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Description
Dockets #0622-0628 Fiscal Year 2020 Budget: Boston Planning & Development Agency
A
When
everyone,
my
name,
is
Marc
co-moh,
I'm,
the
chairman
of
ways
and
means
in
the
district
nine
city
councilor
today
is
Tuesday
May
21st.
We
are
here
with
our
good
friends
from
the
Boston
planning
and
developing
development
agency
like
to
remind
folks
this
is
a
public
hearing
broadcast
live
in
recorded
on
Comcast
channel
8
r,
CN
82,
Verizon
1964
and
streamed
at
Boston
gov
backslash
city
Council,
TV
I've
asked
folks
in
the
chamber
to
silence
their
cell
phones
and
electronic
devices.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
various
times.
Throughout
the
hearing.
A
There
are
sign-in
sheets
to
my
left
by
the
door.
I
ask
that
you
sign
in
state
your
name,
affiliation,
residence
and
please
check
the
box.
Yes,
if
you
wish
to
testify,
there
are
several
ways
to
testify.
You
can
attend
a
public
hearing
like
this
one
and
sign
up
for
public
testimony.
You
can
come
to
the
hearing
dedicated
to
public
testimony
on
Tuesday
June
4th
between
the
hours
of
2:00
and
6:00
p.m.
however
we
will
stay
is
late
as
part
as
necessary
to
hear
all
that
would
like
to
speak
on
the
budget.
A
You
can
send
your
testimony
to
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
Boston
City
Council,
fifth,
floor
Boston,
City,
Hall,
Boston,
Mass,
zero,
two,
two
zero
one
or
email,
the
committee
at
CCC
WM
at
Boston
gov,
as
I
stated
at
the
beginning.
We
are
here
with
folks
from
the
Planning
and
Development
Agency
as
they
pertain
to
dockets
zero.
A
Six,
two
two
through
zero
six,
two
five
orders
for
the
FY
2018
budget,
including
annual
appropriations
for
departmental
operations,
annual
appropriations
for
the
school
department,
appropriation
for
other
post-employment
benefits
and
appropriation
for
certain
transportation
and
public
realm
improvements,
as
well
as
dockets,
zero.
Six,
two:
six:
two:
zero
six:
two:
eight
capital
budget
appropriations,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements,
I'm
going
to
read
a
couple
of
letters
into
the
record
from
colleagues
who
are
unable
to
make
it
today.
Dear
mr.
A
chair,
due
to
work-related
travel,
I
regret
that
I
am
unable
to
attend
today's
hearing
of
the
Committee
on
ways
and
means
on
dockets,
0
6
to
2
through
0
6,
to
8
the
FY
2014
and
develop
an
agency.
My
staff
will
be
in
attendance
and
I
look
forward
to
reviewing
the
recording
of
this
hearing.
Please
read
this
into
the
record:
sincerely
Kim
Janey
district
6,
Boston
city
councilor,
dear
chair
co-moh.
Thank
you
for
oversight
of
the
budgetary
process.
B
To
see
you
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
back
chairman
siamo
vice
chairman
McCarthy
and
members
of
the
council
and
the
committee.
My
name
is
Brian
golden
and
I'm
the
director
of
the
Boston
planning
a
Development
Agency.
We
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
discuss
our
work
in
our
budget
with
you.
This
afternoon,
I'm
joined
today
by
Devin
quirk
to
my
left,
director
of
real
estate,
Lauren
shirt
left
to
my
right.
B
The
interim
director
of
planning
in
trend
wind
director
of
the
mayor's
office
of
Workforce
Development,
which
falls
under
the
BPD
a
also
I'd
like
to
briefly
introduce
Brian
Conley
brand
new
to
the
agency,
he's
the
new
Director
of
Finance
for
the
BPD,
a
Brian
as
a
resident
of
East
Boston.
He
was
we
recruited
him
as
out
of
his
position
as
director
of
administration
and
finance
for
the
city
of
Weymouth.
B
Our
agency,
as
you
know,
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
neighborhoods,
charting
the
course
for
sustainable
development
and
resilient
building
construction,
advocating
for
multimodal
transportation,
responding
to
the
city's
changing
population,
producing
insightful
research
on
our
city
and
ensuring
Boston
retains
its
distinctive
historic
character.
The
BPD
a
works
closely
with
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development,
the
DND
on
affordable
housing
through
our
inclusionary
development
policy
IDP.
B
B
This
past
year
marked
a
productive
year
across
the
BPD
a
we
continue
to
work
to
create
robust
economic
activity
throughout
the
city
of
Boston,
while
better
engaging
in
collaborating
with
the
city's
neighborhoods
and
communities.
We
experienced
another
very
strong
year
for
real
estate
development,
construction
planning
and
overall
economic
activity.
B
We
are
welcoming
both
new
residents
and
new
employers
who
see
the
tremendous
benefits
of
choosing
Boston
as
their
home
we're
in
the
midst
of
the
biggest
building
boom
in
Boston's
history.
This
has
been
a
recurring
theme
for
the
past
several
years.
New
development
is
moving
forward
and
creating
local
economic,
economic
development
and
jobs
in
every
neighborhood.
In
Boston
we
approved
over
12.1
million
square
feet
of
new
development
in
2018
and
nearly
four
thousand
four
hundred
new
residential
units,
of
which
20%
are
income
restricted.
B
Helping
us
make
significant
progress
towards
reaching
Mayor
Walsh's
goal
of
69
thousand
new
housing
units
by
2032
Hope
House,
our
growing
population,
the
2018
approved
projects
will
generate
over
37
million
dollars
in
linkage,
funding
for
affordable
housing
and
job
training.
This
year,
31
million
for
housing
in
more
than
6
million
for
jobs.
Training
development
is
supporting
the
growth
of
the
city's
tax
base,
allowing
for
critical
funding
for
city
services
like
our
schools,
streets
parks
and
public
safety
for
fiscal
year
19.
B
77
million
results
from
new
development
being
taxed
for
the
first
time,
development
is
also
creating
thousands
of
new
jobs,
since
2014
projects
approved
by
the
BPD,
a
board
have
created
forty,
eight
thousand
four
hundred
thirty
two
construction
jobs
and
forty
eight
thousand
six
hundred
twenty
two
permanent
non
construction
jobs.
We
have
put
climate
resiliency
at
the
forefront
of
our
work.
We've
updated
rezoning
code
to
require
new
projects
to
demonstrate
resilience
to
sea
level
rise
and
other
impacts
of
climate
change.
B
A
public
process
is
currently
underway,
began
this
month
to
create
a
flood
resiliency
zoning
overlay
district,
which
will
give
us
a
tool
to
protect
against
risks
to
life,
safety
and
property
damage
and
conserve
the
value
of
land
and
buildings.
Our
economy
in
Boston
is
strong,
but
we
know
there
is
more.
We
must
do.
We
will
only
truly
succeed
as
a
city
if
every
single
person
has
a
fair
shot
at
the
opportunities
we
are
creating
through
our
work
I'm
pleased
to
report,
we
have
taken
several
steps
this
year
to
increase
our
diversity
and
inclusion
efforts.
B
B
Respondents
must
now
include
a
diversity
and
inclusion
plan
articulating
a
commitment
to
meaningful
participation
by
people
of
color
women
in
the
businesses
they
own
in
construction,
design,
development,
financing
operations
and
ownership.
This
policy
will
foster
a
more
inclusive
workforce
while
creating
more
opportunities
for
building
long
term
wealth
and
economic
prosperity
for
all
it's
still
early,
but
the
impact
of
the
new
policy
is
promising.
We
are
seeing
new
partnerships
being
formed
and
new
outreach
happening
that
simply
had
not
taken
place
before
in
the
next
few
years.
B
The
policy
will
apply
to
up
to
two
million
square
feet
of
public
land
that
is
likely
to
be
developed
where
exploring
ways
to
strengthen
our
tools
for
enforcing
this
policy
in
creating
new
ones.
We've
worked
with
the
mayor's
office
of
economic
development
to
launch
a
disparity
study
that
will
provide
the
data.
We
need
to
strengthen
our
equity
policies.
The
results
of
that
study
will
give
us
the
legal
tools.
B
This
past
winter,
our
entire
staff
participated
in
a
full-day
off-site
implicit
bias,
training
discussion,
that's
being
followed
up
by
a
smaller
group
training
that
will
further
dialogue
around
race
and
ethnicity.
These
sessions
will
develop
a
proposed
action
plan
with
the
goal
of
fostering
inclusivity
and
equity
minded
perspectives
at
the
BPD.
A
concurrently
senior
leadership
at
the
organization
is
participating
in
diversity,
workshops
that
assist
in
building
increased
capacity
to
support
staff
and
future
staff
recommendations.
B
Within
our
planning
department,
we've
launched
a
Community
Engagement
Team
to
serve
as
liaisons
between
staff
and
community
members.
Their
role
is
above
and
beyond
article
80
proceedings
and
community
planning
efforts.
These
are
our
eyes
our
ears
in
our
primary
means
of
communicating
with
community
leaders
and
activists
and
community
members
as
individuals
and
groups
in
our
neighborhoods
we've
also
increased
interpretation
and
translation
services
at
our
public
meetings,
especially
for
the
various
neighborhood
planning
studies
underway,
lauren
Shurtleff.
B
Our
interim
director
of
planning
can
speak
in
more
detail
about
this
work
and,
finally,
our
budget,
which
we
are
here
today
to
discuss
I'm
happy
to
report
that,
due
to
several
reforms
made
over
the
past
few
years
to
improve
the
way
we
operate,
the
BPD
a
is
seeing
favorable
trends
in
both
revenue
and
operating
expenses.
This
is
further
explained
in
the
questionnaire
responses
you
received
with
our
fiscal
year
2019
budget
summary.
This
document
helps
describe
in
detail
our
operating
budget
and
expenses
in
October.
B
The
BPD
a
took
another
step
towards
addressing
our
infrastructure
needs
by
establishing
a
capital
reserve
fund
as
a
mechanism
to
set
aside
funding
for
critical
projects
outlined
in
our
ten-year
capital
improvement
plan.
This
will
ensure
that
any
positive
financial
performance
we
see
goes
directly
to
supporting
our
capital
needs.
Currently,
that
fund
has
18
million
dollars
in
it.
B
We
are
grateful
for
the
2.4
million
dollars
included
in
the
city
capital
budget
for
resilience
project
in
the
Raymond
L
Flynn,
Marine,
Park
and
planning
projects.
Nevertheless,
our
comprehensive
capital
needs
assessment
which
identifies
and
prioritizes
over
200
million
dollars
in
long-term
investments
in
infrastructure
projects
to
support
future
economic
growth
in
the
Raymond
L
Flynn
Marine
Park,
the
Charlestown
Navy
Yard
Long
Wharf,
the
China
trade
building
at
2,
Boylston
Street
in
the
BPD
A's
other
physical
assets
is
providing
the
roadmap
for
the
prioritization
of
projects.
B
We
are
now
working
to
establish
a
strategic
and
sustainable
funding
plan
to
support
this
critical
work
associated
with
our
property.
In
closing,
we
at
the
BPD
a
are
committed
to
continuing
to
evolve
into
an
agency
that
better
serves
our
community
and
creates
an
inclusive
Boston
with
opportunity
for
all.
It's
now
my
pleasure
to
turn
it
over
to
Trin
win
for
discussion
of
the
mayor's
office
of
Workforce
development's
activities.
Thank.
C
You
thank
you
so
much
director
golden
Thank,
You
council
members
who
are
present
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
CEO
moe,
and
vice
chairman
councillor
McCarthy.
My
name
is
Tran
Wynn
and
I
have
the
pleasure
of
serving
as
a
director
of
the
office
of
workforce
development.
Owd
is
an
innovative
agency
within
the
block,
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency.
C
As
you
heard
BPD
a
we
seek
to
ensure
the
full
participation
of
all
Boston
residents
in
the
city's
economic
vitality
and
future
owd
funds
and
overseas
programs
that
promote
workforce
development
through
education,
job
training,
apprenticeships,
financial,
coaching
career
pathways
and
the
like
support
from
the
BPD
a
allows.
Our
office
to
leverage
federal
and
state
dollars
successfully
carry
out
programs
and
goals
for
workforce
development.
C
We
also
supported
youth
programs
that
served
over
1,600
young
people
during
the
summer
and
throughout
the
school
year,
including
1,400
placed
in
jobs
and
146,
who
made
educational
advancements
in
post-secondary
education
and
in
our
last
funding
round
with
the
neighborhood
Jobs
Trust,
which
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
councillor
co-moh,
who
was
the
previous
trustee
and
now
the
new
trustee
councillor
Baker.
