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From YouTube: Committee on Government Operations on October 5, 2021
Description
Docket #0685 - An order regarding a text amendment to the Boston Zoning Code with respect to parking minimums for affordable housing
A
Christine
are
we:
are
we
good
to
go
from
your
perspective.
B
A
Counselor,
okay,
great
well,
there
is
no
time
like
the
present,
so
I'm
calling
this
hearing
of
the
city
council's
committee
on
government
operations
to
order
today
is
tuesday
october
5th
2021.,
I'm
councillor
city,
councilor,
kenzie
bach,
and
we're
here
today
for
a
virtual
hearing
on
docket
zero
0685,
an
order
regarding
a
text
amendment
to
the
boston
zoning
code
with
respect
to
parking
minimums
for
affordable
housing,
which
was
referred
to
the
committee
on
may
19
2021.
A
The
sponsors
of
this
docket
are
myself
and
councillor
matt
o'malley,
and
the
committee
held
a
working
session
on
the
docket
on
june
22nd
2021.,
in
accordance
with
the
with
chapter
20
of
the
acts
of
2021
modifying
certain
requirements,
the
open
meeting
law
and
relieving
public
bodies
of
certain
requirements,
including
the
requirement
that
public
bodies
conduct
its
meetings
in
a
public
place
that
is
open
and
physically
accessible
to
the
public.
The
city
council
will
be
conducting
this
hearing
virtually
via
zoom
and
it
is
being
recorded.
A
This
enables
the
council
to
carry
out
his
responsibilities
while
adhering
to
public
health,
accommodations
and
ensuring
public
access
to
its
deliberations
through
adequate
alternative
means.
The
public
may
watch
this
hearing
via
live
stream
at
www.awesome.gov
city
dash
council
dash
tv
and
live
on
xfinity,
8,
rcn82
or
verizon
964..
A
It's
also
going
to
be
rebroadcasted
at
a
later
date
and
we
will
be
taking
public
testimony
today,
but
written
comments
can
be
sent
to
the
committee
email
at
ccc.go
at
boston.gov.
That's
go
for
government
operations,
that's
ccc.go,
boston.gov
and
that'll
be
made
part
of
the
record
and
available
to
all
counselors.
A
As
I
mentioned
before,
we
formally
got
going.
I
am
filling
in
as
chair
today
for
councillor
edwards.
I
want
to
read
a
letter
from
her
into
the
record
right
now,
dear
government
operations
committee.
I
regret
to
inform
you
that
I
will
be
unable
to
attend
docket
0685
in
order
for
a
hearing
regarding
a
text
amendment
to
the
boston
zoning
code
or
respect
to
parking
minimums
for
affordable
housing.
A
I
leave
the
committee
in
the
capable
hands
of
the
lead
sponsor
counselor
bach,
I'm
confident
her
impartiality
and
fair
mindedness
will
result
in
a
productive
and
fruitful
hearing.
My
staff
will
be
attending
and
I
will
thoroughly
review
the
video
hearing
minutes
and
public
testimony
sincerely
councilor
lydia
edwards
district
one
I
was
letter
received
today
and
I
just
want
to
thank
councillor
edwards.
A
Although
she's
had
to
miss
this
at
the
last
minute,
her
staff
has
been
very
involved
in
all
the
kind
of
prior
back
and
forth
on
the
hearing
and
getting
us
all
set
up
here
and
are
indeed
on
the
call
so
grateful
to
her
for
her
leadership
of
government
operations
as
always
and
happy
to
pinch
hit
a
little
bit
today.
A
I
also
want
to
read
a
letter
into
the
record
from
a
boston
city
counselor
at
large,
michelle
wu,
who
isn't
able
to
join
us
today,
but
who
sent
a
letter
again
dated
october
5th
good
afternoon.
I
regret
that
I
am
unable
to
attend
today's
hearing
on
docket
0685,
an
order
regarding
a
text
amendment
to
the
boston
zoning
code
with
respect
to
parking
minimums
for
affordable
housing.
Due
to
a
previous
commitment,
I
want
to
thank
counselor
rock
and
counselor
o'malley
for
leading
this
effort,
as
well
as
councilor
edwards
and
voice.
A
My
strong
support
for
this
important
zoning
amendment
too
often
rigid
parking
minimums
have
frustrated
our
efforts
to
build
affordable
housing,
whether
by
opening
the
door
to
frivolous
lawsuits
or
by
increasing
development
costs
and
thereby
reducing
the
number
of
units.
Most
recently,
this
flawed
system
has
jeopardized
the
future
of
a
39-unit
apartment
building
for
low-income
seniors
in
jamaica,
plain
delayed,
a
nearby
permanent
supportive
housing
development
for
people
who
have
experienced
homelessness
and
reduced
the
number
of
units
of
permanent
supportive
housing
proposed
in
dorchester,
safe,
healthy,
affordable
housing
is
the
necessary
foundation
for
thriving
families
and
communities.
A
This
text,
amendment
to
the
boston
zoning
code,
is
a
necessary
first
step
toward
addressing
our
housing
crisis
and
I
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
advocates
residents
and
my
colleagues
on
a
council
to
deliver
housing
justice
for
all
sincerely
michelle
wu,
boston
city
councilor
at
large.
So
thank
you
to
both
counselors
edwards
and
wu
for
those
letters.
I
want
to
give
folks
a
quick
run
of
show
for
what
our
plan
is
here
today.
We're
we're
doing
things
slightly
out
of
order
in
that.
A
Our
first
occasion
on
this
piece
of
legislation
was
a
working
session,
which
was
very
useful,
but
it
didn't
provide
a
opportunity
for
public
hearing,
and
so
this
time
this
is
the
hearing.
So
what
we
will
be
hearing
from
folks
in
the
administration
and
myself
and
council
o'malley
co-sponsors
and
answering
counselor
questions.
A
A
Just
so
that
we
get
those
voices
and
we
don't
keep
people
waiting
a
little
bit
of
a
review
of
where
we've
been
counselor
o'malley,
and
I
were
looking
conceptually
at
ways
to
help
facilitate
affordable
housing
development
in
the
city
and
sort
of
process
issues,
and
I
would
say
this
felt
a
little
more
theoretical
back
when
we
had
a
hearing
order
on
it
in
early
spring
and
then
in.
A
I
think
it
was
mid
april.
Maybe
early
may
we
had.
These
incidents
come
up
specifically
in
counselor
o'malley's
district,
where
particular
affordable
housing
was
being
prevented
with
one
of
the
hooks
being
these
legal
requirements
for
parking
minimums
that
then
provide
a
basis
for
a
lawsuit,
even
though
it's
very
normal
for
them
to
be
waived
in
the
development
process,
and
we
have
a
whole
process
that
that's
how
many
parking
spaces
a
deportable
development
really
needs,
but
the
sort
of
legal
technical
requirement
in
the
zoning
code
overrides
that
and
it
creates,
like.
A
I
said
this
legal
hook,
and
so
he
and
I
filed
this.
We
did
have
that
working
session
back
in
june.
You
know-
and
I
regret
to
report
that
you
know.
Even
last
week
I
was
standing
outside
of
the
development.
A
The
39
unit
proposed
development
that
counselor
wu
referenced
with
many
allies
from
mass
senior
action
from
city
life,
feeder,
bana,
abundant
housing,
just
lots
of
folks
who
know
how
urgently
we
need
affordable
senior
housing
in
jp
and
the
city
at
large
still
not
having
seen
forward
motion
on
on
that
problem
that
reared
its
head
back
in
the
spring.
A
So
I
think
we
feel
the
urgency
of
this,
and
we
want
to
figure
out
how
to
collectively
get
to
something
that
the
council
can
move
forward
to
prevent
these
kinds
of
situations
from
happening
in
the
future.
What
I'm
going
to
do
right
now
is
I'll
go
to
council,
o'malley
and
my
colleagues
for
any
opening
statements
then
we'll
go
to
the
administration.
We
do
have
circulated
a
modified
version
of
the
legislation
from
the
spring.
The
main
modification
was
in
response
to
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
made
a
couple
of
good
points
to
us.
A
A
That's
happened
around
nubian
square,
where
there's
been
a
desire
for
some
kind
of
community
level,
moderate
housing
mixed
in
with
the
affordable
kind
of
a
two-thirds
one-third
scenario,
and
we
wouldn't
want
to
preclude
that,
and
so
they
suggested
things
that
are
60
or
more
affordable
units
which
functionally
any
development
like
that
gets
funded
through
our
affordable
housing
funding
processes
and
ends
up
again
with
a
lot
of
design
reviews.
A
So
that
was
that
was
a
major
suggestion
to
them
from
that,
and
I
have
since
learned
of
some
of
the
advocacy
I
think
we'll
hear
from
today
from
folks
around
the
fairmont
corridor,
pushing
for
relief
from
these
parking
minimums
for
a
long
time
and
again
with
a
kind
of
mixed
income,
but
community
focused
vision
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
anything
we're
doing
in
zoning
allows
for
so
that
that's
really
the
main
modification
and
I
can
get
into
that
at
greater
detail.
A
But
I
think
before
I
go
to
the
department,
I
just
want
to
quickly
give
my
colleagues
a
chance
to
say
a
word,
starting
with
counselor
o'malley,
who
I'm
proud
to
have
as
a
as
a
partner
in
this
endeavor.
So
counselor
o'malley.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
your
great
partnership
and
leadership
here.
I
think
you've
set
the
table
quite
nicely
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
our
colleagues
in
the
administration,
as
well
as
more
importantly,
hearing
from
advocates
and
residents.
Excuse
me
this
is
something
obviously
I'm
proud
to
lend
my
name
too
proud
to
support
to
have
worked
with
you.
While
the
impetus
you
know
can't
be
pinpointed
to
one
specific
project.
