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Dockets #0524-0531 - Fiscal Year 2022 Budget: Office of Economic Development/ Office of Women's Advancement
Docket #0541 - Boston Equity Fund
B
Yes,
he
wasn't
on
our
our
magic
list
here
now
he's
in
awesome.
Thank
you
great
thanks
all
right.
Well
with
that,
I'm
calling
this
hearing
of
the
boston
city
council
with
the
means
committee
to
order
for
the
record.
My
name
is
kenzie
bach,
I'm
the
district
8
city
councillor
and
also
the
chair
of
the
ways
and
means
committee
and
this
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It's
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
city-council-tv
and
it's
also
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn,
channel
82
and
files
channel
964..
B
So
if
you're
watching
this
and
you're
interested
in
testifying,
you
can
either
go
to
boston.gov
budget
testify
to
see
all
the
ways
you
can
go
to.
Boston.Gov
council
dash
budget
in
order
to
see
the
full
calendar,
you
can
shoot
us
an
email
at
the
committee
at
ccc.wm,
it's
for
ways
and
means
ccc.wm
boston.gov,
so
we
can
take
written
testimony
there
or
your
request
to
testify
in
person
in
the
zoom
that
website
bossnetgov
testify.
B
It's
got
the
way
to
upload
a
video
of
yourself
that
we
can
append
to
one
of
these
hearings
and
we're
also
having
two
dedicated
public
testimony.
Hearings
left.
So
if
you
want
to
come
and
speak
in
the
evening
and
not
have
to
wait
for
presentations
may
25th
at
6
p.m.
We're
having
one
focused
on
the
boston,
public
schools,
budget
and
june
3rd
at
6
pm
we're
having
one
focus
on
any
other
aspect
of
the
budget.
B
B
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket
0524-0526
orders
for
the
fy
22
operating
budget,
including
annual
appropriations
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
and
for
other
post-employment
benefits.
Talk
at
0-527-0528
orders
for
capital
fund
transfer
appropriations,
docket
0529-0531
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements
and
docket
0546
an
order
authorizing
an
appropriation
from
the
boston
equity
fund.
B
B
To
all
of
them
for
joining
us-
and
we
will
we'll
be
hearing
today
from
midori
morikawa,
our
chief
of
economic
development,
natalia
artube,
director
of
small
business
and
the
executive
director
of
imagine,
boston
2030,
it's
chief
barry,
selena
varus,
milner
of
the
equity
cabinet,
alexandra
valdez,
the
executive
director
of
the
office
of
women's
advancement
and
also
ali
polo
and
danny
green.
B
So
I'm
joined
here
by
my
colleagues
counselor
liz
braden
of
district
nine
counselor
anissa
sabi
george
at
large
councilor,
ed
flynn
of
district,
two
councilor
michael
flaherty
at
large
councilor,
michelle
wu
at
large
and
counselor
julia
mejia
at
large.
So
thank
you
to
the
colleagues
for
being
here
and
without
further
ado,
we'll
jump
right
in
so
I
will
pass
it
over
to
chief
midori
and
morocco
starts
off.
D
Great,
thank
you
so
much
good
morning,
chairman
bach
vice
chair
will
wasabi
george
councillor
flynn,
councillor
beaton
council
of
flaherty
councillor
wu
and
councillor
mejia
again.
My
name
is
midori
morikawa
and
I'm
the
chief
of
economic
development
for
the
city
of
boston,
I'm
also
joined
today
by
selena
barius,
milner,
chief
of
equity
inclusion
and
natalie
otabay,
director
of
small
business.
You
will
hear
from
them
about
the
city's
equitable
programming
efforts,
as
well
as
a
work
in
the
small
business
next
slide,
so
just
a
quick
overview
of
our
office
of
economic
development
cabinet.
D
So,
as
many
of
you
know,
our
cabinet
was
created
back
in
2014
to
promote
equitable
economic
development
to
ensure
that
there
is
a
shared
prosperity
for
both
the
residents
and
businesses
by
removing
barriers
to
business
growth,
unlocking
innovation
in
areas
that
create
jobs,
advancing
a
sustainable
growth-based
strategy
emphasizing
the
following
five
strategies:
neighborhood
development
without
displacement,
neighborhood
and
stakeholder
engagement,
comprehensive
community
planning,
promotion
of
boston
as
the
destination
for
business
and
visitors
and
regional
and
international
partnerships
next
slide.
D
So
our
number
one
priority
is
to
develop
pathways
to
overcome
income
and
wealth
disparities
in
disproportionate
opportunities.
Chief,
various
miller
will
go
over
in
more
detail
about
some
of
our
key
accomplishment
this
year,
as
well
as
some
of
the
goals
for
fi
22.
D
Our
priority
number
two
is
our
business
development
and
job
growth.
So,
as
many
of
you
know,
the
pandemic
has
had
a
disproportionate
impact,
especially
for
our
small
business
constituents.
So
director
natalia
will
talk
more
about
what
sports
and
resources
that
we
were
able
to
assist
many
thousands
of
businesses
here
in
boston.
D
We
also
will
be
talking
about
our
cannabis
work
that
is
picking
up
to
ensure
that
any
equity
applicants
interested
in
going
into
the
emerging
industry
is
able
to
do
so
with
the
support
from
our
team
and,
lastly,
the
summer
jobs,
especially
we
work
very
closely
with
the
boston
private
industry
council
to
to
recruit
private
sector
employers
to
place
our
young
people
into
the
meaningful
employment
experience
during
summer
months.
So
that
is
one
of
our
key
strategies
as
well,
next
slide
and
prior
number.
D
Three
is
a
place-making
and
community
economic
development
to
establish
fair,
transparent
and
equitable
policies
and
strategies
for
land
use
and
development
in
targeted
boston
neighborhoods.
So
we
are
doing
some
work
in
our
upcoming
corner
neighborhood.
The
economic
development
without
displacement
is
our
goal
there.
We
are
also
working
very
closely
with
our
boston
planning
development
agency
on
some
of
the
neighborhood
planning
process
on
that,
natalya
will
also
talk
a
little
bit
in
detail
about
the
the
main
streets
in
reimagining
main
streets.
D
As
you
know,
there
are
20
main
street
districts
in
the
city
of
boston,
so
we
are
have
been
doing
some
conversation,
focus
groups
and
data
gathering
to
see
how
we
can
reimagine
our
main
street
districts
thanks
just
a
quick
overview
on
the
you
know,
the
economic
development
cabinet,
these
these
departments
within
the
cabinet
work
together
to
shape
our
economic
development
policies
in
boston.
So
we
have
the
boston
planning,
development
agency,
office
of
workforce
development,
tourism,
sports
and
entertainment,
consumer
affairs
and
licensing
and
the
boston
licensing
board
next
slide.
D
So
I
will
spend
some
time
talking
about.
Fy21
highlights
next
slide.
Please.
So
first
thing
I
wanted
to
highlight
is
our
equitable
regulation
ordinance
in
the
cannabis
industry?
So,
as
you
may
recall,
back
in
2019,
our
former
mayor
walsh,
now
secretary
walsh,
in
partnership
with
councillor
kim
jaini,
now
are
mayor,
janie
and
the
boston
council
city
signed
an
ordinance
establishing
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry
in
the
city
of
boston.
So
the
ordinance
seeks
to
repair
the
harms
caused
by
the
war
on
drugs,
particularly
to
people,
black
african-american,
hispanic,
latino
and
asian
descent.
D
The
ordinance
aims
to
ensure
equity,
boston,
cannabis,
industry
for
providing
funding
and
technical
assistance
to
cannabis,
entrepreneurs
from
backgrounds
and
neighborhoods,
most
impacted
by
the
war
on
drugs.
So
what
this
ordinance
allowed
us
to
do
is
set
up
two
key
strategies
from
our
shop.
One
is
equity
fund
and
the
other
is
technical
assistance
next
slide.
D
So
just
recently,
we've
set
out
the
cannabis
business,
technical
assistance
for
equity
applicants.
So
what
it
is
is
that
once
equity
cannabis
business
is
deemed
equity
applicant
in
the
city
of
boston,
our
office
is
able
to
provide
technical
assistance
and
you
can
see
the
services
at
the
bottom
half
page
of
this
slide.
D
So
it
could
be
anything
from
assistance
with
business
operations
coming
up
with
business
plan,
assistance,
recruiting
employees,
guidance
and
assistance
through
the
application
process
in
front
of
the
the
board,
the
cannabis
board,
which
is
an
independent
board
assistance
with
legal
compliance,
tax
security.
You
know,
which
is
a
one
of
the
issues
that
that
is
a
focus
on
this
industry
and
anything
else
that
they
might
need
in
order
to
be
able
to
compete,
to
get
licensed
from
the
cannabis
board.
D
So
we're
happy
to
report
that
the
canvas
business
manager
was
hired
at
the
end
of
april.
We
have
released
an
rfp
which
is
a
675
000
investment
over
the
next
three
years.
It's
really
designed
to
help
equity
applicants
be
successful
in
setting
up
their
cannabis
business
in
the
city
of
boston.
Next
slide,
please.
D
So.
The
other
thing
that
I
mentioned,
the
ordinance
was
helped
us
establish,
is
the
boston,
cannabis
equity
fund.
So,
in
addition
to
the
technical
assistance
fund,
the
equity
applicants
can
also
access
grants
anywhere
from
one
thousand
dollars
to
fifteen
thousand
dollars
to
new
and
existing
for
a
wide
range
of
purposes,
including
working
capital.
Startup
cost
buildup
equipment
purchases
and
rent.
D
So
just
to
give
you
a
quick
idea
of
where
we
are
on
the
equity
applicants.
Today,
17
certified
equity
applicants
have
been
heard
before
the
boston
cannabis
board.
They
have
granted
a
host
committee
agreements,
the
15
certified
equity
applicants
and
we
have
deferred
two
certified
equity
applicants
for
technical
assistance.
D
We
have
four
currently
in
the
various
stages
of
the
application
process
awaiting
a
hearing
date
and
there
are
currently
at
least
nine
applicants
seeking
equity
status
who
have
not
completed
the
certification
process,
so
we're
very
excited
that
we
are
already
getting
some
traction
from
equity
applicants
who
are
interested
in
getting
being
part
of
this
emerging
industry
in
the
city
of
boston.
That's
right.
D
The
other
accomplishment
that
I
wanted
to
highlight
for
fi
21
is
our
all-inclusive
boston
campaign
and,
I
hope
counselors.
You
have
seen
this.
The
campaign
in
the
bus
stop
on
the
train
on
the
radio,
and
so
what
it
is
is.
It
is
a
tourism
campaign
and,
as
you
can
see,
on
the
slide,
the
our
tourism
industry
has
had
some
devastating
effect
from
pandemic.
D
We
lost
about
70
of
our
forecasted
visitors.
Last
year,
due
to
covert
we
pre-covered,
roughly
10
of
jobs
in
greater
boston,
came
from
the
tourism
sector,
while
also
contributing
to
supporting
our
cultural
and
historic
preservation,
and
we
are
so
this
tourism
campaign.
Our
effort
is
to
build
that
sector
back
up
stronger,
more
equitably
to
ensure
that
boston,
future
and
economic
development
is
done
in
an
equitable
fashion.
D
D
So
we
looked
at
you
know,
sort
of
the
impact
in
various
industries
and,
while
boston
stays
strong
still
on
the
fire
sector,
right,
the
finance
insurance,
real
estate
sector.
What
really
holds
our
economy
together
and
what
makes
our
economy
unique
and
makes
us
give
us
a
competitive
advantage.
Is
all
these
workers
and
sectors
that
employ
our
black
brown
asian
immigrant
communities
in
the
tourism
in
the
small
business,
the
restaurant,
the
arts
and
culture
industry
right?
D
So
the
tourism
is
really
what
makes
us
us
unique
and,
and
frankly,
this
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
businesses
and
companies
want
to
come,
relocate
in
boston,
whether
to
set
up
their
headquarters
here
or
expand
their
business
here
is
because
of
this
quality
of
life
and
amenities
that
the
city
offers.
So
we
wanted
to
invest
in
this
campaign
to
make
sure
that
we
can
bring
them
back
equitably.
D
So
next
slide,
please
so
just
to
give
you
a
quickly
on
the
timeline
of
this
campaign,
so
last
fall
september.
D
2020
is
when
we
publicly
announced
the
rfp
to
solicit
who
can
work
with
us
on
this
campaign,
and
then
april
of
this
year,
mayor
janie
launched
the
all-inclusive
boston
officially
in
a
press
conference
after
media
roundtable
presentation
that
morning,
so
this
was,
you
know,
worked
with
the
our
tourism
and
sports
entertainment
department
and
this
product
really
spanned
to
mayors,
both
playing
an
integral
role
in
bringing
back
the
tourism
industry
that
have
different
sectors
and
industries
businesses
within
that
next
slide.
Please.
D
So
when
we
released
rsp,
we
got
a
number
of
quality
proposals,
but
the
one
that
clearly
stood
out
was
a
partnership
led
by
colette
phillips
communication,
which
is
the
boston's
oldest
minority-owned
and
operating
marketing,
marketing,
communication,
firm
provider,
marketing
and
the
greater
boston
convention
business
bureau.
So,
together
these
three
firms
worked
to
develop
the
tourism
campaign
with
us,
and
it
was
also
important
for
us
to
note
that
you
know
we
adhered
to
the
city's
commitment
to
equitable
procurement
in
awarding
city
contracts.
D
So
thanks
to
the
federal
karazak
funding
with
this
2.5
million
dollar
investment
in
his
tourism
campaign,
we
are
proud
to
say
that
this
contract
represented
one
of
the
largest
mwbe
contracts
ever
awarded
by
the
city
of
boston,
and
thank
you
thanks
to
a
partnership
with
the
office
with
selena.
D
The
goals
of
the
campaign
is
really
threefold.
We
want
to
draw
a
more
diverse
audience
of
visitors.
We
want
to
drive
economic
growth,
boston's
most
ethnically
diverse
neighborhoods
and
communities
right,
so
we
have
a
lot
more
to
offer
than
just
downtown
right
just
get
out
to
our
neighborhoods.
D
We
want
to
encourage
and
promote
that
you
want
to
spotlight
cultural
and
commercial
assets
in
the
area
of
boston
that
have
long
been
marginalized,
and
I'm
really
happy
to
say
that
our
partners,
the
colette
phillips
proverb
and
the
greater
boston
convention
business
bureau
also
shared
our
values
on
in
equitable
procurement.
So
when
we
provide
them
with
the
2.5
million
dollar,
investment
they've
also
engaged
several
nwv
subcontractors,
I'm
gonna
name
a
few
of
them.
D
Black
girl
digital
include,
live
wire,
collaborative
kelly,
chan
and
associates
just
to
name
a
few,
so
you
know
not
only
did
I
love
the
working
with
us,
but
they
also
shared
a
value
in
ensuring
an
inclusive
campaign
to
drive
our
equitable
economic
recovery
for
the
city
of
boston.
Next
slide,
please.
D
So
the
current
phase
is
we,
you
know,
as
we
move
closer
to
the
reopening
date
of
may
29th.
These
three
goals
safely
welcome
visitors,
particularly
local
regional
visitors,
invest
in
tourism
promotion,
showcase
all
that
boston
has
to
offer.
These
are
the
goals
that
we
have
on
top
of
mind,
and
I
hope
you
love
this
campaign
as
much
as
we
do
next
slide.
D
So
I
know
there
are
some
questions
about
sort
of
the
you
know
how
we
are
doing
on
this
campaign.
So
since
our
we
launched
in
april
5th,
we've
seen
1.2
million
social
media
impressions
and
about
500
500
000
views
on
launch
video.
These
stats
only
tell
part
of
the
story,
but
are
very
promising.
We
also
need
to
look
at
some
of
the
long-term
ways
to
measure
the
impact
of
the
campaign.
So
next
slide
please.
D
So
the
team
came
up
with
the
big
picture:
key
performance
indicators,
the
kpis
so
to
the
first
one,
is
digital
as
performance,
so
this
is
to
analyze
how
digital
ads
perform-
and
this
is
in
partnership
with
the
greater
boston
convention,
visitor
bureau
they're
using
arrival
list
pixel,
which
helps
track
consumers
that
interact
with
the
ads
and
see
if
they
continue
to
research,
planning,
a
trip
to
boston
and
hopefully
book
a
trip
here.
The
second
thing
is
the
perception
of
boston.
D
So,
as
part
of
the
rfp,
we
did
a
market
research
study
to
get
perceptions
of
boston.
Now
that
the
campaign
is
out
there,
we
will
want
to
compare
the
post-campaign
numbers
and
the
pre-campaign
numbers
to
see
if
boston
is
now
perceived
as
a
more
welcoming
place
to
visit
we're
aiming
to
do
this
follow-up
study
in
the
fall.
So
these
are
some
just
key
highlights.
D
Obviously,
there's
a
lot
more
going
on,
but
we
just
wanted
to
make
sure
they
highlight
some
of
these
accomplishments
thanks
to
the
team
and
the
cabinet
at
the
office
of
economic
development.
So
now
I
think
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
next
slide
director
natalia
to
go
over
some
of
the
accomplishments
for
small
business.
A
Thank
you
so
much
midori
and
hello.
Everybody
thank
you
for
having
us
just
want
to
quickly
go
over
some
of
the
things
that
we've
done
during
cova
to
support
small
businesses.
This
is
a
laundry
list
of
all
of
the
different
efforts
that
we've
put
forward
from
communications
to
policy
updates.
So
just
very
quickly.
We
have
weekly
multi-departmental
conference
calls
every
tuesday
at
three
o'clock,
small
business
owners
we
put
out
weekly
newsletters
with
different
resources
that
are
available.
A
We
also
have
hosted
dozens
of
public
health
guidance
and
reopening
webinars,
as
well
as
conducted
surveys
over
the
course
of
the
last
year.
As
far
as
policy
updates,
we
put
out
financial
relief
handbook
and
federal
assistance
guidelines
to
help
businesses
navigate
the
resources
that
were
available
at
different
levels
of
government.
A
We
also
did
a
couple
other
things
that
I
didn't
mention
here,
including
you
know,
go
to
the
state
around
including
commercial
businesses
in
in
the
in
the
moratorium,
as
well
as
advocate
on
behalf
of
businesses
with
the
third
party
apps
for
take
on
delivery.
A
As
far
as
business
visibility,
we've
created
a
series
of
lists
online,
where
businesses
can
add
themselves
to
get
additional
support
from
other
businesses
or
from
the
public
and
specifically
for
restaurant
support.
As
restaurants
are
the
one
of
the
most
highly
impacted
industries,
we
worked
really
hard
to
get
takeout
to
be
allowed
for
all
businesses,
beer
and
wine
takeout
and
delivery,
which
I
know
you
all
know
a
lot
about,
allowing
the
sale
of
grocery
items
from
restaurants.
A
Allowing
again
this
is
where
the
legislation
for
third-party
caps
for
delivery,
apps
and
updated
outdoor
dining
efforts,
I'm
going
to
go
over
all
of
the
relief
funds
just
because
I
know
that
there
was
a
lot
of
questions
about
demographics,
but
I
just
want
to
give
you
an
overview
about
where
we
are
next
slide,
covet,
19,
rapid
response.
A
This
is
just
a
little
bit
more
details
on
those
policy
updates
and
support,
which
I
just
mentioned
not
included
in
the
previous
slide:
food
trucks,
neighborhood
pilots,
as
well
as
the
the
extensions
of
sorry.
I
totally
lost
my
train
of
thought,
but
all
of
this
is
included
in
the
previous
slide.
This
is
just
a
kind
of
recap
of
that
next
slide.
A
Here's
a
breakdown
of
the
list
that
I
mentioned
that
are
really
designed
to
help
businesses
through
visibility,
as
well
as
reopening
resources
that
have
been
available
for
businesses
over
the
course
of
the
last
six
to
eight
months,
which
are
really
those
reopening
workshops.
A
These
temporary
policies,
business
posters,
as
well
as
the
reopen
boston
fund
next
slide
so
very
quickly.
The
small
business
relief
fund
was.
This
was
the
first
fund
that
we
opened
last
april.
Today,
we've
issued
6.7
million
dollars
to
1800,
businesses
of
those
51
were
minority-owned
businesses,
48
were
immigrant
refugees
or
naturalized
citizens
and
70
were
less
than
five
employees.
We
designed
this
fund
to
be
really
reflective
of
the
very
small
businesses
that
we
knew
exist
in
our
city.
A
As
you
can
see
on
the
right.
The
types
of
businesses
and
the
majority
of
those
that
benefited
or
personal
service
business
businesses
like
hair,
salons,
nail
salons
barber
shops
as
well
as
food
businesses
like
restaurants
and
other,
take
out
catering
businesses
next
slide.
