00:00:00:00 00:03:49:00 OH, GOOD MORNING. 00:03:49:00 00:03:53:00 FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME SCANIA 00:03:53:00 00:03:54:00 FOR LUNCH. 00:03:54:00 00:03:54:00 ANDERSON, THE DISTRICT SEVEN 00:03:54:00 00:03:57:00 COUNCILOR I AM THE CHAIR ON THE 00:03:57:00 00:03:58:00 BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE 00:03:58:00 00:03:58:00 ON WAYS AND MEANS. 00:03:58:00 00:04:01:00 THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. 00:04:01:00 00:04:02:00 IT IS BEING LIVESTREAM AT 00:04:02:00 00:04:05:00 BOSTON DOT GOV FOR CITY 00:04:05:00 00:04:08:00 COUNCIL DASCH TV AND BROADCAST 00:04:08:00 00:04:09:00 TUXPAN EIGHT, CHANNEL EIGHT RCN 00:04:09:00 00:04:12:00 CHANNEL 82 AND FILES CHANNEL 00:04:12:00 00:04:13:00 NINE SIX FOR THE COUNCIL'S 00:04:13:00 00:04:14:00 BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS WHICH 00:04:14:00 00:04:17:00 ENCOMPASSES A SERIES OF PUBLIC 00:04:17:00 00:04:17:00 HEARINGS THAT BEGAN IN APRIL 00:04:17:00 00:04:21:00 AND WILL RUN THROUGH JUNE. 00:04:21:00 00:04:21:00 WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS 00:04:21:00 00:04:24:00 TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENGAGE IN 00:04:24:00 00:04:25:00 THIS PROCESS BY GIVING 00:04:25:00 00:04:28:00 TESTIMONY ON THE RECORD. 00:04:28:00 00:04:29:00 YOU CAN DO THIS IN SEVERAL WAYS 00:04:29:00 00:04:32:00 ATTEND ONE OF OUR HEARINGS AND 00:04:32:00 00:04:33:00 GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. 00:04:33:00 00:04:33:00 WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY 00:04:33:00 00:04:36:00 AT THE END OF EACH DEPARTMENTAL 00:04:36:00 00:04:37:00 HEARING AND ALSO AT THE HEARING 00:04:37:00 00:04:40:00 DEDICATED TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. 00:04:40:00 00:04:41:00 THE FULL HEARING SCHEDULE IS ON 00:04:41:00 00:04:43:00 OUR WEBSITE AT BOSTON DOT FOR 00:04:43:00 00:04:44:00 COUNCIL DASCH BUDGET. 00:04:44:00 00:04:48:00 YOU CAN GIVE TESTIMONY IN 00:04:48:00 00:04:49:00 PERSON HERE IN THE CHAMBER OR 00:04:49:00 00:04:51:00 VIRTUALLY BY JUNE FOUR 00:04:51:00 00:04:52:00 IN-PERSON TESTIMONY. 00:04:52:00 00:04:53:00 PLEASE COME TO THE CHAMBER AND 00:04:53:00 00:04:55:00 SIGN UP ON THE SHEET NEAR THE 00:04:55:00 00:04:56:00 ENTRANCE FOR VIRTUAL TESTIMONY. 00:04:56:00 00:04:59:00 YOU CAN SIGN UP USING OUR 00:04:59:00 00:05:02:00 ONLINE FORM ON OUR 00:05:02:00 00:05:03:00 COUNCIL BUDGET REVIEW WEBSITE 00:05:03:00 00:05:06:00 OR BY EMAILING THE COMMITTEE AT 00:05:06:00 00:05:10:00 W.M. AT BOSTON DOT GOV. 00:05:10:00 00:05:11:00 WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO TESTIFY 00:05:11:00 00:05:11:00 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND 00:05:11:00 00:05:14:00 AFFILIATION FORCE OR RESIDENCY 00:05:14:00 00:05:18:00 AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO A 00:05:18:00 00:05:19:00 FEW MINUTES TO ENSURE THAT ALL 00:05:19:00 00:05:22:00 COMMENTS AND CONCERNS CAN BE 00:05:22:00 00:05:22:00 HEARD. 00:05:22:00 00:05:23:00 EMAIL YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO 00:05:23:00 00:05:26:00 THE COMMITTEE AT W.M. AT BOSTON 00:05:26:00 00:05:30:00 DOT GOV SUBMITTED TWO MINUTE 00:05:30:00 00:05:30:00 VIDEO OF YOUR TESTIMONY THROUGH 00:05:30:00 00:05:34:00 THE FORM ON OUR WEBSITE FOR 00:05:34:00 00:05:34:00 MORE INFORMATION ON THE CITY 00:05:34:00 00:05:36:00 BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW TO 00:05:36:00 00:05:37:00 TESTIFY PLEASE VISIT THE CITY 00:05:37:00 00:05:38:00 COUNCIL'S BUDGET WEBSITE AT 00:05:38:00 00:05:41:00 BOSTON DOT GOV FORCE 00:05:41:00 00:05:41:00 COUNCIL DASCH BUDGET THIS 00:05:41:00 00:05:45:00 TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 00:05:45:00 00:05:46:00 ZERO SEVEN SIX ZERO TWO ZERO 00:05:46:00 00:05:48:00 SEVEN SIX TWO ORDERS FOR THE 00:05:48:00 00:05:48:00 FBI. 00:05:48:00 00:05:49:00 TWENTY FOUR OPERATING BUDGET 00:05:49:00 00:05:52:00 INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS 00:05:52:00 00:05:53:00 FOR DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIONS 00:05:53:00 00:05:56:00 FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND 00:05:56:00 00:05:57:00 FOR POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 00:05:57:00 00:06:00:00 OPM DOCKETS ZERO SEVEN SIX 00:06:00:00 00:06:01:00 THREE ZERO SEVEN SIX FIVE TO 00:06:01:00 00:06:04:00 ZERO SEVEN SIX SIX ORDERS FOR 00:06:04:00 00:06:05:00 THE CAPITAL TRANSFER 00:06:05:00 00:06:05:00 APPROPRIATIONS DOCKET ZERO 00:06:05:00 00:06:08:00 SEVEN SIX FOUR ZERO SEVEN SIX 00:06:08:00 00:06:11:00 SEVEN TO ZERO SEVEN SIX EIGHT 00:06:11:00 00:06:12:00 ORDERS FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET 00:06:12:00 00:06:12:00 INCLUDING LOAN ORDERS AND LEASE 00:06:12:00 00:06:15:00 PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. 00:06:15:00 00:06:16:00 OUR FOCUS AREA FOR THIS HEARING 00:06:16:00 00:06:19:00 WILL BE AN OVERVIEW OF WHY 24 00:06:19:00 00:06:20:00 FOR THE BOSTON PLANNING AND 00:06:20:00 00:06:21:00 DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OUR 00:06:21:00 00:06:23:00 PANELISTS TODAY FOR TODAY'S 00:06:23:00 00:06:27:00 HEARINGS ARE AUTHOR SALMONSEN 00:06:27:00 00:06:31:00 CHIEF OF PLANNING MICHELLE 00:06:31:00 00:06:31:00 GOLDBERG, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 00:06:31:00 00:06:35:00 DEVON WORK DEPUTY CHIEF 00:06:35:00 00:06:36:00 OF DEVELOPMENT AND 00:06:36:00 00:06:39:00 TRANSFORMATION AMY CHAMBERS 00:06:39:00 00:06:39:00 DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. 00:06:39:00 00:06:43:00 I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES 00:06:43:00 00:06:46:00 COUNCILOR BREADON DISTRICT NINE 00:06:46:00 00:06:47:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY AT LARGE 00:06:47:00 00:06:48:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN 00:06:48:00 00:06:52:00 DISTRICT TWO FOR OUR FORMAT. 00:06:52:00 00:06:53:00 I'LL GO FIRST TO MY 00:06:53:00 00:06:55:00 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR 00:06:55:00 00:06:59:00 OPENING STATEMENTS JUST 30 00:06:59:00 00:07:00:00 SECONDS EACH THEN A 00:07:00:00 00:07:03:00 PRESENTATION FROM THE PANELISTS 00:07:03:00 00:07:03:00 . 00:07:03:00 00:07:04:00 WE'LL DO A ROUND ONE 00:07:04:00 00:07:05:00 OF QUESTIONS IF TIME ALLOWS 00:07:05:00 00:07:08:00 AROUND TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND 00:07:08:00 00:07:12:00 FINALLY CLOSING REMARKS WE DO 00:07:12:00 00:07:16:00 NOT BEING THAT BPA IS A QUALITY 00:07:16:00 00:07:17:00 AGENCY WE DO NOT HAVE A 00:07:17:00 00:07:19:00 PRESENTATION OR BREAKDOWN 00:07:19:00 00:07:19:00 OF BUDGET. 00:07:19:00 00:07:20:00 THERE IS NO OPERATING BUDGET 00:07:20:00 00:07:23:00 FROM THE CITY AT LEAST ON THE 00:07:23:00 00:07:26:00 CITY SIDE. 00:07:26:00 00:07:28:00 SO WE WILL JUST BE HEARING IN 00:07:28:00 00:07:31:00 TERMS OF PLAN CAPITAL AND LOOK 00:07:31:00 00:07:35:00 FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN A ROBUST 00:07:35:00 00:07:35:00 CONVERSATION WITH YOU. 00:07:35:00 00:07:38:00 COUNCILOR BRADIN, YOU HAVE THE 00:07:38:00 00:07:38:00 FLOOR. 00:07:38:00 00:07:39:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:07:39:00 00:07:40:00 GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 00:07:40:00 00:07:47:00 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:07:47:00 00:07:49:00 ALLSTON, BRIGHTON YOU GUYS ARE 00:07:49:00 00:07:52:00 FAMILIAR WITH IT. 00:07:52:00 00:07:55:00 VERY, VERY INTENSE DEVELOPMENT 00:07:55:00 00:07:56:00 BUT IN THE BIGGER PICTURE WE'RE 00:07:56:00 00:07:59:00 REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT 00:07:59:00 00:08:02:00 DISPLACEMENT AND THE FACT THAT 00:08:02:00 00:08:03:00 MIDDLE, LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME 00:08:03:00 00:08:04:00 FOLKS ARE FINDING IT 00:08:04:00 00:08:07:00 INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT JUST 00:08:07:00 00:08:07:00 LIVE IN THE CITY. 00:08:07:00 00:08:09:00 SO I KNOW WE'RE SEEING A LOT 00:08:09:00 00:08:11:00 OF NEW INDUSTRY COMING IN. 00:08:11:00 00:08:12:00 WE'RE SEEING THE LABS. 00:08:12:00 00:08:14:00 WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS 00:08:14:00 00:08:15:00 ABOUT THIS. 00:08:15:00 00:08:16:00 BUT I THINK THIS IS THE BIGGEST 00:08:16:00 00:08:26:00 CHALLENGE IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW 00:08:26:00 00:08:27:00 IS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A 00:08:27:00 00:08:28:00 RANGE OF AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR 00:08:28:00 00:08:28:00 WORKFORCE SO THAT THEY CAN 00:08:28:00 00:08:29:00 ACTUALLY STAY AT THE DOOR THAT 00:08:29:00 00:08:30:00 FAMILIES AREN'T PUSHED OUT. 00:08:30:00 00:08:31:00 I REALLY APPRECIATE THE GREAT 00:08:31:00 00:08:32:00 PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE HAD 00:08:32:00 00:08:35:00 OVER THE LAST YEAR. 00:08:35:00 00:08:36:00 ARTHUR, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE 00:08:36:00 00:08:39:00 YOU'RE ACCESSIBLE, RESPONSIVE 00:08:39:00 00:08:42:00 AND I THINK YOU SHARE MY VISION 00:08:42:00 00:08:42:00 FOR AN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE 00:08:42:00 00:08:46:00 AND SUSTAINABLE CITY AND 00:08:46:00 00:08:46:00 PARTICULARLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD 00:08:46:00 00:08:50:00 THE CHALLENGES I THINK I SEE IS 00:08:50:00 00:08:53:00 THAT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN 00:08:53:00 00:08:54:00 THE THINGS SOME OF THE THINGS 00:08:54:00 00:08:55:00 WE WANT DONE AND OUTSIDE OF OUR 00:08:55:00 00:08:58:00 PURVIEW LIKE WE NEED TO IMPROVE 00:08:58:00 00:08:59:00 OUR NBPA, WE NEED TO HAVE AN 00:08:59:00 00:09:01:00 EFFICIENT, EQUITABLE MASS 00:09:01:00 00:09:05:00 TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE 00:09:05:00 00:09:05:00 LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE AROUND 00:09:05:00 00:09:06:00 THE CITY. 00:09:06:00 00:09:07:00 WE CANNOT JUST KEEP BUILDING 00:09:07:00 00:09:10:00 AND NOT AND EXPECT THAT PEOPLE 00:09:10:00 00:09:10:00 ARE GOING TO DRIVE IN CARS 00:09:10:00 00:09:11:00 BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO 00:09:11:00 00:09:11:00 WORK. 00:09:11:00 00:09:13:00 WE HAVE THE HERE YESTERDAY WE 00:09:13:00 00:09:14:00 HEARD THAT FROM THEM. 00:09:14:00 00:09:15:00 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE 00:09:15:00 00:09:18:00 CONVERSATION AND I JUST WANT TO 00:09:18:00 00:09:18:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP 00:09:18:00 00:09:21:00 AND YOUR VISION AND WE JUST 00:09:21:00 00:09:22:00 HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING THE 00:09:22:00 00:09:25:00 ENVELOPE TO TRY AND BUILD MORE 00:09:25:00 00:09:25:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR 00:09:25:00 00:09:26:00 EVERYBODY AND THEN THE TRANSIT 00:09:26:00 00:09:29:00 PIECE AND AND PLAN FOR 00:09:29:00 00:09:32:00 SUSTAINABLE THOSE 15 MINUTE 00:09:32:00 00:09:36:00 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SOMETIMES 00:09:36:00 00:09:37:00 GET A LOT OF FLAK. 00:09:37:00 00:09:40:00 IT'S ALMOST BACK TO THE FUTURE 00:09:40:00 00:09:41:00 IN THE SENSE THAT THE NOTION 00:09:41:00 00:09:42:00 THAT YOU WOULD GET IN A CAR AND 00:09:42:00 00:09:44:00 DRIVE MILES TO DO YOUR GROCERY 00:09:44:00 00:09:45:00 SHOPPING, WE NEED TO HAVE 00:09:45:00 00:09:46:00 SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE 00:09:46:00 00:09:48:00 ACCESSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE AND 00:09:48:00 00:09:49:00 I'M ALREADY OVER TIME SO I 00:09:49:00 00:09:50:00 BETTER GET GOING HERE. 00:09:50:00 00:09:52:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 00:09:52:00 00:09:55:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. 00:09:55:00 00:09:56:00 THANK YOU, GERRI. 00:09:56:00 00:09:57:00 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 00:09:57:00 00:10:00:00 YESTERDAY WE HAD THE 00:10:00:00 00:10:00:00 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND 00:10:00:00 00:10:03:00 PUBLIC WORKS IN IT ALL TIES 00:10:03:00 00:10:07:00 TOGETHER MAKING SURE THAT WHEN 00:10:07:00 00:10:08:00 WE THINK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE 00:10:08:00 00:10:11:00 GOING AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 00:10:11:00 00:10:13:00 BE ABLE TO BUILD, HOW ARE WE 00:10:13:00 00:10:14:00 GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE 00:10:14:00 00:10:15:00 CAN SAFELY DRIVE ON STREETS 00:10:15:00 00:10:18:00 SAFELY PARK RIDE THEIR BIKES 00:10:18:00 00:10:19:00 WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GET 00:10:19:00 00:10:22:00 AROUND AND ALL OF THOSE QUALITY 00:10:22:00 00:10:23:00 OF LIFE ISSUES THAT ARE OUR 00:10:23:00 00:10:26:00 BIGGEST JOB HERE ON THE 00:10:26:00 00:10:27:00 COUNCIL MAKING SURE THAT 00:10:27:00 00:10:31:00 DEVELOPMENT IS MAKING THAT MORE 00:10:31:00 00:10:31:00 POSITIVE FOR FAMILIES NOT 00:10:31:00 00:10:34:00 TAKING AWAY DIREK QUESTIONS 00:10:34:00 00:10:35:00 AROUND RUTHERFORDS CIRCLE AND 00:10:35:00 00:10:38:00 THEN THINGS LIKE WEST ROXBURY 00:10:38:00 00:10:39:00 ROAD DIET, SOME THINGS THAT 00:10:39:00 00:10:42:00 COMMUNITIES AND SMALL 00:10:42:00 00:10:42:00 BUSINESSES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 00:10:42:00 00:10:45:00 AND OTHER ISSUES ABOUT 00:10:45:00 00:10:46:00 DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'VE BEEN 00:10:46:00 00:10:49:00 WAITING AND WILL WE BE ABLE TO 00:10:49:00 00:10:50:00 GET THINGS BUILT WHICH WE KNOW 00:10:50:00 00:10:51:00 WE NEED TO DO? 00:10:51:00 00:10:53:00 SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 00:10:53:00 00:10:54:00 CONVERSATION AND BEING A 00:10:54:00 00:10:55:00 PARTNER AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR 00:10:55:00 00:10:57:00 YOUR GOING OUT ON THE ROAD WITH 00:10:57:00 00:10:58:00 THESE DIFFERENT LIKE PLANS. 00:10:58:00 00:11:01:00 BOSTON PLAN CHARLESTOWN THEY'RE 00:11:01:00 00:11:02:00 DEFINITELY CONTENTIOUS I KNOW 00:11:02:00 00:11:05:00 BUT BEING ACCESSIBLE AND JUST 00:11:05:00 00:11:09:00 HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS IS 00:11:09:00 00:11:09:00 IMPORTANT. 00:11:09:00 00:11:10:00 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 00:11:10:00 00:11:10:00 THANK YOU, JEFF. 00:11:10:00 00:11:13:00 COUNCIL IN FLYNN. 00:11:13:00 00:11:14:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK 00:11:14:00 00:11:17:00 YOU TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR FOR THE 00:11:17:00 00:11:18:00 FOR YOUR IMPORTANT WORK. 00:11:18:00 00:11:21:00 I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE BP 00:11:21:00 00:11:24:00 TEAM ESPECIALLY THE CHIEF 00:11:24:00 00:11:25:00 ARTHUR JAMISON FOR YOUR 00:11:25:00 00:11:28:00 AVAILABILITY AND 00:11:28:00 00:11:28:00 PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION 00:11:28:00 00:11:32:00 AS WELL. 00:11:32:00 00:11:33:00 WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON IN MY 00:11:33:00 00:11:36:00 IN MY QUESTIONS IS ARE WE ARE 00:11:36:00 00:11:40:00 WE SEEING A SLOWDOWN IN 00:11:40:00 00:11:41:00 DEVELOPMENT AND HOW ARE WE 00:11:41:00 00:11:44:00 WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT 00:11:44:00 00:11:48:00 COMMUNITY TO ENSURE DEVELOPMENT 00:11:48:00 00:11:49:00 CONTINUES BECAUSE A LOT OF THE 00:11:49:00 00:11:52:00 FUNDING FROM DEVELOPMENT GOES 00:11:52:00 00:11:53:00 TO PAY OUR SCHOOLTEACHERS FOR 00:11:53:00 00:11:56:00 FOR ROADS AND PARKS AND 00:11:56:00 00:11:57:00 SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND AND 00:11:57:00 00:12:00:00 SENIORS THAT THOSE ARE SOME 00:12:00:00 00:12:01:00 QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON 00:12:01:00 00:12:03:00 IN A Q&A. 00:12:03:00 00:12:04:00 BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO 00:12:04:00 00:12:07:00 WELCOME AND SAY THANK YOU FOR 00:12:07:00 00:12:08:00 YOU, CHIEF JAMISON AND YOUR 00:12:08:00 00:12:12:00 TEAM AS THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:12:12:00 00:12:13:00 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 00:12:13:00 00:12:15:00 FOR AND GOOD MORNING PLEASE. 00:12:15:00 00:12:18:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 00:12:18:00 00:12:19:00 EXCELLENT TO THE CHAIR. 00:12:19:00 00:12:23:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING 00:12:23:00 00:12:24:00 US AND TO EACH OF THE 00:12:24:00 00:12:26:00 COUNCIL MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE 00:12:26:00 00:12:27:00 THE KIND WORDS THAT EACH OF YOU 00:12:27:00 00:12:30:00 SHARED ABOUT ME AND THE TEAM 00:12:30:00 00:12:31:00 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK 00:12:31:00 00:12:33:00 HARD TO TO EMBODY THOSE AND TO 00:12:33:00 00:12:34:00 LIVE UP TO THOSE STANDARDS. 00:12:34:00 00:12:37:00 JUST A FEW REMARKS IF IT'S OK, 00:12:37:00 00:12:38:00 WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A MORE 00:12:38:00 00:12:40:00 DETAILED BUDGET PRESENTATION 00:12:40:00 00:12:45:00 WITH WITH MICHEL. 00:12:45:00 00:12:46:00 SO THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN 00:12:46:00 00:12:47:00 OUR WORK AND WE'RE THRILLED TO 00:12:47:00 00:12:48:00 BE HERE. 00:12:48:00 00:12:49:00 AS YOU KNOW, I'M MARTHA JAMISON 00:12:49:00 00:12:50:00 AND THE CHIEF OF PLANNING WHICH 00:12:50:00 00:12:53:00 IS A NEW TITLE FOR THE PERSON 00:12:53:00 00:12:53:00 IN THIS JOB AND ALSO THE 00:12:53:00 00:12:56:00 DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON PLANNING 00:12:56:00 00:12:57:00 AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY JOINED 00:12:57:00 00:13:00:00 TODAY BY DAVID KIRK, OUR DEPUTY 00:13:00:00 00:13:01:00 CHIEF OF TRANSFORMATION. 00:13:01:00 00:13:02:00 MICHELLE GOLDBERG, OUR DIRECTOR 00:13:02:00 00:13:04:00 OF FINANCE AND AMY CHAMBERS, 00:13:04:00 00:13:07:00 OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING TO 00:13:07:00 00:13:08:00 GIVE A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW 00:13:08:00 00:13:11:00 OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAST 00:13:11:00 00:13:12:00 YEAR AND SOME OF THE THINGS 00:13:12:00 00:13:13:00 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHOULD 00:13:13:00 00:13:15:00 TAKE JUST A MINUTE OR SO. 00:13:15:00 00:13:16:00 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO 00:13:16:00 00:13:19:00 HIGHLIGHT AND THANK OUR STAFF. 00:13:19:00 00:13:20:00 WE'VE EXTREMELY BEEN EXTREMELY 00:13:20:00 00:13:23:00 SUCCESSFUL IN TRYING TO RE 00:13:23:00 00:13:26:00 RESTOCK OUR TEAM AND BUILD OUT 00:13:26:00 00:13:27:00 THE TEAM INTERNALLY. 00:13:27:00 00:13:28:00 WE'RE PROUD OF THE TEAM WE'VE 00:13:28:00 00:13:30:00 BEEN ABLE TO ASSEMBLE. 00:13:30:00 00:13:32:00 I THINK WE'VE GOT A MIX OF NEW 00:13:32:00 00:13:34:00 PEOPLE LIKE AMY WHO'S JOINED 00:13:34:00 00:13:35:00 AFTER MEETING IN HARTFORD AND 00:13:35:00 00:13:39:00 IN NEW ORLEANS PREVIOUSLY. 00:13:39:00 00:13:40:00 WE'VE ALSO GOT PEOPLE WHO'VE 00:13:40:00 00:13:43:00 BEEN WITH US FOR FORTY YEARS. 00:13:43:00 00:13:44:00 BOTH THOSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE 00:13:44:00 00:13:45:00 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE WAY 00:13:45:00 00:13:47:00 WE DO BUSINESS AND ARE VERY ARE 00:13:47:00 00:13:50:00 REALLY A PART OF WHY OUR TEAM 00:13:50:00 00:13:51:00 IS DIVERSE AND I THINK GETTING 00:13:51:00 00:13:54:00 GETTING EVEN BETTER AS THE 00:13:54:00 00:13:54:00 ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR 00:13:54:00 00:13:58:00 THE CITY'S GROWTH AND CHANGE. 00:13:58:00 00:14:01:00 YOU KNOW, WE WE KNOW THAT THIS 00:14:01:00 00:14:04:00 THE WORK IN THIS SECTION OF THE 00:14:04:00 00:14:05:00 OF THE CITY CAN BRING 00:14:05:00 00:14:06:00 CHALLENGES AND PRESSURES THAT 00:14:06:00 00:14:09:00 ARE FACED BY A FEW OTHERS. 00:14:09:00 00:14:12:00 I WANT TO THANK THIS TEAM FOR 00:14:12:00 00:14:13:00 THEIR HARD WORK IN MAKING 00:14:13:00 00:14:14:00 MAKING SOME OF THAT WORK WELL, 00:14:14:00 00:14:17:00 EASY BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY 00:14:17:00 00:14:18:00 MAKING IT TRANSPARENT AND 00:14:18:00 00:14:21:00 INCREASING THE WAY THE 00:14:21:00 00:14:22:00 TRANSPARENCY THAT WE TRY TO 00:14:22:00 00:14:24:00 PROVIDE TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE WAY 00:14:24:00 00:14:25:00 WE DO OUR WORK THIS PAST FISCAL 00:14:25:00 00:14:28:00 YEAR WE BEGAN OUR MISSION TO 00:14:28:00 00:14:29:00 IMPLEMENT THE MAYOR'S VISION 00:14:29:00 00:14:32:00 FOR THE CITY WANTED TO A 00:14:32:00 00:14:32:00 RESILIENT, AFFORDABLE AND 00:14:32:00 00:14:33:00 EQUITABLE AND WE'RE WORKING 00:14:33:00 00:14:36:00 EVERY DAY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT 00:14:36:00 00:14:37:00 THE CITY EACH OF YOU AND YOUR 00:14:37:00 00:14:38:00 COLLEAGUES HERE AT THE 00:14:38:00 00:14:39:00 COUNCIL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND 00:14:39:00 00:14:40:00 STAKEHOLDERS TO REALIZE A MORE 00:14:40:00 00:14:41:00 COORDINATED COMPREHENSIVE 00:14:41:00 00:14:43:00 VISION FOR THE CITY. 00:14:43:00 00:14:44:00 WE'RE PRIORITIZING BUILDING 00:14:44:00 00:14:44:00 TRUST THROUGH TRANSPARENT 00:14:44:00 00:14:47:00 ENGAGEMENT AND WE'LL BE 00:14:47:00 00:14:48:00 CREATING MORE PREDICTABLE 00:14:48:00 00:14:51:00 ENVIRONMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE 00:14:51:00 00:14:52:00 BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN THE 00:14:52:00 00:14:52:00 FUTURE. 00:14:52:00 00:14:53:00 I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE 00:14:53:00 00:14:55:00 OF THINGS IN PARTICULAR THE 00:14:55:00 00:14:58:00 WESTERN AVENUE CORRIDOR STUDY 00:14:58:00 00:14:59:00 THE REZONING AFFECTIONATELY 00:14:59:00 00:15:00:00 KNOWN AS WAKARUSA WAS ADOPTED 00:15:00:00 00:15:03:00 BY THE BOARD IN OCTOBER . 00:15:03:00 00:15:04:00 IT WAS LAUNCHED BY THE EPA IN 00:15:04:00 00:15:07:00 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMUNITY 00:15:07:00 00:15:08:00 IN ALSO BRIGHTON IN PARTICULAR 00:15:08:00 00:15:11:00 COUNCIL BREDON TO BASICALLY 00:15:11:00 00:15:15:00 BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO CREATE 00:15:15:00 00:15:16:00 A NEW MORE PREDICTABLE ZONING 00:15:16:00 00:15:16:00 FOR AN AREA THAT WAS 00:15:16:00 00:15:19:00 EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT 00:15:19:00 00:15:19:00 GROWTH. 00:15:19:00 00:15:20:00 IT'S CULMINATED IN A SERIES 00:15:20:00 00:15:23:00 OF ZONING URBAN DESIGN 00:15:23:00 00:15:23:00 TRANSPORTATION GUIDELINES THAT 00:15:23:00 00:15:27:00 ARE JUST LIVING IN A DOCUMENT 00:15:27:00 00:15:28:00 BUT HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND MADE A 00:15:28:00 00:15:29:00 PART OF THE ZONING CODE . 00:15:29:00 00:15:31:00 I ALREADY INFLUENCING THE 00:15:31:00 00:15:31:00 FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT. 00:15:31:00 00:15:34:00 WE WILL THINK ABOUT IT. 00:15:34:00 00:15:35:00 THEY'VE ALSO BEEN KEY TO 00:15:35:00 00:15:38:00 ENABLING A NUMBER OF PROJECTS 00:15:38:00 00:15:39:00 TO GO FORWARD THAT WE'RE TRYING 00:15:39:00 00:15:43:00 TO BE NEEDED TO BE GOVERNED BY 00:15:43:00 00:15:43:00 THAT SYSTEM AT OUR BOARD 00:15:43:00 00:15:46:00 MEETING WE ADOPTED THE PLAN 00:15:46:00 00:15:47:00 MATTAPAN THE ADOPTION OF THE 00:15:47:00 00:15:50:00 PLAN COMES NEARLY FIVE YEARS 00:15:50:00 00:15:51:00 AFTER THE INITIATIVE BEGAN IN 00:15:51:00 00:15:53:00 TWENTY TWENTY EIGHTEEN OVER 150 00:15:53:00 00:15:54:00 COMMUNITY MEETINGS, MATTAPAN 00:15:54:00 00:15:54:00 RESIDENTS COMMUNITY 00:15:54:00 00:15:57:00 STAKEHOLDERS WORKED ALONGSIDE 00:15:57:00 00:15:58:00 OUR TEAM TO CRAFT A VISION THAT 00:15:58:00 00:16:02:00 I THINK ARE VERY PLEASED WITH. 00:16:02:00 00:16:03:00 IT'S GOING TO CALL FOR GROWTH 00:16:03:00 00:16:05:00 IN MATTAPAN AND MATTAPAN SQUARE 00:16:05:00 00:16:08:00 THROUGH RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND 00:16:08:00 00:16:12:00 THROUGH IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS 00:16:12:00 00:16:13:00 OF THE CITY OF OF THAT 00:16:13:00 00:16:13:00 NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:16:13:00 00:16:16:00 SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH CITY 00:16:16:00 00:16:17:00 DWELLING UNITS AND OTHER AND 00:16:17:00 00:16:21:00 OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS NOT TO 00:16:21:00 00:16:24:00 HOLD BACK DEVELOPMENT AND 00:16:24:00 00:16:25:00 APPRECIATE THE QUESTION FROM 00:16:25:00 00:16:28:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT INVESTMENT IN 00:16:28:00 00:16:29:00 THE CITY OF BOSTON CONTINUES TO 00:16:29:00 00:16:30:00 BE AN AREA OF STRENGTH. 00:16:30:00 00:16:32:00 WE CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO 00:16:32:00 00:16:33:00 ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT AND NEW 00:16:33:00 00:16:35:00 INVESTMENT. 00:16:35:00 00:16:36:00 AS AN EXAMPLE, IN FISCAL YEAR 00:16:36:00 00:16:40:00 2003, J.Y. OF 2003 TO TO TO NOW 00:16:40:00 00:16:44:00 AND WE HAVE ONE MORE BOARD 00:16:44:00 00:16:45:00 MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE 00:16:45:00 00:16:45:00 FISCAL YEAR. 00:16:45:00 00:16:47:00 WE'VE APPROVED NEARLY EIGHT 00:16:47:00 00:16:48:00 NINE POINT FOUR BILLION IN 00:16:48:00 00:16:50:00 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TOTALING 00:16:50:00 00:16:51:00 OVER EIGHT POINT SIX MILLION 00:16:51:00 00:16:54:00 SQUARE FEET WITHIN THESE 00:16:54:00 00:16:55:00 APPROVALS THERE ARE 00:16:55:00 00:16:56:00 APPROXIMATELY 4000 UNITS 00:16:56:00 00:16:57:00 OF HOUSING THAT HAVE BEEN 00:16:57:00 00:17:01:00 APPROVED AND OVER 4500 OF THOSE 00:17:01:00 00:17:05:00 UNITS ARE DEDICATED TO INCOME 00:17:05:00 00:17:05:00 RESTRICTED. 00:17:05:00 00:17:08:00 THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO 00:17:08:00 00:17:09:00 CREATE 12000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS 00:17:09:00 00:17:13:00 ALMOST 20000 DIRECT JOBS AND 00:17:13:00 00:17:16:00 SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED JOBS 00:17:16:00 00:17:17:00 THAT ARE GOING TO BE 00:17:17:00 00:17:17:00 CREATED DIRECTLY. 00:17:17:00 00:17:18:00 NOW THESE ARE APPROVALS 00:17:18:00 00:17:21:00 OF VERSUS WHAT'S UNDER 00:17:21:00 00:17:21:00 CONSTRUCTION. 00:17:21:00 00:17:22:00 SO IT MEANS THAT THERE'S A 00:17:22:00 00:17:23:00 BIGGER PIPELINE. 00:17:23:00 00:17:24:00 BUT MOVING THOSE THINGS INTO 00:17:24:00 00:17:27:00 DEVELOPMENT IS A MAJOR AREA 00:17:27:00 00:17:28:00 OF FOCUS IN COMING YEARS. 00:17:28:00 00:17:31:00 WE'VE ALSO ADOPTED A POLICY 00:17:31:00 00:17:32:00 INTRODUCING DIVERSITY EQUITY 00:17:32:00 00:17:33:00 INCLUSION INTO THE FILING 00:17:33:00 00:17:36:00 PROCESS PROCESS FOR LARGE 00:17:36:00 00:17:36:00 PROJECTS. 00:17:36:00 00:17:39:00 THE POLICY CALLS ON DEVELOPMENT 00:17:39:00 00:17:40:00 TO DISCLOSE THEIR EQUITY, 00:17:40:00 00:17:43:00 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PLANS 00:17:43:00 00:17:44:00 FOR LARGE PROJECTS. 00:17:44:00 00:17:45:00 THE POLICY WAS THE FIRST OF ITS 00:17:45:00 00:17:47:00 KIND AND IT'S IN THE COUNTRY. 00:17:47:00 00:17:48:00 WE'RE PROUD OF IT AND IT'S 00:17:48:00 00:17:51:00 DESIGNED TO HELP US GET A 00:17:51:00 00:17:52:00 BETTER SENSE OF WHERE GAPS 00:17:52:00 00:17:55:00 MIGHT BE AND WAS LAUNCHED ON A 00:17:55:00 00:17:56:00 PILOT BASIS SO WE CAN 00:17:56:00 00:17:57:00 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DATA FROM 00:17:57:00 00:17:59:00 THAT PROCESS SAYS AND THEN 00:17:59:00 00:18:00:00 LAUNCH IT MORE FULLY IN THE 00:18:00:00 00:18:02:00 FUTURE. 00:18:02:00 00:18:03:00 IT'S RESPONSIVE TO OUR 00:18:03:00 00:18:03:00 DIRECTIVE TO FOCUS THE AGENCY'S 00:18:03:00 00:18:07:00 RESOURCES ON RESILIENCE, 00:18:07:00 00:18:07:00 AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY. 00:18:07:00 00:18:08:00 WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED A 00:18:08:00 00:18:10:00 QUESTIONNAIRE MANY DEVELOPERS 00:18:10:00 00:18:11:00 HAVE VERY GOOD BEST PRACTICES 00:18:11:00 00:18:14:00 IN WORKING WITH MINORITY WOMEN 00:18:14:00 00:18:18:00 BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND OTHERS 00:18:18:00 00:18:19:00 IN THEIR WORK. 00:18:19:00 00:18:20:00 WE WANT TO GET THE BEST 00:18:20:00 00:18:21:00 PRACTICES THAT ARE ALREADY 00:18:21:00 00:18:22:00 UNDERWAY AND MAKE SURE THAT 00:18:22:00 00:18:25:00 THOSE ARE REALLY THE FLOOR WHAT 00:18:25:00 00:18:26:00 WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE IDENTIFY 00:18:26:00 00:18:27:00 EVEN MORE THAT PEOPLE CAN DO. 00:18:27:00 00:18:30:00 CRUCIALLY, WE WANT TO CAPTURE 00:18:30:00 00:18:30:00 THE GOOD EXPERIENCES THAT MANY 00:18:30:00 00:18:33:00 OF THEM ARE ALREADY HAVING. 00:18:33:00 00:18:34:00 FINALLY JUST TO CLOSE UP THE 00:18:34:00 00:18:35:00 REAL ESTATE AREA, I KNOW WHAT 00:18:35:00 00:18:37:00 WILL BE OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE 00:18:37:00 00:18:41:00 THAT WE HAD A RELEASE LAST YEAR 00:18:41:00 00:18:42:00 OF OUR LAND AUDIT PUBLIC LAND 00:18:42:00 00:18:44:00 FOR PUBLIC GOOD IN JUNE TWENTY 00:18:44:00 00:18:45:00 TWENTY TWO AND WE'VE BEGUN OVER 00:18:45:00 00:18:49:00 TWELVE NEW PROJECTS TO ADVANCE 00:18:49:00 00:18:50:00 FORWARD A TENANT DESIGNATION 00:18:50:00 00:18:52:00 THAT CAME OUT OF THE LAND AUDIT 00:18:52:00 00:18:52:00 . 00:18:52:00 00:18:53:00 WE BEGAN DISPOSITION OF A 00:18:53:00 00:18:56:00 SERIES OF KEY SITES INCLUDING P 00:18:56:00 00:19:00:00 SEE THE AUSTIN TREE PARKING 00:19:00:00 00:19:01:00 LOTS AND CHARLESTOWN. 00:19:01:00 00:19:02:00 THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER WAS 00:19:02:00 00:19:05:00 IN THE CHAIR'S DISTRICT AND THE 00:19:05:00 00:19:08:00 GOAL IN EACH OF THOSE CASES IS 00:19:08:00 00:19:08:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 00:19:08:00 00:19:11:00 AFFORDABLE FOR SALE. 00:19:11:00 00:19:12:00 OUR COMMERCIAL SPACE, NEW 00:19:12:00 00:19:13:00 COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE AND OTHER 00:19:13:00 00:19:15:00 BENEFITS. 00:19:15:00 00:19:16:00 IT'S IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE 00:19:16:00 00:19:17:00 WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU IN 00:19:17:00 00:19:20:00 YOUR COMMUNITIES ON MAKING SURE 00:19:20:00 00:19:20:00 THAT THOSE INITIATIVES TAKE 00:19:20:00 00:19:23:00 SHAPES THAT REFLECT YOUR 00:19:23:00 00:19:24:00 DESIRES AND DESIRES OF YOUR 00:19:24:00 00:19:27:00 COMMUNITY, THAT THE DIALOG 00:19:27:00 00:19:28:00 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE 00:19:28:00 00:19:32:00 WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON THE 00:19:32:00 00:19:32:00 CREATION OF CO-LOCATED PUBLIC 00:19:32:00 00:19:35:00 LIBRARIES INCLUDING THE LIBRARY 00:19:35:00 00:19:36:00 CHINATOWN THAT'S GOING TO BE 00:19:36:00 00:19:39:00 COMING AFTER SIXTY YEARS OF NOT 00:19:39:00 00:19:40:00 HAVING A LIBRARY AS WELL AS A 00:19:40:00 00:19:42:00 NEW FACILITY AND ALBUMS CORNER 00:19:42:00 00:19:43:00 WHO ALSO HAVE A NEW EXCITING 00:19:43:00 00:19:46:00 PROJECT IN IN AFTER BRIGHTON 00:19:46:00 00:19:47:00 WHERE SOME OF THE AUTHORITIES 00:19:47:00 00:19:51:00 AND AGENCIES SKILLS ARE GOING 00:19:51:00 00:19:52:00 TO BE PUT TO USE IN CREATING 00:19:52:00 00:19:54:00 ART SPACE AND COLLABORATE WITH 00:19:54:00 00:19:56:00 MOAG AS A PART OF A MITIGATION 00:19:56:00 00:19:59:00 PROJECT THAT FROM ARTISTS 00:19:59:00 00:20:00:00 DISPLACED FROM THE TOWN MUSEUM 00:20:00:00 00:20:03:00 SO JUST TO CLOSE AND SAY WE'VE 00:20:03:00 00:20:07:00 GOT GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR, WE 00:20:07:00 00:20:07:00 WANT TO FINISH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 00:20:07:00 00:20:08:00 PLANNING PROCESSES AND BEGIN 00:20:08:00 00:20:10:00 SQUARES AND CORRIDORS PLANNING 00:20:10:00 00:20:11:00 WHICH IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO 00:20:11:00 00:20:14:00 CREATE LARGER SCALE DEVELOPMENT 00:20:14:00 00:20:15:00 IN AND AROUND OUR STRONG 00:20:15:00 00:20:18:00 SQUARES AND CORNERS ALL OVER 00:20:18:00 00:20:19:00 THE CITY EAST CHARLESTOWN, 00:20:19:00 00:20:22:00 DOWNTOWN CHINATOWN, NEW MARKET 00:20:22:00 00:20:23:00 OR A FEW AREAS WHERE THAT IS 00:20:23:00 00:20:23:00 GOING TO BE FOCUSED. 