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Docket #0222 - Hearing to discuss water rescue infrastructure in the City of Boston
A
In
accordance
with
governor
baker's
march
12
2020
executive
order
modifying
certain
requirements
of
the
open
meeting
law
in
relieving
public
bodies
of
certain
requirements,
including
the
requirement
that
public
parties
conduct
its
meetings
in
a
public
place
that
is
open
and
physically
accessible
to
the
public.
The
city
council
will
be
conducting
this
hearing.
Virtually
this
enables
the
city
council
to
carry
out
its
responsibilities
while
adhering
to
public
health
recommendations
in
ensuring
public
access
to
its
deliberations
through
adequate
alternative
means.
A
A
I
will
recognize
them
when
they
do
get
on
this.
On
to
the
meeting
my
colleague
city,
councilor
edwards
has
a
letter
that
you
would
like
me
to
read
into
the
record
at
this
time.
A
Re
absence
of
for
docket
zero
to
to
order
for
a
hearing
to
discuss
water
rescue
infrastructure
in
the
city
of
boston.
Dear
chair
flynn,
I
regret
to
inform
you
that
I
will
be
unable
to
attend
docket
zero.
Two
two
two
order
for
a
hearing
to
discuss
water
rescue
infrastructure
in
the
city
of
boston,
as
the
district
council
with
the
most
waterfront
in
the
district.
This
particular
topic
is
of
utmost
importance.
To
me,
please
be
assured
that
my
staff
will
be
attending
and
taking
notes.
A
A
Boston
is
a
city
surrounded
by
water
and
over
the
years
with
the
increase
of
visitors
in
tourists
to
our
city,
we
unfortunately
see
incidents
of
people
falling
into
the
ocean.
In
recent
years
there
have
been
several
incidents
where
people
have
fallen
into
the
water
and
required
assistance
from
our
first
responders.
A
I'm
really
honored
to
have
so
many
dedicated
city
and
state
employees
that
are
here
with
us,
and
I
want
to
recognize
you
for
for
being
here,
but
more
importantly,
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue,
but
other
issues
on
public
safety
across
our
city.
In
our
commonwealth,
our
invited
piano
today
includes
the
boston
fire
commissioner,
commissioner,
jack
dempsey
sergeant
michael
coyne,
who's,
a
harbor
master
for
the
boston
police
department.
A
A
We
also
have
a
a
community
panel
as
well
and
the
other
part
of
this
hearing.
I
wanted
to
focus
on
swimming
and
making
sure
young
people
across
our
city,
especially
our
students,
also
have
the
availability
to
get
swimming
lessons,
whether
through
the
ymca
that,
through
the
bcyf
boston
center,
youth
and
families
are
for
the
public
schools
swimming
lessons
for
children
and
students
is
very
important.
A
We
have
james
morton
who's,
the
ceo
of
the
ymca
that
is
here
with
us.
We
have
amy
gamacchi
turner
chief
program
officer
for
the
ymca
of
greater
boston,
who's
who's.
Also,
here
with
us,
we
also
have
sarah
mccammond
who's
al
who's
with
the
harborfront
alliance,
who
provided
written
testimony
with
which
I
have,
but
I'm
going
to
give
her
the
option
of
of
weighing
in
as
well.
A
At
this
time.
I
would
like
to
ask
the
city
and
state
panel
that
are
that
are
here
to
offer
opening
statements.
I
I
would
like
to
ask
if
the
fire
commissioner
would
like
to
go
first,
commissioner,
dempsey.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us,
commissioner.
Dempsey.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue,
but
so
many
issues
across
the
city
of
boston.
B
Thank
you,
council
flynn,
so
the
the
boston
fire
department
has
a
large
amount
of
water
rescue
capabilities.
We
have
a
marine
unit,
that's
comprised
of
a
fully
manned
unit
and
they
often
conduct
drills
with
the
coast
guard,
massport,
boston,
police,
state,
police
and
environmental
police
marine
units.
B
The
marine
unit
also
carries
a
side-scan
sauna
for
underwater
recovery.
We
also
have
a
dive
team,
which
is
20
divers.
When
it's
fully
activated
the
team
is
assigned
to
various
companies
in
the
city
and
upon
request
are
sent
to
the
incident
scene,
they
drill
once
a
month
in
all
types
of
incidents,
including
ice
rescue,
deep
water,
shallow
water,
piers,
etc
and
they're
very
well
trained
and
have
been
called
to
incidents
in
other
towns.
B
We
have
swift
water
rescue
teams,
both
engine
and
ladder
companies
in
the
city
carry
life
rings
for
quick
deployment,
all
boston
ladder,
companies
have
survival
suits
that
are
dawned
while
enroute
to
the
water
rescue
to
the
water
incident,
and
they
drill
on
water
rescue
with
the
suits
which
allow
you
to
float
and
become
a
flotation
device
for
the
person
being
rescued.
B
Both
rescue
one
and
rescue
two
have
zodiac
boats
available
for
quick
deployment.
This
past
year
we've
had
we've
already
had
106
water
calls.
They
vary
in
different
types
from
you
know.
Sometimes
we
get
a
call
somebody's
on
a
surfboard
or
whatever
out
there
just
resting.
So
some
of
these
calls
are
really
not
a
rescue,
but
nevertheless
they
recall
so
so.
B
Some
of
the
recommendations
that
I
would
ask
so
in
order
to
put
these
resources
into
action,
we
need
to
be
notified,
and
then
even
the
quickest
response
does
take
time
whenever
a
rescue
is
necessary,
whether
it's
a
fire
or
a
water
rescue,
it's
always
time
sensitive
with
water
rescues.
You
also
have
to
deal
with
accessibility,
freezing
water,
darkness
and
currents.
B
B
B
This
simple
device
will
keep
them
above
water
even
when
the
water
is
freezing
cold,
a
light
and
whistle
its
hatch
can
and
also
be
helpful,
especially
at
night.
If
every
restaurant,
hotel
or
business
on
the
waterfront
had
one
of
these
available,
it
would
make
life
safe
saving.
It
would
make
a
life-saving
difference.
B
They
could
make
it
look
nautical
with
the
name
of
the
restaurant
or
hotel
on
it.
You
know
all
coast
guard
cutters
have
the
name
of
the
ship
on
them.
B
B
A
Thank
you,
commissioner.
The
your
comments
were
very
informative
and
very
helpful
and,
as
you
know,
I
use
these
hearings
as
an
opportunity
to
educate
the
public
that
might
be
watching
and
hopefully
we're
able
to
educate
the
public
on
these
critical
issues.
So
thank
you
for
that
explanation,
commissioner
dempsey.
A
Let
me
go
next
to
let
me
go
next
to
sergeant
michael
coyne,
hubba
hubba
master
at
the
boston
police
department,
someone
someone,
we
have
great
respect
for
their
their
team
as
well.
So
thank
you
sergeant
for
being
with
us.
Thank
you
for
the
the
tremendous
work
your
team
does
on
the
on
the
in
the
ocean
and
working
closely
with
residents
as
well.
Thank
you
sergeant.
C
Good
morning,
councillor
flynn,
thank
you
very
much.
I
just
wanted
to
go
back
in
2021.
C
The
boston
police
hover
patrol
unit
has
either
assisted
or
has
been
responsible
for
13
water
rescues
this
year,
three
body,
recoveries
and
as
well
as
20
alert
twos
from
logan
airport.
When
a
plane
is
in
distress,
we
we
will
scramble
units
and
have
them
on
standby.
C
Relative
to
this
infrastructure
bill,
I
had
just
gone
online
and
just
started
shopping
around
a
little
and
to
install
a
life
ring
cabinet
which
will
come
with
a
plastic
cabinet.
A
life
ring
in
anywhere
from
50
to
75
feet
of
line
ranges
anywhere
from
250
dollars
to
about
500
dollars
per
unit.
So
it's
not
it's
not
a
huge
investment.
It's
you
know
it's
very
cost
effective.
Probably
the
biggest
thing
would
be
maintaining
it
over
time.
Sunlight
will
break
down
the
polypropylene
lying
on
the
life
rings,
so
it
might
have.
C
You
know
like
an
inspection
date.
This
could
be
something
as
the
fire
commissioner
stated.
