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From YouTube: Government Operations on February 27, 2023
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Government Operations Hearing - Docket #0323 - An Act to Improve and Modernize Planning and Community Development in the City of Boston.
A
B
I
mean
that
public
bodies
conduct
its
meetings
in
a
public
place
that
is
open
and
physically
accessible
to
the
public.
The
city
council
will
be
conducting
this
hearing
remotely
and
it
is
being
recorded.
This
enables
the
city
council
to
carry
out
its
responsibilities
while
ensuring
public
access
to
its
deliberations
through
adequate
alternative
means.
B
The
public
may
watch
this
hearing
via
live
stream
at
www.boston.gov
at
citycouncil
TV
or
on
Xfinity
8
rcn82
FiOS
964
written
comments
may
be
sent
to
the
committee
email
at
ccc.go
boston.gov
and
will
be
made
a
part
of
the
record
and
available
to
all
counselors.
If
you
wish
to
provide
public
testimony
and
have
not
signed
up
to
do
so,
please
email,
Christine,
O'donnell,
christine.odonnell,
boston.gov
I,
believe
we
have
one
person
currently
signed
up
for
our
public
testimony
for
those
giving
public
testimony.
B
Please
make
sure
that
your
name
is
visible,
so
that
I
may
call
on
you.
Members
of
the
public
will
be
promoted
to
panelists
when
your
name
is
called.
Please
make
sure
that
you
click
yes,
when
prompted
to
join
as
a
panelist.
This
afternoon,
I'm
joined
by
my
Council
colleagues,
counselor
Aaron
Murphy
councilor
Michael
Flaherty
councilor,
Ruthie,
Ruthy,
Louis,
gem
counselor,
Kenzie
Bach,
and
it
looks
like
we
have
another
Edition
councilor
Frank
Baker,
this
home
rule
petition
was
sponsored
by
mayor
Wu
and
was
transmitted
along
with
the
docket
number
zero.
B
Three
two
four,
an
order
temporarily
extending
urban
renewal
until
March,
31st,
2025
or
passage
of
the
proposed
relevant
home
rule
petition.
This
home
rule
petition
formally
abolishes
the
Boston
Redevelopment,
Authority
or
bra,
and
the
economic
development
Industrial
Corporation
in
Boston.
This
act
transfers
the
powers
and
duties
of
those
entities
to
an
agency
newly
created
by
this
act
and
formally
adopts
this
agency
as
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
agency
or
bpda.
B
This
act
also
ends
the
period
of
urban
renewal
and
narrows
the
scope
of
the
newly
formed
bpda
to
focus
on
three
key
planning
principles:
one
resilience,
including
climate
change
mitigation
and
adaptation,
two
affordability,
including
the
creation
and
retention
of
affordable
housing
and
supportive
local
businesses
and
three
equity
in
the
form
of
Community
Development
plans
that
ensure
the
equitable
distribution
of
benefits
derived
from
development
in
the
city
and
redress.
The
historical
and
Equitable
policies
that
may
have
led
to
the
inequities
in
the
city's
growth.
B
This
hearing
is
an
opportunity
for
counselors
to
hear
from
the
administration
on
the
impact
of
the
act
as
well
as
listen
to
public
testimony
as
chair
I
will
now
hand
it
over
to
my
Council
colleagues
in
order
of
arrival
for
opening
remarks.
If
they
have
any
and
then
we
will
hand
it
over
to
the
administration
for
their
presentation,
which
I'm
told
they
have
so
in
order
of
arrival,
we're
going
to
start
with
counselor
Aaron
Murphy,
followed
by
counselor
Michael
Flaherty.
C
Oh,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
Karen.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Panelists
lots
of
questions
happy
to
be
here
and
listen
to
you
know
your
information
you're
going
to
share
with
us
today,
questions
around
finances
and
how
much
this
is
going
to
cost
the
city
is
something
I
hope
that
will
come
up
through
this
hearing
today.
Some
estimates
of
suggesting
it
could
cost
us
as
much
as
over
60
million
dollars
to
transfer
from
an
independent
agency
into
the
city
of
Boston.
So
hope
that
is
part
of
your
presentation
today.
C
I
know
many
employees
are
concerned,
so
that
is
one
of
the
big
things
I'm
hoping
to
hear
and
just
getting
an
understanding
of
what
benefits
will
we
get
and
how
will
this
be
more
of
transparent
agency?
That
is,
you
know,
working
in
a
better
way.
If
it's
not
independent,
like
will.
We
have
different
departments
that
are
the
same
like
the
BHA,
Boston,
Water
and
Sewer
like.
Why
is
this
better
is
something
I
hope
I
have
a
better
understanding
coming
out
of
the
Searing
today.
So
thank
you,
chair,
I,
look
forward
to
this
hearing.
D
B
E
I
know
that
we
as
counselors
often
hear
from
constituents
in
Residence
about
the
Myriad
of
problems
with
public
participation,
so
strengthening
what
public
participation
looks
like
is
important,
but
hoping
that
week
in
this
hearing
can
get
to
the
meat
of
what
it
would
look
like
to
really
see
a
process
that
centers
affordability,
resiliency
and
Equity.
Because
it
sounds
good
and
I
know
it
may
sound
good
to
Residents.
But
we
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
actually
going
to
lead
to
a
material
change
into
how
things
are
being
done.
E
Bpda
and
to
make
sure
that
residents
who
often
feel
like
they're
being
railroaded
by
developers
feel
like
they
have
I,
have
a
fair
voice
in
this
process.
And
we
all
know
that.
There's
a
lot
happening
with
this
with
a
recent
executive
order,
which
wasn't
a
law
or
an
ordinance
that
the
bpda
board
didn't
sign,
and
this
phone
will
petition
that
Beacon
Hill
has
to
sign
and
that
you
know
we
as
a
city
council,
our
role
in
any
sort
of
reorganization
of
departments
and
agencies.
E
So
there
are
a
lot
of
move
moving
pieces
here.
That
I
want
the
public
to
be
aware
of
that.
I
want
us
all
to
really
digest
because
they've
implemented
these
proposed
changes
could
really
have
a
transformative
effect
on
long-term,
fractured
neighborhoods
here
in
city
of
Boston,
which
is
which
is
much
needed,
as
we
were
thinking
about
the
further
wealth
cleavages
that
exist
in
our
city.
So
I'm
happy
to
be
part
of
this
discussion
and
I
look
forward
to
asking
you
the
questions
that
I
have.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
I'll,
be
obviously
a
brief
I
I
look
at
the
longest
history,
probably
of
anyone
on
this
call
with
the
bra
doing
business
as
the
bpda.
They
play
a
very
important,
vital
function,
creation
of
Housing
and
economic
development
in
our
city
and
not
perfect
by
any
stretch
of
the
imagination,
but
I,
don't
think
he's
an
sort
of
a
whole
scale
overhaul.
F
Maybe
some
tweaks
here
and
there
they
possess
some
very
important,
critical
Powers
that
are
created
by
state
legislature
and
recognizing
the
strengths
of
those
and
the
importance
of
those
and
the
role
that
it's
played
in
moving
our
city
forward
and
I'll
be
remiss
if
we
don't
recognize
all
the
hard
dedicated
employees
of
the
bra
doing
business
as
the
bpda
so
there's
and
then
the
role
that
whether
they're
going
to
be
bra
employees
or
city
of
Boston
employees.
What
does
that
mean
for
retirement
purposes?
F
So
there's
a
lot
of
issues
that,
on
a
personal
level,
I
want
to
iron
out
for
those
good,
hard-working
dedicated
planners
and
staff.
That,
frankly,
don't
know
where
they
stand,
don't
know
where
their
retirement
stands.
Don't
know
whether
they're
a
soup
or
a
salad
or
they
have
bra
employee,
are
they
a
city
of
Boston
employee?
What
does
that
mean
for
retirement
Etc?
F
So
a
lot
of
moving
Parts
here
and,
as
I
said
from
the
onset
bra
doing
business
as
the
bpda,
as
well
as
the
edic
there's
questions
now
as
to
who
now
will
oversee
the
ray
Flynn
Marine
Industrial
Park?
What
are
the
moving
Parts
down
here?
Who
will
pay?
Who
and
what
rent
and
who's
receiving
and
where
is,
where
are
those
revenues
going
to
go?
Now?
F
Are
those
going
to
go
to
a
a
separate
escrow
account
that
continues
to
you
know,
guide
and
monitor
development
and
and
pay
for
those
assets,
or
is
it
going
to
go
into
the
general
fund?
So
it's
not
as
easy
as
just
saying:
hey,
let's
scrap
the
bra
or
let's,
let's
make
these
major
changes,
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
items
that
are
attached
to
that.
F
So
again,
don't
think
the
bra
doing
business
as
the
bpda
is
perfect,
but
I'd
prefer
to
see
some
minor
tweaks
as
opposed
to
wholesale
changes
that
are
going
to
uproot
and
cause
a
lot
of
banks
and
anxiety,
not
only
with
existing
employees
but
developers.
We
we
have
a
responsibility
to
to
those
that
want
to
make
a
commitment,
invest
in
our
city
that
that
the
rules
of
the
game
are
fairly
applied
to
everybody
and
that
there's
a
degree
of
predictive
ability.
F
There's
a
tremendous
amount
of
uncertainty
right
now,
as
these
changes
are
taking
place,
coupled
with
inflation,
construction
costs,
Insurance
fuel
maintenance,
repair,
environmental
requirements
and
standards.
So
a
lot
of
moving
paths
here
that
potentially
could
discourage
investment
in
Boston's.
In
a
great
position,
we
boast
the
best
colleges,
universities,
hospitals,
network
with
community
health,
centers,
Financial,
Services,
Labs,
all
the
things
that,
in
addition
to
Championship
sports
teams,
all
the
things
that
give
us
some
added
Mojo
and
it's.
F
So
with
that
look
forward
to
hearing
to
those
that
are
in
positions
to
make
these
decisions,
but
I
really
need
to
be
convinced
that
we
need
wholesale
changes
and
we
need
to
tip
the
bpda
upside
down
on
their
head,
along
with
the
bra
board
and
the
zoning
commission
everyone's
sitting
there
scratching
their
trying
to
figure
out
what's
going
on,
and
why
is
this
happening?
So
obviously,
today's
the
day,
Mr
chairman,
see
where
the
devil
in
the
details
are.
Thank
you.
B
D
D
I
think
is
a
real
it's
a
problem
for
trust
building
in
our
communities
and,
and
it's
also
just
a
problem
for
like
the
suitability
of
those
tools
in
today's
Boston,
which
is
anything
but
blighted
at
the
same
time.
I
think
that
it
is
so
important
for
the
challenges
that
we
face
today,
especially
like
things
like
climate
mitigation.
Where
you
you.
D
So
it
just
feels
to
me
like
there's
a
couple
of
areas,
I
mean,
and
then
you
think,
about,
from
an
equity
perspective,
a
building
like
China
trade,
where
we've
really
aimed
to
have
communities
serving
below
Market
leases
and
be
able
to
kind
of
like
encode
those
Equity
goals
into
what
we're
doing.
So.
D
D
H
Of
the
floor,
thank
you,
Mr,
chair,
I,
think
I
would
Echo
the
sentiment
of
of
what
council
Flaherty
was
speaking
about
a
lot
of
questions
around
money
who
who's
who's,
going
to
be
able
to
now
accept
mitigation
and
linkage,
money
who
now
is
going
to
be
able
to
disperse
those
monies?
What
happens
with
the
employees
kind
of
thinking
along
the
lines
of
what
the
board
said
the
other
night
and
we
need.
We
need
details.
H
In
the
last
time,
my
voice
being
an
elected
voice.
I,
don't
know
if
that
happened
across
the
board,
but
I
I'm
I'm
concerned
about
to
use
Kenzie's
turn
Throwing
the
bat,
the
baby
out
with
the
bath
water
and
More
in
line
with
with
what
with
what
Clarity
might
have
to
say,
are
there?
Are
there
tweets?
We
should
be
looking
at
to
do
absolutely
definitely
do
we
need
to
do.
H
We
need
to
totally
totally
change
everything
just
to
change
everything
because
of
a
campaign
promise
not
really
sure,
but
thank
you
for
being
here
today
and
hopefully
we'll
have
some
of
these
questions
answered
and
and
sorry,
I
should
say
good
morning
to
everybody
for
all
good
afternoon.
It's
two
o'clock
good
afternoon
to
everybody
I'm
a
little
bit
under
the
weather,
so
I'm
gonna
come
off
the
camera
when
I'm
when
I'm,
not
speaking,
if
that's
okay
with
you
guys.
So
thank
you
for
your
participation
today
and
thank
you
chair.
B
I
Thank
you
I'm,
very
glad
that
we're
having
this
hearing
this
conversation
about
this
home
rule
petition.
You
know
this
is
not
the
first
time
we've
talked
about
abolishing
the
bra.
It
is.
We've
looked
back
at
some
of
the
history,
it's
about
the
10th
home
rule
petition
since
the
since
at
least
the
creation
of
the
bra
and,
more
most
recently
up
until
the
early
twenty,
two
thousands
there's
been
a
conversation
about
abolishing
the
bra.
So
this
is
not
a
new
idea.
I
So
you
know
I
really
look
forward
to
the
conversation.
One
question
I'm
in
the
car,
so
I'll
be
in
and
out
this
afternoon
you
know
one
question
really
is
What
that
hasn't
been
I'd
like
more
clarity
on
is
what
will
happen
to
the
urban
renewal
era,
powers
and
responsibilities
of
the
bra
relative
to
its
relationship
with
public
housing
and
with
the
BHA,
as
well
as
with
the
public
facilities,
commission
and
the
construction
and
maintenance
of
City
city
capital
infrastructure
and
all
of
those
nuts
and
bolts.
B
J
So
sorry,
for
some
reason,
when
you
called
on
my
name,
it
cut
out
so
I
didn't
necessarily
hear
you
I.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
today
and
thank
you
chair
for
making
sure
that
this
hearing
happened
as
soon
as
possible.
I,
you
know,
have
had
the
pleasure
of
engaging
with
all
79
pages
of
Mayor
Wu's
white
paper
on
this
transition,
and
so
I
am
excited
that
some
of
these
changes
are
happening.
J
I'm
have
questions
as
we
move
forward
through
this
process,
but
I
do
think
that
this
transformation
and
the
transition
is
really
going
to
make
it
easier
and
faster
for
us
to
build
and
preserve
affordable
housing.
That's
the
housing
chair,
it's
something!
That's
incredibly
important
to
me
and
as
the
environmental
justice
chair,
making
sure
that
we're
centering
resiliency,
which
it
does
here,
is
also
something
that
I'm
really
interested
in
so
I
will
reserve
my
questions
for
my
turn,
but
I
have
no
further
comments
here.
Thank.
B
You
thank
you
and,
as
is
custom
I
will
to
say
my
opening
statement
and
then
we'll
go
into
the
administration.
I
can
tell
you
all
that.
Actually,
when
I
first
came
in
as
a
new
counselor
in
2019,
2020
I
first
looked
into
our
master
plan
scenario,
because
the
way
that
we
do
sort
of
our
development
in
the
city
is
piece
by
piece,
not
So,
Much
by
neighborhood
as
a
whole
or
by
streets
as
a
whole,
but
by
project
individually
and
I
thought
there
had
to
be
a
better
way
to
do
that.
B
So
I
had
my
staff
looking
up
how
other
cities
handled
development
in
major
cities.
So
they
have
official
Master
plans,
there's
different
plans,
so
we
were
reaching
out
to
counselors
and
lawmakers
in
Seattle
and
Minneapolis
and
San
Francisco
and
Los
Angeles
and
New
York,
and
just
trying
to
figure
out
how
development
was
working
in
these
different
cities.
And
basically,
what
we
found
is
that
no
one
city
has
has
claimed
to
a
development
process
that
they
are
actually
like.
B
Enthusiastic
supporters
of
every
single
city
has
essentially
created
their
own
version
of
a
master
plan
or
planning
process
or
development
process
for
their
city.
That
had
has
unexpected
challenges
or
expected
challenges
in
the
ways
that
things
get
instituted
or
done,
and
essentially
some
of
them
do
certain
things
better
than
others.
Some
do
better
at
how
they
create
and
create
space
for,
affordable
housing,
some
do
better
and
how
they
have
environmental
lenses.
B
The
process
in
a
way
that
makes
them
have
to
sort
of
go
around
or
avoid
Community
process,
and
then
Community
really
wants
a
process.
That's
heavily
weighted
in
their
favor,
where
they
can
essentially
stop
almost
all
development
and
so
creating
a
process
that
is
fair
to
the
city.
It
generally
means
creating
a
process
in
which
both
sides
have
equal
stake
in
that
is
streamlined
that
is
efficient
and
that's
not
often
popular,
and
what
I
will
say
is
I
am
very
aware
that
our
process
is
less
than
ideal.
B
One
of
the
things
that
I
get
told
all
the
time
and
I'll
leave
it
to
the
Chief
and
others
who've
been
here
for
much
longer.
Is
that
the
length
of
our
process,
the
all
of
the
different
things
that
you
have
to
do
to
get
through
our
development
process,
actually
is
so
expensive
in
the
long
term
for
developers
that
we're
leaving
affordable
housing
units
that
they
otherwise
could
subsidize
on
the
floor
through
that
process,
because
they
have
to
sort
of
bake
those
costs
into
the
process
itself.
