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From YouTube: Committee on Boston's Covid-19 Recovery on March 4, 2022
Description
Docket #0194 - Hearing regarding a review of COVID-19 recovery funds
B
A
All
right:
well,
I
think
we
better
get
going.
Let
me
just
check
candace.
Are
we
good
to
stream?
We
are
all
set
to
stream.
Madam
chair,
okay,
all
right,
I
think
we've
got
lots
of
material
to
cover
today,
so
I
think
we
should
get
going.
A
So
I'm
calling
this
hearing
of
the
boston
city
council's
committee
on
boston's
copa,
19
recovery
to
order
for
the
record.
My
name
is
kenzi
bach,
I'm
the
district
8
city
councilor,
and
also
the
chair
of
the
committee
on
boston's
covet
19
recovery
for
the
boston
city
council.
A
I'm
joined
here
today
by
my
colleagues
counselor
michael
flaherty
at
large
councilor
ruth
rudzi,
louis
jen,
at
large
councilor,
frank
baker
of
district,
three
councillor,
ed
flynn,
district,
two,
and
also
our
council
president
and
councillor
brian
worrell
of
district
four,
and
I
think
a
few
other
counselors
trickling
in
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It's
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
city
dash,
council
dash
tv
and
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn,
channel
82
and
fios
channel
964.
A
we'll
be
taking
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
the
hearing.
So,
if
you're
interested
in
testifying,
please
email
michelle
goldberg
for
the
link,
the
email
for
that
is
m-I-c-h-e-l-l-e
dot,
a
dot
goldberg
g-o-l-d-b-e-r
at
boston.gov.
So
you
can
email
michelle
for
the
link
and
if
you
have
already
signed
up
to
testify,
we
have
you
on
the
list.
Some
of
you
I
see
are
here
already
and
just
know
that
you'll
be
moved
from
attendees
into
panelists
when
we
get
to
the
public
testimony
portion
of
the
hearing
and
today's
hearing
is
on
docket
0194.
A
It's
an
order
for
a
hearing
regarding
a
review
of
cobit
19
recovery
funds.
It's
sponsored
by
myself,
counselor
liz
braden
district
9,
who
will
be
here
in
a
moment
and
counselor
brian
morale
district.
Four,
I'm
going
to
briefly
go
to
counselors
for
opening
statements
and
then
we'll
turn
it
over
to
the
administration
for
their
presentation
questions
and
then,
as
mentioned
we'll
hear
from
the
public.
A
A
How
we've
already
spent
federal
funds
that
we've
received
in
this
copic
crisis-
and
I
think
everybody
on
the
council
and
the
administration
side
and
the
public
recognizes
this
as
the
unique
opportunity
that
it
is
also
the
fact
that,
like
we
are
still
in
a
crisis-
and
there
are
so
many
people
hurting,
and
so
we
really
all
feel
the
onus
to
make
sure
that
these
funds
are
are
being
used
in
the
best
most
strategic
way
possible
and
recognize
that
it
is
a
kind
of
one-time
like
allocation
of
federal
money
like
we
don't
usually
see,
and
so
we
want
kind
of
the
utmost
scrutiny
on
that,
and
so
just
for
anybody
who's
watching
at
home.
A
C
A
Hope
there
is
that
it
creates
a
kind
of
a
shared
information
base
for
everybody,
on
the
council,
the
administration
and
in
the
public
to
operate
from
as
we
talk
about
the
remaining
dollars.
So
to
that
end,
I
also
expect
that
we'll
hear
in
public
testimony
from
members
of
the
public
who
have
an
interest
in
how
we
spend
these
and
suggestions
for
how
we
spend
these,
and
so
just.
D
A
Everybody
understands
that
what
we're
discussing
today
is
not
an
appropriation
order.
It's
kind
of
the
bird's
eye
view
question
about
where
all
these
funds
are
and
what
status
is.
So
that's
a
bit
for
me
I'll.
Let
councillor
warrell
as
one
of
my
co-sponsors,
give
a
quick
opening
statement
and
then
we'll
go
in
order
of
arrival,
which
is
flaherty
louis
jen,
baker,
flynn
and
and
I'll
add
counselors
who,
as
they
arrive
so
councillor
warwile.
You
have
the
floor.
E
Morning,
everyone
and
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
to
everyone
from
the
administration-
that's
here
very
important
topic
with
the
historic
amount
of
relief
funds
being
allocated
in
our
fiscal
year.
F
Thank
you,
madam
shire,
for
hosting
and
also
for
co-sponsoring,
along
with
my
colleagues
council,
real,
and
I
believe,
council
braden
as
well.
F
So
as
I
mentioned
when
it
was
introduced,
the
previous
acting
administration
put
together
equitable
recovery
task
force
and
community
engagement
process
for
residents
to
to
come
forward
and
provide
feedback
for
how
they
wanted
the
funds
to
be
spent
on
certain
crucial
areas
that
have
either
impacted
their
communities
or
our
city,
and
I
felt
that
the
the
sessions
were
were
somewhat
helpful,
but
they
didn't
really
reach
a
wide
range
of
people
across
the
city.
F
So,
and
I
think,
there's
still
a
lot
of
confusion
out
there
about
how
much
money
you
know
we
have
how
much
money
we've
allocated
and
have
spent
to
date
and
where
so,
I
think
it's
worth
noting
that
that
this
body
also
approved
a
substantial
amount
of
covert
19
relief
funds
during
the
fiscal
year
2022
vote
working
with
the
walsh
administration.
F
Some
of
those
funds
were
for
revenue
replacements
as
justin
and
others
can
explain,
and
others
were
for
critical
public
health
resources,
alongside
with
relief
funds,
for
that
could
help
impact
an
industry.
So
I
think
that
the
new
elected
administration
may
want
to
rethink
how
we've
communicated
with
our
residents
to
date,
and
you
know,
invite
community
groups
and
industry
leaders
forward
to
talk
about.
F
You
know
the
use
of
these
very
precious
funds
and-
and
lastly,
I
I
I
think,
the
creation
of
a
dashboard,
I
think
that's
a
great
step
and
that
we
should
explore,
if
it's
appropriate
to
to
house
this
in
the
kovit
19
web
page
that
pops
right
up
on
the
city's
website,
as
well
as
on
the
budget
page,
so
we're
sort
of
focused
on
they
sort
of
look
at
it.
Maybe
as
a
budget
item,
it's
clearly
it's
on
the
budget
page.
F
If
we
could
put
that
on
the
corporate
19
page,
anyone
that's
looking
to
see
whether
one
funds
are
available
to
whether
they
qualify
free,
whether
it
makes
sense
with
their
respective
whatever
the
issue
is,
is:
is
it
housing?
Is
it
healthcare?
Is
it
is
it
small
business
etc?
So
I
think
that
would
be
a
step
in
the
right
direction
if
we
could
add
that
onto
the
dashboard.
So
I
look
forward
to
the
testimony
participating
in
supporting
the
chair.
Any
way
I
can
thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
counselor
flaherty
and
thank
you
also
for
your
stewardship
of
this
committee
in
the
prior
cycle.
I
think
that
was
really
important,
as
we,
as
you
said,
allocated
significant
funds
and
also
with
that
community
process
through
the
fall,
I
think
it
helped
throw
up
a
lot
of
good
ideas.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
that.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
administration.
This
is
a
very
important
hearing
to
talk
about
how
we
does
how
we
make
use
of
these
once
in
a
lifetime.
G
We
all
know
that
the
pandemic
has
disproportionately
impacted,
low-income
communities,
communities
of
color
and
immigrant
communities
and
we're
going
to
hear
what
I
think
is
really
insightful
and
really
pertinent
testimony
from
different
community
groups,
especially
black
and
brown
communities
and
immigrant
communities.
G
All
residents
and
stakeholders
must
have
a
continued
role
in
the
process
of
determining
how
we
dispose
of
these
funds
in
a
matter
that,
in
a
way
that
centers
equity
that
centers
for
correcting
past
policy
harms.
We
are
also
talking
about
billions
of
dollars
over
a
billion
of
dollars
in
funding,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
al
there's
a
lot
of
very
worthy
and
necessary
causes
that
we
can
spend
this
money
on.
G
But
one
of
the
most
important
things
that
we
can
do
as
a
city
is,
you
know,
probably
what
is
on
the
more
growing
side,
which
is
investing
in
protecting
our
city
against
the
next
pandemic
or
the
next
surgery
and
making
sure
that
we
are,
our
schools
are
prepared,
our
businesses
are
prepared
and
that
our
government
infrastructures
are
prepared
to
face
the
next
crisis.
So
I'm
I'm
interested
in
hearing
about
that
and
learning
about
where
we
stand
there
and
how
we're
going
to
protect
ourselves
and
our
most
vulnerable
communities.
G
When
we
think
about
these
big
issues,
the
pandemic,
you
know
war,
global
warming.
How
are
we
preparing
for
the
unthinkable
here
as
a
city?
So
I'm
I'm
grateful
for
this
hearing
group
for
the
administration
for
being
here
and
the
wonderful
testimony
that
I'm
sure
we're
going
to
hear
from
members
of
the
community
I'm
going
to.
I
won't
be
able
to
stay
on
for
the
entire
thing,
but
my
staff
will
definitely
be
on
and
taking
diligent
notes.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
luigi
counselor
baker.
H
Thank
you,
madam
excuse
me
thank
you,
madam
chair
first
for
for
filing
this,
and
also
to
your
co-sponsors,
braden
and
mrl.
This
is
a
this
is
a
good
shot.
I
also
appreciate
the
the
the
deck
put
together
by
the
administration
and
and
your
budget
team,
jim
and
and
justin.
H
So
I'm
happy
we're
here.
I'm
happy
we're
here,
doing
this
and
and
to
kind
of
pick
up
on
something
that
council
flaherty
was
talking
about
how
how
we
can
maybe
advocate
for
some
of
these
dollars
actual
dollars.
I
mean
I
have
projects
close
to
my
heart
that
that
I
think,
would
be
investing
investing
generational
building
infrastructure.
That
would
be
a
generational
investment,
the
opportunities
and
I'm
talking
about
the
failed
house
over
in
columbia.
H
Point
there,
the
boys
and
girls
club
so
hoping
that
that
you
guys
are
going
to
be
open
to
discussions
and
and
potentially
helping
the
helping
the
the
group
from
the
boys
and
girls
club
advocate
for
some
for
some
of
this
money.
H
If
there's,
if
there
is
a
way
they
have
a
youth
group
together
together,
that
has
helped
to
plan
the
whole
the
whole
space
I
mean
I
I
I
just
want
people
to
be
open
or
come
to
the
the
hearing
that
we
will
be
having
on
the
failed
house
specifically
so
and
remain
open
to
it,
appreciate
it
and
and
justin
good
job
in
your
stewardship
of
the
of
the
budget
over
this
past
couple
difficult
years,
good
job.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
baker,
councillor
flynn,
council,
president
flynn,.
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
council
bark
for
the
important
work
that
you
are
doing
and
for
councillor
braden
and
council
warrell
as
well,
and
council
of
flaherty
who's
been
very
active
and
involved
we're
receiving
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
of
funding
from
the
federal
government
which
provide
us
not
only
the
funding
to
help
our
city,
but
also
to
make
lasting
investments
in
infrastructure,
the
environment,
housing
transportation.
I
So
it's
critical
that
we
know
where
these
dollars
are
going,
how
projects
are
funded
and
what
impact
they
have.
I
highlighted
over
the
last
several
years.
Digital
equity
is
important,
continue
to
invest
it,
invest
in
wi-fi
infrastructure,
so
our
low-income
residents
can
access
the
the
internet,
but
also
other
projects
as
well.
Affordable
housing
is
critical
myself
and
councillor.
Flaherty
did
a
lot
of
work
on
hvac
systems
in
the
boston
public
school
system.
I
With
with
all
this
federal
funding,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
our
boston,
public
schools
are
are
in
good
shape,
but
I'm
here
to
listen,
I'm
here
to
learn.
I'm
here
to
listen
to
my
my
colleagues
in
the
city
administration.
I
want
to
thank
mayor
will
and
his
councilor
baker
mentioned
to
justin
he
he
has
done
a
very
good
job,
very
professional,
so
I
want
to
acknowledge
justin,
but
also
the
his
team
that
he
has
in
place
and
mayor
wu's
leadership
as
well
in
my
counselors,
our
counselors,
for
their
positive
leadership.
A
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
flynn
and
I
will
echo
the
thanks
to
chief
starring
and
his
team
he's
here
today
on
behalf
of
the
administration,
our
chief
financial
officer,
collector,
treasurer
and
chief
of
administration
and
finance
and
then
joined
by
jim
williamson,
the
director
of
the
office
of
budget
management,
casey
brock,
wilson.
I'm
the
director
of
strategic
partnerships
for
the
city
of
boston
and
scott
finn,
our
assistant
city
auditor,
so
that'll
be
the
team
presenting.
A
I
do
want
to
note
that
we
also
invited
nate
cooter,
the
cfo
of
boston,
public
schools,
and
I
know
that
bps
has
sent
along
information.
That's
included
in
the
slides
and-
and
I
know
that
the
administration
intends
to
speak
to
that
I'll
I'll
speak
more
further.
A
I
do
feel
that
that
the
boston
public
schools
needs
to
come
and
talk
to
the
city
council
about
their
federal
coped
relief
allocations,
and
so
I
do
think
that
that's
going
to
precipitate
a
follow-up
on
our
end,
but
I'm
grateful
for
the
team
that's
here
today
and
for
the
information
that
bps
did
send
along.
So
without
further
ado,
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
chief
steroid
and,
as
a
few
counselors
have
alluded
to
that,
you
know
we
really
asked
for
the
team
to
give
us
a
pretty
comprehensive
overview.
A
So
I
think
this
presentation
will
be
a
little
bit
on
the
longer
side,
but
in
this
case
it's
something
that
the
council
very
much
asked
for
to
make
sure
that
we
kind
of
had
all
the
information
out
on
the
table.
So,
chief
staring
at
you
of
the
floor.
D
Thank
you,
madam
madam
chair
and
council
casey
is
going
to
put
up
a
deck
on
the
screen,
but
before
we
we
dive
into
the
details,
I
want
to
thank
the
council
for
a
really
strong
partnership
over
the
last
two
years.
I
happened
to
go
back
and
look
and
see
what
we
were
doing
two
years
ago.
It
was
actually
this
weekend
we
were
in.
D
You
know
the
throws
of
the
beginning
of
coven,
and
we
were
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
buy
five
thousand
laptops
for
kids
to
you
know
work
on
remote
schooling,
so
we
really
have
come
a
long
way
and
these
resources
that
we're
going
to
talk
a
bit
about
today
have
really
helped
stand
up.
Some
amazing
work
over
the
last
two
years,
as
we've
thought
covid,
whether
it
was
remote
learning
or
boston,
hope
or
all
the
different
programs.
D
We
stood
up
around
food
access
and
these
federal
funds
really
helped
pave
the
way
for
it,
and
it's
really
been
a
testament
to
the
work
across.
Not
only
the
administrations
and
the
the
sort
of
folks
in
all
the
different
departments
who
put
these
together,
but
the
council
as
well,
who
have
you
know,
been
fierce
advocates
along
the
way
for
making
sure
we
have
the
right
programs
in
place
and
and
really
bringing
the
you
know
the
issues
that
may
be
at
hand
to
the
to
the
forefront.
D
So
we
can
address
them
starting
to
use
this
funding
counselor.
You
are
correct.
This
is
a
long
presentation,
so
I
will
do
my
best
to
really
try
to
frame
up
where
we've
come
and
then
definitely
sort
of
agree
with
the
sentiment
that
this
is
not
the
end.
D
This
is
really
the
beginning
of
the
conversation
around
the
rest
of
the
federal
funding
that
we
have
coming
to
us
and
really,
you
know,
look
forward
to
bringing
forward
thoughtful
proposals
either
as
part
of
the
budget
this
year
as
part
of
future
conversations
in
the
coming
months
with
the
council
so
really
want
to
use
this
as
an
opportunity
to
sort
of
set
the
stage
of
where
we've
come
and
where
we
are
to
date
and
then
sort
of
some
ideas
that
and
sort
of
some
initial
thinking
on
funding
for
the
future.
So
casey.
D
D
Great
thank
you
so
when
we
think
about
covid,
we
think
about
recovery.
We
really
have
a
bunch
of
different
tools
in
our
tool
belt
when
it
comes
to
resources
that
we
have
made
use
made
available
for
this
types
of
funding.
You
know,
even
before
we
knew
anything
about
federal
funding.
You
know
we
were
running
a
very
tight
ship
when
it
comes
to
city
of
boston
right.
We
have
a
lot
of
resources
at
hand
and
we
put
those
to
good
use.
D
So
we
really
started
this
process
of
responding
to
covid
and
responding
to
the
recovery
with
the
city's
operating
budget,
and
that's
obviously
something
we
do
in
partnership
with
the
council
every
year.
So
really,
you
know
core
to
everything.
We
do
is
the
three
billion
dollar
budget
that
we
pass
every
year.
In
addition
to
that,
we
had
a
whole
slate
of
different
federal
resources
that
came
in
at
different
times
over
the
years.
D
So
I'm
going
to
talk
very
high
level
about
these,
these
different
resources,
but
then
the
team
is
going
to
get
through
a
very
detailed
analysis
of
sort
of
what
we
spent
that
money
on
today
and
what's
left
to
be
spent
so
fema
reimbursements.
As
many
of
you
know,
fema
is
typically
something
we
in
massachusetts
use
for
major
snowstorms
when
there's
blizzards
and
and
there's
a
state
of
emergency
declared
really
much
more
prevalent
in
in
other
parts
of
the
country,
whether
it's
the
south
with
tornadoes
or
hurricanes
or
the
west
with
wildfires.
D
We
really
don't
use
fema
all
that
much
for
natural
disasters.
We
really
use
it
for
snow
leaving.
Aside,
covid
obviously
became
a
natural
and
public
health
disaster
that
fema
became
available.
So
we
sort
of
aggressively
pursued
fema
reimbursements,
both
from
the
city
perspective,
as
well
as
our
partners
with
bphc
who
had
their
own
fema
process.