A
So
here
is
the
breakdown
of
those
numbers.
I
do
want
to
just
quickly
note
that
their
you
know
the
way
in
which
we
broke
down.
These
numbers
were
reflective
of
how
the
city
has
been
collecting
racial
and
demographic
data.
We
also
wanted
to
make
sure
to
include
the
business
size
and
how
many
people
were
funded
through
through
those
those
breakdowns
and
then
the
applicants
by
neighborhood.
A
A
The
reopen
boston
fund
is
the
only
fund
that
is
currently
open.
To
date,
we've
issued
3.7
million
dollars
to
over
two
thousand
businesses.
Sixty
percent
of
these
businesses
are
minority
owned.
Sixty-Two
percent
are
immigrant
refugee
or
naturalized
citizens,
and
fifty
two
percent
are
women
owned,
and
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
I
can
break
down
the
neighborhoods
of
both
recipients
and
applicants.
I
know
that
that
was
a
big
question
about.
You
know
why
some
people
got
them.
A
There
was
a
lot
and
I'll
just
quickly
talk
about
why
you
have
more,
obviously,
a
lot
of
applicants
and
some
that
didn't
receive
the
funds,
a
lot
of
them
weren't
in
the
right
business
industry
when
they
applied
when
we
first
launched
this
fund,
a
lot
of
duplicates
and
a
lot
of
people
who
were
outside
of
boston
actually
apply
to
this
this
fund
next
slide.
A
These
are
the
this.
Is
the
data
on
the
reopen
boston
fund.
You
can
see
we
did
this
by
phases
at
the
very
beginning,
when
we
launched
this
fund,
it
was
really
intended
to
support
people
as
they
were
reopening
to
date.
We
are
just
using
the
expanded
fund.
So,
that's
why
you
see
such
a
large
number
of
applicants
there
once
we
got
to
that
phase
two
and
then
phase
three,
but
as
you
can
see,
the
total
applicants
were
over
three
thousand
and
we
have
funded
just
over
two
thousand.
A
The
request
has
been
over
five
million
and
we
have
funded
3.7
million.
There
are
still
funding.
Funding
is
still
happening,
so
these
numbers
will
continue
to
evolve
just
some
high
level,
demographics
that
were,
on
the
previous
slide,
just
a
further
breakdown
of
those
racial
demographics.
You
can
see
here
next
slide.
A
The
commercial
rent
relief
fund
has
issued
3.7
million
dollars
to
353
businesses.
These
businesses
are
60
minority,
owned,
50,
57,
immigrant
refugee
or
naturalized
citizen
and
44
women
owned,
and
this
is
the
breakdown
by
neighborhood.
You
can
see
to
the
right
next
slide
and
as
you
look
at
again,
this
is
the
further
breakdown
of
race
and
ethnicity,
gender
and
immigration
status,
and
also
the
breakdown
of
the
business
types.
So,
as
you
can
see
here
again,
some
of
the
highest
supported
industries
have
been
food
businesses
and
personal
services
and
non-uh
bar
food
businesses.
A
So,
as
you
can
imagine,
catering
companies
have
been
devastated
by
the
pandemic,
with
the
lack
of
events
and
gathering
of
spaces.
So
we
really
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
targeting
all
of
our
funding
to
be
going
towards
the
industries
that
were
the
hardest
hit.
Next
slide
couple
things
about
the
commercial
rent
relief
fund.
A
A
I
actually
have
been
in
front
of
this
council
several
times
talking
about
commercial
vacancies,
but
also
talking
about
relationships
and
data,
so
this
was
actually
the
first
time
that
we
were
able
to
actively
gather
some
data
around
landlords
and
leases,
which
I
think
will
be
really
important,
but
some
of
the
goals
that
we
set
up
were
to
build
relationships
with
landlords,
prevent
displacement
and
stabilize
neighborhood
commercial
districts.
Some
highlights
of
this
program
that
I
think
are
unique,
and
you
know
really
great
in
the
long
term.
A
A
This
ensures
that
you
know
the
city
can
then
put
together
a
fund
agreement
between
the
city,
the
business
and
the
landlord.
So
it's
a
three-part
contract
that
essentially
says
that
the
landlord
is
willing
to
work
with
the
business
and
to
prevent
displacement
so
that
they
will
not
be
evicting
businesses
for
lack
of
paying
rent
and
we
use
the
leverage
of
of
the
grant
to
to
really
qualify
that
next
slide.
A
The
restaurant
relief
fund
was
a
a
great
partnership
and
effort
between
a
non-profit
organization
called
high
road
kitchens,
as
well
as
counselor
lydia
edwards,
who
helped
us
really
get
this
fund
off
the
ground.
This
was
intended
to
be
for
dining,
dining
or
table
service,
restaurants,
with
payroll
and
rent
funding,
to
increase
wages.
So
really
thinking
about
how
do
we
help
businesses
become
sustainable
in
the
future,
and
this
this
fund
was
very
small.
It
was
intentionally
really
small.
A
We
funded
38
businesses
at
over
half
a
million
dollars
over
70
percent
of
them
were
minority
owned,
30
women
owned.
We
did
have
one
veteran
owned
business
in
there,
which
is
really
great
next
slide.
A
The
certified
business
fund,
which
chief
barrios
milner's
team
really
led,
was
has
issued
1.8
million
to
136
businesses
and
the
racial
and
gender
breakdown
is
on
the
right
next
slide,
and
this
is
also
just
the
industry
breakdown
of
that
particular
fund.
A
So
to
date,
we've
issued
16.6
million
dollars
to
over
4
500
businesses.
These
are
grants
again,
not
loans,
so
businesses
do
not
have
to
worry
about
paying
it
back.
We
do
ask
obviously
businesses
to
provide
documentation
and
receipts
to
indicate
how
they're
using
these
funds-
and
I'm
hopeful
that
once
we
close
out
the
auditing
of
all
of
those
funds,
I
I
will
have
more
exciting
breakdown
of
how
the
funds
were
used.
A
A
So
we
also
very
recently
launched
the
food
access
and
local
supply
initiative,
which
is
really
a
way
to
partner
with
the
food
access
cabinet.
I'm
sorry
the
office
of
food
access
to
establish
a
way
for
local
nonprofits
and
community-based
organizations
to
directly
get
their
supplies
from
small
businesses
in
the
city
of
boston.
So
this
is
very
early
on
we're
just
executing
the
the
grants.
So
I
will
have
more
information
later,
but
this
is
a
really
great
way
to
help
lift
up
and
bring
some
sustainability
to
businesses
that
participate
next
slide
all
right.
A
So
most
of
you
know,
but
I'm
going
to
just
quickly
go
over
boston,
main
streets
and
then
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
reimagined
boston,
main
streets
initiative
and
tell
you
kind
of
where
we
are
and
where
we're
going.
So
there
are
20
main
streets
in
the
city
of
boston.
They
receive
they
each
receive
75
000
per
year
for
the
city
of
boston
and
that
money
is
come
directly
from
our
community
development
block
grants
and
ndf,
which
is
neighborhood
development
fund.
A
Funding
of
that
75k
57
5
is
for
administrative
costs,
so
salary,
rent
and
utilities
and
17.5
is
for
programming
costs,
so
things
like
putting
on
events
or
helping
to
beautify
the
spaces
in
their
districts
next
slide,
so
reimagine
boston,
main
streets
was
launched
in
march
of
2020.
When
we
released
the
rfp
in
august,
we
selected
consultants,
cj
strategies
and
strategy
matters
with
a
sub-consultant
asg
to
help
us
get
this
project
underway.
A
In
november
we
did
a
public
launch
and,
since
january
have
been
essentially
running
community
meetings.
Some
of
the
key
elements
of
this
program
are
one
obviously
to
engage
stakeholders,
but
the
second
is
really
around
research
and
analysis.
We
want
to
understand
what
are
some
great
case:
studies,
how
are
other
municipalities
or
areas
across
the
across
the
city
or
sorry
across
the
nation
running
their
main
streets?
A
What
are
some
ways
and
strategies
where
we
can
enhance
our
main
streets?
How
do
we
plan
for
the
future?
So
I
want
to
just
be
clear
that
this
reimagine
boston,
main
streets
is
not
about
individual
main
streets
across
the
city.
It
is
really
about
how
the
city
is
investing
in
our
neighborhoods
through
main
streets,
how
the
city's
program
is
really
run.
A
So
some
of
the
elements
of
this
is
obviously
stakeholder
engagement,
doing
environmental
scan,
research,
ideas,
insight
and
programming
and
best
practices,
a
swot
analysis
goal,
setting
developing
future
scenarios
and
development
and
developing
an
implementation
plan.
So
where
we
are
right
now
is
we
have
concluded
the
first
stage
of
community
engagement.
A
There
are
some
missing
pieces
there,
so
we
will
be
going
back
and
doing
more
community
engagement,
but
the
real
next
step
is
around
this
research,
engagement
and
swat
analysis,
and
so
our
hope
is
that
by
the
fall
we
will
have
some
great
recommendations
of
how
we
can
enhance
the
boston's
mainstream
program
and
be
able
to
implement
them
for
next
fiscal
year
next
slide.
A
I
also
want
to
just
briefly
talk
about
b
local,
which
is
the
city's
digital
engagement
tools
to
support
small
businesses
and
counselors.
If
I,
if
I
may
be
so
bold
and
ask
you
all
to
take
out
your
cell
phones
and
download
this
app,
if
you
have
not
yet
done
so,
you
can
look
it
up
in
your
in
your
app
app
store
on
your
phone
and
download
it
and
use
it.
It's
a
really
great
program.
So,
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
I'll
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
it.
A
So
we
know
that
federal
funds
have
supported
businesses
directly
through
the
many
funds
that
I
just
mentioned
and
has
supported
residents
directly
through.
You
know
things
like
unemployment
insurance.
One
thing
that
we
haven't
really
been
able
to
leverage
and
would
love
to
leverage
more
is:
was
this
idea
around?
How
do
residents
support
small
businesses
and
how
do
we
leverage
these
federal
funds
to
support
enhance
that
experience?
A
So
we
put
out
a
scope
of
what
we
wanted
to
do:
digital
engagement,
app
that
supports
local
businesses
through
local
spending,
and
we
actually
found
a
partner
colu.
Who
is
a
startup
next
slide
and
what
we
did
is
we
put
together
this
app,
which
essentially
creates
rewards
for
shopping
locally?
A
There
are
five
different
types
of
rewards
that
someone
can
earn
and
to
date,
if
you
see
the
rewards
on
the
left,
local
in
boston
is
every
app
every
business
that's
listed
on.
The
app
is
able
to
get
that
that
reward
and
support
women-owned
businesses,
support
minority
and
immigrant
home
businesses,
support
boston's
main
streets
and
support
black-owned
businesses.
So
this
is
a
really
intentional
way
that
we
wanted
to
make
sure
businesses
were
getting
that
additional
visibility,
so
the
way
it
works.
A
These
are
not
your
typical
reward
offers.
You
get
20
off
the
badges
for
shopping
at
any
of
the
businesses
that
are
listed
on
the
app
and
then
you
can
get
10
additional
stacked
rewards
for
any
of
the
rewards
on
the
left
and
it's
a
really
great
way
to
intentionally
support
some
of
our
most
disproportionately
impacted
businesses.
A
So
let's
say
you
spend
ten
dollars
at
a
store.
They
happen
to
be
a
woman-owned
black-owned
business
in
a
mainstream.
That's
going
to
be
an
additional
40
percent
off
sorry,
40
percent
back
so
you'll
get
that
initial
20
plus
the
40.
So
if
you
spend
10
dollars,
you
would
earn
six
boston
points.
Those
six
points
are
equal
six
dollars.
So
next
time
you
go
to
that
store
or
any
other
store
on
the
app.
A
You
would
actually
get
six
dollars
off
of
your
purchase,
and
so
the
the
whole
intention
behind
this
is
the
more
that
you
shop
locally.
The
more
points
you
earn,
the
more
discounts
you
get
as
the
user
and
those
businesses
get
more
foot
traffic,
they
get
more
visibility
and
all
of
those
rewards
that
they
offer
actually
being
supplemented
or
sorry
reimbursed
by
the
city
of
boston.
So
as
a
grant
directly
to
that
business
next
slide.
A
So
these
are
participate.
There
are
two
ways
that
a
business
can
participate.
They
can
either
be
a
participating
business
or
a
redeeming
business
participating
means
that
they
just
they're
listed
as
a
place
where
people
can
earn
points.
Redeeming
is
a
business
that
can
not
only
earn
points,
but
they
will
actually
take
those
discounts.
So
it's
very,
very
low
low
lift
for
businesses
to
be
participating.
It's
a
little
bit
more
to
be
a
redeeming
business,
because
obviously
we
have
to
issue
them
payment.
So
there's
a
little
bit
more
tracking.
A
That
happens
there,
which
is
why
you
see
less
redeeming
businesses
than
participating
business.
We
are
actively
trying
to
get
all
participating
businesses
to
be
redeeming
businesses,
but
this
is
where
we
are
today.
We
just
launched
this
pilot
april
17th,
so
we're
just
about
a
month
in
next
slide.
A
These
are
the
industries
that
are
listed
on
the
apps,
which
are
again
not
surprising
professional
services
and
restaurants,
really
intentional.
There
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
supporting
and
lifting
up
the
restaurants
in
our
neighborhoods,
as
well
as
the
other,
highly
impacted
businesses.
A
So,
as
you
can
see
here,
restaurants,
health
and
beauty,
professional
services-
those
are
really
demonstrated
here
next
slide,
so
the
app
is
available
to
download.
I
recommend
all
of
you
download
it.
I'd
appreciate
it
if
you
all
sent
it
to
your
newsletters
to
your
residents
to
your
constituents,
it's
a
really
great
way
of
supporting
businesses
and
it's
a
it's
a
great
way
of
getting
rewarded
as
a
shopper.
A
I
also
encourage
you
to
let
us
know
if
any
of
your
favorite
businesses
are
not
listed
and
encourage
them.
The
business
to
sign
up
because
sometimes
hearing
it
from
us
doesn't
have
the
same
impact
as
hearing
it
from
their
customers.
So
that's
been
our
pitch
on
there
and
I
think
that's
my
last
slide
and
I
think
I'm
turning
it
over
to
chief
barrios
milner.
E
Good
morning,
everyone
thanks
for
having
us
here
today
to
share
some
of
the
work
we've
been
able
to
do
in
the
past
fiscal
year.
If
we
could
go
to
the
next
slide,
I'm
just
going
to
highlight
some
of
our
key
accomplishments
in
equity
and
inclusion.
E
As
you
know,
we
completed
the
disparity
study
and
the
this
was
a
two-year
process
and
the
key
takeaway
from
the
study
is
that
we
were
able
to
the
consultants
were
able
to
identify
substantial
underutilization
of
minority
and
women-owned
businesses,
so
that
now
gives
us
the
legal
framework
to
apply
contract,
specific
race
and
gender
goals
to
our
city
contracts,
which
is
a
new
tool
that
I'll
be
going
further
into.
E
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
we
established
an
executive
order
that
both
accepts
the
results
of
this.
This
disparity
study
and
immediately
sets
a
annual
spend
goal
for
the
city
of
boston
of
25
that
for
anyone
that
that
was
reading
the
disparity
study
closely.
They
estimate
that
there's
an
availability
of
a
total
of
17
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
and
those
were
businesses
that
they
could
verify
independently,
that
are
minority
or
women
owned.
E
E
However,
we
did
stretch
that
goal
to
25
percent,
because
the
the
definition
of
of
available
kind
of
reinforces
some
of
the
barriers
that
specifically
minority
owned
and
women
businesses
face
so,
for
example,
to
to
be
considered
available,
you
had
to
already
bid
on
a
city
contract
or
shown
interest
in
bidding
on
a
city
contract
or
have
held
a
contract
of
this
sort,
and-
and
you
know
so,
some
of
the-
we
actually
think
that
just
beneath
that
level
there's
a
lot
more
minority
and
women
businesses
that
we
could
be
doing
business
with.
E
So
we
did
stretch
our
goal
to
25
and
immediately
established
a
supplier
diversity
program
that
will
now
oversee
this
overall
goal
for
the
city,
but
the
way
that
we're
going
to
get
there
is
through
applying
goals
to
specific
contracts
based
on
the
types
of
industries
present
in
those
contracts.
E
Next
slide,
this
just
recaps
what
I
just
said:
this
is
the
goal
of
our
new
program,
so
we're
overall,
this
program
will
oversee
this
new
contract
goal,
setting
complex
process
and
hold
departments
accountable.
It'll
also
help
build
the
pipeline
of
available
businesses,
because
I
know
that
we've
heard
from
a
lot
of
city
departments
that
sometimes
they
can't
find
the
the
specific
type
of
business
that's
certified
in
what
they're
procuring
at
that
time.
E
So
we
are
going
to
be
helping
to
to
find
those
businesses
build
their
capacity,
so
they
can
be
ready
for
city
contracting
and
overall,
going
to
look
at
the
the
procurement
process
and
other
areas
in
which
we
could
reduce
barriers
and
and
look
at
innovative
strategies
that
can
make
it
more
accessible
for
local,
small
women,
owned
and
minority-owned
businesses.
E
With
this
new
program,
the
city
invested
a
total
of
two
million
dollars
in
supplier
diversity.
Please
ignore
that
top
line
that
was
a
that
was
actually
just
the
73
000
was
just
for
the
in
relation
to
the
supplier,
diversity
manager.
It's
my
mistake,
but
I
just
want
to
outline
the
positions
and
where
we
are
with
hiring
so
we've
hired
three
new
positions
for
supplier
diversity
and
we're
in
the
process
of
hiring
the
next
three.
E
We've
been
engaging
with
with
businesses
throughout
the
whole
pandemic
and
before
we
were
able
to
do
in
in-person
information
sessions
and
opportunity
fairs
in
this
fiscal
year
and
then
quickly,
pivoted
to
online
offerings
and
so
part
of
our
what
we
would
have
normally
spent
on
in-person
events
and
printing
materials
and
all
of
those
things
we
we
pivoted
to
invest
in
an
online
platform
that
allows
us
to
have
meaningful
online
engagement
and
we've
used
this
remote
platform
and,
in
some
cases,
zoom
meetings
or
zoom
webinars.
E
Just
so
that
we
can
still
continue
to
see
and
connect
people
and
have
actually
heard
through
that
process
that
having
an
online
option
made
it
easier
for
some
folks
to
participate,
who
may
not
have
been
able
to
because
of
child
care
issues.
So
I
think
it's
it's
a
tool,
even
as
we
reopen.
We
want
to
consider
keeping
in
our
kit,
because
we
did
see
that
we
were
able
to
reach
folks
that
may
not
have
been
able
to.
You
know
come
into
the
city
for
one
of
these
events
in
the
past.
E
So
natalia
already
touched
on
the
certified
business
fund,
which
was
a
pandemic
response
fund
connected
to
cares,
act
money,
but
we
are
committing
to
providing
direct
support
to
minority
and
women
businesses
to
build
their
capacity
through
the
contracting
opportunity
fund,
which
actually
just
closed,
we're
now
reviewing
applications
that
just
closed
this
monday
and
we
we're
hoping
to
award
a
total
of
750
000
and
it's
specifically
for
businesses
who
are
interested
in
contracting
with
the
city
and
want
to
build
their
capacity
for
that
purpose.
E
E
And
lastly,
I'll
just
end
because
equity
and
inclusion
isn't
isn't
all
procurement.
I
know
procurement
has
been
of
interest,
but
all
we
also
are
working
always
on
the
boston
resident
jobs
policy
and-
and
we
had
in
terms
of
fy
21.
E
We
continue
our
transition
to
the
salesforce
platform,
we've
now
transitioned,
all
of
our
data
and
all
new
projects
are
going
on
the
sales
force,
we've
hired
a
new
full-time
sales
force
administrator
and
we
hired
four
new
construction
monitors.
Two
of
those
were
to
fill
vacancies
and
two
are
new
positions
that
were
created.
So
this
is
our
largest
monitoring
team,
and
so
we
we
really
are
committed
to
as
we
continue
to
reopen
recover
and
construction
continues
to
boom.
E
We
want
to
make
sure
that
our
local
residents,
women
and
people
of
color
can
participate
in
that
prosperity.
That's
the
end
of
my
presentation.
D
And
then
I
think
I
would
like
to
close
in
discussing
the
fy
22
plans
and
investment.
So,
as
you
heard
from
director
natalia,
we
are
going
to
implement
re-imagine
boston,
main
street's
recommendations.
So
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you
to
to
make
this
happen.
