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Dockets #1145, 1146 - Grant appropriations from Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) Division of Conservation Services Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) Program for parcel acquisitions and park repairs
A
Morning,
everybody
today
is
december,
4th
2021.
This
is
the
environment,
resiliency
and
parks
herring
on
two
docket
stock.
It's
11
45
as
well
as
11
46..
My
name
is
matt
o'malley,
I'm
the
city
councilor
for
district
six,
as
well
as
the
chair
of
the
council's
committee
on
environment,
resiliency
and
parks.
This
is
a
public
hearing
which
is
being
recorded
in
live
stream
at
boston,
dot,
gov,
slash
city
dash,
council
dash
tv.
It
will
be
rebroadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn
channel
82,
verizon
fios
channel
964.
A
we'll
be
taking
some
public
testimony.
At
the
end
of
this
hearing,
we've
already
have
a
number
of
individuals
who
have
signed
up.
If
others
would
like
to
testify
via
video
conference,
you
may
do
so.
Please
email
michelle
goldberg
at
michelle
m-I-c-h-e-l-l-e
dot,
a
dot
goldberg
g-o-l-d-b-e-r-g
at
boston.gov
to
sign
up,
as
I
mentioned
today,
we're
going
to
be
discussing
dockets,
1145
and
1146
with
this
committee.
A
Very
briefly,
dr
1145
refers
to
an
order
authorizing
the
city
to
accept
and
expend
a
grant
not
to
exceed
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
renovations
to
win
for
playground
located
in
the
neighborhood
of
dorchester
in
docket.
1146
refers
to
an
order
at
authorizing
the
city
of
boston,
to
accept
and
expend
an
amount
not
to
exceed
just
under
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
A
Three
hundred
eighty
seven
thousand
dollars
to
be
exact
to
help
fund
the
acquisition
of
two
parcels
on
the
western
shore
of
sprague
pond
at
zero
to
four
lakeside
avenue
in
hyde
park
as
a
permanently
protected
parkland
to
be
known
as
the
sprague
pond
shoreline
reserve
before
we
get
to
aldo
garin
who's
been
a
great
partner
to
me
and
in
the
work
through
the
years.
I'm
delighted
to
have
at
least
one
more
opportunity
to
have
a
hearing
with
him.
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
my
colleagues
who
have
joined
us.
A
I
believe
I
have
the
order
correct,
if
not
please
correct
me,
but
we're
joined
by
district
councillor
liz
braden
from
austin,
brighton
district
council
ricardo
arroyo
from
hyde
park
and
district
councillor
ed
flynn
from
south
boston.
So
before
we
get
to
you,
mr
garren,
I'd
like
liz
ricardo
and
then
ed
to
offer
any
opening
statements
they
may
have
and
counselor
braden
you'll
begin.
The
floor
is
yours.
B
C
C
Specifically,
this
expenditure
deals
with
land
that
once
belonged
to
the
54th
regiment
in
the
spray
pond,
which
I've
spoken
support
of
and
reading
the
support
of,
and
I
believe,
former
council
rock
salvo
has
also
led
this
effort
as
well
and
has
written
a
letter
of
support
and
is
now
designated
as
a
great
pond.
This
is
the
land.
These
two
parcels
are
attached
to
that
land.
C
A
No,
I
appreciate
that
counselor
arroyo.
Thank
you.
Your
your
support
is
duly
noted
and
kerry.
I
believe
that
representative
consalvo,
a
stranger
to
none
of
us,
is
perhaps
in
the
waiting
room.
If
we
could
just
update
him
to
panelists
we're
gonna,
it's
the
chair's
prerogative
to
take
elected
officials
out
of
order
so
I'll
be
taking
him
once
we
get
through
other
counselor
statements.
Good
to
see
you
representative,
gonsalvo
counselor
flynn,.
D
D
I
also
see
joe
bagley
as
well,
that
just
appeared
so
so.
Mr
chair,
I
don't
have
any
questions.
I
support
both
of
these
proposals.
They
will
help
the
residents
in
dorchester.
They
will
help
the
residents
in
hyde
park.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
representative
consalvo
for
working
closely
with
the
residents
working
closely
with
council
arroyo
and
making
sure
that
you
know
quality
of
life
issues
and
open
space
and
parks
are
an
important
part
of
any
neighborhood.
So
thank
you,
council,
consalvo,
and
I
have
no
further
comments.
A
Thank
you,
counselor
flynn.
I
believe
counselor
baker
may
have
joined
us.
I
don't
see
him
on
the
screen
if
we
will
wanted
to
acknowledge
his
attendance
and
we
can
certainly
allow
him
to
make
a
statement
if
he
comes
back
in.
But
once
again
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
a
former
colleague
and
dear
friend
to
many
representative
rob
consalvo
and
representative.
If
you'd
like
to
make
a
statement
now,
please
feel
free
to
do
so.
The
floor
is
yours.
A
E
You,
mr
chairman,
I'm
so
excited
to
be
back
before
the
boston
city
council
body
that
I
served
on
for
almost
13
years
and
that
I
love
and
appreciate
the
great
work
that
all
of
you
do
on
the
boston
city
council
to
to
support
your
districts
and
to
support
our
city
and
to
also
enjoy
the
collaboration
between
the
state
house
and
city
hall
and
the
work
that
we
all
do
together.
So,
mr
chairman,
to
all
the
counselors.
Thank
you.
I
also
want
to
thank
aldo
for
his
great
work
on
this
issue.