D
The
first
bill
that
was
really
passed
as
a
part
of
the
federal
response,
and
this
and
sort
of
the
national
response
to
covid
was
the
cares
act
that
included
some
initial
funding
for
cities
and
towns,
but
also
sort
of
some
really
targeted
sort
of
public
health,
supporting
hospitals,
supporting
our
public
health
infrastructure.
We'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
coronavirus
relief
bill.
This
was
the
second
somewhat
smaller
bill
that
was
passed
in
december
of
2020.
This
included
some
additional
housing
funding.
D
You
know
erpa,
which
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about,
as
well
as
some
other
resources
to
respond
to
covet
in
public
health
and
other
areas
which
again
we'll
talk
about
and
then
finally,
the
big
one
which
came
last
year
was
the
american
rescue
plan
and
had
a
couple
of
different
buckets
that
we're
going
to
spend
a
little
bit
of
time.
D
Talking
about
today,
the
local
aid
portion
or
the
slfrf,
which
I
know
is
a
mouthful,
is
really
the
funding
that
comes
directly
to
the
city
of
boston
and
that's
funding
that
we've
used
as
counselor
flair.
You
mentioned
to
fund
both
revenue
replacement
to
support
our
day-to-day
running
of
services
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
as
well
as
a
slew
of
you
know,
emergency
both
covet
specific
and
then
also
recovery,
specific
investments
we've
made
over
the
past
year
with
the
council,
so
so
happy
about
that.
D
That
is
also
the
biggest
pot
of
unspent
money
quote
unquote
that
we
have
sort
of
left
available
to
program
out
with
the
council
going
forward.
The
second
bucket
of
money
that
came
from
the
arpa
was
the
esser
funding.
This
is
funding
directly
to
the
schools
and
it's
about
400
million
and
we're
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
but
again
certainly
welcome
additional
conversations
with
the
school
district
about
that.
D
The
third
bucket
is
around
housing
or
sort
of
emergency
rental
relief.
This
is
the
city
specific
funding.
The
state
also
gets
specific
erap
funding
as
well
that
they've
been
using
both
throughout
the
commonwealth,
but
also
in
the
city
of
boston,
so
definitely
a
a
resource
that
has
been
well
utilized
over
the
past
year
and
then
the
three
at
the
bottom
are
really
sort
of.
D
You
know
things
we're
still
working
on
things,
we're
still
waiting
on
information
for
things
we're
still
advocating,
for
so
the
infrastructure
investment
obviously
is
more
geared
towards
long-term
recovery
and
long-term
investments
in
our
sort
of
physical
infrastructure,
our
roads,
our
bridges,
our
highways,
certainly
our
transportation
and
mobility
infrastructure
throughout
the
country
here
in
boston.
D
I
think
we're
certainly
going
after
both
what
are
sort
of
formula
grants
that
we
will
potentially
get
as
well
as
sort
of
targeted
competitive
grants
for
types
of
different
types
of
infrastructure
projects
that
we
are
excited
to
continue
to
pursue
with
the
feds
as
they
start
to
release
those
in
the
coming
months
and
years.
D
The
massachusetts
state
recovery
fund.
So,
in
addition
to
all
of
the
funding
that
came
to
the
city,
the
state
also
got
its
share
of
all
of
these
different
buckets
that
are
on
the
screen.
So
we
continue
to
advocate,
for
both
the
local
share
as
well,
as
you
know,
making
sure
that
we
can
make
our
case
known
for
sort
of
specific
projects
in
boston
that
might
be
relevant
and
then
finally
build
back
better,
which
again,
you
know,
is
still
sort
of
up
for
discussion
at
the
federal
level.
D
You
know
is
probably
a
little
bit
less
near-term
and
sort
of
more
of
a
longer-term
conversation,
but
definitely
something
we're
gonna,
keep
our
eye
on
keep
advocating
for
and
make
sure
that
if
and
when
it
does
pass,
we
will,
you
know,
certainly
make
sure
we
get
boston's
fair
share.
Can
you
go
to
the
next
slide?
Thank
you.
So
all
told
throughout
all
of
those
different
buckets
that
I
just
mentioned.
We
have
about
1.2
billion
dollars
worth
of
federal
support.
D
Now,
some
of
that
much
of
that
has
been
spent
to
date,
responding
to
covid
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
that
means.
There
is
still
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
available
through
both
esser
dollars,
as
well
as
the
state,
l,
f,
r,
f,
the
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
funds
which
we'll
talk
about
and
we've
allocated
to
date,
but
all
told
you
know
you'll
see
here
and
we're
going
to
go
through
each
of
these
individually.
D
I
think
the
story,
though,
is
that
we
have
really
done
a
few
things,
and
I
think
really,
thanks
to
the
council's
partnership
on
this,
is
we've
moved
quickly
on
all
these
different
buckets
of
money.
We
have
not
sort
of
sat,
sat
back
and
sort
of
waited
for.
You
know
sort
of
delays
for
implementing
this
funding.
D
The
remaining
funding
runs
until
about
2025,
so
we
have
a
couple
years
to
spend
it,
but
it's
definitely
something
that
we
want
to
start
planning
for
now,
so
that
we
can
both
be
responsible
with
it
as
well,
as
you
know,
make
sure
that
we're
getting
the
programs
ramped
up
and
ramped
down
in
time,
so
I'm
gonna
stop
there
and
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
jim
williamson
who's,
going
to
start
to
walk
us
through
some
of
the
initial
allocations.
D
K
Sorry
about
that,
thanks
justin,
so
casey
we
will
start
with
the
crf.
We
could
probably
start
on
slide
five,
so.
K
So
just
a
quick
recap
in
context:
before
we
start
in
march
2020,
the
emergency
public
health
declaration
was
put
in
place.
There
were
state-home
orders
being
issued
by
governors.
We
also
sort
of
went
through
that
and
quickly
on
the
heels
of
this.
The
cares
legislation
passed
in
april
2020
and
the
program
was
set
up
to
quickly
infuse
communities
to
provide
a
robust,
robust
response,
not
hindered
by
state
and
local
budgets
and
cash
availability.
K
This
slide
is
a
bulleted
list
of
the
various
cities
city
expenses
that
we
use;
crf;
funding
for
personal
protective
gear
for
public
safety
and
city
staff,
food
delivery
and
services
for
vulnerable
residents,
personnel
and
staff,
responding
to
coverage,
19,
cleaning
and
disinfection
of
public
areas
and
city
facilities,
technical
assistance
on
mitigation
of
cobit,
19,
related
threats,
technology
to
enable
telework
capabilities
for
public
employees
and
other
public
health
and
medical
expenditures.
Next
slide.
K
So
I
think
the
slide
before
that.
K
So
here
are
a
slide
for
some
of
the
bulleted
public
health
measures,
so
some
of
the
big
things
are.
These
are
primarily
rolled
out
by
the
public
health
commission,
so
testing
and
contract
tracing
vaccine
staffing
and
distribution,
disease,
containment,
quarantine
and
isolation.
Communication
and
community
engagement,
public
health,
workforce
support
and
system
resource
and
management
availability.
K
So
these
are
some
of
the
the
schools,
the
crf
funding,
in
addition
to
the
wrestler
funds
that
went
directly
to
school.
So
I
think
justin
talked
about
sort
of
that
emergency
procurement
to
get
chromebooks
to
immediately
get
students
to
promote
remote
learning
software
and
curriculum
to
support
remote
learning.
K
K
So
this
is
this
slide
covers
the
economic
support
that
was
provided
through
the
care
crf
funding.
There
was
lots
of
small
business
relief
grants
to
small
businesses
reopened
fund
helped
businesses
buy
ppe
safety
equipment
procure
outdoor
seating.
There
was
a
whole
commercial
rent
relief
component.
That
was,
you
know,
targeted
hearted
industries.
You
know,
restaurants,
other
industries,
you
know
focused
indeed
with
business
centers
the
whole
grant
program
structured
around
certified
business
to
to
get
resources
to
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
and
other
certified
businesses.
K
There
was
a
whole
program
set
up
through
the
arts
and
culture
cabinet
to
get
grants
to
artists
struggling
in
the
pandemic
and
then
just
sort
of
a
higher
level.
You
know
we
knew
that
the
tourism
and
the
restaurant
sectors
were
really
adversely
impacted
by
you,
know,
travel
bans
and
all
kinds
of
stay-at-home
orders
and
restrictions,
so
the
all-inclusive
boston
campaign
was
was
developed
to
to
roll
out
and
get
encouraged
folks
to
come
back
local
participation.
K
You
know
use
of
businesses,
restaurants,
hotels,
you
can
move
on
to
the
next
one.
So
this
is
the
the
the
slide
cover
is
the
care
cref
for
for
housing
and
homelessness.
So
this
was
some
of
the
this
is
before
the
emergency
rental
assistant
program
rolled
out.
So
we
were
working
out
to
try
to
make
sure
that
that
folks
could
could
cover
their
rent.
People
were
unemployed,
it
was
emergency,
shelter,
set
up
for
supportive
housing
for
homeless
women
and
creation
about
stable
housing
for
people
experiencing
homelessness.
K
And
but
you
know
it's
something
we
want
to
really
focus
on
here,
because
housing
looks
like
it
might
be,
a
smaller
percentage
in
the
allocation,
but
you
have
to
recognize
dmd
have
this
extra
additional
emergency
rental
assistance
following
through
their
the
program,
so.
K
So
now
we
can
move
on
to
fema.
Femur
fema
is
actually
one
of
the
the
earliest
spending
that
as
soon
as
the
the
federal
government
rolled
out
its
emergency
declaration,
you
could
start
advancing.
You
know
some
dollars
available
in
the
operating
budget,
but
in
here
on,
the
left
side
of
this
slide
is
the
chronology
of
of
some
of
the
things
that
happened
through
the
fema
process.
There
was
the
national
emergency
declaration,
we
came.
K
The
administration
came
to
the
city
council
for
an
acceptance,
spend
order
for
what
was
you
know,
estimated
at
the
time
at
10
million
dollars
to
support
fema
expenses.
You
know
the
whole
program
went
through
a
restructuring
removed
from
historically
fema
was
always
set
up
to
reimburse
you
on
a
75
cost
basis.
They
changed
that
to
100
and
then
made
it
retroactive
back
to
january
2020.
K
in
november
they
they
extended
the
the
100
reimbursement
to
april.
Just
this
past
december
we
went
and
because
we
continue
to
accumulate
fema
eligible
expenses,
we
went
for
an
additional
acceptance
pandora
that
you
guys
gratefully
you
guys
approved
for
us
and
just
just
recently
in
the
last
day,
or
so,
we
found
out
that
the
the
federal
government
has
extended
the
100
reimbursement
period
from
april
to
july.
K
So
we're
we're
we're
trying
to
wind
down
some
of
the
projects
that
we're
having,
but
there
you
know
any
any
opportunity
that
we
can
to
maximize
fema.
We
we
tend
to
do
that,
go
to
the
next
slide.
K
So
I
think
I
think
we
covered
this
during
the
hearing
for
the
six
million
dollar
accepted
expend
order,
but
it's
been
updated.
K
Where
the
city
of
boston
is
doing
really
really
fantastic
in
terms
of
actually
pulling
in
the
the
revenue
from
fema,
we
have
10.6
million
dollars
that
have
come
through
the
door.
Already.
You
know
almost
six
million
dollars
for
emergency
feeding
run
through
the
strong
commission
and
the
office
of
food
justice.
K
K
K
K
This
does
not
include
the
public
health
commission
has
a
substantial
amount
of
of
of
claiming.
I
think
it
gets
in
the
20
to
30
million
dollars
worth
of
claiming,
so
it
is
a
public
health
emergency.
After
all,
so
you
that's
where
you
would
expect
the
bulk
of
the
emergency
response
to
be
discentered,
but
you
know,
obviously
the
city
has
stood
in
their
place
with
that.
I
will
turn
it
over
to
scott
who
will
cover
the
beginnings
of
the
american
rescue
plan
for
the
you
wrap.
Sorry.
J
Thank
you
jim
good
morning
councillors,
so
the
city
received
two
awards
under
what
is
called
the
emergency
rental
assistance
program.
The
first
award,
which
came
in
december
of
2020,
the
city
received
21
million
dollars
and
then
under
the
american
rescue
plan
in
march
of
2021,
the
city
received
an
additional
30.1
million
dollars
from
emergency
rental
assistance.
J
J
We
allocated
58
million
dollars
of
federal
funding
to
be
committed
to
this
fund.
Eight
million
dollars
came
originally
came
from
the
coronado
advisory
fund
and
then
the
additional
50
million
from
the
emergency
rental
assistance
program.
J
As
of
january
2022,
the
city
has
distributed
30.1
million
dollars
to
over
4
000
households
in
the
city
of
boston.
J
The
era
funding
is
also
used
for
community
partner
grants,
and
these
are
grants
that
look
to
local
nonprofits
that
help
us
promote
the
rental
relief
fund,
as
well
as
to
provide
assistance
in
the
application
process
for
residents
under
this
fund.
The
eligible
uses
are
to
serve
households
earning
less
than
80
percent
of
median
income,
and
they
can
apply
up
to
seventeen
thousand
dollars
in
financial
assistance,
which
covers
rental,
agrees,
future
rents
and
moving
costs,
and
they
are
also
eligible
to
apply
up
to
two
thousand
dollars
for
utility
areas
as
well.
J
J
We
also
have
a
breakdown
of
the
languages
spoken
by
individuals
who
have
applied
for
this
fund
and
that
it's
important
to
note
that
the
applications
under
this
fund
are
available
in
11
different
languages.
I
think
this
slide
covers
nine.
There
are
two
additional
languages
that
the
applications
cover
as
well
in
the
last
slide
is
also
a
federal
requirement.
We
are
also
required
to
break
down
the
emergency
rental
assistance
distribution
by
neighborhood
on
a
quarterly
basis,
as
well
as
the
federal
government,
and
this
is
where
our
breakdown
is
as
of
january
of
2022..
M
B
So
I
will
talk
at
a
high
level
today
about
each
of
those
three
buckets
of
funds
and
the
first
one
esther
one
which
came
in
the
first
bill,
along
with
the
city
of
boston,
contributed
an
additional
23
million
from
funds
that
we
received
directly
at
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
to
really
bolster
the
school's
response
for
a
total
of
about
55
million
that
was
available
to
our
schools,
kind
of
back
thinking
back
to
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic.
B
This
was
primarily
spent
on
supporting
our
students
and
also
returning
to
safe
in-person
learning.
As
I
mentioned
before,
at
a
high
level,
you
can
see
some
of
the
buckets
of
spend
that
sr1
funding
was
used
on
it.
It's
about
25
million
for
health
and
safety,
9
million
for
food
and
nutrition
services,
10
million
for
expanded
summer
learning
and
academic
supports
at
5
million
for
the
special
education
assessments
and
compensatory
services,
as
well
as
5
million
for
distance
learning
technology
and
1
million
for
family
student
engagement
and
support.
B
B
And
so
that
is
reflected
as
we
think
about
the
sr2
and
sr3
strategy
that
bps
is
deploying
of
which
about
161
million
are
those
school
directed
funds
which
are
aligned
to
the
school
improvement
plans
and
informed
by
the
school
community
parents,
teachers
and
so
on.
There's
an
additional
207
million
for
district-wide
investments
that
I'll
dive
into
on
the
next
couple
of
slides,
as
well
as
3
million
for
additional
covid
costs
and
18
million
for
community
partnerships
and
cross
school
innovation,
so
across
esser
two
and
three
it's
about
399
million
dollars.
B
So
as
we
dive
into
the
district-wide
investments
again
at
a
high
level,
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
in
here
and
a
lot
of
information
behind
each
of
these
bullets.
But
I
will
just
talk
at
a
high
level
today
on
some
of
the
big
investments
that
we're
seeing
you
know.
Number
one,
of
course,
is
strengthening
our
core
instruction.
B
In
addition,
there's
an
addition:
16
million
for
high
quality
pathways,
around
career
planning
and
academic
counseling,
as
well
as
23
million
for
equitable
access
and
opportunity
for
arts,
athletics
and
out
of
school
enrichment,
33
million
to
engage
our
communities
and
our
families
and
redesigning
how
we
think
about
social
and
social,
emotional
and
mental
health.
Supports
and
55
million
to
just
improve
our
school
environments
to
make
really
unprecedented
investments
in
clean
air
water
and
addressing
coveted
health
and
safety
concerns,
but
also
long-term
improvements
that
we
know
we
need
to
see
in
our
school
buildings.
B
Great,
so
I
will
now
turn
to
talking
about
the
slf
rf
funds,
our
favorite
terminology
and,
as
you'll
see
here.
This
award
to
the
city
totals
about
558
million
dollars,
and,
what's
important
to
note
is
that
the
city
received
424
million
directly
from
the
federal
government
to
the
city,
and
then
we,
the
remainder
of
that
we
received
from
the
federal
government
through
suffolk
county,
so
suffolk
county,
received
its
own
allocation
and
that
allocation
was
then
split
on
a
per
capita
basis
across
all
of
the
cities
that
are
in
suffolk
county.
B
B
As
we
think
about
kind
of
how
the
the
federal
government
has
defined
the
eligible
uses
of
arpa
funds,
there
still
is
a
tie,
obviously
to
the
covid
pandemic
and
ensuring
that
we're
supporting
public
health
response
in
addressing
the
negative
economic
impacts
of
covid
that
we
are
all
kind
of
so
aware
of,
and
mindful
of
I
think
one
of
the
exciting
things
for
this
administration
is
that
the
federal
government
also
included
an
eligible
use
around
equity,
focused
services,
so
that
allows
for
additional
flexibility
in
our
hardest-hit
communities
to
address
health
disparities,
invest
in
housing,
think
about
educational
disparities
and
promote
healthy
childhood
environments.
B
So
this
is
kind
of
broadly
applicable
to
qualified
census,
tracts
which
I'll
dive
into
on
a
later
slide.
The
other.
The
three
sections
on
the
bottom
are
our
public
sector
revenue
loss,
which
jim
will
talk
about
in
a
few
slides,
and
then
there
are
also
two
infrastructure
categories:
both
broadband
and
water
and
sewer
infrastructure.
