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Dockets #0109, 0110, 0217, 0220, 0335, 0336 - A hearing on various grants for the Mayor's Office of Food Access, Age Strong Commission, and Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement
A
A
Member,
my
name
is
Matt
O'malley
I
am
the
district
6
city
councilor,
and
the
chair
of
the
council's
Committee
on
healthy
women,
families
and
communities.
We
are
here
today
to
discuss
six
grants
which
come
under
the
healthy
women,
families
and
communities
committee.
These
are
various
grants
that
we
will
hear
about
in
great
detail
that
will
be
administered
by
the
office
of
food
access.
A
E
F
A
Opening
statement
perfect.
Thank
you.
That's
why
you're
my
favorite
colleague,
okay,
so
I
think
we're
gonna
start
with
miss
Lopez
on
docket
number:
zero,
one,
zero,
nine,
which
is
two
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars
for
the
double
up
food
bucks
program
awarded
by
the
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture.
So
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
that
grant?
Yes.
B
Mr.
chairman,
the
gala
granted
two
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars
for
a
pilot
program,
they're
called
Boston
double
a
program
that
is
a
snap
matching
program
to
incarnate
restored
in
love
in
communities
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
we
are
pairing
the
program
in
Dorchester
very
and
Matapan.
The
monitor
we
got
to
these
grounds,
gonna
be
used
for
matching
portion.
That
is
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
that
I
mean
every
time
that
is
an
abuser
go
to
a
corner
store.
That
is
part
of
the
our
program
we
match.
B
One
dollar
to
one
was
$1.00
to
one
dollar
to
all
the
snap
users
that
buy
fruit
and
vegetables
and
some
part
of
the
monies
they're
gonna
be
used
for
the
evaluation
for
the
three-year
so
the
program,
and
that
will
be
$47,000
of
that
total
amount,
and
we
have
a
twenty
six
thousand
dollar
design
for
help
to
day
stores
doing
make
better
stores,
as
if
they
need
a
better
refrigerator.
If
it
needs
better
signage
is
we
will
help
them
to
do
that,
and
we
also
have
$25,000
a
sign
for
outreach
and
education.
Okay,.
B
A
B
B
A
A
B
A
A
A
B
Are
partnering
with
Tufts
University?
Do
you
see
the
impact
of
this
program
in
the
communities
because
we
want
to
know
if
it
does,
this
matching
program
actually
change
the
behavior
and
the
of
the
communities,
and
there
are
doing
surveys
at
the
stores
they're
doing
surveys
with
the
customers.
We
also
want
em,
lift
those
kernels
of
stars
and
they're
gonna,
evaluate
that
to
if
you
actually
this
program
at
those
coordinates,
restore
make
better
businesses
and
improve
the
businesses
and
more
and
bring
more
a
consumer.
That's.
A
Great,
that's
great,
so
that
that's
that
sort
of
support
of
the
program
and
metrics
of
the
program
hopefully
grow
it.
The
next
twenty
six
thousand
dollars
would
be
direct
assistance
to
the
stores,
signage
refrigeration,
I
own.
A
little
bodega
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I've
got
up-to-date
equipment
so
that
I
can
keep
and
maintain
fresh
produce.
For
example.
Yes,.
B
C
C
B
A
B
A
F
Well,
thank
you,
I,
don't
I
don't
have
any
questions.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the
excellent
excellent
work
that
you're
doing
in
the
city
and
representing
the
city
well,
but
providing
invaluable
services
to
so
many
people
that
need
our
assistance.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
to
you
and
your
team
as
well
for
for
providing
compassionate
assistance
to
the
most
needy
in
society.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
A
B
A
A
A
B
A
To
hear
me
banging
the
gavel
every
time
we're
now
moving
on
to
age,
strong,
the
great
commissioner
Emily
Shay
to
discuss
dockets
zero
one,
one:
zero
zero
one,
one
zero
I
should
say:
zero,
two
one:
seven
zero:
two:
two:
zero
and
zero:
three
three
five
first
docket
number
zero
one.