E
That's
in
my
district,
I
see
frank
o'brien
on
the
call
who's
been
the
true
champion
of
this
effort.
For
our
community
frank,
thank
you.
The
high
park,
historical
society,
martha
mcdonough,
my
dear
friend
and
mentor
representative,
angelo
scotia,
senator
mike
rush,
who
couldn't
be
here
but
through
me,
offers
his
support
here
today
and
also
I
was
supportive
in
a
joint
letter
we
did
to
the
the
governor
and
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
for
the
state
designation
and
to
all
those
community
members
who
worked
on
this
long
before
I
got
in.
E
I
was
happy
to
join
at
the
end
and
support
this
effort,
but
much
work
went
on
before
I
was
elected
to
make
this
a
reality,
and
I
would
add
only
that
this
is
a
hugely
important
issue
for
reedville
and
hyde
park
and
for
the
14th
suffolk
district.
The
sprague
pond,
which
frank
will
elaborate
on
I'm
sure
getting
great
pawn
status,
was
a
huge
victory
for
our
community.
Frank
can
correct
me.
E
Council,
royal
who's
been
a
great
friend
and
ally
and
partner,
who
also
supports
this,
as
he
testified,
was
articulating.
The
fact
that
the
land,
in
fact
is
historic.
The
mass
54th
regiment,
the
first
african-american
regiment
in
the
civil
war
encamped
around
sprague
pond
and
meg's
field
out
of
barry
cameron
and
the
land
also
has
historical
significance
in
the
native
american
community
and
with
indigenous
people
who
lived
and
and
camped
around
this
pond
as
well.
E
So
a
real
piece
of
city
of
boston,
history
of
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts,
history,
the
reedville
history
right
here
in
our
community
in
hyde
park
and
with
this
grant
and
the
great
work
that
aldo
and
the
city's
matching.
This
effort
we'll
be
able
to
preserve
this
land
forever
and
continue
to
protect
the
historical
significance
of
sprite
pond,
our
great
pond
right
here
in
the
14th
southwest
district
in
hyde
park,
and
we
will
so.
E
I
would
urge
you,
mr
chairman,
to
issue
a
favorable
report
on
this,
and
I
would
urge
the
boston
city
council
to
please
vote
in
favor
of
these
grants.
So
we
can
move
forward
with
our
work
with
the
city
of
austin
and
aldo
and
his
team.
Thank
you
very
much
and
wish
everybody
the
happiest
of
holidays
and
best
wishes
in
all
your
future.
Endeavors,
including
you,
mr
chairman.
I
know
you're
on
to
bigger
and
better
things,
and
I
congratulate
you
and
wish
you
all
the
best
and
best
to
your
family
during
this
holiday
season.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Very
much,
representative
means
a
lot
and,
and
back
to
you
appreciate
your
your
tireless
work
for
your
district
and
the
people
of
boston.
So
these
are
two
grants
that
have
been
awarded
by
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts,
executive
office
of
energy
and
environmental
affairs,
division
of
conservation
services,
parkland
acquisitions
and
renovations
for
communities
or
parc
program.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
now
the
floor
over
to
aldo
guerin,
who
is
our
senior
planner
for
the
parks
and
recreation
department.
A
F
F
F
F
F
F
So
this
is
in
sort
of
the
it's
actually
kind
of
pretty
close
to
the
boundary
with
dorchester
horses
or
all
sorts
of
concerns
about
where
exactly
roxbury
ends
in
dorchester
begins.
But
it's
next
to
the
winthrop
elementary
school.
That's
at
the
upper
part
of
this
diagram
here,
and
so
it
serves
as
a
school
playground
as
well
as
a
playground
for
the
community.
F
So
I'm
just
gonna
go
quickly
through
these
items,
the
existing
conditions
shows
a
a
park
that
has
both
pervious
surfaces
lawns,
as
well
as
paved
surfaces,
the
basketball
courts,
tennis,
court
and
play
area
the
playground,
equipment
and
also
there
is
a
water
play
feature
as
well.
So
it's
a
nice
mix
to
have
both
the
you
know,
lawn
area
as
well
as
the
you
know,
paved
areas
too,
because
you
know
it
just
allows
people
to
be
able
to
enjoy
nature,
and
also
you
know,
recreation
as
well.
F
So
generally,
the
this
you
know,
playground,
as
I
recall,
is
like,
if
not
one
of
the
first,
the
first
grant.
I
ever
got
for
the
parks
department
back
30
years
ago,
30
something
years
ago,
and
so
by
this
time
you
know,
you'd
expect
the
play
equipment
to
be
worn,
and
it
talks
about
here.
Crumbling
concrete
for
the
water
play,
obviously
not
a
safe
condition.
F
F
Exercise
stations
have
worn
equipment,
you
know
missing.
Safety
surfacing
play
game
tables
are
worn
and
basketball
court
tennis
courts
have
male
cracks
in
them
graffiti,
and
not
the
access
from
the
playground
area
to
the
courts
is
not
accessible,
so
you
need
to
you
know
if
you
want
to,
I
think,
there's
a
if
I
recall
you.
You
basically
have
to
go
out
of
the
park
so
to
speak,
to
get
into
the
the
court
areas.
If
you're
you
know
in
need
of
an
accessible
entrance.
F
So
next
slide
is
what
our
concept
plan
will
be.