Thank
you
and
welcome
on
board
as
a
trustee
of
the
neighborhood's
jobs
trust.
C
Last
year,
the
NJ
T,
which
is
funded
by
linkage,
fees
as
you've
heard
direct
their
golden,
had
talked
about
their
developments
throughout
the
city
we
trained
and
educated
over
2300
Boston
residents
residents,
along
with
those
linkage
fees,
this
investment
positions,
workers
for
Career,
Pathways
and
living
wage
jobs
and
employers
that
we
brought
through
the
development
through
the
BPD
a
for
example.
We
also
place
graduates
of
these
programs
into
Career
Pathways
in
growth
industries,
now
earning
an
average
wage
of
$15
and
23
cents,
with
72%
of
these
participants
and
workers
having
benefits
and
career
pathways.
C
Our
office
with
our
funding
also
supports
the
Boston
tax
help
coalition
and
the
Coalition
just
completed
its
annual
year
of
free
tax,
preparation
for
Boston
residents,
serving
up
approximately
13,000
residents
and
households
and
returning
2.6
million
taxes
back
to
the
community
in
households.
And
then
there,
then
it
is
recycled
back
into
the
economic
vitality
of
Boston's
neighborhoods.
A
new
component
of
our
Boston's
wealth
building
effort
is
also
launched
within
our
boss
and
builds
credit.
C
It's
a
citywide
partnership
with
the
United
Way
in
this
Boston
within
owd,
and
we've
completed
our
first
year
of
assisting
Boston
residents
to
improve
their
financial
well-being
through
credit
building,
for
example,
highlights
of
the
first
year
included
reaching
1600
residents
for
coaching
and
performing
2400
financial
checkups
with
credit
advising
and
the
result
is
that
over
half
of
these
Boston
residents
increased
their
scores
by
30
points
and
obtaining
low
debt
and
low-interest
loans
for
both
their
cars
homes
and
stand-in
student
education.
At
the
same
time.
C
Lastly,
through
the
mayor,
the
mayor's
tuition
free
Community
College,
which
is
also
funded
by
linkage,
fees
and
the
neighborhood's
jobs
trusts.
We
currently
enroll
over
300
boston,
public
school
graduates.
In
our
plan,
students
enrolled
through
the
program
have
an
average
graduation
rate
of
70%
over
three
years
and
that's
above
the
industry
rate
nationally
and
throughout
the
state
and
the
majority
of
the
tuition
free
Community
College
students
are
students
of
color
and
women
and
single
women
throughout
the
neighborhoods
of
Boston
mayor
Walsh
is
tuition.
C
Free
Community
College
college
plan
now
expanded
to
include
for
higher
educational
institutions,
Benjamin
Franklin
Institute
of
Technology
Bunker
Hill,
Community,
College,
Mass,
Bay,
Community,
College
and
Roxbury
Community
College.
All
this
is
made
possible
by
linkage
fees
in
the
neighborhoods
jobs,
trust
and
development
around
the
city
of
Boston.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
about
our
office
and
I'm
happy
to
follow
up
with
any
questions
you
may
have.
Thank.
D
Thanks
Trent
I'm,
so
I
also
want
to
thank
the
chair
and
the
members
of
the
council
for
having
us
here
today:
I'm
Devin,
cork
and
I'm,
the
director
of
real
estate
for
the
agency
in
this
role,
I'm
responsible
for
the
over
11
million
square
feet
of
real
estate.
The
BPD
owns
across
Boston
and,
as
the
council
knows,
our
major
contiguous
land
holdings
are
in
the
Raymond
Elfland
industrial
park,
Marine
Park
and
South
Boston
and
the
Charlestown
Navy
Yard.
D
We
also
hold
many
urban
renewal
properties
concentrated
in
downtown
Charlestown,
Roxbury,
the
south
and
Chinatown
and
several
other
neighborhoods.
Well
much
of
this
portfolio
is
actively
leased
to
long-term
land
lease
holders
we
own
nearly
200
properties,
which
require
our
care
and
maintenance.
Our
work
is
to
redevelop
our
vacant
and
underutilized
properties
off
against
the
most
attention,
but
the
real
estate
team
is
also
responsible
for
the
daily
operations
and
long-term
capital
improvements
needed
all
of
our
properties.
Under
director
Goldman's
leadership.
D
We've
recently
competed
completed
a
ten-year
capital
needs
assessment
which
lays
out
over
a
hundred
and
seven
870
important
projects
that
which
amount
to
over
200
million
in
capital
needs
and
to
understand
the
BP
day's
budget
in
the
long
term
in
its
long-term
financial
strategy.
It's
critical
to
understand
the
scope
of
this
capital
assessment.
Well,
the
list
of
projects
is
too
long
to
go
through.
I
thought
it
might
be
helpful
to
highlight
a
couple
of
examples
in
the
Charlestown
Navy
Yard.
D
We
have
recently
committed
to
the
demolition
and
environmental
remediation
of
building
108,
which
is
the
dilapidated
former
power
power
plant.
This
five
million
dollar
project
will
remove
a
blighted
eyesore
from
the
neighborhood
and
pave
the
way
for
future
redevelopment
in
the
historic
monument
area
in
the
Marine
Park.
We
have
major
capital
needs
on
both
the
east
and
south
jetties,
where
the
crumbling
seawall
is
beginning
to
present
a
hazard
for
our
property
at
the
end
of
it
Kennedy
in
Dolphin,
Way
replacing
all
the
maritime
infrastructure
in
this
area
will
likely
exceed
16
million.
D
So
we
were
taking
this
project
in
stages
over
the
next
several
years.
In
the
near
term,
we
are
moving
forward
with
the
seawall
and
bulkhead
reconstruction
on
the
east
jetty,
which
will
cost
approximately
2.8
million
at
the
China
trade
building.
We
are
building
off
the
nearly
sixteen
point:
five
million
in
capital
and
improvements
we
have
made
in
recent
years
of
this
important
property
in
Chinatown
by
moving
forward
with
a
$425,000
project
to
repair
the
atrium
and
skylights
beyond
restoring
this
building
to
its
historic
grandeur.
D
If
this
investment
will
also
improve
the
experience
of
our
tenants,
which
include
urban
college,
Chinatown,
Main
streets,
the
Boston
Public
Library,
Chinatown
branch
and
many
others,
and
on
Long
Wharf,
we
are
beginning
phases
along
long
planning,
long-term
resiliency
investments
needed
to
address
sea
level
rise
and
the
deterioration
of
a
seawall
due
to
wave
action
from
boat
traffic
in
the
area.
Well,
the
needed
investments
here
might
likely
exceed
10
million.
D
D
The
good
news
is
that
in
recent
years,
our
real
estate
assets
have
performed
well,
allowing
us
to
set
aside
the
capital
necessary
to
be
and
to
make
some
of
these
necessary
improvements,
and,
as
you
heard
from
director
golden,
we
have
worked
closely
with
the
BPD,
a
finance
team
to
establish
a
strategic
funding
plan
that
works
in
conjunction
with
our
procurement
and
administrative
objectives.
In
addition,
we
are
very
grateful
to
the
Walsh
administration
and
to
this
council
for
the
opportunity
to
occasionally
access
city
of
Boston
Capital
dollars.
D
This
year's
capital
plan
includes
one
critical
BPD,
a
project,
a
two
billion
dollar
investment
to
improve
the
long-term
resiliency
and
streetscape
along
northern
avenue.
New
Marine
Park
in
closing
I
just
want
to
reiterate
our
commitment
to
transparency,
inclusive
inclusiveness,
equity
and
fairness.
In
the
way
we
conduct
our
real
estate
practice.
As
the
director
highlighted,
we
are
prioritizing
diversity
and
inclusion
in
the
development
of
BP
day
of
property,
and
we
are
also
investing
in
strategies
to
advance
diversity
and
contracting
services.
D
To
further
that
goal,
we
recently
submitted
a
joint
application
with
the
city
for
the
living
cities,
which
is
a
natural
national
accelerator
program
to
promote
inclusive
procurement.
This
is
important
work
that
will
help
ensure
our
investments
and
financial
transactions
continue
to
align
with
the
values
of
our
agency
and
our
city.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
Lauren
short
lift,
who
is
our
interim
director?
We're
planning,
Thank.
E
You
Devin,
and
thank
you
also
to
the
councilmembers
present
this
afternoon.
My
name
is
Lauren
Shurtliff
and
I
am
the
interim
director
of
planning
at
the
BPD
a
the
planning
division
is
comprised
of
five
highly
collaborative
departments
which
include
urban
design,
downtown
and
neighborhood
planning,
climate
change
and
environmental
planning,
regulatory
planning
and
zoning
and
transportation
and
infrastructure
planning.
Our
staff
is
comprised
of
professional
architects
and
urban
designers
planning
at
the
BPD.
A
is
an
iterative
process
which
involves
community
engagement,
expert
consultants
and
the
input
of
our
experienced
staff.
E
Resulting
plans
are
comprehensive
documents
which
articulate
broad
community
goals,
as
well
as
outlined,
physical
development
opportunities
and
guidelines
guided
by
our
citywide
master
plan.
Imagine
Boston
2030
a
two
year:
four
million
dollar
effort
that
was
completed
in
2017.
We
have
recently
embarked
on
a
number
of
new
planning
initiatives.
We
are
very
much
committed
to
implementing
these
studies
using
the
imagine
Boston
framework,
with
the
goal
of
supporting
a
vibrant
economy,
enhancing
quality
of
life
for
all
of
our
residents
and
preparing
our
city
for
climate
change.
E
This
past
year
we
kicked
off
plan
downtown
plan,
East
Boston
plan
Matapan
and
plan
New
Market
nearing
completion,
our
plan
Glover's
Corner
in
Dorchester,
and
plan
Dudley
Square
in
Roxbury.
These
are
in
addition
to
the
various
other
planning
efforts
we
are
engaged
in,
such
as
the
Austin
Brighton
mobility
study,
the
Seaport
Transit
strategic
study,
the
Raymond
L
Flynn
Marine
Park
master
plan
and
the
flood
resiliency
zoning
overlay,
district
and
resiliency
design
guidelines
process
to
name
a
few
to
support
these
efforts.
E
In
the
past
year,
as
Brian
mentioned,
we
have
hired
three
new
Community
Engagement
managers
and
built
out
a
Community
Engagement
Team,
which
now
totals
four.
They
are
helping
to
engage
diverse
communities
and
expand
our
efforts
in
reaching
new
community
voices.
So
far,
we
are
receiving
excellent
feedback
about
their
work.
E
Moreover,
with
the
purpose
of
advancing
our
community
engagement
activities
and
reaching
the
widest
possible
audience,
which
frequently
includes
a
population
whose
first
language
is
not
English,
we
have
expanded
our
investments
in
interpretation
services
for
public
meetings,
as
well
as
translation
services
for
all
printed
Mirchi
materials,
including
meeting
advertisements.
The
goal
is
that
these
investments
will
help
make
more
connections
with
the
communities
that
we
serve
with
that
the
director
and
my
colleagues
thank
the
chairman
for
his
time
and
look
forward
to
the
rest
of
this
afternoon's
discussion
with
you.
F
G
F
Got
anything
up
there,
but
you
really
do
have
a
great
team
if
I,
if
I
fail
to
mention
somebody
I'll
get
in
trouble.
So
that's
a
over
that's
an
umbrella
of
you've
got
a
good
team,
but
I
will
mention
Lance
Campbell,
just
because
we're
gonna
be
a
we're.
Gonna
be
in
a
war
zone
tonight
around
6:30
for
another
for
another,
fantastic
fun
and
exciting
meeting
and
literally
I
walked
to
that
meetings
across
the
street,
and
it's
the
it's
the
worst
meeting
ever
so.
G
F
E
So,
thank
you
for
that
councillor
McCarthy
at
this
point.
What's
going
on,
there
is
much
more
project
based
and
less
of
a
planning
lens.
We
are,
you
know,
reviewing
projects
within
the
imagine
Boston
framework
in
the
sense
of
you
know
an
enhanced
community
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
that
dialogue.
I.
Don't
have
any
specific
remarks
that
specifically
talk
to
that
right
now,
but
I
can
get
back
to
you
with
some
okay.
