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From YouTube: Committee of Ways and Means FY22 Budget: Boston Police Department, Environment (Working Session)
Description
Dockets #0524-0531, 0535-0536, 0538-0539, FY22 Budget: Boston Police Department, Environment (Working Session)
Held on April 30, 2021
A
Morning,
everyone
morning,
michael,
I
see
we're
live
on
youtube,
candace
or
carrie.
Are
we
good
to
go
good
morning?
Madam
chair?
We
are
live
on
youtube
and
recording
okay,
great
excellent.
I
think,
since
I
say
I
know,
counselors
are
going
to
continue
to
trickle
in,
but
since
I've
got
to
read
the
opening
statement
stuff
and
I've
already
got
some
questions
from
colleagues
to
read
aloud.
I
think
we'll
get
going
so
with
that.
A
This
working
hearing
working
session
of
the
boston
city
council's
ways
and
means
committee
is
now
open
for
the
record.
My
name
is
kenzie
bach,
the
district,
eight
city,
councilor
and
also
the
chair
of
the
council's
ways
and
means
commitment.
This
working
session
is
being
recorded,
it's
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
city
dash,
council
dash
tv
and
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn,
channel
82
and
fios
channel
964..
A
This
working
session
today
is
part
of
a
council
budget
review
process.
That's
going
to
be
happening.
It's
you
know.
Throughout
april
may
june
we've
got
about
35
hearings
and
working
sessions
on
the
books.
Our
hearings
are
the
opportunities
for
public
testimony
and
then
to
hear
from
the
departments
directly.
So
those
those
happen
over
the
course
of
the
month
ahead
and
we've
had
a
few
this
week
already.
A
If
you
are
watching
at
home-
and
you
want
to
testify,
you
can
find
the
council
schedule
of
the
hearings
at
boston.gov
council
dash
budget.
That's
boston.gov,
council
dash
budget.
You
can
email
ccc.wm
at
boston.gov,
with
your
testimony
or
or
to
find
out
how
to
testify,
live
in
a
zoom
or
or
give
us
a
video.
You
can
upload
a
video
to
bosnica
budget
testify
and
we'll
be
happy
to
play
at
the
end
of
a
hearing,
but
we
won't
be
taking
public
testimony
today
in
the
working
session.
A
Today's
working
session
is
on
docket
0524-0526
orders
for
the
fy
22
operating
budget,
including
annual
appropriations
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
and
for
other
post-employment
benefits,
docket
zero,
five:
two:
seven:
zero:
five:
two:
eight
orders
for
capital
fund
transfer
appropriations,
docket
zero;
five,
two:
nine
to
zero;
five;
three
one
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements
and
dock
at
zero;
five:
three:
five:
zero:
five:
three:
six
and
zero:
five:
three:
eight
to
zero;
five:
three:
nine,
which
are
orders
authorizing
limits
for
the
boston
police,
department
and
environment
department,
revolving
funds
for
fy22.
A
So,
to
put
that
into
real
terms,
our
focus
today
is
generating
questions
to
send
in
advance
to
the
departments
that
we're
speaking
with
on
may
10th,
which
are
the
police
department
and
then
the
environment
department
and
within
the
environment
department,
the
conservation
commission
and
the
landmarks
commission
and
then
both
of
those
entities,
the
environment,
department
and
police
department
have
revolving
funds,
which
the
council
also
needs
to
authorize
limits.
For
so
those
will
be.
Our
may
10th
hearings
that's
a
week
from
monday
and
in
advance
we're
sending
over
the
questions
that
we're
generating
today.
A
So
with
that,
we
will
jump
straight
to
colleagues.
I'm
joined
here
today
by
my
colleagues
counselor
michael
flaherty,
I'm
at
large
counselor
liz,
braden,
district,
nine
and
councillor
matt
o'malley
district
six
and
I
see
also
councillor
julia
mejia
at
large.
So
the
way
this
will
work
is
I'll.
I
think
we'll
do
two
rounds
so
we'll
do
we'll
start
on
police
and
then
go
to
environment
and
landmarks
for
colleagues.
A
So
I'll
just
take
your
police
questions
first
and
I'll
do
I'll
I'll
give
preference
to
all
the
colleagues
who
are
here
in
person
so
we'll
run
through
your
questions
so
that
you
can.
You
can
go
as
you
need
to,
and
then
I've
got
some
questions
that
have
been
submitted
by
other
counselors
who
aren't
able
to
make
the
working
session,
and
I
will
read
those
into
the
records
that
we
can
get
them
over
to
the
administration
so
yeah,
so
starting
with
counselor
flaherty
counselor
flaherty.
A
A
Sure
absolutely
counselor
brayden.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
I
I
I
I'm
hopeful
that
the
monies
that
mayor
jeannie
has
identified
for
additional
medical
staff
to
try
out
the
officers
who
are
on
long-term
sick
leave
will
help
identify.
Folks
who
may
maybe
maybe
retirement,
is
the
best
option.
I
just
feel
I
I
just
wonder:
how
has
the
bpd
got
going
to
utilize?
How
are
they
going
to
utilize
those
funds
and
on
in
a
timely,
in
a
timely
way
to
expedite
the
process?
C
That's
one
question,
and
also
in
terms
of
yeah:
that's
it
for
now
and
that's
that's
the
only
one
I
have
at
the
moment.
Okay,.
D
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
again
for
convening
these
so
to
follow
that
line
of
questioning.
Obviously,
I
think
a
large
topic
that
I
and
I
know
you
and
I
would
venture
guess
all
colleagues
are
concerned
about-
is
the
overtime
budget.
What
was
spent,
what
the
overage
was
and
what
strategies
we
have
going
forward
next
year,
recognizing
the
fact
that
we've
already
seen,
which
is
common
when
the
weather
gets
nicer,
an
uptick
in
violent
crime.
D
Similarly,
along
the
lines
of
counselor
braden's
questioning
as
we
talk
about
the
best
team
and
other
resources
and
and
imagining
police
and
and
how
response
to
calls
are
made
really
I'm
curious
about
the
boston,
ems,
emts
and
paramedics.
D
I
know
there
will
be
a
separate
hearing
on
that
with
public
health,
but
I
think
this
is
also
relevant
in
public
safety
and
then,
finally,
I'm
curious,
and
I
recognize
the
fact
that
there
can't
be
too
much
level
of
detail
or
specificity
that's
gone
into,
but
curious
in
terms
of
the
contract
negotiations,
where
we
are
what
that
looks
like,
as
we
have
many
many
bargaining
units
currently
without
a
contract.
I
know
that's
a
large
part
of
the
of
the
administration's
focus
so
looking
where
we
are
on
that
as
it
relates
to
bpd.
A
Great
thanks
so
much
counselor
o'malley
we've
also
been
joined
by
counselor,
andrea
campbell,
counselor
mejia
questions
for
the
police
department.
E
Hi,
yes,
good
morning,
I
only
have
like
20,
no
I'm
just
joking,
so
just
really
quick.
We
are
just
curious
about.
E
Since
our
time
in
office,
we've
learned
that
two
police
officers
dennis
white
and
patrick
rose,
who
were
kept
on
the
police
force
despite
being
accused
of
domestic
violence
and
the
other
charged
with
child
muscle
molestation,
and
I
think
obvious
questions
on
everybody's
mind
is
what
else
I
would
like
the
bpd
to
come
prepared
to
tell
us
how
they're
planning
on
auditing
their
entire
police
force
to
root
out
any
anybody
with
similar
charges.
I'm
also
curious.
E
Can
we
get
a
total
dollar
amount
of
how
much
funding
is
specifically
going
to
break
how
much
of
it
is
going
towards
the
verses
of
just
general
intelligence
and
analysis
funding?
How
many
full-time
employees
will
be
employed
to
operate
the
brick?
The
same
goes
for
youth
violence
task
force,
the
gang
unit,
gang
cars,
traffic,
parking
enforcement
equipment,
weapons
and
school
police
would
just
like
to
have
a
real
good
sense
of
all
of
those
numbers.
E
The
bpd
data
found
that
62
percent
of
I
fio
stops
involves
black
people.
I'd
like
to
know
what
percentage
of
those
stops
were,
stop
and
frisk
versus
their
white
counterparts,
and
can
they
explain
why
10
percent
of
stop
and
press
data
is
mislea
is
marked,
as
quote
unquote,
missing.
Boston
saw
a
rise
in
homicide
rates
in
2020
and
boston
has
the
largest
gap
in
unsolved
homicides
between
white
and
black
victims.
E
What
is
being
done
to
actually
address
this
I'd
like
to
know
how
many
officers
currently
sit
on
federal
task
force
and
what
those
task
force
are,
and
the
police
commissioners
required
by
the
trust
act
to
submit
a
report
detailing
their
role
in
relations
to
ice?
Has
this
report
been
compiled
and
we
will
will
be
able
to
see
it?
I
do
have
questions
for
part
two.
