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Dockets #0181 - Hearing regarding potential zoning amendments to be proposed by the Boston Groundwater Trust.
A
Docket
number
0181,
my
name
is
michelle
wu,
I'm
chair
of
the
council's
committee
on
planning
development
and
transportation.
I
will
read
some
disclosures
and
business
at
the
beginning
and
then
introduce
our
council
colleagues
to
give
brief
opening
statements
and
we'll
hand
it
over
to
christian
seminelli
for
his
presentation.
A
Okay,
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
council
to
carry
out
our
responsibilities
while
adhering
to
public
health
recommendations
and
ensuring
public
access
to
deliberations
through
adequate
alternative
means.
A
A
Docket
number
0181
order
for
a
hearing
regarding
potential
zoning
amendments
to
be
proposed
by
the
boston
groundwater
trust.
This
matter
was
sponsored
by
councilor
kenzie
bach
and
was
referred
to
the
committee
on
planning
development
and
transportation
on
january
13
2021,
I
am
joined
by
my
colleagues,
our
our
lead
sponsor,
as
well
as
counselors
ed
flynn
and
counselor
and
michael
flaherty.
A
Okay,
so
why
don't
we
do
it
in
that?
Am
I
correct
I
am
do
I
remember
that
counselor
flynn
was
added
as
a
co-sponsor
to
this
one
or
the
different
okay,
all
right
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
was
didn't,
have
my
wires
cross.
So,
let's
start
with
counselor
bach,
then
flynn,
then
flaherty
for
quick
opening
statements.
B
Great,
thank
you
so
much.
Madam
chair
really
pleased
to
be
here
today
with
the
boston,
groundwater
trust
represented
by
christian
simonelli.
It's
executive
director,
as
many
folks
watching,
but
maybe
not
everyone
may
know
much
of
boston
is
on
fill
and
many
of
our
buildings
are
actually
held
up
by
pilings
that
are
under
the
water
and
that
need
to
stay
under
the
water
and
wet
in
order
to
not
decay.
And
so
it's
really
a
pretty
essential
piece
of
sort
of
shared
infrastructure
that
we
keep
our
groundwater
levels
healthy
and
robust
across
the
city.
B
This
is
extremely
true
in
large
swaths
of
my
district
from
beacon
hill
through
the
back
bay
parts
of
fenway
and
and
also
the
audubon
circle
area
which
we'll
be
discussing
adding
to
the
overlay
today.
But
it
is
true
in
a
number
of
other
counselors
districts
as
well,
and
it
was
a
critical
piece
of
making
the
boston
that
we
know
and
love
and
and
stewarding.
That
resource
is
a
critical
piece
of
maintaining
the
boston
that
we
know
and
love.
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
council
wu
and
thank
you
to
council
block
for
her
leadership
and
to
you.
Counselor
will
as
well
for
your
leadership.
It's
good
to
be
here
with
the
with
our
colleagues
and
with
with
christian
in
with
residents
of
downtown
of
residents
of
the
city
I
held
a
hearing
last
year
on
groundwater
related
issues
in
boston,
water
and
sewer,
related
issues
and
christian
was
kind
enough
to
testify.
It
was
an
informative
hearing
and
residents
really
got
a
lot
out
of
it.
C
You
know
if
groundwater
is
not
working
for
you
and
water
and
sewer
issues
are
not
working
for
you.
If
these
quality
of
life
issues
aren't
working
for
you
in
the
city,
nothing's
working
for
you,
so
these
nuts
and
bolts
of
city
government
are
critical
and
they're
very
important,
and
I
just
want
to
highlight
the
role
you're
doing
christian.
I
worked
with
council
wu
on
water
and
sewer
related
issues
in
the
south
end,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
work.
To
do.
C
Boston
is
an
old
city,
and
you
know
making
sure
that
the
groundwater
in
water
and
soil
work
for
everybody
is
critical.
I
hope
to
work
with
christian
on
bringing
some
of
my
colleagues
this
summer
to
view
an
installation
of
a
ground
water
sometime
in
the
summer
and
I'll
make
sure
we
we.
I
keep
my
council
colleagues
updated
about
that
about
that
plan.
Again.
Thank
you,
councilwoo
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
this
informative
hearing.
D
Thank
you,
man
of
trio.
I
said
obviously
thank
you
for
cheering
the
hearing
this
afternoon
and
also
thank
my
colleague
councillor
bark
for
filing
this
very
important
hearing
the
boston
groundwater
trust
services
serves
a
vital
role
in
preserving
the
architectural
integrity
of
many
of
our
city's
buildings
across
a
number
of
historical
districts
and
as
our
understanding
of
boston's
architectural
history
grows
and
as
our
impacts
on
the
city,
groundwater
continues
to
increase.
D
We
must
ensure
that
boston's
groundwater
trust
is
adequately
equipped
to
and
empowered
to
do
what
is
necessary
to
preserve
this
vital
community
asset.
The
boston
city
council
has
been
a
great
partner
with
the
boston
groundwater
trust
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
don't
mention
the
great
work
of
my
former
colleague
city
council,
michael
ross,
in
his
efforts
in
bringing
you
know
the
council's
attention
when
we
had
served
together
and
in
playing
obviously
a
vital
role
as
an
at-large
member
and
also
as
former
president
of
council.
D
So
I
I
look
forward
to
the
hearing
from
the
experts
that
are
that
that
are
here
today
in
moving
forward,
want
to
work
together
to
make
sure
that
any
necessary
changes
or
improvements
to
the
boston,
groundwater
trust
are
there
to
preserve
our
city
and
its
properties
in
in
in
perpetuity.
So
thank
you
and
I
look
forward
to
the
hearing
and
have
some
questions
at
the
appropriate
time.
Thank
you,
madam.
A
Thank
you,
counselor
flaherty,
okay,
I'm
doing
one
quick
scan
to
see
if
any
other
colleagues
are
in
the
waiting
room.
Nope,
we
look
good
okay.
I
want
to
also
recognize
that
brian
glasscock
from
the
administration
has
joined
us
as
well,
so
we'll
make
sure
to
go
to
we'll
go
to
christian
first,
then
brian
and
then
we'll
do
questions
and
or
maybe
we
we
will
pause
to
offer
a
chance
for
public
testimony
and
then
go
to
q
a
with
counselors.
A
E
Okay
counselors.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
having
me
here
today,
in
addition
to
chair
wu
and
obviously
the
co-sponsors
bach
and
and
flynn,
and
just
thank
you
all
for
your
kind
words
allowing
the
opportunity
for
me
to
come
here
today
and
and
really
just
share
with
you.
What
our
proposal
is
and
ultimately
why
it's
important
that
that
these
amendments
are
ultimately
adopted
by
the
zoning
commission.
So
I'm
just
going
to
share
my
screen
with.
B
E
Okay,
so
I'm
here
today
to
discuss
ultimately
our
proposed
modifications
to
the
existing
article
32
zoning,
the
groundwater
conservation
overlay
district
for
those
watching,
not
necessarily
for
those
that
are
there
that
are
in
the
in
the
attendance.
These
first
12
slides
will
sort
of
be
rather
repetitive
to
you,
but
I
feel
it's
important
for
those
that
are
watching
virtually
get
an
idea
of
who
we
are
how
we
were
established.
E
That's
a
heavy
building.
You
know
brick
bro,
you
know
typical
brick
building
row
house
is
is
supported
on
pilings,
and
so
the
first
thing
that
we
needed
to
do
was
we
needed
to
measure
the
the
groundwater
levels
in
the
areas
to
find
out
where
the
groundwater
levels
were,
and
we
currently
have
a
network
of
approximately
800
observation
wells
spread
throughout
all
these
areas
listed
here
above
east
boston,
all
the
way
through
west
end
north
end.
