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Docket #0131 - Hearing regarding the use of public ways
A
Little
late
welcome
to
the
Boston
City
Council
chamber
for
our
hearing
on
docket
number
zero,
one.
Thirty
one
order
for
a
hearing
regarding
the
use
of
public
ways.
My
name
is
Michelle
whoa
and
I'm,
chair
of
the
Committee
on
planning
development
and
transportation
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues,
the
lead
sponsor
councilors
a
come
as
well
as
our
colleague,
councillor
Ed,
Flynn,
I,
wonder
mind
everyone
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
in
broadcast,
live
on
channels,
Comcast,
eight
RCN,
82
and
Verizon
1964,
as
well
as
streaming
on
the
city
of
Boston
website.
A
So
if
you
could,
please
silence
your
cell
phones
and
other
devices,
we
will
make
sure
to
move
right
along
today.
We'll
start
we're
welcoming
a
panel
that
will
include
our
chief
of
environment,
energy
and
open
space,
director
of
tourism,
sports
and
entertainment,
as
well
as
our
director
of
traffic
engineering.
These
gentlemen
have
very
graciously
allowed
for
our
agreed
that
we
will
take
a
few
minutes
of
public
testimony
before
we
get
to
them,
because
members
of
the
public
have
been
waiting
for
a
long
time.
So
I'll
give
my
colleagues
a
chance
to
give
an
opening
statement.
A
B
You,
madam
chair
and
I,
also
want
to
thank
everyone
for
their
patience.
So
I'll
be
brief
in
my
opening
remarks
and
just
sort
of
laid
the
groundwork
for
why
we
did
call
for
this
hearing
it's
over
the
last
five
plus
years
that
I've
been
privileged
to
represent,
among
other
areas,
the
Back
Bay,
a
district.
Eight
there's
been
a
proliferation
of
Road
races,
walks
parades
some
political
nature,
which
obviously
no
one
could
have
predicted
after
particularly
after
2016,
and
certainly
that's
the
kind
of
expression
we
want
a
support.
B
That
may
have
be
a
good
fit
for
other
neighborhoods,
particularly
what
requires
street
closures
and
we'll
get
more
into
the
details
a
little
bit
later,
but
to
to
mitigate
some
of
the
negative
impacts
of
what
are
often
very
popular
and
positive
events,
and
that's
what
we're
looking
to
do
here
is
to
figure
out
what
the
process
is.
B
First,
with
Commissioner,
Evans
and
I
hope
to
continue
that
with
Commissioner
grass
on
making
sure
that
people
on
Marathon
Monday,
for
example,
are
able
to
get
in
and
out
of
their
homes,
sort
of
usually
on
the
on
the
side
of
Comm
Ave
that
backs
up
to
Newbury.
Street.
We've
had
huge
progress
over
the
last
few
years
on
that,
just
making
sure
that
the
police
officers
on
details
there
have
the
discretion
to
say
if
someone
says
I'm
living
right,
there
can
I
come
in
and
come
out
to
do
that
in
a
way.
B
C
I
think
you
guys
work
great
as
a
team,
and
you
work
great
with
the
with
the
neighborhoods
and
there's
a
lot
of
events
happening
in
our
city,
but
I
think
it's
because
of
you
and
your
staff
that
Boston
is
doing
is
doing
so
well,
but
it
takes
it
takes
a
team
effort
and
it's
also
working
closely
with
the
neighborhoods
and
I
think
I
think
your
staff
have
been
doing
that
and
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you
for
many
years
of
helping
the
residents
of
Boston.
A
Thank
You
councillor
Flynn,
so
now
we'll
turn
to
public
testimony.
There's
one
individual
signed
up
right
now:
Eliot
laugher!
If
you
could
please
come
down
mr.
laugher
and
again
I'll,
take
up
to
two
more
individuals.
If
you
anyone
else
wishes
to
speak
in
in
this
first
time
chunk
and,
of
course,
after
the
panel
we'll
open
it
up
for
public
testimony
at
the
end
as
well
Oh.
Madam.
D
Chair
counselors,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Eliot
laugher
I'm,
with
a
neighborhood
association
in
the
Back
Bay
and
I've
lived
on
Commonwealth
Avenue
now
for
almost
45
years,
which
is
amazing
when
you're
12
years
old
and
I've
had
the
the
opportunity
to
see
what
a
wonderful
Street
it
is
in
the
springtime
and
the
summer
and
the
fall
and
understand
why
people
would
want
to
have
their
walks
races
and
other
events
there
and
I
suppose
I
would
want
to
have
them
there
too.