B
And
so
my
goal
is
having
a
bpda
in
a
new
image
that
is
streamlined
in
such
a
way
where
we
are
getting
rid
of
sort
of
wasted
time
and
wasted
sort
of
mechanics
that
are
leading
to
sort
of
bottle
bottlenecks
and
choke
holds
and
creating
a
process
that
is
much
more
fair
and
focused
on
affordable
housing,
focusing
on
environmental
impact
focusing
on
the
city
of
today
unless
the
city
of
York,
and
so
my
hope,
is
that
this
clan
that's
presented
is
explained
here
to
the
public
and
to
my
class
colleagues.
I.
B
Am
supportive
of
this
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
all
of
the
questions
that
we
have
get
answered
during
this
session,
and
so
with
that
who
we
have
today
for
that
Arthur
Jemison,
the
chief
of
planning
and
the
director
of
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
agency
is
here
today.
Lisa
Harrington
is
general
counsel
for
the
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
agency.
B
She
is
also
here
today
and
Devin
Quirk,
who
is
the
Deputy
Chief
for
development
transportation
for
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
agency
and
I'm
going
to
give
you
all
the
floor
to
present
for,
however
long
your
presentation
is
whatever
statements.
If
you
have
opening
statements,
you'd
like
to
make,
please
feel
free
to
make
them
and
then
we
will
go
by
order
of
arrival
into
questions
from
Council
colleagues.
So
take
this
time
to
present
to
try
to
sort
get
ahead
of
whatever
answers
you
may
have
to
make
a
statement.
B
However,
you
feel
one
way
or
the
other,
and
then
we
can
go
right
into
it.
So
the
floor
is
it's
yours
you
can
to
the
chief
or
to
Devin.
Whoever
is
leading,
however,
order.
You
would
like
to
take
comment
or
a
period
I'll
go
to
you,
Arthur
Chief
Jemison,
and
you
can
go
to
everybody
on
your
team
as
appropriate.
So
the
floor
is
yours.
K
K
As
as
I
know,
you've
heard
we're
going
to
be
presenting
on
an
act
to
improve
and
modernize
planning
and
Community
Development
of
Boston,
and
so
I've
appreciated
the
opening
comment.
That
gives
me
a
good
chance
to
get
a
sense
of
how
to
how
to
begin
this
process
correctly,
but
I'll
I'll
start
I'm,
the
chief
of
planning,
a
new
position
that
the
mayor
asked
me
to
adopt
them.
K
What
this
bill
does
not
do
and
address,
because
I
think
we'll
have
a
chance
to
to
get
into
great
detail
about
it
later
and
then
I'll
sort
of
identify
a
few
of
the
challenges
that
are
in
front
of
us.
So
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
Devin
I'd
appreciate
it.
So
in
1957
and
later
in
1960
the
what
was
then
the
bra
was
formed.
A
combination
of
Acts
of
the
council
and
acts
of
the
General
Court
of
Massachusetts
is
is
how
the
agency
was
formed.
K
The
agency
that
you
all
know
well
that'll
want
to
make
sure
each
each
of
them
is
identified
clearly,
and
we
talk
about
which
one
of
the
three
things
is
being
changed
as
you'll
hear
from
Devin
and
his
testimony
in
a
minute,
we
have
a
planning
board
where
projects
are
approved
and
deemed
ready
to
they're
approved
and
allowed
to
go
forward.
We
have
a
Redevelopment,
Authority
or
agency,
which
has
the
right
to
implement
conduct
certain
certain
powers
to
act
in
the
real
estate
market.
K
Sometimes
people
call
them
urban
renewal,
Powers
they're,
not
actual
urban
renewal,
Powers
explicitly,
but
they
were
were
given
to
these
agencies,
so
they
could
take
advantage
of
a
set
of
policies
from
the
federal
government
called
urban
renewal.
And
the
third
thing
is
the
staff
that
support
those
boards,
so
in
in
our
case
here
in
Boston,
the
planning
board
that
approves
projects
the
Redevelopment
Authority
that
has
the
right
to
enter
into
concessionary
tax
agreements.
Etc
are
together
in
one
in
one
agency.
K
That
agency
was
is
the
bra
now
acting
as
the
bpda
in
a
in
a
relatively
unique
situation
for
the
Commonwealth
in
in
Boston.
The
staff
of
the
agency
are
also
separate
from
the
city
and
work
for
the
board
in
most
of
the
other
places
in
the
Commonwealth,
whether
the
planning
board
and
the
Redevelopment
Authority.
The
staff
who
support
that
board,
who
submit
the
board
memos
that
get
approved
by
the
board.
Are
you
usually
staff
of
the
city
that
have
oversight
by
the
oversight
by
the
city?
K
Council,
so
a
unique
thing
about
the
the
bra
now
the
bpda
was
that
it
was
sort
of
a
super
agency
that
had
the
right
to
do
the
undertake
the
approvals
of
projects
and
and
their
adequacy.
It
had
the
right
to
use
a
set
of
powers
when
a
full,
appropriately
authorized
and
had
a
chance
and
had
its
own
staff.
K
That's
one
of
the
reasons
that
it's
Unique
so
today
we're
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
charter,
and
while
the
charter
might
not
seem
like
a
big
thing,
especially
as
it
affects
one
of
those
three
things,
the
Redevelopment
Authority
aspect
of
the
agency,
it
is
important
to
highlight
and
talk
about
it.
The
slide
shows
the
the
charter
of
the
bra
when
it
was
initially
formed,
was
to
eliminate
blight
decadence
and
substandard
housing.
K
Now
a
charter
may
not
seem
like
major
thing,
but
the
charter
is
what
enables
the
agency
to
use
the
power
of
concessionary
tax
agreements,
the
power
to
buy
land
without
procurement,
the
power
to
use
eminent
domain.
It
gives
it
gives
the
agency
the
power
to
do
that.
The
agency
needed
to
make
a
finding
usually
perform
with
pictures
like
the
one
you
see
on
your
left,
saying
that
there's
white
that
exists
and
we
need
to
take
action
against
that
blight.
K
K
K
It
is
the
planning
board
of
Boston
and
it
will
continue
to
approve
development
projects
and
determine
their
adequacy.
That
is
not
something
that's
going
to
change,
or
is
that
something
that's
proposed
to
change?
Certainly
in
this
legislation,
it's
not
something
we
intend
to
change.
Second,
you
know
the
assuming
this
legislation
passes.
Boston
will
still
have
the
ability
to
enter
into
concessionary
tax
agreements,
we'll
still
have
the
ability
to
enter
the
private
Market
as
a
buyer
without
using
procurement
law
instead
of
doing
those
things
because
of
white
decadence
and
substandard
housing.
K
Why
many
acres
of
Boston
are
able
to
stay
open
space
and
and
why
they're
not
threatened
by
the
strength
of
the
market
to
be
turned
into
different
things.
So
we
recently
asked
this
this
honorable
body
to
take
an
action
extending
urban
renewal
so
that
the
legislature
could
adjudicate
our
our
home
rule
proposal,
hopefully
without
having
any
of
those
units
come
under
threat
or
any
of
that
land
come
under
threat,
and
we
appreciate
the
council's
support
in
those
in
those
areas.
But,
as
I've
highlighted,
we
also
are
all
saying
to
ourselves.
K
Maybe
a
warranted
and
appropriate
to
address
future
challenges
and
that's
why
we
proposed
the
home
rule
that
the
home
rule
petition
that
you're,
reviewing
and
listening
to
today
with
that
I'm,
going
to
ask
Devin
to
walk
through
an
explanation
in
detail
of
what
the
legislation
would
do
and
what
it
wouldn't
do
and
I'll
come
in
at
the
end
to
close
and
and
open
us
up
for
questions.
Devin.
L
Thank
you
Arthur,
so
the
record
I'm
Devin
Quirk
deputy
chief
here
at
the
bpda
and
I
just
wanted
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
more
about
what
the
home
rule
petition
before
you
today
actually
says.
I
think
we'll
say
at
a
pretty
high
level,
because
we
want
to
get
to
your
questions
and
start
answering
them
and
have
a
productive
dialogue
as
quickly
as
possible.
L
So
to
start
the
the
Pres,
the
ACT
is
called
an
act
to
improve
and
modernize
to
planning
and
Community
Development
in
the
city
of
Boston.
The
first
thing,
maybe
the
most
important
thing
that
the
ACT
does
is
that
it
officially
sunsets
our
bernoull
in
the
city
of
Boston.
It
draws
to
a
close
that
area
of
Boston's
history,
which
has
well
produced
some
elements
of
really
important.
Community
good
for
for
people
of
Boston
also
has
a
very
checkered
social
justice
Legacy,
including
the
displacement
of
thousands
from
the
West
End
and
in
other
places.
L
So
we,
after
70
years
of
light
decadence
and
substandard
housing,
being
The
Guiding
principles
of
urban
renewal
and
the
bpda.
If
that
this
act
officially
draws
that
to
a
to
a
close,
it
does
that
by
prohibiting
the
bpda
from
taking
further
actions
related
to
those
urban
renewal
processes,
that's
the
first
thing
and
perhaps
the
most
signature
thing.
What's
what
this
act
also
does
is
that
it
in
in
terminating
our
Bernal
in
sunsetting
it
it
does
it
does
it
in
a
way
that
doesn't
throw
the
baby
out
with
the
bathwater.
L
That's
counselor,
Bach
and
Council
Flaherty
said
I
actually
appropriately
addresses
the
risks.
Those
two
major
reasons
why
we've
we've
held
on
to
Urban
and
all
those
two
problems
that
Arthur
just
mentioned
around
sun,
setting
a
renewal,
the
things
that
it
protects
and
then
and
the
future
actions
it
might
empower
on.
It
protects
pre
previous
restrictions
by
allowing
the
bpda
by
law
to
enforce
land
disposition
agreements
and
other
restrictions
that
exist
in
Boston
today
that
are
tied
to
Urban
oil
plans
in
perpetuity.
L
So
these
are
those
are
those
affordable
housing
units,
those
open
space
restrictions.
Those
Community
use
restrictions
that
Chief
Jefferson
spoke
to
just
a
minute
ago.
Those
would
continue
to
be
protected
and
it
adds
the
legislation's
written
in
perpetuity
and
we
would
not
need
to
bring
further
requests
for
extensions
of
our
renewable
plans
for
that
purpose.
So
it
would
I
think
appropriately
resolve
that
issue
in
the
community's
interest.
The
second
thing
it
does
is
it
reach.
A
second
issue.
It
addresses
is
the
future
actions
the
the
the
act
re-charters.
L
The
agency,
as
Arthur
mentioned,
to
be
focused
on
resiliency
affordability
and
equity,
and
allows
us
to
use
tactical
real
estate
tools
to
advance
those
functions
that
includes
the
existential
threat
of
climate
change,
sea
level
rise
and
adapting
to
heat
island
effects.
In
the
city
of
Boston,
we
can
take
real
estate
actions
for
those
reasons,
affordability,
which
is
broadly
defined
in
the
legislation.
Of
course,
as
this
Council
knows
very
well,
the
affordability
of
being
a
homeowner
of
renter
in
Boston
is
increasingly
unobtainable
to
many
we're.
L
Next
slide,
some
additional
details
from
the
home
rule
petition
the
the
ACT
does
hold
on
to
some
of
the
more
tactical
powers
of
the
bpda
or
the
bra
our
ability
to
act
as
a
is
a
public
Economic,
Development
agency.
That's
a
best
practice
from
many
other
cities.
Cities
often
have
a
public
Economic
Development
arm.
That
is
a
quasi-governmental
as
Arthur
says
in
many
many
other
places
in
the
Commonwealth,
those
that
that
function
is
staffed
by
city
employees,
but
we'll
still
absolutely
have
it.
L
If
this,
when
this
act
passes,
it
allows
the
BPA
to
fund
worthy
projects
to
clear
title
issues
related
to
development
and
to
manage
any
of
its
real
estate
property
matters.
Really
importantly,
the
ACT
also
holds
on
to
the
agency's
chapter
30b
real
estate
exemption
and
our
ability
to
use
one
chapter
121
a
tax
tools.
Those
are
both
preserved,
but
again
re-chartered
we
can.
We
can
no
longer
use
those
tools
for
blight
substandard
housing
or
decadence.
L
We
have
to
make
a
finding
that
they
are
associated
with
resiliency
affordability,
Equity
Community
Development,
in
order
to
take
those
actions,
but
these
are
actions
that
the
city
of
Boston
is
several
counselors
pointed
out
in
opening
statements.
Are
the
city
of
Boston
today
does
not
have
those
powers
does
not
have
the
power
to
do
public-private,
Partnerships,
to
create
sea
walls
to
build
affordable
housing
to
establish
small
business
incubators?
These
are
things
that
are
not
that
are
the
city
is
restricted
from
doing
or
often
runs
into
legal
challenges.
L
L
Since
we're
the
legislation
is
largely
focused
on
urban
renewal,
but
the
bra's
history
is
intimately
tied
with
urban
renewal.
We
are
also
taking
this
opportunity
to
modernize
the
charter
of
the
bpda.
So
what
this
act
before
you
does,
is
it
it?
It
recharges
the
bpd's
mission
for
affordably
equity
and
resilience,
but
also
consult,
consolidates
the
bra
in
and
the
edic,
which
today
are
two
separate
quasi-governmental
agencies.
L
That
report
to
the
same
board
it
consolidates
them
down
into
one
single
organization
called
the
bpda,
so
counselor
Clarity
can
no
longer
tell
us
we're
just
doing
business
ads.
We
will
actually
be
the
bpda
in
the
future,
but
this
is
separate.
So
all
the
obligations
of
this
of
this,
both
the
edic
and
VRA,
are
Consolidated
down
into
the
bpda.
This
includes
our
our
real
estate
assets,
our
our
legal
obligations,
our
contracts,
our
staff,
those
all
flow
into
the
new
quasi-governmental
organization.
L
Many
of
your
opening
questions
were
surrounding
some
of
the
mayor's
other
proposals
around
moving
staff,
land
and
money
to
the
city
of
Boston.
Those
are
actions
that
are
not
part
of
this
home
rule
petition.
Those
would
be
separate
boats
of
this
Council
on
the
bpda
board.
Just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
clarifying,
what's
in
scope
for
the
home
rule
petition
before
you
versus
what
are
things
that
it
would
fall
outside
of
that
and
then
finally
I
think
it's
also
really
important
for
us
to
clarify.
Well,
there's
a
lot
of
change
happening.
L
There
are
things
that
are
absolutely
staying.
The
same
the
bpda
board,
again
as
Arthur
mentioned,
is
opening
will
remain
The
Entity,
overseeing
development
in
the
city
of
Boston.
What
it
may
be
staffed
by
city
employees
in
the
future,
but
we
will
still
have
a
BPA
board.
That
board
will
still
be
five
members.
It
will
still
be
four
members
appointed
by
the
mayor
and
confirmed
by
the
city
council,
one
member
appointed
by
the
governor,
and
the
board
will
continue
to
approve
projects
through
the
article
80
process.
L
So
why
and
we're
going
to
work
very
hard
to
over
the
course
this
year
and
we've
announced
some
plans
to
improve
the
articulating
process.
We'll
still
have
article
80
going
through
our
projects,
development
projects
going
through
the
articulating
process
to
be
approved
by
the
BPD
board
as
the
way
that
development
projects
have
been
in
Boston,
so
so
I
think
I
might
have
froze
there
for
a
second,
but
hopefully
that
helps
to
establish
some
clarity
as
to
what
is
in
The
Honorable
petition
and
what
is
outside
the
home.
K
I
know
that
I
know
that
the
some
of
the
dialogue
that's
gone
on
so
far
may
have
what
people
to
ask
some
of
the
questions
that
you've
asked.
Council
members
and
I
want
you
to
know
that
as
a
sort
of
Veteran
of
the
agency
in
another
era
and
as
a
leader
today
that
we
are
committed
to
make
sure
that
our
bpda
staff
have
the
the
same
team
salaries
and
benefits
that
are
either
the
same
or
were
better
when
they,
when
they
come
over
to
the
city.
It's
a
key.
K
The
key
aspect
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
staff
are
what
make
the
agency
work
and
and
what
allow
the
board
to
be
as
effective
as
it
has
become
over
the
years.
So
you
know
the
staff
are
really
Central
to
our
vision.
For
for
what
happens
here
so
I
know
that
some
of
the
dialogue
may
have.
Maybe
introducing
you
know
new
questions
to
them,
but
we're
going
to
as
they
say,
you
know,
measure
twice
and
cut
once
and
act
very
carefully
with
respect
to
those
things.
K
B
You
I
just
want
to
know:
we've
been
joined
by
four
more
of
my
colleagues
counselor
Coletta
councilor
Mejia
council
president
Ed
Flynn
and
counselor
Fernandez
Anderson.
We
are
going
to
now
go
and
if
you
missed
any
portion
of
that
presentation,
I
know
that
that
email
has
gone
out
with
the
PowerPoint
presentation
to
all
of
our
Council
colleagues,
and
so
that
PowerPoint
is
in
your
email
inbox.