E
I
don't
know
if
you
want
them
now,
but
so
I'll,
just
one
more
two
more
questions,
part
of
the
budget
discussion
discussions
last
year
was
an
understanding
that
the
bpd
would
commit
to
being
more
engaged
with
the
council.
E
Since
then,
they
have
routinely
ignored
requests
to
appear
in
person
to
testify
and
have
denied
requests
for
information
I'd
like
for
them
to
come
with
an
explanation
for
why
they
have
ignored
these
accountability
measures
and
what
they're
going
to
do
to
make
someone
available
to
the
council
when
needed,
and
last
year
the
bpd
went
17
million
dollars
over
budget
more
than
12
million.
That
was
originally
cut
from
the
ot
budget.
E
My
question
is:
why
does
the
city
not
just
not
more
accurately
project
the
need
for
overtime
instead
of
misleading
people
into
thinking,
police
spending
will
go
down
and
with
the
city
when
the
city
has
to
pay
for
extra
bpd
over
time?
Where
does
that
money
actually
come
from
what
percentage
come
from
free
cash
versus
the
department
of
efficiencies?
E
Has
the
boston
police
department
provided
any
answers
around?
What
is
the
minimum
staffing
calculations
are
in
neighborhoods
and
qualifying
police
presence
in
different
neighborhoods?
Why
would
the
community
and
city
council
support
adding
police
when
there
hasn't
been
data
or
discussion
of
how
to
decrease
existing
over
policing
and
last
year
I
asked
about
what
officers
speak,
which
languages
and
where
they
are
staffed?
I
don't
believe
I
got
an
answer
to
that,
so
I'm
once
again
going
to
ask
that
they
come
prepared
with
that
data.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
councillor,
mejia
next
up
is,
and
we
will
be
coming
back
for
those
questions
on
environment
and
landmarks,
councilor
campbell,
we're
doing
campbell,
we're
doing
police
first
and
then
we'll
do
a
second
round
on
environmental
landmarks.
F
Okay,
well,
I
won't
be
duplicative,
because
everything
everyone
else
said
frankly
is
on
my
list,
so
I'll
just
echo
those
those
questions,
and
particularly
some
of
the
level
of
detail
from
council
mejia.
Just
now,
I
will
say
a
question
around
the
bureau
of
community
engagement.
I
think
there
was
a
reduction
there
for
that
department.
F
In
addition
updates
on
diversity
efforts
to
diversify
the
department,
it's
been
some
suggestions
out
there
for
a
long
time,
nothing's
really
happened,
implicit
bias,
training,
more
details
on
that,
the
cost
etc.
I
think
I
think
some
of
my
other
questions
already
sort
of
asked.
F
I
think
that's
it
and
oh,
the
last
is
more
questions
on
anything
any
conversations
within
the
department
on
restructuring
or
shifting
the
structure
of
the
department,
so
districts
have
more
coverage
because
I
do
not
accept
this
notion
that
we
have
to
give
them
a
lot
more
money.
In
order
for
this,
these
neighborhoods
get
the
coverage
they
need.
When
you
look
at
the
number
of
officers
we
currently
have
available
to
us,
how
are
we
restructuring?
F
The
department
to
send
whether
it's
the
bike
unit,
others
can
probably
giving
consideration
to
these
other
units
in
terms
of
re,
redeploying
them
to
other
departments.
That
is
a
major
narrative
that
is
out
there
in
the
community
that
I
think
is
very
troubling
to
residents
and
constituents
with
no
actual
thoughtful
thoughtful
conversation
with
the
department.
We've
asked
several
times,
of
course,
in
the
context
of
overtime
as
to
why
they
have
not
considered
doing
this
to
give
more
coverage
to
each
of
the
neighborhoods.
What
are
the
restrictions?
F
A
A
Okay,
so
well,
I
I
was
gonna
mainly
save
mine
for
the
for
the
end
of
this.
Just
because
I
know
people
have
places
to
be
so.
A
I
think
what
we'll
do
is
I'll
just
say
I
mean
the
number
one
one
for
me
is,
like
the
you
know,
there's
a
theory
of
saving
considerable
overtime
this
year,
and
there
was
also
that
theory
last
year
I
do
think
something's
shifted,
which
is
that
in
the
course
of
our
oversight
hearings,
I
think
we've
honed
in
somewhat
on
the
fact
that
the
the
number
of
out
of
officers
that
are
out
and
the
replacement
costs
are
definitely
the
number
one
driver
in
a
really
big
way,
and
so
in
that
sense
I
think
to
counselor
braden's
point
like
that.
A
Actually,
you
can
actually
run
a
formula
of
that
like
there's
a
certain
number
of
overtime
hours
that
the
administration
is
proposing
to
save
and
so
there's,
therefore,
a
monthly
rate
that
you
have
to
hit,
and
you
have
to
have
a
theory
where
the
combination
of
the
cadets
and
the
rate
of
medical
triage
is
going
to
result
in
that
amount
of
overtime
savings
or
if
it
doesn't,
you
have
to
have
another
theory
for
how
it's
going
to
happen.
So
I
think
that's
really
where
I've
come
out
of
all
these
overtime
oversight.
Hearings
is
like.
A
The
council
needs
to
be
demanding
a
clear
mechanism
on
a
strategy
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
track
very
closely
that
we
know
the
administration's
going
to
be
able
to
track
on
its
own
end.
So
that's
the
number
one
thing.
I
have
a
bunch
more
questions,
but
I
think
that
what
I'll
do
is
save
reading
them
to
the
end,
just
to
save
everybody's
time
so
counselor
braden,
you
had
your
hand
up.
C
I
think
to
your
point:
I
I
feel
that
you
know
in
one
of
our
hearings
at
one
of
your
oversight,
hearings
and
someone
from
the
police
department
said.
Oh
well,
when
you,
when
you
get
into
trying
to
process
someone
into
retirement,
then
you
get
into
legal
legal
challenges
and
foot
dragging,
and
I
really
feel
that
we
need
to
and
look
at
you
know
as
a
set
protocol
that
would
trigger
immediate
triage
and
and
processing
appropriate
processing
of
an
officer.
C
C
But,
but
we
can't
have
this
situation
drag
on
for
year
on
year
on
year,
while
while
we're
just
accumulating
this
massive
amount
of
replacement
costs
so
and
the
other
issue
really
with
regard
to
diversity,
is
I'm
really
hopeful,
maybe
naively
so
that
our
cadets
coming
in
that
we
will
be
recruiting
women
and
people
of
color
and
at
a
significant
level,
to
help
redress
the
the
the
discrepancies
in
terms
of
language,
skills
and
and
cultural
competency,
and
the
other
question
I
had
was
with
regard
to
it?
C
A
Great,
thank
you,
council,
counselor
braden,
and
I
should
say
I
guess
I'll
put
them
on
the
record.
I
have
a
set
of
questions
about
the
alternative
response
model,
and
I
know
that
the
I
I
know
that
the
team
is
working
on
that
and
that
it's
also
technically
in
the
ohhhs
I
mean
more
than
technically
right,
like
part
of
the
point,
is
that
the
alternative
response
pilot
would
be
would
not
be
run
out
of
the
police
department.
A
But
you
know,
I
think
my
team
we've
been
doing
a
lot
of
research
on
what
alternative
response
models,
look
like
in
other
places
and
kind
of
the
brass
tacks
of
like
how
it
gets
set
up
and
so
sort
of
curious
about
what
what
we're
thinking
in
terms
of
the
response
team
there.
What
are
the
credentials
for
the
crisis
workers
like
how
many
people
employed
under
the
pilot?
A
What
are
the
hours
of
service
like
a
big
thing
that
maybe
is
a
police
question,
or
at
least
it's
going
to
have
to
be
done
in
conjunction
with
the
police,
is
sort
of
how
dispatch
is
going
to
be
trained
to
triage
calls
to
the
news
service
for
the
pilot,
because
critically,
if
people
call
9-1-1
and
retreat
like
the
dispatch,
is
dispatch
sits
inside
the
police
department
right
now,
and
then
that
needs
to
be
able
to
send
calls
in
this
other
way,
and-
and
I
was
sort
of
curious
about
whether
we
I
realized,
I
think
that
we
take
all
dispatch
calls
in-house,
but
I
don't
know
if
we
have
contracts
on
that
front
or
not.
A
So
just
a
question
about
that,
and-
and
we've
mainly
heard
about
mental
health
crises-
is
there
any
other
type
of
hauls
that
the
alternative
response
program
would
be
thinking
about
responding
to
and
triaging?
Would
it's
be
focused
in
certain
neighborhoods
or
piloted
across
all
of
boston?
How
are
they
involving
community
stakeholders?
What's
the
target
start
gate
and
are
the
best
clinicians?
A
It
seems
to
me
from
reading
the
materials
like
the
idea
is
to
continue
to
use
best
as
a
as
a
set
of
folks
who
are
co-responding
with
the
police
and
then
have
this
pilot
be
trying
something
that
isn't
co-response.
