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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means FY23Budget: BCYF
Description
Dockets #0480-0486 - Fiscal Year 2023 Budget: Boston Centers for Youth & Families
Held on May 16, 2022
A
For
the
record,
my
name
is
tanya
fenan
anderson,
the
district
7
city
councilor.
I
am
the
chair
of
the
boston
city
council
committee
on
ways
and
means
this
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
for
slash,
city-council
dash
tv
and
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn,
channel
82
and
files
channel
964.
A
The
council's
budget
review
process
will
encompass
a
series
of
public
hearings
beginning
in
april
and
running
through
june.
We
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
to
engage
in
this
process
by
giving
testimony
for
the
record.
You
can
do
this
in
several
ways:
attend
one
of
the
hearings
and
give
public
testimony.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
each
departmental
hearing
and
also
at
two
hearings
dedicated
to
public
testimony.
A
The
full
hearing
schedule
is
on
our
website
at
boston.gov
for
slash
council
dash
budget.
Our
schedule
hearings,
dedicated
to
public
testimony,
was
on
april
26th
at
6
pm
and
the
following
on
june,
2nd
at
6
pm.
Virtually
you
can
give
testimony
in
person
here
in
the
chamber
or
virtual
via
zoom
for
in-person
testimony.
Please
come
to
the
chamber
and
sign
up
on
the
sheet
near
the
entrance
for
virtual
testimony.
A
You
can
give
you
can
sign
up
using
our
online
form
on
our
council
budget
review
website
or
by
emailing
the
committee
at
ccc.wm
boston.gov,
when
you
are
called
to
testify.
Please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
or
residents,
and
limit
your
comments
to
two
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
comments
and
concerns
can
be
heard.
Email.
Your
written
testimony
to
the
committee
at
ccc
wm
at
boston.gov,
submit
a
two-minute
video
or
testimony
through
the
form
on
our
website
for
more
information
on
the
city
council
budget
process
and
how
to
testify.
A
Please
visit
the
city
council's
budget
website
at
boston.gov
for
slash
council
dash
budget.
Today's
hearing
is
on
dockets
zero.
Four,
eight
zero,
two
zero
four
eight
two
orders
for
the
fy23
operating
budget,
including
annual
appropriations
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
and
for
other
post-employment
benefits.
Opeb
docket
0483
orders
for
capital
fund
transfer
appropriations,
docket
zero,
four,
eight,
four:
two:
zero:
four:
eight
six
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements,
docket
zero.
Four:
nine
two
order
for
bcyf
revolving
fund.
A
Our
focus
area
for
this
hearing
will
be
boston,
centers
for
youth
and
families
bcyf,
including
bcyf
revolving
funds.
Our
panelists
for
today's
hearing
are
chief
of
health
and
human
services
jose
massoul.
Is
it
muscle?
Thank
you,
martha
rivera
interim
commissioner
bcyf
edward
mcguire,
director
of
operations,
bcyf
barbara
petchy,
director
of
administration
and
finance
bcyf.
A
We
thank
you
ahead
of
time
for
your
presentation
and
putting
that
together,
the
bcof
offers
many
services
and
resources
to
youth
and
their
families
throughout
the
city.
I'm
interested
in
delving
deeper
into
the
particulars
of
the
general
truth
how
your
budget
is
allocated,
who
makes
those
decisions
and
how
we
can
help
you
to
ensure
that
we
are
doing
what
we
can
do
to
make
sure
that
you
feel
supported
so
in
the
spirit
of
cooperation
and
collaboration.
A
for
our
format,
or
at
least
the
format
that
I've
chosen
for
these
hearings.
You
will
have
a
total
of
15
to
20
minutes
to
present,
then
we'll
go
to
round
one
of
questioning
where
the
counselors
will
monitor
their
time
a
total
of
eight
minutes
each
and
it's
on
them
to
either
pause
or
ask
to
speed
up
your
responses
and
then
we'll
go
to
public
testimony.
A
A
C
C
My
name,
as
I
mentioned,
is
jose
masso
and
I'm
new
to
the
role
of
chief
of
human
services.
I'm
joined
today
by
bcyf
interim
commissioner
marcia
rivera
director
of
operations,
eddie
mcguire,
director
of
administration,
of
finance,
barbara
petschi.
Now
I
will
happily
turn
the
mic
over
to
commissioner
rivera
and
her
team
in
a
couple
of
minutes.
But
first
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
quickly
introduce
myself
and
say
how
happy
I
am
to
be
here
today
to
support
all
the
great
work
that's
being
done
by
the
human
services
cabinet.
C
C
C
Finally-
and
this
is
not
subject
of
today's
hearing,
but
I
am
excited
for
the
new
investments
this
budget
makes
in
re-entry
support
in
their
early
childhood
education
as
the
these
are
two
areas
that
have
long
deserved:
greater
focus
from
the
city.
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
with
all
of
you
and
others
into
my
administration
and
cabinet
on
these
important
initiatives,
and
now
I'll
turn
it
over
to
interim
commissioner
rivera.
B
B
Let's
see
we
have
pat
mcdonough
our
facilities
manager.
We
have
sandy
our
public
information
manager
and
billy
ryan.
Who
is
our
programming
manager,
and
I
hope
I
didn't
forget
anyone.
We
have
some
of
our
staff
in
the
gallery.
Thank
you.
I'm
gonna
be
reading
from
my
notes.
I
don't
forget
anyone
and
anything.
B
B
So,
for
those
of
you
that
are
not
familiar
with
bcyf
boston
centers
for
youth
and
families
is
the
largest
human
service
agency.
We
operate
35
facilities
across
the
city,
which
includes
19
pools
and
a
beach
15
of
those
community
centers
and
those
centers
are
shared
spaces
in
their
school-based
community
centers
in
bps
buildings.
B
B
B
B
B
Bcyf's
super
teens
program
returned
full
in
person
to
full
in-person
programming
to
provide
250
youth,
ages,
13
and
14
with
six
weeks
of
summer
programming,
and
during
that
time
we
had
250
teens.
They
learned
crew
on
the
charles
and
250
teens
that
participated
in
legal
workshops,
debate
activities
they
received
a
stipend
at
the
end
of
the
program,
that's
a
photo
of
them
there.
B
We
are
the
that's
thanks
to
the
department
of
youth,
engagement
and
employment,
and
we
are
the
city
department
that
employs
the
most
youth
throughout
the
summer.
We
collaborated
with
the
boston
self-help
center.
In
an
adaptive
sports
initiative,
in
addition
to
wheelchair
soccer,
vault
hockey
played
in
power
wheelchairs
was
introduced
at
the
boston.
B
B
B
The
pandemic,
of
course,
has
taken
a
toll
in
terms
of
families,
children
and
youth
coming
into
centers
and
we're
still
not
where
we
were,
and
we're
certainly
not
doing
as
well
as
we
did
last
summer.
So
we
need
to
do
a
better
community
engagement
getting
out
into
the
communities
and
re-engaging
families
and
reaching
out
want
to
improve
access
to
bcy
swim
lessons
by
creating
a
curriculum
and
a
tiered
system
of
swim.
Lessons
that's
implemented
at
all,
bcyf
pools.
B
We
mayor
is
committed
to
making
sure
that
all
kids
know
how
to
swim
in
order
for
parents
to
be
able
to
at
any
bcyf
pool.
No,
you
know
access
classes
and
you
leave
one
pool
and
go
to
another
pool,
and
you
can
pick
up
the
current
killer
and
pick
up
at
whatever
level
you
left
off.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
that
standardized
lessons
across
all
of
our
sites.
B
A
B
Okay,
so
the
polls
we
have
before
the
pools
of
close,
we
do
post
them.
We
post
on
our
website
as
well
as
social
media,
so
we
try
to
give
as
much
as
advanced
notice
as
possible
and
before,
if
it's
depending
on
what
it
is,
if
it's
mechanical,
we
have
to
immediately
close
it,
so
that
you
know
is
inevitable
in
terms
of
how
much
notice
we
give,
but
I'm
going
to
try
to
teddy
to
respond
to
the
rest.
D
Yep
when
it
comes
to
reallocation
staff,
we
have
about
a
14-day
notice,
sometimes
during
emergency
situations.