B
B
Category
one
of
the
things
that's
been
kind
of
tricky
for
us
to
manage
is
that,
even
though
the
bill
passed
in
you
know
in
last
year,
in
march,
the
final
rule
for
how
the
funds
could
be
spent
was
actually
not
released
by
the
federal
government
until
january
of
2022,
and
that
provided
some
pretty
significant
updates
to
the
use
of
the
slf
rf
funds
and
specifically
around
some
of
the
infrastructure
categories
as
well
as
capital
expenditures.
B
So,
for
example,
on
the
capital
expenditures
side,
we
they
specifically
name
the
types
of
capital,
expenditures
that
are
allowable
and
ones
that
are
not
allowed
that
you
can
see
here
on
the
page
today,
and
even
as
of
this
week,
the
federal
government
has
changed
all
the
extend
expenditure
categories
that
define
the
spending
they've
added
some
they've
taken
some
away.
So
the
other
piece,
of
course,
is
just
managing
the
ongoing
changes
at
the
federal
level
to
ensure
that
boston
is
in
compliance
with
these
funds
and
maximizing
the
potential
eligible
uses.
B
The
other
piece
that
was
defined
more
clearly
in
the
final
rule
is
more
about
how
the
federal
government
defines
impacted
and
disproportionately
impacted
communities
by
the
pandemic,
and
so
the
table
on
the
left
here
both
defines
those
households
and
families
and
then
als
explains
the
eligible
activities
for
both
groups.
B
Disproportionately
impacted
households
are
eligible
for
all
activities
listed
on
this
table,
but
not
vice
versa.
So
there
are
additional
opportunities
to
support
disproportionately
impacted
households,
things
like
housing,
vouchers,
housing,
investments,
high
investments
in
schools
and
their
students,
as
well
as
on
the
small
business
side,
physical
rehabilitation
of
commercial
properties
and
technical
and
financial
assistance.
B
B
The
other
piece
that
continues
to
we
have
to
be
nimble
and
adjust
to,
and
I
really
want
to
thank
scott
and
audin
auditing
team
for
their
lead
on.
This
is
how
we
report
on
these
funds.
So
you
know
at
a
high
level,
we
have.
There
are
kind
of
our
quarterly
deadlines
that
the
city
has
to
meet,
as
well
as
an
annual
deadline.
B
So
we
submit
an
annual
recovery
plan
every
year
and
then
project
and
expenditure
reports
each
quarter,
our
our
we
just
submitted
a
project,
an
expenditure
report
on
january
31st
and
our
next
project
and
expenditure
report
will
be
due
on
april
30th
of
this
year.
In
addition,
one
important
thing
to
note
is
the
timing
of
these
funds
was
confirmed
in
the
final
rule,
which
says
that
the
recipients
must
obligate
all
funds
or
contractually
kind
of
that
they
are
in
contract
by
the
end
of
2024,
and
then
they
must
be
fully
expended.
B
D
Thanks
casey
and
before
I
jump
into
that,
I
I
do
want
to
you
know,
give
a
special
thanks.
It
is
unbelievably
complicated
the
evolution
of
federal
fundings,
not
to
mention
standing
up
new
programs,
so
the
staffs
across
all
city
departments
who
have
been
working
diligently
to
get
these
dollars
out
the
door
as
quick
as
possible,
while
also
maintaining
the
integrity
of
the
data
and
integrity
of
the
programs.
It's
just
been
nothing
short
of
a
miracle.
D
What
is
a
very
complicated
process
and
evolving,
as
as
casey
alluded
to
it's,
we're
getting
new
information
almost
almost
weekly
at
this
point,
so
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
them
as
councillor
flaherty
mentioned
of
the
slrf
dollars
that
we
have
received.
We
have
already
started
the
process
in
consultation
and
in
in
collaboration
with
the
council
of
allocating
that
funding
right.
So
I'm
going
to
talk
very
high
level
about
what
we've
done
to
date
or
what
we've
committed
to
or
reserved
for
date.
D
This
sort
of
small
allocation
helps
us
maintain
the
frontline
services
that
we
need
to
provide,
whether
it's
in
our
schools,
our
public
safety,
our
public
works
all
of
the
important
programs
that
we
have
and
we
care
about,
and
we
sort
of
partner
with
the
council
on
is
supported
by
this
revenue
replacement.
So
while
it
comes
across
as
sort
of
like
what,
what
exactly
is
this
goes
for,
this
actually
goes
to
pay
for
all
the
important
programs
that
we
run
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
D
So
I'm
going
to
let
jim
get
in
a
little
bit
more
detail
about
those
specifically,
but
the
350
million
you
see
on
the
right
there
is
is
the
world
of
money
that
we
have
left
that
we
need
to
partner
with
the
council
on
to
pass.
As
part
of
you
know,
upcoming
potential
appropriations.
Now
we
will
certainly
hear
from
obviously
the
council
and
many
in
the
advocacy
committee
about
how
to
spend
some
of
this.
D
We
have
certainly
heard
loud
and
clear
that
housing
continues
to
be
a
major
priority
of
this
funding,
as
well
as
continued
covid
recovery
in
other
areas.
So
definitely
look
forward
to
not
only
the
council's
feedback
on
how
to
how
to
propose
this
funding,
but
also
the
community
and
the
public
at
large.
So
if
you
could
flip
to
the
next
slide,
jim's
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
revenue
replacement
and
why
it's
so
important.
K
Thanks
justin,
so
so
here
is
a
visual
that
shows
the
very
material
impact
the
pandemic.
L
K
On
the
city's
revenue
sources,
so
the
the
justification
for
revenue
replacement
is
based
on
a
counter
factual
formula
provided
by
the
u.s
treasury.
K
So
the
concept
of
opera
revenue
replacement
in
a
nutshell,
is
that
not
only
can
you
prove
the
revenue
loss
and
real
dollars
from
pre-pandemic
levels,
you
can
also
attribute
the
loss
to
anticipated
growth
factor
that
you
experience
in
the
years
preceding
the
pandemic,
so
this
graphic
sort
of
shows
that
need
for
the
revenue
to
be
replaced.
K
You
know
there
there
was
210
million
dollars
in
loss
here,
so
we've
we've
already
through
the
help
of
the
city
council,
appropriated
55
million
dollars
just
to
keep
the
fy
22
budget
in
place
to
not
only
just
maintain
core
city
city
services,
but
also
to
do
those
targeted
operational
investments
to
help
recover
effectively
from
this
pandemic.
K
Let's
go
to
the
next
slide.
Thank
you.
So
this
this
slide
shows
how
several
cities
have
used
their
sl
frf
funding
the.
As
you
can
see,
some
of
the
larger
cities
at
the
top
have
like
exclusively
used
their
their
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery.
Funds
to
cover
revenue
replacements,
but
boston
is
in
a
little
different
position
and
we're
we're
we're
looking
to
just
modestly
reserve
about
20
percent
of
of
the
upper
dollars
for
revenue
replacement.
K
So
the
the
rest
will
be.
You
know
made
available
for
the
continued
emergency
response
and
longer-term
impactful
projects.
Now
I
will
turn
it
over
to.
D
Hey
jim,
before
we
jump
on,
I
just
want
to
add
a
little
bit
of
context
here,
so
these
cities
that
are
on
the
screens,
obviously
all
have
their
own
differing
tax
bases
of
what
they
spend
on
the
vast
majority
of
them
all
rely
on
at
least
50
property
taxes.
So,
while
boston
is
sort
of
an
outlier
in
its
use
of
this
funding,
we're
actually
pretty
consistent
with
many
of
these
communities
and
how
they
they
fund
their
government.
D
I
would
also
say
many
of
these
governments
are
using
this
slsrf
funding
to
replace
these
services
that
they
cut
during
the
height
of
the
pandemic.
Boston
was
fortunate.
We
didn't
do
any
layoffs,
we
didn't
do
any
service
cuts,
we
tightened
our
belt.
We
found
savings
in
different
ways,
but
we
don't
have
to
be
in
the
same
position
as
them
as
using
this
funding
to
really
just
try
to
get
back
to
where
we
were
pre-pandemic.
We're
using
this
funding
to
sort
of,
as
jim
mentioned,
make
some
targeted
investments
and
really
support
our
workforce.
D
Who
has
been
really
working
on
the
front
line
over
the
last
couple
years
and
it's
gonna
be
really
important
that
you
know
this
goes
forward
and
we're
really
proud
that
we're
only
able
to
use
about
20
of
this
as
part
of
the
city
budget
and
the
rest
can
really
go.
As
jim
mentioned,
towards
those
targeted
community
based
investments.
D
Sorry
go
ahead.
Scott
court,
casey
casey
grace.
B
The
chart
on
the
right
shows
you
kind
of
how
those
funds
were
designated
by
department,
and
you
know,
as
you
might
expect,
the
departments
that
received
the
majority
of
the
funds
were
housing
economic
opportunity
and
inclusion,
the
health
commission
transportation,
among
others,
to
really
support
this
effort.
Obviously
we
know.
Food
access,
for
example,
is
a
really
important
has
been
an
incredibly
important
issue
throughout
the
pandemic.
You
know:
that's
that
slice,
I
think
some
might
say
is
would
think
is
smaller
than
it
thinks
is
than
expected.
B
All
of
these
issue
areas
on
the
left
hand,
side
you'll,
see
some
of
the
recent
programs
that
have
been
launched
using
these
corpora
funds,
so
the
fair
free
bus
pilot
expansion,
which
was
passed
in
partnership
with
the
council
in
november,
the
green
jobs
program,
small
business
fund,
2.0,
which
I
know
director
urdubay,
spoke
about
with
the
council
in
january,
as
well
as
some
other
really
important
programs
that
I
I
just
want
to
take
some
time
to
highlight
that
are
led
by
our
incredible
departments.
B
We
have
you
know:
we've
prioritized
creating
language
access
for
all
of
our
federal
funding
and
put
a
specific
allocation
forward
there
to
support
language
access
access
around
all
of
our
programs.
There's
a
commercial
rental
relief
fund.
We've
done
grocery
distribution
on
basic
needs
for
boston
households,
not
eligible
for
federal
benefits,
to
support
our
undocumented
community
here
in
boston,
as
well
as
emergency
foreclosure
prevention
funds.
B
The
other
piece
is
that
this
administration
has
been
really
committed
to
is
trying
to
provide
as
many
ways
as
possible
to
share
information
about
our
arpa
funding,
because
we
know
so
many
folks
are
interested
in
it.
And
so,
if
you
go
to
boston.gov
recover,
there's
an
incredible
wealth
of
resources
there.
B
That
is
a
recent
addition
to
our
website
is
more
about
the
let's
go
better
listening
campaign
that
counselor
flaherty
also
mentioned
at
the
beginning,
and
we
really
wanted
to
come
back
to
both
the
council
and
the
broader
boston
community
and
share
more
about
what
we
heard
from
boston
residents
about
the
urpa
federal
funds.
B
And
so
there
were
about
15
community
meetings
that
were
held
in
september
in
october
of
last
year
focused
on
a
variety
of
different
challenges.
That
boston
faces
that
we're
seeing
here
today
that
you're,
seeing
on
the
side
in
front
of
you
from
home
home
ownership
to
stronger
career
pathways,
affordable
affordability
and
child
care
food
insecurity.
B
We
really
wanted
to
cover
kind
of
a
breadth
of
of
the
of
topics
and
hear
from
community
members
on
in
each
of
these
areas,
and
so
overall,
there
are
about
581
meeting
participants
across
these
15
meetings
and
an
additional
500
survey
responses
specifically
around
these
arpa
funds.
B
And
so,
as
you
know
again,
this
is
just
a
high-level
overview,
but
I
would
love
to
direct
folks
to
the
website
where
we
have
posted
this.
Let's
go
better
listening
campaign
report.
B
The
35
page
report
details
the
major
themes
that
we
heard
the
the
gaps
that
we
heard
from
residents
that
they'd
like
us
to
invest
in
as
well
as
potential
solutions
as
well.
It
also
contains
a
lot
of
information
about
both
the
demographic
and
neighborhood
distribution
of
attendees
and
survey.
B
Respondents
as
well
as
the
survey
was
available
in
11
languages,
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
one
quick
kind
of
snapshot
from
the
report
which,
at
a
high
level
you
know
we
asked
folks
to
prioritize
areas
for
recovery
and
justin
alluded
to
this
earlier,
but
you
know
across
so
many
of
our
avenues.
The
the
number
one
thing
that
we
are
hearing
from
our
residents
is
that
you
know
housing
stability,
home
ownership.
B
Affordability
are
all,
was
really
the
number
one
priority
as
you
look
across
these
different
categories
on
the
page
here
today,
and
I'm
going
to
pass
it
to
jim
quickly
to
talk
about
the
budget
listening
tour,
which
is
in
partnership
with
the
city
council,.
K
Thanks
casey,
so
I
don't
need
to
spend
too
much
time
on
this
slide,
since
we
worked
so
closely
with
the
city
council
on
this,
but
but
the
fy
23
budget
listing
tour
was
conceived
with
the
goal
of
going
straight
to
the
people
working
collaboratively
with
the
city
council
to
hear
residents,
thoughts
and
ideas.
We
just
finished
the
listening
tour
and
we'll,
but
we'll
keep
our
survey
open
throughout
the.
L
K
Process-
and
you
know
we
want
to
continue
to
work
in
collaboration
with
city
council
to
to
be
the
most
impactful
budget
that
we
can
create.
So
with
that,
I
will
just
turn
it
over
to
justin
to
close.
D
And
I
promise
this
is
the
this
is
the
last
slide,
and
this
is
really
we
want
to
turn
it
over
to
the
council,
one
to
have
a
dialogue
and
the
public
to
have
a
dialogue,
but
just
some
framing
about
how
we
think
about
the
remaining
349
million
dollars.
You
know,
I
think
I
think,
council
louisiana
said
this.
You
know
jump-starting
solutions
to
some
of
our
long-term
challenges
that
existed
before
covert
right,
systemic
racism,
systemic
disinvestment
in
certain
communities.
D
I
think
we
are
certainly
focused
on
that
as
something
we
want
to
come
back
better
from
covet.
We
don't
want
to
go
back
to
where
we
were
before.
We
want
to
really.
You
know,
move
the
city
forward,
cross-functional
investments.
How
do
we
invest
one
dollar
and
have
it
impact
a
whole
bunch
of
different
areas
is
super
important
to
us
and-
and
that's
really,
what
we
think
is
a
sort
of
a
comprehensive
and
best
practice
way
of
you
know,
making
sure
these
dollars
can
be
most
impactful
we
want
to.
D
We
want
to
make
some
big
bets
right.
We
want
to
sort
of
put
this
type
of
sort
of
transformational
level
of
dollars
into
the
types
of
investments
that
sort
of
are
not
available
to
the
city
on
an
annual
basis
right
we're
talking
about
you
know,
potentially
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars.
How
do
we?
How
do
we
put
that
to
use
in
this
sort
of
unique
circumstances
where
we
don't
typically
talk
in
that
level
of
investment
in
certain
areas?
And
then
we
certainly
want
to
think
about
priority
financial
stability.
D
Anybody
that
was
around
for
the
recovery
in
in
2009
to
2011,
heard
about
era,
cliffs
right,
basically
creating
programs
or
funding
services
that
went
away
after
a
while
and
after
the
federal
funding
went
away
and
it
created
some
real
budget
challenges
for
both
localities
and
states,
as
they
were
trying
to
deal
with
the
sort
of
the
the
the
funding
not
continuing
after
after
the
program.
So
I
think
both
from
a
programmatic
perspective,
as
well
as
a
city
perspective.
I
think
we're
really
focused
on
that
and
then.
D
Finally,
as
as
you
know,
jim
and
others
mentioned,
you
know
incorporating
feedback
from
both
residents
directly.
The
budget
listening
tour,
the
council
process.
You
know
the
council
of
public
process
that
we'll
do
we
as,
as
I
think,
counselor
brock
mentioned.
This
is
not
a
a
hearing
on
a
specific
appropriation
order.
We
will
be
back
in
front
of
the
council
with
those
types
of
orders
in
the
coming
months
and
year
to
sort
of
bring
this
to.
D
You
know
a
place
where
we
work
closely
and
we
we
ultimately
vote,
or
you
ultimately
vote
on
it
and
we
move
forward
in
partnership.
So
we're
excited
really
happy
to
take
any
questions
on
what
I
know
was
a
long
presentation
but
but
covered.
You
know
a
lot
of
different
programs
and
a
lot
of
different
priorities
over
the
last
two
years,
and
again
I
just
want
to
you
know
thank
the
council.
Thank
the
council
thank
previous
administrations.
D
Thank
this
administration
for
what
has
really
been
a
good
process
over
the
last
two
years
of
both
being
good
stewards
of
this
money,
but
also
investing
really
intently
and
practically
in
some
of
the
hardest
hit
areas
and
and
hardest
hit
communities
with
this
federal
funding.
So
I'll
stop
there
and
turn
it
back
over
the
council.
A
Thank
you
so
much
justin
and
team
for
the
very
thorough
presentation
we'll
go
now
to
counselor
questions.
I'll
reserve
mine
for
the
end,
so
I'll
go
first
to
my
co-sponsor,
counselor
liz,
braden
and
then
it'll
be
councillor
warrell,
also
a
co-sponsor
counselor
flaherty,
councillor
baker
and
then
councilor
tanya
fernandez,
anderson
of
district,
seven
who's
also
joined
us
councillor.
Braden.
N
Thank
you
very
much
for
an
incredibly
thorough
and
detailed
presentation.
Thank
you
for
all
your
work.
I
think
the
city
of
boston
has
done
an
incredible
job.
Stewarding
these
these
funds
that
have
come
into
our
city
over
the
last
few
years
to
help
us
weather
this
covered
storm.
The
the
there's
a
tremendous.
I
do
share
your
concern
about
the
drop-off.
You
know
when
we,
if
we
fund
projects
or
or
programs
in
the
short
term
and
then
the
money
once
once
the
money
spent,
then
there's
this
fall
off.
N
So
I
think
it's
really
important
to
be
very
diligent.