E
All
the
way
through
the
four
point,
channel
observation
well,
is
nothing
more
than
a
pvc
pipe
in
the
ground,
with
the
bottom
10
feet,
perforated,
to
allow
water
to
percolate
into
that
water
column
and
is
protected
by
this
cast
iron
roadway
box
in
the
sidewalk
about
six
to
eight
times
per
year.
Our
field
engineers
go
out,
they
pop
open
these
covers
and
they
take
a
water
level
measurement
using
this
water
level
indicator,
and
it
tells
us
how
many
feet
below
the
ground
surface.
E
The
water
is
typically
around
10
to
12
feet,
depending
on
where
you're
out
of
the
city
is
where
the
is
where
the
water
table
is.
This
is
our
monitoring
area
just
to
give
you
an
idea
of
sort
of
the
area
that
we
cover
again,
you
know:
east
boston,
north
end,
west
end
and
lower
beacon
hill.
Again,
all
these
field
land
areas.
All
these
areas
that
are
highlighted
have
buildings
that
are
supporting
our
wood
piles.
E
So
we
need
to
have
observation
walls
there
to
monitor
the
levels
just
to
give
you
an
idea
of
the
of
our
work
over
the
years.
So
when
I
first
started
here
in
1999,
we
had
just
under
100
observation
wells
didn't
have
nearly
enough
coverage
that
we
needed
to
get
an
accurate
picture
of
the
of
the
groundwater
table
over
the
years.
The
our
organization,
the
trust
and
particularly
our
co-chairs
worked
with
the
city
and
state
entities
and
in
government
to
secure
funding
for
observation.
E
Well,
installations-
and
really
you
see
here
from
this
three-year
period
from
2003
to
2006,
is
when
we
built
out
the
observation
wall
network
to
where
it
is
today,
roughly
again
approximately
781
wells
in
the
current
network
on
our
website.
We
have
monitoring
wall
data
tab
each
one
of
these
blue
dots
is
an
observation.
Well,
you
can
click
on
that
blue
dot,
and
it
can
tell
you
what
the
elevation
of
of
the
water
table
is.
The
majority
of
the
walls
on
the
website
have
about
15
years
worth
of
worth
of
data.
E
Some
of
the
data
obviously
goes
back
to
1999
when
the
original
wells
that
we
had
just
under
the
100
group
that
we
had
originally.
So
why
is
this
important?
The
key
here?
The
relationship
that
we're
talking
about
is
the
water
table.
Elevation
remaining
above
the
tops
of
the
wood
pile,
so
this
graphic
indicates
buildings
that
are
supporting
wood
piles
on
the
right.
You
see,
wood,
pile
supported
building
and
the
water
table
here
indicated
by
this
upside
down.
Triangle
is
above
the
tops
of
the
pilings.
E
However,
to
the
left
you
see
a
building
that
building
that
is
supporting
the
wood
piles,
but
those
piles
are
above
the
groundwater
table
and
in
some
cases
where
that's
occurred,
we've
had
buildings
that
have
needed
to
be
repaired
through
a
process
called
underpinning.
So
you
know,
our
sole
purpose
here
is
to
document
the
ground
levels
where
they
are
in
relationship
relation
to
the
pile
cutoff
elevations
under
these
buildings
and
make
sure
that
the
water
table
stays
above
the
tops
of
the
pilings.
If
not,
the
pilots
can
fail
ideal
conditions.
E
This
is
just
a
a
brief
narrative
of
of
what
you
know
what
we
want
across
the
whole
city
water
table
here
indicated
by
the
substrate
down
triangle,
above
the
tops
of
of
the
wood
piles.
These
granite
blocks
serve,
what's
known
as
pile
caps
to
sit
on
top
of
the
piles,
and
then
the
building
rests
on
on
those
pile
caps,
typically
depending
on
where
you're
around
the
city,
piles
can
range
anywhere
from
15
to
35
feet
in
length,
have
a
diameter
of
10
inches
at
the
top
tapered
to
six
inches
at
the
bottom.
E
E
I
want
to
show
you
this
narrative
here,
because
I
want
to
talk
about
the
city
very
quickly
and
how
it's
evolved
over
the
years
after
world
war
ii.
Really
the
city's
population
plummeted.
There
was
a
mass
exodus
of
the
suburbs.
People
got
married,
they
got
older,
they
started,
families
believe
it
or
not.
1970S
aren't
for
a
back
bay
apartment
was
240
a
month.
E
If
you
can
believe
that
one
in
the
mid
80s
the
city's
population
started
started,
climbing
people
started
to
come
back
into
the
city
and
the
city
really
transformed
became
a
hub
for
education,
medicine
and
finance.
Currently
approximately
2018,
we
have
around
807
000
residents
and
that's
growing
around
9
000
per
year.
E
So
why
is
this
important
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
talking
about
building,
supported
on
piles
and
we're
talking
about
the
property
tax
levy?
And,
as
anybody
knows
that
that
follows
the
city
budget?
Anybody
here
that
pays
taxes
knows
the
net
property.
Tax
levy
is
really
the
financial
backbone
of
the
city's
revenue,
and
this
is
just
pulled
from
the
city's
website
and
their
latest.
E
E
E
If
there
was
no
groundwater,
trust
monitoring,
groundwater
levels
and
groundwater
levels
were
allowed
to
deteriorate
to
a
point,
we
would
put
these
buildings
at
risk.
There
would
be
the
potential
to
have
to
underpin
and
repair
buildings
under
in
this
area
that
had
rudder
pilings
and
the
cost
could
be
12
to
20
million
dollars
or
more,
depending
on
how
many
buildings
multiply
that
by
multiple
blocks.
In
the
event,
the
groundwater
were
just
allowed
to
do
whatever
it
wanted
to
do,
and
there
was
nobody
like
the
groundwater
trust
paying
attention
to
the
groundwater
levels.
E
So
the
purpose
of
the
changes
today,
ultimately
or
to
make
it
to
the
zoning
that
was
adopted
in
2006
and
last
amended
in
2007.,
the
2007
amendment
added
areas
of
the
bullfringe
triangle,
the
north
end
of
the
four-point
channel,
there's
no
harm
aries
and
I'll
get
into
the
particulars
of
that.
In
a
little
bit
since
2007
we've
compiled
a
lot
more
information
on
water
and
wood
power
cut
off
elevations.
We
know
much
more
about
where
the
water
table
is
now.
We
know
much
more
about
the
foundations
now
than
we
ever
have
before.
E
If
I
didn't
mention
the
establishment
of
the
city
state
groundwater
working
group,
when
the
zoning
was
adopted
in
2006,
there
was
also
a
memorandum
of
understanding
signed
by
us
and
all
these
agencies
listed
and
this
city-state
groundwater
working
group
has
really
led
to
the
results
of
fixing
the
infrastructure
that
can
have
a
negative
impact
on
the
groundwater
table.
All
these
agencies
came
together,
pledged
to
share
information,
identify
problem
areas,
explore
solutions
and
remediate
identified
problems
that
contribute
to
low
groundwater.
E
If
it's
in
the
g-cod
it
gets
cited
for
article
32.,
substantially
rehabilitate
is
usually
the
main
trigger
the
gut
rehabs
are
account
for
roughly
about
90
of
the
cases
we
see
that
go
before
the
zba
first,
change
that
we
want
to
make
is
simply
update.
The
one
inch
capture
requirement
right
now.
The
zoning
is,
as
it's
articulated,
has
a
requirement
that
a
proposed
project
capture
the
inch
over
the
surface
area
of
the
proposed
project.
Okay,
so
basically
the
area
of
the
building.
E
We
want
to
make
sure
that
that
coincides
with
water
and
sewers
requirements
who
ultimately
they're
the
one
that
approved
these
recharge
systems
to
capture
the
area,
one
inch
over
the
area
of
the
entire
lot.