So
we'll
now
have
a
basketball
court,
the
one
on
the
right
as
well
as
a
multi-sport
court,
but
it
also,
I
think,
includes
a
capability
to
play.
Basketball
as
well.
All
refurbished
with
you
know,
new
surfacing,
there's
going
to
be
a
new
five
to
twelve
and
two
to
five
playground
with
a
new
splash
pad.
F
A
F
F
The
water
play
feature
is
going
to
be
reconstructed,
the
pads
will
be
ada,
compliant
basketball
courts
will
have
new
fencing
access
to
the
courts
will
have,
you
know,
be
improved
to
proper
ada
standards
so
that
you
don't
need
to
exit
the
partics
to
access.
These
features
exercise
circuit,
as
I
mentioned,
water
walking,
loop,
new
benches
game
tables
and
new
tree
plantings,
that'll
replace
the
few
trees
on
site
that
are
being
removed
due
to
safety
concerns
and
then
there'll
be
an
additional
eight
trees
planted
for
a
net
increase
in
tree
canopy.
F
A
Funding
streams
from
playground
renovations
are
among
my
favorite,
particularly
you
know
the
unicorn
of
this,
and
then
we
just
did
one
with
the
higginson-lewis
school
a
couple
weeks
ago,
where
you've
got
an
elementary
school
directly
across
the
street
is
going
to
benefit
from
this
new
playground.
You've
got
kids
who
have
mobility
issues
or
use
wheelchairs
that
will
now
be
able
to
take
full
advantage
with
these
ada
compliance
upgrades.
This
is
a
home
run
as
far
as
I'm
concerned
looks
great.
What's
the
what's,
the
total
cost
of
the
full
renovation.
F
H
A
F
A
A
We're
gonna,
you
know
it's
not
a
huge
number,
but
certainly
will
help
grow
our
tree
canopy
and
yeah.
I
mean
this.
This
looks
great.
I
love
the
courts,
any
you
know
an
increasingly
popular
sport
that
perhaps
representative
console
and
I
can
partake
in
soon
as
pickleball
will
we
be
able
to
repurpose
the
courts
as
pickleball
courts.
I
I
So,
yes,
the
the
grant
doesn't
cover
the
full
amount
we
are
seeking,
and
we
anticipate
this
being
in
our
capital
budget
request
this
following
year
with
that
that
second
court
there
we're
going
into
our
community
meeting
process
so
we'll
be
getting
a
better
understanding
exactly
of
what
the
additional
multi-sport
elements
that
the
community
will
be
looking
for.
There
great
well.
A
I
mentioned
pickleball
because
it's
been
great
to
see
particularly
seniors,
who
take
advantage.
My
father
is
now
an
avid
pickleball
player,
so
I
really
love
to
see.
Parks
are
for
people
has
always
been
my
mantra
and
manny's
mantra.
So
the
fact
that
we've
got
so
many
young
folks,
particularly
the
students
of
the
winthrop
elementary
who
will
be
able
to
partake
of
this,
really
have
a
multi-generational
approach.
So
that's
just
my
my
take
as
you
head
into
more
of
the
community
input
process
or
community
engagement,
but
I
think
this
is
great.
A
I
think
nathan,
that's
helpful.
2.4
million
actually
seems
a
lot
less,
a
smaller
number
than
we've
seen
in
some
other
parks,
so
it's
great
to
see
that
we're
being
efficient
with
our
dollars
and
being
able
to
do
more
with
perhaps
less
because
this
is
a
crucially
important
investment
that
any
city
can
make.
So
that
is
all
I
have
nathan.
Why
don't
you
stay
on
the
call?
Because
other
colleagues
may
have
some
questions
as
well
and
I'm
going
to
begin
an
order
of
arrival
with
council
braden?
B
F
B
I
Sure,
thank
you
and
that's
a
great
question.
One
of
the
things
when
we're
selecting
play
equipment
we
try
and
evaluate
and
select
them
based
not
only
for
physical
disabilities,
but
also
cognitive
and
social
disabilities,
so
including
elements
that
are
useful
and
helpful
for
children
on
the
autism
spectrum.
I
We
also
look
at
the
accessibility
and
access
of
the
equipment,
so
not
having
only
elements
that
require
children
to
climb
up
it,
but
making
sure
there's
a
variety
of
play
equipment
so
there's
both
ground
level
play
elevated
play,
but
both
access
for
both
of
those
right
now
the
accessibility
within
the
site
has
a
lot
of
settlement
issues
so
trying.
If
anybody
is
in
any
mobility
device
trying
to
navigate
the
site
is
quite
difficult.
I
So
one
of
the
things
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
doing
is
is
improving
that
circulation,
but
also
ensuring
it
as
aldo
mentioned
earlier.
If
you
are
in
the
playground
space
but
then
want
to
go
to
the
courts,
you
actually
have
to
leave
the
park,
walk
up
the
sidewalk
and
enter
the
courts
which,
in
our
opinion,
is
not
acceptable.
So
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
add
circulation
throughout
the
park
so
that
anybody
in
any
with
any
mobility
disabilities
can
access
every
single
element
within
the
park
once
they're
inside
sounds
good.
B
A
You,
council
braden.
I
want
to
acknowledge:
we've
been
joined
by
at
large
city
councilor,
michael
flaherty
of
south
boston
as
well.
Welcome,
counselor
flaherty.
I
don't
believe
councillor
flynn
is
still
on
so
council
flyer.
If
you
had
any
opening
statement
or
questions
on
this
beginning
with
the
winter
playground
and
then
we're
gonna
go
to
sprague
pond
next
yep.
