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From YouTube: Committee on Ways Means on May 25, 2017
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Docket #0536-0543- FY18Budget: Boston Planning & Development Agency
A
Ways
and
means
in
district
nine
city
councillor
today
is
Thursday.
May
twenty-fifth
I'd
like
to
remind
folks
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
and
it
is
both
being
broadcast
and
recorded
on
our
CN
channel
82
and
Comcast
channel
8
I'd.
Ask
folks
in
the
chamber
to
silence
any
electronic
devices
at
the
conclusion
of
the
department's
presentation
and
questions
from
my
colleagues
will
take
public
testimony.
We
have
a
sign-in
sheet
to
my
left
by
the
door.
We
ask
that
you
state
your
name
address
in
any
affiliation.
A
Please
be
advised
that
you
were
chairing
the
fourth
hearing
of
the
City
Council's
Ways
and
Means
docket,
zero,
five,
three,
six:
three:
zero
five,
four
three
Thursday
May
25th
one
o'clock
and
the
City
Council's,
INL
or
chamber.
Sadly,
due
to
wake
of
a
friend
and
community
activists,
I
will
not
be
able
to
attend
the
scaring.
Please
read
this
letter
into
the
public
record
from
district
city
councillor
Matt
O'malley.
So
with
that
I
want
to
again
welcome
director
golden
in
your
team
for
your
opening
comments.
B
My
name
is
Brian
golden
and
I'm
the
director
of
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency,
the
BPD,
a
thank
you
for
providing
myself
and
staff
of
the
BPD
a
the
opportunity
to
present
our
agency's
fiscal
year.
2018
budget
before
I
proceed,
I'd
like
to
simply
say
on
behalf
of
the
agency
goodbye
to
a
city
councilor
bill,
Linehan
and
city
councilor
Sal
la
mattina
they'll
be
departing
the
City
Council
later
this
year,
but
I'm
not
sure
when
our
next
formal
time
down
here
would
be
so
I
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you
and
farewell.
B
It's
been
a
great
joy
to
work
with
both
of
them
in
my
years
at
the
BPD,
a
I
know
that
staff
who've
interacted
with
them
often
in
recent
years,
have
enjoyed
the
experience.
The
BPD
a
has
certainly
had
a
constructive
and
healthy
relationship
with
council
and
Hanan
Council
la
mattina
and
we've
appreciated
their
many
courtesies
as
we
worked
with
them
and
their
staffs
to
plan
and
build
a
better
Boston
for
all.
So
again
on
behalf
of
the
BPD
a
we
wish
them
much
happiness
and
success
in
their
retirement.
B
Now
the
BPD
a
is
charged
with
growing
Boston's
tax
base,
cultivating
the
city's
private
jobs
market
training,
the
workforce
working
with
the
community
to
plan
the
future
of
our
neighborhoods,
charting
the
course
for
sustainable
development
and
resilient
building
construction,
advocating
from
multimodal
transportation
responding
to
the
city's
changing
population,
producing
insightful
research
on
our
city
and
ensuring
that
Boston
retains
its
distinctive
character.
That's
what
we
do
the
BPD
a
works
closely,
also
with
our
sister
agencies
and
city
government,
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
on
affordable
housing
through
our
inclusionary
development
policy.
B
This
past
year
has
been
a
transformative
year
for
development
and
planning
in
Boston,
as
we
are
continuing
to
experience
one
of
the
biggest
development
booms
in
the
city's
history
in
2016,
the
then
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority,
a
new
identity
and
a
refocused
mission
that
better
reflects
our
goal
to
shape
an
inclusive
future
for
all
of
Boston's
residents
in
neighborhoods.
A
culmination
of
much
work,
the
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
Agency
is
better
engaging
with
Boston's
residents,
focusing
on
comprehensive
planning
and
smart
development
and
working
with
community
partners.
B
Our
goal
is
to
inspire
greater
trust
and
confidence
from
the
people
we
serve.
Some
of
our
accomplishments
from
2016
include
the
approval
of
almost
eight
billion
dollars
worth
of
development
in
Boston,
representing
over
fourteen
point,
seven
million
square
feet.
Twelve
thousand
five
hundred
eighty
six
construction
jobs
and
seven
thousand
two
hundred
thirty-nine
additional
jobs
that
flowed
directly
from
development.
B
B
During
this
current
fiscal
year,
sales
force
a
new
software
platform
for
the
BPD,
a
was
launched,
replacing
several
outdated
legacy
systems
that
have
historically
been
kept
and
maintained
separately
by
the
agency.
Long
neglected
projects
like
115
Winthrop
square
are
moving
forward
after
an
open
and
transparent
RFP
process.
B
The
development
boom
has
brought
more
funding
in
community
benefits
and
for
the
neighborhoods,
the
neighborhood
jobs,
trust,
and
we
are
turning
that
funding
into
meaningful
investments
in
the
city's
people
in
the
city's
neighborhoods,
including
Mayor
Walsh's
tuition,
free
Community,
College
program
for
Boston,
public
school
graduates,
new
workforce
training
programs
and
investments
in
affordable
housing
and
open
space.
We
remain
committed
to
serving
the
public
in
a
more
efficient,
accountable
and
transparent
manner.
B
We
are
constantly
exploring
new
innovative
strategies
for
stakeholder
engagement
in
all
aspects
of
our
as
a
result
of
our
work
with
KPMG
in
2014.
All
of
the
agencies.
Leases
126
in
total
have
been
reviewed
and
abstracted
for
salient
material
facts
and
over
1,100
lease
documents
have
been
scanned
into
yardie.
A
lease
management
state-of-the-art
software
program
yardie
enables
our
staff
to
easily
access
lease
information,
produce
reports
as
needed
and
proactively
manage
the
agency's
lease
portfolio.
B
Recognising
that
our
work
was
not
yet
complete,
we
enlisted
the
help
of
continuum,
a
global
innovation,
design
and
organizational
brand
strategy
firm
to
help
sharpen
our
focus,
make
the
BPD
a
more
transparent
and
build
a
new
culture
that
would
best
achieve
our
mission
of
planning
and
guiding
inclusive
growth
in
our
city.
While
also
creating
opportunities
to
live,
work
and
connect
for
all
to
achieve
this
mission,
we're
designing
new
systems,
processes,
tools
and
communications
to
address
four
areas
of
focus,
both
internally
and
externally.
B
One
engaging
communities
better
to
implement
innovative
new
solutions,
three
partner
with
others,
for
greater
impact
and
for
track
progress.
The
work
has
led
to
open
houses
being
held
in
neighborhoods
like
Charlestown,
Alston,
Brighton
and
East
Boston,
during
which
the
BPD
a
staff
has
been
given
the
opportunity
to
showcase
our
processes
in
big-picture
thinking
the
neighborhood
residents
more
robust
use
of
our
website
to
ensure
that
the
public
has
24/7
access
to
article
80
development
review
documents
offering
public
tours
of
our
model
room.
