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City Services & Innovation Technology Hearing- Docket #0211:
Message and order for your approval an order appropriating from the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund the sum of One Million Four Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($1,475,000.00) for projects described in the attached order.
B
My
name
is
Kenzie
Bach
I'm,
the
Boston
City
councilor
for
District
8,
and
also
the
chair
of
the
council's
committee
on
city
services
and
innovation
technology.
This
hearing
is
being
recorded,
it's
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov,
City,
Dash,
Council,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN
channel
82
and
FiOS
channel
964..
B
The
Edward
Ingersoll
Brown
fund
Commissioners
met
on
December,
7
2022
and
voted
to
approve
these
projects
and
to
establish
a
dedicated
repairs
and
restoration
fund
for
the
brown
fund
projects
written
comments
on
this
stock.
It
may
be
sent
to
the
committee
email
at
ccc.csit
boston.gov
and
will
be
made
part
of
the
record
and
available
to
all
counselors
public.
Testimony
will
be
taken
at
the
end
of
this
hearing.
B
If
you
wish
to
sign
up
for
public
testimony
here
in
the
chamber,
please
sign
in
over
there
in
the
corner
near
the
door,
there
should
be
a
sheet
and,
if
you're
looking
to
testify
virtually
please
email,
Shane
pack
at
s-h-a-n-e,
dot,
p-a-c
at
boston.gov,
that's
Shane,
dot
pack
at
boston.com,
for
the
link
and
we'll
add
your
name
to
the
list
and
I
want
to
thank
everybody
who
sent
us
some
written
testimony
already.
We've
been
receiving
those
over
the
last
few
days.
B
I'm
joined
here
by
my
colleagues,
counselor
Michael
Flaherty
at
large,
is
the
council's
representative
on
the
brown
fund,
president
Flynn
of
District
2
and
councilor
Aaron
Murphy
at
large.
Thank
you
all
for
joining
and
we're
going
to
be
hearing
today
from
Maureen
Garceau,
the
first
assistant
collector
Treasurer
from
the
city's
Treasury
Department
and
Margaret
Dyson,
the
trust
manager
from
the
treasury
Department.
So
I
will
just
out
I'll,
be
going
in
a
moment
to
you
for
for
presentation,
but
I
just
want
to
check.
C
Just
briefly,
we
had,
and
it's
great
to
see
both
Maureen
and
Margaret.
We
had
an
exhaustive
hearing
on
December
the
7th,
with
a
great
list
of
questions,
and
both
Maureen
and
Margaret
did
a
phenomenal
job
in
terms
of
outlining
and
being
very
judicious
about
the
various
projects
that
were
requesting
funds.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
Madam,
chair.
Thank
you
for
your
work
on
this
committee.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
Flaherty
as
well,
and
also
to
Maureen
and
Margaret
for
their
professional
work
in
looking
and
reviewing
the
proposals
and
being
very
professional
in
the
way
they
go
about
doing
their
business
as
as
city
employees.
So
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
wonderful
team
that
works
on
these
issues,
but
also
there's
a
lot
of
support
behind
the
scenes
and
they
do
a
tremendous
job.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
A
E
Good
morning,
thank
you,
chair
Bach
and
president
Flynn
and
other
council
members
appreciate
you
having
us
here
today.
As
as
the
treasurer
of
the
city,
we
I
oversee
the
more
than
350
trusts,
which
are
managed
by
Margaret
Dyson,
so
other
than
being
here
for
support.
Margaret
really
is
the
person
who's
going
to
be
able
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have
so
I
will
hand
it
over
to
Margaret
great.
F
Margaret,
thank
you
counselors
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
today.
You
do
have
the
order
in
front
of
you.
It's
for
one
million
four
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
dollars.
I
am
happy
to
go
through
and
do
a
brief
description
of
each
project.
If
that's
helpful,
the
one
item
that
I
would
like
to
bring
to
your
attention
because
it
is
new
for
the
brown
fund
is
this
year-
we
are
establishing
a
dedicated
repair
and
restoration
fund.
F
B
Great
fantastic
I
think
that
probably
the
best
thing
to
do
is
counselors
have
and
can
I
just
confirm.
Colleagues
have
the
list
of
projects
in
front
of
them,
so
I
think
what
I'll
do
is
I'll,
go
to
colleague,
questions
and
and
sort
of
let
that
govern.
And
then,
when
I'll
hold
my
questions
for
the
end
and
if
it
feels
like
there
are
some
things
we
haven't
attended
to.