00:20:23:00 00:20:26:00 WE WANT TO WE HAVE LAUNCHED AND 00:20:26:00 00:20:27:00 ARE GOING TO CONTINUE A 00:20:27:00 00:20:30:00 CITYWIDE DESIGN VISION THAT 00:20:30:00 00:20:30:00 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. 00:20:30:00 00:20:33:00 WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING 00:20:33:00 00:20:34:00 ARTICLE EIGHTY IMPROVEMENT 00:20:34:00 00:20:36:00 PROCESS TO GET THAT PROCESS TO 00:20:36:00 00:20:37:00 A MORE PREDICTABLE FOR 00:20:37:00 00:20:40:00 DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD 00:20:40:00 00:20:42:00 AND WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF OTHER 00:20:42:00 00:20:45:00 DISPOSITION RELATED WORK THAT 00:20:45:00 00:20:46:00 WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING 00:20:46:00 00:20:49:00 FORWARD AND SO I APPRECIATE THE 00:20:49:00 00:20:50:00 CHANCE TO OFFER SOME OPENING 00:20:50:00 00:20:51:00 COMMENTS WITH PERMISSION OF THE 00:20:51:00 00:20:53:00 CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR 00:20:53:00 00:20:53:00 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO SHARE 00:20:53:00 00:20:56:00 SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT 00:20:56:00 00:20:57:00 THE AGENCY NOW IT'S RUN GREAT. 00:20:57:00 00:21:01:00 THANK CHIEF JOHNSON. 00:21:01:00 00:21:02:00 GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR 00:21:02:00 00:21:05:00 FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AND MEMBERS 00:21:05:00 00:21:05:00 OF THE COUNCIL . 00:21:05:00 00:21:06:00 MY NAME IS MICHELLE GOLDBERG 00:21:06:00 00:21:08:00 AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 00:21:08:00 00:21:08:00 THE BP. 00:21:08:00 00:21:09:00 I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TO 00:21:09:00 00:21:12:00 SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT THE EPA'S 00:21:12:00 00:21:12:00 BUDGET. 00:21:12:00 00:21:13:00 I HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO HELP 00:21:13:00 00:21:16:00 FOLKS WHO MAY NOT BE AS 00:21:16:00 00:21:17:00 FAMILIAR WITH US GET TO KNOW 00:21:17:00 00:21:20:00 THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF THE BPA 00:21:20:00 00:21:20:00 . 00:21:20:00 00:21:21:00 MOST FOLKS KNOW ALL OF OUR 00:21:21:00 00:21:21:00 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT RUN 00:21:21:00 00:21:24:00 THROUGH THE AGENCY. 00:21:24:00 00:21:25:00 THE BPA FINANCE STAFF NOT ONLY 00:21:25:00 00:21:28:00 MANAGES THE OPERATION OF THE 00:21:28:00 00:21:29:00 ORGANIZATION, WE ARE ALSO 00:21:29:00 00:21:32:00 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT 00:21:32:00 00:21:33:00 OF THE FUNDS THAT DO NOT GO 00:21:33:00 00:21:36:00 TOWARDS BPA EXPENSES FUNDS SUCH 00:21:36:00 00:21:36:00 AS COMMUNITY COMMUNITY 00:21:36:00 00:21:37:00 BENEFITS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 00:21:37:00 00:21:40:00 NOTES WORKS COMMUNITY 00:21:40:00 00:21:41:00 DEVELOPMENT GRANTS LINKAGE, 00:21:41:00 00:21:43:00 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 00:21:43:00 00:21:44:00 AND MORE. 00:21:44:00 00:21:47:00 NONE OF THESE FUNDS SUPPORT THE 00:21:47:00 00:21:48:00 EPA OPERATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO 00:21:48:00 00:21:48:00 THE BUDGET. 00:21:48:00 00:21:52:00 THE BPA IS MADE UP OF FIVE 00:21:52:00 00:21:52:00 BUSINESS UNITS THAT INTERACTS 00:21:52:00 00:21:55:00 THROUGH WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS 00:21:55:00 00:21:56:00 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS. 00:21:56:00 00:21:57:00 WE SOMETIMES CALL IT AN 00:21:57:00 00:21:59:00 INTERCOMPANY GRANT THE UNIT THE 00:21:59:00 00:22:00:00 UNITS ARE COMPOSED OF THREE 00:22:00:00 00:22:02:00 MAJOR ENTITIES THE BOSTON 00:22:02:00 00:22:03:00 REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE 00:22:03:00 00:22:06:00 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL 00:22:06:00 00:22:07:00 CORPORATION WHICH ACTS AS A 00:22:07:00 00:22:08:00 FISCAL AGENT TO THE MAYOR'S 00:22:08:00 00:22:10:00 OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 00:22:10:00 00:22:11:00 AND THE BOSTON INDUSTRIAL LOCAL 00:22:11:00 00:22:14:00 DEVELOPMENT SORRY THE BOSTON 00:22:14:00 00:22:15:00 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE 00:22:15:00 00:22:18:00 AUTHORITY OR BEDFAST FDIC ALSO 00:22:18:00 00:22:19:00 SUPPORTS TWO MINOR ENTITIES 00:22:19:00 00:22:23:00 WHICH ARE 5000 C3 NONPROFITS 00:22:23:00 00:22:25:00 THE BOSTON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT 00:22:25:00 00:22:26:00 CORPORATION AND FRIENDS 00:22:26:00 00:22:29:00 OF YOUTH BOSTON OR FILBY. 00:22:29:00 00:22:30:00 TOGETHER ALL THESE 00:22:30:00 00:22:31:00 ORGANIZATIONS MAKE UP THE 00:22:31:00 00:22:33:00 BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 00:22:33:00 00:22:34:00 AGENCY. 00:22:34:00 00:22:35:00 ALTHOUGH OUR FY 2004 BUDGET 00:22:35:00 00:22:38:00 WON'T FINAL AND APPROVED UNTIL 00:22:38:00 00:22:39:00 WE MEET WITH OUR BOARD IN JUNE, 00:22:39:00 00:22:42:00 WE CAN DISCUSS FY 23 AND OUR 00:22:42:00 00:22:43:00 THIRD QUARTER UPDATE WAS 00:22:43:00 00:22:45:00 INCLUDED IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE 00:22:45:00 00:22:45:00 RESPONSES. 00:22:45:00 00:22:48:00 WITH THAT I'D LOVE TO WALK 00:22:48:00 00:22:49:00 THROUGH SOME OF OUR SLIDES. 00:22:49:00 00:22:52:00 BP'S OPERATING REVENUE IS 00:22:52:00 00:22:53:00 DERIVED FROM SEVERAL 00:22:53:00 00:22:53:00 CATEGORIES. 00:22:53:00 00:22:57:00 FIRST RENTAL LEASES AND 00:22:57:00 00:22:57:00 PARKING. 00:22:57:00 00:22:58:00 THIS REVENUE REPRESENTS ALL THE 00:22:58:00 00:23:00:00 GROUND LEASES, TENANT LEASES 00:23:00:00 00:23:03:00 AND PARKING FEES ASSOCIATED 00:23:03:00 00:23:04:00 WITH BPA OWNED PROPERTY. 00:23:04:00 00:23:08:00 MUCH OF THAT REVENUE IS SPENT 00:23:08:00 00:23:09:00 ON THE OVERHEAD AND RELATED 00:23:09:00 00:23:11:00 MAINTENANCE OF ZONING THAT 00:23:11:00 00:23:12:00 PROPERTY SHOULD THERE BE A LIEN 00:23:12:00 00:23:15:00 TRANSACTION THAT IS CERTAIN TO 00:23:15:00 00:23:16:00 TAKE PLACE IN A GIVEN FISCAL 00:23:16:00 00:23:17:00 YEAR, WE WILL BUDGET FOR THAT 00:23:17:00 00:23:20:00 ONE TIME REVENUE IN THE SALE 00:23:20:00 00:23:24:00 OF REAL ESTATE CATEGORY THE 00:23:24:00 00:23:27:00 SLIDE WELL HERE THE SLIDE HERE 00:23:27:00 00:23:28:00 SHOWS EQUITY PARTICIPATION 00:23:28:00 00:23:31:00 WHICH HAS BEEN INTERNALLY 00:23:31:00 00:23:32:00 RESTRICTED TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC 00:23:32:00 00:23:35:00 ACTIVITIES FOR HISTORICAL 00:23:35:00 00:23:36:00 PRESERVATION AND DTI PROGRAMING 00:23:36:00 00:23:39:00 GRANTS AND DONATIONS INCLUDE 00:23:39:00 00:23:41:00 BOTH WD FUNDS AND A REFLECTION 00:23:41:00 00:23:43:00 OF THE SUBSIDIES THE FDIC SENDS 00:23:43:00 00:23:44:00 TO APRA AND OTHER RELATED PARTY 00:23:44:00 00:23:47:00 TRANSACTIONS. 00:23:47:00 00:23:47:00 OUR SMALLEST CATEGORY IS ANY 00:23:47:00 00:23:51:00 LATE FEES OR INTEREST EARNED ON 00:23:51:00 00:23:55:00 HOLDINGS MOVING INTO EXPENSES, 00:23:55:00 00:23:55:00 PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS 00:23:55:00 00:23:56:00 REPRESENTS THE LARGEST EXPENSE 00:23:56:00 00:23:59:00 FOR THE BPI. 00:23:59:00 00:24:00:00 IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE 00:24:00:00 00:24:03:00 COSTS RELATED TO OPERATING 00:24:03:00 00:24:03:00 DUTIES. 00:24:03:00 00:24:04:00 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS 00:24:04:00 00:24:07:00 ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN 00:24:07:00 00:24:07:00 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ADDING 00:24:07:00 00:24:11:00 PERSONNEL AND SIVAK TOGETHER 00:24:11:00 00:24:12:00 WOULD ACCOUNT FOR 55 PERCENT 00:24:12:00 00:24:15:00 OF THE BPAS EXPENSES. 00:24:15:00 00:24:18:00 THE NEXT CATEGORY IS GENERAL 00:24:18:00 00:24:19:00 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 00:24:19:00 00:24:20:00 FOLLOWED BY THE LARGER 00:24:20:00 00:24:23:00 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. 00:24:23:00 00:24:24:00 THIS CATEGORY INCLUDES 00:24:24:00 00:24:27:00 EXTERNALLY FUNDED PASS THROUGH 00:24:27:00 00:24:28:00 TO THE COMMUNITY BASED 00:24:28:00 00:24:29:00 ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS OUR 00:24:29:00 00:24:31:00 PLANNING STUDIES, PROFESSIONAL 00:24:31:00 00:24:32:00 SERVICES AND RELATED PARTY 00:24:32:00 00:24:35:00 TRANSACTIONS. 00:24:35:00 00:24:36:00 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IS WHERE WE 00:24:36:00 00:24:39:00 ARE STARTING TO SEE MORE 00:24:39:00 00:24:39:00 EXPENSES. 00:24:39:00 00:24:40:00 OUR ASSETS ARE RAPIDLY 00:24:40:00 00:24:43:00 DETERIORATING AND THIS IN THIS 00:24:43:00 00:24:44:00 CATEGORY WE ATTEMPT TO FUND 00:24:44:00 00:24:47:00 LARGE REPAIR PROJECTS THAT DO 00:24:47:00 00:24:48:00 NOT QUALIFY TO BE CAPITALIZED. 00:24:48:00 00:24:51:00 THIS IS IN PART WHY WE ARE SO 00:24:51:00 00:24:51:00 GRATEFUL TO THE CITY'S ROBUST 00:24:51:00 00:24:55:00 CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN BOSTON'S 00:24:55:00 00:24:55:00 WATERFRONT. 00:24:55:00 00:24:59:00 HERE WE HAVE JUST A QUICK SLIDE 00:24:59:00 00:24:59:00 TO SHOW YOU THE BREAKDOWN 00:24:59:00 00:25:02:00 OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND HOW OUR 00:25:02:00 00:25:06:00 EXPENSES ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE 00:25:06:00 00:25:07:00 REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT MANAGES 00:25:07:00 00:25:11:00 MAINTAINS, DEVELOPS, ACQUIRES 00:25:11:00 00:25:12:00 AND LEASES THE BPAS REAL ESTATE 00:25:12:00 00:25:14:00 WITH FOCUS ON FISCAL 00:25:14:00 00:25:14:00 RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY 00:25:14:00 00:25:17:00 DEVELOPMENT. 00:25:17:00 00:25:18:00 THE TEAM'S EFFORT FUNDS THE 00:25:18:00 00:25:21:00 AGENCIES PLANNING AND ECONOMIC 00:25:21:00 00:25:22:00 DEVELOPMENT FUNCTIONS WHILE 00:25:22:00 00:25:22:00 SUPPORTING THE AGENCY'S MISSION 00:25:22:00 00:25:25:00 TO GUIDE INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN 00:25:25:00 00:25:26:00 BOSTON. 00:25:26:00 00:25:26:00 OUR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 00:25:26:00 00:25:29:00 PROJECT PRIORITIES ARE BASED ON 00:25:29:00 00:25:30:00 A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT 00:25:30:00 00:25:33:00 OF THE AGENCY'S EXTRAORDINARY 00:25:33:00 00:25:34:00 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THE FBI 00:25:34:00 00:25:37:00 TWENTY FOUR THROUGH TWENTY 00:25:37:00 00:25:38:00 EIGHT FIVE YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET 00:25:38:00 00:25:41:00 IS PROPOSED TO BE 54 MILLION 00:25:41:00 00:25:42:00 DOLLARS FOR 12 NEW PROJECTS AND 00:25:42:00 00:25:45:00 PROJECT INCREASES ON EXISTING 00:25:45:00 00:25:45:00 PROJECTS. 00:25:45:00 00:25:48:00 THIRTY MILLION HAS BEEN 00:25:48:00 00:25:49:00 SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED BY THE CITY 00:25:49:00 00:25:52:00 OF BOSTON ALONG WITH CONTINUED 00:25:52:00 00:25:53:00 PROJECT REPRESENTING THIRTY ONE 00:25:53:00 00:25:56:00 MILLION DOLLARS FOR TOTAL 00:25:56:00 00:25:57:00 AUTHORIZATION OF EIGHTY FIVE 00:25:57:00 00:25:57:00 MILLION. 00:25:57:00 00:26:01:00 THE EPA HAS CONCURRENTLY BEEN 00:26:01:00 00:26:02:00 TRYING TO ALIGN ALL OF THIS 00:26:02:00 00:26:05:00 CRITICAL WORK WITH SUPPLIER 00:26:05:00 00:26:05:00 DIVERSITY EFFORTS IN THE 00:26:05:00 00:26:09:00 DISCUSSION I WOULD BE HAPPY TO 00:26:09:00 00:26:10:00 SHARE THE PROGRESS OF OUR 00:26:10:00 00:26:12:00 EQUITABLE PROCUREMENT PLAN AND 00:26:12:00 00:26:13:00 HOW WE HAVE BEEN ALLEVIATING 00:26:13:00 00:26:14:00 VARIOUS PROCUREMENT BARRIERS 00:26:14:00 00:26:16:00 WITH OUR BUYING PLAN AND 00:26:16:00 00:26:16:00 RELATED ACTIVITIES. 00:26:16:00 00:26:20:00 WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT BACK 00:26:20:00 00:26:21:00 OVER TO THE COUNCIL SO WE MAY 00:26:21:00 00:26:21:00 BEGIN QUESTIONS. 00:26:21:00 00:26:24:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 00:26:24:00 00:26:24:00 ATTENTION. 00:26:24:00 00:26:28:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH 00:26:28:00 00:26:28:00 COUNCILOR BREADON YOU HAVE THE 00:26:28:00 00:26:29:00 FLOOR. 00:26:29:00 00:26:32:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK 00:26:32:00 00:26:39:00 YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 00:26:39:00 00:26:47:00 THE THE CHALLENGE THAT I SEE IS 00:26:47:00 00:26:47:00 THE HUGE AMOUNT OF PLANNING 00:26:47:00 00:26:51:00 THAT WE NEED TO DO ACROSS THE 00:26:51:00 00:26:52:00 CITY AND I KNOW IN ALLSTON 00:26:52:00 00:26:54:00 BRIGHTON WE'VE HAD THE WITKACY 00:26:54:00 00:26:55:00 WESTERN CORRIDOR STUDY THAT'S 00:26:55:00 00:26:55:00 BEEN GOING ON. 00:26:55:00 00:26:58:00 IT'S JUST WAS APPROVED RECENTLY 00:26:58:00 00:26:59:00 GOING ON FOR PROBABLY WELL 00:26:59:00 00:27:02:00 CLOSE TO FIVE YEARS MAYBE THESE 00:27:02:00 00:27:03:00 THESE THINGS TAKE A LOT OF TIME 00:27:03:00 00:27:05:00 IF YOU WRITE AND HAVE A GOOD 00:27:05:00 00:27:09:00 STRONG COMMUNITY PROCESS. 00:27:09:00 00:27:10:00 MY CONCERN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, 00:27:10:00 00:27:13:00 WE HAVE OTHER SPACES AND WE 00:27:13:00 00:27:17:00 NEED TO PLAN FOR THE WHOLE 00:27:17:00 00:27:17:00 DISTRICT. 00:27:17:00 00:27:18:00 ARTS AND BRIGHTNESS IS BARELY 00:27:18:00 00:27:21:00 CONTIGUOUS WITH THE REST OF THE 00:27:21:00 00:27:22:00 CITY SO WE'RE SURROUNDED BY 00:27:22:00 00:27:25:00 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND WE 00:27:25:00 00:27:25:00 HAVE TRANSIT ISSUES. 00:27:25:00 00:27:29:00 WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH 00:27:29:00 00:27:30:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A WIDE 00:27:30:00 00:27:33:00 RANGE OF PEOPLE AND JUST AND 00:27:33:00 00:27:44:00 WONDERING LIKE I KNOW IS THERE 00:27:44:00 00:27:45:00 A PLAN WE HAVE FUNDING FOR A 00:27:45:00 00:27:45:00 DISTRICT WIDE PLAN FROM THE 00:27:45:00 00:27:46:00 AGREEMENT WE HAD WITH THE EOC 00:27:46:00 00:27:47:00 PROJECT AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING 00:27:47:00 00:27:48:00 OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW 00:27:48:00 00:27:51:00 IS I JUST LOVE TO KNOW IN TERMS 00:27:51:00 00:27:52:00 OF IN THE MEANTIME THERE'S A 00:27:52:00 00:27:53:00 LOT LIKE THE DEVELOPERS ARE 00:27:53:00 00:27:56:00 JUST CHARGING ALONG AND WE'RE 00:27:56:00 00:27:57:00 WE'RE BUILDING DOING THE SAME 00:27:57:00 00:27:59:00 OLD SAME OLD WITH THE PROJECT 00:27:59:00 00:28:00:00 BY PROJECT APPROVALS THAT WE 00:28:00:00 00:28:00:00 HAVE BEEN DOING. 00:28:00:00 00:28:04:00 I JUST WONDER IF WE COULD HAVE 00:28:04:00 00:28:04:00 SOME SORT OF AN INTERIM 00:28:04:00 00:28:08:00 FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE THAT PROCESS 00:28:08:00 00:28:11:00 SO THAT WE'RE JUST NOT HAVING A 00:28:11:00 00:28:12:00 FREE FOR ALL IN TERMS 00:28:12:00 00:28:12:00 OF DEVELOPMENT. 00:28:12:00 00:28:15:00 AND THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE 00:28:15:00 00:28:16:00 AND I THINK YOU AND I HAVE BEEN 00:28:16:00 00:28:19:00 IN CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT THIS 00:28:19:00 00:28:22:00 CHIEF THE ISSUE ABOUT 00:28:22:00 00:28:23:00 DEVELOPERS FLIPPING PROJECTS 00:28:23:00 00:28:24:00 LIKE WE HAVE ONE PROJECT 00:28:24:00 00:28:27:00 HOUSING PROJECT THAT WAS 00:28:27:00 00:28:27:00 APPROVED RECENTLY WITHIN SIX 00:28:27:00 00:28:30:00 WEEKS THEY WERE THEY WERE 00:28:30:00 00:28:34:00 SELLING THAT PROJECT AT 00:28:34:00 00:28:35:00 MARKETING IT IN EUROPE FOR 100K 00:28:35:00 00:28:39:00 LIKE KOSALA HUNDRED AND TWENTY 00:28:39:00 00:28:39:00 FIVE MILLION. 00:28:39:00 00:28:40:00 THIS IS WHAT THE NUMBER I'VE 00:28:40:00 00:28:42:00 HEARD AND YET YOU KNOW WE HAD A 00:28:42:00 00:28:46:00 COMMUNITY PROCESS UJAMAA 00:28:46:00 00:28:46:00 OF EFFORT OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR 00:28:46:00 00:28:47:00 PEOPLE SERVING ON NAG'S AND 00:28:47:00 00:28:50:00 YOUR STAFF ALL THE WORK GOES 00:28:50:00 00:28:51:00 INTO THAT AND THEN THESE 00:28:51:00 00:28:54:00 DEVELOPERS ARE JUST USING OUR 00:28:54:00 00:28:54:00 NEIGHBORHOOD AS A CASH MACHINE 00:28:54:00 00:28:57:00 AND IT REALLY IS VERY 00:28:57:00 00:28:58:00 DISTASTEFUL AND I DON'T KNOW IF 00:28:58:00 00:28:59:00 THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO 00:28:59:00 00:28:59:00 ABOUT THAT. 00:28:59:00 00:29:02:00 SO PLANNING AND THEN ALSO THE 00:29:02:00 00:29:06:00 ISSUE AROUND TRANSIT I KNOW 00:29:06:00 00:29:07:00 IT'S CHALLENGING THE MTA IS IN 00:29:07:00 00:29:09:00 DISARRAY AND BEEN SUFFERING 00:29:09:00 00:29:10:00 FROM UNDERFUNDED UNDERFUNDING 00:29:10:00 00:29:14:00 AND LACK OF INVESTMENT FOR 00:29:14:00 00:29:14:00 DECADES. 00:29:14:00 00:29:16:00 SO BUT ALSO BRIGHTON BECAUSE 00:29:16:00 00:29:17:00 WE'RE LITERALLY SEVEN MILES 00:29:17:00 00:29:21:00 FROM HERE, IT'S NOT EASY TO GET 00:29:21:00 00:29:22:00 HERE AND IF AND WE'RE NOT 00:29:22:00 00:29:25:00 BUILDING WE'RE NOT BUILDING 00:29:25:00 00:29:25:00 THAT TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE TO 00:29:25:00 00:29:28:00 SUPPORT A GROWING POPULATION 00:29:28:00 00:29:29:00 RIGHT NOW OUR POPULATION A REAL 00:29:29:00 00:29:33:00 POPULATION RIGHT NOW IS EIGHTY 00:29:33:00 00:29:33:00 THOUSAND. 00:29:33:00 00:29:34:00 I IMAGINE THAT IS PROBABLY 00:29:34:00 00:29:37:00 GOING TO HIT NINETY FIVE OR 00:29:37:00 00:29:37:00 100000 IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS. 00:29:37:00 00:29:40:00 SO I JUST WONDER IS THERE 00:29:40:00 00:29:44:00 ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO REALLY 00:29:44:00 00:29:44:00 WORK ON THAT? 00:29:44:00 00:29:48:00 I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON 00:29:48:00 00:29:48:00 PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE 00:29:48:00 00:29:49:00 PARTNERSHIPS AS A WAY TO GET 00:29:49:00 00:29:52:00 SOME SOME MOVEMENT ON CERTAIN 00:29:52:00 00:29:54:00 THINGS BUT THAT CAN ONLY TAKE 00:29:54:00 00:29:55:00 ME SO FAR. 00:29:55:00 00:29:59:00 THANK YOU. 00:29:59:00 00:30:03:00 SO THROUGH THE CHAIR OF THE 00:30:03:00 00:30:04:00 COUNCIL COMMISSION, I GUESS THE 00:30:04:00 00:30:05:00 THREE TOPICS YOU ASKED ABOUT 00:30:05:00 00:30:09:00 PLANNING 62 EVERET OR A 00:30:09:00 00:30:10:00 SPECIFIC PROJECT I THINK THAT 00:30:10:00 00:30:13:00 WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN DETAIL 00:30:13:00 00:30:14:00 AND IN TRANSPORTATION GENERALLY 00:30:14:00 00:30:17:00 I MAY ASK SAW MY COLLEAGUE HELP 00:30:17:00 00:30:18:00 ME ANSWER BUT VERY, VERY 00:30:18:00 00:30:21:00 QUICKLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO 00:30:21:00 00:30:22:00 IN THE PLANNING SECTION IS TO 00:30:22:00 00:30:25:00 COMPLETE THE SORT OF NAMED 00:30:25:00 00:30:26:00 SERIES OF PLANS YOU KNOW, PLAN 00:30:26:00 00:30:29:00 E BOSTON PLAN, NEW MARKET PLAN 00:30:29:00 00:30:32:00 MATTAPAN AND AND AS SOON AS 00:30:32:00 00:30:33:00 THEY ARE DONE WE'RE TRYING TO 00:30:33:00 00:30:34:00 DO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE 00:30:34:00 00:30:36:00 CITYWIDE WHICH WILL SPEAK TO 00:30:36:00 00:30:37:00 THOSE SQUARES AND CORRIDORS 00:30:37:00 00:30:39:00 WHERE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE IS 00:30:39:00 00:30:41:00 MOST IS BEING FELT MOST AND 00:30:41:00 00:30:44:00 WHERE WE BELIEVE WE CAN 00:30:44:00 00:30:45:00 ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO 00:30:45:00 00:30:48:00 SEVEN STOREY AFFORDABLE MIX 00:30:48:00 00:30:52:00 OF THE MARKET AND AFFORDABLE 00:30:52:00 00:30:53:00 FOR SALE AND AND RENTAL IN 00:30:53:00 00:30:56:00 PLACES WHERE DENSITY CAN BE CAN 00:30:56:00 00:30:57:00 BE ACCOMMODATED NEAR EXISTING 00:30:57:00 00:31:00:00 TRANSIT. 00:31:00:00 00:31:01:00 I THINK THAT'S THE GENERAL 00:31:01:00 00:31:03:00 DIRECTION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO 00:31:03:00 00:31:04:00 HAVE TO HAVE NOT JUST THOSE 00:31:04:00 00:31:05:00 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS THAT ARE 00:31:05:00 00:31:09:00 CITIZENS SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND 00:31:09:00 00:31:11:00 ENERGY INVESTING IN TO MAKE 00:31:11:00 00:31:12:00 THEIR TIME AND TO MAKE GOOD. 00:31:12:00 00:31:13:00 WE WANT TO FOLLOW THAT UP WITH 00:31:13:00 00:31:15:00 SOMETHING THAT'S MORE CITYWIDE 00:31:15:00 00:31:16:00 AND GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE 00:31:16:00 00:31:19:00 OF THE ABILITY TO SET A 00:31:19:00 00:31:20:00 DIRECTION FOR THE WHOLE CITY. 00:31:20:00 00:31:23:00 I THINK ON THE APARTMENT ON THE 00:31:23:00 00:31:24:00 INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY YOU 00:31:24:00 00:31:25:00 MENTIONED AS AN EXAMPLE OF A 00:31:25:00 00:31:26:00 LARGER PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE 00:31:26:00 00:31:27:00 WERE OBTAINING ARTICLE EIGHTY 00:31:27:00 00:31:31:00 PERMITS FOR AND APPROVALS FOR 00:31:31:00 00:31:34:00 VERY LARGE DEVELOPMENT 00:31:34:00 00:31:35:00 DELIVERIES AND THEN MARKETING 00:31:35:00 00:31:35:00 THEM. 00:31:35:00 00:31:39:00 WE HAVE A GROUP THAT IS MET 00:31:39:00 00:31:39:00 INTERNALLY THAT IS THAT WORKS 00:31:39:00 00:31:43:00 WITH OUR LADY COMMITTEE WHICH 00:31:43:00 00:31:46:00 IS MADE UP OF DEVELOPERS AND 00:31:46:00 00:31:46:00 COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS. 00:31:46:00 00:31:47:00 IN FACT ONE OF THE COMMUNITY 00:31:47:00 00:31:48:00 ACTIVIST REPRESENTATIVES FROM 00:31:48:00 00:31:54:00 THE BRIGHTON AND THE IDEA IS 00:31:54:00 00:31:55:00 FOR THAT TO GIVE US THE NEXT 00:31:55:00 00:31:58:00 GENERATION OF OF WAYS TO TO 00:31:58:00 00:32:01:00 MAKE THE PROCESS BETTER IN THAT 00:32:01:00 00:32:01:00 CONVERSATION THERE'S BEEN A 00:32:01:00 00:32:04:00 SPECIFIC DIALOG ABOUT TIME 00:32:04:00 00:32:08:00 LIMITATIONS OR SORT 00:32:08:00 00:32:09:00 OF DEVELOPMENT WINDOWS WHICH 00:32:09:00 00:32:12:00 WOULD PREVENT SOME OF THAT THE 00:32:12:00 00:32:13:00 SITUATION YOU'RE DESCRIBING 00:32:13:00 00:32:14:00 FROM HAPPENING BUT SAYING WHAT 00:32:14:00 00:32:17:00 WE THESE DISAPPROVAL AS A TIME 00:32:17:00 00:32:18:00 LIMIT WHICH WE SORT 00:32:18:00 00:32:20:00 OF ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO EITHER 00:32:20:00 00:32:21:00 OH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO AGREE TO 00:32:21:00 00:32:21:00 SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT 00:32:21:00 00:32:24:00 GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW WHICH WE 00:32:24:00 00:32:24:00 THINK WOULD GET THAT SOME 00:32:24:00 00:32:27:00 OF THAT BEHAVIOR CURTAILED. 00:32:27:00 00:32:29:00 WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE OPEN 00:32:29:00 00:32:30:00 FOR BUSINESS BUT WE ALSO WANT 00:32:30:00 00:32:32:00 PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SAY I WE 00:32:32:00 00:32:34:00 THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO 00:32:34:00 00:32:38:00 BUILD CONSENSUS TO DO SOMETHING 00:32:38:00 00:32:39:00 WE DON'T WANT THAT CONSENSUS TO 00:32:39:00 00:32:40:00 KIND OF GET SOLD OFF INTO A 00:32:40:00 00:32:42:00 FUTURE WHERE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN 00:32:42:00 00:32:46:00 OR OR TO BE AS YOU SAID, HAVE 00:32:46:00 00:32:47:00 THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECOME AN ATM 00:32:47:00 00:32:52:00 MACHINE. 00:32:52:00 00:32:52:00 VERY WELL PUT. 00:32:52:00 00:32:53:00 SO THE LAST TOPIC YOU MENTIONED 00:32:53:00 00:32:56:00 IS TRANSPORTATION. 00:32:56:00 00:32:57:00 SO OUR PLANNING TEAM AMY'S BEEN 00:32:57:00 00:33:00:00 TWEETING HAS A PRETTY ROBUST 00:33:00:00 00:33:01:00 TRANSPORTATION SECTION OF WHAT 00:33:01:00 00:33:03:00 BEIJING FITZ-GERALD AND I THINK 00:33:03:00 00:33:04:00 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM A LOT 00:33:04:00 00:33:08:00 MORE ACTIVE. 00:33:08:00 00:33:09:00 I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE PLACES 00:33:09:00 00:33:09:00 YOU'VE SEEN THEM ACTIVE THERE'S 00:33:09:00 00:33:11:00 BEEN A LOT OF GREAT DIALOG AND 00:33:11:00 00:33:12:00 I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 00:33:12:00 00:33:15:00 THEM A LOT MORE ACTIVE. 00:33:15:00 00:33:16:00 BUT AMY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD 00:33:16:00 00:33:19:00 ANYTHING TO THE COMMENTS I MADE 00:33:19:00 00:33:20:00 ABOUT PLANNING, I WOULD INVITE 00:33:20:00 00:33:21:00 YOU TO DO SO WITH THE 00:33:21:00 00:33:23:00 PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR. 00:33:23:00 00:33:23:00 THANK YOU. 00:33:23:00 00:33:27:00 THREE CHAIR COUNCILORS. 00:33:27:00 00:33:28:00 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AGAIN. 00:33:28:00 00:33:31:00 MY NAME IS AMY CHAMBERS. 00:33:31:00 00:33:32:00 I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AT 00:33:32:00 00:33:35:00 EPA AND TO ADDRESS YOUR 00:33:35:00 00:33:36:00 QUESTION WITH REGARD TO AUSTIN 00:33:36:00 00:33:38:00 BRIGHTON SPECIFICALLY AS YOU 00:33:38:00 00:33:39:00 KNOW COUNCILOR , THERE ARE A 00:33:39:00 00:33:40:00 NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLANNING 00:33:40:00 00:33:42:00 EFFORTS THAT ARE ONGOING. 00:33:42:00 00:33:43:00 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 00:33:43:00 00:33:46:00 ELEMENTS OF THE VARIETY 00:33:46:00 00:33:47:00 OF PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WE 00:33:47:00 00:33:49:00 HAVE GOING ON IS THAT WE ARE 00:33:49:00 00:33:50:00 TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE 00:33:50:00 00:33:51:00 IS CONTINUITY THROUGH THOSE 00:33:51:00 00:33:55:00 PLANS SO THAT BOTH SO THAT THE 00:33:55:00 00:33:55:00 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE COMING 00:33:55:00 00:33:58:00 OUT OF THEM AND THE FEEDBACK 00:33:58:00 00:33:58:00 THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM 00:33:58:00 00:34:01:00 RESIDENTS AS WE CONTINUE 00:34:01:00 00:34:02:00 THROUGH THOSE PLANS CARRIES 00:34:02:00 00:34:02:00 THROUGH IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 00:34:02:00 00:34:05:00 TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT 00:34:05:00 00:34:09:00 CREATING PLANNING FATIGUE WITH 00:34:09:00 00:34:10:00 ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS 00:34:10:00 00:34:11:00 THAT ARE GOING ON BUT AT THE 00:34:11:00 00:34:12:00 SAME TIME ENSURING THAT THERE 00:34:12:00 00:34:13:00 IS THAT THREAD THAT GOES 00:34:13:00 00:34:14:00 THROUGH EACH OF THE PROJECTS 00:34:14:00 00:34:20:00 AND SO WE HAVE TO STAFF WHO ARE 00:34:20:00 00:34:21:00 WORKING ON ON THOSE PROJECTS 00:34:21:00 00:34:24:00 SPECIFICALLY AND WHO WILL 00:34:24:00 00:34:25:00 CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE 00:34:25:00 00:34:26:00 PROJECTS EVEN AS WE LAUNCH THE 00:34:26:00 00:34:27:00 ALLSTON BRIGHTON LARGER SCALE 00:34:27:00 00:34:28:00 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. 00:34:28:00 00:34:31:00 WE'RE ALSO WE HAD A 00:34:31:00 00:34:32:00 CONVERSATION JUST YESTERDAY 00:34:32:00 00:34:33:00 ACTUALLY ABOUT HOW WE ENSURE 00:34:33:00 00:34:35:00 THAT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 00:34:35:00 00:34:36:00 PROCESS IS ALSO LINKED AS WE 00:34:36:00 00:34:37:00 CONTINUE THOSE PROJECTS 00:34:37:00 00:34:39:00 THEMSELVES. 00:34:39:00 00:34:40:00 SO WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE 00:34:40:00 00:34:44:00 THAT WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS IS 00:34:44:00 00:34:48:00 IS REALLY CARRIED THROUGH AS WE 00:34:48:00 00:34:48:00 CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THOSE THOSE 00:34:48:00 00:34:51:00 PROJECTS AND THAT WE ARE 00:34:51:00 00:34:52:00 ENSURING THAT ALL OF THAT 00:34:52:00 00:34:55:00 FEEDBACK COMES INTO PLAY AS WE 00:34:55:00 00:34:56:00 THINK ABOUT THESE SPECIFIC 00:34:56:00 00:34:58:00 PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE US 00:34:58:00 00:34:59:00 WITH REGARD TO THOSE SPECIFIC 00:34:59:00 00:35:00:00 PROJECTS, WE ARE DEFINITELY 00:35:00:00 00:35:02:00 MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING 00:35:02:00 00:35:03:00 ABOUT WHAT FEEDBACK WE'RE 00:35:03:00 00:35:04:00 GETTING OUT OF THOSE PLANS AND 00:35:04:00 00:35:06:00 HOW WE CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT 00:35:06:00 00:35:07:00 EVERYTHING IS IS REALLY LOOPED 00:35:07:00 00:35:10:00 TOGETHER IN A TIGHT WAY. 00:35:10:00 00:35:11:00 THANK YOU. 00:35:11:00 00:35:12:00 I THINK THAT'S MY TIME. 00:35:12:00 00:35:14:00 I'LL SAVE MY QUESTIONS FOR NEXT 00:35:14:00 00:35:15:00 RUN. 00:35:15:00 00:35:15:00 THANK YOU. 00:35:15:00 00:35:25:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR 00:35:25:00 00:35:26:00 COUNCILOR , THAT STATEMENT FOR 00:35:26:00 00:35:29:00 ANY MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS OR 00:35:29:00 00:35:32:00 TRANSPORTATION AND HOW DO YOU 00:35:32:00 00:35:33:00 COORDINATE WITH ALL OF THOSE 00:35:33:00 00:35:34:00 OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND DO YOU 00:35:34:00 00:35:37:00 SEE HAVING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS 00:35:37:00 00:35:41:00 TO FUTURE ZONING AND PROJECTS 00:35:41:00 00:35:42:00 IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH ON THAT 00:35:42:00 00:35:42:00 WOULD BE HELPFUL. 00:35:42:00 00:35:45:00 SURE. 00:35:45:00 00:35:46:00 TO THE CHAIR TO 00:35:46:00 00:35:48:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY I WOULD SAY 00:35:48:00 00:35:49:00 THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. 00:35:49:00 00:35:50:00 IN FACT THIS BUDGET HAS A 00:35:50:00 00:35:53:00 FEATURE IN IT THAT I'D WANT TO 00:35:53:00 00:35:54:00 HIGHLIGHT JUST FOR ONE SECOND 00:35:54:00 00:35:57:00 WHICH IS THE BUDGET CALLS FOR 00:35:57:00 00:35:58:00 THERE TO BE AN ADDITIONAL STAFF 00:35:58:00 00:36:01:00 PERSON WHO IS THE LEADER OF A 00:36:01:00 00:36:04:00 PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL . 00:36:04:00 00:36:05:00 THE ISSUE YOU DESCRIBED IS 00:36:05:00 00:36:09:00 SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO 00:36:09:00 00:36:10:00 GET BETTER AT SPECIFICALLY 00:36:10:00 00:36:13:00 COORDINATING OUR PLANS WITH THE 00:36:13:00 00:36:17:00 WORK THAT'S DONE IN THE PARKS 00:36:17:00 00:36:18:00 AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, FOR 00:36:18:00 00:36:21:00 EXAMPLE, BTD SO THAT WHEN WE 00:36:21:00 00:36:22:00 ARE DOING OUR PLANNING IT 00:36:22:00 00:36:25:00 REFLECTS A REAL A REAL SCHEDULE 00:36:25:00 00:36:26:00 FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS 00:36:26:00 00:36:29:00 THAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT OR REAL 00:36:29:00 00:36:32:00 SCHEDULE FOR FOR PARK 00:36:32:00 00:36:33:00 IMPROVEMENTS THAT PEOPLE CAN 00:36:33:00 00:36:36:00 EXPECT THAT'S COORDINATED MORE 00:36:36:00 00:36:40:00 EXPLICITLY AND SO SO THE MACRO 00:36:40:00 00:36:41:00 ISSUE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A 00:36:41:00 00:36:43:00 CONCERN OF OURS. 00:36:43:00 00:36:44:00 WE WANT TO HAVE IT BETTER 00:36:44:00 00:36:44:00 COORDINATED. 