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Dockets ##0801-0805, 0810, 0687, 0725 - A working session regarding the FY22 budget resubmission and related matters, including grants from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund and COLA for retirees
B
C
All
right
we've
got
a
couple,
colleagues
who
are
just
about
to
come
in,
but
I
think
since
I've
got
all
these
dockets
to
read,
I
will
get
us
going.
So
I'm
calling
this
working
session
of
the
boston
city
council's
ways
and
means
committee
to
order
for
the
record.
My
name
is
kenzie
bach,
I'm
the
district,
8
study,
counselor
and
also
the
chair
of
the
ways
and
means
committee
one.
Second,
this
hearing
this
working
session.
C
My
apologies,
is
being
recorded
and
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
city
council
dash
tv
and
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn,
channel
82,
verizon
files,
channel
964.
and
for
folks
reference
working
sessions.
Are
meetings
of
the
council
like
this,
so
we'll
be
talking
about
dockets
today,
but
it's
just
going
to
be
the
counselors.
Sometimes
we
have
folks
testifying
and
sharing
their
thoughts
with
us,
but
today
is
just
going
to
be
counselors.
C
So
if
you
are
looking
to
come
and
testify
on
the
budget
dockets
for
fy22
we'd
love
to
have
you
come
and
testify
for
the
1pm
hearing
on
monday,
the
28th
today's
working
session
is
on
docket
zero,
eight
zero
one
message
in
order
for
annual
appropriation
and
tax
order
for
fy2022
docket
zero,
eight
zero,
two
message:
an
order
for
annual
appropriation
for
the
school
department
for
fy22
docket,
zero,
eight
zero,
three
message
in
order
approving
an
appropriation
of
40
million
dollars
to
the
other
post,
employment
benefits,
liability,
trust
fund,
docket0804
message
and
order
approving
inappropriation
of
actually
it's
zero.
C
Eight
zero
four,
but
I
think
sorry,
it's
been
miswritten
in
my
thing
of
twelve
million
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
city's
capital
grant
fund
in
order
to
provide
funding
for
various
transportation
and
public
realm
improvements
to
be
credited
to
the
capital
grant
fund
from
the
parking
meter
fund.
C
This
grant
payment
is
made
from
the
coronavirus,
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
in
the
treasury
of
the
united
states,
established
by
section
9901
of
the
american
rescue
plan,
act
of
2021,
arpa
and
then
docket
0687
message
and
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
the
amount
of
50
million
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
the
treasury
to
be
administered
by
the
city
of
boston's
chief
financial
officer
collect
for
treasurer.
C
This
grant
payment
is
made
from
the
coronavirus,
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
fund
in
the
treasury.
The
united
states
established
by
section
9901
of
the
american
rescue
plan
act
of
2021,
again
known
as
arpa
and
then
dockett0725
message,
an
order
approving
an
increase
of
the
cost
of
living
adjustment,
cola
base
from
14
000
to
15,
000
for
all
retirees
and
beneficiaries
of
the
boston
retirement
system
and
sorry
that
was
a
whole
mouthful.
Obviously,
there
are
a
number
of
dockets
that
make
up
our
budget
per
usual.
C
There's
kind
of
folks
know:
there's
the
operating
there's
the
school's
operating
budget,
we've
already
taken
a
first
vote
on
capital
on
those
remaining
committee
or
they're
waiting
awaiting
a
second
reading,
and
then
there
are
some
assorted
other
funds
that
accompany,
and
then
this
year
we're
relying
substantially
on
the
american
rescue
plan
act
for
for
revenue
support
for
the
for
the
budget.
C
So
we
have
a
couple
of
those
dockets
as
well
and
then
the
last
one
that
I
mentioned
was
the
one
that
we
held
a
hearing
on
yesterday,
which
has
to
do
with
a
cost
of
living
adjustment
for
our
retirees,
that's
something
that
there's
5.6
million
dollars
for
in
the
budget
resubmission,
and
so
the
council
is
being
asked
to
take
a
vote
on
doing
that.
But
you
know
to
do
it.
We
really
need
to
also
have
the
money
to
do
it.
So
it's
all
connected.
C
So
those
are
the
dockets
I
one.
Second,
I've
got
a
couple
of
counselors
who
are
gonna,
be
in
in
a
second
but
joined
here
by
councillor
ed
flynn
of
district,
two
counselor
michael
flaherty
at
large
councilor
liz,
braden,
district,
nine
counselor,
michelle
wu
at
large
and
president
o'malley,
our
president
pro-tempore,
and
also
district
six's
city
councilor.
C
I
think
I
think,
while
I'm
waiting
for
a
couple
of
folks
who
are
just
about
to
come
in,
I'm
gonna
just
say
a
word
about
the
charter
amendment
actually
and
the
very
poorly
researched
editorial
that
came
out
in
the
globe
this
morning,
and-
and
I
wanted
to
speak
to
that
because
you
know
it
didn't-
describe
the
process
that
the
charter
amendment's
taken
accurately
at
all-
and
I
know
counselor
edwards
has
put
out
some
great
statements
for
those
who
are
interested
in
the
actual
details
on
that.
C
But
what
most
concerned
me
about
it
and
really
connects
to
this
occasion
today
was
that
several
times
the
article
talked
with
disdain
about
sort
of
the
democratic
process
itself.
It
described
a
budget
process
that
could
devolve
into
dysfunction
and
even
chaos
as
counselors
would
compete
to
get
their
issues
included.
C
C
And
what
really
knocked
me
back
about
it
was
that
what
it
was
describing
was
a
legislative
process
which
is
in
fact,
how
we
determine
a
budget
at
every
level
of
government
in
the
united
states,
because
guess
what
there
are
competing
interests
and
the
best
way
we
figured
out
to
work
them
out
together
is
to
have
a
democratic
assembly.
And
so
that's
why
the
u.s
congress
does
budgeting.
That's
why
the
state
house
does
budgeting.
C
That's
why?
Basically,
all
select
boards
in
the
in
the
state
do
budgeting.
So
just
really,
I
wanted
to
start
out
today
by
by
pushing
back
against
that
kind
of
anti-democratic
ethos,
and
I'm
stressing
that
kind
of
a
test
of
ideas
and
arguing
with
each
other
and
figuring
out
where
we
land
is
sort
of
the
the
essence
of
democracy.
C
C
So
that
said,
I
also
want
to
stress
that
in
those
legislative
processes
such
as
as
many
bodies
have
for
determining
a
budget,
the
way
that
you
figure
out,
you
know
how
it
might
be
changed
in
the
legislature
is
through
an
amendment
process
right,
so
legislature,
legislators
bring
amendments,
and
then
you
see
whether
you
can
get
a
majority
of
your
colleagues
to
support
them
and
that's
the
normal
process,
but
precisely
because
the
council
can't
amend
the
budget
in
our
charter,
we
don't
end
up
with
that
kind
of
fairly
straightforward
system
instead
for
folks
who,
you
know,
might
be
new
to
all
of
this.
C
What
the
council
plays
with
the
administration
in
every
year
and
the
way
that
our
system
works
is
basically
a
game
of
guess
again,
so
the
administration
files,
a
budget,
the
council
does
a
whole
bunch
of
hearings
on
it.
We
give
our
feedback,
we,
you
know,
pushed
on
things.
Certain
things
rise
to
the
four
the
public
shows
up
and
then
the
administration
does
a
resubmission
and
that's
basically
like
them
guessing
again
and
then
the
question
is:
where
is
the
council
on
that
budget?
C
And
honestly,
it's
that's
in
many
ways,
not
as
straightforward
of
a
system
as
people
having
to
oppose
them
to
propose
amendments
and
see
whether
they
pass
or
fail
because
in
many
ways
we're
confronted
with
a
sort
of
collective
action
problem
and
it's
because
of
the
way
that
that
game
is
structured
by
our
charter,
that
we
can
end
up
in
a
situation
like
we're
in
this
week.
Where
we're
asking
you
know,
can
we
get
to
yes
collectively,
together
before
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year?
C
You
know
I
I
felt
like
I
was
pretty
on
top
of
them,
but
even
today
I
was
talking
to
youssefie
valley,
who
does
the
office
of
immigrant
advancement
and
hadn't
realized
that
there's
a
new
program,
even
just
in
the
resubmission
focused
on
our
tps
holders
and
the
haitian
community-
that's
really
needed
for
this
summer,
so
you
know,
there's
some
really
great
stuff
in
this
resubmission,
but
as
counselors
made
clear
on
wednesday,
there
are
ways
in
which
the
budget
is
coming
up
short
to
face
some
of
our
most
pressing
needs
and
the
bodies
concerned
about
that
and
concerned
about
authorizing
it
without
without
confronting
those
needs
more
directly
and-
and
I
just
want
to
stress
that
you
know
the
problem
with
going
to
a
112
budget.
C
Not
getting
to.
Yes
is
real:
it's
it's
something
that
immediately
impacts
our
financial
standing,
no
longer
how
no
matter
how
long
the
weight
is
between
that
and
getting
a
budget,
and
I
think
that
there's
a
real
risk
that
it's
then
hard
to
get
a
budget
because
actually
nothing
structurally
changes
about
the
situation.
C
But
what
encourages
me
today
and
why
I'm
grateful
to
colleagues
for
talking
on
wednesday
and
for
being
here,
is
that
you
know
in
my
past
life
I
studied
game
theory
a
little
bit
and
the
way
you
sort
of
break
a
vicious
cycle
of
a
classic
game
like
prisoner's
dilemma,
where
you're
kind
of
all
trying
to
guess
what
each
other
is
going
to
do
is
that
you
collaborate
and
you
communicate
and
if
folks
talk
to
each
other
and
share
their
strategies,
the
barriers
to
success
disappear.
C
You
know
not
guess
again,
but
actually
you
know
hear
hear
the
things
that
we
feel
like
if
they
were
added
to
the
budget
in
a
supplemental
appropriation,
we
would
feel
comfortable
approving
approving
the
budget,
and
so
I
put
together
a
memo
with
some
ideas
based
on
what
people
said
earlier
in
the
week,
and
I
want
to
get
them
out
on
the
table.
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
talk
to
counselors
about
them,
because
the
way
that
we
deliberate,
as
I
mentioned
before,
is
always
in
public
in
the
city
council.
C
C
The
idea
is
to
get
a
bunch
of
ideas
out
on
the
table
today
and
and
we
my
committee,
will
make
sure
to
get
all
of
those
over
to
the
administration
right
after
this
working
session,
so
they
can
come
prepared
to
discuss
these
things
on
monday
and
that
way,
I
think
we
can
both
learn
about
the
resubmission.
C
C
I
will
go
in
a
moment
to
colleagues
for
any
any
initial
comments
or
questions,
and
then
I
think
what
I'd
like
to
do
just
for,
because
folks
watching
don't
necessarily
have
the
memo
that
I
sent
out
I'll
just
run
a
little
bit
through
some
of
the
thoughts
that
I
had
and
then
open
the
floor
for
colleagues
to
raise
ideas
or
comments
on
those
and
and
then
we'll
kind
of
summarize,
where
we're
at
and
go
from
there,
and
I
guess
the
the
and
the
first
thing
I'll
say
just
that
my
memo
starts
with.
C
It
doesn't
need
to
mean
unanimity,
but
but
it
does
need
to
mean
that
we
that
it's
something
that
you
know
if
we
added
it
that
seven
or
more
counselors
would
see
fit
to
pass
the
budget
and
and
also,
I
think
that
the
reality
is
because
we're
so
dependent
on
on
american
rescue
plan
revenue
this
year,
that
you
know
expenditures
have
to
be
things
that
are
arp
eligible.
So
those
are
the
main
things
with
that.
Thank
you
for
everybody's
patience.
C
I
want
to
go.
I
would
like
to
go
to
my
colleagues
for
for
sort
of
initial
comments
questions.
I
know
a
few
people
because
we
scheduled
this
so
belatedly,
right
after
the
council
meeting
on
wednesday
have
hard
stops
and
such
so.
C
I
did
want
to
get
everybody
to
have
a
chance
to
get
a
word
in,
even
if
you
have
to
go
and
I'll
also
note
that
since
I
read
the
list,
we've
been
joined
by
counselor
lydia
edwards
from
district
one
counselor,
andrea,
campbell,
district,
four,
and
also
counselor
anissa,
sabi
george
at
large,
so
counselor
flynn
did
you
have
any
any
opening
questions
or
comments.
D
Well,
thank
you,
councillor
bark,
and
thank
you
to
you
as
the
ways
and
means
chair
and
also
to
the
city
council
president
council
o'malley
as
well
for
your
leadership
during
this
during
this
difficult
time.
So
we
certainly
appreciate
your
work.
We
also
recognize
the
staff
of
mayor
janie
and
her
team
as
well.
D
I
remain
undecided
on
the
budget,
but
I
want
to
continue
talking
about
our
shared
priorities,
especially
on
traffic
and
pedestrian
safety,
quality
of
life-related
issues,
public
safety
parks
and
open
spaces
services
for
our
seniors
persons
with
disabilities
and
immigrants,
making
sure
that
they're
fully
funded
as
well.
I
was
at
a
meeting
last
night
up
at
medal
of
honor
park.
D
You
know,
I
think
it's
I
think.
Pedestrian
safety
is
a
public
health
crisis
and
the
speed
limit
is
too
is
is
too
high,
but
we
also
have
to
be
enforced.
The
current
speed
limit
people
are
driving
too
too
fast
in
our
city.
Again,
I
think
it's
a
public
health
crisis.
D
D
Bike
patrols,
work
very
well.
On
the
south
end,
I
talked
to
captain
sweeney
recently,
that's
an
incredible
group
of
people
that
do
excellent
work
and
the
cadet
program
as
well,
but
I
could
go
on
and
on,
but
I'm
here
to
listen
to
my
colleagues
to
work
with
my
colleagues
to
work
with
the
administration
and
to
be
part
of
a
team
and
hopefully
get
to
a
budget
that
works
for
everybody,
but
especially
the
residents
of
the
city
of
boston,
who
will
most,
who
will
be
mostly
impacted
by
our
decision
here
on
wednesday.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chairs,
the
colleague
who
has
participated
and
presided
over
more
budgets.
I
want
to
appreciate
the
attention
to
detail
that
you've
put
into
to
this
process
and
all
the
hard
work
and
all
the
hearings
that
you
have
presided
over
as
well
as
the
participation
of
our
colleagues
and
the
participation
of
the
administration.
