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Docket #0214 - Hearing regarding an Allston-Brighton Master Plan and Zoning Initiative.
A
A
Oh
carrie,
I'm
getting
a
note
from
council
braden
that
she's
she's
unable
to
access
the
microphone.
Let
me
see
if
there's
okay,
I'm
going
to
try
clicking
ask
to
unmute
liz.
Does
that.
A
C
Could
you
make
me
a
cop,
a
panel,
a
co-host
so
that
I
can
see
who's
in
them?
Would
that
be
possible.
A
Okay,
let's
jump
in
then
good
morning.
Everyone
welcome
to
the
boston
city
council's
hearing
within
the
committee
on
planning,
development
and
transportation.
My
name
is
michelle
wu,
I'm
chair
of
this
committee
and
I'm
pleased
to
introduce
today's
hearing
on
docket
number
zero,
two
one
four,
which
has
been
sponsored
by
counselor
liz
braden.
In
order
for
a
hearing
regarding
an
alston,
brighton
master
plan
and
zoning
initiative,
I
will
read
a
lot
of
language
into
the
record
and
then
we
will
dive
in
with
statements
from
counselors
and
then
over
to
our
panelists.
A
So
good
morning,
in
accordance
with
governor
baker's
march
12,
2020
executive
order
modifying
certain
requirements
of
the
open
meeting
law
and
relieving
public
bodies
of
certain
requirements,
including
the
requirements
that
public
bodies
conduct
their
meetings
in
a
pla
public
place,
that's
open
and
physically
accessible
to
the
public.
The
city
council
will
be
conducting
this
hearing.
Virtually
this
enables
the
council
to
carry
out
our
responsibilities
while
adhering
to
public
health
recommendations
and
ensuring
public
access
to
deliberations
through
adequate
alternative
means.
A
A
Rcn82
and
fios
964.
anyone
who
would
like
to
testify
on
this
matter,
please
email,
juan.lopez
boston.gov
for
the
zoom
link.
Again,
today's
hearing
is
docket
number
zero.
Two
one,
four
order
for
a
hearing
regarding
an
alton
brighton
master
plan
and
doning
initiative,
sponsored
by
counselor
liz
braden
and
referred
to
the
committee
on
january
27
2021,
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues,
the
lead
sponsor
councilor
braden
councillor,
ed
flynn
and
councillor
julia
mejia.
A
So
far
I
am
sure
others
will
join
us
and
we
will
recognize
them
as
they
as
they
come
in,
and
so
we
have
many
panelists
today
from
administration
and
bpda
representatives
to
community
members
and
leaders
of
civic
associations
and
other
organizations
in
in
the
community.
So
we'll
dive
right
in
first
offering
colleagues
a
chance
to
give
a
brief
opening
statement.
A
Okay,
councillor
braden
opening
statement.
Thank
you.
C
Very
much
madam
chair
and
thank
you
to
my
fellow
colleagues
for
joining
us
today.
I
want
to
thank
the
bpda
trans.
I've
there's
been
a
change
in
the
lineup,
so
I
want
to
thank
all
the
folks
from
the
administration
for
joining
us
this
morning
for
this
very
important
conversation
about
austin,
the
future
of
also
brighton.
I
also
want
to
thank
all
the
panelists
and
members
of
the
public
who
have
taken
time
to
offer
testimony
and
comments.
C
But
last
but
not
least,
I
want
to
thank
the
central
staff
who
work
behind
the
scenes
so
diligently
to
make
all
this
happen
on
a
regular
basis,
my
staff
at
district
9
staff
and
and
and
your
staff
councilor
wu
for
shepherding
us
through
this
process.
I
really
feel
this
is
an
important
day
for
austin
brighton.
C
All
this
has
resulted
in
a
decrease
in
home
ownership,
a
displacement
of
working
families,
artists
and
retirees
who
cannot
afford
to
live
in
our
neighborhood
and
anymore.
Also,
brighton
is
the
second
largest
neighborhood
in
boston,
with
an
area
of
4.4
square
miles
and
a
population
of
over
75
000
people.
It
is
home
to
three
universities
and
two
hospitals.
C
C
It
is
almost
incomprehensible
that
this
scale
of
development
is
happening
in
a
district
that
has
never.
It
has
never
had
a
comprehensive
district-wide
master
plan.
We
are
asking
for
a
comprehensive
master
plan
in
an
effort
to
avoid
the
mistakes
that
we
have
seen
in
other
parts
of
the
city.
We
want
to
ensure
that
future
development
in
austin
brighton
is
community
driven
people
focused
and
equitable,
so
that
we
will
have
an
economically
and
demographically,
diverse,
inclusive,
resilient
and
sustainable
community.
C
For
all,
this
will
not
happen
without
intentionality
and
division,
and
that
is
why
we
need
a
community
informed
master
plan
for
austin
brighton.
I
really
look
forward
to
hearing
from
the
panelists
today
and
I
thank
everyone
for
their
participation
in
this
beginning
of
a
very
important
conversation
about
the
future
of
austin
brighton.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
councilwoo
I'll,
be
very
brief.
I
just
here
to
learn
more
about
the
proposed
plan
and
listen
to
the
advocates,
but
also
to
support
my
colleague,
council
braden
and
her
tremendous
work
on
this
issue.
Thank
you,
council
wu
and
thank
you,
council.
Braden.
No
further
comments.
E
Thank
you,
councillor
wu.
I
was
waiting
for
counselor
flynn
to
put
a
little
bit
of
fire
in
his
speech.
What
happened
flynn?
I
need
you
to
step
it
up,
okay,
but
seriously.
Thank
you
so
much
for
hosting
this
hearing
to
the
chair
and
to
the
sponsor
for
calling
this
hearing
austin
in
brighton
is
an
amazing
neighborhood.
E
E
Our
office
recently
filed
a
hearing
order
in
collaboration
with
a
number
of
austin
and
brighton
residents,
thanks
to
tony
jenna,
barbara
and
jane,
to
address
the
role
that
civic
voices
play
in
our
planning
and
development
process.
We
filed
this
that
hearing
order,
because
we've
heard
from
residents
across
the
city
how
the
community
development
process
doesn't
really
center
community
and
it's
not
just
about
development.
It's
about
all
affordable
development.
E
We
talk
about
homeowners
versus
renters
all
day,
but
if
our
low-income
residents
don't
have
a
place
to
live,
we're
in
trouble,
we
have
a
responsibility
in
austin
and
brighton
and
in
every
neighborhood
to
ensure
that
we're
fighting
for
housing
for
low-income
residents,
renters,
artists,
unhoused
people,
everyone-
and
I
just
want
to
give
a
real
big
shout
out
to
council
breden
for
bringing
this
to
to
the
space.
I
know
that
she
calls
it
home
and
she
goes
really
hard
all
day
every
day
when
it
comes
to
the
development
process
and
also
in
brighton.
A
A
A
H
A
Okay
over
to
you
all
lauren,
would
you
like
to
start
or
bernie,
I'm
not
sure
who's,
what
the
batting
order
is
but
feel
free
to
dive
in.
Please
introduce
yourself,
give
your
statement
and
then
we'll
go
to
questions
from
counselors.
I
Vinit
I'll
go
ahead
first,
if
that
makes
sense
so
hi
everybody
good
morning.
My
name
is
lauren
shirtleff.
I
am
the
bpda's
director
of
planning
here
to
just
give
a
brief
kind
of
overview
of
our
planning
efforts
in
austin
brighton.
I
In
the
past
decade,
we've
had
several
different
efforts
of
different
scales
and
different
parts
of
the
neighborhood
one
of
the
most
significant
and
probably
the
most
significant,
has
been
the
brighton
guest
street
planning
study.
We
also
launched
the
north
austin
brighton
community
wide
plan,
we've
held
institutional
master
plan
efforts
for
all
of
the
colleges
and
universities
in
the
area
which
are
primarily
bc,
bu
and
harvard,
and
we've
been
working
very
closely
with
the
state
on
the
future
alignment
of
I-90.
I
The
goal
there
is
to
update
the
zoning
and
bring
it
into
alignment
with
current
community
goals
and
therefore
guide
development.
Last
week
we
actually
had
a
great
meeting
where
we
presented
our
draft
framework,
and
I
think
it
was
very
well
received
and
got
some
really
good
feedback,
so
we're
looking
forward
to
moving
ahead
with
that
one.
I
Next
week
we
actually
have
a
transportation
focused
meeting
on
april
13th
separately.
We
also
have
the
austin
brighton
mobility
study,
which
is
underway
right
now
as
well.
That
began
in
fall
of
2018.
we're
hoping
to
wrap
that
one
up
in
the
next
month
or
two,
and
that
was
really
a
whole
neighborhood-wide
effort.
Its
key
recommendations
will
include
the
further
build
out
of
the
transit
network,
completion
of
the
bike
network,
increasing
of
walkability,
enhancing
our
main
streets
and
neighborhood
street
experience
and
simplifying
intersections
for
all
users.
I
We've
also
started
to
look
and
having
conversations
with
council
breden
on
trying
to
figure
out
where
the
next
areas
that
we
should
be
planning
in
austin
brighton
include.
There
are
definitely
some
areas
where
we
notice
that
there
is
enhanced
development
pressure
and
we'd
like
to
get
ahead
of
that,
but
mainly
other
than
that.
I
I'm
here
to
listen,
I'm
anxious
to
hear
from
all
of
the
advocates
and
community
members
who
might
be
here
and
you
know,
participate
as
we
move
forward
and
figure
out
how
we
can
continue
to
plan
for
the
future
of
austin
brighton.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
feel
free
vinnie,
tim
tatt.
Anyone
else
to
jump
in.
J
Yeah
I'll
just
say
a
few
words
and
then
hand
it
over
to
tad.
So
I'm
the
director
of
planning,
the
boston
transportation
department-
and
I
I
just
want
to
say
two
things:
one-
is
that
the
transportation
department
has
been
working
hand
in
hand
with
the
bpda
over
the
last
several
years,
particularly
focused
on
the
austin
brighton
mobility
plan
that
bpda
staff
is
leading
and
we've
been
extremely.
J
K
Good
morning,
everyone
I'm
I'm
ted
reed,
I'm
deputy
director
for
transportation,
infrastructure
planning,
bpda,
counselor,
wu,
counselor,
breeden,
counselor
mejia
counselor
finn.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity.
I'm
really
here
to
listen
just
to
reinforce
what
lauren
said.
We've
been
working
on
the
ab
mobility
study
for
just
over
two
years.
We've
had
a
robust
planning
process.
It
is
a
neighborhood-wide
plan
for
alston
and
brighton.
K
We
are
hoping
to
wrap
that
plan
up
and
take
it
to
our
board.
In
may
the
plan
we
developed
the
plan
in
response
to
concerns
from
the
community
about
the
pace
of
new
development
and
the
ability
of
existing
infrastructure
to
keep
up
with
that
development.
So
the
plan
does
present
a
wide
array
of
recommendations
to
to
expand
transit
opportunities,
biking
opportunities,
walking
opportunities
and
make
the
infrastructure
for
for
motor
vehicles
more
efficient
as
well
again,
I'm
here
just
to
listen
today
and
I
look
forward
to
hearing
what
everyone
has
to
say.
L
Tim
davis
of
the
department
of
neighborhood
development-
I
think
the
master
planning
activities
are
largely
you
know,
led
by
the
pda,
but
dnd
is
of
course,
always
interested
in
these
plans
and
how
affordable
housing
will
be
incorporated
to
them.
So
we're,
obviously
here
today
to
listen
and
if
there's
any
questions
specifically
for
us.
Thank
you
so
much.
C
Madam
chair,
in
the
interest
of
of
time,
I
really
feel
that
we
could
maybe
go
to
the
panelists
and
and
hear
from
them
and
then
round
up
with
questions
at
the
end
of
that
and
and
bring
it
all
sort
of
tied
in
together.
If
that's,
okay,.
A
A
M
C
Anyone
else
that's
the
first,
that's
the
first
panel
from
the
community
and
then
the
next
one
is
nick
greco
and
scott
matlin.
C
We
could
probably
put
those
all
in
again.
I
don't
know,
let's
see
who
else
is
here?
Yes,
natalie
she's,
going
to
join
at
11,
so
she's
she's
coming
in
later.
A
Okay,
that
sounds
great
before
we
dive
in
I'd
like
to
recognize
that
our
colleague,
counselor,
michael
flaherty
at
large,
has
joined
us
as
well.
Council
flaherty.
Would
you
like
to
make
a
statement
before
we
go
to
the
community
panel.
N
Rezoning
is
one
of
the
most
important
things
we
can
do
as
a
city
to
combat
over
development
and
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we
move
forward
in
a
responsible,
well-thought-out
way
that
benefits
all
of
our
neighborhoods,
as
well
as
the
long-term
residents.
N
The
rezoning
effort
in
my
hometown
of
south
boston
was
key
to
slowing
down
some
of
the
over-the-top
all-out
projects
that
have
you
know
that
have
been
having
you
know:
significant
impacts
on
the
neighborhood's
quality
of
life,
and
so
you
know,
while
I
had
a
front
row
seat,
and
we
served
as
sort
of
the
first
wave
of
major
development
that
the
city
has
seen
we're
now,
seeing
that
development
spread
throughout
all
of
the
neighborhoods
of
boston,
east,
boston,
dorchester
and,
of
course,
austin
brighton.
N
The
district
of
our
our
colleague
and
lead
sponsor
here,
council
brain,
so
the
more
we
can
do
to
to
stay
ahead
of
it
and
develop
new
zoning
regulations
through
our
community
process.
The
better
off
everyone
will
be.
So
I
look
forward
to
the
hearing
see
what
the
panelists
have
to
say,
as
well
as
what
steps
need
to
be
taken
to
move
the
austin
bright
master
plan
forward
and
look
forward
to
continued
partnership
with
council
braden
and
my
at-large
colleagues
to
help
her
make
that
a
reality
for
the
great
people
of
austin
right.
A
Thank
you,
counselor
flaherty,
okay.
I
will
read
down
the
list.
I
also
just
admitted
the
the
three
folks
from
the
fourth
panel
as
well
so
we'll
get
everyone
in
and
then
we
can
do
questions
and
then
we'll
open
up
to
public
testimonials.
There's
still
a
lot
of
folks
on
the
list
for
that,
in
addition,
okay,
so
we'll
start
with
jason
and
joanne.
H
Good
morning,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
this
morning.
Austin
braden
is
on
the
precipice
of
major
transformation
over
the
next
few
years
and
we
need
to
take
this
opportunity
to
be
proactive
rather
than
reactive
and
plan
for
the
future.
We
want
for
the
neighborhood.
In
recent
years,
austin
brighton
has
become
the
new
hot
neighborhood
for
development,
with
between
2400
and
3000
units,
currently
under
review
by
the
bpda,
and
that
range
is
there,
because,
as
projects
go
through
the
article
80
process,
some
of
the
numbers
go
down.