So
the
current
zoning
here
on
the
left,
as
indicated
is
just
required,
is
the
way
that
it's
written
now
in
the
shallow
area
to
design
a
recharge
system
for
this
for
the
building
itself.
E
Then
issues
what's
called
a
groundwater
approval
letter
where
they
say
that
the
applicant
has
met
the
requirement
by
designing
a
system
that
meets
or
exceeds
the
cubic
foot
requirement
for
the
storage
and
again
all
these
systems.
The
bigger
systems
in
particular,
are
tied
into
the
city's
combined
sewers
in
the
event
that
we
have
a
huge
rainstorm,
we
have
a
huge
you
know,
rainfall
in
a
short
amount
of
time
that
we
don't
have
any
overflow
any
any
flooding
or
anything
like
that.
That's
going
to
negatively
impact
the
building
or
budding
structures
quickly.
E
What's
your
recharge
system!
Well,
it's
definitely
not
this
on
the
left.
It's
not
the
roof
lesions
coming
out
into
the
street
and
creating
in
the
cold
weather
today,
creating
quite
a
nice
ice
rink,
it's
basically
just
taking
the
roof
leaders
redirecting
them
to
an
engineered
recharge
system.
That's
typically
collected
under
the
building
or
adjacent
to
the
building.
This
particular
building
had
perforated
pipe.
So
again,
it's
just
taking
the
roof
leaders
directing
them
to
a
pipe
into
a
structure
that
allows
the
water
to
percolate
and
recharge
the
groundwater
table.
E
We
would
also
like
to
have
language
in
the
zoning.
That's
currently
not
in
the
zoding
to
match
the
smart
utilities
policy
of
1.25
inch
right
now.
The
bpda
has
a
smart
utilities,
policy
for
efficiency,
equity,
resiliency,
economic
development
and
innovation
for
the
large
article
80
projects
and
for
projects
that
are
at
or
above
100
000
square
feet
of
floor
area.
It
calls
for
the
bpda,
in
consultation
with
the
boss
war
and
sewer
commission
to
recommend
1.25
inches,
so
it's
0.25
inches
above
the
one-inch
requirement.
E
E
Second
change
we'd
like
to
raise
the
no
harm
threshold,
so
I'm
going
to
get
into
a
a
little
bit
more
into
this,
but
basically
the
existing
language,
as
it
is
now
talks
about
anybody,
that's
digging
down
for
any
occupiable
space
or
any
garage
space
or
any
construction
boat.
Elevation
seven
has
to
have
a
no
negative
impact.
Basically,
they
have
to
certify
to
the
zoning
board
of
appeals
via
a
professional
engineer,
stamp
letter
how
the
construction
is
not
going
to
have
a
negative
impact
on
groundwater
table
to
elevation,
7
boston
city
base.
E
E
That
way,
it
will
not
have
a
negative
impact
on
the
groundwater
table
when
an
engineer
designs
again
a
building
and
they
provide
this
no
harm
letter.
They
provide
a
detail
about
where
the
elevations
of
the
basements
will
be
ultimately
how
it
relates
to
the
groundwater
levels
that
are
measured
in
the
vicinity.
But
then
the
most
important
aspect
here,
the
no
negative
impact
statement
talks
about
how
the
building
will
be
waterproof,
not
include
any
permanent
drainage
or
groundwater
withdrawal
and
ultimately
meets
the
requirements
of
article
32.
E
and
the
reason
that
we
want
to
raise
the
snow
arm
threshold
gets
back
to
the
first
images.
I
I
showed
you
where
there
is
a
relationship
in
some
areas
of
the
city,
even
in
some
blocks,
where
pile
cut
off
elevations
are
different
and
the
reason
that
they're
different
is
that
all
these
buildings
were
not
constructed
at
the
same
time.
So
the
building
here
on
the
left
has
higher
prior
cutoff
elevations
and
the
reason
that
it
has
a
higher
power.
E
Cutoff
elevation
is
that
the
groundwater
level
table
at
the
time
the
bullies
were
constructed
was
probably
most
likely
higher.
The
engineers
knew
that
these
piles
need
to
remain
submerged
in
order
for
them
to
maintain
their
structural
integrity.
So,
at
the
time
when
this
building
was
constructed
on
the
left,
the
groundwater
table
was
probably
at
elevation,
eight,
which
had
a
foot
of
water
above
the
tops
of
the
pilings
you
fast
forward.
However,
many
years
the
groundwater
table
for
a
multitude
of
reasons
dropped
to
where
it
is
now
at
elevation.
E
E
Excuse
me,
in
fact,
if
you
go
back
and
look
at
the
building
law
in
the
early
1900s,
it
talks
about
the
elevation
of
the
piles
and
that
they
should
be
not
cut
off
higher
than
elevation
five,
but
there
is
an
exception.
This
wonderful
exception
that
that
makes
my
life
miserable
and
it
talks
about.
The
commissioner
has
a
discretion
where
a
higher
power
cutoff
may
be
permitted,
not
exceeding
grade
nine.
So
it's
a
four
foot
variability.
E
That's
all
under
the
assumption
that
the
power
cut
off
elevations
are
below
that
in
some
areas,
they're
not
in
some
areas,
they're
a
little
higher.
I
do
have
a
little
bit
of
good
news
on
that
front,
though
this
narrative,
I
feel,
is
important
because
it
really
illustrates
the
push
pull
that
engineers
had
at
the
time,
particularly
the
boston
society,
civil
engineers
they
had.
They
talked
about
powell,
cutoff
elevations
and
how
they
should
be
lower
and
some
engineers
felt
they
should
be
higher,
and
some
engineers
felt
that
they
should
be
lower
and
wisely.
E
They
determined
that
okay,
we've
paved
over
everything,
so
we've
taken
away
natural
recharge,
we've
put
in
sewers
drains
tunnels,
deep
basements,
all
this
stuff
that
if
it's
not
properly
sealed
and
it's
not
acting
as
it
should,
if
it
leaks
it,
could
have
a
negative
impact
on
the
groundwater
table
and
draw
the
groundwater
table
down
so
wisely.
Really,
at
the
end
here,
the
engineers
determined
following
the
discovery
of
water
wood
piles
underneath
the
boston
public
library
which
had
to
have
their
piles,
underpinned
that
pile
should
be
not
cut
off
any
higher
than
elevation.
E
Three
just
in
the
back
bay
problem
was
by
1931.
Everything
was
built
and
we
started
to
see
the
use
of
concrete
and
steel,
and
ultimately,
everything
that
was
up
you
know
is
up
and
that's
it.
So
we
really
have
to
manage
the
groundwater
table,
moving
forward
to
make
sure
that
the
sewers
and
drains
and
everything
that's
there
doesn't
leak
and
that
we
get
as
much
water
back
into
the
ground
as
we
can
through
the
recharge
systems.
E
So
what
do
we
know?
So?
We've
gone
through
all
the
inspectional
services
records
for
the
buildings
and
phil
lands,
areas
of
the
city
we've
gone
through
the
building
inspector
reports
at
the
boston,
public
library.
Put
all
this
data
on
our
website
problem
is
we
only
found
foundation
information
for
about
22
percent
of
the
buildings,
so
out
of
the
6400
buildings,
roughly
that
we
looked
at,
we
only
found
information
for
1427.,
we're
looking
for
the
original
building
permit
or
anything
that
related
to
the
foundation.
E
The
good
news
is,
is
that
the
majority
that
we
did
find
had
pile
cutoffs
in
the
four
to
five
range,
which
is
good
the
lower
that
number
the
better,
but
you
can
see
you
know
plenty
of
buildings
here
that
are
above
that,
thankfully,
in
areas
where
there
are
higher
power,
cutoff
elevations,
there
are
high
ground
water
levels
that
are
above
the
tops
of
the
pilings.
So
that's
a
good
thing.