If
every
restaurant
or
waterfront
property
were
required
through
the
building
codes
to
maintain
it
have
like
a
a
yearly
or
by
yearly
inspection
of
the
lines
and
the
equipment
as
far
as
replacement,
and
then
the
replacement
cost
once
the
cabinet
is
installed,
is
nominal
phenomenal,
they're
about
100
apiece,
including
the
line.
So
it's
not
a
huge,
a
huge
burden
and
also
I'm
kind
of
we
have
a
missing
person
incident.
That's
going
on.
C
I
have
a
vote
on
standby
and
it
may
possibly
turn
into
a
watery
recovery,
so
I
may
have
to
leave
the
meeting
early
just
waiting,
further
information,
but
as
far
as
water
infrastructure,
I
know
downtown
the
where
I
served
as
a
patrol
supervisor
for
10
years.
All
the
patrol
supervisor,
cars
had
life
rings
and
they
had
throw
bags
a
throw
bag
is
just
it's
a
canvas
bag
with
about
50
feet
of
line.
C
It
has
a
shorter
end
of
line
that
you
step
on
and
then
you
can
heave
the
bag
out
to
somebody
in
the
water,
very
cheap
they're
about
50
a
piece.
So,
as
far
as
the
equipment,
it's
it's
reasonably
priced
and
I
think
it
can
go
a
long
way.
We,
unfortunately
we
live
in
a
cold
climate
and
the
first
thing
to
go
when
people
are
submerged
in
the
water
are
their
extremities,
they
lose
their
arms,
they
lose
their
legs
and
they
because
the
body
wants
to
shut
down
and
maintain
the
core.
C
So
that's
when
people
run
into
problems
when
they
go
and
fall
off
these
peers,
you
know
a
lot
of
these
peers
are
low
tide.
You
could
have
20
feet
of
sheer
wall
to
the
top
of
the
pier,
with
no
no
means
of
getting
out
and
that's
where
some
of
the
people
late
night
have
fallen
into
problems
and
over
the
years
you
know
they
hit
the
water
and
they
can
only
stay
afloat
for
so
long
in
the
freezing
temperatures
so
they're
made
there.
C
I
didn't
look
at
recovery
ladders,
but
I
know
they're
out.
There
could
be
something
as
simple
as
a
jacob's
ladder
that
you
pull
two
pins
and
the
thing
unfolds,
but
I'm
sure
they
probably
fall
in
the
same
cost
range
as
as
the
life
rings,
and
I
mean
I
could
look
into
that
a
little
further
and
try
to
get
a
price
point
on
that.
A
D
Good
morning,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
for
having
us
this
morning.
My
name
is
tommy
butler,
I'm,
the
deputy
director
of
community
relations
and
government
of
government
affairs
at
massport
and
just
to
start
off,
you
know
I
have
massport
safety
and
security
is
the
top
priority.
In
our
mission
we
also
own
a
significant
amount
of
waterfront
property
in
south
boston,
east
boston
and
charlestown
that
are
under
ground
leases.
D
E
Good
morning,
I'm
chief
joe,
the
grace,
I'm
chief
of
massport
fire
rescue,
as
you
know,
we're
here
at
the
airport
and
our
water
infrastructure
is
designed
to
make
rescues
for
any
type
of
aircraft
or
any
incident
that
happens
in
the
water.
We
were
surrounded,
75
percent
by
water.
We
have
to
be
prepared,
so
what
we
have
available
for
the
traveling
public
and
for
the
city
of
boston
and
the
neighboring
communities
up
and
down
the
the
shore
here
of
massachusetts.
E
We
have
a
fully
staffed
marine
unit.
Our
marine
captains
all
have
the
u.s
coast
guard
merchants,
marine
100
ton
license
and
we
have
a
staff.
That's
on
four
groups
for
four
people
per
per
group,
and
then
we
have
a
number
of
people
back
at
the
station
that
are
also
certified
to
operate
on
our
marine
unit.
So
in
case
you
need
it
meet
us
over
there.
The
city
of
boston,
fire
department,
coast
guard
boston,
pd,
we're
available
to
respond
into
assist
in
all
all
capacities.
We
have
three
marine
units.
E
We
have
marine
31,
which
is
our
big
vessel,
a
79
foot
vessel,
which
has
the
capability
of
working
as
a
rescue
platform
for
up
to
100
people.
We
have
the
capability
to
to
deploy
life
rafts
that
can
support
300
people.
We
designed
that
for
aircraft
of
different
sizes,
which
are
also
valuable
in
any
type
of
water
incident
that
we
have
in
the
harbor
or
further
out
we
have
marine
32,
which
is
our
moose
boat,
which
is
a
38
foot
boat
that
has
the
capability
of
of
having
80
plus
people
on
life
rafts.
E
E
We
host
a
number
of
events,
exercises
in
the
water,
with
boston,
boston,
police
and
in
the
coast
guard.
We
just
actually
did
one
about
a
month
ago,
which
is
our
disaster
exercise,
which
you
know
we
can't
accomplish
without
the
help
of
boston,
fire,
boston,
pd
and
the
coast
guard,
and
those
are
always
valuable
to
have
any
support
that
that
the
community
of
the
city
of
boston
can
give
for
more
training.
More
joint
training
for
all
of
our
departments
is
valuable.
E
Like
I
said
we,
we
respond
15
miles
from
the
center
of
the
airport,
all
the
way
out.
North
and
south
we've
been
as
far
as
plymouth.
We
go
as
far
as
gloucester,
if
needed,
and
with
all
the
properties
that
mass
put
police
in
the
boston
waterfront,
we
will
respond
there
to
assist
boston
fire
as
needed.
E
We've
done
since
the
beginning
of
the
year
about
100
calls
of
all
different
types,
a
lot
of
rescuers
to
assist
boston,
fire,
boston,
police,
we've
redo
our
alerts
that
we
have
to
stand
by
in
case
something
happens
to
an
aircraft
that
falls
short
on
a
takeoff
problem.
You
know
we
see
it
as
a
major
part
of
our
operation.
The
mass
support
spends
a
lot
of
money
to
to
make
sure
that
our
marine
unit
is
up
and
running
and
I'm
fully
staffed
and
then
fully
trained,
and
so
this
is
value.
E
A
Well,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
chief
to
grace
for
your
leadership
and
the
important
role
you
play
in
your
team
plays,
and
what
I
especially
liked
about
your
comments.
Chief
is
the
ongoing
working
relationship
you
have
with
the
boston
fight
upon
with
the
boston
police
department,
so
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
and
say.
Thank
you.
That's
that's
exactly.
What
we
need
to
be
doing
is
working
together
as
a
team
and
it's
one
team
and
rescuing
people
at
especially
in
need.
E
Thank
you.
It's
a
credit
to
the
leadership
over
in
boston
in
both
the
police
and
the
fire
department,
and
also
with
the
coast
guard,
but
thank
you.
A
I'll
get
to
my
colleagues
when
they
when
they
arrive.
Let
me
let
me
start,
let
me
stop
maybe
with
the
fire
commissioner,
or
or
or
or
whoever
wants
to
take
it.
The
the
rings,
commissioner,
that
we
were
talking
about.
Possibly
you
know
we
we
could
possibly
get
some
in
restaurants.
We'd
have
to
have
a
plan
and
structured
plan
on
it
in
training
for
the
in
training
for
the
staff.
A
What
what
impact
would
they
have
when,
when
someone
is
in
the
water
and
you
throw
that
ring
to
them?
Does
that
significantly
significantly
increase
the
odds
of
of
keeping
that
person
alive.
B
I
I
think
it's.
I
think
it
is
a
lifesaver,
that's
what
they
call
lifesaving
rings
right
it
no
matter
when
we
get
the
call.
It's
gonna
take
us
a
few
minutes
to
get
there
and
as
sergeant
coyne
said,
if
it's
a
cold
water,
the
ability
to
just
tread
water
for
a
long
time
is
going
to
become
shorter
and
shorter.
So
that's
going
to
keep
somebody
above
water
and,
and
that
makes
rescue
so
much
easier.
You
can
also
realize
that
there's
currents,
you
know
the
tides
coming
in
going
out.
B
If
they
go
underwater,
we're
gonna
lose
them,
even
even
if
they're
treading
water,
they
could
be
carried
out
further
with
the
currents
which
makes
it
a
little
bit
harder
to
reach.