It's
shorter
than
that,
in
light
of
the
most
recent
pool,
closing,
which
would
have
been
the
mildred
dav
pool,
we
try
to
give
at
least
a
week
noticed
in
order
for
them
to
not
only
for
the
staff,
but
also
for
the
neighborhood
as
well.
Ideally,
we
would
be
giving
a
minimum
of
a
week
notice
to
the
community
about
these
situations,
as
the
commissioner
has
just
highlighted
when
it
comes
to
mechanical
issues.
D
A
B
Okay,
I
have
to
see
what
paige
that's
on
before
I
can
get
back
to
her
because
the
20
I
thought
it
was
a
20
that
was
higher
because
a
lot
of
that
was
remote,
and
so
the
in
person
is
really
what
we
want.
So
that's
going
to
be.
You
know
lower
than
remote
for
counting
that
so
I'll
have
to
get
back
to
her
on
that.
A
A
B
A
One
of
the
stated
challenges
was
hiring
lifeguards
for
bcyf
pools.
One
of
the
recommendations
you
had
made
in
terms
of
how
to
fix
that
problem
was
by
going
more
by
doing
more
outreach
in
high
schools
and
colleges.
Can
you
talk
through
a
little
bit
about
what
that
outreach
looks
like
and
how
it
has
been
going
so
far?
D
With
respect
to
recruitment
of
lifeguards,
so
one
of
the
approaches
that
we've
done
specifically
is
we've
lowered
the
age.
So
previous
accounts
of
I
think
the
last
years
it
was
typically
lifeguards
were
hired
around
18
years
old.
We've
lowered
the
load
that
age
to
16,
which
is
still
on
the
still
in
line
with
the
state
regulations
and
recommendations,
but
also
we've
tried
different
approaches
of
trying
to
reach
people.
I
don't
know
if
you've
all
seen,
but
we've
shared
a
video.
It's
like
a
60-second
rail
for
that
to
be
shared
on
social
media.
B
Thank
you
now
as
soon
as
we've
we're
waiving
the
residency
requirement
increasing
the
pay.
So
we've
tried
a
couple
of
things
to
be
in
as
competitive
as
the
state
and
we've
also
partnered
with
dcr.
So
they
have.
You
know:
applicants
that
they're
not
hiring
because
they
have
an
influx
because
of
you
know
their
benefits,
they're
setting
our
way.
B
We
also
work
with
the
our
lifeguard,
some
of
them
and
our
staff
have
access
to
different
leagues,
so
they're
part
of
a
professional
network
and
so
we're
trying
different
pipelines,
not
just
the
colleges.
So
it's
not
yielded
as
much
as
we'd
like
because
of
as
eddie
mentioned,
that
this
isn't
a
local.
This
is
a
national
and
international
crisis,
we're
having
so
it's
not
yielding
as
much
as
we'd
like
or
as
quickly
as
we'd,
like.
A
E
E
I
grew
up
in
community
centers
and
I
do
have
to
mention
that
my
grandfather,
papa
murphy,
advocated
that
the
neighborhood
had
a
community
center
and
a
school
built
which
was
an
empty
lot,
that
they
were
just
dumping
trash
and
parking
parking
lots
on
and
when
the
city
back,
when
kevin
white
was
investing
in
building
schools
and
community
centers,
they
built
the
school
down
in
our
neighborhood
that
they
named
after
him.
So
the
richard
j
murphy
school,
which
then
my
auntie
kay
and
my
mom
right
when
the
gym.
E
I
don't
even
know
if
the
floor
was
dry,
yet
that
they
started
the
first
teen
center
up
in
the
gym.
I
learned
how
to
swim
in
the
pool
so
grew
up
in
community
centers
and
also
loved
the
value
they
offer
the
community,
but
also
the
intergenerational,
because
my
grandmother
with
mrs
burke
was
in
the
first
senior
room
center
down
there
at
the
murphy
school,
which
I
knew
grew
across
all
communities
across
the
city.
So
they
are
necessary
and
I'm
here
to
support
and
advocate
them
for
sure,
also
as
a
boston
public
school
teacher.
E
For
many
years
I
worked
in
a
school
which
was
connected
to
a
community
center,
so
I
understand
the
hoops
you
have
to
jump
through
for
these
centers
that
are
attached
to
the
school
and
would
love
to
continue
that
conversation
and
how
we
can
support
you,
because
I
know
that
programming
in
the
buildings
that
are
attached
to
schools
aren't
as
easy
as
the
standalone,
so
just
wanted
to
get
that
on
the
record
and
also
wanted
to.
Thank
you,
marta.
E
I
know
we
met
with
you
on
a
call
back
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
because
covet
was
hard
for
all
departments
across
the
city,
but
definitely
turned
your
department
upside
down,
supporting
kids
and
families,
wherein
schools
were
closed
and
trying
to
really
be
there
for
the
families
and
the
children
across
the
city,
and
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
professionalism
for
trying
to
balance
what
was
safe.
What
was
good
for
the
children,
but
also
your
employees,
so
just
wanted
to
shout
that
out.
E
So
if
there's
anything
more,
we
can
do
to
support
on
that
and
to
get
you
know,
qualified
lifeguards
and
other
staff
in
place,
because
we
know
that
it
was
great
to
hear
that
you
employ
the
most
youth
across
the
city,
and
we
know
that
your
needs
they
play
quadruple
when
the
summer
comes
because
of
all
your
summer.
Camps
and
schools
are
out
so
definitely
important
and
the
lifeguard
training
mom
after
myself
growing
up
in
the
community
center.
E
E
So
you
know
that
that
training
needs
to
be
pushed
out,
and
how
can
we
do
a
better
job
at
you
know
into
maybe
the
schools
across
the
city
to
make
sure
kids
know
that
this
is
an
opportunity,
and
I
know
that
you
were
lowering
the
cost
or
waving
it
all
together
and
being
more
flexible
on
when
you
were
offering
the
classes.
So
if
there's
anything
more
you'd
want
to
talk
about
that
two
other
things.
E
You
know
this
summer
next
summer
that
no
one's
on
waiting
lists
for
summer
camps
and
we're-
and
I
know
it
then
goes
hand
in
hand
with
the
struggle
for
staffing.
But
how
can
we
support
that
way?
And
my
last
question
would
be
around
the
stand-alone
community
centers.
I
know
there's
a
study
out
and
I've
been
to
some
of
the
community
meetings
about
building
one
in
dorchester
and
is
there
a
need?
E
Do
you
I've
heard
from
the
community
and
talking
to
people
that
there
might
be
a
need
for
to
stand
alone
like,
and
would
we
need
to
make
sure
we're
allocating
money
in
the
budget?
For
that
we
know,
dorchester
is
the
largest
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
boston
and
what
we're
hearing
is
where
we
would
put
it.
Maybe
that
there's
a
need
for
two.
So
those
are
my
questions
for
now.
Thank
you.
C
Council
murphy
first,
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
sharing
your
personal
story.
I
did
not
know
that
connection,
so
I
highly
appreciate
that
I
love
to
see
the
lineage
that
most
folks
have
living
in
the
cities
at
our
bcyf
centers,
so
that
is
really
appreciated.
I
know
you
list,
you
listed
a
a
few
questions,
and
so
I
think
I'm
going
to
try
to
pivot
them
as
best
as
possible
in
regards
to
the
lifeguards.
C
D
Perfect
yeah
the
lifeguard
training,
so
we've
held
multiple
classes.
Thus
far.
We
have
one
scheduled
firm.
I
believe
it
starts
this
week
and
then
we'll
go
into
june,
and
then
we
have
an
additional
class
coming,
but
we're
looking
to
try
to
put
one
on
typical
cost
of
a
lifeguarding
class
that
we
is
around
like
350
dollars
and
we
charge
40
bucks.
D
We
also
help
train
the
ymca
lifeguards
as
well
as
dcr
lifeguards
in
those
classes,
but
when
it
comes
down
to,
if
anyone
is
interested
in
the
class
and
they
are
unable
to
potentially
pay
that
40-
that's
not
an
issue,
we
use.
