARE MOVING 01:28:34:00 01:28:35:00 UP THE LADDER BECAUSE THERE WAS 01:28:35:00 01:28:37:00 A LOT OF DISCREPANCIES THERE 01:28:37:00 01:28:38:00 WHEN WE FILED FOR YOUR CHANCE 01:28:38:00 01:28:40:00 AND THEN I'M CURIOUS ABOUT 01:28:40:00 01:28:41:00 MINORITY BUSINESSES AND THE 01:28:41:00 01:28:45:00 CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT 01:28:45:00 01:28:46:00 YOU ARE PROVIDING TO PEOPLE 01:28:46:00 01:28:46:00 OF COLOR. 01:28:46:00 01:28:47:00 THOSE ARE THE LAST THREE 01:28:47:00 01:28:49:00 QUESTIONS THAT SO WE ARE 01:28:49:00 01:28:52:00 LOOKING INTO THE MATTER 01:28:52:00 01:28:52:00 OF SCHOOL. 01:28:52:00 01:28:53:00 WE JUST THAT JUST MADE IT TO 01:28:53:00 01:28:54:00 OUR CABINET I BELIEVE ON 01:28:54:00 01:28:54:00 MONDAY. 01:28:54:00 01:29:00:00 SO WE ARE NICK HAS THAT IN HIS 01:29:00:00 01:29:01:00 Q THE ISSUES THAT WERE 01:29:01:00 01:29:04:00 IDENTIFIED WE THINK ARE LARGELY 01:29:04:00 01:29:08:00 AROUND SIGNAGE AND PROPERLY 01:29:08:00 01:29:09:00 IDENTIFYING A SCHOOL ZONE. 01:29:09:00 01:29:09:00 SO THE ENGINEERING TEAM IS 01:29:09:00 01:29:12:00 LOOKING AT WHAT IS DOABLE THERE 01:29:12:00 01:29:13:00 UNDER THE SIGNAGE GUIDELINES 01:29:13:00 01:29:15:00 THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW 01:29:15:00 01:29:15:00 . 01:29:15:00 01:29:16:00 WE CERTAINLY WANT TO ADDRESS 01:29:16:00 01:29:20:00 ANY ISSUES WITH WITH SIGNAGE OR 01:29:20:00 01:29:20:00 CHALLENGES THERE. 01:29:20:00 01:29:23:00 YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY I'M 01:29:23:00 01:29:24:00 CERTAINLY HAPPY TO LET MIKE 01:29:24:00 01:29:25:00 SPEAK IN GENERAL TO PUBLIC 01:29:25:00 01:29:28:00 WORKS STAFFING. 01:29:28:00 01:29:29:00 BUT ACROSS THE CABINET IT IS 01:29:29:00 01:29:32:00 CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO 01:29:32:00 01:29:32:00 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING 01:29:32:00 01:29:35:00 PATHWAYS FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR 01:29:35:00 01:29:36:00 PEOPLE OF COLOR FOR ALL PEOPLE 01:29:36:00 01:29:37:00 WITHIN THE CABINET BUT 01:29:37:00 01:29:39:00 ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZING THE, YOU 01:29:39:00 01:29:43:00 KNOW, HISTORIC DISCREPANCIES 01:29:43:00 01:29:44:00 OF WHO HAS WHAT JOBS WITHIN THE 01:29:44:00 01:29:47:00 CITY WE YOU KNOW, ARE WORKING 01:29:47:00 01:29:48:00 TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY SPECIFICS 01:29:48:00 01:29:51:00 I KNOW UNDERSTAND YOU'RE 01:29:51:00 01:29:52:00 WORKING TOWARDS IT BUT WE FILED 01:29:52:00 01:29:53:00 AN ORDINANCE AND PASSED IT AND 01:29:53:00 01:29:55:00 IT'S THE FAIR CHANCE ACT WHICH 01:29:55:00 01:29:56:00 HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT 01:29:56:00 01:29:59:00 WORK AND WE'VE BEEN HIRED AS A 01:29:59:00 01:29:59:00 RESULT OF THAT WORK. 01:29:59:00 01:30:02:00 A CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER TO 01:30:02:00 01:30:03:00 HELP SUPPORT. 01:30:03:00 01:30:03:00 SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW 01:30:03:00 01:30:06:00 SPECIFICALLY WHAT ARE WE DOING 01:30:06:00 01:30:10:00 TO MEET THE MANDATE AROUND THAT 01:30:10:00 01:30:10:00 . 01:30:10:00 01:30:11:00 I KNOW WE'RE WORKING TOWARD 01:30:11:00 01:30:12:00 THAT BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO 01:30:12:00 01:30:13:00 GET SOME THINGS ON THE RECORD 01:30:13:00 01:30:14:00 AROUND WHAT THAT WORK LOOKS 01:30:14:00 01:30:17:00 LIKE. 01:30:17:00 01:30:18:00 I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M PREPARED 01:30:18:00 01:30:21:00 TO ANSWER SPECIFICALLY TO THE 01:30:21:00 01:30:26:00 THE THE SPECIFICS OF THE FAIR 01:30:26:00 01:30:26:00 CHANCE ACT AND HOW THAT'S 01:30:26:00 01:30:27:00 PLAYING OUT. 01:30:27:00 01:30:28:00 YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING IN THE 01:30:28:00 01:30:30:00 CONTEXT WITH THE PEOPLE 01:30:30:00 01:30:30:00 OPERATIONS CABINET OF THE CITY 01:30:30:00 01:30:34:00 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING 01:30:34:00 01:30:37:00 ALL OF OUR HIRING MANAGERS AND 01:30:37:00 01:30:38:00 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A 01:30:38:00 01:30:41:00 POSITION TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP 01:30:41:00 01:30:44:00 TALENT WITHIN OUR CABINET, THE 01:30:44:00 01:30:45:00 TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT 01:30:45:00 01:30:49:00 THAT WE CAN HIRE IN WAYS 01:30:49:00 01:30:49:00 UNDERSTANDING THAT MUCH OF OUR 01:30:49:00 01:30:52:00 HIRING PROCESS IS PROMOTIONAL 01:30:52:00 01:30:53:00 PROCESS IS CONSTRAINED BY OUR 01:30:53:00 01:30:54:00 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 01:30:54:00 01:30:56:00 AGREEMENTS AND THE WAYS IN 01:30:56:00 01:30:56:00 WHICH THOSE OPERATE. 01:30:56:00 01:30:57:00 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 01:30:57:00 01:31:00:00 EVERYONE IS IN A POSITION 01:31:00:00 01:31:00:00 OF DECISION MAKING. 01:31:00:00 01:31:04:00 POWER HAS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW 01:31:04:00 01:31:05:00 TO DO HIRING IN WAYS THAT ARE 01:31:05:00 01:31:08:00 UNBIAS AND TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS 01:31:08:00 01:31:12:00 THAT THEY NEED TO HELP LIFT UP 01:31:12:00 01:31:12:00 MEMBERS OF THE WORKFORCE WHO 01:31:12:00 01:31:15:00 SHOW PROMISE AND POTENTIAL TO 01:31:15:00 01:31:16:00 GROW WITHIN THE CABINET. 01:31:16:00 01:31:17:00 I MEAN IT IS CERTAINLY ALWAYS 01:31:17:00 01:31:20:00 OUR GOAL TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN 01:31:20:00 01:31:23:00 AND TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE 01:31:23:00 01:31:24:00 TALENT WE HAVE AT EVERY LEVEL 01:31:24:00 01:31:25:00 AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 01:31:25:00 01:31:28:00 GIVING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 01:31:28:00 01:31:28:00 ADVANCEMENT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE 01:31:28:00 01:31:29:00 HAVE BEEN PROMOTED FROM WITHIN? 01:31:29:00 01:31:31:00 I CANNOT GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC 01:31:31:00 01:31:32:00 ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND WE 01:31:32:00 01:31:35:00 HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TIME 01:31:35:00 01:31:35:00 FRAME AND WHAT ROLES. 01:31:35:00 01:31:36:00 BUT I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU WE'RE 01:31:36:00 01:31:39:00 HAPPY TOGETHER ADDITIONAL DATA 01:31:39:00 01:31:40:00 FOR YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. 01:31:40:00 01:31:40:00 I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 01:31:40:00 01:31:42:00 AND THEN I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT 01:31:42:00 01:31:43:00 THE MINORITY BUSINESSES IN 01:31:43:00 01:31:44:00 TERMS OF CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 01:31:44:00 01:31:47:00 AND THE ROLE THAT YOU ALL ARE 01:31:47:00 01:31:48:00 PLAYING TO HELP THE MAYOR HER 01:31:48:00 01:31:50:00 EQUITY ALLEGED STANDPOINT 01:31:50:00 01:31:55:00 AROUND ACCESS ARE ALL PEOPLE 01:31:55:00 01:31:55:00 OF COLOR. 01:31:55:00 01:31:56:00 MIKE JONES, SOME OF THE THINGS 01:31:56:00 01:31:58:00 YOU'VE BEEN THERE SO I CAN JUMP 01:31:58:00 01:31:59:00 IN ON THE PUBLIC SEARCH 01:31:59:00 01:32:02:00 OPERATION OUTSIDE OF THE RMV 01:32:02:00 01:32:05:00 WORK WE'VE WE'VE WE ACTUALLY 01:32:05:00 01:32:06:00 PUT TOGETHER A SET OF CONTRACTS 01:32:06:00 01:32:07:00 FOR CITIES AND FOOTPATHS. 01:32:07:00 01:32:09:00 WE WE ALL TALK ABOUT WHAT 01:32:09:00 01:32:10:00 PASSED OVER THE DECREPIT IN THE 01:32:10:00 01:32:11:00 SUMMER AND THEY'RE FOLLOWING A 01:32:11:00 01:32:13:00 PODCAST. 01:32:13:00 01:32:14:00 HOW DOES GREAT WORK TO PUT THEM 01:32:14:00 01:32:15:00 BACK TOGETHER IN THE WINTER? 01:32:15:00 01:32:15:00 WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEM FOR 01:32:15:00 01:32:17:00 SNOW AND ICE CONTROL AND THAT 01:32:17:00 01:32:18:00 WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS LARGELY 01:32:18:00 01:32:20:00 DONE INSIDE INTERNAL FOLKS 01:32:20:00 01:32:21:00 PUBLIC WORKS WITH THE STAFFING 01:32:21:00 01:32:24:00 ISSUES WE'VE HAD HAD TO KIND 01:32:24:00 01:32:25:00 OF FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE KEEP 01:32:25:00 01:32:28:00 EVERYTHING SAFE IN THE WINTER 01:32:28:00 01:32:29:00 BUT HOW DO WE DO IT WITH 01:32:29:00 01:32:32:00 RESOURCES SO I'M GOING TO 01:32:32:00 01:32:33:00 BUTCHER THE TERM OHMAR BUT WE 01:32:33:00 01:32:34:00 WE WERE ABLE TO PLACE THESE 01:32:34:00 01:32:36:00 CONTRACTS THAT WE ACTUALLY 01:32:36:00 01:32:37:00 CREATED FOR THESE DAYS AND 01:32:37:00 01:32:39:00 FOOTPATHS INTO A SEPARATE 01:32:39:00 01:32:43:00 SHELTERED MARKET AND IN THAT 01:32:43:00 01:32:44:00 SHELTERED MARKET WE WERE ABLE 01:32:44:00 01:32:47:00 TO FIND FOUR DIFFERENT 01:32:47:00 01:32:48:00 CONTRACTORS THEY TOOK ON THE 01:32:48:00 01:32:49:00 CONTRACTS THIS PAST YEAR WE 01:32:49:00 01:32:51:00 ACTUALLY WROTE FROM BOSTON UP 01:32:51:00 01:32:55:00 OFF TO OR FROM BOSTON ONCE EVER 01:32:55:00 01:32:56:00 THE THE THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR 01:32:56:00 01:32:57:00 WE DID IT. 01:32:57:00 01:32:58:00 WE DID ONE YEAR CONTRACTS TO 01:32:58:00 01:32:59:00 KIND OF SEE THIS THIS IS ALL 01:32:59:00 01:33:00:00 NEW TO US KIND OF FARMING OUT 01:33:00:00 01:33:02:00 SOME OF OUR WORK. 01:33:02:00 01:33:03:00 YOU KNOW USUALLY WE DO 01:33:03:00 01:33:04:00 CONTRACTOR WORK, YOU KNOW, 01:33:04:00 01:33:07:00 REDUNDANTLY WHETHER IT BE TRASH 01:33:07:00 01:33:07:00 PICKUP OR OR ALIJA STREETS. 01:33:07:00 01:33:10:00 THIS IS THIS WAS A BIT MORE A 01:33:10:00 01:33:14:00 SMALLER INVENTORY OF ASSETS 01:33:14:00 01:33:15:00 THAT WE OWN AND MAINTAIN. 01:33:15:00 01:33:16:00 WE HAD A GOOD WINTER WITH THEM. 01:33:16:00 01:33:17:00 WE DIDN'T HAVE A REAL WINTER TO 01:33:17:00 01:33:20:00 REALLY SPEAK TO. 01:33:20:00 01:33:24:00 BUT SO THE THE THAT WORKED THAT 01:33:24:00 01:33:25:00 THAT WORKED VERY WELL TO FIND 01:33:25:00 01:33:28:00 AND WORK WITH ALL MY TEAM HIS 01:33:28:00 01:33:29:00 PREVIOUS TEAM TO FIND SOME 01:33:29:00 01:33:29:00 CONTRACTORS WHO ACTUALLY DO 01:33:29:00 01:33:30:00 THIS WORK. 01:33:30:00 01:33:32:00 SOME OF THEM HAD CONTRACTS 01:33:32:00 01:33:33:00 ALREADY WITH EITHER D AND DOBRA 01:33:33:00 01:33:35:00 OR SOME SMALLER WORK AND THEN 01:33:35:00 01:33:36:00 AS I NOTED EARLIER WITH THE 01:33:36:00 01:33:39:00 MATTRESS CONTRACT WE WE HAD 01:33:39:00 01:33:40:00 THAT PROBLEM. 01:33:40:00 01:33:41:00 WE HAD TO SOLVE IT. 01:33:41:00 01:33:44:00 WE WE ALSO USED SOME OF THE 01:33:44:00 01:33:45:00 WORK THAT WE HAD ALREADY KIND 01:33:45:00 01:33:45:00 OF INITIATED THROUGH THAT 01:33:45:00 01:33:47:00 SHELTERED MARKETPLACE. 01:33:47:00 01:33:48:00 THIS WAS NOT PUT IN THE SHELTER 01:33:48:00 01:33:49:00 MARKETPLACE. 01:33:49:00 01:33:49:00 WHAT WE PUT THESE TWO CONTRACTS 01:33:49:00 01:33:52:00 OUT TO BID IT SPLITS THE CITY 01:33:52:00 01:33:53:00 IN HALF AND FOR ALL MATTERS 01:33:53:00 01:33:55:00 QUESTIONS THIS IS A THREE YEAR 01:33:55:00 01:33:56:00 CONTRACT AND ONE WAS AWARDED TO 01:33:56:00 01:33:58:00 AN MBA. 01:33:58:00 01:33:59:00 I BELIEVE THE TOTAL WAS THREE 01:33:59:00 01:34:02:00 POINT EIGHT MILLION OVER THREE 01:34:02:00 01:34:03:00 YEARS, ONE OF THE LARGEST MBA 01:34:03:00 01:34:04:00 CONTRACTS GIVEN OUT 01:34:04:00 01:34:07:00 OPERATIONALLY AND IT WAS IT WAS 01:34:07:00 01:34:08:00 IT WAS BORN FROM THE 01:34:08:00 01:34:11:00 RELATIONSHIP THAT STARTED IN 01:34:11:00 01:34:11:00 THE SHELTERED MARKETPLACE 01:34:11:00 01:34:12:00 CONVERSATION AND WE'RE 01:34:12:00 01:34:14:00 OBVIOUSLY LOOKING TO GROW ON 01:34:14:00 01:34:15:00 THAT AND BUILD WE'VE HAD I'LL 01:34:15:00 01:34:18:00 SAY IT'S BEEN FIVE, SIX, FIVE 01:34:18:00 01:34:18:00 OR SIX MONTHS. 01:34:18:00 01:34:21:00 IT'S BEEN JANUARY MIDDLE 01:34:21:00 01:34:22:00 OF JANUARY. 01:34:22:00 01:34:23:00 THEY KIND OF HIT THE ROAD. 01:34:23:00 01:34:25:00 SO WE'VE HAD YEAH, FIVE MONTHS 01:34:25:00 01:34:26:00 OF GOOD WORK AND WE'RE HOPING 01:34:26:00 01:34:27:00 THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE AS WE 01:34:27:00 01:34:30:00 GIVE THESE COMPANIES CITY WORK, 01:34:30:00 01:34:33:00 THEY HAVE CITY DOLLARS AND THEY 01:34:33:00 01:34:34:00 CAN HOPEFULLY GROW AND TAKE ON 01:34:34:00 01:34:34:00 OTHER THINGS AND WE CAN LOOK AT 01:34:34:00 01:34:36:00 THEM IN OTHER AVENUES AND OTHER 01:34:36:00 01:34:37:00 OTHER WORK. 01:34:37:00 01:34:40:00 THANK YOU CUSTOMER HERE YOUR 01:34:40:00 01:34:41:00 TIME IS UP BUT I KNOW THAT YOUR 01:34:41:00 01:34:42:00 TIME IS LIMITED. 01:34:42:00 01:34:44:00 YOU HAVE A PREVIOUS COMMITMENT 01:34:44:00 01:34:45:00 SO IF YOU LIKE TO GIVE YOU A 01:34:45:00 01:34:48:00 CLOSING REMARKS AND THANK YOU 01:34:48:00 01:34:49:00 CHAIR AND I JUST WANT TO SAY 01:34:49:00 01:34:52:00 THANK YOU I I COME ACROSS HAVE 01:34:52:00 01:34:53:00 BEEN UPGRADED FROM A CHIHUAHUA 01:34:53:00 01:34:56:00 TO A GERMAN SHEPHERD NOW I 01:34:56:00 01:34:57:00 THINK IT'S MORE BEFITTING. 01:34:57:00 01:34:59:00 YEAH I WAS TWALA NO I AM A 01:34:59:00 01:35:00:00 GERMAN SHEPHERD THEY'RE SMART 01:35:00:00 01:35:04:00 LOYAL, STRONG EXACTLY. 01:35:04:00 01:35:05:00 I USED TO SAY FOR I USED TO 01:35:05:00 01:35:07:00 BARK A LOT BUT NOW I'M A GERMAN 01:35:07:00 01:35:11:00 SHEPHERD WHICH IS WHAT I'M SO 01:35:11:00 01:35:11:00 AFRAID OF BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT 01:35:11:00 01:35:12:00 BIT ME WHEN I WAS A KID. 01:35:12:00 01:35:19:00 BUT ANYWAYS I AM MY JOB IS TO 01:35:19:00 01:35:20:00 BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES ON 01:35:20:00 01:35:23:00 THE COUNCIL RIGHT IN TWO HOURS 01:35:23:00 01:35:23:00 ARE CORMARK NO. 01:35:23:00 01:35:23:00 NO REALLY. 01:35:23:00 01:35:30:00 YEAH SO UM SO MY JOB ON THE 01:35:30:00 01:35:31:00 COUNCIL ESPECIALLY AS A CITY 01:35:31:00 01:35:34:00 COUNCIL AT LARGE IS TO MAKE 01:35:34:00 01:35:35:00 SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING 01:35:35:00 01:35:38:00 OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT 01:35:38:00 01:35:39:00 WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE 01:35:39:00 01:35:40:00 SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONES WHO 01:35:40:00 01:35:42:00 APPROVE THIS BUDGET AND THERE'S 01:35:42:00 01:35:43:00 A BIG BUDGET. 01:35:43:00 01:35:43:00 RIGHT. 01:35:43:00 01:35:45:00 AND I THINK WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN 01:35:45:00 01:35:46:00 THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE 01:35:46:00 01:35:49:00 BEEN HERE IS THAT WE HAVE THESE 01:35:49:00 01:35:50:00 HEARINGS. 