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From YouTube: Joint Committee on Planning, Development & Transportation/ Homelessness, Mental Health & Recovery
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Docket #0170 - A hearing to examine plans regarding reconstruction of the Long Island Bridge and the reopening of service facilities.
A
A
Lion
la
chamber
I'm,
an
Easter
SIV
George,
chair
of
the
Committee
on
homelessness,
mental
health
and
recovery.
I
am
joined
with
my
colleague,
counselor
at-large
Michelle
whoo,
chair
of
the
Committee
on
planning
development
and
transportation.
This
is
a
joint
hearing
for
doc
at
zero
one,
seven
zero.
Regarding
the
reconstruction
of
the
Long
Island
bridge
and
the
reopening
of
recovery
service
facilities,
this
hearing
was
sponsored
by
myself
district
in
district
city
councilors,
Andrea
Campbell,
our
council
president
and
councillor
Frank
Baker
for
housekeeping
I
want
to
remind
everyone.
A
This
hearing
is
being
recorded
in
broadcast,
live
on
Comcast,
eight
RCN,
82
and
Verizon
channel
one
nine,
six,
four,
please
turn
off
your
cell
phones
and
any
other
devices
that
make
noise
I'd
like
to
ask
everyone
who
is
with
us
today
to
please
sign
in
if
you'd
like
to
speak
after
our
panelists.
Please
check
the
yes
box.
We
are
also
joined
today
by
our
colleagues,
counselor
Edie,
Flynn
counsel
and
councillor
Josh
Zakim.
A
Next
Tuesday
October
8th
marks
the
four-year
anniversary
of
the
evacuation
of
all
recovery
programs
and
homeless,
shelters
on
Long
Island.
Due
to
the
imminent
failure
of
the
only
bridge
linking
the
island
to
the
mainland,
the
closure
eliminated
hundreds
of
recovery
beds
and
hundreds
of
shelter
beds
for
the
homeless
population
in
Boston,
which
really
put
a
lot
of
pressure
on,
has
put
a
lot
of
pressure
on
our
city's
resources.
Despite
making
up
the
742,
shelter
beds
and
225
recovery
but
beds
that
were
lost
after
the
closing
of
the
Long
Island
Bridge.
A
The
opioid
crisis
has
furthered
the
need
for
facilities
on
Long
Island.
Today
is
an
important
informational
conversation
to
have
as
a
council
as
we
support
the
mayor's
administration
to
take
the
next
in
our
fight
to
end
the
current
opioid
and
health
epidemic
wean.
We
need
this
new
state-of-the-art
recovery
center.
We
need
it
now.
I,
look
forward
to
this.
A
To
this
hearing
and
hearing
our
panelists
around
the
status
of
the
bridge,
the
island
and
its
facilities
since
termination
of
services
in
2014
I
hope
to
learn
about
the
planning,
the
status
of
permitting
and
the
state
of
our
state
of
our
recovery
campus
that
we
plan
on
that
island
I
will
now
introduce
my
colleagues
starting
with
councilor
wu
and
then
in
order
of
arrival
for
comments.
I'd
also
like
to
welcome
and
note
that
we've
been
joined
by
councillor
mark
co-moh
and
councillor
Frank
Baker
councillor
thank.
B
So
we
know
there
are
many
levels
of
government
and
even
other
governments
within
the
same
level
of
government
involved,
but
appreciate
so
much
that
my
colleagues
have
called
for
this
hearing.
Our
council
president
Eric
Campbell,
our
our
chair
here,
councillor
sabe
George
and
councillor
Frank
Baker,
in
making
sure
that
we
continue
to
have
these
ongoing
discussions
and
and
tracking
and
keeping
up
on
what
both
the
long
term
goals
are,
but
also
the
steps
in
between.
Thank
you,
Thank
You
councillor.
A
C
I
observed
firsthand
the
tremendous
level
of
support
that
a
lot
of
probationers
did
receive
on
the
island,
drug
treatment,
mental
health,
counseling
job
training,
drug
testing,
as
well
from
the
probation
staff,
and
you
know,
I
also
noticed
over
the
years
that
the
bridge
itself
this
was
maybe
six
seven
years
ago,
the
bridge
itself
was
deteriorating.
Almost
almost
weekly,
you
could
see
it,
you
could
see
it
happen,
and
you
know
looking
back
at
it
now.
C
C
I
observed
that
every
day
and
I
also
observe
the
hard
work
since
that
time
from
this
administration
of
crime
to
help
people
get
into
drug
treatment,
programs
coordinating
services,
so
I
stand
I
stand
today
and
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
hard
work
of
the
city
administration
and
my
colleagues
and
government
that
are
also
working
hard
on
this
issue
as
well,
so
I'm
proud
to
be
here.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
D
Bored
to
to
hearing
exactly
what
we're
gonna
be
doing
about
this
I
remember
going
with
a
counselor
whoosh
ortley
after
we
were
sworn
in
in
2014
and
some
of
our
staff
and
others
to
see
the
facility
and
even
then
they
said
and
I
was
in
a
little
Honda
Civic.
They
said
only
one
car
at
a
time
across
the
bridge.
So
certainly
this
has
been
a
long-standing
problem.
I'm
glad
we're
addressing
it.
I
know
the
mayor,
Walsh
and
your
team
and
the
administration
is
working
hard
to
fix
this
because
it
is
a
needed
resource.
D
E
E
It
seems
like
we're
spearheading
this
effort,
but
we
need
cooperation
from
our
neighbors
and
Quincy
and
other
other
state
agencies,
and
this
is
going
to
be
quite
an
undertaking
and
in
order
to
keep
the
ball
moving,
you
know
we
want
to
be
your
partner
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
following
the
steps
and
get
you
know,
periodic
updates
on
how
we
can
be
helpful
to
keep
advancing
this
ball.
It's
so
needed
not
just
for
the
city
of
Boston,
but
certainly
for
the
whole
region.
So,
thanks
again,
madam
chair
Thank,.
F
You,
madam
chair,
thank
you
for
having
this
order
and
also
concept.
President.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity
here
to
really
look
and
think
differently
about
the
way
people
are
getting
healthy.
The
way.
The
way
it's
happening
now
we're
almost
a
victim
of
our
successes
that
we
do
it
as
a
city
better
than
anybody
else,
so
so
we're
drawing
more
and
more
people.
F
Stop
we're
going
to
have
generations
of
people
that
that
don't
have
any
life
skills
they
need
to
we're
going
to
need
to
bring
people
back
from
get
them
off
the
opioids,
and
then
it
becomes
life
skills,
learning,
learning
how
to
learning
how
to
communicate
normally
again
learning
how
to
work
again
if
they,
if
they
were
ever
ever,
got
old
enough
to
be
able
to
have
a
job,
a
lot
of
people
that
are
out
there.
Never
they
went
from
teenage
years
preteen
years
right
into
this
life.
So
how
are
we
gonna?
Get
those
people
healthy?
F
It's
not
gonna
happen
unless
we
have
come
up
with
a
regional
plan
that
happens
at
Long,
Island
and
and
I.
Thank
you
guys,
for
you
know,
pushing
pushing
this
project
forward.
Let's,
let's
not
lose
sight
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
here.
The
bridge
needs
to
come
first
and
that's
where
we'll
see
all
the
political
back-and-forth,
but
we
need
to
get
this
bridge
built.
We
need
to
show
our
neighbors
that
we're
serious
about
this
and
I'd
like
to
hear
about
what
what
the
plan
is
for,
as
the
bridge
is
being
built.
F
What's
kind
of
happened
for
services
out
there,
and,
and
so
we
can
look
at
Quincy
and
say
well,
we're
doing
these
things
now.
It's
we're
not
looking
to
at
least
I
hope
we're
not
looking
to
take
our
problem,
that's
happening
in
the
south
end
and
in
in
South,
Hampton,
Street
and
dump
it
on
Long
Island,
we're
thinking
about
it
that
we
want.
We
want
people
to
get
healthy,
and
this
is
a
this
should
be
a
regional
opportunity.
This
isn't
just
Boston
we're
handling
a
lot
of
this.
F
G
You
councillor
sabi
George,
and
thank
you
for
partnering
on
this
hearing
order.
You
know
we
called
for
it
to
get
more
information,
but
also
not
in
from
not
to
keep
that
information
with
us,
but
for
the
public
to
obviously
know
what
the
plans
are
when
it
comes
to
reconstruction
of
the
bridge.
When
it
comes
to
the
programming,
that's
going
to
go
there,
but
also
an
opportunity
for
them
to
weigh
in
as
to
what
that
plan
should
be.
We
obviously
know
that
we
are
sort
of
in
a
a
crisis
point.
G
We
have
letters
here
from
different
civic
associations
and
business
leaders,
particularly
on
certain
neighborhoods
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
are
struggling
because
of
the
activity.
That's
currently
happening
on
some
of
our
city
streets.
So
we
know
that
we
need
the
bridge
rebuilt.
So
I
hope
you
consider
us
a
partner
in
this
here
to
sort
of
listening
to
you
guys
also
to
thank
each
of
you
for
the
work
that
you
do
not
just
with
respect
to
this
issue,
but
many
other
issues
I'm.
G
Looking
at
you
Trish
because
of
your
work
when
it
comes
to
new
schools
and
other
work.
That
often
doesn't
get
recognized.
So
thank
you
and
thank
you
guys
for
being
with
us
today.
I'll
quickly,
just
add
you
know,
councillor
Baker
I've
learned
a
lot
from
we
shared
Dorchester
he's
district
3,
I'm
district
4
I
know
he's
passionate
about
this
issue,
and
so,
when
he
talks
about
programming,
that
is
longer
a
location
that
is
safe,
but
also
not
a
location
that
forces
people
back
out
in
the
street
after
a
certain
period
of
time.
G
That
gives
them
a
space
to
truly
have
an
opportunity
at
successful
recovery
and
rebuilding
of
their
lives,
places
and
spaces,
even
for
us
to
interact
in
a
more
human
way
in
order
not
only
to
meet
their
needs,
but
also
to
see
how
many
of
these
folks
can
also
meet
needs
of
community
in
other
ways
as
well.
So
I
think
there's
a
real
opportunity
to
expand
this
outside
of
just
a
construction
of
a
bridge
programming
to
be
even
more
thoughtful
and
innovative
and
creative
about
what
can
actually
happen
here.
G
H
You,
madam
chair,
for
your
leadership
on
this,
and
so,
as
the
council
president
for
her
leadership
as
well
and
delighted
to
partner
with
you
and
be
here
today,
I,
don't
need
to
be
repetitive.
All
of
my
colleagues
have
been
absolutely
accurate
and
I.
Think
they're
very
thoughtful
remark
under
remarks
underscore
the
fact
that
this
the
weight
of
this
issue,
the
enormity
of
this
issue,
the
need
to
fix
the
bridge
to
rebuild
the
bridge
and
be
able
to
offer
services
in
recovery
programs
for
those
that
need
it.
H
I
think
mayor
Walsh
has
shown
tremendous
leadership
on
this
issue.
I
think
all
of
you
have
shown
tremendous
leadership.
Sit
here,
ready,
willing
and
able
to
partner
any
way
I.
Can
there
is
an
epidemic
happening
on
our
streets?
We
see
it
acutely,
it
is
affecting
every
neighborhood,
it
is
affecting
every
family
and
it
is
high
time
that
we
work
to
make
sure
that
we
can
offer
thorough
and
effective
treatment
to
those
who
need
it
so
desperately.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
Thank,.
I
You,
madam
chair,
thank
you,
everybody
for
coming,
I,
think
council
Baker
said
it
best
and
clearly
you
know
this
long-term
goals
and
long-term
solutions
that
needed
when
I
was
in
Public
Works.
My
office
used
to
be
right
next
to
powers,
and
you
know
we're
talking
ten
years
ago.
We
talking
about
this
bridge
and
this
administration
got
saddled
with
a
complete
white
elephant
and
they've
done
a
wonderful
job
of
addressing
the
problem.
That
bridge
was
gonna
fall
into
the
into
the
harbor
I
think
this
administration
addressed
it
as
best
as
they
possibly
could
I'm.
I
Looking
forward
to
hearing
about
the
timetable,
how
fast
we
can
move
this
along
and
I
clearly
think
that
you
know
the
people
who
are
on
the
street
who
are
suffering
from
from
you
know.
The
victims
of
this
opiate
crisis
need
to
help.
Obviously
short-term
and
long-term
and
I
also
think
the
other
side
of
that
is
the
the
businesses
and
the
the
neighbors
who
live
in
these
neighborhoods
that
see
it
and
live
with
it
every
day.
It's
negatively
affecting
their
quality
of
life
too.
So
as
much
as
the
opiate
crisis
is
hurting.
I
J
Chief
Marty
Martinez,
chief
of
Health
and
Human
Services
for
mayor
Walsh
in
the
administration,
Thank
You,
councillor,
slobby,
George
and
councillor
Wu,
for
sort
of
leading
this
effort,
and
thank
you
to
all
the
councillors
who
are
here
today
to
get
an
update
on
the
work
of
Long
Island.
Both
the
bridge,
the
building
I,
should
say
the
bridge,
the
buildings
and
the
campus,
and
so
we
are
gonna
sort
of
do
it
in
that
way.
J
We're
gonna
talk
first
about
some
of
the
services,
talked
about
the
bridge
and
talk
about
some
of
the
work
around
the
buildings
and
understanding
what
what
exists
there.
So
we're
gonna
do
in
those
those
buckets
before
giving
some
background.
You
know.
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
all
the
comments
and
all
the
notion
of
having
to
create
a
long-term
plan
is
exactly
what
the
administration
is
working
on.
J
Think
about
the
services
that
are
there
thinking
about
the
opportunities
that
are
there,
thinking
about
the
gaps
that
currently
exist
in
the
continuum
of
care
and
working
to
make
sure
that
we
can
create
opportunities
for
folks
to
not
only
get
what
they
need
in
terms
of
treatment,
but
to
also
give
what
they
need
to
stay
long-term
recovery.
So
we
really
are
talking
about.
How
do
we
strategically
think
about
the
services
that
are
there
to
be
able
to
meet
the
needs
of
this
epidemic
that
we're
facing
today?
I,
don't
need
to
tell
you
about
the
epidemic.
J
As
you
all
know,
when
the
bridge
closed
mayor
Walsh,
along
with
variety
community
partners,
prioritized
relocating
essential
homeless
and
recovery
services
and
more
than
met
that
goal,
the
city
also
increased
capacity
within
two
years
to
be
able
to
do
that:
recovery,
service
and
homeless
service
programs
how
to
come
together,
and
some
of
those
providers
are
here
with
us
today
to
make
sure
that
services
did
not
get
lost.
We
didn't
have
an
opportunity
that
we
could
just
say.
The
bridge
is
closed.
The
services
are
no
longer
needed.
The
services
were
needed
and
they're
needed
even
more.
J
Today,
the
mayor
was
already
halfway
through
creating
what
was
the
mayor's
office
of
recovery
services.
The
first
municipal
recovery
services
offers
office
in
the
country
when
the
bridge
was
closed,
and
so
the
mayor's
commitment
to
reimagine
how
we
think
about
delivering
services
around
recovery
and
treatment
was
aligned
with
the
creation
of
this
office.
Since
then,
as
you
all
know,
the
city's
invested
roughly
over
60
million
dollars
in
combating
addiction
in
our
city,
increased
he's
increasing
access
to
services,
Public
Safety
outreach
strategies,
streets,
all
the
services
that
the
city
provides.
J
We've
invested
over
sixty
million
dollars
to
do
that,
and
we
have
to
continue
to
provide
those
resources.
We
live
in
a
city
that
has
great
services
and
great
addiction
and
treatment
services
and
is
leading
the
country,
the
city
in
the
nation
in
some
of
those
services,
but
there
are
still
gaps
in
those
services
and
that's
part
of
what
we're
trying
to
look
at
when
we
think
about
the
planning
of
the
Long
Island
campus.