B
Our
scale
model
of
the
city
of
Boston,
which
is
now
booked
through
this
summer
and
into
October
of
2017
in
our
budget,
is
now
published
every
year
this
year
we're
breaking
ground
on
new
projects
in
every
neighborhood,
including
thousands
of
new
residential
units,
helping
us
meet
Mayor,
Walsh's
housing
goals
and
creating
jobs
for
our
residents.
But
we
know
that
our
work
is
not
done.
We
are
committed
to
continuing
to
evolve
into
an
agency
that
better
serves
our
community
and
creates
an
inclusive
Boston
for
all.
C
Thank
You
director
golden
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Midori
Morcar
and
I.
Am
the
deputy
director
of
workforce
and
policy
development
and
office
of
workforce
development?
I
am
here
on
behalf
of
genuine
the
director
at
owd,
who
could
not
be
here
today.
I
want
to
thank
chairman
CEO,
moe
and
members
of
the
council
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
about
our
accomplishments.
Our
office
comprises
of
office
of
financial
empowerment
we
Boston
and
youth
options.
C
Unlimited
the
agency
handles
17
million
dollars
in
funds
that
are
distributed
to
a
number
of
workforce
and
adult
education
partners
providing
pathways
to
careers
and
financial
stability
for
low-income
Boston
residents.
Today,
I
want
to
highlight
few
of
the
key
accomplishments
from
our
office.
This
year.
As
director
golden
mentioned,
last
June
our
office
launched
the
mayor's
tuition
free
Community
College
initiative,
which
makes
three
years
of
community
college
education
free
to
eligible
low-income
boston,
public
school
graduates.
C
We
developed
this
program
in
part
to
the
fact
that
in
Boston
by
year,
2020
77
percent
of
jobs
will
require
some
form
of
post-secondary
education
or
training
much
higher
than
the
national
average
of
65
percent,
but
over
the
last
three
decades.
The
cost
of
college
tuition
has
increased
nearly
four
times
faster
than
the
median
income.
We
all
know
the
correlation
between
the
educational
attainment
and
the
wage
attainment.
The
median
lifetime
earnings
of
individuals
with
an
associate
degree
is
twenty-seven
percent
higher
than
the
median
earnings
of
high
school
graduates.
C
For
this
reason,
we
wanted
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
low
income.
Boston,
public
school
graduates
have
the
pathway
towards
post-secondary
education.
The
program
provides
critical
step
in
increasing
lifetime
earnings
and
for
students
to
make
higher
wages
due
to
the
greater
earning
power
of
a
college
degree
credential.
C
C
One
this
year,
Boston's
phase
was
rolled
out
to
five
bps
Elementary
School's
and
engaged
over
250
families
and
students
in
which
they
received
a
CAC
account
with
the
$50
in
seed
account
to
get
them
started.
This
fall
additional
six
schools
will
join
this
pilot
program
serving
a
total
of
800
children.
C
Our
study
found
that,
by
the
end
of
the
summer,
participants
who
participated
in
somebody's
employment
program
were
more
likely
to
know
how
to
open
a
bank
account
more
likely
to
have
a
resume
and
more
likely
to
have
plans
for
going
to
college.
In
addition,
we
compared
the
those
who
would
participate
in
summary
10-point
program
to
those
that
didn't
the
control
group
and
the
number
of
violent
crimes
committed
by
youth
in
the
summer
program
was
35%
lower
than
the
number
committed
by
kids,
who
were
not
part
of
the
Boston
Summer
Youth
Employment
Program.
C
The
above
programs
initiatives
that
I
mentioned
today
represent
just
a
small
portion
of
the
overall
work
here
at
o
Davidi.
We
also
have
a
number
of
other
great
programs
say
I
didn't
get
to
mention
today,
like
the
Greater
Boston
area
and
apprenticeship
initiative,
but
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
and
people
I
have
thank.
D
You,
mr.
chairman
members
of
the
City
Council,
my
name
is
Chris
Giuliani
Director
of
Finance
for
the
Boston
playing
a
development
agency.
I
have
a
short
amount
of
comments.
Hearing
the
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
Agency
as
a
financial
entity,
is
made
up
of
six
business
units,
three
corporations,
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority,
the
economic
development
and
industrial
corporation
and
the
Boston
Development
Finance
Agency
Industrial
Development,
Finance
Agency.
We
also
have
three
associated
501
C
3s,
the
Boston
Local
Development,
Corporation,
right,
Boston,
incorporated
and
Friends
of
youth
opportunity
Boston.
D
In
addition,
as
Brian
noted
earlier,
the
mayor's
office
of
Workforce
Development
sits
within
Edic
the
BPD
a
is
a
self
funded
agency,
generating
revenue
to
support
operations
through
leases
of
its
property,
the
operation
of
several
parking
facilities
and
grants
received
by
the
office
of
Workforce
Development
these
sources
of
revenue.
These
three
sources
account
for
approximately
eighty-five
percent
of
our
budget.
Bpd
a
does
not
currently
receive
any
operating
funds
from
the
city
of
Boston,
though.
In
the
past
the
agency
did
receive
an
appropriation
in
support
of
its
planning
function.
D
Currently,
BPD
a
receives
capital
funds
from
the
city
in
the
FYE
team
recommended
budget
before
the
City
Council
BPD
a
is
budgeted
to
receive
1.5
million
dollars
for
five
projects
next
year,
including
design
work
on
four
projects,
repairs
to
dry
dock
for
pier
six
and
improvements
to
Black
Falcon
Avenue
in
the
Raymond
L
Flynn
marine
park
and
Long
Wharf
on
the
downtown
waterfront.
A
transportation
study
covering
various
neighborhoods
is
the
fifth
project.
The
amount
budgeted
for
the
BPD.
A
FY
18
is
a
reduction
from
five
point.
Eight
million
received
in
FY
17.
D
The
four
design
projects
funded
by
the
city
illustrate
the
substantial
capital
needs
of
the
BPD,
a
with
ownership
of
many
properties,
including
large
waterfront
properties
and
years
of
deferred
maintenance.
The
agency
has
begun
planning
and
funding
a
robust
plan
for
capital
improvements
before
costs
become
prohibitive,
it
prohibitively
expensive.
We
don't
want
our
own
Long
Island
Bridge.
In
addition,
certain
capital
investments
have
been
made
or
a
plan
to
be
made
to
increase
recurring
revenue
to
the
agency
in
order
to
fund
that
capital
plan.
D
To
that
end,
B
PDA
has
made
significant
investment
over
the
last
few
years.
In
the
China
trade
building
at
2,
Boylston
Street,
where
the
new
Chinatown
branch
library
is
going
by
the
way
that
will
increase
rents
over
the
long
term.
We're
also
currently
planning
the
expansion
of
the
parking
garage
in
the
Raymond
Oakland
Marine
Park,
to
meet
demand
of
tenants
and
visitors
to
the
park,
as
well
as
increased
revenue.
These
investments
are
expected
to
be
the
basis
of
funding.
D
Excuse
me
for
capital
projects
in
the
trials
town,
Navy
Yard,
the
Raymond
L
Flynn
green
Park,
in
both
of
those
places
such
as
piers,
dry,
docks
and
sea
walls,
projects
that
are
in
the
process
of
being
costed
and
scheduled
by
BPD
a
engineering
staff.
