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From YouTube: Housing & Community Development on December 13, 2022
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Housing & Community Development Hearing - Docket #1327, special protection zones
B
Good
morning,
everyone
I'm
calling
this
hearing
to
order
for
the
record.
My
name
is
Kendra
Lara
district
6,
City,
councilor
and
I'm.
The
chair
of
the
Boston
City
councils
committee
on
Housing
and
Community
Development
I'm
joined
this
morning
by
my
colleagues
counselor
Ed
Flynn
from
District
2
counselor
rubsy
luigien
at
large
counselor
Liz
Braden
from
District
9..
B
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket
number
1327
order
for
a
hearing
assessing
the
need
for
a
text
Amendment
to
the
Boston
zoning
code
relative
to
special
protection
zones.
This
matter
was
sponsored
by
myself
and
counselor
Gabriella
Coletta
and
referred
to
the
committee
on
Housing
and
Community
Development
on
October
19th
2022.
We
will
be
taking
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
today's
hearing.
So
if
you're
here
with
us
in
the
chamber,
please
sign
up
on
the
cheat
near
the
chamber
entrance
for
all
testimony.
B
Please
state
your
name
neighborhood
or
affiliation,
and
try
to
keep
your
comments
to
two
minutes
joining
us
today
from
the
mayor's
Administration.
We
have
Brian
Glascock
deputy
director
for
regulatory
Planning
and
Zoning
for
the
bpda
Tim
Davis
Department
of
neighborhood
development,
deputy
director
for
policy
development
and
research
also
joining
us.
B
B
So
I
want
to
start
off
by
saying
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
I
just
want
to
make
a
note
to
my
Council
colleagues
and
a
reminder
to
the
panelists
that
we
are
doing
simultaneous
Cantonese
interpretation
here
today.
So
please
be
mindful
of
the
speed
of
your
talking
and
make
sure
that
you're
speaking
clearly
into
the
microphone
so
that
The
Interpreter
can
hear
you
again.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
today
and
for
your
steadfast
commitment
to
protecting
your
neighbors
from
displacement
and
really
building
a
city
where
everyone
can
thrive.
B
I
want
to
start
off
by
saying
that
the
city
of
Boston
needs
rent
control.
Every
intervention
that
we
Implement
to
combat
anti-displacement
is
just
standing
in
the
gap
for
one
of
the
best
anti-displacement
strategies
that
we
can
have,
which
is
stable
and
affordable
rents
without
rent
control.
We
have
skyrocketing
rents,
rapid
gentrification
and
very
little
protections
for
our
neighbors
in
the
midst
of
increased
development.
B
Anti-Displacement
zones
or
special
protection
zones
would
designate
a
new
type
of
zoning
district
with
unique
standards
and
programs
and
give
current
residents
meaningful
role
in
shaping
their
neighborhood's
future.
While
helping
us
secure
tenants
rights
to
remain
in
their
home.
I
called
this
hearing,
because
it's
past
time
that
we
Implement
creative
interventions,
ones
that
are
necessary
to
slow
down
displacement
and
if
we
don't
we're
going
to
lose
the
very
thing
that
makes
our
neighborhoods
the
vibrant
places
that
we
are
our
people.
B
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
Madam,
should
thank
you
for
making
sure
that
we
have
Cantonese
interpreters
here.
I
think
that's
critically
important,
so
I
want
to
acknowledge
and
say
thank
you
and
to
your
team
for
making
sure
that
that
takes
place
I'm
here
to
listen
and
to
learn.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
D
E
This
morning,
to
testify
I'm
here
to
listen
and
learn
primarily
this
morning,
but
this
is
an
area
of
concern.
I'd
like
to
learn
more
about
the
whole
concept
of
a
protection
Zone,
but
also
I
am
very
acutely
aware
that
this
impact
of
gentrification
is
is
impacting
many
neighborhoods
across
the
city
in
Austin,
Brighton
we've
seen
a
decline
in
the
number
of
our
immigrant
populations.
E
We
had
a
significant
Brazilian
community
that
seemed
has
moved
displaced
from
our
neighborhood
because
of
increased
housing
costs
and
and
they've
moved
to
Framingham
and
Framingham
is
having
to
build
a
new
elementary
school,
because
it's
such
a
growth
and
population
out
there.
That's
not
the
way.
We
need
to
really
approach
this
in
a
very
holistic
way
to
ensure
that
our
immigrant
and
communities
and
and
communities
of
color
remain
have
a
have
a
future
in
our
city
and
that
are
able
to
remain
and
thrive
in
our
neighborhoods
across
Boston.
E
B
F
I
will
start
Marvin,
Martin,
Dorchester
resident
and
a
resident
of
Fairmont
quarter
and
sector
director
of
action
for
equity.
I
want
to
thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
coming
this
hearing.
Thank
you
to
the
rest
of
the
counselors
who
are
here.
This
is
an
urgent
matter
that
we've
been
working
on
now
for
about
seven
years.
F
You
know
the
fact
is
that
we,
we
are
losing
low
and
moderate
income
people
every
year
every
day
that
the
black
population
is
decreasing
in
Boston
folks
are
moving
to
other
places
simply
because
of
the
cost
of
living
here,
and
so
this
initiative
and
and
Amelia
will
talk
more
about
how
the
initiative
came
about,
but
this
is
necessive.
It's
really
meant
to
keep
folks
in
place,
particularly
the
ones
who
in
transit
corridors
where
so,
let
me
backtrack
real
quickly.
You
know,
historically,
whenever
there's
a
massive
investment
in
public
transportation.
F
We
often
see
rapid
identification
followed,
and
so
we
knew
when
we
put
stops
in
the
Fairmont
quarter,
that
that
was
going
to
happen,
and
so
we
came
up
with
a
couple
of
different
mitigating
initiatives
to
try
to
slow
that
down.
You
can't
you
can't
stop
doing
vacation,
but
you
can
do
some
things
to
slow
it
down,
and
this
is
one
of
them.
It's
not.
You
know.
This
is
not
new
to
this
nation.
F
There
is
a
set
of
policies
that
we
would
like
to
see
implemented,
and
then
there
is
also
as
a
member
to
the
zoning
code
and
and
Lincoln
was
say
something
more
about
that
article
91
as
we're
calling
it
and
so
and
and
the
approach
on
the
policy
side
is
a
holistic
approach.
So
it's
not
just
housing
regulations,
but
it's
also
looking
at
creating
economic
upward
economic
Mobility
for
for
folks
in
in
the
corridor.
F
So
those
are
ways
that
you
help
stop
displacement
as
well,
and
but
the
policies
itself
is
that
they
range
from
some.
You
know
Simple
Solutions,
like
incentives
for
folks
like
tax
abatements.
If
you
keep
your
property
low
to
disincentives
to
like
a
surcharge,
if
you're
flipping
your
house
to
larger
policies
such
as
providing
direct
subsidy
to
for
folks
who
are
at
risk,
we
they
According
to
some
of
the
city
data
that
we
got
back
in
2019.
F
There
was
at
least
14
778
households
at
risk
along
the
Fairmount
Corridor,
and
we
know
that
number
has
increased
since
the
pandemic
right
and
that's
actually
a
pretty
significant
percentage
of
the
families
along
the
fair
amount
of
corridor.
And
so
you
know-
and
so
some
of
the
solutions
are
looking
at.
You
know
Laura
Ami
and
in
those
in
that
special
protecting
Stone
areas,
we're
looking
at
ways
to
help
mitigate
the
clip
effect
benefits
clip
effect.
You
know
this
is
an
opportunity
because
you
create
them.
F
You
might
be
taking
something
just
under
here,
but
this
creates
an
overlay
District,
where
we
in
fact
can
put
some
things
in
place
that
you
couldn't
normally,
which
is
the
whole
purpose
behind
the.
Not
anyone,
sorry
about
that,
but
but
that's
the
that's,
the
intent
of
this
and
so
I'm
actually
going
to
let
Mia
talk
a
little
bit
about.
You
know
why
the
fair
amount,
of
course,
and
how
this
came
about
and
Weezy,
will
then
say
something
because,
like
I
said,
it's
a
holistic
approach,
something
about.
G
G
So
saying
all
that
and
you
move
forward
and
we're
like
and
as
as
Mr
Martin
expressed,
it
was
we're
going
to
install
these
lines
because
we
want
more
service
and
we
want
to
prove
that
people
will
use
it.
If,
given
the
same
level
of
service
that
they're
given
on
other
other
access
points
to
Transit,
and
particularly
through
the
pandemic,
we
really
saw
people's
really
need
for
staying
home,
close
and
local
and
getting
their
basic
needs
met.
G
That
number
has
increased
we've
seen
since
the
pandemic,
people
move
out
this
past
summer.
We
did
a
massive
door
knocking
of
in
about
a
four
week
period
of
13
000
doors
and
in
those
doors
we
also
were
able
to
able
to
ask
people
about
how
they
were
getting
around
and
part
of
the
the
feedback
is
that
it
continues
to
be
a
problem.
It
continues
to
be
an
access
point,
two
of
the
things
that
people
need
in
their
lives.
G
One
of
the
things
that
is
also
a
recommendation
is
a
policy
concern
is
syncing
the
buses
so
syncing
our
Transit
lines
that
actually
are
useful.
Not
only
increasing
the
amount
of
service
along
the
transit
line,
but
syncing
them
to
the
services
that
are
already
provided
right
and
getting
the
support
of
the
city
to
support
the
MBTA
in
doing
that
and
prioritizing
that
as
a
need
right.
That
is
a
a
really
important
aspect
of
reaching
the
needs
of
all
these
things
consistently.
G
The
other
piece
that
we
we
want
to
we
want
to
Mark
and
make
sure
that
gets
noted
is
that
our
well.
We
understand
that
trans
oriented
development
increases
rapidly
increases
the
aspects
of
gentrification.
We
also
understand
that
without
access
to
Transit
into
you
know
the
arteries
of
the
city,
our
communities
are
left
behind.
So
we
really
urge
not
only
that
we
look
at
this
as
the
Fairmont
line
as
an
important
Corridor
of
the
Heart
of
the
City.
You
know
for
from
20.
G
G
I
think
the
reality
is
that
we
also
are
dealing
with
a
lot
of
as
we
look
at
the
larger
Transit
scope
and
appreciate
the
counselor's
comments
about
Austin
Brighton.
You
know
we're
looking
at
the
reality
of
many
of
our
communities
being
displaced
because
of
the
High
Cost
of
Living.
So
we
understand
that
there
is
a
need.
We
also
understand
that
part
of
that
need
is
matched
with.
H
Want
me
to
go
next,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
counselors,
for
this
opportunity.
My
name
is
Weezy
wallstein
I'm
with
action
for
equity,
and
my
part
in
the
panel
of
speakers
is
to
talk
about
how
economic
Mobility
is
set
in
motion
by
the
special
protection.
Zone
can
be
set
in
motion
to
keep
people
in
their
homes
and
neighborhoods
special
protection.
Zone
looks
at
the
neighborhood
as
a
unit
of
measure.
H
Not
all
public
policy
does
that,
and
it
means
that
we're
thinking
that
the
community
and
the
neighborhood,
both
geographically
and
the
community
as
people
feel
it
and
see
it
are
an
economic
entity
and
an
engine
for
the
economy
and
so
we're
looking
at
a
different,
not
individuals.
That
is
how
people
relate
to
each
other
and
support
each
other
and
the
value
and
the
asset
to
the
city
of
that
people
get
jobs
based
on
who
they
know.
H
So
we're
really
talking
about
how
do
we
use
the
opportunity
of
today's
Boston
economy,
which
is
quite
unusual
that
we're
looking
at
some
major
expansion
of
good
quality
jobs?
Not
tomorrow,
maybe
but
over
the
next
four
to
five
years,
between
green
and
biotech?
How
do
we
use
this
opportunity
to
really
look
at
this
economic
engine
of
the
neighborhoods
most
of
the
jobs?
The
quality
jobs
are
overwhelmingly
downtown,
along
with
medical
area
in
the
seaports
changing
a
little
bit,
but
that's
where
the
jobs
are
in
terms
of
quantity.
H
People
who
work
at
these
jobs,
particularly
in
the
higher
paid
jobs,
are
overwhelmingly
white.
The
city
has
been
terrific
working
with
us
getting
us
data
there's
about
800
000
jobs
in
the
city,
about
300
000
jobs
pay
over
seventy
thousand
dollars.
They
are
over
80
percent
white
in
a
city,
that's
only
about
45
percent
white
and
that's
not
because
people
don't
have
credentials
and
work
history
and
transferable
skills.
There
are
over
85
000
residents
in
Roxbury,
Dorchester,
Mattapan
and
Hyde
Park,
with
some
college
ba
or
more.
H
But
while
a
white
Bostonian,
a
white
Boston
resident,
yes,
has
a
ba
with
a
ba,
has
a
median
wage
of
over
seventy
thousand
dollars.
A
black
resident
with
a
ba
has
a
median
wage
of
just
37,
almost
38
thousand
dollars,
and
this
is
not
because
people
aren't
doing
skilled
jobs.
People
are
doing
very
skilled
jobs,
but
what
we've
learned
is
that
that
people
are.
H
Are
you
get
jobs
based
on
who
you
know,
and
people
know
people
in
Social,
Services,
Health,
Care,
Human
Services
and
these
sectors,
many
of
them
highly
skilled,
many
of
them
requiring
credentials,
don't
pay
as
well
as
other
sectors.
That's
a
historical
result
of
historical
choices
that
were
made,
and
you
know
the
two
tiers
in
the
labor
market
was
an
intentional
creation
of
our
history,
the
sectors
where
black
people
and
immigrants
work
were
excluded
from
labor
rights
and
quality
jobs
90
years
ago,
and
some
of
the
exclusions
written
into
law
are
still
actually
on
the
books.
H
But
people
didn't
have
the
rights
to
have
a
union
so
couldn't
be
pushing
up
the
wages
and
the
quality
even
where
the
laws
aren't
on
the
books.
Labor
markets
are
sticking.
You
fill
up
the
jobs
people
you
know
stay
there
their
whole
working
career
in
that
same
with
that
same
company
in
that
same
sector,
and
then
they
bring
in
their
children
they
bring
in
their
their
nieces
and
nephews,
and
that's
how
we
expect
the
labor
market
to
work
a
lot
of
how
a
labor
market
works
is
based
on
who
you
know.
H
So
what
do
we
have?
Now?
We
have
lots
of
our
residents
who
have
done
the
right
thing
gone
to
school,
go
to
work
every
day,
but
they
don't
see
the
fruits
of
that
work
because
they're
connected
to
the
particular
sectors
that
have
a
history
of
being
lower
wage,
even
though
their
credentials
could
connect
them
to
the
to
the
sectors
that
we
see
as
growing
with
the
quality
jobs,
but
where
they
don't
know
people.
H
This
is
this
actually
across
the
country.
Jobs-Led
displacement,
as
as
the
economy
grows
with
jobs,
but
they
bring
in
other
people.
Those
people
coming
in
from
outside
the
city
is
part
of.
What's
pushing
people
out.
There
is
a
tremendous
opportunity
in
Boston
to
be
intentional
about
connecting
residents
who
are
disconnected
and
excluded,
and
I've
mentioned.
You
know
we
can
see
sectors
that
are
growing
where
there's
a
talent
demand
where
this
is
a
focus
of
the
city,
but
the
particular
program
of
connecting
people
who
are
not
unemployed
or
severely.
H
You
know
very,
very
low
wage,
but
are
in
the
35
40
000,
but
that's
not
enough
to
stay
living
in
Boston.
How
do
you
get
people
into
the
sectors
where,
with
their
skills
they
can
make
fifteen
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
more
and
that's
where
the
special
protection
Zone
comes
in?
We
have
examples
where
a
person
working
as
a
regulatory
administrator
in
biotech
and
does
the
same
thing
as
a
medical
administrator
in
a
doctor's
office
in
biotech
makes
fifteen
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
more.
H
We
know
people
who
get
a
got
a
ba
in
biology
from
UMass
Boston,
but
couldn't
find
a
job
because
they
didn't
know
anybody
or
people
with
AAA
degrees
from
Bunker,
Hill
and
accounting
and
could
never
have
never
been
able
to
get
past
tempan
by
focusing
programs
on
the
special
protection
Zone.
We
can
use
the
asset
of
the
neighborhood
and
Community
for
people
to
hear
about
openings
and
programs
to
support
each
other.
I'll
be
quick,
get
better
jobs
to
bring
more
money
back
home
to
spend
in
their
neighborhoods.
H
H
I
I
The
role
of
community
participation
in
determining
appropriate
land
land
use
regulations
and
Zoning
is
critical
for
the
success
of
any
zoning
article
or
development
plan.
Action
for
Equity
will
continue
to
play
an
active
role
in
advising
City
agencies
on
the
Boston,
bpda
Planning
and
Development
Agency
on
land
use
and
design
decisions.
I
Now
we're
all
pretty
much
for
me
familiar
with
the
existing
article
80
process,
but
the
article
calls
for,
in
addition
to
that,
to
for
when
their
instances
up
zoning
relief
or
disposition
of
land,
that
there'll
be
a
process
where
action
for
Equity
have
a
role
to
play
to
advise
City
agencies
around
those
kind
of
matters.
Now
I
I
bring
our
attention
further
to
our
section
91-8,
which
calls
for
housing
and
housing.
I
Funds
dedicated
to
todod
zones
B
using
an
anti-displacement
preference
consistent
with
affirmative,
fair
housing,
marketing
requirements
for
new
and
affordable
housing,
see
in
any
building
of
over
seven
units
upon
requests
by
tenants
in
75
percent
of
the
occupied
units.
The
landlord
must
meet
the
tenants
as
a
group
to
discuss
any
proposed
rent
increase
at
least
60
days
before
any
rent
increase
is
to
take
effect,
there's
also
an
age
restriction
criteria
that
suggests
that
todod
shall
not
impose
age
restrictions
upon
the
entire
todod
area.
I
But
the
development
of
specific
proposed
projects
within
Tod
OD
may
be
exclusively
for
the
elderly.
Person
with
disabilities
are
Assisted
Living,
provided
that
not
less
than
40
percent
I'm.
Sorry,
41
of
the
housing
units
in
such
an
age-restricted
proposed
projects
shall
be
restricted
as
affordable
housing
units.
