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DOcket #0591 - Hearing to discuss and assess the amount and quality of tree coverage in Boston
A
Bring
as
lovely
as
one
on
trees,
it
is
great
to
be
with
you
all
today
give
yourselves
a
round
of
applause.
Honestly
I
had
no
idea
when
councillor
Presley
and
I
wrote
this
hearing
order.
We
had
no
idea
that
the
interest
would
be
so
great
and
just
to
see
all
of
you
here
on
a
early
Monday
morning
as
a
testament.
How
important
the
issue
that
we're
going
to
discuss
today,
my
name
is
Matt.
A
O'malley
I
am
proud
to
be
the
chairman
of
the
City
Council's
Committee
on
Environment
parks
and
sustainability
and
I'm
enormous
ly,
grateful
for
my
dear
colleague
and
friend
city
councilor,
at-large,
Ayanna
Presley,
with
whom
I
wrote
this
hearing
order
discussing
the
quality
and
coverage
of
the
tree
canopy
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We're
gonna
hear
from
our
incredible
panel
of
mayoral
administrations,
including
Commissioner
of
Parks
Recreation,
Chris
Cook
and
his
team,
followed
by
some
academics
and
experts
on
this,
and
then
public
testimony
is
open
to
everyone
who
would
like
to
speak.
A
There
are
sign-in
sheets
in
the
back.
If
you
would
like
to
testify,
please
circle
or
check
off
the
bark
box.
Next
to
the
word.
Yes-
and
we
will
stay
here
for
until
everyone
has
an
opportunity
to
weigh
on
this
important
issue-
I
often
say
that
as
an
environmentalists,
the
benefits
that
come
with
caring
and
nurturing
and
building
a
stronger
or
more
sustainable
environment
are
ones
that
every
fiscal
conservative
should
apply
by
the
same
could
be
said
for
trees.
We
all
know
how
beautiful
trees
are.
A
We
all
know
what
enormous
advantages
and
benefits
they
offer,
including
reduction
of
stormwater
runoff
help
avoid
flooding
absorbing
carbon
emissions.
Reductions
to
asthma
rates
create
more
comfortable,
microclimate,
so
I'm
sure
many
of
us
will
get
an
opportunity,
hopefully
later
today,
to
sit
underneath
the
tree.
Is
the
temperatures
climb
into
the
90s?
They
mitigate
air
pollution.
A
Additionally,
we
are
very
lucky
to
have
and
we're
gonna
hear
from
some
great
partners
later
in
this
Haring
I'm
sure
we
have
some
great
parks,
we've
some
great
playgrounds.
We
have
some
great
open
space,
much
of
which
was
designed
by
Frederick
Law
Olmsted,
who
once
said
that
the
purpose
for
urban
parks
is
to
provide
the
feeling
of
relief
experienced
by
those
entering
them
in
a
sense
of
enlarged
freedom.
We
may
actually
hear
from
mr.
Olmsted
later
this
morning
and
I
want
to
make
sure
I
know.
A
I
remember
the
long
before
I
think
any
of
us
were
see
serving
in
any
capacity
or
in
the
particular
roles
of
which
we're
serving
now.
Former
Mayor
Menino
had
an
ambitious
goal
to
plan
a
hundred
thousand
trees
by
2020.
We
are
nowhere
near
to
that
goal,
but
we've
done
some
great
things.
The
city
has
done
some
great
things
in
that
regard.
We're
going
to
talk
about
it,
we're
going
to
address
ways.
We
can
make
it
better
in
ways
we
can
work
together.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
this.
A
Hearing
really
excited
to
hear
from
some
of
our
experts
and
most
importantly,
really
excited
to
hear
from
each
and
every
one
of
you
so
I
would
like
to
now
turn
it
over
to
my
colleague
and
friend,
and
the
co-sponsor
of
this
City
Council
at
large
Ayanna
Presley
for
any
opening
comments
or
thoughts.
Thank.
B
You,
mr.
chairman,
and
thank
you
for
your
friendship
and
for
your
partnership
on
this
hearing
and
for
being
a
leading
voice
on
so
many
issues
related
to
environmental
justice
of
you
every
issue
in
the
city
through
a
lens
of
health
and
equity
and
where
trees
are
concerned.
It
is
certainly
no
different.
B
I
filed
this
hearing
order,
because,
while
this
body
and
our
city
have
articulated
and
practiced
sustainability
and
environmental
stewardship,
neighborhoods
like
East
Boston
and
the
Seaport
who
recently
dealt
with
unprecedented
flooding,
suffer
rather
there's
an
inequity
of
trees
in
those
neighborhoods,
those
communities
that
are
most
vulnerable
to
climate
and
to
sea-level
rise.
Now,
more
than
ever,
we
are
experiencing
the
consequences
of
climate
change
and
its
effect
on
our
seasonal
seasonal
temperature
norms,
and
one
of
the
more
profound
consequences
are
the
loss
of
our
trees,
especially
our
mature
trees.
B
Now
nationally
and
I'll
be
curious
to
know
what
we're
finding
locally,
but
nationally
a
30%
of
trees
in
American,
cities
have
been
lost
to
development,
and,
while
we
are
in
the
midst
of
our
third
biggest
building
boom,
again
I'd
be
curious
to
know
what
the
impact
has
been
here
locally.
With
the
loss
of
mature
trees-
and
we
also
know
oftentimes,
mature
trees
are
being
uprooted
because
they
are
creating
a
public
safety
hazard
and
and
pending
our
sidewalks.
B
And
so
how
are
we
addressing
that
trees
and
especially
mature
trees,
are
a
vital
natural
resource
offering
direct
ecological,
economic
and
health
benefits
to
the
community
and,
and
of
course,
I
know.
All
of
you
know
this
and
I'm
talking
to
the
choir,
but
we
do
have
people
that
are
watching
from
home.
Some
will
have
questioned,
although
we
have
received
an
incredible
outpouring,
both
in
emails
and
in
social
media
interest
about
this
hearing.
There
are
those
who
have
questioned
really.
B
Why
does
this
matter
that
much
so
please
indulge
me
so
a
tree's
produce
a
host
of
positive
effects
for
cities,
including
reducing
stormwater
runoff
by
intercepting
rainwater
in
their
canopies
and
root
systems.
Mitigating
the
heat
island
effect,
which
lowers
surrounding
temperatures
and
cools
the
internal
temperature
of
nearby
buildings,
increasing
property
values
in
some
cases
by
up
to
20%
and
reducing
rates
of
asthma
and
other
respiratory
ailments,
and
further
studies
have
shown
that
in
inner
cities
or
inner
city,
communities,
anxiety,
depression
and
even
crime
are
lowered
in
a
more
landscaped
environment.
B
So
it's
time
we
keep
pace
with
what
the
demands
of
climate
are
forcing
us
to
do
again.
This
is
about
health.
This
is
about
equity.
This
is
about
public
health.
This
is
about
beautification,
and
this
is
about
climate
mitigation,
and
so
we
want
to
ensure
that
every
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
Boston
has
an
equity
in
all
of
those
benefits,
both
from
public
health
from
beautification
and
also
climate
resilience.
A
You
councillor
Presley
brief
housekeeping
items.
I
have
three
letters
from
colleagues
who
will
not
be
able
to
make
it
but
will
be
tuning
in
or
watching
the
tape.
After
the
fact,
the
first
is
councillor
district,
one
councillor
Lydia
Edwards,
who
writes
thank
you
for
your
leadership,
bringing
attention
to
the
issue
of
the
amount
of
quality
of
tree
coverage
in
Boston.
Through
this
hearing,
I
sincere,
send
my
and
serious
apologies
for
my
absence
as
I've
had
a
long-standing
commitment.
A
Counselor
at-large,
Anissa,
sobby
George,
writes
regret
that
I'm
able
to
participate
I
regret
that
I
am
unable
to
participate
in
today's
today's
hearing
on
tree
coverage
in
Boston
I
would
like
the
record
to
reflect
my
deep
concern
about
the
loss
of
mature
trees
and
green
space
in
the
city,
the
contribution
of
the
health
of
our
environment,
our
quality
of
life.
Our
own
health
cannot
be
overstated.
It
looks
forward
to
ongoing
attention
to
this
issue
and,
finally,
at
large
concert.
A
Michelle
will
rights
that
do
to
a
son's
child
care
facilities
closed
today,
so
she'll
be
watching
from
home,
rather
than
enjoying
the
hearing
in
person.
Thank
you
to
the
sponsors
and
advocates
for
continuing
to
remind
us
how
important
our
tree
canopy
is
for
fighting
for
climate
change.
This
is
being
broadcast,
live
and
streamed
online.
So
again,
please
know
if
we
hear
from
you
later
testifying
in
testimony
it's
part
of
the
public
record,
and
so
let's
get
right
into
the
first
panel.
Cara
will
introduce
Carl.
C
C
So
I
am
I
am
delighted
to
be
surrounded
by
my
colleagues
from
the
Department
of
Parks
and
Recreation,
who
will
be
able
to
give
a
lot
of
detail
to
I
think
the
questions
that
you
will
have
I
will
make
a
few
brief
opening
remarks
and
then
Commissioner
Cook
will
and
then
will
be
happy
to
answer
your
questions.
So
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
today
concerning
Boston's
urban
forest
and
its
relationship
to
important
environmental
and
climate
concerns.
C
You
have
already
described
the
many
benefits
to
public
health,
community
life,
environmental
quality
and
the
local
economy
from
robust
urban
forests.
Because
of
this
value,
imagine
Boston
the
mayor's
plan
for
the
Boston
for
the
next
15
years,
states
that
we
will
collaborate
with
the
Boston,
Water
and
Sewer
Commission
to
expand
green
infrastructure
systems
and
the
tree
canopy
to
improve
Boston's
ability
to
manage
stormwater,
reduce
runoff,
to
improve
water
quality
and
mitigate
the
urban
heat
island
effect.
C
C
The
commitment,
as
you
pointed
out,
to
increase
the
tree
canopy
goes
back
to
the
previous
administration
when
the
city
was
a
member
of
the
Boston
open
forest
coalition,
a
collaboration
no
longer
existing
of
nonprofit
city,
state
and
federal
organizations.
As
noted
in
the
city's
original
2007
climate
action
plan
in
April
2007,
the
Boston
urban
forest
coalition
announced
an
ambitious
program,
grow
Boston,
greener
that
aims
to
plant
a
hundred
thousand
additional
trees
on
public
and
private
properties
in
Boston
growing,
the
cinah
P.
C
The
city's
canopy
cover
an
important
aspect
of
the
2007
goal
and
of
the
more
recent
restatements
is
that
this
effort
involves
many
partners
and
requires
the
utilization
of
public
and
private
resources.
Following
the
2007
announcement,
the
city
established
some
grant
programs
to
incentivize
the
planting
of
trees
by
neighborhood
groups.
C
Another
important
step
was
the
city
of
Boston's
complete
Street
guidelines,
which
provided
detailed
information
about
the
inclusion
of
trees
and
rain
gardens
in
the
streetscape,
and
over
the
years
as
Chris
will
describe
the
city's
own
investment
of
resources
has
increased
green
infrastructure
and
trees
remain
an
important
component
of
the
city's
climate
and
sustainability
plans.
Thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
today
after
commissioner
cook's
remark.
We
will
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Thank.
D
You
commissioner
I'll
be
very
brief.
In
our
final
tree,
canopy
was
completed
in
December
2017.
It's
important
to
note
that
this
was
in
partnership
with
the
Trust
for
Public
Land.
It
was
conducted
by
the
University
of
Vermont
and
it
concluded
that
roughly
27%,
we
have
27%
tree
canopy
coverage
in
the
city
of
Boston.
It's
very
very
important
to
note
that
this
this
study
was
based
on
2014,
lidar,
flyover
data,
and
so
it's
really
an
approximation
of
what
the
tree
canopy
was
in
2014.
D
So
moving
forward,
we'll
have
to
be
aggressive
about
looking
at
further
studies
to
make
sure
we
can
assess
properly
where
we
are
and
what
our
goals
will
be
from
that
I
want
to
I
want
to
remark
to
the
council
that
it's
very,
very
important
that
tree
canopy
coverage
is
in
relation
to
healthy
tree
canopy.
To
that
end,
in
addition
to
our
planting
and
our
pruning
dollars
that
we
received
from
the
city
budget
mayor
Walsh
with
the
City
Council's
hopeful
approved,
final
approval
has
has
allocated
$100,000
for
trees
in
parks.
D
The
reason
this
is
important
is
that
for
many
years
we
were
not
able
to
properly
maintain
the
tree
canopy
in
our
parkland.
This
this
parkland
actually
serves
a
vital
as
a
vital
resource
for
the
overall
tree.
Canopy
I'd
also
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
recognize.
The
hard-working
members
of
the
urban
forestry
division
in
city
of
Boston
Joe
did
the
board
daniel
ross
stephen
kendall,
max
ford
diamond
greg
Mossman,
also
our
tree
warden.
They
are
the
folks
that
at
2:00
a.m.
D
in
the
morning
are
responding
to
emergency
calls
and,
in
addition,
they're
helping
us
plan
the
city
and
making
sure
that
we
have
adequate
tree
company
tree.
Canopy.
I
also
want
to
thank
all
the
friends
groups
who
are
involved
in
expanding
the
tree
canopy
and
also
taking
care
of
the
tree.
Canopy
in
the
city
of
Boston
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
started,
naming
them
because
I
get
in
trouble
for
the
one
that
I
didn't
name
but
I
want
to
thank
them
all
for
being
here.
D
A
Thank
You,
commissioner,
anyone
else
have
opening
statement.
Sir
I'll
get
right
into
it.
Okay,
great,
thank
you.
So
27%
is
the
tree
canopy
cover
after
a
so
you
did
it.
There
was
a
flyover
conducted
in
2014,
commissioner
cook,
okay,
so
27
percent
in
the
goal
is
to
get
it
up
to
35
percent
by
2030,
so
it's
ambitious
but
doable
certainly-
and
there
was
another
and
I
think
I
know
the
answer
to
this
question.
But
there
was
a
MIT
has
a
website
tree
pedia,
which
has
it
significantly
lowered,
has
Boston
18.2%
coverage.
A
H
J
A
D
I
don't
write
when
I'm
in
front
of
the
City
Council
I
don't
often
have
the
opportunity
to
punt
to
a
doctorate
from
Boston
University,
but
your
next
panel
will
actually
have
some
tastic
could
explain
that
terms.
What
I'll
say
in
general
is
that
the
lidar
data
is
presumably
far
more
effective
than
Google
Street
View
yeah.
It
gets
down
to
the
granular
level
of
anything.
That's
over
eight
feet,
recognizing
it
as
a
tree
moving
forward
that
technology
has
improved
yet
again
so,
hopefully,
further
tree
canopies
will
even
be
more
more
accurate
and.
D
It's
not
the
first
canopy
study,
but
it's
the
first
rely.
We
feel
that
it's,
the
first
reliable
data
set
that
we
have
so
it's
the
first
opportunity
that
we've
had
to
really
benchmark
our
current
state
of
the
canopy.
Now
keep
in
mind
again,
it's
crunching
numbers
that
were
collect
data
in
a
data
set
that
was
collected
in
2014,
wise
I,
don't
know!
If
there's
anything
you
want
to
add
to
that.
E
E
Of
course
it
matters
but
I
think
what
matters
more
is
understanding
the
trend
so
whether
we're
starting
at
that
number
or
something
else.
If
we
can
keep
looking
at
that
over
time
and
get
a
sense
of
where
we're
we're
being
successful
and
where
we're
struggling,
that
will
chart
our
path
forward
less
so
whether
it's
a
true
pedia
number.
K
D
Won't
be
coming
one
next
year,
but
we
hopefully
in
the
following
fiscal
budget.
We
would
include
it.
So
the
idea
would
be
that
the
datasets
know
no
older
than
five
years.
So,
if
you're
looking
at
including
an
FY
2010
ballpark,
what
is
it
cost?
It's
well
over
$100,000,
the
the
most
expensive
aspect
of
it
is
really
the
actual
flyover
and
the
technology
that's
used.
H
D
A
So
that's
I
think
that's
helpful
to
sort
of
understand
where
we
are
I
think
27%
seems
to
be
sort
of
more
average.
Obviously
we
can
do
better
and
I
know
we
all
are
committed
to
that
to
getting
that
up
to
35%
Greg
you
weren't
here
when
we
had
our
budget
hearing
with
Commissioner
cooked,
but
I
wanted
to
sing
about
you
and
your
team
specifically
for
a
fantastic
job,
particularly
this
year,
when
we
had
three
or
four
nor
Easter's
over
two
month
period.
F
A
So
specifically
talk:
let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
there
was
a
media
article
not
too
long
ago,
probably
a
week
or
less
Sunday
I
believe
it
was
that
talked
about
since
2007
and
sort
of
the
plan
to
plant
100,000
trees
that
just
under
10,000
have
been
planted
and
just
closer
to
6,000
have
been
removed.