G
E
Right
now,
we've
they've
been
having
a
lot
of
light
engagement
and
a
couple
of
workshops,
they're.
Actually,
speaking
of
having
a
you,
know,
diverse
kind
of
audience,
they're
having
a
Haitian
focus
meeting
this
Thursday,
which
is
going
to
be
presented
in
Haitian
Creole,
primarily
with
an
English
interpreter.
So
that's
kind
of
interesting
and
exciting.
E
They've
also
had
some
inclusionary
development
program
updates
out
in
Mattapan
recently
in
terms
of
the
actual
planning
study
right
now
we
have
and
request
for
proposals
out
for
consultants
to
help
us
kind
of
work
through
what
plan
Mattapan
is
going
to
become.
Those
responses
are
due
in
a
matter
of
weeks,
and
you
know,
we've
had
pretty
good
feedback
so
far
from
the
develop
proposal
or
consultant
community,
and
we
look
forward
to
engaging
with
a
team,
hopefully
by
the
July
board,
that
would
be
approved
by
the
BPD
a
and
we
could
start
work
with
them
very.
E
That's
a
good
question
I
like
to
think
of
it
that
all
of
the
planning
initiatives
take
their
guidance
first
and
foremost
from
imagine
Boston,
and
you
know
who
start
all
of
our
presentations
with
how
and
what
specifically
imagine
Boston
called
for
in
those
neighborhoods
in
terms
of
the
actual
document
coming
back
out.
That's
something
we're
actually
working
on
figuring
out
what
the
best
way
to
do.
That
would
be.
Maybe
it's
you
know
having
somebody
on
our
team.
That's
specifically
focused
on
its
implementation,
for
instance,.
I
I
That
he
haven't
had
a
campus
on
oh
and
your
newest
addition
Steve
Harvey.
They
know
the
inner
workings
of
the
council
so
pleasure
to
work
with
all
of
them,
as
well
as
the
rest
of
the
team.
You
had
referenced
in
your
opening
and
I
caught
the
piece
of
it.
I
think
you
referenced
how
many
projects
apostles
are
being
taxed
for
the
first
time.
Can
you
just
rephrase
that
again.
B
Sure
so,
if
you
look
at
the
city's
new
revenue
for
FY,
19
isn't
complete
yet,
but
it's
about
to
be
complete.
It
looks
like
about
a
hundred
thirty.
Three
million
dollars
in
new
revenue
will
flow
to
the
city
as
a
result
of
gains
in
property.
Tax
revenue
yields
of
that
133
133,
new
133
million
new
dollars,
stead
of
flowing
to
the
city
from
property
taxes,
77
million
are
flowing
from
new
development.
B
That's
that's
something
being
taxed
at
its
full
rate
for
the
first
time,
a
complete
project,
and
so,
as
you
can
see,
it's
significantly
more
than
half
of
the
new
revenue
that
is
flowing
to
the
city
and
property
tax
dollars
is
from
brand-new
development.
You
know,
obviously,
it's
not
just
one
time
its
embedded
in
the
city's
property
tax
base
forever.
So
that
really
is
the
gift
that
keeps
on
giving
and
it's
what
allows
the
city
and
the
City
Council
to
budget
incrementally
slightly
more
money
every
year.
I
That's
fantastic:
that's
what
I
thought
I
heard
a
she
wanted
you
to
dial
down
on
that
and
then
how
much
of
Boston
is
tax
exempt
for
us
is
taxable,
so
it
seems
like
we're
adding
to
the
tax
rolls
which
is
healthy
for
the
city,
but
we
also
have
a
significant
portion
of
our
land,
particularly
Raunak
College
University
Hospitals.
They
continue
to
gobble
up
property,
taking
it
off
the
tax
rolls.
It
seems
like
we're
offsetting
that
with
that
sort
of
77
million.
But
do
we
have
a
you
know
it's
50/50.
If.
B
You
I
think,
historically
that
number
proximate
it
again
because
of
government
buildings
and
university
buildings,
Medical
Center
buildings,
all
of
which,
except
for
the
handful,
that
a
for-profit
our
tax
exempt
I
believe
the
number
historically
has
been
in
the
fifty
percent
room.
I'm,
not
positive
of
that
I
can
certainly
get
it,
but
it's
probably
safe
to
say
it
again,
whether
you're
looking
at
terra
firma,
the
dirt
or,
if
you're,
looking
at
square
footage.
It's
probably
over
forty
percent.
Okay,.
I
I'm
squaring
the
goal,
obviously
minimizing
the
tax
again
piece
of
this
is
critical
for
us
to
continue
to
move
forward
with
the
spending
and
programming's
that
you
referred
to.
The
council
has
before
it
a
tax
transfer
fee.
Just
may
be
quick
snapshot
of
your
thoughts
on
that.
It's
some
in
substance
that
would
establish
an
investor
or
commercial
transfer
fee.
It
would
impose
a
25
percent
purchase.
I
B
I
think
and
I'm
not
not
attempting
to
take
a
pass.
That
really
is
the
the
mayor
and
the
administration's
call
whether
or
not
it
sees
merit
in
that
proposal
or
not
it's
it's
from
the
administration's
perspective,
their
prerogative
from
the
council's
perspective.
It's
your
prerogative.
It
just
observes
that
that
we
do
really
well
in
this
city
from
a
development
standpoint.
Not
only
do
we
get
development,
residential
development,
commercial
development,
institutional
development
that
we
certain
think
serves
the
needs
of
the
city
of
Boston's
people
all
along
the
socio-economic
spectrum.
B
We
get
those
structures,
but
we're
also
getting
significant
things
out
of
them.
I
just
pointed
out
the
new
tax
revenue,
that's
generated
the
if
you
look
just
a
snapshot
last
year,
just
2018
January
2018
till
the
present
so
about
15
16
17
months
last
year.
In
addition
to
the
things
I
just
mentioned:
housing
jobs,
tax
revenue,
the
linkage
fund,
housing,
linton,
Jude
linkage
and
jobs.
Linkage
has
yielded
about
35
million
new
dollars,
IDP
the
inclusionary
development
affordability
requirement
last
over
the
past
16
months
has
yielded
over
8
million
new
dolls
in
cash.
B
That's
in
addition
to
creating
units
in
the
new
developments.
This
is
IDP
cash,
public
realm
improvements,
almost
5
million
dollars
over
the
past
year
year
and
a
half
transportation,
almost
just
under
2
million
dollars.
Community
benefits
for
a
variety
of
organizations,
functions
and
activities,
2.2
million
dollars,
money
for
parks
and
open
space
about
6
million
dollars.
Those
are
the
things
that
we
are
able
to
pull
from
new
development,
so
an
additional
layering
on
associated
with
costs
of
owning
managing
transferring
property.
B
It
has
to
be
factored
in
that
there's
there's
a
lot
being
extracted
out
of
development.
Whether
or
not
this
particular
transfer
proposal
has
a
harmful
effect
or
not
I.
Don't
think
we
have
really
analyzed
that
and
closely
enough,
but
we're
always
very
careful,
very
cautious
about
when,
when
you
know
new
impositions
end
up
having
a
negative
impact
on
the
things
that
I
just
mentioned,
you
don't
want
it
to
put
it
primitively,
you
don't
want
to.
You
know
the
kill,
the
goose
that
lays
the
golden
egg.
So
we're
very
careful.
B
I
You
and
you
read
referenced
IDP.
We
just
want
to
take
the
opportunity
I
know,
but
on
behalf
of
council
Flynn
and
I,
we
recognize
some
scofflaws
that
we're
not
playing
by
the
rules
of
the
IDP
working
with
my
Christopher
in
your
office,
and
you
came
down
pretty
hard
on
them,
which
we
appreciate.
The
IDP
is
there
for
a
reason
we're
trying
to
solve
housing
crisis
in
when
you
have
developers
being
cute
and
skirting
it.
I
It
warranted
prompt
and
appropriate
in
significant
response,
and
you
did
that
so
on
behalf
of
the
community
and
also
we
have
for
the
city,
because
we
by
referencing
that
instance
you
it
opened
up
to
several
others
that
were
brought
to
your
attention
and
you
dealt
with
it
swiftly.
So
we
appreciate
that.
Thank.
J
You
chair
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
Can
you
just
summarize
for
me
how
many
small
projects
and
big
projects
we
have
going
on
right
now,
so.
J
B
Know
it's
an
excellent
question
counselor
and
we
look
at
the
data
like
everybody
else
in
the
private
sector
and
the
public
sector,
trying
to
discern
when
the
end
to
this
very
robust
economic
climate,
this
very
robust
period
of
real
estate
development
comes
to
an
end.
What
we
do
know
is
we're
already
the
longest
economic
recovery
ever
since
World
War
two
there
that
we
just
passed
the
ten
year
mark
I
think
earlier
this
calendar
year,
making
us
the
longest
economic
recovery
since
the
late
1940s.
B
B
We
see,
we
see
not
only
people
continuing
to
permit
projects.
Last
year
we
did
12
million
12
million
square
feet
of
new
development
approved
in
the
calendar
year.
2018
that
looks
an
awful
lot
like
the
prior
5
years.
As
far
as
approvals
very
similar
numbers
and
but
what's
important,
is
those
numbers
aren't
just
approvals.
Developers
are
taking
those
article
80
approvals
from
the
BP
da
and
going
to
ISD
and
pulling
the
building
permits.
That's
what
you
know
we
care
about
back
in
the
battle
days
of
o
8,
o
9,
o
10.
B
When
the
economy
had
imploded,
people
were
still
doing
a
lot
of
permitting
work
upstairs
at
the
agency
problem
was
no
one,
was
turning
around
getting
financing
and
building
the
things
they're
building
them
now,
and
we
don't
see
the
slowdown.
I
can't
tell
you
what
it
looks
like
two
years
from
now,
but
I
think.
B
If
you
look
at
the
next
18
months,
given
what
we
know
is
happening
outside
there's
over
20
million
square
feet
of
development
underway
right
now
being
built
new,
could
the
cranes
and
the
sky
and
the
cranes
in
the
sky,
the
only
things
going
vertical,
there's
plenty
out
there
going
on
without
the
crane.
Having
shown
up
yet
are
the
cranes
work
being
completed,
so
you
might
have
50
cranes
out.
There
tells
you
50
big
projects
underway,
but
there
are
others
just
getting
going.
They
get
the
foundation
work
on
cranes.
B
Not
there
yet
are
they've
topped
off
the
building,
don't
need
the
crane
anymore
it's
about
a
hundred
in
in
that's
that
really
continues
to
move
forward
unabated
and
it
again,
if
you
just
look
at
the
average
large
project,
probably
takes
about
two
and
a
half
years
to
build
it.
We
know
20
million
square
feet
of
new
projects
is
underway.
They
take
two
and
a
half
years
to
build
they're
all
at
various
stages
of
completion.
J
You
for
that
one
of
the
comments
that
I
hear
from
community
meetings
across
the
city
is
the
process
concerns
about
the
process
of
notification.
When
we
talk
about
how
neighbors
are
finding
out
about
what's
happening
down
the
street
around
the
corner
or
next
door,
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
official
notification
process.
What
constituents
our
residents
should
expect
for
notification
when
a
project
is
happening
in
their
neighborhood
sure.
B
So
the
the
most
important
thing
to
keep
in
mind
we,
we
have
had
a
process.
You
know
article
80
in
particular
for
talking
development.
It's
been
around
since
the
since
nineteen.
Ninety
six,
just
over
20
years
old,
we
have
a
variety
of
notice
requirements
associated
with
the
various
stages
of
article
80,
but
there
are
other
community
proceedings
that
could
occur,
that
that
aren't
necessarily
governed
by
that
those
timeframes.
So
we
always
strive
for
ample
notice.
B
D
I
would
just
add
one
thing
to
what
director
golden
just
said:
I
think
in
addition
to
that,
we're
one
things
we're
looking
at
is
notifying
abutters
or
neighborhood
representatives
of
public
meetings.
How
can
we
reach
them
in
the
languages
that
are
most
appropriate
to
reach
them?
You
heard
Laurence
piqued
a
little
bit
to
the
translation
services
that
are
available
and
interpretive
services
we've.
Also
looking
at
what
newspapers
we
are
we
advertise
in.
J
K
You,
mr.
chairman
and
afternoon
Brian
into
your
team,
thank
you
for
the
great
work
you
do.
Brian
you've
touched
upon
this
a
little
bit
in
your
opening
statement.
