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From YouTube: Committee on City, Neighborhood Services and Military & Veterans Affairs on November 12, 2019
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Docket #1553 - Order approving an appropriation of Six Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand, Two Hundred Eight Dollars ($692,208.00) from the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund for projects described in the attached Order. The Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund Commissioners met on October 23, 2019, and voted to approve these projects. It is my belief and that of the Commissioners that these projects will “ornament the City’s streets, ways, squares and parks” as Mr. Browne directed in his will in the year 1892
A
City
Neighborhood,
Services,
veteran
and
military
affairs
I
am
joined
by
my
colleague,
city
council
and
Matt.
O'malley
I
want
to
remind
you
that
this
is
a
public
hearing.
It
is
being
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channels,
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would
appreciate
it
if
you
could
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in
to
testify
at
the
start
of
your
testimony.
Please
state
your
name
affiliation
in
neighborhood.
A
Today's
docket
is
1
5,
5
3.
This
matter
is
sponsored
by
the
mayor.
Refer
to
this
committee,
City
Neighborhood,
Services,
veteran
military
fears,
an
11-6
2018,
docket,
1,
5,
5,
3
message
in
order
approving
approximately
six
hundred
ninety
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
eight
dollars
from
the
brown
fund
for
projects
distraught
described
in
the
attached
order
that
I
will
soon
read.
The
brown
fund
commissioners
met
on
October,
23rd
2019
and
voted
to
approve
these
projects.
A
It
is
my
belief
that
the
commissioners,
that
of
the
Commission's,
that
these
projects
will
help
our
city
streets,
ways,
squares
and
parks,
as
mr.
brown
directed
in
his
will
in
the
year
of
1892
at
this.
At
this
time,
I
would
like
to
ask
city
councilor
Matt
O'malley.
If
you
would
like
to
give
an
opening
statement.
B
A
Thank
You,
counselor
O'malley
and
for
the
record
I
will
just
give
a
quick,
a
quick
highlight
of
the
potential
Awards
Boston
foundation,
celebrating
dr.
Martin
Luther
King
and
Coretta
Scott
King,
located
on
the
Boston
Common,
the
Coconut
Grove
Memorial
Committee
at
the
vicinity
of
stofflet
Park,
the
Brighton
gateway,
Improvement
Committee,
the
Friends
of
the
public
garden,
the
Old
West
Church,
the
Southwest
corridor,
the
Friends
of
Haley
fields
in
Roslindale,
the
Holocaust
Memorial
across
the
street,
from
City
Hall
in
the
Massachusetts
fallen
heroes
Memorial
in
the
South
Boston
waterfront
area.
A
C
Thank
you
very
much
councillors
for
having
us.
My
name
is:
drew
Smith,
I'm,
head
of
Treasury
for
the
city
of
Boston,
also
in
that
capacity
over
the
truss
division,
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues,
Richard
DePiano,
the
second
assistant
collector
treasurer
and
Margaret
Dyson.
Our
new
trust
manager,
who
I
know,
has
already
been
in
in
front
of
the
council
already
once
in
about
the
last
three
weeks
so
thrilled
to
be
here.
C
As
you're
aware,
the
brown
fund
is
one
of
the
many
funds
held
in
trust
by
the
city
of
Boston
and
administered
by
the
city's
Treasury
Department,
while
each
trust
is
unique,
varying
not
only
by
purpose
but
also
by
size.
The
brown
fund
is
large
enough
that
it
is
able,
on
its
own,
to
generate
significant
annual
sums
for
the
purpose
of
creating
and
supporting
statues,
fountains
and
monuments
to
ornament,
the
city,
streets,
ways,
squares
and
parks,
as
you'd
mentioned,
as
mr.
C
Brown's
will
charged
earlier
this
year,
as
is
required
by
the
trust
and
has
become,
as
has
become
a
standard
process.
An
evaluation
committee
met
and
considered
funding
request,
put
forward
by
local
nonprofits
and
community-based
organization
based
on
those
requests.
Recommendations
were
made
by
the
committee
to
the
ground
fund
Commission
that
Commission,
consisting
of
the
mayor,
the
CFO
and
the
City
Council's
longest-serving
member.
Those
recommendations
were
considered
with
final
funding.
Decisions
is
provided
in
this
appropriation
order,
which
requests
as
you'd
mentioned
appropriation
of
six
hundred.
C
A
D
D
A
A
Yeah
I
think
that's
a
that
will
be
a
great
project.
It'll
provide
so
much
invaluable
information,
a
place
for
learning
a
place
for
healing,
but
also
a
place
to
recognize
the
the
loss
of
life
during
that
terrible
terrible
event,
but
also
it's
a
it's
a
way
for
I
know
it's
a
way
for
our
fire
departments
across
the
the
country
to
learn
from
our
our
past
as
well.