With
regard
to
our
operating
budget.
We
are
preparing
right
now
to
deliver
our
FY
18
operating
and
capital
budgets
to
our
board.
D
On
June
15
as
such
I'm
not
able
to
share
that
budget
today,
except
to
say
that
we
plan
to
build
on
the
significant
investments
made
in
FY
17
and
the
operations
long-term
liabilities
and
infrastructure
of
the
BPD,
a
such
as
additional
staff
and
funding
for
the
planning
department.
Reducing
our
other
post-employment
benefits,
liability
and
repairs
and
investments
to
property
that
we
own
in
the
Navy
Yard
and
a
Raymond
L
Flynn
Marine
Park
overall
through
the
the
current
fiscal
year
for
the
second
quarter.
D
The
last
time
that
we
reported
to
our
board
the
current
60
1.6
million
dollar
budget
operating
budget.
An
18
million
dollar
capital
budget
are
on
target
to
close
the
year
fiscal
year
better
than
estimates
due
to
three
main
things.
The
first
on
the
operating
budget
is
a
receipt
of
a
one-time
lump
sum
payment
from
a
sale
of
the
lease
in
a
in
a
marine
industrial
park
that
increased
revenue
over
budget
second
is
higher,
attrition
and
slower
hiring
than
was
expected.
D
That's
kept
our
headcount
lower
than
budget
and
third
slower
than
planned
capital
spending
on
tentative
improvements
at
the
China
trade
building
has
pushed
some
capital
spending
18.
In
closing,
I
would
like
to
highlight
some
of
the
financial
reform
financial
reforms
that
have
been
put
in
place
over
the
last
18
months.
Two
years
at
the
BPD
a
we
are
continuing
our
efforts
around
fiscal
compliance
with
our
leases
and
notes
receivable,
generating
additional
revenue
for
the
agency.
D
We
are
revitalizing
our
operating
budget
process
to
allow
the
agency
to
control
headcount
manage
to
a
budget
during
the
fiscal
year
project
expenses
to
year-end
in
two
out
years
to
increase
transparency
to
the
public,
around
agency
finances
and
operations.
We
are
doing
this
by
reorganizing
the
accounting
department
and
creating
a
budget
and
procurement
team
that
is
reforming
our
procurement
process,
redesigning
our
Accounts
Payable
requisition
and
purchase
order
systems
and
utilizing
a
module
in
our
financial
system
allows
for
easier
analysis
of
budget
to
actual
variances.
D
And
finally,
we
are
planning
for
the
first
time,
I
think
in
a
long
time
to
read
each
release
publicly
a
budget
book
after
our
board
approves
that
budget
that
should
be
available
online.
We
have
begun
a
capital
budgeting
process
that
details
active
project
schedules
and
cost
future
projects
and
is
based
on
a
multi-year
cash
flow
model.
We
have
refinanced
existing
debt
to
avoid
future
interest
rate.
Resets
created
a
funding
schedule
for
other
post-employment
benefits,
liability
funded
that
scheduled
and
invested.
D
A
You
let
me
just
recognize
a
few
people
who
aren't
here
and
Midori
mentioned
Trin
when
it's
been
a
pleasure
working
with
with
her
and
you
on
the
jobs,
trust,
it's
I
think
we've
done
some
really
great
and
innovative
things,
and
and
showing
much
success
and
and
much
needed
skill
levels
for
people
entering
the
job
market
or
just
under
employed
just
some
really
great
stuff
going
on.
There
want
to
recognize
Jonathan
grayling
for
his
accessibility,
my
Christopher's
here
as
well
and
many
others.
A
A
Tonight-
and
you
know,
you
took
over
an
agency
that
had
identified
a
lot
of
shortcomings
and
I'm
happy
to
hear
about
the
94
percent
lease
success.
Can
you
speak
a
little
bit
to
how
we're
tracking
that
are?
Every
is
most
people
up
to
you
know
up-to-date
with
their
payments
and
such
that
wasn't
necessarily
happening
happening
regularly
before
sure.
B
What
the
process
we've
put
in
place
using
again
state
of
the
art
software
brought
our
monitoring
and
enforcement
approach
to
leasing
from
the
mid
twentieth
century
into
the
21st
century,
was
literally
an
analogue
approach
to
the
task
lots
of
hardcopy
leases
sitting
in
filing
cabinets
and
sort
of
an
ad
hoc
arrangement
of
enforcing
provisions
in
it.
These
documents,
though,
are
not
two
or
three
page
leases.
The
way
one
might
think
of
a
lease
in
terms
of
a
residential
apartment
rental.
B
These
are
massive
documents,
with
a
wide
variety
of
significant
material
provisions,
sometimes
very
complex,
and
we
were
relying
on
human
judgment,
human
focus
to
peruse
those
documents
on
a
perceived
as
needed
basis.
It
was
no
way
to
a
sophisticated
operation
and-
and
we,
as
I
pointed
out,
continue
to
own
significant
land
and
sometimes
significant
structures
and
ground
lease
them
for
long
periods
of
time.
So
we've
we've
digitized
everything.
We've
digitized
the
leases,
we've
abstracted
every
single
one
of
them,
pulling
the
material
provisions
out
of
each
so
that
was
the
initial
phase.
B
What
are
the
material
provisions
provisions?
Do
we
have
them
in
a
database
that
can
easily
that
allows
us
to
easily
monitors
material
provisions
and
enforce
them?
So
what
we're
going
through
now
is
each
material
provision
and
make
sure
that
it
is
in
fact
being
enforced.
So
it
was
one
just
getting
the
information
in
an
accessible.
B
Vehicle
yardie
software
and
now
we're
using
that
information
and
making
sure
that
each
leasing
relationship
is
being
properly
managed
and
enforced,
and
it's
going
very
very
well
again.
It
was
expensive.
It
was
time
consuming
a
lot
of
labor
and
in
some
significant
new
software
acquisition,
but
we're
we're
almost
where
we
need
to
be
and
I
don't
see
a
potential
for
the
significant
leases
to
continue
to
fail
to
make
the
payments
required
of
them.
As
was
discussed
back
in
2014.
E
B
Payments
and
they
identified
multiple
instances
in
which
material
provisions
of
the
leases
should
have
been
enforced
and
and
been
required
to
pay
significant
money
to
the
landlord.
The
people
of
Boston,
as
as
represented
by
the
BPD
a
and
in
there
were
significant
gaps
where
payments
were
not
made.
That
should
have
been
made
again,
given
the
software
and
in
the
system
that
we've
embraced.
We
don't
see
any
possibility
of
that
recurring
right.
A
B
To
the
extent
that
we
might
have
a
lapse
in
payment,
it's
something
that
would
be
readily
discerned.
Kpmg
pointed
out
payments
that
should
have
been
made
years
ago
that
the
agency
was
unaware
of
because
no
one
was
scrutinizing
or
monitoring
or
enforcing
these
hardcopy
leases.