D
If,
if
I
were
coming
from
outside
and
any
one
of
these
is
wonderful
and
some
of
them,
we
particularly
celebrate
you
didn't
even
mention
that
we
seem
to
have
baseball
teams
and
football
teams
that
have
parades
by
ahead.
I
haven't
heard
anybody
complain
about
those
yet,
but
when
you
have
them
what
seems
like
almost
every
weekend
on
and
for
people
who
need
their
weekends
to
do
a
lot
of
errands,
they
can't
do
during
the
week.
It
can
be
very
challenging.
D
These
events
really
should
be
distributed
around
the
city.
Well,
we're
a
beautiful
neighborhood
we're,
not
the
only
beautiful
neighborhood
in
the
city.
I
suspect
we're
not
the
only
neighborhood
that
has
long
streets
and
and
that
these
events
can
bring
their
their
benefits
and
also
whatever
non
benefits
they
have
to
other
neighborhoods
as
well.
But
we
have
another
issue
that
people
have
raised
about
the
events
that
seems
to
be
proliferating
and
that's
that
they
seem
to
be
drawing
helicopters
and
the
noise
from
the
helicopters
is.
D
You
know
again
if
it
was
there
for
two
minutes,
you
wouldn't
notice
it.
When
they're
there
for
hours
and
seems
to
happen,
then
it
starts
to
be
very
annoying.
So
it's
a
quality
of
life
issue.
There
are
certainly
bigger
quality
of
life
issues
in
the
city
and
in
our
neighborhood,
but
it's
an
important
one
and
we
appreciate
your
taking
the
time
to
dig
into
this
and
see
if
we
can
distribute
the
plusses
and
minuses
around
the
city
a
little
better.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
E
Councillors,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
testify.
Today.
My
position
was
created
in
2014
to
reflect
Mayor
Walsh's
promise
to
separate
the
city's
tourism
strategies
from
its
arts
and
culture
strategy,
so
each
can
focus
on
their
respective
missions.
My
office
falls
under
the
economic
development
department,
which
is
headed
by
John
barrows.
My
role
is
to
work
to
bring
major
athletic
events
and
cultural
events,
conventions
and
conferences
to
Boston
in
aggressively
market,
the
city
nationally
and
internationally.
E
My
mission
is
to
attract
new
energy
and
investment
into
the
city
of
Boston
and
invite
the
world
to
experience
our
city
as
director
of
the
mayor's
office
of
tourism,
sports
entertainment,
I
have
the
privilege
of
serving
as
the
chair
of
the
public
event
committee.
Anyone
hosting
an
event
on
public
property
or
an
outdoor
private
property
needs
to
apply
for
permits
through
the
public
event
committee,
whether
the
event
is
free
or
ticketed,
open
to
the
public
or
invitation.
E
Only
it
doesn't
matter,
it
is
still
necessary
to
apply
public
events,
include
Road,
races,
block
parties,
festivals
and
parades
in
2018.
The
public
event
committee
always
saw
the
permitting
of
five
hundred
and
sixty-eight
public
events
in
the
city
of
Boston.
That's
throughout
the
entire
city
in
2017,
the
public
event
committee
oversaw
the
permitting
of
545
public
events
throughout
the
City
of
Boston.
The
mission
of
my
offices
is
to
advance
tourism
in
Boston
and
promote
participation
in
both
public
celebrations
from
Boston
residents
and
visitors
to
our
city.
E
We
support
the
tourism
ministry
in
Boston
pride
by
producing
events
supporting
TV,
film
and
production
and
market
marketing,
the
City
to
conventions
and
visit
us
and,
of
course,
guide
event
planners
throughout
the
permitting
process,
depending
upon
the
type
of
event,
an
event
planner
may
need
to
per
get
permits
from
several
departments
throughout
the
city.
My
officers
job
is
to
help
event
planners
navigate
the
various
permitting
processes
at
the
city.
E
We
facilitate
meetings
and
provide
guidance.
We
do
not
issue
public
event
permits.
Instead,
we
use
our
public
event
application
form
to
walk
event
planners
through
the
process
of
getting
the
various
permits
they
needed
to
host
their
specific
event.
Since
we
take
our
role
as
facilitator
and
guide
so
seriously,
we
have
a
thorough
online
application
form
which
event
planners
are
advised
to
fill
out
well
in
advance
of
the
event.
Once
we
receive
an
event,
we
once
receive
an
application.
We
set
up
a
meeting
with
the
public
event
committee
to
our
meetings.
E
E
We
also
consult
with
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Services
on
all
our
events,
and
we
also
have
representation
from
the
MBTA
and
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Department
of
conservation
of
recreation.
I,
look
forward
to
answering
any
of
your
questions
to
the
council
at
this
time
or
after
Chris,
Chris
Chris
would
speak.
