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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means on May 4, 2017
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Dockets #0536-0543- FY18Budget: Boston Centers for Youth & Families (including Revolving Funds)
A
Succeeding
counselor
today
is
Thursday
May
4th.
We
are
here
with
one
of
my
favorite
departments,
the
blossom
centers
of
youth
and
families
I
started
there.
1987
was
my
first
public
service.
Job
I
have
great
memories
met
some
great
people
like
Chris
Pine,
are
here
and
want
to
also
give
a
shout
out
to
the
Jackson
man.
That's
where
I
started
all
the
folks.
They
have
Rosie
John
McCauley
and
the
entire
staff
do
great
work
in
our
neighborhood.
A
Both
broadcast
live
and
recorded
on
our
CN
channel
82,
as
well
as
Comcast
channel
8
I'd.
Ask
folks
in
the
gallery
to
silence
any
electronic
devices
at
the
conclusion
of
the
presentation
from
the
department
and
questions
from
my
colleagues.
We
will
have
public
testimony.
There
is
a
sign-in
sheet
to
my
left.
We
ask
that
you
state
your
name
address
and
any
affiliation.
B
And
Finance
we
also
have
a
number
of
PC
wife
staff
that
are
here
in
the
gallery
with
us.
Today,
I've
been
the
Commissioner
for
bcy
for
a
little
over
a
year
now,
but
we've
have
experienced
many
successes
this
past
year
in
our
work
to
provide
for
your
Boston
youth
and
families.
We
also
will
never
forget
the
dark
days
we
faced
last
summer.
I
would
be
remiss
not
to
acknowledge
that
time
and
to
also
thank
everyone
who
supported
BC
YF
during
that
most
difficult
period,
especially
the
council
itself.
B
Council
members
themselves,
I
am
honored
to
be
here
before
you,
as
the
Commissioner
of
BC.
Yf
I
also
want
to
thank
mayor
Walsh
with
confidence
in
me
and
for
the
support
of
BC
Wyatt
and
the
important
work
that
we
do.
I
also
want
to
thank
chief
Felix
Arroyo,
who
has
been
a
valuable
resource
and
friend
the
BC
YF,
and
to
me
personally
in
your
packet,
you
have
documents
that
are
outlining
our
FY
17
accomplishments
and
our
FY
18
initiatives
I'm
going
to
take
a
minute
and
highlight
a
few
of
the
accomplishments.
B
For
you,
we
expanded
our
summer
super
teams,
Employment
programs
that
supports
young
people
between
the
ages
of
13
and
14
years
of
age,
to
over
220
kids
that
were
serviced
at
17
community
centers.
This
is
the
most
ever.
This
is
the
group
of
population
of
young
people
who
are
either
too
cool
for
camp,
but
at
the
same
time
too,
young
for
summer
jobs,
we've
provided
with
an
opportunity
for
a
career
exploration
and
job
readiness
program
that
we
hope
will
pipeline
into
our
summer
Works
program
in
the
future.
B
Thanks
to
the
hard
work
of
our
development
team,
bcy
of
street
workers
have
received
a
series
of
series
of
grants
for
an
innovative
new
approach
to
unrestricted
funding,
allowing
them
to
cover
an
incidental
cause
of
trauma
quickly
and
effectively.
These
funds
have
cover
field
trips
and
youth
enrichment
opportunities
for
more
than
86
incidents
of
violence.
This
year
alone
providing
valuable
support
to
families
in
their
greatest
time
of
need,
after
many
decades
of
various
operating
hours
at
our
centers,
with
no
consistency,
we
unify
the
operating
hours.
B
Our
review
of
school-based
centers
found
that
they
opened
early
mornings
to
late
evening
stretching
staff
thin
over
many
hours.
While
the
key
programming
hours
in
the
school-based
buildings
were
between
1:00
to
9:00,
we
were
able
to
make
the
change
of
hours
of
bcy
school-based
centers
from
2:00
to
9:00
p.m.
and
that
happened,
because
we
had
deep
collaborations
with
the
council
members
in
their
in
their
respective
regions.
We
did
it
in
partnership
with
the
unions,
and
we
also
did
it
in
partnerships
and
having
conversations
with
partners
who
utilize
our
building
to
get
to
that
successful
conclusion.
B
B
We've
increased
our
partnerships
and
collaborations
with
fellow
city
departments,
starting,
of
course,
with
a
long-standing
partner,
the
Boston
public
school
systems,
who
we
continue
to
continue
to
help
inform
the
kind
of
programming.
We
do
to
make
sure
that
what
we
do
in
after
school
setting
complements
what's
happening
in
our
school
and
in
the
school
curriculums
working
with
the
elderly.
Commission
we've
increased
programming
for
older
Bostonians,
including
converting
the
limited
space
underutilized
as
the
DCYF
Grove
Hall
community
center
into
a
thriving
Senior
Center.
B
We
work
the
BPD
to
provide
a
safe
location
for
them
to
utilize
to
meet
with
survivors
of
violence.
We
have
hosted
several
workshops
for
the
office
of
women
investment
and
we
continue
to
support
the
office
of
emergency
management
as
shelters
and
an
Operations
Center
staff
for
large-scale
events
and
weather
emergencies.
B
We
worked
with
City
Hall
to
go
to
provide
permanent
space
at
selected
centers
and
we
are
also
crucial
partner
to
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
as
this
past
year,
as
they
were
looking
at
trying
to
look
at
how
trauma
is
going
to
be
approached
and
helping
inform
the
process
that
helped
launch
the
new
trauma
teams
that
were
launched
last
month.
We
have
instituted
monthly
meetings
for
administrative
coordinators
of
all
our
sites,
program,
supervisors
and
youth
workers.
B
We
think
that
our
BC
YF
Network
has
an
expertise
and
we
need
to
bring
that
expertise
to
the
table
and
actually
draw
it
out
of
them,
as
we
continue
to
shape
a
brand-new
BC
where,
if
they
will
be
built
on
shared
vision,
share
strategies
and
best
practices,
we
created
and
implemented
a
departmental
onboarding
process
for
new
staff.
The
process
explains
our
culture,
aligns
expectations
and
performances
and
provides
tools
to
be
successfully
assimilated
into
the
new
employment
position.
B
We
utilize
and
redesign
the
bcy
of
website
to
increase
not
only
the
amount
of
information
we
share
about
our
Center
programming
and
events
outline,
but
to
also
improve
the
quality
and
the
accessibility
of
this
information.
We
redesigned
and
relaunch
our
BC
YF
News
BC
Wyatts
monthly
e-newsletter,
which
now
is
sent
to
nearly
7,000
active
emailed
accounts
accounts
as
triple
the
amount
of
people
that
we
served
in
all
over
working
with
the
foundation
for
BC
YF.
The
development
team
increased
the
revenue
raised
at
our
annual
fundraising
HobNob
to
$300,000.
B
All
of
which
goes
back
into
our
centers
for
programming.
This
was
a
20%
increase
from
the
previous
year,
as
well
as
an
all-time
high
for
the
abhinav
event.
We've
identified
and
secured
many
new
sponsors
over
the
course
of
the
year,
which
allowed
us
to
support
many
BC
YF
programs,
such
as
the
family,
gym
on
Saturdays,
BC
wives,
Street
workers,
the
super
teens
program
summer,
teen
nights
and
support
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
on
immigrant
Affairs
in
creating
immigrant
information
areas
in
selected,
BC
wives,
Center.
B
That's
sort
of
the
recap
of
what
some
of
our
accomplishment
been
now
I'd
like
to
take
you
through
what
might
be
some
of
our
new
of
what
will
be
some
of
our
new
initiatives
for
fiscal
year
18
in
fiscal
year
18.
We
will
implement
a
citywide
peer
leadership
program
to
support
youth
development
across
the
network
of
community
centers.
Teen
engagement
continues
to
be
the
focus
area
for
BC
YF,
and
a
peer
leadership
program
will
keep
teens
engaged
with
BC
YF
after
they
age
out
of
other
programs,
while
providing
them
with
a
stipend
and
job
skills.
B
B
We
will
continue
the
development
and
implementation
of
core
competencies
and
skills
for
staff
and
volunteers,
most
likely
just
to
get
them
back
to
remember
why
they
love
the
work
that
they
do
and
why
they
do
it
and
our
annual
summer
block
parties
are
moving
away
from
center-based
events
to
community-based
events
in
neighborhoods,
where
we
have
identified
the
need
for
high-level
engagement.
Sometimes
it's
good
to
get
two
centers
and
come
together
in
the
middle
of
their
community
and
do
something
that
nubs
sometimes
doesn't
come
to
that
community
to
actually
engage
people
much
deeper.
B
We
will
partner
with
our
foundation
to
identify
and
engage
strategic
partnerships
and
secure
at
least
one
new
large
institutional
sponsor
on
and
financial
supporters.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
this
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today.
It's
an
honor
to
be
working
for
the
mayor
and
working
with
a
city
council
that
is
committed
to
working
with
us
to
create
spaces
where
transformative
relationships
can
happen.
I
look
forward
to
discussing
our
proposed
FY
18
budget
with
you
now
Thank.
A
You,
commissioner
and
we've
been
joined
by
just
city
councilor.
Madam
Ali
you've
touched
on
the
pier
Leadership
Program
and
as
I
open.
That's
where
I
got
my
start.
It
was
called
the
youth
outreach
program.
Chris
was
very
familiar
with
that
many
years
ago
and
it
was
a
peer
leadership
model.
Can
you
kind
of
describe
the
structure
of
that
program
and
the
ages
back
then
I
believe
it
was
young
teens
and
so
go
ahead.
C
Show
thank
you
and
first
of
all
is
this
home.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
here
today
and
obviously
I'm
excited
to
be
here
in
front
of
all
of
you
and
before
I
study.
I
really
want
to
thank
RBC.
Why
our
staff
here
for
their
tremendous
work,
you
know
I'm
excited
that
we're
able
to
re-implement
the
peer
leadership
program,
because
I
think
that
is
very
important,
that
we
continue
to
bring
the
voice
of
young
people
into
the
room.
C
If
we
are
going
to
address
some
of
the
issues
that
the
city
continues
to
face,
it
has
to
has
the
voice
of
young
people
so
we're
looking
at
youth
and
ages
13
to
19
years
of
age,
who
will
be
trained
around
different
issues,
particularly
substance
abuse,
violence,
prevention,
etc,
and
as
there's
no
better
person
to
go
out
and
address
the
issues
than
young
people
themselves,
they
don't
listen
to
me
I'm
too
old,
so
Dave,
David
dig
they'll,
certainly
listen
a
good
god.
They'll,
certainly
listen
to
their
peers.
A
That's
that's
the
model
that
I
remember.
They
use
the
teens
for
outreach
to
get
them
from
just
hanging
out,
maybe
or
engaging
in
substance
abuse
or
getting
them
involved
in
more
positive
activities.
Right
and
I
would
also
say
that
some
of
the
programs
when
it
when
when
I
was
growing
up,
you
know
they
would
bring
the
programs
to
the
development
and
the
kids
would
just
stay
in
the
development
and
sometimes
as
much
as
I
agree
that
we
need
programming
for
the
key
development.
A
We
also
have
to
get
them
out
of
the
development
in
integrate
them
into
the
broader
neighborhood,
get
them
involved
in
soccer
programs
where
they're,
you
know
communicating
with
other
teams
from
other
parts
of
the
neighborhood
and
break
down
these
kind
of
territorial
barriers.
Sometimes
so
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
that
that's
you
know
being
implemented
in
and
the
model
is
being
implemented.
Are
we
doing
that
in
house
or
we
contract
and
because
back
in
the
day,
it
was
a
contractor
yeah.
C
We're
going
to
be
looking
to
external
funding
this
time
and
and
will
will
have
to
you
know
partner
with
other
folks
to
to
make
this
come
to
fruition.
We've
been
talking
with
the
Public
Health
Commission
and
around
support
in
those
efforts.
You
know,
and
until
your
point
I
think
that
you
know,
as
we
think
about
developing
young
people,
you
know
they're
our
most
important
assets.
You
know
in
the
city
and
I
just
think
that
you
know
when
we,
you
know
advanced
a
voice
of
youth.
We
can
go
a
long.
A
We
just
work
well
together
and
I
I'm,
really
fortunate
that
Austin
Brighton
has
kind
of
always
been
like
that.
So
I
I
noticed
that
you
know
your
budget
is
going
up
I'm,
you
know
a
little
over
1%
and
I
also
noticed
that
the
personnel
line
went
up.
You
know
335,000,
can
you
can
you
kind
of
go
over?
You
obviously
had
to
make
some
choices
and
priorities
and
how
you
how
you
were
able
to
get.
You
know
kind
of
more
personnel.
It
seems
out
of
a
smaller
budget,
maybe
going
up
and
a.
D
So,
council,
it's
part
of
it
is
the
two
additional
floating
lifeguard
positions,
so
that's
part
of
it.
Also,
the
other
part
of
it
is.
Is
we
had
settled
a
step
grievance
settlement
with
the
Union?
We
had
issues
with
some
part-time
employees
who
missed
step
increases.