One
zero
is
a
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
two
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
title.
A
D
D
So
um
so
all
four
of
these
dockets
today
are
regular
funding
that
we
get
in
every
year
that
we're
coming
here
to
ask
permission
to
use.
The
Ombudsman
program
is
a
program
that,
where
there
are
volunteers
that
are
recruited
and
trained
to
provide
support
to
people
in
nursing
homes.
So
if,
if
residents
of
nursing
homes
are
having
any
issues
that
they're
dealing
with,
they
can
help
to
be
a
buffer
between
them
and
the
administration
of
the
nursing
home,
helping
to
mediate
and
solve
problems
that
can
arise.
D
This
program
is
actually
throughout
the
entire
country
paid
for
with
older
Americans
Act
dollars
and
in
Boston
those
dollars
passed
down
through
us.
We
then
put
the
program
out
to
bid
and
that
our
long-standing
partner
in
this
program
is
ethos
who
operates
the
program
for
the
city
of
Boston,
so
so
that
is
what
the
request
is
for
that
two
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand
dollar
number
includes
our
last
year,
amount
plus
a
buffer
of
twenty
five
percent.
In
case
we
get
an
increase
from
this
date.
D
The
way
this
funding
works
is
we
get
a
preliminary
planning
amount
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
and
then
we
get
a
final
allocation
amount
sometime
towards
the
end
of
the
year,
and
so
so
numbers
can
change
from
the
beginning.
To
the
end,
the
other
piece
that
changes
numbers
for
our
older
Americans
Act
dollars
is
that
sometimes
we
have
carryover
dollars
and
that
takes
a
while
to
get
approved
by
the
executive
office
of
Elder
affairs,
so
that
comes
in
towards
the
end
of
the
year
as
well.
Okay,.
D
A
B
A
D
A
F
Providing
our
elderly
our
seniors
with
with
the
respect
and
dignity
that
they've
that
they've
earned
I've
always
had
great
respect
for
this
department
of
folded
closely
for
probably
30
of
30
or
40
years
and
I've
seen
excellent
commissioners
over
the
years
and
Commissioner
I
think
you
know
one
of
the
best
we've
ever
had
the
way
you
treat
people
and
the
way
you
treat
our
elderly
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
outstanding
work
and
you
know
continue
working
hard
for
for
these
seniors
of
Boston.
So
will
we're
proud
of
you?
Thank.
A
D
A
D
It's
yes,
it's
it's
a
very
tiny
town,
okay,
so
the
money
comes
in
the
form
of
a
formula
grant,
so
each
so
right
and
the
formula
grant
is
set
by
state
budget.
So
currently
the
formula
grant
is
$12
per
elder
per
year,
based
on
the
2010
census
data.
So
in
2010
we
had
eighty
eight
thousand
and
seventy
people
over
sixty
in
the
city,
I'm.
D
Eight
thousand
and
seventy
okay
people
over
sixty
in
the
2010
census,
so
they
take
that
number
and
they
multiply
it
by
12
to
get
our
formula
amount.
So
that's
what
this
represents,
this
money
we
keep
internally.
It
allows
us
to
do
many
of
the
things
that
we
do
out
in
the
community.
So,
for
example,
we
have
community
service
advocates.
D
They
are
paid
for
I'm,
partially
out
of
this
money,
a
big
portion
of
their
salary
is
paid
for
out
of
this
money.
We
also
have
our
housing
team,
that'sthat's
paid
for
primarily
out
of
Council
on
Aging
dollars.
So,
as
we've
gotten,
some
increases
over
the
last
couple
of
years
in
Council
on
Aging
we've
been
able
to
develop
a
housing
team
of
five
people.
One
of
those
people
has
paid
for
out
of
operating
budget,
and
we
really
appreciate
the
council
for
that
addition.
Last
year.