Since
2013
the
epidemic
has
raged
on
work.
J
So
while
the
bridge
closed
and
services
were
replaced,
the
epidemic
has
not
has
only
grown
and
it's
taken
more
lives
and
leaving
more
people
in
need
and
in
care
here
in
Boston
and
across
the
Commonwealth.
Since
2013
the
cities
had
more
than
a
thousand
deaths
related
to
the
opioid
epidemic.
Our
EMS
data,
our
Hospital
data,
our
community
provider
data-
shows
us
that
this
epidemic
has
not
turned
the
tide.
J
The
state
generally
has
reported
a
turn
and
that
data,
but
that's
not
what
we've
seen
in
the
city
and
it's
not
what
our
partners
have
seen,
and
so
we
must
continue
to
think
about
the
services
that
are
necessary
on
the
island
to
meet.
This
growing
demand
ensure
that
we're
doing
everything
we
can
to
create
a
campus
that
it's
gonna
meet
that
demand.
So
some
of
the
things
that
we're
continuing
to
do
to
give
you
an
understanding.
J
We've
spent
the
last
several
months
collecting
data
talking
to
hundreds
of
individuals,
providers,
community
organizations,
the
state,
our
hospitals,
our
community
health
centers,
to
understand
what
are
the
gaps
and
services
today.
What
are
those
gaps?
Where
do
we
need
to
see
more
resources
and
more
services?
And
how
do
we
ensure
that
we
are
going
to
help
turn
the
tide
with
the
creation
of
this
campus?
So
we've
had
focus
groups
here
in
Boston,
outside
of
Boston
as
well.
I,
don't
need
to
tell
you
and
I
think
councillors.
J
Lobby
George
has
said
it's
more
than
one
sets
of
others.
Many
people
are
coming
regionally
to
take
advantage
of
our
services
because
there
are
so
many,
and
so
we
are.
We
are
a
regional
hub
for
all
of
our
services,
not
just
services
related
to
recovery
and
treatment,
and
so
we
had
focus
groups
outside
of
Boston
and
the
North
Shore
and
in
the
South
Shore
to
be
able
to
hear
from
providers
doing
that
important
work.
We
had
key
informant
interviews,
which
we
continue
today
to
better
understand
from
the
recovery
community.
J
What
are
some
of
those
pieces
that
folks
need?
What
are
the
gaps
in
terms
of
reaching
adolescents
who
are
struggling
with
these
issues,
ensuring
that
we
create
services
around
equity
so
that
all
communities
can
access
these
services,
as
the
face
of
the
epidemic
continues
to
change,
so
we've
continued
to
collect
data
and
information
and
look
at
not
only
the
qualitative
information
we've
collected,
but
the
state
data
numbers
of
beds.
What
are
the
gaps
in
terms
of
when
someone
gets
into
detox
and
then
goes
to
the
next
continuum
or
the
next
level
of
care?
J
What
are
those
gaps
and
beds
there?
So
we
can
understand
what
keeps
people
from
staying
in
care
and
in
treatment
we've
been
able
to
do
that,
while
working
with
the
state
as
well
as
many
of
you
know,
the
state
is
going
through
a
planning
process
around
the
Shattuck,
and
so
we've
been
able
to
stay
in
conversation.
J
Have
members
of
the
state
make
sure
we
understand
what
they're
doing
through
their
process,
so
they
can
understand
what
we're
doing
through
the
planning
process
in
Long
Island,
as
we
plan
this
campus
and
collect
all
this
data
we're
doing
in
a
holistic
way.
There
were
many
important
services
in
Long
Island
before
the
bridge
was
closed,
but
many
of
those
services
were
not
intentionally
thought
up
together.
They
were,
they
were
put
in
individually.
J
There
was
different
agencies
and
different
programs
that
were
put
in
not
necessarily
all
aligned
or
connected
to
one
another,
and
so
we're
using
this
opportunity
from
a
public
health
approach
to
understand
what
are
those
gaps
as
we
create
this
campus.
The
next
step
in
this
process
for
us
will
be
to
create
another
opportunity
for
residents
to
weigh.
In
this
week.
We
will
release
a
request
for
information,
a
call
for
community
residents,
community
groups,
neighborhood
associations,
others
who
want
to
weigh
in
on
what
they
think
the
campus
should
include.
J
How
do
we
best
use
our
open
space?
How
do
we
think
about
this
opportunity
to
build
this
campus
in
a
way
that
includes
the
best
resources
that
are
needed,
but
also
services,
around
job
training
and
other
programs
that
will
keep
people
engaged
in
recovery
and
keep
people
engaged
in
their
path
to
becoming
healthy?
J
If
you
will
we're
gonna
keep
them
in
the
city,
but
we
are
looking
to
understand
what
specific
levels
of
services
need
to
exist
on
the
island
now,
I,
don't
need
to
tell
you
that
we
have
an
understanding
of
what
those
gaps
are
today,
but
remember.
This
island
is
going
to
give
us
an
opportunity
to
plan
for
the
future
and
so
we're
planning
out
on
the
first
phase
of
services.
J
You
learn
more
about
that
when
we
talk
about
the
buildings,
there's
gonna
be
a
first
phase
of
services
and
then
they'll
be
a
second
phase
of
services,
all
under
a
larger
vision
of
what
this
campus
will
include.
So
as
we
collect
this
data,
it's
given
us
the
opportunity
to
understand
what
those
gaps
are
and
giving
us
an
operating
of
how
to
raise
up
what
some
of
those
issues
may
be
that
we're
trying
to
work
on
the
last
thing,
I'll
share
with
you
in
terms
of
our
process
on
the
services.
J
We
don't
need
to
recreate
things
that
already
exist,
but
we
do
need
to
plan
for
the
future
as
in
any
epidemic.
The
face
changes,
there's
additional
issues
that
come
up.
There
are
additional
ways
that
the
disease
could
impact
the
community,
and
so
we
are
gonna
continue
to
look
into
the
future
as
much
as
we
can
to
try
to
understand
what
needs
to
be
on
the
campus
and
continue
to
do
this
planning
so
that
we're
ready
to
create
the
campus
as
necessary.
J
So,
as
our
folks
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
chief
Osgood
in
a
second
to
talk
about
the
bridge,
while
that
process
is
going,
we're
collecting
all
the
data
and
information
we
can
to
ensure
that
we
create
the
best
possible
campus
in
an
intentional
way
to
meet
the
needs
of
this
epidemic.
I
assume
we'll
take
questions
at
the
end
of
the
panel,
but
I
just
stressed
that
the
work
we're
trying
to
do
is
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
only
planning
for
today
but
we're
planning
for
tomorrow
as
well.
J
K
We
have
started
the
process
to
reconstruct
that
superstructure
on
the
leadership
of
para
Jaya,
Singh
who's,
the
city's
engineer
that
bridge
is
funded
through
the
city's
capital
budget
through
the
budget
which
you
passed
this
past
spring,
there's
around
108
million
dollars
for
the
bridge
overall.
That
includes
some
of
the
design
work,
as
well
as
some
of
the
previous
construction
work.
That
was
how
that
was
done
with
the
bridge.
K
K
Our
program
for
the
bridge
is
very
similar
to
what
was
there
before,
but
the
bridge
that
we
will
be
building
the
superstructure
that
we
will
be
building
will
be
more
environmentally
friendly
and
more
sustainable,
so
that
superstructure
will
have
one
lane
going
in
one
lane
going
out
to
and
from
the
island
and
will
include
sidewalks
and
lighting
on
the
bridge
structure
itself.
The
previous
bridge,
though,
handled
stormwater
runoff
by
simply
draining
it
into
the
harbor
through
a
series
of
scuppers.
K
We
are
actually
changing
that
with
this
new
bridge
and
taking
all
the
stormwater
and
treating
it
before
having
it
go
into
the
into
the
harbor
that
way
being
more
environmentally
friendly.
Additionally,
with
an
eye
towards
sea
level
rise,
we're
making
sure
that
our
approach
to
the
super
structure
itself
is
prepared
for
some
of
the
climate
changes
that
we
expect
in
Boston
Harbor.
K
This
means
that
much
of
the
bridge
actually
will
be
constructed
off
of
or
on
land
and
actually
floated
in
sections
out
into
Boston
Harbor
and
then
floated
into
place
using
thirteen
of
the
existing
15
piers
from
the
previous
bridge,
the
course
of
this
year
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
timeline
the
course
of
this
year
and
a
little
bit
of
next
is
really
about
permitting
and
design.
Our
expectation
is
on
an
aggressive
sort
of
timeline
that
we
will
go
out
to
bid
for
construction
next
year
with
construction
completing
in
2021.
K
There
is
a
series
of
permits
that
we
are
walking
through
public,
permitting
processes
that
we're
walking
through
both
of
the
at
the
federal
level.
The
state
level
in
the
local
level
at
the
federal
level
that
permitting
work
is
both
with
the
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
and
the
lead
energy
is
actually
the
US
Coast
Guard,
the
US
Coast
Guard,
and
the
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
really
focus
a
lot
of
their
permitting
work
on
the
navigable
channel.
K
One
of
the
key
elements
of
this
bridge
is
that
it
is
spanning
an
important
navigable
channel
in
Boston
Harbor
and
that
navigable
channel
will
remain
open
when
the
bridge
is
complete
at
the
state
level.
There's
two
major
sets
of
permitting
processes,
the
meepo
process,
the
Massachusetts
Environmental
Policy
Act
process,
as
well
as
the
chapter
91
process,
through
the
support
of
many
of
you
in
this
room
on
the
City
Council
in
particular,
but
also
many
of
the
program
providers.
K
We
have
successfully
gotten
through
the
meepo
process,
where
NEPA
issued
a
certificate
for
our
notice
of
project
change,
basically
affirming
that
the
approach
that
we
were
taking
was
environmentally
sound
and
affirm
that
we
could
be
able
to
progress
the
process
without
doing
a
subsequent
environmental
impact
review.
The
other
portion
of
the
state
review
process
is
chapter
91.
Chapter
91
is
largely
focused
on
ensuring
that
there
remains
public
access
to
the
public
sort
of
tidal,
right-of-way
and
I
will
be
going
through
that
process
over
the
course
this
year.
K
The
other
process
which
we
are
going
through
over
the
year
ahead
is
really
the
local
permitting
process.
The
local
permitting
process
is
both
with
Boston
and
with
Quincy.
This
is
the
Boston
Conservation
Commission
and
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission,
and
both
those
cases,
those
Conservation
Commission's,
really
focus
on
the
impact
that
a
project
has
on
wetlands.
K
The
Boston
Conservation
Commission
in
June
of
this
year,
issued
an
orders
of
condition
essentially
allowed
us
to
proceed
with
our
project
on
the
Boston
side
and
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission
On
June
6
had
our
invited
us
for
their
first
public
hearing.
We
came
and
provided
public
testimony.
Then
we
actually
came
back
again
on
August
1st
to
offer
additional
testimony.
We
came
back
again
in
in
September
for
a
September
5th
for
to
offer
additional
testimony
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission.
K
As
folks
may
be
aware,
they
issued
a
negative
order
of
condition
which
was
a
determination
about
our
project.
We
are
planning
on
appealing
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission's,
negative
order
of
condition
to
the
state
to
dep
I,
which
is
the
typical
process
throughout
all
of
these
stages
throughout
all
of
these
public
permitting
processes
in
the
federal
level,
the
state
level,
the
local
level
there's
opportunity
for
public
input
from
all
of
you
from
the
provider
community
from
residents
in
Boston
and
Quincy
and
beyond,
and
we
are
very
interested
in
inviting
that
feedback
for
us.
K
The
city
will
be
shortly
launching
a
website
on
Boston
gov
at
Boston
gov,
slash
long
island
where
people
can
keep
up-to-date
about
information
on
this
project
and
where
we
stand
in
our
in
our
efforts
to
reopen
that
regional
recovery
campus.
Some
of
that
is
our
quick
overview
of
where
we
on
the
on
the
bridge
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Tricia
Lyons,
who
leads
the
public
facilities
department
and
to
council
president
Campbell's
point
all
buildings
within
the
city
of
Boston
really
get
built
through
her
leadership
and
her
team
stewardship
Thank.
L
You
chief
house,
good
as
as
chief
Martinez
and
his
team
are
defining
the
services
that
are
gonna,
be
needed
on
the
island
and
she
falls
good
is,
is
finding
a
way
for
us
to
have
some
reliable
way
to
actually
get
there.
The
public
facilities
department
is
supporting
this
effort
by
making
sure
that
we
have
buildings
and
infrastructure
available
on
the
island
that
will
support
the
services
that
will
be
defined
in
the
greater
vision
to
that.
L
To
that
point,
we
are
currently
underway
basically
taking
an
inventory
of
the
buildings
and
the
structures
and
the
conditions
on
the
island,
so
that
we
can
start
to
build
a
database
of
knowledge
of
what
we
have
to
work
with.
We've
hired
a
consulting
architectural
engineering
team
that
is,
has
already
been
out
to
the
site
and
and
visited
each
of
the
the
buildings
and
and
started
to
analyze,
building
systems,
building
conditions,
site
conditions,
utility
conditions,
code
requirements,
all
kinds
of
condition.
L
L
So
essentially,
we've
where
we're
on
track
to
have
to
have
some
really
good
basic
information
by
the
end
of
this
year
that
we'll
be
able
to
be
used
in
the
upcoming
budget
cycle.
Should
we
start
to
define
projects
that
we
would
like
to
get
underway?
Are
our
ultimate
concern
would
be
that
we
want
to
have
usable
buildings
in
time,
for
once,
the
bridge
is
open
to
be
able
to
be
used,
and
so
so
the
ideal.
A
Thank
you.
It's
part
of
presenting
you're
here
to
answer
questions.
Should
there
should
they
arise?
Well,
thank
you
all
very
much
and
for
that
presentation,
I
just
want
to
add
to
Chief
Martinez.
You
opened
up
about
the
the
crisis
and
what
we
see
I
would
say
that
the
the
population,
the
group
of
individuals
that
are
gonna
most
benefit
from
the
work
that
will
eventually
be
happening
on
Long
Island,
are
the
folks
that
we
don't
see
and
the
crisis
that
they're
experiencing
as
well
chief
Osgood.
Could
you
just
run
through
the
costs
once
again?
A
K
So,
obviously,
until
we
actually
go
to
bed,
we
will
not.
We
cannot
say
with
a
with
great
specificity,
our
final
cost
for
the
bridge,
the
expectation,
the
original
expectations
sort
of
in
the
ninety
million
dollar
range.
What
is
currently,
if
you
look
in
the
city's
capital
budget,
there
is
currently
one
hundred
eight
million
dollars
in
there.
That
does
include
some
of
the
previously
expended.
K
Resources
for
the
actual
removal
of
the
superstructure,
so
the
addition
that
went
into
the
FY
19
budget
is
that
addition
of
eighty
million
dollars,
both
general
obligation,
funding
and
parking
meter
funds.
Again,
our
expectation
is
sort
of
in
that
ninety
million
dollar
range,
but
until
we
actually
go
to
bed,
it's
it's
too
soon
to
put
a
specific
number
on
it.
A
K
So
there
are
15
piers
that
exist
that
held
up
the
original
superstructure.
13
of
those
piers
would
be
reused
for
the
new
bridge.
One
of
the
things
which
has
has
been
asked
about
is
the
structural
integrity
of
those
piers
part
of
the
the
the
design
plan
is
to
actually
strengthen
those
those
piers
and
our
design
team
s
TV
and
TRC.