If
you
want
to
look
at
it
or
follow
along
with
it
or
take
a
look
at
what
you
missed.
B
I
will
try
to
bring
again
if
you
are
mid,
speaking
I'm
going
to
try
to
break
in
as
as
soon
as
I'm
available,
but
we
have
a
five
minute
timer
that
I'm
gonna
set
we're
going
to
start
with
counselor
Murphy
Council
Flaherty
you're
on
deck.
If
you
want
to
prepare
in
advance
and
then
counselor
luigien
after
that
so
councilor
Murphy
the
floor
is
yours.
C
L
F
Particularly
if
they're
going
to
derive
rents
and
leases
and
what
have
you
so
if
we're
going
to
become
sort
of
a
de
facto
real
estate
shop
under
the
guise
of
a
city
Department,
we
obviously
depending
on
how
much
goes
into
the
city
coffers.
I,
guess
we'll
be
open
for
a
discussion
on
that.
Take
me
through,
if
you're,
a
long
time
b,
r,
a
employee,
15,
18
22
years.
What
happens
when
this
all
goes
down.
L
Happy
to
start
so
I
think
what
maybe
the
way
I'd
start
answering
the
question.
Counselors
within
the
confines
of
the
home
rule
petition
and
I
suspect.
Your
question
might
go
beyond
that,
but
within
the
within
the
confines
of
the
home
rule
petition,
If,
This
Were
to
pass
the
council
and
the
state
legislature,
every
employee
and
every
edic
employee
would
become
an
employee
employee
of
the
new
legally
Court
created
Boston
Planning
Development
agency
dpda.
L
L
Now
I
think
it's
also
important
to
stop
and
say
that
the
mayor
has
also
proposed
separately,
that
we
would
we'd
be
in
a
stronger
position
as
a
city
if
we
were
to
move
our
Planning
and
Development
staff
into
City
employment,
but
that
is
not
a
part
and
that
there
are
really
important
questions
around
pensions
and
salary
structure
or
employment
rights
Etc
that
are
really
important
to
us.
You've
heard
Arthur
just
mentioned
them.
L
We
want
to
make
sure
every
employee
here
feels
extremely
protected,
that
that
move
into
City
employment
would
only
be
a
net
benefit
to
them.
We're
working
with
the
mayor's
office,
Human
Resources,
Chief
Financial
Officer,
to
be
able
to
answer
those
questions,
but
those
questions
are
actually
outside
the
scope
of
this.
F
Yeah,
let
me
just
introject
and
buy
out
for
a
long
time.
Brea
employees
need
to
be
on
the
table,
the
folks
that
have
invested
years
and
years
and
years
of
service,
so
the
bra
and
then
feeling
like
the
rugs
being
pulled
out
from
underneath
them.
They
ought
to
be
given
an
opportunity
to
retire
as
a
bra
employee
Devin
what
happens
to
the
assets,
the
leases
and
the
revenues
that
are
controlled
by
the
bra
edic.
F
Now,
specifically,
the
rayful
and
Marine
Industrial
plaque
in
the
in
the
Charlestown
Navy
and,
let's
let
me
get
my
next
question
for
you
to
answer-
is
that
when
you
look
around
the
city
and
Beyond
there,
you
know
I'm
seeing
challenging
and
uncertain
times
ahead
in
the
market.
We
haven't
even
started
to
feel
the
pain,
particularly
with
those
around
the
leases
as
being
renewed
because
of
folks
being
allowed
to
work
from
home.
F
At
some
point
three,
four
five
years,
we
will
get
a
big
punch
in
the
mouth
as
a
city
on
those
commercial
revenues
that
said
the
market,
inflation
possible
recession,
interest
rates,
I'm
concerned
that
introducing
a
new
uncertainty
into
the
development
world
will
have
a
chilling
effect
on
development
here
in
the
city.
So
we
we
we're
at
a
point
where
we
need
to
create
more
housing.
Now
we
obviously
need
to
maintain
and
keep
and
create
more
jobs.
F
Now,
what
impact
will
this
shift
and
switch
have
and
have
you
thought
about
how
we
as
a
city,
can
endure
that
predictability
piece?
The
predictability
piece
is
one
of
the
most
important
pieces.
It's
what
has
kept
us
on
the
map
on
multiple
fronts.
It's
what
keeps
us
on
the
map
during
down
Economic
Times.
Will
this
create
some
additional
uncertainty
and
apprehension
and
anxiety
among
those
that
we
wish
to
come
here
to
invest
here
to
bring
their
business
here
so
twofold?
K
B
K
One
of
the
things
that
happened
at
the
board
a
couple
of
Thursdays
ago
was
a
enabled
us
to
begin
work
on
improving
article
80,
which
speaks
specifically
to
the
predictability
challenges
that
you're
speaking
to
things
are
going
to
be
either
the
way
they
are
now
or
better
for
both
citizens
and
development
interests.
As
we
try
to
simplify
the
process
of
of
going
forward
with
development,
while
also
centering,
so
Community
Voices
voices
there
making
sure
that
expectations
are
clear.
L
It
had
I
completely
agree
with
you
Chief
to
answer
the
counselor's
questions
around
real
estate
assets.
It's
actually
the
same
answer
as
the
Personnel
for
in
the
home
rule
petition
before
you.
What
would
happen
is,
after
the
ACT
passes,
there'd
be
188
period
and
then
all
the
real
estate
holdings
by
law
would
transfer
to
the
newly
created
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
agency.
Again,
there's
ongoing
discussion
and
the
mayor's
outlined
a
very
clear
Vision
around
transferring
some
real
estate
assets
to
and
revenues
to
the
city
of
Boston
to
cover
the
cost
of
employees.
F
Thank
you
director
and
thank
you
Devin
and
obviously
thank
you
to
the
chair
right
Mike.
My
main
concern
is
that
we,
we
worry
so
much
and
we
have
regrets
about
the
West
end,
but
we,
you
know
I,
guess
we're
remiss
and
failed
to
acknowledge
the
great
projects
that
have
come
out
of
the
bra,
like
the
Peru,
the
John
Hancock
Post,
Office
Square,
the
bcec,
the
South
Boston
Waterfront
Etc.
F
So
a
lot
of
good,
properly
managed
projects
that
have
come
along
and
so
oftentimes
those
don't
get
discussed,
but
we
kind
of
hang
our
hat
on
sort
of
some
of
the
the
missed
opportunities
or
some
of
the
regrets
and
clearly
the
West
End
being
a
piece
of
it,
but
can't
speak
for
all
the
other
great
things
that
have
happened
through
the
leadership
of
multiple
administrations
and
this
Council
over
the
years.
So,
thank
you,
gentlemen.
B
E
You
Mr
chair
and
thank
you
to
both
Chief
Jemison
and
Devin
and
Lisa
for
being
here
and
Devin.
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
It
was
clear
on
most
things
that
I
had
questions
on
and,
and
you
know,
I
I
appreciate,
highlighting
just
a
very
specific
way
in
which
this
will
change
the
city's
urban
renewal
powers
from
being
able
to
take
any
legal
action
pertaining
to
what
it
means
for
a
property
to
be
blighted
or
substandard,
which
I
think
is
the
problem.
E
We
look
at
the
West
End
and
we
look
at
the
south
end
and
how
Urban
mineral
was
used
in
this
blanket
ability
to
call
something
blighted
now:
we're
changing
over
towards
affordability,
resiliency
and
I.
Think
I'm
missing
the
third
one
Equity
yeah,
all
three
really
important,
especially
as
we
need
to
build
more
housing,
build
more
affordable
housing.
What
are
they
going?
K
Making
that
goal
and
making
it
in
a
way
that's
thoughtful
and
prepares
for
the
folks,
housing
and
transportation
needs.
Does
you
know
for
some
for
my
partner
Chief
Dylan
over
in
housing
and
other
places?
Does
have
specific
milestones
in
terms
of
producing
housing
and
the
work
we
do
with
the
right
of
Rights
of
way
and
and
other
forms
of
development,
and
that's
why
we're
excited
about
the
planning
advisory?
Council,
that's
going
to
help
us
coordinate
those
things
so
that
we
can.
K
L
And
just
wanted
to
also
add
that
we're
working
on
what
both
Chief
Jemison
and
the
mayor
have
announced
as
a
scorecard
for
how
article
80
projects
are
evaluated.
That
will
include
metrics
around
affordability,
equity
and
resilience,
and
we
envision
rolling
that
out
in
a
similar
way
to
when
we
rolled
out
the
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
Discourt
disclosure
requirement
an
articlady
where
we
start
with
a
challenge
to
the
development
Community
around.
Please
give
us
your
best
information.
L
E
Thank
you,
and
just
so
that
I'm,
clear,
Devin
I
know
we
may
have
talked
about
this
before,
but
is
that
also
going
to
be
looking
at
the
mass
port
model
for
how
they
do
and
I
know
that
you
talked
about
one
of
the
Tactical
tools
that
the
city
has
is
chapter
chapter
30
that
that
the
bbda
will
continue
to
use
is
chapter
30b,
so
just
try
to
think
about
how
it
all
works
together
and
I
know.
The
bbda
has
been
doing
work
and
sort
of
the
supply
side
when
it
comes
to
diversity
issues.
L
That's
something
that
we
have
now
brought
into
the
article
80
process
as
we
evaluate
private
development
projects
and
we're
the
first
city
in
the
Commonwealth
to
do
that.
So
we're
certainly
going
to
be
leaning
further
into
that
and
the
work
that
we've
already
done.
Working
with
this
Council
and
others
at
that,
and
that
work.
It
emulates
some
of
the
work
that
masport
does
on
public
land.
But
we
are
now
trying
to
bring
that
to
not
not
just
our
own
public
land
portfolio
Leo
but
our,
but
our
regulatory
practice
as
well.
E
K
K
K
So
we
have
plans
that
are
underway
that
we
propose
to
conclude
and
Zoning
that
would
result
from
both
those
plans
and
other
city-wide
zoning
initiatives.
Those
zoning
initials
would
go
to
the
zoning
commission,
and
hopefully,
if
we
are
successful
and
Zoning
we're
talking
about
is,
is
adopted,
we're
hoping
that
will
result
in
fewer
CPA
cases,
because
there's
more
clarity
about
what's
around
out-
and
it's
been
more
recently
reviewed
by
neighbors
thanks.
E
Chief
Jefferson
I
appreciate
that
I
don't
know
if
Denver
want
to
add
about
I
appreciate
that
answer
just
want
to
say
like
you're
talking
about
the
incredible
work
of
your
staff
and
I
believe
there
are
people
who
are
doing
really
good
work
with
these
plans.
We
get
these
plans
and
then
they're
not
codified,
and
then
we
are
just
wasting
our
time
and
our
resources
so
I
appreciate
the
city-wide.
E
Vision
really
want
us
to
be
really
intentional
about
how
we
get
what
we're
the
plans
that
you
all
work
on
to
actually
do
the
work
of
getting
us
more
affordable,
housing
right,
because,
if
there's
a
plan
that
has
provision
for
more
and
then
we
don't
codify
it,
it's
a
waste
of
everyone's
time.
So
thank
you
and
I
look
forward
to
more
discussions.
Thank.
D
All
right,
thank
you,
so
much
Mr,
chair
and
I
think
I.
Think
for
today.
I
thought
I
would
just
put
a
few
things
on
the
table
that
are
probably
more
working
session
conversations
Mr
chair,
but
like
just
to
give
the
department
a
chance
to
go
back
and
look
at
it.
So
one
thing
is
just
we
have
the
this.
This
homo
petition
has
the
same
Preamble
as
the
home
of
petition.
We
were
discussing
last
week,
which
sort
of
says
you.
D
D
It
creates
a
lot
of
difficulty
and
it's
a
huge
source
of
frustration
for
us
as
city,
councilors
and
I
would
really
hate
for
this.
Like
this
process,
which
is
doing
an
update,
that
I
think
is
really
important
for
the
reasons
I
alluded
to
earlier
to
like
result
in
the
state
sort
of
taking
more
power
over
development
from
the
residents
of
Boston
and
so
just
kind
of
as
an
institutionalist
I
I
would
love
I
would
love
to
think
a
little
bit.
D
I
agree
that,
like
it's
true,
it's
tough
to
send
anything
up
to
the
state
house
that
doesn't
give
them
some
flexibility,
because
they're
going
to
do
their
own
legislative
process,
but
something
that
made
it
clear
that,
like
it's?
Not
if
you,
if
you
significantly
constrain
the
city
of
Boston's
Powers
versus
what
we
sent
up
to
you,
then
it
has
to
come
back
to
us
and
it's
not.
D
M
D
That
would
be
awesome
and
then
the
other
thing
is
just
to
say
you
know:
I
was
perusing
niops
comments
in
advance
of
the
hearing
and
I'm
sure
that
you
know
they
may
be
commenting
later,
but
I
just
did
want
a
flag.
There
are
definitely
a
few
of
those
things
that
I
think
are
pretty
important
for
the
agency
to
have
answers
to
by
the
time
we're
talking
together
about
language.
D
D
M
D
Great
yeah
and
I
think
I
think
those
are
my
main
I
guess.
Maybe
could
you
speak
a
little
bit
too
in
this?
Maybe
this
is
a
chief
Jemison
question
or
or
Devin
I
don't
know,
but
no
but
I
one
one
point
they
made
was
kind
of
the
idea
that
that
basically,
what
you're
doing
here
is
I'm
just
trying
to
find
sorry
I'm
trying
to
find
the
language.
D
It's
basically
about
the
single
point
of
contact,
oh
right,
okay,
so
when
they
say
the
docket
creates
two
separate
planning,
board
functions
and
they're
sort
of
concerned
about
this.
Bifurcation
I
wondered,
if
maybe
you
could
just
speak
again,
Chief
about
what
the
vision
there
is
in
terms
of
the
distinction,
because
I
I
still
think
I
feel
like
this
is
a
new
institutional
map
that
you
guys
have
been
burying
the
weeds
of,
but
not
everyone
has,
and
so
just
the
so
I'll
just
read
it
aloud.
D
Niops
concern
is
that
the
docket
language
seems
to
bifurcate
the
planning
function.
It
fails
to
create
a
single
point
of
contact.
I
suspect
that
this
the
station
has
something
to
do
with
the
kind
of
planning
we
do
for
the
City
versus
the
kind
of
planning
informed
evaluation.
We
do
of
development
proposals,
but
I
just
wonder
if
you
could
speak
again,
maybe
to
that
Chief,
because
I
think
it's
a
little
confusing
for
folks.
K
M
K
K
I
want
I
know
it's
hard,
sometimes
to
be
to
hear
about
this
change,
but
there's
still
going
to
be
a
board
with
the
great
board
members
that
we've,
that
that
we've
got
it's
going
to
approve
development
and
and
the
staff
that
are
going
to
support
that
board
are
going
to
be
here.
So
there's
not
a
change
in
single
point
of
contact
or
anything.
B
Indeed,
here
in
China,
if
that
helps
folks
go
from
having
one
more
question,
get
you
from
a
second
round,
then
I'll
allow
it
counselor
Baker.
Thank
you.
Mr
chair.
Anybody
tells
me
the
second
round
just
a
FYI.
We
will
have
it
so
if
anybody
feels
like
they
have
more
questions
in
their
time
a
lot.
Instead,
we
will
do
a
second
round.
H
They
we
talk
about
resiliency,
ad
nauseum
and
then
and
then
the
the
equity
piece
I'm
I'm
a
little
bit
I'm
a
little
bit
confused
haven't
you
talked
about.
You
know
around
the
equity
piece
that
that
land
that
we
own
you're
looking
to
identify.
You
know
groups
of
of
color
I
guess
to
to
develop
these.
That's
all
good,
but
you
also
talked
about
the
the
private
private
developments.
Can
you
dig
into
that
a
little
bit?
What
does
that
look
like
for
the
private
Market?
H
L
Yeah
I'm
happy
to
counselor.
So
on
that
point
that
the
diversity,
Equity
inclusion,
disclosure
requirement
and
articulating
requires
developers
to
tell
us
the
makeup
of
their
teams
that
and
the
participation
of
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
across
All
Phases
of
the
development
life
cycle.
In
their
proposal.
It
does
not
mandate
the
participation
of
but
mwb,
but.
L
That
that
is
not
currently
now
the
the
disclosure
requirement
is
structured.
We
want
to
be
able
to
evaluate
and
understand
what
the
the
participation
of
minority
women-owned
businesses
in
the
real
estate
market
in
Boston
are
all
data
to
dates
that
it
there's
a
pretty
vast
disparity
between
the
diversity
of
Boston
and
the
diversity
of
the
real
estate
industry.
H
That
looks
that
looks
like
we're
getting
back
to
the
Menino
gaze.
If,
if
people
aren't
doing
what
you
guys
are
asking
and
what
what
your
whims
are,
then
you're
not
going
to
get
through
article
80.,
so
that
concerns
me
but
whatever
it
is,
it
is
what
it
is
in
in
so
we
can't
get
into
a
public-private
partnership
now
to
build
a
resiliency.
While
we
need
this
legislation
to
do
that,
that's.
L
Affordable
housing
is
not
is
not
a
municipal
purpose.