E
E
The
existing
pilot
of
300
000
does
not
meet
the
needs
that
we
have
in
the
city.
I've
spent
the
last
several
weeks
reaching
out
trying
to
get
employment
opportunities
for
youth
and
and
have
been
working
with
igr
and
they'll.
Take
the
number
of
calls
I've
put
in
to
try
to
secure
more
summer
jobs,
but
this
isn't
just
about
summerdrop.
This
is
about
year-round
jobs.
This
is
about
reducing
youth,
violent
crime.
It's
a
it's
about
creating
alternatives
for
kids
to
get
involved
in
gangs
and
guns
and
drugs.
E
So
some
argue
it
could
be
the
the
asphalt
temperature.
I
argue
that
we
need
year-round
jobs
for
youth.
That
will
go
a
long
way
in
solving
the
problem.
E
So
and
I've
been
saying
it
for
years,
and
so
you
know
it's
not
just
at
this
budget,
so
we
need
an
investment
in
year-round
opportunities
for
our
children,
bps,
seeking
commitment
that
a
portion
of
operating
go
to
madison
park,
the
fact
that
we
don't
have
the
best
we
got
the
best
colleges
and
universities
in
the
world
that
call
boston
their
home.
E
But
when
it
comes
to
vote
tech,
you
know
we're
not
so
boastful,
and
so
we
need
a
madison
park
that
meets
the
labor
workforce.
Demands
in
our
city.
Ceos
are
bringing
their
companies
to
boston,
their
businesses
are
growing
even
throughout
the
pandemic,
and
as
we
come
out
of
the
pandemic,
if
we're
not
preparing,
you
know
our
students
that
next
generation,
for
you
know
for
pathways
into
high
earning
jobs
that
are
in
their
own
backyard.
E
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
council
flynn-
and
I
talk
about-
is
we're
meeting
with
these
ceos
that
are
coming
to
the
south
boston
waterfront.
You
know
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
opportunities
for
folks
in
the
neighborhood.
We
also
want
to
make
sure
that
opportunity
trickles
throughout
all
the
neighborhoods
of
boston,
so
that
it's
a
rising
tide
for
the
whole
city.
That's
what
we
envision
down
there
and
the
fact
that
we
don't
have
that
type
of
commitment.
E
You
know
as
it
pertains
to
programming
and
matching
the
curriculum
to
meet
again.
The
labor
workforce
demands
is,
is,
is
outrageous,
so
integrated
work
and
learning.
You
know
early
college
programs.
You
know,
we've
got
a
program
that
has
demonstrated
success
in
year,
13
and
we've
garnered
industry
in
higher
ed
support.
E
I
would
love
to
see
more
attention
to
that
library
facilities
in
every
school
with
the
appropriate
staffing
levels,
as
well
as
mental
health
investments
to
to
meet
the
surge
in
the
needs
that
the
students
have
have
presented
this
year
after
a
very
difficult
after
a
very
difficult
year,
due
to
covet
the
d
d
budget
need
to
see
additional
funding
for
our
acquisition
opportunity
program.
First,
first
time:
buyer
programs.
If
our
dnd
team
has
a
portfolio
of
potential
sites,
we
can
purchase
as
referenced
very
articulately.
E
You
know
this
week
in
our
session
with
both
you
know:
council
banker,
council,
edwards
and
yourself
in
terms
of
why
we're
not
in
the
business
of
acquiring
properties
and
managing
them
and
creating
more
affordable
opportunities
is
again
mind-boggling
and
obviously
the
one
that
we
all
struggle
with
mass
and
casts
increase
funding
for
trauma,
services
and
resources.
For
those
we
need
treatment
on
demand.
E
You
know
we
need
to
have
beds
ready
when
that
individual
is,
is
ready
for
treatment.
You
know,
I
argue
that
some,
a
big
part
of
my
success
has
been
the
section
35s,
but
you
know
we
still
need
opportunities
and
treatment
options
in
aftercare.
It's
not
just
about
you
know
the
quick
detox,
many
instances,
it's
not
long
enough
when
you're
on
the
opioids
that
long
you
don't
if
the
30
days
is
like
a
spin
dry.
E
You
know
you
need
at
least
six
months
to
a
year
of
good,
clean
living,
just
to
have
a
shot
at
beating
that
type
of
addiction,
the
opioid
addiction.
So
so
I
I
got
a
question.
You
know
you
know:
there's
a
250
000
marked
up
for
expanding
wrap
around
services
for
homeless
and
not
quite
sure
what
that's
going
to
be
used
for,
but
that
number
should
be
significantly
higher.
E
And,
lastly,
because
I
know
my
colleagues
have
concerns
the
parks
budget,
it
increased
minimally
only
four
percent
this
year,
so
we're
either
going
to
be
pro-environments
as
a
city
and
we're
going
to
create
more
opportunities
in
our
parks,
for
our
youth
and
for
families
and
we're
going
to
plant
more
trees
and
create
more
train
canopy
options.
E
We
need
to
have
a
legitimate
bonafide
tree
pruning
tree
planting
and
entry
canopy
division
time
has
come
for
us
tonight
might
continue
to
contract
those
services
out.
Let's
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is:
let's
stand
up
for
the
environment,
let's
stand
up
for
parks
and
let's
make
it
loud
and
clear
that
that
four
percent
you
know
is
is
is
arguably
offensive,
particularly
for
those
that
care
about
our
products.
I
know
madam
chair
in
your
district,
particularly
as
the
emerald
necklace
park
ranges,
etc.
E
I
mean
four
percent's
just
not
going
to
cut
the
mustard.
It's
clearly
not
going
to
give
us
our
own.
You
know
tree
pruning
tree
planting
in
in
canopy
oversight
division.
So
I'd
like
to
see
that
so
that's
it
for
me
for
now,
but
that's
where
my
head's
at
and
look
to
see
more
from
the
administration
on
on
all
these
fronts.
C
Thank
you,
councillor
flaherty.
I
had
promised
counselor
campbell
that
should
we
get
in
before
four
o'clock,
so
councillor
campbell
I'll,
let
you
go
out
out
of
order
if
you're.
B
Thank
you,
councillor
bach,
and
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
appreciate
it.
I'm
gonna
try
to
come
back
on.
I
just
had
a
conflict
that
could
not
move.
So
I
appreciate
you
scheduling
this
time
for
us
one.
I
didn't
see
anything
in
the
document
about
the
police
department
and
I've
obviously
continued
to
to
lift
up
concerns
with
respect
to
the
budget
with
respect
to
bpd
one.
I
do
not
think
that
a
strategy
to
reduce
overtime
should
involve
redirecting
those
dollars
into
the
police
department.
We
have
over
2000
officers,
we
just
graduated
a
class.
B
I
think
there
are
enough
officers
in
the
system.
I
think
there
needs
to
be
a
really
deep
conversation
about
restructuring
this
department,
so
every
neighborhood
has
the
coverage
that
they
need
for
the
calls
that
they
get.
I
know
captains
for
a
long
time
have
been
suggesting
ways
to
do
that,
and
so
how?
How
do
we
do
that
in
this
moment
in
time-
and
I
know-
we've
had
several
hearings
on
this-
including
overtime
hearings
and
have
had
heard
folks,
say:
they're
exploring
it,
but
nothing,
nothing
of
significance
come
out
of
those
conversations.
B
I
have
not
seen
a
strategy
with
specifics
on
how
we're
going
to
reign
in
any
percentage
of
the
overtime
budget,
which
I
think
is
really
concerning,
especially
when
the
department
agrees
that
it's
not
it's
a
budget
that
is
not
sustainable,
coming
out
of
covet
in
long
term.
I
also
think
there
needs
to
be
some
strategy,
not
just
a
strategy,
but
a
number
or
something
as
to
how
we're
going
to
make
that
reduction
happen.
B
Clearly,
the
previous
administration
tried
to
do
it
and
we
know
that
the
department
exceeded
that
so
would
love
to
see
more
specifics
in
any
document
related
to
the
police
department
have
stressed
this
in
meetings
or
should
say
in
hearings
have
not
had
any
meetings
with
the
administration,
not
for
lack
of
trying.
The
second
is
definitely
mass
and
cast.
There
are
some
investments
in
here
around
it,
but
again
who's
owning
this
issue,
I'm
calling
it
a
massing
cast
chief.
B
We
can
refer
to
it
as
whatever,
but
someone
who
is
a
public
health
professional
whose
sole
job
it
is
to
own.
This
issue
is
critical.
There
are
many
stakeholders
doing
the
work
they're
members
of
the
task
force
as
well,
but
they're
all
disjointed.
It's
not
coordinated.
Someone
needs
to
own
it
and
not
covet
in
a
million
other
things.
Just
this
put
forward.
B
So
obviously,
that's
not
necessarily
monetary.
It's
action
steps,
it's
the
commitment
to
meet
with
folks,
and
we
haven't
gotten
any
response.
I
or
my
team
in
my
office
to
that
which
is
disappointing,
so
that
continues
to
be
on
my
list
and
then
on
boston,
public
schools,
a
lot
of
concerns
around
infrastructure
in
the
short
term.
I
continue
to
lift
up
the
sarah
greenwood
school,
which
is
in
my
district
them
needing
a
temporary
location,
greater
investment
now
and
the
acceleration
of
school
projects.
So
I've
sent
these
same
things.
B
Counselor
bach
can
do
that,
but
really
stressing
there
needs
to
be
something
around
boston,
the
boston
police
department.
I
did
review
your
documents.
Thank
you
for
compiling
them,
of
course,
but
if
there's
nothing
in
there
for
me,
that's
that's
unacceptable,
and
so
we'll
continue
to
work
with
you
and
again.
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues,
I'm
going
to
try
to
hop
back
on
again
and
continue
to
work
and
partnership
with
you
as
well
as
council.
Colleagues.
Thank
you
thank.
C
You,
council,
campbell
and
council
campbell
before
you
go
I'll.
Just
say
that
I,
that
is,
that
is
missing
from
my
document
and
it's
partly
because
I
haven't
you
know.
I
share
your
concerns
about
the
overtime
budget
and
the
feasibility
of
the
of
actually
achieving
it.
C
I
I
am
one
thing
I
would
love
from
colleagues
is
any
suggestions
of
moves
that
we
could
make
on
the
police
budget
that
could
that
could
command
a
majority
of
this
body,
because,
frankly,
I've
heard
very,
very
different
things
from
from
different
counselors
about
the
direction
folks
want
us
to
go
on
that,
and
so
that's
why
counselor
campbell,
I
was
trying
in
that
document
to
mostly
suggest
things
that
had
kind
were
kind
of
themes
that
people
shared
and
that
weren't
that
that
you
know
that,
like
people
weren't
deeply
disagreeing
about
only
as
a
kind
of
you
know
what
what
have
I
pulled
out
as,
and
so
I
think,
if
I
think
that
you
know
the
police
department
budget
is
a
key
piece
of
the
conversation
here
too.
B
You
know,
thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
that.
I
still
you
know
want
it
reflected,
even
if
we
don't
have
a
majority
on
this
council
that
recognizes
that
something
needs
to
be
done
with
respect
to
that
budget
and
the
lack
of
transparency
and
accountability
with
this
department,
I'm
going
to
keep
pushing
it.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
pulling
this
together
in
a
further
conversation
about
our
budget
priorities.
I
want
to
echo
councillor
flynn's
concerns
and
about
pedestrian
safety.
It
was
a
big
issue
on
my
list
of
priorities
for
them
for
this
budget.
Again,
I
think
what
we're
expecting
with
our
department
btd
is
that
very
often
we
are
coming
up
with
lots
of
new
new
studies
on
on
road
safety
and
mobility,
studies
etc.
F
But
we
don't
actually
have
the
man,
the
personnel
or
the
staff
available
to
really
make
it
happen
in
a
timely
fashion,
and
we
have
to
make
prior
prioritize,
obviously,
but
some
things
get
hunted
down
down
the
road
so
far
that
they
they're
so
far
off
in
the
distance.
We
don't
know
when
they're
going
to
happen.
So
the
other
concern
I
have
I
know,
counselor
edwards
and
folks
closer
to
the
the
harbor,
are
very
concerned
about
climate
preparedness
out
in
austin
brighton.
F
We
have
the
threat
of
of
river
flooding
and
and
if
there's
an
extreme
weather
event
with
a
lot
of
rain,
we're
really
going
to
be
in
a
difficult
flooding
situation.
F
So
having
a
really
aggressive
approach
to
addressing
climate
preparedness
and
climate
resiliency
to
address
our
heat
island
effect
and
make
sure
that
we
have
a
a
a
robust
growth
in
our
urban
tree,
canopy
issues
around
storm
water
management
and
and
trying
to
incentivize
people
to
you
know,
do
rain,
gardens
and
and
bioswales,
etc
on
private,
as
well
as
public
property
to
try
and
help
manage
the
runoff
and
storm
and
the
flooding
potential
and,
again,
to
echo
some
of
your
concerns,
I
really
want
to
see
more
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
do
in
the
green
greens,
jobs
space
and
I
think
that
we
it's
an
it's
an
opportunity
to
really
ramp
that
up
and
be
more
aggressive
in
in
developing
that
sort
of
workforce.
F
The
other
issue
in
relation
to
the
heat
heat
is
probably
going
to
be
more
of
a
problem
than
like
hurricanes
or
whatever
touch
will
knock
on
wood,
but
you
know
we
saw
this
this
summer
this
early
spring
late
spring,
we
had
a
heat
wave,
our
kids
were
still
in
school.
It
was
95
degrees.
It
was
unsafe
to
be
in
school,
exactly
it
was
so
hot.
So
you
know
that
we
anticipate
that
that
trend
is
going
to
continue.
F
As
I
said,
the
bio,
the
biotech
space
is
developing
fast
and
and
we
need
our
young
people
to
be
prepared,
not
necessarily
have
master's
degrees
in
chemistry
or
whatever,
but
for
those
entry-level
jobs
to
get
become
lab
technicians,
etc.
Those
are
good
paying
jobs
and
if
we
don't
prepare
our
workforce
to
take
advantage
of
that,
we're
going
to
miss
I'm
going
to
miss
the
boat
and
again
just
ongoing
on
the
ongoing
concerns
about
my
my
district
and
the
situation
with
our
schools.