C
Twice
now,
we've
seen
in
my
district,
two
100,
affordable
housing
developments,
one
for
formerly
homeless
individuals,
the
other
for
seniors
that
were
probably
the
two
least
controversial
projects
that
my
district
has
seen
in
11
years.
There
was
broad-based
community
support,
and
in
this
case
the
same
individual
in
my
opinion,
is
using
the
parking
minimum
is
as
a
weapon
when
it's
not
an
appropriate
use.
So
I
think
it
really
begs
the
questions
that
certainly
we
need
to
be
doing
more
to
encourage
and
develop
a
hundred
percent
affordable.
C
I
understand
that
you
know
we're
taking
dnd's
lead
on
on
maybe
modifying
the
language
to
other.
You
know
because
there
are
some
other
examples,
but
clearly
this
is
not
for
all
new
development.
This
is
not
for
all
new
projects.
I
think
there
was
some
concern
raised
on
the
council
floor
from
some
colleagues,
so
I
hope
we
can
clear
some
of
that
up.
Through
this
conversation,
this
would
apply
to
a
very
small
universe
of
projects,
but
desperately
needed
projects.
C
Nevertheless,
so
I'm
excited
again
to
continue
this
conversation
to
get
this
done
and
really
look
forward
to
the
great
partnership
with
you
and
the
leadership
that
we've
seen.
So.
Thank
you
and
look
forward
to
a
good
hearing.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
councillor,
o'malley,
yeah
and
strongly
agree.
I
think
it
is
important
to
emphasize
this
is
about
affordable
projects
and
and
that
I
think
it's
also
important
to
clarify
that
this
is
in
no
way
a
parking
fan.
I
think
we'll
hear
from
jessica
and
others
about
the
fact
that
these
projects
go
through
a
process,
but
but
that
this
is
about
removing
that
requirement.
That
creates
the
legal
hook.
I
want
to
go
next
to
councillor
mejia
and
councilman.
I
know
you
have
a
time
constraint.
A
So
if
there's
any
right
questions
you
want
to
get
on
the
record
in
the
opening
statement.
I'll
definitely
allow
that
and
then
I
go
to
counselor
arroyo
and
counselor
brayden,
so
counselor
mejia
at
large.
You
have
the
floor.
B
Thank
you,
counselor
bach,
and
to
the
lead
sponsors
for
introducing
this
text.
Amendment
we've
seen
how
parking
minimums
have
been
used
as
a
tool
to
oppose
the
development
of
low-income
housing
here
in
our
city,
as
our
housing
crisis
continues
to
get
worse,
with
more
and
more
people
getting
kicked
out
of
our
city
every
day,
we
need
to
be
doing
everything
in
our
power
to
be
building
more
affordable
housing
across
the
city
in
every
neighborhood,
particularly
our
most
transit,
accessible
neighborhoods.
B
You
know,
as
someone
who
bounced
from
place
to
place,
I
didn't
have
my
own
whole,
my
own
room
until
I
was
in
the
fifth
grade,
so
I
understand
this
from
a
deep
personal
space
of
how
important
it
is
for
us
to
have
affordable
housing
for
all,
and
I
look
forward
to
this
conversation
and
learning
more
and
then
I
just
my.
I
only
have
two
questions.
B
The
goal
of
this
ordinance,
at
least
in
part,
is
to
eliminate
unnecessary
roadblocks
put
in
place
by
people
trying
to
stop
low
income
housing
developments
on
the
basis
of
parking
parking
minimums
were
a
tool
for
them
to
stop
these
developments.
My
question
is
once
this
ordinance
passes,
what
is
the
next
tool
that
they
are
going
to
use
to
oppose
dense,
affordable
housing,
and
how
are
we
thinking
one
step
ahead
of
the
people
out
here
who
are
opposing
housing
for
low-income
communities.
A
Great
thank
you
councillor.
I
yeah,
I
think,
that's
a
really
important
question
and
and
counselor
o'malley
and
I,
like
I
said
we
we
picked
off
this
piece
because
we
were
seeing
it
so
specifically
and
urgently,
but
I
think
that
broader
conversation
is
really
important.
So
I
will
in
a
minute
when
we
turn
to
the
administration,
ask
jessica
and
others
just
to
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
I'll
finish
running
through
counselors.
First
counselor
arroyo.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
and
matt
o'malley
for
moving
forward
with
this.
I
support
this
fully
for
me.
There's
no
issue
more
urgent
in
the
city
of
boston
than
housing,
we're
seeing
it
in
the
census
numbers
we're
seeing
it
in
the
way
that
our
city
is
changing
demographically.
D
I
think
this
attempts
to
make
it
easier
for
the
development
of
in
the
creation
of
affordable
housing
which
ultimately,
as
an
end
result,
means
the
creation
of
homes
where
people
live
and
for
me,
if
we're
going
to
be
debating
parking
and
a
home
where
somebody
lives,
I'm
always
going
to
back
where
somebody
lives,
and
so
I
appreciate
the
work
on
this.
I
appreciate
folks
who
come
at
this
from
a
different
angle,
but
that's
where
I
am,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
a
robust
hearing.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
look
really
look
forward
to
this
conversation
and
to
hearing
from
the
advocates
and
also
from
the
administration,
there's
lots
of
things
to
say
about
the
development
of
affordable
housing
and
and
how
challenging
it
is
and
and
paired
with
the
issue,
and
this
is
more
of
just
a
statement
paired
from
the
issue
of
paired
with
the
issue
of
of
parking
in
for
low-income
housing,
the
other.
E
We
also
have
to
be
very,
very
diligent,
and
I
know
you're
a
strong
advocate
for
improvements
in
our
public
public
transit
system,
because
that's
what
our
folks
who
live
in
in
our
low-income
housing
rely
incredibly
on
an
efficient
and
affordable
public
transit
system.
So
I
think
all
of
these
things
go
together
and
you
know
I
think
it's
it's
really.
It
behooves
us
to
plan
diligently
for
how
all
these
necessary
services
come
together
to
support
all
of
our
our
residents
in
the
city.
So
I
really
look
forward
to
the
conversation.
E
A
Great
thank
you,
counselor
braden,
all
right,
and
I
think
I
want
to
now
acknowledge,
recognize
and
and
turn
to
the
administration
who's
joined
us
so
representing
the
department
of
neighborhood
development,
we've
got
tim
davis,
the
deputy
director
for
policy
development
and
research
and
jessica
boatwright,
the
w
director
for
the
neighborhood
for
neighborhood
housing
development,
we're
joined
on
the
bpda
side
by
brian
glascock,
deputy
director
for
regulatory
planning
and
zoning,
and
at
btd
from
vinnie
gupta,
director
of
planning,
and
also
alan
mccall
who's,
a
planner
in
the
new
mobility
team
and
one
of
I'll.
A
Let
her
keep
it
just
one
of
the
things
that
also
happened
since
we
had
our
last
our
last
working
session
on
this
is
that
the
city's
taken
some
steps
and
it's
sort
of
design
review
process
at
the
pda
to
try
to
to
try
to,
like
you
know,
shift
some
of
these
minimums
to
make
it
easier
and
smooth
away.
A
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
I
can
say,
personifying
counselor
edwards
for
a
moment,
is
that
this
council
is
very
interested
in
making
sure
that
you
know
things
that
we
think
should
change
on
our
regulatory
front.
Actually
get
changed
in
zoning,
and
not
only
at
the
kind
of
policy
department
level
in
part
because
of
the
kind
of
species
challenges
that
we
see
when
we
don't
do
that.
A
So
I
think
you
know
that's
it's
it's
nice
to
be
growing
in
the
same
direction
with
the
departments,
but
we
still
have
an
interest
as
a
council
in
thinking
about
the
legal
zoning
language.
Before
I
go
to
the
administration,
I
see
we've
just
been
joined
by
councillor
ed
flynn
of
district
two
councillor
flynn,
we're
just
wrapping
up
opening
statements.
Did
you
want
to
say
a
word.
F
No
I'm
fine.
Thank
you,
council
block.
Thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
the
exceptional
work
that
they're
doing
in
the
city.
Thank
you,
council
book.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
councillor
flynn.
So
with
that,
I
think,
as
I
said
before,
the
only
main
change
to
the
to
the
language
as
proposed
right
now
is
that
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
had
asked
us
to
define
affordable
projects
in
such
a
way.
That
would
enable
kind
of
the
whole
suite
of
projects
that
they
deal
with
to
fall
into
it,
and
so
we
tweaked
that
a
bit,
but
I
think
I
would
love
if
the
department
would
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
and
also.
A
I
know
that
one
of
the
issues
that
came
up
before
was
to
counselor
braden's
point
sort
of
the
question
of
how
projects
do
get
reviewed
for
the
parking
that
they
might
need.
Depending
on
you
know,
the
population
that's
living
there
and
the
car
needs,
and
so
I
think
he
spoke
to
that
a
little
bit
before
jessica,
but
it
would
probably
be
good
to
go
back
there,
and
so
I
think
I'll
just
go
to
the
departments
for
comments
on
the
language
as
it
as
it
stands.
A
Right
now,
that's
before
the
committee
and
then
I'll
ask
counselors
if
they
have
any
questions
for
the
departments.
Well,
we've
got
them
here
and
and
again
just
reminding
everybody
that
we
do
have
a
bunch
of
folks
who
are
going
to
testify,
and
so
I'll
I'll
be
wanting
to
get
to
them
as
soon
as
we
can
so
jessica
or
tim,
that's
one
of
you
tim,
yes,.
G
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
The
co-sponsors,
counselors
bach
and
o'malley
for
holding
this
hearing
today
and
thank
you
councillors,
mejia
braden,
arroyo
and
flynn
for
your
attendance
and
interest
in
this
topic.