01:35:50:00 01:35:50:00 WE LEARN YOU COME YOU TALK 01:35:50:00 01:35:51:00 ABOUT ALL THE AMAZING THINGS 01:35:51:00 01:35:53:00 THAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE COME 01:35:53:00 01:35:54:00 BACK AND THEN WE HERE AND THEN 01:35:54:00 01:35:55:00 WE ASK ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND 01:35:55:00 01:35:57:00 THEN WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT 01:35:57:00 01:35:58:00 THINGS ARE GETTING DONE IN WAYS 01:35:58:00 01:35:59:00 THAT ARE EQUITABLE AND I WOULD 01:35:59:00 01:36:02:00 LOVE TO SEE A DASHBOARD 01:36:02:00 01:36:04:00 OF SORTS FROM THIS PARTICULAR 01:36:04:00 01:36:08:00 DEPARTMENT THAT ASSESSES FROM 01:36:08:00 01:36:09:00 THE MOMENT A NEIGHBORHOOD 01:36:09:00 01:36:12:00 REQUEST A SERVICE TO THE 01:36:12:00 01:36:13:00 OUTCOME OF THAT SERVICE THAT 01:36:13:00 01:36:14:00 DOES NOT MAYBE THREE ONE ONE 01:36:14:00 01:36:16:00 MAY HAVE IT. 01:36:16:00 01:36:17:00 BUT I I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S 01:36:17:00 01:36:19:00 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO 01:36:19:00 01:36:23:00 LEARN TO SEE HOW YOU ARE 01:36:23:00 01:36:24:00 RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS 01:36:24:00 01:36:27:00 OF COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT 01:36:27:00 01:36:28:00 PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE THAT WE ARE 01:36:28:00 01:36:32:00 REALLY LISTENING TO THOSE WHO 01:36:32:00 01:36:33:00 DON'T VOTE AND ARE LEAST 01:36:33:00 01:36:36:00 ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE 01:36:36:00 01:36:37:00 I STILL SEE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE 01:36:37:00 01:36:40:00 THE MOST FINANCIAL RESOURCES, 01:36:40:00 01:36:43:00 THOSE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE A 01:36:43:00 01:36:44:00 VOTING HIGHER PERCENTAGE 01:36:44:00 01:36:45:00 OF VOTERS IN THEIR 01:36:45:00 01:36:48:00 NEIGHBORHOODS THOSE ARE THE 01:36:48:00 01:36:50:00 PEOPLE THAT TEND TO STILL GET 01:36:50:00 01:36:51:00 THEIR ISSUES HEARD AND 01:36:51:00 01:36:55:00 PROCESSED AND UNLESS THEY CALL 01:36:55:00 01:36:59:00 ONE OF US THEY'RE OFTENTIMES A 01:36:59:00 01:36:59:00 LOT OF THEIR REQUESTS WILL FALL 01:36:59:00 01:37:03:00 ON DEAF EARS AND SO ON TO NOTE 01:37:03:00 01:37:04:00 THAT FOR THE RECORD AND I'M 01:37:04:00 01:37:05:00 LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING 01:37:05:00 01:37:06:00 ALONGSIDE YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO 01:37:06:00 01:37:07:00 FIX THAT PROBLEM. 01:37:07:00 01:37:07:00 THANK YOU. 01:37:07:00 01:37:08:00 THANK YOU. 01:37:08:00 01:37:10:00 THANK YOU BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE 01:37:10:00 01:37:13:00 YOU AND YOUR ADVOCACY COUNCIL . 01:37:13:00 01:37:18:00 BRIAN RO-RO HAS JOINED US AND 01:37:18:00 01:37:20:00 CASSOULET UNCONSOLABLE ALL A 01:37:20:00 01:37:21:00 FEW ALLOW ME TO JUST TAKE 01:37:21:00 01:37:31:00 THINGS IN ORDER. 01:37:31:00 01:37:33:00 WE'LL DO VIRTUAL TESTIMONY ON A 01:37:33:00 01:37:33:00 COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN LINE. 01:37:33:00 01:37:34:00 YOU ARE ACTUALLY NEXT AFTER ME. 01:37:34:00 01:37:35:00 I WILL PULL BACK MY TIME, ALLOW 01:37:35:00 01:37:36:00 VIRTUAL TESTIMONY SO WE CAN 01:37:36:00 01:37:37:00 STAY ON SCHEDULE AS I PROMISED 01:37:37:00 01:37:38:00 TO PUBLIC AND THEN WE'LL GO 01:37:38:00 01:37:38:00 STRAIGHT. 01:37:38:00 01:37:40:00 I WILL YIELD MY TIME, GO TO 01:37:40:00 01:37:41:00 COUNCILOR AND THEN 01:37:41:00 01:37:41:00 COUNCILOR AND THEN WE'LL WRAP 01:37:41:00 01:37:42:00 UP. 01:37:42:00 01:37:44:00 WE ORIGINALLY SAID SO MUCH FOR 01:37:44:00 01:37:47:00 AN HOUR AN HOUR AND A HALF BUT 01:37:47:00 01:37:52:00 NEXT TIME EVERYONE DO WE HAVE 01:37:52:00 01:37:56:00 MADE OH YOU PUT THEM IN NO WAY. 01:37:56:00 01:38:14:00 THANK YOU AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES 01:38:14:00 01:38:18:00 OR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING. 01:38:18:00 01:38:19:00 SO FOR THIS COMMITTEE I 01:38:19:00 01:38:20:00 ACTUALLY HOLD IT A LITTLE BIT 01:38:20:00 01:38:22:00 DIFFERENTLY. 01:38:22:00 01:38:23:00 I LIKE TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC 01:38:23:00 01:38:24:00 TESTIMONY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO 01:38:24:00 01:38:26:00 WAIT FOR SO LONG SO IT'S 01:38:26:00 01:38:29:00 USUALLY JUST ONE ROUND OR THE 01:38:29:00 01:38:30:00 ALLOW THEM TO GO FIRST. 01:38:30:00 01:38:31:00 WE'RE IN ROUND OF QUESTIONING 01:38:31:00 01:38:33:00 AND IF FOLKS ARRIVE LATE THEN I 01:38:33:00 01:38:37:00 ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO GO ON TIME 01:38:37:00 01:38:40:00 AND THEN COUNCILORS NEXT. 01:38:40:00 01:38:44:00 MISS RODWIN, I I I RECEIVED 01:38:44:00 01:38:45:00 YOUR LETTER IF YOU CAN HEAR IF 01:38:45:00 01:38:50:00 YOU CAN HEAR US WHENEVER 01:38:50:00 01:38:55:00 ALREADY. 01:38:55:00 01:38:56:00 I'M SORRY MA'AM. 01:38:56:00 01:38:56:00 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 01:38:56:00 01:38:58:00 HI LAURIE. 01:38:58:00 01:38:59:00 HI. 01:38:59:00 01:39:02:00 YOU CAN HEAR ME I CAN HEAR YOU 01:39:02:00 01:39:02:00 . 01:39:02:00 01:39:03:00 HOW ARE YOU. 01:39:03:00 01:39:04:00 I'M WELL HOW ARE YOU 01:39:04:00 01:39:04:00 COUNCILOR . 01:39:04:00 01:39:06:00 I'M GOOD THANK YOU. 01:39:06:00 01:39:07:00 PLEASE YOUR NAME YOUR 01:39:07:00 01:39:10:00 AFFILIATION OR RESIDENCE. 01:39:10:00 01:39:11:00 I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER BUT I 01:39:11:00 01:39:12:00 LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR 01:39:12:00 01:39:14:00 LOVELY VOICE. 01:39:14:00 01:39:15:00 THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT MY 01:39:15:00 01:39:18:00 NAME OR RADWAN I'M A 01:39:18:00 01:39:19:00 COORDINATOR OF THE ROSENDALE 01:39:19:00 01:39:23:00 COALITION AND MY TESTIMONY IS 01:39:23:00 01:39:23:00 GLEANED FROM THE CONCERNS OF MY 01:39:23:00 01:39:24:00 COALITION MEMBERS. 01:39:24:00 01:39:26:00 I WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF AND 01:39:26:00 01:39:27:00 ALL THE PANEL IN ADVANCE FOR 01:39:27:00 01:39:28:00 YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL AS THE 01:39:28:00 01:39:29:00 COUNCILORS. 01:39:29:00 01:39:30:00 THERE ARE SOME BOLD 01:39:30:00 01:39:31:00 EXPENDITURES IN THE 01:39:31:00 01:39:33:00 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S 01:39:33:00 01:39:34:00 BUDGET AND BOLD EXPENDITURES 01:39:34:00 01:39:34:00 REQUIRE IMPECCABLE 01:39:34:00 01:39:39:00 ACCOUNTABILITY IN OTHER WORDS 01:39:39:00 01:39:39:00 METRICS OR AS COUNCILMAN HILL 01:39:39:00 01:39:41:00 CALLS IT A DASH BOARD. 01:39:41:00 01:39:43:00 AND I'M TO TALK ABOUT THREE 01:39:43:00 01:39:45:00 IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF HOW 01:39:45:00 01:39:46:00 ACCOUNTABILITY COULD BE 01:39:46:00 01:39:46:00 MEASURED. 01:39:46:00 01:39:49:00 SO LET'S START WITH BIKEWAYS. 01:39:49:00 01:39:50:00 I THINK FROM PAGE EIGHTY ONE 01:39:50:00 01:39:51:00 OF THE MAYOR'S BUDGET THERE'S 01:39:51:00 01:39:54:00 SEVENTEEN POINT THREE MILLION 01:39:54:00 01:39:54:00 DOLLARS APPROPRIATED FOR BIKE 01:39:54:00 01:39:57:00 LANES. 01:39:57:00 01:39:58:00 THE RATIONALE FOR THIS 01:39:58:00 01:40:02:00 EXPENDITURE REQUIRES CAREFUL 01:40:02:00 01:40:02:00 SCRUTINY BECAUSE I'VE LISTENED 01:40:02:00 01:40:05:00 TO WORKING SESSIONS AND PUBLIC 01:40:05:00 01:40:06:00 HEARINGS ABOUT HOW AMENDMENTS 01:40:06:00 01:40:07:00 SHOULD BE WRITTEN, HOW MONEY 01:40:07:00 01:40:10:00 SHOULD BE SPENT AND THERE'S AN 01:40:10:00 01:40:10:00 IMPORTANCE OF FUNDING FOR 01:40:10:00 01:40:11:00 HOUSING, RETURNING CITIZENS 01:40:11:00 01:40:14:00 ETC. SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE 01:40:14:00 01:40:15:00 SOME METRICS AND I WOULD 01:40:15:00 01:40:18:00 SUGGEST PRE AND POST DATA 01:40:18:00 01:40:19:00 ANALYSIS FOR THE BIKE LANES 01:40:19:00 01:40:21:00 THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND 01:40:21:00 01:40:22:00 ONE METRIC WOULD BE THE NUMBER 01:40:22:00 01:40:24:00 OF BICYCLE RIDERS PER BICYCLE 01:40:24:00 01:40:26:00 RIDER HOURS PER WEEK FOR EACH 01:40:26:00 01:40:29:00 OF THE TWO BIKE LANE SYSTEMS IN 01:40:29:00 01:40:30:00 MY AREA INCLUDING THE AMERICAN 01:40:30:00 01:40:33:00 LEGION HIGHWAY BIKE LANES AND 01:40:33:00 01:40:34:00 THERE'S A BIKE LANE AT THE 01:40:34:00 01:40:36:00 ARGUIN CENTER STREET IN 01:40:36:00 01:40:38:00 ROSLINDALE, J-P SO IT WOULD BE 01:40:38:00 01:40:41:00 REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR HOW 01:40:41:00 01:40:41:00 MANY BICYCLE RIDER HOURS PER 01:40:41:00 01:40:42:00 WEEK THERE HAVE BEEN OVER THE 01:40:42:00 01:40:44:00 PAST YEAR. 01:40:44:00 01:40:45:00 WE HAVE A METRIC FOR UNINTENDED 01:40:45:00 01:40:45:00 CONSEQUENCES WHICH WOULD BE THE 01:40:45:00 01:40:48:00 AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES FOR CAR 01:40:48:00 01:40:49:00 TO TRAVEL THE LENGTH OF EACH 01:40:49:00 01:40:52:00 OF THESE BIKE LANES. 01:40:52:00 01:40:53:00 YOU MAY NOT HAVE PRE AND POST 01:40:53:00 01:40:54:00 DATA BUT A SURVEY OF CURRENT 01:40:54:00 01:40:56:00 USERS WOULD AT LEAST PROVIDE A 01:40:56:00 01:40:57:00 SUBJECTIVE METRIC. 01:40:57:00 01:41:00:00 NUMBER TWO IS DEDICATED BUS 01:41:00:00 01:41:01:00 LANES AND YOU KNOW I AGREE WITH 01:41:01:00 01:41:03:00 YOUR TESTIMONY ABOUT WHO TAKES 01:41:03:00 01:41:04:00 BUSSES AND SPEEDING UP THE 01:41:04:00 01:41:04:00 BUSSES DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC 01:41:04:00 01:41:08:00 IS A GOOD THING DEDICATED LANES 01:41:08:00 01:41:08:00 ARE WORTHY. 01:41:08:00 01:41:09:00 HOWEVER, THERE ARE COSTS WHEN 01:41:09:00 01:41:12:00 YOU WALK UP BUSTLING FROM 01:41:12:00 01:41:13:00 PARKING AND CARS AND IT AFFECTS 01:41:13:00 01:41:16:00 RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE. 01:41:16:00 01:41:20:00 SO THERE ARE THE BUS LANES IN 01:41:20:00 01:41:21:00 OUR AREA. 01:41:21:00 01:41:24:00 ROSLINDALE RUN FROM 5:00 TO 01:41:24:00 01:41:28:00 10:00 A.M. ONE WAY AND I'VE 01:41:28:00 01:41:28:00 ASKED FOR SOME MEASUREMENTS 01:41:28:00 01:41:35:00 OF HOW MUCH BUS TRAVEL TIME IS 01:41:35:00 01:41:36:00 EXPEDIENT, HOW MUCH FASTER BUS 01:41:36:00 01:41:38:00 GOES BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX IN 01:41:38:00 01:41:39:00 THE MORNING THAT JUSTIFIES 01:41:39:00 01:41:43:00 SHUTTING OFF THAT LANE. 01:41:43:00 01:41:44:00 SIMILARLY THE OTHER WAY IT GOES 01:41:44:00 01:41:47:00 FROM TWO TO SEVEN P AND I'D BE 01:41:47:00 01:41:47:00 VERY INTERESTED IN THE DATA 01:41:47:00 01:41:50:00 THAT SHOWS THAT BUSSES ARE 01:41:50:00 01:41:51:00 ACCELERATED BETWEEN TWO AND 01:41:51:00 01:41:54:00 THREE P WHEN YOU HAVE BUS LINES 01:41:54:00 01:41:55:00 BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS 01:41:55:00 01:41:58:00 PEOPLE RESIDENTS ARE PITTED 01:41:58:00 01:41:59:00 AGAINST RESIDENTS FOR PARKING 01:41:59:00 01:42:02:00 AND I HAVE ONE COACHMEN WHO HAS 01:42:02:00 01:42:03:00 ALREADY RECEIVED THREE TICKETS 01:42:03:00 01:42:08:00 IN IN ONE WEEK. 01:42:08:00 01:42:09:00 I HAVE ASKED FOR THIS FROM THEM 01:42:09:00 01:42:10:00 FROM YOUR TRANSIT TEAM 01:42:10:00 01:42:10:00 DIRECTOR. 01:42:10:00 01:42:13:00 I PUT A PUBLIC INFORMATION 01:42:13:00 01:42:13:00 REQUEST AND NOT GOTTEN ANYTHING 01:42:13:00 01:42:15:00 OK. 01:42:15:00 01:42:16:00 THE LAST IDEA IS PARKING SPACES 01:42:16:00 01:42:19:00 IN THE COURT BUSINESS DISTRICT 01:42:19:00 01:42:20:00 TO SOMEONE'S EARLIER REMARK I 01:42:20:00 01:42:24:00 DESCRIBED LAST YEAR THAT THERE 01:42:24:00 01:42:24:00 WERE THIRTY ONE PARKING SPACES 01:42:24:00 01:42:27:00 IN THE ROSSINGTON BELSKI SQUARE 01:42:27:00 01:42:28:00 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT EITHER 01:42:28:00 01:42:32:00 LOST OR REDUCED TO FIFTEEN 01:42:32:00 01:42:34:00 MINUTE PARKING AS A RESULT 01:42:34:00 01:42:35:00 OF BOSTON TRANSPORTATION 01:42:35:00 01:42:35:00 DEPARTMENT PROJECTS. 01:42:35:00 01:42:39:00 AT PRESENT THE CORE BUSINESS 01:42:39:00 01:42:39:00 DISTRICT HAS MORE THAN TEN 01:42:39:00 01:42:42:00 EMPTY OR DARK STOREFRONTS 01:42:42:00 01:42:43:00 ALTHOUGH THERE'S NOT A ONE TO 01:42:43:00 01:42:44:00 ONE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LOSS 01:42:44:00 01:42:46:00 OF CUSTOMER PARKING LOTS 01:42:46:00 01:42:47:00 OF BUSINESSES, IT DOES BEG THE 01:42:47:00 01:42:50:00 QUESTION HOW DO YOU ATTRACT NEW 01:42:50:00 01:42:51:00 BUSINESSES TO AN AREA WHEN 01:42:51:00 01:42:52:00 THERE'S NOT SUFFICIENT CUSTOMER 01:42:52:00 01:42:53:00 PARKING? 01:42:53:00 01:42:54:00 AND TO YOUR CREDIT THE 01:42:54:00 01:42:55:00 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS 01:42:55:00 01:42:58:00 SPECIFICALLY AT WORK. 01:42:58:00 01:42:58:00 BEAL HAS GATHERED BOTH 01:42:58:00 01:42:59:00 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE 01:42:59:00 01:43:02:00 DATA TO LOOK AT A PARKING PLAN 01:43:02:00 01:43:06:00 FOR THE COURT JESTER AND I'M 01:43:06:00 01:43:07:00 GOING TO ASK YOU TO LOOK INTO 01:43:07:00 01:43:07:00 SOMETHING ELSE. 01:43:07:00 01:43:08:00 I'M GOING TO ASK THE TRANSIT 01:43:08:00 01:43:10:00 DEPARTMENT PLEASE WORK WITH THE 01:43:10:00 01:43:11:00 PPD TRANSPORTATION PLANNER AND 01:43:11:00 01:43:13:00 THIS IS MY LAST REQUEST. 01:43:13:00 01:43:17:00 AS OF TODAY THERE ARE FOUR BPD 01:43:17:00 01:43:21:00 AND FOUR IN FOUR DEVELOPMENTS 01:43:21:00 01:43:22:00 HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE PPD 01:43:22:00 01:43:24:00 AND EXHIBIT A AND THEY EACH 01:43:24:00 01:43:25:00 HAVE LESS THAN ONE TO ONE 01:43:25:00 01:43:26:00 PARKING SPACES PER UNIT EACH 01:43:26:00 01:43:29:00 EACH BUILDING YOU'RE GOING WELL 01:43:29:00 01:43:30:00 IT'S ONLY A FEW LESS WELL 01:43:30:00 01:43:33:00 THERE'S A CUMULATIVE EFFECT AND 01:43:33:00 01:43:33:00 IN FACT FOR THESE FOUR 01:43:33:00 01:43:34:00 BUILDINGS THERE WILL BE SEVENTY 01:43:34:00 01:43:36:00 FIVE TO SEVENTY SEVEN FEWER OFF 01:43:36:00 01:43:37:00 STREET PARKING SPACES THAN 01:43:37:00 01:43:40:00 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THESE 01:43:40:00 01:43:41:00 BUILDINGS ONCE THESE ARE BUILT 01:43:41:00 01:43:44:00 CONSIDERING THAT EACH UNIT MAY 01:43:44:00 01:43:45:00 IN FACT HAVE ONE CAR RUNNING 01:43:45:00 01:43:46:00 RESIDENT EACH APARTMENT OR 01:43:46:00 01:43:48:00 CONDO THEY HAVE ONE THERE ARE 01:43:48:00 01:43:49:00 ABOUT THAT MANY CARS THAT ARE 01:43:49:00 01:43:52:00 GOING TO NEED STREET PARKING 01:43:52:00 01:43:52:00 SPACES AND CLEARLY THERE'S 01:43:52:00 01:43:53:00 GOING TO BE MORE COMPETITION 01:43:53:00 01:43:56:00 AGAIN WITH ROSENDALE SQUARE 01:43:56:00 01:43:56:00 BUSINESS CUSTOMERS AND OWNERS. 01:43:56:00 01:44:00:00 SO IN SUMMARY, I LOOK AT THE 01:44:00:00 01:44:01:00 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET AND I 01:44:01:00 01:44:04:00 THINK IT WILL SUPPORT SOME BOLD 01:44:04:00 01:44:05:00 PLANS FOR CHANGE AND I THINK 01:44:05:00 01:44:07:00 METRICS ARE AN ACCOUNTABILITY 01:44:07:00 01:44:08:00 ARE WHAT NEEDS TO GO TOGETHER 01:44:08:00 01:44:11:00 WITH THOSE EXPENDITURES. 01:44:11:00 01:44:12:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:44:12:00 01:44:15:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH, SQUADRON. 01:44:15:00 01:44:16:00 ALWAYS A PLEASURE HEARING FROM 01:44:16:00 01:44:19:00 YOU. 01:44:19:00 01:44:20:00 WE HAVE IN PERSON MISS 01:44:20:00 01:44:22:00 CATHERINE FRIEDEMANN. 01:44:22:00 01:44:22:00 HI CATHERINE. 01:44:22:00 01:44:23:00 HI. 01:44:23:00 01:44:23:00 THANK YOU. 01:44:23:00 01:44:26:00 NAME YOUR AT CATHERINE 01:44:26:00 01:44:27:00 TREATMENT OF A LEATHER DISTRICT 01:44:27:00 01:44:30:00 RESIDENT. 