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From YouTube: Boston's Covid-19 Recovery on April 14, 2023
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Boston's COVID-19 Recovery Hearing - Docket #0162, Order for a hearing regarding enhancing Boston's COVID recovery via competitive federal grants provided by the B.I.L. and I.R.A.
A
Calling
this
hearing
to
order
for
the
record,
my
name
is
Kenzie
Bach
I'm,
the
Boston
City
councilor
for
district
8.,
and
also
the
council's
chair
of
the
committee
on
Boston's
covid-19
recovery.
This
hearing
is
being
recorded,
it's
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov,
city-council,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN,
channel
82
and
FiOS
channel
964..
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket0162
order
for
a
hearing
regarding
enhancing
Boston's
covid
recovery
via
competitive
federal
grants
provided
by
the
bipartisan
infrastructure
law
and
the
inflation
reduction
act.
A
That
matter
was
co-sponsored
by
myself:
counselor
Brian
Worrell
of
District
4
and
counselor
Gigi
Coletta
of
district
one
we're
joined
here
as
well
by
my
colleague
council
president
Ed
Flynn
of
District
2.
written
comments
on
this
hearing
may
be
sent
to
the
committee
email
at
ccc.covid19
at
boston.gov
and
will
be
made
part
of
the
record
and
available
to
all
counselors
public.
Testimony
will
be
taken
at
the
end
of
this
hearing.
If
you
wish
to
sign
up
for
public
testimony
here
in
the
chamber,
please
sign
in
on
the
sheet
near
the
door.
A
If
you
want
to
sign
in-
and
we're
joined
here
today
by
a
number
of
folks
from
across
the
administration,
so
we've
got
Alison
briezius
our
commissioner
for
the
environment,
Department
Casey,
Brock,
Wilson,
director
of
strategic
Partnerships
in
the
administration
of
Finance
vanit
Gupta,
our
director
of
planning
at
the
Boston
transportation
department,
it's
Chris,
Osgood
senior
advisor
for
the
mayor,
nnas
Foster,
director
of
resource
development
in
intergovernmental
relations.
So
it's
an
All-Star
cast
and
I'll
just
say
a
word
about
this
hearing
from
my
perspective
and
then
pass
it
to
president
Flynn.
A
There
was
significant
Federal
investment
pledged
for
localities
for
kind
of
pursuing
that
goal,
and
the
bipartisan
infrastructure
law
and
the
inflation
reduction
act
both
passed
by
Congress
and
signed
by
the
president
in
the
last
couple
of
years,
but
a
huge
amount
of
those
funds
that
are
available
to
really
give
us
the
best
Boston
to
Boston.
That
is
the
most
climate
resilient.
That
is
the
most
Equitable
that
really
invests
in
the
kind
of
infrastructure
that
our
residents
can
rely
on
for
decades
and
even
centuries
to
come.
A
A
ton
of
that
money
is
competitive,
and
so
what
that
means
is
unlike
the
arpa
dollars
that
we
got
and
that
this
Council
appropriated
from
this
committee
last
year.
It's
not
just
a
formula
that
comes
to
us
by
virtue
of
the
population
of
the
city
of
Boston.
It's
money,
that's
out
there,
but
we
have
to
pose
plans
to
go,
get
it
and,
of
course,
we're
in
competition
with
other
jurisdictions
around
the
state
and
Country
and
I.
A
You
know
I
as
folks
know
this.
This
is
probably
my
last
in-person
hearing
sharing
as
a
counselor
I'm
jumping
over
to
the
other
side
of
the
chamber
to
be
the
administrator
of
the
Boston
Housing
Authority.
A
lot
of
the
money
for
housing
authorities
specifically
was
cut
from
the
original,
build
back.
Better
plan
didn't
pass
at
the
federal
level,
but
when
we
talk
about
decarbonization,
there's
a
ton
of
money
at
the
federal
level
for
decarbonization
at
sitting
at
EPA,
but
it's
usable
for
public
housing
right.
A
If
we,
if
we
competitively
apply
or
we
had
a
hearing,
would
do
it
a
few
weeks
back
about
the
fact
that
there's
you
know
money
to
connect
our
affordable
housing
but
better
from
an
internet
perspective.
So
that's
just
a
couple
of
examples
from
my
bailiwick
but
I
think
there's
a
ton
of
places
where
it's
like.
We
have
to
all
be
talking
to
each
other
and
not
in
silos
to
make
sure
that
we're
pursuing
all
the
best
opportunities
for
the
city.
A
That
can
really
be
transformative
for
our
neighborhoods.
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
that
the
council
and
the
Departments
are
able
to
communicate
about
all
these
opportunities
and
keep
our
eye
on
the
ball.
So
that's
sort
of
the
reason
for
this
hearing
from
my
perspective
and
I
now
just
want
to
allow
my
colleagues
to
make
brief
opening
statements,
beginning
with
President
Ed,
Flynn,
District
2.
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
important
work
that
you
have
done
and
working
closely
with
mayowa
in
her
Administration
team.
Many
of
them
present
today
on
this
piano
I,
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
piano
for
the
important
work
they're
doing
in
their
staff
as
well,
in
working
smartly
and
working
across
the
entire
city,
bringing
people
together
as
we
rebuild
our
City
and
rebuild
our
infrastructure
economy
and
keep
our
city
moving
forward.
B
But
it's
it's
our
dedicated
and
city
in
professional
city,
employees
that
do
the
tremendous
work
of
making
sure
that
we
provide
the
best
possible
City
that
we
can
for
our
residents
so
again
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
Administration
staff.
That's
present
here
today
and
thank
you
to
you.
Council
buck.
A
C
You
very
much
Sharon
good
morning.
Everyone
thank
you
for
being
here,
I'm,
going
to
keep
it
really
brief.
I
just
like
to
get
a
status
reported
where
we're
at
I.
You
know,
there's
an
incredible
opportunity
in
all
of
these
grant
opportunities
and
and
the
all
this
infrastructure
and
inflation
reduction
act.
Etc
so
I
know
our
my
particular
District
district
9
has
the
I-90
project.
C
That
is,
you
know,
we're
still
got
our
fingers
crossed
that
we
will
manage
to
get
some
federal
money
to
help
us
with
that
incredible
sort
of
once
in
a
once
in
a
generation
or
once
in
a
lifetime
opportunity
to
improve
mass
transit
into
the
western
part
of
the
City
and
connect
District
9
to
more
efficiently
to
the
rest
of
the
city.
So
I'm,
looking
forward
to
the
conversation
this
morning
and
learning
all
of
the
the
great
opportunities
and
what
we've,
what
what
other
opportunities
we
may
be
able
to
leverage.
D
Good
morning,
everybody
I
will
also
keep
this
very
brief.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
being
here,
thank
you
for
your
work.
I
look
forward
to
talking
about
infrastructure.
We
love
infrastructure
here
in
the
Boston
city,
council,
I
hope
Folks
at
home
are
equally
as
excited
for
this
conversation,
as
I
am
I'm,
really
looking
forward
to
diving
deep
into
climate
action
and
climate
resiliency,
and
also
broadband,
and
and
just
some
of
the
possibilities
in
and
Investments
that
we're
we're
fighting
for
and
trying
to
be
competitive
on.
So
thank
you.