H
I
will
be
keeping
him
in
mind
because
of
his
staunch
advocacy
over
the
years
of
winthrop
park,
he's
been
fighting
tirelessly
for
upgrades
for
years,
so
happy
that
it's
finally
in
the
pipeline
coming
to
fruition
and
kudos
to
him
and
his
great
advocacy
over
the
work.
So
I
look
forward
to
supporting
your
report.
Mr
chairman.
Thank
you
indeed,.
A
F
Great,
so
1146
is
a
request
for
an
order
to
accept
and
expend
a
a
state
park
grant
for
387
and
164
cents
for
the
acquisition
of
the
spray
pond
shoreline
reserve.
That's
what
we'll
be
calling
the
park
that
will
be
the
result
of
acquiring
zero
to
four
lakeside
avenue
in
hyde
park.
Let
me
get
on
to
the
next
screen
yep,
so
this
grant
will
help
fund
the
acquisition
of
the
new
sprague
pond
shoreline
reserve.
F
F
F
It's
within,
I
don't
know
if
you
can
see
my
cursor
down
here,
but
where
it
says
approximate
location
of
spray
pond,
but
it's
inside
this
green
zone
here,
that's
known
as
the
foul
metal
and
ponca
pog
pond
area
of
critical
environmental
concerns.
These
are
state
designated
environmentally
sensitive
areas
that
get
special
review
and
considerations
when
state
agencies
are
required
to
review
development
projects-
and
that's
you
know,
you
know,
shows
how
important
the
state
considers
this
area
sprake
pond.
F
As
you
know,
thanks
to
the
efforts
of
frank
o'brien,
representative
consalvo
and
the
community
was
recently
designated
a
great
pond,
and
that
means
that
at
some
point
in
its
history
it
was
at
least
10,
acres
or
more,
and
because
of
that
the
is
a
per
state
law.
Every
one
of
these
great
ponds
is
supposed
to
be
made.
You
know
public
for
boating
and
open
to
all
inhabitants
inhabitants
for
fishing
purposes.
F
Of
course
the
question's
always
been.
How
do
you
get
access
if,
for
example,
the
entire
shoreline
of
a
pond
is
privately
owned,
and
so
the
commonwealth
has
been
working
on?
It
has,
in
fact,
a
program
called
the
public
access
program
to
try
to
get
boat
ramps
and
fishing
ramps
and
fishing
access
to
various
great
ponds.
F
Many
of
the
these
environmental
justice
populations
are,
in
you
know,
dense
urban
areas
and
in
and
around
the
state's
oldest
industrial
sites,
and
anybody
who's
been
down
in
that
area
knows
how
heavily
industrialized
that
that
section
of
reidville
is.
This
is
kind
of
a
you
know,
a
incredible
window
into
nature
in
this
area.
F
Also
part
of
the
grant
review
they
ask
that
we
find
where
this
location
is
in
terms
of
the
university
of
massachusetts
heat
map,
and
so,
if
you
look
here
on
the
left,
there's
a
legend
from
one
to
four
one
is
like
you
know,
has
very
moderate
temperatures.
Four
has
you
know
very
high
vulnerability
to
heat
waves,
high
heat
events,
that
sort
of
thing,
and
so
the
whole
spray
pond
area
is
definitely
seen
as
a
high
heat
area.
F
So
that
again
is
another
factor
contributing
to
the
city's
grant
application
for
this
site.
Before
I
go
into
the
history,
though,
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
switch
whoops
yeah
to
one
more.
This
was
not
in
the
original
slide
deck,
but
I
was
part
of
our
grant
application
here.
We
want
to
show
that
this
has
been
a
long
time
goal
of
the
city.
This
is
a
a
bra
neighborhood
strategic
plan
for
hyde
park.
F
It
was
completed
10
years
ago
and
in
that
plan
it
included
this
recommendations
to
increase
open
space
resources
include
acquisition
of
several.
You
know
dnt
parcels
and
privately
owned
parcels
for
open
space,
ranging
from
community
gardens
to
a
sprague
pond
waterfront
park.
That's
specifically
what
this
this
request
is
for,
so
we're
actually
fulfilling
you
know
a
city
city
plan
so
back
to
the
slide
deck
the
this
area
and,
at
the
end
of
my
talk,
I'm
gonna
turn
over
to
the
city,
archaeologists.
F
As
was
mentioned
already,
this
was
part
of
the
large
camp
meeks
encampment,
where
the
54th
regiment
first,
you
know
mustered
and
they
trained
there,
and
so,
as
I've
told
people
most
soldiers
in
the
revolutionary
and
civil
war
probably
died
of
disease
rather
than
bullets.
So
there
may
be
remains
of
some
of
these
soldiers
in
this
landscape,
and
so
you
know
we
want
to
be
able
to
explore
that
possibility.
F
The
massachusetts
historical
commission,
in
commenting
on
our
state
grant
application
said
that
there
are
sensitive
archaeological
resources
both
from
the
ancient
and
historical
periods
that
may
be
present
at
this
site.
They
stated
the
mhc
encourages
acquisition
of
the
property
for
open
space
and
recreation
to
assist,
to
protect
and
preserve
any
significant
historic
and
archaeological
resources
that
may
be
present.
F
So
this
acquisition
that
we're
proposing
and,
of
course,
today's
vote
is
simply
a
vote
to
accept
a
grant
money.