00:36:44:00 00:36:48:00 SO WE'VE RECENTLY HIRED SOMEONE 00:36:48:00 00:36:49:00 TO LEAD THAT WORK WITH THE 00:36:49:00 00:36:51:00 PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL , 00:36:51:00 00:36:52:00 CATHERINE LORSQUE AND SHE'S 00:36:52:00 00:36:55:00 JUST GETTING OR SEA LEGS. 00:36:55:00 00:36:56:00 BUT I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO 00:36:56:00 00:36:59:00 HAPPEN IS VERY SHORTLY THERE'S 00:36:59:00 00:37:00:00 GOING TO BE A LOT MORE TO SAY 00:37:00:00 00:37:01:00 ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO 00:37:01:00 00:37:01:00 THAT. 00:37:01:00 00:37:02:00 BUT THE ISSUE YOU'RE 00:37:02:00 00:37:03:00 HIGHLIGHTING IS SOMETHING WE 00:37:03:00 00:37:04:00 FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT. 00:37:04:00 00:37:07:00 WE'VE WE'VE HIRED SOMEBODY AND 00:37:07:00 00:37:08:00 ADVANCED IT IN THE BUDGET 00:37:08:00 00:37:10:00 BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 00:37:10:00 00:37:11:00 SO THEN MAYBE A WAY TO FOCUS ON 00:37:11:00 00:37:14:00 THIS MORE. 00:37:14:00 00:37:15:00 YOU GAVE AN EXAMPLE I THINK IN 00:37:15:00 00:37:16:00 WEST ROXBURY ALSO TALKED TO MY 00:37:16:00 00:37:19:00 BROTHER FOR THE AVENUE THROUGH 00:37:19:00 00:37:19:00 THE FOOD PARDON ME FOR 00:37:19:00 00:37:23:00 CHARLESTOWN HAS A SPECIFIC WAY 00:37:23:00 00:37:26:00 IT WANTS TO BE SAID FOR TONY. 00:37:26:00 00:37:29:00 SO WE'VE GOT TO RIGHT NOW WE'RE 00:37:29:00 00:37:30:00 OPERATING IN PLANNING 00:37:30:00 00:37:33:00 CHARLESTOWN AND THERE'S A VERY 00:37:33:00 00:37:33:00 CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S 00:37:33:00 00:37:34:00 HAPPENING THERE. 00:37:34:00 00:37:37:00 THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS 00:37:37:00 00:37:38:00 THAT THE COMMUNITY AND BTD AND 00:37:38:00 00:37:41:00 OTHERS ARE WORKING ON FOR YEARS 00:37:41:00 00:37:41:00 . 00:37:41:00 00:37:42:00 I HAVE A SCHEDULE IT'S A LITTLE 00:37:42:00 00:37:43:00 FURTHER OUT I THINK THAN ANYONE 00:37:43:00 00:37:45:00 WANTS IT TO BE. 00:37:45:00 00:37:46:00 BUT IT IS IT IS WHAT IT IS. 00:37:46:00 00:37:50:00 I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A 00:37:50:00 00:37:50:00 COMMUNITY MEETING COMING UP 00:37:50:00 00:37:53:00 SHORTLY IN WEST ROXBURY BEFORE 00:37:53:00 00:37:54:00 WHICH I KNOW THE BTD LEADER AND 00:37:54:00 00:37:57:00 OTHERS ARE SPENDING A LOT 00:37:57:00 00:37:58:00 OF TIME BEING PREPARED IT 00:37:58:00 00:38:00:00 SOUNDS LIKE I UNDERSTAND THE 00:38:00:00 00:38:01:00 ISSUE WELL. 00:38:01:00 00:38:02:00 THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT 00:38:02:00 00:38:04:00 DISCUSSION NEEDS TO HAPPEN 00:38:04:00 00:38:05:00 THERE. 00:38:05:00 00:38:08:00 BUSINESS LEADERS, FAMILIES IN 00:38:08:00 00:38:09:00 THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHERS 00:38:09:00 00:38:12:00 NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND I 00:38:12:00 00:38:14:00 THINK BTD READY FOR A DEBT 00:38:14:00 00:38:20:00 CONVERSATION AT THAT EVENT. 00:38:20:00 00:38:21:00 TROY, I THINK THAT 00:38:21:00 00:38:22:00 NEIGHBORHOOD'S GOING TO BE PART 00:38:22:00 00:38:24:00 OF A SQUARE AND CORRIDOR FOCUS 00:38:24:00 00:38:25:00 WHERE THERE WILL BE A REAL 00:38:25:00 00:38:26:00 DETAILED LOOK AT WHAT KIND 00:38:26:00 00:38:28:00 OF GROWTH IS APPROPRIATE IS 00:38:28:00 00:38:29:00 INAPPROPRIATE THERE AND THAT'S 00:38:29:00 00:38:32:00 A LEVEL OF DETAIL WE'RE TRYING 00:38:32:00 00:38:33:00 TO GET TO THAT THAT INTIMATELY 00:38:33:00 00:38:36:00 INVOLVES TRANSPORTATION IN THE 00:38:36:00 00:38:37:00 FUTURE. 00:38:37:00 00:38:38:00 HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES YOU A 00:38:38:00 00:38:38:00 START. 00:38:38:00 00:38:40:00 NO, THAT'S HELPFUL AND I OFTEN 00:38:40:00 00:38:43:00 THINK ON MY ROLE AS AN AT LARGE 00:38:43:00 00:38:44:00 CITY COUNCILOR IF I'M AT THE 00:38:44:00 00:38:47:00 LOWER MILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION 00:38:47:00 00:38:48:00 AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A 00:38:48:00 00:38:49:00 PROJECT RIGHT THERE ON ADAMS 00:38:49:00 00:38:52:00 STREET AND THEY'RE BRINGING UP 00:38:52:00 00:38:53:00 CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC, YOU 00:38:53:00 00:38:56:00 KNOW, A LOT OF LOWER MILLS BUT 00:38:56:00 00:38:56:00 THEY DON'T KNOW AND THEY 00:38:56:00 00:38:57:00 PROBABLY SHOULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE 00:38:57:00 00:39:00:00 THEY'RE TRYING TO JUST FOCUS ON 00:39:00:00 00:39:01:00 THEIR SMALL PART. 00:39:01:00 00:39:03:00 BUT TAKING THAT BIRD'S EYE VIEW 00:39:03:00 00:39:04:00 BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK 00:39:04:00 00:39:05:00 OUT IT'S LIKE WELL THERE'S A 00:39:05:00 00:39:07:00 LOT OF THINGS COMING ON RIVER 00:39:07:00 00:39:08:00 STREET OR THESE OTHERS. 00:39:08:00 00:39:09:00 SO HOW DO WE GET THAT 00:39:09:00 00:39:11:00 INFORMATION ALSO TO OUR 00:39:11:00 00:39:12:00 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS INTO 00:39:12:00 00:39:15:00 COMMUNITY EXCUSE ME TO 00:39:15:00 00:39:16:00 COMMUNITIES TO KNOW THAT YES. 00:39:16:00 00:39:19:00 YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR YOUR 00:39:19:00 00:39:19:00 SPOT. 00:39:19:00 00:39:21:00 BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE 00:39:21:00 00:39:23:00 WHOLE PICTURE IN WHAT OTHER 00:39:23:00 00:39:24:00 THINGS ARE HAPPENING LIKE 00:39:24:00 00:39:24:00 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MATTAPAN. 00:39:24:00 00:39:25:00 RIGHT. 00:39:25:00 00:39:27:00 LIKE RIGHT THERE THERE'S A LOT 00:39:27:00 00:39:28:00 GOING ON SO THEN WHEN OTHER 00:39:28:00 00:39:28:00 PROJECTS AROUND IT. 00:39:28:00 00:39:32:00 SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT 00:39:32:00 00:39:32:00 WE'RE NOT JUST WORKING IN SILOS 00:39:32:00 00:39:35:00 AND SHARING THAT INFORMATION? 00:39:35:00 00:39:36:00 WE'RE NOT REPLICATING WORK THAT 00:39:36:00 00:39:38:00 COULD YOU ALSO LOVE ONE THAT 00:39:38:00 00:39:39:00 CAN HAPPEN RIGHT THAT WE 00:39:39:00 00:39:42:00 ALREADY KNOW IT'S HAPPENING. 00:39:42:00 00:39:43:00 SO TO JUST PRESENT IT ONCE OR 00:39:43:00 00:39:46:00 SHARE IT TO MORE THAN ONE 00:39:46:00 00:39:46:00 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT'S 00:39:46:00 00:39:47:00 IT. 00:39:47:00 00:39:51:00 SHARE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 00:39:51:00 00:39:52:00 AND THANK YOU ALWAYS FOR YOUR 00:39:52:00 00:39:54:00 PARTNERSHIP IN OUR OFFICE. 00:39:54:00 00:39:57:00 I APPRECIATE IT. 00:39:57:00 00:40:01:00 COUNCILOR PRESIDENT FLYNN. 00:40:01:00 00:40:02:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AGAIN. 00:40:02:00 00:40:05:00 THANK YOU CHIEF. 00:40:05:00 00:40:08:00 IN YOUR TEAM. 00:40:08:00 00:40:12:00 LET ME START LET ME START WITH 00:40:12:00 00:40:16:00 THE P.D.A IN CHINA TRADE 00:40:16:00 00:40:17:00 BUILDING WHAT'S WHAT'S 00:40:17:00 00:40:17:00 HAPPENING AT THE CHINA TRADE 00:40:17:00 00:40:19:00 BUILDING? 00:40:19:00 00:40:20:00 WHO ARE THE OCCUPANTS? 00:40:20:00 00:40:24:00 WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE DOING 00:40:24:00 00:40:27:00 TO ATTRACT VOCAL IN MINORITY 00:40:27:00 00:40:28:00 WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES THERE IF 00:40:28:00 00:40:31:00 YOU DON'T HAVE THE COMPLETE 00:40:31:00 00:40:32:00 LIST OF WHO'S THERE, THAT'S OK. 00:40:32:00 00:40:36:00 YOU CAN GET IT TO ME, YOU KNOW, 00:40:36:00 00:40:36:00 TOMORROW OR SO. 00:40:36:00 00:40:37:00 BUT JUST GIVE ME A RUNDOWN, 00:40:37:00 00:40:40:00 DEVON, IF YOU CAN HAVE YOU 00:40:40:00 00:40:43:00 HAPPY TO COUNCILOR HAPPY TO 00:40:43:00 00:40:44:00 SHARE WITH YOU THE FALL RENT. 00:40:44:00 00:40:44:00 WE'RE ALL THAT TOGETHER. 00:40:44:00 00:40:46:00 MAYBE JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW 00:40:46:00 00:40:47:00 OF THE BUILDING. 00:40:47:00 00:40:48:00 IT'S A BUILDING THAT WE OWN I 00:40:48:00 00:40:50:00 BELIEVE IS A SIX STOREY 00:40:50:00 00:40:51:00 BUILDING IN CHINATOWN AND THEN 00:40:51:00 00:40:54:00 THE FIRST FLOOR BASEMENT UNIT 00:40:54:00 00:40:55:00 USES ARE ALL CHINATOWN BASED 00:40:55:00 00:40:57:00 COMMUNITY USES. 00:40:57:00 00:40:58:00 WE HAVE THE TEMPORARY BRANCH 00:40:58:00 00:41:01:00 LOCATION OF CHINATOWN LIBRARY. 00:41:01:00 00:41:02:00 WE HAVE CHINATOWN, CHINATOWN, 00:41:02:00 00:41:03:00 MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION, THE 00:41:03:00 00:41:05:00 HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 00:41:05:00 00:41:06:00 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CHINESE 00:41:06:00 00:41:07:00 SPACE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE 00:41:07:00 00:41:09:00 CHINESE SMALL BUSINESS INSIDE 00:41:09:00 00:41:13:00 THE ON THE MIDDLE UPPER FLOORS 00:41:13:00 00:41:16:00 ARE ALL EDUCATIONAL USES. 00:41:16:00 00:41:17:00 THOSE INCLUDE THE INTERNATIONAL 00:41:17:00 00:41:18:00 INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND AND 00:41:18:00 00:41:21:00 URBAN COLLEGE ON THE UPPER 00:41:21:00 00:41:22:00 FLOORS ABOVE THAT WE HAVE A 00:41:22:00 00:41:22:00 COUPLE OF COMMERCIAL USES THE 00:41:22:00 00:41:25:00 PAYPAL MARKET RENT AND HELP 00:41:25:00 00:41:25:00 SUBSIDIZE THE ENTIRE BUILDING 00:41:25:00 00:41:26:00 WHICH I THINK IS GENERALLY A 00:41:26:00 00:41:29:00 VERY NICE MODEL FOR COMMUNITY 00:41:29:00 00:41:29:00 ORIENTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 00:41:29:00 00:41:33:00 THOSE FIRST USES ARE BY AND 00:41:33:00 00:41:34:00 LARGE THREE OR WELL BELOW 00:41:34:00 00:41:37:00 MARKET MARKET RATE. 00:41:37:00 00:41:41:00 THE COLLEGE BASE USES THE PAY 00:41:41:00 00:41:42:00 PAY RENT BUT I NEGOTIATED RENT 00:41:42:00 00:41:44:00 AND THE UPPER FLOOR USES PAY 00:41:44:00 00:41:45:00 FOR RENT AND THAT HELPS US 00:41:45:00 00:41:46:00 OPERATE THE WHOLE BUILDING IN A 00:41:46:00 00:41:49:00 WAY THAT I THINK IS A 00:41:49:00 00:41:50:00 TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE 00:41:50:00 00:41:50:00 COMMUNITY. 00:41:50:00 00:41:52:00 URBAN COLLEGE IS STILL YES. 00:41:52:00 00:41:53:00 AND WHAT'S THE OTHER 00:41:53:00 00:41:53:00 INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE PROGRAM 00:41:53:00 00:41:56:00 INTERNATIONALLY? 00:41:56:00 00:41:56:00 INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND. 00:41:56:00 00:42:04:00 OK, OK YEAH WE CAN TALK FIND 00:42:04:00 00:42:05:00 MORE ABOUT ABOUT I LOVE THAT 00:42:05:00 00:42:08:00 BUILDING. 00:42:08:00 00:42:09:00 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 00:42:09:00 00:42:12:00 YOU KNOW ASIAN OWNED BUSINESSES 00:42:12:00 00:42:15:00 CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS AND 00:42:15:00 00:42:16:00 HAVE A PRESENCE THERE INCLUDING 00:42:16:00 00:42:19:00 WOMEN, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES 00:42:19:00 00:42:19:00 AS WELL. 00:42:19:00 00:42:22:00 AND I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO 00:42:22:00 00:42:23:00 HAVE BUSINESSES THAT PLAY THAT 00:42:23:00 00:42:27:00 PAID MARKET MARKET RENT. 00:42:27:00 00:42:28:00 I UNDERSTAND THAT. 00:42:28:00 00:42:29:00 SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD A GOOD 00:42:29:00 00:42:31:00 BALANCE. 00:42:31:00 00:42:32:00 THE TELL ME WHAT THE 00:42:32:00 00:42:34:00 IMPROVEMENTS ARE AT RAYMOND 00:42:34:00 00:42:37:00 FLYNN MARINE PARK AND WHAT'S 00:42:37:00 00:42:41:00 HAPPENING THERE ARE DEVELOPERS 00:42:41:00 00:42:45:00 HOLDING NOT DEVELOPING THE 00:42:45:00 00:42:46:00 PROJECTS OF A SITTING ON THE ON 00:42:46:00 00:42:49:00 THE PLANS EVEN THOUGH IT IS 00:42:49:00 00:42:49:00 APPROVED. 00:42:49:00 00:42:53:00 ARE THEY WAITING WHAT ARE THEY 00:42:53:00 00:42:56:00 WAITING FOR AND DO THEY HAVE 00:42:56:00 00:42:57:00 OTHER PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THAT 00:42:57:00 00:43:00:00 AREA? 00:43:00:00 00:43:01:00 I DON'T KNOW OF A PEOPLE 00:43:01:00 00:43:04:00 SITTING ON THE LAND ALMOST AS 00:43:04:00 00:43:05:00 IF IT'S A LAND BANK AND 00:43:05:00 00:43:07:00 FOCUSING ON OTHER THE 00:43:07:00 00:43:08:00 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OUTSIDE 00:43:08:00 00:43:08:00 OF THAT AREA. 00:43:08:00 00:43:12:00 JUST GIVE ME A RUNDOWN ON THAT. 00:43:12:00 00:43:12:00 YEAH, THOSE ARE TWO GREAT 00:43:12:00 00:43:13:00 QUESTIONS. 00:43:13:00 00:43:16:00 COUNCILORS TAKE THE FIRST ONE 00:43:16:00 00:43:16:00 ON THE INVESTMENTS IN GREEN 00:43:16:00 00:43:17:00 PARK. 00:43:17:00 00:43:17:00 I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE 00:43:17:00 00:43:19:00 OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE 00:43:19:00 00:43:20:00 COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING THAT 00:43:20:00 00:43:20:00 CAPITAL REQUEST TO THE EPA. 00:43:20:00 00:43:22:00 THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT 00:43:22:00 00:43:26:00 OF RESOURCES THAT THE CITY 00:43:26:00 00:43:27:00 BUDGET CONTEMPLATES PUTTING 00:43:27:00 00:43:27:00 TOWARD RESILIENCY IN THE MARINE 00:43:27:00 00:43:30:00 PARK. 00:43:30:00 00:43:31:00 ONE OF THE SIGNATURE 00:43:31:00 00:43:32:00 INVESTMENTS THAT I WANT TO 00:43:32:00 00:43:33:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR , FOR YOUR 00:43:33:00 00:43:36:00 ADVOCACY ON IS THE THE HAUL 00:43:36:00 00:43:38:00 ROAD TO THE KENNEDY CONNECTION 00:43:38:00 00:43:39:00 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MARINE 00:43:39:00 00:43:40:00 PARK AS A REALLY IMPORTANT 00:43:40:00 00:43:42:00 MARITIME INDUSTRIAL LOCATION 00:43:42:00 00:43:43:00 HAS APPROPRIATE ACCESS TO TRUCK 00:43:43:00 00:43:47:00 THOROUGHFARES IN A WAY THAT 00:43:47:00 00:43:47:00 DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH THE 00:43:47:00 00:43:50:00 GROWTH OF THE SEAPORT AND THE 00:43:50:00 00:43:51:00 MULTIMODAL BUS PEDESTRIAN BIKE 00:43:51:00 00:43:54:00 INFRASTRUCTURE. 00:43:54:00 00:43:55:00 WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE 00:43:55:00 00:43:56:00 KEEP BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS ON 00:43:56:00 00:43:59:00 NORTHERN AVENUE AND TRUCKS ON 00:43:59:00 00:43:59:00 THE ADJACENT STREETS. 00:43:59:00 00:44:02:00 THE THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT I 00:44:02:00 00:44:03:00 THINK IT'S SEVEN MILLION 00:44:03:00 00:44:03:00 DOLLARS IN THE CITY BUDGET WILL 00:44:03:00 00:44:06:00 HELP US IMPLEMENT THAT 00:44:06:00 00:44:07:00 CONNECTION. 00:44:07:00 00:44:07:00 THERE'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT 00:44:07:00 00:44:10:00 WATERFRONT INFRASTRUCTURE 00:44:10:00 00:44:11:00 INVESTMENTS TO PREVENT FLOODING 00:44:11:00 00:44:13:00 DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND 00:44:13:00 00:44:14:00 CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR 00:44:14:00 00:44:15:00 MARITIME ECONOMY IN BOSTON, 00:44:15:00 00:44:18:00 WHICH IS THE MISSION OF THE 00:44:18:00 00:44:18:00 FLYNN MARINE PARK. 00:44:18:00 00:44:21:00 REGARDING YOUR QUESTION IN 00:44:21:00 00:44:22:00 TERMS OF LEASES IN THE MARINE 00:44:22:00 00:44:26:00 PARK AND DEVELOPMENT, I WOULD 00:44:26:00 00:44:27:00 LOVE TO BEGIN WITH YOU THAT 00:44:27:00 00:44:30:00 MORE IF YOU'RE SEEING OR 00:44:30:00 00:44:30:00 HEARING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT 00:44:30:00 00:44:31:00 CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT HEARING 00:44:31:00 00:44:33:00 THAT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY 00:44:33:00 00:44:34:00 ACTIVE AT LEAST NEGOTIATIONS 00:44:34:00 00:44:35:00 AND SOME THAT ARE WE'RE TRYING 00:44:35:00 00:44:37:00 TO TRY TO CLOSE QUICKLY. 00:44:37:00 00:44:38:00 WE'VE RECENTLY BROUGHT BEFORE 00:44:38:00 00:44:41:00 OUR BOARD OF THE APPROVAL FOR 00:44:41:00 00:44:42:00 22 DRYDOCK WHICH IS OUR FORMER 00:44:42:00 00:44:45:00 OFFICE BUILDING IN THE MARINE 00:44:45:00 00:44:46:00 PARK WHICH IS GOING TO BE 00:44:46:00 00:44:49:00 REDEVELOPED TO DEAL INTO A LAP 00:44:49:00 00:44:52:00 LIFESCIENCE WITH TRAINING 00:44:52:00 00:44:53:00 PROGRAMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR 00:44:53:00 00:44:54:00 WHICH WILL HELP CAPITAL 00:44:54:00 00:44:56:00 SUBSIDIZE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 00:44:56:00 00:44:57:00 IN THE MARINE PARK FOCUSED ON 00:44:57:00 00:45:00:00 MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE THERE 00:45:00:00 00:45:01:00 VERTEX TO BE THE PRIMARY TENANT 00:45:01:00 00:45:04:00 THERE THEY ARE VERY EAGER TO 00:45:04:00 00:45:05:00 GET INTO CONSTRUCTION. 00:45:05:00 00:45:06:00 WE'RE TALKING TO THEM PRETTY 00:45:06:00 00:45:08:00 FREQUENTLY SO THAT AS AN 00:45:08:00 00:45:09:00 INDICATOR OF DEVELOPMENT I 00:45:09:00 00:45:11:00 THINK THERE IS THERE SEEMS TO 00:45:11:00 00:45:12:00 BE A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST TO 00:45:12:00 00:45:15:00 MOVE FORWARD. 00:45:15:00 00:45:19:00 BUT ALL OF OUR LEASES HAVE AND 00:45:19:00 00:45:20:00 ANY OF OUR TENTATIVE 00:45:20:00 00:45:20:00 DESIGNATIONS HAVE DEADLINE 00:45:20:00 00:45:23:00 CLAUSES IN THEM. 00:45:23:00 00:45:24:00 SO IF THERE ARE PLACES WHERE WE 00:45:24:00 00:45:27:00 HAVE SOME LEVERAGE TO PUSH 00:45:27:00 00:45:28:00 FORWARD WITH THE APPROPRIATE 00:45:28:00 00:45:31:00 FOR THE APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT 00:45:31:00 00:45:32:00 THE MARINE PARK WE'RE ALWAYS 00:45:32:00 00:45:32:00 DOING THAT. 00:45:32:00 00:45:33:00 THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IT WE WANT 00:45:33:00 00:45:34:00 TO SEE AN WELCOME YOUR 00:45:34:00 00:45:35:00 PARTNERSHIP AND LEVELING THAT 00:45:35:00 00:45:38:00 UP IN A PLACE WHERE YOU THINK 00:45:38:00 00:45:39:00 THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY. 00:45:39:00 00:45:39:00 YEAH. 00:45:39:00 00:45:40:00 THANK YOU DEVON. 00:45:40:00 00:45:43:00 COULD COULD YOU AND I MEET 00:45:43:00 00:45:43:00 SOMETIME NEXT WEEK? 00:45:43:00 00:45:46:00 I JUST WANT TO GO OVER WHO THE 00:45:46:00 00:45:47:00 TENANTS ARE. 00:45:47:00 00:45:49:00 THEY ARE WHAT PROJECTS HAVE 00:45:49:00 00:45:53:00 BEEN APPROVED IF ANYONE IS 00:45:53:00 00:45:54:00 SITTING ON ANY PROJECTS THAT 00:45:54:00 00:45:57:00 HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR ANY 00:45:57:00 00:45:58:00 REASON BUT CAN WE MEET SOMETIME 00:45:58:00 00:46:02:00 NEXT WEEK JUST TO GO OVER SOME 00:46:02:00 00:46:03:00 OF THOSE ISSUES? 00:46:03:00 00:46:04:00 I'D BE HAPPY TO BE THE GREAT 00:46:04:00 00:46:04:00 GUY. 00:46:04:00 00:46:06:00 I THINK PARTS OF FLORIDA ALSO 00:46:06:00 00:46:09:00 ASKED ME ABOUT THAT ISSUE AS 00:46:09:00 00:46:10:00 WELL. 00:46:10:00 00:46:13:00 DEVON AND CHIEF, I KNOW YOU ARE 00:46:13:00 00:46:14:00 FAMILIAR WITH THIS ISSUE, THE 00:46:14:00 00:46:16:00 MARITIME PRESENCE HERE IS 00:46:16:00 00:46:17:00 CRITICAL. 00:46:17:00 00:46:20:00 THE THE FISH PROCESSING 00:46:20:00 00:46:21:00 COMPANIES THERE IF YOU ARE 00:46:21:00 00:46:23:00 WILLING TO WORK HARD YOU ARE 00:46:23:00 00:46:24:00 WILLING TO WORK THIRTEEN 00:46:24:00 00:46:27:00 FOURTEEN HOURS A DAY AND YOU 00:46:27:00 00:46:28:00 CAN MAKE A GOOD WAGE. 00:46:28:00 00:46:29:00 YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO 00:46:29:00 00:46:32:00 BE A A COLLEGE GRADUATE TO BE 00:46:32:00 00:46:33:00 IN THAT FIELD AS LONG AS YOU'RE 00:46:33:00 00:46:38:00 WILLING TO WORK HARD. 00:46:38:00 00:46:39:00 A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES ALSO 00:46:39:00 00:46:42:00 HIRE PEOPLE OF COLOR AS WELL. 00:46:42:00 00:46:46:00 BUT WHAT WHAT'S DISCOURAGING TO 00:46:46:00 00:46:50:00 ME IS THE THE ACCESS FOR THE 00:46:50:00 00:46:54:00 THE THE ROADS FOR THESE TRUCKS 00:46:54:00 00:46:55:00 IN AND OUT OF THESE FISH 00:46:55:00 00:46:57:00 PROCESSING COMPANIES IS VERY 00:46:57:00 00:47:01:00 DIFFICULT BECAUSE THROUGH THE 00:47:01:00 00:47:04:00 ADVOCACY OF THE TRANSPORTATION 00:47:04:00 00:47:05:00 TEAM WE'RE PUTTING BIKE LANES 00:47:05:00 00:47:09:00 IN WHERE WE SHOULD BE MAKING 00:47:09:00 00:47:12:00 SURE THAT COMMERCE IS GOING 00:47:12:00 00:47:13:00 THROUGH SAFELY EFFECTIVELY AND 00:47:13:00 00:47:16:00 I THINK WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL 00:47:16:00 00:47:16:00 HERE WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT 00:47:16:00 00:47:20:00 WANT TO GET THEIR PRODUCTS IN 00:47:20:00 00:47:21:00 AND OUT OF THE MARINE PARK IN 00:47:21:00 00:47:24:00 THE BASIC US THAT WANT THE ROAD 00:47:24:00 00:47:25:00 AS WELL. 00:47:25:00 00:47:28:00 SO A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES 00:47:28:00 00:47:32:00 HAVE ASKED ME TO SEE IF THEY 00:47:32:00 00:47:35:00 CAN SPEAK WITH YOU. 00:47:35:00 00:47:37:00 I KNOW YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM 00:47:37:00 00:47:39:00 BEFORE SEVERAL TIMES BUT IT IS 00:47:39:00 00:47:39:00 A MAJOR PROBLEM. 00:47:39:00 00:47:42:00 IT'S A MAJOR CONCERN AND I 00:47:42:00 00:47:43:00 DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY 00:47:43:00 00:47:46:00 BUSINESSES LEAVE THE MARINE 00:47:46:00 00:47:49:00 PARK OR OR BOSTON BECAUSE WE 00:47:49:00 00:47:50:00 THEY CAN'T ACCESS GOODS AND 00:47:50:00 00:47:54:00 SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO DROP 00:47:54:00 00:47:55:00 OFF AND PICK UP BECAUSE A BIKE 00:47:55:00 00:47:58:00 LANE HAS JUST BEEN PLACED RIGHT 00:47:58:00 00:47:59:00 IN THE MIDDLE OF THERE RIGHT IN 00:47:59:00 00:48:02:00 THE MIDDLE OF THE STORE FRONT 00:48:02:00 00:48:03:00 THROUGH THE TO THE PRESIDENT 00:48:03:00 00:48:06:00 WHEN I WOULD APPRECIATE THE 00:48:06:00 00:48:10:00 QUESTION, I WOULD SAY THAT I 00:48:10:00 00:48:11:00 WAS THERE I HAD A CHANCE TO 00:48:11:00 00:48:13:00 WALK THE SITE WITH I'M NOT SURE 00:48:13:00 00:48:14:00 IF YOU WERE THERE. 00:48:14:00 00:48:15:00 I THINK I WAS THERE WITH 00:48:15:00 00:48:17:00 COUNCILOR FERRETI AND IT'S JUST 00:48:17:00 00:48:18:00 THAT FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE 00:48:18:00 00:48:21:00 HARPOON DEVELOPMENT OWNER AND 00:48:21:00 00:48:22:00 WE'RE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE 00:48:22:00 00:48:25:00 TURNING RADIUS ISSUES FIRSTHAND 00:48:25:00 00:48:26:00 SINCE THEN OUR DIRECTOR OF REAL 00:48:26:00 00:48:29:00 ESTATE REBECCA HANSEN HAS HAD A 00:48:29:00 00:48:33:00 SERIES OF MEETINGS I THINK MADE 00:48:33:00 00:48:34:00 A COUPLE OF PROPOSALS THAT ARE 00:48:34:00 00:48:34:00 GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:48:34:00 00:48:37:00 BUT I DID MAKE IT VERY SIMPLE. 00:48:37:00 00:48:38:00 I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK OUT THERE 00:48:38:00 00:48:40:00 AND TALK TO THEM AGAIN ANYTIME 00:48:40:00 00:48:41:00 IN THE NEXT 30 TO 30 DAYS OR SO 00:48:41:00 00:48:44:00 AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE 00:48:44:00 00:48:45:00 BEING HEARD AND THAT THE 00:48:45:00 00:48:46:00 PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING IS 00:48:46:00 00:48:48:00 BECAUSE AGAIN THE MIX OF OF 00:48:48:00 00:48:49:00 MARITIME AND OTHER BUSINESS 00:48:49:00 00:48:52:00 DOWN THERE IS CRUCIAL TO RETAIN 00:48:52:00 00:48:53:00 AND MAKING SURE ANY KIND 00:48:53:00 00:48:55:00 OF PERSON CAN WORK IN THAT PART 00:48:55:00 00:48:55:00 . 00:48:55:00 00:48:56:00 THE CITY AND I JUST WANT TO 00:48:56:00 00:48:59:00 HIGHLIGHT AGAIN WELCOME THAT 00:48:59:00 00:49:00:00 COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION THE 00:49:00:00 00:49:04:00 SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL 00:49:04:00 00:49:04:00 REQUEST FOR THE KENNEDY 00:49:04:00 00:49:07:00 REALIGNMENT THEY WERE THE THAT 00:49:07:00 00:49:08:00 WILL MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT ON 00:49:08:00 00:49:10:00 EXACTLY THE TYPE 00:49:10:00 00:49:11:00 OF TRANSPORTATION WHAT YOU'RE 00:49:11:00 00:49:11:00 CONCERNED THAT YOU'RE HAPPY 00:49:11:00 00:49:12:00 YOU'VE PUSHED US ON 00:49:12:00 00:49:15:00 COUNCILOR AND I THINK IT WILL 00:49:15:00 00:49:15:00 HAVE THE RESOLUTION BUT I THINK 00:49:15:00 00:49:16:00 YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 00:49:16:00 00:49:18:00 WELL, THANK YOU, CHIEF AND 00:49:18:00 00:49:19:00 THANK YOU, DEVON. 00:49:19:00 00:49:23:00 I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE 00:49:23:00 00:49:25:00 BRIEF COMMENT BEFORE BEFORE 00:49:25:00 00:49:29:00 BEFORE I AND MR BREEN FROM FROM 00:49:29:00 00:49:30:00 OUR TEAM HAS WORKED WITH ME FOR 00:49:30:00 00:49:34:00 THE LAST SIX YEARS MAKING SURE 00:49:34:00 00:49:36:00 WE HAVE HAD ACCESS TO LANGUAGE 00:49:36:00 00:49:37:00 ACCESS FOR THE CHINATOWN 00:49:37:00 00:49:40:00 COMMUNITY IN CANTONESE. 00:49:40:00 00:49:41:00 HE'S DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB. 00:49:41:00 00:49:45:00 HE HELPED MOVE BPA TOWARDS 00:49:45:00 00:49:46:00 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNITY 00:49:46:00 00:49:48:00 COMMUNICATION ACCESS SO JUST 00:49:48:00 00:49:49:00 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 00:49:49:00 00:49:50:00 IMPORTANT ROLE MR BREEN PLAYS 00:49:50:00 00:49:53:00 UP THE UP OF THE BPA. 00:49:53:00 00:49:56:00 THANK YOU. 00:49:56:00 00:49:57:00 THANK YOU. 00:49:57:00 00:49:57:00 THANK YOU. 00:49:57:00 00:49:58:00 PRESIDENT FLYNN. 00:49:58:00 00:50:00:00 I WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE 00:50:00:00 00:50:03:00 THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE 00:50:03:00 00:50:04:00 COUNCILOR KALLARA AND 00:50:04:00 00:50:07:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA HAS JOINED US 00:50:07:00 00:50:08:00 BUT IT IS MY TURN FOR QUESTIONS 00:50:08:00 00:50:11:00 AND SO I'LL GO TO THEM AS SOON 00:50:11:00 00:50:14:00 AS I ASK MY QUESTIONS. 00:50:14:00 00:50:18:00 SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND 00:50:18:00 00:50:19:00 A LITTLE BIT MORE AND I KNOW 00:50:19:00 00:50:23:00 AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS FOR THE 00:50:23:00 00:50:23:00 RECORD AND THE PEOPLE WATCHING 00:50:23:00 00:50:27:00 AT HOME AND I KNOW THAT YOU 00:50:27:00 00:50:28:00 GUYS HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING 00:50:28:00 00:50:28:00 PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST 00:50:28:00 00:50:31:00 NOT REALLY AWARE OF OR AT LEAST 00:50:31:00 00:50:35:00 THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO 00:50:35:00 00:50:39:00 SUPPORT IN GIVING ACCESS TO THE 00:50:39:00 00:50:39:00 COMMUNITY. 00:50:39:00 00:50:41:00 I KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT 00:50:41:00 00:50:43:00 OF EXCITING STUFF ROXBURY AS 00:50:43:00 00:50:45:00 WELL AND D7 AND SO EITHER 00:50:45:00 00:50:47:00 MICHELLE ANYONE OR DEVON IF YOU 00:50:47:00 00:50:50:00 CAN BREAK DOWN THE DIFFERENT 00:50:50:00 00:50:52:00 PROGRAMS AND HOW THAT SUPPORT 00:50:52:00 00:50:56:00 HOW IT SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY. 00:50:56:00 00:50:57:00 SURE. 00:50:57:00 00:51:01:00 SO IN OUR PACKET WE DO TRY TO 00:51:01:00 00:51:01:00 TAKE OUR BUDGET AND RELATE IT 00:51:01:00 00:51:04:00 TO THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS 00:51:04:00 00:51:08:00 THE MOST DIRECT ORGANIZATION 00:51:08:00 00:51:10:00 THAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A STAFF 00:51:10:00 00:51:13:00 OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEMBERS 00:51:13:00 00:51:13:00 . 00:51:13:00 00:51:14:00 THERE ARE I THINK FOUR OR FIVE 00:51:14:00 00:51:17:00 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEMBERS, 00:51:17:00 00:51:17:00 TWO DEPUTY DIRECTORS AND THEY 00:51:17:00 00:51:20:00 NEST INTO OUR DEPARTMENT 00:51:20:00 00:51:21:00 OF COMMUNICATIONS EXCUSE ME 00:51:21:00 00:51:24:00 COMMUNICATIONS. 00:51:24:00 00:51:25:00 AND SO THAT SALARY YOU KNOW, 00:51:25:00 00:51:26:00 THEY THEY FOCUS ON THEIR 00:51:26:00 00:51:28:00 SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 00:51:28:00 00:51:29:00 WE THEN HAVE ALL OF OUR VARIOUS 00:51:29:00 00:51:32:00 PLANNING AND ALL OF THAT 00:51:32:00 00:51:33:00 ACTIVITY RUNS THROUGH THE 00:51:33:00 00:51:33:00 BOROUGH. 00:51:33:00 00:51:36:00 WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE 00:51:36:00 00:51:37:00 DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, 00:51:37:00 00:51:39:00 FOCUSED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 00:51:39:00 00:51:43:00 OF ALL AGE GROUPS AND SO THEY 00:51:43:00 00:51:44:00 RECEIVE AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT 00:51:44:00 00:51:44:00 OF FEDERAL FUNDING. 00:51:44:00 00:51:47:00 WE ACT AS A FISCAL AGENT. 00:51:47:00 00:51:48:00 WE DO NOT TAKE ANY 00:51:48:00 00:51:48:00 ADMINISTRATIVE CLAWBACKS FOR 00:51:48:00 00:51:51:00 THAT AND WE ACTUALLY USE 00:51:51:00 00:51:55:00 ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT 00:51:55:00 00:51:56:00 THIS WORK IF GRANTS DO NOT 00:51:56:00 00:51:58:00 COVER THEIR ENTIRE EXPENSES. 00:51:58:00 00:51:59:00 YOU KNOW, I THINK WITHIN THE 00:51:59:00 00:52:02:00 FINANCE DEPARTMENT WHAT WE HAVE 00:52:02:00 00:52:03:00 BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME 00:52:03:00 00:52:06:00 TRYING TO GET OUT THERE IS THE 00:52:06:00 00:52:07:00 LDC, OUR BARSOUM LOCAL 00:52:07:00 00:52:07:00 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 00:52:07:00 00:52:10:00 THEY PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESS 00:52:10:00 00:52:14:00 FINANCING LOANS AND THEY DO 00:52:14:00 00:52:15:00 EXTRAORDINARY WORK WITH A STAFF 00:52:15:00 00:52:18:00 OF TWO. 00:52:18:00 00:52:19:00 WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON THE 00:52:19:00 00:52:22:00 SIMPLE THINGS FIRST LIKE 00:52:22:00 00:52:23:00 TRANSLATING OUR WEBSITES TO 00:52:23:00 00:52:24:00 MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE 00:52:24:00 00:52:26:00 LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE. 00:52:26:00 00:52:27:00 WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST TWELVE 00:52:27:00 00:52:30:00 MONTHS GOING OUT TO JUST ABOUT 00:52:30:00 00:52:31:00 EVERY COMMUNITY EVENT WE COULD 00:52:31:00 00:52:34:00 POSSIBLY FIND AND RESERVING A 00:52:34:00 00:52:35:00 TABLE TO JUST GET THE 00:52:35:00 00:52:37:00 INFORMATION OUT THERE. 00:52:37:00 00:52:41:00 WE ALSO HAVE READ BOSTON AND 00:52:41:00 00:52:42:00 SOME WILL BE A LOT OF SMALLER 00:52:42:00 00:52:45:00 ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL THAT 00:52:45:00 00:52:46:00 TARGET PARTICULAR DISADVANTAGED 00:52:46:00 00:52:48:00 GROUPS OR DIFFERENT GROUPS 00:52:48:00 00:52:50:00 OF OF OF YOUTH IN THE CITY THAT 00:52:50:00 00:52:53:00 NEED SUMMER JOBS AND THOSE 00:52:53:00 00:52:53:00 TYPES OF PROGRAMS. 00:52:53:00 00:52:56:00 SO IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY 00:52:56:00 00:53:00:00 COLLECTION OF ACTIVITIES AND ON 00:53:00:00 00:53:01:00 ANY PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR, YOU 00:53:01:00 00:53:03:00 KNOW, WE'RE FUNDING A VARIETY 00:53:03:00 00:53:04:00 OF PROGRAMS. 00:53:04:00 00:53:04:00 HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR 00:53:04:00 00:53:05:00 QUESTION. 00:53:05:00 00:53:07:00 YOU CONTINUE. 00:53:07:00 00:53:08:00 IT DOES AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S 00:53:08:00 00:53:09:00 A LOT AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH 00:53:09:00 00:53:12:00 TIME HERE TO DISCUSS IT AND I 00:53:12:00 00:53:13:00 KNOW THAT SOME OF IT WAS YOU 00:53:13:00 00:53:15:00 DID BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOUR 00:53:15:00 00:53:16:00 PRESENTATION. 00:53:16:00 00:53:17:00 I JUST THINK THAT IT'S AMAZING 00:53:17:00 00:53:19:00 OPPORTUNITIES. 00:53:19:00 00:53:20:00 YOU GUYS DOING REALLY GOOD WORK 00:53:20:00 00:53:21:00 ON THESE PROGRAMS OR OTHER 00:53:21:00 00:53:23:00 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS 00:53:23:00 00:53:24:00 THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT AWARE 00:53:24:00 00:53:27:00 OF OR JUST NOT GOING THROUGH 00:53:27:00 00:53:28:00 ALL THE LAYERS OF YOUR WEBSITE 00:53:28:00 00:53:32:00 AND I'VE TRIED SO I ALSO WANTED 00:53:32:00 00:53:35:00 TO TALK ABOUT YOUR CAPITAL AND 00:53:35:00 00:53:36:00 THANK YOU MICHEL FOR GIVING ME 00:53:36:00 00:53:40:00 THAT RESPONSE IF IT'S OK WITH 00:53:40:00 00:53:41:00 YOU, I'LL REACH OUT IF I NEED 00:53:41:00 00:53:43:00 IF I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 00:53:43:00 00:53:44:00 I JUST WANT TO STAY ON THE 00:53:44:00 00:53:46:00 CAPITAL BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT 00:53:46:00 00:53:47:00 OF INVESTMENT IN DIFFERENT 00:53:47:00 00:53:51:00 AREAS AND JUST HOW YOU GOT YOUR 00:53:51:00 00:53:55:00 DECISIONS AND I AGAIN IN TERMS 00:53:55:00 00:53:55:00 OF INFRASTRUCTURE OR CAPITAL 00:53:55:00 00:53:59:00 INVESTMENTS ANYONE HERE CAN 00:53:59:00 00:54:03:00 ANSWER I HOW DO YOU GET TO YOUR 00:54:03:00 00:54:04:00 DECISION AND WHAT WHAT MAKES A 00:54:04:00 00:54:06:00 PRIORITY A PRIORITY? 