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PILOT - Docket #0414-Order for a hearing regarding targeted coordination of community benefits in the payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) program.
A
A
A
I
am
joined
by
my
co-sponsor
of
this
hearing
this
morning,
councilor
Louisiana
City
councilor
at
large
council
president
Ed
Flynn
Consular
Murphy
at
large
cancer
F
Flaherty
at
Large.
This
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
also
live
streamed
at
boston.gov,
backslash,
City,
Dash,
Council,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN
channel
82
and
FiOS
channel
964..
A
Written
comments
may
be
sent
to
the
committee
email
at
CCC,
dot
pilot
at
boston.gov
and
will
be
made
a
part
of
the
public
record
and
available
to
all
counselors
public.
Testimony
will
be
taken
at
the
end
of
the
hearing.
If
you
wish
to
sign
up
for
public
testimony
here
in
the
chamber,
please
sign
in
on
the
sheet
near
the
entrance,
if
you'd
like
to
testify
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Zoom,
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the
link
and
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will
be
added
to
the
list.
A
Foreign
over
to
the
first
panel
and
my
colleague
my
co-sponsors
for
some
brief
remarks.
I
I'd
like
to
offer
a
few
brief
remarks
as
a
lead
sponsor
by
way
of
a
background
for
members
of
the
public
who
may
be
not
not
be
familiar
with.
Pilot
non-profit
organizations
such
as
the
many
institutional,
medical
and
cultural
institutions
who
call
Boston
home,
are
tax-exempt
under
state
statute
in
January
of
1912,
not
1929.
A
2009
14
years
ago,
mayor
manino
announced
the
task
force
to
examine
the
program
and
the
city's
relationship
with
non-profit
organizations
that
at
that
time,
made
pilot
contributions,
totaling
31.6
million
dollars
in
cash
and
Community
benefits.
Also
in
financial
year,
20
2009,
the
assessing
Department,
completed
an
exempt
property
analysis
on
educational
and
medical
institutions.
A
A
The
Task
Force
guidelines
also
provided
the
community
benefits,
provided
that
Community
benefits
should
directly
benefit
all
Boston
residents,
support
the
city's
Mission
and
priorities
emphasize
ways
for
the
city
and
institutions
to
collaborate
to
address
shared
goals
that
result
in
quantifiable
services
and
that
the
city
must
be
consistent
and
transparent
in
its
approach,
such
that
institutions
May
plan.
Accordingly,
in
the
intervening
years,
various
aspects
of
the
pilot
program
have
been
raised
for
review
as
the
city's
Reliance
on
property.
A
Taxes
continue
continues
to
exceed
70
percent
of
the
revenue,
while
over
50
percent
of
the
real
estate
is
tax
exempt
in
the
city
of
Boston
in
August
of
2020.
Under
the
leadership
of
then,
a
chair
committee,
chair,
Bach
11
members
of
the
council,
wrote
to
Mayor
Walsh,
requesting
a
formal
commitment
to
a
re-evaluation
of
real
estate
held
by
Pilot
participating
institutions.
A
As
we
continue
to
chart
the
post-pandemic
recovery
with
targeted
investment,
targeted
Investments
of
federal
government
dollars.
I
am
confident
that
together,
we
can
also
recommit
to
a
pilot
program
designed
to
yield
strategic
and
measurable
Community
benefits,
improving
the
lives
of
all
residents
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
I.
Look
forward
to
continuing
our
collaborative
efforts,
so
I'll
turn
to
my
co-sponsor
control,
Division
and
then
I'll.
Take
your
comments
from.
B
The
other
counselors
thank
you,
councilor
Braden,
for
your
leadership
and
for
filing
this
and
I
know
that
as
the
district
council
for
District
9,
that
this
is
really
important
for
your
District
and
a
lot
of
the
nonprofits
and
institutions
that
are
there
and
so
I
want
to.
Thank
you
again
for
your
leadership.
I
want
to
thank
the
pilot,
Action
Group
for
your
leadership.
I
believe
as
a
this
is
my
second
year
of
my
first
term
and
I
believe.
B
One
of
the
first
meetings
that
we
had
was
a
pilot,
Action
Group,
calling
us
together
to
see
what
we
would
do
and
so
I'm
happy
that
we
are
having
this
hearing
and
thankful
for
the
administration,
because
we
know
that
these
questions
sometimes
can
be
difficult
in
trying
to
identify
who
owns
what
Parcels
of
land
and
how
to
properly
assess
the
land
and
so
I.
This
is
a
conversation
that
I
think
we
have
been
wanting
to
have
and
glad
that
we
are
having
it.
B
Like
Boston,
we
have
to
ensure
that
expanding
economic
success
is
felt
by
all
of
our
residents
and
the
prosperity
that
we
have
as
a
city
is
one
that
everyone
can
share.
Our
wealthy
and
world-renowned
nonprofits
can
afford
to
pay
their
fair
share
by
many
metrics.
The
pilot
program
has
been
successful,
generating
millions
of
dollars
in
revenue
for
the
city
since,
since
its
Inception,
this
revenue
is
used
to
fund
critical
city
services
and
infrastructure,
which
benefits
everyone
in
the
community.
However,
growing
our
pilot
program
will
also
allow
us
to
generate
much
needed.
B
Revenue
diversification
without
relying
solely
on
property
taxes
by
strengthening
Pilot,
We
Are,
strengthening
collaborations
between
City
and
these
non-profit
institutions.
I'm
heartened
that
this
voluntary
program
already
is
leading
to
Greater
collaboration
and
Communications
between
the
city
and
non-profit
stakeholders
by
working
together,
the
city
and
these
institutions
can
continue
to
identify
ways
to
better
serve
the
community
and
to
address
important
issues
such
as
affordable
housing
and
homelessness
and
I'll
just
add:
there's
been
great,
a
lot
of
these
institutions
and
I'm
gonna,
you
know
address
the
educational
ones,
specifically
a
lot
of
their
students.
B
Do
a
really
good
job
of
trying
to
hold
these
institutions
accountable
as
well.
I
want
to
shout
out
the
Harvard
Crimson
the
students
there
specifically
do
a
great
job
reporting
on
my
alma
Mater's
failures,
sometimes
in
meeting
our
pilot,
the
pilot
request,
and
so
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
but
there's
a
lot
of
energy
and
support
even
at
these
institutions,
to
meet
our
pilot
for
the
institution
to
meet
their
pilot
obligations.
B
C
It
is
important
that
we
have
a
conversation
about
the
framework
we
want
to
establish
for
delivering
Community
benefits
for
non-profit
institutions.
We
also
need
to
recognize
the
value
that
these
institutions
bring
to
our
city
in
a
financial
difficulties
that
they
may
be
facing
in
the
current
post-pandemic
environment.
They
also
need
our
support.
C
It
is
important
to
maintain
a
positive
working
relationship
and
work
together
to
support
our
city
residents
in
our
BPS
students.
Let's
continue
to
work
together
and
support
each
other
during
these
challenging
times,
colleges,
hospitals,
cultural
institutions,
other
nonprofits,
are
critical
in
a
part
of
Boston's
economy
and
character.
These
colleges,
universities,
hospitals,
are
critical
to
the
regional
economy
into
New
England's
economy.
They
educate
our
neighbors
and
students
throughout
the
world
and
employ
thousands
of
workers.
Our
regional
economy
is
strong
because
of
the
critical
role
nonprofits
play
in
Boston.
C
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
It's
good
to
be
here
this
morning
and
just
for
for
I
guess
everyone's
had
a
vacation
prior
to
the
2010
task
force
this
body,
when
I
served
as
council
president
created
its
own
special
committee
on
pilot
reform.
It
also
created
a
framework
and
set
the
stage
really
for
hotly
contested
Mayoral
race
in
2009,
where
this
issue
was
was
front
and
center
that
ultimately
led
to
the
2010
task
force.
D
During
the
summer
months,
we
learned
that
they
had
adopted
libraries
and
museums
and
parks
and
they
were
making
Renovations,
and
so
we
we
identified
a
number
of
different
commitments
and
then
folks
know
that
you
know
I
say
it
all
the
time
we
boast
the
best
colleges
and
universities
in
the
world.
We
also
best
post
having
the
best
hospitals
and
network
of
Community
Health
centers
and
they're,
our
largest
employers.
D
You
know,
I'll,
take
the
institutions,
for
example,
and
I'll
speak
to
my
alma
mater
when
you,
when
you
land
it
over
at
Boston
College
you
one
of
the
first
things
they
instill
in,
you
is
volunteer,
volunteer,
volunteer,
I,
think
75
80
of
the
students
over
there
volunteer
whether
it's
through
the
post
program,
whether
it's
through
the
four
Boston
program,
whether
you're
in
the
School
of
Social
Work,
whether
you're
in
the
school
of
education,
whether
you're
in
the
school
of
nursing.
You
know
you
run
out
of
hospitals,
you
run
out
nursing
homes.
D
You
are
in
our
schools
and
you're
in
our
non-profit,
so
thousands
and
thousands
and
thousands
and
thousands
of
hours
of
volunteer
work
so
just
want
to
Echo.
Maybe
the
comments
of
our
council
president,
as
we're
coming
out
of
a
pandemic
and
into
a
down
economy
and
hope,
is
it
won't
be
long?
But
if
you
are
paying
attention
to
some
of
the
trends,
looks
like
we
might
be
in
for
a
bumpy
road
over
the
next
few
years.
D
D
D
Like
think
about
all
the
events
that
we
would
go
to
I'll
speak
Citywide,
I
would
go
to
events
annually,
fundraising
events
annually
and
they
were
all
canceled
for
two
and
almost
three
years,
and
so
it's
those
non-profits
that
are
great
corporate
citizens
and
neighbors
and
partners
that
do
great
work
so
open
for
the
discussion
would
like
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about.
You
know
some
of
our
newer
non-profits,
what
they're
doing
and
how
we
could
put
together
a
formula
that
makes
sense.
A
E
But
thank
you,
madam
chair
I'll.
Be
brief,
obviously
I'm
in
my
final
week
as
a
counselor,
but
I
have
been
the
district
8
counselor,
which
of
course
is
a
district
that
boasts
many
of
these
Premier
institutions,
both
universities
and
and
hospitals
and
and
arts
organizations.
All
in
my
district
and
real
jewels
of
my
district
and
so
I
think
like
in
that
context,
you
know
I've
thought
a
lot
about
the
question
of
how
do
we
make
these?
E
But
that
is
a
piece
of
the
inequality
gradient
of
the
city
and
so
I
think
that's
a
piece
of
what
we're
always
trying
to
look
to
solve
here
on
the
pilot
front
and
I've
said
this
before
as
well.
But
to
me
me,
we
saw
in
the
pandemic
a
lot
of
the
best
case
examples
of
what
it
looks
like
when
our
non-profit
institutions
in
the
city,
collaborate
I,
mean
really
amazing
things
I
think
about.
E
But
I
also
think
it's
really
important
that
we
not
see
this
as
an
optional
question,
like
the
main
industries
of
Boston,
are
located
in
non-profit
institutions.
So
it's
not
a
kind
of
side,
question
and
and
I
would
say
that
this
because
of
the
city
of
Boston's
heavy
Reliance
on
real
estate
tax.
The
reality
is
that
the
more
that
our
institutions
grow
and
and
take
up
more
and
more
of
the
property
tax,
the
property
role,
the
more
it
does
become
a
kind
of
like
Financial
challenge
for
the
city
and
so
structurally.
E
But
although
this
will
be
my
last
hearing
as
a
vice
chair
on
the
pilot
committee,
certainly
you
know
one
of
the
large
institutions
of
the
city
that
I
think
already
does
in
some
cases
and
really
could
stand
to
do
even
more
collaboration
with
our
large
nonprofits
is
the
Boston
Housing
Authority,
so
looking
forward
to
being
part
of
these
conversations
and
collaborations
in
coming
years.
So
thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you.
Councilman.
F
Just
take
a
minute
thank
you,
chair
and
I'm,
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
the
administration
and
the
other
panels
in
important
conversation,
we
know
that
these
payments
don't
only
come
in
the
form
of
cash
and
that
the
community
benefit
side.
It's
hard
to
put
a
value,
write
a
dollar
amount
on
it,
so
I'm,
looking
forward
to
that
conversation
to
see
like
who
is
stepping
up
and
who,
who
who
do,
we
need
to
really
like
look
at
that,
could
do
more
for
the
city,
but
also
I
mean
the
tax
exempt.
F
A
Chair,
thank
you
councilor
Murphy,
so
we're
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
administration
panel.
Again,
the
title
of
this
docket
is
targeted
coordination
of
community
benefits
in
the
pilot
program,
so
our
Focus
this
morning.
The
conversation
is
really
to
do
a
more
of
a
deeper
dive
into
the
discussion
around
Community
benefits
and
the
incredible
value
that
they
bring
to
the
city
and
how
we
might
go
forward
to
thinking
about
reframing
and
updating
our
pilot
program
through
partnership
and
collaboration.
So
I
think
commissioner
Nick
arinello
you
first
and
we'll
take
it
from
there.
G
G
We
for
the
most
part
administered
the
pilot
program
with
the
vital
assistants
and
value
added
by
Casey
Brock
Wilson,
our
director
of
strategic
Partnerships
in
the
cfo's
office,
so
chair,
you've
done
such
an
excellent
job
of
going
over
the
the
summary
in
your
opening
statements
that
you're
taking
the
wind
a
little
bit
out
of
some
of
my
talking
points.
But
that's
that's
good,
so
I,
don't
need
to
repeat
them.
G
As
you
mentioned,
it
was
first
implemented
in
fiscal
year
2012
and
it
was
kind
of
based
off
of
fiscal
year.
2010
values
at
that
point
and
there
was
a
five-year
ramp
up
and
so
I
think.
That's
that's
important
to
kind
of
recognize
and
how
we
got
from
there
to
here
is
that
it
wasn't
immediately
started
where
in
that
first
year
we
were
requesting
25
of
the
value
at
that
point
in
time
we're
requesting
one-fifth
of
25
of
the
value.
G
And
then
it
took
us
five
years
to
get
to
that
point
where
we
were
looking
at
25
percent
of
that
2010
value.
And
then,
after
that,
the
the
program
became
a
little
bit
more
detached
from
property
values
in
which
we
were
increasing
our
ask
every
year
of
Institutions.
But
we
were
increasing
it
more
on
the
actual
money
side
of
the
calculation,
so
that
the
end
part
of
the
calculation
and
so
the
base
value
at
the
beginning.
Didn't
change
so
much.
G
But
the
end
part
in
terms
of
how
much
we
were
asking
for
in
terms
of
cash
and
Community
benefits.
We
were
increasing
by
two
and
a
half
percent
every
year
and
the
thought
process
behind
that
was
to
tie
it
to
proposition
two
and
a
half
and
the
general
ability
of
the
tax
levy
to
increase
by
two
and
a
half
percent.
And
so
it
was
conceptually
tied
to
property
taxes,
but
didn't
have
such
a
strong
direct
correlation.
G
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
convening
this
hearing
and
for
having
us
here
to
talk.
I
think
this
is
an
excellent
time
for
us
to
look
back
on
the
program
and
kind
of
review.
What's
gone
well,
and
a
lot
of
things
have
gone
really
well,
but
also
look
for
places
for
improvement
and
I
think
we
can
all
agree
that
there's
always
room
for
improvement
in
everything
you.
G
G
The
vast
majority
of
these
institutions,
especially
the
larger
ones,
also
have
taxable
property
and
they
they
pay
property
taxes
on
their
taxable
property,
and
so
this
isn't
something
where
they're
paying
the
pilot
program
instead
of
property
taxes.
This
is
something
where
they're
making
these
contributions
on
property
that
they
would
have
no
obligation
on
otherwise
other
than
their
participation
in
this
program
and
I.
G
This
is
just
a
kind
of
a
operational
review
of
the
timeline
of
how
everything
works
during
a
year.
So
the
pilot
program,
we
administer
two
notices,
the
first
notice
we
send
out
in
October,
and
we
request
the
first
half
contribution
in
November.
Then
early
April,
we
asked
for
institutions
to
submit
their
Community
benefit
reports
mid-april.
G
With
these
two
and
a
half
percent
increases,
the
thing
I
would
like
to
note
is
that
and
that
I
think
has
been
a
really
strong
success
that
is
worth
recognizing.
Is
that
during
the
pandemic,
the
program
has
had
stability
over
the
past
three
years,
which
I
think
is,
is
really
a
big
deal.
When
you
think
about
the
fact
that
is
a
voluntary
program
and
at
any
point
the
institutions
could
have
decided.
You
know
what
we
just
can't
make
that
line
item
work,
but
they
continue
to
maintain
support
of
the
program
and
I
I.
G
Don't
want
that
to
kind
of
slip
into
the
weeds.
Thank
you.
If
we
look
at
last
year,
more
specifically,
overall,
what
we
requested
in
terms
of
cash
and
potentially
Community
benefits
was
123
million
dollars
and
we
we
met.
75
percent
of
that
goal
through
Community
benefit
credits
that
institutions
received
and
and
cash
contributions.
H
H
The
task
force
did
Define
that
Investments
that
are
included
as
pilot
Community
benefits
should
be
separate
from
imp
commitments
and
article
80
requirements
as
well.
Some
of
the
common
examples
of
pilot
Community
benefits,
some
of
which
have
already
been
mentioned
today,
are
academic
scholarships,
job
training
initiatives
and
health
disparity
programs
in
FY
22,
which
is
the
last
most
recent
full
year.
H
There
were
eight
institutions
who
did
not
report
in
22
and
therefore
did
not
get
credit.
As
you
know,
we
are
in
the
midst
of
FY
23
right
now.
We
have
collected
37
Community
benefits
reports
as
of
this
morning
and
are
working
with
pilot
Partners,
who
have
yet
to
submit
to
make
sure
they
get
theirs.
In.
H
H
In
addition,
we
began
posting
all
submitted
reports
on
boston.gov
created
a
new
summary
report
that
published
publishes
additional
information
on
neighborhood
impact
and
summarizes
high-level
categories
of
investment
based
on
the
social
determinants
of
Health.
That's
the
chart
that
you
see
today
in
front
of
you
on
this
slide,
which
shows
that
the
majority
of
community
benefits
are
focused
in
education,
Community,
Health,
Good,
Neighbor
activities
and
built
environment.
H
So,
turning
more
towards
the
future,
like
many
of
you
here
in
the
room
today,
we
believe
that
pilot
is
ready
for
its
next
chapter,
one
that
builds
on
the
success
and
lessons
of
the
past
decade
and
establishes
a
plan
for
Clear
predictable,
aligned
growth
in
the
in
the
coming
decade.
We
want
to
build
on
the
foundation.
We
have
and
create
a
more
impactful
partnership
in
four
key
ways.
H
List
could
probably
be
longer
than
just
four
key
ways,
but
we'll
start
with
four
key
ways,
and
first,
this
iteration
of
pilot
was
launched
in
fiscal
year
12
well
over
a
decade
ago.
In
the
intervening
years
and
I
think
this
is
very
striking.
Nearly
all
of
the
institutional
leaders
at
the
45
pilot
institutions
have
turned
over
as
well.
We
are
obviously
a
new
Administration
here
at
City
Hall.
H
We
are
confident
that
shared
investment
in
Pilot's
future
and
a
collaborative
decision
making
across
all
stakeholders
about
program
growth
will
increase
participation
at
all
levels.
Second,
as
we
head
into
budget
season,
I
think
it's
important
to
note.