So
those
folks
who
are
budgeted
last
year
at
a
certain
step
are
actually
budgeted
at
several
steps
above
what
they
were
the
prior
year,
because
we
settled
that
issue
ahead,
so
that
also
accounts
for
the
increase
that
you're,
seeing
in
addition
to
the
two
permanent
position.
Okay,.
A
D
Sure
so,
over
time
we're
very
strict
on
overtime.
Obviously
we
don't
want
that
to
get
too
out
of
control,
but
we
also
have
to
balance
that,
with
with
safety
in
a
large
amount
of
that
overtime,
you're
seeing
is
life
god
coverage,
which
is
the
reason
why
we,
you
know
work
to
the
budget
office
and
the
budget
office
was
kind
enough
to
give
us
those
two
floating
lifeguard
positions.
We
are
not
going
to
you
know
money.
D
Obviously
we
want
to
keep
the
budget
lean
and
keep
it
keep
things
in
line,
but
we're
also
not
going
to
sacrifice
safety.
So
a
lot
of
that
is
lifeguard
overtime.
We
want
the
floating
lifeguards
to
be
able
to
cover.
We
have
things
such
as
military
leaves
that
need
to
be
covered,
FMLA
leaves
medical
leaves
and
things
that
create
major
problems
that
have
to
be
filled
so
that
a
lot
of
the
time
that's
done
through
all
the
time.
A
I
think
that's
a
great
proactive
mood
and
we've
had
these
discussions
over
the
years
of
how
difficult
it
is
to
recruit
lifeguards
to
because
it's
such
a
short
time
frame
that
we're
employing
them
so
I
plug
you
guys
for
that.
Let
me
right,
as
we've
been
joined
by
district
city,
councilor
Tito
Jackson
as
well.
E
You
chair
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today,
Michael
just
while
you
are
you're
engaged
I
just
want
to
ask
some
questions
about
the
budget
as
it
was
appropriated
last
year.
What
were
projected
for
I'm
actually
finishing
at
some
of
the
other
departments
that
we've
had
before
us
the
appropriation
for
fiscal
year.
17
may
be.
The
final
dollar
amount
didn't
change,
but
there
were
some
shifts
within
categories.
E
E
D
Okay,
so
I
mean
I,
think
you
know
our
largest
line
item
is
permanent
employees
and
that
usually
there's
some
salary
savings
there,
which
we
usually
move
around
within
within
the
budget
to
cover
any
deficit,
some
other
lines
but
I
think
the
permanent
employees
will
we'll
be
pretty
accurate.
This
year
we
have
made
some
transfers
into
contracted
services
in
the
budget
office.
D
But
the
contractor
services
is
really
the
funds
that
we
use
to
repair
all
the
facilities
and
make
make
repairs,
and
things
like
that,
so
vacuum
sometimes
get
a
little
more
than
what
we
usually
budget
so
sometimes
we'll
make
a
transfer
into
that
line.
But
again,
like
I,
said
permanent
employees
and
things
we
feel
are
pretty.
You
know
pretty
on
target
to
what
you
see
and
then.
E
D
You
know
we're
in
the
process
of
bringing
on
72
seasonal
positions
to
cover
the
summer,
but
that
they
usually
don't
start
until
the
middle
of
June.
So
the
overtime
we
like
I
said
again.
We
still
we've
been
trying
to
move
arm
current
lifeguards
around
which
we
don't
you
know
you
kind
of
just
you
know
robbing
Peter
to
pay
Paul
at
that
point
because
you're
taking
a
god
from
a
point,
but
we're
just
trying
to
do
that,
trying
to
offset
some
of
the
overtime
and
cover
some
of
these
leaves
that
we
have
but
the
overtime.
D
You
may
still
see
a
little
bit
of
additional
overtime,
obviously
with
through
the
winter.
So
that's
you
know
that's
good,
because
sometimes
snow
related
overtime
and
things
like
that,
but
we
still
may
see
some
additional
overtime
with
regards
to
lifeguards
until
we
bring
the
seasonal
folks
on
because
we
do
have
some
leaves
that
we're
dealing
with
in
some
vacancies
so
we're
hoping
that
the
two
floating
lifeguards
which
will
be
you
know,
they'll,
have
a
home
we're
working
this
through
right
now,
currently
with
the
Union
to
make
sure
that
they're
on
board.
D
Now
that
we
know
these,
two
positions
have
been
proposed
that
they'll
have
home
locations
but
will
be
at
our
disposal
with
regards
to
where
there's
a
need,
so
we
will
be
able
to
inform
them
you're
needed
here
to
cover
this
lever.
You
need
to
need
it
here,
so
we're
hoping
through
FY
18,
to
see
a
reduction
in
that
overtime,
hopefully
to
reflect
that
those
two
and
see
see
if
that
can
help
alleviate
some
of
the
overtime
we.
E
Can
use
it's
not
necessarily
a
problem
to
have
you
overtime
if
we
need
to
use
it,
it's
just
to
make
sure
that
we're
financially
planning
for
it
the
fiscal
year
15.
We
were
at
200,000
and
overtime
and
then
we're
level
funded
again
for
fiscal
year
going
into
fiscal
year
18
at
103.
That's
a
huge
discrepancy!
E
D
Absolutely
and
I
think
just
with
the
the
overtime
budget,
like
you
mentioned,
is
so
hard
to
predict
on
where
we're
going
to
land
and
again
now,
especially
with
the
addition
of
the
two
floating
lifeguards,
we're
hoping
that
helps
alleviate
it.
So
I
think
level
funding
is
103
and
usually
what
we
do
is
we
use
surpluses
from
other
areas
to
help
compensate
for,
but
it's
definitely
a
hard
line
item
to
try
to
predict
so
yeah.
We
do
run
into
that,
sometimes
where
it's
it's
a
little
bit
over
than
what
we
expected
great.
E
E
F
C
Lady,
thank
you
yeah.
You
know.
We've
been
anticipating
on
the
changing
hours
as
well,
and
you
know,
we've
been
having
some
really
good
conversations
with
VPS,
not
just
around
the
change
in
the
shift
in
hours,
but
really
being
intentional
about
my
relationship
with
with
PPI.
So
we
have
them.
I
think
19
shared
spaces,
and
it's
important
that
we
continue
to
support.
The
great
education
is
taking
place
in
our
school
base.
I
don't
school
sites,
and
so
you
know,
as
we
adjusted
our
hours
of
it.
C
The
rationale
for
just
in
our
hours
is
that
we'll
have
adequate
staff
to
provide
the
quality
services
that
families
have
come
to
expect
from
bcy
yeah.
And
so
you
know
we
don't
anticipate
any
issues
in
terms
of
providing
those
on
access
to
those
quality
programs,
of
course,
partner
with
them.
Many
agencies
that
we
partner
with
many
departments
that
we
partner
with
but
most
importantly
partnering
with
the
site
councils
who
have
after
school
no
school
time,
programs
that
provide
opportunities
for
families
no.
E
G
E
H
You
very
much
mr.
chair
and
welcome
to
the
floor.
Everybody
I
want
to
start
out
with
something
that
doesn't
have
to
do
with
my
district
and
I.
Don't
want
to
steal
my
good
friend
and
counsel
from
district
6,
madam
alley,
but
we
need
to
talk
about
the
Orang
burger
at
length.
Matt
and
I
were
at
an
event
on
Saturday
that
probably
had
to
be
500
seniors
there
and
as
Matt
and
I
walked
around.
H
All
we
talked
about
a
table
at
the
table
is
how
the
seniors
are
not
welcome
in
the
building
now
from
9:00
to
1:00
it's
a
40
year
old
program.
Maybe
not
welcome,
is
a
bit
strong,
but
the
program
has
been
changed
and,
as
you
know,
somebody
who
is
listening
to
seniors
as
well
as
the
kids
out
there.
This
has
become
an
enormous
issue.
H
I
know
you're,
aware
of
the
issue
and
I
know
you're
aware
the
problem
I
think
that
councilor,
O'malley
and
I
know
the
council
Woo's
been
involved
in
it
as
well
would
like
to
know
how
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
these
seniors
have
a
place
to
go
in
the
morning.
Simply
put
they
can't
be
there
at
the
same
time
where
kids
are
sprinting
around,
you
know
my
dad's
88
and
he
has
a
walker
and
if
he's
going
down
the
hall
and
there's
10
10
year
olds,
running
down
the
hall
you're
looking
at
a
problem.
D
So
cos
I'll
take
that
question,
so
the
Commissioner
and
I
have
been
very
responsive
to
their
concerns,
have
met
several
times
out
at
the
arm
burger
with
the
folks
from
the
council
over
this.
The
mayor
is
very
involved
and
very
concerned,
and
it's
been
working
closely.
I've
been
working
closely,
and
so
is
the
Commissioner,
with
with
Jerome
Smith
around
this.
To
try
to
address
this.
D
We
during
the
whole
hours
change.
We
made
a
concession
to
allow
a
staff
person
to
stay
there
from
the
BC
uif
side
to
maintain
building
access
for
all
programs.
She
is
there
during
the
day
to
help
maintain
access.
There's,
currently
a
console
run
preschool
program
that
continues
to
run
with,
even
in
even
with
the
change
of
hours.
The
council
hires
the
senior
coordinator,
who
runs
the
senior
program
they
have.
They
have
been
reluctant
to
hire
that
person
to
run
the
program
because
they're
holding
out
for
us
to
move
our
administrative
coordinator
to
the
daytime.
D
We've
made
a
shift
in
hours
across
the
board
to
keep
our
administrative
coordinators
in
the
building's
after
school.
When
programs
are
at
their
full
functioning,
we
feel
that
the
access
is
maintained.
We've
encouraged
the
council
to
hire
their
senior
director
to
continue
the
program
they
they
have
not
agreed
to
do
so.
We
want
that
senior
program
to
continue
just
as
we
do
the
preschool
program
that
continues
throughout
this
whole
change.
They
are
two
armed
council
run
programs
that
we
want
to
see
continue.
D
We
really
have
come
to
the
point
where
we
can't
understand
why
they
won't
move
forward
with
hiring
the
senior
coordinator
position
to
accommodate
the
seniors.
We
want
the
seniors
there.
They
were
more
than
welcome
to
be
there
again.
Like
I
said
it's
just.
We've
tried
the
commissioner
and
I
in
working
with
the
mayor's
office
to
really
try
to
vet
that
program
back
up
and
running
again,
but
we
never
hired
the
senior
director
position.
It's
always
been
a
Council
hired
position
that
we
want
them
to
fill
and
have
expressed
our
our
arm.
D
Eagerness
to
see
them
fill
that
position
because
we
don't
want
that
program
to
go
away
and
we
were
very
clear,
I
think
through
the
whole
change
of
hours
operation
conversation
that
we
wanted
to
maintain
access
for
any
programs
that
were
there
before
and
again.
The
preschool
program
continues
to
operate
with,
with
our
support
of
an
employee
there
who
works
there.
That's
a
BCF
employee.
D
Ours
was
to
keep
all
of
our
coordinators
across
the
board
at
school
sites
in
the
evenings,
and
we've
tried
to
maintain
that
with
the
council
out
there
and
have
made
multiple
attempts
to
be
accountable
in
explain
our
position
to
them,
so
we're
really
kind
of
at
at
a
roadblock.
At
this
point.
But
again,
the
mayor's
office
in
Jerome
Smith
have
been
working
closely
with
the
folks
to
try
to
see
if
we
can
come
to
some
sort
of
understanding
on
how
we
can
resolve
this
issue.
Okay,.
H
F
I
You
mr.
chair
and
thank
you,
council,
McCarthy
I,
appreciate
that
gentleman
and
I
know
you've
got
a
very
demanding
job
in
a
tough
job,
but
Michael
I
cannot
accept
that
we're
at
a
roadblock
and
we
don't
need
to
bore
everyone
with
the
details,
but
I
appreciate
we
work
closely
together,
particularly
councillor
co-moh
and
myself.
With
the
change
of
the
hours.
There
were
two
particular
sites,
one
being
the
Orenburg
and
West
Roxbury,
the
other
being
the
Jackson
Mann
School
in
Brighton
that
are
connected
to
schools.
So
there
was
and
had
some
multiple
programming.
I
You
also
see
a
disproportionate
number
of
senior
programming,
both
in
Brighton
and
West
Roxbury.
So
this
needs
to
this
needs
to
be
worked
out,
and
this
needs
to
be
worked
out
now,
because
the
council
is
saying-
and
they
have
compelling
arguments
on
their
side-
that
they
are
unable
to
run
senior
programming
without
a
site
coordinator
on
site
it.
Otherwise
they
will
take
the
liability
so
I'm
hearing
from
you
folks
that
that's
not
true
or
that's
not
in
effect,
but
they
have.
They
have
a
document
that
I've
seen
I
think
we've
all
seen
it
suggest
otherwise.
I
So
we
need
to
figure
this
out,
because
25
percent
of
my
constituents
in
West
Roxbury
are
seniors.
We
have
some
of
the
best
programming
they're
very,
very
well
used.
This
is
a
very
unique
situation
where
it's
attached
to
a
school,
but
but
two
different
entrances
appreciate
your
accommodation,
making
sure
that
we
were
able
to
keep
one
staff
member
there
to
help
with
security
to
help
with
the
door,
but
the
community
center
council-
and
these
are
good
people
who
do
a
lot
of
work
for
no
pay
and
just
because
they
love
this
program.