So
I
think
that's
gonna
be
a
tremendous
on
tremendous
project,
the
bright
bright
and
Gateway
improvement.
D
Has
been
a
very
active
community
group,
they're
working
in
partnership
with
Boston
College
and
with
the
Department
of
Conservation
and
Recreation
to
improve
that
entrance
to
Boston
right
at
Commonwealth
Avenue.
It
is
not
a
distinguished
entrance
to
our
great
city
at
the
moment,
but
they're
working.
We
supported
a
redesign
through
the
ground
fund
committee
and
they're
beginning
implementation
with
these
funds.
Okay,.
D
Back
Bay
project
will
involve
lighting
the
Samuel
Morrison
statue
along
Commonwealth
Avenue
Mall
Morrison
is
the
gentleman
sitting
on
the
great
big
rock
yeah.
This
has
been
through
the
Landmarks
Commission
and
is
done
with
the
Friends
of
the
public
garden,
which
also
works
on
Commonwealth
Avenue
Mall.
It's
the
only
lighting.
The
statue
lighting
is
the
only
year-round
lighting
in
the
Commonwealth
Avenue
Mall.
So
it's
a
tremendous
benefit
to
the
community
as
well.
I.
A
D
A
A
D
Southwest
corridor
Park
had
received
a
brown
fund
grant
in
the
past
and
came
back
in
for
some
additional
improvements
around.
They
call
it
a
dry
fountain,
it's
a
really
a
sculptural
fountain,
and
so
it
will
restore
that
structure
and
the
paving
around
it.
In
addition
to
some
planting
work
that
they
also
have
underway
and.
D
Is
building
on
a
project
that
the
Boston,
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
recently
completed
to
add
a
community
garden
to
an
unused
space
at
the
edge
of
Healy
field
between
the
baseball
fields
and
the
swimming
pool?
The
community
garden
has
been
installed,
but
this
will
create
an
ornamental
gateway
and
fence
that
really
gives
a
sense
of
location
to
this
brand
new
facility
in
Roslindale.
Okay,.
A
D
A
Know
I
know
the
city
has
a
great
program
on
that
particular
issue
and
it's
great
to
see
our
families
go
into
these
community
gardens
using
using
this
food
and
it's
very
nutritional,
and
it's
it's
it's
it's
a
great
way
for
us
to
learn
more
about
the
importance
of
nutrition,
eating
well
healthy
diets.
So
I
think
the
the
mayor's
office
is
doing
excellent
work
on
that.
On
that
outreach
we
have
across
the
city
the
Holocaust
Memorial
Committee.
This.
A
D
A
And
that's
a
special,
an
important
memorial
in
our
in
our
city.
I
know
the
founder
of
it
is
a
Steve
Ross
mm-hmm
he's
a
wonderful
man,
a
Holocaust
survivor
and
that's
really
a
here,
a
healing
memorial
that
we
have
and
it's
a
it's
a
gem
in
our
city
of
of
healing
and
showing
our
commitment
to
that
terrible,
Holocaust
I
think
it's
a
beautiful
memorial
and
it
says
a
lot
about
our
city
as
well.
I'm
also
proud
with
my
father
was
mayor.
A
Just
on
the
on
the
glass
to
the
Holocaust
Memorial,
and
especially
that
maybe
the
mass
Fallen
Heroes
also
I,
do
remember
when
the
person
that
vandalized
the
Holocaust
Memorial
throwing
some
type
of
object
at
it.
But
do
we
also
have
glass
ready
when
this
unfortunately
does
happen,
that
we
can
replace
it
right
away,
or
do
we
have
to
go
through
the
process
of
of
redoing
it
when,
when
something
happens
or
can
we
almost
like
buy
and
a
few
of
them
at
a
time?
Well,.
D
A
B
B
C
Generally,
the
way
we
do
that
is
is
that
we
distribute
income
on
an
annual
basis,
which
is
all
we're
allowed
to
spend
yeah.
We
didn't
come
baby
interest
rights.
Actually,
um
we,
okay,
that
income
is
calculated
as
five
percent,
because
some
years
it's
gonna
be
higher
some
years,
this
kind
of
sharor,
so
that
generally
spins
off
about
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year.
Based
on
the
balance.
This
year
we
didn't
have
quite
as
much
we
I'm
sorry.
We
had
enough.
C
We
had
plenty
of
income,
but
we
didn't
need
it
all
for
the
projects,
which
is
actually
a
good
thing,
because
at
this
point
the
brown
fund
has
approximately
225
projects
in
the
ground.
One
of
the
responsibilities
that
we
have
also
in
some
cases
is
ongoing.
Maintenance,
remember
those
projects.