So
it's
been
about
a
four
thousand
percent
in
again
much
of
this
predates
us
in
these
roles.
So
this
isn't
about
blaming.
A
This
is
real
about
figuring
out
what
happened
and
how
to
avoid
the
mistakes
of
the
past
is
that
that
sort
of
trees
were
planted
willy-nilly.
Is
it
gas
leaks
that
have
caused
it?
You
know,
gas
leaks
obviously
have
effect
on
the
health
and
well-being
of
trees,
and
some
of
the
reasons
why
we've
taken
action
to
address
that?
What
are
some
of
the
reasons
why
we
haven't
had
more
success?
Well,.
D
I
I'd
be
happy
to
talk
in
general.
What
one
of
the
items
the
article
highlighted
is:
that's
the
actual
number
of
street
trees
planted,
and
so
some
of
the
opportunities
for
planting
and
in
fact
some
of
the
really
opportunities
for
for
radical
change
are
in
large-scale
development
projects
or
large-scale
roadway
projects,
so
that
wouldn't
be
captured
in
our
street
tree
numbers
and
we
would
benefit
as
a
city
developing
a
system
along
with
our
colleagues
in
the
Environment
Department
Public
Works
Department,
Transportation
Department.
D
When
we
go
into
these
projects,
we
we
try
to
prioritize
tree
protection,
certainly
liza
and
and
cari
marsh
do
in
their
comments
on
our
large-scale
projects,
but
we
should
also
track
the
success
of
new
tree
plantings
as
part
of
those
projects
and
make
sure
that
we're
rolling
those
up
in
the
overall
numbers.
We
do
want
to
stress
that,
and
this
is
not
a
knock
on
any
previous
goals,
that
I
do
think
that
the
focus
should
shift
from
total
number
of
trees
planted
to
that
tree.
Canopy
number
on
the
tree.
D
Canopy
number
actually
provides
more
planning
opportunities
to
make
sure
that
we're
addressing
some
of
the
stormwater
management.
Some
of
the
the
heat
island
effects,
the
benefits
that
we're
trying
to
get
from
those
trees,
I
think
it's
easier
to
plan
when
we
look
at
canopy
coverage
in
a
certain
neighborhood
on
a
certain
street
and
certainly
from
the
city
as
a
whole.
So
there's
opportunities,
but
as
far
as
some
of
the
reasons
why
we
can't
plant
in
the
right
away.
D
So
that's
specifically
what
the
article
is
referencing,
it's
it's
all
of
those
things
that
you
noticed
it
it's
finding
available
planting
locations,
it's
it's!
It's
development
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
whether
or
not
there's
new,
curb
cuts,
it's
prioritizing
accessibility
on
sidewalks
and
it's
you
know,
gas
leaks
and
other
environmental
concerns,
and
then,
in
addition
to
that,
I
would
also
say
that
the
the
number
one
suspect
in
tree
mortality
is
often
the
carbon-based
life-form
humans
right.
You
know
whether
it's
a
moving
van
or
some
other
incident.
D
G
G
Low
it's
high
for
the
average
for
the
country.
Yes,
so
we
were
between
a
15
to
20
percent
average
for
tree
failure
for
new
trees
planted
and,
what's
the
number-one
cause,
all
kinds
of
maintenance
money
to
afford
to
be
able
to
maintain
the
trees
in
the
way
in
which
they
need
to
be
okay,
you,
you
know
it's
like
plant,
it's
like
taking
care
of
a
child
right.
G
You
need
to
spend
money
to
take
care
of
that
child
and
our
funding
sources
have
not
given
us
the
ability
to
until
this
year
to
properly
maintain
those
young
new
trees.
So
they
in
turn
have
died
and
we
are
contractors
replace
them
for
free
under
warranty
for
two
years,
but
we
have
no
data
after
that
two-year
set
of
what
the
failure
looks
like
after
that
and.
A
G
I
can
see
how
many
it's
for
how
long
they
are
at
each
tree
that
they
planted
in
their
contract,
so
that
took
up
an
extra
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
our
planting
budget
was
just
to
make
sure
the
trees
get
water
to
maintain
better.
We
also
added
a
supplemental
fertilizer
Crede
drench
for
the
trees.
G
So
when
we
plant
the
trees,
we
drench
it
with
a
fertilizer
water
retention
fungicide
to
help
the
tree
hold
water
better
and
sustain,
because
that
tree
pad
had
a
tree
die
in
it
probably
six
months
before
to
a
year
before,
and
then
we're
planting
it
in
the
same
pit.
So
to
give
the
tree
a
better
chance,
we've
added
that
nutrient
aspect
to
it.
We've
also
started
staking
and
guiding
the
trees
again,
as
well
as
adding
a
gator
bed.
G
The
watering
bags
on
to
the
stake
of
the
tree
to
help
you
know
get
the
roots
of
the
tree
to
spread
out
farther
instead
of
staying
in
that
confined
space.
So
overall
water
nutrients
and
the
new
planting
spec
they've
cost
us
probably
an
extra
two
hundred
ten
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
for
this
planting
contract.
But
in
hopes
that
it
will
decrease
our
failure
rate
yeah.
A
No
question:
it
seems
to
me
that
that
is
one
of
the
best
investments
we
can
make
absolute
decided
say
if
you're
not
familiar.
It's
may
sound
like
a
large
sum
of
money,
but
as
we're
talking
about
a
three
and
a
half
billion
dollar
budget,
we're
talking
about
all
the
benefits
that
come
from
trees
to
mature
to
make
sure
that
they
can
grow.
That's
worth
it.
So
I
will
say
the
this
body
we'll
be
voting
on
the
mayor's
budget
in
a
couple
weeks.
A
G
C
Counselor
fine,
if
I'd
like
to
emphasize
four
things
that
that
chris
mentioned,
you
know
that
as
long
as
we're
talking
about
the
over
first
of
all,
I
agree
with
him
that
we
need
to
focus
on
the
overall
tree
canopy
as
a
better
measure
than
just
the
individual
number
of
trees.
Of
that,
obviously
that's
important
and,
as
we
think
about
the
tree,
canopy
for
the
whole
city,
the
the
number
of
the
street
trees
that
we
have.
C
My
colleagues
will
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
I
think
they're
about
Ford
on
the
order
of
40,000
street
trees
in
the
city
of
Boston,
but
in
Boston.
Overall,
there
are
about
400,000
trees,
for
you
know
on
private
and
property,
public
and
private
property,
so
that
the
street
trees,
for
which
we
have
the
most
data
and
in
my
colleagues
at
the
parks
department,
do
a
marvelous
job
monitoring
that
and
working
on
that.
But
the
population
for
which
we
have
the
most
data
represents
only
10
percent
of
our
overall
urban
forest.
C
A
A
fair
point
and
the
27
percent
tree
canopy
coverage
includes
both
the
street
trees
public-private
curve.
Our
institutions,
great
I,
want
to
be
respectful
of
my
colleagues.
I
have
more
questions
by
the
way
to
the
next
round.
We've
been
joined
by
district
7
city
councilor,
Kim
Janie
welcome
concert,
Jamie,
Janey,
councilor,
Pressley,
Thank.
B
You
councillor
medley
and
bear
with
me
I
have
asthma,
which
is
why
we
need
more
trees.
I'm,
so
bear
with
me
here,
but
chemistry
I
just
wanted
to
pick
up
on
just
revisit
development
and
zoning
in
particular
as
I'm
thinking
about
all
the
development
happening
in
the
city
and
the
community
benefits
agreements
that
we
are
as
counters,
often
at
the
table,
helping
to
play
a
role
in
negotiating
I.
Just
wonder
from
a
development
in
zoning
standpoint
or
from
a
CBA
standpoint,
I've
trees
ever
been
factored
into.
B
D
D
So
the
answer
is
no.
We
don't
know
how
many
trees
that
we've
lost
to
development.
What
we!
What
we
are
hopeful,
though,
is
now
that
we
have
a
benchmark
of
this
tree
canopy
study
when
we
analyze
it
further
again,
we'll
see
either
a
decrease
or
an
increase.
I
talked
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
protections
that
we
put
around
trees
through
the
development
process,
so
first
off
just
for
street
trees
and
again
as
Carl
points
out.
D
This
is
a
very
small
sliver
of
the
tree
canopy,
but
in
the
right-of-way
public,
shade,
trees,
they're
protected
by
chapter
87
of
Mass,
General
laws
and
Greg
as
the
tree
warden
makes
recommendations
to
me
about
whether
or
not
a
tree
can
be
removed
for
a
variety
of
reasons
in
the
right-of-way.
That
is
a
formal
process.
We
have
a
tree
hearing
process
that
we
follow
as
far
as
development.
There's
two
main
reviews
that
happen
where
the
parks
department
specifically
has
the
opportunity
to
influence
the
number
of
trees
or
the
planting
plan.
D
One
is
parks,
commission
and
that
that's
the
hundred-foot
rule.
So
if
you're
within
a
hundred
feet
of
a
article
97
protected
open
space,
the
Parks
Department,
you
need
approval
from
the
parks
department
on
your
project
and
during
that
process
is
very,
very
common,
specifically
for
our
chief
Landscape
Architect
to
write
comment
letters
about
the
vegetation
on
site.
The
the
review
is
through
article
80.
This
is
something
that's
been
fairly
new
for
the
Boston
Parks
Department
to
participate
fully
in,
but
in
article
80
large
project
review.
D
In
some
cases,
small
project
review
there's
an
opportunity
for
different
city
agencies
to
comment
on
projects,
because
we
view
tree
canopy
is
so
important
because
we
review
the
potential
effects
of
stormwater
management
or
heat
island
effect,
a
project
so
important
as
to
the
work
that
we
do
as
far
as
investment
and
trees.
We
often
comment
on
most
large
projects
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
again
that
would
be
folk
that
would
include
focuses
on
not
only
under
relation
to
other
open
space,
but
also
what
they're
doing
to
either
expand
or
protect
tree
canopy
on
site.
E
Would
just
pick
up
on
your
earlier
comment:
councilor
Pressley
about
community
benefits
and
trees,
and
a
lot
of
these
projects.
Development
projects
that
come
in
the
community
is
deeply
focused
on
parking
needs
off
street
parking
needs
in
particular,
because
there's
so
many
demands
on
parking
in
neighborhoods
that
that
really,
you
know,
animates
the
discussion
around
development
projects.
E
B
D
That's
park
capital
projects
as
a
capital
expense
as
well.
So
through
that
lens,
you
could
look
at
Community
Preservation
act
as
an
opportunity
for
planting,
because
it's
very
it's
very
its
restricted
to
capital,
not
maintenance
uses.
What
would
be
very
important,
though,
is
that
it
can't
take
the
place
of
existing
capital
funds.
So,
to
put
it
another
way,
the
city
can't
get
off
the
hook
by
accessing
cpa
funds
for
something
that
the
city
was
already
obligated
to
do.
B
Right
my
last
question
for
this
round:
I
think
is
what
is
the
criteria,
so
you
know
we
have
three
one:
one
people
want
to
buy
crack
someplace
or
want
something
right.
You
know,
repair
I
know
people
use
that
when
there
is
an
accessibility
issue
and
a
problem
with
the
mature
tree
again
pending
a
sidewalk
or
something
like
that,
but
how
can
the
the
the
various
neighborhoods
be
heard
in
terms
of
where
they
would
like
to
see
trees?
How
do
they?
How
do
we
have
that
two-way
conversation
and
then?
Secondly,
how
do
you
prioritize
that?
B
So
how
do
you
determine
what
neighborhoods
your
going
to
put
online
relative
to
tree
canopy,
because
I
do
see
trees,
since
they
do
have
this
integrated
benefit
for
those
neighborhoods
that
need
an
enhancement
in
their
property
value
for
those
neighborhoods
that
have
a
higher
density
of
asthma
rates
for
those
neighborhoods
that
are
more
vulnerable
to
climb
it
into
sea-level
rise?
You
know
it
seems
like
those
should
be
fast-tracked,
so
we
have
a
rationale
that
we
were
better
understanding
around
slow
streets.
So
so
now
I
want
to
understand.
D
Right
so
there's
there's
two
tracts
of
the
question
there
and
I'll.
Let
I'll
like
Greg
to
speak
to
some
of
the
challenges
that
we
find
in
finding
planting
locations
and
but
in
general
we
do
rely
on
three
one
one.
We
rely
on
the
community
to
give
us
planting
locations
for
desired
locations.
That
being
said,
we
have
to
prioritize
certain
areas.
D
So
while
we
rely
on
the
public
to
give
us
three,
one
run
request
for
new
trees
and
we
do
have
on
our
website
all
the
different
concerns
that
somebody
should
take
into
account
before
they
give
us
a
planting
location.
We
don't
necessarily
expect
the
public
to
go
through
that
long
list,
and
often
the
public
just
sees
a
spot
where
they
think
it
would
be
nice
for
a
tree.
We
will
then
go
and
inspect
it.
One
of
the
things
that
we
did
is
we
tried
to
adjust.
D
Our
SLA
is
because
the
community
could
get
very
frustrated
that
might
take
18
months
for
either
tree
to
get
inspected.
So
we've
cut
some
of
those
inspections
down
down
to
a
year
and
again,
Greg
will
talk
about
some
of
the
complications
that
we
have
with
finding
a
plantable
location.
The
idea
of
prioritizing
neighborhoods
is
something
that
strategically.
We
just
have
to
address
this
part
of
climate
change
in
as
part
of
equity,
so
something
that
you
and
councillor
O'malley
have
mentioned
your
remarks.
D
The
idea
that
East
Boston
suffers
from
low
canopy
compared
to
the
rest,
the
rest
of
the
city.
You
know
a
lot
of
that
has
to
do
frankly
with
the
large
industrial
use,
whether
it's
the
airport
or
other
surface
areas
that
are
over
in
East
Boston.
Does
it
does
mean
that
we
have
to
prioritize
planting
over
there?
So
we
look
at
opportunities
of
if
there
was
ever
a
potential
redesign
of
Bennington
Street.
Is
there
a
way
that
the
parks
department
could
participate
fully
in
planting
that
entire
corridor?
D
Where
currently,
we
now
have
plants
that
are
in
planters
that
are
not
providing
anywhere
near
the
same
ecological
benefit
that
Street
trees
would
on
that
street,
but
also
we'd
be
remiss
if
we
didn't
partner
with
groups
like
Noah.
So
this
past
year,
our
tree,
warden
Greg
Mossman
in
partnership
with
Noah,
actually
purchased
two
bicycles
that
have
a
watering
tank
on
the
back
of
the
bicycle,
so
that
the
kids
from
Noah
can
provide
additional
water
to
different
street
trees
in
East
Boston.
D
That's
for
care,
what
to
care
for
what
we
have,
but
we
also
do
try
to.
When
we
go
into
a
neighborhood.
We
try
to
get
a
critical
mass
of
plantings
available
and,
frankly,
that's
just
to
save
money
on
on
the
planting
contract.
You
know
if
you're
planting
one
tree
13
miles
away
from
another
tree,
there's
no
efficiency
to
that.
So
when
we
go
into
neighborhoods,
we
try
to
take
care
of
all
the
planting
locations.
Greg
I,
don't
know!
If
you
want
to
talk
about
some
of
the
challenges
to
finding
a
plan
to.
F
Show
so
this
two
ways
trees
get
planted,
one
three
one
one
request,
or
when
we
cut
down
a
dead
tree,
it
automatically
goes
back
in
not
all
of
those
locations
are
replanted
all
mostly
because
of
a
DA
standards
that
have
changed
since
the
tree
went
in
50.
Whatever
years
ago,
we
also
looked
for
conflicts
with
water
lines,
gas
lines,
underground
utilities.
A
lot
of
the
telecommunications
stuff
is
underground
and
a
lot
of
these
neighborhoods
now.
F
So
we
obviously
don't
want
to
interfere
with
the
utilities
when
we
put
these
trees
in
and
then
the
other
things
would
be
like
too
close
to
a
light
pole,
or
we
wouldn't
want
to
put
a
tree
right
after
by
your
front
entrance
to
your
view,
your
door
to
your
house
or
your
apartment.
So
there's
quite
a
few
things
that
we
look
at
when
we
go
out
before
we
approve
a
tree
to
be
planted
at
that
spot.
B
D
It's
it's
very
important
to
prioritize
from
an
equity
standpoint,
but
it's
interesting
that
equity
could
be
looked
at
through
several
different
lenses
right,
so
there's
there's
the
equity
of
what
what
neighborhoods
don't
have
enough
canopy
and
there's
also
the
equity
of
neighborhoods.
That
would
benefit
from
further
expansion
of
their
canopy.
So
it's
interesting
when
you
talk
about
slow
streets,
you
know
the
studies
that
have
fully
treated
streets.
People
actually
do
drive
slower
on
those.