01:44:30:00 01:44:31:00 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE GREAT 01:44:31:00 01:44:33:00 WORK YOU ALL DO. 01:44:33:00 01:44:34:00 I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 01:44:34:00 01:44:35:00 I JUST HAVE A COUPLE 01:44:35:00 01:44:37:00 OF QUESTIONS THOUGH AND WE HAVE 01:44:37:00 01:44:38:00 BEEN IN TOUCH ABOUT SOME SOME 01:44:38:00 01:44:39:00 SAFETY ISSUES IN THE LEATHER 01:44:39:00 01:44:41:00 DISTRICT BUT QUESTION I HAVE IS 01:44:41:00 01:44:42:00 WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT THE 01:44:42:00 01:44:45:00 SPEED BUMP, THE SPEED BUMPS 01:44:45:00 01:44:46:00 WOULD BE GOING ON THE 01:44:46:00 01:44:46:00 RESIDENTIAL STREET AS OPPOSED 01:44:46:00 01:44:49:00 TO THE ARTERIAL, WHAT HAPPENS 01:44:49:00 01:44:50:00 WHEN YOU HAVE ARTERIAL STREETS 01:44:50:00 01:44:53:00 THAT ARE ALSO RESIDENTIAL LIKE 01:44:53:00 01:44:54:00 LINCOLN STREET AND IN THE 01:44:54:00 01:44:56:00 LEATHER DISTRICT LIKE KNEELAND 01:44:56:00 01:44:57:00 STREET IN CHINATOWN? 01:44:57:00 01:45:00:00 HOW DO YOU ADDRESS PEDESTRIAN 01:45:00:00 01:45:01:00 SAFETY WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE 01:45:01:00 01:45:04:00 CONFLICTS AND THEN THE SECOND 01:45:04:00 01:45:05:00 QUESTION I'LL ASK IS YOU DID 01:45:05:00 01:45:08:00 MENTIONED THAT YOU WOULD 01:45:08:00 01:45:12:00 IDENTIFY AREAS OF CONCERN TO 01:45:12:00 01:45:13:00 BPD FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. 01:45:13:00 01:45:16:00 IS THERE ONE CONCERN THAT I 01:45:16:00 01:45:20:00 HAVE IS CAN THE COMMUNICATION 01:45:20:00 01:45:23:00 ALSO GO THE OTHER WAY? 01:45:23:00 01:45:24:00 SO FOR INSTANCE, WHEN BPD WAS 01:45:24:00 01:45:27:00 IN THE LEATHER DISTRICT BACK IN 01:45:27:00 01:45:28:00 FEBRUARY THEY ISSUED 410 01:45:28:00 01:45:32:00 CITATIONS FOR FAILURE TO STOP 01:45:32:00 01:45:33:00 AT LINCOLN STREET AND BEAT 01:45:33:00 01:45:36:00 STREET OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD 01:45:36:00 01:45:38:00 AND YET THERE WAS NO MEANS 01:45:38:00 01:45:39:00 OF SENDING THAT DATA TO THE 01:45:39:00 01:45:43:00 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 01:45:43:00 01:45:44:00 IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE SURE 01:45:44:00 01:45:46:00 THAT THAT COMMUNICATION IS TWO 01:45:46:00 01:45:47:00 WAYS SO THAT IF ENFORCEMENT 01:45:47:00 01:45:50:00 RECOGNIZES A SAFETY ISSUE THAT 01:45:50:00 01:45:52:00 YOU CAN POTENTIALLY ADDRESS IT 01:45:52:00 01:45:55:00 TO BETTER STREET DESIGN? 01:45:55:00 01:45:56:00 MISS FREEMAN, I WOULD SAY THAT 01:45:56:00 01:45:59:00 THIS FORMAT IS ACTUALLY FOR 01:45:59:00 01:46:02:00 PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THAT YOUR 01:46:02:00 01:46:03:00 QUESTIONS I CAN ASK THEM TO 01:46:03:00 01:46:07:00 SUBMIT IN WRITING IF YOU EMAIL 01:46:07:00 01:46:08:00 ME HAPPY TO SEND YOU THE 01:46:08:00 01:46:10:00 RESPONSES. 01:46:10:00 01:46:10:00 I WILL DO THAT. 01:46:10:00 01:46:11:00 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT 01:46:11:00 01:46:12:00 THOSE DO GO ON RECORD BECAUSE I 01:46:12:00 01:46:13:00 THINK THAT THOSE ARE IMPORTANT 01:46:13:00 01:46:14:00 QUESTIONS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE 01:46:14:00 01:46:15:00 PROBABLY WANT ANSWERED. 01:46:15:00 01:46:15:00 ABSOLUTELY. 01:46:15:00 01:46:18:00 THANK YOU. 01:46:18:00 01:46:19:00 DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A CLOSING 01:46:19:00 01:46:19:00 REMARK? 01:46:19:00 01:46:21:00 NO, I JUST WANT THOSE QUESTIONS 01:46:21:00 01:46:22:00 TO BE OUT THERE AND RECOGNIZE. 01:46:22:00 01:46:23:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:46:23:00 01:46:24:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:46:24:00 01:46:27:00 MISTREATMENT NEXT WE HAVE CATHY 01:46:27:00 01:46:57:00 MCCABE. 01:46:57:00 01:47:02:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND MADAM 01:47:02:00 01:47:02:00 CHAIR. 01:47:02:00 01:47:05:00 MY NAME IS CATHY MCCABE AND I'M 01:47:05:00 01:47:06:00 THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONGFELLOW 01:47:06:00 01:47:09:00 AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION 01:47:09:00 01:47:13:00 IN ROSLINDALE AND WE HAVE WE 01:47:13:00 01:47:13:00 HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT 01:47:13:00 01:47:17:00 WALTER STREET AND TRANS NEEDING 01:47:17:00 01:47:17:00 . 01:47:17:00 01:47:21:00 I ACCOMMODATE ACTIONS THAT ARE 01:47:21:00 01:47:25:00 SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL 01:47:25:00 01:47:25:00 AS SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC. 01:47:25:00 01:47:29:00 I WANT TO SAY THAT ON CHIEF 01:47:29:00 01:47:33:00 JOSH APPROVEMENT HATCHETMAN 01:47:33:00 01:47:33:00 RESPONSIVE BUT WE WERE 01:47:33:00 01:47:36:00 DISAPPOINTED NOT TO HAVE WALTER 01:47:36:00 01:47:40:00 STREET FOUR INCLUDED IN 01:47:40:00 01:47:41:00 PLANNING FOR WALTER STREET AND 01:47:41:00 01:47:44:00 THE FIVE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE 01:47:44:00 01:47:45:00 HAVE PROBLEMS WITH AND IN OUR 01:47:45:00 01:47:48:00 NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESS IN THE 01:47:48:00 01:47:49:00 BUDGET. 01:47:49:00 01:47:52:00 SO WE ON CANCELLARA AND 01:47:52:00 01:47:53:00 COUNCILOR ROYAL HAD BOTH 01:47:53:00 01:47:57:00 REQUESTS SOME PLANNING MONEY SO 01:47:57:00 01:48:00:00 THAT WE COULD HAVE AN OVERALL 01:48:00:00 01:48:01:00 PLAN SO WITHOUT UNINTENDED 01:48:01:00 01:48:04:00 CONSEQUENCES SO I WOULD LIKE TO 01:48:04:00 01:48:05:00 URGE ON THE CITY WAYS AND MEANS 01:48:05:00 01:48:08:00 COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER 01:48:08:00 01:48:09:00 INCORPORATING TWO FIFTY 01:48:09:00 01:48:12:00 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET. 01:48:12:00 01:48:13:00 I THINK THIS ALIGNS WITH TWO 01:48:13:00 01:48:16:00 OF THE PILLARS THE CHIEF TALKED 01:48:16:00 01:48:19:00 ABOUT INCLUDING PEOPLE OF ALL 01:48:19:00 01:48:23:00 AGES AND OUR ABILITY TO FREELY 01:48:23:00 01:48:24:00 MOVE RIGHT NOW WALTER STREET 01:48:24:00 01:48:28:00 SIDEWALKS HAVE NEVER BEEN 01:48:28:00 01:48:28:00 IMPROVED FOR AT LEAST 80 YEARS 01:48:28:00 01:48:31:00 AND THEY ARE TRIP HAZARDS AND 01:48:31:00 01:48:32:00 HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE IN 01:48:32:00 01:48:35:00 WHEELCHAIRS, PARENTS WALKING 01:48:35:00 01:48:36:00 AND OTHERS WITH STROLLERS AND 01:48:36:00 01:48:40:00 CHILDREN AS WELL AS ELDERS. 01:48:40:00 01:48:42:00 IT ALSO IS IMPORTANT AS TO 01:48:42:00 01:48:43:00 SHIFTING HOW WE MOVE AND AND 01:48:43:00 01:48:47:00 RIGHT NOW PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO 01:48:47:00 01:48:48:00 WALK ACROSS WALTER STREET 01:48:48:00 01:48:51:00 BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE. 01:48:51:00 01:48:51:00 SIGHTLINES ARE POOR. 01:48:51:00 01:48:55:00 WE REALLY NEED A COMPREHENSIVE 01:48:55:00 01:48:59:00 SOLUTION FOR ON SO I'M HERE TO 01:48:59:00 01:48:59:00 URGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER 01:48:59:00 01:49:02:00 THAT AND TO INCORPORATE CLUES 01:49:02:00 01:49:02:00 IN THE BUDGET. 01:49:02:00 01:49:09:00 I ALSO WANT SANK BTD BOSTON 01:49:09:00 01:49:10:00 PUBLIC WORKS ON CORE SERVICES 01:49:10:00 01:49:14:00 IN OUR SECTION OF THE CITY. 01:49:14:00 01:49:17:00 I FEEL LIKE THINGS IMPROVED AND 01:49:17:00 01:49:22:00 THINGS LIKE SNOWPLOW EVEN EVEN 01:49:22:00 01:49:25:00 WHEN WE HAD A WINNER BY THE 01:49:25:00 01:49:26:00 YEAR BEFORE IT'S BEEN MUCH 01:49:26:00 01:49:30:00 BETTER SO IT'S IN AN UPWARD 01:49:30:00 01:49:34:00 TRAJECTORY BUT WE STILL THINK 01:49:34:00 01:49:34:00 WALTER STREET IS REALLY 01:49:34:00 01:49:35:00 IMPORTANT AND WE'VE BEEN 01:49:35:00 01:49:38:00 ADVOCATE FOR THIS FOR A LONG 01:49:38:00 01:49:38:00 TIME. 01:49:38:00 01:49:42:00 IT'S SEVEN YEARS SO WE'D REALLY 01:49:42:00 01:49:43:00 LIKE TO BE HEARD AND WE'D 01:49:43:00 01:49:43:00 REALLY LIKE SOME MORE RESPONSE. 01:49:43:00 01:49:45:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I 01:49:45:00 01:49:50:00 APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU AS THE 01:49:50:00 01:49:51:00 COUNCIL AS WELL AS BTD PUBLIC 01:49:51:00 01:49:54:00 WORKS OF LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS 01:49:54:00 01:49:57:00 THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET DO FOR 01:49:57:00 01:49:58:00 OUR CITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 01:49:58:00 01:50:00:00 THANK YOU. 01:50:00:00 01:50:00:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:50:00:00 01:50:03:00 FACEBOOK. 01:50:03:00 01:50:05:00 AS I AS I SAID IT'S MY TURN FOR 01:50:05:00 01:50:08:00 QUESTIONS BUT I'LL LET YOU GO 01:50:08:00 01:50:12:00 FIRST AND THEN CONSOLE ROW AND 01:50:12:00 01:50:13:00 THEN I'LL WRAP THIS UP. 01:50:13:00 01:50:16:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR. 01:50:16:00 01:50:17:00 I'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED TO JUMP 01:50:17:00 01:50:20:00 INTO MY LINE OF QUESTIONING BUT 01:50:20:00 01:50:21:00 BEFORE I DO THAT I KNOW THAT 01:50:21:00 01:50:22:00 I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A 01:50:22:00 01:50:24:00 FAVORITE CABINET BUT Y'ALL ARE 01:50:24:00 01:50:25:00 PRETTY MUCH UP THERE SO BUT 01:50:25:00 01:50:29:00 ENVIRONMENT ENERGY OPENS. 01:50:29:00 01:50:30:00 DO YOU HEAR THAT MOST EMOJIS WE 01:50:30:00 01:50:32:00 LOVE YOU TOO BUT NO YOU ALL 01:50:32:00 01:50:33:00 YOUR WORK IS THE BREAD AND 01:50:33:00 01:50:35:00 BUTTER OF CITY GOVERNMENT. 01:50:35:00 01:50:36:00 IT DOESN'T GET THE HEADLINES TO 01:50:36:00 01:50:37:00 FIX THE BRICKS IN THE SIDEWALKS 01:50:37:00 01:50:39:00 TO FIX THE SIGNALS OR TO 01:50:39:00 01:50:40:00 INSTALL A CROSSWALK. 01:50:40:00 01:50:41:00 BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I GET 01:50:41:00 01:50:43:00 CALLS EVERY SINGLE DAY IN MY 01:50:43:00 01:50:44:00 DISTRICT. 01:50:44:00 01:50:44:00 IT'S VERY WALKABLE AND SO 01:50:44:00 01:50:47:00 PEOPLE ARE CALLING ME ALL THE 01:50:47:00 01:50:48:00 TIME SENDING IN THREE ONE ONE 01:50:48:00 01:50:48:00 REQUEST. 01:50:48:00 01:50:50:00 SO I AM ON THE PHONE WITH ALL 01:50:50:00 01:50:51:00 OF YOU INCLUDING MR BRUHL WHO 01:50:51:00 01:50:52:00 HELPED ME WITH WITH A MAKE SAFE 01:50:52:00 01:50:56:00 IN THE NORTH AND JUST THE OTHER 01:50:56:00 01:50:56:00 DAY AND TO BE CONSISTENT TOO I 01:50:56:00 01:50:59:00 JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY 01:50:59:00 01:51:00:00 WHO HAS HELPED MY OFFICE SO THE 01:51:00:00 01:51:03:00 UNOFFICIAL MAYOR OF EAST 01:51:03:00 01:51:04:00 BOSTON, LENNY CURTIS AND CARLOS 01:51:04:00 01:51:07:00 HOCKEYS IN BOSTON, TY JACKSON, 01:51:07:00 01:51:08:00 COMMISSIONER BRUEL, ERIC 01:51:08:00 01:51:11:00 PRENTICE'S TREASURER AND SHOULD 01:51:11:00 01:51:11:00 BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS. 01:51:11:00 01:51:14:00 CLARANCE HAS HELPED ME WITH 01:51:14:00 01:51:15:00 SNOW IN THE PAST AND THANK YOU 01:51:15:00 01:51:16:00 TO THAT. 01:51:16:00 01:51:18:00 I KNOW JOHN VASELLA JUST LEFT 01:51:18:00 01:51:19:00 DEPARTMENT BUT HE WAS GREAT 01:51:19:00 01:51:22:00 POTA SALCEDA STEPHANO AND 01:51:22:00 01:51:23:00 EVERYONE ELSE HERE I'M SORRY IF 01:51:23:00 01:51:24:00 I MISSED YOU BUT JUST THANK YOU 01:51:24:00 01:51:26:00 SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. 01:51:26:00 01:51:27:00 I'M SURPRISED THAT I WAS THE 01:51:27:00 01:51:28:00 FIRST ONE TO ASK THIS OR I 01:51:28:00 01:51:30:00 MIGHT NOT BE BUT WE HAVE TO 01:51:30:00 01:51:33:00 WHEN WE'RE CHARGED AMENDING THE 01:51:33:00 01:51:34:00 BUDGET, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 01:51:34:00 01:51:37:00 WHERE TO PULL FROM AND SO I'M 01:51:37:00 01:51:38:00 WONDERING BECAUSE WE REALLY 01:51:38:00 01:51:41:00 DIDN'T HAVE ANY SNOW THIS YEAR 01:51:41:00 01:51:42:00 WHAT IS LEFT OVER LIKE WHERE 01:51:42:00 01:51:45:00 WHERE DOES THAT LINE ITEM LIVE 01:51:45:00 01:51:46:00 IN THE BUDGET AND HOW MUCH IS 01:51:46:00 01:51:49:00 LEFT AND HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN 01:51:49:00 01:51:53:00 ALLOCATED TO AN EXPENDITURE? 01:51:53:00 01:51:56:00 GOOD QUESTION. 01:51:56:00 01:51:57:00 I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE NUMBER 01:51:57:00 01:51:58:00 RIGHT NOW BUT WE CAN GET BACK 01:51:58:00 01:52:01:00 TO YOU ON THAT BECAUSE WE ARE 01:52:01:00 01:52:01:00 CLOSING OUT ALL THE INVOICES 01:52:01:00 01:52:02:00 FROM THE LAST SEASON. 01:52:02:00 01:52:05:00 I WOULD SAY BECAUSE I ALSO 01:52:05:00 01:52:05:00 WORKED IN THE BUDGET OFFICE IN 01:52:05:00 01:52:08:00 MY PREVIOUS LIFE. 01:52:08:00 01:52:09:00 THE SNOW BUDGET IS A SEPARATE 01:52:09:00 01:52:12:00 APPROPRIATION SO IT'S NOT 01:52:12:00 01:52:13:00 ACTUALLY PART OF THE THE PUBLIC 01:52:13:00 01:52:15:00 WORKS BUDGET ALTHOUGH IT IS 01:52:15:00 01:52:16:00 PRIMARILY SPENT BY PUBLIC WORKS 01:52:16:00 01:52:17:00 AND SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR 01:52:17:00 01:52:19:00 IT'S ACTUALLY ADMINISTERED 01:52:19:00 01:52:20:00 CENTRALLY AND SO WHEN THERE IS 01:52:20:00 01:52:23:00 A LARGE SURPLUS IN THE PAST BUT 01:52:23:00 01:52:24:00 WE HAVE DONE IS WE PURCHASED 01:52:24:00 01:52:27:00 SNOW VEHICLES FOR EXAMPLE WE 01:52:27:00 01:52:29:00 HAVE TO USE IT FOR KIND OF SNOW 01:52:29:00 01:52:31:00 RELATED APPROPRIATIONS BY LAW 01:52:31:00 01:52:32:00 BUT THAT'S HOW IT HAS BEEN USED 01:52:32:00 01:52:35:00 IN THE PAST AND IT'S ALSO, YOU 01:52:35:00 01:52:36:00 KNOW, GOING BACK INTO THE 01:52:36:00 01:52:39:00 CITY'S GENERAL FUND AND OTHER 01:52:39:00 01:52:39:00 THINGS. 01:52:39:00 01:52:40:00 BUT I DON'T I CAN'T SPEAK TO 01:52:40:00 01:52:40:00 THAT. 01:52:40:00 01:52:43:00 YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK BUT SO WE 01:52:43:00 01:52:43:00 HAVE TO SPEND IT ON SNOW 01:52:43:00 01:52:44:00 APPROPRIATION AND THAT'S HOW WE 01:52:44:00 01:52:46:00 YOU KNOW, FOR THE YOU KNOW, 01:52:46:00 01:52:47:00 PART OF THE CITY'S CHARTER I 01:52:47:00 01:52:50:00 THINK WE WE I MEAN I DON'T KNOW 01:52:50:00 01:52:51:00 I CAN'T ANSWER THAT 01:52:51:00 01:52:51:00 SPECIFICALLY BUT THAT'S HOW WE 01:52:51:00 01:52:54:00 HAVE SPENT IT IN THE PAST. 01:52:54:00 01:52:54:00 OK, YEAH. 01:52:54:00 01:52:55:00 THANK YOU. 01:52:55:00 01:52:58:00 THREW THE CHAIR IF I CAN ASK 01:52:58:00 01:52:59:00 FOR THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION. 01:52:59:00 01:53:02:00 I APPRECIATE THAT THOUGH. 01:53:02:00 01:53:03:00 I WANT TO GET INTO LONG TERM 01:53:03:00 01:53:05:00 REPAVING AND SIDEWALK REPAIR. 01:53:05:00 01:53:06:00 THIS HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY 01:53:06:00 01:53:06:00 OF MINE. 01:53:06:00 01:53:09:00 I DID SORRY I DID NEED 01:53:09:00 01:53:10:00 CLARIFICATION IN TERMS OF THE 01:53:10:00 01:53:13:00 THAT BUDGET BEING ADMINISTERED 01:53:13:00 01:53:17:00 CENTRALLY NOT IN CAPITAL. 01:53:17:00 01:53:17:00 SO THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S 01:53:17:00 01:53:21:00 FUNDING WHERE SO IT'S ACTUALLY 01:53:21:00 01:53:24:00 IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR POCKET BUT 01:53:24:00 01:53:25:00 THERE IS A DEPARTMENT STORE 01:53:25:00 01:53:28:00 CALLED SNOW OR FORGOT WELL 01:53:28:00 01:53:32:00 THERE'S ONE AND THERE'S ONE NEW 01:53:32:00 01:53:32:00 YORK DEPARTMENT CALLED SNOW 01:53:32:00 01:53:33:00 REMOVAL. 