Public
housing,
a
BHA,
that's
a
municipal
purpose,
but
affordable
housing
as
we
as
the
industry
operates
today.
That
thought
a
municipal
purpose
nor
is
purchasing
property
and
subdividing
it
for
Economic
Development
interests
or
small
business
participation.
So
a
like
a
very
quick
but
recent
example
of
this
is
there
was
a
property
that
was
privately
held
or
was
it
a
housing
vacant
vacant
home
that
was
adjacent
to
some
wetlands
in
Roslindale
I
it
was
vacant,
it
was
up
for
sale.
L
The
developer
really
wanted
the
owner
really
wanted
to
sell
it
within
three
months.
They
said,
if
hey
city
of
Boston,
we
know
you
want
this
for
access
to
the
wetlands.
If
you,
if
you
can
buy
it
from
us
in
the
next
three
months,
then
we'll
sell
it
to
you
city
of
Boston.
Can't
do
that
so
you
buy.
Is
that
that's
a
direct
negotiation,
and
it
would
that,
while
the
city
could
go
through
an
advertising
process
to
purchase
the
property,
that's
fairly
lengthy
and
acquired
for
Wetlands
access,
it
would
have
to
remain
like
Wetlands
access.
L
What
we
were
able
to
do
is
to
quickly
engage
in
a
negotiation
act
using
our
30b
exemption
to
to
acquire
that
property,
subdivide
the
property
into
two
Parcels
one.
We
transferred
the
Conservation
Commission,
which
is
now
the
access
to
the
wetlands.
The
other
we
put
out
for
RFP
are
now
working
with
Habitat
for
Humanity
to
develop
or
units
of
affordable
home
ownership,
so
that
and
in
partnership
with
moh,
that
that's
a
project
that
we
used,
we
had
to
shoehorn
our
blight
finding
into
because
of
the
vacancy
of
the
building.
H
So
that's
going
to
happen
through
the
board.
Now
it's
not
it's
bpda,
because
the
rest
of
just
the
board
is
going
to
work
and
they're
gonna
they're
gonna
do
land
transfers,
so
they
can.
The
board
can
buy
land
and
the
board
can
accept
mitigation.
Money
and
the
board
concept
will
accept
linkage.
Money.
M
H
So
that
board
will
be
sitting
on
top
of
a
large
cache
and
then
we
will
be
paying
we,
the
city
of
Boston,
General
General,
our
general
budget,
will
will
pay
all
the
employees
up
there
on
the
ninth
floor
now.
So
how
does
like?
What's
the
mechanism
for
the
board
to
help
us
pay
for
all
their
employees?
Yeah.
L
That's
a
great
question:
counselor
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
clarify
that
that's
outside
the
scope
of
the
home
rule
petition
before
you
today.
The
humble
position
before
you
today
takes
the
bra
and
edic
and
consolidates
it
into
a
new
agency
with
a
new
Charter,
a
new
Mission.
It
doesn't
move
any
staff
to
the
city
of
Boston
right.
H
L
What
are
the
new
expenses
incurred
that
depends
on
the
number
of
Staff
transferred
and
what
other?
How
are
the?
How
are
those
we're,
not
anticipating
that
the
city
of
Boston
is
going
to
come
up
with
new
revenues
to
cover
those
costs,
so
those
will
be
borne
by
Revenue
transfers
in
the
bpda.
We
need
to
explain
for
you
in
great
detail
how
that
would
operate,
but
we're
not
we're
not
here
today
with
those
details,
those
are
that's
or
we
need
to
do
significant.
L
L
H
We're
changing
if
we're
changing
the
entire
way
we
do
business
I
think
we
should
know
all
the
details
and
I
just
don't
think
that
we're
ready
for
a
vote
on
Wednesday,
so
all
I'm
going
to
say
about
it.
I
think
we
need
to
go
into
it
into
at
least
one
in-person
working
session,
because
this
having
this
meeting
on
TV
here,
I,
don't
think
is
the
right
way
to
do
it
I
think
we
should
have
at
least
one
working
session,
so
we
can
so
we
can
work
this
so
Finn
on
details.
I
understand
your
chain.
H
You
want
to
stop
the
child
of
that's
all
well
and
good,
but
there's
way
more
to
this
here
you
change
the
charter,
and
then
you
stop
making
all
these
other
changes
that
we
won't
be
won't
be
part
part
of
that's
my
opinion
there.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
Mr
chair
again,
we
should
have
a
working
session
and
I.
Don't
think
this
is
ready
for
a
vote
on
Wednesday.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Councilor.
J
The
last
time
that
we
talked
you
said
you
know,
we
don't
really
know
how
we're
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
details
in
terms
of
how
we're
correcting
for
that
or
the
possibility
of
that.
This
homo
petition
does
not
impact
that
and
so
I'm.
Assuming
that
you
don't
have
any
further
detail
in
terms
of
like
what
Solutions
your
like,
what
direction
you're
moving
into.
In
terms
of
the
financial
aspect
of
it,.
L
Sorry
Chief,
would
you
like
there
you
go
just
to
just
hit
on
that
technical
specifics
again.
The
the
home
roll
petition
only
covers
the
future
of
urban
renewal
and
the
consolidation
of
the
edicvra
into
one
new
entity,
the
bpda,
to
advance
the
mayor's
vision
of
moving
staff
into
the
city.
There
are
a
lot
of
details
that
we
need
to
have
a
whole
series
of
meetings
and
working
sessions
to
cover
we're
eager
to
do
that.
But
that's
not
that's
not
why
we're
here
So.
J
K
Look
like
yeah,
yes,
and
if
it
with
permission,
Council
I
would
just
say
you
know
the
kind
of
work
that
it
takes
to
create
a
new
Department,
create
positions
go
through
the
process
of
allocating
budget.
For
that
I
certainly
heard
the
council
member
Baker's
questions
about.
You
know
how
how
we're
going
to
fund
the
support
of
those
staff.
Those
are
all
things
we
expect
to
take
place
over.
It's
not
going
to
happen
this
budget
season,
we're
expecting
it
to
happen
as
part
of
the
next
fiscal
year.
K
This
fiscal
year
will
be
focused
on
a
much
smaller
number
of
Staff
people
to
help
us
with
the
planning,
advisory
Council,
but
I
think
doing
that.
Right
takes
a
series
of
steps
which
the
council
will
be
critically
involved,
with
both
in
the
budget
process
and
and
and
other
related
processes.
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
that
you
that
you've
heard
that
this,
the
action
we're
trying
to
take
today
has
explicitly
to
do
with
urban
renewal
and
and
the
charter
of
the
agency.
K
J
Thank
you,
Chief.
That's
incredibly
helpful.
I
think
what
I'm
bumping
into
is
that
the
way
that
we're
asking
our
questions?
You
typically
have
to
have
some
level
of
understanding
of.
What's
going
on
and
so
I'm
trying
to
ask
more
pointed
questions
that
will
clarify
for
the
folks
that
are
watching
what
is
actually
happening,
and
so
my
second
question
Falls
along
those
same
lines,
the
change
in
The
Shard
in
the
charter
maintains
the
bpda
as
a
quasi-governmental
agency,
or
does
it
bring
it?
K
So
so
the
what
it
brings
under
okay,
explicitly
we're
going
to
continue
to
have
a
bpda
board
represented
with
the
agency.
It
says,
as
Lisa
called
it
that
board
is,
is
separate
from
separate
from
the
city.
It's
that's
the
way
that
the
the
the
tools
and
instruments
that
the
Commonwealth
gives
to
the
city's
functions.
K
What
now
this
is
not
supposedly
in
the
proposed
home
rule
petition
but
what's
been
proposed-
is
that
the
staff
who
support
the
work
of
those
boards
would
be
city
employees,
not
unlike
other
major
cities
of
the
state.
So
what
would
come
under
city
council
review
and
jurisdiction
would
be
the
staff
people
like
me,
and
the
staff
of
the
agency
who
Provide
support
to
that
board?
K
That's
what
again
there's
more
details
to
be
weighed
out
as
part
of
probably
the
2000
24
25
a
fiscal
year
budget,
but
but
that's
the
envisioned
approach
is
that
the
the
board
will
would
remain
separate.
Now,
Lisa
and
Devin
may
be
able
to
provide
more
background
about
why
the
board
would
remain
separate
because
up
there
because
of
the
legal
elements
of
it.
So
I
might
ask
them
to
just
clarify
and
then
I'll
go
right,
I'm,
sorry
to
dwell
too
long.
J
No,
no,
please
that's
fine!
Thank
you.
I
really
appreciate
your
responses
and
so
I'm.
You
know
I
think
that
this
homo
petition,
what
we're
really
doing
is
that
we're
taking
a
first
step
right,
there's
a
number
of
steps
that
we
have
to
take
in
order
to
kind
of
fulfill
the
vision
of
really
bringing
planning
into
the
city
of
Boston
in
a
way
where
we
can
be
more
accountable
to
our
constituents
and
I
understand
that
this
homo
petition
is
only
a
very
small
part
of
doing
that.
J
So
I'm
grateful
for
all
the
work
that
you've
done.
I
will
Echo
counselor
box
concern
about
the
state
house
anyway
to
ensure
whether
it
be
some
amendment
in
the
you
know
to
the
to
the
whole
multiplication
or,
if
there's
any
other
way
for
us
to
to
ensure
that
we're
not
gonna.
You
know
end
up
with
the
shortened
Mistake
by
sending
another
amendable
or
more
petition
up
to
the
state
house.
I
would
really
advocate
for
that
and
I'm
curious
in
the
long-term
plan.
J
If
there
are
any
functions
around
planning
or
if
there
are
any
staffing
assets
or
any
type
of
a
budget
that
we
can
move
from
the
bpda
into
City
departments,
before
we
kind
of
go
through
our
long
story
process
of
this
transition,
is
there
any
way?
Are
there
any
small
changes
that
we
can
make?
That
will
get
us
closer
to
our
vision
in
a
practical
way
like
in
a
functional
way.
Right
now,.
L
That
one
that's
a
great
question,
counselor
and
I
think
one
thing
that
the
council
should
be
anticipating
for
the
FY
24
budget
submission
is
for
the
mayor
to
propose
a
planning
advisory
Council,
which
is
something
that
she's
spoken
about
in
the
state
city
and
other
places.
She
issued
an
executive
order
about
its
creation
and
the
division.
That's
a
net
net
new
creation
of
a
new
team
that
is
responsible
for
bringing
together
all
the
cabinets
that
have
a
hand
in
planning
the
built
environment.
L
L
They
do
housing
planning
lots
of
colleagues
in
transportation
that
do
Transportation
Planning
said
goal
of
this
new
advisory
council
is
to
bring
all
of
that
together,
coordinate
it
and
tie
it
to
capital
investment,
and
so
that
is
envisioned
to
have
an
executive
director
that
job
is
posted
but
also
some
staff,
and
that
it's
a
net
new
investment
that
the
mayor
will
bring
before
the
council
through
as
part
of
the
budget
process.
Okay,.
J
Thank
you.
That's
good
to
know
that
there's
like
some
movement
that
we're
not
going
to
ultimately
have
to
wait
until
we
get
to
the
end
to
start
making
some
changes,
but
that
has
opened
up
a
new
entire
set
of
questions.
That
I
will
wait
to
ask
when
that
comes
across
our
desks.
So
thank
you,
chair
Phil,
further
questions.
Thank.
N
N
So
I
am
pleased
to
see
climate
resiliency
as
a
pillar
priority
I
know
I've
been
beating
the
drum
on
this
since
becoming
counselor,
and
it
has
been
extremely
difficult
to
try
to
coordinate,
get
the
economic
economic
resources
that
we
need
to
make
certain
things
happen
like
sea
walls
and
push
everybody
to
move
in
in
One
Direction,
both
private
and
public
and
chief.
This
is
something
that
we
talked
about
at
my
hearing
a
couple
months
ago.
N
But
when
it
comes
to
the
goals
of
resiliency
and
I'll,
just
focus
my
questions
on
this
and
then
I
have
another
one
about
the
Charlestown
Navy
Yard.
When
we're
talking
about
specific
actions
that
the
agency
can
take
to
prepare
and
Implement
plans
for
for
climate,
resiliency
I
saw
creating
sea
walls
as
a
strategy.
Can
you
just
talk
about
the
specific
actions
that
this
is
supposed
to
enable
us
to
do,
or
you
know
any
other
resiliency
strategies,
and
how
are
you
going
to
be
working
with
the
environment
department?
K
K
I
can't
make
a
finding
that
the
city
is
under
threat
from
at
climate
change
and
I
need
to
build
a
sea
wall,
or
you
know,
nature-based
solution
for
for
protecting
the
city.
I
can't
make
a
finding
that
I
need
to
do
that
and
then
do
it.
I'd
have
to
find
some
way
to
sort
of
make
it
consistent
with
white
decadence
or
substandard
housing.
So
the
charter
will
allow
me
to
make
a
finding
that
we
need
to
protect.
K
You
know:
residents
of
Mary,
Ellen
and
and
Old
Colony
other
parts
of
of
South
Boston
from
Water
by
by
acquiring
a
piece
of
property
potentially
or
that
might
make
the
multi-park
project
more
happen
more
quickly.
That's
something
I'll
be
able
to
do.
Under
the
new
rules,
same
thing
for
Border
Street
in
East
and
other
parts
of
the
city
down
down
in
Neponset.
So
there's
a
lot
of
different.
That's
what
it
gives
me
the
ability
to
do
that
I
can't
do
today.
I
think
there
was
a
third
question.
You
asked
counselor
but
I'm.
N
You
know
what
is
what
are
overarching
goals
here
and
how
can
we
just
make
sure
that
they
are
aligned
aligned
with
our
environment
department
and
while
also
working
in
tandem
with
existing
plants
like
plantings,
Boston
and
plant
Charlestown,
and
it's
not
going
to
be
affected
by
by
some
of
these
changes.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
think
that
that
answers
my
question
and
then
the
other
part
of
this
Council
Flaherty
mentioned
the
Charlestown
Navy
yard,
and
that
was
that
was
going
to
be.
N
Will
there
be
no
any
sort
of
notice
or
formal
communication
to
Charleston
residents
just
about
these
changes
and
if
you
have
any
questions
to
contact,
somebody
I
think
that
might
be
good
for
all
of
us,
because
I
will
certainly
be
getting
questions
and
comments
from
the
Navy
Yard
of
people
who
have
leases.
So
that's
more
of
just
a
suggestion
than
anything.
If
you
already
had
planned
to
do
that
and
communicate
that
out
to
residents.
L
And
we
certainly
have
a
community
engagement
team
here
at
the
bpda.
It
was
very
well
briefed
on
our
transformation
efforts
and
that
team
is
in
fairly
well
integrating
the
Charlestown
Navy
yard.
So
he
has
to
absolutely
as
this
as
this
proceeds.
We
we
certainly
anticipate
doing
community
engagement
around
the
various
pieces
of
the
future
of
the
bpda,
including
what
we're
here
before
you
today.
O
It's
happy
Independence
Day
for
La
Republica
Dominicana,
so
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
and
no,
let
me
just
get
serious
here
before
people,
but
happy
Independence,
Day,
so
I'm
just
curious.
Can
you
just
expand
a
little
bit
more
on
the
new
planning
principles
in
regards
to
resiliency
affordability
and
Equity?
If
you
could
just
kind
of
unpack
that
a
little
bit
further,
that
would
be
really
helpful
and
is
there
a
list
of
income
restricted,
affordable
housing
by
District?
O
What
I
have
found
is
that
you
know
we're
really
good
at
giving
the
aspirational
impact
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
these
ordinances,
but
I
think
in
terms
of
implementation.
That
sometimes
things
you
know.
That's
what
we
kind
of
fall
short
as
a
city,
so
if
you
could
just
kind
of
guide
us
through
how
you're
going
to
measure
success
when
it
comes
to
community
engagement,
you
know
what
types
of
accountability
tools
are
you
going
to
be
using.
O
K
K
So
that's
the
the
easiest
question
to
answer
quickly.
Second,
question
would
be
so
the
the
agency
has
the
ability
to
make
take
undertake
certain
actions
when
it
makes
a
finding
of
of
something
today,
that's
a
blight
decadence
and
substandard
housing,
very
much
consistent
with
the
the
the
attitudes
and
approaches
of
the
of
1960,
and
also
aligned
with
Federal
programs
that
were
being
offered
by
the
federal
government
to
cities
to
use
Capital
that
came
from
the
federal
government.
K
They
could
make
investments
if
they
could
make
those
kinds
of
findings
if
they
had
polite
decadence
or
substandard
housing.
What
we're
proposing
is
that,
instead
of
those
three
elements
of
the
charter,
that
we
have
resilience,
equity
and
affordability,
specifically
that
when
we
made
a
finding
that,
by
taking
by
buying
a
certain
property
under
the
powers
of
the
agency,
we
could
potentially
protect
the
city
more
better
from
from
climate
change
or
if
by,
if
by
using
some
of
the
power
of
the
agency,
to
offer
tax
relief.
K
For
example,
we
could
thereby,
you
know,
make
it
possible
for
a
development
to
be
affordable.
That's
a
that's
a
second
thing
or
produce
more
housing
to
lower
the
cost
of
housing
in
the
city
or
by
the
same
token,
you
know
if
there
was
a
tax
relief
program
that
had
Equity
benefits
that
we
could
identify.