D
L
Here
certainly
want
to
thank
everyone
in
attendance
for
being
here
at
this
hearing,
just
wanted
to
kind
of
follow
up
on
the
process
and
I'm
glad
that
you
mentioned
Commissioner
equity
I'm,
wondering
as
we
look
at,
let's
say
a
3-1
one
request
and
clearly
not
everyone
in
our
city,
utilizes
three-on-one,
so
I
think
also
making
sure
that
we're
looking
at
you
know
the
greatest
need
and
who
could
be?
Who
could
benefit,
as
you
already
mentioned,
but
let's
say
someone
did
use
to
be
on
one.
What
is
the
actual
process
from
beginning
to
end?
L
F
Won't
plant
a
tree
unless
the
resident
requests
it.
So
very
often
we
take
a
tree
down
and
the
homeowner
does
not
want
a
treat
to
go
back
and
that's
sort
of
a
policy
thing
that
we
can't
put
a
tree
somewhere
that
someone's
not
gonna,
take
care
of,
because
when
we
do
try
to
do
that,
we'll
be
picking
it
up
off
the
sidewalk
after
it's
been
ripped
out
of
the
ground,
it's
kind
of
a
waste
of
time
and
money
we
only
plant
if
someone
makes
a
request
so.
D
There
they
should
be
notified
back
by
three
one,
one
that
it's
gonna,
be
on
a
queue
to
be
inspected
to
see
if
it's
plantable,
if
they're
not
that
means
there's
a
problem,
and
it
means
that
you're
I
would
I
would
love
to
reach
out
to
that
constituent
to
find
out
why
they
haven't
been
so
they
would
be
notified
through
the
different
parts
of
the
process.
They.
L
D
L
F
So
regular
maintenance,
the
trees
looked
at
by
a
certified
arborist,
there's
three
of
us
and
the
determination
is
made
in
in
what
you're
describing
to
remove
the
tree.
They'll
will
get
an
inspection
note
back
through
three
one,
one
that
the
tree
is
gonna,
be
removed,
and
then
it
could
take
another
six
months
before
the
tree
is
actually
gone.
Tree
hearing
process
is
different.
If
you
want
to
put
a
curb
cut
in
front
of
your
house
for
a
new
driveway
and
there's
a
tree
in
the
way
we
have
to
hold
a
public
hearing
for
that.
L
D
L
D
A
You
concert
Janie,
so
a
couple
things
I
want
to
sort
of
get
into
in
the
purpose
of
my
sort
of
set
of
questions.
This
round
is
to
figure
out
how
we
can
get
you
guys
more
money
and
more
resources,
because
I
think
you
have
a
good
plan.
You
have
a
great
team
we
all
are
on.
This
is
one
issue
that
we
all
are
in
complete
agreement.
We
want
more
trees.
You
want
to
grow
the
canopy
coverage.
A
Commissioner
were
both
commissioners
I
think
you're
right.
The
issue
here
is
looking
at
the
canopy
coverage
as
opposed
to
individual
trees,
which
sometimes
the
two
can
be
conflated,
but
one
of
the
things
that
I
thought
was
unfair.
In
the
recent
media
article,
which
I
told
the
reporter,
he
listed
the
removal
of
the
Casey
over
passenger
playing
as
a
way
that
many
trees
were
removed
yet
neglected,
to
mention
the
fact
that
there
will
be
significantly
more
trees
so
that
by
the
time
and
mature
trees
planted
as
well
so
the
time
in
2019
2020.
We
do
that.
A
Second
audit,
we're
gonna,
see
more
to
better
coverage
in
that
part
of
to
make
a
plane.
So
I
guess
my
question
is
this:
do
we
have
any
loose
policy
that
perhaps
could
be
or
ought
to
be
codified
as
an
ordinance
in
terms
of
if
trees
are
removed
for
construction
project?
X
number
of
trees
need
to
be
planted
on
site
or
there
needs
to
be
some
sort
of
a
fund
paid
into.
Similarly
the
way
we
do
with
linkage
so.
D
D
It
yes,
yeah
if
it
has
to
be
removed
because
part
of
the
tree
hearing
process,
for
whatever
reason,
whether
it's
a
large-scale
development
or
it's
a
the
reconfiguration
of
a
home
or
a
DA
compliance
things
like
yeah.
There's
a
value
placed
on
that
tree
based
on
the
diameter
and
proponent,
has
to
actually
reimburse
the
city
for
the
cost
of
that
and.
D
Would
have
to
I
can
get
those
numbers
back
to
I,
wouldn't
have
meant
I.
Wouldn't
imagine
a
lot?
No
and
again,
that's
really
just
the
small
sliver.
That's
the
street
tree.
So
it
doesn't
talk
about
what
I
think
what
you're
the
root
of
your
question
was
is:
do
we
have
a
policy
on
development?
No,
but
I
would
say
that
the
BP
da
and
the
Environment
Department,
along
with
the
Parks
Department,
has
shown
great
leadership
in
prioritizing
tree
protection
yeah,
and
so
what
we
suspect
is
that
further
analysis
will
begin.
D
A
Sure
no
I
understand
oh
and
I,
think
I
think
again
we're
doing
well
and
even
even
the
sort
of
default
policy
that
exists
now
is
a
good
one.
I
just
love
to
see
us
sort
of
strengthen
it
and
to
maybe
be
able
to
get
you
guys
more
resources,
non
taxpayer-funded
resources
to
address
this,
that's
one!
The
second
is
the
gas
companies.
I
was
very
proud
and
Mayor
Walsh
signed
it
into
law.
We
have
several
mothers
out
front
here,
passing
the
ghastly
sword
and
it's
right
after
Christmas
several
years
ago.
A
It's
currently
in
litigation
because
utility
companies
are
taking
us
to
court,
but
a
huge
percentage
of
that
is
of
the
trees
that
die
after
three
months
or
a
year
have
to
do
with
the
3,500
gas
leaks
or
so
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So
I
wonder:
do
the
Ute?
Is
there
any
mechanism
for
the
utilities
to
have
to
when
we
can
show
a
clear
cause
of
death
of
a
tree
by
a
gas
leaks?
Is
there
any
mechanism
here
that
we
can
recoup
some
of
the
cost
from
the
utility.
C
Counsel,
as
you
know,
from
the
ordinance
ask
Brooke
instructs
the
the
administration
to
develop
a
procedure
yeah
for
that
members
of
my
department
have
been
doing
that
we
have
been.
You
know,
both
in
terms
of
collecting
the
more
data
or
developing
protocols
to
collect
more
data
and
also
to
look
at
protocols
for
making
the
kind
of
determination
that
you
know
that
you
described
about
you
know.
C
You
know
that
that
there
are
some
differences
of
opinion
about
whether
you
can
actually
say,
for
you
know
for
certain
that
this
tree
was
killed
by
a
gas
leak
and-
and
we
have
been
working
with
several
researchers
in
Boston
to
try
to
develop
you
know
can.
Can
we
develop
a
very
clear
protocol
that
would
that
we
could
use
in
a
legal
process
if
necessary,
mm-hm
or
but
at
least
in
discussion?
So
we're
we're
continuing
to
to
work
at
that
that
that
instruction,
that's
in
the
ordinance
about
developing
that
kind
of.
C
You
know
I'm
always
reluctant
to
give
you
a
day,
so
I'm
gonna
say
no,
but
we
are
continuing
to
work
on
it
and
I'm.
Happy
to
you
know,
give
you
updates,
you
know
as
we
go
on
and
let
you
know
where
we
are
are
thinking
that
if
we
can
develop
a
draft
protocol,
you're
not
just
to
put
it
out-
and
you
know
what
people
comment
it
on.
C
You
know
both
you
know
for
all
the
stakeholders-
and
you
know,
and
people
in
the
neighborhoods
who
might
be
interested
in
this
to
examine
it,
and
so
we
can
all
have
a
firm
basis
for
making
those
kinds
of
determinations.
Both
you
know
within
you
know
the
parks
department
and
the
Environment
Department,
the
other
departments
involved
and,
of
course,
members
of
the
community
understood
and.
A
Then
finally,
there
was
a
photo
ID
that
caught
my
attention:
I
tweeted
it
out
a
couple
weeks
ago.
It's
I
forget
the
town.
It
was
in
the
Pacific
Northwest
that
had
a
city
planted
a
tree
and
they
had
a
card
on
and
which
read.
This
tree
will
give
us
293
dollars
worth
of
benefits
this
year,
and
then
it
illuminated
stormwater
runoff,
sixty
five
hundred
gallons
carbon
reduction,
417
pounds,
electrical
energy
savings,
two
hundred
and
six
kilowatts
property
value
increase
eighty
one
dollars.
A
It
seemed
like
a
simple
thing,
but
I
think
it
was
a
great
way
to
explain
to
more
people.
Just
the
benefits
of
this
so
I'd
hope
that
maybe
we
could
do
that
I
mean
I
would
say,
think
you
know
between
the
brilliant
people
sitting
before
us
right
now
that
we
could
sort
of
our
to
figure
out
ways
how
to
phrase
that
and
get
that
out
there
well.
D
G
Native
placards
on
trees
in
Beacon
Hill,
saying
that
they
were
newly
planted
and
are
telling
them
about
the
tree
and
how
they
could
find
out
more
information
from
the
parks
department
website,
as
well
as
how
to
care
for
the
tree.
So
what
we
have
done
is
I
created
a
card
similar
to
theirs.
That's
from
the
parks
department
itself.
That
says
we
planted
this
tree
here,
please
water,
it
it's
amount
of
times
with
how
many
gallons
of
water
15
to
20
in
the
water
bag,
and
you
can
also
go
to
this
website.
G
If
you
want
to
find
out
more
about
how
to
maintain
mulching
the
tree
pit,
weeding
the
tree
pit,
maintaining
it
in
the
future
and
then
any
requests
or
questions
they
can
either
make
a
three-on-one
request
to
us
and
I
will
answer
it.
Our
staff
will
answer
it
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
that
seems
to
be
a
hit
so
far.
Grateful
actually
understanding
what
they're
supposed
to
be
doing.
It's
creating
a
lot
more
legwork
on
our
end
now
of
answering
questions,
but
it's
better
to
have
questions
and
people
doing
nothing.
A
A
B
B
B
All
right,
and
so
from
a
resource
standpoint,
I'm
just
thinking
about
our
libraries,
where
you
know
as
a
body,
we
all
certainly
see
the
value
of
libraries
and
things
to
the
advocacy
of
those
respective
friends
groups.
You
know
over
time
also
their
supplemental,
private,
fundraising
and
and
community
care.
Taking
of
these
libraries
we've
made
great
strides
and
I
was
just
curious.
If
that
exists.
I
know
there
are
some
groups
like
the
Garden
Club
of
the
Back
Bay
and
NOAA.
Do
you
have
an
inventory
of
neighborhood
and
community
based
efforts
that
are
focused
on
this?
B
D
Have
an
informal
list-
and
we
have
a
formal
list-
we'd
be
happy
to
share
with
the
council.
I
would
say
that
they
break
down
into
two
different
groups:
there's
staffed,
nonprofits
and
who
are
engaged
in
these
activities.
And
then
there
are
total
volunteer
organizations
that
are
engaged
in
these
activities
to
volunteer
organizations
would
include
groups
like
Southie
trees
or
Razi
trees.
And
then
you
have
folks
like
the
Emerald
Necklace
Conservancy,
as
well
as
the
Friends
of
the
public
garden,
both
of
which
have
made
significant
contributions
to
the
urban
canopy.
B
D
B
D
Is
you're
absolutely
right,
councilor
and
in
fact
they
they've
actually
moved
the
needle.
What's
interesting
is
we're
hopeful
for
further
canopy
studies,
because
those
at
that
advocacy
of
those
groups
has
changed
the
way
we
approach
our
large-scale
capital
projects
for
parks.
So,
for
instance,
when
you
look
at
a
project
like
Medal
of
Honor
Park
in
South
Boston
in
a
net
average,
we
we
added
over
40
trees
to
that
Park.
When
you
look
at
Smith
and
Alston,
we
added
through
that
capital
project.
That's
ongoing
right
now
we're
adding
over
a
hundred
and
fifty
trees
to
those.
D
B
You
know,
I'd
share
the
Committee
on
healthy
women,
families
and
communities,
and
we
just
provided
for
the
council,
the
2016
annual
report
on
the
health
of
Boston
and
again,
given
the
disparities
that
were
shared
in
the
overlay
of
those
disparities,
I'm
sure
that
they
overlay
perfectly
with
those
communities
that
also
need
to
grow
their
tree.
Canopy
so
I
wonder
if
we
could
consider
a
budgetary
investment
that
would
not
be
limited
to
capital,
but
we
also
see
maybe
even
BTD,
because
being
multimodal
and
certainly
I'm,
very
passionate
about
walkability,
more
trees
supports
that
right.
B
So
I
just
think.
That's
something
that
maybe
my
colleagues
and
I
should
explore
and
pursue
a
greater
investment
in
BPD,
BTD,
BPHC
and
and
again
you're
already
doing
what
you're
doing
on
the
capital
side.
My
final
question
is
I.
Remember
attending
a
community
meeting
several
years
ago,
part
of
the
Franklin
Park
coalition
to
address
an
insect
that
was
killing
trees
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
just
ask.
If
there's
anything,
we
need
to
be
aware
of
them
specifically
curious
about
the
emerald,
ash,
borer
or
Dutch
elm
disease.
F
Dutch
elm
disease
has
been
in
this
country
since
the
1940s
I
believe
we
have
an
active
program
which
basically
boils
down
to
removal
of
infected
trees,
but
we
also
monitor
the
bugs
themselves.
So
we
can
better
know
when
to
apply
insect
controls
and
the
fungicide
controls,
because
the
insect
is
what
brings
the
funds
the
fungus
to
the
different
trees,
emerald
ash
borer?
We
don't
have
it
yet,
but
we're
going
to
going
to
have
it
the
good
news
for
us.
F
It
won't
be
as
devastating
as
it
has
been
in
other
parts
of
the
country
in
Canada,
because
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
ash
trees.
The
2006
inventory
that
was
done
had
us
at
about
6%
and
in
the
15
years
I've
been
here.
We
haven't
planted
a
single
ash
tree,
so
we're
gonna
lose
some
trees.
I
think
we
ran
them.
The
numbers,
it's
gonna,
be
significant
amount
of
money
to
remove
all
our
ash
trees.
Well,
you
have
two
choices.
You
can
remove
them
or
you
can
treat
them.
D
D
B
D
B
G
If
you
look
at
Asian
longhorn
beetle
out
in
Worcester,
they
did
the
majority
of
removing
of
the
trees
as
a
it's,
a
better,
faster,
quicker
way
of
getting
the
pests
out
of
there.
Treating
is
not
a
hundred
percent
successful
and
it
costs
a
lot
and
you're
gonna
be
doing
it
every
single
year
to
save
one
tree
and
that's
why
we
don't
plant
monocultures
in
Boston.
G
A
You
Thank
You
councillor
Presley,
just
to
follow
up
on
that
before
I
get
to
councillor
Flynn,
but
the
Asian
longhorn
beetle.
It
was
right
around
this
time
in
2011,
I
was
a
newly
elected
councillor
met
with
Ned
Freedman
and
others
from
the
Arboretum
I
think
it
was
a
case
study
of
how
to
handle
it.
I
think
the
Arboretum
lost
a
total
of
two
or
three
trees
in
dealing
with
alb
and
in
Worcester
County.
A
memory
serves.
A
It
was
about
sixty
thousand
trees
that
had
to
have
been
removed
which,
to
put
in
perspective
they're
about
thirty-five
or
forty
thousand
trees
in
the
entirety
of
the
Arnold
Arboretum.
So
it
was
done
exceptionally
well.
It
could
have
been
devastating,
but
kudos
to
your
shop,
I
mean
the
feds
came
in.
It
was
a
big
thing.
We
had
USA
I
know
many
well
hey
over
part
of
those
conversations
as
well.
A
M
Thank
you,
councillor,
Malley,
and
to
council
Presley
and
councillor
Janie
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue
as
well.
I
apologize
for
being
late,
I
had
a
meeting
on
public
safety
issues,
but
I
just
wanted
to
ask
a
couple
questions.
Could
you
run
us
through?
Maybe
you
answered
it
already
so
I
apologize,
but
could
you
run
us
through
the
procedure
of
notifying
the
public
if
a
tree
needs
to
be
removed?
What
is
that?
What
is
that
process
like
what
is
the
notification
lie
sure
and
what
it's
the
reasons
and
the
reason
I'm
getting
at
it?
M
D
I
just
want
to
be
clear
about
two
different
things:
I,
like
Greg,
talked
it
through
the
tree
hearing
process,
but
we
also
remove
trees
for
emergency
purposes
on
a
very
regular
basis.
Usually
that's
when
the
tree
has
already
hit
the
ground.
However,
there
are
cases
where
it's
leaning
so
precipitously
that
we
actually
have
to
remove
it
just
for
for
public
health
purposes
and
that
in
that
work
and
that
emergency
tree
work,
we
do
not
notify
the
community,
often
that's
in
the
middle
of
the
night
or
at
the
height
of
a
storm.