We
are
in
the
process
of
launching
cannabis
equity
fund,
so
we
are
hoping
that
our
equity
applicants
can
take
advantage
of
the
resources
that
we
have.
D
As
many
of
you
know,
we
have
received
additional
investment
of
one
million
dollars
for
job
training
for
heartache
industries,
so
we
are
working
internally
with
our
arts
and
culture
with
our
office
workforce
development
with
the
environment
department
to
see
how
we
want
to
potentially
work
together
to
ensure
that
we
provide
job
training
for
people
that
were
impacted
by
the
pandemic.
D
We
will
also
build
that
supply
diversity
program
to
meet
equitable
procurement
goals,
as
mentioned
by
selena.
We
will
release
final
rfp
for
the
album's
corner,
arch
innovation
district
and
then
we
are
also
in
conversation
about
business
improvement,
district
formation
for
the
next
year.
So
that
will
be
the
conclusion
of
our
presentation.
B
Great,
thank
you
so
much
chief
markawa
and
I
wanted
to
note
that
we
were
joined
early
on
in
the
presentation
by
counselor,
andrea
campbell
from
district
four
and
counselor
lydia
edwards
from
district
one.
So
they're
here
as
well,
we'll
be
jumping
right
into
questions
and,
as
usual
I'll
defer
mine
to
actually
sorry
the
I
I
guess
the
question
is:
we've
got.
We
have
women's
advancement
here
too
alexandra
and
you
have
a
presentation
as
well
right.
G
F
Well,
thank
you
so
much
for
letting
us
go
next
I'll,
try
to
to
swap
it
up
and
give
time,
but
thank
you
for
having
us
and
most
of
all
for
being
treating
all
information
about
moa.
F
My
name
is
alexandra
valdez
and
I'm
the
new
executive
director
of
the
office
of
women's
advancement
and
I'm
joined
today
by
ali
puglio,
which
she's
our
policy
manager
and
we'll
give
a
short
presentation
on
our
current
child
care
independent
fund
program.
And
then
I
will
go
into
more
detail
as
our
fy22
investments.
So
give
me
one
second,
as
I
go
ahead
and
share
my
screen
for
the
presentation.
H
H
F
Great,
I
will
hand
it
over
to
ali.
She
is
going
to
be
the
first
to
go
over
the
child
care
entrepreneur
fund,
and
then
I
will
jump
in
with
our
fi
22.
H
Good
budget
hi,
I'm
ali
puglio,
as
alex
mentioned,
I'm
the
policy
and
research
manager
for
the
mayor's
office
of
women's
advancement.
And
it's
my
pleasure
to
talk
to
you
today
about
our
childcare
entrepreneur
fund.
The
childcare
entrepreneur
fund
was
launched
in
fiscal
year
2020,
and
that
was
a
pilot
year
and
has
since,
as
we'll
talk
about
soon
expanded
significantly.
H
To
start
just
want
to
give
you
a
quick
overview
of
what
a
family
child
care
is.
A
family
child
care
is
a
small
in-home
child
care
run
by
a
provider
in
their
own
residence.
H
So
there's
less
than
10
children
per
eec
regulations
and
it's
a
small
business
run
by
someone
who
offers
a
child
career
service
again
out
of
their
own
house
and
they're,
usually
located
all
over
the
city
in
all
of
our
neighborhoods
and
the
people
who
provide
care
are
part
of
those
communities
and
they
know
the
families
that
they
serve
in
their
own
neighborhoods.
H
So
the
childcare
entrepreneur
fund
is
focused
on
serving
these
family
child
care
providers,
because
we
learned
that
nearly
400
of
these
businesses
closed
between
2010
and
2019.,
and
so
there's
a
really
a
rapid
decrease
in
the
amount
of
supply
available,
and
these
tend
to
be
more
affordable
and
they
have
more
flexible
hours
and
they
have
again
a
good
community
connection
to
the
folks
they
serve.
The
child
care
entrepreneur
for
fund
is
a
competitive
grant
program.
We
offer
3
500
grants.
H
These
are
flexible
funds
that
can
be
used
for
things
like
fencing
in
your
backyard
so
that
the
eec
will
allow
the
children
to
go
out
and
play
there
can
be
used
for
purchasing
high
quality
educational
materials
or,
if
we're
paying
off
bills
that
accrue
during
covered
closures
and
the
we
also
offer
a
six
workshop
course
to
accompany
the
grant
funds
that
is
required
to
participate
in
the
workshop
program
in
order
to
receive
the
funds,
and
these
really
focus
on
the
fundamentals
of
being
a
small
child
care
business
owner.
H
The
topics
include
leadership,
budgeting
text
preparation
since
the
pandemic
we've
pivoted
to
offer
these
over
zoom.
So
we
provide
the
workshops
taught
by
united
way,
it's
a
six
week
cohort
or
six
workshop
cohort
and
we
provide
simultaneous
translation
to
anyone
who
needs
it.
H
So
in
terms
of
equity,
of
course,
this
is
an
equity
program
kind
of
on
two
fronts
right,
so
we're
talking
about
the
family,
child
care
providers
themselves,
who
are
90
women,
61
women
of
color
and
44
immigrant
in
the
city
of
boston
and
our
low
income,
with
average
annual
income
of
27
thousand
dollars
and
thirty.
Three
percent
of
this
sector
lives
below
the
poverty
line,
so
it's
an
equity
program
both
for
the
providers
themselves
and,
of
course,
the
families
who
utilize
child
care.
H
H
In
terms
of
the
child
care
entrepreneur
fund
program
itself,
we
make
the
application
available
in
10
languages.
We
do
provide
simultaneous
translation,
as
I
mentioned,
for
for
all
the
workshops.
So
we
did
offer
we
offer.
Applica.
Applicants
are
eligible
blind
to
their
translation.
Our
interpretation
needs
so
the
first
cohort
we
had
cantonese
in
spanish,
simultaneous
translation.
H
Since
then,
we've
had
spanish
interpretation
and
we've
since
run
our
first
spanish
speaker
only
cohort,
because
we
had
enough
accepted
applicants
who
were
spanish
speakers
that
were
able
to
access
a
united
way
trainer,
who
is
a
spanish
speaker
and
has
this
unique
expertise,
and
so
she
is
currently
leading
our
first
cohort
full
of
spanish
speakers.
So
it's
an
exciting
time.
H
H
We
are
regularly
receiving
about
five
times
more
applications
than
we
can
fund
with
each
cohort.
So
there's
there's
a
high
demand
for
this
program
and
we're
estimating
that
we'll
do
93
grantees
at
3
500
each,
which
is
the
level
that
we
have
been
funding
in
the
past
and
trying
to
expand
the
program
to
support
child
care
cooperatives
and
startups
with
a
higher
level
of
grant
funding
and
more
hands-on
support.
H
So
we
are
expecting
that
we'll
be
able
to
support
some
of
these
more
startup
businesses,
with
the
addition
of
our
new
program
manager
who
we're
hoping
to
hire
next
fiscal
year.
Who
will
oversee
this
program
and
be
able
to
provide
that
kind
of
attention
and
guidance
that
the
startup
businesses
will
need
as
of
june
of
2020,
as
I
mentioned,
there
are
485
licensed
family
child
cares
in
the
city
of
boston,
and
so,
if
we
were
able
to
train
100
folks
in
one
year,
that'll
be
20.
H
So
between
the
folks
we've
already
trained
and
the
folks
we
expect
to
train.
In
the
next
year,
we
will
have
trained
40
percent
of
family
child
carers
in
the
city
of
boston,
which
is
really
exciting,
and
that
we
expect
in
particular,
22
to
award
374
000
in
grants.
We
were
able
to
significantly
expand
the
childcare
entrepreneur
fund
in
fiscal
year
21
because
of
a
workforce,
development
grant
and
some
private
funding
that
we
received.
H
So
we're
happy
that
the
proposed
budget
includes
funding
to
support
that
expansion,
which
we
see
is
desperately
needed
by
child
care
providers.
Here
in
the
city
and
we're
happy
to
report,
we
did
hire
umass
boston
to
connect
an
independent
evaluation
of
the
pilot
program,
which
found
positive
changes
in
the
participants,
business
practice,
confidence
and
leadership.
Efficacy.
H
We
also
found
we
have
a
wonderful
evaluation
from
them
that
also
discusses
how
this
program
was
able
to
keep
these
providers
in
business
when
the
kova
19
pandemic
struck
and
quotes.
Saying
things
like
you
know,
these
business
skills
that
I
learned
on
this
grant
money
is
what
kept
me
from
closing
my
doors,
which
of
course,
is
a
story
we're
hearing
all
too
often
these
days.
H
So
we
have
another
evaluation
pending
right
now
of
our
subsequent
cohorts,
but
we
hope
that
it
will
be
just
as
positive
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
alex
thanks.
So
much.
F
Thanks
so
much
ali-
and
I
just
want
to
make
an
emphasis
on
the
specifics
of
the
fy
22
budget
projections
and
the
funds
that
moa
is
requesting,
specifically
make
a
big
focus
on
the
on
the
amounts
that
were
requested
for
the
child
care
program
manager,
as
ali
just
went
over.
These
are
the
numbers
and
the
figures
that
we
have
seen
and
we
projected
for
fy
22.
F
having
someone
specifically
focus
on
this
program
will
allow
us
to
to
do
much
more
with
the
child
care
entrepreneur
fund
and
will
also
allow
the
office
to
keep
the
work
the
great
work
going.
I
wish
we
had
a
whole
lot
of
the
time,
so
we
can
go
over
and
even
talk
about
own
descriptions
of
of
providers
who
have
taken
the
child
care
entrepreneur
fund
and
how
much
it
has
helped
them
and
how
much
it
has
brought
and
elevated
their
confidence
when
it
comes
to
running
their
small
business.
F
This
is
something
that
moa
is
very
proud
of,
and
all
the
amazing
collaboration
that
we
have
done
in
in
departmental
and
also
external.
This
is
not
something
that
we
have
done
alone.
I
always
like
to
emphasize
the
fact
that
partnerships
and
collaborations
is
very
unique
to
everything
our
office
does
and
I
want
to
extend
and
even
find
ways
into
finding
that
making
this
possible
without
the
people
who
have
helped
create
this.
F
Would
it
be
possible,
so
I'm
very
thankful
for
even
having
the
opportunity
to
explain
our
child
care
entrepreneur
fund
and
also
look
into
the
expansion
of
it
for
fy22
happy
to
take
any
questions
and
happy
to
take
any
clarifications
as
well.
Thank
you.
So
much.
B
Great,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
presentation.
Now
we
will
be
going
to
questions
and
we'll
do
them
both
for
oed
and
for
moab.
So
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
We're
gonna
go
first
to
counselor
isabe
george,
my
vice
chair,
and
then
I
believe
it
is
sorry,
colleagues
yeah
counselor
flynn
and
then
counselor
flaherty
councillor
savvy
george.
I
Thank
you
very
much
ma'am
chair
and
thank
you
everyone
for
this
morning's
presentation.
This
may
have
been
the
record
one
hour
presentation,
but
it
was
very
thorough
and
thoughtful.
I've
got
one
question.
I
have
a
number
of
questions,
but
I'm
going
to
start
with
this
first
one
because
I
think
it
applies
to
sort
of
you
know
all
the
things
that
we've
discussed
this
morning.
Certainly
our
small
businesses
and
absolutely
our
child
care
providers
which
are
in
themselves
many
of
them
small
businesses
or
they're
all
small
businesses.
I
Although
some
may
be
non-profit
based
over
this
last
year,
plus
with
cova
and
the
pandemic,
we
had
a
number
of
businesses
that
went
into
hibernation.
Have
we
surveyed
those
businesses
at
all?
Do
we
know
how
many
of
them
will
reopen?
Do
we
know
how
many
we've
lost?
Has
there
been?
You
know,
sort
of
any
collection
of
data
or
tracking
of
those
businesses
who
have
who
are
in
again
hibernation
shutdown,
maybe
not
reopening
or
will
reopen,
and
then
what
is
the
extended
plan?
I
If
they
are
reopening,
can
we
double
down
or
triple
down
with
any
supports
to
get
those
doors
reopened,
or
can
we
support
them
through
technical
assistance
and
and
other
resources
to
help
them
either
rebrand?
Or
you
know,
many
of
our
entrepreneurs
become
serial
entrepreneurs,
so
there
may
be
other
opportunities
now
on
the
other
side
of
this
pandemic,
in
which
to
engage
them.
A
It's
a
great
question
counselor,
so
I'll
start
by
saying
that
there
is
no
aggregate
data
of
all
of
the
businesses
in
boston
that
have
closed
or
that
have
been
hibernating.
A
lot
of
that
is
word
of
mouth
that
we
have
really
been
able
to
learn
a
lot
about
some
of
these
businesses
and
talk
to
some
of
them
during
the
reopening
process.
A
So
you
know
I
do
have
some
word
of
mouth
data,
but
the
city
did
put
together
a
very
simple
form
to
try
to
understand
who
was
closing
it
lives
on
our
website
and
we've
shared
it
out
and
asked
folks
to
let
us
know
if
a
business
has
closed.
But
again
this
is
not.
This
is
not
hard
data.
This
is
really
just
folks
who
happen
to
be
connected
with
us.
A
There
are
some
folks
who
shut
down
right
away,
and
then
you
know
folks
who
have
tried
to
hold
on,
or
you
know,
are
anticipating
opening
and
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
don't
know
what
they're
doing
yet.
So
I
think
we
won't
know
anything
more
substantial
until
later
on,
but
we
are
working
to
figure
out
ways
of
capturing
more
of
this
data,
but
unfortunately
no
we
don't.
We
don't
have
those
numbers.
I
I'm
I'm
a
huge
proponent
in
spending
some
of
that
arp
money,
a
significant
amount
of
not
some
significant
amount
of
the
arp
money
on
supporting
our
small
businesses
and
our
you
know
local
business
owners.
I
We
really,
I
think
that
that
is
a
real
opportunity
for
us
to
engage
with
prep
proprietors
that
are
in
need
because
they
may
be
one
grant
away
or
one
or
two
you
know,
connections
away
from
reopening
or
stabilizing,
and
you
know
deciding
whether
or
not
to
reopen-
and
I
think
that
that's
a
really
important
group
of
people
to
to
reach
out
to
because
the
last
thing
we
need,
as
the
city
returns
to
open.
I
As
you
know,
businesses
and
office
spaces
reopen
and
residents
are
returning
for
those
that
may
have
left
our
city
over
this
last
year.
We
we
don't
want
them
to
find
empty
and
vacant
storefronts,
and
we
have
an
opportunity,
I
think,
to
really
support
businesses
who
are
unstable
right
now.
A
Yeah-
and
I
just
want
to
add
that
any
business
can
currently
get
support
from
our
office
through
ta
marketing
accounting.
Things
like
that,
you
know
and
we
haven't
stopped,
offering
our
regular
services
during
the
pandemic
and.
I
Yeah
and
one
other
place
where
we
can
maybe
find
out
some
of
that
information
is
through
the
department
of
revenue
if
it's
a
retailer
or
a
restaurant
food
establishment
that
maybe
hasn't
been
paying
their
sales
tax
or
we
see
that
their
sales
tax
contributions
or
their
meals,
tax
contributions,
or
you
know
whatever
it
is-
has
gone
down
significantly.
I
There's
got
to
be
indicators,
maybe
at
the
state
level
where
we
can
work
in
partnership
with
them
to
identify
those
businesses
that
maybe
are
only
open
once
or
twice
a
week
or
you
know
whatever
the
case
might
be,
we
just
we.
I
think
we
have
to
proactively
go
out
to
go
out
to
them
and
try
to
identify
them,
because
I'm
a
small
business
owner
myself
and
as
you're
trying
to
keep
your
head
above
water
and
just
barely
treading
water.
D
All
right
just
wanted
to
add
a
counselor
on
that.
Natalia
is
absolutely
right.
We
don't
have
hard
data,
but
our
bpd
research
team
is
working
to
see
if
we
can
get
more
real
live
data
through
google
analytics
to
see
which
business
are
closing
and
then
so
that's
an
investment
that
we're
making
actually
this
fiscal
year.
So
when
we
have
more
more
of
that
information
we'll
be
happy
to
share
that
with
you.
One
other
thing
I
wanted
to
note
is
also:
is
our
business
has
done
a
survey?
D
You
know
the
small
businesses
throughout
the
pandemic
to
see
you
know
where
things
are.
You
know
what
kind
of
help
they
need.
So
you
know
we
will
look
forward
to
continuing
that
as
we
think
about
what
additional
investments
that
might
be
helpful
for
their
small
business.
F
F
One
of
the
things
that
we
are
seeing
specifically
in
the
participants
that
come
to
a
child
care
fund
is
a
lot
of
them,
are
using
the
funds
to
look
into
reopening
and
are
using
the
funds
to
look
into
what
it
will
look
like
to
reimagine
their
small
businesses,
as
we
are
more
involved
in
such
a
digital
world,
so
happy
to
share
the
findings
of
this
year's
survey.
Once
we
receive
them,
we
are
currently
receiving
answers,
as
we
speak
so
happy
to
share
that
information.
As
soon
as
we
have
compiled
all
the
information.
I
Excellent.
Thank
you
all
and
again,
thank
you
very
much
for
that
thorough
presentation.
I'm
hopeful
that
it's
in
our
inboxes,
madam
chair,
I
should
have
looked
earlier,
but
follow
it.
It
is
it.
B
B
Great
thanks
so
much
counselor
savvy
george
next
up
counselor
flynn
and
that
will
be
councillor
flaherty
councillor
flynn.
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
council
block
and
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
the
outstanding
work
that
you're
doing.
It's
greatly
appreciated
in
helping
so
many
so
many
people
in
need.
I
guess
I
have
two
two
questions
or
two
comments.
One
is
during
this
pandemic.
We
also
saw
the
asian
community
asian
businesses
hit
very
hard,
not
only
because
of
the
pandemic,
but
a
lot
of
people
were
intentionally
staying
away
from
asian-owned
businesses
because
they
associated
them
unfairly.
J
With
with
the
coronavirus-
and
my
question
is
what
are
we
doing
to
help
them
during
this
difficult
time
to
get
them
back
on
their
feet
and,
as,
as
you
know,
many
of
the
businesses
in
the
asian
community?
A
lot
of
the
workers
are
also
asian,
but
they
also
work.
They
also
live
directly
in
the
in
in
the
nearby
neighborhood
as
well.
J
A
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
question.
Councillor
flynn.
So
first
I
want
to
say
that,
prior
to
the
official
shutdown,
the
city
did
a
campaign
around
visiting
chinatown
fields,
corner
and
other
highly
asian
areas
in
the
city
as
a
way
to
helping
to
dispel
some
of
those
initial
rumors
and
and
stereotypes
at
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic.
A
Over
the
course
of
the
pandemic,
asian
businesses
have
been
the
highest
percentage
of
recipients
of
our
of
our
minority
subgroups
of
all
of
our
grants.
So
there
has
been
a
lot
of
intentionality
there.
Our
small
business
conference
calls
are
in
three
languages,
two
of
which
are
asian
languages,
the
via
it's
in
vietnamese,
chinese
and
spanish,
because
those
are
the
the
folks
who
have
been
targeted
specifically
for
to
connect
with
us.
A
We've
also,
you
know
been
working
really
closely
with
arts
and
culture
around
the
designation
of
fields.
Corner
has
a
little
saigon.
We
continue
to
work
very
closely
with
chinatown
main
street
and
different
chinatown
organizations
to
ensure
that
those
restaurants
and
business
owners
in
chinatown
have
access
to
our
resources.
A
A
There's
a
lot
of
barriers
there
around
parking
and
traffic-
and
you
know
even
just
cultural
norms
about
eating
outside
is
is-
is
something
that
we've
learned
over
the
course
of
the
pandemic
and
continue
to
offer
and
focus
on
on
these
resources
to
ensure
that
all
those
businesses
have
access
and
can
obtain
the
services
that
they
need
to
survive.
J
Thank
you,
yeah.
We
have
a
good
main
street
program
in
chinatown.
It's
doing
well,
but
I
think
over
the
summer
we
could
really
use
a
lot
of
city
resources
and
support
in
trying
to
get
encourage
tourists
to
come
to
chinatown,
and
you
know,
visit
the
restaurants
visit
the
small
businesses,
I'm
trying
to
get
a
national
volleyball
asian
volleyball
tournament
to
come
to
boston.
J
Next
year,
I'm
working
with
a
group
trying
to
get
that
to
come
to
the
bcec
and
it's
teams,
from
throughout
the
country
and
in
canada,
made
up
of
asian
volleyball
players.
So
there'd
be
several
thousand
people
coming
to
boston
and
then
my
final.
My
final
question.
J
J
A
So
yeah
there
used
to
be
one
and
then
the
community.