A
You
thank
you
Council
Coletta
and
before
we
go
to
the
panel
I
just
want
to
read
a
absence
letter
from
our
colleague,
counselor
Aaron
Murphy
City
councilor
at
large,
dear
chair
Bach,
I'm.
Writing
to
inform
you
of
my
absence
during
today's
city
council,
hearing
on
docket0162
reorder
for
a
hearing
regarding
enhancing
Boston's
covid-19
recovery
via
competitive
federal
grants
provided
by
the
bil
and
Ira.
A
A
representative
from
my
staff
will
be
listening
in
and
following
up
with
me,
I
look
forward
to
reviewing
the
footage
and
following
up
as
need,
be
and
I
sincerely
regret
that
I
could
not
attend
the
hearing
this
morning
as
I
made
prior
commitments.
That
I
must
keep
thank
you,
Aaron
Murphy,
Boston,
City
councilor
at
large,
and
that's
dated
today.
April
14,
2023
and
we'll
be
joined
momentarily
by
councilor,
Brian
Worrell,
so
we'll
hear
from
him
in
a
bit.
E
E
We
think
we
were
last
before
you
in
early
December
sort
of
outlining
our
overall
strategy
to
counselor
box
point
about
how
we
are
working
across
the
administration
to
pursue
this
funding.
Our
thought
is
to
give
you
an
update
about
how
our
pursuit
of
federal
funds
is
going
on
specific
projects
that
we
think
are
the
highest
value
for
our
constituents
in
case.
E
The
first
is
roughly
550
billion
dollars
of
new
investment,
about
50
targeted
towards
Transportation,
about
50
of
the
funding
allocated
to
States
through
formula
funding
and
the
inflation
production
act,
which
is
largely
focused
on
climate
action
to
councilor
Coletta's
Point
about
50
of
that,
or
a
little
over
50
percent
of
that
towards
a
clean
energy
infrastructure
and
about
50
of
the
funding
allocated
through
through
business
tax
credits.
What
is
I
think
also
valuable
for
us
that
you
see
sort
of
in
the
middle
of
the
slide.
E
F
Christ
thanks
Chris
again
Casey
bark
Wilson.
Thank
you
for
having
us
here
today.
I'll
speak
briefly
on
the
bil
and
the
infrastructure
at
the
inflation
reduction
act
as
Chris
mentioned.
This
is
obviously
a
once
in
a
lifetime
once
in
generation,
investment
of
over
550
million
through
2026.
about
half
of
that
is
based
in
transportation
and
the
other
half
is
another
core
infrastructure
areas
that
address
climate
action
and
Broadband
issues.
F
We
have
kind
of
broken
the
this
large
bill
into
about
those
three
categories
and
we
think
they're
about
30
to
40
competitive
grant
opportunities
that
are
intended
for
local
government
and
strong
fits
for
Boston.
So
we'll
walk
through
what
our
approach
is
to
those
opportunities
today
and
how
we're
thinking
ahead
on
those
on
the
inflation
reduction
act
side,
as
Chris
mentioned,
the
majority
of
that
funding
is
going
into
business
tax
credits.
Here,
that's
the
the
red
pie,
slice
slice
in
the
middle
of
the
page.
There
are
also
competitive
grant
opportunities
that
are
available
to
us.
F
G
G
So
we
were
lucky
to
or
I
shouldn't,
say,
lucky
I
think,
due
to
a
really
good
application,
we
were
awarded
two
additional
grants.
The
first
was
the
Safe
Streets
for
all
programs,
which
is
essentially
a
traffic
calming
program
visa
for
intersections
spread
throughout
the
city.
There
are
11
intersections.
G
G
That
would
reconnect
the
two
sides
of
Chinatown
and,
as
a
result
of
this,
we'll
have
a
good
feasibility
analysis
of
what's
possible,
as
well
as
we'll
have
some
planning
for
that
entire
stretch
of
of
the
turnpike
between
the
South
End
Chinatown
and
the
other
side
of
Chinatown
to
the
north
Pastor
Flynn,
who
was
instrumental
in
providing
support
and
getting
letters
of
support
from
other
elected
officials
as
well.
So
we'd
like
to
thank
him
for
helping
us
with
that.
G
G
G
The
mega
Grand
in
Austin
was
a
grant
that
was
essentially
put
together
by
massdot,
though
the
city
was
involved
and
we
were
core
applicants
that
Grant
also
was
unsuccessful
for
this
round,
and
we
are
even
though
the
award
date
for
other
application
date
for
the
next
round
has
not
been
announced.
We
are
actively
working
right
now
with
match
dot,
to
put
together
the
application
and
kind
of
really
understanding
what
the
issues
were,
why
we
were
refused
for
the
first
grant,
and
so
we
are
better
organized
going
forward
thanks
to
support
from
Consular
Coletta.
G
We
have
put
in
an
application
the
next
race
crank
ground,
so
we
won
the
first
two
rounds,
we're
not
going
for
the
third
round
for
a
raise
for
race
dollars,
and
this
is
for
a
25
million
dollar
request
for
projects
in
East
Boston,
essentially
looking
at
two
corridors:
Pennington
Street
and
Meridian
Street,
and
the
two
squares
that
joined
them,
Maverick
and
Dale-
and
we
are
we're
confident
we
can
we'll
get
that
as
well.
But
you
only
know
in
early
summer
if
that,
if
that
has
been
awarded,
thank
you
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
H
Thank
you
vanit
and
thank
you
counselors.
My
name
is
Allison
brizias
and
I'm.
The
commissioner
for
the
environment
here
at
the
city
of
Boston,
as
with
vineet
I'm,
going
to
really
focus
on
some
progress.
Since
we
last
met
in
December,
as
you
can
see,
we
are
continuing
to
leverage
infrastructure
and
IRA
funds
to
focus
on
increasing
resilience
and
accelerating
our
decarbonization
efforts
across
the
city.
The
first
one
I'd
like
to
highlight
is
the
flood
mitigation
assistance
grant.
This
is
our
Hazard
mitigation
grant
program.
H
When
we
last
spoke
in
December,
we
were
in
the
process
of
submitting
this
application
for
25
million
dollars,
a
15
million
dollar
Federal
component
and
then
a
10
million
dollar
City
cost
share.
This
is
Led
through
the
office
of
planning
the
bpda
at
a
partnership
across
the
city,
to
close
a
critical
flood
pathway
into
the
East
Boston
Neighborhood
from
Carlton
Wharf
across
through
Lewis
Mall,
we're
submitting
it
then.
H
If
we're
successful
will
be
to
do
a
lot
of
the
necessary
enabling
electric
upgrades
within
the
buildings
that
will
not
only
improve
the
situation
from
gas
to
stoves
in
terms
of
air
quality
indoors,
but
also
set
those
buildings
up
with
those
electrical
updates
for
further
electrification
and
and
higher
quality
down
the
road.
If
we
turn
to
the
next
slide,
we're
also
preparing
later
this
month
to
submit
our
application
for
the
climate
pollution
reduction
planning
Grant.
This
will
be
in
Partnership.
These.
These
grants
are
structured
a
little.
H
Interestingly,
they
are
block
grants
that
are
available
at
the
Metropolitan
statistical
area
level.