I
Don't
feel
comfortable
continuing
this
programming
until
until
and
unless
they
get
a
a
clear
directive
from
the
administration,
not
necessarily
saying
it's
on
you
three
but
they're,
getting
some
mixed
messages
from
the
city
of
Boston
in
terms
of
what
they
can
do
and
what
they
cannot
do
and
they'd
rather
err
on
the
side
of
caution.
So
my
I
beg
of
you.
We
need
to
figure
this
out.
Seniors
have
gone
without
programming.
Now,
since
October
there
are
tremendously
successful
programs
that
have
been
put
on
hold
people
are
upset
people
are
concerned.
We
need
to
fix
this.
D
D
There
are
there
an
independent
501,
C
3
and
if
there's
any
sort
of
liability,
it's
going
to
fall,
they're
an
independent
organization
so
having
a
city
employee
at
the
site
is
not
going
to
limit
we're
not
going
to
indemnify
a
third
party
and
any
means
we've
been
told
that
but
a
lot
of
private
multiple
times.
So
the
liability
for
them
is
not
going
to
change.
If
an
additional
City
person's
there
or
not,
we've
made
that
clear
to
them
and
again
I
just.
I
Really
like
it,
you
can
make
it
clear,
but
it's
my
understanding
that
they
have
a
document
MOU
from
going
back
to
the
70s
or
the
80s
that
says
otherwise
and
they
still
haven't
had
they've
requested
a
ruling
or
a
legal
interpretation
from
the
corporation
councils
officers.
Some
some
attorney
I,
don't
know
if
it's
corporation
councils
office
and
still
haven't
received
that.
So
that's
where
the
hesitancy
is
on
yeah.
D
On
errand
council,
we've
gone
to
a
lot
of
comment
and
we've
made
it
clear
to
them
that
that
document
is
no
longer
binding
because
of
its
age.
It's
from
1974
much
much
of
that
doctrine
is
obsolete
at
this
point,
I
we've
expressed
that
to
them
and
in
consultant
with
what
the
law
department.
That
document
is
not
binding.
At
this
point,
there's
many
outdated
things
in
that
document.
It
was
from
the
origination
of
the
kill.
B
The
three
things
that
the
Operations
Committee
came
up
with
the
demo
use
with
schools
and
we'll
use
with
the
council,
because
they
found
out
that
they've
having
other
strokes
councils
that
participates
in
them
and
in
last
thing
I
think
was
something
around
data.
And
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
would
have
been
trying
to
do
is
actually
pull
in
the
council
to
actually
begin
to
have
a
discussion
about.
How
do
we
begin
to
have
that
MOU
discussion?
B
B
We've
already
had
done
some
preliminary
draft
we're
going
to
work
with
our
programs
committees.
It's
made
up
of
administrative
coordinators
and
then
start
meeting
with
the
SCI
councils
to
have
them
sort
of
begin
to
inform
that
process.
My
goal
is
hopefully
to
see
four
BC
wife's
goal
is
to
see
the
MOU
sort
of
be
in
place
by
September.
So
this
way
everything
is
there
spelled
out
in
regards
so.
I
B
Normally,
if
it
was
summer,
we
go
to
summer
camp,
a
building
it
quickly
dominated
again
by
the
summer
needs
because
then
you
have.
The
after-school
program
becomes
a
sort
of
Lights
in
summer
camp
program
and
they're
using
most
more
of
the
square
footage,
so
nobody
doesn't
make
it
really
inclusive
and
normally
there
EC,
you
can't
have
adults
in
ratio
that
are
not
part
of
the
staffing
structure
being
in
the
building
because
of
the
safety
and.
J
I
Fair,
okay,
I,
I,
think
I
think
there's
probably
some
some
cynicism
going
back
and
forth,
and
that
happens
so
I
just
want
to
be
clear
because
I
think
there's
a
willingness
to
fix.
This
I
need
to
know
that
this
is
fixed
either
with
the
new
MoU,
with
some
short-term
stopgap
measure,
and
so
my
request
of
you
Commissioner
is
at
the
conclusion
of
this
hearing.
I
Will
you
please
call
Cathy
Cummings
and
Dave
Gorman
from
the
community
center
at
the
arbor
gir
find
a
time
I'm
happy
to
attend
if
that's
helpful,
I'm
happy
to
not
attend
if
it's
helpful,
but
let's
we
need
to
fix
this
now
and
I
appreciate
the
idea
that
we
something
could
be
in
place
in
September,
but
that's
not
good
enough
for
me.
I
need
to
have
a
better
understanding
right
now
that
we
can
address
this.
We
can
give
the
seniors
back
their
programming.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thanks
to
Tim,
just.
A
D
And
we're
working
on
that
I
started
the
conversation
with
bps
around
that
with
Makeba
McCreary
who's.
You
know
since
moved
into
a
new
role,
but
it's
in
the
process
of
we're
in
the
process
of
updating
both
my
use
on
the
bps.
My
use
not
is
old,
is
1974,
it's
2009,
I
believe,
okay.
So
it's
a
little
more
recent
and
we're
kind
of
using
that
as
a
model
for
the
new
one,
but
we're
working
on
updating
both
both
MOU,
so
that
we
all
have
a
clear
understanding
as
to
our
roles,
indication
yeah.
A
H
Just
to
in
the
Orenburg
I
think,
the
frustration
that
you
see
from
Matt
and
I
are
echoed
with
this,
the
frustrations
from
the
seniors,
but
this
started
in
October.
So
now
it's
October.
Now
it's
May!
So
now
we're
looking
at
September.
You
know
now
we're
getting
into
a
whole
year
of
seniors
not
being
able
to
do
something
that
they've
been
doing
for
40
years,
so
I
agree
with
Matt
and
and
and
just
like
Matt
offered
it's
his
district.
H
How
much
how
many
kids
we
expect
to
get?
Do
we
expect
to
get
any
kids
because,
as
you
know,
I've
been
working
with
kids
for
a
long
long
time
and
I
really
I
question
whether
or
not
these
centers
are
going
to
be
busy
on
a
Sunday
I
doing
and
I
also
I
have
great
concern
with
the
family
life
work.
Balance
of
a
lot
of
our
employees
and
I
know
you
care
about
your
employees
as
well.
H
D
So
counselor
I
mean
we're
very
promising
about
I
mean
you
know.
As
you
know,
some
of
the
folks
that
we
service,
you
know
don't
have
the
luxury
of
sometimes
going
away
for
the
weekend
and,
to
be
honest
with
you,
you
know
this
I've
heard
stories
of
kids
that
leave
a
community
center
on
a
Friday,
that's
close
to
the
weekend,
I'm
asking
when
they
can
come
back
so
I
mean
there's
the
need
out
there.
D
For
this
we
have
seven
days
sites
that
have
seen
you
know
over
the
past
five
six
months
that
we've
been
doing
this
40
percent
increases
in
weekend
usage.
Since
last
year
we
have
the
Shelburne
Community
Center,
that's
fully
air-conditioned,
including
the
gym.
It's
a
cool
place
of
people
to
go
on
a
Sunday,
Saturday
Monday
I
mean
whatever
day
of
the
week.
It
is
these
numbers,
don't
even
include
the
Peres
Street
Community
Center
in
East
Boston.
That
is
yet
to
come
back
online.
D
That
will
be
soon
that'll
be
another
seven
day
site
which
will
have
a
fully
air-conditioned
gym
in
building.
So
again,
these
numbers
are
promising
to
us
and
we
feel
that
I
agree.
You
know
there's
some
families
and
some
kids
that
might
get
out
of
town
for
the
weekend.
But
again
we
hear
those
stories
of
kids
that
can't
wait
to
get
back
so
being
able
for
those
kids
to
have
a
place
to
go
seven
days
a
week
and
then
some
of
like
I,
said
some
of
these
facilities.
D
Where
there's
been
some
major
investments
made
where
they
can
get
a
cool
place
to
get
out
play.
Several
these
sites
have
rock
walls
and
in
gyms
and
facilities
that
that
these
kids
are,
you
know,
excited
to
be
in
and
would
being
longer
if
we're
open
even
longer.
So
we
really
are
hoping
to
see
these
numbers
continue
throughout
the
summer
and
with
regards
to
the
staff,
you
know
we
never
want
to
have
to
you
know.
D
A
good
job
have
done,
have
really
taken
this
the
next
level
and
done
what
they're
supposed
to
do.
So
we
realize
that
balance
and
and
again
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
constraints
to
work
within
as
well
with
regards
to
their
contracts,
to
making
sure
that
you
know
they're
putting
in
their
hours
and
that
they
have
the
two
consecutive
days
off
and
things
like
that,
but
and
we've
made
also
a
lot
of
concessions
to
try
to
make
sure
the
folks
that
had
hardships
were
moved
around
when
we
work
through
this.
D
With
the
Union,
so
we
get
it
but
again
being
community
centers,
those
kids
and
then
our
population
need
us
more
than
Monday
through
Friday.
So
we
really
appreciate
our
staff
that
have
made
this
work
and
have
been
really
good
good
good
about
taking
on
these
hours
and
being
accessible
so
on.
We
definitely
realize
the
importance
of
that
balance,
but
we
appreciate
what
folks
have
given
to
us:
okay,
yeah.
K
You
good
morning,
I
just
and
I'm
I
apologize
for
for
being
a
little
late,
and
maybe
some
of
this
will
be
repetitive
from
your
opening
statements.
Can
you
just
go
over?
What
exactly
is
the
partnership
and
funding
structure
with
all
the
different
community
center
sites
and
which
ones
does
everyone
have
a
council?
How
many
are
there
and
who
is
making
decisions
around
personnel.
D
So
some
probably
20
or
a
little
upwards
of
20
sites
have
have
site
councils,
the
other
ones
that
do
not
partner
with
the
ba
BC
uija
foundation,
and
they
did
their
fiscal
management
for
any
funds
that
they
have
so
that
they
all
have.
Some
sort
of
you
know
alternate
dollars
available
to
them
outside
of
the
city
budget.
With
regards
to
staffing,
it's
really
a
shared,
you
know.
Obviously
we
have
our
city
permanent,
budgeted
positions
that
we
hire,
but
also
rely
heavily
on
the
site
councils
to
hire
their
again,
their
independent
501
C
3
organizations.
D
So
they
do
hire
some
of
their
own
staff
to
complement
what
we,
what
we
have
for
city
staff
with
regards
to
programming
staff,
so
they
may
hire
summer
camp
staff.
They
may
hire
after
school
staff.
They
may
hire
fitness
instructors
and
things
like
that.
So
really
it's
a
core
city
staff
at
each
site
in
which
is
complemented
by
council
staff
that
they
hire
to
run
some
of
the
some
of
the
programs
there
and.
K
D
So,
ultimately,
again,
they're
independent
and
they're
501
C
3.
Obviously
we
partner
very
closely
together,
but
they're
responsible
they're,
their
employees
they're
responsible
to
hire
them.
They
may
ask
of
some
of
our
staff
for
input
around
some
of
those
hirings
but
ultimately
they're
those
employees.
An
employer
is
the
site,
Council
and
they're
responsible
for
their
hiring
in
employment.
So.
K
D
K
B
K
D
So
what
we
do
when
we
give
them
so
I
do
know
that
when
we
provide
them,
obviously
through
the
VCI
foundation,
with
any
grants
or
things
they're
required
to
submit
certain
financial
documentation
to
us
with
regard
to
the
990s
and
things
like
that,
so
that's
sometimes
how
we
become
aware
of
a
lot
of
the
information
going
on,
but
again
they
are
ultimately
responsible
for
their
own
hiring
and
determining
what
their
needs
are
with
regard
to
their
staffing
levels.
So,
obviously
we're
aware
we
share
space
with
them.
D
K
F
C
Acacia
and
counsel
I
think
you
know
as
we're
talking
about
the
MOU
a
few
minutes
ago.
What
we're
looking
to
do
in
terms
of
the
MOU
is
really
spell
out
a
lot
of
those
policies
and
procedures
a
lot
more
clearly,
so
that
there's
some
consistency
across
all
of
our
sites
and
on-site
councils.
Doc
site
councils
work
closely
with
our
administrative
coordinators.
So
they
clearly
don't
have
you
know
sort
of
just
do
your
own
thing
over
at
the
at
the
sites.
K
Mean
it
seems
like
a
model
that
works,
particularly
with
our
Main
streets
program.
We
feel
a
lot
of
great
kind
of
partnership,
but
also
independence
from
in
terms
of
funding
and
decision
making.
I
would
just
echo
my
colleagues
and
saying
that
it
would
be
I
think
it's
important
to
have
consistency
and
4b
cyf
to
at
least
know
sort
of
what
is
happening
on
the
council
side
in
each
site,
but
we
didn't
want
that.
K
You
know
the
push
to
have
something
citywide
done
slow
down
a
particular
problem
at
a
particular
you
know
a
or
an
orang
burger,
for
example,
okay,
so
that
was
very
helpful
on
the
hours
in
general.
I
know
starting
a
few
last
year,
and
maybe
the
year
before
also
the
site's
had
been
open
for
extended
hours
on
the
weekends.