F
The
need
to
identify
swing
space
for
our
harassment
and
and
really
strategize
about
how
we're
going
to
manage
the
transition
with
our
with
our
the
jackson,
man
community,
the
jackson
man
campus,
which
has
three
entities
it's
a
year
away,
and
I'm
not
really
convinced
that
we
have
a
good
plan
for
that.
Yet.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair.
Sorry,
I
think
I
like
many
others,
I'm
wanting
to
be
here
to
make
it
work,
but,
as
you
can
see,
I'm
on
route
between
various
items,
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
know
this
is
an
extraordinary
feat
this
year,
given
that
we
are
in
extraordinary
circumstances,
just
in
general
in
the
world
and
then
also
with
our
political
situation
here
in
boston,
and
so
given
that
this
is
a
year
or
now,
at
this
point
a
little
four
and
a
half
four
and
a
half
months
more.
G
I
just
to
emphasize
that,
from
my
perspective,
this
feels
different
than
last
year.
I
think
in
some
ways
the
type
of
council
leadership
and
coordination
and
really
leaning
in
on
how
we
can
proactively
shape
this
budget
is
exactly
what
I've
been
hoping
to
see
and
and
pushing
to
to
to
encourage
over
the
last
several
years.
G
I
wish
a
little
bit
more
that
we
were
pushing
on
the
budget
itself,
in
addition
to
just
thinking
about
adding
the
american
rescue
plans
on
top,
because
this
is
not
sort
of
a
structural
solution
to
how
the
council
in
general
can
continue
doing.
You
know
pushing
for
for
integrating
our
changes
in
our
voices
into
the
budget
process.
G
G
That
is
very
much
tied
to
the
budget,
but
hashing
it
out
through
the
budget
is
a
very
complicated
prospect,
and
so
we
should
be
setting
the
foundation
for
the
next
administration
again
in
just
over
four
months
to
be
able
to
make
those
big
changes
in
alignment
with
the
vision
and
mandate
they
will
have
earned
in
the
november
election,
and
so
I
am
worrying
less
about
trying
to
accomplish
each
one
of
the
my
priority
areas
through
this
budget,
then
ensuring
that
we
have
financial
stability
throughout
this
transition
and
coming
to
some
consensus
about
changes,
major
changes
that
we
could
make
to
improve
where
we,
where
we
stand
now.
G
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
I
will
just
add
that
one
little
contribution
and
and
look
forward
to
continue
staying
engaged
in
these
sessions
over
the
next
couple
days.
Thank
you.
C
Great,
thank
you
so
much
councilor,
wu
and-
and
I
should
just
say
to
councillor
wu's
point
I
mean
I
have
made
the
suggestion
that
we
talk
primarily
about
a
supplemental
with
american
rescue
plan
funds.
I,
if
certainly
if
counselors,
have
operating,
fund
sort
of
proper
suggestions,
like
I
think
you
know,
be
appropriate
to
bring
those
here
and
to
bring
those
over
the
next
few
days.
C
I
just
I'm
aware
that,
because
we,
because
we
get
set
at
the
sort
of
limit
on
the
revenue
side
on
operating
funds,
that
you
know,
everything
has
to
come
from
somewhere
else
and
I
think
in
terms
of
getting
everybody
to
consensus,
that
might
you
know
that
might
be
more
of
a
challenge
that
was,
but
I
take
the
point
councillor
wu
and-
and
I
and
I'll
just
say
that,
for
me,
part
of
the
hope
is
that
is
that
we
do
pass
the
charter
amendment
and
we're
able
to
do
that
more
traditional
amendment
process
on
on
directly
on
the
operating
budget
on
the
council
going
forward,
and-
and
I
do
think
that
I
do
think
that
it's
appropriate
to
to
underscore
the
fact
that
there
is
a
field
of
contestation
about
the
future
of
the
city
that
is
ongoing
right
now,
and
it
is
the
mayor's
race
and
this
budget
isn't
that
field
that
field.
C
It's
super
important,
I
think
it's
essential
and
we're
having
a
really
good
conversation
and
I'm
grateful
to
all
the
candidates
who
are
also
counselors
and
to
the
candidates
who
are
not
for
for
leading
that
conversation.
C
C
How
are
we
setting
up
whomever
the
people
of
boston
choose
to
lead
them
with
the
strongest
hand
in
november,
and
you
know,
and
helping
folks
hit
the
ground
running
on
some
of
the
things
that
we
know
that
whomever
whomever
it
is
is
gonna,
like
you
know,
is
gonna
need
to
be
working
on.
So
just
thank
you
for
those
comments.
C
Next
up
is
our
president
o'malley,
who
again,
as
councilor
flynn
alluded
to,
has
really
been
leading
on
this
as
well
and
thinking
about
how
we,
how
we
get
there
collectively-
and
I
appreciate
his
leadership
of
the
body
so
I'll
go
to
o'malley,
and
then
it
will
be
edwards
and
then
asapi,
george
president
o'malley.
A
Well,
back
at
you,
madam
chair,
as
I've
said
publicly
and
privately
just
bravo
for
a
job
well
done.
This
is
clearly
a
thankless
job,
but
one
that
you
have
just
shown
tremendous
dedication
and
tenacity
and
that's
what
we
need,
because
the
stakes
are.
This
high
certainly
echoes.
I
echo
every
point
that
has
been
made
thus
far
every
point.
I
agree
with
everything
that
has
been
said
and
I
I
appreciated
councillor
wu's
point
about
not
only
the
aarp
funds
but
also
looking
at
the
budget.
That
is
correct.
A
I
also
appreciated
your
explanation
that
the
approach
of
us
trying
to
get
to
yes
would
allow
for
the
second
sort
of
unique
revenues
that
presents
itself
before
us
today
or
at
this
time,
and
you
know,
I
think
there
are
many
differences
between
this
year's
budget
and
last
year's
budget
and
yet
there's
a
lot
of
similarities.
A
If
that
makes
sense,
it
sounds
like
I'm
speaking
out
of
both
sides
of
my
mouth,
but
I'm
not,
but
I
I'm
simply
noting
the
fact
that
one
of
the
larger
issues
that
is
before
us
is
that
keep
in
mind
last
year's
budget
debate.
We
were
in
month,
three
of
a
pandemic.
We
had
no
earthly
clue
what
the
following
year
was
going
to
look
like.
A
We
thought
the
the
risk
of
going
to
a
112
budget
could
severely
impact
what
our
state
revenue,
our
matching
state
aid
would
look
like,
and
there
was
a
real
concern
that
we
would
be
in
a
worldwide
depression.
Potentially
at
this
point,
we're
not
we're
actually
in
a
place.
That's
a
lot
stronger
financially,
as
I
mentioned
the
other
day.
That's
not
to
suggest
we
don't
have
deep
income
inequality,
that's
not
to
suggest.
A
We
don't
have
deep
structural
issues
that
that
we
need
to
address
as
a
city,
but
I
think
it
allows
us
this
opportunity
to
have
a
frank
and
robust
discussion
on
our
budget
and
how
we
get
there
and
it's
not
only
individual
light
items,
although
those
are
important-
and
I
will
get
to
some-
this
is
a
big
preamble,
but
it's
also
our
approach
on
what
it
looks
like,
and
I
really
appreciated
counselor
edward's
remarks
in
your
remarks
the
other
day,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
this
being
the
mayor
and
the
council's
budget.
A
There's
an
opportunity
for
us,
I
believe,
to
get
to
yes,
and
I
think
it's
pretty
clear
that
we
are
not
there
yet,
and
I
am
hopeful
that
this
first
sort
of
reset
this
first
as
counselor
edward
said
the
other
day
or
I
hope
reset
this
first
working
session
and
subsequent
hearings
and
conversations
going
forward
can
yield
us
to
that
place.
A
It's
my
opinion
that
it
is
an
easy
thing
to
vote,
no
on
a
budget
and
it's
actually
hard
to
get
to
yes
and
I'm
prepared
to
try
to
get
there,
and
I
know
each
and
every
one
of
you
are
as
well,
but
again
we're
not
there
yet.
So
I'm
hopeful
that
continued
conversations
contin
continued
attention
to
detail.
You
know
it
looks
really
it's
impressive.
When
you
look
at
the
resubmitted
numbers
and
behind
my
zoom,
I
have
a
spreadsheet
that
I
believe
michelle
goldberg
has
compiled
for
us
from
central
staff.
A
Well
done
michelle,
it's
really
really
helpful
and
it
shows
the
resubmission
difference
and
what
that
looks
like,
and
it's
other
than
economic
development
having
3.5
million
dollars
going
into
the
office
of
equity,
which
I
assume
will
be
explained
at
the
hearing
on
on
monday
you're,
seeing
just
increases
of
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
or
or
I
should
say,
50
000
and
above
in
most
categories,
which
is
a
positive
step.
But
again
I'd
like
to
see
more
level
of
of
detail.
A
I
could,
I
think,
frank
baker,
counselor
baker's
speech
on
massing
cass,
the
other
day
was
was
the
finest
speech
I've
ever
heard.
Him
give
and
someone
who's
been
a
colleague
and
a
friend
for
10
years,
and
so
I
think
and
that's
an
issue
that
we
all
care
about
whether
we
represent
that
area
or
not.
So
I
think,
having
some
more
specificity
and
plans
on
mass
and
cass,
and
what
the
plan
will
be
from
the
administration
on
monday
is
key
as
it
relates
to
housing.
A
Something
counselor
edwards
has
been
a
champion
on
and
what
it
looks
like
it
just
can't
simply
be
you
know,
throwing
money
ahead,
we
need
it.
We
need
a
detailed
plan
before
us
and
we
need
to
to
also
form
these
plans
with
conversations
with
all
of
us
elected
officials,
particularly
those
who
have
been
elected,
to
be
the
voice
of
our
neighborhoods
in
our
districts,
environmental
initiatives.
I
am
glad
to
see
an
increase
in
number,
but
I
want
to
see
some
more
specifics
on
trash
collection
and
composting.
A
I've
gotten
this
in
the
budget.
The
last
couple
of
years.
We
have
a
big,
great
success
story,
but
it
feels
like
the
movie
groundhog
day
where
it
hasn't
yet
been
implemented,
and
let
me
let
me
underscore
the
fact
that
this
is
an
opt-in
program.
This
is
a
subscription
service,
it's
voluntary,
of
course,
but
but
it's
it's
as
cost
neutral,
as
one
could
get
as
it
relates
to
being
implemented.
So
I
need
that
I
need
a
start
date.
A
It's
going
to
be
september
1
or
thereabouts
for
this
to
actually
make
sense
more
than
that
using
some
of
these
funds
as
it
relates
to
resiliency
as
it
relates
to
building
our
infrastructure.
We
have
community
choice,
energy
energy
because
of
the
work
that
counselor
wu-
and
I
did
a
number
of
years
ago,
with
all
your
support,
those
who
were
serving
at
the
time
we
need
to
build
some
more
infrastructure.
I
want
to
see
solar
canopies
over
every
municipal
parking
lot
in
the
city
of
boston,
where
they
will
work.
A
I
want
to
see
eevee
charging
stations,
I
think
now
four
counselors,
so
I
think
a
full
third
of
the
council
drives
a
in
ev,
an
electric
vehicle.
That's
great.
We
wanna,
we
wanna
also
incentivize
other
bostonians,
to
be
able
to
do
so.
Looking
at
building
retrofits
the
work
that
we
are
all
doing
collectively
on
building
standards
in
birdo
2.0,
we
need
to
have
some
city
funds
available
to
help
some
of
our
our
buildings
begin
the
process
of
becoming
net
zero
carbon.
A
So
so
there's
a
lot
of
specifics
that
we
can
put
in
this
budget.
Just
not
these
large
numbers
and
it's
really
working
with
the
counselors
to
try
to
find
listen
to
us
work
with
us
use
us
as
partners.
We
are,
you
know
we
all
come
from
the
same
street.
It
is
a
two-way
street,
but
we
all
come
from
the
same
street.
Here
we
were
all
elected
by
our
districts
to
serve
the
entire
city
of
boston
and
and
the
acting
mayors
included
that
as
well.
A
So
I'm
hopeful
that
we
will
continue
these
good
conversations.
I
I
do
to
want
to
talk
about
bps
as
well,
because
that's
obviously
another
issue
where
I
think
that
we
need
a
lot
more
change
and
commitments,
at
least
for
myself
to
get
to
yes-
and
I
think
other
colleagues
as
well
have
indicated
as
such.
A
I
will
talk
about
the
exam
schools,
because
that's
something
that's
very
important
to
me
and
all
of
us,
but
it's
not
just
the
exam
schools,
but
I
will
start
by
talking
about
what
I've
been
saying
for
the
better
part
of
a
year.
Is
that
this
debate?
Is
it's
not
simple?
It
we
can't
simply
say
this
is
about
equity
or
excellence.
This
isn't
about
access
to
education
or
strong,
rigorous
standards.
Those
two
notions
are
not
in
conflict
with
one
another.
A
I've
been
saying
this
for
for
a
year
plus
and
there's
a
way
that
we
can
achieve
both,
and
it
involves
yes,
a
test.
It
involves
grades.
It
involves
looking
at
a
strategic
plan
to
access
to
admission
working,
not
with
zip
codes,
but
with
census
tracts
looking
at
at
not
lotteries
but
having
straight
rankings.
We
we
can
do
what
we
all
seek
to
do
here
and
the
plans
have
just
we're
in
limbo,
and
we
really
need
to
see
leadership
from
the
superintendent.
We
need
to
see
leadership
from
the
acting
mayor.
A
A
I
want
to
echo
something
counselor
sabi,
jordan
said
the
other
night
I
wished.
All
this
attention
was
focused
on
the
non-exam
high
schools,
as
we
talk
about
what
we
need
to
work
on,
and
that
gets
to
the
other
point,
which
is
is
equally
a
concern
to
me
as
it
relates
to
the
education
budget
that
in
the
11
years
I've
served,
the
city's
population
has
grown
by
probably
150
000
people
and
the
bps
student
population
has
decreased
by
probably
10
or
15
000
people.
I
mean
it.
A
Is
it's
remarkable
and
it's
it's
it's
an
indictment
on
all
of
us
quite
frankly,
that
bps
is
not
being
sought
after
and
I
think
that
that
we
need
to
show
a
real
commitment
and
a
change.
Yes,
funding
is
part
of
it,
but
we
are
putting
you
know:
1.3
billion
dollars
to
bps,
and
it's
not
simple
as
just
throwing
money
ahead.