So
these
grants
we
will
be
putting
in
as
a
partnership
with
the
187
other
municipalities
in
our
MSA.
We
were
working
with
the
mapc
to
lead
this.
This
will
be.
There
will
be
a
formula
grant
of
one
million
dollars
for
planning
that
will
go
in
in
April
as
a
letter
of
interest
and
then
later
in
May.
H
H
So
this
is
really
working
as
a
regional
area
to
start
to
identify
and
and
Tackle
those
larger
structural,
Regional,
decarbonization
challenges
and
we're
excited
about
the
opportunity
to
access
those
implementation,
funds,
I
think
finally,
or
the
next
two
items
we'd
like
to
discuss
is
there
is
an
urban
and
Community
forestry
assistance
program
that
is
being
opened
up
as
a
as
a
knows.
The
funding
opportunity
later
this
year
are
led
by
our
parks
department,
we're
going
to
be
looking
closely
at
that
opportunity.
H
F
You
Allison
I'll
briefly
cover
Broadband
here
today,
so
I
think
I
won't
be
as
as
eloquent
as
Santi
is,
but
I'll
do
my
best.
As
you
all
know,
the
affordable
connectivity
program
is
an
FCC
benefit
program
that
helps
ensure
that
more
households
can
afford
the
Broadband
they
need
for
work
school
or
just
their
daily
lives.
The
benefit
provides
a
discount
of
up
to
thirty
dollars
per
month
towards
internet
service
for
eligible
households
and
as
well
as
a
one-time,
100
discount
on
eligible
devices.
F
Since
we,
when
we
came
to
you
in
December,
we
had
enrolled
about
31
000
households
in
Boston,
now
happy
to
say
that
we
are
over
33
000
households
who
are
enrolled
in
the
program.
In
addition,
the
city
was
awarded
250
000
to
help
with
local
ECP,
Outreach
and
enrollment
efforts,
and
hopefully
increase
that
number.
The
next
time
we
come
back
to
you
and
finally,
we'll
turn
and
talk
Less
on
the
competitive
Grant
side
and
about
those
inflation
reduction
acts,
tax,
tax
credits
that
I
referred
to
earlier
in
the
presentation.
F
There
are
a
variety
of
tax
credits
that
we're
very
excited
about
that.
We
will
soon
become
available
to
the
city.
The
four
main
ones
I
wanted
to
highlight
today
are
the
clean
electricity,
investment
tax
credit,
the
clean
electricity
production
tax,
credit,
the
commercial
clean
vehicles,
tax
credit
and
the
tax
credit
for
alternative
refueling
properties,
depending
on
the
tax
credit.
It
can
vary
and
range
from
about
six
percent
of
the
cost
of
the
of
the
item
in
service
to
up
to
70
percent.
F
So
it
scales,
based
on
criteria
of
you,
know
where
you're
investing
in
location
wise,
as
well
as
whether
you're
using
prevailing
wage
standards,
whether
you're
procuring
locally
here
in
the
United
States.
So
we're
very
excited
about
each
of
these
opportunities
here
in
in
Boston
to
help
us
scale
some
of
the
Investments
on
our
operating
and
capital
budget
that
we'll
soon
be
discussing
with
you
next
month
or
actually
starting
as
soon
as
two
weeks
from
now.
F
So
this
is
really
an
exciting
opportunity
for
us
I'm
happy
to
talk
more
on
any
of
them.
In
December,
we
had
some
discussion
about
how
to
access
these
tax
credits
as
a
city
and
I
think.
Unfortunately,
we
don't
have
much
more
information
than
we
had
in
December,
but
the
basics
of
of
what
I'd
like
to
share
today
is
just
that.
F
As
a
tax-exempt
organization,
we
will
access
the
tax
credits
in
what
they
call
direct
pay,
and
so
for
order
for
us
to
claim
the
tax
credit,
we
will
have
to
pay
the
cost
of
the
eligible
asset
up
front,
put
the
asset
into
service
and
then
file
a
special
tax
return,
claiming
the
eligible
amount
of
the
credit
I.
Think
one
important
note
is
that
the
IRS
has
not
released
the
process
or
the
timeline
that
the
municipalities
will
use
to
access
the
direct
pay
at
this
point.
F
I
think
one
other
change
I
wanted
to
note
at
the
bottom
is
that,
prior
to
the
IRA,
if
we
tried
to
pair
a
tax
credit
with
something
that
was
financed
through
our
governmental
bonds,
we
actually
got
dinged
for
that
and
it
reduced
the
amount
of
the
tax
credit
by
50.
So
that
was
you
know,
as
we
think
about
some
of
the
Investments
that
we're
making
on
our
Capital
side.
F
It
really
reduced
the
impact
of
the
tax
credits
to
us.
One
change
that
the
IRA
has
made
is
that
the
reduction
is
now
15,
so
that
is
a
much
better
proposition
for
us
as
we
purchase
things
using
our
our
bond
financing
mechanisms
and
we
will
still
be
able
to
receive
almost
the
full
amount
of
the
credit
now
80
85
instead
of
50.
So
that's
a
really
positive
change
for
us
as
we
look
forward
to
maximizing
our
investments
in
this
space.
F
F
So
on
the
list
in
front
of
us
today,
there's
obviously
the
individual,
clean,
Vehicle
tax
credit,
there's
also
a
new
tax
credit
for
purchasing
previously
owned
clean
vehicles
as
well,
and
then
a
variety
of
tax
credits
around
both
residential,
clean
energy
and
energy,
efficient
commercial
building
as
well
so
I
I,
will
end
our
presentation
today.
We
want
to
thank
you
all
again.
I
think
the
one
last
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
is
that
we
are
very
excited
that
Governor
Healy
has
appointed
Quentin
Paul
free
as
their
director
of
federal
infrastructure.
F
D
Thank
you,
chair
I,
just
want
to
thank
you
for
sponsoring
this,
too,
being
the
lead
sponsor
and
bringing
it
Forward
I
miss
her
and
she's,
not
even
gone
yet.
So,
hopefully,
when
you
ascend
to
the
the
cabinet,
we
can
take
the
Baton,
and
hopefully
do
you
proud
when
it
comes
to
this
and
I
would
love
to
continue
these
conversations,
of
course
through
budget,
and
thank
you
all
so
much
for
walking
me
through.
Of
course,
my
brain
goes
directly
to
my
district
and
what
are
the
impacts
directly
to
my
district?
D
How
can
I
translate
all
of
this
to
my
constituents
like
how
was
this
money
going
to
impact
their
quality
of
life
and
their
day-to-day,
and
so
just
going
through
the
slide
deck
I
was
really
excited
to
see
that
we
were
awarded
the
safe
streets
and
roads
for
all.
You
had
talked
about
the
the
pending
approval,
the
phase,
three,
the
need
of
rebuilding
American
infrastructure
and
that's
specifically
for
East
Boston
the,
and
there
was
a
recent
announcement
saying
that
Bennington
street
was
going
to
be
a
part
of
that.
D
G
Safe
Streets
for
all
does
have
Paddington
Street
and
Saratoga
Street
as
part
of
one
of
the
nine
intersections
that
we're
looking
at
so
11
intersections
that
we're
looking
at
so
and
I
was
in
a
meeting
with
you
a
few
weeks
ago
where
we
talked
about
that
with
Nick
Schmidt,
so
those
money
should
be
available
later
this
year.
