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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means on July 30, 2018
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Dockets #1076 and #1077 - Hearing on appropriations for various school repair projects potentially eligible for a Massachusetts School Building Authority grant.
A
Nine
city
councillor
today
is
Monday
July
30th.
We
are
here
with
our
friends
from
the
Boston
Public
Schools
and
property
and
construction
management.
Well,
the
public
facilities
promise
re
here
going
back
to
public
facilities.
I
did
a
thorough
name,
yeah
everything's
going
retro
like
to
remind
folks
this
is
a
public
hearing
both
being
broadcast,
live
and
recorded
on
our
CN
channel,
eight
I'm,
sorry,
RCN,
82,
Comcast,
eight
Verizon,
1964
and
streamed
at
Boston,
gov
backslash
city
council
TV
like
to
ask
folks
in
the
chamber
to
silence
their
electronic
devices.
A
A
This
includes
the
payment
of
all
costs
incidental
or
related
thereto,
and
for
which
the
city
of
Boston
may
be
eligible
for
a
grant
from
the
math
school
building
authority
set
amount
to
be
expended
under
the
direction
of
the
public
facilities
Department.
On
behalf
of
the
Boston
Public
Schools
like
to
also
welcome
Brian
McLaughlin
from
public
facilities,
as
well
as
Tommy
Welch
from
bps.
Thanks,
so
take
it
away.
B
Thank
You
counselor,
so
before
you
today,
as
you
mentioned
it
two
items
both
dealing
with
the
collaboration
between
the
city
of
Boston
and
Boston,
Public
Schools
and
the
Massachusetts
School
Building
Authority,
the
Massachusetts
School
Building
Authority
is
the
state
authority
that
oversees
the
funding
of
public
school
capital
projects
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
the
MSP
is
a
reimbursement
agency
is
funded
through
one
penny
of
the
6.25%
sales
tax.
The
first
step
in
the
MSBA
process
is
to
submit
a
statement
of
interest.
This
is
what
the
MSBA
refers
to
as
their
application.
B
The
SLO
I
allows
districts
to
inform
the
MSBA
about
certain
deficiencies
within
a
building
that
may
prohibit
the
school
from
delivering
its
educational
program
as
desired.
The
SRO
I
requires
votes
the
School
Committee
in
the
City
Council
to
be
submitted
to
the
MSBA
and
there's
two
programs
within
the
MSP
aise
capital
program.
It's
the
accelerator
repair
program
in
the
core
program.
Accelerator
repair
program
deals
with
just
roof
windows
and
boilers
in
otherwise
structurally
sound
buildings,
and
the
core
program
is
for
major
repairs,
renovations
or
new
school
construction.
B
B
It's
a
five
million
four
hundred
twenty
nine
thousand
three
hundred
four
dollar
window
project
of
which
we'll
get
reimbursed
upwards
of
three
point:
three
million
dollars
from
the
MSBA
in
June
of
this
past,
June
2018,
the
MSBA
approved
this
project
that
set
in
play
90
days
for
the
city
city
to
appropriate
the
funds
for
the
to
cover
the
total
project
budget.
That's
why
we're
here
before
you
today
for
for
that
one
school.
B
If
we,
it
will
require
two
votes
of
the
City
Council,
because
it
is
an
appropriation
and
once
if
the
City
Council
votes
in
favor
of
this,
we
will
then
move
into
design.
Development
in
the
project
will
likely
go
into
construction
in
the
summer
of
2019.
The
other
item
before
you
is
the
seven
schools
that
were
most
recently
submitted
to
the
MSBA
this
past
January.
I'm.
Sorry
excuse
me
February.
B
So
in
February
of
2017,
the
city
of
Boston,
working
with
the
Boston
Public
Schools
facilities,
Department
determined
that
these
seven
schools
would
fit
within
the
MSP
a
program
and
at
that
time
in
February,
the
Raphael
Hernandez
schools
Boyle,
was
submitted.
The
Patrick
Linden
boiler,
the
Mackay
boiler,
the
James
Otis
windows,
the
Josiah
Quincy
elementary
school
boiler
and
the
Snowden
international
roof
and
the
John
Deere
Bryant
windows.
Those
seven
schools
were
to
submit
to
the
MSBA
work
in
collaboration
with
bps.
B
The
MSBA
went
out
and
visited
each
one
of
these
schools
to
see
if
they
would
be
in
compliance
with
their
program
and
in
june
27.
They
voted
favorably
for
these
seven
schools
to
begin
what
they
call
that
feasibility
study.
So
we
had,
we
now
need
to
appropriate
money
to
pay
for
this
feasibility
study
through
schematic
design.
B
So,
looking
ahead,
if
again,
if
the
City
Council
votes
favorably
for
this
$600,000
appropriation,
we'd
ideally
get
the
two
votes
from
the
City
Council
by
the
end
of
August.