We
work
with
our
foundation
to
provide
scholarships
as
well
another
mechanism
for
recruiting
and
trying
to
get
individuals
in
the
pool.
D
We
have
seen
an
increase
since
we've
posted
for
summer
jobs
about
27
applicants.
As
the
last
time
I
checked
coming
in,
we
need
to
see
a
lot
more
than
that,
but
we
are
seeing
an
uptick
in
the
desire
to
to
work,
for
you
know,
city
pools
and
things
of
that
kind.
Overall,
when
it
comes
down
to
recruiting
for
lifeguards,
we
try
everything
we
possibly
can
from
social
media
to
word
to
mouth.
D
We've:
administrative
coordinators,
identifying
you
know
young
kids
that
have
been
in
the
centers
that
want
to
take
the
next
step
to
be
a
part
of
you
know
the
bcyf
network,
so
I
mean
anyone.
You
know
who
knows
how
to
swim
would
like
to
have
a
you
know
a
summer
job.
Please
send
her
away
because
we're
trying
to
get
them
in
the
pools
and
trying
to
bolster
our
aquatic
programming
and
once
we're
able
to
get
the
lifeguards,
we
will
rotate
right
into
offering
as
many
classes
as
possible
to
learn
how
to
swim.
A
B
D
Yeah,
so
we
we
provide,
we
have
contractual
agreements
with
department,
recreation
and
conservation
in
order
for
them
to
get
lifeguards
as
well,
ymca
we're
working
with
them,
who
is
connected
to
bps
and
students,
providing
scholarships
as
well
as
other
opportunities
to
to
bring
in.
But
let's
see
we're
short
on
time.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
morning
and
some
familiar
faces,
and
some
not
so
familiar
faces
so
nice
to
be
here
in
person
to
see
me
talk
with
you
all
so
in
austin
brighton.
It's
also
brighton
is
the
second
largest
neighborhood
in
the
city.
We
have
a
population
of
about
75
000.
F
I'm
just
curious.
Do
we
know
and
the
pool
issue
speaking
of
swimming
is
another
critical
piece
in
our
neighborhood.
Do
we
know
how
many
bcyf,
centers
or
pools
there
are
per
boston
planning
district?
Have
you
got
good
good
numbers
by
district
and
then
how
many
centers
do
we
have
per
capita
per
district
as
well?
I'm
just
trying
to
get
my
head
around
need
and
distribution
and
we're
talking
about
a
city-wide
equity
framework.
It
seems
like
we
have
some
work
to
do
in
austin,
brighton
in
in
each
district.
F
F
And
I'm
just
really
want
to
get
some
idea
about
what
the
timeline
might
be?
I
know
the
jackson
man
community
center
is
going
to
close
next
year
when
the
harassment,
the
last
school
on
the
site,
is
going
to
close
next
next
summer
and
the
the
community
center
is
slated
to
close.
At
that
time,
the
community
said
the
schools
were
supposed
to
close
last
year,
and
now
there
was
they
were
going
to
close
this
year
and
now
you
know
we
pushed
it
off
to
next
year.
F
F
F
We
have
it's
a
fema
emergency
center,
it's
a
cooling
and
heating
center
for
especially
very
important
because
austin's
a
heat
island,
it's
a
polling
place
for
five
precincts.
It
provides
adult
education,
especially
english
language
classes,
for
our
immigrant
population,
at
ged,
sports
and
recreation
licensed
before
and
after
school
programs,
summer
programs,
child
care
and,
and
then
some
other
things.
F
Apart
from
the
public
works
yard
that
is
available
for
development,
the
public
works
yard
isn't
available
for
development
either
because
we
don't
have
anywhere
to
put
it
if
we
build
on
it.
So
I
think
this
is
where
it's
going
to
have
to
happen.
You
know
we
have
a
citing
study.
Well,
you
know
we
skipped
the
sighting
study.
F
So
we
have
to
build
a
really
good
community
center
and
the
other
issue
is,
I
understand,
there's
a
lot
of
tension
between
shared
facilities
with
bps,
because
they're
sort
of
like
they're
working
on
two
different
timelines,
there's
a
lot
of
conflict
about
shared
space
and
things.
So
a
standalone
community
center
that
is
adjacent
to
an
elementary
school
would
be
to
give
the
the
community
center.
F
B
You
well,
I
thank
you
for
the
question
and
you
know
I
had
shared
with
you.
We
don't
have
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
drive
like
we
don't
drive
the
or
push
the
the
timeline.
It
is
a
bps
facility.
We
also
you
know
we're
working
with
public
facilities.
As
you
know,
on
the
you
mentioned
the
sighting
study,
and
you
know
moving
that
aside
or
sort
of
going
past
that
right
to
to
that
spot,
I
don't
know
that
that
would
be.
F
B
I
mean
we
have
we
have
the
the
funding.
Is
there
it's?
You
know
it's
part
of
the
the
pfds
process
happy
to
go
back
and
say
no
sighting
study
necessary,
go
right
to
the
time.
I
it's
not
my.
That's
not
my
expertise,
but
I'm
happy
to
make
that
recommendation
and
you
know
get
that
get
that
expedited.
If
that's
even
an
option.
I
do
think
that
you
know
it's.
You
know
it's
next.
That
is
the
next
sighting
study
for
us
and
again
happy.
F
F
B
F
Okay,
the
other
question
I
had
was
do
in
in
the
absence
of
having
a
a
swimming
pool
in
in
our
district.
Do
you
have
partnerships
with
dcr
there's
one
other
there's
there
was
two
dcrs
polls.
One
of
them
went
down
on
brook
street.
The
bottom
of
brook
street
was
is
demolished.
Now
it's
it's
been
we're
going
to
try
the
st
we're
trying
to
get
state
money
and
and
representative
moran's
working
to
have
that
pool
rebuilt,
but
the
other
one
is
up
in
in
cleveland
circle.
D
It
would
just
be
a
matter
of
coordination
with
those
entities,
we're
talking
them
pretty
regularly
and
if
it
wasn't
to
be
accommodated
at
those
locations,
then
we
would
work
to
make
sure
that
we
transport
those
kids
to
our
own
locations
in
order
for
them
to
have
the
opportunity
to
swim.
So
we're
always
looking
for
third
parties
to
help
with
us,
but
as
well
as
our
own
entities.
F
F
G
Thank
you
so
much
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
whole
team
for
being
here,
and
especially
commissioner
marta
who's
famous
in
my
neck
of
the
woods
in
mission
hill
and
also
chief,
welcome
we're
so
thrilled
to
have
you.
I
I'm
gonna,
put
my
questions
on
the
record
quickly
and
then,
whatever
we
can
get
to
great
they're,
not
meant
to
be
gotchas.
So
if
some
of
them
are
follow-ups,
that's
totally
fine.
So
one
question
I
had
thrilled
to
see
the
proposal
to
make
the
tobin
more
accessible.
G
G
I
think
it
was
sort
of
in
response
to
my
question,
so
I'm
not
sure
whether
they'd
actually
hit
the
tires,
but
they
were
sort
of
thinking
about.
Was
there
a
way
to
connect
that
to
the
retaining
wall
project
such
that
it
could
move
forward
faster?
So
I
just
would
love
to
know
what
the
timing
and
plan
on
that
is.
It's
something
that
it
feels
like
should
have
happened
yesterday
and
I'm
so
happy
that
you
guys
are
moving
it
forward.
G
This
is,
I
have
a
sort
of
set
of
expenditure,
questions
which
are
in
the
rfi
response
that
you
guys
sent
us.
There
are
quite
a
number
of
line
items
where
the
vast
majority
of
the
money
in
the
line
item
is
neither
expended
nor
encumbered.
So
for
ins,
for
instance,
92
percent
of
current
charges,
316
thousand
dollars
about
ninety
six
percent
of
office,
furniture
expenditures
and
that
twenty
eight
point,
seven
percent,
the
eighty
seven
percent
of
the
miscellaneous
equipment
line,
one
fifty
four
thousand.
G
It
matters
a
little
bit
when
you
took
the
snapshot
in
april,
but
so
when
I
look
at
that
kind
of
overall,
if
I
norm
it
against
expectation
that
you're
spending
evenly,
I
would
say
it's
about
half
a
million
dollars.