K
That's
another
thing
that
that
we
could
look
at
those
are
those
if
I
made
a
finding,
for
example,
that
I
needed
to
take
a
property
to
enable
the
mokley,
Improvement
or
border
Street
or
other
parts
of
the
city
to
have
a
resilience
Improvement.
That's
the
that's!
What
we
mean
by
that's!
Why
those
those
three
words
are
important
in
the
charter.
K
Also
I
think
I
got
two
of
your
questions
and
there
was
a
third
one
about
the
community
engagement
separate
from
this
home
rule
petition.
We
have
an
RFP
that
we
are
releasing
to
help
us
identify
the
community
engagement
aspects
of
our
article
80
process
that
can
be
improved
again.
We've
got
a
system
that
is,
is
quite
functional,
but
we
have
ways
of
making
it
more
predictable
for
Citizens
and
centering
their
voices,
along
with
making
it
simpler
for
developers
that
we
think
is
going
to
be
very
productive
and
Community
engagement's.
L
Just
very
briefly,
I
just
want
to
highlight,
on
the
first
point
that
Chief
Johnson
brought
up
the
herb
renewal
restriction.
Land
use,
restriction,
dashboard
is
available
online,
so
our
we
absolutely
would
love
to
walk
you
through
the
counselor.
All
the
restrictions
in
your
District.
That's
also
generally
available
to
the
public
at
large
on
our
website.
O
Thank
you
for
that
now.
You
know,
I
think
that
we
have
an
amazing
opportunity
here
and
an
obligation,
as
per
the
PowerPoint
presentation
that
you
guys
ran
us
through,
and
this
was
a
quote
directly
from
you
know.
Our
mayor
is,
you
know,
I
think,
there's
a
lot
happening
in
the
city,
there's
a
lot
of
shifts
happening
right
and
all
because
these
are
the
things
that
this
moment
is
calling
for,
but
I
think
for
the
sake
of
those
who
are
tuning
in
and
are
paying
attention
to
all
of
these
changes
that
we're
making.
O
If
you
could
tell
us
for
those
folks
who
who
have
been
traditionally,
you
know
left
out
of
these
conversations
when
we
think
about
the
number
of
people
that
we
have
displaced
from
the
city
who
now
are
living
in
Brockton
or
so
in
other
spaces
and
places
because
they
can't
afford
to
live
here.
How
is
what
we're
proposing
now
going
to
and
playing
like
no
like
just
just
keep
it
like
plain
and
simple,
like
in
the
most
layman's
term.
K
L
Go
first
happy
to
start
I,
think
plain
and
simple:
we
have
an
agency
that
was
built
for
in
1960
for
1960s
problems.
We
need
an
agency
in
2023
for
2023
for
problems
Chief
among
those
in
the
framing
that
you
just
put
forward
counselor,
which
I
think
is
super
important,
is
the
affordability
of
our
city,
both
in
housing
and
in
creating
and
sustaining
small
businesses.
If
passed,
this
legislation
before
you
will
help
us
do
that.
O
Those
who
follow
at
least
also
follow
me
to
know
like,
what's
going
to
be
that
return
on
that
investment
in
terms
of
outcomes.
How
many
people
are
we
going
to
keep
here
in
the
city
of
Boston?
How
many
businesses
are
we
going
to
help
to
support?
Give
me
some
numbers
and
some
data
that
will
help
Drive
the
point
home
in
terms
of
where
we
want
to
go
and
you're
absolutely
right.
O
2023
demands
us
to
meet
this
moment,
so
I
think
that
it
would
really
be
helpful
for
those
who
are
tuning
in
to
just
get
some
numbers
like
you
know,
just
High
numbers
just
Pie
in
the
Sky.
If
you
really
want
to
go
there,
but
just
help
our
viewers
understand
kind
of
like
what
this
moment
means
and
what
that
return
on.
That
investment
is
going
to
look
like.
L
Affordable
housing
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing.
That
is
that
it
is
accessible
to
Boston
bostonians
at
all
income
levels
that
we
do
not
have
enough
middle
class
housing
in
our
city
today,
so
that
having
metrics
around
both
housing
for
people
who
are
at
lower
incomes
but
also
moderate
incomes,
super
important.
The
retention
and
growth
of
our
small
business
sector,
working
with
our
colleagues
in
Economic,
Development
opportunity,
inclusion,
I,
think
they're
an
incredibly
important
metrics.
There
I
mean
we
can
we
can.
O
I
appreciate
that
and
the
reason
why
I'm
following
this
through
line
right,
is
because
they're
all
you
know
for
folks
who
aren't
policy
wonks
or
who
aren't
in
the
weeds
of
this.
You
know
they
end
up
in
situations.
You
know
everything
is
always
just
a
different
name,
and
we
have
really
good
intentions
right.
So
I
taught
people
to
know
that
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
definitely
in
the
way
that
we're
moving
is
to
meet
the
moment,
as
you
mentioned,
and
as
the
PowerPoint,
Express
and
I.
Just
think.
O
It's
important
for
those
who
who
are
tuning
in
is
that
this
is
also
about
making
sure
that
we
pump
the
brakes
on
displacement
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
that
when
we,
when
we're
thinking
about
affordable,
we're,
also
identifying
affordable
to
who
and
what
that
looks
like
and
I'm
going
to
assume
that
the
planning
process
and
and
and
the
way
we
move
about
this,
because
it
says
it's
going
to
be
people-centered-
that
the
people
who
are
driving
these
conversations.
Other
people
who
are
hoping
to
stay
here
in
the
city
of
Austin,
correct.
L
Certainly
in
clination
with
other
tools,
you
know,
I,
don't
I,
think
we
don't
want
to
project
that
BPD
exchange
is
a
Panacea
that
will
solve
all
things
but
directionally
in
terms
of
addressing
displacement,
keeping
local
families
in
our
community,
inviting
new
families
at
all
income
levels
to
our
community.
This
is
this
is
why
we're
Advanced?
These
are
the
values
that
are
driving
this
change.
O
So
it's
really
uplifting
that
so
I
just
want
to
like
just
for
those
who
who
are
paying
attention
to
know
that
this
is.
This
is
a
direction
that
you're
trying
to
move
in
to
address
some
of
the
concerns
that
have
been
brought
forth.
I
know
my
time
is
up
and
I
do
appreciate
counselor,
allowing
me
to
go
a
little
bit
over
I'll
I'll
stay
tuned
for
an
additional
second
round.
One
should
be
afforded
to
us.
Thank.
B
P
P
L
That
I'm
happy
to
answer
that
one
counselor.
So
the
answer
to
this
one
is
somewhere
said
the
answer
to
some
of
the
questions
that
counselor
Flaherty
raised
in
in
the
context
of
the
legislation
before
you
today.
What
happens
to
bpda
so
bra
or
edic
obligations,
including
revenues,
real
estate
assets
and
Personnel.
Is
that
once
upon
passage
of
this
legislation,
both
at
the
council
level
and
the
State
House
is
a
180
day
period?
L
P
This
is
a
this
is
a
major,
a
major
policy
change.
It
seems
so
so
I
I
want
to
follow
up
with
that
Devin
or
towards.
Are
we
giving
the
city
council
in
in
Lisa?
Are
we
giving
the
city
council
more
power
in
the
development
and
planning
process
and
what
is
the
role
of
the
city
council?
It
seems,
like
the
council
will
play
a
more
critical
role
as
as
we
go
forward
and
if
this
home
rule
is
is
approved.
Is
that
correct,
and
can
you
expand
on
that
so.
K
So
sure
this
specific
home
rule
petition
doesn't
address
the
aspect
you're
talking
about,
however,
just
to
ensure
we're
answering
it.
If
the
mayor's
stated
intent
to
move
the
staff
who
support
the
boards
is
going
to
continue
to
be
a
bpda
board,
that's
going
to
approve
development
and
have
certain
special
powers
to
acquire
property
and
and
provide
tax
sort
of
tax
Arrangements.
K
If,
if
the
mayor's
initiative
has
described
goes
forward,
the
Staffing,
the
people
who
staff
that
board
the
same
way
they
do
in
other
part,
other
cities
in
Massachusetts
I
will
work
for
the
city,
and
so
their
budget
will
come
before
you
as
part
of
the
budget
process.
So
that's
there
won't
be
new
Council
activity
on
the
board
or
interaction
with
the
board,
but
there
will
be
oversight
of
the
budget
of
the
the
staff
like
me,
and
the
staff
who
work
for
me
here
at
the
agency.
K
P
No,
it
it
does
out
there.
It
does
provide
more
clarification,
although
I,
don't
necessarily
want
to
see
more
Council
involvement
in
this
in
the
process.
To
be
honest,
I
also
know
we,
we
were
coming
out
of
a
pandemic
and
we
have
economic
challenges.
Have
we
engaged
the
business
community
on
the
impact
this
will
have
on
development
proposals,
projects
planning
in
the
short
term
and
long
term.
K
K
Yes,
that's
not
changing,
and
will
the
bpda
still
be
able
to
do
sort
of
121as,
as
the
sort
of
developers
would
say
and
give
me
a
concessionary
tax
agreement
on
something
I'm
doing
that's
good
and
I'll
say
be
able
to
say
to
them.
Yes,
in
fact,
now
we'll
be
able
to
do
it
for
reasons
that
are
you
know
in
the
past,
you
might
have
been
trying
to
jam
a
definition
of
a
problem
into
you
know
being
blight
or,
for
you
know,
decadence
or
substandard
housing.
K
Now,
if
you're
doing
something
about
climate
change,
like
you
know,
implementing
an
Innovative,
Trend,
Energy,
System
or
doing
more
affordability
than
is
required
or
or
things
like
that,
you'll
be
able
to
get
tax
relief.
Those
are
some
of
that's
what
how
I've
been
able
to
answer
the
questions
that
Business
Leaders
have
been
asking
me.
P
P
Do
we
have
an
idea
of
what
your
community
outreach
would
be
before
the
city
council
votes
on
this?
The
engagement
of
residents,
the
engagement
of
the
development
Community,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
development
Community
is
also
heard.
We
are
going
to
ensure
that
residents
are
hurt,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
the
development
Community
is
heard.
A
lot
of
the
economy
in
in
Boston
obviously
revolves
around
the
development
Community
paying
paying
high
property
taxes.
L
I
think
I
just
wanted
it
before
you
answer
the
development
Community
perspective.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
answered
the
question
around
what's
before
the
council
today,
which
largely
relates
to
the
future
of
river
renewal
and
the
and
the
original
structures
of
the
agency
and
I
want
to
give
credit
to
Chris
Breen
who's.
Our
renewal
manager
who's
actually
conducted
two
years
of
community
outreach
regarding
the
use
of
urban
renewal
in
in
our
communities.
I
think
by
and
large
heard
a
lot
of
feedback
around
wow.
L
This
really
does
protect
some
important
things
in
our
community,
and
maybe
there
are
reasons
why
we
might
want
to
use
some
of
these
tools
in
the
past,
but
it
does
seem
very
Antiquated
and
it
does-
and
it
is
certainly
it
has
a
legacy
of
social
injustice.
So
then
so
I
want
to
make
sure
we
convey
that
we've
done
the
detailed
level
Outreach
on
our
renewal
itself.
K
So
I
would.
The
short
answer
is,
of
course,
I'd
love
to
maybe
talk
outside
of
this
forum
or
or
whenever
it's
possible
talk
about
what
specific,
Outreach
you're
seeking,
because
I'm
I'm
in
regular
I
think
they
probably
started
to.
They
are
up
and
ABC
and
all
the
other
groups
that
that
many
of
the
other
groups
you'd
probably
be
questioning
about,
are
I'm
a
frequent
visitor
to
them,
but
I'm
absolutely
happy
to
increase
those
visits
and
widen
them
to
include
new
groups.
Of
course,.
P
P
Six
years
ago,
five
years
ago,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
Chris
when
dpda
wasn't
doing
any
language
access
in
Cantonese
in
Chinatown,
in
working
with
Chris
Breen.
He
was
really
the
person
that
made
that
happen.
Working
with
me,
so
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
professionalism
and
hard
work
of
of
Chris
Brown.
P
It
is
a
working
port,
a
thriving
port
and
we
are
impacting
the
poet
negatively
with
a
lot
of
missteps
when
making
in
transportation,
implementation
and
transportation
planning
we're
taking
we're,
making
it
very
difficult
for
truck
no
bring
supplies
in
in
and
out
of
the
port
to
be
successful.
So
I
wanted
to
just
mention
that
and
also
my
final
point
is
I
hope
we
have
a
to
the
chair,
I
hope
we
have
a
robust
discussion
about
this
before
we.
P
We
have
a
formal
vote
on
this
on
the
council,
because
there's
a
lot
of
important
subjects
here
so
just
want
to
stretch
to
the
chair
that
I
hope
we
don't
rush
this
process
and
give
it
an
ample
opportunity
for
for
residents
to
be
heard
for
the
business
Community
to
be
heard,
but
about
the
last
thing
I
want
to
do
is
rush
rush
this
process.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
councilman
Murphy,
councilor,
Fernandez,
Anderson
and
then
I
see
councilor
Murphy
is
has
your
hand
up
so
I
will
go
to
you
and
then
we
will
do
a
second
round,
so
that
would
be
counselor
Flaherty
and
then
I
will
go
at
the
end
of
all
of
that,
but
counselor
Anderson.
If
you
have
any
questions.
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair,
I'm,
not
sure
where
I
was
in
that
second
round,
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
could
jump
back
in.
Thank
you.
A
few
things
one
I
had
asked
at
the
beginning
and
I.
Don't
think
that
question
has
been
answered
or
clearly
yet
is
how
much
will
it
cost
and
will
it
cost
close
to
60
million
dollars
for
us
to
transfer
staff
from
this
change?
C
C
If
this
big
change,
which
you
had
said,
Devin
and
counselor
Mejia,
had
asked
right
to
have
it
clear
like
what
will
what
positive
is
going
to
come
out
of
this
and
the
hope
that
addressing
displacement
need
for
building
and
increasing
housing
stock
and
the
need
for
middle
class
housing
or
all
things,
I
think
everyone
on
this
call
agrees
and
understands
the
very
important
things
we
need
for
our
city
moving
forward,
but
does
the
change
in
this
drastic
shift?
Will
it
address
it?
C
I
I'm,
not
convinced
that
I've
been
told
that
the
plan
in
place
and
the
way
this
home
rule
is
written
and
that
will
we
be
able
to
Circle
back
with
some
questions
like
you
had
made
clear,
Chief
Jemison
that
some
of
the
questions
we
have
aren't
written
in
this
home
rule.
Will
we
be
sitting
in
front
of
another
home
room
like?
Will
we
get
there
to
actually
be
able
to
then
ask
the
questions?
C
Many
of
us
have,
and
another
question
I
have
is:
why
are
we
tying
I
mean
I
can
assume
I
know
why?
But
why
are
we
tying?
The
urban
renewal,
which
we
had
a
wonderful
hearing
and
want
to
Echo
what
council
president
Flynn
said:
Chris
Green
came
with
wonderful
breakdown
of
questions
we
had
last
spring
and
came
back
with
a
lot
of
good
information
and
data
that
we
needed
to
and
I
agree
that
the
plan
to
postpone
that
is
important,
but
tying
it
into
this
vote
which
has
come
up.
C
You
know
since
I've
been
on
the
console.
There
have
been
a
few
votes
to
go
on
home
on
home
rule
petitions
out
of
tied
in
with
things
that
so
you
kind
of
like
some
there's
a
timeline
on
some
of
the
things.
Others
we
can
wait
on
so
I
don't
want
to
feel
pressured
in
making
this
big
decision
so
hoping
I
know
there
were
a
few
questions
and
a
few
statements,
and
all
of
that,
but
I
wanted
to
just
make
sure
I
put
all
that
out.
There.
K
K
So
if
this
is
an
act
that
that
cleans
up
and
updates
the
the
the
authorizing
legislation
for
the
bra
and
edic
turning
them
into
the
bpda,
the
place
to
look
for
discussion
of
of
moving
staff
to
the
city
is
not
this
year's
budget
cycle.
It's
it's
probably
next
year's
budget
cycle
at
the
soonest.
So
if
there's
a
place
that
that
the
issue
of
of
the
resources
to
to
have
the
staff
that
currently
serve
the
BPD
aboard
become
part
of
the
city
is,
is
a
discussion?
K
That's
going
to
happen
that
next
year,
that's
not
a
discussion.
That'll
happen.
This
year
this
year,
there'll
probably
be
a
discussion
about
a
small
number
of
positions
on
the
city
Side,
specifically
in
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
and
and
potentially
a
couple
of
new
staff
people
who
are
planning
advisory
Council.
But
there
will
not
be
movement
of
the
90.
K
You
know
95
of
the
staff
of
the
bpda
until
sometime
in
the
future,
probably
next
to
budget
season,
so
the
the
exact
cost
and
the
parameters,
and
all
of
it
are
elements
that
we
are
we're
working
out
of
conceiving
I.
Think
you
can
expect
that
we'll
be
visiting
with
the
Council
on
a
less
formal
way
to
talk
about
what
may
be
intended
there,
but
that
isn't
on
on
tap
in
today's
discussion.