Any
proposed
projects
which
include
age-restricted
residential
units
shall
comply
with
all
active,
applicable
fear,
housing
laws
and
regulations
and,
finally,
computation
what
this
refers
to
is
prior
to
the
granting
of
any
building
permit
for
any
housing
component
I'll.
Just
a
few
more
seconds.
Please
take.
I
B
Thank
you.
So
much
really
appreciate
it
at
this
moment.
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
have
been
joined
by
councilor
Julia
Mejia
at
Large,
counselor
Kenzie
Bach
from
District
8,
and
my
co-sponsor
counselor
Gabriella
Coletta
from
district
one
councilor
Coletta
I
want
to
see
the
four
to
you
before.
We
ask
questions
for
any
opening
statements.
B
J
I'm
very
excited
to
be
co-sponsoring
this
because
and
to
see
all
of
you
as
well.
We
know
that
in
East
Boston
we
have
shouldered
the
burden
of
a
lot
of
growth
in
our
city
to
the
exclusion
of
my
neighbors
and
of
East
Boston.
My
community
has
been
decimated
and
I'm
not
being
hyperbolic.
Here
we
have
been
decimated
and
we
largely
know
that
folks
that
have
been
displaced
because
of
gentrification
have
been
latinx
and
they've
been
people
of
color
and
I
feel
like
we
have
missed
out
on
this.
J
Maybe
but
I'm
still
hopeful
that
we
could
put
this
forward
in
East.
Boston
I
know
that
primarily
a
lot
of
our
discussion
is
happening
with
the
Fairmont
line
and
throughout
the
city
of
Boston,
but
I
am
hopeful
to
save
some
of
our
residents
in
any
spasm
through
this
and
I.
Don't
think
it's
such
a
radical
idea
to
Envision
a
neighborhood
that
plans
for
the
inclusion
of
folks
that
protects
them,
that
they
put
their
economic
Prosperity
back
into
the
community
in
businesses
and
take
public
transit.
J
It's
not
a
radical
idea
and
I
think
this
proposal
is
incredible
because
it
uses
zoning
as
a
tool
and
Zoning
is
a
tool
to
protect
our
community.
So
I'm
excited
to
be
here.
I'm
excited
for
the
conversation.
I've
already
learned
a
lot
I'm.
So
sorry
that
I'm
late
but
I'll
keep
that
at
my
opening
remarks
and
we
can
go
to
to
questioning.
B
C
D
Thank
you
and
I
want
to
thank
equity
for
your
testimony
and
for
bringing
this
forward
to
us
today
and
for
all
of
your
work,
both
on
the
Fairmont
line.
Getting
that
and
also
on
this
proposal
today,
I
was
just
hoping
that
someone
could
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
other
cities
that
have
special
protection
zones,
sort
of
how
they
work
and
how
we
can
use
that
as
a
comparative
lens.
If
anybody
has
more
information,
there.
F
Right,
so
every
city
is
a
little
different
and
I
think
what
we're
trying
to
do
here
is
probably
different
from
any
of
those
other
cities.
I
think
where
most
of
the
success
or
the
longest
has
been
in
in
Oakland
in
in
the
I,
can't
remember
the
particular
neighborhood
in
Oakland,
where
they
put
some
sewn
in
in
place
and
and
resp
and
again
there's
a
black
and
brown
neighborhood
that
was
being
decimated,
the
in
in
DC
there's
a
they've
had
mixed
success
so
far.
F
You
know
some
of
these
most
of
these
programs
are
still
really
fairly
new,
but
they
also
I
mean
you
know
a
lot
of
these.
So
a
lot
of
these
programs
come
with
a
some
price
tag
to
it,
because
a
lot
of
it
is
direct
subsidies,
and
so
DC
has
put
in
a
hundred
million
dollars
a
year
for
I.
Think
four
years
into
their
project.
Pittsburgh
is
just
getting
started,
they're,
probably
no
further
longer
than
we
are
at
this
point.
F
So
it's
fairly
new
there's
not
not
a
lot
to
to
glean
from
what
other
cities
are
doing.
Los
Angeles
is
just
starting
to
have
the
same
conversation.
They're,
probably
not
as
far
as
long
as
As
We
Are
in
the
equipment
and
that
you
see
we
still
are
pretty
preliminary,
but
we've
been
discussing
this
for
a
while.
F
F
D
Okay,
you
talked
about
like
incredible
ideas
regarding
that
really
would
help
to
build
a
tenant
organizing
and
to
prevent
displacement.
I
wonder
in
the
Tod
t-o-d-o-d
whether
there
would
be
incentives
to
for
building
like
are
there
like
density
bonuses
or
what
does?
What
does
that
look
like
to
actually
like
get
building
to
happen
within
the
overlay
District.
F
D
F
What
I
think
that
what
we,
so
we
want
to
encourage
the
development
of
affordability,
of
affordable
housing
and
so
I
mean
the
city
will
probably
be
able
to
address
this
better
as
what
incentives
that
can
be
provided
on
that
side,
but
I
think
it.
You
know
things
like
you
know
quicker
permitting
process.
F
You
know
the
cost
of
the
land,
those
are
the
things
can
be
implemented
that
can
encourage
folks
to
to
develop
in
those
areas
and
and
that's
to
help
offset
the
fact
that
if
you're
going
to
be
and
and
I
don't
know
that
this
is
real,
but
devolvers
will
always
tell
you,
you
know
they
get
a
lot
of
restrictions,
there's
a
disincentive
to
them.
But
you
look
around
the
city
and
you
actually
see
you
don't
see
any
slowdown
and
development,
so
I
don't
actually
buy
into
that.
A
D
F
D
Okay,
great
and
then
in
the
in
the
you
think
about
Community
participation,
just
hoping
that
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
like
the
community
involvement
and
the
community,
organizing
and
sort
of
envisioning.
What
this
Tod
OD
would
look
like
to
this
up
until
this
point.
What
brings
us
here
today.
F
F
It
was
simply
an
idea
of
because
this
is
you
know
it
was
a
New
Concept,
and
so
it
was
organizing
up
and
down
the
corridor
to
get
the
buy-in
of
of
all
the
most
of
the
neighborhood
associations
along
the
corridor,
as
well
as
cdc's
Community,
Land,
Trust
and
neighborhood
councils
and
so
moving
forward.
The
idea
is
to
that
Network
that
we
build
up
will
help
us
continue
to
participate
through
the
leadership
of
actions
for
accuracy.
E
If
this
has
been
very
informative,
my
lots
of
questions
so
in
terms
of
its
applicability
to
other
neighborhoods
I'm
I'm
I'm
really
have
a
come
to
this
from
an
Alston
Brighton
lens,
where
we
have
a
huge
amount
of
one
third
of
Allston
is
owned
by
Harvard
and
there's
a
lot
of
potential
to
increase.
This
talk
about
building
a
new
West
station,
and
we
all
my
thinking
is
really.
This
is
a.
This
is
a
tool
that
we
could
use
to
get
out
ahead
of
that
so
that
we
don't
end
up
with
another
Seaport.
E
That
is
a
high,
a
high-end
neighborhood,
with
high
earning
and
mostly
white
and
and
sort
of
an
exclusionary
space
that
doesn't
in
build
an
inclusive,
Dynamic
and
diverse
community.
So
you
know,
have
you
thought
about
I?
Don't
know.
You're
very
focused,
I
appreciate
the
importance
of
the
fair
amount
line,
but
what
we
saw
when
they
built
the
Brighton
land,
Boston
Landing
rail
stop
at
Austin
yards
it.
E
It
actually
was
drove
a
huge
amount
of
new
development
and
the
housing
we
had
to
really
fight,
because
the
IDP
units
were
set
at
13
and
70
of
the
area.
Median
income,
so
it
really
wasn't
a
benefit,
so
I
think
really
in
terms
of
strategizing
how
we
apply
this
across
the
city.
I'd
love
to
think,
hear
your
thoughts
on
how
we
can
scale
this
up
and
and
apply
it
to
other
districts
as
well.
I,
don't
know.
E
H
That
really
is
encoded
in
the
in
the
overlay,
district
and
I?
Think
that's
really
going
to
be.
The
trick
is
to
really
understand
this
tremendous
opportunity.
Boston
has
to
connect
excluded
residents
from
New,
Opportunities
and
figure
out.
You
know
it's
not
a
monolithic,
Tashia,
green
Williams
who's,
the
jobs
director
who
I
work
for
is
not
here
today,
she's
close
to
having
a
baby
and
she
talks
about.
You
know
we're
not
a
monolithic
people.
H
It
needs
different
things,
but
there
are
some
things
that
aren't
happening
and
some
things
that
that
are
not
even
being
tried
yet
and
then
so
thinking
about
it
unpacking
at
a
neighborhood
level.
What's
really
going
on?
Who
really
is
there?
What
are
the
opportunities
and
how
does
an
overlay
District
thinking
about
it
in
these
areas
where
the
transit
oriented
development
is
or
the
you
know,
the
new
Transit
is
really
pushing
people
out.
I
think
it's!
It's
really
we're
going
to
have
to
get
kind
of
more
granular
than
thinking.
There's
one
policy,
one
there's
one.
H
G
So
I
also
think
the
other
piece
is
really
important,
because
I
hear
you
speaking
about
the
organizing.
You
know
underneath
like
where,
where
wins
that
we've
had
so
far
around
housing
and
affordability
and
and
moderate
as
they
are
or
minimal,
as
they
can
be,
it's
also
about
being
intersectional
in
how
we
do
this
work
right
and
really
Transforming
Our
thinking
about
who
needs
to
be
there
right.
G
So
each
Community
is
feeling
a
squeeze
in
a
different
way,
and
you
highlighted
one
of
the
ways
that
Austin
Brighton
is
unique
in
that
right,
but
also
I
know
that
East
Boston
has
a
similar
story
and
it's
not,
and
the
reality
is
Fairmont
line.
Isn't
that
far
behind
it
right?
So
we're
we're
asking
for
that
recognition
as
well,
but
also
thinking
as
the
city
agents
as
well
like.
How
are
we
partnering.
E
E
The
thing
that
will
make
them
the
most
money,
but
the
thing
that
we
I'm
concerned
about
is
at
the
local
level
that
we're
seeing
displacement
of
our
small
back
streets,
businesses
and
we're
seeing
displacement
of
our
retail,
like
folks,
are
going
to
Waltham
to
do
the
grocery
shopping
because
they
can't
afford
the
local
groceries.
You
know,
I,
don't
do
my
grocery
shopping
at
Whole,
Foods
I
go
to
Waltham,
it's
it's!
E
It's
I,
I,
know
that
and
on
our
elders
and
the
folks
who
are
on
lower
income
are
having
to
really
be
squeezed
by
the
whole
impact
of
gentrification
in
the
sense
of
even
just
access
to
food
in
their
neighborhood.
So
I
think
thinking
of
it
very
holistically
in
that
intersectionality
is
really
critically
important,
and
you
know
it's.
It's
really
sort
of
important
to
sort
of
get
into
the
Weeds
on
this
stuff
as
well,
but
I
appreciate
all
your
great
work.
Thank
you,
madam.
K
Thank
you
so
much
Madam
chair.
Thank
you.
So
much
to
action
for
Equity
I
feel,
like
you
guys,
have
just
been
fighting
a
very
long
fight
for
this
Corridor
and
their,
and
you
know
when
I
think
about
the
awareness
across
the
city
of
both
the
the
opportunity
and
the
as
yet
unrealized.
Potential
of
the
Fairmont
line
is
like
a
real
Corridor
for
prosperity
in
our
black
and
brown
communities.
I
feel
like
I,
associate
that
most
strongly
with
you
with
you
all
and
your
work.
K
So
thank
you
and
I
I
know
that,
obviously
Lincoln
you
did
an
amazing
job
leading
the
charge
on
the
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing.
Zoning
Amendment,
one
of
the
things
I
was
thinking
about
as
I
was
skimming.
The
article
91
draft
was
just
that.
You
know
that
that
zone
Amendment
already
anticipates
that
we
would
be
asking
people
to
do
sort
of
even
more
on
the
furthering
fair
housing
front
in
pdas,
and
so
the
idea
of
kind
of
intersecting,
these
two
articles
and
saying
hey,
we've
actually
got
some
neat
tools
for
thinking
about.
K
A
lot
of
those
new
jobs,
new
lab
buildings,
Etc,
is
that
you
know
Prosperity
on
yoked
is
just
inequality
right,
it's
just
deepening
inequality
and
we
have
to
kind
of
look
that
full
in
the
face
in
Boston
and
say:
if
we
don't
want
to
be
an
increasingly
unequal
City,
then
we
have
to
harness
that
prosperity
in
a
way
that
delivers
real
equity.
And
that's
what
I
hear
you
guys
saying
and
and
that's
why
exactly?
Why
like
to
me
the
idea
of
hey,
we
can
do
real
Transit
oriented
development.
K
K
One
question
I
wanted
to
ask
was
a
little
bit
on
on
wheezy's
portion
of
the
presentation,
just
what
the
mechanisms
are
that
you
see
actually
driving
the
Workforce
Development
bit
because,
as
I
was
skimming,
the
article
just
now
I
mean
I
can
see,
obviously
the
sort
of
increased
requirements
around
affordability
and
housing.
So
that
feels
like
more
explicit
to
me,
but
in
terms
of
how
we
would
use
a
zoning
article
to
drive
like
a
focus
on
folks
who
live
in
the
corridor
for
Workforce
Development
in
the
city
like
what?
H
So
let
me
say
that
I
appreciate
the
years
of
working
on
bpda
planning
projects,
starting
with
JP
rocks
and
and
going
through
and
learning
that
program
and
Zoning
are
actually
different
tools
and
there
are,
and
I
am
not
a
zoning
person
as
the
people
here
from
the
city
no,
but
I'm
always
pushing
you
know
what
can
be
done,
but
I
do
hope
that
the
overlay
District
can
allow
the
targeting
of
certain
programs
in
a
way
that
otherwise
might
not
be
seen
as
appropriate
or
legal.
Even
I,
I.
H
Don't
know
that,
but
that's
the
Hope,
because
the
mechanism
of
connecting
people
to
really
quality
jobs
that
are
emerging
in
the
city
is
very
real.
We've
been
now
starting
to
do
it.
We've
been,
you
know,
we've
been
doing
it
in
small
amounts.
We
we
know
people
who
actually
could
go
and
get
these
much
better
jobs
based
on
their
current
credential
current
transferable
skills.
Current
work,
the
disconnects,
are
getting
in
the
way,
and
so
the
programs
are
more
like
on-ramps
than
you
have
to
start
fresh
learning,
something
as
if
you
know
nothing,
you
don't
know
nothing.
H
You
know
a
lot.
You
have
a
lot
of
history,
you
have
so
the
programmatic
intervention,
where
in
conversations
with
the
parts
of
the
city
looking
at
Green,
where
in
conversations
with
the
state
and
around
green
we're
in
conversations
around
biotech
and
with
the
biotech
business
associations
and
and
some
of
the
you
know,
so
we
know
the
programs
that
we
could
that
we
could
bring
forward
to
do
some
of
the
work.
It's
currently
activities
that
are
generally
not
allowable
under
Workforce
Development
funding.
H
As
far
as
we
can
tell
at
either
the
state
or
the
city
levels,
because
it's
typically
been
the
Workforce
Development
funding
has
frequently
been
targeted
to
those
most
in
need
or
unemployed,
and
that's
not
what
we're
we're
talking
about
moving
people
over
to
their
better
job
so
that
they
can
stay
in
the
city.
So
there's
policy
needs
as
we
explore
this
together,
but
the
zoning
I'm
hoping
the
overlay
District
could
allow
programs
to
be
targeted
to
different
locations.
K
Got
it?
No,
that's
really
helpful
and
I'm,
not
sure
who
would
be
the
right
person
on
this,
but
do
you
guys,
as
a
part
of
this,
have
a
specific
agenda
vis-a-vis
the
Fairmont
line
like
the
mbta's
operation
of
it
like
I,
I,
assume
I,
mean
I,
know.
Obviously,
there's
been
a
long
fight
for
it
to
be
more
frequent.
I
assume,
electrification
is
part
of
you
know.
An
agenda
folks
have
pushed,
but
I
just
thought.
G
G
We
would
like
to
get
it
to
seven
minutes.
You
know
15
minute
lines.
You
know
it
would
be
great
if
we
got
it
to
seven
minutes
which
would
be
matching
the
other
lines
of
the
transit
where
they're
talking
about
high
frequency
and
but
you
know
right
now
we're
at
45,
which
is
still
limiting
people's
access
points
right.
So,
if
you're
really
wanting
to
get
on
there,
it's
way
increased
from
the
four
hours
to
the
45
right.
That's
a
big
increase
and
we're
glad
we
it's
that
the
45
is
going
to
stay.
G
The
other
piece-
and
this
is
in
this-
goes
back
to
the
programming
around
the
policy
and
mentioned
before
the
sinking
of
the
lines
of
the
line
of
the
Fairmont
line
with
the
Trans
other
Transit
Corridor
systems,
so
the
bus
lines
sinking
the
buses
and
syncing
the
other
trains
access
points.
This
is
a
long
time
fight.
This
isn't
just
around
this,
but
we
see
it
really.
G
One
of
the
biggest
Inhibitors
of
people
getting
on
is
like,
if
you're
taking
the
23
and
think
you
know
great
we're
glad
it's
free,
but
if
you're
taking
it
and
the
and
you
miss
the
the
the
the
train
that
will
take
you
into
downtown
in
15
minutes.
You
just
now
have
to
wait.
45
minutes
to
get
that,
because
the
trains
aren't,
the
things,
aren't
synced.
G
So
getting
that
support
from
the
city
to
support
the
MBTA
as
they
look
through
their
you
know,
bus
Network,
redesign
and
and
really
kind
of
emphasize,
like
sinking
lines
and
sinking
timing
is
actually
part
of
a
high
frequency
system
would
be
in
a
great
way
to
be
in
partnership
with
seeing
how
this
overlay
actually
creates
access,
because
people
can't
be
45
minutes
late
to
work
right.
They
can't
be
45
minutes
late
to
school.
It's
not
frequent
to
go.