F
So
in
the
case
of
development,
so
for
a
curb
cut
or
something
like
that,
we
advertise
it
for
two
weeks
in
the
Boston
Globe
and
a
sign
goes
on
the
tree
itself.
And
then
any
abutters
have
the
chance
to
come
in
to
the
hearing
or
email
phone
call
whatever
to
weigh
in
whether
they're
in
support
of
it
or
against
the
removal
of
the
tree
and.
M
F
E
Design
review
process
that
accompanies
the
tree
hearing
process.
So
if
we
see
an
opportunity
for
modifications
in
the
proposed
design
to
take
place
that
would
allow
protection
of
that
tree.
That's
absolutely
part
of
the
tree
hearing
process
a
lot
of
times
we're
seeing
these
same
projects
come
through
the
public
Improvement
Commission
process,
which
is
also
a
design
review
process.
So
there's
sort
of
two
opportunities
for
the
Parks
Department
to
weigh
in
to
help
protect
trees
through
design
modifications.
E
So
yes,
that,
if
we
can
have
them
shift
the
driveway
or
sometimes
people
are
thinking
they
need
to
remove
a
tree
because
there's
not
enough
space
from
where
they're
proposing
their
curb
cut
to
where
the
tree
is
its
existing
condition.
Sometimes
we'll
look
at
it
on
a
case-by-case
basis
and
say
you
know
what
we
think
you
can
actually
make
this
work.
If
you
neck
down
your
driveway
a
little
bit,
so
we
always
look
for
those
opportunities.
Whether
people
protest
it
or
not.
Could.
M
M
Yeah,
just
as
a
district
city
council
I'd
like
to
know
when
a
tree
is
going
to
possibly
be
removed.
My
my
district
that'd
be
that'd,
be
important
to
me.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
have
information
that
I
would
need
to
explain
to
the
neighborhood
why
it's
happening
instead
of
you
know
finding
out
at
the
end
and
then
explaining
what
happened.
What
the
process
was
I'd
like
to
know
almost
on
day,
one.
L
You
so
I'm,
just
a
quick
follow-up.
First
just
want
to
thank
our
chair
for
this
hearing
and
certainly
the
sponsor
councilor
Pressley.
Just
some
follow-up
questions.
One
I
heard
you
mentioned
that
we're
definitely
gonna
lose
some
trees.
I
think
you
said
it
based
on
these
diseases
that
are
out
here.
Is
there
a
plan
to
then
replace
these
trees
in
place?
Do
we
know
when
we're
going
to
lose
the
trees
and
at
what
point,
we're
going
to
be
planting
new
trees
to
take
their
place
so.
D
It's
just
an
approximation,
but
we
would
suspect
that
ash
might
represent
as
much
as
10%
of
our
overall
canopy
that
is
susceptible
to
emerald
ash
borer.
So
you
would
think
that
over
a
period
of
time
it
is
highly
likely
that
we
would
remove
a
lot
of
ash
trees
as
part
of
that,
a
lot
of
that
canopy
would
be
on
places
that
we
consider
park,
lands
or
other
highly
vegetated
areas
and
so
I
think.
As
as
as
our
analysis
of
this
threat
proceeds,
we
would
have
to
be
aggressive
about
replanting
in
those
areas.
L
And
again,
just
back
to
the
three
one,
one
really
important
to
kind
of
look
at
having
an
overall
plan
making
sure
that
equity
is
at
the
forefront.
Just
because
we
know
not,
everyone
is
utilizing
the
3-1-1
system,
but
to
follow
up
I.
Think
it
was
you
Commissioner
cook,
around
watering.
You
mentioned
that
if
you're
going
to
plant
a
new
tree
important
that
residents
kind
of
take
ownership.
C
L
N
L
I
L
I
think
it
was
Rutland.
Square
has
a
nice
little
green
space
there.
Actually
there's
this
giant
large
tree.
That's
I,
don't
know
if
that's
a
t8
compliant
because
it
takes
up
the
whole
sidewalk,
but
they
have
this
kind
of
little
island
in
the
middle
of
the
street,
I
noticed
kind
of
a
hose
and
a
watering
box
I'm
wondering
how
other
communities
get
access
to
those
types
of
things
to
take
care
of
the
trees
and
the
other
green
space
when
they
have
it
so
there's
Chester,
Park,
there's
Elm,
Hill,
Park
I.
L
D
It's
a
good
question:
we
can
work
with
community
groups
to
develop,
I
mean
some
of
those
communities.
Some
of
the
parks
that
you
mentioned
are
actually
where
the
community
itself
has
invested
in
a
water
box
on
partnership
with
the
Parks
Department
I
will
say
that
the
majority
of
those
systems
that
are
in
place
are
for
ornamental
watering,
and
so
those
are
for
the
ornamental
plantings
that
are
present
there.
They're
not
really
used
for
for
trees,
trees
and
park.
Lands
are
not
under
necessarily
the
same
stresses
as
our
street
trees.
D
Are
it's
really
important
for
street
trees
to
receive
as
much
water
as
possible
when
you're
looking
at
just
the
conditions
are
and
whether
it's
flushing
out
the
build-up
of
salt
and
the
root
systems
or
flushing
out
other
other
things
for
other
ways
from
the
street
we'd
be
happy
to
partner
with
any
community
group
who's
interested
in
trying
to
develop
a
way
to
take
care
of
the
trees.
Honestly,
okay,.
A
D
A
You
all
I'm
gonna
now
invite
our
next
panel
down
I'd.
Ask
you
if
your
schedule
allows
to
please
stay
if
you
can
at
least
sit
to
hear
from
our
second
panel
before
we
get
to
public
testimony.
Thank
you
all.
For
our
second
panel,
we
have
de'vide
mesh
alum,
amanda,
rich
lucy,
hetaera,
Paige,
Warren
and
Melinda
Vega.
If
you
wouldn't
mind
just
please
joining
us
down
here.
A
A
O
P
Q
Hi
I'm
Paige
Warren
I
am
a
professor
at
the
University
of
Massachusetts
at
Amherst
in
the
Department
of
Environmental
Conservation.
My
expertise
is
in
urban
ecology.
I've
been
doing
urban
ecology
research
for
about
18
years
in
lots
of
cities
around
the
country.
One
of
my
areas
of
expertise
is
in
issues
of
equity
in
the
distribution
of
benefits
to
people
in
the
city.
Thank.
R
H
K
S
You
thank
you.
My
name
is
davina
alam
and
I'm
co-founder,
along
with
amanda
rich
of
a
new
organization,
called
speak
for
the
trees.
An
organization
is
committed
to
building
a
large
and
healthy
tree
canopy
in
Boston,
so
you
just
met
our
panel
of
experts
and
I'd
like
to
just
begin
by
thanking
several
people
in
this
room
for
convening
this
hearing
and
inviting
us
to
testify,
especially
councillors,
presley
and
O'malley,
and
considering
the
press
and
response
that
this
hearing
has
received.
This
is
clearly
an
issue
that
has
resonated
with
many
citizens.
S
This
city
I'd
also
like
to
thank
the
previous
panel
and
commissioners
cook
inspector
and
their
staff
for
sharing
with
us
their
work.
They
clearly
have
maintained
a
healthy
tree
canopy
and
with
limited
resources,
are
committed
to
making
sure
that
it
grows
and
continues
to
prosper
for
the
future.
We'd
also
like
to
thank
the
many
people
we
have
spoken
to.
Amanda
and
I
have
been
at
this
for
about
18
months
and
who
have
worked
tirelessly
on
this
issue
for
years,
if
not
decades
and
like
Commissioner
Cook
I'm,
going
to
take
the
fifth
on
listing
them
all.
S
But
there
are
many
residents,
organizations
and
government
officials,
and
we
are
amazed
by
your
devotion
and
hard
work
and
I
would
like
to,
of
course
thank
the
beings
for
who
we
are
all
here
for
the
trees
in
every
sense
of
the
word.
We
would
not
be
here
if
it
were
not
for
them.
So
today,
Boston,
like
many
cities
across
the
country,
are
recognizing
the
multiple
economic,
social,
health
and
environmental
environmental
benefits
that
treats
provide.
They
mitigate
against
urban
heat
island.
They
clean
our
air
and
water.
S
Unfortunately,
as
you
just
heard,
it
is
difficult
for
us
at
this
moment
to
gauge
how
we
are
moving
in
relation
to
this
goal
and
how
we
plan
to
reach
it
and
for
the
past
year
and
a
half
Amanda
and
I
have
explored
why.
This
is
why
we
find
this.
In
this
situation.
We
have
met
people
throughout
the
city
who
have
worked
tirelessly,
including
people
at
parks,
especially
people
at
parks
and
other
residents
on
this
issue
and
people
who
care
deeply
about
trees,
and
we
have
found
many
success
stories
and
we
invited
today
one
success
story.
S
S
Yet,
despite
these
positive
partnerships,
it
appears
that
we
are
no
closer
to
the
mayor's
goal
and
we
ask
why
is
this
so?
We've
looked
at
other
cities
both
locally
and
nationally,
to
see
what
what
they're
doing
and
in
the
Commonwealth's
our
many
urban
tree
organizations
and
nonprofits
that
are
supported
with
funds
from
state
and
national
agencies
and
local
organizations
and
their
work
has
been
guided
by
long-term
planning.
S
Similarly,
across
the
country,
we
have
noted
success
stories
in
which
clear
goals
and
measurable
actions
drive
coordination
between
municipal
state
and
federal
levels
that
enroll
multiple
layers
in
the
city,
including
corporations,
national
and
local,
nonprofits
municipal
agencies
and
residents,
and
we've
been
impressed
by
these
models
and
see.
No
reason
why
Boston,
with
its
enormous
talent
and
resources,
cannot
return
to
be
a
leader
in
this
field.
S
Amanda
and
I
and
speak
for
the
trees
are
committed
as
an
organization
to
assist
the
city
in
seeing
its
mission
through
in
a
way
that
brings
people
together
to
plant
community
trees
in
order
to
build
a
healthy
urban
forest,
and
we
heard
sup
some
innovative
new
ways
that
Parks
is
about
taking
the
lead
on
this
and
we
are
eager
to
be
a
partner
with
them.
We
hope
that
today's
hearing
will
be
the
first
step
in
further
committing
the
city
and
its
citizens
and,
following
through
on
a
decade
old
vision
for
a
healthy
urban
canopy.
S
This
vision
does
not
stand
alone.
It
is
connected
to
Boston
efforts
to
build
a
resilient,
an
equitable
City,
as
articulated
and
imagined
Boston
2030,
climate
ready,
Boston
and
other
efforts.
Such
as
carbon,
free
Boston,
2050
and
renew
Boston,
yet
trees
cannot
be
just
another
add-on.
They
require
a
coherent
action
plan
that
aligns
with
city's
multiple
short-term
and
long-term
goals.
S
A
You
did
anyone
have
any
brief
opening
statements
in
addition
to
deviate,
or
can
we
just
get
right
into
it
perfect.
Thank
you.
So,
professor
who
Tara
am
I,
saying
that
correctly.
Thank
you.
So
I'm
gonna
punch
the
question
from
Commissioner
Cooke
you're
familiar
with
the
tree,
pedia
MIT
study.
Why
do
you
think
that
number
was
so
vastly
different
from
what
the
city's
number
is?
I
was
18.1
or
18.2%,
because.
K
It
only
saw
a
portion
of
the
canopy
what
you,
those
estimates,
which
I
think
they
were
very
creative
and
they
took
global
perspectives.
They
they
estimated
for
like
30
different
cities
around
the
world,
but
it
was
based
on
the
street
view.
It
was
some
innovative
implementation
of
new
technologies,
but
it
had
a
limited
view
depth.
So
it
looked
laterally
at
the
height
of
the
the
Google
Street
View
car,
and
it
missed
anything
that
was
beyond
its
field
of
view.
So
that's.
A
H
Let
me
give
you
a
little
background.
A
buddy's
boss,
on
which
you
guys
have
already
mentioned
East
Boston,
is
an
environmental
justice
community.
We
are
surrounded
by
water,
so
it's
a
peninsula,
but
we
have
no
access
to
our
water.
We
are
the
home
of
the
airport
and
we
have
a
lot
of
environmental
burdens
that
we
face
now.
This
program
that
we
touch
the
one
is
actually
a
tree
canopy
campaign
program
that
came
from
our
youth
program
and
you
know
there
were
no
youth
organizers.
H
This
is
a
campaign
that
came
about
from
our
climate
resilient
work
that
we
do
in
East
Boston
and
basically
the
idea
was
that
we
need
more
street
trees
in
East
Boston.
We
are
at
15%,
where
more
communities
that
have
more
resources
are
at
30%
of
their
urban
street
trees,
and
so
when
we
brought
this
idea
to
our
young
people,
our
young
people
are
like
wow.
That
sounds
like
an
amazing
thing
to
do.
How
can
we
get
the
community
buy-in?
So
we
do
what
we
do
best
means
it's
or
knocking
to
engage
community
members.
H
We
went
to
our
civic
associations
and
asked
for
their
buy-in
and,
of
course,
they
said.
Of
course,
we
want
more
Street
trees.
We
love
trees,
but
the
challenge
is:
how
do
we
maintain
these
trees
as
they
mentioned?
Their
life?
Spans
is
basically
a
year
because
of
the
lack
of
maintenance,
and
so
our
young
people
came
back
and
we
did
some
brainstorming
and
we're
like
wow.
H
So,
in
addition
for,
in
addition
to
the
parks
department
for
supporting
us
with
our
bikes,
one
of
the
challenges
is
where
we
get
our
water
source,
and
so
we
have
partnered
with
different
restaurants.
Community
members,
literally
allowing
us
to
water
use
their
water
for
our
water
source
for
our
trees.
So
if
you
ever
go
on
East
Boston
and
you
see
a
range
from
five
to
nine
young
people,
usually
Wednesdays
are
these
during
the
week
and
Saturdays
or
Sundays
during
the
weekends
and.
A
H
Is
not
our
only
camp
project
or
campaign?
They
work
around
15
hours
a
week,
although
during
the
summer,
this
is
the
one
campaign
that
we
do
focus
our
most
energy
on,
because
we
do
have
other
programming
activities
that
we
do
that
are
not
so
we
the
way
I
look
at.
It
is
like
that.
Our
tree
canopy
campaign
is
community,
organizing
and
some
of
our
programs
like
a
free,
kayaking
program
that
we
have
on
Constitution
Beach
Thursday
to
Sunday.
So
if
you
want
to
come.
T
H
A
I'd,
imagine
imagine
a
great
job
for
a
young
person
earn
a
little
extra
money.
Do
a
great
public
service.
I
am
hopeful
that
you
know,
despite
the
the
outward
hostility
coming
from
the
federal
government
as
it
relates
to
climate
young
people
get
it
I
think
you
know
with
every
successive
generation,
and
that's
really
important,
so
I
would
think
this
would
be
fun,
so
I
would
hope
we
could
emulate
this
program
in
other
neighborhoods
of
the
city.
It
sounds
fantastic.
So
the
way,
thank
you
for
doing
it.
A
Q
But
but
first
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
distinguish
between
inequality
and
inequity,
since
we've
been
using
the
word
equity
a
lot.
So
inequality
to
me,
with
respect
to
say,
canopy
cover,
would
be
just
variation
in
the
distribution
of
canopy
cover,
which
we
absolutely
have
very
clear.
Disparities
across
the
city
in
the
amount
of
canopy
cover
in
equity,
however,
is
is
systemic
unfairness
in
the
access
to
trees
or
the
in
the
process
for
tree
planting
either.
Q
One
of
those
things
can
be
an
inequity
and
it
usually
refers
to
systemic
unfairness
with
regard
to
race
or
income,
or
some
other
factor
like
that.
So
a
lot
of
my
research
has
been
done.
You
know
in
other
cities
we've
done
work
here
in
Boston
that
we
published
in
2014,
where
we
found
a
relationship
between
income
level,
a
negative
relationship
between
I'm,
sorry,
a
positive
relationship
between
income
level
and
canopy
cover
and
suggesting
that
there
is
inequity,
then
in
access
to
trees.
There's
other
analyses
that
lucy's
group
have
done
that
didn't
find
that
relationship.
Q
Q
There's
some
other
recent
analyses
that
I
could
go
into
more
detail
about
that
are
that
are
nationwide
and
I
think
what
we
learned
most
from
our
analysis
in
2014
was
not
because
we
were
building
our
analyses
on
data
sets
that
we've
already
been
described
as
as
flood
and
not
as
accurate
as
the
more
recent
lidar
data
that
we
didn't
have
access
to.
When
we
did
our
analyses,
but
I
think
we
learned
some
things
that
are
robust
to
regardless
of
what
the
datasets
we
were.