Okay,.
D
Okay,
so
it's
going
to
be
a
combination
of
that
Bluetooth,
okay
yeah.
That
was
my
question.
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that,
and
we
had
talked
about
a
timeline
and
aligning
with
planis
Boston
and
climate
ready
Boston
as
well.
What
are
the
timeline
requirements
for
something
like
this
and
well?
Do
you
feel
like
it'll
match
up
with
the
planning
process?
That's
happening
in
East
Boston.
It
will,
in
the
event
that
that
takes
longer.
Are
we
going
to
be
hindered
now
with
this
Federal
money?
No.
G
No,
the
the
timelines
to
actually
spend
the
money
that
is
given
to
us
by
the
federal
government
for
these
Transportation
projects
is
very
liberal.
It's
you
know
three
years,
so
we
have
a
lot
of
time
to
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
the
funding.
So
there's
it.
We
will
not
be
in
a
situation
where,
because
we
haven't
spent
the
money
and
we
use
it.
Okay,
so
I
think
I'm
pretty
confident
that,
from
a
timing
perspective,
we
are
well
situated.
D
G
Get
it
thank
you.
We
did
get
a
little
bit
of
feedback
and
we're
doing
this
in
partnership
with
the
mayor's
office
of
new
Urban,
mechanics
and
and
chatting
with
them.
We
learned
with
the
reviewers
of
the
of
our
application.
We've
got
a
very
positive
review
from
from
one
of
them
and
the
other
person,
and
we
don't
agree
with
this
assessment,
said
that
it
was
not
technically
figured
out,
and
so
that's
that's
the
reason
that
they
gave
but,
like
I,
said
we're
getting
organized
for
the
next
round.
D
Great
yeah
just
flipping
through
really
excited
about
the
pending
flood
mitigation,
assistance,
grants
and
I've
spoken
to
a
rich
McGinnis
about
it
and
Chris.
You
were
on
the
call
Mr
infrastructure,
okay,
so
we
that
we
got
the
approval
from
the
state
to
go
through
the
first
round
and
then
the
second
round
is
getting
picked
by
FEMA.
H
H
We're
happy
to
to
share
the
application
with
you
counselor.
This
was
actually
the
application
was
based
on
a
prior
grant
that
we
had
done
with
the
office
of
coastal
zone
management
and
a
community
process
to
advance
designs
to
a
level
that
we
could
do
initial,
be
ready
for
initial
permitting
and
cost
benefit
analysis
to
ensure
that
we
would
be
competitive
for
the
grant.
H
So
so
there
are
some
initial
renderings
that
we
can
share
that
that
the
community
has
seen
and
had
a
chance
to
weigh
in
on
and
actually
gave
a
lot
of
very
important
feedback
that
caused
us
to
go
back
and
revise
the
the
application
and
the
design.
So
we're
excited
about
this.
It
would
be
in
Partnership
up,
obviously
with
massport
as
well,
because
a
lot
of
that
land
is
mass
ports,
but
once
we
are
the
next,
the
next
rounds
with
with
FEMA
would
be.
H
D
Thank
you
and
I
was
going
to
encourage
that
too.
If
and
when,
hopefully
fingers
crossed,
we
do
get
picked
for
it.
If
we
can
have
another
round
of
community
charettes
and
feedback,
and
just
let
folks
know
the
more
information,
the
better
I
know
it's
another
community
meeting,
but
that
area
in
particular
is
very
focused
in
on
on
this
issue.
A
C
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
your
presentation.
Some
really
good
stuff
in
here
I
I
was
just
wondering
about
the
reconnecting
communities.
I
think
it's
wonderful
that
the
the
parcel
over
the
pike
to
reconnect
Chinatown
is
writing
a
wrong
that
happened
a
long
time
ago.
The
other
part
of
the
city
that
got
caught
by
the
pike
is
Alston
and
Austin
Brighton
we
lost
told
straight
through
just
demolished,
just
as
they
were
in
Chinatown
I.
C
G
C
Very
good
yeah
yeah
we'll
check
that
one
off
there
and
then
I
I
really
appreciate
how
incredibly
important
it
is
to
address
the
the
flooding
and
sea
level
changes
along
the
coast.
We
are
seven
awesome,
brightness
further
Inland,
but
we
are
on
the
Charles
River
and
we
have
the
dam
that
sort
of
regulates
the
level
of
the
water
and
then
we
have
a
potential
incredible
impacts
of
of
storm
water.
If
we
have
a
big
sort
of
slow
moving
rain
storm
that
sits
over
us
for
several
days
drops
a
lot
of
water.
C
H
We
are
a
counselor.
There
are
a
couple
of
of
programs
that
are
happening
in
that
space.
The
first
is
that
Boston
Water
Sewer
Commission
has
recently
released
sort
of
con
a
further
assessment,
along
with
some
potential
conceptual
design,
ideas
to
look
at
the
scale
of
stormwater
flooding
that
we're
expecting
to
see
across
the
city.
So
that's
giving
us
more
information.
We
need
to
understand
that
scale.
H
To
make
sure
that
it
will
all
be
working
effectively
in
the
future
with
increased
storms.
So
that's
a
number
of
studies
that
are
ongoing,
I
think
the
next
step
on
a
lot
of
the
riverine
and
storm
water
work
is
now
that
we
have
that
data
from
Boston
water
sewer
is
to
begin
more
of
the
community
planning
that
we've
seen
through
the
coastal
reports
on
those
hot
spots
of
storm
water
flooding
across
the
city
and
I,
know
a
lot
of
that.
C
Also
wondering
are
there:
are
there
funding
opportunities
to
just
work
on
the
very
sort
of
micro
level
in
terms
of
like
bios,
whales
and
and
strongly
green
infrastructure?
That
would
happen
almost
done
at
this
sort
of
neighborhood
level
to
help
you
know
mitigate
the
huge
pouring
of
storm
water
into
the
system.
Further
Downstream.
H
Yes,
I
think
there
are
some
we've
seen
more
of
those
as
opportunities
with
some
of
the
state
vulnerability
preparedness
grants.
We've
been
looking
at
whether
there's
a
good
fit
with
some
of
those
with
some
of
this
new
data
around
green
infrastructure.
That's
at
that
medium
or
larger
scale
for
those
grants.
I
I
think
we're
looking
at
individual
developments
through
Smart,
Utilities
and
other
green
infrastructure
policies
to
to
address
the
sort
of
parcel
by
parcel
individual
storm
water
issues.
H
But
we
could
be
looking
more
closely
with
this
new
data
as
we
understand
those
hot
spots
for
stormwater,
where
we
could
be
maximizing
those
those
State
grant
opportunities.
There
are
a
couple
Federal
opportunities
that
we
have
seen
Kate
like
the
FEMA
Hazard
mitigation
that
we
have
seen
used
in
riverine
instances
and
I
think
for
for
next
rounds
of
those
grants.
We
could
be
looking
more
closely
at
those
as
well
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
fit
there
and.
C
E
As
as
we
referenced,
we
are
in
the
process
of
reapplying
the
notice
funding.
Opportunity
has
not
yet
been
published
by
the
federal
government.
That
is
the
sort
of
official
opening
of
the
grant
window.
We.