But
during
the
summer
do
you
have
any
data
on
usage
and
and
what
adjustments
are
going
to
be
made
in
terms
of
summer
nighttime
spaces,
particularly
for
teens.
Do.
C
There
is
a
some
data
just
in
terms
of
on
what
we've
seen
some
increases
on
on
the
weekends
on,
but
specifically
on
Saturdays
and
Sundays.
It's
not
a
lot
of
data,
we'll
be
happy
to
share
that
with
you,
but
I.
Think.
As
we
look
at
the
summer,
you
know
clearly
it'll
be
predicated
on
some
of
the
things
that
should
arise
on
our
staff
are
always
prepared
to
get
get
our
spaces
open
as
needed.
Sometimes
crisis
do
arise
specifically,
you
know.
C
Unfortunately,
we
have
violence
that
takes
place
in
the
city
and
when
we,
when
we
see
those
things
happening,
we
get
our
street
records
and
get
our
facilities
open,
but
we'll
also
be
doing
some
girls
nights
out
which
will
enable
us
to
keep
some
spaces
open
at
night
a
little
bit
later.
We
just
want
to
make
sure
that
families
have
safe
spaces
to
go.
You
know,
as
it
gets
hot
out
and.
B
Comparative
to
the
last
summer
last
summer
we
didn't
have
the
extended
five
sites
that
we're
working
on
Sundays.
This
would
be
the
first
summer
that
we
actually
would
institutions
plate.
So
just
like
the
councillor
McCauley
mentioned,
you
know
we
are
going
to
look
at
the
the
weekend
usage,
especially
during
the
summers
a
little
bit
much
clearer,
but
we
also
see
opportunities
through.
There
is
a
very
millennial
young
professional
group
out
there.
That's
looking
for
use
of
space,
I
mean
you
know,
speaking
with
being
part
of
HSS
cabinet
and
speaking
with
Veteran
Affairs.
B
You
know
there's
opportunity
to
look
at
how
maybe
some
of
our
Sunday's
can
become
service
league
for
servicemen
and
women
who
sometimes
return
them
back
and
just
need
another
kind
of
social
kind
of
connection
to
get
them
through
some
things
and
then
opportunities,
maybe
for
some
sober
League
for
individuals
that
are
coming
back
and
recovering
just
at
the
safe
space
to
do
some
stuff
as
well.
Okay,.
D
Yeah
so
complet
the
you
know.
Obviously,
the
one
child
care
program
that
we
run
is
is
here
at
City
Hall,
and
there
is
currently
the
capacity
is
54
which
is
made
up
of
17
infants,
lots,
12,
toddler
slots
in
25
preschool,
and
we
have
currently
six
vacancies,
one
one
in
the
infant
one
classroom,
one
in
the
infant
two
classroom
and
four
in
the
preschool
classroom.
We've
been
working
very
hard
to
try
to
fill
the
slots
as
quickly
as
possible.
We've
made
some
changes
to
the
waitlist
policy.
We've
created
and
formulated
a
formal
waitlist
policy.
K
D
Around
right,
so
this
from
what
I
can
recall
this
three
and
we
support
all
three
but
they're,
not
our
programs
so
arm
burger
has
their
own
program.
Lahey
Holland
has
their
own
program
and
the
Roslindale
Community
Center
has
their
own
program
in
it
each
site.
There's
one
is
one
city
employee
who
we
support
at
50%
in
the
council,
reimburses
us
for
50%
of
their
salary,
but
they're.
All
three
of
those.
Our
council
run
programs.
The
city
b,
c
YF
only
runs
the
single
one
at
this
point
here
at
city
hall,
child
yeah,
okay,.
K
D
No,
that's
not
true
we've.
Actually,
they
were
supposed
to
be
at
a
hundred
percent
reimbursement
at
this
point,
but
the
city
and
the
mayor
were
want
to
continue
to
support
those
programs,
so
we've
can
you'd
at
the
50-50
reimbursement
for
the
past
and
I
think
it's
been
since
I've
been
here
six
to
seven
years.
So
after
the
initial
couple
years
are
supposed
to
be
hundred
percent
reimbursement,
but
we
we
did.
We
realize
the
importance
of
those
programs
and
continue
to
support
arm
that
employee
at
fifty
percent,
also
covering
their
their
their
fringe
benefits
as
well.
K
L
You
very
much
mr.
chair
good
morning,
I
guess
I
will
follow
on
with
the
the
line
of
questioning.
I
actually
spoke
to
the
folks
at
the
Orrin
burger.
Also
and
I
want
to
wish
Cathy
I
hope
she's
on
the
mend
I
know
she.
She
broke
her
leg,
I
I'm,
baffled
we've
had
this
conversation
and
I
concur
with
councillor
O'malley.
This
needs
to
get
fixed
and
it
needs
get
fixed
immediately.
The
hours
change
was
burdensome
to
the
Centers
and
some
of
the
hours
changes.
L
It
sounds
like
and
I
dealt
with
this,
and
we
have
many
conversations
where
we
it's
BC
YF.
We
should
not
be
putting
youth
and
elders
against
one
another.
We
should
actually
be
moving
towards
an
and
versus
or
and
I
think
and
and
from
what
I
heard
and
I
heard.
My
counsel,
my
counterpart
from
Jamaica
Plain,
be
very,
very
definitive
in
his
statement.
L
In
an
area
where
there
was
a
someone
got
killed
in
front
of
the
Burks
school
last
year,
and
we
also
know
that
the
many
of
the
young
people
from
Grove
Hall
can't
go
down
the
street
to
the
Holland
and
they
can't
go
to
other
neighborhoods
for
the
other
aspects
of
what
BC
YF
does
so
I
just
think
we
have
to
be
really
thoughtful
relative
to
how
we
move
forward.
So
I
concur
with
the
previous
speakers.
L
L
I
don't
know
anyone
over
there,
who's
been
there
that
long,
so
I
actually
trust
that
they
know
what
they're
doing
and
if
we're
talking
about
a
partnership
where
they're
actually
hiring
staff,
then
that
actually
has
to
be
a
partnership
and
having
a
conversation
about
these
hours.
It
can't
be
from
on
high-
and
that
happened
to
my
district
before
with
Madison
when
they
did
a
wreck
up.
L
D
Is
it
that
we
we
have
a
lot
of
faith
in
our
staff?
We
have
a
lot
of
faith
in
the
sight
console
out
there.
We
have
a
lot
of
respect
for
them.
They've
run
some
great
programs,
but
we
don't
we
just
don't
see
again.
We
don't
see
eye
to
eye
on
on
the
fact
that
we
need
them
to
hire
their
senior
coordinator
position
to
get
the
senior
program
up
and
running
again.
That
position
was
open
well
before
the
hours
change
it
was
open
prior
to
the
hours
change
that
it
has
not
been
filled.
D
It's
been
before
October
since
that
positions
been
filled.
So
we're
really
eager
to
get
to
work
with
them
to
get
that
position
hired.
So
the
seniors,
the
seniors
can't
have
a
place
to
go
and
again
I
mean
I.
Think
we
have
a
lot
of
faith
in
our
staff.
I
think
that
we
just
need
to
be
able
to
prioritize
around.
D
When
is
the
best
time
for
our
staff
to
be
in
the
building
to
help
you
know
and
we're
seeing
we're
seeing
numbers
that
are
supporting
what
we
did
in
increasing
uses
for
the
constituents,
so
I
guess
you're
correct
it
was
it
was.
It
was
a
little
bit
of
a
rough
process
going
through
that,
but
we
worked
through
it.
L
That
I'm
selling
you
disaggregate
that
data.
So
when
you're
saying
those
constituents
you're
using
an
aggregate
term
and
in
terms
of
the
total
do
you
have
AIDS
based
banding
of
that
data,
because
it
this
is
the
thing,
and
this
is
what
we
again
never
should
be.
Did
that
never
should
be?
Should
we
be
pitting
folks
against
one
another?
So
maybe
that's
that
is
that
data.
L
That
could
mean
that
there's
more
young
people
for
coming
and
and
no
elders
who
are
coming
right
and
so
the
programming
that
was
existed
there,
yoga
and
computers
and
the
things
that
were
happening
in
the
morning.
How
much
money
are
we
talking
about
here?
How
much
would
that
position
cost
be
cyf
to
fill,
but
the
the
the
job
that
we're
actually
talking
about
so.
D
The
job
that
we're
talking
with
the
computer
instructor-
and
that
was
always
a
council
position-
I,
don't
know
what
her
salary
was
on
the
position
that
they
want
to
work
there
during
the
day
is
$100,000
a
year
position
for
the
city.
Okay,
so
that's
a
big
position
and
again
we
at
that
position
at
night
when
there's
there's
the
most
activities
and
all.
J
D
L
F
L
Just
saying
that
we
we
hear
you
doesn't
that
that
doesn't
get
it
fixed
I
personally,
find
it
unacceptable
that
seniors
have
not
had
access
that
they
had
prior
in
since
October,
and
our
first
job
is
to
do
no
harm.
So
these
changes,
it
doesn't
mean
anything
and
VPS
sat
there
yesterday
and
they
talk
about
the
ADIZ
additional
dollars
when
they
were
cutting
the
baseline
of
dollars.
So
if
we're,
if,
if
we're
not
going
to
actually
add
and
we're
going
to
shift
it,
then
that
becomes
a
huge
issue.
B
B
And
we
just
had
a
conversation
with
them
yesterday
about
how
do
we
continue
to
deepen
more
the
partnership?
Where
could
we
be
created
around
the
fundraising
and
look
at
what
else
we
can
actually
offer
when
we
when
we
get
there-
and
it
was
a
great
talk
yesterday
with
Jorge,
Martinez
and
Michael-
is
all
about
what
do
we
do
to
move
forward
on
top
of
it?
The
Holland
site,
Council
is
also
interested
in
maybe
coming
up
to
the
up
to
the
Holland
and
then
hiring
a
staff
person
to
look
at
a
ring.
So
what.
L
L
We
know
it's
an
area,
there's
a
young
person
who
died
in
front
of
that
school
last
year
and
then
programming
for
young
people
was
shut
down
a
couple
of
months
after
sighs.
I
I
want
to
hear
a
solution
to
that
and
with
that
said,
how
many
Street
workers
do
we
have
now
and
how
many
will
we
have
in
this
budget?
We
have.
C
N
C
L
You
begin
to
track
and
use
the
actual
computer
model
that
came
out
with
Street
safe
because
one
of
the
we've
had
this
conversation
a
bunch
of
times
the
the
issue
that
we
we
don't
and
I.
Don't
know.
If
you
have
it
now,
are
we
tracking
the
caseload
of
individuals
and
are
we
under
standing
the
touches
that
they
have
yeah.
C
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
what
I'm
system
streets
they've
had,
but
we
have
a
system
that
that
we
have
efforts
to
outcomes
and
that
system
enables
us
to
better
track
the
progress
of
745
individuals.
We
certainly
know
that
you
know
it's
it's
new,
so
I
think
it's
probably
eight
eight
months
and
the
staff
have
done
a
really
good
job
with
mine
in
the
system
and
they've
done
a
really
good
job
with
track
in
the
system,
and
we
we're
going
to
that.
Dad
has
really
been
helpful
for
us.
Yeah.
F
O
You
mr.
chairman
I
will
be
brief.
I
know.
Many
of
our
colleagues
have
a
extent
of
questions
for
the
next
round.
I
want
to
start
off,
though,
by
a
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
that
at
John
Jackson,
who
runs
the
Tobin
I
over
in
district
8,
very
close
to
the
dis,
the
border
with
a
councillor
Jackson
outstanding
job,
I.
O
Think
if
there's
anyone
who's
at
more
community
meetings
in
the
Mission
Hill
community
than
myself,
it's
probably
John
and
I
just
want
to
pass
that
along
I
think
it's
a
huge
asset
to
the
neighborhood
and
talking
about
the
Tobin
I'm
thrilled
to
see
that
we
have
the
backyard
project
in
construction.
This
is
something
my
predecessor,
Mike
Ross
was
working
on.
It
was
the
first
thing
he
said
to
me.
You
need
to
make
sure
this
gets
built,
so
I'm
glad
it's
a
happening
now
and
I
appreciate
that
and
I'm
talking
about
the
Tobin.
O
O
The
road
might
be
better
to
work
with
this
through
John,
but
I
want
to
put
it
on
on
your
radar
screen
that
via
Parker
Hill
branch
of
the
public
library
is
closing
July
1st
for
renovations
for
a
year
and
we're
able
to
delay
that
to
allow
for,
on
the
end
of
the
school
year,
there's
a
lot
of
after-school
programming
there
etc
because
doing
homework.
But
they
are
going
to
be
looking
for
some
limited
space
in
the
year
of
the
EE
libraries,
which
was
offered
as
somewhat
of
an
alternative
is
to
undergoing
renovation
in
November.
O
So
there's
going
to
be
a
need
in
that
area
and
again
I,
don't
know
what
programming
space
there
is
I
know
it's
like
I
said
it's
very
well
used,
but
would
you
be
open
if
it
works
with
the
programming
to
work
with
the
BPL
and
the
community
to
find
whether
it's
even
for
kids
storytime?
That
sort
of
thing
well.
D
Yeah
I
mean
I,
think
John.
You
know
based
on
availability.