That
kind
of
I
would
have
expected
to
have
been
spent
by
now
in
the
year.
That
hasn't
been.
So
I
wondered
if
you
guys,
could
speak
at
all
to
that
and
give
the
council
some
sense
and
it's
again
fine.
G
In
that
sense,
it's
similar
to
councillor
braden's
situation,
and
so
I
would
love
to
kind
of
figure
out
a
little
more
stably.
What
the
halfway
house
is
there,
at
least
in
the
sense
of
having
like
a
clear
point
of
contact
and
a
sense
of
like
oh
we're,
doing
we're
handing
this
thing
out
at
all
these
centers.
Maybe
we
could
also
work
with
these
ones,
etc.
So
we'd
just
love
to
know
who
the
point
person
on
further
conversation
about
that
would
be.
G
So
those
are
my
questions
and
if
you
have
any
updates
on
them
right
now,
that
would
be
great
and
otherwise
and
then
I
also
want
to
say
that
I'm
going
to
be
briefly
stepping
out.
One
of
my
constituents
is
pinning
her
granddaughter
in
the
ems
graduation
and
I
said
I
would
stop
by,
but
I
am
hoping
to
be
back
shortly
so.
G
Mainly
on
like,
if
we
wanted
to
build
a
little
bit
more
of
a
stable
relationship
with
these
entities,
yeah
like
who,
who
do
I
sit
down
with
okay
eddie?
That's
great
all
right!
I
can
do
that
next
and
then
I
don't
know
if
there
were
any
off
the
top
of
the
head
things
on
the
expenditure
front
or
the
tobin
or
the
henderson.
B
H
Yeah,
I
mean
that's,
that's
really
the
short
answer.
We
could
look
specifically
at
some
of
those
some
of
the
areas
that
you
were
talking
about.
Specifically,
if
you
wanted
to
send
those
and
then
we
can
get
back
to
you
on
those,
but
typically
with
with
that
level
of
turnover,
then
being
able
to
expend
some
of
the
contracts
we're
a
little
more
delayed
in
the
process,
so
we're
hoping
to
build
up
that
part
of
the
team.
H
G
Great
yeah
I'll
send
through
the
chair,
the
specific
ones
that
I
read:
it's
basically
all
the
stuff
in
your
guys's
budget.
That
was
like
way
like
up
in
the
kind
of
north
of
50,
unexpended
or
unencumbered,
and
I
think
it's
just
compared
to
other
departments.
You
have
a
high
number
of
those
this
year.
I
I
D
So
the
first
thing
that
I've
focused
on
having
come
into
this
role
is,
is
primarily
staffing
in
ordered
us
to.
You
know,
be
able
to
provide
the
programs
and
the
classes
that
you're
talking
about.
We
have
to
have
the
necessary
staffing
and
ratios,
so,
unfortunately,
we've
had
to
make
some
tough
decisions,
but
luckily
we're
getting
into
a
position
where
we're
going
to
start
being
able
to
offer
more
aquatic
programming
as
well
as
opening
more
pools.
Some
of
them
are
facility
related.
D
Some
of
the
issues
are
staffing
related,
but
overall
what
we
have
been
focusing
on
is
recruitment,
and
that
is
so
that
we
can
open
up
every
single
pool
in
the
city.
As
you
can
see,
there
are
about
seven
pools
right
now
that
were
closed.
The
mildred
have
pool
is
opening
tomorrow,
we're
aiming
to
hopefully
open
up
the
condom
pool
within
the
next
few
weeks,
and
once
we're
able
to
get
those
pools
open,
we're
going
to
have
a
much
higher
chance
of
getting
those
classes
started
and
kids
in
the
pool.
D
Some
of
the
things
that
we're
focusing
on
primarily
are
areas
where
we
are
seeing,
or
we
see
upticks
in
you
know,
youth
violence
as
well
as
just
the
need
for
individuals
to
have
that.
We
have
had
multiple
pools
closed
in
areas
that
the
demographic
is
largely
the
community
of
color,
and
you
know,
we've
made
it
a
priority
now
to
ensure
that
the
new
hires
that
are
coming
in
will
be
there
to
staff
those
pools
and
the
investments
necessary
for
those
pools
to
reopen
will
also
be
there.
D
But,
overall
you
know
my
my
my
main
function
was
to
do
an
overall
assessment
of
what
the
aquatic
situation
was
to
understand
how
many
lifeguards
we
would
need
in
order
to
operate
those
pools,
and
now
we
are
working
toward
getting
those
types
of
recruits
to
get
them
going.
We
have
had
an
increase
in
classes.
I
think
you
know
the
aquatic
situation
did
get
hit
pretty
heavily
when
it
came
down
to
covid
just
in
general,
but
we're
almost
there.
D
We
have
actually
reduced
our
ratios,
so
the
the
ratio
is
was
typically
one
to
25,
so
one
lifeguard
to
25
participants
and
now
we're
operating
at
1
to
20,
which
is
in
line
with
the
state,
but
just
so
that
we're
able
to
you
know,
use
the
resources
that
are
available
to
us
today
to
try
to
facilitate
as
many
classes
as
possible.
We
have
been,
like
I
said
earlier
on
in
the
hearing,
we've
been
focusing
pr
pretty
heavily
on
lifeguard
training,
but
we
do
offer
swim
lessons
as
well,
so
very
successful
swim.
D
I
I've
I've
held
a
hearing
on
this
issue
before
mostly
it
was
relating
to
safety,
swimming
and
safety,
and
I'm
having
another
hearing
with
council
lara
on
providing
kids
with
access
to
swimming
lessons.
So
what's
what's
happening
with
the
partnership
with
the
ymca
and
bps
as
it
relates
to
swimming
lessons
for
for
students
for
bps
students,
do
you
have
an
update
on
that.
D
I
Okay,
yeah,
that's
that's
an
important
mou.
I
was.
I
was
pushing
bps
in
the
ymca
to
to
do
more
on
providing
swimming
lessons
for
kids
and
I'm
glad
they
did
that.
I
just
wanted
to
see
if
there
was
an
update
on
it
in
terms
of
how
many
numbers
or
how
many
students
were
actually
participating
in
the
program.
I
D
I
I
wasn't
well
so
thank
you.
So
obviously,
that's
one
of
my
top
issues
is
making
sure
kids
receive
swimming
lessons,
especially
students
of
color
and
students
with
disabilities.
Certainly
it's
a
top
priority
as
well
for
the
for
the
cheer
we
talked
about
it
at
great
great
length
too.
I
was
impressed
with
the
program
you
have
for
young
students
at
one
of
the
centers
for
soccer
wheelchairs,
we'll
we'll
cheer
soccer
for
students
with
disabilities.
I
I
Are
we
able
to
get
them
out
into
our
parks
and
playgrounds
and
bcyf
centers,
enjoying
the
outdoor
having
having
events
for
them
or
having
picnics
or
letting
them
place
some
sports
and
letting
them
letting
them
have
the
opportunity
to
have
some
fun
as
well
throughout
the
summer?
What
are
we,
what
are
we
doing
for
young
people
with
special
needs
or
with
with
disabilities,.
B
I
J
Thank
you,
madam
chan.
Thank
you
to
the
panel
all
your
great
work
that
you
do
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
engaging
our
youth
in
our
family
that
one
of
the
community
centers
is
where
I
had
a
free
swim
program.
So
that's
where
I
learned
to
swim.
That's
where
my
brother
learned
to
swim,
and
my
sister
as
well
so
just
want
to
just
continue
to
advocate
for
free
swim
program,
free
swim
time
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
because
I
believe
that's
how
we
can
create
that
pipeline
of
of
lifeguards.
J
How
do
we
engage
the
students
voice
and
program
and
knowing
that
they're
going
to
be
the
ones
who
are
trying
to
get
into
the
doors
to
participate
in
this
program
and
like
how
do
we
get
there
and
what
they
want
to
see?
How
do
we
engage
their
voices
and
then
build
the
programming
around
around
their
voices.
D
The
program
supervisors
at
each
site,
yeah
they're,
on
the
ground
every
single
day,
sometimes
they'll-
do
electronic
surveys.
Sometimes
they'll
have
kids
in
the
room.
