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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means on October 11, 2018
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Docket #1240 - A hearing regarding authorization for the City of Boston Department of Innovation and Technology to enter into a contract with Crown Castle Fiber, LLC for the lease of fiber optic cable connecting City buildings with the City's existing fiber optic network.
A
We
are
here
regarding
docket
one,
two,
four
zero
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston,
Department
of
innovation
and
technology,
to
enter
into
a
contract
with
crown
Castle
fiber
LLC
for
a
period
of
up
to
30
years
for
the
lease
of
fiber-optic
cable
connecting
a
hundred
and
seventy
city
buildings
with
the
city's
existing
fiber-optic
network.
The
contract
terms
of
twenty
years
plus
two
five-year
city
renewal
options
requires
city
council
approval
pursuant
to
section
12
of
chapter
30b
of
the
general
laws
like
to
remind
folks.
A
This
is
a
public
hearing
being
broadcast
live
on
our
CN
80
to
Comcast,
channel
8
and
Verizon
1964
streamed
at
Boston,
gov
backslash
city
Council,
TV,
ask
folks
again
to
silence
your
electronic
device
devices
and
at
the
conclusion
of
the
department's
presentation
and
questions
from
my
colleagues,
we
will
take
public
testimony.
There
was
a
sign-in
sheet
to
my
left
by
the
door
I
ask
that
you
state
your
name
any
affiliation
and
residence
and
check
the
box.
A
If
you
do
wish
to
testify-
and
you
can
also
submit
written
testimony
at
any
time
to
the
committee
at
CCC-
dot
WM
at
Boston
gov-
and
we
are
here
with
still
interim
chief
information
officer-
Patricia
Boyle,
Mike
Lynch
at
Pinkerton
and
I'm-
sorry-
we
just
met
Alex
nice
nice
to
see
you
guys
and
I
am
also
joined
by
my
good
friend
from
South
Boston
Council,
ready,
Flint.
So
take
it
away.
Patricia
Thank.
B
You
councillor,
we
appreciate
it-
we're
really
thrilled
to
be
here
today
to
talk
about
the
Boston
fiber
network
expansion
or
what
we
call
Bo
net.
This
nine
point:
four
million
dollar
is
the
city's
fiber
backbone
and
we're
excited
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have
about
the
expansion
and
discuss
the
project
any
further
right.
A
A
It's
pretty
straightforward:
it's
a
ten
million
dollar
contract.
You
know,
obviously,
it's
a
long
period
of
time.
Twenty
as
many
as
thirty
years.
I
think
people
might
be
a
little
apprehensive,
but
basically
it's
infrastructure
that
we're
renting
for
that
amount
of
time
and
connecting
many
many
city-owned
buildings,
particularly
bps,
our
schools,
our
community
centers,
our
elderly
buildings,
BHA
buildings
and
traditionally
some
underserved
folks,
so
that
they
can
have
access
to
Wi-Fi
and
other
internet
services.
Okay,
just
joined
by
my
other
friend
from
South
Boston,
my
colleague,
at-large
council,
Michael,
Flaherty,.
B
B
D
Thank
you,
chairman
Koz
was
the
cover.
Page
map
is
really
just
sort
of
an
illustration
of
the
new
buildings
that
will
be
connected,
the
green
lines
and
the
red
lines.
They
are
the
existing
assets
of
this
company
crown
Castle
fiber
and
what
they'll
be
using
to
connect
us.
This
is
not
a
construction
project.
This
is
a
service
contract
really
where
we're
leasing,
as
the
gentleman
said,
and
that's
our
intent
here.
This
is
kind
of
an
attempt
by
us
to
just
illustrate
that
this
stuff,
for
the
most
part
already
exists.
D
They
will
have
to
do
a
little
bit
of
construction
to
make
some
connections
for
us,
but
for
the
most
part
it's
in
place
and
we're
using
available
assets.
This
is
something
that
we
had
done.
We
have
done
for
the
last
ten
years
or
so,
as
the
council
knows,
through
the
existing
Bonin,
we
had
a
cable
franchise
with
Comcast
we
130
sites
connected.
We,
the
city,
actually
manage
and
run
the
network
members.
The
network
team
are
right
over
here
and
it
is.
D
It
is
really
a
top-shelf
network,
it
runs
voice,
it
runs
cameras,
it
runs
city
data
systems
like
this
expansion
will
bring
us
some
of
the
applications
that
were
brought
to
employees
into
the
public
much
closer
because
we'll
have
built
the
backbone,
the
backhaul,
to
bring
all
that
data
back
into
our
city
network
and,
if
necessary,
out
to
the
world
via
the
internet.