That's
an
alternative
response,
but
just
understanding
clearly
the
interaction
there.
So
I
guess
my
questions,
those
are
and
shane.
By
the
way.
A
I
have
my
questions,
all
typed
up,
so
don't
feel
like
you
have
to
take
notes
on
mine,
but
I
you
know
trying
to
figure
out
what
the
police
department's
involvement
in
making
a
pilot
along
those
lines
possible
is
and
what
they're
doing
on
that
front
would
be
the
question
that
I
want
for
the
department.
A
So
that's
on
my
mind
and
then
I
also
I
want
an
update
just
sort
of
overall
in
how
they're
thinking
about
where
we
are
on
all
the
boston,
police
reform
task
force
pieces
and
just
like
what
you
know
what
what
the
internal
understanding
is
about
timeline
on
on
getting
all
of
those
things
implemented.
Obviously,
we've
got,
we
know,
we've
got
opet
standing
up
and
lots
of
things,
and
I
I
think
you
know
implementing
things
takes
time.
It
just
would
be
good
to
know
understand
what
that
schedule
is.
A
B
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
Obviously
I
can
send
these
to
shane
as
well,
because
they're
written
but
real
briefly,
just
what
investments
are
being
made
to
expand
the
best
clinicians
program.
B
What
investments
are
being
made
to
increase
recruitment
efforts
within
our
cadet
program
and
how
are
we
working
with
the
department,
whether
it's
really
on
the
you
had
just
touched
on
the
medical,
triage
piece
and
other
strategies
to
manage
our
offices
out
on
medical
leave
and
whether
or
not
the
department
would
consider
working
with
the
council
and
the
city
for
to
get
chiropractic
services
added
to
the
formula
which
I
think
will
be
helpful
and
then
a
per
sort
of
event
cost.
B
We
had
no
parades
this
year,
we
had
no
marathon.
Some
of
the
larger
events
were
canceled.
So
I'd
love
to
sort
of
see
what
the
cost
savings
was
on
that
and
then
obviously,
coupled
with
the
protest
and
some
instances
that
downgraded
into
riots
etc.
So
I
just
want
to
get
a
sense
of
sort
of
what
the
per
event
costs
were.
So
we
can
have
some
predictability
moving
forward
when,
obviously
our
parades
are
back
in
full
scale
and
and
then
what
a
weather
effort,
what
other
efforts
are
are
needed
to?
B
You
know,
keep
our
our
city
in
in
residence
safe.
So
that's
it
in
a
nutshell.
A
A
I
think
that
it
would
be
good
for
the
council
to
get
a
bit
of
a
briefing
on
kind
of
like
how
the
cadets
are
trained,
like
what's
the
focus
like
what
types
of
training
are
they
receiving?
What's
the
percentage
of
time
being
spent
on
that,
in
terms
of
you
know
like
anti-bias
stuff
but
and
de-escalation,
like
all
the
things
that
the
tools
that
we
talk
about,
equipping
our
officers
with.
A
Obviously
you
know
here
you're
talking
about
putting
new
people
on
the
force,
so
I
think
really
understanding
how
that
program
is
rigorously
designed
would
be
helpful
to
the
council,
especially
as
it's
being
proposed,
as
sort
of
as
a
solution
here,
which
I
know
people
have
different
views
on.
Does
anybody
else
who's
here?
Have
anything
that
you
want
to
add
about
police
before
we
jump
over
to
environment
landmarks?
A
And
then
I
will
say
I
have
questions
on
police
from
both
counselors
wu
and
arroyo,
which
I
will
read
into
the
record,
along
with
the
balance
of
my
questions.
But
I
do
think
I
want
to
in
these
working
sessions,
give
precedence
to
the
folks
who
have
showed
up
in
the
in
the
zoom
room.
So
anybody
else
who's
here
have
something
yes,
counselor
braden.
C
I
didn't
remember
what
I
was
going
to
ask:
it's
really
in
relation
to
the
crime
lab
and
I
don't
know,
does
that
live.
Is
it
a
separate
budget
piece
or
is
it
I'm
looking
for
it
in
here,
and
I
can't
find
it
so
I
just
had
a
question
about
their
resources.
Are
they
up
to
speed
with
the
technology
to
help
you
know,
help
with
cold
cases
and
dna
analysis,
and
especially
in
relation
to
on
untested
rip
kits
just
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
letting
that
slide?
A
And
I
know
that
counselor
isabe
george
also
put
some
questions
on
the
record
yesterday
about
the
crime
lab
and
their
and
sort
of
capacity
there
that
some
of
which
we
said
we
would
forward
to
the
police
conversation.
So
I
think
that's
good.
A
C
Let's
see
environment,
environment
and
landmarks
landmarks,
I
really
feel
that
we've
had
this
discussion
before
about
their
capacity
to
deal
with
the
backlog
of
of
studies
on
on
nominations
for
landmark
status.
So
I
feel
that
you
know
they
actually
need
to
increase
their
staff
rather
than
try
to
contract
all
those
studies
out
somewhat
environment.
I'd
like
an
update
on
this.
They
treat
the
tree
planting
the
urban,
the
urban
forest
forestry
project.
C
How
we're
at
that,
and
also
in
terms
of-
and
this
is
maybe
more
of-
a
water
and
sewer
issue
in
terms
of
green
green
infrastructure,
in
terms
of
bioswales
and
and
rain,
gardens,
etc.
Is
that
part
of
their
portfolio
or
are
they
leaving
that
entirely
to
entirely
to
boston,
modern
sewer
to
deal
with
those
issues?
I
I
have
a
concern
about.
C
You
know
hard
escape
paving
over
over
a
lot
of
our
neighborhoods
and
people
creating
parking
spaces
with
asphalt
and
reducing
our
increasing
our
runoff,
because
I
think
that's
going
to
be
problematic
in
the
event
of
extreme
weather
events
that
will
have
a
lot
more
flooding.
If
we
don't
insist
on
more
permeable.
C
Surfaces
and
losing
all
those
and
then
I'd
like
an
update
on
the
green
green
building
codes.
Where
are
we
at
with
that?
Have
we
updated
those,
and
also
in
terms
of
yeah?
That's
probably
a
good
start
and
I'll
come
back
with
more.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
great
awesome,
counselor
o'malley.
D
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair
and
first
off
shane
pack.
I
apologize
I'm
not
nearly
as
conscientious
as
counselors,
bach
or
flaherty.
I
have
not
typed
up
my
questions
and
I
have
quite
a
few
for
this
cabinet,
beginning
with
conservation
commission.
D
I'm
curious
in
terms
of
acquisition
on
city
land
for
the
purpose
of
both
green
space,
open
space
and
affordable
housing
is
actually
a
project.
That's
happening
in
a
roslindale
that
I've
been
working
on
for
many
many
years,
we'll
be
hearing
on
monday
on
that,
so
this
hearing
will
follow
that
looking
for,
and
I
obviously
support
it-
I'm
conditionally
looking
forward
to
more
examples
of
that.
D
Similarly,
looking
for
an
update
from
the
conservation
commission
on
the
wetlands
ordinance
we're
still
sort
of
in
the
year-long
or
this
half
a
year,
long
period
of
writing
and
fine-tuning
the
promulgations
and
want
to
see
where
we
are
there
as
it
relates
to
the
environment,
department
and
apologize,
my
little
assistant
is
with
me
right
here.
You
may
be
able
to
hear
her
in
the
background
as
well
in
terms
of
the
environment
department.
Looking
at
an
update
on
community
choice,
energy
or
community
choice
aggregation
adoption,
it
went
into
effect
in
february.
D
I
want
to
know
how
many
residents
have
opted
up
for
100
renewable,
how
many
have
opted
down
and
how
many
are
in
the
default
category
and
what
that
means
for
some
revenue
that
was
generated
for
the
city
to
build
out
some
of
our
renewable
infrastructure.
D
It's
still
early,
but
as
someone
who
has
opted
up
to
100
percent,
it
is
a
negligible
impact
on
my
bill
and
if
you
just
stayed
at
the
default,
you
are
paying
less
than
you
did
a
year
ago.
So
it's
a
terrific
success
that
we
should
all
take
great
pride
in.
Looking
briefly
just
for
a
quick
update
on
the
plastic
bag
reduction
ordinance.
We,
of
course
paused
it
from
april
of
last
year
until
october
of
this
year,
but
it
is
now
in
effect,
want
to
make
sure
that
the
compliance
is
working
out.
D
Well,
next,
looking
for
an
update-
and
this
is
somewhat
they'll-
come
under
public
facilities
as
well,
of
course,
adherence
and
plans
for
our
net
zero
carbon
construction,
as
it
relates
to
municipal
buildings,
which
we
passed
and
then
looking
for
larger
scale
commercial
buildings.