I'm
tim
davis,
deputy
director
for
policy,
development
and
research
for
the
department
of
naval
development.
G
We
are
in
support
of
the
changes
to
the
zoning
amendment
to
the
proposed
amendment
to
make
sure
that
we
are
covering
a
broad
range
of
projects
and
we
fund
projects
that
are
at
least
40
income
restricted
and
these
projects,
and
the
requirement
here
is
at
least
60.
We
believe
that
this
will
cover
the
bulk
of
the
projects
that
we
support.
G
G
I
look
forward
to
hearing
testimony
those
in
the
community
interested
in
this
topic
and
jessica
boatwright,
our
deputy
director
for
neighborhood
housing
development,
and
I
are
here
for
any
questions
you
may
have
at
the
moment,
though
I'll
turn
it
over
to
brian
glascock
for
him
to
do
his
introduction,
but
also,
I
think,
to
answer
that
question
about
continued
zoning
risk.
Even
after
this
zoning
amendment
has
passed.
Thank
you.
H
Thanks
tim
and
thanks
councillor
bach
and
council
o'malley,
and
the
makers
of
this
proposed
zoning
amendment
and
to
all
the
counselors
who
are
here
today
to
talk
about
this
really
sometimes
vexing
issue
of
of
how
much
parking
is
is
is
right
and,
as
this
hasn't
not
yet
gone
to
our
vpda
board,
we
don't.
We
aren't
able
to
express
an
opinion
one
way
or
the
other
on
it.
H
So
I'm
mostly
here
today
to
try
and
help
with
some
of
the
technical
aspects
of
of
zoning
amendments,
the
issue
that
that
tim
mentioned
that
counselor
mejia
brought
up
in
her
somewhat
dark
question
of
what
you
know.
What's
the
next
thing
that
people
are
gonna
use
to,
try
and
stop,
you
know
affordable
housing
development.
H
I
think
the
the
short
answer
is
in
anything
they
can.
There
are
people
that
will
fight
things
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
some
some
better
than
others,
and
some
really
pretty
cynical
and
anything
that
needs
zoning
relief.
H
It
has
the
potential
of
of
getting
delayed
or
derailed
completely
by
people
with
standing,
meaning
directed,
butters
or
or
butters
were
being
disproportionately
affected
by
a
particular
development
who
can
get
to
court
and
challenge
the
city's
grant
through
the
zba
of
zoning
relief,
and
so
it's
a
little
bit
of
a
question
of
like
whack-a-mole.
What's
the
next
thing,
but
sort
of
broadly
speaking,
you
know
we
need
to
be
crafting
affordable
housing
development
projects
that
can
be
otherwise
done
as
of
right.
H
There
are
gonna,
be
some
that
are
currently
tripped
up
by
the
need
for
the
off-street
parking,
and
I
think
this
proposal
is
a
way
of
of
addressing
it
and
I'll
go
on
the
record,
along
with
my
colleagues
and
many
others,
to
again
point
out
that
it
doesn't
say
that
there
will
be
no
no
parking,
no
off-street
parking.
What
it
says
is
that
you're
not
gonna
be
held
to
some
some
standard.
H
That
is
maybe
not
necessary
for
the
particular
project
and,
given
that
most
of
these
projects
that
are
60
or
more
affordable
are
going
to
either
be
getting
some
some
degree
of
some
level
of
public
funding
or
being
reviewed
in
some
other
way.
H
I'm
very
confident
that,
in
the
case
of
dnd
projects,
for
instance,
they'll
be
they'll,
be
working
to
right-size
the
off-street
parking
supply,
and
so
I
I
again
remind
people
that
it's
it
doesn't
mean
there
won't
be
any
off-street
parking.
It
means
it
won't
be
held
to
an
artificial
standard,
that's
really
applicable
to
some
other
types
of
developments.
H
So
the
only
other
comments
I'd
have
at
this
time
are
that
I
did
talk
with
council
brock.
I
worked
with
one
of
your
staff
members
to
sort
of
walk
through
some
of
the
updates
that
have
been
made,
in
particular
adding
some
sections
of
the
zoning
code,
different
neighborhoods
at
sub
districts,
to
make
sure
that
we
cover
them
all.
H
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
go
through
it
with
a
fine
tooth
comb,
because
there
are
so
many,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
we
get
the
numerical
language
correct
to
make
sure
that
we
touch
all
the
bases
so
we'll
be
doing
that
over
the
over
the
coming
weeks,
with
our
our
staff
and
working
with
yours
to
make
sure
that
that
we've
got
all
the
neighborhood
sub-districts
that
are
appropriate
and
that's
all
I
have
for
now.
I'm
here
to
listen
and
answer
questions.
If
I
can.
A
Great
thanks
so
much
brian
and
yes,
I
sorry
I
I
failed
to
say
that
the
the
legislation
has
a
list
of
zoning
articles
and
the
vpda
through.
You
has
been
quite
helpful
and
helping
us
update
that
list,
and
we
definitely
will
continue
to
work
with
you
to
make
sure
that
it's
100
updated
because,
as
everyone
knows,
our
zoning
code
is
very
complicated
and
we're
not
trying
to
create
more
artifacts
in
it
by
leaving
some
article
out.
A
So
I
appreciate
that
vineet
and
allah
did
you
guys
want
to
say
a
word
from
the
transportation
department's
perspective.
I
I
can
speak
very
briefly
so,
while
I'm
vanit
gupta,
I'm
the
planning
director
at
the
boston,
transportation
department
and
I'm
joined
with
the
by
with
allah
who's,
our
one
of
our
planners
here
at
btd
and
is
very
closely
involved
with
the
developing
parking
policy.
I
We
think
that
affordable
housing
should
not
be
constrained
by
park,
minimum
parking
ratios
or
minimum
parking
requirements,
some
of
which
are
outdated
in
today's
world.
So
that's
one
piece.
The
second
piece
is-
and
brian
mentioned
this-
that
we
have
full
confidence
in
the
public
process
that
comes
hand
in
hand
with
most
development
projects,
and
so
we
think,
through
that
conversation,
the
right
amount
of
parking
would
be
provided
for,
affordable
housing
frankly
for
any
new
development
there.
I
The
third
piece
is
that,
and
we
don't
need
to
go
into
details
here.
It's
a
conversation
for
another
time.
Allah
is,
and
I
have
been
working
to
really
kind
of
rethink
our
parking
policy
in
general,
particularly
with
the
introduction
of
maximums,
but
that's
another
conversation,
and
we
are
here
to
answer
any
questions
and
I'll
life
you'd
like
to
add
something.
J
Thank
you
vinnie
and
thank
you
counselor
doc
for
having
us
over.
I
just
want
to
reiterate
what
vinnie
said:
we're
very
much
supportive
of
removing
parking
minimums,
ultimately
setting
parking
requirements,
costs
developments
more
and
that
cost
ends
up
being
passed
on
to
tenants,
and
so
I
think
this
is
a
good
thing
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much,
and
I
guess
just
one
question
from
me
jessica:
if,
if
you
could
speak
a
little
bit
too,
because
I
want
to
make
sure
folks
understand
just
I
think
what
a
couple
of
people
have
referenced
is
the
fact
that
pretty
much
any,
I
think
I
can't
think
of
one
though
this
isn't
true
for
any
affordable
housing
development.
That's
got
60
or
more
units
as
at
afford
as
affordable.
Frankly,.
A
Level
of
affordability
they're
at
just
because
the
funding
gaps
inherent
in
such
things
is
going
to
go
through
like
a
dnd
process,
and
what
we
mean
by
that
right
is
that
they're
going
to
be
coming
to
you
for
funding
to
close
that
gap,
and
so
it
means
that
you
guys
have
signed
off
on
their
plans.
And
so
that's
what
we
mean
when
we
say
there's
going
to
be
a
review
that
goes
through.
You
know
what
parking
is
adequate
for
that
site
and
everything.
A
But
I
wondered
if
you
could
just
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
more,
because
I
think
it's
important
for
people
to
understand
that
distinction,
that
the
city
has
review
powers
over
general
developer
developments
based
on
article
80
over
on
brian's
side
with
bpda,
but
that
there's
an
additional
level
of
scrutiny
when
there's
city
money
going
into
a
project.
So
I
just
wonder
if
you
could
speak
to
that
a
little
bit.
K
Sure
so
so,
in
order
for
an
affordable
housing
development
project
to
qualify
for
our
funds,
which,
as
councillor
bach
as
you
just
said,
you
know
pretty
much
if
there's
a
project
that
that
has
60,
affordable,
they're,
going
to
need
our
funds
to
to
fill
the
gap
to
make
the
project
feasible,
they
come
in
to
us
through
an
annual
funding.
Competition,
and
one
of
the
baseline
requirements
for
an
award
of
funding
is
that
they
can
demonstrate
community
support
at
the
time
of
application.
K
So
we're
looking
for
for
letters
both
from
elected
officials
and
also
community
groups,
to
understand
what
kind
of
outreach
the
project
has
done
to
the
neighborhood
and,
more
specifically,
to
understand
what
kind
of
feedback
the
neighborhood
has
given
to
the
project.
K
So
once
they
come
in
that
way,
if
they're
successful
in
getting
an
award,
our
team
is
going
to
partner
with
them
to
to
move
through
the
pre-development
process,
which
includes
communication
through
an
editor
process
with
the
neighborhood,
as
well
as
a
design
review
that
we
do
that's
coordinated
with
the
bpda
review.
K
K
What
are
the
specific
needs
for
a
project
in
this
neighborhood
in
terms
of
in
terms
of
a
multitude
of
issues,
of
which,
of
course,
parking
is
often
a
central
issue
in
those
conversations,
so
we're
very,
very
engaged
in
making
sure
that
there's
that
there's
a
constant
feedback
loop
with
the
neighborhood
on
any
project
that
we're
funding,
and
I
think
that
that's
the
process
that
both
tim
and
brian
were
referring
to.