H
H
H
These
two
plans
have
increased
development
pressures
that
are
being
felt
across
the
neighborhood.
For
example,
imagine
boston
2030
identifies
beacon
yards
at
allston
as
an
expanded
neighborhood.
Although
no
planning
has
taken
place
for
what
beacon
yards
could
be.
There
are
major
development
projects
taking
place
in
areas
around
beacon
yards
such
as
linden
street
cambridge
street
braintree
street
the
corridor
area.
Likewise,
western
nav
in
north
austin,
north
brighton
is
being
rezoned.
H
What
types
of
market
rate
housing
is
most
needed
and
finding
balance
between
smaller
units
and
larger
unit
types,
increasing
home
ownership
opportunities
through
deed
restrictions
and
affordability,
programs,
increasing
open
space
and
other
forms
of
green
infrastructure
or
improving
public
transit
systems
through
increasing
investments
in
the
mbta.
These
can
all
be
done
through
zoning,
whether
through
overlays
establishing
special
districts,
incentives
for
developers,
etc.
H
A
comprehensive
neighborhood
plan
for
austin
brighton
would
help
in
mitigating
some
of
the
challenges
the
neighborhood
has
been
experiencing
and
help
ensure
that
the
goals
laid
out
in
the
city's
housing
plan
and
in
imagine,
boston,
2030,
build
upon
the
strengths
and
assets
of
the
neighborhood.
A
neighborhood
for
those
who
call
austin
brighton
home
can
continue
to
have
the
opportunity
to
add
to
the
vitality
of
the
community,
so
that
also
brighton
remains
to
be
a
neighborhood
of
choice.
Thank
you.
O
Thank
you
good
morning.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
As
council
braden
said,
I
am
the
executive
director
of
charles
hue
inc
in
partnership
with
the
community
builders.
We
own
chelsea
residences,
a
240
unit,
affordable
mixed
income
development
on
western
ave.
In
addition
to
the
residences,
we
also
offer
15
000
square
feet
of
affordable
retail
space
and
a
large
community
center
that's
available
to
the
entire
austin
brighton
community.
O
O
In
the
last
10
years,
also,
brighton
has
only
seen
the
development
of
just
over
400
truly
affordable
units
compared
to
the
7
000
units
that
are
already
in
addition
to
the
3
000
that
have
been
spoken
to
charles
view,
with
its
240
units,
which
is
section
8
and
tax
credit,
the
20
units
of
affordable
home
ownership.
That
came
as
a
result
of
that
redevelopment,
90
antwerp
street,
which
will
have
20
units
of
home
ownership,
12
of
which
will
be
affordable
and
the
jj
carroll
apartments
with
142
units
of
senior
housing.
O
Our
wait
list
at
charles
view
is
nearly
1200
families
and
is
an
indication
of
the
interest
families
having
living
in
austin,
brighton
and
the
and
the
need
for
an
affordable
mixed
income
housing.
The
turnover
is
extremely
low,
with
only
four
move-outs
in
2020,
so
you
can
imagine
how
long
it
will
take
for
those
folks
in
our
wait
list
to
gain
access
to
our
housing
as
an
organization,
we
continually
explore
opportunities
to
contribute
to
the
development
of
new,
affordable
and
mixed
income
housing,
because
we
see
this
critical
need
every
day.
O
Unfortunately,
land
and
property
that
could
potentially
be
developed
has
long
been
secured
by
our
university
neighbors
and
for-profit
developers.
There
are
many
challenges
facing
the
austin
brighton
neighborhood
and
as
we
grapple
with
boston's
housing
and
infrastructure
crisis.
Also,
brighton
canon
should
play
a
significant
role
in
addressing
these
issues,
but
not
at
the
expense
of
the
existing
community.
O
A
master
plan
for
the
neighborhood
will
create
the
opportunity
to
address
many
of
these
challenges
by
further
understanding
and
consolidating
the
studies
and
planning
underway,
identifying
the
inequities,
gaps
and
challenges
in
these
planning
efforts
and
create
an
inclusive
plan
to
ensure
that
austin
brighton
is
a
welcoming
and
sustainable
neighborhood
for
all.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
joanne.
I
see
dr
natalicia
tracy's
here
so
we'll
go
with
dr
tracy,
followed
by
let's
see
nick
and
then
scott.
P
Thank
you
good
morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
nathalia
tracy.
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
brazilian
worker
center
here
in
yellowstone,
brighton
village,
I'm
also
a
lecturer
in
labor
studies
and
sociology
at
ums
boston.
The
brazilian
workers
center
began
in
austin
and
has
remained
here
for
over
26
years.
Now
we
are
a
501
citrine,
non-profit,
founded
by
immigrants
for
immigrant
workers,
and
our
mission
is
to
support
greater
boston,
portuguese
and
spanish-speaking
immigrants
work
as
both
women
and
men
on
issues
of
workplace
rights
and
immigration.
P
The
cover
19
pandemic
has
heightened
our
awareness
of
the
social
and
economic
inequalities
and
we
have
to
respond
to
the
immigrants.
Community's
emergency
needs
with
our
food
pantry
for
the
past
year
and
that
has
served
over
90
000
individuals
for
people
from
all
austin
brighton
immigrants,
groups,
and
they
are
from
latin
american
asian,
caribbean
middle,
eastern
and
russian,
as
well
as
american,
seniors
and
young
people,
and
we
are
now
serving
a
community
site
for
coveting
vaccination.
P
We
love
being,
we
love
being
we
love
being
in
our
neighborhood,
and
it
has
been
ever
changing,
but
has
always.
It
has
always
been
remain
rich
in
diversity,
our
of
nationality,
culture,
race,
age
and
income.
This
is
a
strength
of
our
stone
bright
that
has
been.
You
know
especially
important
to
us,
because
it's
vibrant
and
it
is
in
its
character.
P
P
P
Progress
and
growth
are
not
bad
in
our
city
has
been
ever
dynamic
and
we
certainly
need
jobs,
since
the
pandemic
has
has
caused
thousands
of
people
to
lose
work
and
have
no
money
to
pay
rent
or
feed
their
children.
But
we
need
to
make
sure
that
growth
is
inclusive
and
that
we
raise
the
percentage
of
affordable
housing
and
in
units
made
available
workforce
development
training
should
be
made
available
and
tailored
to
immigrant
needs.
P
Our
all
our
outreach
and
services
for
residents
should
be
multilingual,
multiculturalism
sensitive
so
that
we
preserve
what
is
rich
and
is
special
about
our
vibrant
neighborhood.
We
need
to
preserve
a
place
for
the
small
businesses
and
non-profit
that
serve
immigrant
community.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time.
A
Q
Cool
thanks,
hi
everyone,
I'm
nick
rico,
I'm
a
founding
member
of
artist
impact
and
a
working
musician
living
in
allston,
and
I'm
happy
to
be
here
and
have
this
opportunity.
First
and
foremost,
thank
you
counselors
for
calling
for
this
hearing
and
inviting
artist
impact
to
be
part
of
this
initiative,
and
thank
you
everyone
for
taking
the
time
to
be
here
and
sharing
your
perspectives
as
an
organization.
We
do
believe
that
a
master
plan
for
our
neighborhood
is
quite
simply
essential
in
order
for
it
to
retain
the
vibrant
artist
community.
Q
That
also
was
once
known
for
the
unmitigated
gentrification
described
by
previous
panelists,
as
nothing
short
of
a
death
knell
for
the
creative
workforce.
Q
Unless
these
proposed
projects,
along
with
the
city
of
boston,
establish
clear
prioritization
for
artists
resources
for
decades,
community
benefits
have
been
funneled
away
from
necessary
arts
investments
such
as
versatile
artist,
workspace
subsidized
retail
space
for
small
businesses,
indoor
and
outdoor
event,
space
live,
music
venues,
pop-up
locations,
resource
protections,
preservation,
efforts,
career
development,
centers
and,
most
importantly,
affordable.
Housing.
Q
Resistance
to
a
cohesive
master
plan
implies
a
lack
of
vision,
but
more
critically,
a
lack
of
values
and,
throughout
my
work
as
a
creative
in
the
city,
it's
become
ever
more
clear
that
boston
likes
the
idea
of
having
an
arts
community,
but
is
unprepared
to
invest
in
maintaining
it.
This
trend
is
a
glaring
testament
to
how
undervalued
and
exploited
artists
are
here,
and
the
fact
is
revealed
every
single
time.
Q
Another
developer
claims
interest
in
supporting
local
artists,
but
comes
to
the
table
with
immediately
13
idp
and
a
mural
on
the
side
of
a
parking
lot.
Meanwhile,
waitlists
for
artists,
work,
live
spaces,
extend
well
past
two
years
and
the
table
scraps
of
idp
units
that
we
do
get
still
aren't
affordable
to
80
percent
of
our
population.
Q
A
B
Hello,
everyone.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here.
My
name
is
scott
matalon,
I'm
the
owner
of
stingray
body,
art,
I'm
also
the
president
of
austin
village,
main
streets,
the
director
on
the
austin
board
of
trade
and
a
former
president,
and
I
have
been
involved
with
the
business
community.
I
started
my
first
business
in
austin
over
30
years
ago
in
a
house
in
austin
built
it
up
to
over
80
people.
B
I
have
a
long
resume
working
with
hundreds
of
local
merchants
and
the
large
institutions
and
the
large
businesses
and,
as
everyone
knows,
small
business
is
the
economic
engine
of
america
and
small
business
and
entrepreneurship
is
the
key
to
community
wealth
and
multi-general
weight,
multi-generational
wealth
within
the
community,
and
this
has
to
be
protected
and
it's
not
being
protected.
The
object.
B
Lessons
are
obviously
places
like
harvard
square
which
have
become
chain
stores
and
unaffordable
to
live
in,
and
you
know
places
like
revere
beach,
where
there
has
been
no
investment
in
the
business
and
entrepreneurial
community
and
it's
essentially
become
a
business
wasteland.
B
We
are
discussing
now
on
our
boards.
Things
like,
affordable
retail,
with
all
the
developments
coming
in.
Many
of
them
are
mixed.
Residential
and
retail.
The
businesses
are
being
displaced,
the
small
businesses
are
being
displaced
and
the
community
wealth
will
be
displaced,
and
I
would
like
to
focus
for
a
little
bit
on
the
issues
that
I
face
as
a
business
person
and
that
we've
been
discussing
a
lot
in
our
boards
and
they
are
very
focused
around
transportation
and
parking.
B
As
you
know,
there
are
at
least
four
major
initiatives
going
on.
There's
the
mobility
study,
there's
the
comm
ave
phase,
three
four
there's
the
bus
lanes
and
then
there's
the
mass
pike,
and
you
know
there
are
plans
to
remove
all
the
parking
from
harvard
avenue
and
there's
plans
to
remove
all
the
parking
from
commonwealth
avenue
and
as
much
as
we
support,
and
we
truly
do
support
multimodal
transportation
and
other
ways
to
get
into
the
businesses.
B
You
know
people
aren't
just
going
to
bike
to
austin
in
the
middle
of
winter
to
visit
the
businesses
and
go
out
to
dinner
and
to
do
all
the
things
that
they
do.
We
end
up
in
these
situations
where
we
speak
to
the
mass
pike
about
commercial
traffic.
Repeatedly
I
spent
years
going
to
the
mass
pike
meetings
and
raising
commercial
traffic.
As
you
know,
star
drive
doesn't
carry
commercial
traffic,
so
it's
not
just
18
wheelers
and
box
trucks.
It's
every
food
service,
delivery,
electrician
plumbers,
lawn!
B
We've
already
seen
that
with
the
bus
lanes,
which
we're
only
supposed
to
operate
during
peak
hours,
we've
created
more
traffic
and
we
discuss
issues
like
simple
stuff,
like
timing,
the
lights
or
increasing
the
turn
lanes,
so
that
the
cars
don't
all
bunch
up
and
we
really
don't
feel
like
we're
being
listened
to,
and
we
don't
see
our
feedback
going
into
the
plans
as
they
evolve
over
time.
So
it
starts
to
feel
like
we're
fighting
a
war
on
five
fronts.
We
go
from
meeting
to
meeting
to
meeting
to
meeting.
B
We
end
up
having
meetings
about
the
meetings
which
is
terribly
frustrating
and
it
can
make
people
angry
and
it
starts
to
feel
like
it's
almost
being
done
on
purpose
and,
of
course
we
know
it's
not.
We
know
that
everybody
in
their
lanes
are
trying
to
do
the
best
job
they
can,
but
without
a
lack
of
communication
without
a
master
plan
to
bring
this
all
together.
All
these
different
communities
organizations
we're
being
kept
divided.
We
we
can't
all
organize
into
one.
We
need
help
from
the
city
with
this.
B
Another
problem
that
we
face
is
we
sit
down
with
one
group
and
we
start
discussing
some
of
these
issues
and
they
say
to
us:
oh
well,
that's
the
other
group
and
that's
also
tremendously
frustrating,
because
then
we
go
to
the
other
group
and
they
say
well,
that's
not
us!
That's
this
other
group,
and
some
of
it
is
so
simple.
We
need
to
make
the
traffic
flow
more
efficient.
We
have
a
tremendous
amount
of
underutilized
parking
space,
but
people
aren't
just
going
to
abandon
their
cars.
B
It's
up
to
us
to
come
up
with
plans
to
better
utilize
and
there's
so
many
simple
things
we
can
do.
One
of
the
issues
I
face
as
a
small
business,
for
example,
is
as
simple
as
the
parking
meters
where
every
two
hours
you
actually
have
to
get
in
your
car
and
drive
around
the
neighborhood
to
find
another
parking
spot.
Well,
my
customers
are
driving
around
the
neighborhood.
My
employees
end
up
driving
around
the
neighborhood.
It
costs
my
company,
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
a
year
for
people
driving
around
the
neighborhood.
B
So
you
know
we
are
so
divided
and
we
so
welcome
the
opportunity
to
bring
everyone
together,
but
you
know,
as
jason
said,
or
I
believe
it
was
jason
like
we
need
to
hit
the
pause
button.
All
of
these
issues,
the
residential
and
the
retail
they're,
intrinsically
tied
together,
the
ownership
of
small
business,
the
entrepreneurial
ship,
the
employees
who
work
in
those
businesses,
all
the
local
companies
that
provide
goods
and
services
and
deliveries
to
these
businesses.
B
We
can't
just
let
austin
become
a
giant
traffic
jam
and
we
can't
just
take
away
all
the
parking
there
has
to
be
some
hard
decisions
made
and
we
have
to
work
together
on
them
because
we're
not
talking
about
an
existential
future
20
years
from
now
we're
discussing
the
very
survival
of
austin
and
brighton,
the
second
largest
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
boston.
So
this
is
of
the
utmost
importance.
I
know
we're
not
going
to
solve
these
issues
today,
so
I
want
to
thank
everybody:
who's
attending
everybody,
who's
speaking
and
everybody
who's
listening.
Thank
you.
R
Tony
good
morning,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
tony
desadoro.