The
one
question
that
I
have
in
the
one
sector
that
we
have
in
our
city
that
has
been
an
incredible
resource
for
our
neighborhoods
and
during
covet
is
the
small
non-profit
sector,
and
I
don't
know
if
there's
any
space
or
scope
within
all
of
the
the
way
things
are
are
targeted
to
help
to
help
those
small
non-profit
sectors
recover
from
the
the
impact
of
covet.
You
know
it's.
N
It's
I'm
not
really
talking
about
the
big
institutions,
the
big
non-profits,
I'm
talking
about
the
and
the
smaller
institutions
that
are
very
much
neighbor
neighborhood,
based
that
maybe
have
been
a
lifeline
for
our
communities
over
the
past
two
years,
but
now
that
the
things
are
settling
down
and
they're.
Looking
at
the
impacts
and
the
the
costs
of
of
all
of
their
been
putting
out
and
in
terms
of
extra
staff
or
resources
that
they
have
expended.
Is
there
any
any
possibility
of
looking
at
some
support
for
our
small
non-profit
sector.
D
I'll
take
a
shot
at
that
and
then
casey
feel
free
to
jump
in.
I
think
immediately.
What
jumps
to
mind
is
two
opportunities,
one
on
the
school
front.
Obviously
anything
that's
education,
focused
or
or
youth
focused.
They
obviously
have
a
lot
of
partnerships
already
with
existing
programs,
and
I
think
it's
pretty
clear
within
their
allocation
of
what
they
intend
to
use
it
on.
They
want
to
encourage
that
and
really
promote
that
type
of
community-based
partnership.
D
So
I
would
certainly
look
there
as
far
as
it
relates
to
the
the
sort
of
the
arpa
dollars
of
the
city
dollars,
I
think
absolutely
opportunities
to
invest.
The
only
thing
we
want
to
be
mindful
of
it
has
to
fall
into
one
of
those
covid
specific
buckets
that
we
mentioned
that
casey
mentioned
around
how
the
money
can
be
allocated.
So
we
just
want
to
structure
a
program
that
reflects
that
that
need.
Can
you
see
anything
you
want
to
add.
B
B
So
there
are
opportunities
and
I'm
sure,
I'm
missing
a
couple
because
there's
so
many
different
programs,
but
I
wanted
to
highlight
those
two
in
particular
and
then
I
think.
Of
course
there
are
opportunities
going
forward
as
well
to
support
community
nonprofits,
which
are
such
an
important
backbone
for
our
residents.
B
N
You,
madam
I'm
chair,
that's
all
I
have
for
now.
I
have
I
have
some
other
questions,
but
I'm
just
trying
to
find
them
on
my
computer
I'll
swing
back
later.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
to
the
administration
for
the
very
informative
presentation
that
you
presented
just
for
clarification
on
my
for
me
regarding
the
slfrf
dollars.
We
have
558
million
left
of
that
558
million
we
have
209
209
designated
right
and
then
115
million
is
gonna,
be
giving
towards
revenue
loss.
D
So
maybe
it's
maybe
itself
I'll
just
do
a
high
level.
So
558
is
the
total
we
got
from
slrf
yeah.
We
have
either
reserved
or
actually
appropriated
about
115
for
revenue
replacement.
That
includes
55
million,
that
we've
actually
that
the
council
is
actually
appropriated
and
then
a
drawdown
over
the
next
two
or
three
years
of
the
remaining
60
or
so
million
which,
as
I
mentioned
before
super
important
to
maintain
the
city's
financial
health
and
then
of
that
remaining
amount.
We've
allocated
about
80
of
that
left,
so
you
go
558
minus
115.
D
That
puts
you
at
about
4
40.
we've
put
another
80
into
what
casey
talked
about
earlier
about
that
emergency
relief
package.
So
that
gets
you
down
to
about
360
and
then
we
did
fair
free
buses
back
in
november,
which
is
another
eight.
So
that
puts
you
out
about
350
in
remaining
sort
of
unreserved
unappropriated
dollars.
Now
there
has
been
a
lot
of
conversation
about
how
to
spend
that
money.
Housing
other
areas
that
we've
talked
about,
so
there's
definitely
ideas
around
there,
but
that's
the
sort
of
that's
exactly
what
we
have
left
to
appropriate.
E
Okay,
all
right
and
then
in
terms
of
the
listening
sessions
were
great.
Is
there
any
opportunities
to
have
you
know
more
listening
sessions?
I
feel
that
you
know
not
a
lot
of
my
civic
leaders
or
civic
members
were
at
that
last
listening
session,
that
we
had
isn't
more
opportunities
with
the
administration
to
have
listen
to
sessions
within
the
district.
D
I
won't
speak
for
for
president
flynn
or
or
I
see
a
councillor
for
andrew
sanderson
fernandez
on
here,
but
I
think
we'd
certainly
be
open
to
exploring
it
over
the
next
couple
months.
We
do
want
to
be
mindful
that
the
council
will
be
kicking
off
their
own.
You
know
hearing
process
in
the
coming
six
weeks
around
the
city
budget,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
we
can.
You
know
be
mindful
of
that
process
as
well.
A
Great.
Thank
you
so
much
councilloral
counselor
flaherty.
F
Thank
you,
man,
I'm
trying
justin
and
thank
you
justin
and
your
team
for
the
presentation
very
thorough,
just
a
question.
I
guess,
as
looking
at
the
balance,
I
guess
of
the
funds
is
that
gbio
and
a
network
of
affordable
housing
organizations
all
sort
of
bind
together
to
to
secure
commitments
from
the
administration
and
members
of
the
city
council,
particularly
in
the
last
municipal
election,
along
with
follow-up
meetings.
F
After
that,
so
I
guess
to
just
to
put
it
right
out
there,
how
we
handling
that
and
how
much
money
has
been
promised
to
gbio
and
what's
the
balance
and
how
we're
going
to
work
through
that,
because
we
only
have
so
much
money,
we're
going
to
get
pulled
in
a
thousand
different
directions.
F
But
there
are
members
of
this
body
there's
also
the
administration
have
have
made
commitments.
You
know
they
gave
their
word,
they
pledged
they
signed
some
some
a
packet
or
a
questionnaires
that
went
out.
So
how
are
we
squaring
up
with
that
and
how
much
money
is
available
to
to
honor
those
asks
and
what
will
be
left
from
that
to
distribute
across
to
other
worthwhile
organizations?
I
just
wanna,
I
wanna
put
it
right
out
there
because
there's
no
duck
in
this
one.
D
Absolutely
counselor
so
I'll
I'll
talk
about
what's
available
so,
as
I
just
mentioned,
there's
about
350
million
sort
of
left
that
has
not
been
appropriated
or
sort
of
reserved
as
a
part
of
this
process,
as
as
you
alluded
to
certainly,
I
think
the
mayor
again
and
and
the
council.
I
think
we
share
the
goal
of
funding
those
commitments.
So
I
think,
if,
if
and
when
we
do
file
orders
to
reflect
those
commitments,
it'll
likely
come
out
of
that
350
million
that's
remaining.
D
We
obviously
have
not
done
so
yet
I
think
we're
still
working
on
as
we
sort
of
think
about
the
budget.
We
think
about
sustainability.
We
think
about
the
best
uses
of
resources.
I
think
that
all
goes
together
as
one
package,
and
I
think
that
that's
where
we'll
we'll
hammer
out
exactly
how
much
of
that
remaining
350
will
go
towards
housing.
I
also
think.
Not
only
is
it,
you
know
what
what
maybe
has
been
committed
to.
D
It's
also
reflective
of
what
the
community,
through
the
various
processes
we
have,
whether
it
was
the
fall
process
or
even
our
most
recent
budget.
Listening
sessions
have
all
been
primarily,
housing
focused
or
have
been
heavily
housing,
affordability
focused,
so
I
think
it's
it's
not
only
a
sort
of
a
reflection
of
of
commitments,
but
also
the
need
that
has
been
demonstrated
by
the
community
and
what
we're
hearing.
So
I
think
that
that
that
is
the
sort
of
the
world
we're
working
in
councillor
and
and
of
that
350.
That's
remaining!
D
That's
where
any
future
commitments
would
come
from.
F
Interesting,
if
you
could
keep
us
updated
as
to
what
commitments
have
been
made
in
in
specifically
of
those
commitments
you
know,
as
is
as
gbo's
gbio,
if
their
request
has
been
satisfied.
You
know
there's
obviously
a
lesson
here.
Obviously,
when
you
make
a
commitment
you
want
to
follow
through
on
it,
but
at
the
same
time
you
need
to
make
sure
that
you're
not
committing
everything
to
everybody,
because
there's
just
not
this
the
fund's
just
not
there
to
commit
everything
to
everybody.
F
So
I
think
there's
a
lesson
in
all
of
this
that,
but
as
you're
going
forward,
so
that
folks,
who
did
make
those
commitments
to
those
various
organizations
so
that
they're
honoring
those
commitments
if
we
can
be
kept
abreast
as
to
what
percentage
or
what
amount
of
funds
have
been
dedicated
or
earmarked
to
that
specific
request,
helps
us
obviously
be
able
to
manage.
You
know,
what's
left
to
to
spread
around,
I
guess
to
to
other
groups
and
organizations
and
in
needs
of
our
city.
A
A
Both,
you
know
asks
that
were
made
on
the
campaign
trail
over
the
past
year
and
also
just
other
things
bubbling
up
in
the
community.
I
I
did
just
want
to
clarify
for
anybody
watching
the
the
reference
that
counselor
flaherty
was
making
was
to
the
greater
boston,
interfaith
organization
which
hosted
a
series
of
forums
and
and
did
have
asks
for
for
city
councils
and
mayoral
candidates
related
to
the
arpa
funds.
A
Those
asks
were
not
about
funds
to
go
to
gbio
as
an
organization.
They
were
about
commitments
on
a
particular
areas
of
investment,
as
chiefster
has
noted,
mainly
housing
related
on
both
home
ownership
and
rental
housing
so
and
also
public
housing.
So
I
just
wanted
to
stress
for
anybody
watching
at
home
that
I
think
those
processes
which,
as
justin
said,
were
political
but
parallel
to
the
community
conversations
that
the
administration
was
also
holding
we're
kind
of
more
about
areas
of
investment.
A
Rather
than
about
particular
organizations
looking
for
funds-
and
I'm
sure
again,
I
won't-
I
won't
go
further
into
depth
with
that,
because
I
know
that
we've
got
a
number
of
community
advocates
who
are
patiently
waiting
their
turn
to
speak
on
their
own
behalf
here.
So
all
right,
next
up
is
counselor
baker.
H
D
In
in
yester
dollars
so
casey,
I
don't
know
if
you
have
that
number
offhand,
but
we,
the
city,
got
or
the
school
committee
got
three
chunks
of
it.
The
first
chunk
has
really
been
spent
that
was
sort
of
from
from
getting
kids
back
to
school.
The
second
two
chunks
have
gone
through
their
own
community
process
and
it's
about
sorry
pulling
it
up
it's
about
399
million.
Now
some
of
that
is
being
spent
right
now,
and
some
of
that
will
be
spent
in
in
future
fiscal
years.
D
B
It
depends
on
the
toronto
funding,
so
sr2
and
sr3
have
different
deadlines.
We
can
get
back
to
you
with
exact
yeah
spending
figures
on.
H
D
So
the
the
funding
is
awarded
from
the
state
to
the
school
district.
We
obviously
worked
in
concert
with
them
as
part
of
their
overall
funding
for
next
year,
whether
it's
their
operating
budget
capital
plan
federal
funding
does
play
a
part
in
that
conversation.
D
H
Yeah,
so
I
I
was
because
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
what
the
best
space
or
or
are
gonna
ask
you
guys
what
the
best
space
for
the
field
house
will
be
like
what?
What
how
should
I
identify?
What
I'm
asking
for?
Is
it
coming
out
of
essie
through
the
school,
because
the
field
house
will
be
attached
to
the
school
or
is
it
coming
out
of
slf
rf
money
or
or
do
I
drop
it
all
together?
It's
you
know
I
have
an
ask
in
for
10
10
million.
H
H
B
There's
some
pretty
specific
capital
expenditures:
language
in
the
final
world.
I'd
have
to
dig
in
deeper
on
the
specific
project
you're
talking
about
just
internally,
as
we've
been
thinking
about
any
capital
expense
we're
reviewing
them
on
a
one
by
one
basis,
because
the
language
is
so
complicated.
B
I've
probably
read
it
50
times
myself,
but
yeah.
There
are
some
very
specific
restrictions
around
capital
expenditures
that
the
administration,
the
biden
administration,
wrote
into
the
bill
for
slf
rf.
H
Funds
well
because
if
there's
some
intersectionality
there,
when
you,
if
you're
looking
to
build
spaces
that
will
improve
family
lives
and
improve,
you
know
overall
health,
where
you
know,
if
you
can't
build
larger
spaces
like
a
like
a
community
center,
so
say
then
it
seems
it
seems
like
they
conflict
with
it
with
each
other.
H
So
I'm
wondering,
if
there'd
be
any
way
that
we
could
reach
out
to
our
delegations
to
be
able
to
soften
that
language
to
be
of
it
to
to
to
allow
us
to
go
after
a
capital
plan
that
can
be
that
can
be
built
in
you
know
if
we
make
a
commitment
that
there's
the
governor
in
a
supplemental
budget
filed
some
language
that
I
think
will
make
a
matching
grant
available.
H
So
I'm
looking
to
match
on
to
a
state
commitment
for
upwards
of
10
million
dollars
from
the
state
in
in,
and
maybe
we
can
work
on
something
like
that.
It
was
it's
newly
filed
legislation,
casey
I'll,
try
and
dig
it
up
and
get
it
over
to
you
and
see.
If
there's
a
way,
we
as
the
city
can
make
up
make
a
commitment
towards
a
building
that
will,
for
generations,
help
help
kids
families,
adults
be
able
to
improve
their
their
standard
of
living.
H
H
It's
but
also
it
lands
in
the
area.
That's
an
opportunity
zone.
That's
a
that's!
A
an
identified
census
tract.
You
know
it
there's
there's
a
lot
of
reasons
to
point
why
we
should
be
looking
at
a
program
like
this
and
building
a
program
like
this.
H
While
we
have
this
money
available,
because
my
my
fear
is
for
being
being
around
for
as
long
as
I
have
and
gone
through
different
economies
that
in
a
couple
years
we'll
be
looking
back
and
we
and
if
we
haven't
built
actual
infrastructure
for
us
to
make
our
lives
better
and
this
building
is
going
to
make
lives
better,
so
we're
having
a
hearing
on
it
casey
you
will,
you
will
be
invited,
so
we
we,
we
can
tell
the
story
then,
and
and
but
I
think
the
schools
also
should
be
at
the
table
here
and
be
looking
at
this
building
in
a
serious
way
and
making
a
commitment
into
it.
H
A
No
thank
you
councillor,
baker
and
yes,
we
are
definitely
going
to
have
that.
Hearing
on
that
docket.
So
we'll
have
opportunity
for
further
conversation
about
that,
and-
and
I
agree
with
you
that
I
think
I
mean
I
think
it's
the
same
as
for
for
members
of
the
public
who
are
vocalizing
things
that
they'd
like
to
see
funded.
A
I
do
think
that
you
know
it's
it's
our
role
as
counselors
and
the
role
members
of
the
public
to
sort
of
articulate
these
needs
that
we
see
and
then
I
think,
the
question
of
matching
what
funds
are
available
to
the
right
thing
based
on
eligibility
is
something
that
we
should
be
working
in
partnership
with
the
administration
on
and
as
I'll
say
in
a
minute.
I
think
strongly
that
the
school's
piece
needs
to
be
in
the
conversation.
A
But
first
I
want
to
go
to
councillor
tanya
fernandez,
anderson,
district,
7
and
also
the
chair
of
our
ways
and
means
committee,
which
is
closely
connected
to
this
work.
So
counselor
anderson.
O
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
co-sponsor
braden.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
justin
casey
chief
stare
at
my
bad
and
scott
everyone
here.
Thank
you
so
much
great
job.
I
really
appreciated
the
presentation
and
wonder
if
we
can
have
a
breakdown,
some
sort
of
a
presentation
you
know
like
just
barney
style,
one,
two:
three
like
real
stuff
that
I
could
explain
to
my
kids
at
home.
O
It
can
we
get
something
like
that,
especially
in
the
interest
of
you
know
just
teaching,
kids
or
bringing
curriculums
into
school
financial
literacy
curriculums
into
school.
I
think
that
it's
very
important
that
we
include
our
youth,
but
it
would
be.
It
would
be
great
too,
for
my
grandma
at
home,
like
we
want
to
understand.
The
community
wants
to
understand
exactly
what's
going
on
the
other
part
that
I
think
everyone
here
kind
of
touched
it
so
I'll,
be
brief.
O
The
the
part
with
let's
go
better
and
as
well
as
the
budget
hearing
sessions.
O
Yes,
we'll
be
doing
some
our
own
or
district
and
citywide
more
budget
listening
sessions,
break
down
what
you
guys
have
done
already
and
hopefully
bring
more
precipita
more
engagement,
but
we
saw
that
we
looked
at
the
survey
and
it
really
did
not
touch.
Oh,
I
would
say,
fairly
touch
black
and
brown
communities.
O
The
survey
really
seemed
like
it
was
sort
of
it
was
lopsided.
So
if
we
can
talk
about
how
or
at
least
plan
to
engage
more
of
the
larger
community
boston
being
a
majority
minority
minority
city
that
it
was
your
survey
that
came
back
showed
that
I
think
the
majority
was
of
caucasian
population,
and
it
did
not
speak
to
the
priorities
that
you
showed
today
in
your
presentation,
and
so
I'd
be
interested
in
talking
about
that
as
well.
And
how
what's
the
plan
so
that
we
can
reach
people.
D
Yeah
happy
to
well
one
we're
going
to
keep
the
survey
open,
so
we
can
certainly
try
to
push
that
in
partnership
with
you
all
wherever
we're
missing
it,
because
we
certainly
want
it
to
be
reflective,
and
then
I
do.
