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Docket #0348 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($245,900.00) in the form of a grant for the FY21 Local Culture Council Program, awarded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council to be administered by the Office of Arts & Culture. The grant will fund the Boston Cultural Council sub-grants.
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A
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A
A
Today,
I'm
joined
by
my
my
colleagues,
I
don't
know
what
the
order
of
arrival
was,
but
there's
just
two
two
of
you:
counselor
fin
flynn
district,
two
and
district
nine
liz
braden.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Everybody
for
coming
by,
in
accordance
with
governor
baker's
march
12
2020
executive
order,
modifying
certain
requirements
of
the
open
meeting
law
and
relieving
public
bodies
of
certain
requirements,
including
it
the
requirement
that
public
parties
conduct
its
meetings
in
public
places
that
is
open
in
physically
accessible
to
the
public
city
council
will
be
conducting
this
hearing.
A
Virtually
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
in
live
stream
at
boston,
dot,
gov,
slash
city
dash,
council
dash
tv.
It
will
be
rebroadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn
channel
82,
verizon,
fios,
channel
964,
and
also
we
will
be
taking
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
this
hearing.
If
you
wish
to
testify,
via
video
conference,
please
email
shane.pac
at
boston.gov
to
sign
up
when
you're
called
please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
or
resonance
and
limit
your
comments
to
no
more
than
two
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
comments
can
be
heard.
A
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket
number
zero.
Three
four
eight,
a
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
245
thousand
nine
hundred
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy
21
local
cultural
council
program
awarded
by
the
massachusetts
cultural
council
to
be
administered
administered
by
the
office
of
arts
and
culture.
A
B
Thank
you,
councillor,
baker.
I
don't
have
any
opening
statements
looking
forward
to
learning
about
the
the
the
grants,
but
also
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
the
dedicated
team
from
mayor
walsh's
staff
that
are
here
today
doing
outstanding
work
so
looking
forward
to
their
testimony.
Thank
you,
council.
Baker.
Thank.
D
A
E
Great
thank
you
counselors,
I'm
going
to
get
us
started,
and
that
is
our
director
of
administration
and
finance
and
can
help
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have.
So
I'm
carly
ortega,
I'm
the
chief
of
arts
and
culture
for
the
city
with
the
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture.
I'm
going
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
the
boston
cultural
council
grant,
which
is
the
funding
that
you're
would
be
voting
on.
E
E
This
was
part
of
a
new
equity
funding
strategy
that
we
launched
last
year
to
focus
public
funds
on
organizations
that
are
often
overlooked
by
philanthropy
and
yet
are
critical
to
providing
cultural
access
to
our
communities.
The
specific
amount
organizations
are
eligible
for
depends
on
their
budget
size
and
the
largest
amount
that
we
award
is
five
thousand
dollars.
E
Last
year
we
awarded
four
hundred
490
000
to
146
arts
organizations
and
that
total
included
funding
from
the
massachusetts
cultural
council,
which
was
a
contribution
of
236
thousand
four
hundred
dollars
with
a
city
match
of
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
every
year
we
have
some
allocation
from
the
state
through
the
mass
cultural
council
and
a
match
from
the
city
that
gives
us
our
total
granting
dollars.
E
For
the
second
year
in
a
row,
three
grantees
last
year
received
additional
funding
through
the
model
equity
organization
award
and
those
were
additional
grants
of
five
thousand
dollars
each
for
doing
exceptional
work,
both
internally
within
the
organization
and
externally,
through
their
programming.
In
a
way
that
aligns
with
the
boston,
cultural
council's
equity
statement,
the
winners
of
that
2020
model
model
equity
organization
award
were
city,
boston,
city,
ballet
of
boston,
the
pow
art
center
and
company
one
theater,
since
this
is
going
to
be
our
second
year
with
new
guidelines.
E
I
also
want
to
give
you
a
sense
of
who
we
would
be
supporting
in
2021
over
150
grants
this
year
through
over
150
grants.
This
year
will
be
reaching
every
neighborhood
in
boston
and
we're
proud
to
share
that.
The
majority
of
this
year's
grants
are
going
to
our
smallest
budget
category
nonprofits
with
budgets
under
250
000
a
year,
and
I
should
say
a
lot
of
those
are
much
much
smaller
than
that
under
50
or
under
10
000.
You
know
really
powered
by
volunteers
in
their
communities.