I
am
president
of
the
austin
civic
association.
R
I
want
to
thank
councillor
braden
for
sponsoring
this
hearing
and
for
her
leadership
in
pursuing
this
initiative.
I
also
want
to
thank
councillor
mejia
for
her
leadership
on
reforming
the
impact
advisory
group
process
and
all
the
counselors
who
have
advanced
reform
packages
related
to
any
aspect
of
the
development
process.
R
I
also
want
to
thank
director
golden
for
all.
He
has
done
to
achieve
greater
accountability
and
transparency
related
to
project
specific
information,
given
the
unprecedented
development
taking
place
in
our
community,
private
public
and
institutional,
in
the
fact
that
article
51
of
the
boston
zoning
code,
the
austin
brighton,
neighborhood
district,
turns
30
years
old
this
november.
R
R
There
are
still
far
too
many
people
far
too
many
community
organizations
that
view
the
organization
negatively,
and
we
think
that
by
emphasizing
planning
by
being
in
the
neighborhoods
talking
about
planning
receiving
meaningful
input
from
the
people
of
boston
and
adopting
planning
documents
that
can
accommodate
quality
future
development,
we
will
have
greater
public
support,
greater
legitimacy
and
greater
credibility.
End
quote
engaging
citizens
at
all
levels
of
city
planning,
not
just
at
hearings
for
large
developments,
needs
to
be
pursued
if
that
vision
is
ever
to
be
achieved.
R
I
trust
the
people
of
austin
brighton
if
given
the
opportunity
to
imagine
a
future
that
embraces
everyone
with
opportunity
and
happiness,
projections
of
population
and
business
loss
due
to
the
cost
of
living
in
the
cost
of
doing
business
are
real
and
profound
judgment
day
is
approaching.
Are
we
as
a
city
up
to
the
challenge?
R
Let's
never
reduce
our
community
down
to
a
profit
and
loss
statement,
but
rather
celebrate
the
richness
of
the
people
who
call
allston
brighton
their
home.
Let's
move
forward
together
with
a
renewed
sense
of
community
that
is
welcoming,
affordable
and
provides
a
sense
of
belonging.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
S
Yes,
good
morning
am
I
coming
through.
S
Hi
good
morning,
everybody
thank
you,
counselor
wu
and
all
the
other
counselors
for
putting
this
together
it.
This
is
my
first
time
addressing
the
council,
it's
kind
of
a
nice
moment
again.
My
name
is
tim
mchale,
an
austin
brighton
resident
since
1974.,
I
would
like
to
speak
to
harvard's
institutional
expansion
and
the
coattail
development
following
harvard's
example.
S
As
chair
of
the
harvard
austin
task
force,
we
grapple
with
many
issues
constantly.
These
issues
are
not
unlike
the
rest
of
austin
brighton
we'd
like
to
know.
If
future
development
is
all
about
creating
another
economic
engine
like
the
seaport
or
kendall
square,
are
we
favoring
coffee
or
corporate
office
parks
for
a
town
center
environment?
S
Will
our
community
be
converted
to
a
wasteland
of
corporate
structures
for
an
eight-hour
workday
or
into
a
livable
walkable,
vibrant
neighborhood,
active
for
18
hours
a
day
we
see
the
benefits
of
education
and
economic
development,
institutional
and
corporate
expansion.
We
see
these
benefits
that
foster
great
places.
S
All
great
neighborhoods
have
these.
In
common,
these
ideals
of
arts
and
culture,
economic
development,
education,
housing,
open
space,
public
realm
sustainability
and
transportation
in
north
austin.
We
have
been
planned
to
death
over
the
last
15
years,
and
yet
we
are
only
halfway.
There,
we're
still
we're
still
kicking
we've
been
through
the
naspf,
the
cwp,
the
a
b
mobility
study,
the
guest
street.
Now
the
western
ave
study.
S
S
S
S
I
was
a
reasonable
person
until
I
was
talking
about
these
are
some
of
the
parameters
that
lead
to
a
successful
master
planning
process
in
our
neighborhood.
Oh
so
these
are.
These
are
some
of
the
things
that
have
worked
for
us
harvard
as
partner
okay,
make
them
part
of
the
visionary
process
in
planning
our
neighborhood
than
they
have
been,
and
we
want
to
foster
that
even
put
it
on
steroids.
S
They
bring
incredible
resources
of
expertise,
land
and
community
benefits.
We
have
identified
most
of
the
issues
and
see
most
of
the
solutions,
but
they
would
go
nowhere
without
harvard.
This
also
applies
to
all
institutions
that
call
home
austin.
Brighton
next
is
getting
an
outside
consultant
to
do
the
planning.
This
is
important.
Now
the
bpda
is
a
great
planning
and
development
agency,
but,
let's
you
know,
they're
over
overworked
underpaid,
understaffed,
like
every
other
institution,
and
its
planning
capacity
has
been
best
utilized
when
a
third
party
private
consulting
entity
has
been
contracted.
S
In
our
experience,
the
boldest
and
most
creative
ideas
were
brought
to
the
table
by
outside
consultants.
Next
planning
should
follow
zoning
and
not
wait
a
minute.
No
zoning
should
follow
planning
and
not
the
other
way
around
right.
So
let's
identify
the
scope
of
these
eight
ideal,
highlighted
above
like
public
realm,
open
space,
housing,
retail
economic
development,
let's
identify
those
areas
and
the
scope
and
the
breadth
of
them
and
then
what's
left
over,
let's
put
the
buildings
there
and
and
put.
S
S
T
Morning
thanks
everyone
thanks
to
the
counselors
for
hosting
us,
and
you
all
are
on
time.
You
are
ahead
of
schedule,
I'm
impressed
so
well
done
so
and
I'm
pleased
to
close
out
the
panel,
because
everything
that
has
been
shared
this
morning
is
an
issue
of
public
health
and
that's
what
I
do.
T
You
all
have
heard
me
talk
about
transportation
and
mobility
equity,
so
I'm
going
to
focus
on
other
aspects
of
the
landscape
that
are
essential
to
all
of
us,
specifically
food
and
food
access,
and
that's
another
key
part
of
the
work
that
we
do
in
the
neighborhood
food
access
points
are,
of
course,
influenced
by
planning
and
zoning.
There
are
intentional
reasons
that
food
is
more
and
less
accessible
to
people.
It
is
not
by
accident
and
it
is
not
a
natural
cause.
T
So
it's
a
factor
of
zoning
and
planning,
and
that's
why,
in
public
health
landscape,
we
no
longer
call
these
food
deserts.
This
is
food
apartheid.
This
is
intentional.
This
is
by
choice
in
austin,
brighton
oak
square
experiences,
food
apartheid
with
no
comprehensive
food
source
within
one
square
mile.
It's
why
we
started
the
farmers
market
in
oak
square.
T
Food
access
is
not
solely
about
physical
proximity.
We
can
all
live
next
to
a
whole
foods
and
not
have
the
income
to
afford
the
food
inside.
So
I
would
argue
that
we
have
other
areas
of
food
apartheid
based
on
price
throughout
the
neighborhood,
which
again
is
the
second
largest
neighborhood
in
the
cities.
We're
talking
about
70
000
people,
so
this
is
the
experience
of
thousands
of
our
residents,
our
neighbors,
our
friends,
you've
heard
from
that
alicia
and
while
the
community
and
organizations,
including
us,
respond
to
these
gaps
with
pantries
with
pop-ups
with
deliveries.
T
These
are
band-aids.
Last
year
in
the
neighborhood
snap
enrollment
increased
by
62
percent,
we
have
at
least
five
new
emergency
food
providers
in
the
past
year.
So
planning
can
address
this
fundamental
issue
of
equity.
We
can
fill
these
gaps
and
increase
access
for
families
and
residents,
while
also
creating
new
economic
opportunities
and
jobs
planning.
Is
this
comprehensive
approach
that
we
do
in
public
health
that
examines
the
system
it
takes
into
account
the
transportation,
access
and
gaps,
the
financial
gaps,
resident
needs
and
interests
and
resident
voice?
T
A
C
You,
madam
chair,
I
also
want
to
thank
all
of
the
community
activists
and
people
who
think
about
these
issues
every
day
and
attend
meetings
almost
every
day
of
the
week
during
the
week
work
week
and
sometimes
two
and
a
two
at
a
time,
two
meetings
on
a
day.
I
really
appreciate
all
your
advocacy.
Your
passion
in
terms
of
this
is
more
of
a
question.
C
For
for
jason,
can
you
speak
a
little
adjacent
to
the
you
know,
the
the
discrepancy
between
the
sort
of
housing
that
we're
building
in
terms
of
affordability
and
the
actual
earning
capacity
of
the
folks
who
live
in
austin,
brighton.
H
Sure
so
we
we
have
this
program
that
we're
you
know
launching
at
the
allison
brighton,
cdc,
it's
the
people's
planning
initiative
and
what
it
is.
It's
really
focused
on
providing
residents
and
other
stakeholders
the
ability
to
participate
in
the
discussions
that
are
happening
in
the
community
around
our
own
planning
and
development.
A
piece
of
this
is
to
show
sort
of
the
the
housing
mismatch
that
that
is
currently
taking
place
between
what
is
being
proposed
and
what
is
actually
be
in
and
what
is
being
developed
compared
to
to
neighborhood
incomes.
H
I
know
city
councilors
have
become
well
aware
of
the
coalition
for
a
truly
affordable
boston,
sort
of
like
image
showing
citywide
what's
being
developed
across
the
city
and,
what's
being
developed,
you
know,
what's
what's
being
developed
across
the
city
compared
to
what
the
city
incomes
actually
are.
H
We,
as
a
member
of
the
coalition
for
a
truly
affordable
boston,
also
took
a
look
at
that
and
kind
of
the
hyper
local
view
in
in
alston
and
showing
that
a
majority
of
the
units
that
are
being
built
in
alston
and
in
brighton
do
not
meet
the
neighborhood
incomes,
and
so
the
the
the
the
median
income
for
allston
is
around
50
ami
50
000
a
year
and
in
brighton
it's
a
little
a
little
bit
higher.
H
However,
if
you
look
at
you
know
the
income
levels
of
what's
being
built,
it's
you
know
for
for
upper
middle
income
and
upper
income
folks.
So
if
you
look
at
the
the
image-
and
I
can
share
with
the
city
council-
it's
flipped
in
terms
of
what
the
need
is
and
what's
being
built,
and
so
I
think
you
know
in
terms
of
meeting
the
need,
because
you
know
I
have
this
saying-
that
affordable
housing
is
recession.
H
Proof
if
you
build
enough
housing
that
a
majority
of
folks
can
afford,
there's
always
a
there's,
always
someone
who's
who's,
ready
to
rent
that.
However,
if
you
build
a
bunch
of
micro
units
targeted
at
2500
a
month,
you're
limiting
your
your
market,
and
so
we
need
to
be
a
little
more
nuanced.
H
I
think
in
our
approach
in
terms
of
what
we're
building
and
who
we're
building
for,
because,
ultimately,
none
of
us,
you
know,
want
housing,
that's
just
sitting
vacant
and
I
know
cove,
it
obviously
has
impacted
the
rental
market
slightly,
so
rents
might
be
going
down,
units
might
be
vacant,
however,
the
real
estate
industry
will
will
recover
pretty
quickly.
H
I
believe,
post
cobit,
and
so
I
think
we
have
a
unique
moment
right
now
before
the
market
kind
of
takes
over
again
and
moves
everything
you
know
into
to
hyperspace,
where
it
was
for
us
all
kind
of
collectively
to
get
our
breath
and
figure
out.
You
know
what
is
the
need
in
the
community.
C
So,
thank
you,
jason,
madam
chair.
I'd,
also
ask
for
if
tim
davis
could
share
his
insights
on
this
issue,
because
he's
he's
done
a
lot
of
research
into
at
the
dnd
and
on
on
you
know
the
the
affordability
and
and
what's
been
built
and
see
see
what
he
thinks
of
this
situation.
L
Well,
I
I
would
have
to
start
by
saying
with
just
some
a
quick
overview
from
some
of
the
data
that
I
shared
with
this
the
council
last
week,
alston
brighton
currently
has
alston
has,
I
believe,
12
percent
of
its
housing
is
currently
income,
restricted
and
brighton
is
currently
13
income
restricted,
which
is
lower
than
the
city-wide
average,
and
that
the
in
terms
of
other
factors
that
were
discussed
last
week
that
I
think
contribute
to
this
discussion
is
that,
in
terms
of
family
sized
units,
let
me
see,
if
I
have
this
austin
brighton
does
have
us
27
of
its
housing
units.
L
Rental
units
are
two
bedrooms
and
20
are
three
bedrooms.
There
are
extent
a
large
number
of
three
family
houses
in
the
neighborhood.
However,
we
do
have
the
ongoing
issue
of
students
occupying
many
of
these
three
bedroom
apartments
in
the
neighborhood,
which
contributes
to
the
problem
as
well.
I'm
not
sure
if
that
answers
your
question.
If
you
have
more
detailed
questions.
C
So
in
terms
of
finding
a
solution
to
the
problem,
because
many
of
the
three
bedroom
house,
homes
that
are
rented
by
students
and
young
professionals
they're
not
going
anywhere
because
they
can
pay,
they
can
get
a
nice
room
in
an
apartment
with
friends
for
a
thousand
dollars
a
month,
whereas
if
they
want
to
go
for
a
studio,
the
mark
they're
asking
2100
2500
for
a
studio.
C
So
it's
an
economic
no-brainer
that
they're
not
going
to
give
up
their
their
their
room
in
in
a
two
family,
with
friends
to
go
and
spend
twice
twice
as
much
money
to
live
in
a
studio.
So
I
don't
know
in
terms
of
other
music
other
other
solutions
in
other
parts
of
the
country
are
how
do
we?
How
do
we
get
past
this?
Because
everyone
says
we'll
build
all
these
studios
and
the
young
people
will
move
into
the
studios?
But
it's
not
happening.
L
Well,
I
think
that
there's
actually
two
probably
there's
actually
two
markets-
we're
discussing
here
as
well.
There's
the
student
market
and
there's
the
young
professional
market
and
young
professionals
may
be
able
to
afford
someone
higher
prices
and
also
are
probably
more
likely
or
more
interested
in
having
a
place
of
their
own.
So
those
are
both
markets
that
are
very
large
in
your
neighborhood.
L
In
terms
of
the
kind
of
immediate,
we
did
see
that
students,
the
student
numbers
living
in
our
neighborhoods,
fell
because
of
covet.
It
wasn't
that
because
dorms
were
closed,
they
moved
into
neighborhoods,
actually
the
dorms
closed
and
they
stayed
home
in
their
hometowns.
So
at
least
in
this
very
short
window
we
haven't.
We
have
a
moment
where
rents
seem
to
be
probably
more
on
the
decline
in
austin
brighton
than
they
are
in
neighborhoods
with
fewer
students.