K
When
we
talk
about
how
you
know
even
even
with
this,
but
the
proposed
change,
there
would
still
be
a
very
structured
process
for
for
community
feedback
and
for
thought
about
what
the
requirements
might
be
for
that
project.
That
location
in
that
neighborhood.
A
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
will
be
brief,
so
we
can
get
to
public
testimony.
I
think
you've
sort
of
explained
some
of
the
things
and
I'm
sorry.
I
was
checking
something
so
you
may
have
said
this,
but
brian
or
jessica.
Do
you
do
you
know
or
tim?
Do
you
know
how
many
parcels
currently
would
come
under
what
th
this
sort
of
it
would
be
in
this
universe
or
not
parcels.
I'm
sorry,
projects,
potential
projects.
G
We
would
have
to
do
a
little
quick
research.
It
can
probably
pull
that
up.
It
may
take
a
few
minutes.
C
Okay,
if
it
may
even
even
sort
of
a
ballpark
guess-
because
I
I
think
the
the
sort
of
stumbling
block
for
some
is
that
this
would
be.
You
know
every
every
potential
project
on
the
pike
would
come
under
this
and
then
it
would
sort
of
shift
the
onus.
But
I
want
to
it's
my
understanding
that
would
be
a
much
smaller
sort
of
universe
that
we'd
be
looking
at
and
obviously
the
very
high
level
or
criteria
that
you'd
have
to
then
meet
for
this
relief
so
yeah.
C
Maybe
if
we
could
get
that
number
you
know
by
the
the,
even
as
we
continue
to
sort
of
cycle
through
questions.
C
Thank
you
tim.
I
I
miss
your
bookshelf
behind
you
tim
that
was
such
a
nice
part
of
all
of
our
zoom
meetings,
so
good
to
see
you
back
in
the
building
back
in
the
office.
So
that's
that's.
Basically,
my
only
question
I'm
happy
to
to
defer
to
other
colleagues
before
we
get
into
public
testimony.
Madam
chair.
A
All
right
I've
lost
there.
We
go
lost
the
window
for
a
second
there.
Let
me
go
next
to
councillor
mejia.
B
Yeah,
I
think
the
the
question
that
I
asked.
I
I
think
in
the
opening
remarks
someone
kind
of
addressed
it
so
so
thank
you
for
that.
I'm
good.
E
It
looks
like
I'm
all
so
good.
This
is.
I
think
that
the
the
comments
of
our
colleagues
have
clarified
some
of
my
my
questions
already,
so
thank
you.
A
A
Perfect,
so
this
is
what
was
originally
filed
by
myself
and
counselor.
O'malley
and
again
folks
have
this,
but
I
just
want
people
to
know.
This
was
the
footnote
that
was
being
added
and
we
adjusted
it
so
that
it
would
so
that
we
would
define
affordable
residential
housing.
A
With
that
60
number-
and
I
I
should
say
I
think
I
mentioned
this
when
we
originally
filed
it,
but
it
was
funny
because
when
we
went
to
look
for
somewhere
to
put
a
footnote
like
this,
we
actually
found
a
footnote
in
the
existing
zoning
code
that
was
put
in
to
try
to
exempt
residential
senior
affordable
housing
from
parking
requirements
like
to
make
them
much
reduced
many
years
ago,
but
unfortunately
used
outdated
definitions
from
the
earlier
days
of
hud.
And
so
it
doesn't
really
apply
to
many
of
many
things
today.
A
But
it's
just
a
reminder
that
in
some
ways
everything
old
is
new
again
and
we're
dealing
with
some
sort
of
constant
challenges
when
it
comes
to
fighting
for
affordability
in
the
city
of
boston.
And
then
these
are
the
these
are
some
of
the
districts
that
bpda
helped
identify
as
not
having
been
there
originally,
and
this
is
the
same
footnote
repeated
again
to
apply
in
the
tables
of
those
districts,
so
just
so
that
people
see
the
for
folks
at
home.
Who
might
not
have
the
document?
A
That's
that's
the
latest
state
of
affairs.
So
I
think
with
that,
unless
it
sounds
like
counselors
are
all
set.
Did
anybody
else
in
the
departments
want
to
get
a
word
in
edgewise
on
anything
before
I
jump
to
some
of
the
testimony
that
we
have
here.
G
C
And
can
I
just
ask,
were
parking
of
those.
L
C
How
many
received
some
or
total
parking
parking
requirement
relief.
G
C
Would
it
be
too
much
of
an
inconvenience
to
ask
perhaps
before
we
vote
on
it,
some
sort
of
clarity
on
that
on
those
projects?
Because
again
I
I
the
reason
I'm
asking
this
is
because
I
think
it's
an
important
tool
to
use
going
forward
and
I
think
we're
largely
doing
it
on
many
of
these
projects
before
so
I
want
to
sort
of
give
some
counselors
and
some
folks
who
may
have
some
interpretation
about
this,
the
ease
of
mind.
So
I
guess
tim,
I
don't
know
if
it
would
be
through
you
or.
G
Think
it
I'm.
I
would
have
to
ask
my
compatriots
here
whether
we
would
be
able
to
pull
that
together,
because
I'm
not
sure
where
it
is
in
the
documents.
It
lists
the
parking
requirements
for
each
and
every
one,
because
it
may
be
a
matter
of
doing
a
project
by
project
search
to
get
that
data.
C
Okay,
yeah,
I
I
don't
want
to
reinvent
the
wheel
here,
but
maybe,
if
there's
a
way
we
can
all
put
our
heads
together.
Even
I'm
thinking
talking
to
some
of
the
counselors
and
there's
our
staffs
may
know,
I'm
just
having
gone
through
the
process
on
these
things.
So,
okay,
that's
helpful.
Thank
you.
Kenzie.
A
Thank
you
and
I
will
recognize
jeff
hampton
might
have
a
an
answer
to
that.
I
saw
that
he
raised
his
hand.
L
Yes,
thank
you
councillors.
I
appreciate
the
time
and
I'm
sorry
that
I'm
late
counselor
o'malley
when
you're
speaking
about
the
the
off
street
parking
requirements
and
I'm
in
agreement
that
we
can
work
on
something
in
the
zoning
code.
Are
you
looking
for
just
zoning
variances
or
you
know
the
zoning
relief
in
in
entirety?
Was
it
included
in
a
list
of
zoning
or
was
it
parking
only.
C
I
mean
I
would
assume
that
of
these
46
projects
that
would
come
under
sort
of
potentially
receiving
this
relief,
that
probably
all
of
them,
or
at
least
nearly
all
of
them,
have
a
drastically
reduced
number
of
parking
for
for
the
units
and
are
well
under
have
received
some
variances
to
address
that
so,
rather
than
going
through
all
the
zoning
variances,
if
there
was
a
way
we
could,
even
you
know,
have
sort
of
a
sometime
look
at
some
of
the
larger
projects
to
see
what
parking
actually
was
permitted
with
these
with
these
60
plus
affordable
units,
if
that's
possible,.
L
Yeah,
I
can
work
with
tim
on
this
and,
if
I
get
a
you
know
a
listing
of
the
the
projects
that
were
permitted,
I
I
can
look
it
up
and
find
out
what
the
zoning
violations
were
and
whether
or
not
our
street
parking
was.
I
A
Jeff,
that
would
be
great
and-
and
I
do
know,
I'm
gonna
read
it
into
the
record
later
after
the
people
who
are
here
to
live
testify.
But
we
did.
We
did
receive
written
testimony
for
this
hearing
from
the
metropolitan
area
planning
council,
specifically
around
the
fact
that
they've
done
a
bunch
of
studies
of
affordable
developments
in
the
region
and
then
also
specifically
in
boston
and
found
that
the
parking
even
that
is
getting
built,
is
going
significantly
underutilized
and
so
that
additional
cost
that
was
alluded
to
earlier.
A
It's
sort
of
not
not
being
used,
and
then
you
know,
we
think
about
more
apartments
for
low-income
folks.
That
could
have
been
built,
and
I
think
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
I
said
at
the
start
of
all
this
is
we.
We
know
that
there's
no
solution
to
the
city's
housing
needs
without
adding
more
affordable
units
specifically,
and
we
know
that
there's
no
solution
to
the
city's
environmental
needs
and
I.
A
O'malley,
because
we
just
signed
roberto
legislation
today,
which
is
a
big
piece
of
solving
our
environmental
needs,
but
another
one
is
this
orientation
away
from
cars,
and
so
this
does
feel
like
a
opportunity
to
bring
those
two
things
together.
When
you
talk
about
two
of
the
real
crises
that
the
city
is
facing
right
now,
all
right,
I
think
any
other
questions
from
any
counselors,
because,
if
not
all
right,
great,
I'm
going
to
jump
over
to
public
testimony.
A
I
said
before
that
everything
old
is
new
again,
and
I
just
want
to
stress
that,
while
this
technical
piece
of
legislation
was
filed
this
year,
there
are
a
number
of
folks
in
the
city
who
have
been
working
really
hard
on
the
issue
of
how
to
get
more,
affordable,
housing
generally
and
then,
specifically
in
neighborhoods
what
the
barriers
are
to
it
for
quite
a
long
time.
So
we're
excited
today
to
be
joined
by
some
of
them.
A
I
think
we're
going
to
be
starting
with
marvin
martin
from
action
for
equity
and
then
edna
prus
from
who's,
the
president
of
the
mass
senior
action
state
council
and
then
just
the
folks
I
see
who
are
on
my
list.