So,
but
if
they're
on
the
life
ring,
we
can
pick
them
up
with
the
boat
or
our
survival
suits.
B
We
have
people
on
the
line
with
that
they
can
swim
out
pretty
good,
pretty
far
distance
and
and
we
become
the
life-free
men
and
then
then
people
aren't
sure
just
pull
them
in
so,
but
but
it's
it's
not
that
big
of
an
expense,
and
it's
something.
You
know
that
that
I
think
if
we
have
enough
of
them
around,
it's
very
easy
to
deploy.
Even
if
you
miss
them,
you
get
it
close
to
them.
Hopefully
a
person
can
get
to
it.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Maybe
following
maybe
following
up
with
on
on
that
question,
with
with
sergeant
with
sergeant
coyne
or
or
with
the
chief
as
well.
I'm
sorry
chief,
you
have
your
hand
up,
go
ahead.
E
Chief
yeah,
just
to
emphasize
the
point
by
the
commissioner
what
it
also
does.
It
prevents
other
people
from
jumping
into
the
water
to
complicate
the
issue
of
life
safety
and
rescue.
Instead,
now
you
have
one
person
in
floating
with
the
life
ring,
as
opposed
to
someone
else
jumping
in
to
try
to
save
this
person
and
meets
the
same
fate
as
the
person
that
went
in
initially.
E
A
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
commissioner,
and
thank
you
thank
you
chief.
Let
me
let
me
go
to
sergeant
coyne.
A
You
know
I
I
take
like,
like
all
of
you,
I
take
this
issue
very
seriously,
because
not
only
do
I
represent
the
area,
but
I
also
had
the
opportunity
to
serve
24
years
in
the
u.s
navy
and
these
types
of
issues
we
trained
on
and
were
educated
on
and
were
an
important
part
of
our
our
life.
Really
one
one
concern
I
have
sergeant
coin
is
maybe
it's
anecdotal,
but
I
often
read
about,
unfortunately,
people
that
are
at
bars
or
restaurants
and
they're.
A
You
know
unfortunately
they're
drinking
and
that
they
might
be
in
and
around
the
waterfront
in
the
downtown
area
and
they
they
fall
in
into
the
ocean.
Maybe
it's
down
towards
like
the
aquarium
area
or
or
some
area
like
that,
but
the
el
someone
drinking
alcohol
and
then
that
falls
falls
into
the
ocean
they're
at
that
they're
really
in
danger
of
of
drowning.
When
that
happens,
but
is
is,
is
that
common
that
that
that
happens
sergeant?
Or
is
it
just
that
we
hear
about
it
a
couple
times
a
year.
C
For
a
while,
I've
been
with
the
dive
team
since
2005
and
for
a
while
we
had
won
a
winter
for
about
four
or
five
years.
Then
it
then
it
kind
of
tape
it
off.
Really,
we
haven't
been
called
out
really
since,
when
covert
shut.
Everything
down
like
I
said
this
incident
that
we're
currently
looking
into
right
now
may
be
an
incident
like
that.
We're
just
still
trying
to
put
together
video
and
trying
to
get
more
information
before
we
do
a
full
water
search.
C
So
I
know
a
few
years
back
when
a
young
man
fell
off
behind
the
tower
a
bridge
behind
the
boston
garden
there
was.
There
was
nobody
around.
It
was
the
charles
river
base
and
it
was
cold.
It
was
dark
and
there's
a
strong
current
there
because
of
the
flood
control
that
keeps
the
charles
river
levels
at
a
proper
at
a
proper
level,
so
they
don't
flood
out
the
charles
river
basin.
C
These
incidents
do
happen,
and
I
know
a
lot
of
the
our
licensing
division
tries
to
stay
on
top
of
these
bars
that
they're
not
over
serving
people.
I
was
actually
just
having
conversation
with
sergeant
gallagher
prior
to
this
meeting
relative
to
the
ongoing
incident,
but
they
try
to
stay
on
top
of
these
bars
because
that's
what
the
issue
usually
happens
when
it
happens,
it's
somebody's
oversurged,
they're
alone.
It's
two
o'clock
in
the
morning
they
fall
in
somewhere
and
there's
no
exit.
C
It's
dark,
they're,
confused,
they're
under
the
influence-
and
you
know,
they're
faced
with
the
sheer
wall,
I've
been
on
many
a
call,
many
a
a
recovery
search
where
that
was
the
incident
that
led
up
to
the
to
the
actual
cause
of
them
falling
in
you
know
I
couldn't
think
of
a
half
dozen
off
the
top
of
my
head
right
now,
but
it
is
it's
it's
something
you
know
if
there
was
some
kind
of
I
don't
know
like.
C
I
said
if
there's
some
kind
of
exit
and
that's
the
issue
as
the
fire
commissioner
said
that
the
ladders
are
gonna,
face,
they're
gonna
degrade
over
time,
and
you
know
you
have
electrolysis
so
ungrounded
electrical
current
salt,
water,
it
eats
up
the
metal,
so
it
would
be
something
that
would
be
constantly
replaced.
C
C
That's
something
that
I
said
I'd
like
to
take
another
look
at,
but
as
far
as
that,
that's
unfortunately,
a
lot
of
these
stocks
and
peers
were
built
for
commercial
use
over
the
years
and
they
were
meant
for
ships
to
come
up
alongside,
and
you
know
these
late
hours,
we
don't
have
people
out
there
and-
and
that's
that's
you
know,
unfortunately,.
A
You
sergeant,
let
me
let
me
ask
one
one
final
question,
and
maybe
you
all
can
respond
to
it
and
then
we'll
go
to
our
next
piano,
but
we
see
a
lot
of
people
on
boats
in
the
summertime
and
people
that
have
boats.
You
know
they
might
be.
They
might
be
an
expert
in
in
in
operating
the
vote,
the
boat,
but
they
also
might
not
have
they
almo.
They
also
might
have
limited
experience
in
it.
A
What
are
we
doing
to
educate
people
that
have
boats
about
boating
safety
driving
carefully,
but
also
operating
the
boat
appropriately,
making
sure
that
life
rafts
are
there
and
really
discouraging
the
use
of
alcohol
as
it
relates
to
boating
is,
is
also
a
concern.
I
know
I
know
it
happens,
but
it's
it
sometimes.
C
Well,
in
the
city
of
boston:
first
off
we
have
a
no
wake
zone
and
basically,
from
the
airport
hotel
to
the
boston
tuna,
there
was
no
wakes
in
the
inner
harbor
which
caused
a
lot
of
damage,
can
knock
people
out
of
boats,
and
so
we
do
active
wake
enforcement
in
the
summertime
during
the
during
the
height
of
the
boating
season.
Also,
the
entire
unit
has
been
trained,
as
was
mentioned
before
a
lot
of
the
fire
and
law
enforcement
agencies
in
the
area.
C
We
all
belong
to
a
group
called
champ,
it's
the
commonwealth,
harbor
masters
and
marine
professionals
group.
They
conduct
training
under
what
is
the
nazlus
standard,
which
a
bunch
of
coasties
got
together
and
standardized
marine
rescue,
training
and
operation.
C
We
are
trained
in
voting
under
the
influence
detection,
slightly
different
than
dry
land
sobriety
test.
Where
you
know
you
can't
have
somebody
walk
in
a
straight
line.
There's
a
thing
referred
to
as
the
seated
battery,
where
this
dexterity
test
that
you
do
with
your
hands
while
seated
so
everyone
in
the
unit
is
trained
on
that,
as
well
as
officers
from
the
state
police
marine
unit
and
the
mass
environmental
police
who
are
also
stationed
in
boston
harbor,
and
we
all
work
well
together.
C
The
coast
guard
auxiliary,
does
safety
inspections
so
relative
to
boats
having
required
safety
equipment.
All
boats
are
required
to
have.
You
know
life
jackets,
something
that
they
can
throw
either
a
life
ring
or
a
seated
a
seat
cushion
that
can
float
this
way.
If
there
is
an
incident
where
there's
someone
in
the
water,
you
can
create
what
we
like
to
refer
to
as
a
debris
field
in
an
accident
that
happened
this
past
summer
out
at
day
market
five,
when
two
I
have
two
officers
on
the
midnight
shift.
C
They
were
the
first
on
scene
and
they
had
seven
people
in
the
water.