G
You
know
you
can
go
from
Hyde
Park
to
the
shopping
district
in
South
Station,
but
if,
if
you're
there
and
you're
shopping
and
it's
the
winter
and
it's
30
degrees
and
you're
waiting,
because
you
just
missed
the
train
instead
of
going
knowing
that
you're
going
to
have
another
15
minutes,
you're
going
to
wait,
45,
that's
really
an
inhibitor
to
being
able
to
get
that,
but
the
frequency
once
you
get
on
that
train,
the
comfort
of
being
able
to
get
there
from
South
Bay
to
Hyde
Park
or
to
the
Mattapan
Blue
Hill.
Ave.
Stop
is
incredible.
G
L
L
So
just
a
few
things
that
I'd
love
to
just
drill
in
a
little
bit
more
into
is
I
am
currently
the
chair
of
Workforce
Development.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
this
conversation
and
I'm
also
I've
been
appointed
to
the
neighborhoods
jobs,
trust
and
so
a
lot
of
the
work
that
I've
been
doing
with.
That
is
trying
to
redefine
what
Workforce
Development
really
looks
like
in
the
2022
era,
a
lot
of
the
things
that
we've
been
operating
under
from
1983..
L
So
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
to
catch
up
to
these
times,
so
that
we're
really
being
super
intentional
about
building
a
Workforce
that
can
actually
stay
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
that
we're
not
just
doing
the
type
of
Workforce
Development
that
just
checks
off
boxes
and
creates
jobs
for
people,
but
that
we
are
really
looking
at
meaningful
careers
where
people
can
actually
grow
and
really
achieve
that.
Closing
that
Gap
that
we
are
always
talking
about.
So
this
is
all
really
exciting
to
me.
L
We
already
have
a
hard
enough
time
getting
our
transit
system
to
show
up
on
time-
and
you
know:
I
lived
in
New
York
for
a
few
for
almost
10
years,
and
their
transit
system
is
24
hours,
which
is
incredibly
helpful
for
those
folks
who
are
third
shift
workers
and
the
way
that
their
transit
system
works,
that
their
late
night
and
weekend
schedules
runs
like
our
normal
schedule.
It's
a
little
bit
more
delayed,
but
at
least
it
runs
and
so
I'm
curious.
L
If
there's
any
talk
about
adding
more
times
to
this
line,
so
that
our
third
shift
workers
and
those
who
are
working,
non-traditional
hours
will
have
access
to
reliable
transportation,
or
is
that
pie
in
the
sky
and
we're
lucky
to
just
get
things
going?
And
that's
probably
second
wave
type
of
conversations.
G
Well,
I,
don't
think
it's
Pie
in
the
Sky
I
do
think
that,
given
the
circumstance
I'm
going
to
be
really
tender,
given
the
circumstances
that
we're
dealing
with
with
our
public
transit
system
and
why
it's
really
important
that
we
find
Partnerships
within
the
city
to
help
support
in
the
ways
the
city
can
support.
The
line
as
well
as
the
public
transit
system
is
really
important.
We
do
have
it
was.
L
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that
now.
I
do
have
a
question
in
regards
to
community
engagement.
That
is
the
one
area
of
light
passion.
For
me.
You
know
things
are
always
being
built
for
us
without
us,
and
I
know
that
in
in
in
this
document
here
there
is
a
community
participation
process
and
I'm
curious.
L
If
you
could
just
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
what
that
looks
like,
and
you
know
in
the
ideal
world,
there's
a
parcel
or
a
piece
of
land
that
maybe
Community
looks
at
and
says
this
is
what
it
needs
to
look
like.
This
is
what
affordability
looks
like
to
us.
Can
you
just
kind
of
walk
us
through
what
that
Community
engagement
process?
Looks
that,
like
now
and
where
are
the
areas
of
opportunities
for
pushing
a
little
bit
further
so
that
it
really
is
driven
by
the
people
for
the
people.
G
F
So
again,
this
this
article
just
encourages
that
their
big
Community
participation,
so
every
neighborhood
can
figure
out
what
their
process
is.
I
can
tell
you
I,
guess
a
good
example
of
how
we
see
this
working
is
I.
Guess
the
I
look
at
Four
Corners
and
the
community
and
the
way
we
did
Community
process
there,
and
so
you
know
part
of
it
is
that
the
community.
F
But
this
should
be
commercial.
This
should
be
open
space
right
and
then
the
details
will
be
worked
out
later
because
in
the
circumstance
time
could
change.
What
that
you
know
that
grocery
store,
you
might
be
better
served
by
you,
know,
clothing
store
whatever.
So
so
not
into
the
weeds,
but
it
has
to
come
up
with
the
land
usage
and
at
that
time
Menino
was
still
in
office.
L
I
I
appreciate
that,
and-
and
thank
you
for
that
breakdown
I-
think
it's
important
to
get
these
things
on
the
record,
so
that
people
see
that
there's
some
really
good
examples
of
what
that
looks
like
in
2021.
We
worked
city-wide
across
with
a
lot
of
different
organizing
groups
that
had
been
trying
to
stop
development
from
happening
in
their
neighborhoods,
and
what
we
discovered
in
that
conversation
is
that
the
way
they
do,
development
in
East
Boston
look
different
than
the
way
they
do
development
and
also
in
Brighton.
J
Thank
you,
chair
and
again,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
your
work
on
this
and
thank
you
to
my
East
Boston
residents,
who
are
here
I,
so
appreciate
you
all
being
here
and
joining
in
on
this
conversation
and
I
want
to
thank
Lincoln
as
well
for
your
work
on
affh.
That
was
the
first
in
the
nation
amendment
that
in
some
ways
charted
the
course
for
what
could
be
article
91
so
pulling
a
lot
from
that
I
think
we
have
shown
what
is
possible
and
I.
Think
like
I
said
earlier.
J
This
is
not
a
radical
idea,
and
so
a
lot
of
my
questioning
is
really
not
for
you
all,
because
I
want
to
see
this
happen,
and
my
question
is
largely
for
the
administration
and
for
the
next
panel,
but
just
thinking
about
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
what
has
happened
to
me
spots
and
along
the
blue
line.
That
has
you
know
and
green
gentrification
as
well
too.
J
The
East
Boston
Mary
Ellen
Welsh
Greenway,
was
something
that
was
created
out
of
park
and
flies
from
the
Rails
to
Trails
program,
and
we
have
seen
many
many
developments
pop
up
along
that
and
it
just
so
happens
to
be
along
the
Blue
Line
Corridor,
and
just
something
for
all
of
us
to
consider
moving
forward
The
Umbrellas
of
article
80
and
pdas.
They
capture
large
projects,
but
what
we
have
seen
are
the
individual
triple
Deckers
that
have
been
bought
up
and
rather
than
looking
at
it
at
a
portfolio
wide
perspective.
Thankfully
we
we
had
a.
J
We
had
a
lot
of
consensus
around
the
Blue
Line
portfolio
that
recently
came
up
and
thanks
to
Council
of
Laura's
leadership,
and
you
know,
I
also
had
a
hand
in
City
Life
of
verbana
I'm.
Looking
Andres
del
Castillo
over
here,
we
were
able
to
to
protect
the
community
from
displacement
and
protect
the
community
from
speculation,
because
it
came
in
front
of
us
and
was
put
out
as
portfolio
but
I'm
worried
about.
J
You
know
along
the
Fairmont
line,
individual
triple
Deckers
being
put
on
the
market
and
it's
pained
by
a
thousand
paper
cuts
and
displacement
by
a
thousand
paper
cuts.
How
can
we
make
this
stronger
to
protect
against
that
happening?
How
can
we
incentivize
a
portfolio
owner
like
this
individual
who
put
the
Blue
Line
portfolio
out
there
to
present
his
properties,
to
to
a
community
land
trust
or
to
the
city
or
allow
his
properties
to
be
a
part
of
this
zoning
protection?
J
F
Well,
yes,
we've
been
thinking
about,
but
the
incentives
can
be
for
people
to
actually
keep
their
property.
We've
been
in
conversations
with
the
Boston
Neighborhood
Community
Land,
Trust,
And
I,
think
I
messed
up
on
somebody
here
from
that
group
as
well
about
how
this
you
know
special
protection
song.
We
can
use
this
tool
to
support
their
work,
and
some
of
that
is
how
they
and
and
people
who
want
to
turn
their
property
over
to
a
community
Land
Trust.
F
What's
the
best
way,
what's
the
process
that
that
happens-
and
you
know
they
can
speak
more
to
that
than
I
can,
but
I
do
think
that
it's
important
that
you
might
have
I
think
you
might
not
come
in
at
the
time
when
I
mentioned
that
that
we
wanted
to
create
something
incentives
through
tax
abateness
and
this
instead
of
just
for
like
a
surcharge,
and
someone
might
just
is
flipping
property
to
help
preserve
the
character
of
the
neighborhood.
That
way
as
well,
but
certainly
be
very
interesting
and
discuss,
sounds
like
you've
been
thinking
about
this.
J
I
do
see
this
conversation
going
hand
in
hand
with
empowering
and
providing
more
resources
to
our
community
land
trusts,
and,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
being
here
as
well.
We've
had
a
conversation
about
it
and
I
I
see
it
as
integral
to
this
to
this
proposal.
If
we're
going
to
be
pushing
this
forward,
I
think
we
need
to
strengthen
those
organizations
and
maybe
putting
some
City
resources
behind
them
as
well
or
figuring
out
some
sort
of
technical
assistance
for
them
as
we
move
forward
in
this
process,
but
no
further
questions.
B
Yeah
Thank
You
Marvin
and
thank
you
councilor
Coletta
I
will
time
myself
and
ask
my
questions,
and
so
my
first
question
is
about
how
you
calculate
that
there
was
a
one
of
your
presentations
you
shared
and
I
think
Ms
Johnson.
It
was
you
that
shared
that
25
of
the
neighborhood
was
at
risk.
How
did
you
calculate
that
number
like?
What
did
you
use
to.
G
B
G
Risk
of
displacement.
Yes,
so
so
folks,
who
are
really
is
it's
beyond
it's
it's
I
always
say
it's
it's
more
than
paycheck
to
paycheck
right,
it's
like
literally.
If
the
paycheck
isn't
there
and
in
one
other,
mitigating
or
less
factors
happens,
they're
they're,
they're
going
to
be
moving
right
so
that
you
know
I
would
say
really
high
risk,
but
I
was
trying
not
to
be
hyperbole.
Thank.
B
B
H
I
I
But
to
to
me,
and
it's
going
to
touch
a
question
constantly
written
I've
asked
earlier
when
you're
talking
about
you
know,
is
this
applicable
to
other
communities
and
so
on
and
so
forth
and
I.
Think
a
large
part
of
the
question
is
really
is
how
do
you
define
at
risk?
You
know,
because
the
special
protection
Zone
essentially
is
is
a
tool
or
instrument
to
to
mitigate
people
or
or
risk
and
different
communities.
May
Define
that
risk
differently,
I
think
along
Foreman
Corridor
we
look
at.
Certainly
you
know.
I
I
If
you
have
the
data
in
front
of
you,
this
is
virtually
impossible
to
deny
the
fact
that,
a
year
six
months,
three
years
ahead
of
you,
the
people
who
are
living
there
right
now
will
not
be
able
to
survive
our
that
that
Community
to
stay
there
and
and
the
question
then
becomes
as
a
city
and
Advocates.
What
can
we
do
to
mitigate
that?
Is
there
a
role
that
that
you
know,
city
government
has
to
play
to
really
reconcile
that
key.
I
The
key
disparities
that
exist
so
back
to
your
question,
counselor,
written
and
Austin
Brighton-
is
a
little
different
in
the
case
that
yet
Harvard
owns
so
much
much
of
the
community,
but
I.
Think
part
of
the
larger
question,
then,
is
that
identify
what
are
the
potential
risk
factors
for
Austin
writing
and
and
what
are
the
so
many
mechanisms
that
exist
in
the
article
91?
I
G
B
Asked
the
question
earlier
about
what
interventions
looked
like?
What
interventions
you
thought
would
fit
into
the
special
protection
zones
and
turn
in
order
to
drive
this
economic
engine,
and
you
answered
the
question
stating
that
ultimately
you're
kind
of
looking
for
support
to
this
middle
area,
not
necessarily
people
that
are
unemployed,
but
people
who
are
you
know
bringing
you
to
your
next
job
and
more
economic
Mobility.
Do
you
have
non-profit
Partners
or
Workforce
Development
organizations
that
do
that
work
with
that
kind
of
middle
that
create?
B
H
We
have
some,
and
we
are
as
the
programs
that
we're
that
we're
doing
that
are
mostly
at
this
point,
developed
on
state
funding
and
not
on
Workforce
Development
funding.
But
on,
like
the
urban
agenda
funding,
we
are
piloting
more
building
more
of
those
Partnerships
and
we're
hoping
to
do
more.
We're
building
those
relationships
very
actively.
H
I
I
think,
along
with
what
I
mentioned
before
about
that
Avenue
towards
economic
mobility
and
the
economic
engine.
As
this
work
of
development
is
moving
in
the
city
at
this
kind
of
pace,
really
thinking
about
the
quality
of
the
service
jobs,
the
property
service,
jobs
that
are
being
that
are
expected
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
the
quality
of
jobs
is
kept
high
in
all
the
jobs
that
would
otherwise
not
be
kept
High.
H
Didn't
focus
on
the
the
service
jobs,
the
properties
service,
jobs,
I,
think
you
know,
I
come
out
of
Property,
Services
and
and
really
think
about
making
sure
that
in
all
of
those
labs,
those
are
union
clean,
room
janitors.
You
know
making
a
good
wage
and
we
don't
have
to
just
think
about
the
folks
who
are
accountants
or
working
at
the
bench
jobs
you.
B
H
B
Thank
you.
So
much
I
really
appreciate
it.
It
seems
like
there
is
an
opportunity
here
to
really
collaborate
with
labor
unions.
I.
Think
one
of
the
one
of
the
data
points
that
we've
seen
to
Ms
Johnson's
point
is
that
particularly
black
and
brown
people,
their
earning
power
increases
significantly
when
they're,
a
part
of
a
union
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
so
I
think
that
there
might
be
some
opportunity
there
as
well,
and
this
is
going
to
be
I,
have
two
last
questions.
G
Okay,
so
I'm
gonna
say
one
thing
really
quickly
that
I'm
going
to
pass
it
to
Marvin,
I
I,
think
it
and
Mr
Martin
mentioned
this.
You
know
it's
it's
a
two-pronged
approach
like
in
the
Fairmont
Corridor
we've
been
organizing
around
this
for
30
years
right,
we've
been
organizing
around
this
line.
We've
been
bringing
people
in
different
sectors
of
this
community
along
the
line.
G
So
it's
not
like
a
a
new
group
of
people,
but
there
are
people
we
constantly
have
to
keep
bringing
in
and
updating
and
bringing
into
the
full
story
of
what
this
is
in
other
neighborhoods
that
might
look
different
because
they're
might
be
a
new
community
might
be
a
community
that
hasn't
had
as
much
investment
or
a
reason
to
have
direct
organizing.
It
might
be
a
combination
of
you
know,
as
Mr
Martin
named.
It
might
be
that
there
is
a
counselor
there.
So
to
your
point,
that's
like
hey
I'm
noticing
this
it.
G
That
is
not
it's
also,
as
I
said,
around
intersectionality,
it's
looking
at
like
who's
doing
Workforce
Development
in
your
community,
then
who's
doing
Transit
work
or
thinking
about
transit
in
the
community
or
impacted
by
Trans.
In
the
community,
are
there
any
Grassroots
or
ngos
in
the
community
that
are
con
they're
in
relationship
with
the
community
members,
as
well
as
neighborhood
associations?
G
That
then
can
be
brought
together
to
have
a
representation
and
a
conversation
about
beginning
this
implementation
so
that
the
city
isn't
moving
in
isolation,
the
the
idea
that
that
it
would
be
imposed,
and
then
you
brought
people
afterward
to
the
conversation.
It
would
be
a
a
practice
of
coming
from
the
city
right,
saying,
I,
identify
and
see.
There
may
be
a
need
to
my
community
I
see
this
larger
vision
of
like
this
impact.
G
How,
then,
do
we
then
commute
bring
that
in,
and
maybe
that
is
the
allocating
of
resources
to
counselors
to
be
able
to
do
that,
work
to
support
communities
to
do
that,
work
and
Outreach
I'm,
not
sure?
But
to
me
it's
like
the
idea
that
that's
part
of
what
began
infrastructure.
You
know
for
the
Fairmont
line
30
years
ago
was
like
not
only
were
communities
Gathering
themselves,
but
there
was
some
support
and,
along
the
way
of
a
conversation
between
the
city
and
the
neighborhood,
Advocates
and
organizers.
G
B
B
Do
they,
then?
Is
it
our
responsibility
to
say
there's
a
Transit
project
coming
to
that
neighborhood?
We
know
exactly
what
happens
when
there's
a
Transit
project
come
into
that
neighborhood.
We
need
to
put
a
special
protection
Zone
in
that
neighborhood
and
bring
in
the
community
to
have
a
conversation
about
what
they
want
to
see
in
the
special
protection
Zone.
G
Well,
development,
as
fast
as
it
is,
isn't
that
fast
right?
So
there
is
time
when
you're,
like
I,
hear
that
there's
this
project
coming
up
there
is
time
to
at
least
initiate
like
hey,
and
my
hope
is-
is
that
counselors
are
in
relationship
with
their
constituents
right.
So
they
know
this
is
where
Workforce
is
happening.
This
is
where
this
conversation
around
Transit
could
be
happening.
I
have
a
couple
folks
that
are
Advocates
or
organizers
that
I
can
lean
into
and
bring
in
and
say.
Hey
I
would
like
to
pull
this
together.
G
This
just
came
across
my
table.
Let's
have
a
conversation
and
then
begin
to
initiate
a
plan
right
as
opposed
to
getting
it
last
minute
telling
people
last
minute,
because
that's
that's
the
you
know
the
28x
original
backfire
right.
That
happened,
referencing,
something
that's
very
old,
but
anyway,
that
was
the
backfire
yeah.
I
Okay,
let's
say
something
real
quick,
so
so
I
I
I,
understand
and
appreciate
your
question
because
I
think
it's
a
good
one
in
the
sense
that
you
know
the
question
you're
asking
is:
if
you
have
a
neighborhood
transit.tods
is
a
possibility,
but
you
don't
have
the
the
established.
Partners
may
not
be
there
as
other
communities
than
what
they
do
do
the
city.