E
These
groups
bring
theater
design,
music,
dance,
literary
arts
and
media
to
their
communities
through
arts,
education
fairs
and
festivals,
exhibitions,
presenting
series,
different
kinds
of
social
services,
publications
and
through
cultural
spaces.
After
a
very
intentional
communications,
push
this
past
fall
a
quarter
of
our
applicants.
This
year
have
never
received
funding
from
the
boston
cultural
council
before
so
that
really
demonstrates
that
we're
really
continuing
to
expand
our
reach
to
support
arts,
culture
and
creative
work
that
maybe
has
never
had
access
to
grants
or
seen
that
grants
are
available
to
them.
E
A
E
Yeah
absolutely
and
we
can
send
out
kind
of
communications
kits
to
all
of
your
offices
the
grants
open
every
year
in
the
fall.
It's
usually
september
1st
this
year
we
were
a
little
bit
pushed
back
with
everything
with
the
pandemic
and
the
state
budget,
but
it's
usually
september
1st,
through
about
october
15th
and
there's
an
online
application
process
through
the
platform
that
we
use
for
all
of
our
grants
and
calls
to
artists
submittable-
and
there
are
you
know,
pdf
of
guidelines
and
how
to
fill
out
the
application.
E
We
also
do
a
bunch
of
info
sessions
during
that
time
when
the
application
is
open,
so
people
can
actually
sign
up
for
office
hours
with
someone
on
our
staff
and
walk
through
it
and
get
their
application
in
and
then
they're
reviewed
with
decisions
usually
coming
in
mid-january,
and
then
we
have
a
usually
a
big
celebration
in
march,
which
of
course
last
year
turned
into
a
video,
but
this
year,
hopefully,
will
be
a
more
exciting
video.
Until
we
can
do
things
in
person
again,.
E
So
we
have,
I
think,
we're
up
to
we're
fully
fully
appointed.
I
think
at
15
people
right
now
and
they
represent
districts
across
the
city.
We
try
to
do
work
when
there
are
applications
or
vacancies
open
to
make
sure
that
we're
keeping
city-wide
representation
and
those
folks
are
all
people
who,
in
one
way
or
another,
have
a
connection
to
arts
and
culture.
E
A
B
E
B
B
Would
was
there
anything
unique
in
any
of
the
applications
that
you
were
looking
for
in
terms
of
what
were
they
thinking
outside
the
box
or
bringing
bringing
people
together?
That
may
not
have
been
in
the
traditional
artist
community,
or
you
know,
trying
to
reach
bps
kids
was.
Was
there
anything
unique
that
you
were
trying
to
focus
on.
E
Yeah
well,
this
this
past
cycle
was,
I
think,
particularly
challenging,
because
of
covet,
so
without
the
ability
to
gather
people,
and
we
even
had
a
section.
You
know
where
we
asked
for
people's
budgets
where
we
said
you
know.
We
understand
that
this
has
been
a
really
unusual
year.
You
know,
if
you
don't
have
your
regular
budget
or
if
you
you
know,
everything's
changed.
Just
just
explain
to
us:
what's
happened
and
what
you've
been?
E
What
you've
been
able
to
do-
and
I
think
the
thing
that's
been
pretty
remarkable-
is
how
much
people
have
kept
working
so,
even
though
they
haven't
been
able
to
to
gather
in
person
and
do
their
normal
work,
they've
been
doing
virtual
events.
I've
been
pretty
blown
away
with
how
much
people
have
been
engaging
youth
even
online
through
creative
youth
development,
work
and
and
organizations
that
do
creative
youth
development
and
work
with
young
people
who
then
pivoted
to
helping
with
food
access
in
their
communities
and
really
being
touch
points
for
their
families.
E
So
I
think
that
you
know
there's
been
some
really
amazing
work
in
terms
of
work
with
young
people
specifically,
but
this
was
definitely
an
unusual
year
in
people.
People
just
ate
the
costs
in
order
to
keep
providing
something
over
the
course
of
the
year.
So
we
do.
We
have
been
looking
more
and
more
to
get
a
sense
of
who
really
is
being
served
by
organizations.
So
we
have
questions
in
the
application
to
really
get
a
sense
of.
Are
you
working
with
specific
populations?
E
A
lot
of
those
are
young
people,
so
that
definitely
stands
out
and
people
also
can
say
if
they're
working
with
specific
neighborhoods.