D
D
$15,000
over
a
thousand
people
and
that
that
is
all
done
out
of
Council
on
Aging
money.
Another
big
thing
we
do
at
a
council
on
aging
money
is:
if
we
have
salary
savings
towards
the
end
of
the
year,
then
we
have
been
using
those
dollars
to
pay
for
accessible
vehicles
for
our
senior
shuttle,
so
our
it
is
our
goal
to
replace
all
of
our
shuttles
that
are
not
accessible
with
shuttles
that
have
a
lift
and
a
lower
step
so
that
people
can
get
more
easily
on
them.
D
A
A
Yeah
I
can
think
of
two
two
people
I'm
quite
close
to
we're,
not
sixty
plus
and
twenty
ten,
but
certainly
are
now
so
it's
now
yeah
I
would
venture
guess
that
we
get
even
closer
to
one
twenty,
just
as
the
city
grows
and
and
more
people
stay
an
age
in
place
in
which
neighborhood
is
the
highest
percentage
of
seniors.
Oh.
D
A
A
Put
you
on
the
spot,
Eddie
and
I
can
do
that
logging,
but
anything
we
could
do
for
our
seniors,
but
that's
great
okay,
so
housing
senior
shuttles,
it's
Boston
seniority
which
I
know
which
I
look
forward
to
reading
and
likes
just
so
many
great
programs.
Okay,
that's
great
I
have
no
further
questions
on
doc
at
217.
Pounds
are
plenty,
no,
the
best
all
right
now,
doc
at
zero.
A
D
D
This
is
passed
through
money
for
us,
okay,
this
is
state
dollars
and
what
you,
what
the
number
that
you
see
is
the
amount
of
last
year's
grant,
plus
a
buffer
in
case
the
amount
changes
before
the
end
of
the
year,
so
that
we
don't
have
to
come
back
in
here
to
you
and
this
money
helps
to
fund
the
nutrition
program
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So
this
is
another
program
that
we
put
out
to
bid.
We
have
two
grantees
that
operate
this
program
in
the
city.
D
One
is
ethos,
and
the
second
one
is
the
Chinese
Golden
Age
Center
and
together
they
are
doing
both
home
delivered
meals.
So
if
there's
an
older
adult
in
the
city
who
cannot
get
out
and
who
needs
a
home,
delivered
meals,
they're,
providing
that
meal
to
them,
bringing
it
to
their
door,
they
also
are
operating
a
total
of
47
cafes
or
congregate
meal
sites
across
the
city,
where
people
over
60
can
come
and
get
a
meal
for
free
with
a
suggested
donation
of
$2,
and
so
this
is
a
very
important
program
in
in
our
city.
D
A
D
Oh
so
Chinese
Golden,
Age
Center
does
primarily
around
the
chinatown
area,
I
would
say,
but
their
contract
is
for
Chinese
meals
throughout
the
city,
so
they
so
they
do.
I
deliver
home,
delivered
meals
more
broadly
there.
Their
cafe
that
they
run
are
primarily
centered
around
the
Chinatown
downtown
area.
That's.
C
A
More
curious
yeah,
if
you
could
let
us
know
before
we
take
action
next
week,
really
more
curious
than
anything
else,
and
this
money
also
helps
provide
some
of
those
wonderful,
couch,
culturally
appropriate
dining.
Centers
I
know
that
they've
doing
specific
food.
They
do
an
LGBT
sort
of
cafe
for
older
adults.
So
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
I'm
sure.
D
Sure
so,
there's
all
different
types
of
dining
centers.
They
run
different
times
of
the
week,
some
running
they
eat
in
the
evening.
Some
run
on
the
weekends
I'm
really
trying
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
immunity
we
now
have.
We
now
have
five
I
believe
LGBT
friendly
lunch
sites
on
the
ethos
runs
which
are
really
fantastic
sites,
lunch
dinner,
weekends,
they
spread
the
gamut
there.