What
I
see
here,
I
see
jared
from
transit
matters,
joanne
paul
also
from
my
senior
action
mark,
obunya
stacy
thompson
from
liverpool
streets
for
georgie
o'donnell
from
fenway
cdc.
A
Oh
sorry,
I
missed
tilly
takeshara,
also
not
senior
action
and
lori
bradwin,
so
I
will
be
letting
everybody
in
and
we
will
run
through
and
hear
public
testimony
on
this,
but
I
want
to
start
out
with
marvin,
martin
and
marvin.
Thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
today
and
and
waiting
patiently
and
for
all
your
prior
work
on
this.
I
think
it
would
be
great
if
you
could
give
the
council
some
sense
of
that.
N
Yeah,
thank
you,
council,
buck
and
o'malley
for
hosting
this.
I
just
want
to
go
on
the
record.
My
name
is
marvin,
martin,
president
of
dorchester,
and
with
action
for
equity,
and
we
are
in
support
of
docket
number
o685.
N
N
We
do
a
lot
of
work
in
the
fairmount
corridor,
which
is
home
to
actually
the
the
largest
population
of
people
of
color
and
low
and
a
lot
of
low
and
moderate
income
families.
That's
there
as
well
one
of
the
things
that
we've
been
working
on
that's
relevant
to
this
is
we
created
a
special
protection
zone.
N
We've
been
working
with
the
city
on
this
for
some
time
now
I
might
see
you
know
tim
davis
and
brian
glasgow
and
even
benite
have
been
part
of
this
at
different
times,
but
we
with
the
city,
we
decided
to
create
a
pilot
project
that
we
need
to.
N
You
know
continue
to
make
it
happen,
but
to
look
at
a
couple
of
development
sites
and
have
them
built
without
parking
and
in
trade,
for
deeper
affordability
or
in
some
cases,
if
there
was
no
affordability
included
originally
to
put
some
affordability
in
there
and
then-
and
you
know,
look
it's
a
trade-off
for
the
cost
of
building
parking
lot,
as
you
mentioned
before,
and
we
will
also
be
asking
that
the
developer
or
the
owner
actually
put
in
some
alternative
transportation
modes,
whether
it's
biking,
racks
discount,
charlie
cards,
share
riding
some
other
way
that
people
can
can
get
around
now.
N
Fortunately,
most
of
the
fair
around
corner
is
a
tod
area,
so
transportation,
it's
not
a
transportation
desert
like
it
used
to
be.
Thank
you.
You
know
thanks
to
the
to
the
new
stops
on
on
the
fairmount
line.
The
other
thing,
though,
is,
I
think
it's
a
little
different.
Is
that
we're
looking
at
and
then
this
is
not
every
development.
N
So
just
be
clear:
it's
not
every
development,
but
you
know
certain
developments
where
you
know
with
the
community
and
the
developer
can
come
together
on.
This
is
even
if
it's
market
rate,
because
again
we
are,
and
and
council
black
you
about
to
transition
into
this
in
your
last
statements,
actions
also
environmental
justice
organization,
so
getting
cars
off
the
street
is
in
our
interest
as
well.
So
so
we
actually
have
two
things
here:
one
to
create
affordability,
but
also
some
environmental
justice
that
we
would
like
to
see
happen.
N
So
again,
we
are
in
favor
of
this.
We
need
to
continue
to
work
on
the
special
protection
zone.
I
think
you
know
this
piece
that
this
pilot
project
that
we're
working
on
with
the
city
will
happen
and-
and
that
could
maybe
so
the
president
for
other
projects
in
the
city
as
we
move
forward,
and
thank
you
for
giving
me
a
minute
to
speak.
A
Thank
you
so
much
marvin,
I'm
going
next
to
ms
edna
prus
from
mass
senior
action
and
then
I'm
I'm
trying
to
get
your
colleagues
from
mass
senior
action
over
so
christine.
If
you
can
try
to
move
tilly,
ruth
and
joanne
over
for
some
reason,
I'm
having
trouble
with
it
but
miss
purse.
You
have
a
floor.
O
Good
afternoon
counselor
bach
and
counselor
omali,
I
am
edna
prus,
I'm
a
resident
of
matapan
and
the
president
of
the
mass
senior
action
council.
We
are
a
statewide
organization
led
by
seniors.
We
have
six
chapters
across
the
state
with
boston
being
our
largest
chapter.
O
We
work
collectively
to
improve
the
lives
of
seniors
and
our
communities
across
the
commonwealth.
I'm
here
today
to
ask
the
committee
and
the
city
council
to
support
docket
0685
to
amend
the
minimum
parking
requirements
for
affordable
housing.
The
reason
this
amendment
is
necessary
is
the
current
zoning
code
is
being
used
to
stop
greatly
needed,
affordable
housing
units.
O
O
This
means
we're
at
the
bottom
of
the
barrel,
the
entire
other
49
states
created
policies
to
ease
the
burdens
for
seniors.
While
massachusetts
continues
to
widen
the
economic
gap
for
elders,
I
would
like
to
emphasize
again:
we
are
50th
in
the
united
states
below
mississippi,
which
I
think
is
the
biggest.
In
short
of
all
one
of
the
main
causes
for
this
disparity
is
the
cost
of
housing.
O
O
O
This
same
landlord
has
used
the
parking
requirement
before
to
stop
needed
housing
tying
up
the
building
process,
while
the
waiting
lists
for
boston
seniors
continues
to
grow,
land
developers
are
able
to
file
a
lawsuit,
tie
up
the
process
to
cost
the
city
and
non-profit
developer
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
in
legal
fees.
While
boston
is
fighting
homelessness
and
our
shelters
are
steadily
at
capacity.
O
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
powerful
testimony
and
I
think
it
was.
It
was
clear,
seeing
you
and
all
the
senior
action
folks
out
what
of
course
you
are
to
be
reckoned
with,
but
also
like
you
say
you
know,
we
know
our
seniors
are
strong
when
they
stand
together.
A
Know
that
they're
vulnerable,
when
we
don't
have
housing
to
provide
them.
So
I
really
appreciate
you
and
next
up
going
to
joanne
paul
and
then
and
then
I
think
we
just
got
oh
okay.
I
had
tilly
ruth
here
for
a
second
she's
gone
again,
but
hopefully
I'll
have
her
back
in
a
sec.
Joanne.
M
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
listen
to
me
today.
My
name
is
joanne
paul.
I
would
like
to
request
that
you
pass
docket
number
0685.
Affordable
housing
is
a
basic
human
right.
I
understand
the
importance
of
having
a
place
to
call
home
in
2013
I
separated
from
my
husband
and
divorced
him
unable
to
pay
market
rates
rent
on
my
own
in
boston,
I
became
homeless,
so
I
went
into
the
homeless
shelter
system
I
applied
for
affordable
housing
in
section
8
through
boston,
housing,
metropolitan
housing
and
hud.
M
It's
hard
to
find
affordable
housing
when
most
buildings
are
either
expensive,
condos
or
luxury
apartments,
starting
at
2
000
plus
a
month
who
can
afford
2
000
plus
a
month.
Not
me
that's
for
sure.
I
am
thankful
that
I
was
able
to
stay
in
the
homeless,
shelters
but
being
homeless
takes
a
toll
on
your
mental
and
physical
health.
You
have
to
deal
with
your
own
physical
mental
issues,
but
also
with
other
homeless,
people's
mental,
physical
and
opioid
addictions.
M
In
addition,
carrying
your
personal
belongings
around
all
day,
take
a
toll
on
your
body
as
we
are
not
allowed
to
store
our
belongings
at
the
shelter
due
to
limited
space
being
homeless
is
stressful.
You
are
not
guaranteed
to
bed
every
day.
You
must
be
in
the
shelter
at
4
00
pm
every
day
to
get
in
line
just
to
get
a
bed
lottery
ticket.
M
Also,
you
are
not
guaranteed
a
bed
every
day,
regardless,
if
you
are
a
senior
citizen,
handicapped
vision,
impaired
hearing,
impaired,
a
veteran
pregnant
or
have
any
other
special
challenges
and
needs,
you
pray
that
your
number
is
called.
If
your
bad
lottery
ticket
is
not
called.
You
must
leave
that
shelter
and
go
to
another
shelter
to
try
to
get
a
bed
there.
Every
day
you
must
leave
the
shelter
8
am
regardless
of
the
weather
conditions,
rain,
sleet,
snow
or
heat,
and
even
on
the
weekends
as
a
person
with
rheumatoid
arthritis.
M
There
were
days
when
I
did
not
want
to
get
out
of
bed,
as
my
body
was
achy
and
stiff,
so
I
can
relate
to
the
aches
and
pains
that
many
of
the
senior
citizens,
the
handicapped
veterans
and
others
experience
on
a
daily
basis
in
the
shelter
everyone
has
a
basic
human
right
to
housing,
food
and
health
care.
Please
pass
target
number
685
and
do
not
deny
senior
citizens
their
rights
to
live
in
these
38,
affordable
units.
M
A
P
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
feel
very
fortunate
that
where
I
live
is
affordable,
we
made
it
a
very
interesting
project
of
city,
federal
and
work
by
the
homeowners.
Okay.
But
with
that
I
am
a
senior
and
then
the
question
of
parking
is
well.
I
have
to
say
I
had
to
give
up.
My
car
parking
is
two
problems.
One
is
the
question
of
being
able
to
afford
a
car
in
the
city
of
boston,
that's
one,
but
then
the
other.
P
A
lot
of
seniors
cannot
drive.
So
when
you're
planning
senior
the
number
of
parking
spaces
for
senior
residents,
I
don't
think
you
do
figure
a
one
on
one
or
a
two
for
one.
You
do
not
need
a
huge
number
of
spaces
and
I
I
feel
that
the
urgent
need
is
for
affordable
housing.