They
had
a
creative.
They
basically
had
to
create
a
debris
field
by
throwing
several
life
jackets
overboard
and
they
had
a
triage.
Who
was
the
most
serious
in
that
group
that
had
to
get
boarded
first,
while
they
were
doing
that
the
other
people
had
something
to
hold
on
to
and
they
were
all
eventually
rescued.
C
Massport
fire
came
over
the
u.s
coast
guard
responded
and
seven
out
of
the
eight
persons
were
recovered,
so
I
mean
as
far
as
teamwork
and
as
far
as
training,
that's
all
paid
off
as
far
as
recreational
boaters
in
the
real
world.
C
Most
of
the
time,
the
first
boat
on
scene
is
going
to
be
a
wreck
boat
or
a
lobster
boat
or
somebody
that's
out
there.
I
generally
have
one
patrol
boat
for
42
square
miles
of
water
that
we're
responsible
for
covering
and
oftentimes.
You
know
we
get
out
there
and-
and
somebody
has
them
on
board,
so
we're
very
fortunate
about
that.
Most
of
the
marine
professionals
in
the
area
monitor
channel
13
and
channel
16
on
the
radios.
C
So
they'll
give
us
a
shout
if
they,
you
know,
if
there's
something
going
on
out
on
the
harbor.
As
far
as
the
wake
enforcement
like,
I
said,
we
actively
pursue
that
july
august
at
the
height
of
the
boating
season,
because
that's
the
situation
a
week
in
boston
harbor,
something
that
could
eject
somebody
from
a
smaller
boat
into
the
water.
And
so
we
take
that
very
seriously.
C
My
units
are
out
there
and
they're.
You
know
for
the
most
part,
they're
stopping
the
operators
explaining
to
them.
You
know
asking
where
are
they
from,
because
some
people
are
not
familiar
with
the
harbor?
You
know
they're
coming
up
from
other
other
states
or
whatever
and
they're
they're
coming
through
and
they're
doing.
You
know
20
knots
when
they
should
be
doing
clutch
speed.
C
Basically,
so
we
try
to
educate
the
operators,
and
you
know
from
time
to
time
we
have
to
cite
people,
you
know
if
they're
repeat
offenders
or
if
they
just
don't
seem
to
get
it,
and
you
know
the
safety
that's
involved
in
this.
A
B
I
would
like
to
just
say
the
the
coast
guard
offers
for
the
safety
courses
so
for
new
voters
and
and
as
you
go
up
to
to
the
amount
of
people
you're
going
to
be
carrying
on
the
boat,
is
different
licenses.
So
that's
a
great
alternative
for
people,
especially
new
boaters,
should
be
taking
these
courses.
It'll
help
them
know
the
rules
of
the
road
out
there
and
and
a
lot
of
safety
tips.
As
sergeant
coyne
was
saying
that
would
be
helpful.
B
A
Thank
you,
commissioner.
So,
commissioner,
in
chief
inside
and
the
sergeant
I'm
gonna
go
to
the
next
piano.
You
can
certainly
stay
on.
If,
if
you
would
like
it's
not
necessary,
we
probably
won't
go
back
to
you,
but
I,
but
I
first
want
to
say
thank
you
for
being
here
for
the
important
work
you're
doing.
A
It's
greatly
appreciated
across
the
city
across
across
the
commonwealth
also,
and
what
I
would
like
to
do
with
this
hearing
is
maybe
get
together
again
after
the
new
year
in
february,
have
a
similar
hearing
and
maybe
focus
a
little
more
on
the
rings
and
maybe
trying
to
develop
a
pilot
program
with
some
of
the
restaurants
or
the
or
the
hotels
in
a
certain
area,
and
maybe
maybe
get
a
little,
maybe
do
a
little
bit
of
outreach
to
some
of
the
residents
and
the
restaurants
and
the
property
owners,
and
maybe
we
can
get
a
pilot
program
going
for
for
next
year,
but
I'll
stay
in
contact
with
you
and
and
I'll
probably
reach
out
to
you
guys
again
sometime
in
january
or
february.
C
Oh
absolutely
one
last
thing:
council
there
is,
there
was
a
bill
that
was
sent
up
from
the
late
harbormaster
paul
malone
from
weymouth,
and
it
does
involve
licensing
of
boat
operators
in
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
where
it
stands
in
committee,
I
don't
know,
but
it
was
submitted.
Probably
last
year,
sometime.
C
No,
you
don't
the
the
only
time
licensing
really
comes
into
effect
is
when
you're
getting
into
commercial,
and
you
require
your
coast
guard
licenses,
whether
it's
a
six-pack
to
run
a
charter
or
we're
very
similar
to
the
to
the
massport
fire.
We
have
100
tons,
certification.
A
Okay,
yeah!
That's
that's
something!
I
would
support
the
the
proposed
legislation
of
of
making
sure
that
someone
has
a
a
license
to
drive
a
drive
up
a
small
boat
anyway.
I
think
it's
it
protects
him
in
a
curb,
but
it
protects
the
public
as
well.
C
The
boston
harbor
safety
committee,
which
is
an
area
you
know
regional
people
in
the
in
the
maritime
industry.
They
have
a
meeting
coming
up
in
december
and
I
can
check
on
the
status
of
where
that
bill
sits.
At
this
time.
A
Okay,
let's,
let's
stay
in
contact
sergeant
again,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
sergeant
coyne
and
chief
de
grace
and
and
commissioner
dempsey
and
and
tommy
butler
as
well,
so
greatly
appreciate
you
being
here
again
not
necessary
for
you
guys
to
stay
on
you're
more
than
welcome
to,
but
I'm
going
to
go
to
the
next
piano.
Thank
you.
A
Sierra
is
a
resident
of
the
four
point:
neighborhood
association,
inactive
with
harbor
front
neighborhood
alliance,
so.
A
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
support
and
testimony
in
advocacy
and
leadership
of
the
fort
point,
neighborhood
association.
They
provided
excellent
feedback
to
me
in
this
committee
on
the
importance
of
this
issue
and
they
actually
recommended
to
me
to
have
such
a
hearing.
So
when
residents
reach
out
to
me
and
ask
me
to
conduct
a
hearing,
I
usually
do
it,
and
especially,
if
I
think
it's
a
it's
an
important
issue
such
as
this,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
fort
point,
neighborhood
association.
A
G
Thank
you,
counselor
flynn,
I'd
be
happy
just
to
introduce
myself
and
why
we
as
an
organization,
are
very
interested.
Also
thank
you
for
the
kind
words
to
the
fpa.
The
fourth
point,
neighborhood
association.
They
are
a
member
of
our
organization
as
well.
As
I
mentioned,
my
name
is
sarah
mccammon,
I'm
executive
director
of
the
harborfront
neighborhood
alliance.
G
We
bring
together
neighborhood
associations
to
ensure
that
resident
voices
affect
the
growth,
development
and
sustainability
of
an
accessible
boston,
waterfront
from
east
boston,
to
charlestown,
to
the
north
end
to
downtown
south
boston
and
dorchester,
and
as
residents
we
live
on
the
waterfront
and
we
enjoy
an
active
harbor
as
advocates
for
a
public,
inclusive
and
resilient
waterfront,
it's
vital
that
we
make
the
waterfront
a
welcoming
and
safe
place
to
be.
I
look
forward
to
being
on
the
panel
with
these
esteemed
colleagues.
A
A
Sierra,
let
me
let
me
go
to
you.
I
know
you're
active
in
the
fort
point,
neighborhood
association
and
one
of
the
things
that
always
concerned
me.
Sarah
is
basically
from
south
station
walking
to
summer
street,
and
I
asked
sergeant
coyne
this
walking
summit
street
heading
towards
south
boston,
especially
people
walking
that
late
at
night,
maybe
it's
a
summer
summer
night,
there's
so
many
avenues
where
that
person.
A
Unfortunately,
if
they're
under
the
influence
of
alcohol
and
the
drinking,
could
fall
over
into
the
ocean,
whether
it's
on
on
summer
street
or
it's
near
the
new
england,
aquarium
area
and
people
making
bad
decisions,
but
I
think
having
those
life
rings
might
be
helpful.
Just
want
to
get
your
thoughts
on
that.
Sarah.
G
Absolutely
counselor
fled.