01:53:33:00 01:53:33:00 CORRECT. 01:53:33:00 01:53:36:00 SO THAT'S WHERE THE WORKS 01:53:36:00 01:53:37:00 PRIMARILY BUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS 01:53:37:00 01:53:40:00 AND HOUSING USE IT A LITTLE BIT 01:53:40:00 01:53:41:00 BUT PRIMARILY USED OF OUR 01:53:41:00 01:53:43:00 PLOWING CONTRACTS EXCEPT THIS 01:53:43:00 01:53:44:00 HAS ZERO ACROSS THE WAY. 01:53:44:00 01:53:47:00 I'M SORRY THE NUMBERS THE MONEY 01:53:47:00 01:53:51:00 TO ZERO DOES IT SAY ZERO? 01:53:51:00 01:53:51:00 YES. 01:53:51:00 01:53:52:00 OH OK. 01:53:52:00 01:53:53:00 SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING 01:53:53:00 01:53:55:00 AT IS THERE'S A LINE IN EACH 01:53:55:00 01:53:56:00 DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET THAT SAYS 01:53:56:00 01:53:59:00 SNOW REMOVAL BUT THERE'S 01:53:59:00 01:54:00:00 ACTUALLY A CENTRAL NOW ONLY 01:54:00:00 01:54:02:00 YOURS ONLY IN OURS. 01:54:02:00 01:54:03:00 OK, I THINK THE WAY I'LL TELL 01:54:03:00 01:54:05:00 YOU THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT WE 01:54:05:00 01:54:07:00 SPEND OUT OF THAT LINE BUT THE 01:54:07:00 01:54:07:00 MONEY THEN GETS TRANSFERRED 01:54:07:00 01:54:11:00 FROM A DIFFERENT BUDGET CALLED 01:54:11:00 01:54:12:00 SNOW CLEANING OR CLEARING. 01:54:12:00 01:54:14:00 OK, SO I'LL LOOK FOR IT. 01:54:14:00 01:54:14:00 SURE. 01:54:14:00 01:54:15:00 BUT PLEASE WHEN WHATEVER YOU 01:54:15:00 01:54:16:00 HAVE IN DETAILS RESETTING THE 01:54:16:00 01:54:18:00 CLOCK. 01:54:18:00 01:54:18:00 THANK YOU. 01:54:18:00 01:54:19:00 YEAH THANK YOU. 01:54:19:00 01:54:22:00 CHAIR LONG TERM REPAVING AND 01:54:22:00 01:54:23:00 SIDEWALK REPAIR THIS HAS BEEN A 01:54:23:00 01:54:26:00 PRIORITY OF MINE. 01:54:26:00 01:54:27:00 I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE 01:54:27:00 01:54:30:00 AVERAGE MILEAGE OF STS THAT GET 01:54:30:00 01:54:31:00 REPAVED ARE EVERY YEAR IF YOU 01:54:31:00 01:54:34:00 HAVE A BENCHMARK OR LEVEL 01:54:34:00 01:54:35:00 OF SUCCESS, WHAT GOES INTO THE 01:54:35:00 01:54:38:00 PLANNING PROCESS AND TO WHAT 01:54:38:00 01:54:38:00 STREETS GET REPAVED AND WHAT 01:54:38:00 01:54:42:00 SIDEWALKS GET REPAVED? 01:54:42:00 01:54:43:00 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE 01:54:43:00 01:54:44:00 WAS A BENCHMARK OF ATTEMPTING 01:54:44:00 01:54:47:00 TO DO FIFTY MILES PER YEAR AT 01:54:47:00 01:54:47:00 LEAST FOR THE STREETS. 01:54:47:00 01:54:50:00 ARE WE MEETING THAT AND IF SO 01:54:50:00 01:54:53:00 AND IF NOT WHY NOT SO THAT'S A 01:54:53:00 01:54:54:00 GOOD QUESTION. 01:54:54:00 01:54:57:00 I THINK WE WILL SEE IF THERE'S 01:54:57:00 01:54:58:00 ANYTHING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO 01:54:58:00 01:55:00:00 ADD ON THIS BUT GENERALLY 01:55:00:00 01:55:04:00 SPEAKING WE ARE TO MY KNOWLEDGE 01:55:04:00 01:55:05:00 RADAR PAVING PROJECT IS ARE 01:55:05:00 01:55:08:00 PAVING PROGRAM IS IS SORT 01:55:08:00 01:55:09:00 OF TIED TO BUDGET AND THE 01:55:09:00 01:55:12:00 FUNDING THAT'S ALLOCATED TO IT. 01:55:12:00 01:55:13:00 SO WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT A 01:55:13:00 01:55:14:00 GIVEN POOL OF FUNDING THAT WE 01:55:14:00 01:55:16:00 HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. 01:55:16:00 01:55:20:00 DID THAT OUT BASED ON THE SORT 01:55:20:00 01:55:21:00 OF NETWORK OF STREETS THAT 01:55:21:00 01:55:22:00 WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE THINK 01:55:22:00 01:55:24:00 ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY 01:55:24:00 01:55:28:00 STREETS FOR REPAVING AND THEN 01:55:28:00 01:55:29:00 THE AVAILABLE FUNDING DICTATES 01:55:29:00 01:55:32:00 SORT HOW MUCH WE'RE ABLE TO GET 01:55:32:00 01:55:32:00 DONE. 01:55:32:00 01:55:33:00 THE ACTUAL PRIORITIZATION 01:55:33:00 01:55:36:00 PROCESS IS IT FAIRLY DATA 01:55:36:00 01:55:36:00 DRIVEN? 01:55:36:00 01:55:40:00 WE DO. 01:55:40:00 01:55:41:00 WE SURVEY ABOUT A QUARTER 01:55:41:00 01:55:42:00 OF THE CITY EVERY YEAR FOR TO 01:55:42:00 01:55:44:00 DETERMINE PAVEMENT QUALITY 01:55:44:00 01:55:44:00 INDEX. 01:55:44:00 01:55:47:00 WE THEN MATCH THAT DATA WITH 01:55:47:00 01:55:48:00 WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT UPCOMING 01:55:48:00 01:55:48:00 UTILITY PROJECTS. 01:55:48:00 01:55:51:00 THERE ARE FREQUENTLY PROJECTS 01:55:51:00 01:55:56:00 THAT ARE IN SOME CASES YOU KNOW 01:55:56:00 01:55:57:00 WE WE KNOW ARE COMING BUT 01:55:57:00 01:56:00:00 TRYING TO PIN DOWN SOME OF OUR 01:56:00:00 01:56:01:00 UTILITIES AS TO EXACTLY NO ONE 01:56:01:00 01:56:04:00 CAN BE SO SO BUT WHAT WE 01:56:04:00 01:56:05:00 ATTEMPT TO DO FOR THE REPAVING 01:56:05:00 01:56:08:00 WORK IS TO CREATE THE THE MAP 01:56:08:00 01:56:12:00 THAT INTERSECTS THE STREETS 01:56:12:00 01:56:13:00 MOST IN NEED WITH THE STREETS 01:56:13:00 01:56:13:00 THAT WE KNOW ARE NOT ABOUT TO 01:56:13:00 01:56:15:00 BE TORN UP AND PUT THAT INTO 01:56:15:00 01:56:15:00 THE PAVING PROGRAM. 01:56:15:00 01:56:19:00 THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE 01:56:19:00 01:56:20:00 TRY TO FACTOR IN WITH PAVING 01:56:20:00 01:56:23:00 FIRST OF ALL SOME PROJECTS THAT 01:56:23:00 01:56:24:00 WE DO CORRIDOR PROJECTS YOU 01:56:24:00 01:56:27:00 KNOW WE'RE IN THE MIDST 01:56:27:00 01:56:27:00 OF RECONSTRUCTING TREMONT 01:56:27:00 01:56:28:00 STREET IN THE SOUTH END FOR 01:56:28:00 01:56:31:00 SAFETY BUT BIKE IMPROVEMENTS 01:56:31:00 01:56:35:00 WHEN THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED 01:56:35:00 01:56:36:00 MOST OF THAT STREET WILL BE 01:56:36:00 01:56:39:00 FULLY REPAVED AS PART THAT 01:56:39:00 01:56:39:00 PROJECT SIMPLY BECAUSE SO MUCH 01:56:39:00 01:56:42:00 HAS BEEN TORN UP IN THE COURSE 01:56:42:00 01:56:43:00 OF BUILDING THAT PROJECT THAT 01:56:43:00 01:56:46:00 WE NEED TO DO PAVING THERE. 01:56:46:00 01:56:47:00 THERE'S ALSO AN INTERSECTION 01:56:47:00 01:56:50:00 BETWEEN OUR ACCESSIBLE 01:56:50:00 01:56:54:00 PEDESTRIAN RAMP WORK AND HAVING 01:56:54:00 01:56:55:00 FREQUENTLY TO ACHIEVE ADA 01:56:55:00 01:56:58:00 COMPLIANCE ON A RAMP AND THE 01:56:58:00 01:56:59:00 APPROPRIATE SLOPES. 01:56:59:00 01:57:02:00 WE ACTUALLY NEED TO REPAVE AN 01:57:02:00 01:57:03:00 AREA AROUND THE RAMP BUT WE TRY 01:57:03:00 01:57:06:00 TO WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE WERE 01:57:06:00 01:57:07:00 DOING A LARGE NUMBER OF RAMPS 01:57:07:00 01:57:08:00 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE 01:57:08:00 01:57:09:00 ARE SIGNIFICANT PAVING NEEDS, 01:57:09:00 01:57:10:00 WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE ALIGN 01:57:10:00 01:57:11:00 THE TIMING OF THOSE SO THAT 01:57:11:00 01:57:13:00 THEY HAPPEN TOGETHER. 01:57:13:00 01:57:14:00 SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS 01:57:14:00 01:57:17:00 THAT GO INTO THAT THAT WORK. 01:57:17:00 01:57:18:00 BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S A PLAN THAT 01:57:18:00 01:57:21:00 TOGETHER EACH YEAR TO TO LOOK 01:57:21:00 01:57:22:00 THE COMING SEASON AND WHAT WE 01:57:22:00 01:57:23:00 CAN BUILD WHEN IS THAT PLAN 01:57:23:00 01:57:25:00 USUALLY FINALIZED AHEAD OF THE 01:57:25:00 01:57:26:00 THE WORKING SEASON? 01:57:26:00 01:57:29:00 CAN WE GET ACCESS TO THAT AND 01:57:29:00 01:57:30:00 GET A LIST OF WHAT'S HAPPENING 01:57:30:00 01:57:30:00 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 01:57:30:00 01:57:33:00 UNDERSTANDING THAT THINGS 01:57:33:00 01:57:33:00 HAPPEN? 01:57:33:00 01:57:34:00 WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO PUSH 01:57:34:00 01:57:35:00 THEM OUT BUT IT WOULD BE 01:57:35:00 01:57:37:00 HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW EXACTLY 01:57:37:00 01:57:37:00 WHAT'S HAPPENING. 01:57:37:00 01:57:38:00 SO I WILL SAY THIS IS AN AREA 01:57:38:00 01:57:41:00 WHERE WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO 01:57:41:00 01:57:42:00 IN TERMS OF HOW FAR IN ADVANCE 01:57:42:00 01:57:45:00 THAT PLANNING IS HAPPENING 01:57:45:00 01:57:46:00 HISTORICALLY GOING BACK, YOU 01:57:46:00 01:57:48:00 KNOW, FIVE, 10 YEARS AGO THE 01:57:48:00 01:57:49:00 CITY WAS PUBLISHING A 01:57:49:00 01:57:52:00 MULTI-YEAR PLAN. 01:57:52:00 01:57:53:00 WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT IN SOME 01:57:53:00 01:57:53:00 TIME. 01:57:53:00 01:57:56:00 YOU KNOW, OUR CORE SAVING 01:57:56:00 01:57:57:00 PROGRAM THE STREETS WERE ONLY 01:57:57:00 01:58:00:00 FINALIZED AT THE START OF THIS 01:58:00:00 01:58:01:00 CONSTRUCTION SEASON SO IT'S 01:58:01:00 01:58:02:00 ONLY HAD THOSE FOR ABOUT A 01:58:02:00 01:58:04:00 MONTH. 01:58:04:00 01:58:05:00 WE DEFINITELY CAN LOOK AT 01:58:05:00 01:58:08:00 PUBLISHING THAT MAP, YOU KNOW, 01:58:08:00 01:58:08:00 IN A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WAY. 01:58:08:00 01:58:12:00 I THINK YOU ARE A LONG TERM OUR 01:58:12:00 01:58:13:00 GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO SAY LONG 01:58:13:00 01:58:15:00 TERM MEDIUM TERM OUR GOAL IS TO 01:58:15:00 01:58:16:00 GET BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE WE 01:58:16:00 01:58:19:00 HAVE PROACTIVE MULTI-YEAR 01:58:19:00 01:58:22:00 PAVEMENT PLANNING HAPPENING. 01:58:22:00 01:58:23:00 WE ARE CHALLENGED BY THE 01:58:23:00 01:58:28:00 INCREDIBLE HEADCOUNT ISSUES WE 01:58:28:00 01:58:28:00 HAVE WITHIN OUR ENGINEERING 01:58:28:00 01:58:31:00 TEAMS, ONE OF WHICH IT'S WITHIN 01:58:31:00 01:58:32:00 CONSTRUCTION AND HAVING THE 01:58:32:00 01:58:33:00 RESOURCES TO DO. 01:58:33:00 01:58:34:00 HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK 01:58:34:00 01:58:35:00 YOU NEED TO HIRE WITHIN THAT 01:58:35:00 01:58:36:00 DEPARTMENT FOR YOU TO GET BACK 01:58:36:00 01:58:40:00 UP TO THE LEVELS THAT WE CAN 01:58:40:00 01:58:40:00 GET OUR STREETS? 01:58:40:00 01:58:42:00 I DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT 01:58:42:00 01:58:43:00 VACANCY COUNT WITHIN THE 01:58:43:00 01:58:44:00 CONSTRUCTION DIVISION OF THE 01:58:44:00 01:58:47:00 TOP OF MY OVERALL ACROSS THE 01:58:47:00 01:58:51:00 CABINET THOUGH YOU WE ARE SHORT 01:58:51:00 01:58:52:00 DOZENS OF ENGINEERS AND WHY IS 01:58:52:00 01:58:54:00 THAT? 01:58:54:00 01:58:55:00 ARE WE NOT PAYING THEM ENOUGH? 01:58:55:00 01:58:56:00 I THINK THERE'S A VARIETY 01:58:56:00 01:58:57:00 OF FACTORS RIGHT. 01:58:57:00 01:58:58:00 EVERYONE IS STRUGGLING TO HIRE 01:58:58:00 01:58:59:00 IN THE CURRENT LABOR MARKET 01:58:59:00 01:59:03:00 HISTORICALLY LOW UNEMPLOYMENT 01:59:03:00 01:59:03:00 RATES. 01:59:03:00 01:59:06:00 I THINK SALARY CAN BE A FACTOR 01:59:06:00 01:59:06:00 . 01:59:06:00 01:59:08:00 IT IS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE 01:59:08:00 01:59:08:00 RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS HERE 01:59:08:00 01:59:09:00 WHICH OBVIOUSLY CREATE A HIGHER 01:59:09:00 01:59:10:00 COST BASE FOR SOMEBODY WHO 01:59:10:00 01:59:14:00 WOULD BE WORKING FOR THE CITY 01:59:14:00 01:59:15:00 VERSUS ANOTHER EMPLOYER IF 01:59:15:00 01:59:18:00 THEY'RE NOT ALREADY A CITY 01:59:18:00 01:59:18:00 RESIDENT. 01:59:18:00 01:59:22:00 AND I THINK WE YOU KNOW, WE 01:59:22:00 01:59:23:00 SIMPLY THIS IS A WE'RE IN A 01:59:23:00 01:59:26:00 MOMENT OF TREMENDOUS AMOUNT 01:59:26:00 01:59:27:00 OF FEDERAL MONEY COMING INTO 01:59:27:00 01:59:29:00 INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU KNOW, 01:59:29:00 01:59:30:00 DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES 01:59:30:00 01:59:33:00 WE'VE HAD IN RECENT YEARS, AN 01:59:33:00 01:59:33:00 ECONOMY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY 01:59:33:00 01:59:37:00 BOOMING AND SO THAT CREATES AT 01:59:37:00 01:59:37:00 EVERY LEVEL COMPETITION FOR 01:59:37:00 01:59:38:00 TALENT. 01:59:38:00 01:59:40:00 I MEAN WE STRUGGLE TO HIRE 01:59:40:00 01:59:42:00 PEOPLE TO YOU KNOW, TO DRIVE TO 01:59:42:00 01:59:45:00 OPERATE OUR HEAVY VEHICLES AND 01:59:45:00 01:59:45:00 HOTELS TOO. 01:59:45:00 01:59:46:00 AND IF I CAN INTERRUPT YOU 01:59:46:00 01:59:49:00 BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE SO MUCH 01:59:49:00 01:59:50:00 TIME I'M SORRY HOAGIES WE NEED 01:59:50:00 01:59:53:00 A TON MORE HOCKEYS IS BOSTON IS 01:59:53:00 01:59:54:00 LITTERED WITH TRASH. 01:59:54:00 01:59:55:00 I JUST STARTED THIS TRASH 01:59:55:00 01:59:56:00 INITIATIVE AND I'VE IN DIRECT 01:59:56:00 01:59:57:00 CONTACT WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT. 01:59:57:00 02:00:00:00 WE DESPERATELY NEED TO PAY THEM 02:00:00:00 02:00:01:00 MORE. 02:00:01:00 02:00:02:00 THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. 02:00:02:00 02:00:02:00 THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY 02:00:02:00 02:00:04:00 SCOOPING ICE MEDIAPLEX WHY 02:00:04:00 02:00:05:00 WOULD THEY GO AND SCOOP UP 02:00:05:00 02:00:08:00 TRASH ON OUR STREETS? 02:00:08:00 02:00:09:00 SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE 02:00:09:00 02:00:12:00 IS BEING FIXED AND THIS IS 02:00:12:00 02:00:13:00 STILL MY TALKING POINT. 02:00:13:00 02:00:16:00 WORD FOR WORD FOR FOR JP LOOKS 02:00:16:00 02:00:16:00 AND EVERYTHING. 02:00:16:00 02:00:20:00 JOHNSON EVERYTHING FOR FOR THE 02:00:20:00 02:00:21:00 FOR SOME OF THE WORK WE NEED TO 02:00:21:00 02:00:23:00 DO AROUND OUR PAY SCALE. 02:00:23:00 02:00:24:00 SO THANK YOU. 02:00:24:00 02:00:25:00 SO INCLUDING BRICKLAYER'S AS 02:00:25:00 02:00:28:00 WELL TO I HAVE THE NORTH END 02:00:28:00 02:00:31:00 AND HIS BOSTON WE'RE SIMPLY NOT 02:00:31:00 02:00:32:00 FIXING OUR BRICKS ENOUGH OR 02:00:32:00 02:00:34:00 FAST ENOUGH BROTHER AND MY 02:00:34:00 02:00:35:00 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE NEED 02:00:35:00 02:00:38:00 TO HIRE FOR EIGHT MORE 02:00:38:00 02:00:38:00 BRICKLAYERS. 02:00:38:00 02:00:42:00 IS THAT TRUE? 02:00:42:00 02:00:46:00 SO ACTUALLY DO THE RATING FOR 02:00:46:00 02:00:47:00 THAT JOB IS CALLED CRAFTSMAN. 02:00:47:00 02:00:49:00 WE HAVE THIRTEEN ACROSS THE 02:00:49:00 02:00:50:00 CITY WHEN IN FULL WE HAVE FOUR 02:00:50:00 02:00:53:00 RIGHT NOW SO WE DOWN NINE THAT 02:00:53:00 02:00:58:00 THAT CARRIES THE ABILITY TO USE 02:00:58:00 02:00:58:00 TOOLS EFFECTIVELY DRIVE HEAVY 02:00:58:00 02:01:01:00 MORTAR EQUIPMENT, OPERATE 02:01:01:00 02:01:02:00 TRUCKS, GET TO LOAD AND UNLOAD 02:01:02:00 02:01:05:00 SALT. 02:01:05:00 02:01:06:00 SO YEAH WE'RE AT FOUR WHEN WE 02:01:06:00 02:01:08:00 WHEN A FULLY STAFFED THIRTEEN 02:01:08:00 02:01:09:00 SO THAT KIND OF TELLS YOU 02:01:09:00 02:01:13:00 THAT'S A THAT'S A DECENT RATIO 02:01:13:00 02:01:14:00 AS WE LOOK ACROSS THAT HIGHWAY 02:01:14:00 02:01:16:00 OPERATION AS WELL. 02:01:16:00 02:01:17:00 DO I DRIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR ONE 02:01:17:00 02:01:18:00 MORE. 02:01:18:00 02:01:20:00 OH SURE. 02:01:20:00 02:01:22:00 OK THANK YOU CHAIR FOR YOUR 02:01:22:00 02:01:24:00 INDULGENCE KOVÁCS TECHNOLOGY 02:01:24:00 02:01:25:00 PARKING REGULATIONS ALL OF THAT 02:01:25:00 02:01:29:00 SO I'M JUST GOING TO PUSH OUT 02:01:29:00 02:01:30:00 THERE AND ENCOURAGE FOR COBALTS 02:01:30:00 02:01:33:00 2.0 SO THAT WE COULD COORDINATE 02:01:33:00 02:01:33:00 WITH UTILITIES BEING ABLE TO 02:01:33:00 02:01:34:00 ZOOM OUT. 02:01:34:00 02:01:37:00 I KNOW THAT CALLBACKS IS A 02:01:37:00 02:01:38:00 WONDER IN COMPARISON TO OTHER 02:01:38:00 02:01:41:00 MUNICIPALITIES BUT THE ABILITY 02:01:41:00 02:01:41:00 TO SEE MULTIPLE THINGS 02:01:41:00 02:01:42:00 HAPPENING AT ONCE ESPECIALLY IN 02:01:42:00 02:01:44:00 THESE BOSTON BOSTON WATER AND 02:01:44:00 02:01:44:00 SEWER CYBERSOURCE NATIONAL GRID 02:01:44:00 02:01:48:00 US COMING IN TO PAVE THE 02:01:48:00 02:01:49:00 STREETS AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION 02:01:49:00 02:01:51:00 PERMITS THAT TAKE SIDEWALKS. 