L
In
terms
of
this
long-term
issue,
I
think
that
it's
important
that
we
provide
some
small
units,
but
we
also
provide
family
units.
The
affh
zoning
effort
that
was
recently
passed
is
another
way
in
which
we're
trying
to
grapple
with
making
sure
that
developers
provide
more
family
size
units
within
their
developments.
L
Both
probably
at
both
the
market
level
and
at
the
income,
restricted
level
to
make
sure
that
those
are
available
to
households,
and
it
is
given
the
way
that
the
income
restricted
units
are
set
up.
It's
all
student
households
cannot
access
those
units
and
also
because
of
the
income
limits,
any
households
that
are
like
multiple
young
professionals.
They
usually
become
income
ineligible
for
those
units
as
well,
so
family
sized
income
restricted
units
usually
do
go
to
families
rather
than
two
roommates.
C
A
Thank
you,
councillor,
braden,
okay,
let
me
see
it
looks
like
counselor
flynn
is
had
to
step
away.
So
next
up
is
counselor.
Mejia.
E
I'm
sorry,
can
you?
Oh
my
god.
Can
you
all
hear
me,
I'm
so
sorry
we
can
hear
you
now.
I
pressed
the
wrong
button.
Instead
of
going
on
off
mute,
I
disconnected
myself
from
the
this,
so
my
apologies
for
that.
So
I'm
just
thank
you.
I'm
so
incredibly
grateful
to
all
the
advocates
who
have
already
spoken,
and
I
do
appreciate
the
administration
being
here.
I
just
have
a
few
questions.
I'm
really
curious
about.
E
We
talked
you
know
about
austin,
being
an
affordable
or
potentially
could
one
day
be
affordable,
but
there
is
a
housing
waiting
list
of
17
000
people
and
I'm
just
curious
how
we
are
man,
we're
imagining
what
affordability
actually
looks
like,
and
there
are
also
a
lot
of
people
who
rely
on
three-bedroom
housing,
but
aren't
quote-unquote
family.
I'm
thinking
about
lgbtq,
youth
in
particular,
and
how
curious
how
we
are
accommodating
that
need
and
austin
has
an
incredibly
diverse
background,
but
the
development
space
is
always
the
same
usual
suspects.
E
I'm
curious
about
how
we're
creating
development
spaces
that
reach
the
whole
community,
and,
while
we're
talking
about
that,
there
was
something
that
I
guess,
I'm
not
sure
who
it
was,
but
they
talked
about
the
market,
and
I
I
think
that
when
we
talk
about
language,
that
is
about
markets,
you
know
it
just
seems
like
it's.
It's
a
it's
a
revenue
generating
kind
of
term.
That
really
loses
the
the
mark
and
misses
the
mark.
E
I
think
that
it's
less
about
just
season
this
moment
and
just
really
thinking
about
it
for
a
long
time
in
terms
of
planning
and
development.
I
think
that
if
we
could
do
this
right,
that
would
be
great
and
then
my
last
question
is
around
the
pilot
payments.
Boston
college
pays
23
of
their
pilot.
How
can
we
get
them
to
pay
more?
So
those
are
my
questions.
Thank
you.
A
No,
we
can
hear
you,
let's
just
see,
who
would
like
to
jump
in
from
the
piano.
Q
Lee
mejia,
I
appreciate
I
appreciate
those
questions
a
lot,
because
those
are
ones
that
that
I
I
find
myself
asking
a
lot
as
well
and
in
a
lot
of
studies,
especially
referencing,
a
lot
of
other
existing
cities
in
general,
but
specifically
ones
with
arts
districts.
A
lot
of
the
things
that
can
solve
a
lot
of
those
problems.
Q
Q
Students
become
young
professionals,
and
young
professionals
eventually
want
to
make
families,
and
if
we
don't
give
them
opportunities
to
build
equity
in
the
homes
that
they're
already
investing
in
during
their
college
careers.
You
know
what's
keeping
them
around
afterwards,
so
I
think
the
fact
that
there
is
no
even
like
slight
hint
of
a
rent-to-own
concept
in
boston.
Q
Has
you
know
that
has
everything
to
do
with?
Why
nobody?
Why
so
much
of
austin,
especially,
is
so
transient?
And
there
was
one
other
thing
that
you
were
talking
about,
that
I
wanted
to
comment
on
and
I
lost
it.
But
if
it
comes
back
I'll
raise
my
hand.
O
Just
one
other
point
around
figuring
out
how
we
are
able
to
develop
more
family,
affordable
housing.
A
part
of
the
issue
is
that
we
do
not
have
a
lot
of
land
or
property,
because
most
of
that
has
been
bought
by
our
neighborhood
institutions,
and
so
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
really
need
to
think
about
is
working
with
those
institutions
to
identify
properties
that
can
be
used
for
developing
more
affordable
and
family-friendly
housing.
R
Yes,
madam
chair,
just
a
couple
of
quick
comments
on
the
affordability
issue.
I
I
want
to
thank
the
council,
especially
under
councillor
lydia
edwards
leadership,
in
terms
of
addressing
the
idp
issue.
That
issue
has
been
out
there
for
years.
It
is
absolutely,
in
my
estimation,
embarrassing
that
the
city
of
boston
is
still
at
a
13
minimum,
given
that
surrounding
communities
have
been
at
20
percent
for
a
couple
years
now,
and
as
far
as
I
know,
talking
to
people
in
those
communities,
development
is
doing
just
fine.
R
The
fears
that
development
would
be
hindered
by
raising
the
idp
minimums
just
has
not
occurred,
and
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
this
council
is
pushing
the
administration
to
once
and
for
all
make
some
changes
to
that
and
get
that
minimum
up.
Also
too,
it's
becoming
a
joke
at
the
zba
as
to
how
many
proponents
are
coming
in
front
of
the
zba
with
projects
that
are
nine
units.
Large,
of
course,
there's
a
concentrated
effort
to
avoid
imposing
the
idp
policy
on
to
their
projects
and
that's
another
issue.
R
I
know
that
the
council
is
looking
at
as
well
one
other
issue
that
doesn't
get
raised.
An
awful
lot
and-
and
I
appreciated
the
efforts
of
the
admit,
past
administration-
to
try
to
rectify
it,
although
the
results
have
not
been
terribly
exciting,
but
especially
a
community
like
allston,
we
need
to
have
colleges
and
universities
build
more
affordable
on-site
student
housing
and
get
undergrad,
especially
undergrad
students,
out
of
our
community.
R
That
is
producing
a
very
strong
upward
pressure
on
rents
in
our
community,
because
these
absentee
landlords
end
up
charging
huge
rents
to
these
students,
as,
as
was
mentioned
earlier,
being
paid
basically
by
the
room,
and
I
know
that
the
mayor
had
set
certain
goals
for
construction
of
student
housing.
I
know
there
have
been
some
projects
announced
recently
in
the
city,
but
we
have
to
get
colleges
and
universities
to
do
more
of
that,
because
every
time
we
build
housing
in
our
community
that
ends
up
getting
populated
with
undergraduate
student
students
living
there.
R
We
are
letting
these
colleges
and
universities
off
the
hook
and
they're
going
ahead
and
expanding
their
enrollments
and
in
basically
ignoring
their
responsibilities
to
housing
their
students,
because
they
simply
feel
the
community
is
going
to
absorb
these
additional
students.
So
that's
another
issue
that
I
hope
the
council
will
push
forward
on
and
get
these
colleges
and
universities
to
show
more
responsibility
and
to
build
more
on-campus
student
housing.
H
Just
a
few
quick
things
so
that
17
000
people
wait
list
that
was
referenced
by
councillor
mejia
is
the
austin
brighton
cbc?
You
know
the
wait
list
is
a
little
complicated
when
you
get
to
to
that
high
because
you
know
we
do
have
nine
properties
in
the
community,
and
so
people
might
be
signed
up
for
for
one
or
two
of
those,
and
so
that
means
they
might
be
double
counted
so
we're
going
through
the
process.
H
Right
now,
however,
upon
the
quick
purge
of
the
list
and
kind
of
cleaning
up
the
list,
our
wait
list
is
still
over
10
years,
and
so
we
will
never
build
our
way
as
an
organization
out
of
our
wait
list.
However,
there
might
be
an
opportunity
to
build
housing,
have
kind
of
like
a
pipeline
approach
to
try
to
get
people
out
of
also
brighton,
cdc
housing
into
other
sorts
of
housing.
H
To
then
free
up
our
wait
list
to
kind
of
move
people
through
the
cycle
of
different
sort
of
housing
options,
and
so
our
last
development
that
we
built
new
development
was
2005.
and
we
have
not
been
able
to
build.
Since
then,
we
were
in
conversation
with
the
a
or
an
entity
that
was
looking
to
sell
some
of
their
property.
We
put
in
a
very
competitive
bid.
H
However,
if
we
take
approach
more
like
how
do
we
get
more
housing
for
50
ami
folks,
60
70
80
all
the
way
through
so
then
you
know
some
folks
can
move
into
bha.
How
do
we
increase?
You
know
the
the
public
housing?
How
do
we
increase
non-profit
housing
such
as
the
cdc
you
know,
and
the
other
affordable
housing
developers
in
the
community?
How
do
we
work
with
private
developers
to
reduce
affordability
standards
and
some
of
their
properties?
The
house
more?
H
Maybe
60
70
more
income
averaging
there's
the
city
voucher
program
that
was
just
released.
How
can
we
utilize
those
resources
and
private
development
to
increase
housing
opportunities
for
folks
idp
is
stated
a
lot.
However.
Idp
in
itself
is
not
a
silver
bullet
to
fix
the
housing
crisis.
It
can't
not
one.
One
policy
cannot
fix
the
entire
housing
crisis.
H
However,
we
need
all
of
the
tools
and
the
toolkit
that
we
have
as
affordable
housing
developers,
advocates
activists
and
otherwise
to
provide
housing
for
a
range
of
folks,
and
so
everyone
needs
to
come
to
the
table
and
say
what
little
piece
they
can
do,
whether
it's
you
know
pieces
of
policy,
the
market
and
and
just
to
counselor
media's
point
in
terms
of
when
we're
talking
about
market
rate
housing,
the
market
and
what
that
market
is
for
folks
who
need
who
are
having
trouble,
affording
their
rent
and
need
affordable
housing.
H
Market
rate
housing
is
luxury
housing.
There
is
no
sort
of
like
distinction
between
the
differences
between
twenty
three
hundred
dollars,
a
rent
for
you
know,
one
bedroom
versus
you
know
four
thousand
dollars
a
month
for
rent
for
it
both
are
out
of
reach,
and
so
we
need
to
diversify
the
housing
stock
so
that
you
know
people
don't
just
sit
in
housing.
You
know
because
it's
affordable
to
them
and
their
families
are
growing
they.
You
know
older
folks
need
to
downsize
because
they're
getting
too
older
and
they
don't
want.
H
H
Housing
opportunities
more
in
terms
of
like,
like
a
matrix
like:
where
are
we
putting
the
dots
and
how
we
connect
in
those
dots
so
that
you
know
folks
can
you
know
basically
grow
through
the
alstom
brayton
housing
market?
You
know
from
from
cradle
to
grave
sort
of
so
to
speak.
Q
Just
piggybacking
off
of
that
point
about
the
market.
The
market
in
this
neighborhood
is
relatively
arbitrary.
It's
artificially
inflated
by
developers
that
have
no
regard
for
any
element
of
the
community.
Besides
what
they
feel
they
can
charge.
Q
You
know
rich
students
and
the
neighborhood
ami
is
not
reflective
of
what
the
actual
ami
is
and
the
median
incomes
of
surrounding
neighborhoods
are
drastically
negatively,
impacting
the
benchmark
by
which
developers
think
they
can
charge
here,
and
I
know
that
revamping
area
median
income
as
a
whole
is
a
pretty
big
task
and
probably
impossible,
but
instead
of
trying
to
rethink
ami,
I
think
we
just
need
to
start
acknowledging
that
it
cannot
be
the
only
frame
for
which
we
create
housing
anymore.
Q
We
need
actual
accurate
numbers
for
the
people
that
live
in
this
neighborhood
and
in
this
neighborhood
exclusively.
What
their
needs
are
and
make
sure
that
the
housing
percentages
are
reflecting
those
needs,
because
it's
it's
just
so
out
of
character,
every
single
time
it
comes
to
the
table
and
we
fight
the
same
fight
every
single
time.
A
A
Great,
thank
you.
Counselor
edwards
is
next
and
then
I
know
councillor
braden
has
a
second
round,
so
we'll
come
back
for
second
rounds
after
that.
M
First
of
all,
I
wanted
to
apologize
for
being
late.
I
have
had
the
privilege
of
kicking
off
two
master
plans
in
my
district,
one
for
plan
ease,
boston
and
the
other
one
for
playing
charlestown,
and
each
one
took
different
approaches
to
getting
done
and
different
kinds
of
partnerships.
M
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
run
through
some
of
the
lessons
I've
learned
and
how
to
push
this
initiative
forward,
and
I
I
completely
agree
you
know,
there's
a
partner
that
will
always
be
there,
which
is
the
bpda,
but
while
I
I
think
it
was
ted
that
commented
that
it's
you
know
it's
it's
it's
understaffed
and
working
very
hard.
I
I
still.
M
This
is
no
knock
to
them,
but
push
for
it
and
push
for
the
plan,
and
I
honestly
think
if
there
had
been
a
city-wide
commitment
of
funding
and
infrastructure
understanding,
we
wouldn't
be
going
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
like
this,
and
in
that
they
have
to
fight
so
hard
to
get
one
right
we
should
have.
We
should
have
been
a
list,
all
plans
that
are
older
than
10
years
in
east
boston.
They
were
from
the
1990s.
M
Anything
over
a
certain
level
should
immediately
trigger
a
master
planning
process
so
that
we're
constantly
moving
along.
You
know
I
want
people
to
also
understand
and
what
we
in
east
boston
should
have
been
a
little
bit
more
clear
about
and
and
even
more
clear
in
charlestown
master
planning
is
about
how
you
are
going
to
change.
M
M
It
does
not.
It
is
a
guide
for
how
to
change
and
develop
and
maintain
a
neighborhood.
If
done
right,
then
there's
also
questions,
at
least
for
charlestown.
We
learned
this
who's
at
the
table,
matters.
What
we
didn't
have
as
much
of
maybe,
because
we
have
a
little
bit
more
room
is
bps,
so
I
I
don't
know
if
you
have
enough
education
facilities
or
not
in
austin
breitner.
If
that
would
be
a
priority
for
you,
I
know
that
yeah,
council
brain
you've
been
working.
M
So
hard
on
the
pilot
and
making
sure
you
have
good
neighbors
in
the
higher
education
institutions,
but
in
as
much
as
you're
trying
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
maintained,
good
neighborhood
or
that
some
of
the
younger
folks
who
are
moving
into
ab
feel
that
they
can
stay
there.
That
has
a
lot
to
do
with
the
education
facilities
that
you
have
so
bps
needs
to
be
at
the
table.