P
How
do
you
say
I
had
grandkids
live
with
me
because
they
could
not
afford
to
get
housing
on
their
own.
You
know
stay
and
that
continues.
I'm
expecting
a
young
cousin
to
come
and
stay
with
me
for
a
few
months.
While
she
gets
moves
to
boston
and
is
able
to
find
housing,
it's
a
problem
and
affordable
housing
is,
I
guess,
number
one,
maybe,
after
that
of
education
on
the
list
of
boston
municipal
problems.
A
Thank
you
so
much
really
appreciate
you
as
well.
The
whole
mass
senior
action
group
next
up
we're
going
to
jared
johnson
from
transit
matters,
then
state
deep
thompson
from
livable
streets
and
I've
also
got
again
market
vignette
at
laurel,
radwin
and
rich
giordano
on
my
list
as
well
jared.
You
have
the
floor.
A
Q
It's
I've,
I'm
I'm
good!
Now
I
realized
I
was
on
the
wrong.
Wi-Fi
should
be
good
to
go
now:
okay,
great
hello!
Thank
you,
council
of
the
broadcaster
o'malley
and
all
the
other
counselors
and
staff
who
are
here.
My
name
is
again
is
jared
johnson
with
transit
matters,
I'm
also
a
board
member
of
abundant
housing.
Q
I'm
really
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
today,
and
I
just
want
to
echo
the
powerful
testimony
from
the
folks
amassing
your
action
and
from
marvin
martin,
and
I
also
want
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize.
Q
You
know
the
remarkable
work
that
the
city
of
boston
has
done
on
transportation
from
the
first
center
running
bus
lanes
in
the
region.
The
expansion
of
the
blue
bikes
network,
protected
bike
lanes
on
dangerous
roads
like
comm
ave
and
pushing
for
the
pheromone
pilot
fairmount
line
pilot,
and
a
lot
of
that
is
because
of
you
know,
with
the
support
of
of
counselors
like
you,
but
one
area
where
boston
is
really
falling
behind
and
really
gets.
A
failing
grade
is
on
parking.
Q
America's
walking
city
is
behind
not
only
somerville
and
cambridge,
but
buffalo
austin,
los
angeles
and
others,
and
really
what
this
shows
us
is
that
it's
not
about
waiting
until
we
have
the
perfect
transit
system
in
order
to
make
these
reforms.
Q
Green
line
style
light
rail
line,
so
this
is
not
about
waiting
until
we
have
fixed
every
issue
at
the
t.
You
know
what
the
transportation
director
in
the
city
of
somerville
brad
rawson
always
says
that
building
massive
amount
of
parking
undervalues
the
city's
investment.
So
all
of
those
great
accomplishments
that
I
mentioned
earlier
are
undervalued
when
there
is
massive
amounts
of
parking
built,
especially
when
it's
built
near
transit.
I've.
I've
heard
concerns
about
a
lack
of
parking.
You
know
leading
to
traffic,
and
but
the
problem
is
the
data.
Q
Just
doesn't
bear
that
out.
The
mapc
study
parking
study
for
the
region
found
that
upwards
of
30
percent
of
parking
spaces
are
vacant
at
night
during
the
peak
hours
and
there's
just
simply
no
proof.
The
building
parking
is
green.
In
fact,
there's
plenty
of
proof
of
the
opposite
between
the
urban
heat
island
effect,
which
disproportionately
impacts
black
and
brown
communities,
and
has
you
know
additional
concerns
with
toxic
runoff
entering
our
water
streams
and
increased
flooding
because
of
impermeable
surfaces.
That
certainly
isn't
green.
Q
Also,
when
we
look
at
the
amount
of
resources
that
have
to
go
into
concrete,
it's
one
of
the
most
energy-intensive
processes
out
there,
and
so
forcing
every
development
to
have
either
impermeable
pavement
or
to
have
resource
intensive,
concrete
for
structured
parking.
Simply
isn't
green
and
I'll
close
with
saying
this,
that
transit
won't
get
better
cycling.
Q
You
know
not
only
as
the
speakers
before
me
have
alluded
to
not
only
you
know,
prioritize
the
needs
of
low-income
folks
and
seniors
to
have
housing,
but
ahead
of
our
our
climate
and
really
start
to
shift
boston
in
the
direction
of
back
to
being
a
climate
leader
and
back
to
being
a
leader
in
moving
folks
moving
people
around
and
not
cars.
A
Thank
you
jared
next
up
stacey,
then
mark
then
lori
stacy,
thompson.
R
Great,
thank
you
so
much
counselor
bach,
consort,
o'malley
and
everyone
who's
here
today,
I'm
stacy
thompson
at
livable
streets
alliance,
and
I'm
also
here
to
testify
in
support
of
docket0685.
R
So
this
is
my
dream
hearing
and
I
you
know
I
want
to
echo
some
of
what
jared
said
and
I
you
know
dug
in
and
did
some
research
this
morning,
and
I
would
say
this
is
actually
a
very
modest,
tangible
step
compared
to
what
other
major
metropolitan
areas
are
doing
around
the
country,
and
you
know
just
to
illuminate
that
both
minneapolis
and
st
paul
voted
to
eliminate
parking
minimums
across
the
board,
which
is
something
that
marvin
started
with
you
know.
R
This
is
focusing
on
affordable
housing
again
is
a
really
important
step
for
the
city.
Many
other
cities
are
going
much
further
and
already
have
and
raleigh
north
carolina
is
my
most
favorite
recent
example
I'm
in
june
the
council.
There
voted
almost
unanimously
to
begin
the
process
of
removing
parking
minimums
and
also
changing
the
parking
maximums
to
really
reduce
this,
and
if
you're
curious,
they
have
a
poultry
bus
system
and
they
do
charge
for
residential
parking.
R
So
it's
you
know
when
you
compare
boston
to
raleigh
north
carolina,
they
are
actually
have
more
progressive.
Zoning
for
senior
and
affordable
housing
than
the
city
of
boston
does
right
now,
so
you
know
from
our
perspective,
I
think
we
would
we're
really
supportive
of
taking
this
great
first
short-term
step,
something
that
I
think
is
hopefully
very
achievable
before
the
end
of
the
year
as
a
down
payment
or
promise
to
continue
the
conversation.
R
You
know
particularly
around
the
special
protection
zones
that
marvin
mentioned,
that
action
for
equity
has
been
leading
on
for
years
and
many
other
bigger
reforms
and
interventions
that
we
know
the
city
of
boston
needs.
I
see
this
as
a
really
important
first
step
and
we're
excited
to
support
it
and
provide
you
with
any
data
points
or
examples
that
are
needed
in
order
to
advance
this
important
initiative.
Thank
you.
A
Great
thanks
so
much
stacy
mark
and
then
lori
and
then
it'll
be
rich.
S
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
mark
ibunya,
I'm
a
resident
at
225
center
street
at
the
very
tippy
top
of
councillor
o'malley's
district.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
all
of
the
voices
before
me
inspiring
and
wonderful
accounts
of
of
how
this
really
really
has
a
serious
impact
on
on
people's
lives.
We
need
to
put
people
and
homes
before
cars,
so
I
highly
recommend
the
council
committee
approve
the
text
amendment
before
you.
S
I
would
push
as
previous
as
as
stacy
as
jared
and
as
many
others
before
me
have
said
that
this
is
this
really
should
just
be
the
beginning.
I
would
push
for
us
to
consider
the
elimination
of
parking
requirements
for
all
income,
restricted
housing
for
all
developments,
as
mentioned
by
mark
marvin
before
parking
has
become
a
wedge
for
community
opposition
to
any
development.
S
I've
been
on
several
impact
advisory
groups
for
the
city
of
on
for
developments
near
me
at
jackson
square,
and
I'm
also
watching
that
one
of
several
of
these
conflicts
happen
before
my
eyes
down
on
washington
street
south
of
eggleston,
as
I'm
as
I'm
literally
watching
outside
my
window.
Watching
btd
and
mbta
put
the
finishing
touches
on
the
columbus
avenue
bus
lane
doing
all
of
these
things
to
actually
make
investments
to
address
the
issue
of
mobility
around
our
city.
That
a
lot
of
the
opponents
say
that
we
need
this
parking
for
the.
S
S
My
building
manager
can
literally
right
next
to
jackson,
square
station
and
one
of
the
highest
highest
frequency
bus
corridors
in
the
city
connecting
many
many
points,
far
south
as
as
ashmont
and
mettapan,
and
yet
we,
our
building
manager,
can
barely
find
people
to
rent
the
the
103
units
in
our
building,
but
also
you
know
my
unit.
My
my
unit
is
a
testament
to
the
fact
that
if
you
build
it,
they
will
come.
S
I
live
with
with
somebody
in
our
in
our
building
who
who
works
in
a
nearby
neighborhood
and
willingly
pays
the
125
dollar
rent
to
to
park
there,
and
so
you
know
I
I
think
I
think
we
really
need
to
take
a
second
look
at
this.
We
need
to
really
really
push
ourselves
and,
and
we
should
not
be
letting
other
other.
You
know.
Cities
really
lead
us
on
this.
We
have
an
opportunity
to
be
a
leader
in
this
space,
so
I
I
think
we
should
move
forward.
S
Definitely
with
with
these
amendments
and
and
as
stacy
has
said,
we
can
definitely
do
better.
Thank
you.
T
Yeah
hi,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes?
Okay,
great,
my
name
is
laurie
radwin.
I
live
in
roslindale
and
I
just
resonate
with
people's
experiences
of
being
homeless.
For
a
time
I
was
at
boston,
medical
center
on
the
cancer
unit.
We
gave
tons
of
horribly
devastating
chemotherapy
and
discharged
people
to
the
streets,
so
it's
despicable
and
I
am
lifting
up
anything
that
will
increase
the
amount
of
affordable
housing.