E
I'm
going
to
show
you
a
graphic
of
that
in
a
couple
minutes
and
when
you
go
on
our
website,
our
probably
cut
off
and
foundation
information
tab
has
a
map
for
each
neighborhood
and
it
talks.
You
know
basically
shows
a
graphical
representation
here
this
through
the
charter
number
of
buildings,
what
we
found
for
foundation
and
what
the
cutoffs
are.
These
are
working
documents
as
we
get
information
in
about
foundations.
E
We
add
to
these
maps,
so
anybody
that
moves
forward
with
a
substantial
renovation,
for
example,
a
lot
of
the
times
we'll
have
an
engineer,
come
out
and
dig
a
test
pit.
What's
called
a
test
fit
to
take
a
look
at
the
piles.
We
request
that
they
forward
us
that
report
and
a
lot
of
the
times
we're
able
to
add
to
this
data,
which
is
great,
we're
also
working
with
isc,
to
have
a
provision
when
somebody
does
go
for
a
test
pit
or
an
underpinning
job
that
we're
alerted
to
that.
E
E
I
talked
about
the
woodpile
cutoff
relationship
and
and
how
that
relates
to
the
water
elevations
that
we
have
so
I
want
to
show
you
this
area
bay,
state
road
in
kilmore
square,
so
each
one
of
these
color-coded
addresses
indicates
a
cut-off
elevation
for
a
piling
supporter
structure,
and
you
can
see
majority
here
on
this
map
are
in
blue
and
an
orange
elevation
four
to
five
five
to
six.
The
good
news
is:
is
that
our
circles
here,
our
observation
wells
have
a
bunch
of
data
where
the
water
elevations
are
typically
in
the
seven
to
nine.
E
In
a
couple
of
cases
here,
nine
foot
plus
five
to
seven.
So
in
these
areas,
where
we
have
the
four
to
fives,
it's
good
that
we
have
the
water
elevations
at
the
five
to
seven
seven
to
nines,
because
that
means
there's
a
you
know
one
to
two
feet
of
water
above
the
tops
of
the
pilings,
which
is
good.
Here
we
take
a
walk
over
here.
All
these
buildings
are
in
really
good
shape.
E
The
proposed
third
change
is
to
update
the
map
and
coverage
areas,
so
this
was
actually
the
original
map
from
that
the
bra
produced
in
september
of
2005-
and
it
shows
the
original
shoreline
here
outlined
in
red.
The
salmon
colored
here
are
the
areas
of
the
original
g-cod
and
then
they
they
had
some
areas
here
on
the
outskirts
of
east
boston,
charlestown
and
again,
on
the
north
end,
waterfront
there
were
potential
overlay
expansion
areas.
E
Those
areas
were
not
included
at
that
time,
because
one
we
didn't
have
observation
walls
and
groundwater
level
data
for
those
areas,
and
we
didn't
really
know
anything
about
the
buildings
again.
This
is
september
2005.,
sort
of
right
at
the
smack
dab,
in
the
middle
of
when
we
were
installing
wells
just
to
get
an
idea
where,
where
everything
was
water
level,
wise
so
moving
forward,
the
proposed
change
here
is
to
update
this
map.
The
existing
map
is
a
bit
confusing
to
people.
E
E
Here,
where
the
customs
house
is
that
that
building's
on
it,
as
well
as
other
buildings
supporting
piles
and
then
this
area
down
here
and
lower
roxbury
by
frederick
douglas
square,
just
to
give
you
a
sort
of
snapshot
quickly
of
each
location.
So
this
is
audubon
circle
again
we
have
buildings
here
that
support
our
wood
piles.
Groundwater
elevations
for
the
most
part,
are
relatively
healthy,
all
above
elevation,
five,
which
is
good
because
the
cutoff
elevation
is
in
this
area,
predominantly
relevation.
Five,
you
see
the
water
levels
are
above
that
central
waterfront.
E
Here
you
can
see
the
the
coverage
that
we
have
is
very
limited.
We
do
have
a
spot
here,
that's
that's
relatively
low,
but
does
fluctuate
in
the
four
to
five
range,
which
is
not
ideal,
but
it
sometimes
it
does
hover
above
elevation,
five,
which
is
good.
This
area
here
is
particularly
difficult
because
there's
a
ton
of
infrastructure
and
there's
a
whole
lot
of
stuff,
that's
sort
of
in
the
way
that
doesn't
allow
us
to
put
in
observation
walls.
E
We
will
be
getting
an
additional
10
observation
wells
and
we'll
be
getting
about
three
here
along
state
street
from
the
mbta
aquarium
project.
So,
by
the
way,
anybody
that
that
goes
to
install
the
groundwater
observation
now
has
to
go
through
picc
and
if
it's
in
the
sidewalk,
they
have
to
provide
us
with
a
copy
of
that
application
and
if
we
decide
to
take
the
wells
ultimately,
when
that
proponent
is
done
with
doing
the
work
with
their
wells,
they
ultimately
get
turned
over
to
us
and
we
resume
ownership
of
them.
E
Essentially,
so
we
will
be
expanding
our
coverage
in
this
area
area
of
lower
roxbury
down
by
frederick
douglas
square
again
a
lot
of
buildings
on
wood
paws,
but,
as
you
can
see,
the
groundwater
elevations
for
the
most
part,
five
to
seven
buncher
wells,
very,
very
high
elevation,
nine,
this
areas
and
groundwater
table
wise
is
in
very
good
shape.
We
also
want
to
include
east
boston,
so
this
is
going
to
be
a
brand
new
area
of
zoning.
The
area
of
the
paris
flats
here
in
particular,
has
many
buildings
that
are
supporting
wood
piles.
E
Many
buildings
in
this
area
here
just
to
the
east
of
the
the
maverick
square
in
the
callahan
tunnel
and
summoner
tunnels,
have
a
bunch
of
buildings.
There
supported
wood
piles.
Thankfully,
again,
the
majority
of
the
the
observation
wells
in
this
area
are
very,
very
high,
with
some
very
very
areas
that
are
very,
very
localized
and
low,
but
don't
appear
to
spread
beyond
really
where
they
are,
which
is
good.
E
That's
why
the
density
of
the
wells
is
is,
is
so
very
thick
because
groundwater
conditions
can
change
over
such
short
distances,
and
we
need
these
wells.
You
know
really
to
tell
us,
what's
going
on
a
particular
area,
to
help
us
zero
on
a
potential.
You
know
issue
that
may
may
be
occurring
with
infrastructure.
E
The
fourth
and
final
change
ultimately
is
just
to
amend
some
of
the
language
in
the
standard
section
and
really
what
this
language
will
do.
It
will
ensure
that
all
the
requirement
documentation
is
submitted
at
the
appropriate
time
to
allow
an
opportunity
for
an
abutter
to
review
the
work.
So
if
I
own
a
building-
and
somebody
next
to
me-
was
digging
down
for
occupiable
space
underground
parking
whatever
it
is,
I
would
want
to
know
and
take
a
look
at
that
and
have
the
opportunity
to
comment
and
have
a
conversation
with
them.
E
It
also
articulates
that
both
subsections,
a
and
b,
are
separately
met
requirements.
It's
not
you
meet
the
one
inch
and
you
meet
the
g
card
and
that's
it.
It
should
meet
the
one
inch
and
you
meet
the
no
harm
requirement.
The
g
card.
So
there's
two
two
things
that
you
need
to
satisfy
to
meet
the
zoning
one
inch
capture
and
the
no
harm
just
to
review
the
changes.
E
So
we
want
to
update
the
one
inch
capture
requirement
to
make
sure
the
language
specifically
stipulates
that
it's
one
inch
over
the
entire
area
of
the
lot
raise
the
no
harm
threshold
from
elevation,
seven
to
eight
again
to
help
protect
those
buildings
that
have
high
power.