A
It's
looking
at
inefficiencies
around
central
office-
and
I
say
this
as
someone
who
counts
many
folks
who
work
at
the
bowling
building
among
my
friends,
but
we're
seeing
more
and
more
people
at
all
of
these
budget
meetings
every
year
and
that's
money,
that's
better
spent
in
in
the
classrooms.
A
It's
looking
at
yes
madison
park,
but
also
english
high
school,
also
snowden
international
high
school.
Also,
all
these
other
high
schools
that
we
have
real
opportunities
to
have
better
partnerships
with
our
colleges,
with
our
universities,
with
our
hospitals,
making
sure
that
we
can.
You
know,
there's
no
reason
why
we
shouldn't
have
partnerships
in
intern
with
the
longwood
medical
area
in
your
district
council
bloc,
there's
so
many
opportunities
here
that
I
just
hope
that
we
get
serious
about
we're
not
going
to
solve
it
over
the
next
four
or
five
days.
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
there's
always
extra
time
for
the
president.
Next
up
is
councillor
edwards
and
then
I
should
say
we
were
joined
a
while
back
by
councillor
julia
mejia,
who
any
lecturer
recognized
so
it'll,
be
counselor
edwards,
then
counselor,
sabi,
george,
then
counselor
mejia
and
counselor
edwards.
Obviously
I'm
I
took
a
moment
up
at
the
top
to
acknowledge
the
conversation
about
the
charter
amendment
today
and
then
would
feel
it
entirely
appropriate
if
you,
if
you
wanted
to
do
that
as
well.
So
you
have
the
floor.
H
You
know
me
too
well,
you
know
me
too
well
that
I,
I
would
probably
have
taken
that
moment,
even
if
it
was
not
appropriate,
but
I
do
appreciate
you
bringing
up
the
the
I
think,
ill-informed
inaccurate
and
rushed
opinion
to
just
shoot
down
democracy
by
the
boston
globe.
H
The
reason
why
it's
so
important
and
why
we're
talking
about
this
right
now
is
because
we
wouldn't
be
talking
about
this
right
now
and
going
back
and
forth
with
supplemental
budgets
this
way.
If
that
charter
amendment
passes,
we
would
be
guaranteed
that
we
are
going
to
have
a
budget
on
the
30th
of
june
every
year,
because
at
some
point
the
mayor
would
either
just
get
to
a
consensus
with
enough
counselors
and
we'd
all
agree
or
the
counselors
would
come
to
a
consensus
and
disagree
collectively
with
the
mayor
on
a
budget.
H
H
What
I'm
concerned
about
what
I
want,
what
I
don't
want
so
on
and
so
forth
and
I'll
bring
up
some
of
those
things
today,
but
we're
talking
big
picture
items.
The
system
needs
to
be
changed.
I'll,
say
that
again
the
system
needs
to
be
changed,
and
that
is
something
that
I
promised
at
the
last
budget
vote
that
we
needed
to
assess
and
and
again
being
talking
about
being
ill-informed.
H
We
had.
We
followed
the
law
and
the
legal
procedure
outlined
in
the
deadlines
and
timeline
within
the
law,
the
state
law,
in
order
to
do
a
charter
amendment,
so
I
will
of
course
be
coming
back
with
a
larger
op-ed
in
response
to
the
overall
merits
of
the
charter
amendment,
but
again
to
just
argue
that
we
shouldn't
even
have
the
choice
as
bostonians.
This
fall
is
just
embarrassingly
ill-informed,
inaccurate
and
anti-democratic,
and
it
was
just
well
and
also
talk
about
getting
caught
before
the
horse.
H
I
don't
recall,
I
don't
know
if
they
called
any
of
you,
my
colleagues
who
voted
for
this
at
all
in
advance
of
their
coming
out
against
what
we
voted
for
unanimously,
but
before
for
a
media
entity
that
has
given
gotten,
I
don't
know
how
many
peabodys
and
how
many
pulitzers,
and
how
many
awards
for
its
incredible
in-depth
research
and
going
into
spotlights
and
looking
at
and
talking
to
people
repeatedly.
For.
H
I
don't
know
how
many
months,
if
not
years,
to
make
sure
that
they
get
everything
correct
to
not
make
one
phone
call
to
any
of
us
to
even
ask
what
we
thought
or
why
we
did
what
we
did
well,
I
can
just
say:
do
better
do
better
now
as
to
this
budget
process,
I
want
to
say
that
there
are
a
couple
groups
of
of
things
in
my
comment.
H
My
comments
on
wednesday.
I
discussed
specifically
that
this
budget
didn't
reflect
that
housing
is
a
human
right,
so
naturally
most
people
would
say
well
how
the
hell
does
a
budget
reflect
that,
besides
just
throwing
money
at
the
issues
that
are
concerns
and
and
maintaining,
how
we're
doing
things
but
just
giving
them
giving
them
scale,
and
we
are
doing
some
things
correct.
H
I
want
to
be
clear:
there
are
hard-working
people
in
our
housing
at
bha
at
dnd,
even
at
the
bpda,
who
are
doing
a
lot
of
good
things,
and
I
think
that
they
do
need
additional
funding.
But
that's
not
the
same
as
saying
housing
is
a
human
right
right
where
rights
are
involved,
government
is
required
to
be
more
aggressive,
more
assertive
and
assuring
that
people
have
access.
H
H
So
I
would
like
us
to
divorce
a
little
bit
from
that
and
commit
more
funding
specifically
to
pushing
back
and
competing
in
the
market
to
pull
housing
units
off
the
market.
What
I'm
talking
about
is
our
acquisition
opportunity
program
that
needs
to
be
beefed
up
in
two
ways,
while
there's
about
30
million
dollars
going
towards
it,
I'm
going
to
offer
an
aggressive
number
that
I
think
60
million
should
be
going
towards
it.
H
I
think
the
amount
of
units
that
are
below
60
ami
and
about
300
right
now
is
too
low
and
we
need
to
be
funding
more
of
those.
So
maybe
there's
a
combination
of
the
back
and
forth.
We
can
have
today
where
we're
getting
more
of
those
lower
ami
units
off
the
market,
but
I
can
tell
you
every
cdc:
the
land
trust
those
individual
organizations
that
have
come
to
me
even
when
they
try
to
use
this
program.
H
They
find
that
the
per
unit
allocation
is
way
too
low,
so
they're
ready
to
go
and
close
or
they're
ready
to
go
and
purchase
that
triple
decker
or
the
tenants
have
to
organize,
and
they
would
love
nothing
more
than
for
the
local
nonprofit
to
purchase
it
and
the
person
is
willing
to
sell
it.
But
they're
short,
we
lost
a
triple
decker
with
seven
apartment.
Excuse
me:
we
lost
seven
apartments
in
east
boston
for
a
short
fall.
Forty
thousand
dollars
shameful.
H
So
that's
one
aspect
of
housing
as
a
human
right.
I
also
wanna
talk
about
the
way
in
which
land
becomes
publicly
owned,
or
at
least
again
under
land
trust,
owned
collectively
and
the
two
are
not
the
same.
H
The
land
is
one
way
of
ownership
and
one
way
of
controlling
what
gets
built
on
there,
which
could
be
funded
by
aop,
but
both
are
headed
in
the
same
way
that
we
need
to
be
con.
We
need
to
be
competing
if
not
taking
some
land
and
some
buildings
off
the
private
market,
because
we
cannot
win
that's
way,
we
cannot
win.
What
we
found
is
that
we
are
built.
We
tried
the
market
forces
where
you
build
and
build
and
build
some
more
and
we're
still
building
more
and
the
rents
are
not
going
down.
H
We
did
try
that
the
goal
is
60
000
or
69
000
new
units,
the
rents,
are
not
going
down
so
and
no
one,
I
don't
I
don't
know
anyone
else.
Could
you
can
dispute
that?
I
am
not
trying
to
prevent
the
market.
I
am
a
land,
lord
myself
I
own
and
live
in
my
own
property,
and
I
probably
but
for
that
ownership
I
would
not
be
in
boston
because
I
couldn't
afford
the
rents
right
now.
H
So
that's
one
aspect,
the
other
aspect
and
swinging
over
beyond
housing
as
a
human
right
is
looking
at
and
and
sorry
put
to
put
a
number
to
it.
I
want
10
million
dollars
as
a
fund
for
land
trust
acquisitions
of
land
throughout
the
city
of
boston.
So
I'm
just
putting
the
numbers
out
there
then
there's
the
question
of
how
we
process
move
on
and
include
people
in
the
city
of
boston.
I
said
it
on
the
floor.
H
I
say
it
again
today
I
want
everyone
to
be
able
to
perform
or
access
the
city,
government
departments
online
and
in
every
language
I
mean
it,
and
our
current
budget
went
up.
50
excuse
me
5
million
dollars
only
from
last
year's.
Do
it
budget
to
this
year's?
Do
it
budget,
and
I
don't
believe
for
one
second,
that
five
million
dollar
increase
is
going
to
get
us
there.
H
We
know
that
if
we
didn't
have
access
points
online
for
all
the
people
of
boston,
we
functionally
would
have
shut
down
as
a
government
during
this
pandemic,
and
what
we
also
learned
is
that
these
access
points
were
different
depending
on
the
department
allowed
some
people
to
speak
and
allow
some
others
to
speak,
really
good
in
terms
of
vibrancy
and
good
connectedness,
and
not
I've
learned
from
my
colleague
from
counselor
bach
also
I,
the
lack
of
connectedness
and
assured
wi-fi
for
our
residents
in
public
housing.
H
I
want
a
robust
investment
in
that
and
I
could
see-
and
hopefully
we'll
see
that
one
day
I
log
on
to
the
city
of
boston
and
a
helper
comes
up
online
and
says:
how
may
I
help
you
pick
a
language
and
then
I
can
pick
a
language
and
that
helper
or
that
little
guide
person
can
help
me
move
through
and
navigate
the
city
of
boston,
all
from
my
living
room
or
all
from
my
bus
stop
or
wherever
the
heck.
I
am
we're
not
there
with
this
budget.
H
I
do
I
do
think
I
wanted.
I
wanted
to
add
to
the
conversation
about
the
police
you're
correct,
counselor
bach.
There
is
there's
genuine
consensus
that
the
overtime
is
an
issue
there's
also
genuine
consensus
and
knowledge
that
the
budget
process,
as
we
learned
from
last
year,
this
budget
process
does
not
fix
the
overtime
issue
right.
H
The
contract
does,
but
I
also
wanted
to
acknowledge
for
the
people
at
home
how
many
times
counselor
bach
council
campbell
specifically
asked
the
police
to
come
with
solutions
for
the
budgeting
and
helping
the
fiscal
stewardship
and
how
many
times
the
police
basically
said.
They
really
didn't,
have
a
difference
of
operating,
and
so
we
are.
We
we,
this
body,
did
ask
and
are
willing
to
partner
with
the
police
on
how
to
make
sure
that
they're
more
fiscally
steward.
But
I
just
wanted
that
to
be
clear.
It.
H
Of
us
have
gotten
calls
all
of
us
have
gotten
calls
about
the
police
budget
and
how
it
didn't
go
far
enough
in
terms
of
for
some
people,
reducing
the
police
budgets,
but
again
I'll
remind
people
how
that
happens
and
where
the
biggest
increase
is
in
overtime,
and
that
is
a
contract
issue.
H
I'm
gonna
end
by
sure.
Oh
yes
and
finally,
I
want
to
end
by
the
last
program
that
I
feel
the
city
did
execute
quite
well
and
needs
to
beef
up
exponentially
and
that's
the
high
road
kitchens
program
and
partnership
and
helping
with
mini
grants
just
outright
money
to
smaller
restaurants,
majority
of
them
not
downtown,
who
are
the
small
neighborhoods
ortegas,
cafe,
cafes,
so
and
so
forth.
H
We
gave
out
grants
of
fifteen
to
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
them
to
love,
and
then
they
pay
for
their
staff
to
keep
going
in
exchange
for
and
that's
what's
important
them
taking
courses
in
sexual
harassment
and
best
practices.
H
We
did
not
necessarily
make
an
exchange
for
giving
up
the
tip
minimum
wage,
but
we
did
make
it
in
exchange
for
something.
So
I
would
like
to
see
that
program
exponentially
increased.
We
had
a
wonderful
conversation
with
natalia
and
I
will
get
a
firm
number
for
you,
but
I
don't
have
that
right
now,
counselor
bach,
those
are
my
three
bucket
areas
that
I
felt
that
you
gave
me
as
homework
to
come
back
with
with
some
numbers.
So
I'm
working.
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
pulling
us
together
with
such
quickness
after
wednesday's
meeting
and
looking
forward
to
the
few
sessions
that
are
coming
up
ahead.
You
know,
there's
there's.
I
think
this
is
my
sixth
budget.
I
guess
I
should
go
back
and
count
exactly,
but
I
suppose
my
fifth
budget,
but
just
grateful
to
have
participated
again
through
this
process
and
grateful
for
your
leadership.
J
I
am
quite
aware
that
we
have
never
had
a
perfect
budget
that
it's
it
continues
to
be
a
work
in
progress
in
each
budget
cycle
that
we've
gone
through
over.
You
know
since,
since
my
first
you
know
always
looking
for
the
best
that
we
can
do
at
this
moment
in
time
and
making
sure
that
we
are
responding
to
the
needs
of
our
residents
across
the
city
and
that
we're
able
to
do
the
work
that
we
need
to
do
as
a
city
to
provide
high
quality
services
across
the
board.
J
You
know
just
you
know
my
sort
of
general
thoughts
about
the
process
to
date
is
we've
really
missed
some
opportunities
for
true
collaboration
and
getting
to
a
better
spot
with
this
budget,
and
I'm
hopeful
that
over
the
next
couple
of
days
that
we
can
do
that,
and
you
know.
Certainly
there
are
very
specific
asks
that
I
have
around
making
sure
that
all
of
our
schools
have
a
full-time,
a
social
worker
or
a
mental
health
provider
in
all
of
our
schools.
J
There
are
26
schools
in
for
september
and
as
it
is
outlined
in
or
funded
in
this
current
budget,
that's
before
us
that
we'll
have
part-time
providers.
We
need
to
right-size
that
full-size
debt,
that's
13
additional
social
workers
or
providers
to
to
add
to
this
budget.