It's
not
a
vote
to
accept
acquisition,
we're
not
not
at
the
point
yet
where
we've
begun
any
kind
of
negotiation,
but
this
gives
us
the
ability
to
use
state
resources,
as
well
as
city
resources,
to
acquire
this
so
it'll
help
us
to
as
a
means
to
protect
and
preserve
these
historical
and
archaeological
resources,
as
well
as
allow
the
public
to
access
this
area
for
the
recreational,
natural
and
scenic
values.
F
The
city
funds
will
be
from
the
community
preservation
act:
revenues
back
in
the
spring.
The
council
voted
in
the
fy
21
grant
round
of
the
cpa
to
support
a
open
space
acquisition
fund.
So
this
is
going
to
be,
we
hope,
our
first,
but
there
will
also
be
others
first
acquisition
with
using
this
money,
so
part
of
the
funds
will
be
from
you
know.
The
cpa
funds
part
will
be
from
this
state
grant.
F
So
this
by
voting
for
this
we'll
be
leveraging
the
cpa
open
space
acquisition
fund
to
get
this
external
funding.
So
I'm
hoping
that
the
city
council
will,
you
know,
vote
to
allow
the
city
to
accept
and
expand
the
grant.
Thank
you,
and
now
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
joseph
bagley,
the
city
archaeologist.
J
So
as
city
archaeologists,
one
of
my
roles
is
to
provide
things
called
sensitivity,
statements
and
essentially
that's
a
professional
evaluation
of
a
piece
of
land
as
to
whether
or
not
it
could
have
an
archaeological
site
prior
to
there
being
some
disturbance
or
archaeology.
Even
so,
that's
what
I
was.
I
did,
I
think,
almost
two
years
ago
now
on
this
property,
provide
a
sensitivity
statement
on
the
on
the
particular
parcel
before
I
was
aware
of
the
city's
interest
in
acquiring
the
parcel.
J
Basically,
what
that
that
means
archaeologically
is
I
go
through
various
historic
documents:
topographic
information,
I
look
up
the
soils
of
a
property.
I
look
at
its
relative
distance
from
fresh
water,
running
rivers.
The
ocean
topographic
features
such
as
mountains
or
waterfalls
and
add
all
that
together
to
essentially
make
a
statement
as
to
whether
or
not
there
could
be
an
archaeological
site
on
a
particular
parcel.
J
In
this
particular
case,
I
flagged
the
site
as
being
archaeologically
sensitive
for
both
historic
and
ancient
native
archaeological
resources.
The
two
key
components
have
been
discussed
already
from
the
historic
side
of
things.
The
the
most
obvious
historic,
historically
significant
event
in
the
area
is
the
the
camp
bank's
54th
regiment
encampment.
So
it's
it's
sensitive
for
that,
because
sprague
pond
appears
on
the
maps
of
camp
megs.
J
With
the
massachusetts
tribe
of
poncapog,
having
been
in
the
area
for
thousands
of
years,
the
the
things
that
make
this
especially
significant
is,
or
potentially
significant,
I
should
say
sensitive-
is
the
fact
that
it
is
on
the
western
side
of
a
pond
that
faces
sunrise.
It
also
faces
great
blue
hill,
and
the
blue
hills
are
sacred
to
the
massachusetts
tribe,
it's
relatively
dry,
meaning
that
the
land
and
the
soils
itself
are
not
in
a
swampy
area,
so
people
could
actually
stay
on
them
over
periods
of
time.
J
We
also
have
numerous
archaeological
sites
in
the
vicinity,
both
in
boston
and
across
the
river.
The
deposit,
which
is
just
east
of
the
project
area,
was
just
used
as
a
project
area.
All
of
that
together
means
that
this
this
parcel
has
a
high
probability
of
having
multiple
types
of
archaeological
sites
on
the
property.
Also,
it
has
not
been
developed,
which
means
that
if
there
were
any
sites
there,
they
may
still
be
there.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
joe.
Thank
you
all,
though
joe
I'll
be
good
with
you
first
off.
Thank
you
for
that
land
acknowledgement
the
massachusetts
tribe
of
ponca
poag.
It's
it's
important,
and
this
is
such
a
unique
space.
Obviously
it
is
so
important
to
indigenous
and
native
american
history,
it's
so
important
to
african
american
and
black
american
history
and
boston's
history.
We
need
to
do
this,
and-
and
it
is
it's-
it's
really
heartening
to
see
how
the
works
coming
together,
the
city,
the
state
working
together.
A
I
wanted
to
begin
again,
joe
by
talking
about
your
very
generous
offer,
to
sort
of
meet
with
the
community
and
help
oversee
the
process
which
you've
done
exceptionally
well.
You've
done
it
at
city
hall,
you've
done
it
in
roxbury,
you've
done
it
in
the
north
end,
you've
done
it
and
a
whole
host
of
neighborhoods,
and
I
think
that
is
absolutely
crucial
to
continuing
to
do
this.
You
know
I
support
this.
I
support
both
of
these
grants.
A
You
know,
unsurprisingly
and
wholeheartedly,
it
is
important
as
we
talk
about
something:
that's
not
only
environmental
acquisition
and
good
for
our
planet,
but
also
so
important
to
our
history
and
so
important
to
our
culture,
and
this
can
be
an
incredible
destination
in
place
of
learning
in
place
of
reverence
in
place
of
of
remembrance.
So
you
know,
I
think
this
is
great.