Thank.
F
You
Thank
You,
director
%,
just
very
briefly,
madam
chair
council
are
flying
counselors
Aiken.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
testify.
I
think
it's
important
to
give
you
a
little
context
of
just
how
busy
our
city
is
and
in
the
scope
and
the
breadth
of
the
Boston
Parks
and
Recreation
Department.
You
get
some
sense
of
what
our
resident
residents
are
participating
in
a
daily
basis
as
a
chief
of
environment,
energy
and
open
space.
F
I
have
the
privileges
also
serving
as
the
Commissioner
of
Boston,
Parks
and
Recreation,
and
in
calendar
year
2018
alone
calendar
year,
not
fiscal
year,
4080
for
permits
were
issued
by
Boston
parks
of
those
1351
were
for
adult
athletics.
991
were
for
youth,
athletics
194
were
for
weddings
and
17
were
closings
related
to
construction
and
renovations
of
our
parks.
It's
important
to
note
that
those
numbers
so
4080
for
permits
does
not
reflect
actual
instances
of
an
event.
So,
for
instance,
a
little
league
could
pull
one
permit
that
have
an
entire
season
of
events
associated
with
them.
F
At
this
point,
just
very
briefly,
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
acknowledge
the
real
hard-working
folks
at
the
permitting
division
led
by
Paul
McCaffrey
of
Boston,
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
and,
of
course,
they
work
in
concert
with
this
special
events
department,
as
director
%
mentioned,
of
course,
there's
a
universe
of
passive
and
active
recreation.
That
also
goes
on
well
beyond
just
the
permit
holders.
Our
parks
are
intentionally
designed
to
maximize
recreational
opportunities
for
our
residents,
especially
youth.
F
This
is
central
to
our
mission
and
in
recent
years,
through
Mayor
Walsh's
parks,
first
initiative
with
support
from
the
Boston
City
Council.
The
department
has
put
a
special
emphasis
on
inclusive
design.
We
want
to
ensure
that
our
open
spaces
are
accessible
to
all,
regardless
of
ability
and
I.
Think
special
events
in
our
city
have
been
making
that
same
commitment.
So
it
is
within
this
context
of
activity
that
Boston
Parks
is
often
for
the
setup
and
finishing
of
events
that
involved
the
closing
the
closing
or
partial
closure
of
public
ways.
F
The
Department
never
closes
a
public
way
for
an
event
that
approval
is
only
granted
through
the
special
events
committee
process
that
my
colleague,
director
perset,
described
as
the
director
emphasised.
Public
safety
is
paramount
in
these
discussions.
Boston's
public
safety
personnel
are
second
to
none
and
I
am
continually
impressed
by
the
professionalism
of
Boston
Fire
Boston
police
in
Boston
EMS,
as
well
as
the
other
committee
members
and
their
commitment
to
public
safety.
The
Boston
Transportation
Department,
the
inspectional
Services
DCR
and
many
others.
F
Boston
Parks
participates
on
Special,
Events,
Committee
and
a
weekly
basis
to
make
sure
that
there's
as
much
coordination
as
possible
with
these
other
departments,
I
am
happy
to
answer
your
questions
as
well
as
we're
joined
by
our
hard-working
colleague.
The
chief
engineer
for
the
Boston
Transportation
Department
Eddie
has
furred
I.
G
Just
add
that
you
know
the
Transportation
Department
role
is
formulating
the
traffic
management
plans
in
the
operations
plans
for
a
safe
event,
in
coordination
with
Boston
police,
Boston,
Fire,
EMS,
etc.
So
we
have
a
nice
working
committee
in
the
special
that's
my
engineer
in
charge
of
that
is
Timothy
bourbon,
who
does
a
great
job
in
pulling
that
all
together
on
the
transportation
side?
Certainly
there's
a
lot
of
thought
that
gets
in
hoods
in
with
this
the
whole
team.
Putting
together
that
plan
relative
to
you
know,
roadway
detours,
impacts,
etc.
G
A
B
Thank
you,
gentlemen,
for
your
comments.
I
have
a
several
questions
relating
to
the
approval
process,
so
it
sounds,
and
maybe
this
fight
goes
best
to
you
can
I'm,
not
sure
you
know
who
decides
now
is
that
the
special
event
committee
takes
a
vote
and
says
you
know
we
should
allow
this
to
move
forward,
whether
it's
a
race,
whether
it's
a
parade
whatever
it
is,
is
that
typically,
how
it
happens?
Yeah.
E
Some
of
the
questions
you
have
so
anyone
hosting
an
event
has
to
go
on
online
portal
and
it
actually
applied
for
the
event
whether
the
event
is
free,
a
ticketed
or
open
to
the
public.