I
know
high
park
right
now.
Community
center
has
a
survey
out
just
to
assess
kind
of
what
they
would
like
to
see
in
their
computer
classes,
as
well
as
some
of
the
other
skill
sets
and
programs
that
they
have
there,
but
typically
they're.
C
That's
a
great
question
to
the
counselor,
so,
as
I
mentioned
in
my
introduction,
what
I
plan
on
doing
in
my
first
hundred
days
is
not
only
visiting
the
sites
each
site,
but
also
connecting
with
community-based
organizations
and
a
lot
of
through
the
youth
development
fund,
the
youth
serving
organizations
that
we
have
within
there
being
able
to
connect
with
other
youth
serving
organizations
as
well
to
be
able
to
assess
what
the
needs
are
within
the
community.
And
so
that
is
part
of
the
process.
C
A
A
B
D
I
believe
we
exceed
it
most
times
we
usually
go
over
our
budget.
So
a
lot
of
the
time
I
mean
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
the
next
few
weeks.
You'll
see
we're
rolling
out.
I
believe
it's
all
the
pool
rules
sandy
holden
actually
worked
very
diligently
and
all
different
signage
and
things
of
that
are
flyers.
Flyers
are
being
interpreted
as
such,
but
we
also
do
rely
heavily
on
staff
that
have.
A
A
A
There
was
a
there
was
a
center
that
is
in
design
process
in
design
yeah.
It's
basically
kind
of,
I
guess.
In
the
beginning
phase
I
saw
a
design
for
it.
I
saw
a
presentation
for
it's
a
bcyf
center
to
be
opening
grove
hall,
but
they
couldn't.
The
community
was
going
back
and
forth
about
adding
an
elderly
center
figuring
out
was
a
lot
big
enough,
but
then
they
wanted
more.
A
B
E
B
The
multiple
options,
their
pros
and
cons,
will
be
presented
to
the
mayor
and
then
once
the
you
know,
top
two
sites
are
selected.
Then
they
go
on
to
the
next
phase
will
be
the
design
phase.
So
what
you
saw
wasn't
a
design
phase.
It's
called
a
fit.
Actually
that's
just
not
so
much
as
a
design.
It's
a
3d
model
to
ensure
that
all
of
the
components
that
the
site
is
adequate.
A
A
B
A
A
B
A
A
D
The
facility
does
need
improvements,
there's
an
hvac
system,
so
there
is
a
conversation
about
making
sure
those
investments
are
made
to
that
facility
and
at
some
point
when
that
investment
is
made,
you
know
there
probably
will
be
some
time
where
people
will
need
to
leave
the
building,
but
that
is
not
finalized.
Yet.
A
Okay,
great,
no,
no!
I
I
really
believe
in
them
in
what
they
do.
I've
used
them
a
lot
with
my
foster
children
and
just
think
that
they're
an
amazing
program.
I
your
top
ten
pay.
Let's
talk
about
that,
there's
only
one
latino
person
or
latina
and
four
black
and
then
there's
five
white
making
a
total
of,
like,
I
guess,
a
larger
portion
of
white
top
paid
salary
earners.
A
A
Great
questions
reading
it
from
your
answers,
so
yeah
you
think
it's
a
great
question:
what
can
what
can
we
do
to
inc
to
to?
Is
it
work
for?
Is
it
development?
You
know
what
I
mean
is
it
are
we
are
we
encouraging
our
staff,
current
staff
now
to
move
up
the
ladder
or
what
are
we
doing
to
make
it
more
equitable.
C
Well,
I
could
speak
to
what
is
that
we
what
it
is
that
we
would
like
to
do.
I
think
you
know
future
speaking.
Just
in
terms
of
I
think
it's
a
combination
of
both
looking
at
the
internal
staff
and
see
you
know
who
is
available
to
actually
be
able
to
move
up
the
rank
so
to
speak,
just
in
terms
of
being
able
to
recruit
a
diverse
staff
and
population.
C
That
is,
I
think,
up
most
priority
as
well,
and
something
that
this
administration
definitely
has
been
focused
on
to
what
actually
has
been
done.
I'll
definitely
pass
the
mic
over,
but
yet
that
is
something
that
is
a
front
of
mind,
and
so
I
do
appreciate
you
elevating
that.
That's
what
I
was
thanking
you
for
for
sure.
A
It's
okay,
like
we're,
not
gonna,
laugh
so
some
sort
of
dashboard
that
actually
like
uses
metrics
to
measure
how
we're
working
toward
closing
gaps
and
stuff
like
that
in
the
city
of
boston.
So
we're
we're
really
interested.
That's
why
this
packet,
hopefully,
is
going
to
inform
us
in
guiding
that
yeah
for
sure.
B
If
you
see
that
I
was
trying
to
find
it
because
I
had
seen
the
charity
talking
about,
if
you
see
that
over
time
a
long
period
of
time,
you
see
that
it
has
definitely
closed
and
we
have
because
those
top
positions
are,
for
instance,
the
site
directors
right.
We
call
them
administrative,
administrative
coordinators,
so
you
have
a
union
environment.
People
stay
in
these
positions
a
very
long
time
so,
as
you
know,
we're
talking
about
waiting
a
decade
or
so
for
somebody
to
vacate
as
those
positions
are
becoming
vacant.
B
A
Thank
you.
I
mean
I,
you
know
racism.
It's
a
public
health
crisis
everybody's,
like
equity,
equity,
equity,
yay,
it's
like
all
right!
Well,
what
does
that
mean
right
and
so
we're
like
we,
the
body?
The
council,
is
really
interested
in
looking
at
real,
intentional
ways
of
creating
this
transformation
of
looking
at
how
we
as
a
city
can
grow
and
that's
across
the
board
like
we're
going
through
it,
and
I,
as
a
chairways
means
like
we,
I
filed
for
equity
in
the
budget
and
we're
looking
at
bpd
at
bps.
A
A
A
A
K
K
And
then
we
have
lifeguards
on
duty,
nights,
holidays
and
weekends,
particularly
during
the
hot
summer
days.
So
any
strategies
that
we
can
talk
about
and
or
if
they're
not
reflected
in
this
budget.
If
we
can
know
that
now
before
there's
a
resubmission,
if
we
have
to
put
an
ask
in
then
now's
the
time
to
to
do
that,.
B
So
you
can
always
say
good
to
have
the
strategies
couple
things
we
mentioned
earlier.
One
is
an
increased
pay
to
be
competitive
with
some
of
our
peers.
We
have
also
submitted
for
something
we
did
last
year
and
the
don't
anticipate
a
problem
which
is
for
the
summer
staff
waiving
the
residency
requirement
for
our
seasonal
lifeguards
and
then
I'll
turn
it
eddie
for
some
of
the
other
ones.
D
D
Luckily,
my
previous
role,
I
have
access
to
those
so
as
well
as
just
kind
of
working
with
staff
on
site,
so
we've
reduced
our
yeah
our
standards,
I
mean
they're
all
within
the
state
regulations,
but
typically
you
know
we
were
only
hiring
around
18
year
old
staff.
We
reduced
that
to
16
to
18
years
old.
Our
ratios
went
from
25
to
1
to
20
to
1..
D
So
I
mean
I've
worked
closely
with
the
administrative
coordinators,
the
program
supervisors,
all
of
the
individuals
that
are
on
the
ground
every
single
day,
working
with
the
you
know,
individuals,
we
sent
the
recruiting
materials
to
the
office,
enabled
services
and
their
newsletters
and
social
media
access
as
well
as
the
you
know,
the
council
body.
So
whatever
we
can,
you
know
whatever
avenue.
You
know
if
you
know
anyone
who's
willing
to
swim
and
wants
to
get
certified.
D
K
I
would
if
I
could
just
introduce
and
make
a
suggestion,
obviously
reaching
out
to
our
schools.
You
know,
obviously,
both
our
vps
schools,
but
also
our
network
pci,
I'm
a
graduate
of
vci.
We
have
a
great
swim
team.
I
would
reach
out
to
schools
that
have
swim
teams,
particularly
our
college
and
universities,
as
well
as
those
swim
clubs.
That
could
be
a
good
first
stop,
particularly
for
some
high
school
and
college
kids
that
are
looking
for
a
good
summer.