B
C
C
You
know
a
major
Capital
commitment
down
the
road
as
opposed
to
sort
of
taking
a
page
out
of
Margaret's
in
the
in
the
brown
funds
idea
to
have
sort
of
this
pool
of
dedicated
repair
and
restoration
funds
to
be
able
to
go
back
to
that
commitment
to
go
back
to
that
investment
in
the
event
that
something
falls
into
disrepair
or
is
vandalized
Etc.
So
that's
all
I
just
want
to
add
is
that
that
last
item
for
me
is
most
critical
moving
forward.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
again
thank
you
to
the
the
team.
That's
in
front
of
us,
presenting
this
information
to
us
and
I'm
very
familiar
with
all
of
the
groups
that
are
receiving
funding
and
I.
Think
I
think
this
is
money
well
spent
and
I
certainly
support
it,
and
one
thing
I
I
wanted
to
highlight
whether
it
was
in
whether
is
is
whether
it's
in
my
district
or
not
you're.
D
I
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
his
wife
and
she
has
been
very
engaged
and
very
active,
and
she
was
very
thankful
to
the
city
for
working
closely
with
the
friends
group
to
refurbished
this
park
and
make
it
a
great
Park.
But
you
said:
isn't
this
a
wonderful
opportunity
where
we're
recognizing
my
husband
who's,
a
great
African
artist,
but
maybe
there's
also.
D
We
could
also
use
this
as
an
opportunity
to
educate
young
young
people
of
color,
especially
in
the
Boston
Public
Schools,
about
the
importance
of
arts
and
culture
and
music
and
it
exposing
them
to
the
yachts
and
letting
them
have
a
flavor.
A
feel
of
of
some
of
these
fields
that
they
haven't
been
traditionally
part
of.
D
For
someone
to
to
study
music,
to
study
Arts,
to
study
culture,
maybe
to
get
a
master's
degree
in
and
to
be,
become
a
teacher
and
talk
about
and
teach
others
about
these
lessons
about
culture
and
historians
that
we
have
in
Boston
so
just
want
to
stop
there
Madam
chair
and
want
to
say
thank
you
to
this
wonderful
team
that
is
doing
excellent
work
in
our
city
and
and
we're
proud
of
we're
proud
of
the
this
fund,
but
also
the
work
they
do
across
all
the
neighborhoods
of
Boston.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
A
Right,
thank
you.
You
know,
as
an
at-large,
counselor
I
was
excited
to
see
the
list
why
such
were
the
causes
all
across
City,
sprinkled
across
different
neighborhoods,
and
you
know,
receiving
these
funds
is
going
to
make
such
a
difference.
It's
also
telling
you
know
a
story
of
our
past
and
keeping
history
alive,
but
some
of
them
are
also
new
right,
like
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
in
Dorchester,
and
making
sure
that
you
know
the
field
house
on
Mount,
Vernon
Street
has
what
they
need
to
be
a
publicly
accessible
Park.
A
B
Also
remember
learning
at
the
time
that
the
brown
fund
was
unusual
and
that
it
had
this
sort
of
like
formal
requirement
for
someone
to
come
and
check
on
all
the
projects
every
year
to
sort
of
see
what
their
condition
was
and
I.
Remember.
Thinking
at
the
time.
That's
great
because
so
often
folks
just
kind
of
give
money
and
then
you
know,
shrug
their
shoulders
and
walk
away
subsequently,
and
it
seems
to
me
like
that.
You
know
that
is
great,
and
that
is
a
great
thing
for
the
fun
to
be
doing
checking
in.
B
You
know,
they've
been
around
maybe
30
40
years
Etc,
so
yeah
excited
excited
to
see
that
and
just
want
to
voice
my
support
for
kind
of
establishing
that
repair
fund.
I
wondered
if
you
could
talk
us
through
a
little
bit.
How
are
you
guys
thinking
about
sort
of
administering
it
now
that,
like
you're
establishing
it?
So
it's
the
idea
that
that
the
fun
staff
would
make
recommendations
of
like
these
are
places
where
we
sort
of
it
looks
like.
F
We
are
also
using
this
as
an
opportunity
to
encourage
strong
basic
maintenance
in
our
correspondence
with
former
grantees,
we
worked
with
the
Commissioners
to
establish
this
recommendation
for
a
fund.
One
of
the
things
that
they
had
in
place
is,
if
it's
over
fifty
thousand
dollars,
we'll
go
back
to
the
Commissioners
to
get
their
support
for
it.