C
Having
a
conversation
in
the
lane
to
move
forward
in
that
direction,
and
if
we're
in
the
lane
to
move
forward,
can
we
get
ourselves
out
of
that
lane
and
move
back?
If
we
then
decide
or
the
information
is
then
finally
shared
about
the
cost?
Is
it
worth
it?
Will
we
be
able
to
address
the
issues
that
some
I'm
not
going
to
put
words
in
anyone's
mouth
now,
but
hoping
a
working
session,
though
I
think
it's
important
that
we
really
hash
out
these
questions,
because
what's
five
percent
of
60
million,
that's
still
a
lot
right.
K
K
There
won't
be
any
the
the
actual
proposal
to
to
take
the
action
you're
talking
about
wouldn't
take
place
until
next
year.
So,
that's
not
to
say
we're
not
working
on
creating
a
seamless,
appropriate
plan
that
sort
of
respects
our
staff
and
gets
them
the
commitments
that
they
deserve
around
the
salaries
and
benefits
that
they
enjoy
today
being
the
same
or
having
choices
for
better.
That's
the
full
intent
of
what
we're
hoping
to
do
in
the
next
budget
season,
but
that's
not
I
I.
That's
not
a
answer.
I've
got
today.
L
And
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that
the
legislation
before
you
today
is
primarily
concerned
with
the
future
of
urban
renewal,
and
that
would
that
is.
It
is
totally
paired
with
the
vote.
You
took
a
couple
weeks
ago
around
extending
your
renewal
plans
for
two
years
and
the
purpose
of
it
doing
that
extension
was
so
that
we
could
bring
forward
a
solution
that
would
last
the
and,
beyond
that,
to
your
extension
so
that
here
we
are
that's
what
we
are
presenting
today.
L
What
we
believe
is
an
elegant
solution
that
allows
us
to
end
urban
renewal
in
the
city
of
Austin,
while
retaining
the
important
Community
restrictions
and
Community
use
restrictions
that
that
community
members
enjoy
and
then
tying
that
to
a
cleanup
of
the
VRA
edic
consolidation
and
a
re-chartering,
that's
tied
to
that
future
rental.
It
is
a
very
separate
and
distinct
vote,
then
votes
that
would
be
necessary
for
for
transferring
city
employees.
It
does
not
obligate
the
council
to
take.
L
C
M
Sure
counselor,
if
I,
could
jump
in
for
a
moment
the
the
home
repetition
in
front
of
you
today.
The
only
thing
it
really
does
with
respect
to
employees
is
propose
that
if
and
when
it
is
taxed
on
the
effective
date,
all
of
the
edic
employees
and
all
of
the
then
Berry
employees
will
become
employees
of
the
new
epda.
M
L
And
just
further
clarify
because
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
very
explicitly
answering
your
question
about
the
financial
costs,
because
I
think
that's
critically
important
and
a
really
important
question
for
the
council
to
to
make
sure
we
have
absolute
Clarity
on
voting
on
this
home
rule
position
as
it
exists
before
you
today
doesn't
does
not
impact
the
city's
budget.
It
would
be
separate
votes
later
that
would
impact
the
city's
budget.
This.
This
keeps
all
the
revenues
and
all
expenditures
within
the
quasi-governmental
agency.
C
C
K
They'll,
be
the
request
for
the
all
the
the
things
attending
that
I
know.
Among
other
things,
Council
Flaherty's
been
focused
on
the
need
for
there
to
be
ordinances
that
established
Apartments.
So
there's
there's
many
very
significant
thresholds.
We
have
to
cross
that
require
Council
approval
and
consent
and
involvement
before
any
staff.
Beyond
the
small
number
of
positions
we've
described
earlier,
go
anywhere
from
the
leaving
the
bpda
and
coming
to
the
city.
C
K
C
I
mean
because
I
I
know
we're
having
a
staffing
shortage
across
all
departments
and
knowing,
if
we
don't
always
fill
positions
as
quickly,
but
my
concern
isn't:
will
positions
be
filled?
How
many
people
have
left
either
voluntarily
or
not?
I.
Don't
I
don't
need
that
information,
but
it
would
be
helpful
to
know
how
many
people
have
left
the
department.
B
So
there
will
be
a
working
session,
but
I
do
just
want
to
note
that
much
of
the
concerns
that
I've
heard
today
in
this
Zoom
call
aren't
directly
relevant
to
what's
before
us
today.
So
just
come
ready
for
Friday
and
then
we'll,
if
you
guys
have
any
actual
textual
changes
or
amendments
or
things
that
you
actually
have
an
issue
with
with.
B
What's
in
front
of
you
for
Friday,
we
can
have
that
conversation
I'll
dive
more
into
that
when
it's
actually
my
time
and
ask
questions
of
the
of
the
chief
and
the
administration,
but
we'll
have
a
working
session
on
Friday,
which
I
think
is
already
scheduled,
and
then
we
will
bring
this
up
for
a
vote
next
week.
Councilor
Anderson
the
floor
is
yours.
Q
Thank
you
Mr,
chair
good
afternoon.
Everyone
I,
guess
just
thinking
about
our
renewal
in
general
and
the
harm
that
it
caused.
I
guess
I
would
I
would
say
that
in
general,
black
and
brown
communities
are
very
distrusting
of
bpda
and
I'm
interested
in
understanding
or
learning
about
any
types
of
community
engagement
and
I
heard
council
president
Flynn
mentioned
Community
engagement,
but
mine
is
specific
to
educating
the
public
on
urban
renewal
Sunset
in
comparison
to
it.
Q
Not
some
setting
hear
the
presentation
that
you
have
for
us,
but
in
a
more
user-friendly
just
you
know,
everyone
can
everyday
constituent,
user-friendly
type
of
presentation.
What
efforts
have
you
put
out
in
order
to
educate
or
have
conversations
with
community
so
that
they
can
so
we
can
build
relationships
with
PPA.
L
We
do
a
thorough
visioning
session
with
community
members.
We
engage
members
of
the
public
hear
what
they
want
to
what
they
want
to
achieve
work
with
community
members
to
write
those
requirements
into
our
rfps
and
then
invite
community
members
into
the
selection
process
to
help
us
make
the
right
determination
as
to
what
the
right
way
to
move
forward
on
property.
Is
it's
very
similar,
more
robust
effort
on
our
planning
efforts
in
in
your
your
District?
L
We
held
almost
three
years
of
community
process,
60
plus
meetings
and
engagements,
to
help
create
plan
Nubian
Square,
which
has
led
to
this
position
of
public
property
in
that
neighborhood.
So
as
a
sort
of
fundamental
tenant,
I
gain
engagement
is
core
to
what
we
do
as
a
Planning,
Development
and
real
estate
agency,
but
also
something
we
can
always
get
better
at
and
excited
to
work
with
the
council
and
community
stakeholders
around
how
the
as
we
chart
a
new
future.
We
can.
We
can
do
that
here.
Q
Thank
you,
Devin
I
guess
my
questions
would
have
been
more
in
preparations
to
this
filing
so
that
I
have
so
you
have.
You
have
been
doing
or
just
in
general,
you've
been
doing
community
engagement
and
yeah
you're.
Educating
the
community
I
know
that
in
district
7
folks
have
not
recently
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
saying
you
know
a
couple
months
ago,
but
recently
has
not
received
any
workshops
or
listening
sessions
or
Community
conversations.
Q
So
just
wondering-
and
so,
if
you
know
happy
to
partner
with
you
and
look
at
ways
to
bring
information
to
District,
Seven
I.
Think
I,
guess
that's
the
goal
of
the
question
here
and
in
your
presentation
it
says
that
urban
renewal
provides
zoning
tools
that
accelerate
the
construction
of
important
development
projects.
L
Me
that
I,
maybe
I,
would
start
by
saying
there's
a
I
think.
Probably
the
best
distinction
is
that
the
neighborhood
level
versus
the
project
level,
so
in
the
urban
renewal
portfolio
of
tools,
there's
the
opportunity
for
what
we
call
you
District
zoning,
which
would
be
replaced
with
affordability,
resilience
and
Equity
driven
zoning
tools.
L
That
would
allow
us
to
accelerate
specific
projects
and
with
with
Project,
Specific
zoning
and
Zoning
envelopes.
That's
different
than
large-scale,
comprehensive
planning
for
the
future,
and
that
and
and
a
coordinated
cross-departmental
planning
is
meant
to
be
something
that
the
planning
planning
advisory
Council
would
bring
together
all
of
our
cross-functional
leaders
and
help
us
Advance
a
coordinated
vision
for
Boston's
future,
thereby
getting
that
into
the
zoning,
thereby
allowing
multiple
projects
to
move
forward
more
quickly,
but
that
maybe
that's
a
high
level
answer
to
a
technical
question.
Q
Q
L
Q
L
Q
I
believe
yes,
thank
you,
and
so
can
funds
that
are
collected
under
urban
renewal
right
just
thinking
here
in
the
future
be
used
for
transitional
programs
that
look
into
families
that
are
in
these
protected
incomes
in
these
restricted
housing.
Can
those
funds
be
used
to
transition
or
some
sort
of
program
to
transition?
Folks
out
of
this
urban
renewal
situation
into
Home
Ownership,
or
are
you
doing
that
currently
and
how.
L
I
think
I
think
we'd
have
to
look
if
we
need
to
work
with
you
on
what
what
revenues
are
derived
from
Urban
rules.
Specifically,
we
do
I
mean
I,
think
one
the
only
place
I
can
off
the
top
of
my
head.
I
can
identify.
That
is
a
specific
pool
of
money.
That's
tied
to
Urban
rule
is
land
disposition,
renegotiations.
L
You
do
exactly
what
you're
you're
asking
for.
In
many
cases,
we
have
redirected
our
those
that
funding
toward
equity
and
inclusion
initiatives
there.
The
bpda's,
larger
real
estate
portfolio,
as
as
the
subject
of
the
hearing
today,
is
in
fact
tied
to
Urban
renewals.
It
gives
us
some
of
our
powers
to
hold
and
transfer
Real
Estate
and
that
and
that's
sort
of
like
a
larger
general
fund
perspective.
Q
Q
L
L
L
Q
Q
Q
B
Q
Q
I
was
I,
was
trying
to
justify
and
get
away
with
that,
but
Devin.
Thank
you
so
much
for
hanging
in
there
with
the
questions.
I'll
I'll
specify
my
questions.
More
I'll
articulate
them
a
little
bit
better
and
I
will
send
it
to
you,
and
the
other
thing
is
I
know
that
we
struggle
in
the
city
overall
and
we
want
to
diversify
our
staff
and
I
just
wanted
to
extend
my
gratitude
to
Chief
jemisin
for
your
efforts
in
increasing
black
and
brown
employees
in
the
bpda.
Q
We
wish
him
all
the
well
all
of
the
best
and,
of
course,
for
anyone
else,
who's
who's
left
us,
but
that
we
continue
to
work
to
diversify
bpda
and
other
departments
in
the
city
that
could
use
more
black
and
brown
employees.
Thank
you
so
much
Devin
Mr
chair,
thank
you.
So
much
for
indulging
me
with
my
time.
B
F
K
So
so
the
bpda
board
will
nothing's
going
to
change
in
terms
of
who
appoints
members
of
the
PPA
board.
Today
we
have
one
vacancy
and
the
bpda
board.
We
have
Brian
Miller,
who
is
appointed
by
the
governor,
and
then
we
have
the
remaining
board
members,
Priscilla,
Rojas,
Mike,
Monahan
and
Dr
Ted
landsmark
are
all
appointees,
our
mayoral
appointees.
That's
going
to
stay
the
same
right.
F
F
But
this
is
where
this
this
is
where
this
hearing
and
this
these
conversations
are
taking
me
as
if
it's
going
to
be
a
line
item
Department.
If
the
city
council
is
going
to
oversee
that
department
in
terms
of
the
budget
in
this
you
know
it's
the
staff
issues
or
what
have
you
then
I?
Guess
it
begs
the
question:
why,
if
that's
the
case,
why
would
we
even
need
a
bpda
board?
F
We
have
a
Boston
city
council
and
a
representative
government,
nine
District
Four
at
large,
and
you
frankly,
would
be
the
only
Chief
slash
director
that
would
have
to
respond
to
a
board.
So
you
know
my
last
part
of
that
is
I
I.
Don't
think
this
is
gonna
I,
don't
think
this
dog
is
gonna
hunt
up
at
Beacon
Hill,
that's
my
two
cents
on
I.
F
This
may
be
another
DOA,
but
but
yet
we're
going
through
this
exhaustive
exercise
of
trying
to
sort
of
unpack
this
thing
and
and
or
answer
questions
that
every
time
there's
an
answer.
It
sort
of
creates
another
question,
and
again
this
is
giving
my
tenure
in
experience
and
my
tenure
also
up
at
the
bra.
So
I
guess
yeah
it's!
This
is
a
head
scratcher
for
me
in
terms
of
what
next
steps
are
going
to
be.
If
this
actually
goes
through,
then
I
guess
the
next
stage
would
be.
F
K
It
so
we
have
to
have
a
vpa
board
if
we're
going
to
continue
to
approve
projects
in
Boston.
We
are
going
to
continue
to
improve
projects
in
Boston.
We
need
to
have
a
bpda
board
if
we're
going
to
have
the
right
to
enter
into
concessionary
tax
agreements
or
buy
property,
so
we're
always
going
to
have
a
bpda
board.
It's
an
essential
aspect
of
what
we're
doing
and
nothing
we're
proposing
here
would
would
end
having
a
BPD
abort
or
having
a
BPD.
Okay.
K
The
only
question
is:
if
you
go
to
like
Summerville
or
go
to
another
place,
they've
got
a
board
of
Summerville
Redevelopment
Authority.
They
have
a
planning
board.
They
all
have
staff
that
work
for
them
that
work
for
the
city,
so
that
it's
like
having
a
special
board
that
can
take
special
kinds
of
votes
and
so
I
appreciate.
M
F
K
M
I
said
yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
chief
still,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
if
and
when
this
home
real
petition
passes,
there
will
continue
to
be
a
quasi-governmental
agency,
known
legally
as
the
Boston
planning
and
development
age,
an
agency.
At
that
time
it
will
be
a
single
agency
rather
than
the
two
separate
agencies
we
have
now
sort
of
doing
business
together.
M
F
So
if
we're
going
to
have
bpda,
you
know
bra
doing
business
as
bpda
statutory
Powers,
then
I
would
argue
that
the
chief
of
the
department,
the
top
dog
of
the
department,
should
have
won
the
ability
to
wield
those
Powers
clearly
with
board
approval,
but
that
he
she
in
this
instance
he
sits
as
an
employee
of
the
bpda,
not
an
employee
of
the
of
the
city
of
Boston.
So
that
would
mean
that
we
have
these
Powers
but
that
he
technically
can't
wield
them
because
statutorily
he's
arguably
exempt
because
he's
a
city
employee.
F
That
would
mean
that
the
deputy
chief
in
this
instance
as
an
employee
of
the
bpda
would
be
able
to
wield
the
powers.
I
think
it's
a
little
backwards
and
I
would
be
emphasizing
that
Chief
Jameson
needs
to
be
an
employee
of
the
bpda.
If
those
powers
are
to
exist,
if
we're
to
be
recognizing
those
powers
and
if
we're
going
to
be
implementing
those
powers
in
any
particular
situation
across
the
city
of
Boston,
the
buck
is
going
to
be
stopping
with
him.
F
As
the
chief,
we
can't
have
a
situation
where
he's
technically
a
city
employee,
and
we
have
to
reach
across
the
desk.
If
you
will
to
another
another
employee,
who's.
Technically,
a
bpda
employee.
You
follow
where
I'm
going
with
this.
This
is
I'm
trying
to
peel
back
this
onion
and
it
doesn't
make
any
sense
to
me.
But
if
would
you
tell
him
he's
true,
then
then
Chief
Jameson
needs
to
be
an
employee
of
the
bpda.
F
You
can't
like
we
can't.
We
can't
have
it
every
different
way,
so
we're
either
going
to
have
these
powers
and
we're
going
to
have
a
bpda
board
and
and
chief
Jameson
is
going
to
report
to
the
bpda
board
statutorily.
Well,
then,
he
better
have
the
ability,
as
the
chief
under
the
guise
of
the
bpda,
to
be
able
to
wield
these
Powers.
F
It
shouldn't
be
a
situation
where
he's
kind
of
like
off
off
to
the
side
and
then
he's
got
to
go
to
the
board
and
then,
when
he
actually
needs
to
go
to
these
Powers
he's
got
to
go
to
a
bpda
employee.
It's
this
was
backwards.
For
me,
that
has
to
be
straightened
out.
Chief
Jameson
needs
to
be
an
employee
of
the
bpda.
If
we're
going
to
continue
to
have
a
bpda
board.
F
If
he's
going
to
continue
to
have
to
report
to
the
bpda
and
we're
going
to
use
and
wield
bpda
statutory
powers,
how
does
that
not
make
sense
to
folks
on
this
on
the
zoom?
What
am
I
missing
here?
No,
no
so
Jameson
has
to
ask
permission
from
a
bpda
employee
to
employ
bpda
statutory
powers
that
make
zero
sense
to
me
in.