D
During
last
year's
budget
process,
I
had
a
commitment
from
the
administration
that
we'd
be
looking
at
buildings
that
are
20
000
square
feet
or
higher
for
the
net
or
larger
for
the
next
iteration,
which
is
great
looking
forward
to
seeing
how
we're
doing
that
to
codify
that
and
some
of
our
guide
building
guidelines
and
then
finally,
wanting
to
really
get
a
better
understanding
and
I'll
be
doing
some
work
separate
on
this
and
my
role
as
a
counselor
looking
at
beardo
the
boston,
energy
reporting
and
disclosure
ordinance,
something.
D
I
was
very,
very
proud
to
have
worked
on
with
former
mayor
menino
back
in
2012
and
2013,
seeing
where
we
are
in
terms
of
obviously
measuring
and
managing
the
information.
But
also
sharing
the
information
looking
at
ways
that
we
could
better
publicize
the
information
and
really
adhere
to
it.
As
we
know,
buildings
account
for
nearly
70
of
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
D
This
is
the
most
impactful
way
if
we
indeed
are
going
to
reach
our
ambitious
climate
goals
and
by
god
I
hope
and
pray
that
we
will
and
know
that
everyone
agrees
that
we
should.
This
is
going
to
be
an
absolute
game
changer.
So
that
is
it.
I
certainly
have
some
parks
questions.
This
is
one
that
I
will
ask
in
this
working
session.
I
will
also
ask
in
the
dpw
working
session
and
that's
relating
to
our
trash
and
recycling
pickup
every
year
the
cost
increases.
D
It
really
is-
and
I've
said
this
at
virtually
every
budget
hearing
for
the
last
decade,
when
I
was
a
freshman
counselor,
we
were
generating
a
five
dollar
per
ton
tipping
fee
for
our
recycling,
and
we
are
now
paying
86
dollars
per
time
for
the
recycling
we've
seen
a
90
drop.
We
are
lucky
we're
a
municipality
that
actually
still
pays
less
for
recycling
pickup
than
we
do
for
traditional
trash
pickup
in
landfills.
Many
cities
and
municipalities-
that's
flipped,
which
means
you
have
many
cities,
municipalities
that
are
just
bearing
their
recycling.
D
A
good
strategy
to
address
this
and
actually
begin
to
make
the
commodity
profitable
again
is
to
move
away
from
single
stream
recycling,
and
that's
why
we've
been
pushing
for
composting
textile
recycling
we've
seen
sort
of
modest
incremental
achievement
there.
D
I
want
to
see
what,
how
and
when
we'll
be
able
to
have
that
piloted
compost,
curbside
composting
program,
what
it
means
and
then
again
I
think
that,
as
we
talk
about
federal
funding
and
as
we
talk
about
some
of
the
the
the
stimulus
that's
coming
our
way,
we
need
to
have
a
conversation
about
actually
building
our
own
recycling
facility
that
could
serve
the
region
and
generate
significant
revenue
for
the
city
of
boston.
D
So
thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
shane
for
and
michelle
for
keeping
up
with
all
those
questions.
A
Great,
thank
you!
That's
what
playback's
for
and
and
we're
we're
doing
them
this
way
too,
so
that
folks,
like
you
with
your
expertise
as
the
chair
of
environment,
can
come
and
do
exactly
that.
So
thank
you
all
right!
Next
up,
counselor,
mejia,
environment
landmarks.
Yes,.
E
Put
my
glasses
on
so
for
the
environment
department.
I'm
I'm
basically
could
would
I'm
concerned
about
the
impact
that
climate
change
has
on
our
small
businesses.
In
particular,
I'm
curious
to
know
what
kinds
of
work
the
city
is
doing
to
help
support
small
businesses
address
the
impacts
of
climate
change
and
whether
or
not
they're
working
on
any
political,
green
business
initiatives.
I
know
that
on
columbia,
road
and
in
dorchester-
and
you
know
different
parts
of
the
city
of
boston.
E
Some
of
these
businesses
are
being
impacted
by
the
flooding,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
we're
looping
them
into
this
work,
and
then
there
was
a
report
in
2019
revealed
that
boston's
chinatown
had
the
worst
air
quality
in
the
state
of
massachusetts.
E
Since
that
report
went
public,
I'm
curious
that
they
can
summarize
the
efforts
that
the
city
has
made
to
mitigate
this
particular
public
health
emergency
and
further.
What
steps
is
this
department
taking
to
proactively
improve
air
quality
in
both
chinatown
and
the
city
as
a
whole,
and
when
can
residents
expect
material
improvement
and
said
air
quality?
I
know
that
going
back
to
the
businesses
in
new
jersey
city
implemented
a
green
business
initiative
too,
and
it's
working
well.
E
So
I
just
want
to
get
some
feedback
on
that
and
then
you
know
in
terms
of
environment,
and
I
I
think
I
think
there
is
an
opportunity
to
look
at
violence.
I
mean
in
the
intersection
of
these
heating
heating
patterns
that
happen.
E
E
So
I'm
just
curious
if
the
environment
department
is
looking
at
any
of
those
impacts
of
violence,
in
particular
neighborhoods,
where
we
see
an
uptick
every
year,
so
I'm
sure
that
there's
a
direct
correlation
there
and
then
I'm
just
curious
about
the
molina
cast
2.0
plan
street
trees
just
curious
about
if
they
can
give
me
give
us
any
updates
on
those
things.
Thank
you.
A
Great
thank
you
councillor,
mejia
counselor.
Let's
let
me
see
counselor
campbell.
F
Thank
you
councillor
bach.
I
won't
be
duplicative
because
much
many
of
my
questions
were
asked
already
by
my
council
colleagues.
So
one
is
what's
the
city's
approach
to
conserving
privately
owned
land
or
urban
wilds
that
are
crucial
to
climate
resiliency.
This
has
come
up
quite
a
bit
from
residents
with
respect
to
the
stellar
road
parcel
crane
ledge.
You
know
how
are
sites
research,
valued
approached,
there's
an
equity
lens
that
is
used
tree
canopy,
obviously
is
coming
up
quite
a
bit
with
respect
to
development
and
how?
F
What
is
the
city
doing
to
expand
the
tree
canopy
in
certain
neighborhoods,
but
also
what
is
our
process
overall
as
we?
How
do
we
ensure
that
we
are
maintaining
and
expanding
our
tree
canopy
with
respect
to
new
development
projects
or
renovations?
Clearly,
it's
coming
up
in
quite
a
few
areas.
Charlestown
roxbury,
but
I
think
it's
an
issue
over
overall
in
the
city
landmarks
commission
yeah
expand
their
capacity.
I
think
it
goes
to
council
braden's
point
in
terms
of
the
backlog,
but
what's
also
been
coming
up,
is
they
want
to
play?
F
I
think
a
greater
role
in
development
proactively
or
at
the
beginning,
with
respect
to
projects
that
are
being
our
buildings
are
being
demoed.
Landmarks
commission
has
incredible
expertise.
How
do
we
make
sure
that
they
are
actually
involved
in
that
process
at
the
outset?
Not
at
the
end,
when
residents
are
sort
of
struggling
to
try
to
save
a
building
or
a
space
that
they
deem
to
be
a
landmark
or
historic,
even
if
it
hasn't
been
designated?
F
What
do
we
currently
have
in
place
to
oversee
waterfront
and
river
sustainability
and
access
projects?
What
how
will
the
new
investments
in
the
climate
ready
boston
be
directed?
The
new
heat
resilience
study?
Will
that
be
city-wide,
and
I
actually
on
the
community?
The
composting
council
o'malley
asked
that
question
and
yeah.
I
think
my
other
ones
have
been
asked
for
now.
A
Great
to
hear
it's
great
to
hear
from
so
many
babies.
A
Thanks
counselor
bach,
thanks
castler
campbell
counselor
flaherty
questions
for
environment
landmarks.
Yes,.
B
Thank
you
manager.
I
just
want
to
touch
obviously
quickly
on
landmarks.
We've
had
some
hearings
recently
and
time
has
come
to
give
landmarks
the
resources
they
need
to
sort
of
be
on
the
front
end
of
that
equation,
as
opposed
to
sort
of
scrambling
around
at
the
11th
hour
playing
catch-up
a
lot
of
our
communities.
B
Our
residents
reach
out
to
landmarks
at
the
earliest
stage,
sort
of
when
they
sort
of
sniff
out
that
something's
crooked,
on
their
street
or
across
the
street,
from
their
home
or
around
the
corner
from
their
house
and
to
a
large
extent,
landmarks
is
kind
of
you
know,
their
hands
are
sort
of
tied
early
and
then,
by
the
time
they
sort
of
get
in
the
game.
It's
it's
ketchup
in
some
some
instances,
it's
almost
too
late.
