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Docket #0104 – Message and order to declare surplus City-owned former Public Works Department parcel property known as Windsor Street in the Roxbury District (Ward 09 Parcel 02025020) will transfer the care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission.
Docket #0105 – Message and order to declare surplus two City-owned former Public Works Department parcels, to transfer the care, custody, management, and control of said properties to the Public Facilities Commission. The parcels are located in the Roxbury District at: Tremont Street (Ward 09 Parcel 02240020) and Melnea Cass Boulevard (Ward 9 Parcel 02225005).
A
So
please
bear
with
me
in
accordance
with
governor
baker's
march
12
2020
executive
order,
modifying
certain
requirements
of
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
this
enables
the
city
council
to
carry
out
its
responsibilities
while
adhering
to
public
health
recommendations
and
ensuring
public
access
to
its
deliberations
through
adequate
alternative
means.
A
A
Anyone
who
would
like
to
testify
on
this
matter
please
email
juan.lopez
at
boston.gov
for
the
zoom
link.
Today's
hearing
again
is
on
dockets
and
zero,
five,
which
I
will
now
read
into
the
record.
Docket
number
zero
one:
zero
four
message:
in
order
to
declare
surplus
city
owned,
former
public
works
department,
parcel
property
known
as
windsor
street
in
the
roxbury
district
ward,
nine
parcel
zero
0202-5020
to
transfer
the
care,
custody,
management
and
control
of
said
property
to
the
public
facilities.
A
Commission,
docket
number
0105
message:
in
order
to
declare
surplus,
2,
city-owned,
former
public
works
department,
parcels
to
transfer
the
care,
custody,
management
and
control
of
said
properties
to
the
public
facilities.
Commission,
the
parcels
are
located
in
the
roxbury
district
at
tremont
street
ward,
nine
parcel
zero,
two
four
and
melania
cass
boulevard
ward,
9
parcel
022-5005.
A
B
C
Hearing
and
of
course,
thanks
to
the
mayor
for
putting
this
important
matter
before
the
council,
as
our
city
continues
to
grow
and
change,
the
needs
for
our
municipal
building
portfolio
will
also
continue
to
shift
as
well,
and
I
know
the
public
facilities
commission.
They
exist
primarily
for
that
purpose
to
to
facilitate
those
shifting
priorities.
So,
as
as
the
public
works
department
indicates,
they
no
longer
need
these
two
sites.
C
So,
obviously,
I
look
forward
to
to
using
this
hearing
to
to
highlight
the
the
work
that
the
public
facilities
commission
does,
in
addition
to
identifying
the
sites
and
the
plan,
really
it's
really
about
the
plan
and
what
the
future
plan
for
those
sites
is
and
in
the
community
involvement
and
and
direct-to-butter
involvement,
so
I'll
be
looking
to
sort
of
get
a
sense
as
to
the
fact
you
know
the
fact
that
public
works
does
no
longer
needs
these
parcels.
What
can
these
parcels
be
used
for?
C
What's
what
are
some
of
the
thoughts
and
plans
behind
that?
And
obviously,
how
can
we
engage
the
community
and
in
the
director,
but
is
in
that
process
so
that
everyone
feels
that
they're
part
of
it?
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
look
forward
to
hearing
the
testimony
and
I
have
some
questions
at
the
appropriate
time.
D
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
chair
I'll,
be
brief.
Just
say
that
I
think
public
land
and
municipal
buildings
are
one
of
our
main
public
assets
in
the
city
and
really
a
very
important
thing
for
us
in
the
council
to
steward,
and
so
I
appreciate
the
work
of
the
public
facilities
department
and
happy
to
be
here
today
and
I'll
have
questions
at
the
appropriate
time.
Thank
you.
A
F
G
A
Thank
you
very
much,
okay.
I
think
that
is.
Let
me
scan
the
list
again.
I
think
that
is
all
of
our
colleagues
on
the
council,
so
we'll
turn
it
over
to
our
administration
representatives.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
joining
us
miss
fletcher,
mr
wright,
in
whatever
order
you
wish,
why
don't
we
start
if
you
could
present?
A
Let
me
look
at
the
documents
again,
so
we're
talking
about
three
parcels
today.