We
won't
happy
to
do
that
and
we
just
similar
just
did
this
in
JP
at
Curtis
Hall
we
absorbed
a
lot
of
the
programming
during
the
renovation.
So
we'd
be
more
than
happy
to
entertain
any
possible
space
that
we
would
have
free
and
I'm
sure
John
would
be
more
than
willing
to
help
accommodate
that,
and
you
know,
we've
had
the
same
in
return
from
other
city
departments
when
we've
had
renovations,
yeah
I've
been
kind
enough
to
house
us,
so
we
can.
O
Absolutely
no,
because
that
would
be
huge,
I
mean
I,
think
we
have
two
great
community
resources
literally,
you
know
just
a
few
blocks
from
each
other
and
obviously
the
renovations,
the
library
are
needed
and
welcome,
but
there's
a
huge
percent
of
population
on
seniors.
You
know
young
adults,
kids,
who
really
use
the
library
lots
of
finding
alternative
space
would
be
great,
so
yeah
I
certainly
would
not
want
to
go
top-down
until
John.
We
have
to
do
this,
but
the
only
that
you're
open
to
it.
O
P
Campbell
Thank
You
councillor
CMO
and
Thank
You,
commissioner,
and
Chris
and
Michael
for
being
here,
and
thank
you
for
your
testimony.
I
apologize
for
missing
your
presentation,
but
I
will
see
it
online
I
just
a
couple
of
quick
questions.
What's
the
total
number
of
sites
that
we
have
community
centers.
D
C
P
P
A
P
D
C
C
Yeah
I
I
don't
see
the
numbers,
as
they
add
up
and
I,
maybe
I'm
missing
something,
but
this
it
looks
to
total
I
think
it.
So
it's
not.
When
we
received
the
fund
and
the
funding
wasn't
based
on
fiscal
year.
It
was
gee
annually
so
from
January
to
December.
So
maybe
that's
what
it
is.
It
I
think
when,
when
you
total
up
the
numbers,
it
looks
like
three
point
one.
So
you
got
three
hundred
and
fourteen
on
one
point.
One
arm
you
got
one
and
six
hundred
and
eighty
it
I
think
it
totals
three
point.
P
Would
be
great
I,
just
the
whole
point
of
that
questioning
was
just
to
make
sure
that
that
program
had
isn't
losing
anything
and
if
it
was
losing
something,
of
course
within
what
the
implications
of
that
are.
Particularly,
you
know,
as
we
continue
to
have
hearings
around
violence
first
responders.
Everyone
knows
how
valuable
the
street
worker
program
is,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
trauma
response,
warm
referrals
and
those
things.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
adequate
funding,
of
course,
to
maintain
their
staffing
levels.
N
P
Two
more
questions:
one
has
to
do
with
the
grovyle
community
center,
so
technically
in
my
district,
but
councillor
Jax
and
I
obviously
share
growth
Hall
in
that
community
and
project,
right,
of
course,
for
Danny
mail
and
when
we
were
exchanging
emails,
Commissioner
and
in
Mike
and
Jorge
did
say
that
they
met
with
you
guys.
I
just
have
sort
of
follow-up
questions
on
that
which
is
I
understand
as
a
youth
worker
that
comes
from
the
Holland
that
will
be
coming
to
the
Grove
hall
community
center
to
provide
youth
programming.
P
Now
that
it's
been
transformed
to
serve
seniors.
What
does
that
programming
look
like?
Because
currently
there
is
some
programming,
that's
happening
at
the
birth
through
project
right
like
thirty
or
sixty
teenagers,
that
consistently
show
up.
So
what
would
that
program?
Look
like
if
it's
moved
into
the
Grove
Hall
Center?
Well,
this
coordinator
from
Holland
pick
up
and
do
the
same
programming
or
what
will
they
be
doing
outside
of
a
physical
person
coming
to
that
Center?
Well,.
B
Yesterday,
when
actually
we
met
with
Jorge
and
Michael
kozo
in
regards
to
it,
the
preliminary
discussion
was
to
explore.
What
can
we
actually
do?
Part
of
it
was
also
to
explore
what
is
it
they
want
to
continue
to
do
in
the
face,
but
this
way
they
didn't
feel
like
they
were
obligated
to
program
something
out
five
days
a
week
or
whatever,
whatever
it
is,
the
time
they
really
wanted
to
kind
of
do
this.
B
This
kind
of
work
I
know
that
when
we
were
talking,
the
holland
community,
centers
site
count
had
expressed
interest
of
trying
to
look
at
program
because
at
their
site
they
bus
that
seemed
in
regards
to
what
they're
doing
and
we
haven't
had
a
deep
dive
discussion
yet
with
all
in
site
counsel.
In
regards
to
what
that
might
look
like,
but
part
of
what
we
want
to
do
is
hopefully
pull
together
a
couple
of
community
players
that
actually
do
work
with
youth
in
that
area
and
kind
of
explore.
B
What
could
be
the
you
evening,
usage
of
sort
of
that
one
space?
We
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
challenges
that
we
have
in
regards
to
getting
access
to.
The
basketball
court
in
the
rec
area,
because
of
the
fact
that
sometimes
the
school
has
a
a
president
over
that
space
and
when
you
have
two
schools
operating
this.
B
B
That
space
will
be
right
and
so,
where
I
think
that's
the
focus
of
summer,
obviously
given
and
that's
I
can
crime.
Hopefully
we're
going
to
get
back
together
and
hopefully
up
and
senior
have
a
meeting
to
kind
of
tighten
up
what
Ashley
we
can.
We
can
do
within
that
space.
Anyone
did
and
there's
also
the
opportunity
that
we
may
look
at
our
street.
Workers
may
be
adopting
the
night
there
too,
as
well,
and
look
at
what
they
may
be
able
to
free
with
them.
So
as
well
is.
B
P
You
think,
given
the
timeframe,
obviously
the
summers
are
on
the
corner
that
we're
going
to
have
an
opportunity
to
adequate
fundraising,
to
support
project
right
or
frankly,
anyone
who
does
effective
programming
for
youth
who
want
to
come
into
that
space
over
the
summer
to
be
able
to
get
funding
for
that
to
happen.
Well,.
B
P
I
will
say,
and
just
echoing
councillor,
Jackson
I
think
it's
extremely
important
and
as
Mike
Kozue
from
project
right,
just
walks
in
I
think
is
extremely
important-
that
we
come
up
with
some
level
of
funding.
You
know
we're
talking
about
the
summer
coming
across
the
entire
city
of
Boston,
everyone
from
BPD,
the
Fire
Department
EMS,
counselors
clergy-
are
thinking
about
what
they
can
do
to
prevent
any
incidents
of
violence,
of
course,
to
keep
our
violence
and
crime
rates
low,
and
that
means,
of
course,
providing
activities
for
youth.
P
So
the
concern,
particularly
for
Grove
Hall,
which
we
know,
is
an
area
that
absolutely
needs
it.
This
might
require
us
to
pull
funding
from
somewhere
within
our
own
city
budget,
to
support
those
efforts.
If
we
can't
find
private
funding
or
partners
to
do
this
programming
for
free,
because
I
think
when
we
start
me
worry
in
May,
we
start
in
June,
for
example,
kids
get
out
of
school
and
there's
nothing
set
up,
I!
Think
it's
a
recipe
for
disaster,
so
you
know
consider
me
a
partner
in
work.
P
If
there's
anything,
I
can
do
if
it's
calling
someone
if
it's
advocating
with
you
guys
to
particularly
think,
are
willing
to
support
those
use
to
provide
programming
for
free
for
our
young
people,
I'm
all-in
I'm
sure
I
can
speak
for
my
colleagues
as
well,
but
I
do
think.
We
need
some
sort
of
solution
sooner
than
later.
So
let
me
know
how
I
can
be
helpful
as
well,
and
then
my
last
question
has
to
do
with
other
uses
for
the
community
centers.
Obviously,
some
community
centers
have
more
traction
and
more
tendance
by
residents
than
others.
P
P
But
in
thinking
long
term
it
would
be
really
great
to
see
community
centers
serve
as
sort
of
district
office
spaces
where
addition
to
City
Hall
on-the-go,
which
sometimes
people
show
up
for
City
Hall
on
the
go
and
the
truck,
isn't
there
consistently
having
some
community
centers
across
the
city
open
three
days
a
week?
You
know
from
9:00
to
4:00
where
folks
can
come
into
those
spaces
and
they
know,
for
example,
on
Wednesday
someone
from
ISD
might
be
there
or
someone
from
the
mayor's
ons
office
councilors.
P
Their
district
counselors
can
find
a
space
to
show
up
I'd
love
to
have
conversations
about
how
we
can
turn
some
of
our
community
centers
into
district
office
spaces.
For
folks
we
were
to
handle
some
of
their
business,
particularly
our
seniors,
so
they
don't
have
to
come
way.
Downtown
I
mean
I
live
in
Mattapan.
If
you
take
the
tea,
it's
a
trek
down
here
and
then
they
go
back
and
we
have
these
spaces,
which
are
incredible
spaces
to
be
used
for
so
many
different
purposes.
D
In
council
I
mean
we
have
worked
very
closely
with
City
Hall
to
go
in
in
the
Tobin
community
center.
We
actually
provided
them
with
a
permanent
space.
It's
called
a
neighbor
hub
where
they
have
permanent
space
there
and
certain
operating
hours,
we're
working
with
them
now
to
add
an
additional
location.
To
do
that,
we
have
the
same
vision
that
you
have
around
making
the
community
centers
kind
of
an
extension
of
city
services
in
kind
of
a
neighborhood
again
hub
where
people
can
come
and
go.
D
I
know
multiple
community
centers
offer
seniors
the
ability
to
pay
their
water
bills.
They
get
taxi
vouchers
and
coupons.
Elderly
service
elder
elder
services
sometimes
comes
out
and
send
representatives
out.
So
it's
something
we're
definitely
working
on
and
we've
talked
with
OH&S
about
being
able
off
off
of
their
office
hours
there.
They
are
neighborhood
reps,
so
we're
getting
there
and
we're
working
towards
that.
D
But
we
definitely
share
the
same
vision
as
you
around
bringing
city
services
out
to
the
community
centers
we
partnered
with
City
Hall
to
go
during
the
winter,
so
people
don't
have
to
stand
outside
of
the
trunk.
We
brought
them
inside
they.
They
offer
their
services
indoors
at
our
community
centers.
You
know
we
partner
closely
with
animal
control
to
offer
vaccinations
and
things
that
the
community
centers
again
to
get
people
to
not
have
to
make
the
trek
to
the.
P
Axiom
yeah
well,
but
I
will
say,
may
be
great
to
see
it
in
a
formalized
consistent
way
where
everyone
knows,
for
example,
in
in
Dorchester
at
a
particular
community
center
on
a
particular
day
that
Public
Works
I
see
some
of
our
departments,
for
example,
that
interact
or
interface
with
residents.
The
most
will
be
in
those
spaces
consistently
and
their
counselors
at-large
counselors
could
come.
Anybody
are
Street
workers,
whoever
it
is
in
a
consistent
way.
So
it's
great
to
see
you
guys
moving
that
direction
and
I
do
know
of
some
of
these
things.
P
So
that's
great
I'll
end
on
this
I
mean
it's
about
priorities
right.
We
have
to
assign
and
catch
the
monies
that
we
spend
to
those
priorities
so
I
understand
the
limitations
of
you
know:
bcy
F's
budget.
When
it
comes
to
you
know,
I
know
Commissioner.
You
would
probably
love
to
go
in
your
pocket
and
go
here.
Grove
Hall!
P
Let's
do
this,
but
I
think
it's
about
moving
things
around
or
taking
frankly
$500,000
from
one
department
and
saying
you
know
what
we're
going
to
give
this
because
to
this
department
to
do
this
specific
need,
because
in
the
immediate,
this
is
something
that
has
to
happen
so
I'm
all
for
shifting
things
around
and
working
with
you.
So
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
guys
do
and
thank
you
for
being
here
today:
Thank
You
Francis.
You
know
mm-hmm.
C
A
N
F
C
M
C
C
We've
been
working
closely
with
the
office
of
recovery
and,
and
you
know,
they've
been
fantastic
in
terms
of
them,
providing
our
staff
with
some
additional
tools
in
their
toolbox
to
help
address
some
of
the
issues.
You
know
as
it
pertains
to
substance,
abuse
and
specifically
along
the
massive
corridor
and
around
the
common,
some
full
or
you
know,
adults
as
well
as
youth.
In
fact,
I'm
we
sit
on
the
the
substance
abuse
Advisory
Committee,
which
is
really
been
focused
around
youth
substance,
abuse,
which
is
Slezak.
M
M
C
D
M
We
so
it's
just
16
buildings
are
our
stand
alone
because
it
sounded
like
my
good
colleague
was
talk
about,
maybe
some
some
some
new
facilities.
Do
we
talk
about
that
at
all,
I
know,
there's
one
in
the
North
End,
that's
that's
under
a
study.
Can
you
run
me
through
I
think
I
have
a
need
in
Dorchester
we
share
a
facility
and
and
I
think
I
think
we
should
be
thinking
like
Andreia
as
we're
moving
into
the
future.
How
are
we
consolidating
and
building
buildings
that
that
you
know
are
generational?