Q
We
were
using
because
we
were
looking
at
very
detailed
high
resolution,
information
on
buildings
and
green
spaces
and
things
in
relation,
as
well
as
to
the
canopy
cover.
So
we
found
three
major
issues
that
make
it
hard
to
to
redress
the
in
the
inequalities
across
the
city,
one
of
which
is
just
that
low
canopy
neighborhoods
have
a
few
plantable
spaces.
Q
They
have
a
lot
of
built
structure
already
in
place
there,
and
this
is
building
on
some
of
the
things
that
I
think
our
colleagues
that
we're
talking
earlier
we're
talking
about
in
terms
of
finding
plantable
spaces.
Our
results
really
accord
with
some
of
the
comments
that
they
were
making
you
know,
and
even
in
when
you
have
green
space
that
is
theoretically
plantable.
How
big
of
a
tree
can
you
fit
into
it?
Q
And
so,
if
you're
trying
to
achieve
a
canopy
cover
goal,
it's
not
just
the
number
of
trees,
but
how
big
they
can
they
can
grow,
and
so
things
like
having
a
yard.
You
know
people's
yards
people
want
to
have
space.
That's
not
got
trees
on
it,
as
well
as
places
that
do
have
trees
and
also
that
that
on
streets
places
like
street
sides,
there's
a
lot
of
limitation
to
the
size
of
the
tree
that
you
can
plant.
Q
So
there's
overhead
wires
and
things
like
that,
so
we
were
able
to
account
for
overhead
wires
in
our
analyses,
but
we
couldn't
account
for
some
of
the
things
that
they
were
referring
to
like
things
under
the
ground
that
could
limit
where
you
can
plant
some
trees.
So
those
are
some
of
the
big
issues.
I
think
there
are
things
that
can
be
dealt
with
for
all
of
those
issues
that
can
help
us
achieve
some
of
our
goals.
Q
It's
still
very
difficult
to
achieve
sort
of
perfect
equity,
perfect
equality
across
the
city,
but
maybe
there's
some
alternatives
to
just
focusing
on
canopy
in
terms
of
access
to
green
space,
and
some
of
our
other
work
has
found
that
you
know
even
small
amounts
of
green
space
added
to
it
to
a
high
density
neighborhood.
We
found
that
adding
the
equivalent
of
two
parking
spaces
worth
of
green
space
can
add
a
habitat
for
one
more
species
of
birds.
A
O
So,
basically,
right
now
we're
really
pushing
for
a
comprehensive
new
inventory,
because
really
there's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
here
today
about
27%
27%
and
about
the
lidar
data
and
the
tree
canopy
coverage
overall.
But
one
of
the
things
that
we're
not
talking
about.
We
don't
know
a
lot
about
the
age
of
these
trees.
We
don't
know
the
species
and
we
don't
necessarily
know
a
lot
about
the
health
of
these
trees.
O
And
so
what
we're
really
trying
to
push
for
is
a
new,
comprehensive
inventory
of
what's
going
on
within
the
City
of
Austin,
because
recently
and
I'll
have
Lucy
speak
to
it,
because
that's
really,
why
she's
here?
But
there
was
a
statistical
sampling
that
was
done
a
few
years
ago,
and
it
gave
us
a
profile
of
what's
going
on
within
the
city
of
Boston.
But
devide
and
I
are
really
hoping
to
go
back
and
really
do
a
comprehensive
inventory,
because
I
think
we
really
need
to
know
more
about
what
the
age
distribution
is.
O
That
was
done.
Obviously,
and
I
think
everybody
really
knows
this
maple
trees,
and
especially
the
Norway
maple,
really
dominates
the
inventory
and
the
population
of
our
trees,
and
so
when
Commissioner
Cook
was
talking
about
significant
amounts
of
ash
trees
being
removed.
You
know
we
really
need
to
have
a
comprehensive
plan.
Also,
an
urban
forest
urban
forest
master
plan
to
really
understand
what
new
species
are
going
to
be
introduced
when
we
start
taking
some
of
these
out,
because
when
you're
talking
about
domination
by
one
particular
species,
that's
really
a
problem.
O
O
And
then
these
particular
neighborhoods
are
facing
a
lot
of
tree
removal
all
at
one
time,
and
so
again
we
don't
know
the
age
of
a
lot
of
these
trees,
and
so
we
really
need
to
understand
a
lot
more
about
the
actual
trees
on
the
ground
and
not
so
much
about
the
27
percent
canopy
coverage
overall.
So
that's
what
we're
really
trying
to
do
and
we're
working
with
a
team
of
northeastern
students
right
now
to
develop
a
new
pilot
protocol
have.
A
A
O
Yes
and
so
I've
been
looking
at
their
study,
I've
been
looking
at
a
lot
of
different
studies
that
have
already
been
done
within
the
city
of
Boston
and
so
we're
trying
to
mimic
protocols
that
have
already
been
done,
and
so,
ideally,
if,
when
we
move
forward
with
this,
we
would
like
to
bring
all
of
those
teams
and
together,
in
addition
to
this
study,
that
Lucy
recently
did
to
essentially
mimic
and
make
sure
that
we
collect
all
the
same
information
so
that
we
can
compare
apples
to
apples
over
time.
If.
S
I'm
a
councillor
just
quickly,
this
app
open
tree
map
is
freely
accessible
and
the
nice
thing
about
it
is
that
it
provides
opportunity
for
people
to
for
residents
in
the
community
to
get
to
know
and
understand
their
canopy.
So
our
mission
is
to
enroll
residents
where
they
live,
so
they
can
become
advocates
like
what
we
see
in
East
Boston.
That's
a
wonderful
model,
we'd
like
to
work
off
that
type
of
model
and
build
capacity
across
the
city.
Arlington
and
Chelsea
have
already
done
Chelsey's
in
the
process
of
completing
it.
S
Arlington
completed
last
summer,
a
complete
Street
tree
inventory
in
three
months
of
10,000
street
trees.
It
is
possible
there
are
cities
across
the
country.
Do
this
and
I
think
it's
a
wonderful
model
that
provides
not
only
the
city
and
parks
with
important
data,
but
enrolls
residents
in
becoming
part
of
the
process.
Absolutely.
A
B
S
Do
the
open
treatments,
it's
really
all
over
the
country?
If
you
go
to
their
website,
you'll
see
la
is
involved
in
it.
I
believe
Pennsylvania
has
one
across
the
state
and
and
I
spoke
to
the
the
DCR
head
in
Pennsylvania
and
he
coordinates
with
cities
throughout
Pennsylvania,
so
they
they
go
out
and
they
train
train
city's
residents
and
cities
locally.
It's
well
I'm
starting
a
pilot
program
in
Watertown
this
summer,
but
Arlington
completed
one
in
Chelsey's.
Completing
one
and
I'd
be
happy
to
provide
you
with
a
list.
S
B
H
H
Okay
and
I
wanted
to
admit:
I
want
to
mention
this.
That
I
did
not
mention
before
other
than
just
the
maintenance
piece
of
this
program.
We
do
take
advantage,
so
our
youth
are
actually
going
out
also
watering
and
pruning
the
trees,
but
at
the
same
time
that
they're
doing
this
they're,
also
door
knocking
and
talking
to
the
community
members
advocating
for
them.
Educating
and
creating
awareness
and
I
want
to
share
one
of
the
stories
that
really
I'd
like
identifies
why
this
is
so
important
so
in
it
resonates
with
people.
H
So
we've
done
this
for
about
two
years.
This
is
our
second
summer
doing
this
program.
So
when
we
began
this
program
last
year
and
we
did
the
door
knocking
and
all
that
stuff
I
remember
on
Lexington,
Street
and
easy
talking
to
one
of
the
community
members
that
she
basically
took
us
in
spoke
with
us
for,
like
a
half
hour,
had
some
coffee
and
stuff,
and
she
was
really
intrigued
and
and
really
seems,
committed
and
and
loved
talking
to
our
young
people.
H
The
following
year,
this
year,
when
we're
going
on
the
routes
that
youth
created,
we
saw,
we
stopped
at
her
house
and
I
was
like
wow.
This
is
so
interesting,
there's
the
beautiful
tree
that
was
identified
and
it's
an
honor
to
honor
others,
one
of
our
trees
that
we
water
and
it's
you
know
beautifully
pruned,
and
you
can
see
that
it's
well
taken
care
of,
because
all
the
mulch
is
like
gorgeous.
H
It
has
different
flowers
and
she
also
has
a
flower
planter
in
front
of
her
own
house
with
the
same
flowers,
and
so
she
she
adopted
that
tree
for
sure
that's
her
tree
and
that's
what
we
want
our
community
members
to
do.
So,
it's
not
only
because
of
all
the
environmental
benefits
that
it
does
provide,
and
you
know
we
we
do
have
those
burdens,
a
nice
person,
but
it
creates
and
builds
community
and
to
see
our
young
people.
You
know
do
that
advocating.
B
Sure,
that's
just
so.
Everyone
is
taking
pride
and
feels
motivated
to
play
their
role,
not
just
those
extraordinary
young
people,
fishline
yeah,
that's
fantastic,
and
this
one
to
ask.
Is
there
a---
and
I
appreciate
your
offering
the
definition
it's
important,
because
we
use
we
bandy
around
terms
and
we
could
be
applying
different
definition.
So
I
really
appreciate
your
parsing
words
important
in
a
conversation
like
this,
you
know
we're
very
competitive
cities,
so
I'm
just
curious.
B
B
B
You
know
for
us
to
get
at
those
larger
inequities,
but
is
there
again
these
are
the
struggles
of
every
city
to
to
reverse
and
to
undo
this
hurt
and
this
damage
and,
as
I
said
earlier,
I'm
as
the
chair,
but
sensibly,
what
is
the
Public
Health
Committee
I
am
certain
that
you
know
every
other
disparity
that
we're
working
to
address,
whether
it's
health
disparities
or
environmental
justice
or
economic
justice
that
they
are
overlaid
with
these
communities
that
need
trees
right
so
I'm,
just
curious.
Is
there
any
city
they
do?
You
think
is
getting
this.
B
B
That's
a
charge
there
and
I.
Do
you
know
supporting
the
earlier
comments
of
my
colleague
and
friend,
councillor
O'malley?
You
know
at
least
we're
not
having
to
make
the
case
seems
that
there
is
collective
buy-in
yeah
and
now
we
just
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
making
the
financial
investment
and
resourcing
that
buy-in
to
meet
those
greater
goals.
Yeah.
Q
Q
Now
so
we're
in
some
ways
we
can
sort
of
benefit
from
and
build
on
that
turnover
in
population,
so
that
now
there,
for
example,
some
in
not
just
in
Boston
by
other
cities,
some
African
American
neighborhoods
that
have
very
high
tree
canopy
cover
in
part
because
of
that
turnover
and
population
in
the
past,
and
so
it's
a
legacy
of
past
tree
planting.
So
those
are
places
that
are
great
to
continue.
Building
on
and
building
the
capacity
in
those
communities
to
maintain
those
those
high
tree
can
be
cumbersome.
Excellent.
O
Not
only
can
it
be
coverage,
but
also
do
they
have
a
plan
in
place
to
kind
of
move
forward,
and
really
it
was
approximately
72%
of
these
cities
have
an
urban
forest
master
plan
or
a
management
plan
and
I'm
not
talking
a
climate
action
plan,
a
climate
readiness
plan,
an
open
space
plan
which
talks
about
green
infrastructure,
it's
specific
to
the
tree,
canopy
coverage
and
saying
this
is
what
we're
doing
about.
You
know,
distribution,
and
this
is
what
we're
doing
about
ordinances,
development
maintenance.
O
All
of
these
different
things
and
it's
kind
of
a
centralized
part
of
information,
and
so
it
seems
like
there's
a
lot
of
unanswered
questions.
There's
a
lot
of
information
all
over
the
place
and-
and
we
have
really
found
that
a
lot
when
we're
trying
to
collect
all
this
information
and
even
trying
to
form
a
repository
of
information
because
there's
a
lot
of
unanswered
questions
and
so
I
think
even
to
move
forward.
We
need
some
sort
of
plan
and
a
task
force
really
to
get
all
of
these
people
together
and
figure
out.
O
B
K
We
have
an
extremely
ambitious
climate
action
plan.
Arguably
one
of
the
most
ambitious
in
the
country
of
net
carbon
neutrality
by
2050
and
the
role
of
vegetation
and
vegetation
loss
associated
with
development
is
not
inadequately
looked
at
in
that
the
study
that
was
just
done
by
UVM
is
a
quality
study,
but
it
is
not
the
first
that's
been
done.
There's,
as
is
we
just
heard,
there's
a
legacy
of
this.
K
In
2006
there
was
a
volunteer
inventory
of
the
entire
city,
the
quality
of
that
inventory
in
terms
of
the
measurement
it
could
have
been
better,
but
there's
definitely
information
there.
We
did
a
10%
resurvey
of
that
ten
years
later,
and
what
we
found
10
years
later
is
that
the
city
was
approximately
stable.
It
was
it,
the
rate
of
planting
to
losses
was
nearly
neutral,
but
it
was
trending
down.
K
The
other
thing
is
that
Boston,
in
terms
of
the
demographics
of
the
size
of
the
trees
that
we
currently
have,
that
under
public
ownership,
it's
large
and
old,
and
that's
wonderful
for
the
city-
that's
part
of
why
we
have
such
a
high
canopy
cover
that
we
have
is.
We
have
a
lot
of
large
old
trees,
but
those
large
old
trees
have
a
life
span
and
if
they
die,
which
is
when
they
die,
we're
going
to
lose
some
of
that
canopy.
K
My
group
also
did
a
study
that
was
published
in
2014
that
was
based
on
approximately
2006
data
of
that
was
also
a
lidar
high-resolution
remote
sensing
study
and
we
found
25.5%
canopy
cover
and
that's
a
no
significant
change
between
the
UVM
study
and
ours
that
was
based
on
data
from
10
years
ago.
I
do
think
there
was
a
missed
opportunity
in
not
directly
comparing
those
studies
and
I've
had
some
conversations
with
Charlie,
though
Neal
done
from
UVM
and
I
think
his
group
and
my
broke.
K
My
group
are
both
going
to
independently
look
at
those
and
look
at
where
are
we
gaining
canopy
in
the
city?
Where
are
we
losing
canopy
in
the
city
and
that
we
already
have
in
hand
a
good
bit
of
data
to
be
able
to
look
at
that?
The
question
you
asked
earlier
about
how
much
canopy
have
we
lost
to
development?
I?
K
Don't
know
the
answer
to
that
now,
but
we
have
the
data
we're
in
a
month,
one
of
my
in
the
audience
because
he's
chomping
at
the
bit
to
be
able
to
look
at
questions
precisely
like
that.
So
we
can
answer
that,
thank
you
and
with
climate
action
we
are
on
currently
on
a
track
that
we
will
be
losing
more
carbon
from
our
canopy
than
we
are
gaining
because
of
the
demographics
of
the
tree,
not
because
of
a
mismanagement
on
the
part
of
parks
or
anything
like
that.
K
K
Change
that
trajectory
and
maintaining
vegetation
under
development
pressures
will
also
do
a
lot
towards
that.
The
change
in
the
contracting
that
max
four-diamond
described
is
critical
to
be
able
to
reduce
the
mortality
rate
of
trees
when
they're
being
planted,
but
also
extend
the
lifetime
of
the
trees
that
we
have
in
place.
A
A
A
V
U
Daddy
Farrell
from
Jamaica
Plain,
so
one
question:
when
trees
are
planted
after
development
in
development.
What
is
planted
are
these
little
I
call
them
a
fetus
trees.
They're
like
this
big
and
I'm
gonna,
be
70
years
old.
Pretty
soon,
I'm
gonna
be
dead
and
buried
before
it's
up
here.
So
my
question
is:
with
developers,
can
we
regulate
the
size
of
trees
that
they
plant
I
just
had
a
tree
planted
in
my
backyard
from
Mahoney's?
U
A
W
That
had
not
been
my
experience
in
New,
York
or
San
Francisco.
So
I
think
we
have
to
realize
we're
in
a
kind
of
an
amazing
environment
for
that.
So,
just
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
the
Emerald
Necklace
Conservancy
we
work
and
represent
many
many
overseers,
so
those
are
Park
and
Friends
organizations,
neighborhood
organizations
up
and
down
the
Emerald
Necklace,
starting
with
the
Arbor
way
coalition.
The
Arnold
Arboretum,
the
Boston
Committee
of
the
Garden
Club
of
America.
W
It's
a
horrible
acronyms
I'm,
not
gonna,
read
the
whole
thing
out
and
the
Museum
of
the
Fine
Arts
Boston.
So
we
meet
regularly
to
try
and
talk
about
how
we
can
do
more
for
all
of
the
parks
that
are
the
Emerald
Necklace.
Now
the
Emerald
Necklace,
of
course,
is
not.
You
know,
does
not
represent
every
street
or
every
every
tree
in
the
city,
but
we've
done
some
things.