I
do
want
to
say,
though-
and
I
think
we
touched
on
some
of
the
numbers-
I
know
scott
touched
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
e-r-e-e-r-a-p
dollars,
which
are
the
rental
relief
dollars,
and
that
was
a
you
know
very
heavily
skewed
towards
our
black
and
brown
residents
in
boston.
D
So
you
know,
I
think,
while
the
the
the
response
to
the
forum,
we
can
certainly
always
improve.
I
do
actually
think
many
of
the
dollars
are
flowing
to
those
hardest
hit
communities,
one
by
by
purpose,
right,
we're
really
working
on
that.
But
then
also
as
casey
mentioned,
some
of
them
have
to
only
be
spent
in
those
communities.
So
I
think
it's
it's
both
a
active
approach
as
well
as
a
the
rules
of
the
road
from
the
feds
actually
dictate.
That's
where
that's
where
the
dollars
need
to
be
spent.
O
Okay,
yeah,
that's
awesome.
I
mean
I
just
to
echo
what
council
flaherty
expressed
earlier.
I
think
being
inclusion
of
counselors
or
conversations
with
community
and
just
citywide
means
that
we're
having
these
conversations
and
understanding
a
very
transparent
plan
as
to
commitments,
even
if
they're
verbal.
I
understand
that
you
know
kenzie.
Sorry,
madam
chair,
to
your
point
that
basically
you
know
it.
O
It
doesn't
speak
necessarily
to
commitments,
but
rather
you
know
conversations
to
areas
that
it
should
go
to,
but
the
the
community
or
in
certain
groups
are
talking
about
specific
dollar
amounts,
and
so,
if
you
have
a
spreadsheet
somewhere
a
magical
spreadsheet
that
a
wish
list
of
some
sort,
that
sort
of
correlates
to
what
we've
been
saying
to
the
community
as
a
government
that
we
will
commit
a
hundred
million
dollars
to
this.
Or
to
that,
can
we
talk
about
that?
O
Can
we
have
these
earlier
conversations
and
include
the
council
in
that,
so
we
at
least
understand
sort
of
have
a
a
picture
or
a
puzzle
of
the
expectation
from
the
community.
D
Sure
we
can,
we
can
definitely
try
to
pull
that
together.
I
I
do
think
you
know
this
is
the
beginning.
At
the
beginning,
this
is
sort
of
the
middle
part
kind
of
like
half
time
of
the
conversation
where
we're
going
to
be
coming
back
to
the
council
for
actual
appropriation
order.
So
I
think
that's
where,
where
you'll
see
sort
of
dollars
to
donuts,
where
we're,
where
we're
sort
of
recommending
the
funding
go,
I
think
we're
happy
to
pull
together.
D
What
the
ask
said
then,
but
I
think
casey
has
she
alluded
to
in
some
of
the
presentations
it
has
skewed
really
heavily
on
housing.
We
didn't
really
get
into
dollars,
specifically
because
it's
it's
hard
to
quantify
it
without
actually
knowing
sort
of
where
we
want
to
put
it.
But
I
think
when,
when
we
bring
up
a
new
proposal
to
the
council
for
the
remaining
dollars,
it'll
be
obviously
very
specific
in
where
it
goes.
O
A
You
thank
you
so
much
councillor,
fernandez,
anderson,
I'll,
ask
a
few
questions
now
and
then,
once
I'm
finished,
if
counselors
have
a
follow-up
that
they
want
to
ask
if
they
could
just
raise
a
hand,
because
otherwise
I
want
to
go
to
the
public
testimony,
that's
been
waiting,
so
I
guess
I
mean
one
thing
and
I've
sort
of
flagged
this
a
few
times
now,
but
I
it
does
feel
to
me
extremely
important
that
bps
is
more
directly
in
this
conversation
with
the
council.
A
I
appreciated
casey
the
information
sent
over
by
them
and
that
you
presented,
but
I
think
the
reality,
for
instance,
is
that
you
know
the
way
that
bps
broke
up
their
anticipated
sr2
and
three
allocations
was
by
a
series
of
goals
with
numbers
next
to
them
and
as
much
as
it's
helpful
to
understand
their
strategic
goals,
and
I
think
many
of
them
are
strategic
goals.
The
council
shares
fundamentally
from
a
budget
question
like
the
types
of
questions
the
council
has
to
ask
about.
A
Esser
funds
are
what
what,
if
this
is
being
spent
on
one
time,
things
right
versus
what's
on
staff
capacity,
and
that
has
like
an
immediate
direct
impact
on
the
city
budget.
Right,
not
just
this
year
as
because
they're
two
pieces
of
a
puzzle
adding
up
together,
but
because
any
ongoing
operating
things
which
the
school's
investor
dollars
in.
P
A
Fully
expect
that
when
the
s
or
dollar
sunset,
those
will
want
to
come
over
to
the
city
side
budget,
which
this
council
appropriates.
So
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
get
from
bps,
not
just
information
about
what
it's
trying
to
achieve
with
the
esser
dollars
and
sort
of
the
buckets
of
like
aspirational
achievement,
but
actually
like
much
more
of
a
line
item
components,
and
particularly
that
distinction
right
between
like
how
much
of
this
are
we
looking
to
spend
on
staff
fdes?
A
How
much
of
this
are
we
looking
to
spend
on
capital
improvements
that
are
one-time
things?
How
much
of
it
is
on
outside
contracts?
To
do
something
like
the
council
needs
that
kind
of
detail,
and
I
think
it
is
not
too
strong
to
say
that
the
council
can't
possibly
make
final
decisions
either
on
the
budget
in
councilor,
fernandez,
anderson's
committee
or
on
you
know,
other
federal
relief
dollars
without
that
in
the
picture.
A
So
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
I
think
that,
because
we
don't
have
bps
with
us
today,
I'm
not
really
interested
in
putting
the
omb
team
on
the
spot
to
explain
in
greater
detail
those
buckets,
because
I
just
think
structurally
they're
not
being
presented
to
us
in
the
way
that
we
need
for
kind
of
full
oversight.
A
So
I
think
that
it
probably
is
going
to
require,
like
a
follow-up
hearing
on
this
docket
from
in
this
committee,
just
to
really
dig
in
on
that,
and-
and
I
want
to
underscore-
I
mean
while
councillor
baker
noted
it.
And
it's
true
that
the
council,
the
council,
doesn't
vote
on
appropriations
that
are
running
through
the
school
committee.
A
A
But
we
do
have
to
understand
them
and-
and
like
chief
starr
had
said,
I
really
don't
want
to
set
us
up
on
any
cliffs,
and
I
think
that
when
people
in
the
community
ask
us,
you
know
well,
what's
bps
spending
its
money
on
it
doesn't
want
us
to
just
say
well,
bps
is
spending
its
money
on
literacy,
inclusion,
improvements
to
the
school
like
you,
people
want
to
know
like
okay,
well,
how
much
of
that
is
going
to
you
know
improving
my
school's
plan
or
how
many
ftes,
or
do
you
think,
everybody's
going
to
get
a
reading
coach?
A
Now
right,
like
I
mean
these
are
the
things
that
people
are
going
to
want
to
know,
and
I
just
I
would
just
stress
that
it's
basically
half
of
the
discretionary
funds
that
we're
talking
about
here,
and
so
I
don't
think
high-level
reports
are
going
to
cut
it
for
the
council
or
this
committee.
So
I
wanted
to
stress
that
at
the
beginning,
and
with
that
I
will
bracket
most
of
my
questions
about
the
details
of
how
bps
intends
to
spend
its
esser
funds.
A
I
wanted
to
ask
quickly
about
just
where
you
think
we
are
on
you
know
you
had
those
last
few
buckets
that
we
that
we're
sort
of
waiting
on
I
mean
there's
buildback
better,
which
is
not
a
bucket
that
exists,
yet
we
just
hope
that
it
will
someday.
But
on
the
state
funds
I
mean,
I
am
very
antsy
boston's
10
percent
of
the
population
of
the
state.
I
feel
like
as
a
baseline,
10
percent
of
the
state
covert
relief
funds
should
be
flowing
to
the
city.
A
In
fact,
I
think
when
you
apply
an
equity
analysis
and
you
look
at
those
qualified
census,
tracts
like
more
than
10
of
the
state's
funds
should
be
flowing
to
the
city,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
boston's
communities
most
in
need,
but
I
just
wondered
if
you
could
speak
to
us
about
kind
of
what
it
like,
what
the
funds
expended
so
far
in
that
category.
A
Look
like
proportionately
in
terms
of
the
amount
flowing
through
the
city
of
boston
and
what
the
kind
of
lobbying
efforts
on
that
front
look
like
or
how
the
council
could
be
helpful.
D
I'll
start
or
casey,
do
you
want
to
go
so
I'll
start
and
I'll
start,
maybe
with
the
infrastructure
one
so
that
that
the
the
charts
that
we
went
over
today
were
really
focused
on
dollars
that
come
through
the
city's
base
finance
our
financial
system,
some
of
the
dollars
that
are
spent
here
in
in
boston
either
by
our
agencies
or
by
non-profits
or
the
community
or
other
groups
that
don't
hit
us
still
are
felt
here,
but
they're
not
maybe
coming
through
us.
D
So
on
the
infrastructure
side,
those
are
going
to
be
much
closely
much
closer
targeted
towards
either
any
formula
grants
that
we
get
for
capital
expenditures
or
targeted
infrastructure,
competitive
grants
that
we're
sort
of
applying
for
and
they'll
be
like
transportation,
stuff,
mobility,
stuff,
water
and
super
stuff.
There'll
be
a
whole
list
of
different
types
of
programs
that
we'll
apply
for
those
are
sort
of
more
pro
prospective
and
haven't
been
finalized,
yet
so
more
to
come
on
that
on
the
state
recovery.
D
Not
only
would
I
say
we
have
10
of
the
population,
we
also
generate
about
20
of
their
tax
revenue,
so
I
always
argue
we
should
get
20
of
dollars
from
them,
but
that's
a
that's
a
different
story,
so
what
I
would
say
is
again
similar
to
many
of
the
dollars
spent
here
like
e-wrap,
where
the
the
the
state
money
around
housing
is
a
good
example
of
they
are
open
to
boston
residents,
but
they
don't
flow
directly
through
the
city.
D
So
it's
hard
for
me
to
give
an
exact
dollar
amount
of
what
we've
gotten
from
them,
but
I
do
think
we
are
have
made
our
our
case
up
there.
We
recently
got
some
specific
funding
in
the
last
arpa
bill
that
came
through
around
mass
and
cass
and
other
priorities
in
the
city
and
the
administration.
D
But
again
it's
it's
sort
of
a
little
bit
outside
of
our
books
that
these
types
of
investments
exist
and
build
back
better.
I
agree
it's.
D
B
Think
one
example
we
can
give
it
and
the
small
business
team
spoke
to
this
in
january
before
the
council
body
is,
as
we
are
launching
funds.
B
So
the
small
business
2.0
fund
we're
really
working
in
partnership
with
corollary
funds
with
the
state
level
to
ensure
that
we're
providing
technical
assistance
about
the
state
opportunities
and
vice
versa,
for
those
coming
to
the
state
who
are
in
boston
that
they're
aware
of
our
opportunities
as
well,
and
so
we're
really
asking
our
department
partners
to
do
that
across
the
board
when
it
comes
to
emergency,
foreclosure
or
rental
relief
fund.
B
Dnd
is
doing
doing
the
same
as
well,
because
we
do
want
to
make
sure
that
our
residents
are
are
maximizing.
Opportunities
for
financial
support
residents
and
businesses
as
well
and,
like
justin,
said
thanks
to
some
partners
that
our
partners
at
the
state
house
we
do
do
have
some
boston
specific
earmarks
to
support
some
of
the
challenges
that
we
have,
as
well
as
the
additional
like
programmatic
dollars.
That
will
continue
to
flow
down
from
the
state
in
the
coming
months
and
years.
A
A
We
were
required
to
spend
on
rental
relief
because
that's
what
it
was
allocated
by
the
feds
and
then
we
were
ahead
of
everybody
else
and
that
we
put
that
initial
eight
in
before
before,
or
at
least
five
of
that
eight
and
before
everybody
kind
of
got
on
that
bandwagon,
and
I
think
we
have
right
to
be
very
proud
of
how
quickly
d
d
moved
on
that
and
how
much
our
program
developed
very
quickly
over
the
course
the
pandemic
and
went
through
several
cycles
of
improvement.
A
So
on
the
one
hand
I
look
at
30.1
out
of
58
and
I'm
like.
Oh
that's
great.
We
got
almost
half
of
it
left.
A
On
the
other
hand,
I
think
my
understanding
is
is
that
the
sort
of
that
the
state
is
rolling
up
its
program
faster
than
we
are,
and
that
therefore,
there's
a
concern
that
a
lot
of
boston
families
that
have
been
getting
rental
relief
from
the
state
are
gonna
find
themselves
without
that
support
in
the
near-term
future,
and
so
there
might
be
a
kind
of
like
accelerated
drawdown
on
the
monies
that
we
expended
to.
That
purpose.
Can
can
anybody
on
the
call
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
more.
A
Okay,
yeah,
I
would
just
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
for
the
council
to
understand,
because
again
you
look
at
the
numbers
on
like
off
the
top
of
your
head
and
you
say:
oh,
we
spent
half
of
it
and
we're
you
know
starting
to
come
out
with
pandemic
and
I'm
sure
like
that
seems
like
we
might
be
okay
in
terms
of
having
enough
resources
for
our
families
that
are
in
these
rental
relief
emergency
situations
and
then
just
that
larger
state
picture
has
me
a
bit
more
concerned
about
that.
A
So
I'd
love
to
better
understand
and
then
I
think,
the
last
time
we
checked
back
in
december,
just
flagging.
On
the
fema
front,
you
guys
noted
in
your
presentation
that
the
lions
share
of
our
fema
reimbursements
have
actually
gone
to
boston,
public
health
commissions,
so
separate
from
that
14
mil.
I
think,
last
time
we
checked
it
was
28.5
mil
that
we
thought
that
bphc
was
going
to
get
back.
Do
you
know
jim?
If
that's
still
roughly
the
number.
K
Yeah,
that's
about
right.
I
I
we
just
got
an
update
the
other
day,
but
then
they're
they're
really
pursuing
it.
It
is
a
public
health
emergency.
So
it's
you
would
expect
them
to
be
the
largest
claimant
for
fema
female
dollars.
A
And
yeah
and
that's
encouraging
to
me,
because
I
was
at
first
sort
of
discouraged
that
we
weren't
getting
more
from
fema,
but
it's
good
to
know
that
a
lot
of
it's
going
on
the
vphc
side.
Do
you
think
jim
that
we
might
be
in
the
happy
circumstances
needing
a
council
authorization
for
any
further
dollars
for
fema?
I
mean
I
know
that
we
don't
quite
know
how
all
the
reimbursements
are
coming
down.
We've
kind
of
authorized
if
we
set
up
to
16,
but
it
seems
like
there
was
at
least
a
chance
with
the.
K
Yeah
possible
and
we
might
actually
be
coming
for
you
for
a
snowstorm
for
a
winter
storm
keenan
as
well.
So
you
know
that
still
comes
so
both
with
the
there's.
I
know
schools
was
encouraged
by
a
national
organization
to
go
back
and
re
re-look
at
some
things
for
potential
female
eligibility.
So
we'll
go
through
that
process,
and
hopefully
you
know
the
we're
coming
toward
the
ends
of
the
covid
emergency
health
crisis.
K
But
but
there
continues
to
be
efforts
there,
but
we
will
have
other
things
like
snow
emergencies
that
will
be
coming
to
you
regularly
for
so.
A
Yeah
yeah,
no,
it
just
always
seemed
to
me
like.
I
know
it's
tough,
because
we
don't
like
to
spend
money
that
we're
not
sure
if
he
was
gonna
pay
back
to
us.
But
it's
like
you
just
feel
like
without
a
100
reimbursement
policy
like
we
should
be
finding
every
possible
way
to
get
to
get
that,
and
then
I
wondered
if
you
could
speak
at
all.
I
saw
the
note
that
with
broadband
that
they
had
changed
the
standard
such
that
we
it
would
allow
broadband
related
infrastructure.
A
It
seemed
like
in
a
wider
swath
of
the
city
because
it
had
been
a
very
low
threshold
and
then
it's
been
raised
a
bit
to
kind
of
like
you
know,
you
have
mediocre
broadband,
but
not
really
what
you
need
for
class
and
work
and
all
of
the
like
things
in
modern
life.
So
I
was
just
curious
casey
if
we
or
whoever,
if
we
have
any
like
comparative
map,
like
you,
showed
us
the
map
of
qualified
census
tracks.
B
I
don't
have
that
in
front
of
me
today,
but
I'm
sure
it's
something
that
I
could
work
with
mike
lynch
to
paul.
That
was
some
of
I
know
mike
and
a
lot
of
our
federal
partners
were
huge
advocates
to
make.
Have
us
treasury
make
that
change
in
the
final
rule-
and
I
know
many
mayors
across
the
country
and
urban
cities
were
also
advocating
it
advocating
for
it
as
well.
So
it
was
a
kind
of
win
for
our
urban
partners.
B
I
think
we
would
have
loved
to
see
that
go
even
further,
but
you
know
the
change
in
the
final
role
is
a
positive
step.
A
Yeah
no-
and
I
just
think
I
mean,
as
somebody
who
is
interested
in
municipal
broadband
like
I
would
really
like
to
understand
what
it
actually
means
for
us
like.
What's
what
areas
are
actually
eligible?
I'd
also
say:
there's
a
lot
of
conversation
and
a
lack
of
clarity
about
sort
of
what
parts
of
the
city
are
deemed
to
have
what
speeds
in
general
and
even
though
there's
been
a
lot
of
work
on
that
front
by
our
human
rights,
commission
and
others.
A
I
think
there's
still
confusion
about
that,
so
it
seems
to
me
like
whatever
we've
got,
to
do
to
figure
out
what
sections
of
this
that
apply
like
of
the
city.
It
applies
to
should
be
shared
with
the
council.
So
I'd
love
that
follow-up
and
then
we
haven't,
we
haven't
done
anything
with
these
funds
in
support
of
bwsc
date,
correct,
yeah
and
and
with
infrastructure.