Cutoff
elevations
make
everything
a
a
universal
overlay
area.
Both
one
inch
capture
and
both
no
harm
include
those
areas
of
audubon
circle,
central
waterfront,
lower
roxbury
and
sections
of
east
boston
and
finally,
the
amendment
to
that.
A
Thank
you
very
much
christian.
We
always
appreciate
you
and
learned
so
much
I've.
I've
enjoyed
getting
to
see
your
presentations
grow
in
in
scope
and
advocacy
over
the
years.
Thank
you.
We're
really
lucky
to
have
you,
okay,
let's
hop
over
to
brian
glasscock,
to
weigh
in
and
then
we'll
we'll
circle
to
our
residents
and
community
leaders
and
then
to
counselors
for
questions.
F
Thank
you,
councillor,
wu
I'll,
be
really
super
brief
here,
because
I
christian's
presentation,
I've
seen
her.
You
know
numerous
times
and
it's
I
get
something
new
out
of
it
every
time,
but
he
did
remind
me
this
time
when
that
I
was
in
fact
in
the
environment
department
in
1986
when
this,
when
this
whole
thing
got
started,
so
I
feel
especially
old
now.
F
Thank
you
christian,
but
you
know
I've
been
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
sort
of
watching
this
from
a
number
of
different
angles,
both
in
the
environment
department,
which
includes
the
landmarks
commission.
You
know
for
a
number
of
years
at
inspectional
services,
where
you
know
we
we
saw
sort
of
firsthand.
F
I
think
it's
just
a
a
credit
to
to
christian's
work,
and
I
I
see
we
have
the
eminent
professor
emeritus
of
groundwater,
mr
elliott,
laffer,
and
you
know,
I
think,
the
the
stewardship
that
those
two
two
gentlemen
and
and
the
the
trust
has
have
had
over
the
years
of
the
of
the
ground,
water
and
boston's
real
claim
to
fame.
Is
you
know
the
parts
of
boston
that
people
want
to
come
and
see?
F
That's
that's
that
that
that
back
bay,
south
end
roxbury
ottawa,
circle,
east
boston,
the
stuff
that
makes
boston
boston,
is,
is
really
important
to
preserve
and
we
can't
get
it
back
and
you
saw
what
it
takes
to
try
and
fix
that
stuff.
So
we
have
to
have
to
preserve
it.
This
program's
worked
really
really
well,
and
I
think
this
is
the
next
logical
step.
I
think
christians
grounded
it.
You
know
very
well
in
hard
science
and
hard
fact.
G
Okay,
thank
you,
chairman
wu.
Thank
you
counselors
for
listening.
Thank
you
christian,
for
presenting,
as
brian
mentioned.
In
addition,
I
I'm
elliot
lafram,
the
chair
of
the
neighborhood
association
of
back
bay
and
also,
I
guess,
the
the
emeritus
holder
of
christian's,
exalted,
throne
and-
and
I
was
in
in
that
role
when
the
g-cod
was
originally
adopted.
G
The
the
recharge
part
was
was
added
late
in
that
proposal,
and
it's
all
worked,
I
think
remarkably.
Well,
the
board
of
appeals
has
been
really
responsive.
They've
been
very
very
few.
Variances
developers
and
engineers
have
learned
that
this
is
the
system
to
follow
and,
and
I
think
it
has
benefited
the
city
enormously.
G
One,
the
the
change
to
to
a
whole
lot
coverage
effectively
puts
no
burden
on
anybody,
because
water
and
sewer
has
been
making
them
do
a
whole
lot
of
coverage
from
day
one.
It's
it's
not
it.
It's
it's
a
change
in
the
law,
but
it's
not
a
change
in
what
they've
had
to
do.
Certainly
adding
in
the
smart
resiliency
requirement
for
larger
projects
might
go,
makes
a
whole
lot
of
sense
sounds
like
well.
It's
only
another
quarter
of
an
inch,
it's
25
percent,
more
water,
and
that's
that's.
G
Certainly
a
plus
raising
that
no
harm
threshold
again
is
is
a
safety
factor,
as
christian
said,
they're.
The
three
quarters
of
the
buildings
that
are
on
wood
pilings,
the
groundwater
trust
has
no
idea
where
the
pilots
are
cut
off
or
guesses,
I
shouldn't
say,
have
no
idea.
They
have
a
guess,
but
we
know
buildings
in
the
back
bay.
G
From
back
when
I
was
doing
this,
where
the
same
building
had
pilings
cut
off
at
three
different
elevations
and
some
were
below
this,
this
elevation
eight
level
and
some
were
above
it
or
below
five
and
above
five.
So
it's
it's
really
challenging
and
putting
in
a
better
safety
factor
is
certainly
going
to
to
be
helpful
there.
G
This
becomes
an
important
plus.
The
the
process
piece
is
important,
because
right
now
and
I
will
take
full
blame-
we
won't
blame
christian
frenetis
because
we
started
this
routine.
When
I
was
in
in
executive
director,
we
let
people
tell
us,
even
after
they
got
to
the
board
of
appeals,
just
show
us
that
you
that
you're
getting
you're
no
harm
you're,
not
so
much
no
harm
but
the
the
recharge
letter
from
water
and
sewer,
and
that
doesn't
let
neighbors
know
what's
going
on.
G
H
Thank
you
very
much,
I'm
stephen
sayers
and
I'm
a
resident
of
the
back
bay.
I
just
want
to
note
that
elliot
laffer
was
speaking
as
chair
of
the
neighborhood
association
of
the
back
bay,
and
he
also,
I
believe,
has
submitted
a
letter
to
chairwoo
in
support
of
this.
These
proposed
amendments
and
that
the
chair
of
our
groundwater
committee
tim
mitchell,
also
has
submitted
an
email
in
support
of
these
proposed
amendments
and
as
an
individual.
H
I
would
just
like
to
say
I
strongly
support
these
amendments
as
well,
and
I'm
gratified
that
the
boston,
groundwater,
trust
christian
and
the
boston
city
council
are
taking
this
matter
so
seriously,
because
our
whole
future
of
all
of
our
structures
depends
so
heavily
upon
it.
I
would
like
to
ask
one
question,
however,
if
I,
if
I
may,
I
know
that
christian
said
that
we
had
something
more
than
600,
I
believe
observation
wells
by
2006
and
that
by
the
year
2021
we
had
only
added
fewer
than
200
observation
wells
during
that
time
period.
H
E
E
E
Where
we're
replacing
you
know
every
couple
of
years,
we're
going
out
installing
wells
that
have
either
been
destroyed
inadvertently
or
that
simply
just
don't
work
anymore,
because
they're
too
old
and
we're
replacing
them.
So
I
think
the
number
that
we
have
ultimately
is
enough.
I
don't
see
us
needing
another
100
or
so
else,
but
we're
really
in
that
sort
of
we've
built
the
house
now
we're
just
essentially
just
maintaining
it.
B
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
chair,
and
thanks
so
much
talia
and
stephen
for
speaking
and
to
elliot,
as
ever,
for
all
the
knowledge
he
brings.
I
feel
like
between
elliott
and
and
christian
I
mean
they
can
teach
a
class
on
this
and
I
have
I
have
taken
it
or
at
least
the
first
half
of
it.
So
I'm
grateful
grateful
to
you
both.
I
I
had
a
couple
of
questions.
I
mean
elliot
already
pointed
out.
B
The
first
change
is
really
just
harmonizing
with
what's
already
there,
so
it's
not
adding
a
requirement.
It's
just
making
sure
that
people
don't
get
confused
and
you
don't
end
up
with
folks
late
in
the
process.
Saying
wait
you
mean
I
need
to
recharge
for
my
whole
lot
right
so
and
I
think
always
always.