Just
you
know
a
lot
of
people
say
we're
going
to
come
in
and
do
a
new,
X
and
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
I
So
I
I
think
that
communities
and
I
speak
in
Mattapan,
so
I'm
from
matapan
I
used
to
be
part
of
a
group
that
called
Madison
United,
and
we
did
a
lot
of
community
engagement
around
exactly
the
the
the
Fairmont
line
and
I
used
to
go
to.
We
said
this
monthly
committee
assemblies
and
there
are
residents,
they
were
saying.
I
We
don't
want
the
Fairmont
line
at
all
and
because
we
don't
want
it
because
we
know
it's
not
for
us
because
money
comes,
you
know
all
the
people
talk
about
today
in
terms
of
displacement.
They
they
believe
fundamentally
that
there'll
be
a
trigger
for
displacement
and,
and
my
conversation
to
the
the
committee
was,
you
know
what
you're
saying
is
true.
I
mean
you
historically,
these
these
investments
in
in
infrastructure
typically
are
the
first
step
to
to
displacement,
but
the
the
answer
can't
be
because
of
this.
You
know
the
cause
of
this.
I
Unless
this
remain
in
stagnation,
you
know.
So
how
do
we
have
investments
in
a
way
that
benefits
our
residents?
So
I
I
think
it's
going
to
be
incumbent
upon
upon
city
government
to
if
you're,
having
this
kind
of
conversation
to
find
the
Community
Partners
that
that
that
may
not
be
as
established
as
say,
an
action
Equity
or
civilized
leader
or
or
Urbana,
but
I
know
Mattapan,
for
example.
We
have
a
lot
of
what
do
you
call?
I
What
would
you
call
those
groups
neighborhood
Associates
there
you
go
tons
of
them
and
they've
been
doing
a
lot
of
the
work
for
for
many
many
years.
Absent
like
these
are
larger
ngos,
and
so
so
I
think
it's
it's.
It's
really
increment
to
kind
of
figure
out.
Where
does
the
power?
Where
does
the
engagement
lie
in
community,
X
and
and
part
of
that
may
require
some
footwork?
Ours
are
some
like
work?
I
So
so
I
I
do
appreciate
the
question
you
asking
you
think
it's
good
that
you're
asking
the
question,
but
I
I,
do
think
part
of
the
solution
is,
is
really
trying
to
identify
who
the
local
leaders
are
and
how
can
they
connect
you
to
people
in
the
community
that
can
kind
of
help?
You
be
part
of
this
process
see,
and
so
they
can
lead
it.
So
yeah
I
think
it's
a
good
question.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
that.
B
No,
they
move
on
to
the
next
panel.
The
community
engagement
process
is
not
my
worry
right
as,
like
me,
I,
come
from
an
organizing
background,
and
so
I
know
what
to
do.
If
that
happens,
and
what
I'm,
what
I'm,
fearful
of
and
what
I'm
trying
to
correct
for,
is
that,
let's
say
it's
not
councilor
Coletta
and
he's
Boston,
but
it's
somebody
who
is
a
little
bit
more
conservative
somebody
who
is
friendly
to
development.
B
B
D
Ridership
I
think
I,
wonder
if
there's
data
from
the
Orange
Line
shutdown
that
sort
of
tracks,
whether
like
how
we
were
able
to
change,
Behavior
and
encourage
folks
more
folks
to
take
the
commuter
rail,
because
there
was
no
orange
line
option
and
see
what
we
can
learn
from
that
in
order
to
like
build
more
momentum
for
Education
Outreach,
because
I
know
personally
just
from
from
talking
to
folks
during
that
time
period.
A
lot
of
folks
still
didn't
know
right
and
I.
D
D
Think
both
the
education
tools,
but
also
in
the
pressure
to
the
MBTA,
to
show
that
45
every
45
minutes
is
not
going
to
be
encouraging
enough
to
anyone
to
rely
on
this
as
a
mode
of
transport
and
so
I
wonder
if
there's
any
sort
of
data
or
preliminary
data
that
we've
seen
that
we
can
use
to
say
like
look.
If
we
make
this,
if
we
increase
the
availability,
people
will
write.
D
It's
really
smart
for
us
to
be
thinking
about.
How
do
we
integrate
more
Community
interests
into
the
model
and
then
I
guess?
My
question
is
I,
think
I
asked
about
the
geographic
span
and
how
this
would
be
and
the
response
was
from
High
Park
in
Reedville
to
upland's
Corner
Dorchester
is
there?
Is
there
a
width
of
like
how
how
how
deep
it
would
go,
how
wide
it
would
go
along
the
Fairmont
quarter.
F
F
No,
it
was
really
creating
a
definition
of
what
I
Tod
I
transported,
the
government
District
might
look
like,
and
so
there
and
so
in
in
some
conversations
nationally.
It's
only
a
cool
amount
on
east
side,
but
here
working
with
the
city,
we
were
able
to
do
a
half
of
my
own
east
side.
I
mean
it
just
so
happens
that
a
lot
of
the
at-risk
families
fall
fell
in
that
area,
but
it
was
really
just
based
on
a
a
Transit
definition.
Yeah.
D
K
L
Looking
at
the
Boston
Public
Schools
right,
we've
had
four
or
five
different
superintendents
in
just
in
my
time
alone.
In
in
this
space
and
every
time
we
have
a
new
Chief
or
a
new
leader,
the
goals
and
objectives
of
that
work
shifts,
and
then
we
go
back
to
square
one.
So
in
terms
of
really
codifying
something
that
is
going
to
stand
the
time
of
whoever
is
in
office,
I
think
it's
really
thoughtful
and
important
for
us
to
think
in
that
way.
L
L
The
one
area
of
interest
that
I
think
that
we
should
also
consider
is
education
and
not
because
I'm,
the
chair
of
education,
but
the
the
whole
conversation
around
displacement
and
gentrification
when
I
worked
with
parents,
their
number
one
concern
was:
if
we
fix
these
schools,
we're
no
longer
going
to
be
able
to
live
here.
So
I
think
it's
really
important
for
us
to
consider.
You
know
really
thinking
about
even
the
role
that
education
plays
in
Workforce
Development,
the
role
that
education
plays
in
making
sure
that
we
have
a
strong
viable.
L
You
know,
communities
that
can
actually
stay
here,
so
I
just
want
to
Advocate
on
behalf
of
the
education
folks.
That
education
should
definitely
be
a
grounding
part
of
of
this
a
conversation
so
just
curious
about
how
that
lands-
and
you
know
what
opportunities
exist
to
kind
of
really
expand
the
tent.
If
you
will,
in
terms
of
organizing
because
as
soon
as
Starbucks
comes
to
town
as
soon
as
all
of
these
bells
and
whistles
come
so
come
the
folks
who
can
actually
afford
to
buy
a
five
dollar
latte.
So
just
curious
about
what
this
looks
like.
L
L
Love
that
and
the
only
last
thing
that
I
would
say,
as
it
relates
to
the
education
piece,
is
that
it
is
definitely
a
social
determinants
of
health
and
having
education.
As
part
of
that
conversation
helps
strengthen
the
argument
and
then
I
know
a
lot
of
parents
who
have
two.
You
know
maybe
two
or
three
kids
and
they
have
kids
in
different
schools.
L
F
Yeah,
so
the
defense
is
yes,
we
will
enlarge
the
test
and,
as
we
come
back
to
folks
as
this
thing
moves
on
and
we
develop,
this
I
mean
the
the
fitc
a
lot
of
that
conversation.
We've
actually
had
young
people
from
high
school,
who
were
part
of
having
us
to
think
about
what
that
line
should
look
like.
So
we
understand
that
that's
a
part
of
it
as
well.
B
Thank
you
so
much
and
counselor
Coletta
doesn't
have
any
follow-up
questions
so
we're
going
to
move
on
to
the
next
panel.
First
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
all
of
your
hard
work
and
for
sticking
with
us
for
such
a
long
time.
While
we
ask
questions,
we
are
going
to
move
on
to
our
second
panel,
we're
going
to
do
something
a
little
bit
unorthodox,
we're
going
to
have
the
administration
panel
come
down,
so
we're
gonna
have
Brian
glaskick
the
deputy
director
for
regulatory
planning
for
bpda
and
Tim
Davis.
B
The
deputy
director
for
policy
development
and
research
for
the
Department
of
neighborhood
development
and
joining
the
administration
is
going
to
be
former
city
councilor
Josh
zakam,
who
is
the
executive
director
of
housing
forward?
Councilor
zakim
has
a
hard
stop,
and
so
we're
gonna
do
something
a
little
bit
different
here
and
have
a
counselors.
They
come
join
our
second
panel,
so
we
can
get
you
out
of
here
to
my
Council
colleagues.
B
M
I
want
to
thank
action
for
Equity,
an
organization
that
I've
gotten
to
know
a
little
bit
as
a
fellow
member
of
the
great
neighborhoods
Network
Coalition
and
hearing
about
special
protection
zones,
which
I
think
really
important
to
think
about
is
what
the
city
of
Boston
this
body,
the
mayor's
Administration.
The
folks
you're
going
to
hear
about
shortly
here
from
shortly,
can
do
to
prevent
displacement,
prevent
gentrification
using
our
regulatory
Powers
right
out
of
this
building.
M
The
reason
I
mean
I,
don't
need
to
tell
anyone
here
about
this
placement,
but
displacement
is
happening
because
a
new
amenity,
whether
it's
Transit
as
we're
talking
about
here
or
something
else,
is
drawing
folks
to
an
area
that
they
previously
had
not
been
looking
to
live
in
and
there's
not
enough
housing
for
the
new
folks
and
the
people.
Who've
lived
there
for
a
long
time
and,
ultimately,
rents
are
going
to
go
up.
Housing
prices
are
going
to
go
up.
M
M
We
can
do
a
lot
of
it
through
I
know
our
resources
are
limited,
but
focusing
them
on
these
areas
to
say
instead
of
doing
affordable
housing
at
you
know,
80
or
100
of
Ami
we're
going
to
look
at
doing
30
or
40
or
50
percent
the
other
day
that
is
going
to
take
City
resources
and
a
focus
on
that.
But
I
also
think
it's
really
important
to
look
at
this
from
a
zoning
perspective
to
say:
okay,
here's
the
area
we
think
is
at
risk
of
displacement.
M
I
think
that's
a
really
important
way
to
make
sure
there's
a
significant
supply
of
affordable
housing
in
areas
that
we
know
through
existing
data
are
going
to
be
at
risk
of
gentrification
and
displacement.
So
I
think
this
is
a
great
idea
to
explore.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
I
I
want
to
thank
my
friends
who
are
here
up
at
the
podium
for
letting
me
go
first
and
again
for
you,
madam
chair,
for
calling
this
hearing
and
co-sponsors
I
think
it's
important.
M
There
are
a
lot
of
tools
we
have
here
in
City
Hall
that
can
be
used
to
get
ahead
of
problems
like
this.
It
takes
focus.
It
takes
some
research
and
it
takes
I
think
some
political
bravery
in
some
cases,
but
we
can
absolutely
do
this
and
it's
important
that
we
do
it
before
it's
a
lot
harder
to
build
and
to
bring
folks
back
into
a
community
after
they've
been
displaced,
but
we
can
do
it
in
a
way
that
is
within
our
power,
with
a
focus
on
resources
and
engagement
and
Zoning
for
affordable
housing.
N
N
I
want
to
not
talk
too
much
because
I
thought
the
the
Q
a
session
before
was
was
actually
very
helpful
in
in
sort
of
framing
the
issue,
much
more
clearly
than
than
I
can,
as
as
a
talking
head
just
probably
a
background.
So
the
zoning
code
that
we
work
with
now
is
one
of
the
most
complex
zoning
codes
in
the
country.
It
started
out
in
the
1964
version
of
the
code.
I
think
was
like
70
Pages,
we're
up
to
about
3
500
pages.
N
So
one
of
the
things
that
you
know
we
look
for
opportunities.
We
look
for
ways
to
use
the
code
to
accomplish
things
that
you
know
we
we
can't
do
through
through
city
ordinance
or
through
State
legislation-
probably
the
most
recent
example
that
was
the
affirmative
furthering
fair
housing,
which
includes
the
displacement,
a
risk
assessment
component,
and
that
was
a
an
effort
to
use
the
zoning
code,
use
the
process
that
article
80
provides
to
be
able
to
look
at
at
projects
and
require
of
developers
an
analysis
of
both.
N
You
know
how
they
are
affirmatively,
furthering
fair
housing
and
reaching
those
fair
housing
goals
and
looking
at
other
issues,
things
like
you
know,
what
is
the
displacement
risk
for
folks
in
the
neighborhood
that
are
that
are
that?
Are
there
is
the
new
development
going
to
bring
new
amenities
that
will
drive,
rents
up
and
drive
property
values
up?
That
will
displace
people.
Similarly,
are
there?
Is
there
a
history
of
exclusion
in
a
particular
neighborhood
and
sort
of
looking
backwards
to
see?
N
We're
just
not
sure
that
zoning
is
always
the
right
tool
for
that
necessarily.
But
we
look
forward
to
the
conversation
to
sort
of
sort
out
and
figure
out
what
things
is:
zoning
the
right
tool
for,
and
there
are
there
other
better
tools
to
accomplish
some
of
some
of
the
other
things,
particularly
the
things
that
are
programmatic
and
I'm
going
to
hand
it
to
my
colleague,
Tim
Davis
here
in
a
moment
who
can
talk
a
lot
more
about
that
I
just
want
to
mention
two
other
sort
of
minor.
N
Well,
not
minor
things.
Two
are
the
components
of
this.
First,
one
of
the
things
that
we've
been
charged
with
mayor,
Wu's
executive
order
has
put
my
Agency
on
The
Fast
Track
and,
as
you
know,
our
agency
is
undergoing
a
lot
of
change,
and
but
one
of
the
things
that
you
know
we
are
laser
focused
on
right
now
is
looking
at
affordable
housing
production,
particularly
focused
on
that
60
percent
of
the
units
affordable.
How
do
we
bring
those
you
know
online
produce
those
to
respond
to
the
current
housing
crisis.
N
One
of
the
big
cost
factors
of
that
well
sort
of
two
things.
One
is
the
delay
the
time
that
it
takes
to
get
through
the
process
can
take.
You
know
six
months
a
year,
sometimes
many
years
to
get
through
the
process
and
things
that
need
zoning
relief
are
potentially
vulnerable
to
you
know
a
butter
suits
and
we've
seen
we've
seen
those
where
you
know
a
single
butter
sort
of
in
a
NIMBY
kind
of
way
is
able
to
hold
up
a
development
that
everyone
else
agrees.
N
You
know
is
critical
for
for
addressing
these
problems,
so
she's
asked
us
to
focus
on
those
kinds
of
things.
How
do
we
make
that
process
clear,
transparent,
streamlined
while
addressing
the
community
concerns?
So
that's
a
big
piece
of
looking
at
the
issue
of
displacement.
How
do
we?
How
do
we
do
that
in
a
way
that
response
to
Neighborhood
concerns
and
addresses
the
fact
that
we've
got
this,
this
ongoing
housing
crisis
and
then
I
guess
the
other?
N
But
this
the
smaller
ones,
may
be
taking
a
pass
on
something
or
can
drive
them
to
to
spend
money.
They
don't
have
trying
to
get
something
done,
so
we're
trying
to
be
responsive
to
that
issue
and
then,
lastly,
as
we
all
know,
one
of
the
biggest
problems,
one
of
the
biggest
reasons
that
we
have
displacement
and
we
have
gentrification-
and
we
have
a
the
housing
crisis
we
have
is
the
community
surrounding
Boston-
have
failed
to
take
steps
to
address
their
own
housing
crisis.
N
O
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I'm
Tim,
Davis
I
am
the
deputy
director
for
policy
development
and
research
at
the
mayor's
office
of
housing.
I
want
to
thank
you,
chairperson,
Larry,
for
inviting
us
here
today
on
this
topic,
focusing
I,
think
focusing
on
the
programmatic
side.
The
mayor's
office
of
housing
responds
to
the
displacement
in
neighborhoods
with
a
number
of
tools,
including
and
I'm,
going
to
break
this
down
by
kind
of
the
parts
of
our
agency.
O
The
office
of
housing
stability
which
has
during
the
pandemic,
has
helped
over
about
5
500
families
with
the
rental
Relief
Fund.
The
top
three
zip
codes
that
we
have
assisted
so
far
have
been
0.2128
in
East,
Boston,
0.2124
in
Dorchester
and
02121
in
Dorchester
and
Roxbury.
This
has
provided
this.
The
pandemic
has
also
not
only
provide
this
new
funding.
It's
also
provides
opportunities
to
look
at
ways
to
do
eviction,
interventions
and
eviction.
O
Prevention,
Anew,
including
There,
Was,
You,
Know,
special
programs
with
Council
in
courts
to
make
sure
more
people
were
of
safe
from
eviction
we
have
had.
We
have
been,
and
will
continue
to
support
legislation
to
improve
access
to
legal
counsel.
We
are
continuing
to
support
legislation,
Lieutenant
opportunity
to
protection
act
which
would
give
tenants
more
opportunities
to
purchase
their
buildings,
and
obviously
this
Administration,
the
this
Administration
differently
from
the
last
Administration,
is
still
looking
at
rent
stabilization
and
what
we
can
do
with
that
kind
of
policy.
So
we're
working
on
that
as
well.
O
The
Boston
Home
Center
works
with
home
buyers,
mostly
through
the
OnePlus
Boston
program,
to
help
people
who
already
live
in
the
city
to
stay
in
the
city
and
to
stay
in
their
neighborhoods.
We
also
realize
that
displacement
can
happen
for
homeowners,
so
we
have
our
senior
home
repair
program,
senior,
saves,
homeworks
and
also
foreclosure
prevention,
programming,
the
neighborhood
housing
division,
which
does
which
both
preserves
and
creates
new,
affordable
housing.
These
are
programs
that
have
had
a
lot
of.
O
We
have
used
considerably
in
the
Fairmount
Corridor
the
acquisition
opportunity
program,
which
has
had
57
projects
with
744
units.
The
largest
of
these
is
207
units
at
the
Morton
Village
Apartments
in
Mattapan.