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
will
become
challenging
as
various
funded
projects
reach
the
end
of
their
useful
life
is.
F
We
cannot
both
rebuild
everything.
That's
been
built
and
fund
new
projects.
So
that's
going
to
be
an
ongoing
Balancing
Act,
but
for
repairs
under
fifty
thousand
dollars
we
would
work
with
our
facilities
manager
and
with
the
property
owner,
whether
that's
a
city
department
or
a
agency
or
a
non-profit.
We
do
have
some
projects
that
are
on
the
property
of
of
non-profits,
that
open
their
space
to
the
public
and
identify
the
best
course
of
action
for
a
repair.
Our
goal
is
to
participate
at
approximately
the
same
level
that
brown
participated
originally.
F
So
if
it
was
a
million
dollar
project
that
we
put
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
into
and
it
needs
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
repair,
we
would
want
to
participate
at
about
a
ten
thousand
dollar
level.
However,
there
are
going
to
be
some
things
that
we
just
have
to
take
on,
and
that's
often
an
instance
where
there
was
vandalism
or
an
accident,
and
we
need
to
take
quick
action
to
ensure
the
stability
we
have
the
capacity
to
do
that
with
our
facilities.
F
B
F
It's
an
open
application
process.
Our
next
round
will
open
on
the
15th
of
February
with
applications
due
on
the
15th
of
March.
The
website
is
excellent,
just
Google
Edward
Ingersoll
Brown
fund.
That
should
be
what
comes
up.
We
do
have
an
online
application.
That
is
surprisingly,
a
relatively
recent
Innovation.
F
The
system
set
up
by
the
city
council
in
their
ordinance
in
1975
has
a
three-level
system,
which
is
the
the
staff
determines
if
it's
actually
eligible.
If
it's
consistent
with
Mr
Brown's
goal
of
ornamenting,
the
city's
streets,
ways,
squares
and
Parks,
then
the
first
round
is
with
a
brown
fund
committee,
which
has
representatives
from
the
art,
commission,
the
Boston
parks
department
and
the
Boston
Public
Works
Department,
as
well
as
the
Boston
Society
of
Landscape
Architects.
F
They
do
an
initial
vetting
come
up
with
any
questions
that
they
might
have
work
directly
with
the
applicants.
If
that's
needed,
questions
can
go
back
to
the
applicants
and
come
back
usually
through
staff.
They
make
recommendation
to
the
brown
fund
Commissioners,
the
Commissioners
have
the
final
Authority
for
what
gets
recommended
to
the
city
council.
So
you
have
that
staff
level
review.
The
committee
review
the
the
commissioner's
review
and
then,
of
course,
the
appropriation
by
Council.
F
F
We
work
closely
with
the
CPA
staff
and
envision
a
time
in
the
future
where
perhaps
Brown
fund-funded
projects
could
then
go
to
CPA
for
construction
dollars,
CPA
having
many
more
dollars
than
the
brown
fund
does,
but
we
try
to
work
cooperatively
with
our
partners,
both
inside
and
outside
of
city
government.
On
that
construction
projects
we
rarely
fund
over
about
150
or
160
000.
We
generally
try
to
scale
the
the
grants
either
to
the
size
of
the
project.
Brown
rarely
is
in
a
position
where
it
can
fully
fund
a
project.
F
B
Great
yeah
that
no,
that
all
makes
sense,
and
obviously,
if
you're,
going
to
be
checking
up
on
things,
you
have
to
know
what
elements
you're
checking
up
on,
as
it
were
right,
yeah
that
may
that
makes
sense
and
how?
How
do
you
I
presume
that
the
amount
that's
a
pro
that's
available
each
year
is
dependent
on
kind
of
like
a
certain
interest
ratio
off
the
trust?
Yes,
can
you
just
explain
that
how
to
so
this
year
we're
talking
about
an
appropriation
of
1.475
million
dollars?
This.
F
B
B
A
great
statue
and
we're
excited
for
kind
of
the
whole
work
around
the
statue
and
that
Plaza
there
and
so
I
wanted
to
shout
out
to
Marie
facuda
one
of
my
constituents
who
I
think
has
been
really
diligently
pursuing
this,
and
so
it's
great
to
see
that
that
effort
recognized
with
these
design
funds.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
District
eight
shout
out,
and
then
the
other
District
8
shout
out
is
the
friends
of
the
public
garden
for
the
lighting
of
the
William
Lloyd
Garrison
memorial
statue.
B
Actually
like
Innovations
in
in
hospital
work.