I
I
wish
we
could
get
more
money,
but
I,
my
only
question,
really
is
sort
of
around
the
funding
stream.
A
A
F
F
We
know
what
that
is,
we've
got,
you
know
we
we
couldn't
have
gotten
the
state
grant
without
having
an
appraisal
and
so
that
what
that
is
doing
is
that
we'll
have
you
know
money
be
with
the
state
grant
and
the
one
million
dollars
we'll
definitely
have
money
to
spare.
You
know
when
we're
you
know
contemplating
other
acquisitions.
Outside
of
you
know
a
state
grant.
You
know
in
other
parts
of
the
city,
so.
A
A
C
A
That's
that's
helpful
fallback.
So
again
we
have
two
meetings:
the
next
of
the
year
remaining
in
the
air.
I
will
obviously
be
pushing
very
hard
and-
and
I'm
sure
successfully
relaying
to
my
colleagues
the
importance
of
quick
action
on
these,
but
this
is
something
that
will
be
absolutely
a
game
changer
for
not
only
the
reveal
neighbor
and
hyde
park
and
but
for
the
city
and
for
the
entire
region.
A
This
is
something
that's
so
so
important
both
of
these
grants
and
I
support
them
wholeheartedly
and
you
know,
look
forward
to
being
at
the
ribbon
cutting.
Hopefully-
and
I
guess
I
guess
that's
my
last
question-
what
what's
sort
of
an
ideal
timeline-
and
I
won't
hold
you
to
it
all,
though,
because
I
know
that
there's
no
precise
science,
but
what
do
you
think
this
could
sort
of
come
to
total
fruition.
F
Well,
I
I
we're
we're
hoping
for
you
know
doing
the
conveyancing
within
this
fiscal
year,
so
hopefully
by
the
end
of
june
of
2022
in
terms
of
any
kind
of
construction.
Well,
that
will
depend
on
once
the
you
know.
Archaeological
investigation
is
completed
and
they'll
be
you
know
that
will
take
time.
I
you
know
I
I
think.
K
I
F
F
You
know
resources
there,
but
so
you
know
if
we
saw
a
completed
park
there
by
five
years,
and
you
know
that
that
sort
of,
I
think,
seems
like
a
reasonable
time
frame
but
as
as
joe
was
saying,
the
process
of
going
through
the
archaeological
dig.
The
community
involvement
is
part
of
the
benefits
of
this
project
and
that
you
know,
hopefully
it
may
be.
They
may
be.
Hopefully,
events
beyond.
F
Just
simply,
you
know
the
the
the
joe
working
with
us
say
a
small
working
group
that
maybe
more
of
the
community
at
a
certain
point,
can
get
a
chance
to
observe
the
dig
etc.
So
so
it's
going
to
be
a
process
once
we
well
the
process
of
acquiring
it
plus
a
process
of
you
know
examining
the
resources
there
and
then
the
process
of
developing
it.
We,
you
know,
will
be
going.
F
You
know
when
we
develop
the
park,
we
go
through
our
you
know:
community
participation
process
working
on
design
for
the
recreational
features
of
it,
and,
as
I
mentioned,
it's
going
to
be
very
low
touch
kind
of
you
know,
design
we're
not
going
to
be
putting
in
courts.
We're
not
going
to
be
putting
in
playground
features
it's
going
to
be.
You
know,
nature
oriented,
so
I.
A
So
it
may
be
five
years,
but
there's
gonna
be,
you
know,
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
this
project.
I
would
say
in
very
very
short
order,
so
I'm
really
excited
about
that.
So
thank
you.
Counselor
braden
is
next.
She
may
be
she's.
I'm
going
to
go.
Take
council
flaherty
out
of
order
because
I
think
council
braid
may
be
on
the
phone,
but
council
flaherty.
Do
you
have
any
comments.
H
No
just
obviously
want
to
lend
my
name
and
support
and
look
forward
to
your
committee
report
had
a
quick
question.
Maybe
for
aldo
is
when
you
look
at
the
shoreline
and
you
sort
of
see
you
know
maybe
10
12
feet
in
that
looks
like
what
I
would
have
described
as
maybe
sort
of
a
I
guess
a
dead
tree.
Are
you
guys
planning
on
sort
of
clearing
that
out
or
is
that
something
that
stays
there
and
then
you
work
around
it.
F
I'm
not
probably
it'll
stay
there;
in
other
words,
those
kind
of
features
are
actually
good.
For
you
know
the
underwater
wildlife
as
well
as
you
know,
for
birds
etc.
To
be
able
to
you
know,
you
know
inhabit,
you
know
they.
They
use
that
all
the
time
like
there's
a
you
know,
I
have
a
tree
that
has
some
dead
limbs
and
you
know
I've
been
informed
that
that's
actually
good
for
for
the
birds
they
they
want
that
because
that
enables
them
to
see.
F
F
You
know
when
there'll
be,
you
know,
any
kind
of
branch
fall,
tree
fall
and
try
to
get
out.
You
know
any
of
those
potential
hazardous
conditions
before
you
know
they
occur,
and
that
way
you
know
we
won't
be.
You
know
in
a
situation
where
somebody's
walking
along
and
you
know,
there's
a
there's
an
accident.
So
we
want
to.
We
want
to
avoid
that.
F
We're
gonna
look
into
that
for
sure.
You
know,
because,
as
as
I
you
saw,
I
mentioned,
fishing
is
a
right
for
the
the
public
and
it
not
only
is
it
right
for
the
public,
it's
it
actually
happens
there.