They
also
have
their
own
10-year
build
bps
program.
That
is
worth,
I
think,
over
a
billion
dollars.
M
So
if
that's
not
part
of
the
plan,
that's
happening
in
the
neighborhood
and
there's
a
disconnect
you're
gonna
find
that
they
bump
up
against
each
other.
I
think
right
now
we're
in
our
because
of
the
because
of
the
pandemic.
We've
been
delayed
in
east
boston,
but
now
we're
going
square
by
square
and
we're
doing
a
community
outreach
meetings
and
we've
done
different
ways
to
meet
community
where
they
are
so.
The
planning
is
supposed
to
be
community
centered,
so
we've
met
at
bowling
alleys.
M
We
we've
met
at
different
eating
places
for
inviting
folks
over
for
pizza.
All
of
these
different
places
with
the
attempt
of
trying
to
meet
people
where
they
are,
of
course,
I
know
you
already
know
to
have
interpreters
of
more
than
one
language
there
to
make
sure
that
the
immigrant
communities
is
also
centered.
Not
speaking,
english
has
nothing
to
do
with
not
being
able
to
vision
a
beautiful
neighborhood
right.
So
the
other
thing
we
wanted
to
do
is
make
sure
that
you
are
planning
appropriately
for
for
traffic
there.
M
It
has
to
change.
No,
we
are
not
immediately
getting
rid
of
all
cars.
But
yes,
if
you
plan
for
more
cars,
you
will
get
more
cars
and
that's
a
that's
a
dichotomy
that
we
need
to
recognize
and
also
stop
there's
ways
in
which
you
can
plan
for
increased
mobility,
which
is
more
important
than
whether
the
whether
your
constituents
or
whether
folks
are
getting
in
cars.
M
So
that's
another
lesson
learned
the
finally
a
couple
things
I
I
wish
we
hadn't
done
as
much
of
is
when
we
had
an
open
meeting
for
a
community,
come
in
developers,
happily
came
and
sat
down
at
the
table
with
folks
from
response
and
and
wanted
to
help
us
come
up
with
plans,
and
I
think
that
that's
something
I
would
kind
of
push
back
on
if
the
vpda
and
anybody
else,
when
you
see
developers
coming
to
the
table,
if
they're
coming,
it
should
be
to
list
them,
nothing
else,
nothing
else,
and
it's
not
because
they're
bad,
it's
it
as
it's
just
that
if
you
really
need
community
buy-in
for
a
plan
that
is
coming
from
community.
M
Those
who
are
making
money
in
this
moment
need
to
just
be
quiet.
That's
all
so.
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
go
to
the
list,
we're
in
the
middle
of
two
different
plans.
Also,
your
geographic
definition
of
where
you
want
your
plan
to
go
is
also
key.
We
wanted
all
of
all
of
east
boston,
but
for
charlestown
we
wanted
the
core
to
be
left
kind
of
alone,
where
there's
most
housing
and
the
peripheral
was
was
where
we
we
felt.
That
was
more.
M
We
could
be
more
aggressive,
so
your
geographic
definitions
of
where
the
planning
should
happen
and
where
the
massive
changes
should
happen
or
not
again,
I
don't-
I
don't
know
if
you
want
all
of
austin
brighton
or,
if
you,
if
there's
certain
areas
and
sections
of
it
as
well.
M
So
those
are
just
some
of
the
lessons
I've
learned
in
the
recent
master
planning
in
both
east
boston
and
charlestown,
so
that
was
it
and
thank
you
to
all
the
folks
and
advocates
for
coming
out.
I
know
anthony.
I
had
the
pleasure
of
speaking
at
the
civic
association.
M
M
So
I
used
to
commute
every
day
on
the
b
line
from
east
boston
to
allston
brighton
and
got
to
know
the
community
very
well
from
the
immigrant
worker
community
sides,
especially
so
it
is
a
neighborhood,
that's
near
and
dear
to
me,
and
the
planning
of
and
preservation
of
it
is
something
that
means
a
lot
to
me,
even
though
I'm
I'm
district
one
district
nines
in
my
heart.
So
that's
it.
C
Madam
chair
and
thank
you
for
those
excellent
points:
counselor
edwards.
It's
really
good
to
learn
from
your
experience
of
your
recent
experience
with
with
with
planning,
and
so
so.
This
is
a
question
for
for
lauren,
shirtless
bpda.
C
You
know,
we've
had
a
we've
heard,
we've
been
talking
now
for
an
hour
and
a
half,
and
you
know
you
can
see,
there's
a
level
of
serious
concern
and
and
a
really
high
level
of
interest
in
making
sure
that
we
learn
from
the
mistakes
and
and
and
develop
a
vision,
that's
inclusive
and
equitable
going
forward.
So
you
know
in
terms
of
capacity
and
your
and
the
bpda's
response.
C
What
are
the
chances
that
we
can
get
a
community-wide
master
plan
that
integrates
so
many
of
the
pre-existing
studies
to
really
envision
a
a
a
new
future
for
austin
brighton?
That
is
community-led.
I
So
I'm
not
going
to
be
able
to
fully
answer
that,
as
you
can
imagine,
counselor,
I'm
not
the
one
that
you
know
kind
of
makes
the
decision
on
on.
You
know
where
we
push
resources.
You
know
within
every
any
given
fiscal
year.
That
being
said,
as
you
know,
we've
already
been
discussing
that
there
is
still
more
planning
that
absolutely
needs
to
be
done.
I
I
The
challenge
does
remain
one
from
a
resources
perspective,
so
I
can
just
say
you
know
from
my
heart.
I
have
been
listening
to
everything.
Everyone
has
been
saying
and
you
know
there's
been
a
lot
of
really
great
points
raised
and
I
think
that
we
actually
see
eye
to
eye
on
a
lot
of
it.
It
just
it's
something.
I
need
to
go
back
and
discuss
with
brian,
our
director
and
our
board,
and
you
know
continue
the
dialogue
that
way.
C
The
other
question
I
had
was
in
terms
of
you
know
the
the
new
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing
zoning
ordinance.
I
I
don't
know
how
that's
been
incorporated
into
your
thinking
at
the
bpda.
I
I
We
work
very
closely
members
of
our
staff
with
councilor,
edwards
and
others,
and
we're
really
proud
of
the
fact
that
we
were
able
to
get
it
into
the
zoning
and
kind
of
push
for
that
effort,
we're
the
first
city
nationwide
that
has
done
that,
but
I
think
it's
going
to
be
interesting
to
see
also
how
it's
implemented
and
what
the
future
you
know
looks
like
in
the
next
six
months
a
year
two
years
a
lot
of
these
things.
I
C
Madam
chair,
in
the
interest
of
hearing
from
we,
have
a
lot
of
folks
signed
up
to
to
give
public
testimony.
If,
if,
if
it's
a
timely,
if
it
seems
like
the
right
time,
perhaps
we
should
take
public
testimony.
C
A
You
wonderful
yes,
I
I'm
trying
to
just
think
through
if
I
had
anything
else
that
I
wanted
to
sneak
in
as
a
question
most
of
mine
have
been
asked
already:
okay,
yeah
I'll
follow
up
separately
with
with
anything
individually.
So
let's
go
to
panelists,
I'm
gonna
pull
up
my
list
of
who
was
signed
up
in
which
order.
A
A
So
let
me
see,
I
believe,
state
rep
kevin
honan's
office
was
perhaps
going
to
send
a
representative,
but
I
do
not
see
carla
on
at
the
moment.
A
Then,
let's
see
if
morgan
is
here,
let's
see
more
again
alex
then
oh
looks
like
susan
is
not
here
any
longer.
Okay,
I'm
just
going
to.
A
List
alex
then
susan,
then
eva
will
be
the
first
three.
Thank
you.
U
All
right,
I'm
gonna
jump
into
it
good
morning.
Everyone,
my
name,
is
alex
kornichini,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
allston
village
main
streets.
I
want
to
spend
my
time
today
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
concerns
from
our
local
business
community
and
then
speak
a
little
more
generally
about
the
way
studies
and
development
projects
are
conducted
here
at
austin.
U
Business
community
is
very
concerned
with
the
rapid
pace
of
transportation
changes
in
the
neighborhood,
which
stems
from
the
fact
that
there's
multiple
mobility
and
transportation
studies
happening
simultaneously
and
our
businesses
feel
a
little
left
out
of
the
planning
process,
even
if
they
do
get
their
voices
heard.
They
feel
like
they're,
not
actually
being
heard.
U
Many
business
owners
have
had
have
expressed
concerns
about
the
potential
decrease
in
parking
spaces
that
they
and
their
employees
will
be
able
to
use.
Like
scott
said,
some
business
owners
have
lost
days
of
man-hours
just
from
their
employees
having
to
move
their
cars.
Every
two
hours,
because
there's
no
employee
parking
programs
available.
U
U
Coveted
relief
has
been
a
huge
concern
in
the
business
community.
These
businesses
have
had
a
to
operate
at
half
capacity
or
lower.
For
most
of
this
past
year,
while
their
rents
have
stayed
the
same
now,
while
there
were
a
number
of
great
covered
relief
grants
from
the
city,
the
state
and
the
federal
government,
there
needs
to
be
more
while
we
get
back
into
the
swing
of
things.
U
And
finally,
there
needs
to
be
an
overhaul
around
the
way
the
city
cleans
up
trash
in
alston.
We
need
more
trash
cans,
we
need
more
time
and
effort
devoted
to
cleaning
up
our
streets.
It's
not
called
alston
rat
city
for
no
reason,
and
so
in
closing,
you've
heard
from
many
different
members
of
the
austin
brighton
community
speak
up
today,
and
one
thing
seems
pretty
clear:
our
community
hasn't
felt
like
they're
able
to
keep
up
with
all
the
changes
in
the
city.
U
V
V
I'm
pleased
that
I
have
this
opportunity
to
speak
on
behalf
of
homeowners
in
our
neighborhood,
because
I
believe
that
we
are
really
forgotten
demographics
when
I
heard
all
the
previous
speakers,
maybe
not
all
of
them,
but
most
of
them.
It
strikes
me
that
only
a
certain
part
of
our
demographics
are
considered
worthy
of
protection
and
I
will
respectfully
disagree
with
this
approach.
V
I
studied
our
household
incomes
and
demographic
brackets
and
so
on,
and
it
is
clear
to
me
that
about
one-third
of
of
households
in
austin
brighton
are
low-income,
one-third
are
middle-income
and
one-third
are
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
in
cambria,
we
have
almost
2000
households
that
make
cumulatively,
mostly
through
working
couples.
V
You
know
to
to
income
owners
over
200
000
dollars
a
year,
and
I
know
that
in
the
current
political
climate,
it
might
not
be
so
easy
to
get
much
compassion
for
people
who
are
successful
and
have
worked
very,
very
hard
in
their
lives
to
actually
buy
their
homes
and
renovate
them
and
maintain
them.
But
I'm
telling
you
that
if
we
do
not
pay
attention
to
this
demographic
austin
brighton
will
become
a
low-income
ghetto.
V
V
V
We
are
creating
a
almost
a
dystopian
neighborhood
and
it's
just
creeping
on
us
and
the
way
we
go
about
developing
austin
brighton
is
going
to
urbanize
it
to
the
point
that
it
will
no
longer
be
a
traditional
neighborhood,
the
kind
of
neighborhood
that
mayor
menino
used
to
be
proud
to
protect,
and
we
we
feel
so
incredibly
disenfranchised
and
frustrated
that
the
all
politicians
are
only
paying
attention
to
the
demographics
that
they
think
is
going
to
bring
them
the
most
votes.
V
But
this
is
not
the
way
to
plan
a
neighborhood
and
that
you,
you
do
not
plan
a
neighborhood
by
having
a
parade
of
a
grieved
party
demanding
that
something
is
given
to
them
that
somebody
else
has
to
work.
For
when
I
hear
the
gentleman
who
represents
the
artists,
stating
that
you
know
we
should
be
providing
rent
to
ownership
opportunities
for
artists.
V
I'm
sorry,
the
the
austin
brighton
is
surrounded
by
institutions
that
bring
every
year
a
lot
of
students
to
to
boston
those
students
have
to
live
somewhere
and
that
that's
why
a
certain
percentage
of
our
housing
stock
has
to
rotate,
because
with
every
year
we
are
getting
a
new
crop
of
students
and
that
new
crop
of
students
cannot
be
accommodated
as
permanent
residents
in
this
nation.
Thank
you.
A
Miss
webster,
thank
you.
If
you
could
wrap
up
our.
V
Approach
just
just
just
very
very
quickly.
I
really
believe
that
we
need
to
be
paying
attention
to
quality
over
quantity.
We
are
never
going
to
be
able
to
satisfy
the
the
the
demand
on
affordable
housing
with
the
amount
of
immigration
that
we
are
getting.
V
So
if
we
it's
just
disingenuous
to
be
saying
that
we
can
satisfy
this,
this
demand
ever
and
if
we
cannot
satisfy
it,
then
we
should
be
planning
this
neighborhood,
taking
the
quality
of
life
of
permanent
residence
into
account
and
and
our
homeowners
union
of
olson
brighton
will
be
doing
everything
in
our
power
to
expand
our
membership
and
to
show
up
at
the
polls
to
fight
for
our
quality
of
life
and
to
make
it
possible
for
people
to
invest
in
renovating
our
homes
and
not
feeling
displaced,
because
the
low-income
people
are
not
the
only
people
that
are
getting
displaced
in
austin
brighton.
A
Thank
you.
So
just
a
couple
housekeeping
notes:
I'm
going
to
start
to
move
people
back
to
attendees,
so
the
the
main
room
is
a
little
clearer.
So
please
don't
be
offended
as
I'm
as
I'm
moving
people
back
up
susan.
A
I
can
hear
you
now.
Yes,
sorry,
one!
Second,
I'm
just
gonna,
just
gonna
clean
up
our
main
room
a
little
bit.
We
have
space
for
all
of
the
public
testimony
to
to
happen
and
for
folks
who
are
interested
in
public
testimony.
If
you
could
help
me
by
clicking
the
raise
hand
feature
that
would
be
incredibly
beneficial
because
I
now
the
list
don't
quite
match
up
and
I'm
not
sure
who
exactly.
A
Okay,
so
next
up
will
be
susan,
followed
by
kevin
carraghey,
galen,
moog
and
elizabeth
heyer.
If
everyone
could,
please
keep
to
two
minutes,
introduce
yourself
and
your
address
for
the
record
at
the
beginning,
and
I'm
going
to
start
to
be
a
little
stricter
on
on
the
time
limit
as
well.
Okay,
susan
go
ahead.
W
So
my
name
is
susan
ruckwitz
and
I
live
on
44
lakeshore
road
in
the
house,
and
I've
lived
there
for
30
years,
and
so
I've
seen
a
lot
of
changes
and
I've
never
done
this
before
so
I'm
a
little
nervous,
but
one
thing
is
the
housing
units
being
built
should
be
more
attractive.