That
I
think
should
be
thought
of
a
little
bit
as
a
model
for
what
we
might
be
able
to
do
on
a
larger
scale.
I
also
wanted
to.
W
So
we
want
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
what
what
we
do
in
addition,
but
I
also
want
to
mention
that
the
Emerald
Necklace
Conservancy
through
the
Justine
me
live
fund,
which
is
named
after
a
legendary
Park
Commissioner.
Here
in
Boston,
we
raise
one
dollar
for
every
dollar
the
city
of
Boston
spends
on
its
trees
and
we
have
now
to
date,
leverage
dollar
for
dollar
the
city
of
Boston's
investment,
DC,
r's
investment
and
the
town
of
Brookline
investments.
So
we've
now
spent
collectively
over
1.7
million
dollars
on
trees.
W
So
that's
both
tree
care,
which
is
really
important
and
not
necessarily
you
know,
glamorous
work,
but
that's
tree
pruning
other
tree
maintenance,
soils,
soil
investments,
so
adding
additional
fertilizer
to
soil
and
also
tree
planting
and
then
tree
removal,
which
unfortunately,
at
times
is
necessary.
We
do,
of
course,
always
move
to
plant
additional
trees.
We've
planted
over
two
hundred
and
fifty
two
hundred
and
excuse
me,
two
hundred
forty
new
trees
and
we've
pruned
over
one
hundred
one
scuse
me
one
thousand
seven
hundred
trees,
which
is.
B
W
What
sorry
this
work
started
in
2015
and
today
you
know
we're
attempting
to
address
all
of
the
trees
that
need
to
be
pruned
and
maintained
in
the
Emerald
Necklace,
and
that
is
through
our
program
of
the
lift
fund
I
on
a
quarterly
basis.
We
meet
with
the
town
with
DCR,
the
town
of
Brookline
and
the
Boston
Parks
Department,
and
we
plan
the
work
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
in
the
necklace
going
forward.
W
We
have
an
inventory
that
includes
over
eight
thousand
trees,
so
we
have
done
precisely
what
speaks
of
the
trees
was
mentioning
with
all
of
the
Emerald
Necklace
trees.
We
have
inventoried
the
condition,
the
age,
the
species,
the
needed,
recommended,
maintenance
work,
and
then
we
update
that
with
all
of
the
work
that
occurs
either
by
our
partners
or
us,
the
Emerald
Necklace
Conservancy,
and
we
directly
contract
sometimes
to
do
work
that
sometimes
the
city
like
isn't
able
to
hire
specific
specialists.
Do
this
specific
work,
or
you
know,
by
certain
testing
devices
and
a
quick
time
frame?
W
So
sometimes
that's
what
we're
able
to
do?
I,
don't
want
to
exploit
my
time
here.
I,
do
also
want
to
say
that
there
was
an
article
in
the
globe
that
I
think
did
bring
out
some
important
points,
but
I
felt
that
it
was
unfortunate
that
some
of
the
other
environmental
and
benefits
of
the
daylighting
of
the
muddy
river
in
front
of
Landmark
Center
and
the
fact
daylighting
decreasing
the
heat
island
effect
adding
the
new
trees
that
are
there
weren't
discussed
as
much
and
instead
focused
on
tree
removal,
which
is,
of
course
something
we
do.
W
We
want
to
minimize.
You
know
in
any
event
that
it
has
to
occur
so
I
was
at
I
thought
that
was
disappointing.
I
was
also
disappointed
that
the
benefits
of
the
new
project,
the
essentially
bringing
the
Casey
overpass
down
to
street
level
and
all
of
the
new
trees,
there's
already
been
400
trees
planted
there.
That
wasn't
as
discussed,
because
I
think
we
do
have
to
add
new
bike
lanes.
We
do
have
to
add
and
improve
these
kinds
of
important
transportation
improvements
that
would
lead
to
decreasing
the
you
know:
eventual
new
co2.
W
You
know
it's
new
co2
added
to
our
atmosphere,
so
these
are
it's
actually
a
big-picture
sort
of
getting
to
an
environmental
impact.
I
also
wanted
to
mention
that
I
do
think.
It's
important
that
we
think
about
what
size
tree
we
planted.
I
know
everyone
always
says:
let's
just
plan
a
bigger
tree
and
I
think
that's
really
important,
but
we
do
know
there
are
studies
that
show
the
best
tree.
You
could
possibly
plant
it's
like
a
sapling.
It's
a
seed,
so
at
one
hand
we
want
to
plant
something
bigger
because
we
want
it
to
survive.
W
On
the
other
hand,
actually
the
best
thing
for
the
long-term
tree
is
to
actually
plant
the
smallest
tree,
which
is
not
what
a
lot
of
people
you
know.
You
know
it's
not
an
intuitive
thing
and
then
I
also
want
to
say
that
I
really
want
to
commend
the
work
of
mothers
out
front
and
councilman
O'malley,
and
all
of
your
all
of
your
comrades
who
have
passed
this
legislation
and
we're
starting
to
do
more
and
more
to
focus
on
gas
leaks.
Gas
leaks
are
a
tremendous
problem
for
our
street
trees.
P
My
name
is
Margaret
Pokorny
and
I'm,
testifying
on
behalf
of
the
Garden
Club
of
the
Back
Bay,
which
is
a
completely
voluntary
organization.
One
of
the
first
acts
of
one
of
the
founders
of
our
club,
Laura,
Dwight
almost
50
years
ago,
was
to
plant
the
magnificent
saucer
magnolias
in
front
of
most
homes
along
Commonwealth.
P
This
act
of
enhancing
protecting
and
caring
for
the
urban
tree
canopy
has
been
our
steadfast
goal
since
that
day,
I
would
like
to
describe
some
of
our
activities
as
they
relate
to
the
importance
of
the
urban
forest.
I
hope
that
our
example
and
some
of
our
successes
might
inspire
other
organizations
or
at
least
present
a
few
models
for
action.
We
are
happy
to
share
them
with
any
organization
that
would
like
more
detail
for
the
past
25
years.
P
We
worked
closely
with
two
mayor's
and
a
series
of
Parks
commissioners
in
a
partnership
that
has
created
a
neighborhood
with
one
of
the
highest
percentages
of
tree
canopy
in
the
city,
working
with
the
parks
department.
We
have
planted
over
250
Street
trees
and
we
have,
for
the
past
20
years,
done
the
pruning
of
all
1,200
street
trees.
In
the
Back
Bay,
on
a
rotating
basis,
we've
been
able
to
allocate
twenty
thousand
dollars
a
year
to
tree
pruning
in
the
Back
Bay.
P
For
the
past
10
years,
we've
conducted
two
inventories
of
the
street
trees
in
the
historic
district
and
the
most
recent
was
two
years
ago.
In
addition,
this
past
month
we
have
completed
an
inventory
of
all
the
ally
trees
that
are
on
private
property
and
have
created
and
launched
a
website
called
Back
Bay
trees,
org.
These
inventories
have
allowed
us
to
monitor
and
identify
dead
trees,
hazardous
trees,
removals
and
replanted
trees.
Over
the
past
10
years,
we've
discovered
that
almost
40%
of
the
alley
trees
have
been
removed.
P
Many
without
permission
that
is
required
by
the
Back
Bay
architecture
Commission.
We
have
worked
with
the
B
BAC
to
develop
guidelines
for
removal
and
replanting
on
private
property
and
have
tried
to
stem
the
illegal
removal
of
trees
by
promoting
the
requirement
that
residents
must
get
be
BAC
approval
before
removing
a
tree.
In
many
cases,
the
B
BAC
is
able
to
require
the
planting
of
a
tree
to
place.
The
one
removed
I
believe
that
this
is
a
unique
agreement
with
the
Back
Bay
historic
district,
but
certainly
one
that
could
be
used
in
other
historic
neighborhoods.
P
We
are
now
in
the
process
of
inventory,
front
garden,
trees
and
look
forward
to
having
all
this
information
available
on
our
website.
These
inventories
are
key.
They
are
the
linchpin
to
the
success
of
all
tree
care
in
the
city
and
all
of
our
inventories
have
been
conducted
by
volunteers.
In
addition
to
this
work
contracted
by
us,
we
give
modest
grants
to
other
organizations
specifically
for
tree
related
projects.
P
There
have
been
recent
grants
to
the
esplanade,
Association
Friends
of
the
public
garden
common
off
having
them
all
committee,
the
Friends
of
Copley
Square,
in
addition
to
organizations
in
other
Boston
neighborhoods,
where
woek
work
is
focused
on
increasing
their
urban
tree
canopy
wherever
appropriate,
we
engage
in
advocacy
for
trees
such
as
this
hearing.
We
were
also
an
active
voice
around
the
issue
of
gas
leaks
in
tree
mortality.
For
example.
P
Last
year
we
took
the
parks
departments
list
of
tree
removals
in
one
area
of
the
city
and
hired
gas
safety
to
test
each
empty
pit
for
gas
leaks
before
we
planting
was
done.
The
results
of
this
survey
were
very
interesting
and
we
continue
to
be
very
concerned
about
gas
leaks
in
our
neighborhood
to
protect
our
street
trees.
About
six
years
ago,
we
got
approval
to
install
tree
fences
and
approved
standardized
design.
Not
only
do
these
fences
enhance
the
street
case
escape,
but
they
protect
the
street
tree.
P
Some
compaction
and
animals
neighbors
make
a
donation
to
the
Garden
Club,
which
arranges
for
the
fences,
and
we
have
installed
about
a
hundred
and
sixty
fences
in
since
this
program
began.
The
fences
currently
cost
fifteen
hundred
dollars.
Each
we've
also
recently
worked
with
the
parks
department
on
two
major
plantings,
one
on
clarinet
Street
and
one
on
the
Charles
Gate
block
of
Marlborough.
We
organize
volunteers
and
neighbors
to
water.
These
plantings
once
a
week
and
have
provided
extra,
Gators
and
hoses
where
needed.
This
kind
of
community
support
is
essential.
P
If
the
planting
of
new
trees
is
to
be
successful,
you
can't
just
plant
a
tree
where
there
isn't
one
and
expect
it
to
survive.
This
is
the
challenge
of
increasing
the
urban
tree
canopy
the
element
of
community
organizing,
must
come
from
the
bottom
up.
We
have
been
very
fortunate
to
have
a
commitment
of
our
members
to
pursue
these
goals,
and
although
it
has
been
a
long
haul
50
years
and
not
always
successful,
we
are
not
about
to
give
up,
as
others
have
our
will
say.
A
A
X
There
I
would
like
to
thank
the
council,
and
particularly
councillor
O'malley
and
pres
Lee,
for
bringing
attention
to
this
important
issue
at
boston's
tree
canopy
Liu's
visa,
the
executive
director
of
the
Friends
of
the
public
garden.
We
partner
with
the
city
to
care
for
1700
trees
at
our
3
downtown
parks,
the
Boston
Common
public
garden
and
Commonwealth
Avenue
Mall
I
will
be
brief.
I
know
we're
speaking
to
the
choir,
but
I
want
to
make
a
couple
of
points
very
important
points,
its
funding
and
joint
responsibility.
X
The
two
that
I
want
to
reinforce
here
in
this
year's
budget,
our
city,
our
friends
budget.
We
will
invest
$500,000
nearly
half
of
our
overall
park
spending
caring
for
the
1,700
trees
in
our
parks,
including
planting
pruning
Disease,
Control,
fertilizing,
inventory
management.
This
is
in
three
parks
of
83
acres.
Boston
is
57,000
acres,
so
that's
what
we
do
and
what
these
trees
need
in
order
to
stay
alive.
These
are
many
of
these
are
very
mature.
X
We
have
several
Elms
that
are
the
oldest
Elms
in
the
Western
Hemisphere,
and
it
takes
that
amount
of
money
to
take
care
of
trees
of
that
stature
and
of
any
tree
in
the
city.
So
it's
an
important
that
the
city
be
the
leader
in
coordinating
an
effort
of
all
Boston's
property
owners
to
not
only
increase
the
tree
canopy
but
commit
to
ongoing
care
in
order
for
existing
trees
to
thrive
and
attain
significant
size.
X
The
seasons
ambitious
goal
to
plant
a
hundred
thousand
trees
was,
after
all,
intended
to
be
met
using
city,
state,
federal
and
private
dollars.
With
a
significant
amount
of
tree
planting
occurring
on
private
property,
while
institutions
focus
on
meeting
resiliency
goals,
they
too
often
point
to
their
LEED
certified
buildings
alone.
They
need
to
be
challenged
to
look
at
their
campuses
as
well.
So
this
must
be
a
shared
goal.
Increasing
the
tree
canopy
to
reap
the
benefits
of
mitigating
climate
change.
X
Building,
resiliency
and
improving
public
health
cannot
be
solved
by
trees
in
our
parks
on
our
city,
streets
alone,
parkland
in
Boston,
both
city,
parkland
and
state
parkland
covers
less
than
6,000
of
those
fifty-seven
thousand
acres.
We
would
also
urge
the
City
Council
we've
heard
from
the
panel
about
other
cities.
There
are
models
out
there
for
tree
ordinances
and
how
they
have
helped
other
cities
protect
their
tree
canopies
with
this
kind
of
enforcement
mechanism.
Some
good
examples
include
Pittsburgh
and
Portland.
X
Oregon
Pittsburgh
also
has
an
urban
forest
master
plenty
heard
that
in
the
last
panel,
the
Boston
urban
forest
Council
gave
a
document
to
the
mayor's
transition
team
in
2014
and
the
included
in
their
recommendations,
support
for
an
urban
forestry
plan
and
a
tree
ordinance
and
again,
inventories
are
important,
but
a
plan,
an
actual
plan
about
how
we're
going
to
protect
the
existing
trees.
We
have
and
add
them
is
critical.
X
So
we
look
forward
to
working
with
the
city
to
support
a
comprehensive
program
to
really
realize
this
goal
of
increasing
our
tree
canopy,
as
well
as
ensuring
the
health
of
every
tree
planted.
Everyone
loves
planting
a
tree,
but
planting
a
tree
is
not
the
same
as
other
capital
improvements.
The
work
is
not
done
when
we
put
them
into
the
ground.
X
It's
only
begun
and
I
mentioned
that
as
my
testimony
over
the
parks
department
budget
this
year,
city
budget
for
the
first
time,
has
a
line
item
for
money
for
caring
for
parks
trees
in
parkland
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We
have
tree
care
for
parks,
parks,
trees.
That
is
a
drop
in
the
bucket.
That
needs
to
be
increased
many
fold
in
order
to
do
the
work
that
needs
to
be
done
in
all
of
the
to
over
200
parks
in
the
city
to
reap
the
benefits
of
mature
trees
in
our
city.
J
Everyone
I'm
Sara
Freeman
from
Jamaica
Plain
on
behalf
of
the
Arbor
way
coalition
boy
urban
trees
as
I.
Listen,
herb,
entry's
have
a
tough
life
between
storm
damage,
gas
leaks,
development,
natural
aging
human
impacts.
Like
car
crashes,
insects
fungus,
it's
a
wonder
that
we
only
lose
something
like
20%
and
it
just
points
out
how
vigilant
we
all
need
to
be.
J
The
Arbor
way
coalition
the
Arbor
ways
to
the
part
of
the
Emerald
Necklace
beyond
Jamaica
pond,
it's
a
DCR
Parkway
but
still
part
of
Boston
and
our
main
park
like
feature
is
trees.
We've
done
a
lot
in
terms
of
planting
and
watering
and
having
young
people
with
we
didn't
get
the
bikes,
but
we
have
wagons
and
buckets
and
trying
to
deliver
water
having
a
water
source
near
trees
is
a
big
big
challenge.
We
were
a
part
of
the
urban
forest
busting
urban
forest
coalition
that
has
been
referenced
in
a
number
of
times.
Today.
J
There's
an
this
is
their
master
plan
from
2007
eight
who
will
plant
the
trees,
location,
planning,
record-keeping,
fundraising,
planting
opportunities
sites,
planting
opportunities,
programs,
public
education,
outreach;
they
had
a
corporate
partnership
recommendation,
a
marketing
plan,
a
ton
of
work
has
been
done
and
so
just
suggesting.
Maybe
we
don't
need
to
reinvent
the
wheel.
Would
love
for
us
to
get
a
more
concrete
plan
moving
forward
and
thank
you
in
advance
for
anyone
pitching
in.
A
A
Y
I'm
Allison
Paulson
is
from
Mission
Hill,
been
involved
with
tree
stewardship
for
25
years,
I
hope
to
suggest
some
radical
ideas,
I
like
Sarah
and
others
here.
I
was
part
of
the
urban
forest
council
four
years
ago
and
excuse
me
a
number
one
goal.
There
was
to
have
an
urban
urban
forestry
master
plan,
but
to
work
across
departments.
This
is
not
just
a
Parks
Department
issue
at
all.
This
is
Boston
housing.
This
is
Boston
Public,
Schools,
Public,
Works,
Water
and
Sewer,
and
obviously
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency.