It's
adjacent
to
a
rail
stop
and
also
we've
had
great
success
in
East
Boston,
largely
with
smaller
properties
and,
of
course,
the
Blue
Line
portfolio
was
a
big
win
that
we're
all
happy
with.
So
thank
you,
but
also
working
on
new,
affordable
development
in
the
Fairmount
Corridor.
O
So
he
Brian
mentioned
our
efforts
on
streamlining
permitting
so
we're
working
with
bpda
on
that
we're
also
looking
to
pass.
This
is
a
priority
of
the
mayor
to
pass
the
transfer
fee
bill
at
the
state
house,
which
will
give
us
additional
resources
that
can
be
used
in
areas
where
displacement
is
possible
and
also
looking
at
we're.
O
The
Fairmount
Corridor
is
the
center
of
our
neighborhood
homes
initiative,
which
has
been
an
ongoing
program
where
we
convert
small
properties
into
single
to
occasionally
three
family
homes
that
are
income
restricted
for
home
ownership,
and
this
is
being
expanded.
Now,
with
the
welcome
home
Boston
program,
which
is
a
new
program
which
fast
tracks
the
production
of
new,
affordable
homes
by
making
150
Parcels
of
City
on
land
available
for
new
homeownership
opportunities
in
Boston's
neighborhood,
we've
just
launched
this
with
the
engagement
with
the
community
on
70
City
young
lots
that
are
in
the
Fairmount
corridor.
O
B
J
A
J
Good
to
see
you,
my
first
question
is
for
you
seeing
that
you,
you
know
you
have
experience
on
this
side
and
now
you're
on
that
side,
quite
literally,
and
you've
been
talking
to
for-profits
and
you've
been
talking
to
non-profits.
You
mentioned
that
they
are
willing
to
work
with
the
city
and
take
subsidies
to
to
produce
a
sort
of
affordable
housing.
J
I
think
the
last
thing
that
we
want
to
do
as
we
push
this
forward
is
stymie
any
sort
of
growth
that
could
be
an
opportunity
for
folks
who
currently
live
in
that
Community
to
stay
there,
and
so
I
would
hate
for
what
you
mentioned
Brian
to
happen,
which
is
where
larger
developers
wait
it
out
right
and
they
they
see.
You
know
an
opportunity,
maybe
20
years
down
the
line,
but
until
then
anything
that's
down
the
sign
will
not
be
built,
and
that
is,
of
course,
a
missed
opportunity.
J
M
Thank
you,
counselor
one,
obviously,
resources
if
you're
for
permanently
restricted,
affordable,
housing
or
long-term
there
needs
to
be
some
sort,
almost
always
needs
to
be
some
form
of
subsidy,
whether
it's
federal
state
or
city,
but
something
that
costs.
Nothing.
Is
that
sort
of
approval
process
and
I
applaud
the
mayor,
I,
didn't
say
this
earlier
for
that
executive
order
and
looking
to
implement
that
that
is
goes
right.
M
You
know
a
three-family
house
or
a
six
unit
project
in
their
neighborhood
on
one
of
these
lots
that
that
moh
is
holding
and
putting
out
there
for
development
are
not
in
a
position
usually
to
do
12,
18
24
months
of
you
know,
Community
review
meetings
and
zba
approvals
and
looking
at
ways
we
can
accelerate.
That
I
think
is
the
quick
on
the
most
cost
effective
because
it
costs
virtually
nothing
on
the
city
Side
to
get
things
in
the
pipeline
and
especially
on
the
smaller
projects
you're
going
to
keep
a
lot
of
that
profit.
M
M
I
don't
want
to
Discount
that,
but
to
keep
it
keep
the
resources
in
our
community
is
critical
and
one
thing
I
do
just
want
to
mention
I
think
before,
and
it's
circled
in
my
notes
is
another
potential
tool
is
chapter
40R,
smart
growth,
zoning
that
allows
not
allows
it
has
reimbursement
and
financial
incentives
from
the
state
to
cities
and
towns
that
adopt
this
smart
Road
zoning.
That
requires
at
least
20
percent
affordability.
M
I
think
sure
Folks
up
here
may
have
something
to
say
about
that.
It's
something
that's
been
underused
across
the
state,
not
the
criticism
of
Boston
in
particular,
but
there's
real
dollars
behind
that.
That
can
be
used
for
additional
subsidy
things
like
that.
That
I
think,
if
we're
looking
at
this
from
a
zoning
perspective,
is
important
to
include.
J
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
answer
and
I'm
glad
you
brought
up
40R
just
because
I
wanted
to
talk
about
the
Commonwealth
Builder
program
and
how
the
city
is
working
with
the
state
and
utilizing
40R.
Do
you
see
folks
coming
in
that
are
using
these
programs
and
or
are
you
pushing
them
to
to
utilize
Commonwealth
builder,
at
least
explore
it,
and
how
is
the
city
also
been
implementing
40R
too?
Have
we
seen
projects
come
out
that
are
pushing
20
affordability
and
using
this
provision.
N
Of
the
history
of
that
yeah
and
and
there's
another
project
in
the
in
the
wings,
so
it's
Olmsted
Village,
which
is
a
sort
of
you,
know,
another
phase
of
that
development
and
I,
don't
want
to
speculate
too
much,
but
I
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
may
have
happened.
You
know
the
you
know
through
them
said
green,
it.
It
does
take
a
while
to
get
to
get
the
get
the
state
money
and
the
processes
is
kind
of
challenging
and
I.
N
Think
that
there's
some
programmatic
challenges
on
the
state
level
that
make
that
not
as
attractive,
maybe
as
as
it
might
be
in
other
communities.
They
they've
used
it,
but
in
Boston
there
are.
There
are
other
ways
to
get
at
that.
We
use
the
plan
Development
Area
process,
for
instance,
to
negotiate
essentially
greater,
heightened
density,
with
the
trade-offs
being
greater
affordability
and
and
a
higher
and
Ami
rates
that
Target,
more
strategically
targeted.
J
O
O
So
we
have
projects
coming
to
us
and
then
we
vet
them.
First
then,
we
kind
of
say
we
put
our
stamp
on
it
and
say
the
state
says:
okay,
so
it's
actually
that's
actually
streamline
the
process
of
it,
instead
of
it
being
a
kind
of
a
two-step,
it's
kind
of
just
a
one
plus
step.
So
that
is
something
that
is
very
beneficial
for
us
to
be
able
to
do
that.
J
Thank
you
and
I
I
bring
that
up,
just
because
I'm
trying
to
think
of
these
carrots
right
that
we
could
present
to
folks
if
we
were
to
push
this
forward
chapter
91-
and
you
know
I'm
happy
to
hear
that
the
city
is
is
looking
at
certain
protections
for
their
their
own
Parcels
I.
Think
that
that's
great
has
there
been
any
movement
in
that
conversation
about
what
the
affordability's
levels
might
look
like?
Is
it
similar
to
what
we're
pushing
out
in
this
amendment
yeah.
O
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
for
a
number
of
years
we've
been
prioritizing.
At
least
our
office
for
our
land
have
been
prioritizing
affordability
on
those
Parcels.
We
do
it.
It
is
kind
of
either
by
a
package
of
parcels
or
for
a
larger
processors.
We
do
do
that
on
a
kind
of
parcel
by
parcel
basis
in
the
neighborhood
to
kind
of
see
what
that
is,
but
we
have
been
prioritizing
affordability
and
in
many
of
our
projects,
that's
100,
affordable,
not
50
or
40
percent.
It's
100,
affordable.
A
O
J
You
thank
you,
and
do
you
see
just
based
on
what
I
don't
know
if
you
have
article
91
in
front
of
you
or
what
is
proposed,
but
do
you
see
any
hindrance
at
all?
Do
you
see
any
any
flags
that
you
wanted
to
to
push
out
and
talk
about
here
about
implementation,
only
because
I
know
with
affh?
That
was
a
large
part
of
the
conversation
and
trying
to
make
sure
that
the
displacement
risk
risk
assessment
was
was
effective
right.
So
are
there
any
Flags
right
now
that
we
should
be
aware
of
that?
N
It
no
no
red
flags,
I,
think
you
know,
as
I
mentioned,
my
introduction
I
think
we're
we're
in
agreement
that
all
the
things
that
that
what's
being
proposed
have
raised.
Those
are
all
critical
issues.
We
need
to
be
working
on
I'm,
just
not
sure
that
zoning
is
going
to
be
the
right
tool
for
all
of
those
all
the
time.
But
that's
you
know,
part
of
a
large
longer
larger
conversation.
I
think
we
should
be
having
are
there
things
within
the
The
Proposal
that
we
can
do
better?
You
know
through
through
other
tracks.
N
You
know
whether
it's
a
city
ordinance,
whether
it's
a
new
programmatic
changes
or
whether
it's
moh
or
or
elsewhere,
some
of
the
things
I
I,
think
we
need
to
a
lot
of
the
conversation
or
that's
why
I
thought
the
Q
a
earlier
was
interesting.
Is
it
all
comes
back
to
the
T
like
how
much?
How
much
of
this
of
these
issues
does
the
T
really
need
to
address
the
frequency
of
service
and
the
accessibility
and
the
rates,
the
the
fare
structure?
N
You
know
Are
all
so
syncing
up
buses
with
with
trains
all
a
really
important
parts
of
this
that
are
kind
of
outside
zoning,
but
you
know
need
to
be
addressed
at
the
same
time
when
we're
looking
at
zoning-
and
you
know,
increasing
density
in
these
Transit
coroners,
we
will
be
doing
ourselves
an
incredible
disservice.
If
we
increase
density
in
the
corridors
and
those
things
don't
get
fixed,
you
know
traffic
is
bad.
The
t
is
crowded.
N
D
You
one
question
for
former
city
councilor
izaken,
thank
you
for
being
here
and
thank
you
as
well
to
the
administration
you
mentioned,
like
the
one
of
the
most
practical
things
that
we
can
do
as
a
city
is,
to,
you
know,
provide
heavier
subsidies
for
housing
in
these
areas
and
so
I'm
thinking,
okay.
So
what
is
the
best?
What
is
that
best
mechanism?
Is
it
further
supporting
the
city
Boston
voucher
program?
Is
that
the
best
mechanism
is
it
through?
You
know
bonding
something
that
I
care
about.
D
D
Are
we
expanding
the
acquisition
opportunity
program
to
really
support
non-profit
developers,
including
Community
Land
Trust,
like
what
is
in
your
mind,
if
we're
thinking
about
further
deepening
City
subsidies
and
City
dollars
flowing
to
whether
it
be
the
Fairmont
Indigo
line,
Corridor
or
other
areas
where
we
can
identify
communities
that
are
deeply
at
risk
of
displacement?
What
is
what
is
the
way
to
optimize
City
funds.
M
So
I
think
what's
important
is
if
we're
identifying
Geographic
areas,
special
protection
zones,
neighborhoods,
zip,
zip
codes
census,
tracts,
whatever
we're
focused
on
that,
we
believe
needs
additional
resources
to
say.
Okay,
if
we
have
news
round
numbers,
we
have
100
million
dollars
to
use
for
this.
Let's
you
know,
let's
put
you
know
one
and
a
half
times
or
two
times.
We
would
normally
do
into
these
zones
at
our
risk
of
displacement.
Let's
do
that.
A
M
Some
of
that
zoning
and
relatedly
I
mean
there
is
a
push
on
Beacon
Hill
for
the
state
to
dramatically
increase
the
incentive
payments
for
chapter
40R
which
again
go
to
the
municipality
not
to
a
private,
individual
or
developer,
goes
to
the
city
of
Boston.
In
this
case,
whatever
municipality
is
embracing,
40-yard
zoning
to
use
as
they
wish,
which
could
be
another
Pool
of
money
for
affordable
housing,
subsidy.
The
simplest
thing,
and
forgive
me
for
repeating
myself,
is
accelerating
the
approval
process
for
affordable
projects
making
it
as
of
right.
M
You
know
a
little
gentleman
up
here,
just
said
that
you
could
have
one
individual
because
of
variances,
whether
they're,
right
or
wrong
can
sue
and
hold
up
a
project
which
adds
to
the
cost,
whether
it's
a
for-profit
or
a
non-profit
developer
and
ultimately
can
reduce
the
unit
count.
Costs
get
passed
on,
so
I
would
say.
Regulatory
reform,
particularly
for
affordable
housing,
is
the
simplest,
cleanest,
cheapest
step.
M
D
Say
twice
that
you
know
some
of
the
the
tension
here
is
identifying
what
can
be
done
via
zoning
and
what
is
actually
a
programmatic
solution
and
so
hearing
for
from
action
for
Equity
that
this
has
been
a
fight
of
30
years,
wondering
if
the
delay
in
sort
of
getting
this
codified
has
been
a
result
of
that
tension
and
why
we
haven't
worked
on
it
more
aggressively
previously.
If
we
identify
that
that
it's
that
tension,
that's
holding
us
up.
N
Yeah,
well,
no
I,
don't
think
that's
the
that's
the
case
at
all
and
in
fact
there
has
been
a
lot
of
of
planning
done
around
essentially
incorporating
all
those
same
Concepts
that
we
just
talked
about,
but
done
on
the
neighborhood
planning
and
rezoning
level.
And,
as
someone
mentioned,
you
know
playing
JP
rocks.
That
was
an
effort
to
look
at.
You
know
increasing,
creating
density
bonuses
for
higher
levels
of
affordability,
same
thing
with
plan.av
Glover's
Corners
plan.
N
So
there's
it's
been
done
on
the
neighborhood
and
sub-district
level,
we're
doing
essentially
a
lot
of
the
things
that
are
in
the
Tod
OD
concept,
but
doing
it
on
the
neighborhood
level
and
that's
you
know
I
think,
there's
a
real
value
to
doing
that,
because
it's
much
more
tailored
to
the
that
that
particular
neighborhood,
the
the
kind
of
Economics
that
are
at
play,
the
kind
of
development
pressures
that
are
play
on
that
neighborhood
level
rather
than
across.
You
know
an
entire
swath
of
different
neighborhoods
and
that's
one
of
the
challenges.
N
I
think
with
a
with
overlays
is
Mattapan.
Square
is
very
different
than
upham's
corner.
It's
very
different
than
New
Market
all
stops
on
the
on
the
Fairmont
line.
How
do
you
you
have
to
tailor
the
kinds
of
interventions
to
the
neighborhood
you're
talking
about?
So
what
would
work
at
design
and
development
that
could
happen
around
the
new
market?
Stop
is
very
different
than
what
would
happen
at
some
of
the
other.
N
The
other
stops,
so
we've
been
doing
that
work
all
along
producing
and
Tim
knows
the
numbers
better
than
I
do,
but
producing
a
phenomenal
amount
of
affordable
housing.
You
know,
through
those
kinds
of
of
programs
that
essentially
up
zoning
and
capturing
that
value,
sharing
that
value
to
create
additional
housing
opportunities
at
deeper
affordability
and
higher
percentages.
Just
we
don't.
We
haven't
put
the
label
on
it
of
t-o-d-o-d
and
we're
doing
it
in
a
sub
neighborhood
by
sub
neighborhood
I.
N
D
A
D
So
then
we
are
back
into
this
circle
of
like
yeah
what
you
know,
what
what
are
the
plans
actually
doing
but
I
but
I,
but
I,
hear
you
and
I
I
think
you've
ever
including
the
counselor
Administration
for
for
your
presence
here
and
for
for
helping
us
try
to
address
this
issue.
Thank
you.
No
further
questions.
E
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
your
presentations
good
to
see
you
all
I'd
love
to
go
back
to
a
comment:
Tim
just
not
Tim
Brian
just
made
about
it
all
comes
back
to
the
T
and
I
think
one
of
the
challenges
she
just
mentioned.
The
western
African
Corridor
study
in
Austin
Brighton-
and
you
know
the
the
the
the
missing
link
in
that
is-
is
Transit
and
and
and
the
in
the
in
in
the
bill
and
the
need
for
a
regional.
E
You
know
looking
outside
I'm,
just
very
focused
on
on
the
challenges
we
have
in
Austin
Brighton
right
now:
the
regional
need
to
connect
with
Watertown
and
then
the
immediate
municipalities
just
around
us
and
and
and
the
fact
that
the
the
MBTA
is
a
very
reactive
organization
rather
than
a
proactive
organization.
So
we
talk
to
them
about.
You
know
we're
adding
10
000
units
of
housing
in
Olson
Brighton.
What
are
you
doing
about
it?
E
Can
we
increase
the
frequency
on
a
bus
line,
or
can
we
do
this
and
it
all
seems
to
be
such
a
difficult,
lift
and
I
know
it's
a
re.
They
have
a
resource
issue,
but
you
know
we
really
have
to
get
in
the
game
here
and
make
sure
that
regional
transit
authorities
and
MBTA
are
addressing
the
you
know:
we're
pushing
for
more
affordable
housing,
we're
Transit,
oriented
housing,
we're
reducing
our
parking
ratios,
and
yet
the
transit
system
is
not
keeping
Pace
with
that.
So
I'd
love
to
have
your
thoughts
on.
You
know
on
that.
N
Out
moment,
I'm
going
to
try
and
and
and
be
as
unbiased
as
possible,
but
I
think
both
of
us
had
a
tough
commute.
This
morning
it
was
an
hour
in
from
Roslindale
Square
took
an
hour
and
that's
only
seven
miles
so
you
know,
and
other
people
have
you
know
way
worse
things
than
than
that,
but
yeah
I
absolutely
agree
with
you
wholeheartedly.
N
I
think
that
the
challenge
is
that
you
know
not
only
are
you
know,
we're
we're
housing
people
coming
in
from
other
places
and
we're
increasing
our
housing
to
respond
to
that
demand.
We
need.
We
need
the
support
on
the
on
the
transplant,
because
our
roadway
system
is
essentially
a
capacity
we
we
struggle
to
to
make
accommodations,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
you
know
we
need
a
more
robust,
Transit,
Transit
System,
and
you
know
we
do.
We
take
that
into
account
as
we're
planning
that
there
are
some.
N
You
know,
improvements
that
are
going
to
need
that
need
to
happen.
I
know
that
was
a
you
know.
Huge
piece
of
the
whole
Western
Avenue
planning
process
was
sort
of
thinking
through
what
that
might
look
like
creating
dedicated
bus
lanes
getting
people
out
of
their
cars,
making
you
know
bikes,
safe
and
accessible
and
and
attractive
for
people
to
use
and
looking
at
these
other
things.