Job
outdoor
experience,
whether
it's
you
know
at
the
outdoor
pools
chuck.
K
K
B
K
All
the
girls
programs
city-wide,
so
all
the
community
centers
have
access
to
the
grants
great
and
then
from
the
capital
standpoint
as
a
city-wide
counselor.
As
I
reference
every
neighborhood
wants
a
brand
new
bells
and
whistles
community
center.
I
hear
from
residents
all
the
time,
particularly
grove
hall
they've
been
asking
for
a
standalone
center
for
a
long
time.
L
K
Much
like
the
l
street
bath
house
and
then
maybe
just
a
quick
recap
as
to
are
we
still
targeting
sort
of
the
first
beginning
of
july
for
an
opening
date,
or
is
that
I
want
to
get
a
sense
to
we're
trying
to
council
flynn
and
I
are
trying
to
manage
expectations
as
that
work
progresses.
It
looks
beautiful,
it's
probably
one
of
the
best
it's
the
most
heavily
traveled
and
traversed
and
used
community
center
in
the
city.
K
D
You
know
with
the
ordering
of
the
amount
of
equipment
and
furniture
that
we'd
probably
see
an
opening
toward
more
likely
in
september
later
in
september,
to
to
open
it
up.
There
are
also
a
variety
of
things
that
you
know
as
a
community.
We
need
to
discuss
as
well
as
an
agency
with
respect
to
the
beach
and
some
of
the
condition
that
it
currently
is
in
as
well
as
some
of
the
walls
over
there,
but
the
internal
facility
is
coming.
D
I
mean
it's,
it's
huge
and
it's
it's
coming
along.
It's
looking
very
good,
but
just
the
logistics
from
supply
chain
to
making
sure
you
know
the
bids
and
things
that
go
through
appropriately,
but
they
are
in
the
process
right
now.
I
believe
it's
either
this
wednesday,
or
it
was
last
wednesday
where
they
had
some
organizations.
That
would
you
know,
apply
for
the
bids
to
equip
the
location
to
walk
through
the
facility
to
see
if
it
was
there.
So
we're
in.
K
K
B
H
B
That
40
48,
so
we
thought
that's
one
of
the
locations,
but
those
sites
are
being
presented
with
the
pros
and
cons
they're
going
to
be
at
least
two
selected
for
dorchester
being
the
largest
neighborhood
in
boston.
Then
those
will
go
on
to
the
next
stage,
which
is
the
design
phase
and
then
a
you
know.
Design
phase
will
go
into
the
budget
phase.
K
Right
they've
been
at
a
long
time.
I
was
in
the
da's
office
when
they
had
the
bubble
and
worked
closely
with
sister
virginia
and
minister
don
and
also
with
lisa
holmes,
was
a
community
service
officer.
I
believe
at
the
time
so
long
overdue.
If
we
can
get
the
folks
in
grove
hall,
much
deserved
state-of-the-art
community
center,
they
can
make
a
big
difference
for
that
community.
So
very
good.
Thank
you.
Madam.
A
M
M
M
M
What
a
hero
this
guy
helped
more
kids
coming
through
the
streets,
keeping
them
off
the
streets,
teaching
them
something
simple
like
that,
it's
just
it
just
does
my
heart.
I
stayed
in
south
boston
because
I
wanted
my
kids
to
to
know
their
grandparents
and
their
aunts
and
uncles
their
cousins.
They
have
to
stay
there.
A
M
I,
like
you,
you're
good
with
that
bell.
I
watch
all
the
all
the
hearings
on
tv
because
I
don't
have
too
much.
I
don't
have
a
big
television
celebrity
of
things.
I
got
basic
tv,
but
this
is
the.
This
is
the
most
welcome
to
my
world
again,
I
I
I
consider
you
my
political
family.
I
really
do
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
anything
I
can
do
to
help
get
another
program
going.
All
they
have
to
do
is
call
me.
M
This
guy
has
my
number
this
fellow
over
there
has
my
number
the
wise
guy
over
in
the
corner.
Frank
baker
has
my
number
I'm
getting
to
know
mejia,
and
I
just
maybe
because
I
talk
too
much-
I
enjoy
her
because
we
get
into
conversation,
but
it's
it's
things
to
do
in
the
neighborhood,
whether
it's
dochester
south
boston,
wherever,
but
so
that
this,
if
I
could
just
read
those
names
off
it's
you
know,
we
had
freddie
hearn
with
the
hockey.
M
The
world's
best
racquetball
player
came
out
of
the
l
street
bath
house
world's
best
around
all
traveled
all
over
the
world,
so
proud
of
it.
If
you
go
down
to
fort
lauderdale
and
you
go
to
the
swimmers
hall
of
fame
you'll
see
stuff
up
in
those
walls
of
people
that
came
out
of
the
l
street,
that
curly
recreation
center,
whichever
you
know
name,
you
want
to
use
it's
down
there,
this
place
is
just
amazing
and
after
I
retired
I
got
to
work
freddie.
M
Actually
I
was
sitting
on
the
beach
and
freddie
hernan
asked
me
to.
If
I
wanted.
He
said
I
keep
seeing
you
cleaning
up
the
beach
and
stuff.
He
said.
I
need
somebody
for
a
couple
of
days
a
week.
If
you
want
to
do
some
part-time
work.
I
said
sure
I
went
down
there.
It
was
the
people
that
come
in
and
they
would
just
they
appreciate
this
place.
So
much
and
now
that
it's
close,
I
mean
I'm
dealing
with
some
guys.
I
have
to
get
them
some
psychological
help.
M
You
know
just
waiting
to
get
back
there,
but
it's
it's
open
to
everybody,
and
I
I
really
appreciate
what
you're
doing
now
and
what
you're
going
to
do
in
the
future.
If
I
could
just
make-
and
this
is
going
to
save
the
city-
some
money-
maybe
madam
chair-
you
can
take
care
of
this
because
you
are
direct
and
you
know
how
to
get
things
done,
the
tower
the
clock
tower.
M
That's
on
the
building,
which
is
badly
need
of
some
repair.
When
we
had
the
meetings
before
the
covert,
I
had
asked
the
group
that
was
in
charge
of
doing
the
whole
budget
and
what
was
going
to
be.
You
know,
spent
down
there
if
anybody
wants
to
get
a
hold,
and
I
asked
them
at
the
time
whoever
was
in
charge
get
a
hold
of
everson.
M
I
worked
there
for
30
years
when
it
was
the
edison
whatever,
but
I
we
have
contacts
that
would
donate
doing
that
tower
over
it's
a
clock
tower
so
anywhere
in
the
around
you
can,
whether
you're
in
the
water
or
up
on
l
street
or
down
on
the
beach.
You
know
you
have
the
clock
tower
they'll.
They
will
donate
to
to
refurbish
that
and
whatever
money
is
saved.
M
If
you
have
an
estimate
on
that,
a
budget
on,
what's
going
to
be
done
with
the
tower,
take
that
money
and
put
it
into
another
program,
whether
it's
over
in
grove
hall
or
wherever
you
know,
wherever
you
can
use
the
money,
whether
it's
in
brighton,
which
I
know
you
need
help
over
there.
You
know
brighton's
forgotten
a
lot
of
times.
The
only
thing
that
we
could
do
for
brighton
is
out
boston,
high
used
to
beat
them
every
year
in
in
football,
but
it's
just
another
good
part
of
the
town.
So
thank
you
for
that.
M
Excuse
me
one
of
my
dearest
friends
who
was
a
city
council,
a
state,
rep,
the
boston
mayor
and
also
an
ambassador,
grew
up
at
the
l
street
bath
house,
just
like
my
friend
over
there,
mr
flaherty
did
and
my
friend
over
there
mr
flynn
just
keep
it
going
everything
we
could
do
to
help
anything
you
can
do
would
help
you
just
they
have
my
number.
Thank
you.
I'm
sorry.
M
A
A
A
However,
historically
it's
been
systemically
racist.
That
is
a
reality
that
we
all
are
not
proud
of,
and
we
don't
like
in
order
for
us
to
change
and
intentionally
continue
to
grow
as
a
city,
we
have
to
talk
about
these
hard
things.