We
want
predictability
and
intelligibility
in
our
code,
so
that's
good
and
then
for
the
for
the
map,
the
expansion
of
the
districts.
B
I
mean
I'm
definitely
glad
most
of
my
district
is
in
the
groundwater
conservation
overlay
district
and
I'm
glad
to
have
the
the
audubon
circle
which
is
sort
of
a
missing
piece.
Getting
added.
I
wondered
christian
if
you
could
speak
to.
I
sort
of
saw
with
some
alarm
that
the
the
existing
pilings
in
audubon's
circle
seemed
to
be
kind
of
long
on
that,
like
seven
to
nine
or
something
level,
and
so
I
was,
I
think
when
you
threw
up
your
map.
E
Thank
you,
counselor
bach,
so
that
the
the
image
that
I
had
had
showed
ultimately
was
our
observation.
Well
elevation,
so
those
those
blues
and
the
greens
that
you
saw
were
the
water
levels
which
were
good
according
to
the
data
that
we've
that
we've
compiled
from
the
foundation
standpoint
there
you
know
some
buildings
are
on
wood
piles
that
are
cut
off
around
elevation,
five
with
the
fair
number
of
buildings
on
concrete,
so
that
area
overall
is
in
pretty
good
shape,
cut
off
elevation,
wise
and
groundwater
level
wise.
E
E
I
think,
right
on
the
fringe
there
of
sort
of
where
the
g
cut
is,
and
it's
sort
of
on
the
other
side
of
the
boundary
outside
of
the
g-cod.
You
know
they
think
there's
a
big
proposal
there
for
a
building
that
proposes
three
levels
of
underground
parking.
So
you
know,
that's
that's
really
the
stuff
that
we
need
to
to
watch
out.
For
and
again
I
do
need
to
highlight
not
only
in
this
area,
but
also
in
other
areas.
E
F
H
B
I
know
that's
an
issue
that
we've
seen
in
in
the
neighborhoods
I
represent
with
adjacent
parcels,
and
I
think
this
I
mean
the
reason
you're
so
important
is
that
this
is
this
shared
resource
right
and
we're
all
relying
on
each
other
to
do
the
right
thing
and
then
we're
relying
on
you
to
make
sure
everyone's
doing
the
right
thing.
So
we
need.
We
need
people
to
be
submitting
that
documentation.
B
I
did
wonder
brian
glascock,
if
you
were
still
here,
if
you
could
just
speak
a
little
bit
to
an
or
christian
you
could
take
this,
whichever
is
more
appropriate,
but
I
know
that
we
added
a
reference
to
the
smart
utilities
policy
into
the
zoning
amendment
that
we
just
passed
through
council
on
the
zoning
commission,
and
so
I
was
just
trying
to
understand
what
the
relationship
between
putting
that
reference
into
the
zoning
code
is
to
the
sort
of
additional
piece,
the
christian
reference.
I
think
it
was
his
item
too.
F
Sure
so
there
were,
there
were
actually
three
things
that
you.
This
was,
for
those
of
you
all,
maybe
weren't
part
of
that
that
conversation
in
the
effort
to
bring
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing
into
our
zoning
through
article
80..
We
there
article
80,
is
the
development
impact
review
process
that
projects
you
know
larger
projects
need
to
go
through
either
if
fifty
thousand
square
feet
and
above
for
large
projects
or
twenty
thousand
square
feet
for
small
projects.
F
It's
a
sort
of
a
simplified
explanation
of
what
we're
capturing,
but
those
projects
have
to
do
analysis
on
things
like
wind
and
shadow
and
transportation
impacts
and
there's
a
sort
of
a
punch
list
of
things
that
they
need
to
respond
to
us.
You
know
with
analysis,
and
we
felt
it
was
very
important
with
the
leadership
of
counselor
bach
and
councilor
edwards.
F
One
of
those
was
the
handicap:
accessibility,
the
disabilities
access
analysis,
there's
a
checklist
that
the
disabilities
commission
and
the
bpda
have
been
requiring
of
developers.
But
it
wasn't
formally
part
of
the
article
80
review
process
and
the
other
one
was
the
smart
utilities.
Checklist
and
christian.
F
We
mean
telecommunications,
fiber
optics
and
things
like
that,
as
well
as
electric
utilities,
gas,
water,
water
and
sewer
and
then
storm
water
and
for
the
storm
water
piece.
We
worked
with
boston,
water
and
sewer
commission.
We
think
that
that
one
and
a
quarter
inch
recharge,
you
know,
capture
and
recharge,
is
an
appropriate
amount
for
these
larger
projects
to
get,
and
so
we
thought,
rather
than
have
that,
continue
to
exist
as
just
a
policy
piece.
B
F
Yeah-
and
so
this
this
actually,
we
we
wanted
it
to
be
sort
of
synchronized.
With
that
kind
of
analysis,
it
didn't
make
sense
to
have
programs
that
were
sort
of
angling
at
the
same
thing
being
not
matching
up,
so
this
is
just
raise
that
that
one
inch
to
one
and
a
quarter
inches
so
that
it's
consonant
with
water
and
sewer
and
with
the
article
80.
F
Exactly
yeah
yeah,
so
it's
nobody's
doing
anything
that
they
didn't
already
have
to
do
exactly
it's
just
sort
of
cleaning
up
that
piece,
but
you
know,
as
the
technology
improves
and
projects
find,
you
know
new,
smarter,
better
ways
of
recharging
the
groundwater.
You
know
it.
It
certainly
certainly
helps
us
adds
a
little
bit
of
a
buffer
for
potential
climate
change
impacts.
You
know
we
think
a
lot
about
flooding,
and
you
know
these
big
storm
events,
but
as
we're
seeing
in
places
like
texas
right
now.
F
Climate
change
takes
a
variety
of
forms
and
we
could
very
easily
be
talking
about
protracted
drought
and
so
capturing
that
you
know
that
that
you
know
rain
water
and
recharging
our
groundwater,
rather
than
sending
it
out
to
dear
island
and
paying
money
to
have
it
treated.
It
seems
like
a
good
policy.
A
Okay,
I'm
going
to
I
sent
a
note
to
counselor
bach,
I'm
so
sorry,
due
to
a
scheduling
conflict.
On
my
end,
I
am
virtually
passing
the
gavel
over
to
the
lead
sponsor
here
to
wrap
up
the
rest
of
the
hearing.
I
just
wanted
to
add
my
gratitude
to
everyone
here.
I
have
been
the
beneficiary
of
some
of
these
classes
and
lessons
early
on,
I'm
looking
forward
to
making
sure
that,
in
my
capacity
as
chair,
we're
doing
what
we
can
to
keep
advancing
this
with
the
lead
sponsor
and
everyone
here.
Thank
you.
Everyone.
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair
cheer,
bach
and
again,
thank
you
to
council
wu
as
well.
It's
good
to
see
elliott,
elliott
here
and
he's
a
he's,
a
wealth
of
information.
So
I
want
to
thank
elliot
and,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
this
issue
represents
most
of
my
my
district,
so
the
more
I'm
exposed
to
this
issue,
the
better
city
councilor.
I
am
for
my
district.
So
this
these
hearings
are
critical
and
they're
very
helpful
to
me,
because
they're
very
knowledgeable.
C
C
E
Sure,
thank
you
counselor,
so
really,
not
only
just
the
wharf
area,
but
you
know
other
areas
of
the
city
that
that
are
going
to
be
either
modified,
or
you
know
simply
added
I've
reached
out
to
those
neighborhood
groups.
Particularly,
I
spoke
to
the
audubon
circle,
neighborhood
association
back
in
january.
E
They
were,
they
were
very
supportive
with
the
help
of
counselor
bach,
I'm
hoping
to
you
know,
work
with
you
and
in
your
city
councillors
to
to
reach
out
to
the
the
additional
neighborhoods
that
are
going
to
be
affected
by
this
four-point
channel.