So
I
think
you
know
we're
always
trying
to
evolve
our
applications
and
get
to
know
all
of
these
groups
so
that
we
get
a
much
finer
sense
of
you
know
who
they're
working
with
and
how
they're
representing
those
communities.
E
B
D
D
E
Yeah
when
we
made
the
decision
to
fund
smaller
organizations,
we
stopped
funding
some
of
the
larger
ones,
and
so
when
that
happened,
our
grant
numbers
decreased
a
little
bit,
but
now,
even
between
last
year
and
this
year,
this
is
just
our
second
year
of
doing
that.
We've
already
seen
a
much
bigger
increase
and,
like
I
said,
having
a
quarter
of
the
applicants
having
never
applied
to
bcc
grants
before
so.
E
You
know
chasing
people
down
and
saying:
please
apply
for
this,
so
I
think
the
more
that
we
do
that
you
know
we'll
see
those
numbers
go
up
and
then
you
know
at
some
point.
We
would
love
to
see
more
funding
from
the
state
and
the
city
for
this
grant,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
you
know
we
don't
want
to
be
turning
away.
Any
of
these
organizations
that
are
within
these
guidelines.
We
want
to
be
able
to
grow
the
support
to
meet
them.
D
And
so
you're
really
cultivating
a
grassroots
arts,
arts,
arts
and
culture
infrastructure
across
the
city
and
introducing
lots
of
new
people
to
it.
That's
wonderful
and
in
terms
of
types
of
work,
is
there
a
breakdown
like?
Do
you
get
a
nice
spread
or
is
it
more
performance,
art
or
visual
arts?
Or
what's
what
sort
of
projects
are
you
in
the
do
you
see
in
the
basket
this
year.
E
We
always
see
a
lot
of
music,
that's
always
the
biggest
kind
of
genre
category
and
I
think,
that's
partially,
because
a
lot
of
the
groups
that
work
with
young
people
have
some
kind
of
music
component
to
them
and
then
also
there's
it's
like
the
lowest
barrier
thing.
So
a
lot
of
choruses-
and
you
know,
groups
of
people
can
get
together
and
sing
and
play
music
in
a
way
that
I
think,
feels
more
accessible.
E
So
we
always
get
a
lot
of
music
and
we
always
get
a
lot
of
multi-disciplinary,
which
I
think
you
know
we're
seeing
organizations
that
are
like
the
one-stop
shop
for
arts
and
culture
access,
and
so
they
have
a
little
bit
of
everything
trying
to
think.
If
there's
any
other
major
categories
that
stand
out,
I
think.
D
F
F
F
F
It's
I
think,
if
the
money
that
were
if
the
money
that
we're
like
voting
through
has
actually
been
awarded,
it
would
be
better
if
the
council
also
had
that
documentation
so
and
would
love
to
see
that,
and
I
think
I
think
it
would
be
great
also
for
us
as
counselors
to
be
able
to
look
at
it
and
be
like
oh
okay.
These
groups,
in
my
these
grassroots
groups,
like
the
you
know,
you
guys,
have
already
managed
to
connect
to,
and
oh
here's
like
some
who
have
who
maybe
don't
know
about
this
grant.
F
F
F
Got
it,
and
is
this
the
type
of
grant
where,
like
your
vision,
would
be
that
like
because
obviously
you're
sort
of
trying
to
seed
the
field
with
lots
of
grassroots
groups
that
know
about
this
is
the
hope
that
then
those
grassroots
groups
would
be
applying
every
year
and
coming
to
I
mean,
I
think,
there's
always
an
issue
with
grants.
Like
basically,
are
you
trying
to
change?
E
Yeah,
I
think
it's
a
mix.
You
know
there
are
some
organizations
that
are
you
know,
they're
further
along
and
how
their
visioning
of
what
they
want
to
do.
They
have
full-time
staff
and
they
have
an
idea
about
how
they
want
to
grow.
And
if
an
organization
wants
to
grow,
then
ideally
this
grant
could
be.
You
know
a
stop
for
a
couple
of
years
where
they
get
used
to
the
grant
application
process.
They
then
get
plugged
into
our
office.
E
They
hear
about
other
opportunities,
we
get
to
know
them,
and
then
they
start
to
get
access
to
other
things
that
are
gonna
be
bigger
than
five
thousand
dollars.