We
have
to
have
hard
conversations
and
say:
hey:
where
are
we?
Are
we
hiring?
Are
we
paying
people
of
color?
Are
we
employing
people
so
that
they
can
go
back
home?
They
can
have
middle
class
wages
so
that
they
can
feed
their
family
so
that
we
can
then
perpetuate
that
in
social
determinants
of
health.
A
L
Oh
sure,
second
go
back
to
the
80s
and
do
you
ever
hear
of
mel
king?
Yes
against
my
navel,
which
was
great.
I
sat
with
mel
king
on
the
beaches
of
south
boston,
discuss
the
problems
and
I
let
them
know
right
away
that
where
my
vote
was
going,
what
a
gentleman
and
he
had
visions
for
the
city
that
since
then.
L
L
A
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you.
This
is
a
good
hearing.
The
the
issue
I
wanted
to
check
on
was
just
in
terms
of
youth
workers
that
are
assigned
to
help
with
problem
youth.
I
know
we.
We
had
the
question
about
the
street
safe
grants
and
the
bpd
I'm
curious
to
know
more
about
that.
I
know
and
barbara's
familiar.
We
had
a
right
at
the
right
justice
covert
was
breaking
in
2020.
F
F
F
We
had
money,
but
we
weren't
able
to
bcyf,
didn't,
have
the
capacity
to
pull
together
and
to
utilize.
Those
funds,
so
we
ended
up.
Thankfully
we
were
able
to
get
youth
workers
and
they're
being
utilized
under
the
management
of
our
community,
see
the
alton
brighton
community
development
corporation,
which
is
outside
their
sort
of
usual
billy
wick,
is
really
wondering
in
terms
of
right
across
the
city.
How?
How
are
we
working
to
be
have
a
nimble
response
to
the
needs
of
our
community?
You
know,
just
as
the
gentleman
said
sometimes
austin
bright
has
forgotten
about.
F
So
you
know
just
in
terms
of
we're
going
to
get
more
money,
we're
getting
we're
hoping
to
get
that
that
that
more
funding
and
this
this
year
from
from
the
state
to
fund
those
youth
workers,
but
it's
just
like
this
sort
of
bubblegum
and
string
approach
to
trying
to
put
together
services
and
and
and
then
having
a
steady,
predictable
funding
stream
that
we
can,
you
know,
hire
people
and
have
a
plan
going
forward.
It's
it's
really
something
that
we
need
and
august
I'd
love
to
have
your
thoughts
on
that.
F
B
I
think
that
we
need
to
take
a
moment
to
pause,
to
do
that,
needs
assessment
and
to
do
a
deeper
dive.
Some
of
that
work
will
continue.
Some
of
it
is
around
improving
the
hiring
processes,
but
some
of
it
really
requires
a
deeper
dive
and
we
do
need
to
take
a
broader
approach
to
the
work,
and
that
includes
that
work
outside
of
our
own
buildings
right.
How
are
we
engaging
the
community
and
when
we
do
this
needs
assessment?
B
That's
that's.
The
work
that
will
come
from
that
will
be
elevated
is
the
work
outside
of
our
building
has
to
include
the
work
with
our
community-based
organizations
with
bha.
You
know
recently,
I've
been
in
conversations
with
kate
bennett
around
our
summer
work.
How
are
we
working
in
partnership
with
you
know
her
staff,
particularly
around
the
sites
that
are
either
in
or
near
housing
developments.
Yeah,
so
all
of
those
coordinated
efforts
again
with
this
needs
assessment
like
where
are
the
gaps?
B
Think
I
really
believe
that
when
you
know
me,
we
said
get
city
hall
out
of
city
hall,
it
doesn't
just
mean
this
city
hall.
It
also
means
the
you
know
our
community
centers
for
this
city
hall.
Community
centers
is
little
city
hall,
but
sometimes
community
centers
can
also
be
the
constraint.
So
we
do
need
to
get
out
of
our
own.
You
know
buildings
and
step
into
the
community
and
again
re-engage
yeah.
F
We
have
a
huge
need
and
I
don't
think
we
can
afford
to
not
have
a
a
well-functioning
community
center
for
six
and
a
half
years,
while
we
we
had
to
build
something
new.
So
again,
I
think
that's
that's
where
a
lot
of
creativity
needs
to
come
in
about
how
we,
how
we're
going
to
manage
services
and
deliver
and
keep
keep
engaging
our
youth
and
and
our
elders
and
everyone
else
in
the
meantime,
but
it's
a
huge
opportunity.
I
hope
I
hope
we
can
all
work
together
to
make
it
work.
F
K
I
said
one
follow-up
and
it
was
based
on
my
comment
about
reaching
out
to
the
college
and
universities
with
respect
to
helping
us
with
the
lifeguard
issue.
What,
if
any
partnerships
do
we
have
with
some
of
those
institutions
to
help
leverage
assets
for
us
citywide?
And
that
could
be?
You
know.
You
know,
for
example,
the
pool
at
boston
university.
If
that's
open
in
the
summer,
it's
I
assume
it's
staffed.
Can
we
direct
folks
over
there
or
the
fields
year
round,
not
just
obviously
the
the
baseball
diamonds
and
the
soccer
fields
etc?
K
The
softball
fields,
anything
where
you
know
where
we
may
have
a
center
that
may
be
in
need
of
repair
or
is
in
the
queue,
but
things
kind
of
all
aren't
fully
functioning.
Can
we
reach
out
and
partner
with
someone
kind
of
under
that,
the
pilot,
the
payment
of
taxes
agreement?
Can
we
get
some
in
kind
and
or
particularly
for
the
summer
months?
D
Council
breeding
already
pressured
me
on
this.
I
will
be
reaching
out
to
our
colleagues
at
those
universities
to
see
if
we
can
build
those
types
of
partnerships
expect
not
only
for
aquatics,
but
you
know
in
general
to
make
sure
that
they're
working
hand-in-hand
with
us,
I
have
yet
to
have
those
conversations,
but
luckily
I
do
have
contacts
at
those
locations
and
they'll
be
getting
a
phone
call
from
you
shortly
after
this
hearing
right.
K
I
didn't
see
it
in
this
book
here,
but
I
know
that
the
budgeted
amount
for
child
care,
and
so
before
after
school
programs
is
2.7
and
some
change,
which
was
a
slight
decrease
from
last
year,
at
a
time
as
we're
sort
of
coming
out
of
covid
and
people
trying
to
get
their
feet
underneath
them
and
get
back
to
work.
The
need
the
demand
for
for
quality
child
care
and
before
and
after
school
programs
probably
has
never
been
greater
and
I'm
seeing
a
decrease
here,
not
necessarily
a
function
of
this
panel's
import.
K
K
Particularly
as
we
head
into
the
summer
months,
increasing
you
know
this
those
day
care
options
the
out
of
school,
as
I
call
for
the
summer
months
out
of
school
programs,
things
like
that,
but
yeah.
I
was
kind
of
surprised
to
see
a
decrease
at
a
time
when
we
have
we
have
cash
available
through
opera
and
we're
also
again
coming
out
of
a
pandemic
we're
seeing
in
the
schools
I
mean
just
this
academic
year
alone,
there's
been
close
to
2000
incidents
of
of
disruption
of
violence
of
bullying,
etc.
B
B
Those
will
yeah,
okay,
those
will
support
we'd
have
to
so,
for
instance,
the
foundation
of
pcyf.
That's
that
would
be.
We
anticipate
that
I'll
stay
the
same,
the
support
of
our
you
know,
board
and
volunteers,
and
we
have,
I
think,
it's
a
1.5
or
1.2
operating
budget,
and
so
you
know
the
monies
that
they
bring
in
supports
our
programs
and
those
are
all
out
of
school
time.
Summer.
Programming.
K
B
K
Something
tells
me
that
that
number
seems
like
would
be
a
little
low.
You
know
it
seems
like
44
000
people
use
the
l
if
you
listen
to
provenzano,
but
it
just
seems
like
you
know
whether
it's
the
tour
I
mean
just
the
number
of
community
centers
they're,
just
they're
always
busy.
You
guys
know
it
you're
out
there
martha
you're
you're
on
the
front
lines.