J
Certainly-
and
you
know
colleagues
have
mentioned
some
of
the
other
needs
around
housing
around
climate
preparedness
and
readiness.
J
The
the
continued
investment
in
what's
happening
at
mass
and
cass,
and
the
work
to
improve
the
response
to
both
the
community
and
individuals
who
are
in
crisis
certainly
have
to
do
that,
and
you
know
just
very
hopeful
about
possible
the
possible
outcomes
and
work
that
we
can
do
over
the
next
couple
of
days
as
we
look
towards
next
wednesday.
J
Certainly
there
is
some
difficulty
around
the
school's
piece
and
some
of
the
missing
pieces
related
to
the
school
committee
meeting,
which
won't
happen
until
after
our
council
meeting
wednesday
at
noon.
So,
looking
forward
to
some
additional
commitments
around
some
of
these
general
pieces,
you
know
have
shared
a
number
of
times
with
the
interim
administration.
J
My
budget
asks
sort
of
the
broad
brushstrokes,
as
well
as
the
the
in
the
weeds
pieces,
around
providers
around
some
of
the
mass
and
cass
efforts
around
some
of
the
additional
supports
from
madison
park,
vocational
technical,
high
school,
around
libraries
and
librarians
in
our
schools,
and
making
sure
that
we
are
fulfilling
our
commitment
to
a
full-time
nurse
in
all
of
our
buildings
but
sort
of
across
the
board.
J
The
needs
are
real
and
appreciate
and
understand,
and
recognize
that
certainly
not
going
to
get
everything
that
I
want
in
this
budget
and
there's
you
know,
continued
work
to
do
following
the
passage
of
the
budget.
My
question
for
today,
and
at
least
for
this
session,
especially
as
we
prepare
for
next
week's
hearing,
is
what
are
the
possible
outcomes
over
the
next
couple
of
or
following
or
leading
up
to
june
30th.
J
If
we
don't
pass
the
budget,
what
happens
next?
What
is
the
process
and
the
outlook
going
forward?
What
are
the
you
know?
What's
the
calendar?
Look
like
what
is
you
know?
What's
a
112
look
like
and
does
that
extend
over
a
period
of
12
months,
and
I
think
we've
covered
this,
maybe
quickly
once
before?
Is
it
something
that
can
last
just
one
or
two
weeks?
C
Sure,
thank
you.
Counselor
isabe
george
I'll
speak
a
little
bit
to
it
and
I
think
also
you
know
we
can.
We
can,
I
think,
I'm
sure,
they're
watching
make
sure
that
the
administration
is
prepared
to
address
that
on
monday
I
mean
the
so
for
folks.
The
way
this
process
works
is
that
if
we
don't
have
a
budget
voted
in
by
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year,
and
it
happens
that
this
year,
our
vote
is
actually
on
the
day
of
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
on
the
30th.
C
Also
my
birthday,
the.
C
C
It
and
at
first
that
seems
like
not
so
bad
right,
that's
a
continuity
budget,
it's
the
same
as
we
have
right
now.
The
challenge
with
it
is
a
couple
fold.
One
is
that
any
place
where
you
have
a
cost
increase
you're,
not
doing
your.
You
know
your
allocation
that
was
meant
to
meet
that
cost
increase
is
not
happening.
So
you
end
up
with
things
that
you
have
to
cut.
The
other
thing
is
that,
obviously
anything
that's
new
that
was
not
funded
last
year,
that's
meant
to
be
funded
this
year.
C
It
doesn't
get
funded
and
and
the
challenges
in
terms
of
your
point,
councillor,
sabi
george
about
you
know,
could
people
move
money
around
and
do
some
of
the
things
that
sort
of
need
the
money
in
the
like
urgently
in
the
summer?
I
think
the
challenges
is
that,
like
the
whole
point
of
the
112,
is
that
there's
been
no
democratic
authorization
for
a
new
budget,
so
they
have
to
default
back
to
this.
C
Oh,
what
was
approved
last
year,
so
there's
not
really
that
same
kind
of
wiggle
room
I'll,
say
that
I
mean
certainly
and
again,
I
think
I
would.
I
would
ask
the
administration
to
come
and
speak
about
this
on
monday
in
terms
of
the
things
that
have
trickled
up
to
me
from
the
grapevine
of
kind
of
concern
about
timing,
the
ones
that
I've
heard
directly
from
people
so
far
have
been.
You
know
we
have
a
major,
significant
investment
in
youth
summer
jobs
in
this
budget.
C
That
program
is
meant
to
start
on
july
6th
and
it's
a
particularly
major
investment,
because
it's
it's
going
up
a
bit
from
last
year,
but
the
thing
is
that
last
year
we
went
up
in
a
big
way
and
we
funded
it
with
cares
act
money.
So
the
problem
is:
is
that
that
money
that
filled
the
gap
last
year
isn't
in
our
operating
budget
right?
It's
like
it's
because
it
was
keras
acted
as
a
separate
puck
bucket
last
year.
C
C
I
know
that
orion
heights,
the
public
housing
development
that
has
a
significant
gap
filler
in
this
budget,
is
looking
to
close
that
deal
and
they're
actually
just
waiting
on
budget
approval
for,
like
that,
and
I
used
to
be
in
that
world
when
you're
lining
up
like
affordable
housing,
tax
credits
and
all
the
paperwork.
The
timing
can
get
quite
quite
tight,
so
I
know
that
that's
an
issue,
but
I,
but
I
won't,
I
think,
the
administration's
probably
more
familiar
than
I
am
with
sort
of
like
what
are
the
immediate
impacts.
C
I
think
the
thing
that
I
would
stress
is
that,
as
I
set
up
at
the
start,
you
know
when
people,
whether
you're
talking
about
the
rating
agencies
or
other
outside
observers,
sort
of
look
at
the
city
of
boston.
The
challenge
is
that
one
of
the
questions
they
ask
themselves
is:
do
they
get
a
budget
by
the
end
of
their
fiscal
year?
C
C
But
I
think
there's
that
question
about
timing,
but
then
there's
also
just
this
bimodal
question
of
like
does
it
happen
or
not,
and
it
is
worth
saying
that
the
state
routinely
misses
their
deadline
and
our
bond
rating
is
better
than
theirs
like
they're
like
there's
a
kind
of
there's
a
lot
of
factors
at
play,
but
the
fact
that
this
isn't
something
that
we've
done
since
I
think
the
early
80s
it
does.
You
know
right
does
play
as
it
is.
It's
a
factor
right.
J
So
the
other
question
that
I
would
have
for
the
administration
for
monday
is,
you
know:
are
there
implications
from
la
positive,
perhaps
implications
from
last
year's
hiring
freeze
so
over
the
course
of
this,
the
last
fiscal
year
or
the
current
fiscal
year
we've
had
you
know
retirements
people
leaving
positions
which
has
or
positions
that
weren't
filled
prior
to
covid.
C
J
Yeah
I
mean,
I
would
say,
yeah,
I'm
curious
about
that
in
our
city's
departments.
The
school
department
separate
from
that
often
has
significant
cost
overruns
in
one
department,
say:
school
transportation,
for
example,
and
they
pick
up
those
funds
from
another
department
where
there's
been
quote
unquote:
savings
which
means
positions,
weren't
fulfilled
or
services,
weren't
provided
and
generally
we
see
cost
overruns
in
the
several
million
up
to
10
million
dollar
mark.
J
Where
this
past
fiscal
year
we
we
saw
a
one
million
dollar
overrun,
even
though
school
was
barely
in
session
this
this
last
year
anyway.
So
just
you
know
curious
about,
and
you
know
would
like
to
know
and
understand
both
the
ramifications
and
remain
hopeful
that
there's
an
opportunity
to
better
collaborate
over
the
over
the
last
couple
of
days.
Of
of
this
current
fiscal.
C
No,
that
sounds
good
and
yeah,
we'll
forward
those
questions
onto
them,
and
I
do
know
that
for
for
the
school
department
side,
their
different
departments
like
from
our
charter's
perspective,
they're
all
one
department,
and
then
I
know
that
I,
my
my
recollection
is-
is
that
the
collector
treasurer
is
allowed
to
move
up
to
three
million
dollars
a
year
with
across
departments,
and
we
tend
to
get
an
april
notification
of
what
they've
done
on
that
front.
C
I
Sorry
I
was
on
you
so
yeah.
I
have
a
few
questions,
but
I
I
think
you
know
this
is
my
second
budget
and
I'm
so
incredibly
involved
like
the
passion
that
I'm
seeing
this
year
that
wow,
if
I
would
have
known
now,
what
I
knew
then
and
all
the
powers
that
we
have,
we
would
have
been
so
much
more
aggressive
last
year,
but
here
we
are-
and
I
don't
know
if
kenzie
I
know,
counselor
bucky
and
lydia
and
counselor
edwards
talked
about
what
this
moment
is
and
the
differences
in
his
leadership.
I
But
I
also
think
that
this
moment
is
really
rare
and
as
a
woman
of
color
it
just
is
really
just
interesting
that
you
know
I
don't
know
where
our
power,
where
did
we
just
take
off
our
capes
last
year
and
realize
that
we
didn't
have
any
power
to
push
the
mayor,
because
if
we
were
pushing
for
all
of
these
things
that
I'm
hearing
right
now
like
I,
this
is
the
first.
I
It
feels
like
to
me
the
first,
like
I'm
gonna,
have
to
go
through
all
these
tapes
and
hear
how
much
passion
came
out
of
everyone
last
year.
It's
just
it's
just
very
interesting,
but
here
we
are
it's
election
season,
so
everybody's
up
in
arms.
I
Let
me
just
throw
my
questions
out
here
and
here's
where
I'm
at
so
in
terms
of
you
know,
we've
been
working
with
the
administration
to
ensure
that
there
is
funding
for
new
new
youth
jobs
for
young
people,
specifically
for
19
to
24
year
olds
in
this
budget
and
for
the
new
19
to
24
year
old
positions.
It's
still
unclear
as
to
whether
or
not
the
number
of
the
slots
or
number
of
weeks,
the
number
of
hours
per
week
and
pay
per
hour.
I
I'd
like
some
more
details
in
terms
of
what
that
rollout
is
going
to
look
like.
We
need
to
see
a
lot
more
money
going
into
that
fund.
I
I
I
think,
like
counselor
flaherty
mentioned
the
number
of
year-round
jobs
for
young
people
ages,
9-24
is
not
enough,
and
so
you
know
we
asked
for
1.3
million
and
we
got
300
000.,
and
that
is
not
meeting
the
cut
or
meeting
the
moment.
In
my
personal
humble
opinion,
the
other
piece
is,
you
know.
I
appreciate
the
chair's
memo.
I
There
is
a
discussion
around
the
timeline
for
the
municipal
broadband
study.
I
think
that
this
is
an
important
question
to
ask
and
I
would
like
to
also
ensure
that
we
have
people
who
are
committed
to
a
community
center
process
facilitating
this
study.
It
needs
to
be
community
driven
and
while
I
appreciate
the
study,
we
were
asking
for
municipal
broadband
and
we
already
know
that
we
need
it.
I
don't
understand
why
we
need
to
do
a
study.
I
To
I
mean,
maybe
it's
a
study
to
figure
out
the
infrastructure
for
it,
but
I
think
I
I'd
like
to
see
a
timeline
and
a
deadline
and
then
some
outcomes
of
what
is
next
and
what
is
to
follow.
I
I
You
know,
there's
still
an
unresolved
issue
around
public
safety
reforms
that
people
have
been
calling
for,
including
mayor
janie
last
year.
This
includes
getting
rid
of
the
gang
database,
which
is
something
that
I
think
is
more
of
a
policy
not
so
much
a
budget.
But
I
think
that
that's
definitely
something
that
we
can
work
towards
here,
reducing
the
number
of
cadet
classes.
I
Where
is
that
in
the
conversation
and
how
are
we
going
to
negotiate
that
on
the
council
and
then
when
it
comes
to
bps
as
a
bps
graduate
and
as
a
bps
parent
there's
still
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
and
while
everybody's
hooting
and
hollering
about
these
exam
schools,
you
know
madison
park
continues
to
go
neglected.
I
Margarita
muniz
is
able
to
expand,
but
they
don't
have
the
facilities
to
do
so
boston
day
and
evening
academy,
like
I
just
feel
like
there's
so
many
step,
children
in
the
boston
public
school
system,
when
you
think
about
facilities
and
who's,
getting
what
it's
like
a
trickle
down
in
effect
right
and
those
who
have
the
most
usually
end
up
with
everything
and
those
who
have
the
least
are
lucky
to
have
crumbs.
I
And
so
I
think
we
need
to
be
a
little
bit
more
aggressive
about
some
of
our
financial
commitments
in
in
bps,
and
I-
and
I
you
know,
will
continue
to
harp
on
madison
and
I
believe
that
needs
facilities
to
expand
they're,
one
of
the
only
dual
language
high
schools
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
and
I
think
we
need
to
support
and
expand.
I
And
then
in
regards
to
I
you
know
I
reached
out
to
whoever
would
listen.
You
know
advocating
for
ethnic
studies
program.
I
would
like
to
see
where
the
financial
commitment
is
for
that.
You
know.
We've
been
fighting
and
hearing
from
advocates
around
community
hub
schools
with
btu
staffing,
and
then
there
is
an
opportunity
for
us.
I
If
everyone
is
really
serious
about
family
and
community
engagement,
then
we
need
to
fund
family
and
community
engagement,
and
there
is
a
program
specifically
designed
to
do
just
that
and
that's
a
par
it's
parents
as
mentors
program,
and
it's
only
two
hundred
thousand
dollars.
I
That's
it
to
train
25
parent
ambassadors
to
serve
as
real
family
engagement
and
they
get
paid
stipends
like
we
can't
continue
to
rely
on
family,
liaisons
and
people
who
have
other
agendas
we
need.
We
need
parents
to
have
an
independent
voice
in
this
process.
I
If
we're
really
gonna
get
to
a
good
place,
and
so
yeah
those
are
the
things
that
are
heavy
on
my
mind
and
you
know
counselor
bach,
I
have
to
say
I
give
you
like
a
lot
of
props.
This
has
been
such
an
amazing
journey
and
to
see
you
creating
space
for
us
to
actually
push
back
on
the
mayor
and
say
this
is
not
working
for
us
feels
like
wow.
I'm
so
grateful
that
I
have
the
opportunity
to
tell
the
mayor
that
so
thank
you.