K
I
appreciate
the
question:
I
think
what
might
be
the
right
thing
to
do,
because
there
is
a
there
is
a
very
fast
answer,
but
I
think
you
know
there
was
a
moment
where
general
counsel,
Cedar
bomb
for
the
city
had
to
submit
a
series
of
detailed
analyzes
making
the
argument
about
why
this
made
sense.
It
seems,
like
you
know,
given
the
hour
and
the
fact
I
think
there
are
still
hands.
What
I'd
love
to
do
is
maybe
get
some
of
that
material
over
to
you.
K
F
All
right,
thank
you.
Councilor
Clarity
and
I
and
I
appreciate
that
Chief
and
then
one
of
my
initial
questions
and
I
think
that
the
deputy
try
to
answer
it
was
in
terms
of
the
the
rent
and
the
leases
and
what
have
you
and
are
there
any
plans
right
now
to
dispose
of
any
property?
You
guys
may
remember
at
one
point
former
mayor
manino
was
talking
about
selling
off
the
Marine
Industrial
pack,
which
at
the
time
folks
were
heralding,
is
an
out
of
the
box
idea.
K
F
Thank
you
and
then
just
lastly,
the
stakeholders
and
folk
in
terms
of
like
the
development
Community,
the
investment
Community,
the
folks
that
go
through
article
80
process
regularly
they're,
not
here
and
frankly,
they
need
to
be
heard,
as
do
other
stakeholders
and
Community
residents,
so
in
in
lieu
of
maybe
just
going
to
a
working
session.
I
would
suggest
you
know
through
the
chair
that
we
consider
a
you
know,
an
in-person
hearing,
so
that
stakeholders,
folks
that
have
real
life
experience.
F
If
we
want
best
practices,
we
need
to
invite
those
folks
to
have
a
seat
at
the
table.
One
of
my
colleagues
often
uses
the
expression.
Something
about
us
without
us
is
not
for
us
well
in
the
development
Community.
The
Attica
lady
process,
in
particular,
would
developers
and
investors
and
lawyers
and
Architects
and
and
ground
game
folks
in
in
addition
to
community
leaders
and
stakeholders
like
we,
they
really
need
to
have
an
opportunity
to
be
heard.
F
F
How
do
we
get?
How
do
we
do
it?
Better
just
seems
like
it's
like
a
death
by
a
death
by
a
Thousand
Cuts,
so
that
said,
obviously
open
to
to
again
continue
dialogue
and
chief
I
I
would
really
actually
like
if
we're
going
to
have
a
bpda
and
a
bpda
board.
I
cannot
insist
and
implore
enough
that
that
you,
as
the
chief
where
the
buck
is
going
to
be
stopping
with
you,
you
need
to
be
the
head
of
that
organization.
F
Any
other
sort
of
you
know,
chain
of
command
or
pie
chart
or
whatever
it
would
be.
It
would
be
upside
down
if
you
are
not
in
that
position
as
the
as
the
head
of
the
bpda
wielding
bpda
power
is
being
responsible
to
a
bpda
it
to
do
that
as
a
city.
Employee
does
not
make
sense
to
me
all
right,
so
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
I
appreciate
you
Chief
and
Deputy
Chief
and
Council,
and
that's
what
I'll
be
looking
to
to
see
in
terms
of
if
this
is
to
move
forward.
B
D
Great
thanks
so
much
I'm,
Council,
Royal
and
since
and
I'll
be
I'll.
Be
brief
with
this,
because,
since
we're
going
to
the
working
session,
just
I
did
want
to
ask
because
I
know
that
the
team
said
that
they
were
going
to
follow
up
on
the
nyap
comments,
but
specifically
this
issue
of
the
new
bpda
being
a
public
instrumentality
of
the
city,
but
not
being
bound
by
the
charter
restrictions
on
like
the
making
of
contracts
and
stuff
Lisa.
Do
you
have?
Is
there
anything
to
say
on
that?
M
D
Yeah
because
it
would
seem
obvious
to
me,
I
mean
again
the
whole
reason
that
the
that
the
like
agency
needs
to
continue
to
exist.
It's
an
entity
I
addressed
this
up
at
the
beginning,
is
the
fact
that
there
are
types
of
things
that
a
municipal,
City
Corporation
can't
do
by
state
law.
It's
really
important
to
us
that
you
guys
be
able
to
do
them
on
our
behalf.
Frankly,
and
and
to
that
point,
I,
don't
I,
don't
have
quite
the
same
issue
that
counselor
Clarity
does
about
where
the
chief's
salary
is
paid
from.
A
D
As
a
governance
structure
can
deputize
people
to
be
instrumentalities
of
it,
and
so
I
actually
feel
like.
As
long
as
the
board
entity
is
separate,
I
mean
I,
don't
it
would
obviously
be.
It
would
not
make
sense
to
have
to
have
some
person
employed
by
the
bpda
as
an
entity.
That
was
then
like
stamping
things,
because
the
director
couldn't
but
I,
don't
think
that
would
be
the
situation.
I.
B
Thank
you
thank
you
and
we
are
having
again
that
working
session
on
Friday.
So
if
you
have
those
kinds
of
language
based
edits
or
somebody
sends
you
a
letter
like
we
have
here
and
there's
something
that
you
would
like
to
bring
to
that
working
session
from
any
other
involved
stakeholder,
then
please
feel
free
to
do
so
at
that
planning
session.
Counselor,
Flynn
and
then
I
did
see
councilor
Flaherty's
hand
raised
I,
don't
know
if
you
who
are
looking
for
a
third
round
Council
Clarity,
really
quickly
before
Council,
just
I
understand
yeah.
F
No,
it's
just
going
to
be
in
response
to
my
colleague
and
Trump.
The
analogy
I
was
going
to
make
would
be
like
our
fire
commissioner,
trying
to
get
approval
from
the
State
Fire
Marshal,
but
has
to
go
through
an
individual
firefighter
to
get
permission
from
Local
718
to
Local
Union,
in
order
to
carry
something
out
so
trying
to
put
it
into
Lake
man
and
lay
women's
terms
as
to
what
the
chief
would
need
to
do
in
order
to
exercise
statutory
Powers.
It
would
just
be
kind
of
upside
down
in
the
chain
of
command.
B
P
P
L
Except
counselor,
maybe
I'll
take
the
first
and
Arthur
you
want
it.
Take
the
second
part
and
counselor
I
just
want
to
start
by
thanking
you
for
being
such
an
incredible
leader
for
the
Raymond
elfland,
Marine
Park,
and
on
behalf
of
the
tenants
we
have
there,
many
of
whom
are
Maritime
and
industrial
based
businesses.
You
counselor
Clarity
and
many
others
have
been
great
champions
for
those
Industries
and
great
Partners.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
that.
L
L
Build
It,
Grow,
It,
incubate,
it
and
and
I
think
counselor,
Flaherty
appropriately
called
it
a
crown
jewel
of
Boston
and
that's
something
we're
really
proud
that
over
many
decades,
we've
built
together
and,
of
course,
we're
very
eager
to
engage
on
the
transportation
issues,
but
it
but
foundationally
as
the
home
rule
petition.
Today
we
have
when,
when
passed,
we
had
no
no
and
other
than
to
continue
to
embrace
the
mission
of
the
Raymond,
Alpha
and
Marine
Park.
P
That
yeah,
thank
you
Devin.
That's
that's
certainly
important
to
the
residents
residents
of
Boston.
It's
important
to
me.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that
commitment
and
I
I
know
you
kind
of
highlighted
Devin.
Maybe
maybe
the
chief
might
take
the
the
second
part
of
that
question
as
it
relates
to
kind
of
heavily
engaged
the
bpda
employees
about
potential
changes
and,
and
how
does
it
impact
them,
because
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
being
fair
to
them
that
what
retirement
system
they
go
into
I
know
those
are
real.
K
Looking
for
the
commitment
for
you
to
underline
the
committee
you've
already
made
that
says
we're
going
to
get
the
same
salary
or
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
be
able
to
get
the
same
benefits
or
some
choices
that
are
that
are,
in
fact,
better
I.
Think
we're
learning
from
talking
to
them
is
that
sometimes
it's
really
more
about
the
consistency
of
the
benefits
or
lots
of
small
details
that
are
important
to
us,
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
we've
said
listen.
K
We
need
to
give
this
transition
the
time
it
needs
to
be
up
to
be
successful
and
to
be
effective
so
that
we
can
make
good
on
the
commitments
we've
made
and
just
to
highlight
a
specific
topic.
You've
mentioned.
There
are
people
who
who've
been
working
side
by
side
in
this
agency
as
bra
and
edic
staff
who
have
different
Retirement,
Systems
and
I.
Think
the
chance
to
address
that
thought.
Employee
is
something
that
we
really
wanted
to
make
time
for.
So
the
people
who've
been
here
a
long
time.
K
Maybe
under
edic
you
know,
have
more
choices.
If
a
transition
happens.
I
know
this
is
an
issue.
Many
staff
have
brought
to
my
attention
so
we're
taking
the
time
to
talk
to
staff
because
again
they're
the
most
important
natural
resource
we
have
is
a
talent
here.
Both
the
talent
that's
been
here
and
create.
You
know
pave
the
way
and
also
the
new
talent
that
that
we're
recruiting
representing
the
full
range
of
people,
so
we're
so
you're
I
want
to
be
clear.
K
We're
going
to
keep
doing
that
council
president,
because
we,
if
we're
going
to
have
a
good
transition,
it
depends
on
us
doing
that.
So
we're
committed
to
continuing
that.
The
the
five
or
six
direct
specific
meetings
we've
had
about
it
into
the
future.
Long
before
there's
a
budget
submittal
in
2024.
P
P
Maybe
I
didn't
have
that
same
professionalism
or
that
same
understanding,
I
should
say
for
them
until
I
actually
saw
what
they
do
every
day,
working
on
on
the
ninth
floor
or
at
the
Fun
Marine
Park
area,
but
having
seen
them
over
the
last
six
years,
I
have
a
I
have
a
great
respect
for
the
work
they
do
in
the
professionalism
they
perform
for
our
residents
every
day.
So
I'm
gonna
stop
there
and
thank
you,
Mr
Mr
Jeff.
B
B
If
this
makes
it
all
the
way
through
the
process
of
a
home
repetition
through
us
through
the
legislature
through
the
governor
is
signature
and
so
just
to
be
clear
and
I
think
maybe
Devin
you
might
be
the
best
person
to
answer
it,
but
if,
if
the
chief
or
anybody
else
would
like
to
answer
this
question,
specifically
short
elevator
pitch
version,
because
I
don't
want
folks
confused
by
what
this
actually
does.
What
does
this
actually
do?
B
It
doesn't
change
the
status
of
the
employees
in
the
bpda,
correct
it
doesn't
change
where
and
who
pays
them
doesn't
change
who
they
answer
to.
Can
you
just
give
me
like
the
cliff
notes
on
what
the
document
that
we
are
actually
voting
on
and
that
we
are
actually
looking
at
does
and
then
maybe
some
of
the
things
that
it
doesn't
do.
L
Since
we've
opened
up
the
urban
renewal
statute,
we're
also
trying
to
clean
up
the
bpdas
or
the
bras
and
edic's
at
Charter
and
Mission,
and
consolidate
those
two
separate
organizations
into
one
single
organization.
That's
it
what
it
doesn't
do
it
doesn't
move
staff
to
the
city,
it
doesn't
change
the
development
process,
but
we'll
still
have
a
bpda
board
at
bpda
board
will
still
approve
development
projects
through
the
article
80
process
that
there
are.
There
are
other
fine
details
in
the
in
the
home
rule
petition,
but
that's
really
it
that's.
That
is
the
I.
B
Thank
you
that
that
sums
it
up
pretty
cleanly
so
basically
in
in
commonly
layman
terms.
What
you're
saying
is
we're
cleaning
up
or
modernizing
sort
of
the
statutory
language
around
blight
and
all
of
those
things
to
take
into
account
on
new
environmental
analysis
and
focuses
Equity
analysis
and
focuses
and
where
we're
consolidating
the
edic
into
one
thing
and
that's
what
this
document
that
we
are
voting
on
and
talking
about
does
I.
Think
part
of
what
my
Council
colleagues
are
aware
of.
B
Is
that
there's
likely
a
future
plan
to
to
change
the
way
the
bpda
works
in
ways
that
may
bring
it
into
the
city's
fold?
But
this
doesn't
actually
do
that.
That's
not
what
this
document
does,
and
so
I
just
want
that
clear
to
the
public
to
anybody
who's
watching
this
to
my
Council
colleagues.
What's
before
us,
because
I
think
there's
a
mixture
of
a
bunch
of
different
things
that
people
know
is
in
the
air
have
been
discussed
over
the
course
of
years.
But
this
document
does
not
do
that.
B
B
So,
in
other
words,
is
this
simply
sort
of
an
updating
or
a
refreshing
of
statutory
language
to
reflect
modern,
modern,
the
modern
period
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
in
the
city,
or
does
this
in
some
way
give
you
tools
that
you
don't
currently
have
available
to
you
at
the
bpda
to
do
the
mission
of
the
bpda
and,
if
so,
what,
in
what
ways?
Does
it
do
that
if
you
could
just
highlight
what
this
adds
to
the
bpda
and
the
ability
for
bbda
to
do
that
work?
K
K
Incentivize
cars
to
have
more
affordability,
I
have
to
spend
a
hard
time
jamming
it
into
the
existing
findings
that
I
have
to
make
related
to
decadence.
Whatever
that
is
a
blight
and
and
substandard
housing.
Now
I'll
be
able
to
say
this
developers
writing
even
more
affordability
than
things
required.
I
can
I
have
the
ability
to
use
our
powers
to
help
them
same
thing
for
resilience.
K
If
we
want
to
protect
a
part
of
part
of
the
Neponset,
a
part
of
the
one
of
the
other
parts
of
the
city,
that's
sort
of
at
risk
of
flooding,
I
have
a
chance.
I
could
use
those
powers
to
acquire
land
to
protect
it
with
a
nature-based
solution,
for
example.
That's
something
that
I
can't
do
today.
That
would
be
able
to
do
later.
So
those
are
that's,
hopefully
answering
your
questions
that.
B
Answers
that
question
great
actually
in
terms
of
sort
of
the
things
just
so
because
I
think
people
are
worried
about
I've
heard
it
brought
up
the
idea
of
changes
piecemeal
and
things
like
that.
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
I
actually
like
about
this
is
that
we're
taking
these
things
and
steps,
we're
not
just
reshaping
everything
at
once.
I
think
it's
really
appropriate
to
do
that
with
something
as
integral
to
the
city
as
its
development
I.
Think.
B
Every
counselor
on
here
is
very
aware
that
70
something
percent
of
our
city
budget
comes
from
property
tax,
and
so,
as
goes,
development
goes
the
city
of
Boston.
Frankly,
and
as
goes,
our
property
goes
to
the
city
of
Boston,
and
so
that's
for
folks
that
are
sort
of
listening
and
aren't
aware
of
that
fact.
Other
cities
like
New
York
property
taxes,
maybe
20
to
17
percent
of
their
total
budget.
That's
not
that's
not
true
for
Boston,
it's
it's
well
over
50!
B
It's
about
70
and
so
I
think
it
I
I
Echo
their
concerns
about
making
sure
we
do
that
in
a
way
that
that
is
sufficiently
thought
out
and
planned
out
and
I
think
this
gives
us
an
on-ramp,
but
to
be
clear
about
what
that
is.
When
you
change
and
modernize
and
refresh
this,
there
would
then
have
to
be
a
future
ordinance
or
hormone
petition,
or
something
of
that
kind
that
reshapes
it
to
change
the
status
of
employees
and
to
do
all
that
is
that
accurate.
K
That's
something
that's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
time
to
make
sure
it's
done
properly,
and
so
that's
why
we're
talking
about
that
being
an
action
of
2000
of
the
next
fiscal
year?
Not
the
one
that
we're
budgeting
for
now,
it'll
be
actually
an
act
of
the
fiscal
year
following
and
we
prep
for
it
this
time
next
year,
so
it
would
be
an
ordinance
creating
a
department
and
a
budget
supporting
that
department.
Many
of
the
questions
people
have
asked
like:
where
will
the
money
come
from?
B
And
so
because
I
also
agree,
those
are
very
valid
questions
that
so
essentially
just
that
everybody's
clear
as
they
watch
this.
What
we're
doing
is
changing
sort
of
modernizing
the
language
sort
of
eliminating
the
old
urban
renewal
language
which
focuses
on
blight,
giving
you
new
Tools
around
Environmental,
Protections
and
equity-based
protections,
and
then
in
the
future,
because
I'm
aware
of
this
fact
as
a
counselor,
the
council
has
to
create
sort
of
this
office,
and
so
it
would
go
through
some
ordinance
format.
B
So
in
the
future
we
would
be
having
possibly
as
early
as
the
beginning
of
next
year
or
or
there's
about
some
conversation
about
budget
and
and
changing
of
how
that
might
work
and
how
that
will
work.
Is
that
an
accurate
timeline
to
some
degree,
all
right,
fantastic
and
so
the
reason
I
say
that
is
I
just
want
to
be
clear
again
on
the
document
before
in
what
way,
if
any,
does
this
change
in
developers
process
so
not
not
what
they
have
to
deliver
in
terms
of
the
Environmental
Protections
and
things
of
that
nature?