They
feel
very
confident
that
those
peers,
through
the
method
of
construction
that
we
are
we
are
proposing,
will
be
strong
enough
to
uphold
the
superstructure
for
the
life
span
of
the
bridge
right.
A
B
You
thank
you
to
the
panel
for
your
presentation
and
I
know
you
all
have
given
some
briefings
past.
So
apologies
for
repetition
how
many
beds
or
how
many
people
do
you
project
now
to
be
able
to
offer
services
to
on
the
island
on
a
daily
monthly
basis
and
what?
How
are
you
counting,
what
the
projecting,
what
the
need
might
be
and
therefore
is
the
goal
to
fill
all
of
it
is
a
goal
to
reach
a
certain
number.
What's
the
capacity
going
to
be
yeah.
J
I
mean
it,
that's
a
comes
with
it.
It's
somewhat
Deveaux
a
question
to
answer
what
I
can
tell
you
is
that
when
the
services
were
there
before
I
think
there
were
and
give
you
more
details,
I
think
there
were
over
a
thousand
close
to
a
thousand
beds,
but
that
included
the
shelter
beds
and
we're
not
relocating
the
shelter
beds
back
over
to
the
island.
So
again,
it's
gonna
depend
on
what
level
of
services
are
will
end
up
being
there.
J
Some
step-down
services
that
will
be
there
might
end
up
being
facilities
that
have
40
to
50
beds,
but
we're
also
again
focused
on
the
long-term.
So
we
anticipate
that
some
of
the
services
that
will
be
there
won't
necessarily
just
be
treatment
services.
So
as
we're
trying
to
gather
all
that
information,
we're
gonna
realize
that
the
bed
numbers
gonna
change,
depending
on
what
we
end
up
like
getting
licensed
out
there
and
what
we're
able
to
do
as
we're
thinking
about
the
future.
It's
not
surprising.
J
It
won't
be
surprising
anyone
here,
detox
facilities
and
access
to
them
is
generally
accessible,
and
it's
those
next
level
of
services
that
are
that
are
supportive
services
that
are
less
accessible,
and
so
those
are
the
beds
were
likely
to
see.
But
we
don't
have
a
number
as
of
today.
It
will
really
depend
on
what
ends
up
being
the
direct
level
of
services
that
we
want
to
put
out
on
the
island
and.
K
B
J
Tell
you
we
can
I
sort
of
give
you
an
update,
there's
other
things
on
the
island
today.
There's
camp
Harborview
is
everyone
knows
a
camp
for
Bostonian
youth
that
are
there
today,
there's
also
a
small
farm.
That's
out
there
today
that
the
Health
Commission
I
think
be
good,
for
example,
runs
that
farm,
so
there's
already
use
and
no
intended
use
to
not
have
that
farm
so
there,
and
then
we
definitely
want
to
prioritize
and
think
about
open
space.
There
are
some
other
uses
currently
on
the
island.
Other
uses
that
are
happening
today
that
we're
not.
J
We
don't
plan
to
move
so
the
the
whole
island
itself
again
will
be
thinking
about
the
footprint
of
those
buildings.
To
be
frank-
and
I
don't
want
to
just
ricchan
speak
to
this
better
than
I-
can
some
of
the
buildings
need
tender,
loving
care,
and
so
it's
like
that?
That
footprint
will
stay
and
some
of
those
buildings
need
a
bulldozer
right.
J
So
we
can't
say
whether
or
not
that
will
be
there
again,
but
I
think
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
ensure
that
we
look
at
the
need.
Look
at
the
continuum,
but
also
understand
that
this
is,
you
know
precious
land
and
we
have
open
space.
And
so
how
do
we
think
about
that
as
part
of
this
equation
as
well?
So
that
that's
the
intention
as
of
right
now
and
that's
we're
focused
on
sono.
B
And
this
is
so
this
this
is
land
that
is
owned
by
a
particular
department
or
I'm,
just
curious
cuz,
as
we're
going
through
other
surplus
processes
with
the
council.
I
know,
Public
Works
has
right
stuff
coming
in
and,
and
D&E
sometimes
has
stuff
coming,
and
this
is
is
this:
under
the
Health
Commissioner.
B
J
I
mean
there
are
it's
all
interconnected
right,
I
mean
the
continuum
cares
folks
who
are
not
yet
even
accessing
care
right
and
so
I
think
it's
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
create
the
eliminate
barriers.
The
easiest
success
of
the
most
accessible
level
of
care
possible
on
the
island,
I
think
what
we
see
in
mass
and
caste
and
it's
a
very
complex
what
we're
seeing
there.
J
And
so
what
we
hope
to
see
is
that
when
folks
are
able
to
start
that
process
that
we
have
beds
accessible
for
them
to
continue
down
that
path.
And
so
we
do
think
we'll
see
more
folks
engaged
in
care,
more
opportunities
to
not
only
get
treatment
but
get
additional
support
around
recovery,
because
we
know
it's
just
not
about
medical
support
or
medical
treatment.
J
B
Sitting
in
this
moment
now,
obviously
there's
a
lot
of
planning
and
community
discussion
left
to
go.
But
how
would
you
define,
let's
say
five
years
down
the
line
when
everything's
up
and
running
what
will
you
consider
success
in
terms
of
what
the
city
is
doing
now
and
either
the
neighborhood
impacts.
J
I
mean
success
is
really
making
sure
that
when
folks
have
it,
when
folks
are
at
that
moment
that
they're
ready
to
get
the
support,
they
need
to
build
a
healthier
life
that
we
have
the
accessible
service
to
provide
them.
And
today
that
is
not
the
case.
There
are
folks
who
cannot
get
to
that
next
level
of
service,
so
success
for
Long
Island.
J
Well,
we
we
have
intentionally
created
a
campus
where
we
have
this
precious
land
and
that
the
programs
and
services
there
communicate
with
each
other
and
that
it
is
meeting
the
gaps
that
are
being
identified
with
this
epidemic
in
five
years
from
now
the
epidemic
could
look
different
than
it
does
today,
and
so
I
also
believe.
Success
will
be
that
we've
created
a
flexible
enough
continuum
that
we
can
also
adapt
to
the
growing
needs
or
challenges
that
might
surface
from
this
epidemic.
So
that
will
really
be
success.
C
You
thank
you,
madam
chair
Thank,
You
chief
Martinez
for
your
presentation
and
I
know
you're
doing
an
excellent
excellent
work
here.
Chief
I
was
I
was
wondering,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
from
my
experience
as
a
as
a
probation
officer,
more
than
half
of
the
people
I
had
on
probation
at
Suffolk.
Superior
were
living
outside
of
Boston
at
the
time
of
the
arrest
they
came
to
Boston
because
of
its
compassion
for
people
that
needed
housing
or
for
drug
treatment.
Programs
and
I
was
wondering.
C
Is
there
some
type
of
way
to
engage
Greater,
Boston
or
the
state
itself
in
terms
of
raising
money
to
ask
communities
and
towns
across
Massachusetts
if
they
would
contribute
to
the
problem
we
have
here
in
Boston?
It's
not
just
a
Boston
problem.
It's
a
state
problem.
It's
an
it's!
A
New
England
problem
people
coming
from
all
over
New
England
to
Boston,
but
is
there
a
way
for
us
to
at
least
consider
asking
cities
and
towns
across
the
state
to
be
more
active,
more
engaged
in
in
paying
their
fair
share.
J
Absolutely
I
mean
I
think
part
of
part
of
the
work
that
the
mayor's
office
of
recovery
services
under
Jen,
Tracy's
leadership.
The
part
of
the
work
they've
been
trying
to
do
is
engage
providers,
community
groups,
but
also
the
state
in
this
exact
conversation.
You
know
where
regional
hub
again
for
services
well
not
just
in
in
treatment
but
in
other
places
and
so
I,
don't
think
we
shy
away
from
that.
I
think
Boston
is
willing
to
say
that
you
know
we
if
people
need
their
needs
met
and
need
to
become
healthy
and
they're
here.
J
J
E
J
Yeah
I
mean
the
notion
is
that
we
want
to
be
able
to
have
two
phases,
meaning
that
some
buildings
again
might
have
needs
some
tender,
loving
care,
and
so
they
need
less
support
or
less
development
or
less
resources,
and
we
may
be
able
to
have
some
programs
and
services
there.
So
it
is
our
intention
to
cut
the
ribbon
on
the
bridge
to
some
services
already
how
we
will
build
that
and
do
that
sure
will
and
can
mention
that
to
you.
J
But
so
the
intention
is
to
have
a
master
plan
but
part
of
that
master
plan
to
be
a
phase
first
phase.
That
will
be
some
services
that
will
be
ready
to
go
to
meet
that
that
demand,
because
we
don't
really
want
to
wait
three
years
right.
We
need
them
today
and
then
the
second
will
be
once
the
bridge
is
open,
then
we'll
be
able
to
construct
and
develop
the
rest
that
we
need
to
do
so.
I
just.
E
J
I,
wouldn't
want
to
say
that
the
first
place
would
be
outpatient,
I
think
the
first
phase
for
us
is
gonna,
be
where
is
the
where's
the
low-hanging
fruit
in
terms
of
the
building
fit
like?
If
there
are
these
two
or
three
structures
that
are
ready
for
these
kinds
of
services,
and
that
need
is
consistent
with
the
vision,
then
that's
what
would
be
there
first,
so
I
wouldn't
I,
wouldn't
want
to
lean
in
on
a
specific
level.
Just
just
yet
I
would.
L
Simply
add
that
there's
a
tremendous
amount
of
coordination
going
on
between
the
three
teams
and
the
ideal.
The
goal
eventually
will
be.
What
can
we
have
over
there
when
the
bridge
is
open,
and
so
we
will
work
toward
that
first
phase,
as
chief
Martin
Martinez
said,
being
whatever
it
is,
we
can
accomplish
and
whatever
whatever
services
are,
a
value
to
have
there
as
quickly
as
we
can
so
it
may
not
be
sort
of
a
permanent
solution.
It
may
be
a
first
phase
and
there
may
be
other
things
that
happen.
L
E
E
F
J
F
J
I
mean
they're
they're,
saying:
let's
take
advantage
of
the
fact
that
you're
gonna
we're
gonna
locate
all
these
services
in
one
central
place
and
think
about.
Let's
think
about,
is
there
I,
just
lift
up
a
couple
examples?
Is
there
potentially
a
way
to
ensure
that
if
a
person
needs
this
service,
this
service
and
this
service,
it's
all
in
the
same
location?
It's
all
you
know
any
barriers
to
eliminate
people
falling
out
of
service.
We
have
the
opportunity
to
do
this
on
this
island
right.
J
We've
heard
folks
say
that
we
need
different
layers
of
supportive
housing
that
folks,
one
of
the
challenges
that
people
get
out
of
treatment
is
that
they're
not
ready
to
go
it
on
their
own,
but
they
need
this
level
of
supportive
housing
and
there's
not
enough
of
that
in
the
community.
So
people
didn't
fall
out
of
that
or
maybe
and
have
been
sober
homes
or
other
places
that
may
not
be
the
right
fit
for
them.
So
there's
there's
been
some
of
those
gaps
and
the
only
other
thing
one
other
thing
I'll
just
offer
is
I.
J
Think
folks
have
been
clear
that
recovery
is
just
not
about
treatment.
Programs,
and
so
there
needs
to
be
another
layer
of
support,
we
have
the
ability
to
do
that
on
the
island,
and
so
how
do
we
ensure
that
that's
a
part
of
it?
So
the
themes
that
you
won't
be
shocked
the
themes
weren't
shocking
to
us,
but
again
we
want
to
collect
as
much
feedback
as
we
can
I'd.
F
Anybody
the
table.
Excuse
me
to
leave
that
island
after
a
year
and
say
that
the
alcohol
and
drug-free
for
a
year
and
if
we
could
say
that
without
them
being
on
methadone
and
suboxone,
that
wouldn't
even
be
a
nother
check
plus
for
me
but
Chris
who
you
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
the
negative
water
condition
that
Quincy
gave
us
what
was
their
basis.
Sure.
K
So
there
was
a
couple
things
which
they
noted.
One
is
actually
related
to
councillor
sabi
George's
question
around
the
structural
integrity
of
appears.
They
had
something
wanted
additional
information
around
the
structural
integrity
of
appears.
We
actually
provided
that
information
in
July.
We
provide
it
again.
In
August,
we
had
our
consultants
from
St
vntr
see
there
on
September
5th
to
answer
additional
questions
for
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission,
but
they
issued
their
negative
order
of
commission
setting.
That
is
one
of
the
piece
of
information
which
they
want.
They
still
want
additional
information
on.
K
O
F
In
some
of
the
things
that
I
heard
in
in
Quincy
meetings
was
access
to
the
island
for
Quincy
residents
and
things
like
they,
they
were
unable
to
see
the
Tall
Ships
in
84,
or
something
like
that.
We
are
we
in
real
discussions
with
Quincy
about
access
for
for
the
surrounding
community
and
for
that
matter,
so
could
any
of
us
here
access
the
island?
If
we,
if
we
ended
up
out
there,
are
we
have
in
those
discussions
so.
K
There's
been
a
number
of
conversations
between
our
mayor's
office
in
the
Quincy
mayor's
office.
It's
from
the
ongoing
we
did
hear,
particularly
in
that
June
6th
Quincy,
Conservation
Commission.
Hearing
some
of
those
interests
from
from
residents
in
Quincy
I
would
say
that
our
focus,
though
right
now
really
is,
as
chief
Martinez
said,
about
creating
that
rehab
recovery
campus,
and
so
that's
really
what
we're
focused
on
with
you
and.
P
G
Thank
You
counselor,
sadly
George
and
thank
you
guys
and
also
thank
you
to
the
Health
Commission
team
and
and
Jen
from
the
office
of
recovery
over
here.
Thank
you
guys
for
your
work.
Just
a
quick
up
from
follow-up
questions.
The
website
that
was
mentioned
keep
people
informed,
that's
not
up
and
running
yet
at
some
point,
the
plan
is
to
roll
this
out
when
there's
a
master
plan.
What's
the
timeline
in
terms
of
the
website
idea,
which
I
think
is
wonderful,
it.
K
G
J
We've
done
a
variety
of
different
we've
done,
those
focus
groups,
we've
done
key
informant
interviews.
We
have
a
long
list
of
providers,
the
providers
who
were
on
the
campus
before
we've
gone
into
the
recovery
community.
We,
the
RFI,
is
meant
to
be
that
broad
scope
so
that
anyone
and
everyone
who
wants
to
weigh
in-
and
we
welcome
the
opportunity
for
you
all
for
a
counselors
to
send
it
to
constituents
and
community
groups,
because
we
really
do
want
to
hear
for
as
many
as
we
can.
J
G
N
To
sail
this
is
3,300
feet,
long
reach
it's
kind
of
long,
and
we
sort
of
thought
of
every
conceivable
scenario
of
how
to
do
these
two
ESS
also
extry,
namely
aggressive
schedule,
but
I-
think
the
need
for
this
bridge
is
well
spoken
over
here.
So
time
is
of
the
essence
to
us
to
produce
this
product
so
that
chief,
Martinez
and
others
can
do
their
thing.
G
No,
that's
very
helpful,
obviously
for
folks
who
either
need
services
or
those
who
want
to
make
sure
that
people
are
getting
services.
Two
years
seems
like
a
very
long
time.
So
in
the
meantime,
what
what's
our
plan
before
we
get?
This
bridge
rebuilt
in
terms
of
capacity
those
gaps
addressing
those
gaps
and
services
meeting
the
needs
not
only
of
the
folks
we
see
who
need
the
services
but
also
meeting
the
needs
of
the
other
folks
who
are
dealing
with
who
are
not
equipped
but
like
our
business
community.
G
J
So
I
can
win.