Just
like
a
ton
of
kind
of
responses,
you
know
came
out
out
of
that
horrible
thing
in
ways
that
changed
history
and
so
really
really
excited
that
after
so
much
work
by
this
Committee
of
folks
on
the
Coconut
Grove
Memorial
that
that's
going
to
come
to
fruition
and
that
it
will
be
able
to
be
in
a
city
park
in
Statler
Park,
which
is
right.
There
is
stone's
throw
from
the
actual
site
where
we
all
gathered
this
November
and
so
I.
B
B
I
just
wanted
to
read
a
couple
of
I've
gotten
quite
a
lot
of
Outreach,
including
from
our
fire
Union
and
the
national
National
Fire
Protection,
Association
and
lots
of
folks
associated
with
firefighting,
but
I
had
a
couple
that
came
in
from
people
with
particular
personal
connections.
So
one
of
them
said
my
father,
Martin
shared
in
with
survivor
of
the
coconut
Crow
fire
tragedy.
His
first
wife,
Constance
misslin
Sheridan,
died
in
the
fire.
My
father
survived
because
he
was
pulled
out
of
the
fire
by
a
sailor
on
leave
in
Boston
that
weekend.
B
The
one
wish
my
father
had
was
that
the
people
of
Boston
never
forget
the
tragic
fire
that
killed
and
injured.
So
many
on
November
28
1942.,
another
person
I'm
the
son
of
John
Rizzo,
a
Coconut
Grove
Survivor,
who
passed
a
few
years
ago.
He
was
very
much
involved
Memorial
and
it
was
his
fondest
wish
to
honor
the
deceased
and
survivors
of
that
horrible
day.
My
father
on
that
day
saved
quite
a
few
people.
They
changed
so
many
fire
regulations
and
medical
breakthroughs
that
are
still
practiced
today.
B
The
moral
would
mean
so
much
and
then
just
another
two
somebody
wrote
said
you
know
the
moral
is
very
important
to
me
and
my
family,
my
mother,
Joyce
Specter
mecklberg,
is
one
of
the
last
two
living
survivors
of
the
fire.
She
was
18
years
old
that
night
the
fire
began
over
her
head.
Her
fiance
Justin
Morgan
sent
my
mom
to
get
her
coat
and
stayed
to
put
out
what
he
thought
was.
A
small
fire.
B
Justin
died
that
night,
along
with
489
others,
I'm
very
grateful
that
the
city
of
Boston
is
finally
ready
to
memorialize
all
the
victims,
families
and
survivors
of
this
horrific
event
and
then
another
wrote
in
and
said
a
woman
who
would
have
been
my
Aunt
Mary
McCormick.
My
father's
sister
died
in
that
fire.
She
was
out
dancing
on
a
Saturday
night
with
her
best
friend,
Ruthie
Knox
Ruthie
also
perished
in
that
fire,
Mary
and
Ruthie
were
in
their
early.
20S
I
never
met
Mary.
B
She
died
in
1942
and
I
was
born
in
1948
I,
never
got
to
know
and
love.
My
aunt,
it
would
be
very
special
for
me
to
finally
see
a
Memorial
dedicated
to
Mary
Ruthie
and
all
the
other
victims
I
and
the
other
relatives
of
the
victims
of
the
Coconut
Grove
Fire
would
then
have
a
place
to
go
to
grieve
and
Ponder.
What
might
have
been?
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
of
this
request.
B
So
those
were
just
the
specific
projects.
I
wanted
to
shout
out.
I'll
just
give
people
a
quick
run
through
so
folks
know,
besides
those
three
that
I
mentioned,
there's
lighting
design
for
lighting
at
chin,
Park
and
Chinatown,
a
great
kind
of
like
linear
park,
that's
sort
of
connects
Chinatown
to
the
greenway
and
the
China
there's
a
Chinatown
worker
statue
project,
which
is
great
there's
such
so
much
labor
history
in
Chinatown,
and
it's
great
to
be
planning
something
to
highlight
that
there's
artist
fees
and
installation
costs
for
the
Frederick
Douglass
Memorial
in
Roxbury.
B
B
B
So
thank
you
for
all
that
work
I
want
to
let
councilor
Flaherty
and
counselor
Flynn
if
there
was
anything
else
that
they
wanted
to
comment
on,
speak
and
then
I'll
I'll
go
to
you
guys.
If
there's
any
last
comments
you
wanted
to
offer
before
we
throw
it
open
any
public
testimony
and
just
a
quick
reminder
if
you're
watching
at
home
email,
s-h-a-n-e
dot
p-a-c
at
boston.gov,
that's
shane.pac
boston.gov!