I
think
let's
go
docket
by
docket.
It
seems
that
two
of
the
parcels
are
grouped
together.
So
why
don't
we
start
with
zero
one,
zero,
four
and
then
we'll
do
questions
and
then
the
other
batch
of
the
two,
unless
you
think
that
it
makes
more
sense
to
do
them
all
at
once.
H
H
I
am
here
before
you
today
to
request
the
surplus
of
this
parcel
in
the
roxbury
neighborhood,
so
that
d
d
can
proceed
with
a
request
for
proposals
to
preserve
these.
This
parcel
as
open
space
for
the
grassroots
open
space
program,
in
conjunction
with
the
abundant
parcel,
on
which
a
community
garden
already
exists.
H
In
february
of
2020,
the
public
works
department
of
the
city
of
boston,
requested
transfer
of
this
parcel
to
the
department
of
neighborhood
development,
as
they
no
longer
had
a
need
for
the
parcel
in
may
of
2020.
The
public
facilities
commission
voted
to
transfer
the
parcel
from
the
public
works
department
to
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
for
redevelopment
in
october
of
2020
d
d,
initiated
a
community
process
to
discuss
the
future
use
of
this
parcel,
and
community
support
was
strong
for
its
preservation
as
open
space
and
future
disposition.
H
In
conjunction
with
the
abutting
parcel
containing
a
community
garden
that
community
garden
has
been
in
existence
for
about
40
years,
dmd
intends
to
u
to
issue
a
request
for
proposals
by
early
april.
We
respectfully
request
that
the
committee
advance
this
vote
to
be
voted
on
by
the
full
council
at
its
next
meeting,
so
that
dnd
may
proceed
with
the
disposition
process.
I'm
here
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
A
Is
the
rfp
restricting
this
in
any
way
to
permanent
open
space
and
how
does
how
does
the
legal
language
look
like
and
is
the
eventual,
or
is
it
limited
to
only
nonprofit
organizations
or
other
sort
of
open
space
advocacy
groups
to
be
able
to
bid
on
this
or
who
do
you
anticipate
will
bid?
I
guess
that's
two
questions.
Sorry
sure,
no
problem.
H
So
the
we
we
do
expect
that
the
larger
parcel
the
community
garden
will
be
restricted
as
permanent
open
space
and
that
the
that
the
p
that
the
smaller
piece,
which
is
this
parcel
that
we're
discussing
today,
will
be
restricted
in
some
way.
There
may
be
a
small
portion
of
it.
That's
used
as
part
of
an
entrance
to
this
to
the
area,
but
that
but
the
general
purpose
it
would
be
for
this
land
and
the
larger
community
garden
to
be
preserved
permanently
as
open
space,
and
we
anticipate
a
non-profit
organization
applying.
C
Sure,
well,
I
had
a
broader
question
as
to
how
many
properties
that
does
the
public
facilities
commission
presently
have
under
its
control,
and
I
wanted
to
get
an
approximate
size
of
of
the
property
in
that
same
question
today.
The
two
properties
that
we're
dealing
with
today
I
just
want
to
get
the
overall
size
of
the
property
in
terms
of
square
footage.
H
Yeah
the
parcel
this
parcel
that
I'm,
that
I'm
presenting
is
five
thousand
square
feet.
I
can
share
the
fact
sheet
if
that
would
be
useful
on
the
screen,
but
we,
the
department
of
neighborhood
development,
has
I
think,
about
donald
trump.
I
write
a
thousand
parcels
in
our
inventory
at
this
time.
Working
actively
on
disposing
of.
We
have
many
active
processes
on.
We
have
active
processes
happening
on
many
of
them
to
dispose
of
them.
Okay,
I
don't.
C
I
Yes,
good
morning,
council
donald
wright,
deputy
director
of
real
estate
management
and
sales
and
department
of
naval
development.
Some
of
our
I'm
sorry
for
an
echo.
My
band
was
maybe
a
little
off
there,
but
our
sort
of
length
of
tenure,
I
would
say
over
land
parcel
it
sort
of
varies.
We've
had
parcels
in
our
inventory,
for
you
know
many
many
decades
that
may
not
have
the
development
of
potential
at
a
particular
time.