Would
you
mind
talking
more
about
sustainability
efforts
that
the
BPD
is
really
sort
of
helping
to
drive,
as
it
relates
to
new
construction,
new
development
sure
so.
B
We've
been
working
on
this
for
a
long
time,
and
you
know
article
37
sort
of
blazed
the
trail
with
regard
to
sustainability
needs
that
are
not
just
in
the
interests
of
the
city
of
Boston,
not
just
in
the
interests
of
a
given
neighborhood.
Is
it
there
in
the
private
sector
for
profit
interests
of
developers
to
abide
by
these
requirements,
because
it's
about
protecting
their
property,
protecting
against
threats
to
life
safety
in
structure,
so
article
7,
article
37,
has
been
with
us
for
a
number
of
years.
B
Initial
concerns
were
that
it
didn't
have
teeth
that
you
have
a
checklist
of
things
we'd
like
to
see
you
explore
as
part
of
your
permitting
process,
but
what
we
have
found
in
that
in
that
process
is
that
the
vast
majority
of
developers
do
comply.
They
do
the
things
that
article
37
seeks,
because
it's
in
their
own
self-interest
most
have
found
that
to
be
a
very
compelling
argument
and
compelling
reality
that
prompts
them
to
take
action.
B
No,
as
you
know,
the
the
mayor
has
at
the
end
of
last
year,
spoke
more
broadly
about
resiliency,
as
it
relates
to
Boston
Harbor.
He
announced
resilient
Boston
Harbor
tour,
Greater,
Boston
Chamber
of
Commerce
speech
at
the
end
of
the
year.
Where
attack
you
late,
articulated.
Look,
the
forty
plus
miles
of
harbor
edge
for
the
city
are
vulnerable,
almost
all
of
its
vulnerable,
the
the
the
floodplains
not
only
that
we've
looked
at
in
the
past,
which
are
retrospective,
the
FEMA
flood
plains.
They
look
backwards.
We're
also
looking
at
flood
plains
forward.
B
That
was
part
of
our
our
imagine.
Boston
2030
effort
and
the
the
flooding
danger
looking
forward
is
is
is
very
disturbing
indeed
bad
enough.
When
you're
looking
at
the
FEMA
maps
retrospectively,
where
the
floods
been
that's
scary,
where
the
floods
going
to
be
scarier,
so
resilient,
Boston
Harbor
was
articulated
as
a
means
of
addressing
that
over
time.
B
We
don't
have
to
get
the
answer
right
tomorrow,
but
we
do
have
to
work
systematically
day
by
day
to
implementing
physical,
physical
infrastructure
improvements
to
prevent
downtown
Boston
and
in
and
our
neighborhoods
that
are
more
proximate
to
the
harbor
from
flooding.
So
resilient,
Boston
Harbor
was
kicked
off.
B
We
played
a
significant
role
in
that,
as
well
as
the
city's
office
of
environment,
and
in
will
that
will
be
a
continued
to
be
in
our
wheelhouse
for
as
far
as
the
eye
can
see,
we
will
continue
to
demand
not
only
the
development
protect
itself
from
a
resiliency
standpoint,
pretty
easy
to
get
developers
to
do
that,
because
it's
in
their
interest.
The
challenge
is
to
do
it
more
in
a
more
district-wide
fashion,
a
neighborhood
fashion,
a
regional
fashion,
so
that
development
is
making
is
contributing
to
resiliency
improvements
along
the
harbor's
edge
and
so
I'm.
K
Just
gonna
cut
you
off
there.
Brian
just
goes
on
five
minutes,
but
now
I
appreciate
that
and
agree
with
virtually
everything
you
said,
I
think
we're
talking
about
two
really
distinct
but
complementary
issues.
Here
one
is
resiliency
how
things
are
build,
we've
seen
and
we've
seen
several
hundred
year,
storms
within
the
last
several
years,
but
also
as
it
talks
about
new
development
and
like
Tim
I'm,
not
going
to
start
thanking
people
because
invariably
I
will
forget
somebody,
but
I
will
mention.
K
Jondells
l
has
done
terrific
work
he's
been
a
great
partner
with
me
as
we
look
at
new
construction
80%
of
all
new
greenhouse
gas
emissions
come
from
our
buildings.
Article
37
is
a
terrific
start,
but
I
would
say
it's
just
that
a
start.
We
need
to
add
more
teeth
to
it,
certainly,
and
we
need
to
make
it
harder
and
it's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I've
been
pushing
for
net
zero
carbon
on
all
new
municipal
buildings,
for
example,
which
is
something
that
we
will
continue
to
do
so.
K
I
appreciate
that
in
there
to
your
point
about
it,
making
good
business
sense
there's
a
market
out
there.
It's
also
I
think
we're
finally
seeing
community
members
come
up
at
many
of
these
I
AG's
or
certain
community
meetings
about
a
development
project
asking
for
Net
Zero
Carbon
are
asking
the
electrified
system
and
we've
seen
some
great
success.
B
K
H
You
councillor
Flynn
Thank,
You,
council
co-moh,
and
thank
you
to
Brian
and
you,
your
staff
of
being
here
and
Brian
I,
also
wanted
to
highlight
an
employee
of
the
BPD,
a
John
Campbell,
who
is
doing
excellent,
excellent
work.
So
I
just
want
to
pass
that
along
to
you
good.
Thank
you
very
much
come
to
think.
B
H
Thank
You,
Bryan
and
also
I,
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
you
for
not
only
the
work
you're
doing
here,
but
work
on
helping
all
the
military
families
as
well.
I
know
that's
an
important
issue
that
you've
been
involved
in
for
30
years.
So
thank
you
for
for
doing
that.
Bryan
I
appreciate
your
kind
words
Bryan
I
know
Michael
mentioned
it
earlier,
but
the
IDP
issue
in
South
Boston,
one
of
the
developers,
tried
to
not
participate
in
the
program
and
try
to
sell
a
affordable
unit
at
a
market
market
rate.
H
So
just
the
enforcement
on
that
type
of
issue
would
be
would
be
very
important
to
us.
I
know
you
highlighted,
highlighted
it
earlier,
so
that's
just
something
that
I'm
gonna.
Hopefully
we
can
continue
working
on
that
I.
Don't
want
to
see
these
developers
try
to
get
out
of
their
obligation
of
providing
affordable
housing,
12
residents
you're.
B
Up
sorry,
a
concert,
it's
a
horror,
show
if
we
have
gone
through
the
process.
First
of
all,
we
have
this
IDP
requirement.
We
we
impose
the
IDP
requirement
on
developers
seeking
to
create
residential
housing
through
the
article
80
in
permitting
process
and
to
actually
end
up
losing
a
unit
right.
Our
units
is
utterly
untenable.
Morally,
politically
right,
you
name
it
that
that
is
a
that
would
be
a
tragic
loss.
B
H
Hate
to
see
another
developer
I'd
try
to
pull
a
stunt
like
that
again,
especially
intentionally
doing
it.
You
can
see
if
it's
a
mistake
but
seems
like
it
was
intentional
I
just
wanted
to
highlight,
learn
what
you
were
talking
about
language
access
as
it
relates
to
the
downtown
planning
process.
I
saw
some
of
the
meetings
in
Chinatown
and
you
you
had
translators
and
you
were
engaging
in
with
the
community
in
Cantonese
and
you're
engaging
with
the
community
in
Mandarin.
H
H
H
If
I'm
saying
it
right
and
is
there,
is
there
something
that
the
city
of
the
BPD
a
is
doing
to
ensure
that
those
residents
that
have
been
there
for
so
many
years
now,
because
the
unit
might
be
affordable
or
market
rate
would
be
potentially
be
evicted?
So
I
want
to
see
what
your
thoughts
are
on
that
type
of
issue.
So.
D
Oriented
developers,
there's
relatively
low
likelihood
that
even
if
they
use
restriction,
expired
that
that
would
result
to
a
conversion
to
market
rate
we're
working
with
those
property
owners,
nonetheless,
to
extend
those
restrictions,
but
there
are
a
few
and
several
in
your
district
owners.
Private
owners
of
affordable
properties
which
have
near-term
expiration
dates.
The
articulated
goal
of
the
administration
is
to
preserve
97%
of
all
those
units.
A
couple
of
losses
are
inevitable,
but
there's
a
whole
team
at
D
and
E.
D
A
couple
of
staff
members
who
really
work
on
nothing,
but
this
issue
and
and
well
I,
can't
speak
to
that
particular
properties.
I'm
sure
they
we're
happy
to
meet
with
you
and
talk
through
every
the
strategy
for
each
building
and
what
what
can
be
accomplished
to
keep
the
tenants
protected
and
to
keep
those
units
productive.
Yeah.
B
L
You,
mr.
Chia,
good
afternoon,
everybody
thank
you
for
coming
I,
like
the
fact
that
there's
actually
some
development
going
on
in
my
neighborhood
now
some
good
development
Brian
you
you
had
talked
about,
and
how
do
you
quantify?
You
mentioned
public
realm
improvement,
traffic
improvements,
all
sorts
of
things
and
you
put
actual
dollar
amounts
on
them-
is
that
is
that
going
through
each
project
and
put
a
dollar
amount
on
all.
B
L
B
Construction
jobs,
the
jobs
that
are
going
into
the
commercial
and
institutional
space
in
the
in
the
property
taxes
and
even
the
IDP
there's
a
lot
more.
That
is
usually
extracted
to
benefit
the
immediate
surroundings
or
the
neighborhood
that
is
hosting
the
project.
And
people
should
just
know
that
that
there
actually
is
more
yeah.
L
L
L
Public
realm
public
realm,
you
know
good
sidewalks,
good
streets
go
a
long
way.
You
know
in
in
any
neighborhood.
I
would
think.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
Brian
about
Glover's
corner
I
know
that
those
recommendations
were
supposed
to?
Maybe
it's.
You
learn.
Those
recommendations
were
supposed
to
be
rolled
out.
I
know
there
was
some
angst
around
there
where
they
rolled
out.
Well,
yes,.
E
E
L
So
will
you
talk
a
little
bit
Lauren
about
one
of
the,
of
course,
the
issues
it's
you
know
just
gentrification
displacement
in
affordability.
We
don't
need
to
get
into
those.
We
could
speak
all
night
on
them,
but
so
what
are
we
doing
for
the
affordability
piece?
What
is
that?
What
is
that
going
to
look
like
so.
E
L
In
someone
won't
moronic
and
someone
give
me
a
definition
of
gentrification-
it's
not
just
changing
neighborhood!
So
when
yes,
I
went
there
so
when,
when,
when
my
neighborhood
changed
in
1970
from
the
70s
to
the
80s,
a
change
change
again
in
the
eighties,
changing
again
in
the
90s
changing
in
now
in
in
in
this
time,
so
that.
D
Many
many
times
internally
and
I
think
maybe
one
of
the
there's
a
there's,
a
difference
between
economic
investment
in
neighborhoods,
which
is
often
a
positive
thing,
and
the
displacement
of
residents
that
have
lived
there
for
the
long
term,
which
is
absolutely
a
bad
thing.
So
I
think
part
of
the
strategy
that
the
VP
day
tries
to
meet
our
housing
goals
and
across
the
board
whenever
we're
having
these
conversations
is
how
to
encourage
investment
in
neighborhoods
and
not
discourage
it
encourage
the
growth
of
our
city.
B
B
Imagine
I
would
imagine,
there's
an
argument
for
everything.
It's
a
it's
a
very
subjective
term.
I
think
often
I'm
sure
there's
a
dictionary,
no
definition
of
it,
but
it's
it's
a
subjective
call
weather
into
Devin's
point
the
the
piece
about
the
gentrification
conversation
that
usually
absorbs
us
most
is
the
piece
about
displacement.
B
Gentrification
ie,
which
usually
means
the
arrival
of
large
numbers
of
new
residents,
who
tend
to
be
more
affluent
than
the
existing
population,
thereby
displacing
the
existing
population.
I
think
that's
a
fairly
conventional
way
to
look
at
it,
not
maybe
a
complete
definition,
but
we
there
are
plenty
people
out
there
who
would
argue
hey
even
if
those
new
arrivals,
those
new
affluent
arrivals,
are
going
a
new
product,
so
they're
not
displacing
anyone.
B
Some
will
still
have
a
big
problem
with
that
because
they
think
they
believe
you
know
in
good
faith,
often
that
the
arrival
of
affluent
new
folks
in
the
neighborhood
in
buildings
for
those
affluent
new
folks,
a
higher
price
point,
has
an
effect
throughout
the
older
residential
housing
stock
and
drives
prices
up
in
there
by,
if
not
directly
sort
of
indirectly
causing
displacement.