A
B
So
there
is
about,
I
think,
it's
a
million
dollars
in
total
for
the
boston
housing
authority,
for
expansion
of
wi-fi
and
they're
in
the
physical
buildings
as
well.
There
was
a
million
dollars
for
continued
support
of
making
making
city
services
accessible
digitally.
I
think
those
are
the
two
main
buckets.
A
B
Yeah,
I
will
need
to.
I
can't
remember
exactly
what
category
we
put
that
one
under,
because
it
still
might
not
actually
fall
under
broadband
infrastructure.
I
don't
believe
it.
We
put
it
in
the
broadband
infrastructure
category,
even
though
it
is
in
support
of
digital
equity.
I,
I
still
don't
think
it
technically
fell
under
the
definition
of
broadband
infrastructure.
B
B
A
Okay,
yeah
and
I
mean
I
just
wanted
to
say
you
know-
I
think,
another
follow-up
that
we
would
like,
and
this
you
know
if
this
is
one
where
it's
not
necessarily
tomorrow,
it's
more
like,
if
you
guys
have
if,
if
there's
a
natural
snapshot
moment
like
whether
it's
like
you
know,
once
you
have
actuals
for
end
of
february
in
or
something
like,
I
do
think
it
would
be
helpful
for
the
council
to
understand,
as
as
she
stared
alluded
to,
we
were
deeply
involved
in
the
allocation
of
that
81.5
million.
A
You
know
thinking
about
how
we
were
doing
that
in
june
and
really
as
well
in
the
way
the
revenue
replacement
support
of
the
budget.
I
mean
that
whole
kind
of
149.5
million
that's
been
allocated
to
date
by
the
council
out
of
our
dollars.
A
You
know,
obviously
the
council's
been
very
involved
in
and
I
do
think
it
would
be
helpful
for
us
to
have
some
kind
of
tracker
that
says
this
is
the
amount
of
that
that's
actually
been
spent
because,
since
those
are
multi-year
commitments-
and
it's
unusual
right-
it's
not
like
an
fy
22
thing.
So
it's
not
like.
I
don't
con
it's
not
a
gotcha
thing
like,
for
instance,
we
allocated
money
to
launch
the
green
jobs
program,
something
I'm
super
excited
about.
A
It
hasn't
yet
had
its
inaugural
summer,
so
obviously
it
hasn't
spent
most
of
what
was
allocated,
but
I
do
think
it
would
be
helpful
for
the
council
to
have
a
bit
of
a
ticker
of
kind
of,
like
okay
of
these
things
that
were
appropriated
here
are
dollars
that
are
out
the
door,
and
here
are
dollars
that
are
being
stretched
out
over
the
duration
of
that
period.
It.
A
It's
also
like
you
know,
interesting
and
good,
to
know
that
that
period
has
actually
been
extended
by
two
years,
even
though,
even
though
it
has
to
be,
you
know
fully
obligated
by
the
end
of
24
before
we
thought
it
was
gonna
have
to
be
spent
by
the
under
24.
B
Great,
you
know,
I
think,
one
of
the
things
we're
really
excited
about
and
thanks
again
to
our
do-it
partners.
So,
council
rock,
we
have
to
report
those
spending
figures
to
the
feds
every
quarter,
so
we
just
submitted
one
at
the
end
of
january
for
all
spending
through
the
end
of
december
and
basically
once
we
submit
that
report
to
the
feds,
our
dashboard
on
the
website
automatically
updates.
B
So
you
then
can
click
into
and
any
resident
of
the
public
can
do
this
too
click
into
every
project
and
look
in
green
jobs
and
say
of
the
three
million
allocated
what's
been
encumbered
or
obligated
or
in
contract,
and
what
dollars
have
been
spent
too
and
then
we're
also
posting
a
pdf
for
the
report
on
the
website
as
well.
So
that's
something
that
you
know.
B
We
want
to
remain
accountable
to
the
public
about,
and
the
council
of,
making
sure
that
that's
updated
on
a
quarterly
basis
and,
of
course,
we're
working
with
our
department
department
partners
to
make
sure
that
we're
being
mindful
of
projects
where
we'd
like
to
see
more
spending
or
we're
worried
about
the
pace
of
spending
and
and
having
those
internal
conversations
as
well,
but
really
want
to
point
folks
to
that
resource.
Because
it's
the
first
time
we've
been
able
to
do
that
where
it
really
automatically
updates.
B
A
Yeah,
that's
great,
that's
fantastic!
Thank
you
casey
and
then
I
think
just
a
last.
Oh
well,
just
sorry,
two
last
things
so
the
second
to
last
one
is
just
qualified
census
tracks.
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
have
for
folks
to
have
that
map
in
a
more
accessible
way,
not
just
a
snapshot
but,
like
you
know
something
where
we
people
can
actually
click
and
see
what
number
census
tract
is
and
understand.
What's
in
and
out
of
it
like.
A
We're
not
necessarily
doing
through
that
mechanism,
because
you
know,
for
instance,
it
would
be
like
things
that
we're
doing
in
the
schools
that
where
we've
got
a
heavily
low
income
and
black
and
brown
student
population,
but
they
don't
they're,
not
kind
of
being
run
through
a
census,
tract
type
system.
So
I'm
just
kind
of
trying
to
understand
what
exactly
of
our
interventions
are
actually
running
through
that
bucket
that
operates
on
the
call
on
the
qualified
census
tract
mechanism.
A
B
You
need
to
dispute
it
myself.
I
think
great
idea,
counselor
on
the
qualified
census
tracks,
our
new
urban
mechanics
team,
actually
this
week
put
together
kind
of
a
map
for
us
that
we
can
more
actively
play
around
with,
and
I
think
it'd
be
great
to
just
add
that
to
again
to
our
website.
B
And
so
that's
kind
of
you
know,
as
we
think
about
the
69
expenditure
categories,
there's
a
pretty
clear
indication
which
ones
kind
of
have
to
fall
into
this.
The
qualified
census
tracts
but,
like
you
said,
I
think,
programs
even
that
don't
have
that
ticker
next
to
them
or
that
check
mark
next
to
them
for
qualified
census
tracts.
That
doesn't
mean
that
our
departments
aren't
targeting
our
disproportionately
impacted
communities
right.
B
We
just
might
not
be
using
the
exact
federal
definition
that
is
kind
of
mandated
through
through
this
legislation,
so
we
could
certainly
report
back
on
kind
of
what
is
federally
mandated,
which
which
categories
is
federally
mandated.
But
I
do
think
it's
important
to
note
that
that
doesn't
doesn't
mean
that
projects
that
aren't
in
those
categories
aren't
targeted
towards
those
hardest
hit
by
the
coping
pandemic.
A
B
So
it
really
is
project
by
project,
so
even
within
the
dot
kind
of
bucket
of
projects
that
they
are
covering
for
the
projects
that
were
reauthorized
or
existing
programs.
Those
typically
the
guidance
comes
sooner
and
so
we've
started
to
see
some
of
those
roll
out
the
bridge
improvement
program
being
one
of
them.
That
was
the
first
to
come,
come
down
to
the
state,
but
some
of
them
you
know
they
have
said
we
will
receive
additional
guidance,
not
till
even
q4
of
this
year
and
then
some
programs.
B
All
we
know
at
this
point
is
it's
a
tbd
on
the
timing
for
additional
information
for
those
programs.
So
we're
really,
you
know,
have
to
track
on
a
program
by
program
basis
to
ensure
that
we're
up
to
date
on
the
most
the
available
opportunities
and
the
expected
opportunities
that
we
can
prepare
for
in
advance.
A
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
you
for
just
like
tracking
that
it's
it's
a
huge
lift
and
it's
so
important
right,
there's
so
many
things
where,
like
there's
a
chance
for
the
city,
to
get
significant
resources,
but
we
have
to
act
fast
and
act
in
an
informed
way
and
it's
very
tricky.
So
thank
you
and
I
think
those
are
all
my
questions.
The
only
comment
I
wanted
to
make
these
would
be
some
of
the
things
that
other
counselors
mentioned.
I
mean
I'll
just
say
that
personally
I
certainly
over
the
course
of
the
campaign.
A
Last
year
you
know
had
conversations
with
and
made
commitments.
I
I
was
proud
to
support.
There
was
an
ask
out
from
gbio
for
kind
of
supporting
100
million
in
affordable
rental
housing
funds
and
then
another
100
million
in
affordable
home
ownership.
A
There
was
a
50
million
dollar
request
for
support
to
mildred
haley
and
that
renovation
and
redevelopment,
which
I
think
the
mayor's
already
committed
herself
to,
although
I
think
the
question
of
how
much
of
that
is
out
of
our
pub
versus
capital
dollars,
probably
remains
to
be
seen
since
that
would
be
a
capital
dollar
eligible
expense.
A
A
To
speak
only
for
myself
and
say
that
those
are
things
that
I
recall
committing
to,
but
I
think
a
number
of
counselors
and
the
mayor
did
as
well,
so
I
do
hope
that
those
things
will
be
in
our
conversation
going
forward.
But
I
understand
the
administration
not
wanting
to
kind
of
pre-announce
appropriation,
orders
that
it
that
it
may
put
in,
but
I
I
just
wanted
that
on
the
record
today.
A
I
think
those
are
my
comments
and
now
I'm
going
to
go
quickly
to
council,
braden
and
baker,
and
then
I
really
want
to
get
to
our
public
testimony.
So
I.
N
Count
their
brandon.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
again
thank
you
to
the
team
for
incredible
information.
A
lot
to
digest.
You
know.
One
of
the
issues
that
we
we're
constantly
impacting
and
encountering
is
just
the
need
for
good
metrics
and
indicators
to
assist
in
decision
making,
and
I
was
wondering
I
would
like
to
see
more
data
on
the
geographic
distribution
of
where
the
funding
actually
landed
by
by
council
district
neighborhood,
zip
code.
N
Consensus
tract
you
know,
especially
it
helps
us
look
at
it's
almost
like
an
indirect
assessment
of
need,
a
food
delivery.
How
many
neighborhoods
were
needing
that
supplemental
systems
for
food
access
and
and
and
how?
What
was?
What
does
the
equity
look
in
that
situation?
N
Testing
was
adequate
effort
made
for
all
neighborhoods.
I
know
I
had
to
fight
to
get
testing
in
austin
brighton,
a
small
small
business
relief
in
terms
of
the
distribution
of
the
small
distribute,
the
small
business
relief
across
the
city
and
in
the
fema,
or
was
an
additional
and
it'd
be
good
to
have
some
specific
details
on
the
additional
details
on
the
one
million
dollars
for
emergency
response
consulting
and
the
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
immediate
emergency
communications.
N
I
remember
in
the
first
weeks
of
the
emergency
we
would
we
were
mobilizing
volunteers
to
do
electro
in
multilingual
handouts
all
across
the
city.
It
would
be
interesting-
and
you
know
this
is
not
the
last
pandemic.
This
is
not
going
to
be
the
last
emergency
we're
going
to
face.
N
N
And
then
you
know
in
this
climate
in
this
time
of
emergency,
extreme
weather
events,
etc.
We
should
be
really
thinking
about
those
those
issues,
then
you
know,
I
don't
expect
the
answers
to
all
these
questions
now,
but
I'm
also
curious
about
the
this,
the
geographic
distribution
of
schools
that
got
got
emergency
funding
for
improvements
in
their
air
handling
and
ventilation.
I
know
it's
just
a
huge
backlog
of
we
haven't
fixed
our
windows
in
decades,
so
the
windows
situation
it'd
be
interesting.
N
I'd
like
to
know
just
specifically
which
bps
zones,
individual
schools,
council,
districts,
neighborhoods
and
zip
codes,
cut
census,
tracts
so
just
to
try
and
disaggregate
that
to
get
a
better
sense
of
where,
where
where
what
schools
were
the
most
in
need
and
how
the
money
was
spent
and
are
there
other
outstanding
schools
in
our
district
across
the
city
that
need
further
remedial
action
to
help
improvement
of
air
quality
and
again
thinking
about
the
bigger
picture
of
extreme
weather
events
and
extended
heat
heat
waves,
schools
ten
can
be
used
as
cooling,
centers
and
schools.
N
You
know
we're
expecting
hot
weather
in
this
early
earlier
in
the
summer
and
later
into
the
fall
and
so
having
good.
This
is
an
essential
infrastructure
improvement
that
will
greatly
impact
our
the
health
of
our
students
in
our
schools.
The
other
question
I
had,
and
we
don't
think
we
dived
into
it.
N
Much
was
just
in
terms
of
the
public
health
response
and
really
the
piece
that
we're
not
talking
about
so
much
and
we
talk
about
it,
but
I
don't
have
good
metrics
on
it
is
our
our
response
to
the
mental
health,
substance,
abuse
and
crisis
intervention
beyond
the
sort
of
headline
grabbing
like
no
there's,
no
doubting
that
the
mass
cast
situation
is
a
horrible
human
tragedy
and
of
great
proportions,
but
there's
lots
of
mental
health
challenges
for
our
young
people,
our
students
and
our
elders
that
are
not
necessarily
grabbing
those
headlines.
N
So
I'd
like
some
information
on
on
any
kind
of
programs
that
we've
tried
to
instigate
and
ways
that
we
could
extend
some
of
that
approach
beyond
the
pandemic
and
if
there's
any
metrics
being
used
to
try
and
support
a
metric,
a
pilot
program
and
then
get
some
metrics
of
how
this
information
might
be
used
going
forward.
N
A
Thank
you,
councillor
braden,
and
I
don't
know
if
the
team
wanted
to
say
anything
in
response.
D
I'll
just
say
on
the
data
request:
counselor
around
neighborhood
distribution,
council,
district
distribution
and
then
the
school
stuff
we
will
certainly
follow
up.
Some
of
that
is
is
readily
available
that
we
have
on
the
website
that
we
can
share,
as
it
relates
to
the
mental
health
side
of
things.
D
I
think
there
are
actually
a
couple
different
buckets
of
investments,
both
in
the
direct
substance
use
crisis
down
on
mass
caste,
that
use
federal
funding,
as
well
as
recent
operating
budget
investments
and
actually
in
the
in
the
bps
budget
that
they're
going
through
right
now.
D
There's
additional
supports
for
student
based
counseling,
both
on
the
clinician
side
and
as
well
as
on
the
mental
health
side,
so
definitely
more
more
to
do
there,
but
definitely
has
been
some
recent
conversations
and
talks
about
that
and
then
absolutely
agree
that
this
is
the
beginning
of
a
partnership.
We,
you
know,
we
really
do
look
forward
to
bringing
a
robust
proposal
from
the
from
the
mayor
to
the
council
for
consideration
of
everything
we've
talked
about
today.
We'll
talk
about
going
forward
so
definitely
more
to
come.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I'll,
be
brief.
Casey
on
page
26
is
where
I
was
talking
about
slide
26
under
ineligible.
It
says:
congregate.
H
Yeah,
I
think
facilities
and
then
above
it
where
under
eligible
it
says
child
care
facilities,
schools,
hospitals.
So
where
do
we
like?
Can
you
just
explain.
B
Yeah
this
is
this
is
just
a
right
summary
of
a
450
page,
unfortunately,
unfortunately,
for
us
a
450
page
bill,
so
I
think
this
is,
I
think,
right
there
they
were
talking
about.
I
don't
know
specifically
how
they're
defining
congregate
here
but,
like
I
said,
I'm
happy
to
do
some
research
on
it
and
get
back.
H
Yeah,
that
was
my
that
was
my
follow-up
into
it,
so
that
would
also
knock
us
out
of
the
box
for,
if
we're
looking
to
do
supportive
housing
for
what
you're
talking
about
kenzie
like
for
for
step
up
housing,
that
sort
of
stuff.
B
I
believe
actually
permanent
supportive
housing
is
an
eligible
expense.
They
do
think
about
shelters
and
and
permanent
support
housing
as
emergency
shelters
and
permanent
supportive
housing
as
different
categories
of
spend.
They
well
like
you
said
they.
An
ineligible
expense,
is
construction
of
a
new
congregate
facility.
They
do
allow
for
rehabilitation
and
kind
of
internal
construction
work
on
congregate
facilities,
but
they
do
not
allow
a
brand
new
one.
So
they
are,
they
do
even
within
how
we
think
about
homelessness
and
housing.
H
H
We
don't
need
to
spend
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
time
time
there,
but
that
is
where
I
guess
mass
and
cass
would
would
would
come
up,
and
I
would
like
to
like
have
some
details
and
I
don't
need
them
need
them
now.
H
I've
asked
some
ass
for
them,
sort
of
what
it's
costing
us,
specifically
roundhouse,
and
the
envision
hotel
and
maybe
a
breakdown
of
what
what's
being
spent
down
there
between
this
slide
here
slide
13
and
also
our
general
budget,
and
you
know
what
I
and
again
don't
need
this
stuff
right
now,
but
that's
something
I
will
be
looking
for.
So
thank
you
guys.
I
appreciate
that
was
a
good
hearing.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
baker
and
I
think
at
least
my
understanding
is
that
some
of
that
funding
you
just
referred
to
has
come
through
covert
release
funds
that
run
through
the
state,
so
they
all,
although
they're,
benefiting
the
city
they're,
not
part
of
this,
the
pod
that
we've
been
discussing
today,
I
think
I'm
seeing
some
nodding
heads
so
which
doesn't
mean
we
don't
want
the
specifics
of
how
it's
broken
down.
We
do,
but
I
was
just
flagging.
I
think
it's
out
of
a
different
bucket,
okay.
E
Nothing
at
the
moment,
great
great
presentation,
very
informative,
looking
forward
to
the
public's
testimony
and
working
with
the
administration
on
making
sure
that
the
rest
of
the
cities,
you
know
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
get
more
respondents
to
the
survey,
questions
that
are
more
representative
representative
of
the
city
and
then
working
with
them
on
passing
the
rest
of
passing
the
rest
and
spending
and
spending
the
rest
of
these
dollars.
So
looking
forward
to
public
testimony.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
and
now
we
are
going
to
move
to
public
testimony,
I'm
starting
with
the
the
panelists
from
equity
now
and
beyond
center
to
support
immigrant
organizing,
then
I'll
go
to
gbio
maha
black
coveted
coalition
and
the
greater
boston,
labor
council.