So
it's
it's
nice
that
we're
able
to
reserve
some
money
to
take
care
of
what
we've
already
funded,
sure
and.
C
He
didn't
so
that
so
it
has
to
be
that
case
is
very
specific
yeah.
Sometimes
what
we'll
do,
especially
with
the
lower
dollar
figures?
That's
quite
often
at
the
very
beginning
stages
of
the
process,
to
where
they're
really
looking
for
design
money.
The
fabrication
is
really
where
it
gets
a
little
bit
more
expensive,
and
so
it
may
be
that
we'll
see
higher
amounts
come
in
for
some
of
these
projects
in
later
years.
That's
correct
and.
B
B
B
That's
fair
but
I'm,
thinking
of
him,
the
white
fund,
so
many
other.
You
know
great
Bostonians
who
have
left
such
an
incredible
rich
history.
All.
Obviously
we
will
support
all
of
these
incredible
projects
and
I'm
particularly
interested
interested
to
see
what
happens
with
the
Coconut
Grove
memorial.
It
was
you
know:
family,
O'malley,
family
folklore.
Both
my
grandparents
were
slated
to
go
that
night.
They
were
both
BC
alums
and
just
so
happened
that
my
uncle
their
their
firstborn,
who
was
a
baby,
was
colicky
and
sick.
So
that's
the
only
reason
why
they
didn't
come.
B
Has
a
story
like
that,
so
not
the
least
of
which
are
the
you
know
in
the
aftermath
of
that
tragedy:
the
incredible
fire
safety
codes
that
now
we
see
across
the
country,
because
of
that,
it's
just
it's
important
to
remember
those
obviously
the
first
responders
and
the
Fallen
Heroes
Holocaust
Morial
I
mean
so
many
great
important
things
that
we
should
be
memorializing
in
a
somber
and
dignified
way
that
this
is
gonna
help
us
do
so.
Just
thank
you
all
for
your
work
and
Thank
You.
Mr.
chairman.
C
A
Does
the
brown
fund
have
a
group
of
friends
that
do
any
fundraising?
Do
they
have
a
yearly
fundraiser
that
people
might
want
to
give
businesses
might
want
to
give
knowing
that
the
brown
fund
donates
funds
to
excellent
organizations
throughout
our
city,
but
is
there
a
role
for
people
to
play
if
they
wanted
to
donate,
or
especially
businesses?
I.
C
Think
there
could
be
currently
there's
not
any
type
of
process
for
additional,
fundraising,
specifically
into
the
brown
fund
bucket
I.
Think
what
you
see
in
lieu
of
that
is
a
really
strong
community
engagement
around
each
one
of
these
projects
and
that's
where
a
lot
of
fundraising
comes
into
play.
Okay,
yeah.
A
A
E
E
I'm
the
only
one
in
this
room
that
remembers
the
night,
but
I
was
four
I
had
no
idea
what
was
going
on
except
she
didn't
come
back
for
four
days,
and
so
it
became
family
folklore
and
it
bothered
her
very
much
because
she
had
PTSD,
which
was
one
of
this
equality
of
the
fire
and
she
never
recovered
from
it.
Really
and
Mike
and
I,
who
were
friends
were
both
Bostonians
and
I,
was
born
here
and
came
back
here
after
several
surgeries
and
other
places.
E
But
the
thing
is
that
I
had
never
really
known
specifically
where
it
was
it's
one
of
these
things,
I
used
to
ask
my
patients
did
they
know
where
it
was
and
they
had
Hyde,
Park
and
Charlestown,
and
so
on
as
answers.
But
I
myself
had
been
to
Mario's
restroom
right
next
door,
I,
never
realized
where
I
was
and
Mike
and
I
went
down
there
12
years
ago,
just
after
the
anniversary
and
by
the
way
I
want
to
correct
something.
That's
on
the
public
record.
E
But
in
any
case
we
noted
that
there
was
nothing
there.
There
was
no
Memorial
and
the
only
memorial
there
was
one
or
two.
There
was
a
plaque
in
the
ground
that
was
fashioned
by
Tony
Mehra,
who
was
the
youngest
busboy
in
the
club,
the
night
of
the
fire,
and
he
became
a
metal
Smith
and
it
was
commissioned
by
former
mayor
Flynn
at
the
time
of
the
50th
anniversary
and
Mike
offended.
E
I
had
not,
of
course,
and
there's
also
a
little
plaque
from
the
Boston
Historical
Society
in
the
back
of
the
of
the
garage,
but
that's
it.
There
was
nothing
else
there
and
a
former
fire
commissioner
from
New
York
visited
Paul
Christian,
who
was
our
fire
commissioner
and
just
remarked
that
he
could
not
believe
that
there
was
no
memorial
and
this
tragedy.