00:54:06:00 00:54:07:00 HOW DID YOU GET THERE? 00:54:07:00 00:54:08:00 I SEE THAT THERE WAS INVESTMENT 00:54:08:00 00:54:10:00 IN CHARLESTOWN FOR A MILLION 00:54:10:00 00:54:10:00 DOLLARS IN SOUTH BOSTON. 00:54:10:00 00:54:14:00 TWENTY SEVEN MILLION DOWNTOWN 00:54:14:00 00:54:14:00 GOVERNMENT CENTER SIX MILLION 00:54:14:00 00:54:18:00 SOUTH THEN ONE MILLION. 00:54:18:00 00:54:19:00 I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE FOR 00:54:19:00 00:54:19:00 THE REST OF THE CITY. 00:54:19:00 00:54:20:00 SO HOW DID YOU GET TO YOUR 00:54:20:00 00:54:22:00 PRIORITY? 00:54:22:00 00:54:23:00 WHAT ARE THE REASONS YOU'LL BE 00:54:23:00 00:54:23:00 HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT 00:54:23:00 00:54:25:00 COUNCILOR SO REBECCA HANSENS 00:54:25:00 00:54:26:00 OUR DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE AND 00:54:26:00 00:54:28:00 SHE SUPPORTED BY WILLIAM 00:54:28:00 00:54:29:00 PERCENT AS HER DEPUTY DIRECTOR 00:54:29:00 00:54:30:00 FOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION. 00:54:30:00 00:54:33:00 THEIR TEAM WORKS REALLY HARD 00:54:33:00 00:54:34:00 EVERY YEAR ON ESTABLISHING, 00:54:34:00 00:54:36:00 ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING 00:54:36:00 00:54:37:00 OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. 00:54:37:00 00:54:38:00 WE HAVE OVER FOUR HUNDRED 00:54:38:00 00:54:39:00 MILLION DOLLARS OF CAPITAL 00:54:39:00 00:54:41:00 NEEDS THE AGENCY AND THAT 00:54:41:00 00:54:42:00 INCLUDES ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND 00:54:42:00 00:54:44:00 FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS OF SEA 00:54:44:00 00:54:45:00 LEVEL RISE RELATED CLIMATE 00:54:45:00 00:54:49:00 CHANGE MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT 00:54:49:00 00:54:49:00 WE NEED TO UNDERTAKE. 00:54:49:00 00:54:50:00 SO THAT'S THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL 00:54:50:00 00:54:52:00 SINGLE CHUNK OF THE CAPITAL 00:54:52:00 00:54:53:00 BUDGET. 00:54:53:00 00:54:56:00 OUR TWO LARGEST CONTIGUOUS 00:54:56:00 00:54:57:00 LANDHOLDINGS ARE IN THE 00:54:57:00 00:54:57:00 CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD AND IN 00:54:57:00 00:55:00:00 THE RAYMOND L. FLYNN MARINE 00:55:00:00 00:55:01:00 PARK IN SOUTH BOSTON BECAUSE 00:55:01:00 00:55:04:00 OF THE SORT THE CONTINUITY 00:55:04:00 00:55:05:00 OF LAND THAT WE HAVE IN THOSE 00:55:05:00 00:55:08:00 LOCATIONS THOSE HAVE ARE ALSO 00:55:08:00 00:55:09:00 OUR LARGEST CONTENT COST 00:55:09:00 00:55:09:00 CENTERS THERE ALSO ALONG THE 00:55:09:00 00:55:12:00 WATERFRONT A LOT OF OUR 00:55:12:00 00:55:13:00 WATERFRONT, THE BOTH OF THOSE 00:55:13:00 00:55:16:00 WATERFRONT ASSETS WERE FORMER 00:55:16:00 00:55:20:00 MILITARY BASES THAT SAW A LOT 00:55:20:00 00:55:21:00 OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE 00:55:21:00 00:55:21:00 DEVELOPED DURING WORLD WAR TWO 00:55:21:00 00:55:23:00 WHICH IS NOW PAST ITS USEFUL 00:55:23:00 00:55:24:00 LIFE AND NEEDS TO BE 00:55:24:00 00:55:24:00 REHABILITATED. 00:55:24:00 00:55:25:00 SO THERE'S SIGNIFICANT 00:55:25:00 00:55:27:00 INVESTMENT HAPPENING BOTH 00:55:27:00 00:55:28:00 BECAUSE OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND 00:55:28:00 00:55:31:00 BECAUSE OF JUST STATE OF NEED 00:55:31:00 00:55:32:00 FOR RECAPITALIZATIONS DATA, 00:55:32:00 00:55:35:00 GOOD REPAIR ALONG THE WATER IN 00:55:35:00 00:55:36:00 THOSE TWO LOCATIONS. 00:55:36:00 00:55:39:00 BUT TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION 00:55:39:00 00:55:40:00 AROUND HOW WE SET PRIORITIES, 00:55:40:00 00:55:41:00 THE TEAM ESTABLISHED I THINK 00:55:41:00 00:55:43:00 FAIRLY DETAILED APPROACH TO 00:55:43:00 00:55:47:00 EVALUATING EACH POTENTIAL 00:55:47:00 00:55:47:00 PROJECT WE HAVE. 00:55:47:00 00:55:48:00 WE'VE GOT FULL CAPITAL NEEDS 00:55:48:00 00:55:50:00 ASSESSMENT A REALLY SOLID 00:55:50:00 00:55:51:00 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT NEEDS 00:55:51:00 00:55:54:00 INVESTMENT AND THEN HOW WE 00:55:54:00 00:55:55:00 PRIORITIZE IT WAS A LOOK 00:55:55:00 00:55:58:00 THROUGH BOTH STARTING WITH 00:55:58:00 00:55:59:00 PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAKE SURE 00:55:59:00 00:56:02:00 THAT WE'RE KEEPING ANYONE WHO'S 00:56:02:00 00:56:03:00 USING OUR PROPERTY SAFE AND 00:56:03:00 00:56:06:00 IT'S THE GOOD STATE OF GOOD 00:56:06:00 00:56:07:00 REPAIR BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE 00:56:07:00 00:56:10:00 ALIGNMENT WITH OUR MISSION. 00:56:10:00 00:56:11:00 SO WE WE RECENTLY INVESTED 00:56:11:00 00:56:14:00 SIGNIFICANTLY IN YOUR DISTRICT 00:56:14:00 00:56:17:00 AT THE P3 DEVELOPMENT SITE TO 00:56:17:00 00:56:18:00 DO SOME REMEDIATION WORK TO 00:56:18:00 00:56:21:00 PREPARE THAT SITE FOR COMMUNITY 00:56:21:00 00:56:22:00 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. 00:56:22:00 00:56:24:00 WE WELL THAT ONE DIDN'T THE 00:56:24:00 00:56:29:00 SAME PUBLIC SAFETY NEED AS 00:56:29:00 00:56:29:00 MAYBE ANOTHER PROJECT. 00:56:29:00 00:56:30:00 IT HAD JUST SIGNIFICANT 00:56:30:00 00:56:33:00 MISSIONAL AND BEING ABLE TO 00:56:33:00 00:56:33:00 REDEVELOP PUBLIC PUBLIC 00:56:33:00 00:56:36:00 PROPERTY THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE 00:56:36:00 00:56:37:00 PARTNERSHIPS. 00:56:37:00 00:56:38:00 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MADE 00:56:38:00 00:56:38:00 THAT INVESTMENT QUICKLY. 00:56:38:00 00:56:40:00 WE ALSO LOOK AT HOW MUCH HOW 00:56:40:00 00:56:41:00 MUCH WAS THAT? 00:56:41:00 00:56:42:00 I THINK THAT WAS A HALF MILLION 00:56:42:00 00:56:44:00 DOLLARS I WOULDN'T GET I'LL 00:56:44:00 00:56:45:00 CHECK THAT NUMBER FOR I DIDN'T 00:56:45:00 00:56:47:00 GET IT AND GET IT TO YOU BUT 00:56:47:00 00:56:48:00 THAT WAS ALSO BACKSTOPPED WITH 00:56:48:00 00:56:51:00 A GRANT FROM THE FROM THE STATE 00:56:51:00 00:56:52:00 AS WELL. 00:56:52:00 00:56:53:00 SO I THINK IT WAS SOME OF OUR 00:56:53:00 00:56:53:00 MONEY. 00:56:53:00 00:56:54:00 DID YOU END UP TAKING THE FULL 00:56:54:00 00:56:55:00 COST? 00:56:55:00 00:56:56:00 I KNOW DEVELOPERS WELL THEY 00:56:56:00 00:56:57:00 WEREN'T COMPLAINING TO ME BUT 00:56:57:00 00:56:59:00 THERE WERE SOME WE YOU KNOW WE 00:56:59:00 00:57:02:00 DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO PAY THAT 00:57:02:00 00:57:03:00 WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THAT AT 00:57:03:00 00:57:07:00 LEAST THE COMMUNITY WAS SAYING 00:57:07:00 00:57:07:00 IT. 00:57:07:00 00:57:08:00 DEVELOPERS DIDN'T SAY THAT TO 00:57:08:00 00:57:08:00 ME. 00:57:08:00 00:57:09:00 YES. 00:57:09:00 00:57:10:00 AND THEN I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHO 00:57:10:00 00:57:11:00 WHO'S GOING TO PAY? 00:57:11:00 00:57:12:00 LIKE HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? 00:57:12:00 00:57:14:00 WE WERE HAPPY TO TAKE ON THAT 00:57:14:00 00:57:15:00 CAPITAL INVESTMENT. 00:57:15:00 00:57:15:00 RIGHT. 00:57:15:00 00:57:16:00 SOMETHING WE'RE DOING NOW AND 00:57:16:00 00:57:18:00 THE REASON IS IT SPEEDS THE 00:57:18:00 00:57:19:00 REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AND 00:57:19:00 00:57:22:00 PUTTING TAKING OUR LARGEST 00:57:22:00 00:57:23:00 VACANT PROPERTY AND GETTING 00:57:23:00 00:57:26:00 INTO ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR 00:57:26:00 00:57:28:00 COMMUNITY ORIENTED JOB CREATING 00:57:28:00 00:57:29:00 HOUSING RELATED USES IS IT 00:57:29:00 00:57:33:00 COULDN'T BE MORE IMPORTANT TO 00:57:33:00 00:57:34:00 US AS A AS A BOTH FROM OUR 00:57:34:00 00:57:37:00 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 00:57:37:00 00:57:38:00 PERSPECTIVE BUT ALSO AS A A 00:57:38:00 00:57:38:00 PUBLIC REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. 00:57:38:00 00:57:42:00 SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO 00:57:42:00 00:57:45:00 HASTEN THE DELIVERY OF MISSION 00:57:45:00 00:57:45:00 ORIENTED PROPERTY IS SOMETHING 00:57:45:00 00:57:46:00 WE'RE HAPPY TO INVEST IN. 00:57:46:00 00:57:49:00 WE ALSO LOOK AT PARTICULARLY IN 00:57:49:00 00:57:50:00 THE MARINE PARK WHERE WE HAVE A 00:57:50:00 00:57:53:00 LOT OF MARKET ORIENTED LEASES 00:57:53:00 00:57:53:00 RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 00:57:53:00 00:57:54:00 SO IF WE MAKE A CAPITAL 00:57:54:00 00:57:56:00 INVESTMENT WILL WE GET THAT 00:57:56:00 00:57:57:00 MONEY BACK MORE QUICKLY? 00:57:57:00 00:58:00:00 SO THOSE ARE I THINK THE MORE 00:58:00:00 00:58:01:00 THE THREE LARGE METRICS THAT WE 00:58:01:00 00:58:04:00 USE IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZING 00:58:04:00 00:58:04:00 OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. 00:58:04:00 00:58:08:00 OK, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR 00:58:08:00 00:58:09:00 MAKING THAT DECISION WOULD BE 00:58:09:00 00:58:12:00 THREE. 00:58:12:00 00:58:13:00 WHERE DOES YOUR THE BULK 00:58:13:00 00:58:14:00 OF YOUR REVENUE AND CAN YOU 00:58:14:00 00:58:16:00 BREAK THAT DOWN BY PERCENTAGE 00:58:16:00 00:58:16:00 COMES FROM SURE. 00:58:16:00 00:58:20:00 SO IN OUR PRESENTATION IN OUR 00:58:20:00 00:58:23:00 SLIDES WE INCLUDED CAN PULL 00:58:23:00 00:58:24:00 THAT UP IF IT'S HELPFUL BUT OUR 00:58:24:00 00:58:27:00 OUR LARGEST, MOST CONSISTENT 00:58:27:00 00:58:31:00 STABLE REVENUE DOES COME FROM 00:58:31:00 00:58:32:00 OUR GROUND LEASES AND OUR 00:58:32:00 00:58:32:00 TENANT LEASES. 00:58:32:00 00:58:35:00 WE DO ALSO HAVE PARKING LOTS 00:58:35:00 00:58:39:00 THAT GENERATE REVENUE FOR US 00:58:39:00 00:58:40:00 AND THOSE HAVE HAD AN 00:58:40:00 00:58:40:00 INTERESTING PERFORMANCE SINCE 00:58:40:00 00:58:42:00 THE PANDEMIC AND DIFFERENT 00:58:42:00 00:58:43:00 RESPONSES TO TRANSPORTATION. 00:58:43:00 00:58:46:00 SO IT'S VERY MUCH AN ECONOMIC 00:58:46:00 00:58:50:00 REVENUE STREAM FOR US FROM 00:58:50:00 00:58:51:00 THERE IS MORE LIKE COMMERCIAL 00:58:51:00 00:58:54:00 PARKING LOT SHARE LIKE HOUTTE 00:58:54:00 00:58:55:00 LIKE BIGGER PARKING LOTS. 00:58:55:00 00:58:56:00 WELL SO WE HAVE ONE OPEN OUR 00:58:56:00 00:58:59:00 LARGE GARAGE IN THE MARINE PARK 00:58:59:00 00:59:01:00 AND SO THAT'S THE THE THE 00:59:01:00 00:59:02:00 PRIMARY PARKING LOT AND THEN WE 00:59:02:00 00:59:03:00 HAVE SMALLER LOTS ACROSS THE 00:59:03:00 00:59:03:00 CITY. 00:59:03:00 00:59:06:00 THERE'S FULTON STREET THAT I'M 00:59:06:00 00:59:09:00 IN THE WRONG BUSINESS 62 00:59:09:00 00:59:13:00 PERCENT OF THE REVENUE IT IS 00:59:13:00 00:59:14:00 IT'S QUITE INTERESTING BECAUSE 00:59:14:00 00:59:17:00 I THINK AS THE PANDEMIC HIT WE 00:59:17:00 00:59:18:00 SAW A SHARP DECLINE AS THE 00:59:18:00 00:59:21:00 SHUTDOWN IS HAPPENING OF COURSE 00:59:21:00 00:59:22:00 AND WE WERE VERY UNSURE OF WHAT 00:59:22:00 00:59:31:00 THE FUTURE OF THAT REVENUE 00:59:31:00 00:59:32:00 STREAM WOULD BE BECAUSE YES, 00:59:32:00 00:59:33:00 THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO 00:59:33:00 00:59:34:00 CLOSING DEFICITS IN THE VRA. 00:59:34:00 00:59:34:00 SO THAT REVENUE HAS BEEN 00:59:34:00 00:59:35:00 PERFORMING QUITE WELL AND HAS 00:59:35:00 00:59:36:00 ALLOWED US TO MAKE INVESTMENTS 00:59:36:00 00:59:37:00 IN PLANNING. 00:59:37:00 00:59:38:00 YOU KNOW, I THINK AS FAR AS 00:59:38:00 00:59:41:00 EXPENDITURES WE HAVE FINALLY 00:59:41:00 00:59:42:00 STAFFED UP AND SO WE HAVE MUCH 00:59:42:00 00:59:45:00 FEWER VACANCIES THAN WE'VE HAD. 00:59:45:00 00:59:46:00 SO YOU'D SEE IN OUR POCKET THAT 00:59:46:00 00:59:49:00 WE'VE ADDED FULL TIME STAFF AND 00:59:49:00 00:59:50:00 SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BE 00:59:50:00 00:59:52:00 ABLE TO DO THAT. 00:59:52:00 00:59:53:00 WE OF COURSE RECEIVE A LARGE 00:59:53:00 00:59:57:00 PORTION OF FUNDS WHEN YOU 00:59:57:00 00:59:59:00 COLLECT IT ALL TOGETHER FOR AND 00:59:59:00 01:00:00:00 AGAIN THOSE ALL JUST GO 01:00:00:00 01:00:01:00 STRAIGHT RIGHT BACK OUT THROUGH 01:00:01:00 01:00:04:00 RFP TO COMMUNITY BASED 01:00:04:00 01:00:04:00 ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN SMALLER 01:00:04:00 01:00:08:00 POTS OF REVENUE INCLUDE THINGS 01:00:08:00 01:00:09:00 LIKE LATE FEES AND IF SOMEBODY 01:00:09:00 01:00:12:00 WANTS TO PURCHASE A MAP, YOU 01:00:12:00 01:00:13:00 KNOW, SMALL SMALL REVENUE 01:00:13:00 01:00:16:00 STREAMS LIKE THAT OK, I'LL BE 01:00:16:00 01:00:19:00 SURE NOT TO PURCHASE A GAME. 01:00:19:00 01:00:20:00 THANKFULLY THEY'RE MOSTLY 01:00:20:00 01:00:23:00 DIGITAL NOW. 01:00:23:00 01:00:24:00 SO COULD I JUST WANT TO CORRECT 01:00:24:00 01:00:25:00 THE RECORD ON ONE POINT SIXTY 01:00:25:00 01:00:26:00 TWO PERCENT OF OUR REVENUE 01:00:26:00 01:00:27:00 COMES FROM REAL ESTATE LEASES, 01:00:27:00 01:00:31:00 LICENSES AND PARKING. 01:00:31:00 01:00:35:00 NO PARKING IS ABOUT MICHEL 01:00:35:00 01:00:35:00 ABOUT FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THAT 01:00:35:00 01:00:36:00 OK. 01:00:36:00 01:00:36:00 SIXTY PERCENT I DON'T WANT TO 01:00:36:00 01:00:38:00 LEAVE YOU WITH THE IMPRESSION 01:00:38:00 01:00:39:00 THAT 62 PERCENT CAME FROM 01:00:39:00 01:00:39:00 PARKING THIS YEAR. 01:00:39:00 01:00:40:00 THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION. 01:00:40:00 01:00:42:00 I DO SEE YOU HERE. 01:00:42:00 01:00:43:00 RENTAL LEASES SO INCLUDING REAL 01:00:43:00 01:00:43:00 ESTATE. 01:00:43:00 01:00:46:00 ANYTHING ELSE AND SO THAT THE 01:00:46:00 01:00:50:00 IMPACT I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING 01:00:50:00 01:00:51:00 TO IS THE IMPACT OF WHAT MARY 01:00:51:00 01:00:54:00 WAS PROPOSING IN TERMS 01:00:54:00 01:00:54:00 OF PARCELS. 01:00:54:00 01:00:58:00 IT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT YOU IN 01:00:58:00 01:01:02:00 AN ADVERSE WAY SO OR DOES IT 01:01:02:00 01:01:03:00 NEXT YEAR WILL BE BEFORE THE 01:01:03:00 01:01:05:00 COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT MOVING 01:01:05:00 01:01:07:00 THE BPAS STAFF TO THE CITY 01:01:07:00 01:01:10:00 OF BOSTON'S BUDGET? 01:01:10:00 01:01:11:00 I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 01:01:11:00 01:01:11:00 AS WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TO 01:01:11:00 01:01:14:00 TALK ABOUT WHAT WITH THE FULL 01:01:14:00 01:01:15:00 COST IMPLICATIONS OF THAT STAFF 01:01:15:00 01:01:18:00 TRANSFER WILL BE. 01:01:18:00 01:01:21:00 WE ARE ABSOLUTELY INTENDING TO 01:01:21:00 01:01:21:00 COVER THOSE COSTS WITH THE 01:01:21:00 01:01:22:00 TRANSFER REVENUE TO THE CITY SO 01:01:22:00 01:01:26:00 THAT THAT IS A A YEAR FROM NOW 01:01:26:00 01:01:26:00 A DISCUSSION FOR NEXT YEAR'S 01:01:26:00 01:01:29:00 BUDGET CYCLE. 01:01:29:00 01:01:30:00 BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY 01:01:30:00 01:01:30:00 IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US 01:01:30:00 01:01:33:00 TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE ANY ANY 01:01:33:00 01:01:36:00 CHANGE OF EMPLOYER FOR EPA 01:01:36:00 01:01:37:00 STAFF AND IT HAS CORRESPONDING 01:01:37:00 01:01:40:00 REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH SO OK, 01:01:40:00 01:01:41:00 YOU'VE SEGUED INTO THE OTHER 01:01:41:00 01:01:44:00 THE NEXT QUESTION OK SORRY . 01:01:44:00 01:01:45:00 THANK YOU. 01:01:45:00 01:01:46:00 NO THAT'S FINE. 01:01:46:00 01:01:47:00 I GUESS I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE 01:01:47:00 01:01:49:00 OUT IF THE LAND IS SENT ALL TO 01:01:49:00 01:01:52:00 MSH THEN TRANSPORTATION WHICH 01:01:52:00 01:01:53:00 THEN WOULD IT IMPACT YOUR 01:01:53:00 01:01:55:00 REVENUE AND HOW WOULD THE 01:01:55:00 01:01:59:00 SUSTAINABILITY OF BPA CONTINUE 01:01:59:00 01:02:03:00 THAT BUT I KIND GET THE PICTURE 01:02:03:00 01:02:06:00 IT'S STILL A SMALL FRACTION AND 01:02:06:00 01:02:07:00 YOU WOULD TRANSFER OVER FUNDS 01:02:07:00 01:02:08:00 SO THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY 01:02:08:00 01:02:08:00 IMPACT BUT YOU ALREADY 01:02:08:00 01:02:11:00 CONTRIBUTE TO BOSTON'S REVENUE 01:02:11:00 01:02:14:00 IN TERMS OF TAXES ANYWAY THE 01:02:14:00 01:02:18:00 MOST OF OUR NEARLY ALL OF OUR 01:02:18:00 01:02:19:00 PERFORMING LEASES DO PAY FULL 01:02:19:00 01:02:22:00 TAXES THERE ARE A COUPLE 01:02:22:00 01:02:23:00 OF PILOT AGREEMENTS AND 01:02:23:00 01:02:24:00 EXCEPTIONS TO THAT BUT THAT'S 01:02:24:00 01:02:25:00 SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON 01:02:25:00 01:02:27:00 OVERTIME TO ENSURE THAT EVERY 01:02:27:00 01:02:27:00 EVERY DEVELOPMENT ON PUBLICLY 01:02:27:00 01:02:31:00 OWNED LAND THAT'S NOT A 01:02:31:00 01:02:31:00 MUNICIPAL PURPOSE OR AFFORDABLE 01:02:31:00 01:02:32:00 HOUSING USE IS PAYING FULL 01:02:32:00 01:02:34:00 TAXES. 01:02:34:00 01:02:35:00 I THINK THE I'M SAYING THE 01:02:35:00 01:02:39:00 IRONY HERE IS THAT THE PUBLIC 01:02:39:00 01:02:40:00 SEEMS TO THINK THAT OH MY GOSH, 01:02:40:00 01:02:43:00 B'DAY ARE VERY AND WHEN YOU 01:02:43:00 01:02:46:00 LOOK AT THE NUMBERS YOU'RE LIKE 01:02:46:00 01:02:47:00 WELL IT'S THEY'RE NOT THAT'S 01:02:47:00 01:02:50:00 NOT WHERE THEIR REVENUE IS AND 01:02:50:00 01:02:54:00 SO THERE IS NO REASON FOR THEM 01:02:54:00 01:02:54:00 TO INTENTIONALLY TRY TO BE 01:02:54:00 01:02:58:00 CORRUPT AND I DON'T THINK YOU 01:02:58:00 01:03:01:00 ARE I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY 01:03:01:00 01:03:02:00 THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO 01:03:02:00 01:03:06:00 LOSE OR TO GAIN TO DO THAT. 01:03:06:00 01:03:07:00 WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? 01:03:07:00 01:03:09:00 AND I WANT TO THE PUBLIC TO 01:03:09:00 01:03:09:00 UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR REVENUE 01:03:09:00 01:03:13:00 DOES NOT COME FROM YOU KNOW, 01:03:13:00 01:03:16:00 NOT IN PROPER COMMUNITY 01:03:16:00 01:03:17:00 ENGAGEMENT. 01:03:17:00 01:03:18:00 THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILOR . 01:03:18:00 01:03:19:00 I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE 01:03:19:00 01:03:21:00 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT AND 01:03:21:00 01:03:22:00 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE 01:03:22:00 01:03:23:00 SOME CREDIT TO MICHELLE 01:03:23:00 01:03:23:00 GOLDBERG WHO'S BEEN AN 01:03:23:00 01:03:24:00 EXCELLENT BUDGET DIRECTOR AND 01:03:24:00 01:03:25:00 OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR US AND 01:03:25:00 01:03:26:00 HAS DRIVEN THE AGENCY'S 01:03:26:00 01:03:28:00 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS WITH A 01:03:28:00 01:03:28:00 DIRECTION TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY 01:03:28:00 01:03:33:00 SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS 01:03:33:00 01:03:33:00 HAS BEEN A DIRECTIVE FROM OUR 01:03:33:00 01:03:34:00 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS WELL. 01:03:34:00 01:03:36:00 SO EVERYONE YOU CAN SEE EXACT 01:03:36:00 01:03:37:00 WHAT REVENUE THE DPA IS TAKING 01:03:37:00 01:03:40:00 IN AND EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING 01:03:40:00 01:03:40:00 . 01:03:40:00 01:03:42:00 THAT'S NOT HOW THE AGENCY WAS 01:03:42:00 01:03:45:00 ALWAYS HISTORICALLY RUN. 01:03:45:00 01:03:46:00 AND I THINK IT'S AND FOR THAT 01:03:46:00 01:03:49:00 REASON IF YOU GO BACK YOU KNOW, 01:03:49:00 01:03:50:00 MANY YEARS INTO THE PAST THERE 01:03:50:00 01:03:53:00 WAS LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT 01:03:53:00 01:03:53:00 WHERE PPTA MONEY WENT. 01:03:53:00 01:03:54:00 THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE 01:03:54:00 01:03:55:00 ENDEAVORING WORKING VERY 01:03:55:00 01:03:57:00 CLOSELY WITH MAYOR WU IN HER 01:03:57:00 01:04:00:00 DIRECTION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE 01:04:00:00 01:04:01:00 AGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT IS 01:04:01:00 01:04:01:00 EVEN EASIER TO UNDERSTAND THAT 01:04:01:00 01:04:02:00 IN THE FUTURE. 01:04:02:00 01:04:04:00 SO THANK YOU. 01:04:04:00 01:04:05:00 THANK YOU FOR THAT AND FOR 01:04:05:00 01:04:07:00 THOSE OF YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH 01:04:07:00 01:04:08:00 DEVON. 01:04:08:00 01:04:09:00 I APPRECIATE THAT. 01:04:09:00 01:04:10:00 FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING AT 01:04:10:00 01:04:12:00 HOME, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN 01:04:12:00 01:04:13:00 OUR BUDGET BREAKDOWN, I'M HAPPY 01:04:13:00 01:04:14:00 TO SEND IT OVER BOTH SLIDES 01:04:14:00 01:04:16:00 FROM OUR BUDGET ANALYSIS AND 01:04:16:00 01:04:17:00 FROM BPA. 01:04:17:00 01:04:20:00 I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED TO LOOK 01:04:20:00 01:04:21:00 AT YOUR BALANCE SAYING THANK 01:04:21:00 01:04:24:00 YOU MICHELLE TO SEE THAT YOUR 01:04:24:00 01:04:28:00 FUNDS ARE ALWAYS ACCOUNTED FOR 01:04:28:00 01:04:29:00 IS A LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY AND I 01:04:29:00 01:04:31:00 HAD A BREAKDOWN FROM THE LAST 01:04:31:00 01:04:32:00 THREE OR FOUR YEARS OR SO. 01:04:32:00 01:04:32:00 APPRECIATE THAT. 01:04:32:00 01:04:36:00 NOT I'M NOT I'M NOT PLEASANTLY 01:04:36:00 01:04:36:00 SURPRISED. 01:04:36:00 01:04:36:00 I'M NOT SURPRISED. 01:04:36:00 01:04:39:00 I AM. 01:04:39:00 01:04:40:00 I AM I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT 01:04:40:00 01:04:43:00 THOUGH I THINK I'LL RESERVE MY 01:04:43:00 01:04:44:00 QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAVE SO 01:04:44:00 01:04:47:00 MANY MORE. 01:04:47:00 01:04:48:00 WE'LL GO ON TO COUNCIL COLLETTA 01:04:48:00 01:04:50:00 FOR A QUESTION OF YOU HAVE 01:04:50:00 01:04:51:00 EIGHT MINUTES. 01:04:51:00 01:04:51:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 01:04:51:00 01:04:54:00 GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 01:04:54:00 01:04:55:00 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. 01:04:55:00 01:04:56:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 01:04:56:00 01:04:58:00 PRESENTATION. 01:04:58:00 01:04:59:00 WE WE'VE TALKED EXTENSIVELY 01:04:59:00 01:05:02:00 ABOUT PLAN CHARLESTOWN 01:05:02:00 01:05:03:00 PLAINNESS BOSTON. 01:05:03:00 01:05:04:00 I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU ANY 01:05:04:00 01:05:05:00 QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. 01:05:05:00 01:05:09:00 HAPPY TO TO HEAR THAT THEY ARE 01:05:09:00 01:05:10:00 IN THEIR FINAL STAGES. 01:05:10:00 01:05:13:00 I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M CURIOUS 01:05:13:00 01:05:16:00 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 01:05:16:00 01:05:17:00 PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL AND 01:05:17:00 01:05:21:00 HOW IT RELATES TO THE COASTAL 01:05:21:00 01:05:21:00 RESILIENCY TASK FORCE. 01:05:21:00 01:05:25:00 SANDY FLAHERTY AROUND THAT AND 01:05:25:00 01:05:25:00 HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE 01:05:25:00 01:05:28:00 PLANNING PROCESSES THAT ARE 01:05:28:00 01:05:29:00 CURRENTLY HAPPENING IN MY 01:05:29:00 01:05:30:00 DISTRICT PLAINNESS BOSTON AND 01:05:30:00 01:05:32:00 PLANNING CHARLESTOWN THROUGH 01:05:32:00 01:05:36:00 THE CHAIR TO COUNCILOR WHY 01:05:36:00 01:05:40:00 DON'T I TRY THE THE TRY THE 01:05:40:00 01:05:41:00 FIRST ONE ABOUT THE PLANNING 01:05:41:00 01:05:44:00 ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THEN DEVIN 01:05:44:00 01:05:45:00 AND AMY MAY BE TOGETHER. 01:05:45:00 01:05:47:00 YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE 01:05:47:00 01:05:48:00 MATTER STARTING WITH WHERE WE 01:05:48:00 01:05:50:00 ARE, HOW WE'RE ORGANIZED TODAY 01:05:50:00 01:05:50:00 . 01:05:50:00 01:05:55:00 SO THE PLANNING ADVISORY 01:05:55:00 01:05:59:00 COUNCIL IS REALLY AN ESSENTIAL 01:05:59:00 01:05:59:00 WE THINK PART OF THE FUTURE. 01:05:59:00 01:06:02:00 ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE'VE 01:06:02:00 01:06:04:00 ALL NOTED IS THAT WHEN WE DO A 01:06:04:00 01:06:07:00 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, THE 01:06:07:00 01:06:07:00 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN ISN'T TO 01:06:07:00 01:06:08:00 SPEAK TO WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT 01:06:08:00 01:06:10:00 POTENTIAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 01:06:10:00 01:06:11:00 IS OR THE OPPORTUNITY SITES OR 01:06:11:00 01:06:13:00 PROPERTIES MIGHT BE. 01:06:13:00 01:06:14:00 IT OFTEN USUALLY IT USUALLY 01:06:14:00 01:06:17:00 SAYS THAT THESE ARE THE 01:06:17:00 01:06:18:00 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS 01:06:18:00 01:06:18:00 THAT WILL HAPPEN. 01:06:18:00 01:06:19:00 THESE ARE SOME OF THE PLANNING 01:06:19:00 01:06:21:00 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL PARDON 01:06:21:00 01:06:22:00 ME PARKS AND RECREATION 01:06:22:00 01:06:24:00 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN. 01:06:24:00 01:06:26:00 BUT TRACKING ALL OF THE CAPITAL 01:06:26:00 01:06:29:00 INVESTMENT TO COME FROM THE 01:06:29:00 01:06:30:00 CAPITAL PLAN AND GO INTO DOING 01:06:30:00 01:06:32:00 THAT AND MAKING SURE THE 01:06:32:00 01:06:33:00 CALENDAR ON WHICH THOSE THINGS 01:06:33:00 01:06:36:00 ARE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TAKES 01:06:36:00 01:06:37:00 PLACE AND THAT THERE'S ENOUGH 01:06:37:00 01:06:38:00 FOCUS AND DISCIPLINE ON EACH 01:06:38:00 01:06:41:00 OF THOSE OUTCOMES, THE PLANNING 01:06:41:00 01:06:42:00 OUTCOMES IN THE FIELD. 01:06:42:00 01:06:44:00 BUT THAT'S WHAT MATTERS IS IS 01:06:44:00 01:06:45:00 PERFORMED IS SOMETHING THAT WE 01:06:45:00 01:06:48:00 WE THINK WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN. 01:06:48:00 01:06:52:00 AND SO CREATING A GROUP THAT 01:06:52:00 01:06:56:00 BRINGS TOGETHER THE CFO, THE 01:06:56:00 01:07:00:00 LEADER, THE LEADER OF THE OTHER 01:07:00:00 01:07:00:00 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED 01:07:00:00 01:07:04:00 IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO SAY 01:07:04:00 01:07:05:00 OK, WHEN THIS PLAN GETS 01:07:05:00 01:07:07:00 APPROVED AND IT WON'T JUST BE 01:07:07:00 01:07:11:00 PPTA PLANS, IT MIGHT BE BTD 01:07:11:00 01:07:12:00 PLANS AS WELL THAT EVERYONE 01:07:12:00 01:07:15:00 SORT OF SITS THERE IN A ROOM 01:07:15:00 01:07:16:00 TOGETHER AND SAYS YEAH I'M 01:07:16:00 01:07:19:00 AGREEING TO EXECUTE THIS ON 01:07:19:00 01:07:20:00 THIS ROUGH CALENDAR SO THAT 01:07:20:00 01:07:24:00 CITIZENS HAVE A BETTER IDEA. 01:07:24:00 01:07:25:00 OH WELL WE HAD A PLAN DID 01:07:25:00 01:07:27:00 INITIATIVE SIX HAPPEN IN THE 01:07:27:00 01:07:28:00 PLAN? 01:07:28:00 01:07:28:00 WELL THERE'S A THERE'S A GROUP 01:07:28:00 01:07:29:00 OF PEOPLE WHO'S CHARGED WITH 01:07:29:00 01:07:31:00 MAKING SURE INITIATIVE SIX 01:07:31:00 01:07:35:00 INITIATIVE SIX HAPPENED NOT 01:07:35:00 01:07:36:00 AGAIN THAT SUPPLANTING THE WORK 01:07:36:00 01:07:39:00 THAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR 01:07:39:00 01:07:40:00 OF OUR ORGANIZATION WOULD DO OR 01:07:40:00 01:07:43:00 THE OR VANITA GUPTA, THE 01:07:43:00 01:07:44:00 PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR BTD WOULD 01:07:44:00 01:07:47:00 DO BUT REALLY MAKING SURE THAT 01:07:47:00 01:07:50:00 EACH OF THEM HAS A WAY TO TO TO 01:07:50:00 01:07:51:00 KIND OF CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY 01:07:51:00 01:07:51:00 AMONG EACH OTHER ABOUT THE WORK 01:07:51:00 01:07:55:00 THAT GETS DONE AND THAT A PLACE 01:07:55:00 01:07:58:00 IS CONVENED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 01:07:58:00 01:07:59:00 I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO 01:07:59:00 01:08:01:00 SAY THAT IT'S A STARTUP AND WE 01:08:01:00 01:08:02:00 WANTED TO HAVE THOSE FEATURES 01:08:02:00 01:08:05:00 FOR THE CITY AGENCIES. 01:08:05:00 01:08:07:00 WE ALSO WANT AT SOME POINT TO 01:08:07:00 01:08:09:00 HAVE THOSE FEATURES FOR THE 01:08:09:00 01:08:10:00 PUBLIC WHERE THEY CAN SORT 01:08:10:00 01:08:12:00 OF SEE GOVERNMENT INTERACTING 01:08:12:00 01:08:13:00 TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PIECES 01:08:13:00 01:08:17:00 OVER ARE CONNECTED AND 01:08:17:00 01:08:17:00 OVERLAPPING. 01:08:17:00 01:08:18:00 SO HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES YOU A 01:08:18:00 01:08:20:00 LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE SEE TO 01:08:20:00 01:08:21:00 THE EXTENT YOU WANTED TO TALK 01:08:21:00 01:08:24:00 ABOUT THE COASTAL RESILIENCE 01:08:24:00 01:08:25:00 WORK WHICH I THINK IS 01:08:25:00 01:08:26:00 ESSENTIAL, DEVON AND AMY 01:08:26:00 01:08:28:00 PROBABLY THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO 01:08:28:00 01:08:36:00 SPEAK TO IT SO THEN ON THE 01:08:36:00 01:08:36:00 COASTAL RESILIENCE FOR EVERY 01:08:36:00 01:08:39:00 TEAM I THINK OR WE'RE TRYING TO 01:08:39:00 01:08:42:00 ACHIEVE WITH THAT TEAM IS THE 01:08:42:00 01:08:43:00 FACT THAT WE'VE DONE ACTUALLY 01:08:43:00 01:08:46:00 QUITE ROBUST PLANNING ON 01:08:46:00 01:08:47:00 BOSTON'S WATERFRONT FOR WHERE 01:08:47:00 01:08:50:00 THERE ARE FLOOD INUNDATION 01:08:50:00 01:08:51:00 RISKS AND SIGNIFICANT RISKS TO 01:08:51:00 01:08:54:00 BOSTON'S FUTURE IN TERMS OF SEA 01:08:54:00 01:08:55:00 LEVEL RISE THAT THE PLANNING 01:08:55:00 01:08:57:00 EFFORTS HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONAL 01:08:57:00 01:08:58:00 LED BY FOLKS UNDER AMY'S TEAM 01:08:58:00 01:08:59:00 AND CHIEF WHITE HAMMOND'S TEAM 01:08:59:00 01:09:02:00 AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO 01:09:02:00 01:09:03:00 START MAKING RAPID INVESTMENTS 01:09:03:00 01:09:05:00 SO THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WE 01:09:05:00 01:09:06:00 NEED WHETHER THAT SEAWALLS OR 01:09:06:00 01:09:10:00 INFRASTRUCTURE ARE THERE BY THE 01:09:10:00 01:09:11:00 TIME THAT THE THAT THE BIG 01:09:11:00 01:09:13:00 STORM HAPPENS OR THE SEA RISE 01:09:13:00 01:09:14:00 HAPPENS AND I THINK AS YOU 01:09:14:00 01:09:17:00 KNOW, PROBABLY BETTER THAN THAN 01:09:17:00 01:09:17:00 ANYONE ELSE GIVEN YOUR 01:09:17:00 01:09:18:00 DISTRICT'S RISK IN THIS IN THIS 01:09:18:00 01:09:21:00 SPACE THAT TIME IS SHORT. 01:09:21:00 01:09:25:00 SO THE WHAT WE'VE ARE SETTING 01:09:25:00 01:09:28:00 UP IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS A 01:09:28:00 01:09:29:00 TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO WORK CLOSELY 01:09:29:00 01:09:32:00 WITH CHIEF JOHNSON AND CHIEF 01:09:32:00 01:09:33:00 WHITE HAMMOND ON EVERY DAY 01:09:33:00 01:09:36:00 COMING TO WORK IMPLEMENTING 01:09:36:00 01:09:36:00 THOSE SOLUTIONS, GETTING THE 01:09:36:00 01:09:39:00 FUNDING AND TAKING THAT TAKING 01:09:39:00 01:09:40:00 THOSE PLANS AND PUTTING THEM 01:09:40:00 01:09:41:00 INTO ACTION. 01:09:41:00 01:09:44:00 ONE OF THE REASONS THAT'S 01:09:44:00 01:09:45:00 HOUSED WITHIN THE DPD REAL 01:09:45:00 01:09:46:00 ESTATE TEAM IS BECAUSE OF OUR 01:09:46:00 01:09:48:00 EXPERIENCE DOING PUBLIC PRIVATE 01:09:48:00 01:09:48:00 PARTNERSHIPS. 01:09:48:00 01:09:52:00 OUR EXPERIENCE ACQUIRING 01:09:52:00 01:09:56:00 PROPERTY FOR BOTH PUBLIC AND 01:09:56:00 01:09:56:00 PRIVATE USE. 01:09:56:00 01:09:59:00 AND I THINK THAT JUST TO USE AN 01:09:59:00 01:10:00:00 EXAMPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT 01:10:00:00 01:10:00:00 THINKING ABOUT BORDER STREET 01:10:00:00 01:10:03:00 AND THE FLOOD INUNDATION ROUTE 01:10:03:00 01:10:07:00 THAT THREATENS A LOT OF HOMES, 01:10:07:00 01:10:08:00 THESE BOSTON HOMES THAT ARE 01:10:08:00 01:10:08:00 INCLUDED LOTS OF LOW-INCOME 01:10:08:00 01:10:11:00 FAMILIES THAT PROPERTY ISN'T 01:10:11:00 01:10:12:00 OWNED BY THE CITY AND IT ISN'T 01:10:12:00 01:10:15:00 OWNED BY ANY ONE OWNER. 01:10:15:00 01:10:16:00 IT'S OWNED BY A SERIES 01:10:16:00 01:10:18:00 OF PRIVATE OWNERS. 