They
have
stated,
though,
that
it's
likely
to
come
this
spring,
and
so
we
do
expect
to
be
reapplying
on
certain,
in
collaboration
with
with
the
massdot
team.
For
this
this
coming
spring,
we
did
get
feedbacks
from
the
council's
question
about
the
smart
Grant.
We
have
heard
from
usdot
about
this
last
round.
E
If
I'm,
remembering
correctly
I,
think
there
was
138
applicants
Across,
the
Nation,
nine
were
selected,
so
it's
a
very
competitive
sort
of
grant
program
and
the
total
award
was
across
those
nine
was
in
in
total,
roughly
a
billion
dollars.
So
it's
a
competitive
program
which
is
an
important
path
for
some
funding
for
the
project,
but,
as
you
know,
sort
of
only
a
portion
of
the
of
the
overall
Project
funding,
so
there's
some
additional
work.
We
need
to
be
doing
on
thinking
about
project
financing.
C
And
and
the
other
issue
really
and
I
don't
know
again,
maybe
if,
if
these
grant
opportunities
will
help
us
ramp
up
our
our
EV
charging
infrastructure,
like
I,
think
it's
sort
of
spotty
across
the
city
and
it's
not
necessarily
a
lot
of
equity
there
are
we
able
to
tap
into
these
grants
for
those
or
and
maybe
I'm?
This
is
a
quick
gloss
over
the
whole
thing.
So
are
there
particular
grants
that
would
apply
to
that.
G
I
I
can
say
that
we
are
getting
organized
to
identify
the
different
opportunities
that
exist,
but
we
do
know
that
there
is
a
a
lot
of
money
in
kind
of
in
the
EV
space.
That's
going
to
be
available
from
the
from
federal
grants,
and
so
internally
you
know,
team
lead
back
there
and
or
and
Oliver
are
a
Greendale
director
under
their
leadership.
We
are
kind
of
strategically
figuring
out
what
direction
we
should
go
in.
F
Here
we
go,
the
only
thing
I'd
add
is
that
we
all
there
also
is
a
tax
credit
for
Ev
fueling
charging
infrastructure.
So,
as
we
make
investments
on
that
with
our
own
dollars,
we
can
receive
a
30
equivalent
of
a
30
rebate.
So
it'll
allow
us
to
scale
the
number
of
chargers
that
we
may
be
able
to
purchase
with
our
investment
on
on
the
capital
side.
E
And
the
other
quick
note-
and
this
is
more
for
the
hearings-
two
weeks
from
now
than
the
hearing
today,
but
with
credit
to
the
needs
team
and
to
Oliver
and
others-
there's
funding
in
the
capital
budget
to
be
able
to
advance
some
of
this
work
I'm
looking
at
how
we
expand
publicly
accessible
EV
charging
to
places
where
there's
less
of
that
today.
So
you'll
see
some
of
that.
In
the
conversations
that
we've
said.
A
I
I
It's
like
a
30
minute
conversation
on
intersections
and
it
was
around
the
intersections
of
talbotav
and
Washington
Street
around
common
square
and
then
Geneva
Ave
and
Bowden
Bowden
intersection.
That's
an
ongoing
conversation
and
just
asking
if
the
raise
Grant
is
that
a
reoccurring,
Grant
and
if
it
is,
can
we
love
to
do
some
advocacy
around
those
two
intersections
for.
G
The
next
round
yeah,
we
can
absolutely
work
with
your
offices
function
below
to
identify
those
particular
intersections.
We
will
be
applying
for
the
next
round.
The
deadline
for
that
is
July
10th,
and
so
we
are
in
the
process
of
putting
together
locations
throughout
the
city
to
to
include
in
that
application,
and
so
we're
happy
to
work
and
the
grant
that
we
did
that
we
were
awarded
has
many
intersections
in
your
District.
As
you
know,
yes,.
I
A
Great,
thank
you.
Councilorell
I
just
did
a
quick
follow-up
on
the
EV
front.
How
are
we
thinking
because
I
mean
I,
think
we've
discussed
before
the
fact
that,
like
we,
both
obviously
need
way
more
places
for
people
to
charge
EVS
in
the
city
and
also
we
have
been
hesitant
to
take
an
approach.
That's
going
to
lock
down
curb
space
for
charging
because
it
can
it's
really
hard
to
allocate
in
a
way
that's
efficient
for
all
the
different
uses
of
the
curb
needs,
and
so
I'm
kind
of
I'm
curious.
A
How
we're
thinking
about
that,
and
also
with
these
resources,
can
you
walk
me
through
a
little
bit,
especially
with
the
tax
credits
Casey
like?
Is
that
a
limited
pool?
Is
it
sort
of
infinite
for
a
period
of
time
like
whoever
you
know
any,
because
you
sort
of
said
it
like
we're?
Gonna
get
a
30
rebate.
If
we
build
these,
if
we,
you
know,
build
these
Chargers
without
Chargers
with
our
money.
F
About
it,
yeah
I
believe
all
the
tax
credits
unfortunately
are
not
permanent,
so
they
do
have
elapsed,
a
deadline
that
each
of
them
lapse.
Some
of
them
are
kind
of
in
the
late
2020s.
Some
of
them
go
into
the
2030s,
so
we
do
have
a
longer
time
frame
on
that
to
access
those
tax
credits.
I
think
the
one
positive
thing
I
would
say
is
because
they
are
not
competitive
grant
opportunities.
F
As
long
as
we
meet
the
criteria
that
the
federal
government
the
IRS
puts
out,
we
will
receive
the
tax
credits,
so
in
some
ways
it's
a
bit
more
like
we
would
talk
about
formula
funding
than
a
competitive,
Grant
opportunity.
So
that's
part
of
the
reason
why
we're
so
closely
monitoring
what
the
guidance
the
IRS
will
put
out
for
this.
So
we
can
try
and
access
every
cent
that
we
can.
G
G
So
that's
one.
So
we
are
thinking
about
locations
near
our
small
business
districts
or
you
know
our
Main
Street
kind
of
locations
and
because
we
know
that
there's
a
good
demand
for
people
who
are
coming
into
shop.
Etc,
that's
one
piece,
the
other
pieces,
because
we
don't
want
a
car
to
occupy
a
particular
location
for
ours
on
end.
We
are
very
focused
on
level
three
charges
which
will
where
you
can
charge
depending
on.
G
If
how
full
your
tank
is
already,
it
can
range
from
15
minutes
to
45
minutes,
and
so,
if
you
have
a
level
3
charger
in
a
location
where
we're
not
done
over
is
fairly
frequent,
it
will
encourage
people
who
own
PV
vehicles
to
take
advantage
of
our
chargers.
So
that's
the
current
thinking
as
we
move
forward
on
that
Frontier.
A
A
G
F
A
F
A
I
wonder
if
also
there's
like
an
opportunity
with
this
for
us
to
have
a
real
campaign
with
private
entities
and
here
I'm
thinking
of
Dunkin
Donuts,
because
because
I
know
that
one
of
our
hesitations
before
was
sort
of
like
we
know,
there's
some
high
turnover
private
commercial
locations.
But
it's
also,
like
you
know,
not
necess.
We
don't
necessarily
want
to
spend
City
public
money
supporting
large
chains,
even
if
they
were
born
in
Massachusetts
in
kind
of
like
doing
infrastructure,
but
I
do
Wonder.