02:01:51:00 02:01:52:00 EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING ALL AT 02:01:52:00 02:01:56:00 ONCE AND NOTHING IS TALKING TO 02:01:56:00 02:01:57:00 ONE ANOTHER AND SO HAVING THE 02:01:57:00 02:01:58:00 ABILITY IF IT'S SIMPLY JUST A 02:01:58:00 02:02:00:00 GIANT MAPPING SYSTEM AND HAVING 02:02:00:00 02:02:01:00 ED HARRIS FOR BE ABLE TO SAY OH 02:02:01:00 02:02:04:00 THIS IS HAPPENING ON THIS CURB, 02:02:04:00 02:02:06:00 MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT, MAYBE 02:02:06:00 02:02:07:00 WE SHOULD PUSH IT BACK. 02:02:07:00 02:02:08:00 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD 02:02:08:00 02:02:09:00 LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO WORK. 02:02:09:00 02:02:11:00 WE DO IT ON AND THEN PARKING 02:02:11:00 02:02:12:00 REGULATIONS. 02:02:12:00 02:02:14:00 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT OUR 02:02:14:00 02:02:15:00 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND I 02:02:15:00 02:02:16:00 WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE IN EAST 02:02:16:00 02:02:19:00 BOSTON OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT 02:02:19:00 02:02:20:00 OFFICERS PASS DOWN THROUGH 02:02:20:00 02:02:22:00 INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE WHERE 02:02:22:00 02:02:23:00 REGULATIONS ARE BECAUSE WE 02:02:23:00 02:02:26:00 DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM THAT TRACKS 02:02:26:00 02:02:27:00 WHERE OUR WHAT OUR SIGNS ARE. 02:02:27:00 02:02:29:00 YOU ALL USE GOOGLE MAPS, IS 02:02:29:00 02:02:29:00 THAT CORRECT? 02:02:29:00 02:02:34:00 WE DO USE GOOGLE MAPS IS ONE 02:02:34:00 02:02:34:00 OF OUR TOOLS BUT YOU'RE 02:02:34:00 02:02:35:00 CORRECT. 02:02:35:00 02:02:37:00 WE DO NOT HAVE A FULL DIGITAL 02:02:37:00 02:02:38:00 DATABASE ALTHOUGH THAT IS A 02:02:38:00 02:02:41:00 PROJECT THAT IS ACTIVELY 02:02:41:00 02:02:41:00 UNDERWAY AND IT'S ONGOING. 02:02:41:00 02:02:42:00 THIS BUDGET AND COORDINATION 02:02:42:00 02:02:44:00 WOULD DO IT. 02:02:44:00 02:02:45:00 SO WE ARE WORKING TO BUILD THAT 02:02:45:00 02:02:46:00 DATABASE NOW HOW MUCH IS THAT 02:02:46:00 02:02:48:00 IS THAT COSTING US? 02:02:48:00 02:02:49:00 I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER 02:02:49:00 02:02:52:00 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN FOLDED IN THE 02:02:52:00 02:02:53:00 LARGER DO IT INITIATIVE AROUND 02:02:53:00 02:02:56:00 ASSET MANAGEMENT AND INVENTORY 02:02:56:00 02:02:56:00 . 02:02:56:00 02:02:57:00 SO I THINK WE WE CAN GET THAT 02:02:57:00 02:02:58:00 INFORMATION FOR YOU. 02:02:58:00 02:02:59:00 OK, THANK YOU. 02:02:59:00 02:03:00:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 02:03:00:00 02:03:00:00 THANK YOU. 02:03:00:00 02:03:04:00 I DO I DO HAVE REFERENCE IN THE 02:03:04:00 02:03:07:00 DATA THAT YOUR SNOW REMOVAL 02:03:07:00 02:03:08:00 FUNDS COMES FROM YOUR HIGHWAY 02:03:08:00 02:03:11:00 FIELD OPERATIONS SPENDING SO IS 02:03:11:00 02:03:12:00 THAT IS A SORT OF SUPPLEMENTAL 02:03:12:00 02:03:15:00 IN ADDITION TO CONTRACTOR 02:03:15:00 02:03:16:00 SERVICES THAT YOU NEED. 02:03:16:00 02:03:19:00 THEN YOU GO TO THE MAYOR WHEN 02:03:19:00 02:03:22:00 THERE'S A LARGE APPROPRIATION 02:03:22:00 02:03:23:00 FOR SNOW IT'S ABOUT TWENTY FOUR 02:03:23:00 02:03:24:00 MILLION A YEAR THAT IS NOT IN 02:03:24:00 02:03:27:00 THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET THAT WE 02:03:27:00 02:03:27:00 RELY ON. 02:03:27:00 02:03:28:00 OK, THANK YOU. 02:03:28:00 02:03:30:00 AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION 02:03:30:00 02:03:33:00 LETTER THERE IS NO MONEY LEFT. 02:03:33:00 02:03:34:00 IT WAS SPENT NOTHING ABSOLUTELY 02:03:34:00 02:03:38:00 NOTHING THERE ASKING FOR AN 02:03:38:00 02:03:39:00 INCREASE IN EVERY LINE ITEM IN 02:03:39:00 02:03:41:00 THAT SECTION. 02:03:41:00 02:03:45:00 OK THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR 02:03:45:00 02:03:46:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK 02:03:46:00 02:03:49:00 YOU TO THE PANEL. 02:03:49:00 02:03:50:00 I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT 02:03:50:00 02:03:52:00 OUT TO COMMISSIONER BROT PJ 02:03:52:00 02:03:53:00 CLANCE PERKIN'S JOHN VASELLA, 02:03:53:00 02:03:57:00 ERIC PRENTIS, ROBERT LEWIS, 02:03:57:00 02:04:00:00 BRIAN COFAN, WILLIE SIMON, CARL 02:04:00:00 02:04:01:00 MACKENZIE AND PAT HOEY ALL WHO 02:04:01:00 02:04:04:00 ARE VERY RESPONSIVE AND 02:04:04:00 02:04:05:00 CREDIBLE INCREDIBLE WORK HERE 02:04:05:00 02:04:08:00 IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. 02:04:08:00 02:04:12:00 ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS IS 02:04:12:00 02:04:16:00 HOKIES. 02:04:16:00 02:04:16:00 I KNOW WE ADVOCATED LAST YEAR 02:04:16:00 02:04:19:00 AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HOKIES 02:04:19:00 02:04:20:00 WENT IN. 02:04:20:00 02:04:21:00 WE ADVOCATED FOR TO EACH 02:04:21:00 02:04:24:00 DISTRICT RIGHT WHERE WE ARE 02:04:24:00 02:04:24:00 WITH THE HOKIES INSIDE A 02:04:24:00 02:04:27:00 DISTRICT FOR SO WE WE HAVE A 02:04:27:00 02:04:31:00 TOTAL NUMBER OF TWENTY ONE FULL 02:04:31:00 02:04:35:00 TIME EMPLOYEE STAFF POSITIONS 02:04:35:00 02:04:36:00 FOR HOKIES WE HAVE FOR HIRE 02:04:36:00 02:04:39:00 WE'VE WE'VE HIRED WE'VE 02:04:39:00 02:04:40:00 PROMOTED SOME WE'VE SOME HAVE 02:04:40:00 02:04:43:00 DONE LASTED THEY'VE EITHER 02:04:43:00 02:04:46:00 RESIGNED OR HAVE BEEN SEPARATED 02:04:46:00 02:04:47:00 . 02:04:47:00 02:04:50:00 IT'S IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT TO 02:04:50:00 02:04:51:00 COUNCILOR CLAIRE AND SHE 02:04:51:00 02:04:53:00 FRANKLY I JUST CONVERSATION 02:04:53:00 02:04:55:00 ABOUT YOU KNOW IT'S SIXTEEN 02:04:55:00 02:04:58:00 DOLLARS AN HOUR FOR A HOKIE 02:04:58:00 02:05:02:00 THAT'S IN THE DOOR. 02:05:02:00 02:05:03:00 SO WE'RE STRUGGLING IN THIS IN 02:05:03:00 02:05:03:00 THIS LABOR MARKET JUST LIKE WE 02:05:03:00 02:05:06:00 ARE WITH SPECIALTY TRAINED 02:05:06:00 02:05:06:00 STAFF. 02:05:06:00 02:05:07:00 SO BUT WE ARE GETTING THEM IN. 02:05:07:00 02:05:10:00 WE WE ARE WE ARE INTERVIEWING 02:05:10:00 02:05:11:00 ACTIVELY YOU KNOW, WE'RE BACKED 02:05:11:00 02:05:13:00 UP SO MUCH IN STAFFING THAT 02:05:13:00 02:05:14:00 WE'RE INTERVIEWING FOR EVERY 02:05:14:00 02:05:15:00 LEVEL AND WE'RE INTERVIEWING 02:05:15:00 02:05:17:00 FOR A TWENTY TO THIRTY 02:05:17:00 02:05:18:00 PROMOTION. 02:05:18:00 02:05:21:00 SO THAT'LL THAT'LL OCCUR. 02:05:21:00 02:05:22:00 THAT'LL ALSO FREE UP SOME 02:05:22:00 02:05:22:00 POSITIONS. 02:05:22:00 02:05:23:00 SOME OF THOSE MIGHT BE HOKIES. 02:05:23:00 02:05:25:00 WE MIGHT BE WE MIGHT NEED YOU 02:05:25:00 02:05:26:00 KNOW, TWENTY HOKIES AS THESE 02:05:26:00 02:05:29:00 FOLKS GET PROMOTED. 02:05:29:00 02:05:30:00 YOU KNOW THE THE COMING IN THE 02:05:30:00 02:05:32:00 DOOR IS A HOKIE IS GREAT. 02:05:32:00 02:05:33:00 THERE'S FOLKS UP HERE RIGHT NOW 02:05:33:00 02:05:36:00 WHO CAME IN THE DOOR AS HOKIES 02:05:36:00 02:05:37:00 AND THEY NOW LEAD DEPARTMENTS 02:05:37:00 02:05:37:00 AND DIVISIONS AND IT'S IT'S 02:05:37:00 02:05:40:00 LIKE IT'S IT'S HOW GOVERNMENT 02:05:40:00 02:05:41:00 SHOULD WORK. 02:05:41:00 02:05:42:00 YOU GET IN YOU FIND YOUR WAY 02:05:42:00 02:05:44:00 AROUND YOU CLEAN STREETS, 02:05:44:00 02:05:45:00 YOU'RE VALUABLE TO THE 02:05:45:00 02:05:45:00 NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN YOU GET 02:05:45:00 02:05:47:00 INTO THE CAREER LADDER AND YOU 02:05:47:00 02:05:48:00 MOVE UP. 02:05:48:00 02:05:49:00 WE HAVE WE HAVE WE HAVE SENIOR 02:05:49:00 02:05:52:00 LEADERSHIP IN THIS CABINET 02:05:52:00 02:05:52:00 OF FOLKS WHO HAVE WHO HAVE WHO 02:05:52:00 02:05:55:00 WERE HIRED TO DO JUST THAT. 02:05:55:00 02:05:56:00 WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH JUST 02:05:56:00 02:05:59:00 GETTING THEM IN NOW GOT AND I 02:05:59:00 02:06:03:00 KNOW THAT THE HEARING FROM A 02:06:03:00 02:06:04:00 LOT OF RESIDENTS ON BRING IN 02:06:04:00 02:06:07:00 RESIDENT PARK PERMANENT PARKING 02:06:07:00 02:06:07:00 . 02:06:07:00 02:06:08:00 I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON 02:06:08:00 02:06:08:00 PAUSE. 02:06:08:00 02:06:12:00 CAN YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN PUT 02:06:12:00 02:06:13:00 ON PAUSE NOW FOR ABOUT A YEAR? 02:06:13:00 02:06:16:00 TELL ME WHERE WHAT THE PLAN IS 02:06:16:00 02:06:18:00 OR YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT 02:06:18:00 02:06:18:00 . 02:06:18:00 02:06:19:00 WE NEED TO GET OUR ENFORCEMENT 02:06:19:00 02:06:23:00 STAFFING LEVELS BACK CLOSER TO 02:06:23:00 02:06:24:00 NORMAL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT 02:06:24:00 02:06:27:00 RESUMING OR ADDING ADDITIONAL 02:06:27:00 02:06:27:00 RESIDENT PARKING. 02:06:27:00 02:06:28:00 THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS 02:06:28:00 02:06:31:00 PUT UP SIGNS THAT WE KNOW WE 02:06:31:00 02:06:31:00 DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO 02:06:31:00 02:06:32:00 ENFORCE AND THAT'S WHAT WE 02:06:32:00 02:06:35:00 WOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW. 02:06:35:00 02:06:35:00 SO VERY MUCH DEPENDENT ON THE 02:06:35:00 02:06:36:00 PACE AT WHICH WE'RE ABLE TO 02:06:36:00 02:06:38:00 HIRE PEOPLE TO DO ENFORCEMENT 02:06:38:00 02:06:38:00 WORK. 02:06:38:00 02:06:41:00 ALSO SPEAKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT 02:06:41:00 02:06:45:00 WORK, A LOT OF AUTO BODY SHOPS 02:06:45:00 02:06:46:00 INSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT AND ON 02:06:46:00 02:06:47:00 THE WEEKENDS WE GET COMPLAINTS 02:06:47:00 02:06:49:00 LEFT AND RIGHT. 02:06:49:00 02:06:50:00 ALSO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES BLOCK 02:06:50:00 02:06:53:00 PARKING ON RESIDENTIAL STREET 02:06:53:00 02:06:54:00 DOES DISTRICT FOR DORCHESTER DO 02:06:54:00 02:06:55:00 WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT ON THE 02:06:55:00 02:06:58:00 WEEKENDS AFTER SIX O'CLOCK 02:06:58:00 02:06:58:00 BECAUSE IT JUST FEELS LIKE 02:06:58:00 02:06:59:00 WE'RE NOT GETTING THE TYPE 02:06:59:00 02:07:02:00 OF ENFORCEMENT THAT THAT WE 02:07:02:00 02:07:05:00 NEED NEEDED IN OUR AREA. 02:07:05:00 02:07:05:00 SURE. 02:07:05:00 02:07:09:00 SO TO CHIEF'S POINT, WE'RE YOU 02:07:09:00 02:07:10:00 KNOW, WE'RE VERY LIMITED WITH 02:07:10:00 02:07:13:00 ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW. 02:07:13:00 02:07:16:00 THERE IS WE DON'T ENFORCE ON 02:07:16:00 02:07:17:00 SUNDAYS OBVIOUSLY AS WELL AS 02:07:17:00 02:07:18:00 HOLIDAYS BUT WE ARE 02:07:18:00 02:07:21:00 STRATEGICALLY LOOKING AT SOME 02:07:21:00 02:07:25:00 TARGETED ENFORCEMENT AROUND ALL 02:07:25:00 02:07:25:00 TYPE TYPES OF DIFFERENT 02:07:25:00 02:07:28:00 ENFORCEMENT LIKE PRESIDENT 02:07:28:00 02:07:29:00 PARKING ENFORCEMENT AROUND BIKE 02:07:29:00 02:07:33:00 LANES, DOUBLE PARKING IN IN 02:07:33:00 02:07:37:00 BUSINESS DISTRICT. 02:07:37:00 02:07:38:00 SO WE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK IN 02:07:38:00 02:07:41:00 SOME TARGETED AREAS RIGHT NOW 02:07:41:00 02:07:42:00 UNTIL WE CAN GET THOSE ENFORCE 02:07:42:00 02:07:45:00 THOSE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 02:07:45:00 02:07:45:00 NUMBERS UP. 02:07:45:00 02:07:46:00 SO I MEAN YOU GET IS PROBABLY 02:07:46:00 02:07:49:00 ON YOUR RADAR BUT LIKE TALBOT 02:07:49:00 02:07:52:00 TALBOT NORFOLK TRIANGLE MORE 02:07:52:00 02:07:56:00 INDUSTRY ON THE ON THE BUSINESS 02:07:56:00 02:07:57:00 SIDE AND THEN ALSO OVER THERE 02:07:57:00 02:08:01:00 BY BLUE WHO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO 02:08:01:00 02:08:07:00 LIKE CAFE JOOSEP. 02:08:07:00 02:08:10:00 THE OTHER QUESTION IS AROUND 02:08:10:00 02:08:14:00 SIDEWALKS THIS IS THE THING 02:08:14:00 02:08:15:00 THAT NEIGHBORS REACH OUT TO ME 02:08:15:00 02:08:16:00 ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE 02:08:16:00 02:08:18:00 TREES UPLIFT THE SIDEWALKS BUT 02:08:18:00 02:08:21:00 ALSO JUST REGULAR CRACKS THE 02:08:21:00 02:08:21:00 SIDEWALKS. 02:08:21:00 02:08:25:00 IS THERE A LIST LIKE A PROJECT 02:08:25:00 02:08:26:00 LIST A SIDEWALK THAT NEED TO BE 02:08:26:00 02:08:29:00 RECONSTRUCTED THAT SHARED TO 02:08:29:00 02:08:30:00 THE PUBLIC AND HOW DOES THAT 02:08:30:00 02:08:31:00 GET DETERMINED? 02:08:31:00 02:08:33:00 YEAH, SO YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK 02:08:33:00 02:08:36:00 WORK IS A HAS DONE PRIORITIZED 02:08:36:00 02:08:37:00 BY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 02:08:37:00 02:08:41:00 SO ONE WE DO HAVE A QUEUE 02:08:41:00 02:08:52:00 OF REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME IN 02:08:52:00 02:08:52:00 FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS WHEN WE 02:08:52:00 02:08:53:00 GET THOSE REQUESTS THE FIRST 02:08:53:00 02:08:54:00 THING WE DO IS WE LOOK AT 02:08:54:00 02:08:55:00 WHETHER THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE 02:08:55:00 02:08:56:00 AT PLACE AND IN SOME CASES AND 02:08:56:00 02:08:57:00 FREQUENTLY WHAT WE FIND IS WE 02:08:57:00 02:08:58:00 NEED TO DO SHORT TERM PATCH 02:08:58:00 02:08:59:00 USUALLY DONE WITH ASPHALT AND 02:08:59:00 02:09:00:00 THE HIGHWAY DIVISION IS VERY 02:09:00:00 02:09:04:00 RESPONSIVE TO THOSE KINDS 02:09:04:00 02:09:04:00 OF SORT OF SAFETY CONCERNS THAT 02:09:04:00 02:09:08:00 WE HAVE. 02:09:08:00 02:09:09:00 BUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS GO INTO 02:09:09:00 02:09:11:00 A QUEUE FOR LONG TERM REPAIR 02:09:11:00 02:09:12:00 THE LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE 02:09:12:00 02:09:16:00 OF THE CITY'S FOCUS ON THE 02:09:16:00 02:09:19:00 DELIVERY OF ACCESSIBLE RAMPS, 02:09:19:00 02:09:20:00 SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED UNDER 02:09:20:00 02:09:23:00 OUR CONSENT DECREE THAT HAS 02:09:23:00 02:09:27:00 BEEN WHERE A LOT OF BOTH ARE 02:09:27:00 02:09:28:00 ATTENTION AND OUR MONEY HAS 02:09:28:00 02:09:29:00 GONE IN TERMS OF THE KIND 02:09:29:00 02:09:31:00 OF CONCRETE WORK THAT THAT THAT 02:09:31:00 02:09:32:00 WOULD ALSO BE USED FOR 02:09:32:00 02:09:35:00 SIDEWALKS. 02:09:35:00 02:09:36:00 SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW 02:09:36:00 02:09:37:00 IS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT 02:09:37:00 02:09:39:00 BACKLOG OF REQUESTS. 02:09:39:00 02:09:40:00 WE ARE CONSOLIDATING 02:09:40:00 02:09:40:00 DUPLICATES. 