We
tagged
mentioned
public
events
include
Road,
races,
block
parties,
they
can
have
entertainment,
food
and
beverages
when
summoned
submit
some
application.
E
The
information
about
the
event
was
must
include
a
copy
of
their
rental
agreement
if
the
event
is
being
held
on
public
property,
a
copy
of
the
site
plan
for
their
event,
this
includes
a
map
of
the
event
area,
streets
or
roads
that
would
be
affected
in
the
size
of
the
dimensions
of
any
structure
they
will
be
building.
Many
events
in
the
many
events
taking
place
in
the
city
also
require
the
applicant
to
ensure
their
event
as
well
as
coach
of
the
city
of
Boston
after
they
apply
online.
My
office
choice.
E
Judge
who's
sitting
right
over
here
in
the
galley
over
here,
will
call
and
discuss
the
event
with
the
a
up
with
the
applicant.
She
will
then
have
the
applicant
come
into
the
Special
Events
Committee,
with
their
site
plan
and
I
have
some
examples
of
that
right
with
this
site
plan
and
all
the
information
they
have
for
the
event
where
they're
reaching
out
who
they're
reaching
out
to
do.
We
sit
with
all
the
different
departments
and
then
again
they
would
go
around
and
everyone
to
introduce
themselves
to
each
other.
E
E
Once
that
all
happens,
they
have
to
bring
the
permit
and
have
it
signed
off
by
the
district
captain
in
each
neighborhood,
and
then
they
have
to
go
through
the
permitting
process
of
what
permits
they
actually
need
once
they
get
all
those
permits
from
all
the
different
different
agencies
in
the
city.
They
will
end
up
in
licensing
upstairs
on
the
eighth
floor
and
they
will
either
enter
a
special
event,
application
or
entertainment
license.
So.
E
For
a
road
race,
the
first
thing
they
have
to
do
for
robots,
they
have
to
send
a
letter
well
in
advance
to
Commission
of
Viacom.
They
will
then.
She
will
then
look
at
the
letter
and
work
with
timber
Dean
and
they
will
either
accept
it
o
deny
that
road
raise
depending
upon
one
of
this
they
would
come
to
two-hour
meeting
and
when
they
come
to
a
meeting.
E
We
have
an
Excel
spreadsheet
of
all
events
that
are
happening
in
the
city,
whether
it's
the
Red
Sox,
the
Celtics,
the
Bruins
any
concerts
at
the
garden
any
concerts
at
Fenway,
all
parks,
events
and
everything
that
we
do.
So
we
can
go
through
that
list
and
if
they
gotta
have
a
road
race,
let's
say,
for
instance,
September
15th.
We
put
last
year
we
put
in
September
15th
that
we
weren't
accepted
any
more
applications
for
any
events
of
the
city,
because
it
was
already
too
much
going
on.
E
So
we
wanted
to
that
and
we
figure
out
whether
or
not
that
could
be
that
race
could
be
feasible.
Since
2014,
we
have
not
added
any
new
additional
Road
races
on
Carnival
on
the
on
car
map.
With
the
exception
of
a
few
one-off
events
that
have
come
when
I
consider
the
rail
to
run
that
we
did
last
year
and
any
walks
or
any
celebrations
and
I
know
that
gentleman
was
talking
about
the
helicopters
and
I
could
address
that.
E
The
helicopters
were
from
the
rallies
and
the
marches
that
would
come
through
they
wouldn't
usually
or
if
it
was
the
10k
marathon
or
the
BAA.
That's
what
the
helicopters
would
come
through
once
they
get
that
once
they
get
that
application,
they
would
then
come
to
the
Special
Events
Committee,
and
we
worked
with
traffic
management
with
transportation,
with
police,
with
EMS
with
fire
to
make
sure
that
the
event
can't
happen
in
a
certain
certain
street
or
section
city
or
if
it
could
be
we'd
like
to
move
it
to
other
to
other
areas
of
the
city.
E
B
G
To
clarify
one
thing
that,
but
when
the
request
comes
in
for
a
road
race,
basically
that
is
then
forwarded
to
the
Special
Events
Committee.
There's
no
decision
made
at
that
time.
It
needs
to
be
fully
vented
through
all
the
different
agencies
and
Public
Safety
about
the
viability
of
that
application
before
the
commissioner
would
sign
off
on
something
like
that.
It.
B
It
is
there
a
stage
in
this
application
for
a
new
event
where,
whether
it's
the
special
events
committee
or
anyone
involved,
says
you
should
go
meet
with
the
relevant
Civic
Association
we
have
the
Neighborhood
Association
of
Back.