B
So
time
has
come
to
sort
of
understand
and
respect
the
work
that
landmarks
does
give
them
the
resources
they
need,
so
they
can
protect
those
very
precious
historical
places,
buildings
artifacts
that
are
here
in
our
city,
and
so
I
want
to
strongly
emphasize
that
I
would
love
to
see
more
by
way
of
landmarks,
getting
their
fair
share
and
also
obviously
it's
tough
to
follow.
Councillor
o'malley
he's
been
a
leader
on
this
party
in
the
environmental
space
we're
blessed
to
have
him.
B
So
maybe,
when
he's
gone,
I'm
gonna
slide
into
that
space
seemed
to
work
good
for
ed
markey.
So
maybe
I
can
can
continue
the
great
work
that
council
o'malley
has
done
on
the
council,
but
I
will
say
that
he
did
not
mention
trees
but
maybe
he's
holding
his
powder
for
the
parks
department,
but
it's
time
again
long
overdue,
whether
it's
the
parks
department,
our
environmental
department
or
public
works.
B
They
need
a
bonafide
tree
pruning
division,
our
own
with
up-to-date
technology
and
equipment
to
allow
them
to
carry
out
the
function
of
tree
pruning.
We
sub
it
out.
We
farm
it
out
in
good
luck
getting
on
the
list
to
get
a
tree
prune.
So
again,
time
has
come.
There's
a
lot
of
focus
on
the
planting
of
trees,
which
I
wholeheartedly
support.
We
need
to
continue
to
do
that.
B
I
know
that
several
colleagues
have
just
mentioned
sort
of
the
canopy
effect
which
many
of
the
communities
I
represent
as
a
city-wide
city
council
have
been
asking
for,
but
again
time
has
come
no
reason.
B
There
is
zero
reason
why
the
city
of
boston
should
not
have
its
own
tree
pruning
division
as
part
of
parks
or,
as
part
of
public
works,
this
getting
on
a
list
and
waiting
and
then
having
to
sub
it
out,
and
maybe
you
make
the
list-
maybe
you
don't
while
a
tree
is
protruding
into
the
side
of
your
home
or
it's
creating
a
public
safety
hazard
or
it's
uprooting
in
damaging
either
your
or
someone
else's
property?
So
time
has
come
to
put
a
little
more
emphasis
on
that.
B
We
do
have
some
arborists,
probably
not
enough.
I
know
they
do
great
work.
I
know
they're
taxed
and
stretched
to
all
ends,
but
I
would
be
happy
as
a
clam
to
see
the
city
of
boston
invest
and
have
its
own
tree
pruning
division.
So
I
think
that's
a
nutshell.
Madam
chair.
A
Great
fantastic,
thank
you.
Counselor
flaherty
and
I
see
councillor
braden's
hand,
is
up
counselor
braden.
You
want
to
add
something.
C
C
In
some
conversations
we've
had
with
the
environment
department,
we
asked
about
cemeteries
and
whether
or
not
the
city
of
boston
had
a
plan
to
do
more,
green,
sustainable
burials
and
and
and
what
what
we
do
with
our
beloved
when
they
pass
over.
So
I
was
wondering
if
and
they
would
explore
the
possibility
of
a
pilot,
some
sort
of
a
study
or
a
pilot
study
into
looking
at
green,
green
burial
options
in
the
city
of
boston.
C
I
they
did
say
that,
given
covid
with
the
increased
death
rate
that
our
cemeteries
are,
they
have
enough
capacity
to
to
bury
people
in
the
city
for
a
limited
length
of
time,
and
we
have
to
come
up
with
some
other
alternatives.
So
I
think
it
might
be
a
timely
opportunity
to
look
at
that,
and
that
was
that
was
it.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
madam
sure.
I
was
sort
of
hot
on
the
tree
pruning
division.
I
just
I
specifically.
I
need
to
know
how
much
we
spent
contracting
out
tree
pruning
and
tree
trimming
and
tree
planting
services
again
all
functions
that
should
be
part
and
parcel
of
our
either
parks,
department
or
public
works
department.
So
I'd
be
curious
to
see
what
that
number
is
and,
and
then
also
in
addition,
you
know.
I
know
I
know
that
there's
been
a
number
of
exciting
programs.
B
I
saw
obviously
that
the
environmental
department's
operating
budget
is
set
to
increase
by
1.2
million
this
year,
and
one
million
of
that
is
to
work
with
organizations
across
the
city
to
develop
job
training
programs,
particularly
in
renewable
energy
and
green
infrastructure
industries,
which
obviously
again
is
music
to
to
my
ears,
I'm
sure
all
of
our
colleagues,
so
I
just
want
a
little
bit
more
meat
on
the
bone
there.
What
specifically,
what
job
training
programs
are
they
talking
about
developing
in
those
spaces?
A
Great
yes,
thank
you,
counselor
flaherty
and
that's
yeah,
big
focus
of
my
questions.
I
think
there's
I
think,
there's
an
opportunity
for
that
green
jobs
thing
to
be
kind
of
in
the
direction
of
what
we've
been
discussing
in
our
conservation
corps
hearings,
and
I
think
yeah.
The
the
time
is
now
is
a
good
thing
to
see
them
included,
but
it's
definitely
included
right
now
in
the
budget
in
a
more
conceptual
description.
So
we're
going
to
want
to
dig
in
on
that.
B
One
other
item,
madam
chair,
is
just
really
to
back
you
up
into.
It
is
obviously
on
the
ground,
water
trust.
You
nailed
it
yesterday
when
we
had
the
law
department.
Again
time
has
come
to
to
give
those
folks,
particularly
on
the
legal
side
of
the
house,
it's
very
complicated
stuff,
as
you
know,
you
know
in
particular
sort
of
encompasses.
B
You
know,
I
don't
even
know
what
the
percentage
is.
It's
probably
85
90
percent
share
of
sort
of
the
ground
water,
ground
100
in
terms
of
type
of
additional
resources
in
terms
of
being
able
to
sort
of
fight
challenges.
If
you
will
with
respect
to
the
legal
side
of
the
house-
and
I
just
want
to
mention
it-
I
guess
it
falls
under
sort
of
environment
that
could
fall
into
landmarks
if
you
have
a
precious
building
that
isn't
in
the
verge
of
collapse
because
of
a
ground
water
issue.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
michael.
You
just
cut
off
at
the
end
there,
but
but
yeah.
I.
I
definitely
will
look
for
your
help
on
that.
I
think
it's.
It's
not
fair
for
us
to
have
volunteer
trustees
who
are
really
taking
care
of
a
public
trust
like
that
and
then
not
have
the
city
prepared
to
defend
them
as
it
does
the
other
board
so
yeah.
I
think
that's
something
we'll
pursue
further
for
sure.
A
Councillor
mejia.
Yes,.
E
So
I
just
wanted
to
add
a
few
more
questions
if
that's:
okay,
okay,
so
I'm
curious,
if
the
the
department
is
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
also
support
madison
park
in
terms
of
green
building-
and
you
know
what
opportunities
exist
to.
E
Educate
and
engage
and
and
support
youth
internships
around
green
building
also
curious
about
what
do
we?
What
what
else
can
we
be
doing
to
better
educate
the
community
around
environmental
issues
in
multiple
languages?
Like
I,
I
think
that
we
talked
about
this
at
some
hearing.
I
remember
I
can't
remember,
but
it
was
about
composting
and
you
know,
and
a
lot
of
people
who
come
to
this
country
from
other
spaces.
Composting
is
a
way
of
life,
but
we
we
come
here.
We
don't
see
it
like
that
here.
E
So
you
know
what
opportunities
exist
to
kind
of
really
help
educate
the
public
about.
You
know
all
the
steps
that
they
can
be
taken
and
be
more,
I
don't
know
be
more
intentional
about
those
psa
campaigns.
E
I
think
that
I
think
that
everybody
should
should
be
more
engaged
in
this
process
and
then
on
the
public
housing
front,
which
I
know
you
are
a
fierce
advocate
of
you
know,
I'm
just
curious
about
how
some
of
our
housing
developments
you
know
what
up
what?
What?
If
any
upgrades
are
we
thinking
about
in
terms
of
sustainability
and
and
I'm
helping
to
support
the
refreshers
of
these
buildings
so
that
they
can
be
more
environmentally
friendly,
I
I
don't
know,
that's
probably
already
been
discussed
somewhere.
E
I'm
sorry,
if
I
don't
know
about
it,
but
I
I'd
be
curious
about
what
an
environmental
green
building
looks
like
very
similar
to
build
bps,
I'm
curious
if
there
is
any
initiatives
or
talks
about
rebuilding
bha
with
a
green
lens,
and
if
that
is
a
vision,
I'd
like
to
know
what
the
dollar
amount
would
look
like
for
that
and
council
block,
I'm
sure
you
probably
are
the
lead
sponsor
of
such
thing
or
or
already
have
answers
to
it.
E
But
and
if
you
don't
think
it's
an
appropriate
conversation
to
have
in
this
working
session,
then
don't
include
it
in
the.