The
city
relies
and
will
continue
to
rely
on
cash
contributions
from
our
pilot
Partners
to
fund
a
portion
of
our
annual
operating
budget.
These
payments
make
a
meaningful
impact
on
the
Boston
community
and
support
everything
from
street
cleaning
to
snow
plowing
to
schools
and
youth.
H
We
must
maintain
and
grow
these
resources
beyond
the
current
Baseline,
which,
as
Nick
showed,
is
hovering
right
around
35
million
dollars
a
year.
Third,
as
we
shared
in
the
previous
slides,
a
broad
framework
has
guided
the
pilot
Community
benefits
program
for
the
past
10
years.
In
the
next
phase
of
pilot,
we
hope
to
shift
from
that
compliance
mindset
towards
something
that
is
more
proactive
and
forward-looking,
and
that
tackles
the
shared
challenges
of
today,
including
housing,
climate
support
for
young
people.
We
are
kind
of
in
a
new
context
today
than
we
were.
H
You
know,
13
years
ago,
when
the
pilot
task
force
started
and
finally,
alongside
our
cultural
leaders,
I
think
we
we
see
to
better
understand
how
Boston's
cultural
institutions
are
unique
and
how
to
better
incorporate
them
into
the
program
more
appropriately.
As
many
of
you
know,
they
were
not
a
part
of
the
initial
conversations
in
2010
and
we
want
to
make
sure
they
have
a
voice
as
they
as
we
move
forward
with
this
program.
H
We
hope
that
these
goals
can
provide
a
basis
for
deeper
discussions
with
you,
the
pilot
Action
Group,
our
pilot
partners
and
many
other
stakeholders
who
are
here
today.
We
look
forward
to
hearing
your
questions
and
also
listening
to
the
reflections
and
ideas
from
the
other
panels
of
the
institutions,
pilot
Action,
Group
and
members
of
the
public
today.
Thank
you.
E
G
G
So
it
has
not
been
reflected
in
our
request
for
the
pilot
program
so
because
the
the
program
is
is
a
collaborative
program
between
the
cities
and
the
institutions.
We
did
not
decide
to
unilaterally
impose
a
request
at
a
higher
level
without
having
the
opportunity
to
have
a
conversation
about
what
the
future
of
that
program
should
be
with
our
institutional
partners.
E
No
I,
just
I,
think
I
would
just
say
and
and
I
think
like
again.
This
is
it
is
a
collaborative
program
and
it
is
important
to
Casey's
point
that
now
that
we
have
a
lot
a
whole
different
set
of
sort
of
cast
on
both
sides.
I
think
getting
everybody
together
is
a
good
thing.
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
do
think
that,
from
a
from
a
fairness
perspective,
one
of
the
challenges
of
us
operating
on
the
old,
valuations
and
I
know
there's
been
some
inflation
Factor
built
into
those.
E
Is
you
know
it's
not
just
about
asking
our
partners
to
to
contribute
more
to
the
city,
but
also
that
obviously
like
when
we
don't
reflect
the
sort
of
building
profiles
that
have
happened
at
various
institutions
over
the
last
like
decade
and
a
half,
it
means
that
you
know
you
could
see
some
institutions
feeling
like
well
hey,
like
none
of
this
other,
like
none
of
these
additional
buildings
that
have
been
done
by
my
sister
institutions
have
been
reflected.
So
I
just
think
like
for
I.
E
G
It's
more
of
a
transparency
issue,
in
fact,
that
the
calculation
is
so
complicated
and
has
so
many
different
factors
that
trying
to
cleanly
explain
how
it
works
for,
like
one
institution
versus
another,
starts
to
get
into
this
weird
Quagmire
in
which
parts
can
be
missed
right
and
so,
and
another
example
of
that.
So
the
primary
example
is
that
if
there's
a
new
property
or
an
institution
acquires
a
new
property
that
gets
added
into
the
program-
and
it
gets
added
in
at
the
base
year
of
that
new
development.
G
The
reason
that
I
mention
that
is
that
the
commercial
tax
rate
today
is
24.68,
so
there's
there's
been
like
a
20
drop
in
the
tax
rate,
and
so,
but
we
haven't
dropped
the
amount
of
money
that
we
ask,
because
we
don't
use
that
tax
rate
for
the
pilot
program,
and
so
it's
just
another
aspect
where
trying
to
draw
a
straight
line.
Comparison
between
present
day
pilot
requests
and
present
day
property
taxes,
kind
of
falls
into
a
lot
of
different
different
potholes
along
the
way.
E
It's
back
to
yeah
needing
like
it
being
sort
of
time
to
convene
and
have
a
clearer
rule
of
thumb
that
everybody
can
kind
of,
interpret
and
understand
and,
and
the
one
other
thing
I'll
just
say,
I'm,
mindful
of
all
the
counselors
and
all
the
panels.
So
you
know-
and
I've
said
this
again
before,
but
I
do
just
want
to
say
it
in
this
hearing.
Is
that
the
other
reason
I,
think
that
that
kind
of
convening
is
important?
E
Is
that
when,
when
this
conversation
happened
in
the
medino
administration,
the
you
know
the
25
rule
of
thumb
as
I
understand
it
kind
of
came
out
of
the
idea
of
like
well
there's
police,
fire
and
snow
removal,
and
that's
about
a
quarter
of
the
city's
budget
and
that
those
are
the
things
that
the
institutions
are
also
relying
on,
and
so
that's
why?
This
that's.
Why
25
is
a
reasonable
ask?
E
B
You
Constable
Council
Louisiana.
Thank
you,
yeah
I.
Think
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
talking
about
the
trade-offs
and
the
potholes
that
we
would
hit
along
the
way
to
continue
on
to
Counsel
on
Council
box
right
I
do
think
times
have
changed
in
sort
of
what
we
are,
how
we
are
trying
to
hold
non-profit
institutions
accountable
when
we
talk
about
housing
and
the
impact
of
our
educational
institutions
on
the
ability
of
our
families
with
three
or
more.
B
Multi-Family
units
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
think
about
them,
but
I'm,
trying
to
just
based
off
of
the
math
that
you
provided
I'm,
trying
to
think
about
whether
it
evens
out
if
we
were
to
use
the
current
commercial
tax
rate,
which
is
lower
than
the
percentage
of
what
we're
doing
now,
but
it'd
be
more
inclusive
of
the
of
the
actual
like
the
current
valuation
of
the
properties.
Does
it
even
at
like?
Would
it
even
out?
Would
we
would
we
realize
more
Revenue
like
what?
G
G
If
we
just
flip
the
switch
and
today
decide
to
update
it
to
present
day
values
and
the
present
day
tax
rate,
but
that
change
in
the
tax
rate
would
not
make
it
as
dramatic
as
it
might
seem
if
you're
just
looking
at
how
property
value
has
appreciated
over
the
years,
and
so
it
would
have
a
have
a
tempering
effect
on
what
that
request
would
be.
Now.
B
Yeah,
thank
you.
You
said
a
few
times
the
future
of
the
program
and
I'm
curious,
because
this
has
been
a
great
presentation
but
I
wonder
if
there
are
ideas
that
the
Administration
has
in
terms
of
improving
the
program
or
conversation
that
you've
had
with
institutions
about
improving
the
program
that
you
would
want
to
want
to
share
with
us.
B
G
Right
now,
I
would
say
we're
still
kind
of
at
this
brainstorming
level
and
I
I
wouldn't
want
to
unintentionally
chill
the
conversation
by
by
throwing
out
an
idea
and
then
having
an
immense
pushback
to
it.
So
I
I,
don't
think,
there's
anything
that
I
have
that's
fully
baked
at
the
moment
that
I'd
be
able
to
share
okay.
B
H
Add
is
I,
think
the
kind
of
goals
that
we
outlined
on
the
last
slide
I
think
we're
kind
of
thinking
at
of
as
guard
rails,
to
start
the
discussion
right,
there's,
obviously
many
details
that
go
beyond
the
words
on
the
side
today,
but
I
think
this,
hopefully
will
help
provide
a
framework
for
discussion
with
institutions
with
a
council
with
our
the
pilot,
Action,
Group
and
other
constituencies
within
the
city,
to
help
us
figure
out
those
details
together.
Okay,.
B
Great
I
have
a
question.
Thank
you.
Casey
I
have
a
question
for,
or
director
Brock
Wilson,
commissioner
or
or
director
regarding
the
Delta
between
the
community
benefits
submitted
and
the
community
benefits
accepted.
I.
Think
I
can't
recall
it.
If
it's
a
30
I
can't
find
the
page,
but
is
it
like
a
30?
There
was
a
Delta
yep
between
what's
submitted
and
what
we
accept
can
you
can
you?
Can
you
help
us
understand
to
find
that
like
what
are
we
rejecting
and
why,
because
I
think
that's
important?
B
We
we
need
to
have
a
conversation
about
these
Community
benefits,
what
they
are,
what
we're
accepting,
how
we're
valuing
them,
but
it
seems
that
we
are
at
least
saying
no
to
some
things
and
I'd
like
to
hear
a
bit
more
about
what
those
are
and
what
we,
what
we,
what
we
sort
of
say.
Well,
no,
this
isn't
going
to
count
yeah.
H
H
Some
of
the
reasons
I,
don't
have
the
exact
list
of
the
programs
in
front
of
me
today,
but
I'm
happy
to
share
them
with
you
after
the
fact
is,
some
of
the
reasons
were
because
they
were
in,
they
did
not
meet
the
goals
above
so,
for
example,
they're.
What
was
an
institution
who
spoke
about
the
benefit
of
their
employees,
spending
money
in
Boston
at
stores,
right?
H
That
is
part
of
their
normal
course
of
business
as
an
institution,
we
obviously
did
not
accept
that
it
did
not
kind
of
Meet
the
values
that
were
above
some
were
not
quantifiable
that
were
submitted
as
well.
So
we
did
not
accept
those,
but,
as
I
mentioned
it
is
a
very
broad
framework.
So
the
majority
of
the
programs,
as
you
know,
about
75
of
the
programs
that
were
submitted
were
over
75
percent,
were
considered
eligible.
One
important
note
is
institutions,
don't
receive
full
credit
for
156
million
dollars
of
what
they
submitted.
H
B
You,
madam
chair,
am
I.
Okay
with
time
we
could
come
back.
Okay,
I
have
a
few
more
questions
about
who
made
who
actually
is
making
the
decisions
about
what
we
accept
as
Community
benefits,
and
is
there
back
and
forth
with
institutions
and
I.
Think
I
put
this
question
on
the
floor
in
terms
of
do
we
talk
about
like
okay?
How
are
you
quantifying
this?
We
don't
agree
with
this
number.
So,
just
a
bit
more
I
want
to
dig
deep
into
that
Community
methods.
A
A
You
know
you
say
you
there's
certain
Community
benefits
are
rejected
like
how
do
we
audit
Community
benefits
and
how
do
we
make
sure
that
institutions
aren't
sort
of
counting
benefits
twice
if
they're
involved
in,
if
their
benefits
attached
to
an
Institutional
master
plan
or
benefits
that
are
related
to
an
article
at
the
pro
project
like
how
do
we
like,
sometimes
we
we
see
it
in
the
in
the
documents
that
there's
some
there's
that
tendency
to
say
they
count
those
those
benefits
twice.
How
do
we?
How
do
we
tackle.
H
A
I
also
think
that
cancer
Louisiana's
question
was
really:
how
do
you
quantifiably?
How
do
we
put?
How
do
we
attach
value
to
those
are
those
are
those
benefits?
How
do
we
evaluate
the
value
in
terms
of?
Is
there
a
fair
market
equivalent
to
what
those
Services
would
be,
or
whatever,
just
and
just
to
get
help
us
get
some
insight
into
how
that's
valued.
H
Great
so
to
the
first
question
around:
how
do
we
ensure
that
we're
not
counting
twice
around
bpda
and
imp
benefits?
We
do
coordinate
with
the
bpda
to
obviously
review
the
documents
that
they
have
about
imp
and
article
80
and
do
our
best
to
compare
across
what
has
been
submitted
to
Pilot
and
what
has
been
submitted
to
for
imp
or
article
ad
processes.
H
It's
not
a
perfect
science
right,
because
those
are
obviously
long
detailed
documents,
but
we
do
our
best
to
review
what
the
institutions
have
submitted
and
what
they've
submitted
to
Pilot
OneNote
is
obviously
met.
Some
imps
now
are
almost
10
years
old,
so
the
information
in
them
may
not
be
100
up
to
date
on
the
how
we
quantify
it
and
attach
a
value
to
it.
H
The
like
I
said
the
way
the
the
pilot
framework
was
started
under
the
task
force
is
that
the
city
is
very
much
kind
of
in
a
compliance
mindset,
as
I
said,
so
the
institutions
are
kind
of
submitting
the
reports
they
attach
a
value
and
we've
used
there's
been
a
template
that
has
been
in
use
for
about
10
years.
We've
made
some
tweaks
around
the
edges
to
try
and
improve
it,
but
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
we
can
continue
to
improve
is
the
amount
of
information
that
we
gather
from
institutions.
H
So,
for
example,
it
makes
it
difficult
to
audit
or
dive
deeper
on
the
programs
to
understand
what
the
neighborhood
impact
is
to
say.
Okay,
if
you
know
the
symphony,
orchestra
is
hosting
a
free
concert
and
Boston
residents
are
attending.
Where
are
they
coming
from?
Who
is
receiving
that
benefit?
We
don't
receive
that
level
of
detail
today,
so
I
do
think.
One
thing
we
can
continue
to
work
on
together
is
how
do
we
gather
more
information,
so
we
can
more
appropriately
assess
and
audit
and
understand
what
these
benefits
are
doing
for
Boston
residents
today.
H
H
City
thanks
counselor
I,
appreciate
that
question
I
think
it's
that
is,
it
really
matches
one
of
the
goals
that
we
have,
which
is
to
shift
away
from
that
compliance
mindset
towards
a
more
forward-looking
aligned
agenda
around
some
of
the
shared
challenges
that
we
have
here
in
Boston.
So
I
think
that
is
something
that
we
need
to
do
and
I
think
we
can
keep
within
the
spirit
of
the
initial
task
force,
which
really
talked
about
being
consistent
and
transparent.
So
institutions
can
plan
appropriately,
and
hopefully
we
can
do
that
in
partnership
with
community
members.
A
G
Yeah,
thank
you
for
the
for
the
question.
Counselor
I
think
that
that's
something
we
can.
We
can
kind
of
talk
about
more
the
the
best
way
to
kind
of
present
that
information.
So
currently,
if
you
go
on
to
the
Boston's
data
portal,
you
can
pull
like
all
of
our
property
assessment
data
for
all
the
properties
throughout
the
city
and
sort
it
by
a
ton
of
different
metrics
and
dump
it
into
whatever
spreadsheet
program.
G
You'd
like
to
use
or
database
program,
and
you
can
sort
taxable
and
exempt
and
pull
out
ownership
information
and
so
like
the
the
data
is,
is
there
and
it's
available,
but
it
can
be
potentially
cumbersome
if
that's
not
something
that
you're
used
to
kind
of
doing
on
a
regular
basis
and
there's
there's
a
key
that
explains
like
what
property
codes
mean.
But
it's
still,
you
know,
there's
there's
effort
and
in
going
through
and
kind
of
identifying
that
and
teaching
our
stuff
yourself
about
how
property
assessment
works.
G
A
Thank
you,
the
other.
The
other
issue
that
comes
up
is
when
a
non-profit
institution
such
as
the
university
acquires
a
piece
of
commercial
property
like
an
old,
a
former
hotel
or
a
former
apartment
block
and
the
community
at
large
think.
Oh,
there
goes
another
piece
of
valuable
property.
That's
going
to
go
off
the
tax
rolls
that
we're
going
to
have
to
subsidize
is:
do
we
have
a
mechanism
for
addressing
that
issue?
G
G
They
bought
this
piece
of
property,
so
it
must
be
tax
exempt.
The
default
is
always
taxable
until
kind
of
demonstrated,
otherwise,
once
it
is
determined
or
if
it
is
determined
that
that
property
is
tax
exempt,
we
do
add
it
into
the
pilot
program,
but
we
don't
have
the
ability
to
like
say,
like
okay
institution,
a
you've
gotten
so
much
exempt
property.
All
the
property
from
this
point
going
forward
will
be
taxable
like
it.
G
A
In
order
to
be
the
Assassin
department
requires
that
they
seek
statutory
exemptions
under
that's
the
requirement.
What
happens
if,
if
like
I
understood,
my
understanding
is
that
if
they
fail
to
register
that
and
request
that
tax
exemption,
then
that
puts
the
situation
in
Jeopardy?
Is
that?
How
does
that.
G
A
G
So
the
property
would
be
would
be
taxable
so
because
our
property
taxes
are
incurred
on
an
annual
basis.
It's
not
like
you,
lose
your
right
to
seek
exemption
forever
and
ever
into
the
future.
Every
year
is
viewed
as
its
own
little
independent
bucket.
So
let's
say
an
institution
got
a
property
today,
because
it's
before
July
1st,
they
would
potentially
be
eligible
for
exemption
for
fiscal
year
24..
G
We
would
then
review
that
material
and
exempt
if
the
exemption
were
warranted.
If
they
they
missed
the
deadlines
for
applying
the
same
way
of
a
homeowner
missing
a
deadline
to
apply
for
over
valuation
on
their
property,
then
the
property
would
remain
taxable
and
they
would
have
the
potential
to
seek
consumption
in
fiscal
year.
25.
F
Thank
you
for
that
presentation.
It
was
helpful
in
this
packet.
I've
been
looking
through
just
one
question.
On
the
last
two
pages,
we
have
a
breakdown
of
the
institutions
and
then
the
museums,
the
cultural
organizations
that
are
part
of
this
program.
How
do
you
come
up
with
the
dollar
value
because
I'm
looking
at
what
the
pilot
value
is
assessed
at
and
then
and
the
last
column,
it
shows
how
much
did
of
the
percentage
did
they
actually
contribute
in
pay?
F
So
there's
the
obvious
dollar
amount
like
how
much
cash
did
they
give,
but
how
do
we
put
a
value
on
the
community
benefit
in?
It
seems,
like
everyone
gets
a
hundred
percent
in
that
column,
which
is
good,
but
how
do
we
then
I?
Guess
the
symphony
orchestra
didn't
or
a
Museum
of
Fine
Arts,
but
other
than
that
everyone
seems
to
max
out
on
that
value.
So
how
do
we
put
a
dollar
value
to
then
come
up
with
a
percentage
of
how
much
overall
they've
paid
so.
H
On
the
community,
you
get
benefits
portion
as,
as
we
talked
about
earlier,
they
have
an
opportunity
to
receive
up
to
50
of
the
ask
in
community
benefits,
because
many
institutions
submit
more
than
that
credit,
and
then
we
go
through
and
review
them
and
take
out
ones
that
are
not
appropriate.
Some
institutions,
as
you
mentioned
across
educational,
medical
and
cultural,
did
not
submit
enough
to
meet
to
get
the
full
amount
of
community
benefits
credits.
That's
what's
reflected
in
that
column
called
Community
benefits,
credit
utilized,
which
is
about
the
fourth
column,
from
the
right.
H
So
the
way
and
going
back
to
your
question
about
how
we
kind
of
quantify
and
and
add
up
to
that
number
that
is
based
on
kind
of
what
the
institutions
share
with
us.