In
the
meantime,
our
plan
is
to
do
kind
of
three
buckets
one
Double
Down
or
what
we've
been
doing:
outreach
workers
supporting
peer
leadership
programs
for
folks
to
engage
folks
who
have
been
in
recovery,
greater
investment
within
sort
of
our
city
departments,
whether
it's
the
Fire
Department
EMS,
the
Health
Commission.
You
know,
we've
done
a
lot.
We've
invested
a
lot
with
your
support
and
to
the
mayor's
leadership,
and
so
we
need
to
continue
to
do
that.
I'm.
J
Looking
at
how
effective
the
engagement
center
is
some
of
the
issues
that
we
continue
to
see
about
getting
people
into
care.
The
second
bucket
is
really
partnering
with
the
state
most
of
these
services,
if
not,
all
of
them
are
licensed
to
the
state,
and
so
it's
really
hot
as
the
state
and
make
their
investments.
How
do
they
lift
up
opportunities,
and
so
again
through
the
leadership
of
John
Tracy
and
the
mayor's
office
recovery
services
really
partnering
with
state
partners
and
CBO's
and
providers
to
identify
what
those
gaps
might
be?
J
J
Because
when
epidemics
come
when,
when
you
know
diseases
like
this
come
sometimes
we
look
at
one
population
and,
as
we
start
to
see
things,
change,
we're
not
able
to
shift
and
able
to
understand
where
we're
at
so
we
are
constantly
looking
at
the
data
and
constantly
looking
at
the
gaps
and
trying
to
lift
up
and
raise
those
opportunities.
I'll
give
you
a
give
you
a
gap
or
a
challenge
that
came
up.
J
Many
probably
saw
that
recently
there
was
a
spike
in
HIV
infections
and
Lawrence
and
Lowell
really
connected
to
the
epidemic
really
connected
to
intravenous
drug
use
and
so
that
they
discovered
the
information.
What
happened
who
was
affected,
and
now
we've
been
having
conversations
here,
the
Health
Commission
on
my
office
and
the
mayor's
office
to
really
understand
what
can
we
do
to
counter
what
could
come
in
front
of
us
in
terms
of
a
spike
in
HIV
infection
rates
and
so
again
we're
trying
to
that?
Third
bucket
is
really.
J
We
got
to
be
nimble,
we
got
to
be
responsive
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that,
as
the
epidemic
opens
up
a
new
door,
a
new
challenge
that
we
walk
through
with
resources
and
not
be
afraid
to
talk
about
the
things
we
need
to
do
to
improve
it.
So
those
are
the
three
buckets.
We're
gonna,
keep
working
those
buckets
to
sort
of
close
that
gap
and
make
sure
people
can
get
into
care.
J
G
J
G
G
Mentioned
and
Lorenz
and
others.
So
thank
you
for
the
update
regarding
those
conversations,
understanding
that
the
state
has
to
step
up
more
and
we've
been
talking
about
that
in
the
need,
frankly,
for
other
municipalities
to
step
up
which
I
have
a
couple
questions
related
to
that
and
asking
them
what
is
their
input?
It's
one
thing
to
have
conversations
with
them.
Focus
groups,
and
them
say
your
your
plan
is
to
rebuild
this.
The
question
I
have
is
where's
your
money,
your
human
capital
and
everything
else
to
contribute
to.
N
B
G
G
J
Be
glad
to
sort
of
look
at
kind
of
a
number
for
you,
I
mean
I.
Think
the
reality
is
is
that
you
know
there's
so
much
that
we
can
do,
but
there's
also
a
there's
a
policy
side
to
all
of
this
right.
It's
about
how
accessible
is
it
what's
reimbursable?
What
is
it?
How
does
insurance
play
itself
out
in
this
work
and
how
you
know
when
we
think
about
things
in
terms
of
providers
doing
certain
programming?
J
J
So
again,
the
cost
is
the
the
cost
of
something
we
can
talk
through
and
try
to
give
you
some
an
estimate,
but
I
stress
to
you
that
there
are
many
levers
on
this
problem
and
it
the
city
is
one
and
there
are
lots
of
other
places
where
we
need
to
sort
of
apply
pressure,
which
is
also
why
the
mayor's
office
recovery
services
is
doing
policy,
work
and
thinking,
partnerships
and
regionally
so
that
we
can
better
understand.
What's
happy
in
other
places,
I
take
homelessness,
for
example,
is
just
on
a
subset.
G
I
only
only
asked
or
try
to
get
more
detail,
because,
when
we're
out
and
about
talking
to
various
folks,
including
folks
from
other
municipalities
or
I,
was
in
a
meeting
with
MAPC,
they
do
the
metro
mayor's
meeting.
And
we
know
our
mayor
participates
in
these
regional
conversations
related
to
the
opioid
crisis.
And
my
question
is
well.
What's
coming
out
of
those
conversations,
one
of
the
mayors
agreeing
to
do.
P
G
It
does
our
mayor
feel
like
he's
on
this.
You
know
aisle
here
on
his
own.
What
are
the
ask,
and
so
it
would
help
us
to
have
a
better
sense
of
not
only
what
the
plan
is
to
close
the
gap
in
these
couple
of
years,
while
we
wait
the
rebuilding
of
the
bridge,
but
also
what
the
price
tag
is
and
I'm,
not
confident,
frankly,
that
the
state
is
suddenly
gonna
step
up
overnight,
it
may
not
happen.
This
may
mean
that
we
have
to
shoulder
more
than
we
like
and
I.
G
K
Will
see
is
underneath
some
of
that
money,
though,
is
for
work
that
has
already
been
done
related
to
the
previous
superstructure.
That
is
there.
So
our
actual
bridge
estimate
for
the
new
superstructure
going
forward
is
roughly
ninety
million
dollars.
Most
of
that,
90
million
dollars
comes
from
something
that
you'll
see
in
FY
19,
which
is
a
new
authorization
of
eighty
million
dollars.
That
is
the
50
million
dollars
of
general
obligation
funding,
30
million
dollars
a
parking
meter
funding
was
that
I
mean
that's
essentially
the
rough
breakdown
and.
G
N
So
in
our
budget
books
it
it
shows
the
total
amount
of
monies
for
the
Long
Island
Bridge.
From
the
time
it
became
a
situation
which
was
in
2014,
so
the
first
20
million
councillor
which
we
spend
was
to
take
the
superstructure
out.
So
that's
20,
so
there's
another
about
80
to
build.
To
put
this
thing
back,
it's
like
Humpty,
Dumpty,
okay,
sorry
put
the
bridge
back
and
about
another
eight
to
spend
on
the
brainpower,
the
consultants
to
put
it
together.
So
that's
how
the
108
comes.
Does.
G
L
G
Oh
and
my
this
is
my
last
question
Quincy.
How
long
is
this
appeal
going
to
take
and
if
Quincy
keeps
appealing
or
if
Quincy,
just
frankly,
never
comes
to
the
table,
and
it's
like
I
am
standing
against
this
to
the
very
end?
What
does
that
do
in
terms
of
our
timeline
and
what
does
it
do
in
terms
of
the
overall
project
itself,
reconstructing
the
ridge,
so.
K
We
start
the
appeal
process.
What
triggers
the
appeal
process
is
the
receipt
of
the
written
sort
of
negative
order
of
condition
from
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission.
We
receive
that
on
the
27th.
We
have
to
get
our
appeal
back
essentially
at
the
local
level
at
the
same
level
within
10
days,
the
local
level
within
60.
Overall
again,
we
feel
confident
in
the
in
the
approach
that
we're
taking.
K
We
think
that
our
approach
really
is
about
minimizing
the
environmental
impact
and
sort
of
any
sort
of
a
butter
impacts
that
reconstructing
this
superstructure
will
have
that's
why
we
think
we
will
be
successful
in
the
appeal
process
and,
yes,
our
timeline
is
aggressive,
but
it
because
of
the
importance
of
what
we're
trying
to
get
done.
We
are
moving
forward
as
fast
as
we
can.
It's
been.
Actually
there
helpful
for
us
to
think
to
have
a
number
of
conversations
with
Quincy.
G
If
we
can't
worst-case
scenario,
just
so
no
one's
surprised,
I'm,
not
saying
that
that
will
actually
be
yet.
But
it's
a
question
that
some
constituents
obviously
ask
even
if
they
don't
pay
attention
these
hearings,
they
read
the
newspaper
and
they're
concerned
if
Quincy
doesn't
step
up.
What
does
that
mean
for
our
plans
in
the
city
of
Boston?
So.
K
K
H
Chair,
thank
you
all
for
this
very,
very
thorough
overview.
I
was
just
on
the
website.
Boston
gov,
slash,
Long,
Island
I'll
be
tweeting.
It
out.
It's
a
very
well
done
and
dense
site,
which
is
great
because
I
think
that
that
we're
all
committed
to
sharing
as
much
information
as
we
can
when
I
sort
of
talked
briefly.
So
my
colleagues
can
go
on
sort
of
a
best-case
scenario
and
then
some
more
process-oriented
questions
so
best
case
scenario.
H
It's
two
years
from
now:
it's
open
bridges,
great
90
million
dollars
on
time
on
budget
under
budget,
or
hopefully
you
talked
about
how
the
recovery
services
would
be
expanded
for
harm
reduction,
detox,
residential
treatment,
transitional
housing,
ongoing
peer
support,
that's
from
the
website.
So
briefly,
just
give
me
like
one
or
two
sentence:
would
that
mean
that
harm
reduction?
For
example?
What
do
you
mean
by
that?
So.
J
Harm
reduction,
the
the
bucket
of
services
means
meeting
clients
where
they're
at
so
it
could
be
a
variety
of
different
kinds
of
services.
You
know
harm
reduction
services
here
include,
you
know,
folks,
who
are
who
are
users
and
trying
to
get
them
into
service,
and
you
know
we
have
needle
exchange
and
things
like
that
here
that
we
wouldn't
do
there,
but
it's
just
that
bucket
of
harm
reduction
services
in.
J
J
Currently
smokes.
No.
The
mayor
has
been
asked
by
the
state
to
sit
on
a
commission
that
he
advocated
to
be
created
to
do
a
study
on
safe
injection
sites,
and
so
he
were
studying
it
today
and
providing
him
information
and
he's
charged
us
and
the
office
of
recovery
services
in
HHS
to
better
understand
the
impact
of
safe
injection
sites
and
communities
and
neighborhoods.
You
know,
I
think
they.
Obviously
it's
part
of
this
larger
continuum,
but
understanding
how
it
would
fit
is
a
much
larger
question.
Okay,.
H
Yeah
I
don't
use
specifics,
but
that's
that's
helpful
information
detox,
that's
pretty
self-explanatory
residential
treatment,
so
that
was
councillor
Baker's
point.
Where
he's
calling
for
as
well
as
the
next
line,
transitional
housing
talk
a
little
bit
about
you.
Have
any.
Is
it
too
early
to
put
numbers
in
place
in
terms
of
the
number
of
spots
or
can
you
just
give
me
Marty
give
me
one
or
two
sentences
on
sort
of
residential
treatment,
a
transitional
housing.
It.
H
Fall
out
of
regeneration,
yep,
no
I
think
I
think
that
is,
that
is
probably
the
most
among
the
most
impactful
things
we
ought
to
be
looking
at
here,
just
really
be
a
success
and
then
peer
support,
I
assume
that
similar
very
similar
to
harm
reduction.
But
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
that
would
be
different
in
this
expanded
services?
Yeah.
J
Likely
I
mean
one
of
the
things
we
heard
through.
The
focus
groups
is
that
folks,
you
know
being
engaged
within
the
recovery
community
is
an
important
part
of
the
work,
so
someone
who's
been
there
who's
been
through.
It
is
very
supportive
and
can
help
keep
someone
through
their
process.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that,
although
you
might
be
in
Long
Island
and
away
from
the
route,
the
City
of
Austin,
we,
the
community,
is
still
engaged
and
connected.
J
H
Chief
Osgood,
you
talked
a
little
bit
about
how
it'll
be
environmentally
sustainable
and
dressing.
The
fact
it
is
an
island
we
are
dealing
with
climate
change.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
and
in
terms
of
how
we
can
make
it
as
sort
of
during
the
construction
process?
It
sounds
to
me
that
there
would
be
a
real
opportunity
to
maybe
invest
in
some
renewable
energy
infrastructure.
I'm
talking
about
wind
turbines,
for
example,
while
it's
being
built,
they
could
both
serve
the
campus
as
well
as
serve
other
Bostonians.
K
So
the
sustainability
efforts
in
the
environmental
efforts
and
important
give
him
anymore.
The
details
are
really
specific
to
the
bridge
themselves.
You
know
in
terms
of
sustainability,
it's
really
about
how
we
treat
the
piers
and
ensuring
that
we
are
thinking
about
sea
level,
rise
and
and
sort
of
raising
where
the
the
pure
cap
and
the
in
the
base
of
the
superstructure
in
terms
of
making
it
more
environmentally
friendly.
K
It's
really
about
how
we
treat
stormwater
runoff
so
rather
than
having
stormwater
runoff
from
the
road
drain
straight
to
the
harbor,
it's
about
just
reading
it
before
it
actually
gets
there.
We
think
that
our
overall
approach
is
a
sound
environmental
one
and
we
think
that's
again,
why
me
be'
earlier
at
the
end
of
last
month,
basically
said
that
we
can
go
forward
and
issue
the
certificate
on
the
notice
project
change
in
terms
of
looking
at
other
components,
to
the
atoms
of
renewable
energy.
No
things
like
that.
K
H
No,
that's
that's
very
helpful
again.
I
know
and
I
want
to
be
clear
on
what
the
mission
is
here
and
I.
Don't
want
to
bring
you
guys
too
far
afield.
However,
I
think
there
is
an
enormous
opportunity,
as
it
relates
to
building
wind
turbines.
Solar
PV
farms,
as
the
construction
is
happening
that
could
both
service
the
campus
and
provide
an
impact
for
the
rest
of
the
city.
So
I'll
be
continuing
to
push
that
okay
and
and
the
so.
The
DEP
sent
a
favorable
letter.
You
just
referenced
in
the
Quincy.
K
Month
so
it's
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission
sent
a
negative
order
of
conditions
that
was
on
our
notice
of
intent.
That
is
essentially
them
denying
our
notice
of
intent
at
the
Conservation
Commission,
for
the
reasons
which
we
had
sort
of
discussed
previously
yeah.
It
is
that
which
we
will
then
be
appealing
shortly.
H
H
The
reasons
why
he
was
against
this
and,
quite
frankly,
I
thought
it
was
NIMBYism
at
its
worst,
so
I
know,
I've
talked
to
some
friends,
some
colleagues
in
government
in
Quincy
and
elsewhere,
who
recognized
that
this
is
going
to
serve
all
residents,
not
just
Bostonians,
not
just
residents
of
Quincy.
So
I
certainly
would
just
reiterate
my
support
for
this
completed
project
and
the
people,
more
importantly,
whom
it
will
serve.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
Thank
You
counselor.
My
question
really
is:
it
goes
back
to
the
point
of
Quincy.
You
know.
As
of
last
week,
the
Quincy
mayor
asked
the
City
Council
for
another
$250,000,
a
quarter
of
a
million
dollars
to
hire
more
lawyers
to
fight.
So
we
can
talk
about
the
campus.
We
can
talk
about
the
bridge.
We
can
talk
about
anything
but
until
Quincy
until
we
finish
where
we
started.
If
we
don't
get
permission,
there's
an
issue,
so
you
know
we've
heard
from
the
beginning,
you
could
take
the
bridge
down.
I
You
could
do
ferries,
you
can
do
boats,
you
can
do
all
these
other
things
for
umpteenth
money,
I,
don't
even
know
how
much
the
ferries
and
all
that
would
cost
I've
read
that
medically
you
couldn't
do
it
because
of
you
need
nurses
on
boards
and
all
kinds
of
other
stuff.