I
think
there
was
a
community
process
that
actually
dissolved
the
organization,
but
part
of
this
reimagine
boston
main
street
is
about
identifying
areas
in
the
city
that
don't
have
main
streets
that
would
want
main
streets
so
that
that
would
be
part
of
the
the
planning
process
and
the
implementation
plan
that
we
will
we
will
receive.
A
I
think
part
of
the
engagement
has
been
about
whether
or
not
you
know
going
into
those
neighborhoods
that
don't
have
main
streets
and
whether
or
not
that
is
something
that
can
be
beneficial
and
then
I
think,
also
understanding
ways
to
support
the
existing
organizations
that
work
with
small
businesses.
A
lot
of
them
are
merchants
associations
or
business
associations,
or
even
just
underground
nonprofits
cdc's
nbc's
that
work
with
small
businesses
identifying
who
those
folks
are.
So
we
can
engage
them
in
the
conversation
and
counselor.
A
If
you
have
any
additional
folks,
you
want
to
make
sure
are
engaged,
please
feel
free
to
send
them
my
way.
J
I
represent
the
the
the
largest
number
of
residents
living
in
public
housing
and
many
of
them
live
in
south
boston,
muriel
and
mccomic
old
old
colony,
west
broadway,
west
9th
street,
so
they
they
would
like
a
main
street
program,
whether
we
have
it
at
west
broadway
or
we
have
it
at
east
broadway.
But
there
is
no
more
diverse
public
housing
area
in
the
city
than
in
south
boston.
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
my
constituents
also
are
able
to
participate
in
some
of
these
city
services.
I
don't
want
them
to
be.
J
B
Great,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
councillor
flynn
next
up
is
councillor
flaherty
and
that'll
be
councillor
meghia,
councillor
flaherty
thank.
K
You,
madam
chair
and
good
morning
to
you
and
to
everybody
and
to
the
chiefs
that
are
here.
I
appreciate
the
work
that
you
guys
have
been
doing
throughout
the
pandemic
and
in
particular
the
natalia.
K
I
know
we've
worked
very
closely
on
a
number
of
issues
and
you've
been
extremely
attentive
to
to
detail
and
follow-up
has
been
excellent,
and
so
I
just
want
to
say
that
from
the
onset
that
I
appreciate
all
of
your
work
on
behalf
of
our
city
and
its
people,
oed
handled
disbursement
of
over
six
million
of
the
city's
covered
really
funds
up
to
this
point-
and
I
just
want
to
get
a
sense
as
to
you
know
was-
was
this
disbursement
of
of
the
money
that
was
fundraised
from
the
boston
resiliency
fund
in
in
it?
K
And,
if
so,
did
it
include
grants
and
just
to
let
folks
know
that
going
forward,
the
state
and
federal
covert
refunds
will
be
authorized
by
a
new
city
council
committee,
which
I've
been
asked
to
cheer
on
behalf
of
my
colleagues,
so
I
I
specifically
want
to
hear
about.
I
guess
the
lessons
learned
with
respect
to
that
sort
of
the
first
round
of
covert
relief
funding
to
date
and
in
what,
if
any
role
did
grants
have
in
it?
So
that's
one
question.
K
The
second
one
is
the
I
see
oed
that
runs
compliance
for
boston,
residency,
job
policy
and
it's
it's.
It's
getting
a
significant
cut
to
the
budget
and
I'm
just
concerned
as
to
whether
or
not
the
program
will
still
be
able
to
run
appropriately
and
I'm
concerned
one
because
you
know
obviously
the
boston,
residency
job
policy
is
important
and
we
need
to
be
compliant.
But
I
also
am
hearing
sort
of
stories
of
city
employees
having
to
to
move
or
temporarily
change
their
residence
outside
the
city
due
to
coven.
K
So
it
would
seem
to
me
that
this
would
be
a
year
for
extra
funding,
not
less,
and
so
I'd
like
to
get
a
sense
as
to
how
you
feel
that
that
will
be
able
to
operate
appropriately.
And
then
can
you
also
elaborate
on
the
goals
of
the
reimagine
boston
main
streets
program,
and
does
it
include
efforts
to
recruit
additional
business
areas
into
the
city
as
just
referenced
by
my?
K
My
colleague
and
neighbor
council
of
flynn
also,
as
we
see
a
shift
in
residents
permanently
working
in
a
hybrid
work,
setting
working
from
home
or
indoor
only
coming
into
work
a
couple
days
a
week.
K
Will
there
continue
be
an
increased
desire
for
you
know
for
restaurants
and
retail
in
the
neighborhoods,
as
well
as
folks
sort
of
staying
closer
to
their
home
to
get
their
work
done
and
not
coming
into
the
downtown,
and
I
think
we
ought
to
start
to
make
some
adjustments
and
be
ready
for
that
type
of
transition
to
the
sort
of
the
the
normal
business
district
that
we're
accustomed
to.
So
that's
it
for
me,
right
out
of
the
gate,
go
right
out
of
the
gate.
K
A
Thank
you,
council,
flaherty,
maybe
I'll
answer
your
first
and
third
question
and
then
turn
it
over
to
selena.
So
the
first
grant
the
small
business
relief
fund
grant
was
initially
started
off
as
a
way.
So
it
was
before
kara's
act
even
came
out
or
before
we
even
knew
anything
about
karzak.
We
were
organizing
the
balance
of
our
cdbg
funds
for
20
for
fiscal
year
20,
so
in
yeah,
so
fiscal
year
20.
A
But
when
the
cares
act
funding
came
in,
we
were
able
to
make
that
swap
almost
immediately
to
use
all
karazak
funding,
so
we
did
not
use
any
dollars
that
were
fundraised
through
the
boston
resiliency
fund.
Those
dollars
were
very
specifically
earmarked
to
support
students
and
schools
and
food
and
other
emergency
needs.
A
Small
businesses
were
not
under
that
umbrella,
so
we
used
all
karzak
funding
and
it
was
all
through
that
grant
that
we're
able
to
to
support
those
businesses
to
date
and
all
using
karzak
funding.
It's
over
16.6
million
to
over
4
500
businesses
through
different
grant
programs,
but
they've
all
been
through.
The
federal
cares,
act
money
and
then,
as
far
as
reimagine
main
streets.
A
Absolutely
we
are
looking
at
what
other
areas
of
the
city
may
need
a
main
street
or
how
we
can
support
other
main
street
other
commercial
districts
through
the
city's
small
business
program.
So
we
don't
have
any
clear
definition
of
exactly
where
or
what
that
will
look
like.
Yet
we
are
in
the
still
in
that
process
of
that
research
and
analysis,
but
we
will
have
hopefully
an
answer.
This
fall.
E
And
counselor
flaherty
in
terms
of
the
the
funding
for
for
brjp.
I
appreciate
you
keeping
a
close
eye
on
that.
I
believe
that's
that's
more
of
an
accounting
issue.
So,
as
as
we
reported,
we
actually
have
two
new
positions,
so
we
have
a
larger
budget
than
we've
ever
had
for
brjp,
as
well
as
the
the
full-time
contractor.
E
I
think
that
those
funds
are
now
living
centrally
with
oed
and
then
they
get
allocated
at
a
later
point
to
the
different
line
items.
So
I
think
it's
it's
still
in
midori
feel
free
to.
If
I'm,
if
I'm
getting
that
correctly,
the
the
money's
still
there
it's
just
not
showing
up
in
the
line
item
at
this
moment,
but
it's
just
an
accounting
issue.
It's
not
a
decrease
in
the
commitment
to
the
work.
D
You
are
correct:
the
economic
development
equity
inclusion.
You
know
we
decided
to
centralize
the
budget
and
then
to
just
figure
out.
You
know
throughout
the
year
where
the
priorities
and
investments
should
be
made.
So
the
line
item
that
you're
specifying
for
brjp
is
not
reflective
of
the
the
investments
that
we're
making.
As
selena
mentioned.
K
Thank
you
to
both
chiefs
and
madam
chair.
If
you
could,
just
just
you
know,
make
sure
make
a
note
of
that
for
the
record
that
this
looks
like
this
is
sort
of
an
accounting
issue
in
or
money's
coming
in,
from
one
ear
and
going
to
the
other
area.
So
we
we're
mindful
of
it.
B
Great,
thank
you
so
much
council
flaherty
and
yes,
we're
we're
aware
that
in
the.
K
If
I
may
just
interject
so
this
happened
several
years
ago,
when
there
was
the
creation
of
a
department
and
christine
o'donnell-
probably
does
absolutely
knows
it
better
than
I
do
in
terms
of
when,
when
a
department
is
created,
if
it
doesn't,
if
it's
not
created
with
the
consent
from
the
council,
then
it
creates
a
whole
different
set
of
situations
where
they're
not
able
to
collect
funds.
Christine
can
could
have
probably
pointed
to
the
sort
of
the
actual
verse
of
that.
K
So
this
may
be
a
situation
where,
if
a
committee
was
created
that
it
probably
should
be
come
through
the
council
for
approval,
and
that
may
be
something
we
can
talk
to
to
the
administration
about,
but
just
again
my
institutional
knowledge.
It's
not
the
only
department,
indoor
area
where
our
department
was
created
by
executive
order,
wasn't
creative
sort
of
normally
through
the
legislative
process,
and
when
that
happens,
funding
has
to
follow
a
different
mechanism.
K
I
would
ask
that
maybe
this
is
the
appropriate
time,
madam
chair,
to
talk
about
a
cure
and
let's,
let's
have
that
that
department
and
how
it
was
created,
have
it
created
properly
and
have
it
come
through?
The
council
for
council
approval
they're
going
to
continue
to
you,
know
to
to
to
provide
the
great
value
and
function
that
they
are,
but
it
will
be.
I
guess,
for
the
lack
of
a
better
word.
It
will
be
a
legit
department.
It
will
be
a
legit
committee
if
you
will
that
can
accept
and
disperse
funds.
K
So
again,
just
my
two
cents,
christine
o'donnell
knows
it
better
than
I
do.
But
I
know
I
raised
this
issue
years
ago
when
this
department
was
was
being
created,
and
I
thought
at
some
point
it
would
become
a
problem
and
this
is
the
type
of
issue
it's
like
we've
got
funds
coming
in,
but
they
can't
accept
and
receive
them.
It
has
to
go
through
another
door
and
through
another
avenue
and
around
and
around
and
around
it's
like.
Let's
just
come
before
the
council,
let's
approve
it
as
a
legit
committee
and
let's
move
forward
yeah.
B
No
thank
you,
council
clarity
and
I'm
aware
of
that
challenge,
and
in
fact
I
think
the
real
challenge
is
that
there
is
a
plethora
of
such
offices
and
departments.
The
administration
really
has
fallen
behind
in
asking
council
permission
for
properly
constituting
them,
and
I
agree
with
you:
there
needs
to
be
a
sort
of
overall
reckoning
and
bringing
those
things
into
alignment
in
order
to
in
order
to
enable
like
proper
accounting
and
so
there's,
not
as
much
kind
of
shells
moving
around.
B
I
do
think
our
challenge
is
that
it's
more
than
just
this,
there
are
a
little
pretty,
like,
I
said,
a
pretty
substantial
number,
so
I'm
not
sure
that
we
have
the
legislative
time
to
get
it
done
before
june.
But
I
strongly
agree
with
you
that
it
needs
to
happen
and
that
there's
a
kind
of
there
has
been
a
kind
of
systematic
disregard
to
the.
K
K
You
know
we
have
a
fiduciary
responsibility
for
the
residents
and
the
taxpayers
of
boston
to
make
sure
that
things
work
appropriately
pursuant
to
the
charter-
and
this
is
just
one
example
of
several
others-
that
I
concur
with
you
and
I
will
roll
up
the
sleeves
and
work
with
you
when
time
permits
that
we
can
get
it
done.
I'll,
listen.
B
Great
thanks
so
much
counselor
clarity.
Next
up
is
counselor
mejia
and
then
I
will
slot
counselor
braden
back
into
the
order.
She
was
the
first
one
here
and
she
had
to
step
away
from
it,
but
counselor
mejia
you're
up
next.
L
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work,
especially
during
these
times.
I
am
so
encouraged
and
grateful.
So
I
only
have
a
few
questions
for
women's
advancement.
L
I'm
curious
in
fy
21,
the
child
entrepreneur
front,
is
supporting
its
first
entirely,
non-english
speaking,
cohort
in
child
care
providers
with
workshops
and
materials
in
spanish.
What
is
the
plan
to
support
cohort
of
providers
who
speak
languages
beyond
english
and
spanish,
and
then
in
some
of
the
performance
goals
listed
has
decreased
in
fy
21
due
to
leadership,
quote
unquote,
toner
turnover?
What
plans
do
we
have
in
the
future
to
ensure
that
we
are
still
providing
the
same
level
of
service
even
when
there
is
a
leadership
turnover?
L
And
then
I
have
a
question
for
office
of
economic
development.
A
lot
of
barber
shops
and
hair
salons
have
been
reaching
out
to
our
office
to
complain
about
their
personal
property
taxes
on
things
like
barber
chairs,
and
how
are
we
communicating
to
them?
What
is
expected
of
business
owners
who
operate
barber
shops
and
hair
salons
when
it
comes
to
personal
property
taxes.
H
So
I'm
happy
to
take
the
first
question
about
the
spanish
speaking
cohort.
Thank
you
counselor.
So
our
application
is
available
in
10
languages.
H
We
have
only
gotten
applications
in
spanish
and
english
thus
far
and
we
are
expanding
our
outreach
to
work
more
closely
with
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
and
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services
in
order
to
try
to
permeate
more
groups
of
folks
who
are
not
speaking
languages
besides.
Spanish
and
english
and
outreach
materials
are
currently
offered
in
english,
spanish,
portuguese,
haitian
creole
and
chinese,
but
we
will
be
offering
those
in
ten
languages
as
well
with
the
next
cohort,
and
we
don't
turn
away
anyone
due
to
interpretation
needs.
H
So
we
do
provide
simultaneous
translation
for
all
the
workshops
in
whatever
language
anyone
might
need
and
but
thus
far
we
have
received
primarily
spanish
and
english
applicants,
and
we
did
have
some
cantonese
speakers
in
the
first
cohort
that
we've
provided
interpretation
for
if
we
receive
a
enough
selected
applicants
who
speak
a
language
besides,
spanish
or
english
we'd
be
happy
to
take
them
and
form
a
cohort.
H
If
there's
at
least
10
of
them
enough
to
justify
the
the
separate
costs
of
obtaining
a
instructor
who
speaks
that
language
and
if
united
way,
of
course,
is
able
to
provide
an
instructor
in
that
language
would
be
happy
to
to
create
more
cohorts,
so
folks
can
enjoy
the
benefits
of
being
able
to
share
a
common
language.
H
So
that
is
certainly
our
hope
that
we'll
have
more
folks
who
are
speaking
the
same
language
and
in
a
wider
variety
of
languages
going
forward.
Thank
you
I'll
turn
over
to
alex
for
the
next
question.
F
Yeah,
I
just
want
to
echo
ali's
point
on
our
translation
and,
like
I
mentioned
earlier
during
the
presentation,
this
is
where
our
collaborations
are
a
big
big
component
of
what
we
do
in
noaa
and
that
collaborations
through
united
way,
to
assure
that
we
are
able
to
have
the
instructors
who
speak
the
different
languages
and
also
offer
the
on-site
translation
for
languages
who
are
not,
who
are
not
just
spanish
and
english
that
are
just
others
coming
in
as
well
and
pertaining
to
your
questions
in
regarding
to
the
structure
change
for
the
women's
workforce
council.
F
Currently
they
are
accepting
they're
collecting
the
information
as
we
speak
and
as
we
are,
I
am
more
than
happy
to
share
the
findings
that
they
receive
once
the
collection
is
all
finished.
I'm
pretty
excited
about
the
new,
the
new
leadership
that
the
women's
tour
first
has
come.
We
have
a
really
great
relationship
with
kim
and
everyone
else
on
the
council.
So
I'm
more
than
happy
to
share
that
information
as
soon
as
we
receive
them.
A
And
going
to
your
last
question
counselor,
so
I
think
there's
kind
of
two
parts
to
this
one
is
anything
that
has
to
do
with
personal
property
taxes.
I
defer
to
the
assessing
team
on
on
the
specifics
of
those
questions,
but
the
second
part
of
your
question,
which
was
what
are
we
doing
to
ensure
that
businesses
know
what
they
need
to
be
doing?
A
There's
one
thing
in
particular
around
barber
shops
and
beauty,
salons,
where
individuals
are
contracting
with
the
business
owner
right,
the
the
retail,
the
whoever
owns
that
retail
space
or
is
renting
that
retail
space.
That's
a
individual
contract
between
the
barber
and
the
business
owner,
but
we
consider
them
obviously
all
independent
businesses
as
long
as
they
you
know,
identify
in
that
way
with
us,
so
they
can
all
reach
out
to
us
and
get
support.
A
The
second
piece
is,
you
know:
through
our
small
business
conference,
calls
we
have
and
reopening
webinars
and
workshops.
We
have
engaged
barbers,
hair,
stylists,
etc
throughout
the
reopening
process,
to
just
kind
of
give
clarity
and
answer
questions
and
again
we
right
now.
We
have
like
five
different
platforms
where
people
can
just
join
in
at
their
convenience
and
get
support
and
get
their
questions
answered.
Our
virtual
office
hours
are
reopening
office
hours
mwbe
office
hours.
Our
you
know,
tuesday
calls
as
well
as
via
email.
A
So
I
encourage
you,
you
know
to
connect
those
businesses
directly
with
our
team
and
we
will
do
everything
that
we
can
to
support
them.
Whatever
the
individual
issue
is.
L
Thank
you.
Do
I
have
time
for
one
more
question:
counselor
bach
yeah,
so
I'm
encouraged
by
all
of
these
great
responses.
I
am,
as
we
start
thinking
about
reopening
and
all
things
that
deal
with
going
back
to
quote-unquote
normal.
I'm
curious.
L
What
are
some
of
the
greatest
challenges
that
you
are
for
seeing
and
what
are
some
of
the
things,
not
just
the
challenges,
but
where
you
see
the
opportunities
for
the
next
set
of
supports
that
some
of
these
businesses
are
going
to
need
aside
from
capital
and
financial,
have
you
been
able
to
think
about
what
are
some
of
the
other
areas
of
concern
that
we
can
get
ahead
of
yeah.
A
I
mean,
I
think
the
the
council
has
done
a
great
job
of
bringing
some
of
these
things
to
light
like
commercial
vacancies
and
displacement
things
that
we're
excited
to
tackle
in
the
next.
You
know
coming
year
and
figure
out
creative
solutions
around
some
of
that
stuff.
I'm
also
really
encouraged
by
our
focus
on
helping
businesses
grow,
and
you
know
not
just
survival
during
the
pandemic.
But
how
do
we
continue
to
enhance
business
growth?
A
big
chunk
of
that
right
now
is
our
workshop
series.
A
We've
been
hosting
almost
weekly
workshops,
if
not
two
times
a
week
on
different
elements,
about
business
structure
that
are
absolutely
free
and
open
to
all
businesses
to
participate
in
that
those
are
part
of
our
economic
development
center
that
are
run
through
through
the
small
business
team,
and
I
you
know,
I'm
really
encouraged
to
see
the
number
of
people
turning
out
for
those
that
builds
connections
with
us
and
relationships.
A
It
helps
us
support
businesses
in
the
long
term
and
we've
seen
a
lot
of
business
owners
and
entrepreneurs
come
back
to
those
workshops
to
every
single
one.
So
we'll
be
continuing
to
see
that
and
we'll
be
continuing
to
you
know,
put
on
these
workshops
and
trainings
in
in
the
next
fiscal
year
as
well,
because
those
are
part
of
like
what
we
do
anyway
and
I
think
virtually
doing
some
of
those
workshops,
I
think,
has
actually
helped
increase
attendance
and
connection.
So
we'll
continue
to
do
that.
Thank.
L
You,
and
I
did
say,
was
one
more
question
that
I
just
thought
of,
and
this
will
go
to
alexandra
and
midori.
Maybe
perhaps
I'm
curious,
you
know
there's
been
some
studies
about
women
who
have
left
the
workforce
and
I'm
just
curious
what
efforts
and
what
are
you
hearing
in
terms
of
how
we
can
support
the
high
rate
of
women
who
have
left
the
workforce
due
to
covet
and
what
are
we
doing
to
help
bring
them
back
in.
F
Yeah,
that's
that's
a
really
great
question.
I
was
as
I
was
speaking.
I
was
the
light
bulb
in
the
back
of
my
head,
but
great
that
you
asked
that
definitely
flexibility
in
the
workplace.