So
that's
about
all
my
thoughts,
the
other
ones.
The
other
ones
are
more
related
to
my
commute.
This.
E
Morning,
yeah
and
I
think
the
challenge
is
that
so
much
of
the
the
the
transit
and
the
commuter
rail
system
is
designed
to
take
people
from
the
suburbs
into
town.
So
when
we
built
a
new
real
stop
at
Boston
Landing
the
numbers
of
trains
that
actually
stopped
at
Boston
Landing,
where
the
schedule
they
exceeded
their
readership
within
months,
then
a
five-year
projection
they
hit
it
in
six
months
and
then
then
the
trains
were
coming
true
and
there
was
no
space
on
them.
You
know
so.
There's
lots
of
challenges.
E
Yeah,
the
other
thing
was,
you
know
that
we
see
and
I
think
it's
a
problem
all
over
the
city
that
there's
a
lot
of
speculative
investment
of
and
folks
who
come
in
and
they
work
they
get
a
project
promoted
and
then
they
flip
it
or
they
build
it
and
they
flip
it
in
a
couple
of
years
for
a
massive
massive
profit,
millions
and
millions
of
dollars.
So
you
know
I'm
wondering
this:
is
this
I
I?
Really
it's
resent?
E
It
makes
neighborhood
neighbors
really
resentful
to
see
developers
come
in
and
use
their
neighborhood
as
a
piggy
bank
to
generate
a
lot
of
wealth.
Those
those
people
don't
live
in
the
neighborhood
they're,
not
from
they're,
not
from
the
neighborhood
they're,
not
even
from
the
city
but
they're
using
our
our
in
our
city
as
a
way
to
generate
a
lot
of
money,
a
lot
of
wealth
and
there's
no
benefits
and
you
have
to
fight.
As
I
said
earlier,
every
single
IDP
unit
is
like
pulling
teeth
to
get
them
to
give
you
an
extra
IDP
unit.
E
E
O
Think
I
think
the
the
things
that
we're
working
on
right
now
is
yes,
we're
reviewing
the
inclusionary
development
policy,
so
we
would
be
asking
for
more
and
also
the
transfer
fee
would
actually
bring
us
resources
on
that
kind
of
sale
of
property
that
we
could
use
for
affordable
housing.
So
that's
the
two
things
that
we're
working
on
right
now
that
we
could
think
that
could
that
could
be.
That
could
speak
to
that
situation.
Yeah.
K
Thank
you
so
much
Madam
chair
and
thank
you
to
former
counselor
zakim,
my
immediate
predecessor
always
great
to
have
you
here
with
us
and
to
Brian
and
Tim
for
representing
the
administration.
I
guess.
One
question
was
whether
you
could
speak
a
little
bit,
Brian
about
like
analogs
and
the
zoning
code
in
the
sense
of
overlay
districts
like
this
sort
of
like
the
conceptual
idea
of
a
sort
of
style
of
District.
That
would
apply
in
a
particular
place
and
then
could
also
apply
in
other
places.
N
1910
1920
or
so
many
of
those
buildings
were
built
on
wooden
pilings
and
if
the
groundwater
levels
dropped,
the
wooden
pilings
begin
to
rot
because
they
were
exposed
to
air
and
if
they
rot,
the
buildings
began
to
collapse.
So
there's
a
you
know
huge
squads
of
the
city,
whether
it's
you
know
anything
from
like
Audubon,
Circle
and
and
Back
Bay
in
the
South
End
and
far
to
the
North
End
and
even
now.
East
Boston
are
really
reliant
on
that
and
it's
a
terrific
system
as
long
as
groundwater
levels,
don't
change.
N
But
we
have
done
so
much
other
engineering
that
we
sort
of
artificially
drain
those
things
so
with
the
groundwater
conservation
overlay.
District,
it
requires
certain
types
of
developments
that
either
you're
increasing
the
impervious
surface
or
you're
doing
construction
work.
That
is
more
than
50
of
the
value
of
the
of
the
property.
K
K
You
know
that's
just
as
much
about
like
the
community
base
that
we
have,
as
it
is
about
things
like
keeping
the
water
the
groundwater
level
up,
and
so
you
know
recognizing,
like
you
know,
the
groundwater
Conservation
District
is
about
places
where
the
water,
the
ground
level
water,
might
be
under
threat
and
then
might
threaten
our
buildings.
But
you
know
something
like
Night
chapter.
N
And-
and
you
know
just
to
be
clear-
the
the
g-cod,
as
well
as
the
coastal
flooding
resilience,
which
is
based
on
anticipated
sea
level,
rise
and
a
storm
storm
water
intrusion
and
waves.
You
know
sort
of
done
in
light
of
Hurricane,
Sandy
and,
and
so
the
the
usual
FEMA
flood
maps
are
backward.
Looking,
they
look
historically,
where
places
flooded.
The
sea
fraud
actually
looks
his
future.
Looking
saying
in
the
future,
these
are
areas
that
could
get
wet
because
of
sea
level,
both
that
and
the
g-cod
could
have
existed
as
a
city.
N
Ordinance
gcott
especially,
would
have
been
very
easy
to
do
as
a
city
ordinance
and
but
at
the
time
that
it
was
done,
it
was
I
think
it
was
felt.
It
was
more
expedient
to
do
it
as
a
zoning
overlay
yeah,
but
it
could
be
done
in
a
number
of
different
ways:
that's
just
the
one
that
they
they
went
with
and
I
had
no
hand
in
in
that
exactly
I
was
two
departments
ago.
K
And
and
Tim
what
what's
our
kind
of
existing
when
we
talk
about
so
obviously,
I
mean
you
referenced
a
whole
bunch
of
the
things
that
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
has
done
around
the
Fairmont
Corridor
I.
Think
very
much
like
in
partnership
with
and
aware
of
like
action
for
equity
and
other
folks
is
advocacy
around
what
development
in
the
quarter
should
look
like
and
so
kind
of
focused
on
our
public
Parcels
in
that
vein,
but
I'm
kind
of
curious.
O
O
So
it's
it's
incumbent
upon
us
to
try
to
work
harder
in
those
neighborhoods
where
we
don't
have
Partners
to
either
use
our
land
or
identify
new
partners,
but
we
actually
have
a
fair
number
of
Partners
in
the
Fairmount
Corridor
in
Roxbury
and
in
East
Boston.
It's
where
we
don't
have.
The
partners
are
actually
in
the
neighborhoods,
where
we
need
more
affordable
housing
from
a
fair
housing
perspective.
You
know
it's
in
West
Roxbury,
it's
in
you
know
it's
in
somewhere
else.
O
Hyde
Park
is
one
place
where
we
have
a
partner
who
is
getting
stronger
out
there
and
is
now
participating
in
the
aop.
So
it's
like
we're
beginning
to
make
Headway
in
that
area,
so
yeah
in
terms
of
formalizing
it
we
haven't
done
it
in
that
specific
way.
True
but
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
we
are
trying
to
find
everything
we
can
find
out
there.
K
B
L
L
So
I
I
will
only
have
two
questions
in
the
interest
of
time.
One
is
what-
and
this
may
not
be
the
right
hearing
for
it,
but
I'm
just
curious
to
hear
your
thoughts
like
you
know.
We
talk
about
affordability
and
how
we
Define
affordability
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
who
is
it
affordable
for
so
as
we
continue
to
move
through
these
conversations,
I
think
we
can
pause
and
really
think
about
how
we,
you
know,
incorporate
that
into
this
dialogue.
L
O
I
I
think
I'll
talk
more
generally
about
the
affordability
levels,
I
think
it's
always
an
ongoing
discussion
within
our
agency
about
what
our
programs
are
targeting.
What
is
kind
of
Allowed
by
our
other
funding
sources
and
trying
to
you
know,
deepen
that
used
to
be
that
all
projects
were
most
projects
were
at
60
percent
of
Ami
that
we
funded.
We
now
give
a
kind
of
a
boost
to
projects
that
are
doing
more
50
units,
we're
requiring
a
certain
number
of
units
that
are
30
percent
of
Ami
or
that
are
homeless
set
aside.
O
So
there's
a
number
of
mechanisms
that
we
use
to
try
to
deepen
the
affordability
in
our
projects
and
I
think
it
is
always
an
ongoing
discussion
about
that,
both
for
rental
projects
and
also
for
home
ownership
projects
about
both
the
income
levels
and
also
like
the
resales
on
the
home
site
on
the
home
ownership
projects.
How
can
we
help
people
build
more
wealth
out
of
those
projects.
L
Because
we
Wheezy
earlier
stated
that
a
white
household
is
probably
making
anywhere
between
70
000
and
a
black
household
is
making
over.
You
know
close
to
38
000
if
they're
lucky,
so
knowing
that
data
right
and
knowing
those
racial,
deep
discrepancies,
what
opportunities
do
we
have
to
really
lean
into?
O
M
Go
ahead,
I'm
happy
that
I
mean
Tim
is
certainly
the
expert
on
the
funding
sources
and
what
we
can
do.
I
think
you
know.
If
we're
going
back
to
the
topic
of
the
special
protection
zones,
you
know
looking
to
make
sure
that
whatever
interventions
are
happening
are
targeting.
The
folks
who
are
there,
who
are
the
intention,
is
to
protect
from
displacement.
I
think
is
important
and
that
may
be
different
in
every
one
of
these
zones.
M
You
know
drilling
down.
Excuse
me
on
the
data
to
make
sure
that
the
folks
at
the
income
level
are
being
served.
I
think,
while
the
city
of
Boston
needs
many
more
units
that
are
at
80
of
Ami,
there
are
also
a
lot
of
folks
who
need
it
at
30
percent
of
Ami
and
I.
Think
the
folks
who
are
going
to
be
at
risk
of
displacement
and
the
special
protection
zones
we're
talking
about
are
probably
often
on
the
lower
end
of
that
Ami
scale.
M
A
M
Affordable
Market,
whatever
it
is,
so
if
we
could
take
away
some
of
those
expenses
by
fast
tracking,
say
again
similar
to
what
the
mayor's
executive
order
is
aiming
to
do
is
say
if
you're
doing
X
number
at
30
Ami
go
for
it
like
you
go
tomorrow,
I
mean
I,
I'm,
exaggerating
here,
but
I
think
those
are
things
that
we
can
look
at
doing
without
having
to
go
too
far
deeper
into
funding
again
I'm
sort
of
repeating
myself.
We
always
need
more
resources
on
this,
but
there
are
some
of
those
tweaks.
We
can
do
that.
L
So
I
just
kind
of
want
to
also
just
add
that
we're
talking
about
building
and
I'm
curious
what
opportunities
exist
for
existing
housing
stock
right,
because
I
think
that
that
is
definitely
something
that
we
don't
incorporate
into
these
conversations,
because
it's
always
about
the
profit-
and
you
know
so
I
do
think
as
we
continue
to
navigate
these
conversations.
There's
a
lot
of
existing
housing
stock
that
we
can
pull
into
this
conversation
in
terms
of
meeting
the
moment
for
affordability,
I'm,
just
curious.
If
that's,
what
do
you
think
of
that?
I.
M
I
think
it
goes
back
too
I'm.
Certainly
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
the
incredibly
effective
and
important
purchase
of
Housing
and
Council
Coletta's
District,
that
was
a
collaboration,
I
think
targeting
City
resources
on
that
it
certainly
always
less
expensive
when
the
housing
is
existing,
especially
in
the
current.
M
L
L
You
have
to
do
like
5,
000
searches
just
to
find
out
who
owns
these
they're
literally
buying
off
blocks,
so
I
think
as
we
continue
to
move
through
these
conversations,
you
know
putting
in
some
guard
rails
that
we're
not
going
to
allow
llc's
that
are
operating
under
different
guys
that
don't
even
live
in
the
city
state
or
even
in
this
country,
but
are
yet
a
profiting
off
of
you
know,
displacing
our
people.
I
think
is
something
also
that
I
just
want
to,
like
name
and
and
and
Advocate,
and
and
really
do
support
concert.
B
Thank
you,
counselor
Mejia,
and
thank
you
for
being
so
gracious
with
me
and
my
oversight.
I
am
doing
my
my
Michael
Jordan
flu
game
today,
so
I'm
pulling
through.
So
my
question
from
what
I
can
gather,
we
have
three
types
of
Special
Districts
in
our
zoning
code.
There
might
be
more,
I
might
be
missing
something,
but
we
have
section
three
one
dash
one
e,
which
is
a
special
district.
We
have
a
special
purpose,
overlay
District,
which
is
section
3-1a,
and
then
we
have
an
overlay
District.
Can
you
talk
about
the
differences
between
those?
N
Right
so
the-
and
this
gets
back
to
the
the
you
know
the
earlier
question
about
the
g-cod
and
the
C
C
fraud,
those
overlay
districts,
I
realized
I,
failed
to
mention
the
interim
planning
overlay
District,
the
iPods
of
everybody's.
You
know
figures
about
and
Bane
of
everyone's
existence,
but
that's
a
that's
another
type
of
an
overlay
district,
and
so
your
description,
the
the
chat
article
91,
could
fall
into
that
so
sort
of
that
third
category.
You
know,
so
it's
a
a
special
purpose.
N
N
There
are
two
operative
pieces,
the
the
code,
the
text
part
and
the
map
part,
and
the
map
part
would
need
to
be
amended
showing
that
half
mile
sort
of
buffer
on
either
side
of
the
of
the
corridor
in
the
in
the
Fairmont
blind,
Corridor
that
we're
talking
about
and
then
the
regulations.
The
text
that
goes
along
with
that
map
would
be
in
article
91
would
apply
to
that
section.
N
N
You
know
how
the
how
the
zoning
code
works,
but
within
the
authority
of
the
zoning
enabling
act
and
within
the
scope
of
the
existing
zoning
code,
as
it's
written
I
think
that
the
the
the
pieces
are
all
there.
The
mechanism
is
there
to
carry
out
an
article
91.,
it's
just
a
question
of.
Are
there
components
of
what
what's
being
suggested
that
you
know
maybe
wouldn't
work
as
well
as
a
zoning
as
a
zoning
Amendment
and
might
work
better
as
a
as
a
programmatic,
piece
or
city
ordinance
or
some?
N
You
know,
combination
of
things,
I
think,
that's
the
that's
the
hard
work
that
we
would
need
to
do
is
is
to
sit
down
and
go
through.
All
the
elements
piece
by
piece
to
figure
out
is
only
really
the
right
way
to
accomplish
every
one
of
these
things,
or
are
there
some
other
ways
to
go
at
this?
That
that
make
more
sense.
Thank.
B
N
Yeah,
thank
you
for
reminding
me
because
I
we're
missing,
not
mentioning
that
in
the
in
the
opening,
so
the
zoning
code.
You
can
always
appeal.
You
can
always
any
aspect
of
the
Zone
code.
You
can
go
to
the
zba
and
appeal
and,
and
you
may
and
you
may
prevail,
there's
a
there's,
a
certain
aspect
of
it
that
certain
unpredictability
about
putting
things
in
the
zoning
code,
if
you
put
in
a
city
ordinance,
is
really
unless
you
can
challenge
the
origins
facially.
N
You
know
under
what's
a
Mass
General
chapter
30.,
it's
it's
the
law
of
the
land
and
that's
the
that's
the
the
strong
suit
of
the
city
ordinance,
it's
the
law
of
the
land.
Unless
you
can
show
that
it
was
that
there
are
some
administrative
law
flaw
to
it
or
that
it's
outside
the
city
Charter,
or
that
we
somehow
needed
a
home
rule
petition
to
carry
it
out.
N
N
Basically,
because
you
have
to
go
to
court
and
you
got
to
show
that
we
were
being
you
know,
unreasonable
or
it
was
outside
the
scope
of
our
of
our
Authority,
that
kind
of
thing
and
and
so
that
that's
why
I
say
it's
I
think
it's
important
to
go
through
this
very
carefully
and
decide.
Do
we
really
want
to
make
these
things
zoning
or
are
there
better?
B
Yeah,
thank
you
so
much,
and
this
is
going
to
be
my
final
question.
Affh
requires
us
that
the
proponents
give
us
a
displacement
risk
analysis.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
decisions
that
displacement
risk
analysis
influences?
So
somebody
gives
us
a
displacement
risk
analysis.
It
shows
a
high
rate
of
displacement.
What
now.
O
And
if
you
want
to
yeah
I
would
have
to
say,
there's
really
two
different
kind
of
versions
of
the
displacement
risk
analysis.
There's
a
displacement
risk
map
that
my
staff
created
a
couple
years
ago
that
looks
kind
of
city-wide
and
identifies
using
Census
Data,
including
cost
burden,
poverty,
race,
income,
educational
attainment.
Things
like
that
to
identify
areas
of
the
city
where
there
is
a
higher
likelihood
of
displacement,
and
that
is
used
in
the
ffh
process
and
so
a
developer's
supposed
to
look
at
that,
and
they
say.
Okay.
O
This
is
an
area
where
there's
a
high
risk
of
displacement.
What
are
the
measures
I'm
going
to
do
with
my
project
to
make
sure
that
it
is
providing
housing
for
people
who
are
living
in
the
area
providing
housing
at
income
levels
that
are
low
enough
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
area
providing
unit
sizes
that
are
appropriate
for
the
area?
And
those
are
all
things
that
the
affh,
the
committee,
which
is
the.
O
O
They
did
it
the
first
time
they
did.
It
was
on
JP,
rocks
and
they've
just
kind
of
done
it
as
a
matter
of
part
of
our
our
activities
and
supporting
bpda
in
their
planning
process
is
to
kind
of
understand
kind
of
a
number
as
opposed
to
just
this
is
an
area
of
high
risk,
but
this
is
a
number
that
might
be
at
risk.
B
Thank
you
so
much
I
really
appreciate
it.
I
have
no
further
questions.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
We
have
one
more
panel
and
then
public
testimony
you're
free
to
stay,
but
you're
also
free
to
move
freely
around
the
country.
Thank
you
all.
So
we're
gonna
have
our
third
and
final
panel.
We
do
have
some
folks
who
are
on
zoom
and
I
know
that
counselor
Ewan
campen
has
a
hard
stop
so
councilor.