We
definitely
agree
with
the
panel
that
presented
before
us,
the
commissioner
and
the
sergeant
and
gentleman
from
massport
that
having
life
rings
is
critical.
You
know
we
see
that
people
fall
in,
as
you
mentioned,
you
know,
from
bridges
from
the
shoreline
and
to
be
able
to
have
life
rings
readily
accessible
in
some
of
those
locations
and
more
frequently
along
our
waterfront.
I
think
it
would
be
a
valuable
way
to
reduce
water,
best
queue
or
definitely
water
recovery.
A
What
other
concerns
do
you
have
in
and
around
the
four
point
area?
Certainly
in
the
south,
boston,
waterfront,
the
seaport
area
in
and
around
the
moakley
courthouse?
G
Sure
I
think
that
just
like
around
the
harbor
we're
seeing
incredible
growth.
Obviously
we
see
that
in
in
the
seaport,
that's
just
kind
of
been
a
neighborhood,
that's
come
into
being
in
the
last
few
years,
we're
seeing
greater
development
coming
to
the
fort
point
channel
and
even
around
the
downtown
waterfront,
as
there's
new
plans
there.
G
This
has
become
a
very
critical
issue
for
us,
one
that
we
think
there's
multiple
solutions
from
the
water
rescue
devices
that
were
mentioned
for
bringing
in
more
ladders
along
the
the
edge
the
hard
edges
of
sea
walls
with
grab
chains.
G
G
We
also
want
to
reiterate
that
they
need
to
be
maintained
if
they
are
going
to
be
installed
and,
for
example,
there
was
a
ladder
across
from
christopher
columbus
park.
It
was
I'm
not
sure
the
history
on
it,
but
it
is
there
no
longer
so
it
just
speaks
to
the
importance
of
maintenance
and
to
having
these
ladders.
You
know
really
throughout
the
boston
waterfront
as
a
way
for
people
to
get
out
of
the
water.
G
I
think
the
commissioner
also
spoke
to
you
know
the
invaluableness
of
and
then
sergeant
and
others
of
having
those
right
life
rings
available
to
throw
to
keep
somebody
afloat
until
water
rescue
can
get
there
and
there's
also
the
importance
of
training.
G
Those
people-
and
I
would
be
also
interested-
as
you
know,
as
the
public
may
be
the
ones
to
having
that
training
of
what
is
the
best
way
to
throw
a
water
bag
or
a
life
saver
into
a
person
and
the
other
issue
that
in
terms
of
rescue
and
is
the
fact
that
how
do
you
identify
a
water
location
of
where
someone
needs
rescue
in
a
way
that
the
responders
can
find
quickly?
G
And
as
we
look
we'd
like
to
the
city
to
consider
and
partners,
state
partners.
Is
there
some
sort
of
a
marker
system
and
maybe
with
call
boxes
like
you
have
on
water,
taxis
or
other
ways
where
we
can
then
more
readily
pinpoint
where
the
rescue
is
as
needed
in
those
communications.
But
those
are
just
some
of
my
thoughts
and
I
know
we've
got
some
other
panelists
on
and
I'd
be
happy
to
say.
You
know
more
as
time
permits.
A
Well
well,
thank
you.
Sarah
thank
you
for
being
with
us
in
the
important
testimony
you
provided
we're
also
joined
by
james
morton
from
the
ymca
and
james.
I
I'm
so
glad
that
you're
here
with
us
one
of
the
one
of
the
reasons
I
I
wanted
you
to
I
wanted
to
invite.
You
is
over
the
last
several
years.
One
of
the
issues
of
great
concern
to
me
and
I've
talked
to
the
boston,
public
schools
and
I
talked
to
the
bcyf,
boston,
children,
youth
and
families
that
operate
many
of
the
swimming
pools
in
in
boston.
A
One
of
the
concerns
for
me,
especially
and
for
in
for
residents
of
boston.
We
don't
necessarily
provide
swimming
lessons
to
children
in
in
the
city
of
boston.
My
my
two
children
we
were
able
to
pay
to
have
them
to
have
them.
Have
the
swimming
lessons
at
a
private
pool.
I
I
was
fortunate
enough.
My
wife
were
fortunate
enough
to
have
money
to
do
that,
but
other
kids,
the
students,
aren't
so
fortunate.
A
Many
many
kids
students,
communities
of
color,
don't
have
that
same
option
and
my
goal
is
to
try
to
get
as
many
youth
in
boston
with
swimming
lessons.
Teach
them
about
water
safety,
teach
them
about
respecting
the
ocean,
respecting
the
lakes
in
pools
in
in
how
important
they
are,
but
also
how
and
how
dangerous
they
are
right.
And
so,
having
said
that,
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
james
morton
for
being
here
and
james.
This
is,
if
you'd
like
to
offer
an
opening
opening
statement.
F
Sure,
first
of
all
let
me
let
me
let
me
begin
by
by
thanking
thanking
you,
counselor
flynn
and
your
colleague
counselor
edwards,
for
for
ins
for
elevating
this
really
a
critically
important
conversation.
You
know
I
I
remember
as
a
high
school
student
in
wisconsin,
where
we
had
lots
of
lakes.
F
We
were
not
allowed
to
graduate
from
high
school
unless
we
could
prove
that
we
could
swim.
And
then
I
went
on
to
the
university
and
we
couldn't
graduate
from
the
university
unless
we
could
pass
a
swim
test,
but
that
was
a
different.
That
was
a
different.
You
know
an
age
and
time,
but
but
I
think
there
were
lessons
in
that
that
that
we
can
learn
for
today.
F
I
I
really
really
appreciate
all
that
we've
heard
this
morning
about
the
infrastructure
that
exists
in
the
city
of
boston
to
to
keep
to
keep
all
of
us
safe
and
keep
our
waterways
in
the
harbor
safe
from
drownings
and
what
a
tremendous
infrastructure
we
already
have
in
place
and
clearly
there's
more
that
we
can
do
and
and
it
there
also
appears
to
be
an
incredible
appetite
to
do
more.
F
But
with
that
said,
I
believe
that
the
first
line
of
defense
to
drowning
is
to
teach
children
how
to
swim
and
and
and
and
also
to
teach
them
water
safety.
How
to
how
to.
As
you
say,
how
to
respect
and
appreciate
this
beautiful.
You
know
waterfront
this
45
plus
miles
of
waterfront
shoreline
that
we
have
in
the
city
of
boston,
how
to
respect
it
and
appreciate
it
and
preserve
it,
but
also
how
to
keep
themselves
safe
around
it.
F
And-
and
so
you
know,
we've
seen
an
increase
in
the
number
of
drownings
29
2018
99
drownings
and
20
20
125
drownings
in
massachusetts,
and
we're
probably
unfortunately
going
to
exceed
that
this
year
and
as
we
all
I'm
sure,
take
the
position
that
that
that
one
drowning
is
too
much.
F
And
so
in
terms
of
introductory
remarks.
I'll
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
But
I
I
will
offer
some
very
specific
strategies
and
tactics
that
we're
employing
at
the
ymca
in
partnership
with
a
number
of
other
organizations
in
the
city
at
the
appropriate
time.
In
this
conversation,.
A
Well,
thank
you
james,
and
we
look
forward
to
hearing
hearing
about
them.
We,
we
appreciate
your
important
work
and
your
important
leadership
of
the
ymca.
I'm
also
joined
by
my
by
my
colleague
from
alston
and
brighton
council,
liz
braden
who's
with
us
council
braided.
Would
you
like
to
offer
a
statement.
H
Thank
you,
councillor
flynn,
I'm
I'm
grabbing
a
snack,
so
I
don't
sound
very.
This
is
a
really
important
issue
and
I
really
I'm
excited
to
be
part
of
the
conversation
and
listen.
We
we're
out
here
in
austin
brighton,
we're
along
the
charles
river.
We
have,
we
don't
have
a
seafront
necessarily,
but
the
proficiency
in
being
able
to
swim
is
really
vaguely
important
and
you
know
we're
excited
about
the
prospect
of
the
dcr
re
rebuilding
the
dcr
pool.
H
That
was
a
down
at
the
bottom
of
brook
street
and
and
not
in
brighton,
so
we're
anticipating
that
happening
sometime
in
the
not
too
distant
future,
so
that
will
offer
another
amenity
for
our
students
to
learn
to
swim
in
the
neighborhood.