So,
for
example,
for
donated
space
they
typically
take
the
rate
that
is,
would
be
the
kind
of
fair
market
value
to
rent
that
space
and
the
number
of
hours
used.
If
they
donate
it
to
a
community
group,
then
they
multiply
those
two
together
and
that's
the
value
that
they
submit
to
us.
I
think
that's
always
the
most
simple
one.
F
H
F
Is
the
list
of
community
benefits
on
the
website
somewhere?
Can
we
see
if
we
plugged
in
each
institution
what
they're
reporting,
because
I'm
assuming
most
will
report
all
because
it
it's
a
good
thing
that
they're
doing
if
they
do
report,
so
we
can
see
like
what
they
are
contributing
to
the
city?
Yes,.
H
D
You,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
Nick
and
I,
appreciate
you
mentioning
the
commercial
tax
base
piece,
because
I
know
that
our
commercial
tax
base
is
going
to
take
a
hit,
probably
over
the
next
decade,
as
we
come
out
of
the
pandemic
and
the
whole
work
from
home
phenomenon.
I
know
that
companies
firms
right
now
are
lopping
off
floors
and
some
of
our
commercial
class
a
space.
So
if
that
Trend
continues,
we
don't
have
a
spending
problem
now,
but
that
Trend
continues.
D
We
will
have
we'll
have
a
revenue
problem
in
we'll
potentially
have
a
have
a
spending
problem.
So
I
appreciate
you
mentioning,
and
hopefully
you
keep
your
eye
on
it
and
let
this
body
know
if
there's
anything
we
can
do
in
the
short
term
to
maybe
potentially
Stave
off
some
of
the
consequences
of
that.
H
Yes,
I
actually
have,
let
me
make
sure
I
just
get
the
list
in
front
of
me.
The
institutions
that
did
not
submit
in
FY
22.
So
that's
the
last
full
year,
were
the
Bay
Ridge
Center
Boston
College
Catholic
Memorial
and
the
Children's
Museum
Harvard
Vanguard
Jocelyn
Diabetes
Center
Roxbury,
Latin
School
and
the
Shriners
Hospital.
D
D
My
sense
is
probably
because
of
the
religious
affiliation
and
then
just
shifting
to
some
of
the
bigger
foundations
like
the
bar
Foundation,
the
the
Johnson
family
Foundation,
the
Boston
Foundation.
How
do
we
get
in
the
weeds
and
track
in
terms
of
who
they're
supporting
and
then
the
properties
that
those
entities
own
into
a
you
know
their
tax
exempt
status?
So
how
do
we
kind
of
follow?
Follow
the
trail
so
they're,
all
very
active
I
mean
just
that's
just
to
name
a
few
I
mean
there's.
D
You
know
we're
home
to
so
many
non-profits
here
that
do
great
things
throughout
all
of
our
neighborhoods,
and
many
of
them
receive
significant
amount
of
funding
from
a
variety
of
different
sources,
and
you
know
the
the
bigger
more
prominent
ones.
Obviously,
the
buyer
Foundation
the
Johnson
Foundation.
You
go
right
down
the
list,
but
whether
they
own
property
or
whether
the
entities
that
they're
contributing
to
own
property.
How
are
we
evaluating
as
to
if
people
are
doing
their
fair
share.
H
Yeah,
it's
a
great
question
and
I
think
going
back
to
the
the
initial
framing
of
the
task
force.
They
want.
The
task
force
wanted
all
non-profits
to
be
eligible
for
the
program,
but
they
also
wanted
to
make
sure
that
smaller
non-profits
were
not
burdened
by
this
nonprofits
who
are
growing
and
I'm
really
important
to
our
fabric
of
our
city
as
well.
H
D
No
matter
who
they
make
contributions
to
or
who
they're
supporting
exactly
and
then
on
the
healthcare
side,
whether
it's
the
free
care
pool
or
sort
of
the
non-um
reimbursable
care.
How
do
we
get
into
the
Weeds
on
that?
If
we
have
a
hospital
or
a
Health
Center,
that's
providing
free
free
care
to
somebody
or
they
provided
here
in
an
emergency
and
they
didn't
get
paid
for
it.
H
It's
a
it's
a
great
question
and
I
believe
I
will
need
to
look
back
at
it,
but
I
believe
looking
at
the
initial
framing
of
the
task
force.
They
actually,
you
know,
as
we
thought
about
how
medical
institutions
contribute
to
our
city.
Free
care
was
certainly
a
part
of
that
conversation
with
the
task
force,
but
is
also
focused
on
support
to
community
health,
centers
and
more
community-based
organizations.
So
it's
really
more
all-inclusive
of
what
the
medical
institutions
are
doing
than
than
just
free
care.
Okay,.
D
And
then,
and
then
just
lastly,
on
the
educational
piece
in
terms
of
like,
say,
the
scholarships
and
I'll
go
back
to
my
alma
mater.
That
kind
of
wears
two
hats
there,
non-profit
for
education,
but
they're
also
they've
got
religious
affiliation
status
and
they're
a
leader
here
in
other
institutions,
whether
it's
that's
Boston,
College
or
BC,
high
indoor
sisters
and
Notre
Dame
or
even
Stuart
Healthcare.
D
Any
of
the
religious
Affiliated
institutions
tend
to
sort
of
follow
their
lead
but
say,
for
example,
they
do
50
million
dollars
in
scholarships
volunteer
services,
salaries
facility,
allowing
you
know,
communities
to
use
their
facilities.
How
do
we
guess?
How
do
we
quantify
all
of
that
and
get
to
say
like
50
million,
because
my
I
would
argue
that
the
BC
probably
does
about
50
million
in
all
of
the
above,
allowing
sports
teams
to
use
their
their
athletic
facilities?
D
The
non-profits
that
they
send
scores
of
students
out
to
volunteer
at
the
scholarships
to
Inner,
City,
kids
I
know
they
have
a
specific
scholarship
program,
I
think
maybe
10
or
12
every
year,
the
kids
from
Austin
Brighton.
But
if
you're
a
city,
kid
Northeastern,
bu
they're
all
the
same,
they
give
hundreds
of
thousands,
if
not
millions
in
scholarships
every
year.
D
H
At
a
high
level,
we
want
to
know
that
those
scholarships
are
dedicated
towards
Boston
students
right
we
want
it.
We
don't
want
to
be
counting.
Something,
for
example,
of
you
know
a
need-based
scholarship
based
on
a
student
from
Boston,
but
they
obviously
deserve
to
receive,
but
it
wasn't
reserved
for
them.
So
we
are
really
focused
on
what
are
the
scholarships
that
are
reserved
for
Boston
residents
and
Boston's
young
people.
I
can't
speak
too
much
to
BC,
specifically
because
they
don't
submit
a
community
benefit
report.
H
So
I
I
have
the
least
amount
of
information
about
that
institution
in
particular,
but
for
the
other
institutions,
that's
certainly
how
we
review
and
consider
it,
and
so,
if
an
institution,
for
example,
doesn't
provide
specificity,
that
the
scholarship
is
reserved
for
Boston
students
and
that's
something
that
we
tip
typically
do
not
count
towards
it.
We
do
not,
as
Council
Jen
asked
earlier.
I
think.
One
thing
we
can
improve
on
is
the
level
of
information
that
we're
receiving,
so
even
for
the
institutions
where
we
do
know
that
they
have
reserved
scholarships.
H
We
do
not
have
a
breakdown
of
you
know
the
zip
code
of
each
student
that
has
received
received
that
scholarship
or
which
high
school
they
came
from,
and
you
know
that
is
not
something
that
we
have
asked
for
and
I'm
sure
it's
something
that
our
institutional
Partners
would
be
happy
to
share
with
us.
So
there's
an
opportunity
to
kind
of
have
more
information
as
we
move
forward
on
some
of
these
programs
right.
H
So
it's
the
institutions,
some
institutions,
don't
quantify
it
because
it
is
a
very
difficult
thing
to
quantify,
and
so
they
often
talk
about
that
as
something
that
they
do
but
aren't
able
to
quantify
it
other
institutions,
particularly
with
grad
students.
They
may
quantify
it
based
on
a
rate
per
hour
or
something
like
that
of
service
to
the
community.
But
in
general,
most
institutions
tend
to
not
necessarily
quantify
that
because
it
is
a
very
difficult
thing
to
quantify.
E
E
To
I
just
wanted
to
put
on
the
record,
and-
and
it's
just
I
I
personally-
think
that
if
students
volunteer
their
time,
that's
actually
a
contribution
that
they're
making
as
a
person
to
the
community.
And
it's
not
it's
not
a
it's,
not
a
contribution
that
the
institution
should
be
taking
quantitative
credit
for
so
I.
Just
wanted
to
make
that
comment
on
that.
A
I'd
like
to
make
is
that
Stuart
Healthcare
is
actually
a
for-profit
institution
and
they
pay
taxes
to
the
city
of
Boston
they're.
Not
they
used
to
be
Saint,
Elizabeth's
and
Colony,
but
Institute
Healthcare
is
not
a
for-profit
institution
and
counselor
Mejia
we've
just
been
we've
joined,
big
customer
here
comes
from
here.
You
have
the
floor.
Thank.
J
J
So,
if
we're
talking
about
a
new
Administration
lots
of
turnover,
I'd
love
to
really
think
about
what
this
moment
means
to
have
a
community-centered
approach
to
designing
what
community
benefits
are,
because
if
we
are
the
community
that
is
going
to
benefit,
I,
think
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
re-envision
what
that
process
is
going
to
look
like,
so
that
it
is
led
by
the
community.
So
can
we
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
that
looks
like
and
what
we
need
to
do
to
push
in
that
direction.
J
H
We
know
that
each
of
the
institutions
does
engagement
on
their
own
at
different
levels.
Each
institution
is
different,
so
it's
hard
to
speak
holistically
across
47
institutions
now
down
to
45
in
FY
23,
but
I
think
there
are
opportunities
to
better
understand
how
each
institution
is
engaging
with
community
on
their
Community
benefits
that
they
are
submitting
to
us.
That's
not
something
that
we
currently
have
great
information
on
and
I
think
an
area
we
can
work
on
right.
J
So
let's
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
what
working
on
that
area
could
potentially
look
like
because
I
really,
we
have
an
opportunity
for
what
I'm
always
going
to
call
a
trust,
building
exercise
right,
that
we
really
trust
Community
to
be
able
to
make
informed
decisions
that
we
trust
community,
that
they
know
they're
the
ones
that
are
living
the
realities
that
we
trust
Community
to
really
be
able
to
Define
for
themselves.
So
what
opportunities
exist
for
some
sort
of
task
force
or
commission
or
a
formal
oversight
body
that
can
help
support
the
work
I.
H
Think
at
this
point
today,
I
think
what
we
can
all
agree
on
is
that
we
need
to
have
that
discussion
together.
Moving
forward.
I,
don't
think
I
can
commit
today
to
exactly
what
format
that
looks
like,
but
I
do
agree
with
the
sentiment
and
the
importance
of
including
stakeholders
who
have
a
vested
interest
in
this
program
and
the
success
of
the
city.
Thank.
J
G
G
J
So
you
know
I'll
just
offer
a
few
things
right,
so
I
grew
up
on
welfare
and
every
time
I
had
to
go
apply
a
reapply
for
food
stamps.
It
was
very
easy
right.
This
is
what
you
need
to
do.
This
is
the
formula.
Well,
no,
not
very
easy,
but
it
was
very
easy
to
make
sure
that
I
can
assess
my
level
of
poverty
to
determine
whether
or
not
I
was
going
to
be
able
to
get
benefits.
J
So
if
it's
easy
ER
right-
or
at
least
we
try
to
make
it
easy
for
people
to
Define
their
poverty
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out
like
if
it's
you
know,
if
we
can
figure
out
a
easier
system
to
be
able
to
hold
institutions
accountable,
that
doesn't
feel
so
complex
and
I.
Think
that
those
are
the
things
that
I
struggle
with
you
don't
have
to
answer,
but
I
just
want
to
name
it
right
that
when
it
comes
to
people
living
in
poverty,
we
find
ways
to
make
them
jump
through
hoops
to
document
their
poverty
level.
J
We
have
all
of
these
institutions
where
we
have
our
students,
cooking
and
cleaning
for
other
students,
but
our
BPS
kids
can't
afford
to
even
dip
a
toe
in
some
of
these
classrooms,
and
so
when
we're
thinking
about
Community
benefits
and
we're
thinking
about
equity
and
we're
thinking
about
how
we
seize
this
moment,
we
have
to
look
at
BC.
We
have
to
look
at
bu.
We
have
to
look
at
Dollar
for
dollar
right.
A
percentage
of
EXO
scholarships
are
going
to
go
towards
BPS
students,
not
just
scholarships,
but
the
whole
family
like
right
now.
J
We
need
to
really
start
thinking
about
how
we
seize
this
moment
to
be
more
Innovative,
how
we
look
at
the
whole
family,
like
it's
just
bits
and
pieces
here,
I
feel
like
we're
just
always
just
putting
little
Band-Aids
on
everything
and
if
we
stop
and
say,
let's
look
at
that
whole
family.
Let's
look
at
their
Workforce
Development.
Let's
look
at
their
housing,
let's
look
at
their
education.
Let's
look
at
this
from
a
holistic
standpoint,
then
I
think
we
would
really
be
moving
the
needle
when
we
think
about
Community
benefits
and
I.
J
Just
don't
know
if
we're
there
yet
and
that's
why
I
think
having
a
commission
or
an
oversight
committee
or
or
or
or
people
who
are
living,
these
realities
sit
and
be
in
in
community
with
those
who
are
making
decisions,
then
I
think
we
will
have
we'll
be
having
a
different
conversation,
because
right
now
I
mean
and
listen,
I'm
Casey,
you
know,
I
have
nothing
but
love
for
you.
You
know
I
really
do
I.
Just
am
very
passionate
and
I
hate.
The
fact
that
I
always
have
to
explain
that
I'm,
not
mad
I'm.
J
Just
just
it's
frustrating
right.
This
is
really
frustrating
that
you
come
into
these
spaces
and
places
and
I've
been
in
office
for
three
years
and
I
just
feel
like
we're
still
having
the
same
conversation
when
it
comes
to
Pilot
and
people
come
and
go,
but
the
dollars
are
not
coming
into
our
communities.
The
way
we've
been
screaming
for
so
I
think
accountability
is
going
to
be
really
important
and
I
like
to
see
metrics
three
months.
So
what
are
we
going
to
do
in
the
next
three
months
to
update
this
grid?
J
J
You
know
I
I,
just
think
that
we
just
need
to
be
a
little
bit
more
aggressive
when
it
comes
to
accountability,
because
otherwise
it's
like
an
abusive
relationship,
we're
going
to
expect
different
results,
but
not
hold
people
accountable,
so
they're
going
to
feel
like
they
can
just
come
and
go
as
they
please
and
I
think
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
use
this
transition
to
say
you're
going
to
do
business
in
the
city
of
Boston.
This
is
what
it's
going
to
look
like.
J
H
B
One
quick
theoretical
thing
one
is:
are
there?
Oh
sorry
are
there,
institutions
that
were
potentially
missing
from
the
threshold
is
15
million
dollars
of
property
to
if
a,
if
a,
if
a
non-profit
institution
has
more
than
15
million
dollars
in
property
taxes,
then
they're
you
know
paying
into
pilot.
Are
there
institutions
potentially
that
we're
missing,
because
we're
not
basing
the
assessment
on
today's
property
figures.
G
In
in
theory,
that
would
be
a
possibility.
Yes,
because
the
the
list
was
really
comprised
back
when
the
original
task
force
was
created.
I,
our
major
non-profit
institutions
have
essentially
been
the
same
during
that
time
period,
but
it
is
possible
that
there
are
institutions
around
the
around
the
edge
that
are
not
being
captured.
B
G
To
to
be
honest,
my
office
hasn't
really
looked
into
it
I
the
way
the
program
is
currently
structured,
even
once
you're
past
that
threshold,
you
still
get
that
original
15
million
dollars
of
value
taken
out,
and
so
you'd
really
just
be
talking
about,
like
very
small
amounts
of
money
around
the
edges,
because
we
haven't
had
a
major
large
non-profit
institution
move
into
the
city
during
this
time
period,
but
it
to
be.
To
be
quite
honest,
it's
just
not
data
that
we've
we've
taken
a
look
at
okay.
B
But
we've
had
we've
had
mergers
and
things
of
that
nature
so
I
think
that's
an
important
I'd
like
us
to
also
look
into
that.
If
we
can
and
then
just
second
I'm
not
trying
to
take
up
too
much
time
here,
but
I
think
as
a
person
and
as
a
counselor,
but
really
as
a
person.
I
really
struggle
with
this
idea
of
community
benefits,
as
in
theory
and
I.
Think
my
Council
colleagues
have
mentioned
this
before
regarding
issues
of
equity
but
I
even
take
issue.
B
Every
nonprofit
is
Harvard,
but
Harvard
owns
a
lot
of
the
land
that
we
have
here
in
the
city,
that
on
a
disproportionate
amount
of
property
and
have
a
disappointed
amount
of
wealth
endowments
that
would
just
be
able
to
do
so
much
for
our
families
and
I
think
about
why
we
allow
institutions
that
already
Yes
they
they
give
so
much
to
the
city,
but
they
also
owe
so
much
to
the
city.
Why?
B
We
would
allow
something
like
a
scholarship,
which
is
something
that
these
institutions
should
be
doing
anyway,
to
be
part
of
a
community
benefit
agreement
and
there's
so
much
about
the
community
benefit
agreements
that
I
think
we
really
have
to
have
a
conversation
about.
What
are
we
trying
to
accomplish?
What
is
the
theory
behind
what
we're
asking
these
institutions
to
do?
Are
they
doing
things
that
the
city
should
do?
B
Are
they
doing
things
that
they
would
not
do,
but
for
the
pilot
agreement
and
I
really
do
think
that
the
community
benefit
agreements
should
be
a,
but
for
that
they
aren't
happening
that
these
are
not
Community
benefits
that
wouldn't
happen,
but
for
the
requirement
to
do
it,
because
I
don't
want
to
let
these
institutions
off
too
easy.
That
should
be
good
neighbors.
That
should
be
doing
the
work
of
racial
Justice
and
racial
equity
and
Reckoning
with
how
they
acquired
that
land
and
wrestling
with
how
they've
come
about
their
wealth,
and
we
have
such
immense
disparities.
B
I
think
about
all
the
students
in
BPS
who
will
never
have
stepped
foot
or
who
know
nothing
about
bu
or
BCU
or
Harvard,
and
what
these
institutions
owe
to
us,
and
so
I
do
think
that
there
is
a
moment
here
for
us
to
think
about
this
in
theory
about
what
are
the
community
benefits
and
what
are
we
allowing
institutions
to
say?
Okay,
this
is
what
we
do,
that's
what
we
do
to
check
off
a
box
and
what
they
owe
to
the
city
right.
This
is
a
collaborative
process.
B
This
is
a
partnership,
but
I
also
think
that
this
is
also
a
time
for
us
to
think
about
how
we
want
them
to
be
good
neighbors
and
what
we
require
of
them
and
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
the
record
as
a
thought,
because
it
is
something
that
I
really
struggle
with
when
we're
talking
about
Community
benefits
and
what
we
allow
these
institutions
to
do.
Thank
you.
A
D
Program
I
was
referring
to
was
the
pulse
program
which
I
know
Council
bark
had
come
in.
Maybe
when
I
was
speaking,
things
might
have
thought
it
was
a
couple.