Just
to
give
you
a
just
a
brief
and
it's
all
in
the
stuff
that
we
passed
out.
But
this
was
the
largest
really
in
many
ways,
the
largest
disaster
that
the
city
ever
endured.
E
And
might
we
have
all
the
legends
about
the
molasses
fire
and
all
these
other
things.
But
this
thing
killed:
490
people
and
I'm
xav
flight
surgeon,
and
it
it
sort
of
saddens
me
to
know
that
51
active
duty
service
personnel
were
killed
in
this
fire,
because
Boston
was
a
staging
area
for
world
war
ii
and
they
were
all
celebrating
and
fortunately
the
bc
football
team
lost
and
they
did
not
go,
although
some
did
and
perished.
E
So
this
was
a
terrific
disaster
and,
as
was
mentioned
earlier,
if
this
is
transmitted
down
the
generations
and
we're
seventy-seven
years
later-
and
there
is
nothing
there,
and
so
it
just
struck
me
that
this
was
really
something
that-
and
this
is
so
historically
important
and
paul
miller
is
going
to
talk
about
the
fire
safety
things
I'll.
Just
briefly
mention.
There
are
five
monumental
medical
things
that
came
out
of
this
burn
care,
pullman,
a
preliminary
injury
care,
the
one
that
staggers
everybody
is.
E
This
was
the
first
use
in
the
entire
world
civilian
world
of
penicillin,
and
penicillin,
arguably,
was
the
sort
of
medical
advance
of
World
War
two.
Finally,
the
other
two,
the
first
blood
bank
ever
created
in
a
hospital,
was
created
at
the
Mass
General
because
of
this
fire
by
B
me
Souter
and
then
finally,
you
know
I'm
a
Vietnam
vet
and
we
always
blame
the
Vietnam
War
for
PTSD,
but
not
so
the
very
first
paper
ever
written
about
PTSD
was
written
about
this
fire.
E
So
for
me
this
is,
as
you
mentioned
before,
this
is,
it
should
be
a
learning
experience
and
we
hope
that
this
we
hope
that
the
Warwick
station
fire
won't
happen.
If
somebody
had
read
this
and
saw
it
in
the
flesh
and
a
monument
and
as
mayor
Flynn
pointed
out,
that's
a
location
that
we've
sort
of
arrived
at,
which
is
an
entrance
to
the
city.
People
will
see
it
and
wonder
what
it
is
and
it's
not
being
used
in
that
area
very
much
at
all.
So
we
kind
of
hope
that
you'll
get
approval.
E
We're
very
happy
that
so
far
the
brown
fund
seems
to
be
interested
in
seeding
the
money
for
the
artists,
because
that's
where
we
have
to
go
next,
but
I
really
appreciate
your
time
and
Paul
Miller
is
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
fire
safety.
Things
he's
a
resident
of
Bay
Village
by
the
way
right
next
tour.
B
E
F
Doc,
I'm
Paul
Miller
as
doc
said:
I'm
a
22
22
year
resident
of
Bay
Village
I
own
property
in
three
different
neighborhoods
I'm,
a
taxpayer
I'm
a
voter
Paul.
Can
you
talk
up
please
so?
I'm
sorry
and
I've
lived
across
the
street
from
the
site
of
the
fire
for
20
years
and
when
they
decided
to
build
condos
there
we've
a
lot
of
us
felt
that
it
shouldn't
have
happened
and
that
that
should
have
been
turned
into
a
park
and,
as
doc
said,
there's
only
one
small
memorial
to
to
the
fire.
F
And
this
we
want
to
thank
the
City
Council,
the
brown
fund,
the
Treasury
Department,
the
trust,
division
and,
of
course,
the
mayor,
the
mayor's
office
and
his
staff
for
all
the
support
and
everything
that
they're
helping
us
move
this
forward.
As
the
doc
said,
there's
all
these
great
medical
advancements
that
came
out
of
this
fire,
this
horrible
tragedy,
but
the
fire
code,
improvements
that
were
adopted
here
in
Boston
and
then
across
the
state
and
then
nationally
and
a
great
deal
of
them
are
formed
the
basis
of
the
International
fire
code.
A
You
Paul
and
with
that
there
was
no
other
public
testimony.
I
would
like
to
thank
the
panelists
for
testifying
for
your
tremendous
support
and
advocacy
of
this
excellent
program.
The
brown
fund
contributes
so
much
to
our
city.
We
want
to
say
thank
you
personally
to
you
and
we
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Mayor
Walsh
in
his
staff,
for
for
their
great
work
and
in
in
support
of
the
brown
fund
as
well.
I
want
to
thank
the
the
public
that
testified
here
this
afternoon
and
with
that
this
hearing
is
adjourned.
Thank
you.