I
mean
now
we're
seeing
that
we
have
a
number
of
parcels
and
counts.
I
I
will
give
you
a
list
of
them
in
various
stages,
as
shani
had
mentioned.
Quite
a
number
of
our
persons
are
currently
in
the
community
process,
and
I
can
get
you
that
specific
number,
as
well
as
ones
that
we're
drafting
rfps
for
right
now
and
then
a
number
of
parties
that
are
currently
under
review.
We've
been
fortunate
and
that
during
dismissive
covert
that
we've
been
able
to
adapt
and
keep
our
process
really
going.
I
Yes,
counselor
again,
typically,
requests
come
in
and
they
can
come
into
the
neighborhood
housing
division
or
they
could
come
directly
to
the
real
estate
management
and
sales
division,
particularly
it
comes
in
with
a
general
request.
We
want
to
understand
the
project
in
and
of
itself,
but
it
really
starts
with
a
community
process
if
it's
in
a
butter
that
may
be
interested-
and
you
know
a
side
yard
or
something
to
that
effect.
I
What
we
want
to
do
is
really
engage
them
in
a
conversation,
an
initial
dialogue
we
don't
want
folks
to
think
development
is
is
is
easy.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
fair
and
concise
information
about
how
the
city
disposes
of
land.
What
mechanisms
do
we
use
to
disposable
plan?
We
want
them
to
clearly
understand
what
the
process
is
for
repressive
proposal
funding
and
that
sort
of
thing.
I
So
a
lot
of
it
really
starts
with
initial
conversation,
with
folks,
like
myself
or
even
shawnee,
for
that
matter,
when
she's
speaking
relative
to
the
grassroots
program.
But
we
do
have
mechanisms
in
place
and
it
can
come
from
an
expression
of
interest
which
can
be
done
on
our
website
as
well.
So
we
try
to
have
as
many
avenues
or
opportunities
for
our
constituency
to
gauge
and
ask
those
types
of
questions,
because
we
understand
the
dynamics
in
the
market
changing
in
our
neighborhood.
D
D
So
it's
sort
of
a
small
kind
of
rectangular
parcel
when
you
speak
about
the
about
the
neighborhood
garden.
Is
that
the
kind
of
like
l-shaped
parcel
that
just
a
corner
of
this
one
touches?
Because
then
I
guess
on
this
other
side
it
has
these
long,
thin
ones
that
are
sort
of
part
of
the
green
corridor
running
along
on
the
aircraft.
It's.
H
D
D
H
D
H
D
H
H
D
H
H
It
would
not
be
a
building.
That's
for
sure.
I
think,
there's
a
there's
a
chance
that
part
of
it
might
end
up
being
part
of
a
driveway
or
part
of
an
entrance,
but
not
a
building.
It
would
be,
and
it
would
mostly
remain
green
space
like
lawn,
but
I
don't
there's.
No,
no.
No
one
is
expressing
the
interest
in
expanding
the
garden
onto
this
parcel.
D
Got
it
and
then
I
guess
my
question
would
be
so
because
you're
talking
about
they're
thinking,
you
know
you've
gotten,
I
mean
obviously
the
city's
going
to
do
an
rfp,
but
it
sounds
like
you
have
an
interested
party
here.
It's
fair,
yes
right
and
that
interesting
interested
party
also
owns
the
adjacent
built
parcel,
which
you
say,
they're
thinking
about
maybe
converting
into
affordable
housing.
H
D
So
to
what
extent
is
dnd
contemplating,
I
assume
such
a
project
would
be
likely
to
be
like
you
know,
in
some
way
or
other
in
partnership
with
the
city.
You
know,
even
if
it
was
just
you
know,
you'd
have
to
find
a
non-profit,
affordable,
housing
developer
or
like
something.
But
you
know
dmd
is
likely
to
be
involved.
D
To
say
like
oh
well,
it's
impossible
for
you
to
achieve
this,
like
setback
or
whatever.
So,
therefore
like,
we
can't
develop
affordably
on
this
site.
So
I
guess
I'm
sort
of
this
is
a
long
way
of
saying,
like
I'm
interested
in
how
connected
this
conversation
can
be,
especially
since
your
interested
party
is
the
same
abutting
party
who's.