I
think
we
have
we
have.
That
was
a
pool
we
have.
We
have
a
ymca
pool
and
we
have
a
pool
at
up
in
cleveland
circle.
So
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
infrastructure
in
terms
of
pools
for
folks
to
be
able
to
learn
to
swim.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
braden,
so
james,
can
you
talk
about
any
type
of
partnerships
or
what
you're
doing
specifically,
what
is
the
ymca
doing
specifically
to
educate
train
to
provide
swimming
lessons
to
the
youth
of
boston,
but
especially
students
of
color
that
that
may
not
have
been
exposed
to
the
ocean
or
pools
or
to
any
type
of
swimming
lessons.
F
Yes,
so
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
and
then
and
then
I
might
even
offer
a
a
suggestion
as
how
we
can
move
forward
to
create
even
greater
a
greater
safety.
F
But
so,
as
you
as
you
know,
we've
got
nine
ymcas
in
the
city
of
boston
and
all
of
those
ymcas
have
pools
and
so
and
and
at
every
location,
we're
providing
swim
lessons
in
every
neighborhood
that
we
have
a
ymca
and
that's
an
ongoing
strategy
that
we
offer
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
providing
swim
lessons
to
everyone
in
our
community,
regardless
of
their
ability
to
to
pay.
For
those
lessons.
We
have
scholarships
and
financial
support
so
that
no
person
is
denied.
F
No
child
would
be
denied
access
to
a
swim
lesson
or
a
water
safety
opportunity
because
of
an
inability
to
pay.
And
then,
in
the
summer
we
have
25
camps
throughout
greater
boston
and
at
many
of
those
camps
there
there
is
a
waterfront
of
some
sort
or
another
and
our
our
responsibility
there
is
to
teach
water
safety
at
all
of
our
camps
and
also
just
to
provide
swim
lessons
to
make
sure
that
all
children
who
are
in
the
water
can
do
so
do
so
safely.
F
But
here's
what
we're
really
really
super
excited
about,
and
that
is
as
a
result
of
a
partnership
with
the
city
of
boston
and
blue
cloth,
blue
cross
blue
shield.
We
were
able
to
put
together
a
an
initiative
called
swim
safely,
boston
and
as
part
of
that
initiative,
300
children
will
be
provided
with
free
swim
lessons
at
our
ymca
pools.
F
We
will
also
train
60
high
school
students
to
be
lifeguards,
which
is
also
an
incredible
need
that
we
have
here
there's
a
shortage
of
lifeguards
in
the
city
of
boston.
Now,
because
of
that
partnership,
we
were
able
to
add
a
new
partner
to
that
effort
and
that's
boston,
triathlon
and
they're,
supporting
the
effort
by
providing
us
with
the
resources
to
provide
free,
swim
lessons
to
another
300
children.
F
So
now
that's
600
children
who
will
get
free
lessons
in
the
city
of
boston
while
we're
also
training
60
potential
lifeguards
for
next
summer
and
and
we
are
looking
to
grow
that
program
because,
of
course,
300
600
children
is
not
enough.
It
is
a
start.
It's
a
great
start,
but
it's
not
enough.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
every
child
in
the
city
knows
how
to
swim.
F
So
that's
one
strategy
that
that
we're
working
on
the
second
strategy
that
I'm
also
very
excited
about
is
working
with
superintendent,
concilius
of
the
boston,
public
schools
and
her
team.
We
are
developing
a
third
grade,
swim
program
so
that
every
third
grader
in
the
city
of
boston-
and
there
are
four
thousand
third
graders,
so
that
every
third
grader
is
taught
to
swim
and
and
becomes
proficient
at
swimming
and
so
we're
beginning
to
develop
a
pilot
for
that
initiative.
F
And
the
general
theme
is
that
we'll
start
that
swim
initiative
in
three
boston,
public
schools,
that
have
polls
elementary
schools
and
middle
schools
and
we'll
also
identify
three
of
our
ymca
pools.
F
That
will
also
participate
in
that,
and
so
our
our
goal
will
be
to
serve
as
many
third
graders
as
part
of
that
pilot,
as
we
can
in
hopes
of
expanding
it
to
serve
all
four
thousand
third
graders
over
the
over
the
course
of
time
and
that's
a
very,
very
exciting
opportunity
and
a
wonderful
partnership
between
the
ymca
and
our
public
schools,
boston,
public
schools.
F
Now
I
I
shared
I,
I
have
an
idea.
I
remember
my
days
at
the
springfield
ymca.
You
know
some.
You
know
15
years
ago
and
in
springfield
there
was
a
program
sponsored
by
dcr,
where
the
ymca
would
provide
training
for
high
school
aged
young
men
and
women,
training
them
to
be
lifeguards
and
and
we
would
not
be
paid
as
an
organization
until
those
young
people
passed,
the
state
exam
qualifying
them
as
lifeguards
and
one
of
the
things
that
they
were
guaranteed.
The
the
successful
graduates
of
that
program
is,
they
were
guaranteed
a
job.
F
Now,
that's
a
that's
a
strategy
that
you
know
I'd
like
to
see
us
grow
and
expand
upon
and
and
develop
here
here
in
the
in
the
city
of
boston
and
with
all
the
waterfronts
and
shorelines
that
we
have
obviously
there's
there
there's
clearly
a
need
and
demand
for
for
lifeguards
and
I'd
like
to
I'd
like
to
see
us
develop,
develop
something
along
those
lines
and
then
and
then.
F
Lastly,
let
me
thank
sarah
for
the
great
work
that
that
that
she's
doing-
and
that
is,
that
is
absolutely
wonderful
work
and
and
then
there's
another
coalition
of
individuals
who've
come
together
and
and
they're
identified
as
the
coalition
for
a
resilient
and
inclusive
waterfront.
F
So
that's
like,
like
this
incredibly
diverse
group
of
organizations
serving
the
communities
across
the
city
of
boston,
have
come
together
to
make
sure
that
our
waterfront
in
boston
is
available
to
all
residents,
in
particular,
making
sure
that
that
our
black
and
brown
communities
have
access
to
the
waterfront
and
again,
while
we're
providing
access.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
folks
with
swim
lessons
and
water
safety,
and
so
I'm
very
excited
that
that
you've
elevated
this
conversation,
I'm
happy
to
be
here
with
sarah,
as
we
as
we
try
to
figure
out.
F
What's
the
best
way
to
join
forces,
to
create
the
greatest
opportunities
for
access
to
the
water
and
and
and
that
safe,
safe
access,
and
I'm
so
happy
to
hear
that
there's
this
another
whole
cadre
of
folks
working
on
the
infrastructure
to
make
sure
the
infrastructure
provides
additional
safety.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
councilor
flynn
for
bringing
this
forward.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
James.
Your
testimony
was
excellent.
It
was
very
helpful
and
I'm
so
glad
that
the
ymca
is
is
playing
a
critical
role
in
educating
and
training
and
helping
our
students
here
in
boston
and
our
our
young
people,
especially
our
communities
of
kawa.
That's
an
issue
I'm
proud
to
represent,
probably
the
most
diverse
district
in
the
city
of
boston.
A
I
have
a
large
chinese
community.
I
have
a
large
latinx
community.
I
have
a
large.
I
represent
the
largest
number
of
residents
living
in
public
housing,
yes,
and
in
the
residents
that
live
in
public
housing
only
they
live
probably
a
half
a
mile
away
from
the
ocean,
but
I,
but
I
do
know
that
they
have
not
been
exposed
to
swimming
lessons.
So
what
you
are
doing
james
through
the
various
partnerships,
is
very
helpful,
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
ymca.
A
Let
me
let
me
ask
my
colleague
before
I
start
before.
I
ask
a
question.
Let
me
ask
my
colleague,
council
braden.
If
she
wants
to
ask
any
questions
to
either
james
or
sarah
at
this
time,.
H
No,
I
I
really,
I
don't
have
any
questions
at
the
moment.
I
I
think
increasing
access
to
swim
lessons
and
I'm
really
excited
about
the
third
grade.
Discussion
with
the
bps.
I
think
all
of
that
is
is
critically
important.