So
that's
what
we're
always
wrestling
with,
even
if
the
new
arrivals
are
not
taking
the
units
occupied
by
the
longer
term
residents.
It
is
often
viewed
as
menacing.
B
It's
sort
of
a
leading
indicator
of
what's
gonna,
come
in
to
the
older
residential
stock.
We'd
argue
something
that
needs
to
be
kept
in
mind
as
well
as
look
where
we're
adding
about
eight
or
nine
thousand
people
to
the
city
net
gain
eight
or
nine
thousand
people
every
year
and
that's
been
about
sixty
thousand
people
since
2010
at
sixty-five
thousand
new
Bostonians
net
gain
since
2010
there.
B
They
there's
a
large
contingent
of
that
population.
That's
very
affluent
they're
going
to
go
somewhere
and
they're
going
to
drive
the
prices
up
on
rentals
and
purchase
opportunity
in
the
existing
neighborhoods.
If
we
don't
add
stock
to
absorb
that
population,
that's
a
really
important
part
of
the
conversation.
It's
not
the
only
way
of
dealing
with
the
issue,
but
building
new
stock
is
an
absolute
must
for
addressing
some
of
the.
L
So
the
lies,
developments
drop,
lock,
glove,
this
corner.
We
could
argue
that
there's
no
housing
there
now,
where
most
of
where
most
of
it
is.
If,
if
and
I,
don't
think
Club
this
corner
should
be
heavy
housing.
I
think
it
should
be
about
one
quarter,
housing
the
rest
of
it
should
be
industry
and
jobs
and
and
that
sort
of
stuff,
but
the
argument
would
be
if
those
would
not
built
out
in
there,
then
the
neighborhood
could
potentially
gentrified
the
surrounding
neighborhoods
to
potentially
gentrify.
B
B
Affluent
affluent
new
population
arrives,
a
lower-income
population
is
displaced
there.
You
have
gentrification
without
a
lot
of
new
construction,
yeah,
not
a
lot
of
new
residential
buildings
to
absorb
those
who
desire
to
live
in
the
south
end.
So
those
who
desire
to
live
in
the
south
end
in
the
late
70s
through
the
late
eighties,
not
to
mention
right
up
to
the
present,
but
that
that
period
where
the
south
end
radically
transformed
it
was.
There
was
no
new
significant
development
going
on,
but
it
was
new
population
displacing
an
older
long.
B
So
market
forces
yield
that
outcome
without
you
know,
frankly,
a
suite
of
tools
to
address
the
problem.
We've
got
IDP,
we
have
a
variety
of
tools.
We
use
address
the
needs
of
existing
populations
that
may
have
lower
incomes
than
the
new
arrivals,
but
it's
same
cut
time.
Part
of
that
conversation
must
involve
creating
new
units,
far
those
new
arrivals,
so
there's
less
displacement
of
the
existing
population
within
the
existing
residential
development.
Thank.
B
A
B
We
certainly
can
get
that
to
you.
We
talk
about
demographics
constantly.
As
you
know,
we
employ
a
demographer
within
our
research
department,
because
demography
is
destiny.
We
need
to
understand
what
the
needs
are
from
a
from
a
job
creation
standpoint
from
a
housing
creation
standpoint.
What
does
Boston
need
by
2030
and
beyond?
B
You
write
that
that's
an
enormous
part,
the
return
to
the
city
of
the
empty-nester,
downsizing
selling
the
house
and
the
suburb
and
moving
to
the
one
or
two
bedroom
downtown.
That's
a
piece
of
the
story.
I
think
it
is
interesting
also
that
of
those
roughly
8,000
new
arrivals
net
gain
of
8,000
new
people
because,
of
course,
is
out
migration,
the
Zen
monk
migration.
B
B
A
A
J
J
Workspace
or
live
space,
work
space
and
live
work
space.
We
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
BPD's
role
in
supporting,
live
and
live,
work
and
work
space
and
what
opportunities
there
are
to
either
strengthen
that
housing
solidify
that
housing
for
the
long
term,
because
we've
had
a
number
of
projects
or
projects
expire
and
what
we
can
do
to
solidify
it
for
a
grow
for
the
future,
strengthen
it
sure.
B
In
for
a
long
time,
the
agency
has
worked.
This
goes
back
decades
to
create
not
only
our
IDP
program
deals
with
populations
of
modest
and
lower
incomes
generally,
but
we
also,
depending
on
the
nature
of
the
development
location
of
the
development
in
the
calls
within
a
community
for
artists,
live
work.
Space
often,
which
also
has
an
affordability
component.
Does
we've
been
dealing
with
this
for
the
better
part
of
a
few
decades?
And
you
know
I
had
a
meeting
this
morning
with
some
Fort
Point
folks.
B
There
are
three
buildings
in
Fort
Point,
three
buildings
that
have
200
art
of
C
units
in
them
now
I
mean
that's
a
very
vibrant
ecosystem
that
that's
quite
an
artist
community.
That's
just
in
the
three
buildings
there
are
other.
There
are
other
artists,
live
work
populations
and
in
space
in
the
14-point
area
above
and
beyond
those
three
buildings,
but
that's
what
we
tend
to
think
of
when
we
think
of
housing
that
is
specifically
specifically
carved
out
as
a
part
of
a
real
estate
development
and
approval
process.
J
B
J
G
B
Especially
when
you're
dealing
with
one
that
these
also
these
also
are
created
organically
one
at
one
of
the
buildings
I
referenced
in
in
Fort,
Point
I
think
there's
80
units.
There
are
80
units
of
rental,
100%
artists,
but
it's
purely
private.
It
has
nothing
to
do
with
a
regulatory
control
placed
by
the
BPD
a
on
that
development
as
a
condition
of
approval
was
private.
B
This
was
created
as
a
rental
development
for
artists,
so
there
is
that
piece
of
the
demand
satisfied
by
the
market
and
is
the
piece
of
the
demand
satisfied
by
us
and
our
imposition
of
controls.
It
happens
in
every
neighborhood.
We've
had
some
significant
success
with
the
creation
of
artists
housing
in
my
home
neighborhood
in
Allston
Brighton
and
the
rug
Rove
Braintree
Street
area
over
near
the
New
Balance
campus.
We've
even
had
it
at
the
Westinghouse
plant
there
were
dozens
of
artists,
live-work
loft
housing
in
former
industrial
space
at
the
Westinghouse
plant
in
readville.
B
E
I
was
just
gonna
add
you
know
in
addition
to
these
regulatory
aspects
are
I
shouldn't
lean
back
we're
even
engaging
with
the
mayor's
office
of
Arts
and
Culture.
Earlier
on
in
our
planning
studies
to
talk
about
what
the
potential
opportunities
are,
it's
not
always
housing,
sometimes
it's
just
actual
maker
space,
but
we're
keenly
aware
of
it
and
want
to
support
it
as
best
we
can.
Thank
you
thank.
H
I
know
you
talked
about
it
earlier:
the
growing
population
of
the
South
Boston
waterfront
every
year
the
population
seems
to
seems
to
grow
significantly
opportunity
to
talk
to
the
fire
commissioner,
today
at
a
hearing
about
possibly
having
a
firehouse
down
in
the
South
Boston
waterfront
based
on
the
growing
population,
but
any
any
thoughts
that
you
have
not
whether
we
should
have
one
or
not,
but
just
on
the
growing
population
of
the
of
the
South
Boston
waterfront
lacking
some
services,
police
lacking
lacking
fire,
but
as
the
population
grows,
the.
B
There's
no
question
Council
that
as
the
population
grows,
the
the
sort
of
public
service
infrastructure
necessary
to
support
that
population
will
grow
with
it
and
in
and
obviously
the
the
Seaport
has
grown
radically
last
decade,
two
dozen
years
or
so
your
your
colleague
from
South
Boston
in
the
who
represents
South
Boston,
the
state
Senate
senator
Nick
Collins.
It's
often
raised
concerns
about
the
need
for
a
library.
Remember.
B
The
fire,
commissioner,
has
expressed
interest
in
beginning
to
think
about
a
location
and
a
means
of
supporting
the
creation
and
operation
of
a
new
fire
station
in
and
around
the
Seaport.
So
you
know
there
is
a
there's,
a
major
fire
station.
Just
on
the
other
side
of
the
Greenway
yeah
right.
There
was
a
concern
about
rush
hour
movement
of
those
fire
trucks
over
the
moglie
bridge
and
into
the
Seaport.
That
is,
that
is
a
legitimate
concern,
but
it
is.
There
are
fire
stations
fairly
proximate
as
well
in
South
Boston,
you.
B
Street
so,
but
as
time
goes
on,
we
again
the
the
the
evolution
of
the
the
development
and
the
Seaport
has
been
a
little
unusual
and
it
was
a
little
surprise
to
us.
Those
who've
worked
on
planning
and
development
issues
in
the
Seaport
for
20
years,
rich
McGinnis
who's,
our
deputy
director
of
planning
for
for
waterfront
and
climate
change.
Rich,
has
been
involved
in
those
for
20
years
early
on
in
the
late
90s.
There
was
a
feeling
that
residential
development
would
occur
more
robustly
first
followed
by
commercial.
B
That
isn't
what
happened
by
the
time
the
economy
sort
of
sorted
itself
in
the
Oh
809
timeframe,
the
the
appetite
for
development
over
there
was
actually
commercial,
a
lot
of
Rd
vertex
and
PwC
and
Manulife
Financial
Services.
Listen.
It
was
an
office
in
a
commercial
office
ecosystem.
Now
we
are
seeing
more
residential.
We
thought
the
residential
would
be
first,
probably
followed
by
commercial.
It
was
the
opposite.
H
An
option
I
met
what
she
fully
yesterday
at
the
budget
hearing
and
asked
him
about
the
having
a
ems
presence
down
there
as
well
as
all
as
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
activity,
a
lot
of
businesses,
a
lot
of
residents
difficult
to
get
a
ambulance
there
as
well,
and
the
growing
growing
population
also
a
public
library,
police
presence,
but
as
the
population
continues
to
grow,
based
on
the
data
that
you
are
providing
at
some
point,
we're
gonna
need
we're.
Gonna
need
basic
city
services,
its.
D
Accounts
are
one
thing
we're
we're
looking
at
is
also
how
our
real
estate
portfolio
can
support
these
public
safety
agencies
and
what
their
objectives
are.
So
so
we've
had
some
conversations
with
chief
Huli
about
locating
the
EMS
stations
and
the
rain
park
or
whether
that
might
be
feasible.
We
also
this
is
not
in
your
district,
but
in
charleston
we
are
undergoing
a
community
process
to
put
the
EMS
station,
that
is
at
the
corner
of
initial
aam.
D
H
D
That
there's
a
there's,
an
effort
underway
to
explore
housing
with
public
assets.
Partnerships
between
where,
where
public
real
estate
can
support,
mixed-use
development
that
might
include
residential
or
might
include
commercial
like
the
international
place
example.
So
that's
certainly
a
model
that
we're
looking
at
and
and
in
the
case
of
it,
y'all
stay
on
the
EMS
station
full
steam
ahead
on
exploring
and
I'm.
Looking
at.
How
do
we
might
also
do
that
in
Reeth
park
as
well.
Thank.
L
E
L
B
Not
just
the
percentage
of
units
that
must
be
restricted,
affordable,
deed,
restricted
income,
restricted,
affordable,
it's
the
it's
the
depth
of
the
affordability
yeah.
How
deep
is
the
affordability?
Is
it?
Seventy
percent
of
area
median
income
are
as
a
30
percent
of
area
median
income,
because
that
is
a
radically
different
economic
effect
on
the
potential.
So.
L
E
D
D
L
Okay,
so
we'll
stay
we'll
stay
tuned
to
that
one
there
trained.
How
are
you
today
good
good?
Can
you
talk
trained?
Can
you
try
and
I'm
excited
to
work
with
you
in
the
next,
however
long
we're
working
together?
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit?
What
what
like
the
city's
doing
for
training
people
to
come
into
city
jobs?
We
talked
about
the
the
City
Academy.
We
will
you
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
yes,.