01:10:18:00 01:10:19:00 AND SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A 01:10:19:00 01:10:20:00 SERIES OF NEGOTIATIONS TO 01:10:20:00 01:10:23:00 CREATE EASEMENT AGREEMENTS OR 01:10:23:00 01:10:24:00 ACQUIRE PROPERTY IN SOME CASES 01:10:24:00 01:10:26:00 ONCE WE HAVE LEGAL RIGHTS TO DO 01:10:26:00 01:10:27:00 THE CONSTRUCTION PERFORM THAT 01:10:27:00 01:10:30:00 CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THINK 01:10:30:00 01:10:34:00 ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN BEHIND 01:10:34:00 01:10:35:00 THE SEAWALLS EDGE AND WE CAN 01:10:35:00 01:10:36:00 USE SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT THE 01:10:36:00 01:10:38:00 BIDET HAS HAD GREAT PUBLIC 01:10:38:00 01:10:39:00 PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE 01:10:39:00 01:10:39:00 MAYBE WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE 01:10:39:00 01:10:42:00 PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. 01:10:42:00 01:10:43:00 I REMEMBER THAT SHOULD BE A NEW 01:10:43:00 01:10:44:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 01:10:44:00 01:10:46:00 OR NEW COMMUNITY INCUBATOR OR 01:10:46:00 01:10:47:00 ARE SUPPORTING THE SMALL 01:10:47:00 01:10:48:00 BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY IN 01:10:48:00 01:10:50:00 PLACE THERE. 01:10:50:00 01:10:51:00 SO IN BROAD STROKES THAT'S THE 01:10:51:00 01:10:54:00 CONCEPT OF THE COASTAL 01:10:54:00 01:10:54:00 RESILIENCY. 01:10:54:00 01:10:55:00 SO AND THEN FROM THERE 01:10:55:00 01:10:59:00 UTILIZING THE THE THE NEW TOOLS 01:10:59:00 01:11:02:00 THAT THE BEEBE'S IS REDEFINING 01:11:02:00 01:11:03:00 TAKING BLIGHT AND DECADENCE OUT 01:11:03:00 01:11:06:00 OF IT, IT'S GOING TO BE EQUITY 01:11:06:00 01:11:07:00 , RESILIENCE AND AFFORDABILITY. 01:11:07:00 01:11:10:00 THAT'S WHERE THE BBA WOULD ACT 01:11:10:00 01:11:11:00 AS OR THIS GROUP WOULD ACT AS 01:11:11:00 01:11:14:00 THE CONVENER FOR PUBLIC PUBLIC 01:11:14:00 01:11:15:00 PRIVATE. 01:11:15:00 01:11:15:00 DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? 01:11:15:00 01:11:17:00 THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, 01:11:17:00 01:11:18:00 COUNSELOR, TO TO THE EXTENT 01:11:18:00 01:11:19:00 THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE OUT 01:11:19:00 01:11:23:00 REAL ESTATE ACTION, THE EPA HAS 01:11:23:00 01:11:24:00 TO CURRENTLY EFFORT FOR US TO 01:11:24:00 01:11:26:00 USE THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE 01:11:26:00 01:11:29:00 AVAILABLE TO TO DO NON 01:11:29:00 01:11:30:00 MUNICIPAL REAL ESTATE 01:11:30:00 01:11:30:00 DEVELOPMENT. 01:11:30:00 01:11:33:00 WE HAVE TO SHOW A NEXUS TO TO 01:11:33:00 01:11:34:00 BLIGHT THAT IS VERY MUCH TIED 01:11:34:00 01:11:37:00 TO BOSTON'S URBAN RENEWAL PAST 01:11:37:00 01:11:37:00 . 01:11:37:00 01:11:38:00 WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN THE 01:11:38:00 01:11:39:00 FUTURE IS TYING IT TO BOSTON'S 01:11:39:00 01:11:41:00 FUTURE NEEDS EXACTLY WHAT YOU 01:11:41:00 01:11:42:00 SAID AFFORDABILITY, EQUITY AND 01:11:42:00 01:11:42:00 RESILIENCE. 01:11:42:00 01:11:45:00 THANK YOU AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR 01:11:45:00 01:11:46:00 THE INVESTMENTS INTO LONGWORTH. 01:11:46:00 01:11:46:00 THAT'S EXCELLENT. 01:11:46:00 01:11:50:00 WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT? 01:11:50:00 01:11:51:00 LOOKING LIKE I HAVE TO GET BACK 01:11:51:00 01:11:52:00 TO YOU ON THAT SPECIFIC 01:11:52:00 01:11:54:00 TIMELINE AS MICHELLE KNOWS 01:11:54:00 01:11:56:00 RIGHT OF STUDIES. 01:11:56:00 01:11:58:00 AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IN 01:11:58:00 01:11:59:00 OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN AND 01:11:59:00 01:12:01:00 SO IT CAN'T HAPPEN SOON ENOUGH 01:12:01:00 01:12:02:00 OR VERY QUICKLY ON ANOTHER 01:12:02:00 01:12:05:00 CAPITAL PROJECT PEER FIVE HOW 01:12:05:00 01:12:09:00 WHAT'S HAPPENING THAT HOW IS 01:12:09:00 01:12:09:00 THAT GOING? 01:12:09:00 01:12:10:00 ARE THE RFP OUT? 01:12:10:00 01:12:13:00 SO WE'RE DOING IT PEER FIVE 01:12:13:00 01:12:14:00 WHICH PEER FIVE IN THE NAVY 01:12:14:00 01:12:16:00 YARD THEMSELVES UP HERE FIVE IN 01:12:16:00 01:12:17:00 THE MARINE PARK BY THE PIER 01:12:17:00 01:12:18:00 FIVE IN THE NAVY YARD. 01:12:18:00 01:12:19:00 THAT'S A DILAPIDATED CONDEMNED 01:12:19:00 01:12:23:00 NAVY PIER JUST ADJACENT TO THE 01:12:23:00 01:12:25:00 PUBLIC PARK WE OWN A PIER FOR 01:12:25:00 01:12:25:00 AND THEN A PUBLIC PRIVATE 01:12:25:00 01:12:28:00 PARTNERSHIP WITH PIER SIX WHICH 01:12:28:00 01:12:31:00 IS A RESTAURANT THAT PIER IS 01:12:31:00 01:12:32:00 INCREASINGLY FALLING INTO THE 01:12:32:00 01:12:35:00 INTO THE WATER AND IS NO LONGER 01:12:35:00 01:12:37:00 SAFE TO EVEN HAVE SOMEONE WALK 01:12:37:00 01:12:37:00 ON IT. 01:12:37:00 01:12:39:00 SO WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IS A 01:12:39:00 01:12:40:00 STRUCTURAL AND ENGINEERING 01:12:40:00 01:12:43:00 ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE IF THE 01:12:43:00 01:12:44:00 PIER IS AT ALL SALVAGEABLE IF 01:12:44:00 01:12:47:00 AND WHAT THE COST FEASIBILITY 01:12:47:00 01:12:50:00 OF THAT SALVAGE PIER WOULD BE 01:12:50:00 01:12:51:00 THERE. 01:12:51:00 01:12:52:00 WHAT WE WILL FIND OUT THROUGH 01:12:52:00 01:12:55:00 THAT ASSESSMENT IS THE ANSWER 01:12:55:00 01:12:56:00 TO THAT QUESTION AND THEN THE 01:12:56:00 01:12:59:00 COST AND ALSO THE COST 01:12:59:00 01:13:00:00 OF DEMOLISHING AND REMOVING THE 01:13:00:00 01:13:03:00 PIER THOUGH THE CONTRACTOR WILL 01:13:03:00 01:13:06:00 DELIVER CONSTRUCTION RATHER 01:13:06:00 01:13:07:00 DRAWINGS FOR THAT THE 01:13:07:00 01:13:10:00 PRIORITIZED COURSE OF ACTION. 01:13:10:00 01:13:11:00 SO ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE 01:13:11:00 01:13:12:00 INFORMATION IN HAND WE SHOULD 01:13:12:00 01:13:14:00 BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH EITHER 01:13:14:00 01:13:15:00 A DEMOLITION IF THAT'S THE BEST 01:13:15:00 01:13:18:00 OPTION OR REHABILITATION OF THE 01:13:18:00 01:13:19:00 PIER. 01:13:19:00 01:13:19:00 THANK YOU. 01:13:19:00 01:13:21:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:13:21:00 01:13:26:00 EXCITED TO HEAR MY MY COLLEAGUE 01:13:26:00 01:13:26:00 TALK ABOUT PLANNING. 01:13:26:00 01:13:30:00 SORRY AMY CHAMBERS, MISS 01:13:30:00 01:13:33:00 CHAMBERS, MISS CHAMBERS, WE'RE 01:13:33:00 01:13:37:00 SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE AND I 01:13:37:00 01:13:38:00 KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE 01:13:38:00 01:13:41:00 UNDERTAKING AND EXCITING I WANT 01:13:41:00 01:13:42:00 TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE 01:13:42:00 01:13:45:00 ABOUT YOUR ROLE IN TERMS 01:13:45:00 01:13:48:00 OF PLANNING OBVIOUSLY FOR THE 01:13:48:00 01:13:48:00 ENTIRE CITY. 01:13:48:00 01:13:49:00 RIGHT. 01:13:49:00 01:13:50:00 NOT JUST CONSIDERING CATCHMENT 01:13:50:00 01:13:52:00 AREAS IN ROXBURY. 01:13:52:00 01:13:56:00 WE ARE PUTTING AWAY FUNDS. 01:13:56:00 01:13:57:00 WE'VE MITIGATED FUNDS FROM 01:13:57:00 01:14:00:00 COMMUNITY BENEFITS WITH 01:14:00:00 01:14:04:00 DEVELOPMENTS TO HIRE CONSULTANT 01:14:04:00 01:14:05:00 IN BOSTON FOUNDATION IS VERY 01:14:05:00 01:14:07:00 EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY GOD 01:14:07:00 01:14:08:00 WILLING PARTNER WITH US AS WELL 01:14:08:00 01:14:12:00 AND WE WANTED TO HAVE A 01:14:12:00 01:14:15:00 CONSULTANT READY FOR YOU TO 01:14:15:00 01:14:19:00 WORK IN PLANNING FOR ROXBURY. 01:14:19:00 01:14:20:00 SO I HOPE YOU WILL WELCOME 01:14:20:00 01:14:20:00 THAT. 01:14:20:00 01:14:21:00 I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO 01:14:21:00 01:14:24:00 KNOW YOU BUT IF I CAN 01:14:24:00 01:14:24:00 UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 01:14:24:00 01:14:27:00 YOUR ROLE AND WHAT IT WOULD 01:14:27:00 01:14:27:00 ENTAIL. 01:14:27:00 01:14:27:00 ABSOLUTELY. 01:14:27:00 01:14:30:00 THANK YOU COUNCILOR . 01:14:30:00 01:14:31:00 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE 01:14:31:00 01:14:31:00 TODAY. 01:14:31:00 01:14:34:00 JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME AMY 01:14:34:00 01:14:35:00 CHAMBERS. 01:14:35:00 01:14:35:00 I AM THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING 01:14:35:00 01:14:38:00 HERE AT BPD. 01:14:38:00 01:14:42:00 I AM A FEW MONTHS INTO THE ROLE 01:14:42:00 01:14:43:00 I AM COMING TO BOSTON FROM 01:14:43:00 01:14:44:00 HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT WHERE I 01:14:44:00 01:14:47:00 WAS A PLANNING AND ZONING 01:14:47:00 01:14:47:00 DIRECTOR FOR THE LAST FOUR 01:14:47:00 01:14:48:00 YEARS UNDER THE BARNETT 01:14:48:00 01:14:50:00 ADMINISTRATION. 01:14:50:00 01:14:51:00 IN THAT CAPACITY I WORKED WITH 01:14:51:00 01:14:54:00 OUR PLANNING AND ZONING 01:14:54:00 01:14:55:00 COMMISSION ARE ZONING BOARD 01:14:55:00 01:14:55:00 OF APPEALS IN OUR HISTORIC 01:14:55:00 01:14:58:00 PRESERVATION COMMISSION AS WELL 01:14:58:00 01:14:59:00 AND ON OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW 01:14:59:00 01:15:02:00 WORK THERE IN MY CAPACITY HERE 01:15:02:00 01:15:06:00 WITH PPTA I RESPONSIBLE FOR A 01:15:06:00 01:15:09:00 FEW OF THE TEAMS WHO INTEGRALLY 01:15:09:00 01:15:10:00 INVOLVED IN THE PLANS AND 01:15:10:00 01:15:14:00 STUDIES THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT 01:15:14:00 01:15:15:00 HERE TODAY AND THAT EACH OF YOU 01:15:15:00 01:15:17:00 HAVE VARYING INTERESTS IN. 01:15:17:00 01:15:21:00 I WORK WITH OUR DOWNTOWN 01:15:21:00 01:15:21:00 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TEAM THAT 01:15:21:00 01:15:25:00 IS LED BY KEN AND RYAN, OUR 01:15:25:00 01:15:25:00 REGULATORY PLANNING AND ZONING 01:15:25:00 01:15:28:00 TEAM LED BY BRIAN GLASCOCK WHO 01:15:28:00 01:15:32:00 IS RETIRING SHORTLY OUR CLIMATE 01:15:32:00 01:15:33:00 CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM 01:15:33:00 01:15:34:00 WHICH WILL BE MAKING TRANSITION 01:15:34:00 01:15:37:00 AS WE JUST DISCUSSED AND AS 01:15:37:00 01:15:40:00 WELL WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION 01:15:40:00 01:15:41:00 AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNERS LED 01:15:41:00 01:15:44:00 BY JIM FITZGERALD. 01:15:44:00 01:15:47:00 SO TOGETHER THOSE TEAMS WORK 01:15:47:00 01:15:48:00 BOTH ON PROVIDING, PROVIDING 01:15:48:00 01:15:52:00 PLANNING AND ZONING CONTEXT ON 01:15:52:00 01:15:54:00 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROJECTS 01:15:54:00 01:15:55:00 WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE 01:15:55:00 01:15:56:00 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TEAM AND 01:15:56:00 01:15:59:00 OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THEIR 01:15:59:00 01:16:02:00 VARIOUS THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS 01:16:02:00 01:16:03:00 AS WELL. 01:16:03:00 01:16:04:00 THOSE TEAMS ARE WORKING ON 01:16:04:00 01:16:08:00 MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONING 01:16:08:00 01:16:11:00 CODE AS THEY ARISE AND ON OUR 01:16:11:00 01:16:14:00 LONG TERM PLANS WHICH WE HAVE 01:16:14:00 01:16:16:00 ONGOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN 01:16:16:00 01:16:20:00 OUR WORK AND AS WE THINK ABOUT 01:16:20:00 01:16:20:00 SOME OF THE SHIFT THAT WE'VE 01:16:20:00 01:16:23:00 TALKED ABOUT HERE TODAY, THOSE 01:16:23:00 01:16:27:00 TEAMS WILL BE SHIFTING AROUND A 01:16:27:00 01:16:28:00 LITTLE BIT AND WILL BE RENAMING 01:16:28:00 01:16:31:00 OUR OUR DOWNTOWN AND 01:16:31:00 01:16:32:00 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TEAM TO 01:16:32:00 01:16:34:00 COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING WITH THE 01:16:34:00 01:16:35:00 INTENT OF HAVING THEM WORK MORE 01:16:35:00 01:16:38:00 CLOSELY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS 01:16:38:00 01:16:39:00 TO EXPAND SOME OF THE 01:16:39:00 01:16:40:00 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY'RE 01:16:40:00 01:16:42:00 MAKING AND TO REALLY 01:16:42:00 01:16:43:00 INTENTIONALLY BE THINKING ABOUT 01:16:43:00 01:16:46:00 HOW WE'RE CREATING WHOLE 01:16:46:00 01:16:46:00 NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH OUR 01:16:46:00 01:16:49:00 PLANNING EFFORTS WILL BE 01:16:49:00 01:16:49:00 RENAMING THE REGULATORY 01:16:49:00 01:16:50:00 PLANNING AND ZONING TEAM TO THE 01:16:50:00 01:16:54:00 ZONING REFORM TEAM AND THAT 01:16:54:00 01:16:57:00 TEAM WILL EXPAND IN SIZE AS 01:16:57:00 01:16:58:00 WELL AND WE'LL BE THINKING 01:16:58:00 01:16:59:00 ABOUT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN 01:16:59:00 01:17:01:00 IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL AND MORE 01:17:01:00 01:17:02:00 PROACTIVE CHANGES TO MAKE THE 01:17:02:00 01:17:05:00 ZONING BOTH MORE ACCESSIBLE, 01:17:05:00 01:17:08:00 MORE UNDERSTANDABLE AND JUST TO 01:17:08:00 01:17:12:00 BE ABLE TO GROW THAT WORK. 01:17:12:00 01:17:13:00 AND WE'RE DEFINITELY REALLY 01:17:13:00 01:17:14:00 EXCITED ABOUT THAT ON THE 01:17:14:00 01:17:17:00 PLANNING SIDE AND ON THE ZONING 01:17:17:00 01:17:20:00 SIDE AS CHIEF JEMISON MENTIONED 01:17:20:00 01:17:21:00 , WE'LL ALSO BEGIN TO WORK ON 01:17:21:00 01:17:24:00 CITYWIDE ZONING AND PLANNING 01:17:24:00 01:17:25:00 EFFORTS, ONE OF WHICH IS THE 01:17:25:00 01:17:28:00 FOCUS ON OUR SQUARES CORRIDORS 01:17:28:00 01:17:29:00 BOTH TO BE ABLE TO CREATE 01:17:29:00 01:17:31:00 ADDITIONAL HOUSING 01:17:31:00 01:17:32:00 OPPORTUNITIES IN THOSE AREAS 01:17:32:00 01:17:35:00 AND TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 01:17:35:00 01:17:36:00 OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND HOW WE 01:17:36:00 01:17:40:00 PROGRAM AND WITH OUR PLANNING 01:17:40:00 01:17:41:00 ADVISORY COUNCIL AROUND HOW WE 01:17:41:00 01:17:42:00 PROGRAM AND DIRECT FUNDS 01:17:42:00 01:17:46:00 TOWARDS THE GROWTH AND 01:17:46:00 01:17:47:00 FACILITATING SUPPORTING SMALL 01:17:47:00 01:17:47:00 BUSINESS, ET CETERA. 01:17:47:00 01:17:51:00 SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 01:17:51:00 01:17:51:00 THAT AND DEFINITELY EXCITED 01:17:51:00 01:17:54:00 ABOUT TAKING A LOOK FROM A CITY 01:17:54:00 01:17:55:00 WIDE LENS AROUND HOW WE CREATE 01:17:55:00 01:17:56:00 ZONING THAT REALLY DOES HELP TO 01:17:56:00 01:17:59:00 BOLSTER THAT THAT WORK 01:17:59:00 01:17:59:00 SPECIFICALLY. 01:17:59:00 01:18:02:00 SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS 01:18:02:00 01:18:03:00 THAT I'LL BE FOCUSED ON IN THE 01:18:03:00 01:18:04:00 NEAR TERM AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE 01:18:04:00 01:18:06:00 ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU. 01:18:06:00 01:18:07:00 THANK YOU. 01:18:07:00 01:18:08:00 MISS CHAMBERS ARE DEFINITELY 01:18:08:00 01:18:10:00 EXCITED ABOUT CORRIDORS, 01:18:10:00 01:18:11:00 SQUARES AND CORRIDORS. 01:18:11:00 01:18:15:00 I THAT I THINK THAT'S ONE 01:18:15:00 01:18:18:00 OF THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ROXBURY 01:18:18:00 01:18:19:00 AND YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY ROXBURY 01:18:19:00 01:18:20:00 A THOUSAND TIMES EVERY TIME HE 01:18:20:00 01:18:22:00 TALKS ME. 01:18:22:00 01:18:23:00 SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 01:18:23:00 01:18:26:00 I THINK THAT WITH EVERYTHING 01:18:26:00 01:18:26:00 YOU NEED PROPER COMMUNITY 01:18:26:00 01:18:30:00 ENGAGEMENT TO CONSIDER PLAN AND 01:18:30:00 01:18:33:00 SO I IMAGINE YOUR JOB WOULD 01:18:33:00 01:18:34:00 HAVE BEEN A LOT. 01:18:34:00 01:18:35:00 I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT MUCH 01:18:35:00 01:18:38:00 SO THAT THAT THAT PART ABOUT 01:18:38:00 01:18:49:00 SQUARES AND CORRIDORS I THINK 01:18:49:00 01:18:50:00 IS THE ONLY PIECE THAT WE WOULD 01:18:50:00 01:18:50:00 LIKE TO OFFER SOMEONE FROM THE 01:18:50:00 01:18:51:00 COMMUNITY TO HELP WITH 01:18:51:00 01:18:51:00 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 01:18:51:00 01:18:52:00 DEFINITELY. 01:18:52:00 01:18:52:00 THANK YOU COUNSELOR AND 01:18:52:00 01:18:53:00 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS 01:18:53:00 01:18:53:00 DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S 01:18:53:00 01:18:54:00 NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. 01:18:54:00 01:18:56:00 I BEGAN MY CAREER AS A SOCIAL 01:18:56:00 01:18:57:00 WORKER WORKING IN THE FOSTER 01:18:57:00 01:19:00:00 CARE SYSTEM IN NEW YORK AND 01:19:00:00 01:19:01:00 PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN NEW 01:19:01:00 01:19:02:00 ORLEANS AS WELL WITH ROAD HOME 01:19:02:00 01:19:05:00 RESIDENTS TO ADVOCATE TO THE 01:19:05:00 01:19:09:00 STATE OF LOUISIANA TO 01:19:09:00 01:19:10:00 ESSENTIALLY REDUCE ROAD HOME 01:19:10:00 01:19:13:00 DOLLARS THAT THEY THAT THE 01:19:13:00 01:19:13:00 STATE WAS TRYING TO RECOLLECT 01:19:13:00 01:19:14:00 AT THAT TIME AND TO ADVOCATE 01:19:14:00 01:19:17:00 FOR UNMET NEEDS. 01:19:17:00 01:19:18:00 SO BEING CREATIVE ABOUT HOW WE 01:19:18:00 01:19:21:00 REACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MAKING 01:19:21:00 01:19:22:00 SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING 01:19:22:00 01:19:25:00 THOSE THAT YOU KNOW ARE NOT 01:19:25:00 01:19:26:00 ABLE TO MAKE IT TO MEETINGS 01:19:26:00 01:19:28:00 DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I 01:19:28:00 01:19:29:00 THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN 01:19:29:00 01:19:29:00 THE PLANNING PROCESS AND 01:19:29:00 01:19:32:00 SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO ENSURE 01:19:32:00 01:19:33:00 THAT WE HIGHLIGHT. 01:19:33:00 01:19:36:00 ALSO WE TOLD YOU TO SAY THAT SO 01:19:36:00 01:19:40:00 I WAS A FOSTER MOM FOR 11 YEARS 01:19:40:00 01:19:41:00 AND I ALSO WORKED IN THE FOSTER 01:19:41:00 01:19:44:00 CARE SYSTEM PROVIDING VHI 01:19:44:00 01:19:44:00 THERAPEUTIC TRAUMA INFORMED 01:19:44:00 01:19:48:00 SERVICES HOME SO EXCITING WE 01:19:48:00 01:19:49:00 HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON, A LOT 01:19:49:00 01:19:51:00 OF THINGS IN COMMON CONCERN ME 01:19:51:00 01:19:52:00 HERE. 01:19:52:00 01:19:52:00 ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR 01:19:52:00 01:19:53:00 QUESTIONS? 01:19:53:00 01:19:53:00 ALL RIGHT. 01:19:53:00 01:19:55:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:19:55:00 01:19:59:00 I KNOW I'M EVEN CURIOUS AS TO 01:19:59:00 01:20:00:00 HOW IN THE WORLD YOU ENDED UP 01:20:00:00 01:20:03:00 HERE BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE 01:20:03:00 01:20:03:00 YOU HERE. 01:20:03:00 01:20:04:00 I SAID DYNAMIC. 01:20:04:00 01:20:07:00 I KNOW BUT I'M JUST YOU KNOW, 01:20:07:00 01:20:08:00 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORK 01:20:08:00 01:20:11:00 THAT IS DONE TRADITIONALLY IN 01:20:11:00 01:20:14:00 THE SPACE AND KNOWING YOUR 01:20:14:00 01:20:15:00 HISTORY AND THE COMMUNITY THAT 01:20:15:00 01:20:20:00 YOU HAVE SERVED IT, THOSE TWO 01:20:20:00 01:20:20:00 THINGS NORMALLY DON'T GO 01:20:20:00 01:20:22:00 TOGETHER. 01:20:22:00 01:20:23:00 SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO KNOW 01:20:23:00 01:20:24:00 THAT THERE IS THIS LEVEL 01:20:24:00 01:20:26:00 OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE I 01:20:26:00 01:20:27:00 BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO 01:20:27:00 01:20:28:00 BRING TO THE WORK WHICH IS 01:20:28:00 01:20:31:00 REALLY EXCITING, WHICH I FEEL 01:20:31:00 01:20:31:00 LIKE IT'S THE HUMAN CENTERED 01:20:31:00 01:20:34:00 APPROACH TO THIS WORK THAT I 01:20:34:00 01:20:35:00 THINK SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THINK 01:20:35:00 01:20:38:00 ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR AGENCY 01:20:38:00 01:20:42:00 SOMETIMES FEELS A LITTLE BIT 01:20:42:00 01:20:43:00 HOLLOW AND SOULLESS AND SO IT 01:20:43:00 01:20:46:00 FEELS REALLY GOOD TO KNOW THAT 01:20:46:00 01:20:46:00 WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO 01:20:46:00 01:20:49:00 UNDERSTANDS SYSTEM INVOLVED 01:20:49:00 01:20:50:00 FAMILIES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS 01:20:50:00 01:20:53:00 LIKE. 01:20:53:00 01:20:54:00 SO I'M ENCOURAGED BY THAT. 01:20:54:00 01:20:57:00 SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR . 01:20:57:00 01:20:58:00 WELCOME. 01:20:58:00 01:20:59:00 NOT TO SAY THEY Y'ALL ARE 01:20:59:00 01:21:02:00 ROBOTS BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT 01:21:02:00 01:21:02:00 WHAT I GOT. 01:21:02:00 01:21:03:00 I HATE WHEN I SAY THINGS 01:21:03:00 01:21:05:00 BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT I SAY 01:21:05:00 01:21:06:00 USUALLY GETS PUT OUT OF CONTEXT 01:21:06:00 01:21:09:00 AND A COMPLIMENT TURNS INTO A 01:21:09:00 01:21:10:00 CRITICISM. 01:21:10:00 01:21:11:00 BUT I GET YOU YOU GET ME RIGHT 01:21:11:00 01:21:13:00 TOO. 01:21:13:00 01:21:13:00 IT'S A CULTURAL THING HERE LIKE 01:21:13:00 01:21:14:00 I ALWAYS HAVE TO EDUCATE FOLKS 01:21:14:00 01:21:17:00 SO THAT YOU DON'T FEEL 01:21:17:00 01:21:17:00 TRAUMATIZED AFTER I GET DONE 01:21:17:00 01:21:20:00 WITH THEM BUT I'M EXCITED HERE 01:21:20:00 01:21:25:00 SO I WOULD JUST I WAS SURPRISED 01:21:25:00 01:21:28:00 TO HEAR THAT WHEN MAYBE I MAY 01:21:28:00 01:21:29:00 HAVE MISSED A PRESS CONFERENCE 01:21:29:00 01:21:32:00 BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THAT WE 01:21:32:00 01:21:33:00 WERE GOING TO BE TRANSITIONING 01:21:33:00 01:21:39:00 TO HAVING BE PDA EMPLOYEES 01:21:39:00 01:21:40:00 TRANSFER INTO THE CITY PAYROLL 01:21:40:00 01:21:44:00 IS THE WINDOWS THAT NO. 01:21:44:00 01:21:47:00 WELL, DID YOU I'M SURE YOU KNOW 01:21:47:00 01:21:48:00 BECAUSE YOU'RE THE WAYS AND 01:21:48:00 01:21:49:00 MEANS YOU AND I HAVE NOT BEEN 01:21:49:00 01:21:50:00 PAYING ATTENTION TO EVERYTHING 01:21:50:00 01:21:52:00 BUT THE CITY THE STATE OF THE 01:21:52:00 01:21:53:00 CITY. 01:21:53:00 01:21:53:00 THAT'S WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT. 01:21:53:00 01:21:55:00 OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT 01:21:55:00 01:21:59:00 THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS PART 01:21:59:00 01:21:59:00 OF THE WOW. 01:21:59:00 01:22:01:00 SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE 01:22:01:00 01:22:06:00 ABOUT THAT THROUGH THE CHAIR TO 01:22:06:00 01:22:07:00 COUNCIL HERE. 01:22:07:00 01:22:07:00 YES. 01:22:07:00 01:22:09:00 THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED IT AT THE 01:22:09:00 01:22:10:00 CITY THAT WE WERE BEGINNING A 01:22:10:00 01:22:13:00 PROCESS THROUGH WHICH THAT 01:22:13:00 01:22:17:00 WOULD HAPPEN AND THAT STAFF 01:22:17:00 01:22:18:00 OF THE CITY WOULD BECOME STORY 01:22:18:00 01:22:21:00 STAFF OF THE BPP WOULD BECOME 01:22:21:00 01:22:22:00 PART OF THE CITY. 01:22:22:00 01:22:25:00 IT'S A THERE ARE IT'S HARD TO 01:22:25:00 01:22:29:00 TO ENUMERATE ALL THE DETAILS 01:22:29:00 01:22:30:00 THAT ARE THAT ARE ENCOMPASSED 01:22:30:00 01:22:33:00 BY THAT COMMENT THAT SHE MADE. 01:22:33:00 01:22:34:00 BUT THERE'S A HUGE NUMBER 01:22:34:00 01:22:34:00 OF THEM. 01:22:34:00 01:22:37:00 I GUESS THE PLACE I'D START IS 01:22:37:00 01:22:38:00 IS WITH THE PEOPLE I MEAN IT'S 01:22:38:00 01:22:41:00 THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE AGENCY 01:22:41:00 01:22:41:00 WORK. 01:22:41:00 01:22:42:00 SO A LOT OF OUR TIME AND 01:22:42:00 01:22:44:00 ATTENTION OVER THE LAST FOUR 01:22:44:00 01:22:45:00 MONTHS SINCE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT 01:22:45:00 01:22:48:00 HAD BEEN FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE 01:22:48:00 01:22:49:00 THAT WE'VE GOT AT THE SAME WORK 01:22:49:00 01:22:52:00 BETTER A ARRANGEMENT FOR THE 01:22:52:00 01:22:53:00 STAFF WHO WOULD MAKE THE 01:22:53:00 01:22:56:00 TRANSITION OVER. 01:22:56:00 01:22:57:00 AND SO WE'RE STILL IN THAT 01:22:57:00 01:22:59:00 PROCESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT 01:22:59:00 01:23:00:00 WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO BE READY 01:23:00:00 01:23:03:00 FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET SEASON, 01:23:03:00 01:23:04:00 WE NEED TO COMPLETE A WHOLE 01:23:04:00 01:23:05:00 SERIES OF ANALYZES TO TALK 01:23:05:00 01:23:10:00 ABOUT HOW OUR STAFF WOULD BE 01:23:10:00 01:23:11:00 SUPPORTED IN THE AGAIN SAME OR 01:23:11:00 01:23:14:00 BETTER ARRANGEMENT ON THE CITY 01:23:14:00 01:23:15:00 SIDE THROUGH REVENUE BECAUSE 01:23:15:00 01:23:18:00 IT'S OBVIOUSLY A BIG IT'S 01:23:18:00 01:23:19:00 TAKING ON A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW 01:23:19:00 01:23:22:00 STAFF MEMBERS AND A LARGE 01:23:22:00 01:23:23:00 NUMBER OF OTHER 01:23:23:00 01:23:23:00 RESPONSIBILITIES. 01:23:23:00 01:23:27:00 SO MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY 01:23:27:00 01:23:28:00 HAS THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT 01:23:28:00 01:23:31:00 AND WHERE THOSE RESOURCES COME 01:23:31:00 01:23:32:00 FROM IS SORT OF THE NEXT TASK. 01:23:32:00 01:23:33:00 BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SORT 01:23:33:00 01:23:34:00 HOPEFULLY COMING TO THE THE 01:23:34:00 01:23:37:00 SECOND HALF OF FIGURING OUT HOW 01:23:37:00 01:23:38:00 TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STAFF 01:23:38:00 01:23:41:00 WE HAVE CAN MAKE A TRANSITION 01:23:41:00 01:23:42:00 AND WE'LL HAVE EFFECTIVELY THE 01:23:42:00 01:23:45:00 SAME OR BETTER SALARY AND 01:23:45:00 01:23:46:00 BENEFITS THAT THEY DO TODAY. 01:23:46:00 01:23:51:00 YEAH, I GUESS WE'RE WHAT I'M 01:23:51:00 01:23:56:00 REALLY TRYING TO BETTER DISSECT 01:23:56:00 01:23:59:00 IS THAT YOU KNOW, DURING HER 01:23:59:00 01:24:00:00 THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN SHE TALKED 01:24:00:00 01:24:04:00 ABOUT ABOLISHING THE BOSTON 01:24:04:00 01:24:05:00 PLANNING BPR, PTA, WHATEVER 01:24:05:00 01:24:06:00 THEY CALL IT EVERY DAY THEY 01:24:06:00 01:24:08:00 CHANGE THE ACRONYMS SO IT'S IT 01:24:08:00 01:24:12:00 SO HELP MY VIEWERS AND THOSE 01:24:12:00 01:24:13:00 WHO FOLLOW ME UNDERSTAND LIKE 01:24:13:00 01:24:16:00 THAT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN WE'RE 01:24:16:00 01:24:16:00 TALKING ABOUT INCORPORATING IT 01:24:16:00 01:24:18:00 INTO THE CITY IS THAT PART THE 01:24:18:00 01:24:20:00 ABOUT THE ABOLISHING OF YOU ALL 01:24:20:00 01:24:23:00 LIKE BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE 01:24:23:00 01:24:24:00 SOMEWHAT OF A DISCONNECT IF 01:24:24:00 01:24:26:00 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID 01:24:26:00 01:24:27:00 OF THE PLANNING AGENCY BUT NOW 01:24:27:00 01:24:28:00 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IT 01:24:28:00 01:24:31:00 INTO THE CITY. 01:24:31:00 01:24:32:00 HOW IS THAT OF GETTING RID 01:24:32:00 01:24:32:00 OF IT? 01:24:32:00 01:24:34:00 SO IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLICITLY 01:24:34:00 01:24:35:00 EXPLAIN THAT TO OUR AUDIENCE, 01:24:35:00 01:24:36:00 THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 01:24:36:00 01:24:40:00 SURE. 01:24:40:00 01:24:42:00 I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO SAY 01:24:42:00 01:24:45:00 IT IS THAT EVERY CITY HAS A 01:24:45:00 01:24:46:00 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 01:24:46:00 01:24:51:00 FUNCTION AND SO BOSTON LIKE A 01:24:51:00 01:24:52:00 NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES IN THE 01:24:52:00 01:24:53:00 COMMONWEALTH, ITS PLANNING AND 01:24:53:00 01:24:55:00 DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION IS IN A 01:24:55:00 01:24:56:00 ENTITY CALLED A REDEVELOPMENT 01:24:56:00 01:25:00:00 AUTHORITY AND WHICH YOU NOW 01:25:00:00 01:25:01:00 KNOW TO BE THE BPA. 01:25:01:00 01:25:04:00 SO THAT FUNCTION HAS TO GO ON 01:25:04:00 01:25:04:00 RIGHT. 01:25:04:00 01:25:05:00 YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO 01:25:05:00 01:25:08:00 HAVE ALL THE STRUCTURES THE 01:25:08:00 01:25:08:00 AGENCY CURRENTLY HAS BUT YOU 01:25:08:00 01:25:11:00 HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE 01:25:11:00 01:25:11:00 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 01:25:11:00 01:25:12:00 ACTIVITY TAKE PLACE IN YOUR 01:25:12:00 01:25:12:00 CITY. 01:25:12:00 01:25:15:00 IT'S 70 PERCENT OF THE REVENUE 01:25:15:00 01:25:19:00 OF THE CITY COMES FROM FROM 01:25:19:00 01:25:20:00 FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT IN AND ALL 01:25:20:00 01:25:23:00 OF THE NEW REVENUE YEAR OVER 01:25:23:00 01:25:23:00 YEAR. 01:25:23:00 01:25:24:00 A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF IT COMES 01:25:24:00 01:25:27:00 FROM THE GROWTH IN THE SIZE 01:25:27:00 01:25:27:00 OF THE TAX BASE. 01:25:27:00 01:25:31:00 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT. 01:25:31:00 01:25:32:00 THAT SAID, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO 01:25:32:00 01:25:33:00 BE ORGANIZED THE WAY THAT IT'S 01:25:33:00 01:25:34:00 ORGANIZED. 01:25:34:00 01:25:35:00 IT CAN BE A CITY DEPARTMENT THE 01:25:35:00 01:25:38:00 WAY IT IS IN MANY OTHER PARTS 01:25:38:00 01:25:38:00 OF THE STATE. 01:25:38:00 01:25:39:00 SO HOPEFULLY I'M ANSWERING YOUR 01:25:39:00 01:25:39:00 QUESTION. 01:25:39:00 01:25:42:00 NO, YOU IT PROVIDES BETTER 01:25:42:00 01:25:43:00 INSIGHT BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE WHO 01:25:43:00 01:25:45:00 ARE EVERYDAY CITIZENS, WHEN 01:25:45:00 01:25:46:00 THEY HEAR POLISH THEY HERE GET 01:25:46:00 01:25:49:00 RID OF SO MAYBE THE LANGUAGE 01:25:49:00 01:25:50:00 REALLY WAS ORGANIZING RIGHT. 01:25:50:00 01:25:53:00 RESTRUCTURING OR REIMAGINING. 01:25:53:00 01:25:53:00 RIGHT. 01:25:53:00 01:25:57:00 SO I THINK THAT WORDS REALLY 01:25:57:00 01:25:57:00 MATTER. 01:25:57:00 01:26:01:00 SO I THINK THAT I JUST WANT FOR 01:26:01:00 01:26:02:00 THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING ME IN 01:26:02:00 01:26:03:00 CASE YOU'RE CONFUSED AS TO HOW 01:26:03:00 01:26:05:00 WE ENDED UP HERE THAT THAT THE 01:26:05:00 01:26:06:00 IT WASN'T ABOUT ABOLISHING IT 01:26:06:00 01:26:08:00 WAS ABOUT REIMAGINING AND 01:26:08:00 01:26:12:00 RESTRUCTURING HOW YOU ALL 01:26:12:00 01:26:13:00 FUNCTION. 01:26:13:00 01:26:13:00 CORRECT. 01:26:13:00 01:26:14:00 SO THAT EVERYBODY WHO FOLLOWS 01:26:14:00 01:26:16:00 ME UNDERSTANDS ME HERE. 01:26:16:00 01:26:20:00 IMAGINE YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH 01:26:20:00 01:26:24:00 OF LAND AND THE LAND IS IN 01:26:24:00 01:26:25:00 ROXBURY BUT YOU YOU ARE THE 01:26:25:00 01:26:28:00 ORGANIZING THE PLANNER OR 01:26:28:00 01:26:29:00 YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT 01:26:29:00 01:26:30:00 PLANNING AND THEN I SAY TO YOU 01:26:30:00 01:26:32:00 HEY IF IF YOU GIVE ME THE LAND 01:26:32:00 01:26:35:00 I CAN EXPOSE IT TO ROXBURY AND 01:26:35:00 01:26:36:00 THEN THAT'S MORE EQUITABLE AND 01:26:36:00 01:26:37:00 WE COULD DO IT DIFFERENTLY. 01:26:37:00 01:26:40:00 AND IF I HAVE CONTROL OVER THE 01:26:40:00 01:26:40:00 PLANNING THEN IT MAKES MORE 01:26:40:00 01:26:43:00 SENSE BECAUSE IT'S DIRECTLY 01:26:43:00 01:26:44:00 CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE 01:26:44:00 01:26:45:00 THAT GOES WITH PLANNING IN THE 01:26:45:00 01:26:47:00 CITY AND SO THE LAND WILL GO TO 01:26:47:00 01:26:50:00 MORTGAGE AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD 01:26:50:00 01:26:51:00 COME TO THE CITY TO TO GO WITH 01:26:51:00 01:26:54:00 THAT PLANNING. 01:26:54:00 01:26:55:00 SO I THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND 01:26:55:00 01:26:55:00 IT. 01:26:55:00 01:26:59:00 BUT I'M SURE I'M HAPPY AND JUMP 01:26:59:00 01:27:02:00 AND I THINK ONE IMPORTANT POINT 01:27:02:00 01:27:03:00 TO JUST MAKE UP THE UP FRONT 01:27:03:00 01:27:05:00 HERE IS THAT WE'RE HERE FOR 01:27:05:00 01:27:06:00 FLIGHT TWENTY FIVE BUDGET 01:27:06:00 01:27:06:00 HEARING. 01:27:06:00 01:27:07:00 I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET THE 01:27:07:00 01:27:09:00 IMPRESSION THAT YOU'RE NOT 01:27:09:00 01:27:10:00 ASKING JUST FOR FLAHERTY. 