D
We
have
our
Chinese
sites
and
then
we
have
other
sites
where
our
nutrition
vendors
Ito's
contracts
with
vendors
like
City,
fresh
and
fair
foods,
Emily's
fair
foods,
so
those
vendors
are
able
to
do
more
culturally
specific
meals
and
some
of
those
are
served
at
the
lunch
sites
depending
on
the
neighborhood
and
the
population.
That's.
A
C
F
You
counsel,
O'malley
and
I
just
wanted
to
add
frequently
I
do
go
to
the
Chinese
Golden
Age,
Center
and
I
have
an
opportunity
to
talk
with
the
residents
that
are
having
lunch
there
and
I
can
tell
you
from
firsthand
experience
that
the
the
lunches
are
excellent.
The
it's
prepared
well
in
seeing
the
enjoyment
from
from
my
constituents,
but
from
everyone's
constituents
really
how
important
in
nutritional
lunch
is
is
is
very,
is
very
compassionate
is
very
good
for
our
city,
it's
very
good
for
our
elderly
community
and
so
I
know
they.
A
I
just
have
one
Thank,
You
counsel
and
one
final
question
on
Dawkins
arrow
to
to
zero.
We
had
we
had
explained
or
I,
don't
know
if
we
did
it
while
we
were
recording
so
I'll
do
it
now
that
two
of
the
figures
are
different
than
originally
listed,
the
first
was
docket
zero.
Three
three
five
was
originally
was
publicly
notices,
one
hundred
and
seventy
one
thousand
two
hundred
forty
two
dollars.
It
actually
was
two
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand
and
I
believe
that
that's,
including
that's
reflecting
the
buffer
of
twenty
five
percent,
that.
A
Sorry
you're
right
talking
with
that
cycle,
one
zero!
So
that's
the
buffer!
This
one
was
a
Ridge
Duquette
zero.
Two
two
zero
was
originally
noticed
or
publicly
noticed
at
a
hundred
and
twenty
four
thousand
two
hundred
sixty
three
thousand
thirty
six
cents.
It's
actually
one
point,
eight
million
dollars,
so
why
this
is.
D
So
so
um
so
our
amount
from
so
I'm
not
exactly
sure
how
the
124
thousand
got
in
there
we're
working
on
figuring
that
out
our
amount
from
last
year
is
around
very
close
to
one
point:
five
million
okay.
So
it's
one
point:
five
million,
plus
a
small
buffer.
In
case
there
in
case
we
put
a
25%
buffer
on
in
case
things,
change
towards
the
end
of
the
year.
C
D
D
A
As
I
had
wondered,
if
maybe
a
figure,
if
it
was
one
point,
two
four
million,
if
a
figure
had
dropped
off
but
suffice
it
to
say
there
was
some
the
first
one
we
didn't
the
first
numerical
error
between
what
was
posted
in
what
we
will
vote
on
was
because
it
didn't
account
the
25
percent
sort
of
contingency
this
one.
It
seems
there
was
an
error
in
the
posting,
so
we
just
on
the
record,
want
to
acknowledge
that
and
we
will
be
voting
on
this
target,
which
is
full
amount.
A
One
point:
zero,
five,
six
1
million,
fifty
six
thousand
eight
hundred
and
forty
dollars
now,
1
million
eight
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
dollars
docket
to
do
all
these
dockets.
So
maybe
that's
the
issue.
1
million
eight
hundred
sixty
thousand
dollars
even
is
what
docket
zero
to
two
zeros
correct.
Yes,.
A
D
A
A
Good
okay,
finally,
for
age,
strong,
ducats,
zero,
three,
three:
five,
a
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
Nutrition
Services
incentive
program
awarded
by
the
US
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
elderly
Affairs
to
be
administered
by
aged
strong
Boston.
Yes,.
D
So
this
is
actually
very
similar
to
the
state
of
their
lunch
program
that
we
just
talked
about,
except
that
it
is
a
federal
source
of
nutrition.