C
Sure
about
a
year
ago,
actually,
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
with
the
support
and
leadership
of
director
golden,
we
had
did
a
planning
on
the
rate
of
retirement
of
departments
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
did
the
Department
of
Public
Works,
Boston,
Police
Department,
the
library,
Boston
Housing,
Authority,
Boston,
Water
and
Sewer,
and
found
that
within
seven
to
ten
years,
the
rate
of
retirement
of
city
workers
were
about
35
to
55
percent,
depending
on
which
field,
and
so
we
were
looking
at
a
lot
of
department.
C
Heads
were
looking
at
how
to
prepare
and
retain
a
diverse
talent
pool
so
that
we
can
do
some
succession
planning,
and
so
the
mayor
and
department
heads
collaboratively
created
the
city
academy,
which
trains
Boston
residents
into
entry-level
positions
that
don't
necessarily
require
a
bachelor's
degree
and
we
started
with
three
tracks:
commercial
driver's
license
and
heavy
equipment
for
the
Department
of
Public
Works.
Also.
C
The
second
track
is
the
EMTs,
the
medical
technicians
with
chief
hooli's
Department,
and
the
last
one
is
job
readiness
for
the
Boston
Police
Department,
the
fire
department,
so
that
high
school
students
can
learn
more
about
these
industries
in
these
fields.
Hopefully,
that
will
also
add
on
to
the
bus
drivers
and
also
teacher's
aide
with
the
Boston
public
school
systems.
L
C
People
in
Boston
gets
to
reap
the
benefits
of
the
economic
vitality,
but
making
sure
that
that
is
equally
allocated
across
the
city
of
Boston.
So
the
City
Academy
is
one
of
many
programs
in
which
the
mayor
and
under
the
director
of
under
the
leadership
of
director
golden
is
to
ensure
that
that
economic
prosperity
is
equally
shared
across
the
city.
L
C
C
C
L
C
Think
in
the
last
five
years,
I've
been
in
this
position
and
the
chair,
the
chair,
trustee
of
NJT,
for
about
five
and
a
half
years
and
I
would
be
comfortable
to
say
that
we
average
about
2.7
million
just
because
development
has
been
very
prosperous
and
obviously
what
we
do
is
one
of
the
major
criteria
in
that
reinvestment.
Is
we
look
at
leverage
dollars
so,
for
example,
for
every
one
dollar
of
linkage
dollars
that
we
invest
in
job
training?
We
leverage
about
$7
of
private
money,
state
or
federal
funds
comparative.
C
And
that
is
very
similar
to
our
investment
with
our
tuition
free
Community
College,
so
which
also
comes
from
leverage
funds
from
linkage
and
neighborhood
shops
trust
so,
for
example,
$1
into
tuition
free
Community
College
leverages
at
least
seven
to
nine
dollars
of
Pell
federal
grants,
and
so
we
kind
of
use
those
dollars
very
wisely.
Is
that.
L
L
H
Thank
You
Council,
C,
hello
and
thank
you
again,
Brian
Brian
is
your
office.
I
know
the
there
was
a
rally
recently
in
Chinatown
about
preserving
the
rowhouses.
Is
there
any
updates
on
on
that
situation?
I
was
there
with
Sheila
doing
and
with
council
Authority
and,
as
you
know
there,
a
lot
of
immigrant
residents
that
are
living
there,
a
lot
of
elderly,
what
have
disabled
and,
unfortunately,
being
priced
out
or
evicted
by
by
wealthy
owners
coming
in
and
trying
to
exploit
the
neighborhood.
So
it's
very,
very
discouraging
we
were
able
to
build.
E
So
I
would
just
I
wouldn't
say
that
there's
necessarily
any
updates
on
that
other
than
I
would
just
reiterate
that
you
know
we're
committed
to
preserving
the
cultural
heritage
of
Chinatown
and
that's
part
of
the
reason
that
we
expanded
the
original
plan
downtown
boundaries
to
include
Chinatown
further
towards
the
Turnpike,
but
additionally,
that
you
know
through
the
lens
of
preserving
when
we
proceed
forward
with
our
scenario
planning
for
planned
downtown
those
row.
Houses
are,
you
know,
critically
important
and
we
look
at
them
as
a
cultural
asset.
So
it's
not.
H
E
H
H
What
are
we
doing
on
preserving
small
businesses
in
Boston
I
had
a
recent
case
of
a
gentleman
who
was
on
Tyler
Street
in
almost
evicted
by
the
landlord
and
Sheila
Dillon
was
was
was
helping
me
on
it.
We
were
able
to
keep
keep
them
in
there,
but
you
know,
as
prices
go
up
in
this
city,
these
small
business
owners
that
have
a
clientele
that
may
not
have
a
lot
of
money.
They
were
also
being
priced
out
of
there
out
of
their
business.
It's
that's.
D
A
great
point
counselor-
and
it's
a
point
that
kind
of
it
goes
back
to
the
point
that
councillor
Baker
is
making
around
displacement.
Cuz
I.
Think
often
when
we
think
of
displacement,
we
think
of
people
living
in
neighborhoods,
but
there's
a
whole
business
sort
of
legacy:
business,
cultural
business,
a
component
displacement,
that's
frankly,
a
little
bit
harder
to
address
there.
D
There
are
certain
standards
they
use
to
establish,
affordable
housing
criteria,
and
how
do
you,
how
you
create
income,
restricted
units
for
people
making
certain
amounts
of
money,
but
the
same
thing
doesn't
exist
for
for
businesses,
because
to
some
extent,
businesses
should
be
allowed
to
fail
if
they're,
not
a
thriving
business,
but
the
same
time
we
want
to
make
sure
the
businesses
that
are
in
our
neighborhoods
very
long
time.
We
give
them
the
most
opportunity
to
succeed.
So
there's
a
it's
a
little
bit
harder
of
a
hood
of
a
policy
to
craft.
That
said,
it's
something!
D
D
What
are
the
next
things
that
we
can
do,
but
but
across
this
team's
work,
certainly
in
our
real
estate
development
work
and
we're
looking
at
keeping
legacy
tenants,
keeping
keeping
rents
moderate
we're
developing
new
spaces
on
publicly
owned
real
estate,
like
we
are
in
Dudley
square,
having
the
opportunity
for
startup
incubator
basis,
a
businesses
step
into
those
spaces
for
me,
the
opportunity
for
small
businesses
to
become
owners
of
their
spaces
rather
than
renters.
These
are
all
things
that
we've
we've
talked
to
know.
Yeah.
H
What
would
that
include
some
type
of
technical
assistance
or
tax
assistance,
tax
breaks
for
longtime
business
owners,
women,
business
owners,
communities
of
color?
They
don't
their
own
businesses
that
have
been
here
for
a
long.
A
long
period
of
time,
I
have
a
lot
of
women
business
owners
in
South
Boston
a
lot
of
Ohio
in
Chinatown
as
well
in
the
south
and
all
throughout
throughout
the
city.
But
you
know
if
we're
able
to
give
assistance
to
other
companies,
couldn't
we
consider
giving
some
type
of
technical
assistance
to
small
businesses
yeah.
D
B
Another
thing
I'd
like
to
point
out
how
so
this
is.
This
is
a
very
much
sort
of
any
early
stages
from
a
public
policy
evolution
standpoint.
The
notion
of
affordable
commercial
space
as
a
restriction
within
the
zoning
code
are
within
planning
guidelines.
Did
we
explored
it
over
in
the
Jaypee
rocks
Harrison
Albany
I'm
sorry
did
we
do
it
in
JP,
Roxas.
B
Albany
JP
rocks.
We've.
We've
embraced
this
notion
that,
in
the
same
way
that
we
might
require
a
deed,
restricted,
affordable
units
in
a
residential
building
that
you
provide
even
in
new
development,
not
just
protecting
old
but
in
new
finding
a
home
for
small
local
businesses
at
an
affordable
price
point
that
normally
would
not
occur.
If
you
are
purely
reliant
on
market
forces
in
a
new
structure,
its
new
structures,
almost
always
by
definition,
mean
high
prices
unless
there's
some
kind
of
policy
intervention.
B
So
we've
tried
that
a
few
times
one
of
the
complications
associated
with
that
is,
we
do
affordable
units
of
housing.
We
can
figure
out
sort
of
a
price.
We
look
at
80%
of
AMI,
they
look
at
70%
of
AMI.
We
know
what
area
median
income
is
and
we
can
calibrate
the
affordability
of
the
unit
accordingly,
using
that
sort
of
well
understood
concept.
But
what
is
the
it's
equivalent
when
it
comes
to
a
commercial
business?
How
do
you
identify
what's
affordable
and
what
should
be
a
reasonable
price
point
for
a
small
local?
B
You
know
mom-and-pop
bodega
and
JP,
so
we
continue
to
sort
of
explore
that,
because
it's
that
that's
more
of
a
brave
new
world
in
the
housing
piece
is
of
that
equation.
But
we
think
it's
just
as
important
that
you
go
to
these
neighborhoods,
where
small,
residential
building
with
first
floor
retail
is
is,
is
being
redeveloped.
You
run
into
these
problems
somewhat
yeah.
H
That's
that
was
the
case
recently.
There
was
a
gentleman
that
owned
a
hairstylist
on
Tyler's
rate
being
being
evicted,
and
you
know
didn't
have
money
for
a
lawyer,
and
you
know
you
saw
all
these
woman
Chinese
woman
that
were
literally
paying
his
legal
bills.
They
were
coming
up
to
the
store
and
giving
them
$3
a
$5
to
for
his
legal-defense
I
mean
it
was.
It
was
great
to
see
that,
but
how
many
times
can
can
we
continue
doing?
That
is.
Is
there
a
better
way
that
we
can
represent
him?
H
D
Believe
that
office
economic
development
has
a
Technical
Assistance,
Program,
no,
and
whether
that
covers
legal
fees,
I
I'm,
not
aware,
but
they
do
give
small
targeted
grants
to
say
the
longtime
local
business
needs
help
sort
of
looking
at
the
retail
strategy
or
their
marketing
strategy.
Those
are
things
that
exist,
and
that's
a
great
idea
is
that
it
should
be
something
that
pass
along
to
to
the
office
or
business
development
today.
Could
they
also
good
legal
season
that
the.
B
One
other
thing
counts,
I'd,
just
like
to
throw
out
there.
We
do
have
a
small
entity
within
the
BPD,
a
the
BLDC
and
the
BLDC
has
loan
making
capacity.
It
very
often
is
the
the
destination
of
last
resort.
Conventional
banks.
Conventional
lenders-
may
not
may
not
provide
the
the
debt,
the
lending
to
the
the
small
business
that
they
need,
but
we
might
see
it
as
a
reasonable
risk
and
and
provide
assistance
through
that
mechanism,
and
we
do
it
all
the
time.
Well,.
L
D
Yeah,
so
the
BP
day
does
have
a
property
in
the
Ovilus
corner
that
efforts
being
led
by
a
second
ohmic
development
as
well,
but
the
idea
of
doing
housing
of
public
assets
is
certainly
something
that
we're
really
excited
about.
In
both
the
city's
real
estate
portfolio,
the
PPA
is
real
estate
portfolio.
How
can
we
create
public/private
partnerships
that
get
more
than
one
thing
done
there
there's
a
couple
different
flavors
of
that
there's.
The
public-private
partnership
that
helps
fund
a
improvement
to
a
capital
asset
that
doesn't
have
to
come
out
of
the
capital
budget.
I.
D
Think
a
good
example
of
that
is
the
Main
Street
in
Charlestown
example,
where
they
get
that
community
benefit
of
new
development
at
that
location
will
be
the
expansion
at
that
of
that
EMS
station,
which
will
not
have
come
at
any
public
expense.
Other
examples
might
be
where
public
assets
might
be
able
to
create
new
housing,
perhaps
new,
affordable
housing
in
combination
with
a
capital
program
that
was
already
envisioned.
So
if
we're
gonna
go
out
and
build
a
new
library,
well,
should
there
be
housing
above
that
library
and
that's
something
that
was.
L
D
D
D
They
don't
want
to
jump
through
all
the
hoops
that
the
city
might
require
in
in
how
the
public
construction
process
is
funded
in
and
overseen.
So
there
that's
finding
the
right
strategy.
The
o
of
those
issues
is
one
one
important
way
of
addressing
it,
keep
being
compliant
with
that
law.
Another
is
to
sort
of
address
this
as
the
sale
of
public
real
estate
and
the
benefits
that
come
back
from
it.
So
it's
not
necessarily
publicly
constructed
no
public
dollars
go
into
the
construction
of
the
new
public
asset,
yeah.
L
D
L
L
Designated
but
I
think
the
due
diligence
period
is
over.