A
Like
you
know,
if
we
looked
at
the
places
where
again,
we
see
high
turnover,
it's
private
Lots,
not
public
lots
and
we
could
kind
of
be
like
hey.
Duncan
like
this
is
something
that
we
really
think
you
should
spend
some
money
on,
but
also
it
saves
you
a
bunch
of
money
to
do
it
now,
as
opposed
to
later
I'm.
Just
curious,
like
and
I'm,
also
sort
of
curious
like
where
an
effort
like
that
would
even
sit
in
the
city
like.
A
G
Interestingly
enough,
from
from
what
and
I
don't
have
all
the
detail,
but
there
are
entrepreneurs
out
there
who
know
about
these
opportunities
and
are
working
with
owners
of
you
know:
chains
such
as
Dunkin
Donuts
Etc
to
offer
their
services
to
help
them
get
their
get
those
those
Federal
Monies
to
do
Chargers
in
their
private
Lots.
So
there
is
some
it's
outside
government,
it's
a
private
initiative,
but
we
do
understand.
There
is
some
there's
a
lot
of
activity
throughout
the
country,
given
all
the
money
that's
available,
coming
out
of
Washington.
E
So
it
has
parts
of
beneath's
Team,
the
bpda
mayor's
office,
neural
mechanics
among
others,
and
so
they
can
certainly
speak
to
it
better
than
I
can
but
that's
sort
of
an
active
working
group
that
is
sort
of
thinking
through
exactly
exactly
the
question
you
just
raised,
Beyond
public
spaces.
How
do
we
think
about
this
in
private
spaces?.
A
Often
as
you
guys
know,
when
a
federal
program
like
this
comes
out,
there's
like
a
lot
of
fish
in
the
pond
and
and
I
do
feel
like
if
there
are
specifications
that
we
think
would
make
the
overall
charging
Network
much
more
likely
to
work
like
it's
sort
of
like
we
have
a
public
interest
in
our
private
Partners
not
being
taken
in
by
inferior
technology,
or
you
know,
like
ones
that
are
going
to
be.
You
know
harder
to
do
at
scale
or
whatever.
So
just
would
be
interested
and
follow
up
on
that
I.
A
H
So
I
think
we
so
through
renew
Boston
trust,
which
is,
is
a
program
to
increase
Energy,
Efficiency
and
decarbonization,
while
upgrading
our
our
buildings.
We
are
looking
very
carefully
at
where
we
can
where
and
how
we
can
maximize
on-site
solar
on
on
our
Municipal,
roofs
and
so
I
think
we
are
looking
closely
at
that
and
how
we
can
take
advantage
of
that
as
part
of
a
package
as
the
city.
H
A
A
On
the
oh,
so
just
I,
just
just
one
more
time
on
our
private
Partners,
it
just
feels
to
me
like
analysis.
Maybe
this
is
for
you,
as
you
guys,
are
communicating
with
everybody
about
Birdo
and
implementation,
and
timelines
and
I
know.
We
have
a
lot
of
anxiety
on
the
private
side
about
the
retrofits
and
everything
it
just
seems
like.
We
should
really
be
thinking
about
how
to
provide
like
guidance
to
to
our
folks
like
hey.
A
There
are
these
great
opportunities,
but
it
means
that
this
piece
of
retrofit,
you
should
really
try
to
do
in
the
next
five
years.
You
know
before
and
like
really
getting
the
the
expiration
dates
for
all
these
private
tax
credits
and
helping
them
understand
and
flagging
the
places
where
you
get
a
major
Boost
from
using
prevailing
wage
like
flagging
that
up
for
them
early,
so
that
people
can
do
the
math
and
realize
it
would
actually
benefit
them
right,
I'm,
just
sort
of
curious
how
we
think
about
that.
As
we
work
with
Partners,
we.
H
Do
think
that
providing
resources
and
connecting
those
building
owners
and
residents
to
those
resources
is
critical
as
part
of
the
Birdo
initiative,
we
have
been
developing
slowly
and
we'll
be
developing
more
quickly,
a
retrofit
resource,
Hub
sort
of
Landing
site
to
help
direct
residents
who
who
come
in
seeking
help
to
those
resources
we're
just
able
to
to
bring
a
staff
member
on
who's,
going
to
be
focusing
on
that
exclusively
in
the
last
month.
So
I
know
a
lot
of
what
she
is
working
on
right
now
is
exactly
that.
H
How
do
we
make
sure
that
those
resources
are
up
and
available
and
people
can
find
their
way
through
them,
because
there
are
so
many
and
they
have
so
many
specific
criteria
that
might
make
them
right
for
one
building
versus
another?
How
you
navigate
those
and
the
support
that
buildings
need
to
navigate
them
is,
is
really
top
of
mind
for
for
that
team,
focusing
on
retrofits.
A
H
So
absolutely
it
it
is
so.
Basically
the
there
is
20
billion
dollars
and
7
billion.
As
you
said,
the
7
billion
is
a
zero
emissions
technology
fund
competition.
So
it's
really
competitive
grants
to
States
municipalities,
other
entities
focusing
on
the
deployment
of
Technology
such
as
rooftop,
solar
and
residential
areas.
Community
solar
Associated
story
like
battery
storage
upgrades
to
infrastructure
to
allow
those.
So
it's
really
focused
on
those
energy
generation
side.
H
The
20
billion
is
a
series
of
competitive
grants
that
is
focusing
more
as
I
understand
it
on
technical
assistance
and
capacity
building
to
build
the
sort
of
the
community-based
organizations,
small
businesses,
workers,
financial
institutions,
the
ecosystem
to
develop
the
transition
to
the
economy.
So
there's
more
of
the
economic
elements,
but
that
that
is
the
that
20
billion
is
sort
of
the
most
direct
line
that
we
expect
to
see:
grantees
partnering
to
develop
climate
Bank
like
so
so,
Community
financing
institutions
at
the
state
and
local
level,
Partnerships
with
credit
unions
and
others.
H
How
do
we
combine
that
with
more
of
the
energy
side,
the
solar,
this
battery
storage,
those
elements,
but
it
is
not
completely
clear,
I
think
they're
still
really.
They
have
yet
to
release
the
funding
opportunity
and
so
we're
still
learning
as
we
try
to
design
to
be
ready
for
both
of
those
opportunities.
A
H
A
A
Right,
like
both
I,
mean
everything
from
the
the
green
retrofits,
Focus
work
and
and
really
on
figuring
out
best
practices
in
affordable
housing,
and
then
you
know
even
the
I
think
it
was
700
000
that
we
put
into
the
micro
grid
thing
seems
like
a
kind
of
like
early
bid
in
the
direction
of
how
this
is
maybe
thinking
so
I
think
whatever
we
can,
you
know,
do
to
sort
of
say,
like
Hey
we're
already
we're
already
out
at
the
bleeding
edge
of
this.
Let
us
be
yeah.
H
And
I
think
you're
exactly
right.
There,
counselor
and
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
that
would
make
us
very
competitive
in
this
space.
Is
that
work,
because
key
to
a
successful
climate
bank
or
Greenback
or
anything,
is
to
have
projects
ready
to
go
that
need
that
funding
that
that
will
prove
a
successful
model.