B
A
B
B
P
Yeah
is
that
right,
so
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
and
I
want
to
I'm
Lydia
Lowe
director
of
the
Chinatown
Community
Land,
Trust
and
I,
want
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
Chinatown
to
illustrate
why
this
special
protection,
Zone
concept,
is
so
important
to
just
bring
some
moderation
to
the
extreme
speculation
and
displacement
crisis
that
we're
experiencing
and
preserve
the
future
of
our
neighborhoods
Chinatown
is
an
immigrant
working
class
neighborhood
that
grew
up
around
Rail
Yards.
So
it's
always
been
at
the
center
of
Transit.
P
A
B
P
So
three
and
four
unit
row
houses
in
Chinatown
that
are
in
need
of
repair,
went
from
prices
of
you
know:
500,
600,
000,
to
800,
000,
to
1.5
or
and
then
to
2
million,
and
that
increase
in
value
you
know
did
not
help
the
community
economically.
Instead,
it
only
increased
the
disparity,
and
this
is
the
result.
P
So
row,
houses
in
Chinatown
that
were
home
to
Immigrant
working
class
families,
since
the
mid-1800s
became
full-time,
short-term
rental
properties
and
Chinatown
began
its
biggest
wave
of
evictions
around
2015
or
2016..
The
same
time
that
the
Chinatown
Community
Land
Trust
began
with
the
goal
of
acquiring
and
preserving
row
houses
as
permanently
affordable
housing,
and
this
is
our
first
preservation
here,
but
I
want
to
say
to
councilor
Coletta.
P
This
is
in
the
groundwater
Conservation
Area
District
that
you
were
hearing
about
which
affected
structural
issues
for
many
of
these
older
buildings,
and
in
this
case
the
building
actually
shares
a
wall
with
seven
Johnny
Court,
where
the
longtime
owners
are
worried
about
the
impact
on
their
home
and
on
the
neighborhood
as
a
whole.
So
this
building
so
then
you
know,
there's
been
an
ongoing
dispute.
This
is
now
in
there's
now
a
legal
dispute.
P
The
building
has
been
vacant
for
five
years
now,
the
you
can't
really
tell
from
this
photo,
but
the
the
investor
owner
has
left
the
front
door
open
for
years
in
all
weather.
It's
a
safety
hazard,
it's
contributing
to
the
significant
rodent
and
trash
problem,
trash
dumping
problem
in
the
neighborhood.
Possibly
the
owner's
goal
is
to
demolish
the
building
and
build
something
higher
and
more
profitable.
So
a
zoning,
a
row
house
zoning
protection
area,
which
is
what
we're
asking
for,
would
discourage
this
type
of
extreme
speculation.
P
So
the
overarching
goals
of
our
proposal
are
to
correct
historic
inequities
in
the
zoning
code
to
embed
the
chinatown-led
community.
The
community-led
Chinatown
master
plan
2020
into
plan
downtown
the
official
City
plan
and
the
Boston
zoning
code,
and
to
strengthen
and
expand
protection
areas
for
preservation
of
chinatown's
historic
character.
P
Priorities
embedding
Chinatown
master
plan
would
mean
that
priorities
that
are
in
bed
identified
through
the
community-led
master
plan
should
become
public
benefits
listed
within
plan
downtown
and
referenced
in
the
zoning
code,
and
the
development
review
process
should
include
Community
evaluation
by
the
Chinatown
master
plan
committee
as
to
how
a
project
supports
these
goals
and
priorities.
I'm
I'm
almost
done
sorry.
Thank
you.
P
Finally,
an
overlay
District
to
strengthen
protection
areas.
We
believe
that
the
overlay
District
could
Define
further
Define
the
historic
character,
that's
being
protected.
You
know
historic
buildings,
small-scale
Street
escapes
small,
small
business
and
cultural
character
in
a
way
that
the
current
protection
area
does
nothing
establish,
inclusionary
development
and
here's.
The
idea
for
you,
inclusionary
rehab,
affordability,
requirements
for
protection
areas.
P
So
if
you
do
Rehabilitation
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
or
more
25
of
those
units
should
be
affordable
and
that
to
me
I'm,
knowing
that
there
are
economic
challenges
to
keeping
a
whole
property
affordable
without
subsidy,
particularly
for
for
private.
You
know
a
a
private
developer,
but
one
of
those
units
could
be
affordable
to
keep
people
in
their
homes,
expand
the
borders
of
the
historic
Chinatown
protection
area
and
the
beach
nap.
The
existing
protection
areas
to
Encompass
the
central
Chinatown
District.
P
Q
Hi
everybody
Andres
from
City
Life,
Video
Urbana,
as
some
of
you
might
know,
we're
a
housing
Justice
organization,
predominantly
focusing
on
anti-displacement
work
working
with
residents
that
are
actively
being
displaced
right
now.
First
I'll
say
thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
having
us
here.
Thank
you
to
the
chair.
Thank
you
to
several
counselors
that
I
know
that
recently
spoke
in
favor
of
updating
our
IDP
policy,
so
that
it
reflects
the
real
needs
of
our
community
and
thank
you
to
the
chair
on
her
opening
remarks
for
foreign
control.
Q
As
we
know,
a
very
necessary
policy
for
the
City
of
Austin
speaking
into
into
the
overlay
District
that
we're
here
to
talk
about
today.
I
think.
One
thing
that
is
important
to
underscores
the
historic
context
that
brings
us
here
and
it's
deep
right.
We've
talked
we've
heard
today
mentioned
redlining.
Q
We've
heard
today
exclusionary
zoning
practices
and,
as
of
recently,
the
2008
foreclosure
crisis,
which
took
a
lot
of
community
ownership
away
from
our
city,
and
what
did
that
mean
a
lot
of
foreclosures
that
took
property
away
from
small
homeowners
who
kept
their
units
affordable,
who
rented
to
families
explicitly
because
they
wanted
their
neighborhoods
to
be
neighborhoods
and
to
have
that
Community
character
and
Banks
stole
that
property
away
from
homeowners?
And
they
reallocated
that
money
and
those
resources
to
developers
to
reshape
our
communities?
And
that's
the
consequence
that
we're
feeling
right
now.
Q
Community
has
identified
public
investment
as
a
threat
to
their
ability
to
stay
in
their
community
that
they
have
found
that
it's
actually
a
disincentive
to
fight
for
investments
in
their
Community,
because
if
there
are
not
protections
like
the
ones
we
are
talking
about
today,
then
they
know
it
just
means
some
developer
somewhere
is
going
to
move
into
their
neighborhood
is
going
to
buy
up
their
building
and
is
going
to
displace
them,
and
that
cannot
be
how
we
move
through
City
policy.
That
cannot
be
how
our
city
chooses
to
develop.
Q
We
can't
just
improve
a
train
station
for
the
sake
of
the
train
station.
We
make
the
train
stations
better
for
the
people
that
live
by
the
train
station.
We
put
bus
stops
and
new
bus
stops
for
the
people
that
live
by
the
bus
stops,
and
so,
if
we
cannot
protect
the
people
that
are,
we
are
saying
these
benefits
are
for.
Then
we
can't
actually
say
that
that's
that's
who
these
benefits
are
for.
We
can't
say
that
with
a
straight
face.
Q
We
can't
pretend
that
that's
an
honest
remark,
and
so
these
overlay
districts
are
critical
because
of
that
because
they
ensure
that
we
are
putting
all
the
tools
on
the
table
to
make
sure
residents
are
protected
in
staying
in
critical
areas
that
they
rely
on.
The
train
is
not
in
amenity,
as
I
heard
somebody
mention
today.
Q
My
mother
went
through
deportation
proceedings
in
the
courthouse
just
behind
you
and
without
the
train
system
she
would
have
been
late
to
court,
not
once
but
many
times,
and
we
all
know
what
consequence
that
has
for
our
folks
the
the
courthouse
that
everybody
goes
to
housing
coordinate
many
tenants.
In
fact,
most
tenants
rely
on
public
transit
to
get
to
that
Courthouse.
Q
It
is
not
an
amenity,
it
is
a
critical
part
of
infrastructure
for
our
communities
and
if
what
the
investment
in
that
infrastructure
mean,
is
that
our
community
gets
pushed
out,
the
consequences
are
enormous
and
they're
tenfold.
It's
a
domino
effect
of
consequences.
I've
heard
today
mentioned
the
Blue
Line
portfolio
has
a
tremendous
success.
Q
I'm
as
a
steward
of
the
Blue
Line
portfolio
in
the
East
Boston
Neighborhood
Trust
very
proud
of
what
happened
in
the
blue
line,
but
it
would
not
have
been
necessary
if
East
Boston
had
had
an
overlay
District
that
created
special
protections
for
tenants.
We
would
not
have
had
a
developer
purchase,
36
buildings,
114
units
and
right
now
only
one
tenant
remains
in
those
114
units
that
was
there
when
they
purchased,
because
their
business
practice,
as
I
witnessed
with
my
own
eyes,
was
to
purchase
and
in
less
than
30
days
clear
out
those
buildings.
Q
That's
less
than
the
legal
right
tenants
have
to
fight
their
displacement.
That
means
he
moved
very
quickly
in
a
neighborhood
that
I
often
identify
as
the
miners
Canary.
It's
a
neighborhood
full
of
working-class
immigrant
folks,
a
lot
of
undocumented
immigrant
folks
that
have
a
lot
of
reasonable
and
very
real
fear
of
what
the
core
process
looks
like
any
court
process,
and
so
what
that
meant
is
folks
did
not
choose
to
engage
in
fighting
for
their
rights
and
we're
talking
about
2015
right
as
we
were
experiencing
what
Lydia
was
talking
about
in
Chinatown.
Q
The
same
was
happening
in
East
Boston,
and
this
was
largely
the
the
first
wave
of
what
is
the
modern
development
and
displacement
crisis
in
East
Boston,
and
so
you
know
we
saw
East
folks
here
with
us
today
supporting
this
because
even
though
East
Boston
has
witnessed
what
it
has
witnessed,
East
Boston
remains
in
deep
solidarity
with
the
other
neighborhoods
of
Boston.
We
know
firsthand
what
this
means
and
what
this
can
mean
for
other
neighborhoods,
and
it
is
really
important
for
our
city
to
learn
those
lessons.
Q
B
J
Floor,
thank
you
both
so
much
for
your
work
and
everything
that
you
do
every
day.
Andreas.
Thank
you!
So
much
for
Illuminating,
the
East
Boston
experience
and
what
we
have
gone
through
and
I
have
said
to
use
it
as
a
cautionary
tale
to
other
neighborhoods,
and
you
know
we
do
stand
in
solidarity
with
other
neighborhoods
and
other
communities
around
Boston,
and
this
is
why
we
are
here.
We
join
you
in
the
fight
because
we
know
what
is
at
stake.
We
have
literally
seen
it
Andres
and
I
grew
up
in
East
Boston.
J
We
have
seen
it
with
our
own
eyes
and
we
don't
have
friends
that
live
in
our
community
anymore
because
they
cannot
afford
it.
Families
cannot
afford
East
Boston,
so
just
know
that
we
stand
in
solidarity
with
everybody
here
and
that's
why
we're
here
fighting
for
this
I!
Think
for
me
Andres.
My
question
to
you
is:
how
do
you?
What
strengths?
Do
you
see
in
this
zoning
Amendment
to
protect
tenants
against
displacement
against
the
practices
that
we
have
seen
with
the
blue
line
portfolio?
How
do
you
envision
this
working
at
its
best?
J
Q
I
think
in
several
ways,
different
protections
help
I'll,
maybe
Spotlight
a
couple
I
think,
particularly
the
idea
that
we
could
Target
and
focus
programmatic
resources.
Things
like
the
aop
program,
I
think
have
been
lauded
by
all
panels
and
all
panelists.
The
aop
program
exists
because
Community
organizations
and
Community
residents
act
advocated
to
create
the
program,
so
I
love
hearing
the
city
touted
as
a
success.
Q
Special
overlay
districts
of
the
city
that
we
know
right
now
are
going
to
face
serious
ways
of
displacement
because
of
whether
it
is
public
infrastructure,
investment
or
other
series
of
investment
like
green
investment,
whether
it's
Parks
or
Greenways
I
think
would
be
really
critical
and
prevented
if
it
would
be
Forward
Thinking
about
okay,
we're
going
to
invest
in
this
area.
So
we
should
also
be
investing
in
stabilizing
the
area
so
that
it
doesn't
then
become
public
wealth
that
is
extracted
and
then
privatized.
Q
I,
think
another
critical
protection
is
the
ability
for
tenants
to
collectively
bargain
right
and
to
organize
and
bargain
together
in
East,
Boston,
we've
seen
tremendous
successes
in
that.
In
on
Bennington
street,
we
had
a
group
of
tenants
that
didn't
approach
their
landlord
and
say:
okay,
each
one
of
us
is
having
a
fight.
No,
how
much
do
you
want
for
the
building
in
rents
and
what
can
we
afford
as
a
building
in
rights
and
then
they
divided
and
distributed
up
the
rents
based
off
each
household
and
and
stood
in
that
solidarity
together?
Q
Because
of
that,
a
single
mom
with
two
kids
was
able
to
allow
her
kids
to
finish
their
education,
one
of
which
went
into
the
medical
field,
the
other
of
which
was
able
to
get
into
the
Union
trades.
Now
that
family,
that
single
mom
that
was
facing
imminent
displacement
in
that
moment
is
a
homeowner
with
her
kids
and
that's.
What
that
can.
Allow
is
for
a
community
to
be
stabilized
into
moving
into
what
the
next
steps
for
them
are.
Q
It
allows
tenants,
Incredible
strength
and
in
negotiating
with
landlords,
with
corporations
that
are
buying
and
in
speculators
that
are
buying
currently
in
the
neighborhood,
and
so
things
like
those
and
many
others
that
are
in
the
overlay.
District
would
be
incredibly
powerful
tools
for
our
neighborhoods.
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much,
and
my
next
question
is
for
Lydia.
Thank
you
again
for
your
work
with
the
Chinatown
Land
Trust
I
do
know
that
it
is
a
useful
tool
to
help
residents
remain
in
their
neighborhoods
and
I.
Do
like
I
mentioned
earlier.
I
see
this
conversation
needing
to
happen.
At
the
same
time,
right
we
need
to
make
sure
you
are
set
up
for
success.
P
I
think
that
well
I'm,
first
on
the
zoning
question,
I
think
that
you
know
a
couple
of
the
tenant
protections
that
might
be
appropriate
to
put
into
zoning
and
overlay
District.
In
addition,
our
tenant
opportunity
to
purchase
anti-harassment
I
think
has
been
is
something
that
was
proposed
in
New
York
City
as
part
of
the
Zoning
for
Chinatown.
There
I
was
not
ultimately
adopted,
but
they're
still
working
on
it.
P
P
P
But
you
know
in
terms
of
the
Community
Land
Trust
piece,
I,
think
that
this
city
did
a
great
thing
in
piloting
the
first
two
million
dollar
CLT
Fund
in
the
fiscal
22
budget.
It
would
be
great
to
see
that
not
as
a
one-time,
only
thing
but
as
an
ongoing
program
of
the
city.
You
know
it's
a
small
investment,
but
something
that
shows
City
confidence
in
growing
this
model
and
that
we
can
take
out
and
continue
to
seek.
J
D
Floor,
thank
you.
I
just
want
to
say
to
Andres.
Thank
you
very
much
for
highlighting
the
necessity
of
infrastructure
and
Transit
and
defining
it
as
a
public
good
that
it
is
that
deserves
our
investment
and
I.
Think
that's
what
is
so
scary
for
me
as
a
counselor,
but
also
for
our
neighborhoods.
Is
that
when
you
look
at
you
know
the
improvements,
hopefully
not
repeating
myself
too
much
but
on
below
Avenue
a
lot
of
folks
are
afraid
of
that
because
of
what
they
think.
D
It's
going
to
mean
for
them,
because
that
what
you
know
bike
Lanes
tend
to
mean
for
them
in
terms
of
symbols
of
of
gentrification
and
displacement.
So
I
appreciated
that
highlight
and
Lydia
I
appreciate
you
for
being
here
and
and
I.
Do
also
hope
that
we
can
make
that
two
million
dollars
permanent
I
just
want
to
you
know.
We've
talked
a
lot
about
the
acquisition
opportunity
program
and
how
that
was
really
driven
by
Community.
D
Just
so
that
folks
understand
who've
been
following
it's
a
program
that
the
city
has
to
give
loans
to
non-profit
developers,
including
Community
Land
trusts,
to
help
preserve
Tendencies
throughout
our
city.
And
so
it's
been
a
success.
That
I
believe
that
folks
have
been
trying
to
bring
to
the
state
level
based
on
the
success
that
we've
had
on
the
city
level,
I'm
wondering
Lydia
the
real
house
protection
area.
How
that
directly
links
how
having
that
protection
area
directly
helps
to
support
the
work
of
the
land.
D
P
It's
really
just
a
very
modest,
you
know
a
thing
that
would,
and
that
would
help
us
to
just
moderate
the
level
of
speculation.
It
doesn't
give
us,
on
the
other
hand,
I
thought
of
another
thing
that
this
city
could
do.
I
think
that
a
property
like
nine
Johnny
Court,
you
know
where
the
owner
clearly
has
no
interest
in
the
neighborhood
no
interest
in
in
preserving
this
housing
and
and
just
letting
it
sit
and
and
rot.
P
P
P
D
You
I
I
I,
take
that
to
heart
and
just
looking
at
the
numbers
that
you've
shared,
it's
really
alarming.
What
has
happened
in
Chinatown
and
what
Chinatown
looks
like,
but
I
appreciate
the
call
to
action
that
is
never
too
late,
so
I
know
we're
conscious
of
time
no
more
questions
check.
Thank
you.
Thank.
E
E
One
thing
that
we
haven't
touched
on
this
morning
in
all
of
our
conversations
was
the
impact
of
institutional
expansion
and
the
universities,
like
I,
think
it's
153,
000
students
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
think
we
in
Austin
Brighton,
are
very
aware
of
the
impact
and
I
know
that
East
Boston's
now
impacted
by
Suffolk
University
of
students
who
are
living.
You
know
they
don't
house
enough
of
their
students
in
University,
on
campus
housing
and
and
I
think
think.
That's
a
direct.
That
is
a
direct
impact
on
on
Alston
Brighton
and
on
Mission
Hill.