B
B
B
L
That
that
is
accurate
and
maybe
too
expound
upon
that
it
also
provides
Clarity
on
what
the
future
of
urban
renewal
is.
So
to
the
extent
that
you
are
a
developer
developing
on
a
nerve
removal,
property
or
anything.
That's
in
contact
in
connected
to
that.
It
gives
you
more
clarity
and
more
predictability,
and.
B
B
That's
not
even
that's
I
think
still
in
task
force,
phase
right
now
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
from
the
standpoint
of
developers
going
through
the
process
when
they're
submitting
a
project
proposal
and
they're
doing
all
that
nothing,
that's
currently
in
the
pipeline,
nothing
that
somebody
has
at
home
on
a
desk
or
in
their
office
on
a
desk
that
they're
about
to
file.
This
makes
no
difference
to
that
process
for
them
all
right.
B
I
really
appreciate
knowing
the
the
environmental
sort
of
agency
that
it
gives
you
that
it
has
not
in
the
past,
and
so
is
there
anything
other
than
that
specific
carve
out
in
terms
of
those
things
that
that
it
does
that
are
worth
highlighting,
because
I
actually
consider
that
a
significant
power
I
mean
the
the
project
you
brought
up
Devin
in
Roslindale,
that
was
on
Walter
Street.
That
was
actually
in
my
district,
and
that
was
a
long-standing
car.
I.
Think
it's
now
owned
by
habitat
for
humanities
or
have
an
African
habitat.
B
That's
right
project
on
it,
I
consider
that
a
success
story
but
I
think
those
kinds
of
protections
are
integral
to
our
ability
to
do
work.
I
know
it
comes
up
more
and
more
and
as
we
talk
about
sort
of
the
Waterfront-
and
we
talk
about
you
know,
I
just
I
think
was
in
the
globe
today
or
yesterday
about
you
know
close
to
a
billion
dollar
idea
for
protecting
property
in
the
Waterfront.
In
what
ways
would
this
help
facilitate
those
kinds
of
concerns?
B
Because
I
know-
and
this
is
separate
and
apart
but
on
on
this
point-
I
know
that
when
Hurricane
Sandy
happened
in
New
Jersey,
that
was
like
a
first
time
sort
of
a
situation
in
that
regard.
I
know
that
we've
had
multiple
sort
of
concerning
reports
from
different
folks
about
where
the
the
Waterfront
and
sort
of
our
downtown
area,
due
to
the
fact
that
we
are
sort
of
on
water,
landfill
and
there's
there's
a
lot
of
sort
of
coastal
concerns.
B
L
Today,
if
we
wanted
to
take
those
actions
that
you're
describing
we
either
can't
because
they
are
aren't
within
the
city
of
epa's
powers,
we
have
to
find
a
way
to
align
it
against
flight
decadence
and
substandard
housing.
If
that
opportunity
existed
or
we
use
that's
for
the
city's
tools
that
are
much
more
limited,
that
would
require
a
a
a
competitive
bid
process
or
things
that
are
just
not
the
way
that
the
real
estate
market
actually
works.
L
We
need
to
be
able
to
go
out
there
and
negotiate
advancement,
negotiate
a
public
private
partnership,
negotiate
an
acquisition
in
order
to
actually
realize
these
benefits
in
this
in
the
short
term
and
and
Boston
is
an
existential
threat
from
flooding.
So
that
is
why
we're
asking
to
to
retain
and
reposition
that
tool.
B
And
I
think
we've
gotten
incredibly
lucky.
Frankly,
just
as
a
side
note
that
we
haven't
had
worse
I
think
there
was
a
hurricane
concern,
maybe
a
year
or
two
ago
that
we
got
lucky
with
a
change
in
sort
of
the
pattern
that
people
were
incredibly
afraid
of.
These
are
these
are
plans
that
we
shouldn't
like
these
things
are
like
a
decade
away
from
being
implemented
and
frankly,
they
should
have
already
been
under
construction,
and
so
I
do
have
a
lot
of
concern
about
sort
of
environmentally.
B
Where
and
how
how
how
exposed
we
are.
I
think
the
that
entire
process
that
planned
for
that
sort
of
safety
valve
talks
about
saving
billions
and
dollars
of
downtown
sort
of
property
value
and
protections
and
I
think
that
fact
is
we're
way
behind
on
a
lot
of
that
stuff.
And
so
this
to
me
is
a
helpful
measure
to
get
there.
B
I
guess
one
final
question
that
I
have
just
for
clarity's
sake:
I
think
you,
you
did
a
good
job
sort
of
explaining
it
in
the
moment,
because
it
came
up
in
in
multiple
questions.
Is
the
act
itself
modernizes
the
language,
but
the
reason
for
the
board?
The
reason
why
we
still
have
a
board
is
that
the
statutory,
so
even
though
it
modernizes
and
sort
of
cleans
up
urban
renewal
language
that
statute
that
we're
basing
this
off
still
requires
a
board
to
exercise
the
powers
of
that
statute
is
that
is
that
accurate?
B
And
so
this
that's
why
we
in
that
in
our
process,
our
develop
so
back
to
the
conversation
about
developers
and
when
they
submit
a
project-
and
it
goes
through.
The
bpda
board-
is
the
one
who
makes
a
final
judgment
on
those
projects
right.
So
the
board
itself
is
what
sustains
the
process
sort
of
working
the
same
way
for
folks,
and
it's
also
requires
that
story-
is
that
that
is
absolutely
that's
exactly.
B
B
Yes,
okay
and
then
I
think
there
was
a
valid
question
in
there
by
councilor
Flaherty
about
selection
of
that
board.
Does
this
change
and
I
might
have
missed
your
answered
on
that?
Does
this
change
the
makeup
of
that
board?
In
other
words,
if
there's
a
Governor's
seat
there,
does
it
change
any
of
that?
No.
L
B
So
it
stays
so
the
way
that
the
board
is
selected.
Remains,
the
Same,
exactly
okay,
man,
I'm,
it's
getting
to
5
15.,
so
I
was
trying
to
figure
out
based
on
what
I
have
here,
how
we
got
this
far
down
look
down
the
line,
but
it
sounds
like,
for
the
most
part,
the
substantial
things
that
you
do
have
in
mind
at
some
point.
They
they're
before
us
they're
not
before
us
today,
they're
before
us
in
time.
B
B
Okay,
but
that's
why,
for
me
just
for
my
Council
colleagues
when
it
came
to
a
working
session
or
not
a
working
session
on
this
particular
piece
of
this.
This
felt
very,
very
much
like
a
non-conference
like
a
non-controversial
stance,
I
think,
based
on
just
the
feedback
from
my
colleagues
that
you
would
like
a
working
session.
We
will
have
one
on
Friday,
but
I.
I.
B
Rest
assured
that,
as
chair
all
of
those
larger
issues
that
folks
brought
up
the
the
hiring
and
how
we're
going
to
handle
all
the
Staffing
and
all
those
things
that
aren't
before
us
right
now,
but
will
be
people
for
us
in
the
future.
I
agree
that
those
things
should
have
a
well
thought
out
process
that
would
certainly
be
longer
than
this
process.
For
this
I
see,
councilor
Flaherty
has
his
hand
up
I
go
to
him.
F
F
You
know
potentially
for
development
to
be
thrown
into
a
into
a
bureaucratic
morass,
and
we
all
know
that
it's
too
important
for
the
tax
base
for
all
the
programs
and
plans
and
line
items
that
we
see
in
our
budget
for
the
city's
operating
to
to
sort
of
take
for
granted.
It's
too
important
for
for
jobs,
both
permanent
construction,
it's
too
important
for
housing
creation,
so
you
know
being
protective
of
either
a
head
fake
or
in
the
legal
terms
of
red
herring.
F
That's
why
I
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
concerns
and
as
both
the
chief
and
Deputy
Chief
and
the
council,
we're
asked
we're
answering
questions.
They
were
creating
more
questions
for
my
colleagues,
so
I
think
it's
very
prude
of
us
to
be
very
cautious
moving
forward
so
that
we
don't.
Arguably,
if
we
don't.
F
If
we
don't
ask
these
questions,
it's
going
to
be
a
nightmare
for
both
the
chief
and
the
deputy
chief,
the
way
it's
structured
now
in
development,
you
go
through
the
process
and
then
there's
going
to
be
like
an
advisory
panel.
There's
gonna
be
like
four
more
sign
offs
needed
just
creating
again
another
level
and
layer
of
sort
of
bureaucratic
morass.
That
developers.
B
F
I
know
I'm
talking
about
I'm
talking
about
when
moving
forward
developments
have
implemented.
You
know,
there's
the
advisory
Council
or
the
advisory
committee,
that's
kind
of
mean.
So
my
point
is
that
The
Angst
and
the
anxiety
and
the
questions
that
we're
asking
during
the
course
of
this
hearing
and
why
it's
taken
so
long
is
just
for
that
simple
reason.
It's
too
important
of
an
issue,
and
it's
also
concerns
around
you-
know
the
process
and
the
tax
base
and
things
that
we're
going
to
be
seeing
down
the
road.
F
B
Yeah
and
I
would
just
say,
I
agree
that
you
know
our
development
ecosystem
is
incredibly
important
to
the
city.
Obviously
you
know
we
talked
about
the
tax
base,
but
also
the
jobs
and
the
things
that
that
brings,
and
the
fact
that
we
are
in
a
housing
crisis
and
and
continuing
to
have
development
is
a
very
vital
tool
of
addressing
that
housing
crisis.
B
If
done
correctly,
what
I
just
want
to
make
sure
folks
stay
focused
on
is
the
reality
that
many
of
these
concerns
are
100
valid,
but
they're
valid
on
issues
that
aren't
before
us
today
and
so
I.
Don't
want
folks
being
confused
or
conflating
what
might
be
coming
down
the
line
with
what's
before
us
right
now,
because
I
think
what's
before
us
right
now,
is
much
more
restrained
and
much
more
specific
than
sort
of
these
open-ended
questions
that
folks,
like
with
all
due
respect
to
Mr,
Quirk
and
chief
Jemison.
B
P
Yeah
thank
thank
you.
Mr,
chair
and
I'll,
be
very
brief.
I
just
want
to
highlight
and
say
thank
you
all
so
true
to
the
chief
to
the
deputy
chief
and
to
the
legal
legal
counsel
for
their
for
their
attendance
in
professionalism
and
I'd,
also
like
to
acknowledge
my
my
colleagues
as
well.
They
asked
a
lot
of
questions.
They
had
concerns
and
that's
where
exactly
we
asked
these
tough
questions
is
at
these
meetings.
So
my
colleagues,
my
colleagues,
our
colleagues,
came
prepared
with
questions,
but
that's
exactly.
P
The
role
of
the
city
council
is
asking
asking
questions,
getting
answers
but
doing
the
best
they
can
for
their
constituents.
So
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
as
well
for
taking
these
issues
very
seriously,
because
what
happens
in
the
development
Community.
What
happens
to
the
economy
of
Boston
is
going
to
impact
services
to
the
residents
of
Boston,
a
lot
of
the
money
that
we
spend
on
schools
on
on
trash
removal
and
pickup
and
and
services
for
our
seniors
and
people
with
disabilities.
P
B
And
I
also
want
to
just
take
a
moment
to
thank
my
Council
colleagues.
We
had
12
or
13
counselors
here
today
for
this
hearing
and
I
believe
the
one
that
isn't
is
on
maternity,
Council,
counselor,
Braden
I
see
you
are
here
and
I
haven't.
Given
you
a
chance
to
actually
ask
questions,
do
you
have
any
questions
you
can
unmute
the
floor?
Is
yours.
I
Hey
thank
you.
Mr,
chair,
I,
haven't,
has
I've
been
listening
in
all
the
time.
I
haven't
I
had
an
appointment,
I
wasn't
able
to
participate
in
the
conversation,
but
I
really
want
to
thank
everyone
for
their
incredible
presentation
and
the
the
back
and
forth
conversation
this
afternoon.
This
clarified
some
issues
and
I
look
forward
to
the
working
session
on
Friday.
B
B
See
you
there
and
I
just
want
to
so
with
that
in
mind.
I
just
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
your
attentive
to
this
I
think
the
passion
that
you
have
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
for
making
sure
that
we're
making
smart
and
informed
decisions
was
on
display
today.
I
also
want
to
thank
Chief,
Jemison,
Lisa,
Harrington
and
Devin
Quirk
for
your
patience
and
your
professionalism
and
answering
questions
to
the
best
of
your
capabilities.
B
I
want
to
offer
you
before
we
sign
off
I,
also
see
that
I
still
have
some
colleagues
on
before
I.
Give
you
guys
the
chance
for
the
final
word
on
this
before
we
adjourn
I
just
want
to
ask
if
any
other
colleague
has
anything
they'd
like
to
say
before
we
fantastic
so
with
that
Chief
Jemison
Lisa
Devon.
K
I
would
say,
I
would
want
to
Echo
counselor
and
chair
the
the
comments
of
the
folks.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
time
today,
understanding
what
we're
doing
is
crucial
to
making
informed
votes
and
for
the
broader
listening
public
I
would
just
want
to
reiterate
and
reiterate
that
this
is
about
reforming
the
aspect
of
our
work
related
to
our
special
powers
that
are
granted
to
the
Redevelopment
Authority
component
of
our
of
the
the
agency
doing
businesses.
K
Vpda
Devin
had
a
great
summary
of
what
this
is
and
isn't
that
like
him
to
to
do
very
briefly,
but
that
you,
you
said
it
something
very
well
councilor,
Arroyo
that
the
this
is
about
changing
aspects
of
our
enabling
statute.
There
are
future
discussions
in
at
a
future
time
in
the
form
of
future
ordinances
and
budget
that
that
really
address
the
major
questions
that
members
of
the
council
have
had,
and
this
is
a
much
narrower
discussion
today.
K
L
Yeah
just
very
quickly
it's
about
the
future
of
urban
renewal
in
this
act,
technically
abolishes
the
there
and
technically
sunsets
urban
renewal
and
does
so
in
a
way
that
allows
us
to
hold
on
to
the
the
community
items
of
value.
Those
Community
use
restrictions
that
we
need
to
protect,
affordable
housing,
open
space,
Community
uses
Etc
also
allows
us
to
retain
some
of
our
real
estate
tools
and
powers
for
future
uses,
but
under
a
new
Charter
affordability,
equity
and
resilience
rather
than
blight
decadence
and
substandard
housing.
L
So
if
we
wanted
to
take
actions
in
the
future,
we'd
have
to
prove
a
Nexus
to
affordability,
equity
and
resilience.
Those
are
the
major
renewal
actions.
We
also
are
as
we're
opening
up
that
urban
renewal
statute,
since
that
is
so
intimately
tied
to
the
bra.
We
are
also
modernizing
the
bras
bpdas
Charter
for
to
become
Urban,
focused
on
resilience,
equity
and
affordability,
and
we
are
taking
the
bra
edic
and
consolidating
them
into
one
organization.
So
it's
easier
to
manage
where
what
we
are
not
doing.
L
L
We
are
not
changing
the
way
the
development
happens
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Development
will
continue
to
go
through
the
bpda
board,
the
BPD
board,
Remains,
the
Same
and
the
same
structure,
the
same
appointment
structure,
and
that
that
the
article
80
process
going
through
the
bpda
board
will
continue
to
be
the
process
by
which
development
happens.
Those
are
things
that
are
all
embedded
in
state
law.
B
Thank
you
for
that
summation
and
then,
with
the
Final
Act
of
this
ham,
meeting
flash
hearing
I'm
going
to
go
to
if
we
can
promote
Lori
radwin
to
panelists,
so
she
can
give
her
public
comment
as
far
as
I
understand
it.
She's
the
only
person
who
signed
up
for
public
comment
so
I
see
another
hand
h4a
with
a
hand
up.
If
you
would
like
to
make
public
comments,
please
email
ccc.go
at
boston.gov,
your
name
and
we'll
we'll
then
bring
you
in
hi
Laurie.
The.
G
You
know
some
of
the
things
that
we've
done
in
Southwest
Boston
for
resilience
have
actually
ended
up,
hurting
small
business
owners
in
the
area,
so
we
lost
equity
in
favor
of
resilience
and
when
middle
class,
affordable
housing
is
promoted
again.
There's
an
equity
charge
to
that
because
it
raises
the
Rants
and
the
tax
base
for
people
who
have
been
living
in
the
area
to
begin
with
and
you're
looking
at
displacement.
G
So
I
I
thematically,
there's
just
Something
Beautiful
about
hoping
for
that
triangle,
but
I,
don't
and
I,
don't
think
you
can
legislate
judgments
but
I
think
as
each
decision
is
made.
What's
the
Opera
what's
called
what's
the
cost
and
how
do
you
mitigate
that
cost
so
that
you
don't
make
a
less
equal
system
or
a
less
resilient
system?
And
thank
you
counselor
for
allowing
me
to
have
the
time
to
say
that
it's
a
more
broad-reaching
remark
that
I
think
will
carry
through
to
decisions
that
are
made
subsequently.
Thank
you.
Thank.