You
just
see
the
volume
of
kids,
youth
and
families
that
are
being
dropped
off
or
picked
up
and
there's
events
that
are
happening.
K
It
just
seems
that
for
a
city
our
size
at
that
sort
of
44
000
member
ship
numbers
for
me,
seems
like
it's
on
the
low
side,
but
you
know
so
that's
just
that
that
number
struck
me.
But
and
again
I
appreciate
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
obviously
the
team
here
from
jose
right
down
to
to
eddie
and
to
barbara
and
and
best
of
luck.
Moving
forward.
Look
forward
to
continuing
to
support
you
guys
do
great
work.
K
Oftentimes
gets
doesn't
get
the
notice
that
maybe
some
of
your
other
sort
of
department
counterparts
get
with
respect
to
their
budget,
but
the
value
that
you
guys
add
and
the
difference
that
you're
making
in
our
communities
and
the
lives
of
children
and
families
is
tremendous.
We're
all
been
probably
arguably
products
of
coming
through
bcyf
community
centers
was
what
it
was
called
back
in
my
day,
and
I
served
obviously
on
the
tiny
community
council
again
advocating
for
resources
for
the
community
centers
in
the
neighborhood.
When
I
get
started
so
it's
so.
K
A
A
B
A
A
D
I
mean
in
general
would
definitely
be
something
that
we'd
want
to
see
increase,
but
I
mean,
with
all
the
lists
of
the
programs
that
we
we
facilitate
now,
I'm
not
not
gonna
ask
I
guess
for
more
resources.
I
think
there's
just
a
lot
of
talented
individuals
within
bcyf
that
have
a
variety
of
ideas
and
things
of
that
kind
that
need
some
sort
of
investment
so
general.
I.
H
A
B
B
A
A
This
is
what
I
found
out
and
that
unless
you
had
money
to
pay
for
the
tutoring
and
other,
like
other
than
like
the
school
thing,
where
they
pay
teachers
to
stay
after
school
in
libraries
and
that
sort
of
like
phased
out
as
well
like
there's,
not
that
much
of
that
so
teenagers,
essentially
especially
black
and
brown.
Teenagers
in
condensely
populated
areas
do
not
have
homework
help,
and
so
overall,
I
know
that
bcyf
is
trying
to
do
that.
A
Hopefully.
So
we
can
discuss
more.
I'm
interested
also
in
more
of
holistic
programs,
not
necessarily
going
too
much
into
because
I
know
that
I'm
also
tired
of
hearing
mental
health
like
it's
almost.
It's,
not
your
responsibility
to
house
all
of
these
different
programs,
but
that
if
we
as
a
city
are
doing
a
good
job
and
creating
this
collaboration
that
every
center
has
a
holistic
perspective
and
is
actually
connected
to
the
services
that
are
needed.
And
so
I
would
love
to
further
this
conversation
beyond
budget.
A
In
looking
at
your
assessments,
what
the
needs
are
to
really
intentionally
talk
about,
how
is
bcyf,
equipping
our
children
in
boston,
for
academic
success
or
for
home
school
connection,
because
the
schools
talk
a
lot
about
closing
achievement
gap
and
how
homeschool
connection
is
a
problem
and
there
is
a
platform
where
students
get
dropped
off.
But
where
is
the
responsibility
one
on
the
parent
or
how
are
we
making
ensuring
that
parents
have
the
tool
to
equip
them
to
also
support
bcyf
staff,
as
well
as
support
teachers
in
their
child's
academic
progress
right
or
journey?
A
And
so
I
think
that
that
level
of
connecting
and
looking
at
you
know
strategic
planning.
How
are
we
looking
at
the
framework?
How
are
we
looking
at
the
curriculums
and
connecting
it
to
home,
connecting
it
to
mental
health
providers
as
well
as
obviously
really
really
implementing
homework
or
academic
supports
after
school,
in
helping
parents
structuring
their
out
of
school
time,
their
children's
out
of
school
time?
I
think
it's
super
important
and
I
think
that
the
city
needs
to
do
something
to
partner
with
bcyf
and
begin
to
really
look
at
this
in
an
intentional
way.
A
H
Well,
great
council
can't
you
say
I
think
historically,
we've
always
you
know
when
you're
moving
into
team
programming,
then
we've
gone
into
some
of
our
team
programs.
Doing
homework,
help
or
not
homework
help,
but
looking
into
employment
or
college
readiness
getting
ready
for
interns,
because
you
know
teenagers
become
a
little
more
autonomous
in
their
in
their
needs
in
expressing
their
needs.
So,
but
I
think
this
would
be
a
very
interesting
conversation
for.
A
Sure,
thank
you.
I
mean,
I
think,
when
we,
when
I
heard
console
clarity
talking
about
at-risk
youth,
in
how
we're
engaging
and
bpd
did
mention
you
as
a
partner
and
then
it
was
a
very
small
amount
too.
It
wasn't
a
lot
of
money
and
then
my
thing
is:
if
we're
putting
a
lot
of
money
in
criminal
justice,
if
reform
means
that
we're
looking
at
again
preventative
measures,
bcyf
is
it
right
and
bcyf
really
should
be
like.
We
should
be
spending
so
much
more
money
in
bcyf.
A
Then
we
do
anything
else,
because
that's
that's
the
first
hit
right
and
then
we
should
be
spending
money
and
bringing
those
parents
in
see.
I
believe
that
it's
a
balance,
it's
bringing
city
hall
to
out
out
of
the
city
or
out
of
city
hall,
but
it's
also
bringing
parents
and
constituents
in
city
hall,
whether
that's
remotely
or
figuratively,
but
that
everyone
has
access
in
a
way
that
I'm
empowered
enough
to
understand
how
to
navigate
these
resources
that
I'm
holding
myself
accountable
to
partnering
with
you
to
take
care
of
my
child
right.
A
So
I
put
the
responsibility
on
the
parents,
but
I
put
the
responsibility
on
the
city
to
ensuring
that
we
are
also
equipping
parents
with
those
tools
and
making
building
bridging
those
connections
right
and
I'm.
So
I'm
I'm
extremely
interested
in
youth
development
overall,
and
I
know
that
you
are
and
I
look
forward
to
our
continued
partnership.
A
F
A
You,
madam
chair,
thank
you,
council,
braden
and
the
last
thing
I'll
say
is
obviously
cultural
competency
in
terms
of
your
facilities,
way
more
money
to
beautifying
your
facilities,
way
more
money
in
just
equipment
and
all
of
that
stuff
and
programming
and
building
up
your
buildings
period.
But
these
bland
white
walls-
oh
my
god,
I
can't
do
it
like.
A
We
need
to
create
a
grant
opportunity
to
activate
art,
visual
or
other
in
your
facilities
as
an
effort
to
creating
cultural
competency
or
welcoming
more
welcoming
environments,
and
I
know
that
your
staff
and
yourselves
are
probably
tapping
into
your
pockets
just
like
teachers
and
spending
out.
So
you
can
get
creative
in
these
ways
right
because
again,
I've
done
a
lot
of
work
with
bcyf.
I've
done
a
lot
of
work
with
schools
and
understand
youth
children
on
my
is
my
life
and
I
feel
like
we
we
just
have
to.
A
We
just
have
to
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is
and
be
more
intentional
about
the
spaces
that
our
children
are
in,
but
also
taking
care
of
our
staff
members.
I
believe
that
everyone
in
your
facilities
deserve
more
money.
I
don't
think
they
get
paid
enough
and
I
thank
them
from
the
janitor
to
the
tutors
to
the
counselors
to
the
coordinators
case
managers.
A
A
E
Thank
you,
sorry.
I
had
to
step
out,
but
I
went
across
the
hall
to
the
ems
graduation,
which
was
wonderful
anytime.
We
see
new
city
employees
coming
on
board.
I
know
when
I
left.
We
were
talking
about
staffing
shortages
and
I'll,
be
watching
the
rest
of
the
tape,
but
we'll
be
in
touch
for
sure
and
supporting
everything
we
can
do
to
make
sure
our
bcyf
centers
are
up
and
running
and
to
the
fullest
capacity
and
whatever
you
need
to
support
that.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.