I've
seen
brown
boxy
buildings
on
tremont
street
in
brighton
and,
using
you
know,
nice,
colors
and
having
gardens
will
make
people
happier
and-
and
I
don't
want
brighton
to
look
like
a
city
with
tall
buildings.
W
I
mean
jamaica,
plain,
has
more
of
a
village-like
feel
but
of
course
we're
a
lot
bigger.
I
didn't
realize
we're
a
lot
bigger
than
these
other
cities.
That
was
a
shock
to
me,
and
you
know
flowers
and
trees
that
will
decrease
the
pollution
now
trees,
nice
trees,
but
they're
planting
a
lot
of
the
trees
too
close
together.
W
Another
thing
is:
we,
don't
really
have
a
good
senior
center,
that
veronica
smith
senior
sweat
center,
I
think,
is
antiquated
and
small
and
they
really
don't
have
a
lot
a
lot
of
activities.
Many
brighton
residents
are
getting
older.
We're
tired
laid
off
and
many
are
single
and
it
would
be
nice
to
have
a
place
to
meet
and
socialize
and
even
a
little
coffee
shop
or
something
to
be
keep
people
connected
and
healthy.
And
I
look
at
you
know
the
senior
center
in
newton.
They
have
so
many
lectures.
W
Zoom
events,
health
information,
live
musicians
and
I
think
something
like
that
should
happen
and
probably
have
better.
We
have
banks,
pizza
shops
and
nail
salons,
and
it
would
be
nice
if
we
could
have
you
know
a
few
more
nice
restaurants.
I
knew
one
new
one.
New
one
came
to
brighton
recently,
I
haven't
tried
it
out
and
also
we
have.
We
had
a
a
convenience
store
and
a
dry
cleaners
clothes
because
of
the
high
rents
and
they
were
really
good
places
to
go
this.
W
X
Thank
you
to
the
counselors,
particularly
counselor
breeden,
for
advancing
this
proposal
and
counselor
wu
for
chairing
this
meeting
I'll
stay
within
six
minutes.
Six
minutes.
I
have
six
points
in
two
minutes,
how's
that
all
right
first,
I'm
an
enthusiastic
supporter
of
this
proposal
and
there's
six
reasons
why
I
am
reason
number
one:
austin
brightens
a
community
at
risk,
we're
at
a
tipping
point
why
we
are
a
community
at
risk
because
of
the
displacement
of
working
and
middle
class
people
from
our
neighborhood
second
reason
for
supporting
this
proposal.
X
X
I
am
not
a
nimby.
Seven
thousand
housing
units
were
constructed
during
the
walsh
administration.
We
could
have
created
more
affordable
units.
We
could
have
created
more
home
ownership
units.
We
did
not
do
it.
The
opportunity
was
squandered
right,
not
a
single
major
development.
Large-Scale
development
went
to
20
affordability,
despite
repeated
advocacy
by
many
community
groups
and
residents
and
remarkably
and
sadly,
home
ownership
rates
actually
declined
during
the
walsh
administration.
X
That's
a
remarkable
failure
of
planning,
in
my
view,
both
on
the
affordability
front
and
on
the
home
ownership
fund.
Fourth,
there's
been
widespread
community
opposition
to
large-scale
projects,
lacking
affordability
and
home
ownership.
Our
elected
officials
oppose
the
san
gabriels
project
all,
but
one
opposed
the
stop
and
shot
projects.
They
were
green
lighted
anyhow
by
the
bpda
and
the
walsh
administration.
X
Two
squandered
fifth
corridor
studies
and
university
inps
are
not
adequate
replacements
for
a
master
plan,
because
the
universities
and
the
corridors
don't
exist
in
isolation.
Those
planning
processes
need
to
be
integrated
with
a
master
plan
process.
Sixth,
residential
and
office
development
and
lab
development
in
our
neighborhood.
X
X
X
A
comprehensive
master
plan
also
has
to
include
attention
to
our
public
school
system
and
how
our
public
school
system
can
serve
to
enhance
the
neighborhood
and
development
in
the
neighborhood
can
enhance
the
public
school
system.
So
I
said
I
had
six
coins.
I
actually
made
seven.
I
hope
I
stayed
to
two
minutes.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
the
hearing.
I
learned
a
lot.
A
Thank
you
very
much
kevin
okay
galen,
then
elizabeth
afterwards
will
be
andrea.
I
apologize.
I
don't
see
your
last
name
on
there,
barbara
parmenter
and
jill
rosadi
again,
two
minutes
each.
Thank
you.
Excellent.
G
Thank
you
counselor
and
counselor
braden
for
calling
this.
Can
you
hear
me
okay,
quick
thumbs
up
great?
Thank
you
so
much
I'll
be
very
fast.
My
name
is
galen
mook,
I'm
executive
director
of
massbike
we're
a
statewide
bicycling
advocacy
organization,
but
I'm
actually
an
allston
resident
have
been
since
2003
when
I
was
a
bu
student
and
first
came
in
so
I've
gone
through
the
whole
trajectory
of
being
an
undergrad
graduate
student
founder
of
a
nonprofit
called
common
wheels
general
advocate
within
the
community,
and
now
I'm
running
a
statewide
organization.
G
So
I
get
to
see
a
lot
of
the
multi-jurisdictional
issues
that
I
live
in
my
neighborhood
and
fight
them
on
a
daily
basis
for
my
bicycle
advocacy.
So,
although
I'm
approaching
this
from
a
lens
of
an
advocate,
I
definitely
have
the
work
experience
that
I'm
going
to
refer
to
shortly.
G
In
terms
of
my
main
point
of
this
comment,
I
do
want
to
say
a
quick
thanks,
of
course,
to
the
counselors
for
calling
us
for
attending,
for
your
interest
and
to
the
bpda
specifically
tad
and
gerald,
and
a
few
others
who
have
been
putting
a
lot
of
hard
work
into
trying
to
consolidate
this
piecemeal,
based
off
the
boxes
with
which
they
have
to
operate
in,
and
I'm
going
to
say
that
they
are
wonderful.
Public
stewards
and
their
box
is
too
limited.
G
So,
hopefully,
this
conversation
can
actually
be
an
expansion
of
their
work
to
say
what
can
be
overlapping
so
that
they
aren't
just
limited
to
mobility
or
aren't
just
limited
to
one
institutional
master
plan,
but
really
are
holistically.
Looking
at
this
collectively,
I
do
want
to
mention
a
quick
point
of
thanks
to
councillor
mejia
for
mentioning
the
diversity
in
allston
and
brighton.
We
do
have
a
lot
of
diversity:
economic
diversity,
racial
diversity,
age,
diversity.
G
It
is
probably
one
of
the
most
diverse
neighborhoods
in
the
city,
based
on
the
way
that
it
is
built
and
the
institutional
pressures
that
force
some
of
these
hard
challenges.
Also,
then,
do
produce
a
lot
of
good
diversity,
so
I
do
want
to
give
a
nod
to
that
and
then
also
a
nod
to
counselor
edwards.
I
really
appreciated
that.
She
said
that
we
shouldn't
even
have
to
have
a
hearing
about
this.
G
This
should
just
be
automatic
if
a
zoning
code
is
more
than
30
years
old
or
about
to
be
30
years
old,
it
should
automatically
be
looked
at
by
the
city
of
boston.
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
we
go
through
the
public
process,
but
we
didn't
need
to
spend
two
hours
deciding
we're
going
to
do
this,
so
I
think
that
that
is.
That
is
key.
My
main
point
I
want
to
make
here
is
the
institutionality
and
the
multi-jurisdictionality
of
alston
and
brighton.
G
It
is
not
just
the
city
of
boston,
so
my
main
encouragement
here
is
to
engage
the
dot.
The
mbta,
the
state
highway,
the
decr,
as
well
as
the
institutions
of
boston
college,
harvard
university
and
bu,
because
they
more
than
the
city
can
direct.
What
happens
in
transportation
can
direct
what
happens
in
housing
can
direct
what
happens
in
the
school
systems.
G
So
in
order
to
really
make
a
holistic
approach
of
a
master
plan,
it
shouldn't
just
be
the
city
of
boston
that
we
have
to
this
table,
but
we
need
to
do
whatever
we
can
from
the
mayor
to
the
city
council
to
really
twist
some
arms
to
make
sure
that
the
state
players
and
the
institutional
players
are
coming
to
the
table
just
the
same,
and
with
that
I
know
it's
time,
so
I
really
appreciate
your
work.
Here
comes
the
woo
and
everybody
for
all
the
work
going
on
out
there.
Y
Lizfest,
I
thank
you,
I'm
elizabeth
heyer
and
I'm
chief
of
real
estate
and
innovation
at
two
lake
communities.
Y
I
live
at
25
freeman
street
in
auburndale,
but
I
work
at
two
life's
brighton
campus
and
I
want
to
thank
chairman
chairwoman
wu
and
the
members
of
the
committee
on
planning,
transportation
and
development,
as
well
as
councillor
breden,
and
the
bpda
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
today
in
support
of
the
proposal
for
an
austin,
brighton,
master
planning
and
zoning
initiative
to
life,
develops,
owns
and
operates,
affordable,
supportive
housing
for
low-income,
older
adults,
including
our
largest
campus,
which
is
located
in
brighton
in
the
kind
of
nook
between
chestnut
hill,
ave
and
wallingford
road,
and
I
can
say
that
I'm
confident
that
I
speak
on
behalf
of
many,
if
not
all,
of
our
residents
in
saying
that
an
allston
brighton
master
plan
that
is
inclusive
of
expanded,
affordable
housing
options
with
supports
for
older
adults
is
an
urgent
need
and
a
really
high
priority
in
the
words
of
one
of
our
residents
recently.
Y
She
said,
instead
of
being
afraid
of
what
what
might
happen
to
me
tomorrow.
I
look
forward
to
tomorrow
and
the
next
day
and
the
day
after
that-
and
I
haven't
felt
this
way
in
many
years-
and
this
is
what
the
staff
and
neighbors
at
two
life
mean
to
me,
and
I
think
this
particularly
is
true.
During
the
past
year,
in
covid,
when
living
in
a
supportive
community
setting,
we
were
able
to
support
our
residents
in
ways
that
older
adults
who
live
at
home
alone
were
really
not
able
to
receive.
Y
So
I
want
to
applaud
the
city
of
boston,
for
its
commitment
to
being
an
age-friendly
city
and
as
an
age-friendly
city,
boston
and
the
austin
brighton
neighborhood
have
a
terrific
head
start
to
a
master
planning
effort
that
takes
the
issues
of
age
friendly
into
consideration
and
the
age
friendly
boston
action
plan
that
was
recently
created
is
a
really
terrific
blueprint
for
how
to
make
allston
brighton
the
best
neighborhood
to
live
an
age
in
through
the
five-year
process
that
they
outlined
to
adapt
structures
and
services
to
be
more
accessible
and
inclusive
to
residents
of
all
ages
and
all
abilities.
Y
Thank
you.
If
you
could
wrap
up
things
sure,
I
would
just
recommend
that
the
austin
brighton
master
plan
address
all
the
domains,
but
in
particular
with
a
focus
on
housing.
You
know
this
is
important
from
a
demographic
perspective.
Y
So
you
know,
I
really
believe
that
a
master
plan
that
focuses
on
these
age
friendly
elements
and
in
particular
focuses
on
how
to
create
more
affordable
housing
for
low-income,
older
adults
is
especially
important,
so
I'll
wrap
up
there.
I
have
a
lot
more
data
and
things
I
think
that
could
be
shared
around
why
this
is
so
compelling
and
we
look
forward
to
participating
in
the
process.
I
mean
bringing
that
really
important
information
to
the
table,
as
we
think
about
austin
brighton
as
an
age-friendly
community.
Thank
you
thank.
Z
Hi,
my
name
is
andrea
howard,
I'm
the
ceo
of
the
west
end
house.
We
are
an
independent
boys
and
girls
club
in
allston,
and
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
the
opportunity
to
to
speak
today
on
behalf
of
the
folks
that
voices
often
underheard
and
would
like
to
have
that
amplified
and
that's
our
young
people-
and
you
know,
we've
talked
about
a
lot
of
different
elements
of
of
the
austin
brighton
community
today,
and
I
think
the
one
that
is
most
often
under
looked
is
young
people
under
the
age
of
18..
Z
I
think
there's
still
this
misperception,
that
austin
brighton
is
off-campus
housing,
for
you
know
large
institutions-
and
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
be
present
today-
to
amplify
the
voices
of
young
people
that
are
looking
for
a
community
and
a
sense
of
community
they're,
looking
for
opportunities
to
connect
with
with
other
elements
of
the
community,
whether
it's
green
spaces,
whether
it's
other
organizations,
whether
it's
access
to
transportation-
and
I
just
you
know-
between
the
young
people
that
live
in
austin,
brighton
and
then
the
large
number
of
young
people
that
are
bussed
in
to
austin
brighton
for
schools
and
then
stay
in
the
community
afterwards
to
either
come
to
a
place
like
the
west
end
house
or
jackson,
man,
community
center
or
ymca,
or
go
to
work
and
organizations
in
the
neighborhood.
Z
That,
let's
please
give
some
attention
and
some
emphasis
to
the
voice
of
our
young
people
that
that
could
grow
up
to
be
homeowners
could
grow
up
to
be.
Landlords
could
grow
up
to
be
heads
of
institutions
in
our
community
if
we
make
it
welcoming
and
if
we
make
it
feel
as
though
it's
a
supportive
inclusive
community.
Thanks.
A
Thank
you
next
up
is
barbara,
then
jill,
followed
by.
I
don't
even
know
all
right.
My
timer
is
very
casual.
Jill
will
be
followed
by
dan
cuddy
and
then
diane
klein
and
karen
smith.
AA
Hello
and
thank
you
councillor,
wu
and
counselor
brayden,
my
name
is
barbara
parmenter.
I
live
at
77
harriet
street
in
brighton,
I'm
a
member
of
the
harvard
austin
task
force
and
350
mass
austin
brighton,
and
I
taught
graduate
level
urban
planning
for
27
years.
I'm
also
a
homeowner
here.
I
very
strongly
support
the
austin
brighton
master
plan
and
a
new
vision
for
our
community.
I
see
the
inequities
in
austin
brighton
every
week
when
I
deliver
groceries
to
struggling
working
families
in
cramped
and
often
deteriorating
housing.
AA
The
current
process
does
not
address
our
critical
needs,
especially
housing
for
hardworking
residents,
who
are
so
essential
to
our
well-being,
but
I'll
just
speak
to
the
process.
Here.
The
planning
process
in
austin
brighton
bears
little
resemblance
to
what
is
taught
in
professional
planning
schools.
Well,
I
have
a
deep
respect
for
our
bpda
planners
and
I
thank
them
for
all
their
extremely
hard
work.
The
current
system
is
not
set
up
to
support
them
us
or
a
true
planning
process.