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
again,
just
a
note
of
congratulations
to
all
of
the
groups
that
will
be
receiving
an
award
from
their
request
and
and
then
just
a
final
comment
on
obviously
worked
at
Marine
does
and
and
specifically
Margaret.
It's
a
very
thoughtful,
very
thorough
and
very
professional
process,
and
obviously
residents
and
recipients
should
be
proud.
C
In
particular,
Edward
Angel
saw
Brown
I
think
would
be
proud
of
the
thoughtfulness,
the
care
and
the
appreciation
that
goes
into
the
work
that
that
Margaret
does
so
we're
we're
blessed
to
have
her
working
on
this
capacity
and
look
forward
to
partnering
with
her
and
the
brown
fund
moving
forward
as
well
as
any
way
we
can
collaborate
with
CPA
to
the
betterment
of
our
city.
It's
residents,
please
consider
me
an
ally
in
that
front
and
let
us
know
what
we
as
a
council
can
do
to
help
you.
C
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
again
thank
you
for
your
important
leadership,
Madam
chair
and
just
wanted
to
Echo
what
you
highlighted.
Councilor
block
on
the
Coconut
Grove
I.
Think
you
said
it
perfectly,
and
the
the
only
thing
I
wanted
to
add
is
the
the
wonderful
committee.
That's
part
of
this,
that
really
brought
people
and
brought
a
city
together
during
that
terrible
terrible
time,
and
so
many
advances
came
out
of
the
Coconut
Grove
Fire,
such
as
how
we
treat
burn
patients,
how
ambulance
and
and
respond
to
a
emergency
situation
about
fire
fire
codes
and
electrical
codes.
D
Council
block
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
National
president
of
the
International
Association
of
firefighters,
Edward
Kelly,
but
also
to
Local
718,
who
who
really
support
this
project
as
well
and
I,
know
Michael
Michael
Flaherty
just
left
too,
but
when
his
when
Michael's
father
was
a
state
legislator,
he
practically
dedicated
his
life
as
a
legislator
to
improving
the
conditions
for
firefighters
in
Boston,
but
also
across
the
country.
In
a
lot
of
those
lessons.
D
We
learned
right
here
from
that
terrible
fire
at
Coconut
Grove
so
again
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you,
councilor
Bach,
and
to
into
the
wonderful
and
dedicated
city
employees
that
we
have
that
do
a
tremendous
job
and
just
I'm
so
proud
of
our
city,
employees,
of
how
professional
and
dedicated
they
are
to
their
job
and
wanted
to
wanted
to
be
with
everybody
this
morning.
Thank
you.
Council
book.
E
B
Great
yes,
no
and
I
I
mean
if
it
wasn't
clear,
already
definitely
plan
on
proposing
approval
by
the
Council
of
these.
This
docket
on
Wednesday
at
our
next
council
meeting.
So
hopefully
we
will
have
that
approval
to
you
by
the
end
of
the
day
on
Wednesday
and
you'll,
be
able
to
get
those
checks
out
ASAP
before
we
go
to
public
testimony.
B
Specifically
I
want
to
highlight
funding
for
the
Frederick
Douglass
sculpture,
Memorial
on
Tremont
Street
in
Roxbury
as
a
wonderful
and
worthwhile
project
that
will
bring
joy
to
the
residents
of
Roxbury
and
Beyond.
Furthermore,
I
appreciate
locating
and
supporting
this
project
and
future
projects
equitably
throughout
the
city.
My
staff
will
be
attending
and
I
will
thoroughly
review
the
video
hearing,
minutes
and
public
testimony.
Should
you
or
any
member
of
the
public
have
any
questions
or
concerns?
Please
do
not
hesitate
to
reach
out
to
my
office
directly
at
617-635-4376.
B
Of
sincerely
Rosie
luigien
Boston
City
councilor
at
large,
so
we
thank
councilor
Lucian
for
sending
that
in
and
with
that,
I
will
just
check
on
whether
we
have
any
public
testimony.
As
I
mentioned,
we
got
several
dozen
letters
in
so
thank
you
to
everyone
who
wrote
in
and
please
feel
free
to
continue
to
write
in.
If
you,
if
you
want,
as
I
said,
I,
will
I'm
planning
to
propose
that
this
be
approved
at
this
Wednesday's
council
meeting
so
ideally
get
your
testimony
in
before
then
Shane.
Do
we
have
any
okay?