Thinking
about
that
development.
Yes,.
H
Yes,
well
I
can
say
I
don't
know
the
full
answer
of
how
it
will
be
established,
but
I,
in
terms
of
the
restriction
on
the
smaller
parcel-
but
I
do
where
I
my
program
and
the
my
program,
which
will
issue
the
rfp
for
the
garden
and
this
parcel.
It
lives
in
the
same
division
as
the
division
that
funds
affordable
housing.
So
I
will
be
working
closely
with
the
folks
at
the
city
who
are
working
with
you
know.
D
Okay,
great
yeah,
because
I
just
you
know
you
just
imagine
a
scenario
where
it
turns
out:
there's
no
way
to
have
an
ada
accessible
entrance
to
this
portion
of
affordable
housing
without
taking
five
inches
off
this
parcel,
and
the
last
thing
I
would
want
is
us
to
not
have
one
hand
talking
to
the
other
such
that
you
know.
Oh,
it's
inviolable,
such
that
we
can't
possibly
make
the
housing
work
anymore.
Right
like
that.
This
is
mainly
the
thing
I
want
to
kind
of
push
on
so
well.
Thank.
E
E
Okay
yeah,
so
I
wanted
to
kind
of
jump
from
where
council
block
was,
and
so
you
say
they
want
to
build.
Affordable
housing.
Are
they
have?
They
started
that
in
motion
at
all,
maybe
to
drill
down
a
little
bit
on
kenzie?
Do
they
have
a
a
concept,
at
least
of
what
that
may
look
like?
So
when
we
are
drafting
the
the
language,
we
have
a
sense
of
what
that
building
is
going
to
be.
H
Piece
there
that
bpa
and
so
they're,
working
very
closely
with
bpda
and
we've
been
in
those
conversations
and
met
with
their
designer
and
the
development
team,
so
I'm
they.
They
are
they're
fairly
far
along
in
the
process.
Yes,
yeah
this
these.
It
really
can't
move
forward
without
these
parcels
being
available
for
purchase
so
yeah
yeah.
E
H
A
G
George,
thank
you
again
ma'am
chair
and
thank
you
both
for
that
presentation
and
sort
of
discussion.
It
was
pretty
robust
and
I
have,
I
think,
a
deep
enough
understanding
and
see
that
councilor
brock,
especially
as
the
district
council,
has
her
hand
up
still
so
perhaps
I'll
just
be
entertained
by
her
questions
and
your
answers.
Thank
you.
A
A
Dear
madam
chair,
mr
vice
chair
members
of
the
committee,
I'm
writing
to
inform
you
of
my
absence
from
today's
working
session
in
the
committee
on
planning
development
and
transportation
on
docket
zero,
one,
zero,
four
and
zero
one
zero
five.
Due
to
previously
scheduled
engagement,
I
will
not
be
sitting
in.
However,
our
office
will
ensure
that
we
are
kept
knowledgeable
on
this
issue
and
will
follow
along
closely
sincerely
julia
mejia,
all
right.
A
D
I'm
sorry,
yes,
I
I
recognize.
I
am
not
the
district
counselor
for
this,
but
but
I
just
wanted
to
ask
quickly
about
because
I
I
noticed,
and
you
referenced
it
shawnee
just
now
to
counselor
baker,
that
little
bt,
bpda
sliver
that
I
mean
looks
like
it
would
mainly
be
helpful
for
access
issues
to
the
site.
What
is
the
like,
you
said:
they've
been
talking
to
bpda.
D
What's
the
kind
of
timeline
like
parallel
process
there,
because
obviously,
here
we're
trying
to
consolidate
two
of
the
parcels
and
pfd
it
feels
like
it
would
ultimately
be
ideal
for
the
three
things
to
kind
of
like
be
together,
and
so
is
there
a
hope
that
bpda
is
going
to
also
transfer
this
parcel
to
pfd
or
that
bpda
does
some
kind
of
title
assembly
thing
to
put
the
three
things
together
or
like?
What's
the
kind
of
conversation
with
them
great.
H
Thank
you.
Yes,
they
they
would
not
transfer
to
us,
they
would
do
a
separate
process
and
they
can
directly
designate
it.