01:27:10:00 01:27:13:00 THIS IS NOT ENVISIONED FOR THIS 01:27:13:00 01:27:13:00 BUDGET YEAR. 01:27:13:00 01:27:14:00 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE 01:27:14:00 01:27:16:00 PROBABLY BE TALKING ABOUT 01:27:16:00 01:27:17:00 BUDGET HERE IN TERMS OF A 01:27:17:00 01:27:18:00 TRANSITION. 01:27:18:00 01:27:18:00 I KNOW BUT BUT WE'RE STILL 01:27:18:00 01:27:19:00 TALKING ABOUT IT. 01:27:19:00 01:27:21:00 I THINK IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE 01:27:21:00 01:27:21:00 YOU'RE GOING BECAUSE OFTENTIMES 01:27:21:00 01:27:24:00 WE ARE AN AFTERTHOUGHT. 01:27:24:00 01:27:25:00 WE BECOME THIS THING THAT YOU 01:27:25:00 01:27:26:00 ALL JUST COME HERE AND ASK US 01:27:26:00 01:27:27:00 FOR MONEY. 01:27:27:00 01:27:28:00 WE APPROVE IT AND THAT'S IT. 01:27:28:00 01:27:29:00 BUT THESE SORT OF CONVERSATIONS 01:27:29:00 01:27:31:00 ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE 01:27:31:00 01:27:32:00 ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW 01:27:32:00 01:27:35:00 US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, MANY 01:27:35:00 01:27:36:00 OF THEM HAVE NEVER BEEN ENGAGED 01:27:36:00 01:27:38:00 IN ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS OR 01:27:38:00 01:27:39:00 POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS. 01:27:39:00 01:27:40:00 SO THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING 01:27:40:00 01:27:42:00 OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE OUR 01:27:42:00 01:27:43:00 FOLLOWERS WHO ARE NOT AS 01:27:43:00 01:27:47:00 ENTRENCHED IN POLITICS SO 01:27:47:00 01:27:51:00 SORRY JUST APPLE AND GOOGLE IN 01:27:51:00 01:27:52:00 MY TIME EVERY TIME YOU 01:27:52:00 01:27:55:00 INTERRUPT ME TO JUST JUST A 01:27:55:00 01:27:58:00 CAVEAT THERE IS THERE SO SO IN 01:27:58:00 01:28:02:00 TERMS OF IS IT IS CHAPTER 01:28:02:00 01:28:03:00 THIRTY AND HOW LIKE HOW DOES 01:28:03:00 01:28:06:00 THAT IMPACT THE LAND USE SO IF 01:28:06:00 01:28:10:00 IT COMES TO THE CITY CAN WE CAN 01:28:10:00 01:28:10:00 WE DEVELOP IT? 01:28:10:00 01:28:11:00 CAN WE MAKE CAN WE BUILD 01:28:11:00 01:28:12:00 HOUSING? 01:28:12:00 01:28:13:00 IT'S A GREAT QUESTION 01:28:13:00 01:28:13:00 COUNCILOR . 01:28:13:00 01:28:14:00 THANK YOU. 01:28:14:00 01:28:15:00 SO CHAPTER THREE BE FOR REAL 01:28:15:00 01:28:17:00 ESTATE GOVERNS HOW 01:28:17:00 01:28:21:00 MUNICIPALITIES CAN ACQUIRE 01:28:21:00 01:28:22:00 LEASE AND DISPOSE OF LAND IT 01:28:22:00 01:28:25:00 AND WHAT THE CITY CHARTER 01:28:25:00 01:28:29:00 RESTRICTS THOSE THAT THAT LAND 01:28:29:00 01:28:30:00 AND SO YOU TRY TO RESTRICT 01:28:30:00 01:28:33:00 THOSE USES TO MISS ON PURPOSE. 01:28:33:00 01:28:34:00 SO A REASON WHY THAT'S 01:28:34:00 01:28:36:00 IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME QUASI 01:28:36:00 01:28:36:00 GOVERNMENTAL TOOLS IS BECAUSE 01:28:36:00 01:28:37:00 THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE OFTEN 01:28:37:00 01:28:40:00 WANT TO DO WHAT A CITY FOR OUR 01:28:40:00 01:28:41:00 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MAY BE A 01:28:41:00 01:28:44:00 NOT ADMISSIBLE THEY MAY BE A 01:28:44:00 01:28:48:00 PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 01:28:48:00 01:28:49:00 DOING A GROUND LEASE, DOING A 01:28:49:00 01:28:50:00 DIRECT ACQUISITION OF A 01:28:50:00 01:28:52:00 BUSINESS PROPERTY, A 01:28:52:00 01:28:53:00 NEGOTIATION WITH MULTIPLE 01:28:53:00 01:28:53:00 PARTIES. 01:28:53:00 01:28:56:00 THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE 01:28:56:00 01:28:57:00 DIFFICULT TO DO THROUGH AN RFP 01:28:57:00 01:29:00:00 PROCESS WHICH IS WHAT CHAPTER 01:29:00:00 01:29:01:00 THREE B REQUIRES. 01:29:01:00 01:29:04:00 SO THE BBA HAS TOOLS TO BE ABLE 01:29:04:00 01:29:08:00 TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE AS A REAL 01:29:08:00 01:29:11:00 ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ENTITY FOR 01:29:11:00 01:29:12:00 PUBLIC PURPOSE TO GET TO 01:29:12:00 01:29:12:00 COUNCILORS. 01:29:12:00 01:29:15:00 COUNCILOR QUETTA'S POINT FROM 01:29:15:00 01:29:16:00 EARLIER CURRENTLY THOSE 01:29:16:00 01:29:16:00 PURPOSES ARE CENTERED AROUND 01:29:16:00 01:29:19:00 BLIT DECADENT SUBSTANDARD 01:29:19:00 01:29:19:00 HOUSING. 01:29:19:00 01:29:22:00 THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED AND THE 01:29:22:00 01:29:23:00 COUNCIL APPROVED A HOME ROLL 01:29:23:00 01:29:24:00 PETITION TO TRANSITION THOSE 01:29:24:00 01:29:26:00 POWERS TO AFFORDABILITY EQUITY 01:29:26:00 01:29:27:00 BRAZILIAN'S COMMUNITY 01:29:27:00 01:29:31:00 DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED TOOLS SO 01:29:31:00 01:29:33:00 WE CAN PROVE A NEED TO PURCHASE 01:29:33:00 01:29:34:00 A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN ORDER TO 01:29:34:00 01:29:38:00 ACQUIRE IT FOR A PUBLIC PRIVATE 01:29:38:00 01:29:38:00 PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE 01:29:38:00 01:29:39:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL HAVE 01:29:39:00 01:29:42:00 THE POWER TO DO THAT. 01:29:42:00 01:29:42:00 SO THAT'S WHERE THAT POSITION 01:29:42:00 01:29:45:00 IS BEFORE THE STATE 01:29:45:00 01:29:46:00 LEGISLATURE. 01:29:46:00 01:29:46:00 NOW WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING 01:29:46:00 01:29:49:00 THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND 01:29:49:00 01:29:50:00 I THINK THAT'S ONE OF AND TO 01:29:50:00 01:29:51:00 GET TO COUNCILOR HIS EARLIER 01:29:51:00 01:29:54:00 QUESTION AROUND THEN AND YOUR 01:29:54:00 01:29:56:00 GREAT POINT ABOUT GETTING SOME 01:29:56:00 01:29:57:00 TRANSPARENCY TO WHERE WE'RE 01:29:57:00 01:30:01:00 HEADED HERE AND MAYBE WANT TO 01:30:01:00 01:30:01:00 REFERENCE THAT THERE'S REALLY 01:30:01:00 01:30:02:00 THREE BIG BUCKETS OF WORK WHEN 01:30:02:00 01:30:05:00 IT COMES TO THE BPAS FUTURE. 01:30:05:00 01:30:08:00 THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS 01:30:08:00 01:30:08:00 FOUNDATIONALLY THE WORK. 01:30:08:00 01:30:11:00 THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE IS VERY 01:30:11:00 01:30:12:00 FOCUSED ON MAKING ALL OF OUR 01:30:12:00 01:30:15:00 PLANNING DECISIONS. 01:30:15:00 01:30:16:00 URBAN DESIGN DECISIONS ARE 01:30:16:00 01:30:17:00 REGULATORY DECISIONS. 01:30:17:00 01:30:19:00 OUR REAL ESTATE DECISIONS 01:30:19:00 01:30:20:00 REALLY SERVE THE FUTURE 01:30:20:00 01:30:23:00 OF BOSTON'S NEEDS AND OUR 01:30:23:00 01:30:24:00 COMMUNITIES GREATEST NEEDS 01:30:24:00 01:30:27:00 AROUND AFFORDABILITY, EQUITY, 01:30:27:00 01:30:28:00 RESILIENCE MAKING THAT PART 01:30:28:00 01:30:30:00 OF OUR CULTURAL DNA AND 01:30:30:00 01:30:31:00 CHANGING THE FRAMEWORK FOR 01:30:31:00 01:30:35:00 WHICH WE VIEW OUR GOALS. 01:30:35:00 01:30:36:00 THERE'S AN AMY DESCRIBED A LOT 01:30:36:00 01:30:37:00 OF WORK THAT'S ALREADY 01:30:37:00 01:30:38:00 HAPPENING IN THAT SPACE. 01:30:38:00 01:30:39:00 THE SECOND IS THE TOOLS THIS 01:30:39:00 01:30:42:00 HOME RULE PETITION A 01:30:42:00 01:30:43:00 FUNDAMENTAL POWERS AND THEN THE 01:30:43:00 01:30:44:00 THIRD IS HOW WE'RE 01:30:44:00 01:30:47:00 ADMINISTRATIVELY STRUCTURED AND 01:30:47:00 01:30:47:00 THAT'S WHAT JUJAMCYN JUST SPOKE 01:30:47:00 01:30:51:00 TO MOVING THAT OUR STAFF INTO 01:30:51:00 01:30:52:00 CITY GOVERNMENT AND MAKING US 01:30:52:00 01:30:55:00 THE CITY DEPARTMENT HELPS 01:30:55:00 01:30:55:00 FURTHER THAT GOAL THAT WE WERE 01:30:55:00 01:30:58:00 SPEAKING TO EARLIER AROUND 01:30:58:00 01:30:59:00 BEING VERY TRANSPARENT, VERY 01:30:59:00 01:31:02:00 ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THE BPAS 01:31:02:00 01:31:02:00 ACTIONS. 01:31:02:00 01:31:06:00 SO WE HOPE THROUGH NEXT YEAR'S 01:31:06:00 01:31:07:00 BUDGET CYCLE TO BE ABLE TO 01:31:07:00 01:31:08:00 ARTICULATE A VERY SPECIFIC 01:31:08:00 01:31:10:00 STRATEGY BY WHICH STAFF AND 01:31:10:00 01:31:14:00 ASSOCIATED REVENUE CENTERS OR 01:31:14:00 01:31:18:00 REVENUE ITSELF IS MOVED TO THE 01:31:18:00 01:31:19:00 CITY OF BOSTON WHILE ALSO 01:31:19:00 01:31:19:00 THINKING VERY THOUGHTFULLY 01:31:19:00 01:31:22:00 ABOUT MONEY ANY UNINTENDED 01:31:22:00 01:31:22:00 CONSEQUENCES FROM THAT CHANGE 01:31:22:00 01:31:26:00 AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT 01:31:26:00 01:31:27:00 WE PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES AND 01:31:27:00 01:31:30:00 THE CITY'S LONG TERM INTERESTS. 01:31:30:00 01:31:33:00 THANK YOU. 01:31:33:00 01:31:34:00 I HAD A PART TWO TO THAT FOR 01:31:34:00 01:31:37:00 THE ADVISORY COUNCIL IN TERMS 01:31:37:00 01:31:38:00 OF THE ARTICLE EIGHTY REVISION 01:31:38:00 01:31:41:00 OF BARGUTI BUT WHEN IT'S WHEN 01:31:41:00 01:31:45:00 IS MY TIME NOT COUNCILOR ME 01:31:45:00 01:31:45:00 HERE. 01:31:45:00 01:31:46:00 YES I'M RESETTING YOUR CLOCK. 01:31:46:00 01:31:48:00 YOU'VE GIVEN ME EXTRA TIME 01:31:48:00 01:31:49:00 BECAUSE I'M BEING INCREDIBLY 01:31:49:00 01:31:52:00 PATIENT NOW BACK TO ME PLEASE. 01:31:52:00 01:31:53:00 THANK YOU. 01:31:53:00 01:31:56:00 LET'S JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT 01:31:56:00 01:31:57:00 ABOUT THE PLAN. 01:31:57:00 01:32:00:00 YOU KNOW CHARLES MATTAPAN EAST 01:32:00:00 01:32:01:00 BOSTON I'M A CITY WIDE CITY 01:32:01:00 01:32:04:00 COUNCILOR SO I MET ON MY 01:32:04:00 01:32:08:00 BUSINESS AND EVERYWHERE AND MY 01:32:08:00 01:32:09:00 COUNCILOR COLLEAGUE HERE LOVES 01:32:09:00 01:32:09:00 WHEN I DO THAT. 01:32:09:00 01:32:12:00 SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW MANY 01:32:12:00 01:32:15:00 PLANNED MEETINGS HAVE YOU 01:32:15:00 01:32:22:00 CONDUCTED IN SPANISH 01:32:22:00 01:32:22:00 COUNCILOR MAGUIRE? 01:32:22:00 01:32:26:00 I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OFF THE 01:32:26:00 01:32:27:00 TOP OF MY HEAD BUT I DO KNOW 01:32:27:00 01:32:30:00 THAT IN PARTICULAR IN EAST 01:32:30:00 01:32:31:00 BOSTON WE HAVE A PLANNER, 01:32:31:00 01:32:34:00 ANGELA GUZMAN WHO'S ATTENDED 01:32:34:00 01:32:35:00 MANY OF THE MEETINGS THAT HAVE 01:32:35:00 01:32:38:00 TAKEN PLACE AND HOSTED HIS OWN 01:32:38:00 01:32:41:00 MEETINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 01:32:41:00 01:32:42:00 PLAN ITSELF IN SPANISH. 01:32:42:00 01:32:45:00 ONE OF THEM I BELIEVE WAS WAS 01:32:45:00 01:32:49:00 LAST NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND SO 01:32:49:00 01:32:50:00 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS 01:32:50:00 01:32:50:00 ONGOING THAT HAS BEEN A 01:32:50:00 01:32:51:00 SPECIFIC PART OF THE 01:32:51:00 01:32:54:00 DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PLAN IN 01:32:54:00 01:32:54:00 PARTICULAR DUE TO THE LARGE 01:32:54:00 01:32:57:00 SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION IN 01:32:57:00 01:32:57:00 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 01:32:57:00 01:33:01:00 YES, THERE WAS ONE SO FAR IN 01:33:01:00 01:33:04:00 SPANISH AND EAST BOSTON THAT I 01:33:04:00 01:33:05:00 HEARD OF . 01:33:05:00 01:33:06:00 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS THE 01:33:06:00 01:33:08:00 FIRST ONE THAT THAT TOOK PLACE 01:33:08:00 01:33:09:00 . 01:33:09:00 01:33:10:00 BUT THERE WAS ONE LAST THING 01:33:10:00 01:33:13:00 AND COUNCILOR GLOVER, DID YOU 01:33:13:00 01:33:17:00 DO YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW THE 01:33:17:00 01:33:17:00 EXACT NUMBER BUT THERE'S 01:33:17:00 01:33:18:00 DEFINITELY BEEN MORE THAN ONE. 01:33:18:00 01:33:20:00 YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. 01:33:20:00 01:33:21:00 AND CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE 01:33:21:00 01:33:24:00 BIT ABOUT YOUR ENGAGEMENT 01:33:24:00 01:33:26:00 EFFORTS WITH IMMIGRANT 01:33:26:00 01:33:30:00 COMMUNITIES? 01:33:30:00 01:33:31:00 SO I THINK TO THAT THIS 01:33:31:00 01:33:34:00 QUESTION AND THAT AND THE 01:33:34:00 01:33:35:00 PREVIOUS ONE THING THAT I THINK 01:33:35:00 01:33:37:00 WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR NEW 01:33:37:00 01:33:39:00 LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY. 01:33:39:00 01:33:40:00 SO WE WHEN WE THINK WE BROUGHT 01:33:40:00 01:33:43:00 THIS THE BOARD IN TWENTY 01:33:43:00 01:33:44:00 NINETEEN BUT WE HAVE A LANGUAGE 01:33:44:00 01:33:45:00 ACCESS COORDINATOR FULL TIME 01:33:45:00 01:33:46:00 ROLE ON STAFF THAT IS 01:33:46:00 01:33:47:00 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE 01:33:47:00 01:33:50:00 THAT ANY ANY WORK THAT WE DO, 01:33:50:00 01:33:51:00 WHETHER THAT'S A COMMUNITY 01:33:51:00 01:33:53:00 MEETING, A DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE 01:33:53:00 01:33:54:00 GETTING OUT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS 01:33:54:00 01:33:55:00 IS TRANSLATED INTO THE WORK AND 01:33:55:00 01:33:58:00 INTERPRETED IF IT'S A MEETING 01:33:58:00 01:33:59:00 INTO THE LANGUAGES THAT ARE 01:33:59:00 01:34:01:00 SPOKEN MOST PREDOMINANTLY IN 01:34:01:00 01:34:02:00 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 01:34:02:00 01:34:03:00 SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF YOU 01:34:03:00 01:34:06:00 ROLL BACK THE CLOCK FOUR YEARS 01:34:06:00 01:34:07:00 AGO AGO YOU COULD CALL INTO IT 01:34:07:00 01:34:10:00 OR ATTEND NBPA BOARD MEETING 01:34:10:00 01:34:11:00 AND IT WOULD ONLY BE IN ONE 01:34:11:00 01:34:14:00 LANGUAGE FREQUENTLY ALL OF OUR 01:34:14:00 01:34:15:00 HEARINGS BEFORE THE BOARD NOW 01:34:15:00 01:34:16:00 ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY INTERPRETED 01:34:16:00 01:34:17:00 AND TRANSLATED INTO HAVE 01:34:17:00 01:34:18:00 OFTENTIMES A LOT OF MEETINGS. 01:34:18:00 01:34:19:00 WE'LL HAVE FOUR OR FIVE 01:34:19:00 01:34:21:00 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AT ONCE. 01:34:21:00 01:34:22:00 SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GETTING 01:34:22:00 01:34:25:00 BETTER AT BUT CERTAINLY WE WANT 01:34:25:00 01:34:26:00 TO CONTINUE TO TO IMPROVE IN 01:34:26:00 01:34:26:00 THAT SPACE. 01:34:26:00 01:34:28:00 YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT 01:34:28:00 01:34:29:00 LIKE FOR ME BECAUSE I AM 01:34:29:00 01:34:33:00 IMMIGRANTS I WAS BORN IN THIS 01:34:33:00 01:34:34:00 COUNTRY. 01:34:34:00 01:34:34:00 MY MUM DID NOT SPEAK ENGLISH 01:34:34:00 01:34:37:00 AND STILL DOES IT AND I'M THE 01:34:37:00 01:34:38:00 OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR FOR HER 01:34:38:00 01:34:40:00 STILL TO THIS DAY AND THERE ARE 01:34:40:00 01:34:41:00 ALSO PEOPLE WHO COME TO THIS 01:34:41:00 01:34:42:00 COUNTRY WHO HAVE INTERRUPTED 01:34:42:00 01:34:44:00 EDUCATION SO STRUGGLE WITH 01:34:44:00 01:34:45:00 READING AND WRITING EVEN IN 01:34:45:00 01:34:46:00 THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE IS THAT 01:34:46:00 01:34:48:00 FOR ME IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 01:34:48:00 01:34:49:00 BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR PEOPLE 01:34:49:00 01:34:52:00 ARE THE ONES WHO ARE BEING 01:34:52:00 01:34:52:00 DISPLACED. 01:34:52:00 01:34:53:00 AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO 01:34:53:00 01:34:54:00 PLANNING I JUST REALLY WANT TO 01:34:54:00 01:34:56:00 MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO PAY 01:34:56:00 01:34:59:00 TAXES THEY MAY NOT PAY, THEY 01:34:59:00 01:35:00:00 MAY NOT BE MILLIONAIRES BUT YOU 01:35:00:00 01:35:03:00 KNOW, THEY'RE PAYING WHATEVER 01:35:03:00 01:35:04:00 THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO 01:35:04:00 01:35:04:00 AFFORD BASED ON WHATEVER 01:35:04:00 01:35:05:00 THEY'RE EARNING. 01:35:05:00 01:35:07:00 SO I THINK THAT THEIR VOICES 01:35:07:00 01:35:07:00 ARE JUST AS EQUALLY AS 01:35:07:00 01:35:10:00 IMPORTANT AND OFTENTIMES 01:35:10:00 01:35:10:00 IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE THEY'RE 01:35:10:00 01:35:14:00 CONSIDERED GOOD CITIZENS AND 01:35:14:00 01:35:15:00 THEY CAN'T VOTE THAT THEY 01:35:15:00 01:35:18:00 OFTENTIMES DO NOT HAVE A VOICE 01:35:18:00 01:35:19:00 AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO 01:35:19:00 01:35:22:00 UPLIFT THAT YOU KNOW THAT THAT 01:35:22:00 01:35:23:00 WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR 01:35:23:00 01:35:25:00 POWER TO ENSURE THAT IMMIGRANTS 01:35:25:00 01:35:30:00 HAVE A VOICE AND FEEL REPRESENT 01:35:30:00 01:35:31:00 IT IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AND 01:35:31:00 01:35:34:00 THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE A SAY 01:35:34:00 01:35:34:00 AND THEN THE LAST BECAUSE I 01:35:34:00 01:35:37:00 KNOW I'M GOING TO THE BUZZER AT 01:35:37:00 01:35:38:00 SOME POINT IS THAT I'M CURIOUS 01:35:38:00 01:35:41:00 ABOUT THE THE ADVISORY 01:35:41:00 01:35:44:00 COUNCIL AS WELL. 01:35:44:00 01:35:45:00 YOU KNOW, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY 01:35:45:00 01:35:46:00 ENGAGEMENT IS ONE OF THE THINGS 01:35:46:00 01:35:48:00 THAT I HAVE BEEN YAPPING ABOUT 01:35:48:00 01:35:49:00 SINCE I CAME ONTO THE SCENE 01:35:49:00 01:35:53:00 BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS I AND I 01:35:53:00 01:35:53:00 STILL BELIEVE THIS. 01:35:53:00 01:35:57:00 I DON'T CARE HOW MANY RESET YOU 01:35:57:00 01:35:58:00 DO WITHIN THIS DIVISION THAT 01:35:58:00 01:36:00:00 WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING THE 01:36:00:00 01:36:01:00 VOICES OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS 01:36:01:00 01:36:05:00 AND FOREVER WILL BE AN 01:36:05:00 01:36:06:00 AFTERTHOUGHT BECAUSE WE ARE THE 01:36:06:00 01:36:08:00 LEAST RESOURCED AND OFTENTIMES 01:36:08:00 01:36:12:00 THERE IS THIS STRUGGLE AND I'M 01:36:12:00 01:36:13:00 JUST CURIOUS AS YOU ALL 01:36:13:00 01:36:16:00 CONTINUE TO DEVELOP YOUR HUMAN 01:36:16:00 01:36:19:00 CENTERED APPROACH TO PLANNING, 01:36:19:00 01:36:20:00 WHAT SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS ARE 01:36:20:00 01:36:23:00 YOU GOING TO BE MAKING TO 01:36:23:00 01:36:27:00 ENSURE RIGHT THAT REAL PLANNING 01:36:27:00 01:36:28:00 IS LED BY THE PEOPLE. 01:36:28:00 01:36:31:00 SO I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT WHAT 01:36:31:00 01:36:32:00 SUCCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE. 01:36:32:00 01:36:35:00 AND THEN I'M ALSO CURIOUS FROM 01:36:35:00 01:36:35:00 A PLANNING STANDPOINT, YOU 01:36:35:00 01:36:39:00 KNOW, WHY IS IT THAT I'VE HAD 01:36:39:00 01:36:40:00 FOLKS WHO HAVE SAID THERE'S AN 01:36:40:00 01:36:43:00 EMPTY LOT YOU KNOW WHY ONLY 01:36:43:00 01:36:47:00 DEVELOPERS CAN TAKE ON LIKE I 01:36:47:00 01:36:51:00 WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE AND AND A 01:36:51:00 01:36:54:00 THREE FAMILY UNIT YOU WHITE 01:36:54:00 01:36:55:00 PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 01:36:55:00 01:36:57:00 WHAT PATHWAYS EXIST FOR 01:36:57:00 01:36:58:00 EVERYDAY BOSTONIANS TO ALSO BE 01:36:58:00 01:37:02:00 ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE IN THE 01:37:02:00 01:37:03:00 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 01:37:03:00 01:37:06:00 PARDON ME HERE, MISS CHAMBERS, 01:37:06:00 01:37:09:00 IF YOU CAN RESPOND AND I KNOW 01:37:09:00 01:37:10:00 THAT YOU HAVE A TIME CONSTRAINT 01:37:10:00 01:37:13:00 AND YOU HAD NOTIFIED SO YOU 01:37:13:00 01:37:14:00 HAVE TO LEAVE AT THIS TIME AND 01:37:14:00 01:37:17:00 WE ALREADY OVER FIFTEEN MINUTES 01:37:17:00 01:37:18:00 WHEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO 01:37:18:00 01:37:18:00 LEAVE. 01:37:18:00 01:37:19:00 SO I DO APOLOGIZE IF YOU COULD 01:37:19:00 01:37:21:00 RESPOND THEN. 01:37:21:00 01:37:21:00 THANK YOU. 01:37:21:00 01:37:25:00 SO THANK YOU FOR A QUESTION 01:37:25:00 01:37:25:00 COUNCILOR . 01:37:25:00 01:37:28:00 I AM GOING TO ASK PERHAPS EVEN 01:37:28:00 01:37:29:00 ANSWER THE PART ABOUT THE LOT 01:37:29:00 01:37:32:00 SPECIFICALLY BUT I DO WANT TO 01:37:32:00 01:37:33:00 RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION AROUND 01:37:33:00 01:37:36:00 WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE AND HOW 01:37:36:00 01:37:37:00 WE APPROACH HUMAN CENTERED 01:37:37:00 01:37:40:00 PLANNING. 01:37:40:00 01:37:41:00 I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FIRST 01:37:41:00 01:37:44:00 AND FOREMOST THERE IS A 01:37:44:00 01:37:45:00 CERTAINLY GROWTH TO BE HAD 01:37:45:00 01:37:55:00 AROUND THE PLANNING PROCESS AND 01:37:55:00 01:37:56:00 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 01:37:56:00 01:37:56:00 MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY WAS HOW WE 01:37:56:00 01:37:57:00 KIND OF REFOCUS OUR PLANNING SO 01:37:57:00 01:37:58:00 THAT WE'RE BOTH MORE 01:37:58:00 01:37:58:00 COORDINATED THROUGH THE 01:37:58:00 01:37:59:00 PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL AND 01:37:59:00 01:38:00:00 THE PROJECTS THAT COME TO BEAR 01:38:00:00 01:38:03:00 OUT OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT 01:38:03:00 01:38:04:00 ARE MADE FROM PLANS BUT ALSO IN 01:38:04:00 01:38:07:00 THE PLAN MAKING PROCESS WHEN WE 01:38:07:00 01:38:10:00 GO AND DO THESE PROJECTS. 01:38:10:00 01:38:11:00 I THINK THAT THERE IS I THINK 01:38:11:00 01:38:14:00 TO YOUR POINT THERE IS MORE 01:38:14:00 01:38:15:00 THAT CAN BE DONE AROUND HOW WE 01:38:15:00 01:38:18:00 APPROACH THE OUTREACH PROCESS. 01:38:18:00 01:38:22:00 AND AS I MENTIONED, I FEEL, YOU 01:38:22:00 01:38:23:00 KNOW, THAT WE HAVE TO APPROACH 01:38:23:00 01:38:25:00 OUTREACH FROM A VARIETY 01:38:25:00 01:38:26:00 OF LENSES, SOME OF WHICH HAS 01:38:26:00 01:38:27:00 BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE STAFF. 01:38:27:00 01:38:30:00 BUT I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER BY 01:38:30:00 01:38:31:00 WAY OF DOCUMENTING WHAT IT IS 01:38:31:00 01:38:32:00 THAT WE'RE DOING AND BEING ABLE 01:38:32:00 01:38:34:00 TO COMMUNICATE BACK BOTH TO A 01:38:34:00 01:38:37:00 BODY LIKE THIS AND AS WELL TO 01:38:37:00 01:38:37:00 RESIDENTS. 01:38:37:00 01:38:39:00 AND SO SOME OF WHAT WE'VE 01:38:39:00 01:38:42:00 TALKED ABOUT TO DATE IS HOW WE 01:38:42:00 01:38:44:00 EXPAND OUR PRESENCE FROM A 01:38:44:00 01:38:45:00 TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT. 01:38:45:00 01:38:48:00 HOW DO WE DO MORE OUTREACH ON 01:38:48:00 01:38:52:00 SOCIAL MEDIA OR OTHER SORTS 01:38:52:00 01:38:53:00 OF DEVICES THAT FOLKS ARE 01:38:53:00 01:38:54:00 UTILIZING ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS 01:38:54:00 01:38:56:00 AND REALLY EXPAND OUR REACH 01:38:56:00 01:38:57:00 THERE BEYOND THAT INSTEAD OF , 01:38:57:00 01:39:00:00 YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF THE 01:39:00:00 01:39:01:00 STRUCTURED MEETING FORMAT, HOW 01:39:01:00 01:39:04:00 DO WE GET OUT INTO THE 01:39:04:00 01:39:05:00 COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY WITH 01:39:05:00 01:39:07:00 REGARD TO EVENTS THAT ARE 01:39:07:00 01:39:08:00 ALREADY GOING ON SOMETIMES YOU 01:39:08:00 01:39:09:00 KNOW, ONE OF THE CRITICISMS CAN 01:39:09:00 01:39:12:00 BE THAT IF WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO 01:39:12:00 01:39:13:00 COME TO US, WE'RE NOT 01:39:13:00 01:39:15:00 NECESSARILY REACHING THEM 01:39:15:00 01:39:16:00 APPROPRIATELY. 01:39:16:00 01:39:17:00 WE NEED TO GO TO WHERE PEOPLE 01:39:17:00 01:39:19:00 ACTUALLY ARE. 01:39:19:00 01:39:20:00 AND SO JUST KIND OF TAKING FROM 01:39:20:00 01:39:21:00 SOME OF MY OWN EXPERIENCE IN 01:39:21:00 01:39:23:00 PAST JOBS. 01:39:23:00 01:39:24:00 YOU KNOW, I HAVE SPENT WEEKENDS 01:39:24:00 01:39:26:00 GOING TO CHURCHES WEEKDAYS 01:39:26:00 01:39:27:00 GOING TO SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, 01:39:27:00 01:39:31:00 SPENT TIME REALLY KIND OF IN 01:39:31:00 01:39:31:00 THE PLACES WHERE WE ALREADY 01:39:31:00 01:39:32:00 KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE 01:39:32:00 01:39:33:00 FREQUENTING ON A DAY TO DAY 01:39:33:00 01:39:35:00 BASIS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T 01:39:35:00 01:39:36:00 NECESSARILY HAVE THE TIME TO 01:39:36:00 01:39:39:00 ADD ANOTHER MEETING TO THEIR 01:39:39:00 01:39:39:00 CALENDAR. 01:39:39:00 01:39:40:00 I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING 01:39:40:00 01:39:43:00 THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 01:39:43:00 01:39:44:00 AND AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE 01:39:44:00 01:39:44:00 APPROACH OUR WORK MOVING INTO 01:39:44:00 01:39:47:00 THE FUTURE, THAT'S DEFINITELY 01:39:47:00 01:39:48:00 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BUILD 01:39:48:00 01:39:51:00 IN CERTAINLY THE LAST COUPLE 01:39:51:00 01:39:52:00 OF YEARS HAVE BEEN A SPECIAL 01:39:52:00 01:39:55:00 CHALLENGE WITH COVID BUT I 01:39:55:00 01:39:56:00 THINK AS WE MOVE OUT OF THAT 01:39:56:00 01:39:57:00 SPACE WE'RE HAVING A LOT 01:39:57:00 01:39:59:00 OF CONVERSATION INTERNALLY BOTH 01:39:59:00 01:39:59:00 THE PLANNING STAFF AND THE 01:39:59:00 01:40:01:00 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGERS 01:40:01:00 01:40:03:00 AROUND HOW WE APPROACH OUR WORK 01:40:03:00 01:40:06:00 DIFFERENTLY AND NOT JUST BE 01:40:06:00 01:40:06:00 DOING VIRTUAL MEETINGS BUT 01:40:06:00 01:40:10:00 THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE KIND 01:40:10:00 01:40:10:00 OF DOING MORE TO BUILD THAT 01:40:10:00 01:40:11:00 PROCESS AND TO MAKE IT MORE 01:40:11:00 01:40:14:00 HOLISTIC. 01:40:14:00 01:40:15:00 IN ADDITION, WHEN I WHEN I TALK 01:40:15:00 01:40:18:00 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WANTING TO 01:40:18:00 01:40:19:00 MAKE SURE THAT OUR PLANNING IS 01:40:19:00 01:40:22:00 COMPREHENSIVE, I THINK ONE 01:40:22:00 01:40:23:00 OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO 01:40:23:00 01:40:24:00 UNDERSTAND IS THAT WHEN WE GO 01:40:24:00 01:40:25:00 OUT TO RESIDENTS TO TALK ABOUT 01:40:25:00 01:40:29:00 PLANNING THE EXPECTATION IS 01:40:29:00 01:40:30:00 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 01:40:30:00 01:40:30:00 THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING THEIR 01:40:30:00 01:40:33:00 DAY TO DAY LIFE WHICH IS NOT 01:40:33:00 01:40:34:00 JUST GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 01:40:34:00 01:40:37:00 AND SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO 01:40:37:00 01:40:38:00 WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH OUR 01:40:38:00 01:40:41:00 PARTNERS AT THE CITY ACROSS 01:40:41:00 01:40:44:00 DEPARTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO TALK 01:40:44:00 01:40:45:00 TO SPEAK TO THE CONCERNS THAT 01:40:45:00 01:40:49:00 FOLKS ARE RAISING AND ENSURING 01:40:49:00 01:40:50:00 THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A MORE 01:40:50:00 01:40:52:00 EFFECTIVE FEEDBACK LOOP SO THAT 01:40:52:00 01:40:53:00 THOSE CONVERSATIONS FEEL MORE 01:40:53:00 01:40:56:00 FRUITFUL TO INDIVIDUALS 01:40:56:00 01:40:56:00 THEMSELVES. 01:40:56:00 01:40:57:00 I THINK THAT THE POSSIBILITIES 01:40:57:00 01:41:00:00 ARE ENDLESS TO BE HONEST WITH 01:41:00:00 01:41:01:00 YOU AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A 01:41:01:00 01:41:02:00 LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT 01:41:02:00 01:41:04:00 THINKING THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT 01:41:04:00 01:41:05:00 NOW ABOUT HOW WE JUST APPROACH 01:41:05:00 01:41:06:00 OUR WORK A LITTLE BIT 01:41:06:00 01:41:08:00 DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE CERTAINLY 01:41:08:00 01:41:09:00 FOR US UTILIZING THE TOOLS THAT 01:41:09:00 01:41:12:00 WE HAVE AS AN ORGANIZATION TO 01:41:12:00 01:41:13:00 BUILD AND TO DRIVE GROWTH INTO 01:41:13:00 01:41:16:00 ENABLED DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY 01:41:16:00 01:41:16:00 IMPORTANT. 01:41:16:00 01:41:19:00 BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY GET 01:41:19:00 01:41:20:00 THERE IF WE'RE NOT WILLING TO 01:41:20:00 01:41:21:00 TALK ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS 01:41:21:00 01:41:22:00 THAT ARE IMPACTING FOLKS DAY TO 01:41:22:00 01:41:23:00 DAY LIVES. 01:41:23:00 01:41:24:00 SO I CERTAINLY HEAR YOUR 01:41:24:00 01:41:25:00 CONCERN AND I THINK THAT THERE 01:41:25:00 01:41:28:00 IS A LOT OF ROOM FOR US TO BE 01:41:28:00 01:41:29:00 ABLE TO MOVE DIFFERENTLY AND I 01:41:29:00 01:41:31:00 WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THE 01:41:31:00 01:41:32:00 CONVERSATION. 01:41:32:00 01:41:32:00 THANK YOU. 01:41:32:00 01:41:32:00 YES. 01:41:32:00 01:41:33:00 AND I WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER 01:41:33:00 01:41:35:00 WITH YOU ESPECIALLY ON THE 01:41:35:00 01:41:38:00 SPANISH SPEAKING EFFORT JUST 01:41:38:00 01:41:40:00 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A 01:41:40:00 01:41:42:00 LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE AND 01:41:42:00 01:41:43:00 YOU ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST 01:41:43:00 01:41:44:00 GROWING POPULATIONS, 42 PERCENT 01:41:44:00 01:41:46:00 OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN BPS 01:41:46:00 01:41:47:00 ARE LATINO AND SO I WOULD LOVE 01:41:47:00 01:41:51:00 TO JUST BE ABLE TO TO HELP 01:41:51:00 01:41:52:00 SUPPORT IN THAT AREA. 01:41:52:00 01:41:55:00 THANK YOU, MISS CHAMBERS. 01:41:55:00 01:41:55:00 THANK YOU. 01:41:55:00 01:41:58:00 I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE 01:41:58:00 01:42:01:00 AND OUR REPRESENTATION DOES 01:42:01:00 01:42:02:00 MATTER. 01:42:02:00 01:42:03:00 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER 01:42:03:00 01:42:06:00 AND I THINK I THINK YOU SHOULD 01:42:06:00 01:42:15:00 HEAR I SHOULD DROP YOU MY YEAH 01:42:15:00 01:42:15:00 . 01:42:15:00 01:42:19:00 I AM SO IMPRESSED AND LET EVEN 01:42:19:00 01:42:19:00 IMPRESSED BECAUSE THAT IS NOT 01:42:19:00 01:42:21:00 EVEN THE WORD I AM I AM 01:42:21:00 01:42:24:00 INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND 01:42:24:00 01:42:26:00 INSPIRED BY THE TYPE 01:42:26:00 01:42:27:00 OF KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE 01:42:27:00 01:42:28:00 BRINGING INTO THIS BECAUSE 01:42:28:00 01:42:31:00 SOMETIMES I SIT IN THESE 01:42:31:00 01:42:31:00 HEARINGS AND EVERYTHING SOUNDS 01:42:31:00 01:42:35:00 SO COMPLICATED IN THE WORDS 01:42:35:00 01:42:36:00 OF MY MOTHER BUT LIKE I 01:42:36:00 01:42:37:00 UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING THAT YOU 01:42:37:00 01:42:38:00 SAID. 01:42:38:00 01:42:39:00 I UNDERSTAND AND YOU ALSO YOU 01:42:39:00 01:42:39:00 ALSO SPOKE FROM YOUR HEART 01:42:39:00 01:42:43:00 WHICH CHANGES EVERYTHING AND SO 01:42:43:00 01:42:44:00 I'M ENCOURAGED BY YOUR 01:42:44:00 01:42:46:00 LEADERSHIP AND I LOOK FORWARD 01:42:46:00 01:42:47:00 TO SUPPORTING YOU IN YOUR WORK. 01:42:47:00 01:42:48:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:42:48:00 01:42:50:00 LIKE LET ME KNOW HOW MY OFFICE 01:42:50:00 01:42:51:00 CAN BE HELPFUL AND I'M 01:42:51:00 01:42:51:00 CITYWIDE. 01:42:51:00 01:42:54:00 SO WHATEVER YOU NEED IN ANY 01:42:54:00 01:42:54:00 NEIGHBORHOOD I GOT PEOPLE THANK 01:42:54:00 01:42:55:00 YOU. 01:42:55:00 01:42:57:00 THANK YOU. 01:42:57:00 01:42:58:00 BUT I NEED THAT AS SOME OF THE 01:42:58:00 01:43:01:00 LOT ABOUT HOW YOU THINK I LET 01:43:01:00 01:43:03:00 YOU GO AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE 01:43:03:00 01:43:05:00 THAT COUNCILOR . 01:43:05:00 01:43:09:00 SO I THINK GENERALLY OUR REAL 01:43:09:00 01:43:10:00 ESTATE TEAM TAKES THE 01:43:10:00 01:43:10:00 PERSPECTIVE THAT WHEN IT COMES 01:43:10:00 01:43:13:00 TO THE DISPOSITION AND USES 01:43:13:00 01:43:14:00 OF PUBLIC REAL ESTATE, THIS IS 01:43:14:00 01:43:17:00 THE PUBLIC'S REAL ESTATE AS 01:43:17:00 01:43:18:00 REAL ESTATE THAT OUR TEAM IS 01:43:18:00 01:43:20:00 RESPONSIBLE FOR STUDENTS 01:43:20:00 01:43:21:00 DUETING BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE 01:43:21:00 01:43:21:00 OF BOSTON. 