I
I
I'm
highly
encouraged
for
what
this
work
will
look
like
moving
forward
and
I
remain
hopeful,
and
I
think
that
all
in
all,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
bottom
line
is
is
that
everyone
needs
to
manage
their
expectations.
This
year
we
have
an
appointed
mayor.
We
don't
have
a
police
commissioner,
leadership
transition,
we're
in
turmoil
and
in
a
state
of
transition
and
constant
flux.
I
What
we
need
to
do
is
lay
down
the
foundation
for
the
big
fight,
so
whoever
sits
in
that
seat
come
2022
that
they've
come
prepared
to
roll
up
their
sleeves
and
do
the
work
that
we
all
have
been
in
this
session,
because
I
will
replay
all
of
this
and
make
sure
that
we
go
round
two
to
see
where
we
land
and
if
the
appetite
for
real
change
is
there
again.
C
Thank
you
so
much
counselor,
mejia,
yeah
and
and
definitely,
as
I
said
in
the
meeting
on
wednesday,
I
feel
like
I.
I
have
learned
as
a
chair
that
we
need
this
kind
of
space.
I
think,
as
a
council
to
make
our
voices
heard
on
behalf
of
our
constituents
so
appreciate
you.
I
thank
you
to
all
colleagues
for
those
for
those
comments.
I
think
it
was
really
helpful
to
get
a
bunch
of
things
on
the
table.
C
I
am
going
to
go
through
my
memo
in
a
moment
just
to
talk
through
that,
because,
obviously
folks
don't
have
it
in
front
of
them,
although
if
you
want
it,
you
can
write
to
michelle
m-I-c-h-e-l-l-e
dot,
a
dot
goldberg
g-o-l-d-b-e-r-g
at
boston.gov
and
she'll,
send
it
over
it's
public
document,
but
I
am
just
gonna:
ask
a
counselor's
forbearance
and
take
a
a
two
minute
recess
as
a
matter
of
personal
privilege,
if
that's
all
right,
so
I'm
just
gonna
recess
this
hearing
for
two
minutes,
we'll
be
right
back.
Thank
you.
C
All
the
hearing
is
coming
back
into
order
again
grateful
to
everybody,
so
I
just
wanted
to
run
through
briefly
this
memo
that
I
sent
over
just
to
kind
of
put
it
on
the
record
for
everybody,
and
so
this
was
just
an
effort
by
me
to
think
about
some
of
the
some
of
the
things
that
have
come
up
at
our
wednesday
meeting
and
the
conversations
you
know
hearing
from
colleagues
and
thinking
about
what
would
really
move
the
needle
on
some
of
the
core
issues
discussed
so
counselor,
so
the
first.
C
The
first
thing
that
came
up
is
something
that
counselor
edwards
has
already
spoken
to
extensively,
which
is
the
acquisition
opportunity
program.
This
is
the
program
whereby
the
city
supports
opportunities
for
us
to
basically
snag
buildings
that
are
on
the
market,
often
apartment
buildings,
although
they
can
be
small,
triple
deckers,
there's
been
a
big
project
around
that
in
east
boston,
but
you
know
an
apartment
building
goes
up
on
the
market
and
the
maybe
it's
sort
of
naturally
affordable
or
a
little
more
affordable
things
right.
C
Maybe
it's
like
a
kind
of
what
they
call
class
c
apartments
which
are
they've
been
they're
old.
They
don't
have
the
fanciest
fixtures,
etc,
and
so
they're,
reasonably
priced
right
and
they're
part
of
how
families
have
historically
stayed
in
the
city.
And
then
an
investor
sees
an
opportunity
to
buy
them.
C
You
know,
buy
hooker,
buy
a
crook,
kick
everybody
out
fit
them
up,
raise
the
rent
and
a
lot
of
this
affordable
housing
stock,
that's
kind
of
informally,
affordable,
disappears,
and
it's
been
a
repeating
story
around
the
city
and
it's
a
great
concern
I
think
to
all
of
us
and
we
see
it
in
our
neighborhoods
and-
and
I
think,
just
in
general,
there
we're
in
a
moment
where,
unfortunately,
there
are
sort
of
deals
to
be
had
because
of
the
dislocation
in
the
economy
with
the
pandemic
and
private
equity.
C
Folks
and
just
folks
who
have
deep
capital
pockets
are
taking
advantage
of
that
moment
to
snap
things
up
whether
you're
talking
about
commercial,
real
estate
with
the
sort
of
uncertainty
about
what
office,
life
and
stuff
are
gonna,
look
like
or
residential
and-
and
the
thing
is
that
that's
that's
a
competition
that
you
know
your
average
family
rented
in
one
of
those
buildings.
Just
can't
compete
in,
but
the
city
can.
The
city
can
be
part
of
acquiring
properties
like
that
and
taking
them
as
councillor
edward
said
off
the
speculative
market.
C
So
I
appreciate
council
edwards
that
you
also
made
a
suggestion
about
about
some
of
the
policy
aspects
of
the
program
and
kind
of
changing
the
number
of
the
the
amount
of
money
per
unit
the
city
could
put
in
on
some
of
those
which
I
think
we
should
have
further
conversation
with
the
administration
about,
and
if
you
have,
you
have
those
things
written
down
great,
if
not
we'll
we'll
write
we'll
transcribe
them
on
our
committee
side,
but
I
think,
just
in
general,
the
idea
that
we
need
to
grow
this
program.
C
It's
already
reflected
at
a
smaller
level
in
the
administration's
arp
filing
they
suggested
putting
another
4.6
million
into
it,
but
but
acknowledge
that
we
have
20
million
dollars
in
outstanding
sort
of
credible
requests
on
this
front
in
fenway,
chinatown
hyde
park,
matapan,
dorchester
and
shirley
can
expect
more
so
councillor
edwards,
I
actually,
while
I'm
there
had
a
question
which
was
just
you
had
said.
C
You
said:
oh
it's
at
30.
I
wanted
to
go
to
60.
yeah,
which,
and
I'm
just
trying
to
where
are
you
getting
the
30
from
oh.
H
Sorry
was
it
from
your,
so
it's
at
29
million
dollars
right
now,
so.
H
Apologies,
there
was
a
recommended
and
we
discussed
possibly
20..
I
I
want
to
do
the
30,
which
could
do
the
combo
of
the
20
for
aop,
plus
the
10
which
I'd
recommended
for
the
land,
trust
okay,
if
that's
the
compromise,
or
we
just
stick
with
the
30
for
all
for
aop30
and
then
another
10
on
top,
which
would
be
then
a
total
of
40
increase.
Okay,
that's
how
I
see
it.
C
Got
it?
Okay,
thanks?
No,
that's
helpful
yeah,
so
my
memo,
it's
just
a
20
but
yeah
you're,
suggesting
30
here
and
then
and
then
on
the
land
trust
front.
Now,
let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
so
this.
So
another
thing
that
was
in
my
memo
is
there's
another
type
of
acquisition.
It's
it's
the
same
problem,
which
is,
I
don't
know,
but.
C
So
so
same
problem,
private
equity,
snaps
up
all
the
kind
of
valuable
stuff,
and,
let's
be
clear,
I
just
I
think
it's
worth
saying
to
everybody
like
the
thing
about
land.
It's,
like
you
know
we're
gonna,
have
the
city
of
boston.
Here
right.
We've
we've
been
around
like
we're
talking
about
a
charter,
that's
changed
a
lot
right,
but
for
a
city
that
got
its
charter
in
1630
right,
so,
like
we've
been
around
for
centuries,
we
hope
to
be
around
for
centuries.
C
Peace
continuing
to
be
around
for
centuries
is
the
environmental
piece
which
we'll
get
to
in
a
minute.
But
you
know
when
you're
a
city
you
can
afford
to
and
frankly
have
to
make
kind
of,
long-term
plays
thinking
on
that
kind
of
not
just
years
but
decades
centuries
scale,
and
when
you
think
about,
when
you
think
about
a
century
scale,
control
of
land
use
both
for
public
goods
and
for
the
things
communities
need
like
housing.
C
Is
it's
just
like
it's
super
obvious
that
that's
something
you
would
want
to
do
and
I
think
in
our
debate
on
wednesday,
both
councilor
edwards
and
councillor
baker
raised
the
fact
that
that
you
know
there
are.
There
have
been
times
when
there's
really
good
opportunities
for
the
city
to
acquire
existing
buildings
and
land
and
such
that
we've
passed
by
and
that
we
should
move
on
those
things
more
quickly.
C
Now
what
counselor,
edwards-
and
I
are
about
to
disagree
about-
is
the
mechanism
for
doing
that,
and
what
she's
I
and,
and
what
I
suggested
in
my
memo,
is
that
the
one
agency
in
the
city
that
actually
has
the
power
to
acquire
land
and
assets-
you
know
buildings,
etc.
C
Without
saying
this
is
for
a
municipal
purpose,
we're
going
to
put
xyz
public
services
in
it,
etc,
and
to
actually
do
it
directly
and
act
as
a
buyer
is
the
boston
planning
and
development
agency
because
of
its
enabling
statute,
and-
and
I
have
long
thought
that
that
we
should
actually
be
using
that
power
for
the
public
good
and
that
there
be
a
a
good
opportunity
here
to
do
something
like
that
with
you
know,
put
10
million
dollars
in
and
really
like
look
for
bargains,
and
I
do
think,
there's
going
to
be
some
real
stuff
on
the
commercial
side
that
we
might
miss.
C
H
I
yield
the
floor.
Thank
you
so
much
so,
and
and
I'm
I'm
sure
you
you,
you
know
me
very
well.
That's
all
all
your
you.
You
understand.
My
intentions
are
good,
but
yes,
I'm
not
interested
in
increasing
the
land,
mass
or
the
portfolio
of
the
bpda,
because
I
am
concerned
that
that
is
an
increase
without
an
actual
accountability
measure.
They
have
a
lot
of
land
as
it
is
right
now
and
they
do
very
much
rely
on
the
market
forces
and
not
only
that,
but
the
way
they
are
structured.
H
Those
market
forces
pay
them
and
that's
my
biggest
concern,
and
so
they
are
encouraged
to
develop
to
help
their
coffers.
And
so,
unless
we
come
up
with
a
program
where
it's
very
clear
that
this
is
on
lend
to
you
to
develop
and
to
help
have
affordable
housing,
regardless
of
the
profit
that
you
make,
which
isn't
how
they're
set
up
a
counselor.
F
H
Concern
and
then,
with
regards
to
the
land
trusts,
they
are
naturally
mostly
nonprofits.
I
don't
know
of
a
for-profit
land
trust
out
there
yet,
but
there
are
non-profits,
they
are
about
collective
ownership
and
growth,
and
they
also
make
sure,
as
part
of
their
deeds
and
what
runs
with
the
land
is
capping.
How
much
buildings
that
are
built
on
their
properties
can
be
sold
for
which
does
allow
for
certain
amounts
of
homo
ownership,
but
to
a
rightful
critique
it
does
cap,
sometimes
the
generational
work
that
comes
with
it.
H
I
think
that
that
can
be
fixed
in
the
deeds,
but
I
my
biggest
concern
again
is
what
has
been
proven
to
be
extremely
successful.
We
have
one
of
the
best
in
the
country
dsni
the
dudley
street
neighborhood
initiative.
Land
trust
is
one
of
the
most
successful
in
the
country,
we're
not
putting
the
money
in
dollars
behind
and
not
above
so
that
is
why
I
think
10
million
dollars
and
I'll
just
a
little
bit
of
further
background
information.
When
I
was
at
a
office
of
housing
stability,
I
was
a
director
there.
H
I
specifically
wanted
to
come
up
with
a
land
trust
training
program
for
non-profits
and
groups
of
individuals,
so
that
we
didn't
end
up
giving
out
parcels
of
land,
for
example,
and
then
not
having
proper
stewardship.
I
wanted
it
to
be
a
two-year
program
that
the
non-profits
would
eventually
be
able
to
be
awarded
groups
of
land.
How
would
that
happen
just
to
let
everyone
know
we
get
land,
we
get
gas
stations,
we
get
property
all
the
time
through
tax,
liens,
the
city
of
boston
and
ends
up
with
some
chunks
and
randomly
has
these
things.
H
So
I
thought
initially
that
that
would
be
a
wonderful
program
to
match
nonprofits
people
who
need
affordable
housing
with
land.
I
still
think
that
could
happen
one
day,
I'm
not
interested
in
designing
that.
I'm
interested
in
a
fiscal
commitment
to
a
design
program
for
land
trust.
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
councillor
edwards
yeah,
and
I
agree.
I'm
strongly
supporting
the
land
trust
mechanism
and
I
think,
to
your
point
yeah.
I
would
if,
if
you
find
a
for-profit
land
trust,
you
got
reason
to
worry
right,
because
the
whole
point
is
to
take
the
profit
motive
out
of
land
use
and
kind
of
focus
more
on
community,
and
we've
got
some
amazing
advocates
for
the
land
trust
world,
including
the
council
of
flint
district
with
lydia
lowe.
C
I
I
I
will
note,
though,
so
I
think
I'm
sure
there's
a
way
to
design
something
that's
sort
of
in
both
of
our
our
headspaces.
I
think
that
dsni's,
you
know
the
land
for
dsni
was
originally
acquired
through
the
bpda.
C
And
so
I
think,
there's
probably
a
way
to
use
the
tools
that
I'm
thinking
of
as
just
like
part
of
being
able
to
do
this
effectively
and
the
one
way
in
which
I
want
us.
A
market
player
is
that
I
want
us
to
be
able
to
compete
with
market
players
for
the
speed
with
which
we
can
like
make
offers
and
execute
on
acquiring
land.
But
I
totally
agree
with
you
that
that
any
such
program,
you
would
want
to
have
be
ring
sensed
in
a
way
that
was
not.
C
Then
it
was
not
then
just
land
for
the
bpda
to
own
and
to
your
point,
develop
for
its
kind
of
budget
inquiry.
Yeah
totally
agree,
so
I
think
I'm
thinking
more
about
that
tool
in
the
acquisition
moment,
but
I
think
that
yeah,
I
think,
there's
probably
a
way
to
solve
for.
H
That
are
inconsistent
but
just
wanted
to
bring
up.
Also,
you
know,
we've
seen
now
two
three
now
four
times
with
the
expiring
use
and
the
concerns
that
happen.
When
you
know
the
city
is
developing.