You
know
there's
actually
and
I'm
still
trying
to
figure
out
why
there
are
two
park
benches.
You
know
the
kind
where
I
know
you
remember
the
old
park
benches
that
are
concrete.
You
know
vertical
sides
and
then
the
you
know
the
horizontal
wood
slats.
F
B
No,
I
have
no
further
comments,
I'm
very
excited
to
with
joe's
contribution
to
this
study
and
the
future
president,
the
art,
history
and,
and
the
native
american
history
also
such
important
features
of
this
particular
site.
So
I
I
will
be
voting
in
favor
of
of
supporting
this
grant
and
and
moving
this
forward.
Thank.
E
No,
mr
chairman,
just
to
thank
you
and
the
members
of
the
city
council
for
hearing
this.
I
see,
as
I
said
earlier,
frank
o'brien.
Who's
done,
yeoman
work
as
a
point
one
of
the
point,
persons
for
this
project
on
the
call
I
see
my
friend
helena
on
the
call
as
well-
and
I
see
my
friend
tom
sullivan
from
the
hyde
park,
historical
society
and
I'm
eagerly
awaiting
to
hear
their
testimony
on
this
really
important
issue
for
the
hyde
park.
Reed
book
community
great.
A
L
Thank
you
very
much.
I've
kind
of
been
following
this
along
kind
of
learning,
and
also
engaging
and
trying
to
get
a
more
holistic
view
about
the
acquisition
of
these
two
particular
parcels,
and
I
think
I
have
a
comment,
and
you
did
ask
one
of
my
questions
was:
was
there
was
a
conversation
with
the
landowner
or
developer
for
this
acquisition?
L
We,
you
know,
we
have
these
city
departments
and
what
I've
noticed
over
a
period
of
time
in
my
position
and
as
a
resident
is
there's
no
cross
conversations
with
these
departments
when
decisions
are
being
made,
whereas
one
department
has
made
a
critical
statement,
that's
very
relevant,
but
it
doesn't
pass
into
something
else.
And
so,
therefore,
it's
the
residents
who
are
bringing
this
information
from
that
department
into
the
conversation
and
even
in
this
conversation
today,
with
all
that's,
been
spoken
in
the
presentation.
L
I
didn't
hear
anything
about
the
conservation
commission,
which
is
under
the
city
of
boston.
Their
ruling
and
decision
that
this
proposed
development
was,
you
know
it
passed
most
recently
under
mepa,
and
they
put
in
the
enf
in
an
eir
was
not
required
through
a
meat,
birth
presentation
in
enf
form.
That
also
wasn't
part
of
this
conversation,
and
so
I
think
really
what
we're
looking
at
is.
L
I
know
we
want
to
share
the
shed
the
light
on
this
is
all
great
in
gravy,
but
all
these
other
processes
that
are
being
required
and
have
been
been
required
should
also
be
part
and
brought
into
the
conversation.
So
I
really
do
appreciate
that
part.
So
what
I
also
want
to
say
is
what
I
also
have
heard
over
a
period
of
time
and
not
in
this
conversation,
but
also
in
other
conversations
and
other
settings
and
meetings.
L
Is
I'm
also
hearing
about
historical
artifacts,
historical
relevancy?
For
the
point
of
making
the
case
of
why
we
should
do
x
over
y,
but
what
I
don't
often
hear
in
part
of
that
making.
That
case
is
looking
at,
for
instance,
the
54th
regiment.
That's
been
looking
for
a
home
for
a
very
long
time,
which
we
know
in
reidville.
That
is,
you
know
very
clearly,
camp
meegs
right.
There
is
where
they
train
gets
mentioned
all
the
time.
L
But
where
is
the
historical
reference
right
now?
It's
in
the
newly
renovated
rogers
building
in
clary
square
with
affordable
housing
beautiful,
but
that's
where
they
are,
but
not
in
reedsville,
which
gets
referenced
as
part
of
this.
You
know,
you
know
all
these,
even
with
the
great
pawn
designation.
You
know
how
this
is
such
a
historical
landmark.
L
And
when
I
hear
that
the
54
I
there's
a
new
proposed
restaurant
in
clary
square,
the
name
park
54
as
a
dedication
to
the
54th
regiment
again
in
cleary
square
and
reidville-
is
way
over
here.
So
I
think
for
me:
if
we're
going
to
talk
about
environmental
justice,
we
need
to
look
beyond
just
what
we
look
at
as
soil
and
things
of
of
conversations
that
are
baseline
for
making
cases
of
why
we
should
bring
this
into
this
space.
L
L
I
mean.
I
think
these
are
all
relevant
questions
when
we
talk
about
environmental
justice,
and
I
would
rather
have
seen
that
the
parks
department
use
this
funding
for
other,
really
densely
populated
urban
areas
that
are
really
dealing
with
some
serious
heat
island
effects,
especially
in
black
and
brown
communities,
to
look
at
those
vacant
parks,
space
with
open
spaces
or
parcels
and
reaching
out
to
those
particular
individuals
and
asking
them
whether
or
not
they
would
be
willing
to
create
this
open
space.
L
And
I
say
this
specifically
because
kovid
brought
this
really
to
the
attention
in
my
community
and
I'm
going
to
thank
senator
nick
collins
on
the
record
for
this.
And
while
it
was
a
major
discussion
about,
we
need
to
do
whatever
we
can
for
our
residents
to
make
sure
that
the
heat
stays
on.