In
the
thing
I
just
I
just.
I
was
just
curious.
A
No,
I
mean,
I
think,
that
I
think
that
it's
a
coming
together
of
a
bunch
of
conversations
we're
having
right,
like,
I
think,
it's
appropriate
to
talk
to
environment
about
the
you
know
the
it's
like
pfd
does
the
capital
projects,
but
this
overall
strategy
of
you
know
is
10
of
green
stuff
enough,
and
then
I
think
we've
been
adding
public
housing
into
the
capital
conversation
over
the
last
few
years,
and
now
you
know
we
have
to
kind
of
unite
it
with
the
green
capital
conversation
and
say
what
are
we
doing?
A
I
do
think
that
the
I
do
think
that
the
housing
authority
does
try
when
it's
building
new
stuff
now
to
make
it
pretty
green,
because
everybody
knows
the
direction
of
travel,
but
I
think
your
question
about
what's
the
overall
price
tag,
the
overall
price
tag
is
very
high
and
we
won't
get
it
done
without
substantial
federal
money,
but
for
once,
there's
actually
an
infrastructure
bill.
A
That's,
like
you
know,
on
the
deck
in
in
the
house
that
like
actually
could
send
the
kinds
of
like
like
a
lot
of
money,
like
you
know,
like
billion
dollar
like
kind
of
stuff
to
us
that
would
that
would
make
a
dent
there.
So
so
I
think
it's
worth
talking
about
environment
may
not
know
the
question
answer
to
that
question,
but
we
can
always
send
it
over
to
pha.
So
thank
you,
counselor
o'malley
and
then
counselor
braden.
A
Just
let
me
know,
if
your
hand
is,
if
I
wasn't
sure
if
it
was
up
from
before
or
if
it's
new
okay
great,
I
see
councillor
o'malley.
D
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
councilmania's
question,
because
I
think
it's
an
excellent
one
and
it's
something
that
really
led
our
work
for
the
last
five
years
on
net
zero,
carbon
construction,
and
just
so
you
know
because
of
the
work
of
our
of
our
council
and
was
signed
as
an
executive
order
by
mayor
walsh
back
in
2018,
I
believe
perhaps
2019
I
may
be
misremembering,
but
all
new
municipal
buildings
will
be
net
zero
carbon
construction.
So
that's
like
the
what
what
we
aspire
to
for
buildings.
D
It
means
they
will
generate
onsite
or
with
office.
That's
as
much
energy
as
they
use,
and
that
includes
all
new
municipal
buildings,
including
affordable
housing
and
what's
really
attractive
here,
is
that
the
price
differential
between
building
something
that's
net,
zero
carbon
and
not
is
really
de
minimis,
as
there
are
different
incentives
for
it,
as
just
the
raw
costs
of
something
like
pv
panels
goes
down
dramatically
and
the
savings
on
utilities
can
be
actualized
within
within
months.
You've
got
some
other
states
or
really
pittsburgh.
D
Pennsylvania
has
been
a
pioneer
in
the
united
states
of
building
all
their
affordable
housing
developments
as
net
zero,
carbon
and
you're,
seeing
better
cleaner
buildings
that
actually
save
money
for
the
residents,
because
again,
utility
cost
is
so
so
much
different.
So
that's
going
to
be
all
for
new
buildings
addition
that
extends
to
schools,
that's
going
to
extend
to
police
stations,
libraries,
etc.
D
There
will
have
to
be
a
time
where
we
talk
about
retrofits
and
there
obviously
would
be
a
cost
there,
but
again
it
has
to
be
done
and
that's
something
that
that
we
are
absolutely
focused
on.
So
it's
been
a
real
passion
of
mine.
You
know
I
I
will
freely
admit
when
we
first
started
talking
about
it.
Not
many
people
knew
what
the
term
net
zero
carbon
meant
me
among
them,
but
you're
really
seeing
you're
seeing
cities
lead
in
this
space
and
I've
been
glad
that
we've
been
able
to
push
boston.
D
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
councillor,
o'malley
right
unless
counselors,
who
are
on
right
now,
have
any
further
questions
right
now.
What
I'm
going
to
do
is
go
read,
counselor
royal
and
counselor
woo's
questions
into
the
record,
and
so
you're
welcome
to
stay
on
and
listen
to
them,
and
if
you
have
another
thought
after
that,
and
I'll
also
read
some
mine
feel
free,
but
you,
but
also
counselors,
who
are
here,
should
feel
free
to
go
as
well
so
from
counselor
at
one.
Second,
let
me
pull
these
up.
A
All
right,
so
I'm
going
to
do
I'm
going
to
go
back
to
I'll,
do
bpd.
Well,
then
I'll
just
do
them
by
counselor
so
and
and
shane
all
these
ones.
I'm
going
to
read
we
have
in
written.
I
think
you
already
have
the
copies,
but
just
so
obviously,
we've
got
that
so
for
the
police
department
from
councillor
michelle
wu
who's,
our
city
councilor
at
large.
One
question
is
external
violence
against
women.
Funds
are
increasing
by
95.
A
What
will
that
be
used
for
second
question
capacity
of
the
community
engagement
bureau's
programming
was
expanded
in
fy
21
as
part
of
the
hhs
cabinets,
citywide
targeted
violence
prevention
strategy,
but
for
fy22
the
proposed
budget
decreases
by
34.1
percent.
What
community
engagement
functions
are
decreasing
in
size
number
three.
The
budget
includes
a
500
000
investment
in
the
medical
unit
for
triage
and
additional
clinicians
to
get
injured.
Officers
back
to
work
quickly
is
this
for
an
in-house
medical
unit
or
for
contracted
medical
staff.
A
A
What's
the
breakdown
of
type
of
medical
incident,
what
is
the
geographic
distribution
of
medical
incidents?
What
is
the
range
in
size
of
police
response
and
average
size
of
police
response?
Is
there
a
way
to
know
from
the
data
collected
if
any
of
these
incidents
actually
were
criminal
in
nature
versus
something
that
could
have
been
supported
through
non-police
mediation?
A
Is
there
a
record
of
actions
associated
with
each
incident
record?
That
is
not
part
of
the
public
data
sets,
which
is
the
size
nature
of
police
response,
arrests,
use
of
force
and
disciplinary
action.
There
are
some
incomplete
metadata
fields,
including
latitude
and
longitude
in
the
public
data
sets.
Is
there
a
specific
reason
for
the
submission
number
six?
What
resources
within
the
hr
department
or
elsewhere
are
dedicated
to
analyzing
overtime
data
within
the
police
department?
Seven,
how
many
sworn
personnel
work
on
the
detail
desk?
What
are
we
cumulatively?
A
Spending
on
their
personnel
costs
number
eight,
how
many
sworn
personnel
work
on
the
time
and
attendance
desk?
What
are
we
cumulatively
spending
on
their
personnel
costs?
Number
nine
is
what
protocols
are
in
place
to
communicate
with
ada's
or
the
da's
office
to
notify
officers
when
judges
are
absent.
I
take
that.
That's
so
that
we
don't
do
do
unnecessary
court
overtime
number
10.
What
are
the
racial
demographics
of
officers
earning
pay
premiums
through
the
quinn
bill?
What's
the
distribution
of
department
assignments
of
these
officers,
I.e?
A
Question
number
11:
according
to
the
managing
partners
report
commissioned
by
commissioner
evans,
how
many
officers
do
solely
administrative
work,
or
only
do
police
work
during
overtime
and
12?
How
many
involuntary
accidental
disability
retirement
orders
has
the
commissioner
or
acting
commissioner
filed
over
the
last
fiscal
year?
A
So
those
are
councillor
wu's
questions
for
the
police
department
on
the
environment
side,
she
asks
the
operating
budget
is
set
to
increase
by
1.2
million,
including
a
million
dollar
initiative
to
work
with
organizations
in
the
city
to
develop
job
training
programs
in
the
renewable
energy
and
green
infrastructure
industries.
What
staff
will
be
dedicated
to
managing
this
program?
What
funding,
if
any,
will
be
provided
through
collaboration
with
city
departments
like
owd
number?
A
Two,
the
budget
includes
an
annual
authorization
of
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
the
conservation
commission
to
secure
outside
consultants
to
aid
in
the
review
of
proposed
projects.
What
outside
consultants
were
contracted
to
review
the
proposed
eversource
substation
in
east
boston
and
what
were
their
findings?
A
So
those
are
the
questions
from
counselor
wu
from
councillor
arroyo,
questions
for
the
police
department
number
one,
what
are
bpd's
minimum
staffing
levels
and
how
does
bpd
determine
whether
they
need
more
officers?
How
often
is
this
reevaluated
number
two,
how
many
officers
are
assigned
to
district
stations
and
how
many
are
members
of
citywide
units
number
three,
how
many
officers
at
bpd
patrol
or
respond
to
calls
number
four?
What
effort
has
bpd
made
to
civilianize
administrative
functions
and
roles
number
five?