Funding
than
nutritious
Nutrition
Services
incentive
program
comes
to
us
through
the
federal
government,
and
this
again
is
a
pass-through
grant
to
us
it
passed
through
grant
for
us.
It
is
one
of
the
three
sources
of
nutrition
funding
that
kind
of
combined
together
to
make
the
full
package.
Okay.
C
A
A
A
C
A
And
down
for
long
time?
Okay,
it's
good!
It's
not
going
down!
Yeah!
Okay,
any
questions
on
this
one,
all
right:
Thank,
You,
councillor,
Flynn,
Thank
You,
commissioner
Shay!
We
are
done
with
you.
Finally,
miss
Chang.
We've
got
docket
number
zero.
Three,
three
six,
a
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
$200,000,
even
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
immigrant
advancement
initiative
awarded
by
the
donor
group
to
be
administered
by
the
office
of
immigrant
advancement.
Welcome,
tell.
E
Us
a
little
bit
about
docket
336
sure
this
is
the
flexible
pool
of
money
that
we
raised
from
the
weir
Boston
gala
and
really
allows
our
office
to
support
many
of
the
grassroots
and
I
meant
grassroots.
You
know,
immigrant
led
immigrants
served
organizations
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
expand
their
program
capacity
to
serve.
A
E
A
So
I
really
appreciate
the
crucial
work
you're
doing
four
years
ago.
I,
don't
think
we
appreciated
the
gravity
of
having
an
office
of
it
was
I
believe
it
was
called
office
of
New
Boston
ranks
when
I
first
joined
this
joined
the
council
and
I
really
appreciate
Mayor
Menino
too,
for
Mayor
Menino
for
sort
of
having
seeing
that,
and
certainly
mayor
Walsh
for
his
continued
leadership
and
yours
as
well
miss
Chang.
So
this
is
you
know.
All
of
these
grants
are
no-brainers.
A
F
You
councilman
O'malley,
and
thank
you
for
being
here
and
thank
you
for
your
great
work
on
behalf
of
our
immigrant
community
here
in
Boston.
I
will
be
very
brief,
but
I
want
to
echo
echo
what
councilor
O'malley
said:
I'm
also
proud
to
represent
a
large
immigrant
population
community
here
in
district
2,
including
a
large
Chinese
community,
I'm,
proud
to
represent
them,
but,
more
importantly,
I'm
proud
of
their
outstanding
contributions
that
they've
made
to
our
city
into
into
our
country.
F
I'm
working
with
the
city
of
Boston
Department
of
Public
Health
on
a
on
a
forum
in
Chinatown
on
on
public
health
related
issues
some
time
over
over
the
next
two
or
three
months,
and
we
just
want
to
provide
as
much
as
much
information
as
we
can
to
the
Chinatown
community
about
what
services
are
available
to
them
in
how
they
can
access
various
services.
Various
programs
so
I'll
keep
you
our
office
informed
about
about
this
event
and
I
know
we're
working
with
Commissioner
Shea
as
well
in
other
other
city
departments,
maybe
over
the
next
couple
weeks.
F
If
you
have
some
time,
I
can
provide
a
better
update
on
on
what
we're.
Looking
at,
but
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
outstanding
work
and
always
always
ensuring
that
our
immigrant
community
is
treated
with
respect
and
treated
with
dignity
and,
as
as
Matt
mentioned,
we're
also
proud
of
Mayor
Walsh
for
the
welcoming
city.
That
Boston
is
our
immigrant
community.
So
we
just
wanted
to
tell
you
and
your
staff
that
we're
proud
of
you
Thank.
E
You
councillor
Flynn
and
councillor
O'malley,
we
really
appreciate
you
know
your
support,
especially
I
just
said
at
this
time
the
national
climate
it's
been
challenging
and
for
my
team
you
know
they're
here
two
of
them
here,
but
we
continue
on
with
your
support
and
with
the
mayor's
support,
so
really
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
so
much
thank.