M
D
M
D
Obviously,
we
we
feel
most
comfortable
when
we
have
stand-alone
facilities
like
like
the
Tobin's
and
in
sites
like
that,
where
we
have
free
reign
of
the
building,
and
we
can
program
it
from
morning
til
night
again,
like
you
said,
taking
in
to
account
young
mothers
with
children
or
playgroups
or
elderly,
and
then
also
well
into
the
evenings
and
really
makes
us
accessible.
So
that's
always
our
preference,
but
obviously
there's
some
neighborhoods
that
don't
offer
a
standalone
building
and
we
work
closely
with
BPS
to
make
sure
that
we
still
have
a
presence
in
these
neighborhoods.
D
We
don't
have
a
standalone
building,
but
that's
definitely
our
priority.
And
with
regards
to
the
North
End,
this
study
we
selected
a
designer
recently
to
embark
on
this
study
that
was
actually
in
FY
17
to
help
us
try
to
determine
either
a
building
plan
for
the
current
facility
or
an
alternate
site
location
for
a
new
North
End
community
center,
so
that
that's
just
get.
D
M
D
D
So
the
Vine
Street
will
be
mechanical
HVAC
interior
improvements,
some
gym
work,
you
know
batting
cage,
we've
been
doing
batting
cages
around
some
of
our
facilities
through
a
pot.
After
a
grant
with
the
major
Major
League
Baseball
Players
Association,
the
Red
Sox
foundation.
It
made
you
think
baseball.
So
that's
exciting
people
are
excited
about
those,
but
Vine
Street
is
going
to
get
a
real
good.
Nice
makeover
with
regards
to,
like
I,
said
again:
mechanicals
interior
spaces,
a
fitness
center,
which
they
don't
have
right.
Now
we're
going
to
add
in
there.
It.
M
Is
is
there
ever
any
talk?
Michael,
oh,
oh,
like
I'm,
like
turf
facilities
at
all
like
covered
turf
facilities
at
all,
for,
like
it's,
the
the
you
know
center
of
the
future.
We
have
a
larger
space.
We
could
you
know
again,
you
could
do
tracks
on
them
with
the
seniors
could
walk
and
what
wants
to
walk
in
the
morning
when
we
have,
you
know
ten
feet
of
snow
on
the
ground
it
like
as
whip,
is
we're
going
into
the
future
like
a
week.
Are
we
looking
at
maybe
any
kind
of
different
styles
of
of
centers?
M
D
D
D
Roxbury
line,
but
that's
been
a
very
exciting
project
to
be
part
of
too
you
know,
the
mayor
has
been
working
hard
with
them
also
to
provide,
like
I,
said
it
really
state-of-the-art,
like
really
different
type
of
facility,
where
it's
ice
and
into
a
turf,
but
we
just
our
facilities.
Just
aren't
big
enough
right
now
and.
D
M
D
And
a
lot
of
the
times,
I
Jim's
become
that
kind
of
multi-purpose
space
again
yeah
right
as
we
move
forward
it
would
be.
It
would
be
interesting
to
explore
some
of
those
options
as
well,
but
yeah,
usually
the
gyms
become
the
catch
off.
You'll,
see
kids
playing
soccer
or
also
I
into
it.
Like
I
said
now,
with
batting
cages,
we
get
baseball
coming
indoors
with
us,
so
we're
definitely
with
you
on
that
and
getting
kids
access
to
these
facilities.
M
In
my
okay
mr.
chair,
one
more
question,
yeah,
so
another
sort
of
thing
that
were
as
we're
looking
at
the
future
is
there
any
like?
How
much
would
we
patent
would
say
the
city
you
guys
built
a
building
and
then
like
a
like
kind
of
finding
a
partner
to
run
it?
So
it
could
be
open
longer
like
that
that
business
model
that
makes
sense
like
so
city,
builds
something
and
either
is
run
by
boys
club
supplemented
by
us
or
run
by.
Is
there
any
talk
of
that
so.
D
I
mean
we
do
have
several
facilities
currently
that
that
we
no
longer
utilize
that
are
utilized
by
partner
organizations.
Smart
from
the
stock
operates
a
facility,
the
Johnson
central
Mission,
Hill,
and
the
Gavin
foundation
operates
the
Walsh
Center
in
South
Boston,
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club.
We
have
that
model
over
at
arms
or
two
orchard
gardens.
They
operate
that
facility.
We
also
have
facilities
that
we're
currently,
in
that
we.
D
M
E
C
Don't
some
outreach
didn't
working
closely
with
many
of
the
homeless,
shine,
shelters
on
youth,
homeless,
shelters
on
in
the
city,
and
we
can
we
still
do
our
last
word
on
the
work
I
mentioned
the
work
that's
taking
place
down
to
mass
and
we've
also
identified
on
quite
a
few
youth
who
were
actually
homeless
in
and
around
Mass,
Ave
and
I.
Think
one
of
the
gems
of
quick
answer
is
on
that.
Q
E
C
I'm
counselor,
you
know
one
thing
that
we
know
is
that
when
the
constituents
walk
through
our
doors,
they
don't
come
and
tell
us
who
they
are.
You
know,
of
course,
as
you
build
relationships,
you
start
to
get
to
know
them
and
understand
some
of
the
things
that
they're
dealing
with
and
so
we're
constantly.
You
know,
training
our
staff
and
dawn
on
professional
development
so
that
they
understand
how
important
it
is
for
us
to
be
inclusive-
and
you
know
many
kids
that
we
see
are
going
to
school
every
day.
E
L
Q
E
Shelters
where
youth
of
all
ages
are
and
bringing
them
into
our
into
our
youth
center,
there
is
also
a
large
early
ed
pre-k
K
1
K
0
population
of
youth
that
attend
bps,
that
we're
also
engaging
them,
and
we
have
some
pre-k
seats,
I.
Think
through
our
partnerships
with
the
site
councils
could
do
do
we
have
any
data
on
how
many
bps
kindergarten
seats
are
run
out
of
our
youth
centres?
E
D
So
I
we
could
definitely
get
to
that
information
console.
All
we
had
was
the
information
that
we
have
54
slots
at
City,
Hall
childcare
yeah
in
25
of
those
of
preschool,
but
we
can
definitely
get
back
to
you
with
regards
to.
We
can
get
a
count
of
the
other,
tiny
tots
programs
that
we
have
and
get
you
a
number
through.
E
Some
of
our
through
the
for
female
councillors
are
doing
this
whole
series.
Public
policy
series
on
childcare
in
early
education,
creating
opportunity
for
higher
quality
early
ed,
there's
a
number
of
those
kids
that
are
in
our
kindergarten
seat,
in
particular,
experiencing
homelessness.
And
how
do
we
make
sure
that
they're
accessing
the
highest
quality
seats
across
the
city
and
I
think
that
some
of
your
site
councils
provide
a
lot
of
those
high
quality
seats?
We'll
make
sure
that
they're
they
are
connected
in
in
all
that?
B
I
was
one
of
that
that
you
know
recently,
we've
been
working
with
a
DM
associated
grant
makers.
Normally
they've
been
a
steadfast
sort
of
funder,
supporting
a
lot
of
our
summer
camp
programs
to
a
lot
of
young
people,
and
this
year
we
talk
to
them
a
little
bit
about
sort
of
the
intensity
of
the
work
that
we
do,
especially
knowing
that
in
some
of
our
sites
we
have
homeless
families
that
come
in,
but
sometimes
even
though
our
piece
and
to
be
really
low.
B
E
Great
and
I'm
working
with
my
colleagues
and
state
government
to
support
a
bill
that
would
grant
children
of
families
who
experiencing
homelessness,
sort
of
immediate
vouchers
to
child
care
and
because
there's
still
a
lot
of
oops
that
families
have
to
go
through
once
they
enter
the
shelter
system
to
access
child
care,
which
would
also
include
them
this
early,
ed
early,
ed
work.
So
please,
let
me
know
if
there's
any
way
that
I
can
support
that
work
and.
J
E
Sort
of
emphasize
or
re-emphasize
the
importance
to
connect
with
bps
on
the
work
that
they're
doing,
because
in
Boston
Public
Schools
we
often
identify,
although
it's
still
a
challenge,
to
identify
all
the
kids
that
are
experiencing
homelessness
but
their
younger
siblings.
So
that
aren't
yet
in
bps.
If
we
can
identify
the
older
kid
we
can
maybe
help
you
identify
the
younger
kid.
That's
not
in
the
system
yet
and
then
in
case
of
the
Cris,
with
the
18
19
year
olds
that
are
maybe
graduated
out
of
school
or
disengaged
from
school,
we
can
help
to
identify.
E
F
L
Thank
you
very
much,
so
I
just
want
to
be
very
clear:
I
find
I
find
it
actually
it.
It
falls.
It's
unacceptable
to
speak
about
organization,
this
one
we're
not
going
to
fund
them,
and
so,
if
you're
gonna
I
think
you
need
to
in
this
budget
fun
project
right
to
put
forward
those
programs.
We
don't
have
time
and
I
would
note
after
Memorial
Day
from
Memorial
Day
to
Labor,
Day
is
generally
the
season
in
which
we
see
have
seen
an
uptick
in
violence
in
the
community
and
again
we're
talking
about
growth.
L
Hall
we're
talking
about
an
area
that
we've
seen
in
the
past.
Many
things
happen,
and
it
is
not
safe
for
young
people
and
it's
definitely
not
safe
for
our
seniors.
If
young
people
don't
have
options
or
things
to
do
in
in
their
neighborhood
and
I
and
I
hear
conversations
about
other
other
centers.
This
we
need
to
offer
those
services
in
their
own
community,
because
many
of
them
are
are
not
able
to
change
geography
in
terms
of
being
able
to
go
from
neighborhood
to
neighborhood.
L
C
C
So
there
is
some
funding
around
that
if
they
need
supplies
and
things
like
that,
those
supplies
come
out
of
the
general
operating
budget,
and
so
yes,
there
is-
and
you
know
the
goal
of
street
workers
really
is
not
so
much
to
do
programming
but
to
statement
scare,
the
young
men
and
women
into
existing
programs-
and
you
know
we
certainly
when
needed.
If
they're
looking
to
provide
a
specific
program,
we
utilize
the
external
funds
to
do
that
as
well.
Okay,
because.
L
L
And
one
of
the
most,
the
least
stable
aspects
of
their
their
life
is
actually
that
housing
issue
and
if
we
could
get
some
of
that
taken
care
of
I
think
we
could
probably
get
our
arms
around
many
of
the
things
that
were
we're
actually
dealing
with
and
also
displacement
and
gentrification
also
means
that
people
actually
are
moving
into
neighborhoods
or
places
where
they're
actually
in
closer
locale
to
people
that
they
may
have
traditionally
had
some
issues
with
right.
So
there's
some
thoughts
that
we
need
to
kind
of
think
about
there.
L
But
I
would
just
say
that
things
like
food
and
I've
talked
to
many
street
workers.
They
buy
some
pizza.
They
show
up
every
day
right
and
all
I'm
saying
is
that
we
need
to
be
thoughtful
about.
What's
actually
working,
that's
practices
that
work
and
we
should
budget
for
those
things,
because
the
flipside
of
what
you
do
we're
sitting
here
talking
about
$100,000
overtime,
budget,
the
police,
overtime
budget,
seventy
million
dollars
right.
So
if
we
get
and
and
fun
you
and
are
proactive,
then
we
don't
have
a
seventy
million
dollar
over
overtime
budget
right.
L
So
I
just
think
it.
We
have
to
be
really
thoughtful
about,
you
know
where
and
how
we
use
our
funds,
and
we
should
be
listening
to
folks
on
these
issues.
The
last
piece,
I'll
just
say,
is
I,
so
I
still
I
think
we
need
to
have
this
street
safe
program
broken
out
to
us,
because
you
told
us
three
years,
three
million
dollars
2.1.
L
Million
dollars
were
in
it
were
at
after
year
through
this
is
now
year
for
yep,
and
you
don't
have
a
1.1
million
dollar
budget
right,
so
you're
not
spending
1.1
million
in
the
in
the
in
the
in
the
fourth
year.
So
the
issue
is:
unless
people
are
doing,
volunteer,
work
you're
not
going
to
I,
don't
understand
how
you
carry
the
same
number
of
people
if
we're
not
putting
if
the
city
is
not
putting
anything
to
meet
that
that
difference.
C
I
think
first
thing
is:
you
know
we're
talking
about
right
now
we're
having
a
conversation
around
the
fiscal
budget
which
is
June
the
June
and
when
the
funding
was
on
appropriated
to
be
cyf,
it
was
annually
so
was
year
to
year.
It
didn't
start
out
on
January
1st.
It
was
a
process
where
we
had
to
go
out
and
and
I'd
and
do
the
interview
process
identify
staffers
into
the
interview
process
and
get
them
started,
so
they
didn't
start
right
away.
L
C
C
We
but
we
work
closely
with
BPD.
We
work
closely
with
probation
to
identify
those
groups
that
are
a
concern
and
we
identify
the
top
forty
five
groups
and
each
one
of
those
groups
has
an
individual
assigned
to
work
closely
with
them.