Bay
is
represented
here.
You
know,
I
think
the
lists
the
closure
list
that
BTD
puts
out
is
very
good.
It's
very
useful.
One
of
my
concerns,
though,
is
that
that's
often
the
first
information
that
I
get
as
the
district
city,
councilor
and
I
think
probably
that
many
of
our
neighbors
get
about
the
event.
B
It's
a
great
service,
and
you
know
to
the
extent
that
maybe
we
could
incorporate
that
with
ons
because
they
do
put
out
their
weekly
updates
by
neighborhood
I.
Think
that
would
help
address
some
of
the
notice
issues,
but
not
fully
I
do
think
you
know
one
of
the
strengths
of
this
city
and
one
of
the
reasons
I
think
our
neighborhoods
are
so
vibrant
and
strong
has
been
the
engagement
of
civic
associations
and
neighborhood
associations
of
block
organization.
B
You
know
whatever,
whatever
they
choose
to
style
themselves
in
this
process
and
I
think
at
least
a
notification
early
on
perhaps
when
they
come
to
the
Special
Events
Committee
for
the
first
time
would
be
useful
and
I
would
I
would
ask
that
you
consider
implementing
that
yeah.
Thank
you.
Another
question
something
I've
raised
in
the
past.
Have
there
been
any
efforts
or
suggestions
with
events
that
are
not
quite
as
iconic
as
the
marathon
as
the
walk
for
hunger
that
are
not
geographically
tied
to
explore
other
venues,
I?
B
D
B
Similar
route,
if
not
identical
within
a
couple
days
of
each
other
in
June,
those
are
both
incredibly
well
attended.
10Ks.
You
know
a
lot
of
people
getting
their
exercise
in
raising
money
for
good
causes,
but
that
really
do
do
strangle.
The
neighborhood
you
know,
Corporate
Challenge,
sounds
to
me
something
that
might
make
sense
in
a
financial
district
in
the
Seaport.
You
know
areas
that
our
vibrant
that
are
accessible
there's
a
lot
of
space
and
that,
on
the
weekends,
there's
not
a
lot
going
on
over
there.
So
what
is
the
approach
to
something
like
that?
E
We've
moved
several
races
to
different
parts
of
the
city:
east
boston,
for
example.
We've
moved
a
lot
of
races
over
to
south
boston,
where
we
use
date,
Boulevard,
which
is
state,
and
that's
why
we
have
department
conservation
recreation
come
in
and
and
help
us
because
they're
the
ones
who
will
say
whether
or
not
a
race
could
be
could
be
had
we've
moved
races
over
to
Franklin
Park
and
there's
also
a
5k
route
that
we
booked
out
over
nice
boss
that
we're
trying
to
navigate
all
of
our
5k
folks
to
to
to
go
over.
E
F
So
I
would
say
that
there's
a
strong
interest
on
the
part
of
the
participants
of
the
Special
Events
Committee,
to
move
it
to
other
geographic
areas
of
the
city
and,
frankly,
working
with
some
of
our
regional
parties
partners
to
really
explore
opportunities
beyond
city
limits
as
well
like.
We
want
to
receive
the
economic
co-benefits
of
these
events.
However,
we
we
do
realize
that
some
of
the
routes
are
big
enough,
that
they
can
be
a
burden
on
city
residents.
F
So
the
places
within
the
city
that
we've
been
moaning
as
special
event
locations
or
places
like
Millennium
Park
in
West
Roxbury,
the
5k
route,
which
involves
the
East
Boston
Greenway
that
director
percent
mentioned
and
then
any
opportunities
along
the
coast
of
Dorchester
and
South
Boston
as
well
I
will
say-
and
this
will
come
as
no
surprise-
that
there
there
is
a
strong
desire
urge
for
new
events
coming
to
the
city
to
really
participate
in
that
iconic
geography
and
the
architecture
of
the
Back
Bay.
That
doesn't
mean
that
we
should
necessarily
accommodate
them.
I.
B
Appreciate
that
I
appreciate
hearing
about
the
efforts
to
distribute
these
a
little
more
I
would
say
and
I've
gotten,
given
the
timing
of
the
day,
not
as
many
folks
could
come
in
person
might
have
a
stack
or
written
testimony.
Many
of
them
have
suggested
the
Esplanade
I
know
that's
that
state
property,
but
not
disruptive
to
traffic,
not
disruptive
to
access
to
the
neighborhood
I
think
just
mentioned
a
Boulevard.
Similarly,
you
know
another
area
to
look
at
not
just
for
these
new
applicants,
but
for
folks
that
have
been
in
the
neighborhood
using
it
for
a
while.