Kids,
volunteering
at
a
soup,
kitchen
or
neighborhood
cleanup.
The
pulse
program
is
an
educational
program
over
at
Boston
College,
where
the
students
earn
credits,
they're
required
to
work
required
to
work
12
to
15
hours
a
week
at
a
nonprofit.
This
particular
program
is
for
social
injustice
and
they
worked
in
modulized
communities,
particularly
in
social
change
organizations.
So
it's
not
just
a
couple.
D
Kids
say:
hey,
don't
be
a
great
idea,
Saturday.
Why
don't
we
get
out
to
council
box
neighborhood
cleanup?
This
is
a
course.
It's
required.
You
get
12
credits
to
date
since
its
Inception,
it's
calculated
over
3.2
million
service
hours
to
the
city
of
Boston.
So
just
wanted
to
clear
that
for
the
record.
Thank.
A
A
K
Thank
you
and
our
panel
is
going
to
talk
to,
hopefully
some
visioning
and
recommendations
for
the
future
and
not
just
what
have
been
some
of
the
shortcomings
of
the
pilot
program.
My
name
is
Enid
Eckstein
I'm,
a
Boston
resident
and
I'm
co-chair
of
the
pilot
Action
Group.
Thank
you,
councilor
burden
and
the
other
counselors
today
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
about
an
issue
that
is
near
and
dear
to
us.
For
five
years,
our
group
has
focused
on
strengthening
the
pilot
program
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
city.
K
As
the
Coalition
of
community
organizations,
We
Believe
Boston
residents
should
and
can
understand
the
important
role
these
institutions
play
in
our
city,
the
economic
impact
and
also
the
responsibility
that
some
of
these
very
significantly
wealthy
institutions
play
and
the
impact
it
has
on
our
city,
because
50
of
our
City's
land
is
tax
exempt,
which
puts
pressure
on
all
of
the
community.
Our
group
has
testified
at
hearings.
K
Many
we've
issued
reports,
we've
held
meetings,
we've
educated
Community
activists
and
we've
advocated
that
institutions
should
honor
the
pilot
request
as
part
of
their
civic
responsibility,
enjoying
the
benefits
of
Boston
and
the
receipt
of
city
services.
But
today
we
are
here
really
to
talk
about
a
dialogue
about
the
future
of
our
city
and
the
future
of
Pilate.
It
was
good
to
hear
that
the
administration
thinks
that
there
needs
to
be
change,
but
was
very
short
on
specifics.
K
K
K
We
hope
that
out
of
this
conversation,
that
it
is
not
just
the
city
making
the
decisions
about
how
to
bring
the
institutions
to
the
table,
but
it's
a
tripartite
conversation,
Community
institutions
in
the
city
under
in
this
last
12
years,
many
of
the
pilot
institutions
have
increased
their
footprint
and
land
within
the
city.
We
know
that
the
pandemic
laid
bare
racial
inequity
and
economic
inequality.
K
Full-Scale
recovery
in
our
city
must
mean
tackling
systemic
racism
and
inequity
in
our
city.
Lack
of
affordable
housing
continues
to
Define
our
city
and
risk
the
identity
and
future
of
our
city.
When
so
many
people
can
no
longer
afford
to
live
here,
we
need
to
think
deliberately
and
creatively
about
how
we
can
fund
a
Boston
that
welcomes
and
retains
Working
Families.
K
The
pilot
Action
Group
believes
that
the
city
and
pilot
institutions
and
Community
can
build
meaningful
Partnerships
to
address
systemic
divisions.
We
believe
it
is
the
moment
that
Boston
needs
to
be
bold.
It
is
a
moment
where
Boston
can
lead
can
once
again
reassert
its
leadership
on
this
question
in
terms
of
Partnerships
with
non-profit
institutions
across
the
country.
K
In
the
last
10
years,
Eerie
institutions
have
reported
over
450
million
dollars
in
community
benefit
dollars
delivered
to
the
city.
So
we
think
a
review
of
the
community
benefit
process
is
a
good
way
to
start.
We
agree
on
the
critique
that
there,
you
know,
should
be
greater
accountability,
that
there
should
be.
You
know,
definition
Etc,
but
we
actually
have
some
specific
recommendations
and
we
hope
that
our
recommendations
are
taken
up
because
we
have
spent
several
years
digging
in
and
really
discussing
and
thinking
about
some
of
these
questions.
K
We
believe
that
we
need
a
clear,
transparent
definition
of
community
benefits
and
metrics,
by
which
we
count
the
monetization
of
benefits,
and
we
need
to
clarify
the
valuation
of
pilot
payments,
so
I'm
going
to
go
through
each
of
these
areas
and
actually
speak
to
recommendations
so
establishing
a
new
pilot
task
force.
So
the
prior
task
force
consisted
of
nine
members.
K
Members
were
CEOs,
attorneys,
City
councilor
and
the
president
of
the
policeman's
Union,
not
exactly
voices
of
people
in
the
community
who
were
most
impacted
by
the
growth
of
these
institutions,
a
new
task
force
to
not
only
include
institutional
voices
but
need
diverse,
Community
Voices
that
are
represented
of
our
city
and
the
community's
most
impacted
by
institutional
expansion.
That
has
to
be
the
starting
point.
Without
community
members
there
is
no
dialogue
and
there's
no
Community
benefits.
Community
benefits
means
Community,
not
benefits
that
the
institutions
determine
and
then
put
the
name
Community
benefit
on.
K
So
what
should
this
task
force?
Do?
It
should
build
a
common
vision
for
the
pilot
program.
The
initial
task
force
engaged
in
a
long
delivery,
deliberative
process
that
created
the
program.
We
propose
a
process
that
brings
institutions
together
with
Community
Partners
under
City
leadership,
and
creates
common
Vision,
Direction
and
common
priorities
for
the
city.
K
We
believe
that
we
need
to
have
a
meaningful,
Community
engagement
process.
The
original
task
force
had
meetings
around
the
city
and
Outreach
to
community
organizations.
They
had
hearings.
There
are
many
models
of
community
engagement
and
we
can
cite
them
all.
For
example,
there's
the
Attorney
General's
process.
There's
the
determination
of
need
process.
There's
the
Imp
process.
There's
a
community
preservation
act.
There's
now
the
reparations
committee
there's
the
participatory
budgeting.
All
those
require
Community
Voices.
K
Every
one
of
these
processes
to
find
Community
engagement
set
a
standard
and
metrics
for
Community
engagement.
This
process
should
be
no
less.
We
believe
that
a
task
force
should
issue
a
set
of
recommendations
and
a
community
benefit
process.
That
maximizes-
and
this
is
very
important-
strategic
use
of
community
benefit
dollars
in
alignment
with
City
priorities
in
alignment
with
City
priorities.
That
was
the
initial
wording
in
the
report
in
2010
and
we
believe
that
holds
as
good
as
now.
K
That
means
the
city
needs
to
Define
its
priorities
and
ask
pilot
institutions
when
they
are
looking
at
Community
benefits.
How
does
this
community
benefit
align
with
what
the
needs
of
the
city
are?
We
also
believe
that
the
task
force
should
hold
an
annual
briefing
for
Community
activists
on
pilot
Community
benefit
spending.
Let's
Empower
our
communities.
Let's
make
them
understand
what
their
role
of
these
institutions
are.
So
what
would
we
do
specifically
with
Community
benefits?
K
Well,
first
of
all,
what
we
would
say
is
that
the
city
should
establish
mutually
agreed
upon
buckets.
It's
just
not
a
sexy
term,
but
what
buckets
does
is
it?
Talks
about
planned
and
measurable
Community
benefit
allotments
I
actually
served
on
the
Attorney
General's
Community
benefit
process.
When
the
task
force
rewrote
Hospital
Community
benefit
guidelines,
we
Define
buckets
housing,
Mental,
Health
Services,
you
know
drug
abuse
programs,
whatever
it's
important
to
define
a
bucket
and
say
this
is
what
the
Investments
should
be
for
the
city.
K
It
might
be
housing,
maybe
education,
which
some
of
our
panelists
will
speak
to
it
might
be.
You
know,
child
care,
but
the
city
should
Define
buckets
and
then
there
should
be
a
process
by
which
institutions
come
together
and
talk
about
how
they
can
invest
in
the
buckets.
The
hospitals
have
a
joint
Community
Health
needs
assessment,
that's
a
good
starting
point
also,
and
then
it
should
be.
What
we
think
would
be
good
is
maximize
the
benefits
by
actually
having
hospitals
and
universities
where
work
on
common
projects.
K
The
city
is
no
different
on
one
end
of
Mission
Hill
to
the
other,
when
the
Brigham
has
one
set
of
community
benefits
and
the
universities
have
another,
we
should
be
thinking
together
collectively
in
dialogue,
about
how
we
answer
our
problems
in
the
city.
We
also
should
be
coordination
with
existing
City
departments
on
the
creation
of
community
benefits.
It
shouldn't
be,
like
you
know,
we
should
all
be
at
the
table
talking
about
this
and
we
should
create
a
common,
understandable
definition
of
community
benefits,
what
ex
what
defines
an
acceptable
benefit
and
who
benefits.
K
So,
first
of
all,
we
think
that
there
should
be
scrutiny
as
to
what
a
hospital
or
another
institution
May
report
as
the
community
benefits
the
Attorney
General.
What's
the
determination
of
benefit
and
what's
separate
as
a
hospital
Community
benefit
in
terms
of
its
pilot
contribution,
universities
have
less
scrutiny,
but
we
believe
that
the
city
should
know
that
Community
benefit
dollars,
which
is
money
that
is
potentially
part
of
their
pilot
request,
should
be
for
new
services,
not
for
services.
K
Also
I
think
a
lot
of
the
counselors
spoke
to
this
question.
How
do
we
count?
Scholarships
I
think
councilman
John
spoke
to
you
know
who
benefits
from
the
scholarships
I
know
several
years
ago.
The
globe
did
its
series
Spotlight
on
racism,
and
it
talked
a
lot
about
who
benefits
from
Northeastern,
who
benefits
from
children's
hospital
or
other
hospitals
in
terms
of
services
rendered
I
believe
that
is
an
important
question
is
who
is
benefiting
from
the
services
and
who
is
benefiting
from
scholarships.
K
Harvard
gives
multiple
scholarships
I
think
a
chunk
of
them
go
to
Boston
Latin
students,
no
disrespect
to
Boston
Latin,
my
daughter
went
there,
but
it
is
not
the
answer
in
terms
of
how
we,
you
know
solve
some
of
the
problems
in
our
city
same
thing
about
parks
and
other
benefits.
We
need
to
just
say
who
benefits,
but
also,
who
makes
the
decisions
there
have
been
many
decisions
made.
Is
the
use
of
community
benefit
dollars
for
scholarships
the
best
decision?
K
K
We
also
think
that
institutions
should
use
the
common
method
of
reporting
an
account
and
then
that
benefits
should
be
monetized.
I.
Believe
Casey
Brock
Wilson
spoke
to
the
fact
that
institutions
report
differently.
We
need
to
have
standard
way
of
reporting
in
a
standard
way
of
counting
benefits.
We
also
need
to
you
know:
I,
believe
that
institutions
should
submit
an
annual
report
to
the
city
in
the
you
know
be
before
the
year
begins
and
says.
K
This
is
what
we
want
to
do
with
our
community
benefits
and
if
the
city
is
leading
and
if
the
city
is
saying,
here's
the
here's,
the
buckets
we
want
in
investment
in
it
would
be
a
different.
You
know,
dialogue
to
begin
with,
so
we
believe
you
know
and
as
I
said,
maximize
impact
by
coming
together.
Imagine
if
all
the
institutions
in
the
Longwood
area
came
together
and
master
Community
benefits
what
we
could
do
about
housing
or
what
we
could
do
about
education.
K
So
my
our
last
major
recommendation
is
empower
the
community
and
provide
transparency
on
pilot
valuation,
and
so
you
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
about
it's
very
complicated
yeah.
It
is
complicated
just
like
my
tax
bill
when
it
comes
from
the
city
on
my
house,
but
the
reality
is.
We
need
the
data.
The
data
empowers
communities
to
hold
institutions
accountable,
I'd
like
to
go
back
to
what
councilor
Flaherty
said
about
the
initial
report
that
the
Menino
Administration
issued
when
pilot
began.
It
was
a
model
report.
It
said
what
square
footage.
K
K
I
think
that
we
want
to
see
what
that
new
revaluation
looks
like
in
terms
of
its
impact.
Three
years
ago
we
campaigned
to
push
the
council
and
counselor
Bach
and
others
voted
for
new
new
valuation.
That
was
a
you
know,
victory
for
the
community,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
that
is
actually
looked
at
and
you
know
utilized
and
you
know,
put
in
a
user-friendly.
You
know
method
method.
It
is
not
too
complicated.
K
It
is
something
that
is
about
a
tool
for
activism
and
enables
communities
to
hold
institutions
accountable,
so
I
wanted
to
close
in
the
following
counts:
the
burden
other
counselors.
We
urge
you
to
work
to
build
a
better
pilot
program.
Today,
you've
heard
testimony
and
you'll
hear
more
about
the
need
for
vibrant
program.
K
You'll
also
hear
from
the
institutions.
I
think
we
do
all
of
us
the
service
if
we
come
together
and
create
definition,
create
metrics
that
we
can
all
agree
to.
But
a
vibrant
program
requires
an
open,
transparent
process
that
empowers
communities
to
sit
with
institutions
to
dialogue
about
the
future
of
our
city.
It
would
be
unfortunate
if
there
was
a
process
that
left
decision
making
to
institutions
and
a
few
people
in
our
city
in
Your
Capacity
as
counselors,
you
can
collectively
encourage
mayor
Wu
to
create
a
stronger,
more
transparent,
Community,
benefit
process
and
pilot
program.
K
We
hope
our
basic
recommendations
will
be
incorporated
into
a
set
of
recommendations
that
the
council
can
pass.
Thank
you
for
our
time
for
your
time,
I
wanted
to
introduce
our
panel,
who
will
actually
outline
some
specific
suggestions
and
insight
into
where
we
think
pilot
Investments
could
be
you
know,
could
be
utilized
in
our
city.
So
first
I'm
going
to
call
on
the
right:
Reverend
Arrington,
chambliss
who's,
the
executive
director
of
the
Episcopal
City
Mission.
Thank
you.
L
K
L
Am
the
Reverend
Arrington
chambliss
and
I'm
an
Episcopal
priest
and
I'm
also
serving
as
an
executive
director
of
Episcopal
City
Mission.
So
thank
you,
I'm
really
blessed
to
be
here
with
you
all
today
and
I'm.
Also
a
very
proud
member
of
Jamaica
Plain
neighborhoods
I
want
to
say
that
as
well
at
ECM.
Our
mission
is
to
work
for
racial
and
economic
Justice
as
a
manifestation
here
on
Earth
of
God's,
transforming
love
and
in
in
2020.
L
So,
with
the
2012
2022
pilot
funds
collected
falling
I,
think
I
heard
26
million
dollars
short
and
175
million
dollars
short
over
the
past
10
years.
10
years,
Boston
is
leaving
an
important
source
of
funding
for
public
education,
housing
and
other
public
programs
slipped
through
his
fingers,
and
these
are
profound
Equity
issues
and
there's
a
deep
moral
obligation
here.
L
Knowing
that
we
can't
solve
our
City's
challenges
unless
there's
a
true
revolution
of
values
to
prioritize
not
just
common
good
but
equity-based
common
good,
as
we've
heard
about
prioritizing
working
class
and
poor
communities,
and
particularly
communities
of
color
I,
don't
need
to
even
I
could
cite
scripture
for
a
long
time.
But
I
know
we're.
Gonna
We
want
to
be
moving
on,
but
I
would
just
say
that
we're
called
to
be
repairers
of
the
breach
and
there's
a
profound
breach
at
ECM.
L
I'll
say
we
are
a
wealthy
institution,
and
we've
been
looking
at
our
own
history
to
understand
how
our
wealth
and
how
the
wealth
in
the
Episcopal
Church
was
connected
to
the
transatlantic
slave
trade.
And
while
this
is
a
really
different
project
from
Pilot,
it
shares
the
intention
to
take
responsibility
for
the
ways
we
benefit,
often
at
the
expense
of
poor
and
working-class
communities
and
particularly
communities
of
color,
and
to
do
something
very
concrete
and
very
material
as
a
result
of
our
internal
looking.
L
We
know
that
the
crises
are
not
going
to
go
away
without
this
kind
of
internal
accountability,
to
the
ways
that
we've
contributed
and
and
I
think
the
hospitals
and
cultural
institutions
and
universities
share
some
of
that
history,
as
I
think
one
of
our
city,
councilors,
is
already
named.
So
as
people
of
faith.
L
We
stand
with
the
pilot
Action
Group
and
the
requests
for
the
city
to
strengthen
the
pilot
program
in
the
following
way
to
form
a
new
pilot
commission
with
sufficient
representation
by
diverse
Community,
Voices
and
I
would
say
representation,
but
also
accountability
to
those
voices,
rather
than
simply
focusing
on
leadership
from
institutions
that
would
be
paying
pilot.
We
support
the
call
to
reassess
property
values
of
Institutions.
L
Imagine
if
the
new
pilot
commission
was
Bridging
the
racial
wealth
Gap
around
investments
in
housing,
investments
in
education
and
health
care.
We
believe
deeply
that
it's
possible
for
us
to
shrink
even
close
the
racial
wealth
Gap
in
Massachusetts,
but
not
without
wealthy
families,
institutions,
individuals,
contributing
their
fair
share
through
a
progressive
taxism
tax
system
and
for
large
non-profits
that
do
not
pay
taxes.
Pilot
is
a
vital
source
of
income
for
programs
that
reduce
inequality
in
our
city.
So
I'm
very
grateful
to
be
here
and
thank
you
for
consideration.
M
Boston's
major
non-profit
institutions
provided
about
more
than
35
million
dollars
in
cash
payments
to
the
city's
Treasury
and
over
56
million
dollars
of
in-kind
benefits,
and
this
is
a
critical
contribution
to
the
city,
as
people
have
said.
At
the
same
time,
I
want
to
emphasize
what
Enid
was
saying
that
it's
a
moment
for
dialogue
about
how
we
build
upon
the
successes
and
improve
the
pilot
program.
M
M
If
they
were
part
of
a
community-led,
strategic
plan
and
I
I
think
that
we
do
understand
that
this
is
not
a
a
quick
fix
that
you
can.
We
can
just
snap
our
fingers.
We
understand
the
concept
of
of
ramping
up
and
really
collaborating
with
our
institutions
to
get
there,
as
was
done
in
the
past
at
the
same
time,
I
personally
after
spending
40
years,
doing
non-profit
fundraising
believe
in
contrast
to
what
the
gentleman
had
said
before
that
when
he
said
that
fundraising
return
doesn't
just
happen
with
an
ask.
M
You
know:
I
want
to
emphasize
that
it
begins
with
an
ask
so
with
housing
and
displacement
as
the
top
concern.
That's
driving
Working
Class
People
of
color
out
of
Boston.
Let's
imagine
that
we
use
the
pilot
program
to
really
tackle
these
issues.
Boston
had
about
20
000,
extremely
rent
burden,
households
before
the
pandemic
and
the
city
had
tracked
more
than
500
speculative
flips
in
a
year.
M
So
before
the
pandemic,
Boston's
total
housing
budget
was
around
50
million
dollars
in
2018.