F
It's
one
of
the
main
things
that
we
have
to
think
about
when
we
go
back
and
think
about
what
it
will
look
like
to
go
back
to
some
type
of
normal
and
also
assuring
that
when
women
do
get
back
in
the
workplace,
that
we
have
flexibility
when
it
comes
to
child
care
and
providing
and
finding
innovative
time
when
it
comes
not
just
the
nine
to
five,
but
also
being
able
to
assure
that
we
are
focusing
on
those
non-standard
hours,
child
care
providers.
F
F
That's
something
that
we
need
to
sit
down
and
think
about
more
and
one
other
great
example
that
we're
focused
on
that
is
our
collaboration
with
community
labor
united,
which,
as
of
right
now,
there
is
currently
doing
some
research
and
a
pilot
program
testing
what
it
looks
like
to
run
non-standard
hours,
child
care,
and
that's
something
that
it's
definitely
that,
as
we
think
about
reopening
and
as
we
also
think
about
what
what
it
looks
like.
F
What
it
looks
like
to
go
back
to
the
workplace
is
very
important
for
us
to
just
to
focus
on
and
also
take
a
moment
and
sit
back
and
look
at
the
importance
of
this
flexibility
and
the
importance
to
push
more
employers
to
think
about.
Finding
all
these
resources
to
help
women
come
back
into
the
workplace.
L
B
Great
thanks
so
much
councillor
mejia
councillor
braden
and
counselor
campbell
and
counselor
edwards
councillor
braden.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
for
accommodating
my
jumping
in
and
out
here
and
I'm
sure
I've
missed
some
very
important
comments.
So
please,
please
forgive
my
redundancy
if
I'm
asking
questions
that
have
already
been
asked:
the
child
care
sector,
so
the
the
family,
child
care
providers,
are
an
essential
piece
of
our
infrastructure
and
I
just
want
to
know
how
aggressive
are
we
being
in
trying
to
grow
and
support
that
sector.
G
I
know
my
own
local
experience
here
is
that
many
of
our
family
child
care
providers
decided
during
coven
to
give
up
and
maybe
not
come
back.
So
that's
an
important
piece
of
concern.
G
I'm
delighted
to
hear
you're
doing
workshops
in
terms
of
workshops
for
providers
in
terms
of
skill
building
are
there
workshops
for
people
who
are
just
maybe
prospectively
investigating
the
possibility
of
setting
up
a
child
care
and
what
and
all
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
of
how
to
do
it
and
and
in
terms
of
regulatory
compliance,
etc,
and-
and
that
answer
that
question
might
already
have
been
answered,
then
in
terms
of
tracking
development.
G
I
I'm
really
concerned
about
development
driven
displacement
of
small
businesses,
especially
in
the
creative
sector,
but
not
notwithstanding
other
small
businesses
that
we're
seeing
a
huge
loss
of
formerly
light
industrial
space
that
was
ideal
for
artists
and
performance,
related
businesses
and
creative
film
and
film
and
video
work.
G
So
are
we
tracking
displacement
of
those
businesses,
I'm
thinking
about
also
brighton,
but
I'm
also
thinking
about
east
boston,
other
neighborhoods
that
have
an
intense
level
of
the
redevelopment
and
also
in
terms
of
do
we
track
landlords
who
are
bad
actors
in
terms
of
how
they
treat
their
their
small
business?
G
Like
congrat
aggressive
increases
in
rent,
not
maintaining
buildings,
you
know
pretty
hostile
lease
leasing
tactics,
I
do
track
those
landlords
and
we
any
recourse
to
try
and
bring
them
back
into
line,
and
then
we
used
to
have
under
the
menino
administration.
We
had
a
back
streets
program,
that's
similar
to
main
streets
that
focused
on
you're,
trying
to
provide
space
and
support
our
small
industries,
small
light
industry
and
small
businesses
that
work
in
automotive,
auto
repair
and
et
cetera.
G
Are
we
tracking
the
loss
of
those
those
businesses
as
well
and
then
also
the
capacity
to
be
able
to
stand
up
and
support
cooperative
kitchen
spaces
and
other
small
startups
like
that?
So
that's
a
whole
bundle
of
questions
that
have
been
accumulating.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councilman
breeden,
so
yeah
tracking
displacement
is
really
really
really
complicated
because
there
is
no
like
enforcement
tool
that
currently
exists
at
the
city
level
to
be
able
to
one
even
know
who
landlords
are
often
times
and
two
to
to
manage
that
as
well.
As
you
know,
we've
brought
in
the
assessing
department
to
help
inform
that
in
the
past
and
and
we're
continuing
to
do
that.
A
I
think
part
of
what
I'm
excited
about
in
the
coming
coming
years
is
really
about
building
those
relationships,
more
strategically
with
landlords
and
and
figuring
out
ways
to
support.
I
think
the
other
piece
is.
We
have
been
in
conversations
around
kind
of
like
new
developments
and
and
ensuring
that
there
is
retail
in
the
on
the
store
on
the
ground
level
and
how
the
city
can
help
businesses
access
those
spaces,
not
necessarily
in
the
displacement
side.
A
Obviously,
but
this
is
more
in
the
new
space
and
preventing
those
spaces
from
sitting
vacantly
or
you
know,
bringing
in
outside
businesses.
There
is
no
formal
way
of
doing
this.
A
We
are
doing
it
kind
of
case-by-case
basis
and
really
you
know,
supporting
businesses
just
very
quickly
back
on
the
displacement
side
like
we
oftentimes
will
help
businesses
do
lease
negotiations
through
rta
or
you
know
you
know,
get
support
during
those
those
moments,
but
there
is
no
legal
or
formal
way
for
us
to
track
displacement
or
bad
landlords.
F
And
I'll
just
chime
in
with
the
child
care
to
answer
your
question
counselor.
Currently,
we
do
accept
startups
to
our
childcare
entrepreneur
fund,
and
this
is
one
of
the
specifics
that
we
also
like
to
to
highlight
a
lot,
especially
when
we're
doing
outreach
engagement
during
for
applicants
to
apply
for
the
fund,
the
funds
that
we
do
give
they're
specific,
also
to
help
startups
in
the
childcare
entrepreneur
fund,
as
well
as
their
small
businesses.
F
This
is
a
great
opportunity
is
why
I'm
a
huge
I
mention
again
the
word
collaboration
and
a
possibility,
even
looking
to
collaborate
even
more
when
it
comes
to
what
it
will
look
like
for
us
to
be
able
to
help
when
it
comes
to
referring
and
when
it
comes
to
engagement,
specifically
to
license
it,
as
unfortunately,
eec
is.
Is
a
specific
licensor
for
studio
for
child
care
providers,
but
definitely
the
office
of
women's
advancement
stands
as
a
huge
support
system.
D
I
wanted
to
answer
a
question
on
the
back
streets,
so
buddy
you
brought
it
up,
so
we
do
have
a
staff
person
in
our
team
who's
a
director
of
manufacturing
in
industrial,
so
he
is
original
backstreet's
manager
from
20
30
years
ago,
and
I
know
back
then
there
were
more
team
members
on
that.
So
we
are
keeping
our
close
eyes
on
this
industry
right.
As
you
know,
the
a
lot
of
these.
D
What
we're
seeing
is
a
lot
of
these
industry
is
shifting
towards
more
advanced
manufacturing
right
from
more
the
traditional
brick
and
mortar.
D
So
we
are
in
constant
communication
with
our
businesses
in
wheatfield
in
hyde
park,
as
well
as
the
new
market
market
area
right
we're
seeing
a
lot
more
breweries
pop
up
we're
seeing
a
lot
more
of
the
startup
in
the
green
and
blue
tech
economy,
convert
themselves
right
to
build
a
you
know,
blue
bike,
a
bike,
that's
you
know,
does
fancy
things
and
all
kinds
of
things.
So
certainly
this
is
this.
D
Is
you
know
something
that
we've
been
keeping
an
eye
on
and
we've
been
working
very
closely
with
our
state
department
as
well,
because
this
they're
one
of
their
key
sectors
that
they're
focused
on,
in
addition
to
I.t
and
health
sector,
so
to
make
sure
that
we
can
refer
folks
to
resources
and
guidance
as
needed.
G
Thank
you
just
as
a
follow-up
for
the
reference
to
eec.
G
I
just
heard
from
a
family
child
care
provider
yesterday
that
the
federal
the
federal
government
has
is
making
a
grant
to
a
family
child
care
providers
and
it's
been
administered
through
the
eec
at
the
state
level,
but
they
have
been
asked
to
fill
out
extensive
forms
and
if
the
money
is
not
claimed
and
there's
a
short
timeline,
if
the
money's
not
claimed
that
that
money
will
stay
with
the
eec,
and
I
think
our
providers
are
rather
indignant
that
first
of
all,
if
they're
registered
child
care
providers
in
massachusetts,
that
they
should
be
able
to
get
that
money
without
having
to
go,
fill
out
four
pages
of
of
a
form
and
also
there
was
a
question
raised
about
accessibility
in
terms
of
language
access.
G
So
my
my
interest.
My
concern
is
that
because
there's
a
certain
administrative
and
bureaucratic
barrier
here
that
the
monies
that
were
granted
by
the
federal
government
to
support
our
child
care
providers
will
not
actually
get
to
the
child
care
providers
because
they
have
to
jump
through
these
hopes.
So
anything
you
can
do
to
expedite
that
process
or
smooth
it
out
would
be
really
helpful
and
again
this
is
only
anecdotal
report
from
one
child
provider,
but
I'm
sure
it
applies
to
many.
Thank
you.
F
I
wish
we
were
able
to
to
be
able
to
speed
up
the
process
and
help
when
it
comes
to
eec,
but
just
to
speak
on
behalf
of
moa
and
the
city.
Every
time
we
have
an
application
every
time
we
do
a
grant,
we
assure
that
it's
translated
among
all
top
10
languages
in
the
city
of
boston.
F
We
take
that
in
consideration
very
thoroughly,
and
it's
very
important
to
us
to
assure
that
we
are
looking
at
equity
and
diversity
at
all
forms
when
it
comes
to
applicants
and
when
it
comes
to
any
program
and
for
providers.
We
do
understand
that
it
is
very
important
to
assure
that
our
materials
are
written.
Our
specific
reading
level
that
there
are
enough
information
is
for
ending
it's
not
something
so
excessive.
That
providers
will
look
at
and
not
want
to
fill
out.
So
this
is
something
that's
very,
very
important.
F
As
for
me,
english
language
learner,
I
make
sure
that
everything
we
do
is
looked
at
with
a
way
of
someone
who
doesn't
understand
english
as
a
first
language.
I
can
look
at
the
piece
of
paper
and
say:
oh,
I
understand
what
I'm
reading
so.
This
is
definitely.
G
I
think
it
was
not
a
criticism
of
your
great
work
in
in
the
city.
I
think
it's
a
level
of
frustration
with
the
eec
that
that
they
put
this
bureaucratic
hurdle
that
that
I
know
there
will
be
child
care
providers
will
not
get
the
money
that
has
been
granted
to
them
by
the
federal
government.
Because
of
this
hurdle
I
don't
know
I'm
just
I'm
just
letting
off
some
steam
here.
Thank.
M
Thank
you
and
thank
you,
everyone
for
the
hard
work
you're
doing
and
the
incredible
work
you're
doing
in
the
midst
of
covet.
It's
it's
not
easy.
So
thank
you
and
you
guys
are
doing
the
hard
work.
So
I
just
have
a
few
questions.
Many
of
them
were
already
answered
because
they
were
asked
by
previous
colleagues.
The
first
is
for,
as
we
talk
about
getting
people
back
to
work,
we've
been
there's
been
a
lot
of
conversations
on
workforce
development,
programming,
training
programming.
M
Does
the
city
currently
offer
any
type
of
workforce
development
programming
that
is
stipend
or
has
a
city
explored
that
because
that's
been
coming
up
quite
a
bit
as
a
great
tool
to
be
able
to
get
people
new
skills
and
to
get
them
into
the
careers
they
want?
So
that's
my
first
question
and
then
my
second
question
is:
do
we
know
how
many
women
have
successfully
increased
their
wages
after
taking
the
workshops
in
2018,
2019
and
2020.
I'll
start
with
those?
And
then
I
have
just
a
couple
more.
D
Yep,
so
I
can
take
the
workforce
development
questions
so
they
are,
you
know
we
have
our
office
of
workforce
development
that
funds
you
know
over.
You
know:
100,
non-profit
organizations,
workforce
development
providers
each
year
using
our
federal
state
city
dollars,
and
so
this
notion
of
using
stipend
they've
done
it
certainly
through
their
grant
making
process
specifically
for
people
with
corey
right
people
who
are
re-entering
the
society.
D
That's
the
one
of
the
tools
that's
been
known
to
work
is
that
let's
get
them
some
stipends
right,
get
their
feet
on
the
ground,
get
them
some
work
experience
before.
Then
they
go
into
a
workforce
fully.
You
know,
we've
also
used
with
other.
You
know:
population
like
the
immigrant
population.
You
know
single
mothers
and
you
know
so.
D
We
leave
it
up
to
the
workforce
development
providers
because
they're
really
the
expertise
on
the
population
that
they
serve
and
we
also
run
youth
options
unlimited
program
through
the
office
of
workforce
development
and
they
work
primarily
with
young
adults
with
who
are
getting
involved
or
a
quarry
so
that
their
programming,
specifically
stipended
workhorse
development
program
for
that
population.
M
That's
helpful
and
and
as
we
continue
to
have
conversations
on
this
in
the
in
just
how
they're
proven
to
work
really
looking
to
see
how
the
city
and
partnership
can
continue
to
sort
of,
create,
more
stipend
programming
or
encourage
folks
to
do
it
on
the
provider
side.
So
that's
helpful
and
then
I
just
had
a
question
on
the
the
workshops
and
the
effect
we're
actually
seeing
on
wages
for
women.
F
Thank
you
as
of
right
now
there
was
an
evaluation
by
the
aauw
I
would
love
to.
I
definitely
look
more
into
it
if
it
does
include
and
covers
that
specific,
but
we
are
currently
right
now,
as
we
speak,
which
I'm
really
excited
we're
looking
into
what
it
will
look
like
for
expansion
of
that
program,
as
we
are
thinking
about
reopening
I'm
happy
to
share
more
thoughts
once
we
have
a
final
and
how
it
looks
like,
but
just
wanted
to
give
that
that
we
are
looking
into
expanding
the
program.
M
Okay,
yeah
anything
feel
free
to
email
it
over
to
us
and
my
chief
of
staff
ellie,
who
obviously
you
guys
know
that
would
be
great
and
then
a
few
other
questions.
One
is
been
talking
to
some
folks
with
respect
to
main
street
districts
neighborhoods
around
the
work
that's
happening
there
and
something
that
came
up
a
question
from
one
of
our
constituents
is:
has
the
city
ever
looked
into
parking
benefits
districts
for
the
main
streets?
M
A
Thank
you
counselor
campbell.
So,
yes,
we
have
talked
about
parking
benefit
districts
with
the
bpd,
sorry,
but
the
btd
in
the
past.
Not
all
main
street
districts
actually
have
have
meters
and
so
are
not
collecting
parking
revenue.
So
it
wouldn't
necessarily
be
an
equitable
way
of
funding
or
supporting
main
street
districts,
but
it
is
something
that
we're
exploring,
but
we
don't
have
anything
to
report
at
this
time.
M
And
nothing
exists
right
now:
it's
just
sort
of
still
an
exploratory
phase,
yes
correct
and
then
two
other
questions.
One
is
around
the
beach.
The
bjrp
and
you
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
hearings
and
conversations
on
enforcement
and
what
enforcement
looks
like
there
can
be
a
punitive
piece
to
that.
M
But
I'm
just
curious
what
other
incentives
have
been
explored
with
respect
to
compliance
with
the
bjrp
policy,
and
just
just
that
I
mean
things
that
are
sort
of
more
that
are
non-punitive
but
are
still
in
symptoms
to
get
people
to
imply
to
comply.
M
Hi
selena,
I
was
asking
obviously
there's
been
a
lot
of
conversation
around
enforcement
with
respect
to
the
job
and
residency
policy.
Punitive,
sometimes
in
nature,
just
curious
if
there
have
been
other
non-punitive
incentives
that
have
been
explored
to
get
folks
to
comply
with
that
policy.
E
Yeah,
I'm
so
glad
you
asked,
because
this
is
an
area
that
we
could
really
use
some
fresh
thinking
on
the
couple
of
things
that
that
we've
thought
of,
because
we
have
the
new
sales
force
system.
Part
of
the
challenge
with
it
and
why
we
continue
to
have
problems
is
that
in
the
previous
system,
people
would
sort
of
email
us
spreadsheets
and
we
would
enter
them
into
the
system,
and
so
there
was
a
way
for
us
to
catch.
If
there
was
any
anything
that
looked
off
any
data
inconsistencies.
E
E
But
what
happens
is
that,
if
there's
errors,
it's
really
hard
to
catch
until
you
start
seeing
things
that
don't
really
line
up
or
formulas
that
come
back
with
an
e,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
our
deputy
director
and
our
new
sales
force
administrator
are
going
to
establish
our
office
hours
for
salesforce
support
so
that
subcontractors,
it's
just
very
decentralized.
So,
even
if
you
go
through
the
gc,
it's
like
subs
are
entering
their
own
data.
E
Not
every
sub
is
mobilized
every
single
day,
so
it's
just
really
hard
to
kind
of
catch
people
to
to
kind
of
have
any
kind
of
formal
engagement
and
so
we're
going
to
start
offering
office
hours,
so
people
can
just
drop
in
and
already
the
construction
monitors
provide
that
support,
but
we're
just
seeing
a
lot
of
data
entry
issues
that
are
really
hampering
the
system.
So
that's
one
thought
the
other
thought
that
I've
been
kicking
around
and
I
just
share
with
you
because
I
know
you
all
are
such
good
thought
partners.
E
But
it's
not
it's
not
baked
it's
not
even
in
the
bowl
yet,
but
ways
to
highlight
people
that
are
doing
really
well
under
brjp,
gcs
and
subs
that
are
really
committing
and
delivering
on
the
goals
highlighting
best
practices
that
they've
had,
and
so
I
re.
I
think
that
there
would
be
that
would
be
really
helpful
both
just
to
to
put
that
out
there,
but
also,
I
think,
for
our
city
buyers
to
know.
I
see
you
counselor
bach,
so
yeah.
So
that's
another
thought
I
wanted
to
throw
out
there.
M
That's
helpful
and
we'll
stay
in
touch
on
that
for
sure,
because
I've
been
thinking
about
that
quite
a
bit.
It's
just
how
do
you
it
doesn't
have
to
be
monetary
right,
it
could
be
a
branding
sticker
from
the
city
or
something
that
you
know
really
celebrates
those
folks
who
are
doing
great
not
just
with
that
policy,
but
other
businesses
are
really
doing
their
part.
And
my
last
question:
I
saw
the
gavel
and
I'm
ignoring
it
skelterfuck
you
got
to
love
us.
M
This
is
my
last
question
and
it
really
is
a
broad
question
which
are
just
what
are
some
of
the
greatest
challenges
that
our
small
businesses
are
facing,
that
frankly,
we
are
not
able
to
address
or
not
in
a
in
a
position
to
address.
You
know.
I
often
think
you
we
put
a
lot
on
all
of
your
departments
to
do
a
lot,
but
sometimes
someone
else
needs
to
step
up.
So
I'm
just
curious
from
just
a
high
level.
What
what
some
other
challenges
are
that
we
as
a
city,
are
just
unable
to
address.
A
That's
a
great
last
question,
I'll
just
start
off
by
saying
that
commercial,
rents,
commercial,
affordability,
commercial,
vacancies,
commercial,
you
know
displacement.
These
are
all
things
that
happen
in
a
private
contract
off
the
radar,
and
while
we
are
working
on
figuring
out
how
how
the
city
can
play
a
more
vital
role,
it
is
something
that
inadvertently
does
not
necessarily
be
long
in
our
threshold
or
do
we
have
any
type
of
enforcement
power
there?
A
I
think
additionally,
probably
a
little
bit
more
abstract
is,
is
you
know
we?
A
lot
of
the
businesses
that
are
struggling
right
now,
really
depend
on
tourism
and
depend
on
bodies.
They
need
people.
You
know,
especially
our
downtown
businesses
that
have
been
more
more
impacted
than
even
our
neighborhood
businesses,
and
these
are
things
that
I
think
with
be
local
and
all-inclusive
and
just
in
general
vaccination
rates-
and
you
know
the
world
seemingly
will
be
opening
up.
A
I
think
these
are
things
that
the
city
can
play
a
role
in,
but
we
don't
control
and-
and
really
you
know,
I
think
survival
of
a
business
is
revenue.