Can
you
just
think
you
know
it
took
the
councillor
Campbell's
point
if
you
could
just
explain
better
the
timetable
of
these
appeals
because
I'm,
not
a
lawyer
and
nor
did
I
ever
want
to
be
one,
but
it's
very
it's.
I
K
And
Parma
have
some
additional
details
on
the
actual
timing,
but
the
appeal
process
sort
of
now
starts
that
we've
got
the
negative
order
of
conditions
from
from
Quincy.
There
is
a
sort
of
10
day
window
to
appeal
at
the
state
level.
That
appeal
is
to
DEP
there's
a
60-day
window
to
be
able
to
appeal
their
local
wetlands
ordinance,
negative
orders
of
condition
that
happens
to
the
courts.
K
K
I
K
I
A
Q
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Anything
excuse
me
and
thank
our
thanks
to
council
president
Campbell
Council
sabe
Jorge,
the
makers
of
this
hearing
order
and
appreciate
all
of
my
colleagues
a
great
line
of
questioning
our
panels
comprehensive
responses.
So
I'll
do
my
best
to
not
have
you
be
too
too
repetitive
here,
but
I
did
just
many
of
my
questions
have
already
been
answered
relative
to
private
development
timeline
capacity.
I
wanted
to
better
understand
what
sort
of
auditing
we've
been
doing
in
the
wake
of
the
closing
of
Long
Island.
So
for
those
for
whom
services
were
disrupted.
Q
Have
we
been
tracking
those
folks
and
I
know
again?
We,
you
know
we're
a
benevolent
society
and
we
don't
want
to
turn
anyone
away,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
those
that
were
disrupted
and
displaced
that
they
are
being
prioritized
and
that
we
know
what
has
happened
to
them
and
then
for
those
program,
models
that
were
proven
and
that
we're
successful
I'm
under
the
impression
that
at
least
two
of
those
had
to
shutter
their
programming
entirely
and
I'm
just
curious.
Q
If
we're
also
keeping
track
of
those
programs
again,
we're
proven
models
and
what
is
our
commitment
in
the
next
two
years
as
a
contingency
plan,
but
really
not
even
a
contingency
plan
just
to
meet
the
need
which
continues
to
grow
to
rehouse
those
programs
in
community,
whether
Long
Island?
How
quickly
that
happens,
or
not
so.
J
What
I
can
say
is
that
I,
absolutely
absolutely
one
of
the
goals
of
when
we
had
to
make
the
difficult
decision
to
close
the
bridge
was
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
ensure
we
don't
lose
any
beds
right
and
so,
for
on
that
front,
we
were
able
to
relocate
in
partnership
with
CBO's
very
quickly
and
help
commissioned
supporting
to
relocate
the
services
most
of
the
services
that
were
that
were
best,
and
that
was
really
about
ensuring
that
we
didn't
create
a
gap
when
this
unforeseen
circumstance
was
created.
J
I
think
the
reality
is
is
that
since,
when
the
bridge
was
closed
to
today,
the
epidemics
gotten
worse,
there's
no
question,
and
so
we've
seen
more
overdose
as
more
deaths,
we've
seen
more
investment,
more
resources
necessary
in
order
to
meet
that
meet
that
demand.
So
one
of
the
things
that
not
only
did
we
replace
the
beds
will
we
increase
the
capacity
in
partnership
with?
Not
only
are
there
health
commission,
but
in
partnership
with
the
state.
J
Some
services
did
go
away
that
we're
not
actually
residential
services,
but
some
services
did
go
away,
but
what
we
have
tried
to
do
is
make
sure
that
all
the
providers
who
were
there
at
Long
Island
before
have
had
a
voice
in
this
process.
So
we've
reached
out
to
them.
We
have
gotten
information
from
victory
programs
and
even
the
shelters
who
were
there
just
to
understand
what
are
the
services
that
were
there,
that
they
were
providing,
and
how
do
we
make
sure
that
we
bring
those
best
practices
with
us
and
to
be
frank,
counselor?
Q
Wasn't
working
perfect
because
I
I
do
also
feel
that,
because
we
are
so
desperate
yeah
that
at
times
what
was
happening
at
Long
Island
was
being
romanticized,
because
when
you
spoke
to
people
that
were
on
the
island,
there
were
a
lot
of
challenges,
and
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
there
is
a
post-mortem
and
an
audit
that
is
engaging.
Those
who
were
in
services
who
lived
on
the
island.
Q
So
things
like
you
know
making
sure
that
the
services
are
trauma
sensitive
and
inform
the
culturally
competent
that
we
were
considering
those
that
had
jobs
and
that
and
the
curfew
whereby
they
had
to
return
was
not
consistent
with
folks
working
and
also
getting
to
the
island.
To
your
point,
chief,
around
new
HIV
infections.
What
we
see
is
an
increase,
I,
think
15
to
19
year
olds
and.
H
P
Q
Engaging
in
other
high-risk
behavior,
if
I
see
this
especially
a
growing
number
demographic
fastly
growing
in
young
men
of
color
and
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that,
as
we
have
an
opportunity
to
reset
that
those
who
have
benefited
from
those
services
have
the
opportunity
to
have
their
voices
heard
and
that
we
are
honoring
that
in
the
new
system.
So,
for
example,
is
there
an
age
requirement?
I
mean
the
thing
that
I
hear
from
so
many
youth
that
are
they're,
battling
substance,
abuse
disorders
or
experiencing
homelessness
that
there
isn't
a
place
for
them.
Yeah.
J
Q
J
No
question:
there's
a
there's:
a
gap
in
services
for
young
people,
adolescents,
age,
there's
not
enough
services
currently
and
some
of
our
partners
who
are
providing
services
to
different
populations
will
raise
that
up
and
it's
a
conversation
we've
been
having.
Clearly,
there
is
a
need
to
figure
out
what
those
services
look
like,
so
there
won't
be
a
limit
on
age
in
terms
of
what
could
be
out
there.
J
It's
really
gonna
be
about
those
gaps
and
how
do
we
try
to
fill
those
gaps
so
clearly
understanding
how
to
meet
the
needs
of
an
18
year
old
who's?
Had
this
experience
and
who's
struggling
with
these
challenges?
Just
because
you
know
the
work
doesn't
mean
you
know
how
to
do
it
with
an
18
year
old
and
to
serve
them
adequately.
So
that's
part
of
what
we're
trying
to
figure
out
in
terms
of
those
services.
J
The
one
thing
I
just
want
to
speak
to
you
that
you
mentioned
is
that
you
know
there's
no
possible
way
that
we
can
just
recreate
what
was
there
and
not
assess
what
was
there.
So
we
have
to
do
that
and
that's
what
we're
doing
and
even
if
it
means
having
tough
conversations
with
someone
who
maybe
ran
a
program
there
for
a
long
time,
but
maybe
that's
not
the
kind
of
service
that
we
want
to
go
back
there.
That's
what
we're
doing,
as
as
the
chief
of
Health
and
Human
Services.
J
That's
the
work
that
I
think
I'm
charged
with
with
leading
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
what
we
put
there
not
only
has
those
other
layers
in
place,
but
I
would
also
argue
thinking
about
the
cultural
competency
of
providers
and
the
services
they
provide
and
ensuring
that
they
have
the
ability
to
meet
the
face
of
the
epidemic.
So
we're
doing
that
work
and
welcome
input
from
folks.
Many
of
the
folks
do
in
this
work,
including
folks
from
our
recovery
services
office,
have
worked
on
the
island
and
new
services
that
were
there.
Q
Q
J
Q
Campbell's
line
of
questioning
and
wanting
to
be
very
granular
about
the
role
of
the
state
and
other
municipalities.
I
wanted
to
get
clearer
on
our
responsibilities,
not
only
in
pushing
for
greater
collaboration
and
greater
investment
regionally.
But
what
more
do
we
need
to
be
doing
so
from
the
standpoint
of
the
office
of
recovery?
Should
you
know
what
sort
of
support
do
we
need
there
to
increase
capacity
there
to
support
that
programming?
I,
don't
recall
right
now,
I
think
is
the
last
budget
for
the
office
of
recovery
services
might
have
been
400,000.
I
can.
Q
J
A
Q
J
Only
thing
that
I
would
add
to
that
counselor
and
I
think
it's
important
that
capacity
issues
important
but
I
think
it's
um
and
in
anyone
that's
working.
The
city
knows
this:
that
I'm
trying
to
make
sure
people
realize
it's
not
just
the
office
of
recovery
services
who
needs
to
tackle
this
work.
We
need
all
of
our
city
departments
to
understand
the
role
they
play
because
that's
critically
important,
so
we're
thinking
about
investments.
J
We've
done
some
things
and,
and
it
sounds
you
know
it
sounds
like
it's
pretty
far
removed
from
the
work.
But
if
we
know
what's
working
on
the
streets
here
in
Boston
in
different
places,
we
want
other
cities
and
towns
to
know
that
as
well
and
how
to
get
people
engaged
and
get
them
into
treatment
and
resources.
So,
of
course,
more
capacity
is
always
necessary,
but
I
just
want
to
broaden
it,
because
other
city
departments
need
to
see
themselves
in
that
work
as
well.
J
Q
O
You
Mary
chair
and
thank
you
to
the
lead
sponsors
good
to
see.
Everybody
ever
see.
Pirate
Chris,
righty
and
Trish
I'm,
obviously
be
a
little
more
critical
respectfully
and
that
we're
in
a
fight
or
in
a
fight,
not
just
the
opioid
crisis,
but
we're
gonna
fight.
What
the
city
of
Quincy-
and
you
guys
are
here
and
you're
gonna
be
asking
us
for
tens
of
millions
of
dollars.
O
When
it's
all
said
and
done,
it's
gonna
be
north
of
100
million
and
you're
here
today,
and
you
can
tell
us
how
many
beds
can
tell
us
the
breakdown
between
male
and
female,
between
adult
and
adolescent
between.
You
know.
Basically,
what
types
of
services
from
detox
to
to
aftercare
to
wraparound.
We
can't
even
assure
ensure
the
the
residents
and
businesses
of
Roxbury
and
Dorchester
South
in
South
Boston
and
some
of
the
surrounding
communities
around
mass
and
cast
that
when
the
Long
Island
campus
opens
that
that
fiasco
will
come
to
an
end.
O
It
looks
like
we're
gonna
try
to
keep
that
going
in
keep
the
campus
going
and
I
would
argue
that
if
folks
have
the
choice
to
continue
to
run
their
program
down
at
mass
and
cast
three
quarters
or
80
90
percent
of
they're
gonna
continue
to
do
that.
Despite
the
fact
that
we
have
this
state-of-the-art
full-service
campus
out
at
Long
Island.
If
you
want
methadone,
you
wants
a
block
zone,
you
need
to
go
out
to
the
island
and
that's
our
opportunity
to
maybe
potentially
get
treatment
or
recovery
for
that
individual.
O
But
if
we're
gonna
have
spend
over
a
million
dollars
out
at
Long
Island
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
have
the
chaos
over
at
mass
and
Cass
I.
Think
that's
tremendously
disrespectful
to
the
residents
of
those
communities,
as
well
as
the
businesses
who've
been
working
hard
shoulder-to-shoulder
with
us
to
try
to
fight
this
problem,
so
I
know
you're
working
on
it.
O
I
think
we
need
to
work
quicker
if
the
mayor
of
Quincy
or
the
City
Council
is
going
to
Quincy
call
us
we're
gonna
look
pretty
stupid
when
we
can't
even
answer
the
basic
questions
of
how
many
beds.
What's
the
breakdown?
Male
to
female
adolescent
or
adult,
and
what
other
services
and
who
has
service
providers
and
what
are
the
partners
and
we're
just
going
to
do?
O
How
about
how
about
how
about
how
about
how
about
you
need
we're
in
a
fight,
and
you
need
allies
and
we
need
answers
because
we're
gonna
be
authorizing
the
expenditures,
but
we
also
need
to
know
what
the
program
is
out
there,
and
this
isn't
the
first
hearing
on
the
subject
matter.
Mayor
made
an
announcement
several
months
ago,
this
body
had
a
hearing
folks
from
Quincy
come
in,
and
so
so
I
guess
that's
gonna
be
sort
of
a
direct
opine.
O
If
you
will
or
some
criticism
that
we
need
answers
and
we
kind
of
need
them
yesterday,
particularly
in
this
fight,
as
my
colleague
alluded
to,
the
city
of
Quincy
is
they've.
Lawyered
up
and
they're
gonna
pursue
every
possible
Avenue
to
sort
of
to
block
this
from
happening.
But
in
the
meantime,
what's
that
plan?
What's
our
vision?
Where
is
the
meat
on
the
bone
so
that
we
could
advocate
as
allies
as
to
why
this
is
important
not
just
for
the
city
but
for
all
the
surrounding
communities?
And
finally,
I
would
like
a
census.
O
We
need
to
sort
of
broaden
that
circle
and
is
with
respect
to
folks
that
are
going
to
come
into
our
city
and
continue
because
we're
the
only
one
that's
doing
it.
No
one
else
wants
to
pick
up
the
slack,
particularly
our
suburban
counterparts,
but
maybe
we
should
put
a
detox
or
an
injection
site
in
one
of
those
neighborhoods.
O
Why
is
it
always
fall
in
Boston
and
I
think
that
if
we
do
a
census-
and
we
do
a
survey
of
the
individuals
that
are
over
there,
I
think
it
would
open
up
everyone's
eyes
to
the
fact
that
this-
and
this
isn't
a
Boston
problem-
Boston
is
trying
to
assist
in
you
know,
arguably
a
significantly
wider
geographical
problem.
Then
then
I
think
anyone
could
even
imagine
so.
That's
that's
my
two
cents
for
the
day,
a
Mexican
for
a
survey
in
a
sense
as
soon
as
possible.
So
we
can
have
the
data
rest.
O
She
had
with
council
Janey,
but
their
phones
must
ringing
off
the
hook
from
the
residents
and
the
businesses
over
there.
They
they
need.
We
need
to
bring
an
end
to
that
Fiasco
over
at
Mass
and
Cass.
Clearly,
the
Long
Island
campus
is
the
hope
for
that,
but
I'm
not
hearing
that
I'm
hearing
that
they're
gonna,
both
kind
of
work
together
and
I
would
caution
you
just
having
the
familiarity
and
the
length
of
service
here
and
also
my
involvement
around
treatment
and
recovery.
O
If
that
option
continues
to
exist,
they're
not
going
to
go
out
to
the
campus
they're,
not
gonna.
Do
that
they're
gonna!
Hang
it
massing
cast,
that's
their
option.
That's
gonna
continue
their
program
versus
if
you
move
everything
out
to
the
Long
Island
campus,
that's
where
they're
gonna
go
and
that's
where
our
best
shot
of
capturing
them
and
getting
them
the
help
and
the
treatment
that
they
need.
So
that's
that
on
that,
thank
you.
My
chair
and
I'd
like
to
get
some
comments
on
when
we're
gonna
get
some
meat
on
the
bone.
Yes
sure
so,.
J
In
terms
of
the
survey
we
we
can
work
with
our
outreach
workers
to
figure
out
how
to
collect
some
information.
Obviously
you
know
people
are
transient
there,
and
so
it's
not
like
it'd
be
easy
to
get
all
the
information,
but
we
can
try
to
identify
some
of
it.
We
know
that
more
than
half
the
folks
that
are
accessing
services
and
our
own
shelters
are
not
from
Boston
sorry
I'm,
not
sure.
We
need
a
survey
to
be
able
to
answer
that
question.
I've.
O
Been
chief
I
think
it's
important.
We
r
us
to
be
able
to
tell
the
mayor
of
Quincy
in
the
city
councillors
from
Quincy
that
a
lot
of
the
individuals
over
there
are
from
Quincy
there's
Quan
on
there
from
house
Neck
yeah
and
that
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
that
we
need
a
partner
here.