E
We
have
the
lowest
levels
of
home
ownership
in
those
two
neighborhoods
because
of
institutional
expansion
and
and
the
the
incredible
drive
for
investment,
speculative
investment
to
house
students.
Five
five
students
can
live
in
a
house
pay
a
thousand
dollars
a
month
and
that
the
rent
is
five
thousand
dollars
and
no
family,
no
working
family
can
afford
that
sort
of
rent
and
I.
Think
that's
incredibly
detrimental,
so
I
just
want
to
put
that
on
the
table
as
well.
E
P
Yeah,
that's
a
big
one.
In
Chinatown
we
have
Tufts
University
and
Suffolk
and
Emerson
College,
so
student
yeah
students
taking
up
housing,
we've
seen
whole
buildings
that
used
to
be
working
class
families
become
dorms,
I
think
that
when
we
Engage
The
institutions
in
any
kind
of
review
of
their
institutional
Master
plans
or
any
projects,
we
should
be
pushing
them
to.
P
You
know
to
ask
like
what
are
they
doing
to
proactively
help
solve
the
displacement
crisis
in
their
neighbor
in
their
host
Community,
because
there
are
opportunities
they
could
be
building
like
right
now,
Posner
Hall
is
a
graduate
student
dorm,
that's
just
being
used
as
office
space
and
you
you
know
Chinatown
would
be
open
to
a
high
development
there
if
they
could
build
on
top
of
Posner
Hall
and
create
you
know,
a
combination
of
student
and
affordable
housing,
but
that's
not
an
investment
that
they're
thinking
of
making
yeah
I.
Think
that's
a
big
one.
Thank.
Q
Q
So
a
lot
of
one
bedrooms,
a
lot
of
two
bedrooms
and
that's
one
of
the
fights
in
East,
Boston
and
I-
think
throughout
the
city
right
now,
is
to
ensure
that
the
housing
that's
being
built
actually
mirrors
housing
that
is
good
for
community
and
that
allows
for
families
to
exist
in
community.
It's
not
just
the
amount
of
units,
it's
not
just
the
quality
of
units.
Q
It's
who
the
units
represent
in
terms
of
what
they're
catering
to
in
the
units-
and
you
know
if
we
do
not
change
the
the
practices
of
enabling
that
kind
of
development,
then
we
are
allowing
for
developers
to
cater
to
students
and
therefore
the
students
to
come.
I
went
to
Suffolk
University
and
when
I
went
to
Suffolk
University,
nobody
from
Suffolk
lived
in
East
Boston.
It
was
considered
dangerous.
It
was
too
scary.
E
I
truly
appreciate
that
perspective
and
I
think
that's
something
we
face
in
in
Olson,
Brighton
and
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity.
This
many
of
these
institutions
are
coming
up
for
institutional
master
plan
review,
so
I
think
we
need
to
weigh
in
on
that
conversation
about
insisting
on
more
and
and
your
point
about.
E
Family
housing,
like
the
predominant
model
for
development
in
Olsen
Brighton
over
the
last
10
years,
has
probably
been
an
incredible
number
of
studios
and
one
bedrooms,
your
country
is
a
family-owned
Studio
or
one
bedroom,
and
also
you
can't
afford
to
afford
the
rent
of
twenty
eight
hundred
dollars
for
us
to
for
a
one
bedroom
unit
in
in
Austin
Brighton.
That's
not
that's
not
conducive
to
stabilizing
our
family
population
and
supporting
our
neighborhoods.
So
thank
you.
Q
I
would
just
maybe
had
one
more
thing,
which
is
one
thing
we
experienced
in
the
neighborhood.
You
know.
We
all
understand
that
it's
it's.
You
can't
discriminate
against
families.
You
can't
ask
folks,
do
you
have
kids
and
then
not
rent
to
them
because
they
have
kids,
but
there
are
ways
in
which
corporate
landlords
are
getting
around
that
and
the
way
to
do
that
is
to
say,
okay.
Q
This
is
a
two-bedroom
we're
going
to
rent
it
for
twenty
four
hundred
dollars
and
we
only
want
Max
two
occupants
so
by
limiting
the
amount
of
occupants
you're
further.
Restricting
who
can
afford
that
unit
right
and
and
who
can
live
in
that
unit?
And
so
it's
gonna
it's.
If
it's
anybody
with
a
kid.
That's
one
occupant
already.
B
K
Thank
you
so
much
I'm,
counselor,
Lara
and
Andre's.
That
last
example
feels
as
though
it's
something
that
we
should
be
able
to
have
a
disparate
impact:
fair
housing
Challenge
on
that
kind
of
true
thing.
Just
because
of
the
impact
it
obviously
has
on
family
status
as
a
protected
class.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
I
think
that's
something
we
all
should
Chase
up
with
the
office
of
fair
housing
and
Equity,
and
thank
you
to
you
both
and
I'm.
Sorry
that
I
was
out
briefly
for
your
presentations.
K
P
P
But
it's
starting
up
again
and
so
we're
hopeful
that
that
this
will
happen,
that
many
of
the
things
that
we
put
forward
in
Chinatown
master
plan
will
get
incorporated
into
plan
downtown
and
I
think.
But
the
proof
is
in
the
zoning
totally,
and
so
that's
why
you
know
we
are
very
being
very
deliberate
about
the
the
Chinatown
zoning
that
we
want
to
come
out
as
a
result
of
that
process.
K
Yeah,
no
and
I
I
would
love
to
be
supportive
of
that
in
whatever
ways
I
can
I
mean
I.
Think,
as
you
know,
right
you've
got
a
kind
of
small
townhouse
historic
district
type
thing,
but
it
doesn't
currently
have
the
historic
district
nor
the
kind
of
zoning
protections
that
similar
areas
do
so
I
think
you
know
opportunities
to
do
that
is
great
I'm,
listen,
I'm,
I'm,
all
for
eminent
domaining,
the
vacant
properties.
I.
K
K
So
yeah
would
love
to
love
to
work
on
that
and
just
and
then
my
other
sort
of
side
note.
But
since
it's
in
your
presentation
is
you
know,
I
I
continue
to
be
frustrated.
I.
Think
the
the
current
proposal
around
changing
the
zoning
on
cannabis
use
I
think
part
of
the
problem
is
that
it
doesn't
acknowledge
mixed-use
neighborhoods
as
residential
neighborhoods.
So
it's
it's
messing
with
Chinatown
in
that
way,
but
also
with
most
of
my
district
and
I
almost
feel
like
I'm,
like
the
consist
so
for
folks
reference.
K
This
proposal,
which
hasn't
yet
been
endorsed
by
the
BPD
and
brought
to
the
zoning
commission,
but
there's
been
a
couple
public
meetings
on
what
it
says
is
like
we're.
Gonna
make
the
we're
going
to
make
the
Cannabis
establishments
allowed
uses
in
all,
except
for
residential
neighborhoods,
where
they'll
be
forbidden,
but
I
think
that
we
know
that
downtown.
K
I
do
think
that
just
it
just
underscores
the
fact
that,
like
when
we
do
zoning
you,
you
have
to
be
thinking
about
kind
of
like
the
ways
in
in
which
everybody
lives
cheek
by
jowl,
and
it's
it's
like
much
more
on
top
of
each
other
in
parts
of
the
city
and
you
have
to
kind
of
I
think
that's
a
lot
of
what
conditional
uses
were
designed
to
navigate
them.
So
just
wanted
to
flag
that
I
think
that's
a
that's
an
ongoing
challenge
for
a
lot
of
our
downtown,
neighborhoods
and
I
know
Chinatown.
K
L
L
They
lived
there
like
they
fought
for
the
land,
they
built
the
land
they
designed
what
it
was
going
to
look
like
it
was
next
to
Transit
and
they
occupied
the
space.
You
know,
which
is
very
similar
to
the
work
that
you
know
we've
been
doing
here,
but
it's
been
bits
and
pieces
and
Pockets
right
and
it's
and
it
has
not
been
easy,
which
is
why
I
asked
the
question
earlier
around
existing
property
and
land
and
what
opportunities
exist
for
us
to
tap
into
that.
L
So
whatever
that
looks
like
I'm
here,
for
it,
I
want
to
be
able
to
support
it
under
consulata's
leadership.
So
just
count
on
me
on
a
partner
in
disruption
in
that
space.
Whatever
that
looks
like
I'm
here
and
and
then
the
I
I,
don't
have
you
guys,
did
an
amazing
job,
I'm
already
part
of
the
squad,
so
I
don't
really
have
any
specific
questions,
so
I'm
going
to
use
my
time
to
like
just
really
like
reinforce
my
support
for
for
these
efforts.
L
Still
in
you
know,
Far
River
like
they
were
they're
just
far,
but
they
still
are
working
in
Boston,
so
there's
a
transportation
burden
that
we're
placing
on
people
who
now
have
to
still
travel
to
Boston
to
work
and
one
of
the
hearings
that
I
was
in
a
few
years
ago.
I
said
what,
if
we
held
ourselves
accountable
to
for
every
person
we
displaced,
but
we
had
some
financial
responsibility
to
those
individuals
and
had
to
pay
them
for
displacing
them.
L
At
least
covering
their
transportation
a
displacement
fee,
the
conversation
would
be
very
different
if
the
accountability
had
a
financial
attachment
to
it
and
whether
that
be
the
university,
whether
that
be
the
city,
whether
that
be
the
developer,
there
has
to
be
a
level
of
financial
accountability
that
we
can
hold
ourselves
accountable
to
I,
don't
know
if
that's
been
done
or
if
that's
crazy,
talk
but
I'm
curious
about
what
that
looks.
Like.
Q
I
mean
I
think
my
hope
is
that
the
commitment
we
can
make
to
folks
that
have
been
displaced
is
that
we'll
have
them
back.
You
know
in
the
Immigrant
Rights
Movement,
we
have
often
fought
deportation
campaigns
and
the
idea
is
to
bring
our
folks
back
to
allow
even
folks
that
have
been
taken
out
of
our
communities
to
come
back
and
I.
Think
in
the
housing
Justice
movement
it
is.
Q
It
is
beyond
time
for
us
to
be
able
to
say
that
and
for
our
city
to
Echo
that
to
say
we
want
our
folks
back,
because
you'll
hear
this
from
the
school
systems
our
East
Boston
school
systems
are
talking
about
parents
moving
as
far
as
New
Hampshire,
that's
right
and
you
know
it
what
that
does
to
students
I
mean
by
the
time
I
was
in
second
grade.
I
had
moved
four
or
five
times,
and
so
my
education
was
constantly
disrupted.
Q
I
stayed
back
a
grade
because
of
that
I
can't
explain
how
many
ways
that
impacted
me,
and
we
know
from
statistics
and
studies
that
that's
what
happens
when
students
are
bound
from
it
bounced
from
education
to
education.
I
think
your
point
on
holding
developers
accountable
is
a
really
good
point,
because
you
know
very
few
opportunities
are
there
for
the
bpda
to
proactively,
say
and
who
lives
in
this
building
now
before
you
go
ahead
and
tear
it
down,
that's
right!
Q
That's
right
and
what's
going
to
happen
to
these
people
when
you
tear
it
down
and
to
actually
use
that
as
a
criteria
of
whether
or
not
to
approve
a
project
right
now,
what
we
have
is
our
neighborhood
associations
fighting
for
that,
like
in
168,
Gov,
Street,
Francis,
Amador
building
is
one
of
our
co-workers
at
City
Life,
former
member
now
staff
member
of
City
Life,
the
the
neighborhood
association
has
said
well,
there's
people
living
there
now
and
those
folks
don't
want
to
be
displaced.
So
how
could
we
approve
a
project
as
a
neighborhood
association?
Q
L
B
B
These
occupancy
fees
in
terms
of
businesses
and
also
apartments
that
are
being
left
open,
and
what
does
that
look
like
in
the
city
of
Boston,
imminent
domain?
So
those
are
all
things
that
we're
definitely
looking
at
and
that
we're
moving
forward
with,
in
addition
to
a
renter's
Bill
of
Rights
within
the
scope
of
you.
How
can
the
city
codify
the
relationship
between
renters
and
landlords
and
give
people
who
are
renting
rights
so
that
we're
protecting
them
against
displacement?
B
And
so
you
know,
the
special
protection
zone
is
one
of
many
tools
that
we're
going
to
be
looking
to
implement
and
to
councilor
mejia's
point.
It's
not
just
about
ensuring
that
we
are
increasing
the
production
of
affordable
housing
through
our
inclusionary
development
policy
through
using
you
know
through
our
land
through.
But
it's
also
making
sure
that
we
are
protecting
our
people
from
displacement
and
making
sure
that
they
can
stay
where
they
are
and,
in
addition
to
the
right
to
remain
this
idea
of
a
right
to
return.
B
And
what
does
that
look
like
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
to
create
a
right
to
return
where
we
can
allow
people
who
have
been
displaced
here
in
the
last
five
years
in
the
last
eight
years
to
get
preference
over
her
apartments
that
are
being
made
available
in
affordable
units?
So
I'm
really
grateful
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing.
We
have
another
hearing,
that's
coming
up
at
two
o'clock,
so
I
really
want
to
move
us
into
public
testimony.
So
thank
you
all
so
much
for
being
here
today.
B
B
B
R
P
Hello,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Chanda
ching
and
I
live
at
26
at
Oxford
Street.
There
are
a
total
of
20
units
in
this
building
and
our
residents
have
established
a
tenant
association.
Most
of
the
people
living
here
are
long-term,
low-income
families
or
elderly
residents,
and
the
longest
residents
have
lived
here
almost
30
years.
R
R
P
So
our
family
of
five
lives
with
three
generations
under
the
same
roof
together.
My
daughter
and
son-in-law
are
busy
with
work
and
I'm
retired,
but
I'm
responsible
for
taking
my
granddaughter
to
and
from
school.
So
it's
important
to
us
that
you
know
we
like
and
and
need
to
live
in
Chinatown
the
family
members
can
take
care
of
each
other.
My
friends
are
all
in
Chinatown
our
socials.
Everything
in
our
social
life
is
centered
around
there
and
we
have
bilingual
services.
P
R
R
P
So,
as
Chinatown
has
become
more
and
more
luxurious,
our
new
landlord
bought
our
building
at
a
high
price
many
years
ago,
several
years
ago,
and
then
we
encountered
rent
increases
and
maintenance
problems
and
went
to
the
Chinese
Progressive
Association
for
help.
Fortunately
we're
still
there,
but
we
and
our
neighbors
are
very
worried
that
we
might
have
to
move
out
again
in
the
future.
R
R
P
So
my
landlord
has
other
properties
in
Chinatown,
like
he
owns
the
property
at
25
Harrison,
where
he
wanted
to
build
a
26-story
hotel
there.
He
also
has
plans
that
to
develop
our
building
and
the
one
the
property
behind
us.
So
this
is
what
makes
us
worried,
but
now
we
know
that
there
can
be
a
zoning
policy
for
protection
areas.
R
P
S
Got
it
hi,
my
name
is
Trinity.
The
tenant
cannot
come
because,
as
you
need
to
work
today,
just
ask
me
to
lead
what
what
she
said.
Absolutely.
Thank
you.
So
much
you
have
the
floor.
Yeah
the
the
tenant
right
now
before
is
formal
attendant
in
Chinatown.
The
name
is
truly
Tran
and
I.
Just
read
what
was
he
say?
S
Oh
today,
I
just
want
to
talk
about
my
really
difficult
lentil
experience
in
Chinatown
before
2014
my
husband
and
I
living
in
101
Hudson
Street,
but
because
the
new
landlord
bought
both
building
101
and
103
Hudson
Street
together
and
then
he
division
of
us
out.
It's
about
Ponte
family
offers
a
long,
long
term.
Lessons
and
the
landlord
tried
to
show
different
so
many
ways
to
push
us
away.
S
Even
we
asked
CPA
help
us
go
to
court
together,
but
all
of
us
need
to
move
out
from
two
buildings
and
when
we
were
first
first
and
then
we
tried
really,
as
my
friend
along
Chinatown
to
fight
the
other
unit
and
later
I
moved
to
the
same
street
just
next
door.
The
101
like
living
in
79,
Hudson
Street,
because
the
land
was
so
high.
S
They
have
to
move
out
because
the
landlord,
the
former
landlord
asked
them
to
move
out
right
now.
They
all
move
out
in
79,
but
also
no
many
neighbor
on
this
street.
The
neighbor
in
77
Hudson
Street,
who
was
next
to
to
me
her
building,
is
being
sold
and
created
in
the
close
for
the
translation.
They
family
have
five
living
in
77,
Hudson,
Street
they're
living
over
there
more
than
10
years.
S
And
I
my
name
is
I'm
a
community
organized
I
work
in
CPA
for
over
13
years,
and
this
all
of
the
tenants
revoke
for
the
Eurasian
case,
I
I
thought,
like
Lydia,
say
all
all
the
low
house.
We
try
to
keep
it,
but
because
they,
the
the
the
developer,
they
put
a
lot
of
money
on
and
buy
it.
You
know,
that's
why
hope
City
can
do
something
help
our
local
list.
Thank.
B
T
Also
amazing
IDP
really
meet
the
needs
of
the
neighborhood
on
the
average
income
of
rental
household
in
Boston
for
Asian,
black
and
latinx.
It's
between
30
and
36
000
a
year.
That's
the
type
of
affordable
housing.
You
need
to
stabilize
neighborhoods,
while
we're
also
building
up
the
ability
for
people
to
get
better
paying
jobs.
T
So
when
we
have
housing,
that's
coming
in
that's
market
rate
and
luxury
and
jacking
up
land
prices
and
destabilizing
neighborhoods.
It's
furthering
displacement.
One
example
is
in
Jamaica,
Plain
and
Roxbury
through
a
lot
of
the
community
organizing
there.
The
city
has
committed
to
put
in
a
lot
more
public
resources
and
to
affordable
housing
and
stabilizing
the
neighborhood.
T
B
B
I
know
that
this
has
been
a
long
labor
of
love
on
your
behalf
and
when
I
was
running
for
office,
you
so
graciously
met
with
me
to
float
this
idea
of
special
protection
zones,
and
so
I
am
really
proud
to
be
moving
this
forward
and
stewarding
this
on
the
city
council,
but
incredibly
humbled
that
you
would
trust
me
with
your
vision.
So
thank
you
all
for
all
the
hard
work
that
you
are
doing
and
this
hearing
on
docket
number
1327
is
adjourned.