What
portion
of
bpd
officers
are
vaccinated?
A
A
A
Can
the
department
explain
why
many
of
these
grants
have
been
discontinued
in
fy22
number
two
for
fy22
there
is
an
external
funds
allocation
for
the
mvp
heat
resilience
study.
Can
you
talk
a
bit
more
about
that?
How
long
will
the
study
last?
How
is
it
conducted,
and
when
can
we
expect
to
see
the
results
number
three?
Why
are
there
no
planned
expenditures
for
the
climate
resilience
reserve
for
fy22
number?
Four?
How
is
the
department
working
to
make
sure
their
employees
are
reflective
of
the
city
of
boston?
A
How
is
the
department
working
to
diversify
its
workforce
number
five.
Can
the
department
talk
a
little
about
the
impact
that
the
pandemic
has
had
on
the
environment
in
boston
and
number
six
out
of
17
contracts?
None
are
slbe
mbe
or
wbes.
How
does
the
department
plan
to
diversify
its
contracts
and
then
there
are
some
additional
questions.
Counselor
campbell
had
to
go,
but
she
did
submit
some
further
questions
for
bpd
that
and
they're
fairly
extensive.
So
take
a
deep
breath
one.
A
What
are
the
budget
expenses
for
boston
police
that
are
not
reflected
in
the
boston
police
department,
section
of
the
operating
budget?
How
much
is
spent
on
pensions,
health
insurance
benefits,
payroll
taxes
and
costs,
fringe,
etc?
Two,
what
percentage
of
city
appropriations
not
including
the
boston
public,
health,
commission
and
boston
public
schools?
Is
the
police
department
number
three
given
the
overall
cost
of
the
police
department,
including
pensions,
health
insurance
benefits,
payroll
taxes
and
costs
fringe,
etc?
What
is
the
average
cost
per
officer
number
four?
A
A
How
much
in
supplemental
funding
for
police
has
been
passed
since
june,
2026
our
donations
to
the
police
department
from
non-profit
organizations,
including,
but
not
limited
to
the
boston,
police
foundation,
boston,
police
relief,
association
and
friends
of
the
boston
police
accounted
for
on
this
budget?
Are
they
permitted
to
accept
cash
and
in-kind
donations?
A
Seven
if
two
classes,
totaling
60
police
officers,
plus
an
additional
20
cadets,
are
added.
When
will
they
start
getting
paid,
and
when
will
the
60
police
officers
officially
joined
the
department?
What
are
the
short-term
costs
to
the
academy
training
and
what
is
the
future
cost
per
year
of
paying
60
officers
and
20
cadets
in
the
future?
A
Eight,
if
these
80
police
and
cadets
were
not
added,
how
much
would
be
available
for
alternative
investments
each
year
in
future
years,
number:
nine.
If
there
are
60
new
officers
when
they
go
on
vacation
or
use
their
sick
time,
do
their
shifts,
get
posted
as
available
overtime
shifts
number
10.
If
there
was
a
hiring
freeze
or
reduction
in
the
number
of
officers,
what
could
that
money
be
used
for?
That
would
address,
root
issues
of
ensuring
safety,
preventing
harm
and
transforming
harm?
A
What
cuts?
Okay,
11?
What
cuts
beyond
just
cutting
overtime
would
reduce
disproportionate
police
presence,
arrests
and
incarceration
for
black
indigenous
and
people
of
color
residents.
What
could
that
money
be
used
for
that
would
address,
root
issues
of
ensuring
safety,
preventing
harm
and
transforming
harm?
What
has
been
the
progress
on
creating
civilian
details
with
good
paying
public
jobs
to
replace
police
details?
A
Has
the
bpd
provided
well?
This
is
a
question
for
bpd.
You
know
again.
Could
the
department
provide
answers
around
what
its
minimum
staffing
calculations
are
in
neighborhoods
and
quantify
police
presence
in
the
different
neighborhoods?
A
You
know,
I
think
there
is
a
lot
of
frustration
with
the
idea
that
we're
that
the
council
be
asked
to
support
adding
police
in
order
to
keep
us
up
to
an
appropriate
number
when
there
hasn't
been
data
or
discussion
about
about
what
those
overall
spreads
are
and
an
ability
to
talk
about
decreasing
existing
over
policing
14.
A
How
much
could
be
saved
by
reducing
sending
police
to
9-1-1
calls
for
mental
health
crises,
so
I
do
think
that
relates
to,
I
do
think,
there's
a
police
department
inside
of
the
of
the
hhs
pilot
that
we
want
to
ask
about
on
the
10th,
then
15,
because
the
contracts
of
police
have
expired,
how
much
retroactive
funding
for
this
fiscal
year
and
next
fixed
school
year?
Is
there
expected
to
be
so?
I
think
this
is
a
question
about
the
way
about
the
so
I'll.
Just
explain
this.
A
We
don't
need
to
add
this
for
the
department,
but
right
now
we
budget,
as
though
all
of
our
contracts
just
continue,
because
that's
what's
happening,
then
the
administration
has
centrally
budgeted
10
million
dollars,
which
is
there
as
a
collective
bargaining
reserve,
to
make
sure
that
we'll
have
money
to
meet
our
commitments
as
we
as
we
negotiate
new
contracts
with
the
unions,
but
that's
so
that's
being
held
over
on
the
side,
and
so
it's
not
like
it
reverts
back
to
some
other
use.
A
Nor
is
it
specifically
budgeted
by
department
how
much
the
union
contracts
will
eventually
cost
then,
and
similarly
there's
a
question
about
how
much
the
contracts
would
cost
if
they
had
pay
raises
in
them
in
future
years,
but
that's
an
unknowable
fact
the
proposed
and
then,
but
there
is
a
question
about:
does
that?
Does
the
administration
have
an
understanding
of
of
what
proportion
of
the
10
million
in
the
reserves
for
collective
bargaining
would
go
to
police?
A
I
don't
think
that
they'll
that
they
would
have
that,
but
we
can
ask
them
if
they
do
how
much
of
the
american
rescue
plan
funds
are
being
planned
for
police.
How
much
of
past
federal
relief
funds
were
used
for
police
19?
What
capital
projects
are
being
funded
by
police
and
where
could
those
funds
go
instead?
A
20
has
the
boston
police
department?
Well,
can
the
can
the
department
provide
answers
again
about
the
mechanics
of
how
overtime's
approved
and
and
what
the
sort
of
again,
those
concrete
convincing
plans
for
cutting
over
time
are
and
then
with
the
40
50
of
overtime
hours
that
are
for
extended
tour
and
additional
tour
hours?
Do
police
captains
have
the
power
to
allot
overtime
hours
in
order
to
extend
shifts
and
add
shifts,
and
what
other
police
officials
have
this
power?
A
If
so,
would
enforcing
stricter
limits
be
more
effective
at
decreasing
over
time
than
hiring
more
officers
and
30
to
40
percent
of
overtime
hours
are
for
replacement
personnel
hours?
Is
it
accurate
that
the
contracts
require
that
every
vacant
shift
has
to
be
offered
as
a
potential
overtime
shift
to
other
officers?
Is
there
a
way
to
change
the
contract
to
be
more
effective
at
decreasing
over
time,
rather
than
hiring
more
officers,
so
those
were
questions
from
counselor
campbell,
andrea
campbell,
district
4,
who
was
with
us
earlier?
A
All
right
and
now
I
will
add
some
of
my
further
questions
on
and
since
we're
just
doing
police
I
will
switch
over
to
environment.
So
you
know
I'd
like
to
know
if
the
city's,
I
think,
we've
got
a
couple
of
things.
There's
a
I'm
really
excited
about
the
million
dollars
for
green
jobs.
A
I
definitely
want
to
dig
in
we've,
been
pushing
for
a
conservation
core
type
program
and
we've
been
talking
to
a
lot
of
groups
in
the
city
that
are
doing
at
a
small
scale,
green
jobs,
training
now,
and
so
I
think
the
opportunity
to
create
connective
tissue.
There
is
really
great.
A
I
do
think
that
one
question
is
just
and
it's
it's
an
echo
of
counselor
woo's
question
like
what's
the
staffing
plan,
I
think
we
and
and
what's
the
model
that's
being
contemplated,
so
we
think
we
should
consider
a
model
similar
to
philadelphia's
power
core,
which
we
had
at
a
hearing
earlier
this
spring
and
we
would
love
to
so
and
that
one
of
the
things
we
learned
from
that
is
that
we
really
need
a
sort
of
a
first
tire
who's
going
to
do
a
lot
of
coordinating
between
departments
and
kind
of
get
something
up
and
running,
and
then
some
subsequent
hires
and
so
want
to
know.
A
The
staffing
plan
want
to
know
how
existing
community
partners
that
have
green
jobs.
Training,
including
those
who
are
part
of
our
success
link
program,
will
be
included
in
those
these
discussions.