We
don't
need
you
know
an
adversary
in
this
fight.
Yeah.
J
Absolutely
I'm
not
sure
that
giving
them
the
information
know
how
many
from
Boston
are
gonna
are
from
Quincy
are
gonna
prevent
them
from
trying
to
stop
us
to
build
the
bridge,
but
we
could
we
can
create
that
information
or
get
that
for
you,
I
guess,
I'll,
respect,
I,
think
planning
a
comprehensive
recovery
campus
doesn't
happen
in
three
months.
We
have
to
do
our
work
to
better
understand
the
needs
and
the
gaps
that
exist
and
to
try
to
plant
mindfully
plan
for
two
years.
J
What
will
happen
to
this
epidemic
epidemics
and
diseases
change
over
the
course
of
time,
and
so
we
have
to
do
our
due
diligence.
It
may
take
longer
than
people
liked,
but
we
have
to
understand
what
really
is
keeping
people
sick?
What
is
preventing
people
from
taking
advantage
of
care?
How
do
we
close
the
gaps
to
make
sure
that
every
population
that
no
one
gets
lost,
that
it's
not
just
meant
for
certain
people,
but
that
all
people
access
those
resources,
regardless
of
what
zip
code
they
come
from
or
where
they
live?
J
And
so
there's
work
to
be
done
and
we're
doing
that
work
to
understand
that
continuum
and
to
understand
the
gaps
and
to
do
it
in
a
meaningful,
thoughtful
way.
It
has
to
take
time
we're
not
gonna
just
dangle
some
resources
and
hope
that
that's
enough
information
to
make
people
feel
like
there's
the
mean
I
believe
that
from
a
public
health
approach,
then
we
have
to
do
it
in
a
way
that
is
thoughtful
brings
in
as
much
information
as
we
can.
J
So
people
have
a
voice
in
the
process,
but
make
sure
that
we
have
what
really
is
going
to
move
the
needle,
because
we
don't
want
to
just
create
a
campus
that
makes
people
feel
like
we
did
something
we
want
to
create
a
campus.
That's
actually
gonna
impact
the
issue.
So
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do.
We
have
details
that
we're
working
through,
but
I
respectfully
want
to
have
the
time,
because
I
want
to
hear
people's
voices,
those
in
the
recovery
community,
those
CBO's
those
providers,
our
neighbors.
J
We
want
to
make
sure
people
have
an
opportunity
to
weigh
in,
and
that's
the
process
that
we're
engaged
in
today
so
definitely
can
give
you
as
much
information
as
we
can
so
that
you
can
join
this
fight.
We
I
think
roughly
900
letters
of
support
into
the
meepo
process
and
I
appreciated
that,
having
close
to
a
thousand
letters
from
providers,
including
many
of
you
here,
so
the
support
is
there.
J
We're
gonna
we're
gonna
continue
to
do.
What
we're
trying
to
do
now
is
to
tackle
this
in
multiple
ways,
just
like
all
of
you
are
getting
calls
we're
getting
those
same
exact
calls
and
so
trying
to
tackle
those
from
Public
Safety
from
streets
from
the
recovery
services
and
the
Health
Commission.
We
just
now
are
gonna,
invest
more
resources
and
needle
pickup
and
outreach
workers
and
getting
people
lined
in
the
services
I
mean
in
all
respect,
Council
we're
in
an
epidemic.
J
We
have
people
that
are
dying
and
the
people
that
are
sick,
and
so
it's
not
pretty.
It's
not
always
what
you
see
as
councillor
Sabri
George
says:
there's
things
we
don't
see,
but
we're
fighting
it
on
multiple
fronts,
and
we
have
to
continue
to
do
that.
Work.
That's
where
we're
at
today,
and
so
yes,
do.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
mass
and
cast
can
be
improved.
J
There
are
some
strategies
we're
taking
on,
but
we
really
have
to
make
sure
that
we
understand
that
we're
trying
to
create
more
opportunities
in
Long
Island,
so
more
people
can
get
into
care
and
stay
in
the
care
and
get
into
that
path
of
recovery.
So
there's
no
intention
to
just
leave
mass
and
cats
the
way
it
is
I
assume.
J
You
know
that
and
the
leadership
of
the
mayor
to
make
sure
we
do
it,
but
I
think
we
have
to
really
make
sure
that
we're
being
as
mindful
as
possible
to
tackle
mass
and
cast
and
we're
meeting
on
it
every
week
to
try
to
come
up
with
solutions
that
will
clean
up
the
area.
But
I
don't
want
to
lose
the
fact
that
people
are
there
because
they're,
sick
Thank.
R
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
chair,
so
I
share
I.
Think
the
sense
of
urgency
and
frustration
that
you
hear
from
my
colleagues
and
I
certainly
appreciate
you
wanting
to
be
very
thorough
in
your
approach
that
this
is
an
epidemic
that
people
are
sick.
I
am
very
much
interested
as
a
district
councillor
that
represents
Roxbury
in
Southend
to
neighborhoods
that
are
hit
pretty
hard
by
this
epidemic.
Hearing.
R
What
kind
of
the
overall
plan
is
so
I
see
the
reconstruction
of
a
bridge
as
being
one
piece
of
it,
and
that's
not
going
to
solve
all
that
we
see
in
our
neighborhoods
and
so
and
I'm
sorry,
if
you've
already
kind
of
covered
that
but
I'm
interested
in
what
kind
of
the
overall
plan
is
beyond
the
construction
of
the
bridge
campus.
So.
J
Working
in
partnership
with
the
mayor's
office
recovery
services,
Jen
Tracy,
we
are
continuing
sort
of
down
a
three
pathways
sort
of
strategy,
one
of
which
is
to
double
down
on
the
services
that
we're
currently
providing,
and
so
we've
increased.
The
number
of
outreach
workers
we've
increased.
The
number
of
folks
on
the
mobile
Sharps
team
increase
folks
within
our
paths
and
a
hopes
program
through
the
Health
Commission,
so
that
more
people
can
get
into
treatment
and
get
into
care.
We've
increased
our
needle
exchange
program
so
that
more
people
can
access
those
resources
and
specific
councillor.
J
Janey
we've
also
looked
at
different
neighborhoods
right,
so
things
push
out
and
push
into
different
neighborhoods,
and
so
we've
had
conversations
around.
You
know
some
of
the
issues
in
Dudley
Square,
the
mobile
Caravan
is
there
in
Dudley
square,
trying
to
get
more
people
engaged
in
resources
and
treatment.
We're
also
working
with
a
variety
of
other
providers
to
understand
what's
happening
so
that
first
bucket
is
to
double
down
on
what
we've
been
doing
and
the
work
we've
been
doing.
J
We,
the
state,
is
doing
what
you
know
some
of
its
own
strategies,
but
we
need
to
partner
with
the
state
to
ensure
the
vision
of
services
that
are
accessible
and
available
for
all
people
at
all
levels,
and
so
we're
doing
that
layer
of
work
as
well
through
the
city
and
then
the
third
piece
is
to
engage
not
only
the
state
but
also
to
engage
our
philanthropy
and
other
supporters
and
funders
to
be
able
to
create
more
opportunities.
As
you
know,
we
just
released
a
prevention
report.
J
I
don't
want
to
lose
it
when
we
have
an
epidemic,
it
always
started
somewhere
else.
So
if
we
don't
concentrate
somewhat
on
prevention,
we
will
just
recreate
where
we're
at
so
part
of
that
is
to
bring
in
we.
We
launched
a
prevention
report
which
also
says
a
lot
about
the
issues
impacting
young
people,
especially
youth
of
color
in
our
community
or
on
substance
use,
and
so
there's
a
variety
of
strategies
in
that
report.
Release
and
we've
engaged
a
bunch
of
funders
and
philanthropy
to
sort
of
get
involved
in
that
as
well.
J
To
tackle
that
and
take
that
on,
and
the
only
other
thing
notion
is-
is
we're
doing
all
this
work.
We're
really
trying
to
make
sure
we
don't
lose
the
notion
that
we
need
this
larger
plan
planning
long
island
going
through
these
three
strategies
and
ensuring
that
we
can
keep
moving
and
and
paying
attention
and
move
it
forward.
What.
J
J
To
give
you
the
exact
number
from
the
health
commissioner,
but
they
just
literally
the
process
of
increasing
to
more
full-time
outreach
workers
right
now,
which
were
in
the
process
of
figuring
out.
But
we
had
increased
a
certain
number
to
have
more
on
the
street,
because
the
reality
is,
is
the
more
people
can
engage
on
the
street,
the
more
likely
they
are
to
get
them
into
service
or
treatment,
and.
J
Now
the
bulk
of
them,
as
you
can
imagine,
are
a
mess
massive
and
Minea
casts
and
the
surrounding
area,
but
we
also
have
reach
workers
into
some
other
neighborhoods
I'd
have
to
give
you
the
specific
information
from
the
Commission.
So
I
don't
misquote.
What's
that,
what's
not
actually
happening,
but
we
are
increasing
the
street
where
the
average
workers
and
plan
to
invest
in
some
of
the
peer
programs
and
I
want
to
lose
this.
The
peer
programs
are
really
important.
J
Folks
who
have
been
in
who
have
been
in
treatment
or
been
in
recovery,
should
I
say
connecting
with
other
folks
who
are
not
yet
there
that's
a
really
important
part.
So
we've
been
investing
in
some
CBO's
doing
that
work
and
want
to
continue
to
expand
them.
So
we
can
have
more
of
that
on
the
ground
and.
R
J
R
P
J
End
so
let
me
just
clarify
about
when
it
moves
along.
It
really
is
of
a
street
outreach
workers
working
in
certain
areas
and
connecting
with
people
on
the
street
about
services
or
resources
or
programs.
If
I'm,
not
there
and
I,
don't
want
to
talk
to
you
about
that.
I
go
somewhere
else
right.
So
it's
not
us
pushing
people
into
other
neighborhoods.
It's
not
saying
their
street
route.
There
are
outreach
workers
here
or
trying
to
engage
around
treatment.
Trying
to
engage
around
hey.
You
should
use
clean
needles.
You
should
have
an
opportunity
to
think
about.
J
You
know:
are
there
job
programs
there's
the
engagement,
Center
they're,
doing
some
training
there
when
you
don't
want
to
hear
that
message?
You're,
like
I'm
gonna,
stay
away
from
this
area,
I'm
going
somewhere
else,
cuz
I'm,
not
ready
for
that
message.
So
what's
happening
is
we're
getting
people
into
treatment,
we're
getting
people
into
care.
We've
seen
hundreds
of
folks
get
into
treatment
through
their
engagement
through
the
engagement
Center,
who
maybe
just
came
in
for
coffee
or
just
to
get
out
of
the
weather,
and
then
medicine
outreach
worker
and
then
got
into
engaged
into
treatment.
J
The
providers
are
doing
the
bulk
of
that
work
so
listening
to
them
what
they
need
and
how
they
need
us
to
support
them
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
responding
to
the
epidemic.
There's
not
one
strategy,
no
silver
bullet.
It's
not
something
we're
not
doing.
There
is
no
one
strategy
to
this.
It's
a
comprehensive
approach.
It
doesn't
always
look
pretty,
but
it's
comprehensive
and
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do.
No.
R
I
appreciate
that
you're,
absolutely
right
and
I
appreciate
you
highlighting
the
providers
and
the
work
that
they're
doing
in
terms
of,
though
the
numbers
and
you
talked
about
the
number
of
needles,
you
talked
about
the
number
of
people
getting
into
some
sort
of
support
or
service.
Do
you
have
any
of
that
data
with
you
I?
Don't.
J
N
Sorry
counselor:
we
will
continue
to
abide
by
those
city
regulations
to
the
best
of
our
abilities
to
do
the
levels
that
are
practical
by
which
I
mean,
if
there's
some
extremely
highly
specialized
work.
That
needs
to
be
done.
We
need
to
be
mindful
of
it,
but
we
always
continue
to
aspire
to
all
the
regulations
instituted
by
the
city
and.
J
J
They're
trapped
in
the
up
there,
and
once
they
have
once
they're
connected
to
us
they're
there
they're
part
of
our
case
management
systems
at
the
Health
Commission,
and
so
they
we
do
track
that.
So
they
we
know
what
happens
to
them,
because
we
want
to
keep
them
engaged
long-term,
not
just
a
one
off
yeah.
R
J
Give
you
the
60
seconds
cuz,
that's
what
I
have
about
the
Shattuck.
What
I
can
tell
you,
there's
a
planning
process
that
the
state
is
running
and
as
a
planning
process,
they've
hired
an
outside
consultant
who
is
leading
a
community
advisory
group
for
the
city,
Jen
Tracy
from
the
mayor's
office
of
recovery
services,
chief
Dillon
from
DND
and
I.
Think
chief
cook
from
parks
are
sitting
on
that
advisory
group,
which
is
weighing
in
on
the
community
process.
J
But
again,
this
is
the
state
process
they,
as
people
may
remember,
they
are
moving
some
of
their
services
from
the
Shattuck
and
they
are
looking
to
sort
of
redefine
their
buildings
and
likely
build
the
new
building
and
think
about
the
services
that
are
there.
So
they
are
knee-deep
into
that
process.
A
S
New
Market,
is
truly
the
face
of
a
crisis
out
of
control.
Every
day
there
are
hundreds
of
people
standing
on
the
streets,
street
corners
trading
pills,
shooting
up.
There
are
drug
dealers
populating
our
restaurants
and
our
street
corners
and
on
any
given
day,
there
are
tremendously
impaired
individuals
falling
into
the
sweet
street
or
swaying
into
traffic.
S
What
we
see
out
there
is
inhumane.
Many
of
these
individuals
on
the
street
have
sought
long-term
recovery.
Sadly,
there
is
a
severe
shortage
of
long-term
treatment
beds
in
the
Commonwealth,
and
this
absolutely
has
to
change
our
current
quantity
and
breadth
of
addiction.
Services
is
not
enough
to
handle
the
crisis
of
addiction
that
we
are
faced
with
in
the
Commonwealth.
S
S
We
fully
support
mayor
Walsh
in
the
city's
proposal
to
build
this
state
of
the
heart
commerce,
state-of-the-art,
comprehensive
facility
on
Long
Island,
where
there
is
significant
infrastructure
and
buildings
already
in
place
available,
land
for
expansion
and
the
clearest
pathway
for
the
addicted
to
thrive
in
treatment
without
outside
distractions
and
temptations,
and
the
question
becomes:
how
do
we
transport
these
individuals
to
the
island?
The
only
logical
answer
is
rebuilding
that
bridge
from
gnam
to
Long
Island,
while
a
costly
venture.
It
is
logically
the
best
choice.
S
By
far
we
applaud
the
city's
aggressive
plan
to
rebuild
the
bridge
and
open
this
addiction
recovery
campus.
It
is
actually
our
hope
that
this
will
become
a
model
for
more
of
these
much-needed
facilities
across
the
Commonwealth
addiction
is
not
just
a
Boston
problem.
Addiction
in
Massachusetts
today
affects
everyone.
In
order
to
reverse
this
crisis,
all
of
our
cities
and
towns
need
to
step
up
and
embrace
the
addicted
in
their
own
community
and
stop
stigmatizing.
S
The
afflicted
Quincy
needs
to
stop
sending
they're
addicted
to
Boston,
while
fighting
a
NIMBY
fight
against
the
bridge
and
by
the
way,
I
speak
of
this
firsthand
from
firsthand
experience,
because
I
lived
in
Quincy
on
the
road
out
to
the
island
for
several
years,
when
Long
Island
was
operating
previously,
there
was
no
negative
impact
whatsoever.
In
fact,
there
was
no
impact
at
all
building.