01:43:21:00 01:43:24:00 SO WE NEED TO TAKE THE PEOPLE'S 01:43:24:00 01:43:25:00 DIRECTION ON HOW TO USE THAT 01:43:25:00 01:43:28:00 REAL ESTATE SO EVERY EVERY 01:43:28:00 01:43:28:00 PUBLIC REAL ESTATE DISPOSITION 01:43:28:00 01:43:29:00 THAT WE DO STARTS WITH A 01:43:29:00 01:43:32:00 VISIONING PROCESS. 01:43:32:00 01:43:33:00 THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES 01:43:33:00 01:43:36:00 WITH OUR IN OUR LAND PORTFOLIO 01:43:36:00 01:43:37:00 AND ALSO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 01:43:37:00 01:43:39:00 OF HOUSING FINANCE PORTFOLIO TO 01:43:39:00 01:43:39:00 BUILD NEW HOMEOWNERSHIP 01:43:39:00 01:43:40:00 OPPORTUNITIES, NEW RENTAL 01:43:40:00 01:43:41:00 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 01:43:41:00 01:43:44:00 BOSTONIANS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE 01:43:44:00 01:43:44:00 TO BOSTON. 01:43:44:00 01:43:45:00 AND SO MY QUESTION WAS 01:43:45:00 01:43:47:00 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EVERYDAY THE 01:43:47:00 01:43:51:00 AVERAGE COST WANTING TO BE, YOU 01:43:51:00 01:43:52:00 KNOW, GET A PIECE OF THAT PIE, 01:43:52:00 01:43:53:00 YOU KNOW, GETTING A PIECE 01:43:53:00 01:43:56:00 OF WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT 01:43:56:00 01:43:56:00 THESE DAYS. 01:43:56:00 01:43:57:00 BUT SO DURING THAT VISIONING 01:43:57:00 01:43:59:00 PROCESS THAT'S WHAT WE SOLICIT 01:43:59:00 01:43:59:00 THAT FEEDBACK. 01:43:59:00 01:44:00:00 OFTENTIMES WE HEAR THAT THIS 01:44:00:00 01:44:02:00 PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ADJACENT 01:44:02:00 01:44:03:00 TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND IT WOULD 01:44:03:00 01:44:07:00 BE MOST APPROPRIATELY USED BY 01:44:07:00 01:44:08:00 THAT PERSON NEXT DOOR AND 01:44:08:00 01:44:11:00 THAT'S IT IS A PUBLIC REAL 01:44:11:00 01:44:11:00 ESTATE. 01:44:11:00 01:44:12:00 SO WE WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION 01:44:12:00 01:44:13:00 EVERYONE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE 01:44:13:00 01:44:15:00 HEAR THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IT 01:44:15:00 01:44:16:00 WOULD IT WOULD MAKE A LOT 01:44:16:00 01:44:17:00 OF SENSE TO DISPOSE OF THIS 01:44:17:00 01:44:17:00 PROPERTY. 01:44:17:00 01:44:18:00 BUT HERE WE HAVE A WHOLE 01:44:18:00 01:44:21:00 PROGRAM FOR A BETTER SALES AND 01:44:21:00 01:44:22:00 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE 01:44:22:00 01:44:23:00 CAN EITHER USE TO EXPAND THEIR 01:44:23:00 01:44:26:00 OPEN BASE IN SOME CASES MAYBE 01:44:26:00 01:44:27:00 DO A BUILDABLE STRUCTURE AS 01:44:27:00 01:44:29:00 WELL. 01:44:29:00 01:44:33:00 WE ALSO ANOTHER USE THAT COMES 01:44:33:00 01:44:34:00 UP FREQUENTLY IN OUR COMMUNITY 01:44:34:00 01:44:35:00 GARDENS A COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE. 01:44:35:00 01:44:38:00 SO THAT'S A RESIDENT AND NOT 01:44:38:00 01:44:38:00 THE CLUTTER. 01:44:38:00 01:44:41:00 BUT I WANT TO BE CONSIDERED TO 01:44:41:00 01:44:44:00 BUILD THERE. 01:44:44:00 01:44:45:00 WHAT'S THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE 01:44:45:00 01:44:48:00 SO THAT CURRENTLY IN THE 01:44:48:00 01:44:49:00 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING THAT 01:44:49:00 01:44:50:00 PROGRAM ONCE EXISTED? 01:44:50:00 01:44:53:00 I NOT RECALLING THE NAME OF IT 01:44:53:00 01:44:55:00 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IT 01:44:55:00 01:44:56:00 WASN'T HUGELY SUCCESSFUL 01:44:56:00 01:45:00:00 BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITIES IT'S 01:45:00:00 01:45:01:00 COMPLICATED TO BUILD A HOUSE 01:45:01:00 01:45:02:00 AND SO THERE WAS A LOT 01:45:02:00 01:45:03:00 OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT 01:45:03:00 01:45:05:00 NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED TO THAT 01:45:05:00 01:45:09:00 ADJACENT NEARBY HOMEOWNERS IN 01:45:09:00 01:45:09:00 ORDER TO HELP THEM CREATE THAT 01:45:09:00 01:45:10:00 HOUSING OPPORTUNITY. 01:45:10:00 01:45:12:00 I THINK WHAT WE FOUND OVER TIME 01:45:12:00 01:45:13:00 IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO DELIVER 01:45:13:00 01:45:15:00 NEW HOUSING FOR FAMILIES IN 01:45:15:00 01:45:16:00 BOSTON IS WORKING WITH 01:45:16:00 01:45:17:00 EXPERIENCED OR EVEN UP AND 01:45:17:00 01:45:20:00 COMING DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES 01:45:20:00 01:45:23:00 BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR A 01:45:23:00 01:45:24:00 NEW MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS TO 01:45:24:00 01:45:25:00 ACTUALLY ENTER THE MARKET AND 01:45:25:00 01:45:27:00 HAVE THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE 01:45:27:00 01:45:28:00 BECOMING A HOME BUILDER. 01:45:28:00 01:45:29:00 THEY GAIN SOME EXPERIENCE AND 01:45:29:00 01:45:32:00 THEY CAN GO ON BUILDING OTHER 01:45:32:00 01:45:32:00 STRUCTURES. 01:45:32:00 01:45:33:00 MEANWHILE, THAT CREATES A 01:45:33:00 01:45:36:00 HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR A 01:45:36:00 01:45:36:00 BOSTON FAMILY SO THAT RIGHT NOW 01:45:36:00 01:45:39:00 WE DO NOT HAVE A PROGRAM FOR 01:45:39:00 01:45:40:00 EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING 01:45:40:00 01:45:43:00 ASKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO 01:45:43:00 01:45:44:00 SELL DIRECTLY TO A BOTTOM THIRD 01:45:44:00 01:45:47:00 WHO ARE NOT IN A COUNTRY NOT 01:45:47:00 01:45:47:00 ABIDING FOR DEVELOPMENT. 01:45:47:00 01:45:48:00 BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S 01:45:48:00 01:45:49:00 CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'VE 01:45:49:00 01:45:51:00 WORKED THE PAST AND THEIR 01:45:51:00 01:45:52:00 ATTITUDE AND IT COMES ALONG 01:45:52:00 01:45:53:00 SOMETHING WHERE WE WILLING TO 01:45:53:00 01:45:58:00 EXPLOIT THANK YOU COUNCILOR . 01:45:58:00 01:46:01:00 I'M HERE DEVIN. 01:46:01:00 01:46:02:00 I THINK WITH THAT PROCESS WITH 01:46:02:00 01:46:05:00 IN THE MAYOR'S WHEN THEY DID 01:46:05:00 01:46:09:00 PUT OUT OUR PS FOR LAND IN THAT 01:46:09:00 01:46:10:00 WAY, I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT 01:46:10:00 01:46:11:00 YOU TALKED ABOUT LIKE THE 01:46:11:00 01:46:13:00 TECHNICAL BS WITH THE PROCESS 01:46:13:00 01:46:17:00 AND NOW IN RETHINKING LIKE 01:46:17:00 01:46:17:00 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 01:46:17:00 01:46:21:00 INCLUSION THEY HAVE A WHOLE 01:46:21:00 01:46:21:00 DEPARTMENT FOR TECHNICAL 01:46:21:00 01:46:24:00 ASSISTANCE AND WONDERING IF 01:46:24:00 01:46:25:00 THAT COULD BE THE CASE LIKE 01:46:25:00 01:46:25:00 RETHINKING THAT PROCESS ALL 01:46:25:00 01:46:28:00 OVER AGAIN AND BRINGING BACK BY 01:46:28:00 01:46:28:00 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 01:46:28:00 01:46:32:00 AND ALSO FUNDING. 01:46:32:00 01:46:36:00 MOST OF IT IS THAT I MEAN I'VE 01:46:36:00 01:46:37:00 LOOKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 01:46:37:00 01:46:40:00 I'VE APPLIED NOT FOR MYSELF BUT 01:46:40:00 01:46:41:00 FOR MYSELF IN A PREVIOUS WORK 01:46:41:00 01:46:43:00 JOB IN DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S 01:46:43:00 01:46:44:00 ARDUOUS. 01:46:44:00 01:46:48:00 IT'S IT'S A LONG APPLICATION 01:46:48:00 01:46:51:00 INCLUDING UNDERSTANDING SOME 01:46:51:00 01:46:52:00 ENGINEERING, BUDGETING AND 01:46:52:00 01:46:52:00 EVERYTHING ELSE. 01:46:52:00 01:46:55:00 SO SO THANK YOU, COUSO BREADON 01:46:55:00 01:46:56:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR SECOND 01:46:56:00 01:46:58:00 ROUND. 01:46:58:00 01:46:59:00 I KNOW THAT BPA HAS TO LEAVE IN 01:46:59:00 01:47:03:00 TWENTY MINUTES SO HAVE TO JUMP 01:47:03:00 01:47:04:00 TO IT AND I'LL GIVE YOU FIVE 01:47:04:00 01:47:06:00 MINUTES EACH. 01:47:06:00 01:47:07:00 THANK YOU THERE. 01:47:07:00 01:47:10:00 THANK YOU ALISON BRIGHTON AND 01:47:10:00 01:47:11:00 OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. 01:47:11:00 01:47:14:00 INSTITUTIONALISTS ANSHAN WE 01:47:14:00 01:47:18:00 TOTALLY APPRECIATE THE 01:47:18:00 01:47:18:00 MEDICINE. 01:47:18:00 01:47:19:00 IT'S REALLY PHENOMENAL DRIVER 01:47:19:00 01:47:21:00 OF OUR ECONOMY AND IN BOSTON 01:47:21:00 01:47:26:00 BUT THE THE POSITION OF OUR 01:47:26:00 01:47:26:00 UNIVERSITIES THAT THEY'RE NOT 01:47:26:00 01:47:29:00 HOUSING ENOUGH FOR THEIR 01:47:29:00 01:47:33:00 STUDENTS ON CAMPUS IS VERY 01:47:33:00 01:47:34:00 DETRIMENTAL TO AND IT IS 01:47:34:00 01:47:38:00 DETRIMENTAL TO OUR 01:47:38:00 01:47:38:00 NEIGHBORHOODS. 01:47:38:00 01:47:41:00 I KNOW AND ALSO BRIGHTON 01:47:41:00 01:47:42:00 PROBABLY HAVE A FIFTY YEAR 01:47:42:00 01:47:42:00 HISTORY. 01:47:42:00 01:47:44:00 I KNOW INCREASINGLY WE SEE IT 01:47:44:00 01:47:45:00 THESE BOSTON THAT UNIVERSITY 01:47:45:00 01:47:49:00 SUFFOLK DOES NOT HOUSER'S 01:47:49:00 01:47:50:00 STUDENTS AND WE LOOKED AT THE 01:47:50:00 01:47:51:00 OFF CAMPUS HOUSING WE DID A 01:47:51:00 01:47:54:00 CENSUS INVENTORY ABOUT WHO WE 01:47:54:00 01:47:57:00 WERE MISSING IN OUR COUNT WE 01:47:57:00 01:47:58:00 FOUND ALL THESE INCREDIBLE 01:47:58:00 01:47:58:00 DENSITY. 01:47:58:00 01:48:01:00 I WAS SHOCKED THE NUMBER OF OFF 01:48:01:00 01:48:04:00 CAMPUS PINGS ON THE MAP WERE IN 01:48:04:00 01:48:05:00 EAST BOSTON AND THAT THAT'S 01:48:05:00 01:48:08:00 THAT'S DRIVING IN SPECULATIVE 01:48:08:00 01:48:09:00 INVESTMENT IN OUR FAMILY 01:48:09:00 01:48:10:00 HOUSING AND DRIVING FAMILIES 01:48:10:00 01:48:10:00 OUT. 01:48:10:00 01:48:13:00 SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE 01:48:13:00 01:48:16:00 THAT OUR UNIVERSITIES ARE 01:48:16:00 01:48:17:00 STEPPING IT UP AND HOUSING 01:48:17:00 01:48:18:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING THEIR 01:48:18:00 01:48:21:00 STUDENTS ON CAMPUS BECAUSE THE 01:48:21:00 01:48:22:00 OFFER ON CAMPUS HOUSING BUT 01:48:22:00 01:48:25:00 IT'S MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO 01:48:25:00 01:48:25:00 LIVE ON CAMPUS AND OFF. 01:48:25:00 01:48:28:00 SO WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THAT 01:48:28:00 01:48:29:00 BECAUSE IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO 01:48:29:00 01:48:30:00 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THE 01:48:30:00 01:48:33:00 CITY COUNCIL BREDON WE ARE WE 01:48:33:00 01:48:34:00 HAVE A SERIES OF WHAT WE CALL 01:48:34:00 01:48:36:00 INSTITUTIONAL MARSHALL PLANNING 01:48:36:00 01:48:37:00 PROCESSES AND THEN IN EACH 01:48:37:00 01:48:40:00 OF THOSE WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO 01:48:40:00 01:48:41:00 TALK TO THE INSTITUTION AND SAY 01:48:41:00 01:48:42:00 TO THEM WE NEED YOU TO BUILD 01:48:42:00 01:48:44:00 MORE HOUSING OR TO COMMIT TO 01:48:44:00 01:48:47:00 OVER THE NEXT FIVE, TEN YEARS 01:48:47:00 01:48:48:00 HOW MANY HOUSING UNITS ARE 01:48:48:00 01:48:49:00 GOING TO BRING ON BOARD TO HAVE 01:48:49:00 01:48:52:00 THEIR PEOPLE? 01:48:52:00 01:48:53:00 THOSE ARE UNITS WE CAN 01:48:53:00 01:48:55:00 EVENTUALLY GET BACK TO THE 01:48:55:00 01:48:56:00 COMMUNITY WHENEVER IT HAPPENS. 01:48:56:00 01:48:59:00 SO WE'RE USING OUR 01:48:59:00 01:49:00:00 INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANNING 01:49:00:00 01:49:03:00 OVERSIGHT WHICH IS OVER I THINK 01:49:03:00 01:49:04:00 ELEVEN DIFFERENT ORGAN, 01:49:04:00 01:49:05:00 DIFFERENT HOSPITALS AND 01:49:05:00 01:49:06:00 UNIVERSITIES OVER THE NEXT 01:49:06:00 01:49:07:00 YEAR. 01:49:07:00 01:49:11:00 SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING 01:49:11:00 01:49:12:00 THEM ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH THAT 01:49:12:00 01:49:14:00 PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT 01:49:14:00 01:49:15:00 THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING 01:49:15:00 01:49:15:00 MORE. 01:49:15:00 01:49:19:00 HOW DO WE HAVE ANY TEETH LIKE B 01:49:19:00 01:49:19:00 YOU HAD A I HAD AN 01:49:19:00 01:49:22:00 INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN THAT 01:49:22:00 01:49:23:00 INCLUDED A TOWER NEAR NICKERSON 01:49:23:00 01:49:26:00 FEELINGS THE IDEA FOR IT 01:49:26:00 01:49:27:00 THEY'RE UP FOR THEIR NEXT UP 01:49:27:00 01:49:31:00 FOR REVIEW THIS TIME FOR A NEW 01:49:31:00 01:49:31:00 YEAR. 01:49:31:00 01:49:32:00 I INTRODUCE THE MASTER PLAN 01:49:32:00 01:49:33:00 ABOUT THAT BUILDING WAS NEVER 01:49:33:00 01:49:34:00 BUILT SO THERE'S FOUR HUNDRED 01:49:34:00 01:49:37:00 AND FIFTY UNITS JUST THAT NEVER 01:49:37:00 01:49:41:00 WERE BUILT THAT WE HAD APPROVED 01:49:41:00 01:49:41:00 LAST TIME AROUND. 01:49:41:00 01:49:42:00 SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO PUSH THEM 01:49:42:00 01:49:45:00 TO DO THIS? 01:49:45:00 01:49:46:00 WE HAVE THEM IN INSTITUTIONAL 01:49:46:00 01:49:56:00 MASTER PLANNING PROCESS SO WE 01:49:56:00 01:49:57:00 HAVE THE CHANCE TO ENGAGE THEM 01:49:57:00 01:49:58:00 AND IDENTIFY WITH THE 01:49:58:00 01:49:58:00 SHORTCOMINGS ARE WHAT WE EXPECT 01:49:58:00 01:49:59:00 AND WHEN WE EXPECT TO BE 01:49:59:00 01:50:00:00 RESOLVED AND WE'VE HAD 01:50:00:00 01:50:00:00 SOMETHING OF THAT DISCUSSION 01:50:00:00 01:50:01:00 WITH THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO 01:50:01:00 01:50:01:00 INTO THIS WEEK. 01:50:01:00 01:50:03:00 SO IT'S TOP OF MIND THAT WE'RE 01:50:03:00 01:50:04:00 SPENDING OUR TIME ON. 01:50:04:00 01:50:06:00 YEAH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD 01:50:06:00 01:50:08:00 IS ARE WE DOING ANY LEVEL 01:50:08:00 01:50:11:00 OF LIKE DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS 01:50:11:00 01:50:12:00 WHEN I KNOW THAT THE THE 01:50:12:00 01:50:13:00 LANGUAGE USED TO BE USED? 01:50:13:00 01:50:16:00 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU STILL USE 01:50:16:00 01:50:19:00 IT BUT IN MY TIME HERE ON THE 01:50:19:00 01:50:22:00 COUNCIL PDA, YOU KNOW THE 01:50:22:00 01:50:23:00 ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE HIGHEST 01:50:23:00 01:50:26:00 AND BEST USE OF LAND BECAUSE 01:50:26:00 01:50:27:00 LAND IS A VERY SCARCE AND 01:50:27:00 01:50:30:00 VALUABLE COMMODITY IN THE CITY 01:50:30:00 01:50:31:00 BUT THAT'S SOMETIMES THAT 01:50:31:00 01:50:34:00 HIGHEST AND BEST USE IS IS 01:50:34:00 01:50:38:00 FORCING DISPLACEMENT OF SMALL 01:50:38:00 01:50:39:00 BUSINESSES ARE ARTIST COMMUNITY 01:50:39:00 01:50:39:00 IN ALLSTON, BRIGHTON IN 01:50:39:00 01:50:42:00 PARTICULAR ARE BACK STREETS. 01:50:42:00 01:50:45:00 BUSINESSES ARE FOOD STORES AND 01:50:45:00 01:50:50:00 JUST RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT 01:50:50:00 01:50:51:00 AND WORKING FAMILIES ARE BIPAC 01:50:51:00 01:50:53:00 AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES LIKE IS 01:50:53:00 01:50:58:00 AN ANALYSIS LIKE HOW DO WE HOW 01:50:58:00 01:51:01:00 DO WE BALANCE THIS NEED TO 01:51:01:00 01:51:02:00 DRIVE TO KEEP BUILDING BECAUSE 01:51:02:00 01:51:03:00 IT INCREASES OUR REAL ESTATE 01:51:03:00 01:51:05:00 INSTEAD REVENUE BUT THEN ALSO 01:51:05:00 01:51:06:00 HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT WITH THE 01:51:06:00 01:51:09:00 NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR 01:51:09:00 01:51:09:00 SMALL BUSINESSES AND IN OUR 01:51:09:00 01:51:12:00 COMMUNITIES? 01:51:12:00 01:51:17:00 YOU KNOW, I THINK I WOULD POINT 01:51:17:00 01:51:17:00 OUT THAT OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO 01:51:17:00 01:51:20:00 IMPROVE THE ARTICLE PROCESS IS 01:51:20:00 01:51:20:00 A REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY 01:51:20:00 01:51:21:00 TO GET BETTER AT EXACTLY WHAT 01:51:21:00 01:51:24:00 YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT. 01:51:24:00 01:51:24:00 IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT 01:51:24:00 01:51:25:00 BOTH OUR TEAM THE OFFICE 01:51:25:00 01:51:27:00 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 01:51:27:00 01:51:28:00 INCLUSION, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 01:51:28:00 01:51:29:00 HOUSING ARE FOCUSED ON IS 01:51:29:00 01:51:32:00 MAKING SURE NEW DEVELOPMENT 01:51:32:00 01:51:32:00 HAPPENS IN OUR CITY. 01:51:32:00 01:51:33:00 WHO DOES THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVE 01:51:33:00 01:51:36:00 AND HOW TO BEST SERVE THAT THE 01:51:36:00 01:51:36:00 CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS 01:51:36:00 01:51:40:00 ARE TO BE THE MOST? 01:51:40:00 01:51:40:00 I THINK USING EXAMPLES FROM 01:51:40:00 01:51:43:00 YOUR DISTRICT LIKE WE WE HAVE 01:51:43:00 01:51:44:00 DISCOVERED THROUGH THE ARTICLE 01:51:44:00 01:51:47:00 ANY PROCESS WHAT POTENTIAL 01:51:47:00 01:51:48:00 DISPLACEMENT RISKS OF ARTISTS 01:51:48:00 01:51:51:00 FOR EXAMPLE WILL HAPPEN WHEN A 01:51:51:00 01:51:54:00 A NEW DEVELOPER COMES IN TO 01:51:54:00 01:51:55:00 TAKE IT WAS A WAREHOUSE AND 01:51:55:00 01:51:56:00 CONVERT IT TO A LIFE SCIENCES 01:51:56:00 01:51:59:00 AND THAT AND WE'RE GETTING MUCH 01:51:59:00 01:52:00:00 BETTER AT AS I SAID HE USING 01:52:00:00 01:52:03:00 THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIND 01:52:03:00 01:52:03:00 STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IT 01:52:03:00 01:52:04:00 WORKING EITHER WITH THAT 01:52:04:00 01:52:07:00 DEVELOPER OR WITH OTHER TOOLS 01:52:07:00 01:52:08:00 THAT WE HAVE. 01:52:08:00 01:52:08:00 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 01:52:08:00 01:52:11:00 ARTHUR THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED IN 01:52:11:00 01:52:11:00 HIS OPENING STATEMENT THE 01:52:11:00 01:52:12:00 OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE NEW 01:52:12:00 01:52:14:00 ARTIST SPACE EFFORT THE NEW 01:52:14:00 01:52:15:00 THAT BELL WAS GOING TO GO THE 01:52:15:00 01:52:18:00 THE THE LAB SPACE LIKE HOW MUCH 01:52:18:00 01:52:19:00 IS ENOUGH? 01:52:19:00 01:52:20:00 LIKE THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND 01:52:20:00 01:52:21:00 BEST USE. 01:52:21:00 01:52:23:00 IT'S GENERATING A LOT 01:52:23:00 01:52:25:00 OF REVENUE BUT I MY CONCERN IS 01:52:25:00 01:52:26:00 THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIT A BUMP 01:52:26:00 01:52:27:00 IN THE ROAD AND WE'RE GOING TO 01:52:27:00 01:52:29:00 HAVE ALL THIS SPACE LAND VACANT 01:52:29:00 01:52:32:00 AND IT'S NOT IT'S A IT'S NOT 01:52:32:00 01:52:33:00 DIFFICULT TO REPURPOSE IT FOR 01:52:33:00 01:52:40:00 OTHER USES AND THAT'S JUST A 01:52:40:00 01:52:41:00 STATEMENT I KNOW MY TIME'S UP. 01:52:41:00 01:52:42:00 I'D BETTER BE RESPECTFUL OF THE 01:52:42:00 01:52:44:00 TIME. 01:52:44:00 01:52:45:00 SO I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE 01:52:45:00 01:52:45:00 OTHER QUESTIONS AS WELL. 01:52:45:00 01:52:46:00 I DON'T KNOW YOU'RE SHORT 01:52:46:00 01:52:48:00 OF TIME AS WELL. 01:52:48:00 01:52:48:00 THANK YOU. 01:52:48:00 01:52:49:00 I WILL CONTINUE THE 01:52:49:00 01:52:49:00 CONVERSATION. 01:52:49:00 01:52:50:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:52:50:00 01:52:51:00 THANK YOU. 01:52:51:00 01:52:55:00 CONSECRATING COLLETTA THANK YOU 01:52:55:00 01:52:59:00 ALL SO MUCH. 01:52:59:00 01:53:00:00 LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS HERE WE 01:53:00:00 01:53:03:00 SAW A STATISTIC THAT THE TOP 01:53:03:00 01:53:04:00 TEN PERCENT OF EARNERS SEVENTY 01:53:04:00 01:53:06:00 FIVE PERCENT OF THEM WERE WHITE 01:53:06:00 01:53:07:00 AND THAT YOU ALL WERE GOING TO 01:53:07:00 01:53:09:00 BE WORKING ON THAT. 01:53:09:00 01:53:13:00 DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATED NUMBERS 01:53:13:00 01:53:13:00 ? 01:53:13:00 01:53:14:00 WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET YOU 01:53:14:00 01:53:17:00 A FORMAL REPORT THAT THAT 01:53:17:00 01:53:18:00 ANSWERS THE QUESTION BECAUSE WE 01:53:18:00 01:53:18:00 CAN GET THAT DATA VERY QUICKLY. 01:53:18:00 01:53:21:00 I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE 01:53:21:00 01:53:25:00 FILLED OUR WE HAVE FILLED OUR 01:53:25:00 01:53:29:00 PLANNING POSITION WITH THE WITH 01:53:29:00 01:53:32:00 DIRECTOR CHAMBERS WHO YOU MET 01:53:32:00 01:53:33:00 AND WE FILLED OUR DESIGN 01:53:33:00 01:53:33:00 DIRECTOR WITH DIANA FERNANDEZ 01:53:33:00 01:53:36:00 WHO WAS LEADING SOME OF THE 01:53:36:00 01:53:36:00 WORK. 01:53:36:00 01:53:38:00 BUT I'M HAPPY TO GET YOU A 01:53:38:00 01:53:40:00 RATIO. 01:53:40:00 01:53:41:00 THOSE ARE TWO OF THE MOST 01:53:41:00 01:53:42:00 IMPORTANT JOBS IN THE AGENCY. 01:53:42:00 01:53:44:00 BUT I'M HAPPY TO GET YOU A SORT 01:53:44:00 01:53:47:00 OF A CALCULATION THAT SHOWS YOU 01:53:47:00 01:53:48:00 WHAT THE CHANGE HAS BEEN OVER 01:53:48:00 01:53:48:00 THE LAST YEAR. 01:53:48:00 01:53:49:00 GREAT. 01:53:49:00 01:53:51:00 THANK YOU. 01:53:51:00 01:53:54:00 GOING INTO OPERATIONS, HOW IS 01:53:54:00 01:53:55:00 THE IMPLEMENTATION 01:53:55:00 01:53:58:00 OF AFFIRMATIVELY ORDERING FOR 01:53:58:00 01:54:02:00 HOUSING GOING? 01:54:02:00 01:54:03:00 ANY UPDATE ON THAT SAID? 01:54:03:00 01:54:05:00 I THINK WHAT'S WHAT'S 01:54:05:00 01:54:06:00 ACCEPTABLE TO AFFIRMATIVELY 01:54:06:00 01:54:07:00 FURTHER FAIR HOUSING IS THAT 01:54:07:00 01:54:10:00 BRINGS TOGETHER THE BBA, THE 01:54:10:00 01:54:13:00 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING, THE 01:54:13:00 01:54:14:00 FAIR HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE 01:54:14:00 01:54:18:00 VHA TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW 01:54:18:00 01:54:19:00 HOUSING IS BEING BUILT IN ANY 01:54:19:00 01:54:21:00 PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IS 01:54:21:00 01:54:22:00 DELIVERING ON THE NEEDS 01:54:22:00 01:54:22:00 OF BOSTONIANS AND PARTICULARLY 01:54:22:00 01:54:24:00 THE BOSTONIANS THAT LIVE IN 01:54:24:00 01:54:24:00 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 01:54:24:00 01:54:25:00 SO IT NOW EXISTS. 01:54:25:00 01:54:29:00 IT IS A REQUIRED PROCESS BY 01:54:29:00 01:54:33:00 WHICH EVERY PRIVATE SECTOR 01:54:33:00 01:54:33:00 DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT THAT IS 01:54:33:00 01:54:36:00 GOING THROUGH THE ARTICLE 01:54:36:00 01:54:40:00 PROCESS NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH SO 01:54:40:00 01:54:41:00 AND IT'S NONDISCRETIONARY. 01:54:41:00 01:54:44:00 SO THAT IS A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT 01:54:44:00 01:54:45:00 OF THE CITY TO PUT THAT TYPE 01:54:45:00 01:54:46:00 OF REGULATION IN PLACE. 01:54:46:00 01:54:48:00 IT'S STILL THERE. 01:54:48:00 01:54:49:00 SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT 01:54:49:00 01:54:52:00 WE CAN CONTINUE TO REFINE OVER 01:54:52:00 01:54:53:00 TIME AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 01:54:53:00 01:54:57:00 GETTING THE OUTCOMES WE WANT TO 01:54:57:00 01:54:58:00 SEE FROM THE FROM THE BOSTON 01:54:58:00 01:55:00:00 INTERAGENCY FAIR HOUSING 01:55:00:00 01:55:03:00 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT IS 01:55:03:00 01:55:04:00 THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE TIMELY, 01:55:04:00 01:55:07:00 PROCESSED AND WE HAVE A COMMON 01:55:07:00 01:55:08:00 SET OF EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE ONE 01:55:08:00 01:55:09:00 OF THE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR 01:55:09:00 01:55:12:00 HAS ASKED TO PRIORITIZE IS 01:55:12:00 01:55:12:00 PREDICTABLE DEVELOPMENT BOTH 01:55:12:00 01:55:15:00 FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND 01:55:15:00 01:55:15:00 DEVELOPERS ALIKE. 01:55:15:00 01:55:18:00 SO THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S 01:55:18:00 01:55:19:00 CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES FOR 01:55:19:00 01:55:20:00 IMPROVEMENT BUT WE'RE GENERALLY 01:55:20:00 01:55:23:00 THRILLED THAT THAT'S SOMETHING 01:55:23:00 01:55:24:00 THAT WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE HERE 01:55:24:00 01:55:24:00 AND SHOWN OUR LEADERSHIP. 01:55:24:00 01:55:27:00 HAS THERE BEEN ANY SORT 01:55:27:00 01:55:27:00 OF REPORT THAT'S BEEN PUSHED 01:55:27:00 01:55:31:00 OUT WITH ANY ANY WIND THAT WE 01:55:31:00 01:55:31:00 CAN POINT TO THAT HAVE 01:55:31:00 01:55:33:00 STABILIZED COMMUNITIES OR 01:55:33:00 01:55:34:00 PREVENTED DISPLACEMENT IN I 01:55:34:00 01:55:35:00 THINK THERE'S LOTS 01:55:35:00 01:55:38:00 OF INDIVIDUAL DATA POINTS IN 01:55:38:00 01:55:38:00 EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPMENT SINCE 01:55:38:00 01:55:39:00 THAT SECTION EVERY BOARD MEMO 01:55:39:00 01:55:42:00 THAT WE PRODUCE WE HAVE WE 01:55:42:00 01:55:43:00 ASSEMBLE THAT IN ONE PLACE AND 01:55:43:00 01:55:46:00 SAID HEY, LOOK AT THIS AND NOT 01:55:46:00 01:55:47:00 THAT I'M AWARE OF BUT THAT'S A 01:55:47:00 01:55:47:00 GREAT POINT, COUNCILOR . 01:55:47:00 01:55:48:00 THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD 01:55:48:00 01:55:49:00 OPPORTUNITY TO TELL A STORY. 01:55:49:00 01:55:51:00 GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING 01:55:51:00 01:55:54:00 COOL IMPROVING ARTICLE EIGHTY. 01:55:54:00 01:55:57:00 I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 01:55:57:00 01:55:58:00 I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ENCOURAGE 01:55:58:00 01:55:58:00 YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT 01:55:58:00 01:55:59:00 ARLINGTON'S MODEL WHICH IS A 01:55:59:00 01:56:01:00 FOCUS MODEL LARGELY WHAT I'VE 01:56:01:00 01:56:05:00 SEEN THROUGH PLAN IS BOSTON AND 01:56:05:00 01:56:05:00 CHARLESTOWN IS THAT YOU ALL 01:56:05:00 01:56:06:00 CAST A WIDE NET PROVIDE US 01:56:06:00 01:56:09:00 COMMENTS. 01:56:09:00 01:56:10:00 THE COMMENTS THAT COME IN COME 01:56:10:00 01:56:11:00 FROM A VERY HOMOGENOUS GROUP 01:56:11:00 01:56:13:00 OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT 01:56:13:00 01:56:14:00 OF TIME ON THEIR HANDS. 01:56:14:00 01:56:15:00 WE LOVE THEM AND WE'RE GRATEFUL 01:56:15:00 01:56:17:00 FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. 01:56:17:00 01:56:18:00 HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THAT 01:56:18:00 01:56:21:00 WE'RE TAKING IN ANY DEMOGRAPHIC 01:56:21:00 01:56:21:00 WHO ARE ACTUALLY GETTING 01:56:21:00 01:56:22:00 COMMENTS FROM AND SO THE 01:56:22:00 01:56:24:00 OPINIONS ARE SKEWED AND SO I 01:56:24:00 01:56:25:00 WOULD LOVE TO BE VERY 01:56:25:00 01:56:28:00 INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW MANY 01:56:28:00 01:56:29:00 FOLKS HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO 01:56:29:00 01:56:32:00 WHO SPEAK SPANISH? 01:56:32:00 01:56:33:00 HOW MANY FOLKS HAVE WE GOTTEN 01:56:33:00 01:56:36:00 FROM HIGH SCHOOL AGE KIDS OR 01:56:36:00 01:56:37:00 ARE YOU A HOMEOWNER OR ARE YOU 01:56:37:00 01:56:40:00 A RENTER SO THAT THE OPINIONS 01:56:40:00 01:56:41:00 OF FOR EXAMPLE PLAN IS BOSTON 01:56:41:00 01:56:43:00 IS TRULY INDICATIVE OF WHAT THE 01:56:43:00 01:56:44:00 NEIGHBORHOOD IS FEELING. 01:56:44:00 01:56:47:00 SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD 01:56:47:00 01:56:48:00 START FIRST WITH THE STUDY 01:56:48:00 01:56:49:00 THROUGH THIS THIS ARTICLE 01:56:49:00 01:56:51:00 EIGHTY REFORMATION PROCESS I 01:56:51:00 01:56:52:00 THINK PEOPLE DO POINT TO TWO 01:56:52:00 01:56:52:00 PLACES. 01:56:52:00 01:56:55:00 ONE I MEAN ULTIMATELY ARE WE'RE 01:56:55:00 01:56:56:00 GOING TO HAVE BETTER 01:56:56:00 01:56:59:00 DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY. 01:56:59:00 01:57:00:00 WE HAVE BETTER PLANNING. 01:57:00:00 01:57:01:00 SO I THINK YOU HEARD AMY SPEAK 01:57:01:00 01:57:03:00 VERY ELOQUENTLY EARLIER AND 01:57:03:00 01:57:04:00 BEING ABLE TO REACH BOSTONIANS 01:57:04:00 01:57:07:00 FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, 01:57:07:00 01:57:08:00 DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PLACES, 01:57:08:00 01:57:08:00 DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT 01:57:08:00 01:57:09:00 VIEWPOINTS AND WAYS THAT WE 01:57:09:00 01:57:11:00 HAVEN'T DONE IN THE PAST. 01:57:11:00 01:57:12:00 SO THE BETTER WE GET AT 01:57:12:00 01:57:13:00 PLANNING AND BETTER WE GET AT 01:57:13:00 01:57:15:00 HAVING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT 01:57:15:00 01:57:18:00 AUTHENTICALLY REPRESENT THE 01:57:18:00 01:57:19:00 VISIONS OF BOSTONIANS, THE 01:57:19:00 01:57:20:00 BETTER WE WILL BE AT MANAGING 01:57:20:00 01:57:22:00 DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE 01:57:22:00 01:57:23:00 ARTICULATING IMPROVEMENT 01:57:23:00 01:57:23:00 PROCESS ITSELF. 01:57:23:00 01:57:26:00 WE HAVE TWO MAJOR WORK STREAMS. 01:57:26:00 01:57:27:00 WE HAVE A MORE TECHNICAL WORK 01:57:27:00 01:57:28:00 STREAM AROUND WHAT THE 01:57:28:00 01:57:30:00 CODE SAYS TIME AND 01:57:30:00 01:57:31:00 PREDICTABILITY ETC. AND THEN WE 01:57:31:00 01:57:34:00 HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 01:57:34:00 01:57:35:00 WORKSTREAM THAT WILL BE KICKING 01:57:35:00 01:57:37:00 OFF WITH A SIGNIFICANT OUT 01:57:37:00 01:57:38:00 OF ENGAGEMENT THIS SUMMER TO 01:57:38:00 01:57:39:00 THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN ENGAGE 01:57:39:00 01:57:42:00 DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WHAT WE DO 01:57:42:00 01:57:42:00 TODAY IS TOWN HALL MEETINGS 01:57:42:00 01:57:45:00 MOSTLY LED BY THE DEVELOPER AND 01:57:45:00 01:57:47:00 THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO 01:57:47:00 01:57:50:00 HAVE A INCLUSIVE CONVERSATION 01:57:50:00 01:57:50:00 ABOUT THE FUTURE OF A 01:57:50:00 01:57:53:00 PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT SITE. 01:57:53:00 01:57:54:00 SO WE'RE ENCOURAGED AND WOULD 01:57:54:00 01:57:55:00 APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S 01:57:55:00 01:57:58:00 PARTNERSHIP IN HOW TO DO THAT 01:57:58:00 01:57:58:00 BETTER. 01:57:58:00 01:57:59:00 THANK YOU. 01:57:59:00 01:58:00:00 I THINK I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT 01:58:00:00 01:58:05:00 PARTNERSHIP TUITION. 01:58:05:00 01:58:06:00 YES. 01:58:06:00 01:58:07:00 DO YOU HAVE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE 01:58:07:00 01:58:08:00 IT NOW BUT THROUGH THE CHAIR 01:58:08:00 01:58:09:00 REQUESTING HOW MUCH REVENUE AT 01:58:09:00 01:58:10:00 THE NAVY YARD BROUGHT IN LAST 01:58:10:00 01:58:12:00 YEAR. 01:58:12:00 01:58:13:00 THANK YOU. 01:58:13:00 01:58:17:00 THAT'S IT COST ME HERE. 01:58:17:00 01:58:17:00 YES. 01:58:17:00 01:58:20:00 SO I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY IN 01:58:20:00 01:58:21:00 REGARDS TO THE EAST BOSTON PLAN 01:58:21:00 01:58:24:00 MEETING I BELIEVE IT'S 01:58:24:00 01:58:28:00 TONIGHT'S THROUGH THE I THINK 01:58:28:00 01:58:29:00 THAT'S WHAT I TALKED ABOUT THE 01:58:29:00 01:58:32:00 SPANISH ONE ONE IN SPANISH I 01:58:32:00 01:58:33:00 BELIEVE IS TONIGHT. 01:58:33:00 01:58:33:00 IT WASN'T YESTERDAY. 01:58:33:00 01:58:36:00 I JUST ONE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE 01:58:36:00 01:58:36:00 TUNING IN. 01:58:36:00 01:58:37:00 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M 01:58:37:00 01:58:39:00 DIRECTING THEM CORRECTLY BUT I 01:58:39:00 01:58:40:00 THOUGHT IT WAS TO THANK YOU 01:58:40:00 01:58:43:00 TOLD US TO MAKE IT DIDN'T 01:58:43:00 01:58:47:00 HAPPEN YESTERDAY AND I'M ALSO 01:58:47:00 01:58:50:00 CURIOUS IF YOU DON'T MIND IF 01:58:50:00 01:58:54:00 YOU COULD JUST HELP ME 01:58:54:00 01:58:55:00 UNDERSTAND KIND OF LIKE YOUR 01:58:55:00 01:58:59:00 OUTREACH AND AND IT IN MULTIPLE 01:58:59:00 01:59:02:00 LANGUAGES TO WHEN YOU DO WHEN 01:59:02:00 01:59:02:00 WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE PLAN 01:59:02:00 01:59:03:00 MEETINGS ARE ARE YOU SENDING 01:59:03:00 01:59:06:00 OUT INFORMATION AND NOT JUST 01:59:06:00 01:59:06:00 FLIERS? 01:59:06:00 01:59:10:00 ARE YOU ALSO SENDING TEXT 01:59:10:00 01:59:11:00 MESSAGES BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BIG 01:59:11:00 01:59:14:00 BUDGET HERE IN TERMS 01:59:14:00 01:59:14:00 OF TECHNOLOGY? 