The
MSP
a
would
then
assign
an
OPM
and
an
architect
to
kind
of
expedite
the
process
for
these,
for
these
projects
and
design
would
occur
from
September
to
probably
early
winter
of
2019.
A
B
So
so
to
date,
since
2014
the
city
of
Boston
has
completed
12
projects,
totaling
37
point
six
million
dollars
and
we've
been
reimbursed,
21
point
three
million
dollars.
We
have
one
project
in
construction
right
now.
That's
that
cost
just
over
two
million
we're
being
reimbursed
1.2
on
that
project,
on
that
the
Russell
roof
project
over
on
Columbia
Road,
and
we
have
five
projects
that
have
been
approved
by
the
MSBA
totaling
twelve
point:
eight
million
dollars
which
we're
going
to
be
receiving
about
a
little
over
eight
million
dollars
in
reimbursement
for
that.
B
So
in
all,
total
projects
completed
and
projects
that
have
been
approved
by
the
MSB.
A
total
project
budget
of
those
projects
have
been
fifty
two
point:
five
million
dollars
with
the
city
has
received
or
will
be
receiving
thirty
point:
five
million
dollars
in
reimbursement.
That's
still
60,
that's
about
sixty
percent!
That
being
said,
that
doesn't
include
the
seven
projects
which
we
were
looking
to
right,
get
the
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
start
design
of
mm-hmm.
A
C
B
C
B
Part
of
the
schematic
design
we
work
with
the
district
to
figure
out
if
there
is
going
to
be
any
sort
of
photovoltaics
that
could
potentially
be
on
those
roofs
mm.
Msba
doesn't
reimburse
on
photovoltaics,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
we
can
incorporate
putting
the
infrastructure
in
place
at
a
later
date
to
support
that
type
of
that
type
of
system
and.
B
A
lot
of
the
information
on
the
site
visits
from
the
120
schools
that
was
that
took
place.
Last
summer,
we
incorporated
that
information
figuring
out
which
schools
actually
would
fit
within
the
MSBA
ARP
program.
There's
certain
requirements
to
this
program,
which
is
that
the
building
systems
have
to
be
over
20
years
old.
The
buildings
have
to
be
structurally
sound,
except
for
the
fact
they
might
need
a
roof
when
to
a
boiler
replacement.
They
can't
be
overcrowded.
They
have
to
be
used
for
actual
educational
purposes.
B
It
can't
be
a
administrative
building,
so
working
with
the
bill,
bps
information
that
was
drawn
from
the
site
visits
and
the
facilities
team
at
bps
who
live
in
these
buildings,
day-in
day-out.
They
thought
that
these
seven
schools
would
be
a
good
fit
for
the
MSBA
ARP
program
in
based
upon
MSBA
site
visits.
They
concur
as,
although
more
invited
in
to
participate
in
the
program.
That
being
said,
we
we're
already
working
with
bps
facilities
to
identify
potential
schools.
That
would
be
a
good
fit
for
the
next
of
submissions,
which
usually
happens
after
the
first
thing,
but.
C
D
This
is
this
falls
squarely
into
one
of
the
four
big
categories
of
work
of
bill:
BPS,
the
first
being
new,
builds
and
massive
expansions
of
schools.
We
got
the
reconfigurations
and
renovations
as
a
second.
We
have
system
wide
initiatives.
Those
are
things
like
making
sure
playgrounds
are
at
all
schools.
The
kitchen
updates
is
a
great
example.
The
furnitures
13
million
dollars
of
furniture
roll
out
is
another
system-wide
initiative.
D
This
one
falls
under
capital
repairs,
so
it
is
specifically
the
accelerator
repair
program
focuses
on
roofs,
boilers
and
windows,
and
those
are
the
three
projects
that
are
reimbursable
and
as
councillors
he
almost
said
about
60%
right
now
is
what
we're
looking
at
so
working
on
these
projects
in
partnership.
It
gives
us
a
bigger
bang
for
the
buck,
something
that
we're
also
looking
at
as
far
as
the
bill,
PPS
team
and
and
how
we're
emphasizing
equity
and
everything
that
we're
doing
we're
really
trying
to
make
sure
there's
geographic
diversity
of
who
gets
the
project.
D
So
it's
not
just
concentrated
in
one
area,
but
so
every
single
neighborhood
gets
at
least
something
knowing
that
we
can't
possibly
build.
You
know
50
brand
new
schools
across
the
city
at
any
time
within
within
the
next
10
years
or
so,
but
at
least
ensuring
that
we
have
schools
with
the
beautiful
buildings
that
beautiful
windows
that
you
see
when
you
pass
down
the
curly
Street
on
center
I.
Think
that's
a
really
good
example,
or
everyone's
like
wow.
D
A
B
That's
a
it's
a
there's,
a
lot
of
windows
at
that
building
in
its
the
system.
The
windows
system
in
the
building
is
it's
gonna
cost
a
lot
of
money
to
remove,
replace
because
some
of
the
the
heating
units
are
tied
into
the
bill
to
the
to
the
window
system
Wow.