S
This
campus
is
not
the
solution
to
stopping
addiction
from
happening,
but
it
is
an
important
first
step
by
which
we
can
ensure
that
those
who
are
addicted
have
the
greatest
chance
of
recovery,
I'm
going
to
add
one
more
thing
and
because
it
came
up
a
little
bit
earlier,
and
that
was
what
do
we
expect
to
see
at
Mass
in
Cass.
What
do
we
think
this
is
going
to
achieve?
And
the
answer
is
and
was
earlier.
It
is
a
multi-pronged
approach
to
solving
the
issues
we
did
not
get
here
overnight.
There
are
people
who
are
addicted.
S
There
are
people
who
are
unfortunately
homeless.
There
are
people
who
are
from
every
step
of
life,
a
mental
illness
from
from
those
that
just
have
nowhere
to
go,
and
it
is
a
multi-prong
it
is.
It
is
decentralizing
methadone
and
not
having
1,300
methadone
patients
all
in
one
place,
the
governor's
bill.
That's
that
that's
been
enacted
recently
to
study
servicing
methadone,
distributing
methadone
at
out
of
pharmacies.
That
would
allow
not
39
communities
to
be
having
methadone
patients,
because
everyone
else
wants
to
stigmatize
them,
but
it
would
embrace
every
community.
S
Every
community
in
the
Commonwealth
would
be
embracing
those
with
addiction
issues.
It's
not
just
that
it
is
so
many
different
pieces
of
it,
but
this
campus
is
a
necessary
first
step
and
I
truly
believe
it
is
important
that
the
state
of
Massachusetts
the
Commonwealth,
follow
along
and
have
more
of
these
going
forward.
Thank
you.
M
Lawyer,
all
of
the
individuals
who
worked
in
that
program
lost
their
job
that
evening,
so
we
were
able,
as
an
agency,
to
work
to
re
kind
of
allocate
those
people's
throughout
our
agency
to
make
sure
that
we
didn't
also
have
kind
of
a
workforce
crisis
at
the
same
time.
So
for
four
decades
victory
programs
has
specialized
in
long
term
residential
care,
placing
some
of
the
hardest
individuals
and
families
affected
by
substance
use.
Last
year
we
as
an
organization
provided
care
and
treatment
to
just
over
2,500
individuals,
along
with
about
a
hundred
dependent
children.
M
Last
year
we
also
started
to
think
about
what
we're
calling
the
opioids
endemic
and
the
idea
of
other
epidemics
that
we're
seeing
an
increase
in
besoms
because
of
the
opioid
epidemic,
so
be
those
a
spike
in
hepatitis.
C
increase
in
HIV
infections,
hepatitis
a
of
late.
How
do
we
work
together
to
make
sure
that
all
of
these
epidemics,
which
are
happening
and
taking
place
because
of
intravenous
drug
use
or
and
related
to
intravenous
drug
use?
How
are
we
addressing
that?
M
So
Mayor
Walsh's
primary
commitment
to
the
this
year's
city
of
Boston
budget
to
rebuild
Boston
harbors
Long
Island
Bridge,
to
establish
a
recovering
community
of
services
on
the
island,
is
critically
necessary,
urgent
and
very
much
very
much
historically
aligned
with
the
last
150
years
of
human
services.
Sighted
on
Long
Island
Boston
Proper,
as
you
know,
is
now
an
expensive,
high
ticket
real
estate
city
today
for
a
community-based
organization
seeking,
affordable
and
accessible
housing
stock
to
build
a
recovery
center
or
recovery
home
or
any
type
of
recovery
services.
M
M
As
of
today,
we
have
six-month
weights
to
get
into
our
recovery
home,
so
even
for
those
who
have
a
high
priority,
you're
still
looking
at
two
months
from
the
time
you
get
on
the
list,
to
reiterate
it's
essential
for
the
Boston
City
Council,
to
remain
aware
of
the
Commonwealth's
plan
to
close
all
the
programs
at
the
lumiose
Attic
hospital
with
the
next
few
years.
You
know
the
structural
concerns.
Victory.
M
Programs
operates
two
vital
addiction
treatment
programs
at
that
site
for
Bosse
city
of
austin
residents,
one
being
women's
Hope,
which
is
a
stabilization
program
for
32
women
in
very
the
very
early
stages
of
recovery.
That
program
was
founded
in
1986.
We
also
run
what's
called
delivering
living
and
recovery
community
lark
program
for
29
or
25
men
and
women
who
are
living
with
HIV
disease
addiction,
often
a
mental
health
condition
and
homelessness.
M
Additionally,
those
of
us
who
are
doing
this
work
often
have
creative
ideas,
solutions,
options,
things
we'd
love
to
see
happen
that
we
rarely
have
an
opportunity
to
kind
of
do
the
idea
of
to
respond
to
an
RFI
to
put
some
of
those
on
paper
and
have
them
be
considered
in
the
as
we
build
and
look
at
building.
What's
going
to
happen
on
Long
Island
is
really
exciting.
We
also
are
willing
to
go
first.
We
will
be
the
ones
that
reopen
our
program.
M
The
minute
the
bridge
opens
Boston's
harbors
Long
Island
has
the
potential
to
again
be
a
powerful
and
important
resource
for
addiction,
treatment,
long
term
support
for
recovering
addicts
for
our
city.
We
applaud
Boston
City
counselors
early
and
ongoing
support
for
the
reconstruction
of
box's
Long
Island
Bridge.
The
reopening
of
the
proposed
proposed
recovery
campus.
This
vision
has
the
potential
of
becoming
a
national
model
and
a
legacy
for
all
those
working
diligently
to
rebuild
the
islands
only
access
bridge.
Thank
you
so
much
thank.
A
A
Just
one
quick
comment
before
I
ask
my
question:
I
think
it's
important
when
we
look
at
what's
happening
at
mass
and
cast
when
we
think
about
planning
for
what's
happening
on
what
will
happen
on
Long
Island
that
we're
really
waiting
how
we're
clustering
services,
because
one
one
item
that
we
hear
quite
a
bit
about
is
at
sort
of
mass
and
castes.
They
are
both
recovery
services
and
those
that
are
in
active
addiction
and
the
two
of
them
mixed
together
is
very
challenging
for
individuals,
especially
that
are
seeking
that
lifetime
of
recovery.
K
Repeatedly
from
the
program
providers
is
that
you
need
a
bridge
to
be
able
to
provide
the
level
of
reliable
transportation
to
actually
run
an
effective
program.
There's
obviously
a
ferry
that
during
the
summer
serves
camp
Harbor
view
as
chief
Martinez
mentioned,
but
in
order
to
run
the
type
of
services
that
we
expect
to
run
on
the
island,
it
really
requires
the
bridge
so.
N
Sorry
constantly,
if
I
can
add,
when
we
talk
of
ferries,
the
subtlety
that
is
not
properly
articulated
is
with
their
passenger
ferries
or
passenger
and
vehicle
ferries
for
the
type
of
treatments
that
chief
Martinez
provides.
You
need
a
ferry
that
can,
if
I,
can
say
as
bluntly
as
possible,
it
needs
to
carry
vehicles,
service,
trucks
and
passengers.
We
don't
have
that
capacity
in
the
Greater
Boston
area,
okay,.
A
J
That's
a
hard,
that's
a
hard
question
to
answer
with
a
specific
number
I
can
give
you
I
could
give
you
a
better
estimate
offline.
So
I
can
give
you
that
we
know
where
there's
what
you
heard
waiting
lists.
So
we
have
a
bigger
picture,
but
I
can
give
you
I
can
give
you
a
number
with
some
of
the
providers
that
we've
worked
with
so
I
can
give
you
that
great.
A
C
You
thank
you
madam
chair
I,
know
I
referenced
this
at
the
beginning
of
my
opening
statement
in
question,
but
um
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
again.
I
know
we
have
great
wealth
in
a
state,
but
can
we
consider
engaging
the
businesses
in
Greater
Boston
to
possibly
seek
a
voluntary
tax
such
as
we
have
with
the
pilot
program?
C
You
know
record
profits
are
up.
You
know.
Maybe
these
maybe
these
businesses
would
be
willing
to
help
as
part
of
the
solution
and
I
guess.
My
second
part
of
the
question
is
not
to
pick
on
any
specific
city
of
town
but
towns
that
are
very
wealthy,
such
as
the
the
Wellesley
czar,
the
Dover
Dover's.
Do
you
think
we
could
also
engage
them
to
see
if
they
would
be
part
of
the
solution
to
help
their
fellow
citizens
across
a
state
get
into
a
drug
treatment
program.
I.
Think
it's
critical.
It's
not
just
a
Boston
problem.
C
J
Think
you
know,
obviously
we
think
everything's
on
the
table.
We
think
everything
every
resource,
every
partners
on
the
table-
I
will
say
our
business
community.
Many
of
them
are
stepping
up
and
doing
many
things,
but
again
whatever
we
can
do
to
garner
more
support
everything's
on
the
table
to
us.
Thank.
C
C
You
know
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
staying
on
top
of
quality
of
life
issues
in
those
areas
and
that's
that's
critical.
As
we
deal
with
you
know
helping
people
get
into
drug
treatment,
but
it's
it's
also
critical
dealing
with
the
quality
of
life
issues
for
those
residents
and
those
impacted
areas.
J
So,
yes,
we
could
probably
give
you
some
information.
I
mean
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
to
stress
is
that
the
city
is
an
all-hands-on-deck
sort
of
mode
around
these
issues
right.
So
it
is
not
just
public
health,
but
it
includes
streets.
It
includes
DPW.
It
includes
Public
Safety,
all
folks,
looking
to
work
on
neighborhood
level
issues
right,
so
I
think
that
that's
you
know
we're
all
working
to
sort
of
address,
some
of
those
things
and
our
opened
ideas
and
thoughts
that
have
come
in
from
neighborhood
groups,
many
of
which
we've
implemented
so
I.
J
J
K
I
Thank
you
very
much
how
about
just
quickly.
You
know,
there's
no
doubt
that
this
administration's
trying
to
adjust
this
problem.
We
certainly
appreciate
it,
but
I
think
as
sue
Sullivan
said
late,
she's
done
such
a
great
job
with
the
businesses
down
there,
you've
got
twenty
thousand
people
who
work
there.
So
they're.
Although
we're
addressing
the
people
who
are
in
the
throngs
of
this
crisis,
we
also
need
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
work
there,
the
businesses
that
are
there
are
held
whole
as
well.
I
There
are
two
hotels
on
there:
I,
don't
know
how
they
stay
open.
To
be
honest
with
you,
I
come
in
from
High
Park
I
generally
go
by
Mass
Ave
to
come
in
to
work,
because
you
never
want
to
jump
on
the
expressway,
obviously
and
I
see
it
every
morning
and
every
night
coming
home
and
how
some
of
those
I
mean
you
know
there
was
a
Cumberland
Farms
that
was
that
was
there
and
now
is
out
of
business
if
Cumberland
Farms
is
going
out
of
business.
I
That's
that's
a
that's
a
telltale
sign
that
things
aren't
well
in
and
around
that
area.
So
as
we
continue
to
focus
for
the
future,
we
do
need
to
address
some
of
the
problems
that
are
there
now
and
I
know
you're
trying.
But
there
really
has
to
be
a
focus
on
that,
because
that
stretch
from
from
the
old
from
fire
headquarters
in
and
around
the
corners
is
something
like
I've
never
seen
in
Boston
thanks.
N
R
Problem
I
appreciate
that
one
other
question
please,
madam
chair,
so
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
visit
several
homes
that
serve
people
in
recovery
who
are
rebuilding
their
lives
and
I've.
Seen
some
pretty
amazing
work
happening
in
my
district,
which
is
great
when
I
visit
these
places,
though
I
don't
see,
I
don't
see
everyone
being
represented
in
the
home
and
so
I
guess.
R
As
we
talk
about
the
Long
Island
campus
as
we
talk
about
other
places
that
do
recovery,
work,
I'm
really
interested
in
making
sure
that
so
we
we
know
that
people
who
have
substance
abuse
disorder.
You
know
it's
not
based
on
race
or
a
zip
code,
it
it
can
impact
anyone
and
everyone,
and
but
when
I
visit
these
places,
I
don't
see
that
reflected.
J
Absolutely
and
I
think
you're,
correct,
I.
Think
people
of
color
are
not
being
able
to
access
the
programs
that
they
need
to
access.
I.
Think
Dimmick
was
here.
They
would
tell
you
that
the
only
program
that
they
have,
that
is
not
majority
people
of
color
is
there
are
their
treatment
programs
most
of
the
their
programs
do
not
serve
the
same
population,
they
serve
for
everything
else
they
do,
and
so
one
of
the
things
we're
doing
is
to
better
understand
what
are
some
of
those
barriers
to
getting
into
those
programs.
What
are
both
from
do?
J
How
do
we
ensure
programs
are
culturally
competent?
How
do
we
ensure
that
diverse
communities
understand
their
pathways
and
the
continuum
of
care,
and
how
do
we
make
sure
that
people
in
diverse
communities
understand
the
services
and
resources
and
opportunities?
The
state
data
showed
us
this
last
state
data
that
you
know
the
overdose
rates
among
Latinos
and
then
african-americans
has
dramatically
increased
in
the
face
of
this
epidemic,
and
so
we
know
that
we
have
to
ensure
that
we
eliminate
any
barriers
and
that
we
ensure
that
there's
equity
in
terms
of
access
to
care
and
treatment.
A
You
pal
so
Janie
so
we'll
finish:
public
testimony,
you're,
welcome
to
stay
in
the
pit
or
the
piano
stay
here
or
watch
from
the
side,
I'd
like
to
call
up
Sabina,
Martin
or
Marty,
actually
Sabina,
Marty
and
James
Shira,
and
we
have
two
mics.
So
if
you
could
find
your
way
to
both
mics
and
we
also
have
Amy
Coolidge
and
Michael
Caine.
P
T
My
name
is
Sabina
Martin
and
over
30
years
ago,
I
was
just
getting
out
of
the
military
and
had
a
tragedy
in
my
family
and
I
know
what
it
is
to
become
addicted
to
your
medication.
I
became
an
activist
for
other
women
that
were
in
the
same
situation
and
Mayor
Flynn
during
the
time
decided
to
give
us
a
you
know
some
help.
He
didn't
appreciate
the
way
we
went
about
it,
but
we
were
desperate
in
the
communities
of
Roxbury
Dorchester
in
Mattapan
is
an
influx
of
heroin
and
crack
cocaine.
T
We
took
over
an
abandoned
home
how
the
protests
got
arrested
and
then
later
on,
acquisition
the
building
for
$1.
So
I
am
the
former
executive
director
of
the
Women's
Institute
for
new
growth
and
support.
We,
we
wrote
tons
of
grants
had
a
feasibility
study
done
by
back
then
the
public
facilities
department.
But
let
me
tell
you
something,
sir:
we
had
to
do
a
lot
of
work.
T
It
took
us
three
to
five
years,
but
before
we
even
got
the
master
plan
in
place
and
had
that
feasibility
study
to
house
eight
to
nine
women,
we
had
to
do
a
community
needs
assess.
We
conducted
a
community
needs
assessment.
We
went
weed
or
not
in
that
community
in
the
Hawthorn
area.
They
did
not
want
because
of
the
stigmatization
of
women
and
and
men
who
are
in
recovery.
They
did
not
want
us
there
why,
because
they
had
no
education,
so
we
had
to
survey.
T
We
had
to
educate
the
community
okay,
so
here
it
is
30
years
later
in
that
house
is
still
providing
homes
for
women.
The
gaps
and
services
that
we
found
out
was
that
single
mothers
who
were
addicted
often
lost
their
children
to
foster
care
and
they
couldn't
get
into
a
regular.