And
so
we
have
a
lot
of
the
work
and
the
enabling
work.
D
D
So
in
the
first
slide
it's
a
Justice
for
the
initiative
for
labor
at
prevailing
wage
I
love
all
of
that
diving
deeper
into
the
justice
40
initiative.
My
understanding
is
that
that's
going
to
underserved
communities,
we're
disproportionately
impacted
by
pollution
and
essentially
EJ
communities
right.
Have
we
already
identified
exactly
where
we're
investing
in
the
city?
I
know,
East
Boston
is
getting
a
lot
of
Grants,
it's
already
been
Chinatown
and
Roxbury.
Are
there
any
other
neighborhoods
that
we're
using
to
to
meet
that
standard
and
what
sort
of
I
guess
metrics?
E
But
the
metrics
are
somewhat
specific
for
the
guidance
for
within
each
Grant.
I
do
think
that
overwhelmingly
the
grants
that
we
are
submitting
are
responsive
to
that
particular
for
that
particular
request,
but
at
least
as
I
understand
each
sort
of
it's
a
federal
group
has
defined
what
this
means
for
them.
So
usdot
has
a
way
that
they
are
looking
at
this
and
happy
to
share.
All
of
that
with
you.
If
that's
helpful,.
D
I
Thank
you,
chair
and
very
formative
all
valuable
information.
My
question
is
on
the
urban
and
Community
forestry
assistance
program.
I
know
it's
an
upcoming
Grant
I'm,
not
sure
how
much
information
you
guys
have
on
it,
but
just
wondering
if
this
applies
not
only
to
Parts
but
like
Urban
wives,
on
the
maintaining
of
of
trees
and
Forestry.
F
We're
not
sure
yet,
but
it's
something
that
we're
looking
for.
We
know
from
the
federal
agency
that's
managing
it,
which
is
the
forest
service
in
this
case,
we'll
be
releasing
the
nofo
the
notice
of
funding
opportunity
in
April
at
some
point
in
time.
So
we
are
checking
every
day
to
see
when
it
comes
out,
so
we
can
better
understand
the
eligibility
it
is
the
competitive.
I
Awesome,
thank
you
and
the
last
question
is
around
improving
ventilation,
air
quality
and
public
school
buildings
and
can't
remember
and
recall,
but
you
guys
might
have
covered
it
in
the
in
the
last
hearing
that
we
had
around
this.
But
do
we
have
like
a
list
of
the
schools?
There
are
five
schools
that
were
awarded
new
ventilation
systems.
I
J
Counselor
BPS
is
currently
submitting
an
application
for
40,
more
schools
to
update
building
management
systems
to
interface
with
indoor
air
quality
measures,
and
we,
this
is
a
two-stage
application.
We
get
past
the
first
stage,
the
department
of
energy
invited
BPS
to
continue
with
the
second
application,
and
that's
going
in
Next,
Friday
I.
Think
it's
two
and
a
half
million.
C
You
I
I,
know
Allison,
we've
talked
in
the
past
about
you,
know
the
energy
grid
and
our
propensity
to
crash
when
it's
a
really
hot
five,
four
five
days
of
90
degree
plus
weather.
We
we
have
it's
not
that
we
don't.
We
have
plenty
of
electricity,
it's
just
getting
to
get
getting
it
through
the
grid
and
and
the
grid
holding
up
when
there's
extreme
heat
waves.
I
don't
know,
are
we
and
again?
This
is
a
question
for
a
Department
of
Public
Utilities
and
for
our
Utility
Partners,
but
I
don't
know.
C
Are
we
making
any
Headway
on
that
because
I'm
a
little
alarmed
to
think
that
it's
yesterday
it
was
87
degrees
and
the
second
week
in
April,
I,
I
I'm,
anticipating
that
we're
going
to
just
see
more
and
more
of
these
hot
weather
spells
that
are
going
to
be
so
challenging
and
actually
people
die
in
in
hot
weather
when
they
don't
actually
die
in
the
cold
weather
to
the
same
extent.
So
it's
very
important.
H
Absolutely
so
I
know
do
know
that
through
the
IRA
there
are
a
number
of
programs
through
the
department
of
energy
that
are
focused
on
utility
scale,
grid
resilience
grid
upgrades
grid
modernization.
Those
are
ones
that
we
as
the
city
don't
directly
participate
in,
but
we
know
they're
available
and
would
certainly
welcome
partnership
connect
and
anything.
We
can
do
to
help
make
sure
that
the
New
England
region
can
take
advantage
of
those
grants.
I
do
think
that
that
is
also
top
of
Mind.
H
As
we
look
to
a
number
of
the
emissions
grants,
decarbonization
grants
that
we've
talked
about
is
how
we
pair
resilience
energy
resilience
and
Energy
Efficiency
that
do
their
part
to
lower
that
Demand
on
the
grid
and
and
help
a
building
be
more
resilient
for
its
residents
in
the
face
of
those
increasing
programs.
So,
like
the
seven
billion
dollars
through
the
for
energy,
solar
and
storage,
how
can
we
make
sure
that
our
residents
have
access
to
that
program?
H
The
climate
pollution
reduction
grants
where
we
need
to
go
through
that
planning
stage
in
order
to
have
access
to
the
4.6
billion
dollars?
That
would
be
for
Direct
implementation,
and
so
we
would
be
looking
for
those
implementation
funds,
as
we
learned
the
role
the
details
there
on
how
we
can
leverage
those
towards
these
projects
as
well,
and
how
do
we
combine
it
with
things
like
the
stretch
code
that
we
just
passed
to
make
sure
that
the
buildings
that
we're
building
next
are
more
resilient,
more
efficient?
H
In
the
face
of
that,
so
we
have
a
number
a
number
of
initiatives
in
that
way.
We
are
also
beginning
a
partnership
through
a
grant
that
you
recently
accepted.
Thank
you
with
the
bar
Foundation
to
look
specifically
at
that
energy
resilience
and
some
of
the
grid
areas
that
are
most
aged
and
most
likely
to
be
browning
out
in
the
future,
so
that
we
can
proactively
look
at
how
we
can
bring
distributed
energy
resources,
energy
resilience
to
those
areas.
First,.
G
C
That
would
be
that'd
be
great,
just
to
get
an
update
on
where
we're
at
and
and
what
we
should
be
advocating
or
who
we
should
be
advocating
with.
That
would
be
the
question
and
then
the
other
quick
question
was
just
really
thinking.
We
had
a
presentation
recently
by
a
group
looking
at
solar
cooperatives
and
sort
of
low-income
communities
and
and
across
the
city,
Community
solar
as
a
way
to
increase
access
to
renewable
energy
in
low-income
communities
and
I.
H
So
so
I
think
the
the
answer
is:
we're
we're
still
waiting
on
the
details
of
a
couple
of
these
large
Ira
grants
to
know
exactly
how
we
expect
from
from
some
of
the
early
information
we've
received
about
them
that
Community,
solar
and
projects
like
that
would
be
eligible
for
a
large
piece
of
them,
and
it
would
be
something
we
would
certainly
be
looking
to
prioritize.
But
we
don't
have
the
exact
details
or
the
note
notice
of
funding
opportunities.
H
A
You
councilor
Braden
I'm,
just
a
few
more
from
me.