02:09:40:00 02:09:44:00 WE'RE TAKING OUT AREAS WHERE 02:09:44:00 02:09:44:00 WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO DO 02:09:44:00 02:09:46:00 WORK SO THAT WE WILL HAVE A 02:09:46:00 02:09:47:00 CLEAR QUEUE OF THE THINGS THAT 02:09:47:00 02:09:50:00 RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED US TO DO 02:09:50:00 02:09:51:00 AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE WE 02:09:51:00 02:09:52:00 KNOW THAT WE CANNOT JUST DO 02:09:52:00 02:09:55:00 RAMPS THAT WE NEED TO ALSO 02:09:55:00 02:09:55:00 MAINTAIN OUR SIDEWALKS. 02:09:55:00 02:09:58:00 WE'VE STARTED TO SHIFT AWAY. 02:09:58:00 02:09:59:00 WE'RE DOING OUR MAJOR RAMP 02:09:59:00 02:10:02:00 PROJECTS SO THAT WE ARE DOING 02:10:02:00 02:10:03:00 WHAT WE CALL ACCESSIBLE 02:10:03:00 02:10:04:00 NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS INSTEAD 02:10:04:00 02:10:07:00 OF JUST DOING A SERIES OF RAMPS 02:10:07:00 02:10:10:00 WE ARE GOING INTO WHOLE SERIES 02:10:10:00 02:10:11:00 OF STREETS AND LOOKING AT ALL 02:10:11:00 02:10:14:00 OF THE NON-COMPLYING RAMPS AND 02:10:14:00 02:10:15:00 ALL OF THE SIDEWALKS THAT HAVE 02:10:15:00 02:10:18:00 ACCESSIBILITY OR SAFETY ISSUES 02:10:18:00 02:10:19:00 AND DOING THEM ALL TOGETHER. 02:10:19:00 02:10:22:00 THERE'S RECENTLY A SERIES 02:10:22:00 02:10:23:00 OF STREETS IN ROXBURY THAT HAVE 02:10:23:00 02:10:26:00 BEEN COMPLETED AND ONE IN J-P 02:10:26:00 02:10:27:00 WAS DONE LAST YEAR. 02:10:27:00 02:10:28:00 THERE'S ANOTHER BATCH OF THOSE 02:10:28:00 02:10:31:00 THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR. 02:10:31:00 02:10:32:00 SO WE'RE STILL I THINK TRYING 02:10:32:00 02:10:35:00 TO FIND TO BE HONEST THE 02:10:35:00 02:10:35:00 CORRECT BALANCE BETWEEN DOING 02:10:35:00 02:10:38:00 THE WORK IN THIS KIND 02:10:38:00 02:10:38:00 OF PROACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD WIDE 02:10:38:00 02:10:42:00 WAY VERSUS RESPONDING DIRECTLY 02:10:42:00 02:10:42:00 TO COMPLAINTS. 02:10:42:00 02:10:46:00 THERE WAS A YOU KNOW, A STUDY 02:10:46:00 02:10:47:00 THAT THE CITY AND ANALYSIS 02:10:47:00 02:10:50:00 OF CITY CONDUCTED WANT TO SAY 02:10:50:00 02:10:51:00 FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO THAT 02:10:51:00 02:10:52:00 LOOKED AT WHERE WHERE WE HAD 02:10:52:00 02:10:54:00 HISTORICALLY BEEN VERY MUCH 02:10:54:00 02:10:55:00 MORE SORT OF FOCUSED ON THE 02:10:55:00 02:10:58:00 RESPONSIVENESS SIDE AND WHEN WE 02:10:58:00 02:10:59:00 LOOKED AT WHERE WHAT ACTUAL 02:10:59:00 02:11:01:00 SIDEWALK CONDITIONS WERE VERSUS 02:11:01:00 02:11:02:00 WHERE COMPLAINTS WERE COMING 02:11:02:00 02:11:03:00 FROM, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE 02:11:03:00 02:11:05:00 RATE OF COMPLAINTS CORRELATED 02:11:05:00 02:11:06:00 TO THE WEALTH OF THE 02:11:06:00 02:11:06:00 NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT TO THE 02:11:06:00 02:11:09:00 CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALK. 02:11:09:00 02:11:10:00 AND SO THAT LED TO A BIT 02:11:10:00 02:11:11:00 OF SOUL SEARCHING ABOUT YOU 02:11:11:00 02:11:13:00 KNOW, KNOWING THAT WE GET 02:11:13:00 02:11:14:00 LEGITIMATE REQUESTS FROM EVERY 02:11:14:00 02:11:15:00 NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY WE 02:11:15:00 02:11:17:00 STILL NEED TO MAINTAIN A 02:11:17:00 02:11:18:00 CAPACITY TO RESPOND BUT WE ALSO 02:11:18:00 02:11:21:00 NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE TO BE 02:11:21:00 02:11:22:00 MAKING THESE NEIGHBORHOOD WIDE 02:11:22:00 02:11:22:00 INVESTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT 02:11:22:00 02:11:26:00 WE'RE NOT DISPROPORTIONATE 02:11:26:00 02:11:27:00 PUTTING MONEY TO WHERE PEOPLE 02:11:27:00 02:11:28:00 ARE THE MOST VOCAL BUT NOT 02:11:28:00 02:11:29:00 NECESSARILY WHERE IT'S THE 02:11:29:00 02:11:29:00 GREATEST. 02:11:29:00 02:11:30:00 THANK YOU. 02:11:30:00 02:11:33:00 AND THEN TRANSITION TO ONE 02:11:33:00 02:11:34:00 OF MY OTHER FAVORITE TOPIC 02:11:34:00 02:11:35:00 TOPICS IS PRIVATE WAYS. 02:11:35:00 02:11:37:00 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD 02:11:37:00 02:11:38:00 HAVE PRIVATE WAYS IN THE CITY 02:11:38:00 02:11:39:00 OF BOSTON AND THAT WE SHOULD 02:11:39:00 02:11:41:00 JUST CONVERT ALL THE PRIVATE 02:11:41:00 02:11:45:00 WAYS, YOU KNOW, FREE OF CHARGE 02:11:45:00 02:11:46:00 BECAUSE WE DO OWN ALL THE 02:11:46:00 02:11:46:00 STREETS. 02:11:46:00 02:11:47:00 BUT THERE'S ONE STREET IN 02:11:47:00 02:11:50:00 PARTICULAR THAT I WOULD WANT TO 02:11:50:00 02:11:50:00 POINT TO HENRICH STREET AND 02:11:50:00 02:11:53:00 THERE ARE SIGNS ON HENRY STREET 02:11:53:00 02:11:54:00 LIKE STOP SIGNS DO NOT PARK 02:11:54:00 02:11:58:00 SIGNS BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS 02:11:58:00 02:11:58:00 CONSIDERED A PRIVATE WAY. 02:11:58:00 02:12:04:00 SO WE'LL LET YOU KNOW AWESOME 02:12:04:00 02:12:05:00 TO PLAY ON THAT. 02:12:05:00 02:12:05:00 ALL RIGHT. 02:12:05:00 02:12:06:00 WE WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT STREET 02:12:06:00 02:12:08:00 IN PARTICULAR ACTUALLY RODE MY 02:12:08:00 02:12:09:00 BIKE DOWN THIS PAST WEEKEND. 02:12:09:00 02:12:12:00 OK, GOOD TO HEAR IT IS IT IS. 02:12:12:00 02:12:13:00 IT IS. 02:12:13:00 02:12:16:00 IT IS MISS SIGNED I MEAN IT 02:12:16:00 02:12:17:00 SHOULD NOT HAVE CITY PARKING 02:12:17:00 02:12:20:00 REGULATIONS SIGNS IN WHICH IT 02:12:20:00 02:12:21:00 IS A PRIVATE WAY SO THAT WE CAN 02:12:21:00 02:12:24:00 SO CAN WE GET CITY PAVEMENT 02:12:24:00 02:12:27:00 SINCE WE HAD TO SIGN THE SIGNS 02:12:27:00 02:12:28:00 YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE LEGAL 02:12:28:00 02:12:29:00 OWNERSHIP OF THE STREET. 02:12:29:00 02:12:31:00 UNFORTUNATELY BUT I THINK WE 02:12:31:00 02:12:32:00 CAN WE CAN LOOK TO SEE AT LEAST 02:12:32:00 02:12:35:00 THAT IT IS SAFE AND PASSABLE 02:12:35:00 02:12:38:00 AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS 02:12:38:00 02:12:39:00 A LARGER CONVERSATION THAT MAY 02:12:39:00 02:12:40:00 HAVE TO INVOLVE THE STATE 02:12:40:00 02:12:42:00 LEGISLATURE ABOUT HOW PRIVATE 02:12:42:00 02:12:43:00 WAYS IN GENERAL CAN BE BETTERED 02:12:43:00 02:12:46:00 IN TWO PUBLIC WAYS AND SOME 02:12:46:00 02:12:46:00 OF THE WAYS THAT COSTS 02:12:46:00 02:12:49:00 ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ARE BORN 02:12:49:00 02:12:50:00 RIGHT. 02:12:50:00 02:12:51:00 ONE MORE QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR. 02:12:51:00 02:12:54:00 THE OTHER ONE IS A BIG 02:12:54:00 02:12:54:00 CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING ON 02:12:54:00 02:12:57:00 WHICH IS THE BLUE HALAF 02:12:57:00 02:12:58:00 CORRIDOR CENTER RIGHT AND BUS 02:12:58:00 02:13:02:00 LANES AND WHAT AS A SMALL 02:13:02:00 02:13:05:00 BUSINESS OWNER, YOU KNOW, I 02:13:05:00 02:13:06:00 ALSO SHOP ON BLUE HALAB. 02:13:06:00 02:13:09:00 I GO TO CAFE JOOSEP, THEY DRY 02:13:09:00 02:13:10:00 CLEANERS BUT I DON'T TAKE THE 02:13:10:00 02:13:10:00 BUS THERE RIGHT. 02:13:10:00 02:13:13:00 I DRIVE MY CAR THERE AND I JUST 02:13:13:00 02:13:13:00 IMAGINE EVERYONE ELSE THAT GOES 02:13:13:00 02:13:16:00 TO CAFE JOOSEP TAKES TAKES 02:13:16:00 02:13:17:00 DRIVES THERE DOESN'T PROBABLY 02:13:17:00 02:13:20:00 TAKE THE BUS. 02:13:20:00 02:13:22:00 HAVE YOU GUYS EVER DID A STUDY 02:13:22:00 02:13:25:00 TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT LIKE HOW 02:13:25:00 02:13:25:00 MANY CUSTOMERS IN THOSE 02:13:25:00 02:13:28:00 BUSINESSES TAKE THE BUS OR 02:13:28:00 02:13:32:00 DRIVE TO TO THOSE BUSINESSES. 02:13:32:00 02:13:36:00 I MEAN YOU CAN'T STOP THEY 02:13:36:00 02:13:37:00 HAVEN'T DONE A STUDY AND I 02:13:37:00 02:13:39:00 THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK 02:13:39:00 02:13:40:00 TO EVERY BUSINESS ALONG THE 02:13:40:00 02:13:44:00 ENTIRE CORRIDOR TO GET A BETTER 02:13:44:00 02:13:47:00 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY PLAN 02:13:47:00 02:13:51:00 TRAVELS TO THEIR LOCATION TO DO 02:13:51:00 02:13:51:00 BUSINESS. 02:13:51:00 02:13:52:00 BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING 02:13:52:00 02:13:55:00 THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT VERY 02:13:55:00 02:13:56:00 CLOSELY AS PART OF THE OVERALL 02:13:56:00 02:13:59:00 PORTFOLIO REDESIGN ALSO AND I 02:13:59:00 02:14:03:00 WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT I THINK 02:14:03:00 02:14:04:00 SOMETIMES THIS CONVERSATION 02:14:04:00 02:14:07:00 SORT OF UNFAIRLY PITS PEOPLE 02:14:07:00 02:14:08:00 AGAINST WHO RIDE THE BUS 02:14:08:00 02:14:11:00 AGAINST LOCAL BUSINESSES. 02:14:11:00 02:14:12:00 PART OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON 02:14:12:00 02:14:13:00 THE HILL IS THAT IT NEEDS 02:14:13:00 02:14:15:00 BETTER ORGANIZED AND THERE ARE 02:14:15:00 02:14:16:00 YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 02:14:16:00 02:14:19:00 BLOCKS OF HILL HAVE KIND 02:14:19:00 02:14:20:00 OF JUST DOWN THE HILL FROM CAFE 02:14:20:00 02:14:22:00 JUICE UP AS YOU GET TOWARDS 02:14:22:00 02:14:23:00 MORTON STREET. 02:14:23:00 02:14:23:00 RIGHT. 02:14:23:00 02:14:24:00 THERE ARE PLACES ON THE HILL 02:14:24:00 02:14:27:00 AND WITH BUSINESSES HAVE NO 02:14:27:00 02:14:28:00 VISIBLE PARKING REGULATIONS. 02:14:28:00 02:14:31:00 IT'S RIGHT IN PLACES WHERE 02:14:31:00 02:14:32:00 THERE ARE REGULATIONS SIGNS 02:14:32:00 02:14:32:00 THERE'S OFTEN TWO HOUR PARKING 02:14:32:00 02:14:35:00 IN FRONT OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE 02:14:35:00 02:14:36:00 ARE GOING IN TO GET A SMOOTHIE 02:14:36:00 02:14:39:00 NOT STAYING AND HAVING DINNER. 02:14:39:00 02:14:39:00 RIGHT. 02:14:39:00 02:14:40:00 SO US ORGANIZING THE CURB 02:14:40:00 02:14:43:00 MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADAP.TV 02:14:43:00 02:14:43:00 . 02:14:43:00 02:14:44:00 THE REGULATIONS TO THE NEEDS 02:14:44:00 02:14:45:00 OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES IS A 02:14:45:00 02:14:47:00 HUGE PART OF THE WORK THAT WILL 02:14:47:00 02:14:51:00 HAPPEN IN THE BLUEBELL PROJECT 02:14:51:00 02:14:54:00 WHETHER WHATEVER BUS FACILITIES 02:14:54:00 02:14:55:00 WE HAD WE KNOW THE STREET HAS 02:14:55:00 02:14:56:00 TO FUNCTION FOR MULTIPLE 02:14:56:00 02:14:58:00 PURPOSES AND MULTIPLE USERS 02:14:58:00 02:14:59:00 ESPECIALLY THE LOCAL 02:14:59:00 02:14:59:00 BUSINESSES. 02:14:59:00 02:15:02:00 SO THAT'S A CORE PART OF OUR 02:15:02:00 02:15:03:00 ENGAGEMENT WE'RE DOING AROUND 02:15:03:00 02:15:04:00 THE PROJECT IS TO MAKE SURE WE 02:15:04:00 02:15:04:00 CAN DESIGN THE STREET THAT 02:15:04:00 02:15:06:00 WORKS FOR EVERYONE. 02:15:06:00 02:15:07:00 ONE LAST QUESTION ON THE DESIGN 02:15:07:00 02:15:08:00 AND I'VE SEEN THE DESIGN 02:15:08:00 02:15:11:00 OF CENTERIN BUS LANES BUT 02:15:11:00 02:15:11:00 THROUGHOUT THE CITY I'VE SEEN 02:15:11:00 02:15:15:00 DEDICATED BUS LINES WHETHER 02:15:15:00 02:15:15:00 IT'S THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT. 02:15:15:00 02:15:18:00 HOWEVER, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT 02:15:18:00 02:15:19:00 DESIGN BEING PRESENTED AS ONE 02:15:19:00 02:15:20:00 OF THE OPTIONS IN THE BLUE HILL 02:15:20:00 02:15:21:00 PROJECT. 02:15:21:00 02:15:22:00 IS THAT OPTION OFF THE TABLE 02:15:22:00 02:15:25:00 FOR BLUE DEDICATED BUS LAYING 02:15:25:00 02:15:29:00 OFF TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT 02:15:29:00 02:15:29:00 ? 02:15:29:00 02:15:30:00 I THINK GENERALLY WHEN WE LOOK 02:15:30:00 02:15:33:00 AT THE WAY THE BUSTLINE PERFORM 02:15:33:00 02:15:34:00 , WHAT WE SEE IS THAT CENTER 02:15:34:00 02:15:37:00 RUNNING BUS LINES ARE FAR MORE 02:15:37:00 02:15:38:00 EFFECTIVE AT THE JOB THEY'RE 02:15:38:00 02:15:42:00 SUPPOSED TO DO WHICH IS TO MOVE 02:15:42:00 02:15:43:00 PEOPLE ON THE BUS FASTER THAN 02:15:43:00 02:15:44:00 SIDE RUNNING BUS LANES. 02:15:44:00 02:15:45:00 THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN 02:15:45:00 02:15:46:00 DENSE BUSINESS DISTRICTS WITH A 02:15:46:00 02:15:48:00 LOT OF DEMAND FOR CURB. 02:15:48:00 02:15:49:00 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HAD 02:15:49:00 02:15:52:00 OCCASION TO TRAVEL ON BREITNER 02:15:52:00 02:15:53:00 IN AUSTIN ON AN EVENING BUT YOU 02:15:53:00 02:15:56:00 WILL FIND THAT THOSE SIDE 02:15:56:00 02:15:57:00 RUNNING BUS LANES ARE NOT 02:15:57:00 02:16:00:00 EFFECTIVE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT 02:16:00:00 02:16:01:00 OF DOUBLE PARKED IN THOSE LANE 02:16:01:00 02:16:02:00 CENTER RUNNING BUS LINES TEND 02:16:02:00 02:16:04:00 TO BE SELF ENFORCING SO, SO 02:16:04:00 02:16:05:00 LONG WINDED WAY OF SAYING THAT. 02:16:05:00 02:16:08:00 I THINK YOU KNOW, WE ARE OUR 02:16:08:00 02:16:09:00 BELIEF IS THAT GIVEN THE 02:16:09:00 02:16:11:00 CHARACTER OF HALAB IN THE WAY 02:16:11:00 02:16:12:00 DIFFERENT ROAD USERS USE IT, 02:16:12:00 02:16:13:00 THAT CENTER RUNNING BUS SEEM TO 02:16:13:00 02:16:15:00 BE A FAR MORE EFFECTIVE TOOL. 02:16:15:00 02:16:17:00 BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE A 02:16:17:00 02:16:19:00 CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT 02:16:19:00 02:16:20:00 WHAT DESIGN OPTIONS ARE THERE 02:16:20:00 02:16:21:00 AND IN FACT I THINK WE HAVE 02:16:21:00 02:16:24:00 SOME TIME SET UP TWO WEEKS IN 02:16:24:00 02:16:25:00 THAT TO TALK WITH THE MAYOR AND 02:16:25:00 02:16:25:00 OTHERS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT IN 02:16:25:00 02:16:28:00 THE PROJECT AND THE DESIGN 02:16:28:00 02:16:29:00 OF ANY DATA TO SUPPORT THAT 02:16:29:00 02:16:31:00 CENTER RIGHT. 02:16:31:00 02:16:32:00 I MEAN CENTERED AROUND THE BUS 02:16:32:00 02:16:35:00 LANES ARE MORE EFFICIENT 02:16:35:00 02:16:36:00 INSIDE. 02:16:36:00 02:16:36:00 RIGHT. 02:16:36:00 02:16:37:00 A BUS LANE. 02:16:37:00 02:16:38:00 THANK YOU. 02:16:38:00 02:16:42:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR FROM MY 02:16:42:00 02:16:43:00 QUESTIONS ARE SIMILAR TO 02:16:43:00 02:16:46:00 COUNCIL ROLES AND I GUESS FROM 02:16:46:00 02:16:47:00 WHAT I HEAR THE MAJORITY OF THE 02:16:47:00 02:16:51:00 COMMUNITY IS SAYING THAT THEY 02:16:51:00 02:16:52:00 DON'T WANT TO SEND A BUS LINE 02:16:52:00 02:16:54:00 AND IF IT'S MORE EFFICIENT AND 02:16:54:00 02:16:56:00 IT'S YOU KNOW, THEN CAN CAN YOU 02:16:56:00 02:16:58:00 PROVE IT? 02:16:58:00 02:16:59:00 CAN YOU SHOW US HOW CAN YOU BE 02:16:59:00 02:16:59:00 MORE EFFICIENT? 02:16:59:00 02:17:02:00 PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THAT THEY'RE 02:17:02:00 02:17:03:00 GOING TO LOSE PARKING PARKING 02:17:03:00 02:17:06:00 SPACES AND NOT BE ABLE TO SHOP 02:17:06:00 02:17:10:00 IN THAT BUSINESS CORRIDOR AND 02:17:10:00 02:17:11:00 IF SO THEN WHAT OTHER 02:17:11:00 02:17:13:00 INVESTMENTS ARE ALREADY IN 02:17:13:00 02:17:14:00 PLACE OR IN PLANNING IN ORDER 02:17:14:00 02:17:17:00 TO REVITALIZE OR DEVELOP THAT 02:17:17:00 02:17:18:00 BUSINESS CORRIDOR IN ORDER TO 02:17:18:00 02:17:22:00 ENSURE THAT IT'S THRIVING, THAT 02:17:22:00 02:17:23:00 IT'S ACCESSIBLE IN MORE THAN 02:17:23:00 02:17:25:00 JUST BUS BUSSES BUT THE PARKING 02:17:25:00 02:17:29:00 OPTIONS THAT YOU WOULD NEED AND 02:17:29:00 02:17:30:00 THEN THERE ARE ALSO RESIDENTS 02:17:30:00 02:17:33:00 IN THAT AREA RIGHT? 02:17:33:00 02:17:33:00 SO PEOPLE NEED PARKING. 