AA
It
is
a
development
approval
process
and
an
opaque
one
at
that,
where
the
role
of
different
impact
advisory
groups
is
unclear,
much
less.
The
voices
of
residents
exhausted
community
members
are
left
to
decipher
technical
jargon
with
few
explanatory
summit
summaries
easily
available
in
plain
english,
much
less
in
the
languages.
Many
spoken
by
many
of
our
residents.
AA
There
is
little
consideration
of
project
impacts
beyond
the
limited
site.
We
have
major
current
projects
and
massive
future
proposals,
but
no
explanation
of
how
all
the
pieces
will
fit
together
or
connect
beyond
the
city
limits.
For
example,
we
have
major
corridor
redevelopment
in
watertown
leading
directly
to
western
ave,
but
it's
as
if
we
exist
in
two
different
countries.
AA
The
western
rezoning
project
is
an
attempt
at
a
larger
planning
process
and
I
support
it,
but
even
it
is
fragmented
between
different
parts
of
the
corridor
and
while
harvard
university
controls
many
of
the
parcels
in
that
area.
It
can't
for
some
reason,
simply
engage
in
an
overall
planning
process
with
the
community.
AA
The
harvard
austin
task
force
has
a
special
official
iag
duties
for
two
projects
in
the
area,
but
not
for
the
rest,
while
the
western
ave
project
has
no
official
community
guidance
group
at
all,
the
city
may
lack
capacity
for
a
neighborhood
master
plan
here,
but
that
is
something
we
need
to
change.
Thank
you
very
much.
AB
Hi,
I'm
jill
rizzotti
elementary
school
art
teacher
in
brookline
and
founder
of
arts
district
boston,
an
aspiring
non-profit
interested
in
opening
a
multi-purpose
gallery
and
affordable
studio
space
in
allston
and
committed
to
serving
and
providing
opportunity
to
local
artists.
Today,
I
would
like
to
share
an
anecdotal
testimony
about
the
importance
of
affordable
housing,
I'm
an
artist
who
was
pushed
out
of
alston
due
to
rising
rent
after
living
there
for
seven
years.
At
one
point,
I
tried
to
live
in
an
affordable
housing
unit
that
is
now
the
abandoned
building
on
linden
street.
AB
The
whole
building
was
filthy
and
felt
more
dangerous
than
it
was
worth
for
low
rent.
There
were
shared
bathrooms
kitchen
and
living
space.
It
is
not
fair
to
expect
people
to
improve
their
stature
in
life
when
they
don't
feel
safe
or
can't
stay,
clean,
look
or
even
look
presentable
enough
for
a
job
straight
out
of
their
front.
Doorway,
affordable
housing
is
also
a
women's
right
issue.
I
moved
in
with
someone
I
didn't
know
as
well
as
I
thought
I
did
so.
I
could
split
the
price
of
a
room
and
keep
my
jobs.
AB
There
were
some
nights
I
spent
hiding
outside
in
the
dark
several
blocks
from
where
I
lived,
because
it
was
safer
than
staying
in
my
house.
I
was
trapped
in
this
living
situation
due
to
rent
prices.
I
think
it
goes
without
saying.
I
was
not
able
to
continue
my
art
career
while
living
in
austin
the
limited
studio
space
that
was
available
was
not
affordable.
AC
Thank
you,
council
wu,
counselor
flynn,
mejia
edwards
flaherty.
Thank
you,
council
breden
for
proposing
the
first
master
plan
in
austin
brighton
study.
My
name
is
dan
cuddy.
I'm
community
and
government
relations
director
at
brighton
marine,
a
veteran
network
community,
I'm
a
lifelong
resident
and
homeowner
in
austin
brighton.
I
want
to
make
a
public
comment
to
help
ensure
the
master
plan
is
approved
and
to
address
the
need
for
equity,
diversity,
representation
and
inclusion.
AC
There's
a
major
focus
on
new
development
to
meet
the
needs
of
austin
brighton
community.
I
want
to
thank
councillors
breeden
for
proposing
this
awesome
bright
master
plan,
so
the
impact
advisory
groups
can
be
well
informed
to
advocate
for
our
neighborhood,
with
these
contractual
community
agreements
with
clan
buoyancy
in
order
to
meet
the
needs
of
long-term
residents
and
families
living
in
mixed,
affordable
housing.
Now
and
in
the
future.
I'd
recommend
a
welcoming
community
environment
that
has
programming
and
services
aligned,
specifically
with
updated
public
entities
and
facilities
such
as
our
schools.
AC
AC
Our
senior
set
centers
day
cares
much
needed
job
center,
additional
immigration
service,
community
centers
and
a
new
cultural
center
that
focus
our
residents
and
families
on
inclusion,
equity
and
supports
with
service
providers
to
move
for
residents
to
move
up
the
economic
ladder
in
unison,
with
our
higher
education
partners,
job
with
livable
wages
and
align
transitional
workforce
development
housing
we
identified
in
our
local,
affordable
housing
families
and
youth
living
in
fidelis
way,
carmel
tenants,
faneuil,
gardens
housing
have
been
under
served
before
and
during
covert.
AC
The
youth
have
been
isolated
and
fallen
behind
beyond
our
suburban
neighbors.
In
addition,
our
schools
have
been
insufficient
underfunded
in
our
local
community
center
that
serves
these
families
and
youth
is
scheduled
to
be
closed
or
displaced.
Next
year,
along
with
the
jackson,
man,
middle
school
and
elementary
school
and
the
horace
mann
school.
For
the
hearing
impaired,
the
jackson,
man
serves
the
entire
neighborhood,
but
specifically
those
living
in
our
local,
affordable
housing.
AC
I
propose
the
rebuilding
of
a
new
community
center
and
cultural
center
in
the
master
plan
that
meets
the
needs
of
the
immigrant
families
populations
and
welcomes
and
supports
austin,
brighton
diversity
and
unity.
There's
three
percent
african-american
according
to
the
austin
bright
mobility
study,
as
the
second
largest
neighborhood
in
boston.
That's
not
well
enough,
welcoming
in
respects
to
streamlining
workforce
development,
job
training
for
adults,
young
adults,
18
plus
and
youth
austin
bright
needs,
a
devoted
training
provider
and
job
placement
agency.
AC
We
need
to
provide
job
trainings
for
our
local
life
sciences,
companies,
utilizing
boston,
neighborhood,
job
trusts,
with
linkage,
monies
programs
for
our
local
residents.
We
need
to
research,
transitional
housing
to
add,
launch
programs
with
earned
income
waivers
rental
waivers
combined
with
financial
literacy
training.
So
when
local
residents
fulfill
their
career
ambitions,
don't
immediately
have
increased
rents
and
mixed,
affordable
housing
for
up
to
three
years
to
save,
earn
and
potentially
buy
to
retain
families.
AD
AC
A
A
AE
Hi
hello,
my
name
is
dianne
klein
as
a
board
member
of
the
brighton,
austin
historical
society
and
co-chair
of
the
preservation
committee.
I
would
like
to
testify
on
the
importance
of
preservation
in
our
community
members
of
the
historical
society.
Consider
demolition
part
of
a
disturbing
trend,
gradually
changing
the
historic
fabric
of
our
neighborhood
over
the
past
few
years.
The
preservation
committee
has
been
writing
to
the
landmarks
commissioners
more
and
more
frequently
to
express
our
concern
over
the
demolition
of
older
homes
in
our
neighborhood.
AE
When
developers
request
the
demolition
of
a
beautiful
queen,
anne
or
shingle
style
home,
they
frequently
propose
to
replace
it
with
a
large
apartment.
Building.
This
not
only
reduces
the
historic
fabric
in
our
neighborhoods,
but
it
is
usually
accompanied
by
the
loss
of
green
of
trees
and
green
space.
As
these
new
larger
buildings
are
built
close
to
the
property
edge
in
order
to
maximize
the
number
of
units
they
can
accommodate.
AE
The
architecture
of
these
new
structures
does
not
complement
the
design
of
the
existing
older
homes
and
changes
the
character
of
the
street.
Instead
of
demolition,
we
request
developers
to
consider
additions
in
the
back
of
the
property.
If
that's
possible,
even
if
they
are
sometimes
in
less
than
pristine
condition,
demolishing
these
older
homes
and
replacing
them
with
denser
and
larger
structures
is
of
great
concern.
AE
A
AE
A
AD
Hello,
thank
you,
councillor,
wu
council
of
breden
and
members
of
the
committee.
I
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
have
one
more
chance
to
advocate
for
a
master
plan
for
austin
brighton.
This
is
not
the
first
time,
but
I
hope
that
this
is
successful
and
in
a
word
I
support
what
others
have
said.
But
this
is
not
just
a
nice
to
have
desire.
We
need
a
master
plan.
We
have
the
evidence
that
what
we're
doing
so
far
has
failed.
AD
We
really
need
a
master
plan
and
the
evidence
is
that
we
are
not
having
the
improvements
in
home
ownership
percentage,
we're
not
having
the
increase
in
affordability
that
we
need
every
day
that
we
don't
have
this.
We
are
falling
further
behind.
AD
So
I
didn't
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
who
I
am
I'm
karen
smith,
you
see
my
name
on
the
board.
I've
lived
in
austin
brighton,
my
entire
life,
I'm
a
homeowner.
Now
I've
rented
as
a
younger
person
lived
here
with
my
family,
have
raised.
My
own
family
here
have
been
active
in
many
community
events
and
activities
and
initiatives
over
the
years
and
currently
I'm
on
the
board
of
mcnamara
house.
AD
Why
they're
in
austin,
brighton
and
there's
always
been
some
way
for
people
to
belong
and
participate
and,
as
I
see
the
results
of
the
development,
this
onslaught
that
really
seems
to
be
eroding
again
day
by
day
project
by
project
and
not
a
lack
of
goodwill
and
trying
by
talented
bpda
staff.
But
all
these
individual
plans
they're
not
coordinated,
they're,
not
integrated,
and
it's
not
based
in
the
people
who
live
here,
which
is
the
greatest
resource.
AD
I
think
many
of
the
people
that
you've
heard
from
here
today,
many
who
are
probably
listening
and
not
speaking
many
who
would
like
to
but
couldn't
attend,
spend
countless
hours
when
I
think
about
community
people
who
spend
anywhere
from
five
to
twenty
and
more
than
that
for
some
doing
community
volunteer
work
to
protect
and
preserve
our
community
to
let
it
thrive
and
prosper,
that's
a
pretty
sounding
commitment
and
yet
we're
still
feeling
that
we're
failing
and
we
need
more
help
from
the
master
plan
to
preserve
it.
There
are
three
principles
for
this.
AD
AD
We
will
lose
the
attributes
of
people
who
have
stayed
here
and
want
to
stay
here
cover
the
spectrum
of
affordability.
As
you've
heard,
there
are
no
downsizing
opportunities
to
seniors
in
this
community,
and
that's
just
one
group.
Others
need
a
way
to
stay
here
as
well,
and
I
want
to
speak
to
the
community
benefits.
It
was
alluded
to
the
fact.
It's
not
working.
I've
been
on
an
iag,
I've
followed
iags.
AD
This
is
not
transparent
and,
if
you're
going
to
be
on
an
iag
and
try
and
put
in
the
good
work
to
protect
the
community
and
get
support
for
the
community,
those
benefits
need
to
make
all
the
things
that
surround
good
housing,
work
and
prosper,
and
that
needs
serious
attention
in
the
development
of
housing.
We
need
authentic
civic
engagement
and
we
need
public
processes
that
support
that.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
plea,
I'm
so
sorry
to
keep
cutting
everyone
off
with
the
time
limit.
If,
if
you
are
able
to
email
the,
if
you
had
prepared
remarks
and
would
like
to
email
them
to
us,
so
the
counselors
can
make
sure
it's
entered
into
the
full
record.
Please
make
sure
to
do
that
and
we
will
attach
it
to
the
full
public
record
of
this
hearing
as
well.
AF
Hi,
I'm
bruce
klein.
I've
been
a
resident
in
austin
brighton
for
about
43
years
now,
and
I've
been
very
active
in
community
organizations
such
as
the
baia,
the
bc
task
force.
The
aca
and
many
other
opportunities
have
arisen
to
make
this
a
wonderful
area
and
I'd
like
to
keep
it
that
way.
I
I
agree
with
almost
everything
that
everybody
has
said
about:
affordability
and
housing.
AF
I'd
like
to
bring
up
another
point
that
we
really
need
a
master
plan
and,
within
this
master
plan,
I'd
like
to
see
some
consideration
for
green
space
being
taken,
care
of
it
seems
like
every
development
brings
its
housing,
it's
its
buildings
up
to
the
sidewalk.
This
isn't
a
good
thing.
We
lose
the
front
and
side
zoning
setbacks,
frequently
a
house
that
has
a
yard
and
some
trees
around
it,
make
it
desirable
for
families,
and
this
is
rapidly
disappearing.
AF
AF
We
need
some
of
these
open
surfaces
to
be
allowing
water
to
drain
out
the
the
possibilities
are
endless,
but
we
need
to
save
the
resources
that
make
brighton
and
alston
such
a
great
place.
The
river
is
constantly
being
threatened
by
increased
development
and
we
need
to
place
permeability,
drainage
and
other
items
regarding
the
production
of
oxygen
by
natural
resources
to
be
allowed.
Thank
you
very
much
for
hearing
me.
AG
Our
adult
education
program,
in
which
we
teach
adult
residents
of
austin,
brighton
english
as
a
second
language,
is
part
of
gardner's,
extended
service
programs
to
realize
the
mission
and
vision
of
the
school,
our
seven
esol
classes
range
in
level
from
literacy
to
advanced.
We
serve
approximately
a
hundred
adult
learners
from
over
15
countries,
ranging
in
age
from
18
to
75,
with
adult
education
levels
varying
from
none
to
advanced
degrees.
We
also
run
an
english
for
entrepreneurs
class
to
help
immigrant
business
owners
improve
their
language
and
business
skills.
AG
Our
purpose
is
also
to
connect
all
of
our
students,
regardless
of
immigration
status,
to
a
variety
of
community
resources,
including
housing,
health
care,
food
and
immigration
services.
Due
to
a
lack
of
community
resources,
we
historically
have
had
a
one
to
two
year.
Wait
list
of
70
to
80
community
residents.
We
are
also
aware
of
gaps
and
access
to
workforce
development
programs
due
to
legal
status.
AG
As
of
2015,
approximately
one-third
of
austin
residents
were
immigrants.
These
immigrants
play
a
large
role
in
the
economic
viability
of
our
neighborhood.
Adult
learners
are
an
essential
part
of
the
community
which
strengthens
itself
excuse
me,
which
strengthens
itself
by
supporting
and
promoting
adult
education.
AG
To
this
end,
the
alston
brighton,
adult
education
coalition,
of
which
gardner
is
a
lead
member
works
to
ensure
continuing
educational
opportunities
to
our
neighborhoods.