But
now
the
mechanism
allows
us
to
do
that
if
there's
a
failure
or
in
a
rare,
urge
to
make
a
required
payment.
We
pick
up
on
that
pretty
quickly
great.
A
B
So
the
lDA's,
mr.
chairman,
are
the
land
disposition,
agreements
that
often
accompanied
the
the
disposition
of
a
piece
of
property
back
in
the
50s
60s
and
70s.
When
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority,
acquired
property
turned
it
around,
put
it
out
for
redevelopment
and
ultimately
may
have
sold
it.
In
some
cases,
land
was
sold
and
a
lot
of
cases
land
was
sold.
In
some
cases
it
was
retained
but
leased
for
$65.99
years.
B
So
a
variety
of
potential
disposition
outcomes,
but
usually
when
a
piece
of
part
property
was
sold,
a
land
disposition
agreement
was
was
accompanied
that
disposition
which
would
limit
the
new
owners
ability
to
do
with
that
property,
what
they
desired.
For
instance,
we
might
require
that
the
disposition
again
above
and
beyond
any
Sting's
owning
the
LDA
may
have
said
this
parcel
must
be
used
for
housing.
This
parcel
must
be
used
for
commercial.
We
specify
the
uses
and.
C
B
Those
lDA's
there
are
still
several
hundred
of
them
in
existence,
maybe
over
a
thousand
throughout
the
city
when
again
there
they
originated
because
the
VRA
owned
land
conveyed
it
to
a
new
developer,
but
retained
some
regulatory
control
through
those
LDS.
But,
as
has
been
pointed
out
multiple
times
in
formal
proceedings
here
at
the
city
council,
those
lDA's,
they
might
be
sitting
in
the
Registry
of
Deeds,
but
they
were
not
cohesively
maintained
in
a
single
place
in
a
single
database.
B
At
the
DRA,
we've
changed
that
we've
cycled
through
much
of
the
south
end
identifying
the
lDA's
there
and
we're
examining
those
l
das
to
see
these
uses
that
were
required
for
these
parcels.
Dildey
uses
that
that
the
community
would
embrace
today
so
that
we
can
rethink
whether
or
not
the
existing
Lda
is
necessary.
Not
so
again.
B
The
property
was
in
fact,
being
used
for
the
purpose
identified
in
the
LDA
and
then
making
decisions
ultimately
will
work
with
the
community
and
with
the
council
to
make
decisions
about
those
l
das
going
forward
are
those
requirements
how
those
regulatory
controls
are
those
use
restrictions
still
the
use
restrictions
we'd
like
to
see
today,
so
we've
spent
significant
time
on
the
smaller
urban
renewal
areas
in
the
downtown
Boston.
We've
been
down
a
few
times
to
talk
about
them,
some
in
the
Downtown
Crossing
area,
some
here
in
Government
Center,
both.
D
A
I
would
just
point
out
that
one
of
those
Lda
served
the
neighbors
in
the
North
End,
particularly
well,
when
Spaulding
Ashley
move
is
moving
to
Brighton,
which
I'm
thrilled
about
and
embrace
a
hundred
percent,
but
it
left
a
vacancy
in
the
North
End
area
and
after
further
in
you
know,
investigation.
We
found
an
Lda
that
said
that
it
has
to
remain
a
nursing
home.
Absolutely.
B
A
F
You
chairman,
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
I
do
want
to
apologize,
but
after
this
round
of
questions,
I
do
have
to
leave
I
promise,
if
that's
the
exception,
rather
than
the
rule
for
these
hearings,
the
VRA
owns
quite
a
bit
of
property
that
you're
collecting
rental
revenue
and
lease
revenue
from,
for
example,
the
parking
lots.
Are
you
do
any
of
those
properties
or
the
BPD
a
pay,
any
real
estate
tax
or
property
tax
to
the
city
for
that
or
any
sort
of
compensations
to
the
city
and.
F
D
D
B
Sure,
thank
you
Chris.
It's
an
important
important
to
point
out
if
there
is
a
if
there's
a
private
residential
development
or
private
commercial
entity,
private
industrial
in
today
that
happens
to
be
sitting
on
B
PDA
on
dirt
on
land
through
a
ground
lease
that
that
entity
is
is
paying
to
the
city
and
I
would
imagine
almost
all
cases
either
bona
fide
property
taxes
or
some
kind
of
payment
in
lieu
of
taxes
that
might
have
been
the
subject
of
an
arrangement
worked
out
with
the
agency
in
the
city
in
years
past.
B
There
is
a
concerted
effort
to
move
any
private
development
that
continues
to
occur
on
B
PDA,
owned
property
on
to
straight
chapter,
59,
bona
fide
property
taxes.
So
when
that
land
is
developed,
even
if
we
own
the
dirt
so
to
speak,
and
the
developer
is
developing
subject
to
a
long
term
ground
lease
with
us
that
they're
going
to
pay
in
the
vast
majority
of
instances,
property
taxes
or
in
some
niche
instances,
a
pilot,
okay,.
B
Does
see
what's
that?
Yes,
it's
an
important
question:
there
are
still
a
significant
number
of
properties,
for
instance
over
in
marine
industrial
park,
the
Raceland
Marine
Park
summer,
chapter
59,
paying
straight
property
taxes,
just
like
anybody
else,
whether
they
want
BPD
own
property
or
not
to
pay
chapter
59
or
they
might
be
paying
a
pilot.
The
pilots
were
often
done
with.
As
you
may
know,
we
acquired
the
Marine
Park
from
the
federal
government
in
the
70s
into
Lourdes
development
there
over
the
past
four
decades.
B
It
would
often
have
been
BPD
a
enters
into
a
ground
lease
and
it
might
have
been
a
fairly
discounted
ground
lease
because
again
we're
trying
to
attract
tenants
that
were
providing
jobs
and
economic
vitality
to
us
to
to
a
former
Department
of
Defense
Base
that
had
been
abandoned
by
the
federal
government.
So
we
were
incentivizing
people
to
come.
We
probably
would
have
done
a
good
deal
on
a
ground
lease
and
back
then
the
city
may
have
done
a
pilot
agreement
in
which
it
discounted
the
property
taxes
and
did
a
pilot
instead
of
chapter
59.
B
That's
increasingly
gone
away.
There
are
some
of
those
legacy
deals
because
they
might
have
been
65
or
99
year
deals,
but
when
we
have
the
opportunity
to
relook
a
taxation
deal,
our
agreement
with
the
city
is,
generally
speaking,
to
move
those
properties
on
to
chapter
59,
bona
fide
property
taxes.
I
can.
F
That's
a
question:
I'll
follow
up
with
them,
just
to
sort
of
have
an
understanding
of
what
may
be
coming
down.
The
pike
and
sort
of
a
greater
concern
or
may
be
sort
of
the
initiating
can
is
any
property
taxable
property
that
then
gets
purchased
by
a
different
entity
by
a
college
by
university.
That
is
tax-exempt
fully.
Are
we
making
any
efforts
to
try
to
preserve
some
of
that
lost
revenue
as
it
as
a
land
is
purchased
by
a
varsity
or
institution.