H
I
I
myself
I'm
not
as
a
proficient
swimmer
and
I
did
take
a
class
at
the
ymca
in
which
95
percent
of
the
folks
in
the
class
were
irish
adults
who
had
never
learned
to
swim
with
a
great
respect
for
the
water,
but
very
few
of
us
were
actually
good
swimmers,
but
I
did
go
to
a
little
country
primary
school
in
northern
ireland
and
and
our
teacher,
the
head
teacher,
had
had
the
experience
of
having
to
life,
save
a
child
in
the
in
difficulties
in
the
ocean
in
the
sun
the
previous
summer,
and
she
came
back
and
she
took
all
the
kids
to
the
local
swimming
hole
and
todd
started
to
teach
them
to
swim
or
even
be
able
to
tread
water
and
and
and
keep
themselves
safe
after
that
experience.
H
So
I
I
really
feel
that
this
is
a
very,
very
important
life
skill
for
everyone
to
have.
So
I
really
applaud
your
efforts
and
and
hope
that
we
can
get
that
to
happen.
Thank
you.
F
So
so
counselor
brighton,
please
come
back,
so
we
can
increase
your
proficiency
and
and-
and
I
I
I
am
taking
constantly
taking
swim
lessons,
because
I
I
want
to
be
able
to
save
my
own
life
in
the
water
and
and
so
and
also
be
an
example
to
others
to
to.
You
know
to
just
as
an
adult
and
I'm
an
adult
in
in
my
60s,
and
so
I'm
in
the
water
trying
to
make
sure
that
I
can
be
the
best
swimmer.
F
I
can
to
protect
myself
and
others
when
the
time
comes
and
and
by
the
way.
I
think
that
I
think
that
that
draw
to
the
water
comes
from
being
born
in
liverpool
and
and
so
having
that
that,
birthplace
on
the
on
the
shore
of
of
of
the
ocean
kind
of
kind
of
put
it
in
my
soul
to
make
sure.
H
Yeah,
it's
a
dramatic
it's
a
really
for
irish
people,
this
tremendous
respect
of
the
water
and
the
ocean,
but
a
very
high
percentages
of
us,
don't
actually
swim.
So
I
I
might
take
you
up
on
your
offer
and
get
back
in
the
get
back
down
to
the
pool
and
get
somebody
to
teach
me
how
to
swim
a
bit
better.
G
And
we
see
that
as
we
talk
to
different
people
and
trying
to
open
and
make
our
waterfront
more
inclusive,
that
it's
not
only
just
students
and
and
and
children
needing
to
learn
how
swing,
but
a
lot
of
times.
Adults
have
not
had
that
opportunity
and
as
parents
they
feel
a
little
trepidatious
about
bringing
their
children
to
the
water's
edge
because
they
don't
know
how
to
swim.
So
they
don't
know
how
to
protect
them.
So
there's
you
know
this
is
very
exciting.
Love
to
hear
about
the
expansion
of
these
programs.
G
G
So
I
think
this
ability
to
grow
not
only
just
what
you're
doing
james
with
the
y,
but
also
with
the
city,
maybe
through
their
youth,
is
it
boston,
youth
and
family
services,
but
to
have
more
partners,
as
you
said,
including
some
great
partnerships
that
you
all
have
to
bring
these
swimming
lessons
to
everyone,
especially
just
not
only
those
people
that
live
near
the
water
that
need
to
know
how
to
swim.
G
But
the
people
that
are
in
our
more
in
our
neighborhoods
that
would
like
to
come
to
the
water
and
feel
comfortable
and
safe
doing
that.
So
that's
definitely
an
important
part
of
I
think
our
water
infrastructure
and
something
to
hopefully
expand.
A
Well,
well,
thank
you,
sarah.
I
I
I
the
comments
by
counselor
braden
were
very
interesting
to
me.
You
know,
as
in
you
know,
council
braden.
You
mentioned
that
when
you
were
younger,
you
didn't
you
weren't
exposed
to
swimming
lessons,
and-
and
I'm
thinking
I'm
just
thinking
now
that
you
know
boston
is
you
know
we
have
a
large
immigrant
community
in
boston,
it
might
be,
it
might
be
40
or
so
of
the
population,
but
the
young
people
in
boston.
A
We
have
a
large
immigrant
immigrant
community
and
I'm
just
thinking
out
loud
that
they
may
not
also
have
been
exposed
to
swimming
lessons
at
their
own
country
that
they
were
born
and
they
came
to
boston.
But
it's
it's
critically
important.
I
mean
that
lesson
from
council
braden
really
really
hit
home,
but
it's
really
important
to
make
sure
that
our
immigrant
communities
are
also
part
of
the
of
swimming
lessons
and
making
sure
that
we
teach
them
the.
A
You
know
the
importance
of
water
safety
and
respect
for
the
ocean
because
they
also
live
wherever
they
live
and
they're
only
one
or
two
miles
away
and
when
you
get
to
high
school
one
of
the
first
things
people
want
to
do
is
go
is
go
to
the
ocean
and
go
to
the
go
to
the
pool
with
their
friends
or
go
to
a
coco
and
then
go
to
the
lake.
So
you
know
people
often
jump
in
the
ocean
without
knowing
how
to
swim.
A
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
do
everything
we
can
to
provide
the
safest
environment
for
people,
but
also
to
educate
and
train
our
young
people,
especially
so
I
my
question
for
you
james,
is
you
mentioned
the
the
program
where
you're
possibly
going
to
train
30
30
people
for
life
gods?
A
Are
you
going
to
also
of
the
30
people?
Are
we
also
looking
to
make
sure
that
we
include
a
diverse
group
of
young
people
for
that
training,
whether
they're
in
whether
they're
immigrant
families,
whether
they're
communities
of
color
or
or
certain
areas
of
the
city
that
might
not
traditionally
have
been
exposed
to
water
safety?
Yes,.
F
A
great
great
great
question
and
we're
working
we're
working
on
where
that
training
is
going
to
take
place,
and
my
dream
is
that
it
will
take
place
at
madison
park
high
school
and
the
reason
why
we're
I
would
like
for
it
to
be.
There
is
they've,
got
a
wonderful
aquatic
center
one
and
two.
It's
it's
easily
accessible
and
three.
There
are
two
high
schools
there
between
madison
park
and
o'brien.
F
We
we
should
be
able
to
draw
students
from
the
diverse
communities
that
surround
that
particular
location,
and
so
that
would
be
one
location
and
then
we
can
choose
another
location
so
that
we
can
draw
young
people
from.
You
know
the
other
other
side
of
our
our
great
city
here,
so
so
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
the
lifeguards
that
we
train
are
certainly
going
to
be
reflective
of
the
communities
we
serve
and
the
children
that
they
will
ultimately
be
keeping
safe.
F
I
I'd
like
to
also
share
that
you
know
how
often
do
we
say
to
ourselves
in
the
city
of
boston,
and
I
think
we
say
it
often
because
it's
true,
we
are
an
asset,
rich
community,
so
think
about
this.
We've
got
boys
and
girls
club.
We
got
boston
centers
for
families
and
children.
We
got
bps,
we
got
the
ymca,
we
have
all
of
those
all
of
those
entities
manage
and
control
pools.
F
What?
If
we
activated
every
pool
in
our
city,
to
make
sure
that
every
child
had
access
to
swim
lessons
and
and
we
trained
and
we
trained
lifeguards
at
all
of
those
different
locations
because
they're
all
located
throughout
the
city
and
every
neighborhood
that
that
exists
in
the
city
we
could.
F
We
could
have
a
significant
impact
on
water
safety
and
reduced
drownings
and-
and
maybe
our
goal
should
be-
to
eliminate
drownings
in
in
2022
by
virtue
of
creating
this,
this
network
of
organizations
deeply
committed
and
supporting
partnering
with
you
and
sarah
and
all
the
other
organizations
in
the
in
the
city
committed
to
water
safety.
F
I
think
that's
an
opportunity,
because
we
do
have
all
these
pools,
many
of
which
sit
idle,
which
it's
a
shame
to
have
any
pool
sitting
idle
when
we
have
such
a
great
need
and
it's
a
life
skill,
it's
a
life,
saving
skill,
it's
a
health,
a
life
in
life,
expanding
or
extending
skill
health.
It's
a
healthy
habit
that
you
can
do
for
your
entire
lifetime
and
there
aren't
a
whole
lot
of
those
activities
that
that
you
can
do
from
from
birth
to
birth,
to
death
like
swimming.