The
city
said
that
our
goal
was
to
get
to
the
to
in
terms
of
housing
preservation,
in
addition
to
new
construction,
that
our
goal
was
to
get
to
permanently
preserve
a
thousand
units
of
existing
housing
by
2030..
That
would
have
meant
funding
a
acquisition
opportunity
program
at
around
seven
million
dollars
a
year
and
preserving
less
than
100
units
per
year.
M
But
in
the
last
two
years
because
of
arpa
funds,
we
nearly
tripled
that
investment
into
the
acquisition
opportunity
program
with
28
million
dollars
a
year.
Thank
you
to
the
council,
for
you
know
passing
that
budget
of
which
around
25
million
remains,
and
the
city
announced
this
year
that
we
were
up
to
820
units
preserved
since
the
program
began
in
2016.
M
Although
I
disagree
a
little
bit
with
the
counting,
because
that
counted
about
200
units
that
were
actually
not
permanently
preserved,
but
anyway,
it's
taken
us
over
six
years
to
get
to
over
around
600
units
removed
from
the
speculative
Market,
so
another
30
million
dollars
in
the
city
treasury
that
targeted
housing
stability
could
increase
and
continue
this
high
level
of
investment
in
acquisition
and
preservation.
Every
year.
M
This
could
mean
an
ongoing
program
to
double
the
preservation
rate,
removing
some
200
units
or
more
from
the
speculative
Market
each
year
to
become
long-term,
affordable
housing
and
if
Community
Land
Trust
can
partner
with
the
age,
strong
commission
and
the
mayor's
office
of
housing.
As
we've
been
talking
about
to
work
with
long-time
senior
homeowners
interested
in
Aging
in
place,
while
stabilizing
their
neighbors
their
neighborhoods
long
term,
we
could
multiply
the
number
of
units
that
we
preserve
as
our
City's
population
ages.
M
So
when
major
institutions
invest,
they
leverage
other
Investments
from
other
institutions
from
philanthropy
from
the
State
in-kind.
Community
benefits
could
be
transformative
if
they're,
similarly
coordinated
and
planned
around
a
strategy.
Our
higher
education
institutions
could
provide
legal,
architectural
and
Engineering
capacity
to
design
buildings
and
leverage
projects
that
both
house
their
own
students
and
provide
hundreds
of
units
for
of
affordable
housing
to
our
communities.
M
We
can
create
beautiful,
livable
green
spaces,
which
have
become
so
precious
to
US
during
the
pandemic
years.
They
could
be
helping
our
struggling
small
entrepreneurs
with
business
planning,
support
and
contract.
Our
small
businesses
for
food
service
maintenance,
Landscaping
records
management
event,
planning
in
the
city
of
Cleveland
anchor
institutions,
expanded
Economic
Opportunity
by
supporting
a
network
of
green
cooperatives
with
investment
and
ongoing
Contracting
of
services
like
the
Evergreen
Cooperative
laundry,
the
Evergreen
Energy
Solutions
and
green
City.
Growers
Boston
is
at
a
transformative
moment
when
we
are
emphasizing
resilience,
affordability
and
equity
in
our
development.
M
N
Good
evening
not
evening
not
yet
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
Leia
Serena
and
I
am
the
elementary
representative
for
the
Boston
Teachers
Union,
where
I
proudly
represent
our
community
Hub
School
coordinators.
As
we
talk
today
about
our
community
benefits
from
our
wealthiest
institutional
neighbors.
We're
here
to
ask
you
to
put
your
benefits
where
your
community
is.
Let's
address,
root,
causes,
coordinate
and
ongoing
initiatives
embrace
our
schools,
alongside
other
proven
interventions,
to
address
inequality
in
our
city.
The
Boston
Teachers
Union
has
proudly
invested
years
into
advocating
for
Community
Hub
schools
in
Boston
public
schools.
N
In
2019,
we
successfully
negotiated
in
our
contract
a
city-wide
Hub
school
coordinator
for
Boston
Public
Schools
to
help
spearhead
the
work
of
District
implementation
in
2022.
This
helped
pave
the
way
for
a
city-wide
expansion
and
pilot
11
new
community
Hub
schools,
in
addition
to
the
three
that
we
had
previously
established
through
grants.
Now,
why
am
I
speaking
on
community
Hub
schools
in
relation
to
Pilot
Community
benefits,
because
our
community,
our
schools,
work
best
in
true
partnership
with
the
churches,
School
businesses,
non-profits
families
and
students
around
them?
N
That
includes
our
wealthiest
institutional
neighbors,
like
Harvard,
Northeastern,
BC
and
bu
that
have
historically
neglected
their
responsibility
to
the
city's
pilot
program.
These
ever
expanding
institutions
have
contributed
to
the
unsustainable
gentrification
in
our
city.
They
have
also
shared
the
burden
of
why
Boston
public
schools
has
4
000
homeless
students
and
has
lost
hundreds
of
students
once
again.
It's
time
we
put
our
community
benefits
and
pilot
through
a
process
of
oversight,
coordination
and
addressing
our
root
causes.
Our
community
Hub
schools
undergo
deep
need
and
asset
assessments
jointly.
Parents,
Educators
and
students
know
what
we
need.
N
Our
community
schools
gain
partnership
by
trusting
the
community
and
asking
what
they
need.
We
just
need
more
Partners
to
step
up
in
this
work.
We
work
very
closely
and
collaboratively
with
Boston
Public
Schools,
the
Greater
Boston
YMCA,
the
city
of
Boston,
and
are
now
partnering
with
United
Way
to
continue
this
work,
but
what
our,
but
will
our
wealthiest
institutions
Step
Up
as
leaders
in
these
communities,
our
coordinators
work
collaboratively
with
students,
families
and
Educators,
and
the
community
to
organize
in
and
out
of
school,
for
resources
and
opportunities
that
truly
help
young
people
thrive.
N
In
less
than
two
years
of
our
pilot,
we
have
engaged
1449
community
members
identified,
364
assets,
completed
56
hours
of
training
on
participatory
action,
research,
completed
13
asset
and
opportunity,
assessments
held
16
focus
groups
and
held
181
collaborative
interviews.
We
are
working
to
ensure
all
of
our
partners
and
our
Hub
schools
are
aligned
with
restorative
practices.
Racial
equity
and
Equitable
literacy
coordinators
have
been
working
diligently
to
support
the
decrease
of
chronic
absenteeism
school
safety
and
to
make
schools
places
where
children
truly
want
to
be
Community.
N
Schools
are
an
evidence-based
strategy
for
success
and
growth
in
the
federal
government's
increase
of
the
full-service
community.
School
funding
supports
this,
but
this
work
is
not
possible
without
sustained
and
additional
funding.
There
is
some
precedent
for
this
work
of
aligning
Community
benefits
with
our
school.
For
example,
Harvard
has
had
a
long-standing
partnership
with
our
longest
running
Community
Hub
School
The
Gardener
in
Austin
Brighton,
but
we
hope
counselors,
City
and
pilot
institutions
can
see
this
as
an
example
to
expand
and
increase
better
coordination
with
these
Community
benefits.
O
Hi,
how
are
you
today,
Chris
Sumner
executive
director
of
St,
Stephen
youth
program
and
also
an
associate
pastor
at
Jubilee,
Christian
Church?
My
history
in
this
city
is
that
I'm,
a
son
of
the
city
I,
was
a
product
of
Boston
Public
School
System
have
run
a
number
of
non-profit
agencies
and
have
a
list
of
things
and
I
so
salute
my
my
my
panel
of
friends
here
to
have
accurately
depicted
the
buckets
and
the
plan.
O
O
Many
of
my
contemporaries
no
longer
exist
because
they
did
not
survive
the
pandemic,
because
a
lack
of
funding
and
and
trying
to
make
the
the
best
out
of
every
every
situation
and
I'm
confident
to
say
that
our
students
who
are
going
to
what
I
call
the
the
power
five
Institute
Houston
universities
of
our
city
have
gotten
nearby
because
of
non-profit
agencies
such
as
Saint,
Stevens,
Boys
and
Girls
Clubs
YMCAs.
And
it's
it's
in
it's
imperative
that
the
city,
the
assessment
office
Even
in
our
language
of
this
matter.
O
The
math
does
not
make
sense
and
there
needs
to
be
far
more
accountability.
Our
city
looks
different
now
than
it
did
in
2010,
and
our
approach
to
this
has
to
come
from
the
hearts
and
the
minds
of
the
of
the
young
folks
in
the
community
that
we
see
now
that
are
far
more
astute
around
the
accountability
and
integrity.
We
talk
about
our
city
being
Boston
Strong,
part
of
being
Boston
strong
is
in
this.
O
Unfortunately,
when
we
have
to
face
a
crisis,
I
say
to
this
Council
and
I'll
close
with
this
I
I
do
agree
that
there
has
to
be
some
level,
some
boarding
of
community
investment
from
Community
folks,
so
that
we
can
share
in
shared
measured
metrics
in
holding
our
University
and
colleges
accountable
to
their
fair
share,
because
our
kids
are
going
to
your
universities
in
college
and
making
you
great
and
they've
done
that
by
virtue
on
the
backs
of
non-profit
organizations
and
grassroot
work
that
is
famous
for
our
city.
I
appreciate
the
presentation.
O
However,
unless
we're
using
real
hard
languages,
because
it's
this
city,
our
country,
has
come
through
some
real
tough
times
and
and
these
agencies
and
organizations
are
not
really
adhering
to
that.
We're
in
a
post-pandemic,
post-racial,
unrest
and
Reckoning,
then
those
mathematical
equations
will
remain
the
same
and
we
can't
continue
to
stay
in
this
Flux
Of.
O
If
insanity
is
doing
the
same
thing
over
and
over
again
expecting
a
different
result
that
has
to
stop,
and
it
has-
and
it
will
stop
with
this
new
city
that
we're
in
with
with
these
more
informed
stakeholders
influence
in
our
city,
I
hope
that
the
city
and
the
assessment
department
will
take
heed
to
to
the
recommendations
of
far
more
accountability.
You
can't
have
a
community
benefit
without
Community
involvement
and
expertise
in
this
matter.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
B
Thank
you
to
this
panel.
You
gave
us
just
so
much
information
and
it's
just
very
clear
that
we
should
be
following
your
advocacy.
I
was
going
to
make
a
joke
that
I'm
still
going
to
make
the
council
VOC,
who
is
a
good
Episcopalian.
This
is
my
second
time
this
week,
hearing
from
an
Episcopalian
preacher
I
had
a
good
pleasure
of
hearing
from
presiding
Bishop
Curry
on
Sunday
at
the
North
End
and.
B
I
was
great
as
a
good
Baptist,
but
y'all
got
me,
think
I'm
an
Episcopalian.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
such
moral
Clarity
to
the
reasons
why
we
do
this
work
because
I
think
that's
incredibly
important.
I,
don't
I
know
that
we
are
running
behind
time
and
I
just
wanted
to
ask
one
question:
I
always
like
asking
when
folks
are
doing
this
working
in
this
space.
You
know
in
a
lot
of
ways
on
pilot
there's
so
much
more.
We
have
to
go
so
much
further.
B
We
have
to
go,
and
a
lot
of
you
have
elucidated
that
I'm
wondering
if
you've
looked
at
other
and
I
know
that,
at
the
same
time
that
we
are
doing
a
better
job
than
other
cities
in
terms
of
pilot
I'm.
Wondering,
though,
are
there
things
that
we
are
learning
from
what
other
cities
are
doing
when
it
comes
to
community
engagement
when
it
comes
to
making
sure
we
are
getting
from
these
institutions
that
have
gotten
so
much
from
us?
K
They
had
a
long-term
movement
there
of
community
activists,
they
got
the
city
to
they
got
new
Yale
to
commit
to
a
six-year
process
of
how
they
take
land,
how
they
take
buildings
off
the
the
commercial
role
and
they
put
them
in
the
in
the
you
know,
non-profit
status,
they
created
a
fund,
for
you
know,
businesses
that,
were
you
know,
within
the
inner
city,
you
know
earned
run
by
bypoc
organizations.
They,
you
know
had
a
whole.
You
know
process
of
doing
that
and
they
also
gave
cash
payments
over
a
six-year
period.
K
That
was,
you
know,
way
way
more
than
a
number
of
key
institutions
in
the
city,
I
believe
like
in
Portland
Oregon,
the
hospitals
came
together.
They
put
a
lot
of
money
on
the
table,
it
leveraged
other
money.
They
created
a
community
process
of
how
to
invest
in
housing.
I
know
there's
a
big
struggle
going
on
in
Philadelphia
and
Pittsburgh.
Now,
there's
many
examples
and
you
know
we're
in
touch
with
people
around
the
country
about
just
different
ways
that
you
know
people
are
doing.
K
O
B
Thank
you
and
I
think
again,
I
think
this
panel
for
highlighting
those
examples.
I
want
to
thank
you
Lee
for
highlighting
the
work
that
our
institutions
have
been
doing
with
our
schools.
I
I
definitely
think
that's
an
area.
We
need
to
do
a
lot
more
leaning
in
and
again
we're
not
necessarily
in
the
form
of
scholarships,
but
from
k0
day
one,
our
young,
kids
and
so
I
appreciate
hearing
the
models
and
how
they
continue
to
grow.
So
thank
you.
B
A
You
thank
you
Council
Louisiana.
Thank
you
for
elucidating
the
whole
different
bucket
concept
for
me
as
a
healthcare
professional
in
my
other
life,
you
know
thinking
about
health
outcomes
and
the
incredible
disparity
in
maternal
health
and
infant
mortality
that
we
have
in
Boston,
which
is
this
sort
of
world
leader
in
in
the
healthcare
field.
That
begs
the
question:
what
more
can
we
be
doing?
A
We
certainly
have
a
lot
more
to
do
and
I
also
have
the
experience
of,
and
this
more
of
a
comment
rather
than
a
question,
and
you
know
talking
to
some
of
our
local
educational
institutions,
one
of
our
local
universities,
and
they
were
lamenting
the
fact
that
their
junior
faculty
can't
afford
to
live
in
Boston
anymore
and
I
go
well.
What
have
you
done
about
it?
You
know
it's.
It's
really
I
think
if
we
reframe
this
question
and
see
it
as
a
working
together
that
we
can
get
to
a
place
of
mutually
beneficial
collaboration.
A
If
we
have
Workforce
housing
career
ready,
young
people
who
are
able
to
take
up
jobs
in
our
hospitals,
the
hospitals
are
having
difficulty
recruiting.
Workforce
housing
stability
for
all
our
workers.
Workers
in
our
major
institutions
need
to
be
able
to
live
in
the
city
and
need
to
be
able
to
afford
to
live
in.
The
city.
City
needs
to
have
our
work.
A
Our
city
Workforce
needs
to
be
able
to
work
and
live
in
the
city,
so
I
think
I
think
we
are
in
this
moment
this
moment
of
opportunity
this
moment
of
of
Reckoning,
in
a
way
that
it's
a
post-pandemic
conversation
that
we
have
to
have
to
address
the
racial
inequities,
the
social
justice
and
economic
justice
issues
and
and
really
dig
down
and
and
and
sell.
The
idea
that
it
is.
A
It
is
a
mutually
beneficial
for
all
of
us,
The
Advocates,
the
universities,
the
community
and
this
the
city
to
work
together
to
improve
this
situation
and
get
more
bang
for
our
buck.
Out
of
this
incredible,
incredibly
rich
City
in
many
ways
with
so
many
world-leading,
non-profit
institutions,
educational
and
Healthcare
that
we
can
do
so
much
better.
So
you
know
I
want
to
just
amplify
all
of
you
folks
are
saying
and
commit
to
working
going
forward
to
seeing
what
we
can
do
to
do
to
rectify
this
situation.
A
J
J
So
yes,
so
this
happens,
but
here
let
me
just
Dive
Right
In,
just
so
to
to
uplift
the
fact
that
in
the
last
three
years
that
I've
been
on
the
council,
I
have
established
a
literacy
task
force
that
is
driven
by
people
who
are
living.
The
realities
established
the
black
men's
commission
that
is
rooted
by
those
who
are
living.
J
The
realities
I
mean
most
recently
the
reparations
task
force
and
you're
absolutely
right
when
we're
thinking
about
pilot
and
we're
thinking
about
a
task
force
and
we're
thinking
about
any
combination
of
community-led
processes.
This
is
also
I
think,
a
commitment
that
the
city
needs
to
make
because,
as
I
mentioned
in
my
opening
questions
to
the
administration
is,
is
that
how
can
we
have
a
process
that
is
being
led
by
people
who
are
dictating
for
us?
What
it
is
that
we
need
and
then
bring
it
to
the
community
for
a
reaction?
J
I
was
working,
three
jobs,
I
was
working
at
McDonald's,
I
was
cleaning
offices
with
my
mom
and
I
was
working
at
Brigham,
Women's
Hospital,
and
that
was
just
to
make
my
ends
meet
and
when
we
think
about
what
this
moment
is
it's
not
just
about
Reckoning.
With
this
moment
it
is
about
the
intergenerational
impact
of
poverty
that
these
lack
of
payment
pilot.
You
know
that
has
had
on
the
whole
family
unit,
so
I
think
that
there's
something
to
be
said
when
we
think
about
putting
your
money
where
your
mouth
is
and
meeting
this
moment.
J
We
have
to
look
at
the
impact
that
these
institutions
have
continued
to
play
for
their
disregard
for
the
communities
in
which,
where
they're
occupying
space
and
I,
think
that
this
is
our
opportunity
to
say
enough
is
enough,
and
if
we're
not
meeting
this
moment
and
if
we're
not
being
bold,
then
what
we're
doing
is
giving
people
lip
service
and
I
would
love
to
hear
from
you
all.
What
would
you
like
the
council
to
do
to
help
uplift
the
work
that
the
the
task
force
or
the
pilot
Action
Group,
has
been
working
on?
J
O
I
mean
we've.
We've
we've
had
some
successes,
but
this
is
a
new
city
and
new
issues
and
to
your
point,
intergenerationally,
whatever
we
set
in
place
has
to
reach
intergenerationally
30
20
years,
40
years
from
now,
and
so
an
unless
to
your
point,
unless
we're
really
willing
to
go
to
these
college
presidents
and
holding
them
accountable
and
putting
their
names
in
the
paper
and
really
holding
those
universities
cute
that
you
can
send
us
volunteers
from
my
after
school
program.
M
I
I
think
that
Enid
laid
out
a
very
clear
set
of
recommendations
and
I
think
that
perhaps
the
city
council's
role
could
be
to
follow
up
on
those
recommendations,
and
you
know
work
with
the
administration
and
you
know
but
call
for
reports
back
periodic
reports
back
on
our
progress
in
terms
of
like
raising
the
question
of
the
the
new
valuations
with
the
institutions
and
talking
to
them
about.
You
know
what
is
their.
M
You
know
timeline
for
getting
to
that
level
and
you
know
creating
these
transparent
metrics
around
the
community
benefits,
but
I
think
maybe
one
of
the
most
clear
and
active
roles
that
the
city
council
could
play
is
to
move
on,
proposing
this
Community
task
force.
Community
commission,
that
would
work
with
the
institutions
on
pilot.
J
Lift
that
even
passing
the
the
most
recent
task
force,
which
was
the
reparations
we
had
to
go
back
and
forth
a
lot
with
the
administration,
because
there
is
this
sentiment
that
it
takes
a
lot
of
time
and
energy
to
work
with
community
and
I'm.