02:17:33:00 02:17:37:00 THEY LIVE THERE AND THEN THIS 02:17:37:00 02:17:38:00 IS A COMMUNITY WHERE YOU HAVE A 02:17:38:00 02:17:38:00 LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEIR 02:17:38:00 02:17:41:00 LIFESTYLES DOES NOT FIT THE 02:17:41:00 02:17:42:00 LIFESTYLES OF THE PEOPLE THAT 02:17:42:00 02:17:45:00 ARE ADVOCATING TO REMOVE 02:17:45:00 02:17:45:00 PARKING. 02:17:45:00 02:17:46:00 AND SO YES, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT 02:17:46:00 02:17:49:00 IS THAT PEOPLE OF LOWER 02:17:49:00 02:17:50:00 SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS THEN HAVE A 02:17:50:00 02:17:53:00 GRANDMOTHER THE SICKLY THAT 02:17:53:00 02:17:54:00 THEY HAVE TO GET TO A CHILD 02:17:54:00 02:17:56:00 THAT THEY HAVE TO DROP OFF, 02:17:56:00 02:17:57:00 THEY HAVE TO RUSH FROM SCHOOL 02:17:57:00 02:17:58:00 TO GET TO WORK OR FROM WORK TO 02:17:58:00 02:18:00:00 GET TO SCHOOL. 02:18:00:00 02:18:01:00 THIS I'M TALKING ABOUT SINGLE 02:18:01:00 02:18:04:00 PARENTS THAT ARE OLDER AND IF 02:18:04:00 02:18:08:00 THAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, RELATE 02:18:08:00 02:18:12:00 TO YOU IN ANY KIND OF WAY, I I 02:18:12:00 02:18:13:00 FOR EXAMPLE WAS TWENTY THREE NO 02:18:13:00 02:18:17:00 GREEN CARD I HAD TO PAY FOR 02:18:17:00 02:18:17:00 COLLEGE ON MY OWN. 02:18:17:00 02:18:19:00 I LIVED IN A SHELTER I HAD A 02:18:19:00 02:18:23:00 CHILD AND I HAD A SICK MOM TO 02:18:23:00 02:18:24:00 GET TO SO THESE CATEGORIES ARE 02:18:24:00 02:18:28:00 VERY NORMAL FOR ANYBODY IN 02:18:28:00 02:18:31:00 THESE COMMUNITIES D7 OR DEFORE 02:18:31:00 02:18:32:00 AND SO YOU NEED A CAR. 02:18:32:00 02:18:35:00 YOU NEED A WHOOPTY I HAD ONE 02:18:35:00 02:18:36:00 AND SO WHERE DO YOU PARK HOW DO 02:18:36:00 02:18:37:00 I GET TO MY KID? 02:18:37:00 02:18:40:00 HOW TO PICK UP HOW DO I GO TO 02:18:40:00 02:18:41:00 WORK? 02:18:41:00 02:18:41:00 HOW TO GO TO SCHOOL? 02:18:41:00 02:18:42:00 I'M PAYING FOR SCHOOL OUT 02:18:42:00 02:18:44:00 OF POCKET REMEMBER I'M NOT 02:18:44:00 02:18:44:00 AMERICAN LIKE THERE'S ALL 02:18:44:00 02:18:45:00 OF THIS THE IMMIGRANT 02:18:45:00 02:18:48:00 POPULATION, ALL OF THESE 02:18:48:00 02:18:48:00 DIFFERENT NUANCES THAT I THINK 02:18:48:00 02:18:51:00 IN CONVERSATION ESPECIALLY IN 02:18:51:00 02:18:51:00 THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IT'S 02:18:51:00 02:18:55:00 SO FAST OR IT FEELS FAST 02:18:55:00 02:18:55:00 BECAUSE IT'S TWO HOURS OR TWO 02:18:55:00 02:18:58:00 HOURS AND A HALF AND PEOPLE THE 02:18:58:00 02:18:59:00 MAJORITY OF THE ATTENDEES ARE 02:18:59:00 02:19:01:00 IN THE MEETING ARE CITY 02:19:01:00 02:19:05:00 EMPLOYEES OR PEOPLE THAT ARE 02:19:05:00 02:19:06:00 NOT EVEN FROM THE AREA WHO ARE 02:19:06:00 02:19:07:00 ADVOCATING FOR THE THING. 02:19:07:00 02:19:10:00 SO THEN PEOPLE ASKED TO TAKE AN 02:19:10:00 02:19:11:00 INVENTORY OF WHO IS ATTENDING 02:19:11:00 02:19:14:00 THESE MEETINGS AND I HAVE I'VE 02:19:14:00 02:19:15:00 LOOKED AT IT AND I GO ONE TO 02:19:15:00 02:19:16:00 THREE IN OUR COUNTY AND I'LL 02:19:16:00 02:19:18:00 SAY WOW, ABOUT FORTY PEOPLE 02:19:18:00 02:19:19:00 THAT ARE EITHER DEVELOPERS, 02:19:19:00 02:19:21:00 ENGINEERS, PEOPLE FROM THE CITY 02:19:21:00 02:19:22:00 ADVOCATES THAT OUTSIDE OF THE 02:19:22:00 02:19:25:00 COMMUNITY AND THEN ABOUT A GOOD 02:19:25:00 02:19:25:00 DOZEN PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY 02:19:25:00 02:19:29:00 AND THE REGULARS WE ALL KNOW 02:19:29:00 02:19:29:00 THEM. 02:19:29:00 02:19:30:00 WE CAN NAME THE FIRST NAME 02:19:30:00 02:19:32:00 BASIS. 02:19:32:00 02:19:34:00 AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE 02:19:34:00 02:19:37:00 SOME COMMUNITY EFFORTS OR 02:19:37:00 02:19:37:00 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS TO 02:19:37:00 02:19:41:00 REACH TO THE BUSINESSES, TO THE 02:19:41:00 02:19:42:00 RESIDENTS AND I'VE ASKED FOR 02:19:42:00 02:19:45:00 SPECIFICALLY DATA SHOWING 02:19:45:00 02:19:49:00 SURVEYS TO LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE 02:19:49:00 02:19:50:00 ARE STANDING ON THIS IF IT IS 02:19:50:00 02:19:51:00 COMMUNITY LED AND I'M ALL FOR 02:19:51:00 02:19:53:00 BIKES BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT 02:19:53:00 02:19:54:00 HAPPENED WHEN I COULDN'T DRIVE 02:19:54:00 02:19:57:00 ANYMORE AND THEY WAS LIKE HEY, 02:19:57:00 02:19:58:00 YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A 02:19:58:00 02:19:59:00 LICENSE AND THEY TOOK IT. 02:19:59:00 02:20:01:00 I BOUGHT A BIKE AND A TRAILER 02:20:01:00 02:20:02:00 AND I PUT MY KID IN IT AND I 02:20:02:00 02:20:05:00 TAKE HOME SCHOOL AND SO I'M ALL 02:20:05:00 02:20:05:00 FOR BIKES. 02:20:05:00 02:20:08:00 IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY. 02:20:08:00 02:20:08:00 RIGHT. 02:20:08:00 02:20:09:00 YOUR LIFE CHANGES. 02:20:09:00 02:20:13:00 YOU HAVE FLEXIBILE YOU CAN WORK 02:20:13:00 02:20:14:00 FROM HOME OR YOU HAVE MORE 02:20:14:00 02:20:15:00 MONEY AND YOU COULD JUST DO 02:20:15:00 02:20:17:00 THAT OR YOU HAVE A GOOD JOB. 02:20:17:00 02:20:18:00 YOU CAN GET IN AT A CERTAIN 02:20:18:00 02:20:20:00 TIME. 02:20:20:00 02:20:21:00 THERE'S A BALANCE THAT NEEDS TO 02:20:21:00 02:20:24:00 BE CREATED AND THE COMMUNITY 02:20:24:00 02:20:25:00 ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR 02:20:25:00 02:20:28:00 BLACKHILL MASTERPLAN AT LEAST 02:20:28:00 02:20:29:00 THE FEEDBACK THAT I'M GETTING 02:20:29:00 02:20:32:00 IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE 02:20:32:00 02:20:32:00 INTENTIONAL OUTREACH IN A WAY 02:20:32:00 02:20:36:00 THAT REACHES MORE PEOPLE THE 02:20:36:00 02:20:37:00 PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, THE 02:20:37:00 02:20:39:00 PEOPLE WITH LESS ACCESS NOT 02:20:39:00 02:20:40:00 JUST THE REGULAR JOES THAT SHOW 02:20:40:00 02:20:43:00 UP FROM CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND 02:20:43:00 02:20:44:00 THEY'RE THE ONES SAYING THE TOO 02:20:44:00 02:20:44:00 RIGHT. 02:20:44:00 02:20:50:00 SO I YOU KNOW AND I THE MEETING 02:20:50:00 02:20:52:00 WITH THE MAYOR, IT CAN'T BE A 02:20:52:00 02:20:53:00 DELIVERY OF WHAT'S GOING TO 02:20:53:00 02:20:54:00 HAPPEN LIKE IF YOU GUYS HAVE 02:20:54:00 02:20:55:00 ALREADY DECIDED AND THIS IS 02:20:55:00 02:20:56:00 WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO 02:20:56:00 02:20:58:00 KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY A 02:20:58:00 02:20:59:00 COMMUNITY LED AND THAT YOU WERE 02:20:59:00 02:21:02:00 LISTENING AND THAT IT'S GOING 02:21:02:00 02:21:03:00 TO BE ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY 02:21:03:00 02:21:03:00 WANTS. 02:21:03:00 02:21:04:00 BUT IF YOU'VE DECIDED THAT THIS 02:21:04:00 02:21:05:00 IS THE BEST THING FOR THE 02:21:05:00 02:21:06:00 COMMUNITY AND YOU HAVE BEST 02:21:06:00 02:21:10:00 PRACTICES OR SCIENCE THAT SAYS 02:21:10:00 02:21:13:00 THIS IS THE BEST FOR YOU, THEN 02:21:13:00 02:21:14:00 ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO TELL YOU 02:21:14:00 02:21:17:00 TO SHOW YOU WHY THE TRANSITION 02:21:17:00 02:21:18:00 IS NECESSARY BEFORE WE CAN GET 02:21:18:00 02:21:20:00 TO THAT. 02:21:20:00 02:21:21:00 I DON'T SEE BOSTON CREATING AND 02:21:21:00 02:21:25:00 MAYBE THIS IS AN IDEA BUT WE 02:21:25:00 02:21:26:00 DON'T HAVE TRANSITION TO 02:21:26:00 02:21:29:00 ELECTRIC BIKES, FREE BIKES FOR 02:21:29:00 02:21:32:00 PARENTS OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC 02:21:32:00 02:21:33:00 CLASS THAT HAS ROOM FOR YOUR 02:21:33:00 02:21:36:00 CHILD ON IT AND WE'LL GIVE IT 02:21:36:00 02:21:37:00 TO YOU WITH HELMETS AND ALL 02:21:37:00 02:21:38:00 SAFETY GEAR. 02:21:38:00 02:21:40:00 THERE'S NO SUCH THING WE'RE NOT 02:21:40:00 02:21:41:00 DOING THAT. 02:21:41:00 02:21:41:00 SO WE CAN'T FORCE OR PUSH 02:21:41:00 02:21:42:00 PEOPLE TO ELECTRIC BIKE OR 02:21:42:00 02:21:45:00 ELECTRIC CARS OR ANYTHING LIKE 02:21:45:00 02:21:45:00 THAT. 02:21:45:00 02:21:48:00 I WANT I WANT TO SEE REAL 02:21:48:00 02:21:48:00 TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY 02:21:48:00 02:21:52:00 ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES AND I KNOW 02:21:52:00 02:21:53:00 THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS IN 02:21:53:00 02:21:56:00 PARTICULARLY IS TRYING TO DO 02:21:56:00 02:21:57:00 THAT BUT IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE 02:21:57:00 02:21:59:00 WE'RE NOT REACHING PEOPLE NOT 02:21:59:00 02:22:03:00 NECESSARILY YOUR FAULT BUT WHAT 02:22:03:00 02:22:04:00 HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND 02:22:04:00 02:22:07:00 WHAT CAN WE DO TO ACTUALLY 02:22:07:00 02:22:08:00 REACH MORE PEOPLE? 02:22:08:00 02:22:11:00 SO THOSE ARE ALL GREAT POINTS. 02:22:11:00 02:22:13:00 I GUESS I JUST WANT TO START BY 02:22:13:00 02:22:15:00 SAYING A COUPLE OF THINGS. 02:22:15:00 02:22:16:00 ONE IS GOING TO ASK WE NEED TO 02:22:16:00 02:22:17:00 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 02:22:17:00 02:22:20:00 ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WE'VE BEEN A 02:22:20:00 02:22:20:00 PART OF . 02:22:20:00 02:22:21:00 BUT FIRST NOBODY IS ADVOCATING 02:22:21:00 02:22:22:00 FOR REMOVING PARKING. 02:22:22:00 02:22:23:00 RIGHT. 02:22:23:00 02:22:26:00 WE UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT 02:22:26:00 02:22:27:00 THIS STREET PLAYS IN THE 02:22:27:00 02:22:30:00 BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE'S 02:22:30:00 02:22:31:00 MOVEMENT AND PEOPLE LIVE ON THE 02:22:31:00 02:22:34:00 HILL AND THIS IS A CONFLICT IN 02:22:34:00 02:22:36:00 SPACE THAT NEEDS TO DO A LOT 02:22:36:00 02:22:36:00 OF THINGS FOR A LOT 02:22:36:00 02:22:38:00 OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND MANY 02:22:38:00 02:22:39:00 OF THOSE PEOPLE DRIVE. 02:22:39:00 02:22:40:00 MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO 02:22:40:00 02:22:40:00 DRIVE. 02:22:40:00 02:22:42:00 THE GOAL IS NOT TO REMOVE 02:22:42:00 02:22:43:00 PARKING TO CHANGE HOW PEOPLE 02:22:43:00 02:22:46:00 CHOOSE TO TRAVEL. 02:22:46:00 02:22:48:00 BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STREET 02:22:48:00 02:22:51:00 TODAY THERE ARE MORE THAN 10000 02:22:51:00 02:22:52:00 PEOPLE A DAY TRAVELING ON THAT 02:22:52:00 02:22:53:00 STREET IN A BUS AND THEY ARE 02:22:53:00 02:22:55:00 LOSING HOURS OUT OF THEIR WEEK 02:22:55:00 02:22:58:00 STUCK IN TRAFFIC. 02:22:58:00 02:22:59:00 THEY ARE THIS IS A THIS IS AN 02:22:59:00 02:23:02:00 INJUSTICE FOR PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL 02:23:02:00 02:23:03:00 THAT WE HAVE NOT DEDICATED ANY 02:23:03:00 02:23:05:00 SPACE TO THEM. 02:23:05:00 02:23:06:00 THE PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL ON THE 02:23:06:00 02:23:07:00 BUS THAT WE HAVE NOT GIVEN THEM 02:23:07:00 02:23:08:00 THE SPACE TO ALLOW THEM TO MOVE 02:23:08:00 02:23:10:00 EFFICIENTLY ON A STREET AND WE 02:23:10:00 02:23:11:00 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS 02:23:11:00 02:23:14:00 THAT AND THAT THAT IS THE 02:23:14:00 02:23:15:00 GENESIS OF THIS PROJECT AND 02:23:15:00 02:23:17:00 THAT IS WHY WE ARE SO FOCUSED 02:23:17:00 02:23:18:00 ON DOING THIS WORK. 02:23:18:00 02:23:19:00 BUT WE KNOW WHEN WE DO THAT 02:23:19:00 02:23:22:00 THAT ANY CHANGE HAS OTHER 02:23:22:00 02:23:22:00 CONSEQUENCES OR OTHER IMPACTS 02:23:22:00 02:23:26:00 AND SO WE HAVE TO BE HEARING 02:23:26:00 02:23:27:00 FROM AS MANY OF THE DIFFERENT 02:23:27:00 02:23:29:00 STAKEHOLDERS IN THE STREET AS 02:23:29:00 02:23:30:00 WE CAN AND REFLECTING ALL 02:23:30:00 02:23:30:00 OF THEIR NEEDS IN THERE. 02:23:30:00 02:23:33:00 I THINK YOU YOU SORT OF MADE A 02:23:33:00 02:23:34:00 COMMENT LIKE THE MAJORITY 02:23:34:00 02:23:37:00 OF PEOPLE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS. 02:23:37:00 02:23:38:00 I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW, TO MY 02:23:38:00 02:23:39:00 KNOWLEDGE THE MAJORITY 02:23:39:00 02:23:40:00 OF PEOPLE THAT CONTACT ME. 02:23:40:00 02:23:41:00 YES, RIGHT. 02:23:41:00 02:23:44:00 AND I THINK THIS IS THIS IS I 02:23:44:00 02:23:45:00 HAVE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT IT 100 02:23:45:00 02:23:49:00 PERCENT AND YOU HIT THE NAIL ON 02:23:49:00 02:23:49:00 THE HEAD OF OF THE CHALLENGE 02:23:49:00 02:23:50:00 WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 02:23:50:00 02:23:52:00 COMMUNITY MEETINGS BECAUSE WE 02:23:52:00 02:23:53:00 ARE DOING REGULAR MONTHLY 02:23:53:00 02:23:56:00 MEETINGS AND AS YOU NOTED, THEY 02:23:56:00 02:23:57:00 ARE VERY SPARSELY ATTENDED. 02:23:57:00 02:24:00:00 MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ATTEND 02:24:00:00 02:24:00:00 OUR REGULAR MEETING ATTENDEES, 02:24:00:00 02:24:01:00 WHICH IS GREAT AND WE WELCOME 02:24:01:00 02:24:04:00 THEIR INPUT AND VALUE THEIR 02:24:04:00 02:24:04:00 INPUT. 02:24:04:00 02:24:05:00 BUT SO OFTEN THOSE KINDS 02:24:05:00 02:24:08:00 OF MEETINGS BECOME SEEN AS A 02:24:08:00 02:24:11:00 PROXY FOR THE COMMUNITY WHEN 02:24:11:00 02:24:13:00 THERE ARE THOUSANDS OR TENS 02:24:13:00 02:24:13:00 OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO 02:24:13:00 02:24:15:00 EITHER DON'T KNOW, DON'T 02:24:15:00 02:24:16:00 ATTEND, CAN'T ATTEND BECAUSE 02:24:16:00 02:24:16:00 THEY'RE WORKING OR THEY'RE 02:24:16:00 02:24:19:00 CARING FOR THEIR KIDS OR 02:24:19:00 02:24:20:00 THEY'RE STUCK TRYING TO GET 02:24:20:00 02:24:20:00 HOME FROM WORK. 02:24:20:00 02:24:20:00 RIGHT. 02:24:20:00 02:24:24:00 SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY 02:24:24:00 02:24:24:00 INTENTIONAL AND DELIBERATE 02:24:24:00 02:24:27:00 ABOUT HOW WE REACH MORE PEOPLE 02:24:27:00 02:24:28:00 AND HOW WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE 02:24:28:00 02:24:31:00 THEY ARE AND THEY NEED I WOULD 02:24:31:00 02:24:32:00 INVITE YOU TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY 02:24:32:00 02:24:33:00 ABOUT SOME OF THE WAYS WE 02:24:33:00 02:24:34:00 STRUCTURED THE ENGAGEMENT ON 02:24:34:00 02:24:35:00 THIS POINT. 02:24:35:00 02:24:35:00 YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 02:24:35:00 02:24:38:00 AND I THINK AS A POINT 02:24:38:00 02:24:39:00 OF COUNSELOR IT'S A CHALLENGE 02:24:39:00 02:24:42:00 TO TRY AND REACH BUT AN 02:24:42:00 02:24:43:00 INTENTIONAL APPROACH TO PEOPLE 02:24:43:00 02:24:47:00 WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND A 02:24:47:00 02:24:47:00 REGULAR COMMUNITY MEETING 02:24:47:00 02:24:49:00 EVENING. 02:24:49:00 02:24:50:00 AND SO WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE 02:24:50:00 02:24:54:00 STARTED WHAT WE HAVE DONE FROM 02:24:54:00 02:24:55:00 THE OUTSIDE IS THAT WE HAVE 02:24:55:00 02:24:57:00 CONTACTED LOCAL COMMUNITY 02:24:57:00 02:24:58:00 GROUPS, LOCAL PEOPLE WHO LIVE 02:24:58:00 02:25:01:00 THERE AND HAVE MET THEM PART 02:25:01:00 02:25:02:00 OF THE TEAM THAT IS HELPING US 02:25:02:00 02:25:06:00 FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS 02:25:06:00 02:25:09:00 INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH AND SO 02:25:09:00 02:25:10:00 WE'VE WE'VE ASKED THEM TO GIVE 02:25:10:00 02:25:14:00 US GUIDANCE ON HOW BEST TO 02:25:14:00 02:25:17:00 REACH THE KIND OF BUS RIDERS OR 02:25:17:00 02:25:18:00 PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE WHO HAVE 02:25:18:00 02:25:21:00 TO DRIVE OF HOW WE CAN GET IN 02:25:21:00 02:25:21:00 TOUCH WITH THEM. 02:25:21:00 02:25:25:00 SO WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS 02:25:25:00 02:25:25:00 IN THAT DIRECTION. 