For
example,
I've
had
lengthy
discussions
with
councillor
edwards,
since
east
boston
is
going
to
be
totally
new
for
everybody.
I've
coordinated
with,
I
believe
so
far,
two
civic
associations
over
there
to
go
before
their
groups
to
speak
to
them.
To
talk
about.
You
know
hey.
E
This
is
what's
coming
down
the
pipeline
equally
important,
and
I
didn't
mention
this
in
the
presentation,
but
you
know
this
is
you
know
this
is
something
that
we've
taken
take
our
time
with
to
make
sure
that
we've
we've
gotten
this
right.
You
know
we
we've
coordinated
early
on
with
inspectional
services
and
the
boss
warrants
who
are
commissioned
because
they're
the
ones
ultimately
they're
approving
this
stuff.
E
You
know
and
to
make
sure
that
we,
that
we
got
it
right,
that
we
have
the
numbers
right,
that
we
have
the
ares
right,
most
importantly
and
in
addition
to
speaking
to
all
those
people,
it
also
makes
sense
for
me,
and
I've
reached
out
to
some
of
my
contacts
that
I
have
with
the
zba
the
attorneys
that
represent
these
clients.
You
know
these
are
the
ones
that
are
coming
forward
to
the
zba
they're,
the
ones
that
need
to
know
about
this
stuff.
E
A
lot
of
them,
you
know,
are
familiar
with
just
seeing
me,
but
seeing
me
there
by
face
and
say:
oh
yeah,
that's
a
groundwater
guy,
but
for
the
particularly
for
the
people
in
east
boston.
Now
that
it
affects
them.
How
does
it
affect
them?
So
really,
you
know
just
continuing
to
do
that
and
public
outreach
is
is
obviously
part
of
my
job.
You
know-
and
I
continue
to
do
that,
but
I
think
you
know
really
helping
get
the
word
out.
E
You
know
with
your
help,
city
councilors
help
the
neighborhood
associations
and
is
is
really
the
way
to
go
to.
Let
people
know
hey.
This
is
coming.
This
is
why
it's
important-
and
you
know
we
obviously
took
our
time
too.
We
don't
want
to
surprise
anybody.
You
know
overnight
and
say
I
have
to
do
what
you
know.
What
do
you
mean
you.
A
E
C
Spo
spoken
like
a
true
politician
christian,
just
as
a
follow-up
to
one
of
my
colleagues
questions.
I
know
you
were
talking
about
someone
buying
a
piece
of
property
and
digging
below
the
ground
to
possibly
make
underground
parking
available,
whether
it's
on
one
of
those
trolley
types
of
systems
or,
however,
they
do
it,
but
if
you're
building
going
underground,
you
know
you
there's
a
there's
a
huge
chance,
obviously
that
you
could
impact
the
ongoing
pylons
pilings
that
are
already
there.
C
E
E
E
You
know
we
we
typically
get
alerted
to
say,
hey,
you
know
we're
going
to
be
doing
this
and
we
just
wanted
to
let
you
know-
and
this
is
what
we're
proposing
and
a
very
significant,
very
important
portion
of
that
sort
of
whole
process
is
when
the
proponent,
even
before
they
commence
their
work.
For
example,
they
are
required
to
put
together
a
groundwater
monitoring
plant.
So
in
addition
to
our
work
of
going
out
and
reading
all
the
wells,
anybody
that
that's
going
to
dig
down
for
underground
parking
or
put
up
a
building.
E
So
what
that
does
is
in
addition
to
us
coming
out
every
you
know,
five
to
six
weeks
and
getting
sort
of
that
snapshot
of
what
the
groundwater
levels
are
doing.
It
provides
really
a
week
by
week
you
know
data
set
to
say,
okay,
this
is
what
they're
doing
and
how
it's
not
having
a
negative
impact
on
the
groundwater
levels
when
they
start
de-watering
which
the
deeper
properties
have
to
dewater.
You
know
all
that's
documented,
there's
a
permit!
That's
applied
for
from
the
mwre
that
we
get
a
copy
of.
E
We
get
alerted
to
that
so
when
they
start
to
see
water,
we're
notified.
So
there
are
provisions
in
place
to
protect
their
building
and
the
abutting
structures,
but
also
in
the
event
that
something
goes
awry.
If
all
of
a
sudden
the
groundwater
levels
drop,
you
know
they're
required
to
stop
and
figure
out.
Okay,
you
know
why,
all
of
a
sudden
this
work
that
we're
doing
last
week,
all
of
a
sudden,
I
now
it's
having
a
negative
impact
this
week.
E
What's
called
steel
sheeting,
you
know
around
the
excavation
which
basically
gets
driven
through
that
that
soil
and
that
fill
that
was
dumped
into
the
clay
layer
and
basically,
they
work
in
like
their
own
little
dry
bathtub
and
they
keep
the
ground
water
on
the
outside
high,
so
they're
working
in
their
own
little
dry
area,
but
it's
the
smaller
ones
and
it
doesn't
take
a
big
hole
and
it
doesn't
take
a
whole
lot
of
groundwater
drywall
to
have
a
negative
impact.
That's
the
smaller
ones
that
are
really
important.
E
That's
why
it's
important
to
have
that
monitoring
in
place
prior
to
and
then
post
construction,
so
they
monitor
about
a
month
before
they
put
the
shovel
in
the
ground
throughout
the
work
and
then
once
they
come
up
and
they
stop
dewatering.
They
monitor
post
30
days
to
make
sure
that,
okay,
whatever
they
said
that
they
were
going
to
do
or
whatever
they
certified,
is
held
and
is
installed
and
designed
to
do
what
it's
supposed
to
do.
E
So
it's
obviously
very
tedious
work,
but
you
know
we
do
have
a
good
relationship
with
the
engineers
that
do
this
stuff
and
we
continue
to
to
work
with
them
to
make
sure
that
it
can
have
only
a
positive
impact
and
not
not
have
any
issues
at
all.
You
know
I
know
I
I
think
you
may
be.
You
know,
thinking
of
that
nightmare
scenario
in
the
south
end
a
couple
years
ago
where
the
two
workers
had
died.
You
know
there
and
there
was
a
whole
issue
with
shoring.
E
C
Yeah,
that
was
my
big
concern.
Christian
is
someone
digging
below
the
ground.
You
know
it's,
it's
dark
down
there
and
you
know.
Maybe
some
of
the
blueprints
are
not
100
accurate.
As
you
know,
they
could
have
been
blueprints
from
100
years
ago
or
right,
I'm
just
concerned.
If
you
know
someone
hits
a
piling,
you
know
by
accident
during
during
this
construction
phase
of
of
working
to
get
a
parking
spot
in
it,
it
would
have
a
ripple
effect,
but
I
mean
I
don't.
C
C
We
factor
in
notification
and
you
know
proper
responses
from
city
agencies
in
response
to
such
a
situation
that
if
that
type
of
case
did
ever
happen,
that
we
would
have
a
plan
already
to
go
to
to
respond
to
it,
just
something
to
think
about,
but
again
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you
to
christian.
I
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
brian
white,
who
gave
great
testimony
in
in
elliot
as
well
and
council
of
council
black.
C
D
D
E
C
D
D
One
was
that
it
had
been
discussed
that
parts
of
the
city
with
wood
pilings
that
are
not
currently
protected
under
the
groundwater
conservation
overlay
district,
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we've
cast
the
widest
net
under
the
you
know
necessary
under
the
protection
of
the
of
the
g
card.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
all
additional
areas
have
been
identified
and
to
the
extent
that
we're
talking
about
missing
pieces,
that's
the
first
question
and
the
second
question
I'll
get
in.
So
I
can
listen
to
the
answer.