Saying
it
because
I
don't
know
how
to
be
anything.
But
honest
and
I
think
that
the
real
work
right
requires
us
to
do.
The
hard
work
and
working
with
Community
is
difficult
because
you
have
a
lot
of
different
stakeholders,
but
we
can't
negate
the
fact
that
Community
voice
is
important
and
I.
J
Think
that,
especially
when
it
comes
to
something
like
this,
that
we're
going
to
have
to
figure
out
how
we
yes
establish
another
task
force
or
a
commission
or
a
body
whatever
it
is,
that
we
want
to
call
it.
But
I
think
it's
important
for
the
administration
and
those
who
are
listening
in
right.
Now
that
it's
a
real,
clear
mandate
that
the
community
is
asking
for
an
official
body
that
is
going
to
have
some
oversight
and
Lydia
I
just
want
to
uplift
that
it's
been
really
challenging
to
to
move
in
commissions
and
task
force
lately.
M
K
I
just
wanted
to
you
know,
just
go
back
and
just
very
quickly
highlight
you
know
what
our
recommendations
were,
because
we
believe
the
council
can
act.
We
believe
the
council
can,
you
know,
pass
a
resolution
or
an
ordinance.
You
know
asking
the
mayor
to
do
certain
things,
but
we
know
it
needs
to
be
a
dialogue
between
the
council,
the
mayor,
Community
institutions,
but
you
know
not
only
a
task
force
but
also
you
know
we
need
to.
We
need
to
Define
what
a
task
force
can
do.
K
K
Is
it's
not
only
looking
at
all
the
task
forces
but
looking
at
overlapping
geographies
like
I'm,
looking
at
your
community
Austin
Brighton,
we
have
several
imps
that
are
going
on
right
now
and
you
know,
is
you
know
it's
it's
the
same
community
and
we
need
to
find
a
way
where
the
institutions
are
coming
together
in
Geographic
areas
that
are
looking
at
some
of
the
problems
and
not
just
everybody
in
their
own
silos.
So
I
think
that's
something
I
don't
know
the
answer
to,
but
I
do
think.
K
That's
an
important
issue
going
forward
that
we
really
look
at
how
the
geography
works
and
how
there's
overlapping
areas-
and
we
don't
need
87,
different
Community
processes
because
we're
going
to
burn
people
out
we
need
to
like
establish
the
city.
Should
they
be
establishing
priorities.
There
should
be
debate
about
what
those
priorities
are,
and
then
communities
and
institutions
and
the
city
should
be
figuring
out
how
what's
the
best
way
to
implement
them.
Yeah.
J
J
Community
benefits
task
force.
That's
some
of
the
dollars
from
all
of
these
different
organizations
can
help
support
right,
because
that's
the
other
piece
of
this
work
is
that
this
piece
also
needs
to
get
funded
and
then
what
we're
always
asking
people
is.
Those
people
who
have
the
least
is
to
show
up
and
volunteer
their
time
right,
while
everybody's
in
consultant
and
making
mad
money,
while
those
who
are
the
poorest,
are
asked
to
show
up
and
speak
and
and
do
all
of
this
work.
So
I
would
recommend.
J
That
is
that
whatever
task
force
that
we
put
together
and,
however,
we
move
forward,
is
that
we're
also
thinking
about
Equity?
Because
it
is
a
shame
that
we
have
those
folks
who
show
up
to
these
meetings
and
have
to
you
know,
tell
their
story,
which
is
important
to
do,
but
they're
not
being
compensated.
So
I
think
that
anything
that
we
establish
here
needs
to
be
Equitable
and
we
need
to
fund
period.
A
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair
from
the
Fenway
Alliance
Kelly
brilliant
executive
director,
since
in
this
letter,
dear
Council,
Bach
and
all
members
of
the
Boston
City
Council
on
behalf
of
the
Fenway
Alliance
cultural
organizations
and
academic
institutions,
with
a
focus
on
the
Arts
I,
am
writing
to
communicate
our
thoughts
to
the
Boston
city
council.
Regarding
today's
hearing
on
payment
and
low
of
taxes
pilot
for
the
city
of
Boston,
we
understand
this
hearing
focuses
on
the
community
benefits
aspect
of
pilot.
B
More
than
a
decade
ago,
in
2009,
when
mayor
manino
and
his
administration
created
task
force
to
review
and
revise
the
pilot
program
in
Boston,
the
cultural
institutions
of
our
city
were
not
represented
on
the
task
force,
no
call
to
offer
their
commentary.
We
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
do
so
now.
We
recognize
that
the
current
voluntary
pilot
program
in
Boston
is
considered
one
of
the
most
successful
in
the
country,
both
in
terms
of
direct
cash
payments
and
the
significant
Community
benefits
it
provides
our
city.
B
B
Cultural
institutions
in
Boston,
however,
rely
on
individual
and
family
memberships,
private,
State
and
occasional
federal
grants
and
charitable
donations
in
order
to
serve
Boston
residents
and
visitors
to
visitors
to
Boston,
though
many
cultural
organizations
voluntarily
contribute
funding
to
the
pilot
program.
Education
and
medical
institutions
contribute
the
bulk
of
direct
cash
payments
to
this
program,
which
is
appropriate
and
fitting,
as
our
real
estate
holdings
are
greater
and
their
income
structure
is
significantly
more
predictable
than
the
much
smaller
real
estate
footprint
of
cultural
organizations
and
they're
much
less
stable
and
predictable
earned
income
structure.
B
The
business
model
for
cultural
organizations
relies
primarily
on
contributed
funds
through
membership
and
charitable
donations
in
order
to
operate
to
keep
individual
ticket
purchases
reasonable
for
the
Boston
residents,
all
cultural
organizations
actually
underwrite
their
cost
of
individual
ticket
purchase.
In
the
case
of
the
Isabel
Store
Gardner
Museum
ticket
costs
are
underrated
by
50
for
just
one
example,
the
past
year
and
a
half
the
covet
pandemic
at
the
cultural
organizations,
particularly
hard
with
the
nest,
with
the
necessity
of
facility
exhibition
and
performance
closings.
For
much
of
this
time.
B
All
of
our
cultural
organizations
were
forced
to
make
deep
budgetary
cuts
to
survive
many
head
to
furlough
staff
and,
in
some
cases,
lay
off
employees.
The
Arts
sector,
one
of
the
hardest
to
be
hit
was
one
of
the
last
economic
sectors
allowed
to
reopen
by
the
Commonwealth.
Cultural
organizations
are
just
now
beginning
to
return
to
full
operation
in
an
atmosphere
of
understandable
public
tentativeness
and
uncertainty.
B
Cultural
organizations
located
in
Boston
serve
all
bostonians.
They
create
vibrancy
and
provide
a
concrete
rationale
for
many
global
national
and
Regional
businesses
to
locate
here,
thus
creating
jobs
and
economic
Ripple
effects.
We
Believe
cultural
organizations
that
Encompass
a
relatively
small
Geographic
footprint,
make
a
unique
contribution
to
city
life,
face
special
economic
challenges
and
serve
a
distinct
role
in
serving
all
bostonians
should
not
be
a
part
of
the
voluntary
pilot
program
that
stated
service
and
contribution
to
the
public
is
embedded
in
the
mission
of
each
of
our
cultural
organizations.
B
It's
part
of
our
DNA,
their
DNA
cultural
organizations
are
uniquely
positioned
to
provide
specific
and
immensely
important
cultural,
artistic
Arts,
education
and
other
community
building
and
place
making
benefits
that
other
entities
are
simply
not
equipped
to
do.
Fenway
Alliance
cultural
organizations
take
seriously
their
unique
role
and
ability,
in
the
fabric
of
Boston
life
for
all
bostonians.
B
The
list
of
community
offerings
is
so
exhaustive
that
this
person
is
unable
to
provide
a
catalog
of
all
of
them.
Here
many
Fenway
alliance
members
are
providing
their
own
examples
and
writing
to
this
body.
But
I
want
to
point
out
just
a
few
Key
Community
benefits
provided
by
the
Fenway
Alliance
cultural
organizations.
Each
of
them
provides
many
more
collectively.
B
A
key
link
to
the
emerald
necklace
in
fact
led
by
founding
fa
member
Northeast
University
fa
members,
were
on
the
front
Forefront
of
successful
advocacy
for
this
92
million
dollar
federal
state
and
city
Town
funded
project
now
entering
his
final
face
to
restore
a
National,
Historic,
Landmark
and
Achieve
climate
change
mitigation.
In
addition
to
these
infrastructure,
environmental
improvements,
all
of
the
cultural
institutions
contribute
to
the
Fenway
alliances,
opening
our
doors
Festival
finally,
20
years
ago,
with
the
intent
of
Greater
public
access
to
the
Arts.
B
The
festival
is
now
the
largest
single
day
of
free
cultural
experience
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
headed
by
12
000
bostonians
annually
individually.
The
list
of
their
Community
contributions
is
even
longer.
Each
provide
many
more
Community
benefits
below
are
just
a
few
examples.
The
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
Boston
offers
a
variety
of
free
memberships
and
memberships
programs,
including
a
free
year-long,
MFA
250
anniversary
membership,
extended
six
months
due
to
the
covid
to
Boston
residents,
who
attended
various
MFA
community
and
late
night.
B
Events
of
the
Museum
free
admission
to
all
M.A
based
community
college
students,
faculty
and
staff,
and
free
admission
to
all
active
duty.
Military
and
Veterans
and
their
family
members
2017
in
the
first
of
its
kind
in
the
U.S,
the
MFA
began
an
aspirational
program
that
offered
new
U.S
citizens
a
free,
one-year
membership,
Berkeley
College
of
Music
City
Music
college
scholarships
provides
full
tuition
to
outstanding
Boston,
high
school
senior
musicians,
the
380
000
annually
and
in
recognition
that
preparation
for
college
is
a
key
indicator
of
success
for
urban
students.
B
Berkeley
provides
numerous
intensive
college
preparatory
programs
to
Boston
high
school
students,
including
City
Music,
High,
School,
Academy,
CU,
music,
Preparatory,
Academy
and
City
Music
summer
scholarship,
New,
England,
conservatory's,
Community
performance
and
partnership
program
works
with
the
Boston
Public
Schools
continuing
throughout
the
pandemic
to
address
access
to
music
education.
Nac
students
have
contributed
over
800
teaching
hours
since
March
of
2020
reaching
students
across
10
elementary
middle
and
high
school
and
high
schools.
Nec
serves
Boston
seniors
through
numerous
events
and
programming
to
address
social
isolation
in
this
vulnerable
population.
B
This
partnership,
with
the
LGBT
aging
project
at
the
Fenway
Institute,
for
example,
provided
virtual
instruction
virtual
choir
instruction
to
Old
LGBT
adults.
Nec
offers
25
free
programs
annually
in
spaces
that
range
from
the
Central
and
neighborhood
branches
of
the
BPL
to
the
Boston
Public
Market
Historic
Landmark
sites
such
as
the
old
South,
Meeting,
House,
Isabella
story.
Gardner
Museum
offers
the
only
year-long
intensive
professional
development
program
in
the
city
for
BPS
teachers.
B
Thinking
through
Arts
equips
teachers
to
use
visual
images
with
their
students
to
advance
critical
thinking,
skills
and
evidence-based
reasoning
across
subject
areas,
the
Gardner
was
among
the
first
institutions
to
respond
to
the
virtual
needs
of
teachers
throughout
the
pandemic,
providing
69
teachers
and
3
000
students
with
classroom
lessons
curricular
resources
in
our
kits
and
virtual
visits
this
past
year.
The
results
are
specifically
chosen
to
reflect
the
diversity
of
BPS
students
and
imbue
arts-based
lessons
with
the
value
of
equity
and
belonging
all
BPS
teachers
and
students
receive
free
admission
at
the
gardener.
At
all
times.
B
The
Fenway
Alliance
welcomes
opportunity
to
partner
with
the
city
of
Boston
and
Boston
city
council,
to
discuss
how
these
numerous
public
benefits
to
Boston's
residents,
which
are
uniquely
tailored
to
our
cultural
organizations.
Expertise
and
missions
may
be
better
known
and
understood
among
our
citizens,
more
vigorously,
promoted
and
more
widely
accessed
by
Boston
residents.
We
have
so
much
to
offer.
We
have
so
much
to
offer.
We
welcome
a
discussion
of
more
conference,
comprehensive
strategies
to
share
it.
Sincerely
Kelly
brilliant
executive
director
of
the
Fenway
Alliance.
A
A
A
P
P
These
programs
are
informed
by
robust
Community
engagement
and
Community.
Health
needs
assessments
that
guide
our
activities
and
investments
in
priority
areas
that
are
identified
by
the
community
that
respond
to
the
lived
experience
and
the
needs
of
Boston
neighborhoods,
and
that
represent
an
overarching
commitment
to
achieving
racial
and
ethnic
Health
Equity.
P
We
unleash
the
full
power
of
our
research
Enterprises
to
identify
treatments,
vaccines
and
therapeutic
strategies
intended
to
heal
everyone
in
our
care,
and
we
have
a
lot
more
work
to
do.
We
are
currently
experiencing
the
Pains
of
a
lot
of
delayed
care
and
very
heavy
capacity
issues
at
all
of
our
hospitals,
since
the
pilot
program's
Inception
in
2012
and
throughout
2022.
P
We
are
absolutely
convinced
that
the
success
of
the
city's
pilot
program
to
date
stems
from
a
sense
of
shared
responsibility,
partnership
and
collaboration.
We
have
maintained
with
our
partners
in
the
city
of
Boston
at
the
program's
Inception,
we
came
together
with
a
shared
sense
of
purpose
and
a
shared
sense
of
responsibility.
P
We
are
absolutely
open
to
continued
efforts
to
make
our
community
engagement
and
Community
benefits
efforts
more
transparent
to
both
the
city
and
the
communities
we
serve,
and
we
look
forward
to
continued
engagement
with
all
of
you
on
this
very
important
issue.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
comments.
P
Q
Q
We
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
provide
comment
on
the
pilot
Community
benefits
program
just
briefly
about
the
Longwood
Collective,
we're
formerly
known
as
Masco
we're
a
non-profit
organization
located
in
the
Longwood
Medical
area
and
academic
area,
with
a
mission
to
drive
collaborative
Solutions,
enabling
Longwood
to
be
a
hub
of
healthcare,
research
and
education
that
we
all
know
it
to
be.
Longwood
Collective
has
22
prominent
institutions
in
Longwood,
including
three
major
teaching,
hospitals,
three
graduate
schools
and
16
other
colleges,
universities
and
cultural
institutions.
Q
Together,
our
members
employ
68
000
employees,
educate,
27,
000
students
and
treat
2.8
million
patients
a
year.
Longwood
represents
one
of
the
highest
concentration
of
jobs
in
Boston,
with
one
out
of
every
10
workers
in
the
city,
working
in
Longwood
and
a
third
of
the
workforce,
or
more
than
22
000
employees
of
Boston
residents
coming
from
every
neighborhood.
Q
There's
great
diversity
within
these
jobs
and
using
medical
institutions
as
an
example,
while
a
majority
of
hospital
staff
may
work
in
patient
services,
a
smaller
percentage
of
working
as
doctors
or
nurses
and
the
remaining
employees
hold
occupations
such
as
health
technicians
and
AIDS
janitorial
staff
and
maintenance,
and
those
who
are
not
working
in
patient
spaces
at
all
include
administrators,
cafeteria
workers,
gift
shop
workers
and
many
other
occupations
facilitating
Economic
Opportunity
across
the
spectrum
of
education
and
experience,
as
others
have
already
mentioned.
Today.
Q
The
I
think
the
reason
some
of
my
colleagues
have
continued
to
mention.
The
pandemic
and
I
I
know
that
in
many
ways
we
are
post-pandemic,
but
the
repercussions
are
still
being
very
much
lived
out
day
to
day
at
the
hospitals
and
since
since
March
2020
Longwood
has
been
vital
to
managing
the
covid-19
crisis
at
every
phase,
from
initial
response
and
vaccine
trials
to
key
Innovations
and
treatment
options,
hospitals
transform
to
increase
capacity,
researchers,
collaborated
collaborated
to
develop
therapies,
to
improve
patient
outcomes
and
multiple
Longwood
institutions
rank
covid-19
vaccine
trials.
Q
Brigham
and
Women's,
for
example,
was
integral
in
the
setup
and
operation
of
the
field
hospital
at
Boston,
Convention,
Exhibition,
Center
and
Beth
Israel
provided
medical
oversight
at
the
mass
vaccination
site
at
Fenway,
Park
colleges
also
house
medical
staff
and
empty
empty
dormitories
Etc,
and
many
of
these
challenges
linger
in
the
hospitals
with
shortage
of
Staff
Etc
and
it's
definitely
been
a
very
challenging
time.
I
know
chair.
Braden
knows
this
pilot
in
terms
of
pilot
Community
benefits
along
with
Collective,
remains
steadfastly
committed
to
the
city's
voluntary
pilot
program.
Q
It
is
recognized
as
one
of
the
most
successful
of
its
kind
in
the
nation
with
wide
scale
participation
across
the
non-profit
sector,
and
certainly
our
members
as
part
of
our
organization's
contributions.
That
would
be
us,
the
Longwood
Collective
we're
proud
to
have
helped
essential
Hospital
workers
with
free
Transportation
programs.
During
the
pandemic,
we
funded
and
completed
multiple
Transit
and
infrastructure
studies
to
supplement
state
and
city
efforts
to
help
connect
people
from
all
over
the
city
of
Boston
to
the
jobs
in
the
Longwood
area.
Q
We
also
work
with
and
financially
contribute
to
a
number
of
community
groups
which
I'd
be
happy
to
provide
a
list
of
those
and
as
stewards
of
Longwood,
which
is
really
our
sort
of
non-profit
Mission.
We're
always
striving
to
improve
the
quality
and
strength
of
our
community
by
launching
a
place
making
program.
That's
open
to
the
public,
provides
music
art,
Fitness
programming,
picnic
tables,
chairs
rotating
food
trucks.
We
also
facilitate
collaboration
on
important
issues
that
help
move
our
members
in
the
city
forward,
such
as
sustainability
and
open
space.
Q
We
care
for
all
the
trees,
trash
barrels
in
the
area
and
recycling
stations
our
organization
brings
along
with
institutions
together
to
achieve
common
objectives,
improving
access,
preserving
open
space
and
expanding
sustainability
programs,
to
name
a
few.
We
are
focused
on
making
the
area
better
for
everybody
and
reducing
expenses
by
developing
and
delivering
key
services,
including
snow
removal,
emergency
preparedness
and
trained
Public,
Safety
street
signs,
Furnishings
traffic
management
efforts,
bus,
stop
maintenance,
maintaining
parks
and
running
37
shuttles
that
transport
people
directly
to
jobs,
employees
at
no
cost
to
the
employee.
So
it's
climbing
closing
comments.
Q
These
programs
strategically
match
the
resources
and
expertise
of
our
particular
organization
with
Community
need
and
we're
open
to
efforts
to
make
our
engagement
and
Community
benefits
more
transparent
to
the
cities
to
the
city
and
communities
we
serve,
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
working
with
you
and
your
colleagues
on
the
city
council
on
this
important
program.
Thank
you.
R
Welcome
good
afternoon
councilor
Breeden
Council
Louisiana
councilman
here
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Rod.
Mccarron
I
am
service,
president
of
the
Association
of
Independent
colleges
and
universities
in
Massachusetts,
and
we
represent
the
public
policy
interest
of
59
private,
non-profit
colleges,
universities
across
the
Commonwealth.