Y
This
the
tree
issue
is
a
major
citywide
climate
issue
and
a
radical
idea
is
not
thinking
about
street
trees
so
much
because
sidewalks
are
actually
probably
the
worst
place
to
plant
trees
and
certainly
medians
as
well,
but
thinking
about
land
that
we
have
right
now
that
DND
owns
that
is
sitting
unutilized
and
maybe
they're
thinking
about
housing,
but
maybe
it's
a
neighborhood
that
is
lacking
tree
canopy
and
create
a
forest.
There
use
the
land
that
we
have
now
to
think
about
what
is
needed
in
the
future.
Y
Looking
at
the
urban
forest
council
recommendations,
environmental
review,
it
has
to
cover
all
trees.
It
can't
just
be
about
the
sidewalk
trees.
Look
at
Boston
public
housing,
some
of
our
best
largest
tree
canopy
right
now
exists
on
green
space
outside
housing
developments
that
were
built
in
the
1940s.
There
is
nothing
in
any
protection
for
those
trees.
When
those
developments
are
rebuilt,
our
demolition
happens.
Those
trees
are
lost
in
Mission
Hill.
We
lost
the
trees
at
Mission
Maine
at
McCormick
in
South
Boston.
We
lost
those
trees.
Y
Look
at
the
school
yards
where
the
trees
are
on
Center,
Street
in
front
of
the
Curley
school.
Those
trees
were
planted
by
earthworks,
an
organization
I
was
involved
with
for
10
years.
You
can
do
that.
You
don't
have
to
have
a
lawn.
You
can
plant
multiple
species
in
those
places
and
that's
a
benefit
for
everybody.
Y
So
environmental
review,
a
comprehensive
strategy
I'm
not
so
concerned
about
inventories
frankly
or
counting
one
tree-
does
not
equal
another
tree.
It's
very
very
hard
to
count
the
number.
These
are
moving
targets,
we're
losing
trees
with
climate
change
because
of
storms
and
heat
and
drought.
A
group
I've
been
involved
with
for
the
last
five
years,
friends
of
Melanie
Katz
Boulevard.
Y
That's
a
project
that
happened
with
initially
the
state
and
the
city
transportation
department,
we're
going
to
take
out
more
than
two
hundred
thirty
year
old,
mature,
healthy
trees,
trees
that
have
been
growing
unencumbered
by
utility
wires
with
large
root
space,
and
for
the
last
five
years
we've
been
advocating
for
a
redesign
that
preserved
as
many
trees
as
possible.
Right
now,
it's
the
plan
is
down
taking
about
60
trees,
but
because
of
the
way
contractors
work
in
this
city,
there's
no
guarantee
that
it's
going
to
be
only
60,
we're
still
advocating
for
a
better
design.
Y
You
can,
you
can
save
individual
blocks,
don't
have
to
be
duplicate,
twins
of
the
streets
of
the
trees
across
the
street.
It's
it's!
Okay,
if
you
have
large
trees
on
one
side
and
new
growth
on
another
side,
so
we're
still
working
on
that.
That's
a
project
that
we
need
help
with
the
cassidy
council.
Thank
you
very
much.
Z
I'm
I'm
maria
fitzpatrick
I'm
from
Dorchester
I
want
to
disclose
that
I
sit
on
the
Parks
Commission,
but
I'm
here
as
a
private
citizen.
The
reason
I
came
today
was
because
of
the
environmental
justice
aspect
of
this
hearing.
I
feel
as
a
constituent
in
the
city
of
Boston
I'm.
Recently,
a
homeowner
I
feel
that
I
am
extremely
burdened
by
environmental
pressures.
I
have
a
93
in
my
neighborhood
I
have
next-gen
coming
over.
My
head
in
my
neighborhood
I
have
suburban
commuters
driving
through
my
neighborhood
pollution
emissions
coming
from
all
directions.
Z
This
of
course
impacts
the
environment
around
me
and
the
quality
of
the
air
and
water
and
the
earth
that
the
trees
are
planted
in
I
have
had
the
privilege
of
sitting
on
the
Commission
and
I
have
discussed
some
of
these
issues
with
developers
and
it's
been
very
illuminating.
Unlike
other
cities,
the
city
of
Boston
does
not
require
any
open
space
requirement
for
these
from
these
developers.
They're
getting
world-class
amenities,
they're,
getting
the
beautiful
ocean,
the
parks,
the
trees
and
everything
that
we
have
to
offer
to
sell
their
condos.
Z
So
I've
simply
come
to
these
this
hearing
to
the
City
Council
to
be
bold
and
to
think
about
the
funding
that
we
need
to
maintain
our
parks
to
keep
them
safe,
to
keep
our
trees
alive
to
keep
our
water
clean.
We
are
getting
more
and
more
people
in
our
city
more
and
more
cars,
and
we
are
not
getting
any
more
funding
to
take
care
of
the
environment.
Z
It's
crucial
for
environmental
justice,
it's
crucial
for
sustainability,
it's
crucial
for
the
quality
of
life
in
our
city
and
as
Bostonians
I
think
we
pride
ourselves
on
the
beauty
and
the
quality
of
life
in
our
city,
and
it
has
to
be
maintained.
Maintaining
the
tree
canopy
is
part
of
that.
So
look
to
Houston.
They
get
a
nice.
They
have
a
nice
ordinance
there
with
their
developers.
There
are
their
municipalities
outside
of
DC
that
are
able
to
get
employee
fees
from
the
billion-dollar
nonprofits
that
don't
pay
property
taxes.
Z
It's
a
little
bit
off
track
from
what
we're
talking
about
here,
but
we
can't
take
care
of
the
tree
canopy.
We
can't
take
care
of
the
parks
and
we
can't
take
care
of
the
people
that
use
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission.
If
we
don't
have
funding-
and
that
is
what
the
crucial
part
of
maintaining
these
trees
and
our
city
is
about-
and
I
just
would
like
to
have
that
addressed
in
an
open
and
transparent
way
with
the
developers
and
the
nonprofits
and
the
commuters,
because
we
need
more
funding
to
be
more
sustainable.
Thank
you.
A
AA
You
thank
you
counselor.
My
name
is
Michael
Nichols
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
Esplanade
Association
in
Boston,
and
also
a
resident
of
Audubon
circle
here
in
the
city.
I
want
to
thank
councilor
Pressley
for
a
timely
hearing
order
on
the
subject
chairman
O'malley
for
calling
the
hearing
and
each
member
of
the
council
that
joined
us
today
and
watched
from
afar
for
giving
attention
to
an
issue
that
probably
doesn't
get
near
enough
attention
in
the
city,
as
others
have
done
earlier,
I
spent
a
couple
moments
talking
about
the
work
of
the
Esplanade
Association.
AA
We
are
a
17
year
old
nonprofit
that
is
100%,
privately
funded
and
works
to
revitalize,
maintain
program
and
enhance
the
historic
64
acre
Charles
River
Esplanade
in
partnership
with
the
Department
conservation
and
recreation.
Yes
well,
not
association
has
grown
to
now
contribute
over
1
million
dollars
per
year
into
our
park,
much
of
it
in
organic
horticulture,
vegetative
management,
planting
ornamental
gardens,
lawn
maintenance,
tree
care
and
most
recently
tree
succession
planning.
AA
While
the
recent
Boston
Globe
article
and
Boston's
tree
can
be
focused
mostly
on
tree
coverage
on
city-owned
property,
we
need
to
be
contributing
to
enhance
plantings
throughout
the
city,
regardless
of
who
owns
the
land.
The
advantages
of
significantly
more
trees
and
tree
canopy
cover
in
Boston
are
numerous
and
I'm
sure
have
been
covered
by
many.
Today,
though,
it's
worth
highlighting
that
every
citizen
of
Boston
benefits
from
the
fresher
air,
the
cooler
temperatures
stored
and
filtered
stormwater
runoff,
and
so
much
more
due
to
widespread
tree
coverage
on
the
Esplanade.
AA
There
are
presently
1,700
trees,
plus
an
additional
150
in
an
area
between
the
Esplanade
and
Charles
gate
Park,
for
which
the
Esplanade
Association
has
recently
begun,
providing
care.
Our
groups,
care
for
trees,
largely
began
with
two
tree
inventories,
one
performed
in
2004
and
a
later
one
in
2015,
which
has
informed
our
annual
tree
care
efforts
since
2015.
These
inventories
demonstrated
that
the
condition
of
the
Esplanade
Street
in
significantly
over
those
11
years
with
just
44%
of
the
trees
in
our
park
rated
good
just
three
years
ago.
AA
Since
then,
the
Esplanade
Association
and
several
of
our
funders
have
partnered
to
commence
semi-annual
tree
pruning
efforts
that
improves
the
health
of
roughly
20%
of
our
Esplanade
tree
canopy
each
year,
while
also
making
the
park
safer
for
his
visitors.
This
and
other
care
provided
by
EA
has
led
to
significant
growth
to
our
trees
throughout
the
Esplanade,
which
in
turn
heightens
their
ecological
benefits
to
the
public.
AA
Still,
our
inventories
also
revealed
that
the
majority
of
the
Esplanade
trees
are
considered
mature
to
over
mature,
essentially
that
our
100
year
old
Park
would
have
trouble
maintaining
its
current
tree
coverage
levels,
levels
absent
and
intervention.
Last
year,
the
Esplanade
Association
excuse
me
commissioned
a
tree
care
management
succession
planning
study
to
understand,
what's
needed,
to
continue
and
grow
healthy
tree
coverage
on
the
Esplanade
for
generations
to
come.
The
draft
results
of
that
study
were
released
earlier
this
month
and
our
current
available
on
the
front
page
of
our
website.
AA
If
there's
one
lesson
from
this
story,
I
think
there
it's
that
there's
willing
participants
out
there
beyond
constrained
public
sector
budgets,
to
support
this
broader
effort
and
don't
get
me
wrong.
The
state
through
DCR
and
the
city,
primarily
through
the
parks
department,
should
be
leading
this
charge
and
should
each
have
a
much
greater
role
in
the
equitable
growth
of
tree
care
coverage
in
parks
and
neighborhoods
throughout
the
city.
But
with
public-private
partnerships
of
the
type
the
Esplanade
Association
enjoys
with
DCR.
AA
R
I
first
became
sort
of
got
got
pulled
into
the
tree
issue
a
number
of
years
ago,
when
a
number
of
trees
on
the
harbor
walk,
we're
clear-cut
about
a
double
digit
number
of
trees.
Greater
than
six-inch
trunk
diameter
were
just
cut
down.
No
hearing,
no
notice,
nothing
and
I
wondered.
How
could
that
be?
R
So
I
started
asking
folks
talk
to
Chris
Cook,
who
I
think
Boston
is
so
lucky
to
have
as
Parks
Commissioner
Chris
introduced
me
to
Greg
mossman,
who
I
think
is
one
of
the
hardest-working
city
employees
you're
equally
likely
to
find
him
to
talk
about
issues
like
this
or
if
a
tree.
If
there's
a
microburst
he'll
be
out
until
2:00
a.m.
making
sure
that
all
the
the
trees
get
handled
and
repaired
disposed
of,
etc.
How
six
guys
can
do
that
is
just
amazing
and
I
do
hope.
R
So
the
experience
of
the
North
End
in
the
harbor
walk
trees
that
were
cut
down
was
that
you
know
they're
cut
down.
There's
really
no
law,
I
talked
to
someone
a
high-level
person
at
BP
da,
and
they
said
yeah
when
they
were
drafting
this
part
of
the
they
just
sort
of
never
finished,
and
they
never
got
that
part.
Wouldn't
it
be
great
to
complete
the
law
and
and
protect
trees,
and
so
the
first
thing
I
ask
is:
let's
do
that?
R
Because
when
I
ask
the
question,
could
someone
who
a
developer,
who
promised
a
lot
of
trees
on
the
waterfront
plants,
a
lot
of
trees
and
just
decides
to
cut
them
down
and
put
a
tennis
court
in
obviously
they'll
get
a
lot
of
unhappy
neighbors,
but
is
there
any
legal
protection
to
prevent
that
and
I
have
yet
to
find
anyone
who
will
say?
Yes,
there
is
a
legal
protection
that
will
stop
that.
So
this
is
a.
This
is
an
example
of
an
incomplete
law
and
I
really
do
think.
R
R
The
second
area
of
laws
that
I
wanted
to
put
in
the
spotlight
are
those
that
I
think
work
counter
to
trees,
while
everyone
I
think
in
this
room
supports
a
DA
laws.
There
are
some
neighborhoods
to
which
I
believe
they're
interpreted
in
an
extreme
fashion.
There
are
neighborhoods
like
Beacon
Hill
and
the
North
End
that
have
narrow
streets
that
are
constantly
fighting
to
save
trees
that
are
on
streets,
because
we
are
we're
repeatedly
told
the
the
streets
are
just
too
narrow.
We're
gonna
have
to
clear
cut
all
the
trees.
R
So
I
would
ask
that
we,
you
know
oftentimes
the
you
know
the
strategies
can
be
great
that
can
be
laid
out.
We
can
have
great
bold
visions,
but
the
the
trick
is
in
the
implementation,
as
we've
seen
on
other
issues
and
we'll
see
on
other
issues.
Here,
it's
the
same
way
unless
we
can
fix
chapter
91
and
we
can
reconcile
the
ill
effects
of
the
a
DA
laws,
we're
going
to
have
a
bunch
of
laws
on
the
books
that
are
actually
hurting,
trees
and
I
hope
that
we
can
address
that
sooner
rather
than
later.
A
B
A
So,
thank
you
Sam,
sir
Karen
Weber.
You
are
up
and
then
Elena
support,
so
I'm
not
sure
if
Elena
wants
to
speak,
followed
by
Fatima,
Ali,
Salam,
no
Sam,
Balto,
so
Karen
Weber
and
then
is
Elena
here
sure
all
right,
so
after
Elena
would
be
fed
to
Fatima
Fatima
Fatima
you
are
after
Karen,
and
that
is
all
I
have
for
public
testimony.
So
if
anyone
else
would
like
to
test,
if
I
would
be
happy
to
hear
you
out,
but
that's
what
we've
got
so
Karen
hello
good
afternoon.
Thank.
N
You
Matt,
thank
you
a
Jana.
This
has
been
really
a
wonderful
hearing
and
a
chance
to
really
bring
the
community
together
about
something
that
seems
to
some
perhaps
trivial,
it's
a
tree
but
to
us
who
understand
the
importance
of
a
tree
and
how
the
tree
makes
a
forest
and
it's
our
urban
forest.
This
is
very
important.
So,
as
you
know,
I
run
the
foundation
for
a
green
future
in
Boston,
green
Fest
I'm,
also
a
parent
on
the
citywide
Parent
Council,
so
I'm
speaking
about
four
points.
N
As
briefly
as
I
can
number
one
I
used
to
have
a
beautiful
tree
in
front
of
my
home,
I
watched
it
cut
down
with
my
children
cried
when
it
happened,
and
then
they
planted
a
new
tree
and
we
were
so
happy.
We
had
this
new
tree,
it
ended
up
with
some
disease
and
they
took
it
out
and
one
day
I
came
home
and
they
had
tarred
over
the
tree.
Well,
I
felt,
like
I,
was
closed
up
like
how
could
they
tar
that
tree?
Well?
I
was
good
plant
flowers
there.
N
If
we
couldn't
put
a
tree
at
least,
we
could
put
something
so
I
want
to
try
to
understand.
Why
are
any
of
these
tree
wells
being
start
over
without
checking
with
the
neighbor
the
person
whose
house
it's
in
front
of
to
find
out
what
they're
planning
to
do
for
that?
So
that's
number
one
number
two
we're
talking
about
very
creative
things.
Earlier
with
the
first
panel,
they
talked
about
the
various
agencies
in
the
city
who
are
working
to
help
with
trees,
but
there
was
one
very
important
group
left
out.
N
The
Boston
Public
Schools
I
really
believe
that
there
may
be
a
way
to
help
get
kids
out,
get
them
more
fit,
get
them
in
the
sunshine,
get
them
learning
about
trees.
Let's
make
a
curriculum
where
the
children
in
our
schools,
starting
from
the
young
ones,
all
the
way
to
high
school,
are
going
to
become
that
brigade
that
help
plant
the
trees
maintain
the
trees,
learn
about
the
trees,
it's
their
biology,
it's
math
its
science,
its
everything.
So
let's
get
them
involved.
That's
a
that's
40,000,
kids
across
the
city!
So
that's
one
other
area.
Three!
N
You
probably
aware
I'm
very
committed
to
green
roofs,
so
we're
talking
about
trees
that
in
the
city
there's
only
so
much
space
in
the
city.
Yes,
we
have
to
plant
the
Harbor.
Yes,
we
have
to
plant
our
streets
in
the
neighborhoods,
but
when
we
look
at
our
city,
there's
not
enough
space
in
the
city
to
really
make
a
fullest
canopy
in
all
the
buildings
that
are
going
up
right
now,
not
one
of
them
is
green
on
the
outside.