So
I
think
that's
one
piece
of
it,
but
I
we
also
believe
that
there's
a
lot
of
good
reasons
for
having
just
a
grant
that's
available,
and
maybe
somebody
applies
to
that
over
and
over
and
over
again,
but
it
supports
that
one
critical
thing
that
they're
providing.
We
think
that
that's
okay
and
there's
a
lot
of
groups
that
aren't
on
a
growth
path.
E
You
know
they're,
like
I
was
saying
earlier,
like
maybe
one
person
who's
getting
a
stipend
and
a
few
volunteers,
but
they
do
what
they
do
every
year,
and
that
has
an
impact.
The
other
thing
is
that
having
some
kind
of
unrestricted
general
operating
funds
available
from
the
city
helps
drive
a
lot
of
innovation,
so
there's
artistic
risk.
Taking
that
won't
happen
with
larger
grants
that
have
you
know,
maybe
a
lot
of
hoops
that
you
have
to
jump
through.
E
You
have
to
deliver
a
really
particular
kind
of
thing,
and
this
is
something
where
you
just
get
funding
to
do
what
it
is
that
you're
doing,
and
so
that
lets
people
kind
of
innovate
and
have
do
different
partnerships
and
be
able
to
yeah
take
take
some
risks
and
chances.
So
we
feel,
like
that's,
an
important
part
of
the
ecosystem,
but
I
will
say
all
of
this
is
based
on.
E
F
E
You
know!
If
we
do
it's,
it
would
just
be
one
or
two.
I
think
I'd
have
to
go.
Look
at
the
grant
list
to
see
that,
but
in
general,
if
there's
any
any
groups
that
you
think
should
be
on
our
radar
for
this
grant
or
just
more
broadly,
you
should
feel
free
to
send
us
who
those
are
and
we'll
you
know
have
a
get
to
know
you
and
make
sure
that
they're.
You
know
on
a
path
for
whichever
opportunity
and
funding
opportunity
that
there
is
through
our
office.
F
Awesome
yeah,
no
just
thinking
about
we
we
had.
We
had
youth
this
summer
last
summer.
We
sort
of
ran
an
impromptu
success
like
program,
because
we
were
all
trying
to
offer
youth
jobs
and,
and
it
had
an
arts
component,
and
it
was
just
really
great
to
see
how
many
of
the
youth
are
sort
of
like
plugged
into
an
art
scene
and
interested
in
kind
of
processing,
political
and
social
issues
through
that
lens
and
so
yeah.
F
I
think
these
kinds
of
seed
things
are
really
important
because,
like
you
say,
lets
people
be
imaginative
right
and,
like
I
mean
I
think
about
this,
wasn't
actually
done
through
this
program,
but
through
the
we
have
these
fenway
beautification
grants
that
came
out
of
a
whole
red
sox
development
process
ten
years
ago,
and
there
was
an
amazing
one
that
someone
did
this
year
well
operation
peace
did
where
they
interviewed
like
a
whole
bunch
of
fenway
residents.
You
know
each
out
like
outdoors
in
masks
and
then
they
did
a.
E
F
A
Thank
you,
council
park
cara,
so
very
little
restrictions
on
on
the
the
5000,
it's
short
money,
so
so,
like
you
could
use.
You
could
come
up
with
an
idea,
and
it's
not
like.
Oh,
that
doesn't
fit
into
the
parameters
of
what
this
grant
is.
It's
very
kind
of
we're
trying
to
generate
something
here.
Would
it
be
safe?
Will
that
statement
be
safe.
E
Yeah,
I
think
so,
and
you
know
this
is
why
we
started
asking
about
how
much
funding
each
of
the
applicants
spends
on
on
artists
and
like
creative
workers,
specifically
because
we
know
that
when
the
organizations
are
really
really
small,
almost
all
that
money
just
goes
directly
into
paying
people
as
a
part
of
the
work.
So
that's
been.
E
A
E
I
think
we
would
direct
them
towards
a
different
source
of
funding
and
this
grant.
You
know,
we've
structured
it
really
specifically
to
go
up
to
that
max
of
five
thousand
dollars
based
on
your
budget
size.
So
it
has
really
like
streamlined
the
process
and,
I
think,
made
it
more
equitable
because
we're
not
across
150
grand
saying
oh,
maybe
this
person
deserves
an
extra
five
dollars.