02:25:25:00 02:25:28:00 THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT AS THE 02:25:28:00 02:25:29:00 CHIEF POINTED OUT, THAT THE 02:25:29:00 02:25:32:00 BENEFICIARIES OF THE BUS NAMES 02:25:32:00 02:25:33:00 ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE 02:25:33:00 02:25:34:00 NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALL THE BUS 02:25:34:00 02:25:36:00 ROUTES AND BLUEGILL AVENUE 02:25:36:00 02:25:37:00 STOCK IN MATTAPAN AND THEN GO 02:25:37:00 02:25:41:00 UP TO THE ROXBURY AREA AND AND 02:25:41:00 02:25:42:00 THEN BRANCH OUT TO OTHER PARTS 02:25:42:00 02:25:44:00 OF THE CITY. 02:25:44:00 02:25:46:00 AND SO WE ARE DOING SURVEYS ON 02:25:46:00 02:25:48:00 THE BUS RIDERS TO UNDERSTAND 02:25:48:00 02:25:51:00 WHAT THEIR NEEDS ACTUALLY ARE. 02:25:51:00 02:25:53:00 WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR 02:25:53:00 02:25:56:00 SMALL BUSINESS DEPARTMENT, OUR 02:25:56:00 02:25:57:00 MAIN SPEECH DEPARTMENT TO KIND 02:25:57:00 02:25:59:00 OF DO OUTREACH TO SMALL 02:25:59:00 02:26:03:00 BUSINESSES ALONG THE ENTIRE 02:26:03:00 02:26:04:00 CORRIDORS OF WE ARE WORKING 02:26:04:00 02:26:06:00 WITH OUR MEMBERS OFFICE 02:26:06:00 02:26:10:00 OF HOUSING TO MAKE SURE THAT 02:26:10:00 02:26:15:00 DISPLACEMENT AND AFFORDABLE ARE 02:26:15:00 02:26:16:00 PART OF THE DISCUSSION ON THE 02:26:16:00 02:26:19:00 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS 02:26:19:00 02:26:20:00 THAT ARE BEING DONE ON THAT 02:26:20:00 02:26:23:00 WILL BE DONE ON GLOBAL ADAMU. 02:26:23:00 02:26:24:00 SO WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT 02:26:24:00 02:26:27:00 THROUGH DIFFERENT AVENUES AS 02:26:27:00 02:26:28:00 MUCH AS WE CAN TO THE FULL 02:26:28:00 02:26:28:00 SPECTRUM OF THE COMMUNITY THAT 02:26:28:00 02:26:31:00 LIVES HERE. 02:26:31:00 02:26:31:00 THANK YOU. 02:26:31:00 02:26:35:00 YES, KRISTIE, LET'S BE CLEAR. 02:26:35:00 02:26:39:00 KIRSTY YOUNG, SHE'S AWESOME AND 02:26:39:00 02:26:40:00 SHE BROKE ALL OF THIS DOWN TO 02:26:40:00 02:26:43:00 ME AND I WAS LIKE WHAT AN 02:26:43:00 02:26:44:00 AMAZING IDEA. 02:26:44:00 02:26:46:00 BUT I WOULD THINK THERE'S 02:26:46:00 02:26:47:00 SOMETHING THAT WOULD TAKE SO 02:26:47:00 02:26:48:00 MUCH MONEY LIKE A CAPITAL 02:26:48:00 02:26:49:00 INVESTMENT LIKE THIS THAT YOU 02:26:49:00 02:26:51:00 WOULD DO SOME SORT OF LIKE 02:26:51:00 02:26:52:00 DIGITAL CAMPAIGN PEOPLE ON 02:26:52:00 02:26:54:00 FACEBOOK, PEOPLE ARE YOU KNOW 02:26:54:00 02:26:55:00 WHAT I MEAN? 02:26:55:00 02:26:56:00 AND THEY WOULD BE LIKE A LITTLE 02:26:56:00 02:26:56:00 VIDEO, A LITTLE BLUE. 02:26:56:00 02:26:58:00 THEY'LL HAVE MASTERPLAN PLAN 02:26:58:00 02:26:59:00 FOR DUMMIES KIND OF CARTOON 02:26:59:00 02:27:02:00 THING TELLING PEOPLE HEY GET 02:27:02:00 02:27:03:00 ON, THIS IS WHAT A MYTILENE IS 02:27:03:00 02:27:04:00 AND THIS IS WHY IT'S GOOD FOR 02:27:04:00 02:27:06:00 THE ENVIRONMENT TO GET TO BREED 02:27:06:00 02:27:07:00 MORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 02:27:07:00 02:27:11:00 BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT 02:27:11:00 02:27:11:00 ANYMORE. 02:27:11:00 02:27:14:00 BUT FOR THE FUTURE I WOULD 02:27:14:00 02:27:15:00 IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A 02:27:15:00 02:27:18:00 LITTLE VIDEO THAT CIRCULATES. 02:27:18:00 02:27:19:00 WE'VE ALSO MADE A HUGE EFFORT 02:27:19:00 02:27:20:00 TO TALK WITH YOUNGER PEOPLE IN 02:27:20:00 02:27:22:00 THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 02:27:22:00 02:27:23:00 AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN 02:27:23:00 02:27:24:00 HOLDING EVENTS WHICH ARE KIND 02:27:24:00 02:27:27:00 OF FUN EVENTS TO TALK ABOUT 02:27:27:00 02:27:28:00 SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND YOU 02:27:28:00 02:27:30:00 KIND OF ENGAGE YOUTH IN THE 02:27:30:00 02:27:31:00 COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 02:27:31:00 02:27:35:00 THE ISSUES ARE AND HEAR FROM 02:27:35:00 02:27:35:00 THEM. 02:27:35:00 02:27:36:00 HERE'S THE THING LIKE WHEN YOU 02:27:36:00 02:27:38:00 TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 02:27:38:00 02:27:39:00 THAT IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T 02:27:39:00 02:27:43:00 AGREE IT'S THAT WE HAVE TO DO A 02:27:43:00 02:27:46:00 BETTER JOB AT MAKING SURE THAT 02:27:46:00 02:27:47:00 PEOPLE HAVE THE INFORMATION AND 02:27:47:00 02:27:48:00 UNDERSTAND IT IN A WAY THAT'S 02:27:48:00 02:27:49:00 DIGESTIBLE, THAT'S USER 02:27:49:00 02:27:50:00 FRIENDLY. 02:27:50:00 02:27:53:00 AND SO I SUGGEST CREATIVE IDEAS 02:27:53:00 02:27:54:00 LIKE THAT IN SORT IN TERMS OF , 02:27:54:00 02:27:57:00 YOU KNOW, BREAKING IT DOWN FOR 02:27:57:00 02:28:00:00 THE ENVIRONMENT, THE THE 02:28:00:00 02:28:01:00 SCIENCE BEHIND IT RIGHT IN THE 02:28:01:00 02:28:05:00 Y AND THEN REACHING PEOPLE 02:28:05:00 02:28:05:00 WHERE THEY ARE MEETING THEM, 02:28:05:00 02:28:15:00 WHERE THEY ARE AND I THINK THAT 02:28:15:00 02:28:16:00 THE HARD CONVERSATION IS 02:28:16:00 02:28:17:00 TALKING ABOUT MATTAPAN, ROXBURY 02:28:17:00 02:28:17:00 GROVE HALL RIGHT. 02:28:17:00 02:28:18:00 AND THEN YOU HAVE LOWER MILLS 02:28:18:00 02:28:18:00 OVER THERE. 02:28:18:00 02:28:20:00 HYDE PARK WHAT DOES IT MILTON 02:28:20:00 02:28:21:00 AND THEN YOU HAVE COMING SO 02:28:21:00 02:28:24:00 ROSENDALE ALL AROUND IT. 02:28:24:00 02:28:25:00 SO PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET 02:28:25:00 02:28:27:00 BLUEGILL FROM THOSE AFFLUENT 02:28:27:00 02:28:28:00 COMMUNITIES AND SO THE HARD 02:28:28:00 02:28:32:00 CONVERSATION IS THAT BLUEGILL 02:28:32:00 02:28:35:00 AVENUE HISTORICALLY DESIGNED TO 02:28:35:00 02:28:36:00 DISENFRANCHIZE AND NOW YOU'RE 02:28:36:00 02:28:37:00 LIKE WELL OK, WELL NOW I WANT 02:28:37:00 02:28:37:00 ENVESTNET. 02:28:37:00 02:28:39:00 I WANT TO WE WANT TO FIX IT. 02:28:39:00 02:28:40:00 WE WANT IT. 02:28:40:00 02:28:40:00 I'M HERE NOW. 02:28:40:00 02:28:43:00 I WASN'T HERE YESTERDAY. 02:28:43:00 02:28:44:00 I'M HERE NOW AND I WANT TO FIX 02:28:44:00 02:28:44:00 IT. 02:28:44:00 02:28:46:00 SO THE HARD CONVERSATION IS 02:28:46:00 02:28:47:00 THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT 02:28:47:00 02:28:48:00 HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN 02:28:48:00 02:28:51:00 DISENFRANCHIZED SO IF YOU WANT 02:28:51:00 02:28:52:00 TO CHANGE IT, IF YOU WANT TO 02:28:52:00 02:28:55:00 MOVE MY CHEESE, YOU OUT, AT 02:28:55:00 02:28:56:00 LEAST TELL ME WHAT FLAVOR I GOT 02:28:56:00 02:28:57:00 TO BE A PART OF FIXING IT AND 02:28:57:00 02:28:58:00 FIGURING IT OUT. 02:28:58:00 02:28:59:00 AND SO THAT CONVERSATION IS 02:28:59:00 02:29:02:00 ALWAYS BECOMES RACIAL AS WE 02:29:02:00 02:29:03:00 KNOW IT BECAUSE SYSTEMICALLY 02:29:03:00 02:29:03:00 THERE'S ALL OF THESE OTHER 02:29:03:00 02:29:06:00 ISSUES AND SO I'M JUST 02:29:06:00 02:29:10:00 SUGGESTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT 02:29:10:00 02:29:14:00 MORE INVESTMENT, MORE MONEY IN 02:29:14:00 02:29:15:00 THOSE CREATIVE LIKE DIGITAL 02:29:15:00 02:29:18:00 STUFF THAT EDUCATES PEOPLE ON 02:29:18:00 02:29:19:00 THE ENVIRONMENT STUFF BECAUSE 02:29:19:00 02:29:22:00 IT'S A HARD CONVERSATION. 02:29:22:00 02:29:22:00 THEY'LL SAY WELL YOU'RE PUTTING 02:29:22:00 02:29:25:00 YOU'RE PUTTING BUSSES OVER 02:29:25:00 02:29:26:00 PEOPLE'S LIVES. 02:29:26:00 02:29:26:00 WHAT ABOUT BLACK LIVES? 02:29:26:00 02:29:30:00 ARE YOU ARE YOU INVESTING AND 02:29:30:00 02:29:33:00 INVESTING IN CAPITAL IN CLOSING 02:29:33:00 02:29:36:00 THE WEALTH GAP BECAUSE BLACK 02:29:36:00 02:29:37:00 MEN DIE MORE THAN THEY DO 02:29:37:00 02:29:41:00 OF ENVIRONMENT AND SO YOU SEE 02:29:41:00 02:29:42:00 WHAT I MEAN THEN WHEN WE GET 02:29:42:00 02:29:44:00 INTO THAT HARD SPACE IT'S LIKE 02:29:44:00 02:29:46:00 OH MY GOSH, WAIT, WOULD WE 02:29:46:00 02:29:46:00 START? 02:29:46:00 02:29:48:00 WELL, WE GOT A SOLID EDUCATION 02:29:48:00 02:29:52:00 AND WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING 02:29:52:00 02:29:53:00 PEOPLE THERE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH 02:29:53:00 02:29:56:00 TIME BECAUSE YOU HAVE A JOB TO 02:29:56:00 02:29:59:00 DO ON A DEADLINE BUT HOPEFULLY 02:29:59:00 02:30:01:00 AGAIN IF I CAN BE OF HELP IN 02:30:01:00 02:30:04:00 TERMS OF ENGAGING MY DISTRICT, 02:30:04:00 02:30:07:00 MY CONSTITUENTS MEDIATING OR 02:30:07:00 02:30:10:00 MITIGATING ANY CONVERSATIONS 02:30:10:00 02:30:11:00 THAT BRINGS US AND MAKES IT 02:30:11:00 02:30:14:00 PRODUCTIVE, THAT BRINGS US TO 02:30:14:00 02:30:16:00 RESULTS THEN I'M HAPPY TO OFFER 02:30:16:00 02:30:23:00 THAT I CAN SUBMIT MY QUESTIONS 02:30:23:00 02:30:27:00 IN WRITING TO YOU. 02:30:27:00 02:30:28:00 WHY DO YOU HAVE ALL NIGHT TO 02:30:28:00 02:30:30:00 STAY HERE WITH ME? 02:30:30:00 02:30:31:00 I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 02:30:31:00 02:30:34:00 IS IT'S ALL ABOUT PARKING. 02:30:34:00 02:30:38:00 IT'S ALL ABOUT REALLY THINK WE 02:30:38:00 02:30:42:00 SHOULD PUT LINES ON THE STREETS 02:30:42:00 02:30:42:00 ? 02:30:42:00 02:30:43:00 I REALLY DO FOR PARKING THE 02:30:43:00 02:30:46:00 SPACES JUST SO IT'S TRUE MY 02:30:46:00 02:30:50:00 CONSTITUENTS CALL ME I GET TO 02:30:50:00 02:30:51:00 MOUNT PLEASANT AND I DRIVE OVER 02:30:51:00 02:30:53:00 THERE AND I'M LIKE SHE'S NOT 02:30:53:00 02:30:54:00 EVEN HERE IN LEVET IF YOU'RE 02:30:54:00 02:30:54:00 WATCHING YEAH. 02:30:54:00 02:30:57:00 I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU AND I'M 02:30:57:00 02:30:58:00 LIKE SHE'S NOT EVEN HERE SO I 02:30:58:00 02:31:01:00 DRIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE 02:31:01:00 02:31:02:00 AND I SEE EXACTLY WHAT SHE 02:31:02:00 02:31:02:00 MEANS. 02:31:02:00 02:31:04:00 THERE'S LIKE ALL THESE BIG 02:31:04:00 02:31:05:00 SPACES IN BETWEEN CARS I'M LIKE 02:31:05:00 02:31:08:00 THAT WOULD DRIVE ME NUTS. 02:31:08:00 02:31:09:00 IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE I WANT TO 02:31:09:00 02:31:09:00 PARK. 02:31:09:00 02:31:10:00 I'M TIRED. 02:31:10:00 02:31:10:00 I GOT HOME. 02:31:10:00 02:31:12:00 I WANT TO PARK AND I KNOW THAT 02:31:12:00 02:31:13:00 EVERYBODY'S GOING THROUGH THIS 02:31:13:00 02:31:17:00 SO I DON'T KNOW I'M GOING TO 02:31:17:00 02:31:18:00 LOOK I'M GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE 02:31:18:00 02:31:20:00 BIT INTO THAT AND WE'LL TALK 02:31:20:00 02:31:21:00 SOME MORE ABOUT THAT TOO TO 02:31:21:00 02:31:24:00 TALK MORE ABOUT LIGHTS NOBODY 02:31:24:00 02:31:25:00 WANTS TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF YOUR 02:31:25:00 02:31:28:00 APARTMENT SO I DON'T THINK I 02:31:28:00 02:31:29:00 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE 02:31:29:00 02:31:32:00 MONEY IS CAN COME OUT OF . 02:31:32:00 02:31:34:00 I DON'T THINK YOUR BUDGET IS 02:31:34:00 02:31:37:00 INFLATED AS FAR AS HOKIES 02:31:37:00 02:31:37:00 SIXTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR. 02:31:37:00 02:31:39:00 Y'ALL CAN'T EVEN COMPETE WITH 02:31:39:00 02:31:40:00 GRUBHUB LIKE YOU'RE NOT GOING 02:31:40:00 02:31:43:00 TO BE ABLE TO HIRE ANYBODY. 02:31:43:00 02:31:47:00 SO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OR NOT 02:31:47:00 02:31:48:00 PROMOTIONS ARE NOT THESE 02:31:48:00 02:31:51:00 TEENAGERS MAKING PAID GETTING 02:31:51:00 02:31:52:00 PAID MORE. 02:31:52:00 02:31:52:00 RIGHT. 02:31:52:00 02:31:55:00 THEY'RE DOING BLUEBERRIES AND 02:31:55:00 02:31:57:00 DOING ALL THIS OTHER STUFF SO 02:31:57:00 02:32:00:00 I'LL BE LOOKING INTO THAT IF I 02:32:00:00 02:32:02:00 FIND MONEY ANYWHERE. 02:32:02:00 02:32:03:00 I ALWAYS SAID THAT THE MAYOR IS 02:32:03:00 02:32:04:00 MAMA BEAR AND SHE GOT MONEY 02:32:04:00 02:32:07:00 UNDER HER PILLOWS AND SHE 02:32:07:00 02:32:07:00 THINKS I DON'T KNOW. 02:32:07:00 02:32:08:00 SO I'M IF I IF WE FIND MONEY 02:32:08:00 02:32:11:00 ANYWHERE WHERE WE CAN MOVE I 02:32:11:00 02:32:11:00 THINK IT'S RAISING IT. 02:32:11:00 02:32:13:00 I DON'T THINK IT'S YOU NEED 02:32:13:00 02:32:14:00 MONEY HOKIES OK MAYBE IT'S 02:32:14:00 02:32:15:00 MAYBE IT'S NOT AND IF IT'S A 02:32:15:00 02:32:18:00 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ISSUE WE 02:32:18:00 02:32:18:00 NEED TO DO BETTER. 02:32:18:00 02:32:22:00 I DON'T I DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY 02:32:22:00 02:32:23:00 CAN LIVE ON SIXTEEN DOLLARS AN 02:32:23:00 02:32:24:00 HOUR AND YOU GUYS ALWAYS HEAR 02:32:24:00 02:32:26:00 ME TALKING TO EVERYBODY GET 02:32:26:00 02:32:27:00 YOUR RAISE YOU GET A RAISE YOU 02:32:27:00 02:32:29:00 GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER. 02:32:29:00 02:32:30:00 BUT SERIOUSLY THOUGH IT IS 02:32:30:00 02:32:34:00 BOSTON HOW CAN WE APPRECIATE 02:32:34:00 02:32:34:00 PEOPLE UNLESS WE'RE ARE 02:32:34:00 02:32:35:00 RESPECTING PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO 02:32:35:00 02:32:38:00 TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILIES? 02:32:38:00 02:32:40:00 I DO HAVE SO MUCH MUCH MORE BUT 02:32:40:00 02:32:44:00 I WILL EMAIL TO YOU CHIEF AND 02:32:44:00 02:32:45:00 PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR RESPONSES AS 02:32:45:00 02:32:49:00 SOON AS YOU ARE ON THAT AS 02:32:49:00 02:32:49:00 WELL. 02:32:49:00 02:32:50:00 SIR, I THINK COORDINATING ALL 02:32:50:00 02:32:53:00 THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET 02:32:53:00 02:32:54:00 BACK ON SO YEAH. 02:32:54:00 02:32:57:00 MAKE THEM ANSWER NO PLEASE NO 02:32:57:00 02:32:58:00 ANSWER YES I WANT WANTED TO 02:32:58:00 02:32:59:00 GIVE US SO PLEASE PLEASE SEND 02:32:59:00 02:33:00:00 ABSOLUTELY. 02:33:00:00 02:33:01:00 DID YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING 02:33:01:00 02:33:05:00 REMARKS BEFORE ONLY TO SAY THAT 02:33:05:00 02:33:08:00 I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF YOU 02:33:08:00 02:33:08:00 AND YOUR COLLEAGUES HERE IN 02:33:08:00 02:33:11:00 THIS PROCESS AND WE ARE 02:33:11:00 02:33:12:00 GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT 02:33:12:00 02:33:13:00 THAT YOU CONTINUOUSLY SHOW OUR 02:33:13:00 02:33:16:00 TEAM AND BOTH IN PROVIDING THE 02:33:16:00 02:33:17:00 FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT WE 02:33:17:00 02:33:20:00 NEED BUT ALSO WORKING WITH US 02:33:20:00 02:33:23:00 TO HELP US DO BETTER TO DELIVER 02:33:23:00 02:33:24:00 FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON. 02:33:24:00 02:33:25:00 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 02:33:25:00 02:33:28:00 THANK YOU. 02:33:28:00 02:33:29:00 AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING WORK 02:33:29:00 02:33:31:00 AND I'LL STILL ASK FOR MORE 02:33:31:00 02:33:32:00 OF THE LAST ALL THOSE LINES ON 02:33:32:00 02:33:35:00 THE PARKING SPACES. 02:33:35:00 02:33:36:00 THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND LOOK 02:33:36:00 02:33:38:00 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 02:33:38:00 02:34:18:00 MEETING ADJOURNED.