Just
at
that
point
and
when
we
invest
money
just
at
a
certain
acquisition
point
of
the
building
or
buying
it
and
we
are
doing
it
with
expiring
use
and
then
it
comes
out
and
so
with
the
land
trust.
We
wouldn't
have
that
issue
right,
it's
permanently
affordable
permanently
going
to
be.
H
That
way,
I
would
say
that
and
then,
honestly,
in
my
district,
you
know
seeing
a
little
mystic
and
land
that
was
owned
by
the
bpda
is
entering
into
a
lease
with
without
real
I
mean
they
did
some
community
community
process
I'll
give
devon
court
credit
for
that,
but
ultimately.
H
And
that
land
is
going
to
be
leased
out
and
they're
going
to
get
about
two
million
dollars,
maybe
for
community
benefits
and
a
30-year
lease,
and
that's
the
kind
of
how
do
you,
whatever
program
or
whatever
solution?
We
try
to
come
up
with
counselor
bach.
It
has
got
to
allow
for
certain
standards
and
correct,
like
ways
in
which
we
make
sure
that
whatever
land
trust
or
land
banking,
whatever
we
do
with
the
bpda,
it
is
really
for
a
common
good,
not
just
for
the
profit.
C
No
strongly
agree,
okay
and
then
just
other
points
in
my
memo
and
again
in
many
ways,
my
memo
is
just
an
effort
to
summarize
the
conversation
from
before.
So
you
know
the
sort
of
need
for
more
strategic
resources
at
mass
and
cass
the
arp
docket
zero.
Six
eight
seven
does
propose
three
million
dollars
in
additional
funds
for
staffing
and
other
measures
at
mass
and
cass
and
counselors
have
some
of
the
details
on
that.
C
But
you
know
was
suggesting
that
it's
it's
sounded
from
the
conversation
like
you
know,
counselors
are
interested
in
more
more
resources
that
are
sort
of
to
hand,
and
I
think
council
flaherty
spoke
to
this
like
that
moment,
where
somebody
actually
wants
to
accept
services
often
is
fleeting
and
if
you
don't
have
kind
of
the
medical
capacity
there
to
actually
accept
somebody
if,
as
counselor
baker
said
you're,
not
able
to
keep
people
like
you're,
not
able
to
offer
people
a
bed
that
goes
longer
than
the
10
12
days,
etc.
C
It's
a
problem,
and
so
I
think,
even
as
we
all
keep
fighting
for
long
island,
it
sounded
like
you
know,
making
a
real
investment.
There's
the
question
of
making
the
engagement
center
24
7.,
there's
the
question
of
sort
of
what
council
baker
referred
to
as
a
command
center
or
coordination
kind
of
place
to
to
make
sure
that
we're
just
super
on
the
spot
down
there.
But
I
think
also
there's
this
question
about
sort
of
like
longer
term
fit
out.
C
You
know
of
facilities
to
kind
of
solve
what
seem
like
some
of
the
the
moments
where,
where
we
lose
people
on
on
the
potential
sort
of
start
of
a
continuum
of
care,
I
I
do
not
pretend
to
be
an
expert
on
mess
and
cass,
but
it
is
just
one
of
the
most
urgent
issues
in
our
city
and,
of
course,
that
shorthand
talks
about
an
epicenter
of
a
problem
that
is
in
fact
city-wide
and
just
afflicts
so
many
of
our
families.
C
So
you
know,
I
think,
definitely
heard
strong
energy
from
the
council
around
doing
more.
On
that,
I
I
think
that
there's
an
opportunity
to
to
sort
of
when
we
think
about
some
of
the
things
that
counselor
braden
and
counselor
council
president
o'malley
raised
around
the
environment,
a
number
of
other
folks,
you
know:
can
we
go
from
green
jobs?
Being
a
million
dollar
thing
this
year?
C
And
oh,
we
don't
know,
what's
going
to
happen
to
it,
the
next
fiscal
year
and
so
sort
of
how
do
you
really
build
something
when
we
talk
to
philadelphia
about
what
their
power
core
program,
which
is
really,
I
would
say,
the
best
kind
of
conservation,
core
type
thing
going
right
now,
specifically
around
korean
infrastructure,
how
that
got
going?
It
was
clear
that
a
multi-year
commitment
and
kind
of
the
type
of
deep
interagency
work
that
has
to
happen
to
really
develop
a
workforce
development
pipeline,
get
our
young
people
in
boston
into
green
jobs,
et
cetera.
C
Like
that's
going
to
be
a
multi-year
thing,
and
so
you
know
it
seems
like
talking
about
the
urban
forestry,
the
composting
the
urban
wilds,
the
like.
I
said
green
infrastructure
partnership
with
water
and
sewer
that
sort
of
nexus
of
things
that
we've
dreamed
about
on
the
conservation
core
like
doing
something
making
a
commitment
with
arp
funds
that
could
be
a
little
more
multi-year
now
would
set
us
up
to
use
that
million
this
year
in
a
way
that's
sort
of
more
permanent
and
tangible.
So
that's
in
this
memo
I'll
skip.
C
We
just
discussed
the
sort
of
acquisitions
question
and
then
counselor
mejia
referenced
this
already,
but
you
know
due
to
obviously
from
a
number
of
counselors,
certainly
her
advocacy.
The
resubmission
contains
300
000
to
pilot
a
new
year-round
jobs
program
for
youth
ages,
19
to
24.,
and,
as
she
said,
you
know
she
had
asked
for
1.3,
that's
0.3
and
I
think
the
question
of
you
know
how
could
you
really
make
a
plan
to
go
to
scale
on
that?
C
Make
it
not
just
kind
of
a
one-year
thing,
you're
not
sure
how
many
jobs
it
is
and
such
and-
and
I
think
it's
worth
noting
that
you
know-
I
think
it
was
either
today,
I'm
losing
track
of
time
or
yesterday
that
the
president
united
states
talked
about
the
you
know,
substantial
findings
that
the
city
of
boston
summer
youth
program,
our
summer,
youth
jobs
program
has
a
major
impact
on
decreasing
balance
and
that's
so
important
for
our
city
and
it's
something
we're
all
worried
about
this
summer.
Yes,
but
but
the
real
solution.
C
You
know
summer
jobs
are
important,
but
summer
jobs
as
a
bridge
to
year-round
jobs
as
councillor
mejia
points
out
and
counselor
flaherty
does
as
well.
Like
you
know.
I
just
think
we
all
sort
of
know
that's
a
key
solution
here
and
there's
this
like
opening
towards
it
in
the
budget
as
resubmitted,
but
maybe
not
as
wide
of
a
door
as
it
needs
to
be.
So
I
appreciate
the
at-large
counselors
pushing
on
that,
and
that
seems
like.
I
I
don't
know
I
don't
can't
raise
my
hand
because
go
ahead,
counselor
here,
so
I
I
do
appreciate
you
giving
me
the
news
of
the
fighter
administration
pointing
to
the
way
we
do
business
out
here
as
a
as
a
violence
prevention
strategy.
Yes,
yes,
yes,
and
it's
not
just
summer
jobs
right
and
you
know
I
always
often
talk
about
the
fact
that
I
I
went
through
the
pic
program.
I
I
I
was
able
to
work
at
the
boston
at
the
brigham
and
women's
hospital
every
single
summer,
but
I
also
had
to
work
at
a
shoe
store
and
mcdonald's
and
three
jobs
during
the
summer
just
to
help
my
family
get
by
right.
So
you
know
what
I.
What
I
see
is
that
a
lot
of
young
people
today
are
competing
for
the
same
jobs
that
their
parents
are
fighting
for.
I
So
this
idea
of
getting
young
people
jobs
is
is
not
just
for
the
young
people,
but
oftentimes
could
just
be
to
help
the
entire
family,
and
you
know
this
is
not
just
something
that
we're
fighting
for
just
for
the
sake
of
fighting
right
like
this
is
something
that
is.
I
I
see
as
a
moral
and
I
don't
know
what
they
call
it.
I
C
C
Okay,
counselor
mejia,
if
you
I
know,
there's
a
challenge
right
now,
but
can
you
hear
me
julia.
I
I
It's
just
not
going
to
get
us
to
where
we
need
to
be,
and
we
need
to
see
bigger
investments
in
that
allocation,
and
I
also
I
know
I
missed
counselor
campbell's
remarks
earlier,
but
jacob
alluded
to
the
fact
that
no
one's
talking
about
public
safety
here
in
this
memo
and
I'm
just
curious
about
what
what
that's
all
about
and
and
why
are
we
not
leaning
into
it?
Is
it
because
there's
no
appetite
here
nobody's
hungry
for
that
type
of
reform
like
what
is
it
like?
I
C
So,
thank
you,
councillor,
mejia
what
I
also
said.
One
counselor
campbell
asked
that
question
is
you
know
I?
I
strongly
think
that
that
we
don't.
We
have
not
heard
from
the
police
department
a
strong
enough
plan
for
cutting
the
overtime,
and
I'm
very
concerned
about
that.
I
think
we
did
learn
last
year
that
our
budget
number
on
the
police
overtime,
unfortunately,
doesn't
really
determine
it.
C
As
far
as
I'm
concerned,
it's
really
it's
really
a
leadership
and
a
resolve
like
question
I
mean
in
you
know
the
mayor's
office,
the
commissioner.
You
know,
I
personally
think
we
should
have
real,
strong
civilian
fiscal
oversight
over
the
department.
I
didn't
put
anything
into
the
memo
because
I
was
trying
to
summarize
kind
of
you
know,
themes
that
were
coming
to
the
forum
from
counselors
that
were
fairly.
C
You
know
kind
of
a
consensus,
and
what
I
said
earlier
is
that
I've
heard
very
divergent
views
from
the
council
about
what
people
would
like
to
see
on
the
on
the
police
budget
front.
I've
heard
folks
who
want
more
funding
and
more
cadets.
I've
heard
folks
who
want
less
cadets
fewer,
recruit
classes,
freezing
more
cuts,
and
what
I
would
say
is
this
space
is
open
for
if,
if
any
counselors
have
proposals
that
we
can
get,
you
know
the
majority
of
the
body
too.
C
I
like
I'd,
be
very
happy
to
have
them.
I
think
that
folks
have
definitely
highlighted
the
911
alternative
response
as
a
place
that
you
know
you
you
and
counselor
edwards
and
wu.
Let
on
and
would
like
to
see,
be
real
and
substantial.
I
don't
know
if
that
means
that
we
want
more
money
for
that
right
now
or
if
what
we
want
is
just
to
really
know
what
it's
going
to
look
like
yeah.
I
think,
basically,
it's
it's
not
there,
because
everybody
has
been
suggesting
different
things.
C
So
I
think,
but
I
think
council
over
here
that
if,
if
you
have
any
proposals
that
you
want
to
make
to
the
body
and
and
make
part
of
this
conversation
with
counselors,
you
should
because,
as
far
as
I'm
concerned,
you
know,
I
mean
it's
exceedingly
frustrating
to
have
a
department
budget
that
doesn't
feel
like
it's
really
under
our
control
and
as
always,
it
means
true.
C
I
find
it
really
frustrating
and
I
think
that
ultimately,
as
councilor
edwards
alluded
to
the
contract
is
the
is
the
only
way
to
sort
of
make
that
not
true
and
that's
something
that
I
intend
to
be
very
firm
on
as
long
as
I'm
running
this
committee.
But
if
you
have
any
proposals
on
things
that
you
know
would
help
us
get
to
yes
and
and
and
make
more
serious
reform
on
that.
Please
please.
I
Well,
I'm
just
thinking
about
last
year
there
were
definitely
a
lot.
There
was
more
consensus
around
this
issue.
So
again
you
know
again
it's
last
year,
so
I
just
we
have
to
deal
with
this
hand
that
we
are
dealt
with
this
year.
So
I
am
curious,
though,
if
in
the
spirit
of
compromise
right,
is
there
a
way
for
us
to
put
a
pause
on
hot
on
the
new
class,
maybe
starting
potentially
in
january
instead
of
this
year,
and
then
we
can
reevaluate,
I
mean
because
right
now,
there's
no.
I
I
just
feel
like
the
system
right
now.
It's
like
you're
hiring
people
to
work
in
a
system
that
has
some
flaws.
If
we're
really
serious
about
both
systemic
changes.
Right,
which
is
what
I
keep
hearing
from
everybody,
is
that
you
know,
can
we
clean
up
the
house
and
get
such
a
situation
in
a
good
place
before
we
add
more
folks
to
the
workforce,
I'm
thinking
about
all
of
the
corruption
in
the
overtime
scandals
that
we
have
been
dealing
with
here
in
the
city
of
boston?
C
I
C
I
C
Counselor
me
I'll
put
that
I'll
put
that
on
the
list
of
things
that
we're
forwarding
to
the
administration
to
address
on
monday,
and
I
think,
obviously
the
if
we,
if
we
do
go
to
a
112.
The
irony
is
that
it's
the
police
budget
that
goes
up
a
little
bit
because
it
was
higher
last
year
than
it's
budgeted
for
this
year,
but
but
yeah
no,
we'll
we'll.
I
think
we
should
put
it
on
the
list.
C
So
all
right,
I'm
just
gonna,
quickly
finish
running
through
these
things
in
the
memo,
so
one
is
about
around
digital
infrastructure,
and
I
have
to
say
I
mean
I
strongly
agree
councillor
mejia,
that
municipal
broadband
is
in
the
long
term.
It's
the
direction
of
the
city,
I
think,
should
be
going.
I
think
our
people
need
it.
C
I
think
the
place
where
the
the
200
000
timeline
that
the
administration
has
committed
in
the
resubmission
to
doing
I
know
what
you're
urging
does
make
sense
is
that
when
we,
when
we
talk
to
do
it
in
the
hearing
about
what
they
thought,
the
price
tag
on
municipal
broadband
would
be.
You
know
their
their
read
was
that
it
was
probably
a
two
billion
dollar
thing
over
five
to
ten
years.
C
So
that's
obviously
major
major
capital
work,
it's
competitive
with
the
kind
of
needs
that
our
schools
have,
certainly
that
our
public
housing
has
and
such,
and
so
I
think,
first
of
all
that
actually
embarking
on
that
kind
of
capital
plan
probably
does
need
to
be
the
decision
of
of
the
mayor
post
the
election
and
also
that
you
know
you
do
need.