So
we
can
create
a
meaningful
career
pipeline
for
green
jobs.
A
We'd
also
love
to
see
the
native
and
indigenous
communities
be
included
in
this
conversation,
they're
not
always
included
in
our
conversations
about
programming
generally
in
boston,
but
there's
a
real
nexus
of
connection
here
with
the
green
jobs
and
we
we'd
love
to
make
sure
that
they're
part
of
program
design
and
have
access
to
this
type
of
training
and
job
opportunities
and
curious.
A
How
we're
gonna
be
training,
boston
residents,
helping
and
helping
local
entrepreneurs
be
trained
to
meet
the
net
zero
carbon
performance
standards,
other
sustainable
design
standards
that
the
city's
putting
on
the
table.
So
I
guess
that's.
My
main
thing
is
green
jobs,
training.
What
are
the
details
and
how
is
it
part
of
this
like
bigger
vision
of
meeting
that
demand
that
we
ourselves
the
city
are
creating?
I
also
want
to
know
if
you
know
with
that
green
jobs
program
with
the
arp
money
being
able
to
support
stormwater
infrastructure.
A
Do
we
intend
to
create
a
green
infra
screen,
stormwater
infrastructure
plan?
That's
something
that
new
york
and
philly
both
have
citywide,
which
they
expect
is
going
to
save
the
money
as
compared
to
traditional
gray,
storm
water
infrastructure
in
terms
of
reduced
flood
and
storm
damage
in
the
long
term.
I
know
we're
taking
steps
within
water
and
sewer
but
sort
of
curious,
whether
we
have
a
plan,
whether
we
intend
to
form
a
plan
and-
and
we
want
to
talk
about
whether
the
environment
department
is
able
to
work.
A
This
is
a
little
bit
related
to
what
counselor
majia
was
talking
about,
whether
the
environment
department
can
work
with
with
public
housing
and
affordable
housing
communities
to
prioritize
green
water,
green
storm,
water
infrastructure
near
those
communities
where
often
there's
a
lot
of
flood
risk
and
then
on
the
renew
boston
trust.
A
I
I
asked
about
the
depth
of
the
retrofits
and
I'm
expecting
an
answer
from
pfd
on
that,
but
I,
but
would
love
a
little
bit
more
thought
from
environment
again
about
how
the
depth
of
our
of
our
savings
in
the
retro
in
the
renew
boston
trust
is
sort
of
part
of
meeting
our
overall
climate
targets
on
hiring
in
the
environment
department.
Why
are
we
having
difficulty
attracting
qualified
candidates
sort
of
like?
What's
what
are
the
qualifications
we're
looking
for
that
we
can't
find
thinking
about
more
diverse
hiring.
A
We'd,
love
to
know
a
bit
more
about
the
revision
of
regulations
for
parking
freezes
under
the
air
pollution
control.
Commission
love
to
hear
a
bit
more
about
the
status
of
building
carbon
performance
standard
development.
I
know
that's
very
much
underway,
but
we
have
we
sort
of
want
to
want
to
know
what
the
latest
is
curious.
How
the
clean
air
community
grant
program
is
being
publicized.
We
expect
to
receive
a
lot
of
applications
on
that
front.
A
Are
we
thinking
about
monitoring
the
like
the
success
of
those
in
actually
reducing
air
pollution
and
thinking
about
scaling,
some
of
them
up
or
just
trying
to
understand,
if
that's
like
just
a
sort
of
one
one-off,
or
are
we
going
somewhere
with
it
overall
question
for
the
car
for
the
environment
department's
really
like
where
we
are
on
meeting
our
carbon
goals
and
how
we
are
accelerating
to
meet
those
2030
and
2050?
And
it's
it's
sort
of
again
like
does
everything
we're
doing
add
up
to
the
solutions
that
we're
targeting?
A
So
that's
a
sort
of
big
picture
question,
but
would
love
to
know
it
and
then
with
the
green
jobs
program.
Again,
I
forgot
to
say
this
earlier,
but
kind
of
figuring
out
how
to
set
something
up
that
in
the
long
run,
could
turn
into
a
track
at
madison
park.
A
A
I
definitely
want
to
focus
in
on.
I
agree
with
counselor
flaherty
that
we,
you
know
landmarks
needs
to
do
its
work
well
to
really
like
preserve
history
in
the
context
of
a
growing
historical
city.
It
does.
We
need
process
changes
which
are
not
a
budget
problem,
but
they
are
something
I'm
going
to
be
chasing
this
year,
but
we
also
do
need
more
funding.
A
We're
like
99
years
behind
our
backlog
of
petitions,
so
I
I
saw
that
we're
that
landmarks
is
adding
one
district
staffer,
which
I
think
will
help
us
get
some
of
the
new
districts
up
in
roxbury
running,
which
is
awesome.
It
feels
to
me,
like.
A
We
still
really
need
somebody
to
be
to
be
processing
that
petitions
backlog
in
a
big
way
and
then
I
think
we
really
need
we
need
to
be
making
a
funding
plan
for
a
citywide
preservation
plan
like
a
survey
of
our
historic
resources
that
will
look
at
every
neighborhood,
regardless
of
whether
it's
got.
You
know,
people
who
are
banning
the
drum,
because
I
think
we've
had
really
uneven
from
an
equity
perspective,
success
at
historic
preservation
across
the
city,
and
so
I
really
want
a
citywide
plan.
A
I
want
us
to
think
about
how,
through
a
combination
of
the
budget
and
the
and
the
cpa,
that
we're
doing
that-
and
I
think,
there's
an
opportunity
with
us
looking
at
how
to
kind
of
revitalize
tourism
and
create
occasions
to
drive,
drive
economic
development
in
the
city
in
the
next
few
years,
as
we
try
to
come
back
at
our
historical
sites.
I
think
the
historical
sites
are
an
important
piece
of
that,
so
we'd
love
to
talk
about
that.
A
How
landmarks
and
that
whole
world
is
in
conversation
with
the
tourism
world,
so
that
we're
really
getting
the
right
kind
of
joined
up.
A
You
know
enlightened
economic
development
plan
that
has
a
space
for
history,
which
is
so
important
here
in
the
city
of
boston
to
our
economy
and
it's
important
its
own
right,
for
you
know
our
sense
of
place
and
our
communities,
and
then
I
know
we
received
a
grant
for
archaeology
we'd
love
to
understand
how
that's
going
to
expand
our
capacity
and
hope
that
we
can
build
a
build
that
into
a
kind
of
permanent
thing,
because
I
think
joe
does
fantastic
work,
but
could
definitely
use
more
sort
of
long-term
capacity
and
then
yeah.
A
And
then
just
really.
You
know
how
we're
how
we're
doing
things
at
landmarks
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
really
having
an
equity
lens
on
on
landmarking
and
obviously
I
have
a.
I
have
a
petition
before
the
council,
which
we're
still
in
the
middle
of
kind
of
legislative
back
and
forth
on
about
about
changing
our
designation
requirement
to
be
local
landmarking
and
really
want
to
push
that
through.
But,
as
we
discussed
in
those
hearings
to
do
that
and
do
it
effectively,
we
need
we
need
the
staff
capacity
at
landmarks.
A
A
Yeah
I
mean
underscoring
like
what
fiscal
management
and
oversight
is
going
to
occur
in
fy22
that
didn't
occur
in
fy21,
like
we
didn't
get
there
in
fy21
so
like
what
are
we
doing?
That's
different
in
fy
22.
and
some
of
that's
about
this
formula.
I
talked
about
and
some
of
it's
about
controls
and
there
has
to
be
a
convincing
plan
for
this
to
be
to
be
plausible,
and
then
I
think
I
asked
already
about
sort
of
what's
the
nature
of
the
cadet
training,
de-escalation,
anti-bias
and
kind
of
the
overall
recruitment
plan.
A
You
know,
I
think,
to
the
extent
that's
a
solution,
and
I
know
and
that
I
think,
there's
you
know
real
back
and
forth
about
that,
making
sure
that
at
the
front
end
we're
really
training
officers
in
the
kind
of
community
engagement
and
diversion
from
police
response
that
we
want
to
see
is
pretty
important.
So
yeah,
I
think,
we've.
I
think
those
are
my
questions
and
I
and
yeah
and
so
shane
and
michelle
we
will
touch
base
on
getting
us
all
formally
typed
up
and
over.
A
But
I
just
want
to
thank
my
colleagues,
both
those
who
came,
and
you
sent
questions
ahead
and
we're
looking
forward
to
hearings
on
may
10th
and
I'll
just
say
to
the
public,
we'll
be
having
a
bunch
of
these
next
week.
So
what
you
can't
testify
if
you've
got
a
question,
you
really
want
your
counselor
to
put
on
the
record.
You
could
write
to
them
about
it
and
yeah
and
with
that
this
working
session
of
the
boston
city
council's
ways
and
means
committee
is
adjourned
thanks.
So
much.