B
Sure,
counselor
again,
if
you're
talking
about
property,
that
this
agency
owns
I
can't
think
recently
of
an
instance
in
which
a
non-profit
has
purchased
DPD
a
owned
land
and
removed
it
from
the
tax
rolls
I
think
that
would
be
a
sensitive
subject
if
it
did
come
up
and
probably
a
lot
of
questions
and
scrutiny
from
both
the
city
council,
the
administration,
as
well
as
us,
but
I
current
Chris.
Correct
me.
If
I'm
wrong,
I
can't
think
of
a
nonprofit
that
has
acquired
any
significant
I'm.
Sorry.
B
B
A
nonprofit
that
has
acquired
a
piece
of
land,
it's
a
mission,
oriented
nonprofit
that
provides
affordable,
housing
to
seniors,
and
it's
on
Chestnut
Hill
lab
just
outside
of
Brighton
Center.
The
agency
sold
that
parcel
I
believe
in
2014
and
it's
being
developed
now
as
70
units
of
affordable
housing,
so
I
think
something
we'd
looked
at.
In
that
instances.
B
F
Say
the
other
problem
is
in
a
role
of
the
VRA.
Could
I
think
play
have
your
hand
in
is
when
nonprofits
in
you
know,
universities
introduced
and
whoever
come
before
the
VRA
or
their
own
property,
but
they've
taken
off
so
they've
made
a
private
transaction
with
the
property
owner
they're
going
to
build
dorms
they're
going
to
grow
their
institutional
campus
that
whatever
whatever
it
is,
that
they
do
that
property
now
comes
off
the
property
tax
rules.
Is
there
a
way
that
we
can
keep
that
property,
at
least
paying
with
taxes,
I
think.
B
To
that
conversation
about
what
the
the
city
and
a
neighborhood
has
an
appetite
for
with
regard
to
university
expansion,
university
acquisition
of
private
property
and
its
removal
from
the
tax
rolls
would
go
on
at
that
InP
stage
and
I.
Think
that
that's
where
we
would
be
most
likely
to
be
examining
whether
or
not
a
university
of
medical
institutions
appetites
the
acquisition
of
private
property
and
removal
from
the
tax
roll
was
appropriate
or
not
has.
F
B
To
doubt
it
I
would
think
that
that
would
that
conversation
would
take
place
in
the
context
primarily
of
of
pilot
payments
from
the
universities.
I
know
it's
a
contentious
issue:
what
should
universities
be
voluntarily
paying
to
the
city
given
that
they're,
given
that
they
do
have
a
legal
tax-exempt
status
and
and
what.
B
It's
a
challenging
issue
because
they
are
by
law
tax-exempt,
so
the
pilot
is
a
voluntary
mechanism.
So
when
do
you
use
the
regulatory
power
of
the
BPD,
a
or
the
city
of
Boston,
to
extract
a
confession
from
somebody
who
has
a
legal
right
not
to
pay
taxes,
it's
a
very
delicate
and
legally
sensitive
matter.
So
so
these
conversations
occur
more
in
the
context
of.
B
An
instance
in
which
Boston
College
at
2000
Commonwealth
have
removed
a
a
private
residential
development
from
could
have
removed
a
private
residential
development
from
a
tax
role
they
acquired
at
an
apartment,
building
at
2000,
Commonwealth
Avenue
and
brightened
acquired
it
and
turned
it
into
a
dormitory.
At
that
point,
the
university
would
have
been
within
its
legal
rights
to
stop
paying
chapter
59
property
taxes,
but
the
university
did
voluntarily,
in
that
instance
maintain
the
the
property
tax
payment.
They.
A
Were
actually
still
paying
per
unit
like
a
condo
fee,
and
we
were
all
very
involved
in
that
ago,
she
ation
way
back
and
happy
to
say
that
they
are
still
they
actually
sued.
The
city,
though,
and
won
in
a
tax
appellate
court,
if
I
remember
correctly
that
if
they
do
choose
to
change
turn
it
into
a
dorm,
they
can
that's
just
my
recollection.
Thank.
F
G
Counsel,
Jacob
Thank
You
mr.
chairman,
director
all
welcome
on
councillor
sabi,
George's
topic
on
pilot
payments
and
institutional
master
plans
of
one
quick
quiet.
What
I
hope
is
a
quick
question
is
what
is
the
remedy
or
penalty
when
institutions
are
in
violation
of
their
iymp
or
they
disregard
it?
I
mean,
if
we
just
say,
don't
do
that?
Are
they
barred
from
future
projects
as
their
financial
penalty
or
the
remedies
in
in
court.
G
B
Activity
from
the
city
with
regard
to
whether
or
not
a
property
was
being
operated
and
are
licensed
appropriately
as
a
dormitory
or
not
I.
Think
most
of
the
difficulty
is
in
the
gray
areas.
Is
that
a
dorm
or
isn't
it?
And
there
may
be
good
se
disagreement
about
whether
or
not
it's
actually
functioning
as
a
legal,
dorm.
B
I'd
say
that
the
the
softer
way
of
that
generally
being
worked
out
is
perhaps
of
the
city,
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency,
and
the
community
working
to
achieve
a
consensus
on
what
is
appropriate
and
what
isn't
appropriate
on
a
nine
P,
because
one
thing's
for
sure
most
of
these
universities
and
medical
institutions
aren't
going
anywhere.
They're
they're
going
to
be
with
us
forever
and
that's
a
that's
a
good
thing.
B
That's
what
makes
Boston
Boston
in
so
many
ways,
but
they
need
to
continue
to
maintain
an
institutional
master
plan
as
a
specific
condition
of
continuing
to
do
building
and
development.
So
that
piece
of
it,
the
absolute
need
of
a
university
and
a
medical
institution
to
constantly
update
their
physical
plant
and
be
able
to
build
whole
building
permits
requires
an
existing
InP
and
that
InP
is
always
hovering
over
the.
G
Which
I
appreciate
that
I
think
I'm
view
is
incredibly
important.
I
just
think
whether
it's
some
egregious
examples
or
some
you
know
other
ones.
You
know
I,
think
holding
institutions
of
all
kinds
are
colleges,
universities
whomever
to
an
I
MP,
because
I
mean
we
ask
a
lot
I.
Think
of
our
neighbors
folks,
who
I
think
often
feel
you.
G
Positives
and
the
negatives
of
being
surrounded
by
some
of
these
large
institutions,
but
they,
you
know,
come
to
these
meetings.
They
work
with
your
great
staff,
I
mean,
and
the
universities
and
I
think
everyone
is
in
good
faith
during
the
IEP
planning
process.
But
it
is
incredibly
frustrating
it
for
me
personally
to
participate
in
that
and
then
feel
sometimes
that
it's
not
a
not
coming.
So
you
know
making
sure
that
we're
on
top
of
that
and
I
think
it's
part
of
the
InP
process
or
any
development
process,
how
much
of
a
factor?
G
How
does
your
board
or
your
staff
look
at
institutions
pilot
payments
of
their
record
of
making
pilot
contributions
to
the
city
when
we're
reviewing
plans
now,
I
think
you
know,
dorms
I
think
we
need
more
of.