There's
metal
and
glass
and
cement
I
have
not
seen
any
nature
as
part
of
that.
N
So
let's
put
some
trees
on
the
roofs
as
well.
Finally,
in
terms
of
climate
adaptation,
we
need
to
be
creative
and
I
know
that
it
was
mentioned
a
few
times,
but
let's
find
ways
to
incorporate
trees
into
every
part
of
the
plan
of
the
city,
not
just
five
or
six
ways,
but
I
I'm
sure
we
can
find
some
way
to
make
the
tree
become
part
of
a
budget
of
almost
anyone's
budget,
even
down
to
whether
it's
music,
whether
it's
down
to
whatever
aspect
I,
feel
that
you're
both
very
creative
thinkers,
the
City,
Council's,
very
creative.
N
Our
city
is
thinking,
and
very
so,
let's
include
it.
When
we
talk
about
climate
adaptation,
I
haven't
heard
about
saving
the
trees
as
part
of
that,
but
let's
make
it
a
whole
go
bowling
and
finally,
to
leave
you
with
this
quote
and
I'm
going
to
change
it
a
little
bit
and
into
the
urban
forest
I
go
to
lose
my
mind
and
find
my
soul
Thank
You.
A
T
Matapan
is
a
little
bit
unique
in
that
we
have
one
of
the
largest
undeveloped
land
resource
natural
land
resources
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So
we
do.
We
have
had
a
lot
of
tree.
Canopy
has
been
pointed
out,
but
we
are
increasingly
losing
it
to
development
because,
just
as
our
undeveloped
land
has
become
recognized
by
those
who
need
to
develop
more
housing,
but
also
other
types
for
schools
in
recreation
areas,
but
unfortunately,
one
of
the
things
that
comes
about
it
is
that
it
doesn't
include
the
residents
necessarily
in
the
input
process.
T
One
of
the
reasons
is
that
Matapan,
unlike
other
parts
of
neighborhood
other
neighborhoods,
like
you,
been
complaining
a
Dorchester,
we
do
not
have
a
Mattapan
Neighborhood
Council
that
actually
interacts
directly
with
all
of
the
developers.
We
are
beginning
those
planning
stages,
but
we
don't
have
one
set
up
yet
as
a
result
where
I
live
in
Mattapan
right
at
the
beginning
toward
Mattapan
square
I'm
fortunate
that
I
live
along,
what's
called
an
apposite
Greenway
to
which,
though
we
had
had
been
opened
up
about
a
year
ago.
T
But
what
has
happened
is
that
that's
actually
for
many
of
us,
the
only
swaths
of
trees
on
my
street.
There
are
no
trees
at
all.
If
you
live
along
the
Greenway
within
the
direct
in
Mattapan,
there
are
plenty
of
streets
that
have
no
trees
that
grow
on
them.
We
literally
only
get
our
canopy
from
the
new
ponds
from
the
deposit
river,
the
trees
that
line
the
river.
Some
of
them
are
in
good
health.
T
Many
of
them
are
not
part
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
long-standing
tradition
of
people
who
are
in
the
construction
business
of
dumping,
their
waste
over
the
walls
directly.
There's
a
wall
that
was
built
during
the
WPA
projects
or
that's
about-
starts
about
four
and
a
half
to
six
feet
high,
so
they
can
hide
their
debris.
They
come
in
the
middle
of
the
night
and
they
toss
it.
So
what
happens
is
that
the
poisoning
of
Elana's
and
many
of
the
trees
end
up
dying
that
way
and
they
just
fall.
T
The
other
issue
that
we
have
for
Matapan
is
that
many
of
parts
of
our
land,
or
actually
either
privately
owned.
They
say
the
Massachusetts
Audubon,
Society
or
they're,
held
by
DCR
DCR,
doesn't
necessarily
respond
to
residents
requests
the
way
that
the
city
of
Boston
does
respond
to
residents
requests
one
of
the
other
issues
that
we
have
is
say,
for
example,
the
Boston
Nature
Center,
which
is
owned
and
operated
under
the
mass
Audubon
Society
large
tracts
of
those
those
lands
which
line
up
on
Warren
Street
and
walk
Hill
that
lock
hill
streets.
T
Those
have
been
given
over
to
the
private
development
for
housing,
mainly
a
large
swaths
of
that.
So
what
we're
seeing
right
now,
even
though
we're
one
of
the
smaller
neighborhoods,
is
that
we're
losing
canopy
we're
also
losing
canopy,
because
long
streets
such
as
American
Legion,
highway
the
trees
that
are
more
mature,
they're
split
by
power
lines.
So
when
you
have
those
the
growth,
you
can
actually
see
it
growing
and
splitting
in
half
straight
up
on
my
way
here.
T
One
of
the
things
that
I've
noticed
over
the
last
few
months
is
a
number
of
dead
birds
that
I
see
that
are
dead
along
American
Legion
highway
and
Blue
Hill
Avenue
and
along
some
of
the
smaller
streets.
But
you
do
see
it,
and
the
reason
I
see
is
that
I'm
cleaning
up
the
dead
birds
to
which
I've
never
had
to
do
before
party
I
know
that
man
is
one
of
just
like
East
Boston
as
part
of
the
next.
T
The
city's
next
big
planning
development
plans
they're
supposed
to
put
in
place,
but
recently
we,
for
example,
have
found
that
there
are
people
who
are
coming
into
pre-file
soon
to
build
developments
that
could
be
possibly
13
stories
high
in
Mattapan
square
for
apartment,
building,
to
put
a
hundred
parking
spaces
to
which
they
literally
have
I'd,
say.
Maybe
100
yards
down
Mattapan
station.
Why?
T
You
would
not
why
you
would
think
that
you
could
have
the
possibility
of
even
going
to
the
city
and
saying
yes,
I
want
to
build
a
development
that
has
a
hundred
parking
spaces
in
13
stories,
high
making
it
the
most
highest
building
in
Mattapan,
but
it
doesn't
take
into
consideration
the
natural
flow
of
vegetation
of
waterways
that
we
have
in
our
in
our
space.
Matapan
is
unique
because
it
has
a
one
side
of
it:
Milton
it
has
the
Blue
Hills.
V
Everybody
and
thank
you
very
much
to
the
counselors
who
are
here
I,
want
to
just
make
clear
that,
even
though
I'm
an
employee
of
the
city
and
I
work
for
a
city,
councilor
I'm,
testifying
as
a
private
citizen
and
I,
want
to
call
attention
to
Austin
Brighton,
which
is
out
of
sight
and
out
of
mind.
Austin
Brighton
has
the
lowest
proportion
of
green
space
per
acre
and
per
person
in
the
city
and
I
think
a
lot
of
what
goes
on
there.
It's
just
never
seen
or
observed,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
mention.
V
Also,
as
you
all
know,
I'm
sure
often
Brighton
has
is
the
site
of
extraordinary
institutional
expansion
as
well
as
develop
as
well
as
private
development,
when
Boston
College
bought
what
was
the
archdiocese
property
and
that
was
67
acres
of
green
space.
That
is
now
all
gone
all
for
two
stadiums.
There
was
a
five
acre
lot
that
had
never
been
developed
not
far
from
there.
There
also
a
Boston
College
purchased
a
completely
clear-cut
and
in
in
all
of
these
buildings.
That's
for
housing,
there's,
not
a
single
solar
panel.
They
have
20,
not
twenty
four-hour-a-day.
V
They
have
as
much
sunlight
as
any
buildings
could
have,
but
and
I
could
actually,
you
know,
go
on.
We've
been
talking
about
mature
trees.
There
was
another
development
that
had
these
unbelievably
beautiful,
copper,
beeches
just
and
down
gone,
and
we
place
with
shrubs
and
some
grass
and
we
used
to
have
many
urban
wiles.
V
We
have
either
one
or
two
now
so
I
just
want
to
say
that
as
we're
paying
attention
to
taking
care
of
our
mature
trees
as
well
as
you
know,
doing
whatever
replacement,
we
can
to
keep
our
eye
on
and
hold
responsible
institutions,
and
perhaps
even
you
know,
make
that
part
of
Master
Plan
agreements
that
they
have
to
protect
or
replace
the
tree
cover
that
they
take
down
because
clean
air
and
all
the
other
health
benefits,
and
you
particularly
talk
to
councillor
Presley.
Thank
you.
H
I
I'm
Ian
Lahey
I'm,
the
director
of
urban
forest
programs
at
American,
Forests
or
a
national
conservation
group.
There's
not
let
you
know
we
are
partnering
with
Alliance
data
and
Bank
of
America
and
speak
for
the
trees
to
help
bring
resources
in
to
help
achieve
what
you're
doing
wherever
we
can
help.
I
It's
answer
an
earlier
question
or
help
the
answer.
I
was
kind
of
surprised,
I'm
just
here,
trying
to
absorb
everything
and
learn
what's
going
on,
but
three
arbors
is
surprisingly
small
for
a
city
of
Boston
size,
for
example,
Washington
DC
has
about
20
working
throughout
the
city.
They
have
a
budget
of
about
15
million.
I
Milwaukee
has
a
good
model
where
they
integrated
tree
care
with
the
snow
care
and
they're
staffing
and
really
built
a
high
capacity
there
and
lastly,
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
about
a
new
resource
called
the
vibrant
cities,
lab
that
vibrant
cities
lab
calm
and
it's
a
site
that
we
built
with
the
u.s.
Forest
Service.
It
has
all
the
latest
research
synthesized
that
has
case
studies
from
across
the
country
and
a
toolkit
to
help
build
step
by
step
to
build
urban
forestry
programs.
A
AB
Kendall
I
am
one
of
the
City
arborist,
with
parks.
Gonna
speak
sort
of
half
professionally
in
half
as
a
citizen
of
the
city,
everything
I've
heard
today.
It's
great
that
you
know
we're
addressing
all
this
stuff.
The
thing
that
has
stuck
out
to
me
and
I
think
the
thing
that
I
feel
the
most
passionate
about
is
the
inequity
inequality
portion
of
it
I
think
our
working-class
neighborhoods
in
Boston,
you
see
less
community
involvement
and
engagement,
and
you
see
less.
AB
You
know
you
see
less
tree
canopy
as
a
result
and
that's
so
easily
seen
as
a
you
know.
Somehow,
community
failing
I
see
it
as
people
whose
priorities
are
exactly
where
they
should
be
they're,
working,
harder,
they're
working
longer
hours
and
to
spend
an
hour
a
week,
watering
a
tree
in
front
of
your
house
a
lot
harder
thing
to
get
up
and
get
into
doing
and
I
think
it's
start.
Instead
of
trying
to
focus
on
asking
more
from
the
constituents.
AB
I
think
that
a
lot
of
the
development
that
we've
seen
and
that
we
are
seeing
in
the
city
we're
offering
tax
breaks
and
incentives
for
these
huge
companies
to
come
in
and
I
understand
why
we
do
that.
I
mean
it
makes
total
sense,
but
I
think
there
could
be
a
commitment
to
our
underserved
communities,
who
you
know
these
are
people
who
are
at
the
bus,
stop
at
4:00
a.m.
and
you
know
having
to
deal
with
public
transit
and
suffer
through
the
weather
and
then
get
home.
And
then
you
know
help
their
families
out
like
they.
AB
Just
don't
have
time
to
form
a
great
community
group
and
what
those
groups
do
is
in
my
I've
only
been
with
the
city
a
couple
years
and
I'm
so
impressed
by
their
dedication.
But
it's
a
lot
harder
to
get
that
kind
of
mobilization
depending
on
the
demographics
in
the
neighborhood,
because
if
you
have
to
work
a
second
job,
that's
prepares
your
volunteer
time.
AB
You
know
so
I
think
that
asking
more
of
some
of
the
developers
and
some
of
the
companies
that
we're
always
trying
to
get
to
come
in
because
we
need
more
jobs,
and
we
need
innovation
to
have
them
put
more
of
a
focus
on
reaching
back
in
the
community
and
helping
us
make
the
quality
of
life
more
even
and
more
consistent
throughout
the
city.
I
think
that
that's
something
that
could
really
you
know,
help
help
us
as
a
division,
help
all
of
us
as
a
city.
So
thank.
A
You
thank
you
steve
appreciate
those
remarks.
Thank
you
good
work
with
the
parks
department.
Would
anybody
else
like
to
offer
any
concluding
remarks
seeing
or
hearing
none
I'll
ask
my
colleagues
to
make
a
brief
closing
statement
before
I
close
out
this
hearing,
starting
with
the
lead
sponsor
concert,
Presley
Thank.
B
B
L
You
mr.
chair
just
want
to
say
thank
you
again
to
councilor
Pressley
for
sponsoring
this
important
hearing.
I
did
have
to
step
out
earlier
for
an
event
here
at
City
Hall
for
Caribbean,
Heritage
Month,
so
look
forward
to
reading
through
the
testimony
and
and
looking
online
to
see
what
I
did.
Miss
I
always
like
to
hear
that
piece
of
the
meeting
so
I
feel
bad
that
I
just
caught
the
tail
end.
What
I
did
catch
was
really
good.
L
M
M
Great
advice,
great
suggestions,
you
know,
Boston
is
a
great
city
because
of
your
involvement,
you
can
the
passion
and
in
your
voice
and
the
love
you
have
for
the
city
is
so
noticeable
and
Boston
is
lucky
to
have
so
many
dedicated
people
that
really
care
about
this
city.
That's
what
I
want
to
focus
on
is
making
sure
that
the
neighborhood
voice
is
in
this
process,
and
that
will
be
the
focus
of
mine
going
forward
again
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
three
counselors
that
are
here
and
thank
you
for
your
hard
work.
A
Thank
You
councillor,
Flynn
I,
took
copious
notes
during
public
testimony
simply
because
I
have
worked
with
virtually
everyone
who
has
spoken
or
who
did
speak
at
one
point
or
another
and
I'm
just
briefly
going
to
go
through
them
and
you'll
get
my
point
when
I'm
done
reading,
we
need
to
focus
on
canopy,
not
inventory.
We
need
to
focus
on
inventory
and
that'll
take
care
of
canopy.
We
need
to
work
on
policy,
we
need
to
work
on
maintenance,
we
need
to
plan
older
or
mature
trees.
We
need
to
plant
samplings
or
younger
trees.
A
We
need
to
look
at
Pittsburgh,
Portland
Houston.
We
need
to
look
at
our
existing
laws,
some
of
which
can
run
counter
to
what
we're
trying
to
do
here.
We
need
to
discuss
jurisdictional
oversight.
We
need
to
focus
on
the
Forgotten
neighborhoods.
We
need
to
ask
more
for
developers
there's
some
conflicting
stance
sentences
there.
Yet
everything
I
said
was
correct
and
I
think
that
underscores
everything
I
said
paraphrasing
what
you
all
said
is
correct
and
I
think
that
underscores
the
complexity
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
here.
A
The
good
thing
or
the
good
news
as
I
said
from
the
beginning,
is
we
all
agree.
We
all
know
the
benefits
of
more
trees.
We
all
see
the
incredible
desire
to
build
and
to
grow
that
canopy,
rather
than
focusing
on
what
didn't
go
right
in
the
past.
I
think
we
need
to
look
at
the
2014
survey
is
the
first
benchmark.
I
think
we,
as
councillors
need
to
make
sure
we
have
funding
for
the
next,
the
benchmark
survey
in
2019
or
2020,
and
clearly
we
need
to
work
together.
A
All
of
us
friends,
group
residents,
city
officials,
elected
officials.
We
need
to
work
together
on
drafting
some
sort
of
a
master
plan
and
some
sort
of
an
idea
going
forward
how
we
can
address
this.
Some
of
it
will
be
legislation.
Others
could
be
just
simple
policy
changes,
I'm
working
with
many
of
you
on
a
whole
host
of
issues
that
dovetail
nicely
with
this.
As
we
talk
about
net
zero
carbon,
this
is
a
way
to
address
it.
We
talked
about
Community,
Choice,
energy,
renewable
energy.
A
As
we
talked
about
the
plastic
bag
ordinances,
we
talked
about
the
gas
leaks
bill.
These
are
all
intersectional
here
and
we
need
to
work
on
it
together.
So
I
know
you
have
my
colleagues
and
my
commitment
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
together.
We're
gonna
see
what
we
can
do
going
forward.
This
is
a
big
tent.
This
isn't
gonna
be
solved
overnight.
We're
gonna
have
an
ordinance
on
the
books.
A
You
know
week
from
now,
but
we're
gonna
work
together
to
see
what
makes
sense
and
how
we
can
actually
affect
real
change
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart
I.
Thank
you.
This
was
a
phenomenal
hearing
three
hours
long
and
we
touched
upon
a
really
just
a
whole
host
of
important
issues
and
we've
got
a
lot
of
work
to
do
so.
Thank
you,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
with
that
it
is
nearly
one
o'clock
and
this
hearing
is
hereby
adjourned.