So
my
question
is
because
it's
because
it's
a
state
asset,
you
know,
but
one
of
the
big
asks
the
community
and
the
in
the
stakeholders
was
that
we
make
sure
we
have
a
process
over
there
that
the
community
is
going
to
be
able
to
weigh
in
on
so
have
you
guys
started
the
initial
discussions
with
the
developers
over
the
very.
B
G
B
Don't
know
when
the
actual
closing
occur
other
the
consummation
of
the
deal,
but
it's
just
been
announced.
We
know
who
the
developer
is
likely
to
be
assuming
due
diligence
go
as
well.
So
is
it
just
a
very
preliminary
conversation?
We
know
they
have
grand
ambitions,
as
does
the
university
has
grand
ambitions
for
that
location.
It's
going
to
be
their
neighbor
transformative.
All
the
words
were
used
to
hearing
and
we
think
of
large-scale
development
on
a
broad
piece
of
terrain,
mm-hmm.
G
B
It's
still
early
and
that
the
the
to
your
point,
the
ground
rules,
are
what's
really
important.
Yeah
the
mayor
and
I
was
present
when
the
mayor
had
these
conversations
in
the
past
with
the
University
of
Massachusetts
mayor
feels
very
strongly,
as
does
the
Boston
planning
a
Development
Agency.
There
must
be
a
very
robust
community
process
and,
and
I
must
admit,
I
don't
know
off
the
top
of
my
head.
If
this
is
envisioned
as
a
long-term
land
lease
or
is
in
and
out
right,
yeah.
L
B
Right,
it
could,
in
theory,
assert
its
sovereign
immunity
from
our
process
right,
which
we
would
think
is
not
a
good
way
to
go.
Yeah,
who
are
you
mass,
are
for
the
city,
but
we
see
no
sign
of
that
yeah,
the
the
indications
from
the
university,
the
indications
from
the
developer.
Everybody
wants
to
cooperate
with
the
city
on
a
robust
process
that
yields
development
that
benefits
all
yeah,
and
so
we're
very
optimistic
that
everybody
is
going
to
engage
in
a
cooperative
collaborative.
L
But
if
a
project
goes
over
there,
that's
three
million
square
feet
or
more
or
less.
We
potentially
in
that
part
of
Dorchester
could
be
stuck
on
that
side
of
the
city,
so
without
without
road
improvements,
Kazuko
circle
and
and
and
Marci
Boulevard,
without
the
ground
rules
for
all
that
upfront,
meaning
talking
about
all
that
stuff.
Now
before
we
get
into
what
the
building's
going
to
look
like
so
yeah.
E
L
E
L
Yeah
and
I'm
not
looking
to
stay
to
the
letter
of
the
law
with
a
with
the
master
plan,
the
master
plan
I
think
got
the
neighborhood
ready
for
density
and
and
that
sort
of
stuff
which
was
which
was
good
but
I,
think
we
could
even
come
up
with
something
something
better
now
with
UMass
involved
it.
But
if
we
don't
have
an
active
team,
that's
dedicated
to
that.
L
B
No
there's
no
daylight
between
your
position
and
ours
on
this,
where
we're
in
lockstep
with
you,
this
is
gonna,
be
big.
This
is
going
to
be
significant
that
in
fact,
a
couple
weeks
ago,
when
I
had
this
conversation
with
the
designated
developer,
there
were
other
other
developers
from
the
Morrissey
Boulevard
sort
of
corridor
present
and
most
of
the
conversation
was
was
focused
on
the
the
public
realm
and
transportation,
because
everybody's
got
skin
in
that
game.
B
L
L
The
skate
project
over
in
Fenway
is
that
something
that
we
like
is
that
the
lega,
because
I
think
when
we're
dealing
with
you
know,
affordable
housing
and
different
ways
of
housing
like
I,
think
we
need
to
stop
re-examining
what
we're
building
building
different
things,
because
the
2-bedroom
2-bath
isn't
isn't
gonna
get
up,
get
us
out
of
it.
We're
gonna
need
to
do
the
small
units
of
communal
living,
all
kinds
of
different
styles
of
living,
so
it
if
you
can
speak
about
it
a
little
bit
what
what
our
30,000.
E
D
E
B
E
B
B
A
E
D
And
I,
wouldn't
in
just
that
in
the
mayor's
housing
plan,
there's
a
whole
chapter
on
student
housing.
We
talked
a
lot
about
previous
sessions
have
been.
How
did
how
to
accomplish
exactly
this?
How
to
move
students
at
and
housing
that
was
built
for
Boston's
workforce,
so
we
can
return
it
to
Boston's
workforce.
So
there's
explicit
goal
in
our
housing
strategy:
the
idea
of
working
with
private
developers
to
build
off-campus
student,
specific
housing,
fully
endorsed.
D
As
from
a
policy
perspective,
lots
of
community
advocates
have
written
in
to
say,
like
that's
exactly
a
strategy,
we
love
it,
but
then
the
Devils
in
the
details.
Where
exactly
is
it
gonna
go
how's,
it
gonna
be
regulated?
Are
they
gonna
have
a
dormitory
license,
or
is
these
apartments
apartments
how
they
access
to
everyone?
So
there's
a
lot
of.
D
How
does
that
policy?
It's
actually
really
exciting,
because
now
we
have
an
opportunity
to
apply
the
policy
to
a
real-world
example
and
say:
okay,
what
what
really
works,
what
doesn't
work,
and,
let's,
let's,
let's
that
this
further,
but
in
terms
of
recruiting
this
type
of
project
I,
think
we've
been
really
eager
to
see
it
in
Boston
right.
H
Councillor
Flynn
Thank,
You,
Council,
seelman
I
have
a
question
for
a
trend.
Thank
you.
I
know.
If
well,
I
know
when
the
city
of
Boston
of
the
BPD
a
is
recruiting
a
company
to
come
to
the
city.
Do
we
also
try
to
encourage
them
to
provide
more
outreach
to
the
neighborhood
in
terms
of
job
training?
Are
we
training
our
young
people
on
jobs
that
they
could
get
in
these
great
companies
that
are
moving
to
the
Boston
South
Boston
waterfront,
or
how
does
how
does
that
conversation
go
so.
C
I
actually
would
defer
that
question
to
the
Office
of
Economic
Development
and
also
the
Boston
resident
jobs
policy,
folks
and
I'm.
You
know
those
are
very
good
questions,
I'd
love
to
take
a
deeper
dive
and
get
some
concrete
answers
for
you,
but
I
think
in
short
of
it
we
are
very
interested
in
linking
employers
that
come
to
the
city
of
Boston,
who
not
only
really
recruits
from
higher
in
talent
pools,
which
is
those
who
have
a
bachelor's
degree,
which
is
about
48%
in
Boston.
C
And
so
what
we
want
to
do
is
make
sure
that,
when
we're
recruiting
employers,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
selling
Boston
as
a
whole
and
ensure
that
all
of
Boston
can
meet
the
supply
chain
of
employers
from
entry
level
all
the
way
into
middle
management,
all
the
way
to
senior
you
know
we
have
the
luxury
of
having
a
very
competitive
talent
pool,
as
you
know,
with
those
who
have
graduate
degrees
and
those
who
have
post-secondary
education,
completion
and
bas,
but
but
54
to
58
percent
of
Bostonians.
Don't
have
a
bachelor's
degree.
C
So
you
know
we
are
working
with
the
Office
of
Education
on
and
also
the
director
of
the
business
strategy
to
put
together
employment
agreements
that
are
enforceable
and/or
within
the
legal
parameters,
to
work
to
ensure
that
those
jobs
are
accessible
for
everybody,
not
just
the
selected
few
who
have
a
BA.
So
that's
the
overall
arching
vision
that
we
have
in
terms
of
actual
tools
and
results.
I
would
defer
to
a
couple
of
the
departments
I
mentioned
earlier.
Thank.
H
No,
thank
you.
I
I
shared
the
South
Boston
district
with
councillor
Baker
and
Mary
Ellen
McCormick
and
West
Broadway
development
and
Old
Colony
and
I
also
have
Cathedral
a
lot
of
these
public
housing
developments.
Are
we
doing
any
public
we
doing
any
recruitment
or
job
training
specifically
and
in
BHA,
trying
to
target
BHA
residents?
Yes,.
C
Actually,
we
have
long
term
commitments
with
Boston
Housing
Authority,
particularly
in
specifically
for
English
language,
learners
and
ESL,
two
and
three
so
that
they
can
move
into
a
career
pathway
wants
to
get
proficient
in
English
stature,
and
then
we
also
work
with
the
VHA
to
recruit
for
our
tuition,
free
Community
College
plan
to
ensure
that
every
every
young
person
in
there
knows
that
they
have
access
to
affordability
in
terms
of
post-secondary
education
and
we
work
directly
with
PHA
staff
to
recruit
and
do
job
fairs
direct
at
their
property
sites.
So
that's.
That's
really
important.
C
I
think
what
is
really
dire
is
to
ensure
that
every
Boston
residents
have
opportunities
and
not
just
a
job
but
a
career
pathway
that
allows
them
to
obtain
some
credential
so
that
they
can
move
up
the
career
ladder.
So
we've
transitioned
from
a
rapid
job
placement
model
into
a
more
career
pathway,
so
investing
in
long
term
for
all
Boston
residents.
So,
yes,
we
do
work
directly
with
the
properties
and
the
sights
of
BHA
know.
G
L
C
We
did
50
info
sessions
around
the
city
and
500
Boston
residents
had
applied
for
these
slots,
twelve
have
graduated
from
commercial
driver's
license
and
hoisting,
and
about
probably
85%
of
them
already
got
jobs.
Unfortunately,
in
the
private
sector,
because
they
just
pay
more
and
the
demand
is
bigger,
were.
C
L
C
So
we
taught
we
tried
to
time
it
with
HR
directors
vacancies,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
they
the
graduates
do
get
jobs
in
Walgreens
and
CVS
and
then
what
we
do
is
put
them
on
a
list
and
call
them
back
when
those
jobs
are
available
with
the
EMTs.
They
go
straight
into
chief
hooli's
department
and
they
have
15
slots.
So
we
have
those
first
cohort
and
we
have
the
sacrament
coming
up.
This
fall
for.
C
C
L
C
You
know
goodwill
memorial
has
a
very
big
space
that
we
use.
Jewish
vocational
services,
operation,
able
agent,
American,
Civic,
Association
I
mean
I,
can
go
down
the
list
and
there
they
have
more
rental
nonprofits
spaces
that
we
use
in
some
very
from
less
informal
to
more
formal,
depending
on
the
industry,
that
they're
studying
but
I.
C
Think
one
of
the
things
that
we
do
want
to
do
is
have
more
job
trainings
in
state
or
city
funded
spaces
yeah,
mainly
because
they
can
matriculate
into
post-secondary
education
because
they're
already
there
and
some
one-stop
shop,
so
they
don't
have
to
go
from
one
place
to
another.
But
it's
also
a
good
thing
to
use
cities.
As
for
things
like,
you
know,
job
training
and
placement-
and
you
know
Community
College
satellite
offices,
mainly
because
it's
a
city
program
and
we're
serving
city
residents.
So
we
have
been
talking
with
director
golden
and
his
staff
about.
C
L
Thank
you.
So
is
there
with
the
job
training
money?
Is
there
any
appetite
to
build
like
to
build
actual
spaces
that
we
could
maybe
direct
people
to
that?
That
may
be
something
new
from
the
ground
up
like
is
and
I'm
thinking
about
I'm
thinking
about
the
globe.
The
globe
is
3,000
jobs,
high-tech
jobs
in
the
next
year
or
so,
and
so
in
dealing
with
them
they've
agreed
to
give
the
community
a
space
that
would
be
dedicated
to
job
training.
L
C
K
C
The
previous
neighborhoods
jobs,
trust
I,
want
to
be
careful
with
my
answer.
You
know,
I
I
do
want
to
stress
that
the
neighborhood's
jobs
trust
is
very,
has
specific
language
on
using
the
investment
dollars
towards
towards
job
training
and
depending
on
the
application.
The
proposal
and
the
RFP
process
we'd
love
to
think
innovatively
of
how
to
leverage
those
training
dollars
with
capital
investments
such
as
the
one
that
you
just
talked
about,
which
is
you
know.
C
You
have
a
developer
with
mercial
space
who's
willing
to
use
X
amount
of
square
footage
towards
job
training,
educational
services
for
its
residents
and
would
prefer
that
that
linked
those
linkage
dollars,
then
rerouted
back
to
that
that
Center
yes,
I
mean
that's
something
that
we'd
love
to
think
about
in
terms
of
leveraging
dollars.