So
we're
gonna
have
to
address
that
when
we
take
those
windows
right
that.
B
A
E
B
So
one
of
the
reasons
the
MSP
a
has
created
this
program
is
to
hopefully
replace
these
three
building
systems,
which
would,
in
turn
create
an
operational
savings.
Last
year
was
the
first
year
that
we
really
got
into
construction
on
window
projects,
so
we
hopefully
will
be
gathering
the
information
over
the
next
coming
years
to
see
how
much
it's
really,
how
much
we've
really
saved
through
these
projects
and.
B
A
A
F
Prefer,
can
you
hear
me
yeah.
A
F
Alright
I
was
hiding
in
the
corner:
I'm
Gregg,
Geller
I'm,
an
executive
director
of
the
Boston
Preservation,
Alliance
and
I'm
here
today,
because
I
saw
the
hearing
is
an
opportunity
about
these.
Msba
school
projects
is
a
way
to
bring
council
aware
of
a
concern
that
the
Alliance
has
had.
You
may
not
realize
that
there's
a
connection
between
MSBA
and
some
review
required
by
the
Massachusetts
Historical
Commission,
because
it
is
state
funding
and
we
don't
have
any
particular
concerns
about
the
projects
being
proposed
today.
F
But
we
do
have
concerns
about
process
back
in
2015,
the
city
obtained
MSBA
funding
to
demolish
the
historic
construct,
a
new
Dearborn
school
in
Roxbury.
It
was
a
historic
building.
It
raised
a
lot
of
concerns
in
the
neighborhood
in
the
community
and
as
I
noted
because
of
the
state
funding,
there
is
a
required
review
by
the
mass
historical
Commission
and
candidly
back
in
2015.
The
city
didn't
handle
it
all
that
well
for
the
Dearborn,
and
it
led
to
significant
delays
for
that
project.
F
In
order
to
allow
that
project
to
move
forward
that
there
was
a
memorandum
of
agreement
signed
with
mass
Historical
Commission,
also
signed
by
the
Boston
landmark
Commission,
the
Boston
Public
Schools,
the
MSBA
and
the
bus
and
the
Boston
Preservation
Alliance-
was
very
involved
in
that
process.
In
order
to
sign
that
MOA
and
allow
things
to
move
forward,
there
was
a
provision
that
remains
unfulfilled
three
years
later
by
the
city,
in
that
condition.
F
Is
that
the
city
develop
a
preservation
plan
and
survey
for
all
the
Boston
school
properties
constructed
before
1955,
so
identify
which
ones
have
historic
significance
in
various
listings,
such
as
listing
on
the
National
Register
of
Historic,
Places
and
other
things.
That
would
require
a
mass
historical
Commission
review
and
then
to
outline
a
process
for
those
buildings.
F
So
the
goal
isn't
to
stop
these
project.
We
certainly
recognize
that
schools
need
upgrading.
There
are
many
better
historic
and
contribute
to
the
historic
nature
of
their
neighborhoods,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
doesn't
cause
a
road
block
down
down
the
road.
So
I
just
heard
the
count
urged
the
council
to
help
us
encourage
the
correct
City
departments
that
complete
this
required
survey.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
F
We
don't
have
the
funding
and
the
city
agreed
to
do
this
study
and
regardless
of
your
opinion
of
mass
Historical
Commission,
and
they
very,
they
are
a
required
review
Authority.
So
you
know
they
will
be
reviewing
these
MSBA
projects
that
has
to
happen.
So
our
goal
was
to
try
to
get
ahead
of
this
rather
than
giving
an
opportunity
for
that
process
to
delay.
So
by
ignoring
it,
that's
not
solving
the
problem
by
getting
out
ahead
of
it
that
protects
today.
F
Well,
I,
don't
know
where
these
specific
proposals
are
regarding
the
mass
historical
Commission
review
at
this
stage,
but
I
promise
you
sometime
down
the
road
it
may
not
be
with
these.
One
of
these
is
gonna
get
proposed
and
mass
historical
is
gonna,
slow
things
down
unnecessarily
and
the
city
will
be
surprised.
I
mean
that
necessarily
well.
The
goal
is
to
have
more
information,
councilor
I
mean
I,
think
putting
our
head
in
the
sand
and
pretending
these
things.
A
You
know
I,
consider
myself
to
be
a
preservationist
I,
think
deeply
about
our
history
here
and
our
architecture
and
how
we
want
to
preserve
that.
But
the
mass
historical
Commission
has
their
agency
that
will
be
able
to
look
at
these
issues.
So
I
fail
to
see
the
issue
that
you've
raising.
You
know
that
you
even
said
the
mass
historico
Commission
goes
through
there
by
their
desk
right,
and
they
will
see
that
this
is
a
project
about
boilers,
windows,
etc
and
I
know
that
they've
stopped
projects.