As
we
know,
you
know
I'm,
and
you
know,
depending
on
who
you
talk
to
there's
probably
over
130
groups
in
the
city,
and
certainly
we
have
to
be
intentional
about
how
we
deploy
our
staff,
and
so
we
clearly
have
to
move
staff
around
when
needed.
L
So
I
just
I
what
I
would
like
is
a
breakdown
of
how
this
works.
We
work
in
fiscal
year
budget
and
you're,
giving
us
an
annual
budget.
That's
not
how
we
how
we
work,
so
we
I
would
like
that
to
be
broken
down.
So
we
have
an
understanding
and
the
commitment
that
the
same
number
of
individuals
who
are
currently
on
on
staff
are
going
to
be
carried
not
through
December,
because
you're
speaking
at
per
annum,
but
through
through
the
fiscal
year.
L
It's
an
area
that
has
had
problems
and
for
us
to
not
have
any
current
services
that
the
city
is
providing
right
now,
relative
and
and
paying
for
arm
to
me
is
a
crisis,
and
it
needs
to
be
addressed
relative
to
other
offerings
that
that
that
need
to
need
to
be
there
and
I
appreciate
and
I
love
project
right,
I
love
the
work
that
they
are.
They
continue
to
do
but.
C
C
L
And
and
the
youth
center
closed
a
month
later
right,
so
that's
all
I
just
want
us
to
be
thoughtful
about
how
we,
how
real
that
is
right
and
we're
bringing
we're
bringing
our
elders
in
right.
So,
if
we're
I,
if
we're
not
dealing
with
the
realities
of
violence
in
that
neighborhood
and
we're
giving
less
net-net
less
than
we
did
the
year
before,
we
are
putting
everybody
in
harm's
way,
and
this
and
and
and
the
budget
does
not
reflect
a
solution
to
how
that
those
youth
services
are
restored.
L
E
You
Thank
You
counsel,
Jackson
for
bringing
up
that
point
on
the
annual
budget.
I
think
it
may
be
helpful
on
any
items
that
are
annualized
as
opposed
to
our
fiscal
year,
so
you
just
come
back
at
that
and
in
a
more
appropriate
time
to
discuss
that
next
year's
budget.
Oh
it
certainly
there's
no
limitations
or
restrictions
on
what
we
can
have
conversations
about
budgets,
so
I
think
we
can.
We
can
do
that.
E
I
am
I
was
going
through
my
notes,
I
thought
I
was
done
and
there's
always
there's
always
more
questions
when
it
comes
to
my
notes.
I
think
that
when
we
talked
about
your
partnership
with
Boston
Public
Schools
that
there
may
be
a
place
to
to
insert
your
yourselves
and
the
work
that
your
community
centers
do
with
their
bills
BPS
plan,
because
there
was
a
billion
dollars
that
the
mayor
is
looking
to
invest
over
the
next
ten
years
into
BPS
and
I.
E
Think
that
we've
generally
restricted
the
conversation
around
power
using
that
billion
dollars
and
bps
over
the
10-year
period
to
sort
of
the
academic
or
the
school
space.
And
one
of
the
places
where
I
think
we
need
to
continue
to
grow.
The
conversation
is
in
athletic
and
recreational
space,
because
that
is
part
of
a
student's
experience
and.
F
E
C
We
continue
to
work
closely
with
them
Parks
and
Rec
Don
Department.
In
fact,
we
just
don't
what
I
collaborated
with
them
recently
on
the
girls
festival,
and
you
know,
through
the
winter
monsoon
they
provide
lots
of
recreational
opportunities
and
programs
and
I
and
inside
our
building.
So
you
know,
of
course
you
know
it's
cold
outside
the
fields
and
things
I'm,
not
you
know
playable,
and
so
they
utilize
our
spaces
there
and
vice
versa.
C
You
know
we
just
had
a
meeting
yesterday
about
some
some
neighborhoods
concerns
in
East
Boston
and
how
we
can
both
for
some
of
the
efforts
that
are
taking
place
out
there.
So
we
certainly
unworked
closely
with
them
on
the
summer
being
be
able
we'll
start-
and
you
know
it's
so
close
to
5,000
participants
and
n
bmbl,
and
we
work
collaboratively
to
support
on
the
work
that's
taking
place
on
tourism
throughout
the
summer.
No.
E
That's
great
and
I
love
to
hear
that,
because
there
is
this
indoor
and
outdoor
relationship
and
then
my
last
comment,
because
it
was
one
that
I
didn't
make
earlier,
is
just
the
importance
of
teaching
kids
to
swim,
both
at
our
beaches,
our
city's
beaches
and
at
our
pools.
It's
just
I
would
love
to
see
it
as
a
high
school
graduation
requirement
that
all
kids
learn
how
to
swim
in
order
to
graduate
because
it's
where
a
harbour
city
and
so
much
of
the
population
ends
up
on
either
coast.
E
But
if
we
can
give
our
kids
that
skill
I
think
it's
really
important,
it's
something
that
I
challenge
my
kids
to
learn
how
to
swim
and
they're.
Ok,
swimmers
I'd,
like
I'd,
feel
more
comfortable
if
they
were
stronger
swimmers
and
you
play
a
really
important
role
and
making
sure
that
that
happens
for
our
kids,
both
in
the
summer
months,
but
then
also
I,
think
some
of
the
schools
that
do
have
pools
are
really
in
your
facilities.
E
L
You
know
what
I
I
want
to
apologize,
you
guys
and
weasel
wrong,
because
you
get
the
budget
that
the
mayor
gave
you
and
you
the
money,
gets
a
place
as
best
as
you
can.
What
I
would
simply
say
is
that
this
budget
that
you
were
given
by
the
mayor
does
not
meet
all
of
the
needs
of
the
young
people
in
the
city
of
Boston.
This
is
not
it
is.
L
A
You
commissioners,
Keith
Morales
by
nurse'll
prizeo.
Thank
you
for
your
time
in
just
emoni
today,
I'm
going
to
move
to
public
testimony
at
this
time
you
feel
free
to
sit
in
the
gallery,
but
you
can
go
sit
in
the
gallery,
but
at
this
time
and
I'm
going
to
call
three
people
at
a
time
that
signed
up
for
public
testimony-
and
you
can
come
right
down
here
to
the
podium
Carmen
Jackson,
Vilma,
Davy,
Eileen,
Marsh
and
I
apologize
if
I
mispronounce,
anybody's
name.
A
R
R
Since
I've
been
going
there,
I
have
met
some
wonderful
people,
I
learned
to
crochet
I
learned
to
swim,
going
to
unchoose
as
we
go
to
the
aerobic
water
aerobics,
and
it
is
very
good
and
the
program
helps
me:
I
was
home,
I'm,
retired
and
I
was
home,
doing
nothing
and
one
day
one
of
my
friends
she
said
to
me:
what
do
you
do
during
the
day?
I
said
nothing
just
sleep
and
go
spend
money
that
I
don't
have
she
said.
Well,
you
know
what
you
need
to
come
and
go
with
me.
This
was
Elena.
R
She
said
this
to
be
and
the
Thursday
morning
I
got
up.
I
call
her
I
said:
what
time
do
we
have
to
be
there?
She
said,
oh
I,
think
about
10
o'clock.
Okay,
I'll
pick
you
up
and
everything
that
was
in
February
everything
from
that
day,
I
get
up
in
the
morning.
I
didn't
had
nothing
to
do
before
and
now
I
am
so
pleased
to
say
that
I
have
something
to
do
every
day.
Every
day
you
go
there
and
there's
people
that
you
can
talk
to.
R
You
can
conversate
with
and
they're
very
very
nice
people,
the
leader,
the
program.
She
is
the
best
and
she
has
Ayanna
and
she
is
the
best
and
the
people
that
come
there.
You
would
not
believe
it
you
meet
every
day.
You
meet
a
fresh
group
of
people
and
they
are
so
wonderful.
Sometimes
you
don't
have
breakfast
and
you
go
there
and
when
you
look,
there's
breakfast
you
get
coffee,
you
get
key
anything
you
want.
You
can
always
get
there.
R
A
Was
the
director
of
a
Senior
Center
in
Brighton
for
14
years,
and
we
were
there
last
night
for
public
hearing,
it's
so
great
to
hear
that
kind
of
testimony
common,
because
our
seniors
cannot
be
isolated.
You
need
to
be
with
other
people
and
people
younger
than
you
can
benefit
from
all
your
experience
and
knowledge.
So
we
need
you
out
in
our
neighborhoods.
You
know
integrating
with
all
all
kinds
of
people
not
just
seniors,
but
thank
you.
I
indulge
myself
on
that
Delma!
Yes,.
N
My
name
is
Vilma
devi
and
I
agree
with
what
she
was
saying.
I
just
started
about
two
months
ago,
I
was
at
the
same
Testament
like
her.
Somebody
called
me,
I
didn't
know
about
it
and
told
me
and
I
said
well,
I
need
that,
because
I
get
that
shy,
exercise,
I
get
the
yoga
exercise
and
yesterday's
by
the
first
time
I
was
Tuesday.
I
went
swimming
so
I'm
getting
all
the
exercise.
I
need
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
passion.
The
budget
for
next
year.
N
S
F
S
Members
send
your
family
member
to
that
community
center
and
I
have
gone
into
the
place,
and
there
was
no
TV
that
was
a
plus
I
walked
in
there
and
it
was
active
there's
so
much
going
on.
The
elderly
need
arm
facilities
like
that
in
order
to
help
them
and
they've
got
a
wonderful
staff
with
AD
and
Jana
and
some
other
helpers,
and
they
do
a
good
job
with
the
elderly.
I
won't
prolong
this
any
more,
but
it's
one
of
the
better
programs
that
I've
seen
in
the
community.
Thank
you
thank.
J
I
was
fortunate
to
work
with
eighty
a
few
years
ago
and
we
actually
started
a
Tuesday
third
Tuesday
of
the
month
seeing
a
workshop,
and
we
did
that
for
several
years
before
it
expanded
into
the
community
center.
He
really
seeded
a
need
for
it.
At
the
same
time,
we
all,
as
you
know,
grow
fall,
is
fairly
densely
populated
and
at
this
time
there
are
no
direct
city,
funded
youth
programming
being
offered
in
city
facilities
or
Boston
public
school
buildings
during
the
evenings
or
weekends
in
the
Grove
Hall
neighborhood.
J
Why
that's
important
is
that
of
party
nights
for
the
last
ten
years.
Project
right
in
partnership
with
the
Roxbury
YMCA
does
offer
rare
Glee
Friday
night
lady
nights
from
7:00
a.m.
to
11:00
p.m.
I.
Don't
get
home
till
1:00
a.m.
many
times,
because
we're
doing
rides
we're
doing
delivering
news
all
over
the
city
who
used
to
live
in
Grove
all
day.
As
you
know,
families
are
very
transitory.
J
They
still
come
back
to
grow
fall
or
they
go
to
school,
grow
fall,
so
we're
always
June
right,
we're,
probably
how
I
do
this
46
Friday
nights
per
year
that
draws
between
7230
teenagers
per
night.
They
go
back
to
that
horrific
night
when
officer
Moynihan
was
shot
and
critically
injured.
We
had
over
120
teenagers
at
Roxbury
Y
and
another
17
teenagers
through
mics
an
elderly
get
go,
fall,
commune
Center.
J
We
have
run
some
evening
programming
since
July,
whether
it's
baseball
dogs
or
video
games
out
of
the
Burke
gym
and
the
Grove
Park
Community
Center,
twice
a
week
up
until
when
the
basketball
season
started.
As
you
know,
when
you
have
shared
facilities
you
you
know,
we
have
to
kind
of
navigate
these
school
sports
sessions
and
that
it
does
contain
pet.
But
we
were,
you
know
with
very
limited
outreach,
very
limited
funding,
because
we
weren't
sure
what
the
sports
schedule
was.
We
were
easily
drawing
40s
and
60
young
people
during
that
time
period.
J
Culture
Campbell
saw
some
that
energy
of
that
young
people
during
our
community
meeting,
even
though
they
were
up
on
the
third
floor.
We
could
still
feel
the
energy
in
our
meeting
on
the
first
floor.
We
can
significantly
expand
and
we're
looking
for.
We
had
a
meeting
yesterday
to
talk
about.
How
can
we
expand
this
outreach
with
young
people
how
we
can
utilize
the
bird
gym?
Now
we
can
use
the
grow,
fall
Community
Center
space
for
four
nights
a
week,
but
we
need
your
help.
We
need
you.
J
One
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
is
really
going
to
push
the
foundations.
The
foundations
are
really
starting
with
do
all
their
support
for
after-school
programming,
violence,
prevention,
programming,
they're,
not
into
very
measurable
outcomes,
which
is
important,
but
that's
a
and
then
they
say.
Well,
how
can
you
measure
anti
violence
prevention
work?
Well,
people
didn't
get
killed.
We
should,
but
you
know
it's
not.
J
It
doesn't
come
in
a
very
neat
package
and
we
need
your
help
to
and
Amira
self
to
really
kind
of
push
for
our
foundations
kind
of
step
up
in
this
era
of
declining
federal
dollars.
And
then
you
know
today's
global
talk
about
the
impact
on
perhaps
on
the
state
budget.
You
know
we
might
be
in
a
lot
of
your
city.