R
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
briefly
briefly
address
the
important
role
that
the
colleges
and
universities
play
in
making
Boston
such
a
vibrant
place
to
live,
learn
and
work,
particularly
through
the
wide
range
of
public-facing
programs
that
reflect
long-standing
community
and
campus
Partnerships
in
every
neighborhood
of
the
city.
Excuse
me
among
our
members.
Our
18
colleges
and
universities
immensely
proud
to
call
Boston
home.
They
are
equally
proud
to
leverage
their
unique
research
and
teaching
missions
and
strengths
to
contribute
in
countless
ways
to
the
cultural,
economic
and
Civic
fabric
of
the
city.
R
Together,
these
18
institutions
educate
thousands
of
Boston
residents
and
share
access
to
higher
education
by
providing
tens
of
millions
in
financial
aid
to
students
from
Boston
employ
well
over
10
000
Boston
residents
with
campus-based
jobs,
with
good
salaries
and
benefits,
support
boston-based
businesses
by
spending
nearly
two
billion
dollars
each
year
on
goods
and
services.
Pay
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
in
real
estate
and
other
taxes
and
attract
nearly
2
billion
Federal
research
dollars
in
collaboration
with
their
Affiliated
teaching,
hospitals,
certainly
the
jobs.
We
create
the
taxes
we
pay.
R
R
These
clinics
serve
tens
of
thousands
of
City
residents
on
issues
such
as
immigration,
housing,
domestic
violence,
veterans
issues
and
government
benefits
just
to
name
a
few.
Other
programs
and
services
include
no-cost,
dental
and
eye
screenings,
free
cultural
events
throughout
the
city
summer
camps
for
Boston
residents,
Partnerships
with
local
food,
pantries,
early
college
and
dual
enrollment
educational
opportunities,
music
and
art
and
public
in
the
public,
schools,
Green
Space
improvements
and
annual
maintenance
and
much
more.
These
programs
and
services
are
invaluable
to
those
who
benefit
from
them.
R
R
They
were
at
the
Forefront
of
the
response
to
the
pandemic
as
partners
with
the
state
and
the
City
three
years
in
as
cities
in
town
three
years
in
as
cities
in
town
struggle
to
bring
workers
back
to
the
office.
Take
a
look
around
the
neighborhoods
where
there
is
a
college
or
university
campus.
You
will
see
communities
teaming
with
energy
and
small
businesses,
grateful
for
the
students,
faculty
and
staff
that
support
them.
R
Our
colleges,
universities
were
among
the
very
first
entities
to
completely
reopen
in
the
early
days
of
the
pandemic,
bringing
assembly
semblance
of
normalcy
to
the
communities
they
call
home
today.
They
continue
to
be
vital
in
keeping
neighborhoods
alive
and
attracting
visitors
to
the
city
right
around
the
corner
is
commencement
season
where
tens
of
thousands
of
visitors
will
come
to
Boston
eat
in
our
restaurants,
stay
in
our
hotels,
feed
our
parking
meters
and
experience
local
attractions
fueling
our
local
economy.
R
We
hear
time
and
time
again
that
the
city
of
Boston,
and
indeed
the
entire
Commonwealth,
with
its
unique
ecosystem
of
higher
education
institutions,
is
the
Envy
of
other
states.
Colleges
and
universities
are
fully
committed
to
continuing
their
partnership
throughout
Boston
in
a
manner
that
best
leverages
their
unique
missions
and
strengths.
This
work
is
most
impactful
when
colleges
and
universities
and
their
Community
Partners
are
empowered
to
work
together
to
deliver
essential
mission-based
services
to
those
who
need
it
most.
R
It's
also
part
of
what
has
made
the
city
of
Boston's
pilot
program,
one
of
the
most
successful
in
the
country,
to
do
otherwise
risk
upending
long-standing
Partnerships
and
makes
it
harder
for
these
services
to
reach
the
very
Boston
residents
who
have
grown
to
rely
on
these
programs,
particularly
when
we
continue
to
recover
from
the
upheaval
of
the
covet
pandemic.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today
and
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
R
B
Thank
you,
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
being
here
and
and
for
the
commitment
that
a
lot
of
your
member
organizations
have
to
us
of
our
city
that
make
our
city
this
strong
place
that
it
is.
That's
always
you
know,
thankfully,
getting
AAA
Bond
ratings
because
of
the
strength
and
solidity
of
our
of
our
economy.
That's
really
rooted
in
hospitals
and
in
in
the
education
sphere.
B
B
Yes,
rob
you
mentioned
the
benefit
that
a
lot
of
our
private
institutions
and
colleges,
and
that's
a
lot
of
where,
where
my
standpoint
is
going
to
come
from
as
someone
who's
I've
been
on
both
sides,
both
growing
up
in
matapan,
seeing
all
the
things
that
we
don't
have
seeing
all
the
and
then
having
gone
to
Harvard.
Having
been
a
student
at
Harvard
legal
aid,
Bureau
providing
these
legal
services
that
number
one
are
not
enough
right.
I
get
calls
every
day
in
my
office
for
people
who
need
more
attorneys.
B
So
if
the
schools
want
to
put
more
money
into
their
Legal
Services
programs
that
we
have
more
attorneys,
that'd
be
great,
but
I'll
also
say
that
the
benefit
is
not
just
to
the
city
of
Boston
I
benefited
as
a
student
at
training
that
program.
That's
how
I
learned
how
to
become
a
lawyer.
So
it's
not
just
a
one-way
benefit
and
I
think
that
is
an
important
part.
B
But
when
we're
thinking
about
pilot
and
think
about
who
I
think
the
framework
was
provided,
who
is
benefiting,
the
institutions
are
benefiting
too
I'm
benefiting
as
well
so
I
think
part
of
this
discussion
has
to
be
about
the
theory
behind
what
our
community
benefits.
What
are
we
talking
about
if
we
take
away
Legal
Services?
B
So
I
just
want
us
to
when
we're
having
these
conversations
about
what
we
give.
It's
also
like
what
we're
taking
and
what
we're.
Also
getting
from
that
I.
Don't
really
have
any
questions,
I
think
you
know
when
we
have
the
when
we're
doing
this
future
work
about
reimagining
and
thinking
about
are
we
are
we
maximizing
what
we
can
out
of
this
pilot
program?
I
think
it
requires
us
all
to
come
to
the
table
recognizing
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
Institutions
and
schools
put
out
statements.
B
J
P
P
You
know
we
worry
about
the
less
sophisticated
organizations,
the
small
organizations
embedded
in
communities
that
are
doing
really
really
important
work
that
they're
important
to
us
and
and
that
dialogue
has
to
continue
so
to
answer
your
question
in
terms
of
numbers.
I
can't
do
that
right
now,
but
I'm
happy
to
follow
up
with
your
office.
R
I'm
I'm
happy
to
do
the
same
as
well.
Counselor
and
I
know.
I
would
just
say
that
these
the
programs
are
not
static
or
unilateral.
They
they're
they
continue
to
evolve
over
time
and
it
evolves
because
of
those
conversations
that
happen
between
the
institution
and
those
local
community
groups
and
so
I'd
be
happy
to
try
to
get
that
the
actual
number
for
you.
Q
Yeah,
so
our
organization
is
embedded
in
Longwood
neighborhood
and
you
know
I'm
a
planner
by
profession,
and
so
we
are
constantly
having
meetings
on
the
topic
of
community
benefits.
Our
our
programs
are
driven
more
about
lessening
the
burden
of
government
within
Longwood,
so
we
run
all
the
transportation
programs
and
to
help
the
employees
Etc
and
make
the
Longwood
District
a
more
comfortable
place
to
work
and
and
visit
for
patients
Etc.
So
we
do.
You
know
my
week
is
driven
by
public
meetings.
Q
It's
not
specific
to
the
community
benefit
aspect
because
for
our
organization,
which
is
a
little
bit
different,
it's
more
driven
by
what
the
needs
are
of
the
district,
but
I'd
be
happy
also
to
help
politician.
Rob.
Make
sure
that
we
provide
information
to
you
about
the
types
of
numbers
of
meetings
that
our
members
are
having.
Thank.
J
J
I
was
an
R.A
and
I
was
a
community
outreach
worker
just
so
that
I
could
pay
for
my
education,
I
haven't
grown
up
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
but
having
to
work
three
jobs
while
I
was
in
high
school,
then
three
jobs
while
I
was
in
college
right.
So
when
we
think
about
the
financial
hardships
that
we
are
imposing
on
communities
right,
this
is
where
I
believe
there's
an
invitation
for
institutions
to
really
Step
Up
in
ways
that
will
help
support
the
residents
of
Boston
and
I.
J
J
So
there
are
some
or
organizations
and
some
hospitals
that
are
doing
it
not
because
they
have
to,
but
because
they
want
to
be
good
partners
and
I
just
want
to
uplift
them
in
their
work,
because
I
think
it's
important.
It's
not
just
like
yeah.
You
know.
I
also
want
to
say
that
there's
some
people
who
are
doing
good
things-
they
could
be
doing
more.
But
there
are
some
folks
who
have
shown
up
in
ways
that
I
think
really
set
the
stage
for
what
good
Partnerships
look
like.
Okay,
thank.
P
You
can
you
hear
me
yes,
I
I
will
take
that
back
to
them,
but
I,
but
I
have
to
give
a
shout
out
to
all
of
our
hospitals
work
really
hard
in
this
space:
Dana
Farber,
Beth,
Israel,
Deaconess,
Medical,
Center,
the
Brigham,
the
Faulkner
Mass
General,
Mass,
Eye
and
Ear.
These
are
amazing
institutions
that
are
really
dedicated
in
this
space
and
work
really
hard
on
community
benefits
and
I'm
happy
to
share
their
Community
benefits
reports
with
you.
P
We
do
file
the
the
reports
with
the
city
as
well
and
and
I
think
those
provide
not
a
full
snapshot
of
everything
we
do
in
the
city
because,
as
as
Casey
described
that
we're
at
50
percent
right.
So
we
don't
tell
the
story
of
every
program,
but
you'll
see
a
lot
of
amazing
programs
represented
in
those
reports.
But
thank
you
for
lifting
up.
Our
institutions
can.
R
I
also
add
just
a
thank
you
for
raising
the
mental
health
and
wellness
issue,
because
that
is
a
huge
issue
on
college
campuses
and
it's
not
just
students,
it's
faculty
and
staff,
and
it
was
a
a
big
issue
before
the
pandemic.
It
was
made
worse
by
the
pandemic,
and
then
schools
are
committed
to
doing.
J
We,
you
know
post
covet.
We
have
had
this
expectation
that
people
are
just
going
to
go
back
to
normal
and
go
back
to
doing
business
as
usual
and
I
think
that
we
really
need
to
pause
it
and
just
the
last
thing
that
I
just
want
us
to
really
think
about.
As
we
continue
to
move
around
this
conversation,
is
you
know
when
I
think
about
institutions,
I
think
about
Workforce,
Development,
I
think
about
real,
meaningful
commitments?
J
S
J
Yeah,
it's
zero,
zero
right
and
I.
The
reason
why
I
am
bringing
this
into
the
the
space
and
within
the
context
of
this
conversation
is
because
we
have
institutions
and
we
have
hospitals
and
we
have
an
opportunity
to
really
lean
into.
What's
going
to
look
like
when
we're
talking
about
closing
that
wealth
Gap
and
how
do
we
prepare
young
people
to
have
viable
careers?
J
What
role
do
the
hospitals
and
our
educational
institutions
play
not
just
by
giving
people
scholarships
but
paid
apprenticeship
programs
right
that
they're
being
there
that
they're
that
they're
having
access
to
Career
op
Explorations
that
are
going
to
lead
them
on
a
pathway
out
of
poverty
right
and
that
it's
not
just
young
people?
It's
also
our
returning
citizens
right.
It
is
also
our
adult
Learners
who
are
struggling
to
read
and
write
to
fill
out.
An
application.
J
Here's
our
x
amount
of
thousands
of
dollars
or
millions
of
dollars
that
we're
going
to
put
into
this,
and
this
is
going
to
be
the
return
on
the
investment.
It's
that
level
of
accountability,
that
I'd
love
to
see
more
of
from
institutions
and
I
and
I
would
like.
Just
for
the
record.
I
would
like
to
get
an
analysis
of
your
attendance.
J
Around
Community
meetings
like
I,
would
love
to
see
how
many
Community
stakeholder
opportunities
you
have
led
this
year
to
inform
your
giving
like
I'd
love
to
see
that,
through
the
chair,
I'd
like
to
see
that,
as
as
a
as
a
formal
part
of
the
record
I'd
love
to
see
your
community
engagement
efforts,
because
that's
going
to
help
us
figure
out
how
we
can
help
support
you
in
your
work.
I.
P
I
will
say:
Workforce
Development
is
a
huge
area
of
focus
in
our
community
benefits
programs
and
what's
been
interesting.
Is
these?
These
programs
were
started
many
of
them
a
long
time
ago,
but
we
have
perfected
them
over
time,
so
it
hasn't
been
kind
of
a
one
and
done
type
of
you
know
investment.
It's
been
something
we've
worked
on
when
we
recognize
the
barriers
to
some
of
these
programs.
J
So,
thank
you
and
I
know
before
I
get
the
Gava
I
just
would
like
to
end
with.
You
know:
I
often
talk
about
the
fact
that
when
I
had
my
own
non-profit
organization,
I
did
a
lot
of
work
with
parents,
and
you
know
in
doing
parent
leadership
development.
But
what
has
happened
is
most
of
the
parents
that
I
worked
with
now
have
been
displaced
and
now
they're
they're
living
in
Brockton
Randolph
in
other
parts
of
the
city,
but
yet
they
have
to
still
commute
and
work
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I.
J
Think
that
there's
also
some
accountability
that
we
need
to
look
at
in
terms
of
like
how
our
institutions
and
both
colleges
and
you
know,
and
hospitals,
are
occupying
a
lot
of
space
and
displacing
people
and
creating
further
financial
hardship
for
folks
who
then
still
need
to
do
business
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So
I
think
that
that
needs
to
be
part
of
the
conversation
as
we're
talking
about
pilot
payments
and
accountability.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
we
have.
We
have.
We
have
many
folks
who
want
to
make
public
testimony.
I
just
want
to
reiterate
the
notion
that
we
are
in
an
ecosystem,
a
community
there's
a
lot
of
interdependency
and
I
think
that
the
whole
issue
around
Workforce,
Development
housing,
affordability,
thinking
about
our
Public
Health
infrastructure,
thinking
about
Hub
skills
and
Workforce
Development.
How
all
these
things
intersect
and
I
really
think
this
is
a
moment
where
we
all
work
together.
A
We
can
really
advance
and
lift
up,
make
it
a
time
that
lifts
all
the
boats,
because
we
do
know
that
there's
inequity
in
the
system-
and
we
do
know
that
there's
things
there
are
so
much
more
work
to
do
so.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
I
say
this
as
I
said
earlier,
this
is
the
beginning
of
the
conversation
of
a
new
conversation
to
try
and
reimagine
on
our
pilot
program,
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
the
work
and
continuing
the
conversation
with
you.
B
One
small
thing
when
my
colleague
was
was
praising
I
was
offering
praise
because
I
think
that's
an
important
part.
I
had
a
great
meeting
the
other
day
with
Boston
Children's
Hospital
wanted
to
make
sure
that
elevate
that
the
way
that
they
do
community
benefits.
It's
really
they
are
providing
something
that
if
they
didn't
provide,
the
city
would
have
to
and
I
think.
That
is
what
we
need
to
really
be
thinking
about.
B
P
A
B
A
A
A
This
is
a
letter
I
received
from
Lisa
Jean
Graf
Boston,
sped
pack
member
at
large
and
she's.
Also
a
member
of
the
pilot
Action
Group.
Currently,
Community
benefits
for
non-profits
are
not
set
up
to
reflect
Community
preferences,
but
simply
what
non-profits
want
to
provide
as
a
Boston,
Public
Schools
parent
I
have
two
suggestions.
First
pilot
Community
benefits
should
provide
families
with
before
and
after
school,
provide
them
with
before
and
after
school
care
at
all
district
schools.
A
This
should
be
a
great.
This
would
be
a
great
benefit
to
families
and
their
children.
Second,
if
non-profits
paid
their
fair
share
in
taxes,
there
could
be
funds
available
faster
to
provide
excellent
HVAC
systems,
including
ventilation
in
all
PB
BPS
schools.
This
is
a
critical
area
to
invest
in
for
student
and
health
and
staff
Health
by
and
complete
by
including
Community
voice,
and
how
pilot
funds
could
be
spent.
More
ideas
would
could
come
forth
that
would
be
responsive
to
important
Health
educational
and
housing
needs
for
Boston
residents.
Thank
you.
I
Good
afternoon
everybody
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
Joanne
Gomes
and
I
represent
the
YMCA
of
Greater
Boston
as
well
as
I
am
a
citizen
of
Roxbury
I'm
here
today
to
speak
on
the
importance
of
having
Community
Hub
schools
in
Boston
Community
Hub.
Schools
are
schools
that
are
open
to
the
community
and
that
provide
a
variety
of
services
and
programs
to
meet
the
needs
of
students.
Families
and
the
community
schools
provide
a
holistic
approach
to
education
that
meets
the
needs
of
the
whole
child.
I
They
are
more
than
just
a
place
to
learn,
they're
a
place
to
grow
connect
and
thrive.
Partnerships
between
schools
and
Community
organizations
can
provide
students
with
a
variety
of
benefits,
including
increased
access
to
resources
and
opportunities,
improved
academic
outcomes,
reduced
Dropout
rates
and
increased
attendance,
increased
social,
emotional
well-being
and
stronger
connections
to
the
community.
I
There
are
many
ways
to
integrate
Partners
into
schools
at
our
community
Hub
schools.
Coordinators
have
worked
diligently
to
compile
an
assets
and
opportunities
assessment
of
their
school
and
local
community.
Using
the
voice
of
the
community
to
determine
which
partners
are
brought
into
the
school
building
is
essential.
I
It's
time
to
allow
schools
the
voice
to
share
their
needs
and
wants
it's
time
to
listen
and
execute
those
plans.
Partners
are
committed
to
providing
high
quality
programming
to
keep
students
engaged
in
wanting
to
come
to
school.
I
believe
that,
by
providing
a
variety
of
opportunities
for
students
to
learn
and
grow,
we
can
help
them
reach
their
full
potential.
I
I
Schools
can
also
partner
with
Community
organizations
to
provide
high
quality
programming
to
re-engage
students
and
keep
them
from
moving
out
of
the
district.
This
programming
could
include
after
school
programs,
summer
camps
and
college
readiness
programs
by
partnering
with
school
Community
with
Community
organizations.
Schools
can
provide
students
with
resources
and
supports
that
they
need
to
succeed.
I
urge
you
to
support
partnership
between
schools
and
Community
organizations.
Hub
schools
are
committed
to
help
coordinate
all
Partners
to
align
with
schools
through
professional
development.
Shared
networking
agreed
upon
deliverables,
consistent
and
align
tools
for
support
and
ongoing
evaluation.
I
In
addition
to
the
points
I've
already
made,
I
would
like
to
add
that
is
important
to
train
Partners
on
how
best
to
support
students.
The
Hub
model
would
allow
for
trainings
that
cover
topics
such
as
child
development,
classroom
management,
restorative
practices
and
racial
Equity
training
by
providing
partners
with
the
necessary
training
schools
can
ensure
that
they
are
providing
students
with
the
highest
quality
of
support.