A
Well
well,
thank
you,
jim
I'm,
going
to
ask
sarah
at
this
time
we're
going
to
offer
closing
statements
or
a
closing
message
well
hold
on
for
one
second
ron
r
kerry.
Do
we
have
any
public
testimony.
G
Actually,
it
was
one
of
our
members
of
pna,
but
yes,.
A
G
Think
that's
and-
and
I
will
also
I
apologize
not
having
getting
my
remarks
in
beforehand,
but
I
will
also
send
written
remarks
and.
A
Okay,
so
so
before
we
go
to
final
statements,
I
was
going
to
ask
my
council
colleague,
council
braden.
I
know
you
have
your
hand
up.
Council
braden.
H
Yeah-
and
there
was
one
other
thing
that
that
I
I
wanted
to
add
to
the
conversation
this
is-
is
educating
adults
and
everyone
about
how
to
recognize
a
riptide,
because
when
you're,
when
there's
a
riptide
very
often
the
place
is
most
appealing,
is
where
the
water
is
nice
and
smooth,
and
it
doesn't
look.
D
H
Too
treacherous
and
that's
exactly
where
the
problem
is
so
I
know
I
have
friends
who
are
open
water
swimmers
and
one
one
in
particular
has
swung
the
english
channel,
and
you
know,
she's
very
concerned
that
open
water
swimming
has
is
a
particular
swim
skill
set
and
but
if
you're
well
prepared
and
and
have
you,
there
are
ways
to
enjoy.
You
know
swimming
at
the
shore
that
are
safe
without
putting
a
complete
ban
on
on
the
activity.
H
You
know,
so
I
think
trying
to
take
advantage
of
the
folks
in
the
neighborhoods,
like
especially
south
boston.
You
have
a
long
tradition
of
open,
open
water
swimming
to
take
advantage
of
those
expertise
of
folks
who
are
experienced
open
water
swimmers
to
educate
others
on
on
water
safety.
It's
one
thing
how
to
recognize
treacherous
conditions
and
and
how
to
how
to
be
as
safe
as
possible
when
you're,
when
you're
doing
that.
So
that's
another
piece
to
the
the
conversation
I
wanted
to
add
and
thank
you
for
your
work,
james
and
sarah.
A
Well
well,
thank
you,
council
braden,
for
you
for
being
here
and
for
your
testimony
and
your
your
comments
were
very
helpful
in
in
in
in
this
subject
and
in
we
have
a
different
persp.
I
have
a
different
perspective
of
this
subject
from
listening
to
counselor
braden's
comments
as
well,
so
I
really
appreciate
you
being
here,
council
braden
and
offering
your
personal
experience
about
this.
So
thank
you
at
this
time.
Could
I
ask
sarah
if
you
would
like
to
offer
a
a
closing
statement
or
comment.
G
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity,
first
of
all,
to
be
on
the
panel
for
your
advocacy
in
this
work
and
for
holding
this
hearing.
G
We
also
are
a
strong
proponent
of
the
life
rings
and
having
those
more
frequently
along
our
shoreline,
bringing
in
those
waterfront
properties
to
also
assist
in
this
area
and
training,
not
only
their
staff,
but
also
the
public
as
well,
and
the
importance
to
have
language
access
to
have
signage
in
multiple
languages,
on
instructions
on
life,
savers
and
life
rings,
and
also
notification
and
location
flags.
Maybe
of
ladders
that
already
exist,
and
hopefully
more
ladders
that
are
going
to
be
coming
along.
G
G
We
also
wanted
just
to
highlight
that
there
is
mass
state
law,
chapter
91,
that
provides
the
public
access
to
the
waterfront
and
for
those
properties
that
are
directly
adjacent
they're.
G
A
combination
of
city,
state
and
private,
owned
properties
and
having
best
practices
in
a
pilot
program
that
you
mentioned
would
highlight
a
consistent
safety
model
that
would
prevent,
hopefully,
people
from
falling
in
the
water,
enable
bystanders
to
assist
more
quickly,
and
we
would
be
pleased
to
share
the
solutions
that
have
been
talked
about
today
with
massdep,
who
could
then
also
reinforce
by
putting
these
requirements
into
their
chapter
91
licenses
that
are
part
of
the
waterfront
properties
that
are
along
along
our
harbor.
G
So
those
are
some
of
the
ways
that
we
look
forward
to
participating
and
with
the
city
and
with
state
partners
and
private
partners
such
as
james
and
all
the
activation
of
pools
in
the
city.
It's
very
exciting
idea
for
those
swimming
lessons,
so
thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
we
look
forward
to
working
for
you
with
you
all
further
in
this
initiative.
A
And
thank
you,
sarah
james,
thank
you
for
being
here
with
us,
and
I
just
want
to
give
you
the
opportunity
to
offer
a
closing
closing
comment.
F
Thank
you
very
much
councillor
flynn
I'll,
make
my
remarks
very
brief.
I'll
I'll
endorse.
Much
of
what's
shara
has
sarah
has
shared
with
us.
I
believe
she
kind
of
summarized
it
quite
well.
Some
of
the
some
of
the
ways
in
which
we
can
we
can
make
sure
that
our
city
of
boston
is
the
is
the
safest
city
with
an
enormous
waterfront,
a
beautiful
waterfront
that
we
have.
It
is
a
gem
we
are.
F
We
are
blessed
to
have
such
a
naturally
beautiful
thing
to
offer
to
the
citizens
of
our
of
our
city
and
then
and
then
just
just
say
that
we
we
think
that
maybe
one
of
our
goals
as
a
city
in
in
20
2022,
is
that
strategy
of
no
drownings
in
our
city-
and
you
know
let
us
continue
to
keep,
keep
our
eye
and
focus
on
making
sure
that
water
safety
is
something
made
available
to
adults
and
children
throughout
the
city
and
that
we
can.
F
We
we
provide
as
many
swim
lessons
to
as
many
adults
and
children
as
we
possibly
can
to
keep
everyone
everyone
safe
and
and
see.
If
we
can
accomplish
that
goal
of
zero
drownings
in
our
city,
because
any
drowning
is
is,
is
too
many,
and
so
thank
you
very
much
for
elevating
this
issue.
Thank
you,
counselor
braden,
for
your
your
participation
and
comments
and
guidance
to
us.
F
We
appreciate
being
a
part
of
this,
and
and
thank
you,
sarah,
for
everything
you're
doing
in
support
of
these
issues
as
well,
happy
to
happy
to
be
a
part
of
this.
This
team
working
on
this
important
issue.
A
Well
well,
thank
you,
james
and
thank
you,
sarah
and,
as
I
mentioned
to
the
previous
panel,
you
know
I
probably
will
have
another
working
session
sometime
next
year.
I'll
make
sure
I
include
you
invite
you
so
thank
you
for
being
here
with
us
and
the
comments
that
you
me.
Sarah.
You
talked
also
about
language
access
and
thank
you
for
bringing
that
important
part
of
the
discussion
up.
We
feel
I
feel
to
mention
that
in
my
comments,
so
you
provided
language
access.
That's
that's
critical
as
part
of
this.
A
This
discussion
as
well.
So
thank
you.
Sarah
thank
you
jim,
and
to
the
team
at
the
ymca,
the
harbor
and
the
the
ocean
and
pools
and
lakes
for
ev
everybody,
boston's
an
inclusive
city
and
because
we're
an
inclusive
city,
the
the
ocean
belongs
to
not
one
particular
group
but
to
every
group.
But
we
want
every
group
to
enjoy
the
ocean
in
in
lakes
and
pools,
but
to
enjoy
an
ocean
in
lake.
We
also
want
to
provide
the
best
education
training,
water
safety
program
that
we
can.
A
So
I
think
it's
about
working
together
with
city
officials
with
state
officials
with
our
our
leaders,
such
as
the
ymca
and
various
other
organizations
that
are
dedicated
to
this,
this
outreach
and
this
support.
So
on
behalf
of
myself
on
behalf
of
councillor
braden,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
james
and
to
sarah
thank
you
to
ron
and
kerry
from
the
central
staff,
and
I
already
thank
the
the
earlier
piano
for
being
here
as
well.
So
at
this
time
this
meeting
is
is
over.
Thank
you.
Thank.