T
My
question
is
about
what
makes
something
affordable
and
we
know
that
70
ami
is
not
affordable
and
I
we've
had
lots
of
I've
learned
a
lot
from
all
of
you
about
what
real,
what
real
people
need
for
affordable
housing.
So
one
of
the
things
I
suggest
in
this
docket
is
to
find
affordable
housing
as
that
which
people
making
the
median
income
of
a
black
family,
a
latinx,
family
or
minimum
wage.
That's
what's
affordable
and
you
can't
get
mixed
up
between.
T
You
know
the
need
for
parking
and
affordability
without
clarifying
that
explicitly.
The
the
other
thing
is.
I
was
really
excited
to
hear
about
the
dnd's
remarks
about
community
input
and
I
certainly
hope
that
their
process
of
community
input
is
very
different
than
the
bpda's
process,
because
that
has
failed
a
lot
of
us
and
you
know
if
there
really
will
be
an
assessment
of
the
real
needs
of
people
in
a
specific
community.
I
T
T
I
probably
swallowed
or
something
so
anyway,
if
assurances
about
true
affordability
can
be
folded
into
this
docket.
If
assurances
about
truly
listening
to
a
community
can
be
folded
into
this
docket,
it
could
be
a
wonderful
piece
of
work.
T
The
parking
metrics
that
you
want
for
individual
communities
and
the
cdc
person
from
jp
talked
about
the
fact
that
her
families
need
cars
because
their
child
care
situation
and
their
work
place
are
in
completely
different
parts
of
the
city.
So
thank
you
for
listening
to
me.
I've
learned
a
lot
from
this
hearing.
I
learned
a
lot
from
the
working
session
and
I
think
you
can
make
this
a
more
robust
ordinance
to
to
really
have
it
do
its
job.
So
thank
you
for
listening.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
so
much
lori
and
for
being
on
both
of
these.
Just
one
quick
comment
on
that,
I
think
I
mean
I
agree
with
you
about
the
need
for
sort
of
a
robust
community
process,
and
I
think
what
we
find
is
that
these
fits
one-size-fits-all
lines
from
the
zoning
code.
Don't
really
do
that
very
well,
so
I
agree
with
you.
A
You
know
you
need
dmd
really
in
the
mix
there
to
make
that
happen,
and
I
think
the
the
challenge
we
faced
with
the
to
your
point
about
the
affordability,
I'm
a
big
proponent,
of
more
deeply
affordable
units,
and
actually,
I
think
I've
been
pushing
us
to
build
more
of
our
public
housing
units
that
the
city
of
boston
is
entitled
to,
because
those
are
those
deeply
affordable,
30,
ami
or
less,
but
many
projects
where
you
can
get
deep
affordability
like
that,
the
only
way
you're
doing
it
is
by
also
having
some
units
that
are
at
that
moderate
affordability.
A
You're,
like
it's
an
affordable
project,
we're
trying
to
have
as
much
deep
affordability
as
possible.
There
is
some
cross-subsidizing
that
happens,
so
I
think
the
one
key
thing
we
want
is
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
with
the
language
in
the
zoning
code,
which
we
can't
change
too
often
and
that's
part
of
what
we
struggled
with
here,
that
we
don't
make
it
so
specific
that
we
limit
our
ability
to
do
some
of
the
stuff
like
what
what
they've
been
trying
with
those
special
displacement
zones
in
fairmont.
T
A
Going
next
to
rich
giordano
from
the
fenway
cdc,
which
I
think
was
recently,
I
think
I
don't
know
if
this
is
right
rich,
but
I
think
you
guys
recently
received
from
the
state
like
their
first
award
for
no
no
parking
on-site,
affordable
housing
project,
but
I
could
be
wrong
but
I'll.
Let
you
tweet
your
own
horn
about
that.
U
No,
no,
I
think
you
got
it
exactly
right
with
counselor
I
for
the
record.
My
name
is
richard
giordano,
I'm
the
director
of
policy
and
community
planning
at
fenway
cdc,
and
I
want
to
thank
councillors,
bach
and
o'malley
for
sponsoring
this
motion
or
order
and
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
today.
I'm
also
you
know
of
many
of
the
really
good
points
that
so
many
people
have
already
made.
So
I'm
just
going
to
skip.
U
Here,
a
reminder,
too,
that
parking
requirements
cost
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
depending
on
the
conditions
in
the
situation,
they
could
be
anywhere
from
five
or
ten
thousand
of
surface
space
to
twenty
five
thousand
and
more
for
underground
parking,
and
when
you
add
that
into
the
total
development
costs
of
affordable
housing,
you
have
to
keep
in
mind
the
fact
that
an
affordable
housing
developer
is
not
allowed
to
increase
their
total
development
costs
because
they
got
to
do
more
parking.
U
They
have
to
keep
the
whole
project
within
limits
set
by
all
of
the
various
subsidy
systems
that
contribute
to
this.
So
the
city
and
the
state
will
tell
you
you
can
only
have
a
total
cost
of
you
know
x,
500,
550
000
a
unit.
If
your
parking
costs
you
more
money,
then
maybe
you
have
to
do
less
units
in
order
to
bring
your
costs
down
so
parking
spaces
actually
mean
that
you
can
do
less,
affordable
housing.
U
That's
that's
one
thing
to
keep
in
mind.
There
is
no
way
to
ask
for
more
subsidies
so
that
we
can
do
the
parking
that
we
might
be
required.
The
other
thing
that
the
council
brought
up
about
the
sort
of
the
project
that
we've
got
going,
we're
doing.
We
finally
got
approval
for
27
unit,
all
affordable,
deeply,
affordable
development
next
door
to
us
on
a
parking
lot
previously
owned
by
a
for-profit
developer,
who
wanted
to
put
37
units
of
studios
there.
U
We
got
approved
for
no
parking
because
it's
in
the
fenway
and
the
bra
and
the
city
understand
that.
There's
no
place
to
put
cars
that
you
can't
have
cars
in
the
fenway
and
that
if
we
were
to
build
on
this
spot,
excavating
for
parking
would
have
been
exorbitantly
expensive
and
that,
therefore
you
know
we
shouldn't
have
to
do
parking,
and
fortunately
we
did
a
lot
of
community
outreach
and
work
and
all
of
our
abutters
and
our
neighbors
supported
us
on
this.
U
U
That's
because
we
have
folks
in
the
fenway
who
understand
this
process
and
know
that
if
they
want
affordable
housing,
one
of
the
things
you
can't
do
is
parking
the
other
neighborhoods
where
this
is
going
on.
You
don't
have
such
understanding,
neighbors
and
the
butters,
and
they
do
sue
just
because
they
don't
like
what
you're
doing
and
they're
gonna
stop
you.
You
know.
U
The
other
thing
to
remember,
too,
is
that
in
the
case
of
community
development
corporations
doing
affordable
housing,
we
have
a
tremendous
track
record
of
doing
housing
in
transit-rich
areas,
and
that's
one
of
the
things
we
focus
on
is
as
they
now
call
it.
U
Transit-Oriented
development-
and
you
know
in
most
of
our
properties
throughout
the
city
when
I
say
our
community
development
corporations,
residents
have
the
lowest
rates
of
car
ownership
and
the
highest
rates
of
using
mass
transit
and,
in
part
because
of
the
exorbitant
costs
of
owning
and
operating
a
car
and
the
fact
that
we're
building
next
to
mass
transit.
So
you
know
for
all
those
reasons,
we
would
certainly
urge
the
council
to
act
favorably
on
docket
0685
and
the
request
to
remove
the
parking
variance
requirement
on
affordable
housing
in
boston.
U
A
Thank
you
so
much
rich.
Thank
you
all
right.
I
think
that
that
reaches
the
end
of
folks,
who
I
had
signed
up
to
testify,
who
are
here
so
I'll,
just
say
quickly
that
if
you
are
watching
at
home-
and
you
want
to
get
your
voice
heard
and
in
you
can
email
christine
so
c-h-r-I-s-t-I-n-e.
A
Dot,
o-donald
o-d-o-n-n-e-l-l
boston,
dot,
gov
christine
dot
o'donnell
at
austin.gov
to
get
added
to
the
testimony
list.
I
do
have
one
letter
to
read
to
the
record,
so
you
can
shoot
us
a
note
quickly,
but
if
you
missed
that
you're
we're
still
accepting
written
testimony
ccc.go
at
boston.gov,
if
you
watch
this
afterwards
and
you
want
to
make
your
voice
heard,
please
send
that
our
way
I
I'm
going
to
just
quickly
read
a
letter
from
the
metropolitan
area
planning
council
who
couldn't
join
us
today,
but
wanted
to
submit
this
as
testimony.
A
I
also
would
thank
the
fenway
cdc
for
their
written
testimony.
I
won't
read
it
since
rich
joined
us
in
person
and
then
I'll
I'll
go
before
we
gavel
out
just
to
the
counselors
who
are
still
here
for
any
closing
remarks
so
from
the
metropolitan
area
planning
council
dated
october
5th,
dear
members
of
the
boston
city
council,
on
behalf
of
the
metropolitan
area
planning
council.
A
I
am
writing
today
to
express
our
support
for
the
efforts
described
in
docket
0685
order
regarding
a
text
amendment
to
the
boston
zoning
code
with
respect
to
parking
minimums
for
affordable
housing.
Mapc
has
done
significant
research
on
the
impacts
that
parking
requirements
have
on
housing,
affordability,
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
non-auto
mobility,
and
we
are
pleased
to
see
the
city
take
steps
to
align
parking
requirements
with
demand.
A
Excess
parking
has
real
consequences,
property
that
could
be
landscaped
is
common
or
even
public.