I
Finally,
I
would
like
to
emphasize
the
importance
of
aligning
Partnerships
with
the
academic
goals
of
BPS,
including
alignment
of
Equitable
literacy
practices
in
Boston,
Public
Schools.
The
ultimate
goal
for
all
of
Boston
Public
School
students
is
to
achieve
academically
in
positive
and
nurturing
spaces.
This
means
ensuring
that
all
students
have
access
to
high
quality
literacy
instruction,
regardless
of
their
background
by
working
together,
schools
and
Community
Partners
can
ensure
that
all
students
have
the
opportunity
to
succeed.
I
Community
Partners
are
valuable
resources
for
schools.
They
can
provide
expertise,
support
and
funding
that
schools
may
not
have
access
to
on
their
own.
Boston
is
a
rich
city
with
many
resources,
but
also
struggles
with
access.
Community
Partners
can
help
to
bridge
the
gap
between
resources
and
students
who
need
them
the
most.
Through
the
Hub
school
strategy,
we
can
strategically
eliminate
the
needs
of
our
schools,
while
maintaining
sustainable
Pipelines
of
access
to
resources,
invest
invested
in
the
community.
This
means
providing
resources
and
opportunities
to
members
of
the
community
build
strong
relationships.
I
This
means
working
with
community
members
to
understand
their
needs
and
concerns
create
a
sense
of
belonging.
This
means
making
sure
that
everyone
in
the
community
feels
welcome
and
value
celebrate
successes.
This
means
recognizing
the
positive
contributions
of
community
members
and
celebrating
their
accomplishments.
I
When
I'm
almost
done
when
a
community
is
strong,
its
schools
are
stronger
by
investing
in
the
community
building
strong
relationships,
creating
a
sense
of
belonging
and
celebrating
successes.
We
can
uplift
an
entire
Community
to
uplift
the
school.
They
say
it
takes
a
village
to
raise
a
child.
A
strong
support
network
can
help
children
to
develop
into
healthy
well-adjusted
adults.
It
can
also
help
provide
them
with
a
love,
guidance
and
resources.
They
need
to
succeed.
I
believe
that
Community
Health
Schools
are
a
powerful
tool
for
creating
more
just
and
Equitable
education
system.
I
They
provide
students
with
the
resources
and
support
they
need
to
succeed
and
they
help
to
build
strong
communities.
I
urge
you
to
support
Hub
schools
by
utilizing
Institutes
of
higher
education
and
medicine,
to
deepen
their
support
of
students
of
Boston
their
essential
part
of
creating
a
better
future
for
our
city.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
You
and
again
I
I
can
be
asked
to
try
and
keep
our
comments.
Short
I
have
a
lot
of
folks
still
waiting
to
to
make
testimony,
and
thank
you.
You
make
some
very
important
good
points
about
help.
Schools,
Kendra
Patterson,
followed
by
Robert
Mann
and
then
we'll
take
Amani
white
anyone
else,
those
two
still
waiting
online
Kendra.
You
have
the
floor.
T
Harvard
is
a
world-class
institution
that
brings
eager
students
like
myself
from
various
parts
of
the
world
to
call
Boston
home
while
receiving
their
education,
Harvard
and
other
institutions
alike
are
molding
minds
of
students
who
then
take
their
knowledge
and
use
them
as
a
resource
and
asset
communities
reaching
various
parts
of
the
world.
It
is
only
fair
that
Boston
communities
here
also
receive
benefits
from
the
land
that
serves
the
institution
through
payment
in
lieu
of
taxes.
T
This
looks
like
creating
a
pilot
commission
to
be
the
holders
in
achieving
the
city's
Mission.
This
commission
will
dedicate
time
to
defining
what
community
benefits
are
and
what
they
are
look
like
in
in
communities
with
communities
like
Austin
Brighton,
to
commute,
create
a
resident,
centered
and
informed
definition
with
successful
engagement.
In
my
work,
successful
engagement
for
this
can
look
like
hosting
Community
workshops
partnering
with
leaders
that
are
actively
doing
the
work
in
the
community
and
other
organizations
alike.
T
Pilot
is
an
opportunity
for
Harvard
and
other
major
instant
nonprofit
institutions
to
align
Resources
with
the
city's
mission
of
a
more
Equitable
future,
as
recommended
by
the
pilot
Action
Group.
This
includes
sharing
the
status
of
the
reassessed
property
evaluation
for
the
non-profits,
the
major
nonprofits,
to
meet
this
opportunity
and
for
our
constituents
to
really
see
what
the
value
of
what
it
looks
like
for
their
quality
of
life
to
be
improved.
Thank
you.
U
U
Yes,
yes,
okay,
good
great,
so
my
name
is
Armani
white
I'm
here
to
testify
about
Pilate
and
the
need
to
strengthen
and
re-analyze
and
bring
more
accountability
to
it.
I
serve
as
the
executive
director
of
reclaim
Roxbury,
which
is
a
community-led
organization.
That's
been
fighting
displacement
and
gentrification
in
Roxbury
since
2015.
we're
happy
to
see
pilot
being
discussed
by
our
city
council
and
really
hope
that
discussions
lead
to
Greater
accountability
and
community-led
decision
making,
especially
in
this
great
time
of
need
in
our
communities.
U
Pilot
is
important
to
us,
because
we
have
a
very
large
non-profit
institution
in
our
community
that
is
behind
on
its
pilot
contributions.
You
know,
according
to
the
what's
been
described
today,
which
is
Northeastern
University
and
at
the
same
time,
northeastern's.
Recent
developments
in
Roxbury
have
contributed
to
further
gentrification
and
displacement
of
local
residents.
U
For
example,
we
spoke
out
against
light
view,
which
is
a
21-story
student
housing
development,
that,
by
being
extremely
unaffordable
forces,
students
to
see
cheaper,
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing
that
that
essentially
local
Working
Class
People
rely
on
this.
Pushes
long-time
residents
out,
as
students
can
often
pay
more
than
the
folks
who
have
lived
here,
not
to
mention
you
know.
U
This
is
like
a
bit
of
a
side,
but
we're
hurting
our
young
people
of
all
backgrounds
by
forcing
them
to
take
predatory
student
loans
to
pay
for
overpriced
cramped
student
housing
discussion,
for
maybe
a
different
thing,
but
pilot
as
a
program
needs
to
be
reanalyzed
not
only
at
the
formula
and
data
outdated.
But
we
also
need,
as
mentioned
here
today,
stronger
community-led
decision
making
and
oversight
in
the
process
for
deciding
the
type
of
contributions
that
Northeastern
and
other
large
nonprofit
institutions
are
making
that
truly
benefit
the
community.
U
So
it's
like
who's
making
these
these
decisions.
This
Injustice
connects
directly
to
the
need
to
hold
Northeastern
in
all
large
non-profit
institutions
in
Boston,
accountable
for
their
pilot
contributions
and
also
for
there
to
be
a
stronger
process
for
Community
decision
making
in
terms
of
what's
just
considered
a
community
benefit,
Northeastern
lists
their
maintenance
of
Carter's
playground
and
scholarships
for
local
residents
as
part
of
their
Community
benefit.
However,
if
that
tuition
is
being
paid
right
back
to
the
institution
and
Carter's
playground
is
now
like
completely
privatized
a
lot
more
than
it
was
before.
U
Are
these
really
Community
benefits
that
should
be
contrib?
That
should
count
and
who
gets
to
decide
that?
So
we
believe
that
organizations
like
ourselves
and
other
neighborhood
groups
should
have
a
say.
We
need
more
Community
oversight.
There
should
be
investment
priority
buckets
for
pilot
institutions
based
on
the
needs
of
their
specific
communities,
because
what
folks
need
near
Harvard
and
what
we
need
Northeastern
may
be
different,
although
I
doubt
it's
that
different,
and
these
buckets
should
be
determined
by
local
residents,
data
and
and
research
and
I.
U
Think
more
oversight
should
also
help
community
members
understand
the
good
things
that
large
institutions
and,
like
maybe
Northeastern
as
a
Roxbury
example,
is
doing
to
currently
support
locals
and
promote
opportunities.
Reclaimed.
Roxbury
is
currently
actually
working
with
Northeastern
University
to
update
its
climate
Justice
action
plan
and
we're
hosting
listening
sessions
where
we
invite
every
Boston
resident
to
participate,
especially
those
who
live
nearby-
and
you
know
folks
can
find
info
on
our
website
about
that.
U
But
we
really
hope
people
will
attend
these
sessions
to
help
improve
northeastern's
relationship
with
its
neighbors,
but
also
that
people
start
to
understand
the
need
for
the
movement
to
increase,
basically
oversight
of
pilot,
and
we
hope
that
you
know
the
council
will
continue
with
its
advocacy
on
this
issue,
trying
to
get
more
oversight.
Our
communities
need
it.
Thank
you.
A
V
You
and
thank
you
very
much
to
the
city,
council,
members
and
the
staff
who
are
hanging
in
it's
such
an
important
issue
that
I
really
appreciate
that
you
did.
My
name
is
DB
Reef
I'm
on
the
steering
committee
of
c-jab,
which
is
Coalition
for
adjust,
Austin,
Brighton
and
BP
of
government
relations
on
the
board
of
directors
of
friends
of
Chandler
pond
as
counselors.
You
know
too
well
that
a
city
like
Boston
is
an
organic
entity
with
a
changing
identity
and,
ideally
the
capacity
to
respond
to
the
changing
demands
and
needs
of
its
inhabitants.
V
Still
I
can't
help,
but
wonder
whether
Boston
is
prepared
or
even
able
to
respond
to
the
richest
and
most
powerful
entities
in
the
city.
It's
many
large
and
growing
wealthy
institutions,
institutions
that
don't
pay
taxes
but
enjoy
all
of
Boston's
benefits
and
services,
but
making
up
for
lost
tax
revenue
is
far
from
the
only
burden
of
institutional
expansion
in
Boston.
That's
why
we're
here
to
examine
the
benefits
packages
that
wealthy
institutions
offer
as
part
of
their
pilot
payments.
Pressure
on
the
cost
of
housing
is
one
of
the
clearest
burdens.
V
Thousands
of
students
who
live
in
one
family,
two
family,
three
family
or
condos-
absorb
housing
stock
that
is
traditionally
served.
Boston's
families,
also
every
unit
inhabited
by
students,
shrinks
the
pool
of
housing
available
for
Boston's
Workforce
and
increases
the
pressure
on
Boston's
supply
of
unsubsidized,
affordable,
middle-income
housing.
V
No
amount
of
volunteerism
or
vibrancy
can
make
up
for
that.
No
amount
of
service
can
make
up
for
the
tens
of
thousands
of
cars
that
drive
into
institutions
and
compound
the
traffic
that
erodes
the
quality
of
our
environment
in
Boston.
I
have
a
brief
quote
from
a
Bloomberg
news
story
entitled
Princeton's
neighbors,
say
to
heck
with
freebies.
We
want
cash,
which
sheds
light
on
the
benefits
of
living
in
the
shadow
of
such
a
rich
University
as
Princeton
quote
after
all,
what's
not
to
like
about
perks
such
as
free
lectures,
admission
to
athletic
games
and
concerts.
V
I'd
just
like
to
say,
I
arrived
in
Boston
just
about
50
years
ago,
as
an
absolutely
terrified
student
entering
Boston
Conservatory
as
a
classical
guitar
and
education,
major
and
so
I
have
a
Long,
View
and
I
think,
while
it's
sobering,
it's
important
I.
Think
of
the
number
the
location
of
buildings
of
Emerson
College
has
acquired
in
theater
district
during
the
last
10
years.
How
Suffolk
University
has
gone
from
a
commuter
school
to
a
major
having
a
major
presence
around
the
commons
and
City
Hall
Northeastern
was
a
community.
V
So
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
this,
but
it's
clear
that
many
many
of
these
institutions
have
had
their
assessed
value
go
down
over
the
years,
including
BC
Harvard's
only
gone
up
by
one
percent,
so
I
just
will
close
by
saying
this
is
not
right
and
it's
not
fair.
It
is
not
fair
to
people
who
struggle
to
live
in
Boston
or
people
who've
had
to
leave
because
there
was
no
housing
they
could
afford.
It's
not
fairs
kids,
who
deserve
far
better
places
and
tools
of
learning
and
so
I.
A
A
A
W
Thank
you
Council
Braden
and
counselor
luigien.
My
name
is
Justin
Brown
and
I'm,
a
resident
of
Austin
Brighton,
specifically
Cleveland
Circle
I'm,
a
public
school
educator
and
president-elect
of
the
Brookline
Educators
Union
I'm
here
today
to
talk
about
the
need
for
clarity,
about
Community
benefits.
What
constitutes
Community
benefits
and
how
important
it
is
that
they
align
with
Community
needs.
W
I've
tried
to
keep
up
with
the
rapid
pace
of
development.
That's
been
happening
in
my
neighborhood.
The
Boom
is
mind-boggling.
Add
this
add
to
this
the
Western
Avenue
rezoning
initiative,
Harvard's
unprecedented
expansion
into
Austin
and
the
I-90
multimodal
project.
You
get
it
it's
impossible
for
working
people
to
keep
up
and
speak
to
our
needs,
much
less
track
that
they're
being
met.
W
One
would
think
that,
because
each
of
these
projects
has
a
duty
to
provide
Community
benefits,
there
would
be
a
plan
to
write
some
of
the
wrongs.
Our
residents
are
facing
the
elimination
of
heat
Islands
by
new
green
spaces
and
expanded
tree
canopies,
better
access
to
the
Charles
River,
multimodal
Transit
improvements
like
those
needed
for
my
dear
Cleveland,
Circle
and,
of
course,
improvements
to
other
social
determinants
of
Health
for
our
neediest
residents,
including
housing
that
is
truly
affordable.
Well,
this
simply
isn't
happening.
There
hasn't
been
a
plan
for
a
coordinated
Community
benefits.
W
From
my
vantage
point,
it
seems
like
a
rush
for
profit
and
we're
left
feeling
utterly
scammed.
Here's
how
that
relates
to
Pilot
institutions
and
community
members
both
need
clarity
about
Community
benefits
before
they
are
delivered.
It
would
give
us
all
the
needed
direction
for
improving
our
community
communities
and
tackling
systemic
issues
and
facilitate
engagement.
W
But
as
someone
who
has
seen
opportunistic
profit-driven
land
grabs
and
development
pushes,
our
community
has
learned
an
important
lesson.
Powerful
institutions
will
do
what
is
most
convenient
for
them,
not
for
their
less
powerful
neighbors
I.
Don't
trust
them
to
do
the
right
thing,
which
is
why
this
important
component
of
the
pilot
program
must
be
strengthened.
There
is
hope
on
the
horizon.
A
community
needs
assessment
is
being
conducted
in
Austin
Brighton,
so
that
there
will
be
a
clear
sense
of
what
our
needs
are.
W
Every
community
in
Boston
deserves
a
community
needs
assessment,
one
last
Point
BC
Cleveland's
Cleveland
circle's,
immediate
neighbor,
endowment
of
over
three
billion
dollars
with
an
Athletics
program
that
includes
multi-million
dollar
salary
salaries
for
head
coaches.
They
are,
of
course
the
worst
when
it
comes
to
the
pilot
program.
Their
track
record
is
outright
disrespectful
dead.
Last
at
22
percent
for
FY
22..
W
Bc's
website
States,
the
school's
Mission
quote
as
a
Jesuit
Catholic
University
Boston
College
is
rooted
in
a
world
view
that
calls
us
to
learn
to
search
for
truth
and
to
live
in
service
to
others.
It
looks
from
my
vantage
point,
like
others
does
not
include
their
most
immediate
neighbors
or
the
city
of
Boston.
Thank
you.
A
X
My
name
is
Ruby
Reyes
and
I'm.
The
Boston
education,
Justice,
Alliance,
director
and
resident
of
Dorchester
beija,
is
a
member
of
the
pilot
Action
Group
and
supports
the
community
benefits
demands
of
one,
creating
a
standing
commission
or
task
force
for
oversight,
input
and
accountability
of
community
benefits
to
clearly
defining
Community
benefits
and
Community
engagement
and
three
defining
clear
investment
priorities.
X
The
community
benefits
part
of
the
pilot
program
could
have
been
and
could
still
be,
instrumental
in
providing
online
learning
tools,
professional
development,
academic
and
social
emotional,
supports
staff,
and
even
something
as
simple
as
offering
their
Wi-Fi
as
free
and
open
to
Neighborhood
residents,
which
did
not
happen
and
still
hasn't
happened.
That
would
have
been
a
game
changer
for
many
families.
However,
Community
benefits
are
not
determined
by
the
community
or
the
need
by,
but
but
by
what
is
most
convenient
to
the
institution
in
BPS.
X
Each
School
Community
has
very
different
needs
because
they
have
very
different
access
to
very
different
resources.
If
Community
benefits
were
determined
by
parent
students
and
Educators
and
funded
by
private
colleges
and
universities
and
private
institutions,
then
families
would
not
have
to
do
as
much
fundraising,
and
this
would
support
closing
Community
with
gaps.
Families
should
not
have
to
do
any
fundraising,
but
unfortunately
that
is
how
our
schools
are
funded.
X
Currently,
private
colleges
and
universities
get
to
tell
Boston
residents
and
BPS
families
what
they
are
willing
to
do
and
not
do
then
they
tell
residents
that
they
should
be
grateful
for
what
they
have
been
given
as
a
Boston
resident
and
homeowner
I
pay
more
in
taxes
percentage-wise
than
these
institutions
pay,
with
endowments
of
over
one
billion
dollars.
I've
sat
through
many
of
these
hearings,
mostly
BPS
budget
related
I've
watched
our
city
councilors
talk
to
BPS
leadership,
about
Returns
on
investments
and
accountability.
X
There
needs
to
be
the
same
level
of
push
for
these
institutions
to
provide
rois
and
be
accountable,
I
get
to
say,
I,
don't
get
to
say
to
the
city.
I
only
feel
like
contributing
what
I
want
this
year
in
taxes
and
my
community
benefit
is
going
to
be
what
I
do
on
my
own
yard
work,
and
you
should
be
grateful
for
that.
I
don't
get
to
do
that.
Council
Verity
has
been
very
concerned
and
for
our
Boston
corporations
and
Banks,
which
was
really
disappointing
to
hear
because
I
wish
he
were
as
dedicated
to
Boston
residents.
X
B
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here,
especially
those
who've
stayed
with
us
for
four
hours,
long
hearing
but
important
topic
and
I'm,
incredibly
inspired
by
the
number
and
the
depth
and
the
work
and
the
years
that
many
folks
have
put
into
this,
so
that
we
can
get
it
right.
A
lot
of
our
institutions.
Yes,
we're
grateful
to
have
them
here
and
they're
individually,
prosperous,
and
that
needs
to
be
a
shared
Prosperity
by
all
of
us
across
the
city,
and
so
we
need
to
we
need.
B
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
I
look
forward
to
working
Council
Braden
with
members
of
the
community
to
get
more
Community
engagement
to
get
a
better
to
get
hard
definitions
of
what
a
community
benefit
is
so
that
we
can
all
really
actually
benefit
from
these
Community
benefits
and
that
we're
not
using
Community
benefits
for
things
that
institutions
should
be
doing
anyways.
So
thank
you
very
much
everyone
for
being
here
and
I.
Look
forward
to.