Right.
A
B
This
project
is
laying
the
infrastructure
and
separating
us
in
allowing
folks
tuned
to
what
the
future
of
technology
and
connectivity
will
be
so
having
a
well
connected
fiber
infrastructure
throughout
the
city
of
Boston
that
will
provide
good
quality,
high-speed
Internet
to
every
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
Boston.
It
is
crucial,
and
this
is
the
infrastructure
that
will
allow
for
that
right
and.
A
C
You,
council
siamo,
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue
and
to
the
panelists
thank
you
for
improving
technology
in
our
city
and
making
sure
that
technology
upgrades
reach
everybody
all
our
residents
across
the
city.
I
had
a
couple
of
questions
and
I
wanted
to
know
what
type
of
upgrade,
what
type
of
assistance
will
this
have
on
people
living
in
public
housing?
How
will
this
project
improve
their
internet
services
in
what?
What
can
they
expect.
D
Thanks
counselor
thanks
for
the
question
actually
that
works
out
well,
because
this
project
started
probably
four
years
ago,
within
the
first
six
months,
we
had
a
request
for
information
out
within
the
first
six
months
of
this
administration.
We
had
a
request
for
information
out
looking
for
the
best
way
to
do
what
we're
doing
here,
options
existed.
You
hiring,
managed
services
is
good,
it's
expensive,
you're,
always
on
the
hook
and
you're
always
paying.
We
could
we
looked
at
the
possibility
of
actually
constructing
this
network.
D
Our
self
construction,
particularly
underground
construction,
is
extraordinarily
expensive
in
the
city
and
is
somewhat
cost
prohibitive.
This
proved
to
be
the
best
method
going
forward
when
we
did
that
we
specifically
did
it.
Some
of
our
major
goals
were
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
schools
get
connected
and
our
housing
developments
I
think
with
maybe
the
exception
of
one
or
two.
Every
family
and
senior
development
in
the
city
will
be
connected.
D
That
connection
will
be
used
for
the
obvious
things
municipal
use
by
the
housing
authority
for
its
administrative
purpose,
security
for
the
system's
CCTV
stuff,
like
that,
as
well
as
I
think
an
explosion
probably
and
wicked
free
Wi-Fi
in
common
areas
and
of
use
most
of
the
larger
elderly
developments
and
the
family
developments
have
some
sort
of
a
common
room
where
internet
access
is
given
to
them
and
they
have
some
resources.
But
connectivity
is
always
an
issue
in
the
housing
authority,
and
this
will
close
that
gap.
C
Thank
you
for
that
answer
and
just
as
a
follow-up
I
represent,
represent
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
people
in
public
housing
and
I'm
interested
in
that
subject.
Can
we
do
any
type
of
outreach
to
the
people
in
the
public
housing
living
in
public
housing,
letting
letting
them
know
how
this
will
help
them?
How
this
will
impact
them,
and
you
know
that
this
service
is
available
to
them
and
it
could
benefit
them
and
enhance
their
quality
of
life?
You
know
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
they
know
about
it
and
it's
a
great
program.
C
D
Absolutely
constant
I
think
that's
very
doable
we're
pretty
closely
with
administrator
McGonagall
on
this
project.
Okay
and
I
know
Lydia
in
his
office
as
well
as
actually
as
well
as
someone
at
Comcast
and
someone
in
our
office
have
been
going
out
to
the
elderly
developments.
There's
like
there's,
there's
two
things
here:
there's
a
gap
and
that
people
do
not
have
resources,
and
particularly
the
elderly
developments,
there's
a
lack
of
understanding
of
what
they're
missing
mm-hmm.
So
both
both
questions
need
to
get
addressed
to
be
happy
to
do
that,
be
happy
to
work
with
you.
C
Thank
you.
I
have
been
over
a
couple
developments
in
Chinatown,
Nick,
mayo,
psych
towers,
and
they
were
asking
me
about
the
internet
service
at
the
receiving
the
connection
are
receiving
because
it's
a
tall
building
and
maybe
because
it's
close
to
the
Mass
Pike
that
they're
reception
is
not
all
that
effective.
C
D
C
C
E
Flower
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
I,
think
it
speaks
for
itself,
we're
in
a
global
economy,
making
sure
that
our
students
and
our
residents
are
up
to
par
with
technology
and
particularly
on
the
fiber-optic
stuff
I.
Just
a
couple
quick
questions.
I
on
the
second
paragraph
of
this
of
the
submittal
it
said:
do
it
seeks
to
enter
into
a
contract
to
create
dark,
fiber
pathways
for
it
to
provide
service
between
170
identified
new
city
locations
in
the
existing
network?