They
need
to
have
people
buying
the
thing
that
they're
selling
and
part
of
that
is.
You
know,
we're
working
on
how
to
help
them.
You
know
go
on
the
digital
space
or
you
know,
go
online
or
even
think
about
succession
planning,
and
you
know
thing
things
that
could
help
small
business
owners
really
succeed.
A
But
just
remember,
every
single
business
owner
has
a
unique
story,
unique
needs
and
there
isn't,
unfortunately,
a
silver
bullet
that
can
support
all
small
businesses,
and
so
that's
why
our
team's
work
is
like
very
you
know
intentional,
and
it's
it's
one-on-one
work
that
doesn't
oftentimes,
give
a
lot
of
space
for
helping
hundreds
of
businesses
at
a
time.
Aside
from
you
know
these
grant
programs,
so
I
think
continuing
to
support
them
in
the
ways
that
we
do
and-
and
you
know,
expanding
capacity
for
my
team
is
always
a
way
that
we
can
help.
A
But
some
of
these
things
are
outside
of
our
control
and
not
sure
you
know
what
the
city
could
actually
do
to
to
improve
some
of
these
things
that
we
aren't
already
doing.
F
Thank
you.
I
said
I
see
the
gamble,
but
I'm
going
to
just
come
in
really
really
quick
and
just
to
make
emphasis
one
more
time
on,
but
at
the
point
we
made
earlier
about
workflow
flexibility
and
when
it
comes
to
affordable
child
care,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
outside
of
the
industries
and
other
organizations
and
other
employees,
I
also
look
at
looking
at
the
fact.
F
How
can
we
bring
back
women
into
the
workforce
and
how
can
we
continue
to
do
this
with
being
and
having
that
flexibility,
child
care
impacts
all
of
our
capacity,
and
we
need
to
look
at
that
in
this
as
a
priority
into
how
we
incorporate
that
when
it
comes
to
the
workforce.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Councillor
campbell,
I
feel
yes,
the
gavel's
effectiveness
seems
to
be
breaking
down
today.
Counselor
edwards,
you
have
the
floor.
C
Thank
you
a
couple
questions
I
wanted
to
first.
First
of
all,
thank
thank
you
guys
for
your
incredible
leadership
and
your
creativity.
At
this
moment
I
came
in
and
heard
a
lot
about
your
boston
incentive
program
for
the
dollars
and
I
think
that's
incredible.
I
I
I
love
that
the
city
is
going
to
be
reimbursing
and
really
helping
people
and
and
small
businesses
attract,
I
think
even
more
customers
and
incentivize
going
local.
So
that
is
that
that's
wonderful.
C
I
wanted
to
thank
you
for
that,
and
I
want
to
highlight
those
things
also
the
increased
amount
of
money
for
the
the
child
care
program,
as
well
with
the
office
of
roman
advancement.
So
I
I
wanted
to
highlight
the
those
good
things
I
think.
That's
creativity.
I
look
forward
to
cooperatives
being
more
child
care
cooperatives
being
part
of
that
conversation,
I
think
we've
learned
to
be
mutually
dependent
on
each
other
in
this
moment,
and
so
where
the
some
of
those
infrastructures
are
going
to
stay,
especially
in
east
boston.
C
We
have
a
cooperative
incubator
ccds,
where
that's
going
to
stay
and
grow.
I
really
hope
that
they'll
be
hopefully
part
of
getting
some
of
that
those
funds
and
working
with
you.
So
some
questions
I
do
have.
I
wanted
to
start
with
the
boston
jobs
policy
and
the
last
hearing
we
had
on
that.
You
know
we
have
our
bi-annual
hearing
and
and
then
I
had
a
follow-up
conversation
with
the
coalition
and
so
has
the
have.
C
You
has
the
office
thought
about
paying
some
of
these
volunteers
and
or
putting
out
an
rfp
for
on-site
people
to
come
there
specifically
to
monitor
the
work
sites,
because
work
sites
aren't
just
all
nine
to
five
and
they
aren't
all
like
for
the
entire
duration
of
the
project.
It's
sometimes
24
hours.
Sometimes
this
they're
out
they
move
a
crew
in
they
move
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
Have
you
thought
about
a
true
partnership
at
the
level
of
like
to
make
sure
that
a
lot
of
those
folks
are
being
held
accountable?
C
I
know
salesforce
is
in
the
pipeline
and
still
working
on,
but
there's
nothing
like
people
just
showing
up
to
see
who's
there.
So
that's
one
thing,
and
I
I
I
would
I
would
be
a
huge
proponent
of
that.
Actually,
I
think
there
are
a
lot
of
people
putting
in
free
labor
trying
to
make
sure
the
law
that
the
city
has
is
actually
is
is
actually
working.
C
I
also
wanted
to
follow
up
on
high
roads
kitchens
and
to
see
if
that
program
is
going
to
be
enhanced
in
what
way,
shape
or
form,
because
there's
one
thing
to
be
supporting
restaurants
and
local
businesses,
it's
another
to
be
supporting
them
to
come
back,
better,
stronger
and
with
higher
wages,
and
that's
something
you
know.
I
think
counselor
box
said
this
so
eloquently
once
we're.
We
can't
just
be
fighting
to
come
back
to
what
we
had.
C
We
need
to
be
fighting
to
come
back
to
better
and
to
be
a
better
city
and
a
better
employment
culture.
All
of
those
things
as
well,
if
we're
going
to
be
in
the
fight
for
something
it
can't
just
be
for
what
we
already
had,
which
is
people
who
work
in
the
restaurant
industry,
making
you
know
tip
minimum
wages
not
making
enough
to
pay
their
bills
before
so
so,
there's
high
roads,
kitchen,
there's
paying
on-site
monitors,
and
then
I
also
was
curious
specifically
about
working
with
the
restaurants
and
liquor
licenses.
C
We
had
put
that
on
the
table
before
about
potentially
buying
some
of
those
licenses
back
to
help
infuse
restaurants,
with
some
money
or
or
at
least
trying
to
work
with
them
and
seeing
if
there's
a
way
to
infuse
them
with
lump
sums
based
off
of
some
of
the
assets
that
they
have,
that
include
space.
So
I'm
I
just
I'll
start
with
those
three
things.
A
Happy
to
go
first
on
the
high
road
road
kitchens
grant
program,
so,
yes,
I
think
there's
appetite
to
continue
it
on
in
some
way.
Obviously
you
know
firsthand
and
really
well
that
part
of
the
process
after
the
grant
was
distributed
was
to
keep
them
connected
with
high
road
kitchens
and
the
one
fair
wage
folks,
so
that
they
could
continue
that
on.
A
So
I
think
I
don't
have
immediate
next
steps,
but
I
do
think
that
there
is
a
appetite
for
that,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
restaurants
can
continue
on
part
of
it
might
be.
You
know,
continuing
to
help
them
with
funding,
but
there
may
be
other
ways
in
which
we
can
support.
But
at
this
time
I
don't
have
anything
to
report.
C
E
Yeah,
thank
you
councillor,
edwards,
for
for
your
commitment
to
our
city's
workers.
I
I
think
that
you
know
we're
we're
open
to
to
looking
at
different
models
from
monitoring.
We
did
add
two
additional
monitors,
which
means
that
each
monitor
will
will
have
less
of
a
workload.
E
The
other
is
that
our
monitors
haven't
been
able
to
be
on
site
for
due
to
covert
restrictions
for
a
lot
of
this
past
fiscal
year,
and
so
I
think
that
one,
you
know
we're
now
returning
we're
not
going
to
be
resuming
the
in-person
site
visits.
I
think
it's
an
issue.
I
if
you
were
to
ask
me,
I
think
that
the
key
issue
with
achieving
the
goals
is
the
pipeline
and
that
a
lot
of
the
unions
don't
have
can't
provide
the
the
resident
workers,
people
of
color
and
women.
E
E
People
are
reporting
so
they're
in
complaints,
they're
sending
us
the
reports
on
time
and
and
the
numbers
are
not
good,
and
I
think
that
in
in-person
monitoring
helps
with,
for
example,
seeing
subs
that
that
we're
not
getting
time
sheets
for
or
seeing
if
there's,
if,
if
the
residency
numbers
actually
line
up
with,
what's
being
reported
reporting.
But
in
terms
of
moving
the
numbers,
I
don't
know
how
much
we.
E
They're,
not
there
right
and
so
being
seeing
it
in
person
or
seeing
it
in
the
reports.
I
think
that
I'd
be
interested
in
really
looking
at
those
pipeline
questions
and
how
we
can
really
because
it's
it's
really
frustrating
when
we
in
people
that
are
doing
great
they're
reporting
on
time,
they're
they're
verifying
their
workers
they're
complying.
So
it
actually
did
come
up
yesterday
at
the
back
that
we
might
need
to
revisit.
E
It
came
up
from
the
chairman
and
and
some
of
the
commissioners
that
it
might
be
worth
looking
at
the
policy
itself,
because
we
can
be
doing
everything
right
and
the
numbers
are
still
worth
what
they
are.
You
know
we
we
and
the
gcs
right
can
be
following
it
to
the
letter
of
the
law
and
still
have
really
poor
numbers.
C
I
think
it's
actually
a
still
a
bridge
to
be
built
and
and
then
also
a
reward
for
the
amount
of
work
that
they
did,
that
their
coalition
is
the
reason
why
we
have
a
a
boston,
residence,
jobs
policy,
it's
their
work,
that
put
it
in
there
and
they're
trying
to
enforce
it,
basically
as
a
labor
of
love
and
commitment.
So
I
one,
I
still
think
there
should
be
a
commitment
from
the
city
to
work
with
them
and
possibly
consider
an
rfp
put
out
there.
C
Two,
when
you
say
the
numbers
are
horrible
and
when
you
when
we
admit
that
we're
not
where
we're
supposed
to
be,
that's
where
I
think
a
lot
of
people
get
frustrated,
then
why
are
we
still
allowing
these
projects
to
go
forward?
Why
are
we
not
enforcing
it?
Why
are
we
why?
Why
are
we
just
saying?
Well,
it's
horrible,
and
and
that's
it
that's
where
I
think
a
lot
of
people
get
angry.
So
what's
the
point
in
the
law,
if
we're
going
to
all
admit
it's
it's,
it's
not
working
and
we
can
look
at
the
pipeline.
C
I
know
travis
has
some
different
ideas
about
other
pipelines
and
other
places
to
go.
That
might
not
be
union,
but
I
mean
I
do
know.
The
statistics
are
pretty
clear.
Unions
still
have
more
diversity
than
most
non-union
shops
most
right.
I
think
it's,
the
mbe
shops
that
actually
have
the
diversity,
if
they're
not
union,
but
we're
we're
still
in
in
an
issue
about
yes
pipeline,
but
the
city
can
only
do
so
much
so
far
down.
If
the
law
is
the
law
of
the
city
enforce
it.
E
E
Which
is
that
people
have
to
submit
report
like
the
law
doesn't
provide
for
because
we
can't
it's
it's
a
similar
situation
to
the
disparity
study,
where
we
can't
prove
that
there
are
resident
workers
that
have
the
right
licenses
available
for
that
project
at
that
time.
So
we
can't
sanction
based
on
not
meeting
the
goal,
but
we
can
sanction
if
they're
not
reporting,
if
they're
not
verifying
their
residence,
if
they're
not
attending
pre-construction
meet.
You
know
so
and
in
that
that
ordinance
was
was
developed
through
the
leadership
of
chuck
turner
and
community
activists.
E
So
I
you
know,
I
I
think
that
I
would
love
to
really
sit
down
with
you
and
some
of
the
the
closer
advocates
to
because
I
know
we
don't
have
the
time
here
to
discuss
it,
but
I
we
really
do
would
love
to
revisit,
because
the
the
goal
is
to
get
resident
people
of
color
and
women
on
there
and
and
the
tools.
We
have
don't
give
us
the
ability
to
enforce
that.
C
I
don't
I
right
so
maybe
what
I'm
saying
is.
Maybe
then
we
need
to
change
the
law
so
that
it
is
a
goal-oriented
enforcement
versus
the
compliance
of
just
simply
submitting
information.
We.
What
would
what
you
had
suggested
earlier
of
good
actor
list?
I
think
what
would
also
be
helpful
is
a
bad
actor
list
that
you
are
back
is
just
transparent.
You
when
you
say
that
that
this
particular
group
or
this
particular
project
has
failed
miserably.
E
C
And
then
I
know
I
know
counselor
bach,
I
see
the
gavel,
but
you
know
what
yeah
man
anyway.
So
one
of
the
other
one
of
the
other
concerns
I
have
and-
and
I've
brought
up
many
many
times
and
I'll
always
bring
up,
is
the
communication
between
your
office
and
workforce
development.
C
You
know,
there's
there's,
there's
something
I
cannot
abide
by
and
that
is
a
bad
actor
that
doesn't
pay
their
workers
right,
there's
one
thing
and
violating
other
laws,
or
we
had
bad
actors
who
have
violated
osha
laws
and
and
then
still
went
on,
and
then
we
saw
recently
the
deaths
of
two
workers.
So
so
how
are
you
monitoring
that?
How
are
you
monitoring
the
connection
of
when
you
violate
some
major
workplace
safety
issues
to
the
point
that
people
have
died
on
that
or
you
have
wage
theft
issues
and
you
have
not
paid
workers?
D
Yeah,
so
the
office
workforce
development,
their
main
kind
of
work,
is
to
provide
grants
to
workforce
development
programs
to
train
folks
to
access
some
of
the
jobs
that
are
in
boston
primarily
this
year.
Boston
residents,
majority
of
people
are
people
of
color.
They
are
either
being
upskilled
right
in
the
current
industry
or
are
being
to
go
into
a
different
sector.
D
So
I
know
they
also
have
a
way
stuffed
kind
of
a
division
over
there,
but
they
work
very
closely
with
the
attorney
general's
office
on
that
matter.
We
don't
have
a
legal
enforcement
rights
within
out
of
that
office,
so
you
know
I'm
happy
to
kind
of
look
further
into
it
and
get
back
to
you
on
that.
C
Hearing
we've
had
specifically
about
your
relationship
and
acknowledgement
and
knowledge
of
wage
theft,
and
when
those
there
are
bad
actors
not
paying
their
workers.
Why
isn't
that
part
of?
I
don't
know,
then
your
analysis,
and
why
isn't
that
part
of
your
aversion
to
these
companies
calling
them
out
it
bothers
me
that
they
can
continue
to
make
money
in
boston
and
one
department
knows
how
they
didn't
pay
their
workers.
The
other
department
is,
is
just
continuing.
I
it
was
on
movie
very
clear.
C
It
was
on
a
city
project
that
we
had
our
money,
our
project,
they
didn't
pay
their
workers
and
there
seemed
to
be
no
communication
and
no
acknowledgement.
They
went
through
the
boston,
jobs,
residency
policy
there.
There
was
nothing
and
I
bring
this
up
because
there's
still
seems
to
be
nothing
there.
There
seems
to
be
no
connection,
no
acknowledgement.
No,
this
is
this
won't
happen
again
or
we're
going
to
be
monitoring
this.
E
E
What
the
ordinance
establishes
is
that
when,
if
a
company
is
disbarred
or
if
they're
found
guilty
of
wage
theft
violations,
then
the
city's
barred
from
contracting
with
that
company,
and
so
I
think,
that's
the
piece
that
I'm
not
sure
the
mechanism,
the
communication
sort
of
between,
like
if
it
makes
sense
for
it
to
be
brjp
or
between
workforce
development.
And
you
know
the
city's
procure.
E
You
know
the
city's
buyers
that
are
that
are
procuring,
but
I
I
believe,
like
that's
the
that's
the
leverage
that
we
have,
that
there
has
to
be
a
finding,
and
so
we
had
asked
about
specific
projects
and
or
specific
contractors,
but
there
hadn't
been
a
finding.
So
there
wasn't
anything
that
we
could
do
from
our
vantage
point,
but
I
think
it's
worth
between
both
this
and
sort
of
the
bad
actors
list.
E
I
think
we
should
figure
out
what
the
mechanism
is
once
we
have
the
information
to
like
get
it
out
to
department
buyers,
and
I
know
that
dcam
is
also
very
interested
from
in
terms
of
brjp
non-compliance
in
seeing
those
lists
as
well.
So
I
think
we
have
to
establish
that
mechanism
and
happy
to
to
be
involved
in
that
if
it
makes
sense
with
wage
theft
as
well.
C
Okay,
now
I
have
a
gavel
and
a
raised
eyebrow
from
counselor
box,
so
I
will
move
on.
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
will
follow
up
with
you
on
those
those
connections.
Thank
you
so
much
to
all
of
you
for
your
hard
work.
I
really
do
appreciate
it
and
know
you
are
under
a
lot
of
pressure
to
get
a
lot
done
and
I
do
see
the
impacts,
positive
impacts
in
my
district.
So
I
want
you
to
know
it's
more
good
than
anything.
So
thank
you.
So
much.
B
Great,
thank
you
so
much
counselor
edwards.
Now
those
are
important
questions.
It's
yeah.
I
think
I
think
it
feels
it
feels
clear
that
to
me
that
there
are
certain
like
bad
business
practices,
the
city
could
do
more
to
mark
and
then
say:
hey,
that's
a
black
mark
in
our
contracting
right
and
I
think
the
city
has
totally
legitimate
business
reasons.
B
To
say
I
mean.
Obviously,
we've
got
the
ordinance
on
wage
theft,
but
but
even
you
know,
people
who
are
not
not
don't
have
a
proven
track
record
of
hiring
boston
residents,
and
so
I
just
think
that,
like
we
have
a,
we
have
a
basis
for
saying:
hey,
that's
an
issue
when
we're
considering
our
options
in
a
bid,
so
anyways
yeah,
so
definitely
with.
Second
council
edward's
concerns,
I'm
gonna
ask
a
few
questions
and
then
I'll
go
back
to
colleagues
for
any
second
rounds.
B
B
So
I'm
just
trying
to
understand,
I
think
natalia
you,
throughout
the
sort
of
by
the
fall,
but
there's
a
lot
of
time
between
april
and
the
fall.
So
what
what
do
you
actually
think
the
timeline
on
that
looks
like.
A
Thank
you
so
yeah,
so
we
found
some
gaps
in
community
engagement
from
january
to
may,
as
you
can
imagine
with.
So
there
is
an
effort
right
now
around
actually
doing
some
canvassing
to
be
able
to
get
more
local
businesses
involved
in
that
process,
which
is
why
community
engagement
will
continue
simon
simultaneously
over
the
summer,
is,
is
the
process
of
pulling
together
the
research,
the
community
engagement
feedback
and
anything
else
that
might
be
required
in
order
to
make
these
recommendations
to
the
city.
A
On
behalf
of
the
program,
we
have
a
tentative
october
as
the
fall
date.
But
again
you
know
during
this
time
it
will
be
a
series
of
continued
conversations
and
interviews
that
you
know
are
part
of
that
at
community
engagement,
as
well
as
creating
that
framework
for
the
implementation
of
a
new.
A
You
know
a
new
recommendation
that
might
come
from
from
this
process,
so
I
you
know
there
are
going
to
be
tangible
things
that
we
can
point
to
and
say
come
participate
and
be
a
part
of
this,
but
a
lot
of
it
is
just
kind
of
the
back
of
the
house
work
that
needs
to
happen
in
order
to
to
really
create
and
develop
those
those
recommendations.
B
We
only
had
one
fenway
business
owner
on
and
it's
a
little
chicken
and
egg,
because
fenway
is
one
of
the
places
where
I
really
felt
in
the
pandemic.
The
absence
of
the
main
streets,
because
I've
got
a
bunch
of
independent
businesses
there
and
I've
got
also
got
a
bunch
of
independent
businesses
in
mission
hill
and
yet
in
mission
hill
we
had
a
main
streets
and
there
was
real
check-in
and
even
just
like
little
things
like
when
the
tea
was
threatening
to
require
some
of
the
restaurant
patio
barriers
to
be
moved
for
a
construction
project.
B
I
feel
like
in
fenway
that
kind
of
thing
just
goes
unresolved,
unnoted,
and
so
it
was
concerning
to
me
that,
like
a
report
that
I
think
is
partly
about
how
to
get
like,
you
know
how
to
loop
in
these
other
parts
of
the
city,
I
didn't
feel
like
we
were
seeing
like
I
didn't
pop
up
and
see
all
of
my
like
small
local
business
owners
in
fenway,
who
don't
have
a
main
streets
like
getting
to
talk
about
what
their
life
is
like,
so
so
glad
to
hear
that
we're
doing
more
engagement
on
that
and
definitely
would
be.
B
I
think
in
my
district
fenway
is
the
place
where
it
feels
like.