We
did
that
with
a
PHA
tierney
Center
with
Old
Colony,
using
the
tierney
Center
as
a
job
training,
and
we
fund
that.
C
L
C
L
The
reason
why
I
asked
because,
as
the
future
unfolds
I
have
Glover's
corner,
which
the
developer,
that
that
looks
like
we'll
have
the
stat
and
they're
already
owns
20
acres,
and
they
talk
to
talk
to
them
extensively
about
job
training,
how
there
should
be
brick-and-mortar
job
training
right
within
Glover's
Corner
to
train
for
those
jobs
that
will
happen.
Clubbers
corner
is
70
acres
or
whatever
and
and
I
hope.
It's
mostly
jobs.
So
I'd
like
to
be
able
to
come
up
with
a
formula
to
be
able
to
help.
L
You
know
that
that
person
is
going
to
deliver
that
public
benefit
to
may
be
benefit
a
little
bit
from
the
job
training
money.
So
if
we
can,
we
can
work
out
that
stuff
in
in
the
future
and
also
Mary
Ellen
McCormick
same
thing,
I'm
talking
with
Winn
about
brick-and-mortar
within
that
within
that
project
that
they're
training
for
the
maintenance,
jobs
in
the
buildings
and
whatever
else
I
mean.
If
we're
talking
about
75
acres
of
building
on
Glover's
corner,
there's
got
to
be
500
jobs
in
there
that
that
that
we
could
be
be
training
people
towards.
L
C
I
mean
that
is
absolutely
the
vision
that
you
hear
with
my
colleagues
from
you
know,
director
golden
to
Devon
and
to
Lauren
is
we're
trying
to
to
weave
some
of
these
critical
space.
The
pieces
together
when
we're
looking
at
development
and
building
is
that
we
need
to
link
jobs
with
wealth
creation,
with
community
input
with
diversity
and
inclusion
and
ensure
that
the
economic
development
that's
happened
across
the
city
doesn't
just
stay
in
one
neighborhood
or
a
top
tier
of
a
certain
class
that
that
is
redistributed
around
the
neighborhoods.
C
A
Me
just
add:
you
know:
I
worked
with
trend
for
the
past
five
and
a
half
years
as
a
trustee
and
prior
to
that
it
was
five
years
with
the
previous
administration
and
I.
Think
trend
has
brought
a
focus
and
an
energy
and
a
direction
to
that
office
that
really
truly
links
our
folks
with
jobs
and,
more
importantly,
career
paths,
yeah
and
I.
A
That's
that's
great,
but
I
still
think
we
still
need
need
to
remain
nimble
and
I
just
want
to
update
folks
I
just
got
a
tweet
out
that
the
Senate
has
tried
to
at
least
they're
attempting
to
increase
the
CPA
match
for
more
affordable
housing.
So
so
we
continue
to
work
on
that
issue.
Let
me
recognize
councilor.
H
H
Is
there
anything
that
the
City
Council
can
do
to
be
helpful
to
you
on
on
those
two
developments?
I
know,
there's
a
huge
need
for
job
training,
and
you
know
a
public
housing,
but
you
know
certainly
myself
and
council
Baker
would
be
supportive
of
whatever
we
could
do
to
be
helpful
to
you
on
that
issue.
Well,.
C
C
They
have
a
significant
amount
of
what
they
call
the
neighborhoods
choice
grants
from
HUD,
which
then
we
leverage
with
our
linkage
dollars
so
that
they
can
provide
educational
opportunities
and
job
training
in
growth
industries
for
those
two
developments,
but
I
would
assume
that
they
would
need
support
in
getting
additional
funding
from
HUD
and
the
feds
to
really
leverage
the
city
dollars,
because
clearly
it's
it's
not
enough,
but
I
will
definitely
Circle.
Take
you
on
it
and
circle
back
with
you
to
give
you
more
concrete
ways
in
which
you
can
support
us.
Thank.
H
You
excellent
and
thank
you,
I,
find
my
final
question.
If
I
may,
can
you
talk
about
just
from
your
experience
any
difficulties
you
are
seeing
as
it
relates
to
Cori
issues
for
job
training,
for
getting
into
a
job
placement
and
in
any
maybe
any
recommendations
on
what
we
could
do
to
give
people
a
second
or
third
chance,
especially
getting
into
a
job
training
program.
So.
C
C
H
You
and
I
may
be
my
final.
My
final
point
is
what
type
of
I
noticed
a
lot
in
South
Boston
issues,
but
whatever?
What
are
some
of
the
outreach
efforts
here
doing
for
the
Asian
community,
specifically
in
Chinatown
or
the
Vietnamese
community
in
Dorchester?
Are
we
providing
any
good
job
training
programs
for
them
so.
C
You
know
either
in
hospitality
that
pays
more
like
local,
26
or
best
core
and/or,
the
industry
in
healthcare,
which
tends
to
be
you
know
more
attractive
to
the
asian-american
population.
And
then
you
know
in
terms
of
Dorchester
the
Vietnamese
community.
We
work
with
via
aid
at
the
Vietnamese
American
initiative
for
development,
which
is
a
CDC
in
fields
corner.
C
While
they
focus
more
on
affordable
housing,
we
do
try
to
work
with
them
on
job
training,
as
the
vietnamese
first-generation
immigrants
or
you
know,
the
elders
and
the
seniors
are
look,
are
learning
more
about
english
and
then
they
fold
into
the
organizations
that
I
talked
about
earlier.
We
are
finding
that
a
lot
of
Quincy
residents
who
are
Chinese
speaking
are
accessing
more
dorchester
resources,
just
because
it's
closer
and
because
it's
more
competitive,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
prioritizing
Boston
residents.
C
C
H
D
L
B
L
L
G
G
B
I,
don't
I
from
a
standpoint.
Look
our
article
80
jurisdiction
looks
you
know,
high-density
use
impacts
whether
this
is
a
bonafide
traditional
stick
built.
You
know,
four-story
structure
into
it
are
a
modular.
It
doesn't
come
up
it.
Does
our
regulatory
oversight
doesn't
go
to
that
little
level
of
detail
for
the
development,
how
they
actually
build
us,
but
obviously
it
has
to
be
something
that's
built
according
to
code
mm-hmm,
but
that's
all
gonna
be
an
ISDN
concern,
not
ours.
Okay,.
L
B
So
there's
different
things.
There
are,
for
instance,
if
we
had
a
discrete
need
for
somebody
to
work
on
a
project
for
two
years.
Don't
necessarily
want
a
bonafide
full-time
permanent
employee,
but
we
might
do
a
two-year
contract.
That's
what
you're
looking
at
there
is
actually
an
individual
here.
I
cite
that,
because
we
have
a
specific
project,
smart
utilities
very
forward
way
less
disruptive,
more
efficient,
more
resilient
way
of
doing
utilities
associated
with
large
projects
instead
of
piecemeal
break
in
the
ground.
Every
time
we
create
corridors,
we're
looking
at
better,
more
innovative
ways
to
do
utilities.
B
We
have
someone
working
that
for
a
couple
of
years.
That's
not!
We
did
not
seek
full-time
forever.
We
have
a
series.
These
are
owd
folks.
They
work
in
the
office
of
financial,
empowerment
and
boston
tax,
help
things
like
that
more
seasonal.
As
you
may
know,
we
prepare
thousands
and
thousands
of
tax
returns
for
primarily
low-income
Bostonians
every
year,
so
the
tax
season
is
finite.
In
discrete,
we
have
a
lot
of
people
working
on
short
term
contracts
for
those
types
of
things.
B
C
You
I
just
want
to
clarify
too
that
a
lot
of
the
persons
you
see
and
employment
service
contracts
are
actually
grant
funded
as
well
as
so
director
golden
is
talking
about
more
seasonal,
short-term
based
on
when
the
grants
end
and
when
they
start,
and
we
have
been
very
conscious
about
trying
our
best
to
get
a
large
percentage
of
them
Boston
resident
contractors-
it's
not
a
hundred
percent,
but
we
are
trying
that
effort.
Okay,
thank.
B
B
Chair
the
one
other
thing,
I'd
like
to
point
out
counts
are
just
for
a
point
of
clarification.
They
when
we
talked
about
the
private
dorm
escape
but
did
I
think
it
may
have
been
lost
in
the
shuffle
there.
There
is
an
instance
of
one
private
dorm
that
I
know
of
in
the
city.
It's
it's
it's
on
northeastern
Lynn!
It's
very
much
in
northeastern
dorm
sits
on
northeastern
land,
but
it
was
privately
constructed,
privately
owned,
privately
operated,
but
it
looks
and
feels
very
much
like
northeastern
dorm.
B
L
I
know:
I
had
one
question
a
couple
questions,
so
do
we
connect
them
on
with
college
presidents
to
talk
about
mass
releases
with
with
grad
students
or
I
mean
how
do
we?
How
do
we
ensure,
as
the
city
that
someone's
coming
in
I'm
gonna,
build
this
for
students,
but
unless
we
know
there's
a
master
lease
in
place
there,
it
doesn't
necessarily
need
to
be
students
or
how
do
we
if
they're
saying
the
use,
is
gonna,
be
a
student
use?
How
do
we
would
that
be
well.
B
You
could
but
the
TR
point
you
could
be
in
a
situation
where
someone
saying
hey
I,
want
to
essentially
operate
this
and
build
this
as
a
dorm,
but
I
don't
want
to
be
licensed
as
a
dorm
I
operating
you
know
model
is
these
should
all
be
students,
but
if
it's
not
licensed
as
a
dorm
there's,
not
some
other
regulatory
control,
then
in
theory
it
could
be.
You
know
a
bunch
of
efficiency
units
with
non
students
and
students
to
the
point
that
was
made
earlier,
I
think
by
Devon
and
Loren
I.
B
Don't
a
lot
of
people
who
probably
want
to
live
in
a
building
that
is
primarily
operating
as
a
dorm
yeah,
even
if
there
is
an
opportunity
to
get
in
there,
but
in
theory
these
things
do
come
up
if
it's
not
licensed
as
a
dorm
and
otherwise
regulated
as
a
as
a
dorm.
You
know
through
an
IM
p
process
which
would
require
to
be
licensed
as
one.
I
think
what
what
would
be
the
the
nature
of
that
that
animal
thing
we
don't.
B
L
L
E
G
L
B
A
No
public
testimony
nothing
further
from
my
colleagues,
let
me
just
say
that
you
know
I've
been
in
this
position.
12
years
BPD,
a
in
particular
can
be
a
lightning
rod
for
the
city
for
elected
officials,
for
our
activists
in
the
neighborhood,
but
I
just
want
to
go
on
record
saying
from
the
top
down,
including
you
director,
your
staff
at
the
highest
level.
A
All
the
way
down
to
your
project
managers
who
are
on
the
front
lines
who
are
unsung
heroes,
I
would
say
you
have
a
staff
of
very
committed,
thoughtful
and
caring
individuals
that
I've
got
No
and
enjoyed
working
with,
sometimes
not
under
the
greatest
of
circumstances,
but
very
professional-
and
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
the
record,
because
you
guys
get
hit
a
lot
as
the
VP
da
right,
but
you're
all
theirs.
Well,
it's
made
up
of
a
lot
of
individuals
who
I've
gotten
to
know
and
care
a
lot
about.
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
kind
words.
Mr.
chairman.
It
has
been
a
great
pleasure
personally
for
me
to
work
with
you
during
my
almost
10
years
in
in
the
building
and
five
five
plus
years
in
the
director's
position
of
the
BPD.
A
thank
you
for
the
tremendous
courtesy
and
decency.
You've
always
shown
the
organization
and
it's
in
its
staff
you're
a
great
gentleman.
We
will
miss
you
when
we
come
back
for
a
visit
approximately
one
year
from
now
this
particular
subject,
but
I
feel
the
same
way
about
staff.
B
They
really
are
the
best
of
the
best.
They
do
really
difficult,
challenging
stressful
work,
but
it
pays
dividends
for
the
people
of
Boston
all
along
the
socio-economic
spectrum.
I
was
telling
you're
in
the
business
of
continuing
to
create
one
of
the
great
cities
of
the
world
and
that's
a
great
privilege
and
a
great
burden,
but
we
really
appreciate
your
your
kind
words
about
all
the
team
at
the
BPD.
A
thanks.
So
much
thank.