What
programs
you're,
not
a
lot
of
your
nonprofits,
may
be
losing
some
of
your
state
funding
because
of
declining
state
revenues.
So
we
really
do
need
your
help
in
terms
of
that.
J
So
please
support
councillor
Campbell's
request
for
additional
$500,000
in
youth
development
programming
I
think
there
are
deserts
in
our
city,
neighborhoods,
where
you
have
densely
populated
populations
or
young
people
with
significantly
limited
opportunities
and
programming's
that
these
fund
would
provide
positive
alternatives
for
these
disconnected
teenagers.
One
of
the
things
that
we
did,
one
of
our
summers,
we
at
you
with
blossom
emia,
as
we
did
a
emergency
preparedness
workshop.
J
They
had
both
our
seniors,
but
also
had
our
young
people
coming
to
that
senior
workshop
and
with
you
know,
we
want
to
do
more
of
that
intergenerational
work,
because
it's
very
important
for
our
young
people
to
learn
from
our
seniors
and
their
experiences.
We
also
want
to
work
with
you
on
the
school
building
process.
The
grow
fall
community
center,
the
grow
fall
library
and
the
Burke
renovation
was
a
14
year
process.
J
We
went
through
three
different
design
processes,
mainly
because
the
budget
cuts
governor
weld
at
that
time
actually
tried
to
beat
line-item
veto
out
that
budget
we
had
to
work
with
representa
same
floor
and
Senator
Wilkinson.
At
a
time
to
get
money
reser
we
went
to
three
different
design
processes
for
the
Burke.
It
got
really
scaled
down.
We
actually
had
a
big
field,
originally
regulation,
so
I
feel,
but
what
we
ended
up
is
is:
what's
there
we
clearly
learned
from
that.
J
We
fully
shared
facilities
are
not
optimal,
but
it's
better
than
nothing
when
you
have
nothing,
but
we
are
willing
to
work
with
the
City
Council
to
try
to
figure
out
how
we
move
forward.
We
also
know
work
with
you
in
a
school
department
how
we
do
we
utilize
school
facilities.
We,
as
you
know,
I'm
one
of
the
cofounders
of
the
Frederick.
We
had
a
ten-year
prop.
J
We
had
a
many
year
process
in
terms
of
that
we
took
a
quarry
field
that
was
a
they
had
sneaker
trees,
I
had
to
get
bulldoze
by
Mayor
Menino
and
the
National
Guard
turn
that
into
a
school
students.
There
do
not
know
the
history
of
that
site
all
they
know
that
school
that
provides
a
lot
of
great
resources
at
times
the
school
and
in
community
groups
throughout,
like
project,
might
want
to
do
after
school
or
evening
events
or
were
a
work
with
young
people
at
the
school.
In
the
gym.
J
A
lot
of
times
the
gym
is
booked
out
by
teams
are
doing
a
you
work
rather
than
doing
programming
force
near
would
use.
So
we
want
to
work
with
you
do
kind
of
work
on.
How
can
we
ensure
that
some
of
our
neighborhood
facilities
that
are
in
areas
where
there
are
not
direct
youth
programming
for
young
people
that
they
get
slotted
for
neighborhood
programs
or
schools,
because
even
the
school,
sometimes
the
Frederick's,
have
can't
function
provide
activities
in
their
own
facility?
J
Finally,
we
want
to
get
we've
been
working
with
our
counselors
to
look
at
the
field
across
the
street
from
the
front
of
burke
on
geneva
al
and
turn
that
into
a
mini
multi-purpose
field.
Right
now
is
going
from
being
d2.
It's
been
transferred
from
DD
to
the
parks.
It
has
been
a
little
bit
of
a
cup
in
terms
of
that,
we
want
you
to
help,
make
sure
that
that
gets
expedited.
We
want
to
work
with
parks.
J
You
really
see
that
become
a
mini
multi-purpose
bill,
because
right
now
for
the
burke
and
the
durable
suits,
who
are
there
right
now
they
have
to
go
down
to
sale
on
or
two
Roland
Park
a
lot
of
times.
When
we
come
I
see
the
football
players
sitting
on
the
back.
Steps
on
gene
ended
up
because
the
bus
is
late;
rather,
they
can
just
kind
of
walk
across
the
street.
Have
a
mini
multi-purpose
field
work
on
their
skill
development.
All
our
kids
need
skill,
development
and
ratchet
because
they
don't
do
enough
skill
to
them.
J
They
just
watch
the
video
highlights
I
think
that's
all
they
need
to
do,
but
you
can
really.
We
can
really
do
a
lot
with
that
mini
multi-purpose
field.
We
can
do
stuff
during
the
day
with
the
community
center,
with
the
schools
and
and
installs
on
there.
So
thank
you
for
holding
this
hearing.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
you
and
again.
Thank
you
for
your
pal
support.
Thank.
P
Thank
You
countess,
oh
I'll,
be
very
brief.
I
just
wanted
to
first
thank
my
many
of
my
d4
residents
for
coming
out
and
testifying,
but
Mike
just
last
night,
actually
at
the
parks
budget
hearing
that
we
had
in
Brighton
chaired
by
councilor
co-moh
I
asked
that
very
question
and
Commissioner
Cooke
agrees
that
in
that
area
of
Grove
Hall
we
definitely
need
field
and
open
space
for
our
young
people
and
they're
in
preliminary
discussions
with
D
and
D
about
how
they
do
that
right.
P
Now,
they're
working
on
something
and
another
part
of
district
4
in
Roslindale,
where
they've
attached
I
think
$50,000
to
really
study
that.
How
we
part
can
take
that
from
D
and
D,
so
I'm
hoping
that
they'll
do
something
similar
for
that
parcel,
and
it's
really
exciting
actually
to
hear
about
the
senior
programming
at
the
Grove
Hall
a
community
center.
We
don't
often
get
folks
coming
in
and
talking
about
the
highlights
and
the
positive
things
and
frankly,
our
our
commissioners
are
our
employees.
P
Our
teams
and
our
city
needs
to
hear
about
the
positive
rollouts
in
the
community.
So
thank
you
to
our
seniors
and
our
elders
for
coming
and
testifying
about
the
incredible
programming
at
the
Grove
hall
community
center.
Thank
you
guys
for
your
advocacy
and
thank
you
for
being
partners
in
the
work
and
Thank
You
councillor
co-moh.
Thank.
A
You
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
the
testimony.
Today
we
are
going
to
adjourn
the
DCYF
FY
18
budget,
docket,
zero,
five,
three:
six:
zero:
five:
three:
eight
and
zero
five:
three:
nine:
two
zero
five.
Four
three
want
to
thank
the
commissioners
as
well
as
the
great
staff
of
BC
Y
F
for
all
you
do
and
this
hearing
stands
adjourned.
A
Guarding
the
revolving
fund
that
has
managed
to
the
boss,
incentives
of
youth
and
families,
docket
zero,
five,
five
four
message
in
order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
Boston
Center
for
youth
and
families,
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2018
to
pay
salaries
and
benefits
of
employees
in
to
purchase
supplies
and
equipment
necessary
to
operate
City
Hall
childcare.
This
revolving
fund
shall
be
credited
with
any
and
all
receipts
from
tuition
paid
by
parents
or
guardians
for
children
enrolled
at
the
center
receipts
and
resulting
expenditures
from
this
fund
shall
not
exceed
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
A
I
want
to
welcome
my
colleagues
to
to
my
left
ninny,
so
sabi
drops
George,
isn't
counselor
at
large
to
my
right
district
city,
councilor,
Andreya
Campbell
in
to
my
far
right
district
city
councilor.
Madam
Ali,
like
to
remind
folks
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
being
broadcast
on
our
CN
channel
8
to
82
in
Comcast
channel
8
like
to
ask
people
to
silence
their
electronic
devices.
We
will
also
take
public
testimony
the
conclusion
of
the
presentation
in
question
period,
sign-in
sheets
to
my
left.
A
D
So
the
revolving
fund
for
City
Hall
childcare
allows
us
to
collect
the
revenue
that's
generated
through
the
fees,
the
children,
the
families
pay
in
order
for
their
children
to
attend
the
program
here
at
City
Hall
childcare.
So
what
it
allows
us
to
sup
little
aoz
us
to
cover
or
cover
the
salaries
equipment
in
different
things
in
their
health
benefits
that
relate
to
the
cost
generated
through
the
operation
of
the
City
Hall
child
care
program.
We
do
run
into
a
deficit.
D
This
program
usually
runs
at
a
deficit,
but
we
it's
important
to
us
to
maintain
the
affordability
of
the
program,
but
we
have
recently
gone
through
a
couple
of
fee
increases
recently
to
try
to
help
close
the
deficit,
because
the
program
still
is
very
well
below
market
rate
for
child
care.
We
actually
have
a
fee
increase
coming
up
this
month,
5%
increase,
which
is
similar
to
what
we
did
last
year.
That'll
that'll
raise
the
weekly
fees
arm
slightly.
D
It's
about
15,
on
average,
about
15
dollars
a
week
for
the
families,
but
again
just
trying
to
close
close
the
the
deficit
that
we've
seen
in
this
program,
with
the
revolving
fund
being
capped
at
750,000,
goes
mostly
towards
covering
the
staff.
Salaries
is
the
biggest
expense
related
to
that,
and
also
we've
made
some
changes
with
regards
to
a
small
fee
related
to
the
wait
list
and
also
small
fee
with
regard
to
enrollment
an
enrollment
fee
when
kids
are
accepted
into
the
program
that
are
pretty
common
in
the
childcare
industry.
D
D
So
I
mean
ultimately
what
the
city
offers
is
the
money
that
they'll
end
up
allocating
at
the
end
of
the
year
to
cover
whatever
deficit
is
generated.
Most
of
the
we
just
continue
throughout
the
year
to
run
with
the
revolving
fund
of
fees
coming
in
and
again
every
year.
Yet
here
we've
worked
to
try
to
make
that
gap
smaller
and
smaller,
while
still
like
I
said
again.
N
D
D
Okay,
so
the
enrollment
fee
is
new
and
it
was
it
was
in
an
attempt
again
to
try
to
you
know
just
a
small
way
of
trying
to
close
the
to
close
the
deficit
and
again
it's
pretty
standard.
If
you
do
some
research
around
different
child
care
programs
across
the
city,
it's
pretty
standard
to
have
an
enrollment
fee.
D
D
A
toddler
two
hundred
and
eighty
dollars
and
a
preschool
will
be
two
hundred
and
twelve
and
again,
if
you,
if
you
look
at
the
cost
of
alternative
JK
programs
that
is
very
affordable
in
below
market,
but
again
we're
trying
to
you
know,
maintain
collective
bargaining
increases
in
benefits
to
the
employees
while
still
trying
to
keep
it
affordable.
So
it's
definitely
a
tough
balancing
act,
but
again
over
the
past
couple
of
years
with
the
fee
increases
and
those
small
fees
we
talked
about
where
we're
trying
to
close
that
gap
as
much
as
we
can
very.
A
G
You
thank
you
mr.
chair
and
I.
Just
want
to
say,
gentlemen.
Not
only
is
it
affordable,
but
it
is
the
highest
quality.
I
am
family
members,
dear
friends,
who
have
taken
advantage
of
its
great
work
and
wanted
to
again
her
name
was
mentioned
earlier,
but
miss
Grace,
who
runs
the
Orenburg.
Our
child
care
just
does
a
phenomenal
job.
D
Well,
counselor
I
think
you
know
we'd
love
to
expand
the
program,
but
I
think
currently,
as
you
as
you
know,
as
we
discussed
there
is
there
is
a
deficit
and
also
I
think
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
space
restriction
with
regard
to
the
space,
so
I
think.
Ultimately,
if
we'd
ever
look
to
want
to
increase
it,
we
would
have
to
look
probably
at
an
alternative
space.
D
I
think
you
know
with
being
eec,
licensed
there's
there's
a
requirements
around
the
ratios
in
space
and
different
things,
so
I
think
we're
kind
of
at
our
max
right
now
in
the
staff,
does
do
an
excellent
job
here
at
City,
Hall
and
we've.
We've
always
gotten
good
feedback
from
folks
that
take
advantage
of
the
program
and
we're
very
proud
of
our
staff
that
do
an
excellent
job,
providing
this
care
and
again
I.
D
Think
folks,
especially
with
regards
to
the
infant
and
toddler
which
is
you
know,
we've
seen
a
need
there
and
not
so
much
with
the
preschool
like
I
said
earlier
in
the
previous
hearing
around
with
you
know
the
mayor
and
bps
working
so
hard
to
offer
more
k0
slots.
You
know
a
lot
of
people
are
starting
to
rely
on
the
public
school
system
to
provide
that
preschool
preschool
education,
which
you
know
as
I
talked
about
earlier.
We
could
possibly
see
in
our
exploring
possible
increase
in
infant
toddler
slots
to
help
accommodate
the
need
to.
D
Hopefully
you
know,
shorten
the
waitlist
and
take
and
be
more
of
a
sort
resource
for
the
need
that
we
see,
whereas
it's
kind
of
shifting
away
from
preschool
more
towards
the
infant
toddler,
but
again,
I,
think
increasing.
The
number
of
kids
we
have
would
be
would
start
to
become
more
of
a
space
conversation.
Okay,
thank.