We
could
really
use
the
main
streets
and
then
I
think,
also
glad
to
hear
you
thinking
about
you
know.
I've
got
various
business
associations
in
back
bay
and
beacon
hill
and
then
also
the
downtown
north
one
over
in
kind
of
the
west
end
canal
street
area.
B
But
I
would
say
you
know
those
ones
they're
great
and
they
and
they
do
amazing
work.
I
do
think
sometimes
you
feel
the
lack
of
connection
to
the
city
and
it
ends
up
being
the
counselor's
office
right,
which
is
fine,
but
I
think,
like
I
think
it's
always
we
it's
better
when
our
offices
are
the
ones
who
are
catching
when
something
that
isn't
happening.
The
way
it's
supposed
to
not
when
our
offices
are
like
the
only
way
that
people
are
are
kind
of
getting
in
touch
with
the
city.
B
So
yes,
that's
just
my
two
cents
on
the
main
streets
thing
I
was
wondering.
I
think
this
is
a
question
for
midori.
If
you
could
talk
more
about
the
job
training
for
hard
hit
industries,
I
mean
it's
a
million
dollars,
it's
not
very
well
defined.
Yet
I
understand
that
we
are
building
this
bicycle
while
we
ride
it.
I
guess
the
critique
I've
heard
from
some
folks
in
hard
hit
industries
is,
I
don't
want
training.
I
want
my
job
back
right
like.
D
B
I'm
a
hotel
worker
who
had
a
great
job
like
I
care
a
lot
about
the
hotels
going
back
to
full
capacity
and
hiring
back
their
staff.
It's
not
clear
that
retraining
is
what
I'm
looking
for,
and
so
I'm
trying
to
understand
how
we're
thinking
about
that
category
and
and
and
that
critique.
D
Yeah,
no,
absolutely
so.
Thank
you.
So
you
know
we
are
working
very
closely
with
the
office
of
workhorse
development
because
they
are
also
the
content
expert
and
they
have
kind
of
the
ground
level
kind
of
knowledge
on
you
know
what's
going
on,
and
I
think
you
know
counselor,
you
know
as
much
as
I
do
that
with
the
pandemic,
the
future
of
work
became
a
little
bit
unclear
right.
D
D
So
you
know
we're
working
closely
with
our
bpd
research
team
to
look
at
some
of
the
data
to
see
where
are
some
of
the
gaps
that
we're
seeing
using
stuff
like
running
glass
to
see
the
all
the
vacancies
that
are
coming
in
this
in
this
area.
You
know
we're
also
working
this
one
million
dollar.
You
know
we
got
this
infusion
through
the
office
of
economic
development,
but
our
arts
and
culture
office
also
got
some
investment
as
well
as
our
environment
department.
D
So
all
actually
three
of
us
with
office
of
workforce
development
are
trying
to
figure
out.
Okay,
how
is
it
does
it
make
sense
for
us
to
kind
of
add
right,
all
the
fundings
together
and
the
kind
of
streamline
a
little
bit
right
so
that,
again
to
your
point,
you
know,
I
think
the
criticisms
we
hear
is
that
sometimes
there's
so
much
going
on
right
at
the
city
level.
D
So
maybe
you
know
there's
a
way
for
us
to
streamline
some
of
the
training
in
the
programming
and
just
really
looking
more
at
how
we
can
either
upskill
right
and
retrain
folks
in
the
same
industry
right,
so
they
can
get
their
job
back
if
their
job
kind
of
description
changed
as
a
result
of
pandemic
right.
D
So
at
this
point
you
know
we
don't
have
an
answer,
yet
we
were
still
in
the
kind
of
research
and
kind
of
the
listening
mode
from
our
work
with
someone
providers
and
their
economists
and
the
research
department
on
how
we
should
sort
of
invest
this
dollar-
and
I
I
do
think
you
know
I've
heard
you
know
with
the
unemployment
insurance,
providing
significant
amount
of
benefits.
D
You
know
it
also
has
a
hit
hard
on
some
of
the
companies,
so
they're
trying
to
bring
back
their
employees
and
some
employees
have
not
been
able
to
come
back
because
they're
not
just
incentivized,
to
come
back
right
because
of
the
unintended
concepts
we
had
because
they
were
making
more
than
they
were
working
on
the
job
as
well.
So
you
know,
but
we
look
forward
to
you,
know
working
with
our
partners
to
figure
out
how
we
want
to
invest
this
dollar.
B
Like
we're
doing
the
budget
process
now
we're
all
try
and,
of
course,
like
reopening,
is
changing
the
timeline
every
day
and
we're
all
trying
to
figure
it
out.
So
I'm
not
not
trying
to
give
you
a
hard
time
about
that.
I
feel
like
with
environment,
so
I
spent
a
lot
of
time
thinking
about
the
conservation
core,
stuff
and
mariama
has
at
the
federal
level,
and
I
feel
like
even
though
there's
a
lot
of
details
to
figure
out.
B
I
sort
of
feel
like
I
know
what
jobs
we're
talking
about
and
what
kind
of
stuff
we're
doing
there
and
then
in
arts
and
culture.
I
got
a
pretty
clear
sense
that
you
know
a
piece
of
this
is
seeing
whether
you
know
artists
can
add
value
to
community
engagement
processes
and
stuff
in
ways
that
might
create
permanent
roles
right
and
also
give
them
an
opportunity
to
both
permanent
roles
in
the
city
and
maybe
make
them
marketable
to
private
folks
who
need
to
do
that
kind
of,
like
you
know,
sort
of
more
3d
engagement.
B
So
I
feel,
like
I
understand
a
little
bit,
even
though
all
the
details
need
to
be
sorted
out
of
those
two
pots,
and
I
don't
really
understand
this
one.
So
I
guess
that's
why
I'm
like
pushing
on
it
a
little
bit
because
it
it
just
feels
like
a
grab
bag.
D
Yeah,
so
I
think
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
you
know
we
are
certainly
going
to
do
is
to
invest
in
some
of
the
infrastructure
for
workforce
development
providers
right
so
over
the
past
year
they
had
to
transition
from
brick
and
mortar
operation
right,
providing
the
training
program
in
in
person
to
going
online
completely
right,
so
that
put
us
a
little
bit
of
strain
on
the
workforce
development
provider.
So
we
are
gonna
see
if
we
can
use
some
of
the
funding
to
allow
people
to
build
that
infrastructure.
D
It's
it's
simple
right.
Just
they
just
need
more
account,
they
more
wi-fi
and
hotspots,
and
I
think
you
know,
after
that,
you
know
we
are
looking
forward
to
having
more
specific,
detailed
information
on
what
specific
industry
we
want
to
look
at,
and
you
know
we're.
I
guess
you
know.
Arts
and
culture
environment
is
very
targeted
right,
because
it's
that
specific
sector,
this
hardhat
industry,
there's
so
many
hard
hit
industries
right.
One
million
dollars
is
just
not
enough.
D
You
know
the
the
average
cost
for
training
program
is
7
000
per
head
right.
So
you
don't
matter
it
just
doesn't
provide
too
much.
So
we're
just,
I
think,
being
a
little
bit
more
thoughtful
and
strategic
before
we
say
we're
gonna
definitely
invest
in
these
sectors.
Certainly
you
know
you
saw
the
all-inclusive
campaign
earlier
right.
The
tourism
came
within
the
tourism
right.
There
is
a
small
business.
There's
a
restaurant
there's
like
so
many
different
sectors,
industry
embedded
in
there.
So
are
we
certainly
looking
at
that
as
well?
D
You
know
we're
also
looking
at
reinvesting
in
maybe
programs
that
really
work
right,
that
that
are
that
are
done
by
workforce
development
office.
So
you
know
we
don't
have
us.
You
know
the
very
specific
answer
for
you
right
now,
but
once
we
have
it
we're
happy
to
share
it
with
you.
B
You
want
to
know
what
you're
authorizing
money
to
do
as
much
as
possible
prior
to
june
30th,
right
and-
and
I
also
think
that
you
know-
and
also
I
do
think
that
like
and-
and
this
is
this
will
be
my
second
round
of
questions,
because
I
am
going
to
go
back
and
quickly
check
for
colleagues
on
second
rounds,
but
like
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
focus
in
on
with
all
of
you
is
that
I
think
you
know
we're
all
going
to
be
talking
about
how
to
spend
the
kind
of
economic,
the
the
arp
funds
that
are
focused
on
kind
of
you
know,
economic
impact,
the
stuff
that
goes
out
directly
right
and
you
guys
have
had
a
form
of
that
that
natalia
walked
through
in
a
bunch
of
different
funds,
and
so
I
just
think
that
we're
going
to
be
facing
choices
in
the
not
too
distant
future
of
is
your
thing
like.
B
Have
you
figured
out
a
thing
that
really
scales
to
like
five
million
dollars,
because
to
your
point
we're
only
like
you
know
your
millions
only
getting
to
130
or
something
I
don't
know
folks
and
you
know,
or
is
it
like
no
actually
we're
much
better
off
trying
to
prevent
my
own
timer
we're
we're.
C
B
Trying
to
like
give
these
quick
infusions
to
help
certain
businesses
make
the
decision
not
to
close
right
or
like
to
or
to
hire
back
their
people
or
whatever.
Then
we
are
spending
money
on
retraining,
so
the
reason
I'm
pushing
on
it
is
because
there's
going
to
be
this
like
very
imminent
set
of
questions
about
where
we're
putting
a
marginal
dollar
of
the
economic
impact
money.
And
so,
if
a
million
isn't
a
lot
like,
we
should
scale
something
up.
B
B
So,
that's
just
kind
of
how
I'm
thinking
about
this
before,
but
I
have
some
more
questions,
but
I
want
to
go
and
check.
I
think
counselor
braden
has
second
round
questions
and
then
counselor
edwards
I'll
come
to
you.
If
you,
if
you've
got
anything
counselor,
braden.
G
Thank
you
and
I
really
do
appreciate
all
the
incredible
work
that
you
folks
are
doing.
Well,
it's
life-changing
for
so
many
of
our
residents
in
boston,
the
the
pipeline.
I
I
I'm
really
struggling
to
understand
the
the.
G
I
think
it
takes
a
village
to
develop
this
pipeline
inter-agency
cooperation
and
cooperation
with
unions
and
and
non-profits
on
the
in
the
communities
across
the
city.
Is
there
what
is
the
secret
sauce
to
really
ensure
that
we
can
develop
a
robust
pipeline
or
what
is
getting
in
the
way
of
us
making
that
happen
like
I
know
our
madison
parks,
high
school
has
had
some
challenges,
but
I
do
understand
they're
on
an
upward
trend
and
things
are
improving,
so
what
obstacles
are?
G
Are
we
looking
at
and
how
can
we
get
those
put
aside
and
also
in
terms
of
the
you
know,
we've
increased
the
amount
of
linkage,
money
and,
and
also
a
proportion
of
that
will
increase
the
amount
of
linkage
money
available
for
training
workforce
development.
How
are
you
folks?
I
know
it's
not
quite
your
department,
but
are
you
working
with
workforce
development
to
strategize
how
to
get
the
best
bang
for
a
buck
out
of
that
extra
extra
money?
Those
are
my
two
questions.
Thank
you.
G
E
No,
I
was
just
going
to
start
with
the
pipeline
question
and
I
think
there
is.
We
do
have
an
a
lot
of
data
on
which
trades
tend
to
have
really
low
numbers.
So
I
think
that
we,
I
don't
think
we
have
to
start
from
the
whole
universe,
there's
trades
that
are
consistently
meeting
these
targets
and
trades
that
are
not
and
and
the
way
that
union
apprenticeship
and
training
works.
A
lot
of
that
is
not
even
in
the
boston
area,
depending
on
where
the
union
is
based.
E
So
I
think
that
we
can.
We
can
really
start
to
look
at
specific
trades
and
where
we
can
partner
with
the
unions
and
other
training
programs
that
are
non-union
to
really
find
and
support
local
boston
residents,
women
and
people
of
color
in
those
spaces.
That's
something
that
I
think
we
can
be
very
strategic
about,
because
we
know
where
the
gaps
are
and
we
can.
We
can
try
and
work
and
find
out.
Are
there
you
know?
Could
they
do
a
boston
cohort?
E
Or
you
know,
because
some
of
these
training
programs
are,
you
know,
require
a
car
to
get
to
you
know.
So
I
think
that
we
can
really.
We
can
really
be
strategic
about
that
and
I
just
think
we
haven't
had
the
ability
to
one.
You
know
like
do
that
level
of
analysis,
because
that
is
with
all
the
stuff
we
have
on
on
brgp.
We
don't
actually
have
a
a
data
analyst
to
help
us
like,
but
we
do
have
you
know
many
decades
and
we
know
of
which
trades
we
can
really
start
prioritizing.
D
On
the
linkage
question
you're
absolutely
right,
so
it
does,
it
is
managed
by
the
office
of
workforce
development
and
thanks
to
the
recent
increase
you're,
absolutely
right.
We
are
gonna,
see
some
increase
in
that
I
know
you
know
one
one
of
the
things
that
makes
the
linkage
dollar
very
distinct
from
other
workforce
development
funding.
It's
a
it's
a
performance-based
contracting
right.
D
So
the
these
nonprofit
workers,
development
providers
are
paid
once
the
the
job
placements
have
been
completed
and
the
retention
has
been
made
because,
as
you
know,
it's
hard,
it's
easy
to
get
people's
jobs,
but
retention
is
the
one
of
the
hardest
things
to
to
make
sure
that
we
support
them
throughout
their
career
to
make
sure
that
they
stay
in
in
the
job.
D
B
B
A
A
It
it's
it's
been
on.
It's
been
on
my
list
for
the
since
the
beginning
of
this
program,
and
it
just
has
taken
longer
for
that
part
to
get
approval
from
the
app
store.
So
in
the
second
version
it
will
be,
which
will
the
update's
coming
in
a
couple
days.
B
And
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
and
this
is
partly
because
we're
on
the
record
here
about
about
plaid
the
partner
there,
because
my
office
we've
received
some
concerns
from
people
who
are
frankly
not
used
to
the
idea
of
logging
into
their
bank
page
through
an
app
like
they're
used
to
putting
maybe
putting
a
credit
card
in
and
the
info,
but
that,
like
you
know,
signing
in
with
their
password
and
username
to
their
bank,
feels
like
another
step
and
they're
worried
like
hey.
Has
the
city
taught
this
through
security-wise
like
what
does
this
mean?
A
Sure
absolutely
so
plaid
is
a
third-party
platform
that
actually
has
partnerships
directly
with
banks
to
actually
make
it
more
secure
for
you
to
connect
your
credit
card
or
debit
card.
With
with
this,
this
app
one
of
the
biggest
concerns
that
we
heard
from
the
beginning
was
that
people
didn't
want
to
directly
include
their
credit
card
information
to
anything
that
the
city
would
have,
and
plaid
was
a
great
solution
on
that.
A
I
do
have
put
together
a
little
report
based
on
some
of
those
constituent
questions
that
have
come
in,
and
I'm
happy
to
share
that
with
all
of
the
counselors,
so
that
you
all
have
those
as
speaking
points.
But
plaid
is
a
trustworthy
third
party.
You
know
application
that
you
use
for
venmo.
If
anybody
uses
venmo,
it's
also
what
acorns
uses
and
other
you
know,
investment
apps
that
are
directly
tied
with
your
bank.
It.
A
It
essentially
means
that
they
are
collecting
that
information
and
the
city
is
not,
and
neither
is
our
partner,
colu
and
so
people's
personal
banking
information
is
through
this
third
party.
B
Got
it
sorry
that
was
counselor
brandon's
timer,
I
see
yeah?
No,
I
would
be
great
to
get
that
info
sheet
for
the
whole
council.
I
do
think
it
might
be
worth,
and
I
I
say
this
recognizing
that
you
know
in
the
app
store
this
might
come
in
ages
from
now,
but
like.
A
Yeah
we've
been
trying
to
change
some
of
the
messaging
and
the
language
on
that
app.
We
don't
con
once
you
like,
go
to
upload
your
credit
card,
the
plaid
portion,
we
don't
control,
but
on
the
actual,
app
we're
trying
to
give
more
guidance
and
more
language
there
to
explain
the
relationship
and
actually
explain
that
it's
actually
much
safer
for
you
to
log
into
your
bank
account
than
to
have
to
type
in
your
credit
card
number.
A
But
it
is,
you
know,
and
I
think
any
digital
solution
right
now
is
going
to
require
a
little
bit
of
time
for
people
to
feel
comfortable
with
some
of
those
requirements.
But
yes,
I
would
be.
I
would
be
happy
to
share
that
info
sheet,
so
you
all
can
share
it
out
with
any
constituent
who
needs
more
information.
B
Great,
thank
you
and
then
on
the
women's
advancement
side,
the
so
you
you
were
saying
that
you
know.
B
F
To
be
completely
honest,
we
were
not
expecting
as
much
of
applications
as
we
received,
so
I
can
only
first
see
this
number
going
up
right,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
like
to
to
highlight
is
that
every
time,
a
majority,
every
time
that
we
have
a
new
application
open,
we
have
brand
new
providers
who
apply
for
the
grants,
which
is
something
that
speaks
on
behalf
of
the
engagement
and
outreach
that
we
do
and
to
be
completely
transparent,
something
that
it's
definitely
something
that
moa
is
very
proud
of
to
make
to
see
that
our
applications
in
our
program
are
getting
to
new
providers.
F
Each
time.
Obviously,
like
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
numbers
of
providers
who
stayed
open
during
the
pandemic
are
now
opening,
in
which
you
have
a
lot
that
are
actually
looking
into
going
back
into
the
sector.
One
of
the
things
that
we
focus
a
lot
is
when
we
do
our
informational
sessions
is
that
we
always
try
to
talk
about
the
importance
of
what
it
is
to
starting
a
new
startup.
So
we
have
these
numbers
right
now.
This
is
what
we're
expecting
for
fy22.
F
Obviously,
numbers
can
continue
increasing,
as
as
more
providers
do
open.
Child
cares
in
the
city
of
boston.
H
I
think
just
to
expand
on
what
alex
just
said
that
they're,
you
know
we
do
already
have
folks
from
the
first
cohort
who
have
applied
again
and
I
think
there
there
would
be
room
hypothetically
in
the
future
to
offer
like
a
2.0
version
of
this
workshop,
because
there
is
only
so
much
information.
You
can
get
two
and
six
workshops
right.
H
So
I
think
there
there's
still
like
really
room
for
creativity
and
expansion
if
we
were
to
reach
everybody,
but
we
are,
of
course
hoping
that
there
will
be
more
startups
as
we
go
right
if
we
can
make
it
a
more
hospitable:
environment
for
family
child
care
providers
here
in
the
city,
so
that
folks
are
staying
open
and
new
folks
are
wanting
to
open
these
businesses.
I
think
there
will
be
for
a
while
plenty
plenty
of
folks
who
are
engaged
with
us.
B
And
what
I
mean,
I
was
glad
to
see
that
you
guys
are
partnering
with
umass
around
an
evaluation
and
that
you've
got
the
data
about.
You
know
folks
feeling
enhanced
confidence,
which
is
obviously
a
really.
You
know
it's
an
important
sort
of
qualitative
factor.
Are
you
guys
tracking
more
enduringly,
like
you
know?
What
percentage
of
these
folks
who
come
and
do
the
program
with
us
stay
open,
grow
their
business,
like
you
know,
are
we
gonna
long
term
have
a
feel
for
how
this
has
you
know
how?
F
F
What
are
the
things
that
we
are
looking
for
them
to
learn
and
also
what
are
they
expecting
from
us
and
united
way
to
be
able
to
teach
them
in
the
course
and
then
later
on?
We
do
a
post
survey
and
this
post
survey
includes
information
as
to
how
did
the
workshop
help?
How
did
the
workshop
structure
your
business
and
to
your
point
counselor
as
to
at
the
same
point?
How
has
your
workshop
grown
after
you
have
taken
the
child
care
entrepreneur,
fund
workshops.
B
Right,
no,
I
guess
I'm
just
wondering
and
I
get
that
I'm
wondering
whether
we
have
any
any
capacity
or
anything
set
up
to
sort
of
track
them.
Longitudinally
like
I
would
be
curious
to
know
in
two
years,
in
three
years,
like
to
your
point
about
the
churn
in
the
industry
right
are,
we
are
we
helping
to
create
a
foundation
of
more
stable
businesses,
like
the
proof
is
going
to
be
in
the
pudding
over
the
longer
term
there.
So
I'm
just
wondering
if
we've
how
we're
thinking
about
that.
H
Yeah,
we
don't
have
that
set
up
right
now.