We
had
Sheila
Dillon
and
her
team
in
here
earlier
today,
and
that
was
great,
but
a
lot
of
these
schools
are
deciding
laboratory
space
classrooms,
which
are
you
know,
no
problem
with
that.
G
B
Councilor
I
appreciate
the
frustration
that
you're
expressing
on
behalf
of
a
whole
lot
of
people
in
the
city.
Having
you
know,
grown
up
in
Allston
Brighton,
which
has
has
got
some
significant
university
presence.
The
formal
campuses
of
Harvard,
BC
and
bu
are
in
large
part
in
Allston
Brighton,
but
also
the
neighborhood
is
permeated
with
people
associated
with
those
universities.
They
had
so
much
to
life,
they're
good
to
the
city
too
good
to
the
metropolitan
Boston
area,
but
at
the
same
time,
I
can't
emphasize
this
enough.
B
These
institutions
I
think
we
can
all
acknowledge,
have
a
legal
right.
They
have
it.
They
have
a
clear
legal
right
to
be
exempt
from
property
taxes
and
for
us
to
condition
our
official
actions
on
whether
or
not
in
a
in
a
university
or
a
medical
institution
is
voluntarily
paying
property
taxes
that
gets
potentially
dangerously
close
to
coercion,
forcing
the
payment
of
the
pilot,
which
they
are
legally
not
required
to
pay,
forcing
them
to
pay
it
by
conditioning
future
approvals
of
development
projects
or
institutional
master
plans.
B
Is-Is-Is
is
legally
problematic,
so
I
think
what
we
would
say
is
we.
We
don't
condition
our
official
decision
making
the
exercise
of
discretionary
government
authority
on
someone's
willingness
or
unwillingness
to
pay
pilots,
but
at
the
same
time,
I
think
the
sort
of
nuance
to
this.
Why
it's
so
challenging
is
very
often
when
a
university
or
medical
institution
comes
before
us
for
a
planning
effort
or
a
project.
They
want
community
support.
They
try
to
earn
and
develop
community
support
for
their
efforts.
B
G
G
G
Are
weighing
whether
someone
is
a
good
institutional
citizen
of
the
city
of
Boston?
That
is
an
important
factor,
whether
it's
direct
pilot
payments,
whether
it's
contributions
to
the
neighborhood,
whether
it's
making
sure
that
their
neighbors
are
heard,
whether
it
son
student
life
issues
that
council
co-moh
and
I
deal
with
all
the
time
or
others
so
I.
Don't
we
don't
need
to
belabor
the
point
I
have
just
one
other
item:
I
wanted
to
address.
G
I
talked
about
it
with
a
chief
Dylan
and
the
DD
hearing
earlier
about
expiring
use
projects,
affordable
housing
in
the
city
and
one
in
my
district
in
an
area
that
is
familiar
to
you
on
the
West
End,
the
Amy
Lowell
house
was
it's
got
some
time
still,
you
know
looks
like
2029
for
the
expiring
use,
but
there's
some
question
of
whether
that
building
or
that
land
is
subject
to
an
Lda.
You
know,
obviously
it's
in
an
urban
renewal
zone,
it's
and
perhaps
the
most
infamous
urban
renewal
zone
in
the
city.
G
So,
looking
to
see
what,
if
any
leverage
we
would
have
to
preserve
that
affordability
and
also
on
the
broader
sense
of
things,
what
your
agency
can
do
to
one
try
to
preserve
a
lot
of
expiring
use.
I
mean
we
hear
from
Chief
Dillon
and
her
team
about
the
reduction
in
federal
funding,
so
I
think
we're
all
committed
to
looking
everywhere.
We
can
to
not
just
create
new,
affordable
housing,
which
I
think
you
guys
are
doing.
A
good
job
and
PNG
is
doing
a
good
job.
G
B
So
so,
generally
councilor,
first
of
all,
I'm
happy
to
look
at
any
Lowell
I.
Think
I'd
like
to
think
we
can
figure
out
pretty
quickly
whether
or
not
there
is
an
Lda
and
what
the
LDA
requires
for
that
particular
parcel.
It
I
would
guess
it
is
a
strong
likelihood
that
again,
as
you
mentioned,
where
it
was
the
the
West
End
which,
at
one
point
or
not
another
vast.
B
That
was
owned,
however,
briefly
by
the
B
ra,
and
when
the
parcels
were
conveyed,
they
very
often
were
conveyed
with
an
Lda,
so
there
may
in
fact
be
one
there
and
we'll
figure
that
out
and
see
what
opportunities
it
affords
us
to
continue
to
perpetuate
the
affordable
housing
that
exists
there.
Second,
the
thing
that
owns
us
most
I
think
that
the
macro
issue
that
we
obsess
about
at
the
BP
da
is
how,
in
arguably
the
biggest
building
room
in
the
city's
history.
B
80%
of
it
is
residential,
but
most
of
that
residential
stock,
that's
being
built
and
brought
online,
is
in
tact
market.
We
bend
over
backwards
to
to
figure
out
mechanisms
either
through
regulatory
controls.
Our
funding
sources
working
closely
with
the
City
Assessor
on
on
perhaps
tax
relief
that
could
flow
toward
a
provider
of
affordable
housing.
Those
conversations
are
always
going
on
because
we
want
to
incentivize
that
creation
so
where
we
can
use
tax
policy
are
our
regulatory
tools
or
even
our
land.
B
One
of
one
of
the
examples
we
cite
often
as
parcel
1b
over
in
the
Bulfinch
triangle
of
former
d-o-t
site
working
closely
with
other
city
agencies,
the
Assessors
private
development,
which
threw
off
affordable
housing
cash
through
our
IDP
program
over
at
North
Station.
It
helps
subsidize
the
creation
of
affordable
housing,
a
great.
B
Right,
it's
a
tough
one,
because
there
were
so
many
different
programs
and
revenue
streams
that
were
necessary
to
tap.
So
we
had
the
planets
line
up
well
on
that
one
try
to
get
the
planets
to
line
up
in
other
places
too,
and
we
work
hard
at
that.
We've
had
some
significant
successes,
but
the
demand
is
great
and
it's
easier
to
build
market
rate
housing
then
affordable.
So
it
requires
that
much
more
effort
on
our
part.
G
I
appreciate
that
another,
that's
a
great
project
down
by
North
Station,
it's
something
that
I
think
people
point
to
as
a
successful
way
of
public-private
partnerships,
city
and
state
and
private
for-profit,
nonprofit,
etc,
etc.
I'll
just
close
this
thing,
I
I,
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
also
looking
at
not
just
creation
but
expiring
use
and
all
the
resources
of
the
city
I
know
Chief
Dylan's
office
is
working
on
that
and
I
know
it's
a
concern
for
you.
G
A
H
You,
mr.
chairman,
good
afternoon,
everyone
I
wanted
just
to
recognize
how
exciting
it
is
that
the
the
budget
book
I'm
hearing
will
be
available
to
the
public
and
and
law
online,
such
a
huge
step
and
really
wonderful
for
transparency.