01:59:14:00 01:59:15:00 SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU'RE ALSO 01:59:15:00 01:59:16:00 USING YEAH. 01:59:16:00 01:59:17:00 ARE OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY 01:59:17:00 01:59:21:00 REQUIRES US TO BE IN ANY 01:59:21:00 01:59:22:00 INTERNET THROUGH ALL THE 01:59:22:00 01:59:22:00 SETTINGS BY WHICH WE 01:59:22:00 01:59:25:00 COMMUNICATE WHETHER THAT'S ON 01:59:25:00 01:59:26:00 THE WEBSITE, IN THE MEETING 01:59:26:00 01:59:29:00 THROUGH THE FLIER OR AT THE 01:59:29:00 01:59:33:00 BOARD TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE 01:59:33:00 01:59:33:00 INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION 01:59:33:00 01:59:37:00 SERVICES IN THE PREDOMINANT 01:59:37:00 01:59:37:00 LANGUAGES OF THE COMMUNITY. 01:59:37:00 01:59:41:00 I WOULD LOVE TO SEND YOU THAT 01:59:41:00 01:59:41:00 POLICY COUNSELORS. 01:59:41:00 01:59:42:00 I THINK I CAN ARTICULATE THAT 01:59:42:00 01:59:44:00 VERY, VERY WELL THAT THAT'S 01:59:44:00 01:59:44:00 HELPFUL. 01:59:44:00 01:59:45:00 I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 01:59:45:00 01:59:52:00 ABOUT THE DISPARITY STUDY AND I 01:59:52:00 01:59:56:00 SEE A BIG WHOPPING DIFFERENCE 01:59:56:00 01:59:59:00 BETWEEN WHITE WOMEN AND ELEVEN 01:59:59:00 02:00:03:00 POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS 02:00:03:00 02:00:04:00 JUXTAPOSED TO HISPANIC 02:00:04:00 02:00:07:00 AMERICANS AND THAT'S I DON'T 02:00:07:00 02:00:08:00 KNOW WHY WE'RE CALLING US THESE 02:00:08:00 02:00:10:00 DAYS BUT AT TWO SEVENTY TWO 02:00:10:00 02:00:14:00 THOUSAND AND SO I'M JUST 02:00:14:00 02:00:15:00 CURIOUS IF YOU CAN HELP ME 02:00:15:00 02:00:19:00 UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GOING TO 02:00:19:00 02:00:19:00 CLOSE THAT GAP. 02:00:19:00 02:00:22:00 AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT 02:00:22:00 02:00:23:00 I CAN CONFIRM OR DENY THIS TO 02:00:23:00 02:00:24:00 BE TRUE OR NOT. 02:00:24:00 02:00:26:00 BUT THE WHITE WOMEN CATEGORY 02:00:26:00 02:00:30:00 THERE'S BEEN RUMORS THAT THAT 02:00:30:00 02:00:34:00 WHITE MEN JUST TRANSFERRED 02:00:34:00 02:00:35:00 NAMES TO THE BUSINESSES TO 02:00:35:00 02:00:38:00 THEIR WIVES SO THAT THEY CAN 02:00:38:00 02:00:41:00 GET THE MINORITY OR WOMEN OWNED 02:00:41:00 02:00:41:00 BUSINESS CONTRACTS. 02:00:41:00 02:00:45:00 SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT IS 02:00:45:00 02:00:49:00 TRUE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO 02:00:49:00 02:00:50:00 BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT 02:00:50:00 02:00:53:00 BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S 02:00:53:00 02:00:56:00 ALWAYS A LOOPHOLE IN THE AND WE 02:00:56:00 02:00:58:00 NEED TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE IS 02:00:58:00 02:01:01:00 A LOOPHOLE WE ARE NAMING IT. 02:01:01:00 02:01:01:00 ABSOLUTELY. 02:01:01:00 02:01:04:00 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 02:01:04:00 02:01:05:00 WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON EQUITABLE 02:01:05:00 02:01:06:00 PROCUREMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS 02:01:06:00 02:01:07:00 NOW. 02:01:07:00 02:01:08:00 FIRST TO ADDRESS YOUR SECOND 02:01:08:00 02:01:09:00 QUESTION. 02:01:09:00 02:01:12:00 THIS IS WEISSERT MODIFICATION 02:01:12:00 02:01:13:00 IS IS SO IMPORTANT AND WE'VE 02:01:13:00 02:01:16:00 SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR 02:01:16:00 02:01:17:00 COMMUNITY TRYING TO STRESS THAT 02:01:17:00 02:01:20:00 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE 02:01:20:00 02:01:21:00 CERTIFIED FOR THAT REASON TO 02:01:21:00 02:01:24:00 MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE WHO 02:01:24:00 02:01:25:00 THEY SAY THEY ARE. 02:01:25:00 02:01:27:00 THEY ARE PRIMARY HOLDERS OF THE 02:01:27:00 02:01:28:00 BUSINESS AS FAR AS THAT SIDE. 02:01:28:00 02:01:32:00 BUT THAT STILL DOES NOT ADDRESS 02:01:32:00 02:01:35:00 THE ISSUE BECAUSE IF I'M A 02:01:35:00 02:01:39:00 WOMAN AND MY HUSBAND IS THE ONE 02:01:39:00 02:01:40:00 WHO OWNS THE BUSINESS, I CAN BE 02:01:40:00 02:01:41:00 CERTIFIED AND THEN THAT 02:01:41:00 02:01:45:00 BUSINESS THEN UNDER MY NAME I'M 02:01:45:00 02:01:47:00 SO THE BPA IS NOT THE PURVEYOR 02:01:47:00 02:01:50:00 OF THE CERTIFICATION SO I CAN'T 02:01:50:00 02:01:51:00 SPEAK TO THE TECHNICAL PROCESS 02:01:51:00 02:01:51:00 WELL. 02:01:51:00 02:01:54:00 SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO 02:01:54:00 02:01:54:00 SAY IS SORRY . 02:01:54:00 02:01:58:00 YES PLEASE CONTINUE IS THAT AND 02:01:58:00 02:01:59:00 SO I JUST WANT YOU TO ANSWER 02:01:59:00 02:01:59:00 THE QUESTION BECAUSE I REALLY 02:01:59:00 02:02:00:00 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 02:02:00:00 02:02:02:00 FOLLOWING THE THREAD HERE IS 02:02:02:00 02:02:06:00 THAT YES AND I'M NOT HERE TO 02:02:06:00 02:02:06:00 DISCUSS THE CERTIFICATION 02:02:06:00 02:02:06:00 PROCESS. 02:02:06:00 02:02:09:00 I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE 02:02:09:00 02:02:09:00 LOOPHOLE. 02:02:09:00 02:02:09:00 YES. 02:02:09:00 02:02:10:00 AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE 02:02:10:00 02:02:13:00 TRANSPARENT SEE THAT THESE 02:02:13:00 02:02:14:00 THINGS ARE HAPPENING ESPECIALLY 02:02:14:00 02:02:17:00 IN THE CONSTRUCTION SPACE AND 02:02:17:00 02:02:18:00 OTHER INDUSTRIES. 02:02:18:00 02:02:22:00 SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS 02:02:22:00 02:02:25:00 THAT? 02:02:25:00 02:02:26:00 SO I'M GOING TO VOTE YES I YOU 02:02:26:00 02:02:29:00 TO FOLLOW UP QUESTION SO ARE 02:02:29:00 02:02:30:00 YOU IS IS THE IS THE SUGGESTION 02:02:30:00 02:02:35:00 THAT THAT THE THAT THE MWP 02:02:35:00 02:02:36:00 CERTIFIER SHOULD DO AN 02:02:36:00 02:02:41:00 INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT OR 02:02:41:00 02:02:42:00 YEAH I FEEL LIKE IN AN EFFORT 02:02:42:00 02:02:45:00 FOR US TO REALLY REACH REAL 02:02:45:00 02:02:46:00 GOALS AND HOLD OURSELVES 02:02:46:00 02:02:48:00 ACCOUNTABLE TO SOMETHING THAT 02:02:48:00 02:02:52:00 IS IF THERE IS THIS PRACTICE 02:02:52:00 02:02:53:00 THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY 02:02:53:00 02:02:54:00 FOR US TO GET AHEAD OF IT AND 02:02:54:00 02:02:56:00 TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT SO 02:02:56:00 02:03:00:00 THAT CONSTRUCTION WHITE OWNED 02:03:00:00 02:03:01:00 BUSINESSES ARE NOT UTILIZING 02:03:01:00 02:03:05:00 THEIR SPOUSES AS A WAY TO JUST 02:03:05:00 02:03:07:00 DO A CHECK OFF THAT BOX SO THAT 02:03:07:00 02:03:08:00 OUR NUMBERS CAN LOOK IMPRESSIVE 02:03:08:00 02:03:11:00 FOR WOMEN. 02:03:11:00 02:03:12:00 SO SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME 02:03:12:00 02:03:15:00 SORT OF INVESTIGATE OR SOME 02:03:15:00 02:03:16:00 SORT OF LEVEL OF SOMETHING 02:03:16:00 02:03:19:00 NEEDS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I'M 02:03:19:00 02:03:20:00 LOOKING AT WHITE WOMEN ELEVEN 02:03:20:00 02:03:23:00 POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS AS 02:03:23:00 02:03:24:00 OPPOSED TO HISPANICS AT TWO 02:03:24:00 02:03:25:00 HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO 02:03:25:00 02:03:27:00 THOUSAND. 02:03:27:00 02:03:28:00 THAT IS A HUGE DISCREPANCY. 02:03:28:00 02:03:31:00 THAT IS A BIG NUMBER THERE. 02:03:31:00 02:03:32:00 AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT 02:03:32:00 02:03:35:00 NUMBER HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH 02:03:35:00 02:03:35:00 THE FACT THAT WHITE 02:03:35:00 02:03:36:00 CONSTRUCTION OWNERS AND OTHER 02:03:36:00 02:03:39:00 WHITE MEN ARE UTILIZING THEIR 02:03:39:00 02:03:44:00 WIVES TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN 02:03:44:00 02:03:46:00 PLACE THE THE PLACE THAT THAT 02:03:46:00 02:03:48:00 QUESTION NEEDS TO BE. 02:03:48:00 02:03:49:00 I MEAN THE ORGANIZATION THAT 02:03:49:00 02:03:52:00 SET UP TO INVESTIGATE SOMETHING 02:03:52:00 02:03:53:00 LIKE THAT IS THE IS THE 02:03:53:00 02:03:57:00 CERTIFIED BUT THEN THEN MY 02:03:57:00 02:03:57:00 CONCERN IS RIGHT BECAUSE THIS 02:03:57:00 02:04:01:00 IS A A SLIDE THAT YOU ALL HAVE 02:04:01:00 02:04:01:00 PRESENTED TO US. 02:04:01:00 02:04:04:00 SO THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE 02:04:04:00 02:04:05:00 SAID FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION TO 02:04:05:00 02:04:08:00 HAVE SOME LEVEL 02:04:08:00 02:04:09:00 OF RESPONSIBILITY AROUND THIS 02:04:09:00 02:04:09:00 DATA. 02:04:09:00 02:04:10:00 YES. 02:04:10:00 02:04:13:00 SO OTHERWISE YOU DON'T USE IT 02:04:13:00 02:04:13:00 BECAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING IT TO 02:04:13:00 02:04:16:00 US AS SOMETHING THAT THIS IS 02:04:16:00 02:04:17:00 THE FINDINGS. 02:04:17:00 02:04:17:00 SO I'M MAKING ASSUMPTIONS HERE 02:04:17:00 02:04:19:00 IF YOU ARE I HAVE NOTHING TO DO 02:04:19:00 02:04:20:00 WITH THIS THEN I'M SORRY THAT I 02:04:20:00 02:04:21:00 EVEN WASTED YOUR TIME WITH THIS 02:04:21:00 02:04:21:00 SLIDE. 02:04:21:00 02:04:24:00 WE PLEASE IF YOU'D LIKE TO 02:04:24:00 02:04:24:00 CLARIFY. 02:04:24:00 02:04:25:00 YES. 02:04:25:00 02:04:25:00 IF I MAY. 02:04:25:00 02:04:28:00 SO WE DID PARTICIPATE IN THE 02:04:28:00 02:04:29:00 CITY'S DISPARITY STUDY THAT 02:04:29:00 02:04:31:00 TOOK A FIVE YEAR SNAPSHOT 02:04:31:00 02:04:32:00 OF OUR DISCRETIONARY SPEND OVER 02:04:32:00 02:04:35:00 THAT TIME PERIOD WE HAD A 02:04:35:00 02:04:39:00 HANDFUL OF LARGE CONSTRUCTION 02:04:39:00 02:04:40:00 PROJECTS HAPPENING AT THE 02:04:40:00 02:04:40:00 MARINE PARK. 02:04:40:00 02:04:43:00 THERE HAPPENS TO BE NICHE 02:04:43:00 02:04:44:00 PROVIDERS THAT ARE WOMEN OWNED 02:04:44:00 02:04:47:00 BUSINESSES AND OUR INITIALLY IN 02:04:47:00 02:04:48:00 MARINE INFRASTRUCTURE AND 02:04:48:00 02:04:51:00 CONSTRUCTION THERE'S A GREAT 02:04:51:00 02:04:52:00 MATCH THERE AND SO YES, WE ARE 02:04:52:00 02:04:55:00 OVER UTILIZING IN THAT CATEGORY 02:04:55:00 02:04:56:00 . 02:04:56:00 02:04:57:00 SO BASED ON THE DISPARITY STUDY 02:04:57:00 02:04:59:00 FINDINGS TECHNICALLY SPEAKING 02:04:59:00 02:05:00:00 WE WERE SPENDING OVER THE 02:05:00:00 02:05:03:00 MARKETPLACE UTILIZATION 02:05:03:00 02:05:04:00 EXPECTATION. 02:05:04:00 02:05:08:00 HOWEVER WE WERE DOING THAT WITH 02:05:08:00 02:05:08:00 A SMALL HANDFUL OF WOMEN OWNED 02:05:08:00 02:05:11:00 FIRMS AND SO EVEN THOUGH OUR 02:05:11:00 02:05:12:00 TOTAL PERCENTAGE WAS OVER THE 02:05:12:00 02:05:16:00 THRESHOLD WE INSTITUTED AN 02:05:16:00 02:05:16:00 EQUITABLE PROCUREMENT PLAN IN 02:05:16:00 02:05:17:00 AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE 02:05:17:00 02:05:19:00 DISPARITIES IN THE REMAINING 02:05:19:00 02:05:20:00 CATEGORIES. 02:05:20:00 02:05:21:00 THE FIRST STEP THAT WE DO IS WE 02:05:21:00 02:05:24:00 WORK WITH CERTIFIED VENDORS AND 02:05:24:00 02:05:25:00 WE MONITOR THE STATE'S SMALL 02:05:25:00 02:05:28:00 BUSINESS WEBSITE IN AN EFFORT 02:05:28:00 02:05:29:00 TO DO OUTREACH TO CERTIFIED 02:05:29:00 02:05:31:00 BUSINESSES. 02:05:31:00 02:05:32:00 FROM THERE WE GO IN PERSON AND 02:05:32:00 02:05:34:00 WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD IN THE 02:05:34:00 02:05:35:00 SELF-IDENTIFIED CATEGORY AGAIN 02:05:35:00 02:05:39:00 TO HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH THAT 02:05:39:00 02:05:39:00 PROCESS OF GETTING CERTIFIED. 02:05:39:00 02:05:43:00 INDEED THERE'S CHALLENGE IN THE 02:05:43:00 02:05:44:00 SYSTEM AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT 02:05:44:00 02:05:48:00 THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW 02:05:48:00 02:05:48:00 THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS 02:05:48:00 02:05:49:00 HAPPENS. 02:05:49:00 02:05:49:00 WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN 02:05:49:00 02:05:52:00 CONVERSATIONS, ALLUDED TO IT 02:05:52:00 02:05:53:00 EARLIER OF YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU 02:05:53:00 02:05:54:00 CATEGORIZE CERTAIN GROUPS 02:05:54:00 02:05:56:00 OF PEOPLE OR ARE THEY LATINO? 02:05:56:00 02:05:57:00 ARE THEY PORTUGUESE? 02:05:57:00 02:05:58:00 ARE THEY BRAZILIAN OR HOW DO WE 02:05:58:00 02:05:59:00 PUT THESE PEOPLE INTO GROUPS 02:05:59:00 02:06:00:00 WHEN AT THE END OF THE DAY 02:06:00:00 02:06:03:00 THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS AND SO WE 02:06:03:00 02:06:04:00 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WORD 02:06:04:00 02:06:07:00 OF DIVERSIFYING AND ALL 02:06:07:00 02:06:08:00 CATEGORIES OF SPEND WE INCLUDED 02:06:08:00 02:06:11:00 OUR Q3 REPORT AND IN THE PAST 02:06:11:00 02:06:12:00 YEAR WE'VE INCREASED OUR SPEND 02:06:12:00 02:06:15:00 WITH MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES 02:06:15:00 02:06:16:00 BY ONE POINT FIVE MILLION 02:06:16:00 02:06:16:00 DOLLARS. 02:06:16:00 02:06:17:00 AND SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT WHAT 02:06:17:00 02:06:19:00 WE'RE DOING IS WORKING AND 02:06:19:00 02:06:20:00 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 02:06:20:00 02:06:23:00 NEXT DISPARITY STUDY THAT THE 02:06:23:00 02:06:24:00 CITY DOES SO THAT WE CAN DO AN 02:06:24:00 02:06:26:00 OFFICIAL CAPTURE OF THE 02:06:26:00 02:06:26:00 PROGRESS. 02:06:26:00 02:06:27:00 OUR CONTRACTS TEND TO LAST FOR 02:06:27:00 02:06:30:00 ABOUT THREE YEARS. 02:06:30:00 02:06:31:00 SO THAT'S PART OF THAT 02:06:31:00 02:06:31:00 CHALLENGE TOO IS ACTUALLY 02:06:31:00 02:06:34:00 GETTING THE CONTRACT CLOSED AND 02:06:34:00 02:06:35:00 OUT SO THAT OUR DENOMINATOR IS 02:06:35:00 02:06:39:00 CLEAR WITH THE WORK THAT'S 02:06:39:00 02:06:39:00 REALLY HAPPENING. 02:06:39:00 02:06:40:00 AND SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE 02:06:40:00 02:06:43:00 THE CONCERN WE SHARE IT AND THE 02:06:43:00 02:06:46:00 IT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE THE 02:06:46:00 02:06:47:00 RESULTS OF THE DISPARITY STUDY 02:06:47:00 02:06:48:00 WE'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS IT. 02:06:48:00 02:06:50:00 THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THE LAST 02:06:50:00 02:06:51:00 THING THAT I'LL SAY IN REGARDS 02:06:51:00 02:06:52:00 TO JUST KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY 02:06:52:00 02:06:53:00 WHEN I LOOK FOR PROFESSIONAL 02:06:53:00 02:06:54:00 SERVICES THERE ARE A LOT 02:06:54:00 02:06:57:00 OF IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES 02:06:57:00 02:07:02:00 THAT DO CLEAN UP, YOU KNOW, 02:07:02:00 02:07:02:00 WHATEVER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO 02:07:02:00 02:07:05:00 TEAR A BUILDING DOWN AN 02:07:05:00 02:07:06:00 APARTMENT OR WHATEVER THE CASE 02:07:06:00 02:07:13:00 IS THAT YOU KNOW, COULD USE 02:07:13:00 02:07:14:00 SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH SO 02:07:14:00 02:07:16:00 THAT YOU CAN ENGAGE THEM IN 02:07:16:00 02:07:17:00 YOUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND 02:07:17:00 02:07:20:00 THEY NORMALLY GET DENIED SO 02:07:20:00 02:07:20:00 THANK YOU. 02:07:20:00 02:07:21:00 THANK YOU. 02:07:21:00 02:07:24:00 THANK. 02:07:24:00 02:07:26:00 I JUST WANT TO LET THAT ONE GO 02:07:26:00 02:07:27:00 BY WITHOUT CELEBRATING THE 02:07:27:00 02:07:28:00 SUCCESS OF WORKING WITH A LOCAL 02:07:28:00 02:07:32:00 ROXBURY BASED CLEANUP COMPANY 02:07:32:00 02:07:36:00 THAT HAD A VERY SMALL CONTRACT 02:07:36:00 02:07:37:00 FOR THE CLEANUP OF THE BLAIR 02:07:37:00 02:07:38:00 HOUSE, OUR PROPERTY PARKING LOT 02:07:38:00 02:07:40:00 WE OWN ROXBURY THROUGH WORKING 02:07:40:00 02:07:41:00 CLOSELY WITH MICHELLE AND I 02:07:41:00 02:07:44:00 WILL HERE ON THE TEAM AS 02:07:44:00 02:07:47:00 RECENTLY WON THE AWARD FOR THE 02:07:47:00 02:07:48:00 CLEANUP IN THE ENTIRE MARINE 02:07:48:00 02:07:49:00 PARK IN SOUTH BOSTON. 02:07:49:00 02:07:50:00 SO NOW WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE 02:07:50:00 02:07:50:00 COMPANY? 02:07:50:00 02:07:55:00 HELLO MELLOPS MOST LOSPALOS IS 02:07:55:00 02:07:57:00 AS THE NAME OF THE DO YOU KNOW 02:07:57:00 02:07:58:00 THAT I DON'T KNOW THE OWNER BUT 02:07:58:00 02:07:58:00 I'M HAPPY TO BE HAPPY TO 02:07:58:00 02:08:00:00 INTRODUCE YOU I THINK OH I 02:08:00:00 02:08:02:00 DON'T I DON'T KNOW SUBMITTALS 02:08:02:00 02:08:03:00 DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS. 02:08:03:00 02:08:04:00 YES. 02:08:04:00 02:08:07:00 I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHO THEY 02:08:07:00 02:08:08:00 ARE AND I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO 02:08:08:00 02:08:11:00 AMPLIFY THEM AND THAT'S 02:08:11:00 02:08:11:00 ENCOURAGING. 02:08:11:00 02:08:11:00 THANK YOU. 02:08:11:00 02:08:14:00 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. 02:08:14:00 02:08:17:00 I DO WANT TO COMMEND YOU 02:08:17:00 02:08:18:00 MICHELLE ON YOUR WORK. 02:08:18:00 02:08:22:00 I I'VE LOOKED THROUGH THE 02:08:22:00 02:08:23:00 NUMBERS AND IN THE WAY THAT 02:08:23:00 02:08:25:00 YOU'VE MADE IT TRANSPARENT AND 02:08:25:00 02:08:26:00 ME UNDERSTANDING MITIGATION 02:08:26:00 02:08:30:00 FUNDS AND THE CONTRACTS, THE 02:08:30:00 02:08:31:00 PROCESSES AND THE NUMBERS AND 02:08:31:00 02:08:34:00 THE AGGREGATION OF ALL OF THE 02:08:34:00 02:08:34:00 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND 02:08:34:00 02:08:35:00 BRINGING IT TO THIS SMALL 02:08:35:00 02:08:38:00 PRESENTATION AS WE SEE MEANS 02:08:38:00 02:08:42:00 AND HAVING LEARNED BIGGER 02:08:42:00 02:08:43:00 BUDGETS IN THE LAST YEAR, I DO 02:08:43:00 02:08:43:00 APPRECIATE AND I UNDERSTAND 02:08:43:00 02:08:48:00 THAT INSURMOUNTABLE WORK AND 02:08:48:00 02:08:49:00 DEFINITELY AND I DEFINITELY 02:08:49:00 02:08:53:00 FEEL THAT YOU DO BRING EQUITY 02:08:53:00 02:08:54:00 LINES TO THE TABLE AND I 02:08:54:00 02:08:57:00 APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 02:08:57:00 02:08:57:00 ABSOLUTELY. 02:08:57:00 02:09:08:00 THANK YOU. 02:09:08:00 02:09:09:00 I DO WANT TO JUST CLOSE US OUT. 02:09:09:00 02:09:10:00 I HAVE MAYBE FOUR QUESTIONS AND 02:09:10:00 02:09:10:00 I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THEM 02:09:10:00 02:09:11:00 BECAUSE OF TIME. 02:09:11:00 02:09:12:00 SO FOR THE ADVISORY 02:09:12:00 02:09:16:00 COUNCIL OF WHO IS WORKING ON 02:09:16:00 02:09:20:00 REVISING ARTICLE EIGHTY, HOW 02:09:20:00 02:09:21:00 ARE THEY WORKING WITH THE 02:09:21:00 02:09:23:00 ALLIANCE OF DOWNTOWN CIVIC 02:09:23:00 02:09:23:00 ORGANIZATIONS? 02:09:23:00 02:09:24:00 THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT 02:09:24:00 02:09:28:00 HAS BEEN HAS TREMENDOUS 02:09:28:00 02:09:29:00 RESEARCH, MET WITH THEM AND 02:09:29:00 02:09:31:00 WENT THROUGH THEIR WORK AND 02:09:31:00 02:09:35:00 RESEARCH ON ARTICLE EIGHTY OR 02:09:35:00 02:09:36:00 HOW TO REVISE IT AND JUST 02:09:36:00 02:09:40:00 WONDERING WHETHER WITH ATCO OR 02:09:40:00 02:09:43:00 ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 02:09:43:00 02:09:43:00 COMMUNITY AFFILIATED 02:09:43:00 02:09:47:00 ORGANIZATIONS IS THE ADVISORY 02:09:47:00 02:09:48:00 COUNCIL OPEN TO IT AND NOW 02:09:48:00 02:09:49:00 THEY'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY 02:09:49:00 02:09:51:00 ORGANIZATIONS TO GET FEEDBACK. 02:09:51:00 02:09:52:00 WILL THERE BE COMMUNITY 02:09:52:00 02:09:54:00 PROCESSES THAT TAKES FEEDBACK 02:09:54:00 02:09:58:00 AS WELL FOR JUST REGULAR PEOPLE 02:09:58:00 02:10:02:00 AND THE OTHER PART IS ROXBURY'S 02:10:02:00 02:10:05:00 STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN HAPPY TO 02:10:05:00 02:10:06:00 TALK OFFLINE ABOUT ROXBURY'S 02:10:06:00 02:10:09:00 AND SRIJIT MASTERPLAN. 02:10:09:00 02:10:10:00 I KNOW THAT WE TOUCHED ON IT A 02:10:10:00 02:10:13:00 LITTLE BIT THE LAST TIME. 02:10:13:00 02:10:17:00 SPEAKING OF REFRAMING THINGS IN 02:10:17:00 02:10:21:00 TERMS OF THE MORATORIUM THAT I 02:10:21:00 02:10:22:00 FILED FOR ON PARCELS THAT WERE 02:10:22:00 02:10:25:00 NOT AS YET DESIGNATED IN 02:10:25:00 02:10:30:00 ROXBURY AND THEN AS I REFINE MY 02:10:30:00 02:10:33:00 MY DELIVERY UNDERSTANDING THAT 02:10:33:00 02:10:34:00 REALLY WHAT I WANT TO 02:10:34:00 02:10:38:00 COMMUNICATE IS A PAUSE FOR 02:10:38:00 02:10:41:00 EQUITABLE PLANNING AND SO I 02:10:41:00 02:10:42:00 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR OFFICE, 02:10:42:00 02:10:44:00 YOUR DEPARTMENT CHIEF JIMERSON 02:10:44:00 02:10:45:00 IN BEING OPEN TO THOSE 02:10:45:00 02:10:49:00 CONVERSATIONS AND OF COURSE 02:10:49:00 02:10:49:00 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO 02:10:49:00 02:10:50:00 WORK ON THAT. 02:10:50:00 02:10:53:00 BUT JUST IN TERMS OF ROXBURY'S 02:10:53:00 02:10:56:00 IS A TRAGIC MASTERPLAN WHERE 02:10:56:00 02:10:57:00 WHERE ARE WE AND CLARIFICATION 02:10:57:00 02:11:00:00 ON WHEN IT ENDS AND I THINK 02:11:00:00 02:11:01:00 AGAIN THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC 02:11:01:00 02:11:02:00 OBVIOUSLY I HAVE THE 02:11:02:00 02:11:04:00 INFORMATION THAT OTHER 02:11:04:00 02:11:05:00 QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE AS A 02:11:05:00 02:11:08:00 PROPERTY ARE SOMETIMES NOT BILL 02:11:08:00 02:11:12:00 AGREED BY THE AGREED DESIGNS. 02:11:12:00 02:11:13:00 THIS HAS HAPPENED IN SOUTH END. 02:11:13:00 02:11:13:00 THIS HAS HAPPENED IN ROXBURY. 02:11:13:00 02:11:16:00 THANK YOU COSMINA. 02:11:16:00 02:11:17:00 HOW DO YOU ENSURE THIS DOES NOT 02:11:17:00 02:11:19:00 HAPPEN? 02:11:19:00 02:11:22:00 WHAT IS YOUR POST AUDIT PROCESS 02:11:22:00 02:11:23:00 ? 02:11:23:00 02:11:24:00 AND WE DO HAVE ONE THAT YOU CAN 02:11:24:00 02:11:30:00 LOOK OH SO MY COMMUNITY BY 02:11:30:00 02:11:31:00 DISTRICT OR OUR DISTRICT 02:11:31:00 02:11:34:00 DISTRICT SEVEN IS VERY ACTIVE 02:11:34:00 02:11:36:00 WITH 50 PLUS I THINK IT'S UP TO 02:11:36:00 02:11:38:00 LIKE 70 CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS BY 02:11:38:00 02:11:39:00 THE WAY AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS 02:11:39:00 02:11:42:00 WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THAT I WAS 02:11:42:00 02:11:46:00 LIKE WHAT HAVE I DONE? 02:11:46:00 02:11:47:00 AND THEN SAID OH THEY NEED A 02:11:47:00 02:11:50:00 COALITION, SOME SORT 02:11:50:00 02:11:50:00 OF CONSOLIDATION. 02:11:50:00 02:11:54:00 HENCE THE ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT 02:11:54:00 02:11:54:00 WE HAVE. 02:11:54:00 02:11:57:00 BUT JUST OVERALL I WOULD LOVE 02:11:57:00 02:11:58:00 TO SHARE THAT PROCESS IF YOU 02:11:58:00 02:12:01:00 DON'T HAVE ONE OR JUST SHARE 02:12:01:00 02:12:01:00 OUR INPUT. 02:12:01:00 02:12:02:00 THIS OTHER QUESTION IS WHEN 02:12:02:00 02:12:05:00 COMMUNITY FUNDS ARE PART OF A 02:12:05:00 02:12:09:00 PROJECT, WHAT DOES BPA DO TO 02:12:09:00 02:12:09:00 ENSURE THAT AGREEMENTS ARE 02:12:09:00 02:12:10:00 EXECUTED AND IF THAT'S ON 02:12:10:00 02:12:14:00 COMMUNITY, IS THERE A WAY OR 02:12:14:00 02:12:14:00 OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH 02:12:14:00 02:12:17:00 DISTRICT COUNCILOR TO ENSURE 02:12:17:00 02:12:18:00 THAT DEVELOPERS ARE HELD 02:12:18:00 02:12:21:00 ACCOUNTABLE? 02:12:21:00 02:12:22:00 AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT WHEN 02:12:22:00 02:12:29:00 COMMUNITY SPACE PART IS PART 02:12:29:00 02:12:33:00 OF OF A PROJECT WHAT IS THE RFP 02:12:33:00 02:12:34:00 PROCESS AND WHAT DOES BPA DO TO 02:12:34:00 02:12:37:00 ENGAGE WITH SOCIALIZING THE 02:12:37:00 02:12:44:00 SPACE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT 02:12:44:00 02:12:45:00 THANK YOU COUNCILOR . 02:12:45:00 02:12:45:00 THOSE ARE JUST A LITTLE BALL 02:12:45:00 02:12:48:00 GREAT QUESTIONS AND I THINK 02:12:48:00 02:12:49:00 SOME OF THEM WE'RE HAPPY TO 02:12:49:00 02:12:49:00 FOLLOW UP WITH OFFLINE. 02:12:49:00 02:12:52:00 BUT I THINK AND MAYBE TO 02:12:52:00 02:12:53:00 PROVIDE THE THE A QUICK 02:12:53:00 02:12:56:00 SYNOPSIS ON YOUR QUESTION 02:12:56:00 02:12:59:00 QUESTION ABOUT THE ARTICLE 02:12:59:00 02:12:59:00 IMPROVEMENT PROCESS. 02:12:59:00 02:13:01:00 YES, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A VERY 02:13:01:00 02:13:04:00 BROAD IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH 02:13:04:00 02:13:04:00 ANY STAKEHOLDER WHETHER THAT'S 02:13:04:00 02:13:07:00 A BUSINESS BASED STAKEHOLDER 02:13:07:00 02:13:08:00 COMMUNITY GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL. 02:13:08:00 02:13:11:00 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROCESS 02:13:11:00 02:13:12:00 THIS SUMMER WE'RE BRINGING IN 02:13:12:00 02:13:13:00 WILL BE BRINGING TO OUR BOARD 02:13:13:00 02:13:16:00 IN JUNE A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS 02:13:16:00 02:13:18:00 THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US 02:13:18:00 02:13:19:00 AMPLIFY OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. 02:13:19:00 02:13:20:00 AND SO WE'D LIKE TO WE'D 02:13:20:00 02:13:23:00 ABSOLUTELY LIKE TO CONNECT WITH 02:13:23:00 02:13:23:00 ANYONE WHO HAS GOOD FEEDBACK 02:13:23:00 02:13:26:00 FOR US ON HOW TO MAKE THE 02:13:26:00 02:13:26:00 PROCESS BETTER. 02:13:26:00 02:13:27:00 I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT 02:13:27:00 02:13:30:00 QUESTION ALSO TIES INTO YOUR 02:13:30:00 02:13:31:00 QUESTION AROUND THE PERFORMING 02:13:31:00 02:13:34:00 PROJECTS PERFORMING THEIR 02:13:34:00 02:13:35:00 DESIGN AND OR COMMUNITY 02:13:35:00 02:13:38:00 BENEFITS OBLIGATIONS. 02:13:38:00 02:13:42:00 SO WE EVERY EVERY PROJECT EVERY 02:13:42:00 02:13:43:00 PROJECT HAS AN EIGHT BOARD MEMO 02:13:43:00 02:13:46:00 AND THAT IS A PRETTY DETAILED 02:13:46:00 02:13:49:00 DOCUMENT THAT IS VOTED ON BY 02:13:49:00 02:13:50:00 THE BOARD. 02:13:50:00 02:13:51:00 WE CONSIDER THAT A LEGAL 02:13:51:00 02:13:53:00 DOCUMENT THAT WE ALSO THEN 02:13:53:00 02:13:54:00 PRODUCE A SERIES OF ADDITIONAL 02:13:54:00 02:13:57:00 LEGAL AGREEMENTS, COOPERATION 02:13:57:00 02:14:01:00 AGREEMENTS, LEASES AND LICENSES 02:14:01:00 02:14:05:00 AND A A PARTICULAR PROCESS THAT 02:14:05:00 02:14:06:00 WE HAVE THAT'S RESPONSIVE TO 02:14:06:00 02:14:09:00 YOUR QUESTION IS THAT AT ONCE A 02:14:09:00 02:14:10:00 PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THEY ARE 02:14:10:00 02:14:13:00 REQUIRED IF THEY MEET CERTAIN 02:14:13:00 02:14:14:00 SPECIFICATIONS TO TO COME BACK 02:14:14:00 02:14:16:00 BEFORE OUR BOARD FOR A 02:14:16:00 02:14:17:00 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION THAT 02:14:17:00 02:14:21:00 WHERE THE A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM 02:14:21:00 02:14:21:00 VISITS THE PROPERTY AND 02:14:21:00 02:14:24:00 INSPECTS IT FOR COMPLIANCE 02:14:24:00 02:14:27:00 AGAINST THE WHAT WAS REQUIRED 02:14:27:00 02:14:28:00 IN THE ORIGINAL BOARD VOTE THAT 02:14:28:00 02:14:32:00 I WOULD I THINK WE'D BE REALLY 02:14:32:00 02:14:33:00 EAGER TO ENGAGE WITH YOU AROUND 02:14:33:00 02:14:35:00 THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT ARE 02:14:35:00 02:14:36:00 PROJECTS THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS 02:14:36:00 02:14:37:00 HAVE IDENTIFIED WHERE THAT MAY 02:14:37:00 02:14:39:00 NOT HAVE HAPPENED EITHER 02:14:39:00 02:14:40:00 BECAUSE MAYBE IT HASN'T GONE 02:14:40:00 02:14:43:00 FOR A CERTIFICATION YET. 02:14:43:00 02:14:44:00 WE CAN HAVE WE CAN INFLUENCE 02:14:44:00 02:14:47:00 THE OUTCOME HERE OR THERE MAY 02:14:47:00 02:14:47:00 BE BECAUSE THIS IS A PLACE 02:14:47:00 02:14:50:00 WHERE THERE'S A NOT PERFECT 02:14:50:00 02:14:51:00 PROCESS AND COULD BE IMPROVED 02:14:51:00 02:14:54:00 THAT THE ONGOING ARTICLING 02:14:54:00 02:14:56:00 EFFORT I THINK I HAD WAS MIXED. 02:14:56:00 02:14:58:00 THERE ARE SOME POSITIVE BUT 02:14:58:00 02:14:59:00 WE'D LOVE TO TALK AND TALK WITH 02:14:59:00 02:15:00:00 YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE 02:15:00:00 02:15:02:00 FUTURE STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN 02:15:02:00 02:15:03:00 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THERE. 02:15:03:00 02:15:06:00 IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 02:15:06:00 02:15:07:00 BODY FOR 20 YEARS AND ROXBURY 02:15:07:00 02:15:10:00 AND HAS HELPED GUIDE A LOT 02:15:10:00 02:15:11:00 OF THE PPD WORK AND WE SHOULD 02:15:11:00 02:15:14:00 AS THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC 02:15:14:00 02:15:15:00 PROPERTY IN ROXBURY THE 02:15:15:00 02:15:18:00 OF THOSE LARGE SITES THAT ARE 02:15:18:00 02:15:19:00 GOVERNED BY THE MASTER PLAN 02:15:19:00 02:15:19:00 COMPLETES WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT 02:15:19:00 02:15:21:00 WHAT THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF THAT 02:15:21:00 02:15:21:00 IT SHOULD BE. 02:15:21:00 02:15:25:00 SOUNDS GOOD. 02:15:25:00 02:15:25:00 YOU'RE RIGHT. 02:15:25:00 02:15:27:00 I THINK ALL OF MY LAST THREE 02:15:27:00 02:15:29:00 QUESTIONS SORT OF TIES INTO 02:15:29:00 02:15:33:00 ARTICLE EIGHTY REVISIONING AND 02:15:33:00 02:15:37:00 I WE WE AGAIN WE HAVE INPUT OR 02:15:37:00 02:15:38:00 PLAN FOR THOSE TYPES 02:15:38:00 02:15:41:00 OF INSPECTION OR FOLLOW UP FOR 02:15:41:00 02:15:45:00 ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE LIKE TO 02:15:45:00 02:15:46:00 OFFER AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY 02:15:46:00 02:15:49:00 MITIGATION FUNDS PROCESS AS 02:15:49:00 02:15:50:00 WELL. 02:15:50:00 02:15:53:00 JUST SORT OF UNDERSTAND EXACTLY 02:15:53:00 02:15:54:00 THE COMMUNICATION SO THAT IT'S 02:15:54:00 02:15:57:00 VERY CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC WHAT 02:15:57:00 02:16:00:00 EXACTLY CAN THEY TALK ABOUT OR 02:16:00:00 02:16:01:00 NOT TALK ABOUT AND I THINK THAT 02:16:01:00 02:16:02:00 THE PUBLIC IS NOT REALLY CLEAR. 02:16:02:00 02:16:05:00 I DIDN'T WANT TO CLARIFY THAT 02:16:05:00 02:16:08:00 IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE ACCESS BDA 02:16:08:00 02:16:09:00 WITH YOUR I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 02:16:09:00 02:16:11:00 A NEW POLICY OR HOW WHEN DID 02:16:11:00 02:16:15:00 COME INTO PLAY SORRY THE 02:16:15:00 02:16:16:00 LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY. 02:16:16:00 02:16:19:00 YEAH YOU MENTIONED IT I WAS 02:16:19:00 02:16:20:00 DADDY WAS TWENTY NINETEEN 02:16:20:00 02:16:23:00 TWENTY NINETEEN OK SO GREAT 02:16:23:00 02:16:24:00 RIGHT ON TIME WHEN I WHILE I'M 02:16:24:00 02:16:27:00 HERE I DO THINK THAT YOU'RE 02:16:27:00 02:16:28:00 DOING TREMENDOUS WORK IN TERMS 02:16:28:00 02:16:31:00 OF ENSURING THAT THERE ARE 02:16:31:00 02:16:32:00 INTERPRETERS AT EVERY MEETING 02:16:32:00 02:16:34:00 COUNCILOR HERE IS THAT LARGE 02:16:34:00 02:16:35:00 AND DIFFICULT TO GO TO ALL THE 02:16:35:00 02:16:39:00 MEETINGS BUT YOU KNOW THAT I GO 02:16:39:00 02:16:42:00 TO ALL OF MY DEVELOPMENT AND D7 02:16:42:00 02:16:43:00 AND HAVE BEEN STUCK SOMETIMES 02:16:43:00 02:16:46:00 IN HAITIAN CREOLE BECAUSE MY 02:16:46:00 02:16:50:00 MIDDLE AGED SELF BUT I FIGURED 02:16:50:00 02:16:51:00 IT OUT AND THEN SOMETIMES I CAN 02:16:51:00 02:16:52:00 READ SOME OF THE HAITIAN GIRL 02:16:52:00 02:16:55:00 AND I'M LIKE OH I DON'T KNOW 02:16:55:00 02:16:55:00 WHAT THAT MEANS. 02:16:55:00 02:16:56:00 THIS. 02:16:56:00 02:16:57:00 I HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 02:16:57:00 02:16:59:00 BUT I THINK WE WE WE GOT IT 02:16:59:00 02:17:01:00 TOGETHER AND I'VE SEE I'VE BEEN 02:17:01:00 02:17:02:00 I'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS THAT IT 02:17:02:00 02:17:03:00 WAS LIKE SIX INTERPRETERS SO 02:17:03:00 02:17:06:00 PHENOMENAL AND THEN OBVIOUSLY 02:17:06:00 02:17:09:00 WE HAVE TO GO SO ANYTHING THAT 02:17:09:00 02:17:10:00 YOU FEEL YOU CAN PROVIDE LOOK 02:17:10:00 02:17:13:00 FORWARD TO CONTINUING WITH YOU 02:17:13:00 02:17:14:00 IN MEETINGS. 02:17:14:00 02:17:17:00 DID YOU ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY 02:17:17:00 02:17:18:00 FINAL COMMENTS OR CLOSING 02:17:18:00 02:17:21:00 STATEMENTS? 02:17:21:00 02:17:22:00 JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 02:17:22:00 02:17:25:00 OK, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 02:17:25:00 02:17:25:00 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 02:17:25:00 02:18:24:00 YOU HEARING ADJOURNED.