The
first
cohort
that
went
through
just
finished
in
early
like
march
of
2020,
and
so
our
hope
is,
of
course,
with
a
new
staff
person
to
manage
this
program
that
we'll
be
able
to
have
a
better
connection
with
these
cohorts
as
they
move
through
time.
So
I
think
certainly
something
that
we
can
talk
about
more,
how
how
to
measure
that
impact
we
do
have.
H
The
second
evaluation
that
we
have
in
process
is
being
done
by
the
wellesley
center
for
women,
because
we
have
a
subject
matter:
expert
there
in
child
care
and
women's
employment.
So
we're
hoping
that
that
evaluation,
too
will
give
us
some
more
things
to
think
about
over
time
in
terms
of
the
program's
impact.
B
Okay,
cool
yeah.
No,
I
just
think
I
think
it's
I
think,
for
the
long
run.
Also,
if
you
think
about
like
you
know
this
being
a
model
that
if
we
can
prove
it,
really
moves
the
needle
other
cities
are
going
to
want
to
copy.
And
all
of
that
I
just
think
that
that
longitudinal
tracking
is
really
important,
not
just
the
pre-post,
because
also
you
know,
and
it
wouldn't
necessarily
be
like
because
if
what
the
longitudinal
tracking
showed
us
was,
it
is
possible.
B
F
Yeah,
I
know
that's
totally
right
and
I
echo
allies,
I'm
into
your
point.
Is
it's
one
of
the
things
that
having
on
that
extra
support
will
allow
the
office
to
look
that
even
more
and
may
I
do
say
that
when
we
do
have
applications
come
through.
F
We
have
a
good
number
of
applications
to
come
from
other
cities,
and
these
are
things
that
we
always
sit
down
and
look
at
how
much
our
program
is
going
to
other
cities
that
we
have
applicants
who
apply
every
time
and
unfortunately
we
have
to
deny
them
due
to
the
fact
that
in
our
city
of
boston
residents,
another
business
is
not
in
the
city,
but
just
to
see
how
much
more
attraction
is
also
getting
and
gaining
from
other
cities.
Aside
from
boston.
B
A
Oh
midori
can
speak
to
that.
Oh
sorry,.
D
We've
explored
over
the
past
few
months
on
the
back
bay
and
the
new
market
as
well.
So
those
are
two
areas
that
we're
looking
at.
B
D
Yeah,
so
we
are
making
investment
from
this
fiscal
year's
budget,
so
it's
not
actually
for
next
fiscal
year
budget
with
the
bpd
research
team
to
look
at
the
business
closures
and
that
they
can
see
the
real
live
data
because,
as
sometimes
I
mentioned
earlier-
we
just
don't
have
that
hard
data
available
anywhere
right.
The
best
case
is
a
census
which
is
you
know,
it's
not
live
outlet.
D
So
so,
in
order
to
do
that,
we
need
to
purchase
some
data
from
google
analytics
and
some
other
third
party.
So
that's
the
investment
we're
making
this
year
in
partnership
with
the
bpa
research
team.
So
we
can
look
at
the
data
and
then
make
some
decisions.
I
have
that
information
that
you
know
we're
all
looking
to
get.
D
It's
our
oed
budget,
going
into
bpda
for
them
to
purchase
the
data.
D
So
you
know
when
the
pandemic
started
right,
we
were
all
you
know,
scrambling
to
just
look
at
find
this
data,
and
then
we
found
out
that
we
just
don't
have
this
data
right
and
we
were
trying
to
see.
Can
we
get
creative
like
you
know,
I
know
counselor
buck,
we
talked
about
summer
jobs
last
year.
Can
we
get
young
people
to
then
do
like
sense,
accounts
of
like
all
the
businesses
in
the
neighborhood
and
like
who's,
closed
who's,
not
closed,
and
we
just
said
you
know
what
we
just
need
to
just
buy.
D
Invest
in
this
for
the
future.
D
D
B
Okay,
just
because
I
think
the
you
know,
I
think
the
next
step
from
that
it's
like
having
that
data
and
then
that
helps
you
make
a
bunch
of
strategic
decisions.
I
think
that
it
helps
us
make
strategic
decisions
about
places
that
are
hard
hit.
B
But
you
know
with
things
like
that,
you
always
have
to
you
have
to
set
them
up
so
that
you
know
that
you're,
not
just
rewarding
activity.
That
was
going
to
happen.
B
Anyways
and-
and
so
the
data
piece
is
like
really
important,
but
that
does
feel
like
a
kind
of
next
frontier
to
me
on
commercial
vacancies,
so
yeah
it
would
be
great
and
we
and
we
do
have
a
filed,
ordinance,
that's
sort
of
awaiting
the
end
of
budget
season,
but
where
we
were
looking
to
kind
of
more
regularize
commercial
vacancy
data
collection
on
the
city
side.
A
The
only
thing
that
I
would
also
add
is
that
this
data
is
also
not
going
to
be
totally
perfect
again.
You
know
we.
We
will
continue
to
rely
on
those
relationships
on
the
ground,
both
through
kind
of
my
team
and
the
main
streets
to
report
on
some
of
those,
because
again,
like
a
a
space,
might
have
no
no
movement
right,
no
actions,
not
nothing
that
we
can
measure
as
so.
Therefore,
it
may
look
like
it's
vacant,
but
there
may
still
be
leases
or
other
legal
contracts
in
place.
A
That
would
tell
us
that
that
space
is
not
available
so
there
it
there
are
complexities
there.
But,
yes,
we
are
really
excited
about
this
data
piece.
B
Great
well
definitely
yeah
we'd
love
to
be
in
the
loop
on
that
and
then
natalia.
Can
you
speak
a
little
bit.
I
swear
I'm
getting
to
the
end
of
my
questions,
but
would
you
speak
a
little
bit
about
on
the
grants
program
side?
I
saw
that
we
had
the
sort
of
applicants
compared
with
people
who
got
it
recipients
and
applicants
for
the
reopen
fund.
A
Yes,
it
just
takes
a
really
long
time.
This
is
all
we
don't
have
like
it's
we.
Yes,
we
can
get
that
and
we
will
get
that
for
you,
it's
just
it.
A
We
do
it
manually,
so
it
just
takes
a
little
bit
of
time,
because
all
of
this
data
is
collected
through
google
forms
and
spreadsheets,
and
we
have
to
pull
that
information
manually.
A
B
Yeah
that
would
be,
that
would
be
great,
and,
and
can
you
speak
a
little
bit
more?
I
think
I
said
this
at
a
prior
hearing,
but
I
do
feel
like
we
haven't.
Really
we
haven't
had
the
level
of
conversation
with
you
about
these
grant
funds
and
sort
of
like
what
feels
like
what
feels
like
the
learnings
about
how
we
would
do
a
next
round
that
we've
had
with
dnd
about
the
about
the
rental
relief
fund
over
there,
and
I
just
feel
like
again.
B
We
all
know
that
we
are
about
to
be
putting
more
money
into
some
kind
of
small
business
relief
funds
so
like
I
would
love
to
kind
of
hear
a
bit
from
you
and
and
in
particular
thinking
about
because
look
the
small
business
relief
fund
april
may
last
year
we
were
all
just
like
just
trying
to
get
money
out
the
door
to
people.
I
guess
the
commercial
rent
relief
in
the
winter
feels
like
that
was
at
a
sort
of
you
know.
B
We
were
deeper
into
the
pandemic
and
and
developing
things
with
a
little
bit
more
time,
and
so
I
just
wondered
if
you
could
talk
about
what
you've
learned
and
what,
as
we
go
like
you
know
what
small
business
and
oed
for
that
matter.
Right
is
recommending
in
terms
of
like
tweaks
to
our
grant
process
and
where
to
target,
and
all
that.
A
Yeah
great
question:
there's
a
lot
of
learnings
one
of
the
first
being
shifting
from
google
forms
into
an
easier
type
of
platform,
so
we're
working
with
the
with
the
do-it
team
on
establishing
mac,
which
is
the
same
platform
that
outdoor
dining
is
using,
which
is
really
user
friendly,
because
users
can
actually
see
where
their
application
status
is.
We
spent
a
lot
of
time.
A
You
know
just
monitoring
emails
to
be
able
to
respond
to
constituents
who
wanted
to
know
where
their
status
was
so
there
is
kind
of
that
forward-facing
as
well
as
automatic
dashboard.
That
comes
with
that.
For
both
you
know,
aggregate
data
for
us,
but
also
just
a
forward-facing
public-facing
form.
So
I
think
like
that
piece
is
something
that
we're
looking
to
enhance
and
do
for
the
next
round
or
whatever.
That
might
look
like.
A
I
think,
additionally,
making
sure
that
the
process
of
getting
a
vendor
id
is
clear
for
people
and
we
try
to
do
this
through.
You
know:
translation
services
making
sure
people
understand
the
reason
why
we
have
to
have
everybody
go
through
a
vendor
id
process
and
just
continuing
to
to
educate
folks
on
that.
I
think
it's
also
a
high
priority
for
us
to
to
continue
to
try
to
engage
folks
that
haven't
been
engaged.
A
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
times
I've
had
conversations
with
a
business
owner
about
a
grant,
ask
you
know
telling
them
that
they,
you
know,
should
apply
giving
them
all
the
information,
and
this
is
me
right,
so
not
even
my
team
and
others,
and
then
they
still
don't
apply.
It's
it's
one
of
those
things
that
I
just
want
to.
A
So
having
continued
support
from
all
of
this
all
of
the
stakeholders
on
this
call
to
help
us
spread
the
word
about
process
and
and
and
that
those
applications
are
open
and
available
once
they
are
open
and
available.
Other
learnings
include,
you
know
just
hearing
back
from
from
business
owners
about
what
they
really
need.
Funding
for,
and
I
think
you
know
what
we've
seen
over
time
is
is
on
more
unrestricted
funding.
A
Is
is
really
important
for
business
owners
so
that
they
can
do
what's
best
for
their
business,
but
you
know
making
sure
that
we're
setting
the
parameters
in
ways
that
allow
us
to
monitor-
and
you
know-
adhere
to
compliance
around
that
stuff,
but
just
being
more
flexible
on
how
they
can
use
those
funds.
I
think
has
been
something
we've
heard
time
and
time
again
from
business
owners.
B
Thanks
and
this
is
probably
for
you-
and
also
for
midori
it
just
where
do
you
like,
because
there's
this
other
piece
of
analysis
right,
which
is
what
are
the
places
where
the
feds
are
covering
needs
better
than
we
can
right
with
direct
things
like
there's,
obviously
a
substantial
federal
program
that
restaurants
can
apply
to
directly
and
it,
and
it
offers
a
lot
more
money
than
we're
going
to
be
able
to
offer.
B
If
we
divide
up
all
of
our
like
money
into
that
scale
of
grants,
and
so
but
then
you
know
obviously
there's
spaces
where
the
feds
may,
their
programs
may
not
be
nimble
enough.
They
may
not
be
targeting.
I
mean
we
always
come
back
to
sort
of
the
undocumented
community
as
one
space
where
that's
always
sort
of
inherently
true,
but
but
I
just
wonder
how
we're
thinking
as
a
city
about
scrutinizing
what
else
is
out
there
now
at
the
federal
and
state
level
and
where
we
most
effectively
fill
the
gaps.
A
Yeah,
so
I
think
part
of
that
is,
is
you
know
we
are
using
data
to
inform
who
we
support,
based
on
boston's
data,
which
obviously
the
federal
government
is
not
doing
just
a
quick
note
on
the
restaurant
relief
fund
from
the
federal
government.
That's
I
mean
it's
been
out
for
not
even
three
weeks
and
it's
almost
out
of
funding
already,
so
there
will
be
continued
needs
that
will
that
might
overlap.
A
There's
a
lot
of
conversations
we've
had
with
business
owners
over
the
last
18
months
about
just
building
trust
with
them
that
the
federal
government
has
not
been
able
to
do
so,
even
if
the
federal
government
may
be
issuing
grants
directly,
there's
still
a
lot
of
hesitation
from
business
owners,
especially
those
that
you
just
mentioned
to
go
through
the
federal
government
for
any
type
of
relief.
We
saw
that
ppep
when
we
were
begging
businesses
to
like
go
through
the
process
connecting
them
to
our
partners.
A
Who
were
you
know,
really
doing
a
lot
of
that
direct
work
and
businesses
just
refused
to
do
it
so
much
so
that
I
think
you
know
they
would
they
were
willing
to
close
their
business
before
going
that
route.
So
I
think
it
will
require
a
balance.
A
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
targeting
the
folks
in
boston
who
need
funding
the
most
and
in
what
ways
they
need
funding
the
most,
but
I
think
also
just
you
know,
continuing
to
bring
the
sba
and
our
partners
at
the
state
to
our
you
know:
small
business
calls
and
and
having
a
point
of
reference
for
business
owners
who
have
questions,
I
think,
is
helping
to
bridge
some
of
those
gaps
and
some
of
that
lack
of
understanding.
B
B
I
think
that
the
the
council
obviously
usually
asks
like
a
lot
of
retroactive
questions
about
you
know
who
did
this
money
go
to
and
how's
it
distributed
across
like
industries
and
neighborhoods
and
stuff,
and
that's
really
good,
and
I
appreciate
all
the
data
we
have
here.
Although
the
one
comment
I'll
have
is,
I
think,
the
more
than
half
the
businesses
in
the
certified
business
really
fun
being
classified.
Others
suggest
me
there's
some
kind
of
data
problem,
but,
aside
from
that,
like
I
think
you
know
it's
great
to
see
that
mix.
B
I
think
that,
as
we
go
into
the
next
phase,
when
I
think
about
both
this
committee
authorizing
use
of
federal
funds
for
economic
support
and
then
also
counselor
flaherty's
committee
that
you
referenced
earlier,
I
think
that
the
council
needs
some
more
of
that
data
you're
talking
about
in
terms
of
like,
what's
driving
our
prioritization
right,
which
is
not
about,
did
we
send
it
to
a
mix
of
industries
in
a
mix
of
neighborhoods
it's
about
like
did
we
meet
the
need
right
like?
Where
are
we
seeing
it
and
I
feel
like
that's
not.
B
A
Yeah,
I
think
part
of
the
need
that
we
are
trying
to
fulfill
is
the
need
of
like
who
has
actually
done
that
who
has
actually
applied
and
asked
for
something
as
like
one
way
of
measuring
need.
I
think
that
there's
I
welcome.
A
Obviously
these
conversations
with
you
directly
as
well
offline
around
what
are
other
ways
that
we
can
measure
that
need,
because
you
know
I
say
this
time
and
time
again:
every
single
business
needs
different
things,
and
every
single
business
needs
different
support
systems
and
and
figuring
out
the
best
way
to
support
the
most.
A
Businesses
has
been
our
intention
over
the
last
year
and
is
that
our
intention
moving
forward,
it's
really
hard
to
design
programming
that
both
is
conscientious
of
of
those
needs,
while
also
anticipating
other
needs
that
might
be
coming
up,
and
so
we
are
looking
to
do
that
and
I
would
love
to
collaborate
with
you
on
that.
D
Yeah,
no,
that's
obvious
point
right
the
need
you
know
when
we
did
the
analysis.
I
think
you
know
the
total
ask
from
the
small
businesses
collectively
we're
about
50
over
50
million
dollars
right
in
grant
funding
and
granted
like
not
all
of
them
will
be
eligible
right.
There's
some
mix
in
there
that
won't
be
eligible.
D
So,
but
you
know,
certainly
I
think
you
know
over
the
past
year,
you
know
we
were
quickly
suit
up
the
operation
of
get
it
getting
the
grants
money
out
like
as
soon
as
possible,
right
we're
getting
calls
emails
from
all
the
small
businesses
saying
like
we
need.
We
need
this
now,
so
I
think
you
know
we
have.
We
are
able
to
apply
some
of
the
lesson
learned
in
terms
of
like
operationally
right,
like
the
transition
from
google
form
to
you
know
something
more
substantial
but
yeah.
I
think
you're,
absolutely
right.
D
The
next
phase
is
kind
of
figuring.
Okay,
then,
how
do
we
then
measure
that
impact
right
that
we've
made
in
these
businesses?
And
you
know
we
have
qualitative
information
like
anecdotes
right?
That
says
that
these
are
the
kind
of
impact
that
we've
made,
but
I
think
you
know
that
will
certainly
then
help
us
prioritize
kind
of
like
then,
which
sector
which
industry
that
we
want
to
like
really
have
a
targeted
grant
making
process
on
that
and
then
just
wanted
to
mention
about
the
federal
grant
and
other
grant
making
process.
D
So
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic,
when
we
surveyed
we
did
this
like
monthly
survey
of
small
businesses.
I
I
remember
I
don't
remember
what
the
response
rate
was
like
two
or
three
hundred
small
businesses
that
responded.
You
know
when
we
asked
like,
did
you
apply
for
cd
grant
and
then
did
you
apply
for
federal
sba
grants?
Or
you
know
ppp
or
whatever
the
gap
was
pretty
significant.
D
I
think
eighty
percent
of
people
apply
for
seed
grants,
but
then
I
think
only
half
fifty
percent,
some
of
it
is
applied
for
the
federal
ppp
grant.
So
I
think
you
know,
I
think
the
tied
to
to
natai's
earlier
point
about.
You
know
there's
still
that
right,
the
feds
and
like
the
the
there's
like
that
gap,
whether
it's
information
or
hesitation,
or
you
know
like
language
right.
D
You
know
they
think
it's
it's
simple
right
and
for
us
maybe
it
is
simple,
but
for
some
of
the
small
business
owners
that
are
running
day-to-day
operation,
it
might
not
be
so-
and
I
do
think
you
know
with
the
pandemic,
we
weren't
able
to
kind
of
visit
these
small
businesses
like
one-on-one
in
person
right
to
just
encourage
them
to
apply,
and
I
know
some
some
of
them
did.
Our
staff
did
go
with
their
laptops
and
say
we're
applying
for
this
one
right.
How
I'm
gonna
help
you?
D
So
hopefully
you
know
when
we
as
we
reopen
open
the
economy,
we're
able
to
kind
of
do
more.
Of
that.
You
know
canvassing
grassroots
outreach
to
help
help
businesses.
B
Yeah,
no
that's
great,
and
it
is
great
to
underscore
that
we
are
just
closer
to
a
lot
of
our
businesses
and
more
connected
to
them
and
yeah,
and
you
guys
have
done
tremendous
work.
I
think
I
I
just
find
myself
thinking
in
this
moment
a
lot
about
like,
like
you,
know,
the
real
outcomes
we
want
are
like
you
know
we
want.
We
want
folks
to
stay
open
instead
of
packing
it
in,
and
we
want
folks
to
employ
our
people
right
so
like
so.
B
These
questions
about
like
where,
like
where
are
the
businesses
that
are
most
like
you
know
what
we
do
can
help
them
in
that
moment
of
decision,
because
I
also
don't
think
people
make
like
purely
rational
decisions.
I
think
that
people
who
feel
supported
decide
to
give
it
a
go
and
people
who
don't
decide
to
pack
it
in
and
there's
like
a
lot
of
emotion,
that's
going
on
there,
and
so
you
know
it's
like
how
do
we
make?
B
A
Yeah-
and
I
think
part
of
that
too,
is
we
don't
want
to
create
additional
barriers
to
the
success
of
these
businesses.
Sometimes
they
have
one
employee
and
that
one
employee
that
they've
had
has
been
maybe
there
for
10
years
and
that
employee
no
longer
lives
in
the
city,
and
you
know
I
think
it's
it's
a
challenge
when
you
know
there's
just
there's
just
a
lot
that
that
we
have
to
think
about
and
again
I
I
just
welcome.
A
You
know
your
brain
on
that
counselor
bach,
because
there
are
so
many
unintended
consequences
that
come
out
of
trying
to
do
good,
sometimes
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
inevitably
you
know,
hit
businesses
harder.
But
I
I
do
look
forward
to
working
with
you
on
this.
B
Great
no
look
forward
to
working
with
you
all
and
yeah
I
mean
yes,
we're
always
worried
about
our
intended
consequences,
but
there's
no
question
that
you
know
both.
Both
these
departments
have
had
tremendous
positive,
intended
consequences
on
the
on
the
you
know:
collective
economical
being
of
the
city
in
the
last
year.
So
just
I'll
add
my
thanks
to
all
the
other
counselors,
and
also
my
thanks
for
sitting
through
the
three-hour
hearing.
B
I
do
appreciate
it
and
yeah
and
I'm
sure
I'm
sure,
we'll
be
continuing
conversations
both
on
and
offline
about,
all
the
grants
and
everything.
But
for
now,
seeing
as
I
have
no
public
comment,
this
hearing
of
the
boston
city
council's
ways
and
means
committee
is
adjourned.
Thank
you.
All.