B
I
will
say
this
certainly
isn't
on
any
of
you.
Three
I
am
disappointed
that
the
police
department
is
not
here
to
talk
about
this
I
think
both
from
a
decision-making
standpoint,
it's
important
to
have
them
at
the
table,
but
also
one
of
the
easiest
ways
to
mitigate
negative
impacts
of
this
is
for
the
police
officers,
who
are
enforcing
the
road
closures
to
have
some
discretion
from
command
staff
just
to
obviously
consistent
with
Public
Safety.
B
If
there's
a
break,
you
know
for
a
while
in
the
runners
may
be
the
you
know
the
fastest
folks
they
got
there
and
then,
where
I
would
be
in
the
middle
of
the
back
of
the
pack,
there's
a
bit
of
a
gap.
You
know
and
I
see
that
sometimes
and
there's
sometimes
discretion
exercised,
but
that
needs
to
come
from
the
top
I
think
people
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
doing
what
they're
supposed
to
do
and
doing
their
jobs.
B
So
I
would
hope
that,
whether
it's
district
captain
or
its
deputy
superintendent
and
planning
or
it's
the
commissioner
whomever
it
is-
does
participate
in
this,
because
I
think
that
alone
could
go
a
long
way
towards
mitigating
Mays
impact,
doesn't
mitigate
the
noise
and
the
helicopters
and
I've
had
I
know
how
many
discussions
with
the
FAA
with
the
state
over
the
years
about
helicopters.
You
know
in
Fenway
a
back
bay,
Beacon
Hill,
you
know,
that's
that's
something
that
may
be
beyond
us
as
a
city
right
now,
but
there
is.
B
There
are
things
that
we
can
do
with
the
existing
things,
and
we
have
had
success
around
the
marathon,
which
is
great
and
I.
Think
part
of
that
success
of
that
is
because
it's
such
a
well-known
event
that
we
can
plan
for
pretty
successive
successfully
and
I'd
like
to
see
that
you
know
for
many
of
these
existing
races
that
do
require
significant
closures
in
listen,
a
5k,
that's
happening
from
7:30
a.m.
to
9:00
a.m.
or
whatever
it
is,
you
don't
want.
B
A
Sunday
has
a
significantly
different
and
lesser
impact
than
the
JPMorgan
Corporate
Challenge,
which
is
usually
I
believe
in
the
evening.
It's
a
10k,
that's
so
I
think
so
I.
Just
a
big
goal
of
this
hearing
is
to
one
make
sure
that
we're
thinking
about
these
things,
but
also
almost
every
single
one
of
these
emails
I've
received,
talked
about
in
glowing
terms
how
people
love
the
vibrancy
in
the
neighborhood.
They
want
to
support
these
causes,
but
that
there
are
things
we
can
tweak
to
make
it
better,
and
the
notice
goes
a
long
way
to
that.
F
I
would
also
say,
I
think
your
point
is
well
met
councillor,
while
there's
strong
coordination
around
the
event
logistics
themselves
and
what's
going
to
make
for
a
successful
event,
we
could
certainly
engage
with
VP
D
and
B,
and
the
B
FS
at
BPD
to
try
to
see
if
we
can
apply
that
same
level
of
organization
that
we
do
around
the
marathon
planning
to
some
of
these
smaller
events.
To
make
it
easier
on
the
burden
on
the
neighborhood
and.
B
I
do
think
I'll.
This
will
be
the
last
time.
I
say
it.
I
do
think
if
whomever
is
to
charge
whether
it's
the
district
commander
at
d4
in
this
case
or
elsewhere,
you
know
to
give
the
word
to
the
men
and
women
of
the
Boston
Police
Department,
who
are
out
there.
Protecting
these
events
and
Manning
via
the
traffic
barriers
say,
listen
use
your
judgment.
If
someone
lives
right
there
and
I
personally
have
had
you
know
something
mixed
success
over
the
years
on
that
front.
So
I
do
want
to
say
to
that.
B
I
think
goes
a
long
way
towards
resolving
a
lot
of
these
concerns.
I
think
that's
probably
it
from
from
my
questions
right
now.
I
do
think
I
do
appreciate.
This
I
appreciate
your
attention
in
this
and
willingness
to
work
with
us
and,
as
I
said
from
the
beginning,
I,
ideally
you
know
some
of
these
minor
policy
changes
can
be
put
in
place
on
your
side
of
things
in
it.
There
won't
be
a
legislative
process.
B
B
Be
part
of
it,
we
don't
need
to
be
fighting
every
one
of
those,
but
certainly
you
know
I
appreciate
your
tennis.