They
don't
have
to
do
an
rfp
process
with
this
parcel,
so
that
is
their
intention
when
the
larger
projects
are
ready
to
to
go
ahead,
and
this
our
our
being
able
to
issue
an
rfp
for
these
is
again
one
of
the
steps
in
between
now
and
that
happening.
D
And
I
do
think
it
would
probably
be
helpful,
madam
chair,
or
unless
you
have
this
shawnee
I
was,
I
was
wondering
if
I
could
maybe
just
like,
throw
up
very
quickly.
The
image
of
the
parcels
were
talking
about
or
if
shawnee
had
a
fact
sheet
on
it.
I'm
just
thinking
about
for
someone
watching
at
home
that
it
might
be
helpful
to
see.
H
E
E
H
Yes,
so
this
is
this:
is
it
large
enough?
There
we
go.
So
are
you
able
to
see
my
mouse?
Yes,
okay,
great?
So
this
is
the
parcel
we're
presenting
today
for
the
transfer
to
d
this
yellow
one
is
the
bpda
parcel?
This
larger
one
is
the
garden,
and
this
green
space
here
is
the
building
existing
building,
and
this
is
where
the
rest
of
the
public
works.
That
there's
just
sort
of
greenway
kind
of
space
is
that
public
works
still
owns
and
will
maintain.
D
And
I
think,
just
to
editorialize
that
colleagues
can
see
why
I'm
concerned
about
making
sure
that
there's
an
ability
to
access
the
parcel
potentially
from
the
developable
parcel
from
the
one
we're
talking
about
today,
because
it's
really
the
one
we're
talking
about
today.
That
kind
of
provides
the
collective
access
to
that
corner
of
warwick
and
windsor.
H
A
I
I
I
I
It
by
all
means,
thank
you
very
much,
so
two
city
parks
who's
owned.
Again.
Let
me
reiterate:
donald
wright,
deputy
director,
real
estate
management
sales
division,
we're
here
to
to
request
surplus
of
a
former
public
works
parcels.
Two
city
parcels
compromising
of
fourteen
thousand
two
hundred
square
feet
of
vacant
land,
formerly
with
the
public
works
department,
transferred
the
dnd
and
our
taxi
details
are
certified.
There's
two
unnumbered
parcels.
Many
a
cast
boulevard,
one
possible
obtaining
of
3942
square
feet
and
the
other
unmembered
parts
are
on
treatment.
I
Street
totaling,
10
258
square
feet.
These
two.
These
contiguous
parcels
of
land
will
be
combined
in
partnership
with
the
bbda
on
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts,
with
other
city
and
state-owned
properties
to
form
what
is
known
as
the
crescent
parcel
site
and
including
an
rfp
following
the
planet.
Anubian
square
planning
initiative
led
by
the
bpda
and
in
collaboration
with
dnd
the
question
there
we
go.
Thank
you.
The
portions
of
the
property
bmd
plan
surplus
are
not
needed
for
municipal
purposes
and
consists
of
vacant
lands
being
available
in
the
rfc.
D
And-
and
can
you
say,
tell
me
donald
so
I'm
just
looking
at
this
online,
so
it's
confusing
on
our
assessing
parcel
viewer
is
that
two
of
those
green
ones
are
listed
as
being
city
of
boston,
but
they're
listed
here.
As
so,
you
see
you
see
the
the
short
side
of
the
orange,
like
the
the
one
that
runs
out
to
melania
cass.
D
I
What
I
would
say
counselor
is
that
when
we
started
looking
at
this
in
the
first
phase
of
plan
nubian
square,
we
knew
that
we
knew
that
we
had
to
go
in
and
identify
clear
ownership
of
these
and
so
between
the
legal
team
with
the
bpda
as
well
as
dnd.
There
was
quite
a
bit
of
research
done
so
I'll
get
you
some
clarifying
answers.
There.
D
Okay,
yeah,
just
because
it
does
look
like
both
of
those
parcels
are
listed
at
city
of
boston
in
our
assessment
database.
So
something
is
off
and
then
and
and
this
kind
of
the
long
ways
parcel
often
a
parcel
like
that,
you
sort
of
wonder
like
was
that
an
old
street
is
that.