One
question
is
just
occasion
by
that
point
about
the
public
schools
with
the
state
arpa
funding.
Well,
this
hearing
was
focused
on
Bal
and
Ira.
Are
there
many
active
pools
set
up
by
the
state
like
arpa
appropriation
that
we
are
in
the
mix
for
are
trying
to
get
in
the
mix
for
and
do
we
have
a
sense
of
how
much
of
State
arpa
still
stands
to
be
appropriated.
F
A
F
Not
that
comes
to
mind,
we
did
receive
some
earmarks
that
were
arpa
funded
to
for
a
variety
of
different
projects
that
we
advocated
for
and
are
very
thankful
to
receive,
we're
still
working
through
the
process
of
receiving
those
funds.
So
the
num
there's
a
set
of
earmarks
around
our
pool
infrastructure
here
in
the
city.
F
How
do
we
start
to
build
and
do
some
maintenance
on
our
pool
infrastructure,
as
well
as
some
smaller
ones,
ranging
in
a
for
an
earmark
for
do
it
to
create
some
kind
of
a
new
curriculum
in
partnership
with
BPS,
so
I'm
happy
to
share
a
list
of
those
earmarks
that
we
received
through
the
state
Bond
bill
that
were
funded
by
arpa?
If
it's
helpful.
A
Yeah
that'd
be
great
and
then,
and
then
presumably
just
as
you
monitor
the
urban
Forest
Grant,
the
you
know,
possibility
of
interconnecting
with
power.
Core
has
come
up.
I've
got
my
water
bottle
here.
So
I
have
to
do
my
my
advertisement
for
power,
core
Boston
and
say
Obviously.
We
would
want
them
to
be
at
the
heart
of
efforts
on
the
city
Side
to
expand
our
urban
forestry.
A
Absolutely
we
would
too
yeah
I
mean
I
figured,
but
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
the
record
and
then
the
moakley,
so
we've
moved
on
to
the
next
round.
What
what's
our
understanding
of
the
sort
of
timeline
on
that
and
then
also
32.7
million,
is
a
lot
of
money,
except
when
you're
trying
to
rebuild
moakley
Park,
so
I
guess
I'm
kind
of
curious.
How
we're
thinking
about
to
the
same
point
that
Chris
made
about
having
to
Cobble
together
a
bunch
of
different
sources
for
the
Allston
interchange
project?
H
Sure
so
I
will
I'll
start
on
the
FEMA
side.
So
there
are
two
two
grants
for
fee
from
FEMA
that
that
are
in
play
from
Oakley
Park
one
is
for
the
core
resilience
berm
that
would
that
would
run
the
length
of
the
park
and
that's
the
one
I
think
you
just
referred
to
counselor
that
we've
been
identified
for
further
review,
which
is
sort
of
that
big
step
for
FEMA,
and
so
now
we're
in
the
process
of
going
through
the
additional
information
that
they
need
to
finalize
the
Grant
and
and
ideally
award
it.
H
It's
it's
basically,
as
I
understand
it
once
you
make
it
through.
All
of
that
additional
information,
there's
no
more
competitive,
like
we've,
we've
made
it
through
the
competitive.
It's
just
additional
information,
Crossing
teas,
Crossing,
T's,
dotting,
eyes,
verifying
information,
so
we're
we've
entered
that
stage,
but
we
haven't
formally
been
awarded
because
we
have
to
go
through
that
further
verification
process.
A
H
Exactly
and
so
we're
we're
working
with
our
partners
to
move
into
to
the
initial
design
so
working
on
the
RFP
to
get
that
project
going
to
to
design
the
connections
so
that
one's
a
little
ahead
of
the
larger
one,
but
we'll
be
really
informative
on
how
we
need
to
connect
the
pieces
and
then,
as
you
said,
that's
not
all.
We
will
be
back
as
as
Chris
said
to
to
talk
in
the
budget.
H
A
That
we
hope
is
gonna
be
awarded
in
2024.
Sorry
is
that
4.6
billion
nationally,
okay,
so
I
guess
what
I'm
curious
about
is
like
what
are
the
types
of
interventions
that
we
would
think
like
would
kind
of
be
like
funded
at
a
regional
scale?
I
mean
yeah
I,
assume
everyone's
not
going
in
with
us
to
create
a
congestion
Corridor
around
like
Gordon
around
Boston,
so
as
much
as
I
would
like
that,
so
you
know
I
mean.
Is
it
like
like?
A
H
So
we
could
competitively
put
in
items
that
work
uniquely
for
Boston
for
projects
that
are
already
in
our
climate
action
plan
or
our
transportation
plan,
but
through
the
planning,
if
we
identify
a
regional,
say,
Transportation,
project
or
Regional
grid
project
through
that
planning.
Those
would
also
be
eligible.
So
we
have
a
lot
as
we
understand
there
will
be
a
lot
of
flexibility
in
what
projects
are
eligible
for
the
implementation
funds.
A
Like
folks,
I
think
like
you
know,
if
we
could
be
part
of
a
commuter
rail
electrification
and
it
gets
the
Fairmount
line
electrified
for
from
our
perspective,
but
it
also
is
electrifying
lots
of
things
outside
of
Boston,
and
but
you
know
that
would
be
game
changing
right,
like
so
I
just
think
it
should
be
a
place
where
we
should
be.
We
should
be
thinking
bigger
picture
enough
to
not
just
be
like.
G
A
C
C
C
A
A
I
think
a
lot,
especially
in
my
district,
about
the
fact
that
we
continue
to
use
things
that
were
built
in
the
1800s
and
certainly
the
1900s
and
so
I.
Think
that
you
know
it
really.
Is
it
really
is
a
striking
moment
to
like
recognize
that
there's
like
this
one-time
funding
in
a
series
of
different
buckets
that
lets
you
really
like
benefit
bostonians
for
Generations?
A
A
So
it's
certainly
it's
certainly
in
this
context
that
I'm
particularly
excited
about
like
jumping
over
into
the
Housing
Authority,
because
I
do
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
of
very
particular
opportunities
here
to
help
our
low-income
residents
around
the
city,
and
we
definitely
want
to
when
the
when
the
tide
recedes.
We
want
to
feel
like
hey.
We
really
use
this
moment
to
move
the
ball
for
for
equity
and
for
our
lowest
income
communities.
A
In
Boston,
and
and
as
opposed
to
exacerbating
our
inequalities
so
really
excited
to
be
working
with
this
whole
team
on
the
administration
side-
and
it's
been
a
real
pleasure,
I'll
have
more
to
say
at
the
next
council
meeting,
but
a
real
pleasure
being
on
the
Boston
city
council,
with
all
my
colleagues
and
here
in
the
room,
counselor
Sorel
and
Braden
and
yeah.
So
thank
thank
you
so
much
to
you
all,
I'm
going
to
check
before
I
gavel
this
out
whether
we
have
have
any
public
testimony.
A
A
So
I,
you
know
somebody
else
will
be
stepping
into
this
role
and
and
I
will
just
say
to
the
administration.
You
know.
Obviously,
this
docket
that
we
discussed
today
is
co-sponsored
by
myself
and
counselors,
Coletta
and
Worrell,
who
are
going
to
be
staying
on
the
council
and
and
I
am
going
to
recommend
it.