I
do
appreciate
it's
good
to
see
the
data
and
I
also
want
to
thank
my
staff,
who
poured
over
years
of
this
data
that
was
provided
to
put
this
into.
You
know
a
readable
form
for
me
to
be
informed
about
this.
I
know
there's
a
lot
there,
but
you
know,
like
I,
said
from
the
beginning.
A
Want
to
recognize
that
councillor,
sabi
George
has
joined
us
as
well.
Oh,
do
you
like
to
ask
okay,
so
I
have
a
few
questions
that
build
on
what
councillors
Aiken
was
saying.
So
first
is:
if
would
it
be
possible
just
to
provide
I,
don't
know
if
that
it's
written
down
in
one
place,
but
sort
of
a
set
of
steps
for
what
the
different
permits
or
you
know
where
people
have
to
do
it?
E
If
you
go
on
the
tours,
this
boy's
entertainment
website,
there'll
be
a
section
called
how-to
and
it
will
be
how
to
fill
out
a
public
event
application
and
we'll
bring
you
through
the
three
different
steps.
It
will
tell
you
the
different
departments
I
had
mentioned
police
fire,
ISD,
etc.
It
will
give
you
an
idea
of
what
permits
you
might
need.
So,
when
you're
coming
into
the
Special
Events
Committee
you'll
be
able
to
pull
that
up,
and
it's
all
online
okay.
A
Okay,
yeah
anything
you
have
would
be
great,
I
think
as
we're
trying
to
think
about
this.
Even
the
distinction
between
different
types
of
public
events
is
helpful,
and
then
so
is
there
any
consideration
now
of
kind
of
what
is
a
reasonable
number
or
frequency
of
events
per
geography
per
neighborhood
or
subnet
you?
What
kind
of
per
block.
E
How
many
events
and
how
many
street
clothes
are
in
each
neighborhood
councils
a
comes
districts
is
a
there's,
a
popular
district.
We
try
and
steer
new
events
away
from
this
district
now
and
going
into
the
different
other
of
the
neighborhoods
of
the
city,
Roxbury
Hyde
Park,
West,
Roxbury,
Roslindale,
South
Boston.
E
A
E
H
F
A
F
The
scope
really
changes
with
the
type
of
event
for
major
events
that
use
the
com.
A
fruit
director.
Correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
things
are
probably
only
six
or
seven
or
so
of
those
that
really
close
down
and
really
impact
someone
like
getting
out
of
their
their
driveway
or
accessing
the
car.
However,
between
that
and
the
block
parties
and
the
additionality
of
the
events
that
happen
on
the
common,
as
well
as
any
filming
or
construction,
that's
happening
in
the
neighborhood
it
can
be,
can
get
very
busy.
F
E
So
we
had,
we
took
a
tally,
just
comes
to
just
get
an
example
in
2017,
which
is
right.
After
when
you
talk
about
the
the
election
there,
the
council
is
a
comes
district,
had
16
walks
that,
and
then
we
had
there
was
a
seven
parades,
but
out
of
the
seven
parades
they
do
go.
Those
were
more
of
the
protest
parades
and
they
and
that
decreased
in
2018.
Okay,.
A
Okay
and
so
the
way
that
it
works
now,
is
it
just
first-come,
first-serve
for
a
particular
time
and
location.
So,
for
example,
if
there's
a
walk,
that's
been
kind
of
going
a
couple
years
now
and
someone
else
wants
to
do
something.
Is
it
you
kind
of
reevaluate
every
year
or
what's
the
scheduling
priority
like.
E
It's
at
the
same
time,
but
we
work
with
this
all
the
events
come
in.
We
can
work
with
with
whoever
it
is
usually
a
zoo,
come
first
first-come,
first-served
basis.
It
also
depends
upon
where
the
event
is
going
to
be
okay
and
how
many
events
are
in
the
city.
We
have
to
take
into
consideration.
What's
going
on
in
Fenway,
Park
I.
A
Basically,
if
and
how
far
out
are
you
scheduling?
I
do
issue
permits
year
a
year?
Okay.
So
basically,
if
there's
more
interest
in
adding
events,
they
you
kind
of
have
to
whoever
kind
of
lays
claim,
any
year
before
it
essentially
gets
a
right
of
first
refusal
or
something
like
that,
and
then
others
will
get
recommended
to
a
different
location
or
a
different
date.
Or
do
you
ever
kind
of
flat-out
project?
Any
events
we.
E
F
So
two
new
things
that
we've
been
working
in
partnership
with
the
tourism
sports
and
entertainment
department
with
is
creating
a
5k
route
within
the
common
itself
and
also
with
in
Franklin
Park
to
try
to
get
out
of
the
business
of
closing
roads,
because
it's
so
impactful
that's
been
successful.