So
folks
will
start
moving
everybody
in
bit
by
bit
here.
A
I'll
just
remind
people
if
you
can
just
introduce
yourself
at
the
beginning
of
your
testimony
that
would
be
great
and
so
that
everybody
watching
knows
who
you
are
and
if
you
are
watching
this
at
home
and
you
are
not
signed
up,
you
are
not
affiliated
with
any
of
those
organizations
whose
names
I
just
read.
You
can
still
email
michelle,
m-I-c-h-e-l-l-e
dot,
a
dot,
goldberg
g-o-l-d-b-e-r-g
at
boston,
dot,
gov
and
we'll
get
you
the
zoom
length
and
that
you
signed
up.
A
A
Kevin,
let
me
just
make
sure
that
I
get
all
your
folks
in
and
then
I
will
pass
it
to
you
and
I
think
kevin
will
introduce
this
group,
but
they're
just
going
to
quickly
give
a
series
of
short
statements
in
an
interconnected
way.
So
I
think
everybody's
in
kevin.
You
have
the
floor.
P
Thank
you,
council
bach,
and
thank
you
all
the
city
councils
for
being
here
today
and
for
inviting
equity
now
and
beyond,
to
come
testify
in
this
important
hearing,
particularly
thanks
to
counselor
louis
jean,
who
alerted
us
to
this
hearing
a
couple
days
ago
and
and
we
were
able
to
get
some
stuff
together
for
it.
So,
as
counselor
box
said,
my
name
is
kevin.
Whalen,
I'm
one
of
the
two
co-directors
of
center
to
support
immigrant
organizing
our
organization.
P
Csio
coordinates
the
coalition
equity
now
and
beyond,
which
is
an
immigrant
health
equity
cohort,
that's
led
by
brazilian
african
latinx
and
haitian
organizations
working
deeply
in
their
grassroots
communities.
Those
are
brazilian
women's
group
acedon,
true
alliance
center
and
haitian
americans,
united
from
the
haitian
community
and
agency
alpha
from
the
latin
x
community.
P
We
came
together
in
late
2019
and
since
early
2020
we've
been,
we've
come
together
to
to
boost
covid
and
other
health
equity
resources
in
those
grassroots
immigrant
communities.
P
We've
worked
really
closely
with
the
city
with
department
of
health
and
human
services
previously,
and
now
really
closely
with
the
boston
public
health
commission
to
getting
covered
resources
out
to
you
know.
Frankly,
the
the
communities
who
had
the
most
difficulty
accessing
coveted
resources
in
the
midst
of
it,
we
used
our
strengths
as
grassroots
organizations
to
integrate
covert
resources,
with
other
supports
that
we
provided
folks.
At
the
same
time,
we
provided
on-site
health
insurance,
enrollment,
voter
registration,
immigration,
counseling
housing
and
worker
rights,
support
youth,
women's
and
community
development
resources
as
well,
and
many
more.
P
We
submitted
some
testimony,
a
couple
pages
of
testimony
to
the
city
council,
to
kind
of
drill
into
the
details
of
what
you
know
of
who
we
are
and
what
our
challenges
have
been.
But
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
review
some
accomplishments
of
our
cohort.
We
vaccinated
over
5
250
community
members,
we've
educated
more
than
60
000
community
members
and
then
maybe
the
native
languages
on
covid,
the
vaccine.
P
You
know
via
social
media
tv,
radio,
we've
distributed
over
5600,
ppe
kits
and
we've
combined
our
covert
vaccine
clinics
with
education
and
support
around
workers,
rights
and
housing
and
immigration
and
the
like.
So
we're
we're
dealing
with
not
just
the
inequities
around
covid,
but
the
deeper
health
inequities
that
face
the
communities.
That's
why
we're
called
equity
now
and
beyond,
because
we
want
to
deal
with
covid
now,
but
we
want
to
go
beyond
kobe,
our
panelists
here
today,
from
equity
now
and
beyond.
P
They
each
represent
one
of
our
grassroots
groups
as
well
as
dr
kohler
from
children's
hospital
has
been
a
wonderful
medical
advocate
for
us.
We've
encountered
a
lot
of
barriers
to
getting
these
resources
out
to
the
immigrant
communities
and
we
wanted
to
share
them
with
you,
as
well
as
strategies
on
how
to
remove
those
barriers
and
move
forward
and
improve
immigrant
community
wellness.
P
So
folks
from
our
cohort,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
now
to
damaris
velazquez
alpha
and
after
her,
dr
kohler
from
children's
hospital
claire
louise
from
acedon,
reverend
dufour
florescent,
who
everyone
knows
as
pastor
kiki
from
the
true
alliance
center
in
haitian
americans,
united
and
fernando
benite
from
the
brazilian
women's
group.
Each
of
us
will
take
one
point
to
make.
Q
Well
good
afternoon,
and
thank
you,
madam
chair
and
counselors
for
giving
us
this
opportunity,
we're
very
excited
to
share
with
you
some
of
our
ideas
and,
at
the
same
time,
to
thank
you
for
being
willing
to
work
with
us
and
something
that
we
would
like
to
to
to
to
inform
us,
as
kevin
was
saying,
is
our
our
cohort
has
been
able
to
prove
that
we,
the
immigrant
community,
can
be
seen
as
the
part
of
the
solution.
Q
Part
of
the
you
know,
as
justin
esther
was
saying
before
we
can
be
part
of
that
budget
challenges,
solutions
that
sometimes
the
city
is
looking
for.
So
if
you
invest
in
our
community,
you
will
never
regret
it
and
things
that
we
believe
that
are
important.
Right
now
is
investing
in
our
community
by
providing
us.
You
know
coffee
testing,
resources
and
we're
talking
here
about
not
only
providing
the
vaccine
but
also
providing
test
sites
together
with
the
vaccination.
Q
We
we
have
the
capacity
as
grassroots
organizations
to
to
host
both
at
the
same
time
keeping
both
of
them
separated
enough.
So
we
wouldn't
get
those
who
are
seeking
to
be
tested
to
or
those
who
are
seeking
to
be
vaccinated
to
get
contaminated
with
those
were
seeking
to
be
tested.
So
we
do
need
those
kind
of
sites.
We
have
seen
that,
sometimes
when
people
come
to
be
tested,
sometimes,
when
you
talk
to
them,
you
cut,
you
can
change
their
mind
and
they
might
then
be
willing
to
be
vaccinated.
Q
Q
Q
For
example,
the
fast
track
certification
of
immigrants
who
wear
healthcare
of
other
professionals
in
their
home
countries,
but
don't
have
access
to
resources
to
access
certification
programs.
Here
in
the
united
states,
we
see
that
program
is
a
critical
strategy
to
increase
the
resources
of
covet
vaccine
providers
and
hospitals.
Q
We
know
that
there
is
a
big
lack
of
medical
professionals
in
our
city.
Right
now
invest
in
those
immigrants
who
already
have
these
skills,
they
just
need
a
little
bit
of
push
from
the
city,
and
then
they
will
get
back
not
only
to
the
city,
but
they
will
give
back
to
our
own
communities.
Thank
you.
R
R
My
name
is
dr
julia
kohler,
I'm
a
pediatric
infectious
disease,
clinician
and
assistant
professor
of
pediatrics,
at
harvard
medical
school
and
throughout
the
pandemic.
I've
partnered
with
immigrant
community-based
organizations
to
support
their
work
where
they
protect
their
community
members,
and
that
includes
members
of
equity.
Now
and
beyond.
R
R
Grassroots
immigrant
organizations
are
listened
to
and
are
credible
when
they
provide
accurate
vaccine
information
and
when
they
offer
vaccine
clinics
and
long-term
health
information,
as
I
know,
from
door
knocking
with
la
collaborativa
in
chelsea
for
three
months
with
vex
with
covet
vaccine
information,
when
grassroots
immigrant
organizations
have
the
resources
that
they
need
to
do
this
work
in
the
way
that
they
know
best
they're
vastly
more
effective
than,
for
example,
any
funds
that
were
spent,
for
example,
on
campaigns.
Like
trust,
the
facts
get
the
facts.
R
So
it
is
these
organizations
that
can
truly
provide
care,
information,
vaccines
and
long-term
health
support
to
their
to
their
own
communities.
So
this
is
the
most
effective
and
also,
I
would
add,
the
most
fair
way
to
spend
this
money.
R
And,
lastly,
as
a
microbiologist
as
well
as
a
clinician,
I
like
to
say
that
this
pandemic
isn't
over.
We
don't
know
whether
and
when
the
next
surge
is
coming
and
as
was
said,
we
don't
know
when
the
next
emergency
is
coming.
So,
as
a
city,
I
think
we
need
to
build
the
capacity
to
respond
to
our
next
emergencies
and
also
to
support
the
long-term
health
needs
of
immigrant
communities.
S
I
have
been
witness
to
this
through
the
quick
assembly
of
our
diverse
communities
to
step
up
and
act
in
humanity,
and
I
would
also
like
to
recognize
a
former
senator
wilkerson
who's,
also
on
the
call.
The
black
boston,
coven
19
coalition
has
also
been
very
tremendous
support
in
our
communities
that
we
serve.
What
is
essential
going
forward
is
to
take
the
wins.
We
don't
know
where
the
next
pandemic
is
coming
from.
One
of
these
includes
the
presence
of
vaccine
clinic
wrap-around
supports
and
any
health
or
wellness
supports
around
health
equity
pieces
within
the
communities.
S
S
I'll
give
an
example
of
a
person
who
got
vaccinated
and,
as
usual,
we
have
to
wait
for
15
minutes,
and
this
was
from
pastor
from
the
haitian
community,
a
clinic
in
matapan.
The
person
started
to
feel
a
bit
funny
and
when
they
checked
the
high
blood
pressure
was
significantly
high.
We
could
have
missed
this
person
entirely
altogether
without
those
15
minutes
and
without
any
support
at
that
clinic.
S
Who
else
are
we
missing
at
these
clinics
folks
who
aren't
enrolled
in
any
health
insurance
folks
who
have
pre
existing
conditions
that
they
don't
know
about,
like
dr
kohler
said,
because
they
haven't
visited
any
clinician
or
any
clinic
any
health
center
in
the
last
10
15
years,
so
providing
these
resources
or
apportioning
these
resources
at
vaccine
clinics
is
crucial.
What
we
like,
dr
kohler,
said,
said
what
we
do
know
is
that
a
lot
of
folks
don't
have
a
regular
pcp
or
they
lack
health
insurance,
they're
also
disconnected
because
of
their
immigrant
status.
S
We
need
resources
in
the
form
of
trust
building,
but
also
to
implement
health
literacy
gift
cards
for
groceries
and
essential
needs
flu
vaccine
and
covet
testing
stations
that
are
easily
accessible
walkable,
even
in
the
communities
on
health
site,
on-site,
health,
insurance,
enrollment
and
advocacy,
because
many
of
them
are
afraid
the
minute
they
see.
Somebody
in
uniform
health
screenings,
wellness
checks,
health
fairs,
checking
for
diseases
and
afflictions
that
we
know
particularly
affect
certain
communities.
S
T
Thank
you
very
much
claire.
My
name
is
bachelor
joe
for
fleurice
kiki,
representing
the
equity
now
and
beyond,
heu
trial
and
center
and
immigrant
family
service
service
institute,
so
great
to
be
with
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
all
the
counselors
who
take
the
time
to
hear
our
testimonials.
T
I
echo
everything
that
was
said
in
terms
of
inequities
or
social
determinants
of
health
that
our
communities
are
facing,
but
I'm
just
going
to
talk
more
about
the
other
piece
that
affect
most
of
our
communities:
health,
which
is
the
housing
piece
rental
burdens
that
creates
a
big
problem.
The
social
economic
support
that
our
community
need
is
extremely
a
vital.
T
Just
give
you
an
example
regarding
some
of
the
barriers
now
facing
us
individuals
to
take
the
boosters
they're
telling
me
that
if
they
become
sick
after
taking
the
boosters,
they
cannot
take
three
or
four
days
out
of
work.
So
we
need
to
guarantee
those
workers
paid
time
off
when
they
become
sick
with
covered.
Then
we
have
a
long
haul
of
covet.
That's
another
situation
that
most
of
our
communities
are
facing.
We
need
to
tackle
this
in
beyond.
T
So
again,
I
would
echo
increase
public
transportation
resources,
so
people
can
be
socially
distant
as
they
go
to
and
from
work
and
from
school.
We
definitely
need
to
keep
a
covey
away
from
our
communities.
That's
what
we
held
weekly
covey,
19
vaccination
clinics,
three
to
four
times
and
five
times
a
week.
We
need
to
have
enough
inadequate
resources
to
basically
conduct
those
clinics
and
offering
those
all
the
wraparound
services
to
our
communities.
T
So
the
other
thing
also
is
has
to
be
with
a
rent
burden,
so
not
enough
affordable
housing
in
boston.
That's
creates
a
problem.
50
statistics
prove
black
and
latinos
a
struggle
to
pay
their
rent.
It's
a
very,
very
difficult.
Thank
you
so
much
the
residential
fund
resident
resiliency
fund
that
has
that
has
helped
with
rental
assistance,
but
not
enough.
Many
of
our
communities
really
never
were
able
to
be
able
to
receive
those
funding,
100
applications
of
them.
They
called
me
all
the
time
they
had
applied
there.
T
They
were
asking
to
provide
additional
documentations
and
then
they
they
got
discouraged.
Some
of
them
got
evicted.
Before
I
mean
they
could
even
get
the
help.
So
we
need
just
those
investments
to
be
done
and
rental
assistance
and
helping
the
people
paying
for
rent
to
that
affect,
but
I
would
also
add
we
need
help
with
people
suffering
mental
illness,
there's
a
crisis
among
our
black
and
latino
communities.
T
When
it
comes
to
the
opioid
crisis,
most
people
think
it's
only
the
white
communities,
not
not
the
white
communities,
but
I'm
inviting
all
of
you
just
to
join
us
later
on
at
seven
o'clock,
we
will
have
a
discussion
regarding
that.
We
need
the
support
for
the
state
proposal
to
develop
75
200
units
of
permanently
affordable,
supportive
housing.
I
call
them
supportive,
stable
and
then
seeker
housing,
safe
housing
for
those
suffering
from
addiction.
At
the
hospital
site
number
two:
we
need
to
strengthen
the
inclusionary
development
program.
T
We
always
talk
about
that
by
requiring
developers
to
increase
the
percentage
of
affordable
housing
units,
they
must
develop
from
its
current
level
13
to
30.
We
had
about
20,
but
we
like
that
to
be
35
percent
and
target
these
resources
to
very
low
income
residents
and
third,
we
are
also
very
supportive
of
the
efforts
of
the
city
and
housing
advocates.
T
To
add
up
a
real
estate
transfer
tax
on
luxury
luxury,
real
estate
sales,
which
could
bring
at
least
100
million
dollars
or
more
annually
for
affordable
housing,
will
support
the
passage
of
that
current
home
rule
petition.
I
don't
know
that
if
that's
already
done,
but
I'm
sure
they
are
very
a
great
progress
on
that.
So
in
a
nutshell,
that's
that's
what
I
would
like
definitely
to
say,
and
let
me
turn
it
over
to
fernando.
Thank
you.
U
U
So
I'd
like
today
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
a
challenge
that
we
face
with
disaggregation
of
racial
data.
U
A
U
U
Okay,
so,
for
example,
as
I
was
saying,
haitians
will
generally
fall
under
the
the
term
of
black
brazilians
will
fall
under
the
general
term
of
hispanic
white
or
black,
and
migrants
from
countries
in
africa
will
be
identified
as
black
instead
of
somali
sudanese
nigerian
ugandan
etc.
U
So,
as
a
result,
we
are
unable
to
properly
represent
what
are
the
rates
of
vaccination
among
haitians,
somalis,
brazilians
and
other
immigration
groups.
Such
data
would
enable
us
to
still
covet
and
help
resources
where
they
are
needed
most
and
would
allow
us
in
the
city
to
access
our
impact
in
these
targets.
U
So
in
sun,
the
idea
is
that
the
immigrant
communities,
the
labels
available
right
now,
are
effective
for
us,
like
people
who
are
in
the
us
and
u.s
citizens,
but
they
not
really
represent
our
community.
So
we
we
heard
we
urged
the
city
to
create
systems
of
life
leveling
our
community
in
a
more
consistent
way.
A
Great
no
thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
fernando
I'll.
Take
it
back,
but
but
thank
you
to
everyone
on
the
panel
for
your
comments
and
I
do
just
want
to
say
to
pastor
kiki's
one
of
his
points.
The
council
did
pass
that
transfer
tax
and
in
fact,
this
morning,
during
this
hearing,
the
mayor
signed
it.
A
Now,
however,
it
goes
to
the
state
house,
so
I
would
just
urge
folks
who
support
that
to
continue
your
advocacy
to
the
state
legislature,
because
we
do
need
their
support
for
that
as
well.
But
thank
you
to
the
group
for
both
the
testimony
here.
I've
spoken
and
also
the
submitted
written
testimony,
and
we
appreciate
it
all
and
now
I'm
going
to
go
to
maha,
represented
here
by
their
executive
director,
simone
crawford.
C
Great
thank
you,
chairwoman,
bach
and
members
of
the
committee,
and
thank
you
for
this
amazing
report
that
came
out
today.
We
appreciate
everything
that
was
said
and
all
the
questions
that
were
asked
were
you
know
from
it
and
we're
looking
forward
to
the
responses
there
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
you
today.
My
name
is
simone
crawford
and,
as
the
counselor
just
said,
I
am
the
director
of
the
massachusetts,
affordable
housing
alliance.
C
Maha's
mission
is
to
educate
and
mobilize
individuals
and
communities
to
break
down
barriers
for
first-time
and
first-generation
buyers
and
increase,
affordable,
sustainable
homeownership
opportunities
through
education
and
civic
engagement.
We
are
committed
to
reducing
the
racial
homeownership
gap
in
boston
and
throughout
the
state.
C
Right
now,
the
racial
divide
is
stark:
69
percent
of
white
households
in
massachusetts
own
their
homes.