They
couldn't
get
housing
right
because
they
didn't
have
their
children,
so
we
provided
those
eight
to
twelve
rooms
for
women
to
to
live
there
for
up
to
two
years.
Recovery
takes
time
right,
so
here
we
are
30
years
later,
the
conditions
have
got
worse
right.
T
We
have
a
homeless,
housing
and
opioid
committee,
we're
on
the
ground.
Here
we're
doing
the
same
thing
now,
30
years
later,
but
in
Roxbury
Dorchester
in
Mattapan.
We
belong
to
a
group
of
well
over
three
to
four
hundred
recovering
men
and
women
that
are
recovering
and
productive
members
of
society.
Today,
their
children
are
not
a
drug
addicted
now
I
believe
there's
some
correlation,
there's
a
lot
of
violence,
but
you
know
we've
got
to
look
at
that.
T
There
has
to
be
some
critical
thought
here
in
terms
of
what
we're
doing
or
what
people
are
gonna
continue
to
overdose
in
mass
numbers
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
advocate,
educate
and
activate
people
on
the
ground.
Perhaps
we
will
have
to
take
over
abandoned
buildings
to
put
people
in
because
of
the
desperation
right
now.
This
is
a
man-made
health
crisis.
T
It's
a
man-made
health
crisis.
My
master's
thesis
was
on
veteran
homeless
women
and
the
lack
of
service
availability.
Today,
I
am
in
a
middle
of
a
participatory
action
research
project.
For
my
dissertation,
something
needs
to
be
done,
but
you
need
to
invite
us
to
the
table.
I
understand
what
it
is
to
be
addicted.
We
had
to
partner
with
Dimmick
community
centers,
but
today
you
know
I'm
a
little
I'm
righteously
angry
because
we're
not
being
represented,
so
you
must
invite
us
to
the
table.
You
can't
keep
preaching
to
the
choir.
T
These
services
are
important,
they're,
very
they're,
important
and
we've
got
to
begin
to.
You
know,
host
those
focus
groups
of
people
who
are
in
recovery
and
being
represented.
Okay,
I've
got
a
lot
a
lot
to
say,
but
I
won't
go.
There,
there's
a
little
bit
of
emotion
here,
because
women
are
dying
right.
Women
do
not
have
enough
beds
at
all.
Thirty
years
ago,
when
we
conducted
a
survey
on
any
given
night,
there
were
upwards
to
1,500
people
waiting
in
line
for
treatment.
T
We
found
out
there
during
that
time
that
well
there
were
only
three
detoxification
centers,
so
something
is
wrong.
We
must
Institute,
you
know
better
best
practices,
other
methods
and
approaches.
We've
got
to
think
outside
the
box
for
this
particular
time
we're
dealing
with
the
whole
new
animal
of
fetanyl.
And
what
does
that
really
mean
I
wish?
You
would
have
had
some
numbers
here,
some
data
that
we
could
really
see.
We
need
to
know
what's
happening
on
the
ground
and
particularly
the
grassroots
organizers,
but
we're
dealing
with
it
every
day.
T
I
know
all
of
the
folks
that
are
that
are
that
have
relapsed
I'm
out
there
on
the
ground
by
Dunkin
Donuts
at
mass
and
casts
we're
there
we're
meeting
in
Dunkin
Donuts
trying
to
figure
out
what
are
the
services
that
you
need?
You
have
outreach
folks
use
us.
Let
us
be
a
part
of
this
process.
Mayor
Flynn
did
it.
He
put
us
in
his
peace
plan
we
spent
months
and
months
and
months
here,
Jim's
here,
Jim
knew
it
Michael,
Caine
and
other
folks
that
are
still
on
the
ground.
T
P
The
sudden
closure
of
Long
Island
shelter
four
years
ago
results
in
an
unplanned
worsening
of
what
was
already
a
dire
situation.
The
resulting
can't
Astra
freak
a
out
in
chaos
for
nearly
1,000
people
struggling
or
the
drug
use
and
homelessness,
resulting
in
many
overdoses
and
needles,
deaths
and
suffering
soon.
P
The
new
ground
zero
for
this
health
emergency
came
to
be
known
as
methadone
mile,
an
open-air
land
of
the
lost
and
downtrodden
Verizon
brothers
wander
about
in
their
daily
struggle
for
survival
and
in
a
circuit
of
misery,
from
emergency
room
to
detoxes,
too
dangerous
to
dangerousness
and
overcrowded
public
shelter,
to
methadone
clinics,
to
halfway
houses
and
transitional
programs.
Then
more
often
than
not
our
transition
to
nothing
of
further
homelessness.
P
While
we
recognize
the
need
to
rebuild
a
Long
Island
Bridge,
we
have
ferry
service
now
that
so
that
services
can't
be
rebuilt
on
the
island
as
soon
as
possible.
At
the
same
time,
we
declare
and
will
not
compromise,
not
demanded.
Everyone
lives,
everyone
that
wasn't
city
of
great
wealth
to
have
a
decent
place
to
live
and
that
shelters
are
not
a
remedy,
but
rather
a
simple
oil,
moral
failure
and
real
estate
greed.
We
were
no
longer
settle
for
crumbs.
P
P
We
all
know
that
the
shelters
are
over,
crowded,
constantly
winter
is
coming,
and
it's
gonna
happy
that
way
again
when
Long
Island
shelter
was
open
and
as
a
formerly
homeless
person,
I
was
comfortable
in
the
fact
that
if
I
couldn't
get
a
bed
in
the
city,
I
could
get
to
the
island.
You
know
and
that
and
that
that
I
had
that
should
happen.
There
needs
to
be
shelter,
services
alone
to
recovery
service
back
on
that
island
period.
P
A
A
U
My
name
is
Amy
Coolidge
from
Pine
Street
and
in
Boston
and
I
will
try
and
be
brief,
because
there's
been
a
very
eloquent
description
of
what
our
issues
are
here
today.
So
I'd
like
to
talk
to
you
just
briefly
about
homelessness
and
have
this
all
effects
homelessness
at
Pine
Street
in
we're
serving
about
sixteen
hundred
individuals,
homeless,
individuals
each
day
in
both
shelter
and
in
housing
and
of
those
we
serve,
many
of
them
struggle
with
addiction
and
as
a
result,
they
languish
and
homeless
shelters.
U
Far
too
long,
and
that's
because
of
the
lack
of
availability
of
treatment
beds,
the
opioid
epidemic
has
presented
our
shelter
operations
with
challenges
that
we
are
often
ill-equipped
to
face.
We
do
our
best
to
stabilize
those
with
addictions,
but
long
long
term
care
is
what
is
really
needed.
Our
shelter
beds
remain
full
because
recovery
beds
are
just
absent
before
the
bridge
came
down.
Pine
Street
in
operated
a
two
hundred
bed
program
for
homeless
men
out
in
Long
Island
and
within
that
structure.
U
Fifty
men
who
suffered
from
addictions
were
enrolled
in
a
recovery
program
there,
and-
and
we
found
that
the
island
was
the
optimal
location
for
recovery
programming
as
it's
free
from,
as
has
been
discussed,
distractions
and
temptations
having
a
continuum
of
recovery
services
in
one
location
that
spans
from
detox
to
long-term
treatment
in
a
safe
recovery
community
is
what's
needed,
in
fact,
I
would
say
for
those
who
are
struggling
with
addiction,
it's
a
game
changer
and
again
for
those
individuals
who
are
struggling
with
these
addictions.
That
is
a
game
changer
for
them.
U
V
Thank
You
counselor
and
thank
you
all
for
holding
this
hearing
and
when
I
commend
the
plans
that
are
underway
from
the
city.
It
was
very
impressive.
Michael
Kane
I
worked
for
the
mass
alliance
of
HUD
tenants,
but
I've
been
volunteering
with
the
bus
and
homeless
solidarity
committee
since
the
shutdown
of
Long
Island
and
as
you
know,
that
includes
people
that
we've
reached
out
to
that
are
currently
homeless,
people
that
were
in
recovery
and
on
the
streets
immediately
after
the
shutdown
and
we
have
been
very
critical.
V
We
were
very
critical
at
the
time,
not
just
of
the
decision
to
tear
down
the
bridge,
but
the
really
separate
decision
to
shut
down
all
the
residential
recovery
programs.
There
were
two
hundred
and
sixty
five
people
in
eleven
programs,
we're
living
on
Long
Island
and
they
were
displaced
with
no
notice
or
plan
and
put
on
Britain
on
buses
and
trundled
over
the
bridge
and
had
just
been
condemned,
and
we
never
quite
got
an
adequate
answer
as
to
why
that
decision
was
made
or
why
there
was
no
alternative
plan.
V
We
all
think
this
I
think
that
in
the
committee
that
the
recovery
campus
concept
is
ideal
for
Long
Island,
for
people
who
to
be
out
of
the
triggering
environments
when
they're
in
recovery,
so
that
I
think
the
mayor
has
to
be
commended
for
finally
I'm
making
that
commitment,
and
we
should
all
be
supportive
of
him
on
that.
But
the
main
since,
since
the
shutdown
we
sponsored
a
couple
of
resolutions
here
at
the
council
in
early
2015,
the
council
created
a
working
group
that
came
out
with
a
report
which
you
may
not.
V
This
was
from
2015
I
can
share
it
with
the
chair.
It
summarized
a
lot
of
the
recommendations
from
the
community
at
that
time,
and
a
lot
of
what
is
going
on
now
is
responsive
to
those
recommendations.
So
that's
why
the
mayor
deserve
some
commendation.
The
council
never
actually
took
action
at
the
time
was
just
a
report
and
there
might
may
be
some
opportunities
now
we
one
specific
idea
in
this.
V
We
would
ask
you
to
consider
this
is
to
go
back
to
the
idea
of
using
votes,
ferries
and
an
ambulance
boat
in
case
of
an
emergency
and
to
reopen
the
clinic.
There
was
a
clinic
there
was
a
24-hour
clinics
staffed
by
medical
volunteers,
who
was
on
Long
Island
up
until
14.
Remember
that
Long
Island
operated
without
a
bridge
until
1951
there
were
over
a
thousand
people
out
there.
V
So
if
the
technology
existed
to
get
people
and
supplies
back
and
forth
from
the
island,
then
it
clearly
does
now,
and
there
are,
if
you,
google,
ambulance,
boats
or
10,000
entries
that
come
up.
There
are
islands
all
over
the
world
that
are
isolated,
that
use
an
ambulance
boats
for
emergencies
and
you
can
actually
have
them
tailor-made.
There
are
companies
that
will
do
that
upon.
V
You
know
whatever
you
want,
including
an
ICU
unit
in
a
high-speed
ambulance
boat,
it
might
actually
be
faster
to
get
from
Long
Island
with
a
high-speed
ambulance
boat
to
say
Mass
General
than
it
would
be
to
trundle
over
a
bridge
to
go
into
downtown
Boston.
So
I
think,
if
in
your
planning,
if
you
could
work
that
in
in
case
the
bridge
is
the
or
blocked
you
have
a
contingency
plan.
Now,
what
we
were
told
at
the
time
was
that
the
state
said
no,
and
we
asked
the
state
and
they
actually
said
that
wasn't
quite
true.
V
The
city
had
never
filed
a
plan,
a
safety
plan
for
them
to
review,
so
they
hadn't
really
said.
No.
Since
then,
Monica
Burrell,
who
used
to
run
the
clinic
I'm
Long
Island,
has
met
with
our
group
and
said
and
shared
that
it
didn't
work
very
well.
It
wouldn't
work
very
well
to
use
an
ambulance
vote
for
a
detox
program
because
of
the
high
rate
of
emergencies,
so
it
may
not
be
appropriate.
V
They
have
a
detox
program
if
you're
using
ferries,
but
all
the
other
kinds
of
residential
programs
can
be
assessed
in
terms
of
their
liability
and
risk,
and
that
would
address
the
problems
that
the
providers
would
have
insurance.
So
those
are
the
obstacles
that
we
were
told
were
the
reasons
why
the
ferry
option
really
wasn't
being
considered,
even
though,
at
the
time
you
may
recall,
Jack
Connors
offered
to
pay
for
a
ferry
out
of
his
own
pocket
for
five
years
and
to
pay
for
upgrading
the
ferry
dock
to
be
an
all-weather
emergency
dock.
V
He
was
willing
to
do
that.
Then
he
could
be
approached
now,
but
that
option
really
should
be
worked
into
this.
We
think,
and
that
way
you
may
be
able
to
get
services
out
faster
as
well
and
not
have
to
wait.
The
three
years
service
is
out
faster
to
deal
with
the
crisis
and
emergency
that
you
just
heard
about
from
Savina.
So
that's
what
I
wanted
to
share
and
we
were
there's
a
list
of
the
people.
V
That's
testified
at
the
hearing
that
a
number
of
them
were
people
who
had
his
lives
had
been
saved
by
that
recovery
camp.
That
said
long
either,
but
we
have
a
board
member
in
our
organization
who
was
one
of
them,
john
laner,
another
from
who's
from
ilysm
quincy.
Now
he
he
had
had
his
life
turned
around
then,
and
those
people
who
lost
their
lives
because
of
the
displacement
that
occurred
in
2014.
So
there's
some
urgency
to
this.
We
appreciate
you're
holding
this
hearing
and
please
take
that
into
into
your
planning.
Thank
you.
A
G
Not
just
of
that
area
that
we
were
talking
about,
but
the
wider
issues
I
came
up
today
and
then
have
come
up
beforehand.
It
might
be
the
financial
barriers
or
gaps
and
the
work
we're
doing
to
address
that.
It
might
mean
some
of
your
proposals
in
terms
of
expanding
Jen's
team
and
others
and
I.
Think
if
we
articulate
what
some
of
those
gaps
are,
it
allows
community
to
weigh
in
and
say
this
is
the.
G
W
I'm
Cassie
herd
I'm,
also
a
member
of
the
Boston
homeless
solidarity
committee.
I
work
with
community
members
experiencing
homelessness
in
Greater
Boston
I.
Just
have
three
really
brief
things.
I
wanted
to
say.
The
first
is
that
this
is
such
an
urgent
need.
It's
been
for
years.
It
has
been
now
10
months
since
this
hearing
order
was
made
and
we
lose
six
folks
every
day.
So
you
know
the
urgent
dire
need
is
here
and
that
hadn't
been
said
yet
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
it
was
said.
W
The
second
is
that
you
know
the
island
is
there
for
the
purpose
of
the
health
and
wellness
of
the
community
members
of
Greater
Boston.
We
do
currently
have
a
private
use
for
private
profit
on
the
island.
That
is
for
be
good.
My
hope
is
that
it
would
be
returned
for
the
health
and
wellness
of
the
serving
ourselves
program.
People
in
early
recovery
people
in
recovery
could
certainly
benefit
from
both
working
on
the
farm
and
the
organic
food
that
the
farm
produces.
W
A
You
Cassie
this.
The
hearing
will
be
adjourned.
I
will
say,
although
that
the
hearing
was
called
for
many
months
ago,
we've
done
a
lot
of
work
along
the
way
through
our
budget
process
through
some
of
the
Ways
and
Means
appropriations,
so
that
in
and
through
some
of
our
other
work
as
a
council.
So
it's
not.
A
Although
this
is
the
official
hearing
on
this
hearing
order,
we've
had
many
public
conversations
that
included
the
guests
that
were
here
today
on
the
panel,
the
office
of
recovery
services,
Boston
Public,
Health,
Commission,
EMS,
that
the
whole
the
whole
nine
yards
and
more
so
I
appreciate
you
being
here
today
once
again
appreciate
the
work
that
you're
doing
in
the
effort
ahead.
I
would
just
like
to
echo
I
think
some
of
our
colleagues
here
today
mentioned
the
need
to
use
us
for
support.
As
you
go
forward
with
this
work,
especially
with
our
neighboring
cities
and
towns.