Is
there
a
conduit
under
that
like
what
what's
the
sort
of
cause
of
a
of
a
parcel
shape
like
that?
Do
you
have
any
idea.
I
D
I
The
development
objectives
here
were
for
sustainable
resilient
and
healthy
development,
really
with
an
economic
development
driver,
commercial,
condo,
small
business,
creative
and
creative
equity
building
strategies
are
what
they're
looking
for
developers
to
respond
with,
and
then
the
affordable
housing
in
income
restricted
housing
is
calling
for
a
third
or
third
and
third
and
there's
also
a
call
for
deeper
affordability.
If
the
developer
can
get
it.
We've
also
drawn
some
stronger
language,
as
it
applies
to
diversity
and
inclusion,
and
also
being
mindful
of
development
without
displacement.
D
Great
and
so
the
idea
is
to
hope
to
develop
the
whole
set
and
kind
of
you
know,
and,
and
is
the
state
sort
of
what's
the
degree
of
state
cooperation
here
like?
Are
they
like?
Is
the
state
bought
into
plan
nubian
square
like
have
we
are
they
sort
of
have
they
signaled
a
willingness
to
provide
us
with
these
parcels
like?
What's
there.
I
I
I
I
We
also
went
to
the
roxbury
jesus
master
plan
oversight
committee
and
made
sure
that
continuing
going
back
to
the
minister
covert,
when
many
things
stopped,
we
were
still
trying
to
find
ways
in
which
we
could
continue
to
move
in
our
development
processes
so
that
when
we
had
the
ability
to
go
back,
we
had
some
projects
that
we
could
really
move
forward.
And
so
we
got
quite
a
bit
of
support
from
them
to
continue
the
dialogue,
and
so
we've
been
successful
in
doing
that.
D
I
What
I
will
tell
you
also
counselors
the
constituencies
that
came
out.
We
had
a
number
of
meetings
at
the
boston,
water
insurance
was
building,
and
it
was
very
well
attended
by
folks
that
have
some
concerns
and,
and
they
asked
quite
a
bit
of
questions-
and
I
think
that
both
dnd
and
the
vpda
major
stakeholders
were
really
good
at
getting
the
information
out
to
the
constituency
where
they
felt
well
on
the
channel.
E
E
I
E
And
and
back
the
original
question,
that's
it
and
then
it's
then
it's
an
entire
parcel
there.
Where
you
could
you
could
plan
it,
get
some
density
there
and
and
and
reach
those
goals
that
need
for
the
third
third
and
the
third
okay.
I
think
I'm
good
kenzie
did
a
nice
job
on
you.
You
steal
all
the
questions,
so
nobody
has
anything
else
to
say
so.
G
A
I
Yep
so
with
this
particular
these
two
particles,
the
actual
rft,
was
released
when
it's
on
the
street
and
it's
due
back
on
april
21st.
They
had
a
a
pre-uh
proposal
conference
back
on
february,
10th
and
so
we're.
I
I
think,
in
a
great
place
again
going
back
to
and
using
covert
as
debate,
we've
been
able
to
continue
to
move
our
development
process
forward.
A
A
A
A
J
I
just
want
to
make
a
comment.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
and
just
a
thank
you
to
all
the
other
city,
councilors
and
sean
fletcher
and
donald
wright
and
others.
Who've
been
involved
with
this
process
of
moving
the
salon
development
process.
It's
a
long-held
desire
on
the
part
of
the
united
neighbors,
the
whole
roxbury
to
develop
something
for
the
community
and
to
maintain
the
public
garden
in
that
process.
A
Singleton,
okay,
I
think
it
there
might
be
some
technical
issues
there,
all
right,
so
we've
heard
from
everyone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
Last
call
for
comments
from
any
colleagues
feel
free
to
raise
your
hands
or
give
a
wave
nope.
Okay,
all
good
appreciate
your
time.
Everyone-
and
this
will
conclude
our
hearings
on
our
hearing
on
dockets
number:
zero
one:
zero,
four
and
zero
one:
five
zero
one:
zero
five
in
the
committee
on
planning,
development
and
transportation.
This
hearing
is
adjourned.