D
Given
the
reception's
crazy
is
recently,
there
was
some
excavation
work
done
in
south
boston
that
breached
the
water
table,
causing
damage
to
a
number
of
abutting
properties
and
put
their
foundations
at
risk.
So
the
question
I
have
is:
do
we
think
that
we
need
some
form
of
stronger
enforcement
to
prevent
instances
like
this
from
from
ever
occurring,
and
that's
it?
Thank
you.
Ma'am,
chair
and
sponsor.
E
Sure
so,
thank
you,
council
of
ferrari,
for
your
comments,
questions
yeah,
the
you
know.
We
feel
you
know
very
confident
that
that
these
changes
will
cast
the
appropriate
net
and
cover
the
areas
that
that
that
have
buildings
that
are
supported
on
wood
piles.
You
know,
we've,
you
know
really
it's
it's
it's
on
days
like
this,
where
the
snow
has
been
falling
on
the
rain's
been
falling
when
we've
done
that
done
that
work
done
that
research,
and
it's
again
I
do.
E
I
do
mention
that
these
are
working
documents,
but
we've
really,
you
know,
we've
really
been
able
to
identify.
You
know
areas
that
that
are
on
filled
land
and
that
are
you
know
that
have
wood
supported
buildings
on
them.
You
know
that
original
colonial
shoreline,
when
you
look
at
that,
it's
not
necessarily
a
definitive
boundary,
you
can
go
one
or
two
blocks
in
either
direction
where
that
line
isn't
necessarily
indicative
of
original
solid
land.
E
It
was
potentially
marshland,
but
the
way
that
the
line
was
drawn
you
know
just
indicates
that
it
was
original
and
so
some
buildings
that
it
may.
Oh
gee.
You
know
you
look
at
that.
That
area
is
in
red,
it's
in
a
solid
land
where
it
really
wasn't
the
the
the
land
that
was
there
wasn't
strong
enough
to
support
buildings,
so
they
had
to
be
put
on
piles.
E
I'm
not
aware
of
of
of
the
the
instance
in
south
boston
that
you
mentioned
is
that
you
know
they
said
that
that
was
something
recent
I
you
know
there
are
obviously
provisions
outside
of
the
of
the
g-cod
that
that
contractors
and
developers
need
to
comply
with
you
know
for
safety
purposes
to
to
manage
groundwater
effectively
when
they're
digging
down
that
deep.
So
you
know,
if
you
want
to
coordinate
on
that
moving
forward.
I'd,
be
curious
to
see
what
you
know
what
the
particulars
of
that
situation
were
again.
B
B
I
found
myself
wondering
about
that
that
piece
of
infrastructure,
specifically
when
you
were
showing
audubon
circle,
which
of
course
backs
right
up
onto
it
and
was
kind
of
curious.
What
what
long-term
measures?
Whether
we've
ever
had
an
issue
there?
What
long-term
measures
have
been
taken
to
make
sure
we
don't
have
an
issue
kind
of
how
to
think
about
that
major
piece
of
federal
infrastructure
that
runs
through
the
center
of
the
city.
E
E
E
You
know
you
deal
with
the
stuff,
that's
the
lowest
first,
and
then
you
work
your
way
up
until
you
find
you
know
until
you
find
what
potentially
the
source
may
be
so
yeah
that
was
that
was
addressed
and
and
and
it
really
no
just
getting
back
to
what
brian
had
said
about
the
sort
of
the
the
warning
system.
That's
what
the
benefit
of
the
wall
network
is
is
to
you
know
be
that
you
know
I
like
to
use
the
phrase
the
canary
in
the
coal
mine
to
say:
hey
all
of
a
sudden.
E
These
drops
are,
these
are
low.
Why
are
they
low?
And
again
I
just
I
can't
highlight
the
city
state
groundwater
working
group
enough-
and
you
know,
chief
cook-
is
the
chair
of
that.
You
know
as
well.
As
you
know,
under
secretary
dan
seger
from
the
state
side,
you
know
the
responsible
for
getting
the
group
to
come
together
that
just
critically
think
and
look
at
their
stuff,
but
yeah
I
mean
that's,
that's
that's
ongoing
and
and
again,
who
knows
if
that
dream
line?
B
Okay-
well,
that's
that's
great
to
know
about,
and
and
certainly
something
I'll
keep
on
my
radar
screen
since
we've
got
the
the
pike
running
right
through
the
middle
of
my
district.
Obviously,
but
but
it
sounds
like
sort
of
we've
got
a
good
apparatus
in
place
and
that's
not
something
where
we
where
we
need
a
different
regulatory
regime
right
now,.
E
No,
I
mean,
I
think,
if
there's
one
thing,
maybe
that
the
city
and
the
state
might
want
to
look
at
is
is
maybe
potentially
sort
of
memorializing
that
mou
that
was
signed
by
all
the
entities
in
us.
You
know
in
2005.,
you
know,
that's
a
simply
a
memorandum
of
understanding,
but
I
know
it.
I
know
you
know
that
elliot
had
had
some
discussions
early
on
about
sort
of
getting
the
the
agencies
together
and
perhaps
doing
something
to
make
it
a
little
bit
more
permanent.
E
Maybe
you
know
some
type
of
statute
or
I'm
not
sure
how
you
would
go
about
it
and
file
a
home
rule
petition
or
something
like
that,
because
it's
a
quasi.
You
know,
city
state
agency,
but
I
think
that's
something
that
you
know
that
would
just
just
further
strengthen
and
enforce.
You
know
the
need
to
have
a
body
like
that
and
the
need
to
make
it
permanent,
I
think,
would
be.
You
know
something
that
we
potentially
could
look
at
and
have
a
discussion
about.
H
B
Questions
to
christian
at
the
groundwater
trust
to
us
at
the
council.
You
know
and
just
like
because
as
as
you
say,
christian,
these
have
sort
of
been
long
worked
over
by
a
number
of
of
people
and
we're.
You
know
I
think
they're
good,
sensible
changes
and
and
we're
trying
to
do
them
all
very
much
in
the
public
eye
so
that
everybody
knows
what's
coming.
B
F
Sir,
can
I
just
just
quickly
mention
because
I've
neglected
this
before
but
process
wise?
Yes,
this
would
need
to
go
to
the
bra
bpda
board
on
retentively
scheduled
to
go
to
the
march
a
board
meeting,
which
I
believe
is
thursday,
thursday
march
11th
and
then
attentively
scheduled,
then
if
the
board
recommends.
F
So
it
would
then
go
to
the
zoning
commission
in
april,
which
is,
I
believe,
wednesday
april
7th
a
lot
of
dates
floating
around
my
mind.
But
that's
that's.
Those
are
the
two
dates
sort
of
critical
dates.
So
we
appreciate
you,
you
know
helping
to
make
the
public
more
aware
of
of
this.
It's
one
of
those
things
that
operates
in
the
background,
and
you
probably
would
never
know
anything
about
it,
which
is
great
because
it
means
those
guys
are
doing
everything
right
if
buildings
were
falling
down.
F
B
Thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you,
brian.
Yes,
that
note
about
process
is
really
helpful,
so
yeah
next
stop
is
the
the
bpda
board
and
then,
and
then
the
zoning,
commission
and
yeah,
and
anybody
who-
and
I
know
christian
you're-
also
you've
been
holding
some
public
meetings
right
sort
of
around
and
about
with
stakeholder
groups.
E
Right
yeah,
thank
you
for
your
comments
before
before
that
yeah.
I
am.
I
continue
to
work.
You
know
with
brian,
on
setting
up
a
public
meeting
at
some
point
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
prior
to
the
the
bpda
board
meeting
and
and
yeah,
as
you
know,
reaching
out
to
groups
like
the
audubon
circle,
neighborhood
association
and
again
I
spoke
with
councillor
edwards
last
week.
She
put
me
in
touch
with
some
associations
over
there
as
well
and
to
get
on
their
agenda.