C
You
do
need
a
real
detailed
plan
and
like
to
measure
twice
cut
once
if
you're
gonna
go
in
that
direction,
which
I
want
us
to
go
in
so
so
I
think
you
know.
I
don't
think
that
it
would
make
sense
for
us
to
ask
in
this
budget
for
the
administration
to
fund
a
portion
of
that
two
billion
dollar
potential
plan,
but
I
think
getting
it
on
the
table,
which
is
the
step
that
san
francisco's
already
taken.
C
They've
already
done
this
kind
of
study
and
figured
out
what
it's
going
to
look
like
and
and
in
fact,
when
they
say
two
billion
dollars
in
five
to
ten
years.
I
mean
that's
basically
us
copying
san
francisco's
numbers
because
we're
roughly
the
same
size,
but
we
do
need
to
to
know
that
for
boston.
So
that's
just
a
little
bit
more
context
on
that.
C
They
did
make
an
interesting
comment:
do
it
about
a
federal
program
that
might
help
us
do
more
broadband
for
families
like
in
their
capacity
as
library,
users
and
bps
families,
and
I
think
figuring
out
more
about
that?
Is
there
any
development
on
that
would
be
good.
But
but
one
thing
that
is,
I
know
dear
to
my
heart,
your
heart
counselor
flynn
always
brings
up.
C
You
know
what
are
we
doing
for
our
bha
developments
and
there
actually
is
some
of
the
funding
that
the
administration
has
suggested
for
the
arp
docket
is
to
get
us
like
actual
wi-fi
in
that's
like
public
and
accessible
in
all
our
community
spaces
in
our
bha
housing.
C
D
D
West
ninth
street,
certainly
saint
patrol
street
west
dedham
street,
but
you
know
we
have
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
residents
have
equal
access
to
digital
equity,
and
that
includes
residents
and
bha
developments,
our
immigrant
neighbors
and
in
seniors
and
in
persons
with
disabilities
in
making
sure
young
families
as
well
have
access
to
it.
I
was
I
was
talking
to
a
young
family
in
chinatown.
Recently,
I
think
they
looked
at
massive
hike
towers
in
the
the
two
children
I
was
talking
to
the
mother.
D
They
have
two
there's
two
children
and
only
at
one
time
could,
when
they
both
boston,
public
school
kids.
Only
at
one
time
could
one
of
the
students
use
the
internet
and
then,
if
they
tried
to
would
shut
down.
So
it
was
difficult
for
this
chinese
family.
To
you
know
have
their
studies
during
during
the
school
year
because,
because
of
digital
access
to
digital
equity,
so
it's
it's
a
critical
issue.
Thank
you,
council,
mark
and
counseling
me
here
and
and
council
braden,
and
so
many
people
for
focusing
on
it
mayor
janie.
D
But
it's
it's
an
important
issue
in
our
city
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
working
so
hard
on.
It.
C
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
flynn
and-
and
I
think
it
is,
I
think
it
is
you
know-
joel
wolf,
formerly
of
counselor
edwards
and
staff-
is
working
quite
actively
on
it
right
now,
over
at
bha.
D
C
We'll
give
give
team
edwards
a
shout
out
as
well,
but
yeah.
No,
I
think
I
think
it's
super
important
and
finding
ways
that
we
can
support.
It
seems
important
and
like
a
really
good
use
of
arp
funds,
and
I
think
right
now,
there's
like
400
000
in
for
that
and
it
seems
like
a
place
we
could
grow
and
then
just
to
finish
out
the
memo
I
had
put
in
an
idea
about
you
know:
could
we
do
something?
C
But
thinking
about
is
there
something
we
can
do
for
the
city
to
proactively
step
in
and
kind
of
help
with
matchmaking
are
our
small
local
businesses,
our
minority
owned
women-owned
veteran-owned
businesses
and
these
long-term
fight
commercial
vacancies
in
our
main
streets
that
are
such
a
blight,
many
of
which
were
of
light
before
the
pandemic
and
which
has
only
gotten
worse
and
thinking
about
again
making
sure
that
it's
not
just
all
the
private
equity
guys
who
swoop
in
and
then
you've
got
chains
on
every
block
and
you're,
not
kind
of
getting
that
local
proprietorship
that
we
treasure.
C
So
I
think
the
question
of
what
of
us
doing
something
around.
There
seems
important
to
me
and
then
the
last
thing
in
my
memo
is
just
turning
to
the
bps
question
and
summarizing
the
fact
that
I
think
you
know
the
the
council
counselor
o'malley's,
already
spoken
to
the
exam
school
question
and
I
think,
there's
a
number
of
things
in
the
mix,
but
some
of
the
things
that
counselors
raise
just
places
that
they
really
want
to
see
more
investment.
C
One
you've
heard
a
lot
about
already
madison
park,
definitely
both
facilities
and
programming
there.
Another
thing
that
councilor
flynn's
been
consistent
on
and
lots
of
our
colleagues
is
the
you
know-
need
for
just
a
major
hvac
revamp
of
our
school
building
portfolio.
We
all
saw
that
in
the
pandemic.
It's
a
disaster,
especially
our
buildings,
that
we
know
we
know
we're
keeping
for
a
long
time
right.
C
It's
one
thing:
if,
if
there's
a
building
that
we
know
we're
just
going
to
replace
and
that's
tricky,
but
I
think
with
the
buildings
that
you
know,
we
know
that
they're
part
of
our
stock.
It's
just
like
you
know.
You
can't
have
another
another
moment
like
this
pandemic,
where
our
facilities
are
not
usable
and
safe.
For
our
kids
and
I
know
councillor
flynn,
you
raised
that
already
today,
counselor
he
had
talked
about
peer
mentoring,
the
question
of
a
library
in
every
school.
Again
thinking
about
the
sort
of
one-time
asser
funds.
C
There
could
could
that
really
be
a
new
marker
that
we
reach
and
then
the
issue
of
sort
of
mental
health
supports
and
surging
those
this
year,
and
you
know
the
thing
for
folks
who
may
not
know
with
the
school
budget.
The
council
just
approves
the
top
line
number.
So
the
total
amount
of
money
that
we
are
sending
from
the
general
fund
to
bps
the
detail
of
the
bps
budget
is
set
by
the
school
committee.
C
So
that's
the
sort
of
another
area
of
conversation,
so
that
was
just
I
wanted
to
run
quickly
through
my
memo.
C
The
questions
that
came
up
today,
the
suggestions,
the
sort
of
like
things
where
we
want
to
know
where
they
are
on
some
of
this
and
are
you
know
and-
and
I
would
just
say
to
council
colleagues
that
anything
that
didn't
come
up
today,
but
that
people
think
of
and
realize
they
want
to
have
in
this
conversation.
Please
please
send
it
our
way
and
we'll
compile
that
as
well,
and
then
we
are
meeting
with
the
administration
at
1pm
on
monday
and
so
we'll
be
discussing
with
them.
C
Both
these
questions
around
a
supplemental
appropriation
and,
what's
actually
in
the
resubmission
and
the
things
that
have
come
in
in
response
to
council
advocacy
over
the
last
month,
because
I
think
there
are,
there
are
some
good
things
there
and,
and
we
and
we
haven't
had
a
chance
yet
councilor
o'malley
alluded
to
to
get
some
of
the
detail
on
some
of
those
things.
C
So
that's
the
plan
for
monday
talking
to
the
administration
and
then
also
we'll
be
hearing
from
the
public
and
that'll
be
a
public
hearing,
and
so,
if
you're
interested
in
testifying
for
that,
you
can
go
online
on
the
council
website
and
sign
up
to
testify
or
shoot
an
email.
I
don't
know
which
address
it's
going
to
be.
C
But
I
know
if
you
email,
ccc.wm
boston.gov,
we
can
get
you
the
info
for
the
monday
hearing
yeah,
and
so
you
know
our
goal,
as
I
mentioned
at
the
top,
is
really
to
figure
out
how
to
get
to
to
a
budget
that
that
the
council
can
feel
comfortable
passing
by
the
fiscal
year
and
and
thinking
about
what.
What
are
the
supplemental
things.
C
We
need
to
make
that
so
recognizing
that,
as
counselor
asavi
george
said,
we'll
never
have
a
perfect
budget,
but
that
also
this
is
like
a
really
specific
moment
with
the
the
number
of
needs
we
face.
The
amount
of
federal
funding
available
and
the
sense
that
kind
of
like
you
know
that
the
city's
really
relying
on
all
of
us
to
come
together
and
have
a
more
collaborative
process.
I
Yes,
so
counselor
bob,
I'm
really
trying
to
think
about
the
timeline
right.
I
understand
and
appreciate
the
june
30th
situation
and
if
I
know
that
we
don't
have
a
council
meeting
on
that
wednesday
because
of
the
holiday,
I
mean
after
the
30th,
the
first,
the
first
wednesday
of
july,
it's
a
holiday,
so
I'm
just
curious
about.
When
will
we
reconvene
like
after
the
30th?
If
god
forbid
we
need
to
like
I
need
to
you
know
I
need
to.
I
need
to
figure
out
some
things.
C
Well,
so
would
I
and
very
much
the
goal
of
all
this
is
again
for
us
to
reach
what
is
a
very
real
fiscal
year
and
deadline
on
the
30th,
I'm
not
really
interested
in
making
plans
for
failure.
What
I
will
say,
counselor
mejia,
is
that
you
know
the
council.
President
o'malley
is
capable
of
calling
a
special
meeting
of
the
council
whenever
he
wants,
with
the
with
this,
with
the
condition
that
it
has
to
be
48
hours
in
advance,
and
it's
got
to
be
on
obviously
on
on
work
days.
C
C
So
I
think
that,
no
matter,
no
matter
what
us
getting
to
a
budget
for
the
people
of
boston
is
going
to
involve
this
collaboration
between
the
council
and
the
mayor
to
get
to
yes,
and
I
think,
knowing
that
that's
what
it's
going
to
take,
it
really
behooves.
All
of
us
to
come
together
and
do
that
work
before
the
1st
of
july
and
not
after,
because
we're
all
going
to
have
to
be
part
of
making
it
happen,
and
I
think
I
think
leadership
is
really
getting
it
done
by
wednesday.
I
C
C
Absolutely
and
do
this
very
important
work
for
the
people
first,
and
there
is
no
reason
that
we
cannot
get
it
done
by
the
30th
on
schedule.
Yeah
we'll
see
about
that
all
right,
counselor
flynn,
do
you
have
any
final
words.
D
Yes,
thank
you,
council
block,
and
I
mentioned
it
earlier
when
I
first
spoke,
but
as
I
as
I
was
at
this
meeting
last
night
in
in
south
boston,
there
were
over
200
people
there.
D
We
we
actually
lost
a
young
young
man
on
a
motorcycle
last
weekend,
who's
deceased,
so
our
thoughts
and
prayers
with
with
him,
but
as
I
was
as
I
was
talking
to
the
residents
of
south
boston,
one
of
the
neighbors
one
of
my
neighbors
said
to
me.
You
know
the
city
of
boston
is
getting
what
450
million
is
it
in
federal
funds
over
the
next
four
or
five
years?
D
You
know
what
we're
doing
is
neighborhood
against
neighborhood
to
see
who
gets
this
great
program
in
every
neighborhood
has
pedestrian
safety
related
issues
and
challenges,
and,
as
I
said
last
night
I
said
I
I
think
pedestrians
pedestrian
safety
in
a
speeding
car
is
a
is
a
public.
Health
is
a
help.
Public
health
emergency.
D
D
In
in
my
last
comment,
council
book
again,
thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
you
were
talking
about
mass
set
massive
and
massive
and
melania
cass
earlier
I
forgot
to
mention
during
this
pandemic,
the
the
rate
of
hiv
and
aids
has
increased
over
the
over
the
last
18
months.
In
the
city,
I've
talked
to
the
medical
directors
at
east
boston,
health
center,
the
south
end
health
center,
south
boston,
fenway,
community
health
center.
I
talked
to
dr
lowe
with
the
public
health
and
with
chief
martinez
as
well.
D
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
get
back.
I
we
have
excellent
medical
professionals,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
provide
these
services
and
care
and
necessary
medical
assistance
and
education
and
prevention
and
to
people
living
with
hiv
and
aids.
I
think
that's
a
critical
issue
in
our
city.
We
must
do
all
we
can
for
those
living
with
aids,
but
also
educating
people
that
that
that
are
are
in
the
mass
ave
area
about
about
hiv
and
aids.
D
I
think
it's
a
it's
it's
another
major
issue
we're
dealing
with
and
we
it
hasn't
received
the
attention
that
it
should
have
over
the
last
18
months,
but
it's
critical.
We
have
the
funding
in
this
budget
for
that
critical
issue.
So
again,
thank
you.
Councillor,
bark,
for
your
exceptional
leadership
during
this
budget
process.
C
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
flynn,
yes
and
we'll
we'll
bring
the
pedestrian
safety
question
to
the
administration
on
monday.
I
I
think
that
I
I
want
more
details
from
them.
I
think
that
they
may
have
put
some
substantial
money
for
that
in
the
resubmission.
So
so,
let's
so,
let's
talk
to
them
about
that
on
monday,
but
I
think,
even
if
they
put
something
in
the
resubmission,
there's
to
your
point,
the
larger
question
about
what
portion
of
these
funds
could
we
use
for
something
really
transformative
on
pedestrian
safety?
C
So
looking
forward
to
talking
to
them
about
that-
and
I
know
that
they
also
mentioned-
I
know
there's
some
of
that
funding
for
the
hiv
focus
in
the
arp.
The
order,
zero,
six,
eight
seven
so,
but
we
can
circle
back
with
them
again
on
that
that'd
be
great,
counselor
mejia!
Sorry,
I
just
wanted
to
check
everyone
else's
wave
their
final.
I
just
see
your
hand's
still
up,
so
I
wasn't
sure
if
it
was
on
from
before
or
if
you
wanted
to
make
a
further
comment.
I
C
I
C
Well,
thank
you
and
I
I
really
appreciate
you
all,
coming
and
and
and
participating
today
and
everybody's.
C
I
mean,
like
you,
said:
counselor
everybody's
passion
for
the
city
of
boston
and
the
important
things
in
our
budget
is
coming
through,
and
so
that's
that's
a
great
thing
about
this
body
and
it's
why
I'm
optimistic
about
us
getting
yes.
So
thank
you.
Everyone
with
that
this
working
session
of
the
boston
city
council's
ways
and
means
committee
is
adjourned.