Green
space
is
instead
paved
over
as
parking
since
car
owners
prefer
to
live
in
buildings
with
easy
parking.
Providing
abundant
parking
encourages
more
vehicles
on
the
site,
increasing
the
number
of
trips
and
traffic
on
nearby
roads
in
neighborhoods
that
are
accessible
to
an
mbta
station.
This
means
fewer
people
using
the
available
transit
congestion
pollution
and
greenhouse
gas
emissions
rise.
A
Finally,
of
special
concern
in
the
face
of
greater
boston's
housing
supply
and
affordability,
crisis,
more
parking
means
fewer
and
more
expensive
housing
units
in
2019,
mapc,
published,
perfect,
fit
parking,
improving
the
way
developers
and
planners
assess
parking
demand.
As
part
of
this
report,
mapc
collected
overnight
off-street
parking
data
at
nearly
200
multi-family
buildings
across
the
inner
core
of
metro
boston,
while
building
size
and
characteristics
varied
widely.
One
common
theme
emerged
across
all
the
communities
surveyed
off
street
residential
parking
is
regularly
overbuilt
beyond
demand.
A
Overall,
while
average
parking
supply
was
exactly
one
space
per
unit,
average
parking
demand
was
0.7
spaces
per
unit.
Mapc
staff
observed
6
000
vacant
parking
spaces
during
peak
residential
demand
times.
This
amounts
to
over
41
acres
of
pavement
and
an
estimated
94.5
million
dollars
in
construction
costs
to
provide
a
more
robust
basis
for
smart
parking
policy.
Mapc
used
this
data
to
create
a
statistical
model
to
determine
what
building
and
neighborhood
characteristics
predict
parking
demand
after
testing
25
different
variables.
The
analysis
determined
that
parking
supply
was
the
dominant
factor
in
determining
parking's
demand.
A
Essentially,
building
ample
residential
parking
is
more
likely
to
attract
households
that
own
multiple
vehicles,
two
other
factors
prove
statistically
significant
and
influencing
parking
demand
as
transit,
accessibility,
as
measured
by
the
number
of
jobs
accessible
by
transit,
increases,
parking
demand
decreases
and
as
the
share
of
affordable
units,
increased
parking
demand
decreased.
These
trends
were
evident
in
our
observations.
The
most
transit
accessible
sites
saw
an
average
demand
parking
demand
of
0.54
spaces
per
unit
and
100.
Affordable
sites
were
observed
to
have
an
average
parking
demand
of
0.49
spaces
per
unit.
A
Reducing
or
eliminating
minimum
parking
requirements
can
support
more
affordable
housing
development,
expand
land
available
for
open
space
and,
in
the
long
term,
enable
development
patterns
that
are
more
conductive
conducive,
sorry
to
walking
biking
and
riding
public
transit
communities
like
everett
and
somerville
have
already
taken
steps
to
reduce
their
parking
minimums,
and
we
are
very
supportive
of
additional
metro
boston
communities
working
to
adopt
these
zoning
changes.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
of
these
comments.
A
If
you
have
any
questions
or
would
like
to
speak
further
about
this
research,
please
do
not
hesitate
to
contact
me
sincerely
eric
barasa
transportation,
director
for
the
metropolitan
area
planning
council,
so
that
council
is
a
sort
of
quasi-public
planning
entity
for
the
whole
metro
region.
So
we
appreciate
them
weighing
in
on
this
all
right.
I
think
that's
all
the
public
testimony
christine
have
you
heard
from
anybody
else
who
wants
to
testify.
A
Sorry,
I
have
not
counselor
okay,
great,
so
I'll
remind
you
again
if
you're
watching
this
after
the
fact
ccc.go
at
boston.gov
is
the
place
to
send
testimony
on
this
docket
and
now
I'll.
Just
go
to
my
colleagues
for
closing
remarks.
So
counselor
o'malley
and
then
it'll
be
counselor
royal
and
counselor
braden
councillor
o'malley.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
again
for
your
partnership.
I
wanted
to
really
just
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
the
individuals
who
took
time
on
this
overcast
and
somewhat
blustery
tuesday
afternoon,
to
spend
an
hour
plus
with
sharing
your
stories
and
really
in
words,
far
more
eloquent
than
my
own
articulating.
Why
we
need
this
and
why
this
is
an
important,
thoughtful
and
effective
piece
of
legislation
and
effective
zoning
change,
so
I'm
just
grateful
to
each
and
every
one
of
you,
many
of
whom
I've
worked
with
in
the
past.
A
Thanks
so
much
president
o'malley
councillor
roya.
D
Thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
the
folks
who
made
public
comment
today
and
share
their
stories.
Some
very
personal.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
bravery
and
for
for
being
on
the
other
side
of
that
and
taking
the
time
today
to
be
here
and
speak
on
it,
and
I
just
want
to
be
clear
that
I'm
going
to
support
pretty
much
anything
that
this
council
does
from
here
until
I
no
longer
hold
the
seat.
That
makes
it
easier
for
us
to
build,
affordable
housing,
anything
that
makes
it
easier
to
do.
D
That
is
something
I'll
support
if
it
makes
it
harder
to
do
that.
It's
something
we'll
examine
this
to
me
passes
the
marker
of
being
something
that
makes
it
easier
to
do
it.
It's
not
perfect!
It's
going
to
solve
all
of
our
affordable
housing
woes.
It's
not
going
to
get
rid
of
all
of
the
lawsuits,
but
it
will
make
it
easier
for
us
to
create
units
that
real
human
beings
can
live
in
and
call
home,
and
I
think,
as
somebody
who
has
been
blessed
to
always
have
a
home.
D
That
is
something
that
is
remarkably
important,
that
we
have
as
a
public
defender
when
I
was
working
with
people
who
are
largely
destabilized,
one
of
the
root
causes
of
destabilization
in
their
lives,
whether
it
was
something
that
aggravated
mental
health
or
aggravated
substance,
abuse
or
led
to
substance
abuse
was
houselessness,
and
so
this
is
something
that
is
incredibly
important,
and
I
thank
the
makers
for
putting
this
on
the
table.
I
paid
it
the
highest
compliment.
I
can
pay
something
which
is.
I
wish
I
did
it.
D
So
thank
you
both
of
you
for
doing
this.
I
appreciate
you
both
and
I
look
forward
to
getting
this
done.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
counselor
roya
next
time
co-sponsorship,
but
definitely
definitely
we
can
start
the
caucus
of
all
things
that
make
affordable
housing
easier.
All
right,
councillor,
brayden.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
and
thank
you
to
councillor
o'malley
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue.
It's
really
really
important
and
thank
you
to
everyone.
Who's
testified
this
afternoon.
It's
really
a
good
piece
of
work
and
I
look
forward
to
supporting
it
when
it
comes
up
for
a
vote
in
city
council
and
thank
you
so
much
be
well
and
have
a
thanks
for
all
your
work.
You
do,
I
know,
you're
all
in
the
trenches
every
day,
working
for
more
affordable
housing
in
boston.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much
councillor,
braden,
yeah
and
I'll
just
add
my
thanks,
especially
to
everybody
who
testified
today.
I
yeah-
I
just
I
think
it's
so
important
for
us
to
make
this
personal
and
and
recognize
you
know
we
can
sometimes
talk
about
quality
of
life
as
a
kind
of
catch
phrase.
A
But
of
course,
as
I
think,
joanne
really
brought
home
to
us,
there
is
nothing
more
central
to
quality
of
life
than
having
a
home,
and
we
just
have
to
keep
that
as
our
north
star
in
the
city
of
austin
and
we've
got
too
many
people
who
are
living
under
threat
and
not
having
it
or
who
are
living
without
it
right
now,
and
so
I
yeah,
I
just
think
you
know
meeting
this
with
the
urgency
that
it
requires.
A
I
think
this
is
a
step
that
we
could
take
and
I
will
be
working
with
chair
edwards
to
to
get
us
to
a
place
where
this
can
be
reported
out
of
committee.
Certainly
I'll
be
suggesting
that
it
received
a
favorable
recommendation
and
go
to
the
floor
of
the
council,
but
just
really
want
to
thank
everybody,
all
the
advocates,
and
also
all
the
department
staff
who
joined
us
to
get
today
and
for
your
thoughtful
work
and
the
technical
feedback
from
the
departments.
A
It's
all
been
super
helpful
and
we
we
will
follow
up
I'll
make
sure.
A
The
committee
follows
up
on
that
that
information
request
we
got
from
councilor
o'malley
just
to
make
sure
that
we
can
kind
of
give
people
a
sense
of
the
scope
and
scale
here,
but
I
think
it's,
unfortunately,
the
number
of
affordable
housing
projects
that
the
city
supports
every
year
is
still
not
so
many
that
we
can't
name
them
all
right,
and
I
think
the
reality
is
is
that
we
can
still
we
can
still
name
them
all
and
if
a
portion
of
them
can
move
through
faster
and
that's
a
portion
of
people
who
are
housed
more
quickly
and
I'm
very
cognizant
of
of
knowing
that
with
that
those
39
units
in
jp
that
we
that
we've
alluded
to,
that,
you
know,
there's
no
matter
what
comes
out
there.
A
We
know
we've
had
at
least
six
months
of
delay
in
somebody
getting
into
those
homes
and
that's
really
real.
So
so
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
for
this
and
again
thank
councillor
edwards,
whose
staff
has
been
I'm
really
helpful
in
this,
and
the
committee
staff
and
carrie
our
mvp,
who
sits
behind
the
scenes,
makes
the
zooms
happen.
So,
with
that
this
hearing
on
docket
zero,
six,
eight
five-
I
believe
that's
right-
that
yeah
this
hearing
of
the
government
operations
committee
is
adjourned.
Thank
you.
All.