What
I've
particularly
said
at
the
beginning
of
that
juncture.
Is
yes,
but
it's
going
to
get
extremely
hot,
and
what's
going
to
happen,
is
when
we're
in
lockdown.
We
have
a
lot
of
residents
in
our
neighborhood.
L
We
don't
have
open
space
that
we
can
go
out
and
and
a
lot
of
residents
who
don't
have
central
air,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
senator
nick
collins
on
that
for
working
with
me
to
help
to
provide
some
sense
of
heat
relief
to
my
residents
in
my
area.
So
again,
I
think
this
is
all
commendable.
I
think
it
looks
nice.
I
think
it
looks
pretty,
but
I
think
there's
a
major
piece
in
this
conversation.
L
That's
missing
that
gets
acknowledged
as
historical
reference,
but
I'm
not
hearing
it
about
is
what
what's
gonna
happen
going
forward
or
whether
or
not
you
know
are
these
developers
even
interested
in
selling
this
to
the
city
and
seeing
that
they've
got
gone
through
all
of
these
particular
hoops.
I
would
expect
you
know
I'm
curious
about
all
of
that
as
well.
In
the
background,
so
that's
my
statement
in
culmination.
I
appreciate
to
be
able
to
put
this
on
the
record.
A
K
Just
very
briefly
helena
raises
some
really
important
points
that
all
of
us
have
been
grappling
with
and
just
preliminarily
say
we're
able
to
come
to
talk
to
her
neighborhood
association
any
time
or
invite
helena
and
her
neighbors
to
come
and
talk
to
us,
which
we
we
do
all
the
time
around.
Many
issues
out
here
in
hyde
park,
reedville
in
mattapan,
just
to
to
be
clear
that
the
underlying
owner
still
owns
the
property.
They
have
a
development
agreement
and,
as
we
saw
with
the
walter
street,
which
is
a
very
apt
example,
these
things
are
complicated.
K
They
take
time,
but
the
goal
is
to
have
a
willing
seller
transaction
at
the
end
of
the
day,
and
this
grant
helps
accomplish
that.
Representative
casava
was
quite
right
in
terms
of
the
great
pond
designation
and
its
importance
for
public
access.
I
would
also
say
if
council
breed
may
have
left
the
call,
but
chandler
pond
may
all
may
also
be
a
great
pond
and
we're
able
to
help
go
through
the
the
process
if
the
friends
of
chandler
pond
or
others
want
to
investigate
that
option.
K
At
the
beginning,
many
people
were
thanked.
Indeed,
it
takes
a
lot
of
people
to
get
to
this
point.
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
acknowledge
also
mayor
walsh's
work
when
he,
when
he
was
the
mayor,
mayor,
janie
and
now
mirwoo
and
her
chief
of
environment,
reverend
white
hammond
as
well
as
ryan
woods.
The
commissioner
for
parks,
so
everybody's
had
a
really
important
critical
role
in
all
of
this.
And
lastly,
we
we
friends
of
of
the
pond
and
hyde
park,
historical.
K
A
A
I
have
two
tom
sullivans
another
one:
that's
in
the
panelists
I'm
going
to
try
to
promote
that
unless
there
may
be
a
issue
with
the
connectivity
all
right.
So,
mr
sullivan,
you
are
up
next.
You
are
muted
currently,
if,
if
maybe
there's
some
technical
difficulties,
we
can
we'll
go
to
you
next,
and
the
next
person
I
have
slated
to
testify
is
mr
darius
gregory,
mr
gregory.
The
floor
is
yours.
G
G
However,
I
even
did
speak
with
mr
o'brien
and
said
we
would
be
willing
to
sell
the
parcels
if
we
could
agree
on
terms
and
to
date
I
don't
see
how
they're
going
to
fill
the
gap
that
needs
to
be
filled,
but
I
will
I
understand
how
this
works
and
they
have
to
at
least
get
the
money
committed,
and
then
they
can
enter
into
negotiations.
So
with
that
being
said,
we
are
flexible.
G
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
gregory
appreciate
that
and
and
just
those
that
are
watching,
we
are
governed
by
very
restrictive
but
very
transparent
procurement
processes
in
the
city
of
boston.
So,
as
we
know,
there's
process
in
place
whenever
we
spend
any
taxpayer
money,
but
this
is
just
one
step
in
that
process
and
there
will
be
folks
who
will
continue
the
conversations
in
a
public
and
transparent
manner
so
appreciate
your
you're
joining
us
is
mr
sullivan
with
us.
A
Okay,
I
do
not
see
anyone
else
looking
to
testify,
so
I
will
wrap
it
up.
This
was
a
good
hearing
on
two
important
initiatives,
both
of
which
I
support
and
will
be
calling
for
a
favorable
vote.
Perhaps
as
early
as
next
wednesday's
council
meeting,
I
know
councilor
braden
had
to
leave
counselors
flynn
arroyo
and
flaherty
as
well.
I
wanted
to
participate
representative
consalvo.
A
A
This
is
something
that
clearly
is
going
to
be
incredibly
important
for
our
city,
for
our
resiliency,
for
our
history
and
for
creating
more
access
to
not
only
learn,
but
also
take
advantage
of
some
wonderful
outdoor
space.
So
the
hearings
on
dockets,
11,
45
and
11
46
are
hereby
adjourned.
Thank
you.
Everybody
have
a
great
day.
Thank
you.