So
looking
forward
to
that
I
wonder
if
I
mean
I
know,
because
you
have
a
separate
board,
it's
sort
of
similar
to
the
school
committee
process,
where
it's
not
just
controlled
by
the
council
and
and
agencies
timing.
B
Would
be
Nirvana
for
us
if
we
could
come
down
here
with
with
that
buttoned
up
I
just
say
my
observations,
having
been
at
the
agency
for
eight
years
and
three
and
a
almost
three
and
a
half
as
as
director,
the
the
challenge
we're
often
up
against.
With
regard
to
our
particular
revenue,
streams
is
they're.
Volatile
now
times
are
good
now,
but
I
think
this
is
just
something
we're
thinking
about
up
until
19
the
early
1990s.
B
Now
the
city,
the
city's
fiscal
house,
it
did
not
go
unscathed,
I
mean
everybody's
effectively.
You
have
a
much
more
diverse
revenue
portfolio.
We
have.
We
have
just
a
few:
it's
it's.
Basically
the
land
lease
as
the
ground
leases
that
we
administer.
That's
how
we
pay
for
our
functions
through
city
council
appropriations,
but
when
the
the
city's,
the
the
BR
A's
workforce,
contracted
by
18
percent
in
about
an
18-month
period.
B
So,
that's
it
that's
a
real
body
blow
and
and
when
we
face
a
crisis
like
that,
the
only
way
we
can
get
ourselves
in
our
budget
back
into
into
balance
is
through
massive
staff
reductions.
It
happened
in
2009.
There
was
a
reduction
of
several
dozen
people
in
the
early
90s
with
that
89
to
92
recession.
So
that's
how
we
fix
our
budget
when
it's
broken.
So
again
we
we
approach
this
task
very
conservatively
with
heightened
sense
of
caution.
B
We
don't
make
plans
frankly
and
until
we
absolutely
have
to
because
our
picture
is
more
volatile
than
yours.
I
think
I
heard
once
that
the
city's
workforce
contract
contracted
after
2008
in
the
Indian
sueing
years,
mostly
through
attrition
by
about
6%,
but
in
that
roughly
the
same
time
frame
I
was
contracted
by
three
times.
That
number,
which
again
just
tells
you
some
about
the
volatility
of
our
budget,
so.
H
I
understand
that
I
mean
from
your
side
wanting
to
you
know
not
bring
on
additional
exposure
unnecessarily
when
the
numbers
aren't
settled
and
you
want
to
wrap
up
all
the
loose
ends
before
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year.
I
mean
I
would
defer
to
our
Ways
and
Means
chairman,
but
maybe
it's
a
conversation
because
we're
not
technically
voting
on
the
BR
a
budget.
When
we
take
our
budget
votes,
could
we
pull
this
push
this
one
hearing
until
late?
You
know
you're
right
after
the
June
15th
vote
or
something
I
just
think
it'd
be
helpful.
A
A
H
My
overflow
is
that
we
were
discussing
some
of
the
innovate
policy
innovations
coming
out
of
the
housing,
Innovation
Lab
and
the
implementation
density
bonuses,
for
example
through
the
to
planning
area
to
the
studies
in
JP,
Roxon
and
plan
M.
Are
there
also
a
lot
of
the
new
thinking
about
housing
policy
is
coming
through
you
all
and
zoning,
and,
having
this
conversation
resident,
do
you
plan
to
push
that
out
more
widely
than
these
two
areas,
particularly
around
density
bonuses?
Yes,.
B
We're
wheezing
density
bonuses
are
an
important
tool.
It's
not
a
panacea
that
they're
not
going
to
fix
the
problem
writ
large,
but
they
are
an
important
device
and
incentivizing
the
creation
of
affordable
housing
in
exchange
for
density
and
we'd
like
to
think
we
can
do
those
density
bonuses,
largely
with
the
support
of
communities
who
see
value
coming
from
them,
that
the
density
may
bring
something
other
than
not
just
the
affordable
units,
though
those
are
prized,
but
other
amenities
that
might
accompany
large-scale
development.
C
B
Oriented
with
significant
mass
transit
access
nearby
that
we
can
achieve
that
consensus,
implement
density
bonuses,
actually
build
buildings
that
reflect
those
density
bonuses
and
create
affordable
housing.
So
I
think
that's
an
important
philosophical
underpinning
as
we
roll
out
each
one
of
these
strategic
planning
areas
in
a
variety
of
different
neighborhoods.
Do.
H
B
Think
the
first
to
Dorchester,
AB
and
JP
rocks
we're
testing
the
concept.
We
were
embracing
new
ways
of
engaging
neighborhoods,
not
just
the
the
BPD
a
showing
up
at
a
school
auditorium
and
and
and
and
and
presenting
its
thoughts
on
what
should
happen
in
a
given
bit
of
planning
geography
but
soliciting
people.
B
In
small
group
conversations,
we
refer
to
a
lot
of
our
engagement
that
we've
been
employing
with
with
a
lot
of
public
support
as
the
science
fair
approach
that
you
would
have
multiple
stations
in
many
of
our
community
gatherings
in
which
residents
who
are
interested
in
transportation
could
go
here.
Residents
interested
in,
affordable
housing
can
go
there,
residents
who
are
interested
in
bike
lanes.
You
name
it
that
you
could
focus
on
the
area
that
really
animated
and
interested
you
and
talk
to
a
subject.
B
Matter
expert
want
one
of
our
planners
and
make
sure
your
voice
was
heard.
So
we
thought
this
by
and
large
worked
well.
People
like
the
way
we're
engaging
in
the
community.
Now
now
it
was
they're
serious
political
contention.
Yes,
some
of
these
issues
of
very
contentious
emotions
can
run
high
when
topics
of
gentrification
and
displacement
and
affordability
rear
their
heads
in
a
planning,
but
we've
got
to
embrace
that
we've
got
to
keep
making
our
argument.
B
Keep
expressing
our
conviction
that
the
work
we're
doing
is
going
to
benefit
all
Bostonians,
not
just
those
who
can
handle
market
rate
and
luxury
units
downtown,
but
that
everybody
in
every
neighborhood
can
benefit
by
a
sensitive
approach.
The
development
that
also
recognizes
that
growth
is
coming.
The
city
continues
to
attract
several
thousand
people
a
year
in
the
net
gain
of
population
and
they're
going
somewhere.
We
need
to
build
stock
to
accommodate
a
growing
Boston
and
one
thing's
for
sure.
B
The
the
numbers
of
housing
units
in
the
city
is
absolutely
crucial
to
mitigating
displacement.
In
again
we're
testing
methodologies
and
we're
we're
refining
our
arguments.
This
is
new
to
us,
as,
as
we've
mentioned
many
times
that
we're
doing
more
planning
than
we
historically
have
done
in
recent
years,
maybe
recent
decades.
So
we're
we're
we're
having
the
back
and
forth
and
in
constantly
learning
what
really
motivates
people,
what
animates
them
and
making
sure
that
we've
been
long
and
hard
about
the
best
response
to
those
concerns
that
we're
hearing
so.