E
So
you
can
kind
of
just
explain
to
me:
what's
a
fiber
pathway
and
also
where
those
170
new
locations,
so
we
have
in
front
of
us.
We
have
obviously
a
map
that
the
Chairman
had
pointed
out,
and
then
we
have
two
additional
maps
here.
That
sort
of
point
out
locations
is:
is
this
a
full
list
of
170
and
a
new
and
existing?
Or
is
there
there's
there
another
list
that
because
I'd
like
to
I'd
like
a
complete,
listen
the
only
references,
because
I
just
looked
at
it
quickly
and
you
know,
for
example,
Mike.
E
B
A
A
E
So
is
it
fair
to
say
that
every
Boston
Public
School
will
is,
is
part
of
this
right
and
I
see
that
we
have
some
of
the
housing
developments
and
some
of
our
senior
developments
as
well
so
same
for
that,
as
are
all
them
included?
Okay,
great
and
then,
if
you
just
tell
me,
what's
a
doc
five,
the
pathway
just
from
educated
on
yes.
D
And
you
mentioned
the
Perry
school
Harry
school
is
already
connected.
We're
actually
going
to
strengthen
that
connection,
because
it's
a
little
bit
weak.
It's
also
a
launching
site
for
wicked
free
Wi-Fi
on
the
N
Street
area
there
as
well.
Well,
probably
a
fancy
way
to
say
that
the
pathway
for
dark
fiber,
but
what
we're
we're
leasing
here
from
Sinisa.
So
a
crown
Castle
fiber
is
the
new
name
of
the
company.
D
Is
the
fiber
itself,
the
city
through
through
this
department
in
the
network
team
behind
you
counselor,
will
install
the
equipment
and
manage
the
network
as
it
currently
does,
for
the
hundred
and
thirty
buildings
that
are
already
on
our
network.
It's
a
proven
practice.
It
works
well
in
the
city,
it
is
cost-effective.
E
E
D
E
D
That's
that's
a
good
question
counselor,
because
over
the
last
year
we
have
been
working,
as
you
know,
with
Verizon,
and
they
have
they
have
stepped
up
in
a
big
way
like
Comcast
had
done
10
years
ago,
and
they
are
also
contributing
Dodd
fiber.
So
well,
this
lease
has
a
hundred
and
seventy
three
sites
in
it.
D
Verizon
is
also
going
to
do
quite
a
number
of
sites
and
they're
going
to
be
providing
us
with
Darkfire
are
much
in
the
same
way
as
Comcast
does
and
I
mean
the
the
expansion
of
the
city
network
and
the
sort
of
full
coverage
of
all
the
city.
Buildings
is
going
to
be
quite
impressive
when
this
is
done.
It'll
take
a
few
years,
but
between
this
project
and
Verizon,
a
lot
is
getting
done
over
the
next
two
years.
An
awful
lot
and.
E
Then,
with
restraint,
same
same
sort
of
wavelength,
I
guess
and
we're
seeing
it
a
lot,
particularly
on
the
video
surveillance
cameras
around
the
kanima
stuff,
but
also
around
development
and
mitigation.
A
lot
of
folks
are
putting
in
surveillance
cameras
that
actually
there's
a
direct
tie-in
to
the
Boston
Police
Department.
So
like
when
a
private
project
comes
forward.
Should
we
be
encouraging
them
to
install
sort
of
dock
5a
pathways
so
that
we
can
like?
Is
there
something?
E
We
is
that
something
that
we
I
guess
can
do
at
the
council
level
when
we're
faced
with
you
know,
development
projects
in
our
respective
communities,
I
represent
the
whole
city,
but
you
know
say,
for
example,
chairman
CEO,
Moe
or
council
Flynn,
whether
it's
Chinatown
or
it's
in
Brighton
or
whatever,
and
you
have
a
big
project
going
on.
Would
it
behoove
them
to
sort
of
say,
hey?
D
And
oranges,
it
helps
councillor,
it
helps
us
but,
more
importantly,
it
helps
the
residents
of
those
new
developments.
So
in
the
in
the
district
of
councillor
Flynn
in
your
hometown
in
South
Boston
is
the
new
development
happened
down
the
lower
end.
This
issue
came
up
a
lot
over
the
last
four
years,
particularly
with
the
smaller
I
call
us
smaller,
because
I
don't
know
what
description
they
happen.
Let's
say:
20
units
or
less
developers
would
quickly
get
in
there
be
building.