However,
that's
now
starting
to
run
in
to
the
traditional
yearly
events
that
we
have
at
both
those
parks,
and
so
we're
really
at
capacity
at
those
I,
feel.
A
You
know,
Falls,
they
fall
down
in
the
probably
that's
given
and
or
even
you
know,
assuming
that
everyone
handles
the
neighborhood
interaction
really
well
and
that
there's
no
complaints,
even
just
the
idea
that
there
should
be
some
feedback
from
the
community.
On
how
they
want
their
kind
of
the
mitigation
that
they
have
to
deal
with
the
impacts
that
they
have
to
deal
with,
should
that
go
to
this
or
that
cause
that
they
care
about?
Maybe
there's
a
local
organization
that
wants
to
do
a
walk,
that
they
would
much.
F
Think
your
point
is
well
met
and
we
certainly
learned
a
lot
from
councillors,
a
commes
community
and
neighborhood
in
the
process
of
dealing
with
the
freedom
rally
on
Boston
Common
recently,
and
certainly
you
know
no
event
should
get
to
that
point
before
the
city
takes
action,
so
I
think
the
more
we
can
incorporate
that
thoughtfulness
in
our
approach
to
scheduling
these
events.
We'd
be
we'd
benefit
from
that.
A
B
No,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you,
gentlemen.
I
appreciate
your
willingness
to
listen,
I
think
to
hear
from
from
the
residents.
Maybe
the
folks
that
I
represent
I
feel
encouraged
by
this,
especially
as
we
are
getting
into
the
spring
season.
So
I
do
just
want
to
reiterate
that
the
two
I
think
two
of
the
most
crucial
action
items
that
can
be
implemented.
B
You
know,
maybe
not
overnight,
but
but
pretty
close
is
trying
to
incorporate
those
road
closure
lists
with
Owen
s's
outgoing
neighborhood
emails,
trying
and
again
since
we're
probably
already
set
for
this
year,
but
moving
forward
as
new
applicants
come
in
it's
of
a
significant
size
and
I'll
leave
it
to
your
judgment.
B
What
what
qualifies
looping
in
the
relevant
Civic,
Association
and/or,
you
know
our
district
City
Council
offices
and
bringing
the
police
department
into
this
discussion
about
music,
some
some
common
sense
discretion
on
helping
folks
in
and
out
of
their
homes
during
these
events,
I
think
are
three
things
that
should
be
able
to
happen
fairly
easily
in
preparation
for
the
coming
spring.
Absolutely.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chairman.
My
name
is
Mike
George
I'm
here
at
the
invitation
of
the
Neighborhood
Association
of
the
Back
Bay
of
which
I'm
a
member.
My
comments
on
my
own
and
with
Knab
I
I
I
head
up
a
group
of
a
condominium,
Management
Group
that
looks
at
how
we
manage
the
buildings.
I
also
serve
as
NAB's
representative
on
the
Association
for
downtown
civic
associations,
organizations
ADCO
just
to
summarize
a
couple
of
things
and
as
Edco
also
transitions
from
a
successful
campaign
to
regulate
short-term
rentals
into
the
area
of
transportation.
H
While
we
may
be
the
most
affluent
neighborhood,
the
residents
of
the
Back
Bay,
we're
also
the
most
medically
needy
and
as
the
congestion
in
the
streets
clogs
up
ours,
our
neighbors
it
at
some
point
impacts
the
ability
for
emergency
vehicles
to
get
through
I
understand
the
police
and
fire
are
at
the
table
during
these
meetings.
But
we're
increasingly
concerned
about
being
able
to
get
access
to
the
great
medical
facilities
that
we
have.
You
know
in
the
city.
H
The
second
I
would
say,
is
and
I
applaud.
The
idea
of
getting
an
economic
impact
indicator
I'm,
a
retired
public
administrator
25
five
years
in
state
and
local
government
past
president
American
Society
for
public
administration,
Massachusetts
chapter
and
understand
the
difficulty
in
bringing
in
metrics
and
fact-based
decision
making
into
the
public
sector.
I
have
not
heard
a
lot
of
well
I
heard
some
some
kind
of
initial
analytical
approach
to
this
problem
in
terms
of
compiling
data
and
collecting
data.
H
I
didn't
hear
a
lot
more
about
metrics
about
a
decision-making
process.
That's
readily
accessible,
so
I
I,
guess
if
you
have
to
buy
something
to
give
us
that
information.
That's
great,
so
I
applaud
that
that
we
can
move
towards
a
more
fact-based,
particularly
since
the
impression
is
that
the
businesses
don't
particularly
benefit
from
these
events.