According
to
the
national
coalition
for
literacy,
better
english
skills
improve
the
welfare
of
both
children
and
their
families
and
lower
the
rates
of
chronic
disease
and
reduce
hospital
visits.
AG
A
AH
AH
I've
been
somewhat
active
in
back
and
I'm
part
of
the
quarry
hill
neighborhood
association.
We
are
on
the
brookline
border,
which
means
we
are
the
orphan
of
an
orphan
neighborhood.
Also
brighton
is
often
called
the
north
for
neighborhood.
We
seem
to
be
disjointed
from
other
people
in
boston
understanding
us.
AH
AH
I
wish
this
impetus
had
been
about
10
years
ago
before
the
tsunami
of
development
began,
because
that's
when
it
needed
it
to
put
the
cut
instead
of
putting
a
cart
before
the
horse
about
120
years
ago,
when
the
streetcar
lines
were
put
out
to
the
streetcar
suburbs
of
brookline,
austin,
brighton
and
watertown,
the
infrastructure
was
put
in
first.
First,
you
had
the
streetcars,
then
you
had
the
development,
which
also
included
planning
for
little
retail
late
sections
of
the
neighborhood
for
needs
of
the
neighborhood
to
be
dealt
with.
AH
AH
Then.
I
think
we
wouldn't
be
in
as
much
of
a
crisis
as
we
are
now.
Variances
have
been
given
on
all
the
large
projects
and
pdas
allowed,
where
giving
variances
for
the
allowed
reasons
would
would
not
have
happened
because
they
weren't
allowed
reasons
and
it
would
have
slowed
down
the
development.
AH
Thank
you,
eileen
several
economic
develop
cycles
and
we
have
an
overheated
real
estate
market,
where
families
who
go
to
who
actually
could
afford
to
buy
a
house
go
to
buy
a
house
and
even
if
they
have
cash,
they're
competing
against
developers
and
investors
with
who
want
to
buy
for
cash,
and
they
can't
compete
even
if
they
don't,
and
most
of
them
obviously
have
an
approved
mortgage.
But
that
doesn't
compete
against
these
cash
buyers.
Who
are
overpaying.
AH
Sorry,
my
granddaughter's
in
the
background,
so
I
lost
my
train
of
thought
one.
Second,
we
need
to
have
incentives
from
the
city
that
will
make
it
worthwhile
for
developers
and
also
the
funding
that
they
claim
they
can
get,
for
example,
for
condos
to
be
in
to
incentivize
having
the
funding
for
condos
for
homes
for
townhouses
for
lower
for
renovating
the
existing
housing
stock.
AH
And
people
who
couldn't
afford
to
go
there
could
afford
here
for
the
last
10
years.
That's
no
longer
been
the
case
and
we
need
to
work
to
incentivize
the
I
forget
the
initials
but
having
the
percentage
of
affordable
house
supposedly
affordable
housing
is
a
band-aid
and
to
incentivize
having
housing.
That
really
is
affordable
for
the
people
and
they're
earning
and
the.
AH
The
what
you
earn
a
year,
your
incomes
and
what
the
actual
incomes
are
in
this
neighborhood.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
Eileen.
AI
Hi
everyone
and
thank
you
councillor,
breen,
for
calling
for
this
here
and
councillor
wu
and
all
the
other
counselors
who
have
participated.
I'd
like
to
address
the
issue
of
housing
through
two
policy
lenses.
One
is
planning
and
one
is
taxation.
AI
The
first
experience
I
had
with
the
then
bra
was
the
long
painful
process
of
the
boston
college
master
plan.
You
know
in
the
end,
I'm
not
sure
how
many
acres
of
green
space
were
destroyed
for
baseball
stadiums,
and
the
selling
point
of
that
plan
was
that
they
would
house
95
of
their
students
and
it
included,
building
a
dormitory
on
the
old
baseball
field.
That
dormitory
was
never
built.
AI
There's
a
football
thing
there
now
and
then
the
most
recent
experience
I
had
was
the
largest
development
in
austin
brighton,
the
stop
and
shop
development
for
tall
buildings.
The
first
one
was
all
rental:
no
home
ownership
and
zero
affordability.
AI
AI
And
of
course
there
was
no
answer
because
they're
not-
and
so
my
first
policy
suggestion
is
developers-
are
obliged
to
build
what
they
say.
They
will
build
to
get
approval
and
then
mike
the
taxation
issue.
I'd
like
to
address
is
there
was,
is
a
very
large
house
on
lake
street.
In
fact,
it
was
owned
by
the
man
who
named
chandler
pond
mr
chandler,
the
homeowner
moved
but
did
not
sell
it.
He
rented
out
10
bedrooms
at
a
thousand
dollars
each.
AI
So
that's
ten
thousand
dollars
a
month
revenue
but
his
he
that
building
was
still
taxed
as
residential
when
it
and
many
many
many
buildings
in
austin
brighton
in
the
city,
their
business
investments,
they
should
be
taxed
at
the
business
rate
and
I
think
that
will
make
them
less
attractive
as
investments
and
then
also
on
lake
street
recently,
another
very
large
house.
I
think
it
has
10
bedrooms.
Also.
It
was
so
oh
by
the
way
that
first
one
was
sold
for
a
huge
price.
AI
AI
They
took
it
off
the
tax
rules
and
that's
something
else
that
affects
austin.
Brighton
houses
are
being
taken
off
the
tax
rolls
and
that
takes
that
house
out
of
the
housing
stock,
another
house
where
families
could
have
lived
but
haven't,
and
thank
you
for
my
extra
seconds
and
thank
you
again
thank.
AJ
Great
thank
you
counselor
and
thank
you
councillor,
breden,
for
inviting
me
to
speak
on
the
expiring
use,
subsidized
housing
dimension
and
my
organization
is
the
mass
alliance
of
hud
tenants
we're
a
tenant
union.
We
have
current
current
groups
at
reservoir
towers,
warren
hall
and
babcock
towers,
but
over
the
last
20-some
years
in
the
city,
we've
saved
about
8
000
units,
one
building
at
a
time,
but
we've
lost
2
300
and
more
than
a
fourth
of
them
are
in
brighton.
AJ
Brighton
has
by
far
the
largest
number
of
lost
units,
a
total
of
650.
Previously
subsidized
apartments
have
been
converted
to
market.
I
don't
have
time
to
go
through
the
list,
but
currently
we
just
won
a
10-year
extension
of
reservoir
towers
for
145
seniors,
but
that's
a
building.
That's
mixed
with
market
rate,
mostly
students,
mostly
graduate
students
from
other
countries,
and
there
was
a
real
risk.
There
still
is
that
that
will
be
converted
to
student
housing
down
the
road
that
is
happening
already
at
babcock
towers.
We
have
lost
that
building
160
units.
AJ
There
is
an
immediate
need,
though,
to
protect
people
from
displacement.
The
bha
has
agreed
to
provide
vouchers
on
a
priority
basis
to
about
80
seniors
elderly
people
in
their
80s
that
are
facing
displacement
within
a
year
the
same
at
warren
hall.
So
that's
something
that
the
council
could
help
us
with
to
work
with
the
bhk
to
make
that
happen.
AJ
AJ
There
are
currently
250
low-income
rent
subsidies
available
for
tax
credit
or
idp
buildings
that
are
in
the
pipeline,
and
we
would
ask
to
be
the
bpda
if
they're
not
already
to
work
with
those
developers
in
the
pipeline
to
increase
the
number
of
units
that
are
really
affordable
to
people
that
need
it.
As
we've
heard
throughout
this
hearing,
it's
250..
AJ
AJ
Third
point:
that,
right
now,
the
city's
voucher
program
pays:
what's
called
the
small
area
fair
market
rent,
which
is
the
true
market
rent.
I
it's
quite
likely
that
a
lot
of
these
pipeline
developments,
the
2400
to
that
jason
mentioned,
will
be
charging
rents
that
are
within
the
range
of
this
of
the
current
vouchers.
AJ
You
put
that
together,
we
should
pause
the
whole
thing
and
really
come
up
with
a
master
plan
that
meets
truly
affordable
needs
in
charles
view
or
tent
city
type,
mixed
income,
housing
and
all
the
remaining
parcels.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
ed
kotomori
and
ends
the
last
one
on
our
list
in
terms
of
folks
who
are
raising
their
hands
I'll.
Do
one
last
call
if
anyone
who
is
watching
would
like
to
testify?
If
you
please
click,
if
you
go
to
the
bottom
of
your
zoom
screen,
you
can
click
the
raise
hand,
button
and
then
I'll
see
it,
and
we
can
close
out
testimony
that
way.
AK
AK
We
have
seen
all
of
changes
from
early
1900s
to
to
now,
and
what
I
have
seen
and
what
I
have
heard
today
is
the
beginning,
obviously,
of
a
master
plan,
all
the
thoughts
all
the
ideas
are
there,
and
the
only
thing
that
bothers
me
is
that
we
will
not
have
a
united
front
with
all
of
the
community.
I
have
seen
it
time
and
time
again
we
have
failed
because
we
have
not
united
I've
heard
brighton.
Does
this
also
does
this?
AK
No,
we
have
to
have
a
united
front
with
both
in
order
to
get
anything
done
now.
If
they
could
do
it
or
is
it
was
it
self-exams
where
edwards
did
it?
Why
can't
we
do
it
here?
AK
I'm
I'm
hoping
that
we
in
this
area
can
listen
more
into
the
plans
that
are
not
the
plans,
but
the
way
council
edwards
did
this.
AK
AK
AK
A
A
Oh
okay,
got
it
wonderful,
so
oh
hold
on
one
more
hand:
oh
no
okay!
I
think
everyone
who's
wanted
to
speak,
has
spoken
and
thank
you
very
much
I'll.
Go
to
council
braden
for
a
closing
statement.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
huge
thank
you
to
everyone.
Who's
participated
this
morning,
our
colleagues
from
the
bpda
and
dnd,
all
the
panelists
and
all
the
folks
who've
taken
time
to
come
on
and
give
us
their
thoughts
on
the
future
of
austin,
brighton
and
the
need
for
a
master
plan.
I
think
really.
C
A
Thank
you,
council
braden,
and
thank
you
to
everyone
who
came
in
and
testified
and
spoke
with
us.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
the
conversation
and,
oh
sorry,
one
one
last
note
we
have
some
video
testimony.
I
nearly
forgot
thank
you
so
much
to
carrie
from
central
staff
for
reminding
us,
so
we
can
go
to
video
testimony
at
this
point.
I'm
sorry
and
then
we
will
thank
you,
council
brandon,
for
the
from
my
part,
premature
closing,
but
we'll
do
that
and
then
we
will
adjourn
this
hearing.
AL
Hello,
my
name
is
siobhan
mchugh.
I
live
in
the
oak
square
area
of
brighton
healthcare
provider.
I
have
been
providing
child
care
for
24
years.
When
I
started
out,
we
had
so
many
small
business
owners
doing
child
care,
and
now
it's
the
business
is
diminished.
It
not
many
more
opening
up.
Child
cares
and
it's
very
important
for
the
city
to
realize
that
family
child
care
is
vital
to
families
staying
in
the
city
of
boston.
AL
F
But
in
reality
there
is
a
significant
population
of
families
and
young
people
who
do
grow
up
here
and
I
feel
like
we
haven't,
really
always
been
at
the
top
of
the
priority
list
of
having
our
perspectives
heard.
And
one
of
these
examples
is
the
frustration
of
me
and
my
friends
when
we
were
seeing
the
proposed
union
twist.
F
Marijuana,
dispensary
and
what's
really
frustrating
is
that
as
a
student,
we
know
that,
where
that
proposed,
marijuana
pot
shop
is
going
to
be
is
where
a
lot
of
bps
elementary
school
and
high
school
students
wait
for
the
bus
together,
and
so
that
has
always
been
kind
of
a
really
large
frustration
for
me
and
some
of
my
friends
that
grew
up
here,
because
we
just
don't
feel
like
our
opinions,
have
really
reached
the
table
and
have
been
valued
at
all.
And
so
I
think,
as
a
youth
president.
F
I
just
really
stand
behind
this
initiative
because
I
think
it's
something
that
I
kind
of
wish
I
had
before
and
will
be
really
empowering
for
young
people
in
austin,
brighton
and
especially
for
young
people
who,
like
me,
might
be
the
only
english
speakers
in
their
families
and
kind
of
the
representatives
regarding
families
who
may
be
growing
up
in
austin
brighton.
So
thank
you
for
your
time
today
and
have
a
nice
day
bye.
AM
Good
morning,
madam
chairwoman,
wu
councillor,
braden
and
other
members
of
the
planning
development
and
transportation
committee,
my
name
is
justin
brown
and
I've
lived
in
brighton
for
the
past
22
years.
Three
years
ago,
I
co-founded
the
awesome
writing
note
of
350
mass,
a
statewide
climate
justice
organization,
though
this
list
is
not
exhaustive.
I'll,
take
the
chance
here
to
speak
about
three
things.
AM
What
we
can
include,
what
we
can
undo
and
how
we
can
think
first,
a
master
plan
must
include
all
the
ways
that
we
can
meet
our
collective
needs,
while
living
within
the
ecological
limits
of
our
bioregion.
This
means
targeting
a
severe
reduction
in
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
increasing
green
space
and
providing
healthy,
resilient
and
affordable
housing.
I
would
like
to
see
continued
emphasis
on
multimodal
transit
planning
for
our
region's
corridors
that
emphasizes
walkability
biking
and
easy
access
to
mass
transit.
I'd
also
advocate
for
the
privacy
of
the
charles
river
and
our
planning
decisions.
AM
Secondly,
this
is
a
chance
to
explicitly
undo
decades
of
racist
policies
that
have
resulted
in
existing
housing
patterns
and
levels
of
wealth
in
majority
white
house
and
writing
left
in
their
own.
Existing
power
systems
will
end
up
producing
more
of
what
we
already
have
segregation
and
extreme
wealth
inequalities.
AM
Finally,
long-term
planning
is
an
opportunity
to
keep
the
power
and
pressure
of
short-term
thinking
at
bay.
If
this
really
is
a
plan,
then
it
should
be
a
long-term
plan.
We
should
be
thinking
about
how
the
decisions
we
make
now
will
affect
the
people
of
austin
brighton
in
100
years.
I
propose
two
ways
to
do
that:
the
creation
of
a
citizen
citizens
assembly
with
legitimate
decision-making
power
and
a
third-party
analysis
of
who
has
benefited
most
from
development
and
planning
in
the
last
10
years.
AM
A
Wonderful,
okay,
thank
you
so
much
to
our
central
staff
team
for
making
sure
we
got
in
that
pre-taped
and
very
important
public
testimony
as
well.
Thank
you
again,
councillor
brayden
our
lead
sponsor
and
to
everyone
who
joined
us.
I
will
gavel
close
this
hearing
on
docket
number:
zero,
two
zero,
two
one,
four,
a
hearing
on
regarding
an
austin,
brighton
master
plan
and
zoning
initiative.
This
hearing
is
adjourned.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.