D
They
wouldn't
think
that
gee
I
should
have
Verizon
come
in
and
I
should
Comcast
come
in,
so
people
have
choice
and
then
folks
would
get
inside,
and
you
know
whatever
their
phone
wouldn't
work,
but
they
didn't.
They
wanted
to
have
choice.
I
want
to
be
able
to
say
I,
don't
want
to
go
with
this
company.
I
want
to
go
with
these
guys,
it's
very
important
to
our
citizens.
So
one
of
the
things
that
the
department
has
worked
on
Patricius
familiar
with
this
is
that
we
have
developed
a
question
here
and
I
believe
it's
been
adopted.
D
A
Much
just
a
couple
of
quick
wrap-up
questions,
so
it's
kind
of
like
a
rental
agreement.
I
think
you
described
in
the
math
would
be
about
three
hundred
thousand
per
year
for
30
years
or
is
it
for
twenty
and
then
we
have
to
renew
you
know
separate
agreements
for
the
five
and
five.
Is
it
for
20
or
30
years?
I
guess
is
the
tentative.
A
Your
options
and
at
that
time
you'll
negotiate
whatever
the
market
bears
or
something
and
what
is
the
infrastructure,
so
you
said
Mike
Comcast
out
of
this
10
10
years
ago,
and
this
fiber
that
this
company,
or
with
the
fiber
we're
using,
is
it
more?
Is
it
that
old
to
10
years
and
does
it
matter
like.
D
Fiber
seems
to
have
an
incredibly
long
life.
Some
of
the
Fred
Haynes
is
over
there
and
he'll.
Remember
this
from
I
think
back
in
the
late
80s
or
early
90s.
We
installed
through
one
of
these
type
of
partnerships,
what
we
call
the
mxp
fiber,
it
is
still
active.
It
runs
from
city
halls
on
to
Fenway
fire
alarm,
it's
the
library
and
a
few
buildings
along
the
way,
as
well
5ik
last
an
incredibly
long
time.
As
long
as
it
is
well
placed
right.
D
30
years,
they've
had
a
shadow
conduit
policy,
so
if
you,
if
you're
making
a
dig,
you're
encouraged
to
put
in
extra
empty
conduit
for
future
use
either
by
the
city,
well,
guy
another
provider
right
next
guy
in
he's,
gonna
pay
the
same
amount
as
you
did.
Okay,
that's
the
reason
that
was
done
and
I
think
it's
a
good
policy,
but
the
reason
it
was
done
was
to
preserve
the
streets
somebody
from
coming
in
two
years
later,
and
digging
it
up
the
grade.
D
Right
right,
you
know
exam
and
in
terms
of
the
usage
I
could
just
add
that
RCN
Comcast
and
now
Verizon
as
our
cable
providers.
They
have
a
license
with
the
city
they're
all
willing
to
share
and
I
sharing
with
us
dark
fiber
it
is,
it
doesn't
come
at
a
direct
cost.
It
was
negotiated
as
part
of
the
license,
but
it
comes
to
a
tremendous
benefit.
Great.
A
C
C
A
lot
of
them
are
new
to
the
computer
also,
but
we
also
have
a
PSA
program
for
the
elderly
that
do
use
the
library
how
this
would
impact
them,
how
this
would
benefit
them
and
maybe
do
a
partnership
with
you
know,
David
Leonard,
in
making
computer
access
to
elderly
kind
of
a
top-priority
or
as
well
give
them
the
opportunity
to.
It
might
be
a
little
bit
outside
of
your
box.
C
But
could
we
introduce
some
people
that
don't
know
how
to
use
the
computer
as
well
give
them
the
option
of
you
know
exploring
how
to
how
to
do
it?
How
to
take
courses
and
teaming
up
with
the
library
and
teaming
up
with
what
the
AIA
office
might
be
might
be
helpful
to
some
of
the
some
of
the
elderly
people.
B
Very
closely
with
David
and
his
team
right
now
and
a
number
of
partnerships
on
how
we
can
get
folks
more
trained,
whether
cross-generational
and
and
partners
like
ours
like
technology,
goes
home,
works
very
closely
with
the
elderly
population.
So
we
can
communicate
some
of
the
programs
that
are
existing
to
you,
as
well
as
your
residents,
and
also
continue
to
take
into
consideration
other
programs
to
expand
that
opportunity.
B
C
Know
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
and
if
we
also
can
communicate
that
same
message
in
you
know,
Cantonese
and
Mandarin
in
in
Spanish
I
represent
a
high
concentration
of
Spanish
speaking
in
Cantonese
and
Mandarin
as
well,
but
if
we
can
also
communicate
with
them
in
in
in
languages
that
quite
other
than
English
as
well.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.