H
Along
those
lines
in
order
to
keep
building
as
our
sort
of
open
parcels
are
all
conveyed
and
and
get
filled
in
we're
starting
to
talk
about
the
complicated
ones
with
air
rights
and
decking
and
and
this
and
that
that
will
is
this?
Oh,
are
you
all?
How
are
you
all
thinking
about
it,
sort
of
proactively
and
from
a
planning
lens,
rather
than
just
letting
different
developers
approach
the
city
saying
we'd
like
to
do
this?
It's
hard.
Can
you
help
us
make
it
bit,
but
having
that
conversation
with
residents
ahead
of
time,
sure.
B
So
we're
doing
a
variety
of
different
things,
as
I
mentioned
in
my
introductory
remarks,
the
agency
historically
was
encountered
was
met
by
the
public
in
the
neighborhoods
when
a
large
real
estate
development
project
was
being
presented.
That's
how
you
you
generally
met.
That's
how
you
generally
dealt
with
the
VRA
and
and
as
as
part
of
our
relook
at
how
we
do
business
in
the
neighborhoods
and
part
of
that
yielded.
B
B
These
strategic
planning
areas
in
key
corridors
where,
where
we
think
height
and
density
and
new
units,
are
appropriate,
but
you're
meeting
us
in
a
planning
context,
often
before
a
development
is
being
presented,
so
we're
doing
those
planning
efforts,
these
granular
parcel
by
parcel
planning
efforts
and
key
strategic
areas
within
the
city,
but
we're
also
going
out
in
just
explaining
ourselves
here's
what
we
do.
Here's
what
our
tools
are:
here's,
what
our
powers
are
breaking
down.
B
Article
80,
which,
unless
you're
the
most
savvy
sophisticated
community
activist
is,
is,
is
not
easily
accessible
or
digestible
to
the
average
resident,
so
we're
breaking
it
down.
Here's
what
our
article
80
is-
and
here
are
the
opportunities
with
an
article
80
for
you
to
have
your
voice
heard
so
we're
doing
that
neighborhood
by
neighborhood,
independent
of
a
project.
We
think
you
should
be
talking
to
us
and
hearing
from
us
and
sharing
your
opinions
with
us
in
the
context
other
than
just
a
big
project
is
being
presented.
B
We
think
it
demystifies
and
gives
people
an
opportunity
for
a
meaningful
voice,
so
we're
engaging
differently
and
and
I
think
that
the
more
we
do
this
over
time,
people
understand
us
more
and
we
and
we're
explaining
not
just
processes,
not
just
technicalities,
rules
and
regulations.
We're
explaining
here's,
how
we,
the
planners
and
staff
at
the
BPD.
A
look
at
your
neighborhood
here
are
some
of
the
fundamental
facts
we're
grappling
with
with
regard
to
your
built
environment
and
your
demographics.
B
What
do
you
think
about
these
things
and
and
where
we're
providing
information
about
your
neighborhood,
some
of
it
that
might
not
be
readily
apparent
to
neighbors,
as
I
mentioned,
we
have
a.
We
have
a
significant,
robust
research
capability
at
the
BPD,
a
it's
really
the
city's
biggest
research
unit
and
we
study
the
neighborhood
and
sometimes
when
we
talk
to
the
neighborhood's
about
what
we're
looking
at
people
are
surprised
at
some
of
the
facts
that
were
able
to
provide
them
with
and
and
and
they
better
understand
why
we
make
the
decisions.
B
We
do
so
so
again,
it's
about
acting
differently
in
the
neighborhoods
on
a
consistent
basis
over
time,
and
we
think
that
people
will
will
accept
that
that
we
are
a
bonafide
planning
agency.
That's
looking
for
the
input
before
we're
showing
up
with
with
a
large
real
estate
development
project.
Thank.
H
A
B
A
C
B
B
Right,
the
past
five
or
six
years
at
several
thousand
a
year
from
1980
to
2010,
we
are
adding
about
fifteen
hundred
people
a
year.
It
grew
from
about
fifty
thousand
people
in
a
thirty
year
time
frame
and
that
gain
of
fifty
thousand
people
in
a
thirty
year
time
frame
in
the
past
six
years.
It's
grown
by
about
forty
five
thousand
people
right,
so
we're
at
a
much
brisker
pace
of
population
growing,
and
it's
historically
been
the
case.
Yeah.
A
Absolutely-
and
we
had
say
we
did
have
DNG
here
earlier
and
some
of
the
testimony
was
around
is
the
luxury
segment
of
the
housing
production,
driving
up
all
prices
and
I.
Think
it's
an
interesting
thought.
I.
Don't
necessarily
think
that
that's
the
case,
I
think
supply
helps
or
you
know,
demand
increases
prices
when
there's
not
enough
supply.
Is
that
how
the
agency
operates
under
those
economic
premises?
Sure.
B
First
and
foremost,
we
don't
think
that
the
market
can
address
all
that
ails.
The
city's
housing
market
in
2017
the
affordable
product
is
much
harder
to
create
much
harder
to
generate
with
the
tools
available
to
us
primarily
funding.
Its
funding.
Driven
is
multiple
councils
that
mentioned
here
today.
The
the
federal
government
probably
isn't
going
to
increase
the
amount
of
money
to
support
the
creation
of
affordable
housing
for
the
foreseeable
future.
B
You
know,
mr.
chairman,
but
it
was
pretty
important.
Sometimes
people
ask
you,
know
your
permitting
too
much
market
rate
stuff,
especially
downtown.
You
see
a
lot
of
significant
residential
towers
going
up.
Is
there
too
much
of
it
in
city
like
Boston
I'm,
not
sure
what
too
much
means
too
much
means
it
is
more
supply
than
there
is
demand
the
prices
will
drop
and
if
the
prices
drop
precipitously
on
some
of
these
downtown
market
rate
hours,
that's
fundamentally
pretty
good
news.
Those
units
become
more
accessible
to.
A
B
A
B
There's
a
variety
of
data
and
most
of
the
data
that
comes
out
of
city
government
on
on
those
issues
is
coming
from
places
like
the
Boston
planning,
a
development
agencies,
research
division
and,
if
you
look
sometimes
the
sample
is
some
of
the
hot
neighborhoods,
the
the
neighborhoods
that
have
really
got
significant
demographic
bulges.
Then
others
look
at
the
city
as
a
whole
and
then
still
others,
you'll
often
see
it,
for
instance
in
the
Boston,
Business,
Journal
or
banker
and
trades.
B
And
then
the
mainstream
media
covers
this
with
some
regularity,
if
you
look
at
it
at
metropolitan,
Boston
you'll
still
see
other
numbers
but
I.
Think,
generally
speaking,
we
are
seeing
softening
on
rents
in
individual
neighborhoods,
the
hottest
neighborhoods,
the
city
as
a
whole,
as
well
as
the
metro
region.
It
differs
depending
on
obviously
this
geography
that
you're
sampling,
but
most
of
the
reporting.
Most
of
the
analysis
that
we've
seen
on
housing
cost
is
pointing
to
modest
reductions
and.