E
A
A
Yeah,
okay,
I
don't
have
any
more
questions
on
this,
but
I
would
care
if
it's
okay,
would
you
indulge
me
for
a
minute
liz
and
I
met
back
before
covert
whenever
that
was?
Was
there
before
covert
and
we
had
talked
about
a
cultural,
cultural
district
in
in
brighton?
What
what
should
in
covert?
You
know,
of
course,
the
first
step
on
that
is
to
have
a
a
community
meeting
and
get
out
there
and
and
generate
some
some.
You
know
just
some
interest.
A
What
do
you
think
or
or
is
there
something
that
we
could
be
doing
now
short
of
having
a
big
zoom
meeting?
Is
there
anything
that
we
could
be
doing
now
like
in
can?
Can
the
district
city
council
from
from
brighton,
maybe
do
quiet
work
with
with
organizations
and
maybe
file
an
application
with
the
state,
the
mass
cultural
council?
Can
you
just
talk
on
that
a
little
bit?
I
know
it's
off
topic,
but
I
have
you
here
in
front
of
me.
E
No
no
problem
so
and
and
counselor
brandon,
and
I
had
a
conversation
about
this
as
well
in
terms
of,
what's
the
you
know,
what's
the
order
of
operations
for
the
state
cultural
districts?
In
my
opinion,
the
most
important
thing
is
figuring
out
who
is
going
to
be
the
managing
partner
who
is
located
in
the
district
so
for
all
of
our
other
districts?
There's
a
non-profit
that
signs
an
mou
with
us
that
says
you
know
we're
the
ones
who
are
going
to
be
doing
at
least
some.
E
E
We've
been
yeah,
we've
been
in
conversation
with
main
streets
generally
about
what
that
could
look
like
if
that
were
just
housed
out
of
main
street.
You
know,
I
know,
there's
already
a
lot
on
the
main
streets,
so
it
kind
of
it
depends.
You
know
on
what
that
person's
setup
is,
and
we
could
always
work
with
them
to
think
about
how
to
support
cultural
work.
E
You
know
through
other
grant
opportunities
or
support
around
the
district,
so
there's
a
path
forward
there,
but
I
think
just
figuring
that
out
and
making
sure
that
there's
community
buy-in
around
who
that
entity
is.
You
know
and
trust
in
that,
and
you
know
that
the
managing
partner
is
going
to
be
connected
with
the
arts
community
and
be
communicating
with
the
arts
community.
E
That's
probably
the
work
that
could
happen
now
and
I
would
say
also
reaching
out
to
the
mass
cultural
council,
the
person
who
works
on
these
districts
in
our
area,
who
we
have
a
relationship
with
and
maybe
having
a
conversation
now
about
where
they
are
with
the
program.
You
know
there's
new
leadership
at
the
mass
cultural
council.
E
D
E
Before
the
board,
I
think
this
spring,
so
it's
taken,
you
know
an
additional.
You
know,
year
year
year
and
a
half,
so
I
think
those
kinds
of
things
you
know
it
might
be
good
to
have
a
conversation
with
them
and
see
what
they're
thinking,
because
I
think
that's
been
tough
to
do
a
lot
of
community
work.
You
know,
have
the
hearings
go
through
the
application
process?
Have
the
groups
on
board
and
then
you
know
to
have
to
wait
or
feel
like
it's
not
really
clear.
E
A
Okay,
so
we'll
give
them
a
month
before
we
start
barraging
them
with
calls
yeah
and
and
the
way
we
did,
that
in
in
fields
corner
was
a
vietnamese
group
formed
formed
a
new
group
and
then
potted
on
with
with
main
street,
because
main
street
had
somewhat
of
a
whole,
not
not
necessarily
engage
with
the
vietnamese
community,
so
hopefully
gonna
they're
gonna.
You
know
the
vietnamese
group
will
help
main
streets
with
with
language
and
and
figuring
out
how
to
get
more
vietnamese
businesses
in
the
main
street
fold
so
liz.
D
A
A
I
mean
five
thousand
dollars
if
they're
in
there
doing
something
in
the
5000.
It's
not
like
they're
going
to
break
the
bank
if
they,
if
they,
if
you
guys,
are
okay-
and
you
know
that
they're
doing
the
work,
it
is
only
five
thousand
dollars
at
the
end
of
the
day.
If
it
was
a
hundred
thousand,
maybe
would
have
to
look
into
those
addresses
a
little
bit
more,
but
yeah.