That
figure
is
just
35.4
percent
for
our
souls
of
color.
That
means
our
households
of
color
are
being
disproportionately
impacted
by
ever
increasing
rents,
building
sales
and
other
housing
crisis
that
results
in
homelessness
and
displacement
from
our
communities.
C
We
are
excited
that
over
the
past
few
weeks,
maha
has
met
with
10
of
the
13
city
councillors,
who
have
all
publicly
pledged
their
active
support
for
this,
and
we
look
forward
to
meeting
with
those
who
have
not
had
the
pleasure
to
speak
with.
Yet
homeownership
is
a
fundamental
building
block
of
family
safety
and
security.
C
C
C
This
program
currently
provides
five
thousand
dollars
to
boston
home
buyers
who
save
2500
over
the
course
of
a
year
with
opera
funds.
We
could
increase
the
match
to
20
thousand
dollars,
so
it
would
become
a
ten
to
one
match
if
they
save
two
thousand.
They
get
twenty
thousand
and
targeted
to
own
buyers
whose
parents
have
not
owned
a
home
or
lost
their
own
due
to
foreclosure
to
date.
Ninety
six
percent
of
participants,
our
own
buyers
of
color
number
two
20
million
dollars
for
the
oneplus
boston
program.
C
This
program
builds
on
the
one
mortgage
program
provides
up
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
per
home
buyer
in
additional
assistance
for
interest
rate
subsidies
and
down
payment
assistance
to
date.
70
percent
of
the
program
participants
are
on
buyers
of
color
and,
last
but
not
least,
70
million
dollars
for
ohm
construction
subsidies.
C
C
Some
of
this
money
could
also
be
distributed
through
lotteries
to
own
buyers,
who
would
then
use
the
cash
to
make
a
market
rate
home.
Affordable
grants
could
be
anywhere
from
one
hundred
thousand
to
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
Some
form
of
modified
deed
restrictions
could
be
placed
on
those
homes
so
that
they
would
become
part
of
boston's,
affordable
stock
for
an
agreed
upon
time
period.
C
These
grants
offer
home
buyers
more
choices,
however,
they
are
not.
They
do
not
increase
our
housing
supply,
which
is
extremely
constrained.
At
this
point,
we
will
be
happy
to
engage
with
the
city
councillors
and
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
to
hear
their
suggestions
on
this
now,
while
the
housing
situation
in
boston
is
especially
dire
for
our
black
latino
and
asian
neighbors,
we
know
that
home
prices
in
the
city
are
well
beyond
the
reach
of
a
very
large
fraction
of
all
working
families,
as
well
as
the
young
professionals
that
our
employees
need
to
recruit
and
retain.
C
This
is
a
social
and
racial
justice
issue.
It
is
also
an
economic
issue
for
the
greater
boston
region.
We
are
attracting
a
lot
of
jobs.
We
don't
have
anywhere
near
enough
starter
homes
that
low
to
moderate
and
middle
income
workers
might
take
those
jobs
they
can
afford
the
flood
of
life
science
development
proposal
threatens
to
further
overwhelm
or
an
inadequate
supply
of
homes.
C
We
need
this
infusion
of
100
million
from
boston's
opera
money.
We
also
need
500
million
in
state
upper
funds
for
the
homeownership
that
governor
baker
proposed
the
legislature
allocated
180
million
in
world
one.
We
welcome
the
opportunity
to
work
with
you
to
increase
that
by
320
million
in
world
2..
C
A
L
Thank
you
thanks
councillor
bach,
so
much,
and
thanks
counselors
and
everyone
who's
already
spoken
for
for
sharing
and
for
giving
us
a
little
bit
of
time
here
and
glad
to
hear
the
questions
earlier
about
what
gbio's
priorities
were
excited
to
be
able
to
reintroduce
it.
I
live
at
8
barrow
street
in
allston,
and
I
serve
on
the
housing
committee
of
gbio,
where
60
plus
houses
of
worship,
along
with
housing,
justice
organizations,
including
maha
and
labor
organizations,
and
we
had
a
really
good
series
of
mayoral
forums.
L
On
that
too,
the
biggest
chunk
far
and
away
is
that
200
million
being
set
aside
for
housing
and
really
were
pleased
in
the
fall
to
get
yes
commitments
from
almost
the
entire
council.
For
that
200
million.
Now
we
need
to
see
them
delivered.
We
did
our
own
listening
sessions
in
2021
with
people,
from
everywhere
from
bethlehem
to
temple,
israel
to
union
united
methodist
to
seiu
1199.
L
We
heard
from
1500
people
in
our
listening
sessions.
I
noticed
the
bar
graph
that
was
shown
earlier
of
the
city's
own
listening
sessions
with
housing,
as
40
of
respondents
top
priority
that
bar
pops.
When
gbio
did
listening
and
we
asked
our
people
what
they
need.
It
was
the
top
priority
for
about
60
of
our
people.
L
We
represent
a
big
interfaith
multiracial
tent,
but
one
thing
everybody's
got
in
common
is
a
strong
and
passionate
wish
to
make
their
home
here
in
boston
and
to
know
that
their
neighbors
are
secure
too,
and
so
really
glad
to
be
working
with
maha.
In
renewing
that
commitment
for
the
200
million
to
be
set
aside,
with
100
million
being
specifically
for
home
ownership,
really
happy
to
work
on
asking
the
state
to
increase
their
their
funding,
happy
to
get
down
to
brass
tax
on
exactly
how
that
200
million
gets
allocated.
L
A
A
Thank
you
so
much
and
now
former
senator
diane
wilkerson.
You
have
a
floor.
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
hope
you
all
can
hear
me,
I'm
in
a
hotel
in
new
york
for
my
granddaughter's
birthday,
and
I
hear
drilling
in
the
background.
So
I'm
hoping
it
is
not
distracting.
But,
madam
chair,
I
want
to
say
good
morning.
This
has
to
be
one
of
the
most
informative
city
council
hearings,
I've
ever
attended
and
I've
attended
a
lot
a
lot.
Thank
you.
It
really
has
been,
and
I
I
want
to
thank
the
co-chairs.
I
see
councilor
and
councilor
braden
are
still
here.
M
M
What
we
believe
is
is
a
seminal
report
and
just
talking
to
the
thousands
of
people
that
we
have
encountered
in
the
last
23
months
on
particularly
black
and
latino
communities
on
health
care
and
their
relationship
with
our
health
care
institutions.
Dr
julia,
so
much
of
what
you
said
is
so
on
point,
and
I
I
appreciate
that
we,
in
the
last
I
say,
23
months,
have
done
close
to
84
000
wellness
checks
on
residents,
targeting
five
communities,
roxbury
dorchester
matapan
hyde
park
in
roslindale.
M
We
have
moved
almost
60
000,
mostly
black
latino
and
asian
residents,
to
vaccination
sites,
starting
from
a
year
ago,
back
in
february
of
2021,
when
we
started
this
whole
process
at
the
reggie
lewis
athletic
center,
and
I
would
say
well
over
a
hundred
thousand
residents
from
those
same
communities
to
testing
and
some
double
testing,
and
we
learned
so
much
in
this
process
that
you've
heard
about
today.
M
But
I
I
do
want
to
just
to
to
point
out
that
the
city
of
boston
has
been,
and
I'm
talking
about,
the
boston,
public
health,
commission,
the
boston
office
of
health
and
human
services.
As
kevin
said,
when
we
started
this,
it
was
really
hhs.
But
bphc
has
been
it's
so
incredible
partners
in
this
and
probably
even
more
appreciated
and
more
so
because
the
state
has
been
so
distant
and
so
tough
and
lacking.
M
I
think
in
the
kind
of
support
that
we
should
have
and
and
could
have
received,
and
so
to
the
point,
to
the
extent
that
that
point
has
been
made,
I
would
only
echo
it
casey
brock
wilson,
verse,
her
shepherding
of
the
brf
and
and
really
allowed
us
to
be
involved
as
trusted
partners.
Again.
M
Doctor
talked
about
that
and
how
this
was
so
different
from
the
way
that
the
state
tried
to
even
support
when
they
wanted
to
be
just
couldn't
quite
understand
that
they
weren't
going
to
be
able
to
do
it
effectively
unless
they
worked
with
us.
Whereas
the
city
said
come
on
in,
we
want
to
learn
from
you
and,
and
our
relationship
has
been
incredible
and
when
it
when
it's
not,
we
we
complain,
but
when
it
is,
I
think
we
should
let
we
should.
M
We
should
acknowledge
that
and
really
want
the
council
to
know
that
that
they
have
been
on
the
ground
in
ways
that
really
are
responsible
for
boston
being
the
league
leader
in
the
state
and
then
our
state
being
a
league
leader
in
the
country
that
everyone's
looking
to
to
try
to
figure
out.
You
know
how
we're
doing
so
well
on
vaccination
and
testing,
and
yet
we
still
have
these
pockets
like
in
matapan,
where
just
over
50
percent
of
the
adult
population
have
been
vaccinated,
and
so
we
get
scared.
M
When
we
hear
you
talking
about
rolling
back
in
this
in
the
administration,
type
rolling,
back,
mask
mandates
and
vaccination
mandates,
and
so
because
people
then
behave
differently
with
a
community
that
we
just
barely
got
over
50.
So
I
want
you
just
to
know
that
and
and
then
the,
but,
but
today
this
covet
19
recovery
conversation.
M
I
hope
points
us
in
a
different
direction
and
a
more
broad
direction,
the
kind
that
you've
been
talking
about,
because
it
really
is
about
what
we
do
next,
even
though
we
know
that
we're
probably
not
done
with
this.
So
I
just
want
to
share
with
you
really
two
major
points
about
why
we
are
so
concerned
and
focused
on
making
sure
that
the
vulnerable
communities,
the
most
impacted
communities
that
the
president
biden
says
and
the
governor
says,
and
then
the
mayor
says
the
former
and
current
want.
M
You
know
need
be
focused
that
we
feel
like
that
really
has
to
double
down.
You
know
one
of
the
most
startling
statistics
that
we
have
experienced
in
the
last
two
years-
and
we
have
many-
is
that
things
have
been
tough
for
everyone,
but
but
since
we
started
counting
covet
hospitalizations
and
testing
and
vaccination
and
deaths,
black
boston
has
never
spent
one
single
week
off
the
top
of
the
charts.
We've
never
been
a
number
two
we've
never
been
number
three.
M
Since
we
started
measuring
in
april
of
2020
every
single
week,
black
bostonians
have
suffered
deaths
at
a
higher
population
than
our
presence
in
this
population
in
the
city
that
is
scary,
frightening
beyond
measure.
Indisputable,
not
my
stats,
your
you
know
the
city
stats.
We
are
24
of
the
population,
I'm
not
sure
we
have
ever
been
under
32
of
the
deaths.
We
are
the
only
population
that
has
like,
I
said,
not
only
stayed
at
the
top,
but
has
consistently
been
dying
at
a
higher
percentage.
M
No
other
population,
not
white
boston,
not
asian
boston,
not
latino,
boston,
black
boston,
and
so
that
has
to
be
a
top
of
mind.
The
other
thing
is
that
we
have,
if
you
can
imagine
in
23
months,
lost
2.1
years
on
our
life
expectancy.
M
I
think
that
we
don't
have
to
do
a
jiggle
in
a
dance
to
make
an
argument
for
why
that
population
ought
to
be
the
focus
of
our
intent
not
exclusively
but
disproportionately
targeted
in
any
discussion
around
recovery,
and
so
I
would
remind
the
all
of
the
counselors
and
I
I'm
saddened
that
the
administration
is
gone
because
one
of
the
things
that
that
that
we
heard
was
this
commitment
from
both
of
the
candidates
in
the
course
of
a
of
the
campaign
for
100
million
dollars
to
black
boston.
M
You
know
we
can
you
know,
debate
that,
whether
it's
what
the
number
is
right.
My
concern
is
only
this
that,
in
order
for
us
to
be
able
to
begin
to
set
things
right
for
real,
I'm
really
asking
the
city
council
to
do
something
bold,
to
make
sure
what
we
do
is
bold,
and
by
and
out
and
and
we'll
talk
offline.
You
know,
I'm.
M
I
would
love
to
sit
to
talk
to
meet
with
everyone
about
what
that
is,
because
there
are
different
ideas
about
what
we
what
we
should
do,
but
you
have
to
be
willing
and
able
to
do
something.
Bold,
that's
that's
the
thing
we
can't
just
do
like
use
this
money
to
fill
in
for
things
that
we
used
to
do
or
to
replace
monies
that
were
lost
because
we
didn't
start
in
a
good
place
right
before
kovit.
We
were
already
circling
the
drain,
and
so
we
have
no
desire
to
get
back
to
normal.
M
So
I
just
have
three
things
that
I
want
to
say.
Is
I
really
want
to
leave
with
you
as
a
suggestion
and
a
question
one
we
have
really
detailed
information
from
the
city
is
with
who
they
spent,
who
they
spent
money
on
right.
The
then,
when
talked
about
the
the
boston,
the
housing
money,
the
school
money,
we
have
detailed
information
about
who
they
spent
money
on.
M
We
have
almost
no
information
on
who
they
spent
money
with,
and
we
had
to
come
to
this
city
council
a
year
ago
and
then
a
year
before
that
to
get
the
data
on
how
we're
spending
this
money
and
so
yeah,
it's
nice
to
know
that
39
of
the
rental
relief
money
was
spent
in
dorchester,
because
people
are
going
to
say
well,
I
think
that
was
actually
the
response
to
top
chair
anderson's
question
to
to
chi
starrett
when
she
talked
about
concern
about
where
he
said
well,
with
39
of
the
emergency
housing
money,
the
rental
money
was
spent
in
dorchester
and
because
we
know
that's
a
that's,
not
spending
money
on
dorchester,
that's
spending
money
to
pay
the
landlords.
M
M
That's
not
an
injection
of
revenue
that
doesn't
protect
these
first
responders
and
the
first
line
employees
that
we
are
talking
about
who
live
in
matapan
and
only
56
of
them
are
vaccinated
because
they're
distrustful
right
because
they're
concerned
because
they
can't
afford
to
risk
getting
sick.
So
they
don't
go
back
to
work
so
economics,
the
health
disparities
have
been
exacerbated
home
ownership
is
something
that
we
can
do
and
housing
is
important
and
then
the
economy.
What
has
happened
to
black
and
latino
businesses?
You
cannot
ignore.
M
You
cannot
ignore.
The
city
will
tell
you,
we've
given
x
number
of
grants,
but
they
won't
do
business
with
them.
You
want
to
talk
about
something
sustaining
and
long
term.
We
need
to
be
focused
on
that,
and
so
I'm
going
to
stay
on
it.
I
I
really
appreciate
that
you
have
spent
this
kind
of
time
and
for
those
of
you
who
stayed
it
is
so
important,
but
we
have
to
be
able
to
to
use
this
money
in
something
that
is
sustainable.
M
I
so
appreciate
the
questions
that
you
are
focused
on,
because
you
are
getting
right
on
it.
Food
insecurity
is
real.
It
didn't
go
away.
It
is
ironic
that
we're
meeting
on
the
4th
of
march-
because
I
am
of
the
mindset
or
the
memory
that
our
schools
shut
down
on
march-
4th
2020-
is
when
the
lockdowns
began
and
a
lot
of
those
kids
came
back
to
school.
You
talked
about
student
money
and
we
had
questions
about
that.
M
I'm
so
glad
you
pressed
that
chair,
madam
chair,
because
what
they
didn't
come
back
with
was
a
plan
for
how
to
deal
with
the
mental
health
realities
for
the
students.
They
barely
had
a
mass
plan.
So
if
you
all
don't
stay
on
top
of
this
and
kind
of
shepherd
because
it
is
connected
if
you're
talking
about
health
disparity,
they're
being
exacerbated,
but
please
keep
asking
those
questions
and
please
please
keep
asking
the
questions
in
his
absence.
M
I
thank
the
chair
of
the
chair
flaherty
because
he
was
very
responsive
when
we
ask
questions
right
after
this
committee
was
was
created,
it
is
in
good
hands
with
you,
madam
chairman
you're,
asking
all
the
right
questions
and
just
we
want
to
see
something
that
is
done
with
this.
That's
sustainable
and,
and
we
think
we
can
do
it
and
that
targets
the
most
vulnerable
community,
the
most
highly
impacted,
and
we
we
know
who
that
is,
and
we
can
we
can.
We
can
really
do
something
incredible
here
in
boston.
A
Thank
you
so
much
senator
and
yeah.
Thank
you
for
all
those
remarks
and
all
your
work
and
everybody
who
testified
and
to
the
counselors
who
were
still
on
the
councils
were
on.
A
I
wanted
to
say
that
there
there
is
quite
a
significant
community
funeral
happening
today,
and
so
a
number
of
my
colleagues
reached
out
to
say
that,
although
they
had
to
jump
off,
they
are
definitely
reviewing
the
rest
of
the
tape
and
it
was
just
a
tricky
overlap
with
that
today,
and
I
also
do
want
to
thank
casey
brock
wilson
from
the
administration
for
staying
on
to
listen
to
the
testimony
and
everyone
in
the
administration
chief
starrett
director
williamson.
A
Our,
I
think
scott
finn
is
still
with
us.
Thank
you
also,
scott,
for
staying
on
and
and
everybody
behind
the
scenes
who
prepared
that
very
informative
deck
for
us
today,
because
definitely
the
the
work
is
ahead
and
I
think
it's
only
gonna
meet
the
promise
of
what
boston
can
do
if
community
and
the
council
and
the
mayor's
office
are
all
in
conversation
about
these
funds
and
the
appropriations
that
come
out
are
coming
out
of
that
conversation.
A
And
so
I
think
this
was
a
a
good
grounding
for
that
ongoing
conversation
today,
and
I
just
really
appreciate
everybody
who
participated
in
it,
so
lots
more
to
come.
Thank
you
all
and
with
that
I
think
we
have
heard
from
everybody
who
had
signed
up
to
testify.
A
So
I
am
going
to
adjourn
at
this
hearing
of
the
boston
city
council's
committee
on
covent
19
recovery,
so
the
hearing
is
a
journey.
Thank
you.
Thank.